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THEPublished U by theKRAINIAN Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationEEKLY Vol. LXXXVII No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 $2.00 Ex-President Yanukovych Russian Orthodox-affi liated parishes start gets 13 years for treason, switch to new Orthodox Church of Ukraine aiding Russia’s war in Ukraine by Mark Raczkiewycz by Mark Raczkiewycz KYIV – More than 130 parishes subordi- nate to the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) KYIV – Kyiv’s Obolon District Court on in Ukraine have voted to join Eastern January 24 sentenced ex-President Christianity’s newest canonically recog- Viktor Yanukovych, in absentia, to 13 nized Church: the Orthodox Church of years in prison on charges of treason and Ukraine (OCU). for abetting Russia’s war against Ukraine. According to an interactive Google map A panel of three judges took turns administered by the OCU, as of January 24 reading the verdict for seven hours most of the parishes making the switch are starting at 9 a.m. that related to five located in western and central Ukraine. Six criminal counts. Insufficient evidence are in the eastern and southern parts of the was found to convict the exiled former country: one in Luhansk, two in president of “encroaching” on the Dnipropetrovsk, one in Zaporizhia and two country’s “territorial integrity, which caused the death of people or other in Odesa oblasts. grave consequences.” The last two parishes to make the switch A signed letter dated March 1, 2014, were in Zhytomyr Oblast, according to that that Mr. Yanukovych, 68, allegedly sent region’s state administration, bringing the total number there to six. Oleksandr Drabinko/Facebook to Russian President Vladimir Putin Seen on November 28 is Archbishop Oleksandr Drabinko, who was one of only two asking him to send troops to Ukraine to Chronologically, the second Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate hierarchs to attend the “restore law and order” in the wake of Unification Synod last month in Kyiv that elected Metropolitan Epifaniy to head the (UOC-MP) parish to make the switch is the Euro-Maidan revolution in newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine. February 2014 was the prosecutors’ Transfiguration of Our Lord Church in the key piece of evidence. southern Kyiv neighborhood of Teremky, December 15, 2018, Unification Synod in Weekly on January 24 via Facebook Russia’s United Nations ambassador where Archbishop Oleksandr Drabinko Kyiv that elected Metropolitan Epifaniy Messenger, Archbishop Oleksandr, 41, said at the time, the late Vitaliy Churkin, serves. (Serhiy Dumenko) to lead the OCU. two main factors were behind the decision read the purported letter during the He and Archbishop Symeon Shostatsky Afterwards, the UOC-MP ordered the to join the OCU. international body’s March 3, 2014, of Vinnytsia were the only two representa- two to stop their religious ministry. extraordinary session in New York. The tives of the UOC-MP who took part in the In an interview with The Ukrainian (Continued on page 2) Kremlin and Mr. Yanukovych later dis- puted the contents of the letter. (The letter can be seen here: https://assets. documentcloud.org/documents/ 5692734/Lyst-Yanukovycha-Putinu. 100th anniversary of the Act of Union pdf?fbclid=IwAR2KbDS3fsjqXp6Rtafg A45kVsI1UzMxK0YBpSEW1Qll1S 6uD9rGGpOUqTk.) Mr. Churkin died in marked in Kyiv with human chain February 2017. Mr. Yanukovych has denied all the charges against him and maintains power was illegally seized from him after the popular uprising. In state- ments he subsequently made in news conferences in Russia and through his lawyers during the trial, he said he “temporarily” fled Ukraine due to per- sonal safety concerns. Hiding in Moscow, Mr. Yanukovych never issued a final argument through a video connection due to alleged health reasons and a judge’s denial of yet another motion for an extension. He had been granted an extension until December 5, 2018, after he allegedly suf- fered back trauma on November 18. The presiding judges afterwards found the medical certificates he submitted uncon- vincing and moved ahead with the trial. Prosecutors say they had 19 vol- RFE/RL umes of evidence and 37 plaintiff wit- KYIV – A human chain forms along Kyiv’s Paton Bridge over the Dnipro River on January 22 to symbolically mark the 100th anniver- ness testimonies, and included 15 tes- sary of Unity Day, when the Ukrainian National Republic and the Western Ukrainian National Republic united into one independent timonies on the defense side, Ukrainian state in 1919. Numerous events in Ukraine’s capital and throughout the country are held to commemorate the historic Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko unification of eastern and western Ukrainian lands in the aftermath of World War I. Such human chains across the Kyiv bridge have (Continued on page 2) become a tradition on Unity Day, which became a national holiday in 1991. 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(Continued from page 1) wrote on Facebook on the day of the ver- Tymoshenko launches bid for presidency Ukraine, has admitted that he has commer- dict. cial interests in Russia and has said he will “The cost of Yanukovych’s betrayal” that Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia divest himself of them “in the near future.” led to Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Tymoshenko has officially announced she In an interview with Ukrayinska Pravda on Crimean peninsula and war in the Donbas will run for president, with polls showing January 20, Mr. Zelensky confirmed a resulted in “30,000 wounded [people],” he her as the front-runner in the March presi- January 18 report by RFE/RL that he is a co- said, citing a January 21 U.N. report. “About dential election. “A great country is my goal, owner of a Cyprus-registered firm called 13,000 people have been killed, of whom from which I will not back down a single Green Family LTD, which owns the Russian 3,300 are civilians, 4,000 Ukrainian armed step. That is why I am running for president filmmaking company Grin Films. “Our com- forces servicemen, and 5,500 Russian- today,” she told a congress of her opposition pany owns shares of that company,” Mr. backed fighters,” he noted. Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party in Kyiv on Zelensky said. “That is true.” He said that he The trial lasted for a year and a half, hav- January 22. Mr. Tymoshenko, 58, was a lead- has no direct relationship with Grin Films ing started on May 24, 2017, and encom- er of the 2004 Orange Revolution together and had no role in the company’s successful passed 89 court hearings. with then-presidential candidate Viktor application for a grant from the Russian One plaintiff witness – former Russian Yushchenko. Following Mr. Yushchenko’s Culture Ministry. He added that he has not lawmaker Denis Voronenkov – was killed victory, she was appointed prime minister worked in Russia since Moscow’s 2014 while giving testimony to prosecutors. He but was dismissed less than nine months annexation of the Ukrainian region of was shot in downtown Kyiv on March 23, Viktor Yanukovych later amid disputes with the president. She Crimea, although he acknowledged that his 2017. Another former Russian lawmaker, served as prime minister again in 2007- company had been receiving royalties from Illya Ponomaryov, testified that Mr. Putin Prosecutors have yet to send another 2010 and first ran for president in 2010, but film projects since that time. Incumbent gave direct orders to Russian Defense case involving Mr. Yanukovych to courts. It lost to Russia-friendly Viktor Yanukovych. In President Petro Poroshenko has been Minister Sergey Shoigu to invade Crimea. concerns him allegedly organizing the mass 2011, during Mr. Yanukovych’s presidency, harshly criticized by the Ukrainian opposi- Russia’s leader first admitted using Russian killings of Euro-Maidan protesters on she was sentenced to seven years in prison tion for allegedly owning businesses in military to annex Crimea in 2015. February 18-21, 2014, the period during for corruption and was released in 2014 Russia. In September 2018, he claimed that Mr. Yanukovych is free to travel after which most of the approximately 100 dem- when pro-Europe, anti-corruption protests a shipyard he used to own in Russia- Interpol, the closest to a world police body, onstrators killed were fatally shot. led to Mr. Yanukovych’s ouster. That same annexed Crimea had been seized by Russian removed him from its wanted persons list Ukrayinska Pravda reported that Mr. year she ran for a second time for president, authorities and he does not own it anymore. on July 3, 2015. Yanukovych’s lawyers Oleksandr but was defeated by Petro Poroshenko, Mr. Poroshenko also said that he had shut Russia is unlikely to give up the former Horoshynsky and Oleksandr Baidyk said who is expected to seek a new term in the down his chocolate factory in the Russian president and Donetsk Oblast native whom after hearing the Obolon court’s verdict March 31 election but has not announced city of Lipetsk in 2014 after he became it harbors to Ukraine. Moscow isn’t part of that they will appeal. Mr. Horoshynsky his candidacy. According to the latest polls, president. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) the European Convention on the commented: “The announcement of the Ms. Tymoshenko now appears the favorite International Validity of Criminal verdict at this stage is a PR move and a pre- to win the presidential vote set for March U.S. warship heads to Black Sea Judgements. election maneuver by interested persons.” 31, ahead of incumbent Mr. Poroshenko The U.S. Navy said the USS Donald Cook and comedian Volodymyr Zelensky. She has is heading to the Black Sea to conduct mari- presented herself as a pro-NATO, pro-Euro- time security operations and enhance mar- the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. It main- pean Union candidate, and has declared itime stability with NATO allies in the tains that it is independent from Moscow her backing for the Ukrainian military, Russian... region. The Arleigh Burke-class guided- and autonomous. which has been fighting Russia-backed sep- missile destroyer was navigating the (Continued from page 1) “It is easier to make a choice when all aratists in eastern Ukraine since 2014. Dardanelles Strait in Turkey on January 19 things are called by their names,” President Prominent figures who have endorsed Ms. “My main motivation was to end the as it headed north toward the Black Sea, Petro Poroshenko said then. Tymoshenko include Ukrainian Orthodox ‘schism’ that has lasted over 25 years,” he the U.S. Navy said in a statement. “The U.S. While visiting Zhytomyr Oblast on said, referring to the emergence of two hierarch Filaret and former Georgian Navy routinely operates in the Black Sea January 7, the president said that a “canoni- more Orthodox Churches in addition to the President Mikheil Saakashvili, who later consistent with the Montreux Convention cal, autocephalous Orthodox independent UOC-MP after Ukraine regained indepen- served as governor of Ukraine’s Odesa and international law,” the statement said. unified Ukrainian Church exists that doesn’t dence in 1991. The UOC-MP had been the region but is now a prominent critic of Mr. It did not say when it expected the ship to start with a prayer for ROC leader Kirill, only canonically recognized Church in the Poroshenko and lives abroad. (RFE/RL, reach the Black Sea, but the TASS news who prays for the Russian government, for country. The other two were the Ukrainian with reporting by Christopher Miller in agency quoted the Russian Defense the Russian army that kills Ukrainians.” Orthodox Church –Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC- Kyiv, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, Reuters, Ministry’s Defense Control Center as saying The UOC-MP says it has 12,000 regis- KP) and the Ukrainian Autocephalous AFP and AP) it is “tracking the movements” of the tered parishes in Ukraine, but Archbishop Orthodox Church. Donald Cook, which according to interna- Oleksandr told The Weekly that about 10 Zelensky admits Russian assets He noted that “we haven’t had unity” tional convention may stay in the Black Sea inside the country and that “Moscow percent of them exist “only on paper, Ukrainian actor Volodymyr Zelensky, couldn’t end the religious division in the they’re virtual communities.” who has said he is running for president of (Continued on page 16) country,” yet the Ecumenical Patriarchate in According to a nationwide Razumkov Istanbul “did.” Center poll that was published on April 26, Another reason, according to 2018, less than 14 percent of Orthodox Archbishop Oleksandr, is that the “UOC-MP believers identified with the UOC-MP, and is subordinate to the Russian Orthodox twice that with the Ukrainian Orthodox THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933 Church, which is the aggressor state that Church – Kyiv Patriarchate. annexed my beloved Crimea, wages war in OCU primate Metropolitan Epifaniy said An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., the Donbas and hybrid war using Churches that normal relations will gradually be a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Germany sidelines Ukraine, negotiates with Russia on Kerch Strait

by Vladimir Socor December 3, 5, 10, 2018) that Russia does the obstructions had already been lifted, with unnamed Russian counterparts in Eurasia Daily Monitor not aim simply to block the Kerch Strait according to Ukraine’s Infrastructure Berlin in December, about which Ms. Merkel outright to Ukrainian and Ukraine-bound Minister Volodymyr Omelian (Ukrainian TV made some limited disclosures while On January 18, German Foreign Affairs international shipping. Blocking it outright, Channel One, January 15, 2019). Moscow Moscow revealed nothing. For his part, Mr. Minister Heiko Maas submitted to his even for a short term – as Russia did after intends thereby to encourage a process of Maas initiated negotiations with Russian Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in its November 25, 2018, unprovoked assault negotiation that would acknowledge Foreign Affairs Minister Lavrov in December Moscow a freshened-up German proposal on Ukrainian naval vessels – would only Russia’s consent to freedom of shipping at (see EDM, December 13, 2018) and has now for Russia to “ensure” unimpeded shipping result in prolonging international sanctions Russia’s own discretion, and reward it with followed up on January 18 (see above). through the Kerch Strait. In that case, a on Russia. Nor does Russia need to block acceptance of Russia’s de facto control over Both German proposals are, in their German-French group would monitor the the Kerch Strait for any reason or purpose. the Kerch Strait. Such a reward could be essence, on the table for active negotiation traffic to certify that it is free (Interfax, RIA Instead, Moscow intends to leverage its either tacit or, even better for Russia, with Russia. Basically, both proposals Novosti, January 18, 2019). ability to allow or disallow shipping through some international document. envisage: 1) that Russia would “allow” Mr. Maas flew from Moscow directly to through the Kerch Strait, Ukrainian and Ukraine-bound international Kyiv to inform the Ukrainian side, after the set the rules there uncon- Moscow intends to leverage shipping through the Kerch Strait, and 2) fact. No indication exists that Berlin had tested and have those that OSCE monitors – or, alternatively, a consulted with Kyiv before going to rules de facto accepted by its ability to allow or disallow German-French monitoring team – would Moscow; and indeed, the Ukrainian side has third parties. Rather than shipping through the Kerch watch to “ensure” that shipping proceeds taken post-factum note of Berlin’s proposal blocking, the aim is to without further disruption. This latter with caution and palpable misgivings wrest some international Strait. The aim is to wrest proposition would, willy-nilly, accept the (Ukrinform, Interfax-Ukraine, January 18, expressions of deference some international expressions physical constraints that Russia’s newly 2019). Mr. Maas had pre-consulted with to Russia’s control of the built Kerch Strait Bridge has, unnecessarily Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Kerch Strait and the of deference to Russia’s control but deliberately, imposed on shipping. Klimkin on the top German diplomat’s pre- Russian-imposed naviga- of the Kerch Strait. International (OSCE) or third-party vious proposal to Mr. Lavrov last December, tion regime there. Such (German-French) monitoring, as implied in but evidently felt that his new proposal deference, if forthcoming, the German proposals, would in no way should go directly to Moscow. Unusually, the would advance Moscow’s goal to elicit de While Ukraine would give no hint of de internationalize the Kerch Strait as such, nor German Ministry of Foreign Affairs website facto acceptance of Russia’s 2014 seizure of facto acceptance, German diplomacy is try- the navigation regime in that strait. Such shows no readout of Mr. Maas’s talks in Crimea, which gave Russia full territorial ing to finesse the issue. The German govern- monitoring is, instead, likely to result in either Moscow or Kyiv (Auswaertiges-amt. control of the Kerch Strait. ment has (again) no European Union man- acceptance and confirmation of Russia’s de, accessed January 21, 2019). On this logic, Russia began in mid- date to negotiate with Russia about Ukraine, rules of the game. In return for unimpeded This and other recent developments in December “allowing” shipping through the in this case about the Kerch Strait. Instead, shipping – which Russia could again obstruct and around the Kerch Strait confirm the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov without Berlin counts on France and the or interrupt at its discretion – the proposed monitoring could reward Moscow with tacit anticipation (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, significant impediments. As of January 15, Organization for Security and Cooperation in or explicit acceptance of Russia’s control over Europe (OSCE) to endorse a creative formula the strait, and implicitly over Crimea. that Germany has already started negotiating In pursuit of that goal, Russia would directly with Russia on the Kerch Strait. The “allow” traffic through the Kerch Strait, Quigley appointed as co-chair Ukrainian government has not mandated under Russian-imposed terms and regula- Berlin either, and is looking at the latest tions de facto accepted by third parties. Berlin-Moscow negotiations warily. Moscow has even indicated that it would of Congressional Ukraine Caucus Minister Maas is negotiating with “allow” Ukrainian naval passage through WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Represent- Moscow on his own track, parallel to that of the Kerch Strait on a case-by-case basis (i.e., ative Mike Quigley (D- Ill.) released the fol- Chancellor Angela Merkel, regarding the on Russian-imposed and Ukrainian- lowing statement on his appointment to Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov. To what extent accepted terms in each case of naval pas- serve as co-chair of the bipartisan are the two German tracks coordinated, if at sage), at Moscow’s discretion. Congressional Ukraine Caucus. Rep. Quigley all, is hard to tell (controlled by different Denial of passage through the Kerch will join fellow Co-Chairs Marcy Kaptur political parties, the Chancellor’s Office and Strait would also be unnecessary for Russia (D-Ohio), Andy Harris (R-Md.) and Brian the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have a spotty to strangle Ukraine’s Azov Sea commercial Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) track record on coordination). Ms. Merkel ports. Russia is suffocating those ports “As a proud longtime member of the had initiated personal negotiations with through the impact of the newly built Kerch Congressional Ukraine Caucus, I am honored Russian President Vladimir Putin in late Strait Bridge. The bridge precludes the pas- to begin the 116th Congress in the new role November 2018; and the chancellor’s top of Co-Chair,” Rep. Quigley said on January 15. foreign policy advisors held secretive talks (Continued on page 19) “Through several visits to Ukraine, my posi- tion on the House Intelligence and Appropriations Committees, and my repre- sentation of a prominent and active UCC sends greetings Ukrainian American community, I’ve seen firsthand the importance of a strong U.S.- Ukraine relationship. I look forward to work- on Day of Unity of Ukraine ing with fellow Co-Chairs Kaptur, Harris and Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), newly appoint- Following is the text of a greeting from they have paid to secure their inalienable Fitzpatrick in our shared mission to fortify ed co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine the Ukrainian Canadian Congress issued right to live in freedom. On the Day of Ukrainian sovereignty and democracy.” Caucus. on January 22, celebrated as the Day of Unity of Ukraine, we remember the Founded in 1997, the mission of the forward to working with him and the cau- Unity in Ukraine. brave patriots who, throughout the cen- Congressional Ukraine Caucus is to orga- cus in our strong support for a more demo- turies, paid with their lives so that nize an association of members of Congress cratic, prosperous, and free Ukraine.” The Ukrainian Canadian Congress Ukraine may be free. who share a common concern for building “I am honored to welcome Rep. Mike (UCC) greets all Ukrainians on the 100th Today, the Ukrainian people must stronger bilateral relations between Quigley to the Congressional Ukrainian anniversary of the unification of once again take up arms to defend their Ukraine and the United States. With the Caucus,” said Rep. Harris. “His efforts to Ukrainian lands into a single, indepen- freedom. For five years, Russia has cooperation with the Ukrainian American resist Russian aggression against Ukraine dent state. waged war against Ukraine, seeking once community, the caucus serves to lend sup- have shown his strength and passion for On January 22, 1919, the Unification again, as it has so many times through- port for Ukraine, beginning with democra- the region. As a fellow member on the Act was proclaimed, joining the Ukrainian out history, to subjugate Ukraine to tization efforts and market-oriented Appropriations Committee, I look forward People’s Republic and the Western Moscow’s tyranny. The Ukrainian people reforms, and functions as a source of infor- to working with him both in committee as Ukrainian People’s Republic into a single, have responded to Russia’s aggression mation for Members of Congress regarding well as in this caucus.” independent state. This anniversary is with valor, determination and unity of events in Ukraine. “I’m proud to welcome Congressman celebrated as the Day of Unity of Ukraine. purpose. With God’s help, the Ukrainian “It is my great pleasure to welcome my Mike Quigley as the Democratic co-chair of [Editor’s note: The Ukrainian People’s people will be victorious. friend and colleague, Rep. Mike Quigley. As the Ukraine Caucus,” said Rep. Fitzpatrick. Republic and the Western Ukrainian Today, as we mark the anniversary of a member with a significant Ukrainian “Congressman Quigley has been a tireless People’s Republic are also known as the the Day of Unity, we pause to honor American community in his district and as advocate for Ukraine’s territorial integrity Ukrainian National Republic and the those who today bravely defend a fellow Appropriator [member of the and increased U.S.-Ukraine cooperation. I Western Ukrainian National Republic.] Ukraine’s liberty. United under the blue Appropriations Committee], he has cham- look forward to serving with him and the On the 100th anniversary of the and yellow banner, they are Ukraine’s pioned Ukraine’s forward democratic prog- entire Ukraine Caucus this Congress to sup- Unification Act we are reminded how dif- finest sons and daughters. They will pre- ress free from Russian aggression,” said port and strengthen the Ukrainian democ- ficult and arduous the road to indepen- vail in their righteous struggle, for justice Rep. Kaptur. “I join thousands of Ukrainian racy against increased Russian aggression.” dence and statehood was for the always defeats evil. Americans in northern Ohio and across the Ukrainian people, and the terrible price Glory to Ukraine! Glory to her heroes! region in welcoming his leadership. I look Source: Office of Rep. Mike Quigley 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 No. 4 No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 5 REFLECTIONS PERSPECTIVES Traditions and connections highlight by Andrew Fedynsky Ukrainian Embassy’s Malanka event Current yet eternal After more than a decade of weekend popular pastry shop in Parma, sells perogies, liturgies at a transit garage in Cleveland’s as does a stand at the historic West Side Tremont neighborhood, Ss. Peter and Paul Market near downtown. Even the mega gro- Ukrainian Catholic Parish opened its doors cery store Giant Eagle has a sign directing to an actual church in 1910 to serve immi- people to the aisle with Chinese, Mexican grants who had come for jobs in the indus- and Kosher food, and perogies – not as trial valley just down the street and in busi- good as Mama’s but perogies nonetheless. nesses which sprouted within walking dis- Pyrohy and I go way back. I remember tance: stores, restaurants, bakeries, my mother scolding me when I was a little saloons, agencies sending money to rela- boy for eating raw dough and potato stuffing. tives in the village back home. It’s been love ever since. In the 1980s, I Over time, the immigrants became worked for the congresswoman from Americans and perforce engaged in civic Cleveland, so I got to go home during district affairs, serving in both world wars and lob- work periods and vacations. Invariably driv- bying for their country to welcome post- ing back to D.C., I’d stop at St. Josaphat’s, World War II refugees – a dynamic repeat- Pokrova or St. Vladimir’s to pick up two ed in hundreds of communities, large and dozen perogies for the freezer at my Capitol small. The “Old Immigrants,” whose par- Hill apartment and then, every week or so ents and grandparents built the churches following, enjoy half a dozen for dinner. At the Embassy of Ukraine in Ottawa on January 15 for a celebration of Malanka and national homes, helped “DP” refugees I’ve been home now for many years and (from left): correspondent Christopher Guly with Marta and Stefan Korbutiak. find jobs and homes. go to Cleveland restaurants where many have a new appreciation thanks to an annu- Our own refugee family came to menus offer, guess what: perogies? by Christopher Guly Cleveland in 1954, when our father got a Olesia’s Place, the Great Lakes Brewing Special to The Ukrainian Weekly al competition the Embassy runs. To vie for a small gift – and a bottle of job at a local factory and we joined Ss. Company, the Southside and many others – OTTAWA – Growing up in Winnipeg, as Ukrainian vodka – people bring their Peter and Paul, dutifully attending Sunday both upscale and neighborhood, more than the grandson of Ukrainian immigrants to homemade creations, and it’s usually more liturgy, holy days of obligation, weddings, I can list. Like Mexican tacos, Chinese chop suey, Ethiopian, Vietnamese and Indian Canada, touchstones to my ancestral home- than just wheatberries, poppy-seeds, wal- funerals, christenings and requiem servic- es for fallen heroes. cuisine, perogies have entered the main- land were everywhere – from my friends’ nuts and honey. Kahlua, as one of many Imagine my shock a few years ago when stream – at least in places like Cleveland, shared ethnic roots, to the food we ate and innovative ingredients that have been I saw a sign: “For Sale.” Is this possible? Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto and the traditions our families maintained. added to the ceremonial grain dish, extends The mother church in Cleveland’s hottest New York. And Brazil. This past July, my Within a crowded social Ukrainian- kutia’s place on the Christmastime menu – real estate market? With no discussion, no wife and I went to Bar Baran, a Ukrainian Canadian cultural-religious calendar, for flavor alone – to qualifying as a dessert. notice. And then looking closely at the social club/restaurant in Curitiba and Malanka was never as big a deal for me as it But Malanka on Ukrainian diplomatic smaller print, I saw: “Perogies, Friday from enjoyed perogies, just like those in was for my peers whose parents were born territory is not just about eating or drink- noon to 6:00.” Cleveland, Kyiv or Lviv. You can even buy in Ukraine and who typically followed the ing. Of course, perogies (or pyrohy, as we them at the weekly market in Apucarana in Julian calendar. However as a young guy, it It’s about fashion. Many of this year’s called them). They financed construction Parana Province. Our daughter who was was an excuse for a party, with plenty of 150 or so guests wore their finest embroi- of the church a hundred years ago and teaching English and French there, sent pyrohy and “pyvo” (beer). dery in the form of vyshyvanky. graced the table of Ukrainian families for photos of a fourth-generation Brazilian Three decades later, Malanka has become It’s about Christmas caroling or koliadky. more than a thousand. How many billions who doesn’t speak Ukrainian but sells per- more personally relevant in my current Two choirs – Ottawa’s Ukrainian men’s choir of them have been made over the genera- ogies at her stand, adorned with blue and hometown of Ottawa, thanks in part to the Akord and the Assumption of the Blessed tions? No one will ever know. But what I yellow flags. Is this a micro economic folks who represent Ukraine in the capital. Virgin Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral choir – do know is that in all those centuries no example of supply meeting demand, or is it Unlike Winnipeg, with a Ukrainian- greeted guests with “Dobryi Vechir Tobi” as one made them better than my mother. the other way around? Canadian community that has been the singers entered what would become a Others would disagree: no one made them Christmas and Epiphany are past, and entrenched in the city’s life since the turn of jam-packed hall on the lower level of the better than their mother! Also true. Every the peak season for perogies is over for the the 20th- century, Ottawa’s Ukrainian embassy’s downtown Ottawa location. recipe has its subtle differences, and gener- year, but demand remains. They’re never Canadian face is framed more by Ukrainians Malanka is also about social connections. ations pass it down to the next in line. out of season. Now as we move into Lent who have arrived in Canada following the “It’s nice to get together with different Preparing pyrohy (aka varenyky) is a and Easter another cultural tradition from second world war and, more recently, around groups of people,” said Marta Korbutiak, a demanding culinary craft, requiring just-so time immemorial comes into play – writing the time Ukraine regained its independence. fellow former Winnipegger who has lived dough, potato, cabbage or other stuffing and dying Easter eggs, or pysanky. Like According to the 2016 national census, in the Canadian capital for the past 13 and then pinching the product into a delec- perogies, no one knows the origin of this of the over 1.3 million people who live in years and regularly attends the Ukrainian table dumpling that has delighted palates art form. We do it because our ancestors the National Capital Region (Ottawa and Embassy’s New Year’s soirée. for ages. It’s a peasant delicacy worthy of a did, and we trust the next generation has Gatineau, across the Ottawa River, in “You’ve got newcomers and people who king and queen. already picked it up as well. And they do, Quebec), only 1,830 indicated that their have been here for a while. You have people My wife, Chrystia, and her sister Ruta with variations. At the Ukrainian Museum- mother tongue was Ukrainian. Of those, who don’t speak Ukrainian and those who learned to make perogies from their moth- Archives Easter Bazaar in Cleveland we’ve more were women (1,045) than men (780). speak the language, and they all get togeth- er, who had learned it from her mother. sold intricate pysanky crafted with an elec- tric stylus (kistka) retrofitted with a hypo- It is a small yet eager group hungry for er and I find that nice,” she commented. This past Christmas in Chicago, our daugh- dermic needle to draw fine lines that elicit Ukrainian cultural activities. For 80-year-old Mrs. Korbutiak, the ter and son worked in assembly-line fash- amazement. Go figure. The annual Capital Ukrainian Festival, annual event is also an opportunity to ion with their cousins to crank out a couple of hundred for the dozen of us who met to Many of us, including me, complained held in July, certainly whets that appetite. reconnect with the country of her birth via celebrate the Solstice and the birth of Jesus. that Ukrainians were defined by “trivial” Other activities throughout the year serve the diplomatic mission that represents it in In Cleveland, volunteers at local churches matters like dances, embroidery, perogies as welcome appetizers, and the Ukrainian Ottawa. and other institutions were also busy. My and pysanky while literature, fine art and Embassy’s Malanka celebration has Mrs. Korbutiak was just a girl when she friend Walter who helps run the Ukrainian historical glories and tragedies were either become the pièce de résistance for Ottawa’s and her family left the Carpathian American Youth Association (SUM) home ignored or subsumed into another culture: Ukrainian community since it was intro- Mountain city of Kalush in western Ukraine told me they sold 1,600 dozen perogies just “The Ukraine? That’s part of Russia, isn’t duced under the watch of Ihor Ostash, who in November 1944 and went to a displaced before new calendar Christmas. For three it?” Emphatically no! With independence served as Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada persons camp in Austria before coming to days, 10 people prepared the dough and the and three revolutions in the last 25 years, from 2006 to 2011. Canada in 1949. potato and sauerkraut stuffing, donating that perception has changed. Ukraine as a And what’s not to like? Free vodka shots But she and her 86-year-old husband, hundreds of hours so the 48 volunteers who geopolitical pivot is debated in parliaments (get there early); traditional Ukrainian cui- Stefan, who also was born in Ukraine, followed could pinch 18,600 perogies – an and foreign ministries around the world sine, including holubtsi, varenyky (I still call raised their three daughters in Winnipeg average of nearly 400 per person. and that’s good. What’s basic and eternal them pyrohy and especially enjoyed the with a determination to keep the Ukrainian CYM wasn’t the only one. Volunteers at is culture, age-old traditions and the prod- cherry-filled ones) and my favorite – a dish language and its cultural traditions a priori- Ukrainian Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, ucts which ensue. Savor your varenyky with red beets and herring (shuba). ty within their family. Pentacostal, etc. churches also prepared and enjoy your pysanky. And support At this year’s event, held on January 15, Maintaining those connections some- them for sale to homes around Northeast Ukraine in its current trials. the menu also included kutia, which I recall times leads to discovering new ones. Ohio, bag after bag. Many a church mort- as a bland starter to the traditional gage has been paid off thanks to that. But Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is Christmas Eve dinner but for which I now (Continued on page 17) it’s not only churches. Rudy’s Strudel, a [email protected] 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 No. 4

2018: THE YEAR IN REVIEW For Ukrainians in the U.S.: A year of major anniversaries ajor anniversaries were marked this year by Ukrainians in the United States. The year began Mwith celebrations of the centennial of the historic date, January 22, 1918, when Ukraine’s Central Rada, headed by historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky, declared inde- pendence and broke ties with Russia. The Central Rada evolved into the fundamental governing institution of the Ukrainian National Republic and established the prece- dent for Ukraine’s parliamentary democracy and national independence that formed the basis for national identity throughout the 20th century, as well as the declaration of independence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Chicago’s Ukrainian community marked the centenary with a special event on January 28 that was attended by Ukrainians and honored guests. The main speakers were Bishop Benedict Aleksiychuk of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago and attorney Alina Shpak, vice-presi- dent of the Institute of National Remembrance, who trav- Yaro Bihun eled from Ukraine for the occasion. Congressmen Mike Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Valeriy Chaly discusses the importance of commemorating the anniversary of the Quigley and Danny Davis, both Democrats of Illinois, deliv- Heavenly Hundred who gave their lives in 2014 to defend freedom, democracy and human rights in Ukraine. The ered eloquent speeches noting the commitment of the fourth anniversary commemoration took place on February 18 in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Ukrainian community in the United States and the perse- verance of the Ukrainian people in the quest for freedom Ukraine, as well as the 7 million killed earlier in Stalin’s been signed by the governor of Wisconsin. To date, resolu- and democracy. Officials who attended included Consul 1930s Famine-Genocide in Ukraine “are not just tragic tions have been passed in Oregon, New Jersey, California, General Larysa Gerasko of Ukraine; Consul General statistics.” They are painful personal losses for their fami- Michigan, Washington and Pennsylvania.” Mantvydas Bekesius of Lithuania; and Csaba Zongor and lies, communities and the Ukrainian nation. The U.S. Holodomor Committee also suggested that Romuald Poplawski, president and vice-president, respec- The year 2018 was, of course, the solemn 85th anniver- communities display a Holodomor exhibit, attract local tively, of the Polish Hungarian World Federal Federation. sary of the Holodomor, Joseph Stalin’s man-made famine media coverage to their commemorative events, place The centennial of modern Ukrainian statehood was that killed millions in Ukraine. Countless communities opinion pieces in local newspapers, push to make the commemorated also later in the year in New York at the held events to mark the anniversary and to remember Holodomor part of the school curriculum, and support the prestigious Princeton Club. The Ukrainian Congress those lost to the Ukrainian nation. In April, The Ukrainian 20-minute documentary “While We Starve,” which depicts Committee of America and the Center for U.S.-Ukrainian Weekly published news about the awareness effort initiat- the physiological and mental stages of hunger, that was Relations were the co-sponsors of a landmark conference ed by the U.S. Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor produced by the committee in conjunction with the on September 22 examining the scope and ultimate mean- Genocide Awareness (U.S. Holodomor Committee). A Ukrainian Medical Association of North America. ing of the Ukrainian National Republic and the legacy it news release from the committee noted that it was work- Many communities heeded the call and numerous local engendered. The speakers included scholars from the ing with national Ukrainian American organizations and events were held throughout the year to commemorate United States, Canada and Ukraine. local communities across the United States to raise public the Holodomor and educate the public about Ukraine’s On February 18, Ukrainian Americans gathered on the awareness about the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. “To genocide. Among others, there were these: an exhibit and steps in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to succeed, this effort needs participation from every presentation in Dallas, a multi-faceted program focusing remember and pay tribute to the Heavenly Hundred Ukrainian community, including small and recently estab- on oral history in Minneapolis, a commemorative concert (Nebesna Sotnia), who were killed in 2014 in Kyiv while lished communities of Ukrainian immigrants and in Venice, Fla., religious services in Bloomingdale, Ill., protesting the pro-Russian government of President Ukrainian Americans,” the committee noted. Overland Park, Kansas, and Albuquerque, N.M., a perfor- Viktor Yanukovych. The event was organized by the Its release went on to report: “Holodomor activities this mance of Kyrylo Stetsenko’s “Panakhyda” in Fresno, Calif., Embassy of Ukraine and four Ukrainian American organi- year have taken a variety of forms, ranging from an aca- a series of events in Miami, a lecture in Whippany, N.J., and zations – United Help Ukraine, Razom for Ukraine, the demic symposium at California State University in Fresno a moving program at the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide U.S.-Ukraine Foundation and U.S.-Ukrainian Activists – and a trip to the Michigan state capital in Lansing by the Memorial in Los Angeles. whose representatives addressed the gathering and the Detroit community to petition for the inclusion of the Throughout the country during the fall, from north to thousands of tourists walking by that Sunday afternoon. Holodomor in the state Genocide Studies curriculum, to a south and east to west – including in our neck of the Ukraine’s Ambassador Valeriy Chaly pointed out that, on meeting with the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania after woods, Whippany, N.J., where a beautiful and meaningful the fourth anniversary of this historic event, the threats to unanimous passage of a Holodomor resolution in the state program was presented – Candles of Remembrance were Ukraine and its partners remain the same. “And that is Senate and the Boston community’s endeavor to mandate lit to remember the millions of victims of the Holodomor, why the struggle continues, and we bow our heads low a Holodomor curriculum via legislation. A special effort and the names of 85 children who were victims of the before the Heavenly Hundred and all those who stood to supported by both the U.S. Holodomor Committee and the forced starvation were read during solemn ceremonies. defend freedom, democracy and human values.” As Adrian Embassy of Ukraine aims to equip local Ukrainian commu- Recollections of Holodomor survivors were also featured Karmazyn of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation noted in his nities to approach governors and state legislatures in all 50 at many of these local events, as were readings of resolu- remarks, the approximately 100 killed on the Maidan and states to issue proclamations and resolutions recognizing tions and proclamations issued by all levels of govern- the more than 10,000 killed in Vladimir Putin’s war on the Holodomor as genocide. The first proclamation has ment: municipal, county and state. Many of these procla-

Marta Farion Capital District Committee for the Commemoration of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide Alina Shpak of Ukraine’s Institute of National Remembrance and Bishop Benedict On May 1 at the New York State Capitol, State Sen. Kathleen A. Marchione and Dr. Aleksiychuk of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago, the main speakers at Andrij Baran hold the resolution marking the 85th anniversary of the Holodomor that Chicago’s celebration of Ukraine’s independence proclamation of January 22, 1918, was passed in the State Senate. Witnessing the historic event are members of the are seen with Congressmen Danny Davis (left) and Mike Quigley (right). The centen- Capital District’s Ukrainian American community. New York was one of 22 states that nial commemoration of the historic event took place on January 28. issued proclamations or resolutions marking the 85th anniversary of the Holodomor. No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 7

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UNIS During the Ukrainian Days advocacy event in Washington on March 6 -7, Sen. Sherrod Brown (second from left), sponsor of the U.S.-Ukraine Cybersecurity Cooperation Act, Irene Rejent Saviano meets with constituents and community leaders (from left): Michael Sawkiw Jr., direc- Students of New York’s St. George Academy during the procession in St. Patrick’s tor of the Ukrainian National Information Service; Andriy Futey, president of the Cathedral at the beginning of the requiem service marking the 85th anniversary of Ukrainian Congress Committee of America; Stefan Romaniw, general secretary of the the Holodomor on November 17. Ukrainian World Congress; and Mary Nippert, honorary consul of Estonia in Ohio. mations designated Holodomor remembrance days, or Minister of Health Dr. Ulana Suprun, Minister of Internal Genocide. The main program included briefings regarding even declared November as a month of remembrance. Affairs Arsen Avakov, Minister of Culture Yevhen the Russia sanctions regime, an upcoming congressional Also noteworthy was the annual ecumenical service at Nyshchuk, Minister of Education Liliya Hrynevych, as well resolution on the Holodomor and a cybersecurity bill in the St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York on November 17. The as the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasyl U.S. Senate, followed by meetings with nearly 30 members service was led by Metropolitan Antony, prime hierarch of Hrytsak; senior officials in the Presidential Administration from the House of Representatives, the Senate and their the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. and Diaspora; of Ukraine; and national deputies of the Verkhovna Rada. staffs. Joining the Ukrainian American constituents were Bishop Andriy Rabiy, apostolic administrator of the His priority was to coordinate a united message aimed at community leaders from the Central and East European Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia; and strengthening the U.S.-Ukraine strategic partnership. Mr. Coalition, as well as activists for a democratic Russia. Bishop Paul Chomnycky, OSBM, of the Ukrainian Catholic Futey also discussed the upcoming 100th anniversary of In all of their meetings on Capitol Hill, the participants of Eparchy of Stamford, Conn. Responses were sung by the the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America with Ukrainian Days presented members of Congress with vari- Ukrainian Dumka Chorus, under the direction of Vasyl Culture Minister Nyshchuk, including the UBC’s proposed ous policy papers on issues of importance to the implemen- Hrechynsky. The service was livestreamed by the Ukrainian tour in the fall. (More on that in the Culture and Arts sec- tation of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Congress Committee of America via its Facebook page. tion of “The Year in Review.”) Sanctions Acts (CAATSA); the resolution in commemora- By year’s end, 22 states had issued proclamations or On January 29, Mr. Futey attended a solemn commemo- tion of the 85th anniversary of the Holodomor; and a cyber- resolutions recognizing the Holodomor. For the record, ration of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Kruty with security cooperation bill between Ukraine and the United the Embassy of Ukraine noted that the list includes: President Petro Poroshenko and other Ukrainian govern- States, as well as informational brochures about the Oregon, Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts., Ohio, Missouri, ment officials at the Kruty Memorial at Askold’s Mound. Ukrainian Congress Committee of America and the Kansas, Wisconsin, Florida, North Carolina, Washington, Along with Mr. Poroshenko, he laid flowers on behalf of Ukrainian National Information Service. Also on the agenda New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Utah, Texas, the Ukrainian American community to the fallen heroes, were a discussion at the Atlantic Council and a reception at Minnesota, North Dakota, Virginia, Alabama, Connecticut and paid his respects at the nearby grave of Markian the Embassy of Ukraine. (A subsequent advocacy event that and Rhode Island. Such recognition was due to the work Paslawsky, the Ukrainian American soldier killed in 2014 had been scheduled for July 18 was postponed.) of numerous Ukrainian activists who not only organized in the battle of Ilovaysk. Soon thereafter, on March 19, UCCA President Futey events to solemnly commemorate the Holodomor (many Speaking of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of chaired Sen. Rob Portman’s meeting with representatives of them reported in this newspaper), but took it upon America (UCCA), its Washington office, the Ukrainian of Ohio’s nationalities communities. Organized by the themselves to share knowledge about this genocide National Information Service, continued to hold advocacy American Nationalities Movement of Ohio, the meeting among their fellow Americans. events on the nation’s capital. Nearly 50 community activ- was attended by over 35 representatives of the Ukrainian, Another centennial celebrated in 2018 was that of the ists from throughout the United States participated in the Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Jewish, Czech, historic raising of the Ukrainian flag on April 29, 1918, on Ukrainian Days event on Capitol Hill on March 6-7, which Slovenian, German, Slovak, Bulgarian, Greek, Italian, ships of the Black Sea Fleet – an act that marked a victory began with a prayer service at the Holodomor Memorial in Macedonian, Hungarian and Lebanese communities and of the Ukrainian movement towards independence as the commemoration of the 85th anniversary of the Famine- was held at the Lithuanian Community Center in fleet came under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian National Republic. The raising of the flag in 1918 is considered the birthdate of the Ukrainian Navy. To mark that anniversary, Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization’s Chornomortsi fra- ternity and its sister counterpart, the Chornomorski Khvyli, embarked on a yearlong program to bring Ukrainian maritime history to the forefront. The year 2018 was officially known in Plast as the “Year of Sea Scouting,” which was complemented by a tagline loosely translated as, “On the waves of the sea, toward a common goal!” Across the United States, from Seattle in the West to Boston in the East, local Plast branches had a member of the Chornomortsi fraternity serving as a “skipper” to help coordinate and execute periodic learning sessions focused on sea scouting for scouts between the ages of 7 and 18. Topics included navigation, knots, types of boats, the his- tory of the Black Sea Fleet and sea scouting. In their respective branches, Plast scouts had an opportunity to earn a special sea scouting merit badge. The centennial was also the theme of the annual spring camporee (“Sviato Vesny”) held over Memorial Day weekend that was organized by the Chornomortsi and the Chornomorski Khvyli. The camporee was held at the Boy Scouts of America Heritage Reservation Campground in Farmington, Pa., were the Ukrainian scouts had an oppor- tunity to test their sea scouting skills on a 400-acre lake. In other community news, the president of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Andriy Futey, traveled to Ukraine on January 22-29 for a working visit Andrij Wowk to Kyiv that included a series of meetings with the coun- Scouts of the Newark, N.J., and Philadelphia branches of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization aboard the USS try’s leaders, among them Prime Minister Volodymyr New Jersey in Camden, N.J., with a Ukrainian naval flag. 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Tom Hawrylko Christine Syzonenko In front of the new main office of Nova UA Federal Credit Union in Clifton, N.J., Participants of the Candle of Remembrance ceremony held on October 4 in Whippany, (from left) are: George Oliarnyk, Walter Voinov, Dr. Michael Lewko, Val N.J., to mark the 85th anniversary of the Holodomor with Nina Pinczuk Kowbasniuk Bogattchouk, Pawlo Figol, Volodymyr Hunko, Jaroslaw Fedun and Nicholas (seated second from right), a survivor of the genocidal Famine of 1932-1933. Kosciolek. The new building’s grand opening was on November 3.

Cleveland. Sen. Portman (R-Ohio) reaffirmed the necessity vessels, and ways to explore opportunities to support June that the Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine of a strong U.S. foreign policy and a united NATO alliance anti-corruption and humanitarian efforts. (known by its Ukrainian-based acronym as ODWU) and in the face of Russian aggression in Ukraine, as well as the During the year, the UCCA spoke out on a variety of the Center for U.S.-Ukrainian Relations (CUSUR) were global threat posed by Russian actions around the world. issues affecting Ukraine and Ukrainians. For example, the now member organizations of the UCCA National Council. The Ukrainian community of Ohio was represented at the June 24 issue of The Weekly reported that the UCCA had The highest ruling body between UCCA’s quadrennial con- meeting by Anna Barrett of the United Ukrainian sent an urgent letter to President Trump and leaders in the ventions, the UCCA National Council comprises over 20 Organizations of Ohio and Andrew Fedynsky of the U.S. Congress, urging them to demand the immediate national Ukrainian American organizations. Assembling in Ukrainian Museum-Archives. release of Ukrainian activist Oleh Sentsov and the more New York City on June 9 for their first meeting of 2018, On September 25, the UCCA hosted Ukraine’s President than 60 other political prisoners imprisoned by Russia. On UCCA National Council delegates representing Ukrainian Poroshenko and First Lady Maryna Poroshenko when the July 25, the UCCA released a statement lauding the Crimea Churches and religious associations, Ukrainian education- president traveled to New York City on the occasion of the Declaration, which affirmed U.S. non-recognition of “the al institutions, national and central member organiza- 73rd General Assembly of the United Nations. The recep- Kremlin’s claims of sovereignty over territory seized by tions, and local UCCA chapters reviewed a year’s worth of tion took place at the Ukrainian Institute of America, and force in contravention of international law.” UCCA President UCCA activities at a meeting presided over by National was co-organized by the UIA and the Embassy of Ukraine Futey commented: “Today the U.S. government sent a Council Chair and Ukrainian National Association in the United States. In attendance were representatives strong message of support to those living under direct President, Stefan Kaczaraj. UCCA President Futey enthusi- from over 20 national Ukrainian American organizations, threat from Russia’s unrelenting aggressive behavior. The astically welcomed the two new member organizations, representatives of Ukrainian Churches in the United United States and Ukraine stand united, as demonstrated stating, “We welcome ODWU and CUSUR as UCCA mem- States, as well as Mr. Poroshenko’s honored guests. by the recently increased U.S. security assistance to the gov- ber organizations and look forward to their active involve- On October 3, Ukrainian American leaders met with U.S. ernment of Ukraine, which will help deter the government ment within our organized community. We continue to Ambassador to Ukraine Marie L. Yovanovitch in New York of the Russian Federation from further destabilizing and reach out to all of our Ukrainian American organizations City for an informal lunchtime conversation. Gathering at invading Ukraine and other independent countries.” and call upon unity within our community. It is extremely the Ukrainian East Village Restaurant located in the At the beginning of December, the UCCA sent urgent important to speak with one unified voice.” Ukrainian National Home, the UCCA thanked Ambassador letters of appeal to the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, the The Center for U.S.-Ukrainian Relations held substan- Yovanovitch for agreeing to meet with representatives of Senate Ukraine Caucus, the House Foreign Affairs tive conferences on issues of the day during 2018. On organizations such as the Center for U.S.-Ukrainian Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, March 8 the National Press Club in Washington was the Relations, New Ukraine Wave, the Self Reliance New York requesting them to “hold congressional hearings about venue for the ninth U.S.-Ukraine Security Dialogue – the Federal Credit Union, the Ukrainian American Youth Russia’s blatant use of force against Ukraine.” In explain- latest collaborative effort by the CUSUR, the American Association, The Ukrainian Museum, the United Ukrainian ing the urgency of the letter, UCCA President Futey high- Foreign Policy Council and the UCCA. Titled “Identifying American Relief Committee, the Ukrainian National lighted the plight of the 24 Ukrainian sailors being held in Ukraine’s Security Priorities,” this full-day conference on Women’s League of America, the Women’s Association for Russian captivity – a move that violates international mar- March 8 was presented as part of a continuing effort by the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine and the World itime conventions. “We must take every available measure the organizers to bring the best and latest information Board of the Ukrainian Youth Association, to discuss the to secure their immediate release,” stated Mr. Futey. At the about Ukraine’s National Security Strategy into the main- ambassador’s views on the status of U.S.-Ukraine relations same time, the UCCA on December 3 forwarded an open stream conversation about international affairs in the and to inform the U.S. diplomat of the Ukrainian communi- letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting United States. Two dozen senior U.S. and Ukrainian strate- ty’s efforts to support their ancestral homeland. him to propose, at the upcoming semi-annual meeting of gists, as well as defense and security experts, spoke in a On November 27 in Kyiv, Ambassador Yovanovitch NATO foreign affairs ministers, a collective call by NATO series of panel discussions and focus sessions dedicated hosted the U.S. delegates to the XI Congress of the member states for the immediate return to Ukraine of the to determining Ukraine’s security priorities in four critical Ukrainian World Congress. The reception, held at the captured Ukrainian warships and military personnel. On areas of concern: maritime security, cybersecurity, nation- ambassador’s residence, gave the UCCA and other U.S. del- Two organizations in the U.S. were welcomed into the al security strategy and information warfare. Foremost egates an opportunity to discuss a variety of issues, ranks of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America among the themes touched upon by the conference pre- including the current Russian attacks on Ukraine’s naval during 2018. The UCCA Executive Board announced in senters was the war that Russia has waged on Ukraine since 2014. The CUSUR also held two other conferences, both in Washington: “US-UA Working Group Yearly Summit VI” on June 14 and “UA Quest Roundtable XIX: Taking Measure of Ukraine’s Military and Military Industrial Resources” on October 12. Also in the top news regarding Ukrainian organizations in the United States, was a report at the beginning of the year that on January 29 the Organization for the Defense of Lemkivshchyna (known by its Ukrainian acronym OOL) formally ratified the establishment of the Yurij Kowalczyk Memorial Fund, which was made possible by a contribu- tion of $30,000 from Mr. Kowalczyk’s daughters, Irene Kowalczyk Hryhorowych and Marta Kowalczyk Reuter. Yurij (George) Kowalczyk, who was born in Krakow, Poland, and passed away on August 31, 2017, in Falls Church, Va., was very active in OOL and held various posi- tions, including national director for welfare projects, col- lecting tens of thousands of dollars for charitable projects. Later in the year, in April, OOL reinvigorated its Philadelphia branch with new membership, as it held an

UCCA information session to promote OOL’s mission of organiz- U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie L. Yovanovitch (center) meets with Ukrainian American community leaders in ing Lemkos in their communities and conducting educa- New York on October 3. The meeting participants had the opportunity to discuss the status of U.S.-Ukraine relations. tional, cultural and humanitarian work among them. No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 9

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Similarly, in Syracuse, N.Y., the OOL branch was reactivated at a July 1 meeting during which the national president of OOL, Mark Howansky, came equipped with a PowerPoint Academia: Conferences, presentation on the organization. A new leadership, led by John I. Hvozda, son of the late Dr. John Hvozda, who once courses and curricula headed the OOL’s national board, was elected. cademia held many conferences about the Among the organizations holding major meetings dur- Holodomor, and its place within genocide studies ing 2018 were the Ukrainian American Veterans, who Awas often the topic of discussion this year. held their 71st convention at the Ukrainian American Ukrainian language offerings are becoming widespread at Cultural Center of New Jersey in Whippany on October universities, as are Ukrainian studies programs. In addi- 5-6. Elected to head the UAV as national commander for tion, 2018 often saw Ukraine as the focus of many the next two years was Ihor Rudko, the organization’s research projects, books and presentations. Connecticut state commander. The keynote speaker at the Columbia University’s spring 2018 offerings in convention banquet was Andre Sochaniwsky, president of Ukrainian studies included seven courses – “Fin De Siècle the Ukrainian War Veterans Association of Canada. Ukrainian Literature: Beauty, Duty and Decadence,” with The Ukrainian American Bar Association met for its instruction by Dr. Mark Andryczyk; “Eurasian Urbanisms: 41st annual meeting in Washington on November 9-11; From the Imperial to the Post-Soviet” with Dr. Markian its sessions focused on “U.S.-Ukraine: New Policies, Dobczansky; “Today’s Ukraine: Power Politics and Strategies and Lessons from the Past.” Also noteworthy Diplomacy” with Ambassador Valeriy Kuchynskyi; “Post/ was the UABA’s December 2 statement condemning the Sovietological Debates: Contentious Issues and Non-Issues Russian Federation’s acts of aggression against Ukrainian in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies” with Dr. Alexander naval vessels near the Kerch Strait and the FSB’s capture Motyl; as well as elementary, intermediate and advanced of 24 Ukrainian servicemen as prisoners. The UABA Ukrainian language instruction by Dr. Yuri Shevchuk. Kristina Conroy focused on Russia’s continuing violations of international For the spring semester, presentations included book Prof. Serhii Plokhii won the Shevchenko National Prize presentations by Dr. Maria G. Rewakowicz, “Ukraine’s law and its treaty obligations (spelling out all the applica- in March for his book “The Gates of Europe: A History ble charters, conventions, accords, treaties, etc.) and Quest for Identity Embracing Cultural Hybridity in Literary of Ukraine.” urged the U.S. and its allies to take the necessary actions Imagination, 1991-2011,” and Marci Shore, “The Ukrainian for Russia to comply with its treaty obligations. Night: An Intimate History of Revolution”; a lecture by Dr. was Vladyslav Verstiuk, director of the European Institute There was news also in the realm of Ukrainian credit Tamara Martsenyuk, “Ukrainian Women at War: The of Sciences of Ukraine, who expanded on the topic “The unions in the United States. The Ukrainian National Credit Successes and Challenges of the ‘Invisible Battalion’ ”; as Impact of Revolutionary Events of 1917-1921 on the Union Association (UNCUA) held its 37th annual meeting well as film screenings hosted by Dr. Shevchuk, director of History of Ukraine in the 20th Century.” The roots of and spring conference on June 7-9 in Washington. Thirty the Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University. Ukraine’s current independence and national identity, he participants representing 12 Ukrainian American credit Fall semester offerings included Dr. Dobczansky’s noted, can be traced to Ukraine’s declaration of indepen- unions in the U.S. gathered to lobby their legislators on aforementioned course, Dr. Motyl’s multi-disciplinary dence in 1918. Other scholars from leading institutions in Capitol Hill, meet with Ambassador Chaly at the Embassy course, “Ukraine in New York,” Ambassador Kuchynsyi’s Ukraine, Canada and the United States delivered presenta- of Ukraine, hear presentations on current topics of inter- course “Ukrainian Foreign Policy: Russia, Europe and the tions on various aspects of the Ukrainian Revolution of est to credit union leaders and elect a new leadership. U.S.,” Dr. Shevchuk’s “Soviet, Post-Soviet, Colonial and Post- 1917-1921, including political, historical, cultural and Elected as UNCUA officers were: Chairman Andrij Colonial Cinema,” as well as the three levels of Ukrainian diaspora perspectives. Horbachevsky (SUMA Yonkers, N.Y.); Vice-Chair Stephen language instruction. Prof. Serhii Plokhii was awarded the Shevchenko Kerda (Selfreliance Baltimore); Secretary George Stachiw, Presentations for the fall semester included: “language National Prize in March for his book, “The Gates of (Selfreliance New England); and Executive Committee Politics and International Relations: A Controversy over Europe: A History of Ukraine.” The prize, founded in 1961 members Bohdan Kurczak (Self Reliance New York) and the New Ukrainian Education Law” by Volodymyr Kulyk on the centenary of the death of national poet and artist Bohdan Watral (Selfreliance Chicago). on September 25; “Soviet Americana: The Cultural History Taras Shevchenko, is one of the most prestigious distinc- As of August 17, Ukrainian Future Credit Union in of Russian and Ukrainian Americanists” by Sergei Zhuk on tions a work of literature, non-fiction or art can receive in Michigan was merged with Selfreliance Ukrainian October 16; “The Rule of Law, Corruption and Ukraine” by Ukraine. The book was nominated in the non-fiction and American Federal Credit Union, which has branches in Bohdan Vitvitsky on November 1; a book presentation by journalism category that came for the first time in 2018 as Illinois and New Jersey. In addition to its home office in Yuri Andrukhovych, “My Final Territory: Selected Essays” separate prizes were awarded for fiction and non-fiction. Chicago, Selfreliance now has three branches in Illinois, on November 13; as well as regular film screenings hosted Winners in other categories of the Shevchenko National three in New Jersey and three in Michigan. by the Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University. Prize for 2018 included Emma Andrijewska (literature), Nova UA Federal Credit Union held a ribbon-cutting The Kyiv Mohyla School of Journalism’s StopFake.org Victoria Poleva (music), Pavlo Makov (visual arts), and ceremony on October 20 to celebrate the completed con- was cited in a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Volodymyr Tykhyi, Yaroslav Polunskiy, Serhiy Stetsenko struction of its main facility at 851 Allwood Road in report, “Putin’s Asymmetric Assault on Democracy in and Yurii Hryzunov (cinema). Clifton, N.J. That event was followed on November 3 with Russia and Europe: Implications for U.S. National Demographer Oleh Wolowyna, professor-emeritus at a blessing of the building – a community celebration to Security,” on January 10. The report recognized StopFake – the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, presented a mark the grand opening. which has been featured repeatedly on major networks lecture on February 22 in Toronto on the topic “Regarding Finally, we would be remiss if we did not report the lat- and print media in 11 languages – as a cutting-edge inno- Questions about the Study of the Holodomor.” The event est demographic information about Ukrainians in the vation to counter Russian disinformation. Launched in was sponsored by the Holodomor Research and United States. Dr. Oleh Wolowyna, writing in our May 13 March 2014, contributors include alumni and students of Education Consortium (Canadian Institute of Canadian issue, noted that recently released data from the the School of Journalism and the Digital Future of Studies, University of Alberta), the John Yaremko Chair of American Community Survey (ACS) show that there were Journalism professional program for journalists and edi- Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto, the 996,505 persons of Ukrainian ancestry in 2016, that is, tors. They are joined by many journalists, marketing spe- Shevchenko Scientific Society of Canada, the Ukrainian there are now about 1 million persons of Ukrainian cialists, programmers, translators and others. Canadian Research and Documentation Center, the ancestry in the United States. He also provided data and a An international scholarly conference was held on Ucrainica Research Institute and the BCU Foundation’s map which showed that Ukrainians in the U.S. are still January 20-21 in New York on the occasion of the 100th Yurij Skripchinski Holodomor Education Fund. mainly concentrated on the East and West Coasts and in anniversary of the Ukrainian Revolution and the procla- Prof. Wolowyna’s presentation, based on research dur- states surrounding the Great Lakes in 2016. With the mation of Ukraine’s independence in 1918. The confer- ing the previous five years in cooperation with the Institute exception of Arizona, Colorado and Texas, very few ence was co-sponsored by the Shevchenko Scientific of Demography and Social Sciences of Ukraine, focused on Ukrainians live in the middle of the country. Three states Society, the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences and the issue of how many lives were lost during the – New York, Pennsylvania and California – have more the Ukrainian Institute of America. The keynote speaker Holodomor. He presented the results of research conducted than 100,000 Ukrainians. There is also a concentration of together with his research team and the methodology used Ukrainians in six eastern north-central states – Illinois, in determining mortality rates at both the oblast (provin- Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Indiana and Wisconsin – rang- cial) and raion (county) levels. The research showed 8.73 ing between 10,100 in Wisconsin and 48,200 in Illinois. million deaths across the entire Soviet Union, while in Two western states – Washington and Oregon – and three Ukraine the death toll was 3.92 million, 3.26 million for southern midwestern states – Texas, Arizona and Russia, including the Kuban region; and 1.26 million in Colorado – also have large numbers of Ukrainians, with Kazakhstan. Coming to a fact-based consensus on the num- the largest number, 60,200, in Washington. States with ber of victims was imperative for broader recognition of the the least number of Ukrainians, under 1,000, are genocidal nature of the Holodomor, Prof. Wolowyna argued. Nebraska, Wyoming and Mississippi. The Contemporary Ukraine Studies Program (CUSP) at In another analysis published on September 16, Dr. the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) at the Wolowyna wrote that the outcome of the upcoming U.S. University of Alberta launched its newly redesigned and mid-term elections has extraordinary implications for updated website on February 15. The CUSP replaced the Ukraine and underscored that the Ukrainian community Center for Political and Regional Studies founded in 2013. has, in quite a few instances, the potential of influencing The initiative, conceived by Dr. Volodymyr Kravchenko, the outcome of an election. His article presented data focuses on issues facing contemporary Ukraine with con- about the voting power of Ukrainians in communities ferences, seminars and public lectures. The program also across the country, and pointed to the possibility of creat- HREC provides post-doctoral study opportunities through the ing effective voting blocs when Ukrainians and other Demographer Oleh Wolowyna lectures about Stasiuk Program for the Study of Contemporary Ukraine Eastern Europeans join forces. Holodomor studies on February 22 in Toronto. and the Kowalsky Program for the Study of Eastern 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 No. 4

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CIUS/Oleksandr Pankieiev HREC ASU Jars Balan, director of the Canadian Dr. Serge Cipko presents findings from Arizona State University Ukrainian language students (from left): Kalania Pickhart, Institute of Ukrainian Studies, delivers his latest book “Starving Ukraine: The Jordan Tomlinson, instructor Olena Sivachenko, Brandon Urness and Olena Melnyk the Bohdan Bociurkiw Memorial Lecture Holodomor and Canada’s Response” in during the program’s initiation in the summer 2018 as part of the Critical Languages in at St. John’s Cultural Center in Toronto on April 12. Instititue. Edmonton on March 14. Ukraine. The program aims to explore the developmental academic year, Manor announced a tuition freeze, and a 20 reactions to it. Events during those years were also shown path of post-Soviet Ukraine while focusing on contempo- percent discount on the new degree programs. in parallel to the United States and the local response by rary politics and on urban, regional and cultural studies. The Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), along with both the government and the people. Based on the fact Events in 2018 included international conferences on Taras Shevchenko University and the National University that the Holodomor appeared in the contemporary Ukrainian-Polish relations and exploring the Black Sea of Kiv-Mohyla Academy were ranked among the top three Canadian press, the Famine was known but had since region as a contact zone of civilizations and cultures. universities in Ukraine, according to the analytical website faded from public memory. Also noteworthy, Dr. Cipko The Bohdan Bociurkiw Memorial Lecture this year was texty.org.ua. The best indicator, according to the study’s underscored, was the extensive mobilization of “An Unorthodox History of the 1918 Founding of the authors, was the External Independent Testing, which Ukrainians in Canada at that time to protest the starvation Ukrainian (Greek) Orthodox Church in Canada,” delivered determined the aptitude of incoming students, the cost of in Soviet Ukraine, demonstrating the vitality of the com- by Jars Balan on March 14 at St. John’s Cultural Center in education and the professionalism of the teachers. UCU munity at the time. Edmonton, Alberta. Mr. Balan is director of the Canadian moved up 34 places since 2011, with ETI scores for Arizona State University’s Critical Language Institute Institute of Ukrainian Studies, which sponsored the lec- incoming students at 182.5 points – the highest in the added immersive Ukrainian language courses to bolster ture, and he is administrative coordinator of the Kule country. The second tier of universities included national security. The courses covered not only spoken Ukrainian Canadian Studies Center at CIUS. Mr. Balan’s Bohomolets University, Lviv Medical University, Kyiv Ukrainian, but writing and reading in Ukrainian as well. presentation focused on the role of religion during the Polytechnic University and Kharkiv University. Kyiv, The inaugural course was taught by Olena Sivachenko. Ukrainian Canadian immigrant experience from the Kharkiv and Lviv were also listed as the three main cen- Prof. Mark von Hagen, director of the Melikian Center in 1890s through 1918 and the challenges that they faced, ters of education in Ukraine. the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, launched the pro- including the influence of Russophilism in the Greek- UCU has expanded its interdisciplinary programs to gram after securing funding through federal agencies, Catholic Church, the encounter with the Russian Orthodox include Ethics-Politics-Economics (Faculty of Social partnerships and donors. Students – including high school mission in Canada, tensions between Greek and Roman Sciences) and Business Analytics (Faculty of Applied juniors and seniors – only pay an administrative fee and Catholics, and the impact of war, revolution and imperial Sciences) that have attracted outstanding entering stu- the cost of study abroad. collapse on religious life. dents. Fifty-seven percent of first-year students in the The Prof. Manoly R. Lupul Endowment to Advance Manor College President Jonathan Peri met with Faculty of Applied Sciences in 2017 were in the top five Ukrainian Language Education was established on July 23 Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf in March after being appoint- percent of high school students. with the assistance of three Ukrainian Canadian founda- ed in January as chairman of Pennsylvania’s Council of Bishop Borys Gudziak of the Eparchy of St. Volodymyr tions – the Alberta Foundation for Ukrainian Language Higher Education. Dr. Peri lent copies of Anne the Great in Paris was awarded an honorary doctorate by Education Society, the Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Applebaum’s newest book, “Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Syracuse University on May 13 during its commencement Studies and the Canada-Ukraine Foundation – to support Ukraine” to all members of Pennsylvania’s State Board of exercises. Bishop Borys, who is president of the Ukrainian programs in Alberta and beyond through the activities of Education. During hearings of the State Board, Dr. Peri Catholic University in Lviv, received his undergraduate the Ukrainian Language Education Center at the Canadian advocated raising awareness for curriculum purposes of degree from the university in 1980. He was recognized by Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta. The the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. The books, once Syracuse University for his “vision of freedom and love of endowment was established to honor the 90th birthday of returned, were to be donated to interested Pennsylvania humanity,” and for his courageous leadership in defying Prof. Lupul, who is a leader in multiculturalism and a college students upon request. Dr. Peri recognized the tyranny and standing with his students during the founder of CIUS in 1976. ULEC is the only university cen- work of Craig Snider, son of the esteemed late Revolution of Dignity in 2014. ter in North America dedicated to the advancement of Philadelphia Flyers founder and Comcast Spectator chair- Dr. Serge Cipko, assistant director of research at CIUS, Ukrainian-language teaching, learning and research. A man Ed Snider, in promoting increased awareness of the spoke on April 12 in Toronto about his latest book, major donation of $25,000 was made by the Ukrainian Holodomor in education. “Starving Ukraine: The Holodomor and Canada’s Knowledge Internet Portal Consortium Association – a In the fall of 2018, the college offered a Bachelor of Response.” The event was sponsored by the Holodomor leader in creating Ukrainian digital resources for the Science in Veterinary Technology and Practice Research and Education Consortium at CIUS, the Ukrainian bilingual program in Alberta schools. Management, and a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies Shevchenko Scientific Society of Canada, the Buduchnist Prof. Iryna Zakharchuk, associate professor in with concentrations in pre-law, social sciences, history, Credit Union Foundation, the Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian literature at Rivne State University of the entrepreneurship and interdisciplinary studies. In addition Ukrainian Studies and the Canada-Ukraine Foundation. Dr. Humanities, presented the book “Jews and Ukrainians: A to its vast associate degree programs, Manor has expanded Cipko’s book focused on Canadian newspaper accounts Millennium of Co-Existence” (2016) by Paul Robert its four-year degree programs to meet the needs of its stu- from 1932-1934 and archival sources, examining the state Magocsi and Yohanan Petrovsky-Stern. During Prof. dents. Hoping to attract more students for the 2018-2019 of Canada’s knowledge about the Famine in Ukraine and Zakharchuk’s presentation on June 8 in Rivne, she focused

Andrew Nynka Cambridge Ukrainian Studies Dr. Gennadi Poberezny spoke about the Paul Robert Magocsi and Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, co-authors of “Jews and Dr. Olenka Pevny became the new direc- Holodomor at Harvard University on Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence,” whose book was presented by Iryna tor of the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies October 22. Zakharchuk at Rivne State University of the Humanities on June 8 in Rivne. program in England on October 2. No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 11

2018: THE YEAR IN REVIEW on: Why is it that conflicts wars, confrontations and destructions attract more attention from researchers than do periods of relative well-being? Why do analysts and scholars tend to focus on such topics? Why, finally, are these topics more interesting for readers? Prof. Zakharchuk lauded the book’s material and structure in paralleling Ukrainian-Jewish life in the Russian Empire and in Austro-Hungary, and the various aspects of every- day life during the course of 1,000 years, and noted that today Ukrainians and Jews have ways of learning about each other to find the shared experiences. The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter is an example of that shared ongoing dialogue. Dr. Gennadi Poberezny, a political geographer with expertise on the Holodomor, spoke at Harvard University on October 22. His talk, “Conceptualizing the Holodomor: Ukraine’s Great Famine from Lemkin to Applebaum,” showed that there is still no consensus on the question “Was the Holodomor a genocide?” The divide on the ques- tion, he argued, was based on the different conceptual def- initions of the Holodomor and genocide. The U.N. Convention on Genocide was also discussed at length, as was the work of Raphael Lemkin in coining the term “genocide,” highlighting the problems associated with “Breaking Point” international recognition of the Holodomor as genocide. Protesters on the barricades in a scene from the documentary “Breaking Point: The War for Democracy in New Jersey native Dr. Olenka Pevny became director of Ukraine,” which opened in March in New York and Los Angeles. the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies program in England on October 2, succeeding Dr. Rory Finnin. Dr. Finnin was plans to continue developing more cultural activities and senior lecturer in Ukrainian Studies and took a sabbatical Ukrainian arts: Influenced for Soyuzivka to evolve into a true heritage center. This leave from 2018 to 2020 for a series of research projects. would involve establishing Ukrainian artists-in-residence, Dr. Pevny, who is lecturer in Early Modern Slavonic Culture by ongoing war in 2018 as well as creating a concert hall, an extensive library and and History, has been at the university since 2014, having a centralized Holodomor museum. eactions to ongoing Russian invasions in eastern worked on “The Glory of Byzantium” exhibition at The FILM Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The Cambridge Ukraine continued to strongly echo across the con- Ukrainian Studies program was founded in 2008; it has Rtent of Ukrainians working in film, music, art and Originally a 75-minute Ukrainian-language feature doc- become one of the world’s leading academic center devot- theater during 2018. At the same time, today’s war ignited umentary, director Yurij Luhovy’s film “Okradena Zemlya” ed to the study of Ukraine. interest in similar defining moments in the past, sparking (Pillaged Land) was later redubbed in both English and At the international conference “Genocide in 20th a desire to learn and preserve the truths about their histo- French, and then shortened into an educational version in Century History: The Power and the Problems of an ry. Ukrainians in their homeland and the diaspora coordi- English under the title “Genocide Revealed.” In January, Interpretive, Ethical-Political and Legal Concept,” held on nated efforts to transmit this information to the world. two educational videos were finally completed in October 20-21 at the University of Toronto, the This was clearly evident during the 12th Ukrainian Ukrainian. These focus on the Holodomor, the decimation Holodomor was featured prominently. The conference Cultural Festival at Soyuzivka on July 13-15. Thousands of of the national elite and the destruction of Ukraine’s his- was organized by the Holodomor Research and Education guests attended events and concerts, united by deep con- torical past. Based on survivor testimonies, declassified Consortium; the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide and cern over issues affecting all Ukrainians: their war-torn Soviet archives and rare historical footage, this award- Memory Studies (University of Massachusetts); the homeland, help for students and orphans, and finding winning documentary will now serve a valuable educa- University of Toronto Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of ways to popularize the truth about their history and rich tional function for Ukrainian students. Ukraine, Center for European, Russian and Eurasian culture. “Recognizing the good in Hollywood,” every year the Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy; These themes were voiced by the many performers and Movieguide Awards Gala (MAG) presents Faith and Values the Anne Tenenbaum Center for Jewish Studies; and the speakers. From Ukraine: folk rock/pop singer Anastasia Awards, sponsored by the Christian Film and Television Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ottawa. The Prykhodko, actor Orest Lutiy, violinist Vasyl Popadiuk, Commission. Categories include Most Inspiring Movies event culminated with the Toronto Annual Ukrainian vocalist Khrystyna V and TV personality Petro Maha. From and Movies for Families. On February 2, Canadian director Famine Lecture, delivered by Liudmyla Hrynevych, direc- the diaspora: the Ukrainian Dumka Chorus, the Roma George Mendeluk’s “Bitter Harvest,” set in the turmoil of tor of the Holodomor Research and Education Center in Pryma Bohachevsky Dance Workshop, the Dobriansky 1930s Ukraine, was honored as one of the finest 10 Kyiv. The conference was a milestone, according to attend- Brothers vocal trio, and masters of ceremonies Marianka Movies for Mature Audiences of 2017. Although relatively ees and scholars, marking the Holodomor’s integration Hawryluk and Andrij Dobriansky. Two documentary films low budget, “Bitter Harvest” was a poetic and beautifully into broader discussions of genocide. Panel discussions were also screened at the festival: “Recovery Room” (fea- photographed film which the MAG ranked alongside such focused on the term “genocide” and its conceptual evolu- tured below) and “When We Starve,” about the blockbuster films and Oscar nominees as “Dunkirk,” tion through the colonial and post-colonial experience. Holodomor. “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Wonder Woman.” This was The Holodomor was compared and contrasted against Dr. Wasyl Szeremeta, newly elected president of the the first time a Ukrainian film – notably one about the other genocides of the 20th century, including the Ukrainian National Foundation, summarized what the Holodomor – has ever been honored in Hollywood. Armenian Genocide, which resulted in a spirited exchange foundation’s concerns and activities will mean for the On March 9, Montreal producer Mr. Luhovy’s moving among researchers. global Ukrainian community in the future. The foundation documentary “Recovery Room” was premiered in Kyiv at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy. Director Adriana Luhovy filmed the work of medical missions organized by the Canada-Ukraine Foundation at the Main Military Hospital in Kyiv. “Recovery Room” is composed of interviews with wounded Ukrainian soldiers and with medical teams performing complex reconstructive surger- ies on victims of the Maidan and soldiers injured in east- ern Ukraine. To the credit of the director, according to the overwhelming audience accolades in Kyiv, such harrowing subject matter was presented with the right mix of the hell of war, and the dignity and optimism of providing good medical care, The crucial information warfare and deception propa- ganda surrounding Russian invasions of Ukraine were explored in director Oles Sanin’s powerful documentary “Breaking Point,” which opened on March 2 in New York and March 9 in Los Angeles. “Breaking Point” integrated centuries of relevant Ukrainian history up to the present. With American co-director Mark Jonathan Harris and pro- ducer Peter Borisow, Mr. Sanin fashioned a gripping narra- tive highlighting ordinary men and women who stepped up to the challenge. One character in the film stated: “They lost their sense of humor… and then the fear of death.” This, then, was their “Breaking Point.” Heorhiy Maiboroda/National Bandurist Capella of Ukraine Moscow’s ubiquitous lies about its invasion and shoot- The Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America and the National Bandurist Capella of Ukraine down of the passenger airliner MH17 were juxtaposed give a joint concert in Kyiv’s Ivan Franko Theater on October 22 to mark the centennial of their founding in 1918. with revealing cell camera videos of Russian soldiers. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 No. 4

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Denis Andreev Nik Mills Ukrainian Institute of America Executive Director Olena Sidlovych holds the birth- Yaroslava Surmach Mills’ “My Father’s Village” (not dated, reverse painting on day cake for composer Myroslav Skoryk, whose 80th birthday was celebrated at that glass; on loan from Stella Baker) was part of the retrospective exhibit that opened at New York City landmark on March 4. On the left is oboist Igor Leschishin. The Ukrainian Museum on March 4.

Ukrainian forces’ helmet cams chronicled the horrific final ring story of how they created new lives in new home- to his performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra in the moments of the furious battle for Donetsk airport. lands, built Ukrainian communities and preserved their fall. Mr. Salov entertained the audience with renditions of Skillfully edited, “Breaking Point” received overwhelming- culture. The Ukrainian Museum-Archives of Cleveland has Bach and Chopin, and also talked about the use of improvi- ly positive reviews from the critical community; it has established an archival repository for interviews featured sation in performance. The second half comprised works helped establish the truth of Ukraine’s identity. in “Baba Babee Skazala.” by Ukrainian composers Mykola Lysenko and Ihor Shamo. Historical legends have proved attractive subjects for Live reporting on the Holodomor produced lying apolo- The final concert of the season was a solo recital by pia- filmmakers. Enthusiast director Sergei Skobun from gists like Walter Duranty, but also brave correspondents nist Pavlo Gintov on September 30. His concert consisted Chernivtsi raised $180,000 from residents of Bukovyna, who told the truth like Gareth Jones. Less well known is of works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, John Corigliano and engaged an army of volunteers and filmed “Legends of Rhea Clyman whose articles from 1932-1933 published in Ukrainian-born 20th century composer Theodore Carpathians,” an entertaining adventure movie of the pop- the Toronto Telegram and the London Daily Express testi- Akimenko. ular hero-brigand Oleksa Dovbush (1700-1745). At a fied to her remarkable resourcefulness and courage in Commemorating the 85th anniversary of the screening on April 18 at the Ukrainian Institute of reporting the facts. As a result, she was banished from the Holodomor, the Consulate General of Ukraine in Chicago America in New York, Mr. Skobun explained that he never USSR for writing about the Holodomor and the Gulag. On and the Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation-U.S.A. Inc. intended this to be a rigorous historical documentary, but November 9 at Fresno State University, director Andrew co-sponsored the North American premiere of “Ukrainian rather a dramatization of several folk songs and tales Tkach premiered his film “Hunger for Truth,” which inter- Requiem” composed by Yevhen Stankovych before an known throughout Ukraine. weaves the story of this reporter with footage of two little audience of over 1,000 at the Harris Theater in Chicago. The authentic period costumes were centuries old, and Ukrainian girls growing up without their father, held cap- Opening with selections played by the Women’s Bandura the film was shot on location in the rugged, beautiful tive during today’s Russian invasion. Ensemble of North America under the direction of Oksana Carpathian Mountains. The scenes of Oleksa as a mysteri- Rodak-Lucenko and Oksana Zelinska, the concert also fea- MUSIC ous boy were compelling and sensitively handled. Such tured actor George Wyhinny enacting a scene from the adventure movies based on legendary historical heroes On February 20, Wesleyan University in Connecticut play “Buried Truth,” depicting reporters denying the are needed, especially for younger viewers. hosted a forum and memorial concert on the anniversary Holodomor in the 1930s. The second half of the program Canadian viewers in Winnipeg, Manitoba, attended a of the Revolution of Dignity, honoring the memory of was dedicated to the Stankovych “Ukrainian Requiem,” screening of the uplifting documentary “Second Chance” by those who perished on the Maidan in 2014. Prof. Katja with soprano Nina Matviyenko, bass Stefan Szkafarowsky Montreal director Adriana Luhovy on May 6. This event Kolcio conceived and coordinated the multi-dimensional and the Kalamazoo Philharmonia and Festival Bach was organized by the Plast sorority Pereletni Ptytsi at the program, titled “This Side of the Curtain: Ukrainian Chorus, conducted by Andrew Koehler. Winnipeg Plast Home. Ms. Luhovy documented the efforts Resistance in Uncertain Times.” The opening panel discus- At St. George Academy, New York City, on June 3, the of Canadian volunteers who care for Ukrainian orphaned sion, introduced by Alexander Kuzma, included investiga- folk ensemble Ukrainian Village Voices (UVV) launched its children in summer camps in Ukraine. The Toronto-based tive journalist/member of Ukrainian Parliament Mustafa debut album. The UVV is dedicated to preserving and per- organization Help Us Help The Children organizes qualified Nayyem and Dr. Daniel Hryhorczuk of the University of forming the polyphonic singing style traditional in university volunteers to run specialized camp programs Illinois-Chicago, with moderator Dr. Olena Lennon of the Ukraine’s villages, where singers passed songs down for and workshops focusing on gaining trust, life skills and self- University of New Haven. The concert afterwards includ- generations, learning them by ear. The ensemble is com- reliance, as well as Ukrainian customs and traditions. ed a diverse array of 40 performers: bandurist Julian posed of 18 members, with only half possessing any On October 6, the historical film “Secret Diary of Symon Kytasty, the Yevshan Vocal Ensemble, the Slavei Chorus Ukrainian ethnic connection. Their first trip to Ukraine in Petliura” was screened at the Ukrainian National Home in and speakers from the Wesleyan community. July will be to learn songs at the source in village homes, New York City. Director Oles Yanchuk answered viewers’ The beloved dean of Ukrainian composers, Myroslav where this style of singing is quickly disappearing. questions about his latest production. For various reasons, Skoryk scores music in all formats, which is admired by Kyrylo Setsenko’s lyrical “Panakhyda” (Memorial including Soviet disinformation and scurrilous accusa- professionals and enjoyed by concert-goers. His opera Service) received a rare performance on August 26 when tions of anti-Semitism, Petliura has become a controver- “Moses” was penned for the 2001 Ukraine visit of Pope Coro Stetsenko, a 30-member ensemble of the Fresno sial figure in public consciousness. Stressing the impor- John Paul. On March 4, Mr. Skoryk was honored on the Community Chorus performed the work in Fresno, Calif., in tance of young people in Ukraine learning the historical occasion of his 80th birthday before an overflow audience remembrance of the Holodomor. Several months of prepa- facts surrounding the Parisian trial of Petliura’s murderer, at the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York City. The ration ensured that this non-Ukrainian group understood the director said his film will be required viewing in all concert featured Mr. Skoryk’s works performed by various the meaning, while learning the text phonetically. schools throughout Ukraine. ensembles and soloists, even a piano duet with the com- With the appointment of its new director, Julian Mr. Yanchuk researched authentic dialogue from the poser himself participating. Artistic director of Music at Kytasty, the Canadian Bandurist Capella (CBC) announced 1927 trial, and included historical footage of battles from the Institute Solomiya Ivakhiv related to the audience why its new direction as it scheduled October concerts, titled 1918-1921. Based on recent revelations from KGB defec- his works are so popular. The excellent performers who “Crossroads of Song,” in three Ontario cities. According to tors, the director also dramatized how assassin Sholem turned in idiomatic performances of Mr. Skoryk’s works Mr. Kytasty, the CBC will integrate more music from the Schwartzbard was handled by the Soviet ambassador to were Ms. Ivakhiv (violin), Mykola Suk (piano), the original Kozak era, rather than stylized 19th century France and primed to murder Petliura, the de facto prime Momenta String Quartet and Igor Leschishin (oboe). arrangements. At the same time, he plans to introduce minister of the Ukrainian National Republic in exile. On April 28, the Ukrainian Institute of America in New Canadian content, like immigrant songs and old-time Notably, the filmmakers constructed an exact replica of York celebrated its 70th Anniversary with a concert fea- Ukrainian-Canadian fiddle music. The ensemble’s out- two Parisian streets on the largest film stage pavilion in turing violinist Oleh Krysa, pianist Mr. Suk, and violinist reach is meant to popularize the bandura beyond ethnic Europe, the Dovzhenko Film Studios in Kyiv, notwith- Ms. Ivakhiv and pianist Tanya Bannister. enclaves to all Canadians. standing their minimal $1.7 million production budget. The Washington Group Cultural Fund (TWGCF) began It was in 1918 that the original Kyiv Kozak Choir was Ukrainian American filmmaker Matej Silecky premiered its Music Series concerts with the March 25 performance formed under the guidance of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky. his documentary “Baba Babee Skazala” (Grandmother Told by the chamber duo of Natalia Khoma (cello) and It splintered after World War II in 1946, with many émi- Grandmother) on October 7 at Rutgers University in New Volodymyr Vynnytsky (piano) at the Lyceum in grés from the bandura group making Detroit their new Brunswick, N.J. It was one of 22 finalist entries at the fall Alexandria, Va. The evening included works by Bach, home, establishing the beginnings of what became the 2018 New Jersey Film Festival. This documentary shows Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Mr. Vynnytsky’s “Lost Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus (UBC) of North America. interviews from 35 Ukrainians, who were child refugees, Tango” for cello and piano. During an 11-day tour of Ukraine, the UBC performed torn from their homes during World War II, many of whom Prize-winning pianist from Donetsk Serhiy Salov was with the other branch from the original choir, the National later immigrated to the United States. It presents the stir- the next performer on the TWGCF series on April 22, prior Bandura Capella of Ukraine, at a joint concert at Kyiv’s No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 13

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Ivan Franko Theater on October 22 to mark the centennial ents, Yaroslava was trained as a fine artist, graduating of their founding. The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus also from The Cooper Union. During a 1956 visit to Ukraine, performed during its Ukraine tour in Chernihiv, Rivne, she became enamored of reverse glass paintings she stud- Lutsk and Lviv. The UBC had kicked off its centennial con- ied in folk museums. Yaroslava was also a college art cert series in the U.S. on September 9 with a performance teacher, and fulfilled commissions for stained glass church at Deyor Performing Arts Center in Youngstown, Ohio. It windows designs and etched-glass doors of the New York continues its 100th anniversary celebrations in 2019 with Senate Chamber lobby in Albany. concerts in North America. Combining collage, painting and assemblage, the works The Ukrainian Art Center in Los Angeles produced an of Ukrainian American artist Ola Rondiak reflect on her original Ukrainian/English bilingual artistic presentation personal history, womanhood, ethnic identity, politics and on September 16, honoring the late Ukrainian American street art. The Ukrainian Institute of America hosted an singer Kvitka Cisyk (1953-1998). Talented young local exhibit of the artist’s works, opening on May 4. Raised in performers read poems, played instruments, danced and Ohio, Ms. Rondiak moved to Kyiv in 1995. Two recurring sang to a storyline of the popular singer’s life. This includ- themes in her work are the “motanka,” a faceless rag doll ed her singing commercials heard by billions of people, signifying the woman-goddess, and the “vinok,” the tradi- songs for movies and her two Ukrainian albums. Known tional Ukrainian flower crown representing the purity of in Ukraine as “Kvitka,” the singer’s dream to visit her womanhood. homeland remained unfulfilled due to diagnosis of a fatal Renowned Canadian architect Radoslav Zuk presented cancer. an exhibition of his church designs at the National Roman Hurko, American-Canadian composer of Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture in Kyiv on May Ukrainian origin, published his first two settings of the 24-31. “The Artistic Path of Radoslav Zuk” displayed seven Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Set to a four-voiced mixed churches in Canada, two in the U.S. (one of which is in choir, his music is mostly in harmonious texture, but Kerhonkson, N.Y., near Soyuzivka Heritage Center) and changing to polyphony at particularly significant one in Lviv, which was awarded the State Prize of Ukraine moments of worship. In the gentle, lyrical style of previ- for Architecture 12 years ago. ous church music composers Kyrylo Stetsenko and Kyivan artist Oleksiy Lytvynenko’s affectionate paint- Ola Rondiak’s “Identity” (2018, mixed media on can- Mykola Leontovych, Mr. Hurko avoids extremes, evoking ings of plants, birds, fish and other creatures perhaps owe vas, 75 by 63 inches) was among the artist’s works on exhibit at the Ukrainian Institute of America on May instead the warmth of a reverent village church with its their genesis to his fortunate genealogy: his family tree 4-June 10. peace and tranquility. includes two artists, three biologists, one geologist and Ukrainian baritone Oleg Chmyr presented the latest one ichthyologist. On March 23 the Ukrainian Institute of Textile art only recently attained recognition for its full concert of “Ukrainian Stars in America” on October 7 at America launched an exhibit of his evocative and subtle creative potentials, yet in the hands of a sensitive artist, it Merkin Hall in New York City. The aim of these concerts is nature paintings with titles like “Water Lillies,” “Fish- can readily transcend a craft traditionally focused on its to ultimately expand these performances on tours across Tench” and “Buds.” Mr. Lytvynenko’s works have been utilitarian material aspect. Kyivan artist Anastasia the country, showcasing the rich cultural heritage of exhibited extensively in Ukraine, throughout Europe and Podervianska exhibited her inventive textile wall hangings Ukraine. This concert featured opera singers Mr. Chmyr, the United States. and wearable art on October 4, opening the 64th season Oksana Krovytska, Marta Zalizniak, the Ukrainian Dumka Another artist who translated his love for animals into of Art at the Institute in New York. Drawing from legends Chorus, the Art String Quartet and the Iskra Ukrainian art was Andy Warhol (1928-1987). His vibrant colored and myths, Ms. Podervianska assembles folk embroidery, Dance Academy. print portraits of rams, zebras, rhinos, elephants, bald fabric prints, patches and texts and interweaves them eagles, orangutans, sea turtles were the centerpiece of the ART with cross-cultural elements like Mickey Mouse or Bart “Andy Warhol: Endangered Species” exhibit which opened Simpson. She is represented in private and institutional A striking exhibit of five large-scale artworks, “Five at The Ukrainian Museum in New York on October 6. Profs. collections in Ukraine, Germany, Poland and the U.S. Elements of War,” constructed from actual artifacts of the Alexander Motyl and Jaroslaw Leshko talked about some The Ukrainian Museum of Canada in Toronto also put Russian war in eastern Ukraine, opened on January 25 at little-known aspects of the pop icon who easily mixed with together a unique folk arts exhibit called “Treasures the Ukrainian Institute of America. Kyiv artists Daria the world’s most beautiful and powerful. But in fact, Rediscovered & Shared.” This told the story of how one Marchenko and Daniel Green conceived their artworks as Warhol was a shy boy of Carpatho-Rusyn peasant stock, Canadian woman’s passion for Ukrainian dance was a visceral response to the horrors and raw emotions raised in a deeply religious community in Pittsburgh. inspired and shaped by her grandmother’s collecting and stirred by the violence of war. The artists attached over One of the speakers at the opening was Warhol’s neph- research activities. It explored Danovia Stechishin-Stefura’s 5,000 spent shell casings collected at the battlefront in ew, James Warhola, a successful illustrator in his own ethnographic and folkloric research in Ukraine during her Donbas to create a powerful portrait of a nefarious right, who recounted how Andy’s mother instilled in her trips to Ukraine and Europe in the 1920s, when she collect- Russian President Vladimir Putin, “The Face of War.” Other son a love of art, nurturing his talent during his formative ed embroidery, folk and dance costumes. Ms. Stechishin incorporated battle debris included military epaulets, years. Mr. Warhola also contributed some of his uncle’s performed professionally as a ballet and modern dancer. shrapnel, documents and photo optic lenses. The viewer’s photos, personal artifacts and early drawings to be includ- On October 12, with the support of the Ministry of response transcends specific battles, and brings one face ed in this exhibit. Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Consulate in to face with the essence of war and all its ramifications. American artist of Lemko ancestry Nicholas Chicago, the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago The 60-year artistic career of Yaroslava Surmach Mills Bervinchak (1903-1978) faithfully dramatized the human presented an exhibit titled “Contemporary Ukrainian (1925-2008) encompassed not only her popular reverse plight, family life and working conditions of miners in Graphics at the Turn of the XX/XXI Century.” The exhibi- glass paintings and greeting cards, but also included etch- northeast Pennsylvania. An exhibition of his etchings exe- tion included classical etchings, aquatints, linoleum, litho- ings, icons, book illustrations, pysanky and drawings that cuted mostly during the Great Depression was presented graphs, monotype and drypoint from the creativity of she always signed “Yaroslava.” The Ukrainian Museum in at the Ukrainian Institute of America on September 28. three major art centers: Lviv, Kyiv and Kharkiv. New York organized the first such exhibit of her varied Bervinchak’s prints are also housed in the Metropolitan The fanciful, meticulous color etchings of Lviv-based output, “Yaroslava Surmach Mills: Retrospective” on Museum of Art, The National Gallery of Art and The Ukrainian artist Roman Romanyshyn were exhibited at March 4. Born in New York to Ukrainian immigrant par- Smithsonian Institution. the Ukrainian Institute of America on November 16. In addition to these intricate prints, Mr. Romanyshyn’s works include paintings and sculptures. The light-hearted inter- play in his works includes antiquated and modern themes: mythical animals, Alice in Wonderland, the Beatles, and the Wives of Henry VIII. The artist’s imagina- tion and technical skill create a charming, child-like carni- val atmosphere and a sense of whimsy and magic. THEATER Starting January 18, Kharkiv audiences had an oppor- tunity to experience what several productions of the inno- vative Ukrainian director Les Kurbas would have looked like, back in the 1920s. The multifaceted presentations allowed Ukrainians to reconnect with their past and were especially geared for younger audiences. The exhibition was organized by Virlana Tkacz, artistic director of Yara Arts Group, together with Tetiana Rudenko, head archivist at the Museum of Theater, Music and Cinema of Ukraine, and Kyiv-based designer Waldemart Klyuzko. Three pro- ductions were featured: “Gas,” “Jimmie Higgins” and “Macbeth.” Back in America, Ms. Tkacz and her Yara Arts Group received five nominations for New York Innovative Yara Arts Group Theater Awards. These included Yara’s “1917-2017: The cast and crew of Yara Art Group’s “1917-2017: Tychyna, Zhadan & the Dogs,” which was nominated for Best Tychyna, Zhadan & the Dogs” for Best Production of a Production of a Musical by the New York Innovative Theater Awards. Musical, and Virlana Tkacz for Outstanding Director. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 No. 4 No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 15

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Court Advocates honor Judge Hanuszczak SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Onondaga County Maxwell School and his law degree from Family Court Judge Michael Hanuszczak the SUNY at Buffalo School of Law. He spent was presented with the Mike Bristol Crystal 10 years in private practice and served as a Award by the Court Appointed Special member of the Attorney for the Child panel Advocates (CASA) program in recognition representing children in a variety of Family of his judicial skills and temperament. Court proceedings. In selecting him CASA noted, “Judge Judge Hanuszczak has an extensive pub- Hanuszczak has demonstrated patience, lic service background, including service as compassion and respect to those before a member of the Onondaga County him in the most challenging circumstances. Legislature, CNY Regional Office head of the As presiding Family Treatment Court Judge, New York State Attorney General’s Office, His Honor treats every recovering addict and special counsel to the chair of the with respect and dignity while offering him Workers’ Compensation Board. He was or her an opportunity for expedited reunifi- elected to the Family Court bench in 2000. cation with continued sobriety. “ In 2004, he was designated to serve as an The Crystal Award was established by acting State Supreme Court justice in New Melissa Castor CASA in honor of Mike Bristol, the long- York’s Fifth Judicial District. Onondaga County Family Court Judge Michael Hanuszczak with (from left) his twin time manager and publicist for Syracuse During his judicial career Judge daughters Bridget and Laura, and his son-in-law (Laura’s husband), Sean Kelley, at University athletics, and Judge Hanuszczak Hanuszczak has heard and resolved thou- the Court Appointed Special Advocates gala. was selected as the first recipient of the sands of cases and has presided over the annual award. The award was presented at Integrated Domestic Violence Court. He cur- Judge Hanuszczak also serves as the ognized and honored by CASA for my judi- CASA’s annual dinner gala with a number of rently presides over the Family Treatment judicial representative on the New York cial skills. Serving as a Family Court Judge is prominent Central New York attorneys in Court. More than 50 of his decisions have State Domestic Violence Fatality Review challenging, but not as challenging as being attendance, as well as members of Judge been reported in the New York Official Team. a parent. Thus, working with a variety of Hanuszczak’ s family. Reports and a number have been featured Judge Hanuszczak, who is a member of agencies and attorneys to assist parents is Judge Hanuszczak received his under- in various legal publications, such as the Ukrainian National Association Branch 127, one of the most important duties of a graduate degree from Syracuse University’s New York Law Journal and Daily Record. commented, “I greatly appreciate being rec- Family Court Judge.”

Career coach and author speaks on issues Manor College Board renews President Peri’s for women in male-dominated industries contract nearly a year ahead of schedule Manor College JENKINTOWN, Pa. – After more than three years of ambitious transformation at Manor College, its board renewed President Jonathan Peri’s contract nearly a year early. When Dr. Peri arrived at Manor in late 2015, the college was facing financial challenges. Within seven months he led the college to a balanced budget, erased deficits, created significant excess revenues and restruc- tured debt by fiscal year end. By fall 2017, and for the first time in about 10 years, both enrollment and revenues increased. In fall 2018, Manor’s total student popu- lation skyrocketed, increasing by 125 stu- dents over the prior year. Such an increase in the current marketplace of higher educa- tion is practically unheard of. Colleges in Manor College President Jonathan Peri the region are facing decreasing and level- renewed Dr. Peri a year early because his Bogdan Grytsiv ing-off college-going populations and tight- kind of talent gets recruited, and we were Tamara Lashchyk (left) addresses the audience at her book discussion on November er budgets. There have even been reports not going to let that happen.” 28, 2018, in New York. Joining Ms. Lashchyk on stage were two of her colleagues, of closures, but Manor is bucking the trend. During Dr. Peri’s first term, Manor was Sonya Khan (center), a software engineer whom Ms. Lashchyk mentored since she Manor’s projections are for continued named a “Top 5” associates degree granting was a junior in college, and Sabina Rheinhardt, a former Deutsche Bank employee enrollment and revenue growth in 2018- college in Pennsylvania. Without letting go turned performance coach. 2019 and beyond. It has become the best- of that achievement, Dr. Peri has just led the priced private college in Pennsylvania and college to become both an associates and a by Mariya Soroka quo and create a more equitable environ- is attracting new students. ment for all. Her passion about the subject bachelor’s degree-granting institution. Since “Manor’s renaissance resulted because he led the process for another regional col- NEW YORK – A group of both male and is rather convincing and the facts that sup- Dr. Peri refreshed the cultural commitment female professionals gathered together port her case are compelling. If that fails to lege to move to university status, he may to our mission; he is authentic, and he took have designs on a similar future for Manor from across various industries came persuade, she simply insists to her male decisive strategic action,” said Manor’s together on November 28, 2018, to discuss colleagues that their daughters shouldn’t College. As it is, Manor was recently listed in Board Chairman Dennis McGrath. Chairman the Chronicle of Higher Education for having the issues that women face in male-domi- be having this same discussion when they McGrath is right: During Dr. Peri’s first three nated industries. grow up and join the workforce. “We all the 16th highest paid faculty in the country years at Manor, the Marketing Office was for a private Associates college. So attracting The event, which took place in Civic Hall have to do better,” she underscores. restructured and a rebranding campaign and retaining talented faculty members is in New York City, was the idea of financial In her opening remarks, Ms. Lashchyk was successfully launched, the Admissions clearly on President Peri’s mind. executive, career coach and author Tamara referred to her experiences in speaking at Office obtained energized new leadership, “Right now we’re working with our Lashchyk. The name of Ms. Lashchyk’s women’s conferences, an opportunity that the Advancement Office was given new Board of Trustees and our entire campus book is “Lose the Gum, A Survival Guide for has morphed from becoming an author. She directives and resources enhancing fund- community on our next vision statement as Women on Wall Street, Main Street and highlighted her observations that at these raising, and major facilities improvements a lead-in to our next strategic plan ‘2021 events there is a stark absence of men, yet Every Street in Between.” have happened thanks to a “Transforming and Beyond.’ Contract renewal a year early Ms. Lashchyk has spent her entire career men are still very much key decision-mak- Spaces” campaign. is a welcomed way to ensure consistency in working in financial services, trying to ers in many corporations. “If we want to “We know what the marketplace looks that process,” said Dr. Peri, “Having a really break into what she refers as the “boy’s move the needle, we need to bring men like in the region,” continued Mr. McGrath, wonderful board, a chairman and a com- club.” Now that she has been elevated to into the discussions, and unless they begin “There are about a hundred colleges and munity who are deeply committed to our ranks of management, she is helping to pull to understand our issues they cannot help universities in our backyard. The competi- Basilian mission and our students makes other women along. Ms. Lashchyk however us change the environment,” she said. tion for visionary higher education leader- every bit of difference. I feel so blessed to isn’t doing it alone, and is insisting that ship is probably stronger here than in uni- men do their part to help change the status (Continued on page 17) versity-saturated New England. We (Continued on page 17) 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 No. 4

corporate news releases to make illegal works of accounts to mislead others about geted countries while boosting Sputnik’s NEWSBRIEFS stock trades. Artem Radchenko, 27, and who they were and what they were doing.” audience. The U.S. social-networking com- Oleksandr Ieremenko, 26, were charged Mr. Gleicher said one network of 364 pages pany also removed 107 Facebook pages, (Continued from page 2) with securities fraud, wire fraud, and other and accounts was “linked” to employees of groups, and accounts, as well as 41 for no longer than 21 days. Tensions in the charges in a 16-count indictment unsealed Sputnik, a Russian state-run news site. Instagram accounts for engaging in “coor- region have been heightened since on January 15. Both men were reported to Sputnik’s Armenia branch said on dinated inauthentic behavior” as part of the November 25, 2018, when Russian security be in Kyiv. The scheme was first revealed in Facebook that its Russian-language page network operated in Ukraine. The individu- forces fired on, boarded and then seized 2017 by the Securities and Exchange had been blocked and that as a result “our als behind these accounts primarily repre- three Ukrainian vessels near the Kerch Commission (SEC), which regulates U.S. news in the Russian language will tempo- sented themselves as Ukrainian, Mr. Strait, which links the Black Sea and the Sea stock markets. According to the U.S. crimi- rarily be published on the Armenian page.” Gleicher said, and they operated a variety of Azov. Moscow claims the Ukrainian ves- nal complaint, the scheme, which netted In a statement on Facebook, Sputnik told its of fake accounts while sharing typically sels illegally entered Russian territorial $100 million in illegal profits, involved readers, “Given the possibility that the negative local Ukrainian news stories on a waters near Crimea, the Ukrainian penin- hacking into a database run by the SEC Armenian page might be blocked too, we variety of topics such as protests, NATO and sula that Russia occupied and took over in between February 2016 and March 2017. ask you to follow our news” on Telegram, health conditions in schools. “We identified 2014. It is holding 24 Ukrainian sailors for The hackers gained access to thousands of VKontakte, Twitter and other platforms. In some technical overlap with Russia-based possible trial on charges of illegal border corporate news releases before they were a separate statement quoted by Russia’s activity we saw prior to the US midterm crossing. The United States, European published and then used the stolen infor- state-owned RIA Novosti news agency, elections, including behavior that shared Union, and other Western countries have mation to make money through illegal Sputnik said Facebook’s decision was characteristics with previous Internet called for their release. “The United States insider trades on top company stocks. “clearly political” and amounted to “censor- Research Agency (IRA) activity,” Mr. and the U.S. Navy continue to stand along- Authorities said the group gave the hackers ship.” The people running the accounts pre- Gleicher wrote. The St. Petersburg-based side our allies in defense of shared regional “shopping lists” of releases they wanted to sented themselves as independent news IRA company, commonly known as the interests and maritime stability,” see in advance, including ones with finan- sources, posted on issues such as anti- Russian “troll farm,” is reportedly financed Commander Matthew J. Powel, command- cial results, and then traded the stocks. The NATO sentiment and protest movements, by Kremlin-connected businessman ing officer of Donald Cook, said in the Navy hackers were routinely paid a cut of the and targeted users in the Baltics, Central Yevgeny Prigozhin. He and 12 other people statement. “Our arrival into the Black Sea profits. Another Ukrainian was sentenced Asia, the Caucasus, and Central and Eastern were indicted by Special Counsel Robert will showcase the Navy’s interoperability in in 2017 to 30 months in a U.S. prison as European countries, according to Mr. Mueller in February on charges including pursuit of common security objectives, part of the scheme. (RFE/RL) Gleicher. The operation appears to have bank fraud, conspiracy, and identity theft. enabling us to respond effectively to future been an attempt to sow discord in the tar- (Christopher Miller of RFE/RL) crises or deterring aggression,” he added. Facebook removes fake pages, accounts Aleksei Pushkov, chairman of the Facebook has removed hundreds of Information Policy Committee of the pages, groups and accounts on its Facebook With deep sorrow we inform of the passing Russian Federation Council, tweeted that and Instagram platforms that the U.S. com- into eternal rest on January 20, 2019 of our beloved “U.S. warships are becoming frequent visi- pany says were part of two online disinfor- husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, tors to the Black Sea.” He also wrote, “These mation operations targeting users across visits have nothing to do with U.S. security,” the former Soviet space. “The two opera- Iwan Borbycz adding: “They should keep away from our tions we found originated in Russia, and coastline.” (RFE/RL) one was active in a variety of countries A Ukrainian patriot, veteran of the Korean War, born October 10, 1926, in Kremenets, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. U.S. charges two in hack of SEC while the other was specific to Ukraine,” Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, Left in deep sorrow: U.S. authorities have charged two Nathaniel Gleicher, said in in a blog post on Ukrainians in an audacious, multi-year January 17. No links between these opera- wife Maria scheme to hack into the database of the U.S. tions were found, Mr. Gleicher said, but daughters: Oksana Korduba and husband Peter securities regulator and use unreleased they used “similar tactics by creating net- Irene Ilnicki grandchildren: Taissa Isaacs and husband Je Laryssa Rodriguez and husband Hjarmar Mark Ilnicki Tatiana Ilnicki Andrea Ilnicki great grandchildren: Natalia and Alexa Rodriguez TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 Lia and Kayla Isaacs or e-mail [email protected] A Funeral Liturgy was held at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Passaic, NJ, with burial at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Saddle Brook, NJ. 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University of Toronto. Traditions... Perhaps, were it not for the Embassy Malanka party, personal connections with- (Continued from page 5) Archbishop Daniel joins virtual town hall in the Ukrainian Canadian community Mr. Korbutiak told The Ukrainian might also not have been revealed to me. meeting on Ukraine autocephaly Weekly that he shares something in com- While chatting with Andriy Sawchuk – a mon with Andriy Shevchenko, Ukraine’s member of the incredibly talented Akord PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Two exarchs of the Archbishop Daniel will provide insights 42-year-old ambassador to Canada. choir who, by day, has been poring over Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople from his role in the process, both in The former journalist and politician, and Ukrainian Canadian historical documents – Archbishop Daniel of the Ukrainian Ukraine and Istanbul, and respond to any now diplomat was born in Hvizdets, near at Library and Archives Canada – I learned Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. and questions related to his work in facilitating the city of Kolomyia in western Ukraine. Mr. that his grandparents moved in the 1940s Metropolitan Emmanuel of France – will be the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s granting of represented on a panel of experts who will autocephaly for Ukraine. Korbutiak, who like his wife immigrated to from Winnipeg to the southern Ontario city answer questions about Ukraine’s Orthodox Also speaking will be the Rev. Deacon Canada in 1949 from the Landeck DP camp of St. Catharines, where 48-year-old Mr. autocephaly during a nationwide call-in vir- Nicholas E. Denysenko, Ph.D. (Orthodox in Austria, hails from the village of Balyntsi, Sawchuk was raised. tual town hall meeting hosted by the Order Church in America), a professor of theology three kilometers from Ambassador That was not the only link between us, of St. Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical at Valparaiso University who specializes in Shevchenko’s birthplace. though. Patriarchate, of the Greek Orthodox liturgical theology and Orthodox Olenka Galadza, a high school teacher Mr. Sawchuk is related to a family (the Archdiocese of America on January 26 in Christianity. His most recent books are: and iconographer who was born and raised Skrypnyks) whom I knew in Winnipeg, and New York. News of their participation was “The People’s Faith: The Liturgy of the by Ukrainian parents in Rhode Island and knows a family (the Korbans) to whom I released on January 22. Faithful in Orthodoxy” and “The Orthodox who now lives in Ottawa, described attend- am related. The meeting aims to inform about the Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation.” ing the Ukrainian Embassy’s annual The annual Malanka celebration is prerogatives and responsibilities of the Vera Shevzov, Ph.D., a professor of reli- Malanka event as “a refresher injection of intended to both celebrate the Ukrainian Ecumenical Patriarchate since signing the gion, Russian, East European and Eurasian the Ukrainian spirit I grew up with” in the Christmas and New Year season and “to Tomos of autocephaly on January 5 and the studies at Smith College, rounds out the United States. thank the community for the work we do transfer of the Tomos by Ecumenical speaker roster. Her regular course offerings “The fact is, if it weren’t for the second together,” according to Embassy spokes- Patriarch Bartholomew to Metropolitan include “Eastern Christianity,” and “The world war, I, and many like me, would have woman Zoriana Stsiban. Epifaniy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Russian Icon: Culture, Politics, and the been born in Ukraine,” said Mrs. Galadza, But over a bowl of creatively concocted on January 6 in Istanbul. Sacred.” Her book “Russian Orthodoxy on who is married to the Rev. Peter Galadza, a kutia, it has also become an evening to rec- The meeting will attempt to explain why the Eve of Revolution” was awarded the Ukrainian Catholic priest and director of ognize the common points we share as Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize of the American the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky members of that Ukrainian Canadian com- taken the pastoral initiative to grant inde- Society of Church History. Her research and Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at the munity in Ottawa. pendence to the Orthodox Church of publications have spanned a wide variety Ukraine, and clarify the issues that have of topics in modern and contemporary been clouded by the massive amounts of Orthodoxy in Russia. misinformation that have been circulating Archon George E. Demacopoulos, Ph.D., many who participated in the event were through social media. of Fordham University will serve as moder- Career coach... also part of the diaspora. Two participants The principal speaker is Metropolitan ator. He is co-director of the Orthodox who actively engaged in conversation were (Continued from page 15) Emmanuel of France, who was appointed Christian Studies Center at Fordham and is Dr. Areta Podhorodecki and Luba Labunka; by Patriarch Bartholomew to chair the a specialist in the history of Christianity. But why should men care? Ms. Lashchyk both joined the event and offered their per- Patriarchal Commission that reviewed and The virtual town meeting was to be held went on to explain the business case for spectives as professionals in their respective advised the Holy Patriarchal Synod on the on January 26 from 1 to 3 p.m. EST, via tele- gender diversity as supported by studies fields. Dr. Podhorodecki is a physician, while question of autocephaly for Ukraine. No phone conference call and passcode. conducted over the last decade. Companies Mrs. Labunka works in finance for IBM. one in the world is more directly familiar Participants were invited to ask questions with greater gender diversity in leadership Razom for Ukraine, a not-for profit that with all aspects of the process that led to to the panelists via telephone, or fill out a are just more profitable. aids in the development of a free and pros- the issuance of the Tomos for Ukraine auto- form and submit it by Friday, January 25. Ms. Lashchyk also explained the impera- perous Ukraine, provided support for the cephaly, or better equipped to explain why For more details, readers may visit http:// tive of diversity by citing the example of event as Ms. Lashchyk is a Razom volunteer. this issue is so crucial for the Orthodox Archons.org/townhall. how air bags were tested only on the male Joining Ms. Lashchyk on stage were two Church as a whole today. Source: http://Archons.org/townhall. engineers who designed them. Once they of her colleagues, Sabina Rheinhardt, a for- went into production, women and children mer Deutsche Bank employee turned per- died because no one ever thought to test formance coach, and Sonya Khan, a soft- them on a smaller size body; if there had ware engineer whom Ms. Lashchyk men- been a woman among those engineers, this tored since she was a junior in college. would have never happened. Much of Ms. Lashchyk’s work also focus- From the very start of the presentation, a es on the technology industry, which is still spirited discussion ensued. A cross-mix of in its infancy in addressing women’s issues. seasoned career veterans, mid-career level Because their challenges are similar to professionals and millennials, audience what Wall Street saw over 20 years ago, Ms. members engaged and offered their experi- Lashchyk believes that the tech sector can ences and expertise. Amidst honest and open learn from financial services, a statement dialogue on topics that are sometimes sensi- she admits is ironic, given the boys’ club for tive and controversial, they addressed issues which Wall Street has been known. The that hold women back, such as crying in the reality, however, is that Wall Street has workplace and a lack of confidence that is raised its awareness of gender issues and it more prevalent in women than in men. has implemented many programs that not Ms. Lashchyk has grown up as an active only have improved diversity but have sus- member of the Ukrainian community and tained steady improvement over the years.

math; business technology and legal stud- Manor College... ies; and the liberal arts to traditional age and adult students. Manor is America’s only (Continued from page 15) accredited institution of higher education be at Manor.” founded by Ukrainian Sisters, the Sisters of Since Dr. Peri has been in office, Manor St. Basil the Great. Readers can learn more was named several times the among safest at www.manor.edu. colleges in Pennsylvania. The college’s com- President Peri graduated from Villanova mitment to its Ukrainian heritage has University and Widener University – grown, along with its commitment to cam- Delaware Law School. In 2017 he complet- pus-wide diversity. The college is recog- ed the Organizational Leadership doctoral nized for its 10:1 student-teacher ratio, its program at Eastern University. This makes higher than national average salary-after- him one of approximately .00054% of peo- graduation rate, and its student surveys ple globally admitted to practice law and show significantly higher satisfaction year having earned both the J.D. and the Ph.D. over year. Dr. Peri is also the only person in the * * * Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who, Located in suburban Philadelphia, through gubernatorial and senatorial Manor is a small college that offers more appointments, concurrently serves without than 50 associates, bachelor’s and certifi- compensation on five state boards (and cate programs in allied health, science and two private boards) related to education.

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Through Gerdany (bead-strung necklaces) workshop, with February 3 Film screening and discussion with James Warhola, “Absolut February 16 instruction by Olha Lesko, The Ukrainian Museum, New York Warhol” (2001) by Stanislaw Mucha, The Ukrainian Museum, New York 212-228-0110 or www.ukrainianmuseum.org 212-228-0110 or www.ukrainianmuseum.org

Through Embroidery workshop, with instruction by Lubow Wolynetz, February 3 Concert, “The Great Quintets,” with violinists Solomiya Ivakhiv March 16 The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 or New York and Juliette Kang, violist Daniel Panner, cellists Sophie Shao and New York www.ukrainianmuseum.org Thomas Kraines, and pianist Reiko Aizawa, Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 or www.ukrainianinstitute.org Through Art exhibit featuring works by Wasyl Diadyniuk, March 31 “Historical Portraits: Paintings of Important Luminaries February 7 Alexander Dallin Lecture by Sergei Guriev, “Work in New York from Ukraine’s Past,” Ukrainian Institute of America, Stanford, CA Transition: Transformation of Work in Russia and Other 212-288-8660 or www.ukrainianinstitute.org Post-Communist Countries,” Stanford University, http://creees.stanford.edu or [email protected] January 31 Presentation by Dallas J. Herold, “Healthcare in Whippany, NJ Retirement,” Carpe Diem Club, Ukrainian American February 8 Conference, “The Heavenly Brigade: Five Years Since Cultural Center of New Jersey, [email protected] Washington Revolution of Dignity,“ Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Ukrainian National Information Service, February 1 Art exhibit, “The New Unnatural,” featuring works by 202-547-0018 or [email protected] through Laurie Hogin, Amanda Elizabeth Joseph, Reniuka March 31 Maharaj, Julie Potratz, Cloe Seibert, Maria Tomasula and February 9 Chervona Kalyna Cotillion Ball, with music by Hrim, Plast Chicago Mary Lou Zelazny, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Pearl River, NY Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Hilton Pearl River Hotel, www.uima-chicago.org or 773-227-5522 www.kalynadeb.org

February 2 Boston Malanka, with music by Svitanok, Four Points by February 9 Music and poetry evening, “Endangered Species: Norwood, MA Sheraton, bostonmalanka.com or 617-894-1891 New York Personal Bestiaries,” with Bob Holman, Susan Hwang, Charlie Waters and Julian Kytasty, The Ukrainian February 2 Presentation of Debutantes, Ukrainian Engineers’ Museum, 212-228-0110 or www.ukrainianmuseum.org Philadelphia Society of America, The Belleview Hotel, 610-277-1284 or [email protected] February 9 Spaghetti Dinner, Ukrainian American Youth Association, Syracuse, NY Syracuse Ukrainian National Home, [email protected] February 2 Presentation by Lesia Kulchynska, “Violence of the Image: or 315-478-9272 New York Cases of Banned and Attacked Exhibitions in Ukraine,” Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 February 9 Vyshyvani Vechornytsi dance, Ukrainian National Women’s North Port, FL League of America (Branch 56), Protection of the Most Holy February 2 Malanka, with music by Fata Morgana, St. George Ukrainian Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church, 551-655-5149 or Yardville, NJ Orthodox Church, 609-954-6235 [email protected]

February 2 Art exhibit, “Forgotten Forms,” a collaboration between the Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events through Chicago Cultural Alliance, the National Museum of Puerto Rican advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions April 7 Arts and Culture, and the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Chicago Chicago Cultural Center, 312-744-6630 or [email protected] and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

is comfortably positioned to “grant” com- Germany... mercial passage through the strait under its own supervision, even as Russia’s other (Continued from page 3) measures have forced the volumes and sage of large-tonnage vessels underneath its scope of that passage sharply down. arch; moreover, it enables Russia’s authori- The Ukrainian side has indicated to Mr. ties to manipulate the tempo of the limited Maas during his visit that Kyiv is preparing traffic through the bottleneck between the its own proposals in order to more reliably pillars of the bridge (in addition to manipu- protect Ukraine’s interests in this matter. lating the Kerch-Yenikale channel bottle- neck). For these reasons, shipping to and The article above is reprinted from from Ukraine’s ports on the Azov Sea has Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from already declined, and seems set to shrink its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, further at an accelerating rate. Thus, Russia www.jamestown.org.

The Carpathian Ski Club (KLK) Cordially Invites Members, Family & Friends to Our Annual KLK Ski Races & Winter Weekend Date: Saturday, March 2, 2019 Place: HUNTER MOUNTAIN, NY

Registration begins bright & early at 8:00 AM Opening ceremony begins at 9:45 AM Races begin at approximately 10:00 AM Snowboarders welcome Dinner and Awards Ceremony: Coppertree Restaurant at Hunter Mountain Time: 7:00 PM Adults & teens age 15 & over: $50.00. Children age 14 & under $10.00. Children and young adults to age 22 free if KLK members.

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Saturday, February 2 tion with the current exhibition “Andy NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Warhol: Endangered Species.” Bob Holman, Society invites all to a lecture “Violence of the who will read his new poems, joins singer- Image: Cases of Banned and Attacked songwriter Susan Hwang, composer/saxo- Exhibitions in Ukraine” by Dr. Lesia phonist Charlie Waters and bandurist Julian Kulchynska. Dr. Kulchynska, a Kyiv-based Kytasty, music director of Bandura curator and culture studies/visual culture Downtown. General admission (includes researcher, is a 2018-2019 Fulbright scholar gallery access) – $15; members and seniors at Columbia University. In recent years, inter- – $10; students – $5. Order tickets in action with artistic images in Ukraine has advance online. The Ukrainian Museum is been marred by the presence of real physical located at 222 E. Sixth St.; telephone, 212- violence. Frequently, acts of censorship turn 228-0110; website, www.ukrainianmuse- into direct violent assaults on galleries, while um.org. its perpetrators often remain anonymous. Friday, February 15 The lecture will take place at the society’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and NEW YORK: You will not want to miss the 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For additional infor- informative roundtable “Andy Warhol: His mation call 212-254-5130. Art and His Ethnic Roots,” moderated by Alexander J. Motyl, professor of political sci- Saturday, February 9 ence at Rutgers-Newark, guest co-curator of NORTH PORT, Fla.: Join us at the “Vyshyvani “Andy Warhol: Endangered Species.” Vechernytsi” dance sponsored by Ukrainian Speakers: Adam Harris, Ph.D., chief curator National Women’s League of America Branch of art at the National Museum of Wildlife 56 and dance to the music of the Syzonenko Art, Wyoming; Jaroslaw Leshko, professor Brothers. Tickets are $20 per person. Light emeritus of art at Smith College in appetizers will be available for purchase. Northampton, Mass., guest co-curator of Music starts at 6:30 p.m. in the parish hall of “Endangered Species”; Paul Robert Magocsi, the Presentation of the Most Holy Mother of professor of history, Chair of Ukrainian God Ukrainian Catholic Church, 1078 N. Studies, University of Toronto; Elaine Biscayne Drive, North Port, FL 34287. RSVP Rusinko, professor of modern languages by February 6 to Ivanka Olesnycky, 551-655- and linguistics, University of Maryland. Join 5149 or [email protected]. us at 7 p.m. General admission is $10; free for museum members. The Ukrainian NEW YORK: Join us at 7 p.m. for Museum is located at 222 E. Sixth St.; tele- “Endangered Species: Personal Bestiaries,” phone, 212-228-0110; website, www.ukrai- an evening of music and poetry in conjunc- nianmuseum.org.

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