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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXX HE KRAINIANNo. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Poland’sT presidentU expresses ControversialW procurator general regret over 1947 Akcja Wisla resigns post to take Parliament seat by Jan Maksymiuk Ukrainian villages and the expulsion of by Roman Woronowycz nalists that he had submitted his resigna- RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report populace. Operation Vistula should be con- Kyiv Press Bureau tion to President Leonid Kuchma on April demned.” 18. The resignation will become effective PRAGUE – Polish President Aleksander Prof. Eugeniusz Mironowicz from KYIV – Mykhailo Potebenko, the con- on April 30 if accepted by the president. Kwasniewski expressed regret over Bialystok University, a historian specializ- troversial procurator general of Ukraine, He said that the 12-day lapse between the Operation Vistula, or Akcja Wisla, a forced ing in the Polish Communist authorities’ announced on April 22 that he had ten- resignation and its effective date was done expulsion by the Communist authorities in policies vis-à-vis the country’s ethnic dered his resignation and would become a to allow a search for a successor to take 1947 of some 140,000 Ukrainians from minorities, presented the political back- member of Parliament representing the place. Among those considered as possi- their native areas in the southeastern part of ground to Akcja Wisla at the conference in Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU). ble successors is Assistant Procurator the country to Poland’s newly acquired Krasiczyn. Prof. Mironowicz argued that Mr. Potebenko won a seat in the General Oleksander Bahanets. northern and western territories, the so- the Polish authorities were determined to Verkhovna Rada from the CPU in by- Mr. Potebenko in many ways represent- called “Recovered Lands,” Polish media solve the problem of the Ukrainian minority party polling during the March 31 elec- ed a bygone era, in the manner by which reported on April 18. by resettlement immediately after the libera- tions, in which his party took 20 percent he kept tight rein over his agency and his In a letter to the National Remembrance tion of Poland from the Nazis. of the vote. Mr. Potebenko held the 20th uncompromising allegiance to his boss, position on the party’s slate. Institute (IPN) and participants in the IPN- In September 1944, the Polish President Kuchma. He had become partic- “The experience of a person with prac- organized conference on Akcja Wisla held Committee of National Liberation (an inter- ularly controversial in the last two years tical professional experience will allow in Krasiczyn near Przemysl (Peremyshl), im governing body) signed accords with the for his handling of the investigation into me to make a worthy contribution in the President Kwasniewski wrote: governments of the Soviet republics of the murder of Heorhii Gongadze, the development of legislation, which will “On behalf of the Polish Republic, I Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania on repatria- young journalist whose headless body was represent the interests of society and the would like to express regret to all those who tion and exchange of population. In theory, found outside Kyiv in November 2000. state,” said Mr. Potebenko during a press were wronged by [this operation]. ... The the repatriation process should have been Many had come to perceive Mr. conference. infamous Operation Vistula is a symbol of voluntary, but in practice forcible and vio- Potebenko as hampering the investigation Ukraine’s chief law enforcement offi- the abominable deeds perpetrated by the lent methods were applied to Ukrainians, into the journalist’s disappearance and cial since 1998 – the last two years of his Communist authorities against Polish citi- who were decidedly unenthusiastic about tenure being quite tumultuous – told jour- (Continued on page 3) zens of Ukrainian origin. ... resettling in the Ukrainian SSR, the scholar “It was believed for years that Operation noted. Vistula was the revenge for the slaughter of In 1944 the government tried to prompt Poles by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army Ukrainians to leave their villages in the (UPA) in the east in 1943-1944. Such rea- Bieszczady Mountains by increasing taxes soning is fallacious and ethically inadmissi- and quotas of compulsory supplies of agri- Program of the 35th Regular Convention ble. It [invokes] a principle of group cultural products to the state. This policy accountability, with which we cannot agree. proved to be only partly successful: in 1944 The slaughter of Poles cannot serve as an of the Ukrainian National Association excuse for the brutal pacification of (Continued on page 3) to be held in Chicago at the Chicago Marriott O’Hare Hotel Friday, May 24, through Tuesday, May 28, 2002 Odesa-Brody pipeline awaits oil beginning 9 a.m. 1. Opening of Convention by Roman Woronowycz in the direction of Gdansk,” the report 2. Report of Credentials Committee Kyiv Press Bureau states, according to an Ukrtransnafta press 3. Acceptance of Convention Program release. KYIV – Oil should enter the Odesa- 4. Approval of Minutes of the 34th Convention The report, announced during a meeting 5. Election Brody pipeline – the controversial and long- of the working committee on the Euro- awaited shipping route from Central Asia to a) Convention chairperson, two vice-chairpersons Asiatic Oil Transport Corridor project, b) 14-member Election Committee the energy-hungry West – in a matter of which consists of representatives of weeks, announced Ukrtransnafta on April c) five-member Committee on Petitions Ukraine, the United States, Poland and the d) six-member Secretaries Committee 13. However, it will be several years before European Bank for Reconstruction and the “black gold” will flow regularly through 6. Appointment of Press Committee, Resolutions Committee Development, said the oil would initially and two sergeants-at-arms the transport tube. find a market in Germany, Poland, the Ever since plans were first announced for 7. Reports of UNA Officers – Executive Committee: Czech Republic and Slovakia. – President Ulana M. Diachuk the Odesa-Brody pipeline, which is sched- The report recommends continuing the uled to connect to the Polish port town of – First Vice-President Stefko Kuropas construction of the transport line to the town – Second Vice-President Anya Dydyk-Petrenko Gdansk when finished, there have been of Plotsk in Poland, where it would be – Director for Canada the Rev. Myron Stasiw questions about whether the pipeline is hooked to an existing line to carry the oil to – National Secretary Martha Lysko more economically viable than routes Gdansk and concludes that the extension of – Treasurer Stefan Kaczaraj through Turkey and southern Europe or the the transport line through Poland to Gdansk 8. Reports of UNA Auditing Committee members: sea lanes of the Dardanelles and the and the implementation of another planned – William Pastuszek Bosphorus Sea into the Mediterranean. project, the Druzhba-Adria line, would – Stefan Hawrysz Now a study recently completed by the guarantee its viability. – Alexander Serafyn U.S. company Halliburton, Kellogg, Brown If combined, the two routes would allow – Yaroslav Zaviysky & Root in conjunction with Cambridge for much of the oil shipped out of the devel- – Myron Groch Energy Research Associates, which was oping Caspian Sea region, which may con- 9. Reports of UNA Advisors: commissioned by the U.S. Trade and tain the second largest oil reserves in the – Taras Szmagala Jr. Development Agency, reports that there world, to bypass the high-risk and heavily – Alex Chudolij would be a demand in the European market traveled Bosphorus-Dardanelles shipping – Tekla Moroz for Caspian oil flowing through Ukraine. route by giving oil transporters the option of – Halyna Kolessa “The substantive opportunities of the moving oil over land through Ukraine. – Nick Diakiwsky Euro-Asian oil transport corridor are tied to the extension of the Odesa-Brody pipeline (Continued on page 23) (Continued on page 23) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 No. 17

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS Russian Ambassador to Ukraine NEWSBRIEFS Zvarych reinstated as winner Hrach registered as Crimean deputy Chernomyrdin, and corruption KYIV – The Supreme Court ruled on SYMFEROPOL – The Crimean April 18 that Roman Zvarych of the Our Election Commission on April 19 regis- by Roman Kupchinsky mafioso of the country,’ according to the Ukraine bloc is the winner of the parlia- tered Leonid Hrach as a national deputy RFE/RL Crime and Corruption Watch former presidential security council secre- mentary vote in District 90 (Ivano- of the Crimean Supreme Council, tary Yuriy Skokov. Mr. Skokov told the Frankivsk Oblast), as was reported by the UNIAN reported. Mr. Hrach, who was In 1995 the co-chairman of the Gore- weekly Obschaya Gazeta that Mr. constituency’s Election Commission fol- also elected to the Verkhovna Rada in Chernomyrdin Commission, U.S. Vice- Chernomyrdin had become a billionaire lowing the vote count. With this ruling, Kyiv, announced that he will give up his President Al Gore, was given a report pre- from the privatization of Gazprom. the court overruled the subsequent deci- mandate in Kyiv and join the pared by the Central Intelligence Agency “How Gazprom was privatized is still a sion of the Central Election Commission autonomous legislature. “The leader who (CIA) which claimed that Mr. mystery, according to Former Minister (CEC) that invalidated the vote in could squeeze me out of Crimea has not Chernomyrdin, the vice-president’s partner Boris Fedorov. While Gazprom’s market District 90. Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast yet matured,” Mr. Hrach noted. He added within the commission, was a highly cor- value was estimated to be $120 billion, the Chairman Mykola Shkribliak, who ran in that he has a “100 percent” chance to be rupt official in the Yeltsin government. The best estimates of its wealth begin at $250 the same constituency, was assassinated re-elected as the chairman of the report claimed that Mr. Chernomyrdin, as billion and go as high as $700 billion. shortly before election day, after which Crimean Parliament. (RFE/RL Newsline) head of the Russian gas monopoly “Anders Aslund, the noted economist, several other candidates withdrew from Ukraine charges bank robbers Gazprom, had stolen billions of dollars. has estimated that Mr. Chernomyrdin’s the election. The CEC invalidated the The then vice-president allegedly scribbled maneuvers led Gazprom to make vast vote following a complaint that the with- “bull –” in the margin of the report and drawal of the candidates was not reflect- KYIV – Ukrainian investigators have profits without paying taxes. According to accused three robbers of a German bank – had it sent back. Mr. Aslund, if Gazprom were taxed, it ed on the ballots. (RFE/RL Newsline) When this sequence of events was who seized hostages and sped through would have had to contribute up to $30 Georgian leader seeks peacekeepers Germany, Poland and Ukraine in a 1,600- exposed in The New York Times on billion in tax revenues. This sum would November 23, 1998, Vice-President Gore kilometer car chase – with hostage-taking, solve the debilitating problem of the budg- KYIV – Georgian Parliament denied having done anything of the kind. smuggling, illegal border crossing and et deficit at a stroke and remove the ration- Chairman Nino Burdjanadze said at a Writing in The Washington Post on July illegal arms possession, Reuters reported ale for foreign aid.” meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart 27, 2000, Leon Fuerth, Mr. Gore’s national on April 19. The charges may entail a The criminal aspect of Mr. Ivan Pliusch in Kyiv on April 23 that she security adviser, stated: “There have been a term of up to 15 years in a Ukrainian Chernomyrdin’s activities was supplied by wants Ukrainian participation in the lot of charges and innuendo [about Mr. prison for each of the robbers. Oleksander the Swiss criminal justice system. Swiss peacekeeping forces dispatched to help Chernomyrdin] but there has been no Skrypnyk, the spokesman of the Security magistrate Laurent Kasper-Ansermet, while ease the conflict between Georgia and proof, no smoking gun, and certainly no Service of Ukraine, said the robbers can investigating the Mabetex scandal around Abkhazia, Ukrainian television reported. indictment in a Russian court.” also be extradited to Germany to face fur- former Kremlin property manager Pavel Ms. Burdjanadze said the Georgian peo- However, CIA officials have described ther charges. “We want to finish the inves- Borodin, accused of taking kickbacks of ple trust Ukrainians much more than the intelligence information on Mr. tigation as soon as possible in order to be $22 million for the renovation of the Russian peacekeepers, and added that the Chernomyrdin as “more detailed and con- able to give our German colleagues full Kremlin, found that Mr. Chernomyrdin had presence of Ukrainian peacekeepers in clusive than allegations of bribery and results of the probe,” Mr. Skrypnyk noted. transferred into his Swiss accounts tens of the Kodori Gorge could decrease tension insider dealing that have been made in the (RFE/RL Newsline) millions of dollars. The transfers were made in the region. (RFE/RL Newsline) Russian media and elsewhere,” according by Mercata Trading, a firm linked to Kuchma sees Our Ukraine in majority to The New York Times of November 23, Opposition journalist released from jail Mabetex, the company that paid the kick- 1998. KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma met backs to Mr. Borodin. Mr. Kasper- On August 20, 1995, Peter Reddaway, a CHERKASY – Oleh Liashko, the edi- on April 19 with Our Ukraine bloc leader Ansermet ordered the account documents in well-known and respected scholar and spe- tor in chief of the opposition weekly Viktor Yushchenko, UNIAN reported, banks in Geneva and Ticino seized and any cialist on Russia and the former Soviet Svoboda in Cherkasy, was released from quoting presidential spokeswoman Olena further deposits blocked. The Swiss court Union, published an op-ed article in The jail on April 23 on a written pledge not to Hromnytska. “Our Ukraine doubtless found Mr. Borodin guilty of money laun- Washington Post titled, “Better Than leave the city, Interfax and UNIAN belongs to the forces around which a par- dering on March 6 and fined Mr. Borodin Whitewater: Scandal Dogs Russia’s Rising reported. Mr. Liashko was detained on liamentary majority can be formed,” Mr. $175,000. The fine was subtracted from the Star.” Mr. Reddaway presented the follow- April 15 for allegedly resisting police, Kuchma said, according to Ms. $3 million bail paid by the Russian govern- ing arguments and purported facts to state who confiscated the entire print run of Hromnytska. The Our Ukraine press serv- ment. It should be noted that Russian law- his case: his newspaper. (RFE/RL Newsline) ice told the UNIAN news agency that enforcement agencies did not participate in “Mr. Chernomyrdin is ‘the chief Court annuls Hrach’s election ouster Messrs. Kuchma and Yushchenko dis- the investigation of Mr. Borodin. cussed the alliance of democratic forces The investigation, according to Swiss in the new Verkhovna Rada, but gave no Roman Kupchinsky is the editor of authorities, has gone nowhere. KYIV – The Supreme Court on April RFE/RL Crime, Corruption and 19 ruled that Crimean Parliament further details. During the meeting with Terrorism Watch. (Continued on page 20) Chairman Leonid Hrach’s disqualification the president, Mr. Yushchenko reportedly from the election to the Crimean Supreme slammed the behavior of the authorities Council was illegal, the UNIAN news and some central television channels dur- service reported. The ruling paves the way ing the parliamentary election campaign. for Mr. Hrach’s registration as a deputy of (RFE/RL Newsline) Kyiv counts on 10-year gas-transit deal the Crimean legislature. Despite the previ- by Michael Lelyveld plies one-fourth of Europe’s gas, and 90 ous disqualification by a lower court, Mr. President makes new appointments RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report percent of the flow goes through Hrach’s name remained on the ballot in his Ukraine. The route has been a source of KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma has constituency in Symferopol, where on Fears have arisen again in Ukraine both cheap gas for Ukraine and endless appointed Serhii Ryzhuk as the new agri- over Russia’s plans to find other transit March 31 he obtained more votes than culture minister, UNIAN reported. disputes with Moscow. Charges of pilfer- other candidates. Mr. Hrach was also elect- routes for natural gas exports to Europe. ing from the pipeline and Ukraine’s $1.4 Former Agriculture Minister Ivan But all signs suggest that Moscow cannot ed to the Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv on the billion gas debt were supposed to be set- afford to pursue major pipeline projects Communist Party list. (RFE/RL Newsline) (Continued on page 16) tled last October, when a deal was for the time being. reached to restructure the debt over 12 Last week, Russia’s decade-old effort years. to secure outlets for its vital gas exports But Ukraine’s anxiety has continued FOUNDED 1933 seemed to be moving on several fronts at over Russia’s long delay in accepting once with talks in Moscow, Warsaw and HE KRAINIAN EEKLY bonds to back the debt scheme and its Weimar, Germany. TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., The problem of access for gas exports continued campaign to find bypass a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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(Continued on page 18) No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 3 Kuchma’s trip to Mideast mixes FBI experts visit Ukraine, but stymied economics with international policy in assisting Gongadze investigation U.S. Embassy not in the public domain, and said they by Roman Woronowycz President Kuchma traveled to the Middle were unable to discuss any aspects of the Kyiv Press Bureau East not only as a peacemaker, but also to KYIV – The government of Ukraine case, share evidence or conduct a joint conjure up business investments and eco- invited a team of FBI experts in homicide site inspection. Because of this, the FBI KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma nomic opportunity for Ukraine and establish investigations to consult with Ukrainian wound up a four-day swing through the team could not provide suggestions that closer diplomatic ties to the three countries investigators in the Heorhii Gongadze Middle East on April 24 with a stop in might help Ukrainian law enforcement on his itinerary. case. Amman, Jordan, in a trip that mixed eco- authorities advance the investigation of His first stop was Damascus, where he The team met with investigators in the nomic matters with international politics the murder of Mr. Gongadze. and Syrian President Basher al-Assad Office of the Procurator General, the and during which he presented a Ukrainian signed a number of bilateral documents, Ministry of Internal Affairs and the The team consisted of members who initiative for resolution of the Palestinian- are assigned to the FBI’s National Center among them agreements on trade and eco- Security Service of Ukraine. Israeli conflict. nomic development that would lay the The objective of the FBI team was to for Analysis of Violent Crime. They were Calling his visit to Syria, Lebanon and in Kyiv on April 8-15. The FBI’s legal basis for the establishment of repre- exchange ideas on methodology and Jordan, three Arabic countries that border sentative trade missions in both countries, strategies related to the Gongadze inves- National Center often consults with law Israel, “fruitful,” Mr. Kuchma also noted enforcement authorities in the United in addition to an accord on mutual protec- tigation. The team was not in Ukraine to that the Palestinian-Israeli issue is potential- tion of investments. States and other countries, makes avail- conduct its own investigation. ly the most volatile in the world at the In a private meeting the two state pres- able its expertise to other law enforce- Unfortunately, Ukrainian law enforce- moment, reported Interfax-Ukraine. idents discussed the Mideast conflict and ment bodies and remains available to ment officials asserted that Ukrainian law “Ukraine cannot remain indifferent to endorsed the “land for peace” principle prohibits sharing any information that is assist Ukrainian authorities. the crisis,” said Mr. Kuchma, after which called for in a U.N. Security Council res- he fleshed out a Ukrainian government ini- olution. tiative to bring the two sides to the negoti- Mr. Kuchma then traveled to Beirut for a ating table “in the context of an interna- two-day stay on April 22-23, during which tional diplomatic effort aimed at a peace he signed agreements on stimulating entre- U.S. judge denies Lazarenko’s settlement.” preneurial investment between Lebanese In a proposal that in many ways paral- and Ukrainian businessmen. The president request for discovery of evidence leled an earlier one put forward by Saudi called on Lebanese investors “to take a by Roman Kupchinsky “The government argues this evidence Arabia, President Kuchma called for an more active part in the privatization of immediate ceasefire and the pullout of RFE/RL Crime, Corruption and Terrorism Watch is irrelevant because it focuses on viola- Ukrainian firms,” noting that in 2001 the tions of Ukrainian law and not the gov- Israeli troops from Palestinian territory to be trade turnover between the two countries On March 8 defense attorneys for ernment’s decision to charge Mr. replaced by the deployment of a multina- was a meager $100 million. Pavlo Lazarenko had filed a “memoran- Lazarenko in the United States. The gov- tional peacekeeping force on the West Bank “We believe that today there are genuine dum in support of motion for discovery in ernment contends that if anything, it is and in Gaza. prospects for the participation of large support of claim alleging selective prose- impartial to the political situation in He explained that this was a necessary Ukrainian industrial and scientific opportu- cution” to the United States Court for the Ukraine, citing the United States’ recent first step “to create a favorable environment nities in cooperative projects in Lebanon,” for resuming talks on the creation of a Northern District of California. In other grant of political asylum to Maj. Mykola said Mr. Kuchma. Palestinian state, guarantee the observance words, the defense asked the court to Melnychenko, a whistle-blower who He also met with Lebanese President of ceasefire accords, return to the allow it to find evidence that its client, the allegedly illegally taped Leonid Kuchma Emile Lahoud and Prime Minister Rafiq al- Palestinian Authorities the levers of control former prime minister of Ukraine, is incriminating himself, as support,” the Hariri to discuss the Palestinian-Israeli con- over their situation and prevent fresh mani- being selectively prosecuted. judge added. flict. festations of violence.” On March 26, U.S. District Judge Judge Jenkins continued: “The court On his second day in Lebanon, President He called on Palestinians to halt terror- Martin J. Jenkins denied that motion. agrees with the government. Mr. Kuchma visited the 3,500 soldiers of the ist attacks and for the conflicting parties to “Furthermore, the government submits Lazarenko’s discussion and evidence special Ukrainian battalion of the United implement the Tenet Plan and the recom- that Mr. Lazarenko’s evidence consists of focuses on fraud in Ukraine and it is unre- Nations contingent stationed in southern mendations of the Mitchell Commission. Lebanon, which is completing mine only hearsay allegations that offer no lated to the government’s purpose in Mr. Kuchma also demanded that peace removal work in the area. information about the government’s deci- bringing the charges against Mr. talks begin concomitantly with the estab- In Jordan, where he spent April 23-24, sion to prosecute,” Judge Jenkins wrote. Lazarenko in the United States.” lishment of a Palestinian state. The he met with King Abdullah II and signed Ukrainian president said that he is ready to more trade and economic agreements, mediate the negotiations and to hold them including the establishment of categories of defense minister, by the UPA in an ambush in Yalta. tax and duty-free imports. Jordan’s Premier Poland’s president... in the Bieszczady Mountains on March 28, He suggested the need to organize a Ali Abu al-Ragheb and the Ukrainian presi- (Continued from page 1) 1947. Prof. Mironowicz said the killing of United Nations donor conference to mobi- dent agreed to develop an intergovernmen- some 80,000 Ukrainians of the estimated Swierczewski served as a convenient pre- lize resources for humanitarian relief for the tal commission on trade and economic community of 600,000 left Poland for the text for the Communist authorities to launch Palestinian areas affected by the conflict. cooperation. Soviet Union. a drastic resettlement operation, but in fact it had nothing to do with the chain of politi- In 1945 the government sent consider- cal decisions that were made earlier on the able armed forces to the southeastern part of al deputy in the Verkhovna Rada. He said deportation. “Operation Vistula” began on the country. In the autumn of 1945, these he would be satisfied if he obtained mem- April 28, 1947. Controversial procurator... troops joined police, security service forces, (Continued from page 1) bership in the parliamentary Committee The newly appointed Ukrainian ambas- and border guards in the compulsory reloca- death, and perhaps even leading a cover- on Law Enforcement. He also noted that sador to Poland, Oleksander Nykonenko, he expects to remain chairman of the tion of Ukrainians to the Soviet Union. up. Most telling was the way in which the also sent a letter to last week’s conference in Coordinating Committee on Corruption There were many fights between Polish procurator general initially cast doubt on Krasiczyn. Ambassador Nykonenko wrote and Organized Crime, which is part of the troops and UPA guerrillas who wanted to results of a DNA test reported in February that Mr. Kwasniewski’s apology is an presidential administration. prevent the resettlement. The peak of the 2001, which determined with a 99.6 per- important step in assessing the Polish Mr. Potebenko raised some eyebrows deportation of Ukrainians to the Soviet cent probability that the body exhumed Communist regime’s crimes against ethnic among pundits with the remark that he Union occurred in the autumn of 1946, Ukrainians. “There is a lot being done to from a shallow grave belonged to the jour- reserves the right in the future to resign when some 200,000 people were relocated overcome ‘ghosts of the past’ in Poland and nalist. He also had continued to refuse to from the Parliament and resume his for- within four months. In total, according to in Ukraine,” PAP quoted from Mr. work with relatives of Mr. Gongadze, mer duties because he still has a year official data, some 490,000 Ukrainians were Nykonenko’s letter. specifically the widow and mother of the remaining in his five-year appointment as expelled from Poland to the Ukrainian SSR. Some Polish media noted, however, that journalist, even after a court gave them procurator general. According to Prof. Mironowicz, in while Poland is really doing a lot to look at special status that legally allowed them Mr. Potebenko is one of more than a November 1946 the General Staff of the its past from a new perspective in a bid to access to details of the investigation. half dozen government officials who have Polish army proposed to the government to overcome historical barriers to friendly Most recently, on April 8-15, the had to decide whether to stay in the execu- dispose by way of “internal deportation” of Polish-Ukrainian relations, Ukraine is Procurator General’s Office headed by Mr. tive branch or take their seats in the new the remaining Ukrainians and Lemkos who doing decidedly too little. The private TVN Potebenko had refused to cooperate with Parliament. Vice Prime Minister Ivan inhabited the adjacent Beskid Niski region Television, while praising President agents from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Kyrylenko and Minister of Industrial but remained fairly reserved about defining Kwasniewski’s statement on Operation Investigation, citing Ukrainian law that Policy Vasyl Hureyev have also announced themselves as Ukrainians and supporting Vistula, commented simultaneously that prohibits sharing any information that is they would take seats in Parliament. Both UPA fighters. “Internal deportation” meant Warsaw is still waiting for Kyiv’s official not in the public domain in an ongoing are members of For a United Ukraine. a compulsory dissipated resettlement of apology for massacres of the Polish popu- investigation, even though the Ukrainian Volodymyr Lytvyn, President some 140,000 people in Poland’s lation in Ukraine’s Volhynia region in government had invited the FBI to Kyiv. Kuchma’s chief of staff and head of the Recovered Lands. The government made a 1943. According to Polish historians, the FBI agents, who had been assigned to the For a United Ukraine bloc, has indicated formal decision on the deportation of UPA brutally murdered between 60,000 case from the bureau’s National Center for he, too, would give up his position in the Ukrainians in the spring of 1947. and 70,000 Polish civilians in Volhynia in Analysis of Violent Crimes, left Ukraine executive to assume duties in the legisla- Polish textbooks of history assert that the 1943. In connection with these massacres, without being able to provide any substan- tive branch of government. Prime official go-ahead for Operation Vistula was the IPN branch in Lublin has launched an tive support. Minister Anatolii Kinakh, another mem- given a day after the assassination of Gen. investigation of crimes allegedly commit- Mr. Potebenko said he wants to keep a ber of the bloc, has yet to announce a Karol Swierczewski, Poland’s deputy ted by Ukrainian nationalists. low profile in his new position as a nation- decision. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 No. 17 Consulate of Ukraine opened in Michigan at Ukrainian Cultural Center by Anatoli Murha bilities of honorary consul of Ukraine that were placed on me by the Ukrainian gov- WARREN, Mich. – The Consulate of ernment and approved by the American Ukraine in Michigan was officially dedicat- government. I am particularly grateful to ed here on March 23, with a gala banquet at you, Mr. Consul General, for your initiative the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Warren, to nominate me to this position and to you, Mich. Mr. Ambassador, for your support. Among the nearly 600 guests were: When two years ago we met and Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, ambassador of exchanged views on Ukraine-U.S. relations Ukraine to the United States; Consul and their common national interests, we General of Ukraine in Chicago Dr. Borys found that we shared the same hopes and Bazylevskyi; Honorary Consul of Ukraine aspirations and initiated our cooperative in Michigan Bohdan Fedorak; U.S. Sens. efforts. As a consequence, two conferences Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow; U.S. were held: “Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Reps. David Bonior and. Sander Levin; Nation Statehood – Roundtables I and II: State Reps. Jennifer Faunce, John Taking Measure of the U.S./Ukraine Papageorge and Andrew Raczkowski; Strategic Partnership.” In this and in so Warren Mayor Mark Steenburg; Sterling many other joint endeavors, we highly Heights Mayor pro tem Katharine George; value your cooperation and your under- Warren City Council Member Michael standing of the potential of the diaspora as a Chupa and 11 representatives of the con- partner in the consolidation and the devel- sular corps in Michigan. opment of the Independent and United The president of the Ukrainian Congress Ukraine. Committee of America, Michael Sawkiw U.S. Sen. Carl Levin presents the U.S. flag that was flown over the U.S. The responsibilities and duties of the Jr., offered greetings to Mr. Fedorak on the Capitol to commemorate the opening of the Consulate of Ukraine in Michigan to Consulate of Ukraine in Michigan are for- occasion of his appointment to the position Honorary Consul Bohdan Fedorak (right). Seated is Barbara Levin. midable. Their successful implementation of honorary consul of Ukraine. “This is a will require the cooperation and mutual very important step in the bilateral relations national law; lies. It lies in the same space of shared val- • “furthering the development of com- ues that you gathered here share. Ukrainians understanding of all Ukrainian patriots in between the U.S. and Ukraine, which our organized community. With God’s help reflects the close cooperation and trust mercial, economic, cultural and scientific should and will live according to the same we will, together, achieve our goals. between the two countries,” he said. relations between the United States of standards whether they are American citi- “It also underscores the mutual respect America and Ukraine, and thus promoting zens or citizens of Ukraine. This is some- Sen. Carl Levin: and the attention by the government of friendly relations between the two countries thing that I am working for in my capacity Ukraine toward the Ukrainian community in accordance with the provisions of the as ambassador. I am honored to join you in this celebra- in America. We are gratified that the rela- above-mentioned convention; I am totally convinced that, in reaching tion. It is a culmination of a huge amount of tions between the U.S. and Ukraine are • “ascertaining by all lawful means con- these goals, the honorary consul of Ukraine work and effort on the part of the Ukrainian developing in a positive direction and that ditions and developments in the commer- here in Michigan will not fail with the sup- American community to establish a con- the achievements of the Ukrainian commu- cial, economic, cultural and scientific life of port of all the elected officials of your state sulate here in metropolitan Detroit. I cannot nity are appreciated in Ukraine,” Mr. the United States of America, reporting and, likewise, with the support of all of you think of any more fitting place for it other Sawkiw stated. thereon to the head of the diplomatic mis- gathered here today. ... than the Ukrainian Cultural Center here. The UCCA leader concluded by noting sion or consular post of Ukraine.” It is not the first time that I am here in the What a victory this is for the Ukrainian that “Mr. Fedorak’s high designation and The Consulate of Ukraine in Michigan is Ukrainian Cultural Center. The first time American community and what a victory it his efforts in this new position will further located at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, that I was here, I noticed and I could appre- is for all Americans to have a Consulate facilitate the sharing of his vast experience 26601 Ryan Road – Suite 5, Warren, MI ciate what kind of stature Bohdan Fedorak here in Warren. I wish Mr. Fedorak well as of unceasing work for the good of 48091; telephone: (586) 757-7910; fax, has in the community. His knowledge of the he takes on his duties. It really is a part of Ukrainians in America, in Ukraine and (586) 757-8684. community, of the economic potential of an honorable tradition. throughout the world.” Michigan and of Ukraine made him the For a millennium, I told the Senate, the *** only choice that I thought of when I pre- Ukrainian people have successfully fought The dedication included the blessing of Following are excerpts of remarks by the Ukrainian Consulate by Bishop sented my recommendations to Kyiv. He to retain and preserve their unique culture, Ambassador Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, was accepted. But it is not simply an hon- language, religion and identity. Such Alexander Bykowetz, the Very Rev. Dean Honorary Consul Bohdan Fedorak, U.S. Basil Salkovski and the Very Rev. Dr. Pavlo orary function. What it means is that you resiliency and perseverance stand as an Sen. Carl Levin, U.S. Sen. Debbie can apprise him of all of your needs and we inspiration for free people everywhere and Bodnarchuk. Stabenow; U.S. Rep. David Bonior; U.S. The cultural program during the dedica- will provide him all of the support he needs bears witness to the depth, character and Rep. Sander Levin and UCCA President to make a difference. vibrancy of Ukrainian culture. During the tion featured mezzo-soprano Christina Michael Sawkiw Jr. Romana Lypeckyj; the Ukrainian Bandurist I believe that Ukraine has a great future. course of the past 100 years, Michigan has Chorus with Oleh Mahlay, conductor; a We need both attention, but, even more so, become home to a vibrant Ukrainian com- Ambassador Kostyantyn Hrysh- understanding of the complexities of this munity. The Ukrainian people who came to sextet from Ukraine, with Maestro chenko: Rostyslav Demchyshyn, conductor and particular juncture in our history: under- the United States left behind the horrors of artistic director; soprano Solomia ... The United States is an exceptionally standing of especially the efforts of those tsarist Russia, the Famine of 1932-1933, Urbanovych; and soprano Lesia Borovets. important country for Ukraine. It has been a who live in Ukraine, who find themselves Nazi encroachment and Communist rule. The master of ceremonies was Jurij light in the sea of darkness for those not in the same, as yet, conditions as here, But they did not leave behind their love for Fedorak. Ukrainians who were in Ukraine, who were but who see their future clearly and who do the nation and the culture. The commemorative program book of in the camps created by the Communist not hesitate to be competitive in elections, The Consulate of Ukraine in Michigan the dedication included 41 congratulatory regime in Siberia, who were in other places to fight for their rights, to complain to will enhance and expand the ties that united letters, resolutions and proclamations from far from Ukraine. everyone, including to you here. This is a the United States and Ukraine. It will serve American government officials, Ukrainian The United States was and remains cru- sign of democracy. This is a sign that all of the people of Michigan and will lead organizations and individuals. There were cial for guaranteeing and preserving democracy has its proponents, people who to an increased social, cultural and econom- 100 organizations and individuals that Ukrainian independence. America is a will not let it die. And I am convinced that ic interaction between our two nations. served as sponsors of the dedication gala. country that is considered by Ukrainians as Ukraine, with such people, has a great I would like to present at this time a The dedication gala was organized by a symbol of a great spirit of equality, under- future. special flag, a flag that was flown over the the Committee in Support of the Consulate standing and compassion. It is, therefore, Let me conclude by thanking all of those Capitol to honor the opening of the of Ukraine in Michigan whose members crucial for Ukraine to have not only your who spoke before me for the kind words Consulate of Ukraine in Michigan. I are: Chairman Borys Potapenko, Vice- support, but also your understanding of directed to me and to the Ukrainian people. would like to present it to the new hon- Chairmen Bishop Bykowetz, the Very Rev. what Ukraine is today. Before I present the credentials, I would like orary consul, Mr. Fedorak. This flag sym- Salkovski, and the Very Rev. Bodnarchuk; After 10 years of independence nobody to offer a gift that I hope would find a place bolizes the ties between our two nations. I Treasurer and Finance Committee doubts that Ukraine will continue to be a in the Consulate. It is a portrait of Taras give it to you proudly on my own behalf Chairman Lubomyr Lypeckyj; Program European – a truly European – country, Shevchenko. and on behalf of my brother, Sandy, who Committee Chairman Stefan Fedenko; with all the values and with all of the I would not be able to complete my also is here today, to display at the Government Relations Committee achievements that are associated in our talk tonight without conveying to you Ukrainian Cultural Center in the newly Chairman Jurij Fedorak; and Media imagination of how a European is to be. Mr. Fedorak and to all that are present opened - and I know will be very busy – Relations Committee Chairman However, it is only 10 years since here the best greetings from the president Consulate of Ukraine in Michigan. Wolodymyr Lewenetz. Ukraine became a new country and one of Ukraine, from the minister for foreign “Mnohaya Lita.” The principal official duties of the hon- can hardly expect it to overcome the dis- affairs, who appointed you to this posi- Sen. Debbie Stabenow: orary consul in Michigan, as stated in the tance that other countries have taken hun- tion. Let me once again express my full “Agreement on Functions and Duties of the dreds of years to travel, sometimes commitment to making your position, your work, successful and the hope that Ambassador Gryshchenko we are Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Detroit, including civil wars, sometimes civil dis- honored that your nation has chosen the Michigan, United States of America, obedience in a real fight to achieve everyone will support our cause. Thank you. Ukrainian Cultural Center here in Warren Bohdan Fedorak,” are: democracy. as the site for this new Consulate. • “protecting in the United States of Ukraine has been able to reach the point Honorary Consul Bohdan Fedorak: Michigan has long been home to America the interests of Ukraine and of its where it is today without bloodshed, with Ukrainians seeking freedom. And now nationals, both individuals and bodies cor- social cohesiveness and with a stronger and “It is with a profound sense of responsi- porate, within the limits permitted by inter- stronger consciousness of where its future bility that I accept the duties and responsi- (Continued on page 21) No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

CONVENTION NEWS: Banquet to feature two community activists as speakers CHICAGO – The gala banquet of the Dole. He was appointed a member of the 35th Convention of the Ukrainian National academic brotherhood of the National Association in Chicago will highlight two University of Ostroh Academy in Ukraine. well-known Ukrainian American personali- Dr. Kuropas is an adjunct professor at ties who at one time in their careers were on Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, opposite sides of the political spectrum. where he lives with his wife, Lesia, (a for- “We are thrilled that Askold S. mer Miss Soyuzivka). They have two sons, Lozynskyj and Myron B. Kuropas will be Stefko (the current UNA vice-president) the main speakers at our banquet during and Michael, and five grandchildren. this convention,” announced UNA First Dr. Kuropas will speak on the topic “The Vice-President Stefko Kuropas, banquet UNA: Reviving the Dream.” chairman, who together with Second Vice- Las Vegas-type entertainment will be President Anya Dydyk-Petrenko will provided by Ihor Baczynskyj and Ron emcee the traditional banquet. Cahute, well-known Ukrainian Canadian “Both are distinguished gentlemen who music recording artists whose “Barabolia” began their careers in Ukrainian American and “Tsybulia” records have been best-sell- youth organizations and have had an impact ers in North America. on our community all of their adult lives. In addition to national UNA officers and They have years of experience and expertise other dignitaries from the United States, as civic leaders and political activists. We’re Canada and Ukraine, distinguished guests looking forward to their remarks. Both, inci- on the banquet dais will include Rep. dentally, have been active in the Ukrainian Marcy C. Kaptur, member of the National Association, the mother of all Congressional Ukrainian Caucus and fre- Ukrainian American secular organizations.” quent personal contributor to projects in Mr. Lozynskyj was born in New York western Ukraine, Illinois State Sen. Walter City to post-World War II Ukrainian immi- Dudycz, and Edward Moskal, president of grants who fled Soviet rule of Ukraine. the Polish American Congress. Askold Lozynskyj Dr. Myron B. Kuropas He began his community leadership career as the national president of the Federation of Ukrainian Student Organizations (SUSTA) and editor-in-chief of its quarterly publication. Later he was elected president of the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM). He also served THTH ONVENTIONONVENTION OFOF THETHE two terms as a UNA supreme advisor. 3535 CC Most of Mr. Lozynskyj’s community activities in recent years have revolved KRAINIANKRAINIAN AATIONALTIONAL SSOCIASSOCIATIONTION around the Ukrainian Congress Committee UU NN AA of America, which he served as vice-presi- to be held at the Chicago O'Hare Marriott: Friday, May 24th, through Tuesday, May 28th dent, legal advisor and, ultimately, presi- dent. He was a member of the presidium of CONCERT/äéçñÖêí The BANQUET FOR THE 35TH CONVENTION the Ukrainian World Congress since 1990 will be held at will be held at 7:00 PM and was elected UWC president in 1998. Ridgewood High School, 7500 W. Montrose Ave. on Sunday, May 27th, Mr. Lozynskyj holds B.A. and J.D. Norridge, IL in the Chicago Ballroom of the degrees from Fordham University. He has Saturday, May 25th, at 7:00 PM. Chicago Marriott O'Hare Hotel. had a private law practice since 1976 spe- cializing in commercial law, and property Scheduled To Perform: The keynote addresses will be by: and estates. Ukrainian speaker: Askold Lozynskyj Zeonid Modrytzkyj Chamber Ensemble Mr. Lozynskyj will speak on the topic English speaker: Dr. Myron Kuropas “The Phenomenon of the World’s ä‡ÏÂðÌËÈ ÄÌ҇Ϸθ áÂÓÌ¥‰‡ åÓ‰ðˈ¸ÍÓ„Ó Ukrainians.” ODUM Bandura Ensemble Entertainment will be provided by Dr. Kuropas was born in Chicago to a ÄÌ҇Ϸθ Ň̉ÛðËÒÚ¥‚ éÑìå-Û Ihor Baczynskyj and Ron Cahute. longtime UNA family headed by Stephen Surma Choir/ïÓð ëÛðχ Kuropas, a pre-World War II immigrant Char-Zill¥‡ Bandura Ensemble who served as a UNA auditor and vice- ÄÌ҇Ϸθ Ň̉ÛðËÒÚ¥‚ ó‡ð-á¥ÎÎfl president, and was along-time columnist for Svoboda. 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Currently he authors “Faces and Places,” a biweekly column in The Ukrainian Weekly, and serves as an honorary member of the UNA General Assembly. THE CHICAGO CONVENTION COMMITTEE OF THE UNA He holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Chicago and was employed INVITES YOU TO JOIN US AT BOTH THE CONCERT AND BANQUET. by the Chicago and DeKalb, Ill., school FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE EVENTS, VISIT OUR systems as a teacher and principal. He has also held positions as the Chicago regional WEBSITE AT WWW.UNACONVENTION.COM director of ACTION, a federal agency, also as a special assistant to President Gerald R. Ford and a legislative assistant to Sen. Bob 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Northern N.J. District meets by Roma Hadzewycz PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Northern New Jersey District Committee of the Ukrainian National Association, which encompasses 19 branches, held its annual meeting here at the UNA Corporate Headquarters on Friday, April 6, with 26 persons present. The meeting was brought to order by UNA Advisor Eugene Oscislawski, the dis- trict chairman, who welcomed branch rep- resentatives, district officers and members of the UNA General Assembly: President Ulana Diachuk, Treasurer Stefan Kaczaraj and Advisors Andre Worobec and Roma Hadzewycz. Mr. Oscislawski called for a moment of silence in honor of leading UNA and Northern New Jersey District activists who Participants of the annual meeting of the Northern New Jersey District Committee of the UNA. had passed away during the past year: Walter Sochan, former supreme secretary A three-member nominations committee billing from the Home Office had resulted motion was adopted with applause. and honorary member of the General was elected; its members were Dana in a loss of contact between branch secre- Next came remarks by the UNA execu- Assembly; John O. Flis, former supreme Jasinski, Walter Honcharyk and Ms. taries and their members, and that this has tive officers in attendance. president and honorary member of the Hadzewycz. President Diachuk reported that the General Assembly; former Svoboda Editor- hindered organizing activity. The district chairman delivered a report Northern New Jersey District Committee in-Chief Zenon Snylyk; and Stepan Mr. Worobec delivered the financial on the district’s overall activity during the had enrolled 86 new members in 2001, Kosonocky, former secretary of Branch report of the district, after which Oksana last year, highlighting such events as the Trytjak, speaking on behalf of the Auditing meeting 52 percent of its annual quota. She 172. noted that Ms. Trytjak had enrolled the Julian Kotlar was elected to chair the Father’s Day trip to Soyuzivka and thank- Committee, proposed a vote of confidence meeting, while Sofia Derzko was elected to ing fellow members of the district executive for the outgoing district officers. The (Continued on page 23) record the minutes. board for their cooperation. As the district secretary, Marcanthony Mr. Oscislawski noted that secretaries Datzkiwsky, was not present, in lieu of the had been experiencing problems with the minutes of the last annual meeting, Mr. new applications for UNA membership UNA HQ welcomes major tenant Worobec read The Weekly’s account of the which are printed in English only, and he meeting, which was unanimously accepted. pointed out that the institution of direct PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrainian declaring April 12 as “Social Security Day” National Association’s Corporate in the county; and Michelle Sylvin of the Headquarters welcomed a major new tenant Township of Parsippany/Troy Hills, who RECORDING DEPARTMENT here on Friday, April 12. presented a proclamation extending con- That day the Parsippany District Office gratulations and a welcome from the town- MEMBERSHIP REPORT – FEBRUARY 2002 of the Social Security Administration (SSA) ship. Martha Lysko, National Secretary held its official opening ceremonies, com- Jane Y. L. Lim, district manager of the plete with a short program in the atrium of SSA office in Parsippany, noted that it the UNA HQ that featured the Parsippany serves a population of 500,000 in Morris Juvenile Adult ADD Total Total Active Members – 1/2002 6,560 13,649 2,995 23,204 Hills High School Choral Group (one of and northern Somerset counties. She Total Inactive Members –1/2002 7,444 16,889 0 24,333 whose members is a local Ukrainian pledged effective and efficient service to all Total Members – 1/2002 14,016 30,647 2,995 47,658 American, Oksana Buniak) singing the customers, and extended thanks for a beau- American national anthem and “America, tiful facility to the building’s owner, the ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP the Beautiful,” a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Ukrainian National Association. Remarks Gains in 2/2002 the entrance to the Social Security offices were delivered also by Social Security on the second floor and a breakfast buffet in Administration officials for New Jersey and New members 9 21 0 30 New members UL 0 4 0 4 the spanking new officers. the New York Region. Reinstated 9 16 4 29 On hand for the ceremonies were local In attendance at the ceremonies were Total Gains: 18 41 4 63 officials, including Frank Dreutzler of the UNA executive officers, as well as the edi- Losses in 2/2002 Morris County Board of Chosen tor-in-chief of The Ukrainian Weekly and Freeholders, who presented a proclamation editors of Svoboda. Died 0 49 0 49 Cash surrender 14 20 0 34 Endowment matured 13 13 0 26 Fully paid-up 6 17 0 23 Reduced paid-up 0 0 0 0 Extended Insurance 9 25 0 34 Certificates lapsed (active) 12 15 24 51 Certificate terminated 1 5 3 9 Total Losses 55 144 27 226 Total Active Members – 2/2002 6,523 13,546 2,972 23,041

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Gains in 2/2002 Paid-up 6 17 0 23 Reduced paid up 0 0 0 0 Extended insurance 9 25 0 34 Total Gains 15 42 0 57 Losses in 2/2002 * Died 0 54 0 54 * Cash surrender 2 11 0 13 Pure endowment matured 1 3 0 4 Reinstated to active 9 16 0 25 Certificates lapsed (inactive) 0 6 0 6 Total Losses 12 90 0 102 Total Inactive Members – 2/2002 7,447 16,841 0 24,288 TOTAL MEMBERSHIP – 2/2002 13,970 30,387 2,972 47,329 Parsippany District Office Manager Jane Y. L. Lim (second from right) accepts a (* Paid up and reduced paid up policies) proclamation from Morris Country Freeholder Frank Dreutzler, as UNA President Ulana Diachuk (right) and National Secretary Martha Lysko look on. No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 7 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

CONVENTION PREPARATIONS: Proposals for amendments to UNA By-Laws In accordance with the UNA By-Laws, Committee, Organizing Committee or eligible for any office in the General Therefore, I propose that the by-laws all branches, district committees and indi- Fraternal Committee. Assembly of the Association; provided, stipulate that employees of the UNA cannot vidual members are invited to submit their 3. We propose that full-time employees however, that no person shall be eligible to serve on the General Assembly in any proposals for the good and welfare of the of the UNA cannot become members of the any office of the Association, nor shall such capacity other than an advisor as that posi- association to the Executive Committee. General Assembly due to arising conflict of person hold office, who believes in, advo- tion is advisory only. Then it will be clear to The Executive Committee received the interest issues. cates, teaches, or practices, or is a member all that employees cannot be executive offi- following proposed amendments and 4. Change in manuals: Funds of the of any organization or group that believes cers or auditors – both entities that have changes to the UNA By-Laws and submit- Association Fraternal Fund, under e) “The in, advocates or teaches the overthrow by some authority over employees. ted them to Taras Szmagala Jr., chairman of Executive Committee shall transfer...” This force or violence or subversion of the gov- Alternately – particularly since it is the Pre-Convention By-Laws Committee. section should be deleted due to the existing ernment of which he is a citizen. possible that the size of the General These amendments will be given to the state escheat laws which take precedence A. Terms of the following positions will Assembly will be decreased – the by-laws Convention By-laws Committee for delib- over our by-laws. The New Jersey be limited to three consecutive terms: could contain an outright prohibition on eration at the convention; the committee Department of Banking and Insurance has President employees serving on the GA, even as will then propose to the delegates those requested that change. First Vice-President advisors. If the size of the GA decreases, changes it deems important to the UNA. *** Second Vice-President it is more important to have a wider rep- *** During the annual meeting of the UNA Director for Canada resentation of the UNA membership On behalf of the full-time members of the Connecticut District Committee on March National Secretary across the U.S. and Canada than it is for 9, President Ulana Diachuk suggested that UNA Executive Committee, UNA President Treasurer employees to have an opportunity to Ulana Diachuk submitted the following pro- Ihor Hayda submit the following items to be Once these officers have competed serve an organization in which they posals for By-laws changes at the 35th considered by the By-Laws Committee. their third consecutive term, they need to believe. Noble intentions of dedicated Convention. They are a summary of collected sugges- run for a different office, or take an hon- employees here are far outweighed by the 1. Reduction in the number of General tions that were expressed during the annual orary membership on the General greater good of having the UNA repre- Assembly members, and Article II, meetings of Branch 59 and the Connecticut sented on a wider territory (which, inci- Assembly. This change will go into effect Conventions to be changed as follows: District: dentally, is why I am adamantly opposed immediately upon passage. There are no 7. (d) To nominate and elect by ballot the 1. The UNA National Convention is to to decreasing the size of the GA). provisions for grandfathering current following Officers, who shall constitute the be held at the UNA Estate Soyuzivka. 2. I suggest also that the rights of hon- office holders. General Assembly: President, Vice- 2. The duration of the UNA National orary members of the General Assembly President, National Secretary, Treasurer, Convention should be reduced from four to Convention: Legislative Powers (i.e., a voice, but not a vote, during ses- three members of the Auditing Committee, three days. sions of the GA) be extended to the two seven members of the Board of Advisors of 3. The number of vice-presidents should Paragraph 7. The Convention shall have editors-in-chief of the UNA’s publications. which at least one shall be a Canadian be reduced from two to one. the following authority and sole jurisdic- These are very important positions within member. The total number of the General 4. The UNA Auditing Committee should tion: the organization, and it would be worth- Assembly members to be 14. consist of three members. *** while to have the input of the two persons The reasons for such a reduction are: 5. The number of the UNA advisors The following was submitted to Taras in charge of the newspapers’ day-to-day • As our membership was growing more should be only nine. Szmagala Jr., chair, Standing Committee on operations. members had been added to the board. The 6. Honorary members should be reim- UNA By-Laws, and/or the UNA Executive I offer these suggestions in order to put largest number of members, namely 89,119, bursed only half the travel cost for meeting Committee by Roma Hadzewycz, member of these issues on the table for discussion by was recorded in 1974. At the time the and convention attendance. UNA Branch 287. the Convention By-Laws Committee – Supreme Assembly consisted of seven 7. During the UNA convention speeches 1. As the issue of employees serving on something I had hoped to do as a General members of the Executive Committee, five from the floor should be limited to five min- the General Assembly seems to come up far Assembly member tapped to be on the GA’s members of the Auditing Committee, and utes and questions to two minutes. too often, perhaps it is necessary for our by- By-Laws Committee that was supposed to 14 advisors, in total 26 board members. 8. Three months prior to the convention a laws to be clarified. have met before the convention. Since 1974 our membership has decreased slate of candidates, their qualifications and to 45,000 as of the end of 2001, or over 50 platforms should be made public to the percent. The number of board members membership for a better informed election. remained at 25. In 1974 there were 3,500 These suggestions are not written in the members for each board member. In com- proper legal language that is required for Credentials Committee meets parison to the present number of members by-laws. They are just an expression of our the board should have only 13 members. members’ frustration and desire to improve • In 1995 Sons of Norway had submitted the UNA’s finances and management. to verify convention delegates to us the results of their questionnaire in *** regard to the number of officers and direc- The following are the changes proposed tors the fraternal societies had. The respons- by Branch 22 of the Ukrainian National es had shown that a great majority of the Association at its annual meeting on responding societies had less than 18 mem- February 10, as submitted by Michael V. bers, both directors and officers. Please note Kuropas, secretary of Branch 22. (Changes other important comments made by the appear in boldface type.) societies. The letter is attached. • The following information was collect- Honorary Members ed from the 2000 Statistics of Fraternal Benefit Societies: a). Western Fraternal Life Paragraph 32. A member of the Association, with 149 lodges, 44,392 mem- Association who held an office in the bers, and $148,039,823 in assets, has a General Assembly of the Ukrainian board consisting of four officers and seven National Association for an aggregate of 20 directors. b). SPJST with 47,161 life certifi- years or more may, at such member’s elec- cates and $132,433,760 in assets has five tion, become an Honorary Member of the officers (legal advisor included) and seven General Assembly. Members of the Credentials Committee of the 35th Regular Convention of the directors. Our prior inquiry has shown the Honorary Members can take part in dis- UNA– (standing, from left) Myron Kuzio, Peter Hawrylciw, (seated) George following board sizes: 7,10, 12, 14,17,19, cussions at the meetings of the General Yurkiw, Tymko Butrej and Olha Oseredczuk – at work with Christine Kozak 24; two societies had 18 members. Assembly in an advisory capacity. At • Societies with smaller boards are hold- Conventions, Honorary Members have all (seated right) of the Home Office staff. ing board meetings more than once a year. rights of a delegate which include the right If the UNA had a smaller board, it could to vote and receive a per diem allowance. by Peter Hawrylciw 164, Pennsylvania, and Myron Kuzio, They do not, however, have the right to be Branch 277, Connecticut, members. possibly meet twice a year or more often. PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Credentials 2. Board of Advisors, Paragraph 31: elected as delegates to the convention or to The Credentials Committee verified Committee for the 35th Regular Presently the by-laws specify that the advi- be elected to office in the Association. the status of all delegates in accordance Convention of the Ukrainian National sors shall execute all assignments given Honorary Membership is valid for life. with the UNA By-Laws. All delegates them by the Executive Committee in addi- Once elected, an Honorary Member is Association met here at the Home Office must be social members, or have active tion to taking part in all conventions and thereafter precluded from running for on April 16, starting at 10 a.m. The com- policies and be in good standing as of sessions of the General Assembly. office within the General Assembly, until mittee elected among them a chairperson December 31, 2001. We propose the following duties for the such time that they may resign their and two secretaries. Christine Kozak, Branch 134, UNA advisors: Each advisor is obligated to Honorary Membership. The members of the committee are as Home Office employee, worked closely follows: George Yurkiw, Branch 130, with the committee in helping them veri- organize at least five members per year, as Qualification of officers our tradition dictates. He/she has to be in New York, chairman; Olga Oseredczuk, fy delegate records and payment dates. touch with the local branches and attend Paragraph 18. Any member in good Branch 37, New Jersey, Ukrainian-lan- The committee confirmed that there their annual meetings. Each advisor shall standing of the Association, over the age of guage secretary; Peter Hawrylciw, will be 142 delegates or their alternates belong to one of the Standing Committees 21, possessing the qualifications of a dele- Branch 253, Massachusetts, English-lan- eligible to be seated at the convention. of the General Assembly, such as Financial gate as herein before prescribed, shall be guage secretary; Tymko Butrej, Branch The meeting adjourned at 3 p.m. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 No. 17

EASTER PASTORAL THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY The UNA convention approaches PaschalTo the venerable event presbyters, tells deacons, us wea fraid”can [Matthew make 28:10], a difference “I am with you Readers will notice that the front page of this issue is a little unusual in appearance monastics and devout laity – children of always ...” [Matthew 28:20]. This is the because it carries the program of the 35th Convention of the Ukrainian National God of the Holy Ukrainian Orthodox essence of the Paschal message. Pascha Association, which is scheduled to be held on May 24-28 in Chicago. The reasons: Church in Canada, the United States of speaks to us of our own personal trans- tradition and significance. Tradition, because we do this once every four years, which America, Latin America, Great Britain, figuration, our rebirth and renewal in is how often UNA conventions are held, bringing together fraternal activists from var- Western Europe, Australia and New Christ. The Paschal event and the mes- ious venues throughout the United States and Canada. Significance because the UNA, Zealand. May the grace and peace of the sage clearly presented by all of Holy our publisher, is a solid community organization that has 47,681 members and $66.69 risen Savior be with all of you! Week and Bright Week, manifested in million in assets. During its 108 years of existence, the UNA has led and served our Christ is risen! our liturgical way of life, makes it evi- Ukrainian community, thus, its fate should be of concern to all community members. Let us go back if you will, some 2000 dent that we Ukrainian Orthodox Inside this issue, readers will also find plenty of material that deals with significant years. There was such a demonstration of Christians can make a difference if we convention events, issues to be discussed and proposals for by-laws changes submit- joyful celebration that Palm Sunday. wish. ted by UNA officers, districts, branches and individuals. Our purpose here is to pro- Cries of “Hosanna! Blessed is He that We can be the sowers of the righteous- vide a brief summation of the issues delegates will be asked to consider and to bring comes in the name of the Lord!” and ness and justice, the peace and harmony, these issues to the fore. symbols of life and victory greeted Jesus spoken of in the Beatitudes. We can and UNA executives who work full-time at the Home Office are proposing several as He entered the city of Peace. His clos- we must be bearers of the Risen Christ’s changes to the UNA By-Laws for consideration at the convention. The principal pro- est friends could not have been more Love to the “brethren” (Matthew 25:40) posal is a reduction in the size of the General Assembly from 25 to 14 members: four elated. It was Passover, the commemora- of Christ, those of the world who are executive officers (president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer), three auditors driven to despair by injustice and hunger, and seven advisors. The execs argue that the 25-member General Assembly has to be tion of God’s love for His people. Yet beneath the cries of welcome evil whether spiritual or material, and choose reduced to reflect the decrease in UNA membership in the recent past. to make their plight known by taking Others, however, are asking: But is smaller better? Is it really a good idea to wove its web. Who best to help weave it than the clergy-politicos of the estab- their own lives or the lives of others. We decrease the UNA’s representation throughout the territory it serves? They also point can and must be the outstretched hands out that the argument of proportionality, i.e., that the size of the assembly has to be lished order? Who better to spring the of the Risen Lord, lovingly grasping and reduced to reflect the smaller size of the general membership, is not truly valid as the trap than a trusted and close friend, one raising the downtrodden of this world assembly composition was never tied to the number of UNA members; it size was who had his own agenda? What better from darkness to light, from death to life. meant to provide a broad representation of the membership across North America. sign of betrayal than a kiss – a kiss which Pascha 2002 reminds us, clergy and There are other by-laws issues as well, including the question of whether employ- brought the Son of God to a mock trial, laity, that we have been called by the ees of the UNA should be allowed to serve on the General Assembly, whether advi- to stand before an ineffectual politician, risen Lord Himself to holiness and to a sors should have more defined responsibilities, and whether an honorary member to be condemned just to please the mob, special vocation – to be the salt of the should be allowed to run for office if he/she relinquishes that honorary title. to agonizing suffering and finally death earth. Our good deeds must shine forth in Another major issue to be discussed in Chicago is the UNA’s Canadian member- and interment in a tomb provided by a ship, which is on the decline at the same time that the expense of doing business in gentle man from Aramathea, who was a the Paschal Light so that others might Canada is increasing. In fact, according to the UNA’s actuary, the UNA’s Canadian righteous soul. have the fullness of life. At Pascha 2002, business “is barely sufficient to be self-sustaining.” Which evokes the question: is it The world of the apostles and flowers in a world beset by insecurity and uncer- necessary to maintain separate structures for Canada in order to have Canadian mem- of “Jesus of Nazareth, a prophet mighty tainty, a world in which mutual assured bers in the UNA? Or should members from Canada simply enroll through the U.S.? in deed and word before God and all the destruction is a clear and present danger, In addition, there is the painful matter of Soyuzivka, the beautiful upstate New people ...” (Luke 24:19) seemingly came Christ calls to us saying, “Fear not!” and York resort owned by the UNA, which continues to post large deficits – close to to an end that Friday afternoon twenty at the same time reminds us and our $500,000 – every year. To be sure, the simplest and quickest solution would be to just centuries ago. Their hopes were dashed, brethren in Ukraine that our righteous- sell the resort. But is that what the UNA membership and the broader Ukrainian com- especially for James and John who had ness must exceed that of those who false- munity want? The UNA is now seeking partners, preferably our Ukrainian American brazenly attempted to secure positions for ly profess righteousness. For a change to credit unions, to save Soyuzivka. It has also engaged consultants to help the UNA pre- themselves in the kingdom. Peter would occur, our life must imitate the only true pare a vision for the resort that will allow it to continue to serve the Ukrainian com- never forget that he denied Him – after example of righteousness, love, compas- munity. The General Assembly’s Standing Committee on Soyuzivka will present a all, it was a question of self-preservation. sion and serve – given by Christ Himself. special report to the convention and consultants will be on hand to speak of the Thomas, the twin, was devastated. To our brethren in Ukraine, clergy and laity with whom we are related through Soyuzivka that they envision – a new Soyuzivka that, hopefully, will attract more One can only imagine the pain that the waters of regeneration (Baptism) and guests and thus improve its bottom line. pierced the heart of His mother, the to all for clergy and faithful beyond the Of course, delegates will also be voting on the UNA’s new leadership. At this writ- anguish experience by Mary Magdalene border of Ukraine, with whom we share ing it is uncertain for whom delegates will be able to cast their ballots, not only and the other women who followed Him, the same sacred relationship, we joyfully because of potential by-laws changes that will eliminate some positions on the especially Mary who had been embraced proclaim the hymn of victory – Christ is General Assembly, but also because no one – not even the incumbents – has clearly in profound forgiveness. How could this Risen! and “Do not fear” for we can, and publicly announced his/her intentions regarding the offices they seek. happen? How could God allow this? The with His help, overcome the culture of Thus, our advice to delegates is that they read and listen to the outgoing officers’ pain is too much to bear. “We hoped that death and destruction that plagues our reports, ask questions of candidates once they are known, and insist on getting the it was He who would redeem Israel” answers they need to wisely use their power of the vote. world. (Luke 24:21) May the peace of the risen Christ, His We celebrate this Pascha, the second Grace, the Love of God the Fattier and of a new century an a new millennium in Fellowship of Holy Spirit abide with us May very uncertain times, in which our faith now and forever. Christ is Risen! Indeed Turning the pages back... and faithfulness are tested. Evil raises its He is Risen! ugly head throughout the world, as is 3 evidenced in the daily news. America † Wasyl – Metropolitan continues to endure the aftershocks of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada September 11. The world convulses. The Four years ago, as the Ukrainian National Association was 1998 culture of death – physical and spiritual – † Constantine – Metropolitan preparing for its 34th Regular Convention, The Ukrainian Weekly seemingly triumphs everywhere. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. carried an editorial about the upcoming conclave. Among the mat- land of our forefathers, Ukraine, in its ters that awaited the attention and action of delegates representing † John – Archbishop 10th year of independence now groans branches throughout North America were mergers of two similar Ukrainian fraternal asso- UOC of Canada ciations with the UNA, by-laws amendments and the election of a new General Assembly. under a new burden, one caused by secu- All of these matters, we wrote, were “vital to the survival of our Soyuz, which is now lar and ecclesiastical politicos who grasp † Antony – Archbishop facing trying times.” We explained: “The mergers have the potential ... of strengthening this at power to rule rather than to serve, UOC of the U.S.A. community institution and unifying our community. Amendments to the by-laws ... can rather take than give. The Holy Land make the UNA structure more efficient and its officers more accountable. The election of sanctified by the footsteps of Jesus † Vsevolod – Archbishop new leaders will give them the opportunity and the power to lead, to truly lead, the UNA.” Christ, Son of God, soaks up the blood of UOC of the U.S.A. But we also drew our readers’ attention to a very basic, yet fundamental question that those slaughtered on opposing sides. Like Habakkuk of old, believers cry out † Ioan – Archbishop would be posed at the convention: “What the UNA is to be?” The key questions that would UOC in Diaspora be posed at the 34th UNA Convention were: “Will the UNA stay true to its founding princi- “... how long shall I cry and You will not ples? Will fraternalism continue to be the foundation of the UNA? Or will this be aban- hear! Even cry out to You of violence, † Yurij – Archbishop doned in favor of some corporate ideal?” and You will not save!” (Habbakuk 1:2). UOC of Canada The decisions made by delegates to UNA conventions have ramifications that transcend Is there an answer? Yes, an answer the membership rolls of the UNA. After all, the fates of the UNA and our community here given to us as calmly today as it was cen- † Jeremiah – Ukrainian Orthodox in the United States, and to a lesser degree in Canada, have always been intertwined, as turies ago by the risen Savior: “Be not Eparchy of South America anyone familiar with the history of our diaspora community can attest. Ergo, the quadrenni- al convention’s unparalleled importance. If the 1994 UNA convention “held out the prom- ise of taking the UNA into its second century of existence,” the 1998 convention, we wrote, would “take the UNA into the next millennium.” HE KRAINIAN EEKLY Source: “The UNA’s convention,” editorial, The Ukrainian Weekly, May 3, 1998, Visit our archive Ton theU Internet at: http://www.ukrweekly.com/W Vol. LXVI, No. 18. No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 9 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places ologies are available. New, more effective Kuzma’s commentary drug combinations are being discovered; by Myron B. Kuropas work toward an effective HIV vaccine is is a timely appeal progressing. Dear Editor: As a member of the Ukrainian American medical community I call upon all my col- The recent article “The new face of leagues and friends to join in the effort to AIDS in Ukraine” by Alexander B. Kuzma eradicate this illness from our midsts. Revival, not survival (April 7) is an extremely well written, accu- Psychologists tell us that a sure sign of members no longer receive policy divi- rate and timely appeal to our Ukrainian Askold D. Mosijczuk, M.D. insanity is repeating the same failed pro- dends, the Svoboda Index has been American community to recognize and deal Silver Spring, Md. gram over and over again hoping that the scrapped, and we are thinking of selling or with the exploding AIDS epidemic in next time it will work. restructuring Soyuzivka. Ukraine. And that, dear reader, is what seems to “If all of the above suggestions seem As noted by Mr. Kuzma, close to 1 per- be the major problem with our fraternal unattainable,” concludes Mr. Heidorn, cent of Ukraine’s population is infected Fedynsky’s column organizations. We know, for example, that “then it would be wise to seek a merger with HIV, the virus that eventually results in the vast majority of UNA branch secre- candidate (partner?) while the society still AIDS. This greatly exceeds the HIV inci- provocative, welcomed taries have not enrolled new members for has sufficient surplus with which to bar- dence in the U.S. and, if unchecked, could Dear Editor: years and yet we urge them to do so, over gain.” Smaller fraternals like the UNA and over, year in, year out. We assign need to negotiate with larger fraternals affect 40 percent of the Ukrainian popula- Andrew Fedynsky’s recent column unrealistic and unachievable quotas and while they’re still viable, he argues. UNA tion in the next 50 years. The misery, suf- about Shevchenko, Gogol and the complain when our secretaries don’t meet fering and political-economic devastation Ukrainian language was provocative and delegates will have many proposals to them. Do we supply them with technical that this would create are unfathomable. very much welcomed. I especially appreci- consider this year. A merger may be one assistance? Do we encourage them with As pointed out in the article, heterosexu- ated his encouraging Ukrainians to read of them. special bonuses, reimbursed expenses, al spread of the virus, as well as vertical Gogol who was, after all, Ukrainian – Uniting with the Ukrainian Fraternal motivational talks, products they under- transmission from infected pregnant despite having written his superb literature Association is an idea that has been stand and can explain to potential con- women to their newborn infants are in the Russian language. around a long time. It’s been discussed, sumers? Do we coordinate our fraternal accounting for an ever-increasing propor- Of course Shevchenko was heroic in debated, rejected – both by the UFA and benefits? tion of AIDS patients in Ukraine and else- using Ukrainian as his medium, but we the UNA. It will probably be brought up And what about marketing. Do we where, and the disease can no longer be shouldn’t ignore or despise Gogol simply again at the UNA convention. It will be viewed as an affliction visited solely upon because he wrote in Russian (i.e., “bad assist our secretaries with consistent discussed, debated, rejected. homosexual males, prostitutes and intra- Russian,” according to the critics of his advertising in local Ukrainian media? Are With whom, then, do we merge? The venous drug abusers. Transmission through day). Rather, Ukrainians everywhere should our leaders visible in various communities only possibility is a non-Ukrainian frater- improperly screened blood transfusions reclaim and embrace him as truly one of when they visit district committees, or do nal, a much larger society that is willing to also is rising in Ukraine. our own literary heroes, and appreciate that they fly in and fly out on the same day, absorb us. We need to be clear about the The breakdown of societal structures his having been a Ukrainian was an essen- avoiding present and future consumers? consequences, however. If we do merge and mores, as well as the economic hard- tial part of his highly original genius. Are visitations to some district commit- with such an entity, we will literally disap- ships affecting a large segment of the As a fiction writer who also writes about tees avoided because the membership asks pear. No Svoboda, no Weekly, no Ukrainian population, the attendant rise in Ukrainians in a non-Ukrainian language, I too many questions when our policy Soyuzivka, no scholarships, no Ukrainian narco-trafficking, prostitution and other like to think that a major part of my soul is seems to be “don’t ask, don’t tell?” Are identity. criminal activity are important factors Ukrainian nevertheless, and I like to believe officers’ reports mailed to delegates prior The fact is that eventually we may be underlying the current epidemic. So is the the same could be said of Gogol. I arrived at to the convention? Are our conventions forced to merge by the New Jersey insur- unwillingness of many people in Ukraine that conclusion after reading Prof. George organized in a way that encourages dele- ance commission. We still have some to recognize the threat of HIV or to take S.N. Luckyj’s excellent book, “The Anguish gates to have a meaningful voice, or do time, however; not a lot of time, but some. personal responsibility to protect them- of Mykola Hohol, a.k.a. Nikolai Gogol.” I we spend endless hours debating resolu- A radical change in attitude and percep- selves from infection. However, before we also found evidence of Gogol’s Ukrainian tions that even if passed, will never be tion can turn the UNA around. jump on the bandwagon of dismissing the soul in his very own – as Mr. Fedynsky honored? If the answer to most of these First, we need to stop thinking “surviv- Ukrainians for their “moral deficiencies,” accurately stated – “magnificent works.” questions is no, how can we remain ing” and start talking “reviving.” We must we must realize that there is only one small viable? find a way to reach the young generation difference between us and them: we (our Irene Zabytko An article by Howard W. Heidorn titled and the Fourth Wave. Complaining about parents) got on the boat to freedom – they Apopka, Fla. “Survival Strategies for the Smaller their indifference provides an excuse, not didn’t! Let’s not place ourselves above our Fraternal Benefit Societies,” which, a solution. According to market specialist people; instead, let’s look what we can do thanks to our national secretary, Martha Susan Fournier of the Harvard School of together to conquer this epidemic. Interesting parallels Lysko, appeared in the April 21 issue of Business, the main reason people remain The incidence of HIV can be decreased The Ukrainian Weekly offers some hope. loyal to a product is that it “contains by educating the population, especially the Small fraternals are defined by the author meanings that resonate in a person’s life.” young, about obvious high risk factors – IV on linguistic attitudes as those with assets less than $500 million Dear Editor: Culture determines meanings, but culture drug use, promiscuity, unprotected sex. but he adds that fraternals with less than evolves. Every product must connect with $1 million can still benefit from the Medically, the transmission of the virus can While I enjoy Andrew Fedynsky’s col- a new generation of consumers or die. changes proposed. be dramatically decreased (80 to 90 per- umn in general, the March 24 article Second, we need to understand that The first suggestion is to hire profes- cent) by treating pregnant, HIV-infected “Shevchenko, Gogol and the Ukrainian lan- there is no quick fix. It took many years of sionals who understand the insurance women with nevirapine and other antiretro- guage” came as especially rewarding. Since complacency to sink to our present level. virals. The risk of transmitting HIV through language is fundamental to the future business. We’ve done that, it seems, but it Radical change must come in small incre- blood transfusion can be dramatically course of Ukrainian civilization, care must hasn’t helped much. ments, in small solid victories that will decreased through relatively simple meas- be taken when writing on current develop- The next proposal is to computerize our involve commitment and perseverance. ures such as: eliminating donations from ments, as well as on historical phenomena. administration. We’ve done that, but the Finally, we need to elect a leadership paid donors; carefully interviewing poten- Bringing together Shevchenko, Hohol system is still being perfected. with vision, values and most important of A third reccomendation offered by Mr. tial donors about possible drug use, high and Scherbytsky in historical perspective, all, energy. We need young people who Heirdon is to fire unproductive workers. risk sexual behaviors, hepatitis and other Mr. Fedynsky has shown much refreshing believe in the Ukrainian National We’ve retired some of them but others disqualifying factors; instituting widely insight. His parallels on linguistic attitudes Association, leaders who appreciate our remain. We keep many marginal employ- available and relatively inexpensive sero- in Ukraine, Russia and America are quite mission and can inspire us to work with ees because, given the salaries we pay, we logic tests to identify infected units of original. them towards common, well-defined and can’t afford replacements. donated blood. In the United States such It’s been said Russian has been pro- achievable goals. measures have decreased the risk of trans- A fourth suggestion is to develop new grammed through the centuries into the But if the average age of our delegates mitting HIV through blood transfusions marketing schemes. Given our changing minds and tongues of people in central and is a tired 60 plus, you ask, where can we from up to one in 100 in 1982, to only one market – Fourth Wave Ukrainians and a eastern Ukraine. By the same token, a per- find the kind of leaders we need? They’re in 500,000 today. more professional population – this is an son of Ukrainian descent living alone in out there. And they will be at the conven- Various international health and humani- excellent suggestion that begs implemen- Pittsburgh most of his/her life will, in all tion. Remember. One does not have to be tarian groups, as well as governmental and tation. Mr. Heidorn also urges us to serve likelihood become just as programmed by a convention delegate to be elected to the non-governmental organizations in the U.S. our current members, reminding them that the sound of English. Result: estrangement, UNA General Assembly. and Ukraine, increasingly are recognizing they are important. There are far too many little better to that of some Ukrainians in Today, the Ukrainian National the gravity of the AIDS epidemic, and are younger Ukrainian American people Kyiv, Poltava or Odesa. Association has a problem. But it’s not taking positive steps to control its spread. today who were enrolled by their parents No wonder Scherbytsky said “People just a UNA problem. The UNA has been Clearly all deserve our moral, political, and and grandparents with no idea that they speak whatever’s easiest for them.” an integral part of the Ukrainian American financial support. It is heartening to see that I really agree with Mr. Fedynsky that it’s are UNA members. the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund A final recommendation is to cut back community for 108 years. Make no mis- astonishing how Ukrainian has survived in take. Its disappearance will impact all which continues its outstanding humanitari- the diaspora, even into the second and third on fraternal benefits. We’ve done that, an work in Ukraine, is turning its attention, often painfully. We no longer publish a Ukrainian Americans. It will be a moral generations. The secret is collective com- defeat of incalculable proportions. and resources, to combatting this illness. mitment: when there’s a will, there’s a way. children’s magazine: we lost our The war against AIDS, whether in Washington office; Svoboda is a weekly; Ukraine, here or anywhere in the world, is Roman Sawycky our Jersey City skyscraper, the pride and Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: definitely winnable. The tools and method- Cranford, N.J. joy of our community, has been sold; our [email protected]. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 No. 17

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No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 11 NEWS AND VIEWS: A new-style Kyiv school nurtures its students by Fran Ponomarenko All children here are introduced to three shortly after the children arrive, and a sec- riculum, as well as solving financial prob- After spending the month of July 2001 foreign languages: English, French and ond one at 11 a.m. A three-course meal is lems and finding ways to make the project in Kyiv teaching English for Prosvita, I left German. Children learn at least 150 words served at lunch time, and a snack is offered carry on. From the tuition fees we receive my ancestral homeland with a heavy heart. in each language by the time they have at five in the afternoon. All the food is we need to pay rent for the building, reno- Unemployment due to closures of facto- completed grade 3 and are ready to go into freshly prepared in the large well-equipped vate, decorate, repair and also pay salaries. ries has left many families scrambling for the regular school system. The language of kitchen on the premises. The children become clients of sorts. In the ways to make money. Some families have instruction at the school is Ukrainian, and The facilities, particularly the renovated public system, they try to keep the parents, been torn apart, as one parent goes abroad to this is the language spoken during school areas, are exceptional and compare with but we really have to please the parents to the West to work leaving the other with all hours, including recess. what I have seen in Canada. The home- keep them.” the responsibilities of child rearing and man- As most of the parents were educated in room classroom, or rather homeroom unit Although the same problems about aging a household. And for those who are the Russian language, they tend to speak to be more exact, consists of a classroom, retaining students and pleasing parents pre- employed, low wages often make it close to Russian to their children at home. This has an adjoining play room, another separate vail in private schools in the West, Director impossible for people to make ends meet. meant that the school has also had to teach sleeping room outfitted with cots, as well as Movchun is confronted with many serious In the countryside also, conditions are the children their native language. a bathroom. There are four such self-con- problems because Ukraine is still in the troubling, as the transition from collective Unfortunately, a shortage of Ukrainian-lan- tained units in the school. In addition, there process of transition and many laws have to private farming results in unimaginable guage teaching materials has meant that are many other classrooms, for language not yet been altered to address new situa- confusion and severe hardship for many. teachers are sometimes forced to use courses, art programs and so on, as well as tions. For example, in Quebec (where I Ukrainian women, who outnumber men in Russian-language texts. a large stage where plays are put on every live) financial support and subsidies are the countryside, shoulder the brunt of the In addition to academic subjects, the year. In the 2000-2001 academic year there normally given to all educational establish- backbreaking labor of producing food. children are introduced to choreography, were 97 boys and girls registered in the ments. In Ukraine, private schools obtain Most are paid in foodstuffs that oblige the ballroom dancing, gymnastics, as well as school. There were two Grade 1 classes, no government assistance. “People higher women to spend the little time they have theater, fine arts and computer studies. one Grade 2 class, and one Grade 3 class – up,” said Ms. Movchun, “listen to me and left selling produce in the markets in order Every 6-year-old in the school can read, a total of 97 pupils. my grievances but nothing can be solved to obtain money for their families. write and do elementary mathematics. He When I visited the Pidhotovcha School for at the present moment the laws are such In addition to these serious economic or she also knows some basic computer at the end of July 2001, Ms. Movchun was that they do not allow us to be seen as an hardships, I was also disturbed by the dom- skills by that time. in the throes of single-handedly overseeing educational institution because we are pri- inance of the Russian language in the ele- In traditional Soviet-style schools, which more massive renovations to the building. I vate and we are viewed as a commercial gant Ukrainian capital. Three hundred are still prevalent throughout Ukraine, there couldn’t help asking: “What does your fam- enterprise.” years of Russian domination and close to a is one homeroom teacher and she teaches ily think of this project of yours?” Even though private schools in Ukraine, century of Communist rule have certainly the children all the subjects. In the “I have virtually ceased living at home,” including the Pidhotovcha School find left their mark. Pidhotovcha School also there is a home- said the director. “I live at school. My hus- themselves designated as businesses, thus But truth be told, this somber picture room teacher and she is present with the band has great respect for me and forgives disqualifying them from state funding and does not do justice to the great efforts that children all day, however, various special- me my absences. He has changed as a result favorable taxation structures, Ms. Movchun so many individual Ukrainians are making told me that the government, in particular in order to transform their society. I had the the Ministry of Education, has shown inter- privilege of meeting several such extraordi- est in trying to determine how private nary people, among them a charismatic The Ukrainian word “plekaty” means to schools differ from public ones in the actual woman who has embarked on a project that foster, to nourish, to tend lovingly. ... the education that the child receives. There are leaves me full of admiration and optimism. presently about 20 private alternative A historian by training, with over a Pidhotovcha Shkola Plekalna [in Kyiv] schools. Several times officials of the min- decade of experience teaching high school, istry have visited Ms. Movchun’s school in as well as directing and coordinating the lives up to its name. the course of preparing their study on these after-school center Budynok Tvorchosty, differences. My understanding is that some Olena Movchun is now the founder and of the representatives from the Ministry of director of a private school called Education have admitted that a qualitative ists come in to teach, for instance, the lan- of this. He avoids needless arguments and “Pidhotovcha Shkola Plekalna.” Here I difference can be discerned between what a guage teacher, the art teacher and so on. has to worry about our daughter who is 16 might add that Prof. Viktoria Shpak must be child receives in a private institution and This means, in effect, that there are always years old. He goes to the supermarkets now credited for coming up with the name. The what is available in the public stream. Ukrainian word “plekaty” means to foster, two instructors in the room. Classes consist and has to cook supper. Initially, my daugh- of 12 to 15 pupils, and this means that the ter suffered a touch of jealousy because of The Pidhotovcha School has never had to nourish, to tend lovingly. And on the to advertise for students, and parents come basis of my visit to the school and a look at student-teacher ratio is very low and enor- my preoccupation with the school, but she mously beneficial for personalized teach- has become understanding now.” because they have heard about it from oth- the curriculum and after-school program, ers who are pleased with the results. Indeed the Pidhotovcha Shkola Plekalna lives up to ing. Teachers in this kind of environment Ms. Movchun was, of course, raised and are able to gain excellent familiarity with educated in the Soviet command system, enrollment has increased each year. “I am its name. very happy with the children’s achieve- Founded in 1997, this alternative private the children and their particular strengths and I wondered what changes had taken ments,” said Ms. Movchun. “We have even school for children between the ages of 6 and weaknesses. place in her own character since she established a financial award of 100 hryvni and 10 is a far cry from the old-style Soviet Before a child begins full-time atten- became both director and business manager for stellar students.” When I asked what schools. The philosophy of the dance at the Pidhotovcha School, the psy- of the school. “I need to solve many prob- sorts of parents bring their children to the “Pidhotovcha” (preparatory) School is chiatrist on staff assesses the child and pre- lems by myself now,” she said to me. “For school, Ms. Movchun stated that initially based on the idea that each child’s potential pares a diagnostic card with notes. If the instance, I have to figure out how to retain and interests need to be addressed. child’s teacher needs to be notified about a the student population, how to improve the parents tended to come from academic “Children may be the same age,” said particular difficulty, say with concentration things. Before, I was happy when others circles. After that it tended to be people Ms. Movchun, “but they could be at differ- or poor memory, the doctor does this so that solved things for me, and I went along with from the business and trade sectors. Now ent developmental levels. Therefore, we try the teacher can set about addressing the that. Now I know that by September 1 I the clientelle seems to be parents who work hard to find ways to make the children feel problem in order to overcome it. There are have to have things finished or else.” in various firms and have some money to positive about themselves at the same time three doctors on staff, and each day there is “I have to oversee builders and workers allow them to pay for this school. They are as we try to increase their motivation.” a doctor present in the medical center of the and manage to finance this endeavor, too. I not rich people, said the director, but mid- Thus, the children at this school work at school. have a staff of 50 people, which includes dleclass. their own levels regardless of the age group “In Kyiv,” said Ms. Movchun, “there are the teachers, kitchen staff, cleaners and I couldn’t help comparing Ms. they fall into. practically no healthy children. They suffer grounds workers, as well as my two assis- Movchun’s Pidhotovcha Shkola Plekalna Teaching takes place in non-traditional from allergies or systemic problems. tants. They all need to be paid a salary and I to the two private schools that my daughter ways, too. Children can sit on the floor or Therefore, we really need to follow the am responsible for making sure that their attended in Montreal. The school has all go outdoors – the aim is not to impose children closely. The primary reason for working conditions are normal. And I try to the marks of a labor of love and idealism rigidity on them but to give them a chance this is, of course, Chornobyl. Thus, we are please them all,” she explained. about what can be achieved through a to adapt to school and learning in their own conscious of the necessity of trying to build “How else have you changed?” I asked. humane and sensitive educational system ways. “The education takes place,” noted up the immune systems of the children “I have become tougher,” Ms. Movchun that addresses the needs of the mind and Director Movchun, “it just takes place dif- through gym classes or self-defense courses replied. “I always evaluate whether some- body of young children. The private ferently.” for those who are interested in taking them. thing is beneficial for the school. I compro- schools that I am familiar with in Montreal The curriculum is also structured in Our method is based on an individual mise only if it is good for the school. In are impressive, and in academic areas I see innovative ways to interest children. For approach to each child.” conversation, I listen very carefully to the no difference between them and the instance, Ukrainian language and grammar Although the school day is from eight in parents and they do make requests. I try to Pidhotovcha School. are taught in a course called “The History the morning until six in the evening, many honor them. Sometimes a parent makes a However, in terms of the individual of the Kazka or Fairy Tale.” Instead of children stay as late as 8 p.m., as their par- complaint about a teacher and I take this attention that children get from teachers teaching the basics of language through ents are working. “We replace the parents seriously. When there is a conflict, the par- and doctors, I would have to say that the rules and exercises, the children learn these to a certain extent,” said Ms. Movchun. ents, of course, see only their needs, but I Pidhotovcha School is way ahead of any- by reading and studying fairy tales. These Thus, the school places great importance on have to try and resolve the issue to every- thing I have seen here in Montreal. As for readings also raise issues of ethics and aes- food and nutrition. Some children who one’s benefit, if possible.” nutrition, when I recall the canned soups thetics, and these aspects are regularly attend this school cannot go to a regular “In a way you’re running a business, that my daughter was served in her pri- addressed. Ethics and aesthetics are also school because they have problems that are aren’t you, even though it’s an educational vate school, I really have to say that the taught in the regular public school system medical or psychological, and meals are establishment?” I said. pupils at Ms. Movchun’s Pidhotovcha but these courses are usually given during prepared to suit these children. “Yes,” she replied. “ A director of a pri- Shkola Plekalna of Kyiv are considerably in after-school hours. Everyone is served two breakfasts, one vate school is involved with teaching, cur- better fed. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 No. 17 A unique museum devoted to the pysanka seeks input by Orysia Paszczak Tracz writing. For this reason, we are very interested in having for our collection at WINNIPEG – In the fall of 2001 I least a few examples of your pysanky. received a letter from Yaroslava We intend to contact as many Ukrainians Tkachuk, director of the Kolomyia abroad as possible [for their inclusion in Museum of Hutsul and Pokuttia Folk the collection]. Art. She asked that I share the letter with We commend you for your contribu- anyone interested. My translation fol- tion in the promotion of Ukrainian cul- lows. ture on the world stage, and are so proud * * * of our talented countrymen and women. Enclosed is a photograph of our Pysanka The administration of the Hutsul and Museum. We hope to include your Pokuttia Museum of Folk Art in pysanka gift in our collection, if you Kolomyia sends its best wishes of reply positively to our request. We will health and success to you in all your be grateful for this, and for autobio- endeavors. graphical data about the donor. Last year [2000], for the 10th Also, we are sending such letters of International Hutsul Festival, a new request to our countrymen and women in pysanka department of our museum was France, Belgium, Germany. ... We ask built and opened. In its own building, you, if possible, to assist us in publiciz- today it is the world’s only separate ing this blessed project, to let others museum devoted to the pysanka. We know about it, in the hope that they also have an abundant collection of pysanky, will join us. over 6,000 examples of this unique folk We wish you, your family and those art, practically from every region of close to you the Lord’s blessing and Ukraine and abroad. God’s grace for all things good to come A separate exhibit presents the to you. pysanky of the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States, Canada and – Yaroslava Tkachuk, director, Australia. We are so gratified that the Kolomyia Museum of Hutsul and fire of enthusiasm for pysanky still Pokuttia Folk Art, Teatralna Vul. 25, burns among our people whom, for var- Kolomyia 78200, Ivano-Frankivsk ious reasons, fate had torn from their Oblast, Ukraine; telephone, (380 3433) homeland. This enthusiasm is so exem- 23912; e-mail, [email protected]. plary of the unifying spirit of our Photo of the exterior of the Pysanka Museum in Kolomyia. nation. At present, negotiations are * * * being carried on in embassies and con- This brand-new museum (located at will support this request. Keep in mind I am are sure that financial support of the sulates around the world to include in Prospekt Vidrozhennia 43B in the purpose of the exhibit – to show the museum would be most welcome. In our museum collection decorated egg Kolomyia) is spectacular. The exterior is best of pysanky as they are written addition to the new Pysanka Museum, miniatures from Japan, India and Sri- original, elegant and striking. The interi- around the world. If you send your the main Hutsul and Pokuttia Museum Lanka. ... or exhibition halls are exquisitely pysanka or pysanky, please include your was also completely renovated for the We have been informed that you also designed. I hope that the excellent biography. annual Hutsul festival in 2000 (as was all continue this ancient tradition of pysanka pysanka writers from around the world And, although the director did not ask, of downtown Kolomyia). No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 13 UCCA’s new Kyiv Office key in leading pre-election efforts

KYIV – In preparation for the elec- tions, the UCCA Kyiv Office on March 29 hosted an informational briefing at the Taras Shevchenko National Museum for their election monitors. According to the Central Election Commission, the UCCA’s 46-member delegation was the largest non-governmental organization and the fourth largest team overall regis- tered to monitor Ukraine’s elections. The seminar, which was divided into two sections, was dedicated to acquaint- ing the election monitors with the vari- ous political parties and blocs vying for seats in Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada and providing practical information on how best to serve as international election monitors. The UCCA invited all 33 registered political parties and blocs to the briefing and asked them to outline their respective political platforms and to provide insight on the pre-election atmosphere. The semi- nar attracted leaders of parties and blocs from across the political spectrum includ- ing: the Party of Greens; Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Reformed Communist Party, Socialist Party, Our Ukraine, Yabluko, Liberal Party, Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (United); ZUBR (For Ukraine, Belarus and Russia), For a United Ukraine, All-Ukrainian Christian A group of the UCCA’s elections monitors following a briefing in Kyiv on March 29. Party and the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists. ing Ukraine’s elections. monitors were provided with an infor- Frankivsk, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, The second half of the seminar con- The informational seminar was con- mational packet to assist them in con- Kyiv, Luhansk and Lviv. Additionally, centrated on providing practical informa- ducted by the chairman of the ducting their work as observers on several UCCA international election tion about how best to serve as interna- Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU), March 31. observers monitored elections in the tional election observers. During this Ihor Popov; the coordinator of the The UCCA monitors observed the United States at the Embassy of Ukraine portion of the briefing, UCCA election Freedom of Choice Coalition, Vladyslav elections in various oblasts of Ukraine, in Washington, and at the New York and monitors were able to obtain first-hand Kaskiv; and representatives of the including, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Ivano- Chicago Consulates. knowledge and recommendations from UCCA, including President Michael several local non-governmental organi- Sawkiw Jr. and Executive Director zations that have experience in monitor- Tamara Gallo. All of the UCCA election On the 16th anniversary UCCA’s preliminary statement of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster On April 26, 2002, the world marks the 16th anniversary of the worst nuclear on Ukraine’s parliamentary elections disaster in the history of humanity: the Chornobyl explosion. This horrible catas- trophe brought devastation to millions of Ukrainians and other people world- wide. Traces of radiation released into the atmosphere were noticed as far away Following is the text of the prelimi- delegation of election observers was able as Sweden, Japan and the United States. nary statement of the Ukrainian to observe the elections at over 100 The explosion at the 4th unit of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant was fol- Congress Committee of America on the polling sites throughout various oblasts lowed by an information blockade. The government of the then Soviet Union conduct of parliamentary elections in of Ukraine and at polling stations in the purposely neglected to inform the public of the gravity of the explosion and Ukraine. The statement was released on United States. Important strides in con- required that children attend kindergartens, students attend the May Day demon- April 10. ducting democratic elections have been strations, and life continue as normal. Such reckless, inhumane politics of the met, but examples of irregularities wit- former Soviet government increased the disaster toll. Relatively few people died The process of democracy-building in nessed by our international election Ukraine has once again taken center as a direct result of the explosion, but thousands, if not millions, of innocent citi- observers persist. Such minor violations zens, especially children, are suffering health consequences from this horrific stage with the advent of the third parlia- of the election law included: lack of mentary elections on March 31. The event. secrecy of the vote, improperly tied bal- Ukrainian Congress Committee of The full consequences are still being calculated; only 30 years after the disas- lot boxes, the presence of campaign America (UCCA), having the fourth ter will humanity be able to fully assess the damage to the nation’s health, espe- posters of parties or candidates, and largest delegation of international elec- cially of those who were young during the accident and their respective off- questioning of voters by officials. tion observers, stands firm in its prelimi- spring. Only then will the world know the true negative repercussions of radia- Another important factor witnessed by nary conclusions that since independent tion on innocent victims. Ukraine’s first parliamentary elections of the majority of our international election Throughout the years, Ukraine has reaffirmed its commitment to cooperate in 1994, significant progress has been made observers was the lack of adequate space alleviating the consequences of the Chornobyl explosion. On December 15, toward the conduct of free, transparent at the polling sites. Although Ukraine’s 2000, the last operating unit of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant was closed, and democratic elections. The adoption electorate was patient, and at times while ongoing programs continue to assure safety of the leaking sarcophagus of a new law on elections provided an returned two and three times to their surrounding the epicenter of the world’s worst nuclear catastrophe. Experts esti- improved legal framework to conduct polling districts in an effort to vote, the mate that the full costs of closing the Chornobyl plant, including development of democratic elections by incorporating confined quarters resulted in confusion, alternative non-nuclear energy sources, development of employment opportuni- greater methods of transparency, adopt- long lines and lack of voter confidence. ties for laid-off plant staff, etc., will total $4 billion (U.S.). Unfortunately, to ing a mixed electoral system, allowing While a detailed statement and report date, Ukraine has received only a negligible portion of this sum. for multi-party election commissions and will be forthcoming after the crucial It is critical that safety be improved at other reactors of the same type as instituting election campaign regula- post-election tabulations and procedures Chornobyl unit 4 that continue to operate in Ukraine, in order to prevent a simi- tions. are completed, the UCCA calls upon the lar accident. Ukraine still needs help in alleviating the consequences of this Despite this improved election law, the Central Election Commission and related dreadful explosion and preventing the possibility of another one. pre-election campaign was marred by authorities to ensure full transparency of As we mark the solemn 16th anniversary of the Chornobyl tragedy, the abuses of this legal document to manipu- the ongoing process. Having a long- Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) appeals to the Ukrainian late the elections. Of utmost importance standing relationship with Ukraine and American community, as well as to the United States government to continue was the use/misuse of administrative its people, the Ukrainian Congress providing assistance to those affected by this disaster. Let us honor the memory resources. This resulted in the lack of Committee of America remains commit- of those who laid down their lives to protect the world from the harm of radia- equal access to the media for all 33 regis- ted to assisting the process of democra- tion by helping those who are suffering from the consequences of the Chornobyl tered political parties and blocs, and the cy-building. Therefore, the UCCA is nuclear holocaust. disproportionate coverage of pro-presi- pleased to announce that it has opened a On behalf of the Executive Board of the UCCA: dential candidates on government-owned permanent representative office in Kyiv, and privately controlled television chan- and looks forward to continuing its work Michael Sawkiw, Jr., President nels. in strengthening a civil society and coop- Marie Duplak, Executive Secretary On March 31 the UCCA’s 46-member erating with local Ukrainian partners. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 No. 17

Four Ukrainian artists in the spotlight at Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture by Orysia Antonovych United States, where he quickly adapted to the American way of life and estab- CHICAGO – The Balzekas Museum of lished himself as a professional artist. Lithuanian Culture recently presented an art Some of his commissions include design- exhibit featuring the work of four Ukrainian ing the interior and painting icons for the evhen Prokopov, artists: Erika Komonyi, Y Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Yuri Skorupsky and Alexander Tkachenko. Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church The exhibit, held in celebration of the 10th in Palos Park, Ill., as well as murals altars aniversary of Ukrainian independence, was in the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox on view at the museum on March 15 Church in Chicago, built by architect through April 15. Louis Sullivan in 1892. His landscapes The museum, founded in Chicago in and portraits, many of them influenced by 1966, by Stanley Balzekas Jr., who serves his visits to the American Southwest, are as its president, is dedicated to the develop- found in prestigious galleries throughout ment and preservation of Lithuanian culture the United States. in America and to building cooperative Mr. Skorupsky is represented by the relationships with Lithuanian and American Ottinger Gallery of Chicago, where he has cultural institutions. Intent on presenting art opened the doors to other Ukrainian artists in a broad context, it looks for opportunities as well. In his busy life as an artist, creat- to showcase artists of diverse ethnic back- ing large works in a very small studio – he grounds. often extends his working space to the With reference to the current exhibit by Ukrainian artists, Mr. Balzekas noted that it parking lot in the alley where children on was among the best shown at the museum. roller skates put on the brakes to watch him – he still finds time to organize art *** Mr. Skorupsky studied art at the Lviv exhibits for others. He is a member of the National Institute of Applied and Oil Painters of America, the Chicago Art Decorative Arts, the National University of Coalition and Dolya Art Association Fine Arts in Moscow and at the Yaniv whose fate, like Mr. Skorupsky’s, was to College of Woodworking Arts. In the town grow new roots in the land of unlimited of Rava-Ruska in western Ukraine, he possibilities. founded an artists’ organization which he Since 1987, Ms. Komonyi’s work has been shown extensively throughout the newly emerging countries of Eastern Europe. Drawing on the motifs of Transcapthian Ukraine, she specializes in decorative black ceramics but works in the full range of ceramic materials, including clay, stone, porcelain and raku. Pottery and ceramics are one of the most time-honored forms of artistic expression going back to the Stone Age, and an art, Ms. Komonyj points out, that was primarily developed by women. Yuri Skorupsky, “After the Performance,” oil on canvas, 2002. Since coming to the United States, she has expanded her repertoire to explore mystery to his work. often metaphysical. In the words of the inks and papers, and recently produced a Often, Mr. Tkachenko paints his back- artist, the overall objective of his creative series of colored pencil drawings, both ground as an old, poorly bleached, parch- work “is to expand beyond the framework portraits and dreamscapes. Ms. Komonyi ment. He then uses the elusive hues of the of the Ukrainian national tradition, seeking has been inspired by Native American art old parchment to enhance his subject. to convey in the plasticity of material and and designs, particularly by those indige- Worlds and symbols appear to leach form that which is understood universally. nous to the Southwest. Her sense of line through into his painting. The final result is Since coming to America, I have come to and color is very subtle, and the results are an enchanting glimpse of the complex mind my own understanding of the capabilities of a striking combination of Native styles and of the artist. material and form, and I would like to con- Slavic themes. Ms. Komonyi is married to In painting Mr. Tkachenko uses water- tinue working in this direction.” Mr. Skorupsky. color, oil, gouache, ink, gold leaf and other Mr. Prokopov’s sculptures are found in Mr. Tkachenko is rated as a master artist materials. His own mixed-media style cre- Ukrainian State Fine Arts Museum; in his native Ukraine. He received his ates harmony in subtle and tonal shades Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago; Erika Komonyi, “Angels of Love,” degree from the Dnipropetrovsk College of among the multiple layers of his paintings. and the Biblical Arts Center Museum, acrylic on canvas, 1993. Art and in 1987 was accepted as a member Exotic terrains, mysterious symbols, and Dallas. In the United States Mr. Prokopov is of the Artists’ Union of Ukraine, where he exquisitely detailed anatomies combine to represented by the Ottinger Gallery, called Dolya (Fate). The artists in this worked a designer and graphic artist. He is imprint indelible impressions upon the Chicago; Alla Rogers Gallery, Washington; organization had a wide range of styles that also a member of the Graphics Society of viewers and draw them into the artist’s Art Collective Gallery, San Francisco; were not sanctioned by the Soviet govern- the City of Glasgow in Scotland and an world. Lazzaro Signature Gallery of Fine Arts, ment because any art that reflected one’s active member of the Dolya Artists Mr. Tkachenko’s work is found in per- Stoughton, Wisc.; and John Collette Fine own individual philosophy was forbidden. Association in Chicago. Several of his art- manent collections in the Dnipropetrovsk Art, Highlands, N.C.; among others. In 1991 Mr. Skorupsky came to the works received prestigious awards at the National Art Museum in Dnipropetrovsk, Eastern European Graphics Art show in Ukraine, and the Ukrainian National Antwerp, Holland, in 1989. Museum in Chicago, as well as in private Since 1991 Mr. Tkachenko has taken collections in Europe and North America. permanent residence in the United States, His works are exhibited in and represented where he works actively as a professional by The Opus Gallery in Cleveland, the Alla artist. His current projects include mural Rogers Gallery in Washington, the Gallery fresco paintings in public and private interi- Birmingham in Birmingham, Mich., and ors, book illustrations and painting. He also other venues. displays his vibrant art at numerous art Mr. Prokopov is a critically acclaimed shows across the country. Articles on Mr. Ukrainian artist now living in Chicago. His Tkachenko have appeared in various peri- sculptures are widely exhibited in the odicals, including Ukraine Magazine, Art United States, Switzerland, Russia, Magazine, Liberty, California Chronicle, Germany, Denmark, France and Israel. He Arts and Entertainment, the Los Angeles is a graduate of the Kyiv Institute of Art and Times and Our World. the Academy of Arts in Moscow, and is a Mr. Tkachenko developed his own style member of the Artists’ Union of Ukraine based on the traditions of the great masters and the Dolya Artists Association in of the Renaissance. He pays great attention Chicago. to detail, precisely executing each stroke Mr. Prokopov’s sculptures are noted for while preserving freedom of expression. their artistic expression and emotional His colors blend in delicate tones. Subtlety impact. He has the uncanny ability to ren- of form and free-flowing line render his der in bronze and stone many rich textures, subjects as seamlessly as the tonality of his paintings and pictorial surface details that colors. His work is steeped in symbolism have much in common with the techniques Yevhen Prokopov, “Treasure,” polished from many sources; ancient and modern used in medieval icon painting. Alexander Tkachenko, “Angel,” mixed bronze and crystal, 2000. symbols are juxtaposed adding an aura of His narrative is deeply philosophical and media on paper, 2001. No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 15 Taras Polataiko represents Ukraine at the 25th Bienale de Sao Paolo

by Oksana Zakydalsky the artist good exposure and the interactive element invited reflective interest. The Brazilian press was TORONTO – Chernivtsi-born artist Taras impressed. O Globo (Rio de Janeiro, March 25) – Polataiko officially represented Ukraine at Rio’s largest circulation paper – commented: “In the the Bienale de Sao Paolo in Brazil. The first weekend of the Bienale the interactive projects exhibit, which runs from March 23 to June were ‘popularity champions.’ Right at the entrance to 2, features 190 artists from 70 countries and the pavilion, the big success was the installation of last year celebrated its 50th anniversary. the Ukrainian Taras Polataiko, which invited the Together with the Venice Biennale and Dokumenta (held every five years in spectators to mount jigsaw puzzles over mirrors, Kassen, Germany) the Bienale de Sao Paolo resulting in the fragmentation of the image…” The makes up the trio of the most important Jornal Da Tarde from Sao Paolo (March 25) wrote: international contemporary art exhibits. “In the entertainment section, few installations were Like Venice, Sao Paolo follows the as successful as that of the Ukrainian artist Taras national pavilion where the national contri- Polataiko titled ‘Bird’s Eye View’…” butions are curated and financed by the If one of the aims of taking part in such large scale country of origin and which enables one to international events is to be noticed by the public and keep up with the evolution of a particular the critics, particularly for countries that are only country’s art. This is especially significant now joining the international art scene, then Mr. in the case of nations which have been off Polataiko’s participation can be deemed a success for the flight itinerary of most art critics. Ukraine. Jerzy Onuch, director of the Center for Mr. Polataiko’s participation was made possible Contemporary Art in Kyiv, was invited to through the support of the Saskatchewan Arts Board and curate the presentation from Ukraine and he The Canada Council. Canadian journalist George chose Mr. Polataiko as the artist. On his Hawrylyshyn, now living in Rio, helped the curator and way through Toronto back to Kyiv from Sao the artist in obtaining local contacts. Artist Taras Polataiko in front of one of his “urban puzzles.” Paolo, Mr. Onuch provided information and photos of the exhibit. Mr. Polataiko was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, and since 1989 has lived in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He has been on the art scenes of both Canada and Ukraine. Mr. Polataiko began receiving international attention after he was named as one of the Ten Artists to Watch Worldwide by ARTnews in 1995. Sao Paolo is the largest city in South America and, with a metropolitan popula- tion of 17 million, is the world’s third largest city. The venue for the Bienale was built in the mid 1950s by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, the chief architect of the city of Brasilia and former collaborator of Le Corbusier. An industrial pavilion built out of reinforced concrete, the size of six football fields, it provides a modernist set- ting for the works of art. The theme of this year’s exhibit is “Metropolitan Iconography,” and artists were invited to explore the image of the metropolis in con- temporary art as well as the way currents of urban energy influence contemporary art. Apart from the national pavilions, the Bienale featured 11 metropolises – Sao Paolo, Caracas, New York, Johannesburg, Istanbul, Beijing, Tokyo, Sydney, London, Berlin and Moscow – with five artists repre- senting each city. For the visual arts, the Bienal de Sao Paulo avoids the Eurocentrism of other international shows Oscar Niemeyer’s pavilion housing the Bienale exhibit. and focuses its attention on the new metrop- olises which in the last decades have mush- roomed throughout Asia, Africa and South America. Mr. Polataiko’s show is titled “Bird’s Eye View.” Images of infrared satellite photos of the 11 cities featured were downloaded from the Internet, printed, mounted on rein- forced vinyl and cut into standard commer- cial jigsaw puzzle patterns. Eleven mirrors were mounted on the walls of the exhibit space and 11 local workers were hired to gradually cover the mirrors by piecing together the jigsaw puzzles until the puzzles – 120cm by 120cm in bright red and blue – were completed. The workers began a day before the opening and worked for several days on completing the works. During the process of putting together the puzzles, each of the works acquired a differ- ent configuration, depending on the method adopted by the person completing it. The continuous process proved popular with the spectators as it provided an element of inter- action. The puzzles were not labeled and, divorced from their content, became abstract images and posed the question of the relationship between the content of the image and its formal properties. Mr. Polataiko was fortunate in securing a prime location for his work – immediately after the entrance to the building. It assured Brazilian workers build Taras Polataiko’s urban puzzles. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 No. 17

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in the former Soviet Union and are now NEWSBRIEFS republics or, rather, countries of the CIS,” (Continued from page 16) Inter Television quoted Mr. Kuchma as and noted that the issue of impeachment saying. (RFE/RL Newsline) is being used by some forces as a populist Ukraine to destroy 400,000 land mines slogan. Mr. Yushchenko added that he is John Kril ready to meet with President Kuchma any KYIV – Representatives of NATO October 12, 1953 - April 20, 2002 time, but added that it would be logical to and Ukraine’s defense industry complex hold such a meeting after Our Ukraine signed an accord on February 26 where- Beloved husband, father, son, brother, concludes political talks with all parties by Ukraine obliged itself to destroy that overcome the 4 percent voting barrier 400,000 land mines, New Channel son-in-law, nephew, brother-in-law, in the 31 March election. (RFE/RL Television reported. 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Last month the industry newsletter Kyiv counts... Petroleum Argus quoted an unnamed Opportunity in Ukraine (Continued from page 2) official of the Polish Oil and Gas between Prime Ministers Anatolii Kinakh Company as saying that “Gazprom has Do you want to make a difference? of Ukraine and Mikhail Kasianov of dropped its plan for a pipeline bypassing Do you have administrative and leadership skills? Russia. Mr. Kinakh said after the meeting Ukraine” due to a lack of funds. A link to Are you willing to make a volunteer commitment in on April 10 that the two countries will Slovakia would cost an estimated $1 bil- lion. Russia has also delayed plans for sign a 10-year gas-transit deal by June. Ukraine for one year? building a second branch of its Yamal Mr. Kasianov confirmed the plan, saying Peninsula gas line through Poland, that the sides are also considering ways because the first “already has unused An exciting new center in Lviv is providing a range of programs and of making the pipelines secure. capacity,” according to the newsletter. supports for people with special needs, and their families in Ukraine. According to Russia’s official news In Poland, the gas issue is both finan- agency RIA-Novosti, Prime Minister We need an experienced administrator to help in the establishment cial and political. On April 11, Gazprom Kasianov said, “By June, specialists from and running of this center. You will work as a peer with the Director, Chairman Aleksei Miller held talks with overseeing areas such as the creation of a public information center; the two countries will have provided a set officials in Warsaw about Polish of measures to become the foundation of demands to ease the terms of a 1993 supervising staff, forging relationships with government, church and the bilateral document.” Mr. Kasianov civil society; organizing seminars, retreats and workshops; writing “take-or-pay” contract because Poland’s also said the debt problem is “practically gas consumption has lagged. Gazprom funding proposals; developing new programs, and more! solved,” a phrase that has prompted wor- has been pressing Poland to spend $200 ries in the past because Russia has yet to million to finish the first Yamal line. • If you are fluent in English and Ukrainian... explain the reason for delays in approv- But the government has also been sen- ing the bonds. He said only one legal sitive about the effect of a bypass on • If you are competent, confident and creative... “snag” remains, without elaborating. • If you have good energy and are able to put your mind and heart Ukraine. In addition, the daily Gazeta But, according to RIA-Novosti, Wyborcza reported on April 11 that pros- into this project... Ukraine has agreed to honor the debts if ecutors in Gdansk have launched a probe the national gas company Naftohaz into Poland’s losses from construction of We will welcome you with open arms! Ukrainy fails to pay them off. That point the Yamal project. has been critical for Moscow in the past. We will pay for your travel and living expenses! During President Putin’s talks on April While the terms of the transit deal are 10 with German Chancellor Gerhard We promise you a deeply rewarding opportunity to make a lasting unknown, the 10-year commitment sug- Schroeder in Weimar, the issue of gas difference! gests that Russia may be resigned to exports also surfaced. At a meeting with Ukrainian transit, even if it develops businesspeople, Mr. Putin voiced concern Please send a letter of interest by Monday, May 6th to [email protected] or to other routes in the long term. The over new European Union competition Progress system still has vast unused Lviv Project, 50 Richview Rd., Toronto ON, M9A 4M9. rules that limit the share of energy that a capacity, which would be costly to recre- member-country can import from a non- ate somewhere else. member to 30 percent. President Putin The biggest hindrance may be that said, “If we are talking about a common Russia’s Gazprom lacks the funds to ful- economic space, we should take meas- MARK T. OLESNICKY, M.D. fill its bypass plans. Last month Gazprom ures and change the rules, and put Russia Internal Medicine joined with Germany’s Ruhrgas and Gaz in the picture too,” RIA-Novosti report- de France in a $2.7 billion deal to buy 49 ed. Russia has been highly critical of the 135 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 203 percent of Slovensky Plynarensky EU regulations, arguing that they threat- Florham Park, NJ 07932 Priemysel, the Slovakian gas system. The en Gazprom’s long-term contracts. move again stirred fears in Ukraine of a The issue may be one more reason that Telephone (973) 822-5000 • Fax (973) 822-3321 pipeline detour. But Gazprom’s partners Moscow may be becoming more cautious By Appointment supplied all of the cash, because the com- about new investments to build pipelines pany’s finances are strapped. around Ukraine. No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 19

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With the score tied 1-1 three leyball court, the Q-Café and Ukrainian cuisine in the dining room, you can’t ask Kyiv on March 21, 1975, is the second for much more. As a SOYUZIVKA worker, you can enjoy all the great amenities minutes into injury time, Tymoshuk Ukrainian playing in the NBA along with of this summer resort while getting $$paid$$ and making lifelong friends! headed teammate Hennadii Zubov’s free- Stanislav Medvedenko of the Los kick past Georgian goalie Oleksander Angeles Lakers. The 285-pound SOYUZIVKA is looking for a few good kozaks (men and women) to become part Shovkovskyi. Potapenko has been playing in the NBA of a unique team this 2002 summer season: Ukraine International Serhii Rebrov since 1996, when he started with the opened the scoring in the 17th minute Cleveland Cavaliers after graduating • Emergency technician or nurse – summer only after Tymoshuk’s long right-wing cross from Wright State University in Dayton, • Lifeguards set the English league Tottenham Ohio. • Office personnel Hotspur forward free to drive a low shot • Camp counselors past the Georgian goalie’s near-side. Boxing • Entertainer / master or mistress of ceremonies The win came on the heels of a 1-0 • Q-Café manager shutout loss, in a historic first-time meet- • WBO heavyweight champion • Dining room / Q-Café personnel ing, to Japan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka Vladimir Klitschko dealt a methodical • Housekeeping personnel on March 21. Japanese midfielder eight-round beating to South African • General workers (grounds maintenance, setups, etc.) Kazuyuki Toda provided the necessary Frans Botha at Hanns-Martin Schleyer scoring in the 24th minute as Japan held Halle in Stuttgart, Germany, on March We are located only 90 miles from New York City and minutes from the off the Ukrainian attackers who played 16. Botha showed toughness, but was Ukrainian Youth Camp SUM, Woodstock, Poughkeepsie, Albany, Woodbury without international scoring sensation able to generate little offense against the Commons, Minnewaska State Park, Lake Mohonk and the hip town of New and AC Milan striker Andrii Shevchenko 6-foot-7-inch Klitschko, who, in his third Paltz. So there’s always something to do! and Tottenham’s Rebrov. Shevchenko WBO title defense, rained hard blows on Details: wanted to stay with his club team and the “White Buffalo” repeatedly before concentrate on AC Milan’s push for a finally bludgeoning Botha to the mat in • Please submit your application by May 1, 2002. place in next season’s European the eighth round. • Non-U.S. citizens must have a Green Card or Employment Authorization. Champions League, Reuters reported, • Preference will be given to those who are able to come early in June and stay according to the Sankei Sports Daily. Cycling through Labor Day. Two goals from Rapid Bucharest strik- • You must be prepared to have a great summer and meet lots of people! er Daniel Pancu helped Romania crush • Ukraine’s Yaroslav Popovych took Ukraine 4-1 in their friendly international the gold in Lisbon, Portugal, on October match on March 27 in Constanta. 12, 2001, at the under-23 world champi- Midfielder Serhiy Siscenko scored the A little piece of Ukraine in upstate New York! onships. 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It was no secret to the FBI and Russian Lazarenko; the discredited former head of During March 31 parliamentary elections Russian ambassador... businessmen that Mr. Chernomyrdin, as Naftogaz Ukraina, Ihor Bakai; and other in Ukraine, Ambassador Chernomyrdin (Continued from page 2) head of Gazprom, had extensive dealings high-ranking Ukrainian energy traders spoke out loudly and clearly in favor of the During the U.S. presidential campaign of with Pavlo Lazarenko when Lazarenko was and officials. pro-Kuchma bloc of candidates. But it was 2000, George W. Bush, then the Republican running Unified Energy Systems of One of the first moves that Mr. never made clear if these were his own candidate, stated that Mr. Chernomyrdin Ukraine. The former Ukrainian prime min- Chernomyrdin made as ambassador to views or those of President Putin. At one had stolen some $1.2 billion in International ister, now in prison in California awaiting Ukraine was to purchase the summer villa, point prior to the elections, Mr. Monetary Fund (IMF) resources given to trial on charges of money laundering in the located near the Dnipro River, of the former Chernomyrdin added a note of merriment Russia. Mr. Chernomyrdin was predictably United States, is reputed to have made head of the Central Committee of the by accusing Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader outraged and threatened to sue; but, for enormous amounts of money on crooked Communist Party of Ukraine, Volodymyr of a large anti-Kuchma bloc, of corruption. undisclosed reasons, the issue never came deals with Gazprom at that time. Shcherbytsky. He bought the villa from He also made it clear that the Russian gov- before a court. Mr. Chernomyrdin let the Vladimir Putin’s presidential pardon, Bakai, whose former state gas trading ernment was supporting those candidates Bush remark slide and soon afterwards was promising non-prosecution for illegal activ- monopoly worked with Mr. Chernomyrdin which, in his words “were friends of appointed Russia’s ambassador to Ukraine. ities or corruption and granted to former when he was head of Gazprom. Mr. Bakai Russia.” This transfer removed Mr. Chernomyrdin Russian President Boris Yeltsin when he had been accused of embezzling millions of The issue of Mr. Chernomyrdin’s guilt from the Russian domestic scene to an retired, was seemingly extended to Mr. dollars from Gazprom and its partner-sub- has not been resolved. The former Russian important posting abroad – the most impor- Chernomyrdin. sidiary, Itera, but was pumping big money prime minister, the joint chairman of the tant posting in the eyes of the new Russian Mr. Chernomyrdin, while not pardoned into the election campaign of Leonid Gore-Chernomyrdin commission, and president. by Putin, had his talents put to good use. Kuchma – presumably to buy freedom from presently the Russian ambassador to The Bush campaign stood by the Texas He was given a post which suited him and prosecution. Bohdan Mysko, an American Ukraine – who was once quoted as saying governor’s statements, saying Mr. Russia best – Russian ambassador to businessman who owned the villa before that “Gazprom is our common home” – Chernomyrdin, a former head of the natural Kyiv. It seemed the perfect place for Mr. Mr. Bakai and spent hundreds of thousands remains accused of being “the biggest gas monopoly Gazprom, “made a fortune in Chernomyrdin: He was among friends. of dollars to have the residence renovated, mafioso in Russia.” personal profits” in the Russian oil and gas Mr. Chernomyrdin, as head of Gazprom, said he was forced to sell it under pressure Will he ever be brought to trial in business while a member of the Cabinet. had numerous dealings with Pavlo to Mr. Bakai for “peanuts.” Russia? Or perhaps in San Francisco? No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002 21

It is a very unique and a very special place. Consulate of Ukraine... I want to extend my congratulations to (Continued from page 4) Mr. Fedorak. You have worked so hard, for we want to make it home for free so long and for so many people in this com- Ukrainians seeking friendship. munity, that I could not think of and I do not Also, Mr. Ambassador, your nation think that anyone else here could think of a made an excellent choice in the appoint- better person to represent the community. ment of the honorary consul. We are So we congratulate you, and I am proud to proud of Mr. Fedorak and so pleased to be here with Debbie Stabenow, Carl Levin have him here serving as honorary consul. and Sandy Levin. I look forward to working His long history of promoting economic and expanding our ties, as well as financial, and cultural ties between Michigan and cultural and academic exchanges between Ukraine means you have a man who is our great state and Ukraine. Such undertak- ready to go to work yesterday. ings are important for Michigan and In March 1789, the first Congress, immeasurable for Ukraine. under the newly ratified Constitution of Before I sit down let me say this about the United States, was seated in New the question of democratization and inde- York and the world saw the first constitu- pendence. Having gained its independence tional republic since the Roman republic in 1991, Ukraine is now working hard to more that 2,000 years ago. However, realize its democratic potential. I was in March is also special, as you know, in Kyiv in 1993 and I felt the exhilaration of Ukrainian history. Freedom-loving peo- being in a place where my ancestors grew ple all over the world know and honor up, where they lived; and I felt the potential the memory of the great Ukrainian writer of Ukraine. My colleagues and I in the Taras Shevchenko, who as you may Congressional Ukrainian Caucus have know was born March 9, 1814, and died worked over the last decade to give U.S.- March 10, 1861. Shevchenko was a tire- Ukrainian bilateral trade the attention that it less voice for Ukrainian freedom and his so deservedly warrants. Just this week the writings speak to us, all of us, more than House of Representatives passed the resolu- a century later. I would like to quote from tions which I sponsored that express support his poem “My Testament”: “Oh bury me for the efforts of the Ukrainian people to then rise yea up, And break your heavy promote democracy, the rule of law and the chains, And Bless with the tyrants’ blood respect for human rights in Ukraine. the freedom you have gained, And in the Just because we are of Ukrainian great family, the new family of the free, American ancestors doesn’t mean that we With softly spoken kindly words remem- shouldn’t push to make sure that democracy ber also me.” flourishes and rises to the great value that it Those words are very beautiful, but has in Ukraine. It is our obligation to push for they are beautiful because they are uni- democracy in Ukraine. Many observers are versal. And I want to prove that, if you focused on the March 31 parliamentary elec- will indulge me with another piece of tions because they are an important bench- history, and that is to juxtapose the words mark of Ukraine’s path to democracy. The of Shevchenko with the great American discussions about our efforts to continue for- writer and patriot Patrick Henry, who, on eign assistance to provide assistance to edu- this very day in 1775, rose before the cational and judicial and police systems are Virginia Convention and said: “Is life so all critical parts of making sure that Ukraine dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased becomes a thriving democracy. So it works at the price of chains and slavery. Forbid hand in hand. The more democracy there is it, almighty God. I know not what course in Ukraine the easier it is for us to make the others may take. But as for me. Give me case to our colleagues in the United States liberty or give me death.” Congress for assistance in the areas that help Can you hear it? Different men, differ- bolster democracy even further. ent times, different languages – and still In Association with Air Ukraine Rep. Sander Levin: the voice of freedom. And it doesn’t Direct Flights come in a whisper. It’s a thunder whose What a wonderful occasion at which to rumble transcends time and speaks loud- see my colleagues from the House and from JFK Airport ly to the hearts and minds of all of us. form the Senate. And I am glad to see on a comfortable Sadly, Shevchenko never got to see his Mike (Sawkiw) who spends, maybe, more Boeing 767-300 aircraft free Ukraine, a dream of all Ukrainians time in my office than he does in his own for more than a thousand years. But, in and I am always glad to see him. on Fridays and Sundays 1991 it finally happened, the fall of the I was reading some of the materials on former Soviet Union. And, as you know, the plane, and there was a reference to Starting June 11, 2002, on millions of Ukrainians formed a human Bohdan now joining the large diplomatic Tuesday (3 flights) chain to dramatize their cause to the corps in Michigan, numbering 38 New York, Kyiv, Tashkent world and then voted 91 percent for free- Consulates. I smiled, because my dad was dom. Now a new democracy appears. a member of the Michigan Consular Departure at 6:00 PM And this year we celebrate the 10th Corps of Michigan. He was an honorary New York anniversary of diplomatic relations consul and then consul general of a very Chicago Kyiv between the United States and Ukraine. as small republic, the Republic of Honduras. Detroit low Those relationships have grown deeper So I was thinking, as I read this, why my Miami as and deeper every year. So that is why I beloved father, for 40 some years repre- Los Angeles Toronto am so proud to be here, to join with you. sented, in this state, a republic of Central $499 I am so pleased that this Ukrainian America, and it is only now that there is Cultural Center has been chosen. It goes an honorary consul of Ukraine in 8 hours and you’re in Kyiv without saying that all of us here this Michigan. The answer is clear – Honduras evening look forward to establishing was a republic and Ukraine was under even better ties of commerce and culture Soviet domination. It is now a free and with Ukraine. And even more, I know democratic country and it has a consular that each and every one of the Ukrainian representative here in Michigan. Americans who live here will look upon It is a real privilege for me to be here. It this Consulate with great pride. New York - Kyiv - New York as low as $499 has been my honor to represent this com- ROUND-TRIP Rep. 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have to solve our Soyuzivka problem.” He 13 Report of By-Laws Committee, Northern N.J. ... explained that the easiest solution would be Program... discussion and approval of changes (Continued from page 6) to sell the resort, but that is not a solution, (Continued from page 1) 14. Report of the Standing Committee most new members; with Messrs. adding that Soyuzivka should be the – Wasyl Szeremeta on Soyuzivka Oscislawski and Kotlar coming in second responsibility of the entire Ukrainian com- – Vasyl Luchkiw 15. Discussion on the Future of the and third, respectively. The president also munity in the northeastern United States. – Stephanie Hawryluk UNA in Canada noted that three employees of the UNA Following a break for refreshments, the – Andre Worobec 16. Report of Financial Committee Home Office have earned licenses to sell Nominations Committee recommended the – Eugene Oscislawski and determination on bonding and insurance: Ms. Trytjak, Christine Brodyn following slate of district officers for 2001: – Barbara Bachynsky salaries of paid officers and Stephan Welhasch. Mr. Oscislawski, chairman; Mr. Kotlar, – Andrij Skyba 17. Election of General Assembly She urged all UNA’ers, and particularly vice-chairman; Ms. Derzko, secretary; Mr. – Al Kachkowski 18. Report of Petitions Committee, delegates to the 35th Regular Convention of Worobec, treasurer; Ms. Hadzewycz (The – Roma Hadzewycz discussion and resolutions the UNA, to participate in the pre-conven- Ukrainian Weekly editor-in-chief), English- 10. Report of Svoboda Editor-in-Chief 19 Report of Secretaries Committee, tion organizing drive for which there are language press liaison; Irene Jarosewich Irene Jarosewich discussion and resolutions special awards. (Svoboda editor-in-chief), Ukrainian-lan- 11. Report of The Ukrainian Weekly 20. Resolutions and recommendations guage press liaison; Maria Haluszczak and Mrs. Diachuk paid special attention to Editor-in-Chief Roma Hadzewycz for the well-being of the organization Mr. Honcharyk, organizing directors; Mrs. the UNA’s annuities which pay 6 percent 12. Discussion on reports and their 21. Miscellaneous Oscislawski, events coordinator; Daria for the first year, a rate that compares acceptance 22. Adjournment extremely favorably with the 2 to 2.5 per- Semegen and Serge Polishchuk, members- cent paid by banks. at-large; Mr. Welhasch, Ms. Jasinski and The president also spoke about Ms. Brodyn, auditing committee. Soyuzivka’s upcoming 50th anniversary Wolodymyr Bilyk and John Chomko assume control over the Pivdennyi Oil celebrations, explaining that there will be remain as honorary district chairmen. The Terminal in Odesa. slate was elected unanimously. Odesa-Brody... special events throughout the summer to (Continued from page 1) Tatiana Yefremova of Ukrtransnafta’s mark the golden jubilee. During the discussion portion of the press service said that partners of all sorts The project to connect the Ukrainian Finally, Mrs. Diachuk explained that the meeting Mrs. Oscislawski expressed con- are under consideration, including oil pipeline to the Druzhba-Adria line particu- UNA executives who work full-time at the cern about the idea of decreasing the size of extraction companies, shipping outfits, oil larly intrigues developers. It would move Home Office are proposing several changes the General Assembly, underlining that this transport companies and others who might to the UNA By-Laws for consideration at would be counterproductive because those oil from Ukraine through Hungary to the determine that an investment in the Odesa- the UNA convention. The principal propos- who are elected to that body are dedicated Adriatic port city of Omisalj in Croatia and Brody tube is worthwhile. al is a reduction in the size of the General UNA’ers who can and should represent the allow for the efficient movement of Caspian “The fundamental goal for developing Assembly from 25 to 14 members: four UNA on the local level, which benefits the oil beyond Europe. the consortium is to ensure an effective, executive officers (president, vice-president, entire organization. There is no benefit, she The report notes that at this stage of plan- efficient and profitable oil pumping system secretary and treasurer), three auditors and stressed, to decreasing the UNA’s represen- ning the Odesa-Brody pipeline could not of all the partners in the consortium,” seven advisors. tation throughout the territory it serves. hope to be fully loaded at its scheduled explained Ms. Yefremova. She also noted that the issue of the Ms. Hadzewycz pointed to the organiz- opening in 2005. It concludes, however, that Until oil is found for the pipeline to UNA’s Canadian membership would be a ing report presented to all present at the it would be expedient to continue work on pump, however, it must be filled so that it topic of discussion at the convention, and meeting to note that the Northern New the Eurasian oil project and to develop an does not begin to corrode and deteriorate. explained that the membership in Canada is Jersey District, though it met only 52 per- international consortium. The filler will remain in the tube until it is constantly declining while the expense of cent of its annual organizing quota was by The Odesa-Brody pipeline was complet- finally pushed out by a product ordered by doing business in Canada is increasing. far the most successful UNA district as it ed in 2001, but remains empty, while customers. In addition, she said, there is the matter had enrolled the highest number of new Ukrtransnafta – a wholly owned subsidiary In the next weeks, Ukrainian officials of Soyuzivka, which continues to post large members (86) for the highest amount of of Naftohaz Ukraina, which in turn is a pub- will perform final tests to ensure the deficits every year. The UNA is now seek- total insurance coverage ($2,452,000). She lic corporation of the Ukrainian government pipeline’s quality. Then the first oil tankers ing partners to save Soyuzivka. One of the further noted that there were several excep- – continues working to form an internation- will arrive at the Odesa Terminal to begin avenues being pursued is the involvement tional organizers who, though they may not al consortium of multinational corporations the process of filling the enormous tube, to of Ukrainian American credit unions. have enrolled large numbers of members that would have an interest in moving the safeguard it while Ukrtransnafta and the Treasurer Kaczaraj reported that the had enrolled members for large amounts of oil westward, and to find someone to international multinationals decide its fate. UNA’s surplus had been going down since insurance, for example, Ms. Brodyn who 1989 and that in 2001, the UNA posted an sold one policy for $750,000 and Christine increase in surplus of $256,000. Likewise, Kozak, another licensed insurance profes- èãÄëíéÇÖ èãÖå’ü ◊èÖêòß ëíÖÜß“ the Ukrainian National Urban Renewal sional who works in the Home Office as Corp. (the entity that controls the UNA’s director of insurance operations (underwrit- — ÔÓ‚¥‰ÓÏÎflπ — headquarters building) had income of ing), who sold seven policies for a total of $365,000 in 2001, while in the previous $215,000. ˘Ó ÚðÂÚfl ÚÛð‡ ◊íÄÅéêì èíÄòÄí“ year it had a deficit of $71,000. At the conclusion of the meeting, in (‚¥‰ 7 ‰Ó 14 ÎËÔÌfl 2002 ð.) ̇ ëÓ˛Á¥‚ˆ¥ The UNA’s two publications, Svoboda response to query from a neophyte delegate, and The Ukrainian Weekly, Mr. Kaczaraj it was proposed to convene a special pre- çÖ ÇßÑÅìÑÖíúëü continued, have decreased their deficits to convention meeting of the district in order Á Û‚‡„Ë Ì‡ χΠ˜ËÒÎÓ Á„ÓÎÓ¯Â̸ manageable levels, while Soyuzivka is los- to acquaint first-time delegates and others ing more and more each year. with the issues that will face them at the èÎ. 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the daughter of UNA Auditor William Pastuszek and Theodozia Pastuszek of Named senior VP Swarthmore, Pa., and along with her entire family is a member of Ukrainian National at utility company Association Branch 231. WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – Lydia Pastuszek has been named senior vice- president, human resources, of National Grid USA Service Company based in Westborough, Mass. Prior to this position she was president of Granite Electric Company of New Hampshire; she held a number of officer positions with the company for the past 21 years. National Grid USA Service Company is the eighth largest electric and gas transmission and distribution company in the United States; it is a subsidiary of London-based National Grid. Ms. Pastuszek is a graduate of Swarthmore High School and Clark University, where she graduated cum laude and has served two terms as trustee. She is also a graduate of Harvard University, where she earned her master’s degree. Ms. Pastuszek lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two children. She is Lydia Pastuszek

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mony of the 19th Winter Games by tak- SPORTSLINE ing sixth place at the world figure skating (Continued from page 19) championships on March 24 in Nagano, talent. He has done great things as an Japan. She finished behind first-time amateur. He has strength and brains. He world champion Irina Slutskaya of Russia, silver medalist Michelle Kwan of also has an optimal power-to-weight the United States and Fumie Suguri of ratio and goes well on the flats without Japan, who took the bronze. losing contact in the climbs.” Mr. Ballerini added, “Anyone who wins 20 Swimming races in one year cannot be an average rider. He has another advantage, too: he • Yana Klochkova took the 400-meter acts with total professionalism. He trains individual medley event at the world short a lot and knows how to suffer during his course championships in Moscow on April preparation. He is a tough one. In two 4 with a time of 4:30.63. Alenka Kejzar of UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERS!!! years he will be a champion.” Slovenia took second place with a time of Looking for a First Mortgage? Chess 4:35.44, and Georgina Bardach of Need to refinance? Argentina took third with a time of 4:36.36. Oleh Lysohor of Ukraine won the Looking for – • Less than two months after then 18- men’s 50-meter breaststroke at the world year-old, Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine short course championships in Moscow Great Rates became the youngest person to win the on April 8 with a time of 26.42 seconds. World Chess Federation (FIDE) He finished ahead of José Couto of Low Fees Championship by defeating fellow Portugal and Eduardo Fischer of Brazil, Prompt Approval Ukrainian Vasyl Ivanchuk at the Metropole who finished with times of 27.22 and Hotel in Moscow on January 16-23, the 27.26, respectively. CALL (800) 253-9862 EXT. 3036 now 19-year-old proved his place among the world’s best at the Linares invitational super tournament in Spain on February 22 to March 10. He finished second behind the No. 1 FIDE ranked player in the world, Russian Garry Kasparov. Figure Skating

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Sunday, May 5 tion with new medical colleagues from Ukraine. The event will be held at 98 Second ELIZABETH, N.J.: St. Vladimir’s Ave. at 7 p.m. All healthcare professionals Ukrainian Catholic Church, Grier Street, wel- welcome. Admission is free and refreshments comes the choir of Ss. Cyril and Methodius will be served. For more information call Dr. Church of Olyphant, Pa., at the 11 a.m. litur- Marta Kushnir, (508) 855-2245. gy. Under the direction of Pat Marcinko, the 114-year-old choir will praise God in selected Sunday, April 28 liturgical works by priest/composer Mykhailo Verbytsky (1815-1870) in Old NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Academy of Church Slavonic along with traditional Arts and Sciences in the U.S. invites the pub- Easter anthems. The pastor and celebrant, the lic to the second conference in the series Rev. Joseph Shupa, invites the faithful to “Contribution of Émigrés from Ukraine to attend, especially those with fond reminis- the Treasury of Culture and Science of cences of Old Church Slavonic prayers of America.” The conference, to be conducted yesteryear or the curious wishing to experi- in Ukrainian, will be held in the academy’s ence the essence of the old-world liturgy this building, 206 W. 100 St., at 2:30 p.m. Easter season. Featured speakers are Mykola Kravets, “Ihor Sikorski – The Father of the Helicopter”; Saturday, May 11 Mykhailo Mishchenko, “Otto Struve – The Star of American Astronomy”; and Oleksa NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Medical Bilaniuk, “George Gamov – From the Atom Association of North America, New York to the Universe.” The audience will hear Metro Chapter, in cooperation with the Self about the lives and achievements of these Reliance Association of American- world-renowned scientists who emigrated to Ukrainians, New York City Branch, present the United States from Ukraine in the first “How To Enter the Medical Mainstream: quarter of the 20th century and who are fre- Ukraine to U.S., The Success Stories.” This quently identified in reference books and will be a colleague to colleague panel discus- encyclopedias as being “born in Russia,” sion and social gathering to exchange infor- while they were born in Kyiv (Sikorski), mation and create channels of communica- Kharkiv (Struve) and Odesa (Gamov).

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