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Inside: l World Press Freedom Day is observed – page 3 l A look at a “scandalous” exhibit in Kyiv – page 7 l Chrystia Freeland’s book on plutocrats – page 9

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXI No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 $1/$2 in Ukraine Nationalists defy authorities Ukraine’s foreign affairs minister in dismantling Soviet past makes the rounds in Washington by Zenon Zawada destroying Soviet monuments – and Special to The Ukrainian Weekly offered the legal means to do so, while the Opposition activist Doniy also visits U.S. capital administration of President Viktor KYIV – Ukrainians’ efforts to dismantle Yanukovych has made vandals out of the the Soviet past got a renewed impetus under same dismantlers and has prosecuted the presidency of Viktor Yushchenko. Now mere protesters. the torch is being carried by the nationalist A notable example was Hanna Sinkova, Svoboda Party, whose politicians are taking 21, who wanted to expose what she up the cause in defiance of authorities. described as the Yanukovych administra- In mid-February, National Deputy Ihor tion’s hypocrisy towards Red Army veter- Miroshnychenko, 37, assisted by a dozen ans by frying eggs on the eternal flame at colleagues, pulled up in a truck to the the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Glory Vladimir Lenin monument in the town of Park in Kyiv in December 2010. If the state Okhtyrka (population 50,000) in his native has enough funds to fuel the eternal flame, Sumy Oblast. Openly defying a team of she argued, then it should have enough to policemen, he climbed the monument, pay veterans better pensions and provide attached a steel towing cable, hopped back them with that same natural gas for their in the cab and began slowly driving until home stoves. the statue snapped in half. Instead of a being slapped with a stan- “In an independent Ukrainian state, there dard fine and three-day arrest for hooligan- can’t be monuments to those people who ism, she spent three months in detention denied its existence and participated in its before receiving a three-year suspended destruction,” he told The Ukrainian Weekly. prison sentence in October 2012 for dis- Yaro Bihun Soon afterwards, local police announced honoring a grave – though not a single sol- Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Leonid Kozhara (right) continues his discussion that those involved could face up to four dier is buried at the site. with Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.), the co-chairman of the U.S. Helsinki years’ jail time. Mr. Miroshnychenko enjoys With such prosecutions, the Party of Commission, at the conclusion of his testimony before the commission at the Senate. prosecutorial immunity as a national depu- Regions and the Communist Party of Ukraine Standing next to him is Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Olexander Motsyk. ty, though that didn’t stop the local have milked incidents involving Soviet mon- bilateral relationship, Ukraine’s developing Communists from distributing a flier uments in hopes of reaping electoral divi- by Yaro Bihun relations with Europe and the West, and depicting Mr. Miroshnychenko in prison dends from their loyal base of pensioners Special to The Ukrainian Weekly other important international issues of garb behind bars beneath the words, and Soviet nostalgists, observers said. mutual interest. WASHINGTON – The foreign affairs min- “Prison for vandals!” “The Ukrainian authorities are people Several days earlier, a Ukrainian opposi- ister of Ukraine, Leonid Kozhara, met with In the last decade, Ukrainian society has raised in the Soviet Union with that very tion activist, Oles Doniy, came to vacillated between two extremes: the his American counterpart, Secretary of Yushchenko administration encouraged (Continued on page 4) State John Kerry, on May 10, to discuss their (Continued on page 4)

Behind the scenes during the Bandurist Chorus’ concert tour DETROIT – Before the first note of any performance is played or sung, the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus (UBC) has a rehearsal. Prior to the concert in Windsor, Ontario, at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, members of the UBC gathered in the gymnasium of St. Vladimir Church and members greet- ed one another w i t h a n On the road with embrace and the Ukrainian the Ukrainian formal greeting Bandurist Chorus of three kisses, as they arrived from cities across the United States and Canada. Instrumentalists began tuning their banduras and stretching their vocal chords in anticipation of the rehears- al to begin. Matthew Dubas The rehearsal came to order under Oleh Mahlay, artistic The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus is introduced to students of the Ukrainian School (Ridna Shkola) in Warren, director and conductor of the UBC, and with a group mas- Mich., by School Director Andriy Pereklita. sage performed by the members standing in arranged by Matthew Dubas 19-21, in Windsor, Ontario, Detroit and Cleveland. This rows, with instrumentalists up front and vocalists grouped report focuses on the “behind the scenes” aspects of the tour, by vocal range. The massage included shoulder rubs, chop- This is the second installment of a three-part series on the including a performance at a local Ukrainian school, and ping, shoulder rolls and facial massage. This was followed Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus’ concert tour “The Sounds of highlights of an ethnomusicologist researching the bandura Spring: Songs of Easter, Shevchenko and Nature,” held April and the UBC. (Continued on page 15) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 No. 20 INTERVIEW: EU enlargement chief finds many ways to say ‘more work needed’ Kirill: Rus’ celebration to begin in Moscow who is at the end of his term. Mr. Sadchikov by Daisy Sindelar saying that we stand ready to assist you was the first ambassador of the Russian whenever there is a good time in helping LVIV – The head of the Russian Orthodox RFE/RL Federation to the Vatican after full diplo- the parties to make those final steps in Church, Patriarch Kirill, stated that the matic relations were established in 2009. PRAGUE – European Union enlargement building up on this European agenda.” international events for the 1,025th anni- (Religious Information Service of Ukraine) chief Stefan Fule has lashed out at a defiant Mr. Fule adopted a decidedly softer tone versary of the Baptism of Rus’ would begin Belarus and bemoaned a political crisis that on Azerbaijan, which has escaped EU sanc- in Moscow. He said, “the events will begin in CPU: GTS should remain state-owned Moscow on July 24, on the day of Holy threatens to upend the EU aspirations of tions despite mounting international con- KYIV – The Communist Party of Ukraine Righteous Princess Olha, the grandmother Moldova, a one-time star pupil in Western demnation of that energy-rich country’s will adopt and defend a principled position of Prince Volodymyr, who can be called the integration. heavy-handed tactics with journalists and during the vote on a bill on the possible first Christian ruler who prepared the Speaking at RFE/RL headquarters in protesters. lease of the Ukrainian gas transport system Baptism of Rus in many ways.” Speaking in Prague on May 9, Mr. Fule addressed a vari- On a more positive note, Mr. Fule sug- (GTS) to third parties. A member of the an interview with TV channels Russia-1 and ety of issues related to the enlargement gested both Armenia and Georgia could CPU faction in the Verkhovna Rada, Russia-24 broadcast on May 5, the patriarch aspirations of the six Eastern Partnership expect to take steps forward in their EU Oleksander Holub, said in an interview said the celebratory service will be conduct- countries and the nations of the western integration bids this fall, when the bloc with the GolosUA online newspaper that ed in the Church of Christ the Savior and Balkans. hosts an Eastern Partnership summit in the GTS should remain state property. “If that the heads of local Orthodox Churches But he reserved his strongest rhetoric Vilnius. the question about the need for the lease is are invited. A popular festival on the occa- for the two countries that have traditionally Mr. Fule said Georgia’s shift in political raised really acutely, the Communist Party been at opposite ends of the enlargement leadership had not set back the country’s sion is also planned for that day. The events will do everything possible at the legisla- spectrum. Western-integration aims, although he will then move to Kyiv, where a celebratory tive level to ensure that such a lease brings Mr. Fule said Belarus, which remains called on Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili service is to be held on St. Volodymyr’s Hill. major dividends only to the state. We will under EU sanctions following a flawed and outgoing President Mikheil Saakashvili “We hope that the heads of the Churches prevent the enrichment of oligarchs,” the presidential vote in 2010 and a massive to do more to set their political differences will be present. The Ukrainian leadership politician said, according to May 14 news crackdown on opponents, has seen civil aside and cooperate on policy goals. came forward with an initiative to invite to reports. As previously reported, the ques- liberties strangled by autocratic leader The enlargement chief offered muted this event, the prayer service on St. tion of the status and functioning of Alyaksandr Lukashenka. encouragement to Ukraine, whose own Volodymyr’s Hill, the heads of the Orthodox Ukraine’s GTS has been put on the agenda “In Belarus, it is not only political prison- integration aims have faltered over the jail- Churches and heads of states where most of of the Verkhovna Rada. (Ukrinform) ers; it is the level of the democracy, the level ing of former Prime Minister Yulia the people belong to the Orthodox Church,” of the rule of law in Belarus, it is the Tymoshenko and her political allies. said Patriarch Kirill. (Religious Information Kozhara addresses U.N. Security Council absence of free and fair elections for years The EU has repeatedly condemned the Service of Ukraine) UNITED NATIONS – OSCE Chairperson- in Belarus,” Mr. Fule said. “There is actually Ukrainian leadership for indulging in what Russian ambassador visits Pope Francis in-Office Leonid Kozhara, Ukraine’s foreign no space for democratic forces to operate it calls “selective justice,” and has warned affairs minister, in his address to the United without harassment by Belarusian authori- Kyiv will see no progress on signing a much- LVIV – Romereports.com reported that Nations Security Council on May 7 stressed ties. This is the very substance of the desired EU Association Agreement without for the first time since establishing full dip- the importance of further developing the Lukashenka regime that makes the mem- a series of judicial and electoral reforms. lomatic relations in 2009, Russia has partnership between the two organizations ber states pursue this policy of critical Mr. Fule on May 9 welcomed Kyiv’s appointed an ambassador to the Holy See. in promoting international peace and secu- engagement.” recent move to release former Internal Pope Francis welcomed him on the morn- rity. “It is a great responsibility for Ukraine Mr. Fule’s comments came as Mr. Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko and former ing of May 2 to accept his credentials. With to guide the OSCE towards implementing a Lukashenka, speaking at a Victory Day Environment Minister Heorhii Filipchuk the assistance of a French interpreter at shared vision of a Euro-Atlantic and commemoration in Minsk, said the West from prison but said that “more needs to be times, Ambassador Alexander Avdeev, for- Eurasian Security Community, as set forth resented Belarus for refusing to serve as a done.” mer culture minister for the Russian in the 2010 Astana Commemorative “banana republic dancing to the tune of Turning to the Balkans, Mr. Fule urged Federation, met with the pope for a brief Declaration,” Mr. Kozhara said. He stressed overseas democracies.” Kosovo and Serbia to spare no effort in audience at the Apostolic Palace. After the that the Organization for Security and President Lukashenka often criticizes upholding last month’s landmark normal- meeting, Mr. Avdeev introduced the Cooperation in Europe “needs to retain the West as a way of currying favor with ization agreement. His remarks came one Embassy staff to Pope Francis. Though the political momentum provided by the Moscow, on which Belarus is dependent for day after talks between the two sides in two states have had relations since 1990, Astana Summit” and the Helsinki +40 pro- energy and subsidies. Mr. Fule said that EU Brussels broke down on how to implement four years ago Russia elevated its represen- cess initiated last year offers a “promising ties with Minsk need not preclude a strong the deal. tation to the Vatican to a full-fledged framework for this,” as the OSCE moves Russian-Belarusian relationship. Mr. Fule also called on leaders in Bosnia- Embassy. As a gift, Pope Francis gave the towards 2015, a year that marks four Turning to Moldova, Mr. Fule said that Herzegovina to put aside “narrow political Russian ambassador a newly minted papal decades since the signing of the Helsinki small country was facing a “huge test” as interests” and carry out constitutional medallion of his pontificate. Russian Final Act. “We strongly believe that this political infighting threatened to derail it reforms that would lift a ban on ethnic President Putin appointed Mr. Avdeev, 66, anniversary should serve as a catalyst for re- from the relatively stable pro-Western minorities like Roma and Jews running for as Russia’s new ambassador to the Holy energizing the organization. The Ukrainian course of the past several years. political office. See and to the Order of Malta. The career Mr. Fule said Chisinau has “days not The EU enlargement commissioner also diplomat is replacing Nikolai Sadchikov, (Continued on page 12) weeks” to re-form a government after pro- expressed concern at Macedonia’s contin- European Prime Minister Vlad Filat was ued failure to implement a deal meant to forced to dismiss his government and end a parliamentary stalemate between the barred by opposition lawmakers from run- country’s political factions. Mr. Fule said the ning again. lack of action raised questions about the The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 “I think we’re saying basically three “strength of democratic institutions in that things,” Mr. Fule said. “Number one, please country.” An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., put the genie back into the bottle and cease Mr. Fule’s remarks come at a time of a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY Journalists must World media freedom at low point RFE/RL allow for further censorship of Internet-based content, and work in safety, that law took effect in November,” she said. WASHINGTON – Media freedom throughout the world “And, given that the Internet is this sort of relatively says OSCE declined last year to its lowest point in almost a decade, open space in Russia, that was definitely an issue that according to a new report from Freedom House, a U.S.- KYIV – Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, the caused concern during the year for us,” she added. based democracy-monitoring organization. chairperson-in-office of the Organization for Security Afghanistan ranked as the second-most-improved coun- Releasing the group’s annual “Freedom of the Press” and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Ukrainian Foreign try in Asia and was considered to have been one of the report on May 1 in Washington, project director Karin Affairs Minister Leonid Kozhara stressed the impor- year’s “success stories” thanks to the decrease in violence Deutsch Karlekar said the findings showed “negative tance of the OSCE participating states’ commitment to against journalists and a reduction in the official censor- trends in most regions of the world.” freedom of the media and their duty to respect and ship and prosecution of the press. North Korea and Turkmenistan tied for the title of the uphold the right to freedom of expression. “Afghanistan actually showed a big improvement this worst country for media freedom, with Uzbekistan and “Regretfully, even in the OSCE region there are rea- year in our index,” Ms. Karlekar said. “Apart from Burma, it Belarus close behind. sons for concerns about journalists’ rights, including was the country in Asia that showed the biggest improve- Ms. Karlekar maintained that, although Kyrgyzstan was their security. Many of the attacks against them are ment, and we really saw a number of positive trends in in the “not free” category, it has a number of independent never resolved, the perpetrators and the masterminds 2012, including a decrease in violence against journalists, outlets and called it a “bright spot in the Central Asia are not prosecuted. This is unacceptable. All journalists region.” She also noted that Kazakhstan appeared to be and media workers need to work without fear, in secu- “Ukraine followed its three-point drop in 2011 heading in the wrong direction. rity and safety. There can be no impunity for crimes with a decline from 59 to 60 – just short of the not “Kazakhstan is also very restricted and actually this year against them,” Mr. Kozhara said on the eve of World free range – due to the politicized nature of the digital we’re highlighting Kazakhstan because of a fairly signifi- Press Freedom Day, which is observed on May 3. licensing process, which resulted in a number of inde- cant decline that we noted in 2012, where the space for “The themes of this year’s World Press Freedom Day pendent stations losing their licenses. The year 2012 independent voices was sort of narrowed even further,” reflect every day work of the OSCE. Our representative also featured the abuse of state media to favor the rul- she said, making reference to the “authorities banning on freedom of the media supports the OSCE participat- ing Party of Regions during parliamentary elections, around 40 opposition media outlets, increasing levels of ing states in finding ways to ensure the safety of jour- as well as an escalation in threats and attacks on jour- violence and [the] legal persecution of independent media nalists, both online and offline, and combating impuni- nalists in the pre-election period.” ty,” said the chairperson-in-office, reminding that and journalists.” media freedom belongs to the top priorities of the Georgia and Armenia were praised for showing strong – Excerpt from the Freedom House report “Freedom Ukrainian chairmanship. “Addressing the issue of legal improvements, but Ms. Karlekar warned that Azerbaijan’s of the Press 2013.” framework to ensure media freedom would contribute media environment had deteriorated. “Azerbaijan is also a country of concern for us and to strengthening the OSCE commitments in this area,” an increase in the number of new private media outlets scores quite bad,” she said. “It’s similar to [the] situations Mr. Kozhara added. that were more able to freely criticize the government and in Kazakhstan and Russia.” An OSCE human dimension seminar on Media other political actors, and a decline in [the] official censor- Ms. Karlekar attributed the decline in Azerbaijan’s rat- Freedom Legal Framework will be held this year. The ship and prosecution of journalists.” ing to “increased violence against journalists and also legal OSCE participating states and other stakeholders will Ms. Karlekar said little had changed in Iran and the amendments that further limited access to information.” be able to share best practices and discuss challenges Islamic republic remained ranked in the bottom eight in the area of media law and policy, as well as strate- Freedom House found the Russian government has almost “complete control over television, radio, and the worldwide for media freedom. gies for better implementation of OSCE commitments She described Pakistan as having a very vibrant media, on the national level. print press.” Ms. Karlekar suggested that Russian President Vladimir but cited a “very high level of violence and intimidation Putin used that control during last year’s presidential elec- against journalists.” tion and in a number of other ways. Copyright 2012, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted with the permis- “The situation continued to be quite bad and quite sion of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut OSCE media freedom restrictive in Russia and we were particularly concerned Ave. NW, Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see http:// with some of the laws that were enacted during the year, www.rferl.org/content/freedom-house-media-freedom-low- representative calls for action particularly, on the media front, a law that basically would point/24974229.html). to ensure journalists’ safety SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica – OSCE Representative on

upon all 57 participating states of the Organization on Sen. Cardin calls for end to violence against journalists FreedomSecurity and of the Cooperation Media Dunja in EuropeMijatović to ontake May real 3 actioncalled U.S. Helsinki Commission “This year marks the 14th anniversary of the April 1999 to ensure journalists’ safety. murder of prominent Serbian journalist and editor Slavko “It is deeply worrying that we, in the 21st century, WASHINGTON – On World Press Freedom Day, U.S. Sen. Curuvija, who testified before the Helsinki Commission on mark yet another World Press Freedom Day where the Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chairman of the Commission on Security the abuses of the Milosevic regime just months before his theme is journalists’ safety. Threats, intimidation, harass- and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) called death. In February, the government in Belgrade established ment and physical assaults on the members of the media for an end to violence against journalists, highlighting four a commission to investigate the deaths of Curuvija and murders from the 57-country region of the Organization for other journalists. I hope that this initiative will result in a UNESCO conference marking World Press Freedom Day. Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). long over-due measure of accountability,” he continued. are“I escalating,” call upon all Ms.OSCE Mijatović participating said statesin San to José take atreal a “A free and independent media is one of the corner- “It has been six years since the murder of 26-year-old action to defend media freedom. We need to ensure stones of the commitments adopted by the 57 participating Alisher Saipov, a Kyrgyzstani journalist who had started an that each and every member of the media, online and states in the OSCE. But in too many places, journalists con- Uzbek-language newspaper and contributed to the Voice of offline, is able to work without fear of violence and tinue to face harassment, threats, intimidation and violence. America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty before intimidation. Safety is a fundamental prerequisite for free expression and free media,” she underscored. In the worst places, journalists have been murdered and being gunned down in Osh. Last year, Kyrgyzstan’s highest their attackers go without punishment. The risks are espe- court ordered a new investigation in the case.” expression and free media and said that a joint effort is cially great for investigative reporters who seek to expose requiredMs. Mijatović to stop pointed the rising to OSCEnumber commitments of imprisonments, on free corruption and human rights abuses,” Sen. Cardin noted. (Continued on page 7) detentions, beatings and murders of members of the media. “We – international organizations, govern- ments, NGOs, journalists and societies – have an obli- OSCE media freedom representative denounces gation to act. And we need to act now; there is no time U.S. Justice Department’s seizure of reporters’ phone records toon wait,” media Ms. Mijatović freedom said. from United Nations, the OSCE interest of security, a limited intrusion on reporters’ activ- OrganizationMs. Mijatović, of along American with three States special and therapporteurs African WARSAW – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the ities, judicially authorized, may be justified, but the sheer Commission on Human and People’s rights, are attend- scope and breadth of this action is simply a deprivation of ing the UNESCO conference, where they launched a joint over revelations that in 2012 the U.S. Department of basic constitutional rights,” the official of the Organization declaration on the protection of freedom of expression JusticeMedia Dunja secretly Mijatović seized on two May months 14 said of she office, was homedistressed and for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) wrote in a and diversity in the digital terrestrial transition. cellphone records from up to 20 phone lines assigned to letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. “The action “This is a pressing issue not only for the OSCE Associated Press reporters. also calls into question the ability of sources to talk to The Justice Department admitted the surveillance on reporters without fear of government eavesdropping.” switchover gives us all a unique chance to embrace and May 10. No reason was given for the action. “It is now urgent for the authorities to conduct a fully region,foster media but globally,” pluralism, Ms. which Mijatović is a longstanding said. “The digital OSCE “There is simply no justification for such a broad viola- transparent investigation into who ordered the seizure commitment. I call upon the OSCE participating states tion of these reporters’ constitutional rights,” Ms. and why,” she said, while attending an OSCE event on to proactively seize this opportunity.” media freedom being held in Warsaw.

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vote establishing a moratorium on any Nationalists... monuments. After the Okhtyrka incident, cities such (Continued from page 1) as Kharkiv posted 24-hour guards on their model of thinking rammed into their heads, Lenin statues, with City Council Chair which means a certain reaction to the ‘holy (Mayor) Hennadii Kernes vowing “to break past’,” said Petro Oleshchuk, a political sci- two arms and two legs.” ence lecturer at Shevchenko State “Imagine that no victor was declared University in Kyiv. when the Civil War concluded in the U.S., “What’s more important is that the same the reconstruction of the South wasn’t con- collection of stereotypes has been rammed ducted, a U.S. president emerged from the into the heads of their voters. The single South praising slavery with the North thing that can unite the Donetsk billionaire emphatically opposing him,” Mr. Oleshchuk with the miner is a collective, post-Soviet said of Ukraine’s current situation. “The identity. Declaring respect for Soviet sym- events that began in Ukraine in 1991 bols, these leaders want to show their elec- haven’t come to a conclusion and are pro- torate, ‘Look, we’re your people, not like ceeding erratically.” those Banderites.’ ” When it comes to cultural issues in Ukraine’s other famous Lenin destroyer, Ukraine, the president’s political will is the Mykola Kokhanivskyi, 41, has yet to receive most important factor in implementing poli- a verdict for his June 2008 defacement of cies, said Serhiy Rudyk, the head of the secre- the Lenin statue in central Kyiv. tariat of the Svoboda parliamentary faction. Vitalii Kokhan/UNIAN On April 9, a Kyiv court was supposed to The necessary laws, procedures and National Deputy Ihor Miroshnychenko of the nationalist Svoboda party in mid-Feb- offer closure, possibly handing down the mechanisms for removing Soviet monu- ruary demolished the centrally located statue of Vladimir Lenin in the Sumy Oblast maximum five-year prison sentence for ments by legal means are already in place, town of Okhtyrka in defiance of local authorities. They had earlier agreed to allow a hooliganism, but instead delayed its ruling he said. All they require is a leader willing church to be erected in its place, he said. to mobilize citizens to make use of them. indefinitely. The judge’s term expires soon, istries of fixed monuments, which offered enjoy protected status on the National To prepare for commemorating the 75th which could require retrying the case them protected status. That paved the way Registry of Fixed Monuments and about before another judge. Mr. Kokhanivskyi’s anniversary of the Holodomor, President for their demolition, but resulted in only 1,400 Lenin statues remain in Ukraine, the four accomplices face the same charges. Yushchenko signed a decree in March 2007 several dozen monuments being removed Svoboda nationalists said. Since the incident, Kyiv’s Communists that recommended the removal of all mon- Patriots led by Oleh Osykhovskyi, now a have turned the Lenin statue into a rallying uments that honor those Soviet officials between 2008 and 2010. “Yushchenko’s decrees weren’t fulfilled Svoboda national deputy, directed their point, erecting a party tent that has stood who organized and executed the pressure on former Prime Minister Yulia in central and eastern Ukraine, where there ever since, with constant patrols to Holodomor and mass political repressions Tymoshenko, who signed a resolution in Soviet myths were rooted deeper than in ensure no repeat defacement. in Ukraine. Several resolutions followed. January 2010, at the peak of her election As with the Kyiv monument, the Subsequently, the Ministry of Culture western Ukraine and continue to live,” Mr. campaign, removing most of them from the Communists in Okhtyrka used private and Tourism issued an order the next year Miroshnychenko said. “There, local govern- national register. funds to renovate the Lenin statue in the removing more than 2,000 monuments (as ments sabotaged Yushchenko’s decrees.” middle of the night, despite a City Council estimated by Mr. Rudyk) from the local reg- Hundreds of Soviet monuments still (Continued on page 18)

democracy” and an associate member of personal gain, has been widely condemned in-office of the Organization for Security Ukraine’s foreign... the European community. in the West as politically motivated. and Cooperation in Europe. The hearing (Continued from page 1) And, he added, “we’re particularly anx- Minister Kozhara said President Viktor covered many other issues of importance ious and hopeful that the leaders will work Yanukovych could not honor Western calls to the United States, Europe and Ukraine, Washington as part of a weeklong visit to through some of the difficult issues with to pardon Ms. Tymoshenko, since “to inter- including anti-Semitism, human trafficking, the United States to share his perspective respect to that transition, including, hope- cede would unduly influence the country’s orphans, the rights of Europe’s Roma and about political developments in Ukraine. fully, the ending of the prosecution of some independent judicial system.” other minorities. Mr. Kozhara’s meeting at the U.S. State people, and particularly the former prime The Tymoshenko case was a recurring On the following day, May 9, Minister Department came during the minister’s minister, [Yulia] Tymoshenko.” theme at the May 8 hearing of the Helsinki Kozhara presented a similar assessment of three-day visit here, which also included an In his brief statement, Mr. Kozhara did Commission at the Dirksen Senate Office these issues at a roundtable discussion at appearance before the U.S. Commission on not mention Ms. Tymoshenko or any other Building. the National Democratic Institute. There, Security and Cooperation in Europe specific issue that he planned or expected The four commission members partici- he also met with the former U.S. secretary (Helsinki Commission) and a roundtable to discuss. However, on the previous day at pating in the hearing brought it up in their of state, Madeleine Albright, who emigrat- discussion at the National Democratic NDI, according to a Radio Free Europe/ opening remarks – in addition to other ed to the United States with her family dur- Institute (NDI). Radio Liberty report, he said he would urge bilateral and OSCE issues – and continued ing the Communist takeover of Czecho­ While neither side reported on what Secretary of State Kerry to look beyond the pressuring Minister Kozhara on it during slovakia in 1948. the question-and-answer session of the was discussed during the State Department Tymoshenko case and focus on potential Doniy’s visit meeting, their own remarks to the press areas of cooperation between the coun- hearing, when he articulated his govern- before the meeting pointed to some of the tries. ment’s explanation of the matter. On the eve of Minister Kozhara’s visit topics that were uppermost on their minds. “If we put away this single question on “We accept that the former Prime here, an outspoken member of the opposi- Secretary Kerry spoke about improving Mrs. Tymoshenko and look at what we Minister Tymoshenko’s case is a problem tion to the Yanukovych administration, Mr. the U.S.-Ukraine relationship in weapons have, it’s an extremely positive record of in relations of Ukraine with the European Doniy, came to the U.S. capital to express proliferation and security matters and bilateral relations,” Mr. Kozhara said. Union,” he said. “And believe me,” he added, his views on developments in Ukraine. “no one is happy that she is in jail today. Speaking at the National Endowment for Washington’s commitment “to helping The jailing of the former prime minister But at the same time, millions of people in Democracy on May 7, he presented a con- Ukraine become a prosperous European in 2011, allegedly for abusing her office for Ukraine believe that Mrs. Tymoshenko was trasting assessment of the current political convicted rightfully by the Ukrainian crimi- situation in his country, castigated nal court.” President Yanukovych for his political per- The foreign affairs minister stressed that secution of Ms. Tymoshenko and suggested it was “extremely important that every- ways the opposition should organize its thing related to Mrs. Tymoshenko should political forces and the Ukrainian commu- be done in full compliance with the nity to return the country on the road to Ukrainian law.” Otherwise, he said, critics becoming a true democracy. would point to the “so-called selective jus- Now an independent opposition mem- tice in Ukraine” if she were released “out of ber in the Verkhovna Rada, Mr. Doniy has a the legal frameworks in Ukraine.” history of being in the opposition. He was Responding, Helsinki Commission the leader of the Ukrainian Student Union Chairman Ben Cardin (D-Md.) said that, as a teenager in the late 1980s and deputy while that is a good principle of democracy, chairman of the popular opposition Rukh “we’ve seen in too many cases where movement. He has been active in activities young democracies have done very well in of the Soros Foundation and the Smoloskyp their first and second elections, but then organization. Most recently, he has focused we see that the opposition usually ends up his attention on reversing the law passed in jail.” last year that restricts the use of Ukrainian And this view “is further bolstered by as a national language. the human rights court of Europe in their Mr. Doniy’s weeklong U.S. visit, spon-

Yaro Bihun findings suggesting that there was too sored by the Ukrainian Congress Oles Doniy, an opposition member of the Ukrainian Parliament, presents his critical much politics played in this case,” he added. Committee of America, also included meet- assessment of the current Ukrainian government’s policies during a roundtable dis- Mr. Kozhara testified before the Helsinki ings with representatives of Ukrainian cussion at the National Endowment for Democracy. Sitting next to him is moderator Commission both as the foreign affairs American communities in New York, Nadia Diuk of NED. minister of Ukraine and as the chairperson- Cleveland and Chicago. No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 5 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 No. 20

COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly In Moscow, Kerry punts How not to debate Ukrainian history Just a few days ago, Human Rights Watch posted the following online: “Starting in early March 2013 the Russian government launched a nationwide campaign of (at Columbia University or elsewhere) inspections of non-governmental organizations, unprecedented in its scale and by Taras Kuzio marred by unacceptable intolerance. scope. …To date, hundreds of organizations in different regions of Russia have been Volodymyr Viatrovych, former director of subject to such inspections; most have yet to be informed of the inspection findings. It was only after accepting an invitation the Security Service of Ukraine (ex-KGB) However, it is clear that the main objective of these inspections is to identify organi- to participate in the workshop “Russian archives, attended the first day’s afternoon zations the government deems ‘foreign agents’ and force advocacy groups to either and Ukrainian Nationalism: Entangled session. The panel chair grumbled quite assume this false, misleading and demonizing label, or suspend their work.” Among Histories” at Columbia University’s loudly and only then reluctantly allowed Dr. those targeted, according to the New York-based rights monitor, are such groups as Harriman Institute on April 22–23 that I Viatrovych three minutes in the discussion, the Association of NGOs in Defense of Voters’ Rights Golos (Moscow), the Anti- realized I had walked into a minefield. and then cut him off as he attempted to Discrimination Center Memorial (St. Petersburg), the Institute of Press Development I soon learned of colleagues who reply to allegations raised by a session pre- – Siberia (Novosibirsk) and the Baikal Environmental Wave (Irkutsk). declined invitations, citing concerns about senter. When he visited Moscow earlier this month, the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry some of the workshop organizers and par- I asked Andreas Umland (National assured leading Russian rights activists that Washington is concerned about this University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy) and crackdown on NGOs, some of which receive U.S. funding. But you wouldn’t have ticipants who support restrictions on free- other organizers why Dr. Viatrovych was known that from his public statements in the Russian capital. (Significantly, the sec- dom of speech and promote stereotypes of not simply asked to give a presentation, retary of state’s visit came a year and a day after thousands of opposition activists Ukrainians. The workshop’s organizers clashed with Russian police on the eve of Vladimir Putin’s third inauguration, when were Tarik Cyril Amar, Per Anders Rudling maybe in a separate additional panel, but I he swore to “respect and protect human and civil rights and freedoms.” What fol- and Andreas Umland. was rebuffed. So was my suggestion to lowed, as we all know, was a crackdown on the opposition and those seen as poten- The workshop opened with a useful ses- bring him with us at the end of the first day tial opponents. New legislation put the kibosh on protests, activists were targeted, sion on modern nationalism before and to the restaurant for dinner, where he could many facing dubious or trumped-up charges; the U.S. Agency for International during World War I. Profs. Eric Lohr have mingled with other speakers. There Development was kicked out of Russia…) (American University), Serhii Plokhii appeared to be zero interest in or tolerance Reporting on the Kerry visit, the Associated Press noted that Human Rights Watch (Harvard), Serhy Bilenky (University of for a discussion. senior researcher Tania Lokshina said Mr. Kerry told rights activists he had been up Toronto) and Richard Wortman (Columbia) I, for one, fail to understand why there until 2:30 a.m. discussing the legal pressure on NGOs with Russian Foreign Minister explained how modern nationalism or was so much intolerance towards Dr. Sergey Lavrov. She explained that classifying NGOs in Russia as foreign agents “has nationalisms developed in the Russian Viatrovych. But intolerance in the form of only one single interpretation: it reads like foreign spies.” Agence France-Presse Empire, including in Ukraine, and contrast- marked tendentiousness was exhibited in pointed out: “On his first visit to Russia as the top U.S. diplomat, Kerry conspicuously ed the aims, strategies and outcomes of dif- other ways as well. For example, certain steered clear of criticizing Moscow in an apparent attempt to soothe months of ten- ferent state actors and social strata speakers who appeared to have pre- sions after President Vladimir Putin’s return to the Kremlin for a new term last May. involved in those developments. These pre- planned goals of portraying Western After meeting Kerry, representatives of several rights groups accused Washington of sentations and a small number of others Ukrainians as Nazi collaborators and anti- turning a blind eye to a crackdown on freedoms and prioritizing cooperation with were the exceptions in what otherwise Semites arranged facts to fit their conclu- the Kremlin over human rights.” failed to become a scholarly forum for the sions. Indeed, in Moscow Mr. Kerry stressed that disagreements between Russia and the study of Ukrainian and Russian national- Dr. Rudling gave a paper on Mykola U.S. should not hurt their “larger interests.” The U.S. ambassador to Russia, Michael isms. Lebed that purported to cover his entire McFaul, wrote on Dipnote, the official blog of the U.S. State Department, “…while To begin, although the workshop was political life with the single goal of portray- [Secretary Kerry] acknowledged that there have been some disagreements between supposed to explore Russian and Ukrainian ing him as a war criminal. “He never faced our two countries, he noted that on really important issues like Iran, North Korea and nationalisms and their interplay, there was justice or accountability for his wartime Afghanistan there has been a tremendous amount of cooperation,” adding that Mr. activities,” Dr. Rudling lamented. Putting Kerry “also stated our belief that we share some very significant common interests almost nothing presented on Russian and Soviet nationalisms and no analysis of aside the fact that it is not the task of aca- with respect to Syria.” demics to serve as courts of law, the obses- An RFE/RL analyst, Pavel K. Baev, aptly commented after the Kerry visit that for Russian national identity and its relation- ship to Ukraine. That is, nothing on sion with Lebed’s alleged war criminality President Putin and his team “the value of the newly upgraded dialogue” with ignores, to cite one example, his leadership Washington “is primarily in establishing the fact of [President Barack] Obama’s read- Putinism, or “Nashi,” or Zhirinovsky, or neo- Stalinism. And, the majority of workshop and organization of Prolog Research and iness to accept Russia’s harsh repressions against the pro-Western opposition with Publishing for a quarter of a century from only pro forma complaints.” This readiness is seen by many observers as a betrayal of sessions utterly failed to provide any com- 1953 to 1978, during which it became the democratic values. parative perspectives, which is both imper- center of Ukrainian diaspora liberal politi- To be sure, we cannot know what exactly was discussed behind the scenes in ative when discussing nationalism in what- Moscow and how, but the public perception created by the Kerry visit was that ever forum and contrary to the workshop’s cal life. human rights and civil liberties are no longer among “the really important issues” in purported theme. Then, many discussants Selecting elements of Lebed’s biography this bilateral relationship. Clearly, Secretary Kerry had chosen to punt. were not specialists and their remarks from the 1930s, certain allegations about were often weak and insufficiently analyti- his wartime activities and then the Village cal. Voice’s attempt to “expose” him in the mid- 1980s while ignoring everything else can Much of the workshop was instead hardly be construed as objective scholar- devoted to Ukrainian “nationalism” and ship. This would be the same as focusing May Turning the pages back... “Nazi collaboration.” There is, of course, only on Menachem Begin’s and Nelson nothing wrong with devoting a workshop Four years ago, on May 20, 2009, Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Mandela’s respective leadership of the to Ukrainian nationalism; there is, of Werder Bremen of Germany 2-1 in overtime in front of 53,000 Irgun and Umkhonto we Sizwe terrorist course, nothing wrong with criticizing 20 fans at Sukru Sarcologu Stadium in Istanbul and an estimated 18 groups while ignoring their subsequent Ukrainian nationalism. But why do so million television viewers, and won Ukraine the UEFA Cup. It was political biographies in Israel and South under the camouflage of a workshop on 2009 one of its most historic sports victories and the biggest victory for Africa, respectively. There are countless ter- Russian and Ukrainian nationalisms that a Ukrainian soccer club on the international stage. It was also the rorists who become politicians and state has little or nothing to do with Russian 38th and last time the tournament would use the UEFA Cup name, leaders from, for example, Ulster, South nationalism? And, more importantly, why as it was renamed the UEFA Europa League Final. Africa and Israel. do so without providing any context for More than 7,000 Shakhtar fans at the match cheered as Shakhtar team captain Darijo Charles de Gaulle served as prime minis- what was happening at various points in Srna of Croatia hoisted the UEFA trophy and teammates tossed team owner Rinat Akhmetov ter and president during five of the nine in the air in celebration. Among Shakhtar’s supporters in the stands were the Turkish fans, time when Ukrainian nationalists were years (1958-1962) of the Algerian war of for the fact that Shakhtar’s coach, Mircea Lucescu, had served as head coach of two Turkish active, what options were available to them, independence (1954-1962) during which clubs, Galatasaray SK and Besiktas JK. Loud chants of “Shakhtar” filled the stadium, as and what their goals were – unless the 1.5 million died from conflict, executions German support was inaudible. agenda is a political rather than an academ- and torture. But, a biography of de Gaulle Luiz Adriano scored the first goal of the match off a pass from Willian 25 minutes into the ic one? that focused only on his responsibility as first half. Ten minutes later, Bremen responded off a free kick by Naldo in the 35th minute. There obviously is much more to ana- head of state during the commission of The second half was filled with missed chances, with Shakhtar gaining some opportune lyze and discuss about Ukrainian national- French war crimes in Algeria would not be breaks, sending the match into overtime. Brazilian midfielder Jadson scored the decisive ism than the cooperation, collaboration and a valid representation of his political life. goal from a pass from Darijo Srna seven minutes into overtime. armed conflict, at different times, of the An open-air fan zone was set up in Kyiv, where 2,000 fans watched the game at the For some reason, younger revisionist Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists or Western historians of Ukraine seem to be Friendship of Peoples Arch. the Ukrainian Insurgent Army with differ- Natalya Lavska, 28, commented that the game was dynamic in the first half, and it was unwilling to bring comparative studies into ent factions in the Nazi Germany state their analysis of Ukrainian history. Is this clear that Shakhtar deserved the win; she said the victory was special for Ukrainian fans apparatus than is captured by the simplis- because they believed in their own team. Though Dynamo Kyiv is Shakhtar’s biggest soccer because that would get in their way of sen- tic notion of “Nazi collaboration.” sationalizing Ukrainian nationalist war rival (along the way to the UEFA Cup championship final, Shakhtar had defeated Dynamo The workshop at Columbia was also Kyiv), the historic match enabled Kyiv fans to bring themselves to support even their ene- crimes? mies – they simply chanted “Ukrayina” instead of “Shakhtar.” Another workshop presenter, Anton Taras Kuzio is a non-resident fellow of Yevhen Sazhniev of Berdiansk said that he was entirely comfortable among Kyiv fans, and Shekhovtsov (Vienna Institute for Human the Center for Transatlantic Relations, the Shakhtar victory raised the prestige of Ukrainian soccer throughout the world. Sciences) – who although from Sevastopol, School of Advanced International Relations, Source: “Shakhtar wins UEFA Cup,” by Yuriy Borysov, The Ukrainian Weekly, May 24, 2009. Johns Hopkins University. 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FOR THE RECORD The things we do ... UCCA remembers Konovalets by Orysia Paszczak Tracz The following statement was issued by ing to emigrate, his service to his county the Ukrainian Congress Committee of and his desire for an independent Ukraine America (UCCA) on May 9. never wavered. Konovalets continued lead- ing the UVO and actively worked to pro- ‘Scandalous’ exhibit On May 23, Ukrainians around the world mote the development of Ukrainian com- will solemnly mark the 75th anniversary of munity organizations. Additionally, he the death of Yevhen Konovalets. On this worked to establish contacts with foreign at Honchar Museum date, the founder and Commander of the intelligence and military circles, and pro- Ukrainian Military Organization (UVO) and moted the creation of foreign-language leader of the Organization of Ukrainian press bureaus and publishing houses – all Nationalists (OUN) was murdered. His to bring the Ukrainian national question to commitment to his country serves as a the forefront. reminder of the many valiant individuals In 1929 Konovalets participated in the who gave their lives for an independent first Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine – ranking Konovalets as one of the Vienna where the Organization of most prominent figures in 20th century Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) was founded Ukraine. and during which he was elected its leader. Born on June 14, 1891, in the village of His exceptional organizational skills and Zashkiv near Lviv, Konovalets spent his unwavering loyalty to Ukraine enabled him youth studying law at the University of Lviv. to advance the OUN’s growth and influence Bohdan Poshyvailo Fufaiky, or kufaiky, in the Ivan Honchar Museum in Kyiv as part of the exhibit In 1914, when the first world war broke outside the borders of Ukraine. It was at “Etnohrafichni Nebylytsi” (Ethnographic Nonsense). out, Konovalets enlisted in the Austrian this time that the goal of the OUN became Army, where he served as second lieuten- the unconditional independence and sover- With tongue planted firmly in cheek, and soul. Who do they take us for? And to show ant. A year into the war he was captured by eignty of Ukraine by any means necessary. yet deadly serious, Petro Honchar discussed this at Lent? After such a display the facili- Russian forces and interned in a POW These persistent efforts to revive the the latest exhibition at the Ivan Honchar ties should be reconcecrated… ,” wrote camp near Tsaritsyn. This proved to be a nationalist underground in Soviet Ukraine Museum in Kyiv, which conveniently opened Kostyantyn Cheremsky. blessing of sorts, for while he was in the led to his assassination on May 23, 1938, in on March 29, right before April 1. The direc- Lena Utkina commented, “Really, we POW camp he met many Ukrainian nation- Rotterdam. Yevhen Konovalets tragically died tor of the Ukrainian Center of Ukrainian have never seen anything like this! I have alists and former Galician officers who fur- when a bomb, disguised as a present, explod- Culture – The Ivan Honchar Museum been disappointed by the Honchar Museum ther fostered his pride for his country. ed. It was later revealed that the bomb had opened “Etnohrafichni Nebylytsi” for the first time. I have never seen before Together with some of his fellow country- been given to him by a Soviet agent. [Ethnographic Fables or Nonsense], an exhi- that the museum would pile up so plainly men, Konovalets escaped to Kyiv, where in Konovalets was one of the most promi- bition like no other at the museum. Up until the priceless rarities our ancestors so care- November 1917 he organized a battalion of nent figures in 20th century Ukrainian his- this show, all the others since the museum’s fully stored in their ‘skryni’ [chests], and Sich Riflemen. Serving at the helm of this tory. As a military officer he was recognized opening in 1993 were elegant, refined, and which miraculously survived to our days. force he helped to suppress a Bolshevik for his organizational abilities and loyalty presented with the utmost taste and beauty. What is the point of this display and what uprising in Kyiv in early 1918. to the Ukrainian National Republic. As a This exhibit was different. Hanging on does it teach us? Maybe someone from the To help strengthen Ukraine’s ever-grow- political leader he enjoyed enormous per- the walls, with the appropriate display museum can explain? I had paid the photog- ing struggle for liberation, in the summer of sonal authority among OUN cadres, and the labels, were “fufaiky,” the Soviet-era grungy raphy fee, but didn’t even take my camera 1921 Konovalets became the commander of respect of even his political adversaries. quilted grey or black jackets that had been out. Forgive me for my intolerance.” the famous Ukrainian Military Organization Yevhen Konovalets made the ultimate worn by working people in the villages and One newspaper headlined the story with (UVO), an underground organization spe- sacrifice. He gave his life for Ukraine and towns. They were torn, patched, stained and “Honchar Museum transformed into a sec- never-cleaned, just worn to death. ond-hand [store] of embroidery.” cializing in the military training of young the lives of his countrymen. He will always As described in Rukotvory (rukotvory. Blogger Lesia Hasydzak of the Ukrainian Ukrainians and promoting armed resis- be remembered and honored for his deter- com) in the post “Petro Honchar discovered Center for Development of Museums, wrote: tance against Ukraine’s oppressors. mination and perseverance on behalf of the his formula of Ukrainian culture of the 20th “…For many generations, the kufaika The activities of the UVO soon caught Ukrainian national liberation struggle. century,” the guests coming to the opening of became one of the symbols of the Soviet the attention of the Soviets, who in turn, Yevhen Konovalets is the epitome of a true the exhibit did not know what artifacts to Union. The kufaiky [also known as fufaiky, sought to arrest Konovalets, forcing him to hero of Ukraine. expect. There was very little information pro- tilohriyky – body warmers], were the most flee beyond Ukraine’s borders. Despite hav- Glory to Ukraine! Glory to her heroes! vided in advance, other than the promise “You widespread (and for a long time the only) have not seen something like this before!” type of outerwear in the totalitarian state. Before the doors to the gallery opened, They appeared in 1931 as a warm uniform Moscow in the city of Khimki,” Sen Cardin’s Mr. Honchar invited the guests to a recep- for workers and soldiers of the working and Sen. Cardin... statement read. “In 2007, shortly after call- tion. Holding up a goblet of red wine, he peasant Red Army. They were worn under ing for the resignation of the Khimki stated that the artifacts are all genuine and the coat, against the frost, because they (Continued from page 3) administration, his dog was killed and his all data about them are credible. Then he were sewn from cotton, with the padding shouted out “Budmo” [the toast “let us be,” acting as insulation… After World War II, the Turning to Ukraine, the senator said: “I car set on fire. Undaunted, Beketov contin- which means let us survive], and opened the kufaika became the everyday and even spe- also urge Ukrainian authorities to ensure ued reporting until his voice was silenced forever by assailants with baseball bats. doors to the display of the grungy jackets cial event outerwear for the regular popula- that there is a thorough investigation into Adding insult to grave injury, Vladimir and the pile of treasured Ukrainian embroi- tion who could not afford anything better. the murder of Vladimir Goncharenko, edi- Strelchenko, mayor of Khimki and a sus- dered and woven textiles on the floor. Because THERE WAS NOTHING BETTER tor of the environmental security newspa- pect in the beating, won a defamation case This exhibition was Mr. Honchar’s idea. “I [author’s capitalization]. The embroidered per EKO Bezpeka. Goncharenko was beaten collected and displayed. I traveled through- in 2010 against Beketov. And even in death, shirts and moth-eaten kozhuky [sheepskin out Ukraine. Every fufaika was selected to death in July 2012 but his assailants Khimki authorities sought to thwart coats] were in the attics, on the floor or in have not yet been brought to justice.” from the Sian to the Don Rivers, and from the fire, and the kufaiky were hanging on Beketov’s desire to be buried in the town north to south. I concluded that this is our “Russia remains, by any accounting, the he loved. To date, no one has been brought the walls – this is the story of Ukrainian cul- deadliest place for journalists in the OSCE national idea – the fufaika. This is one more ture. This is the EVIDENCE OF THE to justice for this heartbreaking crime visual formula of Ukrainian culture of the region. On April 8, journalist Mikhail against Mikhail Beketov and the people he UNIFICATION OF CULTURE THROUGH Beketov died of complications stemming 20th century and we do not have to invent DEFORMATION, RUINATION, sought to inform.” anything. We are already dressed and unit- from a 2008 beating that left him a multi- PROHIBITION, AND DEGRADATION to cre- The Helsinki Commission chairman ed by the fufaika… ‘they’ united us.” ple amputee, in a wheelchair and unable to ate a ‘homo Sovieticus’ with the label ‘Soviet commended OSCE Representative on The reaction from attendees, the media Union’ on the working days and the kufaika speak. A community organizer and editor Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic “for and the cultural community was divided, of a small newspaper in Russia, Beketov wearer’s stooped spine… Obviously, no one her sharp focus, timely reporting and with some applauding his commentary, oth- would be discussing so tumultuously a challenged local authorities and the cor- efforts to protect a free and independent ers appalled at the lack of respect for the show of photocopies or violets. Only a real ruption surrounding a controversial plan to press,” adding, “Her frank periodic assess- treasured items in the massive pile in the event could create so many emotions in the construct a highway through the popular ments to the participating states will help middle of the gallery floor. I have compiled museum realm. ...This is not a vulgar instal- old-growth forest on the outskirts of ensure that these cases are not forgotten.” information and comments from the muse- lation, this is not a stream-of-consciousness um itself and from the media, and the storm and, thank goodness, this is not ‘contempo- of comments from various online groups rary art,’ under which term it is accepted to related to this theme. include anything and from those incapable Wherever you are, “I am very disillusioned with this exhibi- of creating art. This exhibition is an x-ray of The Ukrainian Weekly can be there with you tion and its organizers. Obvious that this is each of us and our culture in the whole of on the level of jeans… [i.e., there’s no point the 20th century.” Check out The Ukrainian Weekly online at to this] This is repugnant to the depth of the The fufaiky were also worn in other parts of the Soviet Union but, in this exhibit, the www.ukrweekly.com Orysia Tracz may be contacted at orysia. [email protected]. (Continued on page 16) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 No. 20 Mobilizing outrage: Joining forces to combat gender violence in Ukraine

by Marta Kichorowska Kebalo sion against wrongs done to women. But starts off with a Dutch wife doing a Google ment body charged with keeping track of despite the sensationalism of their perfor- search and finding ample reason to be wor- women’s issues and promoting their equi- The World Federation of Ukrainian mances, FEMEN’s messages are not really ried about Ukrainian women. The ad sug- table treatment. The Ministry of Social Women’s Organizations (WFUWO) was a that different from that of other current gests a solution: take out a contract with Policy (established on December 9, 2012, joint organizer of a panel titled “When Will activist groups, whose protests are effective NLE, get a free gift of a home beer-brewing and headed by Natalia Korolevska) has the Violence Against Women and Girls Stop? even without taking their clothes off. machine and your husband will be just as been assigned responsibility for women’s Global Solutions.” The panel was held in con- One example is the SlutWalk, a protest happy sitting at home in front of the TV, programs – its structure includes a junction with the 57th annual session of the born in Canada on April 3, 2011, after a well out of temptation’s reach. Department of Prevention of Violence in Commission on the Status of Women at the Toronto policeman suggested that women On May 10, 2012, Ms. Somer filed a com- the Family, and it promises to soon estab- United Nations. Below is the slightly would do better “not to dress like sluts if plaint with the Netherlands Committee of lish a trafficking department as well. But in abridged text of the presentation by Marta they didn’t want to be raped.” The co- Advertising Ethics asserting that Ukrainian the meantime, such cases as Oksana Kichorowska Kebalo, Ph.D., WFUWO’s main founders of SlutWalk (Sonya Barmett and women are being misrepresented and Makar’s murder raise questions beyond representative to the U.N. Economic and Heather Jarvis) explain that his words were demeaned by this commercial. In fact, the Ukraine’s “family violence” or “nasylstvo v Social Council. The panel was held at the U.N. “slut-shaming” and that such talk only Google search depicted in the commercial simyi” approach. Any discriminatory act Church Center on March 8. The presentation added to women’s oppression by increas- was not the result of an actual Google that falls outside of the family framework is is being published in two parts. ing the sense of surveillance and disciplin- search, but a composite made up of porno- difficult to discuss as violence when domes- ing that is already felt around women’s graphic photos available on the Internet, tic violence is the only available framework. CONCLUSION behavior. The SlutWalk model was taken up including some from one Internet source In terms of social activism against gen- in several cities around the world. Most called Oekrainse Vrouwen (Ukrainian der violence, this focus on the family, as Ukraine’s new feminist agenda SlutWalk participants dress “normally,” but women) owned by a businessman who opposed to a focus on the women, creates As of 2008, the new feminists of Ukraine some have purposely dressed in stereotypi- deals in pornography and Internet sex chat limitations and problems. The family focus took up an important campaign of adjust- cally “slutty” attire (for example, the partic- sites. as compared to a women-centered one sees ing Ukraine’s attitudes, hoping to enlighten ipants in New York City’s SlutWalk in Union Ukraine’s women are not uniquely vic- the cause of violence as a factor of faulty not only the wider public, but particularly Square in October of 2011), in order to timized by sex trafficking, but they do relationships (rather than societal patriar- their government officials, the police and make a point about “provactive dress.” For appear to be targeted as an icon of it. chy), and diagnoses it as a social illness Ukraine’s parliamentarians about the patri- this, they have sustained criticism, for con- However, as to the problem of the media (rather than emphasizing its criminality) archal aspects of their views and actions. forming to male expectation of women’s objectifying women, this is a worldwide and points to both men and women (not Their first mission was the reclaiming of sexuality. More importantly, this relates to a problem that is getting attention. One inter- just women) as its victims. The treatment International Women’s Day. Over the years debate that is long-standing in the feminist esting activist group along these lines is a strategy of the family focus favors private of Soviet rule, March 8 – which was once a community – over whether public sexuality women’s human rights group called counseling within the family (rather than day of recognition of women’s equal rights is empowering or harmful to women. OBJECT. OBJECT made a name for itself tar- public group discussion) and talks about to work and pay – evolved into a holiday to Personally I’m inclined to think it is harm- geting the Sun, a popular British tabloid, on the family as the unit that needs to be sup- celebrate women for their femininity. ful – and not only to the woman disrobing, the 42nd anniversary of the tabloid’s prac- ported (rather than focusing on the bat- Dr. Oksana Kis, a women’s historian and but to all of us, as I will explain through a tice (since 1970) of showing topless tered woman and her prospects). The fami- director of a feminist center in Lviv, has personal anecdote. women on its “Page 3.” The protesters ly approach leads to low political engage- made a huge poster-birthday card showing ment; the woman-centered, or feminist, been especially active in reminding Ukraine Image of Ukrainian women that this day would best be utilized as a pictures of men and pictures of women approach sees political engagement as key. political holiday – not so much to return to In 2003 Victor Malarek, a Ukrainian taken from the same Sun tabloid, and asked There are several good programs in the politics of 1910 when it was first pro- Canadian award-winning investigative passers-by whether they could tell a differ- Ukraine that, despite the limitations of the posed by the socialist Klara Zetkin, but to journalist, wrote “The Natashas,” a book ence – it was simply “clothes” (see www. “family” framework, are helping to broaden adopt it in the present moment as a politi- that exposed trafficking in women into sex- object.org.uk). The birthday card was deliv- appreciation of the pernicious effects of cal platform of women’s unity for the recog- ual slavery as “organized crime’s fastest ered to the Sun’s editor, sending a strong violence on women and to promote an nition of their dignity and human rights. growing business.” For several years, the message against the paper’s treatment of understanding that women are differently March 8 of this year was marked by sev- name Natasha, which had long been used in women. Thus, OBJECT is one of those wom- vulnerable depending on various social fac- eral innovative demonstrations, some very the West as a code name for Russian- en’s groups that aims to reclaim the female tors. One of these social factors is that of humorous. Dr. Kis described a street dem- speaking women, came to represent the body and to stop the subjugation of women residence: rural women are more vulnera- onstration staged by one feminist group in trafficked Ukrainian woman. through their nakedness. But apparently ble than urban-dwelling women, as they the western Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi on My name is Martha – and what does this for these women taking control of their are less likely to have access to social ser- March 8, 2011. They paraded a garlanded have to do with me? I’d like to share with own bodies does not mean putting them vices. A project conducted by Heifer mare (a workhorse) identified as “Marta” you one of my own personal uncomfortable back on display again. International in Ukraine is not only helping through the city streets. This reference to moments. When I hired a moving company In 2009, when the scandal that involved rural women’s economic empowerment; it the biblical Martha was meant to highlight in 2005, a representative of the company, a the Murdoch News Corp. of the United is also helping rural women to learn to be the drudgery that most Ukrainian women man with a Middle-eastern accent, came to Kingdom led to an extended investigation better advocates for their own needs, in face daily, and their “decoration” for it on my mother’s apartment in Queens to assess into the ethics of the practices and culture cooperation with the Ukrainian March 8. Among the demonstrations with a the volume of the move. He noted her col- of the press, Lord Justice Leveson accepted Parliament’s Committee on Human Rights, more serious tone, was one staged by the lection of fine Slavic folk-art that I identified oral and written testimony from many National Minorities and Interethnic Feminist Offensive, which marched in Kyiv as Ukrainian. On the day of the move, a groups, including OBJECT (see http:// Relations and the Women’s Information carrying banners demanding the separa- Hispanic-speaking crew came to my moth- www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/ Consultative Center. tion of Church and state. er’s door, and asked to speak to “Natasha” – nov/28/leveson-inquiry-report-essential- Another factor is age or position in the But as extreme as their message may apparently I had been referred to in conver- guide#108). The report submitted to the life cycle. The International Humanitarian seem, their effect is mild compared to the sation as “some Natasha” meaning that as a Leveson Inquiry in September 2012 by NGO Rozrada of Kyiv is one of the organiza- spectacle of FEMEN. FEMEN, too, marked Ukrainian, I had been objectified. Despite a OBJECT – is called the “Just the Women” tions whose programs reflect its attention the day demonstrating topless in Turkey, lack of any physical contact, I felt violated. Report. It covers a lot of good ground based to the varied experiences of differing age and then returned to Kyiv to climb the bell A similar incident, but on a much grand- on good research, to illuminate how groups. Children are recognized to suffer tower of the Cathedral of St. Sophia to pro- er scale, moved Irina Somer, a resident of women are harmed by “persistent objectifi- both from witnessing and experiencing test the threatened ban on abortion, chant- the Netherlands, a journalist and the man- cation, stereotyping and prejudicial report- physical and verbal abuse; adolescent girls ing “Our children – our choice.” A polarizing ager of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency in ing.” But in that report, which includes a and young women are targeted as the element from its first appearance, FEMEN Brussels, Belgium, to videotape an appeal chapter on rape culture, a chapter on the group most vulnerable to sexual exploita- has consistently confused the public with (dated October 9, 2012) to diaspora parading of sexualized little girls, and one tion and trafficking; married and middle- its nudity (a quick check on the Internet Ukrainian women’s organizations, asking on the trivialization of women, there is also aged women are understood to be bur- will soon reveal a big difference between them to monitor the misrepresentation of a chapter on the “mainstreaming of the sex dened with the pragmatic realities of family FEMEN and Russia’s PussyRiot group, for Ukrainian women through the use of a new industries in newspapers” titled “Irina is a planning; elderly women are acknowl- example). And then there’s also FEMEN’s global “stereotype.” Booty.” (You can check the report out your- edged as suffering real indignities and penchant for staging demonstrations in The background to this is that during the self at this link: http://www.object.org.uk/ uncertainties within a culture that has other countries rather than focusing on summer before the start of the Euro-2012 files/Just%20the%20Women%20-%20 devalued them. In March 2009, Rozrada home. The mystery of its big bucks funding soccer matches held in Ukraine and Poland, Nov%202012.pdf .) Apparently “Irina” is received U.N. recognition as an exemplary has furthermore convinced many that a commercial aired on Dutch TV. It was an the new “Natasha,” since the otherwise project, model-worthy for other countries FEMEN is primarily a business proposition. advertisement produced for NLE, a Dutch excellent report never explains who “Irina” (see www.rozrada.kiev.ua). If so, it is a politically diversionary one at energy company. It warned Dutch wives to is and does not in any other instance use a Most distressing is the fact that the NGO that, subverting Ukrainian feminism while not let their husbands go to Ukraine for the woman’s name in this generic sense. The women’s community in Ukraine is report- possibly driving women into religious Euro cup games because of the sex tourism point I’m making is that this also is objecti- ing that pressure has intensified on special- counter-discourses. and the ready availability of Ukraine’s fication and we women need to be on the ists and organizations working within the Oddly, FEMEN has desecrated Ukrainian women. I urge you to view the full video watch to respect one another, as well in realms of promoting gender equality and Greek-Catholic space but not any sites of appeal (recorded in Ukrainian language) or conducting our activisms. securing women’s and children’s rights. even just the first two minutes of it, which There is an intense anti-gender campaign the Russian Orthodox or Moscow Family-centered afoot in Ukraine that is making precarious Patriarchate in Ukraine. Lately FEMEN has will give you a viewing of the commercial in vs. woman-centered approaches started to make statements about reclaim- question, which needs no translation. (For women’s NGO gains and hindering activ- ing the female body and returning power to the Somer video go to this link: http:// Currently in Ukraine, there is no gender vimeo.com/51088721). The commercial department or any other special govern- that body by combining nudity with aggres- (Continued on page 12) No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 9 BOOK REVIEW: Freeland on the rise of the plutocrats “Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global being shared unevenly. In the last 30 years, example, who in the U.S. have been among Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else,” the gap between the very rich and the rest the most successful in responding to the by Chrystia Freeland. New York: The Penguin of us has become vast ­– Ms. Freeland calls new global status quo? She chooses, as an Press, 2012. 336 pages. ISBN: 978-1-59420- it a chasm. “What I really worry about is, archetype, “Harvard kids who went to pro- 409-8. $27.95 (hardcover). that there is so much money and so much vincial public schools.” They got into power at the very top, and the gap between Harvard, or Stanford, because they are by Oksana Zakydalsky those people and everybody else is so great, smart and reasonably privileged. But they Chrystia Freeland is managing director that we will see social mobility choked off went to public schools. She points out and editor for consumer news at Thomson and society transformed,” she writes. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and others Reuters. She has worked in Kyiv, Moscow, Political, social and economic institu- who fit this profile. London, Toronto and currently in New tions established in the United States and She also gives the example of the York. She is the author of “Sale of the the United Kingdom in the post-war era Russian oligarchs who were clever enough Century” (2000) about Russia’s journey included strong unions, high taxes and a to get degrees from elite Moscow universi- from communism to capitalism and high minimum wage. However, in the late ties before the collapse of the Soviet Union, “Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global 1970s and early 1980s – the years of but they were Jewish and not fully part of Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else” Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher – the Soviet elite. Mikhail Fridman, an oil, (2012) for which she won the 2013 Lionel this changed. Taxes at the top were sharply banking and telecom magnate, was born in Gelber Prize, a literary award for the cut, trade unions were reined in, social wel- Lviv – smart enough to make it to an elite world’s best non-fiction book in English on fare was cut and the economy was deregu- Moscow polytechnic institute, earning a foreign affairs that seeks to deepen public lated. Then came the collapse of commu- degree in physics but not allowed to do debate on significant international issues. nism in the Soviet bloc and the adoption of graduate research work. Viktor Vekselberg, Ms. Freeland was in Toronto on April 15 market economics in China, which left capi- a metals and oil oligarch, also is from west- to receive the $15,000 prize, which was talism as the only functioning system. ern Ukraine; he got a Ph.D. in math from a presented at the Munk School of Global “Today as the world economy is being or the “Russian consumer.” There are rich Moscow polytechnic and wrote computer Affairs, University of Toronto. reshaped by the technology revolution and consumers, few in number, but with a huge software programs on the side. Boris Ms. Freeland’s “Plutocrats” is an attempt globalization, the resulting economic trans- income and huge consumption. There are Berezovsky, an oil industrial and media to understand the changing shape of the formation is creating a new gilded age and the rest, the “non-rich,” although many, but magnate, was an obscure mathematician world economy by looking at those at the a new plutocracy. Because the global econ- with a tiny slice of consumption. Once and apparatchik. Vladimir Gusinsky, once very top, the richest ­– who they are, how omy is expanding,” Ms. Freeland writes, “in served by the domestic market, economic Russia’s most powerful media baron, was a they made their money, how they think, the long run we are in good shape. But over demand can now be imported. Jewish theater impresario who never made how they relate to the rest of us. the medium term, the dislocations, uncer- Accompanied by new economies, new mar- it into the first circle of state-supported She provides a fact-based framework to tainty and inequality are making people kets and new supply chains it is bringing Soviet cultural intellectuals and who sup- her analysis of plutocracy, starting with a unhappy.” together countries which are very different, plemented his income by trading consumer historical approach for comparison, quotes Who are the new plutocrats? Ms. particularly in their wage structures. goods. various writers who have been concerned Freeland looks at the top 1 percent, in par- The factors that helped the new pluto- In “Plutocrats,” Ms. Freeland tackles what with the topic of income inequality, con- ticular top .01 percent. The new plutocracy crats to achieve their status is varied: the has been called “perhaps the most impor- ducts interviews with many economists, is not made up of inherited wealth, but con- driving force of deregulation in the U.S. and tant economic and political development of historians and politicians, and records and sists mostly of first-and second-generation the U.K., the rent-seeking of many of the our era” (Martin Wolf, Financial Times). compares their views (a total of 289 notes wealth. Its members are hard-working, new emerging economies such as India, the Although the book is chock full of informa- completes her presentation). highly educated meritocrats, who feel they socialist market economy of China. tion on today’s world economy and its dis- The very rich of today are different from are deserving winners. They are forming a Who was destined to join the new plu- contents, Ms. Freeland’s extensive use of the rich of yesterday because of two phe- global community – a virtual global nation tocracy? In her examples, Ms. Freeland individual stories backed up by scholarly nomena: the revolution in information – and their ties to one another are increas- finds some comparative indicators. For evidence makes it a very readable work. technology and the liberalization of global ingly closer than their ties to the people trade – globalization. People, money and back home. ideas travel more freely today, while the There is no longer any such animal as fruits of this global transformation are “the U.S. consumer” or “the UK consumer” A conversation with Chrystia Freeland

What is the most important thing you have learned in your work? My generation grew up in a stable, afflu- ent society. This tends to make us conven- tional thinkers, opting for the status quo. In the 1980s, when talk began of an indepen- dent Ukraine, it was my grandparents who were the believers. The academia’s response was: impossible, no way. It turned out my grandparents were more right than Harvard professors. My second powerful experience was the financial crisis. The conventional wisdom was that deregulation was a great thing – this turned out to be wrong. I try to remind myself that the conventional wisdom – especially elite conventional wisdom – can be so wrong. What in your professional life has made you the happiest? My professional life has two strands. As Chrystia Freeland editor and manager, I work in teams and I really love being part of a group of people Chrystia Freeland was born in 1968 in working together to achieve something Peace River, Alberta. She received her under- they collectively care about. The second graduate education at Harvard University, strand of my professional life is writing – I going on to St. Antony’s at the University of have written two books. Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. She is of Many of the individual moments of writ- Ukrainian descent on her mother’s side and ing can be painful, but it is self-chosen pain. the granddaughter of Mykhailo Chomiak, Although my writing doesn’t pay the mort- editor of the Lviv paper Dilo and Krakivski gage or the school fees, there is a feeling of visti. Her grandparents immigrated to immense satisfaction to be able to put the Canada in 1948. ideas together, to process them and then to Following is the text of an interview with put that considered view of things out into Ms. Freeland conducted by Oksana the world. Zakydalsky. (Continued on page 17) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 No. 20

Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas Zvook – A new ‘sound’ coming out of Montreal by Christina Iwanik PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Montreal Ukrainian community credits itself historically with claiming amazingly talented musicians who not only use their musical craft to advance their professional careers, but also connect musicians whose dedication and thirst for Ukrainian music brings them together to create some of the best polka and folk rock bands from North America to date. Wonderful tunes produced by these musicians are still listened to either in our homes, automobiles, or on our electronic devices. Joining this highly respected cluster is a new band called Zvook. Their name is truly a reflection of the band’s strong vocals, smooth style and upbeat rhythm that one cannot seem to get enough of. Their love for Ukrainian music is reflected in their songs in so many ways. Working together, Zvook’s members not only produce an array of eclectic versions of tradition songs, but a sound that has their followers demanding more. They realize that the closeness of the Montreal Ukrainian zabava sound gives them an advantage in creating a much more unique repertoire compared to other Ukrainian folk bands throughout the continent. Members of Zvook (from left): Matej Wodzicki, Greg Balycky, Orest Vankevich and Roman Karpishka. The four men of Zvook are: Greg Balycky (bass guitar and vocals), Roman Karpishka (guitar and vocals), Orest out of Montreal and later Chornozem out of New Jersey. engineer in the aviation field. He is a seasoned musician Vankevich (accordion and vocals) and Matej Wodzicki Roman Karpishka, born and raised in Montreal, current- who played for Kolomeya and then spent eight years with (drums and vocals). Each of these musicians brings a cer- ly resides in Latham, New York. He is married with two the band Vorony out of Syracuse, N.Y. Matej has been a fill- tain style and musical background to the group all while beautiful children and is a product manager for a company. in drummer for several Ukrainian bands including “Hrim” living in both Canada and the U.S.A. The members of Zvook He is also currently a band member of Forthlin Road, an from New York City. have collectively performed across Canada, the USA and Irish folk band. Roman’s love for Ukrainian music started We as Ukrainians have always enjoyed our traditional Australia and have been exposed to Ukrainian music from when he was 13 years old, playing for the group Obrij songs. Zvook is one band who delivers on its promise of around the world. Most of them started playing instru- (later changed to Troyanda). He then played for Veselka providing sweet sounds of our past and a fun atmosphere ments as early as five years old with the Montreal based and in the 1990’s went on to play for Zolota Bulava. during their performances. Having four talented and edu- Ukrainian marching band Trembita. Roman has written several original songs in both cated musicians together allows them to combine these Greg Balycky, who came back to Montreal after attend- Ukrainian and English. sounds for our musical enjoyment. The band plans on pro- ing Oxford University in England, works in business and Orest Vankevich, from Montreal, is an accountant who ducing a live CD in the future and is currently booking financial advisory. Greg grew up with Ukrainian music in loves the great outdoors and working on cars. Orest had weddings and stage performances throughout Canada and the home. With his father who was a band member of also played for the band Kolomeya. He grew up listening to the U.S.A. For more information on the band and bookings, Yaseny in the 1970s as well as his mother who was a vio- Ukrainian music, especially Burlaky and Zolota Bulava. His visit them on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook. linist, his personal love for Ukrainian music flourished influences are Veselka and Samotsvit. com/ZvookBandMusic or e-mail them at zvook.music@ when he himself decided to join the band Kolomeya based Matej Wodzicki, from Montreal as well, is an electrical gmail.com.

Prom guide selects Sonya Khedr for cover and scholarship PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Sonya Khedr, a senior at Westfield A polyglot, Ms. Khedr put her language skills in Spanish High School in Westfield, N.J., was awarded the Top Model and Italian to use during the magazine competition, serv- cover photo of the 2013 Prom Guide Magazine and a $5,000 ing as a translator for many of the competitors. She is a scholarship, awarded by Best Buy for her volunteerism and member of both Italian and Spanish Language National community service work. She, and three other cover final- Honor Societies, and is president of the Spanish Language ists, spent a full day in a high-end New York City cover shoot Club at her high school. She also serves as president of the with the kinds of bells and whistles that only professional Community Service Club and is a high academic honor roll models enjoy, including their very own “glam squad.” student. “It felt amazing getting the royal treatment for the entire After graduating high school, Ms. Khedr will be attend- day and working with photographers. It’s an experience I ing High Point University in North Carolina in the fall to will remember forever,” Ms. Khedr was quoted in the Prom study strategic business communications, with an empha- Guide Magazine. sis on public relations. After graduating university, she Wearing a blue gown by Blush Prom and shoes from hopes to become a public relations executive, working in Benjamin Walk, she was joined by Tyre White of Tampa her beloved fashion industry. Bay Technical School in Florida, who wore a grey tuxedo by Jan Yves. Jewelery was provided by Fitz Design and hair and makeup by JKFlashy Makeup Service. Photos were by Jeffery Bucari with stylist Cheryl D. Smith. Ms. Khedr told the magazine that she entered the com- petition because she’s always been interested in fashion, with some of her fashion icons being Anne Hathaway, Brittney Snow and Julianne Huff. An experienced part-time model, Ms. Khedr is repre- sented by MMG Modeling Agency of New York City. She has appeared in the television series “The Good Wide” and the movie “The Extra Man.” She represented her paternal Egyptian side last year at the international Miss Teen World Competition, as Miss Teen Egypt 2012. But her matrilineal Ukrainian roots go deep as well, hav- ing grown up dancing, along with her brother, Heema, with the Barvinok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Bound Brook, Sonya Khedr with Tyre White on the cover of the 2013 N.J., and she participated in this year’s Chervona Kalyna Jeffrey Bucari Prom Guide Magazine. Debutante Ball. Models showcase modern prom fashions and trends. No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 11

Freestyle and slopestyle skier earns top spots at competitions PARSIPPANY, N. J. – This was a great ski to the top tier of competitors in slopestyle season for 19-year-old Mark Nowakiwsky, skiing. He finished last year’s season with a a freestyle and slopestyle competitor. He first-place finish in the USSA Junior ended the season with a second-place fin- National Championship in Steamboat ish at the 2013 USASA Nationals Men’s Springs, Colo. Open Slopestyle competition at Copper Mark comes from a family of avid skiers. Mountain, Colo., on April 9. Mark’s brother Chris and sister Tamara Slopestyle is a skiing or snowboarding competed in alpine racing, while he format that requires the athletes to take changed to the more avant-garde slope- three large jumps and also use steel rails style. Mark currently represents the and boxes. Judges watch the competitors Breckenridge Ski Resort as a Pro Team and score their runs depending on the diffi- Rider. Mark’s father, Roman, is a very good culty, style, originality, and amplitude (i.e. skier and was a member of the Karpaty Ski how high they jump). Club. Mark started skiing at a very young age. Mark’s other notable competitions this His parents, Roman and Olha, encouraged past season included the Aspen/Snowmass his interest in the sport. The family had Freeskiing Competition that was held in moved to Breckenridge, Colo., when Mark February in Aspen, Colo. Mark placed was 2 years old and he had ample opportu- eighth in a field of 100 competitors from nity to ski and advance his skills: ski racing, the U.S., Canada, and other countries. snowboarding, and then freestyle and “It’s one of the greatest open events in slopestyle. Mark started competing at age freeskiing, without question,” said Steele 14 as a member of the Breckenridge ski Spence of the Association of Freeskiing team, Team Breck, and quickly progressed Professionals. “This year, 100 men took to

Mark Nowakiwsky on the podium in second place (left) at the slopestyle event at Copper Mountain, Colo., on April 9. the slopestyle course. The level of competi- professional and amateur event. Since he tion is one of the highest you’ll ever see at placed second at Mount Snow, he was an open competition. It is one of the biggest prequalified in Maine for the semi-finals courses. Anyone who ends up in the top 30 where he was able to achieve a sufficiently here, that’s an extremely impressive result.” high score on one run and end in 30th posi- In mid-March at the Mount Snow Open tion among a very talented field. in Vermont, Mark was able to earn a place In addition to competing, Mark and his on the podium. There were approximately teammates made a slopestyle skiing video 40 competitors in the field of amateurs and for the Orage Masters Elite 8. Their video finals included the top 12. After just barely was judged to be the best entry and earned qualifying for the finals, he was able to step them an invitation to Sun Valley, Idaho, for up his run and execute it perfectly to finish a week at the Orage Masters, a rider-judged in second place for the event. team slopestyle event. Mark and his team- At the end of March, Mark competed in mates were pleased to be one of the eight the fifth annual Dumont Cup on the slopes teams selected for this exclusive, fun event. of Sunday River Resort, Maine, in what is Mark graduated summa cum laude from the East Coast’s largest and only major Summit High School in Frisco, Colorado, Another second-place finish for Mark Nowakiwsky (right) at the Mount Snow Open freeskiing event of the year. He met many and is in his sophomore year at the in Vermont held in Mid-March. of the world’s top slopestyle skiers at this University of Colorado at Boulder. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 No. 20

lem in Ukraine’s relationship with the European Free Trade Association, which believe in the president’s mercy and I NEWSBRIEFS European Union. However, Mr. Kozhara unites four rich European countries believe that the time will come when he insisted that the court’s decision was final, [Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and could use his right of pardon as regards Yulia (Continued from page 2) and that it was not for the Ukrainian govern- Liechtenstein] has held eight rounds of Volodymyrivna,” Ms. Herman has said, chairmanship will facilitate the Helsinki +40 ment to interfere with the “rule of law.” In this talks on a free trade area with the Customs according to May 11 news reports. At the dialogue focused on overcoming divergenc- regard, Mr. Kozhara also recalled that a gas Union. So did New Zealand,” the minister same time, she said, judicial processes in the es, clarifying the role and goals of the OSCE deal signed in 2009 had led to Ukraine pay- said. He noted that Ukraine has applied for Tymoshenko case have to be completed. in the modern security architecture,” said ing $6 billion a year more than it should for observer status in the Customs Union. This “She should not hide from the court, but par- Mr. Kozhara. “The U.N. is the OSCE’s princi- its gas supplies from Russia – or the equiva- proposal is being considered and Ukraine ticipate in it and demonstrate to society that pal partner organization and as security lent of 100 euros a year for every Ukrainian hopes for positive results, Mr. Kozhara she has nothing to hide. I think that when all added. “It is clear that no country can challenges continue to evolve, the nature of citizen. “It is our strong opinion that a single this is over, undoubtedly, everything will be change its geographical position. This the OSCE-U.N. cooperation has to become criminal case should not overwhelm our done to facilitate her fate, despite the fact means that Ukraine has no other option more pragmatic, effective and results-ori- relationship,” he said. (Ukrinform) that decisions of the courts can be different, but to strive to maintain good neighborly ented,” he concluded. (OSCE) because actually there are serious accusa- Kozhara on cooperation with Customs Union and partnership relations with Russia,” the tions,” Ms. Herman noted. President Kozhara on Tymoshenko’s conviction foreign affairs minister said. In turn, com- Yanukovych has been repeatedly called KYIV – For Ukraine, it is important to menting on his position to the press, the upon to pardon former Ms. Tymoshenko, have the most favorable trade regime with KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister minister said that Ukraine’s cooperation who is serving a seven-year sentence for its key trading partners, in particular, the Leonid Kozhara said that millions of with the Customs Union is very important, concluding gas contracts with Russia. In Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Ukrainian citizens truly believe that Yulia because the Customs Union accounts for April Mr. Yanukovych pardoned ex-Foreign Kazakhstan. This was stated by the head of Tymoshenko was rightly convicted. In an more than 40 percent of Ukrainian foreign Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko. (Ukrinform) interview with The Daily Telegraph during the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, trade. Thus, Ukraine will seek the modalities his visit to London on May 13, he said: Leonid Kozhara, at a hearing of the U.S. of its cooperation with the Customs Union, President calls for reconciliation “Millions of people in Ukraine truly believe Helsinki Commission on May 8. “Russia which would not conflict with the obliga- KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor that the former prime minister was rightly and the Customs Union as a whole are the tions of the state to other organizations, par- Yanukovych on May 9 emphasized the convicted. She did big damage to our econo- key trade partners of Ukraine. Should not ticularly the World Trade Organization and importance of finding ways towards under- my, and overstepped the law,” he said. The Ukraine want the most favorable trade the European Union. (Ukrinform) standing and reconciliation between all Ukrainian foreign affairs minister acknowl- regime with the Customs Union? Of course, parties to the tragic events of World War II. edged that the Tymoshenko case is a prob- it should. Here are just two examples: the Envoys hope to visit Tymoshenko Speaking at a ceremony marking the 68th KYIV – U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic Tefft and the head of the European Union War, the president said: “We should look delegation to Ukraine, Jan Tombinski, have for internal peace and tranquility in the asked the State Penitentiary Service of dialogue between the Ukrainians who were Ukraine for permission to visit former separated by the war into warring camps. TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Each party must try to understand the or e-mail [email protected] Tymoshenko. The U.S. ambassador, speak- other. We should understand that we need ing at a press conference in Kyiv on May 13, to be together, live in one country, build a SERVICES PROFESSIONALS said: “EU Ambassador Jan Tombinski and I common future.” Mr. Yanukovych was quot- filed a request for permission to visit Yulia ed by news reports as saying that Nazi and Tymoshenko together, as we visited Yurii Soviet totalitarianism are things of the past. Lutsenko in prison. But we’re currently “Democracy, freedom and social justice, waiting for such permission.” Mr. Tefft spirituality, life and potential of each indi- noted that they had earlier planned to visit vidual – these are our common values of the imprisoned former prime minister, but national progress,” he said. The president this was not possible because of holidays. added that one of the main lessons of the “We very much hoped that we will manage, war is that the strength of the Ukrainian and this was planned, to visit Tymoshenko people is in its unity. “Our state has come a before the period of these recent holidays. long and hard way. And today we can say However, we were told that because of holi- we have preserved a unified and diverse days and some changes in this regard it Ukraine, restored its statehood and laid the СТЕФАН ВЕЛЬГАШ could not happen before the holidays. Now foundation for its future in the circle of Ліцензований Продавець we hope that it will happen after the holi- developed European nations,” he under- Страхування Життя days are over,” he added. (Ukrinform) scored. According to a poll conducted by STEPHAN J. WELHASCH Herman: President will pardon Yulia the Institute of Sociology of the National Licensed Life Insurance Agent Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, one-third Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych will of Ukraine’s citizens consider May 9, or 548 Snyder Ave., Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 use his right to pardon ex-Prime Minister Victory Day, a great holiday. In Ukraine’s Tel.: 908-508-1728 • Fax: (973) 292-0900 Yulia Tymoshenko at his earliest conve- west this percentage is considerably less – e-mail: [email protected] nience, Party of Regions National Deputy approximately 10 percent, but it is consid- Hanna Herman said on Radio Free Europe/ erably higher in the east – over 40 percent. Radio Liberty. “I have repeatedly said that I (Ukrinform)

Ukrainian National Women’s League of Mobilizing... America. As expressed by Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak, the lectureship (Continued from page 8) aims to emphasize the scholarship of gen- ism. The current campaign against the con- der studies and to promote feminism as an HELP WANTED cept of gender spreads as its centerpiece intellectual exercise in independent think- the false (and illogical) propagation of the ing that contributes to the growth and idea that homosexuality is synonymous maturity of the individual. We are seeking a babysitter with pedophilia (a misconception not con- Another project that represents a won- for our 3 year old son in Bayside, NY. fined to Ukraine, but which ignores the ele- derfully overt manifestation of public sup- Must speak Ukrainian fluently. Preferably ment of power that obtains when a man port for feminist social activism is owns a car. Two days per week - Wednes- Ukraine’s first and only Gender Museum. day and Thursday. No. of days to increase preys on juvenile females but does not The Gender Museum in Kharkiv is a grass- in December. Tel. 646-763-0045. when two consenting adults engage in sex). As this “Stop gender!” campaign spreads, roots feminist project – which under threat its misinformation and intentional disinfor- of closure, recently managed to gather OPPORTUNITIES mation is harming any progress Ukraine enough funds, hryvnia by hryvnia, from has made in the struggle for equal rights even the poorest of the rural poor, both (i.e., what in Ukraine is called “gender poli- men and women, to avoid liquidation. Earn extra income! tics,” or genderna polityka). (Take a look at http://www.gendermuse- The Ukrainian Weekly is looking There are some hopeful signs, however, um.com/.) for advertising sales agents. that feminist social activism is finding reso- The women’s and feminist NGOs of For additional information contact nance among the Ukrainian populace and Ukraine are calling on the transnational Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, that a common platform for the combating women’s community to back them up. The The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. of the generalized violence against women U.N. Commission on the Status of Women is in Ukraine may be close to development. an important movement to mobilize politi- One program serving to address this cli- cal will in Ukraine, and outside of Ukraine. Run your advertisement here, mate in Ukraine is the women’s studies lec- Our desire as diaspora Ukrainians is to join in The Ukrainian Weekly’s CLASSIFIEDS section. tureship at the Ukrainian Catholic forces with them to eliminate inequality University of Lviv, recently endowed by the and bring the violence to an end. No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 13

Ukraine. Mr. Shekhovtsov came as close as I Lebed’s Prolog and Ukrainian American In the light of the above, one has to con- How not to debate... have ever heard anyone say that the mur- liberals, but now Dr. Himka is the de facto clude that the workshop at Columbia der in Odesa was undertaken by an “anti- leader of the revolutionary revisionists. University failed in its objective of becom- (Continued from page 6) fascist” defending himself against a “fas- Reviving contacts and holding debates ing a scholarly discussion of Ukrainian and which has the greatest number of xeno- cist,” Maksym Chaika (in other words, that between the revolutionary revisionists and Russian nationalisms – and especially in phobes and extremists in Ukraine – it was justified). Mr. Shekhovtsov ignored democratic centrists will be difficult but discussing the wide range of nationalisms focused his entire talk instead on western the fact that the murderer was a member should be attempted. Dominique Arel in Ukraine (this author was the only one to Ukraine and the Svoboda party. He refuses of the national Bolshevik Rodina Party, (University of Ottawa) gave a balanced discuss the most violent and neo-Soviet to accept the existence of xenophobia, rac- which has ties to local organized crime and paper at the Columbia workshop and per- political force in Ukraine – the Party of ism and anti-Semitism anywhere in was funded by Russian intelligence servic- haps could use his annual conference on Regions). Further, it remains unclear if Ukraine, except that which may be found in es (two Russian diplomats were expelled Ukraine as a venue. Political scientists, such there currently can be dialogue between western Ukraine. Because he had not read from Ukraine in summer 2009 for provid- as Dr. Arel, should take the lead because the Ukrainian studies establishment in my paper prior to the workshop, I had to ing covert support to extremist and sepa- they integrate Ukraine within comparative North America and revisionist historians – frameworks and understand how history is even though the field urgently needs this repeat what was there, namely: the U.S. ratist groups in Odesa and Crimea). used and abused in contemporary Ukraine. step to be taken. State Department, Council of Europe, U.S. I have attended many academic forums diplomatic cables (Wikileaks) and the Kyiv over the last two decades, but this is the International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) first occasion on which I have ever heard a have reported that the highest levels of murder being justified because it was com- It is with deep sorrow we wish to inform our xenophobia in Ukraine are to be found in mitted by a good “anti-fascist” against a friends and the Ukrainian community that Crimea, and that the greatest number of bad “fascist.” Such claims sound very intol- skinheads is found in eastern Ukraine (usu- erant and, of course, quite Soviet. ally with ties to Russia). So, ironically, Svoboda and other nation- Wolodimir Baransky The workshop also exposed how imper- alist groups are followed in minute detail, and there are already more Western aca- ative it seemed to be for those who want to our loving Father, Husband and Grandfather, peacefully focus exclusively on western Ukraine and demic articles on Svoboda and western Ukrainian nationalism than the only two passed into eternity at 92 years of age on Saturday, March 23, 2013, Ukrainian nationalists to try and tie them at his home in South Florida. to examples of anti-Semitism, especially Western scholarly articles published in the under “nationalist” President Viktor journals Canadian Slavonic Papers and He was an accomplished opera and concert singer, performing Yushchenko. Dr. Rudling already back in Demokratizatsiya about the Party of throughout Italy, US and Canada. He loved his native Ukraine 2006 had published a study of anti-Semi- Regions. and was a true nationalist. In 2002 then Donetsk Governor tism in Ukraine in Canadian Slavonic He will always be in our hearts and alive in our memory. Papers. He argued there that there had Yanukovych wrote a preface to a history of been a “substantial growth in organized the security services in his oblast in which wife Cecilia and family anti-Semitism” in Ukraine since the Orange he praised the Cheka and NKVD – but this sons Walter with wife Patricia Revolution. has failed to illicit any critical response. If Yurij with wife Leslie I doubt that my workshop paper Svoboda leader Oleh Tiahnybok would grandchildren Robert changed these people’s minds. But I quoted have in the same manner praised the Isabel U.S. cables from Kyiv that describe how the Gestapo, this would have no doubt led to Eva first serious attempt to combat xenopho- numerous journalistic and academic arti- Alex bia, racism and anti-Semitism took place cles, open letters and petitions. Why the his extended family Baransky Onyshkewych under President Yushchenko and that double standard when the Cheka and NKVD were the Soviet equivalent of the Rondiak these government policies ended in 2010 Samilenko when Viktor Yanukovych was elected presi- Gestapo in terms of organizations that dent. committed mass crimes against humanity? May His memory be eternal! Another inconvenient fact is that the Dr. Umland is fascinated by Russian 2012 U.S. State Department report on nationalism in Russia, which he follows in human rights in Ukraine cited the minute detail, but for some reason he Association of Jewish Communities and doesn’t find the topic of Russian national- Organizations of Ukraine (VAAD) for long- ism in Ukraine of interest, instead saving term data showing “a trend of improve- his energy exclusively for western Ukraine ment” in the level of anti-Semitism. VAAD and for ethnic Ukrainian nationalism. stated that “over the last four to five years, Similarly, Mr. Shekhovtsov is uninterest- there has been a continuous decline in the ed in doing research in his home region of number of anti-Semitic publications in the Crimea, about which he said, “I have not seen anti-Tatar graffiti.” Such violent con- press; in the number of acts of vandalism of It is with deep sorrow cemeteries, memorials and synagogues; flicts as those that take place in the Crimea and the number of assaults on the street of between Russians and Tatars (see a recent we announce the loss Jewish people,” as well as declining nega- violent conflict at https://www.youtube. of our beloved tive attitudes toward Jewish persons in com/watch?v=kfLkND6XkT8) do not take mother, grandmother (Busia), aunt and companion, public opinion polls. place in other regions of Ukraine – except The rise of Svoboda during a period of when, as in May 2011, Russian nationalists Vera Kwit-Pestyk declining anti-Semitism suggests that this traveled to Lviv and during the ensuing fra- was not an issue that the nationalist party cas shot a Svoboda supporter. née Karmazyn used to attract votes, as believed by some Why have we arrived at this seeming at the workshop. impasse in intellectual debate on Ukrainian who passed away on March 15, 2013. The funeral took place in St. history? One reason is the acute level of Holocaust denial is repugnant, but so Petersburg, Florida on March 18, 2013. Burial services took place at St. provincialism in Ukrainian academia, too is denial of genocide committed against Andrew’s cemetery in Parma, Ohio, on March 23, 2013. the Crimean Tatars, half of whom died dur- where most scholars from Ukraine do not know English, do not publish in the West or ing their deportation to Central Asia in Vera was born on January 26, 1926 in Lviv, Ukraine. She immigrated 1944. There are three political forces that read Western publications. Only five downplay, justify or deny that crime Ukrainians are members of Ponars (www. to the United States in 1949 to Cleveland, Ohio where she raised her against the Crimean Tatars – the Party of ponarseurasia.org/), the network of post- family. In 1981 she retired to St. Petersburg, Florida. Vera lived for her Regions, the Communists and Crimean Soviet scholars. And, in the third decade of family, yet she always found time for her church and the Ukrainian Russian nationalists. Holocaust denial is on Ukrainian independence, there still is little women’s league in St. Petersburg. Vera had an immense heart. Her the far fringes of Ukrainian nationalist poli- integration or cooperation between perpetual smile and laughter was contagious, her high energy and tics and most Ukrainian politicians would Ukrainian and Western academia. strength was endless, and her warm and loving spirit was ever present. Another problem is the lack of true agree that the Holodomor killed both She was loved by all who knew her. Ukrainians and other nationalities. In con- debate (not polemics) between various trast, the Communist Party and some Party academic groups, including what I call the Вічна Їй пам’ять! of Regions deputies refused to stand to revolutionary revisionists (i.e., newcomers commemorate the Holodomor’s victims to Ukrainian studies) and democratic cen- She remains in the memory of: last November in Parliament. Could one trists (often the old guard). These two her beloved companion – Stefan Rywak even imagine the reaction in the Israeli groups discussed historical and political Knesset if a political party refused to stand questions during the normal intellectual her daughter – Marusia Kwit and husband Jerry Flynn up to commemorate victims of the environment that existed for most of the her son – Ihor Kwit Holocaust? 1970s and 1980s, and the first two decades her son – Roman Kwit and wife Lucinda More bizarre was Mr. Shekhovtsov’s of Ukrainian independence. The Ukrainian her grandchildren – Larissa Steinhagen attempt to downplay the murder of two Canadian Socialist political group (Dialoh), Marko Steinhagen Ukrainian nationalists in Ukraine when I to which controversial workshop partici- Alexandra Kwit discussed the absence of any murders of pant John-Paul Himka (University of extended family – in the US, Canada, and Ukraine Russian nationalist counterparts in Alberta) belonged, cooperated with 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 No. 20 No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 15

In between songs, while the bandura Dr. Sommers had heard Ukrainian music, Meanwhile the UBC’s “Sounds of Spring” Behind the scenes... players re-tuned, Mr. Mahlay explained to but it was her first time with the UBC. Her performance at the Cleveland Museum of the children how the members of the UBC research was made possible by a grant Art used a high-profile venue to attract (Continued from page 1) travel from all over the U.S. and Canada and from the National Endowment for the Arts both the local non-Ukrainian and by vocal exercises, with Mr. Mahlay remind- volunteer their time to maintain this to study ethnic immigrant music in Ukrainian audiences, and demonstrated a ing the singers to breathe from their dia- unique tradition. Michigan. significant effort on the part of the UBC to phragms. At the conclusion of the concert, Mr. The co-director of the MTAP, LuAnne reach out to non-Ukrainians. As the rehearsal progressed, Mr. Mahlay Mahlay invited all of the children to join Kozma, is of Ukrainian descent and is Past efforts to fulfill the UBC’s role as noted that poor acoustics in a venue is chorus members at its bandura summer friends with Peter Kytasty, a member of the cultural ambassadors and to play to a something the singers and bandura players camps, Kobzarska Sich, at All Saints UBC, and she also attended bandura camps. mainstream audience, noted Mr. Murha, would need to adjust to, with an emphasis Camp in Emlenton, Pa. He recount- Dr. Sommers was in touch with Anatoli happened during the UBC’s 2007 “Bandura on clarity of words, enunciation and refine- ed the experience of a Japanese Murha, president of the UBC, and pur- – The Soul of Ukraine” tour that stopped at ment of volume dynamics. Mixing humor man, Charlie Sakuma, w h o chased a ticket for the evening concert. the Max M. Fischer Music Center in Detroit with technical correction, Mr. Mahlay told (home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra), and at Baldwin Wallace them to be mindful of trailing tones, and he University, in Berea, Ohio, during its worked with each vocal range individually 10-day, nine-city tour. (first tenors, second tenors, baritones and Making it all possible is the inner work- basses), then all together. Then they moved ings of the UBC’s structure, which is bro- into the performance space at St. Vladimir ken down into two entities – the executive Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral to get more board and the Artistic Council. Both are comfortable with the venue and its acous- made up of members of the UBC, and all tics. are volunteer positions. At the conclusion of the concert that The executive board is headed by Mr. Friday, the majority of the chorus members Murha, president; Roman Beley, first vice- departed for Detroit, across the river from president; Ivan Kytasty, second vice-presi- Windsor, nearly 20 minutes by car (plus dent; Teo Bodnar, secretary; Volodymyr the inevitable border-crossing delay) for Murha, treasurer; Bohdan Sklierenko, sta- the continuation for the “Sounds of Spring” rosta (elder); Ihor Stasiuk, archivist; concert series. Andrij Sklierenko, member-at-large; and School concert regional representatives Jeff Smolilo (Cleveland), Volodymyr Brechun The whirlwind tour schedule had the (Canada), Ihor Kusznir (East Coast) and chorus performing a mini-concert around Bohdan Pryjma (Detroit). noon on Saturday, April 20, for the students This group is responsible for all of the at the “Ridna Shkola” Ukrainian School in administrative tasks for the UBC, including Warren, Mich. scheduling concerts and rehearsals, includ- Andriy Pereklita, director of the ing travel arrangements for the perform- Ukrainian School, was a former member of ers. the UBC in his late teens and early 20s, and The second half of the UBC is managed attended bandura camps. Mr. Pereklita by the Artistic Council, headed by Mr. helped to coordinate the event with the Mahlay, artistic director and conductor; Mr. UBC to expose the children to Ukrainian Kusznir, assistant conductor; with mem- culture and language through this commu- bers Anatoli Murha, George Metulynsky nity performance. and Andrij Kytasty. The artistic council This was just one of six planned events approves new members (candidates) and for the Ukrainian school this year, Mr. Mattew Dubas conductors, as well as assistant conduc- Pereklita explained, to maintain Ukrainian tors, and other matters of artistic planning. traditions and foster a love for them among A Ukrainian School student plucks on the bandura along with Anatoli Murha, presi- dent of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, after its performance at the school. (Candidates or new members of the UBC the students. Other projects include go through a two-year apprenticeship pysanky-writing demonstrations, Hahilky loved the bandura and Ukrainian culture so During much of the concert and rehears- before being approved by the Artistic singing and dancing, and bandura perfor- much that he came to bandura camp, began al, Dr. Sommers was taking photographs Council for full membership in the UBC.) mances. playing bandura, moved to Ukraine and and purchasing recordings of the UBC. She The UBC’s rehearsal structure is a bit of “It’s different to view a video versus a even attached a suction-cup scalp-lock noted the apprenticeship program of the a challenge as well, with instrumentalists live concert with 50 men,” Mr. Pereklita (oseledets) to complete his stage persona UBC and said she hopes to return and fol- meeting two or three times per year, noted. “We try to offer the kids a chance to while performing on the streets of low-up with the UBC, to learn about its depending on new material. Each UBC work on their level through a variety of Ukrainian cities. North American beginnings in Michigan. branch, based on geographic location and means that are less intimidating and more (For more information about Kobzarska She added that she had learned a great number of members, has its own rehearsal inviting.” Sich, readers may send an e-mail to ks@ amount from Andrij Birko, a bandura schedule that includes bandura players Mr. Pereklita said that other events, bandura.org or visit www.bandura.org/ maker and the UBC’s concertmaster. (More and vocalists, and then there is the general including a visit by composer Roman bandura-school.htm.) information about Mr. Birko’s work will rehearsal that happens approximately Hurko, help the students to develop a love Mr. Mahlay said he hoped the chorus appear in the final installment of this three times annually, which includes the of their Ukrainian heritage. The school has performance was interesting for the stu- series.) branches of Detroit, Cleveland, Toronto seen a tremendous growth in six years, dents, and invited them to the full concert “As an ethnomusicologist, one of the fas- and Chicago (the core of the UBC), and from 100 students to its current enroll- that evening. cinating things about Metro Detroit is its then everyone, which usually happens ment of 145 students. Members of the UBC answered ques- variety of cultures represented, and I am three to four times a year. Over the years, During the school concert, Mr. Mahlay tions about the bandura and allowed the just blown away by the professional caliber rehearsals that used to take place in explained to the children the different children to pluck at the strings, hold the of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus,” Dr. Detroit are now happening in Cleveland, to musical instruments used by the UBC, instruments and learn more about them. Sommers noted. “Festivals help bring cul- accommodate the shift in the Ukrainian including a bass bandura as well as the Many of the students noted the long finger- tures to the fore, but funding has been lim- community and the UBC’s members. standard banduras, noting their Ukrainian nails of some of the bandura players. ited in recent years.” Mr. Murha explained: “We, Oleh and I, character and roots. Many of the children Mr. Pereklita thanked the UBC for its truly have a great working relationship. It’s UBC challenges had never seen or heard a bandura before. performance and invited the UBC to return rare to find that in any organization, let Mr. Mahlay added information about to the school. A look at the structure and operations of alone a Ukrainian one. We [Mr. Murha, 35, Taras Shevchenko, the UBC’s patron, and the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus is also and Mr. Mahlay, 44] have constant commu- An ethnomusicologist’s research the role of the “kobzari” – the Ukrainian necessary to understand how the chorus is nication to ensure that both of our respec- minstrels who recounted historical events Dr. Laurie K. Sommers, a research asso- able to function and bring all of its volun- tive organizational bodies (the executive and delivered news of the day through bal- ciate with the Michigan State University teer performers from across two countries board and the artistic council) are working lads and songs. This revival of the past was Museum’s Michigan Traditional Arts together. together.” There is no room for ego in this, brought to the students through the UBC Program (MTAP) and assistant professor of Mr. Murha explained that even selecting “the UBC is not about Oleh or me, a soloist, concert, as Andrij Kytasty performed a solo ethnomusicology at Valdosta States a venue for a tour is a challenge. “It’s not or the member with 30 years of seniority, selection about a Kozak and his horse. University in Georgia, was invited by the that finding one is difficult,” he said, “it’s it’s about how a unique group is run and As Mr. Mahaly worked with the children, UBC to attend its evening concert on that it needs to meet certain capacity has a great synergy,” Mr. Murha added. he got all of them to say together, in Saturday, April 20, at the Sterling Heights requirements, and is accessible to For more information, readers can visit Ukrainian, “I want to hear capella!” (Ya Performing Arts Center near Detroit. Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian audience the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus website at khochu chuty Kapeliu!) Once they all said During the rehearsal, Dr. Sommers members.” www.bandura.org, or the UBC’s Facebook the line together, the UBC sang five selec- answered some questions from The At Christmastime, the UBC performed at page at www.facebook.com/ukrainianban- tions, including “Moyi Yaseny” (The Ash Weekly’s reporter about her research on venues such as Pokrova Ukrainian Catholic duristchorus. Trees), “Oy Hilya, Hilya,” “Oy Divchyno the bandura and the UBC. Church and St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Shumyt Hai,” “Oy Hop Taki-Tak” and The MTAP researches and presents arts Cathedral, both in Parma, Ohio, for more of NEXT WEEK: Individual interviews with “Rozpriahayte.” of Michigan, and this was not the first time a Ukrainian community audience. members of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 No. 20

project is that people pay attention to what ‘Scandalous’... we value and what we do not,” Viktoria Khomenko wrote in Gazeta.ua. (Continued from page 7) Someone writing under the name “Zarobitchanka” (wage-earner) commented: “Ukrainian” ones were exhibited. “…No object can be the national ideal – nei- Oksana Kovalenko remembered that her ther the ugly dirty fufaika, nor even such an mother’s family were “Stalin’s exiles” aesthetic thing like the festive embroidered (Russians) of the 1930s to the Kirovohrad shirt. These are only symbols. The kufaika is region, “and they said “fufaiky,” but her a symbol of a hard life and the eradication of father’s Ukrainian family, in the same village, the individual during Soviet totalitarian called the jackets “kukhvaiky, kufaiky.” All society, while the embroidered shirt is a wore them all the time, even in the summer symbol of the continuity of the traditions of evenings. The kufaika represented warmth the Ukrainian peasant nation. Neither one for her grandfather in his old age. The kufai- nor the other can be absolute, because nei- ky were hung separately from the dressy ther guarantees a free and harmonic devel- clothing, the coats and jackets. “My hus- opment of a citizen. One can wear an band’s grandmother, 87, still wears her embroidered shirt and be on his or her kufaika outside and going out into the knees, obsequiously serving, forgetting world, i.e., to the center of the village. Only Bohdan Poshyvailo A pile of Ukrainian embroidered garments and woven textiles on the floor of the honor and concience because of a piece of our interference will convince her to wear museum symbolizes the state of Ukrainian culture today. bread or a position or who is in the govern- something else.” ment. On the other hand, one can wear a Iryna Pihovych wrote that “the exhibition ity, because these jackets were the only made, home-sewn and finely embroidered kufaika all his or her life and still be a digni- is interestingly presented, it is a parallel with things in that ascetic way of life. Another clothing and turning to this drab, dirty, torn fied honorable person...” the present-day consciousness of our people. part of the public considers this as a ‘mani- made-in-some-foreign-land clothing.” “It seems obvious to me that the museum The fufaika is a symbol of the ordinary but festation of our slavery’ in Soviet times. And, One commentator wrote online that is making a strong, if ironic, statement that not patriotic Ukrainian. This is a spiritually not so strangely, both sides are correct.” “Kufaiky on the wall, and embroidered whereas in the past Ukrainian people have cultural provocation. Interesting… and even Dr. Hrymych continued, “Those who know clothing in a pile [on the floor] as if no lon- created works of aesthetic beauty, current more interesting would be to look through Petro Honchar understand that there is great ger wanted? I don’t understand something. conditions have impoverished the Ukrainian the clothing lying on the pile.” irony in the title of the exhibition. Yesterday This is an artistic project? If so, this is very spirit, reducing it to the shabby, if barely Dr. Maryna Hrymych of Kyiv National he told me that the idea for this came to him sad.” In reply, another person wrote, “This is functional. Yes it is shocking – but in the University commented that “this is a contro- sense of shock therapy, which hopefully can at this year’s official Shevchenko evening the whole point of this artistic project, that versial theme, but in this is its point. Our bring the society back to its senses,” which, as people told me earlier, was a com- the kufaiky are on the wall and embroidery grandmothers and mothers wore these observed Marijka Ulanowicz of Maryland. petely appalling event. This installation is a on the floor. This is a metaphor for all fukaiky/kukhvaiky all their lives. From one Ukrainian culture of the 20th century.” Compared to other installations in fine act of protest. As Petro Honchar stated, aspect, this was a thing very utilitarian for “These hanging fufaiky from many museums around the world, this one is nei- ‘People are discarding genuine ethnographic village life and for work, at a time when regions and the pile of ‘second-hand’ ther scandalous nor pointless. I remember there was not the contemporary technology objects because they are worthless rags. embroidery on the floor in the middle of the two-by-fours on the gallery floor, the vessel to produce warm clothing. These ‘teplushky’ When asked what they are holding on to, the gallery works. It forces us to powerfully feel of an artist’s blood suspended from the ceil- [warm things] saved the [political] prison- people point to these disgusting never- and relate with someone or something, ing, rabbit carcasses hanging from trees, doll ers in [Siberian] lumber camps from freez- cleaned things. And these are our people.” which can’t be understood right away. A heads in suitcases, and exhibitions thrown ing. This was also a unique Soviet expres- Oleh Iwanusiw of Toronto commented strongly impressive idea, it strikes a blow,” out by the janitor as garbage because he sion of ‘gender equality’ and the emancipa- online: “At first I was stunned by the exhibit. commented a person identified only as Iryna. truly thought that’s what they really were… tion of women (of course, in a Soviet under- But later on, thinking about it, I believe “And in the middle of the main hall of the In these cases, the medium was the mes- standing). This is particularly why many Honchar is making a statement – the fact museum, an enormous pile of authentic sage, with no message at all. who are commenting on these fufaiky speak that Ukrainians are abandoning their tradi- Ukrainian folk clothing. Of course, this cuts However, with this exhibition, Petro about them with even a kind of sentimental- tions, they are abandoning their home- the eye and the soul, but the purpose of the Honchar clearly sent a message. No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 17 Ukrainian scholarly publications celebrated at University of Alberta

Oleh Ilnytzkyj At the Ukrainian Culture, Language and Literature Program’s launch of two new schol- arly publications are: (from left) Lois Harder, Mykola Soroka and Svitlana Kukharenko. EDMONTON, Alberta – The Canadian guistics and the teaching of Ukrainian. Institute of Ukrainian Studies generously The two books launched on April 3 were supports undergraduate and graduate stu- “Faces of Displacement: The Writings of dents who take Ukrainian studies courses in Volodymyr Vynnychenko,” written by Mykola Canada and abroad, as well as helping them Soroka, and “The Paths of Folklore,” edited advance their careers. The recognition of the by Svitlana Kukharenko and Peter Holloway. success of Ukrainian scholarly publications Both Dr. Soroka and Dr. Kukharenko are in Western academia that partially resulted former students who received their from such support took place on April 3 at degrees from the University of Alberta. the Department of Modern Languages and Both held many prestigious fellowships Cultural Studies, University of Alberta. during their graduate career and were For the Ukrainians who came to Canada awarded post-doctoral fellowships upon during the course of the past 120 years, the completion of their degrees. Their education has been a tool that enabled suc- achievements show that the Ukrainian pro- cess in their new Canadian home. Education gram attracts the best students and gives has also been crucial to maintaining identi- them a superior education which allows ty. The concentration of Ukrainians on the them to succeed. prairies and their support of education has The celebration began with Lois Harder, enabled the University of Alberta to become associate dean for research and graduate a centre of Ukrainian studies, recognized studies in the Faculty of Arts, welcoming around the world. the many academics and community mem- The Ukrainian Culture, Language and bers present. She also reminded the audi- Literature program celebrated recent ence that, in 2008, Ukrainian disciplines achievements with the launch of two new had been identified as an area of research books and the recognition of an award con- excellence. She then introduced Profs. Oleh ferred on a language textbook that had Ilnytzkyj and Natalia Pylypiuk, who co- been launched earlier. All three books are supervised Dr. Soroka’s dissertation. Dr. student-focused and demonstrate how the Ilnytzkyj, in turn, introduced Dr. Soroka Ukrainian program contributes to Alberta’s who spoke about the inspiration behind his future and the future of Ukrainian studies book and thanked the many people who in general. helped him along the way. Alla Nedashkiska’s “Ukrainian Through Dr. Pylypiuk then introduced Dr. its Living Culture” is a textbook for Kukharenko and Mr. Holloway. Dr. advanced students published by the Kukharenko spoke about the volume she put University of Alberta Press in 2010. In together in honor of her dissertation supervi- January 2013 the American Association of sor, Dr. Natalie Kononenko. This volume is Teachers of Slavic and East European student-focused in two ways: it consists of Languages identified this book as the best essays written primarily by Prof. in foreign language pedagogy. Given by a Kononenko’s students – along with a few of professional association based in the her colleagues – and it was prepared by a stu- United States, the award recognizes the fact dent. Prof. Kononenko offered her thanks for that the University of Alberta serves its stu- this honor and said how much students have dents with the best research in applied lin- meant to her during her academic career.

ure this out. The government has to be A conversation... plugged into the world economy, able to think ahead and able to marshal the resourc- (Continued from page 9) es to invest in the direction that they choose. It’s interesting that you find working South Korea is a potent example. We in a group-like situation satisfying – in think of it as powerful and rich, but not Alberta you were a member of the long ago they were the poorest in Asia. Ukrainian scouting organization Plast. They made their strategic choices – educa- Was that an influence? tion, technology. A globalized world means globalized skills. Absolutely. Plast was a very important Ukraine is one of the success stories as a part of my life growing up and it is a very source country. Ukrainian engineers, who important part of my daughters’ lives. I work for 20 percent of wages, are a big suc- grew up in a Ukrainian community and was active in Plast. Now my two daughters cess as sourcees. are active plastunky in New York (my son What sort of future do you see for is only 3 years old). My elder daughter Ukrainian plutocrats? went to Lviv this summer for the 100th anniversary of Plast. I am less worried about the future of Ukrainian plutocrats than I am about the In a recent issue of the Globe and Mail, future of Ukraine. I’m sad to have to say this. you wrote that Canada needs to find its Ukrainian plutocrats should be doing more strategic niche in the new world econo- to secure a positive future for all of Ukraine. my. How is such a niche identified? Now is the time when they should be self- How do you identify the niche – it is the less and contribute to the common good. big job of national governments today to fig- But I’m sad and worried about Ukraine. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 No. 20

munity. Why does the local community Nationalists... support all this? Because it continues to live on the myths of Soviet ideology that (Continued from page 4) were imposed for more than 70 years. It Therefore, all that’s needed now to - demolish Ukraine’s remaining Soviet monu- es from television and radio because the ments is one of two events, depending on masscontinues media to receivein Ukraine zombie are therapycontrolled séanc by who you talk to. Mr. Rudyk said a signed Moscow.” order from the chair of a City Council Mr. Miroshnychenko said he targeted (mayor) is enough to do the trick, while Mr. Okhtyrka because the situation there is par- Miroshnychenko said the mayor also needs ticularly absurd. Its Lenin statue was estab- to muster a majority vote on the City Council. lished on land where a Ukrainian church “When there’s political will from the once stood but was destroyed by the nation’s leader and accordingly, a respect- Bolsheviks in the 1930s. The Ukrainian ful attitude from a City Council chair to the Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate gained nation’s leaders, these issues can be a long-term lease to build a church on the resolved in two days,” Mr. Rudyk said. land, but can’t do anything with it because In Kyiv, for example, three Soviet monu- the City Council or its chair won’t act. ments remain on the national register: the To add insult to injury, the church has to Chekists’ monument on Lybidska Square pay rent for the land where the Lenin stat- and the Lenin and Dmytro Manuilsky stat- ue not only stood but was renewed follow- ues in central Kyiv. ing its destruction in February. There’s also a statue of World War II Red “I spoke with the parish priest and told Army General Nikolai Vatutin in Mariyinskyi Park, where’s he buried across him that if you can’t demolish the monu- from the Parliament building. His grave ment in a legal way, I will do it in the way and monument have become a rallying that every Ukrainian should,” said Mr. symbol for Russophile Ukrainians because Miroshnychenko. “After 22 years of indepen- he was killed by soldiers of the Ukrainian dence, we can’t get anything done by the Insurgent Army (UPA). government, which isn’t Ukrainian. So Yet Ms. Tymoshenko’s long-awaited res- Ukrainians should act themselves to estab- olution came too late to be implemented. lish order in their own ‘sadyba’ (farmstead).” Immediately upon his election, Mr. Mr. Miroshnychenko’s native town of Yanukovych introduced neo-Soviet cultural Lebedyn (population 27,000) still has a policies. Few City Council chairs will now Lenin monument, which he said he plans to risk their careers in supporting the demoli- replace with a monument to the victims of tion of a Soviet monument. “the murderous Moscow tyrant.” He asked “In my native Sumshchyna, I spoke with for ideas on how it should look like, as well various City Council chairs, and they have a as financial support, on his Facebook page. clear understanding of who are Lenin, “It has been demolished eight or 10 Postyshev and Petrovyskyi, for whom times, but the Communists find money for streets remain named,” Mr. Miroshny­ its renovation,” he said. “It’s not Miroshny­ chenko said. chenko destroying it. Our community “They said we support changing all this, doesn’t want to see it. But the Communists but we’re not willing to go against the com- keep renewing it.” No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 19

Through June 16 Art exhibit, “Contemporary Artists From Ukraine,” June 1 Performance, “Ukraina,” celebration of Park Ukraina and New York Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 or Hayward, CA the Rev. Agapius Honcharenko, Ukrainian American www.ukrainianinstitute.org Coordinating Council – Northern California Branch, Garin Regional Park, 650-281-6927 or May 19 Commemorative program marking the 125th anniversary of www.stmichaeluocsforg/pages/honcharenko.aspx New York the birth of Volodymyr Mijakovsky, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 212-222-1866 June 8 Golf tournament, Ukrainian American Youth Association – Wisconsin Dells, WI Mykola Pavlushkov Branch, Trappers Turn Golf Course, May 24 Artist talk with Andrij Maday, “Woodcuts and Drawings: Cleveland works on paper and their process,” Morgan Conservatory, [email protected] www.morganconservatory.org or 216-361-9255 June 8 Golf tournament, St. Anthony Ukrainian Orthodox Church, May 24-26 Ukrainian Nationals Memorial Weekend Youth Soccer Enoch, AB Indian Lakes Golf Course, 780-424-5362 or Horsham, PA Tournament, Ukrainian American Sports Center Tryzub, [email protected] 215-343-5412 or www.tryzub.org June 15 Golf tournament, Ukrainian American Sports Center May 24-26 Great Lakes Cup soccer tournament, Ukrainian American Ambler, PA Tryzub, Limekiln Golf Club, 215-343-5412 or Parma, OH Sports Club Lviv, James Day Park, www.tryzub.org [email protected] or 440-623-3232 June 15 Plast Golf Classic tournament, fund-raiser for Baturyn May 24-27 Memorial Day Weekend Zlet, Ukrainian American Youth Lorraine, Quebec camp, Club de Golf Lorraine, [email protected] or Ellenville, NY Association camp, 845-647-7230 or 514-744-9648 www.cym.org/us-ellenville June 17 Golf tournament, Friends of the Ukrainian Village Society, May 26 Concert and art exhibit, Telnyuk Sisters and Ihor Sherwood Park, AB Broadmoor Public Golf Course, Ottawa Polishchuk, Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Ottawa [email protected] or Branch, St. Paul University, 416-505-9391 www.friendsukrainianvillage.com May 31 “Golfing for our Kids” tournament, Ukrainian Youth June 18 Golf tournament, Fellowship of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Mississauga, ON Association of Canada, [email protected] or 647-229-0398 Burlington, ON St. Volodymyr Cultural Center, Indian Wells Golf Club, June 1 Spring concert and student recital, “Sights and Sounds of 416-766-9288 Cleveland Spring,” featuring the Kashtan School of Ukrainian Dance and the Zorya Female Vocal Ensemble, Ukrainian Cultural Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events Arts Association of Greater Cleveland, St. Ignatius High advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions School Breen Center for the Performing Arts, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors www.ucaasite.org and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 No. 20

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Friday, June 7-Sunday, June 16 Tryzubivka (Ukrainian American Sport Center, County Line and Lower State NEW YORK: La MaMa Experimental roads). A 2 p.m. stage show will feature the Theater and Yara Arts Group present “Fire. Voloshky School of Ukrainian Dance, the Water. Night.” – a new World Music Karpaty Orchestra and more to be Theater Performance on the Move based announced. A zabava-dance to the tunes of on “The Forest Song” by Lesia Ukrainka the orchestra will follow. Tryzubivka will and Kupalo songs that explores our rela- also host the U.S. Amateur Soccer tionship to water, trees, fields and our digi- Association National Cups (Open and tal landscape. The production is created by Amateur, Men’s and Women’s) Region I Virlana Tkacz, with music by Alla Championship Tournament from 10 a.m. Zagaykevich and the Lemon Bucket through 7 p.m. (on both Saturday, June 15, Orkestra. Show times are Thursday, Friday and Sunday, June 16). Some of the best and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2 amateur soccer teams in America will p.m., plus Sunday, June 9, at 7 p.m. La compete for the U.S. Open and Amateur MaMa Experimental Theater is located at Region I Cups. There will be plentiful 66 E. Fourth St. Admission: $25; $20 for Ukrainian homemade foods and baked seniors and students; $10 for children. For goods, picnic fare and cool refreshments. tickets call 212-475-7710 or visit www. Admission on Sunday: $5 for adults; free lamama.org. for children 14 and under. Admission on Saturday: free. For more information call Sunday, June 16 215-362-5331, e-mail eluciw@comcast. HORSHAM, Pa.: The popular Father’s Day net, log on to www.tryzub.org, or visit the Ukrainian Fest will commence at 1 p.m., at Facebook page for Tryzub Ukrainian Club.

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Tennis Camp Tabir Ptashat June 23-July 4 Session 1: June 23-29 2013 Summer Camp Kicks off the summer with 12 Session 2: June 30-July 6 days of intensive tennis instruction and competitive play, for boys and Ukrainian Plast tabir (camp) for children Information girls age 10-18. Attendance will be age 4-6 accompanied by their parents. Registration forms will also be appearing limited to 45 students. Room, board, in the Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly 24-hour supervision, expert lessons in March and April. For further information, and loads of fun are included. Camp please contact Neonila Sochan is under the direction of George at 973-984-7456. Sawchak.

Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Heritage Ukrainian Dance Academy Day Camp Workshop Session 1: July 14-19 June 30- July 13 Session 2: July 21-26 Vigorous 2-week dance training A returning favorite, in the form of a day for more intermediate and advanced camp. Children age 4-7 will be exposed to dancers age 16 and up under the Ukrainian heritage through daily activities direction of the Roma Pryma Boha- such as dance, song, crafts and games. chev sky Ukrainian Dance Children will walk away with an expanded Foundation, culminating with perfor- knowledge of Ukrainian folk culture and mances on stage during the language, as well as new and lasting Ukrainian Cultural Festival weekend. friendships with other children of Ukrainian Additional information http://www. heritage. Price includes kid’s lunch and syzokryli.com/ T-shirt and, unless noted, is based on in- house occupancy of parent/guardian. Discovery Camp July 14-20 Chornomorska Sitch Sports School Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Calling all nature lovers age 8-15 Session 1: July 21-27 • Session 2: July 28-August 3 Ukrainian Dance Camp for this sleep-over program filled with 44th annual sports camp run by the Ukrainian Athletic-Educational Association Session 1: July 21-August 3 outdoor crafts, hiking, swimming, Chornomorska Sitch for children ages 6-17. This camp will focus on soccer, tennis, volleyball organized sports and games, bon- and swimming, and is perfect for any sports enthusiast. Registration can be completed on- Session 2: August 4-August 17 fires, songs and much more. Room, line by clicking on the link found at Soyuzivka’s camp website - http://soyuzivka.com/Camps. Directed by Ania Bohachevsky-Lonkevych board, 24-hour supervision and a Requests for additional information and your questions or concerns should be emailed to (daughter of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky), this lifetime of memories are included. [email protected], or contact Roman Hirniak at (908) 625-3714. camp is for aspiring dancers age 8 -16, offering expert instruction for beginning, intermediate and advanced students. Room, board, 24-hour For applications or more info please call Soyuzivka, 845-626-5641, supervision, expert lessons and plenty of fun are included. Each camp ends with a grand recital. or check our website at www.soyuzivka.com Attendance will be limited to 60 students.