INSIDE: • A confession in the Gongadze murder case – page 3. • Vice-President Joe Biden’s speeches in Ukraine – page 5. • PHOTO REPORT: Soyuzivka’s Ukrainian Cultural Festival – centerfold.

THEPublished U byKRAINIAN the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW associationEEKLY Vol. LXXVII No.30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 $1/$2 in Ukraine Ruslana headlines Soyuzivka’s Vice-President Biden reaffirms 3rd Ukrainian Cultural Festival steadfast U.S. support for Ukraine by Zenon Zawada and Danylo Peleschuk Kyiv Press Bureau KYIV – U.S. attempts to bolster relations with the Russian Federation won’t come at Ukraine’s expense, said U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden during a July 20-22 visit to Kyiv, in which he underscored steadfast U.S. support for Ukraine’s Euro- Atlantic integration and energy sector reform. “We’re working, as you Zenon Zawada know, Mr. President, to reset U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden and Ukrainian our relationship with President Viktor Yushchenko address a press confer- Russia,” Mr. Biden told ence in the Chimeras Building on Bankova Street in Russ Chelak President Viktor Yushchenko Kyiv on July 21. Ruslana and her ensemble of dancers perform at the Ukrainian Cultural Festival. at a July 21 press confer- ence. “But I assure you and all the tial candidate Arseniy Yatsenyuk, before New York state. Ukrainian people that it will not come at leaving for Georgia on July 22 for a three- Three-day event Following her appearance – her first Ukraine’s expense. To the contrary, I day visit. festival performance in the United States believe it can actually benefit Ukraine.” In his public remarks, Mr. Biden indi- attracts 6,000-7,000 – Ruslana enthused: “Soyuzivka is truly a Mr. Biden flew to Kyiv two weeks after cated that his trip was aimed to reassure piece of Ukraine. It’s no longer just a U.S. President Barack Obama made his the two former Soviet republics – under by Roma Hadzewycz constant pressure from Russia to avoid word… it’s the 26th oblast of Ukraine.” first visit to Moscow in order to “reset” alliances with the West – that the U.S. will KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Between She added, “We are ready to come here relations between the two nations, which maintain support and cooperation in help- 6,000 and 7,000 visitors arrived at so far has mainly meant cooperation in again, again and again, and to sing for ing to achieve their Euro-Atlantic integra- Soyuzivka on July 17-19 for the third reducing nuclear arms and offering sup- you again and again.” tion goals. annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival, head- port to the U.S. war in Afghanistan. The greatest number of guests arrived “We do not recognize – and I want to lined by internationally known pop star The vice-president met with President on Saturday evening, July 18, in time for reiterate it – any sphere of influence,” Mr. Ruslana of Ukraine. It was perhaps the Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yulia the 6 p.m. outdoor stage concert showcas- Biden said. “We do not recognize anyone largest crowd ever to assemble here at the Tymoshenko, Verkhovna Rada Chair ing the Roma Pryma Bohachevsky else’s right to dictate to you or any other Ukrainian National Association’s heritage Volodymyr Lytvyn, opposition leader country what alliances you will seek to center in the Shawangunk Mountains of (Continued on page 15) Viktor Yanukovych and upstart presiden- belong to or what bilateral relationships you have.” President Yushchenko was eager to establish relations with the new U.S. Leo Mol, world-renowned sculptor, dies at age 94 administration and extended an invitation by Orysia Paszczak Tracz to President Barack Obama after he was elected. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Instead, President Obama sent a strong WINNIPEG, Manitoba – World-renowned sculptor Leonid signal of his desire to reset relations with Molodoshanin – known as Leo Mol – died at the age of 94 of Moscow by making his visit to Russia the Alzheimer’s disease on July 4 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Among the top priority, bypassing all of the former sculptures for which he is best known is the monument to Taras Soviet states in the near term. Shevchenko erected 45 years ago in Washington. Nevertheless, the pro-Western Ukrainian Mr. Mol leaves behind his wife, Margareth, his grandniece, Olga government was eager to host Mr. Biden, and her family of Calgary, and his sister, Iryna, and family in with Mr. Yushchenko and the Presidential Irkutsk, Siberia. Secretariat extending its best efforts to The native of Polonne (near Zabolottia), Volodymyretskyi raion make his three-day visit as productive and of the Rivne Oblast, in the Ukrainian Polissia region, learned to cre- hospitable as possible. ate in clay at his potter father’s knee. Art was always on his mind, More than 4,000 Ukrainian police offi- and as a teenager he studied and worked with artists in Vienna. cers were deployed as security for the U.S. Later, in 1936-1940, he studied at and graduated from the now St. vice-president, whose entourage arrived Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts (at the time the Leningrad with its fleet of black Cadillacs with Academy). During World War II he was conscripted by the District of Columbia license plates. Germans and spent much of the war in Berlin. Traffic throughout central Kyiv was He and his wife Margareth left for The Netherlands, and then diverted to allow for Mr. Biden’s entou- emigrated to Canada after the war. Mr. Mol liked to tell the story rage to travel along streets decorated with that artists and sculptors were not on the desired immigration list, so U.S. flags. he arrived in Canada as a farmhand. Mr. Biden spent his two nights at the While his multilingual wife worked as a rural teacher, Mr. Mol luxurious Hyatt Regency Kyiv hotel, locat- quickly found work as an iconographer in Manitoba. Both by dili- ed on the Volodymyrskyi Passageway in gence and word of mouth, he built up a clientele among many the historic city center, situated between (Continued on page 4) Leo Mol with his sculpture of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj. (Continued on page 9) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 No. 30 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS IMF confirms sharp contraction Biden, Yushchenko converse at pub economic system by supplementing the fund’s 186 member-countries’ foreign KYIV – Politics and energy apparently exchange reserves, an IMF press release in the economy of Ukraine weren’t the only topics of conversation reported on July 21. Ukraine will receive between Ukrainian President Viktor SDR 1.017 billion ($1.585 billion) under by Pavel Korduban rected its forecast for inflation from 16 Yushchenko and U.S. Vice-President Joe the current rate. (Ukrinform) Eurasia Daily Monitor percent to 13 percent (www.imf.org, July Biden, who is on an official visit to Kyiv. 10). The two men ended their discussion on Experts’ advice on dissolution of Rada The International Monetary Fund com- The revision of these forecasts was due July 21 in an Irish pub, where Biden pleted the second review of its stabiliza- to the negative developments in the first praised the beauty of Ukrainian women. KYIV – An expert from the Foreign tion program for Ukraine on July 10. A quarter of 2009, when the economic down- They also reportedly discussed their favor- Policy Institute of the Ukrainian Foreign visiting IMF delegation recommended that turn was more pronounced than expected, ite churches. Mr. Biden was overheard Affairs Ministry’s Diplomatic Academy, the IMF board grant Ukraine the third $3.3 as the IMF explained. Ukraine’s GDP fell saying: “I cannot believe that a Frenchman Oleksander Palii, has advised President billion tranche of the $16.4 billion stand- by 20.3 percent in the first quarter – the visiting Kyiv went back home and told his Viktor Yushchenko to dissolve Parliament by loan. Kyiv received the previous two worst contraction in the region and proba- colleagues he discovered something and by mid-August so that this does not affect tranches of the loan totaling $5.3 billion in bly the fastest quarterly contraction of the didn’t say he discovered the most beautiful the presidential election campaign, November 2008 and May 2009. national economy since 1991. women in the world.” It was unclear which Ukrinform reported on July 16, citing the Indeed, the results of the review were a The IMF’s forecast for GDP was its LIGA web publication. Mr. Palii said the setback for the government of Prime Frenchman Mr. Biden was referring to. most pessimistic so far. In late June a pool The two seem to have enjoyed the Verkhovna Rada currently is not a repre- Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Less money of local analysts forecast a 12.8 percent sentative body. “Statements by any of the will arrive than she expected. The third unscheduled stopover away from the cam- decline (Interfax-Ukraine, June 22). The eras. According to RFE/RL correspondent leaders are more important for political tranche, if approved by the IMF board European Bank for Reconstruction and forces, than the position of their voters, a later this summer, will be $500 million Brian Whitmore, who is traveling with Mr. Development (EBRD) said in early May Biden, the vice-president left the pub with certain region, plant and the entire coun- less than the $3.8 billion that she wanted. that it expected Ukraine’s GDP to contract try,” he noted. As previously reported, the Moreover, the IMF presented new con- his arm wrapped around Mr. Yushchenko’s by 10 percent in 2009. shoulder. But this friendly embrace should Verkhovna Rada failed to work for two ditions in addition to those that the govern- There has been more optimism concern- weeks due to a blockade by national depu- ment previously failed to meet, such as in no way be attributed to an excess of ing 2010, with the IMF and the World Irish ale; Vice-President Biden and his ties of the Party of Regions of Ukraine, pension reform and improving the man- Bank expecting 1 percent growth and the who demanded that the living wage, the agement of the state-owned oil and gas President Yushchenko reportedly stuck to EBRD forecasting zero growth. Taking Coke. (Claire Bigg – RFE/RL) minimum wage and pensions be increased. behemoth Naftohaz Ukrainy. Now the into account the low GDP figure for the Attempts to hold extraordinary sessions of government will have to increase domestic first quarter, which was made public by Presidents could meet in the fall the Rada also failed. (Ukrinform) gas prices every quarter in order to lower the Ukrainian statistics committee only in Naftohaz’s budget deficit. This will be late June, other international financial KYIV – The Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Mayor wants higher rent for fleet painful not only for the domestic industries organizations should also correct their Ministry is considering the possibility of KYIV – Sevastopol City Mayor Serhii that rely heavily on gas, but also for the forecasts. holding a meeting between Ukrainian Kunitsyn said July 13 that the amount of population whose real incomes plummeted Despite these gloomy predictions, the President Viktor Yushchenko and U.S. funds added to the city’s budget as com- by 13 percent in the first quarter of 2009 IMF mission praised the Ukrainian gov- President Barack Obama this autumn, pensation for the stationing of the Russian alone. ernment, noting that, “macroeconomic and Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Black Sea Fleet in Crimea should be tri- Possibly the most painful setback for financial policies in Ukraine have been Kostiantyn Yeliseyev said at a press brief- pled or quadrupled. “A Cabinet of the Tymoshenko government was the cor- broadly on track.” The targets agreed with ing on July 16. He said that preparations Ministers resolution says that the city of rection of the IMF’s forecast for Ukraine’s the IMF during the first review in the for a possible meeting would be discussed economic performance in 2009. The IMF spring regarding base rates and the central during U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden’s Sevastopol receives 50 percent of the now expects gross domestic product bank’s reserves were met, and the govern- visit to Ukraine on July 20-22. funds being paid by Russia to Ukraine for (GDP) to contract not by 8 percent as it ment “made good progress in the resolu- “Preparations for a possible meeting the basing of its Black Sea fleet. This year originally expected, but by a staggering 14 tion of the systemic problem banks,” the between the two presidents in the near the Cabinet of Ministers allocated 100 mil- percent – which is another confirmation IMF said (www.imf.org, July 10). future, perhaps in autumn this year, will be lion hrv to us. The fight for next year’s that the Ukrainian economy was severely Between the first and second reviews of one of the important elements during the budget is ahead. Our task is to ensure this damaged by the global recession. the IMF stabilization program, the govern- visit,” he said. (Ukrinform) sum is increased to 370 million to 400 mil- Ms. Tymoshenko might eventually ment completed the bailout of three mid- lion hrv,” he said on July 13. Mr. Kunitsyn admit that her forecast for 0.4 percent GDP size banks out of the five agreed with the Ukraine to get $250 B from IMF also noted that the U.S. dollar exchange growth, on which the state budget was rate had grown last year. “I think it would IMF. However, the bailout of two larger KYIV – The executive board of the based, was overly optimistic as her arch- be honest if everything was properly recal- banks, Nadra and Ukrprombank, is far International Monetary Fund (IMF) has rival President Viktor Yushchenko warned culated, because Russia makes payments from complete since the government has backed an allocation of Special Drawing when the budget was passed late last year. refused to buy them until after they in [foreign] currency, and it’s one thing Consequently, the IMF expects the state Rights (SDRs) equivalent to $250 billion restructure their foreign debts. (U.S.) to provide liquidity to the global (Continued on page 18) budget deficit to jump from 4 percent, as Ahead of the January 17, 2010, presi- agreed with Ms. Tymoshenko earlier, to 6 percent. 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NEWS ANALYSIS U.S. vice-president: ‘Reset’ will not come at Ukraine’s expense by Brian Whitmore will seek to belong to or what relationships, at a monument to the victims of the Great tributed to this piece from Prague. RFE/RL bilateral relationships, you have.” Famine of the 1932-1933, which killed mil- lions and which Ukraine insists was a delib- Copyright 2008, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted July 21 Mr. Biden is expected to deliver the same message when he moves on to Georgia July erate act of genocide by Soviet dictator with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ KYIV – U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden, 22-23, another former Soviet republic whose Joseph Stalin. Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, on a visit to Kyiv, has delivered a positive aggressive bid to join NATO has angered The vice-president leaves Kyiv for Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org. (See message to a beleaguered Ukraine. Moscow. Georgia on July 22. http://www.rferl.org/content/US_Vice_ Despite Kyiv’s paralyzing domestic politi- But the vice-president was also expected President_Biden_Kicks_Off_ cal feuds and a deep recession, Mr. Biden to signal that U.S. support comes with condi- RFE/RL correspondent Claire Bigg con- UkraineGeorgia_Tour/1781823.html.) said Washington’s efforts to repair strained tions. In Ukraine, that would mean reform of ties with Russia will not hurt U.S. support for the country’s energy sector, while in Georgia, Ukraine’s push to integrate with the West. it would have more to do with democratic Vice-President Biden – who is on a three- reform. Quotable notes day tour that will also take him to Georgia – Ukraine’s energy sector has been plagued “…the United States strongly values our partnership with Ukraine and made his comments at a joint news confer- by financial woes and aging infrastructure. Georgia. And the main purpose of the trip is to strengthen each partnership in ence in Kyiv following talks with President Bitter gas pricing disputes between very concrete ways. … we’re not seeking to build spheres of influence or to Viktor Yushchenko. Moscow and Kyiv, which prompted Russia dominate a particular region. Rather, we are looking for strong partners to help “We’re working, as you know, Mr. in January to halt supplies to Ukraine, have us meet common challenges. And Ukraine and Georgia are perfect examples of President, to reset our relationship with also battered Ukraine’s reputation as a reli- exactly that. Each has been a partner for progress with us and with other coun- Russia,” Mr. Biden said. “But I assure you able transit route for Russian gas to Europe. tries in places like the Balkans, in Iraq and Afghanistan. … and all the Ukrainian people that it will not President Yushchenko told Vice-President Our efforts to reset relations with Russia will not come at the expense of any come at Ukraine’s expense. To the contrary, I Biden that Ukraine would like foreign inves- other country. This is not, for us, a zero-sum game. We will continue to reject the believe it can actually benefit Ukraine.” tors to help upgrade its gas transport net- notion of spheres of influence, and we will continue to stand by the principle that The U.S. vice-president spent his first full work, which he described as “an integral part sovereign democracies have the right to make their own decisions and choose day in Kyiv holding separate talks with each of the European gas market.” their own partnerships and alliances. of Ukraine’s key political protagonists: “We underscored the importance for “I think one of the highlights of recent Ukrainian history is having a very President Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yulia Ukraine to integrate into new European proj- open, competitive political environment, as well as a very free and very vibrant Tymoshenko, Party of Regions leader Viktor ects to supply oil and gas from traditional press. And that’s been a tremendously positive development in Ukraine. Yanukovych and opposition leader Arseniy and nontraditional [oil- and gas-producing] “Less positive, quite honestly, has been some of the political paralysis we’ve Yatsenyuk. All four are contenders in regions,” Mr. Yushchenko said. seen in recent times, and hopefully in the months ahead, before the election, irre- Ukraine’s January presidential election. Mr. Biden’s national security adviser, spective of the election, leaders in Ukraine will find a way to work closely Mr. Biden said the U.S. backed Ukraine’s Tony Blinken, told reporters last week that together on the challenges that the country faces, that start with the economy and ambitions to join NATO and upheld the vice-president also intended to urge the very difficult situation Ukraine is in, the hard choices that have to be made. Ukraine’s freedom to choose its allies – a Ukrainian leaders to put their differences “…Our hope is that these leaders who really, many of whom were part of veiled jab at Russia, which strongly opposes aside and “live up to the promise of the revo- inspiring not only their own people, but the entire region – the entire world – not its neighbor’s NATO bid. lution.” so very long ago, will, in their day-in and day-out action, live up to the promise “If you choose to be part of the Euro- Mr. Yushchenko and Ms. Tymoshenko, of the revolution and make the hard choices and work together. And in many Atlantic integration, which I believe you allies in the 2004 Orange Revolution that ways, people in Ukraine, with this incredibly open and free and vibrant society, have, we strongly support that. We do not propelled Mr. Yushchenko to power, have seem to be a little bit ahead of some of the political leadership right now, and we recognize – and I want to reiterate it – any been engaged in a protracted dispute after hope that the leadership will do just that – lead.” sphere of influence,” Mr. Biden said. “We do falling out over a number of issues. not recognize anyone else’s right to dictate to In addition to his meetings with Ukrainian – Tony Blinken, national security advisor to Vice-President Joe Biden, at a you or any other country what alliance you officials, Mr. Biden laid flowers and candles July 17 press briefing on the vice-president’s trip to Ukraine and Georgia. “We all understand that a deal must come with Russia, but we do not believe that a deal can be made at the expense of the security interests of the countries of FOR THE RECORD: President Obama’s our region or of Georgia and Ukraine.” – Eugeniusz Smolar, senior fellow at the Center for International Relations, a proclamation of Captive Nations Week non-profit, non-partisan research group in Warsaw, as quoted on July 17 in The New York Times. Following is the full text of the procla- that of other nations. In an interdependent mation on Captive Nations Week 2009 world, instability, disease and hardship issued by President Barack Obama on abroad affect us here at home. July 17. Governments that are responsive to the Pukach confesses to involvement concerns of their citizens can better tackle Fifty years ago, President Eisenhower these challenges and contribute to a more issued a call of solidarity to peoples secure, healthy and prosperous world. in murder of Heorhii Gongadze across the world living under communist Nations must advance these values by Zenon Zawada Ministry. “This could lead to the largest rule. This first Captive Nations Week through example. At home and abroad, the criminal prosecution ever.” Proclamation expressed concern that too United States strives to honor the princi- Kyiv Press Bureau At minimum, “society will become wit- many people lacked fundamental free- ples enshrined in our nation’s founding KYIV – After an international manhunt ness to big news,” President Viktor doms, and it affirmed that the people of documents. of more than five years, law enforcement Yushchenko assured the public on July 22. the United States stood alongside those The challenges of a new century require authorities on July 21 arrested Oleksii who yearned to be free. Since this decla- us to summon the full range of human tal- Gongadze’s disappearance on September Pukach, a high-ranking police officer, who 16, 2000, and the subsequent discovery of ration, more nations have chosen the ents to move all nations forward. The immediately confessed to his involvement path of self-determination and respect United States stands with all governments his decapitated body, was the spark that led in the September 2000 murder of muckrak- activists, fed up with the government’s for basic human rights. Brave American and peoples committed to unlocking the ing journalist Heorhii Gongadze. men and women have contributed to this potential of their people, and to peace, the crimes and corruption, to launch the Ukraine During an all-night interrogation by pros- story, making great sacrifices while serv- rule of law and respect for all citizens. Without Kuchma protests of 2001, also con- ecutors, Mr. Pukach offered to show authori- ing in our Armed Forces or working in The Congress, by joint resolution, sidered the precursor to the Orange ties where Gongadze’s missing head is government, private industry and other approved July 17, 1959 (73 Stat. 212), has Revolution. organizations. authorized and requested the president to located and to identify who ordered the kill- The murdered journalist became a rally- The Cold War is now consigned to the issue a proclamation designating the third ing. It’s widely suspected that top govern- ing symbol for all those opposed to the history books, but the ideals that President week of July of each year as “Captive ment officials, particularly former President authoritarian Kuchma administration, and its Eisenhower proclaimed remain vibrant Nations Week.” Leonid Kuchma, wanted Gongadze dead for investigation has resulted in more scandal and inspiring today. Just as in years past, Now, therefore, I, Barack Obama, presi- his journalistic work. and controversy. people still hope to have the freedom and dent of the United States of America, do The arrest of Mr. Pukach, who is suspect- In March 2008 three police officers were opportunity to pursue their dreams. People, hereby proclaim July 19 through July 25, ed of serving as the go-between for those convicted of the Gongadze murder. Mykola young and old, still yearn to speak their 2009, as Captive Nations Week. I call who ordered the murder and the killers as Protasov was sentenced to 13 years in pris- minds. Citizens still believe governments upon the people of the United States to the Internal Affairs Ministry’s criminal on, while Valerii Kostenko and Oleksander have an obligation to be honest and trans- reaffirm our commitment to all those seek- investigation chief, could lead to arrests Popovych each received a 12-year sentence. parent, uphold the rule of law and allow ing dignity, freedom and justice. among Ukraine’s political elite, which has However Gongadze’s family wasn’t sat- civic participation. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set evaded responsibility for crimes throughout isfied with the convictions, insisting the We regard these universal principles as my hand this seventeenth day of July, in the decade, including such contract killings. matter wasn’t resolved until the politicians guiding values, and we stand in solidarity the year of our Lord two thousand nine, “Ukraine has never had a criminal prose- who ordered his murder were brought to with those who aspire to live by them – and of the Independence of the United cution of such a scale that could involve the justice. not only because it is right, but also States of America the two hundred and highest government officials,” said It was that looming possibility that may because our Nation’s fate is connected to thirty-fourth. Oleksander Palii, an expert with the Foreign Policy Institute at the Foreign Affairs (Continued on page 29) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 No. 30 Leo Mol... (Continued from page 1) churches of all denominations. He also pre- pared stained glass sketches for a syna- gogue. In those early years, for income, he creat- ed porcelain figurines of baby robins, square dancers and Eskimo figures, which sold for about $25 to $50. These are now collectors’ items worth thousands of dollars, because few want to part with the ones they own. Mr. Mol was accomplished in painting, sketching, sculpting, pottery and stained glass. His works are in collections around the world, including many permanent gal- lery and museum collections in Canada, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, the Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation in Toronto, Oseredok – the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Center in Winnipeg and the Vatican Museum. Ruslan Tracz In addition to ordinary people, he sculpt- Guests stand around the famous pond at the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden at Assiniboine Park. ed popes, prime ministers, presidents, poets and a queen. Their bronze images stand in There is a large mosaic of the Holy door sculpture garden Winnipeg, Ottawa and other Canadian cit- Trinity on the façade over the entrance to devoted to one artist ies, Washington, Buenos Aires, Prutentopolis Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral anywhere. It attracts (Brazil), London, Munich, Rome, the in Winnipeg. The Ukrainian Catholic about 250,000 visitors Vatican and St. Petersburg. Cathedral of Ss. Vladimir and Olga in annually (http://www. Mr. Mol created many commissions on Winnipeg is adorned with Mr. Mol’s master- partnersinthepark.org/ the anniversaries of settlement in Canada – piece – the series of 16 stained glass win- leomol.html). for the Dutch, Chinese and Ukrainian com- dows depicting the history of Ukraine and His obituary noted: munities. His large statues also adorn the the Ukrainian Church. He created 80 stained “The placement of his lawns – and at least one condo balcony – of glass windows in churches and institutions work in the Vatican the wealthy throughout Winnipeg. The in Manitoba. Museum of Modern Art smaller sculptures, usually in editions of 10 One of each of his works can be seen in and the establishment or less, quickly sold out. his legacy to Winnipeg and Canada, the Leo of the Leo Mol There was some controversy about the Mol Sculpture Garden in Assiniboine Park, Sculpture Garden were placement of the monument of Shevchenko the largest park in the city. Mr. Mol donated two things which gave in St. Petersburg, but Mr. Mol had been his works to the city (worth $4 million in him the greatest satis- invited to sculpt it by a previous mayor of 1992), and through the vision and persever- faction.” The artist that city and fought determinedly to have ance of David Loch, his art dealer, and could often be found in Shevchenko stand in the city where the poet Hartley Richardson, a prominent business- the garden, walking and artist lived and studied. man and philanthropist, the garden was around, or sitting and Mr. Mol worked in the classical, realistic established. Partners in the Park, a not-for- observing the visitors, style of sculpture. He once noted that fine profit organization promoting the arts in and engaging in con- Ruslan Tracz arts students nowadays do not study anato- Assiniboine Park, cares for the garden and versations. This garden Master of ceremonies Orysia Tracz introduces Margareth my – so how can they create the human its over 300 works of art. was “the dream of my Mol to William Solomon, conductor of the Hoosli Male body in art without that knowledge? There is a Ukrainian “section” of the gar- life,” he said. Chorus. Prominent Canadian artist Ivan Eyre “was den, with such monuments as the smaller Mr. Mol was the appreciative of Leo’s knowledge of the models of his various Shevchenkos and the recipient of many honors, including honor- presented by the president of human figure and impressed that as a pio- Kobzar-Banduryst. The sculpture garden ary doctorates from the universities of Ukraine. Canada Post issued a commemora- neer he brought the knowledge of bronze hosts the Leo Mol Sunday Jazz Series on Alberta, Manitoba and Winnipeg. He tive stamp with Mr. Mol’s “Lumberjacks” casting to Manitoba,” noted the Winnipeg Sundays in the summer, and is also available received the Order of Canada and the Order sculpture in June 2002. Free Press. for summer weddings. This is the only out- of Manitoba, as well as the Order of Merit The artist was the subject of a number of award-winning film documentaries. Slavko Nowytski’s “Immortal Image” (1979) showed Mr. Mol creating a bust of Special evening in D.C. honors the memory of Oleksa Bilaniuk composer Mykola Lysenko. The lost-wax method of casting bronze, from start to fin- WASHINGTON – A special evening in ish, is shown, along with Mr. Mol’s observa- memory of renowned physicist Oleksa- tions about the art. Myron P. Bilaniuk was held here on June “Leo Mol in Light and Shadow” by 19 at the Embassy of Ukraine in director Elise Swerhone (1994, Credo Group Washington, D.C. The event was hosted Ltd. and National Film Board of Canada) is by the Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of biographical: “For almost 50 years, sculptor America, The Washington Group, Leo Mol hid his past behind a veil of half- Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences truth and deliberate misdirection… This in the U.S. and the Shevchenko Scientific emotional documentary sets the public story Society, under the patronage of the of his artistic success against a private drama Ukrainian Embassy. of loss, exile and guilt.” Introductory remarks were made by This misdirection in his early biographies George Masiuk, followed by a tribute by was, as he once told this writer, “a lie” and Albert Kipa, president of the Ukrainian had a purpose. He was not an “only son.” Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. After World War II his family had been Dr. Kipa, a friend and colleague of Dr. exiled to Siberia, and his father and brother Bilaniuk, gave a personal account of his were killed. His sister survived. Mr. Mol, interactions with Dr. Bilaniuk, and noted Yaro Bihun having no knowledge of or contact with his some of Dr. Bilaniuk’s personal and pro- Albert Kipa speaks at an evening in honor of the late Oleksa Bilaniuk. family, was afraid for their well-being, fessional achievements and passions. because after the war it was not safe for Boris Hlynsky, president of the Ukrainian Engineers Society of America, fully acknowledges his professor’s influ- Soviet citizens to have relatives abroad. Washington Branch of the Shevchenko and a member of the Ukrainian ence on his career. This is one of the reasons he shortened his Scientific Society, then gave his own brief The final tribute of the evening was a name to Leo Mol after leaving Europe. tribute to Dr. Bilaniuk. Dr. Hlynsky’s Astronomical Association and the rendering of Bach’s Sonata for solo violin Through a convoluted trail, his sister in comments were followed by a lecture Shevchenko Scientific Society, concluded by renowned Ukrainian violinist Siberia found him. During the Millennium given by Theodor Kostiuk titled “Is the his talk with a few words about how Solomiya Ivakhiv, a musician of whom of Christianity in Ukraine in 1988, one of Earth Unique? A Search for Earths in the important Dr. Bilaniuk’s life work has Dr. Bilaniuk thought very highly. Mr. Mol’s monuments to St. Volodymyr the Universe.” Dr. Kostiuk spoke on the been to physics. At the close of the program, Dr. Larissa Great, the ruler who brought the faith to topic of comparing planets to see if they He noted that John Mather, winner of Bilaniuk thanked the participants and Ukraine in 988, was erected in London, are viable for life, a topic of great interest the 2006 Nobel Prize in physics, had audience for a meaningful tribute to her England. A photograph of that statue, with to the late Dr. Bilaniuk. studied under Dr. Bilaniuk at Swarthmore the sculptor’s full name, appeared in a Dr. Kostiuk, a chair of the Washington College. Dr. Kostiuk ended his presenta- husband. The evening concluded with a reception. Russian newspaper. Somehow Leo Mol’s chapters of the Ukrainian Academy of tion by reading a memorial note from Dr. Arts and Sciences in the U.S. and the Mather in which the Nobel laureate grate- – Harriet S. Hughes (Continued on page 10) No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 5

FOR THE RECORD Statement by U.S. vice-president after his meeting with Ukraine’s president Following is the text of the statement stated clearly that if you choose to be part ernment has to make. And I also know free media, as we witnessed here today – by U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden after his of Euro-Atlantic integration, which I from experience of being in public life and its lively democracy show the world meeting with President Viktor Yushchenko believe you have – that we strongly sup- for a long time, it’s harder to make tough that Ukraine will continue on its chosen of Ukraine. The text was released on July port that. We do not recognize – and I decisions in election years. It’s a difficult path toward a prosperous future as an 21 by the Office of the Vice-President. want to reiterate it – any sphere of influ- time in any democracy. I told the integral part of Europe. ence. We do not recognize anyone else’s President what I will tell other officials The United States, Mr. President, is Mr. President, thank you very much right to dictate to you or any other coun- with whom I’ll be meeting today: that committing to walking that path with for your hospitality. And on behalf of try what alliances you will seek to belong working together, especially in times of Ukraine to see to it that it becomes a vital President Obama, I want to express our to or what relationships, bilateral relation- crisis, is not a choice, it’s an absolute part of Europe. admiration, as well as our thanks – our ships, you have. necessity. And compromise, I might add, And again, Mr. President, I want to admiration for what you and your col- I reaffirmed to the President what I is not a sign of weakness, it is evidence of thank you for your hospitality. I look for- leagues began in what was an inspiration said in Munich, as I said, in the earliest strength. ward to continuing the discussions we to other parts of the world and your days of our administration, and it’s worth Ukraine has come a long way in the had today at a working-group level, and I neighbors, the Orange Revolution, and repeating again in a brief statement, and short time since declaring independence am – confident that Ukraine’s democracy also thanks for your cooperation and help that is – and President Obama, I might in 1991. And Ukraine’s vibrant civil soci- will take deep root in the 21st century. in the Balkans and Iraq and Afghanistan. add, made it clear in his visit to Moscow ety – and it is vibrant – it’s engaged and Thank you, Mr. President. And I agree with you, I think we had a this month – the United States supports very productive meeting. Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and I come to Kyiv, Mr. President, with freedom, and to make its own choices – one simple, straightforward message that its own choices – including what alliances I don’t want anyone to misunderstand. they choose to belong. Vice-President Joe Biden’s That is, the United States is committed to We’re working, as you know, Mr. a strong, democratic and prosperous President, to reset our relationship with speech to the Ukrainian people Ukraine. Russia. But I assure you and all the Your success, Mr. President, we Ukrainian people that it will not come at Below is the text of remarks by Vice- believe will be our success. We in the Ukraine’s expense. To the contrary, I President Joe Biden on July 22 at the “As we reset the United States are trying to build a multi- believe it can actually benefit Ukraine. Ukraine House exhibition center in Kyiv. partner world in which we work with The more substantive relationship we The event was billed as an address to the relationship with like-minded countries to make common have with Moscow, the more we can Ukrainian people. cause on common challenges. And, quite defuse the zero-sum thinking about our Russia, we reaf- frankly, the stronger our partners, the relations with Russia’s neighbors. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s an honor to more effective that partnership will be. We also talked about many important be here. I want to thank you for your firm our commit- We worked together to tackle, as I ref- challenges facing Ukraine today, made coming today. And I want to thank the erenced earlier, common security prob- more difficult by the economic crisis the people and the government of Ukraine for ment to an inde- lems – threats in the Balkans, Iraq and world is facing. And we discussed ways their warmth and hospitality they’ve Afghanistan – and we meet what in which the United States can help shown me the last two days. pendent Ukraine.” President Obama and I believe is one of Ukraine undertake what are obviously It’s a special honor to be here in Kyiv. humanity’s greatest challenges, and that tough reforms needed to build its democ- I know times are difficult for many is reducing nuclear arsenals and securing racy and economy, and to strengthen its today, but I’m inspired, and still inspired, tion which commences a revolution rarely nuclear materiel. energy sector. as many Americans are, by what hap- completes it.” We consider, Mr. President, Ukraine to To that end, I was pleased to learn that pened here less than five years ago. That In any true democracy, freedom is the be a vital European partner for advancing the government has taken the final deci- sea of orange that flooded Independence beginning, not the end. Freedom is mere- stability, prosperity and democracy on the sion necessary to bring the Overseas Square, the hundreds of thousands of ly the beginning, not the end. And here in continent. And the President and I agreed Private Investment Corporation back to Ukrainians who poured into Kyiv Ukraine, yours is a revolution still in that the United States and Ukraine will Ukraine. That will make it easier for demanding peacefully that their votes be progress whose promise remains to be work together in the months and years to American companies to reinvest in counted and that their voices be heard, is fulfilled. come to strengthen the strategic partner- Ukraine, and invest in the first place, something that will not be forgotten for a More than anything else, I’m here to ship. which will help both our economies in long, long time. say this to the Ukrainian people: Ukraine, It is not for the United States to dictate the current downturn. Forty years before that momentous as it continues on the path to freedom, what that partnership will be but to reiter- I know it’s hard, I know it’s hard, and event, the momentous events of 2004, a democracy and prosperity, the United ate – and President Obama and I have these are tough decisions that your gov- former president of the United States and States will stand by Ukraine. These are general, Dwight D. Eisenhower, stood in your choices, not ours. But rest assured the center of Washington, D.C., and that we stand with you as you make those unveiled a monument to a great Ukrainian choices. UCCA statement on eve poet, Shevchenko. It was 24 feet high, The Obama administration will not the statue, and it bears these words: waver in its support of a strong and inde- “Dedicated to the liberation, freedom and pendent Ukraine. Charting the future of vice-president’s trip to Kyiv independence of all captive nations.” course of Ukraine is, of course, a decision Following is the text of a statement by mutual importance and concern regular- Back in 1964, we looked at to be made by all of you, not by anyone the Ukrainian Congress Committee of ly and in a systematic fashion. Shevchenko for hope because he never outside. America regarding the trip of Vice- Likewise, the UCCA encourages fur- stopped dreaming of a free Ukraine. And Based on my discussions yesterday President Joe Biden to Ukraine. Although ther negotiations regarding the establish- 40 years later, in 2004, we saw what the with the bulk of your political leadership, the statement was dated July 15 (prior to ment of an American diplomatic presence power of a free people demanding justice we want for Ukraine what it appears the vice-president’s trip), it was received in Crimea, as outlined in the Charter of could accomplish. Ukrainians want for themselves – a dem- at the editorial offices of The Weekly too Strategic Partnership and supported by the Today, Ukrainians should take pride in ocratic and prosperous European nation. late to be included in last week’s issue. We Obama administration, and trusts that what they have achieved. Free and fair My visit to Kyiv comes soon after publish it here for the record. progress in the establishment of such an elections have become the norm, freedom President Obama’s visit to Moscow. outpost will occur. of speech is exercised vigorously, as As a matter of fact, they were planned The Ukrainian Congress Committee of Furthermore, to increase the mutual you’re all learning and observing, and simultaneously. And I know there was America (UCCA), the representative appreciation and enhance the under- freedom of the press, as witnessed by the some speculation that our decision, as I organization of the 1.5 million Americans standing between our two nations, the number of cameras that are here today, is said in a speech in Munich at the front- of Ukrainian descent, welcomes Vice- UCCA supports increasing our people- well respected in your country. end of our administration – to press the President Joe Biden’s upcoming trip to to-people contacts and expanding our Ukraine today is one of the most free reset button with Moscow – I know it cre- Ukraine at the end of July. cultural, educational and professional and democratic nations in this region. ated some speculations that improving During his meetings in Ukraine, the exchange programs. Near the end of his life, one of the relations with Russia would somehow UCCA urges Vice-President Biden to As a staunch ally of the West, authors of America’s freedom, Thomas threaten our ties with Ukraine. work toward strengthening the U.S.- Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration, Jefferson, who is credited with writing Let me say this as clearly as I can. As Ukraine strategic relationship with democratic transition and reform pro- the Declaration of Independence, wrote a we reset the relationship with Russia, we the reconstitution of the Clinton admin- cesses are of critical importance to the letter to his old friend and political foe, reaffirm our commitment to an indepen- istration initiative of a presidential bilat- national interests and security of the John Adams – Adams had been the sec- dent Ukraine. eral commission. Such a commission United States. The UCCA truly hopes ond president of the United States and And we recognize no sphere of influ- would, as it has already historically been that Vice President Biden’s trip to Jefferson the third – and they were great ence, or no ability of any other nation to proven, be productive not only in fur- Ukraine will confirm and enhance our friends but political competitors. And he veto the choices an independent nation thering the development of our bilateral support for Ukraine and that U.S. com- wrote a letter to Adams – there was a long makes as to with whom and under what relations – defined by both parties as a mitment for the independence, territorial correspondence for decades. He wrote a conditions they will associate. We also do strategic partnership – but also in integrity and inviolability of Ukraine’s letter to Adams about 35 years after our not believe in zero-sum thinking. We do enabling both countries to maintain borders will constitute the foundation of revolution. And in the letter, he said, not believe that a partnership with one high-level contacts to address issues of the upcoming bilateral discussions. “The generation which commences a rev- olution rarely completes it. The genera- (Continued on page 12) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 No. 30

FOR THE RECORD THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Preserving Ukraine’s legacy Open letter to Obama administration Fortunately, Ukraine’s television reporters brought to the nation’s attention the mur- from Central and Eastern Europe der of Ukrainian villager Valerii Oliinyk allegedly committed by Viktor Lozinskyi, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc national deputy who vanished after the Procurator General’s Following is the text of an open letter to bution of the new members, NATO today Office filed criminal charges. the Obama administration from 22 Central seems weaker than when we joined. In A lesser known chapter in this politician’s career is that, almost a month before the and East European leaders. The text of the many of our countries it is perceived as less murder, Mr. Lozinskyi played an instrumental role in leading the Holovanivsk Village letter, released on July 16, is reprinted from and less relevant – and we feel it. Although Council to replace a “tryzub” (trident), the symbol of Ukrainian nationhood, with a the website of the Polish newspaper Gazeta we are full members, people question hammer and sickle in the town center. Wyborcza. whether NATO would be willing and able to But it gets worse. Not only are statues of Soviet leaders not coming down through- come to our defense in some future crises. out Ukraine, they’re actually being restored. We have written this letter because, as Europe’s dependence on Russian energy In the village of Trytelnyky, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, local Communists renewed a Central and Eastern European (CEE) intel- also creates concern about the cohesion of statue of Vladimir Lenin in May, removing weeds and adding a new coat of paint. lectuals and former policy-makers, we care the alliance. President Obama’s remark at “However, the Communists don’t intend to stop at cosmetic measures,” declared deeply about the future of the trans-Atlantic the recent NATO summit on the need to the official website of the Communist Party of Ukraine. “This year, a total reno- relationship, as well as the future quality of provide credible defense plans for all alli- vation of the monument is being planned with the efforts of the teaching faculty relations between the United States and the ance members was welcome, but not suffi- and older students.” countries of our region. We write in our per- cient to allay fears about the alliance’s Over in eastern Ukraine, Kharkiv is planning to name one of its new metro sonal capacity as individuals who are friends defense readiness. Our ability to continue to stations Zhovtneva (October) to mark the October Revolution that brought the and allies of the United States as well as sustain public support at home for our con- Communists to power. committed Europeans. tributions to alliance missions abroad also These are disturbing developments in post-Orange Ukraine. They demonstrate that Our nations are deeply indebted to the depends on us being able to show that our too little has been done to inform the next generation about the genocide and spiritual United States. Many of us know firsthand own security concerns are being addressed destruction Communism wrought upon the Ukrainian people. Not only are Soviet how important your support for our freedom in NATO and close cooperation with the monuments returning, but attempts to restore Ukraine’s national heritage are being and independence was during the dark Cold United States. suppressed – no case being more distressing than in Poltava, where Ukrainian patriots War years. U.S. engagement and support We must also recognize that America’s are trying to establish a statue to Hetman Ivan Mazepa. was essential for the success of our demo- popularity and influence have fallen in many After endless hurdles set up by the Russophile City Council and Poltava Mayor cratic transitions after the Iron Curtain fell of our countries as well. Public opinions Andrii Matkovskyi (another Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc politician), the City Council 20 years ago. Without Washington’s vision polls, including the German Marshall Fund’s voted on July 15 to cancel its previous resolution approving the land in the city center and leadership, it is doubtful that we would own Trans-Atlantic Trends survey, show for the statue. And the goal appears to be to scrap the project altogether. be in NATO and even the EU [European that our region has not been immune to the Instead of leading the fight for Ukrainian heritage, the Tymoshenko Bloc Union] today. wave of criticism and anti-Americanism that teamed with pro-Russian forces in the Poltava region to suppress it, disregarding We have worked to reciprocate and has swept Europe in recent years and which a presidential decree, Cabinet resolutions and agreements reached with the make this relationship a two-way street. led to a collapse in sympathy and support Poltava State Oblast Administration to unveil the Mazepa statue on August 24, We are Atlanticist voices within NATO for the United States during the Bush years. Ukrainian Independence Day. and the EU. Our nations have been Some leaders in the region have paid a polit- Among the reasons cited by the City Council for its change of heart are up to 10 engaged alongside the United States in the ical price for their support of the unpopular acacia trees that would be cut down at Cathedral Square to accommodate the monu- Balkans, Iraq and today in Afghanistan. war in Iraq. In the future they may be more ment. Children were even recruited to appear on the local television station to voice While our contribution may at times seem careful in taking political risks to support the such worries. modest compared to your own, it is signifi- United States. We believe that the onset of a There was no mention, however, of the hundreds of trees local officials eagerly cut cant when measured as a percentage of our new administration has created a new open- down throughout the city and at the Poltava Battlefield site to accommodate the 300th population and GDP. Having benefited ing to reverse this trend, but it will take time anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Poltava held in June. from your support for liberal democracy and work on both sides to make up for what The planned Mazepa statue is already 70 percent completed thanks to the and liberal values in the past, we have we have lost. donations of hundreds of Ukrainian patriots and politicians like Viktor Baloha. been among your strongest supporters In many ways the EU has become the Out of $234,000 needed, $149,000 has been raised, said Mykola Kulchynskyi, an when it comes to promoting democracy major factor and institution in our lives. To Our Ukraine national deputy leading the effort. The 10-foot-tall bronze statue and human rights around the world. many people it seems more relevant and portrays a confident, broad-shouldered Mazepa, seated and holding a bulava in Twenty years after the end of the Cold important today than the link to the United his right hand, as a symbol of power, and a scroll in the other, representing his War, however, we see that Central and States. To some degree it is a logical out- political and cultural legacy. Eastern European countries are no longer come of the integration of Central and One way or another, some time and somewhere in Poltava, that grand work of art at the heart of American foreign policy. As Eastern Europe into the EU. Our leaders and and tribute to Ukrainian history will go up. (The Ukrainian diaspora can help ensure the new Obama administration sets its for- officials spend much more time in EU meet- that happens by sending contributions to an account set up by Mr. Kulchynskyi at eign-policy priorities, our region is one ings than in consultations with Washington, UkrSotsBank: Kharkiv, MFO 320984, Beneficiary Bank Account 04416150 and part of the world that Americans have where they often struggle to attract attention account number 26005710001231.) largely stopped worrying about. Indeed, at or make our voices heard. The region’s It’s certainly a sad state of affairs – harking back to the Soviet era, local government times we have the impression that U.S. deeper integration in the EU is, of course, officials hate their own nation and culture so much that they won’t allow public dis- policy was so successful that many welcome and should not necessarily lead to plays of their heroes and symbols. Meanwhile, earnest patriots like Mr. Kulchynskyi American officials have now concluded a weakening of the trans-Atlantic relation- are desperately trying to raise funds for public tributes to Ukraine’s heroes. that our region is fixed once and for all and ship. The hope was that integration of Establishing an impressive statue of Mazepa will send the right message to the citi- that they could “check the box” and move Central and Eastern Europe into the EU zens of Poltava: Your leaders might have contempt for Ukrainians and their culture, on to other more pressing strategic issues. would actually strengthen the strategic coop- but there are enough people beyond the city and throughout the world who will fight Relations have been so close that many on eration between Europe and America. to preserve and foster Ukraine’s rich historical legacy. both sides assume that the region’s trans- However, there is a danger that instead of Atlantic orientation, as well as its stability being a pro-Atlantic voice in the EU, sup- and prosperity, would last forever. port for a more global partnership with That view is premature. All is not well Washington in the region might wane over July either in our region or in the trans-Atlantic time. The region does not have the tradition Turning the pages back... relationship. Central and Eastern Europe is of assuming a more global role. Some items at a political crossroads, and today there is a on the trans-Atlantic agenda, such as climate 29 growing sense of nervousness in the region. change, do not resonate in the Central and The global economic crisis is impacting on Fifteen years ago, on July 29, 1993, John Demjanjuk was Eastern European publics to the same extent 1993 our region and, as elsewhere, runs the risk as they do in Western Europe. acquitted of all war crimes charges and was ordered to be set that our societies will look inward and be free by Israel’s Supreme Court. The five Supreme Court judg- Leadership change is also coming in less engaged with the outside world. At the Central and Eastern Europe. Next to those, es said Mr. Demjanjuk was not the notorious Treblinka death same time, storm clouds are starting to gath- camp guard known as “Ivan the Terrible,” and overturned his 1988 death sentence due there are fewer and fewer leaders who er on the foreign policy horizon. Like you, emerged from the revolutions of 1989 who to mistaken identity. we await the results of the EU Commission’s Chief Justice Meir Shamgar said that new evidence had implicated Ivan Marchenko experienced Washington’s key role in secur- investigation on the origins of the Russo- ing our democratic transition and anchoring as the brutal guard. Mr. Demjanjuk was also acquitted by the court of being a guard at Georgian war. But the political impact of other Nazi camps. our countries in NATO and EU. A new gen- that war on the region has already been felt. eration of leaders is emerging who do not Israeli law states that a court has the discretion to convict on charges emerging dur- Many countries were deeply disturbed to see ing a trial on condition the accused was given a reasonable chance to defend himself. have these memories and follow a more the Atlantic alliance stand by as Russia vio- “realistic” policy. At the same time, the for- A new trial would, the judges stated, mean an extension of the hearings beyond an lated the core principles of the Helsinki acceptable time limit. However, the court did find, based on the controversial Trawniki mer Communist elites, whose insistence on Final Act, the Charter of Paris, and the terri- political and economic power significantly ID card, that Mr. Demjanjuk belonged to a Nazi guard unit. torial integrity of a country that was a mem- After 16 years of attempting to prove his innocence, Mr. Demjanjuk’s son, John Jr., contributed to the crises in many CEE coun- ber of NATO’s Partnership for Peace and the tries, gradually disappear from the political commented to the Associated Press, “This nonsense should stop right now. Our family Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council – all in has been through hell… It would be unthinkable to say that now […] he should be left scene. The current political and economic the name of defending a sphere of influence turmoil and the fallout from the global eco- on its borders. 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faces and places PERSPECTIVES Facesby myron b.and kurpoas Places by Myron B. Kuropas BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY

In the year 1939 Lost without a trace! Seventy years ago in November, my thinkers, brilliant organizers and social My first visit to Ukraine was with my reading “The Forsaken: An American parents Alexandra (“Lesia”) and Alexander engineers who acted on a genocidal scale. dad in 1963. It was an unforgettable jour- Tragedy in Stalin’s Russia.” Written by (“Liunyk”) were married in the Polish city For them, mass murder was one of the ney. At long last I was in that “mythical” Tim Tzouliadis, it’s the tragic true story of Jaroslaw. Both have long since died, so tools of statecraft to hasten their respec- region of the world called “Ukraine,” a of Americans who emigrated to the there won’t be any celebration. And there tive visions of a utopian society or a mas- land I had heard about since childhood. I Soviet Union during the Great will certainly not be a celebration of ter race. pinched myself. Meeting close relatives Depression. Some were true socialist another, vastly more portentous anniversa- When my father left Lviv, Lesia, who for the first time, rubbing elbows with believers eager to build a new world. ry that’s also approaching: the August 23, had stuck with him when he had been a “real Ukrainians,” wow. Unbelievable! Most were ordinary Americans looking 1939, Hitler-Stalin Pact that launched the political prisoner, joined him, linking her Intourist had planned every minute of for employment. second world war and, incidentally, was fate to his with that lonely exchange of every day with excursions to museums, The book haunted me for days. It’s a directly responsible for my parents’ get- vows 10 miles from the new border divid- parks, factories and the like. All were ting married when they did and where. ing their home in Ukraine from exile in expected to follow the itinerary. Not me. horrific story of honest, hard-working Lesia and Liunyk’s “wedding” was not Poland. It could have just as easily been I wanted to meet and greet people, to Americans from all over the country, a happy one. Four people attended: the 10,000. observe the behavior of those “exotic” either executed or sent to slave labor two of them, an elderly priest who per- Did they ever imagine on their wedding creatures living in Soviet Ukraine. camps during Stalin’s Great Terror. They formed the ceremony and a witness – day that six years later Europe would be One morning I was sitting on a park were America’s forsaken. some stranger, probably the cantor. She utterly shattered with tens of millions bench in front of the Lviv Opera House, It’s also the disturbing story of State was 23; he was 24. They had gotten killed? That they would be in a refugee observing. It was a pleasant summer day. Department depravity. Accepting the engaged that spring. Liunyk gave Lesia a camp in Austria; for their 10th anniversa- I watched as adults rushed to work and Soviet contention that Americans became ring, carefully following her instructions ry, they’d be living in a tenement in children played. I recall thinking that naturalized Soviet citizens the instant as to size, shape and form. Philadelphia and for their 20th in a work- people in Ukraine seemed little different they stepped on Soviet soil, American Like the decade that preceded it, 1939 ing-class neighborhood in Cleveland? from Americans. I scrutinized faces, hop- Embassy officials refused to assist was traumatic. In March, the tiny Carpatho- That they would send three boys to col- ing I could spot “nationalists” by their Americans wishing to return. Embassy Ukraine region in Czechoslovakia declared lege in America and would eventually be expressions. Dumb! officials knew about the disappearance of independence. Ukrainians in Polish- buried, side by side in a cemetery in I hardly noticed when an elderly gen- Americans as early as 1934, but ignored administered Galicia just across the border tleman sat down near me. Looking Parma, Ohio? Of course not. pleas for assistance and even collaborated were electrified by the news, only to be around furtively, he began to speak in Like their compatriots, they expected with the Soviets in turning over fellow deeply disappointed days later when their exile to Poland to be temporary. But Ukrainian. “You’re a Canadian,” he said. Hungary, acting on behalf of Nazi “No,” I replied. “I’m an American.” Americans to the NKVD. then, two years after agreeing to cooper- One also learns of the repulsive, pro- Germany, crushed the nascent republic. ate, Hitler and Stalin faced off in a conflict He seemed surprised. “We don’t see Stalin behavior of U.S. Ambassador In June, Lesia’s family was shattered more horrendous than the world had ever many Americans around here,” he said. Joseph Davies who purchased pre-revo- by the death of her father. But the real seen. There was the hope that the two “Are you a progressive?” bombshell fell in August when fascist tyrants would destroy each other and an “No,” I answered, “I’m not a lutionary Russian art and jewelry at bar- Germany and the communist Soviet Union independent Ukraine would emerge from Communist if that’s what you mean.” He gain-basement prices. Millionaire – hitherto ideological foes seemly on a the ruins. But history takes its own course remained quiet for a time. Andrew Mellon, in charge of FDR’s eco- collision course – signed a non-aggression and, to survive, individuals accommodate “I’m a Canadian,” he began, speaking nomic policy with the USSR, was anoth- pact. Unthinkable, yet there it was. themselves to the reality of armies advanc- quickly. “I shouldn’t be talking to you er beneficiary of Soviet thievery, picking After a bitter defeat in World War I, ing and retreating, with borders and poli- but I’m too old to care. You must hear up classic paintings for a pittance. Germany was on the march, reoccupying tics changing in the process. And so Stalin my story to warn others of what happens Mr. Tzouliadis describes Walter the Rhineland in 1936, annexing Austria won and Hitler lost. Tyranny prevailed. when one believes the Soviets.” Duranty who “spent long hours briefing” and Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland in But history also delivers unintended His story was a sad one. It began in president-elect Roosevelt on “the Soviet 1938, and then early in 1939, Bohemia consequences with hidden time bombs. Winnipeg where he had lived much of his experiment,” convincing FDR that the and Moravia. Hitler made no secret that he life. His wife of many years had died, he One of the biggest was the Ukrainian Soviet Constitution reflected true Soviet wanted nothing less than total control of Insurgent Army (UPA), which had taken had no children, and he was lonely. The Europe – a preposterous goal, but no more life. President Roosevelt ignored all on the impossible mission of opposing Ukrainian Canadian Communist newspa- outlandish than Joseph Stalin’s ambition per was running ads and articles urging information to the contrary and “set out both Hitler and Stalin. Defeated on the to impose Russian-style communism over Ukrainian elderly to “return to the home- to persuade the American public that battlefield, its surviving warriors were the entire world. That’s why the Hitler- land,” to “Batkivschyna,” to live “free Stalin’s regime was at the forefront of shipped to the gulag where they continued Stalin Pact was so stunning: two ruthless and prosperous,” to die in Ukraine and be ‘peace and democracy in the world.’ ” their struggle, this time against the gulag dictators with conflicting goals, agreeing buried in the “warm native soil,” not in Other facts about FDR emerge in the itself. No less an authority than Alexander to collaborate. some cold, foreign land. book. “Late in November, 1941,” FDR Solzhenitsyn credits them with bringing My father was among the first to hear “I believed,” the man told me. “I sold told his first ambassador to the USSR to down Stalin’s slave system. As for my the news. A student at Lviv University, he all my property and bought a one-way avoid traveling across the Pacific because parents and thousands of exiles like them, worked evenings for the populist newspa- ticket to Kyiv. I received a royal wel- “I am expecting the Japs to attack any per Dilo (The Deed), monitoring short- their fervor for Ukraine helped to shape come when I arrived, both in Kyiv and their adopted countries’ Cold War attitudes time now, probably within the next three wave radio broadcasts and recording the Lviv. I was interviewed and I said some or four days.” So much for the “surprise” news in shorthand for the editors to use in and policies, contributing significantly to foolish things about how “bad” life was the eventual defeat and collapse of the of Pearl Harbor. FDR also knew the the next day’s edition. in Canada. The newspapers made much Soviets operated slave labor camps, and A week after the agreement was signed, Soviet Union. of all of this. The authorities took my that the Katyn Forest murder of Polish Germany invaded Poland. Two weeks In November, my brothers and I will passport and all of my cash, ‘so I officers was a Soviet enterprise. after that, the Red Army invaded from the certainly stop to remember our parents. wouldn’t worry,’ they explained.” east, annexing western Ukraine. Within Russia will almost certainly not reflect on For a while, all went well. He was Read the book and learn why thou- days, Dilo was shut down and the NKVD Stalin’s collaboration with Hitler. In fact, placed in a four-room apartment. Rent sands of Americans who moved to the was compiling lists of Ukrainian activists President Dmitry Medvedev announced was paid out of the money he had given USSR never lived to tell their story. The to be arrested for execution or deportation. the creation of a Historical Truth the authorities. Change came within a Ukrainian Canadian I met in Lviv back in Liunyk was one of the obvious targets. He Commission: its unstated mission is to few months, however. A city official 1963 was lucky. He did live. He told his not only worked for a “bourgeois national- enforce an airbrushed version of history asked him if he was lonely, suggesting he story. I’ve been back to Lviv many times. ist” newspaper, Polish police had arrested that celebrates the Soviet triumph over needed a roommate to keep him compa- The park bench is still there. him in 1934 for distributing revolutionary Nazi Germany, but does not acknowledge ny. The old man protested but to no avail. * * * literature for which he served two years in Soviet complicity in starting the war in the In time he had not one, but three room- prison. Staying in Lviv would have been first place, let alone apologize for it. mates to keep him company. MEA CULPA: I wish to apologize to Unlike Germany, which has long since suicide. And, so along with other activists, “They have all my money and give me the gracious Lydia Tkaczuk for not men- disavowed Hitler and disdained territorial teachers, journalists, scholars, etc. – prime a monthly pension to live on,” he tioning her in my last column. As the targets for Soviet “liquidation” – he fled claims beyond its current borders, Russia exclaimed. “They won’t return my pass- still promotes Stalin as a hero and “effec- vice-president of the Ukrainian National into Nazi-occupied Poland. Hundreds of port or give me a visa so I can’t leave. Museum, Ms. Tkaczuk was the prime thousands who didn’t were either shot or tive manager,” and arrogates influence They told me that I am now a Soviet citi- mover behind “Snapshot Chicago.” I also deported, including my father’s younger over its “near abroad,” basically the same zen. Please tell our people in America not forgot to mention Irene Gajecky, who led brother Slavko, whose his crime was pre- policy agreed to 70 years ago. Too bad. to be fooled by the Soviets,” he pleaded. paring to be a Catholic priest and singing The world has moved on since 1939. It’s “They lie about everything.” the student tour of the museum. I ask in a “bourgeois nationalist choir.” He died time Russia also joined the 21st century. When he had finished, he looked their forgiveness. in Siberia. No one knows how or when – around slowly, stood up and walked just that he died, like millions of others. Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is away. Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is Both Stalin and Hitler were strategic [email protected]. I was reminded of all of this while [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 No. 30

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The answer, Ms. Proskurenko, is that abroad;” “[Obama] joyfully accepts anti- Demjanjuk circus might finally be over. Who is naive: there are lots and lots of them, but that American books;” “[Obama] listens However, it was too good to be true. Now they all share his disdain for Mr. Obama intently to offensive [Marxist] rants;” another tent is being erected in Germany for Obama or Sarkozy? and his policies. The problem is not in Dr. “[Obama’s] old ‘hood remains one of the a revival of the Demjanjuk circus. Is it Kuropas – whom you would, in true most destitute gang dominated sections of Germany this time that wants to have a Dear Editor: Stalinist fashion, love to censor – but in Chicago,” and “[Obama] fell in with piece of the action and a depiction of being your acknowledgment that you read only French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s Chicago’s political machine.” “thorough and vigilant” about prosecuting the first two paragraphs of his articles. condescending remark that “Mr. Obama is And there’s this twisted insinuation of Nazi war crimes? This time Mr. Demjanjuk I strongly doubt whether you would (or is being prepared for a trial in Germany for naive,” cited by Victor Babanskyj to justi- cultural subversion: “[Obama] has begun have) read more than the first two para- being as accessory to the deaths of nearly fy his and Myron Kuropas’ antipathy to to replace historic White House paintings graphs written by any other Republican 29,000 during World War II at the Sobibor President Barack Obama (“Congratulations with more ‘contemporary’ art.” with conservative views. However, if you camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. German to Myron Kuropas,” July 12), is ironic Not stopping at mere insinuation and really want to educate yourself, you may innuendo, this column’s extraordinary Nazi war criminals are protected against given Mr. Sarkozy’s deferential attitude want to start with Mark Levin’s “Liberty character assassination ramps up racial further trials by the statute of limitations in toward Moscow and his role in blocking and Tyranny: a Conservative Manifesto.” and radical and religious heat by recy- Germany, but Mr. Demjanjuk is not. NATO Membership Action Plans for It’s been a New York Times best seller for cling the moral nadir of the Extreme Responding to this turn of events, Georgia and Ukraine last year. the last four months. In fact, you’ll find Right’s recent campaign rhetoric – read- Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine In a major speech in Moscow recently, many of Dr. Kuropas’ views clarified in ers are reminded of President Barack (AHRU), a defender of Mr. Demjanjuk since President Obama told Russia’s leaders that book. Obama’s middle name and Jeremiah 1985, has written close to 100 letters to offi- that they must respect the sovereignty of Wright and Bill Ayers, and told “that’s cials in several governments (the United their neighbors, Georgia and Ukraine. George Woloshyn our president’s pedigree.” And “[Obama] States, Ukraine and Germany), appealing for So, who is naive: President Obama or Linden, Va. may not be a product of America,” understanding mercy and a resolution to this President Sarkozy? “Obama is a product of his origins and inhumane case. Months have gone by with Walter Iwaskiw his time. Recall his lineage. His was a no replies. Could it be that members of these Arlington, Va. broken home. His Kenyan father, a governments are so busy that they cannot Rational discussion Muslim, left his mother, a white liberal.” find time to answer? Or perhaps they are not To further unleash racial tension, the col- fully informed about this case. or hateful ‘agitatsia’ umn specifically notes “his [Obama’s] What about the members of the white grandmother.” Congressional Ukrainian Caucus and others Others share Dear Editor: So this is what the First Amendment has in the House of Representatives and the come to in the author’s America? This is U.S. Senate? They find the time to issue If the “Faces and Places” column by non-binding and non-controversial resolu- views of Kuropas Myron B. Kuropas of June 28 is an exam- an answer to the author’s own question – “what kind of America will it be?” tions, but when it comes to this bizarre case Dear Editor: ple of what free speech has come to in the of injustice their silence is deafening. United States, I share the author’s con- Rational discussions of political differ- In her recent letter to The Ukrainian cern about America’s future. ences are always welcomed in America, Bozhena Olshaniwsky Weekly (July 12), Maria Proskurenko, That Kuropas column regrettably wal- but when those discussions degenerate Newark, N.J. who very actively supported the benight- lows in tasteless and mean-spirited innu- into vicious character assassinations, rea- ed Barack Obama’s campaign for the endo – “Obama seems to believe that sonable discussion ends in a sorry sewer The letter-writer is president of presidency, asks whether there are any America is a diseased, depraved nation in of hateful “agitatsia.” Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine. “other Ukrainian American Republicans need of major surgery;” “Obama seems to Here in Ukraine, publication of offen- respectful of the two-party system who think that American prosperity is the sive slander and character assassination could share their conservative views” ... result of oppression of the downtrodden of the Ukrainian president, prime minister other than Dr. Kuropas. at home and the exploitation of others or other politicians produces lawsuits for wrongdoing; by contrast, American libel Thanks for editorial law is more forgiving of those who assault “public figures” in print, but it is about credit unions nonetheless expected that newspapers and their columnists will behave responsibly Dear Editor: with civility and decency, and without What a pleasant surprise it was to read malicious defamation. your editorial “Our credit unions” in the It is surprising and disappointing to see July 12 issue of The Ukrainian Weekly. The Ukrainian Weekly’s enabling mal- It certainly follows that being a member practice in providing ink for this savage of an Ukrainian American credit union sophistry; it is even more disappointing to benefits not only the individual member, see the readership’s indifferent tolerance but the community at large. of that column’s shameful slander, which It is not often our credit unions are can only again embarrass the Ukrainian acknowledged for their donations and American diaspora. support. Thank you so very much for Weldon T. Johnson recognizing their contributions and urg- Kyiv ing your readers to become credit union members! Orysia Burdiak Chicago The continuing The letter-writer is president of the Demjanjuk fi asco Ukrainian National Credit Union Association. Dear Editor: The ongoing John Demjanjuk fiasco We welcome your opinion resembles a circus with clowns as actors. In the beginning – the 1970s – there were The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters “clowns” from the United States, Israel and to the editor and commentaries on a vari- the Soviet Union, shamelessly acting some- ety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian times in unison and sometimes as adversar- American and Ukrainian Canadian com- munities. Opinions expressed by colum- ies. They were ready to sacrifice an innocu- nists, commentators and letter-writers are ous and innocent human being on the their own and do not necessarily reflect worldwide altar of justice during a show the opinions of either The Weekly edito- trial in Israel in which they tried Mr. rial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian Demjanjuk as “Ivan the Terrible” for killing National Association. 800,000 Jews during World War II at the Letters should be typed and signed (anon- Treblinka death camp in Poland. The story ymous letters are not published). Letters are included kangaroo courts, false witnesses, accepted also via e-mail at staff@ukrweek- inferior judges and attorneys, lies and falsi- ly.com. The daytime phone number and address of the letter-writer must be given fications. The Israeli Supreme Court over- for verification purposes. Please note that a turned the guilty verdict of the lower Israeli daytime phone number is essential in order court and returned Mr. Demjanjuk to the for editors to contact letter-writers regarding U.S. where his citizenship and social secu- clarifications or questions. rity pension were restored, Please note: THE LENGTH OF LETTERS To everyone’s relief, it appeared as if the CANNOT EXCEED 500 WORDS. No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 9 Vice-President Biden... (Continued from page 1) St. Michael and St. Sophia Squares. On the day of Mr. Biden’s arrival, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Oleh Shamshur briefed the press, revealing that among the candidates to become U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine is John Tefft, a career foreign service officer who is com- pleting a three-year term as ambassador to Georgia. It wasn’t until the next morning on July 21 that Mr. Biden began a series of negoti- ations. The president’s diplomatic team was led by National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Chair Raisa Bohatyriova, NSDC First Deputy Secretary Volodymyr Ohryzko, Presidential Secretariat Chair Vira Ulianchenko, and Dr. Shamshur, whose designation as the new foreign affairs minister has yet to be acted upon by Parliament. At an afternoon press conference, President Yushchenko said he and the U.S. vice-president discussed the need for “rad- ical reforms” in the energy sector and modernizing Ukraine’s natural gas transit system to involve “as many international creditors and investors,” including those from the U.S. They discussed their cooperation in improving the safety of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, their participation in global initiatives to improve energy and nuclear safety and Ukraine’s integration in European projects to buy oil and natural gas from “traditional and non-traditional regions of supply,” Mr. Yushchenko said. Specifically, the two leaders discussed Danylo Peleschuk the European Oil Transit Corridor (EOTC) Vice-President Joe Biden speaks on July 22 to the American Chamber of Commerce in Kyiv. project that would transport oil from the Caspian Sea basin through the Odesa- very good news and it’s very possible that Brody pipeline into Europe, bypassing within a couple of months, we can get Russia. OPIC open for Ukraine, but it’s not a done “If we carry out the necessary reforms, deal yet.” I am convinced that Ukraine will have the Following their press conference, the ability to not only make its energy politi- two leaders embarked for the newly con- cally independent, but to also secure pros- structed Candle of Memory Holodomor perous economic development,” President Victims Memorial near the Kyivan Caves Yushchenko said. Monastery, where they placed wreaths and The two leaders decided to convene at chatted with the public. year’s end a bilateral working group on President Yushchenko then invited Vice- energy and security, said Mr. Yushchenko, President Biden to a nearby Irish pub, also noting that Ukraine’s first annual, where they drank Coca-Colas and the national program on security would be Ukrainian leader shared his passion for introduced within days. Ukrainian church architecture. The Ukrainian president also asked the However, Mr. Biden’s interests with U.S. to not allow spheres of foreign influ- piqued by a different aspect of Ukraine, ence to form, at the expense of Ukrainian noting the country has “the most beautiful interests, as it resets its relations with women in the world, that’s my observa- Russia. Mr. Biden’s remarks in response, tion.” That became his latest off-the-cuff broadcast live on television, assured the remark to make headlines. Danylo Peleschuk Ukrainian public that wouldn’t happen. In his meetings later that day with “The more substantive relationship we Ukraine’s political leaders, Mr. Biden Vice-President Joe Biden meets with Verkhovna Rada Chair Volodymyr Lytvyn have with Moscow, the more we can urged them all to work together, which he in one of the Parliament’s meeting halls. defuse the zero-sum thinking about our said is an “absolute necessity” in times of relations with Russia’s neighbors,” the crisis. “If only God can hear your words,” Mr. They enjoyed varenyky, black caviar vice-president said. Vice-President Biden and Prime Yanukovych replied. sandwiches and assorted French cheeses, Such remarks were duly noted by the Minister Yulia Tymoshenko spent more “God doesn’t listen to them too often,” and discussed activating a bilateral politi- Russian Foreign Ministry, whose spokes- than an hour in discussions, longer than replied Mr. Biden. cal dialogue, the new U.S.-Russia relation- man Andrei Nesterenko acknowledged planned, the 1+1 television network report- In their discussion, Mr. Biden repeated ship, and strengthening energy cooperation and Ukraine’s energy security. that government authorities would closely ed. one of his key messages to Ukraine – that That morning, Mr. Biden addressed monitor Mr. Biden’s visit. The U.S. delegation included National the U.S. improving relations with Russia is more than 300 members of the U.S. Former Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Security Council (NSC) Senior Director also good for Ukraine. Chamber of Commerce and Ukrainian Viktor Chernomyrdin visited Kyiv on July for Russian and Eurasian Affairs Michael Meanwhile, Mr. Yatsenyuk said he and government officials, invoking the image 22, stating that Ukraine doesn’t have a role McFaul, NSC Director for European Mr. Biden focused their meeting on the of President Dwight D. Eisenhower unveil- to play in U.S.-Russian relations. Affairs Kristina Kvien, Deputy Assistant global economic crisis and the need for ing the statue of the “great Ukrainian poet” “Our relations with the U.S. are our Secretary of Defense for Russia and renewed Russian-Ukrainian relations, and Taras Shevchenko in Washington in 1964. relations,” he said. “Ukraine doesn’t have Eurasia Celeste Wallander, and NSC avoided discussing the presidential elec- “It was 24 feet high, the statue, and it any relationship to this. We have our own Senior Director for International tion or NATO. bears these words: ‘Dedicated to the liber- problems, our programs with the U.S.” Economics David Lipton. “Very shortly we arrived at Ukrainian- ation, freedom and independence of all They met with Vice Prime Minister for Russian relations,” Mr. Yatsenyuk said. Mr. Biden lauded the Cabinet of captive nations,’ ” Mr. Biden said. Euro-Integration Hryhoriy Nemyria, “We need a new agenda for Ukrainian- Ministers for passing on July 17 the last “Back in 1964, we looked at Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn, Russian relations, and I briefly expressed resolution needed to bring the Overseas Shevchenko for hope because he never Fuel and Energy Minister Yurii Prodan and my view on that agenda.” Private Investment Corp. (OPIC) back to stopped dreaming of a free Ukraine. And Ambassador Shamshur. The next morning, Mr. Biden shared a Ukraine, which is critical in providing 40 years later in 2004, we saw what the When meeting with Mr. Yanukovych, working breakfast with President businessmen with political risk insurance, power of a free people demanding justice Yushchenko, First Lady Kateryna as well as assisting in investment ventures. opposition leader and presidential front- could accomplish. Today, Ukrainians “We’re closer than we’ve been in the runner, Mr. Biden immediately set the tone Yushchenko, Ms. Ulianchenko, the vice- should take pride in what they have last 10 years,” said Morgan Williams, for a relaxed discussion when joking, “Is it president’s National Security Advisor Tony achieved.” director of government affairs for the possible that I’m meeting with the next Blinken and U.S. Embassy to Ukraine SigmaBleyzer venture capital firm. “It’s president of Ukraine?” Chargé d’Affaires James Pettit. (Continued on page 28) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 No. 30 Leo Mol... The guest book showed that people from all Ukrainian Americans attend over the world came here and marveled at (Continued from page 4) what Leo Mol and our Creator gave us. Leo sister saw the newspaper, and began a search Mol left a very wonderful footprint in New Jersey campaign events for him through the Red Cross. Winnipeg. RIP.” – ZipVadar, CBC Once she located him, he made plans to Winnipeg website, July 6, 2009. see her. But because of the coup and the A celebration of his life took place in his risks involved, travel to the Russian sculpture garden on Monday, July 13, at 7 Federation was prohibited by Canadian p.m. This was probably the only obituary authorities. Even though Mr. Mol already that said “Standing room only, please bring had tickets for August, he did not see his sis- a lawn chair.” And people did – approxi- ter until September 1991. Afterwards, he mately 700 of them according to a report in brought her and her granddaughter to the Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg for a visit. Later, he and his wife With Orysia Tracz as the presider, the sponsored their grand-niece, a doctor, to ceremony included comments by Premier Canada, where she re-qualified and is now Garry Doer of Manitoba, and an apprecia- practicing. tion of Mr. Mol’s life by Murray Gibson, a The artist was a modest and generous close family friend. man. He was happy to donate his works to Premier Doer said: “I believe tonight, as charity fund-raising events. This writer, a we offer our condolences and we commem- member of the Winnipeg Library orate the life of Leo Mol, we are in the most Foundation, asked if he would donate some- beautiful place in all of Canada. A beautiful thing for the inaugural fund-raising ball and place that has been created with its natural auction, and he removed a framed drawing beauty by God, and its artistic and creative off his wall and gave it to me. beauty by Leo Mol.” At events where he was the featured Archbishop-Metropolitan Emeritus Michael Bzdel officiated at the panakhyda Corzine 09 Press guest, he often walked up to people and introduced himself, as if they did not know (memorial service), with the Hoosli HOLMDEL, N.J. – Ukrainian Americans were among the capacity crowd of 17,500 who he was. Ukrainian Male Chorus, directed by William that attended New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine’s re-election rally with President Solomon, singing. Barack Obama at the PNC Bank Arts Center here on July 16. In the photo above, A celebration of his life In attendance were Bishop Andriy, auxil- Michael Koziupa, president of the Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms The internationally renowned artist’s iary bishop to the metropolitan of the for Ukraine and second vice-president of the Ukrainian National Association, death generated a genuine outpouring of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada; is seen in the background wearing an embroidered Ukrainian shirt. Earlier, on admiration and grief. The local media car- Archbishop-Metropolitan Lawrence June 2, Ukrainian American community representatives – among them Camilla ried it as the lead story on the television news Huculak for Ukrainian Catholics in Canada; Huk Masier, Mr. Koziupa, Roma Lisovich (treasurer of the UNA), John Burtyk, and on the front pages of the newspapers. and Archbishop-Metropolitan Steven Soroka Bozhena Olshaniwsky, Ihor Laszok and Yaroslav Zaviysky – attended the Corzine The comments to online information for Ukrainian Catholics in the United States; campaign’s kick-off rally at the Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange, where demonstrated how genuinely beloved he and as well as many priests and nuns. Vice-President Joe Biden was the main speaker. Ms. Masier, who is a member his works are. “…The art world has lost a Among the dignitaries were Lieutenant of two councils advising the governor – the Ethnic Advisory Council and the Blue rare gem. His wonderful memory will be Governor John Harvard and Mayor Sam Ribbon Advisory Panel on Immigrant Policies, noted: “I had an opportunity to perpetuated through his works he generous- Katz of Winnipeg. speak with Vice-President Biden, just about a minute, to remind him how much ly donated to the city.” – Dr. Morry A. J. Hoosli also sang a few liturgical songs at the beginning of the ceremony, and conclud- our community would like the president to visit Ukraine, especially at this time, Schwartz, letter to the editor, Winnipeg Free ed the memorial service with “Zhuravli” and how much the support of our government would mean to them.” Press, July 8, 2009. “My wife and I visited Assiniboine Park (The Cranes) by Bohdan Lepky. Mrs. Mol on Sunday. ... to the English Garden and Leo personally thanked the director and the cho- Mol’s refuge are regularly visited by us as it rus members for their moving and beautiful is so peaceful and beautiful there. I recall singing. All were invited to the pavilion of thinking yesterday that this represented the the park for refreshments afterwards. Dear Readers! best of humanity, in stark contrast to so A private burial was scheduled, and on much of what is in the news these days. It August 12, on the 40th day after his passing, was beautiful and quiet. People were every- there will be a service at 7 p.m. in the The Ukrainian Weekly is where from every background and ethnicity Cathedral of Ss. Vladimir and Olga in accepting greetings on the peacefully enjoying the good things here. Winnipeg. occasion of the 18th Anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine

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The Ukrainian Weekly 18th Anniversary Greetings 2200 Rt. 10 PO Box 280 Parsippany, NJ 07054 Tel.: 973-292-9800 ext. 3040 E-mail: [email protected] No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 11 New book honors work of philanthropists Peter and Doris Kule EDMONTON, Alberta – Peter and everything he did. Doris Kule, exceptional individuals who He turned his experiences working as a have influenced the course of Canadian busboy, a part-time job he held to support higher education, were honored on July 2 himself, into a second career as an enor- with the presentation of a book dedicated mously successful real estate investor in to them and their work. the hospitality industry. Titled “Champions of Philanthropy: Boundlessly energetic and dedicated to Peter and Doris Kule and the the Ukrainian community, Mr. Kulee Endowments,” the book was edited by helped found the Ukrainian Professional Serge Cipko and Natalie Kononenko. The and Businessman’s Club in Edmonton and two editors made the presentation. began volunteer work early, offering free Also present were Kule family mem- accounting services to many organizations. bers Nick and Josephine Kuleba, Ken and Mrs. Kule was born east of Edmonton Debbie Pasnak, Christine Enns and in Boian, Alberta. As energetic as her Richard Turner, Peter Radesh and Audrey husband, she was an award-winning ath- Manual, the spouses of the two editors, lete, a craftsperson, a gardener and a per- Jacqueline Tait and Peter Holloway, and son who deeply loved education. After Anna Biscoe and Catherine Szabo, who earning her degree in teaching, she represented the Faculty of Arts at the worked in several rural schools and then University of Alberta. in Beverly, which later became part of The book dedicated to the Kules gives Edmonton. their biographies and chronicles their Together with her husband, Mrs. Kule contributions to Canadian higher educa- engaged in a variety of volunteer activi- At the book launch for “Champions of Philanthropy: Peter and Doris Kule and tion. Mr. Kule, a retired accountant, came ties, especially through the Ukrainian the Endowments,” (from left) are: Nick Kuleba, Josephine Kuleba, Peter Radesh, to Canada as a young man of 18. He Catholic Women’s League of Canada at Audrey Manuel, Natalie Kononenko, Peter Holloway and Serge Cipko; seated quickly learned English and used his St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral are Peter and Doris Kule. remarkable aptitude for mathematics to in Edmonton. begin studying for a career in accounting. As the book attests, the Kules have not Alberta, to Grant MacEwan University in the Endowments” is planned for the fall. Enterprising, resourceful and exception- only led exemplary lives, these have been Edmonton, to the University of Ottawa It will be hosted by the University of ally innovative, he not only mastered his major supporters of higher education, and St. Paul University in Ottawa. Alberta and all contributors to the book, chosen field, becoming a trusted and endowing chairs and providing other A formal launch for “Champions of as well as family and friends, will be admired accountant, but also learned from forms of support to the University of Philanthropy: Peter and Doris Kule and invited to attend.

Australian cross-country runner to raise funds for CCRDF by Zenon Zawada site, or http://www.firstgiving.com/steven- Kyiv Press Bureau marlborough. “Some have donated just for running, KYIV – Australian Steven Marlborough others have done it per kilometer, other has been in Ukraine for only nine months friends are doing it hoping I will be injured, but he’s already doing his part to make a and they’re sponsoring me per injury,” said positive difference. Mr. Marlborough, an employee of Shell The cross-country runner is flying to Ukraine. France to race in the Courchevel Xtrail This year’s run by Mr. Marlborough is a 2009 on August 8 to help the Children of prelude to his goal for 2010: the Gore-Tex Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund Transalpine Run, which involves eight days (CCRDF) raise funds to buy an urgently of running through four European countries needed respirator unit for the Volyn in the Alps for 35 kilometers (21.7 miles) Regional Children’s Medical Hospital. each day, including elevation gains and loss- The 30 K (18.6 miles) course crosses es of more than two kilometers each day. mountains and ski slopes, two kilometers The race is run in pairs within two min- (6,560 feet) of which is elevation gains and utes of each other, and Mr. Marlborough’s losses. partner got injured this year, postponing “I may need to use that respirator unit their effort until next year. myself,” quipped Mr. Marlborough, 41, Alexa Milanytch, CCRDF country direc- who has prepared by completing a 28-kilo- tor for Ukraine, said of Mr. Marlborough: meter run in Austria the weekend of June “He immediately became one of our biggest 28. So far, Mr. Marlborough has raised supporters and helped us out on several $1,317 of the $18,000 needed. Donations projects. This is his way to give back with can be made by visiting the CCRDF web- his talent and skill.” Steven Marlborough with his wife, Andrea, in Kyiv. Canada Post releases stamp featuring Vegreville pysanka PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The influence the spirit of small-town Canada,” of Ukrainians on Canadian culture according to Canada Post. was once again acknowledged on July In addition to the pysanka, three 6 when Canada Post issued a postage other man-made attractions are fea- stamp featuring the world’s largest tured in this set: the giant log man, pysanka, located in Vegreville, Mr. PG, in Prince George, British Alberta. Columbia; the over 64,000 signs The pysanka, or Ukrainian Easter which make up the Watson Lake egg, is on display at the entrance to Signpost Forest in Watson Lake, Elk Island National Park. It was offi- Yukon; and Inukshuk, a symbol of the cially unveiled oh July 28, 1975, in 1978 Artic Winter Games found in the commemoration of the centennial of Northwest Territory. Over the next the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. two years, two more sets of four The pysanka weighs 5,000 pounds and stamps will be issued featuring differ- towers 31 feet above the ground, and ent roadside attractions. was designed by Prof. Ronald Resch A souvenir sheet of four of this of the University of Utah. series is $2.16 Canadian and a booklet The stamp featuring this enormous of eight stamps is $4.32. Readers may tribute to Ukrainian culture, as well as purchase either product by download- to Canadian law enforcement, is part ing the order from at http://www.can- of a series called Roadside Attractions. adapost.ca/cpo/mr/assets/pdf/person- The series, which will be available al/productlisting.pdf or by calling through September, is designed to 1-800-565-4362 (in Canada). showcase monuments that “capture – Tyrssa Korduba Vegreville’s famous giant pysanka. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 No. 30 Vice-President... the European Union. But again, we rec- Poland. If you lift Ukraine to European ognize they are your decisions, your “We do not believe standards, your need for energy imports (Continued from page 5) choices, not ours, whether you choose the will dramatically decline, dramatically nation must come at the expense of anoth- EU or seek to, or NATO. We recognize that a partnership decline – just that one single action, none er. It has not. It does not, and it will not. that how far and how fast to proceed on other. That would be a boon to your econ- As I said, referencing the Munich your choices is, again, a uniquely with one nation omy and an immeasurable benefit, I Security Conference just weeks after tak- Ukrainian choice – it is not ours. respectfully suggest, to your national ing office, it holds true again – I want to The United States does not seek a must come at the security. re-emphasize it. We reject the notion of sphere of influence. We are trying to build expense of anoth- The time for inertia and neglect is long spheres of influence as 19th century ideas a multi-polar world, in which like-minded past. It’s time for action, as I know you that have no place in the 21st century. nations make common cause of our com- er. It has not. It know better than I. And we stand by the principle that sover- mon challenges – the stronger our part- I’m pleased that Ukraine and the eign states have a right to make their own ners, the more effective our partnerships. does not, and it United States have agreed to hold our decisions, to chart their own foreign poli- And in that spirit of partnership, I’m first meeting of our working group on cy, to choose their own alliances. also here to offer my honest opinion. will not.” energy security, so that we can look President Obama, in his speech in Friendship requires honesty. And the hon- together for solutions to some of today’s est truth is that the great promise of 2004 Moscow two weeks ago, strongly biggest challenges. has yet to be fully realized. Again, if the affirmed this principle. He said, and I The leaders of this country came poet Shevchenko were here today, what revive a striving banking system, and quote, “State sovereignty must be the cor- together once, in 2004, because they would he be writing? What would he phase out energy subsidies, which I know nerstone of international order. Just as all knew that a free and prosperous Ukraine write about this moment? I’m sure he from experience is a very difficult thing states should have the right to choose was more important than any one politi- would be heralding the openness and plu- to do. Carrying out this agreement cian, or any one political party. I have no their leaders, states must have the right to ralism, the freedom of the press –- a requires very hard choices and tough doubt the Ukrainians can, and will, come borders that are secure and to their own model for your neighbors. I’m sure he action, but it will help put you on the road together again. foreign policies. Any system that cedes would take pride in Ukraine’s vibrant to growth and competitiveness. When Shevchenko imagined freedom, those rights will lead to anarchy. That is civil society and marvel at your competi- And as a politician, I understand how he looked to the United States and its why this principle must apply to all tive elections. difficult these decisions are. young revolution. In the words of a poem nations, including Ukraine.” And to those cynics who have asserted But sometimes one has to ask why one he wrote in 1858, he said, “When will we We also re-affirmed the security assur- for centuries that this part of the world is involved in politics in the first place. greet our own George Washington at last ances that the United States, Russia and could never practice democracy because Whenever a young man or woman asks with the new law of righteousness?” the United Kingdom provided Ukraine in its culture and values are different, me about what they should be thinking Today’s American revolution is not so the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. Ukraine today stands as resolute rebuttal about if they wish to enter public life, I young. And when the Shevchenkos of Our commitment to Ukraine is evi- to that centuries old assertion. say, ask yourself the first and most impor- today imagine freedom, they don’t have denced through our aid program – $120 But I think he would also be wonder- tant question: What is it you care about to look to the United States, they can million this year to bolster peace and ing why the government was not exhibit- that is worth losing over? What is it that rightfully look to Ukraine. security, strengthen democratic institu- ing the same political maturity as the you care about that is worth losing over? The idea and promise of Ukraine’s tions, promote economic growth, mod- people, why communications among If you can’t figure that out, then it’s mere- peaceful revolution, remains an inspira- ernize your military, secure Chernobyl, leaders has broken down to such an extent ly ambition that’s driving you. Every tion for the world and for this region. Just fight AIDS and HIV, and improve child that political posturing appears to prevent country needs politicians who know what as your Orange Revolution did not end in health. progress. is worth losing over. 2005, it did not stop at Ukraine’s borders. We also strongly supported, and con- Especially now, especially in difficult As you take action, you will not stand We hear its echoes wherever people tinue to support, the IMF’s decision to economic times, Ukraine, in my humble alone. The United States wants to work peacefully stand and demand their voices provide $16 billion to help Ukraine make opinion, must heed the lessons of history with you to improve the investment cli- to be heard, a cacophony of voices, and it through what is an incredibly difficult – effective, accountable government is mate, expand trade and investment they refer back to your Orange time as a consequence of a worldwide the only way to provide a stable, predict- between our two countries, and help in Revolution. recession. able and transparent environment that any effective way we can, knowing full I have never met a Ukrainian – my We have worked with Ukraine to trans- attracts investment, which is the econom- well we do not have the answers. We are very good friend, John Hynansky, a very form your military, so that you can pro- ic engine of development. That’s why this struggling economically, as well; a differ- prominent businessman from Delaware is tect your homeland and contribute to Chamber of Commerce, I suspect, exists. ent struggle, but a real struggle. here. I had breakfast with him the other global security. Young Ukrainian officers Functioning democracies are more Ultimately, democracy and free mar- day. And I come from a city, where I was have studied in our military academies. capable of committing to and implement- kets will flourish when they deliver on born, Scranton, Pennsylvania, has a large American officers have come here to take ing economic reforms, sometimes even what people want most -– honesty, the Ukrainian-American population. I’ve part in education, training, planning, and painful reforms that are necessary to stim- elimination of corruption, a decent job, never met a Ukrainian who doesn’t think organization and exercises. And we’re ulate economic recovery and economic the ability to care for their parents and in terms of centuries. grateful to Ukraine for its contributions to growth. And I would note parenthetically, educate their children, physical security Centuries from now, what will international security. Ukraine’s armed can you name me a place where democra- and economic opportunity, a chance to Ukrainians say of this time? Will they say forces have been committed peacekeepers cy has flourished where the economic build a better life. No one wants anything of their leaders? Will they say they from the Balkans to Iraq, even as far system has failed? more than a chance. returned to the past? afield as Liberia. Mature democracies survive because When democracy and free markets Will they say that the beginning of the And we mourn – we mourn along with they develop institutions such as a free deliver on these basic desires, then those 21st century launched a new era of pros- you – the six Ukrainians who perished in press, a truly independent court system, promoting alternative forms of govern- perity, freedom and independence, and last week’s helicopter crash in an effective legislature – all of which ment, whether from within or without, are hope for all Ukrainians? Afghanistan. We have, unfortunately, sig- serve as a check on the corruption that never able to gain a foot hold. I hope you choose the progress – the nificant experience in mourning. fuels the cynicism and limits growth in Nowhere is the relationship between path of progress, for the people of Ukraine has also been a leader in what any country, including yours. And in a democracy, development and security Ukraine, for your children and for a President Obama and I believe is our democracy, compromise is not a sign of clearer than when it comes to energy. watching world – for literally, you are greatest security challenge – the greatest weakness; it is evidence of strength. Right now, in the United States, we’re standing at a moment in history that you security challenge that is facing the world In my meetings yesterday, there was a making significant efforts at some politi- have never stood at before – literally. It – and that is reducing the world’s arsenal clear recognition that much work remains cal expense, I might add, to diversify our sounds like hyperbole to suggest this, and of nuclear weapons, renewing the non- to be done to make Ukraine more com- energy supply, to invest in efficiency, and we politicians have a tendency to hyper- proliferation system and securing vulner- petitive and attractive to investors, from to make some very difficult decisions bole, but the God’s truth is you have able nuclear fissile material. reforming your tax code to acting against about how to deal with the carbon foot- never been at this place before, the chance Last December, the United States and corruption. print we’re leaving our children and our for your people to establish a truly inde- Ukraine agreed to a Charter on Strategic The path to renewed prosperity runs grandchildren and our great-grandchil- pendent, free and prosperous country with Partnership. And today, your president through the International Monetary Fund, dren. None are without cost. defined borders for the 21st century. and I agreed that the U.S. and Ukraine which is offering now a way out of the Just as it is in our interest to diversify When your children look back, what Strategic Partnership Commission would current crisis. But, as you might guess, our sources of energy and reduce the will they say of us? What will they say of begin meeting this fall in Washington to there are strings attached. My mother influence of those we depend on for our what the United States did to help or not deepen our cooperation in areas of securi- says, out of every crisis comes an oppor- energy, I might add too is it in your over- help? And what will they say of all of ty, economy, trade, energy and the rule of tunity. This may be your opportunity. whelming interest. Your economic free- you? My sincere prayer is they will say law. The fund requires that your govern- dom depends more, I suspect, in this that it was the beginning, the beginning The United States also supports ment, and your government agreed to country on your energy freedom than on of a dream we have dreamt for over 400 Ukraine’s deepening ties to NATO and to critical reforms to cut the budget deficit, any other single factor. years. I pray to God that happens because, Ukraine has abundant reserves of ener- quite frankly, your success will bear on gy, and reform of your energy sector the success or failure of many peoples in should reduce your dependence on for- this part of the world. Wherever you are, eign suppliers. Moving toward market I thank you for giving me the honor of pricing for energy is brave, but also abso- being here, for listening. And I sincerely The Ukrainian Weekly can be there with you lutely necessary pre-condition. hope that you understand I know we don’t Promoting energy efficiency and con- have all the answers, but I know your servation also will go a long way toward answer lies in freedom. And freedom lies Check out THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY online at increasing your independence. in the development of genuine democratic Ukraine uses energy about three times institutions. I wish you the best, and we www.ukrweekly.com less efficiently than the EU average, stand ready to walk that path with you. including your next-door neighbor, Thank you very, very much. No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 13 Ukrainian American scientist and colleague win prestigious Marconi Prize NEW YORK – Alcatel-Lucent Bell satellite and radio communications. Labs scientists Andrew R. Chraplyvy and “By demonstrating the dramatic capac- Robert W. Tkach, research partners for ity limitations imposed by nonlinearities more than two decades, have been award- on long-distance transmission via fiber, ed the 2009 Marconi Fellowship and Andy and Bob not only brought attention Prize for their research into optical fiber and resources to address the challenge but nonlinearities and their development of went on to find novel mitigation tech- novel mitigation techniques that vastly niques,” said Robert Lucky, chairman of increased the transmission speed and the Marconi Society and a former Bell capacity of optical fiber communications Labs colleague and manager of the two systems. scientists. The duo will receive the prestigious “They developed the concept of dis- award on October 9 at the annual Marconi persion management – and also conceived Awards Dinner at the Palazzo Re Enzo in a new optical fiber type. The effect of Bologna, Italy. The dinner and the pre- these innovations was to enable wave- ceding two-day Marconi Symposium are length-division-multiplexed (WDM) fiber being hosted by the Bologna-based transmission systems with capacities Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi. beyond one Terabit/second per fiber – a The Marconi Society at Columbia 100-fold capacity increase in a mere 10 University was established in 1975, years,” he explained. through an endowment set up by Gioia Optical fibers, used in communications Marconi Braga, daughter of Guglielmo systems to carry voice, data and images Alcatel-Lucent Marconi, the Nobel laureate who invented that have been translated into laser light Drs. Andrew Chraplyvy (left) and Robert Tkach, winners of the prestigious radio (wireless telegraphy). The society pulses, are the backbone of the Internet Marconi Prize. annually recognizes a living scientist and modern telecommunications systems. whose work in the field of communica- However, when optical fibers first were lation” while raking leaves in his back- cal fiber nonlinearities and how to over- tions and information technology advanc- installed, few scientists anticipated how yard, Dr. Chraplyvy, a Ukrainian come their damaging effects. es the social, economic and cultural quickly capacity limitations would come American, realized at what point optical By careful investigations of the effects improvement of all humanity. into play. Volume has exploded over the nonlinearities in communication fibers on optical nonlinearities of an inherent Recent winners have included past 20 years, and engineers have raced to would severely limit the fibers’ ability to material property in optical fibers (called Professor David Payne of the University stay ahead of the demand. carry large amounts of information and chromatic dispersion), Drs. Tkach and of Southampton in the United Kingdom, That helps explain the importance of that the world’s communications net- Chraplyvy realized that a new type of another optical fiber pioneer who led the the contributions of Drs. Chraplyvy and works could reach gridlock in a matter of optical fiber with precisely controlled development of the erbium-doped optical Tkach. Even before they invented the years rather than the decades that had chromatic dispersion would be able to fiber amplifier; Google founders Sergey new optical fiber that has become an been assumed. The incremental approach support large numbers of wavelengths Brin and Larry Page; Prof. Ron Rivest of industry standard – and subsequently to improving transmission efficiency that carrying high-speed signals. Implementing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, developed their innovative dispersion had sufficed until then was no longer an these discoveries and working with a Bell co-inventor of RSA encryption; Prof. management techniques to mitigate fiber option. Labs development team in Atlanta, they John Cioffi of Stanford the inventor of nonlinearities – they faced the uphill bat- As luck would have it, at about that devised a new type of fiber, branded modern high-speed modems that enabled tle of convincing other scientists that this same time, Dr. Tkach, who is of Czech TrueWave® Fiber that optimizes trans- DSL; and French Prof. Claude Berrou, was a problem worthy of significant origin, joined Bell Laboratories. He mission capacity of communications sys- whose discovery of turbo codes led to attention. proved the ideal collaborator and the two important advances in mobile telephony, In what he described as an “idle calcu- became inseparable investigators of opti- (Continued on page 27) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 No. 30 Soyuzivka’s Tennis Camp continues to attract young athletes by Petrusia Sawchak KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Tennis Camp opened the camp season at Soyuzivka on June 21 for 12 days of vigorous tennis instruction and fun-filled days both on and off the courts. The sounds and faces of the youngsters invigorated the Ukrainian National Association’s heritage center like all the camps that are part of the Soyuzivka experience. This was the 43rd year for the camp since its inception in 1967. Director George Sawchak, a United States Tennis Association (USTA) player, organizer, teacher and captain of Middle States, taught the tennis program, which included technical, physical and mental condition- ing that the sport demands. He was joined by Tetiana Sawchak Louer, who is a United States Professional Tennis Registry (USPTR – an interna- tional organization) certified teaching pro at Upper Main Line YMCA tennis club in Pennsylvania. She is also a former Campers and staff of the 2009 Tennis Camp at Soyuzivka. Division I collegiate player. This year the camp was also fortunate to have Don to tournament play, except for one begin- Kopach on the courts. He is an accom- ner group that continued to be drilled in plished player and has won a number of the basics. USCAK tournaments. Off-court activities were a little differ- The 33 campers, ranging from 10 to ent this year. This year’s campers, besides 17, came from eight U.S. states and from loving tennis, were also board game Canada. With about 70 percent of the advocates. They played scrabble, monop- campers returning from previous years oly, chess, card games and a paddle cup many were familiar with the routines of game. Sometimes they played their games camp. Some had parents who attended or watched a film in the Main House, but years ago. more often than not they enjoyed the The staff also included long-time coun- newly renovated game rooms at Camp selors Adam Ogonowski, Tatyana Lviv, which had new carpeting and Romanyuk and Adrienne (Ada) Kowcz, lounge-type sofas and chairs. They also who were once campers themselves. The swam in Soyuzivka’s Olympic-sized 24-hour dorm supervisor was Olya pool. Czerkas, who made the campers feel at Soyuzivka’s manager, Nestor home at the camp facilities known as Paslawsky, and chef, Andrij Sonevytsky, camp Lviv, newly renovated this year. prepared a wonderful “Hutsul Night” Coordinating activities was camp liaison, especially for the campers during the first Petrusia Sawchak. Both “Pani Olya” and week. The kids – a few dressed in “Pani Petrusia” are school teachers who Ukrainian embroidered shirts – were Winners of tournament awards (front row, from left) Adrian Burke, Daniel provided additional supervision of the treated and served royally by the staff Tylawsky, Anastasia Kowal, Ariadna Louer, Tusia Kopach, Mark Lucenko, campers. complete with “Shirley Temple” drinks George Sawchak (back row) Paul deVassal, Olesia Foty, Andrei Tabatchouk, Every morning the camp began with and hors d’oeuvres. A dance to Ukrainian Marta Cherpak, Lidia Kowinko and Matthew Kohout. calisthenics, which helped condition the music completed the evening. youngsters before actual playing, fol- A gala banquet was held at the end of very important in a camp environment. placed third. Unfortunately, due to lowed by instruction in the skills needed camp in Soyuzivka’s main dining room, The tournament results and trophies inclement weather, the Boys’ III Group to play tennis well. Then the campers where certificates were distributed and were presented by Mr. Sawchak. The did not complete its matches. They were divided into smaller groups to practice awards were presented. Mr. Sawchak winner in the Girls’ I Group was Olesia to finish the next day. what they had learned, whether it be thanked the management of Soyuzivka, Foty, the runner-up was Marta Cherpak When it was time to announce the cov- proper forehand and backhand strokes, or especially Mr. Paslawsky and Sonia and Lidia Kowinko placed third. In the eted Best Campers Awards, Mr. Sawchak serves and overhead smashes. Semanyshyn for all their service and Girls’ II Group Tusia Kopach and Ari commented on how difficult the decision They were also instructed in court cooperation always delivered with a Louer tied for first place, while Anastasia was this year because there were so many movements, game strategies, tennis eti- smile. Mr. Paslawsky welcomed the Kowal took third. who qualified for the honor. The entire quette, as well as other finer points need- campers and encouraged them to revisit Daniel Tylawsky was the winner, the staff finally decided that Olesia Foty from ed to be proficient in tennis. The instruc- the estate for many years to come. finalist was Adrian Burke, and the third Canada and Larysa Boyko from tors rotated groups so everyone had an Mr. Sawchak also thanked the entire place went to Paul deVassal in the Boys’ I Pennsylvania were the Best Girl Campers opportunity to learn from different peo- tennis camp staff and congratulated the Group. In the Boys’ II Group Andrei for 2009. The boy winners were Andrei ple. campers for their progress on the courts Tabatchouk took first place, Matthew The second week was devoted mostly and their positive attitude, which are so Kohout was second and Mark Luchanko (Continued on page 29)

Petrusia Sawchak Tennis Camp staff members (from left): Olya Czerkas, Ada Kowcz, Adam Recipients of the Best Camper Awards for 2009 (from left): Larysa Boyko, Olesia Ogonowski, Tatyana Romanyuk, Petrusia Sawchak, Tetiana Sawchak Louer and Foty, Andrei Tabatchouk and Matthew Kohout. George Sawchak. (Missing from photo: Don Kopach.) No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 15

boundless energy and elaborate stage cos- Ruslana... tumes. Her eight-member ensemble of (Continued from page 1) professional dancers added to the excite- Ukrainian Dance Workshop and the 9 ment. A special treat of the evening was p.m. show presented by Ruslana and her one number featuring a group of eight-member ensemble of dancers. Ukrainian Dance Workshop participants The workshop’s dancers were the stars performing with Ruslana. of the early evening concert, presenting a The energized audience – which filled program of folk dances from Ukraine’s the seats on the tennis courts, occupied Lemko, Hutsul, Zakarpattia and Poltava the hillside near the stage and overflowed regions, as well as the “Pryvit” onto the pool’s deck and the Veselka patio (Welcome), a wreath dance and a terpsi- – clapped and sang along. chorean staging of the Kozaks’ prepara- “Ruslana, we love you!” shouted tions for the historic Battle of Poltava Toma Mandicz, a teenager who had trav- (1709). The concert concluded with a eled to Soyuzivka from Plast Ukrainian rousing “Hopak.” Scouting Organization’s camp in East Lev Khmelkovsky Also on the Saturday evening bill were Chatham, N.Y. Near the festival’s grand stage (from left) are: UNA Treasurer Roma Lisovich, operatic singer Lyudmilla Fesenko, for- “That was the best festival ever – all UNA President Stefan Kaczaraj, and Counselor of Ukraine’s Embassy in the U.S. merly of Ukraine and now of New York; because of Ruslana and the dance work- Oleksander Mykhalchuk with his wife, Tetyana. vocalists Nadia Kobelak of Mississauga, shop,” said an enthusiastic Adrian Ontario, and Filip Zmacher of Ukraine; Horodecky of Mount Laurel, N.J. bandurist Victor Mishalow of Toronto; That night and the next day, countless and violinist Oleh Kulchytsky of Ukraine. compliments were addressed to festival The main draw of the night was organizers for such a dynamic show. Ukraine’s Ruslana Lyzychko, winner of Several days after the record-breaking the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, whose weekend, Soyuzivka General Manager Hutsul-inspired beats and melodies cata- Nestor Paslawsky – who along with pulted her to fame. The excitement on the Ukrainian National Association Treasurer Soyuzivka grounds was palpable as show Roma Lisovich and UNA National time approached and ever more people Organizer Oksana Trytjak was a key orga- arrived for the pop singer’s late evening nizer of the festival – reflected: “The show. most amazing thing was looking out onto Ruslana wowed the crowd during the the crowd from backstage and seeing the 75-minute concert with her unique music, mass of people. I just couldn’t stop watching the crowd. It was very impres- sive.” The festival “And this only the third year for our festival,” he added. “We knew this was by the numbers going to be big, but we couldn’t have imagined how big.” Among the multitudes attending the Lev Khmelkovsky Guests: 6,000-7,000 Ukrainian Cultural Festival over the Ukraine’s Honorary Consul in Vancouver, British Columbia, Lubomyr Huculak. Performers: 197 course of its three days were Ukraine’s diplomats from the United States and Albany, N.Y., and Andrij Stasiw, compos- Vendors: 45 Canada, including Ambassador to the er, conductor and pianist of New York. Soyuzivka staff: 67 United Nations Yuriy Sergeyev, with his Russ Chelak A third master of ceremonies, wife, Nataliya; Counselor of the Embassy Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Ukrainian American actor George Volunteers: 71 of Ukraine in the U.S. Oleksander Nations Yurii Sergeyev addresses the Dzundza, whose listing on festival adver- Security: 14 Mykhalchuk with his wife, Tetyana; and festival audience. tisements had been marked with an aster- Honorary Consul to Vancouver, British isk and the notation “schedule permit- Varenyky: 15,000 Columbia, Lubomyr Huculak. Gov. David A. Paterson of New York ting,” sent his regrets due to on-location Holubtsi: 3,000 Among other special guests attending sent a written greeting, a portion of which shooting of a new film. were New York State Assembly Speaker was read to festival-goers by masters of Kovbasa: 5,000 Sheldon Silver, New York State Sen. John ceremonies Lida Kulbida, best known as A rainy start Bonacic and U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey. a former newscaster for WNYT-TV in The festival got off to a rainy start on Friday evening, July 17, as the outdoor program was delayed and had to be moved from the large stage erected on Soyuzivka’s tennis courts to the Veselka auditorium. Early arrivals were treated to a pro- gram of music and dance featuring the singers Ms. Kobelak, Mr. Zmacher and Ms. Fesenko, musicians Mr. Mishalow and Mr. Kulchytsky, and the Ukrainian Dance Workshop, which presented but a taste of what was yet to come on the large outdoor stage. The first of the cultural programs on Saturday was the noontime concert by the Dumka Chorus of New York, conducted by Vasyl Hrechynsky. The hour-long concert was presented in the Veselka auditorium. Shortly after 1 p.m. the festival was officially opened on the grand outdoor stage with a welcome by UNA President Stefan Kaczaraj, and the singing of the national anthems of Ukraine, Canada and the United States by Sviatoslava Kaczaraj. Thanks were expressed to the chief sponsors of the festival, the UNA, Aerosvit airlines and Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union; and it was noted that the festival was taking place under the patronage of the Embassy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian National Foundation, the UNA’s charitable arm. Ambassador Sergeyev offered congrat- ulations and hailed the initiators of the fes- tival, the Ukrainian National Association and its Soyuzivka Heritage Center, who he Roma Hadzewycz A view of the gathering crowd during Saturday’s early evening program at the Ukrainian Cultural Festival. (Continued on page 29) 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 No. 30

Russ Chelak Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Workshop.

Roma Hadzewycz Ruslana with young performers.

Christine Syzonenko The Dumka Chorus of New York. Russ Chelak Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Workshop.

Roma Hadzewycz Roma Hadzewycz MCs Andrij Stasiw and Lida Kulbida with a young dancer and Soyuzivka’s Misio. Lyudmilla Fesenko and Victor Mishalow.

Russ Chelak Christine Syzonenko Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Workshop. The Iskra Ukrainian Dance Academy of Whippany, N.J. No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 17 PHOTO REPORT: Soyuzivka’s Ukrainian Cultural Festival

Markian Hadzewycz Roma Hadzewycz Zolotyj Promin of Hartford, Conn. The Korinnia ensemble.

Russ Chelak Christine Syzonenko Christine Syzonenko Filip Zmacher of Ukraine. Nadia Kobelak of Ontario. Violinist Oleh Kulchytsky of Ukraine.

Russ Chelak Markian Hadzewycz Nadia dance ensemble of Perth Amboy, N.J. The Zolotyj Promin dance troupe.

Russ Chelak Roma Hadzewycz Ruslana and her ensemble. The younger dancers of Iskra. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 No. 30

previous month. In 2008 the Ukrainian NEWSBRIEFS population declined by 0.5 percent CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 2) (229,000 persons). According to the 2001 [when we get] 100 million hrv at a rate of census Ukraine’s population was TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 4.5 [per dollar], but it’s another thing 48,415,500 people were living in. (Ukrinform) OR E-MAIL [email protected] [when we get the same amount] at a rate of 7.50-8.00 [per dollar]. It’s necessary to Kyiv among most expensive cities ensure that assignations are increased and SERVICES the resolution is implemented. These addi- KYIV – Kyiv is in 81st place in the tional [funds] could resolve social prob- ranking of the world’s most expensive cit- lems in Sevastopol,” he said. (Ukrinform) ies for expatriates, according to the Worldwide Cost of Living survey conduct- Ukraine’s capital going dry ed by the U.S. consulting firm Mercer KYIV – Kyiv City Council deputies at Human Resource Consulting. The Mercer their July 13 meeting endorsed a program survey covers 143 cities across six conti- on countering alcohol abuse and drug dis- nents. According to Mercer, Kyiv lost 20 tribution in Kyiv for 2009-2013. In partic- places in the rating, scoring 71.9 points in ular, the sale of alcoholic products will be 2009, compared to 91.7 points in 2008. Tokyo is now the world’s most expensive PROFESSIONALS prohibited on the Khreschatyk (Kyiv’s main boulevard), in parks and recreation city for expatriates; Osaka is in second areas, and near educational institutions. A place, while Moscow is now in third. Jaroslaw Lemega total of 22.8 million hrv (7.62 hrv = $1) is (Ukrinform) Architect & DesignBuild Contractor planned to be earmarked for the program. Kyiv street named for Petliura Custom Residential & Commercial According to Kyiv City Council official Design & Construction Service Alla Shlapak, centers of social services for KYIV – The Kyiv City Council has Tel 732 872 2512 renamed a street in honor of Symon Serving all of New Jersey youth, and departments of education and health care will establish units of social Petliura (1879-1926), supreme commander work in residential districts, at youth clubs of the Army of the Ukrainian National of education institutions and at educational Republic (UNR) and later president of the facilities for parents of alcohol and drug Directory of the UNR, on the occasion of addicts. (Ukrinform) the 130th anniversary of his birth. Petliura was assassinated on May 26, 1926, in Paris Absentee deputies are named by Shalom Schwartzbard, who claimed he KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Vice- was acting in revenge for Petliura’s respon- Chairman Mykola Tomenko on July 13 sibility for pogroms in Ukraine during the made public the names of national depu- revolutionary period of 1918-1920. As ties who missed over 60 registrations at noted in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, plenary meetings during the current par- “Petliura has frequently been invested with the responsibility for those acts. Petliura’s liamentary session. There are nine such own personal convictions render such deputies – eight of them from the opposi- responsibility highly unlikely, and all the tion Party of Regions and one from Our documentary evidence indicates that he Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense. Among consistently made efforts to stem pogrom the persistent absentees are: Rinat activity by UNR troops.” (Kyiv Post, Akhmetov, Ihor Humeniuk, Oleksander Encyclopedia of Ukraine) Darda, Serhii Kyi, Oleksander Leschynskyi, Volodymyr Maltsev, Serhii EU expands blacklist of airlines Momot, Anton Pryhodskyi and Davyd Zhvania. Mr. Tomenko also said that only BRUSSELS – The European Union’s GEORGE B. KORDUBA 18 national deputies did not miss a single blacklist of unsafe airlines grew signifi- Counsellor at Law Rada meeting without a valid reason. The cantly on July 14 with the addition of near- Emphasis on Real Estate, Wills, Trusts and Elder Law situation is no better as regards atten- ly all of Kazakhstan’s airlines (71 in total), Ward Witty Drive, P.O. Box 249 dance at committee meetings. Mr. as well as carriers from Ukraine and MONTVILLE, NJ 07045 Tomenko said deputies did not take part Zambia. “We cannot afford any compro- Hours by Appointment Tel.: (973) 335-4555 in a single committee meeting. The vice- mises in air safety; we have to remain vigi- chairman called on lawmakers to shoul- lant,” said Antonio Tajani, the European der administrative responsibility. “This commissioner for transport. “This list has administrative responsibility must involve greatly contributed to making Europe’s salary deductions for truancy,” Mr. skies safer,” he said. The commission Tomenko said. (Ukrinform) argues that its blacklist gives airlines MERCHANDISE strong incentives to fix safety defects. The Court orders NATO, SES referendum July 14 publication is the 11th update of the blacklist since it was created in March KYIV – Viktor Medvedchuk, head of 2006. It now includes airlines from the Legal State center council, has won a Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, the lawsuit against President Viktor Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Yushchenko, it was reported on July 9. Guinea, Gabon, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, FOR SALE The District Administrative Court of Kyiv the Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia, North fully satisfied Mr. Medvedchuk’s appeal Korea, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, FLORIDA CONDO FOR SALE concerning a referendum on Ukraine’s Swaziland, Ukraine and Zambia. The accession to NATO and the Single Ukrainian airlines now on the list are: Furnished 2 bedroom, 2 bath, Economic Space (SES). The court said the Motor Sich, Ukraine Cargo Airways, third floor unit at St. Andrew president’s inaction on calling a referen- Ukrainian Mediterranean Airlines and Ukrainian Village in North Port, dum was unlawful and illegal, and it Volare. (www.europeanvoice.com, www. ordered the president to call this referen- eyefortransport.com) FL. $140,000. Phone: dum via publication of a relevant decree. 440-842-1993 In the beginning of 2006, a total of Traveling exhibit of Shevchenkiana 4,431,673 million signatures of Ukrainian KYIV – A monumental exhibition of HELP WANTED citizens were collected on a petition call- ing for a referendum on Ukraine’s entry Shevchenkiana by Ukraine’s renowned into NATO and its participation in the SES photographer-monumentalist Ruslan Looking for a woman to help care with Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. But Telipsky, who is a researcher of Taras for an elderly woman - live in/out. the referendum has not been initiated thus Shevchenko, is traveling across Canada, it She is physically strong and is far. (Ukrinform) was reported on July 10. The exhibit aims to draw the attention of the Ukrainian able to get around on her own. Ukraine’s population: 46 million community in Canada to the upcoming Requirements would be compan- unveiling of the Taras Shevchenko ionship and preparing meals for KYIV – Ukraine’s population decreased Monument in Ottawa. The artist presented in May by 0.04 percent (16,700 persons) more than 100 works at the exhibition that her only. Separate apartment for as compared with April and it totaled both ladies would be provided in had opened on June 30 at the Embassy of 46,044,700 as of June 1, the State Statistics Ukraine in Ottawa. Mr. Telipsky’s photo- my home in Whippany, NJ. Committee announced. The urban popula- Run your advertisement here, graphs show monuments, busts and memo- Position available immediately. tion as of June 1 was 31,541,800, or rial plaques erected in honor of in The Ukrainian Weekly’s Call 973-884-0829 (home) or 17,900 persons less compared than on Shevchenko both in Ukraine and abroad. CLASSIFIEDS section. 973-722-5076 (cell). May 1; the rural population was 14,503,000 persons, or 8,000 less than the (Continued on page 19) No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 19

Mamontova, who was sentenced to death NEWSBRIEFS in Thailand, was pardoned by the Thai (Continued from page 18) king and is returning to Ukraine, said the (Ukrinform) secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada’s Human Rights Commissioner, Nina Lytvyn to run for president Karpachova. On July 17 Ms. Mamontova’s mother told Ms. Karpachova that her KYIV – The chairman of the Verkhovna daughter had left a Bangkok prison where Rada of Ukraine, Volodymyr Lytvyn, on she was held in the morning of June 16. Dr. Ludmila Schmitt Ph.D. July 16 announced his presidential run. Ms. Mamontova spent eight years and 10 professor of foreign languages at Rider University, and former chair of the for- “I’ve finally decided to run for president,” months in prison. Four years ago the eign languages department at the university, died suddenly Tuesday at Capitol Mr. Lytvyn said at a news briefing, adding appeals court of Thailand commuted her Health-Trenton. She was 63. that he is going into the election to win. death penalty to 33 years and four months According to Mr. Lytvyn, Ukraine needs a of imprisonment; later the term was cut by Born in Regensberg, Germany, she emigrated to Argentina with her parents in new and clear course, firm order and five years and five months due to an 1949. She was educated in Argentina, receiving an art degree in technical responsible authorities. The presidential amnesty. President Viktor Yushchenko had school and moved to the Philadelphia area in 1963. She and her parents settled election is set for January 17, 2010. appealed to the king of Thailand to pardon in the Olney section; Ludmila attended Temple University, earning her bachelor’s (Ukrinform) Ms. Mamontova. She was detained in and master’s degrees in Spanish. She then attended the University of Pennsylvania where she earned her Ph.D. in Latin-American Literature. PDP leader to run for president Bangkok on September 28, 2000, after

1,293.3 kilograms of heroin were seized Dr. Schmitt began her teaching career while a graduate student at Temple and KYIV – The leader of the People’s from her hotel room. (Ukrinform) Democratic Party, Liudmyla Suprun, Penn. Her first teaching job was at Vassar College; she then taught briefly at declared her intention to run for president Fewer Ukrainians get divorced Lafayette University before returning to Vassar where she later became the chair of Ukraine. “We are forming a people’s of the foreign languages department. Ludmila joined the faculty at Rider democratic movement – a union of non- KYIV – In the first half of the year, University in 1983. She was the author of a book ‘ El Laberinto en la Narrativa governmental organizations and political 69,000 married couples divorced, which Hispanoamericana Contemporanea’, published in 1981, as well as hundreds of parties, and we will surely take part in the is 15 percent less than in the first six papers on the Spanish language and Latin-American literature. She received presidential election, which is a compo- months of 2008 and 20 percent less than several grants during the course of her career to support her writing on the nent part of parliamentary elections and during the same period in 2007. These Hispanic literature of exile and on the Latino culture and writers in the United elections to local government bodies,” Ms. figures confirm the trend noted for many States. Suprun said on July 9. Political analysts years of a gradual decrease in the number predict a record number of presidential of divorces, the Justice Ministry’s press When she joined the faculty of Rider in 1983, she settled in Lawrenceville, New candidates in the January 17 elections: up service reported on July 21. Meanwhile, Jersey. In 1987, she married John Bruce Schmitt. Ludmila stepped down from to 40. In previous presidential campaigns the number of divorces has traditionally her position as chair of the foreign languages department to care for her mother and father. from six to 24 candidates ran. (Ukrinform) been 20 percent to 40 percent less than the number of marriages. This positive Cabinet endorses Great State Emblem tendency is reported year after year and At Rider University, she participated at an exhibit of her late father’s works spon- thus is a stable phenomenon. Since the sored by the Slavic Club. Entitled “ Life’s Journey Through Sculpture”, the KYIV – The Cabinet of Ministers has beginning of this year over 118,000 mar- exhibit showcased the sculpture of Petro Kapschutschenko, internationally unanimously approved a bill on the Great riages have been registered, which is 42 known artist, who had received various awards from the President of Ukraine, State Emblem of Ukraine. The decision percent more than the number of divorc- Victor Yushchenko, for his contributions to international sculpture. was made at a Cabinet meeting on July 17. es. (Ukrinform) Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko showed Dr. Schmitt’s viewing will be held on Saturday, July 18, 2009, from 9 to 11 AM at the image of the Great State Emblem and Localities disappear from Ukrainian map St. Andrew’s Memorial Church, 298 Main Street, South Bound Brook, New noted that it organically combines the Jersey 08880. Requiem Services will be sung at 11 AM. Burial will follow at St. whole history of Ukraine and its key sym- KYIV – Every year almost 25 populat- Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery. bols. The Great Emblem includes the ed localities disappear from the Ukrainian Small State Emblem of Ukraine – a blue map, said Anton Tretiak, deputy head of shield bearing the gold “tryzub” (trident) the State Land Committee. Speaking at a emblem of Prince Volodymyr the Great, as press club meeting on the development of well as the image of a lion, symbolizing rural areas, he noted that in the past 15 The Wrzesnewsky Family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to the the western Ukrainian region, and the years, the rural population was reduced Ukrainian community for the overwhelming attendance at the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church for the funeral rites in memory of image of a Kozak with a musket symboliz- by 2 million. As of June 1, 2008, a total ing eastern Ukraine. In addition, the of 220 villages on 5,770,39 million hect- emblem contains the image of the “kaly- ares of lands lost their status as populated Roman Wrzesnewskyj na,” or guelder rose, symbolizing Ukraine, localities; in another 12,560 functioning beloved husband, father and grandfather. Almost 3,000 persons attended the and a crown, symbolizing state sovereign- localities the social infrastructure is unsat- rites on two successive days and signed the visitors’ register book. ty. The prime minister proposed that the isfactory, he said. (Ukrinform) Our sincere thanks go to the Most Reverend Stephen Chmilar, Bishop of the Verkhovna Rada begin its work in Green education in Ukraine Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Toronto and Eastern Canada Eparchy, the par- September by approving the Great State ish priest Very Reverend Father Roman Lobay and Reverend Father Oleh Juryk. Emblem. The Small Emblem of Ukraine KYIV – The Project Coordinator of the We are grateful to Bishop Stephen, Father Roman and Father Oleh for the very was adopted on February 19, 1992. Organization for Security and Cooperation memorable and deep-felt words of farewell to Roman’s soul. (Ukrinform) in Europe is helping to introduce environ- The presence at the Holy Liturgy of the Most Reverend Yuri Kalistchuk, mental education into Ukraine’s second- Australian coin recalls Poltava battle Archbishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada, Eparchy of Toronto, ary-school curriculum in cooperation with was like a healing balm. We recognize it as an explicit manifestation of respect KYIV – A jubilee silver coin of 1 dollar the Regional Environmental Center for to Roman’s life of service to all. was released in Australia by the 300th Central and Eastern Europe and Ukraine’s anniversary of the Poltava battle, Poltava Ministry of Education. A multi-media edu- We are ever so grateful to the Vesnivka and Orion choirs of the Ukrainian Youth (Center Ukraine) Mayor Andrii cational kit – known as the Green Pack – Association for their participation. It was an expression of sentiments of love Matkovskyi said on July 20. “The coin will be adapted for use in Ukraine, and the and devotion to our native land, which will never wither in Roman’s family. shows a fragment of the battle. Thus, a far- Office of the OSCE Project Coordinator away continent with a huge Ukrainian will also organize training courses for We were particularly touched by the presence and by expressions of deep sor- row and mourning by Mr. Roman Zavadovych from Chicago, Roman’s only close diaspora honored the 300th anniversary of teachers on environmental education tech- relative. the battle,” Mr. Matkovskyi said. The fact niques. Developed by the Regional that the coin is a jubilee issue is seen on Environmental Center for Central and We shall always remember the sincere condolences of the numerous represen- the inscription on its reverse side: “The Eastern Europe, the Green Pack covers 22 tatives of the Ukrainian organizations and societies and their spokespersons: Battle of Poltava 1709-2009.” A glyph of topics related to environmental protection Mrs. Maria Shkambara – Ukrainian World Congress and World Federation of the monument to the Russian tsar in the and sustainable development. It has been Ukrainian Women Organizations; Dr. Oleh Romanyshyn – League of Ukrainian center of the reverse side is rendered in the implemented in 14 countries in the OSCE Canadians; Mrs. Christina Bidiak – League of Ukrainian Canadian Women; Mr. classical manner of coin minting, he region since it was launched in 2001, and Taras Pidzameckyj – Ukrainian National Federation; and Mr. Roman Melnyk – added. (Ukrinform) in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Canadian Ukrainian Art Foundation. Kyrgyzstan with the OSCE’s assistance. Thai king pardons Ukrainian We also want to express our thanks for the offereing of prayers, numerous (Organization for Security and Cooperation Masses, flowers and donations towards the betterment of life of the orphans in KYIV – Ukrainian citizen Viktoria in Europe) Ukraine. The lighted candle of reverence and love for Roman shall burn brightly in our hearts like Lesia Ukrainka’s “... embers of a great fire will never go out.” DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS Eternal Rest Grant Him O Lord! Vichnaya Pamiat’! Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. Irena - wife Rate: $7.50 per column-inch. Ruslana - daughter with Andy Boris - son with Lina Telephone, (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040; e-mail, [email protected]. Please include the daytime phone number of a contact person. 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or 10 years time given the domestic and for- gram entirely or involving Russia too 1990s, a large part of getting Europe right Open letter... eign policy uncertainties we face. We need deeply in it without consulting Poland or was about getting Central and Eastern (Continued from page 6) to take the right steps now to ensure the the Czech Republic can undermine the Europe right. The engagement of the United nomic crisis provide additional opportunities strong relationship between the United credibility of the United States across the States was critical to locking in peace and for the forces of nationalism, extremism, States and Central and Eastern Europe over whole region. stability from the Baltics to the Black Sea. populism and anti-Semitism across the con- the past 20 years will endure. • Fourth, we know that NATO alone is Today the goal must be to keep Central and tinent but also in some our countries. We believe this is a time both the United not enough. We also want and need more Eastern Europe right as a stable, activist and This means that the United States is likely States and Europe need to reinvest in the Europe and a better and more strategic Atlanticist part of our broader community. to lose many of its traditional interlocutors trans-Atlantic relationship. We also believe U.S.-EU relationship as well. Increasingly That is the key to our success in bringing in the region. The new elites replacing them this is a time when the United States and our foreign policies are carried out through about the renaissance in the alliance the may not share the idealism – or have the Central and Eastern Europe must reconnect the European Union – and we support that. Obama administration has committed itself same relationship to the United States – as around a new and forward-looking agenda. We also want a common European foreign to work for and which we support. That will the generation who led the democratic tran- While recognizing what has been achieved and defense policy that is open to close require both sides recommitting to and sition. They may be more calculating in in the 20 years since the fall of the Iron cooperation with the United States. We are investing in this relationship. But if we do it their support of the United States, as well as Curtain, it is time to set a new agenda for the advocates of such a line in the EU. But right, the pay-off down the road can be very more parochial in their world view. And in close cooperation for the next 20 years we need the United States to rethink its real. By taking the right steps now, we can Washington a similar transition is taking across the Atlantic. attitude toward the EU and engage it much put it on new and solid footing for the place as many of the leaders and personali- Therefore, we propose the following more seriously as a strategic partner. We future. steps: need to bring NATO and the EU closer ties we have worked with and relied on are Valdas Adamkus • First, we are convinced that America together and make them work in tandem. also leaving politics. Former President of the Republic of needs Europe and that Europe needs the We need common NATO and EU strate- And then there is the issue of how to Lithuania deal with Russia. Our hopes that relations United States as much today as in the past. gies not only toward Russia but on a range The United States should reaffirm its voca- with Russia would improve and that of other new strategic challenges. Martin Butora tion as a European power and make clear Moscow would finally fully accept our • Fifth is energy security. The threat to Former Ambassador of the Slovak that it plans to stay fully engaged on the complete sovereignty and independence energy supplies can exert an immediate Republic to the United States continent even while it faces the pressing after joining NATO and the EU have not influence on our nations’ political sover- challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the eignty also as allies contributing to common Emil Constantinescu been fulfilled. Instead, Russia is back as a wider Middle East and Asia. For our part, decisions in NATO. That is why it must also Former President of the Republic of revisionist power pursuing a 19th century we must work at home in our own countries become a trans-Atlantic priority. Although Romania agenda with 21st century tactics and meth- and in Europe more generally to convince most of the responsibility for energy security ods. At a global level, Russia has become, Pavol Demes our leaders and societies to adopt a more lies within the realm of the EU, the United on most issues, a status-quo power. But at Former Minister of International global perspective and be prepared to shoul- States also has a role to play. Absent a regional level and vis-à-vis our nations, Relations and Advisor to the President, der more responsibility in partnership with American support, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan it increasingly acts as a revisionist one. It Slovak Republic the United States. pipeline would never have been built. challenges our claims to our own historical • Second, we need a renaissance of Energy security must become an integral Lubos Dobrovsky experiences. It asserts a privileged position NATO as the most important security link part of U.S.-European strategic cooperation. Former Defense Minister of the Czech in determining our security choices. It uses between the United States and Europe. It is Central and Eastern European countries Republic, former Ambassador to Russia overt and covert means of economic war- the only credible hard-power security guar- should lobby harder (and with more unity) fare, ranging from energy blockades and Matyas Eorsi antee we have. NATO must reconfirm its inside Europe for diversification of the ener- politically motivated investments to brib- Former Secretary of State of the core function of collective defense even gy mix, suppliers and transit routes, as well Hungarian MFA ery and media manipulation in order to while we adapt to the new threats of the 21st as for tough legal scrutiny of Russia’s abuse advance its interests and to challenge the century. A key factor in our ability to partici- of its monopoly and cartel-like power inside Istvan Gyarmati trans-Atlantic orientation of Central and pate in NATO’s expeditionary missions the EU. But American political support on Ambassador, President of the Eastern Europe. overseas is the belief that we are secure at this will play a crucial role. Similarly, the International Center for Democratic We welcome the “reset” of the home. We must therefore correct some self- United States can play an important role in Transition in Budapest American-Russian relations. As the coun- inflicted wounds from the past. It was a mis- solidifying further its support for the tries living closest to Russia, obviously Vaclav Havel take not to commence with proper Article 5 Nabucco pipeline, particularly in using its Former President of the Czech Republic nobody has a greater interest in the devel- defense planning for new members after security relationship with the main transit opment of the democracy in Russia and NATO was enlarged. NATO needs to make country, Turkey, as well as the North-South Rastislav Kacer better relations between Moscow and the the alliance’s commitments credible and interconnector of Central Europe and LNG Former Ambassador of the Slovak West than we do. But there is also ner- provide strategic reassurance to all mem- terminals in our region. Republic to the United States vousness in our capitals. We want to bers. This should include contingency plan- • Sixth, we must not neglect the human Sandra Kalniete ensure that too narrow an understanding of ning, prepositioning of forces, equipment factor. Our next generations need to get to Western interests does not lead to the Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of and supplies for reinforcement in our region know each other, too. We have to cherish Latvia wrong concessions to Russia. Today the in case of crisis as originally envisioned in and protect the multitude of educational, concern is, for example, that the United the NATO-Russia Founding Act. professional and other networks and friend- Karel Schwarzenberg States and the major European powers We should also rethink the working of ships that underpin our friendship and alli- Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, might embrace the Medvedev plan for a the NATO-Russia Council and return to ance. The U.S. visa regime remains an Czech Republic “Concert of Powers” to replace the conti- the practice where NATO member-coun- obstacle in this regard. It is absurd that Michal Kovac nent’s existing, value-based security struc- tries enter into dialogue with Moscow with Poland and Romania – arguably the two Former President of the Slovak Republic ture. The danger is that Russia’s creeping a coordinated position. When it comes to biggest and most pro-American states in the intimidation and influence-peddling in the Russia, our experience has been that a CEE region, which are making substantial Ivan Krastev region could over time lead to a de facto more determined and principled policy contributions in Iraq and Afghanistan – have Chairman of the Center for Liberal neutralization of the region. There are dif- toward Moscow will not only strengthen not yet been brought into the visa-waiver Strategies in Sofia, Bulgaria fering views within the region when it the West’s security but will ultimately lead program. It is incomprehensible that a critic comes to Moscow’s new policies. But Moscow to follow a more cooperative pol- like the French anti-globalization activist Alexander Kwasniewski there is a shared view that the full engage- icy as well. Furthermore, the more secure Jose Bove does not require a visa for the Former President of the Republic of ment of the United States is needed. we feel inside NATO, the easier it will also United States but former Solidarity activist Poland Many in the region are looking with be for our countries to reach out to engage and Nobel Peace prizewinner Lech Walesa Mart Laar hope to the Obama administration to restore Moscow on issues of common interest. does. This issue will be resolved only if it is Former Prime Minister of Estonia the Atlantic relationship as a moral compass That is the dual-track approach we need made a political priority by the president of for their domestic as well as foreign policies. and which should be reflected in the new the United States. Kadri Liik A strong commitment to common liberal NATO strategic concept. The steps we made together since 1989 Director of the International Center for democratic values is essential to our coun- • Third, the thorniest issue may well be are not minor in history. The common suc- Defense Studies in Tallinn, Estonia tries. We know from our own historical America’s planned missile-defense instal- cesses are the proper foundation for the Janos Martonyi experience the difference between when the lations. Here too, there are different views trans-Atlantic renaissance we need today. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, United States stood up for its liberal demo- in the region, including among our publics This is why we believe that we should also Hungary cratic values and when it did not. Our region which are divided. Regardless of the mili- consider the creation of a Legacy Fellowship suffered when the United States succumbed tary merits of this scheme and what for young leaders. Twenty years have passed Janusz Onyszkiewicz to “realism” at Yalta. And it benefited when Washington eventually decides to do, the since the revolutions of 1989. That is a Former Vice-President of the European the United States used its power to fight for issue has nevertheless also become – at whole generation. We need a new genera- Parliament, former Defense Minister, principle. That was critical during the Cold least in some countries – a symbol of tion to renew the trans-Atlantic partnership. Poland War and in opening the doors of NATO. America’s credibility and commitment to A new program should be launched to iden- Adam Rotfeld Had a “realist” view prevailed in the early the region. How it is handled could have a tify those young leaders on both sides of the Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1990s, we would not be in NATO today and significant impact on their future trans- Atlantic who can carry forward the trans- Poland the idea of a Europe whole, free and at peace Atlantic orientation. The small number of Atlantic project we have spent the last two would be a distant dream. missiles involved cannot be a threat to decades building in Central and Eastern Alexandr Vondra We understand the heavy demands on Russia’s strategic capabilities, and the Europe. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and your administration and on U.S. foreign pol- Kremlin knows this. We should decide the In conclusion, the onset of a new admin- Deputy Prime Minister, Czech Republic icy. It is not our intent to add to the list of future of the program as allies and based istration in the United States has raised great Vaira Vike-Freiberga problems you face. Rather, we want to help on the strategic plusses and minuses of the hopes in our countries for a trans-Atlantic Former President of the Republic Latvia by being strong Atlanticist allies in a U.S.- different technical and political configura- renewal. It is an opportunity we dare not European partnership that is a powerful tions. The alliance should not allow the miss. We, the authors of this letter, know Lech Walesa force for good around the world. But we are issue to be determined by unfounded firsthand how important the relationship Former President of the Republic of not certain where our region will be in five Russian opposition. Abandoning the pro- with the United States has been. In the Poland No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 21 Canada’s UNYF holds 75th anniversary national convention by Taras Babyuk TORONTO – The 75th anniversary national convention of the Ukrainian National Youth Federation (UNYF) of Canada was held at Hawkestone, Ontario, on July 3-5. Some 50 UNYF branch dele- gates, alumni and guests from across Canada participated. The convention coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Ukrainian National Federation’s Camp Sokil – a 250-acre Ukrainian campground near Barrie, Ontario, offering parkland, sports fields, camping and a sandy beach on Lake Simcoe. The highlight of the convention was the election of a new, eight-member national executive team, headed by National President Volodymyr Grytsiv Edmonton, Alberta), as well as a three-member control- ling committee. On the evening of July 3, some 100 con- vention participants and guests welcomed Lesya Panko banquet guest speaker Borys Sirskyj, former Convention delegates and guests gathered for a group photo. executive assistant to the late Sen. Paul Yuzyk, who spoke about the senator’s life, program, one of the highlights of which was Toronto. society. indefatigable personality, and his momen- a traditional Kupalo performance by UNF The UNYF was founded in Saskatoon, The UNYF currently has branches in tous contribution to the Ukrainian Canadian Edmonton’s Amateur Drama Club Suziria, Saskatchewan in 1934 as part of the Vancouver, British Columbia; Edmonton, community and to Canada. directed by Nataliya Grytsiv. The concert Ukrainian National Federation of Canada. Winnipeg, Manitoba; Toronto, West Toronto, On Saturday, July 4, Convention partici- was followed by a dance for everyone. Its aim is to unite youth of Ukrainian Hamilton and St. Catharines, Ontario; and pants had a chance to compete in sports The convention concluded on Sunday Canadian ancestry in order to educate them Montreal. Branches are under development tournaments; many volunteered to provide with a divine liturgy at the Camp Sokil cha- to be conscious of their heritage, as well as in Sudbury, Ontario; Saskatoon and Regina, “Ivan Kupalo” and other activities for chil- pel and a blessing ceremony for the new their role in and contribution to Canadian Saskatchewan. dren. In the evening, Convention partici- UNYF national executive flag. The blessing pants and campers were treated to a concert was performed by the Rev. Ostap Chornij of

A view of the business session of the Ukrainian National Youth Federation’s 75th The swearing in of the new UNYF national executive. anniversary national convention.

New Jersey’s UNWLA Branch 98 celebrates its 21st anniversary by Irene Krawczuk SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – Branch 98 (Holmdel/Middletown, N.J.) of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA) celebrated its 21st anniversary on Sunday, June 7 at the Sisterhood Hall of St. Andrew’s Memorial Church in South Bound Brook, N.J. The event was dedicated to the branch’s patroness, St. Olga. On a sunny afternoon, members and guests enjoyed a lovely luncheon along with a full program of activities. Branch President Victoria Mischenko began the festivities by extending a warm welcome to all. Luba Bilowchtchuk served as the mistress of ceremony and led the group in singing the UNWLA anthem. UNWLA Honorary President Anna Krawczuk read the UNWLA special prayer. Branch godmothers Maria Polanskyj and Mrs. Krawczuk presented the branch Participants of the 21st anniversary celebration of Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Branch 98. with a Ukrainian embroidered “rushnyk” (ritual cloth). Many greetings and letters and sometimes personal history of the 98 conducted clothing drives, film screen- by Ukrainian artists followed. Three of congratulations followed, including branch. Over its 21-year history, the ings of “Harvest of Despair” and “Between lucky winners were chosen to take these one from Marianna Zajac, national presi- branch elected seven presidents. Four of Hitler and Stalin” at local libraries, as well beautiful works home. The fun continued dent of the UNWLA. them, Dr. Margaret Putykewych, Mrs. as displays of Ukrainian folk art and many with everyone’s participation in a sing- A singing duo, Ania Dzera and Mischenko, Mary Bonanno and Orysia fund-raising events. She gave special recog- along and then a tricky-tray auction. Yaroslava Kochman, provided entertain- Jacus, remain members, with Mrs. Jacus nition to the late Mykola Bojczuk, who In her closing remarks, Mrs. ment, regaling the audience with their currently serving as the branch treasurer. financed the mailing of 65 packages of Mischenko thanked all for attending and lovely renditions of Ukrainian songs. Mrs. Mischenko, noted that, while small clothing to Brazil and Ukraine. for their ongoing support of the goals of Mrs. Mischenko followed with a brief in membership and without a parish, Branch A raffle of two paintings and an icon the UNWLA. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 No. 30 No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 23

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Philatelic Society Ernest J. Kehr Award and Teacher honored the Ukrainphilex 2001 Grand Award for his exhibit Ukraine Postal History: 1900-1945. by Smithsonian He is on the Board of Directors of the PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Andriy Oleksiuk, a Chicago Philatelic Society, an officer of the teacher at Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois Postal History Society and a mem- was honored by The Smithsonian Institute ber of the Chicago Ukrainian Philatelist for his work in the field of philately. He was Organization. asked to contribute to the Smithsonian On July 5, Mr. Oleksiuk will conclude National Postal Museum’s Collecting his fifth annual Stamps for Kids giveaway, Ancestral Homelands web exhibit, a high a program which will distribute over 1.5 profile internet-based showcase. millions collectable postage stamps to On the Smithsonian’s Postal Museum Chicago children. website, Mr. Oleksiuk indicated that his Mr. Oleksiuk is a former member of appreciation has grown from an interest in Plast, the Ukrainian Scouting Organization, stamps as graphic art to stamps as a window in Chicago and is a graduate of The School to history. He credits his father with spark- of Ukrainian Studies in Chicago. He earned ing his interest in philately. his undergraduate degree from Columbia Mr. Oleksiuk has a permanent philately College and is currently a Master of Fine exhibit at the Chicago Ukrainian National Arts candidate at the Electronic Museum. Additionally, he has exhibited his Visualization degree program at the School collection at many venues in Chicago and of Art and Design at the University of Wisconsin. Illinois at Chicago. This award is not Mr. Oleksiuk’s first Mr. Oleksiuk’s contribution to the exhibit achievement in philately. He was awarded may be viewed by logging on to http:// the prestigious 2008 Chicago Philatelic www.postalmuseum.si.edu/homelands/ Society Russo Award, the 2007 American Oleksiuk.html.

neatly kept properties and houses, many of Artist to display which belong to Ukrainians. This year’s group art exhibition takes works at Grazhda place from July 5 to September 1. It will feature over 79 artists. Mr. Schumylowych TANNERSVILLE, N.Y. – Taras will show two oil paintings, “Autumn Schumylowych from Tannersville, N.Y., Stories” and “Sunflowers.” will take part in the 2009 Annual Exhibition Mr. Schumylowych will also display two of Ukrainian Artists in the U.S., at the of his paintings at the 62nd annual art exhib- Grazhda, the Ukrainian Cultural Center sit- it of Twilight Park Artists in nearby Haines uated near St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Falls, N.Y., on August 8-9. Also participat- Catholic Church in Jewett, N.Y. ing in that show, among more than 100 art- The center is surrounded by the beautiful ists, will be his grandchildren Xenia, Justin Catskill Mountains, luscious meadows and and Larissa Schumylowych.

The Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble (PFE) is a dynamic Ukrainian Dance Company based out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. PFE is excited to bring together the art of Ukrainian staged dance through its “Nostalgia” tour, 2009, featuring special guest per- former, violin virtuoso, Vasyl Popadiuk. The ensemble is touring from Saturday, July 25th, to Friday, August 7th, throughout the USA and Canada including Chicago, Pittsburgh, Whippany, Mississauga, and Montreal. Experience the passion and enchantment that is PAVLYCHENKO!

Chicago Sunday, July 26, 2:00 pm Northside College Prep High School 5501 N. Kedzie Pittsburgh Wednesday, July 29, 7:00 pm Upper St. Clair Theater 1825 McLaughlin Run Road Upper St. Clair, PA Whippany Sunday, August 2, 2:00 pm Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey 60 North Jefferson Road Whippany, NJ Montreal Monday, August 3, 7:00 pm Collège Jean-Eudes 3535, Boul. Rosemont Montréal, QC Toronto Thursday, August 6, 7:00 pm Meadowvale Theatre 6315 Montevideo Rd. Mississauga, ON Tickets available @ Canadian Orders: www.ticketweb.ca 1.888.222.6608 American Orders: www.ticketweb.com IL: 1.866.468.3401 PA & NJ: 1.866.468.7619 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 No. 30 No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 25 USCAK-East Tennis Championships held at Soyuzivka by George Sawchak KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Soyuzivka was again the site of the annual USCAK- East Tennis Tournament. Held on the weekend of June 27-28, this 53rd annual event sponsored by the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada (known by its Ukrainian acronym as USCAK) attracted 36 players, many from the Soyuzivka Tennis Camp, which was in session during this time. They compet- ed in 11 groups: six singles groups, three doubles groups, and two mixed doubles groups. A young Canadian, Alexandra (Olesia) Foty, became the women’s USCAK-East champion when in the final round of the group she defeated Ada Kowcz of Connecticut 6-3, 6-1. In the semi-finals Foty overcame Lidia Kowinko, and Kowcz received a walk- over from Christine Toth. Kowinko gained third place in the group with a feed-in win over Katherine Petryczka. For the third consecutive year New York State resident Mykola Stroynick won the men’s group of the tournament. With the score at 5-0 in the first set, his opponent, Steve Sosiak of Colonia, N.J., Petrusia Sawchak could not continue the match. Tournament participants and trophy winners during closing ceremonies. In the semi-finals Stroynick defeated In the semi-finals Tylawsky beat Peter Paul deVassal 6-1, 6-1, and Sosiak beat To reach to the finals Durbak-Hrabec ists by members of USCAK’s tennis com- Greg Serba 6-2, 6-3. In what was one of Chudolij 6-0, 6-1, and Burke, Marko defeated a father-and-son team, of the mittee Durbak, Hrabec and Sawchak (chair- the best matches of the tournament, Luchanko 6-1, 6-1. Chudolij won the deVassals 6-2, 6-3. Serba-Dziwak took the man), who conducted the tournament. deVassal defeated Serba 0-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3) feed-in of the group with a 6-1, 6-1 win feed-in, thereby taking third place in the The next Ukrainian tennis tournament to gain the third place in the men’s group. over Marko Luchanko. group by beating the deVassals 6-3, 6-3. will be USCAK’s singles championships, The men’s senior championship went Women’s doubles winners were sin- At the conclusion of the tournament, tro- which will be held on the courts of to Ivan Durbak of New Jersey when in gles’ finalist Foty and Kowcz, who phies were presented to winners and final- Soyuzivka on September 5-7. the final round he defeated Sosiak, who defeated Larysa Boyko and Kowinko 6-4, played in two singles groups, 6-0, 6-1. 6-0. In the semi-finals Durbak beat George Kowcz teamed up with Serba to win Hrabec 6-1, 6-1 and Sosiak defected Ihor the mixed doubles group 6-3, 6-4 over Buhaj 6-1, 6-2. Hrabec won the feed-in of husband-and-wife team from the senior group with a pro-set score of Pennsylvania, Val and Anna deVassal. 8-6 over Walter Dziwak. Their son, Paul, with partner Marta In a round-robin format, Marta Cherpak won the junior mixed doubles Cherpak from Maryland won the girls’ group with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Patrylak singles group of the tournament without and Bernard. losing a single game. Larysa Boyko, a Tylawsky and Burke won the boys’ Pennsylvania resident, defeated Alexandra junior doubles when they defeated Patrylak 6-1, 6-3 to gain second place in Chudolij and Frankie Owens 6-0, 6-1 in the girls’ singles. the finals. Boys’ singles competed in two age In the semi-finals Burke and Tylawsky groups. In the younger, 14 and under won over Chernyk and Bula, and Chudolij group, a Floridian, Christopher Bula, in and Owens beat Luchanko and Kohout the final round won over Oliver Chernyk 6-0, 2-6, 7-5. The feed-in of the group of New York 6-0, 6-3. went to a team of Daniel Hankevych and In the semis Bula won over Mark Andrei Tabachouk when they defeated Watson, and Chernyk defeated Julian Luchanko-Kohout 6-0, 6-4. Bernard 6-4, 6-1. Matt Kohout won the For the third year in a row the men’s feed-in of the group with a win over doubles winners was the team of Don Watson 6-3, 6-0. Kopach and his father-in-law, George Sawchak. In the finals of the group they The boys’ 16 and under championship Presenting trophies to men’s singles champion Mykola Stroynick (third from left) went to Daniel Tylawsky of New Jersey. defeated Durbak and Hrabec 6-4, 6-2, and and finalist Steve Sosiak (far left) are George Sawchak and George Hrabec. In the finals of the group he defeated in the semi-finals Serba and Dziwak 6-2, Adrian Burke of New York 6-0, 6-1. 6-2.

Marta Cherpak, girls’ winner (second from right) and Larysa Boyko, finalist, Women’s trophy winners Olesia Foty (far right) champion, Ada Kowcz, finalist receive awards from committee members (from left) Ivan Durbak, George (third from left), Lidia Kowinko, third-place winner (second from left) with com- Sawchak and George Hrabec. mittee members Ivan Durbak (far left) and George Hrabec (second from left). 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 No. 30 “Holodomor: Ukraine’s Genocide” wins award at Monaco film festival LOS ANGELES – “Holodomor: ing Holodomor survivors in the Kyiv, Ukraine’s Genocide” was awarded the Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv and “Grand Jury Award for a Feature or Short Cherkasy regions of Ukraine. Also inter- for the Most Outstanding Movie, Award viewed were Holodomor survivors of Discovery and Human Interest” at the throughout the United States and Canada. Monaco Charity Film Festival held in The film’s team is quickly approaching May in Monte Carlo, Monaco. the completion of a 96-minute feature- The documentary film directed by length documentary film. “We are in the Bobby Leigh and produced by Marta final phases of editing, and have held Tomkiw, whose small, independent com- many focus groups all over the country panies are based in Los Angeles, was offi- and have received very positive feed- cially selected out of 350 originally sub- back,” said Mr. Leigh. mitted films from all over the world, and “I didn’t want to make this film look or won this distinctive award out of 55 films. feel like a documentary. It definitely has a On hand to accept the prestigious award narrative studio feature film feel; it’s not in Monte Carlo were Director/Producer slow or boring. It’s very emotional, edu- Bobby Leigh (Mr. Leigh has had three films cational and it also enlightens,” he play in Monaco), Producer Marta Tomkiw explained. “Plus, I think we really prove and Executive Producer Luba S. Keske. the fact that this was a genocide against Also holding down the fort world-wide the Ukrainian people. We are also active- while Mr. Leigh, Ms. Tomkiw and Ms. ly seeking A-List celebrity narrators and Keske were working both the fourth have made offers to some very big stars, Monaco Charity Film Festival in Monte but we want someone whose heart is in A photographer in Monte Carlo snaps a picture of Marta Tomkiw and Bobby Leigh. Carlo as well as the 62nd Cannes Film this story as much as ours is.” readers may log on to Alliance (with “Holodomor the Movie” in Festival in France were Executive Mr. Leigh continued. “We are close to www.HolodomorTheMovie.com. To the memo) and mail to: Holodomor the Producer Nestor Popowych in Chicago, locking the picture and moving into final make a U.S. tax-deductible donation, Movie LLC, 8306 Wilshire Blvd., Suite Co-Producer Maya Lew in New York post-production, and are actively seeking please make checks payable to Filmmakers 947, Beverly Hills, CA. 90211. City, Production Coordinator Viktoriya theatrical worldwide distribution.” Hubska in Kyiv, and researcher/scholar “Once we lock the picture,” Ms. and Holodomor expert Taras Hunczak in Tomkiw added, “we still have a lot to do. BOOK NOTES New Jersey. We are still fund-raising heavily to com- Dr. Hunczak also co-wrote the narra- plete the post-production phase, so every tion script with Mr. Leigh and works single penny counts. It’s very expensive Ukrainian professional version daily with Mr. Leigh to make sure that to make a high-quality independent fea- every element of the film is authenticated ture film that can compete with films and historically correct. made by the major studios. Our main of “Atlas of Human Anatomy” “Holodomor: Ukraine’s Genocide” is a mission right now, besides to complete 20.5-minute short cinematic look at a this film, is to make the world aware of “Atlas Anatomiyi Liudyny,” Ukrainian very dark and horrific time in which mil- the Holodomor and to help make translation of Frank Netter’s “Atlas of lions of people died due to the Famine in ‘Holodomor’ a household name.” Human Anatomy,” fourth edition, profes- Ukraine perpetrated by Joseph Stalin. sional version. USA: AUMF / Lviv: *** Last spring, Mr. Leigh, Ms. Tomkiw, Nautilus, 2009. ISBN 966-8574-09-5. Ms. Lew and Ms. Hubska spent several To learn more about the full-length Hardcover, 589 pp. weeks in Ukraine interviewing and film- feature film and/or to make a donation, by Roman B. Worobec The 2009 Ukrainian translation of the professional version of Frank Netter’s “Atlas of Human Anatomy,” fourth edi- tion, follows the well-received translation of the second edition published in 2004. The fourth edition of the atlas has been 20-YEAR extensively revised and updated, and con- tains a total of 548 plates, many of which TERM LIFE INSURANCE encompass several illustrations to clarify an anatomical detail. Anatomy is the most fundamental of the feature seldom seen in medical books. medical sciences: it was the study of anato- The availability of the atlas in Ukrainian my by astute observers hundreds of years will enable more Ukrainian health-care pro- GREAT RATES ago that laid the foundations for modern fessional to refer to this classical reference medicine by providing an initial understand- work in their native language – the language ing of how the body works. in which information is best retained – and CALL 800-253-9862 The increased focus on 21st century med- obviate the need to rely on translations in icine in the atlas is reflected in the numerous other Slavic languages. FOR MORE DETAILS x-rays, arteriograms, and magnetic reso- The appearance of the Ukrainian transla- nance and computed tomography images tion was made possible by the American that have been added to the new edition to Ukrainian Medical Foundation headed by complement Netter’s drawings. Moreover, Dr. Paul J. Dzul, with the financial assis- 17 of the plates are new to the atlas, some tance of Lubomyr and Daria Kurylko, either prepared or modified by artists-clini- Stefania Zaricznyj (in memory of her hus- cians following in Netter’s footsteps and band Dr. Basilius Zaricznyj) and the adhering to his artistic style. Antonovych Foundation. Netter’s atlas is recognized worldwide for Prof. Yuriy Chaikovskyi of Kyiv served its unsurpassed clarity and accuracy in as the editor-in-chief of the project; the edi- depicting human anatomy, while avoiding torial advisory board consisted of Drs. clutter and confusing minutiae, characteris- Andriy Tsehelskyi (primary translator,) tics that made this book the best-selling Oleksander Lutsyk, Yuriy Kryvko, Dzul anatomy atlas in the world. 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The fact that the pages Further information about the atlas may 800-253-9862 are identified by plate numbers makes the be obtained from the American-Ukrainian book feel almost like an art book rather than Medical Foundation, 18530 Mack Ave., Since 1894 an anatomy textbook, a feeling reinforced Suite 146, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236; by the inclusion a red placeholder ribbon – a e-mail, [email protected]. No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 27 “Holiday of Heroes” marked at Ukrainian American Youth Association grounds by Oxana Bartkiv divine liturgy celebrated by Bishop Paul Chomnycky and the Rev. Bohdan Danylo. ELLENVILLE, N.Y. – As the people Responses were sung by choir members of the United States commemorated from St. Nicholas Parish in Passaic, N.J. Independence Day on July 4, Ukrainians Bishop Chomnycky also blessed the gathered at the Ukrainian American Youth camp flag, bearing a portrait of Bandera, Association (UAYA) grounds here in the legendary leader of the Organization of Shawangunk Mountains to remember the Ukrainian Nationalists, which was Ukrainian and American heroes who gave designed and created by the campers. their lives in the battle for independence. After the liturgy, the bishop officiated Members of UAYA and other at a “panakhyda,” or memorial service, Ukrainians commemorated the “Holiday on the stage in front of memorials to four of Heroes.” The organizers of the event Ukrainian heroes who gave their lives in were the UAYA national executive, the the battle for a free Ukraine. Organization for the Defense of Four Afterwards John Burtyk, representative Freedoms for Ukraine (ODFFU), veterans of ODFFU, spoke about the importance of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) of the OUN and the UPA. The main and the Organization in Defense of speaker was Andriy Bihun, head of the Lemko Western Ukraine. UAYA national executive, who ended his In attendance were participants of the moving address with the words “Slava UAYA camp named in honor of Stepan A view of the wreath-laying at the monuments to Ukraine’s heroes. Ukraini. Heroyam slava” – “Glory to Bandera and representatives from East Ukraine. Glory to the heroes.” Coast branches of the youth association, Wreaths were then laid at the foot of as well as officials from various other the monuments to Ukraine’s heroes. organizations. The commemoration began with a (Translated by Olga Zahnijnyj-Colon.)

Ukrainian American Youth Association members arrive at the liturgy bearing the Ukrainian flag and their camp banner.

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Washington University in St. Louis, and Summer Camp Dates and Information Ukrainian American... M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell (Continued from page 13) University. tems. The new fiber, now known generi- He currently is Optical Transport Ukrainian Heritage Day Camp Networks Research vice president at Bell Session 1: July 19 to 24 $160 per week per child staying on premises cally as Non-Zero Dispersion Fiber Session 2: July 26 to 31 $200 per week per child staying off premises (NZDF), has become an industry standard Labs. He holds over 30 patents in the areas of lightwave systems and fiber A returning favorite for children age 4 to 7. Campers will be exposed to the that has enabled the explosive growth in Ukrainian heritage through daily activities such as dance, song, storytelling, crafts communications bandwidth. Roughly 50 optics and is the recipient of many of the industry’s highest honors, including the and games. Children will walk away with an expanded knowledge of Ukrainian folk million miles of NZDF have been culture and language, as well as new and lasting friendships with other children of installed worldwide. 2003 John Tyndall Award, the 1999 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award, the Ukrainian heritage. Based on NZDF Drs. Chraplyvy and Tkach went on to invent the concept of 1999 New Jersey Inventor of the Year dispersion management, which further Award, and the 1998 Lucent Technologies Discovery Camp July 19 to 25 $400 UNA member $450 non-member increased fiber optic capacity and is now Patent Award. Sleep-away camp for children age 8-15 filled with outdoor activities, sports, and used in all high-speed, high-capacity fiber He is a Bell Labs Fellow, a member of optic communications systems through- the National Academy of Engineering a arts and crafts designed to enhance the Ukrainian cultural experience. out the world. By 1996 their technologi- fellow of the Optical Society of America cal innovations had led to breaking the and a fellow of IEEE Ukrainian Chornomorska Sitch Sports Camp Terabit/second (one trillion bits per sec- Dr. Chraplyvy is also a member of the Session 1: July 26 to August 1 $395 per week ond on a single fiber) barrier. Shevchenko Scientific Society, Plast Session 2: August 2 to 8 Dr. Chraplyvy and Tkach work at the Ukrainian Scouting Organization and its 40th annual sports camp run by the Ukrainian Athletic-Educational Association fabled Crawford Hill Laboratory of Bell Chornomortsi fraternity, and the Chornomorska Sitch for campers age 6- 17. The camp will focus on soccer, tennis, Labs (now part of Alcatel-Lucent) where Ukrainian National Association. volleyball and swimming, and is perfect for any sports enthusiast. Please contact fiber optic research began in the 1960s “Very few scientists have accom- Mrs. Marika Bokalo at 908-851-0617 or e-mail sportsschool@chornomorskasitch. and where so many communications plished what Andy Chraplyvy and Bob org for application and additional information. breakthroughs have taken place. Tkach have,” said Rod Alferness, Bell Dr. Chraplyvy joined Bell Labs in Labs chief scientist. ”Over the course of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Camp 1980 after working three years in the their careers they have not only made Session 1: July 26 to August 8 $950 UNA member physics department at General Motors numerous breakthroughs that have revo- Session 2: August 9 to 22 $1,000 non-member Research Laboratories, where he studied lutionized optical technology, but in the Directed by Ania Bohachevsky-Lonkevych (daughter of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky), ultra-high resolution spectroscopy of process have improved the research of this camp is for children and teens age 8-16, and offers expert instruction for begin- gases and impurity modes in solids. Prior others and made the organization success- ning, intermediate and advanced students. Each session ends with a grand recital. to joining GM he had received his under- ful through unfailing collaboration, pas- Attendance will be limited to 60 students. graduate degree in physics from sion, and inventiveness.” 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 No. 30 Luhovy’s new Holodomor documentary tours cities in Canada by Oksana Zakydalsky TORONTO – Yuri Luhovy’s new docu- mentary film, “Okradena Zemlia” (Plundered Land) has been launched in Quebec and Ontario. The film, a 75-minute documentary on the Holodomor, is based on newly released archival material revealing the genocidal intent of Stalin’s man-made Famine. It features interviews with historians and specialists on Holodomor research, as well as interviews with survivors in affected areas of eastern Ukraine, particularly near the Ukraine-Russia border. The film is in Ukrainian but an English- language version, with a working title of “Genocide Revealed,” is in the works. Mr. Luhovy, a professional cinematog- rapher with 35 years’ experience, was the co-producer and editor of the first docu- mentary on the Holodomor made in 1984 Yurij Luhovy with the Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Center at the premiere of “Okradena Zemlia” in by the Famine Research Committee (later Toronto (from left): Milia and Wasyl Janiszewsky, Yurij Luhovy, Iroida Wynnycka, Oksana Zakydalsky, Vsevolod and renamed the Ukrainian Canadian Research Christine Isajiw, Oleh Romanyshyn and Ivan Wynnyckyj. and Documentation Center) which went on to win several prizes at film festivals famine, which would feature the new docu- tion supports the position that the architects political events of the period into the narra- and was broadcast by such networks as mentation and include interviews with sur- and instigators of the Holodomor were tive, and in particularly for its contextual CBC and PBS. vivors from areas of Ukraine which had Joseph Stalin, Lazar Kaganovich and framing with the wider meaning of the He is a member of the Academy of been inaccessible when “Harvest of Viacheslav Molotov, the central leadership Holodomor as a genocide against the Canadian Cinema and Television and has Despair” had been made in North America. of the Communist Party of the Soviet Ukrainian nation. produced and directed several films on As well, since the mid-1980s the focus of Union. Mr. Luhovy explained that the next Ukrainian themes, including “Bereza the study of the tragedy of 1932-1933 in The first showing of Okradena Zemlya important step will be releasing an English- Kartuzka (1934-1939),” a one hour docu- Ukraine, has changed from proving that the took place on May 20 in Montreal, Mr language version of the film so it can serve mentary on the internment of Ukrainians Famine had taken place and that it was man- Luhovy’s home town where, he received a as “an educational resource for courses in during the Polish occupation of Western made, to proving that the Holodomor not standing ovation from the 300 people pres- genocidal studies, the teaching of the Ukraine; and “Freedom had a Price,” a one- only encompassed actual starvation of the ent. The film was shown in Toronto on June Famine-Genocide in Canadian and hour documentary on Canada’s first intern- population of Ukraine, but included a whole 14, and then in Oshawa and Hamilton, American schools and universities, as well ment operations of 1914-1920 which was program aimed at the destruction of the Ontario, with Mr Luhovy present at the as to further public awareness worldwide.” broadcast on the CBC and other TV stations Ukrainian nation: executions of the screenings. For further information or to book a in Canada. Mr. Luhovy has worked exten- Ukrainian intelligensia and an all-encom- In Toronto, the evaluation of the film was showing of “Okradena Zemlia,” readers sively with the National Film Board. passing plunder of Ukrainian material cul- very positive, with audience members point- may contact Mr. Luhovy at 514-481-5871 With the approach of the 75th ture. ing to its narrative strength, its weaving of or [email protected]. Holodomor commemoration, Mr Luhovy Furthermore, newly revealed documenta- said he realized no new documentary on the

He pointed out that during his trip to Vice-President Biden... Moscow President Obama specifically (Continued from page 9) referred to Ukraine when stating that “state Mr. Biden demonstrated his familiarity sovereignty most be the cornerstone of with the Ukrainian American community, international order.” having grown up in Scranton, Pa., which “Our commitment to Ukraine is evi- had a large Ukrainian American community. denced through our aid program – $120 He said he met in Kyiv for breakfast million this year to bolster peace and secu- with his “very good friend, John Hynansky, rity, strengthen democratic institutions, a very prominent businessman from promote economic growth, modernize Delaware.” Mr. Hynansky is among your military, secure Chernobyl, fight Delaware’s top auto dealers and launched AIDS and HIV, and improve child health,” the Winner Ford car dealership franchise he said. in Ukraine. Young Ukrainian officers have studied Ukraine is among the most free and in American military academies, Mr. Biden democratic nations in the post-Soviet said, and U.S. officers have come to sphere, Mr. Biden said in a speech that Ukraine to take part in education, training, sought to inspire Ukrainians following planning, and organization and exercises. their disappointment after the Orange After signing a Charter of Strategic Revolution. Partnership in December 2008, the U.S. and He quoted Thomas Jefferson’s words, Ukraine Strategic Partnership Commission “The generation which commences a revo- will meet this fall in Washington to deepen lution rarely completes it,” adding that the cooperation in security, economy, trade, Orange Revolution is still in progress and energy and the rule of law. its promise has yet to be fulfilled. The U.S. and Ukraine maintain a deli- Ukrainians are standing at a moment in cate relationship, built more on helpful history where they have never stood advice than on strict orders, experts said. before: the chance to establish a truly inde- “One side of U.S. relations with Ukraine pendent country with defined borders, he has remained unchanged – in the sense of said. a strategic partnership,” said Volodymyr The U.S. vice-president urged Ukraine’s Fesenko, board chairman of the Kyiv- political forces to settle their differences based Penta Center for Applied Politics. and live up to the promises they made dur- “But on the other hand, there won’t be ing the Orange Revolution. any heavy-handed advice. It won’t lecture “Especially in difficult economic times, Ukraine to ‘do this,’ but instead, it will Ukraine must heed the lessons of history,” simply offer advice from one partner to he said. “Effective, accountable govern- another.” ment is the only way to provide stable, Although President Yushchenko extend- predictable and a transparent environment ed an invitation to his American counter- that attracts investment, which is the eco- part to visit Ukraine in the fall, Mr. nomic engine of development.” Fesenko and most experts don’t expect a The Obama administration will not visit from President Obama until after the waiver in its support of a strong and inde- presidential election. pendent Ukraine, he said, adding that he “Any signal from the president himself knew attempts to reset relations with will come next spring,” said Mr. Williams, Russia would lead some to believe that who also is president of the U.S.-Ukraine would threaten ties with Ukraine. Business Council based in Washington. No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 29

graphs for the eager public. She did so non- The SBU and PGO authorities arrested Ruslana... stop for three and a half hours, personaliz- Pukach confesses... Mr. Pukach in a Zhytmoyr village, where he (Continued from page 15) ing each signature with a dedication. (Continued from page 3) lived for a year, fished and tended to cows, didn’t hide and was known to his neighbors said are strong supporters of the beautiful Overflow crowd have led to the death of former Internal and vibrant Ukrainian culture. Affairs Minister Yurii Kravchenko, which as Petro. Police staked out the village for Immediately afterwards, the featured All 90 rooms at Soyuzivka were police authorities reported as suicide but is three days before arresting him. performers of the Ukrainian Cultural reserved months in advance, and more widely viewed as an ordered killing because Myroslava Gongadze, the wife of the slain Festival took to the stage. They were than 300 rooms at the nearby Hudson of his suspected involvement and ties to pol- journalist, said she suspects Mr. Pukach will joined by the dance troupe Nadia, directed Valley Resort, as well as accommodations iticians as the top police officer at the time. attempt to shift blame onto those dead col- by Nadia Lemega, from Perth Amboy, N.J. at the Ukrainian American Youth Kravchenko was found with two bullet leagues who were involved – Internal Affairs In between the afternoon and evening Association grounds, were filled. Visitors wound in his face – in the temple and chin – Ministry Col. Eduard Fere and Internal programs, festival guests had the opportu- arrived on buses from Brooklyn and which has led the public to believe suicide Affairs Ministry Col. Yurii Dahayev. nity to enjoy the music of the Klooch Riverhead, Long Island, as well as in wasn’t possible. Unfortunately, Mr. Pukach’s arrest band, playing on the Veselka patio, and the vans from the Philadelphia area. President Yushchenko immediately doesn’t guarantee those that who ordered the trio of Walter Mosuriak, Matthew Dubas Most, however, arrived by car, and ordered authorities at the Procurator murder will be prosecuted and convicted, and Mike McCormack, performing on a parking was at a premium, with spaces at General’s Office (PGO) and the Security Ms. Gongadze said. bandstand erected on the volleyball court Soyuzivka and the local Ukrainian Service of Ukraine (SBU) to take maximum Other than the former president, among near Soyuzivka’s popular Tiki Deck. Catholic Church filling quickly. There measures ensuring Mr. Pukach’s safety. those suspected of being involved is Klooch of Canada and Hrim of the U.S. was additional parking at the Hudson “I gave the order yesterday that not a sin- Verkhovna Rada Chair Volodymyr Lytvyn, played for dances on both Friday and Valley Resort, courtesy of its manager, gle hair fall off Pukach’s head and that he be who enjoys immunity from prosecution. Saturday evenings. Orest Fedash, and shuttle buses transport- kept at a location that monitors his life every He’s also a candidate in the January presi- Festival attendees enjoyed the festi- ed guests between the resort and second,” the president said on July 22. dential election. val’s specially erected food court, as well Soyuzivka. Mr. Pukach disappeared after police “I hope that, this time, Ukrainian juris- as the diverse offerings – folk art, record- License plates were spotted from various arrested, questioned and released him on prudence won’t be able to distance itself ings, books, jewelry, sports apparel, U.S. states and Canadian provinces, among bail in November 2003. Deputy Procurator from public opinion by turning in the bit T-shirts, etc. – of 45 vendors. The Hurt them Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania, General Viktor Shokin said in late 2005 that players of this process … and that, this time, Udych duo of musicians entertained shop- Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New Ukrainian authorities had located Mr. the actual orderers of this murder, who con- pers in the vendor’s marketplace. York, the District of Columbia, British Pukach in Israel in 2005 but failed to trans- tinue to live luxuriously, will be brought to fer the necessary legal evidence for Israeli accountability for this murder,” Prime Family Day Columbia, Ontario and Quebec. With traffic backed up on Foordmoore authorities to arrest him. Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on July 22. Sunday, July 19, was designated as Road due to the overflow crowd and Family Day at the Ukrainian Cultural some festival-goers illegally parking on Festival. Admission was only $5 (com- both sides of the road, New York State entering the U.S. Rabbi Hier continued to pared to $10 for Friday and $20 for Troopers closed the thoroughfare to allow Turning the pages... insist that Mr. Demjanjuk was a major Saturday; or $25 for a three-day pass), and tow trucks to remove vehicles blocking (Continued from page 6) Nazi war criminal. the program was geared to the younger set. the flow of traffic. with a label that has never been tried in a Subsequently, Mr. Demjanjuk was There was a special appearance by allowed to return to the U.S., and his citi- A renewal of diaspora life court of law.” Soyuzivka’s Misio bear, entertainment by Having been stripped of his U.S. citi- zenship was reinstated. However, a new a clown, face-painting, and a raffle of Back at the UNA’s Home Office in zenship in 1981 and extradited to Israel in case against him was opened by the U.S. gifts and games for families. Parsippany, N.J., UNA President Kaczaraj 1986, it was unclear where Mr. Justice Department in 1999, alleging that The featured performers were two said the festival was “extraordinarily suc- Demjanjuk would go. he was a guard in Flossenburg, Majdanek dance ensembles of young Ukrainian cessful.” Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon and Sobibor. Americans: Iskra of Whippany, N.J., He credited “the professional organiza- Wiesenthal Center commented to CNN directed by Andrij Cybyk; and Zolotyj tion, the masses of people – the crowd of that the center had already sent a message Source: “Demjanjuk acquitted, Israeli Promin of Hartford, Conn., directed by 6,000 to 7,000 that filled the concert to Attorney General Janet Reno urging Supreme Court decision is unanimous,” Orlando Pagan. The Iskra Dance grounds, the high artistic level of the con- that Mr. Demjanjuk be barred from re- The Ukrainian Weekly, August 1, 1993. Academy presented dances by its three cert performers, as well as the skillful ensembles of dancers, grouped by age and ability. masters of ceremonies, Lida Kulbida and Joining the dancers on the bill was the Andrij Stasiw.” As well, Mr. Kaczaraj Korinnia Ensemble, a local music ensem- noted the colorful marketplace of ble composed of the pre-teens and teens Ukrainian arts and crafts, and the food of the Shepko and Hamilton families, court’s delicious Ukrainian menu. whose four members play the violin, “I am extremely pleased because we sopilka, cello and bandura, as well as attained our goals at the festival,” he con- sing. Also performing were Ms. Kobelak tinued. “One of those goals was to inte- and Mr. Mishalow. grate the Fourth Wave [of Ukrainian A special treat was a guest appearance arrivals to North America] into our com- by Ruslana. After briefly wading into the munity life. Also, seeing the number of audience, she invited the afternoon’s people who arrived at the festival from young performers to join her on stage. throughout the United States and Canada, She addressed the audience and then as well as other parts of the world, I think invited all to join her in singing the we have good prospects for the future.” beloved song by Volodymyr Ivasiuk “The UNA has existed for 115 years. “Chervona Ruta” (Red Rue). We want the UNA and our Soyuzivka to Ruslana concluded the performance by exist for many, many years so that our commenting on her very enjoyable stay youth could congregate here and build on the beautiful Soyuzivka property so lifelong ties,” Mr. Kaczaraj commented. reminiscent of her beloved Carpathian “The scope of the festival and its results Mountains. are proof that Soyuzivka can truly become The program concluded with the tradi- a center of our community’s unity.” tional “Hopak” – one each presented by “Some of our guests,” the UNA presi- Iskra and Zolotyj Promin. dent said, “very aptly characterized this Ruslana, meanwhile began signing auto- festival as a renewal of our diaspora life.”

arrangements and help. The banquet con- Soyuzivka's Tennis Camp... cluded with a dance. (Continued from page 14) The camp officially closed the next Tabatchouk from New Jersey and day on the courts as it continued to rain. Matthew Kohout from Illinois. The Boys’ III Group was unable to finish Mrs. Czerkas and the counselors pre- its matches but, based on results to that sented funny certificates to all the camp- point, Paul Kravchuk placed first and Stephan Iwanik took second place. ers; this touch of levity was enjoyed very As a memento of the camp Mrs. much by the campers. Chef Sonevytsky Czerkas gave each youngster a CD that was given a standing ovation for the out- contained addresses of all the participants standing dinner at the banquet and for all and many photographs taken during the the nutritious and delicious meals served camp. during camp. At the banquet the campers Mr. Sawchak again thanked everyone had a choice of three scrumptious entrees: for coming, invited them to return again chicken stuffed with three cheeses, salm- next year and most importantly encour- on and prime rib. A thank-you went also aged them to continue playing tennis, a to “Pani Sonia” for her behind-the-scenes game for a lifetime. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 No. 30 Rochester credit union presents scholarships IMF confirms... (Continued from page 2) ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Ukrainian man of the board, who greeted the schol- received by Samantha Choma ($1,500 – dential election, the IMF has inevitably Federal Credit Union (UFCU) scholarship arship recipients and extended warm Bohdan Wenglowskyj Memorial Award); become a factor in domestic politics. It award ceremony was held on Saturday, wishes for much success in all their future Ulia Huley ($1,500 – William Andrushin refused to allow Prime Minister June 13 at the UFCU Community Center. educational endeavors. Memorial Award) and Andrew Wowelko Tymoshenko to use the whole $3.3 billion Parents, friends and relatives joined the Ms. Denysenko noted that over the ($,3000 – Walter Hawrylak Memorial years the UFCU has awarded thousands tranche of its loan to cover the budget defi- 2009 scholarship recipients at this special Award). Adam Hill and Ulia Huley pre- event. of dollars in scholarships, and this year cit, forcing her to tighten fiscal discipline, sented “thank you” remarks on behalf of Scholarship committee members Anne the total exceeded $16,000. She strongly which means that the demand of the oppo- Kornylo and Christine Hoshowsky pre- encouraged students to consider UFCU as all the students. sition Party of Regions of Ukraine (PRU) sented this year’s awards. Joining them their primary financial institution now This year almost 50 member-students to increase wages and pensions cannot be were Bohdan Zakharchishin, Educational and for many years to come. of the credit union applied for the schol- met (EDM, July 8). Committee co-chair, Tamara Denysenko, The 2009 Special Designation arship program. Twenty-four students This is a boon to the PRU’s presidential UFCU CEO, and Wasyl Kornylo, chair- Memorial scholarship awards were were awarded scholarships. candidate, Viktor Yanukovych, who will not miss any opportunity to portray him- self as a defender of the people’s interests, while his main rival Ms. Tymoshenko has accepted the conditions of the “foreigners” from the IMF. The PRU also accused the IMF of indi- rect interference in the election campaign. Mykola Azarov, the PRU’s shadow Finance Minister, claimed that the IMF continues to assist the government in order to help Ms. Tymoshenko’s party stay in power. He said that when the PRU was in power, the IMF did not provide assistance to Ukrainian governments ahead of crucial elections. “The IMF would tell us in an election campaign that it would take no decision until after the election,” said Mr. Azarov. He noted that Ms. Tymoshenko’s govern- ment has been aided by the IMF despite its failure to meet IMF conditions, in particu- lar on the budget deficit and on reforming Naftohaz Ukrainy. According to Mr. Azarov, this provides proof that the IMF is guided by political considerations (UNIAN, July 6). Students attending the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union scholarship award ceremonies in Rochester, N.Y. (first row from left) Ulia Huley, Lydia Nestorowycz, Samantha Choma, Kristina Boberskuj, Carol Loan, (second row) Bogdan The article above is reprinted from Zakharchishin (Scholarship Committee member), Adam Hill, Christine Hoshowsky (Scholarship Committee mem- Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission ber), Tamara Denysenko (CEO of UFCU), Anne Kornylo (Scholarship Committee member), Petro Chomik and Wasyl from its publisher, the Jamestown Kornylo (president of the UFCU board). Foundation, www.jamestown.org. No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 31 OUT AND ABOUT

August 1 Concert, “Junior Rising Stars – Performances by 518-989-6479 Ottawa Young Artists,” featuring Aidin Tomosky Beck, Southminster United Church, August 6 Concert, “Nostalgia,” featuring the Pavlychenko www.chamberfest.com Mississauga, ON Folklorique Ensemble, Meadowvale Theater, 888-222-6608 or www.ticektweb.ca August 1 Golf tournament, Ukrainian American Youth Kerhonkson, NY Association, Hudson Valley Resort, 860-729-5181 August 8 Concert, “Music at the Grazhda” Chamber Music Jewett, NY Society, Grazhda Music and Art Center of Greene August 1-2 Ukrainian Film Festival, presented by Yuri County, 518-989-6479 Kerhonkson, NY Shevchuk and the Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University, Soyuzivka Heritage Center, August 9 Ukrainian Day, Ukrainian Canadian Congress – 845-626-5641 Edmonton, AB Alberta Provincial Council and the Alberta Council for Ukrainian Arts, Ukrainian Cultural Heritage August 1-3 Servus Heritage Festival, featuring Ukrainian Village, www.ukrainianvillage.ca Edmonton, AB Pavilion and Shumka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, Edmonton Heritage Festival Association, August 9-22 Kobzarska Sich Bandura Camp and Ukrainian 780-488-3378 or www.heritage-festival.com Emlenton, PA Sacred Music Workshop, All Saints Camp, [email protected] or 734-658-6452 August 2 Church picnic, St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Hempstead, NY Church, 516-481-7717 August 14 Children’s music concert, Grazhda Music and Art Jewett, NY Center of Greene County, 518-989-6479 August 2 Concert, “Nostalgia,” featuring the Pavlychenko Whippany, NJ Folklorique Ensemble, Ukrainian American Cultural August 15 Lydia Krushelnytsky Memorial Tribute, with Center of New Jersey, 866-468-7619 or www. Jewett, NY members of the Ukrainian Stage Ensemble, ticketweb.com Grazhda Music and Art Center of Greene County, 518-989-6479 August 3 Concert, “Nostalgia,” featuring the Pavlychenko Montreal Folklorique College Jean-Eudes, 888-222-6608 or August 15-16 Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian Homestead, ticketweb.ca Lehighton, PA 610-377-4621 or www.ukrhomestead.com

August 3-7 Pysanka workshop, with instruction by Sofika August 17 Free Concert, “Ukrainian American Night,” Harry Jewett, NY Zielyk, Grazhda Music and Art Center of Greene East Meadow, NY Chapin Lakeside Theater Parking Field 6 and 6A, County, 518-989-6479 [email protected]

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