INSIDE:• Public events slated for Yushchenko visit to Washington — page 3. • Canada’s budget gives green light to redress for internment — page 4. • Preview: the new Ukrainian Museum in New York City — pages 13-15.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIII HE KRAINIANNo. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Ukraine’sT procuracy UNew relationship is hallmark ofW Putin’s visit to Ukraine focusing on charges by Zenon Zawada country will deal with a Ukrainian leader- Mr. Yushchenko will support the Single Kyiv Press Bureau ship that has made it clear it will determine Economic Space (SES) of former Soviet its future independent of Russian interests. republics that he has yet to endorse. of election fraud KYIV – Russian President Vladimir Both Mr. Putin and Ukrainian President Meanwhile, Mr. Yushchenko stressed Putin visited Ukraine for the first time since Viktor Yushchenko used the March 20 the need to settle any remaining border by Zenon Zawada the Orange Revolution, beginning an work visit to advance their priorities. For disputes, a matter that Mr. Putin pre- Kyiv Press Bureau unprecedented relationship in which his Mr. Putin, that meant figuring out whether ferred to put on his back burner. Transporting Russian gas and expanding KYIV – The Procurator General’s its consumer base in Western Europe were Office of Ukraine, the government’s lead points of consensus for the two leaders. prosecuting body, is gaining momentum Mr. Putin set the tone for the Kyiv in its attempts to bring charges against visit at a morning press conference, after those who committed election fraud and concluding meetings with European falsified votes during the presidential leaders in Paris. He reassured the group, election. which included German Chancellor Viktor Shokin, the deputy procurator Gerhard Schroeder, that Russia would be general, said on March 23 his office will respectful of the new political landscape. prosecute at least two members of the “We will do all that we can to support Central Election Commission (CEC) for the Ukrainian leadership and use all our their role in falsifying votes. influence to avert any political crisis in He also raised the possibility that for- this nation,” Mr. Putin said. mer CEC Chairman Serhii Kivalov Arriving in Kyiv at 1 p.m., Mr. Putin would be held responsible. was immediately whisked to one of the “I don’t want to jump too far ahead, presidential residences, the famous but I think that since Serhii Vasyliovych “Budynok z Khymeramy” (Building was the head of the CEC, he will have to with Chimeras), which architect answer for his actions,” Mr. Shokin told Vladyslav Horodetskyi decorated with Channel 5 Ukraine’s 24-hour television elaborate sculptural reliefs. news station. Mykola Lazarenko/UNIAN Their discussions and press confer- As of March 9 there were 255 alleged ence were conducted in Russian “for cases of criminal acts committed in rela- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, right, with his wife, Kateryna, show convenience,” Mr. Yushchenko said. tion to the presidential elections, accord- Russian President Vladimir Putin their antiquarian collection during a meeting ing to the Procurator General’s office. at their country house near Kyiv on March 19. (Continued on page 21) Of these, the Ukrainian government is prosecuting 48 cases, while 16 cases are closed. There are 105 criminal cases involv- ing government employees, of which 68 Orange Revolution’s spirit captured in music and book releases cases involve members of local election by Zenon Zawada surrounding the Presidential Battle). committees, 16 cases involve police offi- Kyiv Press Bureau Administration Building, or at the steps Mr. Skrypka himself contributed his of the Museum of Ukrainian Art just enthusiastic accordion melodies and cers, and only 11 involve government KYIV – With nostalgic interest in the authorities, according to the Procurator down the street from the protests at the deep, eccentric vocals in two songs on Orange Revolution already creating a Cabinet of Ministers. the album. General’s Office. market, Ukraine’s most talented musi- The Committee of Voters Ukraine The idea to dispatch singers to the bar- On the literary front, Kyiv-based pub- cians and writers have produced work to ricades came to Mr. Skrypka during a lisher Yaroslaviv Val has released one of (CVU) expressed its disappointment relive those historic days and cherish the with much of the investigation into elec- spontaneous moment on the stage of the first accounts of the Orange revolt’s spirit. Independence Square – a.k.a. the maidan Revolution, “Peysazh dlia tion fraud that has taken place so far. Ukrainian rock legend Oleh Skrypka In particular, the CVU is disappointed – when he and fellow musicians decided Pomaranchevoyi Revoliutsiyi” has taken the lead among musicians by to sing with all their might, “My Smilo v (Landscape for the Orange Revolution), with prosecuting bodies for not pursuing compiling and producing an album that enough investigations against high-rank- Biy Pidem,” a song written in 1918 dur- written and reported by Mykhailo captures the inspiring patriotism and ing Ukraine’s struggle for independence. Slaboshpytskyi, this year’s national lau- ing government officials who gave tumult that lay behind the uprising. orders to commit election fraud. The audience’s reaction was so pow- reate of the Shevchenko Prize, which is The 16-track album is not a collection erful that Mr. Skrypka resolved to organ- Ukraine’s highest distinction for writers. Another concern is the unusual rate of of rock songs that pop stars sang on investigations as broken down by ize folk musicians at every barricade, Rather than rely on a strictly objective maidan’s stage (though it does include an where they’d chime patriotic songs into account, Mr. Slaboshpytskyi’s work is a oblasts, the committee said. acoustic version of Greenjolly’s “Razom For example, 25 investigations are the hearts of protesters all through journalistic narrative, or what he deems a Nas Bahato”). ongoing in Kirovohrad, 19 in Sumy December and onto victory. “chronicle-collage” in which he offers “There was some discord,” during the oblast and 16 in Kyiv. Passionate Kozak songs dominate the readers his own personal lens through Revolution, Mr. Skrypka said. “In partic- However, only one investigation each album, including a remarkable, soul-stir- which to view the panorama of events ular, many felt a lack of revolutionary is occurring in the Donetsk Oblast, ring rendition of Taras Shevchenko’s that became known as the Orange songs on the maidan – riflemen’s (strilet- Odesa Oblast and Crimea, where some “Hamalia” as performed by 10-year-old Revolution. ski) songs, Kozak songs and dumy.” of the most serious fraud took place. bandura prodigy Sviatoslav Sylenko. His romantic prose is filled with the “Dukh Ne Vmyraye, Dukh Ne Zhasa” The CVU is funded by 15 private and His father, bandurist Taras Sylenko, keen insight and sharp humor that collects some of Ukraine’s most talented government sources, including American performs a Haidamak song from the 18th brought him to literary prominence in contemporary folk artists, some of whom and European groups, said Oleksander century. Ukraine, his colleagues said at the book’s authored songs during the revolution, Chernenko, a committee spokesman. Others artists include Foma, lead presentation held on March 21. while others echoed lyrics written cen- The committee also asked that the singer of Mandry; Eduard Drach, an “All present here are people of the procurator general investigate illegal turies ago. impressive acoustic guitarist and song- maidan,” Vice Minister of Defense interference into the computer database The selected songs were performed writer; and bandurist Taras Minister Volodymyr Pasko told the audi- of the Central Election Committee dur- during a concert series organized by Mr. Kompanichenko, who sings the rifle- ence of more than 100 gathered at ing the first round of the presidential Skrypka in late November to inspire the men’s march that inspired Mr. Skrypka Ukraine’s National Museum of Literature revolutionaries standing in the freezing and his colleagues, “My Smilo v Biy (Continued on page 21) temperatures, whether at the barricades Pidem” (We Will Bravely Go Into (Continued on page 3) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 No. 13

ANALYSIS Is new pro-Yushchenko party NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Kyiv continues anti-corruption drive production. Mr. Yushchenko was also scheduled to discuss arms sales to more than a party of power? KYIV – Hennadii Moskal, the deputy Turkmenistan. (RFE/RL Newsline) chief of Ukraine’s Internal Affairs Ministry by Jan Maksymiuk ment before those of the people. (MVS), announced that criminal charges Oblast wraps up vote fraud probe RFE/RL Newsline It was widely expected that President have been filed against 12 former deputy Yushchenko would build a new political heads of oblast administrations and 58 heads ZHYTOMYR – Prosecutors in the More than 6,000 delegates gathered in force based on parties participating in his of raion administrations. All of the suspects Zhytomyr Oblast have ended their investi- Kyiv on March 5 to set up a party called Our Ukraine parliamentary bloc. This, are accused of bribe-taking and “exceeding gation into election rigging during the presi- Our Ukraine People’s Union (OUPU), however, did not happen. The OUPU con- their authority,” Interfax reported on March dential election in 2004 and indicted eight which is to provide political support to stituent congress was organized by the 22. Mr. Moskal also stated that the head of individuals, whose trials are either over or the government of President Viktor public movement For Ukraine! For former President Leonid Kuchma’s property still in progress, UNIAN reported on Yushchenko and vie for a substantial par- Yushchenko! coordinated by the presi- office, Ihor Bakai, who is believed to be in March 22. One man was convicted of vot- ing 11 times for Viktor Yanukovych using liamentary representation in the 2006 dent’s older brother, Petro Yushchenko, as hiding, has been indicted on seven criminal absentee ballots and fined 1,000 hrv ($189). general elections. well as by some government officials from charges, among them defrauding the state. In another instance, the court tried the head The congress elected 120 delegates to Kyiv and regional governors. President The Ukrainska Pravda website on March 23 of a regional election commission who the party’s council, and chose Vice Prime Yushchenko had apparently failed to mobi- posted a listing of his allegedly fraudulent allegedly falsified the vote count and Minister Roman Bezsmertnyi as head of lize his major allies from the Orange dealings, which included transferring owner- declared that Yanukovych had won in the the council and lawmaker Yurii Revolution – notably Yurii Kostenko’s ship of a state-owned multi-million-dollar Yekhanurov as head of the party’s execu- district, when in fact the winner was Viktor Ukrainian National Party and Borys dwelling used by Mr. Kuchma as his winter tive committee. Mr. Yushchenko, who Yushchenko. The defendant was found Tarasyuk’s National Rukh of Ukraine – in dacha to an offshore company after Viktor reportedly signed up for the new party as guilty and sentenced to five years in prison, support of the idea of a single party. Yushchenko won the presidential election. an ordinary member and received mem- which was later commuted to one year of It is also not known for the time being (RFE/RL Newsline) bership card No. 1, was made the party’s probation. (RFE/RL Newsline) whether the Our Ukraine Party (formerly honorary chairman. Poroshenko sacks security official the Reforms and Order Party) led by cur- Putin mends fences with Kyiv ... Some Ukrainian commentators joking- rent Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk ly described the Our Ukraine People’s KYIV – Petro Poroshenko, secretary of will join the OUPU. Mr. Pynzenyk rereg- KYIV – Russian President Vladimir Union as the country’s first “party of the National Security and Defense Council, istered his party last year under the new Putin met with his Ukrainian counterpart, power” that is simultaneously a “people’s said President Viktor Yushchenko had name, which is commonly associated with Viktor Yushchenko, in Kyiv on March 19, party,” which is true to a large extent if “good reasons” for removing the deputy Mr. Yushchenko and the Orange an RFE/RL correspondent reported. It was one takes into account the party’s current head of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Revolution, in the apparent anticipation of Mr. Putin’s first visit to Ukraine following membership. The delegates to the con- SBU, Oleksander Skybynetskyi, Interfax the emergence of a united pro-Yushchenko last year’s Orange Revolution that lifted Mr. stituent congress, who automatically reported on March 22. Mr. Skybynetskyi force after the 2004 presidential election. Yushchenko to the presidency in a dramatic became full-fledged OUPU members, was appointed by Mr. Yushchenko to be Mr. Pynzenyk most likely expected that battle against Moscow-backed presidential comprised both current government offi- first deputy of the SBU in February. Mr. his renamed party would serve as a basis hopeful Viktor Yanukovych. “Our meeting cials from Kyiv and rank-and-file Poroshenko went on to say that if anyone for such a consolidation. However, he was today demonstrates our common desire to activists of the 2004 Mr. Yushchenko disagrees with the president’s decision, that not given any role in forming the OUPU, see our bilateral relations be constructive,” presidential campaign from the provinces. person can resign. This remark was made and Mr. Yushchenko did not even mention President Yushchenko told journalists. However, some circumstances under apparently in reference to Oleksander “Widening our bilateral cooperation will which the OUPU came into being and Mr. Pynzenyk’s Our Ukraine Party in his Turchynov, the chief of the SBU, who com- address to the March 5 congress. depend in large part on how successful we some developments during the congress plained he had not been informed of the are in forming a Single Economic Space,” have left many wondering whether the What President Yushchenko did men- decision. Mr. Poroshenko told Interfax tion was an expected election coalition of President Putin said. “I am convinced that if pro-Yushchenko party is not primarily cryptically that “anyone with access to state we can effectively implement this idea, it poised to put the interests of the govern- the OUPU with the Yulia Tymoshenko secrets should be able to analyze the rea- Bloc and the Agrarian Party of Ukraine will give our countries more opportunities sons for [Skybynetskyi’s] removal.” for developing trade and mutual invest- led by Verkhovna Rada Chairman (RFE/RL Newsline) Jan Maksymiuk is the Belarus and Volodymyr Lytvyn. “Today and many ments in order to strengthen the competi- Ukraine specialist on the staff of RFE/RL Ukrainian president in Turkmenistan tiveness of our economies.” Apart from the Newsline. (Continued on page 16) Single Economic Space, both leaders dis- ASHGABAT – Ukrainian President cussed a common gas transportation proj- Viktor Yushchenko arrived in Ashgabat on ect, the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Kuchma returns to Ukraine, March 22 for two days of talks with Sevastopol, common energy projects, bor- Turkmen President Sapurmurat Niazov, der issues, military and technical coopera- Interfax reported. The main topic of discus- tion, the Transdniester conflict, and humani- and possible arrest sion will be continued Turkmen supplies of tarian and cultural issues. (RFE/RL natural gas to Ukraine. Ukraine is heavily Newsline) by Roman Kupchinsky Lutsenko added that Mr. Kravchenko had dependent on Turkmen gas and imports 36 RFE/RL Organized Crime and Terrorism Watch left a suicide note that “named some con- billion cubic meters annually. In January ... invites Ukraine’s PM to Moscow crete people who are under suspicion in this Turkmenistan raised the price of gas by 32 KYIV – Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Former Ukrainian President Leonid case.” the Ukrainska Pravda website percent and now charges $58 per thousand Kuchma returned to Kyiv on March 5 Tymoshenko has said Russian President (http://www2.pravda.com.ua) posted the cubic meters. The current purchasing con- Vladimir Putin invited her to pay a visit to after cutting short his vacation in the spa alleged text of the note on March 5, in tract with Turkmenneftegaz ends in resort of Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Moscow during their meeting in Kyiv on which Mr. Kravchenko repeated his inno- December 2006. As of January 2007 March 19, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service He arrived the same day that some mem- cence of any wrongdoing but wrote a cryp- Ukraine will need to buy Turkmen gas from bers of Parliament were calling for his reported on March 21. According to Ms. tic sentence saying that he was a victim of Gazeksport, a subsidiary of Russia’s Tymoshenko, the visit will contribute to arrest in the investigation of journalist the “political intrigues of President Leonid Gazprom, which signed a 25-year contract Heorhii Gongadze’s abduction and killing Kuchma and his supporters.” to purchase most of Turkmenistan’s gas (Continued on page 27) in 2000, and a suicide note by former Soon after Mr. Kravchenko’s death, a Internal Affairs Minister Yurii number of national deputies called for Kravchenko was revealed in which he Mr. Kuchma’s immediate arrest. Hryhorii FOUNDED 1933 blamed his suicide on “political intrigues” Omelchenko, the head of the parliamen- by “Kuchma and his supporters.” tary commission investigating the HE KRAINIAN EEKLY In a brief interview for Czech Television Gongadze killing, repeated his earlier TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., on March 4, Mr. Kuchma once again insist- call that Mr. Kuchma, former SBU head a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. ed that he was innocent of any wrongdoing Leonid Derkach, and others be arrested Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. in the Gongadze case and that he did not in order to protect them from possibly Periodicals postage paid at Parsippany, NJ 07054 and additional mailing offices. order Mr. Kravchenko to kill Gongadze. killing themselves or being killed. (ISSN — 0273-9348) Mr. Kravchenko was found dead on the Mr. Omelchenko also accused President morning of March 4, the day he was to be Viktor Yushchenko of having “made a deal” The Weekly: UNA: interrogated, in what has been described as with Mr. Kuchma prior to the election by Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900 a suicide by the Security Service of Ukraine allegedly granting him immunity from pros- (SBU) and the Internal Affairs Ministry. ecution. Mr. Yushchenko has denied this in Postmaster, send address changes to: Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz On March 5, Interfax reported that the past and Mr. Kuchma has often said that The Ukrainian Weekly Editors: Internal Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko he does not need immunity since he did not 2200 Route 10 Andrew Nynka announced that Mr. Kravchenko died of two P.O. Box 280 Ika Koznarska Casanova (part time) engage in any illegal activities. self-inflicted bullet wounds to the head; the Parsippany, NJ 07054 Communist Party leader Petro first non-fatal shot was immediately fol- Symonenko also issued a statement lowed by another shot that killed him. Mr. The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com; e-mail: [email protected] demanding Mr. Kuchma’s arrest. Members of the pro-Viktor Yanukovych opposition The Ukrainian Weekly, March 27, 2005, No. 13, Vol. LXXIII Roman Kupchinsky, a Prague-based Copyright © 2005 The Ukrainian Weekly analyst, is a contributor to RFE/RL. (Continued on page 19) No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 3

Viktor Morozov pays respects to Gongadze Public events slated for Yushchenko visit to D.C. by E. Morgan Williams Committee of America (UCCA) and Iryna Kurowyckyj, president, Ukrainian WASHINGTON – President Viktor National Women’s League of America. Yushchenko’s Welcome Committee in Other organizations represented on the Washington, is in the process of finaliz- Welcome Committee include the ing plans for two major public events the Ukrainian Federation of America, committee will sponsor in honor of the new Ukrainian president while he is in Ukrainian Institute of America, United the United States for his first official Ukrainian American Relief Committee, visit as president. The Bleyzer Foundation, Ukrainian The first public event will be held at Human Rights Committee, Plast the Taras Shevchenko monument in Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Washington midday on Wednesday, April Ukrainian National Information Service, 6. President Yushchenko will lay a wreath Ukrainian National Association and the at the monument to Shevchenko (1814- Action Ukraine Coalition. 1861) located near Dupont Circle at P For additional information readers and 22nd streets. may call the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Mr. Yushchenko will speak at a large (202) 347-4264; or the Ukrainian public rally of Ukrainian Americans and Congress Committee of America, (202) friends of Ukraine who will gather begin- 547-0018. ning at noon at the Shevchenko monument to celebrate the victory of the Orange Yaro Bihun Revolution. The second event will be a large ban- ROSLYN, Va. – Victor Morozov, one of Ukraine’s most popular singers and quet in honor of President Yushchenko to Members of Congress the translator of the popular “Harry Potter” books into Ukrainian, paused to be held in the Omni Shoreham Hotel ball- pay his respects to Heorhii Gongadze at The Freedom Forum Journalists room in Washington. The banquet will be Memorial near Washington. He visited the memorial on March 2, the day after held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6; on visit to Ukraine news reports said that two persons responsible for the Ukrainian journalist’s KYIV – U.S. Senate Democratic preceeded by a reception at 6:30 p.m. Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will lead a murder in 2000 were under arrest. The memorial lists the names of more than Tickets to the banquet are being sold to the 1,500 journalists killed worldwide while reporting the news since 1812. bipartisan congressional delegation on a public ($200 per person). President visit to Ukraine on Thursday, March 24, Yushchenko will also speak at the banquet. the U.S. Embassy announced on the day To purchase tickets, checks should be of the visit. FOR THE RECORD: U.S. reacts made out to the “Yushchenko Banquet Sen. Reid is the senior Democratic Committee” and mailed (with complete to news in Gongadze investigation contact information) to: Ukrainian member of the Senate. Other members of Washington Credit Union, P.O. Box the delegation are Sens. Richard Durbin 19228, Alexandria, VA 22320-1228. (D-Ill.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Patty Following is the text of a statement on assist in solving the crime. Yet, the case Financial sponsors are needed for the Murray (D-Wash.), Robert Bennett (R- recent developments in the Gongadze remained unsolved. We therefore wel- two events. Special sponsor tables (seat- Utah), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and case as delivered by Chargé d’Affaires come steps by Ukraine’s new govern- ing 10 people) are available for the Ken Salazar (D-Colo,). Paul W. Jones to the Permanent Council ment to rejuvenate the Gongadze investi- Yushchenko banquet for $2,500 each. The delegation planned to meet with of the Organization for Security and gation, which earlier this week led to the The co-chairs of President senior Ukrainian officials, including Cooperation in Europe. arrest of individuals who may have been Yushchenko’s Welcome Committee are: President Viktor Yushchenko, to discuss involved in this crime. Nadia Komarnyckyj McConnell, presi- ways to strengthen U.S.-Ukraine relations Mr. Chairman, the United States has The United States strongly supports and dent, U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF); and to continue to support democracy in also expressed its concern about the lack applauds President [Viktor] Yushchenko’s Ihor Gawdiak, president, Ukrainian Ukraine. The delegation will also meet of progress in solving the case of stated intention to determine who ordered American Coordinating Council (UACC); with Ukrainian civil society leaders. Ukrainian journalist Heorhii Gongadze, and organized Mr. Gongadze’s death and Ihor Kotlarchuk, president, The Ukraine is the delegation’s final stop who was murdered under suspicious cir- to hold them accountable. Doing so would Washington Group (TWG); Michael in a trip that included visits to Israel, Iraq cumstances in the year 2000, on many serve as an example for the entire OSCE Sawkiw Jr., president, Ukrainian Congress and Georgia. occasions in OSCE and other fora. region and send a powerful signal about Since Mr. Gongadze’s disappearance, the importance Ukraine’s new government we have consistently pressed the govern- attaches to human rights, media freedom also includes inspiring anecdotes of ordi- ment of Ukraine, including senior offi- and the rule of law. Orange Revolution’s... nary Ukrainians far removed from the cials, to mount an independent, transpar- We thank the delegation of Ukraine (Continued from page 1) Khreschatyk, Kyiv’s main boulevard, ent and comprehensive investigation and for the information on the Gongadze case in Kyiv. The League of Arts Patrons who played critical roles. to hold the perpetrators accountable. it has provided at today’s meeting and (Liha Metsenativ) sponsored the event. One such woman was Valentyna In 2002, at the invitation of the appreciate its announcement that it will “Mr. Slaboshpytskyi wrote this book Rudenko, who had a daughter-in-law Ukrainian government, the United States keep the Permanent Council informed of so there would be a complete picture of working for Ukrnaftohas in Kyiv. sent U.S. investigators to Ukraine to future developments. the maidan. We need such books to con- Ms. Rudenko’s daughter-in-law called vey the epoch’s spirit and the atmos- her the day of the election and told her phere,” he added. the company bosses were forcing Cardinal Lubomyr Husar meets In addition to illustrating the many employees to vote once for Viktor events transpiring in Ukraine’s capital Yanukovych, and to board buses headed for Poltava in order to cast more votes during the revolt, Mr. Slaboshpytskyi with officials in Washington for him using absentee ballots. Anyone refusing to engage in the voting fraud by Serhiy Zhykharev cardinal remarked that considering the would lose her job, her daughter-in-law Ukrainian National Information Service long and complicated history of the was told. Ukrainian nation’s oppression by Russia, it As it turned out, the buses never left WASHINGTON – On Friday, March 4, is difficult to estimate the number of ethnic for Poltava. Ms. Rudenko tipped off Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, leader of the Ukrainians residing in the Russian Pora, which sent students to swarm the Ukrainian Catholic Church visited Federation; however, multiple attempts by buses. They bravely laid their bodies Washington, and held a number of meetings the UGCC to organize parishes and send down underneath the wheels, refusing to regarding the freedom of religious practices pastors to Russia have been met with move. The bus drivers were the first to for the Church, as well as societal changes resistance from the Moscow Patriarchate give up, telling the factory bosses they in Ukraine after the Orange Revolution. of the Russian Orthodox Church. would not move the buses. Accompanying the cardinal was Cardinal Husar noted that, on the fed- Mr. Slaboshpytskyi’s prose is crisp, Archbishop Stefan Soroka, metropolitan of eral level, there is legislation protecting direct and lively, making for a leisurely the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the the right of religious freedom for all read even for someone who speaks United States, and the Rev. Robert Russian citizens, though local authorities Ukrainian as a second language. Hitchens, rector of St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian often contradict this legislation and court The Ukrainian diaspora, particularly Catholic Seminary in Washington. decisions pose obstacles to registering from Canada and Australia, played a sig- In a meeting with Ambassador John the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic communi- nificant role in producing the book, con- Tefft, deputy assistant secretary of the ties. “It is understandable that the federal tributing their stories of the Revolution, European and Eurasian Affairs Bureau at government has difficulties following all as well as financing. the U.S. Department of State, Cardinal such cases simply because the local gov- “Peysazh dlia Pomaranchevoyi Husar expressed his concern regarding the ernments are very far removed physical- Revoliutsiyi” costs 20 hrv and may be restrictions that are imposed on the faithful ly. Nevertheless, we believe that the fed- obtained by contacting the League of of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church UNIAN Arts Patrons in Kyiv (Liha Metsenativ) (UGCC) in the Russian Federation. The (Continued on page 23) Oleh Skrypka at (38044) 486-53-78. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 No. 13 Canadian government budget gives green light to redress for internment by Christopher Guly Still, Edmonton-based Mr. Lake internment camp near Amos in on a steering committee that will deter- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Hladyshevsky, who has been flying back northern Quebec. mine where the government funds will be and forth to Ottawa to lobby Cabinet The Ukrainian Canadian Internment directed. “The money will be used for OTTAWA – A two-decade-long cam- ministers for redress, told The Weekly Committee also doesn’t want an apology publications, research, developing paign for redress regarding the internment that if the government offered his group – a claim once sought by the UCCLA, exhibits and educational materials for of thousands of Ukrainian Canadians dur- “$12 million, we’d take it.” but one that the federal Justice Canadian schools,” he explained. ing the first world war because of their However, he said his committee insists Department, along with any request for Mr. Hladyshevsky said he also hoped Austro-Hungarian citizenship could soon that the budgetary provision specifically compensation, has rejected, according to a new prize to be awarded by the be resolved as a result of the recently targets the Ukrainian Canadian community. Mr. Hladyshevsky. Shevchenko Foundation next year could released federal budget. “The civil service is trying to create However, he added that the government go to an author who writes about Within the 431-page document, deliv- this into a generic kind of program about “must set aside an endowment” and return Ukrainian Canadian internment. ered to Parliament last month, is a $25 civil rights and past wrongs, and we’ve monies “confiscated” from Ukrainian Next March, the foundation will pres- million (about $21 million U.S.) commit- already sent a letter to the prime minister Canadians during the country’s first nation- ent the first biennial Kobzar Literary ment over the next three years “for com- [Paul Martin] that we want a community- al internment operations as part of a com- memorative and educational initiatives” Award (named after the Shevchenko specific solution,” explained Mr. prehensive redress fund to be administered work that highlighted the centuries-old directed to Canadian ethnocultural groups Hladyshevsky, 49, who also serves as by the Ukrainian Canadian community. that carry “troubling memories ... as a tradition of storytelling through music by second vice-president of the UCC. A Price Waterhouse (now known as the kobzars of Ukraine) for a submission result of events that occurred in Canadian He said that the Ukrainian community PricewaterhouseCoopers) report, commis- history during times of war, or as a result in either Ukrainian, English or French wants any financial assistance received to sioned by the UCC over a decade ago, with a Ukrainian Canadian theme in one of immigration policies of the day,” which be directed toward commemorating and estimated that the federal government of four categories: non-fiction, fiction, so far have been “unacknowledged.” educating Canadians about an event that took between $5 million and $6 million children’s literature or a play. The win- Both the Ukrainian Canadian Congress found over 6,000 Ukrainian Canadians (in today’s dollars) from Ukrainian ning Canadian author will receive and the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties held at 24 internment camps across the Canadian internees, and estimated that this $20,000, with another $5,000 given to Association welcomed the announcement, country as “enemy aliens” along with group sustained a further $22 million in though the amount allocated will have to about 70,000 Ukrainian Canadians who the publisher of the work. lost wages and other economic losses (for Mr. Hladyshevsky indicated that a be shared among several ethnic groups – were issued identity cards and stripped of example, internees had to pay 80 cents a including Canada’s Chinese, Italian, their citizenship right to vote between children’s book on the internment could day for room and board while only receiv- be in the running. Indian, German and Jewish communities – 1914 and 1920 – two years beyond the ing $1.10 for working in labor camps). which all claim to have suffered some conclusion of World War I. A human rights museum, to be built in Mr. Hladyshevsky said that while Winnipeg, will also feature a remem- form of historic civil rights injustices. “The community’s position is that we descendants of internees won’t receive And whatever monies the Ukrainian want recognition of this event as a true his- compensation, they are to be represented (Continued on page 23) Canadian community will receive falls short torical fact,” said Mr. Hladyshevsky, a com- of a $30 million request formally presented mercial lawyer with the North American to the federal Liberal government in firm, Fraser Milner Casgrain, LLP. December 2002 by the Ukrainian Canadian “We don’t want compensation for pain FOR THE RECORD: Bill C-331 Internment Committee, chaired by and suffering, because the only survivor Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras is Mary Manko Haskett.” Following is the text of Bill C-331, (ii) the role that Ukrainian Shevchenko President Andriy Hladyshevsky Now 93 years old and living in a nurs- the Ukrainian Canadian Restitution Canadians have played in the building with UCC First Vice-President Pavlo Grod ing home in Hamilton, Ont., Ms. Manko Act – “An Act to recognize the injustice of Canada since that time. and UCCLA Research Director Lubomyr Haskett was 6 years old when she was that was done to persons of Ukrainian Opening ceremony Luciuk as members. interned with her family at the Spirit descent and other Europeans who were (2) The Minister of Canadian interned at the time of the first world Heritage shall arrange for suitable cer- war and to provide for public com- emonies at the time of installation of memoration and for restitution which each memorial plaque and at the open- Canadian MPs called to support is to be devoted to education and the ing of the museum. promotion of tolerance.” Restitution redress bill in its second reading 3. (1) The Minister of Canadian Preamble Heritage, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties first national internment operations and Whereas persons of Ukrainian Minister of Finance, shall negotiate Association for a series of commemorative and edu- descent and other Europeans were with the Ukrainian Canadian Civil cational projects, paid for using the con- imprisoned, disenfranchised and dis- Liberties Association a suitable pay- TORONTO – On Thursday, March 24, temporary value of that portion of the possessed of their assets without just ment in restitution for the confiscation Conservative Member of Parliament internees’ confiscated wealth that was cause at the time of the first world war of property and other assets from Inky Mark’s private member’s Bill C- never returned, along with the value of and were kept there from 1914 to Ukrainian Canadians. 331 – the Ukrainian Canadian the internees’ forced labor,” Dr. Luciuk 1920; and Application of restitution Restitution Act, will be given a second explained. “In other words, it would not Whereas it is beyond time that pub- (2) The restitution payment shall be reading in the House of Commons, at applied to cost today’s taxpayers anything to imple- lic recognition be made of this injustice 5:30 p.m. (a) the development and production ment the initiatives we have outlined in and appropriate commemoration and Bill C-331 already enjoys the support public education undertaken; of educational materials that cover our various submissions to the govern- of the Conservative Party of Canada, the Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and Canada’s past internment policies and ment of Canada, many of which were Bloc Quebecois and the New Democratic with the advice and consent of the activities and their distribution to already agreed to by the previous Party, as well as that of some Liberal Senate and House of Commons of schools, colleges and universities, with Minister of Canadian Heritage, Sheila MPs. It also enjoys the endorsement of Canada, enacts as follows: the objective of widening understand- Copps.” the Ukrainian Canadian community. Short title ing of the harm of ethnic, religious or Dr. Luciuk also said that the UCCLA Speaking about the forthcoming sec- 1. This act may be cited as the racial intolerance and discrimination, finds it “troubling that Mr. Milliken ond reading, the UCCLA’s director of Ukrainian Canadian Restitution Act. and the importance of the Canadian would rule against a bill that, in the research, Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, said: “We Memorial plaques and museum Charter of Rights and Freedoms in pro- main, is no different than what he him- were somewhat disappointed to have the 2. (1) The Minister of Canadian tecting all Canadians from such injus- speaker of the house, the Honourable self proposed on September 27, 1991. Heritage shall tice in the future; and Peter Milliken, state that Bill C-331 His motion was unanimously consented (a) cause memorial plaques to be (b) such other educational projects would require a Royal Recommendation, to by the parties then seated in the House installed at any of the 24 concentration as are agreed to in consultation with given his view that it imposes a financial of Commons. It is unfortunate that the camps at which persons of Ukrainian the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties obligation on the government of Liberal Party of Canada has not lived up descent and other Europeans were Association. Canada.” to the pledge made by its previous interned during and after the first world Commemorative postage stamps “We have called for an official recog- leader, the Right Honorable Jean war, which do not yet have such 4. The Minister of Public Works and nition of the injustice done to Ukrainians Chrétien, who promised his personal plaques, describing the events at that Government Services shall instruct and other Europeans needlessly impris- support, and that of his party, for redress time and the regrets of present-day Canada Post Corporation to issue a oned as ‘enemy aliens’ during Canada’s to the Ukrainian Canadian community.” Canadians, written in Ukrainian, stamp or set of stamps to commemo- The UCCLA noted that it is calling English and French; rate the internment of persons of upon MPs from all of the political parties (b) ensure that all memorial plaques Ukrainian descent and other Europeans represented in the House of Commons to at concentration camps, whenever during the first world war. support Bill C-331 on its second reading installed, are properly maintained; and Review of Emergencies Act Famine curriculum this Thursday and again on April 6 when (c) establish a permanent museum in 5. The Minister of Justice shall it may be voted upon. Banff National Park [in an existing undertake a review of the Emergencies course is postponed “In particular, we expect to see those facility], at the site of the concentration Act and report to Parliament within a The one hour credit-course, MPs who are of Ukrainian heritage pres- camp that was established there, with year of the date this act comes into “Ukraine’s Terror/Famine: A Genocide ent in the House on March 24, there to signage in Ukrainian, English and force with recommendations on any Curriculum,” offered for Illinois teachers make their views publicly known on this French, providing information on legislative changes necessary to ensure by Northern Illinois University, has been welcome Conservative initiative. It’s (i) the operation of all the concentra- that unjust internment such as that postponed until the fall semester. Futher time for all MPs to stand up and be tion camps established in Canada at the described in the preamble never again information will be available in early counted where it counts, which is in pub- time of the first world war; and occurs in Canada. August. lic and in Parliament,” Dr. Luciuk stated. No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 5

Ukrainian Days in Washington feature briefings, visits to congressional offices by Serhiy Zhykharev “The Bush administration should facilitate their involvement in Ukraine’s political Rep. Schwartz and Sen. Corzine met Ukrainian National Information Service Ukraine’s membership in the World Trade process. “We have a common goal before with Ukrainian Days participants and dis- Organization (WTO) and European Union us; we are striving to integrate Ukraine in cussed ways to enhance U.S.-Ukraine WASHINGTON – Within its frame- (EU), lift Jackson-Vanik trade restrictions, Euro-Atlantic structures and return its relations, especially following the demo- work of programs to promote closer rela- expand NATO’s cooperation with Kyiv, former status of a prominent European cratic and peaceful Orange Revolution in tions between the Ukrainian community offer a bridging loan for economic restruc- state. I am very glad to see my old Ukraine. and their members of Congress, the turing and state unequivocally that it will friends, with whom I have been working In all of their meetings on Capitol Hill, Ukrainian Congress Committee of not tolerate threats to Ukraine’s territorial for a long time and some new, young the participants of Ukrainian Days pre- America (UCCA), and its Washington integrity,” he stated. faces. Together, I am confident we will sented members of Congress with vari- bureau, the Ukrainian National The afternoon of March 2 was dedicated successfully resolve all issues. Together ous policy papers on issues of impor- Information Service (UNIS), organized to meetings at various congressional offices, we are many! We shall not be over- tance to the Ukrainian American commu- Ukrainian Days in Washington, on March among them: Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.); come!” the ambassador said. nity. Topics covered included: U.S.- 2-3. The goal of Ukrainian Days is to pro- Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.); Sen. On March 3, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) Ukraine Relations, foreign assistance to mote the concerns of the Ukrainian Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.); Rep Betty joined participants of Ukrainian Days for Ukraine, the proposed Genocide memori- American community, as well as to estab- McCollum (D-Minn.); Rep. Dennis an early morning breakfast to discuss the al in Washington, the United States lish better contacts with its members’ Kucinich (D-Ohio); Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D- day’s meetings. Rep. Engel said: “I am Agency for International Development elected representatives in Washington. N.Y.); and Rep. Steven Rothman (D-N.J.). glad to see that Ukrainian Days in (USAID) and permanent normal trade Over 30 community members partici- Washington are becoming a tradition and relations (PNTR) with Ukraine. pated in the two-day advocacy event, Reps. Levin, Kucinich, Slaughter and Nadler joined their respective staffers to the number of participants has grown. At Tamara Gallo-Olexy, executive direc- which began with a briefing session at the the moment, Ukrainian issues are tor of UCCA’s National Office, pointed American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC), acquaint themselves with the community representative’s concerns regarding U.S.- extremely important and timely and I will out that USAID bypasses ethnic organi- with the participation of the following gladly assist the Ukrainian American com- zations when considering grant applica- individuals: Kyle Parker, vice president, Ukraine relations. During her conversation with munity in ensuring U.S. maximum assis- tions. “Our organizations have been American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC); tance and participation in establishing and involved in Ukraine since the late 1980s Karen Stewart, senior desk officer, Ukrainian Days participants, Rep. Slaughter stated: As a founding member solidifying Ukrainian democracy.” and have a wide network of contacts, as Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova at the U.S. Following the breakfast, the partici- well as deep understanding of cooperat- Department of State; Dr. Ariel Cohen, sen- and former co-chair of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, I offer my congratula- pants divided into groups to once again ing with Ukrainian partners. Our commu- ior research fellow, Heritage Foundation; engage in meetings with the following nity is very upset that the money intend- Jim Zogby, Ethnic Council director, tions on the election of Mr. Yushchenko, and recognize that Ukraine now stands at congressional offices: Rep. Joseph ed to help Ukraine is not used effectively Democratic National Committee; and, Crowley (D-N.Y.); Sen. George when the opportunity to achieve better Michael Sawkiw Jr., president, Ukrainian an important crossroads in its develop- ment to a fully democratic society.” Voinovich (R-Ohio); Sen. Mike DeWine results at cheaper costs is readily avail- Congress Committee of America. (R-Ohio); Sen. Charles Schumer (D- able,” she stated. In his greeting to the participants of the “It is an honor to participate in Ukrainian Days here in our nation’s capi- N.Y.); Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.); Sen. Several members of Congress resolved Ukrainian Days, Mr. Sawkiw underscored Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.); Rep. to examine this issue and assist that such events are essential for expand- tal,” she continued. “I have offered my sup- port for legislation that would remove Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.); Rep. Rush Ukrainian American civic organizations, ing the community’s influence on U.S. as well as other ethnic organizations. to Ukraine from the Jackson-Vanik amend- Holt (D-N.J.): Sen. John Warner (R-Va.); policy toward Ukraine. “Now our commu- Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.); Rep. Stephen receive access to federal funding. ment, as well as legislation that would cre- nity has a chance to develop closer rela- Lynch (D-Mass.); Sen. Carl Levin (D- Copies of the policy papers presented ate a memorial for victims of the Ukrainian tions between the new Ukrainian govern- Mich.); Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.); at Ukrainian Days may be obtained at the Famine. I look forward to working with ment and the Bush administration. One of Rep. Brian Higgins (R-N.Y.): Sen. Jon UCCA National Office, at the Ukrainian President Yushchenko as he undertakes the our immediate tasks is to have a success- Corzine (D-N.J.); and Rep. Michael National Information Service, or on the political and economic reforms necessary ful visit of President Viktor Yushchenko in Ferguson (R-N.J.). UCCA website at www.ucca.org. Washington, D.C. It is incumbent upon to ensure a bright future for Ukraine.” the United States to demonstrate support In the evening of March 2, Ukrainian for the Ukrainian people and their Days participants were warmly welcomed unequivocal choice in favor of democracy at the Embassy of Ukraine, where they Mission Statement by receiving the president of Ukraine at had an opportunity to meet Ukraine’s The Ukrainian National Association exists: the highest level, stated Mr. Sawkiw. ambassador to the United States, I Representatives of the State Department Mykhailo Reznik, and several Ukrainian I to promote the principles of fraternalism; and non-governmental organizations spoke diplomats to discuss their ideas regarding to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian about the Orange Revolution and its con- U.S.-Ukraine relations and other issues of I heritage and culture; and sequences, as well as about the future of concern to the community. to provide quality financial services and products to its members. U.S.-Ukraine relations. Dr. Cohen offered Ambassador Reznik welcomed the As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National Association reinvests its his perspectives on the development of Ukrainian American community repre- earnings for the benefit of its members and the Ukrainian community. bilateral relations between the two states. sentatives and urged them to continue

The General Assembly of the Ukrainian National Association EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Treasurer Vasyl Luchkiw HONORARY MEMBERS Roma Lisovich 49 Windmill Lane Anna Chopek President Ukrainian National Association New City, NY 10956 Stefan Kaczaraj 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 1001 Oppenheimer Drive, Apt. 101 Ukrainian National Association Parsippany, NJ 07054 Myron Pylypiak Los Alamos, NM 87544 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 11204 SE 234th Street Parsippany, NJ 07054 Kent, WA 98031 Myron Kuropas AUDITING COMMITTEE 107 Ilehamwood Drive First Vice-President Zenon Holubec Wasyl Liscynesky DeKalb, IL 60115 Martha Lysko 5566 Pearl Road 4257 Dentzler Road 1404 Roundhouse Lane, Apt. 311 Parma, OH 44129-2541 Parma, OH 44134 Archbishop Stephen Bilak Alexandria, VA 22314 1750 Jefferson St., Apt. 301 Yaroslav Zaviysky Pawlo Prinko Hollywood, FL 33020 Second Vice-President 11 Bradley Road 1245 Rhawn St. Clark, NJ 07006 Eugene Iwanciw Philadelphia, PA 19111 Joseph Lesawyer P.O. Box 5748 c/o Life Care Centers of Orlando Alexander Serafyn 6138 N. 12th St. Andrij Skyba 3211 Rouse Road, Room 202 2565 Timberwyck Trail Arlington, VA 22205-0748 4575 N. Nagle Ave. Troy, MI 48098 Orlando, FL 32817 Harwood Heights, IL 60706 Director for Canada Taras Szmagala Sr. Michael Kuropas Al Kachkowski ADVISORS 10976 Tanager Trail 313 West St. 126 Simon Fraser Crescent Eugene Oscislawski Sycamore, IL 60178 Brecksville, OH 44141 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7H 3T1 5 Stable Lane Canada Flemington, NJ 08822 Anatole Doroshenko Myron Groch 16955 Sycamore Court 16 Kevin Drive National Secretary Joseph Hawryluk Northville, MI 48167 Founthill, Ontario L0S 1E4 Christine E. Kozak 79 Southridge Drive West Seneca, NY 14224-4442 Canada Ukrainian National Association Tekla Moroz 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 345 36th Ave. Parsippany, NJ 07054 Stefan Hawrysz Gloria Horbaty A-306 Cathedral Road 3 Pequot Rd. Lachine, Quebec H8T 2A5 Philadelphia, PA 19128 Wallingford, CT 06492 Canada 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 No. 13

EASTER PASTORAL THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY An Easter like no other The hope of the Resurrection Following is the text of the 2005 successes cause us to rejoice. The grief This year our two Easters – Julian and Gregorian – are five weeks apart, Easter message issued by Bishop Basil left behind with the retreating waters of which makes it somewhat difficult in this space to wish a happy Easter and to H. Losten of the Ukrainian Catholic a tsunami half-a-globe away wrenched say “Khrystos Voskres!” (Christ is Risen) to those of our readers who will be cel- Eparchy of Stamford, Conn. our hearts, as did the report on today’s ebrating Easter this Sunday, while other readers are still observing Lent. morning news of yet another casualty However, we can speak instead in broader terms, of the Easter season that has To the Priests, Religious and Faithful from a roadside bomb. The recent begun for some and will soon begin for others. Easter, and the period leading up of the Eparchy of Stamford: events in the Holy Land give the world to it, represent a season of hope and of hopes fulfilled, as the Risen Christ brings renewed cause for hope, as does the salvation to all mankind. Christ Is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! election in Iraq. Fourteen years ago Ukraine cast off the yoke of Moscow This year’s Easter, like no other before it, is special for all Ukrainians – wher- I am the resurrection and the life. and gained its independence; today it ever they may be. It is the first post-Orange Revolution Easter. As such, it brings He who believes in me will live, even enjoys a democracy and looks forward a whole new meaning for the people of Ukraine and all Ukrainians around the though he die, and whoever lives and to at last be governed by the consent of world who care deeply about the fate of their ancestral homeland and their kins- believes in me will never die those governed. men in Ukraine. – John 11:25-26 For all of us, this Easter season is exceptional because we are celebrating the It is darkest before the dawn; there can emergence of a new Ukraine after years of trials and tribulations. During this My Dear Friends, be no Easter without Good Friday, and Easter season the people of Ukraine are filled with renewed hope for a better no risen Lord without a crucified Christ. tomorrow. Indeed, all of us are filled with the indescribable feeling that, this Fear seems to be ever present in our The joy of Easter follows the prayers, time, the past is truly behind us; that Ukraine will find its way; that Ukraine has lives. We are troubled by an all-pervasive fasting and almsgiving of our Great Fast. been reborn and has a bright future. visceral insecurity, and justly worry I, along with you, do not fear but, trust- Easter has always been a time for our families and our communities to come about much – the safety of our troops in ing in the Lord, believe that all will be together: in prayer before and during Easter, on Holy Saturday for the communal harm’s way on distant battlefields, well, for, as we sing at the break of dawn blessing of our Easter baskets filled with traditional foods, and on Easter Sunday threats and alarms of terrorism on our on Easter Sunday, “Christ is risen from for our family meals of “sviachene” (the blessed Easter food). It has always been shores, about our children, our relation- the dead, trampling death by death, and a feast of great joy that unites the entire community in celebration. Our hope for ships, about our health, about our future, to those in the tombs giving life.” We Easter 2005 is that it will also be a time for the entire Ukrainian nation to come about death. have been given life, life eternal. Why together to thank God for His blessings, and to pledge to work in unison for the We may think ours is the age of anxi- should we fear? common good. ety, but so was there anxiety on Good I impart to you, my priests, religious Friday, when all seemed hopeless. When and faithful, my paternal episcopal bless- the sun and the moon were darkened ing, and ask you to join me in heartfelt Update on joint meeting of Congress and the dead walked and Christ hung prayer for those in the military, and, lifeless on the cross. The world for the especially, for all those who have been so As this issue of The Ukrainian Weekly was being completed on Thursday, apostles and disciples collapsed ... and severely lashed by the scourge of natural March 24, no invitation had yet been issued by the Office of the Speaker of the then there was the glory of the disasters and war. House, Rep. Dennis Hastert, to President Viktor Yushchenko to address a joint Resurrection. meeting of Congress. (This information was confirmed by The Weekly via a call The observation that “no man is an Sincerely in Christ, to the congressman’s office.) island” was never more true than today: Most Rev. Basil H. Losten Thus, we call on our readers to continue pressing for an invitation to President others’ tragedies become ours; others’ Eparch of Stamford Yushchenko. The phone number for Speaker Hastert is 202-225-2976; faxes may be sent to 202-225-0697. EASTER GREETING March Turning the pages back... Celebrating through an ‘orange prism’ The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Let us send greetings to the newly Christ will be celebrated in 2005 elected president of Ukraine, the prime 22 through an orange prism. Easter – his- minister and government, and tory’s most significant event – stands Parliament. Let us commit to supporting 1989 Sixteen years ago, literary critic Ivan Dzyuba, a former on its own and deserves our undivided their efforts, giving them the opportunity Soviet political prisoner, and three fellow intellectuals from attention. Nevertheless, with our to implement the basic principles of the Kyiv told more than 300 Ukrainian Americans gathered at human failings, we cannot help but “maidan,” serving the Ukrainian people Rutgers University in Newark, N.J., on March 22 about the tinge our observances with contempo- as honest stewards of their well-being. effects of glasnost and perestroika in Ukraine. rary matters, particularly those that Let us seek guidance from our spiritu- The foursome spoke under the sponsorship of Rutgers University, as part of the have left an indelible impression. al leaders of all denominations. The 1989 Shevchenko Lecture Series that brought them first to Canada and then to the Fortunately, Our Lord Jesus Christ Ukrainian Church at all times should United States. Joining Mr. Dzyuba were historian Raisa Ivanchenko, poet Ihor probably will forgive our lack of con- stand with the Ukrainian people and Rymaruk and Dr. Mykola Zhulynsky, deputy director of the Institute of Literature at centration. For what transpired over the serve as the bulwark for what is good and the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences. The speakers touched on a variety of topics: last year could never have occurred but just. the Ukrainian language issue, the ecological movement, blank spots in history, trends for the Grace of God. The Resurrection We transmit salutations to the govern- in literature and publishing, and, of course, the prospects for Ukraine’s future. of Our Lord was the precursor for ments of our respective countries and Mr. Dzyuba, who was first to address the capacity crowd, spoke about the changes every subsequent triumph. seek their friendship for our people and then under way in the USSR, focusing on Ukraine. He noted, first of all, that the situ- The pre-Easter (Lenten) and Easter support for the just and good processes ation in the Soviet Union was due not only to the person of Mikhail Gorbachev, but observance is an opportunity to renew within our ancestral homeland. also to serious objective factors: the necessity for restructuring and a crisis in the our faith and our love. We should use Finally, we remit greetings to our con- economy; limitations placed on the cultural and educational spheres of life; and stag- this opportunity to thank Our Lord for stituent organizations and their mem- nation in ideology. All of this had affected the society. “The principal achievement of his blessings, which had special meaning bers. Their work is what enables the Gorbachev and his supporters,” he said, “is that they realized the interrelationship of in the last year. The events “na maidani” Ukrainian diaspora to function as a all spheres of life” – something previous leaders did not, choosing only to address [on Independence Square] as well as the viable and vibrant entity. We look for- pieces of the complete picture. smaller “maidany” throughout the world ward to collaborative efforts in the ensu- Turning to the situation in Ukraine, Mr. Dzyuba first focused on the language ques- were a clear manifestation of the will of ing years. tion, noting, “The Ukrainian language is in a state that is not worthy of such a large God-loving and pious people intent on Jesus Christ our Savior died on the nation.” He said the essence of glasnost “is that the people should know what is hap- forming a society where justice and cross so that we may be saved. His resur- pening in politics, ecology, and the like, and should be aware of the problems.” Then good would triumph over injustice and rection from the dead symbolized the tri- the people can take part in determining how the problems of their life will be dealt evil. umph of our souls, our spirituality, our with, he explained. We take this time to reach out to our human essence over evil and channeled He pointed out that in letters to publications, the Communist Party and the writers’ brothers and sisters in Ukraine and scat- our efforts towards good. In our union – tens of thousands of which are being sent by people from various regions of tered throughout the diaspora. Let our Ukrainian tradition, Easter is perhaps the Ukraine, even those that were considered areas where the Ukrainian language had feelings and generosity be felt. Express most symbolic of holy days. May this died – people are “expressing their profound concern about the state of the Ukrainian not only what we feel, but manifest our year’s renewed Resurrection of Our Lord language.” sentiments with concrete deeds. There is signify a lasting resurrection of our land Mr. Dzyuba went on to point out that “revitalization and renewal are evident in all no better time to sacrifice and give to and people. spheres of culture in Ukraine.” In art, exhibits of previously banned types of expres- each other. Furthermore, there are so sion are now being held; in theater, experimental drama troupes are now being organ- many of God’s children who are less for- Christ has risen! ized; in music, various composers’ music is now being widely performed; in cinema, tunate than us. As a nation, let us go for- Indeed He has risen! films not previously permitted are now being shown, he said. ward and concern ourselves with others. The paradigm of the just and good socie- For the Ukrainian World Congress: Source: “Dzyuba, colleagues speak of perestroika’s progress,” by Roma ty should be shared with all children of Askold S. Lozynskyj, president Hadzewycz, The Ukrainian Weekly, April 2, 1989, Vol. LVII, No. 14. God. Victor Pedenko, secretary general No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 7 Faces and Places

DoubleDoubleby Khristina ExposurExposur Lew ee by Myron B. Kuropas

Holiday greetings, Round 1 Booty billionaires and ‘Kuchma’s Great Giveaway’ Today, many Americans of Ukrainian Stefka Nazarkewycz of Manhattan is It took oil tycoon and philantrophist coal, steel and energy conglomerate. descent are celebrating Easter, and I greet undecided about whether to celebrate by John D. Rockefeller more than 30 years Swapping assets with System Capital those of you who do with the the new calendar or the old, so she does a of wheeling and dealing to become Assets, Mr. Taruta realized a cash wind- Resurrection of Our Lord. To the rest of little of both. “This year we’ll be going America’s first billionaire. Ukraine’s cur- fall that enabled him to invest in a you I say: four more weeks to go. to my husband’s family in Ohio for rent billionaires did it in half the time. Hungarian metallurgical plant, an Uzbeki Most of us grew up in households American Easter, and Ukrainian Easter Dollars were worth more in Mr. oil-and-gas processing plant, and a where Christmas and Easter were celebrat- we’ll have with my father,” she says. Rockefeller’s time, of course, but still ... Russian engineering company. He has ed twice – Christmas on December 25 Andrea Odezynska-Ihnat of Brooklyn, According to a recent special issue of recently made bids for steel mills in the according to the Gregorian calendar and N.Y., celebrates by the new calendar Forbes magazine, Ukraine’s current crop Czech Republic and Poland. January 7 according to the Julian, Easter because her hometown parish in of billionaires achieved their wealth dur- In an article titled “Man of Steel,” on two separate dates and once every five Philadelphia celebrated by that calendar. ing what can be described as “Kuchma’s authored by Heidi Brown and Nathan years on the same date. My family was She says that there have been times when it Great Giveaway,” euphemistically called Vardi in the same issue of Forbes, the most one of the holdouts: we celebrated the hol- was more convenient to celebrate Christmas “privatization.” interesting billionaire operating in Ukraine idays only according to the Julian, or old on the 25th with one set of grandparents and While most Ukrainians welcomed the today seems to be Alex Shnaider, 36. He calendar; December 25 and the Easter Christmas on the 7th with another. “With all collapse of the Soviet Union as an oppor- has a net worth of $1.4 billion, most of Sunday that didn’t coincide with the Julian due respect, I think it’s great to have two. tunity to give life to a new state, a new which, according to the article, “comes calendar were like any other day for us. Life here is complicated – people are bound identity, and a reborn Ukrainian language, from trading Ukrainian steel and grabbing That kind of orthodoxy caused great by school schedules, work schedules. I’m other denizens of Ukraine viewed the control of that country’s largest steel mill, problems for Ukrainian communities in the not one of those people who thinks it should new Ukrainian state as a chicken waiting Zaporizhstal.” His holding company, U.S. when parishes converted from one cal- be either or,” she says. to be plucked, booty there for the taking. Midland Resources, “registered in the endar to the other. I grew up in Washington, But Stefka and my friend from The richest man in Ukraine today is British tax haven of Guernsey,” includes and, although I was very young when our Chicago are. “Everyone should follow Rynat Akhmetov, 38. Worth an estimated “a power grid in Armenia; two hotels, a parish, Holy Trinity, branched off to one calendar because it gets confusing $2.4 billion, a practicing Muslim whose bakery chain and a meat-packing company become a patriarchal church, I remember for the kids. If most people agreed to go father was a coal miner, Mr. Akhmetov in Serbia; small interests in Turkey and the tensions it caused in D.C.’s small to the new, I’d go along, but not if it hap- enjoyed the backing of such powerful Israel; a Russian steel mill in Volgograd; Ukrainian Catholic community. pens like it did in Chicago in the 1960s,” patrons as failed presidential candidate and an ornate office building and casino in I have a friend who grew up in the Chicagoan says. Stefka says it’s too Viktor Yanukovych and oligarch Akhat Moscow’s Arbat pedestrian mall.” Chicago and remembers when her parish, complicated to have two Christmases and Bragin, whose assets Mr. Akhmetov Born in St. Petersburg, Mr. Shnaider St. Nicholas, converted from the old to that she’d prefer to have one, “probably inherited after Mr. Bragin was murdered. and his family moved to Ukraine, then to the new calendar. “The priests didn’t ask new, because I’m married to someone Today, according to Forbes, Mr. Israel, finally reaching Toronto when Alex the parishioners whether they wanted to who is not Ukrainian,” she says. Akhmetov’s company, System Capital was 13. After helping his parents run a Americanize and have mass in English. Andrea Kochanowsky says she likes Management, controls Azosstal, Jewish deli, he eventually completed a A lot of these people, like my grandpar- to keep old traditions and even if her Ukraine’s third largest steel company, degree in economics at York University. ents, didn’t speak English,” she said. family stopped celebrating by the old coal interests worth $400 million, and “As the Soviet Union collapsed,” write (She asked not to be identified because calendar, she would do something for shares in a brewery, a newspaper and a the authors, Mr. Shnaider “left to work for the issue is still a sore point in her fami- January 7. “If I had to choose,” she said, mobile phone company. a steel-trading house in Zurich before set- ly.) So the parishioners literally rioted, “I would pick the old.” An attempt by Mr. Akhmetov and ting up his own in Belgium ... Knowing attacked a priest and ended up building a Back in the days when we had to Viktor Pinchuk, Mr. Kuchma’s billionaire nothing about how to move steel, new church, Ss. Volodymyr and Olha, defend the existence of Ukraine and son-in-law, to take over Kryvorizhstal, Shnaider hung out at Ukrainian mills and two blocks down the street. Ukrainians, I used to think that we in the Ukraine’s leading steel company with a made deals with desperate managers ...” It The situation in Chicago was extreme. U.S. should celebrate Christmas and winning but outrageously low bid of was a dangerous business; “at least seven The way Andrea Kochanowsky of Glen Easter by the same calendar, on the same $800 million was recently reversed by a steel executives were assassinated in Rock, N.J., grew up is typical of most date – strength in numbers and what not. Kyiv court which ruled that the Ukraine in the 1990s.” Ukrainian American families: her mother At the time that logic may have held Kryvorizhstal bid fell short by at least John D. Rockefeller was eventually celebrated by the new calendar, her true, but today uniformity no longer $500 million. Nice try but no cigar. forced by the federal government to father by the old, so the family celebrated appears to be the glue that holds people Mr. Pinchuk, 44, president of divest himself of what some considered both. “My friends growing up were jeal- together. Look at the Lebanese: Sunni and Interpipe, a producer of steel pipes and to be a cartel (at the height of his power ous because I had two Christmases,” she Shiite Muslims, Christians and Druse, all railway wheels, comes from a Jewish he controlled some 90 percent of the U.S. says. Now her husband, Roman, and united in their efforts to get rid of Syria. family in eastern Ukraine and claims to oil industry) during America’s “trust- their son, Zenko, celebrate old calendar Or Ukraine’s Orange Revolution: eastern- have earned a doctorate in technical sci- busting” era. The Standard Oil Co. was holidays with her parents and new calen- ers, westerners, students, pensioners, ence from Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical eventually divided into three companies. dar holidays with Roman’s parents. Russian speakers, Ukrainian speakers, Institute. Enjoying a net worth of $1.3 Called a “robber baron,” he was neither; “Splitting up holidays between the fami- Orthodox and non-believers. Who’s going billion, he is married to Leonid he never robbed anyone and he was cer- lies is never an issue,” she says. to say they’re not all Ukrainians? Kuchma’s daughter since 2002, holds tainly not a baron. Rockefeller discovered many patents for pipe design, and claims oil and created wealth by producing it to have used Interpipe cash to buy steel cheaper, permitting American families to company assets during a time when have their oil lamps burning longer into To The Weekly Contributors: politically connected oligarchs became the night. Leisure time was increased for We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, let- millionaires almost overnight. the average American family. ters to the editor, etc. – we receive from our readers. In order to facilitate preparation of Having wined and dined George H.W. Are Ukraine’s current crop of billion- The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed below be followed. Bush in Ukraine during the past presi- aire “robber barons?” Let’s see. Did they rob? Many people in Ukraine believe ® dential campaign, Mr. Pinchuk has inter- News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of a given event. they did. Are they barons? If political ® national ambitions, according to Forbes. Photographs (originals only, no photocopies or computer printouts) submitted for pub- Always a shady character, he has hired connections to the ruling elite makes one lication must be accompanied by captions. Photos will be returned only when so the American firm of Ernst and Young to a baron then the four billionaires above requested and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. certainly qualify. ® burnish his image in order to legitimize Full names (i.e., no initials) and their correct English spellings must be provided. Will some of them eventually turn ® his holdings. 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Ukrainian doctor and Chornobyl’s effects featured at nuclear survivors’ conference by Alexander Kuzma and from the conference participants press coverage in the Hawaiian Islands, ernments to provide more comprehensive about the dramatic political changes in Micronesia, and in the Marshall research on the long-term effects of radi- MAJURO, Marshall Islands – On the sweeping Ukraine. Islands, as well as internationally through ation exposure in the Marshall Islands 51st anniversary of the first U.S. hydro- The international conference drew par- the Associated Press. and in the Chornobyl region. They also gen bomb test in the Bikini Atoll, an ticipants from the United States, Japan, Dr. Porokhnyak’s presentations drew called for continuing medical aid for international delegation of non-govern- the Philippines, Guam, Okinawa and special interest, as she was able to draw radiation victims, as well as economic mental organizations from 10 nations other locations. It culminated in the important parallels between the and technical assistance to help the gathered in the capital of the Marshall March 1 commemoration of the 51st Chornobyl effects documented in Marshall Islands implement sustainable Islands to discuss the long-term impact of anniversary of the so-called Bravo Test in Ukraine and Belarus and the many health development programs. The conference radiation exposure, and to develop new 1954 that exploded a massive hydrogen effects documented in the Marshall also devoted a great deal of attention to strategies for aiding radiation victims. bomb in the Pacific Ocean. The explosion Islands in the wake of the 67 atomic tests the ongoing need for decontamination of Among the featured speakers at the was over 1,000 times more powerful than conducted by the U.S. military between nuclear sites and the removal of toxic weeklong conference in Majuro was Dr. the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima 1946 and 1958. Dr. Porokhnyak served waste and unexploded military ordinance Lyudmyla Porokhnyak-Hanovska, the and Nagasaki, Japan. The fallout from as a leading researcher at the Ukrainian in many areas where it poses a continu- medical director for the Kyiv-based this massive blast and subsequent above- Institute of Radiation Medicine in Kyiv. ing threat to human health and safety. international women’s organization ground atomic tests contaminated large She has produced and patented several The diverse participants of the interna- Zhinocha Hromada (Women’s Society). portions of the Pacific island atolls of products designed to reduce radiation tional conference included representa- Dr. Porokhnyak shared her experi- Enewetak, Rongelap, Utrik and Bikini. In exposure among exposed populations. tives of Navajo uranium miners from ences as a nuclear survivor, and present- 1963 President John F. Kennedy called Prior to the start of the conference in New Mexico, survivors of the Japanese ed some of the latest findings on on the U.S. government to provide med- the Marshall Islands, Dr. Porokhnyak took occupation and U.S. invasion of Chornobyl’s continuing impact on the ical care and compensation for the large part in a press conference at the Hawaiian Okinawa, and community leaders who health of women, children, nuclear numbers of Marshall Islanders who were State Capitol in Honolulu. She appeared helped persuade the Bush administration clean-up workers and communities stricken with thyroid cancer, birth together with Mazza Attari, a former sena- to end 25 years of bombing of the island affected by nuclear fallout from the 1986 defects, reproductive complications, tor from the Marshall Islands, and Charles of Vieques of Puerto Rico. disaster in northern Ukraine. infertility and other serious illnesses as a Clark, an atomic veteran who was among The international delegation was hosted As an active participant in Ukraine’s result of radiation exposure. the first U.S. troops to enter the city of in the Marshall Islands by a local non- Orange Revolution, Dr. Porokhnyak also Titled “Our Land is Our Life,” the Nagasaki after the detonation of the sec- governmental organization named ERUB. fielded many questions from the press March conference received extensive ond atomic bomb on August 9, 1945. The acronym stands for Enewetak, Dr. Porokhnyak was accompanied by Rongelap, Utrik and Bikini – the four Alexander Kuzma, the executive director atolls most heavily affected by nuclear of the Children of Chornobyl Relief fallout from the atomic tests in the Pacific. Fund, who served as a translator and The word “erub” also means “broken” in shared the fund’s experiences in develop- the local Marshallese language. ing hospital partnerships, medical train- Members of ERUB presented poignant ing and aid programs in Ukraine. Since testimony on the illnesses and birth 1990, CCRF has organized 31 airlifts and defects they suffered. Several women had 15 sea shipments, delivering over $51 delivered so-called “jellyfish” babies, million dollars’ worth of medical equip- which were born with virtually no bone or ment and hospital supplies to medical cartilage. Some radiation experts have centers in 18 regions of Ukraine. speculated that the mothers absorbed large The invitation to the Marshall Islands quantities of radioactive strontium-90. conference came about as a result of one Absorbed into the body, strontium of the shipments CCRF helped to coordi- replaces calcium and prevents normal nate many years ago for a hospital in bone growth in the fetus. Other ERUB Bohodukhiv, in the Kharkiv region. members have had to travel to the U.S. Jennifer and Irving Hollingshead, staffers mainland for thyroid and cancer surgery. for the American Friends Service Using their experience with the Committee in Honolulu once worked Chornobyl evacuees and Ukrainian with the Bordentown-Bohodukhiv Sister nuclear clean-up workers, Dr. Cities Program. They urged the confer- Porokhnyak and Mr. Kuzma hope to ence organizers to contact the Children of work with the conference organizers and Chornobyl Relief Fund to include a their Marshallese hosts to develop long- Ukrainian delegate and Chornobyl sur- term strategies for more comprehensive Television correspondent Catherine Cruz of Hawaii’s ABC affiliate KITV interviews vivor in the proceedings. Besides support health screening, nuclear decontamina- Dr. Lyudmyla Porokhnyak-Hanovska for the evening news on March 4. from the AFSC, the March conference tion and economic development. also received extensive financial support “This conference provided a unique from the United Church of Christ and the opportunity to learn from the experiences OSCE representative: fight against trafficking U.S.-Japan Committee for Racial Justice. of many nations and communities that After returning from the Marshall have suffered the effects of nuclear and Islands, Dr. Porokhnyak, Mr. Kuzma and military testing,” said Dr. Porokhnyak. should adopt a victim-centered approach other conference delegates were invited “Only by unifying our efforts and by to make presentations at the Harris gaining full disclosure of scientific data VIENNA – Special Representative on concrete examples from her country. “The United Methodist Church and the historic can the world community truly overcome Combating Trafficking in Human Beings number of court cases against traffickers Kauaihao UCC in downtown Honolulu. the consequences of these nuclear Helga Konrad on February 28 urged the registered a tenfold increase within the first The conference delegates issued sever- tragedies and build a brighter future for member-states of the Organization for year of implementation of the new victim- al resolutions and appeals to world gov- our children.” Security and Cooperation in Europe to centered Italian legislation,” she said. adopt a victim-centered approach and allow “Since the new law was introduced in them an extended stay in the countries they 2000, almost 3,000 cases have been filed are trafficked into. and brought to court, with hundreds of “Up to 50 percent of immediately traffickers being sentenced and networks expelled victims are ‘re-cycled’ by traf- being crushed. Once the victims are sure fickers and become victims a second of their safety and security, they are more time,” she said on February 28. willing to cooperate during the prosecu- “Therefore, states should offer victims tion,” said Judge Giammarinaro. real alternatives.” Ms. Konrad stressed that a state Ms. Konrad was addressing more than should first offer protection to victims 150 experts who gathered for a one-day and then expect cooperation from them. meeting in Vienna dedicated to develop- “Residence and work permits should ing assistance to and protection of human be given unconditionally,” she added. trafficking victims. “We must switch from an exclusively “We should offer them a package, law-enforcement approach to a victim- going beyond the conventional shelter or centred one. The victim as such is entitled hotline possibilities. States should grant to assistance – there is no justification for the victims extended stay, during which making assistance dependent on partici- they can also work,” she added. pation in the prosecutorial process.” Ms. Konrad said that among the 55 A victim-centred approach will be OSCE states, Italy was the only one offer- more effective in curbing this serious ing victims such a possibility and, thus, a crime and horrendous human rights vio- realistic chance for social inclusion. lation, the OSCE Special Representative Judge Maria Grazia Giammarinaro of on Combating Trafficking in Human Prior to departure, some of the delegates to the international conference in the Italy supported Ms. Konrad’s demand with Beings concluded. Marshall Islands gather on the steps of the Baptist Retreat Center in Waimea, Hawaii. No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 9 Columbia University hosts fourth annual Grigorenko Reading by Adrianna Melnyk the history of the Soviet Union and in confusion ensued and Gen. Grigorenko’s was once again sent to a mental hospital, Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Grigorenko’s life. wife, Zinaida, was able to secure his and spent four years in different hospitals. Rebellions throughout Eastern Europe release. On April 14, 1965, she finally took His case was publicized both within the NEW YORK – To observers of and and growing disillusionment of Soviet him home from the hospital. Gen. Soviet Union and in the West. His incar- participants in the Orange Revolution, workers led to a calculated retreat on the Grigorenko was free, but after 33 years of ceration in a psychiatric hospital and diag- recent events in Ukraine appeared to be a part of the Soviet bureaucracy, which service in the Red Army, two wounds at nosis as mentally unstable was a scandal sign of the times, part of a larger interna- included assigning personal blame to the front and many decorations, he was in the international human rights commu- tional trend of democracy and respect for Stalin for the terror and mistakes of the deprived of his pension and was blacklist- nity and made him a cause for many out- rule of law triumphing over autocracy last 20 years. In Gen. Grigorenko’s words: ed from any permanent jobs. For the next side the Soviet Union. Aleksandr and corruption. “These [Khruschev] years were very year, he worked as a janitor, tour guide and Solzhenitsyn and Richard Nixon demand- warehouseman at a grocery store. He was ed his release as part of the détente, and he finally granted a pension of 120 rubles a was finally released in 1974. month, which permitted him and his wife After his release, Gen. Grigorenko to stop working, but left them in poverty. became one of 11 signatories of the first In 1964 the first of many now-famous declaration of what became known as the demonstrations took place in Pushkin Moscow Helsinki Monitoring Group. On Square in Moscow. It was at those November 9, 1976, together with Oles demonstrations, says Gen. Grigorenko’s Berdnyk, Ivan Kandyba, Levko son Andrei, that the Soviet human rights Lukianenko, Myroslav Marynovych, movement was born. In the years that Mykola Matusevych, Oksana Meshko, followed, Gen. Grigorenko would build Mykola Rudenko, Nina Strokata and strong ties with the “Shestydesiatnyky,” Oleksa Tykhy, he co-founded the or Ukrainian human rights activists, as Ukrainian Helsinki Group in Kyiv. they were known. In the words of one of In 1977, Gen. Grigorenko departed the Grigorenko Reading panelists, the with his wife for the U.S. to seek medical connection of the Russian human rights treatment. He was stripped of his Soviet movement to that of Ukraine was a sim- citizenship, and spent the remaining nine ple one: we all went to prison together. years of his life in the United States. According to the panelist, Pavel Litvinov, While in exile, he continued his work as a the connections between the families of champion for human rights around the political prisoners were very strong, and world, and led the External Representation spurred the development of working rela- of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. tionships. As Andrei Grigorenko noted at According to his son Andrei, Gen. Olenka Dobczanska the reading, repression in Ukraine was Grigorenko always considered himself always much stronger than it was else- Ukrainian, spoke Ukrainian, and built last- Gen. Petro Grigorenko speaking in 1982 in Washington. where throughout the Soviet Union; in ing friendships and working relationships the Khruschev era, the detainees of a typ- with Ukrainian dissidents of his time. He However, to understand fully the roots strained, in both my service and civilian ical prison population consisted 50 per- recalled that his father used “to walk a lot, and origins of Ukraine’s recent peaceful lives. My attitude toward the actions of cent of Ukrainians and 50 percent of and that [he] would always accompany civil resistance, one must look to the past the leaders became increasingly critical. It other nationalities. In 1968, Gen. him, and that [his father] would always and pay tribute to those historical figures was more and more difficult for me not to Grigorenko brought Ivan Dzyiba’s semi- speak Ukrainian during those walks.” who left a lasting legacy and whose lives react to the illegalities and pompous trivi- nal work, “Internationalism or After his exile to the United States in and works directly or indirectly influ- alities of the rulers of my country.” Russification?” to Moscow, where it 1977, Gen. Grigorenko played a pivotal enced today’s human rights activists and In 1961, Gen. Grigorenko decided to played a major role in directly influenc- role in the international human rights civic leaders. One such man was Gen. speak up at an upcoming local district ing the Moscow dissidents. arena, and, according to Ms. Svitlychna, Petro Grigorenko. Communist party activists’ conference in From 1966 until his arrest in May of another Grigorenko Reading panelist, Best known among Ukrainians as an Moscow. He talked of the need for 1969, Gen. Grigorenko tirelessly fought insisted that the problem of Soviet ambassador for a democratic Ukraine in democratization and checks and balances against bureaucratic oppression. He was nationalities be addressed through sepa- Moscow, and later in the West, Gen. within the Party and throughout the coun- particularly well-known for his defense rate programs in initiatives. The situation Grigorenko was a founding member of try, of the lingering effects of “cult of per- of the civil and national rights of the in Ukraine was often a central message the Ukrainian Helsinki Group and its sonality.” He was applauded, and the Crimean Tatars, who were organizing to of his speeches, as it was at the 1982 representative to the Moscow Helsinki conference leaders had difficulty silenc- force the authorities to let them return to Madrid Conference that reviewed the Group. He fought tirelessly for the rights ing subsequent open discussions of these their homeland. Grigorenko maintained implementation of the Helsinki Accords. of national minorities, and particularly issues. At the time, Gen. Grigorenko held that the Crimean Tatars needed to take a Ms. Svitlychna went on to say that for took on the cause of Crimean Tatars, a teaching position in the Frunze Military more aggressive stand, that it was their today’s champions of human rights in who had been brutally expelled from Academy in Moscow, from which he was legal right to repatriate, and that the Ukraine, Gen. Grigorenko is a hero. their homeland in Crimea under Stalin, promptly removed and sent with a crimes committed by the Soviet govern- “Petro Grigorenko didn’t live to see the and had lost their national political decrease in responsibility to serve on the ment against their people amounted to Orange Revolution or the collapse of the autonomy, cultural institutions and large staff of the Fifth Army in Siberia. genocide under international law. Soviet Union,” she said, “for February 21 numbers of their population. In the coming years, Gen. Grigorenko In his famous 1968 speech to the marks the 18th anniversary of his death. On February 16, the Harriman Institute studied Lenin’s works and came to the Crimean Tatars, he said, “Why have your Yet his ideals and values of human rights and the Ukrainian Studies Program at conclusion that Lenin contradicted him- people been so discriminated against? shaped the Orange youth in Ukraine.” Columbia University honored Gen. self on the problems of democracy, free- Section 123 of the Soviet Constitution As Prof. Von Hagen stated, “the lega- Grigorenko’s memory by hosting the dom of the press, freedom of association, reads: “‘Any direct or indirect limitation cy of Grigorenko and his like-minded fourth annual Grigorenko Reading. The and that Lenin himself had sowed the on rights ... of citizens because of their fighters was their respect for law and panel discussion was moderated by Prof. seeds of dictatorship. He set up a study racial or national membership... is pun- constitutionalism as the basis for a Mark von Hagen, director of the Ukrainian circle with his son Georgy, who was ishable by law.’ Thus the law is on your protest and reform movement that sought Studies Program at Columbia University. studying at the Artillery Engineering side...So begin to demand. And demand to change the Soviet Union into a democ- Panelists included Nadia Svitlychna, presi- Academy at the time, calling it the not just parts, pieces, but all that was racy. Their influence was strongest in the dent, Human Rights in the 20th Century; “Alliance for Struggle for the Rebirth of taken from you unlawfully – demand the late Gorbachev and early Yeltsin years, Andrew Grigorenko, president, Gen. Leninism,” writing and distributing re-establishment of the Crimean but the language and tactics of the recent Grigorenko Foundation; Adrian Hewryk, leaflets among students and workers. The Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.” Orange Revolution suggest that that lega- president, East-West Management position of the Alliance was that the His statement was met with wild cy lived on beyond that period. The Institute; and Dr. Pavel Litvinov, physicist Soviet Union had deviated from Leninist applause and cries of “Hail the Crimean Orange Revolution, after all, insisted on and human rights activist. This year’s read- norms, that workers and peasants were Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.” transparent observance of Ukrainian law ing was titled “From the Ukrainian Human oppressed by the privileged bureaucrats, It was Gen. Grigorenko’s defense of the and institutions in the name of dignity Rights Movement of the 1970s to the and that the people should struggle for Tatars that brought about his next arrest in and respect – a primary demand of the Orange Revolution.” free elections and for democratic rule. 1969. After spending a year in prisons, he Soviet-era human rights activists.” Gen. Grigorenko was born in 1907 in Grigorenko was arrested on March 12, a Ukrainian village near the industrial 1964, and, when he refused to renounce areas of Donbas. In 1931 he entered the his cause, was placed in a psychiatric Military Technical Academy in Moscow hospital. His speech of 1961 was still so Attention, Students! and from then on embarked on an illus- memorable that the party chiefs were Throughout the year Ukrainian student clubs plan and hold activities. trious military career. His human rights reluctant to try him as a criminal. He The Ukrainian Weekly urges students to let us and the Ukrainian com- activism began only later in his life: it spent more than a year being moved munity know about upcoming events. was in the Khruschev era that he began between prisons and mental hospitals. his dissent against the government. The He was expelled from the party, and his The Weekly will be happy to help you publicize them. We will also be 20th Congress of the Communist Party military rank and pension were taken glad to print timely news stories about events that have already taken of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and Nikita from him by a special decision of place. Photos also will be accepted. Khruschev’s 1956 speech denouncing Khruschev and the Politburo. Stalin and the “cult of personality” sur- In the fall of 1964, when Khruschev MAKE YOURSELF HEARD. rounding him was a pivotal moment in was removed from power, bureaucratic 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 No. 13 Cardinal Husar calls on faithful in U.S. to feel unity with Ukraine Religious Information Service of Ukraine faithful are aware of their ethnicity, that everybody should ask themselves who WASHINGTON – Cardinal Lubomyr they are and where they come from, what Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek- they bring and represent. He mentioned Catholic Church (UGCC), visited the recent Orange Revolution in Ukraine Ukrainian communities in the United as a process that will doubtless strength- States. He called on the Ukrainian en Ukrainian identity, both in and outside Catholic faithful of the United States to of Ukraine. “The Orange Revolution feel unity with the Greek-Catholics of made Ukraine the focus of attention. This Ukraine and the world, reported means, I have something to identify voanews.com on March 7. with,” he said. “It is important to feel that we are one Patriarch Lubomyr said that, because Church, regardless of whether people Greek-Catholics were persecuted during speak Ukrainian and how well. To feel the Soviet period of Ukrainian history, that they are part of a church that is cen- Ukrainian Catholics of the diaspora tered in Ukraine but has faithful in the aimed at the revival and support of the United States, in Canada, in Australia. To UGCC in Ukraine. Now the time has feel, that is, that we are one,” Patriarch come to concentrate on the faith itself Lubomyr said. and on strengthening the spiritual values The patriarch expressed his certainty of the faithful of the Ukrainian diaspora, that this unity is possible only when the he added.

Public in Ukraine to decide fate of historic Church of the Tithes Religious Information Service of Ukraine According to Mr. Tomenko, President Viktor Yushchenko does not support the KYIV – Whether or not the historic idea of funding the project, or the con- Church of the Tithes (Desiatynna struction of any other religious buildings, Tserkva) in Kyiv will be reconstructed from the state budget. will be decided by a civic council created “I have forbidden anyone to grant per- specifically for that purpose. So said mission for state financing of church con- Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister for struction. If a community wants a new Humanitarian Issues Mykola Tomenko at church to appear in their village, they a press conference on March 4. should raise the funds themselves.” Mr. Mr. Tomenko noted that the govern- Tomenko said. He said at least one-third ment is planning to create a civic council of required funds should be collected by to work on the church’s restoration. This members of the community, and another council is to decide by the end of the third procured from sponsors. The part year whether and to what extent the that remains, in the event of a special lack church will be restored, and what to do of funding, can be provided by the state. with the site of the old foundation. The Church of the Tithes was the first Mr. Tomenko also stated the govern- stone church in the medieval East Slavic ment’s readiness to conduct social polling, state of Kyivan Rus’. The church was and possibly a referendum, if the council built by Rus’ and Byzantine architects in fails to make a final decision. At the same the late 10th century, in the time of time, archaeologists are to start working at Grand Prince Volodymyr, who baptized the site of the foundation. It is hoped that Kyivan Rus’. The church is mentioned in they will confirm or deny countless his- the “Tale of Bygone Years,” a medieval torical assumptions, such as, for instance, Rus’ chronicle. the presence of burial sites for old Kyivan Prince Volodymyr donated one-tenth, or princes at the Tithe Church. a tithe, of his income for construction of the church, which gave the church its name. The Church was destroyed by the troops of Batu Khan in 1240. By decree of Russian Tsar Nicholas I, a new building was con- structed in 1842, ruining the last remains of the old church. The new building was taken apart in 1935 because of the reconstruction of Kyiv. Today the foundation of the ancient church has been preserved where the Church of the Tithes once stood. On February 3, ukranews.com had quoted Mayor Oleksander Omelchenko as saying that the Kyiv City Administration of Kyiv plans to build a new Church of the Tithes on the site of the original structure. HAVE YOU HEARD? PURCHASE A PREPAID Anatolii Antoniuk, head of the Ukrainian Restoration Project Institute, 20-YEAR ENDOWMENT POLICY FROM told Mr. Omelchenko that the Institute’s THE UNA FOR $2,287.26* AND I WILL experts are studing the possibility of building a new Byzantine-style building RECEIVE A CHECK FOR $5,000** JUST IN in the place of the old church. The experts also consider it necessary TIME FOR MY COLLEGE EDUCATION. to use building materials and technology used for the original construction in WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? building the new church. The project’s CALL THE UNA AT 1-800-253-9862 estimated cost is 90 million hrv (about $17 million U.S.). AND LET’S GET STARTED. The Ukrainian Restoration Project Institute had considered the possibility of reconstructing the church as it was but * FOR AGES 0 THROUGH 3 1/2 YEARS OLD was forced to give up the idea for lack of ** MINIMUM FACE AMOUNT OF $5,000 credible witnesses to the church’s origi- nal appearance. No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 11 Philadelphia celebrates success of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution

by Jaroslav Zalipsky bishop with the participation of several Revolution,” analyzing in depth its spiri- candidate at the Ukrainian Free priests. A homily was delivered by tual significance. University of Munich, expounded on the PHILADELPHIA – The Ukrainian Archbishop Antony of the Ukrainian He was followed by U.S. Federal former, and Markian Dobczansky, a sen- community of Philadelphia, joined by Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. The Judge Bohdan Futey, whose remarks ior at the University of Pennsylvania, on numerous guests from the neighboring Philadelphia-based Prometheus choir, focused on the newly acquired judicial the latter. Both young men offered inter- states of Delaware and New Jersey as under the direction of Mr. Kyzymyshyn, independence in Ukraine and the whole- esting, revealing, and somewhat contrast- well as individuals from New York City, sung the responses during the liturgy. some separation of the executive, legisla- ing insights into the mindset of Ukrainian Baltimore, and Washington, on February Ukraine’s consul general in New York, tive and judicial branches of the youths here and abroad. 26 celebrated the success of the Orange Serhiy Pohoreltzev; members of the local Ukrainian government. The program concluded with a presen- Revolution. chapter of the Order of the Knights of Prof. Henry Teune, department of tation by Osip Roshka, editor-in-chief of The organizers of the event were the Malta headed by their chairman, Prof. political science at the University of the Ukrainian Catholic daily newspaper Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy; the Craig de Paulo; as well as students and Pennsylvania, who for the last 15 years America, on the role of the media in the Philadelphia chapter of the Shevchenko faculty from numerous universities of the has been studying grassroots movements Orange Revolution. Scientific Society, chaired by Dr. Greater Philadelphia area also attended for democracy in Ukraine and Belarus, In his final summation, the moderator, Jaroslav Zalipsky; and the St. Sophia the services. analyzed the implications of the Orange Prof. Rudnytzky, expressed his gratitude Religious Association of Ukrainian Following a “Ukrainian lunch” hosted Revolution for global and local democra- to the members of the panel, the organiz- Catholics, U.S.A., headed by Prof. by Archbishop Soroka at the Cathedral cy. He concluded his talk with a hearty ers of the event, and the audience of Leonid Rudnytzky. Hall, a panel discussion was held on the congratulations to the Ukrainian people some 300 people, among whom were many distinguished Americans of The day’s program began in the topic “The Orange Revolution: Causes for the courage and dedication displayed during the entire election period. Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian descent. Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the and Consequences.” The moderator of A question-and-answer session fol- All guests were afforded the opportu- Immaculate Conception with words of the panel was Prof. Rudnytzky, former lowed the three presentations. Thereupon nity to admire the largest Byzantine welcome delivered by Metropolitan- rector of the Ukrainian Free University the program continued with two talks on Catholic cathedral in the world and the Archbishop Stefan Soroka. It continued of Munich and president of the World the recent events in Ukraine, delivered magnificent statue of the Servant of God with a divine liturgy concelebrated by Council of the Shevchenko Scientific Cardinal Lubomyr Husar and the arch- from the European and the American per- Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky located Society. spectives. adjacent to it, and to acquaint themselves The keynote speaker of the day was Attorney Stefan Myronjuk, a Ph.D. with Ukrainian religious culture. Jaroslav Zalipsky is chairman of the Cardinal Husar, primate of the Ukrainian Philadelphia chapter of the Shevchenko Catholic Church, who spoke at length on Scientific Society. the topic “The Church and the Orange UKRAINIAN BUILDERS OF CUSTOM HOMES WEST COAST OF FLORIDA On the 40th anniversary of the Ukrainian Historical Association TRIDENT DEVELOPMENT CORP. • Over 25 years of building experience Following is the text of a statement In addition to the Ukrainian • Bilingual from the World Scholarly Council of Historian, the the UHA publishes a • Fully insured and bonded the Ukrainian World Congress marking number of important serial mono- • Build on your lot or ours the 40th anniversary of the Ukrainian graphs such as: Hrushevsky Epistolary • Highest quality workmanship Historical Association. Sources, Historical Monographs, Ihor W. Hron, President Lou Luzniak, Executive V.P. Memoirs, Historical Studies and other (941) 270-2411 (941) 270-2413 This year marks the 40th anniver- works. In 1980, the UHA issued the Zenon Luzniak, General Contractor sary of the Ukrainian Historical first atlas ever to be published up until Association (UHA), founded in the that time on Ukrainian history, “The Serving North Port, Venice, South Venice and area United States in April of 1965 by Historical Atlas of Ukraine.” Profs. Lubomyr Wynar and Olexander Since its founding, the UHA has Ohloblyn. Within a few years from its been actively organizing and sponsoring initial establishment, the UHA suc- historical conferences in Europe, ceeded in uniting many prominent Canada and in the U.S. In order to peri- Ukrainian historians, as well as schol- odically bring together scholars from ars from other auxiliary disciplines in across the world, the UHA initiated The the diaspora. Over the years it estab- International Congress of Ukrainian lished branches in Australia, Canada Historians. The first International and countries in Western and Central Congress was held in 2000 at Chernivtsi Europe. Following the disintegration of National University, followed by the the Soviet Union, the UHA extended second International Congress in 2003 its work to Ukraine, where it presently and held at Kamianets-Podilskyi State has 10 branches, whose members are University. Over 400 scholars from var- actively involved in the rebirth of ious countries participated in each con- scholarly historiography by organizing gress. The third International Congress conferences at various academic and of Ukrainian Historians is planned for research institutions. 2008. The Ukrainian Historical Association In addition to serving as an organiz- publishes the scholarly periodical er and sponsor of historical confer- Ukrainian Historian, the only Ukrainian ences, the UHA serves as patron for the international historical journal in the continued development of the diaspora. Founded in 1964, one year Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Museums in earlier than the UHA, the journal Kyiv and Lviv, and is also an important marked its 40 years of uninterrupted supporter for the growth of the Institute publication in 2004 by printing as its for Ukrainian Diaspora Studies, found- 40th volume a special commemorative ed at the National University of Ostroh issue. The 40th anniversary of the jour- Academy. nal was also commemorated last year in The World Scholarly Council con- Ukraine with a number of conferences gratulates the UHA on its 40th anniver- organized by prominent historians and sary and wishes it continued success in held at various universities and cultural is future programs. We call upon the institutes. These conferences focused on Ukrainian community to support the examining the undisputed impact of the UHA as it continues its important work Ukrainian Historian in steering the both within Ukraine and in the diaspora. direction of Ukrainian historiography in post-Soviet Ukraine. Today, this journal Presidium of the is regarded as a prestigious forum for World Scholarly Council: the serious scholarly research of histori- ans throughout the world, especially for Prof. Lubomyr Wynar, Ph.D., pres- the works by younger historians, many ident (USA); Prof. Assya Humesky, who are presently in Ukraine. Within Ph.D., vice-president (USA); Prof. Ukraine, scholars and academicians Arkadii Zhukovsky, Ph.D., vice-presi- view the Ukrainian Historian as a pre- dent (France); Prof. Stepan Kozak, mier historical serial publication that is Ph.D., vice-president, (Poland); Prof. a dominant force in shaping historical Oleh Kravchenko, Ph.D., vice-presi- thought and in influencing the future dent (Canada); Prof. Osyp Martyniuk, direction of Ukrainian historical studies. Ph.D., secretary (USA). 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 No. 13

Filmmakers from Kyiv attend Columbia University Film Club’s screening by Stefan Rak era angles, and his compositions reveal work of Federico Fellini, Sergei visual grittiness in part owes to the old an impressive sense of depth and space. Paradjanov, early Nicolas Roeg, Luis age of the original film stock, much of it NEW YORK – On Wednesday, March The director explained that the film Buñuel, or even Salvador Dali”, “Parched scratched from years of disregard. 9, the Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia springs from his own experiences grow- Land” is a singularly unique film. A sur- One audience member asked Mr. University presented three short-length ing up in Ukraine in the 1970s, and it is real logic pervades the film, with an inten- Tomenko about the origin of the angel in films: Taras Tomenko’s “Shooting clear that memory and its reconstruction tional ambiguity as to where the angel has “Parched Land.” Mr. Tomenko explained Gallery” (Tyr, 2001), Mr. Tomenko’s (remembering) is a significant theme of come from, and where it ultimately goes. that, as a parable, the question of the “Parched Land” (Peresokhla Zemlia, the film. In all, “Tragic Love” is a highly From the arid barrenness of the desert to angel’s origin is a moot point. 2004), and Taras Tkachenko’s Tragic successful film, evocative and playful, the comic grotesqueness of the feast, there Nevertheless, he entertained the question, Love for Flighty Nuska (Trahichne thoughtful and humorous. seems to be a constant, dream-like confla- proffering that perhaps the angel had fall- Kokhannia do Zradlyvoyi Nusky, 2004). “Shooting Gallery” is a more somber tion of fantasy and reality. Its lack of dia- en from God’s graces, or had been Both directors attended the event and exploration of childhood. Mr. Tomenko logue adds to the other-worldliness of the pushed out of heaven by other angels. engaged in a post-screening discussion shot the film in black and white, adding film, but it also speaks of the universal But the angel’s story is not the story of with the audience. to the grittiness of the aura of urban theme of the story. This form of greed and the film – “Parched Land” is a film about Mr. Tkachenko’s “Tragic Love for decay within the film. The story focuses insensitivity has cropped up in other con- a man who finds, in Mr. Tomenko’s Flighty Nuska,” based on Yuri on a young boy whose greatest pleasure texts, for example in the parading of words, “his angel.” What he does with Vynnychenko’s short story “A Grenade for is in going to the shooting gallery. The Native Americans in Europe or of physi- his angel is the issue in the film. Two,” is a sepia-toned film that follows film reveals very little of the boy’s life, cally deformed people in circuses and car- Other viewers likened the three works the antics of two young friends as they vie but he seems to be parentless and home- nival shows across the world. to other films and filmmakers, citing for the attention of the older, beautiful, less. In fact, the protagonist is portrayed The film screening and discussion noticeable stylistic similarities to the girl-next-door Nuska. In the first few by a bona fide street kid who lived with were a great success, giving the audience work of Kira Muratova, Fellini, episodes of the film, the boys spy on Mr. Tomenko during the shooting. a chance to see three excellent films and Paradjanov and others. Nuska from a distance: from the cover of “Shooting Gallery” is an evocative, sym- allowing the directors a chance to speak The question-and-answer session reeds while she bathes in a pond, from pathetic exploration of the potential ills about their work. Though it took some could have continued much later into the behind a fence as she walks by. Even as of society’s neglect of its children. time for the audience to warm up, soon night, so great was the audience interest their actions progress from voyeurism to Mr. Tomenko’s “Parched Land” per- enough there were too many questions and the directors’ pleasure in having their poetry-writing to a suicidal pact, the film haps had the strongest immediate effect for moderator Yuri Shevchuk, founder work appreciated. “Tragic Love for maintains an aura of light-hearted inno- on the audience. The film is a parable and director of Columbia’s Ukrainian Flighty Nuska,” “Shooting Gallery” and cence. “Tragic Love,” regardless of its about a man who discovers an angel near Film Club to field. It became clear that “Parched Land” are a testament to the title, ends on a positive, gleeful note, with his home in the desert. He brings the those in attendance were genuinely inter- fact that Ukraine has much to offer in Nuska chasing the boys through the angel home and locks him up in the ested in the three shorts, and the directors terms of an intelligent, rewarding, artistic woods after their failed suicide. chicken coop. He quickly realizes the were more than happy to answer ques- cinema. It will come as no surprise to me One of the film’s greatest strengths is economic benefits of his treasure, and tions and expound upon their films. The if these three films emerge as crucial its almost magical realism. The film sets up shop charging people for a discussion ranged from the specifics of texts within the framework of a develop- unfolds as a sort of dreamscape, with glimpse of the angel. The film follows filmmaking to the general state of con- ing Ukrainian national cinema. One can each scene achieving its own individual his rise to riches, climaxing in a carniva- temporary Ukrainian film. only hope that filmmakers as talented as timelessness. Throughout the film, Mr. lesque orgy of food and wine and bodies. Mr. Tkachenko elaborated on the use Messrs. Tomenko and Tkachenko will Tkachenko employs unconventional cam- Avarice has completely consumed the of music in “Tragic Love”: the inclusion continue to produce such compelling protagonist, and the poor angel’s suffer- of an Indian song in the film, from a works of art, and that Ukrainian cinema Stephen O. Rak is a cinema studies ings are of little concern to him. By the Bollywood musical that was popular in will begin to flourish. student working toward a master’s end of the film, however, the main char- Ukraine in the 1970s, is a circumstantial For more information on upcoming degree at Tisch School for the Arts, New acter finds himself alone again, deserted. but historically enriching detail. Also, Ukrainian Film Club events, please visit the York University. Though the film instantly recalls the Mr. Tkachenko explained that the film’s website at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc. Cornell University’s Ukrainian Club holds pysanka workshop by Renia Soluk enjoyed the event and some people spent hours in the afternoon working on their pysanky. ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ukrainian Club of Cornell From 2-4 p.m. there was a rush of people who filled University held its third annual Ukrainian Easter Egg the room to capacity. For most people, this was their Display and Workshop on Friday, March 11, from 11 first time making a pysanka, and they found the process a.m. until 6 p.m. in the WSH Art Gallery. The purpose very involving. Plus, they learned you have to think of this free event was to educate the Cornell community ahead about which colors and designs you wanted to about Ukrainian culture, specifically Easter traditions use. Others remembered the pysanka workshop from and the meaning of pysanky and their symbols. last year and came prepared with a design in mind. A This event was a huge success. About 200 people number of people asked if the club was going to do this came into the art gallery throughout the day either to again this semester and one girl even suggested doing make pysanky or to just look at the displays and this during Senior Week. process. About 125 pysanky were made. Everyone The Ukrainian Club was thrilled with the turnout and members look forward to next spring. Some great look- Renia Soluk is president of the Cornell Ukrainian Club. ing pysanky came out of the workshop and there is rea-

Ukrainian Club President Renia Soluk with the social director at Cornell.

son to believe the event will attract an even greater crowd next year. Funding was provided by the Student Assembly Finance Comission and the International Students Programing Board. The Ukrainian Club participates in many of the cul- tural displays and exchanges around the Cornell cam- pus, from baking at an International Dessert Night and hosting tables at co-sponsored cultural events, to organ- izing a rally in support of free elections in Ukraine last December. The club’s website is located at www.rso.cornell.edu/ukrainian; the e-mail address is Participants of the pysanka workshop organized by the Ukrainian Club at Cornell University. [email protected]. No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 13

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PresentingNEW YORK – The Ukrainian TheStory Ukrainian of the Ukrainian Immigration Museum:in the Vasyl Hryhorovych a Krychevsky cultural (1873- that theexperience cultural legacy of the Ukrainian Museum has been a part of New York United States” (1984) used the archival 1952), whose multi-faceted talents impact- people has always been a significant fac- City’s cultural scene from 1976, when it collection as its major source of materials ed greatly on Ukrainian cultural develop- tor in their turbulent journey through his- officially opened its doors to the public. and information. In addition to being ment in the first half of the 20th century; tory and struggle for independence. An institution of Ukrainian culture and shown at various venues in the U.S., the the well-known Ukrainian American It is evident in exhibitions such as history, the museum’s mission from the exhibit traveled to Ukraine under the aus- woodcut artist Jacques Hnizdovsky (1915- “The Lost Architecture of Kiev” (1982); onset has been the preservation of the “Treasures of Early Ukrainian Art: cultural heritage of Ukrainian immigrants Religious Art of the 16th-18th Centuries” who settled in the United States and (1989); “Political Posters and Cartoons Canada since the turn of the 20th century. of Ukraine” (1992); “Ukraine – Images The museum was founded by the from 5000-4000 B.C.: Treasures of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of Trypilian Culture” (1993); “Borshchiv: America Inc. (UNWLA), the largest Its Fork Art, Customs and Traditions” Ukrainian women’s organization in the (1994); “Jacques Hnizdovsky, 1915- United States. Part of the agenda of this 1985: Retrospective Exhibition” (1995); organization was directed toward the “The Creative Legacy of Vasyl preservation of the Ukrainian folk culture. Hryhorovych Krychevsky” (1999); Participating in the World’s Fair in Chicago “Three Generations of Cholodny Artists” in 1933, the UNWLA mounted a folk art (2001); “September 11, 2001, in the exhibition comprised of folk costumes, Ukrainian Press” (2002); and kylyms, embroidered and woven textiles, “Holodomor: The Great Man-Made ceramics, decorative wood objects, as well Famine in Ukraine 1932-1933” (2003). as pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs). A Nurtured in the homeland and pre- large portion of this collection was pur- served and perpetuated by Ukrainians who chased and imported directly from the due to political or economic circumstances Ukrainian Folk Art Cooperative in Lviv, resettled in various parts of the world, the expressly for the purpose of this exhibition. cultural legacy of the Ukrainian people The collection remained in the care of remains a strong binding force. It is a the UNWLA following the fair and in the source of pride in their history and in the ensuing years some objects were sold, accomplishments of their forefathers, and others added through donations and pur- their contemporaries. chases. The collection was exhibited to The educational program at The American and Ukrainian audiences, Cover of the catalogue for the exhibit on the architectural treasures of Kyiv. Ukrainian Museum features lectures, con- prompting the idea of establishing a per- ferences, symposia and gallery talks. manent, professionally run museum – an pices of the United States Information 1985); sculptor Mykhailo Chereshnovsky Ukrainian traditional folk craft courses idea, that with time, gained momentum. Service and was displayed in many muse- (1911-1994); and many other artists such and workshops (embroidery, gerdany – The purpose of this proposed institution ums and cultural institutions in the country. as Mykola Butovych (1895-1961), Alexis beaded necklaces, pysanky – Ukrainian was clear: to preserve the artifacts and Numismatics are also a part of the Gritchenko (1883-1977), Borys Kriukov Easter eggs, traditional holiday baking), treasures that identify the Ukrainian cultural archival collection. The oldest coin held (1895-1967), Mychailo Moroz (1904- which bring the opportunity for hands-on heritage, and by the same token keep alive by the museum is a silver hryvnia, dating 1992), Oleksa Novakivsky (1872-1935) learning about Ukrainian folk culture are the customs and traditions brought from the back to the princely era of the 9th to 15th and Ivan Trush (1869-1941). also part of the museum’s agenda, and are homeland by the immigrants. In the 1960s centuries in Ukrainian history. The largest The museum’s exhibitions reflect its popular with adults and children, especial- and 1970s the UNWLA mobilized its grouping of paper money is from the statement of purpose: to display objects of ly school classes. All museum programs recourses and began to market the idea of a years of Ukraine’s independence of 1918- artistic or historic merit relating to are designed to present to its constituency museum to the Ukrainian community 1921. The museum has been expanding Ukrainian life and culture. Two or three and the general public what is best in the nationwide. Through hard work, generosity, its holdings of examples of present cur- exhibitions are mounted each year from its cultural heritage of Ukrainian Americans. persistence, strength of their convictions Scholarship and education play an and the support of the Ukrainian communi- important role at The Ukrainian Museum. ty, the goal was achieved. The outreach vehicle for both, are the The Ukrainian Museum, bilingual museum’s publications. These are exhibi- (English and Ukrainian) in all phases of tion catalogues that feature fully its operations, officially began its work researched essays by scholars on the sub- in the fall of 1976 on two top floors of a ject and provide in-depth information and renovated brownstone in Manhattan. A analysis. The collections and the muse- year later the museum was granted the um’s extensive library have long served status of an independent cultural institu- students and scholars as a valuable tion with its own charter by the Board of resource on Ukrainian history and culture. Regents of the University of the State of For 28 years the museum has conduct- New York. The governing body of the ed its activities in a confined environ- museum, the board of trustees is made ment, yet dealing with space limitations, up of 25 members elected from the com- the institution has created and promoted munity and the ranks of the UNWLA. a strong and interesting agenda. The The folk art collection, the museum’s museum has earned its well-deserved seed collection, was the source of the inau- reputation as one of the smaller exciting gural exhibition “Ukrainian Folk Art,” and dynamic museums of New York when the institution opened. The exhibit, City. It has a national membership and is which was developed as a traveling show supported by city, state and federal and subsequently visited numerous presti- grantors in many of its endeavors. gious venues, embodied a broad represen- Through the generous support of its tation of the folk arts from various regions members, friends and the Ukrainian com- of Ukraine, dating from the late 19th centu- munity, the museum has relocated to its newly built, $9 million building on East ry to the 1930s. The objects representing Catalogue for the exhibit on the folk art of the Borschiv region of Ukraine. many expressions of folk art, show a high Sixth Street. The inaugural exhibition, “Alexander Archipenko: Vision and degree of artistic development, and empha- rency of Ukraine since its independence collections or from loans, many of these size the creative ingenuity and uniqueness Continuity,” will open on April 3. In plan- in 1991. The collection also includes becoming traveling exhibitions, designed ning stages are two subsequent exhibitions found in the Ukrainian folk culture. stamps dating from 1918 to the present to introduce the museum’s work to distant In a short time after its founding, The in the inaugural program: a folk art exhibit, day, representing modern history of communities, and since 1991 to Ukraine. Ukrainian Museum began to diversify “The Sun, the Tree of Life and the Ukrainians, both in their homeland and in With major exhibitions the museum pub- from its initial main focus on folk art. The Goddess,” scheduled for late fall 2005 and photograph/documentary collection was various situations in the diaspora. lishes bilingual, illustrated, fully researched an exhibition from the museum’s photo- started in 1980, prompted by the museum’s The fine arts collection comprises paint- catalogues, which have become reference graphic/archival collection about Ukrainian desire to preserve the social and cultural ings, drawings, woodcuts, etchings and sources in many libraries here and abroad. immigrants in the American cultural envi- history of the Ukrainian immigrants in the sculptures by Ukrainian artists who worked Each exhibition and its accompanying ronment, which is scheduled for 2006. United States. Vintage photographs, films, in Ukraine, Europe and the United States. programs, which further interpret and documents, private correspondence of Represented in the collection is master explain the subject at hand, aims to pres- The materials in this special section notable individuals, playbills and posters sculptor/innovator Alexander Archipenko ent the Ukrainian experience, past and were prepared by Marta Baczynsky are part of this collection. The popular (1887-1964); the world-renowned primitif present. Through its exhibitions the muse- and Romana Labrosse. exhibition “To Preserve a Heritage: The artist Nikifor; artist, scholar and educator um has sought to bring to light the fact 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 No. 13

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Archipenko exhibitionBrancusi. to inaugurate new(1918), museum “Torso in Space” (1935) building and “Dignity” (1961) In 1921 Archipenko moved to Berlin, and in 1923 he belong to this group. In certain works both motion and came to the United States, settling in Bearsville, N.Y. stasis are implicit, as in “Penché” (1913) and (near Woodstock). He remained in America for the rest “Gondolier” (1914). “Revolving Figure” (1956) is a lit- of his life – a 40-year period of prodigious creative out- eral translation of this idea. put. Archipenko was an important pedagogue and ran Construction, materials, color his own art school. He also taught and worked in many institutions of higher learning from coast to coast, as Archipenko’s challenge to the process of sculpture well as in the New Bauhaus in Chicago. and its traditional materials was boldly announced in his Dr. Jaroslaw Leshko, professor emeritus of art history construction “Médrano I” (1912-1914). His fascination at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., is the curator with various materials startlingly juxtaposed continued of the Alexander Archipenko exhibition and the author and evolved throughout his career, constantly incorpo- of the comprehensive analytical essay in the exhibi- rating new processes and materials like plastic, bakelite tion’s fully illustrated, bilingual (English-Ukrainian), and formica. “Woman Standing” (1920) and “Woman 180-page catalogue. Prof. Leshko has organized the (Metal Lady)” (1923) are important examples. His later exhibition around four dominant concepts: form and works include “Seated Figure” (1947), “Oval Figure” space; motion and stasis; construction, materials, color; (1957) “White” (1957) and “Cleopatra” (1957). and content into form. “No other sculptor of the 20th century involved color “This approach allows the visitor to explore vital in his imagery as insistently and consistently as continuities in Archipenko’s art,” said Prof. Leshko, Archipenko,” Prof. Leshko points out. “Carrousel Pierrot” “since each of these rubrics was revisited and reinter- (1913) is an early, brilliant example of orchestrating color preted in every phase of his career.” It also allows for through form and form through color. Archipenko invent- striking juxtapositions across time, underscoring a con- ed a new category of sculpto-painting to investigate the tinuous, evolving artistic vision. symbiosis between painting and sculpture. “Bather” Form and space (1915) and “Woman with Fan” (1915) are early examples. He revitalized the art of painted wood and terra-cotta in Archipenko’s greatest and best-known contribution such compelling works as “Architectural Figure” (1950). to the vocabulary of modernism lay in his reassessment Content into form of the relationship between solid and void, notes Prof. Leshko. “This manifested itself in the exploration of Archipenko’s revolutionary innovations are manifest concave/convex forms, and especially in his substitution in a context of rich and varied content. In his works he of a void for a head or a torso – his most important and explores extensively the world of entertainment from radical innovation,” he adds. “Archipenko would con- circus to boxing to dance in works like “Médrano I” Alexander Archipenko, “Dancers,” 1912-1913, tinue to explore the concave/convex, solid/void relation- 1912-1914), “Médrano II” (1913), “Boxers” (1914), and bronze, 24.5 inches. On loan from David Niles. ship in brilliant permutations throughout his career.” “Dancers” (1912). He addresses historical figures like Some of the artist’s most important works belong in “Cleopatra” (1957) and “Queen of Sheba” (1961). He NEW YORK – The new facility of The Ukrainian this category: “Silhouette (Woman with Umbrella)” taps into a rich emotional vein in works like “Sorrow Museum in New York City will open on April 3 with (1913), “Geometric Statuette” (1914), “Woman (Tristesse)” (1909), “Feminine Solitude” (1921), “Mâ- the inaugural exhibition “Alexander Archipenko: Vision Combing Hair” (1915), “Green Concave” (1913-1915), Meditation (1932) and “Dignity” (1961). He also touch- and Continuity,” consisting of some 65 sculptures and “Flat Torso” (1914), “Walking” (1912-1918), “Seated es on religious themes like “Adam and Eve” (1909) and sculpto-paintings of one of the 20th century’s most Woman” (1920). “Ascension” (1950). These examples are indicative of innovative and influential artists. In the later phase of his career, Archipenko consis- Archipenko’s broad range of interests and their central The majority of the works are from the collection of tently utilized the concave/convex motif, and the role in his creative expression. Archipenko’s extensive Frances Archipenko Gray, the artist’s widow. Other solid/void transformation also continued to inform his writings on art underscore the theoretical and philo- works come from a number of private collections and vision. “Seated Figure” (1947), “Oval Figure” (1957), sophical underpinnings of his innovations. museums, including the Brooklyn Museum, Solomon R. and “Queen of Sheba” (1961) are compelling examples As its title implies, “Alexander Archipenko: Vision Guggenheim Museum, Hirshhorn Museum and of his later exploration of the void. and Continuity” demonstrates the sustainability of the Sculpture Garden, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Motion and stasis artist’s vision and reiterates that he stayed true to his Whitney Museum of American Art and Yale University core principles throughout his life. Adds Prof. Leshko: Art Gallery. Archipenko’s interest in movement dates back to the “The exhibition affords visitors an opportunity to Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964) was born in outset of his career. It reflects a general interest at the explore and experience the creative breath and sheer Kyiv, where he studied art at the Kyiv Art Institute until time in defining modernity through motion. According beauty of the art of one of the 20th century’s most influ- 1905. In 1906 he moved to Moscow, and in 1908 to to Prof. Leshko, “it also speaks of his restless, inventive ential and innovative sculptors.” Paris. Archipenko established his reputation as a revolu- temperament, fascinated with the vitality and variety of The Ukrainian Museum has organized a variety of tionary innovator in the art world of Paris in the first human form in motion.” public programming to augment the Archipenko exhibi- decades of the 20th century, working in the milieu of “Dance” (1912-1913), “Blue Dancer” (1913), tion, including tours, gallery talks, a lecture series, a artists like Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Constantin “Boxers” (1914), and “Walking” (1912-1918) are symposium, and a full range of educational material for among Archipenko’s most important early examples of teachers, students and families. motion in sculpture. Walking as a motif recurs in every The Alexander Archipenko exhibition is the first of decade of his career, each time brilliantly transformed. three inaugural exhibitions planned for the new These works have a counterpoint in Archipenko’s Ukrainian Museum building – a state-of-the-art, 25,000- imagery of stasis that is, in Prof. Leshko’s words, “still, square-foot, $9 million facility at 222 E. Sixth St. in the iconic and contemplative.” Works like “Vase Woman I” heart of the East Village.

AlexanderNEW YORK – Alexander ArchipenkoArchipenko: (1887-1964), a biography one of the 20th century’s leading and most innovative sculptors, was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, where he studied painting and sculpture at the Kyiv Art Institute until 1905. The following year he moved to Moscow, where he participated in exhibitions and where he was exposed to a large exhibition of French art at the Golden Fleece Salon of 1908. Later that year he relocated to Paris, then in the throes of an artistic revolution led by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Archipenko quickly established a reputation for bril- liant innovation. His exploration of convex/concave forms, volume/space transference, the reintroduction of color to sculpture, his mixed-media constructions, and his invention of sculpto-painting solidified his reputa- tion as the most important sculptor of the time. Archipenko’s position was validated by an exhibition of his works at the 1920 Venice biennale, then the highest honor accorded a living artist. Alexander Archipenko, “Boxers,” 1914, bronze, 23.5 by 18 inches. On loan from Frances Archipenko Gray. (Continued on page 15) Alexander Archipenko No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 15

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MuseumNEW YORK – The three-story begins brick operations in newly built $9 millionArchipenko – one offacility the 20th century’s and glass structure located at 222 E. most innovative and influential artists, Sixth St. in the East Village district of will inaugurate the new museum build- Manhattan will become the new home of ing. Titled “Alexander Archipenko: The Ukrainian Museum, which has Vision and Continuity,” the exhibit will served its constituency as part of New include some 65 sculptures and sculpto- York City’s cultural community for over paintings, the majority on loan from the 28 years. Designed by George Sawicki personal collection of Frances of the New York-based architectural firm Archipenko Gray, the artist’s widow, SawickiTarella Architecture+Design and supplemented by works from private and constructed by S. DiGiacomo & Son, the museum collections. building includes spacious galleries, The exhibition is curated by Dr. state-of-the-art collections storage facili- Jaroslaw Leshko, professor emeritus of ty, an auditorium, a library, a gift shop art history at Smith College in and a café. Northampton, Mass. An illustrated, The new Ukrainian Museum building bilingual (English and Ukrainian) cata- represents the culmination of a decade- long project that has benefited from logue will accompany the exhibition, as unwavering community support and sig- will public programs such as a lecture nals a new phase of activities for the series, a symposium and gallery talks. A institution, that will include expanded full range of educational material for programming in exhibitions, an educa- teachers, students and families will aug- tional agenda, and community-oriented ment the exhibition. cultural events. The museum’s extensive After completing its run at The collections of Ukrainian folk art, fine art, Ukrainian Museum, the exhibition is and photographic/documentary archives scheduled to travel to the Elvehjem will continue to serve as the major Museum in Madison, Wis. (March 31 to sources for program development. July 30, 2006) and to Smith College of An exhibition of the works of Wowk Photography Art, Northampton, Mass. (September 16 Ukrainian sculptor Alexander The entranceway to The Ukrainian Museum’s new building. to December 3, 2006).

Jaroslaw Leshko, curator George Sawicki, architect ofNEW inaugural YORK – The guest curator exhibition of ofNEW new YORK – museumGeorge Y. Sawicki, Architects.building Licensed in New York State The Ukrainian Museum’s exhibition architect of the new Ukrainian Museum since 1973, he is licensed also in numer- “Alexander Archipenko: Vision and building, has been a key member and ous states throughout the U.S. Continuity” is Prof. Jaroslaw Leshko. principal of Sawicki Tarella Architecture The New York-based architecture and Dr. Leshko is professor emeritus of art + Design, P.C. in all aspects of the firm’s interior design firm SawickiTarella at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., practice since joining the staff in 1976. Architecture + Design (STAD), provides where he has taught the history of 19th Throughout his career, Mr. Sawicki has comprehensive services in corporate, and 20th century art for 35 years. He has been responsible for the design, production retail and financial design. In business also been a guest professor at Hunter and project management of numerous and for over 80 years, the firm is one of New College in New York City, at Amherst varied building and project types through- York’s longest practicing design estab- College and at Mount Holyoke College. out the United States. These projects have lishments. Its work has been based on He received his B.A., M.A., M.Phil. and included numerous luxury retail stores and developing strong professional relation- Ph.D. from Columbia University. showrooms, office buildings, corporate ships with its clients and by understand- Prof. Leshko’s interest in sculpture interiors, banking retail and office projects ing their business and project needs. dates to his time in graduate school, and numerous additional unique design Although historically, STAD had pri- where he studied the history and theory commissions. Among his prominent retail marily served corporate and financial of sculpture with Rudolf Wittkower and clients are Alfred Dunhill, Barneys, N.Y., clients, the firm has aggressively diversi- H.W. Janson. At Smith College he taught Burno Magli, DeBeers/LVMH, Escada, fied its practice into the retail sector to courses on the history of sculpture and Piaget, Waterworks, and Mary Quant. meet market changes. Matching flexibili- gave seminars on 19th and 20th century Corporate clients include the Bank of New ty in pursuit of new business opportuni- sculpture. York, Chase Manhattan Bank, Citibank ties, STAD is flexible within its own Prof. Leshko’s area of interest is early and European American Bank. practice as well. The firm does not have modernism. He has lectured widely and Mr. Sawicki has designed and man- curated many exhibitions, published aged the construction of such specialized any one specific design style, but empha- numerous articles both in the U.S. and and unique New York City projects as sizes design that is tailored to the needs internationally, and authored four books: Prof. Jaroslaw Leshko the development of the Kaufman/Astoria and aspirations of each client. “Orbis Pictus: The Prints of Oskar Film and Television Studios, the devel- Kokoschka, 1906-1976”; “Jacques (with John Davis). opment of the St. George Residential Hnizdovsky, 1915-1985: Retrospective Prof. Leshko is also the author of the Tower complex, and, of course, The Exhibition” (exhibition catalogue); “The comprehensive analytical essay in the Ukrainian Museum. Paintings of Arcadia Olenska- illustrated, bilingual (English-Ukrainian) The museum’s architect is a 1968 Petryshyn”; and “Smith College catalogue that accompanies The graduate of Pratt Institute’s New York Museum of Art European and American Ukrainian Museum’s Archipenko exhibi- City School of Architecture and a mem- Paintings and Sculpture, 1760-1960” tion. ber of the American Institute of

Archipenko traveled widely. He taught “Archipentura,” a motorized structure at numerous colleges and universities that allowed painted images to move. He Alexander(Continued Archipenko... from page 14) from coast to coast, opened an art experimented with new materials like In 1921 Archipenko moved to Berlin, school in Los Angeles in 1935, and in formica and bakelite. In his works in where he opened an art school and also 1937 taught at the New Bauhaus in Plexiglas from the 1940s, he also experi- Chicago. He participated in such semi- mented with illumination. began experimenting with naturalism. nal exhibitions as the Museum of In the 1950s, Archipenko’s most The same year, he married the sculptor Modern Art’s “Cubism and Abstract important and productive period since his Angelica Bruno-Schmitz. Art,” curated by Alfred H. Barr, Jr., in Paris years, he returned to sculpto-paint- In 1923 Archipenko moved to the 1936. He continued to create such cele- ings in which he used the new materials. United States, where he remained for the brated works as “Torso in Space” His masterpiece from this period is the rest of his life. In 1929 he purchased a (1935). sculpto-painting “Cleopatra” (1957), the stone quarry in Bearsville, N.Y., which Archipenko also pursued his innova- artist’s largest work in this medium. became his home, studio and art school. tions in America. In 1927 he was granted During these years he was represented by Wowk Photography In his 40-year career in America, a patent for his invention titled the Perls Gallery. George Y. Sawicki 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 No. 13

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Please include the daytime phone number of a contact person. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 No. 13 No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 19 Ottawa professional/business association COME ONE! COME ALL! hosts seventh National Kovbasa Competition to a

by Robert Albota Alta., got top marks for its Home-Made Luncheon and Hat Style Ukrainian Sausage, while Bank OTTAWA – Ukrainians love their Street Sausage and Deli of Ottawa took Fashion Show kovbasa! This tasty smoked sausage is a second place for its Polish Ham Kovbasa. staple of Ukrainian dinner plates – for Denninger Ltd. Kielbassa from Hamilton, both everyday and festive occasions. Ont., was the voters’ choice for third place. hosted by “During their travels across Canada, our In the specialty sausage category, UNWLA - Branch 113 members used to bring back suitcases full Ottawa’s Adam’s Sausage and Meat Sunday, April 10, 2005 of their favourite kovbasa to share with Products took first place for its Hunter family and friends,” said Iris Bradley, Sausage, the Ternopilska from Ontario 2:00 p.m. president of the Ottawa chapter of the Fresh and Tasty placed second, and the The Ukrainian National Home Restaurant Ukrainian-Canadian Professional and Hot Cajun from Bank Street Sausage and 140 Second Avenue, New York Business Association of Ottawa Deli was voted third. (UCPBA). “So we decided to hold a fun Honorable mentions were given to the Donation: $30.00 competition to let our members know other contributors: Osolinsky Meats Gifts... Prizes... and Surprises where they can get freshly made kovbasa.” from Wakaw, Sask., and the Ukrainian On Saturday, February 19, 126 Co-Op Association from Regina, Sask., R.S.V.P. (212) 460-8615 (after 3:00 p.m.) or (201) 865-8216 (evenings) kovbasa-lovers sampled and voted on the and Beach Road Meats and Delicatessen best kovbasa in Canada at the seventh from Hamilton. National Kovbasa Competition, spon- “Although we call it a competition, it sored by the Ukrainian-Canadian really isn’t one,” said Irene Wolanskyj, a DISTRICT COMMITTEE Professional and Business Association of vice-president of UCPBA Ottawa. “The of UNA BRANCHES OF CLEVELAND, OHIO announces that its

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A view of some of the sausages competing for the title of best specialty kovbasa. District Committee Evhen Bachynsky, District Chairman Ottawa. While three Ottawa sausage mak- kovbasa are all excellent, and we would Alice Olenchuk, Secretary ers finished in the top three in different like these products to become better Natalie Miahky, Treasurer categories, so did others from southern known both inside and outside the Ontario, Alberta and Quebec. “It’s a great Ukrainian community.” Participants also opportunity for our members to discover had a chance to sample imported different sausages,” Ms. Bradley said. Ukrainian beer, vodka and sparkling wine A young and talented Ukrainian student has been accepted Etobicoke’s Ontario Fresh and Tasty sold in Ontario by Multiculture Marketing to read for the M. Phil. in Russian and East European Studies took first place in the traditional sausage of Oakville, (www.ukiestore.com). at Oxford University, United Kingdom. Her area of research category for their Bukovynska sausage, The UCPBA Ottawa chapter holds while second place went to the Krakowska this event annually to raise money for the and consequent dissertation is the examination of the dry from Adam’s Sausage and Meat UCPBA Ottawa Scholarship Award pro- enlargement of the European Union to include Ukraine, and Products of Ottawa. Contributors from gram, which recognizes the academic political and economic hurdles for Ukraine stemming from Ottawa and Montreal tied for third place: and extracurricular achievements, as well the Warsaw Polish Deli of Ottawa for its as Ukrainian Canadian community the possible accession. Podlaska – Forest and Zytynsky’s Deli of involvement of a high school or universi- Montreal for its Extra Lean Kovbasa. ty student in the national capital region. Interested sponsors and philanthropists please contact her at: In the ham-based kovbasa category, The UCPBA will present its next schol- tel. (415) 505-5627 or email: [email protected]. Stawnichy’s Meat Processing of Mundare, arship award in December.

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to Moscow in the next week or two. ects with Russia as possible, she said, Ukraine’s SES efforts. New relationship... The two leaders have reached the under- including aircraft, aerospace, gas and oil. When hearing Mr. Teriokhin’s name (Continued from page 1) standing that the gas-transit system will Mr. Putin’s visit afforded him the during their press conference, Mr. Putin Among the tangible results from two remain in Ukraine’s ownership, Mr. opportunity to finally acquaint himself remarked that the two nations’ economic hours of discussion was the creation of Yushchenko said, and the discussions will with Ms. Tymoshenko, who currently ministers had surnames from the opposite the Putin-Yushchenko Committee con- examine initiatives to expand opportunities. stands accused of bribing Russian culture. “Look – from Ukraine, Serhii sisting of four subcommittees: defense During their discussions, Mr. defense officials and is under an interna- Teriokhin, and from Russia – a person industry, foreign policy, economics and Yushchenko proposed to make 2005 the tional arrest warrant issued by the with the pleasant-sounding surname humanitarian affairs. year Russia and Ukraine definitively Russian government. Khrystenko.” It will replace former President Leonid delineate their borders, particularly those In discussing the SES, Mr. Putin During the evening, Mr. Yushchenko Kuchma’s Russian-Ukrainian Intergov- of the Azov Sea and the Kerch Strait that reminded Ms. Tymoshenko that it was and his wife, Kateryna, hosted Mr. Putin ernmental Commission for Cooperation, were the source of controversy in the past. not Russia’s initiative, implying that Mr. at his Novi Bezradychi dacha. There, Mr. Yushchenko showed the Mr. Yushchenko said. The Ukrainian president suggested the Kuchma was behind its genesis. “Does that mean you’re backing out?,” Russian president his vast collection of Both leaders announced their goal to two nations recognize those boundaries Ms. Tymoshenko retorted, according to Ukrainian folk costumes, Trypillian arti- create a Russia-Ukraine gas-transit con- that had existed between Russia and the Ukrainska Pravda website. facts and antique icons. sortium that would include Germany, and Ukraine under Soviet times. “No, we’re not backing out,” Mr. Addressing a jam-packed press confer- possibly France and Italy further down In response, Mr. Putin said the matter Putin said with a laugh. ence toward the end of the Russian presi- the road. would have to be resolved by experts. “Well, that’s what’s important,” she said. dent’s visit, President Yushchenko said The project stalled because of past Russia’s lack of urgency in delineating Mr. Yushchenko announced that he he was satisfied with its outcome, partic- political problems in Ukraine, Mr. Putin borders with Ukraine was ever apparent had assigned his Minister of the ularly its frankness, spirit and pragma- said. “We wait and we can wait, but now in Mr. Putin’s emphasis on creating the Economy Serhii Teriokhin to direct tism. is the time to go forward,” he said. SES, which includes Belarus and Germany is Russia’s priority, Mr. Kazakstan. Putin said, because it is the largest con- Mr. Yushchenko indicated during his sumer of Russian gas and obtains its pri- January visit to Moscow that he is not mary supplies through Ukraine’s gas- against the SES, as long as it is in transit system. Ukraine’s interest and does not interfere “For us, it’s important that it works with Ukraine’s attempts to gain entry into and functions,” Mr. Putin said. “We must the European Union, which is his admin- be sure that the transport of Russian gas istration’s main priority. to our Western partners in Europe will During the visit, Ukrainian Prime Appears May 1 in The Ukrainian Weekly work like clockwork.” Minister Yulia Tymoshenko echoed that A Ukrainian Summer To kick the consortium into gear, Mr. position, but also stressed that it’s neces- Yushchenko said he will dispatch sary for both nations to open all possibili- Travel to Ukraine and learn about your heritage... Ukraine’s Energy Minister Ivan Plachkov ties for free trade. Ukraine would like to Focus on Ukrainian studies, and earn college credit... and Naftohaz Chairman Oleksii Ivchenko engage in as many joint economic proj- Or relax and enjoy the activities In the town of Chechelnyk in the at the ever-popular Soyuzivka... Ukraine’s procuracy... 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the new Ukrainian government and its Cardinal Lubomyr Husar... many opportunities. Cardinal Husar men- (Continued from page 3) tioned the faithful in Ukraine and their eral authorities tacitly endorsed their ille- peaceful resistance against the autocratic gal actions. We believe that the Russian regime and its falsification of the government has to put forth more effort November 21 presidential election. for local officials to conform to the law,” The day began with a meeting with commented the UGCC primate. Mark Levin, executive director of NCSJ, Ambassador Tefft replied that he is aware an advocacy group for Jews in the former of this problem and that Protestant denomi- Soviet Union. The discussion centered on nations that have attempted to set up congre- restitution of religious communal property gations in Russia also have met resistance. in Ukraine and the formation of a council “I assure you that we are already work- of religious denominations. Mr. Levin ing with this issue. I will personally send a thanked Cardinal Husar for his ecu- message to our Embassy in Moscow to menism, especially in light of the dramatic raise this issue in the meetings with events of the Orange Revolution in Russian authorities,” said the ambassador. Ukraine. Brief mention was also made of He also mentioned that these problems the Jackson-Vanik amendment and the were pointed out in the State Department’s need to rescind its application to Ukraine. Annual Human Rights Report for Russia, Accompanying the religious leaders of which triggered a very negative reaction the UGCC during their various meetings from the Russian government. were Michael Sawkiw, Jr., president of In other meetings throughout the day, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of Cardinal Husar visited with Mykhailo America (UCCA), and Serhiy Zhykharev, Reznik, Ukraine’s ambassador to the director of congressional relations at the United States. The ambassador warmly Ukrainian National Information Service greeted the hierarch as they spoke about (UNIS) in Washington.

Mr. Hladyshevsky said that Minister Canadian government... of State for Multiculturalism Raymond (Continued from page 4) Chan – whose Chinese Canadian com- brance to Ukrainian Canadian internment munity is seeking redress for a $500 head as will the soon-to-be-opened new tax imposed on Chinese entering the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. country in 1885 and a 1923 federal law that prevented Chinese immigration to And, the Ukrainian Canadian Internment Canada all together – told him that he Committee plans to work with the wouldn’t have agreed to head the govern- Department of Canadian Heritage to com- ment ministry had he not been “allowed memorate each of the 24 internment-camp to try and get a solution to redress.” sites, over half of which now have trilingual MAY WE HELP YOU? After meeting with Mr. Chan twice (English, French and Ukrainian) markers. since the budget was delivered on To reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800, “Some markers are fairly nondescript, February 23, Mr. Hladyshevsky said that and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below). so we would like to enhance the com- he and the minister both interpret the gov- memoration at each site with more of a ernment’s $25 million commitment “as a Editorial – 3049, 3063, 3069; Administration – 3041; storyboard to tell the history at each loca- green light for him to negotiate with us.” Advertising – 3040; Subscriptions – 3042; Production – 3052 tion through interpretive panels,” Mr. The government may have no choice Hladyshevsky said. but to reach a strong settlement with According to Dr. Luciuk, a “place of Canada’s Ukrainian community, thanks gathering, memory and reflection” is to a private member’s bill introduced by planned for Banff National Park in Conservative Member of Parliament Inky Alberta, where two internment camps, (at Mark, who also is of Chinese descent and Castle Mountain and Cave and Basin,) has presented another bill – this one deal- were once located. ing with redress for the Chinese And some historic sites desperately Canadian community – to Parliament. need attention. Bill C-331, also known as the Ukrainian “The entire cemetery in Amos, Canadian Restitution Act, calls for the fed- Quebec, hasn’t been properly commemo- eral government to acknowledge and pro- rated,” said Mr. Hladyshevsky. “There vide restitution for Ukrainians who were are internee graves on a farmer’s land interned. Federal funds would be used to and we have to ask the farmer for per- create a foundation that promotes educa- mission to visit. That’s unacceptable. tion and tolerance, essentially the same “Several hundred internees died in the idea proposed by the Ukrainian Canadian camps and we want to make the land hal- Internment Committee. lowed where these people were buried.” The bill has already received support Equally unacceptable, in Mr. from MPs representing all four parties in Hladyshevsky’s view, is the absence of the House of Commons. any significant mention of Ukrainian Though it’s rare for a private member’s Canadian internment within the country’s bill to be passed into law, Mr. Mark’s pro- educational system. posed legislation – coupled with the “There shouldn’t be anybody who redress provision cited in the recent feder- comes through a Canadian school that al budget – places the government in “a doesn’t understand Ukrainian Canadian bit of quandary,” said Mr. Hladyshevsky. internment during the first world war. It’s “The Ukrainian community has put a story that just isn’t told.” the government in a very awkward posi- But, while the government has yet to tion,” he explained. “It’s going to have a determine how much money will be direct- problem if [Liberal MPs] are going to try ed toward redressing Ukrainian Canadian and vote this down. If federal law man- internment, Mr. Hladyshevsky’s committee dates the government to talk to our com- appears to have a strong ally from within munity and resolve the issue, we will the federal Cabinet regarding its claim. have the force of law on our side.” 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 No. 13 No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 25

Lidia Krushelnytsky to be honored with jubilee luncheon at Pierre Hotel NEW YORK – Lidia Krushelnytsky, Franko and Lesia Ukrainka, to Eugene founder and director of the Ukrainian Scribe and Carolo Goldoni. Bringing Stage Ensemble, will be honored on together amateur and professional talent, Sunday, April 17, at a celebratory lunch- Mrs. Krushelnytsky’s Stage Ensemble eon at the Pierre Hotel to be held at brought high theater art to Ukrainian audi- noon-2:30 p.m. ences across North America. On the initiative of the Friends of the Among her credits are Lesia Ukrainka’s Ukrainian Stage Ensemble and under the “The Forest Song” (1970, 1996), Eugene sponsorship of the Self Reliance (N.Y.) Scribe’s “A Glass of Water” (1977), Federal Credit Union, long-standing sup- Volodymyr Vynnychenko’s “Sonata porter of the ensemble, Mrs. Pathetique” (1992) and “The Black Krushelnytsky’s students and the general Panther” (1980), Carlo Goldoni’s “Servant public will salute her at the gala event of Two Masters” (1986) and Ivan marking the occasion of her 90th birth- Kocherha’s “Yaroslav the Wise” (1988). day and her ensemble’s 40th year. In 1991 Mrs. Krushelnytsky took the Among the dignitaries expected to Ukrainian Stage Ensemble on an extend- attend will be Dr. Valerij Hajdabura, his- ed tour of her native Ukraine, where its torian of the Ukrainian diasporan theater performances were met with critical and and artistic director of the Ivan Franko popular acclaim. In 2002, when the Theater in Kyiv, who will extend con- Ukrainian Stage Ensemble returned to gratulations to Mrs. Krushelnytsky on participate in the First International her life’s work on behalf of the Society Diasporan Theater Festival in Kyiv, Mrs. of Theater Artists of Ukraine. Krushelnytsky was honored by presiden- Mrs. Krushelnytsky, drama teacher, for- tial decree for her significant contribu- mer actress with the Hirniak Studio-Theater tions to Ukrainian culture and art. in New York and director of the New York- To reserve a seat for the luncheon, based Ukrainian Stage Ensemble, has pro- mail $125 (check payable to “Ukrainian duced over 150 plays, dramatic readings Stage Ensemble) c/o Marta Kebalo, 143- and other performances over the last four 20 84th Ave., Briarwood, NY 11435. All decades, touching the lives of 247 students, proceeds and donations will go to sup- many of whom are still members perform- port the theatrical productions planned ing with the ensemble. for the Ukrainian Stage Ensemble’s 40th The Ukrainian Stage Ensemble’s reper- anniversary year. For further information toire has included the classics of Ukrainian, contact Ms. Kebalo at (718) 291-4166 or as well as world literature – from Ivan e-mail [email protected].

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the government will offer to allow the cur- have failed to find mutual understanding hourly news coverage mixed with music NEWSBRIEFS rent owners of dishonestly privatized com- between ourselves,” Mr. Yushchenko said at videos, movies, and travel and entertain- (Continued from page 2) panies to pay an additional sum to the gov- a meeting with war veterans. The nationalist ment features. The channel plans to hire up developing cooperation between both coun- ernment to close the gap between purchase UPA fought for Ukraine’s independence to 100 more journalists, cameramen and tries on the level of state leaders and gov- prices and “real market prices.” If the own- against Nazi Germany, the Soviet Army and technical personnel. Channel 5 is co-owned ernmental commissions. According to ers reject, the government will propose their Polish anti-Nazi guerrillas during World by Petro Poroshenko, secretary of the Interfax, President Putin assured Prime companies for new tenders to find new buy- War II. (RFE/RL Newsline) National Security and Defense Council. Minister Tymoshenko that Ukraine’s partic- ers. Mr. Yushchenko stressed that metallur- (RFE/RL Newsline) gical giant Kryvorizhstal, which was bought Yushchenko upbeat about his health ipation in the planned Single Economic No guarantees given to Kuchma Space with Russia, Belarus and Kazakstan in 2004 by oligarch Rynat Akhmetov and Viktor Pinchuk at a price widely regarded as KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko would not contradict Kyiv’s aspirations to KYIV – Speaking in an interview to dubious, will unconditionally be put up for a told journalists in Kyiv on March 16 that join the European Union. Russian prosecu- Western journalists, President Viktor new tender. Referring to the prospect of doctors found ways to evacuate dioxin from tors reportedly issued an international arrest Yushchenko said on March 16 that he Russian investments in Ukraine, Mr. his organism two months ago, Interfax warrant for Ms. Tymoshenko last year, sus- had given no guarantees to Leonid Yushchenko said, “I’ve told [Russian busi- reported. “Now I have to undergo examina- pecting her of bribing Russian Defense Kuchma with regard to the Gongadze nessmen] straightforwardly, ‘I will do my tion only once every three to four weeks to Ministry officials when she headed case. According to the president, he is best to make your life in Ukraine better than establish the degree of dioxin evacuation,” Ukraine’s Unified Energy Systems in 1995- he added. Mr. Yushchenko said his doctors against any political persecutions, includ- 1997. (RFE/RL Newsline) in Russia.’” (RFE/RL Newsline) believe that his recuperation rate is great. ing his opponents’ persecutions. Mr. President seeks reconciliation of veterans (RFE/RL Newsline) Yushchenko reiterated his stand that all Prosecutor comments on missiles citizens are equal before the law, and KYIV – The Ukrainian Procurator KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko on Channel 5 now all news every citizen who violated the law must General’s Office dismissed as untrue in a March 16 urged Ukrainian war veterans be brought to justice. Mr. Yushchenko March 18 statement a Financial Times who fought in the Soviet army and the KYIV – Channel 5, whose positive cov- noted that, if investigators have some report on the same day that quoted Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in World erage of the opposition played a key role in questions to former high-placed officials Procurator General Sviatoslav Piskun as War II to sign a “declaration of mutual the Orange Revolution, relaunched itself on about the Gongadze case, these questions saying that Ukraine exported 18 cruise mis- understanding,” Interfax reported. “We have March 14 as an all-news outlet, the English- must be asked. Only an investigation will siles to Iran and China in 2001, Interfax reached an understanding with everyone, language Kyiv Post newspaper reported on establish a person’s liability, the president reported. According to the statement, the [including] Poland and even Japan. We only March 17. Previously, Channel 5 provided stressed. (Ukrinform) missiles in question were smuggled out of Ukraine without official approval. The Security Service of Ukraine, the statement adds, has launched a criminal case against V. Yevdokimov, director of the Ukraviyazamovlennia company, who is suspected of involvement in the smuggling. Japan and the United States reportedly said they are worried by what appears to have been a significant leak of technology from the former Soviet Union’s nuclear arsenal. The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv noted that it is “closely monitoring” the investigation and wants the findings of a secret trial made public. (RFE/RL Newsline) Ecumenical patriarch invited to Kyiv KYIV – Following a request by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, State Secretary Oleksander Zinchenko paid a visit to Istanbul, Turkey, on March 15 to meet with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Mr. Zinchenko delivered a personal message from the president, in which Mr. Yushchenko thanked the patri- arch for his constant attention and sympa- thy toward Ukraine and invited him to visit Kyiv. At the same time, Mr. Zinchenko stressed that the patriarch and his Church command unquestionable authority and deep respect in Ukraine. Patriarch Bartholomew stressed his special respect and sympathy for Ukraine and its people. He informed Mr. Zinchenko of his readi- ness for regular personal contacts with the Ukrainian president. Both sides stressed the importance of the state providing condi- tions for the harmonious development of all denominations and Churches in Ukraine, as well as the state’s special role in the process of establishing and strengthening interde- nominational peace. Other important issues of Church and secular life were discussed during the meeting. The Ukrainian delega- tion headed by Mr. Zinchenko received a blessing from the patriarch for good deeds in the name of Ukraine. (Religious Information Service of Ukraine) Rada votes to reduce armed forces KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on March 17 voted overwhelmingly to sup- port a presidential bill reducing Ukraine’s armed forces by 40,000 people to 245,000 people (180,000 servicemen and 65,000 civilians) by the end of 2005, UNIAN reported. The bill also cuts the term of compulsory military service to 18 months in the naval forces and 12 months in the land forces. (RFE/RL Newsline) Reprivatization policy outlined KYIV – Viktor Yushchenko told the March 18 issue of Kommersant-Daily that 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2005 No. 13

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Thursday, March 31: Fialko, IA, Kyiv; “Olbia Pontica: An Soyuzivka’s Datebook Overview of the Latest Finds and Analyses,” NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies April 1-2, 2005 June 6, 2005 Valentyna Krapivina, IA, Kyiv; “The Program at Columbia University will host a Treasures of Sarmatian Nobility,” Dr. UNA District Meeting and Highland High School Senior Day talk, followed by a reception, with the popu- Oleksandr Symonenko, IA, Kyiv; and, “On Secretarial Course lar Ukrainian singer Maria Burmaka. During An Ancient Greek Inscription with Reference June 12-17, 2005 this event, which kicks off Ms. Burmaka’s to Apollo Found on Berezan Island,” Dr. April 1-3, 2005 UNA Seniors’ Week and Conference visit to North America, the artist will discuss Lada Onyshkevych, University of Grace Episcopal Church, the influence of music on the Orange Pennsylvania. Also participating will be Madison, N.J. – Men’s Retreat June 19, 2005 Revolution and meet with the public. Ms. world-renowned expert on Scythians Dr. Father’s Day Program Burmaka, who graced the stage in Kyiv dur- Alexander Leskov, University of April 8-10, 2005 ing recent demonstrations in Ukraine, is Pennsylvania, and Dr. Renata Holod, curator Road Rally Weekend – an Epicurean, June 26-July 3, 2005 traveling to New York City as part of a con- of Islamic Art, University of Pennsylvania motorized scavenger hunt Tabir Ptashat Session #1 cert tour titled “Maria Burmaka Songs and Museum, and professor, history of art depart- Stories from the Orange Revolution.” The ment, University of Pennsylvania. The con- April 9, 2005 June 26-July 8, 2005 talk will be held in the Harison Room, ference will be held at the society’s building, SUNY New Paltz Alpha Kappa Phi Tennis Camp for ages 10-18 Columbia University Faculty House, 400 W. 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th Sorority Formal Banquet 117th St., at 6:30 p.m. streets), at 4 p.m. For additional information June 27-July 1, 2005 call (212) 254-5130. Thursday, April 7 April 15-17, 2005 Exploration Day Camp - Session #1, for ages 7-10 YONKERS, N.Y.: The Skomorokhy youth Plast Kurin “Chortopolokhy” NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Film Club of group of the Yonkers branch of the Annual Meeting Columbia University presents a program July 3-July 10, 2005 Ukrainian American Youth Association will Brooklyn Group Volunteer Weekend titled “Contemporary Ukraine as Reflected in deliver a presentation on the series of events Tabir Ptashat Session #2 Its New Cinema,” featuring the most recent comprising the Orange Revolution that April 16, 2005 films by Valentyn Vasyanovych, Olena July 4-July 8, 2005 eventually led to the election of Viktor Rochester Fire Company Banquet Fetysova, Oles Sanin and Serhiy Bukovsky; Yushchenko as the new president of Exploration Day Camp - Session #2, the screenings will be followed by a discus- Ukraine. Forming part of the presentation April 20-22, 2005 for ages 7-10 sion. Mr. Vasyanovych’s “Counterclockwise” will also be the role played by local SUNY at New Paltz, Migrant (2004), which won the Special Jury Prize at Ukrainian American residents, including Education Program and Retreat July 10-July 16, 2005 the 17th International Short Film Festival at participants who served as election monitors Discovery Camp - Session #1, Clermont-Ferrand (France) in February, is in Ukraine. The presentation, titled “Road to for ages 8-12 about the proverbial odd man-out who tries Democracy: Understanding the Role of the April 23, 2005 to escape from the oppressive predictability “Holiday Cooking in the Ukrainian Orange Revolution in the Ukrainian of everyday life into the world of art. Ms. Presidential Election 2004,” will be held at Tradition” organized by Plast July 17-July 22, 2005 Chemney Day Camp - Session #1, Fetysova’s “If I Were a Saxophone” (2004) is the Yonkers Public Library, Riverfront Kurin “Spartanky” a heart-warming story about a gifted musi- for ages 4-7 Branch, 1 Larkin Center, fourth floor. It will TAP New York Beer Festival at cian Veronika Kozhukhariova from begin after a luncheon reception that is slat- Symferopol, Ukraine, who follows her pas- Hunter Mountain, round-trip bus July 17-July 23, 2005 ed for 2 p.m. All are welcome to attend. from Soyuzivka, special room sion for playing the saxophone and eventual- Discovery Camp - Session #2, Also, a monthlong poster exhibit of the rate – $60/night ly wins the admiration of audiences. Those Orange Revolution will be on display at the for ages 8-12 who know Mr. Sanin as the director of library beginning April 3. For additional May 1, 2005 Adventure Camp - Session #1, “Mamay,” will be interested to discover him information contact Orest or Maryka Traditional Blessed Ukrainian for ages 13-16 as a documentary filmmaker. His film “Sin” Kozicky, (914) 969-3606. Easter Day Brunch, doors open is a disturbing, at times, surrealist, tribute to July 24-July 29, 2005 his mentor Leonid Osyka, and the work CLEVELAND: Singer Mariana Sadovska at 11:30 a.m. Chemney Day Camp - Session #2, “Christmas” is a captivating portrayal of the has spent years collecting ancient folk May 20, 2005 for ages 4-7 Hutsuls. A documentary film by the accom- songs in rural Ukraine and Poland. plished Mr. Bukovsky, will also been Combining storytelling with singing, her Ellenville High School Junior Prom July 24-July 30, 2005 screened. Bukovsky’s “Red Soil” is a close performances are a theatrical expression of Discovery Camp - Session #3, look at Ukrainian communities in Brazil. her inner desire to connect the past with May 27-30, 2005 Introductory remarks will be given by Dr. the present through music. Ms. Sadovska Memorial Day Weekend BBQ for ages 8-12 Adventure Camp - Session #2, Yuri Shevchuk, lecturer of Ukrainian lan- will present some of these musical treas- and Zabava guage and culture at Columbia University. ures at Orthodox, a concert venue located Adoptive Parents Weekend, sponsored for ages 13-16 The films will be shown in their original at 6203 Detroit Ave. Tickets: $15, general by the Embassy of Ukraine and July 31-August 5, 2005 Ukrainian versions with English subtitles. admission. For more information or ticket the UNA The event is free and open to the public. reservations call Nadia, (216) 832-4225, Scuba Course for ages 12 and up Screenings are held at 702 Hamilton Hall, or e-mail [email protected] June 1, 2005 1130 Amsterdam Ave., starting at 7:30 p.m. Ellenville High School For more information visit Sunday, April 10 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc, or call Scholarship Banquet STAMFORD, Conn.: The Eparchy of Diana Howansky, (212) 854-4697. Stamford invites women of all ages to a day Friday, April 8 of sharing and discovery titled “Ukrainian Catholic Women: Yesterday, Today, CLEVELAND: Ukrainian-born singer Tomorrow.” The event will be held at St. Mariana Sadovska will lead a singing work- Basil College, 195 Glenbrook Road., at 9 shop emphasizing “white voice” (open throat) a.m.- 5 p.m. Program includes: participatory singing of folk musical traditions. Based on workshops, special session for young her experience with the Gardzienice Theater women, divine liturgy, luncheon and social of Poland, Ms. Sadovska has developed a sys- hour, keynote speech by Iryna Galadza, con- tem of exercises for enabling participants to cluding panel, open forum with audience discover the connections between movement question-and-answer period. Topics include: and singing, gesture and sound, rhythm and child-rearing issues faced by young mothers, breath. Ms. Sadovska has led workshops at understanding Eastern traditions, seeking the Grotowski Center, Poland; Giving Voice spiritual insights, creating caring parish com- Festival, Great Britain; International munities, and more. Cost: $15 (includes Workshop Festival, Israel; and the Royal lunch). Pre-register with your pastor or the Shakespeare Company, London. Participants eparchy. For additional information contact

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