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statement on nukes by Roman Woronowycz

Kyyiv Press Bureau

K Y Y i v - Ukraine's Foreign Ministry rebutted a document released by Moscow and signed by experts from Russia's Atomic Energy Commission that alleges serious violations in the han– dling of nuclear warheads on Ukrainian territory, but admitted the condition of the weapons is now under review.

"Problems exist that must be worked out," said Yuriy Sergeyev, Foreign Ministry spokesperson on December 14; "But no danger exis ts . Minister of Defense Radetsky assured us of this. However, we are currently working on raising the levels of safety."

Gen. vitaliy Radetsky returned on December 13 from a visit to the Khmelnytsky region in Ukraine, where a large portion of the nuclear arms are stored, to personally review the status of the missiles.

Gen. Radetsky conferred with techni– cians and experts while on site to identi– fy current safety shortcomings and to develop a plan of action to resolve the issues, according to a Ministry of Defense statement. Concrete plans were also initiated to better safeguard the fir– ing systems of the missiles. The state– ment noted that, as a result, the level of safety will increase.

Concern about the state of Ukraine's nuclear stockpile has been the subject of

(Continued on page 14) Christmas card by Halyna Lypa-Zakhariasevych published by The Ukrainian Museum. New York. 1

Kyyiv chides Yeltsin for commentary on "evil" nuclear policy

JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - Russian President Boris Yeltsin condemned Ukraine's policy on nuclear weapons as "evil," during a December 15 meeting in the Kremlin with U.S. vice-President Al Gore, reported Reuters.

"Ukraine is deceiving us all. it is deceiving the United States, Russia, Europe, deceiving the whole world, and we are so helpless that we cannot deal with this evil," President Yeltsin said, according to a story carried on the lnterfax news wire and by 1TAR-TASS.

in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Anatoliy f Zlenko said Mr. Yeltsin's statement was . unhelpful in trying to resolve differences

between the two countries regarding dis– armament. "We can only express our regret, to put it mildly," he told reporters outside the Parliament building. "This serves the interests of neither Ukraine nor Russia," Reuters quoted him as say– ing.

Parliament Chairman lvan Pliushch also reacted to the Moscow statement. "We have here sweeping accusations, a political statement with no basis, it is even difficult to counter."

President Leonid Kravchuk's foreign policy adviser Anton Buteiko told The Ukrainian Weekly's press bureau in Kyyiv: "1 have not seen the official text, but if lnterfax is correct in its reporting, І am very surprised that the president of such a great state would say such things about a state that wants good neighborly,

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of renewed imperial ambitions Zhirinovsky victory elicits fear Rukh gears up for elections

Kostyantyn Morozov (former minister of defense) and Slava Stetsko (Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists.)

in opening remarks. Chairman vyacheslav Chomovil outlined the Rukh program and characterized the political party as a democratic,nationally oriented centrist movement that defends the inter– ests of Ukraine's citizens and" those of Ukraine, and promotes democracy and economic reforms, it is an organization that, together with other democratic forces is ready to take on responsibility for the fate of the nation and to help create a truly independent, truly democratic Ukraine.

Mr. Chornovil painted a bleak picture of today's Ukraine, commenting that a year ago he thought things could not get much worse, but as it turns out they did.


by Maria Koiomayets Kyyiv Press Bureau

KYYiv - Many of Ukraine's leaders were alarmed by the incoming Russian parliamentary results, expressing concern that forces such as those of viadimir Zhirinovsky and his Liberal Democratic Party could lead to the restoration of the tsarist empire.

Although he said he would withhold final judgment until the Russian Duma began its work, Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk said he is worried about the victory of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia on Sunday, December 12.

"There is a fear, there is a fear of

direct revenge and this should not be concealed," said President Kravchuk, referring to the fact that many voters reacted to the events of October 3-4 in Moscow during this election.

"But, 1 hope that the government and the president and the Russian people will defend democracy and will not allow the idea of revenge to turn into state policy," he said.

Rukh leader vyacheslav Chornovil said the victory of the Liberal Democratic Party can be viewed "as Russia's step toward a pro-fascist regime."

"More than once we told U.S. con– gressmen and European political activists that something like this could transpire in


by Marta Koiomayets Kyyiv Press Bureau

KYYiv — Pledging to unite democra– tic forces for spring 1994 parliamentary elections in Ukraine, Rukh activists and supporters approved a campaign platform during the first phase of their fifth con– gress on December 10-12.

During the three-day congress, democ– ratic opposition leaders concentrated their efforts on building a campaign strat– egy to ensure the defeat of the "party of power," as they refer to the ruling nomenklatura headed by President Leonid Kravchuk.

Chanting "unity, unity," the congress delegates were greeted by such political leaders as vo lodymyr Yavorivsky (Democratic Party of Ukraine), Levko Lukianenko (Ukrainian Republican Party), ihor Yukhnovsky (New Ukraine),

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Prosvita holds fourth conference KYYiv — Prosvita, the largest com–

munity organization in Ukraine and the most active language society, held its fourth conference here on December 4-5, in which it ге-dected' Pavlo Movchan to another term as head of the organization.

Besides Mr. Movchan, the organiza– tion also elected the following as vice-presidents: Oleksander Ponomariv, Yuriy Badzio, viktor Kasban and Zinoviy Mazuryk.

Five resolutions were accepted, one of which requests thai the government levy a supplemental tax on those commercial entities, newspapers and non-govemmen– tal organizations that advertise in Russian or English. The resolution sug– gests that the money gathered could be used to publish children's literature.

The 43 delegates and scores of guests also celebrated the 125th anniversary of the organization founded in Kyyiv in

1868 and dedicated to the memory of Tares Shevchenko.

The Prosvita Ukrainian Language Society, which today publishes newspa– pers in Kyyiv, Zhytomyr, Symferopil, Lviv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and lvano– Frankivske, was disbanded by the Soviets in 1939, but resurrected in the late 1980s as Soviet rule weakened. On November 11, 1989, it convened the first legal forum of an independent communi– ty organization in Kyyiv, two months after its first newspaper, Slovo, appeared.

Besides publishing, the group also organizes Ukrainian and English lan– guage courses, seminars on various top– ics and academic and literary confer– ences.

The organization spearheaded the drive that resulted in the erection of a monument in Kyyiv commemorating the 1932-1933 Soviet-induced famine.

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FOR THE RECORD: Kravchuk's statement on national treasures Following is the full text of the

"Statement on the Return of National Cultural Treasures" issued in November by -President Leonid Kravchuk of Ukraine to "Ukrainian and world public opinion. " (Text pro– vided by the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States.

The revival of the Ukrainian state initiated a new period in the history of the Ukrainian nation, .which on its thorny path to independence had to suffer painful losses '— physical, moral and spiritual. Especially dra– rnatic was the fate' of national relics, historical and cultural valuables, a large part of which under different cir– cumstances was lost or taken outside Ukraine.

: Documents of the Ukrainian '. Kbzaks, unique archeo!ogical findings and treasures, priceless mosaics, icons, iconostases from Ukrainian churches, canvases by famous artists, works of decorative art by folk artists, the personal effects of important his– torical leaders, archives7documents, manuscripts and old-print articles, rare books and other rarities — ail this spiritual wealth appeared to be dis– persed throughout the world and inac– cessible in Ukraine, withdrawn from the scholarly and cultural life of the Ukrainian state.

The development of statehood, spiritual revival, and historical and national self-awareness of the Ukrainian nation urgently require that we assess the actual amount of losses in the historical and cultural field, to make registers of architectural monu– ments and works of art, and historical, religious and cultural relics located now in other countries.

Most important is to study the pos– sibility of their return to Ukraine. The recently created National Committee for return of Cultural Property to Ukraine has already begun doing this.

Looking for the lost relics we do hot mean to immediately return all historical and cultural documents related to Ukraine. Persistently abid– ing by international agreements and Conventions^ and resolutions of the

J–. U.N. General Assembly, we empha– size that we mean first of all the return of national relics and historical and cultural property illegally moved out of Ukraine. We count on mutual

understanding on the part of other countries, on their respect for the national feelings and spiritual needs of Ukrainian people, who have been deprived of the vitally important ele– ments of their collective memory.

The process of returning historical and cultural property to Ukraine is not unilateral. The appeals of other countries to Ukraine relating to the return of their national cultural prop– erty and the exchange of cultural arrj– facts, including those taken out of other countries during the Soviet period as wartime trophies and secretly kept in special depositories will be considered on a constructive basis. We are ready to enter into rele– vant bilateral agreements with all countries. The Ukrainian side will provide free access for representa– tives of competent institutions to the repositories of all Ukrainian muse– ums, archives and libraries, hoping for a corresponding manifestation of understanding.

The "Agreement on Return of Cultural and Historical Property to their States of Origin" signed by heads of sovereign states in Minsk on February 14, 1992, became an impor– tant step on the way to political and diplomatic settlement. This document, to our mind, meets actual needs regarding the preservation of histori– cal heritage. Provided relevant norms and provisions of the agreement con-eluded in Minsk are implemented, the participating states will have strong foundations for future civilized and good neighborly relations.

Ukraine suggests that, under the aegis of UNESCO, Kyyiv host an international conference dedicated to the problems of the return of national, cultural and artistic artifacts lost or replaced during World War 11.

We address the Ukrainian and world public — all those who are not indifferent to the fate of our cultural and historical relics — with the request to assist us in the search and return to Ukraine of our lost treasures. We assure you that they will assume their appropriate place in the Ukrainian spiritual treasury.

Leonid Kravchuk President of Ukraine

Moldovan anxious over Zhirinovsky KYYiv - On December 13,

Moldovan President Mircea Snegur, began a two-day visit to the Ukrainian capital by expressing concern over the support given Russian Liberal Democratic Party leader viadimir Zhirinovsky in recent elections. Met at Boryspil airport by Foreign Minister Anatoliy Zlenko and other officials, Mr. Snegur said: "in his campaign speeches, Zhirinovsky described Moldova as a gubemia (district) of Russia." Referring to the controversial General Aleksandr Lebed stationed in his country, Mr. Snegur said "And (Zhirinovsky) said he even found a governor (for Moldova) — the commander of Russia's 14th army." Mr. Snegur met with President Leonid Kravchuk and other Ukrainian leaders to discuss matters of cooperation in interna– tional organizations, trade and other eco– nomic issues. (Respublika, Reuters)

State of emergency rumor denied

KYYTV - The deputy head of the Ukrainian President's Press Office, Heorhiy Kosykh, on December 9 denied rumors that a state of economic emer– gency would be introduced. Mr. Kosykh said "the Cabinet has no information about the introduction of such a state," adding that it was exclusively within the Parliament's jurisdiction to declare a state of emergency. (RFF7RL Daily Report)

Zhirinovsky's policy on Ukraine

MOSCOW - viadimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party, who was elected to the Russian Parliament in the December 12 elections , was desOTbedby (destine Bohlen of The New York Times as "an unabashed advocate of the restoration of the Russian empire," who "regularly insults and threatens Russia's neighbors." He proposes to bring back Russia's lost territories without war. Mr. Zhirinovsky explained: "Nobody should be conquered, it is all very easy. We cease supplying timber to Ukraine, and all its coal mines will collapse, in three months it will be on its knees and the gov– ernment of (President Leonid) Kravchuk will fall." (The New York Tunes)

Eastern regions gain autonomy

KYYTv - President Leonid Kravchuk on November 29 issued a decree that gives more autonomy to oblast adminis– trations in Dnipropetrovske, Donetske, Zaporizhzhia and Luhanske. The new powers include the right to manage prop– erty owned by the state, reported interfax on December 1. The decree gives the regional administrations more autonomy

for the period of January 1, 1994, to December 31, 1995. Local observers were quoted as saying the decree is intended as a measure to counter separatist tendencies in these eastern Ukrainian regions where the population is largely Russian and Russian-speaking. (RFETRL Daily Report)

Belarus seeks Chornobyl shutdown M1NSK - The Parliament of Belarus

voted on December 3 to ask Ukraine to review its decision to keep the Chornobyl nuclear power plant open, in October Ukraine's Supreme Council had reversed a 1991 decision to shut the plant down. The reversal came as a result of Ukraine's severe energy problems. Ukraine claims there have been technical improvements at the Chornobyl plant since the 1986 acci– dent there, and thus the plant's operation is safe. Belarus, whose territory is widely affected by the radioactive fallout from the 1986 disaster, now allocates about 20 percent of its annual budget to Chomobyl– related items. (RFE7RL Daily Report)

Russiansin Ukraine cast ballots

KYYiv - A total of 328 Russian ciri– zens voted in the Russian elections at die Russian Embassy.in Kyyiv on December 12. (tnterfax-Ukraine)

Black Sea Fleet pilots protest

MOSCOW - Members of the Black Sea Fleet's air corps sent a letter to Russian President Boris Yeltsin to protest the fact they are unable to participate in the Russian elections because no agree: ment on dual citizenship has been reached between Russia and Ukraine, in addition, the airmen said they receive only ІЮ pec-cent of the salary paid their Russian coun– terparts, floting that this is below the sub–! sistence level, interfax reported die let– ter's contents on December 5. fRFFJRL Daily Report)

Belarus opposes pressure on Ukraine

M1NSK - Belarusian Soviet Council Chairman Stanislau Shushkevich has criti– cized Russian attempts to pressure Ukraine into becoming a non-nuclear state. He said the U.S. and Russia should convince Ukraine to give up its nukes by showing the advantages that would accrue from doing so. (BFEJRL Daily Report)

Progress reported in Ukraine's navy

KYYiv - vice-Admiral volodymyr Bezkorovainy, commander of Ukraine's naval forces, said that progress has been made in establishing the national navy. Today, almost 20 naval units are func– tioning and the construction of new ves–


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Maria Drach discusses role of All-Ukrainian Women's Hromada by (Christina Lew

NEW YORK — Ukraine's women, long forbidden to organize outside the official Ail-Union Soviet Women's Society, have called forth the spirit of their pre-World War 1 sisters — members of the Women's Hromadas in Bukovyna, Kyyiv and Lviv — to found the All-Ukrainian Women's Hromada.

Under the leadership of Maria Drach, the AUWH pursues the tenets of an earlier AUWH - the UNR's All-Ukrainian Women's Hromada of І917, whose mem– bers were active in community and relief work, educa–

AUWH President Maria Drach.

tion, public health and the care of orphans — with a twist: today's AUWH lobbies for the equality of sexes and the rights of women, and targets the parliamentary elections of March 1994 as one of its more important projects. І

"There are 13 women in our 450-member' Parliament," ruminates Mrs. Drach, over coffee in an' airport lobby. 'There are no women ambassadors. We!

; want gender equality enshrined in Ukraine's Constitution." The AUWH, which belongs to the Congress of National Democratic Forces, hopes to put forth its own candidates for the March election on the CNDF platform.

Ukraine's women organize

The group was informally organized in 1989 as women supporters of the Rukh umbrella. After Ukraine declared independence, the women who eventually founded the AUWH began pursuing their own platform, working on an associate level with the Society of Muslim Women in Kyyiv, the Jewish women's organi– zation Rachmin, the Organization of Soldiers' Mothers of Ukraine and Women Against the Atom.

This summer, the AUWH changed its by-laws to allow male membership, in December, says Mrs. Drach, the AUWH plans to hold a congress uniting all women's organizations on an equal standing.

The AUWH has chapters in Moldova, Latvia, the United States, France and Australia. The Latvian chapter, with assistance from Kyyiv, is currently building a school of Ukrainian studies in Riga. "Our hope is to edu– cate the world about Ukraine. We advocate the slogan 'Ukrainian education throughout the world,'" she said.

To give weight to their intentions, the AUWH recent– ly awarded Dr. James Mace, former staff director of the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine, the first AUWH prize for the promotion of Ukraine by a non-Ukrainian.

AUWH projects During a month long visit to the United States and

Canada in October to establish contacts with other

women's organizations, Mrs. Drach cemented ties with the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, the Ukrainian Women's Organization of Canada and the World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations. Through the Ukrainian American contacts, she was able to meet with numerous non-Ukrainian women activists to promote the "idea of Ukraine." Those meetings resulted in pen pal projects between American and Ukrainian students, sister city-type relations between Ukrainian and Midwestern cities, and a project to air an informational movie about Ukraine in the American school system.

The All-Ukrainian Women's Hromada pursues numerous educational and orphan-related projects in Ukraine, it supports the Lysenko Music School in Kyyiv and offers Sunday courses in Ukrainian history, litera– ture and culture at Kyyiv's Museum of Literature.

in December the AUWH will hold a St. Nicholas pro-gram in Kyyiv and Luhanske for orphans and children on military bases. The St. Nicholas program, which Mrs. Drach and Raisa Hotz, the head of the AUWH's Marian Women, have organized for four consecutive years, required the two women to package 900 gifts.

Of all the AUWH projects, Mrs. Drach is most proud of the work done by the hromada's orphan aid commit– tee, the Marian Women, in Lviv that work involves sewing clothing for orphan children, in Zhytomyr, the collection of funds for educational scholarships, in the United States, a group of New York-area women have organized into the Orphan Aid Society, which sponsors a Ukrainian child for Si5 a month. Conceived in May 1992, the Orphan Aid Society, coordinated by Mrs. Hotz in Kyyiv and Maria Yowyk in New York, today spon– sors over 100 children.

Mrs. Drach is pleased that the AUWH's "idea of Ukraine" slogan has taken root in the numerous non-Ukrainian supporters of the Orphan Aid Society. As she prepared to board her flight back to Ukraine, she paused to share one last tidbit about the AUWH: in her suitcase, she had two costumes sewn by Mrs. Yowyk for Ukraine's most famous orphan, world champion ice skater Oksana Baiul.

Ukraina Society conference promotes contacts OBITUARY by Roman Woronowycz

KYYiv -During the Soviet era, the Ukraina Society was widely believed to be an arm of the KGB responsible for strengthening international Communist organizations and fomenting discord in the West, its purpose has changed dramatically since then, evidenced most recently by the success of its first major conference held here December 8-12, whose primary theme, business and trade expansion, would have had Soviet-style proletari– ans and their apparatchik handlers preparing Gulag housing for the attendees.

The international conference, titled "Foreign Public and Ukraine: Prospects for Cooperation," brought together representatives of 27 countries, including Japan, Lebanon, England, Sweden, Bulgaria and lsrael. its purpose was to strengthen ties among the member groups in a variety of areas, including trade, economic matters, scientific research, cultural exchange and tourism. But business seemed the subject addressed by most conferees.

Great Britain's ambassador to Ukraine, Simon Hemans, by his presence at the conference as rep– resentative of a bastion of capitalism, showed to what extent the perception of the Ukraina Society has changed, in his speech at the opening session, Mr. Hemans underscored the need for Ukraine to improve its business climate.

He urged the economically depressed country to concentrate on bringing business partners to Ukraine who will help Ukraine develop industry and manu– facturing, and not simply become trading partners. He also urged Ukrainian businessmen to let the gov– ernment know what economic policies they need instituted to help them stimulate business growth.

. Minister for Foreign Trade Relations Oleh Slepichev presented a paper analyzing Ukraine's economic potential. He concluded that especially underutilized are the areas of chemical manufac– turing, aerospace and tourism.

The Japanese contingent, which later in the weekend signed an official agreement with the Ukraina Society as a new partner, offered an opin– ion that developing alternative energy resources

was Ukraine's major need and expressed Japan's willingness to help.

At the roundtables that met on Friday, the best attended covered business and tourism.

The transformation of the Ukraina Society from a strictly ideological organization bent on disseminat– ing Soviet propaganda to one dedicated to nation-building and free enterprise began in 1991, with the end of the Soviet regime and the declaration of inde– pendence in Ukraine. Today, member of parliament and former Rukh leader ivan Drach heads the orga– nization, while two of the leading organizers of the conference were Foreign Minister Anatoliy Zlenko and People's Deputy volodymyr Yavorivsky, leader of the Democratic Party of Ukraine.

The federation of societies to which the Ukraina Society belongs was founded in November 1992. Currently, it has members in more than 40 countries and comprises businessmen, as well as economic, cultural and humanitarian associations and communi– ty organizations, reflecting its statement of purpose.

The declaration developed during the cover of the conference states that, "all our societies and associations are non-affiliated, in terms of political party membership or government influence. They unite people professing the ideals of good, humaneness, democracy..."

Although everyone seemed upbeat about the weekend's successes, there were some not so minor disappointments. Mr. Drach admitted that the Germany-Ukraine Society did not attend.

He also admitted that no USA-Ukraine Society currently exists. However, he added, "We know there is a group that is organizing, which would include Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Roman Szporluk." He did not say when he thought such a group would coalesce.

Over all, Mr. Drach expressed his satisfaction with the outcome of the conference. "There were sceptics who doubted we could pull this off on such a scale," he said. "What is most important is that many came from different countries and saw that Ukraine also has an effective organization. And we signed a very important agreement with Japan, it shows that Ukraine is moving forward."

Anna Sten, Hollywood's first Ukrainian star, dead at 85

by Andrij Wynnyckyj

NEW YORK - Anna Sten, the first Ukrainian-born film star in Hollywood, died of cardiac arrest in her Manhattan home on November 16. She was 85.

Although the record concerning her early years has been consid– erably clouded by publicists seeking to make her exotic and myste– rious, according to an interview conducted in 1941 Ms. Sten was born on June 29, 1908, in Kyyiv, to ballet master Petro Fesak and a Swedish actress, whose surname she adopted. Mr. Fesak was killed in World War 1.

Confusion surrounding Ms. Sten's background has persisted, as seen in the notices of her death carried by the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, which suggest her father's surname was Sudakevych.

Ms. Sten's performance, at age 15, in an amateur production of Gerhart Hauptmann's "Hanne!es Himmelfarht" greatly impressed the famous Russian director, acting theoretician and teacher Stanislavsky, who took her to Moscow's Russian Film Academy, in three years, she was touring with the Moscow Art Theater and awing critics in performances as Grushenka in adaptations of Dostoyevsky's "Brothers Karamazov." і

Ms. Sten starred in four Soviet films in the late 1920s, including the comedy "When Moscow Laughs" (also released under the title "Girl With the Hatbox," 1927) and vsevolod Pudovkin's influen– tial "Storm over Asia" (1928). She married director Fedor Ozep, with whom she fled to Germany in 1931.

There, in a film directed by her husband, she reprised her role as Dostoyevsky's Grushenka in "The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov" (1931), and quickly became a cult figure. Although she starred in two other German features, it was her work in "The Murderer" that led to a fateful turn in Ms. Sten's careen

Hollywood's Sam Goldwyn saw the movie and was captivated by her professionalism and intensity. He was also driven by movie audiences' seeming appetite for European femmes fatales and took her to the U.S. in 1932. He mounted an intensive publicity cam– paign, hoping to create another Greta Garbo or Mariene,Dietrich.



The Ukrainian Museum celebrates "Year of Development" at gala reception by ika Koznarska Casanova

NEW YORK - The Ukrainian Museum concluded its "Year of the Deve lopment of The Ukrainian Museum" campaign , with a gala luncheon at The Waldorf-Astoria on December 5.

The guest of honor and keynote speaker at the event was ivan Dzyuba, minister of culture of Ukraine.

The event, attended by 160 friends of the UM, was sponsored by long-time members and supporters of The Ukrainian Museum Julian and Maria Baczynsky and Wolodymyr and Anna Rak, all of New York.

Among the guests at the fete were the very Rev. Patrick Paschak, pastor of St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in New York, the ve ry Rev. Wolodymyr Bazylevsky, pastor of St. Wolodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Church in New York. Other prominent guests were viktor Batiouk, Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations and his wife, Avelina; viktor Kryzhanivsky, con– sul general of Ukraine, and his wife, Liudmyla; Anna Krawczuk, president of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America and lwanna Rozankowsky and Maria Savchak, honorary presidents of UNWLA.

Nestor Holynsky, vice-president and general manag– er, eastern region, LAN Systems, served as master of ceremonies at the event.

Opening remarks were delivered by Titus Hewryk, president of the museum's board of trustees.

Upon welcoming the guests and extending a special welcome to Minister Dzyuba. Mr. Hewryk noted the remarkable changes that have transpired since The Ukrainian Museum's founding 17 years ago in І976 by the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, under the leadership of Mrs. Rozankowsky.

Mr. Hewryk went on to commend the generosity of the Ukrainian community, acknowledging the support of the many benefactors of the UM, who with their support ensure the continuity and effectiveness of the museum's role for the future.

Currently. Mr. Hewryk reported, the UM has 1,600 members, the endowment fund continues to grow having topped 5600.000. and museum collections are expanding, including recent additions to its Archipenko collection.

Referring to 1993 as an "extraordinary year," Mr. Hewryk noted that the building fund has topped the Si million mark and as a result of the community's positive response and generosity the goal of obtaining Si.5 mil-lion by year's end appears within reach. "We have over-come the initial and perhaps the most difficult phase on our way to our goal of building a prestigious, spacious structure to house The Ukrainian Museum in New York," Mr. Hewryk said.

Donations and pledged contributions at the lunceon totaled 5181,000. This included the funding of three rooms, bringing the number of rooms funded in the new museum building to eight.

The estimated cost of rebuilding the commercial build– ing on East Sixth Street, which was acquired in 1985 by the^museum's board of trustees under the direction of the late1 Dr. Bohdan Cymbalisty, is between S3 million and

S3.5 million. Mr. Hewryk noted that "once the Si.5 mil-lion mark is reached, the museum's board will confirm an architectural firm and funds will be appropriated for the architectural design7plans." The general timetable for the building process, assuming that the second phase of the fund-raising campaign is equally successful, would mean that architectural plans could be completed by spring and construction could begin in the fall of 1994.

Mr. Hewryk attributed the success of the campaign to the untiring work of the board, administration, museum staff and volunteers, as well as the unfailing support of the UNWLA and individual UNWLA branches. He sin– gled out the gala's sponsors, Mr. and Mrs. Baczynsky and Mr. and Mrs. Rak as well as the work of the Building Fund, under the direction of Anna A!yskewycz, and of the Special Events Committee, under the direction of Tatiana Tershakovec, responsible for the organization of the gala event.

in his concluding remarks, Mr. Hewryk emphasized that in light of Ukraine's independence, The Ukrainian Museum will be able to provide exposure for Ukraine's cultural riches on New York City's international scene. He went on to note that finally the new museum can meet the need of establishing a professional art gallery to showcase the work of contemporary artists from Ukraine and the diaspora.

The af te rnoon 's keynote speaker , Mr. Dzyuba, addressed the issue of the further development of Ukrainian cultural institutions in the United States and Canada in light of Ukraine's independence, specifically, as it relates to the museum's expanding agenda.

Mr. Dzyuba reviewed the two basic positions on the possible transfer to Ukraine of those Ukrainian cultural treasures that have been safeguarded in the diaspora thanks mainly to the efforts of the Ukrainian political emigration. Those who advocate the transfer of these treasures to Ukraine in order to reinforce Ukraine's cul– tural potential, Mr. Dzyuba noted, put into question the continued existence of cultural and other Ukrainian institutions in the diaspora. At the other extreme, those who deem the transfer of priceless and original treasures as unduly precipitous, in view of the uncertain situation in Ukraine, show, in Mr. Dzyuba's view, excessive and ungrounded apprehension.

Minister Dzyuba emphasized that, "irrespective of the development of political events in Ukraine, irrespective of the results of the upcoming parliamentary and presi– dential elections, we can act in full assurance that at this point there simply is no turning back."

Even if the electoral results turn out to be not what one would like to see, Mr. Dzyuba stressed there is no "significant" political force in Ukraine that could effec– tively work toward that end.

According to Mr. Dzyuba, Ukraine's very indepen– dence warrants that Ukrainian life in the diaspora become all the more active, that the Ukrainian political, intellectual and cultural presence in the United States become all the more evident. The presence of an estab– lished Ukrainian community life here could and should

constitute a significant source of support for Ukraine. Mr. Dzyuba went on to emphasize that it is not, there-

fore, a question of phasing out Ukrainian institutions, particularly scholarly and cultural ones, but on the con– trary, it is imperative to further advance and promote their development, all the while bearing in mind the need to foster contacts between Ukrainian institutions and the wider American sphere.

Specifically, as far as the UM is concerned, Mr. Dzyuba noted that once the museum has relocated to new premises and its activities can be carried out on an appropriate level, the UM should become a factor in American cul tural life, faci l i tat ing contacts with American museums and cultural institutions, drawing the American museum-going public and engaging schol– ars in the research of Ukrainian culture.

According to Mr. Dzyuba, such a role also entails close cooperation with corresponding institutions in Ukraine. The UM's contacts with museums in Ukraine should therefore be augmented and strengthened. Mr. Dzyuba indicated that already there has been some discussion regarding the framing of a proper juridical accord between the Ministry of Culture and The Ukrainian Museum to establish some kind of worldwide Ukrainian cultural struc– ture under the aegis of Ukraine's Ministry of Culture.

Moving on to a general assessment of museum insti– tutions in Ukraine, Mr. Dzyuba underscored Ukraine's great potential in this field, in terms of the wealth and scope of its art collections and holdings and the sheer number of existing museums — over 500 state and over 200 civic museums — Mr. Dzyuba noted that Ukraine could well rank among the top 10 nations in this regard.

Unfortunately, Mr. Dzyuba also noted that Ukraine's full potential in this field is thwarted by abysmal techno– logical backwardness as well as inadequate museum space, resulting in a situation whereby a mere 3 percent of museum holdings are exhibited. As an additional problem, Mr. Dzyuba mentioned the absence, hereto-fore, of any meaningful legislation in regard to the cul– tural sphere. Only recently has the Ministry of Culture drafted some legislation in this area that awaits ratifica– tion by the Parliament.

in assessing the over-all contemporary cultural scene in Ukraine, Mr. Dzyuba characterized it as being "both full of contradictions and extremely interesting."

He pointed out that despite the difficult situation in Ukraine today, the cultural sphere was the only sector that did not suffer government cutbacks and that during the past two years no single major theater, musical insti– tution or library has been lost. On the contrary, Mr. Dzyuba mentioned several gains, among them the open– ing of a first-rate oblast library in Poltava and another in Kherson, and the emergence of young people's theatri– cal groups and orchestras which, while representing a sign of vitality, tend to be unfortunately short-lived.

But most gratifying and worthy of mention, according to Mr. Dzyuba, is the appearance of extraordinary young talent, particularly in the field of music, as evidenced by their acclaim at international competitions. Especially


: . Olha Kuzmowycz

At The Ukrainian Museum's gala reception: Nestor Holynsky, master of ceremonies (left); Ukraine's Minister of Culture ivan Dzyuba (center); Titus Hewryk, president of the museum's board of trustees (right).

No. 51 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19,1993 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Young UNR'ers l The UNA and you

The costs of "no-cost" refinancing by Stephan Welhasch

With interest rates dropping to a 25-year low, many homeowners are refi– nancing their mortgages. Meanwhile, lenders are anxiously trying to corner a piece of this refinancing boom, by offer– ing so-called "no-cost" loans.

These "no-cost" loans charge no points (a fee of one percent of the mort– gage loan amount is equal to one point) and the lender pays the closing costs. Sounds wonderful! Where's the catch?

Rates on such loans are usually at least half a percentage point higher than loans with points and closing costs. How much

will that І72 percent cost an average homeowner?

if you figure out how much a closing can cost you - including points, various fees, appraisal, title search, legal costs, etc. — it could easily add up to 2 or 3 percent of the loan amount applied for. On a 5150,000 loan at 7 percent with a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage this amounts to between 53,000 and 54,500.

if you compare a so-called "no-cost" loan at 1̂2 percent higher than the loan mentioned above, this Ml percent on 5150,000 over 15 years will cost you at


Seen from left are Caitlin, Jennifer and Michael Kuzma, children of Perry and Marypat Kuzma. The three were enrolled by their grandparents Mr. and Mrs.

George Kuzma into UNA Branch 22 of Chicago.

Anne Remick elected to fraternal congress SOUTHBURY, Conn. - Anne

Remick, a supreme advisor of the UNA, was elected a director of the New England Fraternal Congress during its 69th annual meeting here on November 13. Six directors are elected annually to the NEFC.

The meeting was held at the Heritage inn in Southbury. The congress was attended by representatives of 35 region– al fraternal societies.

During the day, the participants had an opportunity to view a display of pic– tures, mastheads and other memorabilia celebrating the 100th anniversary of Svoboda and 60th anniversary of The Ukrainian Weekly, as well as UNA other publications. The display, prepared by Oksana Trytjak at the Home Office, was on loan from the UNA. UNA Supreme Advisor Anne Remick

Danielle Grundhoff, seen above at the age of 3 months, is the youngest new member of UNA Branch 238 in Boston. She is the daughter of George and Karen Grundhoff. She was enrolled into the UNA by her grand-parents George and Angelina Grundhoff. Her great grandparents are Natalia and the late very Rev.

John Danylevich.

Steven Erik Haley, 3, is one of the youngest members of UNA Branch 42 in Passaic, NJ. He is the son of Sonia and Paul Haley of Clifton, N J., and was enrolled into Soyuz by his grand-parents Alexandra and Teofil

Morawsky.

insure and be sure.

Join the UNA!

' І : І Ц ^ -Є Fraternal C o f n e r

by A ndre J. И orobec l-'ruwrnal l( tiviiics ( uoriJinutar

Prypchan honored as Fraternalist of the Year CH1CAGO - The Ukrainian Cultural

Center at Ss. volodymyr and Olha Church hall was the site of the UNA Chicago District's organizing Meeting on Saturday morning, November 13. it was attended by many members of the UNA, including Supreme vice-Presidentess Gloria Paschen, Supreme Secretary Walter Sochan, Supreme Auditor Anatole Doroshenko, Chicago District Chairman Paul Oleksiuk, branch secretaries, delegates and organizers of the Chicago District.

During the course of the meeting.

Roman Prypchan, secretary of Branch 399, was honored as UNA Fraternalist of the Year for 1993.

After delivering an account of Mr. Prypchan's fraternal achievements in the UNA and the Chicago community, Mr. Sochan presented him a plaque. Mr. Prypchan appeared moved by this cere– mony and thanked everyone for the honor conferred upon him.

Mr. Prypchan was born in 1918 in


Roman Prypchan (center) receives the Fraternalist of the Year award. From left are: Paul Oleksiuk, Gloria Paschen, Anatole Doroshenko and Walter Sochan.


THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY

Reality check ill This week, the world was shocked to hear of the electoral successes of one

viadimir Zhirinovsky and his incongruously named Liberal Democratic Party. But even more shocking was President Bill Clinton's reaction to the parliamen– tary elections in Russia, in which opponents of President Boris Yeltsin scored major victories. The news media reported that the Clinton administration announced it does not envision a change in policy toward Russia.

Does not envision a change? How can the U.S. not envision a change at a time that Russia's leaders clearly are becoming more chauvinistic and display– ing renewed imperial ambitions? How can the U.S. not react more cautiously to the events taking place in Russia? it's simply beyond comprehension.

The Christian Science Monitor noted in an editorial: "Sunday's election in Russia is a wake-up call to the West if there ever was one. it indicates some-thing long needed: A complete reappraisal of what is happening in the world, particularly in the post-Soviet states. To support liberal reform and democratic values for Russia and the former Soviet Union is correct. But to suggest, as many Clinton officials and other politicians have done, that a democratic future is arriving in Moscow is not just misguided, it is irresponsible."

We most emphatically concur. And one of the reappraisals that should take place within the Clinton administration is the question of security guarantees for Ukraine and the matter of putting pressure on Ukraine to immediately, unquestionably, give up all its nukes to Russia. But, then, you've read about all that before in this very space...

And so, it seems the Clinton administration's accommodationist policy toward Russia is backfiring even sooner that we'd expected.

Just as strange this week, were President Yeltsin's comments to vice– President Al Gore about Ukraine. Condemning Ukraine's "evil" nuclear poli– cy, Mr. Yeltsin stated: "Ukraine is deceiving us all. it is deceiving the United States, Russia, Europe, deceiving the whole world, and we are so helpless that we cannot deal with this evil." Ukrainian officials reacted to the statement by calling it regretful, unhelpful, untruthful . a "curtsy" to Zhirinovsky.

We, however, have another reaction. Just how is it, Mr. Yeltsin, that Russia is feeling so helpless? Perhaps helpless Russia, so fearful of "evil" Ukraine, should seek security guarantees from the United States. Good luck.

volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1918-1990), first secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine, will long be remembered as the party apparatchik who ensured that Brezhnevite stagnation

would linger in Ukraine. But how many will remember that it was the infamous volodymyr Shcherbytsky. Moscow loyalist par excellence, who in 1987 broke new ground in the debate over Joseph Stalin and his policies of forced collectivization9

But first about Shcherbytsky's rise through the party ranks. An engineer by train– ing, he became a Communist Party functionary in 1948. His first significant position was that of first secretary of the Dniprodzerzhynske City Committee (1952-1954). He moved on to hold positions within the Dniprodzerzhynske Oblas! Committee, the Central Committees and Politburos of both the Communist Party of Ukraine and the Cemmunist Party of the Soviet Union, and the Ukrainian SSR Council of Ministers in 1972 was named first secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine and a member of the USSR and Ukrainian SSR Supreme Soviet Presidia.

When he was named first secretary of the CPU, he abruptly replaced Petro Shelest, a proponent of cultural and educational Ukrainization and autonomous administration and economic development in Ukraine. Shcherbytsky purged Shelest's supporters from the party and government apparatus, and was responsible for purges in cultural and academic institutions. Shcherbytsky's neo-Stalinist regime in Ukraine was charac– terized by intensified Russification, repressions of the dissident movement and ideo– fogical conservatism. He opposed Mikhail Gorbachev's policies and was one of the last three Brezhnev proteges to be ousted from the CC CPSU Politburo in September 1989. Shortly thereafter, he was replaced as CPU first secretary by volodymyr ivashko.

On December 25, 1987, First Secretary Shcherbytsky addressed a party meeting in the Ukrainian capital dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Soviet rule in Ukraine. He stated that the famine of 1932-1933 was a consequence of the collectivization of Soviet agriculture and denounced the forced tempo of farm collectivization via "administrative methods" ordered by the Kremlin, "distortions" in the attitude toward the middle-class peasantry, and the fight against the kurkuls, or prosperous farmers. - Shcherbytsky noted that all these factors, plus "an unforeseen drought," "caused serious food problems at the end of 1932 and the beginning of 1933, and in a number of rural areas, even famine." Shcherbytsky's remarks went beyond those of CPSU General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, who had criticized Stalin's collectivization policies, hut had not mentioned the famine, referring only to the "excesses" of collec– tivization. Shcherbytsky did, however, defend the Soviet government saying it "did everything possible to help the population of Ukraine, the Don, Kuban, volga and southern Ural (regions) and Kazakhstan, who suffered as a result of this evil."

Still, he was the first Soviet official to publicly acknowledge that the Great Famine, which kilted 7 to 10 million persons in Ukraine, was the direct result of Soviet collec– tivization policies. His speech was published in the December 26, 1987, issue of Pravda Ukrainy.

. Sources: The Ukrainian Weekly. January 10. 1988. (vol. Lvi. No. 2) "Shcherbytsky. volodymyr, " Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 4 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993).

CHRISTMAS PASTORAL LETTERS ttfm^?vw^^wtfsvvwvvvaiisiiruwvviv'

99 4Joy to all creation To our reverend clergy, religious, and

God-loving faithful: Peace in the Lord and our apostolic

blessing, it is with a heart filled with heavenly

joy that we greet you with our traditional salutation: 'Christ is Bom!" in reply, we hear: "Glorify Him!" We glorify and praise this joyful moment when God became man and visited us.

As the angel of the Lord, on the first Christmas night, addressed the frightened shepherds, so also, we proclaim to you: "1 bring you news of great joy, a joy to be shared by the whole people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been bom to you; He is Christ the Lord "(Lk 2:10-11). Eternal God, the Son of God, "descended from heaven this day, to redeem all people, and give joy to all creation" (Ukrainian carol). Why, then, do we rejoice? Because our Savior has come to us, to "redeem us from our sins" (Mt 1:21).

The Holy Spirit, through the revelation of God's Word, discloses to us that the basis for our Christmas joy is the birth of a Savior, who came to earth to free us from our sins. Yes, to better understand the meaning of Christ's nativity, we must first recall the terrible consequences of sin. it is sin that distorted the image and likeness of God in our souls, and deprived our souls of God's sanctifying grace, that is, deprived us of supernatural life. Because of this fault, we lost the dignity of being God's

children, and then became "children of wrath" (Eph. 2:3). it was sin that first closed the portals of heaven before us and then placed us in danger of the infernal abyss, it is this sin. that has made us "sons of perdition" (2 Thes. 2:3).

it is this evil, then, that deceived humanity, enveloped it in the darkness of error and shame, and led it to the edge of eternal perdition. Humanity, as a result of sin, became like unto Cain, "A fugitive and a wanderer over the earth" (Gn. 4:12). No power on earth was able to res-cue humanity from the great ruin in which it found itself as a result of sin. No mere human efforts could atone for humanity's sins against the infinite majesty'of God.

This dark despair was finally pierced by the light of the star of Bethlehem, announcing the birth of our divine Savior. He "emptied himself, to assume the condi– tion of a servant, and became as men are, and being as all men are," (Phil. 2:7), to free us from the curse of sin. Eternal God became man, to destroy the power of sin by His suffering and death on the cross, thereby giving us a new birth "through the water and the Holy Spirit," (Jn. 3:5).

in so doing. He restored to us God's life of grace, to renew in our souls the image of God, and return us to the dignity of "God's children (Jn. 1:12). St. John Chrysostom


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'God's gift of salvation My Dear Sisters and Brothers in the

Lord: Once again we gather together as the

people of God in joyful celebration of the Nativity of Jesus Christ. We kneel in awe with kings and shepherds, statesmen and humble citizens, before the crib of Bethlehem and meditate on the goodness of the Eternal God who loved us so much that he willed to become one of us, tak– ing upon himself our lowly human nature, that he might raise us up to the heights of divinity and behold his won– drous glory.

Why did the second person of the Most Holy Trinity take on our human nature? Jesus himself tells us:

"1 came not to call the righteous, but sinners" (Matthew 9, 13).

"The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost" (Luke 19, 10).

"1 came that you may have life and have it abundantly" (John 10, 10).

How wonderful is this mystery of the incarnation! How great is the wisdom and love of God! We believe not in a God so far away, absent and elusive. We believe in a God who, when we, his crea– tures, fell into the sea of sin and were perishing, did not remain unmoved, but came down to save us. We believe in a God who intervened in history.

No wonder that on this day the Church sings:

"Come, let us greatly rejoice in the Lord As we tell of this present mystery. The middle wall of partition has been

destroyed; The fiery sword turns back. The cherubim withdraw from the tree

of life, And 1 partake of the delight of paradise From which 1 was cast out through

disobedience. For the express image of the Father, The imprint of his eternity. Takes the form of a servant, And without suffering change comes

forth From a virgin Mother. What he was, he has remained—true

God; What he was not. he has taken on him–

self. Becoming man from love for

humankind. To him let us cry aloud: God, bom of a virgin, have mercy on

us." (Stikhera of vespers for Christmas)

Christmas demands a response from us, a response that is rooted in Faith, an


UNA Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine фСЩ The Home Office of the Ukrainian National

Association reports that, as of November 22, the frater– nal organization's newly established Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine has received 16,473 checks from its members with donations totalling 9416,812.90 The con– tributions include individual members' donations, as well as returns of members' dividend checks and inter– est payments on promissory notes.

Please make checks payable to: UNA Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine.


NEWS AND viEWS

Parliamentary elections in Russia and their implications for Ukraine

faces and (Places by Myron B. Kuropas

by Orest Deychakiwsky

Recently, 1 had the opportunity to observe the election campaign in Russia, as an official observer from the U.S. Helsinki Commission - perhaps the most interesting election campaign that 1 have observed and one appropriately called a real "free-for-all." While 1 did predict publicly that Russian chauvinist viadimir Zhirinovsky's Liberal Democratic Party (a misnomer if ever one existed) would do better than the polls indicated, like virtually all observers 1 did not expect him to do quite as well as he did. Mr. Zhirinovsky managed to gamer some 23 percent of the vole in the proportionally based half of the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament.

To be sure, Mr. Zhirinovsky's party did not win a majority in the Parliament, indeed, the argument can probably be made that he is getting more attention than he deserves because the media, and everyone else, was caught by surprise at the extent of his electoral success. Even if true, the fact remains that he will be in a position to exert more influence than he was able to in the past, and his influence will most certainly be in the direction of a more aggressive Russia. This is espe– cially the case as other anti-reformist par-ties, notably the Communist Party, also made respectable showings in the elec– tions. Moreover, during the campaign itself, even some of the so-called pro-reformist partiesTblocs were suggesting a more assertive Russian foreign policy towards its neighboring states.

One of the key dangers in Mr. Zhirinovsky's impressive showing is the pressure that will likely come to bear on President Boris Yeltsin and the Russian government for a more assertive, imperi– alistic Russian foreign policy. Understandably, Ukraine and other for– mer subjects of the empire are alarmed about Zhirinovsky's Liberal Democratic Party's showing in the Russian elections, in September 1991. І witnessed a heated discussion between Mr. Zhirinovsky and a Ukrainian Green World activist Dr. Natalia Preobrazhenska, at the Moscow CSCE Human Rights conference. Mr. Zhirinovsky's comments then with respect to Ukraine and the other captive nations, and even outright mockery of

Orest Deychakiwsky, a staff advisor to the U.S. (Helsinki) Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, recently returned from observing the election campaign in Russia. The views expressed in this article do not necessar– ily represent those of the commission.

Ukrainians as a people, starkly illustrated to me then that he was a chauvinist capa– ble of appealing to certain baser instincts among an element of the Russian popula– tion. His comments since have only rein-forced that initial impression.

Clearly, the Russian election results will only strengthen Ukraine's commit– ment to defend its statehood, already threatened by Russian imperialists. The same applies in varying degrees to the other former Soviet republics, as well as to the former Warsaw Pact countries, it will be interesting to watch the West's reaction. One would hope that the West will show a greater understanding for Ukraine's and others' security concerns vis-a-vis Russia. At the same time, there is a gnawing fear that the electoral gains of the likes of Mr. Zhirinovsky can have the opposite effect, and prompt the West to take a more cautious approach towards Russia, even if President Yeltsin, under the influence of neo-imperialists like Mr. Zhirinovsky, moves towards a more assertive Russian foreign policy towards its so-called "near abroad."

One can almost foresee the argument now: After all, Mr. Yeltsin is still in power and, while he might be doing things we don't like, better to muffle our criticism of his actions and not rock the boat, because the alternative to Yeltsin can only be worse, ironically, instead of making the West more vigilant about Russian neo-imperialism, the West could adopt a reticent approach bordering on appeasement.

The electoral success of the anti-reform, pro-imperial forces will make Russia less willing to compromise on out-standing differences with Ukraine on a variety of issues. Hence, a mediating role by an engaged and objective United States is more important now than ever before. Furthermore, it is absolutely critical for Ukraine to move resolutely on genuine reform, especially economic reform, as this an essential element in guaranteeing Ukraine's independence. Ukraine is seen as an economic basket case by Russians, as 1 observed during my visit there, and this perception does nothing to reinforce the idea among Russians that Ukraine should be independent.

One other thought: As odious as Mr. Zhirinovsky's electoral success might be, there are one or two things that democrat– ic candidates for the upcoming Ukrainian elections might learn from him - in terms of campaign style and presentation. Unfortunately, he was quite an effective candidate who knows how to use the elec–


ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS Sen. Bob Graham Dear Friends:

it is a pleasure to extend congratulations as you celebrate 60 years of service to your readers.

The past 60 years have seen dramatic changes in Ukraine. The management and staff of The Ukrainian Weekly are to be commended for the consistent reporting of important issues to your Ukrainian American audience.

Again, congratulations, and best wishes for your continued success. With kind regards.

Sincerely, Bob Graham

United States Senator Washington

Another Christmas in "free" Ukraine Last Christmas Ukraine found itself

between a rock and a hard place. This Christmas the rock is bigger and

the place harder. Now that viadimir Zhirinovsky is a

rising star in Russian politics, will histor– ical illiterates in the Clinton White House finally understand why Ukrainian patri– ots are reluctant to give up their nuclear arms? Hardly. Mr. Zhirinovsky is deter– mined to restore imperial Russia, but President Clinton sees no reason to change American policy towards Russia.

Now that Russian anti-Semites have found a champion in Mr. Zhirinovsky, will America's Jews Finally wake up? We've been telling Jews for decades that it is Russia and not Ukraine that will sanction pogroms if they occur. American Jews are slow learners.

Now that Ukraine is once again on its knees, will the Katzenjammer Commies running the country continue to bleed the people? І don't think so. The December 20 issue of U.S. News and World Report informs us that as Ukraine's economy collapses, "Ukraine's political leaders remain paralyzed, unable to adapt to new market realities, inflation is reaching 100 percent a month, the basic monthly pen– sion is worth 57.90, and last week gov– emment-imposed price hikes nearly dou– bled the price of a loaf of bread...Russia has cut fuel supplies and raised prices, but Ukraine refuses to raise energy paces accordingly or to slash credits to large enterprises and collective farms." Privatization remains at a standstill.

Now that people in eastern Ukraine are openly considering secession from Ukraine and unity with Russia, will the OUN lunatic fringe finally temper its "Ukraine for Ukrainians" rhetoric? You know the answer.

Now that almost every conceivable religious group and cult, from Jehovah's Witnesses to New Wave, has moved into the ideological vacuum that exists in the wake of the Soviet collapse, will Ukraine's Orthodox and Catholics finally begin acting like Christians? Will they stop fighting over property, while Ukraine is losing its soul? Time is running out.

Ukrainians in North America need to ask themselves a very fundamental ques– tion. How much of Ukraine's current woes are the fault of Western indiffer– ence and how much is due to the incom– petent, know-it-all and increasingly cor– rupt Ukrainian leadership?

Personally, 1 believe it's 20780. Twenty percent the fault of the West. Eighty percent the fault of Ukrainian leadership. Under these circumstances, can we continue to lobby Western gov– ernments on behalf of Ukraine?

Some Ukrainians will answer yes. Many israeli politicians are corrupt, they will argue, and that hasn't stopped American Jews from lobbying on behalf of billions of hard-eamed American tax dollars for israel. Few Jews ever criticize israel, they tell me, no matter what that nation does. Why should Ukrainians be different?

My answer is simple. Jews are Jews, i'm a Ukrainian and 1 criticize out of love. І want Ukraine to unshackle her destiny. І want the land of my ancestors to finally stop being a captive nation.

Although 1 realize President Leonid Kravchuk has told our community to "shut up," 1 can't. Enough time has passed

to see some real change under his leader-ship in Ukraine, and the man has blown it. Under Mr. Kravchuk's zig-zag politics, the situation in Ukraine has gone from bad to worse. Some of what has happened in Ukraine was beyond his control, that's true. But much of the present crisis is a direct result of Mr. Kravchuk's inability or reluctance to lead.

Today, Russia has a mafia economy as scores of ex-KGB and government offi– cials become rich by stealing state-owned property and selling it on the black mar– ket. They drive around town in expensive cars and wear tailored suits while the average Russian waits in line for hours to buy the basic necessities. Are things any better in Ukraine?

І don't think so. Today many Ukrainian government officials have two sets of cards in their coat pockets, one with their official government titjes, the other with their "business" titles, "Joint venture" are two new words in Ukraine's vocabulary!

What Ukraine needs more than any– thing else is a moral rebirth. As you read this, a new Ukrainian constitution is being written. Will it improve the situa– tion?

І am reminded of what Benjamin Franklin said when he was part of the Constitutional Congress in Philadelphia: "We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. І firmly believe this. І also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel." Ukraine may well be the next Babel.

Totalitarianism in Ukraine has been broken, but unless it is replaced by a society based on clear ethical principles, Ukraine will never really be free, it will remain a captive of depravity, oppor– (unism, sloth, greed, incompetence and pig-headedness.

Only a free enterprise system can save Ukraine from total economic collapse. But it must be a democratic capitalism, one that is based on certain economic, political and moral ideals circumscribed within a solid juridical framework dedi– cated to the service of human freedom and based on certain ethical principles.

As Michael Novak has pointed out, democratic capitalism "cannot thrive apart from the moral culture that nourishes the virtues and values on which its existence depends." Democratic capitalism is "a way of life" ... it springs from, and contin– ues to demand, the exercise of moral char– acter of a certain sort. A hedonistic, nar– cissistic culture is not likely to invest in its own future or to make the necessary sacri– fices for its own posterity."

When Moses led his people out of Egypt, he roamed the desert for 40 years before the new Jewish homeland was set-tied. Two generations of Jews, accus– tomed to Egyptian captivity, had to die before a new generation of free Jews was born to lead the people of israel.

Some predict that two generations of Ukrainians, accustomed as thfey are to captivity, will have to perish before a new Ukrainian generation, free of Marxist atti– tudes and corruption, will emerge to cre– ate a new Ukrainian identity and a new Ukrainian nation. Must we wait mat long?

This Christmas all Ukrainians should pray for deliverance.


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Newsbriefs... (Continued from page 2)

sels continues. The navy now has six new ships. ( R F E ^ Daily Report)

Ban on paramilitary organizations KYYiv - Ukraine's Parliament has

passed a law banning paramilitary organi– zations, especially those that send soldiers to areas of conflict on the territory of the former USSR. UN1AN, the Ukrainian independent News Agency Novyny, reported on November 11 that the law provides for a penalty of up to eight years in prison for members of paramilitary groups, and 10 years for the leaders of such groups. Participating or organizing armed actions with such groups is subject to a sentence of up to 15 years in prison. The law is clearly aimed at the radical nationalist group Ukrainian National Self– Defense Organization (UNSO) which has sent fighters to Moldova and Abkhazia. (RFF7RL Daily Report)

Electrical power exports suspended

KYYTV — Ukraine has suspended the export of electrical power to Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Croatia, according to lhor Lapinin, the head of the Foreign Economic Relations Department of the Ministry of Energy. Mr. Lapinin said additional possibilities to find fuel are being considered. Should this prove suc– cessful, exports will be resumed "People must understand that export of electric power is very important for Ukraine since its export potential for Europe is signifi– cant. Termination of energy supplies is severely damaging to our prestige and would add to further loss of markets." said Mr. Lapinin. (lnterfax-Ukraine).

Eternal flames extinguished

DNlPROPETROvSKE - Forty eter– nal-flame war memorials in this region have been shut down due to natural gas shortages. The city executive committee reported that each such memorial con– sumes enough gas to provide adequate central heating for a 10-story block of flats. (lnterfax-Ukraine).

Unemployment statistics released

KYYiv — Unemployment in Ukraine is barely 0.3 percent of the country's able-bodied population, according to the government press service. However, the report, released on December 2, noted that the numbers fail to reflect the real situation, due to a large part-time labor force and the uncontrollable labor mar– ket. As of late October, the state sector of Ukraine's national economy had an esti– mated average of 267,000 unregistered jobless individuals; only eight of every 100 have applied for jobs at government employment offices. A total of 315,000 persons applied for jobs since early 1993, a 30 percent drop compared to the same time last year. Unofficially the unem– ployment rate in Ukraine is said to be 9 percent (lnterfax-Ukraine)

Energy cutbacks in Kherson

KHERSON - The citizens of this city on December 2, became the subjects of a government experiment in the rational uti–

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lization of electric power. Kherson's main enterprises, such as its cotton factory, elec– trical engineering plant and shipbuilding association, have been placed on a reduced power diet with power supplied between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Thirty-four enterprises will also have to cancel their early night shifts. Residents' homes also will be affected, with electricity cut off twice during the 24-hour period for one hour each time, mom– ing and evening. (lnterfax-Ukraine)

Treatment for Chernobyl victims

KYYiv - President Leonid Kravchuk issued a decree on December 1, concerning medical treatment and ser– vices for Chornobyl-affected Ukrainian citizens. The decree instructs the govem– ment to draft, within a two-month period, a bill on making amendments to the law of Ukraine on Chomobyl victims' social status and protection. Currently there are four Chomobyl belts or zones, compris– ing 2,215 towns, townships and villages populated by roughly 2.5 million inhabi– tants. They cover the Kyyiv, Zhytomyr, Rivne and volyn regions, and several towns and villages in the Sumy and Cherkasy regions. (lnterfax-Ukraine)

Fleet captain found murdered SEvASTOPlL - Capt. Andrey

Lazebnikov, the head of the Black Sea Fleet Press Center, was found murdered near the entrance to his home on Tuesday, December 14. No motive has yet been disclosed, but he is the third Black Sea Fleet captain to be killed in Sevastopil in the last month. Capt. Lazebnikov was a member of the election team for the inde– pendent candidate running for the Crimean presidency, ivan Yermakov, who is the president's representative in the Crimea. (lnterfax-Ukraine)

Crimean CP seeks Kravchuk's resignation

SEvASTOPlL - Communists here demanded the resignation of Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk and his presi– dential representative in the region, ivan Yermakov. A December 9 statement issued by the city committee of the Communist Party states that "their (the president and his representative's) poli– cies ran contrary to the interests of the working people." The Communists called on all political forces and work collectives to start preparations for a gen– eral political strike. (lnterfax-Ukraine)

Germans aid disarmament efforts

KYYiv -Alexander Arno, the German ambassador to Ukraine, present– ed the Foreign Ministry here with 50,000 DM worth of computer equipment for the ministry's Department of Military Disarmament and Arms Control on December 8. Donated by the German government, the equipment is meant to aid in implementation of START 1 and help Ukraine accede to the Nuclear Non– Proliferation Treaty. A release issued by the German embassy states offers of assistance in nuclear disarmament remain effective and that the two governments are considering the possibility of cooper– ation in destroying the highly toxic liquid fuel for SS-19 missiles. (lnterfax-Ukraine)

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Newly elected UNWLA board holds first annual meeting to plan activity

Seen during the newly elected UNWLA national board's meeting: (first row from left) Olha Trytyak, Dr. Joanna Ratych, iwanna Rozankowsky, Lidia Burachynska, Anna Krawczuk, Maria Savchak, Dr. Marta Chomiak, iryna Kurowycky and Natalia Danylenko, (second row) Maria Polanskyj, Ksenia Antypiw, Lidia Bilous, Oxana Farion, Maria Kramarchuk, Helen Bobylak, Dr. Oka Hrycak, Anastazia Charysh, iwanna Shkarupa, Lidia Czernyk, (third row) iwanna Hankewycz,

Nadia Sawczuk, Roma Shuhan, Yarka Bachynsky, Taissa Turiansky, irene Hladkyj and Luba Bilowchtchuk.

NEWARK, N.J. - A two-day meeting of the newly elected national board of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America'was held here recently to dis– cuss plans working and committees for the next three years.

The presidents of nine UNWLA regional councils presented their activi– ties reports, highlighting their achieve– ments and problems. Presently, branches– at-large do not have representation on the national board. Their position was dis– cussed and recommendations made.

in her brief statement, the newly elected president, Anna Krawczuk, pre– sented the UNWLA agenda as follows: "The goals and activit ies of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America are without change; however, with the independence of Ukraine they most likely have doubled. Almost all our activities here in the democratic U.S.A. found a twin in the not yet fully democ– ratic Ukraine. We must put our house in order first, and then we will be able to expand."

"We are in the midst of celebrating the golden anniversary of Our Life magazine, we have to ensure the future of the only Ukrainian women's magazine in the U.S.A. with uninterrupted publication," she continued. "We are one step away from the 21 st century and the 75th anniversary of our organization. І con-elude with a plea to all our members: please have respect for yourselves, your work and that of our predecessors, for our history is full of accomplishments world-wide. Don't let newly formed activities outside of the UNWLA entice you, because all of them have an equal in our organization. With your continuous sup-port, our organization can become even stronger."

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Russia," he said. "The mistake made by the West is to

see everything through a Russian prism; Russia cannot be judged by European standards," added Mr. Chomovil.

if pro-democratic forces in Russia cannot hold on to power, noted President Kravchuk, "this could mean the begin– ning of a cataclysm not only in the Commonwealth of independent States, but in Europe and in the entire world."

"The world stands before a global threat, the threat of Russian imperialism. This is a threat not only for Russia's neighbors, but for Europe and the entire world," said Bohdan Horyn, deputy chairman of the Parliament's Foreign Relations Committee.

"The West should understand that the main condition for the preservation of stability in the world is not to allow the unification of Communist forces in the former USSR, it is necessary to do everything so that elections in the coun– tries surrounding Russia are won by democratic forces. Only then, can the West live peacefully," commented ivan Zayets, a Rukh leader and member of the Parliament's economics committee.

Mr. Chomovil agreed that there is a threat of pro-Communist forces in Ukraine emerging victorious in elections next spring, riding the coattails of the Russian victory.

Mr. Zayets noted that in Ukraine pro-Communist forces have not yet consoli– dated into one political force.

The democratic leaders agreed that Ukraine should take its national security policy seriously.

"What happened in Russia is just more evidence that we cannot rely on our ener–

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gy to come from just one source, that we have to maintain a strong army, and tight border controls," added Mr. Chomovil.

Mr. Zhirinovsky has already proposed that energy supplies to Ukraine be cut off.

"And this proposition is only the beginning," noted Mr. Horyn. "For all practical purposes, 1 do not see any great difference between the parliaments of Khasbulatov and the newly elected one. Both will push a line of pressure and strength against Ukraine," he said.

"We will now hold on to our rockets, and we will hold on to them until we get guarantees," said Mr. Chomvoil, refer– ring to the nuclear weapons Ukraine inherited from the former Soviet Union.

"The elections in Russia demonstrated that our policy on nuclear arms was not totally incorrect," Yuriy Zbitniev, head of the Social Democratic party told interfax-Ukraine.

Stepan Khmara, leader of the Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party, said the outcome of elections in Russia is a positive factor for Ukraine.

"Whoever is in power in Russia will pursue imperial policies. Mr. Zhirinovsky will speak out about things the Yeltsin government practices in reality, i.e. pro– voking international conflicts and territor– ial claims on Ukraine," he noted.

Ukrainians should now understand the need for strengthening the security of their state, he observed.,

"The results of elections in Russia tes– tify to the fact that the majority of the electorate did not approve of official state policies," said Oleksander Moroz, leader of the Socialist Party in Ukraine. He said that the electorate was not so much for Mr. Zhirinovsky as it was against the "policy of reform" advocated by the Yeltsin camp.

Our Life, is celebrating its 50th anniver– sary. its Scholarship7Student Sponsorship Program was established in 1967 and the UNWLA Pen Pal Center was started in 1974. The UNWLA founded The Ukrainian Museum in 1976, and medical aid to children and youth within the orga– nization's social welfare division began

in 1981. N, its membership is united in over 100

branches, nine regional councils, 10 branch– es-at-large and many members at,large. The UNWLA headquarters is in New1 York City (telephone: 212-5334646) and the UNWLA ScholarshipTStudent Sponsorship office is in HolmdeL NJ. (telephone: 908?888-0494).

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ЩяЩВЩфШЕщЩрщшщЩЩЩаЩ : ! Our Christmas traditions: About that empty place setting...

by Orysia Paszczak Tracz

Ukrainian Christmas is about the dead. What?!! Hold it! Rewind. Try again. Ukrainian Christmas — Rizdvo — is about our dead ancestors. Well-not much better, still disquieting — and morbid! One more time. Rizdvo commemorates our ancestors and fami– ly members, those who departed from this life and who come back every year to celebrate this special feast with the living members of the family. (Maybe acceptable, but she better explain this one.)

Just as in the great scheme of things where human life is but a blip of a nanosecond before midnight in the chronology of life on earth, so Christianity — just 2,000 years old — is a fairly new religion in the history of humanity. For millennia before the birth of Christ, people lived, thought and believed in a life after this one and in a force greater than man. With the coming of Christianity to various parts of the world, old beliefs, philosophies and religions could not so easily be -forgotten — or forcibly eradicated, even though the propagators certainly tried.

in Ukraine, during the Upper Paleolithic (Old Stone Age, circa 22,000 B.C.), our ancestors started forming a world view. With little pre– vious experience, a primitive mind had difficulty comprehending conception, birth, illness and death. Natural phe– nomena such as the seasons, storms, tides, earthquakes and eclipses were just as amazing. Who knows how we would have explained a lunar or solar eclipse with no science classes or PBS science and nature programs to explain them to us?

lShe's way off track now. How did we get from Rizdvo and the dead to prehistory and eclipses — and will we get back?l There is a connection, dear reader, and its proof is with ourselves now, during Sviat vechir, at Easter, and other feast days, such as Provody or Zeleni Sviata. After around 25,000 years, we Ukrainians still commune with the dead. Maybe some of us do not even realize what we are doing and why. There is no morbidity involved, and even though there is a sadness, those who have departed from this life are thought of often, and return to be part of the family during the year. They are not just buried and forgotten. They are also not to be feared.

Our Paleolithic ancestors believed that a person did not die; his or her spirit just departed to another place. The souls of these departed did not go too far. They stayed nearby to care for and help the living members of the family survive. The souls lived in the forests, fields, waters and air. Once agriculture was established, the souls lived in the cultivated fields to help the crop grow and ripen. At certain times during the year, the family — both the living and those who had departed — would come together to celebrate.

This concept is not that remote, in j rns "Poslaniye" (Epistle), Taras Shevchenko addresses his "living, dead and those not yet born country-men" — all together, they are the fami– ly. in speeches and commemorations, we often speak of those who "vidiysh– ly" (departed) from us. We ourselves, at the end of this modern 20th century, visit thegraves of our relatives a week

"Christmas is Here!" a glasspainting by Yaroslava Surmach Mills illus– trates preparations for Sviat vechir.

or more after Easter, in addition to holding a religious service, we eat and drink there, even leave Easter food and pysanky on the grave, in a modern world, these rituals have as much prac– ticality about them as do the pysanky themselves.

But it is during Sviat vechir that we really experience the unity of the whole family — in this life and in the next. This feast, during the winter sol– stice, originally celebrated creation and honored the ancestors. The agricultural themes of the sun, wheat and breads came later, during the Neolithic (circa 7,000-5,500 B.C.). in time, the two themes combined, the rituals became intertwined, and after many thousands years passed, the ancient prehistoric beliefs and customs had another layer added: Christianity.

As in other parts of the world, this new religion did not catch on that easi– ly with the general population. Why should it have? Why give up what your family and ancestors had believed since time immemorial for something new and foreign? The population con– tinued to celebrate its pre-Christian feasts with the old rituals. Eventually the Christian Church did win, but in a way, it was almost a Pyrrhic victory. The people never did give up the old ways, and the Church was forced to

absorb the ancient rituals into its own practices. The resulting dualism gives us such incongruent "Christian" rituals as blessing water on Yordan (Feast of Jordan), the blessing of fruit for Spasa (after the harvest) and flowers for the feast of the Mother of God (in September), and the blessing of bas– kets of special breakfast foods at Easter.

At Christmas time we really get the 99-t– percent pre-Christian ritual treatment in celebrating the birth of Christ, if it weren't for the "Boh Predvichnyi" koliada ("God Eternal" carol) that many families sing at the beginning of the Holy Supper at Sviat vechir (Christmas Eve), and the ser– vices in church, there would be little other Christian content in our Rizdvo. This does not mean that we still believe what our ancestors believed; this does not mean that we are not fully committed Christians now. it just means that our culture and tradi– tions are so powerful that they have continued as part of the Ukrainian nation to the present, no matter what the obstacles, styles or circumstances.

if these traditions were not such an integral part of our life, if they were not so special to us, we could see them for the incongruous and most impracti– cal rituals they are. That they are with

Yaroslava Surmach Mills' depiction of "Christmas Eve in the Carpathian Mountains."

us indicates their power and their antiquity, if a large family plus guests are already crowded around the dining room table, that empty place could sure be used. But it won't be.

it was also a tradition — and maybe still is for some —to brush the chair and to blow on it before sitting down, just to be sure one does not sit on one of the many souls in the house that night. Back in Ukraine, the food placed in the empty place setting dishes was not removed until the next morning; in some places it was left on the table, in other areas it was placed on the win– dowsill after supper. But it was consid– ered one of the most grievous sins of all to remove the food from the plates before morning — the souls in the house had to eat during the night, espe– cially on this night!

The souls did not just show up at the house. As the sign that the holy days have begun ("Sviatky idut"), they were ceremoniously carried in by the father — in the didukh, the sheaf of wheat and other best grains saved from the harvest. Even the name "didukh" indicates the link to the ancestors, the root is "did" — grandfa– ther, or old man. in a few regions (e.g., near Berezhany) the sheaf of wheat was called "baba" — grand-mother, or old woman —which is even more interesting, considering the earliest matriarchal origins of the peo– ple. The didukh was placed in the most important spot in the house, in the icon corner, the "pokuttia," and only after the end of the winter holy day cycle was it removed and burned. The souls then returned to their other homes.

in the old days, the koliadnyky (car– olers) did not just come in the house, sing one koliada, sample a few cookies and drinks, pick up a check, give a receipt, and drive off to the next house. After an appropriate and very elaborate inquiry about permission to carol, a different koliada with its own special lyrics was sung for every member of the family, for parents and children, grandparents, the priest and his family, a widow and her orphaned children — and for those in the family who had recently "departed." The most ancient koliady sing about creation, the waters, the tree of life, the celestial bodies, the first (and present) family — which is compared to the moon (the father), the sun (the mother), and the stars (the children).

According to scholars, our koliadky and shchedrivky (New Year's songs) about creation are the earliest ritual songs known to man continuously still in use. When we consider that "Dobryi vechir Tobi, Pane Hospodariu" (Good Evening to You, Master of the House) and "Shchedryk" (known in English as the "Carol of the Bells") are still so popular today, there is no doubt.

There is a reverence felt about our Christmas Eve Holy Supper. The fami– ly feels the closeness with those not present, whether away traveling, or liv– ing far away - especially in Ukraine. And that closeness extends to those who have departed. We know they are with us that night, and there is no mor– bidity, no grimness about it. Our tears are both of sadness, and of a peaceful comfort, that at least on this night, the whole family is together.

How fortunate for us that our tradi– tions have presented us with such a rich and satisfying gift.

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No. 51 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19,1993

Holiday happenings in the Big Apple by Helen Smindak J

The holiday season has favored the Big Apple with an array of events and happenings that feature Ukrainians and Ukrainian culture.

The whole bag of goodies includes art exhibits, con-certs, films, new publications, bazaars. Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, culinary traditions, recordings, ТУ coverage, opera and ballet productions, and museum doings - a wonderful assortment for Christmas-time cel– ebration. in fact, there's so much to talk about, it's hard to know where to start, so let's take it alphabetically.

Art exhibits ' Artists from Ukraine and the diaspora and every

type of art media (even hand-made ceramic vases, can-die-sticks and a set of bowls intended for serving and eating varenyky) are represented at the Chryzanta Art Gallery, which hosted its opening and reception last Sunday for a wall-to-wall audience. Located at 98 Second Ave., the Chryzanta Gallery has taken over quarters occupied for many years by the Olha Sonevytsky Gallery. Consul General of Ukraine viktor Kryzhaniwsky officially opened the proceedings.

Owner Chryzanta Kaminsky-Hentisz said she hopes to "reach beyond our circle - it's important to show our (Ukrainian) artists to other people; we do have high calibre artists who should be seen in the international arena." She also plans to host one-man exhibits from time to time.

Among U.S. artists represented in the current show are Lubo Hutsaliuk, Jacques Hnizdovsky, Bohdan Borzemsky, Halyna and Bohdan Tytla. Edward, Yuri and Yarema Kozak. Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn, Yaroslava Surmach-Mills and Попа Sochynsky. The roster from Ukraine takes in lvan Marchuk, Mykola Andrushchenko, Stepan Kostyrka and Daria Naumko.

Deeply interested in art for the past 20 years, Mrs. Hentisz has been mounting exhibits for Plast, collecting art works by Ukrainian artists and selling art from her New Jersey home and at Ukrainian festivals. Her new gallery, reflecting her contacts with Ukrainian artists here and abroad, will be open daily (except Monday) from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

' The Ukrainian institute of America, 2 E. 79th St, is exhibiting the work of two artists from Ukraine -painterAllustrator Natalia Herasymenko and sculptor Mykola Perepelitsia, both residents of Kyyiv. My plan to view this show and hear the Kyyiv Chamber Orchestra last weekend was thwarted by an unexpected blizzard, l've been informed by U1A executive director Andriy Paschuk that the exhibit opened on Friday, December 10, with both artists in attendance, and will run to December 28. Daria Hoydysh, chairman of the art exhibition com– mittee, notes that Ms. Heresymenko's oils on canvas con– centrate on mythological themes, while Mr. Perepelitsia's sculptures (in bronze, marble, alabaster and granite) incorporate metaphysical subjects. The exhibit is open daily from noon to 6 p.m. and is closed on Monday, with the exception of Monday, December 27.

' The enchanting work of Yaroslava Surmach Mills (reverse paintings on glass, icons, pictorial flourishing and etching) was on display at the Ukrainian Artists' Association gallery during the last week of November. Mrs. Mills, who is also an expert Easter-egg decorator and an illustrator and author of children's books (she's won prizes for "The Mitten" and "Tusya and the Pot of Gold"), has designed stained-glass windows with Ukrainian folk themes for the St. Demetrius Church in Toronto. She gave a talk one evening about the tech– niques she employs in painting icons (she uses egg tem– pera on wood panels) and reverse glass paintings (the artist applies multiple layers of paint to glass, tracing a sketch placed in reverse on the other side of the glass), if you missed this show, you can see (and buy) Mrs. Mills" paintings at the Chryzanta Gallery or at the Surma shop, 11 E. Seventh St, in Manhattan.

' Some tried-and-true ways to learn who will be your mate, or what direction your romanace will take (i'm directing these remarks to singles, both male and female) were demonstrated here on December 10 at the St. Andrew's Eve festivities co-sponsored by the Ukrainian Artists' Association and the Ukrainian Literary Club. Light two matches at once, and watch how they burn. Drop two identical needles into a bowl of water to see where they point (toward each other?), or pour melted beeswax into a bowl of water to see what configurations appear, if you need help in "reading" your fortune, you may have to call on Manhattan artist Slava Gerulak, who handled the "fortune-telling" during the evening.

What does St. Andrew's Eve have to do with art exhibits? Well, this celebration was planned by the artists' association as part of a three-weekend art bazaar that ends today. They're selling works by Hnizdovsky,

Czereszniowskyj, Gerulak, Mills, Olga Maryschuk, Christina Abrahamovska and Nina Dykh, as well as hand-painted silk scarves and sweat shirts, beaded neck-pieces and ceramic wares.

Actorfartist Liubart Lishchynsky from Lviv, whose stunning metal and coral jewelry is included in the bazaar, gave a dramatic reading about the rituals involved in celebrating this important holiday in the Ukrainian calendar - the trips to the well for water, the combined work of young men and women in baking a special bread called "kalyta," the group singing by young ladies as they stand in a circle around the bread, the weaving of wreaths, the hilarity and merriment, and the assortment of foods (but no whiskey!) served for supper.

Music on traditional Ukrainian instruments (a variety of wind instruments and tsymbaly) was provided by Andriy Niliavsky and Oleksa Fedoruk of the Cheres ensemble and violinist lvan Pecuch, all attired in Hutsul costumes. Lavrentia Turkewicz, who sang Ukrainian lyrics while strumming her bandura, wore an antique costume of the Borshchiv region. Ruslan Nayda of Kyyiv, who's shepherding the Trypillian Culture exhibit now on display at The Ukrainian Museum, contributed his talents as a kobza player and singer and added some spontaneous Kozak dancing to boot

Among the participants was Serhiy Kolesnyk, the third youngest member of the Ukrainian Parliament and a member of the Parliament's Committee for Defense and Security, who spent a good portion of the past year in Bosnia with Ukrainian peacekeeping forces. He was accompanied by his escort7transiator, Capt. Yuriy Holowinsky of the U.S. Air Force, and Roksolana Lozynsky, vice-president of the Women's Association for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine. The trio was introduced to the gathering by Lida Mykytyn, who is in charge of the Ukrainian American Youth Association's Druzhynnyky (youths age 18 to 35).

Broadway ' George de la Pena, last seen on Broadway in 1981

in the" Tony Award-winning musical comedy "Woman of the Year" with Lauren Bacall and Harry Guardino, is back on the Great White Way in "The Red Shows," a new musical based on the classic film. The production opened on December 16 at the Gershwin Theater, Broadway and 50th Street, with Steve Barton as the bal– let impresario Lermontov, Margaret illmann as the young ballerina victoria Page, and Mr. de la Pena as the choreographer Grisha Ljubov.

Mr. de la Pena, a former American Ballet Theater soloist who made a successful leap to acting, told Dance Magazine's Sheryl Platow in a story published last month: "Ballet is about dominance, and the movie really captured something about the obsession of dance. The trick for us (in the stage production) is how to make these obsessed people likable and interesting."

George de la Pena as "Grisha" in a scene from the new musical "The Red Shoes."

in 1980, Mr. de la Pena played the title role in Paramount Pictures' movie "Nijinsky." The American-born dancing actor is of Ukrainian and Argentine descent

For show times and ticket sales, check the local news-papers.

Culinary traditions Tiny apricot-filled horns (rohalyky), braided sweet

bread (kolach) and a delicious walnut torte were created step by step "before an audience of would-be gourmet cooks in Great Neck, Long island, on December 2. The demonstrator was Natalka Duma, a dedicated baker of Ukrainian pastries and the administrator of Our Life magazine.

Working in a demonstration kitchen at the Cumberland Adult Center, Mrs. Duma explained proce– dures as she stirred, mixed, kneaded, braided and baked. Participants asked questions, took notes and eventually got to taste the finished holiday sweets, which they pro– nounced "absolutely wonderful." Carol Brock, culinary arts coordinator for the Great Neck Adult Program, called on this reporter and lrene Kurowycky, Mrs. Duma's sister and the national president of the National Council of Women, to give some input, providing an opportunity for two other Ukrainians to dish up some meaty information - facts on Ukrainian history and cul– ture - during the evening.

Dance ' Roma Sosenko has been twirling on her toes for the

New York City Ballet since 1978, when she joined the company as a corps de ballet member. She was promot– ed to the rank of soloist in 1989 and since then has been dancing featured roles in ballets choreographed by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Peter Martins.

This month, she is appearing at the New York State Theater in Lincoln Center as the leading Marzipan Shepherdess in the company's superb Christmas special, "The Nutcracker." She is also seen in a movie version of The Nutcracker," now playing in theaters all over the metropolitan area and in neighboring states, in the motion picture, she has the role of Columbine, one of the life-sized dolls that come to life as the story unfolds to the music of Peter Tchaikovsky.

Born in New York, Ms. Sosenko began her ballet training at age 6 with Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky, and at age 14 began studying with the School of American Ballet, the official school of the New York City Ballet, in reviewing her performance, critics have described her as playful, pert and effervescent.

' The Hopak Ukrainian Dance Company of Kyyiv hopped into town a couple of weeks ago and gave a half-dozen exhilarating performances at the Fashion institute of Technology (Haft Theater). An offshoot of the famed virsky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, this pri– vate group showed the same professionalism and ethnic appeal as the virsky ensemble: the men were vigorous and dynamic as they leaped, tumbled, whirled, crossed swords; the women were dainty, graceful and light-foot– ed, as only Ukrainian dancers can be.

The company of 20 dancers, two vocal soloists (Olha Trinko and Tatania Onyshkevych) and an eight-man orchestra that featured violin and flute soloist v. Samoilenko and violinist vasyl Popadiuk came to New York following a highly successful cross-Canada tour.

Their performance should have electrified New York. Unfortunately, through some mysterious and unhappy circumstance, the dance group could not afford to publi– cize its productions or hire a suitable auditorium. Only a few hundred people, mostly Ukrainians who learned about the Hopak company from friends or from flyers posted here and there around town, saw the dancers in action at F1T (though not at the Brooklyn Academy of Music as had been announced).

Hopak's director, victoria Rittel, and administrators, Danylo Kulyk and Walter Teras, pointed to impresario Leonid Oleksiuk of Cleveland as the party responsible for the mishmash (and cancellation of bookings in other American cities). Mr. Oleksiuk could not be reached for comment.

One of the dancers, who spoke to concert-goers after a performance, lamented the poor turnout: "When virsky's State Ensemble came here, you greeted him with open arms and flowers. We're here from free Ukraine, and all we get is an empty auditorium."

Dear Hopak dancers — it's not the fault of New York. Besides, 1 was there at three performances, applauding and cheering like mad.



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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - James lvan Clem was the valedictorian of his high school graduating class and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Swarthmore College, a small liberal arts college outside of Philadelphia, where he majored in politi– cal science. Next he received a scholar-ship to go to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

During his first two years he received a fellowship and then a teaching assist– antship. This past year, Mr. Clem was fortunate to win a Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) scholarship to pay for tuition and expenses for the academic year. The FLAS is a government fellow-ship designed to encourage graduate stu– dents to study the language, politics and society of a foreign country. Thus, in his third year at U. of M., Mr. Clem used the FLAS scholarship to take first-year Ukrainian, in May 1993, he received a master's degree and became a Ph.D. can– didate.

The government also gives out a "Summer FLAS," to be used to pay for tuition and expenses for summer inten– sive language programs. Mr. Clem received one of these scholarships to pay for Ukrainian-language courses at the Harvard Ukrainian Research institute's summer program.

This fall he is studying in Ukraine for nine months on a grant from 1REX (international Research and Exchanges Board), an agency that promotes scholar-ship on the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Mr. Clem is studying Ukrainian and conducting dissertation research in Lviv. He said he also plans to study the development of political parties in Ukraine, as he believes the growth of political parties is crucial to Ukraine's development as a modern democratic state. Mr. Clem added that he hopes to study how political parties establish ties to inter– est groups, how they organize campaigns, and how the public perceives them.

James lvan Clem On a personal note, Mr. Clem said that

together with his grandmother Daria Baron of Kerhonkson, N.Y., he will go to her old village and meet with relatives he never had the chance to meet.

Mr. Clem explained his interest in Ukraine: "1 believe that Ukraine is under-studied, and one of the main reasons for this scholarly neglect is the language bar– rier. Many established scholars, who already know Russian, are unwilling to invest the time and effort to leam a sec– ond Slavic language. Consequently, to the extent that they get information on Ukraine, it comes from Russian sources. This is an unfortunate situation because my experience shows that there are opportunities for scholars willing to make the investment; however, it is usu– ally graduate students who are most will– ing to adjust to changing circumstances. Thus, 1 believe that in the coming years we will see a new wave of scholarship on Ukraine and other non-Russian areas of the former Soviet Union as graduate stu– dents like myself get their degrees and join the academic community. І look for– ward to being a part of this new wave!"

Mr. Clem is a member of UNA Branch 347.

Participates in World Youth Day

JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - Marko Chudio, 18, was one of the nearly 200,000 youths from around the world who descended upon Denver in August of this year for World Youth Day '93. The mega-event was attended by nearly 1,500 Ukrainians from around the world, including 142 persons from Ukraine, many of whom represented the Lviv– based organization Youth for Christ.

Mr. Chudio, a senior at Elizabeth High School, was able to travel to Denver for the August 11-15 events thanks to the partial sponsorship of his pastor, Msgr. Joseph Fedorek.

in Denver, Mr. Chudio was chosen to represent Ukraine dressed in Ukrainian Kozak garb at several ceremonies, including the mass gathering for Stations of the Cross, during which he was one of 50 delegates carrying the World Youth Day cross. He also attended the special liturgy offered for Ukrainians by bishops and archbishops from around the world, as well as a liturgy celebrated by Pope John Paul П in the presence of several hunded clergy and delegates in a iocai cathedral.

But, perhaps his most exciting experi– ence was actually speaking with the pon–

Marko Chudio at World Youth Day in Denver.

tiff in Ukrainian on two occasions. Mr. Chudio said he asked the pope whether the Ukrainian Church would have a patri– arch, to which the pope answered in Ukraine that there will be a patriarch dur– ing Mr. Chudio's lifetime. Mr. Chudio also asked Pope John Paul 11 to pray for Ukraine, who nodded and blessed him in response.

Mr. Chudio had an opportunity to meet President Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton when he was one of 500 delegates chosen to greet dignitaries


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upon their arrival at Stapleton Airport. Mr. Chudio also had the chance to

spend some time with Ukrainian Catholics youths from Ukraine.

"1 felt closer to my religion and to my

Re-elected to county legislature

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Michael Hanuszczak was re-elected to the Onondaga County Legislature this past Election Day. Mr. Hanuszczak ran on the Republican, Conservative and independent lines and garnered more votes than any other legislator in the county.

Mr. Hanuszczak is currently in his first term and represents a suburban dis– trict that consists of the towns of Geddes and Camillus. He is chairman of the Economic Development Committee and also serves on the parks, personnel and public works committees, in addition to his committee assignments, Mr. Hanuszczak is a member of the Central New York Planning Board and the Onondaga Lake Advisory Council.

He obtained a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Syracuse University and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Buffalo. Mr. Hanuszczak is a practicing attorney and specializes in personal injury cases and real estate mat– ters. Mr. Hanuszczak has also taught busi– ness law as an adjunct professor at Onondaga Community College.

Originally from Buffalo, Mr. Hanuszczak was a member of SUM-A and graduated from St. Nicholas Ukrainian grammar school.

Joins international dance troupe

PHILADELPHIA - наїуа Kozak, choreographer and teacher of Ukrainian Folk Dance, has been invited to join the Monique Legare international Dance Company as a dancer and a specialist in Ukrainian folk dance. Ms. Kozak, a mem– ber of UNA Branch 375, is recognized as a "master artist" of Ukrainian folk dance by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Monique Legare is an internationally known dancer and teacher, who pre– serves the authentic character of the dances, while emphasizing their beauty and uniqueness. The repertoire of her company now includes dances from France, Romania, Hungary, italy, israel, French Canada, Serbia, Russia, Puerto Rico and Poland. Her plans are to include Ukrainian and Chinese dances.

Ms. Kozak's first performance with the Monique Legare international Dance Company was at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as part of the "Around the World on Wednesday Nights" pro-gram held during the spring.

"Dancing with Monique's company is like touring the world in a day. if you blink, you're in a different country with a different language, music, landscape, costumes... Dance is a reflection of the culture," said Ms. Kozak. "Monique is such a wonderful dancer and precise, inspiring teacher, that she keeps you on your toes. Literally."

This summer, Ms. Kozak accompa– nied two ensembles to Ukraine, where they performed her dances from the Poltava, Hutsul, Boyko and Lemko regions, "it was a profound experience to visit a country that 1 have never seen and attempt to portray accurately the look and teel of folk dances of its vanou? regions. І was worried that my choreog–

native Ukraine," Mr. Chudio said of his once-in-a-lifetime experience. "1 will always have strong memories of these exciting moments, but most of all 1 real– ize how lucky 1 was to represent Ukraine at such an important gathering."

Mr. Chudio is a member of UNA Branch 37 in Elizabeth, N.J.

Michael Hanuszczak As he begins his second term, Mr.

Hanuszczak said he looks forward to making sure the industrial development projects that will initially employ 300 workers in his district are completed, as well as keeping county sales tax and property tax rates down.

in addition to the excitement of being re-elected, Mr. Hanuszczak and his wife, Mona, found out on Election Day that she is expecting twins. They currently have two children, Peter and Larissa.

Mr. Hanuszczak is the son of Dmytro and the late Ewa Hanuszczak of Buffalo. He is a member of UNA Branch 127.

Halya Kozak

raphy would not be accepted, but 1 was thrilled by the response. We were all congratulated and thanked for keeping our Ukrainian heritage alive in America, and 1 was repeatedly told that the dances were 'taki svoyi,' and 'nashi.'"

Ms. Kozak said she never thought that she would dance Ukrainian dances in Ukraine, nor did she ever think her choreography would be seen in Ukraine and accepted with standing ovations, "it was a thrill," she added.

"Being a part of Monique's company will allow me to diversify and broaden my horizons, while also presenting Ukrainian dances to a wider audience," said Ms. Kozak.

YORKTOWN HE1GHTS, N.Y. - As a fourth grader, Nykola Rudyk, 10, sub– mitted two articles to his school newspa– per. The Crompond Cardinal, about Ukrainian culture. One article dealt with the bandura, the national instrument of Ukraine, the other with pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs.

As a result, his teachers and adminis– trators at the Crompond School became interested in seeing both cultural arti– facts. Nykola then gave a brief bandura recital, as he has been taking bandura lessons, and he prepared a brief talk about Ukraine and how his Ukrainian-bom grandparents arrived in America, in addition, Mykola and his sister displayed the pysanky they had made.

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The 11 members of Russia's Atomic Energy Commission released a report on November 30 through the Russian Foreign Ministry, which in part reads: "The registered violations include: too many nuclear warheads in the highest degree of combat readiness stocked in one spot; no systemic technical servic– ing; untimely replacement of the compo– nents whose time of guarantee has expired; failure to observe the rules of transportation and the like."

The report says the situation could lead to an accident comparable to the Chornobyl calamity of 1986.

Mr. Sergeyev of the Foreign Ministry identified another problem, this one of a political nature. "Half a year ago, they (Russia) said there was no danger. They inspected the sites themselves," he said.

Since Ukraine approved START 1, attaching requirements of aid and securi– ty assurances from the West before it

would begin implementation, Russia increasingly has attacked maintenance procedures used at Ukraine's nuclear storage facilities and the general status of the missiles.

Mr. Sergeyev said, "Russia's goal is to develop an aura around Ukraine's nuclear arms that questions Ukraine's ability to maintain the missiles technical– ly as well as militarily."

He said Ukraine realizes that certain rockets are aging and that their expiration dates are near. "Ukraine has never said these arms should not be destroyed. Certain ones need to be destroyed."

Ukraine currently has 176 nuclear missiles which can carry up to 1,240 warheads, it also has long-range cruise missiles that are mounted on 37 strategic bombers.

How many nuclear arms have been dismantled is unclear. Some sources say that two leaky missiles sent to Russia earlier this fall are the extent of the elimi– nation effort. Others say that up to 20 have been eliminated. Neither Ukraine's Foreign Ministry nor the Ministry of Defense offered a figure.

Gen. Radetsky is scheduled to meet with Russia's defense minister to discuss the findings and proposals developed as a result of his visit to the nuclear storage site.

Joy to all... (Continued from page 6)

illustrates this truth with these words: "The Son of God became man so as to make us children of God. in this manner, by His coming to earth, Jesus Christ raised us to the unspeakable glory of the children of God," (Homily on John ХІ, 1).

The Son of God assumed human nature to "open the doors of heaven" (Ps. 78:24) for us and that we "should be jus– tified by his grace, to become heirs look– ing forward to eternal life," (Titus 3:7). He became man to "call us from darkness into his wonderful light," (1 Pet. 2:9) so that no longer would we "be walking in the dark, but have the light of life" (Jn. 8:12). He became for us "the Way, the Truth and the Life" (Jn. 14:6). Here, then we find the source of the unspeakable joy that fills the heart of a believing person on this Holy Day of Christ's Nativity.

The birth of Christ reminds us as well that the Son of God, the Savior of the World, came to restore our human digni– ty, created in the image and likeness of God (Gn. 1:26). Our Savior brought us the light of God's truth, that is the light of our holy faith, and endowed us with a new life of God's grace, a life as the chil– dren of God, which is an assurance of eternal happiness in heaven.

For these reasons then, we joyfully greet our Heavenly visitor, our Savior, with the joyful melodies of our Christmas Carols that have been sancti– fied through the centuries. We eagerly hasten to our churches, so festively deco– rated, to approach the infant Jesus, with hearts cleansed by repentance and filled with a living faith, as we renew our

grateful adoration. in our sincere hope to share this spiri–

tual joy with our family and friends, we eagerly greet each other: "Christ is Born!" and each Christian soul, with grateful heart, responds: "Let us glorify Him!" Let us glorify our Heavenly visitor, let us glorify our Savior, the source of this unending happiness.

Beloved in Christ, we approach the Christ Child, our Divine Savior, with unshakable faith and renewed hope in the certainty of the triumph of light over dark– ness. We lovingly offer our hearts to our Lord, affirming that we gladly will follow the enlightened path of His truth that He has shown us, for He alone can lead us to eternal life, to eternal blessing, that "our joy may be made full," (Jn. 15:11).

We commend you to the love of the infant Jesus and the care of His Mother. May God of mercy and compassion hear our prayers and grant you the peace of heaven, together with His abundant graces, good health, and a blessed and happy New Year in 1994. And may our apostolic blessing descend upon you and remain with you always, as a promise of God's abundant blessings.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the fellow-ship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.

Christ is Bom! — Let us Glorify Him!

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God's gift... (Continued from page 6)

active Faith in love. "What shall we offer thee, О Christ, Who for our sakes hast appeared on

earth as man? Every creature made by thee offers

thee thanks. The angels offer thee a hymn; The heavens, a star; The Magi, gifts; The shepherds, their wonder; The earth, a cave; The wilderness, a manger;

And we offer thee a virgin Mother. God, before all ages, have mercy upon

us." (Stikhera of vespers for Christmas)

How will you respond to God's gift of salvation? On this day we extend our greetings to all our wonderful priests, our good deacons, our generous in service Sisters, and all the people of God. To all we say peace. To all we wish a Blessed Christmas. Christ is being bom! Khrystos Razhdayetsia!

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COLLEGEviLLE. Pa. - The newly retro-fitted Hetman Sahaidachny is brav– ing its way from Punta del Este, Uruguay, to Fremantle, Australia, in heavy winds, cold, rain, wet snow, fog and uncomfortable interior conditions on the second leg of the Whitbread Round the World race.

According to a fax received from Captain Eugene Platon dated November 26 and dispatched approximately 800 miles from Prince Edward island in the far South Pacific, the yacht is making its way northward in 30-35 knot tail winds and sub-freezing temperatures at a speed that ranges from 12 to 18 knots. Along the way, it has passed blue icebergs awash in the sea and an occasional school of whales.

The blustery weather has kept sailmak– er Yuriy Semeniuk busy repairing torn sails. Although no serious damage has been sustained, three spinnakers (huge sails attached at the bow of a boat when sailing downwind) have "exploded," according to Capt. Platon, and the main sail has been badly damaged as a result of three broaches. Broaching is a term for the sudden and uncontrolled turn of a sailboat broadside to the wind or waves.

While the yacht is attaining higher speeds than during the first leg of the Whitbread, when it limped along with a missing keel tip, Capt. Platon says he is disappointed in its performance because it is lagging behind other Bruce Farr designs participating in the race. Mr. Farr is a renowned yacht builder, who designed the majority of the vessels taking part in this year's Whitbread. To date, the Hetman's speedAlistance record has been 330 miles in a 24-hour run, for an average speed of approximately 14 knots. Capt. Platon attributes the vessel's relative sluggish– ness to either the extra weight it is carry– ing or the need for additional training before the race. At present, Hetman is behind the majority of boats sailing in the Whitbread, while Odessa 200, the other Ukrainian entry, is dead last.

Living conditions on-board and rela– tions among the 12-member crew are challenging as well, although they have their lighter moments. According to Capt. Platon, the source of the greatest discomfort is constant dampness and condensation. "1 go to sleep into a com– pletely wet sleeping bag on a completely wet bunk. The difference between deck and bunk is small," Capt. writes, "in the bunk, 1 do not have waves and wind, but drops of condensation from the ceiling. Some of the smarter crew members wrap themselves in plastic bags first before bunking down to keep off the moisture."

The crew's physical discomfort is heightened by the fact that the condensa– tion prevents the use of the on-board heater. Of course, the vessel's electronic components, such as the weather com– puter and satellite navigation system are also affected, and Capt. Platon writes of a constant battle to keep this equipment dry and relatively operational.

Because the ocean water temperature is approximately 37 degrees F, bathing in sea water is not possible and approxi– mately 20 liters of pure alcohol are car– ried on-board for bathing, and for occa– sional "medicinal" purposes by some crew members at celebrations, such as the birthday party held for the captain on November 17.

For the crew, the biggest break from the heavy sailing and dampness comes from the meals prepared in the yacht's galley by Sergei Maidan, to whom Capt. Platon refers as "coktor," as Maidan serves both as cook and on-board physi– cian. Generally, the crew's diet consists of dairy and vegetarian meals, with an occasional meat dish thrown in as a spe– cial treat. To date, the only injury suf– fered by a crew member occurred when a line had twisted around his hand during a sailing maneuver.

Capt. Platon writes that as the days go by, the prospect of the yacht's arrival in Fremantle, in sunny Australia, the next stopping point in the race, looks more and more attractive.

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The situation will continue to deteriorate if the leadership of the country is not replaced, he added.

"Ukraine stands on the verge of being without food; its people are on the verge of being jobless. Any day they may wind up without heat and light...Prices are ris– ing, our nation's resources are being sold, expor ted i l legal ly , j u s t plain robbed," said the one-time political pris– oner and 1991 candidate for president.

"When we analyze the actions of the Kravchuk-Zviahilsky government, we ask ourselves: is this a band of ignorant, une– ducated men, who don't know what they are doing? in every possible situation, they choose the worst variable. Or are these just crooks, who are purposefully leading their people to poverty and hunger, in order to cause a social explo– sion. Then they announce a state of emer– gency to shut up the opposition, they sti– fle political parties, introduce censorship and pretend that elections will be democ– ratic," said Mr. Chornovil in his address.

"What are we to do?" Mr. Chornovil asked the 1,200 plus delegates assembled at the Ukraina Palace in Kyyiv.

Most important, he noted, was to find unity among the democra t ic forces: "Rukh is willing to look for cooperation in a wide spectrum of political parties and organizations — from the Trudovyi Congress (Labor Congress) on the left to the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists on the right."

He noted that for precisely this pur-pose the Coord ina t ing Counci l of Democratic Parties and organizations was formed the previous week.

Secondly, he said, it was important for democratic forces to approach the citi– zens of Ukraine in unison, and not to allow Communist forces to take advan– tage of the current d i s i l lus ionment among the people. He noted that it was impor tant to travel to U k r a i n e ' s "hotspots," such as the Donbas and the Crimea, to talk to trade union members, strike committees, etc.

Thirdly, Mr. Chornovil noted, democ– ratic forces must put pressure on the presi– dent, the Supreme Council and the govern– ment to demand the immediate resignation of such "odious figures" as Zviahilsky, Landyk, Slepichev and Spizhenko (all ministers in the current government), form a transitional government of national sal– vation and begin to implement extraordi– nary economic measures to fight hyperin– flation and stimulate reforms, without imposing an emergency state.

if this leads to attempts to introduce dictatorial rule, Mr. Chornovil noted, the people will be asked to take decisive actions, including mass civil disobedience.

On Saturday, December 11, Oleksander Lavrynovych, the deputy chairman of Rukh, presented the organization's politi– cal platform for the March 1994 elections.

Mr. Lavrynovych accented the need for a presidential-parliamentary republic, which promotes real separation of pow– ers; and he noted the need for decentral– ization and granting of greater power to city and regional administrations.

When democrats come to power, Mr. Lavrynovych said, they must concentrate on economic issues, beginning with land reform in the agrarian sector. They will also need to focus on all types of privati– zation from small to large-scale business.

He said that a government formed by democratic forces would review a tax system that would be "taxpayer-friendly" and would concentrate on social benefits for every citizen, including a health plan.

"We have a clear position, a defined program of action, in unity with other orga– nizations, we will be victorious and will secure the rebirth of Ukraine, a move for every c i t izen ' s prosperi ty," Mr. Lavrynovych concluded.

The first phase of the Rukh Congress conc luded on Sunday af ternoon, December 12. Phase two is scheduled for April 16-17 and will include a summary of election results. Elections of Rukh officials will be held; the by-laws will be updated and revised, and Rukh will examine its role in the presidential cam– paign currently scheduled for June 26, 1994.

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prominent are young pianists, violinists and conductors.

Mr. Dzyuba views the lending of sup-port to these talented individuals as one of the ministry's main tasks. Being very much sought after, with many already having been "enticed" to go abroad, it is important, Mr. Dzyuba noted, that "the utmost be done to meet minimum requirements to enable these gifted individuals to develop their talent in their homeland" so that they may contribute to Ukraine's culture.

Finally, in terms of Ukraine's partici– pation in international cultural life, Mr. Dzyuba remarked that it was an unprece– dented year, singling out several very successful exhibits, among them, the "Gold of Ukraine" exhibition held in vienna and Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Ukrainian Avant-Garde exhibit in Munich and vienna, which is currently on view in Toulouse, France.

in terms of upcoming events, The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto will host a grand exhibit of Ukrainian art from the Trypillian culture up to the present. Talks are under way regarding the possibility of having this exhibit travel throughout Canada and the U.S.

Furthermore, Mr. Dzyuba mentioned that there has been an agreement with an academic center in Toronto regarding an extensive exhibit to be dedicated to the theme of Chornobyl on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Chornobyl catastrophe in 1996.

Among o ther qui te encourag ing prospects , Mr. Dzyuba said that the Pompidou Center in Paris will be taking part in a program marking the centennial of the birth of world-renowned film director Oleksander Dovzhenko and that the Ministry of Culture is engaged in talks with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York regarding Ukraine's participation in the museum's prospec– tive exhibit on Byzantine art.

Mr. Dzyuba concluded his address by reading a letter of greeting and commen– dation from President Leonid Kravchuk, addressed to the president of the board of trustees of The Ukrainian Museum.

in the letter . President Kravchuk extended his congratulations on the suc– cess of the museum's campaign and com– mends the museum "not only for helping to preserve and maintain the national identity of Ukrainians, but also for con– tributing to the perpetuation and promo– tion of Ukrainian culture in America and thus furthering Ukra ine ' s pres t ige abroad." Referring to the new stage in the development of the UM and the new pos– s ibi l i t ies that lie ahead, Pres ident Kravchuk went on to say that "the gov– emment of Ukraine is ready to lend you its support." The letter concluded with an expression of regard for the beneficence of the Ukrainian community and best wishes for the completion of an important undertaking.

The gala event drew to a close with a musical p rogram featur ing ce l l i s t s Natalia Khoma and Suren Bagratuni and the Promin ensemble under the direction of Bohdanna Wolansky.


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Films

' The story of Hetman ivan Mazepa has been used as a theme in literature and music by voltaire, Byron, Hugo. Pushkin, Liszt and Tchaikovsky, in painting, Mazepa was one of the favorite themes of the French Romantics. Now Mazepa's name and legend have been used for an MK2 Productions film co-written and directed by the renowned French horse-trainer and theatrical impresario, Banabas.

"Mazeppa," which won the Prix Technique for Best visual Achievement at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, is being shown at the village East Cinema, Second Avenue at 12th Street (near The Ukrainian Museum), it is a visually poetic, artistic, Fellini– esque movie with a dense plot. The film is a fictional account of the life of the great 19th-century painter Theodore Gericauit, who was best known for his pas– sionate equestrian studies and who was the first to portray Mazepa on canvas.

As a young painter, Gericauit meets the cele– brated horse trainer Franconi and decides to move in with Franconi's Olympic Circus in order to study the magnificent hors– es day and night. From a Ukrainian member of the troupe, he hears the legend of Prince ivan Mazeppa, a young page in the court of a Polish nobleman, who was caught in the midst of a romance with his master's bride and, for punishment, is lashed naked to a wild horse and sent off to certain death. From this story comes Gericauit's famous painting of Mazepa on a horse. Then, a secret affair between Gericauit and Franconi's young mistress is discovered and the lovers are punished. Just how this is carried out 1 won't say, since it would reveal the film's ending.

The movie, starring^ Bartabas as Franconi and Miguel Bose as Cericault, is in French with English subtitles. For show times, call (212) 529-6799. incidentally, Ukrainians spell the name of the Hetman with one "p"; Europeans con– sistently transliterate it with two.

' Columbia Pictures' poignant love story, "My Life," starring Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman, has been touted by CNN's Larry King as "a mem– orable movie, a terrific film about the appreciation of life and about opening your heart to love." New York movie critic Janet Maslin wrote: ""My Life' is wrenching in ways that will leave view– ers thinking hard about their own val– ues." Other reviewers have expressed similar sentiments.

Of course, you've read Myron Kuropas's thoughtful review in the December 5 Weekly, and you've been warned (rightly so) to equip yourself with plenty of hankies when you go to see this

movie, it is indeed a tear-jerker, and it certainly should make any American (or Canadian) of Ukrainian descent give scri– ous thought to one's roots and heritage.

As much as 1 enjoyed the film and admired the acting, 1 have one small bone to pick with wnter7director Bruce Joel Rubin. Although a few words of Ukrainian are spoken at the wedding reception, the principal character (Bob Jones, originally Bobby ivanovich) and his family are not actually identified in the film as Ukrainian. Ukrainians in the movie audience will rec– ognize the church interior, the wedding reception, foods and dances as Ukrainian, and movie critics may pick up this infor– mation from production notes. But what about other movie-goers?

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Michael Keaton, appearing as Bob Jones in the movie "My Life," makes a video of his life for his

unborn child. ' The opening day of Oles Yanchuk's

drama "Famine-33" coincided with the deadline for this article, so 1 am unable to give a critique at this time. The film, focusing on the decline of a family dur– ing the 1933 famine in Ukraine, is in Ukrainian with English subtitles, it is being shown through December 28 at Film Forum 1, 209 Houston St. The schedule of show times may be obtained by calling (212) 727-8110.

Gifts Still looking for gift ideas? Browse in

the Ukrainian shops for terrific selections in jewelry, books, stationery, recordings and handcrafts (try Arka at 26 First Ave., The Ukrainian Museum's gift shop at 203 Second Ave., and Surma, 11 E. Seventh St. A topographical map of Ukraine (Si2), can be handsomely mat-ted and framed for Dad's study or the den. "Ukraine: A Tour Guide" would be appreciated by anyone planning a trip to Ukraine, and Zirka Derlycia's "Everyday Ukrainian" textbook (or book and cas– settes) would be a perfect gift for the stu– dent in your family. Your Ukrainian gift-giving will support Ukrainian artists and authors and take you back to your roots. Merry Christmas!

Part 11 of "Holiday Happenings, " including museum events, orchestral music, opera, theater and W, will appear in the January 2 issue of The Weekly.)

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tronic media, and he was well-financed (though the sources of this financing are still a mystery). His appearances and ads on Russian Tv contrasted sharply with that of many other candidates. Mr. Zhirinovsky knew how to play to his audi– ences, stressing certain "motherhood and apple-pie" issues, and he knew how to do it smoothly. One trivial but perhaps telling example: he had a pop-rock group signing

a ditty about him both before and after his stylistically appealing appearances, not something 1 would have expected from a right-wing imperialist.

in Ukraine also Tv will undoubtedly be a critical medium in the upcoming election campaign, and the hard truth is that, as in most of the world, candidates who can effectively utilize mis medium will have an advantage in the elections. One can only hope that in contrast to viadimir Zhirinovsky, they will use it to promote positive, democratic values.

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Bryn, Stanislaviv county. After World War H he emigrated to U.S., where he soon became active in the Ukrainian community, specifically in the Ukrainian National Association. He continues to be active in Ukrainian community affairs although he has earned the right to retire from community life.

Since 1952 he has served as secretary of Branch 399. For many years he was on the executive board of U N A ' s Chicago District Committee, serving as secretary, vice-chairman and, during the years 1989-1992, as chairman, in 1992 he was award– ed honorable mention as a runner-up for the Fratemalist of the Year award.

Mr. Prypchan was a six-time delegate to UNA conventions. At four of them he served as chairman of the Secretarial Affairs Commi t t ee and at the 31st Convention he served as chairman of the Constitution and By-laws Committee.

As an outstanding recruiter of new members, he has been a member of the UNA Builders Club. During his career as financial secretary he has recruited over 350 members. During his tenure as district chairman the Chicago District achieved a high percentage of its quota during annual membership recruiting drives.

Outs ide of his UNA act iv i ty , he belonged to the Brotherhood of veterans of the 1st Division of the Ukrainian National Army, for many years serving as its president. He has been on the exec– utive board of the United Ukrainian veterans' Organization of Chicago and continues to be involved in its organizing affairs, anniversaries, memorial services, as well as fund-raising for inval ids , needy veterans, their widows and chil– dren, as well as in fund drives for memo-rials in honor of deceased veterans.

He was active also in the Levy (Lions) Ukrainian Sports Association and on its executive board, for many years serving as its press representative.

Since 1952, Mr. Prypchan has also been a member and supporter of Plast and a member of the parents' affiliate, Plast-Pryiat.

He is a parishioner of Ss. volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church and is act ive in the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, a church-affiliated organization that seeks to support and promote the Ukrainian Church. He has served for many years on the parish council . A strong supporter of his parish, he was active in raising funds for the church's

building fund and was honored as one of the original builders of this church.

He has served the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council as a member of its executive board, and has been involved in fund-raising activities for victims of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster and the needy in Ukraine.

Since 1987, UNA has been bestowing UNA Fratemalist of the Year awards for outstanding fraternal service to the UNA and the community. At the same time, the UNA, as a member society of the National Fraternal Congress of America (NFCA), participates in the NFCA program to select that body's Fratemalist of the Year. The winner of the UNA honor automatically becomes a candidate for this NFCA award.

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' Alexandra Dolnycky of Montreal, secretary of Branch 434, one of the most successful organizers of the Plast branch, activist of Ukrainian Canadian Social Services and the Ukrainian Canadian Committee, and supporter of Plast and the parents' organization of the Ridna Shkola in Montreal;

' volodymyr Litynsky, Branch 13, sec– retary of the Albany-Troy District Committee, director of the Ukrainian School, author of a school text to be used in New York State schools to teach about the Ukrainian Famine of 1933, and activist in youth, church and community organiza– tions in the Watervliet–Albany area; and

' Helene Senediak, secretary of Branch 274, member of the executive board of UNA's Youngstown District Committee, activist in church organizations and sup-porter of youth organizations, especially the Ukrainian Orthodox Youth League.

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friendly relations, knowing full well that such accusations do not correspond to the truth."

valeriy izmalkov, chairman of the Parliament's Committee on Defense, had a different analysis of the situation. "This is the first curtsy by Russia's elite to iviadimirj Zhirinovsky," leader of the Liberal Democratic Party who was elect– ed to the Russian Parliament.

Oleksander Moroz, leader of the Socialist Party of Ukraine, said, "if Russia says that Ukraine is deceiving the world, then let them explain how Ukraine's tactical nuclear weapons wound up in Russia." He told The Washington Times: "There has been a lot of nonsense from Yeltsin's mouth. This is one more example. The coming of Zhirinovsky proves that we need guaran– tees of security."

The Russian president's comments were made at the beginning of his meet– ings with vice-President Gore, who is on

a journey that took him to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia.

According to the Associated Press, Ukraine was a major topic of meetings between President Yeltsin and vice-President Gore on Wednesday, December 15.

Reuters noted that vice-President Gore and Russian Prime Minister viktor Chernomyrdin were reported to have made progress in dealing with warheads still in Ukraine. The news agency quoted Mr. Gore as saying: "We are working on a formula that we believe will result in a satisfactory resolution of the outstanding issues in Ukraine. We made great progress during our lunch today dis– cussing these issues." No specifics were provided.

En route to Russia, the vice-presi– dent had said one of his top priorities was to persuade Russia to make a deal with Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan in regard to compensation for the high– ly enriched uranium contained in nuclear warheads they turn over to Russia. -

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NEW YORK: The All Saints Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 206 E. 11 St., invites the public to attend an archhierarchical liturgy cele– brated by Bishop vsevolod at 10 a.m. on the occasion of the ordination into the priesthood of Hierodeacon Pankraty. A reception will follow.

Sunday, December 26

NEW YORK: The Dumka Ukrainian Choir of New York will give a concert of Christmas car– ols at St. Patrick Cathedral, Fifth Avenue (at 50th Street) at 3:45 p.m.

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. is hosting a lecture by Serhiy Bilokm. head of the Petro Mohyla Scholarly Society in Kyyiv, who will address the topic "The Status of Ukrainian Studies in Ukraine." The presentation will be held at the academy's building, 206 W. 100th St.. at 2 p.m.

Friday, December 31

CH1CAGO: The St. Nicholas School will hold a New Year's Eve gala at the Ukrainian Cultural Center of Ss. volodymyr and Olha Parish. 2247 W. Chicago Ave. The evening begins with cocktails at 8 p.m.. followed by dinner at 9 p.m. The dance, featuring the Lidan band will start at 10:30 p.m. A silent auction of beautiful and unusual items will also be part of the evening's program. Admission: S50 per person for the dinnerXdance; S20 per person for the dance only. A cash bar will be available all evening. Evening attire is requested. Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling the parish rectory, (312) 276-4537. Tickets will be sold at the door for the dance only. Proceeds to benefit St. Nicholas School.

Sunday, January 2

UECANTO, Fla.: A Country.Western– Bluegrass Music Show, to benefit Manor Junior College in Jenkimown. Pa., will be held at Cowboy Junction. Highway. 44 and Junction 490, at 2 p.m. Buddy Max with the Cowboy Junction Band and the Bluegrass Fever Band will be among the groups performing for the public's enjoyment. For additional information, call (904)746-4754.

Monday - Friday, January 3 - 21

SLOATSBURG, N.Y.: The Sisters Servants of Mary immaculate offer an opportunity for young women who may be interested in reli– gious life to contact them in order to arrange a visit. Write or call: Sister Michele SSM1, P.O. Box 6, Sloatsburg. NY 10974-0006; (914) 753-5100.

Saturday - Sunday, January 15 - 16

NEW YORK; "Australian Chamber Music Festival in New York: A Series of Three Concerts" will be held at the Ukrainian institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., as part of the Music at the institute series. The first concert will be held Saturday. December 15, at 8 p.m., with two concerts on Sunday, December 16, at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Taking part in the concert will be pianists Lamar Crowson, Mykola Suk, Tatiana Tchekina; violinists Charles Castleman, Charmian Gadd, Oleh Krysa; violists Theodore Kuchar, Rainer Moog; cellists Alexandr lvashkin. Torlief Thedeen; and oboist Joel Marangella. The program will feature works by Arensky. Brahms, Kodaly, Liatoshynsky, Martinu, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Penderecki, Sitsky, Schnittke, Schubert and Schumann.

Sunday, January 16

EDMONTON: The Ukrainian Music Society of Alberta presents its annual concert of carols at 3 p.m. in the John L. Haar Theater. Jasper Place Campus, Grant MacEwan College, 10045 156th St. (East entrance). Tickets, avail-able at the Ukrainian bookstore, are S4 in advance and 56 at the door; half-price for chil– dren.

Saturday, January 29

WH1PPANY, NJ,: The Newark Plast Branch Debutante Ball will be held at the Hanover Marriot Hotel, with cocktails beginning at 6:30 p.m. and presentation of debutantes at 7:30 p.m., followed by dinner and dancing with music provided by Tempo and Fata Morgana. The cost for dinner and dance is S65; for stu– dents under age 23. S40; for students under 23, dance only S20 (at the door). For tickets, con-tact Borys Mycio, (201) 763-6450. All reserva– tions must be paid by January 15.

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Anna Sten. (Continued from page 3)

Ms. Sten's first North American release was a watered-down adapta– tion of t m i l e Zola's "Nana," although a U.S. version of "Karamazov" had been contemplat– ed. Her next two films were "We Live Again" (a Preston Sturges adap– tation of Tolstoy's "Resurrection" with Frederick March, 1934), and "The Wedding Night" (with Gary Cooper, 1935).

Although critically acclaimed, Ms. Sten was not as successful at the box office as Mr. Goldwyn had hoped. Oddly — considering the actresses whose success she was slated to rival — her "Russian accent" was consid– ered "a barrier" to wider acceptance in her new homeland, increasingly criti– cized by sharp-tongued Hollywood wags (a Method actress, she was described as "wooden"), her ability to draw audiences became doubly impaired. Confident in her profes– sionalism and artistry, Mr. Goldwyn stuck by Ms. Sten, losing millions, which prompted people to tag her with the epithet "Goldwyn's folly."

Finally succumbing to industry pressure, and having found another star to focus on, Mr. Goldwyn fired Ms. Sten. whereupon she went to England and starred in "A Woman

Alone" and "Two Who Dared," both released in 1936.

Ms. Sten made films until 1962 (including "Soldier of Fortune" with Clark Gable and Susan Hayward, directed by fellow Ukrainian Edward Dmytryk, 1955), and continued to appear in many stage productions (her North American theatrical debut was in Montreal in 1941).

in 1960, she headlined as Jenny (a role she was given when the leg– endary Lotte Lenya left the long-run– ning production) in Brecht and Weill's "Threepenny Opera," oppo– site Scott Merrill, who played Mack the Knife. She appeared in the pro– duction during its run on Broadway and then as it toured various U.S. cities, with particular success in San Francisco.

After retiring in the 1960s, Ms. Sten settled in Beverly Hills with her second husband, director-producer Dr. Eugene Frenke. She did some ТУ work, but preferred to spend her time painting.

She subsequently moved to New York City. The most recent of her rare public appearances was in May 1989, at the Biograph revival theater in Manhattan, to introduce "We Live Again."

Ms. Sten's husband of many years. Dr. Frenke, died in 1990, and she leaves no known surviving family.

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