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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIV HE No.KRAINIAN 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1996 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine Rift Tbetween ConstantinopleU and Moscow W may have grave repercussions in Ukraine Ukrainian PM: Western assistance

by Marta Kolomayets away from Aleksey II, this would truly a mustby Marta for Kolomayets shutdown of Chornobyl Kyiv Press Bureau mark the end of the imperialist Moscow Kyiv Press Bureau Church. That, in turn, could cause a KYIV – The recent rift between the schism in relations between the KYIV – Although Ukrainian govern- Constantinople and Moscow patriar- Constantinople patriarch – who holds a ment officials remain committed to clos- chates could have serious repercussions first-among-equals status of the patri- ing down the Chornobyl nuclear plant as in Ukraine, according to Patriarch archs among the Orthodox world – and the 10th anniversary of that station’s Filaret, the head of the Ukrainian Moscow’s Alexey. nuclear accident draws near, they have Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate. This spring, if the sobor of the UAOC, reiterated conditions – primarily substan- The current conflict between the ecu- which has 1,500 parishes, decides to tial Western assistance – if they are to menical patriarch, Bartholomew, and the unite with Metropolitan Volodymyr, honor their pledge. Moscow patriarch, Aleksey II, caused by Patriarch Filaret would be left as the Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk, who the former’s recognition of the Estonian leader of the richest, but also the small- visited the Chornobyl plant on March 1, Orthodox Church may indeed mark the est, of the Orthodox Churches, with suggested to reporters that Ukraine beginning of the end of the Russian about 1,500 parishes. would have to keep the nuclear power Orthodox Church’s “spiritual empire,” According to Mr. Yelensky, station on line unless the West came up added Patriarch Filaret. He told journal- Metropolitan Volodymyr has considered with money to shut down the plant, locat- ists at a Kyiv news conference on March autocephalous status for his Church, but ed 135 kilometers north of Kyiv. 5 that this feud between the Russian has not made any moves toward that end. “If the G-7 (the United States, Canada, Orthodox Church and the Patriarchate of Sources close to his Church administra- Britain, France, Japan, Italy and Constantinople could speed efforts to tion say he is stifled by some of his hier- Germany) continues to delay this issue... win recognition for his own Church. archs and brethren, and Moscow’s iron the time will come when we will no According to Interfax-Ukraine, Patriarch grip, which does not allow him to make longer be able to listen to anyone but will Filaret is ready to dispatch his hierarchs to many appearances outside the walls of act according to the laws of physics and Greece next week to further study the situa- the Monastery of the Caves. safety considerations,” said Mr. Marchuk tion. Then, Patriarch Filaret has said, he “The question is whether Metropolitan at a press conference in Slavutych, the will address a request to the ecumenical Volodymyr has it in him,” added Mr. town built after the tragedy to relocate patriarch exploring the issue of granting the Yelensky. evacuated Chornobyl employees. Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv On the other hand, Patriarch Filaret of After touring the plant, the Ukrainian Patriarchate autocephalous status. the UOC-KP has seized this opportunity government official said safety standards But this is unlikely to happen, said to underscore the “essence of the imperi- at the plant are so high that the station Victor Yelensky, editor of a monthly magazine called Luidyna i Svit (Man and (Continued on page 3) (Continued on page 4) Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk the World), an expert on today’s reli- gious situation in Ukraine. “Back in October 1993, when Ukraine’s government officials went to Freedom survey registers little change in 1995 Istanbul to lobby for recognition of the JERSEY CITY, N.J. — While the Review, the journal that publishes the House defines a democracy as a “politi- Church by the ecumenical patriarch, he early 1990s saw an explosion of politi- annual freedom survey. cal system in which the people choose set conditions stating that if your cal freedom worldwide with the col- The freedom survey rates countries their authoritative leaders freely from Orthodox Churches unite, I will recog- lapse of the Iron Curtain, a 1996 annual based on political rights and civil liber- among competing groups and individu- nize you,” explained Mr. Yelensky. survey of freedom registered relatively ties using a seven-point scale. One to als who were not chosen by the govern- With three Ukrainian Orthodox little change in political rights and civil 2.5 represents the most free, 3-5 is part- ment.” Churches vying for territory and parishes liberties in the world’s 191 countries ly free, and 5.5- 7, the least free. Last year Moldova and the Kyrgyz in Ukraine since almost the time of from the previous year. In 1995, only one country, Mali, Republic became democracies, and the Ukraine’s declaration of independence in This year, the Comparative Survey joined the ranks of free countries with a Dominican Republic re-entered the 1991, it is hardly likely that they will ranks of the world’s democracies. unite any time soon. of Freedom designated 76 countries as score of 2.5. Eritrea (5), Ethiopia (4.5) free in 1995 (the same number as the and Tanzania (5) jumped from the not “This represents just over 61 percent “I don’t really see any chance of of the world’s 191 countries,” said Mr. Patriarch Filaret and Metropolitan previous year), 62 countries as partly free to the partly free category. Bolivia, free (61 in 1994), and 53 countries as which underwent six months of emer- Karatnycky. “From the perspective of a Volodymyr Sabodan of the Ukrainian decade ago, the gain is all the more Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate not free (54 last year). Only 10 years gency presidential rule, lost its free ago, in 1986, Freedom House, the rank and dropped to partly free (3), and impressive. Ten years ago, less than 42 uniting into one Church,” noted Mr. percent of the world’s countries were Yelensky, implying that this is a power human rights organization that has sur- two countries, Cambodia (6) and veyed freedom throughout the world Lebanon (5.5), became not free. formal democracies.” struggle between two leaders. The organization’s president points since 1955, rated 56 countries to be According to the survey, in 1995, (Earlier, other religion experts in out, however, that democracy is not free, 56 to be partly free and 55 to be 19.5 percent of the world’s population Ukraine had pointed out that Patriarch synonymous with freedom. Of the not free. lived in free societies and have a broad Bartholomew is hesitant to recognize the world’s 117 democracies, 76 are free, Ukrainian Orthodox Church in order not Adrian Karatnycky, Freedom House range of political rights and civil liber- 40 are partly free and one — war-torn to offend Moscow Patriarch Aleksey II). president, sees the lack of change from ties; 41.5 percent lived in partly free Bosnia — is not free. The third Church, the Ukrainian 1995 to 1996 as a positive develop- societies in which there are some con- Autocephalous Orthodox Church, gained ment. “The good news is that many free straints on basic rights due to govern- Eastern and Central Europe more parishes after hierarchs split off societies are showing signs of increas- ment practice or insurgencies, political Of the countries of the former Soviet from Patriarch Filaret in October and ing durability, as years of democratic terrorism and rampant corruption; and Union and the Eastern Bloc, nine are joined Patriarch Dymytriy of the UAOC. rule and tolerance are creating a 39 percent lived in not free societies. free (representing 20 percent of the However, if Metropolitan Volodymyr, stronger infrastructure of civil society, Mr. Karatnycky notes that the num- region’s population), 13 are partly free whose jurisdiction encompasses more especially in the post-Communist coun- ber of formal democracies emerging on (63 percent of the region’s population), than 6,000 parishes – more than the tries of Central Europe and in Latin the world stage in 1995 continued to Russian Orthodox Church of the UOC- America,” he wrote in Freedom rise, bringing the total to 117. Freedom (Continued on page 3) MP has on the territory of Russia – broke 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1996 No. 10

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Russia’s elections and Ukraine Centrists form Popular-Democratic Party credits to publications. In addition to low- ering the tax burden on suppliers of print- by Volodymyr Zviglyanich ther a rational economic program nor an KYIV — Three centrist political organi- effective bureaucracy for its implementa- ing supplies and publishers, the decree CONCLUSION zations, meeting here on February 24, provides for decentralization of printing tion. The program could be superseded agreed to merge into a single political party, Russia’s prospects with a modified version of the Bolshevik operations throughout Ukraine, a move the Popular-Democratic Party of Ukraine, expected to bolster periodicals popular in principle “to take and divide” accompa- Ukrainian Radio and UNIAN reported. The The advent of “instinctive” rather than nied by claims of restoration of social the various regions of the country. charismatic leaders presents Russia with a new party — composed of the Party for the justice. The obvious brutality of such a According to Mr. Markov, the decree does choice among the prospects of “corrupt sta- Democratic Rebirth of Ukraine, the Labor plan could be disguised with recognition not cover periodicals clearly supported by bility” (Yeltsin – Chernomyrdin); “moder- Congress of Ukraine and the New Ukraine of the equality of all forms of property separate commercial entities, nor does it ate reformism” (Yavlinsky and the rem- alliance — is the first serious consolidation and references to the Chinese model. apply to erotic or primarily advertising- nants of the democrats); and “instinctive of political forces in Ukraine’s fragmented Bureaucracy could be replaced with the oriented publications. (Respublika) demagoguery” (Zyuganov – Zhirinovsky – party system. Supreme Council Deputy new Communist nomenklatura from Mr. Lebed). Anatoliy Matviyenko was elected party Ukraine bans alcohol, tobacco advertising “Corrupt stability” gave the “party of Zyuganov’s shadow Cabinet and a spe- chairman, and delegates adopted a program KYIV — The Ukrainian Supreme power” fabulous material wealth. But it cial service that will be in charge of bat- backing President Leonid Kuchma’s politi- Council banned alcohol and tobacco adver- lacks the mass support needed to suc- tling corruption and export control. cal and economic reforms. Meanwhile, two tising on March 5, in an effort to head off cessfully compete for the presidency. The leaders of this “instinctive dema- other parties, the Ukrainian Social- The “party of power” could win this sup- goguery,’’ such as Messrs. Zyuganov, Democratic Party and the Ukrainian growing substance abuse in the country, port, however, through compensation for Zhirinovsky and Lebed, have a stable and Solidarity and Justice Party, announced Western agencies reported. The ban was savings lost during Gaidar’s reforms and disciplined electorate. Their messages to plans to form an alliance. They intend to included in a bill regulating advertising, a increases in pensions, wages, welfare the people are primitive, done in the aes- campaign jointly in elections and to publish growing industry with revenues exceeding programs, etc. However, it has neither thetic technique of traditional Russian a joint newspaper. (OMRI Daily Digest) $900 million annually. “The chamber voted the money nor the desire to do this. “lubok” and are free of Western liberal ter- for a healthy nation. Alcoholism and tobac- Moreover, it lacks an official leader. minology. The participation of Zhirinovsky Poland, Ukraine to form joint battalion co use pose a threat to Ukraine,” said and Zyuganov in the second round of the Socialist deputy Volodymyr Marchenko. Mr. Yeltsin will have to raise his per- WARSAW — Poland and Ukraine have presidential race in Russia, a scenario that “Alcohol production is the only sector of sonal rating within three months from 8 agreed to form a joint peacekeeping battal- appeared unlikely a year ago, now seems industry that has not fallen into decline. The percent to at least 30-35 percent – and ion, Interfax reported on February 29. The rather feasible. This prospect could be Ukrainian nation is slipping into intoxica- that looks almost impossible. Mr. unit will be financed by both countries and undermined either by a fight between these tion under the stress of economic reforms,” Chernomyrdin will need to find an expla- will consist of Ukrainian units based in nation for his decision to run after several leaders or, as in the case of Zyuganov, a he added. The bill passed overwhelmingly Lviv and Polish units in Przemysl and is post-Soviet Ukraine’s first attempt at public claims to the contrary. Both politi- possible split within his party. (Peremyshl). The first joint military exer- cians are associated with those who regulating advertising. Another provision of Consequences for Ukraine cises are to be held in April on the outskirts launched an unprecedented wave of cor- the legislation ordered that feature films be of Lviv. English will be the battalion’s offi- ruption in Russia. Mr. Yeltsin is notori- shown on television without commercial The results of Russia’s elections and cial language. (OMRI Daily Digest) ous also as the only active politician who the possible advent to the presidency of breaks. Volodymyr Alexeyev, one of the destroyed the USSR and started a war in an “instinctive demagogue” threaten Government to transfer social services bill’s authors, estimated that tobacco and Chechnya. Ukrainian independence. During his visit liquor ads account for 40 percent of over-all Mr. Yavlinsky’s “moderate reformism” in May 1994 to the Woodrow Wilson KYIV — The Ukrainian government advertising revenue last year. The Russian is not a program of action. So far this is Center for International Scholars in has ordered the phased transfer of local Federation imposed a similar ban last year, rather a center-right plan for social order Washington. Mr. Zyuganov told this social services from state-owned firms to but many of the regulations are regularly with a stress on governmental assistance author that his party has a special depart- municipal jurisdiction, UNIAN reported ignored. (Reuters/OMRI Daily Digest) to the intelligentsia – the major target of on February 27. A government resolution ment working on Ukraine and that when Police offer reward to find mass killer economic radicalism. Therefore, Yabloko they come to power, the Ukrainian ques- provides that 30 percent of housing and 20 and its leader could make it to the second tion will be first on the agenda regarding percent of pre-schools and recreational LVIV — Police in western Ukraine facilities be turned over to city govern- round of the presidential races, provided restoration of the USSR. have offered a cash reward for help in find- they elaborate a clear version of economic ment financing and management this year. The consequences of such a policy for ing a killer suspected of murdering 35 peo- reform with a stress on its ways and The plans call for nearly all social services Ukraine could be as follows: ple, including eight children, over the past means. Mass support for a reform pro- to be under municipal control by 1998 and 1) establishment of cooperation two months. “All the murders were com- gram is crucial both for the proponents of is part of a government effort to restruc- between the leaders of the Russian and mitted in an extremely brutal fashion. “stability” and “moderate reformism.” ture and streamline the industrial and agri- Ukrainian Communist parties to coordi- Entire families were killed, parents and “Instinctive demagoguery” needs nei- cultural sectors. (OMRI Daily Digest) nate their efforts to curb market reforms children and then their houses were burned and return to a mostly state-controlled Kuchma orders support of periodicals down,” militia officer Yuriy Skrypchenko version of economic development; said on March 1. The murder weapon has Dr. Volodymyr Zviglyanich is adjunct 2) practical implementation of President KYIV — “The president’s decree is consistently been a 12-gauge shotgun. Lviv professor of East European area studies meant for all of us — readers and journal- police issued a $5,300 reward for informa- at George Washington University. (Continued on page 11) ists. It restores the press to its necessary tion leading to the arrest of the killer or role of stimulator of public thought,” said killers. This is a large sum in a country presidential press secretary Dmytro where the average monthly income is $70. Crimean Tatars recall Grigorenko Markov on March 5. The recently signed The Security Service of Ukraine has joined decree provides for tax relief for all sorts the investigation. (Reuters) by Marta Kolomayets manded in 1941 for criticizing Stalin’s of periodicals, the production costs of Snow isolates towns, causes power cuts Kyiv Press Bureau purge of the military organization, but which have skyrocketed over the past four went on to be a division commander on years due to scarce and expensive KYIV – A memorial service marking KYIV — Unseasonably heavy snowfalls the German front (1943-1945). He later newsprint/paper, polygraphic materials the ninth anniversary of the death of taught at the Frunze Military Academy in and a lack of previously widespread state (Continued on page 11) human rights activist Gen. Petro Moscow and became head of the Faculty Grigorenko was held in Symferopil on of Military Cybernetics. March 6, reported Interfax-Ukraine. Advocating the democratization of the FOUNDED 1933 The service at Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral Communist Party of the Soviet Union, AnHE English-languageKRAINIAN newspaperEEKL publishedY by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., (Kyiv Patriarchate) was held on the ini- and criticizing corrupt officials at a T U W Moscow party conference, Gen. Grigo- a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. tiative of the Crimean Tatar Culture Fund Yearly subscription rate: $60; for UNA members — $40. and the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars. renko was transferred from his post to the “Petro Grigorenko was a good friend Far East. Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, NJ 07302. (ISSN — 0273-9348) of the Crimean Tatar people. He spent He publicly championed the right of five years in prison for his participation the Crimean Tatars – deported under Stalin – to return to their homeland. Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper in the Crimean Tatar national movement (annual subscription fee: $100; $75 for UNA members). and fought for our peoples’ rights until Arrested in 1964, he was committed to his dying hour,” Mejlis Chairman psychiatric prisons in 1964-1965 and The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: (201) 434-0237, -0807, -3036 (201) 451-2200 Mustafa Jemilev told Interfax-Ukraine. 1969-1974 as punishment for his human rights defense activities. Mr. Jemilev also told Interfax he was Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz surprised that Ukrainian national organi- Gen. Grigorenko, who died on changes to: Associate editor: Marta Kolomayets (Kyiv) zations on the Crimean peninsula seemed February 21, 1987, in New York City, The Ukrainian Weekly Assistant editor: Khristina Lew indifferent to the memory of Gen. was a founding member of the Ukrainian P.O. Box 346 Staff writers/editors: Roman Woronowycz Grigorenko, an ethnic Ukrainian. Helsinki Group and its representative to Jersey City, NJ 07303 and Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (Toronto) Indeed, Gen. Grigorenko, who was the Moscow Helsinki Group. In 1977, he born in the Tavria Gubernia on October left the Soviet Union for medical treat- The Ukrainian Weekly, March 10, 1996, No. 10, Vol. LXIV 16, 1907, rose to the rank of major gener- ment in the United States and was Copyright © 1996 The Ukrainian Weekly al in the Soviet Red Army. He was repri- stripped of his Soviet citizenship in No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1996 3

Polish Consulate hosts panel on perspectives for Polish-Ukrainian relations by Andrij Wynnyckyj following the dissolution of the Soviet Union,” the and afford the entire continent a measure of stability.” Toronto Press Bureau Ukrainian consul continued, “now we can take a leading Perhaps carried into boundless optimism by this posi- role in forging geopolitics.” tivist logic, Prof. Subtelny suggested that Poland can TORONTO — Ukraine and Poland and their peoples Mr. Borovyk said the existence of an independent help Ukraine penetrate the European market. However, have long been bitter antagonists, as is typical of many Ukraine is a guarantor of Polish independence and vice given that Poland has itself met with considerable resis- European nations bordering on each other. And yet, it versa, and that their cooperation is an integral compo- tance, this would be quite a feat. appears they are on the cusp of an enduring period of nent of the new period of European stability. The York historian went on to assert that Poland and cooperation. Ukraine will likely play a role as examples of the via- A panel-discussion on “Poland and Ukraine: An era of epochal changes bility and desirability of the allegedly fading nation- Perspectives for the Future,” held on February 23 at the The Ukrainian academic, Prof. Subtelny, went first. state. palatial Polish Consulate on the western reaches of “Poland and Ukraine both lost their political indepen- Toronto’s Lakeshore, examined the troubled past and “We are in an epochal era, and we should be grateful that we are witness to this tremendous change,” the dence as nation-states, and struggled long and hard to the present comity enjoyed by the two countries, as well get it back,” he said. “No matter what the trend is as the fascinating and historically unprecedented possi- York historian said, pointing out the seemingly total reversal of 600 years of confrontation in every conceiv- toward continental integration, Poland and Ukraine will bility that these good relations might persist. likely play a strong role in championing the idea of the The consulates general of Ukraine and the Republic able sphere; the political, social, cultural and religious. “Historically, what had been good for Poland was bad nation-state.” of Poland were co-sponsors of the event, whose headlin- Concluding on an upbeat note, Prof. Subtelny said, ers were the historians Prof. Orest Subtelny of York for Ukraine, and vice versa, and yet now the opposite obtains,” he said. The two countries have a clearly com- “The momentum has changed, the focus is no longer on University and Prof. Piotr Wrobel of the University of problems, but on common ground.” Toronto. mon interest and contend over little. As the host, Polish Consul General Wojciech And yet it could have been quite different, Prof. Intertwined histories Tenchinski put the evening in context right from the Subtelny suggested, given the bloody example of the Prof. Wrobel led off with the truism that anyone who start. “The relations of Ukraine and Poland are perhaps a former Yugoslavia and simmering hostilities between has taught Polish history, as he does, knows that it distant and abstract topic that is primarily pertinent in Hungary and Romania. involves teaching the history of Ukraine as well, given Europe, but this topic is equally important in Canada, a Polish and Ukrainian ethnographic territories over- that the latter was absorbed for a time into the Polish multi-ethnic state.” lapped strongly until a wave of brutal deportation poli- multi-ethnic state. Consul Tenchinski pointed out that Canada’s policy cies altered the mix somewhat following World War II. Prof. Subtelny accurately if audaciously stated that Prof. Wrobel also pointed out that since the rise of the toward Eastern Europe “is probably not as active as it Solidarity movement in 1980-1981, considerable atten- should be,” but noted that Ukraine’s geographical loca- “[Soviet dictator Joseph] Stalin clarified the situation somewhat,” in extending Ukraine’s borders westward tion has been paid to the national minority problem in tion and its status as an emergent nation ensures that it Poland, and the leading thinkers and scholars of that plays a central role. and expelling much of the indigenous Polish population. As it stands, Prof. Subtelny said, the countries face movement, such as Adam Michnik, laid the foundation “Globalization, technological and economic,” Mr. for the present good will that exists between the two Tenchinski said, “has meant that political and economic similar problems in terms of transition from commu- nism and attempts to reorient themselves to the West. newly independent states. developments have an impact on the entire world. In He conceded, however, that in terms of inter-ethnic He echoed Consul Borovyk in saying “[Poland and Poland and Ukraine’s case, this is doubly so because relations in Poland, matters are far from rosy. Since in Ukraine] loom large between Western Europe and they form a strategic area between Germany and Russia recent years “the most popular problem has been the Russia.” that is populated by some 90 million people.” Jewish question,” Prof. Wrobel noted, it is “no longer “Historically,” Prof. Subtelny said, “Central and Serhiy Borovyk, Mr. Tenchinski’s Ukrainian counter- acceptable in polite society to say something anti- Eastern Europe have been rife with trouble spots, part, led off with a classic understatement — “Our histo- Semitic, but unfortunately it is still quite acceptable to ry has been full of drama and excitement” — then shift- because the countries were usually poor, weak and at say things that are anti-Ukrainian, even loudly.” ed to the more recent past. each other’s throats. This made them easy pickings for The Polish historian asserted that this is an area that is In underscoring the two countries’ special ties, Mr. neighboring empires, whether Germanic, Turkish, perhaps a benchmark for his country’s transition to full Borovyk reminded the audience that Poland was the first Russian or what have you.” acceptance into the club of Western European nations country in the world to recognize Ukraine. “Our two “It stands to reason,” he continued, “that if [Poland and countries found themselves in a power vacuum in 1991 Ukraine] cooperate, this will greatly strengthen the region (Continued on page 12)

arch decided – after almost four years of Patriarch Filaret has evaluated the unsuccessful negotiations with Moscow recent developments as a schism in ecu- Freedom survey... Rift(Continued between... from page 1) – to take under his jurisdiction the menical Orthodoxy, which he believes is (Continued from page 1) alist Moscow Church.” parishes of the Estonian Orthodox a consequence of the actions by the and seven are rated not free (17 percent “The time has come to restore histori- Church as they had requested. Moscow Patriarchate, which first split of the population). None of the countries cal right. An end must be put to The Moscow Patriarchate, to which the the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, then the of the Commonwealth of Independent Moscow’s spiritual empire,” he said dur- Estonian Orthodox Church in Estonia had Orthodox believers of Estonia and States are rated free. ing a press conference at his residence. been subordinated, then decided to break Latvia, and now ecumenical Orthodoxy. Nineteen out of 27 states in the post- He told reporters that, like Estonia, inde- off relations with Constantinople. Patriarch According to a recent report from the Communist expanse are formal democra- Catholic News Service, if the Moscow pendent Ukraine deserves to have its own Filaret explained to reporters that the cies in which 80 percent of the region’s Patriarchate’s position does not change and Church free of outside control, especially Russian Orthodox Church had forcibly population lives. a permanent schism occurs, many since Orthodoxy in Eastern Europe origi- taken the Estonian Orthodox Church under Mr. Karatnycky pointed out worrying observers say this would be one of the nated in Kyiv in the year 988. its wing in 1940, when this territory was trends in the region, represented by a dete- biggest breaks in the Christian world since On February 20, the ecumenical patri- subjugated by the Soviet Union. rioration of political rights in Armenia, the East-West schism of 1054. However, which was rated partly free with a score of CNS reported on a February 26 interview with ITAR-TASS in which Patriarch 4; the deterioration of human rights and Kuchma meets the press Aleksey had termed the current rift tempo- political freedoms in Belarus (partly free, rary, hinting that a solution might be found. 5); and by the consolidation of one-party “The tragic events surrounding the rule in Azerbaijan (not free, 6). Three Orthodox Church in Estonia have dealt a states of the former Soviet Union, blow to the centuries-old unity in the Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Orthodox world,” said the Moscow Patriar- (all with a score of 7), were among the 18 chate in a memorandum issued to explain most repressive countries in the world. its break with the Orthodox leadership. Romania, Russia and Ukraine, each According to Reuters, “the Russian with a score of 3.5, remained partly free. Church clearly fears that independence for Ukraine’s neighbors, Poland, the Czech the Estonian Church, now under temporary Republic and Hungary (1.5 each) and Finnish jurisdiction, could open the flood- Slovakia (2.5), are rated free, and Moldova gates to other Churches no longer wishing (4) is partly free. to have their affairs run by Moscow.” In his analysis of Russia’s “near “This definitely opens up new opportu- abroad,” Freedom House’s Central and nities for the Orthodox Church in Ukraine,” Eastern Europe specialist George Zarycky said Mr. Yelensky, as the world’s Orthodox noted that “Ukraine has made steady Churches are beginning to take sides with progress toward political and national sta- either Constantinople or Moscow. bility. The Crimea crisis has been tem- But for Patriarch Aleksey – who omit- porarily defused. It has managed to avoid ted the name of Ecumenical Patriarch ethnic strife and extremist violence.” Bartholomew from the list of heads of In addition, Ukraine has “a vibrant President Leonid Kuchma joins Danylo Yanevsky, president of the Ukrainian Media Orthodox Churches during services on independent media, established trade Club, Ukraine’s national press club, at the first meeting between the Ukrainian leader February 23 – this rift also marks person- unions and other elements of a burgeon- and members of the local and foreign press in Ukraine. The 45-minute, off-the-record al tragedy. Born and raised in Estonia, ing civil society,” but Mr. Zarycky meeting gave journalists the opportunity to raise concerns about freedom of the press where his father serves as a parish priest, warned that “foot-dragging on reforms in Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader pledged to regularly meet with journalists in such an Patriarch Aleksey served as the vicar of could undermine foreign assistance and informal setting. The national press club, which has branches in various regions of the eparchy of Tallinn and all Estonia prompt Russia to use economic means to Ukraine, was founded in early 1994 and registered in 1995. before he was elected patriarch. provoke crisis and unrest.” 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1996 No. 10

OBITUARY Arizona audience reacts to “Atentat” screening by Patience T. Huntwork audience of Americans.” he had seen. He expressed amazement His was one of numerous responses that “for 30 to 40 years no one knew” Msgr. John Beckage, PHOENIX, Ariz. – It is important for from non-Ukrainian viewers in about the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. the recently-released Ukrainian film Phoenix, many of whom were drawn to The preceeding day, a showing of 70, served parishes “Atentat” (Assassination) to be shown in the film by a local press account in the the film in Tucson thrilled a mostly Russia, according to an Arizona State Phoenix New Times which heralded Ukrainian-speaking audience, many of University professor who saw the film “the long-suppressed story of Stepan whom were moved to tears by the in Pennsylvania, Ohio during a February 18 screening in Tempe. Bandera, the leader of the revolutionary film’s spare, somber and at times lyri- BERWICK, Pa. — Msgr. John Rolf Eckmanis, professor of Slavic anti-Nazi and anti-Soviet Ukrainian cal account of fictional characters’ lives Beckage, 70, pastor of Ss. Cyril and and Baltic languages, stated that the Insurgent Army who was assassinated intertwined with that of the Ukrainian Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church in Russian people should be shown the in Munich in 1959.” Campus kiosks at resistance leader. Berwick, died on February 16 at Berwick truth about the Ukrainian Insurgent Arizona State University were blanket- Alessandra Nelson, a student at the Retirement Village Nursing Home after a Army and the leader of the Ukrainian ed with flyers for the film, proclaiming: University of Arizona, when asked to lengthy bout with cancer. He was 70. resistance, Stepan Bandera to counter “They fought history’s two most savage describe her feelings about the film, He was born on September 3, 1925, decades of Russian propaganda por- regimes and paid the ultimate price.” said, “There is such joy in my heart that son of George and Elizabeth Guman traying them as terrorists and bandits. Denise Ritchey, a student of Russian I’m Ukrainian.” She asked the inter- Beckage. He attended Olyphant public Prof. Eckmanis said Oles Film Studio, and psychology at Arizona State viewer to identify her by her mother’s schools and then entered St. Basil’s headed by Ukrainian film director Oles University, described herself after view- Ukrainian surname, Romanenko. Ukrainian Catholic Seminary in Yanchuk, and the Ukrainian Congress ing the film as “in awe that something Prof. George Melnykovych of Stamford, Conn., earning a bachelor’s Committee of America “are to be com- like that (the Ukrainian Insurgent Army) Tucson described the film as “visually degree in philosophy with a minor in mended for making the film,” which he could happen.” She expressed amaze- moving, really powerful, from an artis- psychology in 1960. praised for revealing “an important ment at the members of the audience tic point of view well presented.” Olha After graduation he entered St. episode in the Ukrainian struggle to shake whom she observed exiting the theater Halych, outgoing president of the Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Seminary off foreign rule, both German and Soviet.” speaking Ukrainian. “It’s their story,” Ukrainian American Society of Tucson, and the Catholic University of America Prof. Eckmanis said he observed she said. “It’s etched on their faces.” said she loved the film’s “gentle, non- in Washington. He was ordained to the many Ukrainian Americans in the audi- violent treatment of a violent subject.” priesthood by the late Archbishop Clay Parker, an ASU student of music ence who were emotionally affected by Ambrose Senyshyn on March 30, 1964, and Russian, described himself following Vitaliy Halych, of Benson, Ariz., the film and understood why. He added in the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of “Atentat” as “moved by it emotionally.” praised the film for being “objective the Immaculate Conception in that he hopes that the film, currently He termed it “a movie I would like to see and not propagandistic.” He predicted it Philadelphia. touring Ukrainian communities in the again.” AU math student Patrick Wilson would have more positive impact than a His pastoral assignments included serv- U.S. and Canada, will “reach a wider said “Atentat” was the first foreign film propagandistic treatment of the subject. ing as assistant pastor of Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Philadelphia, Western assistance... know how much we have suffered eco- completing the clean-up, finding new 1964-1965; assistant pastor of Christ the nomically. But more importantly, how energy sources for Ukraine, and provid- King Church in Philadelphia and adminis- (Continued from page 1) the consequences of the accident have ing training and new jobs for those work- trator of Nativity of the BVM Church, affected our health and the health of ers who will be left unemployed after the Roxborough, Pa., 1965-1966; pastor of St. “poses no threat at all.” His sentiments future generations,” he explained. plant is decommissioned. Michael’s Church, Pottstown, Pa., 1966- were echoed by personnel at the plant, a “The world community is pressuring “It really will cost tens of billions of 1967; assistant pastor of St. Andrew’s work force of 5,000. Some 500 of these us to close the station – and it has forgot- dollars to cover the costs associated with Church in Parma, Ohio, 1967-1970; pastor workers were employed by the station in ten about all the other consequences. So, the shutdown of Chornobyl when you of Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Simpson, April 1986 when the fourth reactor this is the time to speak out,” said take into account the losses Ukraine will Pa., 1970-1972, 1977-1979; pastor of exploded, spewing radioactive particles President Kuchma, explaining that the carry in the energy sector, the costs of Presentation of Our Lord Church, throughout Europe and contaminating Ukrainian government had already providing social protection, cleaning up Lansdale, Pa., 1973-1974; pastor of Ss. large regions of Ukraine, Belarus and formed a committee chaired by Prime the environment, and so on,” said Mr. Peter and Paul Church, Phoenixville, Pa., Russia. Minister Marchuk to focus more world Kostenko. 1974-1977; and pastor of Ss. Peter and “Why close a site that works and is attention on the Chornobyl issue. Prime Minister Marchuk said Ukraine Paul Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1979- reliable? Let us get on with the job,” Indeed, under Western pressure, 1982. Mykola Tkachenko, a deputy officer, told had already spent $3 billion from its own President Kuchma agreed in early 1995 He assumed his present assignment as Reuters during Mr. Marchuk’s tour of the budget over the past four years to eliminate pastor of Ss. Cyril and Methodius plant. “I have worked at the station for 15 to close the plant, but, despite promises the aftermath of the Chornobyl accident. Church in Berwick, on July 1, 1982. years, and we have heard talk about clos- of aid, no concrete help has been deliv- According to the Ukrainian government During his pastorage in Berwick, he was ing it down for eight years. I no longer ered to Ukraine. official, 5 percent of all the tax earnings responsible for building a new parish think about this,” he added. During talks in Washington, President from the budget are channeled toward deal- Kuchma invited U.S. Vice-President Al ing with the aftermath of the Chornobyl rectory and redecorating the interior of Plant works “magnificently” the parish church. He also served as Gore to come to Kyiv to commemorate accident. He added that these expenditures administrator of St. Nicholas Church, Serhiy Parashin, director of the this painful anniversary. The U.S. gov- are five times what Ukraine spends on Nanticoke, 1983-1993. Chornobyl plant, confirmed the senti- ernment is planning an airlift of humani- health care, culture and education. He was appointed papal chaplain on ments of his workers, telling journalists tarian aid to be delivered to Ukraine by He explained that Ukraine is likely to December 1, 1994, with the title the rev- that the plant works “magnificently.” the U.S. leader sometime in April. spend $10 billion of its own funds on the erend monsignor. It should be noted, however, that dur- On March 1, President Kuchma was Chornobyl clean-up over the 10-year Surviving are a sister, Helen, a broth- ing his visit Mr. Marchuk did not talk invited by Presidents Boris Yeltsin of period that began with the declaration of er, Michael, nieces and nephews. about modernizing the plant’s two func- Russia and Jacques Chirac of France, the Ukraine’s independence in 1991. This, he Msgr. Beckage was preceded in death tioning reactors – something that would co-chairmen of the G-7 summit sched- added, does not include the costs of shut- by two brothers, Stephen and William. be needed to keep the plant operating uled to take place in Moscow on April ting down the station. Funeral services took place on well into the 21st century. (Reactor No. 4 19-20, to join the world leaders as they “Ukraine has the moral right to pose February 18-20. Transferal services and exploded in April 1986, in the worst discuss specific issues of nuclear safety the issue of aid to the developed nations,” the office of burial for a priest were held civil nuclear accident in history, and and G-7 assistance to Ukraine. he said. “We have already spent and will February 18 at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Reactor No. 2 was damaged by a fire in Although the G-7 has promised $2.3 continue to spend billions of dollars.” billion in loans and aid to close down the Church in Berwick. On February 19, a 1991.) Ukraine has suffered most pontifical divine liturgy was offered by Dmytro Markov, President Leonid Chornobyl station, Mr. Marchuk told Bishop Walter Paska at Ss. Cyril and Kuchma’s press secretary, told journal- reporters during his visit to the power “Ukraine has suffered more than any- Methodius Church in Berwick in the ists on March 6 that “the Ukrainian lead- station that he is wary of these pledges one else and is spending more than any- morning and a parastas service for a ership’s position on the shutdown of the because money has often been the subject one else,” said the prime minister. priest was offered by priests of the Chornobyl plant remains unchanged.” of controversy over Chornobyl. Mr. Marchuk was in the Chornobyl Scranton and Shamokin Deanery at Ss. “The Ukrainian president has made a Memorandum signed last year zone to discuss how to restructure Cyril and Methodius in Olyphant in the political decision on the Chornobyl shut- Ukraine’s energy sector, to confer with evening. down. The president realizes the degree Ukraine’s minister of environmental the directors of all of Ukraine’s nuclear The next day, Archbishop-Metropolitan of responsibility he has toward the protection and nuclear safety, Yuriy power plants – Rivne, Zaporizhzhia, Stephen Sulyk officiated at a pontifical Ukrainian people and the international Kostenko, who late last year signed a Southern Ukraine, Khmelnytsky and divine liturgy in the Olyphant church. community,” said the press secretary at a memorandum of understanding with Chornobyl. He also visited the workers’ Interment followed at Ss. Cyril and regular weekly briefing. Canada’s Vice-Premier and Secretary of town of Slavutych in order to acquaint Methodius Cemetery in Peckville, Pa. President Kuchma pointed out after his the Environment Sheila Copps that pro- himself with the living conditions of the Memorial contributions may be made return from Washington last month that vides financial assistance from the G-7 Chornobyl plant’s personnel. to: Msgr. John Beckage Scholarship the international community has forgot- countries to close down Chornobyl by the According to Mr. Marchuk’s press ser- Fund, c/o Ss. Cyril and Methodius ten the tragedy that occurred almost 10 year 2000, also has been skeptical of aid vice, his one-day trip had three objec- Ukrainian Catholic Church, 706 N. years ago. from the West. He has said on many tives: to study the prospects for reorga- Warren St., Berwick, PA 18603. “And, we, a state that perhaps suffered occasion that the financial aid package is nizing nuclear power engineering, to Msgr. Beckage was a member of the most because of this accident, are too not enough to cover the costs of sealing examine safety conditions at the plant Ukrainian National Association Branch indifferent on many issues. We must be the nuclear site, disposing of tons of and to look at the personnel’s social 409 in Dunmore, Pa. more outspoken; we should let the world radioactive waste from dumping areas, problems. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1996 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM UNA donates books to foreign service library The UNA and you WASHINGTON – The Ukrainian National Association (UNA) presented the Foreign Service Institute Library a set of books on Ukrainian his- Fixed mortgage rates back in vogue tory, politics and culture in a step to augment the by Stephan Welhasch institute’s teaching materials on Ukraine. The institute, part of the U.S. State Mortgage interest rates dropped in 1995 by more than 2 percent – Department, offers courses on Ukraine to for- from more than 9 percent at the start of 1995 to around 7 percent – eign service officers and other government for the most popular type of mortgage, the fixed-rate mortgage. In officials who will be serving tours of duty at fact, some mortgage rate trackers are predicting rates this year may the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. reach those of 1993 (a 25-year low). Fixed rates have already fallen The presentation was made by Eugene below 7 percent this year. Iwanciw of the UNA to Michael Osborne, head Not just home buyers are benefiting from this interest rate drop. librarian, on February 6. Mr. Iwanciw, who Homeowners are increasingly going to their lenders to re-finance headed the UNA Washington Office, is president existing loans, opting for lower monthly payments or shorter terms of EMI Associates Ltd., based in Arlington, Va. to save thousands of dollars over the life of the loan. Ambassador Roman Popadiuk, the first U.S. People who didn’t get in on the lower rates in 1993 may decide ambassador to Ukraine, instituted the course on that now is an advantageous time. As interest rates declined, more Ukrainian history and politics in 1993 and con- consumers again expressed their preference for fixed-rate mort- tinues to teach it. Currently, Ambassador gages. Popadiuk is the State Department’s internation- If you were looking for a mortgage last year at this time, an al affairs advisor at the Industrial College of adjustable-rate mortgage might have been your best bet. In 1996, the Armed Forces (ICAF) in Washington. He though, the fixed-rate mortgage is the way to go, and this is especially has instituted a similar course on Ukraine at true for buyers who expect to stay in the home for 15 years or more. ICAF. If you have a clean credit record and little or no consumer debt, Mr. Iwanciw has been a frequent lecturer at your chances of getting a mortgage are good. Of course, the lender FSI on Ukraine. Roman Popadiuk must be convinced that you will be able to handle the monthly mort- gage payments – so you may have to settle for a smaller mortgage and thus a smaller house than you might like, depending on your income. Lenders generally say that housing expenses (mortgage, insur- OBITUARY: Michael Kolodrub, 104, ance, taxes, special assessments) should not exceed 28 percent of your gross monthly income and all of your debt cannot total more UNA Branch 137 officer for over 75 years than 33 to 36 percent of this monthly income. WILSON BOROUGH, Pa. — Michael As well he was the local community repre- If you shop carefully, small differences in rates can result in big Kolodrub, who served UNA Branch 137 for sentative to various nationwide Ukrainian differences in payments. over 75 years, holding such posts as president organizations, such as the Ukrainian Congress Applying for a mortgage is a major transaction, therefore lenders (five years), secretary (15 years), treasurer (26 Committee of America, and attended numerous require background information on all applicants. Typically you are years) and auditor, died here on January 23. He national conventions throughout the U.S. required to furnish: was 104. In the Easton area Mr. Kolodrub became an • a completed application, Mr. Kolodrub was born on September 21, activist of the Prosvita organization, was initia- • your contract of sale or a copy of your deed if it is a re-finance, 1891, in the village of Rosokha, Staryi Sambir, tor of the idea to build a Citizens Club, and • copies of W-2 forms or signed copies of your income tax Ukraine, the son of Joseph and Rosalia was a member of the committee that succeeded returns. Kolodrub. At the age of 17 he became active in in building the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Applying for a mortgage should not have to be a difficult process. the Prosvita reading room and the cooperative Church. He was a founder and the oldest mem- Being a member of the Ukrainian National Association entitles you in the Staryi Sambir area. ber of Holy Ghost parish. to a special mortgage rate that also includes better insurance cover- In August of 1912 he arrived in the United Mr. Kolodrub died at Eastwood Convalescent age for you and your family. If you’ve been considering looking into States, getting a job in a factory in Easton, Pa. At Home in Wilson Borough. a mortgage loan – now is a great time to call the UNA and compare age 25 he married Anna Yaworsky, who hailed Surviving are Mr. Kolodrub’s three children, shop. You never know, rates might shoot up again soon, as hap- from his native village. The couple had two sons, four grandchildren and three great-grandchil- pened two years ago. Stephen and Joseph, and a daughter, Maria. dren. His wife, Anna, had died earlier. To find out more about the UNA’s First Mortgage Loan or Jumbo Mr. Kolodrub joined the Ukrainian National The funeral was held on January 27, with Loan Programs, refinancing your existing mortgage, or about Association in 1916 and was elected to various liturgy at Holy Ghost Church in West Easton, becoming a member and sharing in many other benefits the UNA branch offices every year since 1917. His sons, Pa., and burial at the parish cemetery in has to offer, call 1 (800) 253-9862. too, became active in UNA Branch 137. Wagnersville, Pa. Young UNA’ers

Andrew and Alex Woloshyn, sons of Karen and Eugene Taras Woloshyn, are Larysa A. Switlyk, daughter of Theresa new members of UNA Branch 348 in and Stephen Switlyk, is a new member Youngstown, Ohio. They were enrolled of UNA Branch 13 in Watervliet, N.Y. by their grandmother Estelle Woloshyn. Larysa was enrolled by her parents.

The Ukrainian National Association: more than an insurance company. Twins Laura Christine Harrison (left) and Gregory Alexander Harrison, children of Melanie and Edward Harrison, are new members of UNA Branch 372 in Plainfield, N.J. They were enrolled by their grandfather, Prof. Jerry M. Kupchynsky (center). 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1996 No. 10

HE KRAINIAN EEKLY Journalist’s notebook T U W in Ukraine Recalling a colleague by Marta Kolomayets Kyiv Press Bureau March 4 marked a year since the passing into eternity of the dean of Ukrainian journalists, Ivan Kedryn-Rudnytsky. He died at the age of 98, in the midst of a life still full of journalistic endeavor. We all had hoped we would be celebrating his 100th birthday on April 22 of this year. During his long and active life, Ivan Kedryn-Rudnytsky maintained a fresh- What if... musings on the Kuchma visit ness of both his journalistic pen and his mind. He devoted 76 years to journal- Did you ever wonder what would have try for just five years, and as a recogni- ism — 40 of those years he worked for the Ukrainian-language daily newspa- happened if Abraham Lincoln had not tion of the importance of its place and per Svoboda (our sister publication), most recently as its editorial writer, even gone to the theater on that fateful April role in the European and international though, officially, he had retired in 1973. day in 1865? Or if Napoleon Bonaparte community.” Even as editor emeritus, he came to the newspaper’s offices every day, and had not met Josephine? Or if Bohdan “In choosing President Kuchma, Svoboda became his second home (particularly after the death of his beloved Khmelnytsky had not signed the Treaty Freedom House cited his pledge to main- wife). When he brought his daily editorial to the Svoboda offices, he would of Pereyaslav with Tsar Peter the Great tain Ukraine as a nuclear-free state signa- always take time to learn about the latest political developments and communi- in 1654? Or if there had been no putsch tory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation ty news, for he had never lost interest in all facets of our life. in Moscow in August 1991? Or if Bill Treaty, his promotion of Ukraine’s neu- Ivan Kedryn-Rudnytsky was a publicist without peer, a political analyst and Clinton had not won the Democratic trality in close cooperation with interna- author of several books, most notably his memoirs, “Life — Events — People” presidential nomination in the summer of tional and regional organizations, includ- (Zhyttia — Podiyi — Liudy, 1976), and a collection of his articles, “Within the 1992? ing NATO, and his safeguarding the Range of Interest” (U Mezhakh Zatsikavlennia, 1986). In the latter work, he had I often wonder what if...And my most rights of Ukraine’s large Russian, published his “Farewell” (Slovo na Proshchannia), which seemed to dot the “i” recent musings concern President Leonid Crimean Tatar and Jewish minorities, on his existence and his work as a community/political activist and publicist. Kuchma’s latest trip to the United States, which has allowed Ukraine to avoid the Concurrently with his journalistic work, Mr. Kedryn participated in our political his meetings with President Bill Clinton, often bloody inter-ethnic conflicts in and community life. He was an active member and later an honorary member of Vice-President Al Gore, Michel much of the former Soviet Union,” states the Shevchenko Scientific Society. He served for many years as president of the Camdessus and James Wolfensohn. And the organization’s press release. Ukrainian Journalists’ Association, and more recently as its honorary president. I wonder how much his life has changed Now bear with me, while I think out Mr. Kedryn had an especially warm and direct relationship with young now that he has won the 1996 Freedom loud. What kind of influence can this Ukrainian journalists, and he truly enjoyed helping them get involved in the Award. award have on the Ukrainian leader? Ukrainian press and encouraging them in their work. Such was Ivan Kedryn- Mr. Kuchma received the 1996 Joining the ranks of such prestigious men Rudnytsky’s bond to all the members of The Ukrainian Weekly’s editorial staff Freedom Award, which was created in must affect an individual in some way, to the very end of his hard-working life. 1943 and is “bestowed to individuals for shape or form. Time will tell, as — Guest editorial by Olha Kuzmowycz of Svoboda (translated by Roma Hadzewycz) outstanding contributions to the cause of President Kuchma chooses Ukraine’s human liberty.” course and steers its destiny. Now, don’t get me wrong, I like Indeed, over the last year, President President Kuchma a lot. And, indeed he Kuchma has shown his commitment to deserves to be commended for his com- Ukraine’s independence. Although his mitment to reforms, his ability to keep presidential platform was focused on people – even now in the dead of winter Russia and pointed Ukraine toward a – believing that things still will get bet- Eurasian course, he now understands that ter, after almost five years of indepen- Ukraine is the heart of Europe and is, dence. But, to be totally blunt, I was indeed, a pillar of stability on the geopo- quite surprised that he was named as the litical map of the world. recipient of this coveted honor. Ukraine is in an envious position right In receiving the Freedom Award he now. While U.S.-Russian relations have joins an illustrious list of past recipients seen better days and the Communist threat including Winston Churchill, Gen. looms over Russia once again, Ukraine Dwight Eisenhower, Yugoslavian dissi- becomes a crucial strategic partner. dent Milovan Djilas, President Lyndon And it seems that both the U.S. and B. Johnson, Vaclav Havel, the Dalai Russia understand this and are courting Lama, Russian human rights advocate Ukraine. No sooner did President Sergei Kovalyov and a group of Soviet Kuchma return home from Washington dissidents who won in 1973, including than the Russian Communists came call- Andrei Sakharov, Anatoly Marchenko Ivan Kedryn-Rudnytsky with colleagues from Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly. ing for Ukraine’s attention. In just a few and our own Ukrainian dissidents Gen. weeks, U.S. Secretary of State Warren Petro Grigorenko (co-founder of the Christopher will be dropping by in Kyiv, Ukrainian Helsinki Group) and journalist and in the first week of April Russian Vyacheslav Chornovil. President Boris Yeltsin will be coming to March Now, being on the same list as these Kyiv on a state visit – his first since TTurningurning the pagespages back... back... people – many of whom lived through Ukraine gained independence, as he the Gulag archipelago (by the way, hopes to gain the support of his southern 10 Alexander Solzhenitsyn also is a recipi- neighbor during Russia’s turbulent presi- ent) – is already, as my British friends dential campaign. 1863 would say, “brilliant.” The great leader Napoleon Bonaparte Volodymyr Lypsky, one of the men who helped organize the President Kuchma received the said, “A leader is a dealer in hope.” And Ukrainian Academy of Sciences was born on March 10, 1863, in Freedom Award with an inscription that President Kuchma showed during this Samostrily, near Novhorod-Volynskyi in Volhynia. read: “Presented to His Excellency trip to Washington that he is a dealer in A botanist by training, he graduated from Kyiv University in 1886, worked in its gar- Leonid Kuchma, president of Ukraine, hope to the 52-million-strong state of dens, and then was called to St. Petersburg to serve at the Imperial Botanical Garden. He for his contributions to world peace, Ukraine. was by no means the stereotypical sedentary puttering gardener, but traveled widely, con- regional security and inter-ethnic cooper- I do believe that, as the recipient of the ducting expeditions to Central Asia, the Far East, Africa and the Americas. ation.” Thus, the scope of his human Freedom Award, as the president of an Lypsky identified four new plant families (genera) and over 220 new species, stud- rights trophy was limited. Mr. Kuchma independent and sovereign Ukraine, ied the Black Sea’s marine vegetation and investigated the radioactive mineral springs accepted with humility, noting that, “in President Kuchma is committed to the of the Zhytomyr region. He published scientific accounts of the flora of Ukraine, receiving this award, I accept it as a sign award’s lofty ideals. Ending his speech at Bessarabia, Caucasia (a multi-volume work that appeared over 1899-1902), Central of your support for our state, Ukraine, Asia (another large reference work, 1902-1905), Tunisia, Algeria and Indonesia. which has lived as an independent coun- (Continued on page 14) Following the revolution of 1917, Lypsky returned to Kyiv, where he helped estab- lish the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Following the Bolshevik consolidation of power, in 1921, the institution was renamed the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, UNA Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine and Lypsky served as its vice-president. In 1922, amidst budget cuts that slashed the number of its associates, Lypsky was The Home Office of the Ukrainian National appointed the academy’s president. From 1924 to 1928, he oversaw the institution’s Association reports that, as of March 15, the fraternal brief efflorescence, as Mykhailo Hrushevsky returned to assume the chair of modern organization’s Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine has Ukrainian history, and the academy greatly expanded its work and publishing. received 18,786 checks from its members with dona- In 1928, the regime’s control over the academy increased, and a campaign of brutal tions totalling $478,497.48 The contributions include interference in its organization and scholarship mounted as the aim of transforming it into a individual members’ donations, as well as returns of Soviet institution imbued with the official ideology. That year, Lypsky quit the presidency members’ dividend checks and interest payments on to assume directorship of the Odessa Botanical Garden. He died in Odessa on February 24, promissory notes. 1937. Please make checks payable to: Sources: “Academy of Sciences,” “Lypsky, Volodymyr,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vols. 1, 3 UNA Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1984, 1993). No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1996 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AANNADAADA OOURIERURIER with various influential Jewish leaders, CC CC Spirit of cooperation including Rabbi Yaakov Bleich. Rabbi by Christopher Guly Bleich not only has learned to speak was predominant Ukrainian in the three short years that he Dear Editor: has been in Kyiv, but teaches the chil- dren in Hebrew school Ukrainian – not The article in The Ukrainian Weekly Russian. And, the children are all about the Ukrainian-Jewish conference required to sing the Ukrainian national Survival of the species held December 3, 1995, sponsored by the anthem each morning. An audience of One recent evening, while driving along even more multicultural than that – giving Society of Ukrainian Jewish Relations, about 60 Ukrainian Jews in Kyiv warmly Ottawa’s wintry streets, I heard listeners of me a 45 rpm recording of a Japanese was slightly misleading and perhaps left welcomed us into their community as we a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. radio item singer that I memorized, undoubtedly to the reader with a negative impression of spoke of our organization’s goals and react to a report on the extinction of a small the chagrin of those who visited the Guly the results of the conference. promised to continue working very species of snail. Apparently, the segment household in the early 1960s. The “pessimism” to which Irene closely within American Jewish commu- was irreverent enough that all the calls But since both my parents’ parents had Jarosewich refers to at the conclusion of nities towards a new awareness and from CBC’s audience were critical of the arrived in Canada as early as 1907, I was her article for any future hope for Jews strengthening of the bonds of our two network’s audacity to make light of the dis- born a second-generation Ukrainian and Ukrainians was instigated by only often misunderstood cultures. appearance of one of God’s creatures. The Canadian. Dad and mom grew up, as I one member of the audience – a young Upon my return I was invited to attend outpouring of emotion made me think did, in the North End of Winnipeg. We Russian gentleman from St. Petersburg, a reception sponsored by the Women’s metaphorically about this newspaper’s didn’t follow the Julian calendar for reli- Russia (now residing in Brooklyn). This Evening Group of the Park Avenue mandate to prevent a similar fate from gious events, nor did we speak much young man implied that until Ukrainians Synagogue honoring Roman Biletskij for befalling Ukrainian culture. Ukrainian at home. I never attended readily apologize for the actions of such saving the lives of 24 Jews during the In Canada, major government budget- Ukrainian dance classes, though I went to Ukrainian heroes as Petliura and Nazi occupation of Ukraine. A very slashing exercises and massive corporate a school run by the Sisters Servants of Khmelnytsky, there will never be any receptive and enthusiastic audience of layoffs have threatened not only jobs, Mary Immaculate in which Ukrainian cooperation between our people. over 200 people participated. The society pocketbooks and, ultimately, livelihoods, language instruction was mandatory. The members of the audience (both has received many letters of support from but have imperiled the very fabric of this My maternal grandmother, Agatha Ukrainians and Jews) were appalled at Jewish leaders for its work (including society. Such cultural institutions as the Sahan – who was 6 when she arrived in this negativism, as the entire tone of the some who have made some disparaging CBC are among those facing the chop- 1907 – mostly spoke English at home, or conference was very positive and uplift- remarks about Ukrainians in the past). ping block with less public funding. at least a forum of “Ukrainenglish.” She ing. The purpose of this conference was We received a personal thank-you letter Perhaps, some ponder, the influx of more did, as most of us North-Enders did, not to dwell upon the past and the stereo- from Shimon Peres, the new prime min- U.S. programming, with its more guaran- understand a blend of other tongues, typical images of one another, but to ister of Israel, thanking us for our condo- teed advertising revenue base, wouldn’t including German, Polish and Yiddish. reflect upon the positive influences that lences upon the tragic death of Prime be such a bad idea. In fact, it took me a few years to under- Ukrainians and Jews have had upon each Minister Yitzhak Rabin. In the multicultural arena, such groups stand the differences with some words. other’s cultures, and to lay the ground- In view of all of the above, it is quite as the Ukrainian Canadian Congress also But since Baba Sahan lived the longest work for a future free of Ukrainophobia clear that the general consensus in our are preparing for fiscal inevitabilities. of my grandparents, she offered me a and anti-Semitism. In the conversations organization’s experience is that whether When Ottawa increasingly hints that the glimpse through the window of her that transpired during the intermission due to genuine enthusiasm or curiosity, UCC’s reliance on government assistance Galician origins. I still remember hearing most everyone agreed that these goals there is a thirst for knowledge and a may soon be over, the UCC will soon have about the crystal-clear, frog-filled pond were indeed being accomplished at this sense that a spirit of friendship and coop- to become self-sufficient. Multicultural near her parents’ home in western Ukraine, conference. eration is on the horizon. groups abstaining themselves from fund- orchard trees brimming with fruit, her raising activities may then have to rely on a mother, Anastasia, feeding soldiers lunch I would like to add that the Society of Stephanie Charczenko form of group memory. as they tromped through the Dowhanyk Ukrainian-Jewish Relations has made New York great strides in the past year with the In my lifetime, the Ukrainian Canadian homestead during their training exercises. Jewish community. Evhen Stakhiv and I The writer is vice-president of the community has excelled in remembering Baba never lived to see her homeland traveled to Ukraine in October and met Society of Ukrainian-Jewish Relations. events and people from its past. Growing again. But she never forgot it. Nor did I. up in Winnipeg, I can recall numerous Today, I wonder what subsequent gener- anniversaries for choirs, priestly ordina- ations of Ukrainian Canadians have experi- the “Kyiv-Washington: Two Summits” tions, the Great Famine and even the 1984 photo exhibit, art exhibits by Ukrainian enced as their babas have replaced their We should assist death of Cardinal Josyf Slipyj. Now, I real- babuhskas with designer hats and look little artists Natalia Lytovchenko (Kyiv) and ize that sometimes this isn’t such a bad Oleksander Pohrebynsky, and concerts by different from their daughters, as former Ukraine’s Embassy thing. Certainly, it gives events and people multicultural ghettos are scattered, or Dear Editor: the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra, Juliana today context and maybe, with some Osinchuk and Daria Telizhin. It helped to broadened, as in Toronto and Montreal, to vision, direction. include new multicultural dynamics. Dr. Larissa Fontana in her letter of organize the successful U.S. tour of the This year, my parents, Frank and Ollie February 11 addresses important issues for Veryovka Ensemble. The Embassy has Needless to say, these differences (Olya), will mark their 40th wedding come with their own richness. But, as we consideration by the Ukrainian diaspora in been working closely with The Washington anniversary. Naturally, that’s my context. the United States. Among those is her insis- Group’s Cultural Fund and the Alla Rogers scramble to stay afloat in our jobs and But it’s more than just their involvement in with our finances, the risk is that the jew- tence that the Embassy of Ukraine expand Art Gallery and has asked other organiza- bringing me to this planet that situates me its activity by promoting Ukrainian culture, tions in the Ukrainian American communi- els of this experience may be unappreci- within the Ukrainian Canadian community. ated – or worse: forgotten. in addition to being “just a political and ty to assist it in promoting Ukrainian cul- Though I probably speak better French business arm of the government of ture in America. I understand that it plans I became fascinated with remembering than Ukrainian these days, my mother and learning about history as a boy. Ukraine.” She gives the cultural activities of to establish a cultural center at the Embassy tongue, literally, is Ukrainian. My mother the Embassy of Korea as a model to follow. Chubby and an only child, I was never in the near future. taught me to speak Ukrainian before she Indeed it would be wonderful if the Until Ukraine becomes economically introduced me to English. In fact, she was (Continued on page 14) Embassy of Ukraine had the resources and strong, we in the diaspora should help the staff to do so, but unfortunately it does not. Embassy of Ukraine to find other ways of The Embassy of Korea has been in expanding its activities. Many cultural Washington since the end of World War events sponsored by the Russian Embassy, II. It has been a close ally of the United for example, are underwritten by American States since that time. Its staff, as of foundations and corporations. Ukrainian August 1995, numbered 68 people. In Americans should use their initiative to addition to its Chancery, it owns a find such alternative sources of financing Chancery Annex in Arlington, Va., and some of the Embassy’s activities. two additional offices in Washington. It Lastly, I do think that we, Ukrainian represents a rich and prosperous nation. Americans, who are continuously lobbying On the other hand, the fledgling our United States government on behalf of Embassy of Ukraine, as of August 1995, Ukraine, have every right to make sugges- had a staff of 24 people. (France, a coun- tions to the Embassy of Ukraine on how it try comparable in size and population to could better showcase Ukrainian culture Ukraine, has 63 people at its Embassy). and deal more effectively with American You can find many of the overworked media. I do not, however, think we have and overextended staff at the Ukrainian the right to “insist” on anything. After all, Embassy working late most nights and the Embassy of Ukraine represents the citi- on most weekends. They barely have the zens of Ukraine and not the Ukrainian personnel and the resources to perform diaspora. the “political and business” activities Ihor Gawdiak required of them. Washington In spite of these difficulties, the The writer is director of the Washington Embassy of Ukraine has not ignored cultur- Andrew Sikorsky Office of the Ukrainian American al activities. In 1995, for example, it hosted Coordinating Council. Ollie and Frank Guly in a photo taken on their 25th wedding anniversary in 1981. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1996 No. 10 A primer on e-mail lists and newsgroups relating to matters Ukrainian on the Internet

by Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj had to subscribe to only one e-mail list, this would be it. matters pertaining to Ukraine are an afterthought. To subscribe, send e-mail to the address: To subscribe send an e-mail message to: There are two major vehicles for common discussion [email protected] [email protected] groups on the Internet. They are newsgroups and e-mail In the subject of your message type “subscribe”. In the body of the message type: “SIGNON JF- lists. Monitor” Newsgroups are easier to find since all basic Internet ukes-social – This is our “gossip” list. There is every- services include access to them. After determining thing here – be it attempts at humor, thoughtful E-Europe – This e-mail list is dedicated to “General which program to use on your Macintosh or PC plat- exchanges on the Ukrainian philosopher Skorovoda, Discussion about Eastern Europe and the form in order to read these newsgroups, it is easy to silly diatribes by various writers. Sometimes this list Commonwealth of Independent States.” search this list under the topic you are interested in. generates over 30 e-mails a day. Be patient and con- To subscribe, send the following text in the body of There are two main Ukrainian groups : tribute, for lists are only as good as the people who par- your e-mail: “E-EUROPE firstname lastname” to the ticipate. It appears, on most lists, that the ratio of partici- address: alt.current-events.ukraine – This is a low-volume pants to lurkers (those who read, but never participate) [email protected] group that is not necessarily carried by all major Internet is around 9 to 1! EEUROPE-CHANGES – The sponsor declares “EEU- service providers. It basically is used for current events To subscribe send e-mail to: ROPE-CHANGES is a discussion list only, no commer- pertaining to Ukraine. [email protected] cial advertisements or product plugging are allowed. In the subject of your message type “subscribe” soc.culture.ukrainian – This is the main group pertaining Discussion is wide open, no holds barred,controversial to matters Ukrainian. Everything is discussed here: politics, ucpb – this e-mail list basically deals with Canadian- topics welcomed, political, economic and social matters social events, Ukrainian diaspora. Unfortunately, due to the Ukrainian business issues. discussed, all East-European languages and English are unmoderated status of this list, there is a lot of “noise.” This To subscribe: send e-mail to: considered legal. List was started due to the fact that means irrelevant or offensive posts (a “post” is a message [email protected] large part of e-mail users from Eastern Europe have no sent by an individual to a particular newsgroup) by persons In the subject of your message type “subscribe”. access to USENET and its groups with similar topics.” indisposed to Ukrainians or their heritage. ukes-flame – “Flame” is a term used on Internet to To subscribe to EEUROPE-CHANGES, send com- E-mail lists are like newsgroups to a certain extent. denote “argument” or deliberate taunts resulting in argu- mand (in the body of text) “SUBSCRIBE EEUROPE- Here’s a basic list of the differences: ments. This is a no-holds barred e-mail list. CHANGES” to: • They are not carried internationally as a matter of To subscribe: send e-mail to the address: [email protected] course by your Internet service providers. [email protected] EEUROPE-BUSINESS – Again, the sponsor states • You have to explicitly subscribe to them. If you In the subject of your message type “subscribe”. “EEUROPE-BUSINESS is very business-minded don’t, you never will be able to read what is transpiring. When you first subscribe to these lists, you will receive list, where business offers, leads, requests for goods • You need to know which lists exist. There is no easy a confirmation and sometimes the charter of the list. You’ll and services, and advertisements are published (and mechanism for this. Hence this article directing you to these also receive instructions on how to unsubscribe and how to welcomed), various government and export informa- lists. (A future page on the Ukraine FAQ Plus Project, post. This holds true for most e-mail lists discussed here. tion, calls for papers, etc. are published – almost no which may be accessed using your web browser at this Dr. Andrij Ukrainec (whose e-mail address is discussion takes place. All postings must be from / address: http://world.std.com/~sabre/UKRAINE.html, also [email protected]) is the moderator and have relation to / be of possible interest to people will tell you where to look) owner of the above lists and has graciously spent a lot of from Eastern Europe. A must for every businessper- There are several e-mail lists dedicated to matters his free time in the support of them. son contemplating a business with Eastern Europe.” Ukrainian. They are: Another list dealing with issues concerning Ukraine To subscribe to EEUROPE-BUSINESS, send com- ukes-news – This is equivalent to alt.current- is the “Ukraina” list. This has been around for quite a mand (in the body of text). “SUBSCRIBE EEUROPE- events.ukraine and then some! Current news pertaining to few years and is relatively low volume. BUSINESS” to: Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora are listed here. If you To subscribe, send e-mail to: [email protected] “[email protected]” In case of any trouble subscribing to the above two Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj is a vice-president at a Insert the following line in the body (not subject) for groups, send complaints to: [email protected] major New York investment bank and a consultant on your e-mail: “SUBSCRIBE UKRAINA yourfirstname SEELANGS – This list discusses Slavic and Eastern matters pertaining to the Internet. He may be contacted yourlastname”. European languages. It also covers literature. at [email protected] or (212) 475-6097. The next lists are not exclusively dedicated towards To subscribe, send e-mail to: matters Ukrainian, but are interesting if you have the [email protected] time to read them all. Insert the message “Subscribe seelangs yourfirstname FSU Media – As the sponsor says: “FSUMedia is about yourlastname” in the body of your e-mail. French network media in the NIS. It’s not there for people to ask all sorts Policy – It is most interesting to see other viewpoints of other questions that simply have something vaguely to pertaining to Russian “foreign policy” vis-à-vis do with the NIS. When people post non-germane mail, Ukraine. Here’s another list which states that “This to air special generally revoke their posting privileges fairly quickly.” English-language Russian foreign policy list will focus To subscribe, send to: on the development of Russian foreign policy in the [email protected] post-Soviet period. The discussion will concentrate on on Chornobyl Type the command: “subscribe fsumedia yourfirst- MONTREAL – On April 26, 1986, the lid of the development of Russian foreign policy in the near name yourlastname”. abroad, and on Russian-American relations. The dis- reactor No. 4 of the Chornobyl station in FSU – The charter states: “This English-language list cussion group will not be moderated. The list owner Ukraine blew up, releasing tons of radioactive will focus on developments throughout the former particles. This single event would be the starting reserves the right to approve membership requests to Soviet Union. Particular attention will be paid to the maintain quality discussions with a high signal-to- point of the largest civil nuclear disaster of all common problems faced in the economic and political time. noise ratio.” Archives for POLICY are also available. reform movements in the area. Discussion will also Membership requests should be sent to: Ten years later, what is the state of health of the focus on regional issues such as nuclear weapons, [email protected]. victims of this catastrophe? What is the level of regional conflicts and environmental concerns. This To subscribe, your message should have the single danger for those living in still contaminated list will be broad-based discussion on the post-Soviet line “SUBSCRIBE POLICY” with any subject heading. zones? Last autumn, a team from the television period. The discussion group will not be moderated. List Coordination and moderation is through the science magazine “Découverte,” producer Pascal The list owner reserves the right to approve member- Center for Strategic and International Studies at Gélinas and journalist Jean-Pierre Rogel, visited ship requests to maintain quality discussions with a [email protected] Ukraine in the hopes of answering these and other high signal-to-noise ratio.” urgent questions. Membership requests should be sent to: It is most important to note that in order for you to Working with a Kyiv-based Ukrainian crew, [email protected]. post, that is, send a message to the e-mail list you have they filmed inside the Chornobyl nuclear sta- To subscribe, your message should have the single subscribed to, you must read the information returned to tion. They also successfully filmed in the for- line: “subscribe fsu” with any subject heading. you. For example, if you wanted to send some response bidden zone, the villages around this zone as List Coordination and moderation is through the on a topic to the “ukes-social” list, you would send it to well as Kyiv. They returned with troubling Center for Strategic and International Studies at the e-mail address [email protected] – answers to their questions. The medical situa- [email protected] not [email protected]. This is tion of the evacuees and of those responsible for easily done by using the “reply” feature of your e-mail OMRI – The charter here reads as: “The OMRI Daily the clean-up will get even worse. The psycho- package, such as “Eudora,” for example. But this does Digest offers the latest news from the former Soviet logical scars of the victims are real and they are not work all the time, therefore reading the information Union and East-Central and Southeastern Europe. It is profound. returned is essential. (Feel free to e-mail me if you have published Monday through Friday by the Open Media Ukrainians are facing the situation with pride any questions, though) Research Institute. The OMRI Daily Digest is distrib- and courage, but international help is desperately *** uted electronically via the OMRI-L list. needed. If I wanted the latest news on Ukraine, I would first To subscribe, send: “SUBSCRIBE OMRI-L Several Ukrainian scientists, including Dr. Ilia check the Ukraine FAQ Plus Project “Current Events” sec- YourFirstName YourLastName” to: Likhtarev, Dr. Anatoliy Matiyko and Yuri tion for The Ukrainian Weekly (see The Weekly February [email protected] (No sub- Sayenko are interviewed for this documentary. 18, for more details). I would then subscribe to OMRI to ject line or other text should be included.) This special edition of “Découverte” will air coast supplement this. Others lists are fine, but it depends what to coast Sunday, March 24, at 6:15 p.m. (Eastern Jamestown – The Monitor is a publication of the you are looking for and your time constraints. There are Standard Time) on Societé Radio-Canada, the Jamestown Foundation. According to the foundation, it oceans of data out there and finding the isles of information French network of the Canadian Broadcasting is “a daily briefing on the post-Soviet states.” However, is best served by this little map I have written. Corp. I have found that most of the coverage is geared towards In an upcoming article I will cover newsgroups and Russia and corresponding issues. It seems to me that e-mail lists coming directly from Ukraine. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1996 9

by Helen Smindak DATELINE NEW YORK: Poets, plays and prodigies During the first six weeks of 1996, spell over the intent audience. zine of its kind, was founded in Kyiv by Ukrainian cultural activity in New York As a sample, here’s a portion of a a group of avant-garde Ukrainian writers centered on singers and dancers. The poem read by Ms. Rewakowicz: known as the New York Group (the ini- Dumka Chorus, giving its annual round “I climb/ the rotten stairs/ to my hap- tiators of the project) and the Kyiv of post-Christmas concerts at St. Patrick piness/ the boards under my feet/ play an branch of the Writers’ Association of Cathedral, St. George Ukrainian Catholic avant-garde tune/ but I’m afraid/ that the Ukraine. The publication strives to pre- Church and St. Vladimir Ukrainian least false note/ will make a hole under sent the finest works of writers of Orthodox Church, trekked across the me/ and I’ll tumble through it/ before I Ukraine and the diaspora, and to reflect Hudson to bring New Year’s joy to the reach/ the door.” on the processes at work in contempo- parishioners of St. John the Baptist Oleh Drach, a co-founder and leading rary Ukrainian culture. Church in Newark, N.J. Baritone Oleh member of the Les Kurbas Theater that is Poetry in music Chmyr of Lviv, a recent addition to the here from Lviv to conduct workshops and ranks of New York artists, and Ukrainian performances at Columbia University, pre- Kyiv-born composer Leonid Hrabovsky American soprano Elena Heimur joined a sented a dynamic monologue from the has been known in the United States since bevy of artists at Weill Recital Hall in a play, “Games For Faust,” a work based on the 1960s, despite the near impossibility of benefit concert for the New York Grand Dostoyevski’s famous novel, “Crime and obtaining his music in those days. Since his Opera. The Veryovka Company from Punishment.” arrival in the U.S. in 1990, his work has Kyiv won plaudits from audiences in In a musical interlude between poems gained greater recognition in this country, Brooklyn and the Bronx, while New and play-acting, mezzo-soprano Kalyna much of it through performances by York’s own Syzokryli Ukrainian Dancers Cholhan offered a group of operatic arias Continuum, the oldest continuously operat- performed superbly in a European folk and Ukrainian songs, ending with a viva- ing contemporary-music ensemble in the festival at Alice Tully Hall. cious performance of the folk song “Tam United States. Since mid-February, though, a new za Ridnym, za Dunayem.” Her accompa- In a gala concert at Merkin Concert phenomenon has occurred. Ukrainian nist was Jane Steele. Hall on February 24, Continuum fea- poets, actors, pianists and a composer of Joe Henson Ms. Rewakowicz, a Polish-born tured a 1993 Hrabovsky work for voice avant-garde music have been garnering Ukrainian who came to the United States and chamber ensemble titled “And It Alex Slobodyanik audience attention. They have appeared in 1987, is the author of three books of Will Be” (I Tak Bude). It was the New at a benefit evening for Svitovyd maga- poetry in Ukrainian. Her work has been York premier of a work that Continuum on February 18. Backed by the New zine; in workshops and performances published in the Ukrainian magazines premiered in Baltimore in 1993 and pre- York Youth Symphony, which was given by the Les Kurbas Theater of Lviv; Suchasnist, Svitovyd, Poezia-90, Ukraina sented later the same year at the directed by Miguel Harth-Bedoya, he during the Carnegie Hall debut of pianist and Literaturna Ukraina and in Agni (in International Music Festival in Bonn, played Rachmaninoff’s emotionally Alex Slobodyanik; in a recital featuring English translation). She is the associate Germany. intense and technically brilliant Piano winners of the first international editor of Svitovyd, a translator from The 10-minute work, built around Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18. Horowitz piano competition in Kyiv, and English and Polish into Ukrainian, and a eight poems by Mykola Vorobyov, was A handsome young man of 20, Mr. during the New York premiere of a contributor on literature and theater to lit- performed by mezzo-soprano Nan Slobodyanik created a picture of dignity recent work by composer Leonid erary magazines. Hughes, violinist Renee Jolles, pianist and complete control as he moved Hrabovsky. Mr. Boychuk, the author of seven books Cheryl Seltzer and clarinetist David through the concerto’s three move- Sonnets for Svitovyd of poetry and two plays in Ukrainian, and Gresham, with Joel Sachs conducting. ments, first the thundering, sweeping the translator of many contemporary The New York Times music critic Moderato, then the slower, leisurely American poets, is the co-editor (with Ukrainians are ardent lovers of poetry. Allan Kozinn, who noted that “the most Adagio Sostenuto, and finally the We take great delight in expressing Bohdan Rubchak) of the major anthology fascinatingly, quirky vocal works” in the of modern Ukrainian poetry, “Coordinates”. quicker-paced Allegro Scherzando, thoughts and feelings in rhymes, meters program were by composers from the for- whose joyful and playful theme is and rhythms. We write verses, odes and His poems have appeared in English jour- mer Soviet Union, had this to say about familiar to many as the melody “Full epics, we recite poetry and quote nals, including Pequod, Translation, Agni the Hrabovsky work: “Leonid Hrabovsky, Moon and Empty Arms.” Ukrainian poets. and Partisan Review. His book in English, a Ukrainian composer who now lives in Soon after arriving in the U.S. five It came as no surprise, then, to find the “Memories of Love,” was published by the New York, set his own dark, other-world- years ago, Mr. Slobodyanik became the auditorium of the Ukrainian Institute of Sheep Meadow Press. ly poetry in ‘And It Will Be’ (1993), youngest pianist ever to win the Young America brimming with an enthusiastic Mr. Tarnawsky, a faculty member of matching its weird imagery to a shimmer- Concert Artists International Auditions. crowd on February 10, on hand for an the Harriman Institute at Columbia ing musical texture.” His debut recitals in 1993 at New York’s evening of poetry readings, plus some University since January 1994 and coor- In 1992, Continuum presented a retro- 92nd Street Y and the Kennedy Center in music and theater. The event was planned dinator of Columbia’s Ukrainian Studies spective at Lincoln Center, which fea- Washington, both under YCA sponsor- to benefit Svitovyd (Worldview), a quar- Program, has been active on the tured premieres of two Hrabovsky com- ship, brought rave reviews. In April terly magazine of contemporary Ukrainian Ukrainian literary scene since 1959. He positions written for the occasion. These literature and the arts, in serious danger of has been a member of Svitovyd’s editori- 1995, he made his concert debut with the were “Temnere Mortem” (1991), a can- New York Chamber Symphony, as closing down because of the recent dra- al board since 1989, and has been associ- tata on a text by Hryhoriy Skovoroda for matic increase of production costs in ated for years with several Ukrainian and recipient of the 1995 Aaron and Irene a cappella chorus, and “The Omen of Diamond Soloist Prize of YCA. Ukraine. American writers’ groups. A prolific Light” (1992), based on poems by Vasyl The Ukrainian poems of Bohdan author and translator, he has three novels Mr. Slobodyanik took first prize and Barka, for soprano and ensemble. the Ivo Pogorelich Grand Prize at the Boychuk, Maria Rewakowicz and Yuriy to his credit; collections of his Ukrainian Mr. Hrabovsky was described in Tarnawsky were read by the authors in and English-Ukrainian poetry have 1991 Stravinsky Awards International Continuum’s 1992 publicity as “a central Piano Competition in Champaign, Ill., Ukrainian and in English translations, appeared in a number of publications. figure of the Soviet avant-garde who their imagery and metaphors casting a Svitovyd, the only Ukrainian maga- and second prize in the 1994 Palm Beach became a thorn in the side of the International Piano Competition. Establishment through his demands for Currently studying at the Cleveland artistic freedom.” Mr. Sachs, co-director Institute of Music, Mr. Slobodyanik is and conductor of Continuum, considers an active recitalist and soloist on con- Mr. Hrabovsky one of the most impor- cert stages around the country and the tant composers of this time, extraordinar- world, and frequently appears in recital ily talented and with a musical vision with his father. His upcoming engage- that is unusual. ments include appearances at Seattle’s Since 1962, Mr. Hrabovsky has com- Mooney Hall, the St. Petersburg posed a large body of symphonic, vocal- Museum of Fine Arts in Florida and the symphonic, choral, chamber and solo Hippodrome in Texas. Overseas, he will instrument works, as well as music for give performances with the London nine feature films, four science films and Symphony Orchestra, the Kirov nine animated films. His work has been Orchestra and the Moscow State performed in Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Chamber Orchestra. Western Europe and the U.S. Piano prodigies Mr. Hrabovsky’s career has included activities as a teacher, editor, writer, crit- ic and translator. Now, composer-in-resi- Mighty chords, thundering octaves, dence at the Ukrainian Institute of rippling glissandos and marvelous trills America, he is often invited to lecture on resounding from music that was at times Ukrainian contemporary music at inter- vigorous or spirited, at others haunting, national conferences. soft or playful – all of this emanated A Carnegie Hall debut from the grand piano at the Ukrainian Institute of America last weekend. Posing in front of a painting by Emma Andriyevska of France are (from left): The recital sounded like the work of actor Oleh Drach and poets Maria Rewakowicz, Yuriy Tarnawsky and Bohdan Alex Slobodyanik, the son of concert master artists, technically sound, power- Boychuk. Ms. Andriyevska donated several paintings to Svitovyd to aid its fund- pianist Alexander Slobodyanik, made a raising campaign. very impressive debut at Carnegie Hall (Continued on page 10) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1996 No. 10

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ies of the CIS; Russia’s elections... 6) speculation on the problems of (Continued from page 2) regionalism (especially in the Donbas and Yeltsin’s Edict No. 1040 of September 14, the Crimea), on the rights of “Russian 1995, titled “On the Strategic Course of speakers” and the policy of energy supply. Russia With Countries-Members of the However, one should exclude the possi- CIS,” whereby Russia’s relations with the bility of military clashes between the two CIS countries are treated from the position states as the Russian army (shown in of economic, cultural and political hege- Chechnya) has nearly lost its combat mony; readiness. Escalation of the policy of non- 3) abolition of the Belovezhskaya military pressure and demagogic hysteria Pushcha Treaty of December 8, 1991, on regarding Ukraine could compel it to with- the dissolution of the USSR (Ukraine draw from the CIS and raise the question was one of the signatories of this treaty); of Ukraine’s accelerated membership in 4) an increase in nationalist rhetoric in NATO. This scenario could challenge the Duma, accompanied by calls for a regional and global security if there is neg- THE NEW UNA TERM PLANS OFFER referendum on reunification of the three ative reaction on the part of Russia regard- Slav nations; ing such a move by Ukraine. It also could 5) activization of efforts aimed at force the West to re-evaluate the balance “BLUE RIBBON RATES” !!! involving Ukraine in supra-national bod- of forces in the region.

documents to that effect. (Respublika) For example, a male 45 Prf N/S Newsbriefs Iranian foreign minister in Ukraine (Continued from page 2) $250,000 Term Insurance in Ukraine cut off dozens of towns, disrupt- KYIV — Iranian Foreign Minister Ali ed the shaky national power grid and shut Akbar Velayati visited the capital on First year premium — $440 !!!!! down major roads as the country’s harshest March 4-5, ITAR-TASS reported. Mr. winter in decades showed no signs of eas- Velayati met with Ukrainian Minister of Don’t pay more than you have ing. Civil defense officials said on March 4 Foreign Affairs Hennadiy Udovenko and that two and a half days of snowfall had cut Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk. Talks to for Term Insurance !!! power to 34 towns and villages in the focused on economic issues. Iran invited Kherson Oblast alone. Snow whipped by Ukraine to participate in a free economic winds gusting to 70 mph brought down zone being created along the Irani and two high-tension pylons near the Turkemi borders, and both ministers DON’T DELAY — CALL UNA TODAY Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, stressed the importance of realizing the tri- Europe’s largest, cutting capacity 40 per- lateral agreement on gas deliveries between cent in three of six reactors. The harsh win- Ukraine, Iran and Turkmenistan, under FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL RATE ter, compounded by a two-week coal min- which Iran covers part of Ukraine’s gas bill ers’ strike and Russia’s decision to uncou- to Turkmenistan. Mr. Velayati flew to ple Ukraine from a joint power grid, has Belarus at the end of the visit. He was to (800) 253-9862 prompted selective power cuts to industry. visit Russia also. (OMRI Daily Digest) Thousands of soldiers and civilian volun- teers have been helping clear roads and res- Primakov on Russian foreign policy cue people from stranded cars, while ice MOSCOW — After the end of the floes in rivers were being smashed up to Cold War, Russian Foreign Policy was prevent damage to bridge pylons when the “overcorrected” and became excessively Well-established dental office seeking partner thaw arrives. (Reuters) pro-Western, Russian Foreign Minister Office: (201) 762-3100; Home: (201) 731-1050 Georgia wants piece of Black Sea Fleet Yevgeniy Primakov said in a lengthy interview with Izvestia published on TBILISI — “We have a logical and March 6. While endorsing the concept of legal right to lay claim to part of the Black an “equitable” partnership with the West, Sea Fleet of the former USSR,” Ukrainian Mr. Primakov said Russian foreign poli- Television quoted Georgian Minister of cy should now focus on “more vigorous- Foreign Affairs Irakli Manaharashvili as ly and effectively” defending Russian saying on March 2. The minister declared national interests while avoiding con- that his government is drafting appropriate frontation. (OMRI Daily Digest)

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DISTRICT COMMITTEE Leon Hardink, Chairman Teodor Klowan, Secretary (English) Yuriy Kalita, Secretary (Ukrainian) Janet Bardell, Treasurer Alexander Chudolij, District Committee Honorary Chairman 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1996 No. 10

interests have long been common. Polish Consulate hosts... The testimonies of representatives (Continued from page 3) from the McMaster and University of — the proscription of prejudice in public Toronto Polish students’ clubs seemed to discourse. imply that, nowadays, Polish-Ukrainian antagonism is a psychological impedi- Discussion period ment carried by the latter group. In the discussion period that followed, They mentioned incidents in which several members of the Polish communi- Ukrainian students approached them ty rose to indicate their open-mindedness guardedly, saying, “I’m Ukrainian, I in dealing with Ukraine. hope you don’t have anything against In particular, an earnest editor of the me.” This was echoed by a recent immi- Narodowy Kurier rose with the suggestion grant from central Poland who claimed to that Ukrainians read Henryk Sienkiewicz’s have been totally unaware of any Polish historical trilogy “Z Ogniem i Meczem” (a animus to Ukrainians where she lived, floridly pro-Polish, if not somewhat baro- and yet had been asked similar questions quely anti-Ukrainian, account of the upris- by her Ukrainian acquaintances. ing led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky) and, This prompted a Ukrainian community quite innovatively, quoted Shevchenko to member to rise and describe recent counter Prof. Subtelny’s thesis that “what instances of racist graffiti aimed at was bad for Poland was good for Ukraine,” Ukrainians in Rzeszow, Lublin and suggesting that Ukraine’s and Poland’s Przemysl (Peremyshl), which drew little attention or remonstration from local Polish authorities. Prof. Wrobel defused the situation by assuring the Ukrainian complainant that “We don’t take it easy. Such incidents are a matter of great concern to us, and we don’t take it easy.” He reiterated that Poles most definitely have to do some- thing about their attitudes to national minorities, and while it is not “exclusively our problem,” a constructive dialogue has to be engaged, and appropriate measures taken to condemn and curb such acts. He also differentiated between the “higher” level of Polish discourse, at which there is less prejudice, and the “lower” (in a swipe at his compatriot) fueled by readings of Sienkiewicz. Seeking to challenge Prof. Subtelny’s point about “what was bad for Poland was good for Ukraine and vice versa,” èãÖå’ü èãÄëíìçéä ◊èÖêòß ëíÖÜß“ Prof. Wrobel mentioned the fracturing of — ‚·¯ÚÓ‚Ûπ — the Ukraino-Polish alliance of 1920 and ÑÖççàâ íÄÅßê (Continued on page 13) ◊èíÄòÄí èêà èãÄëíß“ ‰Îfl ‰¥ÚÂÈ ‚¥‰ 4 ‰Ó 6 ðÓÍ¥‚ 퇷¥ð ‚¥‰·Û‰ÂÚ¸Òfl ̇ ëéûáßÇñß Û ‰‚Óı „ðÛÔ‡ı: ‚¥‰ 30-„Ó ˜Âð‚Ìfl ‰Ó 6-„Ó ÎËÔÌfl,1996 ð. Ú‡ ‚¥‰ 6-„Ó ‰Ó 13-„Ó ÎËÔÌfl,1996 ð.

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Ukraine’s Symon Petliura would cause ter- Polish Consulate hosts... rible problems, as it did in 1920. (Continued from page 12) When the matter of the Vatican’s poli- the effects of the second world war as cy in Ukraine and the 400th anniversary two examples of events clearly invidious of the Union of Brest was broached, Prof. to both. Subtelny gripped the lectern and said, However, in doing so, he also provided “Right, no easy ones today.” graphic illustration of the kind of He then boldly stated that “the hold of “Stalinist clarification of the situation” religion on Polish and Ukrainian thinking Prof. Subtelny referred to in his remarks. is not as strong as it used to be.” He said Prof. Wrobel described how his father’s this was less of a burning problem in world was shattered when he was deport- Ukraine than the internal three-way split ed from his ancestral home near Boryslav. in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its contest with the Ukrainian Greek- Russia, NATO and the Vatican Catholic Church in the West. “Vatican Talk of forming a Polish-Ukrainian policies are an irritant,” Prof. Subtelny bloc in Eastern Europe and moving for- asserted, “but not a threat to Polish- ward together to join the North Atlantic Ukrainian relations as such.” Treaty Organization prompted the two Polish consul’s last word historians to caution that this is a matter of considerable delicacy. As the host, Consul Tenchinski had Prof. Subtelny said Ukraine’s partici- the last word. He reiterated that Polish- pation in the Partnership for Peace and Ukrainian relations are very important non-membership in NATO is “the only “for the region, Europe and the world.” safe and sane policy” given the possible The Polish diplomat opined that rela- negative reaction from the restive tions between the two countries will Russian Federation. remain a priority in their respective foreign He also pointed out that sentiment about policies. Despite the caution of the acade- Russia is not as uniform in Ukraine as it is mic interlocutors, Mr. Tenchinski said, in Poland, and is split along an east-west “For the first time Poland does not have a axis. Prof. Subtelny said Ukrainians by and common border with Russia, except for large do not want to antagonize Russia, and the small region around Kaliningrad, and some even seek closer ties, but that in his that’s why Poland was the first to recog- estimation the overwhelming majority feel nize Ukraine and pressed for its member- independence is worth preserving. ship in the European Union.” Prof. Wrobel said the notion of a “Prof. Subtelny is 100 percent right in Polish-Ukrainian cordon sanitaire block- saying that for the first time, our interests ing Russian access to Europe is tempting are common,” Consul Tenchinski said. but extremely dangerous. “We shouldn’t “Closer ties in terms of economies are log- treat Russia as an enemy a priori,” the ical,” he continued, “but this has to extend Polish scholar said, “no matter how to harmonized governmental relations. All many [Vladimir] Zhirinovskys and [Gen. walks of life of the two countries must Aleksandr] Lebeds come out of the come into contact and dialogue.” ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL PAID-UP MEMBERS woodwork.” “The emotions are strong and the path MAIL YOUR ADDITIONAL INSURANCE PROPOSAL TODAY He said an anti-Russian coalition along is difficult,” Consul Tenchinski conclud- DON’T BE LEFT OUT IN THE COLD the lines of the anti-Bolshevik alliance set ed, “but consensus is possible and within DON’T BE UNDERINSURED up by Poland’s Josyf Pilsudski and reach.” SAY YES TO INCREASED INSURANCE NO MEDICAL, NO AGE LIMIT, PERMANENT UNA MEMBERSHIP TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR AIP PROGRAM BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE UNA HOME OFFICE

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ties and problems. The roots of democra- cy, freedom and an open society, which What(Continued if... from page 6) are deeply embedded, are impossible to the testimonial dinner, President Kuchma tear up. History has given our people the UNAUNA’’SS PLANPLAN gave an optimistic prognosis for the chance to enter the common European ““110”0” future of Ukraine. home of free, democratic nations, and to “And, I have a basis for this optimistic become an integral part of European and note,” he said, explaining “firstly, the world processes and of the extended space unique mentality and historic experience of democracy and freedom,” he said. of our people, who – dating back to the “We will take advantage of this and Middle Ages – laid the foundations for join the ranks of the leading democracies yrs. old democracy in their daily lives. They had of the world. This will be a victory for 1100 private land, a large number of owners, a all. So, let’s fight for it together,” said high level of education and culture. Take the 1996 Freedom Award recipient. for example, even the Kozak Republic, President Kuchma has done Ukraine which had many traits and traditions that proud. And if he does achieve all he has were later adopted by future generations. set out to do, to my mind he does deserve ,,000000 policy “Secondly, the fact that Ukraine is pro- his place among the men on the list of 1100 gressively overcoming its current difficul- Freedom Award winners.

recent coverage of Saskatoon Bishop Survival... Cornelius Pasichny’s consecration (which dollars per month (Continued from page 7) appeared in The Weekly) was the fulfill- 1100 the athlete my father was in his youth. ment of a dream to be a journalist. Maybe As a young man, he played semi-pro- that was my curveball back to him. fessional baseball and could throw a As publicly supported Ukrainian cul- for mean curve. I typically hid in my room tural events slip into becoming relics of with books and my imagination. But, if the past, memories and voices from our years my memory serves me right, the books collective heritage can never fade or be 10 silenced. As long as we remember, we 10 were my dad’s curveball to me. Dad loved to read, and still does. He will never become extinct. even kept his own newspaper clippings Too bad the snail’s friends didn’t scrapbook of world events. Perhaps his 110,0000,000 cash at age 65 come to his rescue earlier. HURYN MEMORIALS For the finest in custom made memorials installed in all cemeteries in the CALL THE UNA TODAY FOR DETAILS New York Metropolitan area including Holy Spirit in Hamptonburgh, N.Y., St. Andrew’s in South Bound Brook, N.J., Pine Bush in Kerhonkson and (800) 253-9862 Glen Spey Cemetery, Glen Spey. We offer personal service and guidance in your home. For a bilingual rep- resentative call: HURYN MEMORIALS P.O. Box 121 Hamptonburgh, N.Y. 10916 Tel. (914) 427-2684 Dr. Arthur L. Shoenfeld Fax. (914) 427-5443 Family Chiropractor 10 Downing St. - Suite 1N ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE (6th Avenue between Houston and Bleecker), New York, NY 10014 UNA? Why suffer from headaches, neck, back, low back pain? We can help. UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Most insurances accepted including GHI and Medicare BRANCH 158

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PHILADELPHIA – “Human Rights discussion to be held on the same day at and the Ethics of Multinational Temple University’s Henrietta Frankel Corporations” will be the subject of a Ethic Center at 1:30-4 p.m. conference to be held on March 13, in La On Thursday, March 14, the renowned Salle University’s Music Room in the photographer Lida Suchy of Rochester, Student Union building at 7 p.m. Anatoliy N.Y., will offer a slide-lecture titled “People Zlenko, Ukraine’s ambassador to the of Kryvorivnia – Portrait of a Hutsul United Nations, will deliver an address on Village,” which will open her exhibit of democracy and business in Ukraine. photographs of a people of Ukraine who are Appearing on the same panel will be: the now reclaiming their cultural identity. The internationally known authority on business program will commence with a reception ethics Dr. Richard DeGeorge of the Uni- held at La Salle’s Chapel at 6:45 p.m. versity of Kansas; and a human rights spe- The Central and East European cialist, Rhakamile Gongo of the Embassy of Program at La Salle University and the South Africa. The speakers will answer Ukrainian Studies Fund cordially invite questions following their presentations. the public to attend both events. For While in Philadelphia, Ambassador additional information call Dr. L. D. Zlenko will also participate in a panel Rudnytzky, (215) 951-1200. Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine Ukrainian American Professionals and Businesspersons Association of New York and New Jersey Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, Branch 75 ClintonNEWARK, N.J. administration – Melanne Starinshak director staffer to Rep. Marcy to Kaptur speak (D-Ohio), have the honor to announce and invite you to a Verveer will speak and show slides at a coordinator of civil rights and urban affairs public meeting in Newark about at the U.S. Catholic Conference and field PUBLIC MEETING WITH President Bill Clinton’s and the First manager of Common Cause. Ms. Verveer has served on the boards Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton’s state (nee Starinshak) visit to Ukraine in 1995 where she went of many non-profit organizations and is a MELANNE VERVEER with them in her official capacity. founding member of the Coalition on Mr. Verveer, who is of Ukrainian her- Human Needs. She served on the boards Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy chief of Staff to the First Lady itage, is currently deputy assistant to the of directors of the Leadership Conference President and deputy chief of staff to the on Civil Rights, the Advocacy Institute, who will speak and show slides on first lady. Public Allies and Network, among oth- The meeting will be held on March 16, at ers. In 1989, she was named to President Clinton’s and the First Lady’s visit to Ukraine in 1995 4 p.m. in the gymnasium of St. John the “Beachman’s Guide to Key Lobbyists.” Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School, Melanne Starinshak Verveer was raised WHEN: Saturday, March 16, 1996 at 4 PM Sandford Avenue, Newark, N.J. The event in Shamokin, Pa., where she attended WHERE: in the Gymnasium of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church is sponsored by Americans for Human Transfiguration Ukrainian School. She 746 Sandford Avenue, Newark, NJ 07106 received her high school diploma from St. Rights in Ukraine, the Ukrainian American Admission: $5.00; senior citizens and students $3.00; children free Association of Professionals and Mary’s Villa Academy in Sloatsburg, N.Y. Security officer at the parking lot Businesspersons of New York and New Both schools were run by the Sisters Jersey and Branch 75 of the Ukrainian Servants of Mary Immaculate. For further information please call: Bozhena Olshaniwsky (201) 373-9729 National Women’s League of America. Her maternal and paternal grandpar- For further information please call: Areta Pawlynsky (609) 683-5959 Ms. Verveer brings prestigious and ents were born in Ukraine, emigrated to For further information please call: Ksenia Rakowsky (201) 762-7348 lengthy experience into her position in the the U.S. at the turn of the century and White House. Prior to her present position settled in Pennsylvania. she served as special projects coordinator to Ms. Verveer received her master’s and Mrs. Clinton during the presidential transi- bachelor’s degrees at Georgetown tion and as an issues adviser during the University. She and her husband, Philip, a THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Clinton-Gore campaign. She previously Washington attorney, have three children. served as executive vice-president and pub- The book “Appointment With Power” announces lic policy director for the constitutional lib- noted: “...No First Lady has ever been as erties group, People for the American Way. deeply involved in the substantive issues of Prior to joining People for the American government as Hillary Rodham Clinton, SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Way, Ms. Verveer worked in a variety of and certainly no first lady’s staff ever had a positions on Capitol Hill and in the public political operative of the caliber and experi- FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1996/97 interest community. She was legislative ence of Melanne Verveer.” According to the June 1988 eligibility requirements

a) The scholarships will be awarded to FULL-TIME UNDERGRADU- a) ATE STUDENTS (studying towards their first bachelor’s degree) Tapestries on exhibit at Ukrainian Museum a) attending accredited colleges or universities, and to HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK – The Ukrainian al and spiritual – they are translated into a) GRADUATES who will be attending such institutions of higher Museum in New York City, in coopera- very personal idioms, reflecting the a) learning in the filing calendar year. Graduate students are ineligible tion with Branch 113 of the Ukrainian artist’s imagination and inventiveness. a) to apply. National Women’s League of America, Ms. Laptchyk’s work is mainly tapes- will open the exhibition “Tapestries and tries, executed in the plain hand-weaving b) The candidate must have been an ACTIVE DUES-PAYING Painted Textiles by Nina Laptchyk,” on technique, but she also paints on cloth b) UNA MEMBER for at least TWO YEARS by the end of March Sunday, March 17. The exhibit will run and has designed costumes for several b) of the filng year. through April 14. Featured will be the theaters in Ukraine. Since 1993 she has many-faceted work in textiles of this ver- been the costume designer for the Ivan Applicants will be judged on the basis of: satile artist from Ukraine, such as weav- Franko National State Theater in Kyiv. 1. financial need ings, and painted silk and cotton. Ms. Laptchyk was born in Kyiv in Several of Ms. Laptchyk’s woven 2. course of study 1960, graduated from the Republic Art 3. scholastic record works are large in size and striking in School’s Faculty of Painting, and the their mode of execution. The artist 4. involvement in Ukrainian community and student life Lviv College of Decorative and Applied employs a method of weaving practiced Arts. She has exhibited her work in DUE DATES for applications and documents: since the 17th century in Ukraine and numerous individual and group shows resulting in the “gobelin” tapestry. 4. Your completed, signed & dated application is due by The artist is also very particular about throughout Europe and her American 4. March 31, 1996. the materials she uses in her work: she debut was an exhibition at the Krannert 4. All required documents listed on the application form and Art Gallery at Evansville University in spins and dyes her own yarn. This is 4. photograph are due by May 1, 1996. reflected not only in the superb quality of Evansville, Ind., in 1995-1996. The artist is a member of the Artists the finished product, but also in the fine The 1996/97 scholarship APPLICATION FORM can be obtained by definition of the theme or subject matter Union of Ukraine, belongs to the the artist weaves into the work. European Textile Network and is the writing to: Ms. Laptchyk’s work, like that of Ukrainian correspondent for the many Ukrainian contemporary artists, International Tapestry Journal. UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Inc. The Ukrainian Museum, located at draws on the roots of her heritage. Attn: Scholarship Committee Although she employs universal themes 203 Second Ave., is open Wednesday and permeates them with references to through Sunday, 1-5 p.m. For informa- 30 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302 Ukraine’s rich legacy – historical, cultur- tion call (212) 228-0110. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1996 No. 10

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Thursday, March 14 ings created by Ms. Markiw during her two- month stay at the International Artists’ WARREN, Mich.: The Ukrainian American Symposium in Ukraine. The exhibit opened Republican Coalition invites the community March 6 and continues until March 26 at the to a meeting-discussion on “Being Involved New Talent Gallery, 3333 N. MacArthur in Democracy — Becoming a Precinct Blvd. For more information please call the Delegate.” The program, at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, starts at 7 p.m. and will fea- center at (214) 252-7558. ture distinguished guests and speakers. For Wednesday, March 20 further information call Roman Kuropas at SASKATOON: The University of (810) 756-1627. Saskatchewan invites scholars, students and Friday, March 15 the community at large to a seminar on “The Polish Question on the Eve of the 1863 NEW YORK: The ODFFU Literary and Insurrection and the Formation of the Kyiv Arts Club invites the community to an Hromada,” to be presented by Dr. Bohdan evening dedicated to the life and works of Klid, research associate at the Canadian Taras Shevchenko, at the Mayana Gallery, Institute of Ukrainian Studies. Part of the 136 Second Ave. The program, which starts Peter Jacyk Seminar Series, the event com- at 7 p.m., will feature a slide presentation/ mences at 3:30 p.m. in the CIUS Seminar lecture by Slava Gerulak and readings by Room, 352 Athabasca Hall. For further Nadia Savchuk and Oleksander Ihnatusha. information call (306) 492-2972. For more information call (212) 260-4490. Thursday, March 21 Saturday, March 16 CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Ukrainian Research Institute invites all inter- Society invites members and the community ested to a lecture on “The Impact of Western to a lecture on “Problems of Ukrainianization Economic Ideas on the Process of Market of Ukraine,” to be given at 5 p.m. by Dr. Transformations in Ukraine,” by Dr. Anna Yevhen Fedorenko, head of the Educational Klimina, Institute of Economics, National Council of the Ukrainian Congress Commit- Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and visiting tee of America. The society is located at 63 scholar at the institute. The lecture starts at 4 Fourth Ave., between Ninth and 10th Streets. p.m. at the institute’s seminar room, 1583 SAN DIEGO: The House of Ukraine pre- Massachusetts Ave. Free admission. For sents a Pysanka (Easter Egg) Workshop, more information call (617) 495-4053. to be held at Balboa Park at 9 a.m.- noon. Saturday, March 23 Cost: $25. For more information call (619) ADDISON, Tex.: The Ukrainian American 447-1252. Society of Texas presents a Ukrainian Easter IRVING, Texas: The Irving Arts Center egg workshop at 4817 Keller Springs Road. invites everyone to a reception, at 7-9 p.m., Cost: $20 per person; 455 members, $10. part of an exhibit of paintings by artist Please call (214) 380-4809 for reservations Theresa Markiw. The exhibit includes paint- ASAP.

NURSE WANTED The Ukrainian American Bar Association for outpatient musculoskeletal/rehab medicine office in cordially invites you to attend the Philadelphia/Delaware area and other locations. Experience in rehab/occupational medicine helpful but not required. UABA SPRING MEETING PHYSICAL THERAPIST ALSO WANTED May 2 - 5, 1996 at the luxurious Various Pennsylvania and east coast locations. Excellent opportunities for energetic and motivated individuals. Embassy Suites Hotel Send resume and photo to: Scottsdale, Arizona Rehab Associates P.O. Box 1778 planned activities include: Erie, PA 16507 day trip to Sedona (redrock country), tennis and golf tournaments, and a southwest-style barbecue.

For futher details, please contact Orest Jejna, UABA President, at: 318 W. Roosevelt, Phoneix, AZ 85003; tel: 602-254-3872; fax: 602-254-1918. A block of rooms will be held by the hotel’s manage- ment until April 2, 1996. For room reservations, please contact the hotel directly at: 800-528-1456. Special rates for UABA members are $90/night including breakfast and airport transportation.