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INSIDE: • Will the Orange team reunite in Ukraine? — page 3. • New book on the politics of identity — page 10. • Ukrainian literature and national identity — page 11. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXXV No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 $1/$2 in Ukraine Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of U.S. launches Addressing investors’ conference, Azarov fund-raising drive for Ukrainian university criticizes policies of previous governments by Yana Sedova and Zenon Zawada Yekhanurov, and 7.0 percent in 2006 Kyiv Press Bureau under the Yekhanurov and Yanukovych governments, according to Ukraine’s KYIV – Disregarding the theme of State Statistics Committee. Renaissance Capital’s third annual “We understand that the political Investor Conference “More Economy, swaying of the last two years could have Less Politics,” First Vice Prime Minister negatively influenced the faith of capital Mykola Azarov sharply criticized the in Ukraine’s investment attractiveness,” economic policies of the preceding Mr. Azarov said, stressing that the cur- Orange governments in his opening rent government is renewing the lost remarks. faith. Mr. Azarov told more than 300 inter- The Ukrainian government will national investors gathered on February become “the biggest investor of infra- 12 that the Anti-Crisis Program executed structure projects and guarantor of large by the coalition government led by Prime investment in high-technology fields, Minister Viktor Yanukovych had suc- where government politics are absolutely ceeded in improving the negative macro- predictable, stable and loyal in relation to economic indicators of prior years in a private capital,” Mr. Azarov said. short period of time. He said the most favorable tax regime The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Europe will emerge in Ukraine in the growth rate slowed by five times in 2005, near term, neglecting to mention that he compared with 7 percent growth during himself chaired Ukraine’s Tax Yaro Bihun the second half of 2006, he said. Administration for six years under National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy President Viacheslav “How were we able to change the sit- President Leonid Kuchma’s administra- Briukhovetsky (left) and former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William G. Miller, uation so quickly?” Mr. Azarov asked tion, between 1996 and 2002. who was awarded the Petro Mohyla Medal. rhetorically. “The answer is simple – we Mr. Azarov created a vicious, dysfunc- did everything 100 percent opposite from tional tax system that forced most by Yaro Bihun Introducing Dr. Briukhovetsky to the our predecessors. That’s why we’re again Ukrainian businessmen to engage in ille- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly audience, Ambassador Miller said that returning to high growth rates.” gal activity in order to avoid unrealistic Ukraine’s GDP rose 12.4 percent in SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Kyiv after a “terrible period of tyranny” the tax rates, said Ivan Lozowy, president of Kyiv Mohyla Academy was reborn 2004 under Mr. Yanukovych’s leadership, the Kyiv-based Institute of Statehood and Mohyla Foundation of America launched 2.7 percent in 2005 under the prime min- its 2007 national fund-raising drive on (Continued on page 5) isterships of Yulia Tymoshenko and Yurii (Continued on page 4) February 11 with a dinner-reception at the St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in suburban Silver Spring, Md., just outside the nation’s capital. Compromise reached in Ukraine on dubbing of foreign films An estimated 150 participants came to hear about the accomplishments and by Yana Sedova and Zenon Zawada their government and film distributors. national law on cinematography still plans of the National University of Kyiv Kyiv Press Bureau Ukraine’s minister of culture and requires Ukrainian-language dubbing or Mohyla Academy from its president, tourism, Yurii Bohutskyi, announced in subtitling of films. KYIV – Outraged Ukrainians bat- Viacheslav Briukhovetsky, the founda- January a voluntary memorandum of “One’s eyes can’t be closed to the tling for the right to watch foreign films tion’s co-chairman, Ambassador William cooperation with film distribution firms law’s requirements, nor can it be harsh- dubbed or subtitled in the Ukrainian G. Miller, and executive director, Marta and movie theater operators to dub or ly implemented,” Minister Bohutskyi language achieved a compromise with Farion, who chaired the afternoon pro- subtitle at their own cost 50 percent of said at a January 22 press conference, at gram. foreign film copies shown in Ukraine which ministry officials joined film Also offering his assessment and his by the year’s end. industry leaders in signing the memo- blessing was Archbishop Vsevolod of the “We need to do everything so that our randum, which is not legally binding. Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the country is not only Ukraine in name, The 50 percent quota applies to film U.S.A., who had come to Washington and that the national-cultural rights of copies for viewing in Ukrainian movie from Chicago to receive an international every nation and people that make up theaters, not home DVDs or videos, award for his ecumenical work. the large Ukrainian community are not which have been dubbed exclusively In the following two weekends, simi- infringed on,” Mr. Bohutskyi said. into Ukrainian as of last year. lar NUKMA fund-raising events were “That’s what’s most important for us: a Not only does the memorandum estab- scheduled for the New York-New Jersey stable environment and situation in the lish agreed-upon quotas for Ukrainian- area, Chicago, Detroit and Philadelphia. humanitarian and social-political spheres. I dubbed films, but it also provides for the In her opening remarks, Ms. Farion would want for us together to find that path construction of a dubbing studio that will called Dr. Briukhovetsky “one of the pio- which will not infringe upon the national- provide all the necessary equipment to neers of building democracy in cultural rights of Ukraine’s citizens.” completely dub films into Ukrainian at Ukraine.” She stressed that the role his Last year, the majority of Ukraine’s the Dovzhenko film studios in Kyiv. university is playing today is more film distributors, who work very closely Translation, dubbing, subtitling, voice processing and voice-over activity important than it ever was since its with their Russian counterparts, protest- will occur at the dubbing studio, which rebirth in 1991. ed a January 2006 government decree will cost the government $2 million to “In the midst of new challenges, this requiring them to dub 70 percent of construct by the year’s end. is not a time to retreat,” she said, stress- films by July 2007, arguing they could- The construction of a dubbing studio ing that the Ukrainian American commu- Zenon Zawada n’t afford the steep costs. marks a significant, concrete step by the nity supports his institution’s philosophy Minister of Culture and Tourism The Kyiv Appellate Court canceled and mission and values his commitment Yurii Bohutskyi the decree in October 2006, but a 1998 (Continued on page 19) to it. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 No. 7 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS

Yushchenko, Yanukovych lock horns Lugar supports Ukraine’s NATO bid Yushchenko in Turkmenistan WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Richard ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – Ukrainian over controversial new law on Cabinet Lugar (R-Ind.) has proposed that Congress President Viktor Yushchenko attended the by Pavel Korduban may not influence the Cabinet’s decisions. adopt a bill supporting Ukraine’s entry in inauguration ceremony of Gurbanguly Eurasia Daily Monitor Mr. Yushchenko vetoed the law for the NATO. The proposal, dubbed the “NATO Berdymukhammedov as Turkmenistan’s first time on January 11, but on January 12 Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007,” also new president in Ashgabat on February 14, President Viktor Yushchenko and the Parliament overrode the veto by more than supports NATO membership for Albania, Interfax-Ukraine reported. According to ruling coalition in Kyiv have failed to find 300 votes out of the 450-seat chamber. Mr. Georgia, Croatia and Macedonia. Sen. President Yushchenko’s press service, dur- a compromise over the “Law on the Yushchenko promised that his legal advisors Lugar, the bill’s sponsor, said on February ing talks after the inauguration, the two Cabinet of Ministers.” The law is meant to would find a way to outplay Parliament, and 6 as he introduced the measure that the leaders agreed that Turkmenistan will complement the Constitution, more clear- he kept his word. On January 19 Mr. membership of these five countries will be remain Ukraine’s strategic gas provider. ly defining the remits of the president, the Yushchenko returned the law to Parliament good for Europe, NATO and the United Ukraine is to import at least 55 billion cubic Cabinet and Parliament; at the same time, again. He said that this was not a second States as it will “extend the zone of peace meters of gas from Central Asia in 2007, it cuts the president’s authority. veto, which would have been a violation of and security.” Sen. Lugar noted that each mostly from Turkmenistan, at a price of Mr. Yushchenko has vetoed the law. the Constitution, but a veto of a different of these countries had expressed its NATO $130 per 1,000 cubic meters. (RFE/RL Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the law. It turned out that the texts he vetoed on aspirations and that although Ukraine and Newsline) coalition argued that he had violated the January 11 and 19 differed on one point, Georgia are not part of the Membership Constitution by vetoing the same law twice. where an original paragraph from the earlier Action Plan they have made significant Tymoshenko urges pre-term elections Mr. Yushchenko insisted that he had acted version of the law was incorporated into the strides toward Euro-Atlantic integration. within his rights. The law came into effect KYIV - Yulia Tymoshenko, head of the text of the previous paragraph in the newer The proposed resolution has now been eponymous opposition bloc, said at a news despite Mr. Yushchenko’s protests, as it was version. This, according to Mr. Yushchenko, referred to the Senate’s Committee on published in the official newspapers signed conference in Kyiv on February 12 that means that he vetoed a different law. Foreign Relations. The bill is co-sponsored she would like to have early parliamentary by Verkhovna Rada chairman Oleksander Messrs. Moroz and Yanukovych flatly by Sens. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), Moroz, an ally of Mr. Yanukovych. elections preceded by the adoption of a rejected Mr. Yushchenko’s argument, John Sununu (R-N.H.) and George new Constitution, Interfax-Ukraine report- It is now up to the Constitutional saying that the difference was a mere Voinovich (R-Ohio). (Ukrayinski Novyny, Court to decide who is wrong. ed. “Were a referendum to be held on the printing error, and the law would come Library of Congress) dissolution of Parliament, it would yield President Yushchenko argued that the into force without the president’s signa- law, originally passed last December, was CPU condemns Senate proposal positive results and a minimum 60 percent ture. Mr. Yanukovych, who is backed by of voters would vote to disband it,” Ms. out of tune with the Constitution. He par- the ruling coalition in Parliament, sug- ticularly objected to provisions stating that KYIV – The Communist Party of Tymoshenko asserted. She did not elabo- gested that Parliament should later Ukraine has condemned the proposal of rate on how the current legislature could Parliament appoints the prime minister and amend the law, taking account of some of the ministers of foreign affairs and internal 14 U.S. senators of a resolution in support be disbanded to make new elections possi- Mr. Yushchenko’s objections. Mr. of Ukraine’s NATO membership. ble. (RFE/RL Newsline) affairs if the president fails to do so in a Yushchenko rejected the offer and timely manner; that the president has no According to the CPU press service, “The warned Messrs. Yanukovych and Moroz Communist Party decisively condemns Grain exports authorized power to veto the Cabinet’s action plans; against publishing the law in the official the statement by a group of American KYIV – The Cabinet of Ministers has that vice ministers are to be appointed by press, which, according to the Ukrainian senators and their introduction in the authorized shipment of 864,000 tons of the Cabinet; that ministers may not appeal Constitution, would mean it is coming their dismissal in courts; and that the Senate of a resolution about Ukraine’s grain, which was kept at ports’ grain eleva- National Security and Defense Council (Continued on page 14) membership in NATO and about extend- tors, for export, the Agrarian Policy ing financial assistance in support of its Ministry press service reported on entry into the Alliance.” The CPU said it February 14. This number includes considers this interference in the internal 606,000 tons of barley, 30,000 tons of corn Putin proposes greater pipeline cooperation affairs of Ukraine and underscored that and 228,000 tons of wheat. The ministry is Ukraine alone will determine its foreign working on a draft law that would invali- by Roman Kupchinsky pipeline and compressor stations to policy. The Communist Party also stated RFE/RL Russia’s state-controlled gas monopoly date the regime of licensing grain, barley that it believes the question of Ukraine’s and corn export by the end of 2007. On Gazprom, the country would be even more entry into any international bodies should During his February 1 press conference, dependent upon Russian energy supplies – December 14, 2006, Ukraine introduced Russian President Vladimir Putin said that be subject to a nationwide referendum. quotas for grain by the end of the current and have less bargaining power. And the “The Communist Party also believes that Russian officials had discussed the “unifi- European Union would have to deal only marketing year in the amount of 1.106 mil- cation” of the Ukrainian-Russian gas-trans- the announced Declaration of lion tons. In February the Cabinet of with Moscow when it came to gas deliver- Sovereignty proclaimed Ukraine a non- portation system with Ukrainian officials. ies transiting through Ukraine. Ministers passed a resolution to increase According to Mr. Putin, the Ukrainian gov- aligned state and that this status should be the barley quota by 600,000 tons, corn For some time now, Russia has been enshrined via the Constitution and an ernment has not only suggested unifying making moves to acquire parts of its quota by 30,000 and food grain (wheat) the two countries’ gas-pipeline networks, appropriate law about Ukraine’s neutrali- neighbors’ gas-transit networks. ty.” (Ukrinform) (Continued on page 22) but it has also expressed interest in drilling On December 31, 2006, Belarus and for oil and gas in Russia. Russia’s state-controlled gas monopoly, Mr. Putin said he approves of these Gazprom, signed a deal securing Russian initiatives and added that it was in the gas supplies to Belarus and Russian gas FOUNDED 1933 interests of both countries to seek closer transit across Belarus for 2007-2011. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY cooperation. 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(Continued on page 14) No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 3 NEWS ANALYSIS: Will the Orange team reunite? by Pavel Korduban moment,” Ms. Tymoshenko told televi- Entrepreneurs, Anatolii Kinakh; the for- bined opposition consisting of Our Eurasia Daily Monitor sion reporters on February 4. mer deputy head of President Ukraine and Ms. Tymoshenko’s people “Dictatorship from the presidential office Yushchenko’s office, Anatolii Matvienko; will control 204 seats in the Ukrainian As Ukraine’s Parliament reconvened has effectively been transferred to the former Justice Minister Serhii Holovatyi; Parliament – 22 short of a majority. This after the winter recess, the caucuses of Cabinet office.” and Yurii Yekhanurov, who replaced Ms. number is enough to, for example, put on the pro-presidential Our Ukraine (OU) Ms. Tymoshenko makes no secret of Tymoshenko as prime minister in 2005. the agenda a no-confidence motion bloc and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc her presidential ambitions. She wants to One of the opponents of the reunifica- against the Rada chair. (YTB) announced they would act as a approach the presidential campaign of tion with the YTB, National Deputy On February 5 OU started collecting unified opposition. OU and Ms. 2009 with a different Constitution – one Pavlo Zhebrivskyi, said on February 6 signatures to dismiss Rada Chairman Tymoshenko have at least two common that would make the president stronger that the OU caucus did not authorize Mr. Oleksander Moroz. OU believes that Mr. goals: early parliamentary elections and again. Mr. Yushchenko is as unhappy Kyrylenko to sign the accord with Ms. Moroz signed the new law on the Cabinet reversing last year’s constitutional with constitutional reform as Ms. Tymoshenko. Mr. Yekhanurov said on of Ministers illegally. It is the president reform. It is difficult to predict, however, Tymoshenko, so it is logical that the two the following day, perhaps tongue-in- who signs laws, thereby putting them whether this unity will last for long, as cheek, that Ms. Tymoshenko’s party into force, according to the Constitution; many influential members of OU do not should unite their efforts in order to reverse constitutional reform. should rather unite with the Social the Rada chair may do so only in excep- trust Yulia Tymoshenko. Democrats – United, who were close to tional circumstances. “I have united the opposition,” Ms. President Yushchenko has welcomed the news. Speaking in Munich on former President Kuchma. Their ideolo- Ms. Tymoshenko on several earlier Tymoshenko announced on television on gies are similar, according to Mr. occasions spoke in favor of replacing Mr. February 5. She said that the relevant February 9, he said that the two blocs’ reunification had been prompted by the Yekhanurov. Moroz in the post of Rada chairman. A agreement had been signed with the OU. OU and the YTB have apparently not clearly articulated common position on Details of the accord emerged on growing strength of the executive, which is dominated by the Party of the Regions been discouraged by the skepticism Mr. Moroz may become a litmus test for February 6, the first day of the expressed by several senior Our Ukraine the unity of Our Ukraine and the Yulia Verkhovna Rada’s work after winter (PRU). “This is a position that I respect,” he said. members. On February 9 Ms. Tymoshenko Bloc. vacations. The document, signed by Ms. Tymoshenko and OU signed an accord Tymoshenko and OU parliamentary fac- The People’s Movement of Ukraine calling on OU and YTB members at the Sources: Inter TV, February 4; 1+1 tion leader Viacheslav Kyrylenko, pro- (Rukh), which is one of the biggest com- local councils to closely cooperate. For TV, February 5; UNIAN, February 6; claims: “Our joint opposition efforts will ponents of Our Ukraine, also is positive OU, the document was signed by Viktor Interfax-Ukraine, February 6-9. help to eradicate the criminal-oligarchic about the unification of efforts with the Baloha, who formally chairs government as soon as possible and YTB, Rukh leader and former Foreign Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine People’s The article above is reprinted from revive Ukraine’s democratic and Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk party and is the head of the presidential Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission European development.” announced on February 6. secretariat. from its publisher, the Jamestown In order to achieve this, the opposition Not everybody in Our Ukraine is as If the accords are not stillborn, a com- Foundation, www.jamestown.org. has proposed to jointly draft a new positive about the agreement with Ms. Constitution, disband Parliament and call Tymoshenko as Messrs. Yushchenko or new parliamentary elections. A new Tarasyuk. Many OU members still hold Constitution, the newly re-unified oppo- Ms. Tymoshenko responsible for the sition believes, should put an end to the break-up of the first Orange government Yushchenko meets with Merkel redistribution of powers in the state in in September 2005. Her recent deal with favor of Parliament and the Cabinet, the PRU, when the Tymoshenko Bloc during three-day visit to Germany which was started by the constitutional helped the PRU override President reform of 2004-2006. Yushchenko’s veto on the controversial KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko responsibility. I know that last year’s President Viktor Yushchenko is institu- law on the Cabinet, also has not made her traveled to Germany on February 8-10 story perhaps wasn’t always presented tionally weaker than his predecessor, more popular among OU members. for a visit that focused on building closer [in the media] with complete objectivity, Leonid Kuchma, having comparatively Those wary of a union with the YTB ties between Ukraine and Germany, as but I want to stress that Ukraine fully few levers of influence on the Cabinet of reportedly include such influential OU well as Ukraine and the European complies with its obligations under the Ministers. “The role of Parliament and parliamentarians as the leader of the Union. Energy Charter,” Mr. Yushchenko said at the government is very strong at the Union of Industrialists and He was accompanied by National a joint news conference with Ms. Security and Defense Council Secretary Merkel. Vitalii Haiduk, National Bank of Ukraine Speaking at a business forum in Berlin Chairman Volodymyr Stelmakh, Vice later the same day, Mr. Yushchenko Quotable notes Minister of Foreign Affairs Volodymyr underscored that he had not authorized Khandogiy and President Secretariat anyone to talk with Russia about the joint “Everything that is going on in this world today is a consequence of attempts Deputy Chief of Staff Oleksander Chalyi. use of the Ukrainian gas-transportation to implement a unipolar concept of the world. And what is the result of that? Mr. Yushchenko met in Berlin with network. Earlier this month Russian Unilateral, often illegitimate actions have not resolved one single problem. On German Chancellor Angela Merkel on President Vladimir Putin said that Kyiv the contrary, they have caused new human tragedies and more tension.” February 8. Speaking at a joint press con- had made a “revolutionary” offer to unify “Today we are witnessing an almost unrestrained, excessive use of military ference after the talks, the Ukrainian both countries’ gas-transportation sys- force in international affairs, which is plunging the world into an abyss of new president said: “There is no doubt tems in exchange for a share in Russia’s crises, one after another ... We see more and more disregard for the fundamental Ukraine will be a member of the gas-drilling sector. principles of international law.” European Union, but we understand that Ms. Merkel said her meeting with the “Some norms – in fact almost the entire legal system of one country, primarily this ambition is not immediate. ... Our Ukrainian president reassured her that the United States, of course – have overstepped their national borders and are priorities are economic association and “Ukraine is ready to take responsibility being imposed on other countries essentially in all areas: in economic, political political integration into European struc- for transporting energy to Europe.” and humanitarian matters. Who is going to like that?” tures.” Discussing Ukraine’s politics, the two He expressed hope that a new agree- leaders agreed there should be no power – President Vladimir Putin of Russia, speaking at the 43rd annual Munich ment with the EU would “determine struggle but reforms for the country’s Conference on Security Policy on February 10, as reported by RFE/RL Ukraine’s goals and aspirations in its dia- development as they help improve Newsline. logue with the European Union.” Ukraine’s image as a reliable partner Chancellor Merkel said the document worldwide. Mr. Yushchenko said Ukraine would “support Ukraine’s desire for was now “following the path of democra- “As an old Cold Warrior, one of yesterday’s speeches almost filled me with reforms” and confirmed her intention to cy, promoting traditions of national dia- nostalgia for a less complex time. Almost. Many of you have backgrounds in visit Ukraine this fall to attend a Ukraine- logue.” diplomacy or politics. I have, like your second speaker yesterday [Vladimir EU summit. “I want the West, Germany in particu- Putin], a starkly different background, a career in the spy business, and I guess Ms. Merkel said Ukraine and the lar, to hear us, to see realities of how old spies have a habit of blunt speaking. However, I've been to re-education European Union must first of all create Ukraine’s government functions and to camp.” conditions to liberalize visa procedures, make no tragedies about what is going on “One Cold War was enough.” launch scientific and cultural exchange now,” he said. “We wonder ... about some Russian policies that seem to work against inter- programs, and sign a free trade agree- Mr. Yushchenko said Verkhovna Rada national stability, such as its arms transfers and its temptation to use energy ment. “We will start with simple things Chairman Oleksander Moroz, Prime resources for political coercion.” like visas and will then proceed to sign- Minister Viktor Yanukovych and ing a free trade agreement,” she Economy Minister Volodymyr Makukha – U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, speaking on February 11 at the explained. were going to visit Germany in 2007. annual Munich Conference on Security Policy. Mr. Yushchenko and Ms. Merkel On February 9 the Ukrainian president agreed to formulate new energy policies visited the site of the Flossenburg con- ensuring that European consumers get oil centration camp, where his father, Andrii, “Who should be worried that democracy and the rule of law is coming closer and gas transparently and on time. The was held during World War II. to their border? ... I can't hide my disappointment. I will not hide my disappoint- Ukrainian leader said Ukraine will On February 10, President ment [at Putin’s speech].” adhere to the European Energy Charter to Yushchenko attended the 43rd Munich fulfill its obligations. Conference on Security Policy. – NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, reacting to President “Ukraine understands its important Vladimir Putin’s speech in Munich, as quoted by RFE/RL Newsline. role in the formation of Europe’s energy- Source: Press Office of Ukraine’s security policy and is conscious of its President, RFE/RL Newsline. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 No. 7 Karpachova re-elected as human rights ombudsman, despite party allegiance by Zenon Zawada her re-election that she is leaving the party. revanchist tone of the coalition govern- senting the interests of the public by Kyiv Press Bureau “In my opinion, undoubtedly the ment, critics said, which ignored pleas investigating and addressing human ombudsman is always supposed to be from European leaders to appoint a can- rights complaints reported by individual KYIV – Ukraine’s Parliament voted to outside any party,” said Ms. Karpachova, didate without allegiances to any particu- citizens. re-elect Nina Karpachova as the coun- who moonlighted as the Verkhovna lar political force in Ukrainian politics. Deputies from the Our Ukraine and try’s ombudsman for human rights on Rada’s ombudsman for human rights “I think the world will simply whistle Yulia Tymoshenko blocs gave 152 votes February 8, despite appearances that she while serving as a national deputy last at the decision that we, God forbid, will in favor of Yevhen Zakharov, chair of the favors the Party of the Regions, an organ- year – violating both European standards make today on a human rights ombuds- Ukrainian Helsinki Union for Human ization with an ongoing record of tram- and the Constitution of Ukraine. man who is exclusively running errands Rights and co-chair of the Kharkiv pling the rights of Ukrainian citizens. In spinning her decision, Ms. for a single political force, whose attitude Human Rights Protection Group. In a secret ballot vote, Ms. Karpachova’s Karpachova said she is rejoining the towards freedom of speech, human rights Mr. Zakharov actively fought for candidacy received the support of 255 nation- “opposition,” which she said is what and democracy we’re all familiar with,” human rights during the Soviet era, pro- al deputies, with full support from the three motivated her to join the Party of the said Yaroslav Kendzior, an Our Ukraine viding support to families of political parliamentary factions that comprise the Regions in the first place. national deputy. prisoners, removing healthy people from coalition government, as well as more than a Such a statement is meaningless because After independently serving as the psychiatric hospitals and helping to pub- dozen deputies from the opposition factions. Ms. Karpachova will be sacrificing her par- ombudsman for human rights since April lish works by human rights activists. Criticized for disregarding her responsi- liamentary seat to become ombudsman, 1998, Ms. Karpachova shocked many by After the secret ballot vote, Mr. bility for political neutrality when joining and her loyalty to the Party of Regions is announcing in December 2005 that she Zakharov said he believes it was the Party of the Regions in December 2005, undoubted by political observers. was joining the Party of the Regions – a Tymoshenko Bloc national deputies, not Ms. Karpachova told reporters following Her approval signifies the regressive, decision that tainted her reputation. Our Ukraine parliamentarians, who sup- The Verkhovna Rada appoints the ported the Anti-Crisis Coalition in voting ombudsman, who is charged with repre- for Ms. Karpachova’s candidacy. President and first lady host adding that only the Anti-Crisis Coalition reception for foreign diplomats Addressing investors... is capable of effectively doing so. (Continued from page 1) “We aren’t romantics who believe Press Office of Ukraine’s President enhanced agreement designed to promote Democracy, which is financed by that campaigns along the lines of ‘Clean “political association and economic inte- Hands’ and ‘Contraband – Stop!’ can KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko Ukrainian business donations. gration.” fight against an obsolete phenomenon,” and First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko The dysfunctional system also enabled Speaking about relations with Russia, Mr. Azarov said, referring to the prior hosted the annual reception for foreign the government to persecute and abuse Mr. Yushchenko expressed confidence government’s programs to deal with cor- diplomats at Kyiv’s Mariinsky Palace on that the Ukrainian-Russian Commission businessmen behind a smokescreen of ruption. “We have the task of significant- February 12. would be “a powerful engine” to fill our tax enforcement, he added. ly reducing corruption to that level Ambassadors, envoys, consuls and rep- cooperation with big projects. “We see which is considered acceptable in resentatives of international organizations, our relations with all countries as strate- European countries.” such as the United Nations, the United gic,” he added. Once again, Mr. Azarov neglected to Nations Children’s Fund, the Organization Ukraine is also determined to rein- mention that he was a member of Mr. for Security and Cooperation in Europe, force its partnership with the United Kuchma’s Coordinating Committee to the European Bank for Reconstruction and States of America to develop bilateral Fight Corruption and Organized Crime Development, the European Commission ties, and face global and regional chal- between 1999 and 2004 – a period dur- and the World Bank attended the event. lenges, Mr. Yushchenko stated. ing which the Ukrainian government Also present were Verkhovna Rada “As Ukraine’s president, I assure you gained global notoriety for its rampant Chairman Oleksander Moroz, Prime that Ukraine will give up its policy of corruption. Minister Viktor Yanukovych, Acting uncertainties resulting in a deficit of Mr. Azarov said the Ukrainian govern- Foreign Affairs Minister Volodymyr security. We will continue our practical ment will continue privatizing its enter- Ohryzko, National Security and Defense dialogue with NATO in order to achieve prises, particularly national telephone Council Secretary Vitalii Haiduk, security and stability,” he said. service provider Ukrtelekom, assuring Presidential Secretariat Chief of Staff The president said Ukraine is quite investors “maximum transparency and Viktor Baloha, Cabinet ministers and active in the international arena as a mem- concreteness” in the process. members of Parliament. ber of the United Nations, the Organization However, it was under the leadership In his speech to the gathering, President for Security and Cooperation in Europe and of Mr. Yanukovych and Mr. Azarov that Yushchenko thanked the diplomats for the Council of Europe, adding, “We value Ukraine’s most valuable industrial asset, contributing to Ukraine’s “constructive our status as a reliable international partner the Kryvorizhstal metallurgical plant, dialogue” with other countries in 2006. that never stands aside global processes.” was sold to billionaires Rynat Akhmetov Outlining his priorities for 2007, Mr. Ukraine will spare no effort to resolve and Victor Pinchuk for $804 million – a Yushchenko said, “Ukraine is searching the Transdniester conflict, Mr. price considered highly undervalued. for ways to resolve the most difficult Yushchenko said. It is also ready for con- Zenon Zawada A year later, under Mr. Yekhanurov’s tasks in its development. We are shaping structive cooperation within the leadership and Ms. Tymoshenko’s initia- a culture of political compromise.” First Vice Prime Minister and Commonwealth of Independent States tive, the same 93 percent stake in He reiterated his intention to form a Minister of Finance Mykola Azarov and with the Group of Eight, and wants Kryvorizhstal stock was sold to the commission to amend the country’s to develop regional projects like GUAM. More statements made by Mr. Azarov world’s largest steelmaker, Mittal Steel Constitution. “We must effectively bal- Building reliable partnerships and failed to reflect the reality of Ukrainian Co., for $4.8 billion, or five times the ance powers, ensure that the rights and mutually beneficial cooperation with politics. earlier price. freedoms of our citizens are observed, other countries and participation in inter- It was the Anti-Crisis Coalition, com- Perhaps it should come as no surprise and forewarn society of any attempt at national projects to face new challenges posed of the Party of the Regions, the that Mr. Akhmetov is reportedly interest- authoritarianism,” he said. are among the country’s major foreign Socialist Party of Ukraine and the ed in buying another strategic Ukrainian Ukraine’s priorities – a pluralistic priorities, the president said. “I believe Communist Party of Ukraine, that passed asset, this time Ukrtelekom, as reported democracy, a civil society, a knowledge- our plans will materialize in all aspects. I the necessary legislation for Ukraine’s on February 13 by Delo, a Ukrainian based economy and European choice – count on your understanding and sup- daily newspaper published in the Russian have not changed, the president said. port,” concluded Mr. Yushchenko. entry into the World Trade Organization language. Thus, the main challenge facing Ukraine During the reception, guests were able (WTO), he said. Renaissance Capital Ukraine Chief is to boost its competitiveness. to view a photo display highlighting both However, he neglected to mention that Executive Officer Stephen Jennings also As for Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic aspira- the official and informal aspects of the Socialists and Communists firmly delivered eyebrow-raising remarks. He tions, Mr. Yushchenko said the country’s President Yushchenko’s international oppose Ukraine’s WTO membership, and most important objectives are to join the activity, titled “President Yushchenko: An that the Party of the Regions received referred to Mr. Yanukovych as Ukraine’s World Trade Organization and to start International Dimension,” as well as an support from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc “new, more business-oriented prime min- talks with the European Union to sign an exhibit of Ukrainian art treasures. and Our Ukraine factions in passing the ister,” as compared to Mr. Yekhanurov. necessary legislation. Renaissance Capital is the leading In fact, the Communists were notori- independent investment banking firm ous for violently disrupting and obstruct- operating in the former Soviet Union, Notice to publishers and authors ing parliamentary sessions in order to with the strongest market position in prevent WTO bills from being passed in each of its core business areas – equity It is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly pub- recent years. capital markets, investment banking and lished books, booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere issues of periodi- Mr. Azarov characterized the 2007 debt capital markets. budget as “absolutely realistic and prag- It is part of the Renaissance Group, an cals only after receipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the material in question. matic,” in contrast to Ms. Tymoshenko’s independent group of finance and invest- News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. view that it is a “threat to Ukraine’s ment companies specializing in emerging Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, cost, etc.) statehood” and even a form of “geno- markets. The company’s headquarters to: Editorial Staff, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ cide” against the Ukrainian people. are in Moscow, where it was founded in 07054. Mr. Azarov criticized the Orange gov- 1995; it has since built a significant pres- ernments for failing to fight corruption, ence in Kyiv. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 5

Ostroh Academy and the two Mykolayiv Kyiv Mohyla... universities, whose presidents happened (Continued from page 1) to be visiting Washington and came to because its president “had the courage, the fund-raiser: Dr. Leonid Klymenko of the idealism and the guts – but mainly the Petro Mohyla Mykolaiv State guts – to make it work.” University and Dr. Viacheslav Shebanin “There is no academic institution in of the Mykolaiv State Agricultural Ukraine as good as Kyiv Mohyla,” University. Accompanied by Prof. Oleksander Pronkevych of PMMSU, restored to its historical academic great- they were in the United States for meet- ings with representatives of educational institutions in Washington and later in Boston. He pointed out that both of these uni- versities developed into Ukrainian-lan- guage institutions within the totally Russian-language environment of Mykolaiv, a city that not too long ago was off limits to foreigners. Dr. Briukhovetsky noted that every year there are about 100 Kyiv Mohyla students participating in exchange pro- grams in the United States. Eight of them, he pointed out, who are pursuing graduate degrees in Washington-area universities were present in the hall. Concluding his remarks, Dr. Briukhovetsky presented his university’s highest award, the Petro Mohyla Medal National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy President Viacheslav to Ambassador Miller for his significant Briukhovetsky presents the Petro Mohyla Medal to Andrew Bihun. contributions to the revival and develop- ment of NUKMA since he headed the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv in the mid-1990s ence, Dr. Marta Bohachevsky-Chomiak, he discussed the possibility of future to the present, and to Andrew Bihun, who returned in December from Kyiv, cooperation and exchanges with its who then was the Embassy’s commercial where for seven years she was the direc- School of Foreign Service. In his remarks Petro Mohyla Mykolaiv State attaché and now is the president of tor of the U.S. Fulbright academic at the fund-raiser, he noted also that University President Leonid Klymenko Global Trade Development Inc. exchange program office. while in the United States he will be trav- speaks at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy He also acknowledged the presence of Also addressing the event was eling to the San Francisco area, where he fund-raiser in Washington. yet another medal recipient in the audi- Minister-Counselor Olexander expects to sign a cooperation agreement Aleksandrovych, of the Ukrainian with Stanford University. Embassy in Washington, who spoke in According to Ms. Farion, the Kyiv behalf of Ambassador Oleh Shamshur. Mohyla Foundation of America not only In her opening remarks, Ms. Farion raises funds for the needs of the also noted the presence of a number of University in Kyiv; it also provides assis- other prominent guests in the audience, tance to NUKMA professors and students among them America’s first ambassador teaching and studying in the United to Kazakhstan, William Courtney, and his States and helps prepare American schol- wife, Laryssa Courtney, who founded the ars going to NUKMA. Cultural Fund of The Washington Group During his remarks at the fund-raiser, of Ukrainian Professionals; Ukrainian Dr. Briukhovetsky quoted the Russian Congress Committee of America writer Maxim Gorky, who, when asked President Michael Sawkiw Jr.; Action why he always tried to help struggling Ukraine Reports Editor Morgan Williams; young writers, replied: and Federal Judge Bohdan Futey. “The talented need support; those She expressed a special thanks to St. without talent will make it on their own.” Andrew’s parish rector, the Rev. Volodymyr Steliac, and the head of the * * * parish council, Valentyn Zabijaka, for Tax-deductible contributions to the hosting the event. Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America While in the Washington area, Dr. may be mailed to P.O. Box 46009, Briukhovetsky had meetings with repre- Chicago, IL 60646-0009. Kyiv Mohyla Academy students now pursuing graduate degrees in Washington- sentatives of educational institutions, area universities with Viacheslav Briukhovetsky. including Georgetown University, where All photos in this series by Yaro Bihun. ness figuratively and literally on the old ruins that Dr. Briukhovetsky managed to wrest from the Ukrainian Navy, he said. “Most importantly, he has put together a faculty, made a place for the best stu- dents in Ukraine, and he has given a vision of what Ukraine can be in the future,” Ambasador Miller said. The stu- dents of his university, he added, will be the future leaders of Ukraine. “Ukraine has a number of heroes, but President Briukhovetsky is a genuine hero, who has lived by his principles (and) never deviated from them,” said the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Dr. Briukhovetsky touched on the expectations coming out of the Orange Revolution and cautioned patience. Only 15 years have passed since Ukraine gained its independence. “Important processes are going on,” he said, repeating an earlier prediction that by 2015 the president of Ukraine may well be a graduate of Kyiv Mohyla. “We should be patient in our efforts.” He pointed out that during the post- independence period other noteworthy institutions of higher learning have also been reborn, citing among them the Washington fund-raising dinner guests listen to NUKMA President Viacheslav Briukhovetsky. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 No. 7

LETTER TO THE EDITOR THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY I personally would be surprised if Mr. Where does Yushchenko could hold out until the end The UNA’s 113th anniversary of his first, and most likely only, term as Yushchenko dwell? president for a few simple reasons: the On February 22 the Ukrainian National Association celebrates the 113th Dear Editor: people of Ukraine no longer want him; anniversary of its founding back in 1894, when 10 brotherhoods banded together to new polls estimate that his current form a fraternal benefit society that would look out for the welfare of Ukrainian Winston Churchill is making a huge come back lately; U.S. Sen. Christopher approval rating is about or even below immigrants to the United States – a segment of the U.S. population that was disre- 10 percent; Mr. Yanukovych wants to garded by mainstream American society. The association’s first priority was to pro- Dodd recently quoted Churchill before the Foreign Relations Committee. The transform his prime minister’s seat into vide funds for the burial expenses of poor immigrants who worked in the danger- the No. 1 position in the country; Yulia ous conditions of Pennsylvania’s coal mines and to provide some measure of Financial Times (January 13-14 weekend edition) picked up the same quotation Tymoshenko wants pre-term elections; financial assistance to the families of the deceased. But that was just the beginning. Yurii Lutsenko also is aiming high. The UNA’s founding was the realization of the historic editorial in Svoboda of and featured it in an article. It is very wise advice that every politician ought to Thus, the natural question is this: Who November 1, 1893: “Ukrainians scattered across this land need a national organi- wants Mr. Yushchenko to continue to be zation, namely such a brotherhood, such a national union that would embrace recite like a mantra: “There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold in charge? Who will support a president each and every Ukrainian no matter where he lives. ...in unity there is strength, who is wishy-washy, flops easily before and it is not easily defeated. ...” out false hopes soon to be swept away.” One could only wish that President his former opponents from Donetsk, dis- Soon the new organization was involved in caring for all aspects of its mem- misses his former allies from key posi- bers’ lives, from education and culture, to sports and health, to political activity Viktor Yushchenko had read some of Churchill’s writings, because if he ever tions, faces a very unruly Parliament both in the U.S. and on the international scene. Through the years the UNA has and, most importantly, no longer has the extended its helping hand to its members, supported countless Ukrainian causes, did, he might not have been where he is now. The president’s party, Our Ukraine, support of his electorate? Perhaps, the and changed with the times to meet the needs of our community. answer is found once again by reading Perhaps the UNA’s best-known fraternal benefits are its two newspapers: Svoboda has about 14 percent in Parliament, which reflects Mr. Yushchenko’s own Churchill: “People face peril or misfor- and The Ukrainian Weekly. Then there is its resort, Soyuzivka, that serves all seg- tune with fortitude and buoyancy, but ments of our community as a venue for cultural/educational events, summer camps, deplorable rating that has nowhere to go now but down. they bitterly resent being deceived or reunions, weddings, conferences, etc. The UNA Scholarship Program provides assis- finding that those responsible for their As expected, Prime Minister Viktor tance to young members – for 2006-2007 it awarded $20,275 in scholarships to 94 affairs are themselves dwelling in a Yanukovych had no intention of follow- students throughout North America. And, the UNA continues to support causes near fool’s paradise.” ing the Westward-leaning “Universal” and dear to the hearts of its members, whether that happens to be education in Where, then, does Mr. Yushchenko that he signed a few months ago. Ukraine, medical assistance for an individual member, support for youth programs, dwell? or sponsorship of sports events. The causes are as varied as the UNA’s members. Prospects of NATO membership are fad- ing away, double-digit inflation is deci- Now into its 12th decade, the UNA remains true to its founding principles as Alex Kozhushchenko mating the average person’s salaries or expressed in its modern-day mission statement: “to promote the principles of fraternal- Wilmington, Del. ism; to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American, and Ukrainian Canadian heritage pensions, Ukraine was rated a miserable and culture; and to provide quality financial services and products to its members.” 125th (below even the level of Pakistan, Just how does the UNA accomplish this? Again, this is clearly stated in its mis- Burkina Faso and Yemen, in terms of dis- We welcome your opinion tribution of global economic freedom) sion statement: “As a fraternal insurance society the Ukrainian National Association The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters reinvests its earnings for the benefit of its members and the Ukrainian community. ” out of 165 countries surveyed by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street to the editor and commentaries on a variety And that, Dear Readers, is where you come in. The UNA, with its long and of topics of concern to the Ukrainian illustrious history of service, is a membership-based organization. The more Journal, and birth rates are still in decline. American and Ukrainian Canadian com- dues-paying members it has, the more it can do for our community. It is an The hopes of most ordinary munities. Opinions expressed by colum- organization worthy of support through your membership. Ukrainians who voted for Mr. nists, commentators and letter-writers are Long may the UNA serve the Ukrainian community, the Ukrainian diaspora Yushchenko have evaporated because the their own and do not necessarily reflect the and the Ukrainian nation! Mnohaya Lita! president failed to fulfill the promises he opinions of either The Weekly editorial made during the Orange Revolution and staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian has sunk the country further into poverty National Association. and rule by corrupt oligarchs. In other Letters should be typed and signed words, he held out false hopes, of which (anonymous letters are not published). Feb. Churchill was so descriptive. Letters are accepted also via e-mail at [email protected]. The daytime phone Turning the pages back... As a result of broken promises, Mr. number and address of the letter-writer must Yushchenko is no longer wanted by any- be given for verification purposes. Please 22 body in the country. The wisest thing he note that a daytime phone number is essen- could do now is admit that he has com- tial in order for editors to contact letter-writ- 1969 Thirty-eight years ago, The Ukrainian Weekly reported on pletely failed his electorate and go back ers regarding clarifications or questions. the festive observances of the 75th anniversary of the founding to his favorite activity which is rumored Please note: THE LENGTH OF LETTERS of the Ukrainian National Association. On February 22, 1969, to be bee-keeping. CANNOT EXCEED 500 WORDS. over 600 members of the Ukrainian community from the United States and Canada gathered at the Commodore Hotel (currently the Grand Hyatt) to recognize the achievements of the largest Ukrainian fraternal benefit society in the world, which was founded on that exact date 75 years earlier in Shamokin, Pa., The Ukrainian Weekly’s by a small group of Ukrainian pioneers and clergymen. 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PERSPECTIVES Faces and Places by Myron B. Kuropas BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY

Aldridge and Shevchenko: an improbable friendship Winning in Chicago February is Black History Month and make-up so he could play roles like When it comes to political representa- developers post to ensure adequate reme- March is when Ukrainians honor Taras Richard III and King Lear. tion, Chicagoland Ukrainians have been dies in case of defective construction. I Shevchenko. And so, in observance of London critics reacted with hostility fortunate. Our community has had a state would also have truly publicized hear- both, allow me to reflect on the improba- and racism. One reviewer complained senator (Walter Dudycz) and two state ings regarding any changes so that any- ble friendship of an African American about Aldridge’s pronunciation of representatives (Boris Antonovych and one affected by it would have ample actor, Ira Aldridge, and the greatest of all English, which he attributed to “the Myron Kulas). notice.” Ukrainians. shape of his lips.” Another was revolted Unfortunately, we’ve never had an Like many wards in Chicago, the 32nd The two met in November 1858 in to see white actresses “pawed about on alderman to represent the Ukrainian is multi-ethnic. “I understand and respect Russia’s imperial capital, St. Petersburg, stage by a black man.” Yet another was Village section of Chicago. Fortunately, this community,” Ms. Zaryczny told the just as the nights were getting longer. struck by “the manifest incongruity of a that may change on February 27. Chicago Journal. “I’m a lifetime resident. I Shevchenko, who had only recently been black Hamlet, Macbeth, Shylock, etc.” Catherine A. Zaryczny, a dynamic young went to school here. I have deep roots in released from more than 10 years in exile, And so, effectively blocked from work- Ukrainian American attorney, has chal- this community ... I also speak the lan- attended Aldridge’s opening performance ing the London stage, Aldridge toured lenged Ted Matlak, the incumbent in the guages that are spoken here: Polish, of “Othello” and was deeply impressed, the hinterlands of Ireland and Scotland. 32nd Ward. writing to a friend about “the African Finally, after seven years, he left Britain Ms. Zaryczny has an impeccable actor who performs miracles on stage.” and started touring Europe: Brussels, resume. She majored in English and politi- Aldridge and Shevchenko soon Munich, Berlin, Vienna, Prague, cal science at Loyola University and became friends, linked by their mutual Budapest and ultimately St. Petersburg, earned a law degree from DePaul abhorrence of slavery and the oppression where he became one of the highest paid University. Asked by Chicago Journal staff of their respective peoples, virtually all actors in the world. And that’s when he writer Timothy Inkleberger what qualifies of whom were slaves. Of the two, ironi- met Shevchenko. her to run for alderman, she answered: “I cally, only Shevchenko had actually been For several months, Shevchenko have a background in business manage- one himself. Aldridge was born in New attended all of Aldridge’s performances ment ... I’m a corporate counsel, I’m a fis- York City in 1807, the son of free blacks and the two often met to share a bottle, cal conservative. I have the business and – his father was a minister. As a boy, sing songs of their respective peoples, industry expertise to ask the tough ques- Aldridge attended the exclusive Afro- discuss art and no doubt social issues, tions. I’ve been ferreting out fraud, mis- American Free School, where he devel- especially slavery. management, over-billing and graft for all oped a love for the theater. The friendship was short-lived. After the companies I’ve worked for, and I Shevchenko, seven years younger than several months, the actor moved on to would like to do the same for the people of Aldridge, was born in a remote village other cities, including Kyiv, Kharkiv, this ward.” Among the cases Ms. south of Kyiv. As the son of serfs, he Odesa and Zhytomyr. Still touring, he Zaryczny worked on was the McDonald’s became the property of Paul Engelhardt, died in Poland in 1867. As for Monopoly game, in which alleged fraud who owned the village and surrounding Shevchenko, he died in March 1861, just and theft was involved the distribution of lands. Orphaned at an early age, weeks after the abolition of serfdom in the game pieces. Shevchenko lived a homeless existence the Russian Empire. In America, slavery It’s an uphill battle for Ms. Zaryczny, until Englehardt finally brought him in as was not completely abolished until the who is bucking the legendary Daley a houseboy. Impressed by the young defeat of the Confederacy and passage of machine, perhaps the strongest and best Catherine Zaryczny, aldermanic candi- man’s intelligence and artistic ability, the 13th Amendment in 1865. organized political organization in the date, 32nd Ward, Chicago. Engelhardt took him on an extended trip As it turned out, true freedom did not country. Ms. Zaryczny is not intimidated. that ended up in St. Petersburg. There a come for Ukrainians or American blacks On January 25 she was interviewed on a Ukrainian, German, Russian, Italian, and group of displaced Ukrainians and for more than a century. Viewing lan- local television station. Hard-hitting, she I’ve been learning Arabic. As a first-gener- Russian intellectuals, astounded by the guage as the vessel for national con- accused Mr. Matlak of being out of touch ation American, I’ve been living the multi-talented slave, arranged to buy him sciousness, Russian authorities in 1863 with the ward which, she has alleged, has American dream. My parents and grand- his freedom. He was 24 years old. declared Ukrainian did not exist and then the second lowest voter turnout in the parents were European refugees. They Supporting himself as a professional banned it, just to make sure. Horrifically, city. Her TV performance was flawless. arrived in this community penniless, home- artist, Shevchenko began writing won- slavery returned in the 20th century in When it comes to political corruption, less and not speaking a word of English. derfully lyrical poetry that spoke to the the form of collective farms, the gulag Illinois takes a back seat to no state. Two This community helped them when they heart of Ukrainians’ psyche – their folk- and forced labor in Nazi Germany. former Democratic governors spent time had no voice in the City Council, and lore, history and aspirations. In a brilliant As for African Americans, they were in prison. Not to be outdone, sometimes things do run full circle.” series – circulated privately in manu- subjugated by Jim Crow laws, Ku Klux Republicans now have a former governor Way back in 1964, your columnist script-form only, he expressed outrage Klan terrorism and segregation. Only behind bars. was a Republican precinct captain in the that the vast majority of his countrymen with the Civil Rights Movement in the Nor are Chicago aldermen strangers to 32nd Ward. Believe it or not, Lesia and I did not enjoy the freedom he had so 1950s and 1960s, were the descendants corruption. Four former aldermen, con- cut our honeymoon short in order to miraculously received and called for the of slaves able to claim their right to victed felons who spent time in jail for campaign for GOP presidential candidate overthrow of an unjust system. equality and opportunity – something accepting bribes, are openly running for Barry Goldwater. We put up campaign other Americans took for granted, includ- Betrayed by an informant, office again. The Chicago Board of posters and distributed campaign litera- ing the immigrant writing this column. Shevchenko’s poems led to his arrest and Elections has ruled that it’s unconstitu- ture. By election day, the posters were In an era when all but a handful of subsequent sentence to serve as a com- tional to prevent them from running torn down and we were told to remove American blacks were slaves, Ira mon soldier on the shores of the Caspian locally, especially since felons, according our car from the polling place because Aldridge achieved success against great and Aral seas, 750 miles from Kyiv and to the state constitution, can run for state we had a Goldwater bumper sticker. I do odds and on his own terms, but now he’s 1,000 miles from St. Petersburg – it office. Admittedly corrupt Chicago believe I was the last Republican might as well have been on the far side just a footnote in history. Alderman Paddy Bauler was right in precinct captain to ever set foot in of the moon. After 10 years and only His friend, Taras Shevchenko, on the 1955 when he said, “Chicago ain’t ready Chicago’s 32nd Ward. with the death of Tsar Nicholas I was other hand, became a figure of major his- for reform.” Ms. Zaryczny is wiser than I was. She Shevchenko allowed to return to St. torical significance, inspiring generations If elected, Ms. Zaryczny plans to tack- is a Democrat running in a Democratic Petersburg. Ukraine was off limits. of his countrymen to struggle for free- le shoddy rehab projects in the 32nd primary. She’s been campaigning mighti- Aldridge’s path to St. Petersburg was dom and independence against the Tsar, Ward. “Spot zoning is essentially the ly, going door to door, convincing voters also difficult, if not quite as arduous. In Nazis and Communists. Today, he’s hon- way an alderman, such as Alderman of her sincerity. It hasn’t been easy, and I pre-Civil War America, it was impossible ored by scores of monuments throughout Andrew Matlak, can go under the radar wish her well. With her zeal and determi- for an African American to have a career the world; his image circulated on so to speak and change the entire charac- nation, she will be an asset to the on the stage, so at 18 Aldridge emigrated postage stamps and currency; his poetry ter of the neighborhood and completely to the British Isles and quickly asserted published in dozens of languages and ignore existing zoning laws,” she told the Democratic Party. She will probably be himself in the London theater, appearing millions of copies; his paintings and Chicago Journal. “Unfortunately, the an oddity in the Chicago City Council: a as a suffering slave or a villainous figure drawings reproduced in countless publi- term developer has become a bad word qualified, talented and honest politician of dark complexion. He performed cations. in the 32nd Ward recently.” working on behalf of her constituents. Shakespeare’s “Othello” countless times. Among those, I suggest you check out a Asked what she would do to solve the The voters of Chicago’s 32nd Ward He also developed a character he called pencil drawing he did on December 25, problem, Attorney Zaryczny was have an outstanding candidate in Mungo. In an article in the African 1858, of Ira Aldridge, memento to an adamant. “A strong alderman would not Catherine Zaryczny, a woman who is American Review, Bernth Lindfors improbable friendship (http://www.infoukes. oppose development for the sake of contributing to the political lore of described it as “almost a prototype of the com/shevchenkomuseum/art.htm). opposing it but would eradicate the cur- Chicago’s Ukrainian community. blackface minstrel ... a humorous buf- rent system of secret handshakes and foon, singing and speaking in black Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is closed-door arrangements ... I would Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is: dialect.” Aldridge also applied white [email protected]. increase the amount of bond money [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 No. 7

onslaught. As Ilko Kucheriv, head of the seams?? Notes from Ukraine Kyiv-based Democratic Initiatives NGO, The reasons lie with both Our Ukraine said to me in Washington recently, “vin and President Viktor Yushchenko, rather nichoho ne robyt” (he’s not doing any- than with the Tymoshenko bloc. Our Taras Kuzio’s blog thing) – apart from, that is, yet another Ukraine-2006 is a very different bloc from roundtable on February 14. Our Ukraine-2002. What happened in the As Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (YTB) ensuing four years was that the business January 31 The Anti-Crisis coalition and Mr. representatives said today in Washington, group took over Our Ukraine and most Yanukovych have obtained what they Tarasyuk goes. What remains? they will be there only in terms of sym- national democrats left. The twin paradox- wanted: the dismissal of the pro-Western bols as that day is Valentine’s Day and es of Our Ukraine-2006 are that it firstly Borys Tarasyuk’s resignation as foreign Foreign Affairs Minister Tarasyuk. the bloc’s symbol is a red heart. received 10 percent less support when its affairs minister on Tuesday (January 30) This sounds all too similar to October If he continues to not fight back, or to honorary chairman Mr. Yushchenko was sends many signals to the outside world as 2000 when Mr. Tarasyuk was also dis- not dismiss Parliament, by the next elec- president than when Leonid Kuchma was well as domestically. As I wrote last week missed. Both then, and today, Mr. tion cycle in 2009-2011 the country will president; and, secondly, that national in the Eurasia Daily Monitor, the battle for Tarasyuk’s dismissal was in the interests have de facto become a parliamentary democratic parties deserted their presi- power between President Viktor of Russia, whose leader lobbied for this republic. Think of how Ukraine looks dent’s party when he was president. Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor staunch defender of Ukraine’s Euro- after five months of Yanukovych in office, Our Ukraine-2006 is a bloc that has Yanukovych has reached into the danger- Atlantic integration to be removed. On and then close your eyes and think about become, like the Party of the Regions, an ous field of the security forces. the eve of Mr. Yanukovych’s visit to the how the country will look in 50 months ideologically amorphous shell. Our Mr. Tarasyuk was removed in early U.S. he visited Moscow on an unex- when the next elections will be held. Ukraine-2002 had a clear center-right, December on the eve of Mr. Yanukovych’s plained visit and without prior coordina- Mr. Tarasyuk’s only mistake was to pro-reform, national democratic profile. visit to the U.S.A. This move by the Anti- tion with the Foreign Affairs Ministry. remain as head of a political party (Rukh) Three problems that exist in Our Crisis Coalition was a strange backdrop to One wonders what they discussed in which followed Our Ukraine, of which it Ukraine-2006 make me pessimistic about Mr. Yanukovych’s carefully choreo- Moscow over vodka and “zakuski.” is a constituent part, in going into opposi- the new opposition’s unity. Firstly, as graphed visit organized by his American Following the resignation of Minister tion to the Anti-Crisis Coalition. Even a Yulia Tymoshenko said in an Ukrayinska public relations advisers. Presumably, the Tarasyuk, Ukraine’s foreign policy is set Ukrainian Kozak dancer would find it Pravda interview late last year, Our leadership of the Anti-Crisis Coalition, to fully return to the multi-vectorism of difficult to dance around the paradox of Ukraine’s relationship with the opposi- including Mr. Yanukovych himself, did not the Kuchma era. This means a return to being a member of a government that tion is like a patient standing outside a care how Mr. Tarasyuk’s unconstitutional constant vacillation and deception. you oppose. dentist’s clinic, unsure of whether to dismissal by Parliament would be seen in Furthermore, Mr. Yanukovych has But, I suspect that was more of an enter or not. Our Ukraine’s business wing Washington, and more broadly in the West. brought back holdovers from the excuse than the real reason for this crisis. just finds it impossible to go into opposi- After Mr. Tarasyuk’s dismissal he was Kuchma era to assist him in this. tion to the authorities. repeatedly humiliated by not being per- What of President Yushchenko’s fate? February 6 Anatolii Kinakh is a clear example of mitted to attend Cabinet of Ministers In the U.S., presidents whose ratings Orange opposition this. Tymoshenko Bloc deputy Hryhorii meetings. The most disconcerting step have dropped below 30 percent are seen Nemiria described him as “Kuchma- occurred a week ago when the as such. It has taken Yushchenko, who gets together, again Chanel” (or “Kuchma-Lite” to Yanukovych government cut off funds to has ratings of only 6 to 7 percent, only Americans). Mr. Kinakh was the interim the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Such a two years to reach the same low support The signing of an agreement on prime minister between Mr. Yushchenko step was unprecedented in international that it took Kuchma seven or eight years February 6 by Our Ukraine and the Yulia and Viktor Yanukovych. affairs and further damaged Ukraine’s to reach in his second term. A second Tymoshenko Bloc to work together, is of Secondly, most of the five parties that international reputation. Following this term is simply out of the question for Mr. course, an important statement, in of itself make up Our Ukraine-2006 are virtual par- step, senior Western leaders and ambas- Yushchenko. (www.razom.org.ua). But, it has been a ties. Not only Kinakh’s Party of sadors began to ask: Who is in charge in Mr. Yushchenko’s low popularity is a long time in coming as Our Ukraine went Industrialists and Entrepreneurs but also Ukraine? consequence of his inability to fight back into official opposition five months ago. the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists Mr. Tarasyuk’s dismissal answered this and to be constantly on the retreat in the Why has it taken so long to draft an question: it is Prime Minister Yanukovych. face of the Party of the Regions agreement that is already cracking at the (Continued on page 15) No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 9 Cultural studies: An American student in a Ukrainian master’s program by Larissa Babij The students would get shy about collections of scholarly literature in many speaking English, but I soon discovered languages, including new Ukrainian trans- Everyone said the National University that, on the whole, their command of the lations of important international thinkers of Kyiv Mohyla Academy (NUKMA) was language is outstanding. I was equally and plenty of works in English. the best in Ukraine. Considering my for- impressed with their capacity to remem- A user-friendly electronic catalogue – eign-learned Ukrainian and weak Russian, ber facts and articulate what they learned one of the most sophisticated in Ukraine – I was reassured by the fact that its working with poise and confidence. My difficul- allows students to search the collections languages are both Ukrainian and English. ties expressing myself in seminars came and request books via computer. When all After a year of researching architec- not only from less-than-perfect mastery the elements of the system work accord- ture in Kyiv, I wasn’t ready to leave the ingly (seldom the norm), you can pick up city. I had wanted to continue my educa- of Ukrainian, but also from being unpre- pared by my American education for for- your books at circulation an hour later. tion at the master’s level for some time But the institution still does not trust since graduating from Barnard College mal public speaking. American institutions take care to its student population to browse the (Columbia University) and wondered if I stacks or return borrowed materials. The couldn’t combine my two desires by make all the circumstances of an aca- demic campus – from quality of dorms fine systems to which I was accustomed studying in Kyiv. in the U.S. are uncommon in NUKMA’s and dining halls to easy access to infor- Commencing my master’s program in libraries. Instead, students are simply not mation – as comfortable as possible. In cultural studies last fall (2006), I was allowed to check books out until reaching contrast, European professors prefer to nervous and excited, and in for a huge the mature rank of master’s candidate. culture shock. send students on an arduous quest for It turns out that most of my fellow Though I was one of two Americans in information. There is a teasing gleam in graduate students hardly use the library at the program, at first I felt like an exotic crea- their eye when they assign readings with all. Some buy the latest releases at Kyiv’s ture on display. I must admit that I, too, was the caveat “… if you can find it.” book market, and there is a sea of interna- observing my surroundings with the So the group bands together and can- tional scholarly literature in Russian detached gaze of an anthropologist. With the vases all possible sources for a particular Larissa Babij translation available on the Internet. passing of time, my fellow students and I reading assignment as if seeking the All over the world, the library as an began to see each other as friends rather than Holy Grail. We share books, photocopies, we can get our hands on. In place of cut- institution is changing. As with other representative artifacts of alien cultures. files scanned or found online, anything throat competition there is a division of technologies, perhaps Ukrainian libraries labor; cooperation is valued as much as will skip the intermediary stages of personal success. building up formidable print collections I soon discovered that the research and simply embrace and develop new Dnipropetrovsk native awarded library in the early 18th century academic virtual information systems. In addition campus was my favorite place to study. to photocopy machines, NUKMA could With bookshelves wrapping the walls use more computers and wider student Rotary’s world peace fellowship from floor to very high ceiling and rows of accessibility, especially from offsite, to Rotary International ation of government officials, diplomats long parallel tables with chairs facing only electronic databases and search engines. and humanitarian leaders develop the in one direction to eliminate social distrac- While I met many obstacles in my EVANSTON, Ill. – Amid today’s skills needed to reduce the threat of war tions, the library is a shrine to knowledge. first trimester studying at NUKMA, the headlines of war, suicide bombings and and violence worldwide. However, I ran into countless prob- quality of knowledge that I gained went violent crime, signs of peace are espe- “My goal in life is to attempt to lems using the library, based on the far beyond facts and figures: I received a cially welcome. change as many people’s lives as I possi- incongruity of my expectations (coming vibrant portrait of Ukrainian student life. Vadim Ostrovsky of Dnipropetrovsk, bly can. And, since the lives of many from one of the United State’s most NUKMA students have some of the best Ukraine, has decided to make a career of depend on the policies, whether domestic renowned and well-endowed universi- resources in the country and I couldn’t working toward peace on earth, and or international, I see myself gravitating ties) and the reality of an institution that point to a group of people better suited to Rotary International is helping by award- towards the world of policy-making,” has actually made remarkable progress in take advantage of them. ing him a world peace fellowship. commented Mr. Ostrovsky, who came to eschewing the inefficient conventions of I’m grateful to the bright, helpful peo- Mr. Ostrovsky, 26, says that because the United States in 1997 to study. the Soviet past. ple on whom I can depend and for the of current world events, including war After earning a bachelor’s degree in NUKMA has done a tremendous experience that is constantly teaching me and instability, he felt the call of duty to global marketing management and man- amount of work over the last 15 years to how to get the most out of the vast pool change the world for the better. “It is not agement science (with minors in political offer its students the broadest research of resources – continually growing – enough to talk or even believe in peace. science and American history) from possibilities. Its libraries hold reputable before me. One must actively pursue it,” said Mr. Averett University in southern Virginia, Ostrovsky, who started his peace fellow- Mr. Ostrovsky worked for a small ship at the University of Queensland in American corporation as a global busi- Brisbane, Australia, in 2005. ness development manager. The fellowship allows him to earn a Simultaneously, he worked as the execu- masters degree in peacemaking and con- tive director of ClickUkraine flict resolution at one of seven Rotary (http://www.usukraine.org/clickUkraine.s Centers for International Studies around html), a program he started in 2003 while the world. Centers are located at leading interning at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation universities in France, the United in Washington. Kingdom, the United States, Japan, The main focus of this independent Argentina and Australia. grassroots project is to bring computers Launched in 2002, this innovative and basic computer literacy education to approach to world peace is a two-year program aimed at helping the next gener- (Continued on page 11)

Vadim Ostrovsky (right) of Dnipropetrovsk, a Rotary World Peace Fellow and founder of ClickUkraine, a grassroots initiative that brings computers and computer training to foster children in Ukraine. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 No. 7

BOOK NOTES

loses momentum after election time, thus Politics of national identity preventing separatism in Ukraine. In tracing the roots of the Ukrainian revival, which has its early beginnings in western examined in book of essays Ukraine, Dr. Hrycak highlights the “Rebounding Identities: The Politics of Identity in Russia and Ukraine,” edited “Ukrainophile” movement of the mid- by Dominique Arel and Blair A. Ruble, Woodrow Wilson Center Press: Washington, 19th century, which conflicted with the 2006, 384 pp., $55 (hardcover). idea of nationalism under the Russian and the Austro-Hungarian empires. Russia and Ukraine have been strug- ways that the Soviet system fostered a Following the native language princi- gling with an intertwined identity crisis Russified identity, according to Dr. ple, the Prosvita (Enlightenment) for centuries and, 15 years after the Guilano, were the institution of policies of Society, a federation of civic organiza- break-up of the Soviet Union, top schol- “korenizatsiia” (indigenization) and the use tions, began the first locally funded ars offer a thorough critical analysis of of internal passports, which forced citizens Ukrainian language education program the situation in the book titled to adopt nationalities approved by the state. in Ukraine in 1873. This allowed for the “Rebounding Identities: The Politics of The creation of elites in the union preservation of a base of national con- Identity in Russia and Ukraine.” republics of the centrally planned Soviet sciousness that would last to the present. This book of essays is the product of a system allowed for the build-up of an After the emancipation from serfdom series of workshops held in 2002 and 2003 intelligentsia in these republics that infu- in 1861, Ukrainian language study in at the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow riated Moscow and directed resources eastern Ukraine was limited to Sunday Wilson International Center for Scholars toward the Central Asian republics. school education, but these schools were that examined multicultural legacies in When economic conditions contracted in shut down by officials who feared “Little Russia and Ukraine. The introduction to the 1980s, the infrastructure was in place Russian separatism.” Further, these offi- the volume is by Dominique Arel of the to seek autonomy from Moscow. cials passed directives that prohibited any form of Ukrainian education in a policy Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the According to Dr. Guilano, the ability strength throughout the bulk of the that became known as Russification. University of Ottawa, and the conclusion is of these republics, both union and Russian Federation impedes separatism. The Prosvita Society was dissolved in by Blair A. Ruble of the Kennan Institute. autonomous, to be self-sustaining and However, as Dr. Guilano points out, 1922 by the Soviet authorities, but by that Profiling the Russian Federation and requiring less assistance from Moscow this cannot be used as an explanation, time over 400,000 members had paved the multiple ethnic groups that make up was directly proportionate to the coun- because exceptions such as Chechnya, the way for Soviet Ukrainian educators to this vast country, Elise Guilano of the try’s movement toward independence. where the majority of the ethnic popula- adopt the native language principle. Dr. University of Miami presents the factors Also, economic conditions that demon- tion is Russian, proves this incorrect. Hrycak describes how the Ukrainian lan- that have contributed to the “nationalist strate modernity and industrialization Other examples include the fact that dur- guage experienced another revival in the mobilization” in the republics, including gain more momentum for secession ing the 1991 referendum for Ukrainian Tatarstan, Chechnya, Sakha-Yakutia, when key players feel that they will ben- 1920s as a result of popular unrest in the independence, in which over 90 percent Tuva and Bashkortostan, that threatened efit personally from the move. union republics. During this time of of the population took part, ethnic the disintegration of the Russian In explaining the reason nationalist “nativization” or “Ukrainianization,” the Russians voted for independence as well. Federation, just as the Soviet Union was movements failed in the Russian republics, native language principle was reinstituted A distinct cultural identity based on torn apart along ethnic lines. one report cited by Dr. Guilano indicates where by party and government officials differences in religion, customs, language Dr. Guilano outlines the historical and that the success of a national movement were commanded to respect the Ukrainian and history, according to the author, fuels economic institutions that have fostered the was inversely related to the heterogeneity language and culture, and recruit a nationalist mobilization by those with a hierarchy of the republics from union of the population, due to a lack of ability Ukrainians into the Communist Party. republics to autonomous republics, to for mobilization. One conclusion is that political agenda. Once these cultural However, by 1933, this would come to autonomous oblasts and okrugs. Other the spatial dispersion of Russians in identities are socially established, there is an end and the entire educational system greater political motivation along ethnic would be restructured. Dr. Hrycak chroni- lines. In addition the author also notes cles the return of the native language prin- that the oppression and deportation of an ciple in the 1980s, the current education ethnic group by the central authorities polices in post-independence Ukraine and spur nationalist mobilization. the public response to these policies. In another essay in the volume, Geared toward scholars but equally Alexandra Hrycak of Reed College enriching for the layperson, this volume points to the revival of the Ukrainian lan- allows readers to gain a greater under- guage as an assertion of national con- standing of the situation in Russia and sciousness. Both the acts of making Ukraine. Ukrainian the official language of Other topics covered by the contribut- Ukraine and making education in the ing authors include: “Russian Islam” and Ukrainian language compulsory, demon- religious multiculturalism (Katherine strates the state’s commitment to the Graney); migration and associated ten- Ukrainian identity. Dr. Hrycak points to sions (Mikhail A. Alexseev); 19th centu- the shift away from Sovietized identities ry mapping practices in Ukraine (Steven that blurred distinctions between a defin- J. Seegel); religion in Russia in the early itive Ukrainian or Russian identity. 20th century (Paul W. Werth); post- The native language principle of edu- Soviet nation-building and refugee pro- cation removed parental choice out of tection (Oxana Shevel); the appeal of the equation and replaced it with one of evangelicalism in Ukraine (Catherine national policy. This has not perpetuated Wanner); Soviet policies toward nation- conflicts along ethnic lines that have the alities and assimilation (Dmitry potential to divide the country, but along Gorenburg); and the influence of the political ones that remain in the back- Tatar language revival (Helen M. Faller). ground. Pro-Russian language forces For more information, readers may have not attempted to change the policies log on to www.press.jhu.edu/books; adopted with the law from 1989 on write to Hopkins Fulfillment Service, Ukrainian language education. P.O. Box 50370, Baltimore, MD 21211; Furthermore, according to Dr. Hrycak, phone 800-537-5487 or 410-516-6956; the politicization of the language issue or fax 410-516-6998.

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Naydan of resembles the debates held a hundred “conferring upon Ukrainian culture the Mainstream Anglo-American journals Pennsylvania State University, Marko years ago between so-called “narodnyky” dignity of presence in Europe and the publish occasional articles on Ukraine’s Pavlyshyn of Monash University in and “modernisty.” Today it is the world equally with the cultures of other politics, history, language and literature. Australia, and Valerii Polkovsky of the “nativists” versus the Westernizers, the modern nations.” Prof. Pavlyshyn con- To have a series of articles on a University of Alberta in Canada. so-called “Zhytomyr school” of siders the music, the dance movements, Ukrainian topic in one issue of a specific Prof. Zubrytska provides a general Pashkovskyi, Danylenko and Medvid the special effects and the words of journal, however, is a rarity, indeed. introduction to this forum. She describes versus the “Stanyslaviv phenomenon” Ruslana's song “Wild Dances” to be There were but a few such occasions in its primary focus as “an attempt to con- represented by such writers as “rhetorically relevant” to Ukrainian cul- recent history. The fall 1995 issue of sider the socio-political and cultural Andrukhovych and Izdryk. The tural identity and analyzes them in con- Slavic Review devoted its pages to a dis- aspects of the rich and multi-faceted “nativists” stress traditional values, “the siderable detail. cussion among several contributors of the transformations of national identity in soul” and organic national culture, while Dr. Polkovsky, a linguist, focuses on provocative question: “Does Ukraine Ukrainian culture,” with national litera- the Westernizers are associated with lexical changes in the contemporary have a history?” Canadian Slavonic ture serving both as “a mirror of reality” European orientation, post-modernist Ukrainian language since independence. Papers gave its issue of June 1990 to a in which one sees a reflection of oneself, style and rationalism. He has analyzed examples from the symposium on the poetry of Lina and as a window, where one sees the Prof. Naydan’s paper concentrates on Ukrainian periodical press and books Kostenko. And now the Slavic and East world of others. The mirror/window the so-called Bu-Ba-Bu generation of published in the period between 1991 European Journal presents in its Fall metaphors explain the symbolic title of Ukrainian writers. These young writers, and 2005, and calls attention to a wealth 2006 issue a scholarly forum on contem- the forum and shed additional light on who appeared on the literary scene as of new words and expressions, to the use porary Ukrainian literature and national the search for identity in present-day early as the late 1980s, created, accord- of former cliches with a new ironic or identity. Ukrainian culture. ing to Prof. Naydan, “a new sense of lit- humorous effect, to the growing role of This series of articles is given an Dr. Onyshkevych, in her paper, con- erary identity by breaking with the tradi- allusions and puns, to the appearance of intriguing general title: “Mirrors, win- siders how “national or ethnic stereo- tional icons of the Ukrainian past, by, in new word combinations and many lexical dows and maps: the topology of national types and symbols manifest themselves fact, playfully mocking them and by borrowings from English, as well as identity in 20th century Ukrainian litera- in new Ukrainian drama.” Having exam- focusing on aesthetic freedom as their some tendency to create Ukrainian equiv- ture.” The idea for such a scholarly ined some 120 plays written in Ukrainian primary concern.” In their subject-matter alents to international terms. The present forum developed from presentations at after 1990, Dr. Onyshkevych notes the and their poetic language these young day Ukrainian language, according to Dr. various national and international confer- absence of Soviet-era negative stereo- writers “broke both Soviet and national- Polkovsky, “can adequately reflect socie- ences sponsored by the Shevchenko types, of xenophobia toward the West or istic taboos” and introduced a “spirit of tal changes on different levels, adjusting Scientific Society of America and organ- toward ethnic minorities, and the pres- Rabelaisian carnival.” itself to the demands of the present ized by the society’s former president, ence of a frank acceptance or non-accept- Mr. Naydan, who is well-known as a time.” Larissa Zaleska-Onyshkevych. It is Dr. ance of individuals based on their own translator of literary texts from Ukrainian What is very unusual in this forum Onyshkevych who needs to be credited merit. She also finds more references to into English, illustrates his paper with organized and edited by Dr. with the present rare breakthrough, and well-known Western individuals than to excerpts of poetry by Viktor Neborak, Onyshkevych for the Slavic and East she acts as the forum’s guest editor in Russian or Soviet ones, and comments on Yuri Andrukhovych, Oleksander Irvanets European Journal is the fact that all this issue of the Slavic and East the curious phenomenon where and Nazar Honchar. scholarly papers, with the exception of European Journal. Ukrainian protagonists in the plays are Prof. Pavlyshyn, though one of the the introductory remarks by Prof. Participants in this forum are Maria often criticized more harshly than non- most prominent Western scholars of Zubrytska, have in addition to the text of Zubrytska of Lviv National University in Ukrainians. Ukrainian literature, this time discusses the article and its bibliography – an Ukraine, Dr. Onyshkevych of the Ms. Hnatiuk calls the readers’ atten- not a literary but a socio-cultural phe- added summary of the paper – in the Shevchenko Scientific Society in New tion to a debate among two schools of nomenon. Ruslana Lyzhychko, the singer Ukrainian language. This must surely be from Ukraine who won the globally tele- a historical first for an Anglo-American level in changing the world for the better vised Eurovision Song Contest in 2004, Slavic journal. Dnipropetrovsk... one step at a time,” he said. (Continued from page 9) Efforts to foster international under- foster children in his homeland. standing and peace not only reflect Banking Center Manager: Philadelphia ClickUkraine has been largely supported Rotary’s deepest conviction, but also an important part of its heritage. For example, by the Danville-Riverview Rotary Club It’s my career. It’s my bank. (southern Virginia), the Dnipropetrovsk the founding of the United Nations was Rotary Club (eastern Ukraine) and the highly influenced by Rotarian participation When you become part of our team, you begin to refer to MB Financial Samuel Huntington Fund in and Rotary still enjoys a special observer Massachusetts. status at the U.N. Also, Unicef and several Bank as “my bank.” As we strive to be a competitive community bank “Through ClickUkraine, I’m capable other international organizations were serving retail customers and providing financial services to small and mid- of affecting change in the lives of founded with the participation of Rotary. sized businesses in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area, we provide per- orphaned children. They are part of the The Rotary Centers for International sonalized service in a nurturing environment where employees can grow population who are least protected from Studies represent an equally important and advance in a career that fits their talents and needs. We value socio-economic injustices in Ukraine. investment in the future of peace. employee commitment and contributions. And we demonstrate our appre- However, there are millions of other peo- “You have only to pick up a newspa- ciation by offering amazing opportunities and rewards at every level. ple around the world who fare even per to realize how vitally important it is that our world leaders be skilled in the worse, and they need help as well,” Mr. MB Financial Bank is looking for a results-oriented Banking Center Ostrovsky explained arts of conflict resolution and peaceful negotiation,” said Luis Giay, chairman of Manager for its Philadelphia Location. The Banking Center Manager will The peace fellows in his class, Mr. be responsible for the administration and coordination of the sales and Ostrovsky noted, come from seven dif- The Rotary Foundation. “Everything we operations staff of the Banking Center, as well as accomplishing sales ferent countries, bringing their own expe- do through our Rotary clubs – from fight- riences to the program. “Our class is so ing poverty to eradicating polio – is objective by developing new deposit and loan business, and diverse. People come from places such as intended ultimately to promote world attracting/promoting growth through the development and retention of Uganda, Iceland, Japan, the United peace. What better way to contribute to new and existing customers. Responsibilities include coaching and moti- States, Indonesia, India, Argentina and that effort than by helping to develop vating staff of Personal Bankers, Customer Service Associates (Tellers), Canada,” he said. “That promotes the future world leaders committed to and Assistant Banking Center Manager regarding sales, service and global thinking and impact they want.” achieving peace and understanding.” attainment of goals. Up to 70 Rotary World Peace Fellows Rotary is an organization of business are selected each year in a globally com- and professional leaders united world- Duties also include supervising the Banking Center to ensure proper wide who provide humanitarian service petitive selection process based on their functioning of day-to-day operations, promoting the sales culture and and help to build goodwill and peace. professional and academic achievements. ensuring that the staff receives proper training to enable the selling and They come from 52 different countries Paul P. Harris founded the world’s first cross selling of Bank products. In addition, the Banking Center Manager and represent a wide array of academic service club in 1905 in Chicago. Today, and cultural backgrounds. 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And this will impact mil- Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI), the “This all changed with the elections of lions of children.” Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak, rector of the 2004,” Father Gudziak added. “The “From various polls and surveys it is Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow clear that the people of Ukraine look to spoke on the topic of “Church and Patriarchate supported Viktor the Churches for moral and social leader- Society in Post-Orange Ukraine.” Father Yanukovych, and its hierarchy actively ship. Religious leaders are more trusted Gudziak, a Syracuse native, holds a doc- campaigned for him in Donetsk, Odesa than anyone else in the country. And this torate in Slavic and Byzantine cultural and even in Kyiv. A number of its bish- is in a country that is the most secular- and ecclesiastical history from Harvard ops even accompanied him on a visit to ized in all of Europe,” Father Gudziak (1992) and is also an alumnus of the Mount Athos in Greece. The Ukrainian emphasized. Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute. Father Gudziak’s November 30, 2006, Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate “Ukraine is a society with major prob- talk – the last of the fall semester – was supported Viktor Yushchenko, while the lems,” Father Gudziak said. “The rate for drawn from research that he has been Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox abortions, AIDS and the use of drugs are doing on the Church and religion in con- Church was split. The Ukrainian Greek- the highest in Europe, and in many vil- temporary Ukrainian society. It focused on Catholic Church officially refused to take lages, particularly in western Ukraine, the re-emergence and rapid growth of the sides, but included prayers for a fair elec- the majority of the working population Church after the fall of the Soviet Union, tion at the end of every liturgy, and more has emigrated, leaving only the very the problems encountered under Presidents than half of its clergy participated in the young and the very old, who are support- Leonid Kravchuk and Leonid Kuchma, the events on the maidan [Independence ed by regular remittances from abroad. role that the Church played during the Square]. Neither the Roman Catholic Unfortunately, the lack of parental super- Orange Revolution in late 2004 and the Church nor the various Protestant vision combined with relative availability changes that have occurred since then. The Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak churches took direct stands, but were of money has given rise to a whole new “The Communists attacked the active in working for free and fair elec- set of problems.” Church immediately after they took over, tions particularly in central and eastern “As a result of the Orange Revolution, and its functions and beliefs were and by February 1918 the Orthodox met- Ukraine.” the way has been cleared for the mocked and primitivized.” ropolitan of Kyiv had been killed. Within “During the weeks in December on the Churches to reach out to society,” Father “With the possibility of war, Stalin 10 years the hierarchical structures of all maidan, church leaders were visible in Gudziak said. “The way that they do it religious organizations in the country and Metropolitan Sergei reached a society for the first time since the begin- will not only impact society but will also had been destroyed; all monasteries, modus vivendi that gave organized reli- ning of the 20th century,” Father Gudziak determine their own status for the fore- seminaries, and religiously affiliated gion some visibility and a role in the said. “Each day began with ecumenical seeable future.” schools and publishing facilities had preservation of the state,” Father prayer services, and senior representa- “The various Protestant denominations been eliminated; and more than 80 per- Gudziak said. “With the end of the war tives of the clergy were clearly visible are leading the way in impacting society cent of all the clergy had been killed,” and the ascendancy of Khrushchev, there with each candidate.” and confronting the major problems; the Father Gudziak pointed out. was a renewed crackdown on religion “Unfortunately, the promise of the Greek-Catholics are rapidly beginning to “Although the ultimate goal of the and this continued almost up until the maidan has been largely unfulfilled. develop their own outreach programs; Communists was the total elimination of demise of the Soviet Union.” However, for the Churches, the picture while the various Orthodox Churches lag religion, as an intermediate step they “The 1990s saw the re-emergence of has changed as a result of what hap- behind. Ironically, the Ukrainian were content to totally marginalize the religion in Ukraine and throughout the pened. It is now accepted that religion Orthodox Church of the Moscow remnants of the Church in society,” lands of the former Soviet Union,” and the Churches have a place in society, Patriarchate has few social programs yet Father Gudziak continued. “Religious Father Gudziak noted. “Churches were and a role and a function,” Father it has the most intensive media outreach, expression was limited to specific rites full, new churches appeared everywhere, Gudziak pointed out. “There have been the most up-to-date publications, and the within specific buildings. The Church seminaries, convents and monasteries discussions about drafting new legisla- most state-of the-art websites,” Father was completely separated from society, had more applicants than they could han- tion recognizing this reality, and there Gudziak concluded. McGill Ukrainian Students’ Association holds “Ukrainian Week 2007” by Adriana Luhovy president. booklet was printed, which included ic executive with Artem Luhovy, presi- With financial support from the information on and photos of past student dent; Roxanne Zalucky, vice-president; MONTREAL – The McGill Ukrainian Montreal Ukrainian community, includ- events and an article by Prof. Roman Jaroslaw Holowka, treasurer; as well as Students’Association (MUSA) organized ing individual and business card ads, a Serbyn on the famine-genocide. members Layla Shbat, Ksenia Yatsenko, a series of events during their “McGill 20-page McGill Ukrainian Week 2007 Activities were organized by a dynam- Jesse Marynowycz, Nick Saldan, Ukrainian Week 2007” – a tradition that Christina Szuper, Michael Duchnay and dates back to 1953 on McGill campus. George Diete. Among the varied weeklong events held The McGill Ukrainian Students’ on January 18-28 was a talk by Prof. Association has 125 members with stu- Yarema Kelebay marking the 75th anniver- dents from Montreal, throughout sary of the 1932-1933 Famine-Genocide Canada, the United States and Ukraine. titled, “Reflections on the Black Book of Communism”; a talk on trafficking in In the words of President Luhovy, Ukraine with three guests from Ukraine “Students with a Ukrainian background, coordinated by Halyna Zalucka from come and sign up at our annual registra- Toronto; a talk by Dr. Evhen Kaluzny titled tion table and life friendships are eventual- “Spiritualism and Capitalism”; a pub night ly forged through the events MUSA organ- at McGill’s Gerts as a fund-raiser for “Help izes throughout the year. We are also in Us Help the Children”; the showing of the contact with the Toronto Ukrainian internment documentary “Freedom Had a Students’ Association and with them hope Price;” and a wine and cheese reception to revive the Ukrainian Canadian with the Ukrainian Canadian Professional Students’ Union (SUSK), so all existing and Business Association (UCPBA) of Ukrainian clubs across Canada could get Montreal. to know each other, work together and Because of the successful projects have a presence on the various campuses.” organized last year by the revived MUSA’s next project is on March 20 at Ukrainian club, MUSA was nominated the McGill Faculty Club and is organized as one of three best active clubs on with the Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the McGill campus for 2006. Their hard University of Ottawa, the McGill work and achievements were recognized, Department of Education and the UCPBA and MUSA was given its own office of Montreal. The guest speaker will be a space in the McGill Students’ Union British Ukrainian writer-journalist, who is Building and provided with a computer presently at the Keenan Institute, Jaroslaw and server space for MUSA’s new web- Koshiw. He is writing a book on the site www.ssmu.ca/musa. famous “Melnychenko tapes,” the record- McGill University also now recog- ings of President Leonid Kuchma, that nizes Ukrainian studies at the National created a major scandal in Ukraine. University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy in For further information, readers may Kyiv as six-credit courses for McGill Executive members of the McGill Ukrainian Students’ Association with President contact MUSA at 514-398-4400, ext. students, due to the efforts of the MUSA Artem Luhovy (front center). 09964. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 13 Chervona Kalyna Plast fraternity blesses new flag in Ukraine KYIV – December 3, 2006, was a very significant day in the history of the “Chervona Kalyna” fraternity of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. The Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Basilian Fathers in Kyiv was the site of the blessing of the new flag of the 5th unit of senior Plast members and the 23rd unit of young adult “plastuny” of Chervona Kalyna. The blessing was performed by the patriarch of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Lubomyr Husar, in the presence of the fraternity's members, representatives of other Plast groups and invited guests. Patriarch Husar is himself a member of the 5th unit of Chervona Kalyna. The flag is an exact copy of the original flag that was blessed 70 years ago by Father Josyf Slipyj, who became patriarch of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. The blessing of the flag took place after the holy liturgy. Patriarch Husar expressed his wish that future genera- tions of faithful citizens, Ukrainian patriots and people of good will would be fostered. He also mentioned the importance of the flag, and with a calm and assured voice, expressed his happi- ness to have this opportunity. At the end of the ceremony, the faithful sang a Patriarch Lubomyr Husar with fellow members of the Chervona Kalyna fraternity of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. “Prayer for Ukraine.” The original flag of the Chervona Kalyna fraternity was blessed on April emigrated to the U.S. and other countries, liturgy. Hundreds of Plast members, rep- hoped that this flag will have the same 27, 1930, by the Rev. Mitred Slipyj. The it was decided to recreate the flag, after resentatives of the Plast leadership and meaning for this new generation and that blessing took place on Mount Makivka the design of Edward Kozak (EKO), a other organizations witnessed this festive they will proudly carry it high, marching in the Carpathian Mountains, which has well-known Ukrainian artist and a mem- moment. Also present was president-in- toward the same goal for which so many its own significance in Ukrainian history. ber of Chervona Kalyna. exile of the Ukrainian National Rada members of Chervona Kalyna gave their During that first blessing, members of Another member, Oleksander Kot, Stepan Vytvyckyj. lives. the fraternity took an oath on their new who at the time resided in France, Over 50 members of Chervona Kalyna After the official ceremony, members flag – “We will not bring shame to financed this project. The flag was exe- swore on this second flag “never to bring of the fraternity invited their Plast friends Ukraine” – and this phrase was embroi- cuted by the Basilian Sisters in France, shame to Ukraine.” Over the years the and guests to an informal get-together, in dered on one side of the flag. The flag- and Mr. Kot himself brought it to the flag became worn and discolored and a which Patriarch Husar also participated. bearer at the time was Mychajlo U.S. for the blessing which was per- decision was made to create an exact Members of other Plast groups – Potochniak. Upon returning from formed on September 2, 1962, at the copy yet again. “Verkhovynky,” “Pershi Stezhi,” Makivka to Lviv the flag was given to Vovcha Tropa campground, during the And so, this past December 3, 2006, “Buryverkhy,” “Vovkulaky,” “Celibat the Museum of Shevchenko Scientific 50th jubilee of Plast. the Plast fraternity witnessed another Murlyky,” “Orden Zaliznoyi Ostrohy” Society in Lviv for safekeeping. It is not The flag-bearer this time was Ivan great moment in its 80-year history, when and representatives of the Kyiv branch of known what happened to this flag, and to Luchechko, and the blessing was per- a younger generation of Chervona Plast and the National Plast Command in this day its whereabouts are unknown. formed by Archbishop Joseph Kalyna members in Ukraine participated Ukraine expressed their greetings and After members of Chervona Kalyna Schmondiuk immediately after the holy in the blessing of this new flag. It is best wishes on this occasion. Connecticut’s Yevshan ensemble performs in Christmas concert NEW BRITAIN, Conn. – In a special Christmas con- The predominantly Polish American parish invited Heart parish, welcomed the Yevshan chorus and cert on January 7, the Yevshan Ukrainian Vocal the 30-voice Yevshan choir to be part of its Christmas thanked the members for taking time out of their Ensemble performed before a standing-room-only audi- celebration titled “Gwiazda Twa” which also featured Christmas day celebration to grace the seasonal holi- ence of over 1,000 concert-goers here at Sacred Heart popular Polish-born vocalist and recording artist Irena days of the New Britain community. Roman Catholic Church. Jarocka. Msgr. Daniel Plocharczyk, the pastor of Sacred Yevshan performed a suite of carols by Kyrylo Stetsenko including “Dnes Poyushche,” “Oi Vydyt Boh” and “Po Vsomu Svitu,” as well as “Nebo i Zemlia” accompanied by bandurists Joanna Boutsko O’Flaherty and Irene Kytasty Kuzma. The choir also premiered two original works from the Dnipropetrovsk Orthodox Cathedral Choir – a setting of the Galician carol “V Vyfleyemi Dnes Maria” and a Hymn to the Mother of God “Zadostoinyk” by G. Trubachov. Yevshan’s performance evoked a standing ovation and won the praise of local newspaper critics, who remarked on its spirited performance, clear intonation and diction. “In recent years the Ukrainian and Polish communities of Connecticut have felt a special kinship and have been very supportive of one other,” said Yevshan’s music direc- tor, Alexander Kuzma. “This concert was especially inspir- ing for us as it came just days after the Polish Parliament (Sejm) recognized the Ukrainian Holodomor (Terror Famine) as one of the great acts of genocide of the 20th century.” The Sacred Heart Parish has invited Yevshan to return for another concert during the Easter season. Yevshan comprises 30 vocalists from eight Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox parishes across Connecticut. The choir has released three CDs, including its latest, “Icons of Faith,” and a set of seldom recorded folk songs “Yevshan in Concert.” (To obtain a copy of any of the choir’s CDs, collectors may contact Roman Zastawsky at 860-665-0155 or e-mail [email protected].) The choir has scheduled a joint concert with the Walter Kebalo Zolotyj Promin Ukrainian Dance Ensemble under the The Yevshan Ukrainian Vocal Ensemble performs during a Christmas concert in Sacred Heart Roman direction of Orlando Pagan at the Theater of the Catholic Church in New Britain, Conn. 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what Rukh could have obtained fighting This again shows the acute ment’s bulldozer is crucial in defending the Taras Kuzio’s... the elections alone. “Hetmanschyna” in Our Ukraine that we democratic gains of the Orange Revolution, (Continued from page 8) Thirdly, Mr. Yushchenko himself is saw after last year’s elections. Following which are now under threat. If Our Ukraine ([CUN] which is jokingly renamed in undecided, lacks strategy and has what the elections, one wing under Roman and President Yushchenko still do not Ukraine as Komitet Upravlinnia Naftohazu Vasyl Baziv described on www.obozre- Besmertnyi negotiated for an Orange understand this, then it will be up to the after its leader headed Naftohaz in 2005). vatel.com as “Yuliaphobia.” coalition, while another wing led by Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc to single-handedly The Ukrainian Republican Party Sobor is Why am I, therefore, not in the least Prime Minister Yurii Yekhanurov negoti- fight for Ukraine’s democratic future. split between Our Ukraine and the bit surprised that almost immediately Our ated with the Party of the Regions – both The view in Washington is increasing- Tymoshenko Bloc. Indeed, as CUN is a Ukraine leaders began to denounce the negotiations backed by Mr. Yushchenko. ly that President Yushchenko seems to be virtual party it was never clear to me why new opposition agreement? Maybe this was an example of multi-vec- a lost cause who, if he was not willing to it was included in Our Ukraine in the first Our Ukraine’s Viacheslav Kyrylenko tor coalition building? fight for Foreign Affairs Minister Borys place and more importantly how Our said the statement was not agreed to by The unity of the opposition in the face of Tarasyuk, could not be expected to fight the Our Ukraine faction and that there are Ukraine-2006 expected to win votes in the Party of the Regions and the govern- for other important issues. eastern Ukraine with CUN in its bloc. issues in the statement that Our Ukraine Rukh is the only serious party from could not support, such as early elections Our Ukraine-2002 remaining in Our and the law on the opposition (why?). He Ukraine-2006. In the 1990s under said that Anatolii Matvienko, Mr. Kinakh Vyacheslav Chornovil, Rukh could and Serhii Holovatyi (all three under the obtain 10 percent by itself during elec- influence of “Yuliaphobia”) would not tions. Our Ukraine-2006 obtained only 4 support the statement. Mr. Kinakh rushed percent more in the 2006 elections than to agree that he did not back it.

It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of our dearest father and grandfather To commemorate the First Anniversary of the passing of our beloved Son, Brother and Uncle ANDREW KUN on January 4, 2007, in Woonsocket, RI

Born on April 17, 1912, in the village of Volya Zhovtanetska Rev. Bohdan (Barry) Kin (Kam’yanka-Buzka raion, L’viv Oblast)

Memorial masses with Panakhyda will be celebrated at the The immediate survivors are: Daughter Olga following churches: Sons John and his wife, Paula Michael and his wife, Cathy Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church in Johnson City, NY Grandchildren Stephanie, Jennifer, Julie and Andrew on Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. The funeral services took place on January 10, 2007 St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Catholic Chuch in Hamptonburg, NY at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Chuch in Woonsocket, RI on Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. and interment at the St. Michael’s Cemetery in Blackstone, MA.

The family kindly asks for prayers for the repose of his soul! MAY HE BE REMEMBERED FOREVER!

ілимося болючою вісткою, що з волі севишнього у вівторок, 6 лютого 2007 р., в ікаґо відійшла у вічність на 95-му році життя наша найдорожча "А"А, $А$%Я, '(А$А$%Я, )*)+(А І +*+А св. п. It is with great sadness that we share the news of the sudden and )О4ІЯ 8У;Ь=%Ь8А unexpected passing on February 12, 2007, of our beloved son, з дому '(О8У(А+ brother, brother-in-law, uncle, fiancé and nephew нар. 21 вересня 1912 р. в ?овтанцях, Aаличина.

овголітня пластунка, основоположниця куреня Орликівці й новацького Dr. Stefan Roman Bodnarenko гнізда в ікаґо, член Орлиної (ади, пластова виховниця, нагороджена орде- Associate Professor at Smith College in Northampton, MA ном св. Юрія в золоті, член "арійської ружини і 8любу )еньйорів при катедрі св. о. "иколая в ікаґо, активна в Інституті "одерного "истецтва, Department of Psychology провадила балі деб’ютанток. Born January 2, 1958, in Elizabeth, New Jersey 'ОDО(ОEEІ І'(А= відбулися в суботу, 10 лютого з катедри св. о. "иколая і на парафіяльний цвинтар. A funeral liturgy was held on Saturday, February 17, 2007, at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey,  глибокому смутку: followed by interment at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery in South Bound Brook, New Jersey. діти – "А(ІЯ і чоловік ;А"А( $(*E+;І – А(ІЯ ("УEЯ) внуки – EІEА $(*E+;І Left in mourning are his: – 8А+*(=EА )**? і муж 8;А(8 Parents Ewdokia and Paul – E*E)І )АУ+Ґ*K+ і муж (=А( Sister Marusia Borkowsky and husband Taras – 4=;=' $(*E+;І Nieces Olenka and Laryssa правнуки – E=8О;А) і (*$*8А )**? Nephew Markian – О;І*( $(*E+;І Fiancée Kim Urban – О*E )АУ+Ґ*K+ Extended Family Wolodymyr and Anna Rak with family сестра – А(ІЯ L*'А(О= Tymko and Marika Shorobura with family племінники – О(*)+А L*'А(О= Evhen and Halyna Kurywczak with family – АE(ІK L*'А(О= Family in Ukraine – 8І+О);АА 8У;Ь=%Ь8А – Ю(ІK 8У;Ь=%Ь8=K – Я(О);А )+(У8 Stefan was a long-standing member of Plast and belonged to the та дальша родина в Америці, Австралії, *вропі і Україні Khmelnychenky Kurin. In Stefan’s memory, donations may be made to Plast, Inc. at 144 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10003 ічна їй пам’ять! for the rebuilding of Plast camps in Ukraine. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 No. 7 Cinematographer Andrij Parekh’s film gets Oscar nomination for best actor PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Andrij Parekh, Mr. Parekh studied cinematography at 35, a cinematographer of Ukrainian New York University's Tisch School of descent, will be watching the Academy the Arts and at the FAMU film school in Awards on Sunday, February 25, with Prague. In 2004 he was named one of special interest as his film “Half Nelson” Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of has been nominated for an Oscar in the Indie Film”; he was ranked fifth. best actor category. His award-winning work includes The psychological drama directed by directing the short “Mertvi Pivni” (Dead Ryan Fleck tells the story of an inner-city Roosters), shot in Ukraine, which won history teacher with a drug habit, played the Grand Marnier Film Fellowship at by Ryan Gosling, who attempts to mentor the New York Film Festival (2003) and a 13-year-old girl, played by Shareeka the Future Filmmaker Award at the Palm Epps, whose own difficult family life has Spring Film Festival (2004). Also filmed left her in desperate need of a father figure. in Ukraine was his “Zimove Vesilya” Produced on location in New York City, (Snowblink), with writer and co-director “Half Nelson” was shot in an improvisa- Sophie Barthes, which was screened at tional, documentary style, almost entirely the Tribeca Film Festival in 2005. using handheld cameras, which Mr. The 106-minute, R-rated “Half Parekh believes brings an honest, natura- Nelson” was screened at the Sundance listic and straightforward appearance. Film Festival in 2006. It is Mr. Parekh’s Speaking about the development of his sixth feature film in three years and is methods, the New York resident said he took distributed by THINKfilm. His other a field trip with Mr. Fleck and co-writer recent cinematographic credits include Anna Bowden to the Metropolitan Museum “Sonhos de Peixe,” “The Treatment” and of Art and looked at 17th and 18th century “The Favor.” Currently, Mr. Parekh is paintings. According to Mr. Parekh, “It’s a working on “Noise,” directed by Henry very concise way of determining what a Bean and starring Tim Robbins. director likes and doesn’t like. I can translate Mr. Parekh is the son of Lesya that palette or feeling through the choice of Hlyniansky Parekh of Wayzata, Minn., film stock, processing and lighting.” originally from Wilmington, Del. Don’t let your subscription lapse!

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ulty as associate professor on the contributions of far-reaching impact, Szeremeta heads Clinician Educator Track in 1996. He was Topological degree especially with his theory of A-proper awarded his M.D. degree from Jefferson mappings. Dr. Petryshyn is credited with Otolaryngology Dep’t Medical College in 1989 and, following named for Petryshyn the development of the field of his residency in otolaryngology at Henry Generalized Degree Theory for Densely PHILADELPHIA – Dr. Wasyl Szeremeta by Roman Voronka Ford Health System, he completed a fel- Defined A-proper Mappings. was appointed to serve as interim chairman lowship in pediatric otolaryngology at The international recognition and uni- of the Department of Otolaryngology, Head MAPLEWOOD, N.J. – There are fields Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. versality of Dr. Petryshyn’s results is evi- and Neck Surgery at the Temple University of immense importance in our technologi- In 2002 he was awarded an M.B.A. dent in a recently (2006) published book School of Medicine in Philadelphia on cal society that are so esoteric that it is degree in health care management and an impossible to convey to the general public written by three authors, Donal O’Regan November 6, 2006. M.S. degree in health care finance from from Ireland, Yeol Je Cho from Korea Dr. Szeremeta joined the full-time fac- the importance and the level of contribu- Fox School of Business, Temple tions to these fields. Proper description and Yu-Qing Chen from China. This University. demands the use of terminology, which is book “Topological Degree Theory and Dr. Szeremeta has been instrumental incomprehensible to the uninitiated. Applications” has a large chapter devot- in building a viable pediatric otolaryn- Mathematics is one of such area. In this ed to Dr. Petryshyn’s work and appends gology service and has been a leader case the level of achievement and its the appellation Dr. Petryshyn’s to the among the medical staff. He is the past importance can best be viewed in reflect- results. Now, in this book, for the first president of the Medical Staff and cur- ed light, in what fellow mathematicians time, these results, are called “The rently is the chairman of the Medical are writing about the individual, in what Petryshyn generalized degree theory for Executive Board of Temple University honors the individual has garnered. A-proper Mappings.” Children’s Medical Center. He also is the In mathematics, one honor that is At present Dr. Petryshyn is professor chair of the Finance Committee of the bestowed upon a contributor to the field is emeritus. He was a professor and, Temple University Children’s Medical the use of his or her name in identifying indeed, one of the “distinguished” pro- Center Board and is a voting member of the problem or result. Thus we speak of fessors at Rutgers University in New the board of the directors. Banach spaces, Legendre polynomials, Brunswick, N.J. for 29 years. He obtained a Ph.D. from Columbia He is an active and proficient educator Weierstass-Erdman corner conditions, etc. University in 1961; his thesis was of at all levels and has made numerous Of immense importance in mathemat- such interest that he was invited for a national presentations in his field of ics is the field of nonlinear functional three-year stint of post-doctoral research interest. He is also the Residency analysis. This field has major impact on at the renowned Courant Institute of Program director of the otlaryngology – solvability of problems in applied mathe- Mathematical Sciences. head and neck surgery residency. matics relating to models in aerodynam- Dr. Szeremeta currently serves as an Dr. Petryshyn has contributed broadly ics, meteorology, astronomy, economics across many areas in mathematics. He also auditor for the Ukrainian National and branches of engineering. It is in this Association and is a member of Branch played a leading role in transforming the field that a Ukrainian American, Dr. Dr. Wasyl Szeremeta 247 in Wilmington, Del. Rutgers University mathematics depart- Wolodymyr Petryshyn, made seminal ment into one with a first-rate reputation. Dr. Petryshyn was and is an active studied theology in Rome for six years, Dr. Roman Voronka is professor emer- member of the Ukrainian community in Msgr. Hrynuck gets returned to teach philosophy at St. itus of mathematics at the New Jersey Basil’s Seminary in Stamford, Conn., Institute of Technology. (Continued on page 19) 95th birthday surprise earned his doctorate in philosophy at by Janice Decker Fordham University. He then served in Minneapolis, Stratford, N.Y., Chester, THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OLYPHANT, Pa. – The Rev. Msgr. Pa., and New York City. Sponsors an Awards and Scholarship Program to UNA student Stephen Hrynuck, pastor of Ss. Cyril and He was rector of the Major Seminary Methodius Ukrainian Greek Catholic of St. Josaphat in Washington before members attending college in academic year 2007-2008 Church in Olyphant, Pa., marked his 95th being assigned to Ss. Cyril and The UNA Scholarship program for UNA student members offers 2 programs: birthday. The monsignor was honored at Methodius, where he continues to serve An Awards Program and a Scholarship Program. a surprise birthday party on January 21 today at the age of 95. In addition, over attended by hundreds of parishioners, the years he has held several diocesan UNA Awards Program: these awards are assigned by the Scholarship Committee, designating a clergy and friends, including Archbishop assignments and consultations. set amount to each year depending on the total amount assigned for the awards. The applicant Metropolitan Stefan Soroka. Impressive degrees, lofty titles and must comply with all rules and qualifications. Msgr. Hrynuck’s family hails from prestigious appointments aside, today his UNA Scholarship Program: offers scholarship to active UNA members completing Freshman, Pavliv, western Ukraine, but he was born most amazing credential at the forefront of Sophomore and Junior years in college. Specific Scholarships: Dr. Susan Galandiuk, In in Philadelphia, in 1911. At the age of 6, most people’s curiosity is Msgr. Hrynuck’s momeory of Drs. Maria & Demetrius Jarosewycz, Vera Stangl, Joseph Wolk and the he moved to Ukraine where he remained stamina and longevity, to which he Ukrainian National Home Corp. of Blackstone. Each Scholarship has special requirements until 1930. humbly responds, “By the grace of God.” that the student applicant must comply with. Ordained in 1938, Msgr. Hrynuck has Highlights of the surprise party were been a dedicated priest for 69 years. He captured and broadcast locally by • Scholarships and awards will be granted to UNDERGRADUATE students attending accredited colleges or universities, studying towards their first bachelor’s degree, and to WBRE-TV on the “Windsor Park High School graduates entering colleges. Stories” series aired on January 28. Asked why he was blessed with such a • Applications for UNA SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIPS or UNA AWARDS will be accepted gift of long life, he replied, “Do you pray from students who have been ACTIVE UNA MEMBERS for at least TWO YEARS by for me? That’s why.” He said of the sur- June 1st of the filing year. prise party, “I’m speechless.” When he realized the archbishop-met- • Applications and required enclosures must be sent to the UNA in ONE MAILING and be postmarked not later than June 1, 2007. ropolitan was present, he quipped, “Am I still of this world?” much to the delight • Incomplete and/or late entries will automatically be disqualified. of the party planners who had success- fully pulled off the surprise. Patrick Marcinko, current choirmaster UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC., at the parish, served as toastmaster. In SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE describing Msgr. Hrynuck, Mr. Marcinko 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 told the show’s producer, “He is a very holy man, a very devoted man. A man who’s dedicated his entire life to his job. Please send me a scholarship application for the 2007/2008 academic year. And within the last many number of (please print or type) years, he’s had no assistance. He serves alone doing all the aspects of the church Name (in English) ______from the liturgies, through confession, sick calls, marriages, baptisms, funerals Name (in Ukrainian) ______and all the work that priests have to do.” “He’s an amazing man with amazing Address ______health,” he added. Citing statistics, Mr. Marcinko mused that in the last 56 years in City ______State ______Zip Code ______the Olyphant parish alone, Msgr. Hrynuck has celebrated a minimum of over 20,000 Tel. ______E-mail ______liturgies. “The amount of giving is enor- Web: ______I am a member of UNA BRANCH # ______The Rev. Msgr. Stephen Hrynuck mous, and for this we are grateful.” 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 No. 7 No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 19

half of film copies becoming Ukrainian- The lion’s share of the market for bing and economic justification in order Compromise reached... dubbed by the year’s end, enormous Ukrainian-language films is in Kyiv, accord- for it to be favorable to dub films into the (Continued from page 1) progress would have to be achieved. ing to B&H Distribution. Russian-speaking Ukrainian language.” Ukrainian government to support the So far, only 21 percent of film copies Odesa accounts for between 20 and 25 per- Reaching agreements with home video Ukrainian language. have been dubbed or subtitled into the cent of sales, and 16 percent of box office distributors was significantly easier for In issuing its January 2006 decree, the Ukrainian language since March 2006, sales occur in the remaining regions. the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Cabinet of Ministers led by former Prime according to Kino-Pereklad, a grassroots “Truly there are zones where if there since the companies voluntarily agreed to Minister Yurii Yekhanurov had set organization boycotting Russian lan- isn’t mass rejection, then there is an produce the videos exclusively in the admirable goals, but placed an immense guage films in Ukraine. More than 5,300 absence of a tradition of accepting the Ukrainian language. Ukrainians have joined the boycott, burden on film distributors, who were Ukrainian language in film distribution,” “Films from 2006 dubbed or subtitled in according to the Kino-Pereklad Web site, offended by the lack of any pragmatic said Oleksander Tkachenko, a prominent the Ukrainian language will signify they assistance. http://kino-pereklad.org.ua. Aside from Mr. Batrukh, a Polish- Ukrainian film producer and chair of are a licensed product automatically,” Ms. The memorandum also provides for Odesa Film Studios. “It’s necessary to Chmil said. Pirate distributors will be much other gains in Ukrainian-language cinema. born ethnic Ukrainian, most of Ukraine’s film distributors are ethnic Russians who approach this with understanding and more easily apprehended since their films By the year’s end, all films for children gradually transition towards quality dub- are in the Russian language, she added. will have to be dubbed into the Ukrainian are Ukrainian citizens, said Hanna language. And, the Ministry of Culture Chmil, director of the state service for and Tourism plans to offer benefits to cinematography at the Ministry of Ukrainian film producers, as well as those Culture. They have been working with who distribute Ukrainian-dubbed films. Russian film distributors ever since Fund-Raising Dinner Exceptions to the Ukrainian-language Ukraine’s independence and haven’t quotas will be made for films imported adjusted to Ukraine’s changing market. in volumes no greater than 5,000 copies, None have made a public statement such as documentaries, independent pro- that they’re willing to foot the $50,000 ductions, or what Ukrainians called “art cost for dubbing a single film into the house” films. Ukrainian language. Representatives of 15 distribution and Such investments are affordable only movie theater firms signed the memoran- for large companies, and profitable only dum, including Bohdan Batrukh, the for dubbing blockbusters, said Mykhailo owner of B&H Distribution, Ukraine’s Sokolov, chair of the Association for largest film distribution company, and Promoting Ukrainian Cinematography, Kinopalats, the nation’s largest network the organization representing the of movie theatres. Russocentric film distributors. It was through Mr. Batrukh’s efforts “Ukraine receives these copies for that the Oscar-nominated Disney animat- free,” Mr. Sokolov said. “Distributors ed film “Cars” was dubbed into the don’t spend this money for translating, Ukrainian language last summer, to and as a result, the viewer also doesn’t immense popularity and success. pay higher prices.” “Our figures show that movie-goers The initiative is also unproductive want a choice in watching films in because eastern and southern Ukrainians Ukrainian or Russian,” he said. “There is don’t want to watch films in the supposed to be a choice, and the Ukrainian language, based on research Paul Baran, a 44-year-old devoted husband and father, and his family are faced with performed by the association, Mr. Ministry of Culture responded to the increasing astronomical medical expenses related to his fight against Leukemia. demand for Ukrainian-language films.” Sokolov said. “More than 80 percent of No one representing the smaller, film viewers said they prefer to continue Russocentric distributors who rebelled watching films in the language they are Sunday, February 25, 2007 against the January 2006 decree was pres- used to,” he said. 1:00 PM ent at the press conference, though Mr. Therefore, Ukraine’s Russian-lan- Bohutskyi said 90 percent of Ukraine’s guage regions are ignoring the film distributors were in agreement. Ukrainian-language showings, Mr. Ukrainian American Cultural Center of NJ It remains unclear whether they will Sokolov said, while distributors have to 60 North Jefferson Road bear financial losses. abide by the memorandum, and nine Whippany, NJ 07981 have yet to sign. However, not everyone agrees with The Ministry of Culture and Tourism those conclusions, especially Mr. Batrukh. won’t necessarily “shake this memoran- “Our figures show that when we have an $50.00 per person (100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Baran family) dum and punish someone,” Mr. equal amount of Russian- and Ukrainian- Bohutskyi said. At the same time, failing language copies of the film ‘Déjà vu’ for For reservations or additional information please contact either Donna Bilanych at to uphold distributor quotas can lead to example, 70 percent of ticket sales are for 973-401-1460 or Maria Shatynski at 973-599-9381. Please RSVP by February 22. the loss of a film distribution license. the Ukrainian version,” he said. “These The unique language situation in each results startle me, but that’s what they are.” B&H Distribution remains the leader If you would like to offer financial assistance to the family but cannot attend the of Ukraine’s oblasts will be taken into fund-raiser, please mail checks to: Paul or Nina Baran, c/o Maria Shatynski, 40 account in determining whether to issue for Ukrainian-language dubbing, provid- Windemere Court, Whippany, NJ 07981. or cancel licenses, Mr. Bohutskyi said, ing the voice-over for 75 percent of the and the ministry will handle each case films it imports. individually. More than 19,000 such licenses were issued last year, he said. If the ministry is to achieve its goal of Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union Topological degree... (Continued from page 17) the United States. He is an active mem- ber of the Shevchenko Scientic Society 5.44%apy* and the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. In 1992 the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine granted Dr. Petryshyn the prestigious Krylov Award 12 month CD in recognition of his prolific and original research results. The presidium of the academy elected him as a full foreign member in 1992. Outstanding mathematicians do not Manhattan Brooklyn So. Bound Brook, NJ Carteret NJ ride into the proverbial sunset. Their stu- dents carry on their work, and their ideas percolate through many leading universi- ties of the world. So it is with Dr. 1-866-859-5848 Petryshyn’s work. His presentations in the United States, Canada, China, East and West Germany, Czechoslovakia, *Annual Percentage Yield based on 5.30% apr. Minimum balance $1,000. Romania, Italy, France, Russia, Israel Rates subject to change without notice. Other restrictions apply and Ukraine have engendered groups of scholars who study and extend his work. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 No. 7 No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 21

York Rangers on waivers, Krog, a center, Somebody please give this talented had 19 goals and 52 points in the sea- young man a chance in the NHL. He’s Ukrainian pro hockey update son’s first three months of action. certainly most deserving! Haydar, his right winger, had 25 goals MINOR UKRAINIAN UTTERINGS: by Ihor Stelmach and 80 points as of the third week in Wichita Thunder (Central Hockey January. They didn’t begin the season as League) left winger JASON DUDA has linemates, but Wolves coach John survived 11 years of pro hockey, but it Minor league star high in the AHL, Haydar scored 24 goals Anderson paired them in late October, took his ability to work his mouth to and 50 points in 59 games. Last season and it was like they’d never been apart. make him the ultimate survivor. Duda Darren Haydar he upped the ante even higher, finishing “It has been a long time since we won the title of “Local Celebrity fifth in the league in scoring, having played together, but it seemed to click Survivor” on a Wichita radio call-in The numbers piled up by Ukrainian notched 35 goals, 57 assists for 92 points right away,” Krog told Mr. Oklobzija in show by besting his opponents, who Darren Haydar in four years with the in 80 games. In his four AHL seasons he another Hockey News column. “The way competed in a 17-week “smack-talking” AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals strongly has produced 110 goals and 276 points in we see the game is very similar. Our contest. The competition was decided by suggested there’s no doubt he can play 293 regular season games. thought process is a lot alike. We know callers who voted weekly. Duda sur- the game. The parent club Nashville He doesn’t do it with blazing speed. what each other is thinking.” vived the inferior verbal assaults of Predators, however, plainly didn’t agree As a matter of fact, his skating is far The common bond was formed in Wichita notables such as former NFL from great, perhaps mediocre, at best. On with this scouting report. He was 1998-1999, when Krog was a senior and star Barry Sanders, actors Don Johnson the flip side, his on-ice vision allows him always among the first or second waves Haydar a freshman at New Hampshire. and Kirstie Alley, and rock star Joe to see a game others don’t even imagine. of cuts in training camp. Almost all of Krog scored 34 goals and 85 points. Walsh ... Lada Togliatti of the Russian “He’s a very clever player,” Noel said. the rest of the NHL apparently won- Haydar produced 31 goals and 61 points Super League dissolved its contract with “He thinks at another level than other dered about his qualifications as well, – totals he didn’t achieve again until he ZENON KONOPKA, freeing the veter- people. He can create space because he since Haydar was on the waiver wire was a senior. an center to return to the Portland can feel his way around the ice.” several times the past two seasons and Both came to the AHL’s Wolves with Pirates. He had two assists in the Pirates In the American Hockey League, one went unclaimed. the same thought: get to the NHL’s opener and is back as one of the team’s level below the “big show,” that’s good “Wherever I go, I always have to Atlanta Thrashers. Krog, 31, spent the top scorers in 2006-2007 ... RICK enough. prove to people I can play,” Haydar said past two seasons in Europe, but figured KOWALSKY is now coaching in “Now, is he able to transcend that in a 2005 interview with The Hockey his shifty, smallish frame would fit in Trenton after leading Titans to Kelly game to the NHL? That’s the question,” News’ correspondent Kevin Oklobzija. “I well in the new NHL. Cup in 2005 ... Rookie defenseman Noel said. “He and we have to ask our- don’t think that will stop.” Haydar’s four productive seasons in SHAUN HESHKA hopes his initial trip selves why he can or why he cannot. If Thus, as Haydar embarked on his fifth the Nashville organization got him basi- to the Manitoba Moose is not a bad he’s going to be a National Hockey season in the American Hockey League, cally nowhere. He has been an elite AHL omen. He was involved in a one-vehicle League player, what’s going to be his the 5-foot-9, 170-pound right winger was player, but thus far has played only two accident while on his way to Winnipeg role? Is he going to be a third-line winger once again out to prove all of his critics NHL games, both for Nashville, as a following his re-assignment from the and check? Probably not. Is the size dif- and detractors wrong. rookie back in 2002-2003. Vancouver Canucks’ training camp in ference and speed difference insurmount- After all, he did it in college, when he As this article was being written, late September. Heshka dozed off near able? I think he can play in the right situ- scored 102 goals and 219 points in 158 Ukrainian Darren Haydar was leading the Glendive, Mont., and his car left the ation, but I think he’ll need a coach he games at the University of New entire AHL in scoring, with 25G-55A- highway and rolled. He was not serious- has played for to give him a chance, Hampshire. (More on his college days 80PTS – 20 points ahead of the second ly injured, but Moose GM Craig someone who is in his corner.” coming up.) A complete after-thought in leading scorer. His goal total was good Heisinger told the Winnipeg Sun The situation was, unfortunately for the 1999 entry draft (he was finally for fourth in the league, while he was Heshka exhibited concussion-like symp- all, never right in Nashville. The up-and- selected in the ninth round, 248th overall also tops in assists. He ranked second in toms. A free agent signee, Heshka coming Predators already had a number by Nashville), he did it again as a first- the league’s plus/minus category with a played three seasons with Everett in the of small, skilled forwards, while Paul year pro in the AHL, tallying 29 goals +20. He also set a new American Hockey Western Hockey League (juniors). The Kariya, Steve Sullivan, Martin Erat and and 75 points in 75 games to earn league League record by scoring in 39 straight defender tallied 59 points in 66 games Scottie Upshall filled the roles of scoring rookie-of-the-year honors. games. last season ... wingers. Haydar knew it was an uphill “He has always been told why he can’t battle. do it,” said Milwaukee Coach Claude “I have to be realistic about the situa- Noel in the column by Mr. Oklobzija. tion and deal with where I am now,” he “He’s a very mentally strong young man. said at the time. “I want to be positive He has always been challenged, and he about where I am, I can’t be negative. If I has always produced.” do get frustrated, it will affect my play, Produced he certainly has. In his sec- so I have to live day to day and be happy ond AHL season, Haydar’s opponents I have the job I have.” guessed he’d never withstand two months of physical punishment in the playoffs, so they tried physically abusing Old college connection him every chance they got. All he did rekindles their magic was score 11 goals and a league high 26 points in 22 games while leading A geography wizard may lay claim to Milwaukee to the city’s first hockey it being a long way from Durham, N.H., championship. to Chicago. Or is it? “People were going after him hard, but Reunited for a while for the first time look what he comes out with,” Coach in eight years, former University of New Noel said. “He leads the league in scor- Hampshire linemates Jason Krog and ing (playoffs) and we win the champi- Darren Haydar rekindled some Wildcat onship.” magic earlier this season with the In the lockout 2004-2005 season, with Chicago Wolves. talent at what was probably an all-time Prior to being claimed by the New

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solidation of, first of all, political forces of Scheffer at the Munich Conference on Tomenko elected Rada vice-chair NEWSBRIEFS the democratic right sector. The most funda- Security Policy on February 10 that KYIV - The Verkhovna Rada on (Continued from page 2) mental in these efforts will be the renewal of Ukraine will continue playing an active unity between Rukh and UPP,” he said. As role in NATO-led peacekeeping opera- February 8 approved Mykola Tomenko of quota by 228,000 tons. According to pre- the opposition Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc as liminary data, the grain crop in Ukraine in reported earlier, the two parties have created tions, Interfax-Ukraine reported. Mr. a working group aimed at reuniting the two Yushchenko assured Mr. de Hoop Scheffer vice-chairman of Parliament. Mr. 2006 reached 34,300 tons. (Ukrinform) Tomenko was backed by 340 lawmakers. parties, and a declaration on organizational that NATO membership remains Ukraine’s The Rada is headed by Oleksander Moroz New controversy over Serpents Island unity was released on December 20, 2006. A strategic objective. He also pledged that from the Socialist Party. Until Mr. declaration to that effect was signed by party the Ukrainian government and he person- Tomenko’s appointment, Moroz had just KYIV - The Romanian Foreign Ministry leaders Yurii Kostenko of the UPP and Mr. ally will continue giving special attention has requested that Ukraine demonstrate one deputy - Adam Martyniuk of the Tarasyuk of Rukh, who called on all nation- to impartial and politics-free awareness- restraint in populating the tiny Serpents Communist Party. (RFE/RL Newsline) al-democratic political forces to together raising campaigns addressing NATO’s Island in the Black Sea, Interfax reported on uphold their political position, to work activities and Ukraine’s integration with Tarasyuk encourages Belarus opposition February 12. “Bucharest insistently advises toward uniting deputies’ factions and to Euro-Atlantic organizations. He added that Ukraine to refrain from attempts at establish- work on joint efforts during the next presi- the 2007 budget allocates 5 million hrv ($1 KYIV - Ex-Foreign Affairs Minister ing artificial settlements in a territory that is dential, parliamentary and local elections. million U.S.) for these efforts. Mr. Borys Tarasyuk urged the Belarusian oppo- a subject of dispute between the two states,” (Ukrayinski Novyny) Yushchenko said Ukraine appreciates sition to unite in a fight against the totalitari- the ministry said in a recent statement. NATO’s readiness to contribute to such an regime, it was reported on February 8. Romania and Ukraine have been in litigation Yushchenko on energy transit countries campaigns. “I am convinced that our joint Taking the floor at a seminar on develop- before the Hague-based International Court efforts will help debunk all old myths and ment of relations between Belarus and the of Justice since 2005 over the delimitation of MUNICH – Ukrainian President Viktor stereotypes regarding NATO in Ukraine,” European Union, initiated under the aegis of their maritime border around Serpents Yushchenko said at the Munich Conference he noted. (RFE/RL Newsline) the European People’s Party, Mr. Tarasyuk Island. Ukraine regards the island as an area on Security Policy on February 10 that expressed solidarity with leaders of the entitled to its own territorial waters, while Europe needs to take into account the inter- Gongadze monument planned for Kyiv Belarusian opposition. Referring to the Romania sees it as a cliff without such a ests of the countries that serve as transit experience of Ukraine, Mr. Tarasyuk said it routes for Europe-bound energy supplies, KYIV - Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi of right. The island has an area of 1.5 square Kyiv has directed the relevant entities to is crucial to shift to democracy through kilometers and a population of some 80 peo- Interfax-Ukraine reported. “[These coun- delineation of a common goal by the coun- tries] should be equal partners within a pre- hold the second phase of the competition for ple, including lighthouse keepers, naval sur- the best proposal for a monument to Heorhii try’s democratic forces, to create mass media dictably reliable, economically effective veyors, biologists and geophysicists. The Gongadze and all murdered journalists. The to fight the blockade of truthful information and environmentally favorable mechanism Ukrainian Parliament passed a resolution competition started on October 4 and ran by representatives of the totalitarian regime for ensuring the energy security of the last week giving the name Bile to the settle- through December 4, 2006. Unfortunately, and to demand parliamentary seats for the European continent,” Mr. Yushchenko ment on the islet. (RFE/RL Newsline) results were poor and Kyiv authorities opposition. Mr. Tarasyuk reminded his audi- noted. He recalled that Ukraine transported ence that Ukraine twice offered to the EU Tarasyuk’s goal: union of Rukh and UNR resolved to hold another competition. The 45 million tons of oil and 129 billion cubic competition will start on February 22 and that it could serve as a mediator in negotia- KYIV – Ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs meters of natural gas to Europe in 2006. He continue through June 7. The first stage of tions with Belarus. He announced that the Borys Tarasyuk, who is the leader of the added that these volumes could and should the competition aimed to select the three offer still stands and that the EU is welcome Rukh Party, said on February 12 that the be increased, but only if Ukraine’s partners best projects. According to Mr. to accept it at any time. Mr. Tarasyuk point- main goal of his political activity is to unite in Europe show their interest in new proj- Chernovetskyi, the monument will be inau- ed out that Ukraine once served as a media- Rukh and the Ukrainian People’s Party. He ects, including the transportation of oil gurated on the Heorhii Gongadze Square. tor between Poland and Belarus, thus pro- made that comment during an Internet con- from the Caspian region and Central Asian Meanwhile, Kyiv artists expressed their dis- moting the improvement of relations ference with Korespondent. Mr. Tarasyuk countries. (RFE/RL Newsline) approval of the competition. Kyiv Chief between the two countries. (Ukrinform) said that, now that he is no longer foreign Kyiv to continue NATO campaign Artist Viktor Glib said he believes the com- Kyiv announces anthem competition affairs minister of Ukraine, he has more time petition lacks openness and transparency, to engage in political activity. “Naturally, as MUNICH – Ukrainian President Viktor and that the venue for the monument’s KYIV – The municipal authorities of head of Rukh, I will focus much more atten- Yushchenko said during a meeting with unveiling is inappropriate. He believes the Kyiv have announced a competition for tion on political activity, on unity and con- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop monument must be inaugurated in front of the writing of a city anthem (both lyrics the Kyiv Institute of Journalism or the office and music), it was reported on February 7. of the Union of Journalists. (Ukrinform) The city’s press service made the announcement, noting that proposals must Yushchenko visits Flossenburg be submitted by March 1, after which they KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor will be published in the news media. The The Ukrainian American Professionals Yushchenko, while on a visit to Germany, winning anthem will be selected by April 1 on February 9 visited the site of the by a special nine-member committee head- And Businesspersons Association Flossenburg Nazi concentration camp, ed by Anatolii Avdiyevskyi, director of the where his father, Andrii, was imprisoned Veriovka Choir. The anthem must be writ- during World War II. He placed a wreath ten in Ukrainian, must be patriotically of flowers at the memorial plaque erected inclined, and must express love for the city of Kyiv. The anthem will be premiered is very pleased to present Ukraine’s internationally renowned on the site to commemorate Ukrainians and observed a moment of silence for the during this year’s Kyiv Days. Kyiv, the public intellectual deceased. Andrii Yushchenko wound up in capital city of Ukraine, already has its own Flossenburg in December 1944 after he flag and emblem. (Ukrayinski Novyny) escaped from the Auschwitz death camp. Rada moves to ban group hypnosis President Yushchenko presented soil from Mykola Ryabchuk Kyiv’s Babyn Yar, a ravine in Kyiv that KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on February was the site of mass killings by the Nazis 7 approved in the first reading a bill that who will speak on the subject in 1941, to the memorial complex in would ban the hypnosis of a group of people Flossenburg. (Ukrinform) for any purpose, Interfax-Ukraine and the dpa news service reported. The bill was supported Rada begins changing CabMin law by 392 lawmakers. In particular, the postulat- Climbing Up or Just KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada began on ed ban reportedly targets the use of hypnosis February 9 to make changes to the law “On at mass events for healing purposes and reli- Muddling Through? the Cabinet of Ministers,” which went into gious practices. (RFE/RL Newsline) effect on February 2. National deputies To become a Ukrainian citizen… voted on a series of changes that deal with – Democratic Transitions procedures via which the Cabinet is formed. KYIV – Ukraine will accept a limited President Viktor Yushchenko’s representa- number of new citizens during 2007 who tive in Parliament, Roman Zvarych, said invest into its economy a sum of no less than in Today’s Ukraine after hearing the proposed changes that it is $100,000 (U.S.). The Cabinet of Ministers clear the Anti-Crisis Coalition has no inten- set an immigration quota for 2007 which tion of compromising with the president. provides for accepting 7,323 persons who On Saturday, March 3, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. Rada Chairman Oleksander Moroz said want to live in Ukraine. That number before the changes were to be discussed that encompasses 675 slots for persons promi- At the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey the Parliament will not vote on three key nent in the fields of scholarship and the arts in Whippany, NJ changes the president seeks to make to the whose talents can enrich Ukraine’s social law. The coordinator of the parliamentary fabric. In addition, the quota sets aside 2,465 Mr. Ryabchuk, a resident of Kyiv, has lectured in Europe, majority, Raisa Bohatyriova, stated that the places for relatives of Ukrainian citizens; ruling coalition will continue the discussion 349 places for former citizens of Ukraine; Canada and the United States. His books and articles on nation of the Cabinet of Ministers law among the 714 places for those who lived on Ukrainian building, civil society, nationalism and national identity have branches of government, but that it will do territory for three years or more; as well as been translated into Polish, French, German and Serbian. He is so after the Constitutional Court examines 3,120 places for relatives of immigrants. the president’s appeal. Mr. Yushchenko There is no quota set for persons who can a former Fulbright scholar and a winner of the Antonovych appealed to the court on February 6, asking invest $100,000 or more into the economy, Prize. He will speak in English. it to rule that the Cabinet of Ministers law is although in 2006 the allotted slots for such unconstitutional. (Ukrinform) new citizens totaled 22. (Ukrinform) No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 23 OUT AND ABOUT

February 5-March 2 Trypillian ceramics and pottery exhibit, featuring March 2 Film screening and lecture by Yuri Shevchuk, Lakewood, NJ Myron Bokalo, Georgian Court University, 908-851-0617 Toronto “Language Wars in Ukrainian Cinema: The Triumphs or 732-987-2200 and Defeats of Film Dubbing,” University of Toronto, 416-946-8113 February 23 Concert, “Epic Songs Across the Steppe: An New York Intercultural Collaboration,” featuring Ukrainian March 3 Lecture with Andriy Legkyj, “Trends in Contemporary and Kyrgyz epic songs, The Ukrainian Museum, New York Instrumental Chamber Music in Ukraine: Names and 212-228-0110 Works,” Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130

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February 24 Lecture with Dr. Ihor Husak, “Sudden Cardiac Death: March 3 Discussion by Mykola Ryabchuk, “Climbing Up or New York Causes and Mechanisms,” Shevchenko Scientific Whippany, NJ Just Muddling Through? – Democratic Transitions Society, 212-254-5130 in Today’s Ukraine,” Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, 973-292-9800 x3071 February 24 Ukrainian Cartoon Festival, Ukrainian Educational and Jenkintown, PA Cultural Center, 215-663-1166 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to February 24 Ukrainian Dance Festival, featuring Barvinok, Desna, events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome Mississauga, ON Vatra, Ukraina, Yavir and Academy, The Living Arts submissions from all our readers; please send e-mail to Center, 905-306-6100 [email protected]. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors and as space allows; photos will be considered. Please note: items February 25 Lecture by Tatiana Kulish Shestopalova, “ ‘The Sun will be printed a maximum of two times each. New York Clarinets’ as the central theme in lyrical poetry of Pavlo Tychyna during 1918-1924,” Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 212-222-1866 ORTHODONTIST February 25 Mardis Gras party, featuring music, beer, Cajun punch Dr. Daniel A. Kuncio Offices in Queens and Manhattan: Buffalo, NY and New Orleans food, Ukrainian Home Dnipro, 716-847-6655 Ñ. чÌËÎÓ é. äÛ̈¸Ó Z.D. Kuncio DDS General Dentistry Specialist in Child and Adult February 25 Banquet to benefit the National University of Kyiv 26-03 203 St. Jenkintown, PA Mohyla Academy, Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Orthodontics Bayside, NY 11360 Center, 215-663-1166 Certified and Published in (718) 352-1361 Invisalign® Topal Orthodontics February 25 Ice skating party, Bobrivka, 203-932-4376 or Complimentary Consultation 2109 Broadway (73rd St.) Colebrook, CT 860-883-1391 (Bayside office only) Suite 201 New York, NY 10023 Most Insurances Accepted February 25 Concert featuring Solomiya Ivakhiv, Ukrainian (212) 874-0030 Chicago Institute of Modern Art, 773-227-5522 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 No. 7

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