INSIDE:• Election precincts for Ukrainian citizens in U.S. — page 3. • Community groups welcome ’s new envoy — page 10. • The language issue and elections in Ukraine — page 11.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIV HE No.KRAINIAN 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine U.TS. grantsU Ukraine Massive realW estate scam market economy status uncovered in Ukraine’s capital by Zenon Zawada face less stringent anti-dumping criteria, by Zenon Zawada invested most, if not all, of their savings Press Bureau an improved international credit rating Kyiv Press Bureau with Elite-Center, a real estate develop- and lower borrowing costs, said Borys ment company that claimed to have been KYIV – The U.S. government on Tarasyuk, Ukraine’s minister of foreign KYIV – A massive real estate scam working on seven simultaneous construc- February 17 announced it had granted affairs. that snared thousands of Kyiv apartment tion projects in Kyiv. Ukraine market economy status, thereby It will also help to repeal the Jackson- investors has unraveled in recent weeks, Instead, Elite-Center’s business partners sharply improving the country’s chances Vanik amendment, a law passed by the causing public outrage and revealing the conducted construction at one site while for World Trade Organization (WTO) U.S. Congress in 1974 placing trade instability of Ukraine’s precarious invest- collecting money for others, in some cases membership this year. restrictions on the because ment climate. selling the same apartment as many as five Ukraine earned the status on February it forbid Jews from emigrating. With the hope of obtaining a brand (Continued on page 15) 1, said David Sampson, U.S. deputy In granting Ukraine market economy new apartment, average Ukrainians secreary of commerce, who was in Kyiv status the U.S. Commerce Department for meetings with Ukrainian government considered six primary criteria: the extent officials regarding bilateral trade and of currency convertibility, free bargain- investment relations. ing for wage rates, foreign investment, “This determination reflects the government ownership or control of pro- impressive economic developments that duction and government control over the have occurred in Ukraine over the past allocation of resources and other appro- several years,” Mr. Sampson said. priate factors. “We are committed to working togeth- “While there is no direct link between er to achieve Ukraine’s accession to the receiving market economy status and WTO,” he said. “As a member of WTO, entering the WTO, this is evidence that Ukraine would become partners in an Ukraine is moving closer to that goal,” ever-expanding group of nations that said Mr. Tarasyuk. favor democratic and free-market eco- WTO membership would create nomic values. This would open up “potentially vast opportunities for local potentially vast opportunities for local businesses and attract major industrial businesses, and would attract major players,” Mr. Sampson said. industrial players.” Along with the status, Ukraine will (Continued on page 14)

Zenon Zawada supporters hold a sign that says, "Omelchenko, Answer For This!" in front of the Kyiv City Council building on February 17 as part of a protest Ukraine’sPARSIPPANY, N.J. –ice Ukrainian dancers ice ing the second earn week of bronzeOlympic competi- against conditions that allowed thousands to become victims of a multi-million-dollar dancers Elena Grushina and Ruslan tion included: an eighth-place finish in real estate scam. Goncharov won the bronze medal at the the cross-country skiing’s 4x5-kilometer Winter Olympics on Monday, February relay earned by the women’s team of 20, becoming the first ice dancers from Kateryna Grygorenko, Tatjana Zavalij, Ukraine to win an Olympic medal. Vita Jakimchuk and Valentyna They were bested by the Russian pair Shevchenko; and a seventh-place finish in 450 attend Bishop Chomnycky’s of Tatyana Navka, a native of Ukraine, biathlon’s 4x7.5-kilometer relay earned and , who won the by the men’s foursome of Olexander installation as Stamford eparch gold medal; and Americans Tanith Belbin Bilanenko, Andriy Deryzemlya, Alexei by Irene Jarosewich desire to graciously and warmly welcome and , who took silver. Korobeynikov and Ruslan Lysenko. a new Church leader, as well. The husband-and-wife duo of Ms. (For complete Olympic results, see STAMFORD, Conn. – The chapel Besides Cardinal Husar, the two other Grushina, 31, and Mr. Goncharov, 33, page 9.) inside St. Basil’s Ukrainian Catholic cardinals attending the enthronement serv- who hail from Odesa, were congratulated Also of interest to Ukrainians around College Seminary, as well as a nearby ice were Cardinal Edward Egan of New by President . The the globe is the performance of U.S. fig- auditorium, were overflowing as more York City and Cardinal Justin Rigali of couple began ice dancing together in ure skater Sasha Cohen, 21, a native of than 450 people attended the installation Philadelphia. Also present were 19 Latin- 1990. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in California whose Odesa-born mother, of the new leader of the Ukrainian Rite Catholic bishops from Maine to Salt Lake City they placed ninth. Galina, emigrated to the United States Catholic Eparchy of Stamford, Paul Maryland and 18 bishops from Byzantine- Earlier President Yushchenko had with her parents in the 1970s. Patrick Chomnycky, OSBM, at the rite Churches worldwide, including the offered his congratulations to Ukraine’s After the short program on February eparchy’s estate on February 20. Ukrainian, Armenian, Romanian and first medalist at the Games, Lilia 21, Ms. Cohen was in first place, leading “What kind of people are you,” Carpatho-Rusyn Churches, as well as Efremova, who earned a bronze in the by three-hundredths of a point over Irina exclaimed one astounded Latin-rite Archbishop Antony of the Ukrainian women’s 7.5-kilometer sprint of biathlon. Slutskaya of . Ms. Cohen skated Catholic attending the service for the Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. A resident of , Ms. Efremova, 28, is her short program to the music of the new eparch of Stamford, “that you can More than a hundred clergy, nuns, Ukraine’s 2005 champion in biathlon. Russian folk song “Dark Eyes.” The long bring together three cardinals and more monks and seminarians also came to wel- According to Ukrinform, in his mes- program of the competition was sched- than 40 bishops for the installation a new come the new bishop of Stamford. sage to Ms. Efremova Mr. Yushchenko uled for February 23. bishop?” Joining them were representatives of expressed his hope that her medal-win- Ms. Cohen is known in the Ukrainian And indeed it was an impressive and Ukrainian community organizations, ning performance on February 16 would community for her participation in a 2001 powerful gathering of spiritual leaders – including Ukrainian National Association serve as a good beginning for further figure-skating show benefiting the Children a testament not only to the immense loy- President Stefan Kaczaraj, Ukrainian achievements by Team Ukraine in Torino. of Chornobyl Relief Fund (today known as alty and deep respect former Stamford World Congress President Askold Ms. Efremova also competed in the the Children of Chornobyl Relief and Eparch Bishop Basil Losten and current Lozynskyj, Ukrainian Congress 10-kilometer pursuit of biathlon, placing Development Fund) that was organized by Patriarch of Kyiv-Halych and Cardinal Committee of America President Michael eighth. Olympic and World champi- Lubomyr Husar receive from their broth- Other top-10 finishers for Ukraine dur- on Viktor Petrenko of Ukraine. ers-in-Christ, but a reflection of the (Continued on page 8) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 No. 9

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS ’s former colleagues Yushchenko on Volodymyr Filenko. Prime Minister Yekhanurov, on a visit to Poland, has con- are Russia’s energy strategy “team” KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko firmed that Mr. Pynzenyk is on holiday congratulated Ukraine’s citizens on the leave. (Ukrinform) by Roman Kupchinsky in partnership with the state. occasion of International Mother RFE/RL Newsline Mr. Putin formulated most of his ener- Language Day on February 21, the presi- Poland acts on pipeline project gy views while working in the St. dential press service reported. The presi- For a glimpse into Russian President Petersburg Mayor’s Office, where he dent said in his address to the nation that WARSAW – Polish Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s views on energy and for- headed the Foreign Economic Relations the Ukrainian language is re-emerging as Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and his eign policy, one need look no further than Department. His colleagues in that office the language of a big European nation. Ukrainian counterpart, Yurii Yekhanurov, his years in St. Petersburg in the 1990s. included: Aleksei Miller, now chief exec- “The Ukrainian word is spoken with dig- on February 16 in Warsaw signed a joint The key players in Russia’s energy indus- utive of the state-controlled nity and on the world’s highest rostrums. declaration on government assistance to try today, in fact, are Mr. Putin’s former monopoly; Dmitry Medvedev, the head of It is admired and worshipped,” he the Odesa-Brody-Plock pipeline project, colleagues and mentor from that time. the presidential administration, a deputy remarked. “I am convinced that a nation Interfax reported. Mr. Marcinkiewicz Mr. Putin, who had already spent more prime minister, and chairman of the board respecting its language can respectfully said the project will be a part of Poland’s than 15 years as a Federal Security Service of directors at Gazprom; and Igor Sechin, treat the languages of their neighbors. energy security strategy and that within (FSB) agent, returned to school, studying a man with ties to the former KGB, who Ukraine has become a home to many the next two months the Polish govern- at the St. Petersburg Mining Institute. One is currently the deputy head of Mr. nationalities. We understand that we are ment will take all necessary measures to of the most prestigious academic institu- Putin’s administration, as well as the responsible for our country’s linguistic ensure the venture is profitable. Mr. tions in Russia, it traces its history back to chairman of the board of directors at the diversity and ready to preserve and devel- Yekhanurov said the agreement opens the 1773. Since 1994 its rector has been state-owned oil company Rosneft. op the cultural peculiarities and distinc- way to stop within 90 days the pumping Vladimir Litvinenko, who also serves as a As the St. Petersburg team rose in promi- tiveness of our citizens. It ensures of oil toward, rather than away from, the member of the government’s newly creat- nence, so too did the influence of the Mining Ukraine’s social harmony and democratic port in Odesa. The extension of the ed Fuel and Energy Commission. Institute and its director, Mr. Litvinenko. development,” the president’s greeting Odesa-Brody pipeline to Poland is meant Mr. Litvinenko was rector when a 44- The institute is now a compulsory stop for said. In accordance with the Constitution to help transport Caspian crude oil to year-old Mr. Putin in 1997 defended his Russian and Germany energy leaders visit- of Ukraine, the Ukrainian language is the Europe and to aid Poland in diversifying doctoral dissertation examining how nat- ing St. Petersburg. The institute’s official state language, but Russian and other its energy supplies. (RFE/RL Newsline) ural resources can contribute to regional website notes that it has received delegations minority languages are guaranteed free economies and strategic planning. Replacement sought for RosUkrEnergo from Germany’s Wintershall gas company – development, use and protection. The law Two years later, Mr. Putin, then the a close Gazprom ally – as well as the board on languages guarantees the right of all KYIV – Prime Minister Yurii director of the FSB, wrote an article for of directors of Gazprom subsidiary citizens to petition state and other entities Yekhanurov said on February 16 that the the Mining Institute’s journal titled Surgutgazprom, and Vagit Alekperov, the government is seeking an agreement with “Mineral Natural Resources In The in their native languages. (Ukrinform) head of LUKoil. Russia in order to replace the Swiss- Development Strategy For The Russian Mr. Litvinenko is also believed to Pynzenyk did not resign post based company RosUkrEnergo as the Economy.” have played a role in the drafting of intermediary in the current deal to ship In it, Mr. Putin posited that hydrocarbons KYIV – Ukrainian Finance Minister Russia’s 2003 energy strategy, which Russian gas supplies to Ukraine, Interfax were key to Russia’s development and the Viktor Pynzenyk has not submitted his defined the role of energy as a tool of reported. Mr. Yekhanurov said he has restoration of its former power. He argued resignation, but has gone on an “election Russian state policy. Some observers sent a request to Russian Prime Minister that the most effective way to exploit this holiday,” the Finance Ministry’s press have even suggested Mr. Litvinenko Mikhail Fradkov and that, if the Russian resource was through state regulation of the service officially stated on February 16. would be an appropriate candidate to side also finds RosUkrEnergo unsuitable, fuel sector, and by creating large and verti- “Finances Minister Pynzenyk officially “we are anticipating its replacement with cally integrated companies that would work (Continued on page 16) went on leave until the end of the election pleasure, and Gazprom would be the best campaign”, the official statement said. replacement.” U.S. Ambassador to That morning, some news agencies, refer- Ukraine John Herbst the same day ’s price demands ring to the Finance Ministry sources, expressed surprise that RosUkrEnergo reported that Mr. Pynzenyk had submitted was playing a significant role in such an imperil Moscow-Kyiv gas deal an application for resignation in the peri- important agreement, adding that the od between February 13 and 16 to Prime United States views it as a suspicious Minister Yurii Yekhanurov, explaining organization. According to open data, by Roman Kupchinsky RosUkrEnergo may fluctuate depending that he disapproved of the mechanism for RFERL Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Report on the situation on the market.” RosUkrEnergo’s revenue in 2005 was the settlement of Ukrainian-Russian gas around $3 billion, and yet its staff con- “Mr. Niyazov’s position is pre- issues. The resignation was confirmed Russian Industry and Energy Minister dictable,” Mr. Khristenko said. If sisted of just 12 employees. “It would be Viktor Khristenko was in the Vietnamese also by some politicians, in particular, by Turkmenistan raises the gas price, he the minister’s election bloc colleague (Continued on page 12) capital of Hanoi last week when he com- continued, the gas price formula for mented on a decision by the Turkmen Ukraine will necessarily change as well. leadership to raise the price of natural The developments prompted a Ukrainian FOUNDED 1933 gas. 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Five election precincts set up ElecElectiontion NotNotebookebook by Zenon Zawada Kyiv Press Bureau inWASHINGTON U.S. –for The Central Ukraine’s Election California, Colorado, voters Hawaii, Idaho, Commission of Ukraine on February 2, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, • KYIV – Any hopes of forming an Reforms and Order Bloc that they will released information about election Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Orange coalition during the parliamen- reveal which political forces are prevent- precincts abroad for Ukrainian citizens • Foreign Election Precinct No. 95: tary elections are virtually extinguished ing the formation of an Orange coalition. voting in the Verkhovna Rada elections on Consulate General of Ukraine in Chicago after former Prime Minister Yulia Ms. Tymoshenko said she believes the March 26. To accommodate citizens of (10 E. Huron St., Chicago, Ill. 60611) Pora-Reforms and Order Bloc is a politi- Ukraine living in the United States, there Precinct No. 95 includes: Illinois, Tymoshenko signed and submitted on cal technology hatched by the Our will be five precincts, as listed below. Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, February 21 her own version of an agree- Ukraine coalition to draw voters away • Foreign Election Precinct No. 92: Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, ment which the other political blocs did- from her bloc and carry out political Embassy of Ukraine in the U.S.A. (3350 South Dakota and Wisconsin. n’t agree to and aren’t expected to sign. operations against her. M Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20007) • Foreign Election Precinct No. 96: The key points in Ms. Tymoshenko’s • KYIV – Providing further verifica- Precinct No. 92 includes: District of Under the auspices of the Consulate proposal are cancellation of Ukraine’s tion that no Orange coalition will form Columbia, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, General of Ukraine in San Francisco, cit- natural gas agreement with the Russian during the campaigns, Socialist Party Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, izens of Ukraine will be able to vote at Federation and forbiddance of any Chairman Oleksander Moroz said on the administration building of the Orange coalition member from forming a Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, February 22 that he won’t sign any such Ukrainian Baptist Church (25628 101st coalition with the Party of the Regions. Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, North agreement before the March 26 elections. Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ave. SE, Kent, Wash. 98030). Our Ukraine bloc leaders aren’t seri- ously considering uniting with her bloc, He said forming an Orange coalition will Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Precinct No. 96 includes: city of Kent. only be possible after elections. “We • Foreign Election Precinct No. 93: For information regarding Ukraine’s Ms. Tymoshenko said on February 22, charging that they are engaged in coali- carry with us the responsibility of the Consulate General of Ukraine in New York electoral process and the electoral rights of maidan not only before Ukraine, but also (240 E. 49th St., New York, N.Y. 10017) Ukrainian citizens, readers may visit the tion discussions with the Party of the Regions instead. before Europe, which supported us,” Mr. Precinct No. 93 includes: Connecticut, website of the Central Election Commission Moroz said in Brussels. “That’s why we She said she chose her course of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, of Ukraine, http://www.cvk.gov.ua. They didn’t go into opposition against [Viktor] action because she wanted to make clear New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, may also refer to the website of the Yushchenko and didn’t submit to any which of her bloc’s policies and propos- Rhode Island and Vermont. Ukrainian Embassy in the U.S.A. projects that oppose the coalition to this als aren’t supported by President Viktor • Foreign Election Precinct No. 94: http://www.ukraineinfo.us/ukrainian/con- day. “We stand against any revenge from Consulate General of Ukraine in San sular/election/election.html. Yushchenko. those representing the prior government, Francisco (530 Bush St., Suite 402, San Voting will be held on March 26 from Ms. Tymoshenko’s coalition proposal and against those who demonstrate disap- Francisco, Calif. 94108) 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. local time at all the is also a likely reaction to warnings in Precinct No. 94 includes: Arizona, aforementioned locations. recent weeks from leaders of the Pora- (Continued on page 15) POLITICAL BLOC PROFILE: The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc by Zenon Zawada Security Service of Ukraine during her tenure as prime Kyiv Press Bureau minister, while Mr. Tomenko served as her vice prime minister for humanitarian affairs. During the 2006 parliamentary election campaign, Fourth on her list is Supreme Civil Court Judge Vasyl The Ukrainian Weekly will profile the leading political Onopenko, who is described in the Tymoshenko Bloc’s blocs. This week’s installment features the Yulia campaign literature as someone who resisted a series of Tymoshenko Bloc. attempts by former President ’s regime to get him to join its forces and serve its interests. KYIV – With the Our Ukraine Bloc keeping all the Former television news anchorman Andrii symbols and slogans from the “maidan” (Independence Shevchenko is fifth on the Tymoshenko Bloc’s list. In Square) – the focal point of the Orange Revolution – 2005 Mr. Shevchenko became vice-president of Yulia Tymoshenko had to re-invent her image for the Ukraine’s national television and radio company, where 2006 parliamentary campaign. he attempted to introduce reforms creating community- On occasion, she now appears in public without the based programming. braid that brought her worldwide adoration, letting It’s likely that Mr. Shevchenko would like to reclaim down her thick, blond wavy hair to mesmerize onlook- leadership in the company and renew those attempts, The logo of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. ers. political experts said. reprivatization of the Kryvorizhstal steel mill. She also Her bloc’s symbol is a red heart against a white back- Unlike the Our Ukraine Bloc, Ms. Tymoshenko pointed out that her government repealed 5,000 laws ground. makes no attempt to hide the nationalists in her bloc. that were created to benefit corrupt officials and busi- In her images and words, she has cast herself as a Nationalist icon Levko Lukianenko, who was a politi- fighter for justice against a corrupt establishment that nessmen. cal prisoner in Soviet prisons and labor camps for 26 The one critical issue in which Ms. Tymoshenko has forced her from power. years, is sixth on her electoral list. “Not a single person from the old or new government demonstrated solid consistency has been defense of the Ms. Tymoshenko frequently makes public appear- Ukrainian language. She opposes official status for the is held accountable by the law,” she said at a February ances alongside Andrii Shkil, an outspoken supporter of 20 press conference. “We have this tacit amnesty in Russian language. nationalist causes such as recognition of the Ukrainian Ms. Tymoshenko’s delivers all her speeches and which everyone is excused. And I am startled that our Insurgent Army (UPA) and former leader of the adolescent prisons are full of children who stole a can of press conferences in Ukrainian, except when visiting Ukrainian National Assembly-Ukrainian National Self the “blue oblasts,” or those that voted for Viktor condensed milk, but the guys who steal billions call this Defense (UNA-UNSO) paramilitary group. business.” Yanukovych in the 2004 election. Gongadze case crusader Hryhorii Omelchenko is sev- With regard to domestic policy, Ms. Tymoshenko’s Party leaders enth on the bloc’s list. opponents have labeled her as a populist, a description that most experts and academics, both Western and Several political blocs in the election campaign are Political strategy Ukrainian, are in full agreement with. built around a single personality, with the Yulia The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc was created with the When the Verkhovna Rada approved her Cabinet’s Tymoshenko Bloc being the most obvious one. union of her Batkivschyna political party with Mr. 2005 budget, she took special pride in declaring it If Ms. Tymoshenko were to leave politics, her bloc Onopenko’s Ukrainian Social-Democratic Party and Mr. Ukraine’s most generous budget ever. would evaporate and most of her votes would go to the Lukianenko’s Sobor Ukrainian Republican Party. Our Ukraine bloc, said Ivan Lozowy, president of the Ms. Tymoshenko’s political platforms have been Campaign strategy Kyiv-based Institute of Statehood and Democracy, widely described by political experts as populist and Amidst the tens of thousands of political ads to flood which is exclusively financed by Ukrainian business self-serving. Clear-cut policy positions are difficult to the airwaves of Ukrainian radio and television, the Yulia donations. identify. Tymoshenko Bloc has produced none. Instead, Ms. It’s her charismatic personality, combined with her She supports Ukraine’s integration into the European Tymoshenko spent her entire campaign traveling all image as a strong, patriotic leader, that draws voters to Union, yet Ms. Tymoshenko doesn’t support member- across Ukraine and speaking to large audiences. The her, political experts said. ship in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization “until this Tymoshenko Bloc has also produced many billboard Ask her voters why they are supporting Ms. idea gains broad public support,” Mr. Tomenko said advertisements, posting them throughout Ukraine. Tymoshenko, and they often repeat a popular adage that February 3. Unlike the Our Ukraine and Party of Regions blocs, “only a woman will save Ukraine.” In their view, Ms. Ms. Tymoshenko said she supports free market prin- the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc has stuck to one slogan: Tymoshenko is the fulfillment of such a prophecy. ciples, yet as prime minister imposed price controls on “There is justice, it’s worth fighting for!” Her party’s electoral list is an odd hodge-podge of such commodities as gasoline, sugar and meat, drawing Unlike the more self-restrained Our Ukraine cam- nationalists, oligarchs and policy-makers, political criticism from the U.S. State Department and Western paign, Ms. Tymoshenko directly attacks the Party of the experts said. In second and third place on the lists are political experts. Regions and its leader Mr. Yanukovych, stating that her trusted confidants and advisors Oleksander For her harshest critics on her economic policy, such among her campaign’s goals is to convince his support- Turchynov and Mykola Tomenko. as Anders Aslund of the Carnegie Endowment for ers that his party is the wrong choice for Ukraine. Like Ms. Tymoshenko, Mr. Turchynov is a International Peace in Washington, Ms. Tymoshenko Dnipropetrovsk native. He served as the chief of the points to her leadership in the transparent and honest (Continued on page 14) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 No. 9

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2005 UNA organizing results by Christine E. Kozak by 76 annuities for a total of $1,607,933 National Secretary collected with the applications. However, for first-year premiums in annuities the Every year the Ukrainian National UNA collected a total of $1,764,406. Association recognizes and awards branch The most popular annuity sold was the secretaries, organizers and agents who five-year annuity offering an interest rate have achieved a certain level of excellence of 4.5 percent. The UNA continues to in selling UNA life insurance and/or annu- offer excellent interest rates on both its ities. It is their hard work, persistence and dedication that enable the UNA to help short-and long-term annuity contracts. support the fraternal benefits available to The UNA would like to extend sincere our members such as Svoboda, The thanks to each and every secretary and Ukrainian Weekly and Soyuzivka. organizer for their loyalty to this fine organ- During 2005, the UNA increased its in- ization, and congratulates all who actively force business by 307 life insurance policies participated in the sale of UNA products for for a total of $7,046,000 in face amount, year 2005. The dedication, commitment and collecting $121,135 in premiums or cash persistence of these individuals helped not with application. only the UNA but the many families who The most widely purchased product purchased these products. They now have Myron Pylypiak Lubov Streletsky for 2005 was the 20-Payment Life, which the peace of mind that comes with knowing is a whole life policy that is paid up in 20 their families will have one less stressful sit- when times are tough, it is usually the first to both gentlemen for an outstanding job. annual payments. This product is perma- uation with which to cope. item to be cut from the family budget. The UNA is proud to announce the top nent insurance, has a cash value that The selling of life insurance is not an This is why it is such a pleasure to five overall winners who collected the increases throughout the life of the poli- easy task. Unfortunately, life insurance is announce the names of the UNA’s top most life insurance premiums: cy, and the premiums never increase. an item that is more often than not on the producers and to say thank you to these • Myron Pylypiak, secretary of Branch The UNA’s annuity business increased bottom of a family’s priority list. And, hard-working individuals who for the 496, member of the UNA General most part are volunteers and have been Assembly; working for the benefit of the UNA and • Lubov Streletsky, secretary of its membership for many years. Branch 10; CONVENTION PRIMER: Branches, During the last quarter of 2005, the • Christine Brodyn, secretary of UNA held its Second Annual Life Branch 27, UNA professional sales staff, Insurance Awareness Drive for our Home Office employee; the basic building block of the UNA branch secretaries. • Joseph Hawryluk, secretary of I am very proud to announce the winner Branch 360, Buffalo District chairman, The Ukrainian National Association is a Parsippany, N.J., the fact that a branch’s of this second annual drive: Stefan Hawrysz, professional agent, member of the UNA fraternal benefit society founded in 1894 to members don’t live in the same city does longtime secretary of Branch 83, longtime General Assembly; and provide for the well-being of “Ukrainians not pose a hindrance to collecting UNA Philadelphia District chairman, longtime and • Oksana Trytjak, secretary of Branch dues (something that in the early days of and their descendants.” The UNA does this esteemed member of the UNA General 25, UNA professional sales staff, UNA by providing life insurance and annuities the UNA was most likely to be done in Assembly. Mr. Hawrysz has dedicated over national organizer. to members and by using the profits earned person wherever Ukrainians gathered, be 50 years of service to the UNA. The top five organizers who sold the from sales of these products to support fra- it in the church hall or at the local nation- A close second was Nick Diakiwsky, most in life insurance face amount are: ternal activities that benefit members, as al home). Nonetheless, branch secretaries secretary of Branch 161, Pittsburgh well as the entire Ukrainian community. are charged with keeping track of their • Christine Brodyn, secretary of District chairman and former member of Branch 27, UNA professional sales staff, The basic building block of the UNA is members and keeping them informed of the UNA General Assembly. the branch. When a person enrolls into the branch meetings and other developments. Congratulations and a big thank-you (Continued on page 5) UNA, he or she is admitted to member- Branches send their delegates to quad- ship in the branch to which his/her appli- rennial conventions of the Ukrainian cation was submitted, or to which he/she National Association, the organization’s is assigned by the UNA Home Office. highest decision-making body. Delegates 2005 CLUB OF OUTSTANDING Enrolling in the UNA means filling are elected at branch meetings called out a application for an insurance policy within 60 days after the official ORGANIZERS or an annuity certificate. Certain types of announcement of the UNA convention. (for enrollment of 25 to 49 new members) life insurance policies require a medical Thus, since the upcoming 36th Regular Organizer Members Insurance Amount exam before a prospective member is Convention of the UNA was announced Steve Woch 25 $261,000 admitted into the UNA. on January 20, delegates, and their alter- New branches may also be created. nates, must be elected by March 20. The UNA Manuals note that “Any 15 or In accordance with the UNA By-Laws, more persons qualified for membership in each branch having 75 to 149 members is accordance with the By-Laws of the UNA entitled to one delegate. Branches having 2005 CLUB OF UNA BUILDERS being desirous of becoming a Branch of 150 to 224 members have two delegates; (for enrollment of 10 to 24 new members) this association shall hold a meeting and those having 225 to 299 members have Organizer Members Insurance Amount elect a temporary Branch President, three delegates. Branches that have 300 Myron Pylypiak (Branch 496) 21 $315,000 Branch Secretary and Branch Treasurer; or more members are entitled to four del- Joseph Hawryluk (Branch 360) 14 $475,000 adopt a resolution selecting a name and egates, but no branch can have more than Stefan Hawrysz (Branch 83) 14 $119,000 authorizing the officers so temporarily four delegates. Valentina Kaploun (Branch 269) 13 $172,000 elected to make application for a charter.” If a branch has less than 75 members it Christine Brodyn (Branch 27) 11 $2,145,000 The UNA Executive Committee must can unite with another branch that also Nadia Salabay (Branch 155) 11 $273,000 approve the new branch. Afterwards the has less than 75 members in order to Oksana Trytjak 10 $495,000 approved branch receives a charter and elect a delegate to the convention. official UNA materials. However, the two branches together must In the past, such branches were creat- have no less than 75 members. The by- ed by persons having a common interest laws note: “Unless otherwise agreed by – participation in a sports club or mem- the mutual consent of the Secretaries of 2005 CLUB OF DEDICATED UNA’ers bership in a youth organization, for these Branches, the Branch having the (for enrollment of 5 – 9 new members) example – or persons residing in the greater or greatest number of members Organizer Members Insurance Amount same area. shall be entitled to elected the delegates, Nick Diakiwsky (Branch 161) 8 $90,000 Today’s UNA branches, however, are and the Branch having the lesser number Lubov Streletsky (Branch 10) 7 $63,000 no longer confined to a particular city or of members, the alternate.” Nina Bilchuk 6 $55,000 even geographic area. Thus, a UNA Thus, through the branch system, each Motria Milanytch (Branch 450) 6 $55,000 branch based in, say, Jersey City, N.J., member of the UNA is represented at the Marianna Cizdyn (Branch 55) 6 $30,000 can have members from across the organization’s conventions by his/her Stephan Welhasch 5 $75,000 United States. duly elected delegate or delegates. Eugene Oscislawski (Branch 234) 5 $45,000 Since the UNA now does direct billing, Stephanie Hawryluk (Branch 88) 5 $25,000 which is managed by the Home Office in – Roma Hadzewycz

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UNA General Assembly; and • Peter Hawrylciw, secretary of Branch 253. The UNA would also like to acknowl- edge and say a special thank-you to the top three individuals who collected the most premiums for year 2005, both in life insurance and annuities combined: • Steven Woch, UNA professional sales, Home Office employee: $7,828 in insurance premiums; $378,137 in annuity premiums; $385,965 in total premiums. • Stephan Welhasch, Northern New Jersey District chairman, UNA professional sales staff, Home Office employee: $1,832 in insurance premiums; $159,500 in annu- ity premiums; $161,332 in total premiums. • Joseph Chabon, secretary Branch 242, Shamokin District chairman, pro- fessional agent: $459 in insurance premi- Christine Brodyn Joseph Hawryluk Oksana Trytjak ums; $35,360 in annuity premiums; $36,000 in total premiums. Assembly. • Valentina Kaploun, UNA Home It is important to keep in mind that each The top five organizers who sold the Office employee. and every life insurance policy or annuity 2005 UNA... sold is significant to the UNA. Every branch (Continued from page 4) largest number of policies are: The top producers who collected the secretary is an important and integral part of • Steven, Woch, UNA professional most in first-year premium annuities are: Home Office employee; the organization. Each UNA member is an • Paulo Prinko, member of the UNA sales staff, Home Office employee; • Steven Woch, UNA professional important member and an integral part of General Assembly; • Myron Pylypiak, secretary of Branch sales staff, UNA Home Office employee; our organization. Only by working together • Oksana Trytjak, secretary of Branch 496, member of the UNA General • Stephan Welhasch, Northern New can we help ensure that the UNA will be 25, UNA professional sales staff, UNA Assembly; Jersey District chairman, UNA professional here to help and support future generations. national organizer; • Joseph Hawryluk, secretary of sales staff, UNA Home Office employee; Once again, I challenge all UNA secre- • Joseph Hawryluk, secretary of Branch 360, Buffalo District chairman, • Joseph Chabon, secretary of Branch taries and organizers to go out into your Branch 360, Buffalo District chairman, professional agent, member of the UNA 242, Shamokin District chairman, pro- communities. Insure your family, your professional agent, member of the UNA General Assembly; fessional agent; friends and your community. We need you! General Assembly; and • Stefan Hawrysz, secretary of Branch • Joseph Hawryluk, secretary of We need your help, and we need your com- • Myron Pylypiak, secretary of Branch 83, Philadelphia District chairman, mem- Branch 360, Buffalo District chairman, mitment! Let us not forget that “The UNA 496, member of the UNA General ber of the UNA General Assembly; UNA professional agent, member of the and the community are partners for life.”

The Brotherhood of Ss. Peter & Paul Branch 102 of the Ukrainian National Association will hold its monthly and yearly meeting on Sunday, March 12, 2006, at 1:00 p.m. at the home of Nicholas Bobeczko, Financial Secretary 13971 Chippewa Trail Middleburg Heights, OH 44130

We will elect a delegate to the 36th UNA Convention to be held at Soyuzivka on May 26-29, 2006.

DISTRICT COMMITTEE of UNA BRANCHES OF DETROIT, MI

announces that its

ANNUAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING

will be held on Sunday, March 19, 2006, at 1:00 p.m. at the Ukrainian Cultural Center 26601 Ryan Rd., Warren, MI

Obligated to attend the annual meeting as voting members are District Committee Officers, Convention Delegates and two delegates from the following branches: HAVE YOU HEARD? PURCHASE A PREPAID 20, 82, 94, 165, 174, 175, 292, 341 20-YEAR ENDOWMENT POLICY FROM All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting. THE UNA FOR $2,287.26* AND I WILL RECEIVE A CHECK FOR $5,000** JUST IN TIME FOR Meeting will be attended by: Dr. Alexander J. Serafyn – UNA Auditor MY COLLEGE EDUCATION. WHAT ARE YOU WAIT- Anatole Doroshenko – Honorary Member of the UNA General Assembly ING FOR? CALL THE UNA AT 1-800-253-9862 AND

DISTRICT COMMITTEE LET’S GET STARTED. Dr. Alexander J. Serafyn, District Chairman Roman Lazarchuk, Secretary * FOR AGES 0 THROUGH 3 1/2 YEARS OLD Alexandra Lawrin, Treasurer ** MINIMUM FACE AMOUNT OF $5,000

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APPEALS TO OUR COMMUNITY THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Remembering Stalin TheSince Ukraine’s2006 proclamation Elections of allow the in voters Ukraine to get better acquainted The news media recently took a look back at a historic event from 25 years renewed independence in 1991, the with representatives of Ukraine’s politi- ago: the “secret speech” delivered on February 25, 1956, by Nikita Khrushchev Ukrainian Congress Committee of cal parties. As in previous years, the at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In that speech, America (UCCA) has been actively assist- UCCA is also appealing to the Ukrainian Khrushchev denounced Stalin and the “cult of the personality” that surrounded ing the land of our forefathers to develop American community to serve as interna- him, and exposed the crimes perpetrated by the dictator against his own people. strong democratic principles and an open tional election observers. Detailed infor- At the same time that Khrushchev’s historic act, which began a campaign of vibrant civic society. Especially important mation regarding the registration of inter- de-Stalinization, is being recalled, a museum devoted to Joseph Stalin is on the was the UCCA’s appeal for a free, fair and national elections observers is located on verge of opening in Volgograd, the “hero city” of World War II once known as open electoral process during Ukraine’s our website at http://www.ucca.org/. Stalingrad. According to the Independent, a British newspaper, the project is turbulent presidential elections of 2004. Our work has already begun. To being financed by local businessmen, but will be linked to the official complex We remained vigilant and sent to Ukraine finance its activities, the UCCA relies on that memorializes the Battle of Stalingrad. the largest registered delegation of inter- the Ukrainian community’s donations. The museum’s curator was quoted by the Independent as saying of the project: national election observers. Your generous contributions greatly “In France, people regard Napoleon and indeed the rest of their history with respect. This year, Ukraine will hold parlia- assist Ukraine and our community in the We need to look at our history in the same way.” Thus, the museum, which is sched- mentary elections on March 26. In many United States to achieve successful uled to open in late March, will have the usual displays: Stalin’s writing set, a repro- respects, these elections are new for results. The UCCA election projects in duction of his office in the Kremlin, medals, photographs, a likeness of Stalin, etc. Ukraine. Because of the changes to the the past have gained international atten- The Independent also quoted the chairman of a local association of victims of Constitution, the Ukrainian Parliament tion, thus we request your financial sup- political repression, Eduard Polyakov, as stating that the Stalin museum is an insult will play a more important role in gov- port to implement our newest civic edu- to the millions of victims of Stalin. “How can people spit into our souls like this?” erning the state. Considering these cation program in Ukraine. Your gener- Western historians estimate that the number of people who died as a direct result changes, we, as a Ukrainian American ous donations will make a difference! of Stalin’s regime is at least 20 million. Some 7 million to 10 million died in community, have a responsibility before Kindly contribute to “UCCA – Election Ukraine alone during the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. And, there were 18 mil- the Ukrainian people to inform the popu- Fund ‘06” and mail your donation to: lion who suffered in the gulag. Stalin’s name is associated with purges, deporta- lation about the electoral changes and, Ukrainian Congress Committee of tions, liquidations, show trials, terror, genocide. thus, to make the most knowledgeable America, 203 Second Ave., New York, And yet, he is revered. Many in Russia look back at his rule with nostalgia – decision. Our goal is to ensure the elec- NY 10003. nostalgia for a strong ruler of the USSR, then a superpower. tions are conducted in the most free and Our sincerest gratitude to all UCCA According to a poll conducted last year in Russia, Stalin is the most admired leader fair manner. contributors. of the USSR. The Mirror of London reported that another poll revealed that 20 per- To fulfill its obligations, the UCCA is cent of respondents viewed Stalin’s role in Russian history as “very positive,” while planning to implement a pre-electoral On behalf of the UCCA executive board: another 30 percent said it is “somewhat positive.” If that’s not disturbing enough, a project in Ukraine, within the framework Michael Sawkiw Jr., president 16-year-old Moscow student told the Mirror: “Stalin is a great personality. He’s like of a series of town hall meetings that will Marie Duplak, executive secretary Abraham Lincoln. He’s like the captain of a great state, the captain of a ship.” Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has expressed concern about these devel- opments: “We see Stalin’s portraits and a sort of renaissance of [Stalinism] ... There are attempts to preserve Stalinism, and this is very serious.” And, Former Politburo member Alexander Yakovlev said: “Stalin was an animal. ... But people are forgetting 20th anniversary of Chornobyl disaster that. ...When it comes to their own history our population is completely ignorant.” April 26, 2006, marks the anniversary The Ukrainian Canadian Congress That is a sentiment echoed by Khrushchev’s great-granddaughter, Nina L. of one of the most tragic events in the appeals to the entire Ukrainian Canadian Khrushcheva. Writing in the February 11 issue of The Washington Post, she noted: history of mankind – the 20th anniver- community to continue providing support “Deprived of national pride and their lifelong beliefs, Russians experienced the sary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. It and to recognize this anniversary date by demise of the Soviet era as the end of empire and a sense of national identity. In a state is categorized as one of the world’s worst planning appropriate programs and events of moral, material and physical despair, they yearned to feel better about themselves ecological catastrophes. The Chornobyl to create awareness and provide informa- and their land. The image of Stalin, with his wise, mustachioed smile, filled the void.” nuclear explosion placed millions of tion regarding the tragic aftermath of the Though Khrushchev “tried to begin the process of freeing Russia from Stalin’s men, women and children in danger of nuclear explosion. New facts relative to bloody past,” she observed, “the nation never fully dealt with the crimes of long-term health problems, and has seri- the catastrophe are constantly being Stalinism. Instead, the complexities of life in a fragmented modern society ... have ous implications for the entire world. uncovered. Twenty years later solutions made Russians nostalgic for the ‘strong state’ they once inhabited. It’s a cycle that Ukraine, the land and its people, face an are still being sought that would ease the will keep on repeating itself until Russia finally and fully confronts its past.” environmental crisis of enormous propor- suffering of a nation and its people. This If only the museum in Volgograd saw that as its goal... tions. These far-reaching consequences disaster cannot be forgotten. It still affects may never be fully recognized. millions of people every day. Over the past 20 years, through the The Chornobyl tragedy calls upon us efforts of the Ukrainian Canadian to unite so that we might avoid such dis- March Congress, its branches, member-organi- asters in years to come, and contribute Turning the pages back... zations and a multitude of groups and toward global security. individuals, much assistance has been 3 provided by Canadians to ease the suffer- Irene Sushko, president ing of those affected. Ukrainian Canadian Congress 2002 Four years ago, our correspondent at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Editor Andrew Nynka, wrapped up his cov- erage of the Games by writing: “For all their effort and sacri- fice prior to the start of the 19th Winter Olympiad in Salt The Ukrainian Weekly’s Lake City, Utah, Ukraine’s athletes returned home disappointingly medal-less.” Following years of rigorous training and preparation for the games, the best result 2005 issues now online Ukraine’s athletes could muster was a pair of fifth-place finishes in men’s freestyle aerials and women’s 30-kilometer cross-country skiing. However, the fifth place PARSIPPANY, N.J. – As of February Unveiled in August 1998, The results came as a pleasant and unexpected surprise for the competitors, highlighting a 22, the full texts of the 2005 issues of Weekly’s official website – called The bright spot in Ukraine’s disappointing final medal count of zero. The Ukrainian Weekly are available Ukrainian Weekly Archive – is dedi- In the men’s freestyle aerials event, Stanislav Kravchuk (no relation to Ukraine’s online at www.ukrweekly.com, the cated to archival materials published in former president Leonid Makarovych) told The Weekly that he expected to do no bet- newspaper’s official website. the newspaper since its founding in ter than sixth place, but was shooting to place in the top 10. “To be one of the top five The new addition was unveiled, as 1933. It includes the full texts of arti- in the world is a very amazing feeling for me. I did not expect it. I am very proud of has become tradition, on the anniver- cles published from 1996 though 2005, my achievements and feel wonderful to be here competing with the best athletes in the sary of the founding of the Ukrainian as well as articles from a variety of world,” the six-year national team veteran Kravchuk said of his performance upon National Association, the fraternal ben- special issues published through the moving up from 10th place to fifth in his final jump of competition. efit society founded in 1894 that pub- newspaper’s more than 72 years of In the women’s 30-kilometer cross-county event it was Valentyna Shevchenko who, lishes The Weekly. service to the Ukrainian community. on the final day of Olympic competition, pulled a last-minute surprise out of her hat by The 52 issues published in 2005 In addition, excerpts of the top news taking fifth place in the women’s endurance event with a time of 1:33:03.1. An include 1,916 articles. Thus, The stories published each week during the Olympic veteran of the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, , Shevchenko’s best prior Weekly’s website now contains 18,340 current year are available on The performance was a ninth place finish in the 4x5-kilometer relay and a prior career-best full-text articles. Weekly’s website. sixth place finish in the 5 kilometer classic at the 1999 World Championship. In other events at the 2002 Olympics, Team Ukraine’s athletes finished farther down the list, with the only other top-10 finishes being turned in by luger Lilia Ludan, who placed sixth; the men’s 4x7.5 relay team in biathlon, which came in seventh; and SUPPORT THE WORK ice dancers Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov (whose names we then transliterat- ed as Olena Hrushyna and Ruslan Honcharov), who took ninth place. OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY. Send contributions to: The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund, Source: “Ukraine’s Olympians leave Salt Lake City medal-less,” by Andrew Nynka, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 The Ukrainian Weekly, March 3, 2002, Vol. LXX, No. 9. No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 7 PERSPECTIVES Doubleby Khristina Exposur Lew e Double Exposure BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY

Three parts of a whole Facing up to social and political isolation Recent discussions among members of Groups like the “Spartanky” and “Ti, I was in the fifth grade back in 1957 Saturday schools, dance troupes, youth the community about which direction Scho Hrebli Rvut” Plast sororities are when I missed school on January 7 because organizations, summer camps and sea- Ukrainian organizations in America should also contributing to the fund-raising our family was celebrating Christmas sonal traditions. In the process, the com- take beg the inevitable question: “What effort. In March the two groups will hold according to the Julian calendar. The next munity keeps generating events that fos- kind of Ukrainians do we want to be?” a Pilates class, whose proceeds will ben- day, my homeroom teacher angrily rejected ter social interaction. Without exaggerat- There are no easy answers. efit the cultural center. my father’s note requesting that the absence ing, I’ve easily been to a couple of thou- Take someone like Mary Mycio, a Michael says he wants to teach his chil- be excused and announced to the class that I sand concerts, festivals, parties, wed- Ukrainian American raised on Long dren Ukrainian culture, history and lan- would never be accepted to a major dings, christenings, conferences, funer- Island, active in New York community guage because “It’s my roots. It’s impor- American university because I had cut als, dances, etc. in my 50 or so years, and life, who, with the first signs of freedom in tant to have a Ukrainian background school and that transgression was now on I have a couple of thousand friends and her ancestral homeland, pitched her life as nowadays, because we’re becoming more my permanent record and would follow me relatives – distant ones and close. a lawyer in the United States and moved in and more international. It may be good for the rest of my days. I burned with shame. Politically, the community has also been 1989 to Kyiv to live there permanently. business down the road,” he said. I wasn’t the only one who remembered extremely active, organizing around the She worked for the Popular Movement of And then there is Olga Kogut, who that. At our 20th high school reunion, one goal of Ukraine’s independence. For nearly Ukraine, or Rukh, and later began writing echoes Michael’s sentiments, but from a of my best friends from grade school men- a century, politicians recognizing the value for newspapers and magazines around the very different perspective. Olga was born tioned the incident as one of the creepiest of a highly motivated, well-organized eth- world, including a stint as the Kyiv corre- in Lviv, and this year will celebrate nine moments from all our years in school. nic group paid lip service to their dream spondent for the Los Angeles Times. She years in the United States. She holds a Ever since, I’ve paid attention to refer- until, astonishingly, in 1991 it became a is currently the director of the IREX U- U.S. passport, works for the hotel indus- ences about pressures exerted on immi- reality. Today, Ukrainian Americans are Media Legal Defense and Education try in New York City and is engaged to grants (and Native Americans) to suc- players, lobbying Congress and successive Program for Ukrainian journalists. be married to an American. cumb to the assimilation process known administrations to support free elections in She returned to New York in January She attends a Ukrainian church but as the “Melting Pot.” Those pressures Ukraine, approve NATO membership, lift as part of a three-city tour of her new does not take part in any organized were pervasive. Jackson-Vanik restrictions, win nomina- book, “Wormwood Forest: A Natural Ukrainian community life. She said she I mention this in light of James tions to the federal court and approval for History of Chernobyl,” published by would like to be closer to the Ukrainian Webb’s “Born Fighting, How the Scots- projects like the Ukrainian Museum- Joseph Henry Press. In doing research community and laughs, “My mother is Irish Shaped America,” a terrific book Archives in Cleveland. for the book, she visited the Chornobyl arriving from Lviv, and when she gets about one of America’s predominant eth- Along the way, many Ukrainians, to be region and the infamous nuclear power settled, I know she will make me join.” nic groups. Their culture goes back to sure, have succumbed to the Melting Pot plant over 20 times. Olga is assimilated into American life before the Roman Emperor Hadrian built and are Ukrainians no more. On the other Mary, obviously, is the exception to and says that when she goes to Ukraine, a wall separating the untamed and uncon- hand, I see a lot of really neat people who “See you at Soyuzivka next Labor Day.” “it is distant to me. But I know where I querable Scots from the rest of Britain. have become Ukrainians by choice, through What about Michael Zawadiwsky, fund- come from and my heart rejoices when I Many generations later, in the 18th cen- professional dealings with Ukraine, as part- raising chairman for the Ukrainian spend time with fellow Ukrainians.” She tury, hundreds of thousands of them ners in “mixed marriages,” etc. American Cultural Center of New Jersey in plans to teach her children the Ukrainian immigrated to America. America has been a wonderful country Whippany. An insurance broker, Michael language because, “the more languages Combining strains of acute individual- where people from everywhere exercise says he became involved in the cultural you know, the more intelligent you are, ism with a strong military tradition, the the freedom to be whoever they choose center because “I’ve touched every single and it is important for a child to know impact of the Scots-Irish has been huge. and do just about anything they want – aspect of it: I am a parishioner at St. John’s, where it comes from,” she said. They’ve given us country music, not always without a struggle to over- I belong to Plast, my kids belong to Plast, Olga says she considers herself an NASCAR racing, fundamentalist come racial, ethnic and social prejudices. my kids go to Ridna Shkola, I’m the head American of Ukrainian descent. So do I – Christianity, trailer parks, the National Ukrainians are among those who’ve ben- of Sitch volleyball – this place will be the but look how vastly different our experi- Rifle Association, a preponderant number efited from being American, and we’ve center of my life for the next 10 years.” ences have been, or those of Mary, or of America’s military personnel and the contributed in turn, above all by helping The cultural center, scheduled for com- Michael. army of truck drivers who haul America’s to win the Cold War once the conflict pletion by the end of 2006, is the future Some Americans of Ukrainian descent goods and produce. They constituted half had been reduced to a nuclear stalemate, home in northwest New Jersey to “Ridna will be trailblazers, contributing to com- of George Washington’s troops and an by weighing in on the critical battle for Shkola” (School of Ukrainian Studies), munity life from afar. Others will work overwhelming majority of Confederate sol- “hearts and minds.” That dramatic story, Plast, SUM, Iskra Dance Troupe, Sitch to improve existing institutions. Still oth- diers (95 percent of whom owned no slaves which culminated in the independence Sports Club, Children of Chornobyl Relief ers will bring new perspectives. at all). Their ranks included Daniel Boone, referendum that sealed the fate of the and Development Fund, Ukrainian These differences are important – Davy Crockett, Gens. Stonewall Jackson, Soviet Empire, is still waiting to be told. Congress Committee of America, they make the community more robust. John Pershing, Douglas McArthur and As for my humiliation in the fifth Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal The key will be to harness this diversity George S. Patton, along with Presidents grade, that was a long time ago. Now, Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, Credit Union and Plast-Pryiat. It is affiliat- into community organizations that will I’m at the age where I read the death Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan and Bill ed with St. John the Baptist Ukrainian benefit today’s “Ukrainian.” notices every day. On occasion, I recog- Clinton; cultural figures like Mark Twain, Catholic Church in Whippany. nize a high school classmate; a lot more * * * Edgar Allen Poe, Elvis Presley, Robert Michael has put together an ambitious often, it’s one of the parents. And I find it Redford and Merle Haggard. interesting how many are buried out of plan to raise $2 million by July 2007, For more information about The author of “Born Fighting” is pretty one of Cleveland’s Ukrainian Orthodox including an April 1 Cabaret Night with “Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of distinguished himself. One of the most or Catholic Churches. I had no idea when the raffle of a Lexus, expected to raise Chernobyl” visit www.chernobyl.in.ua; highly decorated Marines in the Vietnam I was in high school that so many of my $50,000, and a June 5 golf outing that for more information about the Ukrainian War, Mr. Webb became assistant secretary classmates were just like me, only more typically brings in $20,000 to $25,000 American Cultural Center of New Jersey of defense and secretary of the Navy in successful at concealing their roots and with corporate sponsorships. visit www.uaccnj.org. the Reagan administration. He’s also writ- blending into the broader culture, the one ten six novels, is an Emmy Award-win- the Scots-Irish, and others, helped create ning journalist and taught literature at the – one that permitted freedom of expres- To The Weekly Contributors: university level. Now he’s the Democratic sion even as it encouraged conformity candidate for U.S. Senate from Virginia. and “melting” into the new amalgam. We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, letters to the editor, etc. – we receive from our readers. In order to facilitate preparation of The Ukrainian Yet, for all the contributions his people Ironically, those pressures became so Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed below be followed. have made, Mr. Webb laments that “... mod- powerful, they consumed the very ones ern America has forgotten who they were who created the culture. Now James ® News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of a given event. (and are)” and feels that, “My culture needs Webb has written a book to try to rescue ® All materials must be typed (or legibly hand-printed) and double-spaced. ® to rediscover itself.” And why is that? them. A lot of Ukrainians never bought Photographs (originals only, no photocopies or computer printouts) submitted for publica- Because, he writes, “those who cannot artic- into the Melting Pot and, now having the tion must be accompanied by captions. Photos will be returned only when so requested and ulate their ethnic origins are doomed to a means of articulating their ethnic origins, accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. ® form of social and political isolation.” Wow! are happily doing so. Full names (i.e., no initials) and their correct English spellings must be provided. ® In contrast to the Scots-Irish, whose By the way, I did end up going to a major Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the name of the publication and history has “been allowed to melt into the date of the edition. American university, my fifth grade teacher ® Information about upcoming events must be received one week before the date of The Weekly obscurity,” Ukrainians in America, by notwithstanding. Our family celebrates edition in which the information is to be published. and large, have a good sense of who they Christmas on December 25. Our children ® Persons who submit any materials must provide a daytime phone number where they may are. Going back to the turn of the last speak Ukrainian. Our son plays bandura; our be reached if any additional information is required. century, we’ve maintained choirs, ® daughter writes pysanky (Easter eggs); both Unsolicited materials submitted for publication will be returned only when so requested and dance for Kashtan and go to Ukrainian accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is: Saturday school. Many of my friends are [email protected]. Scots-Irish. I love hillbilly music. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 No. 9

The installation began shortly after wisely,” for the “beautiful way that you 450 attend... noon in the chapel, with a reading by have led this eparchy, made it strong and, (Continued from page 1) Msgr. Julian Rotor, representing the given God’s will, will continue to serve Sawkiw Jr., Ukrainian National Women’s apostolic nuncio in the U.S., of the papal our Church, our one Church.” As he League of America President Iryna decree appointing Bishop Chomnycky as spoke, the ugly rifts in the Ukrainian Catholic Church that marred the 1960s, Kurowyckyj, Ukrainian American Stamford’s new eparch. The rite of enthronement was conducted by ’70s and ’80s, seemed distant. Coordinating Council President Ihor Patriarch Husar, followed by the bilin- The patriarch continued: “And no Gawdiak, Supreme Plast Command head gual celebration of a pontifical divine longer are we simply a Church for immi- Yaroslava Rubel, and the president and liturgy. grants to find comfort, shelter in a CEO of Self Reliance New York Federal It was during his sermon that Patriarch strange land – this is our land. And, as Credit Union, Dr. Bohdan Kekish. Husar synthesized the remarkable faithful deeply rooted in this land – we Ukraine’s United Nations Ambassador moment in the history of the Ukrainian can afford to reach out, to share our gifts Valeriy Kuchinsky and new Consul Catholic Church in America that all pres- with others, gifts that others are willing General in New York Mykola ent were witnessing: after almost 30 to receive.” And then the decades of rifts Kyrychenko with their wives, also years of service in the Stamford eparchy between the Latin- and Byzantine-rite attended. by Bishop Losten, authority was being Churches suddenly seemed distant as Representatives of Connecticut’s transferred to the next generation. well. Knights of Columbus and Catholic chari- Speaking slowly and quietly, translating “Share with others here, as well as in table organizations and members of himself from Ukrainian into English, Ukraine. Our Church in Ukraine,” he dozens of parishes belonging to the Patriarch Husar began by thanking continued, “needs to have faithful out- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford Bishop Losten, his classmate in the semi- side Ukraine reach out to us, to remind were among others in attendance. nary, for “using your God-given talents us that now, as part of God’s plan, we are Bishop Paul Patrick Chomnycky dur- a global Church,” that Ukrainian ing the divine liturgy.

Irene Jarosewich Bishop Emeritus Basil Losten (right), former eparch of Stamford, with Archbishop Emeritus Stephen Sulyk, former metropolitan of Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S.

Catholics are found throughout the world our Catholic Church.” He continued by and are no longer isolated and alone. noting that he finds himself among his As he turned to the new eparch sitting dearest colleagues. Turning to Cardinal in the bishop’s chair by the side of the Husar, he said “On more than one occa- altar he said, “Bishop Paul, do not be sion, as I have walked down the carpet of afraid, there will no doubt be difficult cardinals at the Vatican, I can’t think of moments. But look around you – this is another cardinal with whom I would your family, these are you brothers, turn rather walk than my dear friend Cardinal to them, they are willing to help you. Lubomyr Husar.” Welcome.” “But I have also on more than one After the divine liturgy, Cardinal Egan occasion walked with another wonderful spoke. After briefly joking that Bishop bishop,” he said turning to Bishop Chomnycky’s middle name is Patrick, Losten. “I have always felt very blessed and therefore he, as an Irishman, already by the warmth and friendship and charm felt a kinship with him, he went on to of Bishop Losten and, through him, have note that the “beauty of this wondrous felt very close to the Ukrainian Catholic chapel reflects the wonder and beauty of Church. How blessed I have been to know you, Basil Losten. Congratulations on the work that you have done; thank you for your friendship.” Then, turning to the new eparch, Cardinal Egan said, “Bishop Paul Patrick, I assure you that Bishop Edward Michael will be proud to walk with you, to work with you. On behalf of my faith- ful in New York, I welcome you.” The last to speak was 51-year-old Bishop Chomnycky. Born in in 1954, he began studies for the priest- hood only after completing university and working for several years. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1988, ordained a bishop in 2002 and served as bishop for Ukrainian Catholics in Great Britain until his appointment as the fourth bishop of Stamford was announced by Pope Benedict XVI in January. In an at-times emotional speech, he (Continued on page 14) No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 9

2006 WINTER OLYMPICS – TORINO,

Results for Team Ukraine SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20

Biathlon – Men’s 20 km Individual Alpine Skiing – Men’s Giant Slalom 18. Ruslan Lysenko 26. Nikolay Skriabin 39. Andriy Deryzemlya 49. Olexander Bilanenko Figure Skating – Ice Dancing 54. Alexei Korobeynikov 3. Elena Grushina/Ruslan Goncharov 20. Julia Golovina/Oleg Voiko Nordic Combined – Individual Gundersen 15 km 45. Sergei Diyachuk TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 48. Volodymyr Trachuk Biathlon – Men’s 4x7.5 km Relay SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 7. Olexander Bilanenko, Andriy Deryzemlya, Alexei Korobeynikov, Ruslan Lysenko Alpine Skiing – Men’s Downhill 47. Nikolay Skriabin Nordic Combined – Individual Sprint 7.5 km 45. Sergei Diyachuk Cross-Country Skiing – Ladies’ 15 km Pursuit 48. Volodymyr Trachuk 14. Valentina Shevchenko Getty Images 26. Vita Jakimchuk Biathlete Lilia Efremova of Ukraine. 40. Kateryna Grygorenko 45. Tatjana Zavalij Cross-Country Skiing – Ladies’ Team Sprint DNQ for final Marina Malets Lisogor and Tatjana Cross-Country Skiing – Men’s 30 km Pursuit Zavalij 47. Mikhail Gumenyak 50. Roman Leybyuk Cross-Country Skiing – Men’s Team Sprint 53. Olexandr Putsko DNQ for final Ivan Bilosyuk and Vitaly Martsyv 58. Alexander Batyuk Luge – Women’s Singles 6. Liliya Ludan DNS Natalia Yakushenko Getty Images WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Winners of the 7.5-kilometer sprint of biathlon (from left): silver medalist Anna Carin Olofsson of Sweden, Luge – Men’s Doubles gold medalist Florence Baverel-Robert of France and 14. Andriy Kis/Yuriy Hayduk bronze medalist Lilia Efremova of Ukraine. DNS Oleg Zherebetskyy/Roman Yazvinskyy WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Alpine Skiing – Ladies’ Slalom Biathlon – Women’s 7.5 km Sprint 45. Yulia Siparenko 3. Lilia Efremova 44. Olena Petrova Cross-Country Skiing – Ladies’ Sprint 49. Oksana Khvostenko 36. Vita Jakimchuk 50. Nina Lemesh Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov of Ukraine, 43. Marina Malets Lisogor bronze medalists in ice dancing. Cross-Country Skiing – Women’s 10 km Classical 21. Valentina Shevchenko MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 27. Tatjana Zavalij 44. Kateryna Grygorenko Biathlon – Women’s 15 km Individual 21. Oksana Khvostenko Figure Skating – Men’s 30. Olena Petrova 20. Anton Kovalevski 37. Lilia Efremova 47. Valj Semerenko FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Figure Skating – Pairs Cross-Country Skiing – 15 km Classical 12. Tatiana Volosozhar/Stanislav Morozov 18. Roman Leybyuk Reuters 19. Julia Beloglazova/Andrei Bekh 57. Vladimir Olschanski Ukraine’s Natalia Yakushenko competes in the TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 61. Vitaly Martsyv women’s singles luge event at the Winter Olympic 64. Alexander Batyuk Games. Yakushenko, who was in seventh place in Skiing – Men’s Combined Downhill the World Cup standings, crashed during one of her DNF Nikolay Skriabin SA TURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 runs and did not finish the competition.

Biathlon – Men’s 10 km Sprint Biathlon Alpine Skiing – Men’s Super G Cross-Country Skiing – Men’s Sprint 29. Andriy Deryzemlya 53. Nikolay Skriabin 40. Ivan Bilosyuk 36. Olexander Bilanenko 42. Vitaly Martsyv 46. Ruslan Lysenko Biathlon – Women’s 10 km Pursuit 62. Mikhail Gumenyak 74. Vyacheslav Derkach 8. Lilia Efremova 66. Olexandr Putsko 41. Nina Lemesh DNS Olena Petrova Freestyle Skiing – Ladies’Aerials Lapped Oksana Khvostenko 13. Olga Volkova 18. Tatiana Kozachenko Biathlon – Men’s 12.5 km Pursuit 20. Nadiya Didenko 33. Andriy Deryzemlya 43. Ruslan Lysenko THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 DNS Olexander Bilanenko Biathlon – Women’s 4x6 km Relay Cross-Country Skiing – Ladies’ 4x5 km Relay 11. Oksana Khvostenko, Olena Petrova, Nina Lemesh, 8. Kateryna Grygorenko, Tatjana Zavalij, Vita Lilia Efremova Jakimchuk, Valentyna Shevchenko

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19 DNQ = did not qualify DNS = did not start Cross-Country Skiing – Men’s 4x10 km Relay DNF = did not finish 14. Roman Leybyuk, Vladimir Olschanski, Olexandr Torino 2006 Olympic medals. Putsko, Mikhail Gumenyak Source: Torino 2006 website 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 No. 9

Ukraine’s new ambassador addresses Famine-Genocide committee by Serhiy Zhykharev President Yushchenko raised the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Ukrainian genocide on the world forum when he addressed the United Nations NEW YORK – Ukraine’s new ambas- General Assembly in September 2005.” sador to the United States, Dr. Oleh The Ukrainian ambassador thanked Shamshur, attended a meeting of the the committee for the invitation to attend Committee to Commemorate the 75th its deliberations and to address its partici- Anniversary of the Ukrainian Genocide pants. “The world must understand that of 1932-1933, which was held on this was a genocide against the Ukrainian Saturday, February 4, in the conference people,” stated Ambassador Shamshur. room of the Ukrainian Congress The ambassador also thanked the Committee of America at 203 Second Ukrainian American community for its Ave. diligent efforts in advocating a monu- The chairman of the Committee to ment to the victims of the Ukrainian Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Genocide on federal land in Washington. the Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933, “Your hard efforts were fruitful,” contin- Michael Sawkiw Jr., greeted Ambassador ued Ambassador Shamshur, “and togeth- Shamshur and welcomed the Ukrainian er with the Ukrainian government we government’s recent measures to turn the will leave a lasting legacy for all in world’s attention to the genocide that Washington to see.” occurred in Ukraine nearly 75 years ago. Following the ambassador’s initial “Indeed, President [Viktor] comments, participants at the meeting Yushchenko’s first public speech after his were afforded an opportunity to ask ques- inauguration last year,” stated Mr. tions. Many issues of concern were Sawkiw, “dealt with the Ukrainian broached, including the upcoming During a meeting in New York with Ukraine’s new ambassador to the United States Genocide of 1932-1933 and how the Ukrainian parliamentary elections, the (from left) are: Larissa Kyj, UCCA executive vice-president; Askold Lozynskyj, Ukrainian people must learn the truth president, Ukrainian World Congress; Michael Sawkiw Jr., president, UCCA and about its circumstances. Furthermore (Continued on page 17) Ambassador Oleh Shamshur. The Ukrainian Museum hosts Ukraine’s new envoy to U.S. by Marta Baczynsky NEW YORK – Since The Ukrainian Museum became operational in 1976 on two top floors of a New York brownstone on Second Avenue, a great number of people from all walks of life have come through its doors – a testament to the value of the treasures within. This measure of success has been magnified in the museum’s elegant new building, which, since its open- ing 10 months ago, has hosted such distinguished guests as the , Viktor Yushchenko, and Kateryna Yushchenko; and Patriarch Filaret, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate. On Saturday, February 6, the museum had the dis- tinct honor to welcome the new ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, Dr. Oleh Shamshur. The ambassador arrived at the museum accompanied by Consul Andrii Olefirov from the Consulate General of Ukraine in New York City and Natalia Holub, second secretary at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington. The ambassador was greeted by Olha Hnateyko, president of the museum’s board of trustees, Maria Shust, museum director, board members and staff. He toured the current exhibition, “The Tree of Life, the Ambassador Oleh Shamshur (center) at The Ukrainian Museum in New York, with Olha Hnateyko, board president, and Maria Shust, director (on the right), members of the Ukrainian diplomatic corps consul Andrii (Continued on page 17) Olefirov, Second Secretary Natalia Holub, members of the museum’s board of trustees and staff.

Shamshur pays a visit to the Shevchenko Scientific Society NEW YORK – Dr. Oleh Shamshur, the February 4. The ambassador was accompa- The diplomatic entourage was welcomed Advancement of Slavic Studies new ambassador of Ukraine to the United nied by the Embassy’s cultural attaché, by NTSh Executive Board Members Dr. (AAASS) in Washington in November. States paid a visit to the headquarters of the Natalia Holub, and by Ukraine’s acting con- Larissa Zaleska Onyshkevych, president; Similarly, Consul Olefirov reiterated his Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh) on sul-general in New York, Andrii Olefirov. Drs. Roman Andrushkiw and Orest earlier offer to NTSh of co-sponsoring Popovych, vice-presidents; and Olha scholarly and cultural events. Kuzmowycz, recording secretary, as well as Dr. Andrushkiw informed the visitors Svitlana Andrushkiw, library director; Dr. about the Shevchenko Society’s ongoing Vasyl Lopukh, office manager; and Prof. efforts to bring about the Ukrainization Vasyl Makhno, program coordinator. of Microsoft and Linus computer pro- After a brief tour of the NTSh build- gramming in Ukraine. He suggested ing, focusing primarily on the library, all steps by which the Ukrainian government assembled for a roundtable of informal could help in these endeavors. exchanges of ideas and plans for mutual Many other issues were raised, and the cooperation. full texts of the NTSh suggestions and com- Dr. Onyshkevych presented a list of ments were presented to the ambassador in suggestions on how Ukraine’s diplomatic writing. Ambassador Shamshur repeatedly institutions could support a more visible expressed his readiness to cooperate with and effective Ukrainian presence at and assist the NTSh in every possible way American and international scholarly with the objective of promoting Ukrainian conferences on Slavistics. scholarship and Ukraine’s image abroad. Ambassador Shamshur was very forth- The entire meeting took place in a very coming in his responses, promising, friendly, relaxed atmosphere. among other things, to host a reception Before their departure, the guests from At the Shevchenko Scientific Society (from left) are: Svitlana Andrushkiw, Dr. for those scholars in Ukrainian studies the Embassy of Ukraine received as gifts Orest Popovych, Dr. Roman Andrushkiw, Ambassador Oleh Shamshur and Dr. who will participate in the convention of several of the books and bulletins recent- Larissa Onyshkevych. the American Association for the ly published by NTSh. No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 11 Language and elections in Ukraine discussed at NTSh by Dr. Orest Popovych bill received a powerful rebuttal from the Institute of the Ukrainian Language of NEW YORK – Any program dealing the National Academy of Sciences of with the status of the Ukrainian language Ukraine (February 5); the unconfirmed in Ukraine is likely to draw a crowd, but report from Moscow (December 8, 2005) the January 28 roundtable at the citing Volodymyr Lytvyn, the chairman Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh) of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, as being headquarters titled “Language and opposed to Ukrainization and favoring Elections in Ukraine, 2004-2006” must official status for the Russian language in have set a record, judging by the packed Ukraine; in January, Viktor Yanukovych, lecture hall. the ex-prime minister of Ukraine, came After a brief welcome by NTSh out in favor of Russian as a second state President Dr. Larissa Zaleska Onyshkevych, Prof. Vasyl Makhno, who language, while his immediate successor, emceed the program, introduced its Yulia Tymoshenko, said she opposed the roundtable participants: Dr. idea. Academician Pavlo Hrytsenko has Onyshkevych, and Prof. Yuri Shevchuk, called for a moratorium on the language Antonina Berezovenko, Mykola debate until after the elections to Ryabchuk and Alexander Motyl. Verkhovna Rada in March. Dr. Onyshkevych noted the idea that Dr. Onyshkevych recalled several a country has the right to its own lan- efforts on the part of the Shevchenko guage, and that the Ukrainian language Scientific Society on behalf of the represents the only possible unifying Ukrainian language in Ukraine. Most sig- factor capable of securing an independ- nificantly, she showed excerpts from the At the Shevchenko Scientific Society (standing from left): Alexander Motyl, Yuriy ent Ukrainian state. On the other hand, official video footage where she is Shevchuk, Larissa Onyshkevych, Antonina Berezovenko and Mykola Ryabchuk. if Ukraine were to become officially addressing Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada on bilingual, continued Dr. Onyshkevych, March 12, 2003, in defense of the rights of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc displays dynamics of the language developments the Russian language would certainly of the Ukrainian language. good Ukrainian, while its program litera- in Ukraine before, during and after the win out and Ukraine would find itself Next to speak was Prof. Shevchuk, ture is available also in Russian and Orange Revolution. Prior to the revolu- politically and culturally in a similar who teaches Ukrainian language and cul- English. Again, there is no mention of tion, expressions of Ukrainian patriotism state with respect to Russia as Ireland ture at Columbia University. Prof. the word “language” in it. Both the were often sarcastic or placed in quota- and Wales are with respect to England. Shevchuk has investigated the language Socialist and the Communist parties have tion marks; during and after the revolu- She then presented a detailed used in the pre-election campaign by the Ukrainian-language websites, but their tion it became prestigious to be chronology of the events and pro- major Ukrainian political parties on their programs call for elevating the Russian Ukrainian, according to the speaker. nouncements over the past year that websites and documents. language to the status of a second state In the case of the Yulia Tymoshenko illustrate recent developments on the The website of Our Ukraine is in language. Bloc, however, the orange color of the language front in Ukraine. Ukrainian only, while there is no refer- The overall impression in the view of revolution has been complemented by Among them the most significant ence to languages in the party literature; Prof. Shevchuk is that Ukraine’s political the white-and-blue of its opponent, Mr. were: the initiative on the part of the Party of the Regions has a Russian- parties are trying to avoid any politiciza- Yanukovych, which attests to a certain Oleksander Moroz, the Socialist Party language website and a bilingual text in tion of the language problem. ambivalence and immaturity within chairman, to introduce official multilin- its party program. The latter, however, Prof. Berezovenko, who teaches Ukrainian society, concluded Prof. gualism (actually, bilingualism) in makes no reference to the idea of Russian Ukrainian at Columbia and Rutgers uni- Berezovenko. Ukraine (January 21, 2005); Mr. Moroz’s as a second state language. The website versities, has been monitoring the Prof. Ryabchuk, a political scientist teaching at Columbia University, started by declaring that the language policy in Ukraine has not changed over the years Researcher speaks on Orange Revolution folklore because that problem is of little interest to the majority of the population. The by Natalie Kononenko ways and other places where it would be She also explored Canadian repositories language problem is acute only for visible only to the few, graffiti showed up of Ukrainian folklore, specifically the EDMONTON – Oleksandra Britsyna, nationally conscious Ukrainians, who everywhere: on subway entrances, fences Bohdan Medwidsky Ukrainian Folklore represent a minority. senior researcher at the Rylsky Institute and even people’s clothing. Words and Archive at the University of Alberta and of Art, Folklore and Ethnology of the Among the majority there exists an drawings played on the infamous egg the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village ambivalence with respect to language, as Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, incident in which Mr. Yanukovych was east of Edmonton. spoke on January 17 on the folklore of only 50 percent of the people speak supposedly injured by an Ukrainian at home, according to Prof. the Orange Revolution at the University egg, and on the orange as of Alberta. Dr. Britsyna and her colleague Ryabchuk. On the positive side, more revolutionary symbol. people today declare themselves and Inna Holovakha conducted fieldwork Some graffiti were their mother tongue to be Ukrainian than among the residents of the tent city on the obscene, but tolerated in ever before. This is true in all regions of “maidan” – Kyiv’s Independence Square, the context of the carni- Ukraine, except for the Donbas and the focal point of the revolution – photo- val atmosphere. Crimea. According to the lecturer, the graphing graffiti, collecting jokes, and Interestingly, folklore ambivalence with respect to language recording text messages where people about Mr. Yushchenko will persist in Ukraine for a long time, transmitted folklore by cell phone. generated today, one and will require a flexible policy from According to Dr. Britsyna, folklore year after the revolution, the Ukrainian government. played a most important role in the draws more on television Prof. Motyl, a political scientist from Orange Revolution, and it took many commercials than on Rutgers University, confronted the audi- forms. People used traditional folk say- folk sayings. Perhaps ence with the provocative supposition ings and manipulated them to communi- this is an indication that that in the next parliamentary elections cate their sentiments. President Yushchenko in Ukraine the Party of the Regions Thus, the expression “Moia khata z has lost some of his sta- might prevail, making Mr. Yanukovych kraiu” (my house is at the edge of the tus as folk hero, the the next prime minister. He then allayed village), an expression used to excuse speaker observed. any fears such a scenario might engender non-involvement, was changed to the In addition to giving a by explaining that the post-election slogan, often written on banners, “Moia lecture on the folklore of behavior of any party is likely to be khata na maidani” (my house is on the the Orange Revolution, much more moderate than its pre-elec- maidan) to voice deep commitment to Dr. Britsyna visited folk- tion stance. the Orange Revolution. lore classes and spoke Specifically on the subject of lan- Similarly, headgear typically worn at about her work in the guage, Prof. Motyl sounded rather fatal- weddings and stars traditionally carried village of Ploske, where istic: the Ukrainian-Russian bilingualism at Christmas were modified and used to she studied the preserva- in Ukraine has not changed in the last 15 convey the joyous, virtually carniva- tion and transmission of years and no declarative measures will lesque, atmosphere of the tent city on the folktales and other prose change that status. maidan. texts. The program continued with each of As folk expressions were modified to Dr. Britsyna came to the roundtable participants first answer- suit the goals of the Orange Revolution, the University of Alberta ing a specific question posed to them by so were traditional jokes. The good to serve as an outside Dr. Onyshkevych and then summarizing news/bad news jokes were transformed to examiner on a doctoral his or her views on the current language comment on vote-count rigging by Viktor defense. After the defense, situation in Ukraine. The floor was then Yanuknovych and his supporters, for she was able to share her opened to a barrage of questions and example. Graffiti played an extremely expertise through the lec- comments from a deeply engaged audi- important role. Usually relegated to alley- tures described above. A tent city dweller decked out in orange and graffiti. ence. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 No. 9

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Capitol Hill. On February 15 he visited NEWSBRIEFS office of Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.), (Continued from page 12) who chairs the House Subcommittee on those seeking to visit, study or conduct Europe and Emerging Threats. They dis- business in the country. (Ukrinform) cussed the coming 20th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, including prepa- Yulia urges challenge to gas deal ration of a special congressional resolu- tion dedicated to this tragic date. Mr. KI Y V – Yulia Tymoshenko said on Gallegly assured the ambassador of his äð‡ÈÓ‚‡ ìÔð‡‚‡ ëÔ¥ÎÍË ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓª åÓÎÓ‰¥ February 17 that the Ukrainian-Russian full support and awareness of the politi- ‚ ÄÏÂðˈ¥ Û „ÎË·ÓÍÓÏÛ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ gas deal that raised the gas price to $95 cal importance of this issue. Thanking ÔÓ‚¥‰ÓÏÎflπ Ò‚Óªı ˜ÎÂÌ¥‚ Ú‡ ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÛ per 1,000 cubic meters is contrary to the congressman for his initiative, „ðÓχ‰Û, ˘Ó ‚ ̉¥Î˛, 5-„Ó Î˛ÚÓ„Ó 2006 ð. “Ukrainian legislation and international Ambassador Shamshur underscored the standards,” Interfax reported. “Under for- relevance of holding congressional hear- ‚¥‰¥È¯Î‡ Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ mer agreements, the Ukrainian state has ings on Chornobyl. Also discussed was every legal reason to continue buying gas the political situation in Ukraine in the at $50 [per 1,000 cubic meters],” Ms. context of the upcoming parliamentary Ò‚. Ô. ïðËÒÚfl ñ·ð¥È-ê¥ÁÁÓ Tymoshenko said, adding that President elections. (Embassy of Ukraine) ˜ÎÂÌ äð‡ÈÓ‚Óª ÅÛ·‚Ë ëìå Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine should dis- pute January’s deal at the Stockholm Ternopil-Buchach metropolitan dies ïðËÒÚË̇ å‡ð¥fl ñ·ð¥È-ê¥ÁÁÓ Ì‡ðӉ˷Òfl 21 Úð‡‚Ìfl 1956 ðÓÍÛ Û Ï¥ÒÚ¥ ç˛-âÓðÍÛ Û ðÓ‰ËÌ¥ Court of Arbitration. Reuters reported that ̇ˆ¥Ó̇θÌÓ Ò‚¥‰ÓÏËı ·‡Ú¸Í¥‚. ∫ª ðӉ˘¥ ·ÛÎË Í‡ˆÂÚÌËÍË ¥ ‡ÍÚË‚ÌËÏË ˜ÎÂ̇ÏË ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓª TERNOPIL, Ukraine – Metropolitan Ms. Tymoshenko told journalists on „ðÓχ‰Ë. ïðËÒÚfl ‚ÒÚÛÔË· ‚ ðfl‰Ë ëÔ¥ÎÍË ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓª åÓÎÓ‰¥ ‚ 1961 ðÓˆ¥ ÔðË éÒÂð‰ÍÛ Vasylii (Bondarchuk) of Ternopil and February 20 that she could rebuild an ç˛-âÓðÍ, ‡ ‚ 1994 ðÓˆ¥ Òڇ· ˜ÎÂÌÓÏ éÒÂð‰ÍÛ ëìå Û ÇËÔԇ̥, ç˛-ÑÊÂðÁ¥. Buchach, a hierarch of the Ukrainian Orange Revolution coalition with Mr. Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate Yushchenko if he renounced the January åÓÎÓ‰Ó˛ ‰¥‚˜ËÌÓ˛ ïðËÒÚfl ·ð‡Î‡ Û˜‡ÒÚ¸ ‚ ÒıÓ‰Ë̇ı, Û ÏÛÁË˜Ì¥È ¯ÍÓÎ¥ ÔðË éÒÂð‰ÍÛ (UOC-KP), passed away at the age of 81 gas deal. (RFE/RL Newsline) ‰Â „ð‡Î‡ ̇ ÙÓðÚÂÔ¥flÌ¥, ‰ÂÍÎflÏÛ‚‡Î‡ ̇ ÒˆÂÌ¥, ·ð‡Î‡ Û˜‡ÒÚ¸ Û ‰ð‡Ï‡Ú˘ÌÓÏÛ „ÛðÚÍÛ on January 21. With the blessing of ÔðË éÒÂð‰ÍÛ Ô¥‰ ÔðÓ‚Ó‰ÓÏ åËðÓÒ·‚Ë ã‡ÒÓ‚Ò¸ÍÓª ¥ ‚ËÒÚÛԇ· Û Ô’πÒ‡ı “ñ‡ð éı” ¥ Patriarch Filaret, head of the UOC-KP, Shamshur meets with Rep. Gallegly “èÓÔÂβ¯Í‡”, Á‰Ó·Û· ω‡Î¥ ̇ áÎÂÚ¥ Û ÍÓÌÍÛðÒ¥ Á̇ÌÌfl ¥ ÒÔÓðÚÓ‚¥ ω‡Î¥ Á‡ the burial liturgy took place on January Íˉ‡ÌÌfl ÍÛÎ¥. WASHINGTON – Newly appointed 24 with Metropolitan Yevsevii (Politylo) Ukrainian Ambassador Oleh Shamshur of Rivne and Ostroh presiding. (Religious ïðËÒÚfl ÒÔ¥‚‡Î‡ ÔÓ̇‰ 10 ðÓÍ¥‚ Û ÒÛÏ¥‚Ò¸ÍÓÏÛ ıÓ𥠓܇ȂÓðÓÌÍË“, ÒÔ¥‚‡Î‡ Û continues to meet with key figures on Information Service of Ukraine) ˆÂðÍÓ‚ÌÓÏÛ ıÓð¥, Á‰‡Î‡ χÚÛðÛ Á ‰ÛÊ ‰Ó·ðËÏ ‚ËÒÎ¥‰ÓÏ ‚ 1973 ðÓˆ¥, Û˜ËÚÂβ‚‡Î‡ Û òÍÓÎ¥ ìÍð‡ªÌÓÁ̇‚ÒÚ‚‡ éÒÂð‰ÍÛ, ¥ Òڇ· ‚ÔÓðfl‰ÌËÍÓÏ ‡ Ô¥ÁÌ¥¯Â ‚ËıÓ‚ÌËÍÓÏ ðÓfl. Ç ç˛-âÓðÍÛ, Û ðÓ͇ı 1976-1987 ÔÓ‰ð. ïðËÒÚfl ·Û· ˜ÎÂÌÓÏ ÛÔð‡‚Ë éÒÂð‰ÍÛ ‰Â ì „ÎË·ÓÍÓÏÛ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ ÔÓ‚¥‰ÓÏÎflπÏÓ, ‚ËÍÓÌÛ‚‡Î‡ ÙÛÌ͈¥ª ÒÂÍðÂÚ‡ðfl, ·Û·‚ÌÓª Ú‡ ðÂÙÂðÂÌÚ‡ ÔðÂÒË. ˘Ó 12 βÚÓ„Ó 2006 ð. Û íðÂÌÚÓÌ¥ ç. ÑÊ. ‚¥‰¥È¯Ó‚ ÇÒÚÛÔË‚¯Ë ‰Ó éÒÂð‰ÍÛ ëìå Û ÇËÔ‡ÌÌ¥, ÔÓ‰ð. ïðËÒÚfl ‚¥‰ð‡ÁÛ ‚Íβ˜Ë·Òfl ‰Ó ‡ÍÚË‚ÌÓª Ôð‡ˆ¥. ÇÓ̇ ÔÂð·ð‡Î‡ ð¥È “éÎÂÌ¥” ¥ ·Û· ‚ËıÓ‚ÌËˆÂ˛ ˆ¸Ó„Ó ðÓfl ‚¥‰ Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ ̇ 82-ÏÛ ðÓˆ¥ ÊËÚÚfl ÏÓÎÓ‰¯Ó„Ó ‰Ó ÒÚ‡ð¯Ó„Ó ˛Ì‡ˆÚ‚‡, ‡Ê ÔÓÍË ‰‚Óπ ˜ÎÂÌ¥‚ ˆ¸Ó„Ó ðÓfl ÒÍ·ÎË ‰ðÛ„ËÈ ¥ÒÔËÚ ÒÚ‡ð¯Ó„Ó ˛Ì‡ˆÚ‚‡ ¥ ÒÚ‡ÎË ‰ðÛÊËÌÌË͇ÏË.

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“퇇Í!Í! ìÍÍð‡ªÌˆ¥ð‡ªÌˆ¥ ÔÂðÂχ„‡‡˛Ú¸˛Ú¸ ÒÏ¥˛˜ËÒ¸” “Tymoshenko can turn an audience of The Yulia Tymoshenko... 15,000 people in her favor,” Mr. (Yees,s, Ukrainians Win Laughing”) (Continued from page 3) Balynskyi said. “I have seen with my own eyes how she turned people who A unique publication about the events that took place during the 2004 presidential This week, she will spend several days in the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. were against her to her side after deliver- elections in Ukraine. The book features the Ukrainian people standing up for honest ing a speech.” and transparent elections as well as combating the flagrant fraud of the vote by the “I will try to explain to people that they can’t vote for the Party of the Regions The Tymoshenko Bloc commands 15 government. Abundant in illustrations, it conveys the spirit of Independence Square in under any conditions,” Ms. Tymoshenko percent of the electorate, according to the Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, during the peaceful Orange Revolution. “í‡Í! ìÍð‡ªÌˆ¥ said. “I think I will find arguments to National Institute for Strategic Research, ÔÂðÂχ„‡˛Ú¸ ÒÏ¥˛˜ËÒ¸” became possible thanks to the financial support by Alex, convince people.” compared with 22 percent for Our Halyna, George and Nina Woskob and the Ivan Bahriany Foundation. The project was She said her bloc will never form a Ukraine and 24 percent for the Party of administered and coordinated by Oleh Chornohuz and Yuri Zadoya, respectively. coalition with the Party of the Regions, the Regions. The National Institute of and wants a coalition only with the Our Strategic Research is a government To order the book, please send $25 and your requests to: The Ivan Bahriany Foundation, Ukraine bloc, which in turn has firmly research agency that often performs work for the president and his Attn.: DeEtte K. Riley, AW & Sons, 309 East Beaver Ave., State College, PA 16801 rejected her for the prime minister posi- Secretariat. tion again. According to the Western-financed Ms. Tymoshenko doesn’t need to Democratic Initiatives Foundation, the engage in the standard fare of radio and UKRAINIAN BUILDERS OF CUSTOM HOMES Tymoshenko Bloc has the support of 16 television ads, said Ihor Balynskyi, the percent of the electorate, compared with WEST COAST OF FLORIDA editor-in-chief of Zakhidna 13 percent for Our Ukraine and 31 per- Informatsiyna Corp., an information-ana- cent for the Party of the Regions. TRIDENT DEVELOPMENT CORP. lytical news agency based in Lviv. She is • Over 25 years of building experience most effective in conveying her political • Bilingual message through public speeches and • Fully insured and bonded appearances, he noted. U.S. grants... • Build on your lot or ours After the Tymoshenko Bloc voted (Continued from page 1) • Highest quality workmanship alongside the Party of the Regions and the Communists to sack Prime Minister Ukraine’s bid for market economy sta- Ihor W. Hron, President Lou Luzniak, Executive V.P. tus began in 2002 in relation to an anti- (941) 270-2411 (941) 270-2413 Yurii Yekhanurov and his Cabinet of Ministers, Ms. Tymoshenko immediately dumping investigation on steel wire rod. Zenon Luzniak, General Contractor traveled to western Ukraine to convince “Anti-dumping” refers to government efforts to prevent importation or sale of Serving North Port, Venice, South Venice and area voters that she represented patriotic interests. foreign-made goods at prices significant- ly lower than domestic prices for the same goods. With its new status, Ukrainian compa- nies are further protected from U.S. anti- dumping sanctions or investigations, Mr. Tarasyuk said. The European Union officially recog- nized Ukraine’s as a market economy on RETIREMENT? December 21, 2005, and Ukraine offi- cially acquired this status on December 30, 2005. During his visit to Kyiv, Mr. Sampson also met with Prime Minister Yurii ARE YOU READY? Yekhanurov, First Vice Prime Minister Stanislav Stashevskyi, Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk and Foreign Affairs Minister Tarasyuk. “I congratulate all Ukrainians for making positive changes and achieving market economy status. This determina- tion reflects the impressive economic developments that have occurred in Ukraine over the past several years,” said Mr. Sampson. “Today’s announcement underscores our commitment to expand- ing our bilateral economic relationship that will lead our two countries to peace, prosperity and stronger commercial ties.” U.S. President George W. Bush and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko met in April 2005 in Washington, where the two leaders discussed integrating Ukraine into the world economy and promoting investment and trade between the two countries.

450 attend... (Continued from page 8) began. “Blessed is this day created by God – blessed for me since I begin to serve you as a new bishop in America.” He thanked the numerous people who have helped him in life, among them Pope Benedict and Cardinal Husar for their confidence in appointing him eparch, and his parents, now deceased, “for providing the faith-filled home in which my vocation could grow.” He ended by turning to Bishop UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. Losten: “I thank you for your remarkable achievement. I am truly proud to receive 2200 ROUTE 10, PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054 the mantle of your stewardship, and I 800-253-9862 pray that I may be worthy.” FAX: 973-292-0900 Irene Jarosewich, editor-in-chief of EMAIL: [email protected] Svoboda, frequently wrote on Ukrainian Church topics while on staff at The Ukrainian Weekly. No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 15

Moloda reported. Many of the duped investors acknowl- any other company,” she said. Massive real estate... Some employees were noticed carry- edged they were attracted to Elite-Center She bought a 65-square-meter apart- (Continued from page 1) ing documents and furniture out of because of the affordable prices it was ask- ment for $600 a square meter, which she times over to five different buyers. offices, never to return. ing for apartments in a city where buying insists was near market rates in May 2005. Once the victims became aware of the Through discussion groups on various real estate is too expensive for most. Given that the scandal erupted during scandal, the swindlers fled Ukraine some Kyiv real estate websites, investors also However, the prices weren’t exces- a very competitive mayoral race in Kyiv, time in late January, taking with them a began discovering that their particular sively unrealistic. Mr. Omelchenko’s opponents seized the stunning $78 million they had collected. apartments had been sold to other buyers, The apartments offered by Elite- moment to attack his government as cor- One of the partners, Oleksander Ukrayina Moloda reported. Center were only 20 percent below mar- rupt and inept in defending the interests Volkonskyi, was a Russian citizen with In some instances, a sold three-room ket rates, Main Administration Chair of Kyiv residents. an Israeli passport, according to apartment had been re-sold again as three Vitalii Yarema of the Ministry of Internal “The Omelchenko team of Kyiv offi- Ukrayina Moloda, a leading daily news- separate one-room apartments. Affairs told Ukrayina Moloda. cials who built this pyramid bear the main paper in Ukraine that broke the story. Finally, a group of investors called Mr. Omelchenko also made the claim responsibility for this problem,” said The current whereabouts of Mr. upon the police to investigate, who dis- that, “We didn’t allocate this company a Anatolii Seminoha, a national deputy with Volkonskyi and his partner, Kyiv resi- covered that Elite-Center’s bank accounts single square centimeter of land.” the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. “Companies dent Oleh Shestak, are unknown. contained a mere $2,940, Ukrayina However, Mr. Volkonskyi invested like Elite-Center are beneficial to Kyiv Minister of Internal Affairs Yurii Moloda reported. nearly $10 million in buying seven prop- government officials because they can gain Lutsenko confirmed that the funds had Beyond the shock that such a large- erties, Mr. Yarema said, even beginning enormous bribes that don’t go into the city been embezzled months earlier and the scale fraud could take place, Kyiv resi- construction at one site. budget but directly into their pockets.” suspects were abroad. dents were equally stunned by the indif- Scam victims have been gathering on The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc staged a The scheme they hatched was typical ferent and even critical reaction of gov- the steps of Kyiv’s City Council on the demonstration on February 17 on the of any contemporary residential ernment officials. Khreschatyk, Kyiv’s main boulevard, every steps of the Kyiv City Council demand- Ukrainian construction project. Mayor Oleksander Omelchenko, few days to learn more information or carry ing that the Kyiv government pass a law Investors interested in a new apartment already under heavy criticism for turning placards demanding justice and reform. determining how to either return the lost (known as condominiums in the U.S.) Kyiv into a playground for real estate The victims ranged from newlyweds money or complete construction. provide cash at the project’s start, when developers, placed the blame on victims investing in their first home to pensioners The government should perform an they can lock in an inexpensive price. themselves for trusting the real estate who had sold their apartments in order to immediate inventory and assessment of In the interest of securing a low price, company. purchase new ones. all construction projects under way in they often put down as much as the “The Elite-Center crash was caused Many worked with real estate brokers; Kyiv, Mr. Seminoha said. entire cost of the apartment. In this man- by two factors: the company leadership’s those who didn’t thought they had done Tymoshenko Bloc leader Mykola ner, building companies also benefit shocking, fraudulent scheme and citizens their research. Tomenko accused mayoral assistant because they’re able to raise the neces- who trusted their money with a company Tetiana Tarasenko said she shopped Valerii Borysov of direct involvement, a sary start-up capital to launch the first that had a dubious reputation and fell for around many development companies charge he firmly denied. stages of construction. the promise of gaining a residence that before selecting Elite-Center. She exam- While some preferred to blame corrupt As construction progresses, more was 50 percent cheaper (than market ined the contracts carefully, acknowledg- officials and leaders, others faulted investors buy into the project at more prices),” he said. ing she had slight suspicions about the Ukraine’s woefully inadequate construc- expensive prices per square meter. In fact, Elite-Center was not a back- Elite-Center contract she signed because tion and real estate development laws In the Elite-Center scam, victims alley construction company, but one it had no start date for the construction. that allow for such scams to occur. bought into the various advertised projects widely advertised throughout Kyiv on But such lapses are typical in Kyiv “I thought such scams weren’t possi- as early as 2004 and as late as January this billboards, subway posters, real estate real estate. “Based on their documenta- ble in the capital of Ukraine,” Ms. year, just before the partners fled. magazines and the radio. tion, they didn’t look any different from Tarasenko said. Investors began to grow suspicious when they couldn’t contact the construc- tion company managers at their offices or on their cellular phones, Ukrayina

Election Notebook (Continued from page 3) pointment and dissatisfaction with the President’s actions.” • SYMFEROPOL – The Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea voted on February 22 to hold a referendum on election day on whether Russian should be the second language of the Ukrainian government. Crimean Procurator General Viktor Shenchuk immediately filed a legal complaint against the bill and President Viktor Yushchenko called it illegal. • KYIV – If the parliamentary elec- tions in Ukraine were held this coming Sunday, the new Verkhovna Rada would be composed of deputies who represent the Regions Party (31.5 percent of the voters), the Our Ukraine People’s Union bloc (22 percent), the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (15.3 percent), the Socialist Party (6.1 percent), the Communist Party (6 percent) and the Lytvyn People’s Bloc (5.7 percent). These were the results of a sociological survey by the Ukrainian Institute for Social Studies and the Social Monitoring Center, reported Ukrinform. As far as regional differences are con- cerned, in western Ukraine the OUPU is the obvious leader. Eastern, southern and central Ukraine, as well as the city of Kyiv are dominated by the Tymoshenko Bloc. Meanwhile, northern Ukraine is split between the OUPU and the Tymoshenko Bloc. The three top politicians trusted by the public are Party of the Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych, President Viktor Yushchenko and Socialist Party leader Oleksander Moroz, who are trusted by 42 percent of the respondents. The poll also revealed that over 80 percent of eligible voters intend to cast their ballots on March 26. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 No. 9

and the Swiss-based RosUkrEnergo. Vladimir Putin’s... Another is Viktor Ivanov, another (Continued from page 2) deputy head of the presidential adminis- replace Miller at the helm of Gazprom. tration. Mr. Ivanov has a colorful history. But it is not only President Putin’s former A graduate of the Leningrad Bonch- Bruyevich Electrical Technical University, classmates and mayoral co-workers who Mr. Ivanov worked as an engineer before have found a role in the current government. reportedly joining the KGB in 1977 and Former agents of the KGB, the predecessor fighting with Soviet forces in Afghanistan. to the FSB, also enjoy crucial influence in Upon his return, he rose to head the the Kremlin and are known as the “siloviki,” anti-contraband department of the or “power men.” These men have an impact Leningrad Oblast KGB. He retired from on both government energy policy and the service in 1994 with the rank of colonel way in which it is implemented. and was appointed by Mr. Putin to head One of these men is Aleksander the administrative departments of St. Ryazanov, the deputy chairman of Petersburg City Hall. Gazprom and reportedly the head of the The two groups of men surrounding “siloviki” faction within the gas giant. President Putin – the “siloviki” and the Mr. Ryazanov became CEO of the Sibneft St. Petersburg’s Mayor’s Office group – oil company after it was purchased by have become what one could call an Gazprom in 2005. He has also been informal “board of directors” of the new appointed head of UkrGazEnergo, the Russia. As such, they set the agenda for newly created Ukrainian-Russian joint Russian energy policy and in fact control venture to act as an intermediary between the country’s vast energy resources. Their Ukraine’s state-run Naftohaz Ukrayiny influence should not be underestimated.

contracts directly with Gazprom, but added Turkmenistan’s... it cannot do so without Moscow’s consent. (Continued from page 2) Mr. Yekhanurov added that he has sent His remarks echoed those of a letter to Russian Prime Minister Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Mikhail Fradkov informing him of this. But Mr. Khristenko, in his remarks in who said in a February 14 statement that Vietnam, described RosUkrEnergo as a he shared the concern of the European “sufficiently transparent” company and Union and other international organiza- said there was no need to drop it from the tions regarding the “scarcity of informa- existing deal,” Interfax reported. tion” about RosUkrEnergo and its partial “The situation has been regulated,” owner, Raffeisen Investments. Mr. Khristenko said. “The agreements Interfax the same day cited the presi- that have been reached were based on the dent as indicating that all attempts by stipulation that RosUkrEnergo would be Ukraine to receive necessary information the trader working with the primary sup- about RosUkrEnergo had been “fruitless.” plies of Central Asian gas, and a structure Appearing on February 16 on Ukraine’s that could position itself on both the Channel 5 television, Ukrainian Prime Ukrainian and Western markets.” Minister Yurii Yekhanurov said Kyiv is “The structure,” he added, “is suffi- ready to bypass RosUkrEnergo and sign gas ciently transparent.” No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 17 Tchaikovsky’s “Mazeppa” to premiere at Metropolitan Opera

NEW YORK – Peter Tchaikovsky’s downward spiral. In Act 1, the elderly by tenor Oleg Balashov, Mazeppa by Mariinsky Theater), conducted by its “Mazeppa,” an opera in three acts, will Mazepa (1640-1709) asks Kochubei for baritone Nikolai Putilin and Kochubei by artistic director Maestro Gergiev, first premiere at New York’s Metropolitan his young daughter’s hand in marriage. bass Paata Burchuladze. brought “Mazeppa” to the Metropolitan Opera on March 6. Composed by The later refuses, and Mazepa, enraged, Cast changes later in the run of Opera House as part of a 1998 tour. Tchaikovsky and written by Tchaikovsky demands that Maria choose between him “Mazeppa” will include Elena Evseeva as The director of the Met’s production and V.P. Burenin in 1881, “Mazeppa” tells and her father. She chooses Mazepa, and Maria (March 22), Olga Savova as of “Mazeppa” is Yuri Alexandrov; set the story of love and betrayal between leaves her family home. Kochubei Lyubov (March 22), Victor design is by George Tsypin. Others Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazepa and his decides to tell Tsar Peter the Great of Chernomortsev as Mazeppa (March 27), involved in the production are costume goddaughter Maria, daughter of Kochubei. Mazepa’s plan to align himself with and Mikhail Kit as Kochubey (March 27). designer Tatiana Noginova, choreogra- The libretto is based on Alexander Swedish King Charles XII. Andrei, a The opera is conducted by Valery pher Sergei Gritsai and lighting designer Pushkin’s epic poem “Poltava,” which young boy desperately in love with Gergiev; “Mazeppa” is the third Gleb Filshtinsky. details the historical Battle of Poltava, Maria, offers to denounce Hetman Metropolitan Opera premiere conducted The approximate running time for when Tsar Peter the Great defeated Mazepa as well. by Maestro Gergiev, who also serves as “Mazeppa” is 3 hours, 50 minutes. Swedish King Charles XII and Hetman At the beginning of Act II, Kochubei, the Met’s principal guest conductor. The Performances are scheduled through Mazepa. The opera premiered in Moscow imprisoned, awaits execution. Mazepa, Kirov Opera (today known as the March 30. and St. Petersburg in 1884 and has troubled by guilty visions and worried remained in the repertoire of the how Maria will react to her father’s exe- Mariinsky Theater from that time. cution, tells her that he may soon ascend Tchaikovsky, considered one of the the throne of independent Ukraine. She greatest Russian composers of the 19th assures him of her devotion. Lyubov, her century, was a descendent, on his father’s mother, enters the palace and begs Maria side, of an old Kozak family, Chaika. He to help save her father’s life. When Maria frequently visited Kamianka, in the realizes what has happened, overcome by Chyhyryn area, to visit his sister and guilt, she faints. By the time she and her lived in Nyzy, near Sumy, in 1876-1879. mother reach the scaffold, they are too Some 30 of his works have Ukrainian late to stop the execution. subjects or incorporate Ukrainian folk In Act III, a defeated Mazepa is chal- melodies, among them “Mazeppa,” lenged to a duel by young Andrei. “Night before Christmas” (or “Vakula the Mazepa shoots the boy, who falls wound- Smith,” based on the story by Nikolai ed. Maria, mad with grief over the death Gogol), Concerto for Piano and of her father, comes upon the wounded Orchestra No. 1 in B-flat Minor and the Andrei. She cradles him in her arms as if “1812 Overture.” a sleeping child and sings him a lullaby. “Mazeppa,” according to The He dies with a last farewell on his lips as Metropolitan Opera Guild, is the tragic she gently rocks him in her lap. story of a young woman whose powerful The role of Maria is performed by love for the “17th century Ukrainian sep- soprano Olga Guryakova, Lyubov by aratist” draws her into a catastrophic mezzo-soprano Larissa Diadkova, Andrei èãÖå’ü èãÄëíìçéä ◊èÖêòß ëíÖÜß“ ‚·¯ÚÓ‚Ûπ of fortunes in your new post.” ÑÖççàâ íÄÅßê Ukraine’s new... 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The commis- manner. • ÑËÚË̇, fl͇ ÒÍ·· á‡fl‚Û ÇÒÚÛÔÛ ‰Ó ÌÓ‚‡ˆÚ‚‡, Ì ÏÓÊ ·ð‡ÚË Û˜‡ÒÚË ‚ Ú‡·Óð‡ı ‰Îfl ÔÚ‡¯‡Ú. sions formed include: Fund-Raising; Also present at the meeting of the Marketing; Media; Organizational; Committee to Commemorate the 75th Duranty; Financial; Program/Exhibit; 퇷¥ð ‚¥‰·Û‰ÂÚ¸Òfl ̇ ëéûáßÇñß Û ‰‚Óı „ðÛÔ‡ı: Anniversary of the Ukrainian Genocide Building/Planning; and Scholarly. ‚¥‰ 25 ˜Âð‚Ìfl ‰Ó 2 ÎËÔÌfl 2006 ð., Ú‡ ‚¥‰ 2 ‰Ó 9 ÎËÔÌfl 2006 ð. of 1932-193 was Askold Lozynskyj, Each subcommittee is to develop an president of the Ukrainian World action plan for commemorating the 75th ì ÒÔð‡‚¥ Í¥ÏÌ‡Ú ÔðÓÒËÏÓ ÔÓðÓÁÛÏ¥‚‡ÚËÒfl ÔðflÏÓ Á ĉϥ̥ÒÚð‡ˆ¥π˛ ëÓ˛Á¥‚ÍË. Congress (UWC). In his greeting and anniversary of the Ukrainian Genocide. message to Ambassador Shamshur, Mr. The Committee to Commemorate the SOYUZIVKA Lozynskyj spoke of the various issues of 75th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Ukrainian National Association Estate concern to the Ukrainian diaspora world- Genocide of 1932-1933 requests that P.O. Box 529, Kerhonkson, NY 12446 • (845) 626-5641 wide, in particular the upcoming parlia- individuals interested in being involved mentary elections, but also about the with the planning and coordination of the • 퇷ÓðÓ‚‡ ÓÔ·ڇ: — $90.00 ¥ $5.00 ðÂπÒÚð‡ˆ¥ÈÌ (ÌÂÁ‚ÓðÓÚÌÂ); ÓÔ·ڇ Á‡ ‰‚‡ envoy’s important duty and role in upcoming 75th anniversary preparations ÚËÊÌ¥ 185.00 ‰ÓÎ. Washington. contact its chairman at [email protected]. • á„ÓÎÓ¯ÂÌÌfl ¥ Ú‡·ÓðÓ‚Û ÓÔ·ÚÛ (˜ÂÍ ‚ËÔËÒ‡ÌËÈ Ì‡ Plast — Pershi Stezhi) ̇‰ÒË·ÚË ‰Ó: “Your work here [in the United States] Future meetings of the Committee to Mrs. Oresta Fedyniak, 2626 W. Walton Ave., Chicago, IL 60622 may not be easy at times,” stated Mr. Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Tel.: (773) 486-0394 (8:00 ‰Ó 10:00 ð‡ÌÍÛ) Lozynskyj, “but rest assured that we, the the Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933 • ê˜Â̈¸ Á„ÓÎÓ¯Â̸: èÂ𯇠„ðÛÔ‡: 29 ·ÂðÂÁÌfl 2006 ð. Ukrainian diaspora, look forward to and its subcommittees will be announced ÑðÛ„‡ „ðÛÔ‡: 5 Í‚¥ÚÌfl 2006 ð. working with you and wish you the best in the Ukrainian press. • óËÒÎÓ Û˜‡ÒÌËÍ¥‚ Ó·ÏÂÊÂÌÂ. äÄêíÄ áÉéãéòÖççü çÄ íÄÅßê èíÄòÄí- 2006 ambassador to help the museum in this The Ukrainian Museum... undertaking. ßÏ’fl ¥ Ôð¥Á‚ˢ ‰ËÚËÌË ...... (Continued from page 10) In turn, Ambassador Shamshur Sun, the Goddess: Symbolic Motifs in assured his full support of the museum ÔÓ-ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍË ¥ ÔÓ-‡Ì„Î¥ÈÒ¸ÍË Ukrainian Folk Art,” with the curator of when he signed the visitor’s book, where чڇ ̇ðÓ‰ÊÂÌÌfl ...... the exhibition, Lubow Wolyntez, provid- he wrote: ĉðÂÒ‡...... “Best wishes for The Ukrainian ing explanations and commentary. Dr. Museum in New York, which is the mag- íÂÎÂÙÓÌ...... Shamshur also stopped on the second nificent center of Ukrainian culture in the floor to view the installation “Still the K ‚¥‰ 25 ˜Âð‚Ìfl ‰Ó 2 ÎËÔÌfl 2006 ð. K ‚¥‰ 2 ‰Ó 9 ÎËÔÌfl 2006 ð. United States. In anticipating mutual coop- River Flows” and visited the museum’s erative and fruitful endeavors, I promise ÇÂ΢Ë̇ Ú‡·ÓðÓ‚Óª ÒÓðÓ˜ËÌÍË ‰ËÚËÌË: K 6-8, K 10-12, K 14-16. administrative offices. the full support of Ukraine’s diplomatic In greeting the ambassador, Board delegation in the United States.” K á‡ÎÛ˜Û˛ ˜ÂÍ Ì‡ ÒÛÏÛ $...... K êÂÁÂð‚Û˛ Í¥Ï̇ÚÛ Ì‡ ëÓ˛Á¥‚ˆ¥ President Olha Hnateyko said, that the As a parting gift and memento of his museum’s mission – to collect, preserve visit to The Ukrainian Museum, ...... and present in exhibitions the treasures of Ambassador Shamshur was presented ßÏ’fl ¥ Ôð¥Á‚Ë˘Â Ï‡ÚÂð¥ (ÔÓ‰‡ÚË ‰¥‚Ә Ôð¥Á‚ˢÂ) Ukrainian cultural legacy – is very with several exhibition catalogues pub- ᇂ‚‡„Ë...... important, since it presents the opportu- lished by the museum. Among them was ...... nity for “our children, grandchildren and the current exhibition catalogue “The future generations to become acquainted Tree of Life, the Sun, the Goddess,” as ...... with the wealth and beauty of Ukrainian well as the museum’s inaugural exhibi- 襉ÔËÒ ·‡Ú¸Í‡ ‡·Ó χÚÂð¥ culture. It also instills in them a feeling tion catalogue, “Alexander Archipenko. of pride in their roots.” She asked the Vision and Continuity.” 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 No. 9 No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 19 OUT AND ABOUT

March 3 “The Whisperer,” film by Andrea Odezynska, Sarasota, FL Through Women’s Eyes International Film Festival, 941-284-1027

March 4 Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus European Tour Toronto Documentary, St. Vladimir’s Institute, 734-953-0305

March 4 Lecture about Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky New York by Kurt Lewin, Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130

March 4 Pikkardiyska Tertsia in concert, Pokrova Church Parma, OH 216-240-4997

March 5 Fashion show and tea reception, Ukrainian National Philadelphia Women’s League of America, Philadelphia Regional Council, 215-742-3227

March 11 Pysanky Playshop, Pennsylvania Anthracite Museum, Scranton, PA 570-963-4808

March 12 Pikkardiyska Tertsia in concert, Ukrainian Cultural Warren, MI Center, 586-757-1306

March 12- May 28 “Chornobyl + 20: This Is Our Land ... We Still Live New York Here,” The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110

March 19 “The Legend of Rusalka,” featuring the Rusalka Winnipeg Dance Ensemble and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, 204-338-6103

March 23-25 Conference on 20th anniversary of Chornobyl Madison, WI nuclear accident, University of Wisconsin, 608-265-6298

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Monday, February 27 streets) at 5 p.m. For information call Soyuzivka’s Datebook 212-254-5130. EDMONTON: Volodymyr Kulyk, visit- March 10-12, 2006 May 14, 2006 ing professor, Stanford University, and Friday, March 10 Plast Kurin “Khmelnychenky” and Mother’s Day Brunch senior research fellow, Institute of “Chornomortsi” Annual Winter Rada Political and Ethnic Studies, National EDMONTON: David Marples, professor, May 20, 2006 Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, will department of history, University of March 18, 2006 Wedding give a talk at 7 p.m. on “Ukrainian Alberta, and director, Stasiuk Program for Birthday Party Language Policy: from Kuchma to the Study of Contemporary Ukraine, Yushchenko.” Location: 227 Athabasca Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, May 21, 2006 will give the 40th annual Shevchenko March 24-26, 2006 Communion Luncheon Banquet Hall (Heritage Lounge), University of Alberta. For more information, contact the Lecture at 7 p.m. on the topic “Chornobyl Grace Church Men’s Retreat Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, in Perspective: The 20th Anniversary of a May 26-29, 2006 450 Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, Nuclear Disaster.” Dr. Marples is the Mar ch 31 - April 2, 2006 U NA Convention Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E8, Canada; author of many articles and two books on Plast Kurin “Chornomorski Khvyli” phone, 780-492-2972; e-mail, cius@ual- the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. Location: Annual Rada June 3, 2006 berta.ca. 2-115, Education North Building, Wedding University of Alberta. For more informa- April 2, 2006 Friday, March 3 tion contact: CIUS, 450 Athabasca Hall, Wedding Shower June 5-9, 2006 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta SARASOTA, Fla.: “The Whisperer,” T6G 2E8, Canada; phone, 780-492-2972; Eparchial Clergy Retreat Andrea Odezynska’s short documentary e-mail, [email protected]. April 7-9 2006 film will be shown at the Through BUG (Brooklyn Ukrainian Group) June 10, 2006 Women’s Eyes International Film Festival S aturday, March 11 Spring Cleaning Volunteer Weekend Wedding at 2:30 p.m., Hollywood 20, Regal Cinema, 1993 Main St., Sarasota. For NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific April 16, 2006 June 11-16, 2006 more information log on to www.through- Society (NTSh), jointly with the womenseyes.com or call 941-284-1027. Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences Traditional Ukrainian Easter Day UNA Seniors’ Conference in the U.S. (UVAN) and the Harriman Brunch, doors open at 11:30 a.m. In its seventh year, Through Women’s Eyes is a United Nations-affiliated film Institute of Columbia University (HICU), June 16-18, 2006 will host the 26th annual Taras April 18-19, 2006 3rd Annual Adoption Weekend festival. Ticket sales raise money for UNIFEM, the Women’s Fund at the Shevchenko Scholarly Conference. Mid-Hudson Migrant Education United Nations, which supports women’s Featured presenters are: Dr. Bohdan Program June 17, 2006 and girls’ educational programs in over Rubchak (UVAN), “Poetry as Wedding 100 countries. Conversation”; Dr. Nina Polishchuk April 22, 2006 (NTSh), “The Poetry of Shevchenko in Alpha Kappa Sorority Formal June 18, 2006 Friday, March 3 Modern Philosophical Context”; and Dr. Dinner Banquet Father’s Day Luncheon and Program Mykola Ryabchuk (HICU), “Ukrainian- NEW YORK: A fund-raising event for Russian Relations: the Post-Colonial the documentary “Orange Chronicles” Aspect.” Opening remarks will be by Dr. April 23, 2006 June 23-24, 2006 will take place at the Ukrainian Institute of Albert Kipa, president of UVAN; closing Traditional Ukrainian Easter Day Plast Kurin “Shostokryli” Rada America. The event will feature a screen- remarks by Dr. Larissa Onyshkevych, Brunch, doors open at 11:30 a.m. ing of the work in progress, which docu- president of NTSh. The conference will June 24, 2006 ments a personal journey during Ukraine’s take place at the NTSh building, 63 April 28, 2006 Wedding Orange Revolution. Admission $20; a Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th Ellenville High School Junior Prom wine reception will follow the screening. streets) at 4 p.m. For additional informa- June 25-July 2, 2006 The Ukrainian Institute is located at 2 E. tion call (212) 254-5130. April 29, 2006 Tabir Ptashat Session #1 79th St. For more information contact [email protected]. VENICE, Fla.: The Ukrainian Club of Birthday Party Banquet Southwest Florida presents “Art Ukraine TAP New York Craft Beer Festival June 25-July 7, 2006 Saturday, March 4 2006” – an exhibit of Ukrainian icons and at Hunter Mountain, round trip Tennis Camp other art forms, at the Venice Art Center, bus from Soyuzivka, special NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific 390 Nokomis Ave. S., in Venice. room rate - $60/night June 26-June 30, 2006 Society (NTSh) invites the public to a lec- Comprising the exhibit, in addition to Exploration Day Camp ture by Kurt Lewin, a native of the icons, will be the following Ukrainian April 28-30, 2006 Halychyna region of Ukraine, who sur- folk art forms: bead work (“gerdany”), UNWLA Branch 95 Spa Weekend vived the Holocaust by hiding in a Studite ceramics, Easter eggs (“pysanky”), Monastery. Mr. Lewin’s memoirs are embroidery and wood carvings. Lectures titled “A Journey Through Illusions” on the exhibited art forms will be present- (Santa Barbara, Calif.: Fithian Press, ed during the exhibition; there will also be 1994). His talk at NTSh will be on live performances of Ukrainian music. “Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 Archimandrite Klymentii Sheptytsky: p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The exhi- Two Religious and Spiritual Leaders of bition is on view through March 7. For To book a room or event call: (845) 626-5641, ext. 140 the Moral and Ethical Values of the additional information contact Club 216 Foordmore Road P.O. Box 529 Ukrainian People.” Dr. Taras Hunczak, President Daria Tomashosky, 941-426- Kerhonkson, NY 12446 professor emeritus of Rutgers University, 2542, or “Art Ukraine 2006” Committee E-mail: [email protected] will deliver an introduction. The program Co-chairs Christyna Bodnar Sheldon, Website: www.Soyuzivka.com will take place at the society’s building, 941-460-9890, or Klara Szpiczka, 941- 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th 423-6590.

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