INSIDE: • Saskatchewan premier leads trade delegation to Ukraine — page 2. • RFE/RL and VOA honored by The Washington Group'— page 4. • Photos from Ukraine part of international women's rights exhibit — page 10. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIII No. 43 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1995 $1.25/$2 in Ukraine Bomb in Donetske Ukrainian Canadians ponder challenges of the future by Andrij Wynnyckyj that the slogan was a "portent of doom." kills 6 in stadium He told The Weekly it was a call to "get WINNIPEG - For four days in up, get thinking and get doing." Marta Kolomayets October, an oversize Ukrainian flag hung In his opening address on October 6, Mr. Kyiv Press Bureau from the facade.of Winnipeg's Westin Romaniw signaled he was well aware of Hotel, a stone's throw from one of KYIV - Six people were killed and what had to be done to avoid the "organiza­ Canada's most famous intersections — tional holocaust" UCC Alberta Provincial two were badly injured when a bomb the windy Portage and Main. The occa­ Council President Dmytro Jacuta warned exploded in the stands of the Donetske sion was the 18th Triennial Convention was in the offing prior to the convention. soccer stadium on Sunday afternoon, of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, "We need to give a signal to younger October 15, reported Interfax-Ukraine. whose delegates met on October 6-9 to Ukrainian Canadians, to newly arrived Among those killed was Oleksander determine whether the umbrella organi­ Ukrainian^, and those currently outside Brahin, the president of the Donetske soc­ zation's fate was, according to the slo­ the Ukrainian community that there is a cer club, Shakhtar (Coal Miner), who was a gan, "Evolution or Extinction." home for them within the UCC," Mr. wealthy businessman and the general direc­ The conclave's decisions to ratify a Romaniw said. "Age and knowledge of tor of the Lux commercial company. The proposal to democratize the UCC's by­ Ukrainian cannot be a condition of par­ blast occurred at 5:05 p.m. at the entrance laws and to adopt a flexible approach to ticipation, otherwise membership will to the VIP stands during a game between managing the fledgling Canada-Ukraine continue to drop," he added. the Donetske club and Symferopil Tavria. Foundation - perhaps the most ambitious Judging by the convention's resolu­ The game was halted immediately. project ever undertaken by the UCC - tions, the UCC realizes it has a long row Mykola Plekhanov, the first deputy suggest the UCC is ready to shake off the to hoe in terms of outreach to youth and chief of Donetske's Interior Ministry, institutional inertia drawing it to obliv­ representation in the community at large. told reporters at a news conference on ion, and to evolve. Heading the list in the UCC headquar­ Monday, October 16, that the assassina­ The need to do so is pressing, as seen ters' press release following the congress tion of Mr. Brahin, who also went by the from convention attendance. In a post-con­ was the following, decidedly activist name of Akhat, was connected to his gress interview on October 9, UCC measure: "That the UCC actively reach alleged activities as a major crime boss President Oleh Romaniw, re-elected to out to those Canadians of Ukrainian ori­ in Donetske. another three-year term by acclamation, gin who are not involved in Ukrainian This was not the first attempt on Mr. avowed that the 256 delegates registered organizations, arid take steps to involve Brahin's life, according to Col. Arkadiy for this convention was the lowest number them, through the development of new ... Boldovsky, also from the city's Interior ever, a full 140 fewer than the total regis­ organizations." Ministry, who told the newspaper tered at the last convention. (The quorum Such declarations, although vague, are |; Andrij Wynnyckyj Nezavisimost (Independence) in Kyiv was officially reduced from 205 to 175.) that over the years there had been at least But Mr. Romaniw dismissed notions (Continued on page 3) UCC President Oleh Romaniw. six attacks on Mr. Brahin, which resulted in 10 deaths. Col. Boldovsky called the assassina­ tion a "contract killing," adding that the 11th annual Leadership Conference bomb blast occurred at the moment Mr. Kyiv it is Brahin arrived, and caused minimal discusses new roles for community damage to the stadium. JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Autho­ rities in the capital of Ukraine have "This was a reflection of turf wars by Roman Woronowycz on maintaining community, traditions going on in Donetske," said the city offi­ and a Ukrainian identity in the United finally decided how to spell the city's cial, "and is not associated with soccer, ARLINGTON, Va. — The 1995 States in the post-Soviet era of an inde­ name: Kyiv. No more Kiev, Kyyiv or or sports, for that matter." Leadership Conference of The Washington pendent Ukraine, but much time still any other versions thereof. Mr. Brahin, 42, was an ethnic Tatar, Group took place the weekend of October was spent in presentations on where The decision came on October 14 whose nickname was Alex the Greek 6 at the Key Bridge Marriott here with Ukraine stands in the world community during the first meeting of the among leaders of mob circles in "The Ukrainian Community: Defining a today, how the Ukrainian American com­ Committee on Legal Terminology Donetske; he was always cautious as he New Role" as its theme. The goal was for munity can still help Ukraine and how to headed by the newly appointed min­ went about his daily business, surround­ the more than 150 businesspersons and most effectively do it. ister of justice, Serhiy Holovaty. ing himself with bodyguards and aides. professionals who attended to review the As reported by the Respublika direction in which the community is mov­ The keynotes Such was the case on Sunday, October information agency, the committee ing after five years of wholehearted finan­ 15, as he had two bodyguards inspect the Two keynote speakers addressed the voted to adopt the spelling "Kyiv" cial and moral support for Ukraine. VIP box before he arrived for the game 11th annual conference, Coit Blacker, spe­ after a long debate, during which it between Shakhtar and Tavria, a game This year the Ukrainian American Bar cial assistant to President Bill Clinton and was noted that the spelling "Kiev" attended by 8,000 fans. Association and the Ukrainian Medical senior director of the National Security does not correspond to the However, according to local police, Association of North America joined the Council on Ukraine, Russia and Eurasia, Ukrainian-language version of the this time Mr. Brahin was dealing with TWG conferees, who came from most of and Adrian Karatnycky, president of name of Ukraine's capital. professionals. A well-concealed bomb the major cities along the Eastern Seaboard, Freedom House, a non-partisan human Committee members adopted went off by remote control in the stands; Chicago, Louisiana and Ukrainian commu­ rights watchdog group. "Kyiv" as the official spelling that the blast was so loud that it was heard nities in Canada. In addition, M.B.A. candi­ Mr. Blacker spoke on U.S. policy toward will be used in all legal and official three kilometers away, and it was so dev­ dates from Lviv's Ivan Franko University, Ukraine and emphasized the need to push acts of Ukraine. astating that it ripped limbs off bodies on their annual tour of the United States, economic reform in Ukraine at a time the Previously the only officially sanc­ and literally had one head rolling down stopped in on Saturday. country seems to have taken a step back. He tioned spelling of the city formerly the aisles. George Masiuk, president of TWG, also laid out U.S. objectives in its relation­ known worldwide as Kiev was Two of Kyiv's widely read newspa­ said in his opening remarks that the time ship with the new democracy (see page 4). "Kyyiv," adopted by the Ukrainian pers, Kievski Vedomosti (Kyiv News) has come to refocus attention on the Mr. Karatnycky focused on the confer­ Mapping Agency, Ukraine's state car­ and Nezavisimost carried macabre pho­ community's needs, analyze them and ence's theme, addressing two major gaps tographic service. The agency's rec­ tos of the crime scene, including one take appropriate action. he feels exist in the community's ability ommendation came after Ukrainian photo of a heart ripped from a body. The conference had its share of speak­ to effectively work in the Washington authorities repeatedly stated that Although the bomb seems to have been ers who made an effort to guide discus­ policy-making environment. sion toward the responsibilities and effort (Continued on page 16) (Continued on page 16) needed to refocus Ukrainian Americans (Continued on page 5) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1995 No. 43 Saskatchewan premier in Ukraine to promote trade and investment Duma deputy's life threatened join the European Union, Reuters report­ by Marta Dyczok Ukrainian government officials to share ed on October 13. The next day, the Special to The Ukrainian Weekly information, exchange personnel and MOSCOW — Russian Duma Deputy chairmen of all parliamentary parties met identify concrete projects for joint devel­ Nikolai Lysenko, who tore up the Ukrainian KYIV - Saskatchewan Premier Roy with President Ulmanis and signed a dec­ opment. Premier Romanow noted, flag during a parliamentary session in laration asserting that admission into the Romanow visited Ukraine the first week "Ukraine is interested in learning from August, has allegedly received a death of October, as part of an II -day trade EU was the most essential goal of Saskatchewan's experience." threat from the Ukrainian National Latvia's foreign policy. Even Socialist and investment trip to Europe. Some observers were surprised by the Assembly/Ukrainian National Self-Defense A series of agreements was signed in party Chairman Filip Stoganov, whose red carpet treatment that Premier Organization (UNA-UNSO), according to a party was considered to be opposed to the areas of energy, agriculture and cul­ Romanow's delegation received from the statement issued by the deputy on October tural industries, further developing the EU membership, now supports it. (OMRI Ukrainian government. The explanation 14. Mr. Lysenko said the note stated, in Daily Digest) special relationship between Canada and lies in the structure of the Canadian part: "You are Ukrainian, yet you behave as Ukraine. political system, which President a Muscovite. You have betrayed the memo­ Ukraine to blame for Chornobyl delay On the invitation of President Leonid Kuchma understands. Canadian ry of hundreds of thousands of Ukraine's Kuchma, Premier Romanow led a dele­ provinces have the authority to sign best sons and daughters, by tearing up the KYIV — Prime Minister Yevhen gation of politicians and businessmen agreements with foreign governments blue-and-yellow flag under which they sac­ Marchuk said Ukraine was partly to blame from Saskatchewan to Ukraine on a mis­ that carry the weight of inter-state rificed their lives for an independent home­ for difficulties in financing the closure of sion to seek out further possibilities of accords. land. For hundreds of years Moscow and the Chornobyl nuclear power station and cooperation and formally launch a pro­ had been hasty in seeking $4 billion in In addition to signing a series of eco­ Muscovites have been occupants in holy gram of mutually beneficial economic Western aid. "This has been complicated nomic and cultural cooperation agree­ Ukraine." The note was allegedly from a relations. partly because of problems on our side," ments between the province of local unit of UNA-UNSO. On October 2 Premier Romanow and Mr. Marchuk told a news conference on Saskatchewan and Ukraine, during the Mr. Lysenko also stated that he took President Kuchma signed the October 12. "There was no point in nam­ trip Mr. Romanow found himself discov­ the threat on his life quite seriously and Saskatchewan-Ukraine Cooperation ing a figure of $4 billion. Perhaps it will be ering his roots. His parents had emigrat­ will take appropriate steps to protect Agreement in Kyiv's grandiose more, perhaps less. The figure of $4 billion ed to Canada over 50 years ago and set­ himself. Commenting on the alleged Mariyinskyi Palace. Mr. Romanow also frightens people." tled in Saskatchewan. death threat, UNA-UNSO member and met with Prime Minister Yevhen Experts from the G-7 industrialized They instilled in their children a sense Ukrainian People's Deputy Yaroslav Marchuk as well as leading Ukrainian Ilyasevych, contacted in Kyiv, said Mr. countries were holding the latest in a government and parliamentary officials. of Ukrainian identity, and during his trip Lysenko's fears are perfectly justifiable, series of meetings with Ukrainian offi­ "These initiatives are only the begin­ to Ukraine Mr. Romanow explained, "I insofar as there are undoubtedly cials to work out how to finance the sta­ ning, and we expect adjustment and was born in Canada, and I am very proud Ukrainians, even in Moscow, who would tion's closure, as promised by President additions through the ongoing Plan of of my country, but I also have a not tolerate the dishonoring of their Leonid Kuchma by the year 2000. Action in the Saskatchewan-Ukraine Ukrainian soul." Ukrainian officials were national flag. Mr Ilyasevych said that had Western diplomats said they believed the Cooperation Agreement, as we build a surprised to hear the premier speaking Mr. Lysenko torn up a Chechen flag, he talks were going well. Mr. Marchuk said mutually beneficial and long-term eco­ Ukrainian - not only in private but also would have long since either not "made he was confident the G-7 would produce nomic relationship," said Premier in public. Mr. Romanow gave many it home or have been hiding at home." a proposal to meet Kyiv's demands — Romanow. interviews to the Ukrainian press in their However, Mr. Ilyasevych denied any including a way to make up the 5 percent Particularly important for Ukraine was own language. UNA-UNSO involvement in the alleged of Ukraine's electricity currently pro­ the interest of Saskatchewan's govern­ Taking time out of his busy schedule, death threat, noting that the specific type of duced by Chornobyl, site of the world's ment and private sector in sharing tech­ the premier visited his mother's and unit mentioned in the threat does not exist worst nuclear accident in 1986. (Reuters) nology in the area of increasing oil pro­ father's birthplaces in the Lviv Oblast in the UNSO scheme of organization. He duction from existing reservoirs through and went to the church in Stoyany where Hepatitis in south-central Ukraine also suggested that Mr. Lysenko may have horizontal drilling. his parents were married. made the entire thing up in order to stay in KYIV — The deadly hepatitis В virus Plans were made to set up a coordinat­ During his stay in Chernivtsi, Mr. the political limelight. (Respublika) has reportedly killed eight people and ing council between the Saskatchewan Romanow attended the gala celebrations of the 120th anniversary of Chernivtsi infected nearly 1,000 in south-central Ministry for Energy and Mines and Baltin welcomes fleet moratorium State University, where he was awarded Ukraine. Kievskiye Viedomosti said on an honorary doctorate. SEVASTOPIL — Black Sea Fleet October 1 1 that 40 percent of those The University of Saskatchewan has Commander Admiral Eduard Baltin wel­ infected in Dnipropetrovske Oblast are Ukraine joins been engaged in academic exchanges comed an October 6 moratorium on the drug addicts. Health officials would not with Chernivtsi University since 1977, unilateral division of fleet forces, assets confirm the figures, but admitted the marking one of the longest records of and infrastructure passed by the Russian virus is a growing problem in the region. Vitaly Movchaniuk, speaking for the Council of Europe cooperation between a Canadian and Duma, Radio Mayak reported on October health authorities, said that the area, as Ukrainian university. 14. He noted the role that Konstantin KYIV — Ukraine was formally does much of Ukraine, suffers from On the eve of the Saskatchewan pre­ Zatulin, chairman of the Duma admitted into the Council of Europe on chronic shortages of needles, syringes mier's departure, the Canadian Embassy Committee for CIS Affairs, played in October 18, reported Respublika. The and even electricity for sterilization pro­ in Kyiv hosted a formal reception during producing the moratorium. Mr. Zatulin Council of Ministers of the CE, based in cedures. All these factors contribute to which a number of further agreements has distinguished himself as a hardliner Strasbourg, France, unanimously the current outbreaks of hepatitis and were endorsed. in his dealings with CIS states and was approved a resolution making Ukraine other dangerous diseases. Old, faulty Opening the proceedings, Canada's vocal in criticizing Kyiv when it abol­ the 37th member of the regional organi­ sewage systems, which at times dump charge d' affairs to Ukraine, Roman ished the Crimean presidency and sus­ zation. A formal ceremony celebrating raw waste into reservoirs, greatly Lishchynsky, said, 'This has been a very pended its constitution in March. the occasion will be held in Strasbourg increase the danger posed by viruses and good week for Canada and Ukraine as on November 9. Latvia applies for EU membership bacteria to the local population. Both well. This visit builds the number of Among those present at a Kyiv cere­ hepatitis В and its less dangerous cousin high-level visits between Ukraine and mony to mark Ukraine's admittance were RIGA — Latvian President Guntis hepatitis A cause liver inflammation, but Canada." President Leonid Kuchma, Parliament Ulmanis and Prime Minister Maris Gailis Among the highlights of the evening Chairman Oleksander Moroz and Foreign signed a formal application document to (Continued on page 6) was the signing between Ukrainian Affairs Minister Hennadiy Udovenko. In Deputy Prime Minister Victor Pynzenyk his remarks, Mr. Udovenko stressed that and Premier Romanow of a further coop­ Ukraine stands firmly for the peaceful eration agreement in the field of agricul­ resolution of regional and international THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933 ture, and nine letters of intent for pro­ conflicts through the utilization of such jects in the cultural industries. organizations as the CE and the United An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., These include a proposal by the a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. Nations. Saskatchewan Communications Network Yearly subscription rate: $60; for UNA members — $40. U.N. Representative to Ukraine to broadcast Ukrainian television pro­ Steven Brown read a greeting from Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, NJ 07302. grams in Saskatchewan, and a $4 million Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali (ISSN - 0273-9348) project between the Dovzhenko Studios in which Mr. Ghali affirmed Ukraine and Minds Eye Pictures to produce a fea­ Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper plays an active and positive role in the ture film about a Ukrainian family that (annual subscription fee: $100; $75 for UNA members). world body, which is commemorating its emigrated to Saskatchewan. 50th anniversary this. The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: "The main purpose of the cultural (201) 434-0237,-0807,.-3036 (201)451-2200 industries letters of intent is to enhance the understanding and friendship Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz Correction between the peoples of Saskatchewan changes to: Associate editor: Marta Kolomayets In "Canadian Embassy plans trade and Ukraine by creating greater aware­ The Ukrainian Weekly Assistant editor: Khristina Lew (Kyiv) show" (October 1), the press release cited ness of our respective history, culture, P.O. Box 346 Staff writers/editors: Roman Woronowycz provided the wrong address for further art, and to continue to promote economic Jersey City, NJ 07303 and Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (Toronto) information. The correct address is: development in both Ukraine and The Ukrainian Weekly, October 22,1995, No. 43, Vol. LXIII Kozlova Enterprises Inc., Suite 416, 360 Saskatchewan," said Mr. Romanow Copyright ©1995 The Ukrainian Weekly Main St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 3Z3. before departing Kyiv. N0,43 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1995

federal government ministers were "being kept on a Ukrainian Canadians... tight leash because of the [October 30 separatist] (Continued from page 1) Quebec referendum," but nobody was willing to go on timely, since young Ukrainian Canadians barely have a record in doing so. pulse in terms of community involvement. Taras At the opening session on October 6, Liberal govern­ Filewych of Edmonton was the lone delegate from the ment backbencher Dr. Rey Pagtakhan, member of the Ukrainian Canadian Students' Union (SUSK), once a federal Parliament for Winnipeg North and a colleague powerhouse of activism in the country. He made his of UCC Past President Dr. Dmytro Cipywnyk on the decision to represent SUSK upon arriving at the regis­ Canadian Ethnocultural Council, brought regrets from tration desk. Secretary of State for Multiculturalism Sheila Finestone. Rather than dwell on declining participation, Mr. Dr. Pagtakhan recalled his personal experience as one Romaniw focused on the pointed question put by Mr. of three Canadian parliamentarians in Ukraine who Filewych during the final day's session: "Are we a con­ acted as monitors during its national referendum on gress of Canadian Ukrainian speakers or a congress of independence in December 1991. Canadians of Ukrainian heritage?" Mr. Romaniw said Reaching further back, Mr. Pagtakhan mentioned he'd never heard the question put that way before, and Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau's address to the was impressed with Mr. Filewych's effort to get into the 10th Congress of the UCC "on the birth of Canada's thick of discussions. multiculturalism policy, on October 8, 1971." "Ukrainians were the first ethnic Canadians to hear of it Constitutional change from the lips of the prime minister," the Liberal parliamen­ tarian said. "It was a privilege the Ukrainians richly For the re-elected UCC president, as it was for many deserved." He added that Ukrainians "have been a model at the congress, the decision to drop the veto power for for other communities" in maintaining their cultural her­ the so-called "Big Five" or "3(a)" organizations was a itage and using their influence for the betterment of Canada. major step for the umbrella body. Thanks to the many Manitoba's provincial minister for rural development, months of tenacious effort by Constitutional Committee Len Derkach, a Ukrainian Canadian, was the senior elect­ Chair Sophia Kachor (who incredibly was also the con­ ed official present at the opening. He briefly commended I Andrij Wynnyckyj vention's principal organizer and chaired the UCC the UCC for its work, adding that "our heritage has made Finance Committee), the UCC is heading toward formal this province and our country a better place to live." Christopher Westdal, Canada's ambassador to democratization. Winnipeg Mayor Susan Thompson welcomed every­ Ukraine, addresses session on Canada-Ukraine rela­ "Matters of fundamental principle" on which objec­ one to the city and said that the convention's slogan, tions. tions could be raised are now more strictly defined, and "Evolution or Extinction: Challenge for the Future," if a consensus among the heavyweights cannot be was "the most courageous I have seen any organization, reached, the issue will be resolved by a three-quarters ethnic or not, adopt." majority vote. Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada Victor Batiuk and The Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood (Mr. his newly appointed Canadian counterpart in Kyiv, Romaniw's constituency), the Ukrainian Self-Reliance Christopher Westdal (a Manitoba native), were in atten­ League, the Ukrainian National Federation, the League dance throughout the congress. of Ukrainian Canadians and the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Federation have been moved Saturday's six working sessions a step closer to equal footing with the rest of the UCC's October 7 was a full day of six simultaneous working constituent organizations in yet another fashion - they sessions on the subjects of: "Canada-Ukraine no longer have a stranglehold on the nomination of pres­ Relations," "Future Directions for Ukrainian Education idential candidates, and the rotational list assigning a in Canada," "Social Issues," "The UCC's Financial representative from each to a position on the UCC exec­ Self-Sufficiency," "Ukrainian Canadian Community utive was abolished. Development" and "The Ukrainian Community and the Instead, the new executive, consisting of two vice- Canadian Mainstream." presidents (down from six), a secretary general and a These produced a wide ranging array of resolutions. treasurer, will be elected by a majority vote of presidi­ The UCC was mandated to draw up, within a year, an um members at their next meeting scheduled for immigration and settlement strategy to assist Ukrainians December 8-9 in Winnipeg. around the world (particularly from the former However, the "Big Five" retain their two votes each Yugoslavia and Ukraine) in coming to Canada. on the presidium. The umbrella body was called upon to hire profes­ Most of the slogging, struggle and debate over this sional fund-raising personnel to shore up its financial question had already taken place prior to the convention. base. Also, in a move similar to a recent Ukrainian The unanimous passage of these changes on October 8 World Congress decision, an action plan was devised to would have seemed anti-climactic had it not been for the integrate Ukrainian credit union membership drives ovation accorded the indefatigable Ms. Kachor. with financial support for the UCC. Who was there, who wasn't It was resolved that the UCC should conduct a study of the Ukrainian Canadian community, which "shall The nagging question of diminished Ukrainian politi­ include but not be limited to the examination of issues Sophia Kachor, convention organizer and chair of both cal clout in Canada hovered over the proceedings. the Constitutional Committee and the Financial Virtually everyone opined that both senior and junior (Continued on page 16) Committee, delivers report on democratizing the UCC.

Taras Filewych, delegate of the Ukrainian Canadian During the opening of the UCC congress are: (from left) MP Rey Pagtakhan, Ambassador Victor Batiuk, Students' Union, asks: "Are we a congress of Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk, UCC President Oleh Romaniw, Sophia Kachor, Metropolitan Wasyly Canadian Ukrainian speakers, or a congress of Fedak, Manitoba Minister Len Derkach and Winnipeg Mayor Susan Thompson. Canadians of Ukrainian heritage?" THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1995 N0.43 National Security Council member speaks at TWG conference by Roman Woronowycz industrialized nations, which have given American community to use its influence society, strengthening a nascent market Ukraine $4 billion in aid and assistance in Ukraine to ensure that the country economy and nurturing new security ARLINGTON, Va. — Coit Blacker, over the last two years with pledges keeps moving down the path to economic relationships. special assistant to President Bill Clinton secured for an additional $2 billion for reform. "Experience in the command He said the key to building a civil and senior director of the National next year. economy taught them to control all eco­ society is to establish local government Security Council on Ukraine, Russia and Mr. Blacker also said that much of the nomic variables," he said. "The market­ structures, to build local organizations, Eurasia, delivered the keynote address on credit for Ukraine's success to date must place requires that they learn to let go. legal centers, environmental groups, United States policy toward Ukraine at be given to the Ukrainian American com­ We — and you in this room can help." business associations, independent news­ the Leadership Conference of The munity, as Ukraine's Prime Minister papers; to build society from the bottom Washington Group held the weekend of In its foreign relations Mr. Blacker Yevhen Marchuk had stated during his up. "Their strength, over time, will pro­ October 6. He presented the Clinton underscored tha: the U.S. understands visit to Washington several weeks prior. vide a brake on government that pro­ administration's view on Ukraine and that "Ukraine's aspirations lie with motes stability and forces the state to asked for the diaspora to push Ukraine to After reviewing Ukraine's accom­ Europe." He added, "Ukraine is attracted respond, not dictate, to its people," said continue economic reform. Although it plishments of the last four years, the to European models and structures. did not pertain to the theme of the confer­ national security advisor moved to a However, if it wishes to aspire to them, it Mr. Blacker ence, which was "The Ukrainian major emphasis of his address: Ukraine must transform itself to look — and be He identified "five pillars" needed to Community: Defining a New Role," par­ seems to have taken a step back from — more like Europe. It must develop a successfully build a market economy: ticipants roundly applauded the address. reforms, which could be a serious mis­ competitive market economy. It must integration with multilateral and regional foster participatory democracy and a Mr. Blacker, who was deputy director take, and it must continue in strong step structures such as the World Bank and society based on the rule of law," said and senior fellow at the Institute for down the road towards a free market sys­ the International Monetary Fund; macro- Mr. Blacker. International Studies and co-director of tem. economic policy support; privatization; the International Policy Studies Program "The storm clouds first began to gath­ He said that geopolitical realities exist energy reform (he said that Ukraine con­ at Stanford University before his appoint­ er in late June when President Kuchma that make this move a bit complicated. sumes 40 percent more energy than other ment, said Ukraine is poised for an "eco­ suggested that Ukraine must 'correct' its He emphasized that Ukraine must and countries with a similar sized economy.); nomic take-off and that its "bold mea­ economic reform program," said Mr. does understand that it has to develop and by developing commercial ties with sures" have allowed relations between it Blacker. "Similar themes were sounded peaceful relations with its giant northern Western business firms. and the U.S. to be the strongest they have in early September. Government officials neighbor, Russia, and that the best way to He said that in terms of building secu­ ever been, accomplishments that he cred­ tell us this is only for domestic consump­ go about resolving the Black Sea Fleet rity structures, "the fundamental goal of ited to President Leonid Kuchma and to tion, but such mixed signals take a heavy dispute is with "patience and quiet our policy is to ensure regional stability, "the Ukrainian people for their quiet toll... To muddle along is to muddle encouragement." so as to provide Ukraine the confidence it courage and steadiness of purpose." down." Mr. Blacker explained that U.S. policy needs to focus attention, not on its neigh­ He emphasized the international com­ During his presentation, Mr. Blacker toward Ukraine has three dimensions: bors, but on crafting a better future for its munity's role and specifically the G-7 repeatedly called on the Ukrainian reinforcing Ukraine's emerging civil citizens." RFE/RL, VOA awarded TWG Journalist of the Year Award by Roman Woronowycz Ukrainians, reiterating many of the com­ who emphasized that those saying that were VOA Ukrainian Service Chief ments he made at a conference sponsored either VOA or RFE/RL is needed, but not Wolodymyr Bilajiw and two former ARLINGTON, Va. — Two highly by Freedom House, a human rights both, are wr3ng, that the two broadcast­ Ukrainian service chiefs, Michael Terpak respected U.S. government broadcast ser­ watchdog group, the previous day, ers' functions are quite different and and Mykola Francuzenko, as well as vices praised universally for contributing "The reason the radios were created in equally important. Michael Mihalisko, RFE/RL senior cor­ to the downfall of the Iron Curtain and the 1950s was to bring about the defeat of He also alluded to the importance of respondent of the Ukrainian service. the Soviet Union received The communism," continued Mr. Klose. "The Ukraine in the post-Cold War world. The VOA is the international radio Washington Group Journalism Award on reason I believe the radios retain a vital "The security and independence of service of the U.S. Information Agency, October 7 at a time when government concern to Americans today is illustrated Ukraine is perhaps more important than broadcasting 900 hours a week in English cuts threaten their continued existence. by Ukraine, for example, which is a nation the strengthening of NATO," said Mr. and 46 other languages to 92 million lis­ The Ukrainian Service of Radio Free of 55 million (sic) and the keystone in Cowen. teners. VOA broadcasts to Ukraine two Europe/Radio Liberty and the Ukrainian many ways to what happens in Europe. Mr. Cowen also underscored that hours daily over the Radio Ukraine fre­ Branch of Voice of America, which American national security and peace for VOA has a television program in only quency and on shortwave frequencies. broadcast to the Soviet Union before the our children and grandchildren depends on one country, the Ukrainian program RFE/RL, a non-profit corporation collapse of communism and now contin­ stability and peace in Central Europe. "Window on America," a popular show funded by U.S. government grants, ue their work as Ukraine moves from the Communism has been defeated, but broadcast from Kyiv in Ukrainian. "It is a broadcasts 700 hours of programming a rubble toward democracy, received the democracy is by no means guaranteed." statement of the importance we place on week to 25 million listeners in the former award at the I l th annual TWG Mr. Klose was preceded at the micro­ that country," said the director. Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Leadership Conference. phone by VOA Director Geoffrey Cowen Also on hand to accept the awards Europe, including in Ukraine. TWG Vice-President Marta Zielyk, who has worked for both news organiza­ tions, presented the award, which was bestowed upon the two U.S. agency directors "in recognition of their unwa­ vering commitment to the cause of truth, freedom and democracy for the people of Ukraine." The two agencies have broadcast news to Ukraine for more than four decades, VOA concentrating on news about the U.S. and the West, the RFE/RL signal carrying information about events occur­ ring in Ukraine. That could change dramatically very shortly. On October 1 the U.S. Senate cut an already substantially reduced RFE/RL budget by two-thirds, reducing its 1996 appropriation from $75 million to $29 million. Last year the Congress had cut the budget from $229 million. RFE/RL Director Kevin Klose, for­ merly Moscow editor for The Washington Post who was picked to direct the reorganization of the govern­ ment radio by President Bill Clinton, called the agency's work "a tradition of excellence and commitment," while accepting the award on behalf of the agency and the Ukrainian service. However, Mr. Klose emphasized that RFE/RL's essential work is still not com­ plete and still much needed. He said a After the awarding of the TWG Journalist of the Year Award to VOA and RFE/RL, from left: former VOA Ukrainian ser­ free press is still not established in vice chief, Mykola Francuzenko; current chief, Wolodymyr Bilajiw; former chief, Michael Terpak; VOA Director Geoffrey Ukraine and that too many factors yet Cowen; RFE/RL Director Kevin Klose; TWG Vice-President Marta Zielyk; President George Masiuk; Adrian Karmazyn of exist in the region that can disinform VOA; and Michael Mihalisko, senior correspondent of RFE/RL. No. 43 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1995

Ms. Hewka attacked the problems 11th annual... associated with limited organizational (Continued from page 1) funds, a central issue for countless orga­ nizations bent on providing community First, said Mr. Karatnycky, there is an services, and came away with several absolute dearth of specialists on Ukraine commonsense ideas. She suggested that in government and in such respected pol­ people become involved in local and icy-setting think-tanks as the Heritage state politics. "If you need money, get Foundation or the American Enterprise behind a single candidate who later may Institute. He cited only one exception, channel funds your way," she said, the Center for Strategic and International explaining that she and several others did Studies, where Zbigniew Brzezinski has exactly that to obtain funding for the cul­ led an effort to study Ukraine. tural center's social services program. He said that although institutions study­ Another idea: use available govern­ ing Ukraine do exist in the United States, ment financial assistance. "The time has such as the Harvard Ukrainian Research come to stop digging money out of our Institute, they are not "inside-the-Beltway" own pockets," she asserted. institutions with knowledge of how the game is played in Washington, and that Ms. Hewka also stated that individuals their distance from Washington affects and groups of people can be effective in their influence. helping the community; that task forces are not always the best answer. Putting a Mr. Karatnycky remarked that the different spin on a passage from the Ukrainian American community must Bible, she exclaimed, "And God so loved Coit Blacker, special assistant to U.S. President Bill Clinton and senior director gather the finances to fund several young the world that he sent his only Son — not of the National Security Council on Ukraine, gives a keynote address at the TWG research scholars at some of the more a committee!" Leadership Conference. Astride him sit (from right) Freedom House President influential think-tanks in Washington. Both Mr. Jejna and Mr. Trusewych Adrian Karatnycky and TWG President George Masiuk. The other gap, recently created, is the explained community efforts undertaken closing of the Ukrainian National by their respective organizations. Mr. Jejna Ms. Bull said the Eurasia Foundation Ukrainian Americans to organize and Association's Washington Office, a said the UABA was reviewing its goals looks for projects that are task-oriented develop a Ukrainian Business Council and move he called the "most damaging set­ with regard to the community. He spoke of and focused. For the proposal writer, a Ukrainian Information Bureau. back to Ukrainian interests." "going back to the basics" of "lighting a however, she said persistence is most On Saturday evening after dinner the Mr. Karatnycky said the UNA should fire and keeping that fire burning." important. She explained that many pro­ annual TWG Journalism Award was pre­ not be responsible for shouldering the After a luncheon highlighted by a slide posals are accepted after having been ini­ sented to both RFE/RL and VOA for the burden of such an office for the entire presentation of President Bill Clinton's tially rejected largely because the propos­ service they have performed in keeping Ukrainian American community, but, visit to Kyiv in May, which was given by als are better written. Ukraine properly informed on events in nonetheless, such an office is critical to Melanne Verveer, a Ukrainian American One other panel, an informal get- the world and providing balanced repon- maintaining influence in Washington. He who is deputy assistant to the president together for those interested in discover­ ing to Ukrainian listeners. referred to the American Israeli Political and deputy chief of staff to the first lady, ing cyberspace, was held on Sunday Both RFE/RL Director Kevin Klose Action Committee as a model for a future the conferees returned to a panel on how afternoon with several enthusiasts and VOA Director Geoffrey Cowan spent Ukrainian presence in Washington. to make Americans more aware of explaining where the information super­ a good portion of their speeches lamenting The Freedom House president also Ukraine and Ukrainian Americans. highway can take you. the legislative slashing of funds to the expressed his disapproval of the Senate's Panel member Askold Lozynskyj, presi­ organizations and explaining why the two recent decision to slash the Radio Free RFE/RL and VOA honored dent of the Ukrainian Congress Committee broadcast services are still needed (see Europe/Radio Liberty appropriation by of America, said Ukrainian Americans must page 4). two-thirds. Others who delivered presentations were think of diaspora "in the Jewish sense, Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States Noted Ukrainian American attorney Work, then play intent on assisting the land of our ancestors Julian Kulas suggested during the ques­ Yuri Shcherbak, who spoke after the and our brethren in Ukraine to develop a tion/answer period that another way Sunday afternoon brunch, and the directors In addition to the work, there was plen­ better existence." He said that otherwise Ukrainians could become involved with of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and ty of play. Friday night guests were treated "our message is largely irrelevant." policy-making in Washington is to Voice of America, who were presented to a buffet in the Gannett Building with a become more active in grass-roots poli­ His co-panelist, Richard Murphy of the with TWG's Journalism Award at the spectacular 30th floor view of Washington tics. "Get to know your politicians, join CSIS, said that if Ukrainian American Saturday evening dinner. and its lighted monuments. one of the two parties, get active in elec­ organizations would join forces, the repre­ Ambassador Shcherbak spoke of the Saturday after dinner and the award's tion campaigns," he said. sentation in the nation's capital would "spirit of Kyiv," coining a phrase that banquet the crowd traveled to the rooftop remain strong and effective. describes the new spirit of cooperation restaurant of the Key Bridge Marriott to Four panels formulate the discussion A third member of the panel, Irene and friendship between President Clinton listen to Darka and Slavko, the well- Jarosewich, who spent time in Ukraine The conferees then settled in for a and President Kuchma that has grown known Ukrainian folk duo and equally organizing Rukh's press effort, enumer­ series of four panels that were designed out of Mr. Clinton's May visit to Kyiv. renowned pianist Andrew Stasiw. ated what the community must do to to spark discussion and provide answers However, the ambassador said, the Then on Sunday after brunch, John make itself heard in the United States, honeymoon period between Ukraine and Stetch, Ukrainian-Canadian jazz pianist for the convention's theme. which includes sending positive mes­ Andrew Masiuk, director general of the Ukrainian Americans is over; that extraordinaire, performed a dazzling sages and being aggressive in dealing Ukrainian Americans must open their eyes array of compositions interweaving International Management Institute in Kyiv, with the media. and Orest Subtelny, professor of history and to the realities in present-day Ukraine; to Ukrainian folk themes with jazz struc­ She suggested that less attention political science at York University in the Russification and Sovietization that tures. Afterwards, those desiring visited should be paid to mega-large publica­ Toronto, discussed developing a consensus will take years to undo. the Alia Rogers Gallery in Georgetown tions like The New York Times and The on Ukrainian community goals. Dr. Shcherbak asked the community to to view works by Alexander Pogrebinsky Washington Post and more to smaller support and maintain ties between Ukraine and other Ukrainian artists, bringing a Prof. Subtelny whittled the issue newspapers and trade journals. She said down to two options. One, do Ukrainians and the world information and intellectual well-balanced weekend of toil and plea­ journalists and editors should be briefed communities. He also challenged sure to a close. in America view themselves as a group and prepped so that they will have the that will carry a non-ideological base; information needed when a cause involv­ that exists because it likes being together, ing Ukraine needs publicity. because of common experiences, back­ The last panel of the day was in essence grounds and goals? a short workshop on how to get govern­ If so, he listed the goals of such a com­ ment grants; how to write the necessary munity as, possibly, helping Ukrainians proposals and how to work with grant find employment, finding teachers for givers. The speakers were Tamara Gallo of Ukrainian language schools, coaches for the Ukrainian National Information soccer, instructors for dance groups. Service, the UCCA's Washington-based Or else, he queried, should Ukrainians office, which has received two government become a support group "as an outlet for grants; Greta Bull of the Eurasia altruism," as he described it. He called it Foundation, a grant-giver who has worked "a fan club for Ukraine... that continues with Ms. Gallo; and Nadia Komarnycky- our parents' tradition in looking to McConnell, president of the U.S.-Ukraine Ukraine." He suggested that organiza­ Foundation. tions in the U.S. could expand to include Ms. Gallo cited her winning grant pro­ membership in organizations in Ukraine. posals on the UCCA Commercial Law The second panel, titled "Providing Project and the Mass Media Civic Project Services to Our Community," which as meeting the requirements that agencies included Orest Jejna and Timothy look for in a proposal: "a persuasive con­ Trusewych, respective presidents of the cept responsive to a critical need." She said UABA and the UMANA, and Orysia both proposals "contained the important Hewka, executive director of the element of advance preparation, and Ukrainian Educational and Cultural demonstrated a well-established working Center of Philadelphia, focused most relationship with credible Ukrainian part­ clearly on the conference's theme. ners." Darka and Slavko entertain at Saturday evening cabaret. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1995 No. 43 NEWS AND VIEWS:Ukrainian studies THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY promoted at University of Birmingham Ukraine's government program by Taras Kuzio term commitment to academic study and research in this field. This writer, formerly Although the government program passed by the Ukrainian Parliament last Academic studies and research in of the International Institute for Strategic week shows that the two branches of power have come to some kind of formal Ukrainian issues are abysmal throughout Studies and editor of the monthly journal understanding, the question is: How will that understanding look in practice? the Western world. In North America there Ukraine Business Review, began a three- The fact that there were 234 votes in favor of the government program and are two centers that specialize in Ukrainian year post as a research fellow on the only 61 dissenting voices shows that the left factions in Parliament have lost studies which were originally established Leverhulme project "Transition Politics in some footing in the Supreme Council. The adoption of the program after a sin­ with funds from the Ukrainian diaspora. Post Soviet Ukraine." The project will gle day of debates also shows that Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk is emerg­ The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute cover post-Soviet politics, economics and ing as one of Ukraine's most powerful leaders. He has been able to construct a publishes a quarterly journal titled Harvard security studies in independent Ukraine. long-awaited program and get it passed — if even for the wrong reasons. Ukrainian Studies that tends to focus on He is currently working on a book for Moreover, he bought the government a year of time to implement the program, for pre-20th century history. In Edmonton, the Macmillan and St. Martin's Press titled according to the constitutional accord signed between the president and the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies "From Soviet to Independent Ukraine: The Parliament in May of this year, once the Parliament approves the government pro­ publishes the biannual Journal of Ukrainian Dynamics of Transition" and is writing a gram it must allow that branch to work one year before reviewing its results. More Studies on an irregular basis that has number of articles for academic journals importantly, during this period it cannot ask for the government's dismissal. focused more on contemporary questions. on contemporary Ukrainian affairs. But, though it passed this ninth government program, it is highly unlikely that Within Western Europe the field of Another new edition to the CREES staff this Supreme Council will help jolt the economy in Ukraine or provide a better life Ukrainian studies is largely underdevel­ for its 52 million citizens. It seems that this gathering of deputies, like the one before from June is Kataryna Nolczuk, who is oped, particularly in Germany and France. working on an ESRC project undertaken it, is bent on ensuring that no government program in Ukraine can be successful. Within the United Kingdom only individ­ For, as soon as the Parliament approved the program on October 11, the very next in cooperation with Heriot Watt University ual academics - not institutions - are titled "The Political Economy of New day it passed inflationary legislation contradictory to the government program. In undertaking research at Sydney Sussex essence, raising the minimum wage in Ukraine three-fold undercut the govern­ States in Central and Eastern Europe and College, Cambridge University and the the former Soviet Union." A major portion ment's efforts to continue along the path of economic reform. Thus, the interplay European Studies Department, University between the government and the Parliament continues to halt progress in Ukraine. of this project will be devoted to questions of North London. The School of Slavonic of state- and nation-building in indepen­ The government program also has its flaws. It does not introduce anything new and East European Studies (SSEES), or innovative. It is evolutionary and not revolutionary, and is largely an amalgama­ dent Ukraine, an area largely not dealt with University of London, together with the by research and academic studies. tion of previous programs. Indeed, it is a more cautious program than the one pre­ University of North London has offered sented by President Kuchma in October 1994, avoids clear statements on privatiza­ The Baykov Library at the CREES will Ukrainian language instruction. But funds play a vital role in the development of tion and talks about a mixed economy instead of a market economy. It was a pro­ from the Ukrainian diaspora within the UK gram designed to appeal to a wide range of deputies in order to ensure its adoption Ukrainian studies at the University of to establish a Ukrainian chair at SSEES Birmingham that will launch it as a major and to guarantee that the two branches of power could work together. Thus, because have failed to materialize. it was written to appeal to the majority, it really satisfies no one. center for contemporary Ukrainian studies The low level of academic research on In trying to keep to the guidelines established by international financial within Western Europe. Subscriptions have Ukraine seems at odds with the strategic institutions, particularly maintaining a tight monetary policy, while attempting been ordered for nearly 30 Ukrainian- and importance of this country to the new to address domestic pressures, the program has many problems. It is at times Russian-language publications dealing with post-Soviet order in Central and Eastern vague, at times contradictory and, as was true of previous programs, it lacks a politics, current affairs, economics and Europe. Part of the problem lies in the clear implementation mechanism. business, and military and foreign policies. nature of Soviet studies, where the For example, while the need to stimulate domestic production is mentioned A particular emphasis has been placed on majority of the academic staff were spe­ throughout the program, no incentives or tax breaks are offered to domestic subscriptions to newspapers outside Kyiv cialists in Russia, a field into which they businesses. One section of the document talks about the necessity of free trade in important regional centers such as Lviv, naturally moved after the disintegration with Russia, while another announces the intention to employ tariff restrictions Donetske, Kharkiv, Odessa and the of the former USSR. Funding for Soviet on imports to stimulate Ukrainian exports. The need to stimulate foreign Crimean Autonomous Republic. and Russian studies has declined, while investment is repeated, but no government guarantees are offered to foreign The CREES also is pioneering academic demands on resources have grown as investors. The planned tax increases are unlikely to increase government rev­ links to the Ukrainian Academy of calls are made for knowledge about the enue, since the state is finding it impossible to collect the taxes already in Sciences, universities and think-tanks in non-Russian regions of the former place. Despite the government's statement that monthly inflation should not Ukraine. The first fruit of such cooperation USSR, such as Ukraine, the three Baltic exceed 2 percent, in September it was 14 percent. The list goes on and on. was a joint workshop held in Kyiv on May republics and Central Asia. However, if both branches of power want to make reforms work, this pro­ 30 with the Institute for World Economy gram could serve as a framework for change. But, despite Mr. Marchuk's victo­ The Center for Russian and East and International Relations, Academy of ry in getting the program adopted by Parliament, this Supreme Council seems to European Studies (CREES) has therefore Sciences, titled "Ukrainian Security: be intent on keeping the economy stagnant, as some deputies have predicted decided to build up Ukrainian studies at Between Russia and NATO." Further con­ failure before the program has even been attempted. Thus, the only democratic, the University of Birmingham as a long- ferences and workshops are planned in peaceful way around this body of 405, may be a call for new elections. Kyiv. In addition, beginning with the Indeed, the Parliament once again began discussing a new election law, Taras Kuzio is a research fellow at the autumn 1995 term, monthly seminars deal­ which if passed, would give the Parliament 225 deputies elected by majority Center for Russian and East European ing with contemporary Ukrainian affairs vote in each region, and 225 deputies elected from political parties or blocs. Studies at the University of Birmingham. will be held at the CREES. Perhaps such a law could provide a legislature that could actually work with the national government. on October 10, claiming persistent interfer­ Although Ukraine's citizens have been to the polls more than enough times Newsbriefs ence by the Parliament had made it impos­ in Ukraine's four years of independence, if indeed they want to see their coun­ (Continued from page 2) sible for him to remain in this post. He was try move ahead, they'll have to run, not walk to the polls again. also the subject of a prolonged political the first variety is usually incurable and battle between lawmakers and the presi­ potentially deadly. (Reuters) dent, with deputies twice voting to dismiss Two different views on CIS military bloc him. Mr. Kuchma supported his efforts in battling corruption, including several high- TBILISI — Georgian Defense Minister profile inquiries into top legislators, who Turning the pages back... Vardiko Nadibadze declared on October 17 claimed his actions were politically moti­ that a CIS military bloc is "inevitable" vated. The president is expected to nomi­ while Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma nate Hryhoryi Vorsinov, the chief procura­ the same day said that Ukraine "resolutely tor in Dnipropetrovske Oblast, to replace The fall of the Ukrainian National Republic in 1920 and its par­ opposes Europe's split into two camps" the ousted Mr. Datsiuk. (OMRI Daily tition by Poland and the nascent Soviet Union set off a wave of and would not enter a CIS military bloc, Digest) emigration that was mostly made up of activists and intellectuals. according to ITAR-TASS. Mr. Nadibadze Among the more interesting features of the post-independence emigration that reached also said Georgia's military doctrine has Ukrainian-Polish statement on borders been approved and would be made public Vienna and Paris was its negative, "anti-everything" quality. A manifestation of this trend WASHINGTON — The Ukrainian and in November. Mr. Kuchma, speaking to a was the newspaper Soborna Ukraina, established in October 1921 in Vienna by Wilhelm Polish embassies in the United States, delegation from the Parliamentary von Habsburg-Lothringen (Vasyl Vyshyvany) and Viktor Andreivsky. responding to a statement by Sen. Kay Assembly of the Council of Europe, told It was anti-socialist, anti-Russian, anti-Polish and anti-hetmanite. However, it was Bailey Hutchinson (R-Texas), issued a the delegates Ukraine would be "unhappy" also witness to the emergence of strong nationalist feelings that were welling up joint statement denying there were any if it became a buffer between NATO and throughout Europe and the world. border problems between the two coun­ the CIS. (OMRI Daily Digest) Soborna Ukraina's editorials advocated the primacy of national over class or party inter­ tries, Ukrainian Radio reported on October ests, the creation of a "national" Church and absolute reliance on "our own [Ukrainian] 17. Ms. Hutchinson had told the U.S. Procurator general *s resignation accepted forces." Probably because of Mr. Vy shy vany's imperial Austrian lineage, the concept of Senate a week earlier that the Ukrainian- "aristocratic democracy" was promoted for a time, although this soon gave way to the more KYIV — President Leonid Kuchma has Polish border is a potential hot spot and accessible (and more fashionably massist) idea of "peasant national democracy." accepted the resignation of Procurator- that border disputes between Poland and Soborna Ukraina ceased publishing in May 1922. General Vladyslav Datsiuk, Ukrainian Ukraine continue. Poland and Ukraine cat­ Source: "Soborna Ukraina/' Encyclopedia Ukraine, Vol. 4 (Toronto: University of Toronto Television reported on October 17. Mr. egorically denied there are any border dis­

Press, 199$)!v/-!-- /ЛЛ ,-= ,• У?^ -/-• ';/Д ',t7'"''*< J Г'Л' ' •' ' ~"; V Datsiuk submitted his letter of resignation putes whatsoever,(OMRI Daily Digest) No. 43 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1995

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Ukraine], who as our most intimate Re: Bodnaruk's neighbor interests us more directly...." "....IV. To divide Poland [read ultimatum to Ukraine Ukraine], and keep up in that kingdom Dear Editor: [read republic] a constant disorder and continual jealousy [read Kyivan and After deciphering Dr. Bohdan J. Muscovite patriarchates of the Ukrainian Info-locomotive focuses on health Bodnaruk's somewhat lengthy ultimatum Orthodox Church], gain over the other to Ukraine (Diaspora should stop aid to powers at the price of gold, influence the Although AIDS - which is rampant in Vertov and Medvedkin. Ukraine, The Ukrainian Weekly, Polish assemblies [read Ukrainian Romania and increasingly being reported Dr. Baggaley's group held its sessions in September 10), I cannot help concluding Parliament and president] and corrupt in Poland - has yet to surpass some 100 community halls or aboard the train, which that he is nothing but a grouchy megalo­ them, so as to obtain an interest in the reported cases in all of Ukraine, the has a disco, depending on the size of the maniac and a pitiful pessimist. election of kings [read president and par­ threat of more cases is almost imminent, group. "The idea behind the train has Surely, thinking as he does, that the liamentarians] to name partisans [read says Paulette Schatz, a program officer always been to incorporate education with diaspora's help to Ukraine (no matter in separatists in the Crimea, Donbas and with the Canadian Society for some entertainment," explained Ms. what form or magnitude offered) could, Odessa; Russian military units in International Health's (CSIH's) Canada- Schatz, whose project has given Dr. or ought to have, any long-term effect on Ukraine and in the Transdniester region Ukraine Partners in Health Program. Baggaley's team $20,000 to pursue its the policies of its democratically elected of Moldova], and protect them as an For now, the biggest hurdle foreign work. "Historically, actors and poets would government, is not merely unrealistic, excuse for the entry of Muscovite [read health workers are facing in Ukraine travel to villages on the train to tell stories." but downright undesirable and silly. Russian] troops there, to remain until the does not involve treating people with But unless the president's committee Especially since this very same diaspora day arrives for a permanent occupation. HIV, it is communicating the importance gets at least $1 million to sustain its anti- isn't quite the example that, heaven for­ If the neighboring powers [read the of safe sex practices to offset the risk of AIDS campaign, this educational tale bid, all Ukrainians in Ukraine ought to West] put forth difficulties, tranquilize contracting the virus. may soon end. Ms. Schatz explained that imitate. them for a moment by dividing the coun­ "What happened in the 1960s here with the Canadian Society for International Of course, it would be nice, if after try [read give Ukraine independence, the sexual revolution is happening there," Health is working with the Ukrainian merely four years of a shaky indepen­ concur with Crimean autonomy, lease explained Ms. Schatz. With some excep­ government to secure financial assis­ dence and after many centuries of slav­ Sevastopil, negotiate with the Chechens tions, condoms are scarce and sexual poli­ tance from the World Bank and the ery and terror - all the citizens of and intermediate between the Serbs and tics are couched in traditional attitudes. European Community. Ukraine (as Dr. Bodnaruk demands) NATO] until we can retake as much of it For instance, a survey conducted by a CSIH's Canada-Ukraine Partners in always spoke only Ukrainian; were true as we have given up to them...." team from Montreal's Concordia Health Program, which has led anti- democrats and patriots, instead of "appa­ "....VIII. To extend ourselves without University discovered that although most AIDS projects in Ukraine since 1994, ratchiks"; were honest, hard-working and ceasing towards the North along the men would use a condom during sex, most has already stretched its $500,000 annual God-fearing individuals; could be trained Baltic, and also towards the South along women would not insist on it. The budget to the limit. Part of the Canada to be generals in the army (80 percent of the Black Sea..." Ministry of Health, however, says that Ukraine Partners Program, along with whom, according to Dr. Bodnaruk, hap­ "...IX. To approach as near as possible most women complain men are unwilling the Institute of Public Administration of pen to be Russian), managers, execu­ to Constantinople and India. Whoever to take responsibility for birth control. Canada, the Agriculture Institute of tives, legislators and other highly educat­ governs there will be the true sovereign And attitudes toward preventive Canada and the Canadian Bureau for ed experts. of the world. Consequently, excite con­ health care are plagued by wide-sweep­ International Education, the CSIH must Since, however, no country in the tinual wars, not only in Turkey, but in ing fears. Despite the high prevalence of divide its pie in areas beyond health, entire world (including the U.S.) has Persia [read Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, diphtheria, parents are hesitant to have education and promotion. The society ever achieved such a feat - even with the Tajikistan]. Establish dockyards on the their children immunized. For those who works in health administration, nursing, help of a diaspora - in four years of its Black Sea [read the Crimea and do, many children are faced with sharing mental health, communicable diseases existence, it is rather irrational to get Sevastopil], seize upon little pieces near vaccination needles with 99 others. and rehabilitation. hysterical, as Dr. Bodnaruk does, this sea as well as on the Baltic, which is All of these are vestiges of the past. But However, the CSIH has done because Ukraine hasn't accomplished double necessary for the attainment of there may be one relic that offers hope. admirable work with limited resources. this. our project...." In 1918, proponents of Soviet ideology For instance, it will have brought 25 Only the light of knowledge can fight relied on an "educational" train to con­ Ukrainian health care volunteers to Myroslaw Prytulak and defeat the evil that is Russian chau­ duct "agitatsiya" (propaganda) among Windsor, Ontario Canada between last October and this vinism and save Ukraine from the cancer people living in villages throughout the September, and sent 43 Canadian profes­ gripping its soul. early Soviet Union. By the 1920s and sional volunteers to Ukraine during the 1930s, the info-locomotive turned its Peter the Great Peter J. Piaseckyj same period. Two members of the presi­ attention to such health-related issues as dent's National Anti-AIDS Committee, Miami, Fla. tuberculosis and alcoholism. Such film­ physicians Valeriy Ivasiuk and Renard is alive and well makers as Dziga Vertov and Alexander Vasilinets, spent a month this spring in Dear Editor: Brazilians need Medvedkin often traveled on the train to Canada seeking ways to keep the CSIH- film villagers in Ukraine and Russia, edit sponsored program alive. Following the excellent coverage of the footage and show the reels the next But if their train of hope is to keep events in Ukraine by The Ukrainian music recordings day. Weekly has led me to the depressing running, Ukraine needs someone to Dear Editor: For the villagers, the arrival of the cover the cost of the fare. Ms. Schatz conclusion that the spirit of Peter the train was an event. But it obviously did Great is alive and well, roaming at will By way of this letter I wish to bring to estimates that it costs $20,000 (U.S.) to little to impress the Stalinist regime, pay for one anti-AIDS train trip. in our newly independent Ukraine. the attention of the readership of The which stopped the train in its tracks in Recently reading "The Diplomatic Ukrainian Weekly the following infor­ the 1930s. mation. History of Persia, 1917-1923" by Six decades later, the three-year-old Nasrollah Saifpour Fatami, I came across The Ukrainian-language radio pro­ National Anti-AIDS Committee estab­ Kosach-Drahomanov the document, "The Will of Peter the gram in the city of Prodentopolis, Brazil, lished by Ukraine's president has the Great," which exposes the seeds of an is lacking considerably in its inventory train running again - and Canadians are estate to be restored evil legacy that continues unabated today of Ukrainian recorded music. The week­ playing conductor. in the deeds of Ukraine's leadership ly program, called "Zeleni Verkhy," is In April, six Canadian educators, led WASHINGTON — An effort is under elite. This document should be read by produced by volunteers from the by Concordia University education and way to renovate and rebuild the home­ everyone who has any relationship with Ukrainian community and has no operat­ communications professor-cum-interna- stead of the Kosach-Drahomanov family, Russian nationalists or the present ing budget with which to purchase tional health consultant, Dr. John prominent member of which was the Russian government. recordings of Ukrainian folk, contempo­ Baggaley, spent two weeks on the train renowned Ukrainian writer Lesia The following excerpts from Peter's rary, instrumental and dance music. The traveling to 12 schools and institutes in Ukrainka (Laryssa Kosach-Kvitka). Will, with my notations in brackets, are majority of the recordings date from the the oblasts of Kyiv and Volyn - an area Through several generations, the family relevant to the situation in Ukraine program's inception some 10 years ago. in northwestern Ukraine that so far has made invaluable contributions to today: Anyone interested in making a dona­ been unaffected by the terminal disease. Ukrainian culture, folklore, national tra­ "....I. To keep Russia in a state of con­ tion of records, cassette tapes or compact The Canadian group facilitated med­ ditions and pedagogy. tinual war, to hold the soldier ever ready, discs should send them directly to the ical lectures on AIDS, showed a 15- To preserve the estate where Lesia and never give him rest except for the program's director at the following minute video on the subject and collect­ Ukrainka grew up, the Novhorod- purpose of recovering the finances of the address: Elvira Lozovei, Secretaria de ed data from 384 students between the Volynsky Fund for the Reconstruction of Educa9ao e Cultura, Rua Conselheiro country and the improvement of the ages of 12 and 27 on their attitudes the Kosach Homestead has initiated an Rui Barbosa, 201, Produentopolis, army. To choose the most favorable toward sex. To respect respondents' pri­ effort to preserve the homestead and Parana, Brazil CEP 84400-000. moment for attack, to follow up peace by vacy, they relied on 64 hand-held, push­ convert it into a museum. The fund is For further information, please contact war, and war by peace, in the interest, button gadgets that automatically record­ asking for donations to help finance the this writer by telephone, (204) 889-2534; ed and analyzed the responses by com­ effort. aggrandizement and growing prosperity fax, (204) 895-3430, or in writing at: 62 of Russia...." puter, and gave the Canadian team an Contributions may be deposited in an Pontiac Bay, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3K idea of the areas where information is account set up with the RAK-APB "...III. To take part on every occasion 0S7. in the affairs and discussions of Europe, absent. The Canucks also revived history "Ukraina" Bank, city of Novhorod- whatever they may be, and especially in Jeff Picknicki Morski and videotaped villagers, playing the Volynsky, MFO 31 1205, code 135- those concerning Germany [substitute Winnipeg footage back for them in the spirit of 47959, acct. No. 000142345. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22,1995 No. 43 Young professionals attracted to U.S.-Ukraine Foundation by Olenka Dobczanska summer job with the foundation. She was called upon to perform a vari­ WASHINGTON - Capitalizing on the ety of tasks - from manning the Hotline growing interest in Ukraine, the U.S.­ for Democracy, to helping with fundrais- Ukraine Foundation (USUF) has been ing, financial administration, data entry, attracting young professionals from a attending hearings and writing reports. variety of backgrounds to participate in "At USUF I experienced a truly pro­ the development of a democratic fessional working environment. It was Ukrainian society. These aspiring and my first internship that was particularly idealistic individuals from the American, relevant to my field of study, and it gave Ukrainian American and Ukrainian com­ me the ability to better evaluate where munities provide invaluable support for I'm going professionally and what areas I the foundation, a non-profit organization want to focus on," she said. that depends on grants and contributions Ms. Baranowski will be spending her to do its work. junior year abroad studying in Prague One such dedicated volunteer is Lyn and Paris. She is excited about several Baranowski, a dean's list student at the planned side trips, one of which will be School of International Studies at to Kyiv, where she hopes to visit the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation volunteers Lyn Baranowski, John Kramarczuk and American University, who grew up in offices of the Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Bohdana Shcherbak. New Hampshire with no ties to the Democracy and the Parliamentary Ukrainian American community. Her Development Project with whom she around Washington. and as a technical aide at the 3M Corp. energy and drive are reflected in her corresponded on a daily basis. "I saw that Americans are really think­ At the Pylyp Orlyk Institute for activities in her home state, where she In June another intern joined the U.S.­ ing about Ukraine, and I became familiar Democracy, Mr. Kramarczuk will be worked as a campaign assistant for Rep. Ukraine Foundation via a very different with their attitudes toward my country. assisting the director, Markian Bilynskyj, Dick Swett and as a teaching assistant for route. Bohdana Shcherbak, who is the At USUF I saw people who are commit­ whose responsibilities have expanded elementary school children in ecology daughter of Yuri Shcherbak, Ukraine's ted to Ukrainian independence doing along with the growth of the institute, and environmental preservation for the ambassador to the United States, came to very beneficial work in supplying infor­ with a variety of tasks from office and Beaver Brook Nature Association. While join her family in Washington after grad- mation to the deputies of the Verkhovna financial management to report writing. still in high school, she spent a summer uating from the Kyivan Medical Rada (Supreme Council) and helping to "I hope to make a worthy contribution as an exchange student in Grenoble, University. build democratic processes in Ukraine," to aid the democratization process in France. In Washington, Ms. Baranowski Ms. Shcherbak learned about the U.S.­ reflected Ms. Shcherbak. Ukraine. It is exciting to be going back to served as a volunteer at the White House Ukraine Foundation through its presi­ Most recently, a Ukrainian American my ancestral roots, not just as a visitor, and also worked at the American dent, Nadia K. McConnell, and offered to was named the assistant director of the but as a someone who can play a part in University Library as a desk attendant. help in any way she could. She was curi­ Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Democracy in this important, transitional period in In January Ms. Baranowski began work ous to see how an American office, Kyiv. John A. Kramarczuk, who comes Ukraine's history," said Mr. Kramarczuk. as an intern at USUF to supplement her whose primary emphasis is Ukraine, from Minneapolis with a double major in "These young people, despite their dif­ coursework. She was looking to gain expe­ functioned, and she wanted to improve international relations and history from the ferent backgrounds, share an interest in rience working in an office that dealt with her working knowledge of English in a University of Minnesota in 1993, left for Ukraine and a commitment to democratic East European countries and felt the USUF bi-lingual environment. Kyiv in September. Mr. Kramarczuk's values. Their ability to communicate and background is characteristic of the post- fit her requirements. Her impressive USUF put her to work translating arti­ cooperate and their youthful enthusiasm World War II Ukrainian community. resume got her the internship, but her solid cles from English to Ukrainian as well as is a source of hope for the people of performance as an intern led to a part-time attending various hearings and meetings The son of Myron and Wolodymyra Ukraine who want to see real and lasting Kramarczuk, he is a member of Branch change for the better. Their contribution 385 of the Ukrainian National is critical for the smooth functioning of Association. He grew up speaking the foundation, especially in these times Westminster Foundation grant Ukrainian at home, attended St. of changing financial priorities and bud­ Constantine Ukrainian Catholic Church get cutbacks," said Mrs. McConnell. and Ukrainian Saturday School and was The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation is a not- supports local government projectsactiv e in the Ukrainian American Youth for-profit, non-governmental organization by Olenka Dobczanska Through the Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Association (SUM-A). whose goal is to foster democratic and free- Democracy in Kyiv, a series of seven After graduating from the University market economic reforms in Ukraine. For WASHINGTON - The Westminster interactive training workshops is being of Minnesota, Mr. Kramarczuk worked more information about the activities of the Foundation for Democracy has awarded planned to provide practical training to as a project assistant at the Immigration U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, write to 1511 K the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation a grant of 700 local government officials. The History Research Center translating and Street, NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC $50,000 to supplement its two-year Local workshops will be conducted by Western processing documents of the United 20005; tel.: 202-347-4264, fax: 202-347- Government Program in Ukraine. This public administration experts in four Ukrainian American Relief Committee 4267, e-mail: [email protected]. award will help ensure the continued cities over the two-year period. support of other grantors, whose funds The Westminster Foundation grant are contingent upon finding additional will also enable the USUF to tap into matching sources of revenue. British local government expertise. VOA debuts current affairs show Established in 1992 in London by Through the Pylyp Orylyk Institute's WASHINGTON - The Voice of and has served as a research associate at Royal Prerogative, the Westminster Local Government Resource Center, America's Ukrainian Service recently Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Foundation assists in the building and which will furnish long-term support for debuted "Week in Review," a weekly for 10 years. Dr. Basiuk has been a con­ strengthening of pluralist democratic local government initiatives, a mentor discussion program of current affairs sultant in the Washington area since political institutions beyond the United data base will be established to identify concerning Ukraine, the United States 1973. His consultantships include the Kingdom. In keeping with this commit­ British, as well as other Western local and the world. White House, the Department of State ment, the Westminster Foundation has government experts, who will provide VOA Ukrainian developed the program and the Department of Defense. already funded several other projects in Ukrainian officials with advice and infor­ in response to recent audience mail and a Dr. Zviglyanich, born in Ukraine, Ukraine, including conferences and semi­ mation in implementing new programs. research study that showed wide interest received his Ph.D. in political science from nars on constitutional reform, officer As with all its projects, USUF does among Ukrainian listeners for more in- the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. He retraining, political party development, not impose any one particular model of depth discussions of current affairs. The has served as an adjunct professor at the training for journalists, and support for democracy. The knowledge and expertise research study, which was conducted by George Washington University Elliott public policy research publications. developed in Western democracies will Open Media Research Institute, also School for International Affairs and as a The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation's Local be provided to Ukrainian participants on underscored the popularity of Victor research associate at the Institute of Government Program aims to strengthen a comparative basis, allowing them to Basiuk and Volodymyr Zviglyanich, two Philosophy in the Ukrainian Academy of local government in Ukraine. The purpose choose the most appropriate solutions for independent scholars who are regular par­ Sciences. Additionally, he was a visiting is to foster a bottom-up component to the their specific needs. Actual results will ticipants on "Week in Review." professor at the Institute for East European democratic development process by build­ build the broad public support needed to To date, "Week in Review" has cov­ Studies in Uppsala University in Sweden ing the capacity for public administration sustain a participatory system of gover­ ered such topics as peace perspectives in and a research scholar at the Kennan at the local level. For local government nance. Bosnia, the World Women's Conference Institute for Advanced Russian Studies in practitioners to be effective agents of The U.S.-Ukrainian Foundation is a in Beijing, and a discussion of Ukrainian Washington. His analyses are often pub­ change in a participatory democratic sys­ not-for-profit, non-governmental organi­ Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk's visit lished in The Ukrainian Weekly. tem, they will need training in fundamen­ zation whose goal is to foster democratic to Washington. It broadcasts in Ukraine The Voice of America is the interna­ tal skills, such as public management, per­ and free-market development in Ukraine. 15 minutes every Saturday. tional radio service of the U.S. sonnel management, program evaluation, For more information contact the U.S.­ Dr. Basiuk received his Ph.D. in inter­ Information Agency, broadcasting almost budgeting and finance. These skills will Ukraine Foundation at 1511 K St., NW, national relations from Columbia 900 hours a week in English plus 46 other enable local officials to more effectively Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005; tele­ University. He has taught at the U.S. languages. VOA direct shortwave and address local issues and better represent phone, (202) 347-4264; fax, (202) 347- Naval War College, Columbia University medium wave broadcasts reach approxi­ the will of the citizenry. vv: asfti Case • Western ^Reserve * University, mately lOftrrrillfonifeTfehdrfc ekfeh weefev ^ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1995 N0.43 ,n^™..„- iistersTreunited in Lviv after 60 years of separation

by Petrusia Sawchak PHILADELPHIA - Sixty years have passed since two sisters, Katerina and Paulina, were separated. This summer they celebrated their first reunion in Lviv, Ukraine, not far from the village where they were born. They came from different sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Katerina came from Philadelphia and Paulina from Moscow. The tears of joy they shed on seeing each other were marked with bitterness - the lost years and the pain of remembering those years, especially the tragedies that engulfed their family. Much has happened since those days in the 1930s when Katerina Kociubajlo (nee Hrusczak) emigrated from Ukraine to Philadelphia at the age of 20. She was the eldest sibling, and Paulina was only 3 years old when they last saw each other. She left the day after she married her childhood sweetheart, Wasyl. Since she and two sisters had been born in the town of Phoenixville, Pa., they held U.S. citizenship. Their parents had emigrated from Ukraine, lived in the U.S. for several years, and then in 1921 returned to theri homeland. There was talk of the war approaching, so Katerina made the brave decision in 1935 to leave her village when she did. Her husband ш,тяшя joined her several years later, after he served his mandatory time in the Polish ^^5£~^^Ьжжя^~'* army (western Ukraine was then under was difficult. Katerina speaks Ukrainian, about what might have been if only- before the family was deported. Other the jurisdiction of Poland). and Paulina knows only Russian. "Too Today the only thing that remains on contributing factors for the arrest may Later Katerina learned that her family many years have passed. Too many the Hrusczak land is the pear tree that have been that the Hrusczak family, who Katerina's father had planted so many was arrested in November 1944 and memories lost," said Katerina. once co-owned the village, held the years ago. The tree stands as a symbol of forcibly taken from their home in the vil­ The reality of Ukrainian independence lage of Mainych, Ukraine, to Siberia. largest homestead there and had spent the unyielding spirit of the family who brought two sisters together again. It was a She thought that her whole family - some time in America. once lived on the land. mother, father and five sisters and two "My father Mychajlo was a proud and time to reflect about the past and to think brothers had died of starvation in the stubborn man. When given the chance to Stalin era prison camps. escape (which some people said he was), It wasn't until later that Katerina dis­ he thought the Communists would never UNA continues teaching program covered that the children, unlike the par­ come for him," said Katerina. •••li1 ents, had survived their ordeal. They Paulina, her two brothers and one sister scattered throughout the former Soviet survived Siberia, living on whatever they Union. One sister, Sophia, was taken to could find to eat or get from someone. Hitler's labor camps in Germany and Another sister, Annya, died after eating later was able to come to the United mushrooms because she was so hungry. States in 1951 with her husband, Andnj She was warned that they might be poiso­ Stachowicz, through the help of the nous, but hunger convinced her otherwise. American Red Cross and Ukrainian Karolina stills lives in Siberia with her Catholic Church. husband, Wolodymyr Rozdolskyj, and "Everyone said Paulina was sickly, family, but her brother Mykola, the and probably died because no one had youngest Hrusczak, was murdered near his heard from her in so many years. I never home in Ukraine this summer. Robbery thought she was still alive. In fact, when may have been the motive, since he had I visited my brother Vladimirko in been to America on Katerina's invitation Moscow on two occasions in 1973 and last year. He was found hanging from a 1975, he didn't know that she lived only tree with his belt where he kept his money. a few miles away," says Katerina. Paulina was taken from Siberia to Vladimir never did find out because he Moscow by a Russian nurse, who had died from black lung disease years ago. four children of her own. She was sickly Paulina Labina (nee Hrusczak) said and suffered many ailments as a direct she did not know why her family was result of those years in the cold tundra taken to Siberia, where she and her fami­ She lost contact with her siblings and ly remained for four years. "They were lived in fear of being discovered a the only family from our village to be "Banderite," a term used by Russians to taken," she said. What she did not know describe those Ukrainians held in Siberia was that her sister Maria Kwik was - in short, an enemy of the people. There involved in the Ukrainian Insurgent she lived with her husband, two married Army's clandestine operations. At that daughters and their families when time the Ukrainian army was fighting on Ukraine proclaimed its independence on two fronts: against the Communists in August 24, 1991. the east and the Nazis in the west. She Paulina, 59, discretely began to look was held and tortured for three months in for answers about her family; in light of the prison in Drohobych, a town close to past occurrences she did so with some Mainych, where she later died a hero, trepidation. She learned from her sister, never revealing the names of those in the Karolina, with whom she had lost con­ Ukrainian resistance movement. tact for many years, about her oldest sis­ After Ukraine declared its indepen­ ter Katerina, now 79 and living in dence, Katherine Kobak, a friend of Philadelphia. Letters and photos were Maria who had been imprisoned with written and exchanged. Before his death, her revealed that Maria had scratched on Mykola went to Moscow to verify the her'cell wall with a pin: "They can beat identity of his sister. me every day or kill me, but I'll never The reunion was planned for Lviv on reveal their names." It is surmised that July 15. The two sisters finally met. the family was being "punished" for the There were many tears of joy and some UNA'S Ukratnerbased partner for the project. heroic deeds of Maria, who was arrested disappointments since communication 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1995 No. 43 Photos from Ukraine part of international women's rights exhibit developed a career in photography that focuses on docu­ menting the lives of people bonded by transition and change. Previous projects have taken her to Gypsy settle­ ments in eastern Slovakia and Romania, the slums of Mexico City and to northern Quebec. Ms. Zimova spent three months in Ukraine, from last December to this past March, to gather her visual record of Ukrainian women. But while she chronicled their faces, a sociological study on their situation was recently examined by the Ukrainian Center for Women's Studies in collabora­ tion with the social monitoring center of the National Institute of Strategic Studies in Ukraine. For instance, although women represent 54 percent of Ukraine's population, they represent only 12 out of 450 deputies in the Supreme Council. During the last five years, the situation of women in Ukraine's labor force has undergone serious transfor­ mations. Their level of unemployment has shot up to a staggering 70 percent of the total. Seventy percent of those women who are unemployed also hold universi­ ty or technical college degrees. Women's income level is also 30 percent lower than their male counterparts. Newly established firms and enterprises with private or cooperative forms of property are unwilling to hire women - only 14 percent, in fact. Women also hold less than 4 percent of managerial posi­ tions; 2 percent run their own businesses. Yet, Ukrainian women can take some comfort in The photo above by Iva Zimova was exhibited with the following caption: The Ukrainian Catholic Church existing labor laws. For example, at the end of maternity was outlawed and many priests were imprisoned during the years of Soviet domination. The Church, so fun­ leave, a woman has the right to take another paid leave damental to the Ukrainian national identity, had only an underground existence. Since 1990, freedom of reli­ until her child is 3 years old. If for some medical reason gion has existed and the symbols of Catholicism once again flourish. Women are seen here in Smolin in the that child cannot go to a nursery or kindergarten, an Lviv region participating in a procession to the water which will be made holy by the priest. employer can (but is not obliged) to offer a female employee vacation leave without pay until the child is 6. by Christopher Guly Zimova was chosen to capture Ukrainian women on film. Her focus was on the economic hardship and Ms. Zimova's photographs are part of an exhibit spon­ sored jointly by the Canadian International Development OTTAWA - While women from throughout the struggle for survival women in Ukraine face. world met at their fourth world conference in Beijing, Agency, the Montreal-based International Center for a photographic exhibit on their rights and realities Before the exhibit opened at Ottawa's Canadian Museum Human Rights and Democratic Development and the opened in Ottawa. of Contemporary Photography (CMCP) on September 14, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. In the past year, six professional photographers - all delegates attending the United Nation's Fourth World The exhibit was officially opened at the CMCP by women, five of them Canadian - were commissioned Conference on Women NGO forum in Huairou, China, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Andre Ouellet on to portray what human rights means in the daily lives already had a chance to view Ms. Zimova's photos. September 14 and will remain in Ottawa until of women from six different communities. Among Born in Czecho-Slovakia, the 39-year-old Montreal December 10. It will then be available to go on tour to them: Thailand, Eritrea, the West Bank and Gaza, Peru photographer graduated with a degree in fine arts from libraries, art galleries, schools, churches and commu­ and Ukraine. Czech-born Montreal photographer Iva Concordia University in Montreal. Ms. Zimova has nity centers across Canada.

Glasspainters exhibit works in North America by Marijka Sochan Tymyc MONTREAL - For the first time in many years, an impressive collection of traditional Ukrainian glasspaintings was exhibited in the North America. The fea­ tured artists were Ihor and Eleonora Bilinski, a young couple from Lviv who work together on their paintings. Their collection, which was on exhibit in Montreal, depicts not only folk themes, and historical and religious themes, but also reflects the artists' perception of America as well as their own creative dreams. In addition to the serious and intricately detailed side of their jewel-like master- works, their painting reflects a genuine humor in style, and a fresh originality. The colors are rich, with bright and varied hues and highlights of gold leaf. The works range from fine miniatures to large, impres­ sive masterpieces. Artists Eleonora and Ihor Bilinski (above) and a glasspainting Speaking with these artists about their by Mr. Bilinski (left). works and technique, one must note that they truly enjoy working in their medium. type of technique became popular among This unique form of art remained pop­ and personal exhibits. Their works may be They are constantly striving to hone their the mountain population, both as cultural ular until the beginning of the 19th centu­ seen in the museums of Kyiv, Lviv, technique, work up new ideas, designs and artifacts and as fine, decorative, colorful ry in Ukraine. It is currently enjoying a Vinnytsia and Sumy, and also in numerous styles. But in addition to technical innova­ works of art. Many Hutsul homes were tra­ rebirth, with a group of very fine artists private collections in Ukraine, Australia, tions and new ideas, there is a strong ditionally decorated with glasspaintings. specializing in glasspainting. Each artist England, Canada, the U.S., Italy and Japan. respect for Ukrainian traditional folk and The technique involves painting the main brings to the art form his own style, sub­ They have also just completed a commis­ fine art. In Lviv, they run workshops for lines and details on the glass (on the reverse ject matter and details of technique. sioned set of works for Ukrainian Christmas young artists and children, teaching them side) with pen and ink, then filling in color Both Ihor and Eleonora Bilinski graduat­ cards that will be published this fall. the art of traditional glasspainting. with a oil paint and a paintbrush. The front ed from the Lviv Institute of Applied Arts. Their works were featured at the Glasspainting became known in face remains shiny, like a mirror, and pro­ They are members of the Association of May ana Gallery in New York City and in Ukraine in the early 18th century. In west­ tects the composition. Stunning effects Folk Master Artists of Ukraine, and have Chicago at the Oseredok Gallery of the ern Ukraine in particular, icons done in this were created in this manner. participated in many international, national Ukrainian Cultural Center. No. 43 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1995 11

Maestro Budnyj leaned towards the view ment by Koshetz using an English text that this movement echoes the "shchedriv- titled "Poor Hawthorn" (folksong). I could ka" (New Year's carol) titled "Zhala locate neither the corresponding Ukrainian Ulianka shovkovu travu" (Ulianka Cut the title, nor such an item in the Lysko collec­ Silken Grass) - item No. 3714 in the 10- tion. We only know that the original volume anthology "Ukrainian Folk Koshetz meter/measure of 3/2 and 5/2 was Melodies" collected and edited by adjusted by Porter to a constant 2/2. The Zenowij Lysko. I, however, just could not theme appears in the Porter score starting find any relationship between the Lysko with No. 21 marked "Piu mosso." item and the Porter score. 6) Allegro senza sordini in E Minor. Another song, this time with incipits While initial measures set the stage, start­ "Zhala Hannusia shovkovu travu" ing with No. 29 in the score there bursts "Ukrainian Suite'' by Quincy Porter (Hannusia Cut the Silken Grass), located upon the scene the ever exuberant and under No. 2345 in the Lysko anthology, popular ditty "Na vulytsi skrypka hraye" Warmly dedicated to my mother choral setting by Mykola Leontovych. sounds a bit closer to Porter, but still does (literally "Violin Playing in the Street," Iwanna, since this was composed in her To this other themes were later added, not coincide with any of his measures. but titled better as "Hear That Fiddle") - a Chicago home, likewise on a warm along with an introductory movement. Quite probably, Porter heard Koshetz per­ fitting finale in bright, national colors. September 16. Porter's "Ukrainian Suite" is com­ form a distant variant of the two melodies Like so much merry Ukrainian folk posed of six separate movements scored cited above and incorporated this into his music, "Hear That Fiddle" sounds entirely PARTI for*violin 1 and 2, viola, cello and dou­ suite. Thus far this possible variant has not convincing in the minor key, which also A number of 20th century American ble-bass. The work is not a series of been identified by anyone. ends the suite at the marking of "ff' (dou­ composers became stimulated by exact transcriptions of folk themes or 3) Andante con moto in D Minor. bly loud). And, since the initial movement Ukrainian themes and, as a result, creat­ melodies, but an independent suite using Anyone will agree this movement cele­ (No. 1) is also in the key of E Minor, we ed instrumental works of lasting value. the Ukrainian "melos" as base material, brates "Our Lady of Pochayiv," who have come full circle in Porter's celebra­ Besides Charles Loeffler, Nicolai as a point of departure for independent miraculously saved a Christian monastery tion of melodies religious, sad or joyful. Berezowsky and Halsey Stevens, there musical thought. from the Turks. This choral "kant" (chant) was also Quincy Porter. The latter's Still, the work contains enough national is familiar in numerous arrangements and "Ukrainian Suite" for String Orchestra character to have been titled by its author also served as inspiration for composer was actually inspired by a concert of the specifically as the "Ukrainian Suite." And Pylyp Kozytsky in the latter's suite for Ukrainian National Chorus conducted by for this very title Quincy Porter deserves orchestra titled "Kozak Holota." Alexander Koshetz - a creative force on credit, for there were numerous instances 4) Presto in G Minor. Uses two the podium, unsurpassed to this day in in music history when even important melodies in the common ABA form. The the annals of Ukrainian music. works were mistitled, leaving their first is "Hey, ya kozak z Ukrainy" (Hey, Here is the story of that "Ukrainian Ukrainian content unidentified or, as they I'm a Kozak of Ukraine - No. 3127 in Suite," assembled fully for the first time. say, "lost, stolen or strayed." Lysko). This became famous in an English translation as arranged for cho­ Themes magnified Porter close-up rus by Koshetz and published by Born in New Haven, Conn., on In the very process of folk song iden­ Wittmark & Sons, New York. February 7, 1897, Porter was a descen­ tification I was assisted by a conductor The second melody comprises a dant of professors from Yale University. and authority on Ukrainian choral music, "kolomiyka" dance-song, although the After extensive preliminary music study, the late Wsewolod Budnyj (Irvington, original folk text has not been identified. he entered Yale in 1914, where he stud­ N.J.). Together with this talented musi­ 5) Andante in E Minor. Two separate ied composition with Horatio Parker and cian we mapped out Porter's inspiration (and sad) melodies once again. David Stanley Smith at the School of from the first to the sixth movement of Identification likewise inconclusive. Music. He graduated from Yale in 1919 the suite. Here they are complete with According to data culled from descrip­ and from its School of Music in 1921. Porter's tempo and key markings: tions of the Koshetz repertory of ca. Not entirely satisfied with his musical 1) Largo in E Minor, hinting at "Our 1925, the first is a love song depicting a erudition, Porter also studied in Paris, at Lady of Pochayiv," but too brief to boy and a girl at the moment of parting. the Schola Cantorum with Vincent develop any one theme. The second describes the fate of an Drawing of Quincy Porter by William dTndy (composition) and Capet (violin) 2) Allegro moderato in E Major. orphan and is known only in an arrange­ Aldrich. between 1920 and 1922. His multifaceted activities as teacher and performer ended with his death on III November 12, 1966; his music, however, Andante con moto J = 48 lives on. express Porter's is the kind of art that suggests intimate confidences, the kind of music that demands smaller forces: now delicate­ ly playful, now amiable and charming, now moody and thoughtful. Though his music is always realized masterfully, with the fullest technical resources, there is an almost effortless quality about it, a feeling of spontaneity. Herbert Elwell put it well when he said that Porter had acquired the skill of the professional without losing the enthusiasm of the amateur. Elwell wrote further: "The implica­ tions of Porter's music are often witty... for all its meticulously polished work­ "Ukrainian Suite," third movement. The very beginning intones "Our Lady of Pochayiv." From the Porter score by Carl manship, it is never content within the Fischer Inc. limitations of its chosen course... it forges ahead with fine, fresh indepen­ dence, yet it remains in unbroken conti­ nuity with the past. He achieved orienta­ ои. ЗІЙШЛА ЗОРЯ tion and progressiveness, not by scuttling Дума про Почаївську ЗІатір Божу tradition, but by conserving those things ЗІ. Леоятоиич which, because of their power to bring Вас-Solo Maestoso people together in agreement, are per­ haps the most valuable things that could be nurtured in a world torn apart by uncertainty and confusion." The Ukrainian Porter The "Ukrainian Suite" for strings is one of the composer's early works. It was conceived in 1925 immediately fol­ lowing a concert of Ukrainian choral music led by Alexander Koshetz, who must have had a profound effect on Porter, then in attendance. The composer started with an arrange­ ment of the historical song "Oi, ziyshla zoria" (Our Lady of Pochayiv) in the Initial measures of "Оу, Ziyshla Zoria/' (Our Lady of Pochayiv) as arranged for choir by Mykola Leontovych. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1995 No. 43

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Delivered in Ukraine netminder Kelly Hrudey, newcomer As the 1995-1996 National Hockey WEST ARKA Dimitri Khristich (over from Washington 2282 Bloor St. W., Torontc , Ont., Canada M6S 1N9 1-800-832-1789 League season prepares to face off (at in an off-season deal), the still promising press time the puck has already been Gifts Landmark, Gary Shuchuk and minors veteran Mike dropped), here's our annual training Ukrainian Handicrafts Boback. camp/pre-season look at Ukrainian puck- Art, Ceramics, Jewellery A. CH0RNY Burly Dave Babych returns to sters. We'll break it down by team, posi­ Vancouver with a new two-year contract, Books, Newspapers APARTMENTS AND HOUSES tion and even country of birthplace. Here Cassettes, CDs, Videos while a trio of other youngsters (goalies FOR SALE IN KYIV, UKRAINE goes: Embroidery Supplies Sergei Tkachenko and Dieter Kochan Of the 26 NHL franchises, 23 (88 per­ plus winger Bogdan Savenko) almost Packages and Services to Ukraine We prepare documents cent) boasted at least one player of guarantee a bright Canucks future. for temporary stay in Ukraine Ukrainian descent on their parent roster Tel.: (416) 762-8751 Fax: (416) 767-6839 Fearsome Ukrainian threesomes are as of September. Leading the pack were located in New York (the gritty Joey TEL. 044-243-6104 the Washington Capitals with six Kocur, young Rangers Alexei Lazarenko Ask for John Ukrainians. Bragging five Ukes on their + Lee Sorochan), Pittsburgh (defense $35,000/YR. INCOME potential. pre-cutdown lists were two squads, GLOBAL TRADING & INVESTMENT ASSW hopefuls Drake Berehowsky + Greg including Buffalo, Los Angeles and Reading books. Andrusak with draftee Frank Ivankovic), Vancouver. 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Field & Olesnycky Attorneys at Law 11 Eagle Rock Ave., Suite 100 Bodnarczuk elected East Hanover, N.J. 07936 (201) 386-1115 UAVets' commander Fax (201) 884-1188 NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - At the annual convention of Ukrainian (Three Miles North of Ramada Hotel, at Ridgedale Ave.) American Veterans held here September 16, Dmytro Bodnarczuk was elected Representation of Small Businesses, national commander. Wills, Estates and Asset Protection, Commercial and Corporate Law, The new national commander said his goal is to rekindle the interest of some Real Estate and Family Law. 200,000 Ukrainian Americans who For the convenience of clients unable to travel to Morris County, served in the United States armed forces will schedule conferences in Essex, Union and Hudson Counties. to join this unique organization. During the last four years UAV national commanders were invited to Nestor L. Olesnycky Robert S. Field Washington to participate with other Ukrainian American community leaders in a variety of activities concerning inde­ pendent Ukraine. They were also suc­ ATTENTION ATTENTION cessful in lobbying the government on veterans' issues. AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN EXTRA INCOME Mr. Bodnarczuk is a member of Dmytro Bodnarczuk We are looking to expand our advertising clientele for our publications, Ukrainian National Association Branch 16 in Spring Valley, N.Y., and is the the Ukrainian-language daily Svoboda and English-language The Ukrainian Weekly. vice-chairman of the New York UNA agement; Montclair State College with If you are a self-motivated, hard-working and bright individual, you can supplement your income by District. an M.A. in teaching social studies; and referring customers to our advertising department. Your earnings will be based on the amount of He is a retired teacher from Pascak from the Ukrainian Free University with advertising you attract to our pages. Valley High School, Hillsdale, N.J., a Ph.D. in history. For details please write or call: Svoboda Administration where he taught history for 25 years. Mr. Prior to being elected national com­ Advertising Department: Maria Szeparowycz Bodnarczuk graduated from New York mander of the UAV he served as a com­ 30 Montgomery Street University with a B.S. in personnel man- mander of Post 19 in Spring Valley, N.Y. Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201)434-0237 Sisters celebrate 50th anniversaries

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1. Only non-professional photo buffs can participate. 2. Photo must be taken at Soyuzivka in 1994 or 1995. 3. All photos must have a "people theme." a) Each photo must be dated, people should be identified (on the reverse of photo) a model release signature must be obtained. b) Name, address and telephone number of the entrant should be typed on a label on the reverse of photo. Bishop Walter Paska, auxiliary eparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of 4. Selected photos will be published in Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly. Philadelphia, officiated at the divine liturgy held to honor Sister Judith Thaddeus 5. Photos will not be returned and will become the UNA's property and will be filed in Soyuzivka's (left) and Sister M. Leonida (right) on the occasion of their 50th anniversaries as sis­ photo archives. ters in the Order of St. Basil the Great. With the sisters is the new Provincial Council 6. Prints only/no slides: color or black/white, at least 4 X 6 up to 11 X 14. of Fox Chase, Pa.: (from left) Sister Laura Palka, Sister Elizabeth Bertoldi, assistant 7. All photo entries will be exhibited at Soyuzivka. provincial, Sister Paula Jacynyk, Sister Dorothy Ann Busowski, new provincial supe­ Dates of exhibition and announcement of winners will be announced rior of the Fox Chase Province, and Sister M. Francis Wolchansky. in Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly. 8. All entries will be judged solely on their merit; decisions of judges will be final. 9. Employees of the UNA, Svoboda, The Ukrainian Weekly and Soyuzivka are not eligible. 10. All entries must be received no later than November 10,1995, and mailed to: Notice to publishers and authors

UNA - Soyuzivka Photo Contest It is The Ukrainian Weekly's policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly 30 Montgomery Street published books, booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere issues of Jersey City, NJ 07303 periodicals, only after receipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the material in Attn: O. Trytjak question. Prizes: News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, 1 st prize: $100.00 cash and room for two nights for two persons at Soyuzivka (based on availability). 2nd prize: One year's subscription to Svoboda or The Ukrainian Weekly. cost, etc.) to: The Editor, The Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, 3rd prize: Dinner for two at Soyuzivka. NJ 07302. No. 43 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1995 15

SPORTSLINE СОЮЗІЄКА • SOYUZIVKA Ukrainian National Association Estate Ukraine's kickboxers win medals Foordmore Road Kerhonksoa New York 12446 914-626-5641 FAX 914-6264638 by Orest Chabursky Ukraine: Kyiv, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Dnipropetrovske and Poltava. The key to WE HAVE REDUCED OUR PRICES their training was the regime of physical HULL, Quebec - With his gold medal fitness (running, weight training, proper BECAUSE WE WANT performance, Danylo Cupko lead the diet) and the technical/tactical training of Ukrainian kickboxing team to an impres­ boxing and karate, said one team member sive first-time visit to Canada on from Lviv. September 14-17. Six other team mem­ bers returned home wearing hardware The highlight for the whole team came from the North American event. at the presentation of the gold medal and The 14-member team's success came the playing of the Ukrainian national as no surprise to head coach Valerij anthem. They brought over with them a Cirkel from Kyiv. "Even though this is tape of the anthem and a Ukrainian flag, YOU! since they didn't trust the Austrian-based our first visit to Canada and we are an For the Halloween weekend bash at unknown entity, our team consists of association would be ready. Right after fighters with European victories and their the ceremony the trainers spontaneously Soyuzivka picked up Mr. Cupko on their shoulders, skill will surprise some of the other October 27-29,1995 teams," he said. wrapped him in the flag and carried him around the ring in an inspiring demon­ Coupled with their experience from the JUST LOOK AT THIS! European events, and their technical train­ stration of national pride. ing, the Ukrainian kickboxers demonstrat­ There is one point of interest that SATURDAY TO SUNDAY ed from the opening bell in their oppo­ should be noted. Although the team put STANDARD ROOMS-$100 PER PERSON (TAX AND GRATUITIES INCLUDED) nents that they were a force to be reck­ on a spectacular performance in the ring, DELUXE ROOMS - $120 PERPERSON (TAX AND GRATUITIES INCLUDED) when it came to the day-to-day aspects of oned with. For the first four fights the out­ INCLUDES: come was not in doubt, since the spirited living in Canada, it was definitely appar­ Ukrainian fighters steadily attacked and ent that it was the team's first trip to SATURDAY, OCTOBER28TH wore down their opponents from begin­ North America. For one reason or anoth­ 6 m - COCKTAIL PARTY - OPEN BAR AND HORS D'OEUVRES ning to end of the four-minute fight. er, no one on the team had a working 7:30 РЖ - BUFFET BANQUET/MASQUERADE PARTY/CASH BAR knowledge of the English language and As the matches progressed through the DANCE TO THE TUNES OF FATA MORGANA quarter- and semi-finals, the team had this created much havoc for them. better success in the full-contact events Initially team members had difficulty PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN FOR BEST COSTUMES as compared to the light contact. communicating their concerns and SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29TH According to Yuri Andriyshyn, the team protests to the event organizers, which 8-Ю АЖ COFFEE AND DANISH, MAIN HOUSE LOBBY trainer from Lviv, the fighters prefer the forced community members to step in 10A.M.-2P.M.FAREWELLBRUNCH more aggressive full contact events since and attempt to translate the issues in a BUT they do not have to hold anything back. topic with which they were vaguely This seems to give them a sense of being familiar. (Second, they could have avoid­ IF YOU COME FOR THE PACKAGE ABOVE "real men," as one of the boxers put it. ed the embarrassment of having a pay- ***C0ME FRIDAY FOR FREE*** As a result, out of the seven medals per-view movie bill of almost $800, FRIDAY NIGHT OCTOBER 27TH being the only team in the hotel with the won, five were in full-contact events and INCLUDES IN THE TREMBITA LOUNGE only two in light contact. The team's problem of not understanding the instruc­ strength was drawn from all parts of tions in the rooms.) FREE! HORS D'OEUVRES! 11 P.M. - KARAOKE AND A FREE ROOM RATE * * * SATURDAY BREAEFAST AND LUNCH X-TRA * * * UKRAINIAN SELFRELIANCE ^ FEDERAL CREDIT UNION IF YOU JUST WANT TO COME TO THE FESTIVITIES - FRIDAY- COVER CHARGE $5.00 PER PERSON - SATURDAY COCKTAIL PARTY/BUFFET BANQUET/DANCE - $30 PER PERSON сштск us OUT 11 * **F0RDANCE0NLY**AFTER 10 PM-$10PER PERSON * Mortgages — As low as 6.50%, "0 points" options Low preparation fees,

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"that it wished to establish a new policy Ukrainian Canadians... contract with all levels of government on (Continued from page 3) multiculturalism." СОЮЗІВКА • SOYUZIVKA such as leadership development, commu­ During the Canada-Ukraine sessions, best attended of all, Ambassador Batiuk Ukrainian National Association Estate nity apathy, immigration and community cohesion." made a pitch for an increase in tourist Kerhonkson. New York 12446 travel to Ukraine. Ambassador Westdal Foordmore Road Echoing a vision statement enunciated 914-626-5641 FAX 914-626-4638 put the amount of aid Ukraine receives earlier by Mr. Romaniw, UCC from Canada in perspective, pointing out Saskatchewan Provincial Council that it is allocated more assistance per President Adrian Boyko stressed during ENJOY THE HUDSON VALLEY capita than is Russia, which he called the community development sessions and "most satisfactory." NOVEMBER 10-12, 1995 elsewhere that the organization needs to be flexible and more proactive, going The two envoys became lightning rods for a number of concerns expressed by Special weekend getaway beyond its original role as a coordinating delegates — ranging from irritation at umbrella body. $149 per couple Ukraine's continuing requirement for The UCC was also mandated to formal invitations in order to travel there MOTHER NATURE PROVIDES THE VIEW inform Prime Minister Jean Chretien and displeasure with substandard condi­ tions and service despite high hotel prices, to charges that the sluggish, unre­ Kyiv... sponsive and even corrupt staff at (Continued from page 1) Canada's Embassy in Kyiv have enabled and sometimes aided legions of unoffi­ Ukrainian toponyms (place names) should cial "immigration agents" to exploit the be rendered in English transliteration based local populace. on the Ukrainian language. The "Kyyiv" spelling was adopted in The CUF kerfuffle January 1993 by the Mapping Agency, the U.S. Board for Geographic Names These sessions also narrated the begin­ ning of a contentious debate over the and the National Geographic Society. Canada-Ukraine Foundation, the brainchild The Ukrainian Weekly followed suit. of Dr. Roman Petryshyn, president of Afterwards, several publishers and atlas Edmonton's Grant MacEwen College and makers, including Hammond and Rand McNally, adopted that spelling. (Continued on page 17)

mystery to many, even the local militia, WE PROVIDE THE LOCATION. Bomb in Donetske... how exactly Mr. Brahin made his money. (Continued from page 1) He did have a newspaper, Donetske 2 nights deluxe accommodations with breakfast for two. intended for Mr. Brahin, one of his aides News, and held shares in a number of Donetske-based enterprises, including Visit the sites, go outlet or antiques shopping, or dine at any number of fabulous restaurants. and four of his bodyguards also perished in the explosion. Two other people, including the local toy factory. He also ran several hotels in the region, among them the Lux DO AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE AS YOU WISH. a barmaid and a Brahin bodyguard, remain in critical condition. and the Camelia. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH - DANCE TO THE TUNES OF "This tragedy has no connection with One Donetske journalist who worked sports," said Mykola Chernysh, the secre­ for Mr. Brahin, but who refused to be LVIVYANY tary of the Ukrainian Soccer Federation. identified, told Nezavisimost his motto: 'This is a battle for business," he added, "the less I know about Alex the Greek, the CALL FOR RESERVATIONS. stating that he sees no connection between longer I'll live." the bomb blast and the exclusion of Kyiv A team including representatives from Dynamo from the European Champions Ukraine's Security Services, the General Notice to publishers and authors League tournament for an attempt to bribe a Procurator's Office and the Donetske Spanish referee. Regional Interior Ministry has launched an It is The Ukrainian Weekly's policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly published books, Over the past several years, as soccer investigation into the case. booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere issues of periodicals, only after receipt by the clubs once supported by state-run sports Funeral services for all six victims of editorial offices of a copy of the material in question. societies have started looking for money, the bombing were held on October 17 News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. they have attracted rich, sometimes and 18 in Donetske and Makiyivka. Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, cost, etc.) to: shady businessmen. According to Interfax-Ukraine, in It seems that such was the case with 1995 there were 13 violent mafia show­ The Editor, The Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. Donetske Shakhtar, although it remains a downs in Donetske alone.

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S Visa to Ukraine, Invitation, Travel Pasports, Tickets Delivery to Ukraine No. 43 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1995 17 Ukrainian Canadians... (Continued from page 16) of the UCC's Shevchenko Foundation. The UCC presidium had announced the establishment of the CUF on the occasion of President Leonid Kuchma's visit to Canada in October 1994, and for­ mally incorporated the CUF as a charita­ ble foundation in August of this year, with grand plans to attract support from government, large corporations and other international foundations. However, many delegates expressed their frustration with the vague documen­ tation they'd been given about the new body, and balked at the seeming lack of accountability to the UCC. It had all the makings of a classic power play by UCC insiders, with the general membership clamoring at the gates about the lack of consultation over what was being done in their name. Adrian Boyko, president of the UCC Saskatchewan Provincial Council, at podium during session on community develop­ Things got so heated on October 8 that ment. Seated from left are: Dmytro Jacuta, Alberta Provincial Council president; Evhen Harasymiw, session moderator; moderator Orest Rudzik had to warn two Luba Szwaluk, Manitoba UCC Provincial Council president; and Evhen Czolij, Montreal Branch president. discussants, CUF Steering Committee Chair Ihor Broda and Michael Savaryn, vention's banquet on October 7 was Forty-three recipients of the ness to arrive at consensus" are signs both Edmonton-based lawyers, about the Ambassador Westdal, who wooed the Shevchenko Medal were also honored at "the UCC is continuing to evolve, as it implications of a recent Supreme Court audience with compliments on their the banquet for their contributions to the has since it was established." decision in the Yaroslaw Botiuk libel case. "courage, tenacity and love of the land" Ukrainian Canadian community and rela­ As the crowd dispersed after the conven­ Instead Dr. Petryshyn's patience and and a promise to work to preserve the tions with Ukraine. tion's conclusion on October 9, Stephania genuine commitment to hear everybody out special connection to Ukraine and ensure Among those honored were Ukrainian Schmidt, Calgary branch president of the in order to improve upon his idea and the that these ties will continue to bring pros­ Orthodox Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Steering Committee's formulations carried perity and progress to the new democrat­ and Ukrainian World Congress President Business Association, while pleased with the day. They carried discussions in a spe­ ic state — delivered in Ukrainian. Dr. Dmytro Cipywnyk, headlining a list the convention as a whole, had reservations. cial working session devoted specifically to In the larger, English-language section of community activists, financial bene­ "Many people feel that the UCC the CUF well into the night. of his address, Ambassador Westdal said factors, academics and clergy. should be restructured rapidly, are impa­ "Canada and Ukraine are ideally suited This session, perhaps more than any Summing up tient with the pace, and are trying to find other at the convention, seemed to suggest for cooperation." He added that, "Life on alternatives that are probably more dam­ that the UCC truly is willing to turn over a the edge has never been easy for Ukraine. In a press conference that turned into a aging than trying to fix the organization new leaf - through real consensus-building, It is not easy now. But the prospects for one-on-one interview prior to the closing from within," Ms. Schmidt said. improved communication and a mature secure space have not been better for of the convention, Mr. Romaniw, con­ On the other hand, Oleh Romanyshyn, willingness to take on a major endeavor. centuries." firmed in the presidential saddle until president of the League of Ukrainian 1998, called it "a good congress." Convention banquet He concluded by raising a toast "to a Canadians, said it was "one of the better secure and prosperous Ukraine, with a Mr. Romaniw said "the spirit of congresses" he'd attended and that it The keynote speaker at the UCC con- good friend, Canada, in the world." healthy, honest, open debate and willing­ made him "optimistic."

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Ukrainian History at the University of titled "Contempo '95," to be held at the Interior Ministry Alberta;" and Prof. Serhii Plokhy, Peter Macomb Hospital Center. The conference (Continued from page 20) Jacyk Center, whose topic is "Ivan Lysiak- will consist of a half day of lectures by Rudnytsky and the Writing of History in Ukrainian physicians with a focus on an ensemble on tour Thursday, November 9 Contemporary Ukraine." update in general medicine. Registration fee: $20; the conference is worth four cate­ JERSEY CITY, N J. — The Choral and EDMONTON: The Peter Jacyk Center for Saturday, November 11 Dance Ensemble of the Interior Ministry of Ukrainian Historical Research at the gory 1 CME credits. For registration and Ukraine, at the invitation of the Ukrainian Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of information contact Dr. George Figacz, the University of Alberta is holding a book America is holding an exhibit of oils and (810)573-5060. American Police Association (UAPA), is launch of "Istorychni Ese" by Prof. Ivan watercolors by Sviatoslav Hordynsky dat­ WARREN, Mich.: The Detroit Branch of on a concert tour of 10 American cities with Lysiak-Rudnytsky (1919-1984) which has ing from the period 1935-1985. An opening the Ukrainian Medical Association of North Ukrainian communities. The tour, which been published by the Osnovy press in reception will be held November 11 at the America is hosting a formal dance to bene­ began October 21 in Philadelphia, ends Kyiv. The book launch will be held in the institute, 2 E. 79th St., at 5-9 p.m. The fit the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian October 31 in Minneapolis. Heritage Lounge, Athabasca Hall, at 4 exhibit runs through November 19. Gallery Catholic Schools. The dance will feature The ensemble was formed in Kyiv in p.m. Opening remarks are by Dr. Zenon hours: Sunday, November 12, 1-6 p.m.; music by the Sylvan Koltyk Orchestra and 1992 under the aegis of the Ministry of the Kohut, director, Canadian Institute of November 14-16, by appointment, call there will be a show by the Cherkaski Interior with the aim of promoting LIkrainian Studies. Short presentations will (212) 628-3062; November 17, 5-8 p.m.; Kozaky. Proceeds from the event will help Ukrainian nation-building. As stated by a be made by: Dr. Frank Sysyn, director, cover costs of the new science laboratories and November 18-19, 1-5 p.m. For addi­ member of the tour organizing committee, Peter Jacyk Center, whose topic is "The tional information call the institute, (212) for both the grade and high schools. Tax- Peter Jacyk Center Series 'Ukrainian deductible donations begin at $100 per tick­ "by tying the Ministry of the Interior, which Historiography in the West' and Ivan et. For table reservations call (810) 649- provides national police and fire protection Lysiak-Rudnytsky's 'Istorychni Ese'"; WARREN, Mich.: The Detroit Branch of 4848, 751-6138, or 338-7347. To place ads in Ukraine, to Ukrainian culture, the min­ Prof. John-Paul Himka, history and clas­ the Ukrainian Medical Association of North or congratulatory messages in the com­ istry's negative image from the Soviet era is sics, University of Alberta, who will speak America (UMANA) will host a medical memorative program booklet call (810) changing while the process of cultural about "Prof. Ivan Lysiak-Rudnytsky and conference, which is open to the public, 544-2535. rebirth is gaining a powerful ally:' The touring ensemble, numbering 71 people, comprises musicians, dancers, chorus and support personnel. The tour is headed by Lt. Gen. Edward Fere, first Ukrainian National Association deputy minister of the interior. The tour's commanding officer is Lt. Col. Monthly reports Druzenko; with Lt. Col. Cherepakha, artistic director; Valeriy Kachnov, choir­ master; Mykola Khriapin, balletmaster; Cash Surrenders RECORDING DEPARTMENT Death Benefits 81,636.00 and Vasyl Antonov, orchestra director. Dividend Accumulations 2,382.80 MEMBERSHIP REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1994 Endowments Matured 70,867.42 The ensemble has garnered recogni­ Indigent Benefits Disbursed tion throughout Ukraine. It won first JUV. ADULTS ADD TOTALS Interest On Death Benefits TOTAL AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1994 17,216 40,312 5,243 62,771 Payor Death Benefits place at the Slavic Bazaar international GAINS IN OCTOBER 1994 Reinsurance Premiums Paid competition held in Belarus in 1994. The New members 34 33 10 77 Scholarships Reinstated 23 84 107 Total ensemble also performed at the first and Transferee! in 11 40 59 second International Law Enforcement Change class in 8 1 9 Operating Expenses: Transfered from Juvenile Dept. Real Estate 98,532.33 Conferences held in Kyiv since Ukraine 4 4 Svoboda Operation 58,422.49 TOTAL GAINS: 76 162 'Ї8 '" 256 Washington Office 19,467.08 declared independence. LOSSES IN OCTOBER 1994 Official Pubiication-Svoboda 64,121.55 Suspended 28 28 15 71 Organizing Expenses: The tour is coordinated by Col. Ihor Transfered out 11 41 11 63 Advertising 2,304.01 Rakowsky of the Ukrainian American Change of class out 8 1 9 Commissions And Overrides On Universal Life 326.82 Transfered to adults 4 4 Field Conferences 2,699.77 Police Association and by Maestro Died 1 85 86 Medical Inspections 177.50 Cash surrender 29 46 Volodymyr Luciw, the ministry's cultur­ Refund of Branch Secreiaries Expenses 66,523.22 Endowment matured 14 31 45 al representative. Fully paid-up Reward To Organizers 5,007.43 Extended in Reward To Special Organizers 18,256.70 Among organizations that have pro­ Certificate terminated Supreme Medical Examiner's Fee 1,500.00 Traveling Expenses-Special Organizers 5,100.17 vided financial support for the tour are TOTAL LOSSES 115 283 32 430 Total 342,439.07 INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP the Lutheran missionary organization GAINS IN OCTOBER 1994 Payroll, Insurance And Taxes: Thoughts of Faith Ukraine, the Paid-up 20 44 64 Employee Benefit Plan 85,223.99 Extended insurance 18 19 37 Salaries Of Executive Officers 17,213.86 Ukrainian National Association, the TOTAL GAINS 38 63 101 Salaries Of Office Employees 67,316.05 Ukrainian government and Air Ukraine, LOSSES IN OCTOBER 1994 Tax On Canadian Investments 3,955.87 as well as Ukrainian American choral Died 37 37 Taxes-Federal, State And City On Employee Wages 40,457.81 Cash surrender 24 38 Total 214,167.58 groups. Reinstated 6 7 General Expenses: The organizers of the tour have Lapsed 2 3 5 Actuarial And Statistical Expenses TOTAL LOSSES 17 70 87 Bank Charges appealed to the general public for addi­ TOTAL UNA MEMBERSHIP Bank Charges For Custodian Account 3,105.63 tional support to offset costs. Donations AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1994 17,198 40,184 5,229 62,611 General Office Maintenance 1,968.67 Insurance Department Fees 5,104.74 may be made to: Choral and Dance MARTHA LYSKO Operating Expense of Canadian Office 175.00 Ensemble of MVS; Account No. 2869- Secretary Postage 4,106.25 Printing and Stationery 9,014.05 000; c/o Selfreliance Federal Credit Rental Of Equipment And Services 1,431.04 Union; 108 Second Ave.; New York, Telephone, Telegraph 6,253.02 FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Traveling Expenses-General N.Y. 10003. Total 43,564.66 The ensemble's itinerary is the fol­ INCOME FOR OCTOBER 1994 Miscellaneous: lowing: October 22—New York; October Convention Expenses 904.00 Dues and Annuity Premiums From Members Donation From Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 473.76 23—Passaic, N.J.; October 24— Income From "Svoboda" Operation Donations 1,000.00 Kerhonkson, N.Y.; October 25—Yonkers, Investment Income: Exchange Account-UNURC 662,391.12 Banks Investment Expense-Mortgages 3,025.00 N.Y.; October 27—Cleveland; October Bonds Professional Fees 5,440.00 28—Detroit; October 29—Chicago; Certificate Loans 2,267.49 Rent 3,330.25 Mortgage Loans 40,309.90 Taxes Held In Escrow 2,214.70 October 30—Mankato, Minn.; and October Real Estate 78,670.29 Transfer Account 1,547,179.25 31—Minneapolis. Short Term !nv 867.16 Youth Sports Activities 23.00 Stocks Total investments: Refunds: Certificate Loans 3,267.49 E.D.P. Equipment Advertising 100.00 44,175.42 Bank Charges 733.49 1,189,341.30 Real Estate Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums 374.99 3,386.41 Short Term Investments Investment Expense 625.00 1,147,252.10 Stock Medicai Expense 45.00 8,240.39 Total Operating Expenses Washington Office 3,060.91 2,395,663.11 Taxes Federal, State & City On Emoioyee Wages 20,592.00 Disbursements For October, 1994 $ 5,426,631.65 GRA HOTEL ~ is Heid in Escrow $ Total 25,966.05 PER PERSON Miscellaneous: TWIN Donations To Fraternal Fund juOss^^ 530 BREAKFAST Donations To Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine Exchange Account-UNURC 662,391.12 ASSETS LIABILITIES Profit On Bonds Sold or Matured 51,249.72 Cash Life Insurance $ 75,236,800.57 Sale Of "Ukrainian Encyclopaedia" 885.25 Short Term Transfer Account 1,547,364.25 Investments w fly with $625 ^uded Total 2,264,400.94 Bonds АІГ Ukraine THRU PEC is Investments: $ Mortgage Loans Bonds Matured Or Sold 1,050,709.77 Certificate Loan 648,021.72 Accidental D.D. Certificate Loans Repaid $ 1,600.62 Real Estate Mortgages Repaid 30,211.03 Printing Plant & E.D.P. (215) 567-1328 FAX: (215) 567-1792 Short Term Investments Sold 1.165.000.00 Equipment 341.12 Fraternal Total 2,247,521.42 Stocks 1*748,744.32 Orphans Loan to D.H.-U.N.A Jncome For October^ 1994 $ $ 5,501,514.82 Housing Corp. )4,551.04 Old Age Home DIASPORA Loan To U.N.U.R.C. 8,834,553.19 Emergency ENTERPRISES, INC. DISBURSEMENTS FOR OCTOBER 1994 Total ~T""~737 ALEXANDER BLAHIT&A 220 S. 20TH STREET • PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 Treasurer No. 43 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22,1995 19

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Air Ukraine Sunday, October 22 The course will be held at St. Michael's UKRAINE'S NATIONAL AIRLINE Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, Shonnard NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Academy of Place, 7-9 p.m. Fee of $25 includes all mate­ Arts and Sciences in the U.S., the Canadian rials. Due to limited enrollment, register by Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS), and October 29 by calling Nadia Cwiach, (914) the Hani man Institute are hosting a confer­ 949-7010, or by sending a check payable to: ence on the occasion of the appearance of UNWLA Branch 30, and addressed to: Ms. two recent academic publications: Ivan Cwiach, 10 Lake St., Apt. 6B, White Plains, Lysiak-Rudnytsky's "Istorychni Ese," a NY 10603. publication of Osiovy, Kyiv, 1994; and Anna Procyk's "Russian Nationalism and Saturday, November 4 Ukraine," published by CIUS Press. Taking NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.: A symposium part in the program are: Dr. Mark von titled "The Art of the Former Soviet Hagen, director, Harriman Institute, Republics," is being held in conjunction with Columbia University, who will speak on the the inaugural exhibition of the Norton and significance of these books for Slavic- Nancy Dodge Collection at the Jan Voorhees Soviet studies in North America (in Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. English); Dr. Frank Sysyn, director, Peter Taking part are Prof. Dodge, collector and Chicago • Lviv Jacyk Center, University of Edmonton, donor, professor emeritus, department of eco­ "The Significance of 'Istorychni Ese' for the nomics, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Rebirth of Historical Studies in Ukraine"; who will serve as moderator as well as schol­ New York » Ivano-Frankivsk and Dr. Procyk, "Reflections on 'Russian ars discussing the non-conformist art of Nationalism and Ukraine.' " The conference Lithuania, Armenia, Georgia, Estonia and will be held in the academy's building, 206 Latvia. Among participants is Myroslava M. W. 100th St., starting at 2 p.m. For addition­ Mudrak, associate professor of art history, PREMIUM BUSINESS CLASS al information call (212) 222-1866. Ohio State University, whose topic is: "Lost AT AFFORDABLE PRICES Wednesday, October 25 in the Widening Cracks and Now Resur­ faced: Dissidence in Ukrainian Painting." JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The toddler play The symposium is being held at the museum, group Vesela Veselka will begin its program George and Hamilton streets, 1-5 p.m. for children age 3 and under. The group will Advance registration is required; call Sabina, For reservations and information please call be meeting on Wednesdays at the Ukrainian (908) 932-7237. Educational and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, 10 a.m.-noon, in the Red Room. This CLEVELAND: The Resource Committee 1-800-UKRAINE is a free program for the Ukrain-ian of the Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of St. American community in the Greater Josaphat invites the public to attend the sev­ Philadelphia area. Fcr more information call enth annual Bishop's Charity Ball to be held Margaret Bandera, (215) 247-9628, 6-8 p.m., at the Holiday Inn, 7230 Engle Road (near I- 1-800-857-2463 or call your travel agent. or the center, (215) 663-1166, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 71), Middleburgh Heights, Ohio. The gala Saturday, October 28 evening begins with cocktails at 6 p.m. and continues with an awards presentation at 7 551 5th Aventiey Suite 1(Ю2> НшШк YARDVILLE, NJ.: St. George's Ukrainian p.m., followed by dinner and a dance at 8 Orthodox Church, 839 Yardville-Allentown p.m. Music will be provided by Oles Road, is holding an autumn dance at the Kuzyszyn with Luna from New Jersey. church hall. The dance starts at 9 p.m., with Tickets for the black-tie affair are priced at 625 N. Michigan, Suite 1740, Chicago music by Vidlunnya. Tickets, available at the $50 per person. Students may attend the door, are: $20, adults; $10, students; price dance for $15. All proceeds benefit the (312)640-0222 includes buffet. For further information call Diocesan Endowment Fund. For tickets and Natalia Posewa, (609) 259-2673. information, call (216) 888-9995. IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y.: The Irondequoit- NEW PORT RICHEY, FSa.: St. Anne's Poltava Sister City Humanitarian Aid Byzantine Catholic Church, 7120 Massachu­ Committee will hold a Masquerade Benefit setts Ave., is holding its second annual eth­ TO ALL SECRETARIES AND NEW MEMBERS OF U.N.A. Dance at St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox nic festival, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Among the Church Hall, 3176 St. PaurBlvd. The New groups represented are Slovaks, Ukrainians, Dimensions band has donated their service Caipatho-Rusyns, Poles, Greeks, Italians and All English-speaking new members who purchased UNA insurance in for the project. Dance proceeds and dona­ Mexicans. Various folk dance ensembles the Adult Department as of September 1, 1995 will receive four com­ tions will benefit the Poltava Children's from the area will perform in the air-condi­ Clinical Hospital in Ukraine. The dance tioned community center. Crafts, games and plimentary copies of "The Ukrainian Weekly". All Ukrainian-speaking begins at 9 p.m.; refreshmentswil l be served. various ethnic foods will be available. Free members will receive "Svoboda". By introducing our new members to Prizes for best costumes will be awarded. admission. Tickets, which are tax-deductible, will be these publications, we hope they will become subscribers. sold at the door; $7.50, adults; $5, students. • Saturday-Sunday, November 4-5 Sunday, October 29 BLOOMINGDALE, 111.: St. Andrew U.N.A. Home Office Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 300 E. Army EAST HANOVER, NJ.: The Dumka Trail, is holding a banquet in celebration of Ukrainian Chorus of New York invites the the 25th anniversary of the parish to be held Ukrainian community to a banquet on the at the Ivan Truchly Auditorium. Cocktails are occasion of being awarded the Mykola at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m. The Lysenko Prize for 1995. The award, given evening will feature entertainment and danc­ SELF RELIANCE (NEWARK, NJ) by the Ministry of Culture, the Composers' ing to the music of Dzherelo. On November Association of Ukraine, and the All- 5, an archpastoral divine liturgy will be cele­ FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Ukrainian Music Association, is in recogni­ 734 SANDFORD AVENUE, NEWARK, NJ 07106 brated at 10 a.m. A dinner and cultural pro­ tion of the chorus's 45 years of activity in gram will follow. For additional information, the field of Ukrainian choral music in North Tue & Fit -1:0O PM to 8:00 PM • Wed & Thurs - 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM call Mrs. Kozlenko, (708)469-8418. Sat - 9:00 to 12:00 Noon (Closed Sat. - July & August) • Mon - Closed America and Europe. The banquet features the official presentation of the award by Sunday, November 5 composer Ivan Karabyts of Kyiv, to be fol­ lowed by a music program, dinner and NEW YORK: Actress Svitlana Vatamaniuk Loan balances aren't decreasing?! dancing. It will be held at the Ramada of the Molodyi Teatr of Kyiv will appear in a Hotel, Route 10 West, starting at 2:30 p.m. dramatic presentation on Lesia Ukrainka Admission: $60 per person. For tickets and titled "The Confession of a Woman: The Don't be frustrated... information call (718) 782-3109. Intimate Lyrical Poetry of Lesia Ukrainka." The performance will be held at the Shev- CHICAGO: The Northwest Chicago chenko Scientific Society, 63 Fourth Ave., at Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of 2 p.m. Refreshments will be served at 1:30 Consolidate tour Debts! Michael Holian, will perform a concert pro­ p.m. Admission: $6. Proceeds to benefit the gram featuring violinist Daria Horodyskyj Lesia Ukrainka Museum in Yalta. The event who will perform Mozart's Sinfonia is sponsored by the Ukrainian National Concertante with violist Henrietta Neeley. Women's League of America Branch 83. The program also includes works by PERSONAL Massenet, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Sunday, November 5 Webber. The concert will be held at Wright YONKERS, N.Y.: The Ukrainian College South, 3400 N. Austin Ave. For fur­ American Youth Association (SUM-A) is LOANS ther information call (312) 481 -8863. holding its traditional children's masquerade Wednesday, November 1 at the Ukrainian Youth Center, 301 Palisade Ave., 3-6 p.m. There will be a play, "The from 10.00% YONKERS, N.Y.: The Ukrainian National Three Bears," as well as games, prizes and Women's League of America Branch 30 is food. 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