INSIDE: • Wolodymyr Sulzhynsky: from volunteer to first secretary of U.S. Embassy — page 3. • U.S. builds housing for Ukaine's decommissioned military personnel — page 10. «o • The centennial of composer Borys Liatoshynsky — page 11. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian Nationaf Association inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIII No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1995 $1.25/$2 in Ukraine Lemko Vatra festival attracts thousands Ukraine's Procuracy continues to ethnically Ukrainian region of Poland investigation of funeral violence by Khristina Lew ence on July 31 that "unless the authorities Kyyiv Press Bureau give their consent for re-burial in St. Sophia Cathedral, the patriarch's body will KYYIV - As mourners of the late remain where it is. We will build a chapel Patriarch Volodymyr prepare to commem­ or monument over the grave to honor it." orate the 40th day of his death with a He said he feared that "blood would be peaceful procession through Kyyiv on spilled" if the government does not permit August 23, Ukraine's Procuracy General UOC-KP faithful to re-bury their patriarch continues to investigate the violence that within the walls of the cathedral. erupted between riot police and the patri­ The metropolitan also discouraged archal funeral procession over three weeks calls for an autopsy of Patriarch ago. Volodymyr's body, claiming that an ini­ On July 18, Berkut forces, a special tial autopsy revealed the patriarch had detachment of government police, violent­ died of a heart attack while taking his ly clashed with 1,000 faithful of the daily walk in Kyyiv's Botanical Gardens. Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyyiv "The media claims that Patriarch Patriarchate at St. Sophia Square. The Volodymyr died of unnatural causes. We Ukrainian National Assembly-Ukrainian believe that he died of natural causes. He National Self-Defense Organization, a suffered in Stalin's camps for 19 years. paramilitary group, claims that two of its This was his third heart attack," said members were killed in the confrontation, Metropolitan Filaret. He added that if an but has not released the victims' names. autopsy were to be done, the patriarch's On August 3, Internal Affairs Minister body would be removed from the territory Yuriy Kravchenko told a press confer­ of St. Sophia Cathedral. "Then the patri­ ence that Maj. Gen. Valeriy Budnikov, The Church of Ss. Kosma and Damian in Mecina Wielka, in the Lemko region of arch could be re-buried wherever," he said. deputy chief of the Internal Affairs Poland, used to be a Greek-Catholic church. The organizing committee for the 40th Ministry's Kyyiv administration, and day commemorations has not requested the by Khristina Lew 1944, the Poles agreed to "repatriate" Yuriy Kulykov, commander of Kyyiv's UNA-UNSO to protect the peaceful proces­ Kyyiv Press Bureau Lemkos in Poland to the Ukrainian SSR. Berkut forces, have been relieved of their sion. On August 3, the Procurator General's Poles in Ukraine were resettled in duties until an investigation is concluded. Office requested the Ministry of Justice to USCIE GORLICKIE, Poland - They Poland. Earlier, on July 26, President Leonid revoke the registration of the Ukrainian began arriving in the little village In 1945-1946, close to 500,000 Lemkos Kuchma had called for an investigation National Assembly. The Ukrainian wedged between this crossroads town were resettled to Ukraine. In 1947, under of the July 18 confrontation in his com­ National Self-Defense Organization has and the Slovak border as early as the code name "Operation Wisla," Polish ments to the news agencies Interfax- never been registered with the Ministry of Thursday to pitch their tents and build military and security units deported an Ukraine and Ukrinform. Justice on a national level. their campfires. additional 150,000 Lemkos to northwest­ A special commission created by the The body of Patriarch Volodymyr In the following three days, July 21- ern Poland. Cabinet of Ministers to negotiate a site for remains interred in the sidewalk of St. 23, hundreds of cars and buses from At first resettlement was voluntary. the re-burial of the late patriarch's body Sophia Square. On the morning of Ukraine and the Slovak Republic would Petro Hanas, 76, recalled that in the early continues its work. The UOC-KP has insist­ August 5, according to Metropolitan wind through the rolling hills of south­ days of the resettlement campaign, ed that Patriarch Volodymyr be buried in Filaret, vandals attacked mourners who eastern Poland to the tiny village of the St. Sophia complex, a historic landmark. keep a 24-hour vigil over the patriarch's Zdynia, site of the 13th festival celebrat­ (Continued on page 8) Metropolitan Filaret told a press confer­ grave and desecrated the site. ing Lemko culture. The Lemko Vatra (Lemko Bonfire), the largest Ukrainian festival in the Carpathian mountains, officially opened Ukraine's national university graduates first class on July 21 with the raising of the Polish KYYIV - June 30 was a momentous Events leading up to this commence­ tional accreditation of its teaching pro­ and Ukrainian flags. Over 5,000 day for the University of Kyyiv-Mohyla ment unfolded within a relatively short grams, awarding of national status, and the Lemkos, ethnic Ukrainians who until the Academy and for all of Ukraine. After a period. The Kyyiv-Mohyla Academy was right to grant scholarly titles and to intro­ mid-1940s lived in the westernmost part 178-year interval, the eminent national uni­ reborn on September 19, 1992, when the duce candidate's and doctoral programs. of Ukraine on both sides of the versity graduated its first class of bachelors: chairman of the Supreme Council of Thirty percent of the UKMA faculty Carpathian mountains and along the Serhiy Horin, Yurij Zavhorodnij, Serhij Ukraine issued an order allowing the have doctoral rank. In the last three years Polish-Slovak border, gathered to sing, Kapranov, Olena Levchenko, Nadia resumption of its operations. over 100 professors from other countries dance and revel in their distinct culture. Miroshnychenko and Artem Rudyk. There were neither students nor pro­ have served as visiting lecturers, and the "The Vatra was created so the Ms. Levchenko and Ms. Mirosh­ fessors at that time; nor were there any UKMA has hosted over 10 international younger generation has an opportunity to nychenko became the first female gradu­ modern educational programs, buildings, scholarly conferences. The university is learn from their elders about our Lemko ates of the Kyyiv-Mohyla Academy; previ­ books, computers, or other equipment. home to several ongoing seminars that culture and language," explained 27- ously, only males had studied there. There was only an idea and the desire to examine current issues in the social polit­ year-old Jaroslaw Nazarowicz, drummer make it come to life. ical, and cultural life of Ukraine. for the Toronto rock band Cafe Kyiv. A All six UKMA graduates had taken courses at other universities before being In three and a-half years, the Kyyiv- Besides Ukrainian and English, which Lemko, Mr. Nazarowicz and his band are the working languages at the UKMA, traveled from Canada to Poland to per­ admitted, therefore they were able to Mohyla Academy, reinstated as a universi­ students have the option of studying form at this year's Vatra. They encored complete the four-year bachelor's pro­ ty, has developed and introduced bache­ German, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, with a rock version of the Lemko folk gram in three years. lor's programs in three faculties, humani­ Czech, Chinese or Japanese. The univer­ song "Shalenets" (Maniac). The members of the Class of 1995 ties', social sciences and natural sciences, sity provides well-equipped language and The Lemko cultural identity was vir­ announced the establishment of the UKMA and in the Department of Computer computer laboratories, and its library has tually eliminated in 1945-1947 under a Alumni Association, founded in order to Technologies, as well as a Master's pro­ over 250,000 volumes. Polish-Ukrainian SSR resettlement pro­ support one another as well as their alma gram in the School of Social Work. The KM Academia Publishing House, gram. In an agreement signed between mater. They also plain to publish an alumni The university has successfully passed the two countries on September 19, newsletter. the milestones of state licensing, interna­ (Continued on page 4) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1995 No. 33 UConn and Ukrainian institutions begin environmental partnership New hard currency regulations Slovenia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan will STORRS, Conn. - The University of ars, who arrived on campus July 2 and train with troops from the U.S., Canada and Connecticut has begun an environmental are scheduled to depart August 12, are KYYIV — President Leonid Kuchma Great Britain. "Cooperative Nugget 95" is partnership with Ukraine, and the attending seminars in biotechnology, has issued a decree obligating businesses the first PFP exercise on U.S. soil. (OMRI Environmental Research Institute (ERI) is environmental analysis, water and air earning hard currency in Ukraine to use the Daily Digest) hosting seven scientists from Lviv to pro­ pollution, pollution prevention and waste National Bank's interbank currency vide them with the latest in environmental minimization. They will also take field exchange when converting half their hard Crimea lawmakers think it over technology, education and research. trips to IBM in New York, the Perkin- currency profits to karbovantsi, Ukrainian "In Ukraine, most manufacturing is Elmer Corp. in Norwich and the munici­ Radio reported on August 7. Companies are SYMFEROPIL — The Crimean legisla­ obsolete, so the ecological situation is very pal waste treatment center at Foxwoods required to have special licenses for hard ture voted on August 2 to overturn its grave," said Vladimir Tounitsky, manager Casino, both in Connecticut. currency operations and must exchange half March 22 vote of no confidence in Anatoliy of the Ukrainian program. "Industrial pol­ The ERI conducts research and devel­ their earnings for Ukraine's provisional cur­ Franchuk, the Kyyiv-backed prime minis­ lution has made a very serious impact on ops technology-based solutions to existing rency. Recently, Ukraine banned cash trans­ ter, Ukrainian Television reported the same ecology and has contributed to the deterio­ and emerging environmental problems. actions in hard currency as a step toward day. Deputies made the move as a step ration of human health. We're looking for The collaboration is being funded monetary reform. (OMRI Daily Digest) toward regaining control over the region's ways to improve things." through the International Research government, which was placed under The Environmental Technology Exchanges Board as part of the U.S. Sluggish land reform in Ukraine Kyyiv's jurisdiction by President Leonid Kuchma on March 31. Mr. Kuchma said he Transfer and Education Collaboration Agency for International Development's KYYIV — The State Committee for will allow the scientists to enhance the Institutional Partnership and Training would consider an appeal from the Crimean Land Resources has announced that little Parliament to rescind his decree if legisla­ development of engineering and research Project. progress has been made beyond the first in Ukrainian industrial and education The ERI is conducting the seminar in tors overturned their no-confidence vote in scheduled phase of land reform in the agri­ Mr. Franchuk. (OMRI Daily Digest) sectors. conjunction with the non-profit Western cultural sector, Ukrainian Radio reported "There is technology available here that Center of the Ukrainian Branch of the on August 7. As of July 1, 12 percent of Pynzenyk re-appointed to Cabinet can help Ukraine solve its pollution prob­ World Laboratory, Lviv Polytechnical Ukraine's farmland was transferred to so- lems," said Dr. James Fenton of the ERI. State University and Ivan Franko State called collective ownership by large-scale KYYIV — President Leonid Kuchma has re-appointed Ukraine's top economic Kicking off the partnership, the schol­ University of Lviv. enterprises, while only 3 percent was in reformer, Viktor Pynzenyk, as deputy private hands. The state maintains owner­ prime minister for economic reforms, ship of 84.8 percent of farmland, most of Reuters and Respublika reported on August Colorado/lvano-Frankivske programwhic h is still leased out to collective farms 2. The decision was made during me visit as well as private tenant farmers. The gov­ by IMF officials for talks on the next ernment held 90 percent of farmland at the installment of a $1.5 billion loan granted to focuses on oil and gas industry beginning of the year. President Leonid Ukraine earlier this year. Mr. Kuchma ini­ Kuchma's top economic advisor, Anatoliy by Roman Z. Pyrin tially did not include Mr. Pynzenyk in his Kirk, head of the Petroleum Engineering Halchynsky, told Ukrainian Television on Department, Dr. Roger Slatt, head of the government after announcing he would GOLDEN, Colo. - A Memorandum of August 7 mat Mr. Kuchma is expected to ease up on tight fiscal policy in favor of Geology and Geological Engineering issue a decree on creating a mechanism for Understanding was sighed on May 2 Department, and Dr. Arthur Sacks, direc­ support for the ailing industrial sector. between the Colorado School of Mines transferring land on collective farms to Roman Shpek, a more moderate reformer, tor of international studies. their employees, which would constitute and Ivano-Frankivske Oil and Gas Dr. Vekeryk and Dr. Kotskulich visit­ will remain deputy prime minister in over­ University; stating the intention to create a the second phase of land reform. (OMRI all charge of the economy, while Mr. ed with Dr. George Ansell, president of Daily Digest) faculty and student exchange program the Colorado School of Mines, and Dr. Pynzenyk will focus on macroeconomic between engineering departments at the Franklin Schowengerdt, vice-president, New agriculture minister appointed issues. (QMRI Daily Digest) Colorado School of Mines in Golden and and with six department heads who are By-elections for Parliament set similar departments at Ivano-Frankivske involved in teaching and researching oil KYYIV — President Leonid Kuchma State Technical Oil and Gas University of and gas exploration, development and has appointed Pavlo Haidutsky as Ukraine's KYYIV — The Central Election Ukraine. production; energy economics and con­ new minister of agriculture, Ukrainian Committee has scheduled by-elections for The agreement culminated the efforts servation; and environmental protection. Radio reported on August 6. Mr. Haidutsky, December 10 to fill 45 vacant seats in the who previously chaired the State of Dr. Michael Boretsky of Washington, Serving as technical translators for the 450-seat Parliament, Ukrainian Radio and this writer, an alumnus of the Committee on Land Resources, is consid­ reported on August 5. (OMRI Daily Digest) Ukrainian delegation during their meet­ ered the chief architect of the country's land Colorado School of Mines, to bring the ings were Luba Lukasewych-Pyrih, Peter reform program. (OMRI Daily Digest) Chornobyl plant working at full capacity universities together in order to exchange Romanyshyn, an alumnus of the CSM technologies, share information and devel­ Chemical and Petroleum Refining Depart­ First U.S.-based PFP exercises KYYIV — According to the State op relationships that would be beneficial ment, and Andrew Kohut of Philadel­ Committee on Nuclear Energy, the to Ukraine's developing oil and gas indus­ phia. WASHINGTON — Soldiers from 14 Chornobyl nuclear power station is work­ try. An important objective of the former communist countries have arrived ing at its full, 1,700-megawatt capacity. Hie signing concluded a three-day visit Ukrainian delegation's visit included dis­ in the U.S. to participate in a three-week Reactor No. 3, shut down for repairs on to the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) by cussions with the CSM administration exercise within the framework of NATO's April 15, was brought into service three Dr. Vasyl Vekeryk, pro-rector of Ivano- and faculty on how best to implement Partnership for Peace (PFP) program, inter­ days earlier than scheduled, on August 6. Frarikivske University, and Dr. Yaroslav needed changes in course curriculum, national media reported on August 7. Some The reactors at Chornobyl are running at Kotskulich, head of the Department of Oil teaching methodologies and degree 4,000 troops will take part in "Cooperative 98.5 percent of capacity, while the average and Gas Drilling. Recognizing the need requirements to make undergraduate and Nugget 95," which includes one week of rate of utilization for Ukraine's reactors is and importance of such contacts, the cost graduate studies at Ivano-Frankivske training and orientation and a two-week 84.7 percent. Likewise, the accident rate at of mis visit was funded entirely by Ivano- University compatible with Western uni­ peacekeeping exercise. Soldiers from the plant is .5 per reactor, while the nation­ Frankivske University. versities. Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, wide average is 3.3 so far this year. Since The Ukrainian delegation was official­ Estonia, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, ly invited to visit CSM by Dr. Craig Van (Continued on page 14) Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, (Continued on page 4)

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Mr. Sulzhynsky noted that, at times, some Ukrainian KYYIV — They were the pioneers: the first to come to officials were surprised to see how many Ukrainian Ukraine to work for the U.S. government And, they were Americans, who spoke the language and knew the histo­ unique because they were Ukrainian Americans coming ry, worked for the U.S. government. to their ancestral homeland after Ukraine declared inde­ "From the beginning, there was a very cooperative spir­ pendence in 1991. it, as we tried to work together on common problems," Although there have been other Ukrainian Americans said Mr. Sulzhynsky, speaking from personal experience. who have worked at the U.S. Embassy in Kyyiv, the four "I know I spent a lot of my time working on the arms who will be profiled in this series over the next few weeks control issues, and we came to the understanding that we saw it grow from a small outpost to a full-scale Embassy were trying to solve them together. And, over a period of in 1992. time, a certain trust and confidence developed. It was an Maria Rudensky, "Wolodymyr Sulzhynsky, Natalie evolutionary process," he said. Jaresko and Stephen Wasylko all came to work in Kyyiv Mr. Sulzhynsky saw the same kind of evolutionary during the first few months of 1992, just as the fledgling process in relations between Ukraine and the U.S. state began emerging as a significant country on the map He maintained that U.S. policy toward Ukraine was of Europe. not changed by one single factor, but by a combination of As they conclude their assignments at the U.S. events. Embassy in Kyyiv, leaving jobs they defined and to a "I think that Ukraine's fulfillment of its promise to large degree created, they shared their experiences, their become a non-nuclear state, which was evidenced by adventures and their insights. Ukraine's ratification of the START I treaty, the signing Born in 1948, Wolodymyr Sulzhynsky grew up on New- of the trilateral statement in Moscow in early 1994 and York's Lower East Side, in the Ukrainian Village. He Ukraine's accession to the NPT all added to this change traveled to Ukraine for the first time in February 1992 to in policy," explained Mr. Sulzhynsky. do some contract work for the U.S. government, once it This series of events clearly indicated that Ukraine established full diplomatic relations with Ukraine. was willing to adhere to its commitments, and this, in He attended St. George Academy and went on to grad­ turn, translated into a broader commitment by the U.S. to uate from Fordham University. He studied to be a lawyer support Ukraine - not only in the political sphere, but at St John's University, also in New York, and took addi­ across the board, providing economic assistance, joint tional international law courses, specializing in national military training programs, cultural exchanges and oppor­ security issues at Georgetown University in Washington tunities for investment. and at The Hague Academy in the Netherlands. However, it was President Bill Clinton's visit to Kyyiv Mr. Sulzhynsky, who came to Kyyiv under contract in May that capped U.S. efforts to communicate to with the State Department in 1992 as a volunteer civil Ukraine that the U.S. does consider Ukraine to be an service officer, served as a first secretary in the political important state, and that the United States is interested in section at the Embassy until mid-August. Ukraine as a sovereign, independent, democratic state, He was joined in Kyyiv by his wife, Itya, and teenage maintaining its territorial integrity and inviolability of son, Victor. He goes back to Washington to work as a boders. legal advisor/attorney at the State Department, "President Clinton's visit underscored that, after *** Ukraine followed through on its decision to become a Today, when Wolodymyr Sulzhynsky walks down the non-nuclear weapons state, the U.S. will not abandon or streets of Kyyiv's center, past government buildings such forget Ukraine, but on the contrary, the U.S. would try to as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or past historic land­ engage Ukraine as fully as possible in bilateral relations," marks such as St. Sophia's, he is greeted by Ukrainians said Mr. Sulzhynsky. and Americans alike, be they diplomats, elected officials, Those two days in May were particularly exciting for private citizens, ex~patriates, cultural activists, even Mr. Sulzhynsky, who was the Embassy's control officer tourists. Sometimes, it seems he knows them all. responsible for events in the Mariyinsky Palace, where ail "Pryvit, Volodya," yells one deputy minister from the meetings between Presidents Leonid Kuchma and across Hrashevsky Street. Clinton took place. After weeks of planning and long "Hey, Walt,5' calls out a U.S. АГО official stationed in days (and nights, and weekends) spent at the Embassy- Kyyiv. preparing for the visit, President Clinton and 800 other "Dobryi den, Vlodko," says a people's deputy from American officials, plus support staff and press, con­ western Ukraine, as Mr. Sulzhynsky rushes into the verged in Kyyiv. Parliament building to witness the newest chaos erupting "And it was rather heartwarming and satisfying to see among Ukraine's legislators. U.S. and Ukrainian diplomats at the highest levels work­ Indeed, Mr. Sulzhynsky, with his warm smile and ing closely on common issues, common problems. I got firm handshake, has gotten to know many of Ukraine's the real sense of equal, bilateral cooperation. I think it players during his three-and-a-half-year assignment in was heartwarming to see all of this - after three and a half Kyyiv. years - come to fruition," he said. He has grown up with them, or to put it more aptly in Indeed, Mr. Sulzhynsky has seen it all in the time he Mr. Sulzhynsky's words, he lias "evolved with them." has spent at the Embassy. Recalling those early pioneer When he first arrived in Kyyiv in February 1992, days, when six officers did everything, including finding specifically to help open and establish the U.S. Embassy housing for people coming in, to working on political, in Kyyiv, he stayed for four months. But, he couldn't get military and economic issues with teams from the enough of Ukraine, and he came back in October 1992, Departments of State, Treasury and Defense, the staying for almost three more years. Overseas Private Investment Corp., etc. "The Ukrainian Americans were a key element in get­ Mr. Sulzhynsky said he got a great deal of satisfaction ting the Embassy up and running," recalled Mr. "doing a little bit of everything." Sulzhynsky. He went on to deal with defense conversion and disar­ "Bearing in mind that the U.S. was opening up an mament issues, later taking charge of coordinating the Embassy in Kyyiv, as it was simultaneously opening up assistance Ukraine got under the Nunn-Lugar program embassies in the other former republics of the Soviet and the initial allocation of $350 million. Union, in Croatia, in Slovenia, our government had quite Although he said the U.S. presence is still small for a lot on its hands," he added. Ukraine - a countiy of 52 million, comparable to France "Obviously, there was not enough personnel to go - Mr. Sulzhynsky said he is optimistic about the future of around, as I think the volunteers, the Ukrainian his ancestral homeland, hoping to come back one day to Americans who worked at the State Department and pursue new, challenging opportunities. other agencies [some came out for a few months only] He's had the excitement of traveling through Ukraine, were a critical factor in providing immediate personnel often being the first American diplomat or even the first for the Embassy," he noted. American that people in some Ukrainian villages, towns, He pointed out also that many of these individuals even cities, had ever met. were fluent Ukrainian speakers, or had a good command He said that the Embassy in Kyyiv has understood the importance of traveling throughout the country, to let the of Ukrainian and, in some cases, a knowledge of Russian. people "get to see us and get to know us." "They understood the culture, the social background, "Ambassador (William Green) Miller is particularly and these were individuals who were also very dedicated, good at this, traveling, meeting people and getting to because it was a unique opportunity in history: to be tak­ know the issues that confront Ukraine at this time," he ing part in creating something in the country of one's noted. own forefathers," he explained. "I found in my travels that, with the Cold War over, "We Ukrainian Americans were very well received by Ukrainians did not fear America, but were interested in | Marta Kolomayets the Ukrainian nationals, who saw us as U.S. government learning what America is all about. It was a lack of officials, who could commiserate with them, who could Wolodymyr Sulzhynsky amid Kyyiv's "tremendous, understand what they were up against after decades of (Continued on page 4) millennial history." THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13,1995 No. 33

Viedomosti Daily, garnered 10.8 percent, Kuchma's press secretary addresses Newsbriefs followed by Vseukrayinskiye Viedomosti (Continued from page 2) (10.6 percent), Vechirniy Kyyiv (10.6 per­ cent) and Argumenty і Fakty (10.6 per­ the beginning of the year, Chornobyl's Ukrainian American Working Group cent). The survey also showed that reader­ reactors have produced over 6 billion kilo­ ship increased with the level of education by Volodymyr Chornodolsky watt-hours of electricity. not the winter of 1995 as previously completed. Forty-three percent of those In related news, the Ukrainian govern­ Ukrainian National Information Service expected. Some of the components in the with an elementary or incomplete sec­ ment has said it may reconsider its promise constitution will be voted upon in a ondary education do not read newspapers; WASHINGTON - Mykhailo to close down the plant if the West fails to national referendum. 25 percent of those with a completed sec­ Doroshenko, President Leonid Kuchma's help raise the estimated $4 billion necessary Mr. Doroshenko added that "any day ondary education abstain; but only 7 per­ press secretary, addressed the members to effect closure, Reuters and ITAR-TASS now Parliament will assemble members cent of those with a higher education avoid of the Ukrainian American Working reported on August 8. Minister of the for the Constitutional Court. President reading the print media. (Respublika) Group at the Center for Strategic and Kuchma has already submitted his list of Environment Yuriy Kostenko said the gov­ International Studies (CSIS) on July 12. choices to the Parliament." ernment may be forced to upgrade the sta­ Lukashenka steamed at Moscow media The group is part of the Ukrainian Commenting on President Kuchma's tion if financial assistance isn't forthcom­ American Advisory Committee. The reforms, Mr. Doroshenko stated that the ing, while President Leonid Kuchma had MIENSK — Presidential spokesmar focus of the discussion was "The economy is showing signs of continued recently sent a letter to Canadian Prime Uladzimir Zamyatalin has accused the Kuchma Government after the stability. In 1994, the production output Minister Jean Chretien, the current chair­ Russian media of waging a campaigr Constitutional Accord." for privatized companies was 38 percent. man of the G-7, in which he wrote that against Belarusian President Alyaksand In his opening remarks, Mr. The current figures envisioned for 1995 Ukraine would have "the moral and legal Lukashenka, Ekho Moskvy reported oi Doroshenko stated that since President show that 50 percent of the domestic out­ right to alter its decision" in the absence of August 7. Mr. Zamyatalin charged tha Kuchma came to office one year ago, put will be produced by privatized com­ aid [to close Chornobyl]. (Biznes/OMRI some Russian newspapers have repeatedl; several major issues have been resolved. panies. The government is also establish­ Daily Digest) put down the Belarusian leader and por For one, there is progress on ending ing a stabilization fund with an additional trayed his policies as "travesties." H the Crimean dispute now that the Kuchma promises Kharkiv aid $1 billion before the new currency, the appealed to the deputy speaker of the Stat Crimean presidency of Yuriy Meshkov hryvnia, is introduced. KHARKIV — The recent failure of the Duma of the Russian Federation, Gennadi has been disbanded, and a resolution by During closing remarks, one of the city's water and sewage treatment facilities Seleznev, to take concrete measures again: Russian President Boris Yeltsin and participants, Gen. Edward Rowny, who at Dykanivsk has been fully corrected and such coverage. President Lukashenka h* President Kuchma on the fate of the recently returned from Ukraine, stated water has been restored to the entire metro- censored the Belarusian media and fire Black Sea Fleet has been signed. that "within five years Ukraine has the politan Kharkiv area, Mayor Yevhen editors of leading newspapers for publisl Furthermore, President Kuchma has potential of becoming an economic mira­ Kushnariov told reporters on August 8. In ing articles he considered critical of hir gained the support of Ukrainians in the cle." Mr. Doroshenko said he shares this conjunction with the breakdown of the (OMRI Daily Digest) more nationalistic western regions, who optimism regarding the future of water system, President Leonid Kuchma, in now feel confident he will not sell out Reaction to naval parade insult Ukraine. a telephone conversation with Mr. Ukraine to Russia. Kushnariov, committed the national gov­ KYYIV — A statement issued < In late May, President Kuchma threat­ ernment to providing 25 billion kbv in August 2 by the Ukrainian Forei| ened to go to the public with a referen­ funds to be spent on helping children taken Ministry denounced an incident over t dum aimed at breaking the deadlock Correction ill or otherwise harmed by the now appar­ weekend of July 29-30 in which the сої between the executive and the legislative In the July 2 issue, Dr. Stella Hryniuk ently resolved crisis. (Respublika) mander of the Ukrainian navy was prevej branches. An agreement was reached is incorrectly identified as "rector of the ed from taking his seat on the reviewi between the two branches via adoption of Center for Ukrainian Studies" at the What papers Kyyivans read today stand at the Sevastopil Navy Day para< a constitutional agreement. This peaceful University of Manitoba. Dr. Hryniuk has The ministry charged that the Russians "c KYYIV — Today's leader among resolution has enabled President Kuchma taught sessional courses at the center, but everything possible to make the na\ Kyyiv newspapers continues to be to begin implementing his economic has never held any administrative posi­ parade of the joint fleet look like a pars Kiyevskiye Viedomosti, according to a reforms. tion there. There is no such post as rec­ of Russian ships under Russian flags. recent poll conducted here by Democratic Furthermore, according to Mr. tor. The director of the Center for the Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk a Initiatives. Of the 430 respondents, 48.1 Doroshenko, a new constitution will like­ Ukrainian Canadian Studies is Dr. Defense Minister Valeriy Shmarov be percent said that they had read the popular ly be ready by the spring of 1996, and Natalia Aponiuk. postponed planned visits to Moscow. Wh Russian-language daily during the past the official reason for the delays was tl week. The next most popular paper, dence is nearing completion, and a scien­ the Ukrainian-Russian commission had і Ukraine's national... tific-informational center and a hotel for had time to prepare all the documents (Continued from page 1) visiting professors are being readied. the division of the fleet, ITAR-TASS qu< The UKMA offers or supports the fol­ Wolodymyr Sulzhynsky... ed unofficial sources in Kyyiv as sayi founded at the university, has already lowing services: a medical center, physi­ (Continued from page 3) Ukraine was incensed at the slight, and published over 20 books. fleet commander Admiral Eduard Baltir cal education and fitness programs, knowledge. I think there were just a lot of In September, 900 students will begin statement at the event that "the Black S social and psychological therapy, a cine­ unknowns in their past, as opposed to the 1995-1996 school year at the UKMA. Fleet was, is and will be Russian." Tl ma club, a cultural art center, two theater fear," he said. Another 150 students will be enrolled at agency said the Ukrainian Foreign Minist groups, a choir, a ceramics studio, an Mr. Sulzhynsky said he hopes broader the Ostrih Higher College, a new UKMA had prepared an official note denouncii architectural studio, a gemology labora­ U.S.-Ukrainian relations will change that, affiliate. There are also secondary-level the statement and charging that Admir tory and an art gallery. Plans for the and that the U.S. will continue to support affiliates in several cities throughout Baltin is "playing a destructive role і future include a cinema studio and a jour­ Ukraine, especially in terms of economic Ukraine. The year 1996 will herald the Ukrainian-Russian relations.'! nalism center. reform. opening of a Faculty of Law and other The university publishes the journals He noted that Ukrainians now have to The following day, August 3, the Blac master's programs at UKMA. Mohyla, Tsentr Evropy and Kino-Teatr, as focus on drafting their own Constitution, Sea Fleet's press center rejected Ukrainia Restoration work on the historic build­ well as the MIST and Muza newspapers. on economic issues and attracting Western accusations that its commander is undei ings of the Kyyiv-Mohyla Academy is The Student College is the students' investment. This, in turn, will work toward mining the negotiations on dividing th ongoing. In addition, the student resi­ self-governing body. the emergence of a truly independent fleet, reported ITAR-TASS. The statemer Ukraine, with a market-oriented society. disputed the Ukrainian accusation tha "Three and a half years is truly a short Ukrainian navy chief Vice-Admira period of time, and look how much has Volodymyr Bezkorovainy had been deniec happened," he said, recalling the late a seat on the honor stand at the Navy Da) Secretary of Defense Les Aspin's first visit celebrations, claiming he had stayed awa> to Ukraine in 1992. to attend a joint U.S.-Ukrainian exercise "We stood at Boryspil listening to the The press center said a number ol Ukrainian and American national Ukrainian senior officials attended the cel­ anthems. How proud I felt then," he said, ebration, including the interior minister, the adding that this "first" was a thrilling security service chief and the ground forces experience, one that melded his American commander.(OMRI Daily Digest) patriotism with his Ukrainian spirit. Shakhrai on fleet, friendship treaty Over the last three and a half years, Wolodymyr Sulzhynsky has had quite a SEVASTOPIL — "The Black Sea Fleet few rewarding experiences; and one that will remain in existence, if it becomes he encountered every day was the privi­ Russian," said Russia's Deputy Prime lege of living in Kyyiv. Minister Sergei Shakhrai in an interview "I walk amid this tremendous, millen­ with Tavricheskiye Viedomosti on August nial history every day and talk to 6. The official, on vacation in the Crimea, Ukrainians.- hospitable, warm and patient also commented on the heretofore not- Ukrainian citizens," he said. "And I con­ finalized and much-delayed Treaty of sider myself a lucky man," said Mr. Friendship and Cooperation between Sulzhynsky thoughtfully. Ukraine and the Russian Federation. "It was a unique experience. I was at According to Mr. Shakhrai, "The treaty is IfMartaKolomayets the right place at the right time, and it was not yet ready, inasmuch the interests of The first graduates of the University of Kyyiv-Mohyla Academy during com­ doubly rewarding for me as a Ukrainian both sides have not been satisfied." mencement exercises. American." (Respublika) No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1995 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM UNA resort hosts preschoolers at Plast's annual "Tabir Ptashat" KERHONKSON, N.Y. - Soyuzivka, At the conclusion of each camp, the the Ukrainian National Association's children, led by their counselors, held Catskill Mountain resort, hosted nearly bonfires and presented programs show­ 100 children at the Plast "Tabir Ptashat" ing off what they had learned before during the first two weeks of July. their parents, grandparents and other This educational project for children age Soyuzivka guests. 4 to 6 was undertaken in 1989 by the Pershi Every camper received a "diploma" Stezhi sorority of Plast Ukrainian Youth from the camp leader and a children's Organization. Such preschoolers' camps book courtesy of the UNA, presented to have been held annually at Soyuzivka. them by Advisor Stephania Hawryluk. The first week of camp, July 2-8, was At the closing ceremonies all campers attended by 45 children. It was conduct­ and counselors were dressed in their new ed by camp leader Marusia Borkowsky, orange t-shirts with a "Tabir Ptashat" logo who was assisted by 16 counselors. designed by artist Martha Jarosewich. The second week of camp, held July The campers were under the medical 8-15, was under the command of Olya care of Drs. Arthur Hryhorowych, Erast Duzey and 12 counselors. Forty-four Haftkowycz and Zirka Halibey. children participated. All logistics were handled by Neonila The counselors of both camps were Sochan, the initiator and administrator of selected from among the little campers' "Tabir Ptashat." A performance during the closing program. parents. The program of both day camps, con­ ducted for three hours every morning and two and a half hours every afternoon, con­ sisted of troop meetings for groups of six to 11 campers and of such activities as singing, dancing, arts and crafts, puppet shows, nature walks and games. In addition, the first camp conducted a children's Olympiad, which commenced with a ceremonial parade of colors (flags).

The Ukrainian National Campers and counselors at the conclusion of the first week of "Tabir Ptashat." Association: useful phone numbers, addresses

UNA Home Office 30 Montgomery St. (third floor) Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201)451-2200

UNA Washington Office 6138 N. 12th St Arlington, VA 22205 (703) 537-0725 FAX (703) 536-0738

Svoboda Ukrainian Daily 30 Montgomery St. (mezzanine) Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201)434-0237,-0807,-3036

UNA Estate Soyuzivka Foordemoore Road Kerhonkson, NY 12446 (914)626-5641

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Jersey City, N J 07302 ота (201)434-0237, И^^^^^^^И^^^И^^^^^^^^^^^^^^В^^^^^^^^^ШВ^^^^В^ Hadzewycz Posing for a group photo near the Veselka gazebo are participants of the second week's camp. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13,1995 No. 33 Ukrainian Canadian internees' THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY greatest indignity: loss of hope Ukraine's tarnished image by Lubomyr Luciuk Lake in northern Quebec, who watched her kid sister die there, could not con­ Nearly a month after the funeral of the patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Two years ago a Tory minister sent vince her children that she had been Church — Kyyiv Patriarchate erupted into a violent confrontation between the me a letter. Although he conceded that interned. They thought mother was hav­ faithful and the Berkut special forces, the body of Volodymyr Romaniuk the treatment of Ukrainians as "enemy ing "old country" fantasies, even though remains interred in a "grave" dug in the sidewalk at the entrance to the 11th aliens" during Canada's first national she was never in Ukraine. You can't century St. Sophia complex. internment operations of 1914-1920 had blame the children. Canada's school sys­ And, there still are no answers to many questions about this unprecedented been interesting, he asserted that their tem still does not teach us anything about brutality and barbarism. Why did the Berkut block a peaceful funeral procession confinement "within Canada's national this unhappy episode in the nation's his­ and later charge the mourners outside the main gates of St. Sophia? Why did the parks [was] not, in and of itself, of funeral procession suddenly decide to bury the patriarch at St. Sophia when tory. Our children instead learn more national historic significance." about sundry European horrors than there was no permission to do so and although, as Metropolitan Filaret said, he He now leads a political party of two. had agreed that burial, at least temporarily, would be a Baikiv Cemetery? Why about Canadian ones. Who cares what In August 1994, a symposium was happened to "bohunks" in Canada? did UNA-UNSO leaders, joined by several people's deputies, dig a grave out­ held in Banff National Park, where two side the gate to this historic landmark? Why was a patriarchal funeral even held Another survivor of Castle Mountain, internment camps once stood, at Cave over 90 years old, lives in Calgary. if the site of the finalrestin g place was still a subject of negotiations? and Basin and Castle Mountain. We cannot even attempt to answer these and many other questions. But it is Though we tried to persuade him — he Ukrainian Canadian requests for redress won't tell the public what happened to clear that Ukraine's image has been seriously tarnished as a result of what were analyzed. The Bloc Quebecois, the should have been a solemn day of mourning for the leader of a Church. him. Humiliated by what he endured, he Reform Party, the NDP and even the has never spoken about it, even to his Some observers blame the special forces and militia. Others blame the Tories were quite supportive. But the Ukrainian National Assembly-Ukrainian National Self-Defense Organization. own family, including a wife of many Still others blame President Leonid Kuchma and his government. And, of Liberals, our champions before their decades. What should he tell them now? course, there are those who say the entire incident was a provocation (perpetrat­ electoral victory, were now deaf to com­ The ministers responsible for ed either by Moscow or by the Moscow Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church). munity entreaties. Canadian heritage and for combating dis­ To make matters worse, nearly a month after the funeral, the special commis­ Some months later, Montreal's Sheila crimination don't seem to care about any sion set up by the Cabinet of Ministers to negotiate with the UOC-KP about a Finestone, Liberal minister for multicul- of this. Maybe because Canada's aren't a site for the final burial of the patriarch's earthly remains has yet to resolve the turalism, gave voice to a peculiarly illib­ "people of color," not "native," even if matter. And, there are conflicting reports about the death and funeral of Patriarch eral attitude on various group's redress most were born here. And recognizing Volodymyr, including the circumstances surrounding the patriarch's death and claims. Despite the moral and legal that white-skinned immigrants also were the number of persons killed on what is now known as "Black Tuesday." precedent of the Japanese Canadian victims of racism is apparently not politi­ No one in Kyyiv, it seems can give concrete answers to some very concrete, Redress Settlement, the Irish blarney of cally correct. Not yet. former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and basic, questions. One official contradicts another, and the acting head of the It probably does not matter who occu­ UOC-KP is no better in providing the facts. What Metropolitan Filaret has done and the promises of current Prime Minister Jean Chretien (as leader of the pies the multiculturalism throne. It's not is use the death of Patriarch Volodymyr to assert: "By not allowing us to bury the minister but rather the underlings Patriarch Volodymyr at St. Sophia, the government has indicated that it does not Opposition, mind you), Mrs. Finestone insisted no money exists in the treasury who dictate policy on the redress issue, recognize the role of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Kyyiv Patriarchate." among others. These decision-makers are About the only positive development is that the chief of the Internal Affairs for compensating historical injustices. Her epistle made me wonder. How definitely not sympathetic. Why? Ministry's Kyyiv administration and the commander of the capital's Berkut Ignorance, perhaps. Or maybe they're forces have been suspended pending conclusion of an investigation. can Ottawa afford handing out billions Ukrainophobic. More likely they've just АЇ1 of the foregoing, sad to say, is an indication of how little respect there is annually, apparently In perpetuity, to the in Ukraine for a church leader. Surely in a "normal" state, the leader of a major many dozen so-called "first nations" if got their own, other, favorite causes. Church would be appropriately mourned, and government leaders would be we have no money available for redress­ Since, conveniently for them, they present at the funeral. Memorials would be held and periods of mourning ing historical wrongs? Isn't this largesse remain anonymous, we cannot address would be observed. Officials of all types would be making themselves heard, to "native" Canadians a contemporary their objections — or their prejudices. loud and clear, if there was even the slightest indication that a religious group compensation for wrongs (done to their We don't know who they are. And so was wronged, or that the police had acted inappropriately. long-dead ancestors by long-departed they continue to produce jaundiced judg­ In a statement read on Ukrainian television on July 26, a full eight days after imperial powers? Do Liberals believe ments, which "their" ministers mouth the patriarchal funeral, President Leonid Kuchma expressed "profound and sin­ some injuries merit compensation while and sometimes take flak for. That Tory cere regret" over the confrontation. He said force had been used "inadequately others do not? scapegoat remembered above did noth­ ing more than repeat someone else's con­ to the situation," and called for an investigation and punishment of those who Mrs. Finestone's pronouncement are found guilty of using unnecessary force. "The state will not return to the clusions. He got pilloried. But the back­ struck me as odd for another reason. Of room boys who fed him his lines have times when power structures supported one Church or another, assisted in the Jewish heritage, as was her Tory prede­ distribution of that Church's influence, even closed its eyes to the use of force kept on pontificating, unaccountable, cessor, Gerry Weiner, she nonetheless unaccountably. by that Church," the president underlined in noting that the principle of separa­ seems insensitive, as he was, to the fact In a few days a commemorative ser­ tion of Church and state is strictly adhered to in Ukraine. that thousands of civilians, mainly men, vice will be held in Banff. For over 10 Separation of Church and state, however, does not mean the state ignores the but also women and children, were years Ukrainian Canadians have kept death of a Church's primate. Separation of church and state does not mean the thrown into Canadian concentration working to ensure that the victims of the government turns a blind eye to the legitimate grievances of a religious group. camps and brutalized. Most were Any civilized state understands this. Soon, perhaps, Ukraine will too. internment operations are not forgotten. Ukrainians originally lured to this coun­ On August 12 a statue of an internee — try by promises of freedom and free land. titled "Why?" and a trilingual historical Some were citizens, a few Canadian- plaque will be unveiled near the Castle born. All suffered what a contemporary Mountain concentration camp site. On editorialist described as "a national the same day we thought Parks Canada August humiliation." would place three historical panels at Turning the pages back... Most survivors were so stigmatized Cave and Basin, doing so in accordance that they refused to speak about what had with the terms of an agreement reached happened. Little documentary or oral after many months of sometimes convo­ evidence was preserved. The National luted negotiations, concluded this May. One of Ukraine's most outstanding track and field athletes, Archives of Canada even destroyed most Volodymyr kuts was born in Oleksyne, Sumy Oblast, in east­ Office of Internment Operations records, We were wrong. Recently we were ern Ukraine, in 1927. While serving in the Soviet military, he in part to undercut any possibility for told that the promised panels would not was stationed in Leningrad, Йіец settled in Moscow, having been denied permission to successful future redress claims. Since be ready for August 12, that the previ­ return to tJkraine. - « most survivors remained embarrassed, ously agreed-to texts are "under review" and that, more tellingly, any reference to In the early 1950s, he began breaking Soviet records at a torrid pace; setting 12 insecure, and, perhaps worse, disbe­ lieved, even by their own kinfolk, any "injustice" having been done to over the course of his career. In 1954, he set a world record in the 5,000-meter run Ukrainian Canadians will be expurgated. and then surpassed his own mark another three times by 1957, adding marks in Йіе Ottawa's men probably need not have A Parks Canada spokesman declared that 10,000-meter distance. In 1956, at the 26th Olympiad in Melbourne, Australia, he worried. The internees' children did not the internment measures were "not took the gold medal in both the 5,000-and 10,000-meter events. The record he estab­ become "second-generation survivors." unjust," since they had been carried out lished in the 5,000 of 13 minutes, 39.6 seconds, stood for 20 years. They knew nothing about what their par­ in accordance with Canadian law. Known as "Iron Man Kuts" for his great stamina and his ability to vary the pace ents had endured. from slow to sprints repeatedly over the course of a race, he was named Sportsman of One of the last known survivors, a Forget that the same could be said the Year by Europe's sports writers in both 1956 and 1957. Montreal-born girl of 6 jailed near Spirit about the mistreatment of Japanese After his retirement from active competition, he graduated from the Leningrad Canadians during the second world war Institute of Physical Education in 1961. He served as a coach to Soviet athletes and (which even Ottawa eventually admitted Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk is director of had been an injustice, and whose victims published a book on his sport, "Povest о Bege" (A Story about Running, 1964). research of the Ukrainian Canadian Mr. Kuts died of an apparent heart attack in Moscow on August 16, 1975. were then handsomely compensated, and Civil Liberties Association and editor of forget that the British government, by Researchers, such as Osyp Zinkevych, allege his early death (at age 48) serve as an "Righting An Injustice: The Debate Over indication of the abuse endured by Soviet athletes. January 1915, had instructed Ottawa to Redress For Canada's First National consider Ukrainians as "friendly aliens" Sources: The Ukrainian Weekly, August 23, 1975, "Kuts, Volodymyr," EncyclopediaInternment of Operations" (Toronto: Ukraine, Vol. 2 (Toronto: University&fTbfdhto Р&тї9$3)ї& Ї'* ^ лпзсу^ /л :v MisiMmPress,\w 1004). 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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

where issues of citizenship and ethnicity community involvement in Lost Angeles. "Ukrainian only" were entirely separate, seem to forget Los Angeles profile As the age and economic status of the these ideals entirely in Ukraine, and community changed, so did the involve­ policy in Ukraine choose to enforce their own narrow defi­ prompts reflection ment. Twenty-five years ago the activi­ ties were more youth-oriented, i.e. Plast Dear Editor: nition of a "real" Ukrainian - i.e., a per­ Dear Editor: son of Ukrainian descent who speaks and SUM-A boasted a substantial mem­ I recently went on a round of job only Ukrainian. As one of the individuals mentioned bership (for example, in the 1970s Plast interviews in Kyyiv. At two organiza­ The fact is that anyone who holds a in the article titled, "Community Profile: had as many as 150 participants in sum­ tions I was informed that something Ukrainian passport today is a Ukrainian L.A. stories, Ukrainian-style," written by mer camps). Today our community has called a "Ukrainian-only" policy was in - whether of Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, Christopher Guly (July 23), I would like more successful retired persons and force: only Ukrainian may be spoken on or Tatar descent. The problem is not to give my response. young professionals (many contribute the premises. English is occasionally how to make Ukraine more Ukrainian, At first, I was somewhat disappointed their time and effort in Ukraine), who are permitted, but never Russian. I would but how to cope with the reality of a by the story, since it did not represent a very generous with monetary contribu­ not have been particularly disturbed to multi-ethnic nation while guaranteeing true cross-section of our community, nor tions to the various Ukrainian causes, but hear of these policies if they had been equal rights to all citizens regardless of were most of our accomplishments of do not attend the myriad events in large devised by the bearers of Ukrainian pass­ nationality. Ethnic tensions are already value in the community mentioned. numbers. Mr. Guly chose to accentuate ports; in both cases, however, as in many flaring in Ukraine, and as Crimean However, some of Mr. Guly's negative negativity by stressing less community other places of business in Kyyiv with Tatars continue to return to their former comments were right on. On the other involvement, rather than presenting the Ukrainian-only rules, the person who homeland, these tensions will surely hand, I was also pleased, because some of positive demographic changes and the issued the directive was a citizen either only increase. his comments have prompted many of us changing nature of community involve­ of the U.S. or Canada. In light of these problems, the to reflect on the way in which we are being ment. A few years ago an acquaintance of Ukrainian diaspora, who as educators, perceived, both inside and outside of our The emphasis on the laid-back manner mine, who is an American of Ukrainian businessmen, journalists and advisors "scattered community." in Los Angeles completely overshadows descent, came to Ukraine for the first play a prominent role in this new, emerg­ In order for us to develop a more posi­ the serious nature of our activities, the time. After her visit, I overheard some­ ing Ukraine, have an opportunity to tive and exciting community profile, I interaction with government agencies, one ask her, "Well, how did you get teach Ukraine about tolerance and plural­ would like to suggest to our local the representation of our community in along? Was your Ukrainian good ism in a multi-ethnic nation. Surely it is a Ukrainian Americans that we revisit an old American circles, as well as the exten­ enough?" "My Ukrainian was fine," she better lesson for an already tense idea that was explored some time ago. sive cultural outreach programs to the replied. "But their Ukrainian was terri­ Ukraine than policies designed to pro­ (Unfortunately, at that time, a lack of con­ community at large. ble." mote narrow-minded fantasies of sensus prevented this idea from becoming As an example, when Oleh Bilorus, for­ This is a fairly common sentiment Ukrainian cultural purity. a reality.) The general idea was, as follows: mer Ambassador from Ukraine, visited 1. Sell all the Ukrainian community's Los Angeles during our weeklong celebra­ among diaspora Ukrainians, especially in Tamara Koropetska Kyyiv - they find that Ukraine is some­ properties, which are in dangerous tion of the first anniversary of Ukraine's how not "Ukrainian" enough for them. Kyyiv and/or undesirable locations; consolidate independence, he was welcomed to the This idea that Ukraine has an obligation the assets. City of Los Angeles by Los Angeles City to live up to their expectations and Recalling victims 2. Purchase an existing estate, or a site Councilman Nate Holden at a gala ban­ nationalist fantasies is, I think, at the root on which to build a "small Soyuzivka" quet at the Biltmore Hotel (please see the of these Ukrainian-only office policies. and, ideally, large enough accommodate September 27, 1992, article "Los Angeles As a recent poll in The Ukrainian of communism all of our churches. hosts Ukraine's Air Force, Ambassador Weekly showed, however, a substantial Dear Editor: 3. The site would fulfill our local com­ Bilorus"). Our celebration consisted of an portion of Ukrainian citizens does speak munity 's desperate need for safe and art festival, raising of the Ukrainian flag at only Russian. I want to ask everyone Recently, several articles appeared in attractive facilities for our religious ser­ the Los Angeles County Mall (attended by who has decreed a Ukrainian-only lan­ the mainstream press on Public Law vices, cultural events and recreational members of the Los Angeles County guage law in his or her workplace: What 103-199, which authorizes the Victims activities. It would also attract Ukrainians Board of Supervisors and LA City do you do when Ukrainian citizens who of Communism Memorial in our capital throughout the Americas to spend their Councilmen), and a demonstration by the to honor those who perished at the hands speak only Russian walk into your leisure time, at a reasonable cost, in our Ukrainian Air Force Goodwill Team at the of communist regimes. I think this is offices? Do you make your (Ukrainian beautiful southern California. Hawthorne Air Show. I would challenge something long overdue, however, if the citizen) employees answer them in 4. However, for this dream to come true, any other Ukrainian-American community world wishes to pay meaningful homage we must: a) get beyond our own self-para­ to top this. Ukrainian? Is this the right way to solve to those who were murdered by various what you perceive as a problem in lyzing apathy and pessimism; b) invite, Although Los Angeles suffers from the communist factions, it must go one step then ask community representatives, espe­ same social, economic and crime problems Ukraine today? further. A letter to the editor printed in The cially young representatives, to offer their as many other large cities, they certainly I think I am correct in presuming that are not encountered in our everyday life Ukrainian Weekly on Sunday, June 11, opinions^ ideas and suggestions; c) listen no one wishes for such barbaric acts to and do not prevent our community partici­ stated that "in Ukraine the process of carefully, be sincerely enthusiastic and ever be repeated. We must keep in mind pation. The popular media capitalizes on Ukrainization is still slow, painful and give serious consideration to everyone's that no communist "regime" murdered comments; and 4) if it is a viable and this environment and sensationalizes LA's resisted by Ukrainian citizens of Russian well over 100 million people, it was indi­ social ills, I certainly expect more from ancestry." Of course it is. Didn't worthwhile undertaking, you won't need to viduals who committed those atrocities. ask anyone for their support - you will journalism printed in The Ukrainian Ukrainians fight for decades - even cen­ Quite a few of the perpetrators are still Weekly. Otherwise, this periodical turies - to retain their culture? Why is already have it. alive, as communist-inspired murders If what is suggested becomes a reality, I becomes just another tabloid. this right now being denied to have not ceased. Even in areas such as Ukrainians citizens of Russian descent? am convinced that we would capture (and Anne T. Shalauta the nations of the former USSR, where, in many of today's youth, recapture) the Should Ukrainian citizens of Russian Los Angeles presumably, most political prisoners imagination, loyalty and vital support of descent have fewer rights than Ukrainian have been freed, the murderers and tor­ citizens of Ukrainian descent? If not, young Ukrainian Americans, thus improv­ turers have blended into various commu­ ing Ukrainian culture in the Los Angeles then what difference is there between nities. They need to be identified by their Entire community Ukrainization for Russians and area and insuring the continuity of our her­ victims and brought to trial; the surviv­ itage for the next generations. Russification for Ukrainians? There is no ing victims know their tormentors. should support UNIS difference, except that Ukrainians, who In Ukraine, the powers that be must Bohdan Z. Malaniak Dear Editor: fought for so long to preserve their own Glendale, Calif. culture, should know better than to force order that all KGB (and their predeces­ sors) books and records be opened so the The concern expressed over the their own language and culture on other The writer is treasurer of the Kobzar surviving victims and/or their families recently announced closing of the UNA people. Ukrainian National Choir of Los Angeles. can examine them. I want to find out Washington office is quite justified. All One language is not inherently more how my grandfather, a Uniate priest, was of the letters to the editor, however, fail moral than another. To think otherwise is murdered outside his village church in Community profile to recognize that there exists another to indulge in a bigotry learned from the the dead of winter in the mid-1950s. The office, the UCCA's Ukrainian National former Soviet Union. To all who think few witnesses to this carnage saw this Information Service, which has been that it is perfectly justified to deed committed by thugs in their early was sensationalistic working efficiently in Washington for "Ukrainianize" people of other ethnici­ 20s, who were known henchmen for the Dear Editor: the last 18 years. ties (but especially Russians) in Ukraine local KGB. If the Ukrainian American community in the name of former Soviet repression The article "Community Profile: L.A. desires Washington representation, it can I hope that the Victims of Communism Stories, Ukrainian-style" by Christopher of Ukrainian culture, I would like to Memorial Foundation, which is raising provide wholehearted support for UNIS. point out that all Soviet oppressors were Guly (July 23) is an example of journal­ Past partisan excuses are irrelevant. Our money for this important endeavor, also istic sensationalism which pervades pop­ not necessarily Russians, and all keeps in mind that those who were forced whole community should be supporting ular media. What is the point of this Russians are not former Soviet oppres­ to flee their country are also victims of an agency that works in promulgating story? Whatever are his intentions, Mr. sors. (Many ethnic Russians, in fact, are communism. Unlike those who have per­ the interests of the Ukrainian people. now loyal citizens of Ukraine, and many Guly uses "60 Minutes" tactics: not only ished, the living victims are reminded Orest Baranyk former loyal Soviet functionaries speak is the tone negative, but many of the every day of their lives of their personal Park Ridge, 111. excellent Ukrainian.) tragedy. statements are taken out of context. What is both interesting and disgust­ Mr. Guly conducted a lengthy tele­ The writer is vice-president of the ing to me is that so many diaspora Ihor Bilynskyj phone interview months ago, in which I Ukrainian Congress Committee of Ukrainians, who grew up in nations , Honolulu conveyed my perspective of the changing America. \,, . * _ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13,1995 No. 33

there was very different," he recalled. Lemko Vatra festival... "People got sick. Many starved. They told (Continued from page 1) us we would be given houses. There were Polish militia agitated Lemko villagers to no houses, so we lived in a barn. In the leave their homeland. "They told us that spring of 1946 we came to Kalush, where Poland is only for Poles, that if we the climate was similar to our own." remain in Poland we must become Stepan Krynytsky, head of the Lemko Roman Catholic and take on the national­ Society in Ivano-Frankivske, arrived at ity of a Pole. They told us it would be the Lemko Vatra on one of the 10 buses better to go to Soviet Ukraine," he rumi­ chartered from Ivano-Frankivske. He was nated. Most Lemkos consider themselves 8 years old when his family was resettled Ukrainian Greek-Catholic or Ukrainian in 1945. He said that few Lemkos who Orthodox. were resettled in eastern Ukraine remain Mr. Hanas, who now lives in Kalush, there today. "People left the Donbas and Ivano-Frankivske Oblast, was resettled to started making their way back to Poland. Kharkiv Oblast in 1945. Other Lemkos were resettled to Donetske. "The climate (Continued on page 9)

Maria Kleszczyk, a Pole, lives in the village of Ropycia Gorna. She said she was A Ukrainian church on the road leading to Zdynia, site of the Lemko Vatra. given this house after the government resettled the Lemkos who lived there.

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LemkoVatra festival... (Continued from page 8) But by 1946 the border was closed, so they settled in Ternopil, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivske." The Lemkos who remain in the ethnographic lands of Lemkivshchyna, an area 87 miles long and 15 to 30 miles wide within Polish and Slovak territory, strive to maintain their culture by organizing extracurricular Lemko-dialect language courses at local schools and churches, and establishing Lemko associations and organizations. The first Lemko Bonfires were organized by the Association of Lemkos in Poland in the 1980s as musi­ cal workshops for regional ensembles. Today they attract 5,000 to 10,000 people. "The Vatra is a means of bringing together Lemkos who have been resettled," explained festival organizer and Lemko Association President Vasyl Shlanta. Mr. Shlanta's family managed to return to their homeland in 1956 after being deported to western Poland in 1947. Only 10 percent of those who were deported have returned to Lemko territory. This year Vatra organizers invited 18 musical and dance ensembles to participate in the festival. Over 30 performed. "We have expanded the scope of the Vatra to showcase the culture of not only Lemkos, but also the folklore of other ethnic groups," explained Mr. Shlanta. During the daytime hours of the festival, choirs, musical ensembles and dance troupes took to the center stage dressed in traditional Lemko garb. Elders watched Example of the many booths offering Lemko region handicrafts. the concert, while youngsters strolled past the booths selling Lemko handicrafts and cotton candy. At the entrance to the Lemko Vatra, steaming platters of "pierogi" (varenyky) or chicken were served in the food pavilion, where rows of wooden tables were set up to accommodate the crowd. On Saturday afternoon a dozen young women of Lemko descent showcased their talent, and modeled swim wear and evening wear at the annual Miss Lemkivshchyna beauty pageant. As night descended on the hundreds of tents set up to house the festival-goers, young people swarmed the stage, singing along with the rock bandsthat had taken over from the choirs, while the elders strolled towards the food pavilion. Little campfires dotted the lawn into the early hours of the morning, extinguishing them­ selves shortly before the next day's activities began.

A stone cross in the cemetery adjoining Ss. Kosma and Damian Church. The evening dance at the Lemko Vatra festival. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13,1995 No. 33 U.S. builds housing for decommissioned Ukrainian military personnel by Alexandra K. Stakhiv KHMELNYTSKY, Ukraine - Had I visited Ukraine just five years earlier, my story would have had the makings of a Cold War spy thriller. Still, it was thrilling for me to be back in the land of my forefathers and to be part of an important effort by the U.S. government to make Ukraine a meaningful member of the European continent and a trustworthy NATO ally. I was heading 275 miles southwest of Kyyiv to Khmelnytsky, for a small but significant symbol of a rapidly changing relationship between the United States and Ukraine. My driver, Ihor Binkovsky, was taking me to visit one of many joint U.S.-Ukraine projects devoted to military drawdown and nuclear disarmament. This joint enterprise is helping to build a $17.4 million apartment complex for decommissioned officers of the Ukrainian 43rd Strategic Rocket Forces and their families. The Defense Nuclear Agency in Alexandria, Va., funded the housing project under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program established in 1992. According to the terms of the program, the Department of Defense will help countries of the former Soviet Union dismantle weapons of mass destruction and convert defense indus­ tries to civilian ones. The U.S. will provide $350 million in assistance to Ukraine, $30 million of which will be devoted to housing. In exchange, Ukraine commits to return the nuclear weapons on its soil to Russia and to dismantle its missiles and silos, said Bruce Conklin, the Defense Nuclear Agency's project manager. "This partnership is a landmark cooperative effort, rep­ Alexandra K. Stakhiv resenting a historic step forward in the development of These apartments for Ukrainian military personnel in Khmelnytsky, a joint U.S.-Ukrainian project, are halfway strong ties between the United States and the new toward completion. Ukrainian government," said Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S., Dr. Yuri Shcherbak. "It will have a lasting impact because it has grown out of our mutual desire for peace." The defense conversion agreement between the U.S. and Ukraine was signed in March 1994. The Khmelnytsky contract was awarded in just fivemonths , according to Ben McClellan, project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Transatlantic Division in Winchester, Va. Everyone involved was anxious to see the project get start­ ed. The Transatlantic Division chose which parts of the project the U.S. would carry out, and the corps' Europe District agreed to provide the design and construction man­ agement services. The Central Design Institute of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense put together the original documents for the Khmelnytsky project, found the site and selected the size and number of apartments in the buildings. In addition to providing the land, Ukraine is also sharing in the development of necessary utilities. The U.S. is building a 10-kilometer-long gas pipeline for cooking and heating, and Ukraine is building the 4,500-cubic- meter-per-hour water filtration plant. Ray Flock, Europe District's project manager in Frankfurt, said he is proud that the housing project has brought together the Defense Nuclear Agency, the Transatlantic Division, Europe District, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the American Embassy in Kyyiv, and both Ukrainian and American contractors in this joint (Continued on page 12)

Alexandra K. Stakhiv is the editor of the Public Works Digest. This potato field ultimately will he replaced by a complex of apartments, schools and shopping centers.

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only defined Liatoshynsky as Ukrainian but • a second Leonard Bernstein to cham­ gave him a high profile, for the composer pion Liatoshynsky in live performances, also received a lengthy two pages (such big recordings and lectures on stage and tele­ names as Chaliapin and Horowitz got much vision. (This idea, while most attractive, less), and a detailed evaluation with a siz­ will probably remain a distant dream.) able bibliography and worklist by musicol­ *** ogist Liu Parkhomenko of Kyyiv. Stalin is long gone, along with his mali­ But, strangely enough, the problem of cious, threatening cackle; his shadow no Liatoshynsky's mistaken nationality seems longer darkens musical scores once repress­ to linger even into the mid-1990s. As pian­ ed. The dictator's political experiment has ist-accompanist Roman Stecura informed finally and irreversibly self-destructed. me on several occasions, some periodicals Take one final look at the old photo in here still insist on the Russian designation. Has Liatoshynsky arrived? stark black and white. But no, as if by Not completely discounting some sort magic, the image slowly changes into... of stubborn if limited conspiracy, a thought color. The suit is light now, the tie just right A centennial tribute occurred to me: How would Russian music and the visage - confident. Even the cor­ circles feel if the Kyyiv Academy of Arts Dear readers: Please note the photo in Critics' choice ners of the mouth seem to slowly relax into stark black and white. The dour suit, tenta­ and Sciences announced in a formal decree Another landslide followed in the form a smile... tive tie. The gray hair that could be viewed that Prokofieff and Stravinsky were "de of ads and reviews in such journals as You see, dear readers, it was Borys as a silver crown awarded for survival. In facto" Ukrainian (there would be a grain of England's Gramophone, the American Liatoshynsky who had the last laugh after spite of his highly visible medal, the man truth in such a proclamation) and that their Record Guide and, most notably, Fanfare. all. just seems insecure. legacy should be given unlimited circula­ These started in September 1994 and con­ No wonder. The portrait dates from the tion in free Ukraine? How would they real­ tinue unabated to this day. The reviews are ly feel? I wonder. uncertain 1950s when Joseph Stalin's shad­ all favorable, even enthusiastic. ow still lurked about, and even seemed to For example, critic Carl Bauman, writ­ Epilogue fall heavily on scores by repressed Ukrain­ ing in the September/October issue of the ian composers. And the man in the picture? So, has Liatoshynsky finally arrived on American Record Guide, took three pages the international music scene? Well, he is He is composer, educator and conductor to express his reactions to Liatoshynsky's Borys Liatoshynsky (1895-1968). This key certainly well on his way. But if his jour­ symphonies. Among other things, he stated ney to the West is to be completed in full figure was the founder of an entire school that the composer "is almost unknown here. in modern Ukrainian classical music. And, triumph, certain pre-conditions have to be This is due more to the Soviet policy of met, namely: this year the 100th anniversary of his birth suppression of Ukrainian culture than any is widely and joyously celebrated. • a scholarly biography in English (fol­ lack of talent on his part. Schwann (stan­ lowed by translations into other languages), Noted talent dard catalogue of recordings in print) complete with detailed bibliography, dis- doesn't list him at all. Many references list cography worklist, and sponsored, say, by His name and fame spread early, but him as Russian, though he was born in the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute; remained invisible outside the Soviet Zhytomyr in the [sic] western Ukraine • universal distribution of his scores by a Union. The creative force and drive of this (where Sviatoslav Richter was also born). recognized firm, such as Schirmer of New innovator was recognized, but only in He was a student of Gliere at the Kiev York; choice quarters. At one point David Conservatory. He remained a Ukrainian • a grand tour with a new production of Oistrakh became infatuated with Liato­ resident all his life, except for two stints as the opera "Golden Ring" (after Ivan shynsky's early and atonal Violin Sonata, a professor at the Moscow Conservatory. Franko) by a leading American opera com­ Op. 13 (1926); he even began to practice the He is considered the father of contemporary pany; and Borys Liatoshynsky piece. But the untimely demise of the yiolin Ukrainian music." virtuoso precluded any planned public per­ In the March/April 1995 issue of the formances or recordings. same magazine, Mr. Bauman supplemented Recordings? Liatoshynsky's "oeuvre" his views on two additional pages. There, in started to appear on USSR LP discs in the a charged and rare statement, he wrote: late 1950s, but they were poorly distributed "Liatoshynsky is a major, if unknown, and remained virtually unknown in the composer. He is the father of 20th century Лл.«л»9<Н..Й.,,Г /&>ч»«-< А-™-лу / West. Still, orchestral, chamber and piano Ukrainian music and really did more than music made it to vinyl, although at first in anyone else to broaden Kiev's musical /?~*^< j*. brittle mono sound. World premiere record­ horizons in the middle third of the century. ings in stereo did not surface until the Like so many other talented musicians of 1970s. the Soviet era, he suffered official persecu­ It was then that Liatoshynsky's principal tion and interference. This was perhaps creation for large orchestra (with brilliant more pronounced because of Russia's instrumentation, as usual) became avail­ inherent (and often deserved, suspicion that able for :he first time in really thrilling all Ukrainians were independence-seeking stereo. This important issue on the nationalists." Melodiya label was Symphony No.3, Mistaken identity Op.50, from the baton of Stefan Turchak, an exceptional figure in orchestral and This may be a sensitive issue, but it has to be addressed, especially now, during the operatic genres, a student of conductor-lau­ centennial. As critic Carl Bauman had flat­ reate Mykola Kolessa of Lviv. I had no ly stated, Liatoshynsky's nationality seems problem locating a copy in New York. k* ***** JVJ 3" ***** •Vyv^ «^~*- to be stuck in the Russian mode much too Latest recordings often. Other luminaries such as Bortnian- sky, Lysenko and Akimenko (to name a Starting in mid-1994, the international few) met an identical fate in the distant recording scene suddenly experienced what past but, at least in their cases, since the appeared to be a virtual landslide of 1960s, the problem has been gradually but Liatoshynsky - in the latest CD technology almost completely eliminated. and all on prestigious labels. Even historic It should be noted here that over the material from the baton of Yevgeni Mra- years Liatoshynsky's name had graced 4 ^ vinsky was re-issued on CD. The rest was pages of no less than 20 major reference -/.«*.-> a the work of at least three highly competent, works of the West. With him the definition ftS9-*o~ fa* Г7Є 7*-^*^. contemporary conductors, including Ihor "Ukrainian composer" came into use as 7 * Blazhkov, Virko Baley and, especially, early as 1938, namely in the first edition of £?**"> **• *Lp+~f»^ Є ft*??* Theodore Kuchar. Although still a new kid the International Cyclopedia of Music and on the block, Mr. Kuchar has already Musicians, edited by Oscar Thompson - a bagged the post of music director and con­ venerable name in music lexicography. ductor of the Ukrainian State Symphony This positive development was to continue Orchestra in Kyyiv. through the Cyclopedia's 11th edition As early as May 1994 press releases (New York, 1985). informed the public about finalized con­ On the other hand, Baker's Biographical A note explaining the letter reproduced above for the first time: In late 1964 Roman Sawycky Jr., tracts between Maestro Kuchar and such Dictionary of Musicians, edited by that age­ author of this centennial tribute to Liatoshynsky, was 26 years old and still trying to find his way. labels as Marco Polo and Naxos. The less musical sleuth Nicolas Slonimsky, did result? CDs of Liatoshynsky's leading not start to stress Liatoshynsky's Ukrainian One day he decided to compile a bibliography of scholarly Western sources recognizing orchestral v/orks, including the five sym­ nationality until its 1978 edition. But it has Liatoshynsky as an innovator in Ukraine's 20th century music. This list with cover letter was suc­ phonies. The conductor's mother, pianist remained in the right groove ever since. cessfully mailed to the master's Kyyiv address, procured with some difficulty. Mr. Sawycky Hannah Prydatkevytch Kuchar, informed By 1980, coverage was visibly improv­ relates: I was thrilled indeed to get this kind handwritten reply dated January 31, 1965. me that the complete symphonies were dis­ ing. That year the influential New Grove Liatoshynsky, then 70, responded favorably to my initiative, and offered scores and recordings tributed to choice critics and radio stations Dictionary of Music and Musicians made in return. Graciously he recalled my father and, finally, wished me luck in my life's musical at the end of June 1994. The rest is history. its formal entrance in London. Grove not endeavors. Barely three years hence he passed away quietly taking his glory along." 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1995 No. 33

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Mykhailo Saturday, August 19, 8:30 p.m. Concert while I was there, as the Ukrainians were Zilbert of the 43rd Rocket Army is happy Soyuzivka Dance Camp Recital Instructor: finishing off a four-day national holiday, that his men will be enjoying the fruits of Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky; Olya Chodoba-Fryz. but Mimi Gehube, a Bulgarian structural this joint venture for many years to come. 10 p.m. Dance - "Burlaky" engineer, was giving orders to the few "My men have dedicated their lives to their 11:45 p.m. crowning of Miss Soyuzivka 1996 workmen on the site. country, and they deserve to retire in com­ fortable, well-built apartments," he said. Saturday August 26, 8:30 p.m. Concert Ms. Gehube is the only woman worker Without help from the U.S., they would Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble "Vidlunnia" on the housing project, and Ї asked her if have to continue living in barracks and 10 p.m. Dance - "Vidlunnia" this made It difficult to get the respect hotels or find apartments to rent, which are and cooperation needed on site. She extremely scarce and expensive. replied that, without her approval, the Mr. Dziekonski said the plan is to com­ workers wouldn't get paid. "This is my Friday, September 1,10 p.m. Dance - "Lvivjany" third construction project," said Ms. plete the original 135 units by the end of Gehube. "The men quickly learn that I'm December, and decommissioned officers Saturday, September 2, 8:30'p.m. Concert an engineer first and a woman second." and their families should be moved in by Ukrainian Youth Ensembles from Toronto the Ukrainian New Year, January 14,1996. Male Choir "Orion" Discipline is strictly enforced not only The Europe District has just awarded the Female Choir "Levacfa" by Ms. Gehube and other GBS supervi­ option to build 32 more, and there is a slim Concert-Marching Band "Vanguard" sors, but by the corps personnel. "These possibility for additional funding to build lessons had to be learned the hard way," approximately 28 more units. Musical Director and Conductor - Wasyi Kardash said Mr, Dziekonski. 10 p.m. Dance "Tempo"; "Fata Morgana" Early in the project, workers were not Sunday, September 3, 2:15 p.m. Concert accustomed to wearing hard hats on a pro­ It was just past midnight when Mr. Ukrainian Youth Ensembles from Toronto ject site. After repeated warnings were not Binkovskv dropped me off at my hotel in 8:30 p.m. Concert - Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble "Lviviany" heeded, Mr. Dziekonski closed down the Kyyiv. There was quite a bit of activity 10 p.m. Dance "Tempo"; Tata Morgana" site for two days, during which workers at this late hour as paving and cleaning were not paid. GBS has since instituted a crews were out repairing the streets, Mistress of Ceremonies - Olya Chodoba-Fryz $50 fine, quite stiff considering that the Kyyiv was preparing for President Bill Dance every Friday night to the tunes of "Lviviany" average salary is only about $20 per month. Clinton's visit on May 11, when he This has worked so well that workers now would pledge to support Ukraine. pull up for v/ork wearing their hard hats! It was good to get back to the simple Halyna Ivaskiv, a local English comforts of my modest room and to August 19-20 Jerome Kozak - Exhibiting the works of George, teacher hired as a secretary to assist corps know that, those comforts will soon be Jerome and Edward (Eko) Kozak. personnel, cold me the officers and their available to 135 deserving families in September 1-4 Oleksander Tkachenko - Mixed Media; families are very excited about getting Ukraine. On the long ride back, there had Water Colors, lnk Gouache and Oil. their turnkeys "They can't believe that been time to reflect on how ironic it was 5 they won't have to do anything but move that I no longer have to read about Marika Sochan -Tymyc - Jewelry. in their personal belongings," she said. Ukraine through the intrigue-distorted Yevshan - Music. That's because, in the past, "turnkey prism of a spy novel. 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