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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIV HE KRAINIANNo. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine T U InternationalW conference in Kyiv U.N. commemorative meeting marks reviews Chornobyl’s consequences 20th byanniversaryMatthew Dubas of Chornobyltion when latent medical disaster conditions later by Zenon Zawada now famous report, “Chernobyl’s arise. Kyiv Press Bureau Legacy: Health, Environmental and UNITED NATIONS – The General The executive director of the United Socio-Economic Impacts.” Assembly of the United Nations held a Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Ann KYIV – “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.” At the April 24 ceremony, Mikhail commemorative meeting on the morning Veneman, focused her words on the pre- With these words penned by Irish poet Balonov of the International Atomic of April 28 to mark the 20th anniversary ventable medical conditions that have John Yeats, First Lady of Ukraine Energy Agency (IAEA) reviewed the of the Chonobyl catastrophe. It was an sharply increased since the Chornobyl Kateryna Yushchenko began her April 24 forum’s carefully phrased conclusions, expression of international solidarity and disaster. Just as iodine deficiency remarks at the international conference which were initially announced in a sign of the commitment of the interna- allowed for thyroid cancers in children to on Chornobyl organized by the Ukrainian September 2005: tional community to prevent an event skyrocket, it has also been a leading government. “... among the 600,000 persons receiv- like Chornobyl from happening again. cause of mental retardation in children As much as the truth about the cata- ing more significant exposures (liquida- A statement issued by the spokesman and pregnant women. The simple and strophe’s effects on human health is tors working in 1986-1987, evacuees and for Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the low-cost solution to this, presented by sought, the conference proved that find- residents of the most ‘contaminated’ U.N., said many hard lessons had been Ms. Veneman, is to increase the con- ing it will demand a struggle, as it will be areas), the possible increase in cancer learned from Chornobyl, including the sumption of iodized salt. Currently only contested for decades to come, if not mortality due to this radiation exposure importance of providing the public with 55 percent of households in Belarus, for remain elusive altogether. might be up to a few percent.” transparent, timely and credible informa- example, consume iodized salt, meaning “Twenty years after the largest man- “This might eventually represent up to tion in the event of a catastrophe. Mr. that every year an estimated 41,000 chil- made disaster in the history of mankind, 4,000 fatal cancers in addition to the Annan recalled the heroic acts of the liq- dren are born iodine-deficient. we Ukrainians don’t know enough, and approximately 100,000 fatal cancers to uidators, the sacrifices of the populations In 2002, the UNDP and UNICEF we haven’t properly grasped the reasons, be expected due to all other causes in this that were relocated, and the measures commissioned a report on the humanitar- scope and consequences of this event,” population.” that have already been taken to limit the ian consequences of the Chornobyl dis- President Viktor Yushchenko himself This conclusion sharply contrasts with impact on health and the natural environ- aster, recommending that the U.N. shift acknowledged at the April 24 opening. those made by a coalition of scientists ment. Further on, Mr. Annan urged the its support from direct humanitarian aid Depending on one’s view, a window and medical experts commissioned by international community to pay homage to sustainable development for the long- into the truth either creaked opened or European parliamentary groups and to the victims of Chornobyl by providing slammed shut when the United Nations - generous support to programs for the (Continued on page 8) affiliated Chernobyl Forum issued its (Continued on page 9) affected regions to regain self-sufficien- cy. The acting president of the General Assembly, Hamidon Ali of Malaysia, opened the meeting by recalling the Villagers in Chornobyl zone reflect on their lives by Zenon Zawada Chornobyl zone, just 27.5 kilometers (17 $75 or $80 a month. events of April 26, 1986, when the fourth Kyiv Press Bureau miles) from the power plant that released With no store in the village, they can reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power almost 300 times the nuclear radiation Plant exploded and released radioactive spend their money only when a food ILLINTSI, Ukraine – They plant their unleashed upon Hiroshima. elements into the atmosphere, poisoning truck swings into town once or twice a own potatoes in radiation-contaminated “I don’t want to move to a two-room the surrounding lands indefinitely. Mr. week. soil. Their only source of income is a apartment in the city,” said Hanna They mostly feed themselves with the Ali also recognized the important contri- government check. Symonenko, 81. “I was born here, and I food they grow in the local soil. butions of the Chernobyl Forum, a col- They have children in Kyiv, and one lective effort by eight organizations with- will die here.” Maria Shaparenko, 82, said she does- fellow even has a son in Oklahoma. in the U.N. system and the governments No one living in Illintsi is younger n’t see why her village has become such Yet, the 30 or so residents of the vil- of Belarus, the Russian Federation and than 45. a spectacle. “I eat the potatoes, beets and Ukraine, to analyze the health, environ- lage of Illintsi wouldn’t want to live any- Its residents rely on pension checks mental and socio-economic impact of the where other than their hamlet in the from the Ukrainian government of about (Continued on page 14) nuclear accident. Mr. Ali also said that the international community must remain attentive to the continuing needs of the affected regions, adding, “May today’s event also serve to remind us of the need for international solidarity, whenever or wherever interna- tional disasters occur. In today’s world, the crucial challenges are borderless.” Kemal Dervis, administrator of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) stated that findings by the U.N. Chernobyl Forum indicate that the 5 mil- lion people who lived in the Chornobyl- affected areas did not need to live in fear of radiation, with many of the areas pre- viously designated as contaminated now suitable for habitation. In many places where levels are con- sidered safe, such as in Belarus, it has been reported by groups such as the Chernobyl Children’s Project International that the “safe” level was simply raised by the government so that His son lives in Oklahoma, but Oleksander Tkachenko, 62, Zenon Zawada people will live there and will not prefers to make his home in the village of Illintsi in the Maria Shaparenko, 81, lived through the Holodomor, receive any state-sponsored compensa- Chornobyl zone. World War II and the Chornobyl catastrophe. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 No. 19

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Press freedom under assault May Day rally held in Kyiv President Viktor Yushchenko wants to obtain the official documents an April 26 in the former Soviet Union KYIV – Addressing a May 1 rally in Izvestia article cited in listing two downtown Kyiv, Communist Party Ukrainian businessmen as the stakeholders by Christopher Walker close their operations in the country. Chairman Petro Symonenko called upon of RosUkrEnergo, a company that controls RFE/RL Newsline Manipulation of television news con- his supporters to form a new left-wing Ukraine’s gas imports, Interfax-Ukraine tent in Uzbekistan, as in a number of political force capable of countering oli- reported on April 26. Izvestia on April 26 Independent media in the countries of neighboring repressive countries, reached garchs in the newly elected Verkhovna cited an audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers the former Soviet Union, already operat- new heights over the last year. The tele- Rada. Commenting on the March 26 elec- in reporting that Kyiv basketball club ing under extreme duress, came under vision medium was a favored tool in tions’ outcome, Mr. Symonenko said that owner Dmytro Firtash and Ivan Fursin, further assault over the course of the last regime security efforts. The report on the people of Ukraine had once against owner of a Ukrainian bank, own 90 per- year. The political, legal and economic Uzbekistan in this year’s press-freedom lost the battle to big capital. He maintained cent and 10 percent, respectively, of a environments in most of the non-Baltic survey cites the September trial of 15 that the big political forces in the company called Centragas Holding AG. former Soviet countries remain distinctly men accused of involvement in the Parliament do not intend to keep their pre- Centragas in turn owns a 50 percent stake inhospitable to independent journalism. Andijon unrest, where “prosecutors election commitments, rather they mean to in RosUkrEnergo, which is the monopolist This reality is reflected in “Freedom charged that the BBC, IWPR and increase their influence on the Ukrainian of gas supplies to Ukraine according to a of the Press 2006,” the latest edition of RFE/RL had advance knowledge that economy and recoup the money they spent deal concluded between Kyiv and Freedom House’s annual global survey violence would break out in the city. on canvassing. He expressed his opinion Moscow in January. The other half of of media independence. Ten of the 12 State-controlled media gave prominent that the new Ukrainian Parliament is a set RosUkrEnergo is owned by Gazprom. The Soviet countries are ranked “not free” in coverage to these unsubstantiated of oligarchs and bandits who are keen on Austrian bank Raiffeisen Zentralbank on the new edition of the survey. Of the 10 charges.” property redistribution. Speaking about the April 26 announced that it is holding the not free countries, five saw a further ero- In Belarus, the autocratic government reasons for the Ukrainian people’s defeat stake on Mr. Firtash’s and Mr. Fursin’s sion in their performance over the course of Alyaksandr Lukashenka intensified its in the elections, Mr. Symonenko pointed behalf. President Yushchenko has repeat- of last year. control over the country’s media, at least to the people’s lack of unity, as well as the edly defended the January gas deal, which Of the 12 non-Baltic former Soviet in part due to elections taking place this lack of unity with the brotherly peoples of increased the gas price for Ukraine from states only Georgia and Ukraine, which spring. Last year, among the measures Belarus and Russia. (Ukrinform) $50 to $95 per 1,000 cubic meters and are categorized as “partly free,” escape taken by the Belarusian authorities, was Kyiv: NATO bid is ‘irreversible’ introduced the secretive Swiss-based inter- the not free designation. No country in passage of broadly defined legislation mediary RosUkrEnergo as the monopolist the region achieves the designation of that makes it a crime punishable by up to supplier. (RFE/RL Newsline) “free.” The degree to which each country SOFIA – Ukrainian Foreign Affairs two years in jail to “discredit Belarus” in Minister Borys Tarasyuk told a meeting of permits the free flow of information the eyes of international organizations Lytvyn comments at Rada’s last session determines the classification of its media NATO foreign ministers in the Bulgarian and foreign governments. The same capital on April 28 that Ukraine’s course as free, partly free, or not free. prison terms apply to those convicted of K YIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman The downward trend was particularly toward NATO membership is “irre- Volodymyr Lytvyn noted on April 26, in distributing “false information” about the versible,” Reuters reported. “Those political evident in countries with regimes that country’s political, economic, social or closing the last session of the Parliament of place a premium on controlling the air- parties that made anti-NATO slogans the the fourth convocation, that the deputies’ international situation. core of their electoral programs have failed waves. Among the not free states, Among the regulatory tricks relied corps “lived with everything that the peo- Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia, Tajikistan to get to the Ukrainian Parliament,” Mr. ple lived with” these past four years. He upon by media-unfriendly regimes, the Tarasyuk said. “We also hope that this year and Uzbekistan experienced declines. Belarus press-freedom report relates a compared the activities of the Parliament Uzbekistan and Russia suffered the most the strengthening of NATO-Ukrainian rela- members with constantly “balancing on the May 2005 decree issued by President tions will follow its logical continuation in dramatic backslide. Lukashenka that banned all privately edge of a knife,” noting activities aimed at Russia slipped due to the Kremlin’s the framework of the main preparations destroying the Parliament both from the owned, but not state, media from using program — membership action plan — and ongoing obstruction of journalists from the words “national” or “Belarus” in their outside and the inside. Nevertheless, Mr. reporting on sensitive topics and its tight- further results in the invitation to accession Lytvyn said he believes it is to the names, forcing a number of publications talks,” he added. NATO Secretary-General ening of control over news sources. to reregister. Parliament’s credit that between 2002 and According to this year’s report, the Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in Sofia the pre- 2005 the GDP grew by 30 percent, budget- In a region where good news on the vious day that Ukraine and Georgia can Russian “authorities continued to exert news media is hard to come by, Ukraine ary outlays increased 250 percent and mini- direct influence on media outlets and expect encouragement during the alliance’s mum salaries and pensions grew by 250 and Kyrgyzstan were the only countries November summit in Riga regarding their determine news content, as the state to register improvement. and 400 percent, respectively. According to owns or controls the country’s three main hopes to join NATO, but no “actual invita- Mr. Lytvyn, the Verkhovna Rada of the In Kyrgyzstan, given the larger ques- tions.” (RFE/RL Newsline) national television networks – Channel 1, tions concerning the country’s overall fourth convocation passed the biggest num- RTR and NTV.” political direction, the durability of the Kyiv seeks RosUkrEnergo documents ber of bills, 1,250, of which 1,138 took In 2005, Russian journalists continued positive press-freedom change was far to be subjected to detention or physical from certain, however. Kyrgyzstan KYIV – The Secretariat of Ukrainian (Continued on page 22) attack, ostensibly from coverage of sensi- remains in the not free category. tive topics such as corruption. 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Bush nominates 78 newly elected mayors attend practical management course U.S.-Ukraine Foundation new ambassador KYIV – For 78 of Ukraine’s newly elected mayors, the first training they received in their to Ukraine new capacities was a 16-hour PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Embassy of certified course in “Practical the United States in Ukraine on May 3 Management for Newly Elected released the text of a White House Mayors.” During the week of announcement on the nomination of April 8-15, the course was con- William B. Taylor as the new ambassa- dor to Ukraine. ducted in Kyiv, Luhansk, Lviv, According to the Embassy, the White Cherkasy and Kherson. House Office of the Press Secretary released The “Practical Management the following announcement on May 1: for Newly Elected Mayors” “The president intends to nominate course, administered by the William B. Taylor Jr., of Virginia, to be Community Partnerships Project ambassador extraordinary and plenipo- (CPP) and funded by the United tentiary of the United States of America States Agency for International to Ukraine. Mr. Taylor, a career member Development (USAID), pro- of the Senior Executive Service, current- vides knowledge about effective ly serves as senior consultant to the management and helps develop Coordinator of Reconstruction and practical skills, which are of Stabilization at the Department of State. utmost importance for mayors Prior to this, he served as the United starting their first terms in States representative to the Quartet’s office. The course was jointly Ukrainian mayors at the course on “Practical Management for Newly Elected Mayors.” Special Envoy for Disengagement in developed by experts from the Jerusalem. Community Partnerships Project and the pants of the course. This practical guide, Over the past nine years, the USAID- “Earlier in his career, he served as Carl Vinson Institute of Government in tailored for mayors elected in the 2006 funded Community Partnerships Project, director of the Iraq Reconstruction Athens, Ga. elections, consists of topical sections administered by the U.S.-Ukraine Management Office in Baghdad, Iraq. In The participants of the training – among based on those priority objectives that all Foundation, has worked with over 40,000 addition, Mr. Taylor served in Kabul, them the mayors of Lviv and Svitlovodsk, newly elected mayors will face during local government officials and 1,600 Afghanistan, as coordinator of United Drohobych and Oleksandria, Debaltsevo their first months in office. communities in Ukraine. States and international assistance to and Kakhovka – noted that this training Afghanistan and as Afghan coordinator was open, practical and timely. In total, 82 in the Bureau of South Asian Affairs at local government officials from 17 regions the Department of State. of Ukraine attended the training. “He also served as a captain in the Additional training is being planned Quotable notes “... The question now occupying the minds of leaders of the G-7 countries is United States Army. Mr. Taylor received for newly elected mayors from the whether to participate in the upcoming G-8 summit in St. Petersburg. Idealists his bachelor’s degree from the United Donetsk, Odesa, Sumy, Chernihiv and have proposed a boycott. Pragmatists oppose that approach. In either case, a bad States Military Academy at West Point Kharkiv oblasts, as well as the outcome is inevitable. and his master’s degree from Harvard Autonomous Republic of Crimea. “Pragmatists proposed to include in the agenda a discussion of ‘energy security’ University.” Approximately 60 percent of all mayors and another attempt to persuade the Russian government to accept universal demo- Mr. Taylor’s State Department biog- of Ukrainian cities, towns, and villages cratic values. But it would be naive to expect substantial results on these two points. raphy notes that he served as coordinator were replaced in the 2006 elections. “The Russian authorities have already demonstrated how they understand of U.S. Assistance to Europe and In addition to training, the event provid- energy security. Instead of liberalization and privatization of energy assets, they Eurasia in the U.S. Department of State. ed newly elected mayors with the opportu- are opting for nationalization of private companies, the cementing of state con- As such, he oversaw the bilateral eco- nity to meet with their more experienced trol over the electricity grid and pipeline system and, on the international scene, nomic, security, democracy and humani- colleagues – Ukrainian mayors who have efforts to use non-market methods to manage international energy resources. Is tarian assistance of all U.S. government already proven their reputation within their this something the world’s leading democracies are ready to accept? ...” agencies providing assistance to the 27 communities. The newly elected mayors states of the former Soviet Union and were given friendly advice by Oleksander – Andrei Illarionov, former senior economic adviser to President Vladimir Eastern Europe. Popov, the mayor of Komsomolsk, Poltava Putin, writing in the April 18 issue of The Washington Post in an op-ed piece Washington insiders told The Weekly Oblast; Oleksander Mazurchak, the mayor titled “The Death of the G-8.” that, in his capacity as assistance coordi- of Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi nator for Europe and Eurasia, Mr. Taylor Oblast; and Volodymyr Udovychenko, the interacted with individuals involved in mayor of Slavutych, Kyiv Oblast. “... After the collapse of communism and the Soviet Union, Russia rid itself of Ukraine-related matters, including at The “City Mayors Guide,” published its oppressive police state, and the Russian people were finally free to choose periodic meetings with Ukrainian by CPP with financial support from how they wanted their country to evolve. In those days it was believed that American community representatives. USAID, was presented to the partici- Russia would become part of a broader democratic world. The time of irreconcil- able confrontation with the West seemed to be over. “But by 2003 Alexander Vershbow, then-U.S. ambassador to Russia, was talk- ing about a widening ‘values gap’ between the United States and Russia with FOR THE RECORD regard to democracy and the rule of law. And in today’s Russia, the West – and especially the United States – is increasingly regarded as an adversary whose values are not shared by Russians. ... “The hardships of the early post-Communist years caused bitter disillusion- Secretary of State Rice comments ment. The insecurity and disparities in wealth under fledgling capitalism brought anxiety and resentment. The task of reforming a nation crippled and demoralized by decades under an inhuman regime proved insurmountable. It would have onBelow Ukraine is the text of a statement and by U.S.NATOBut I think membership NATO has a record of having taken a true visionary to mobilize the Russian people and pursue the path of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on kept that door open and, indeed, when modernization. And Vladimir Putin is no visionary. He addressed his nation’s Ukraine’s prospects for NATO member- states have met those criteria, they have pain and anger by offering a return to traditional paternalism – a model that peo- ship delivered in Sofia, Bulgaria, on April indeed been admitted. That’s why NATO ple welcomed with a sense of relief. For even if the government was habitually 27. It was released on April 28 by the has continued to enlarge over this last self-seeking, incompetent and corrupt, it was once again possible for people to Embassy of the United States in Ukraine. decade or so. avoid making choices and assuming responsibility for Russia’s future. ... The Ukrainian government and the “... The nation and the state have slipped back to the familiar pattern of seeing It has been the policy of NATO and it Ukrainian people will have to decide enemies inside and outside, regarding the West as a force that seeks to harm remains the policy of NATO to have an whether or not this is something that they Russia and Westerners as potential spies. ...” open door to European democracies that wish to pursue, and they will also have to – Masha Lipman, editor of the Carnegie Moscow Center’s Pro et Contra journal, wish to join NATO, but also that qualify work very hard, I think, to meet the crite- writing in the May 2 issue of The Washington Post, in her monthly column, this one to join NATO. NATO is a membership ria. We already have with Ukraine a titled “Fear of the West in Russia.” organization that has a lot of require- NATO-Ukraine Council. That council ments and a lot of obligations that have will meet tomorrow. I think people are to do with security. And so, membership looking forward to hearing from Foreign in NATO is something that has to, when Minister [Borys] Tarasyuk as to NATO takes in members, it is taking in Ukraine’s intentions. But I think the prin- MAY WE HELP YOU? members that can meet those obligations ciple that NATO remains an open organi- To reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800, that have the capabilities to do it. zation for those who can meet its require- and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below). And so when we talk about that open ments and, therefore, are capable of door, we also talk about the states that meeting the obligations that come with Editorial – 3049, 3088; Administration – 3041; Advertising – 3040 need to be prepared, we talk about meet- NATO membership, that remains strong Subscriptions – 3042; Production – 3063, 3069 ing the criteria that are clearly laid out. within NATO. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 No. 19

Karmazyn appointed chief OBITUARY: Dr. Alec Danylevich, of VOA’s Ukrainian Service neurosurgeon, community activist WASHINGTON – Veteran Voice of its cooperation with FM affiliates. In by George Powch and artists expressing liberal or national- America journalist Adrian Karmazyn has addition, Mr. Karmazyn oversaw the ist sentiments who had been incarcerated been appointed chief of VOA’s reorganization of “Vikno v Ameryku” WORCESTER, Mass. – The Ukrainian by the repressive Soviet regime. And, he Ukrainian Service, it was announced on (Window on America), a weekly TV American community lost one of its finest was a fixture on the Ukrainian American April 20. magazine program, the launch of the on April 14 in Worcester, Mass., when social circuit. daily “Chas-Time” television program Alec Danylevich passed on after a heroic On completing his residency, Dr. and regular interactive satellite feeds battle with cancer. Danylevich joined a practice in Worcester, with TV networks in Ukraine. He was a man of many talents: a Mass., where he stayed and built a very Mr. Karmazyn is a native of renowned neurosurgeon in the Worcester distinguished career. He was assistant pro- Cleveland. He completed a B.A. in histo- area, devoted husband of Louise fessor of surgery at University of ry at Ohio State University and a M.A. in Feldhaus, loving father of twin daughters Massachusetts Medical School, and chief Russian and East European studies at the Laryssa and Natalia, and dear brother to of neurosurgery, first at Memorial University of Michigan. an extended clan including sisters Irene Hospital and later at St. Vincent’s Hospital He is a member of the Ukrainian Billon, with husband Slavko, of Newark, at Worcester Medical Center. National Association’s Washington branch. Del.; Angelina Grundhoff, with husband He married Louise Feldhaus, a radiol- He resides in Olney, Md., with his wife, George, of Reading, Mass.; and a twin ogist, and they raised twin daughters, brother, the Very Rev. Wladimir Sonia, and children, Melania and Levko. Laryssa and Natalia, in a home filled Danylevich, married to Anna, of VOA’s Ukrainian television and radio with love, joy and no end of artifacts of Kensington, Md. programs have a combined weekly audi- Dr. Danylevich’s Ukrainian heritage. He is survived by 12 nieces, nephews, ence of 12.7 percent, a rating which A longtime members of St. Andrew grandnieces and grandnephews. means that 12.7 percent of adults Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Boston, Dr. Danylevich was a pillar of the (defined as anyone 15 or older) in Dr. Danylevich was a founder in 1990 of Ukrainian American community in the Ukraine have seen or heard a VOA pro- the Father John Danylevich Foundation, greater Boston area and of the Ukrainian gram at least once in the past week, mak- and its first president. The foundation has Autocephalous Orthodox Church in ing the Voice of America the No. 1 inter- been very successful in providing diverse America. national broadcaster in Ukraine. For pro- humanitarian aid to the needy in Ukraine, Born July 16, 1947, in Kempten, gramming information readers may visit and Dr. Danylevich was continually Germany, he was the fourth child of the VOA’s Ukrainian Service website at: involved and a strong supporter of this Very Rev. John Danylevich, who came http://www.VOANews.com/Ukrainian. and many other Ukrainian causes. from a long line of distinguished Ukrainian In life, Dr. Danylevich was com- Adrian Karmazyn * * * Orthodox clergy from Volyn. The family pelling: brilliant and brash, quick-witted emigrated to the U.S. in 1949, where Dr. and very opinionated, fiercely protective Mr. Karmazyn, 45, joined VOA in The Voice of America, which first Danylevich’s father was first assigned to of his family and proud of his heritage, 1988, as an international radio broadcast- went on the air in 1942, is a multi-media concurrently lead the Ukrainian Orthodox yet modest and self-effacing, and gener- er in the Ukrainian Service. He served in international broadcasting service funded Parishes in Bakerton and Dixonville, Pa., ous to a fault. this capacity as a reporter, writer, pro- by the U.S. government through the and later in Herkimer, N.Y. He was a deeply religious and spiritual ducer, translator and announcer, and also Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA Dr. Danylevich’s formative years, how- man, and sought solace in his faith as served as a correspondent in Kyiv. broadcasts more than 1,000 hours of ever, were in Boston, where the family sickness consumed him. He faced the end Since 1999 Mr. Karmazyn has served news, information, educational and cul- settled in 1952 when his father was trans- fearlessly, confident in what lay before as program manager of VOA’s Ukrainian tural programming every week to an esti- ferred to lead St. Andrew Ukrainian him. He declined artificial measures to Service. During that period the mated worldwide audience of more than Orthodox Church in Jamaica Plains. prolong his life, and medications to ease Ukrainian Service significantly expanded 100 million people. Programs are pro- He excelled at Boston’s renowned his discomfort, wishing the sensation of its network of reporters in Ukraine and duced in 44 languages, including English. Latin High School, which led directly to being alive not be diminished in the Harvard University. At Harvard, he was slightest, despite the pain that it meant. one of the organizers of the Boston- He suffered stoically, giving few if any Cambridge Ukrainian Students Club in signs to those around him, and setting an Memorial unveiled to Welsh journalist the late 1960s and was involved in the example of grace and dignity in death. genesis of what has become today the He was interred in the mausoleum at Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox who exposed genocidal Soviet Famine He went on to medical school at Cemetery in South Bound Brook, N.J., TORONTO – The first-ever trilingual The New York Times. Dartmouth and then George Washington on April 19 with family and friends in (Welsh-English-Ukrainian) plaque was Commenting on the plaque unveiling, the University, followed by an extended resi- attendance, after extended funeral servic- unveiled on May 3 at the University of UCCLA’s director of research, Dr. Lubomyr dency in neurosurgery at New York es the prior day in Worcester, Mass. He Wales in Aberystwyth, honoring Gareth Luciuk, said: “Today we have hallowed the Hospital (Cornell). leaves behind a large legacy in the lives Richard Vaughan Jones, a journalist with memory of the many millions of victims of a During those years, he was actively of the people he touched. The Western Mail. Stalinist crime against humanity, arguably involved in various Ukrainian student Memorial donations may be sent to: Traveling surreptitiously in Soviet the greatest example of genocide to befoul events, engaged in student campaigns of St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Ukraine, in March 1933, Jones, who spoke 20th century Europe. We have also paid trib- the time, such as the movement to free Society, 1023 Yorkshire Drive, Los Altos, Russian fluently, soon thereafter wrote a ute to a brave and honest journalist, Gareth Valentyn Moroz and other writers, poets CA 94024. number of articles about the man-made Jones, who tried to expose the truth, only to famine orchestrated by the Stalinist gov- fall victim to Stalin’s men.” ernment in what had been the “breadbasket “In some ways,” Dr. Luciuk noted, of Europe.” He then himself fell prey to a “Jones was the last victim of the determined effort to discredit his reporting. Holodomor, the Famine-Genocide of OBITUARY: Dr. Alexander Gudziak, Some 7 million of Ukrainians perished 1932-1933 in Soviet Ukraine. It is fitting even as the Soviet authorities denied that that we could gather today in Wales, at a famine was raging, and continued to the university where he studied, to honor community leader and benefactor export grain. They were joined in their a remarkable young man who paid such a SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Dr. Alexander Syracuse. He was a communicant of St. cover-up by Western journalists, includ- heavy price for his commitment to being Gudziak, 80, of Syracuse, N.Y., passed John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic ing the now notorious Walter Duranty of an honest reporter of the facts.” away peacefully at Crouse Hospital in Church in Syracuse. Syracuse on Saturday, April 22, after a Dr. Gudziak was an avid skier, swim- long illness. mer and golfer, and a generous contribu- He was born on January 19, 1926, in tor to academic and community organiza- Canadians for Genocide Museum Pomoriany, Ukraine. He completed a tions. In March 2005 Pope John Paul II degree in dental surgery at the Ludwig decorated Dr. Gudziak with the medal protest the prime minister’s stance Maximillian University in Munich and a “Pro Ecclesia et Pontefice.” D.D.S. degree at New York University. Surviving are his wife of 55 years, TORONTO – During the recent feder- explained: “In principle, we support such After serving as captain in the U.S. Jaroslawa; sons Father Borys Gudziak of al election Canadian Prime Minister a project on the condition that it is both Army in Germany, Dr. Gudziak settled in Lviv, and Dr. Marko Gudziak, with his Syracuse, where he had a successful den- wife, Roma, and their children, Kateryna, Stephen Harper stated his intention to inclusive and equitable in all aspects. tal practice for 40 years. He was an Gregory and Zachary of Michigan. support the Asper family’s project to However, we have profound concerns regarding the Asper project. CGM has active member of the Greater Syracuse Funeral services were on April 25 at establish a “human rights” museum. Dental Society and other professional St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Canadians for a Genocide Museum just written to Prime Minister Harper and launched a mail-in card protest campaign organizations. Church in Syracuse. Burial was on April (CGM), a coalition of 47 associations Actively involved in the Ukrainian 26 at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox representing 27 Canadian cultural com- to voice our concerns about it.” “Our organization believes that anything American community, Dr. Gudziak Cemetery in South Bound Brook, N.J. munities (see member list below), is less than a full and explicit commitment to served as the head of the Syracuse In lieu of flowers, memorial donations protesting this commitment. A total of the twin principles of inclusivity and equity Branch of the Ukrainian Congress may be made to the Ukrainian Catholic $100 million in federal money is at issue. Committee of America and chairman of Education Foundation, 2247 W. Chicago CGM Chairman John Gregorovich (Continued on page 17) the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union in Ave., Chicago, IL 60622; www.ucef.org. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM UNA Convention Committee welcomes delegates to Soyuzivka

by Oksana Trytjak value of Soyuzivka. We hope that Convention Committee Chairman all of you enjoy the wonderful set- ting of Soyuzivka. The UNA has a proud history of Since Ukraine’s independence 112 years of service to the the UNA has become more mindful Ukrainian community. Over the of focusing on our Ukrainian com- years, the UNA held 35 conventions munities in the diaspora. We must throughout the United States and concentrate on supporting our Canada. The 36th Convention will organizations, churches and various be held on May 26-29, marking the cultural, educational and social first time this gathering will take institutions here in the United place in our own backyard, at States and Canada. Soyuzivka in Kerhonkson, N.Y. We trust that the 36th UNA The Convention Committee has Convention will produce resolu- spent much time and energy in plan- tions that will be meaningful and ning and preparing a program that productive. Hopefully, they will will remind each participant of the remind us of the value of the oldest and largest Ukrainian fraternal association in the world – the Correction Ukrainian National Association. Due to typographical errors in the We must work together to promote Young UNA’ers column in the April the UNA as the organization that 30 issue, two daughters were listed as unites the Ukrainian community. sons. Maya Maria Nyzhnykevych is Soyuzivka is eager to welcome the daughter of Olena and Yuriy the 36th UNA Convention’s dele- Members of the Convention Committee for the UNA’s 36th Regular Convention to be held Nyzhnykevych; and Nicole Emilia gates, members of the General at Soyuzivka: (front row, from left) Sonia Semanyshyn, Anna Slobodian, Stephanie Deychakiwsky is the daughter of Assembly, UNA members and spe- Hawryluk, Oksana Trytjak, Maxine Hayden, Vera Staruch, (second row) Soyuzivka Nicholas Deychakiwsky and Oksana cial guests, and promises you won- Manager Nestor Paslawsky, Gerald Tysiak, Roman Hawryluk, Longin Staruch, Vasyl Pronych. We apologize for the error. derful memories to take home. Luchkiw and Nicholas Fil. (Missing from the photo is committee member Maya Lew.) UNA SENIORS’ CONFERENCE at SOYUZIVKA on June 11-16, 2006 – Senior Citizens’ Week Ladies and Gentlemen! 2006 is already well on its way. We wish you good health and invite you to visit SOYUZIVKA!

On behalf of the UNA Seniors Club, we would like to invite all seniors to participate in our annual UNA Seniors Club Week, which will be held from Sunday, June 11, to Friday, June 16, 2006. For your general information, please note that the Seniors Club was organized over 30 years ago. The purpose of the UNA Seniors is to support UNA endeavors, to preserve and cultivate the Ukrainian heritage, promote unity within the community, develop social activities and maintain Ukrainian com- munity life in America. We have finally reached a time in our lives when Ukraine is independent and living a democratic life. Ukraine will always have our thoughts and support. But there is a time when we must concentrate on maintaining our own Ukrainian community. There is much that can be done. We will try to make the week interesting and fun. As you may have read in our publications, last year we had over 60 participants, seven interesting speakers and entertainment in the evenings. Fun was had by all. Again, we have an interesting program scheduled and hope that you will be able to join us for an interesting, inexpensive weekend. Follow the press for further information about Seniors Citizens’ Week.

Make your reservations for the UNA Seniors’ Conference, which will be held at our mountain resort SOYUZIVKA, beginning Sunday, June 11, starting with a buffet dinner, through Friday, June 16, including brunch. All inclusive: five nights, all meals, banquet, entertainment, special speakers. UNA members Non-UNA members single occupancy $399 single occupancy $450 double occupancy $345 pp double occupancy $360 pp Per night - Single $85 – Double $74 pp Per night - Single $95 – Double $82 pp

BANQUET & ENTERTAINMENT only $35 pp Call SOYUZIVKA at 845-626-5641 and register early. Limited space available. Organize a bus from your area, contact your local seniors’ club! For further information please call Oksana Trytjak at 973-292-9800 ext. 3071. Senior Citizens’ Week is FUN, AFFORDABLE AND INTERESTING. WE WELCOME GUESTS ! COME ONE, COME ALL!

THE UNA: 112 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 No. 19

Reporter’s notebook HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T U W by Zenon Zawada Our Soyuzivka Kyiv Press Bureau

It is a truism that everybody in the Ukrainian community considers Soyuzivka “ours” – a gorgeous piece of property in the Catskill region that the Ukrainian community can call its own. “Nasha Soyuzivka” (our Soyuzivka), which is owned by the Ukrainian National Association, is a veritable gem. It’s a place where anyone in our HowJust 17 months could after Ukrainians this launched havearise, Mr. Yushchenkohappened? could specifically Ukrainian community feels at home, a place where many of our organizations a revolution in which they were willing to point out to the public how Ms. hold their conferences, meetings and conventions; the venue for countless lay down their lives for Viktor Yushchenko, Tymoshenko is pursuing her own agenda Ukrainian weddings (everyone knows that a Soyuzivka wedding is second to he is now the target of disgust and derision instead of the one set by the coalition forces. none); a vacation spot where all family members can feel comfortable and safe, for many of those very same people. Our Ukraine’s leadership remains where friends can enjoy each other’s company in a relaxed and naturally beauti- Out of 25 million Ukrainians who voted arrogant. ful setting. in the 2006 parliamentary elections, only Roman Zvarych figuratively wagged Soyuzivka is also the host to a variety of camps: from tennis and other sports 14 percent, or 3.5 million of them, support- his finger at Tymoshenko ally Mykola camps to day camps for preschoolers, from Discovery and Exploration camps ed Mr. Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine bloc. Tomenko during a political talk show that promise adventure in the great outdoors to Ukrainian Heritage and Typically, finishing in third place isn’t several weeks ago, telling him, “We have Ukrainian Folk Dance camps. In fact, Soyuzivka’s roster of camps has been bad. the votes that you need.” So let’s sit expanded for the 2006 season – a development that demonstrates the continuing But considering that the Our Ukraine down and negotiate, he said. popularity of the estate. bloc won the most votes in the 2002 But why should Ms. Tymoshenko be The establishment back in September 2005 of the Soyuzivka Heritage elections, and considering that Mr. the one bending over backwards when Foundation aimed to take advantage of all Soyuzivka has to offer in order to pro- Yushchenko was the most admired man she has the power to make or break Mr. mote the cultural, educational and historical heritage of Ukraine and Ukrainian in Ukraine one year ago, his result can be Yushchenko’s political future? Americans. A non-profit charitable entity, the foundation is to operate Soyuzivka described as disastrous. Our Ukraine may well have the votes as a cultural and educational venue for all Ukrainians, regardless of their back- Incredibly enough, Mr. Yushchenko the Tymoshenko Bloc needs. But with grounds. has become a virtual lame-duck presi- every day that Our Ukraine drags out the Earlier this year the Soyuzivka Heritage Foundation announced membership dent one and a half years after a the revo- coalition-forming process, votes from its options for those who want to help secure Soyuzivka’s future by creating a lution that swept him into power. share of the electorate will slowly trickle strong financial foundation for the estate. Responses have begun coming in from With every day that passes in the elec- over to the Tymoshenko Bloc. young and old alike; certainly many more are expected as the summer season tions’ aftermath, it becomes ever more Through some wonder or divine inter- gets under way. apparent that Mr. Yushchenko’s political vention, Our Ukraine might be able to In addition, there are several groups of activists that have stepped up to the plate. career has peaked with the Orange convince Ms. Tymoshenko to take the The Brooklyn Ukrainian Group, for example, held a Spring Cleaning Revolution. His future is dim, at best. Parliament’s chairmanship instead. Weekend – the third annual – at Soyuzivka on April 7-9, with all labor to spruce Eastern Ukrainians have demonstrated Other than that political outcome, Mr. up the estate provided by a band of hardy volunteers. that they will never support Mr. Yushchenko’s only hope for survival is Then there’s the concert slated for May 19 during the Ukrainian Street Yushchenko, while central and western to allow Ms. Tymoshenko to become Festival in New York City. Dubbed “Ukrainian Music Invasion,” it will feature Ukrainians have made clear that it’s prime minister. five live bands. Proceeds will benefit St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church and Yulia Tymoshenko whom they trust. The fact that Mr. Yushchenko and Ms. Schools, Help Us Help the Children and the Soyuzivka Heritage Foundation (via The Tymoshenko Bloc received 60 Tymoshenko are already fighting and the Chornomorski Khvyli Sorority of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization). percent more votes than Our Ukraine, or wrangling portends little chance of a All of the above indicates that, yes, our Ukrainian community truly wants 5.7 million. renewed Orange union surviving beyond Soyuzivka to remain ours. And yet, the resort is not filled to capacity during the The result made it loud and clear to the three and a half years the president summer season, save for a few popular weeks and special weekends. The fact of Mr. Yushchenko that the Orange elec- wants for a coalition. the matter is that, if we truly want Soyuzivka to continue to exist and be there for torate wants Ms. Tymoshenko to return What’s the other option? us when we need it for our weddings, conferences, meetings, etc., then we need to government as prime minister. Political suicide is the undoubted con- to support the resort by being more than occasional guests. Our community For one reason or another, that, to sensus in the event of an Our Ukraine- members need to book rooms for more than a weekend. Why not make reserva- him, is anathema. Party of the Regions coalition. tions for a week along with a group of friends? Not only will you be re-establish- Several theories are circulating The Our Ukraine bloc won three ing the bonds of friendship, but you will be making a very concrete contribution throughout Kyiv: he fears her challenge oblasts in the elections, all in Ukraine’s toward Soyuzivka’s well-being. And, rest assured, there is much to do in and for the presidency in 2009, he doesn’t around Soyuzivka. (Don’t believe us? Call the helpful staff at the estate and they most pro-European, nationally conscious agree with her governing style, he does- regions: Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and will steer you to activities that will satisfy everyone in your family or group.) n’t agree with her policies, she is corrupt, We write this editorial with this week’s special pullout section, “A Ukrainian Zakarpattia. his circle of corrupt cronies loathes her An Our Ukraine-Party of the Regions Summer” – our 10th annual summer supplement – in mind. As our thoughts turn or perhaps fears her. coalition would seal those votes forever to summer, we say to our readers: Why not make plans this year to rediscover Ms. Tymoshenko has repeatedly beyond the reach of Our Ukraine. our Soyuzivka? alleged that it’s Mr. Yushchenko’s notori- In the event of such a coalition, the ous entourage that manipulates his Our Ukraine bloc will inevitably splinter, antipathy for her because she stands in and Mr. Yushchenko will become a bona the way of their corrupt activities. fide one-term president, if that isn’t the May Mr. Yushchenko’s aversion to Ms. case already. Turning the pages back... Tymoshenko returning to the prime min- It’s even doubtful that Mr. istership became apparent three weeks Yushchenko’s political party, the Our 12 ago when he rejected the point in a coali- tion-forming protocol agreement that Ukraine People’s Union, would survive. allows for the bloc winning the most Mr. Yushchenko is the only slightly 1996 The Ukrainian Weekly’s front page from May 12, 1996, appealing personality on an Our Ukraine carried a news story about the White House commemoration votes to select the prime minister. By requiring a detailed program of activ- People’s Union roster that features the likes of the 10th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. of Roman Bezsmertnyi, Petro Poroshenko “Ten years after the fateful May Day when children in ities among coalition participants, which Mr. Yushchenko indicated could be at least and David Zhvania, who are essentially self- Kyiv marched down the Ukrainian capital’s main boulevard, the Khreschatyk, interested businessmen or career politicians unaware that deadly radioactive fallout was coming down upon them, the first lady of 100 pages long, the president is clearly revealing his distrust of Ms. Tymoshenko. incapable of offering any vision for Ukraine. the United States, Hillary Rodham Clinton, hosted a special commemorative program Dismissing the Parliament is Mr. whose aim was to focus attention on the continuing devastating effects of the By requiring the program, Mr. Yushchenko’s third option, another path Chornobyl nuclear disaster,” reported The Weekly. Yushchenko wants to hold Ms. to sure disaster since few Ukrainian vot- The White House event was billed as “A Call to Healing and Prevention,” and it Tymoshenko accountable. ers want a repeat of the elections. brought together activists from both the private and government sectors who had That way, should another major conflict If an Our Ukraine-Party of the worked to help the victims of the Chornobyl disaster, and the ambassadors of the three Regions coalition would put Mr. republics most affected by the accident’s fallout, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Yushchenko in the doghouse with his Included among the nearly 200 guests were many Ukrainian American community electoral base, dismissing the Parliament members representing charitable, women’s, fraternal, religious and other organiza- Want to reach us would send him straight to the gutter. tions, as well as individual activists. by e-mail? The 10th anniversary commemoration featured speeches by the first lady and Vice- The current no-win situation in which Editorial materials: Mr. Yushchenko finds himself is a rare dis- President Al Gore, as well as Alexander Kuzma of the Chornobyl Challenge ‘96 coali- [email protected] tion and 11-year-old Vova Malofienko, one of the first “children of Chornobyl” play of political self-destruction – a text- brought to this country for medical treatment in the aftermath of the world’s worst Production: book example of how to sabotage one’s nuclear accident. [email protected] own career that will likely be studied by Mrs. Clinton, who served as honorary chair of Chornobyl Challenge ‘96, said the political scientists for decades to come. Subscription Department: And now we confront the possibility that event “is one both of mourning and also of hope.” Mourning because “the people of [email protected] Ukraine, Belarus and Russia have suffered so much in the 10 years since the explo- Our Ukraine, the political movement that sion and fire at Chornobyl’s Unit 4 reactor,” and hope because, “as we so often see Advertising Department: brought about the Orange Revolution, will [email protected] not even exist as a political entity by the (Continued on page 18) time the next major elections roll around. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PERSPECTIVES Illegal immigrants More on Chicago BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY and U.S. law and its people Dear Editor: Dear Editor: Columns in the April 16 issue of The It was great to read Andrew Ukrainian Weekly on illegal immigration all Fedynsky’s recent column featuring Answering Putin’s challenge to the G-8 but exonerate aliens who reside here illegal- Chicago (“Chicago, my kind of town,” If all politics is local, as House Speaker priests, 300 Ukrainian nationalists and ly, thus breaking American law. Although March 26), and in particular the Tip O’Neill once famously said, then few intellectuals, 20 Tatar political figures, a thoughtfully written, the writers mute why Ukrainian Village section which can politicians have delivered for their home- Gypsy king, Belarusian leaders, Russian we are a sovereign nation with immigration boast of a real ethnic neighborhood. The town like Russia’s President Vladimir cultural figures and workers. Sandarmokh law. We don’t want to become like Mexico, “Ukrainian Village” is a vibrant, cultural Putin. As a member of the G-8, the group was kept secret, like other Soviet crimes, a vast plantation system, although that is area that is alive and well and in a highly of leaders of the world’s eight major until the St. Petersburg Chapter Memorial where we are going. To harbor or assist ille- desirable part of Chicago. As a former industrial democracies, Mr. Putin selected pieced together clues from KGB archives gal aliens also violates the law, although you resident, I always look forward to return- St. Petersburg as the venue for Russia’s and unearthed the ghastly site. wouldn’t know that listening to George W. ing to Chicago Avenue and revisiting the turn this July to host the exclusive gather- Vladimir Putin, himself a career KGB Bush. Every time he opens his big mouth shops, churches and the streets that are ing. It’s where he grew up, went to col- man, prefers not to acknowledge all this the border-jumper numbers triple, anticipat- still visibly Ukrainian in flavor and spirit. lege, landed a job with the KGB and as history. As Russia’s president, he’s sur- ing a fast break to citizenship. It was also wonderful to know that deputy mayor, got his start in politics. rounded himself with people with the same As many as 20 million illegals here made several notable people have come out of The G-8, of course, is anything but local. training and mindset. Not surprisingly, civil a conscious decision to illegally occupy the the old ‘hood, including Kateryna It has its roots in the 1973 oil crisis and the liberties in Russia, property rights, the rule United States. The cost to American taxpay- Yushchenko. However, Mr. Fedynsky global recession that followed. In response, of law, freedom of speech and non-govern- ers in terms of social services, beaten-down overlooked and should have also men- President Gerald R. Ford in 1975 convened mental organizations are all being sup- wages and lower standards of living is stag- tioned another great luminary who was a gathering of senior financial officials from pressed. Mr. Putin routinely meddles in his gering, according to NumbersUSA, an born and raised in the Ukrainian Chicago the U.S., Europe and Japan to discuss eco- neighbors’ affairs, most notoriously with neighborhood and that is, of course, immigration control group. nomic issues. Two years later, French manipulation of Ukraine’s election, the use award-winning fiction writer Irene The “one-time only” 1986 amnesty President Valery Giscard d’Estaing hosted a of energy as a foreign policy cudgel, the Zabytko. Her novel about Chornobyl, took on 2.7 million illegals. There were summit of the leaders of West Germany, boycott of Georgian wine and the festering “The Sky Unwashed,” is still a must-read six more amnesties under President Bill Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the sore in Chechnya. The U.S., for its part, is and appears on several reading lists in Clinton. No more! United States. A schedule of annual meet- unhappy that Russia tried to undercut its schools and colleges throughout the Meanwhile the elephant in the room is ings was adopted under a rotating presiden- Iraq policy by providing Saddam Hussein country. And most interestingly, her sec- legal immigration, which takes on 1 million cy, and the Group of Six (G-6) was formed. with war materiel and military intelligence ond book, “When Luba Leaves Home,” new aliens a year. If President Bush and the In 1976 Canada joined, making it the G-7. on the eve of America’s invasion in 2003 is a collection of stories about the Senate have their way, under work visas Starting in 1991, the USSR and later its suc- and is now playing an obstructionist role in Ukrainian Village in Chicago set in the we’ll see 35 million new aliens (who, in cessor, Russia, began meeting with the G-7 the effort to stop Iran’s nuclear program. late 1960s. Readers will no doubt recog- turn, bring along families under visas) over after the main summit. In 1998, in apprecia- Russia, of course, denies everything – nize several landmarks that Mr. the next 10 years. tion for President Boris Yeltsin’s economic including much of its own past – and poses Fedynsky mentioned in his article. A half century ago, Dwight D. reforms and agreeing to NATO’s eastward as a country like any other. It’s also interesting to note that Ms. Eisenhower heard that crime and labor strife expansion, Russia was accepted into the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Zabytko, in addition to her reputation as were spiralling in the Southwest. A million summit, creating the G-8. responding to calls for Russia’s expulsion a stellar American fiction writer who illegals were invading annually. He sent For President Putin, hosting the G-8 from the G-8, says only that the country is writes about Ukrainian themes, has con- Gen. Joseph May Swing down to Texas. summit in his hometown has to be going through “a difficult transition” and ducted her own “Luba Walking Tours” in Feds working with local police and militias immensely gratifying. “Being valued by maintains expelling Mr. Putin would be a Chicago’s Ukrainian Village. My hus- cleaned out the entire Southwest of illegals the West is very important to Putin,” mistake – “a personal insult, like spitting band and I, as well as several of our and that lasted a decade. This is never men- according to Alexei Arbatov, former in his face,” according to Mr. Arbatov. friends and even a book club or two, tioned in the current media spotlight. chairman of the Duma Defense So what to do? Russia’s conduct under were treated to Ms. Zabytko taking us on The question is: Does America have Committee. “He considers Russia a great the Putin administration is inconsistent a walking tour there. It was fabulous to the will to survive? What sin is this Western power – that’s the basis of his with the values and objectives of the G- hear the author (in person!) read sections nation’s, that our leaders get away with world view.” 8. On the other hand, Russia is a veto- from her book where the stories take opening the gates? Americans are starting That was also Tsar Peter’s motivation wielding member of the U.N. Security place and tell us how she came to write to arise from their sofas, beer in hand, in 1703, when he decreed construction of Council, a nuclear juggernaut and an her book. looking out beyond the TV set to see their St. Petersburg as a “Window to the West.” energy giant, so expelling Mr. Putin Her tours have received marvelous front yards crawling with aliens. Sound Like Mr. Putin, Peter the Great wanted to would raise problems the U.S. would local press in the Chicago Tribune, crass? The Republican Party under King present Russia as a modern country, equal rather not deal with. WBEZ-Radio (NPR, Chicago), The George is torn between amoral business to any. To accomplish that, he used the President Bush has often spoken of his Chicago Reader and other places, and we interests and national security. same methods to build his city that the friendship with “Vladimir” as one that hope that Ms. Zabytko will continue to Punish parasitic businesses involved pharaohs used to build the pyramids. allows him to speak privately and can- lead more walking tours in the near in this human trafficking. Deport the ille- A century later in the summer of 1839, didly with Russia’s leader about democ- future. gals. It may be our last chance to save French aristocrat Marquis de Custine vis- racy. (But to no avail, it seems.) Well, it’s It really brings in interested folks from this great republic. ited Petersburg and observed in his trave- come time that Mr. Bush and his G-7 col- everywhere who are fascinated and logue, “Journey for Our Time,” it was leagues lift the curtain on the 21st thrilled to know about our special Peter B. Hrycenko “only too easy in St. Petersburg to let Century version of “barbarism barely Ukrainian world in Chicago, and we Allentown, Pa. yourself be taken in by the appearances disguised under a revolting magnifi- have Ms. Zabytko to thank for that of civilization.” Appalled by the human cence,” that the Marquis de Custine per- through her great books and her connec- costs of Peter’s imperial showcase, he ceived 165 years ago. Blunt words are tion as someone who was born and saw “a real barbarism barely disguised needed; clear gestures required. raised in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village. The pain of a family under a revolting magnificence.” While in St. Petersburg, President Bush and other democratic leaders should pause Nadia Fralinger That same summer, the newly liberat- ed serf, 25-year-old Taras Shevchenko, to lay a wreath to commemorate the vic- of immigrants Orlando, Fla. Dear Editor: was working as an illustrator in St. tims of communism. Mr. Bush should My name is Igor Karnaoukh, and The Petersburg and writing the Kobzar, the then follow up with a trip to Kyiv to con- Ukrainian Weekly wrote numerous arti- We welcome your opinion poetry collection that would change the fer with President Viktor Yushchenko and, cles about me and my family. I would course of history. Like de Custine, while he’s there, lay another wreath to The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters honor victims of the Nazis at Babyn Yar. like to thank you on behalf of my family to the editor and commentaries on a variety Shevchenko was haunted by St. for publishing such beautiful and inform- of topics of concern to the Ukrainian Petersburg’s construction slaughter – He might point out how the totalitarian ative articles in our defense. American and Ukrainian Canadian com- 100,000 slaves, including many mindset that made the Holocaust possible, We hope that these articles will not munities. Opinions expressed by colum- Ukrainian Kozaks, died building it. For also formed the basis for the Famine- only win justice for us, but also help nists, commentators and letter-writers are him, Peter was the “voracious beast Genocide in Ukraine. From there, he every other human being who was struck their own and do not necessarily reflect the [who] reared his shining capital on tor- should get into his limo and go to the by the same misfortune. opinions of either The Weekly editorial tured corpses.” Famine memorial to lay a wreath there. Also, we hope that these articles will staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian A hundred years later in 1934, with the If all that makes Mr. Putin squirm, and rouse the Ukrainian community to stand National Association. city renamed Leningrad, the head of its even if it spoils his party, then good. Letters should be typed and signed Otherwise we’ll all be squirming as G-7 up for each other so these things will not (anonymous letters are not published). Communist Party, Sergei Kirov, was happen anymore. Letters are accepted also via e-mail at assassinated, in all likelihood at the leaders act as if a Mr. Putin’s Russia We are very glad that you understand [email protected]. The daytime phone behest of Joseph Stalin. That murder were a normal country like theirs. It isn’t. our pain and the pain of countless other number and address of the letter-writer must launched the Great Terror, including Pretending that it is would be the biggest immigrants. Thank you. be given for verification purposes. Please 1,100 victims found in a mass grave in mistake of all. note that a daytime phone number is essen- 1997 at Sandarmokh about 243 miles Igor Karnaoukh tial in order for editors to contact letter-writ- north of St. Petersburg. These included Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is: Ternopil, Ukraine ers regarding clarifications or questions. four Orthodox archbishops, 30 Catholic [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 No. 19

Chornobyl issues, including the reloca- challenges and problems that have arisen percent of Ukraine’s land was contami- U.N. commemorative... tion of over 140,000 people. A recent in the field of radiation protection. He nated by radiation, as 164,000 people (Continued from page 1) conference in Miensk had suggested pro- added, “Whether or not we have the had been relocated. Referring to current term. Regarding the psychological claiming the years 2006-2016 as the courage to admit it, by attempting to har- findings and varying statistics, Mr. impact, UNICEF has been working to “international decade for the recovery ness the most powerful available energy Kholosha said there has been no consen- educate children about healthy lifestyles, and sustainable development of the source, humankind has unleashed sus on the disaster’s health impact and to combat the lingering effects of regions affected by the Chornobyl disas- unknown risks and dangers.” that health assessments must be contin- Chornobyl. ter.” The representative of the Russian ued. Andrei Dapkiunas, the permanent Additionally, Mr. Dapkiunas said that Federation, Igor Shcherbak, called the After statements were read by the representative for Belarus, thanked all early diagnosis and detection of cancer Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant a poten- Russian Federation, Belarus and Ukraine, of the delegations present at the day’s and cardiovascular diseases, especially in tial source of danger in Europe, asking the acting president of the General commemorative meeting, highlighting children, was one of Belarus’ largest con- the international community to muster its Assembly called for one minute of the need for continued efforts in cerns. He cited the need for modern scientific, technical and financial capaci- silence for the victims of Chornobyl. Belarus, which received 70 percent of medical equipment to help address these ties to minimize this threat in the near This was followed by statements read the fallout from Chornobyl and 20 per- issues. future. by representatives of Uganda, the Lao cent of which is still contaminated by Mr. Dapkiunas also agreed with the Representatives of the Russian People’s Democratic Republic, Slovenia, radionuclides. Miensk conference’s recommendation to Federation viewed the consensual adop- Chile, the Latin American and Caribbean tion in November 2005 of the General U.N. experts estimated the overall cost include Belarus in the U.N. Scientific Group, France, the Western European Assembly resolution calling for a com- of the damage in Belarus at $235 billion, Committee on the Effects of Atomic and other states, the United States, the memorative meeting dedicated to the with Belarusians themselves spending Radiation, giving it a platform to share European Union and associated states, 20th anniversary of the Chornobyl disas- Japan, China, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, over $17 billion to address post- its years of experience to face the new ter (A/RES/60/14), and its unprecedented Argentina, Cuba, Brazil and the 69 co-sponsors, as the international com- European Commission, as well as by munity’s expression of solidarity with the Raymond Forde, vice-president of the Photographic exhibit focuses affected countries. Calling on his fellow International Federation of Red Cross delegates to strengthen their response and Red Crescent Societies and U.N. capacity for technological disasters, Mr. observer of the situation in the affected on Chornobyl 20 years after Shcherbak highlighted as an example the areas. readiness of the Russian Federation’s Once the meeting was adjourned, the NEW YORK – A photographic tion of photographs contributed by the Ministry for Emergency Situations that Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian repre- exhibit titled “20 Years After Republic of Belarus, the Russian has already explored international coop- sentatives each gave statements at the Chernobyl: From Tragedy to Recovery” Federation and Ukraine. eration in this matter. opening of the Chornobyl photo exhibit opened on April 28 at the United Photographs were provided by Ukraine’s Volodymyr Kholosha, vice titled, “20 Years After Chernobyl: From Nations and is on display in the South “Chornobyl: 20,” the Chornobyl minister of emergencies, said that Tragedy to Recovery.” The exhibit, Gallery of the General Assembly visi- Museum in Kyiv, the Chernobyl Union Ukraine agrees with the remarks of which was organized in cooperation with tor’s lobby until May 12. Over 70 pho- of Russia, the ITAR-TASS News Gerhard Pfanzelter, the representative the American project “Chornobyl: 20” tos attempt to capture the human dimen- Agency, Anatoliy Kleshchuk and from Austria, who spoke on behalf of and the UNDP, displayed over 70 photo- sion of the tragedy and recovery efforts. Dzianis Ramaniuk of Belarus, the the European Union. Thanking the inter- graphs in the visitor’s lobby of the U.N. Included are images of the liquidators Kurchatov Institute in Moscow, national community for its efforts in headquarters. who risked their lives in the early phas- Mondano, the National Photo Artists helping Ukraine after the Chornobyl dis- Later that day, Ukraine’s ambassador es of the response efforts to save others. Union of Ukraine and RIA-Novosti aster, Mr. Pfanzelter said he looks for- to the U.N., Valeriy Kuchinsky, with the At the opening of the exhibit, state- News Agency. ward to continued measures to help mit- representatives of the Russian Federation ments were read by U. N. Ambassadors The exhibit is sponsored by the U.N. igate the disaster’s effects and thanked and Belarus, as well as Japanese Igor Shcherbak of the Russian missions of the Republic of Belarus, the General Assembly for passing the Ambassador Kenzo Oshima, rang the Federation, Andrei Dapkiunas of the Russian Federation and Ukraine, as resolution in November 2005, which U.N. peace bell in memory of the victims Belarus and Valeriy Kuchinsky of well as the United Nations called for the Chornobyl commemora- of Chornobyl. The bell is located in the Ukraine. The exhibit features a collec- Development Program (UNDP). tive meeting at the U.N. General Japanese garden of the United Nations Assembly. He noted that 3 million peo- and is made from coins collected by chil-
ple were affected by the disaster and 10 dren from over 60 countries.
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“We invite the World Health International conference... Organization and the IAEA, the journal- (Continued from page 1) ists and the government health officials Greenpeace International, who released present in this theater to visit the God- estimates in time for the 20th commemo- forsaken orphanages crammed with chil- ration of the April 26 catastrophe. dren with severe disfigurements, in vil- The Greenpeace report estimated at lages like Znamianka, Vorzel, least 30,000 more deaths related to Tsiuropinsk and Zaluchia, and to see for Chornobyl, perhaps reaching as many as themselves the situation we are trying to 100,000. The Ukrainian government has address,” Dr. Matkiwsky said. reached even more somber conclusions. Perhaps the most disturbing, he said, is “At least 500,000 people, perhaps the spike in spina bifida cases, which more, have already died out of the 2 mil- have increased to levels four times higher lion people who were officially classed than normal and nine times higher for the as victims of Chornobyl in Ukraine,” said districts of northern Rivne Oblast that Nikolai Omelianets, deputy head of the were most heavily contaminated by National Commission for Radiation radioactive fallout. Protection in Ukraine. Spin bifida is a birth defect in which Of those, about 34,500 liquidators the infant’s spinal canal is exposed out- who took part in cleaning up Chornobyl side the skin, or is severed. have died, a rate three times as high as in A joint Israeli-Ukrainian study found the rest of the population, Mr. that children born to Chornobyl liquida- Omelianets said. tors suffer from chromosomal aberrations The Chernobyl Forum, consisting of at a rate seven times higher than their eight United Nations organizations siblings born prior to 1986, he said. (including the IAEA) and representatives “There is absolutely no doubt in my Zenon Zawada of the Russian Federation, Ukraine and mind that chromosome damage will have Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund President Dr. Zenon Belarus, wrote its report by analyzing a significant impact on genetic health as Matkiwsky was the only speaker at the opening ceremony of the Ukrainian gov- “all appropriate scientific information.” well as cancer incidence,” Dr. Matkiwsky ernment's international conference on Chornobyl to question the September Such information included scientific said. 2005 Chernobyl Forum report. studies undertaken by the IAEA, the The only available peer-reviewed World Health Organization (WHO) and studies in Belarus and Ukraine have none were detected among the Hiroshima of South Alabama in Mobile pointed out the United Nations Scientific Commission clearly shown that women living in radi- and Nagasaki populations which suffered that the Chernobyl Forum report includes on the Effects of Atomic Radiation. ation-contaminated territories have a nuclear attacks. only six lines about the effect of the dis- However, the forum report doesn’t much higher rate of pregnancy complica- While Dr. Matkiwsky might have been aster on human reproduction. mention how many studies or which tions, stillbirths and birth defects than the only leader to criticize the Chernobyl Dr. Wertelecki, who led the studies studies it chose to examine. women living in non-contaminated Forum report at the ceremony, his con- revealing increases in spina bifida rates, The report also stated “it is impossible regions, he said. cerns were echoed in the Verkhovna as well as rare cases of conjoined twins to assess reliably, with any precision, “How can the WHO and the IAEA say Rada two days later. in the Rivne Oblast, said the report’s numbers of fatal cancers caused by radia- with any confidence that there has been Outgoing Rada Chairman Volodymyr wording is very carefully crafted. It tion exposure due to the Chornobyl acci- no impact on the immune system of chil- Lytvyn took an unusually bold stand in refers to congenital malformations dent. Further, radiation-induced cancers dren when blood samples taken from challenging the forum report at a special instead of birth defects, which excludes a are at present indistinguishable from Chornobyl children show a much lower parliamentary hearing on April 26. He whole wide range of health problems, Dr. those due to other cancers.” count of killer T cells as opposed to con- called upon the Rada, along with the sci- Wertelecki said. As for ailments aside from cancer, the trol populations?” he said. entific and medical communities, to Congenital malformations are physical report states that because of the relatively In fact, the forum report acknowledges respond to the “unacceptable speculation deformities that don’t include DNA dam- low doses of radiation in the Chornobyl- a steady increase in congenital malforma- of experts” which offended Ukrainians. age, abnormal cell growth and chromo- affected regions, “there is no evidence or tions in both contaminated and unconta- The Rada’s Committee on Health some abnormalities – all of which are any likelihood of observing decreased minated regions of Belarus. However, Protection, Motherhood and Children, birth defects. fertility among males or females.” “this does not appear to be radiation- along with scientific and medical experts, The Chernobyl Forum’s raw data and As surprising as the report’s conclu- related and may be the result of increased must create a document that provides sci- original materials are difficult to access, sions were, few of the speakers attending registration,” the report states. entifically proven facts about the nega- and the reader is left to rely on vague the Kyiv conference’s opening ceremony Dr. Matkiwsky criticized the fact that tive health effects of the Chornobyl dis- summary statements, Dr. Wertelecki said, questioned its validity. Dr. Fred Mettler was appointed co-author aster on the Ukrainian people, Mr. adding that he neither accepts nor rejects President and Mrs. Yushchenko didn’t and spokesman for the Chernobyl Forum Lytvyn said. This document should be its conclusions. issue any opinion on the forum report, report. presented as Ukraine’s official position The report refers to people who have and neither did U.S. Ambassador to In 1992 it was Dr. Mettler who told for examination by various international recovered from thyroid cancer, but it’s Ukraine John Herbst, who told The the U.S. Congress that the IAEA had institutions. impossible to reproduce without a thy- Weekly that he didn’t know enough conducted the most comprehensive While scientists in Ukraine “shed tears roid, he said. about it. investigation possible on Chornobyl sur- over Chornobyl’s medical effects, those “The word-crafting, to me, is not done Only Zenon Matkiwsky, president of vivors and the agency found no notice- in Vienna and Geneva are practically by scientists,” Dr. Wertelecki said. “It the Children of Chornobyl Relief and able increase in thyroid cancer in chil- contradicting them,” Mr. Lytvyn said. sounds almost as if is done by masters of Development Fund, injected debate into dren. The Ukrainian government has been communication.” an otherwise placid opening ceremony, Dr. Mettler assured Sen. Joseph playing bureaucratic games with Chronic, low-dose radiation pollution devoting his entire 15-minute speech to Lieberman that no increase in thyroid Chornobyl, during which enormous sums such as Chornobyl demands further challenging the forum’s conclusions. cancer would be noticeable for another of money assigned to mitigating its study, and the forum report is “woefully Dr. Matkiwsky pointed to scientific 15 years after Chornobyl. effects have obscurely disappeared, Mr. incomplete,” he said. studies that demonstrate increases in Five weeks later, the WHO and the Lytvyn said. An equal amount of effort is necessary birth defects and rare cancers in those British scientific journal Nature validated He supported the proposition from to study birth defects. geographic regions most severely con- the reports of Belarusian scientists show- Chornobyl veteran’s organizations to cre- “They refer to a study in Belarus, taminated by Chornobyl’s radiation, such ing an 80-fold increase in thyroid cancer ate a single, authoritative executive organ which implies there’s only one study,” he as the Volyn, Rivne, Zhytomyr, Kyiv and in children living in radiation-contami- to deal with the catastrophe’s effects. said. “You cannot criticize a single study Chernihiv Oblasts, as well as Belarus. nated villages in Belarus. The Chernobyl Forum’s prediction of and then call it a consensus. A consensus The Chernobyl Forum report didn’t Not every American of Ukrainian up to 4,000 fatal cancer deaths is based based on one study sounds strange to take these studies into account, he said. descent agrees with Dr. Matkiwsky’s on the experiences of other populations me.” For example, 75 percent of the chil- view. exposed to radiation that have been stud- The IAEA has intentionally sup- dren living in the village of Ivankovo in Mary Mycio, the author of ied for many decades, such as the sur- pressed or ignored many studies because northern Kyiv Oblast suffer from high “Wormwood Forest,” a book about the vivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. they threaten the image of nuclear ener- blood pressure. Chornobyl zone’s natural history, said the However, it doesn’t explain more specifi- gy, Dr. Matkiwsky told The Weekly in an The incidence of acute lymphoblastic Chernobyl Forum’s report is right on tar- cally how it obtained this result. interview a week later. leukemia in the children of Zhytomyr get because it objectively examines the Initial Soviet estimates predicted As a result, the IAEA has emerged as a and Rivne are significantly higher than data currently available. “It’s a good 9,500 cancer deaths related to Chornobyl modern-day Walter Duranty, he said, national averages in Ukraine, Dr. report that summarizes everything that is in the European parts of the former referring to The New York Times Matkiwsky said. known, but not everything is known and Soviet Union alone, using formulas reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize for Centers in the Volyn and Rivne may never be,” she said. based on radiation dose exposure. covering up Ukraine’s Famine-Genocide oblasts that have tracked the genetic The problem is that cancer, and even A 1987 study sponsored by the U.S. created by Joseph Stalin. health of 104,000 newborns over the past birth defects, can be attributed to a host Department of Energy predicted a mini- “One way or another, the truth will four years have documented birth defects of other factors, including genetics, the mum 7,000 to 19,500 cancer deaths relat- come out about Chornobyl,” Dr. in living and stillborn infants that should environment and behavior such as smok- ed to Chornobyl in Russia, Belarus and Matkiwsky said in his opening ceremony occur in much smaller numbers, even in ing, Ms. Mycio said. “People in Ukraine Ukraine. speech. “It may take another 20, or even larger populations, he said. don’t take care of their health, and often In his presentation to the Rebirth, 50 years. We can only hope that Nuclear radiation undeniably causes they blame it on Chornobyl,” Ms. Mycio Renewal and Human Development Chornobyl’s impact will be less severe extra fingers or toes, deformed limbs and added. Forum in Kyiv on April 25, Dr. than we expected. But we have a duty to missing or deformed organs, he said. As for birth defects, she points out that Wolodymyr Wertelecki of the University seek the truth.” 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 No. 19

THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHORNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER Liquidators recall disaster, speak about post-Chornobyl life by Gulnoza Saidazimova and Claire Bigg no idea an accident had even taken place. the site of the disaster, the picture Kadyrbek Sasykulov, the president of RFE/RL Newsline That was in January 1987, nine changed dramatically. the Union of Chornobyl, a Kyrgyz veter- months after the explosion at the “But when we were approaching ans’ association, participated in the liqui- Among those worst affected by the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. Chornobyl, [the view] was very different. dation work in 1988. 1986 Chornobyl accident were the “liq- “We heard some rumors but didn’t We called it ‘a rusty forest.’ It was all By that time, he says, people knew uidators” – military personnel, workers burnt. It was staggering. We couldn’t about the scale of the disaster. But, and scientists from around the Soviet know anything about it,” said Mr. Suyunbai, a 52-year-old member of comprehend it. It was horrible. But then despite their protests or even outright Union who were sent to clean up the we had to get used to it slowly,” Mr. refusal, Mr. Sasykulov and many others aftermath of the disaster. They went Kazakhstan’s Union of Chornobyl Veterans. “When I first arrived in Suyunbai said. were forced to go to Chornobyl. without proper safety equipment, many For what turned out to be seven “They said we were going to construct a of them not knowing where they were Chornobyl, what struck me and stuck in my memory was the landscape. It looked months of work, Mr. Suyunbai and his power plant,” Mr. Sasykulov said. “We did- going. Thousands have since died. Many fellow officers had one night of training n’t know what kind of plant it was. They of those still alive battle against poor like a beautiful painting. When approach- in Kazakhstan. They were not told that a said: ‘You’ll go to the Samara region’ and health and little state support. ing, you could see a city far away, a for- nuclear explosion had taken place. Even we left the next day. Only in Samara did we When Talgat Suyunbai and 44 other est and a path, a river, and the church’s as a former officer in a chemical unit, Mr. learn that Chornobyl was our destination. Soviet Army officers arrived in the [dome] was shining. It was like a paint- Suyunbai did not know how high the Some 80 percent of us protested. But our Belarusian village of Navasyolki, some ing. It remains a memory of my life.” radiation levels were. commanders said we would be punished as 40 kilometers from Chornobyl, they had As the military motorcade approached “[We had] no special clothing, just a deserters if we left. They threatened us.” regular military uniform, because [we Mr. Sasykulov worked in Chornobyl were told that] there was already no high for four months. radiation,” he said. “The radiation level “On the third day many of us felt a sour Chornobyl’s political legacy was suitable to work for two hours a day. taste in our mouths and our bodies felt by Jan Maksymiuk it will continue to impact government So we wore a regular uniform. Then weak. In 1989, after I returned, I had pain RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Report decisions in the nuclear-energy sphere. we’d [take it off and] shake it, shower all over my body and my joints were He says Ukraine should never forget the and change only our underwear. The next Since 1986, learning the truth about weak. In 1991 I retired as a disabled veter- potential hazards of operating its 15 day was the same.” the world’s worst nuclear disaster has an, as did my fellow officers who served nuclear reactors at four power plants. Mr. Suyunbai is one of some 32,000 been more than a humanitarian and a at Chornobyl,” Mr. Sasykulov said. “We should proceed from the premise people from Kazakhstan who went to health issue; it has also been a political Mr. Sasykulov’s story is sadly famil- that we will have to live side by side with Chornobyl to clean up after the disaster. iar. Many liquidators have since faced challenge. The Chornobyl explosion is risk. We are taking a risk. And we should be Russian liquidator groups estimate that a often linked to the disintegration of the severe health problems. Of the 32,000 taking a reasonable risk, not the one that total of about 600,000 people took part in liquidators from Kazakhstan, there are Soviet Union. It also had dramatic politi- might lead, God forbid, to a new Chornobyl- the clean-up operation. They say the cal consequences in the republics of type catastrophe. We should enhance the number could be even higher. (Continued on page 11) Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. safety of reactors,” Dr. Shcherbak said. Does Chornobyl still pose a political Belarus does not have any nuclear problem in these republics 20 years after power plants and is not planning to build the disaster? any in the near future. The Chornobyl The Chornobyl blast proved to be a aftermath seems to persist in the country Building a new sarcophagus crucial test for the Soviet government’s by Julie A. Corwin will be in place before the end of the not only as a grave environmental issue RFE/RL Newsline decade. new policy of openness – one that it but also a political one. failed in horrific fashion. “Key elements of the SIP (Shelter Viktor Ivashkevich, deputy head of the On the occasion of the 20th anniver- Implementation Plan), including con- Citizens were denied accurate infor- opposition Belarusian Popular Front, sary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, mation on the danger and scale of what struction of auxiliary systems and argues that the authoritarian regime of top U.S. and Ukrainian officials focused preparatory works and stabilization of the happened not only in the crucial first President Alyaksandr Lukashenka treats on present and future threats that the plant days and weeks after the accident, but sarcophagus, are complete or nearing Chornobyl-related issues in pretty much still poses. Speaking at a hearing of the completion,” Mr. Rademaker said. “The also in subsequent years. the same way the Soviet-era government U.S. Commission on Security and For example, it emerged only in 1989 SIP has entered its final and most impor- did 20 years ago. “Belarus is facing the Cooperation in Europe on April 25, U.S. tant stage – construction of the shelter that nearly one-fourth of Belarus, which same political problem as 20 years ago. and Ukrainian officials drew attention to absorbed some 60 percent of the itself. Review of bids for executing this The authorities show no consideration the deteriorating condition of the sarcoph- complex task is in the final stages. Chornobyl fallout, was significantly con- whatsoever for people, hide all problems, agus, the steel-and-concrete shell built taminated. Construction of the new safe confine- and broadcast mendacious propaganda, after the accident to contain the radiation ment or shelter is expected to be com- Former Ukrainian diplomat Yurii while the population is shrinking,” he said. from the ill-fated Reactor No. 4. plete by 2009.” Shcherbak wrote a documentary book on Belarus adopted a long-term program Ukrainian Ambassador to the United In the meantime, the existing structure the Chornobyl accident as early as 1987, in for dealing with the Chornobyl conse- States Oleh Shamshur told the commis- will be reinforced, according to Mr. an attempt to provide readers with more quences in 1990. Mr. Ivashkevich says sion that the legacy of Chornobyl con- Stern. “Over the past several years and in insight than they could get from the govern- the Lukashenka government has backed sists not only in the health problems of the coming years, we have been and will ment. Dr. Shcherbak told RFE/RL in a down on some important measures envi- the survivors, but also in the form of be implementing structural upgrades at recent interview that the suppression of sioned by that program. “200 tons of highly radioactive and melt- the existing shelter to help prevent any accurate information about Chornobyl by In particular, Mr. Ivashkevich says the ing substances.” possibility or any significant possibility the Gorbachev-era Soviet government government abolished checks for According to Dr. Shamshur, only the of collapse – that at the same time as we helped increase the divide between the state radioactivity of food products at most rapidly constructed sarcophagus sepa- are building the new shelter,” he said. and Soviet society: “The mendacious prop- shops and markets, except for some rates these “substances” from the rest of U.S. Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.), aganda, the lack of reliable information major food retailers. But he doesn’t the world. He called for the quick the co-chairman of the commission, and [about Chornobyl] had affected millions of believe the checks stopped because there replacement of a more solid and safer Ambassador Shamshur emphasized that people, particularly in Ukraine, to such an was nothing to find. construction. the full extent of the damage caused by extent that those people lost the rest of their “Food products are grown in areas “Let me remind you that only 3 per- the Chornobyl accident will only be faith in what [Mykhail] Gorbachev was say- where radioactivity exceeds 15 curies per cent of the reactor fuel was released into revealed in the future. ing about perestroika, glasnost and so on.” square kilometer. Then these contaminat- [the] atmosphere 20 years ago,” he said. “While numerous studies have fur- On the Ukrainian political scene, the ed products are mixed with pure ones to “The rest of it still represents the most thered our knowledge of Chornobyl’s catastrophe also launched a new type of obtain products of medium purity, and horrible explosive device undermining consequences, there is still much we realpolitik. Dr. Shcherbak, a former subsequently they are shipped to all of the safety of the whole of Europe.” don’t know including its long-term ambassador to the United States, asserts Belarus,” Mr. Ivashkevich said. Warren Stern, senior coordinator for impact on human health and on the envi- that the Chornobyl catastrophe was large- Since 1989 the Belarusian opposition nuclear safety at the U.S. State ronment,” Rep. Smith said. “There is a ly responsible for the readiness with has managed to organize a “Chornobyl Department, echoed Ambassador need for further study and action.” which the Ukrainian Parliament signed Way” march almost every year. Shamshur’s anxiety. But Ambassador Shamshur said that on to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Participants march to commemorate the “The greatest concern over the years full knowledge of the damage caused by Treaty after gaining independence. The Chornobyl anniversary and raise public has been and will continue to be that the Chornobyl will not come for another 70 decision effectively obliged the fledgling awareness about unresolved problems structure could collapse,” Mr. Stern said. years. state to destroy or return to Russia all related to the disaster. Although many of “It was built very hastily and many com- “I’d like also to stress the fact that is nuclear weapons on its territory. these marches have been dispersed or ponents weren’t actually formally sometimes neglected and we should be Dr. Shcherbak believes that since the otherwise thwarted by police, another attached together.” aware that the period of the so-called closure of the plant’s last reactor in 2000, Chornobyl Way march was held in Mr. Stern’s boss, acting Assistant half-life of radioactive strontium, for Chornobyl has ceased to be a major polit- Miensk this year (on April 26). Secretary of State for International example, released in [the] atmosphere in ical issue in Ukraine, but he does believe Vladimir Chuprov, a chief nuclear- Security and Non-proliferation Stephen 1986 is 90 years,” he said. “Therefore, energy expert at Greenpeace Russia, Rademaker, said the United States and however scary it might sound, the full Jan Maksymiuk is the Belarus and believes the lasting consequences of the Group of Seven remain engaged in story has not been told yet. The gravest Ukraine specialist on the staff of RFE/RL Chornobyl in Russia are evident mainly increasing safety at the Chornobyl site implications of the catastrophe might be Newsline. in the environmental and social spheres. and pledged that a new sturdier shelter still ahead for Ukraine and other nations.” No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 11

THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHORNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER Columbia University conference focuses on ‘the human experience’

by Matthew Dubas ed by Soviet refusal of aid, a lack of pre- Columbia University, presented the work Defects, — congenital defects that cautions issued by the government, iodine of his mentor and colleague, the late Dr. account for less than 1 percent of all NEW YORK — The Harriman Institute scares and the inhalation of radionuclides Basil V. Worgul, professor of radiation cases of heart defects worldwide. As at Columbia University held a conference by unsuspecting citizens. Kyivans were biology at the department of ophthalmol- reported by the Amosov Institute of on Tuesday, April 25, titled, on the streets observing the May Day hol- ogy and radiology at Columbia. Cardiovascular Surgery in Kyiv, in its “Commemoration of the Chornobyl iday while the fires at Chornobyl burned, Disaster: The Human Experience 20 Years the ambassador recalled. Later.” Diverse presentations on the impact On a personal note, Mr. Kuchinsky The release of radiation at Chornobyl was of the Chornobyl accident were given from commented how he reacted to Chornobyl. the diplomatic, scientific, humanitarian, lit- There was widespread fear that led to an equal to that of 270 Hiroshima bombs. erary, film and academic perspectives. exodus from Kyiv as parents tried to Opening the conference with a general “save the children” by sending them to overview was Prof. Mark von Hagen, live in Moscow or the United Kingdom. It was explained to the audience that entire 40 years of documented cases of director of the Ukrainian Studies Program Mr. Kuchinsky sent his own children to the lens is the part of the eye that is most the aforementioned two defects, only at Columbia University. His opening ques- live with his brother in Moscow, away sensitive to ionized radiation and that the 250 patients were operated on. tion to the audience, “Where were you from the dangers of radiation exposure. lens grows throughout a person’s life- According to Dr. Novick that number has when Chornobyl happened?” reflected the Without media coverage, Mr. Kuchinsky time. Dr. Kleiman noted that exposure to grown to 8.9 patients per year after significance of the events of April 26, 1986. radiation, even at low levels, causes Chornobyl, with a trend toward cataracts and cancers. He said there is no increased cases among younger patients. minimum threshold for exposure, it is Dr. Novick called for increased aware- Chornobyl forever changed the fate of the simply a matter of time before cataracts ness in these areas and said he looks for- Soviet Union, from a pre- to a post- and cancers develop. ward to improvements in early diagnosis. Findings by the Ukrainian American The third presenter, Dr. Daniel Igor Chornobyl society, which reminded its cit- Chernobyl Ocular Study, made up of doc- Branovan, director of the Thyroid Center tors from Ukraine, the U.S. and Germany, at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, izens of the dishonesty of the Soviet system traced the time of onset with the rate of traced the causes and the current situation progression of these cataracts. The main in regards to reports of thyroid cancer in and ultimately led to the break-up of the focus group in the group’s research was Ukraine. He explained that a lack of iodine the “liquidator” population in cities all in the Ukrainian diet makes people more USSR. over Ukraine including Kyiv, Poltava, susceptible to the absorption of radioactive Kharkiv, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, iodine (I-131) in their thyroid (the body Dnipropetrovsk, Chornobyl and Donetsk. recognizes the radionuclide as normal Dr. von Hagen remarked that said, there was no outcry for international Their research found that the youngest iodine). In Homiel, Belarus, as reported by Chornobyl forever changed the fate of the support and no aid arrived, at a time subjects had various stages of cataracts Dr. Branovan, there was a 500-fold Soviet Union, from a pre- to a post- when lives could have been saved. It after being exposed to low level radia- increase in reported cases of thyroid can- Chornobyl society, which reminded its wasn’t until after the break-up of the tion. Dr. Kleiman went on to say that the cer, with the greatest number being report- citizens of the dishonesty of the Soviet Soviet Union that Chornobyl was labeled surgical procedures are not complicated ed in children up to nine years of age. system and led to events like Ukraine’s a national catastrophe. and have become relatively routine in Adults, he said, tend to show sign 20 movement to relinquish nuclear weapons. Regarding the lack of international certain areas, but early diagnosis of at- years after exposure, with an estimated He spoke also about the future of nuclear support after Chornobyl was shut down, risk persons remains a problem. 30,000 reported cases in adults for this energy in Ukraine, which is dependent on Mr. Kuchinsky stated, “the closing of the Dr. William Novick, founder and med- year alone. Dr. Branovan touched upon nuclear power, and how the current ener- plant did more harm than good” as ical director of the International Children’s the fact that with 400,000 people from gy crisis, with gas supplies controlled by Ukraine lost support from the West and Heart Foundation, who was seen perform- the Ukrainian immigrant population Russia, contributes to Ukraine’s need to perpetuated its dependence on Russia for ing corrective heart surgery in the highly coming to New York City, he said he has develop alternative energy sources. aid in the $170 billion cost to Ukraine to acclaimed documentary “Chernobyl seen an increase in cases of thyroid can- To highlight the diplomatic perspec- “ensure that such a nuclear tragedy never Heart,” spoke on the conditions he cer. He went on to comment that “this is tive, Ambassador Valeriy Kuchinsky, the happens again.” observed during over 125 trips to Belarus a treatable disease with rare morbidity permanent representative of Ukraine to Mr. Kuchinsky capsulated the com- and Ukraine, including scientific improve- rates, but an aggressive growth rate, the United Nations, presented the global memoration saying, “we have remorse ments in surgical techniques and the train- which requires early diagnosis.” Dr. impact, citing reports of heightened radia- for the past and resolve for the future.” ing of local doctors to use these new pro- Branovan further said, “This problem tion levels across the entire Northern The scientific perspective covered cedures. Citing his own experience and will be in the news for years to come.” Hemisphere after the Chornobyl accident. three main areas of medical concerns various reports on the subject, Dr. Novick On the humanitarian side, the first The first days after Chornobyl, accord- associated with the aftereffects of noted that, of all the heart conditions presenter, Lisa Milanytch of the Children ing to Mr. Kuchinsky, were filled with Chornobyl, including cataracts, heart reported, only 1 percent occur worldwide, of Chornobyl Relief and Development panic fueled by rumors due to the secrecy defects and thyroid cancer. The first topic regardless of environmental factors. Fund (CCRDF), outlined the long-term of the Soviet regime. For days there was was addressed by Dr. Norman Kleiman, However, in Ukraine and Belarus, he consequences of the nuclear disaster. The no official word on the events, and even associate research scientist of the depart- said, there is a rise in cases of Ebstein’s then the accident was trivialized. ment of environmental health sciences at Anomaly and Multiple Ventricular Septal The disaster’s effects were compound- the Mailman School of Public Health at (Continued on page 14)

Over the past few years, Chornobyl vet- liquidators in his region increase their the easy part. Liquidators recall... erans have steadily been stripped of their monetary compensation from the state. Twenty years on, his eyes well with (Continued from page 10) benefits and privileges in all Central Asian The union – which comprises only tears as he recalls his worst Chornobyl now just 6,000 left. According to the countries. In Soviet times, liquidators himself, a fellow liquidator and a secre- memory – clearing the belongings from Almaty-based Union of Chornobyl, some were given free medicine, health care and tary – is currently assisting more than the houses of the nearby ghost town, Prypiat, evacuated after the accident. 4,000 former liquidators die every year in holidays in health resorts and sanatoriums. 1,700 liquidators in seeking damages in The amount of financial compensation court. “I enter a two-room flat,” he said. post-Soviet countries. depends on the salaries liquidators Mr. Velikin says the government is “Just try to imagine that you are in a rush Mr. Sasykulov is one of 4,500 Kyrgyz received before being sent to Chornobyl. violating Russian law by paying for work, you run out quickly. The bed is citizens who cleaned up the disaster in But these monthly sums are usually too Chornobyl clean-up workers such paltry unmade, you ate something on the run – 1986-1989. There are some 1,750 left in small to cover even medical expenses. compensation. there is a half-eaten sandwich and a cup Kyrgyzstan at present. In a country with an average monthly “If my employer has caused me dam- of tea on the table. The flat had been left He says the children of the liquidators wage of around $60, Kyrgyzstan’s age, he is obligated to pay me compensa- in such a state. All this was endurable, also are suffering from the consequences Chornobyl liquidators get some $15 to tion in the form of lost salaries, pay for all apart from one thing – I walked into the of the disaster. $20 a month. In wealthier Kazakhstan, my medical services, for sanatorium treat- second room, a child’s bed stood there, “Over 85 percent of [those remaining] where the average wage is around $150, ment and medicine,” Mr. Velikin said. the bedspread was thrown off, and there are disabled,” Mr. Sasykulov said. “There Mr. Suyunbai gets $110 a month. But he “The government has totally distorted the was the imprint of a child’s head on the are 1,650 children born from the liquida- says it covers only utilities. law and now they are trying to present pillow. My daughter was 4 years old at tors. Of them, 15 percent are badly sick Russian liquidators are not much bet- these payments and privileges as ‘bene- the time.” and disabled. Our task is to address their ter off. Aleksandr Velikin, a 53-year-old fits.’ And ‘benefit’ means: ‘I respect you, Mr. Velikin says the tragedy of social needs and also provide medical liquidator from St. Petersburg, received I have money today, I will give some to Chornobyl has not yet ended for him. assistance. Lack of medicine is a big as little as $36 a month until he sued the you. [But] sorry, tomorrow I won’t have What he is lobbying for, he insists, is problem. Many Chornobyl liquidators die, authorities last year. Thanks to his court money so I won’t give you anything.” not compassion or fame, but simply offi- many of them and their children are sick.” victory, his monthly payment was raised Mr. Velikin spent three months in the cial recognition of the damage wrought Along with their ailing health, the for- to the ruble equivalent of $130. fall of 1986 cleaning up Chornobyl’s by Chornobyl to the health and the lives mer liquidators have fought another bat- Mr. Velikin has run the Leningrad nuclear reactors and helping erect the of the liquidators. tle: receiving adequate financial compen- Oblast’s Chornobyl Union for the past 15 concrete sarcophagus that seals off the “I’m not a hero,” he says. “But I did sation for their suffering. years. He has helped thousands of other collapsed reactor. But he says that was my job honestly.” 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 No. 19

Ukrainian classical musicians perform concerts in Washington, D.C., area by Yaro Bihun which is conducted under the patronage of Special to The Ukrainian Weekly the Embassy of Ukraine. Mr. Stetsenko’s appearance was part of the Presbyterian WASHINGTON – It was a “first” for church’s Palm Sunday “Service of the Washington area: Ukrainian Passion” centered around Mozart’s American classical music lovers had to “Requiem” for choir and orchestra. choose between two conflicting concerts Mr. Baryshevskiy, 17, is a student at featuring Ukrainian artists. the Mykola Lysenko Kyiv Secondary It happened on Sunday afternoon, Special Music School. In the 2005 April 9, when two silver medalists of the Horowitz Competition he won second last year’s Kyiv International prize in the intermediate group. Performing first at the Lyceum concert, he played Mykola Lysenko’s “Elegy,” a ballad and mazurka by Frederic Chopin, the “Feux Follets” Étude and the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 by Franz Liszt, and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Liebesfreud” and “Liebesleid.” The second-prize winner of the senior group, Mr. Kurbatov, 23, is a student of the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow. He performed J.S. Bach’s Toccata in D-minor, selections from Igor Stravinsky’s ballet “Petrouchka” and Antoniy Baryshevskiy Alexander Skriabin’s “Vers la Flame,” and concluded the concert with a rousing ren- dition of Horowitz’s arrangement of John Pianists in Memory of Vladimir The program was a blending of sec- Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Horowitz, established in Kyiv in 1994. tions of Mozart’s composition with calls “What wonderful times we live in,” Since then, the competition has tested the to prayer, confession, offering, thanks- TWG Cultural Fund Director Marta skills of 473 young pianists from 25 giving and benediction, and a short Zielyk commented as The Ukrainian countries. excerpt from Mikhail Bulgakov’s Embassy’s cultural attaché, Natalya Following the debut here, their U.S. “Master and Margarita” and Leon Holub, presented the performers with tour schedule includes performances in Wieseltier’s “Kadish.” flowers. “A Russian, winning an interna- New York City, Cleveland and New Mr. Stetsenko was born in Kyiv, where tional competition taking place in Kyiv, Jersey. he began his formal studies in choral Pianist and conductor Paul Stetsenko’s conducting and piano and received a Paul Stetsenko the capital of an independent Ukraine, ends his debut performance in the United performance that same afternoon was master of music degree at the Kyiv States with a Horowitz-arranged rendi- part of “The Service of Passion – with Conservatory. In 1990 he came to the Competition for Young Pianists in tion of ‘Stars and Stripes Forever’ in a the Music of Mozart’s Requiem” at United States to study church music and Memory of Vladimir Horowitz – Antoniy venue within sight of the U.S. Capitol Westminster Presbyterian Church, a large organ at the Juilliard School in New Baryshevskiy of Ukraine and Alexey and the Washington Monument.” parish in the suburban part of Alexandria York, where he received his Doctor of Kurbatov of Russia were performing at In the audience were Volodymyr Ionov, where he has served as music director Musical Arts in 2000. the Lyceum in Old Town Alexandria, Va., who handles cultural affairs at the Cabinet since 2003. Since coming to the United States he and pianist and conductor Paul Stetsenko of Ministers of Ukraine, Horowitz He launched the program at the piano has performed as a recitalist and soloist was the featured artist in a program at the Competition General Director Yuri in Mozart’s Concerto No. 20 in D-minor at Alice Tully Hall and Paul Hall in Westminster Presbyterian Church, in a Zilberman and Executive Director Iryna for piano and orchestra, and then ascend- Lincoln Center, the Organ Concert Series newer part of Alexandria less than two Polstyankina, and Ukraine’s ambassador ed the conductor’s podium to direct the at Columbia University, the Keyboard miles away. to the United States, Oleh Shamshur. orchestra and combined choirs of the Series at Madison Avenue Presbyterian The Horowitz Competition concert Messrs. Baryshevskiy and Kurbatov Westminster Presbyterian Church and the Church, and at other recital venues and concluded the 2005-2006 Music Series of were among the winners of the sixth Rock Spring Congregational United churches in the New York-New Jersey The Washington Group Cultural Fund, International Competition for Young Church of Christ in Mozart’s Requiem. area. He also composes choral works.

Lemko organization boosts Ukrainian collection at Columbia libraries by Diana Howansky great efforts to keep up with the new demands of the growing program. NEW YORK – Representatives from Literature of the Lemko and similar the Lemko Research Foundation Inc. regional and ethnic communities within recently visited the campus of Columbia Ukraine is important for our understand- University and donated an important col- ing of the country’s complex cultural lection of books on Ukrainian-Lemko fabric and is often difficult to collect. issues, which will help develop the The gift of such unusual and valuable Ukrainian library collection at Columbia. material is tremendously welcome and “We have chosen to donate these books useful in creating a rich research to Columbia University because we sup- resource for scholars today and tomor- port the mission of Columbia’s Ukrainian row,” Mr. Ingersoll later said. Studies Program, which includes the The Lemko Research Foundation is a acquisition, processing and preservation non-profit organization that promotes the of Ukrainian books and materials. Our study of the history, culture and tradi- wish is that these books pertaining to tions of people of Ukrainian-Lemko ori- Ukrainian Lemkos be placed in the gin. The foundation’s mission involves Columbia library system for students and providing assistance to students engaged others to be able to access,” read the state- in Ukrainian-Lemko studies; collaborat- ment provided by the Lemko Research ing with academic institutions; and spon- Foundation, represented by President soring the publication of books, maga- Steven Howansky and Board Members Seen during the ceremony at which the Lemko Research Foundation presented zines and other written materials on Vasyl Panchak and Steven Malyniak. books on Ukrainian-Lemko issues to the Columbia Library are (from left): Vasyl Lemkos and the Lemko region. These Columbia University’s Slavic book Panchak, Dr. David Magier, Diana Howansky (sitting), Prof. Frank Sysyn, activities are funded by membership collection and archival holdings in the Steven Malyniak, Steven Howansky and Jared Ingersoll. dues, publication sales, fund-raising Slavic area are of international signifi- events and individual donations. The cance. They include much that is rare through the Ukrainian Studies Program. Slovnyk Lemkivskykh Hovirok), one of foundation welcomes new members. even in their countries of origin. The col- The selection of books donated by the the few Ukrainian-Lemko dictionaries Information on ways to support lections are notable for their breadth and Lemko Research Foundation included currently available. Columbia University’s Ukrainian studies represent an important part of the Slavic Eugeniusz Misilo’s “Akcja ‘Wisla’: Dr. David Magier, director of Area library collection is available by calling the world’s intellectual heritage for the last Dokumenty,” a Ukrainian-language col- Studies Library Services; Jared Ingersoll, Ukrainian Studies Office, 212-854-4697 or 150 years. A number of valuable items lection of rare archival materials pertain- Slavic librarian; and Prof. Frank Sysyn, e-mailing [email protected]. have come to Columbia as gifts. ing to the 1947 forced resettlement of Petro Jacyk Visiting Scholar, accepted the For more information about the Lemko Organizations and individuals who wish Ukrainians in Poland, as well as the late books on behalf of Columbia University. Research Foundation, please contact to donate Ukraine-related publications to Petro Pyrtey’s recently published Short “Ukrainian studies is on the rise at Steven Howansky at 203-762-5912 or Columbia’s collections may do so Dictionary of Lemko Dialects (Korotkyi Columbia, and the libraries are making [email protected]. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 13 Ukrainian museum in Edmonton to receive $3 million grant EDMONTON – Over the next three years, the Ukrainian Canadian Archives and Museum of Alberta (UCAMA), will receive a very generous and much antici- pated grant of $3 million from the City of Edmonton to facilitate the relocation of the museum. The new museum will soon be moving to its new home in the historic Jasper East section of Edmonton. “This is a wonderful vote of confi- dence,” said UCAMA President Krystyna Kohut, “I am so grateful to the City Council for their vision in their sup- port of culture and the arts. We hope to be the catalyst for the revitalization of Jasper East and add to the diversity of the cultural fabric that exists in down- town Edmonton.” The UCAMA is a not-for-profit organ- ization that serves an important function within the Ukrainian Canadian commu- nity. It allows for the more than 80,000 Canadians of Ukrainian heritage living in Edmonton to access their family histo- ries, while educating future generations and those who are outside of the heritage sphere. An artist’s rendition of the new Ukrainian Canadian Archives and Museum of Alberta. The latest grant is a welcome addition to the successful campaign that has been The new facility will be designed by Due to the scope of this project, the of the new facility. From rare and historic waged to secure monies for the new the renowned architectural firms of HIP UCAMA has realized that it cannot under- maps, unique instruments and an exten- museum. Edmonton’s grant matches one Architects and David Murray Architect. take this important project alone. Thus, the sive library collection to historical docu- from the Community Facility The project will be a rehabilitation of the organization is actively seeking partners to ments and memorabilia that span various Enhancement Program of Alberta Gaming Lodge Hotel and Brighton Block at 9662 support the endeavor. All branches of gov- aspects of culture, the new project will be that was announced in October 2004. Jasper Ave. in Edmonton. The sites were ernment, municipal, provincial and feder- a destination for anyone eager to learn Furthermore, the UCAMA is seeking designated as Municipal Historic al, have been approached to assist in the and experience the past. a federal grant to match the funds Resources several years ago, and facilitation of a new and unique platform It will have a great effect on the revi- secured through Alberta Gaming. The acquired by the UCAMA three years ago. for educating the public about the talization effort for the East Jasper block. project includes a new public heritage In a workshop with local organizations, Ukrainian Canadian experience. With this project the local economy will museum, archive and community pro- including members of the UCAMA board, Private and public foundations have gain more tourism and human traffic, gramming facility that will replace the the Ukrainian Folklore Center at the also been a focal point for the fund-rais- with estimates hovering around the existing project located on 110th Avenue. University of Alberta and members of the ing effort, along with corporate and indi- 50,000 per year range. Money spent in The current building is more than 90 Edmonton Eparchy, an identity and mis- vidual donations. the area will be crucial to the local econ- years old and in poor condition. sion were determined for the new building. With over 5,000 photographs depicting omy and the prosperity of businesses in Founded in 1972 by a group of 11 “The building should have a regional, the unique experiences of Ukrainian the area. prominent professional business members national and international reputation, and Canadians in Alberta, the museum has UCAMA is currently seeking dona- in Edmonton, the UCAMA has sought to strive to provide a facility that celebrates always been a great way to share infor- tions from the public to assist in the com- preserve Ukrainian Canadian history and the urban contribution of Ukrainians in a mation about the difficult road traveled pletion of this ambitious project. culture. Unfortunately, the original build- new land,” said the architects. by the pioneers all the way to today’s Contributions can be mailed to 9543 ing has been deemed functionally obsolete The first phase of the construction is Ukrainians living in Canada’s Prairie 110th Ave., Edmonton, Alberta T5H 1H3; due to structural weaknesses and inappro- under way, and has been budgeted at over Province. for information call 780-424-7580; fax priate conditions for the storage and dis- $9 million (Canadian). However, all The UCAMA has an impressive list of 780-420-0562; e-mail [email protected] play of the museum’s archival collections. these funds have yet to be secured. other assets that will fill the many spaces or log on to http://www.ucama.ca. Ukrainian studies courses at Columbia open to students of other universities

by Diana Howansky taken a class here at some point,” she One of her fellow classmates, Ksenia Yachmetz only recently rediscovered the said. Yachmetz, is an undergraduate freshman Ukrainian language. NEW YORK – Christine Emeran, a Ukrainian courses offered at at New York University who is of “My baba [grandmother] would speak Ph.D. student in sociology at the New Columbia, which include language, his- Ukrainian descent and was raised in the School in New York, found out the hard to me in ‘Uki,’ and I would respond in tory, literature and other fields, are open Ukrainian diaspora in New York’s East English – that whole spiel,” Ms. way that she could take Ukrainian cours- to students from other universities in the Village. After discontinuing Ukrainian es at Columbia University. New York metropolitan area through Saturday school in the fourth grade, Ms. (Continued on page 15) With no ethnic ties to Ukraine, Ms. cross-registration, as well as to individu- Emeran was working on her doctoral dis- als interested in non-credit continuing sertation about social movements and studies. their use of technology around the world Because of existing agreements, – specifically the Orange Revolution and undergraduate and graduate students the youth group Pora’s mobilization from New York University can register through text messaging – when she directly with their school for Ukrainian passed by a Ukrainian cultural center language classes at Columbia, while while riding a cross-town New York bus. Ph.D. candidates from universities which A sign advertising the center’s Orange are part of what is called the “Columbia Revolution photography exhibit caught University Consortium” (including the her eye, so she got off the bus, talked New School, New York University, City with the center’s front-desk person about University of New York, Rutgers her research, and asked where in the city University, Princeton University and oth- she could take Ukrainian classes for her ers) can register for non-language cours- language requirement. es by obtaining appropriate approval Later, with a bit more sleuthing on the from both their home school and Internet and guidance from her university Columbia. professors, Ms. Emeran finally found and “For me, I’ve been able to expand registered for beginner Ukrainian at beyond my immediate circle and Columbia for the 2005-2006 academic encounter other people involved with my year. research. At the New School, we don’t “I would definitely encourage people have the same resources,” said Ms. to investigate [cross-registration], and I Emeran, who wants to use her new think people are busy and don’t take the Ukrainian language skills to apply for a time. Columbia offers great classes, and grant and do her dissertation research in Ksenia Yachmetz (left) and Christine Emeran, students from, respectively, New York it’s a missed opportunity not to have Ukraine. University and the New School. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 No. 19

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aware. You know, my baba’s on Second now holds Russian and Canadian citizen- not? Even if I would not be able to quali- Ukrainian studies... Avenue, but I’m 10 times more aware ship, said he became interested in fy to take it as a graduate student, I (Continued from page 13) because I’m here.” Ukraine from an academic point of view would have come to sit in anyway.” Yachmetz said. “I love the language. It’s Gennady Poberezny, a graduate stu- when he came to the United States. For information about registering for or one of those things that, if you told me in dent at Rutgers University’s geography “This is an opportunity for someone auditing Ukrainian courses at Columbia the fourth grade that I would want to read department, meanwhile, opted to register who does not live in Ukraine to under- University, contact Diana Howansky at Ukrainian poetry all the time, I’d laugh for Columbia’s interdisciplinary course stand how they think, since I’m an out- 212-854-4697 or ukrainianstudies@colum- in your face.” on language, culture and identity issues sider and they’re an insider,” Mr. bia.edu. The Columbia Ukrainian Studies As a student double-majoring in in contemporary Ukraine, taught during Poberezny said. “I’m taking this course, Program webpage is located at Slavic studies and journalism, Ms. the spring 2006 semester by leading not because I need it [for credit], but http://www.harrimaninstitute.org/pro- Yachmetz plans to continue taking Ukrainian publicist and Petro Jacyk because it’s a great opportunity. So why grams/ukrainian_studies_program.html. Ukrainian at Columbia even after her Visiting Scholar at Columbia Mykola language requirement is completed. She Riabchuk. is also considering pursuing an independ- “I know [Riabchuk’s] reputation aca- ent study project supervised by a demically and politically,” Mr. With deepest sorrow we announce that on Columbia Ukrainian studies professor. Poberezny said. “You have quite promi- Friday, April 14, 2006 at the age of 59 “The trouble with [cross-registration] nent people teaching here. I was specifi- passed away in Worcester, Massachusetts, is the processing, but it’s worth it,” she cally interested in people who come as a our beloved husband, father, brother, the said. “I love coming up here. I don’t visiting professor, because that’s my distinguished neurosurgeon mind the travel. It’s kind of the best of opportunity to meet them, to learn from both worlds. NYU and Columbia are them, since they’re not always available. both really different. When I come to I’m not coming to learn as much about Columbia, I sometimes feel like I’m in a Ukraine, but what I’m really looking for different world. I’m impressed; I don’t is maybe a different angle or perspective Dr. Alec Danylevich know another university with such a about something I already know. And Funeral Services were held on April 18, 2006, in Worcester, MA, with young program that’s so enthusiastic. It’s that’s what visiting scholars usually definitely the right direction in terms of offer.” interment following on April 19, 2006, at St. Andrew’s Cemetery the Slavic studies movement, and all the Mr. Poberezny, who was born in Kyiv Mausoleum in South Bound Brook, NJ events that are plentiful. I’ve become so but left when he was 2 months old and In deepest sorrow,

The entire community of the UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, Wife Louise Feldhaus Danylevich Daughter Laryssa Danylevich along with the UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC Daughter Natalia with husband Anthony Ruiz EDUCATION FOUNDATION, expresses their deepest sympathy Sister Irene with husband Slavko Billon and children to the Gudziak family on the occassion of the death of Sister Angelina with husband George Grundhoff and children Twin Brother Very Rev. Wladimir with wife Anna and children Dr. Alexander Gudziak And extended family scattered in the U.S. and Ukraine of blessed memory. Eternal Memory !

The husband of Mrs. Yaroslava, and the father of Dr. Marko and our dear Rector Rev. Borys Gudziak, Ph.D., Dr. Alexander passed from this life as the first “Khrystos Voskres!” was being proclaimed in Ukraine at Resurrection Matins on Easter Sunday morning.

Dr. Alexander was a great friend and generous benefactor of our University and all the efforts of UCU and the UCEF to make a positive difference in the life of his Ukrainian homeland. His visits to UCU, usually with his wife Yaroslava, were a time of happiness and With deep sorrow we announce that on Saturday, April 29, 2006, inspiration for members of the University community. our beloved aunt and great-aunt Grant him Eternal Memory, Lord, and may his family and friends in the Lubov Artemivna Drashevska US and Ukraine and all of us at UCU find hope in the Easter message a geologist and journalist entered into eternal rest. that “Christ is Risen...and has granted us all eternal life!” Born on September 12, 1910, in Kharkiv. Requiem Divine Liturgy was celebrated at St. Andrew's Memorial On the 20th anniversary of the passing of Church, South Bound Brook, NJ on Wednesday, May 3, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. followed by burial at the cemetery.

Survived by: niece Tatiana Fedoroff Ihor Olshaniwsky great-nephew Vladimir Fedoroff with wife Debra and son Mikhey THE EAGLE THAT IS FORGOTTEN great-nephew John Fedoroff Sleep softly...eagle forgotten...under the stone, Relatives in Detroit, MI, Canada, France and Ukraine. Time has its way with you there and the clay has its own. Sleep on, o brave-hearted, o wise man, that kindled the flame – To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name, DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS To live in mankind, is far, far more...than to live in a name. to be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainian Vachel Lindsay or English language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail.

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NEW YORK – On April 3, the satel- successful experience for us, which solid- did you select the channel to be added? tion about what is happening in Ukraine lite TV provider DIRECTV announced ified our interest in multicultural media and around the world; “Idu Na Vy,” a the addition of the first 24/7 Ukrainian markets. Now we are running the com- Our choice is not accidental – the talk show that focuses on sensitive issues channel in the United States, Studio 1+1 prehensive WorldDirect programming channels we picked have the best pro- of modern times in Ukraine; “Smachna International, to its list of international packages, which include international gramming with the highest quality con- Krayina,” a cooking show hosted by programming. In the short interview channels and programming in Chinese, tent, that is the most popular among Oleksander Ponomaryov, who offers his below, DIRECTV Vice-President Aaron Vietnamese, Hindi, Korean, Russian, viewers. Studio 1+1 International is a view on how to cook Ukrainian food, McNally discusses the new channel and Italian and now Ukrainian. national Ukrainian-language television and many others. its future. Continuing to grow our international channel that is the leader in production of We feel this is an important and his- original Ukrainian programming and one toric time for Ukraine, and Studio 1+1 Why did DIRECTV decide to add platform with quality programming that of the most popular channels for International will be a valuable resource Studio 1+1 International to its list of enhances the lives of our customers remains a priority for DIRECTV, and we Ukrainian viewers. for the more than 800,000 Ukrainians programming? living in the United States and will help look forward to adding more internation- The channel will offer up-to-the- connect them to their home country. This is not our first experience with al channels throughout the year. minute Ukrainian news, entertainment multicultural programming. We started and political programming to Ukrainians How can readers subscribe to with Latin-American DIRECTV Para Why did DIRECTV turn to living in the U.S., including “Novyny DIRECTV and the Ukrainian channel? Todos packages in 1999. This was a very Ukrainian market, specifically? How TSN,” which offers news and informa- Just like any other satellite provider, we use several distribution channels. You can buy our service in such stores as Best Buy and Circuit City. We also use several independent dealers, use direct sales and other alternative sales options, like Telco’s. You can subscribe to our service, including Studio 1+1 International, by calling 1-800-378-3309. We offer a great subscription – free installation of our standard system in up to four rooms in your home – that includes a dish and up to four receivers. The system lease is free, you pay only $4.99/month for the second receiver and each additional one. We offer our subscribers a free lease of the DIRECTV DVR (with a $100 mail-in rebate). This digital videorecorder allows viewers to program in advance and record up to 40 hours of their favorite shows in digital quality. Right now we also offer a free three-month subscription to HBO, Showtime Unlimited, Starz Superpack and Cinemax. More information is available online at www.directv.com/international. Does DIRECTV plan to expand its Ukrainian package? Do you plan to add any other channels? We always seek new channels that would organically fit our existing pack- ages. This goes for the Ukrainian pack- age as well. Our goal is to include the channels of the highest quality, populari- ty and demand by viewers. We will glad- ly listen to our subscribers’ opinions on this issue.

Shvydko chain in Kyiv to expand WASHINGTON – The Overseas Private Investment Corporation’s (OPIC) president and CEO, Robert Mosbacher Jr., announced in late December 2005 that it will grant of a loan of $6.8 million to the closed joint stock company Shvydko- Ukraine for the opening of 17 new fast food restaurants in Kyiv, the implementation of a new computer management system and the construction a new commissary. The addition of the new restaurants will bring the number of Shvydko outlets in Kyiv to 28. Shvydko, the second-largest fast food restaurant in Ukraine next to McDonald’s, offers traditional Ukrainian cuisine and is owned by Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) and Twenty-First Century Holdings (Overseas) Ltd. WNISEF was formed out of the Support for East European Democracy Act of 1989, and funded primarily through grants committed by the U.S. Agency for International Development. It is expected that the new restaurants will generate approximately 900 new jobs for Ukrainians. OPIC was created in 1971 as a devel- opment agency of the U.S. government. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 17

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gained further experience from 1954 to 1957, when he served as a city correction Retired Coast Guard officer. Mr. Kozak retired from the USCGR in 1990 with the rank of lieutenant. reservist authors book During his career, Mr. Kozak and two GREENVILLE, N.C. – Dan Kozak, a other Marine Co. 6 members were decorat- retired U.S. Coast Guard Reservist and ed by the Fire Department of New York in author, has published a book titled, “Ice 1978 for capturing a rapist in the act of Fire – N.Y. Harbor: What Happened attacking a woman near their fireboat head- Beneath the Verrazano Bridge,” based on quarters in lower Manhattan’s FDR Park. Mr. Kozak’s article about actual events In addition, Mr. Kozak has authored a involving a container ship and an oil tanker 3,000-word article, “Heroism At Sea,” in in New York Harbor on June 2, 1973. Firehouse Magazine, which was adapted This is an adventure story about a col- into the curriculum of the United States lision between a drug-smuggling freighter Coast Guard/ United States Air Force and a Russian liquid nitrogen gas (LNG) Search and Rescue School and other tanker in New York Harbor. The conse- maritime institutions in 1980. quences of the mishap threaten the City Many of his over 100 poems have of New York with acts of terrorism. appeared in national and international The book was stimulated by the prem- periodicals. ise that people must always be mindful The author is now working on a sequel of the inherent dangers of handling, to “Ice Fire” titled, “Don Evins, CGI,” transporting and storing dangerous cargo depicting the USCG’s search, rescue, like LNG. drug interdiction and homeland security Mr. Kozak began his career aboard fed- adventures in the southern Florida area. erally owned vessels in 1945, moving For more information on this book, through the ranks over the course of 12 (ISBN: 1-4208-6898-5) which sells for years from apprentice seaman to captain. $18.49, or to order, readers may contact Almost 22 years of his service was spent on Ingram’s Books in Print Database, or New York City fireboats, with eighteen of contact AuthorHouse publishing by call- those years in the uniformed rank of pilot (a ing (888) 280-7715; or logging on to promotion from fireman 1st grade). He www.authorhouse.com.

affiliated hospital on surgical techniques. Each time he goes to Lviv, Dr. Schmidt Colorado dermatologist assesses the needs for equipment and deter- mines what he could affordably obtain, aids colleagues in Lviv safely transport and train dermatologists to PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Dr. John J. use. Out of this need, in 1999 Dr. Schmidt Schmidt, a dermatologist from Pueblo, established The Veselka Foundation, a non- Colo., was recently highlighted by the profit corporation that provides equipment American Academy of Dermatology in and supplies to dermatology clinics and its magazine, Dermatology World, in hospitals in Ukraine. Much of the equip- December of 2005. Dr. Schmidt was on a ment is donated from local dermatologists genealogical trip to Ukraine in 1996 in the U.S. with some pharmaceutical rep- when he was first introduced to an resentatives donating samples. English-speaking dermatologist Dr. In 2002 Dr. Schmidt was elected a fel- Andriy Horodylovskiy of Lviv. It was low in the Ukrainian Academy of then that Dr. Schmidt was made aware of Dermatology and Venerology in recogni- the lack of equipment at local clinics. tion of his contribution. An exception to In 1998 Dr. Schmidt accepted an invita- their by-laws had to be enacted for a tion to return to Lviv, where he had been “foreign” member to be admitted. searching for his family’s roots, to lecture Currently, Dr. Schmidt is working on to dermatologists at Lviv’s main dermatol- translating a dermatology textbook into ogy clinic. Since then, he has returned three Ukrainian. times each year to Lviv for three to four For more information on Dr. Schmidt weeks at a time. In addition to his lectures, and The Veselka Foundation, readers can Dr. Schmidt offers hands-on training at the log on to www.veselkafoundation.org.

have been historically marginalized or Canadians... neglected so that those episodes may be (Continued from page 4) fully recognized, documented and pre- will only undermine the beneficial potential sented to Canadians. of projects such as this one. Indeed, a The museum’s governance and human rights project that fails to respect staffing will be inclusive and equitable. either or both of these principles would Its board of directors, officers and likely have the unfortunate effect of actual- employees will reflect the full demo- ly promoting racism through the suggestion graphic diversity of Canada’s peoples. that there exists a hierarchy of human suf- The museum will be fully independent fering,” said Mr. Gregorovich. “This insti- of the Asper foundation, other corpora- tution should serve all Canadians.” tions and institutions, excepting the gov- Canadians for a Genocide Museum ernment of Canada. stated that it would support the Asper To date, CGM pointed out, the Asper project only if it adhered to the following family’s foundation and those associated five points listed. with this project have been unwilling to The museum’s name, mandate and commit to these five fair principles. mission statement will be generic, inclu- Among the 47 member-organizations sive and equitable. of Canadians for the Genocide Museum The museum will not suggest that any one case of human suffering is more are the following Ukrainian groups: important than others by providing it with Canadian Ukrainian Immigrant Aid permanent strategic positioning, dispro- Society, League of Ukrainian Canadians, portionate display space, or other devices League of Ukrainian Canadian Women, to focus special attention on it by visitors. Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties The museum’s displays, funding and Association, Ukrainian Canadian support for research and publication will Congress, Ukrainian National Federation be weighted toward lesser-known cases of Canada and Ukrainian Women’s of human rights abuses and genocide that Organization of Canada. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 No. 19

the first medical doctors to respond to the Turning the pages... tragedy at Chornobyl. And in the years (Continued from page 6) since, few have done as much as you, Mr. when tragedies occur, here and around Ambassador, to educate people around the world, Americans and others respond the world about the medical and scientific with concern and compassion.” realities of the Chornobyl disaster and “The private voluntary organizations, what they portend for humanity’s future.” including those represented in this room, Vice-President Gore spoke about the have supplied well over 1,000 tons of lingering effects of the 1986 accident medicine and medical equipment and which, he said, “are measured in the anxi- supplies to people in affected areas. ety of young Ukrainian and Belarusian Those donations alone are worth more and Russian parents who hope and pray than $100 million,” the first lady that their newborns will grow healthy and observed. “Today, these efforts convey a whole. The effects are measured by the message of compassion and healing that degraded natural resources that trace a tells the victims of Chornobyl that the poisoned arc across Ukraine, through world will not forget them or the tragedy Belarus, into Russia, and reaching as far they have endured.” as Scandinavia. They are measured by the The first lady turned to Ambassador uncertainty that we all share as we won- Yuri Shcherbak of Ukraine and said: der whether one day another Chornobyl “Ambassador Shcherbak, we are particu- might once again unleash its fury.” larly indebted to you. You were one of The vice-president went on to speak of President [Bill] Clinton’s determina- tion “to do whatever our nation can to overcome this tragedy, and to help ensure that all reactors everywhere are safer, cleaner and forever free from the sort of catastrophe we remember on this important anniversary.” Vice-President Gore also hailed Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma’s “courageous decision” to close down the Chornobyl plant by the year 2000. Finally, Mr. Gore reflected on “the most enduring lesson of Chornobyl”: “that only in freedom can people claim their rightful destiny to live in safety and security. Only in freedom can people insist on public health systems that work and on natural resources that are safe- guarded and clean. Only in freedom can people hold bureaucracies accountable for how they manage potentially danger- ous technologies.”

Source: “First lady hosts Chornobyl commemoration at White House,” by Roma Hadzewycz, The Ukrainian Weekly, May 12, 1996, Vol. LXIV, No. 19. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 19

Ukrainianby Nationals Taras Kozak win two Pennsylvania soccer championships HORSHAM, Pa. – The Ukrainian Nationals soccer team captured the Men’s Amateur Eastern Pennsylvania Championship on Sunday, April 30, in a thriller over Phoenix SC that was won 7-6 on penalty kicks, after a torrid overtime period tied 4-4. A week earlier the Ukrainian Nationals had won the final of the U.S. Open Cup Eastern Pennsylvania Championship. Thus, Tryzub continues its undefeated season. On April 30, both Phoenix and “the Nats” (as the Tryzub team is known) were perfect from the penalty spot after the first six shooters. Ukrainian Nationals’ goalkeeper Jason Rostovkis made a great diving save to stop Pheonix’s seventh shot. Defender Mike Clay, not normally known for his shooting prowess, hammered his penalty kick into the back of the net to break the deadlock and give Tryzub a well-deserved win. Petro Boretskii scored two goals in the first half from direct kicks, and Juri Suskin added another to give the Ukrainian Nationals a 3-1 lead at halftime. Phoenix SC clawed back with two goals in the second half, the last with 10 minutes of play, to tie the game. In overtime, Tryzub briefly went ahead as Leon Cleary headed in a goal on a cross from Mark Franek. Since the golden-goal rule is no longer in affect, the teams continued playing the 30-minute overtime The 2006 team of the Ukrainian Nationals. period. Phoenix tied the match with 5 minutes left to set the stage for the Nats’ exciting win on penalty kicks. On April 23, the Ukrainian Nationals, powered by three goals from half ended 1-0. Next up for Tryzub is a visit to play the Cleary, beat the United German-Hungarians (UGH) 3-1 in the U.S. UGH scored immediately at the beginning of Maryland state champion, the Baltimore Colts, for Open Cup Eastern Pennsylvania Championship. Cleary scored his first the second half to tie the score, before Cleary the U.S. Amateur Cup on May 7. The following goal midway through the first half, overpowering a defender just outside scored again in the 55th minute to regain the lead week, on May 14, they travel to Washington to the penalty area before going in alone on the goalkeeper and scoring. for Tryzub. UGH pressed for an equalizer the rest meet the D.C./Virginia champions, the Aegean Ten minutes later, player/coach Boretskii almost scored on a of the game, but Tryzub’s defense, led by goal- Hawks, in the U.S. Open Cup. If the Ukrainian free kick from 25 yards out. The blast was barely deflected wide keeper Rostovsky and Boretskii, held firm. With Nationals defeat one or both of these opponents, by the goalie. Tryzub had control throughout most of the first half 10 minutes remaining in the game, Cleary again they will return for a home stand in their pursuit but was unable to convert any chances to increase its lead. The beat UGH’s goalie one-on-one to secure the win. of the Region 1 and U.S. championships. Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union The shortest way to your first million! • Deposits • Investments • IRA • Credit cards and many other financial products

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OUT AND ABOUT PACKAGES, CARS AND CONTAINERS TO UKRAINE AND EASTERN May 13 Fund-raising Auction, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, EUROPE Chicago 773-227-5522

May 13 Lesia Ukrainka School Graduation Ball, University of Ottawa, Travel service: Air tickets and visas to Ukraine and other countries. Ottawa 613-836-7920 or 613-825-7460 Money transfer to Ukraine and other countries. Ukrainian and European CDs for sale. Ukrainian souvenirs and kercheifs for sale. May 13-14 UNWLA Branch 78 hosts Jacques Hnizdovsky art exhibit Telephone cards: 80 min. for $5 Washington and sale, Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family, NEWARK, NJ CLIFTON, NJ PHILADELPHIA 703-271-9672 688 Sanford Ave 565 Clifton Ave 1801 Cottman Ave May 14 Pysanka Exhibit, designs by Oksana Yarosh, The Nepean íÂÎ.: (973) 373-8783 TÂl.: (973) 916-1543 Tel.: (215) 728-6040 Ottawa Museum, 613-829-1161 or 613-723-7936 (888) 336-4776 May 16 Brooklyn Ukrainian Group/Ukrainian Congress Committee New York of America evening with filmmaker Amy Grappell, Pioneer Theater, 212-228-6840

May 18 The Washington Group and UCCA present Ambassador Washington Oleh Shamshur on U.S.-Ukraine relations, The Army and Navy Club, 703-548-8534 or 240-381-0993

May 20 Day of Reflection: Call to Discipleship, St. Nicholas Chicago Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, 773-227-3970

May 23 The Ukrainian Genealogy Group meeting, St. John the Baptist Ottawa Ukrainian Catholic Shrine hall, 613-731-1870

May 27-28 Ottawa Ukraina Royals Soccer Team, Pat O’Kane Ottawa Preseason Tournament, www.ottawaukraina.com

May 28 Ottawa School of Ukrainian Dance and Svitanok Ukrainian Ottawa Dance Ensemble present “Lost and Found,” Carleton University, 613-692-5243 or 613-825-2948

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President questions “regional language” and bipartite cooperation in the energy sec- election. “If we stay together, we can NEWSBRIEFS tor. The talks also dealt with implementing defeat a dictatorship that denied the (Continued from page 2) R IGA – While on a visit to Latvia, regional projects and Ukrainian-Latvian Belarusian people a choice and kept them President Viktor Yushchenko told journal- cooperation in the context of Ukraine’s from electing the president legally,” Mr. effect. He added that the Parliament made a ists in Riga on April 28 that he has asked mistake in rejecting a proposal for a European and Euro-Atlantic integration Milinkevich told the crowd from the steps the Justice Ministry and the Procurator President Yushchenko expressed his appre- of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences recount of the March 26 vote. (Lyvtyn’s General’s Office to look into the legality of People’s Bloc got only 2.44 percent of the ciation of Latvia’s open support of building. “We will destroy this regime recent local government decisions granting Ukraine’s Eurointegration aspirations. The through acts of peaceful disobedience. We vote and failed to cross the 3 percent elec- Russian the status of a regional language, tion barrier.) Thus, he said he believes that president said the two states agreed to will not wait for the next election in five Interfax-Ukraine reported. Last month such shortly resume proceedings of the mixed years. We can overcome the dictatorship the next Verkhovna Rada’s validity is ques- decisions were made in the Luhansk Oblast tionable. (Ukrinform) Intergovernmental Commission for Trade- in the next two years, perhaps sooner.” and the city of Sevastopol. Both regions Economic Cooperation. The commission’s Mr. Milinkevich called on people to join Commemorative coin honors Lviv have a predominantly Russian-speaking most immediate task will be to draft a joint the newly created civic movement For population. “I think that I will receive opin- action program for the coming two years, Freedom. Belarusian Television reported KYIV – On April 26 the National Bank ions from these [central-government] bod- which will incorporate concrete projects, in its main newscast in the evening that of Ukraine put into circulation the “750 ies very soon and we will act in strict accor- including those in the energy sector. the rally was attended by “several hun- Years of Lviv” commemorative coin, dance with national and international laws,” Intergovernmental agreements were signed dred regulars for whom going to meetings which has a face value of 5 hrv. The coin Mr. Yushchenko said. (RFE/RL Newsline) on cooperation in the information sphere is a favorite hobby.” (RFE/RL Newsline) is dedicated to one of the leading scientif- Zvarych: no coalition with Regions and in preventing emergencies and elimi- ic, cultural, educational and industrial nating their consequences. (Ukrinform) Belarus opposition gets jail terms... cities of western Ukraine. Lviv is men- KYIV – According to Roman Zvarych, tioned for the first time in historical “Orange Love” at Cannes festival MIENSK – United opposition leader chief of the Our Ukraine bloc’s juridical Alyaksandr Milinkevich and Syarhey records dating to 1256. It was founded by department, Our Ukraine will never King Danylo Halytskyi and named after KYIV – According to the Kommersant- Kalyakin, manager of Mr. Milinkevich’s become engaged in coalition talks with Ukraina, the film “Orange Love” about the presidential election campaign, were sen- his son Lev. The commemorative coin is the Party of the Regions. When that party made of white copper, weighs 16.54 Orange Revolution in Ukraine has been tenced on April 27 to 15 and 14 days in jail, was in power in Ukraine it did everything entered in the program of the Cannes Film respectively, RFE/RL’s Belarus Service and grams and was minted in 60,000 copies. to destroy democracy, which is why, The coin is adorned with the image of a Festival. The film’s producer, Volodymyr Belapan reported. A judge found the politi- though our programs may contain similar Khorunzhyi, told the newspaper he cannot cians guilty of taking part in the previous lion’s head, the small national emblem of points, our fundamental differences are so Ukraine on the left and the date of issue, forecast whether the film has chances for day’s unauthorized rally that took place in wide that these rule out any talks, Mr. success, but the team did its best to make a front of the Academy of Sciences building 2006, on the right. The reverse side of the Zvarych underscored. In the meantime, as coin depicts the panorama of Lviv of the quality film. “Orange Love” is the brain- in Miensk on the occasion of the 20th Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych told child of Ukrainian and Hollywood produc- anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster. “It early 17th century with the inscription the party’s Political Council session on “Lviv/750.” (Ukrinform) ers. The film’s events unfold against the was not an unsanctioned rally. We took part April 27, he views a Regions-Our backdrop of developments in Ukraine in in an absolutely authorized event. ... They Sevastopol adopts regional language Ukraine coalition as one that would be late 2004, particularly in Kyiv and its main are scared. They want to scare us but they most efficient and would solve many square, Independence Square, known as themselves are trembling,” Mr. SEVASTOPOL – Deputies of the problems in the country. (Ukrinform) the maidan. The film’s main character, Milinkevich told RFE/RL’s Belarus Service Sevastopol City Rada on April 26 passed Yushchenko expects coalition in June Roman, who is an American of Ukrainian after the verdict. Another judge on April 27 a resolution that makes Russian a region- extraction, happens to arrive in Kyiv at the sentenced Belarusian Popular Front leader al language and promised to preserve it RIGA – Meeting with students and teach- peak of the Orange Revolution, hoping to Vintsuk Vyachorka and Labor Party leader and develop so that it would not contra- ing staff of the Latvian University in Riga on find his uncle. Captivated by the Orange Alyaksandr Bukhvostau to 15 days each, dict development of the Ukrainian April 27, President Viktor Yushchenko Revolution, he starts filming the events finding them guilty of violating regulations national language. From now on, expressed his opinion that in June a parlia- with his videocamera. While attending a governing “mass events” during the April Sevastopol citizens can use the Russian mentary coalition will be created and a new rally, he meets a young Kyivan girl, Katya. 26 Chornobyl Way rally in the Belarusian language on par with Ukrainian. The government will be formed. The president The film, which cost $6 million, is said to capital. Mr. Vyachorka was arrested imme- Sevastopol City Rada also stated its explained that, in keeping with Ukrainian have been the biggest Ukrainian capital diately after the rally, while Messrs. intentions to perform an analysis of the legislation, the newly elected Verkhovna investment in Ukraine’s cinematography. Milinkevich, Kalyakin and Bukhvostau Russian language’s functioning condi- Rada’s maiden session should be held within Kiev-Donbas Co. Vice-Presidents were detained on April 27. (RFE/RL tions and problems related to its teaching. 30 days after the election returns were offi- Aleksandr and Vyacheslav Newsline) Thus, on the basis of the results, a local cially made public. After that the parliamen- Konstantynovskyi were the film’s major program of development of the Russian tary majority must be formed within the next sponsors. (Ukrinform) ...as the West protests and Ukrainian languages is supposed to 30 days. The nation’s new government will be elaborated. The Sevastopol deputies Solzhenitsyn praises Putin MIENSK – European Union External have to be formed within the following 30 intend to pay special attention to the lan- Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero- days. (Ukrinform) guage situation on TV, which is marked MOSCOW – Prominent Russian writer Waldner on April 27 expressed her con- by domination of the Russian language Yushchenko on state visit to Latvia and former Soviet-era dissident Aleksandr cern about the arrest and jailing of four over Ukrainian. On April 25 the Luhansk Solzhenitsyn said in a rare media inter- opposition leaders in Miensk earlier the Oblast Rada gave Russian the status of RIGA – Within the framework of view on April 27 that Western countries same day, Belapan reported. “I call for the second state language. On March 6, the President Viktor Yushchenko’s state visit are unfairly trying to encircle Russia and immediate release of all those arrested and Kharkiv City Rada resolved to make to Latvia, Ukrainian-Latvian talks largely praised President Putin for restoring a detained because of their opinions. I once Russian a regional language. (Ukrinform) dealt with promoting bilateral relations strong Russian state, mosnews.com again call upon the Belarusian authorities reported. “Though it is clear that present- to respect their commitments in the OSCE day Russia poses no threat to it, NATO is and U.N. frameworks, and to respect methodically and persistently building up human rights and fundamental freedoms, its military machine in Eastern Europe and including the freedom of expression and [by] surrounding Russia from the south,” of the media, and the freedom of assembly Mr. Solzhenitsyn added. He stressed that and political association,” Ms. Ferrero- “this involves open material and ideologi- Waldner said. U.S. State Department cal support for ‘colored revolutions’ and spokesman Adam Ereli said on April 27: the paradoxical forcing of North Atlantic “These actions are outrageous and repre- interests on Central Asia. ... All this leaves hensible, and, unfortunately, they are only no doubt that they are preparing to com- the latest in an ongoing series of acts pletely encircle Russia and deprive it of its against the citizens of [Belarus] who are sovereignty.” He hailed Mr. Putin, noting only attempting to exercise their basic that “foreign policy ... is being conducted human rights and fundamental freedoms. sensibly and in an increasingly forward- We condemn these actions and we call on looking manner.” Mr. Solzhenitsyn said the authorities to immediately release that, “owing to the heavy burden left by those detained and drop the charges [Putin’s] predecessors, ... the overall state against them.” (RFE/RL Newsline) of people’s lives remains difficult and chaotic.” (RFE/RL Newsline) NATO: Ukraine to be encouraged Chornobyl anniversary marked in Miensk SOFIA – NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer suggested in Sofia on MIENSK – An estimated crowd of April 27 that Ukraine and Georgia can 7,000 to 10,000 mainly young people expect encouragement at the alliance’s took part in the Chornobyl Way rally November summit in Riga on its hope to organized by the Belarusian opposition in join NATO, Reuters reported. “I think it is Miensk on April 26, Belarusian and inter- also clear that there will be a signal in national news agencies reported. The Riga, but the actual invitations to join can- rally was permitted by the authorities not be expected already at the Riga sum- who, however, warned demonstrators to mit,” he told a news conference. U.S. stay away from October Square, which Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice evad- was the site of protests last month against President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s re- (Continued on page 23) No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 23

Yushchenko. Speaking at the presentation peoples.” President Kaczynski noted that Oleksander Omelchenko noted that the cer- NEWSBRIEFS ceremony, Vice Prime Minister Viacheslav Poland will always render political assis- emony commemorated events starting with (Continued from page 22) Kyrylenko commented on the project as tance to Ukraine in its European and January 22, 1919, when western Ukrainian ed a question at the same news conference sure to give a fresh and potent impetus to Euro-Atlantic drive, and that Poland will lands, which had been part of the Austro- about when Ukraine could expect a mem- Ukraine’s cinematography and mark a remain Ukraine’s advocate in Ukraine Hungarian Empire, on January 22, 1919, bership plan. “The Ukrainian government major contribution to Ukrainian movies’ and “guide” on the way to the European announced their “everlasting” union with and the Ukrainian people will have to arrival on the international scene. Union and NATO. (Ukrinform) central and eastern Ukraine. The monu- Importantly, Mr. Kyrylenko noted, one of ment will honor those who fought for decide whether or not this is something Istanbul chosen over Kyiv that they wish to pursue. And they will the future film’s major topics will be the Ukrainian unity and independence until it devastating Famine-Genocide in Ukraine also have to work very hard, I think, to KYIV – Jeremy Isaacs, chairman of was declared on August 24, 1991. in 1932-1933. According to Mr. Sanin, the (Religious Information Service of Ukraine) meet the criteria,” she said. Meanwhile, the international expert jury, told a press film’s shooting will involve state-of-the-art Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko conference at the European Commission digital equipment and technologies. The UCU to offer social pedagogy program said in Riga on April 27 that he believes it on April 11 that Kyiv has been defeated film will be released in both English- and is likely for Ukraine to secure a by Istanbul in the competition for being LVIV – Social pedagogy, a new aca- Ukrainian-language versions. Ukrainian, Membership Action Plan at the Riga sum- named Europe’s Cultural Capital 2010. demic discipline, was presented at the Day American and British actors will be mit. He noted that an anti-NATO cam- Both cities participated in the contest as of Open Doors at the Ukrainian Catholic engaged, with American actor Jack paign stirred up by some political forces capitals outside the European Union. University (UCU) in Lviv on April 8. Palance, who is of Ukrainian extraction, during the recent parliamentary election (Ukrinform) Starting in September, approximately 30 expected to star. The film’s shooting will campaign in Ukraine was an attempt to students of the university’s Humanities begin in New York in May. The film score political capital. “The anti-NATO Camry presented in Crimea Faculty will be enrolled in the program. policy that was promoted during the elec- should be available to movie-theaters in K YIV – The new Toyota Camry has The program will prepare students for tion campaign does not reflect the belief in early 2008. (Ukrinform) debuted in Ukraine. Senior Toyota man- social work, for teaching Christian ethics in our society,” Interfax-Ukraine quoted him Gymnast sets up HIV-AIDS foundation agers cam to Crimea to attend the new public schools and for related professions. as saying. (RFE/RL Newsline) car’s presentation at Yalta’s Livadia No similar program is offered anywhere in KYIV – Liliya Podkopayeva, Olympic Palace on April 11. The automaker Ukraine. Dr. Maria Shved, head of the Yushchenko declares his income all-around champion in gymnastics and intends to sell over 1,000 Toyota Camry Social Pedagogy Department, said, “In United Nations goodwill ambassador for KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko’s cars in Ukraine in 2006 through the Ukraine, when people hear about social HIV/AIDS in Ukraine, has established an income in 2005 amounted to about Toyota-Ukraine dealer network. The pedagogy, they shrug their shoulders. But international charitable foundation, called $57,000 (U.S.), according to the income car’s price is 29,800, euros. (Ukrinform) there is nothing strange about it. In Ukraine Health of Generations, that is aimed at it is a relatively new educational branch, declaration he filed on April 14. Mr. Yushchenko declared an income of aiding HIV/AIDS-affected children. Skrypka to organize “Rock-Sich” unlike in Poland, where society’s demand 288,020.20 hrv, including wages of Ukrainian Minister for Family, Youth and for social pedagogues is constantly increas- KYIV – Popular Ukrainian rock-star 273,060.28 hrv. The combined income of Sports Yurii Pavlenko and UNICEF’s rep- ing and, therefore, this profession is resentative to Ukraine, Jeremy Hartley, Oleh Skrypka said on April 11 that he becoming more and more popular. During members of Mr. Yushchenko’s family was attended the presentation of the founda- intends to organize a new festival, Soviet times all people were ‘happy’ and 384,975 hrv. Mr. Yushchenko also tion, it was reported on April 10. Together dubbed Rock-Sich, in Kyiv. The festival ‘equal.’ The existing problems of separate declared land plots with a total area of with the foundation a project was involves special preparations of a citadel layers of the population, like drug addic- 79,319 square meters, a residential build- launched with the aim of attracting soci- on Trukhaniv Island, the venue of a rock tion, alcoholism, orphaned children and ing with an area of 618 square meters, and ety’s attention to the problem of the health festival slated for May 6-7. The citadel homelessness, were concealed. Today it is an apartment with an area of 371.9 square of the future generations and the will include three stages for different hard to talk about the prospect of Ukraine meters. Mr. Yushchenko and members of HIV/AIDS problem. According to Mr. musical genres: ethnic rock, hard rock in Europe without a developed network of his family did not declare any private auto- Pavlenko, the foundation project is very and hip-hop/metal. The frontman of the social centers and services.” (Religious mobiles. According to Mr. Yushchenko’s necessary and topical nowadays, even rock-band VV also said he intends to Information Service of Ukraine) press secretary, Iryna Heraschenko, the more so as the year 2006 was proclaimed hold the festival annually to promote president was awarded two prizes but the as the Year of Protection of the Rights of development of rock music in Ukraine. Ukraine’s population still shrinking accompanying monetary payments were Children. According to the Health The festival is noted for the participation not included in Mr. Yushchenko’s declara- KYIV – According to the State Ministry’s official data, 103,572 HIV- of Ukrainian bands only. (Ukrinform) tion for 2005 because they were received Statistics Committee, as of March 1, affected citizens were registered in in 2006 and will be included his declara- Ukraine was populated by 46.85 million Ukraine in February 2006, 13,753 of Church, state mark Ukrainian unity tion for 2006. Mr. Yushchenko’s family people, of whom 31.84 million were urban whom are children. (Ukrinform) plans to use this money for philanthropic KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor residents and 15.015 million lived in the purposes. (Ukrinform) Polish president visits Ukraine Yushchenko was joined by numerous state countryside. During the first two months officials and religious leaders in a ceremo- of this year 69,270 babies were born, and Ministers file income declarations KYIV – Ukraine and Poland signed a ny dedicated to the start of construction of 142,838 persons died, including 770 joint declaration of development of coop- a monument to the unity of Ukraine. The babies under the age of 1. In 2005 426,085 KYIV – Ukrainian government minis- eration in the energy sphere on February event occurred on April 8 near the babies were born and 781,964 died. In ters have disclosed their income declara- 28. The document was inked by Mariinskyi Palace, the official residence of January-February of this year 39,785 mar- tions for 2005, as stipulated by the law on Presidents Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine the president of Ukraine. Religious leaders riages and 26,649 divorces were regis- fighting corruption. Economy Minister and Lech Kaczynski of Poland, who was present included Patriarch Filaret tered. In 2005 there were 332,100 mar- Arsenii Yatseniuk, Finance Minister Viktor on a two-day official visit to Ukraine. (Denysenko), head of the Ukrainian riages and 183,500 divorces. During the Pynzenyk, Justice Minister Serhii President Yushchenko assessed the visit Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate; first two months of this year 6,967 persons Holovatyi, Family, Youth and Sports by his Polish counterpart as a new stage Metropolitan Mefodii (Kudriakov), head of arrived in Ukraine and 3,871 persons left. Minister Yurii Pavlenko and Emergency in the development of Ukrainian-Polish the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox In 2005 39,580 persons came to Ukraine, Situations Minister Viktor Baloha all dis- relations. The two countries discussed Church; Archbishop Mytrofan (Yurchuk), and 34,997 left the country. According to closed their income declarations for 2005. their relations in the context of European who is responsible for managing affairs of the latest census of December 5, 2001, Mr. Baloha declared an income of 105,146 integration; economic and humanitarian the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Ukraine’s population was 48,457,100. The hrv for 2005. According to his declaration, issues, as well as energy security. Also Patriarchate (UOC-MP); and Tamim Institute for Social Studies under the he has no bank accounts and owns a VAZ- discussed, as President Yushchenko put Achmed Mohammed Mutakh, head of the National Academy of Sciences predicts 2109 automobile. His family had an income it, was “continuation of a tradition of his- Spiritual Direction of the Muslims of that by 2050 Ukraine’s population may of 915,989 hrv in 2005. His family also torical reconciliation between the two Ukraine. Outgoing Kyiv Mayor shrink to 35 million. (Ukrinform) owns a land plot with an area of 2,747 square meters, two apartments and two automobiles. Mr. Pavlenko declared an income of 288,482 hrv for 2005. Mr. Pynzenyk declared an income of 238,687 hrv, a RAV-4 automobile, and 315,327 hrv in bank accounts. Mr. Holovatyi declared an income of 292,997 hrv for 2005. He also declared an apartment and 1,195,527 hrv in bank accounts. Mr. Yatseniuk declared over 3 million hrv for 2005. (Ukrinform) Cinematographers launch joint project KYIV – Ukrainian director Oles Sanin on March 16 presented a new international movie project in Kyiv. Code named “The Kobzars,” the project will be jointly imple- mented by Ukrainian cinematographers and the U.S.-based Hollywood Trident Foundation. Financial support for its implementation will be rendered by the Ukrainian government, the Industrial Union of Donbas (ISD) and the interna- tional charitable fund Ukraine 3000, which is chaired by First Lady Kateryna 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 No. 19

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Sunday, May 7 advance for $11, or at the door for $13. Soyuzivka’s Datebook Tickets are available online at NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Academy of www.elgin.edu/arts; via phone, 847-622- May 14, 2006 June 11-16, 2006 Arts and Sciences in the United States 0300; or at the ECC Arts Center box Mother’s Day Brunch UNA Seniors’ Conference invites the Ukrainian public to a lecture by office. For information call the Palatine Prof. Frank Sysyn to take place at 2 p.m. branch of the Ukrainian American Youth May 20, 2006 June 16-18, 2006 The title of the lecture is “From the Polish- Association (SUM), 847-358-3582. Wedding 3rd Annual Adoption Weekend Lithuanian Commonwealth to the Ukrainian Hetmanate: Evolution of Early TRENTON, N.J.: The Ukrainian May 21, 2006 June 17, 2006 Modern Ukrainian Political Culture.” Prof. National Home will celebrate Mother’s Communion Luncheon Banquet Wedding Sysyn is the director of the Peter Jacyk Day with a special concert to be held at Foundation for Ukrainian Research at the 477 Jeremiah Ave. The program starts at 2 Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at p.m. with performances by children from May 26-29, 2006 June 18, 2006 Father’s Day Luncheon and Program the University of Alberta and currently is a all of the local Ukrainian parishes, plus an UNA Convention visiting professor at Columbia University. adult choir under the direction of Ruslan Romaniuk. Food and drinks will be June 23-24, 2006 The academy is located at 206 W. 100th St.; June 2-4, 2006 telephone, 212-222-1866. served. Admission is $5. For more infor- Ukrainian Language Immersion Plast Kurin “Shostokryli” Rada mation call Wasyl Turetskyy, 609-396- Weekend offered at SUNY Thursday, May 11-Wednesday, May 17 0186, or Roman Kuzyk, 609-809-7533. June 24, 2006 New Paltz Wedding NEW YORK: The documentary “Light Tuesday, May 16 from the East” will premiere in New York June 3, 2006 June 25-July 2, 2006 as part of the Brave New Europe: new NEW YORK: The Brooklyn Ukrainian Wedding Tabir Ptashat Session #1 films from and about Central and Eastern Group and the Ukrainian Congress Europe series at the Pioneer Theater, East Committee of America will sponsor an June 5-9, 2006 June 25-July 7, 2006 Third Street between avenues A and B. evening with filmmaker Amy Grappell and a Eparchial Clergy Retreat The film, written by Amy Grappell, and screening of her film “Light from the East” Tennis Camp produced by Ms. Grappell and Christian at the Pioneer Theater, East Third Street June 10, 2006 Moore, chronicles a tour of the Yara Arts between avenues A and B, at 9 p.m. The June 26-June 30, 2006 film, written by Amy Grappell, produced by Wedding Group to Kyiv during the August 1991 Exploration Day Camp putsch that dissolved the Soviet Union. Ms. Grappell and Christian Moore, chroni- “Light from the East,” in English and cles a tour of the Yara Arts Group to Kyiv Ukrainian (with English-language subti- during the August 1991 putsch that dissolved tles) screens at 9 p.m. For tickets visit the Soviet Union. For discounted tickets www.twoboots.com or call 800-595-4849. contact the UCCA, 212-228-6840. Saturday-Sunday, May 13-14 Sunday, May 21

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