INSIDE: • Holodomor poster exhibit in Boston — page 5. • An appreciation: A journey with my father — page 7. • Plast’s “Sviato Vesny” and UAYA’s “Zlet” — pages 14-15. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXXVI No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 $1/$2 in Ukraine McCartney makes music history in Kyiv, NATO delegation visits Ukraine performs free concert on the “maidan” to assess country’s progress by Danylo Peleschuk two hours under a torrential downpour by Zenon Zawada Kyiv Press Bureau that lasted late into the night. Fans, how- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly ever, withstood the rain and gathered en KYIV – In an unprecedented and his- masse in the ankle-high puddles speckled KYIV – Amidst rising Russian pressure toric musical event, Paul McCartney, a all across the maidan, shouting toward to prevent Ukraine from integrating further key member of The Beatles, performed the stage and singing along spiritedly into NATO, the alliance’s secretary gener- live in Kyiv on Saturday, June 14, play- despite the harsh conditions. In atten- al, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, said he would do everything to enable Ukraine to join the ing songs from his nearly 50-year reper- dance was Ukrainian President Viktor Membership Action Plan (MAP) in toire for the first time ever in Ukraine. Yushchenko, Georgian President Mikheil December and vowed that Russia would The free concert, dubbed the “Paul Saakashvili and world-famous boxer and not affect the decision. McCartney Independence Concert” and Kyiv City Councilman Vitali Klitschko, billed as the largest concert to ever take During a June 16-17 visit to Ukraine, among others. Mr. Scheffer and a North Atlantic Council place in Ukraine, drew somewhere It was only the second time Mr. between 100,000 and 350,00 people onto delegation that encompassed representa- McCartney – or any of the former tives of NATO’s 26 member-states met Maidan Nezalezhnosti, or Independence Beatles – has played in a former Soviet Square, in downtown Kyiv. with Ukrainian leaders to assess what Mr. McCartney played for more than (Continued on page 10) progress has been made since the Bucharest summit in April and what meas- ures Ukraine can still take to convince the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in December to approve its MAP member- ship. “I will try to do everything possible to achieve a consensus, but my possibilities Zenon Zawada are limited,” Secretary General Scheffer NATO Secretary General Jaap de told a June 17 press conference at the Kyiv Hoop Scheffer at a press conference in office of Ukrinform, where hundreds of Kyiv on June 17. riot police stood guard to prevent Russian radicals from ambushing the event as they ture and allegiance, such as the Ukrainian did in March 2007 during a press confer- Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate. ence with the U.S. ambassador. More than 59 percent of Ukrainian resi- Following the North Atlantic Treaty dents would vote against NATO member- Organization’s April 3 decision in ship in a referendum, while only 22 percent Bucharest to deny Ukraine a MAP, NATO would vote in favor, according to a poll of membership re-emerged as among the 2,000 respondents conducted by the biggest issues in Ukrainian politics, caus- Western-financed Democratic Initiatives ing the nation’s anti-NATO forces to inten- Fund on March 17-31. sify their protests and the Russian govern- A May poll conducted by the Russian- ment to step up its threats. oriented Sofiya Center for Social Research Victor Pinchuk Foundation The vast majority of Ukrainians are in Kyiv revealed similar results, with more A view of the audience at McCartney’s concert, billed as the largest concert ever against NATO, largely because they still than 61 percent of Ukrainian against staged in Ukraine. It was the first time Paul McCartney or any former Beatle has believe Soviet-era propaganda and belong played in Ukraine. to organizations that promote Russian cul- (Continued on page 8)

UNWLA’s 28th convention focuses on unity, traditions by Tamara Cornelison UNWLA. The organization’s vice-president for to the UNWLA membership during one While guests and delegates arriving public relations, Ms. Zajac, spoke about of the convention’s plenary sessions. TROY, Mich. – After months of plan- from all parts of the United States settled various special projects she had undertak- As the meeting drew to a close, ning and preparation, the 28th Conven- into their rooms, members of the national en, including her active participation as a Financial Secretary Roma Shuhan and tion of the Ukrainian National Women’s board gathered for a pre-convention member of the National Holodomor Parliamentarian Oksana Xenos answered League of America (UNWLA), convened meeting to present the final reports of Commemoration Committee and her cor- questions related to new IRS e-filing reg- here at the Troy Marriott Hotel on Friday, their term. Most board members present- respondence with U.S. government offi- ulations for UNWLA branches. Vice- May 23, with delegates and guests arriv- ed abbreviated reports, indicating their cials regarding the Holodomor, including President Hewryk shared some insights ing from far and near. intent to present more detailed reports a letter urging President George W. Bush on non-Ukrainians working in Ukraine, The convention, which continued during the convention’s plenary sessions. to visit the Holodomor monument during particularly Fulbright fellows who enthu- through Memorial Day, Monday, May Vice-President for Culture Sophia his recent visit to Ukraine and encourag- siastically embraced the culture, history, 26, elected a new national board headed Hewryk took advantage of the opportuni- ing him to support Ukraine’s aspirations and language of the country. by Marianna Zajac of Poughkeepsie, ty to speak at the board meeting and to become a member of NATO. During the pre-convention reception, N.Y., and adopted resolutions that will reported on the winners of this year’s President Kurowyckyj suggested that a the featured speaker was Chrystia guide the work of this major Ukrainian Kovaliv Award, as well as a special new national board position, liaison for Freeland, U.S. managing editor of the American community organization for undertaking she had recently completed – members-at-large, be created and that the Financial Times. Ms. Freeland, who the next three-year term and beyond. donating 35 copies of Ukrainian-lan- position should be officially filled by holds a B.A. in history and literature The outgoing president, Iryna guage versions of Harry Potter books to a Roxolana Yarymovych, who has been from Harvard University and a master of Kurowyckyj of New York, who had library in Dnipropetrovsk in order to pro- serving the organization in this capacity studies degree from St. Anthony’s served in that post for nine years, was mote the Ukrainian language in that high- without a seat on the board. Board mem- named an honorary president of the ly Russified part of the country. bers agreed that this should be proposed (Continued on page 12) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 No. 25 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS

Moscow insists on treating Sevastopol PRU questions coalition’s legitimacy shadow government of the Party of the Regions. On April 15 he was appointed the as open question in relations with Kyiv KYIV – The opposition Party of the first deputy secretary of the National Regions of Ukraine (PRU) will soon file a Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. submission to the Constitutional Court (Ukrinform) by Pavel K. Baev basis of “European prices,” but Ukraine questioning the legitimacy of the current Eurasia Daily Monitor cannot avoid the pain. coalition, PRU representative Nestor Council of Europe on Gongadze case These energy matters will be hotly Shufrych said on June 17. He said that the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev debated in various formats in the months party is currently considering this question. KYIV – The Council of Europe (CE) has tried to make a positive impression to come, but what really signified a “The Regions Party has its own opportuni- Committee of Ministers on June 10 passed on every foreign partner he has encoun- punch in Mr. Medvedev’s smooth per- ties for a constitutional submission. I do an interim resolution on fulfillment of a tered in his first month in office, building formance was the accusation that not also rule out talks on this issue with resolution of the European Court on an image of an open-minded, polite and Ukraine’s behavior was “inadequate” other factions,” he added. The ruling coali- Human Rights regarding the Gongadze impeccably organized statesman, though (Kommersant, June 7). The cause for this tion of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the case. The committee noted that the court perhaps not yet that of a leader. He has sharp characterization was firm insis- Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense bloc, handed down a verdict of guilty on March made few deviations from the line drawn tence, championed personally by Mr. had 227 votes out of 450 in the Verkhovna 15 in the case of the former policemen by his senior co-ruler, Vladimir Putin, Yushchenko, on the withdrawal of Rada. However, two national deputies left charged with murder of journalist Heorhii and some of his own ideas, like the initia- Russia’s Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol have the coalition. In accordance with the Gongadze in September 2000. At the same time, the CE Committee of Ministers tive on signing an all-European pact on by 2017. Constitution of Ukraine, however, the expressed regret that the investigation of non-use of force, are astonishingly irrele- Mr. Medvedev, who is fond of present- coalition is void only when any faction the crime has been ongoing for more than vant. Still, his charm offensive has not ing himself as a lawyer, understands per- leaves it, not when individual deputies seven years. They urged Ukrainian author- been without success (Kommersant- fectly well that this policy implies strict resign. (Ukrinform) Vlast, June 9; www.gazeta.ru, June 7). ities to undertake immediate measures “to compliance with the Treaty on Stricken coal mine is flooded achieve particular and noticeable results” The only exception was his meeting Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership with Ukrainian President Viktor in investigating the Gongadze case. signed with great fanfare in 1997. In this KYIV – Water flooded the underground (Ukrinform) Yushchenko at the Economic Forum in particular case, however, he is ready to space at a depth of one kilometer at the St. Petersburg, where Mr. Medvedev disregard the pacta sund servanda princi- Karl Marx coal mine in Yenakieve, Kravchuk on Russia and Ukraine delivered an ambitious but on balance ple and argues that the issue is open to Donetsk Oblast, where a gas explosion remarkably liberal address (www.rossi- negotiation and prolongation of the base occurred on June 8. The Donetsk territorial KYIV – “Russia has always had imperi- al tendencies. …When Ukraine agrees with iskaya.gazeta, www.gazeta.ru, June 9). has to be considered the priority option department of the State Committee for those steps that are profitable for Russia, The news about a double increase of (www.newsru.com, June 6). Industrial Safety, Labor Protection and the Russian media treats Ukraine in a kind export prices on gas for Ukraine was not There is certainly a serious problem Mining Supervision said on June 17 that way. But they [Russia] have never lost their that surprising, even if announced with behind Mr. Medvedev’s heavy-handed the underground flooding is a major hin- imperial authorities,” Ukraine’s first presi- frosty pleasure. Gazprom CEO Alexei diplomacy, as the withdrawal of the fleet drance to the search and rescue operations dent, Leonid Kravchuk, said in an inter- Miller recently confirmed that the com- would constitute a hugely expensive and in the mine, where 12 miners were report- pany had underestimated the dynamics of ed to be trapped. (Ukrinform) view with the Day (Den) newspaper on strategically dubious task. There is a pro- June 12. Mr. Kravchuk said, “We should prices, so European customers already gram for building a new base at pay $410 per 1,000 cubic meters, while Yushchenko names envoy to Russia act with Russia in a reasonable and consid- Novorossiysk, but this port has a large oil ered way. Everything should be taken into the target figure was $400 by the end of terminal and, with the planned construc- KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko the year (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, June 11). account. For example, if we currently have tion of the second trunk of the Caspian signed a decree on June 10 appointing no alternative to Russian gas, then we The Central Asian producers stand to Kostyantyn Gryshchenko as ambassador benefit from the agreement to deal on the (Continued on page 26) should not make proposals which will then extraordinary and plenipotentiary of turn against us. ... Ukraine is taking some Ukraine to the Russian Federation. The initiatives, trying to prove that if we raise decree was published on the presidential the price for [gas] transit, we will somehow website. Mr. Gryshchenko was deputy for- discourage Russia. Russia knows that if we Russia wants to strengthen CIS eign minister of Ukraine in 1995-1998; in raise gas transit prices, Europe will be 1998-2000 he was Ukraine’s ambassador against us,” Mr. Kravchuk said. “If we to Belgium and head of Ukraine’s Mission become part of Europe and follow Western and other post-Soviet groups to NATO. In 2000-2003 he was Ukraine’s values without losing our roots, peculiari- ambassador to the United States. From by Sergei Blagov ing the St. Petersburg summit. President ties and the historical past, relations with September 2003 to February 2005 he was Russia, knowledge of the Russian language Eurasia Daily Monitor Medvedev established good contacts with the foreign affairs minister of Ukraine. He CIS leaders, the president’s foreign policy and culture will then simply be useful for has been an adviser to Prime Minister our development. We will be more compet- Russia has pushed for stronger ties aide Sergei Prikhodko announced on June Viktor Yanukovych and since December among members of the Commonwealth of 7. Furthermore, the continuity of Vladimir 2007 has been the foreign minister in the (Continued on page 16) Independent States (CIS), while promot- Putin’s foreign policy work was secured, ing integration with its closer allies, mem- Prikhodko said (Interfax, RIA Novosti, bers of the Eurasian Economic June 7). Commonwealth (EEC) and the Collective Russia’s top officials also insisted that FOUNDED 1933 Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). post-Soviet groups still had significant THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Moscow’s efforts, however, have pro- economic clout. The CIS was no longer duced limited results so far. 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(Continued on page 26) No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 3 NEWS ANALYSIS: New twists in the Russian-Ukrainian dispute by Roman Kupchinsky located both in Russian and Ukrainian terri- Falling back on nostalgic, nationalistic Medvedev earlier in St. Petersburg during Eurasia Daily Monitor tories, is not being developed by anybody,” images, Mr. Medvedev said, “Sevastopol, a the economic forum where the Ukrainian the source told Interfax. hero city, a city of workers, has witnessed president told his colleague, “The treaty on The continuing Ukrainian-Russian war The off-shore drilling conflict appeared truly landmark events. It is the cradle of the the presence of the Black Sea Fleet in of words took on a new twist on June 13, to be connected to the dispute between the Russian Black Sea Fleet, with which it has Sevastopol, which implies that it [the fleet] when the Russian Foreign Ministry U.S. energy company Vanco and the always shared both the bitterness of losses will remain there until 2017, is a treaty that accused Ukraine of acting jointly with Ukrainian government, which lifted and the greatness of victories.” the Ukrainian side will fulfill to the last let- unnamed foreign companies to develop oil Vanco’s license to drill for oil and gas in Mr. Medvedev was careful in not calling ter.” and gas fields illegally off the Crimean the Black Sea shelf in the vicinity of the for Sevastopol to be returned to the Russian The less confrontational tack taken by coast of the Black Sea shelf, claiming that territory being disputed by Russia. Federation, thereby distancing himself Mr. Medvedev in his note to the Sevastopol the legal status of the territory had not yet The government of Prime Minister Yulia from the provocative statements made by gathering, which visibly contrasted with been determined. Tymoshenko claimed that Vanco had bro- Yurij Luzhkov, the mayor of Moscow, who Mr. Ivanov’s hard line, could indicate that “The Russian side,” according to a com- ken the production-sharing agreement a few weeks earlier called for the city’s there are differences in opinion between mentary distributed by the Russian Foreign (PSA) by assigning the drilling license it return to Russia. Mr. Medvedev and Prime Minister Ministry on June 13, “is drawing attention held to an off-shore subsidiary company A harder line was taken by Russian Vladimir Putin on the Crimean question. to the fact that the said areas are the subject registered in the British Virgin Islands Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov who Mr. Ivanov is widely believed to be Mr. of negotiations between Russia and called Vanco Prykerchynsky. told a meeting in Sevastopol, “The fleet Putin’s man and appears to share his boss’s Ukraine on the delimitation of the conti- Ms. Tymoshenko stated that the agree- itself is hard to imagine without its main views on the Crimea. In April Mr. Putin, nental shelf and the exclusive economic ments that were concluded with Vanco in naval base. Russia is increasingly being then still Russian’s president, reportedly zone in the Black Sea waters. In this con- 2007 were not transparent, and she accused reminded [by Ukraine] of 2017, the year told U.S. President George Bush during the nection, we believe that the above-men- President Viktor Yushchenko of lobbying the fleet is to be withdrawn from Ukraine NATO summit in Bucharest that most of tioned activity is of an unlawful character for Vanco’s interests. Mr. Yushchenko flatly under a Russian-Ukrainian agreement.” Mr. Ukraine’s territory had been “given away” and should be ceased.” denied the accusation and called on Ms. Ivanov, playing the ethnic Russian card by Russia and threatened to encourage the The Russian side specified that this secession of Crimea if Ukraine persisted in Tymoshenko to review her decision on designed to win the allegiance of Crimean activity was taking place in an area named joining NATO. Vanco. Meanwhile, Vanco has threatened Russians, stressed that “92 percent of the the Structure of Subbotyne and the Rising to sue the Ukrainian government. It will be important to see if these differ- population of Sevastopol are our fellow of Pallas. A source in Ukraine’s Foreign On June 14 the president of Russia ences continue and who will be in charge countrymen and countrywomen.” Affairs Ministry told Interfax that the added his voice to the Crimean debate. of Russian policy toward Ukraine, Mr. During his speech, Mr. Ivanov was inter- Russian claims were “absurd.” Dmitry Medvedev did so in a message to Putin or Mr. Medvedev. rupted by a heckler who yelled out “It’s our “The Subbotyne maritime oil field is the residents of Sevastopol during the com- city!” Mr. Ivanov replied, “Yes, it is our located on the territory of the Ukrainian memorations of the 225th anniversary of Sources: Interfax, June 13, 14; part of the Black Sea shelf, and the the founding of the city, which is the base city,” adding “From the moment it Ukrayinska Pravda, June 14; Interfax prospecting area of Pallas, which is really of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. [Sevastopol] was formed, its fate was irrev- AVN, June 9; Eurasia Daily Monitor May ocably linked to the Russian empire and to 21; Moscow Times, April 8. the Soviet Union.” The article above is reprinted from Russian functionaries visiting Sevastopol Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission appeared not to have known about President from its publisher, the Jamestown Environmental groups appeal Yushchenko’s meeting with President Foundation, www.jamestown.org. for a green Euro-2012 in Ukraine KYIV – In an open letter sent on to cities which will host the Euro-2012 Interparliamentary Assembly meets in Kyiv members of the Ukrainian government championship, implement some actions and the Euro-2012 National Agency of to rehabilitate, maintain and enlarge Ukrinform progress achieved by Ukraine in adopting Ukraine, 35 Ukrainian environmental reforms necessary for its European and green zones such as parks, botanical gar- KYIV – At a meeting with representa- organizations appealed to government Euro-Atlantic integration. dens and green recreational areas. tives of the Interparliamentary Assembly of officials to incorporate environmental The document noted that the Similarly, environmental organizations Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania, the first standards into planning for the 2012 Interparliamentary Assembly supports recommend emphasizing reliance on rail- meeting of which took place on June 16 in Union of European Football Associations Ukraine’s aspirations to become a full way service and mass transit rather than Kyiv, President Viktor Yushchenko (UEFA) European Football member of the European Union and is private automobiles, developing high- appraised positively the parliamentarians’ Championship. speed railroad connections, making broad ready to assist Ukraine in the harmonization “The Euro-2012 Program adopted by initiative in setting up this format of tripar- of its legislation in compliance with EU use of renewable fuels (e.g., biodiesel tite cooperation. the Ukrainian government does not have and other biofuels) and hybrid-electric requirements, ensuring European integra- a single mention of environmental plan- “We highly appreciate the strategic char- tion processes and solving other issues. vehicles in taxi services, and maximizing acter of our relations and the special and ning and components that should be energy-savings in all support structures. The Interparliamentary Assembly decla- incorporated into Euro-2012 champi- unique role played by Parliaments in the ration encourages joint efforts of Lithuania, The letter concluded with an appeal development of those relations. The initia- onship preparation and conduct,” said for strong cooperation between environ- Poland and Ukraine in the sphere of Taras Lychuk, co-director of the tive of holding the Interparliamen-tary strengthening energy security and diversifi- mental organizations and the Ukrainian Assembly in Ukraine is one of the steps that Ukrainian American Environmental government during the Euro-2012 cam- cation of energy resources, and it positively strengthens our relations and our strategic appraises the results of the European energy Association (UAEA), which initiated the paign and noted that successful models goals,” the president said. summits that took place in Vilnius and sign-on letter to the Ukrainian govern- of “greening” the championship can be He expressed hope that the interparlia- Kyiv. ment. found in recent Olympic Games and mentary cooperation of Ukraine, Lithuania The document supports expanding inter- “Ukrainian environmental organiza- other sporting events, as well as other and Poland would promote more active regional and transboundary cooperation, tions consider that an environmentally large-scale construction programs in responsible and conscious approach support of Ukraine’s European aspirations, stresses the importance of contacts among Europe, the United States and elsewhere. towards Euro-2012 championship would in particular, on the part of the European citizens of the three countries and notes the The Ukrainian-American Environmen- reduce energy costs and adverse environ- Parliament. need for simplification of the visa regime tal Association is a private, non-govern- mental impacts associated with trans- Mr. Yushchenko expressed satisfaction between the European Union and Ukraine mental organization founded in 2004 and portation, heating and lighting of facili- regarding Poland’s proposals in the and the abolition of visas in the future. ties, and waste disposal – before, during chartered in both the United States and European Union about strengthening rela- According to the document, bilateral and and after the championship,” he added. Ukraine. It is a network of more than tions with the EU’s eastern neighbors. He tripartite trade and economic cooperation is “In this letter we listed a range of spe- 900 Ukrainian and American NGOs, aca- also said he hopes that these initiatives will one of the priorities of the cific measures and recommendations demic researchers, businesses and gov- be supported by France, which will be pre- Interparliamentary Assembly’s activities. which should be implemented for ‘green- ernment officials to facilitate the siding at the EU starting from the second The signatories also noted that they intend ing’ the Euro-2012 championship prepa- exchange of information on a broad array half of the year. to exchange experience in the sphere of ration and conduct,” said Irina Stavchuk, of environmental issues including, but “We are extremely satisfied with a dis- local self-government and the training of coordinator of the Working Group of not limited to, energy policy, climate cussion inside the European Union on specialists. Ukrainian Environmental Organizations change, air and water pollution, toxic Ukraine’s perspectives. We highly appreci- Among participants of the on Climate Change Issues, which active- wastes, soil conservation, sustainable ate any initiatives that bring us closer to our Interparliamentary Assembly’s meeting in ly joined the sign-on campaign. “These agriculture, and wildlife and wilderness goal,” Ukraine’s president said. Kyiv were Lithuanian Seimas Chairman recommendations deal with energy-effi- protection. In a joint declaration adopted at the first Ceslovas Jursenas, Polish Senate Marshal cient designs for heating, cooling and The NGO Working Group on Climate meeting of the Interparliamentary Assembly Bogdan Borusewicz, Verkhovna Rada lighting of the facilities which will be Change is a network of 16 non-govern- of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, the Chairman Arseniy Yatseniuk and Ukrainian used in the championship. We also rec- mental and non-profit environmental Lithuanian Seimas and the Polish Senate, Foreign Affairs Minister Volodymyr ommend the use of renewable energy organizations from across Ukraine. Its Poland and Lithuania welcomed the Ohryzko. technologies and recycled and/or non- aims include advocating for transparent toxic materials in the construction or use of Kyoto Protocol mechanisms, rehabilitation of hotels, restaurants, stadi- advocating for the introduction of poli- ums and other buildings associated with cies directed to emissions reductions, HE KRAINIAN EEKLY the program,” she explained. raising public awareness on climate T U W Environmentalists also recommend change and mobilizing civil society into Visit our archive on the Internet at: http://www.ukrweekly.com/ that local authorities, especially those action. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 No. 25 THE INTERNATIONAL HOLODOMOR REMEMBRANCE FLAME

these victims have not perished – they Montreal are witnesses to freedom... life is not only in daily activities, but it goes by Fran Ponomarenko beyond everything and it is not com- MONTREAL – The International pressed in one time slot, but lives for Holodomor Remembrance Flame eternity.” reached Montreal on Saturday, May 24, This was followed by a greeting from at 5 p.m. at Place du Canada in the heart the Liberal Party of Canada. of the city. About 200 people, mainly Four students from the Ukrainian Ukrainians, as well as members of the Youth Association and Plast Ukrainian Armenian community, were in atten- Scouting Organization put on a short dance. play about the Famine in order to make The commemoration began with a the experience of 1933 more immediate. hymn and an address by Prof. Yarema At this point, Famine survivor Stepan Kelebay, president of the Ukrainian Horlatsch, who has traveled across Canadian Congress in Montreal. This Canada with the Holodomor torch, was followed by an informative and grip- stepped forward and asked: “Why should ping speech by Evhen Czolij, first vice- we remember what happened 75 years president of the World Ukrainian ago?” He then replied: “We have to know Congress. what took place 75 years ago to pay trib- Four members of the clerical communi- ute to the memory of millions of innocent ty also spoke at the gathering. The Rev. victims, to condemn the Soviet regime Oleh Koretsky of the Ukrainian Catholic and to get recognition of the Famine as Church of the Assumption of the Blessed an act of genocide.” Virgin Mary read an outstanding poem With this Mr. Horlatsch lit the candle Andrei Boris about the Famine, “Zahupaly Dveri” by that Mykhajlo Hayduk, a Montreal sur- Clergy and community activists light candles from the International Holodomor Pavlo Tychyna. The Rev. Evhen Rudytch vivor of the 1933 Genocide, was holding. Remembrance Torch. of the St. George Ukrainian Orthodox The intense look in Mr. Hayduk’s eyes Church in Lachine, Quebec, pointed out reminded the audience that Famine sur- that the Canadian Council of Churches – a vivors had seen hell on earth. He spoke committee representing all denominations of the desperation of hunger he wit- of Christians – met with David Anderson nessed, of villagers eating whatever leafy of the federal government in Ottawa to greens were first to come up in the spring urge Prime Minister Steven Harper to after the long hungry winter of death. declare the 1933 Famine in Ukraine a These greens did not provide substantive genocide. The Rev. Rudytch also stressed calories to the humans who had survived that in the 26-year interval from 1921 and many died. He talked of the many until 1947, Ukraine lost some 14 million villages where all the dwellers had people in three state-orchestrated famines. passed away from this engineered starva- Especially touching was the presentation tion, and he pointed out that other people by Bishop Pakrat Galestanian, primate of were often too afraid to venture into the Armenian Apostolic Church of Canada. these villages of the dead. After a prayer for the memory of the Mr. Hayduk then began lighting the Holodomor victims, Bishop Galestanian candles of those gathered and the com- stated that he, and Tao Alepian, president of munity sang a hymn to the Virgin Mary the Congress of Canadian Armenians, as and the Ukrainian national anthem. well as the representatives of the Armenian This commemorative ceremony was community who were present, wanted “to coordinated and organized by Bohdanna commemorate and celebrate the memory of Hawryliuk, UCC-Famine Genocide com- the Ukrainian victims,” whom he called mittee of Montreal; Marika Putko, first “martyrs.” vice-president of the Ukrainian Canadian Fran Ponomarenko Bishop Galestanian stated that Congress; and Zorianna Hrycenko- Evhen Czolij of the Ukrainian World Congress addresses the crowd gathered at Ukrainians and Armenians “share the Luhova, press coordinator; as well as Place du Canada. same destiny,” for both nations have suf- Marika Farmus, Marie-Marte Markiza, fered under the same regime. “We have Pavlo Showhaniuk and Evhen Osidacz. ceremony made the trip to Ottawa to be the Canadian Parliament, as well as to come,” he said “to express solidarity and Two days later, on Monday, May 26, present at President Viktor Yushchenko’s participate in the Holodomor commemo- to share your grief and to exhort you that many of those present at this Montreal historic address before a joint session of ration on Parliament Hill.

Baltimore on May 29 to raise awareness journey in Kyiv, where it was lit by Krywolap’s father, then age 6, survived Baltimore, Md. and commemorate the 75th anniversary President Viktor Yushchenko. The torch by sharing the one bowl of thin radish of Ukraine’s genocide of 1932 - 1933. will travel through 33 countries before soup allotted to workers of the railroad by Roman Traska The commemoration took place in front reaching Ukraine in November to be part each day. BALTIMORE, Md. – A solemn can- of Baltimore’s City Hall at the War of the official state commemoration of The event also included a brief lecture dlelight commemoration with the light- Memorial Plaza and was organized by the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor. by leading Holodomor historian Dr. ing of the International Holodomor the Holodomor Committee of Baltimore. Speakers at the event included Jerome Stanislav Kulchytsky, professor of Remembrance Torch was held in The remembrance torch started its Stephens, a representative from Sen. Ben Ukrainian history and head of The Cardin’s office; Councilman Jim Kraft; Ukrainian Historical Society in Kyiv. and Anna White from Mayor Sheila Andrew Chornodolsky, a member of Dixon’s office. The mayor issued a local Ukrainian community, in his proclamation designating May 29, 2008, address recalled other genocides, includ- as Ukrainian Genocide Remembrance ing the Holocaust, the Armenian geno- Day in Baltimore, and stated that the cide, the Rape of Nanking, Rwanda and Holodomor “ranks among the worst Darfur. He declared that the Holodomor cases of man’s inhumanity towards slogan, “We will never forget,” must man.” The deputy ambassador of Ukraine, serve to prevent such a tragedy from Viktor Nikiczuk, spoke to the audience occurring in the future. gathered at City Hall about the impor- Over 200 people from Baltimore’s tance of broadening awareness of this Ukrainian American community attend- genocide beyond the Ukrainian commu- ed, among them many in traditional nity. He emphasized the commitment of embroidered shirts, as well as uniformed the government of Ukraine to the build- members of Plast Ukrainian Scouting ing of a memorial in Washington. Organization and the Ukrainian The keynote speaker, George American Youth Association. Krywolap, the grandson of a Holodomor In addition to the candlelight vigil and survivor, gave a moving reading of his the torch lighting, the event included a During the Holodomor remembrance ceremony (front, from left) are: Stefan grandfather’s account of the anguish of memorial prayer service conducted by Polisczuk, the Rev. Wasyl Sivinsky, the Rev. Wasyl Kryshtompol and George starving peasants. Mr. Krywolap’s grand- priests from Baltimore’s Ukrainian Krywolap (holding torch). father, a railroad worker, and Mr. Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox parishes. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 5 Holodomor poster exhibition opens at Massachusetts State House by Peter T. Woloschuk BOSTON – The traveling poster exhibition on the Ukrainian Holodomor sponsored by the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory and the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Fund was opened in Doric hall of the Massachusetts State House in Boston in a solemn ceremony on Monday, June 16. The Hall is the starting point of all tours of the historic Bullfinch building and the exhibit is included in the tour. The opening ceremony was held in the contiguous Nurses Hall, which is dedicated to the memory of all of the Massachusetts nurses who saw duty with the American armed forces throughout the country’s histo- ry, and was ably conducted by Paul Thomas Rabchenuk, an attorney from Salem, Mass., who chairs the Boston Committee to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Holodomor. The Rev. Roman Tarnavsky of St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Boston gave the invoca- tion and then Mr. Rabchenuk outlined the historical background of the Holodomor and explained the need for the public exhibit to make the world aware of the Ukrainian tragedy. He then read remarks forwarded by Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Oleh Shamshur from At the opening of the Holodomor poster exhibit (from left) are: Maria Saxe, the Rev. James Morris, Paul Washington. Rabchenuk, Mary Wasylyk, Zenovi Prots and Nadia Annesse. Massachusetts Sen. Marc Pacheco made brief remarks and then read a Senate Resolution noting the commemoration of the Holodomor in Massachusetts. Zenovi Prots, president of the Boston branch of the The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: May Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, then made Amount Name City Marie Zarycky Warren, Mich. remarks in Ukrainian and a letter from U.S. Rep. John $155.00 Melania Banach Woodbridge, N.J. $10.00 Oleg O. Abramov Yalta F. Tierney on the importance of the exhibition was read. Ada Kulyk Washington, D.C. Orest Bedrij Monmouth Beach, N.J. This was followed by the reading of an essay on the $100.00 Dorothy Chupa Briarwood, N.Y. Tatianna Demchuk Cary, N.C. Holodomor written by Justine Zozula, a Syracuse Alexander Jakubowycz Brecksville, Ohio George Forys Leetsdale, Pa. University student, for the Ukrainian American Youth Luba Nowak Chicago, Ill. Alice Gural Lakehurst, N.J. Association’s recent commemoration of heroes. The Jaroslaw and Maria Clark, N.J. Maria Hawryluk-Gordon Columbus, Ohio Rev. James Morris of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Tomorug Eugene Hutzayluk Allentown, Pa. Catholic Church of Salem gave the benediction and the $55.00 Jaroslawa Gudziak Syracuse, N.Y. William Jachwak Souderton, Pa. ceremony was brought to a close by Mr. Rabchenuk. Stanley Jarosz Kinnelon, N.J. Arcadia Kocybala Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. In his letter Ambassador Shamshur wrote, “I wish to Nestor and Ivanka Harrison, N.J. Roman Kokolskyj Sicklerville, N.J. thank all those who made the opening of the Holodomor Olesnycky Natalya Krawczuk-Wells Silver Spring, Md. poster exhibition at the Massachusetts State House pos- Marta Pereyma Arlington, Va. Petro Kulynych Yonkers, N.Y. sible, as well as those who have come to learn about the Daria Romankow Berkeley Heights, N.J. Andrei Kushnir Bethesda, Md. horrible story of the death and survival of Ukrainians as Stephan Stecura Parma, Ohio Michael Lahuta Wilmington, Del. revealed by this exhibition which has been traveling $50.00 Ulana Baransky- Chicago, Ill. William Lypowy Ringwood, N.J. around the nation visiting colleges and churches, gov- Bendixon Deacon Yourij Flushing, N.Y. ernment buildings and museums.” “By commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Ihor Hayda Easton, Conn. Malachowsky Holodmor, we are pursuing two basic goals,” the Joseph Luczka Hartford, Conn. Olha Matula Rockville, Md. Ambassador continued. “We seek political recognition Zenon Zachar West Bloomfield, Mich. George Mutlos Hicksville, N.Y. of this man-made Famine as genocide of Ukrainians by $45.00 Wolodymyr Mohuchy Newark, N.J. Patricia Myr Philadelphia, Pa. the totalitarian Stalinist regime and to promote inclusion Andrew Renner Beverly Hills, Calif. Juliana Panchuk Chicago, Ill. of historical information on the Holodomor into college $30.00 Maria Hankewych Chicago, Ill. Eugenia Podolak Lehighton, Pa. and high school curricula.” Walter Kizel Dearborn, Mich. Vira Sendzik Trenton, N.J. Rep. Tierney wrote: “Please know that I join you in Eugene Mandzy East Hanover, N.J. Alexander and Zynowia Troy, Mich. paying respects and solemnly honoring the victims, sur- $25.00 Lydia Baltarowich Warren, Mich. Serafyn vivors, and families of the Ukrainian Famine Genocide Ihor Bilynsky Philadelphia, Pa. Paul Shott Plymouth, N.H. on the 75th Anniversary of the Holodomor. Events such Roman Bohonowych Kerhonkson, N.Y. Roman Slysh Raleigh, N.C. as the one today are important in ensuring that the W. Cetenko Venice, Fla. Wolodymyr Slyz Woodside, N.Y. memory of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide endures. As Ulana Koropecky Lusby, Md. Ihor Sochan Woodcliff Lake, N.J. a strong advocate for human rights, I have long argued Chorney $5.00 Oksana Bereznycka Buffalo, N.Y. that we must ensure that the intolerance and tragedies of Paul Dzul Grosse Pointe, Mich. Swiatoslaw Czartorysky Brooklyn, N.Y. the past are not repeated.” Myron Kulas La Grange, Ill. C. Drebych Edison, N.J. The exhibition consists of 34 posters and a pamphlet Oksana and Bohdan Fords, N.J. John Petro garbera New York, N.Y. about the Holodomor which were prepared in Kyiv, as Kuzyszyn Wsewolod Hnatczuk Fraser, Mich. well as three additional posters on Ukrainians in Paul Polyniak Catonsville, Md. Mary Hnatyk Kenmore, N.Y. Massachusetts. Work on organizing and preparing the Rostyslaw and Helen Edison, N.J. Myron Jarosewych Downers Grove, Ill. exhibit was done by Mr. and Mrs. Rabchenuk, Maria Ratycz Merle and Bonnie Toledo, Ohio Saxe, secretary of the Holodomor Committee, Vsevelod Hanna Zyruk Wilmington, Del. Jurkiewicz Petriv, external communications coordinator for the $20.00 Edward Boyd Port Charlotte, Fla. A. and K. Kobryn North Port, Fla. Boston UCCA, and Oksana Iwaszczenko, treasurer of Ronald Boyd Port Charlotte, Fla. Sam Liteplo Brooklyn, N.Y. the Holodomor Committee. Jurij and Olenka Silver Spring, Md. George Malachowsky Rochester, N.Y. Printing of the posters and booklets was done by the Dobczansky Alice Moskal Spring Valley, N.Y. Somerville High School Vocational Program, whose Lana Ginsberg Round Rock, Tex. Stephen Nykorchuk Pittsfield, Mass. print shop took on the job as a class project. Daria Kindrat-Pratt Fairport, N.Y. Ihor Pacholuk Burlingame, Calif. The exhibition was on display at the State House Joseph and Catherine Hamden, Conn. Dmytro Sich Alfred Station, N.Y. through June 20. Levitzky Theophil Staruch Alexandria, Va. Paul Nadzikewycz Chicago, Ill. Walter Strzalka Perth Amboy, N.J. Nicholas Prociuk Old Bridge, N.J. Stephanie Sywyj Parma, Ohio Luba Sochockyj Richfield, Ohio Paul Wacek Makoti, N.D. For a look at the news Anna Zelisko Hinsdale, Ill. $15.00 Olga Horodecky Kendall Park, N.J. TOTAL: $2,395.00 in each week’s issue of Michael Kowalysko Gaithersburg, Md. Anna Krawczuk Holmdel, N.J. The Ukrainian Weekly, Sincere thanks to all contributors to Borys Krupa Unionville, Conn. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund. check out our Maryann Mysyshyn Springfield, Mass. Ruslan Rasiak Williamsburg, Va. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the only fund newly redesigned website: Orest and Chris Pittstown, N.J. Walchuk dedicated exclusively to supporting the work of this www.ukrweekly.com S. Wusowych-Lule Glen Ellyn, Ill. publication. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 No. 25

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Ukraine and NATO Toronto School Board trustees The North Atlantic Council visited Ukraine on June 16-17 on the invitation of Ukraine’s leaders in order to assess Ukraine’s progress on the road to integration turn a blind eye to Holodomor with NATO and to conduct public outreach activities in various parts of Ukraine, including Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Lviv. Speaking in Kyiv, NATO by Alex Chumak While the presentations were made, the trustees, who were in a position to Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said he would do everything possible to Canada did it. The U.S.A. did it. enable Ukraine to receive a Membership Action Plan (MAP) this December when vote to include the Holodomor in the Argentina, Australia, Estonia, Georgia, course of studies, seemed disinterested. NATO foreign ministers meet. He also underscored that the decision on whether Hungary, Lithuania and Latvia did it. to seek membership is Ukraine’s alone and that “decision-making in NATO is by When the presentations were over, the Poland, as well as many other countries, floor was opened to questions. Not one the 26 allies, and by them only.” did it. But things are not quiet on the Eastern front… trustee asked a question or indicated he They all recognized the Holodomor in or she would support the appeal. They Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated outright, “We will do anything Ukraine in 1932-1933 as an act of geno- seemed oblivious to the filled-to-capacity not to allow Georgia and Ukraine to join NATO,” and the new Russian president, cide. The Holodomor (literally murder by room of supporters who were present. Dmitry Medvedev, made it clear to German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Russia hunger) was a deliberate act of genocide Despite the overwhelming evidence strongly objects to Ukraine and Georgia entering the alliance. Vice Prime Minister against the Ukrainian nation. It claimed that the Holodomor was in fact a geno- Sergei Ivanov became the latest Russian official to issue threats against Ukraine, up to 10 million victims. cide, as confirmed by scholars, historians warning of serious consequences (e.g., imposition of a visa regime, disruption of mili- Several Canadian provinces have also and at least 15 national governments, tary-industrial ties, reduction of trade and economic ties) if Ukraine gets a NATO recognized the Holodomor as genocide, with more to come, the trustees, like MAP. The Russian Duma – at a recent session attended by a special guest, none other and many school boards, both in Canada Lord Nelson, turned a blind eye to the than Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych – adopted a statement calling for and worldwide have incorporated a Russia’s leaders to withdraw from the Russian-Ukrainian Agreement on Friendship, teaching unit on this genocide as part of facts before them. Cooperation and Partnership, a document in which each recognizes the territorial their curriculum. In fact, it was insulting to the integrity of the other, because of Ukraine’s “accelerated steps” toward NATO acces- As more evidence and documentation Ukrainian community that only three of sion. At the same time, Russian officials are making territorial claims on the Ukrainian is made available, scholars and historians the five committee members bothered to city of Sevastopol (where the Russian Black Sea Fleet is based until 2017) and, (Robert Conquest, James Mace, Roman show up to listen to the speakers, just indeed, all of Crimea. Thus, Russia is continuing the policy of former President Serbyn, Alex Hinton, Orest Subtelny, et barely meeting the quorum (the two Vladimir Putin, who threatened to break up Ukraine if it joined NATO and arrogantly al) have concluded that the Holodomor is other trustees were available by phone). and aggressively attempted to block Ukraine’s movement toward the alliance during genocide as defined by the Geneva It seems that victims of the the NATO summit in Bucharest this past April. (At the time he told President George Convention on the Prevention and Holodomor, at least to the trustees, are W. Bush: “You understand, George, that Ukraine is not even a state.”) Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. only statistics. In Ukraine this week there were demonstrations by anti-NATO forces, such as the Canada is home to 1.3 million citizens Historically, the Toronto District Party of the Regions, the Communists and the oxymoronic Progressive Socialists led of Ukrainian origin. Over 100,000 School Board has never shied away from by Nataliya Vitrenko (remember her?). Notably, Soviet-era terminology was back, Ukrainians live in Toronto, with thou- controversial, sensitive or progressive with demonstrators carrying banners likening NATO to the Nazis and chanting against sands of students attending Toronto issues. In fact, it is the first board in the “Banderites” and “NATOites.” These anti-NATO forces are playing up the fact that, at schools. Greater Toronto Area to have a course on present, most of Ukraine’s citizens are against NATO membership for their country, Consequently, the Ukrainian commu- genocide at the Grade 11 level. For this it never mind that this is due mostly to the public’s ignorance about NATO. nity has requested that in addition to the should be applauded. However, ignoring NATO myths persist in Ukraine, so much so that NATO Secretary General Holocaust, and the Armenian and or not including the Ukrainian genocide in Scheffer and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko specifically addressed that topic Rwandan genocides, the Holodomor be the curriculum is both offensive and unac- during their joint press conference in Kyiv, attempting to debunk misconceptions included in the curriculum of the Toronto ceptable, especially since 2008 is the 75th about the consequences of Ukraine’s membership in the alliance. Consider for exam- District School Board (TDSB). anniversary of the Holodomor. In fact, the ple, what NATO spokesman James Appathurai told the International Herald Tribune: While recognizing that “more people Canadian government has proclaimed the “Our biggest challenge in Ukraine is explaining to the public what NATO is about. died in the Ukrainian Famine than in all fourth Saturday in November as Many think that if Ukraine did join NATO, then NATO would deploy nuclear of the genocides in this course,” the Holodomor Memorial Day. How can we weapons on their territory.” board did not see fit to include the juxtapose the government’s proclamation In the months leading up to the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting the rumblings Holodomor this year but to review its with a lack of suitable resources in our and threats from Moscow will only get worse, and the anti-NATO rhetoric in Ukraine decision in three years. schools to teach young Canadians about will only get louder. Ukraine’s sparring leaders have a tough job ahead of them. They The board did, however, establish an the Holodomor and its implications. This will have to deal with, in the words of former Foreign Affairs Minister and current appeal process, and on June 2 the was raised at the June 2 meeting, but it Chair of the Verkhovna Rada’s Foreign Relations Committee Borys Tarasyuk, this Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Toronto seemed to fall on deaf, and apathetic, ears. “political extremism,” educate the people of Ukraine about NATO and convince Branch, presented substantial educational The Ukrainian community does not alliance members that the time is ripe for Ukraine to proceed to the next step toward reasons prepared by professionals and want to state that the Holodomor is more NATO membership: a MAP. parents to include the Holodomor in the important than other genocides – in other 2008-2009 academic year. words, “my genocide is greater than your The expectation was that the informa- genocide.” On the contrary, every geno- tion provided at the appeal would be cide is a blemish on the world community, evaluated on its merit and that the com- as it clearly demonstrates man’s inhumani- June mittee would render a decision that is fair ty to man. However, to not include the Turning the pages back... and educationally sound. Holodomor as a genocide of unfathomable But this did not happen. proportions that was ignored, concealed 26 and hidden until very recently, is both an Two years ago, on June 26, 2006, the Party of the Regions injustice and a manifestation of a lack of 2006 issued an ultimatum that launched a blockade of the Parliament Alex Chumak is a former trustee of the sensitivity. And, it is contrary to the until the Orange coalition government consisting of the Our Toronto District School Board. Board’s guidelines on genocide studies. Ukraine bloc, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the Socialist Party of Ukraine met its demands. The demands included a separate vote for the prime minister and a secret ballot for YOUR E-MAIL MESSAGES TO THE WEEKLY chairman of the Parliament, proportional distribution of committee chairs according to election results and a ban on moonlighting by national deputies. 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AN APPRECIATION Faces and Places A journey with my father by Myron B. Kuropas by Anna Oleksiw Procyk In memory of my father, Stepan Oleksiw and all Ukrainian refugees who survived or did not survive the passage An amazing man through Slovakia in 1944. My sons and I spent Father’s Day America,” claimed that ODVU was affil- sharing stories about an amazing man – iated with the Organization of Ukrainian It was a beautiful summer in 1944. their grandfather, my dad. Nationalists (OUN), and was a Nazi front Even though I was still quite small, I was Stephen Kuropas was born in 1900 in undermining America’s war effort with a fully aware that we were in the midst of Seliska in what is now Poland. Lesia and variety of espionage activities. The FBI a war. In my mind, however, the fighting I visited Seliska last summer with my investigated, temporarily freezing Tato’s could never reach the peaceful, pastoral cousin, Bohdan Kuropas, and his two bank account and warning him against countryside of Slovakia, where the warm sons, Taras and Roman. We met many a leaving town. Some ODVU members sun made swimming so very enjoyable Kuropas in the area, not one a relative, resigned, but not Tato. ODVU was exon- and where flowers bloomed everywhere: but all with stories to tell. erated by the FBI in 1943, along with the along the tree-lined roads that we often Completing high school (gymnasium) UNA, which had also been scurrilously passed, in the windows of the quaint rail- in Peremyshl, Tato was drafted into the accused of Nazi ties. road stations at which our slow-moving Austrian army just as World War I was Tato was elected a UNA auditor at the trains frequently stopped and in the ending. He served in the Ukrainian 1937 convention and he remained at that unpretentious small parks where in Galician Army during Ukraine’s subse- post until his election to the vice-presi- balmy weather our group of refugees quent war of independence; his unit dency in 1961. Since new members were fleeing from the advancing Red Army ended up in Czechoslovakia at war’s end. (and remain) the lifeblood of the UNA, occasionally managed to find quarters “The Czechs greeted us as brothers,” he was often among the top 10 UNA for the night. Stepan Oleskiw in worn photo from Tato wrote in his memoirs, “and enabled organizers. A prolific writer, Tato It must have been the first autumn the author’s collection. us to further our education.” He complet- authored “Chicago Chronicle,” a regular day, or it may have just appeared to be ed his agricultural engineering degree in Svoboda column for many years. Many so, for in an instant everything seemed to I don’t recall the exact conversation Prague and worked for a time in of his articles appeared in UNA almanacs change completely. Even my father, who that followed. I only remember my Liechtenstein. and Svoboda as well. He also authored had been always attentive to my moods, father’s reassuring words as he was say- Returning to Seliska, Tato was drafted the first history of Chicago’s Ukrainians, was so deeply immersed in his thoughts ing good-bye: “Ania, I give you my into the Polish army. In 1927, he left for which appeared in the 1934 UNA jubilee that he did not seem to notice how terri- word of honor, when the fighting stops I America. Hoping to find work in his cho- almanac. Tato published his memoirs in bly my face was paralyzed by fear. We will come back for you.” sen profession, he visited Iowa, 1988. He lived with Lesia and me before were standing in front of an office build- I must have cried, but I do not remem- Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska, ending dying in 2001 at the age of 100. ing of a small Slovak town together with ber the tears. I loved my father intensely up in Illinois. In Chicago, Tato discov- What I remember most fondly about a number of our acquaintances with and the thought of separation was ered St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Tato were the Ukrainian tales he told me whom a few weeks or months earlier we unthinkable, yet I also trusted him com- Church, where Pastor Philomon when I was still a toddler. Stories such as had embarked on our perilous journey. pletely and knew that at that particular Tarnawsky gave him advice Tato never “Taras Bulba and the Merry-Go-Round” The all-pervading gloom of the crowd moment this must have been the best, if forgot. “In America,” the obliging priest and “Lys Mykyta Riding a Horse” were seemed to darken the day, making it hard not the only, solution to keep us both explained, “the motto is ‘help yourself’.” pure fantasy, products of his fertile imag- for me to remember: Was the sky really alive. Offering Tato some leads, Father ination. He had me convinced that he overshadowed with clouds on what must As I was getting accustomed to my Tarnawsky told him, “Don’t worry, heard these stories whenever he attended have been still a mid-summer day? or new surroundings, I did not notice how you’ll find work sooner or later. This is a UNA function, especially an annual was it fear that made everything look so and when the dark clouds of that fateful America.” session of the Supreme Assembly. Many hopeless and deadly? day dissolved into the blue sky. Was it It was the eve of the Great Depression. years later, he introduced my sister and As I was gathering my strength to because after months of wondering I Good jobs were hard to find. Tato me to Soyuzivka, where Vera met George hold on to my father’s overcoat, my dark found a secure place with a loving heart? worked in a meat-packing plant, a candy Gojewycz and I met Lesia. thoughts were suddenly interrupted by From the start I felt at home with this factory and as a restaurant dishwasher. Banquets during UNA annual sessions the appearance of a familiar face in a lady who every morning greeted the day Finally he met a Standard Oil Co. per- at Soyuzivka were always a blast because nearby window. Yes, I remember that with a song, who whistled popular tunes sonnel manager who was recruiting serv- Tato was the Master of Ceremonies. New face very well; it was that jolly lady in while preparing tasty crepes for our fre- ice-station trainees. Tato was hired and, Supreme Assembly members and others the bright red bathing suit that I had seen quent snacks and who often responded to in time, he was managing his own serv- were brought to “trial” for “offenses.” A so often at the pond while taking my first my incessant queries – not always under- ice station at Chicago Avenue and prosecutor described the “crimes” and a lessons in swimming. Her carefree standing them fully – with amusement Orleans Street where he spend the next hapless “advokat” (lawyer) defended. laughter still resonated in my ears, and and delight. I felt secure with her even 40 years of his life. When I reached the The inevitable guilty verdict always who could forget her piercing, good- when within two or three weeks after seventh grade, there were many a cold required a cash penalty – money which humored screams when a ball inadver- that memorable day the two of us found Saturday morning when Tato woke me was used for adult beverages for all. No tently hit her from behind. We seemed to ourselves huddled together on a crowded up at 5 a.m. and took me to work with one complained. During one such ses- be almost acquainted, I thought, for my train under a frightening red sky illumi- him. I pumped gas, wiped windshields, sion, Tato wore dreadlocks. On other father in the course of those long weeks nated by exploding bombs and fire. checked oil and tires. That was my intro- occasions he wore an Arab headdress or that we were for some reason held in the Could I have already foreseen that in her duction to “help yourself.” a cowboy hat. It was all good, clean fra- town, occasionally joined her group of large family home in the direction of Even though Tato spent many 16-hour ternal fun. vacationing friends in a game of volley- which the train was heading I would find days working for his family, he always Tato loved UNA functions – meetings, ball. As I reminisced about those happy a little paradise inhabited by the most found time for the Ukrainian community. annual sessions, picnics. Such events days, to my astonishment, I suddenly remarkable people: her elderly mother, In 1930 he became the assistant editor of always included a “charka,” often more saw the lady standing directly in front of the only grandmother figure of my child- Ukraina, a Chicago weekly edited by the than one. On one occasion, he came us. hood that I vividly remember; her talent- legendary Dr. Volodymyr Simenovych. home rather late from a UNA meeting; The look on her face no longer had the ed unmarried older sister, who no longer Dad met mom when she walked into the he was getting undressed in the base- ment, as quiet as can be, when mom carefree expression I so well remem- painted but who would instill in me a office one day with dozens of Ukraina came down. “Are you coming home just bered. Her eyes were now filled with profound appreciation of beauty; her subscriptions she had sold. They married now?” she asked in a scolding voice. “Of tears and her loud, bouncy voice sounded brother, a very successful pharmacist in 1931. course not,” Dad replied, starting to put mellow, almost inaudible when she who, I was soon to find out, was the In 1932-1933, Tato served as secretary his clothes back on. “I’m getting dressed pleadingly asked my father: “Give me master of all arts and sciences; her col- of a committee that raised money and for work.” this little girl. I will raise her as my own. lege-bound son, who made every day, coordinated the Ukrainian pavilion at the Tato is the main reason my sons and I When this terrible war is over, I promise whenever he happened to be around, Chicago World’s Fair – the only such became and remain active in Ukrainian to give her back to you.” filled with novel ideas and excitement. structure at the fair not financed by a for- eign government. affairs. I was a UNA national vice-presi- Six years of joy, carefree existence, six dent and so was Stefko. Michael served Anna Oleksiw Procyk holds a Ph.D. years of attentive love and care. The two organizations my father loved from Columbia University and is a pro- most, however, and the two to which he as a UNA advisor. fessor of history at Kingsborough *** devoted the most time and treasure, were One more thought. Tato never forgot College of the City University of New the Organization for the Rebirth of his agricultural training. He once owned My father kept his promise. Political a farm in Michigan, sold it and bought York. She is the author of “Russian realities of the post-war world prevented Ukraine (ODVU), and the Ukrainian Nationalism and Ukraine” and numer- National Association (UNA). another in Wisconsin. an early reunion, yet in the course of the On Father’s Day, my sons and I raised ous studies on Ukrainian political six years of our separation he explored Founded by Ukrainian veterans and thought in the 19th and 20th centuries. Yevhen Konovalets in 1931, ODVU was a “charka” to Tato’s memory. He would every possibility that could be found in have liked that. She is a member of the executive board the free world to get his daughter out of a attacked by Ukrainian American commu- of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Stalinist dominated country. The piles of nists as a “fascist” organization. Soviet Sciences. Dr. Procyk may be contacted at agent Albert E. Kahn, one of the authors Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (Continued on page 24) of “Sabotage! The Secret War Against [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 No. 25 “Windows to Heaven” documents stained glass windows of Toronto church by Oksana Zakydalsky The Rev. John Tataryn, pastor of St. Demetrius, introduced the compiler of TORONTO – It was a 30-year project the book, the Rev. Peter Shumelda, and and it has just been documented in a new presented gift copies of the book to the book, “Windows to Heaven – Stained people who had been involved in its pub- Glass Windows at the St. Demetrius the lication. Great Martyr Ukrainian Catholic Church Ms. Mills was born in Queens, N.Y., by artist Yaroslava Surmach-Mills,” pub- in 1925 and received her art degree from lished by the St. Demetrius the Great Cooper Union Art College. At first she Martyr Ukrainian Catholic Church. The worked in illustrating children’s maga- launch of the book took place on April zines but in time became famous for 29, with a presentation by Dr. Christine glasspainting. It was an exhibit of her Turkewych about the artist, Yaroslava glasspaintings in Toronto that brought Surmach-Mills. Ms. Mills and the Rev. Tataryn together. Impressed by her art work, the Rev. Tataryn asked Ms. Mills if she would be inter- ested in designing stained glass windows for his recently built church. St. Demetrius, built in 1970, is a modern church, built in a circular plan with Oksana Zakydalsky three large Romanesque windows and a dome with The Rev. Peter Shumelda (left), layout artist the Rev. Bohdan Swystun with sons and the Rev. John Tataryn (right). a skylight. The Rev. Tataryn took Ms. Mills to see the church and, the window at the front, while the plex, involving pulleys, scaffolding and although fascinated by the Christmas and Epiphany Feast Days are hydraulic lifts. architecture, she realized featured in the east window, and Easter In the newly published 112-page book, she would have to do a lot in the west window. The Pantocrator and each stained glass window is featured as of research to create the the Seraphim are depicted in the dome a full-page color illustration, and its his- windows. She agreed to do skylight. torical, liturgical and symbolic signifi- the work, but only if she The second phase of installations, cance are noted. The donors of each win- had plenty of time in which which continued until 1998, involved the dow are named. to do it. side windows, which depicted New and The book also contains an essay by The three main stained Old Testament saints and martyrs. In the Ms. Mills, “Painting with Light and glass windows – in the third phase, which ended in 2006, Ms. Colors,” in which she writes about the front, and on the eastern Mills and the church clergy chose the challenges she faced and describes the and western sides – as well saints to be represented, which she dili- creative and production processes in the as the skylights in the gently researched to ensure authenticity. making of the windows. dome, were installed in A total of 500 pounds of hand-blown For information on ordering the book 1983. St. Demetrius the German full-antique glass was pur- readers may consult the website The cover of book “Windows to Heaven” features the Great Martyr, the patron chased, of which 250 pounds were actu- www.stdemetrius.org or contact the St. Demetrius window. saint of the church, adorns ally used. The installations were com- parish office 416-244-5333.

Secretary General Scheffer and President NATO delegation... Yushchenko addressed the many myths (Continued from page 1) Ukrainians still believe about NATO, and NATO membership. the reality behind them. Hundreds of Russian radicals and anti- Ukraine won’t host any NATO military NATO protesters rallied in the Ukrainian bases, won’t host NATO’s nuclear weapons capital, as well as in Dnipropetrovsk and and won’t require Ukraine’s participation in Kharkiv, to interfere with the visiting dele- NATO’s military conflicts, Mr. Yushchenko gation’s activities. told a June 16 press conference. In the most aggressive cases, they The Ukrainian president stressed that attempted to break through riot police cor- Ukraine’s MAP is distinct from NATO dons, widely viewed as a tactic to get the membership. He underscored that it is not attention of television cameras. being pursued against Russia and its inter- Meanwhile, inside the government ests but for Ukraine’s interests of securing buildings, the leaders updated each other its freedom, political independence and ter- on what was accomplished since Bucharest ritorial integrity. to draw Ukraine closer to gaining a MAP Mr. Yushchenko is largely vilified in and outlined what must be done for eastern and southern Ukraine as a puppet December, said Oleksander Chalyi, a vice- for U.S. interests, and his assurances did- chair of the Presidential Secretariat. n’t convince protesters in Dnipropetrovsk, NATO officials offered their evaluation where the demonstrations were the most of how well the NATO-Ukraine Action aggressive, despite assurances from local Plan was executed, particularly the 2008 leaders they would be peaceful, police Zenon Zawada NATO-Ukraine Annual Target Plan, he said. NATO protesters wave Russian and Soviet flags on Khmelnytsky Street in Kyiv said. Pro-Russian demonstrators, waving on June 17 outside the Ukrinform offices where NATO Secretary General Jaap “This visit has a special nature because Party of the Regions and Communist flags, de Hoop Scheffer gave a press conference. after the Bucharest summit, where all the knocked down a metal barricade insuffi- NATO member-states supported Ukraine’s ciently guarded by police officers and (NATO was formed in 1949 and had no Sevastopol celebrated the 225th anniver- MAP application, together we are begin- attempted to storm the National Academy relation to the Organization of Ukrainian sary of its founding, unveiling statues of ning a period of intense cooperation on a of State Management Regional Institute, Nationalists led by Stepan Bandera). Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi and Russian high political level with the goal of review- where a NATO delegation was supposed to Meanwhile, Russia’s permanent repre- Empress Catherine II. ing issues related to our MAP appeal that meet local officials. sentative to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, said “From the moment of its founding, the remain unsettled,” Mr. Chalyi said. They swarmed the bus arriving with on June 18 that the Autonomous Republic fate of Sevastopol uninterruptedly was tied Cooperation between President Viktor NATO delegates, including NATO’s Kyiv of Crimea will never enter NATO and with the Russian Empire and the Soviet Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia representative Michel Duray, with chants of Russian naval bases will remain in Union – all the residents who settled this Tymoshenko will play a decisive role in “Nazis” and “Murderers,” waving their Sevastopol. enormous nation,” Russian Vice Prime NATO’s decision in December, Mr. middle fingers at them and attempting to “Ukraine will tear at its seams if the Minister Sergei Ivanov declared in Scheffer told the Austrian newspaper Die block their movement. Orangists only try to drag the country into Sevastopol, adding “92 percent of Presse. Ukraine’s two pro-Western leaders In Kyiv, Progressive Socialist Party NATO,” Mr. Rogozin told the newspaper Sevastopol’s residents are our compatriots.” have been at war with each other ever since Chair Nataliya Vitrenko led several Izvestiya. “Regarding the bases in Mr. Ivanov also threatened that Russia Ms. Tymoshenko became prime minister in protests, comparing NATO to a fascist Sevastopol, they won’t go anywhere. They would impose a visa regime on Ukrainians late December 2007. organization and leading protesters to simply have no place to go.” if their country was granted a NATO In their statements to the press, chant, “Down with Banderites, NATOites!” Several days earlier, on June 14, Membership Action Plan. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 9 Baley receives award from American Academy of Arts and Letters by Adrian Bryttan Jules Feiffer, artist Chuck Close, architect Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Henry Cobb, authors Calvin Trillin and Shirley Hazzard and (sporting red socks and NEW YORK – Virko Baley was one of red sneakers in the front row) Garrison four composers to receive a stipend award Keillor. from the American Academy of Arts and Writer and actor Wallace Shawn Letters at its annual Ceremonial on May 21. (“Princess Bride” and “Clueless”) delved The personal statement in the program into the meaning and overtones of the acad- described Mr. Baley as “...a highly cul- emy in his Blashfield Address titled “The tured, polyglot intellectual, brilliant pianist Unobtrusives.” Drawing on his own back- and a dynamic and accomplished conduc- ground, Mr. Shawn explored the position of tor” and praised his music as “...dramati- the Academy members who dwell in the cally expansive of gesture, elegant and “mansion of arts and letters” and their rela- refined of detail and profoundly lyrical... tionship to the “giants” of wealth and indus- which ‘sings’ with a passionate urgency try on the one hand and the vast servant whether it embraces folkloric elements class of the “unobtrusives” on the other from his origins or finds expression in a hand. more universal style of modernism... It is He mentioned how he along with others always a singular voice and a deeply felt were constantly told in their earlier days and acutely heard music.” that they were superior and now find them- Any of the 250 academy members may selves hopelessly addicted. “Oh, yes, speak- anonymously propose someone from their ing of superiority, we ought to note that discipline for an award. Currently there are pretty much all of us here in this room are Adrian Bryttan 46 permanent members on the Music sort of connoisseurs of superiority, in a way. Composer Robert Beaser presents the award to Virko Baley (right). Department of the Academy and their roster Those enrolled in the academy belong to reads like a Who’s Who of contemporary one of the few organizations in the world classical music: Philip Glass, Lukas Foss, whose central function is to promote the Ned Rorem, Gunther Schuller and John superiority of its own members. And those Corigliano, among others. in the audience are people who enjoy look- Once nominated, Mr. Baley submitted ing at people who at one time or other have two compositions for review: his First been called superior.” Symphony “Sacred Monuments” and his Mr. Shawn drew comparisons between “Emily Dickinson Songbook.” Half of the the powerful, who start with just beating $15,000 from the American Academy of somebody up and ultimately wind up Arts and Letters award is earmarked for a demonstrating their unmistakeable superi- recording, which Mr. Baley plans to utilize ority with brutal armies... and the “unob- in Kyiv this December to realize his trusives,” who can find meaning in the “Klytemnestra” for mezzo-soprano and satisfying activities and beauties of every- orchestra (text by Oksana Zabuzhko) with day life. Beauty is the saving grace. “In the National Symphony Orchestra. the mansion of arts and letters, we live Mr. Baley is no stranger to the world of like children, running and playing up and grants and awards, having previously down the hallways all day and all night. received commissions from organizations We fill room after room with the things like the New Juilliard Ensemble, the we make. After our deaths, we’ll leave Cleveland Chamber Orchestra and the behind our poems, drawings and songs, National Endowment for the Arts. made for our own pleasure, and we won’t Born in Radekhiv, Ukraine, in 1938, Mr. know if they’ll be allowed to help in the Baley began his piano and composition making of a better world,” he said. studies at the Los Angeles Conservatory of The original name of the academy was Music and the Arts. The wide span of his the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich with Virko Baley. compositions includes works for choral Founded in 1898, its first members included ensembles, symphonic bands, chamber and Mark Twain, Henry James, August Saint- solo works, film scores, symphonies and Gaudens, and two future presidents, opera and the E. M. Forster Award given to include galleries of the works of American concertos, and an opera in progress, titled Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. a young English writer for a stay in the Impressionist Childe Hassam, the sleek “Hunger.” Their number was established from the United States. Mr. Baley is the first architecture models of Richard Meier, liter- Over 120 eminent writers, composers, beginning at 250. Ukrainian to be honored with an award ary archives, sculptures, drawings and painters, sculptors and architects beamed The function of the academy is to foster, from the academy. paintings by current members, as well as down on the audience from the ornate neo- assist and sustain an interest in literature, The Academy of Arts and Letters is situ- new award recipients. Admission is free of Baroque stage of the academy’s auditorium, music and the fine arts by singling out and ated at 633 W. 155th St. near Broadway. charge, but one must call to make an designed by Cass Gilbert in 1930. Perched encouraging individual artists and their Permanent and new exhibits presently appointment: 212-368-5900. on five risers like an otherworldly choir, the work. Awards range from grants for begin- movers and shakers of contemporary cul- ning and mid-career artists to recognition ture who would present the various awards for a lifetime’s body of work. Among them and dispense piquant comments included are specific grants, such as the Charles Ives composer Stephen Sondheim, cartoonist Opera Prize for the best new American

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favorite songs live in concert. Pinchuk exhibits McCartney’s artwork McCartney... Throughout the evening, Mr. McCartney (Continued from page 1) played such well-known Beatles songs as by Danylo Peleschuk for bold, bright colors and abstract images, “All My Loving,” “Hey Jude,” underscored by themes of romance and bloc country; the first was his 2003 per- Kyiv Press Bureau formance in Moscow’s Red Square. “Yesterday,” “Let It Be” and the crowd tranquility. favorite, “Back in the USSR.” KYIV – In a unique partnership, The concert kicked off with a short film Mr. McCartney, who has no formal art During their peak, The Beatles were Ukrainian business tycoon and philanthro- education, began painting 20 years ago, and on The Beatles history, after which the frowned upon by officials in the Soviet pist Victor Pinchuk is showcasing Paul has since painted about 500 different crowd sang a cheerful birthday greeting Union, and were officially condemned McCartney’s artwork in his downtown pieces. for Mr. McCartney, who celebrated his Kyiv gallery in exchange for the free con- According to the Victor Pinchuk 66th birthday on June 18. As he took the by then-General Secretary Leonid cert the former Beatle played on Kyiv’s Foundation, the exhibition, much like Mr. stage, Mr. McCartney instantly appeased Brezhnev. Still, an entire generation of Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence McCartney’s concert, is intended to pro- the anxious and soaked crowd, yelling Eastern European fans was raised on Square) on June 14. mote unity and cultural appreciation in a “Pryvit, druzi!” (Greetings friends) and their music and saw McCartney’s per- The exhibition, titled “Paul McCartney consistently divided post-Soviet country. headed straight into his first song, the formance in Kyiv as a momentous event Paintings,” includes 41 of McCartney’s The exhibit will be on display through 1965 Beatles tune “Drive My Car.” in modern musical history. works, some of which are being shown July 13. The crowd reflected the for the first time. remarkable influence The Pinchuk, ranked rec- Beatles had on the former ently as the second Soviet republic; fans of all wealthiest person in ages and generations Ukraine, launched the packed the maidan with exhibition free of equal enthusiasm for Mr. charge in his gallery, McCartney’s performance. the PinchukArtCentre, “I think the older gener- on June 17. ations are relieved and Having shown his excited to finally see [Paul art in only seven gal- McCartney] play in their leries throughout the home country,” said Sergey past nine years, Mr. Miroshnikov, an 18-year- McCartney presented a old student who traveled rare, yet comprehen- from Kharkiv to see the sive mix of oil and concert. “But even the acrylic paintings creat- younger kids now are curi- ed between 1988 and ous and welcome the music 1999. Bearing titles that once was.” such as “Horse and The former Beatle’s per- Rider,” “Chocolate formance was broadcast Sunset” and “Red live to a handful of major Lady,” most of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation Ukrainian cities, including Lviv, Odesa, Dnipropet- works display Mr. “Horse and Rider,” a painting by Paul McCartney on rovsk and Donetsk, where McCartney’s affinity view at the PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv. fans across the country gathered to watch him per- form on screens in their respective downtown dis- tricts. The event was spon- sored by Ukrainian busi- ness tycoon Victor Pinchuk, who, in exchange for Mr. McCartney’s free concert, will show the Victor Pinchuk Foundation musician’s artwork in his Sir Paul McCartney urges the rain-soaked crowd downtown Kyiv gallery, in to sing along during his two-hour performance on PinchuArtCentre, for the Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosty (Independence next month. Square). Though free to the pub- lic, the concert was a chari- Waving a giant Ukrainian flag and ty event to support the children’s depart- uttering a few more admirably pro- ment of Ukraine’s National Cancer nounced phrases in Ukrainian, Mr. Institute; donations were sought from the McCartney elicited a roaring response country’s business community and oth- from the elated crowd, some of whom ers. The Associated Press reported that as were clad in ponchos, others simply in T- of June 16 some $600,000 (U.S.) had shirts. been raised and more donations were Charged with his famous youthful expected. energy, Mr. McCartney dazzled the Maidan with a mix of Beatles, Wings Danylo Peleschuk, a journalism stu- and his own solo songs – all of which dent at Northeastern University in seemed remarkably familiar to fans who Boston, is The Ukrainian Weekly’s sum- had for so long been unable to hear their mer intern at the Kyiv Press Bureau.

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session focused on nominations and elec- UNWLA’s... tions of national board officers and the (Continued from page 1) auditors. Ulana Zinych presented the College at Oxford University, which she report of the Nomination Committee and attended as a Rhodes Scholar, is the introduced the nominees. author of “Sale of a Century: The Inside All nominees were approved by a Story of the Second Russian Revolution” unanimous voice vote. (See “UNWLA’s (2000), which details Russia’s journey new leadership” below.) from communism to capitalism. Saturday night’s convention banquet Ms. Freeland spoke on “What It began with a cocktail reception. Means To Be Ukrainian in a Post- Convention Chair Macielinski formally opened the program with a brief wel- Independence Diaspora.” Her presenta- coming speech and introduced the master tion included autobiographical anec- of ceremonies Mrs. Hewko. dotes, which served as a backdrop for a Mrs. Hewko introduced Honorary career path that took her from her child- President Kurowyckyj, reciting the high- hood home in Alberta, Canada, to distant lights of her distinguished accomplish- corners of the world as her journalism ments as UNWLA president, as the first career evolved. Ukrainian president of the National Ms. Freeland posed a question that is Council of Women/U.S.A., and as a relevant to all diaspora Ukrainian parents strong community leader. In her farewell – “Why are we doing this?” – which address, the honorary president formally springs from the recognition that today’s thanked each member of her administra- independent Ukraine is sometimes for- tion and introduced her successor, Ms. eign to the diaspora. Ms. Freeland point- Zajac, praising her diverse accomplish- ed out that knowledge about Ukraine ments as branch president, regional helps give diaspora Ukrainians a secure council president and national vice-presi- identity and provides a sense of commu- dent. nity. Moreover, changes in the global The newly elected president spoke economy will make those raised with about her vision for the UNWLA and her two cultures and two languages even enthusiasm for the challenges and oppor- more valuable. tunities that lie ahead. She then introduced She also suggested ways diaspora each newly elected member of the nation- Ukrainians can help Ukraine establish its al board and executive committee, asking identity by serving as Ukraine’s bridge to that they join her at the front of the ban- the world. But, she cautioned, “We have quet hall. Collectively, the new UNWLA to approach the role of being that bridge leaders pledged their loyalty to the organi- with modesty.” zation as Honorary President Krawczuk The following day, May 24, the con- administered the oath of office. vention opened with the traditional cere- After an invocation by Archbishop monial processional. Members of the Oleksandr of the Ukrainian Orthodox UNWLA executive committee and Church – Kyiv Patriarchate, dinner was national board, the liaison for branches- served. Various dignitaries were invited at-large, and presidents of the UNWLA’s The UNWLA’s parliamentarian, Dr. Oxana Xenos, addresses the convention. to the podium and presented congratula- regional councils were introduced by tory messages to the UNWLA and its Convention Committee Chair Anna assembled in the UNWLA prayer; atten- sion proceedings (with Daria Lissy and past and present leadership. Macielinski and assembled at the front of dees then sang the Ukrainian and Olga Liskiwskyi as alternates). Dr. Oleh Shamshur, Ukraine’s ambas- the hall. The latter carried embroidered American national anthems, and The first speaker, UNWLA President sador to the United States, noted his gov- rushnyky representing various regions of UNWLA members sang the UNWLA Kurowyckyj, touched on issues affecting ernment’s appreciation for the UNWLA’s Ukraine and symbolizing the conven- hymn. the UNWLA, specifically ongoing and swift and generous responses during tion’s theme of unity. The opening ceremonies culminated unresolved projects and programs, numerous crises in Ukraine and stated The traditional candle-lighting cere- with a solemn observance of the Great including a translation of Valentyna that he was looking forward to working mony at the UNWLA’s Tree of Life fol- Famine. Lights were dimmed as Borysenko’s book about the Holodomor, with the UNWLA’s new president and lowed, with the first candle lit by Holodomor survivor Olena Liskiwskyi an official history of the UNWLA (which her administration. He presented Mrs. President Kurowyckyj on behalf of the entered the hall with the Holodomor is being prepared by Natalia Gawdiak), Kurowyckyj with a citation for her work entire UNWLA membership, and the torch. Convention committee members and the Marusia Beck Fund for in Ukraine and for activities related to second candle lit by Honorary President lit candles from the torch, passing the Chornobyl. disseminating true and accurate informa- Anna Krawczuk on behalf of all hon- flame to all of those attending as a sym- Mrs. Kurowyckyj also noted that the tion about Ukraine’s Great Famine. orary members. After each regional bol of unified remembrance as the UNWLA’s share of the funds raised at Dr. Lozynskyj presented formal greet- council representative and the liaison for UNWLA president briefly related a his- the Washington banquet honoring ings and thanked UNWLA members for branches-at-large lit their candles, Mrs. tory of the Famine years and the endeav- President Viktor Yushchenko would be their long history of cooperation with the Kurowyckyj invited two special guests to ors of the UNWLA to let the world know disbursed to two Ph.D. students from UWC. light the remaining candles: Maria what was happening in their ancestral Kharkiv for studies in Ukrainian disci- Ms. Szkambara of the WFUWO pre- Szkambara, president of the World homeland. Dr. Askold Lozynskyj, presi- plines. The president then thanked mem- sented greetings from her organization Federation of Ukrainian Women’s dent of the Ukrainian World Congress, bers of her administrative team for their and expressed her pride as a Canadian Organizations (WFUWO), and Larysa read excerpts from Vasyl Barka’s “The work and commitment. Ukrainian that the newly elected Darmochval, representing the Ukrainian Yellow Prince” (Zhovtyi Kniaz). Detailed reports were then presented UNWLA president was born in Canada. Women’s League (Soyuz Ukrainok) of As the convention’s business sessions by Treasurer Renata Zajac and Auditing She enthusiastically praised the scope of Ukraine. got under way, Lidia Bilous was elected Committee Chair Iwanna Ratych. the UNWLA’s projects and programs, Vice-President Oxana Farion led those to serve as moderator of the plenary ses- Breaking for lunch, guests and dele- especially those aimed at assisting gates enjoyed a tasty meal and some Ukraine and she noted the importance of entertainment. Master of ceremonies for the UNWLA’s endeavors to inform the UNWLA’s new leadership the event Olga Liskiwskyi introduced the world about Ukraine’s Great Famine. performers, which included singers Nina Ms. Darmochval, representing the • Executive Committee: President York), Recording Secretary Maria Wasylkewych and Maria Nazarenko, a Soyuz Ukrainok of Ukraine, thanked the Marianna Zajac (Branch 95, Central Andriyovych (Branch 125, New York). group of dancers performing a traditional UNWLA for welcoming her with New York), First Vice-President Ulana • Standing Committees: Education – spring dance (hahilka), and pianists warmth and collegiality. Zinych (Branch 108, New England), Christine Shwed (Branch 88, Maria Hardynskyj-Holian and Maria She read a congratulatory message Second Vice- President (Membership) Philadelphia), Arts and Museum – Lonchyna-Lisowsky. The luncheon con- from Lilia Hryhorovych Verkhovna Rada Anna Macielinski (Branch 96, Detroit, Zoriana Haftkowycz (Branch 86, New cluded with the presentation of citations national deputy and president of Soyuz Michigan), Third Vice-President Jersey), Scholarship Program – Maria to UNWLA members for 50 years (or Ukrainok of Ukraine, and she thanked (Culture) Sophia K. Hewryk (Branch 67, Polanskyj (Branch 98, New Jersey), more) of service. Mrs. Kurowyckyj for her role in bringing the International Council of Women to Philadelphia), Fourth Vice-President Archives – Olha Trytyak (Branch 86, During the afternoon plenary session Kyiv for its General Assembly. She then (Public Relations) Chrystyna Melnyk New Jersey), Health and Ecology – Mrs. Kurowyckyj presided over a hal- congratulated newly elected UNWLA (Branch 108, New England), Orysia N. Tresznewsky, M.D. (Branch lowed UNWLA tradition — bestowing President Zajac, presenting her with a Corresponding Secretary Ludmyla 54, Philadelphia), Social Welfare – Irena the title honorary member on UNWLA book from the first Ukrainian museum Hrabovsky (Branch 125, New York), Rudyk (Branch 83, New York), Auditing members who had distinguished them- Financial Secretary Roma Shuhan Committee – Oxana Farion (Branch 90, established to honor author and feminist selves in serving the organization. The (Branch 83, New York), Treasurer Nadia Philadelphia), chair; Maria Tomorug Natalia Kobrynska. six women honored were Natalia Cwiach (Branch 30, New York), Press (Branch 83, New York) and Renata Ihor Gawdiak, president of the Hewko, Olha Hnateyko, Oxana Farion, Secretary Lidia Slysz (Branch 64, New Zajac (Branch 95, Central New York), Ukrainian American Coordinating Iwanna Martynets, Martha York), Members-at-Large Vera N. members; Tatiana Rishko (Branch 92, Council, presented official greetings and Bohachevsky-Chomiak and Maria Kushnir (Branch 99, Central New York) New Jersey) and Halyna Keller (Branch thanked the UNWLA for its exemplary and Irene Steckiw (Branch 113, New 88, Philadelphia), alternates. Chymynec. The remaining portion of the plenary (Continued on page 13) No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 13

a crossroads in our relationship with representatives met to elect their liaison and discussed her work with authors UNWLA’s... Ukraine.” Our work for decades, she for the new three-year term. Ulana contributing articles to the magazine. (Continued from page 12) explained, focused on firefighting – Hlynsky was re-elected and will continue Presenters at the Social Welfare work on behalf of Ukraine and the responding to a succession of crises. to serve in this position on the new Seminar were Irene Rypczuk D’Alessio Ukrainian diaspora, and expressed his Today, we need to concentrate our efforts national board. and Oksana Lopatynsky, with each personal best wishes to the new adminis- in a different direction. Sunday’s luncheon program opened addressing different aspects of the theme tration in all future endeavors. Ms. Zajac also addressed the issue of with “Journey through Ukraine,” featur- “Caring for One Another: Developing a Mark Liss, councilman of Warren, changing diaspora demographics and ing songs and poetry recitations per- Volunteer Program” to assist frail, sick Mich., presented a resolution from the how they might affect UNWLA member- formed by the children of three and homebound UNWLA members. City of Warren, acknowledging the ship. She also emphasized that an e- preschools sponsored by UNWLA Ulana Kobzar, Art/Museum UNWLA and the Detroit Regional newsletter was a convenient and useful branches and students from Immaculate Committee chair, chose to develop her Council for their humanitarian efforts tool to disseminate information and Conception Ukrainian Catholic School in presentation around the theme of and service to the community. maintain ties to members. Warren. The program also featured songs Women’s History Month and emphasized Representing The Ukrainian Museum Continuing on the theme of member- performed by soloist Olga Yalovenko. the importance of recording the artistic in New York City, Olha Hnateyko ship, Renata Zajac discussed things she The master of ceremonies during the and cultural contributions made by thanked the UNWLA for its moral and had learned from conversations with her luncheon was Lydia Kazewych. Ukrainian women in our communities. contemporaries – women who are not The luncheon included another tradi- financial support of the museum. On Sunday evening, UNWLA mem- members of the UNWLA. There is, she tional feature of UNWLA conventions – Speaking on behalf of the board of bers and guests boarded three buses for a said, a perception about the UNWLA that the presentation of recognition awards to directors of New York Federal Credit tour of “Ukrainian Detroit,” ending with it is “my mother’s organization or my regional councils and branches for meri- Union, Irena Chaban presented formal dinner at the Ukrainian Cultural Center grandmother’s organization,” and noted torious service to the organization or for greetings and extended congratulations in Warren, where guests were treated to that it is up to UNWLA members to outstanding support for UNWLA pro- to the new UNWLA president. an excellent meal and a most entertain- change this perception. grams. A musical interlude featuring Oksana ing program, which featured a humorous The next speaker was Dr. Xenos, an Following this, Vice-President Krovytska, a soloist with the New York adaptation of Kotliarevsky’s “Natalka attorney and tax law specialist. She Hewryk announced the winners of the City Opera, followed. After a masterful Poltavka” with an interesting twist in a focused on IRS requirements and regula- Kovaliv Award for Literature. First prize rendition of Madame Butterfly’s intricate version created by Roma Dyhdalo and tions with respect to organizations with was awarded to Oksana Zabuzhko for aria, Ms. Krovytska performed songs by directed by Ruslana Proonko. Natalka is tax-exempt status, explaining the various “Notre Dame”; second prize went to Ukrainian composers Mykola Kolessa in the United States on a student visa, criteria the IRS uses before assigning this Vasyl Makhno for “Cornelia Street and Mykola Lysenko, dedicating the and her unwelcome suitor is a used-car status to any organization. Noting that Café.” songs to UNWLA members. salesman named Joe. Petro, Natalka’s the UNWLA’s history of compliance The afternoon was reserved for semi- An award ceremony honored Young long-lost love, unexpectedly shows up in with IRS criteria has been exemplary, she nars presented by chairs or members of Women Achievers. Presenting the America, courtesy of a Fulbright fellow- cautioned that continued vigilance was the UNWLA committees, vice-presidents awards were Dr. Iwanna Ratych and Dr. ship acquired with the assistance of imperative. She cited recent abuses and editors. Topics addressed during the Xenos, who was recognized as a Young Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak – a turn uncovered in other nonprofit organiza- Scholarship Seminar were presented by Woman Achiever at a previous conven- of events that elicited appreciative laugh- tions (even in such venerable organiza- Maria Polanskyj, who provided an tion. ter from the audience. tions and institutions as the Red Cross, overview of the program from its incep- The young women selected to receive Among the guests attending the dinner the United Way and the Smithsonian) and tion through 2007; Orysia Jacus, who the award were Olga Halaburda (a was U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, who repre- noted that, in light of these abuses, the spoke about program finances; Daria reporter at CBS station WFRV-TV since sents the 12th Congressional District in IRS has heightened its scrutiny of all Nowakiwska Lissy, who spoke about the Michigan and serves as co-chair of the 1994 and founder of Ukrainian Power charitable organizations. importance of endowment, memorial, Videos, Inc., which produces modern Congressional Ukrainian Caucus. The final speaker of the morning ple- and matching funds; Handzia Sawycka For his support of Ukraine and Ukrainian educational videos and other nary session was WFUWO President Mycak, who provided a history of the teaching tools), Adrianna Melnyk- Ukrainian Americans, he was awarded Szkambara. “Our purposes,” she stated, work of Dr. Theodozia Sawycka, pro- the Order of Merit, third degree, by Hankewycz (author of articles in various “are like yours. During the Soviet years, gram chair in 1971-1981; Mrs. publications, director of research and Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko; it was easy to work within the framework Krawczuk, who spoke about the work of the award was presented during the din- outreach of The Orange Circle), Natalie of these purposes. We could tell others the program during her years as program Anne Lissy (lawyer, scientific consult- ner by Ambassador Shamshur. about the repressions, Russification, the chair (1981-1993); and Luba The seminars continued on Monday ant, Ph.D. in molecular genetics), plight of Ukrainian women. We demon- Bilowchtchuk, who discussed the work Adrianna Daria Slyz (Ph.D. in astro- morning. The presenter at the Archive strated, talked with the press...and had accomplished during her tenure as pro- Seminar was Ms. Kushner, who provided physics, university lecturer in physics at the opportunity to represent Ukrainian gram chair (1993-2002). The program the University of Oxford), Solomia comprehensive advice on useful technol- women who could not represent them- recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. ogy and techniques UNWLA branches Soroka (internationally known violinist selves.” Since 1991, when Ukraine During the Press/Our Life Seminar, and chamber musician), Oksana could employ to preserve and store pho- became independent, we have found our- Ukrainian-language editor Ms. Chaban tographs, documents and memorabilia. Woloszczuk Andrushkiw (engineer, gen- selves in a new situation, she continued. spoke about the role of press chairs of eral manager of operations at Noble At the Culture Seminar, presenters “We could not do everything. We had to branch and regional councils and their Vera Andrushkiw and Ms. Farion spoke Metal Processing) and Christina pick and choose, just as the UNWLA has responsibility of sending reports about on the subject of culture and identity in a Korduba Zachar (physician, psychiatric done ... by focusing on the next genera- their activities to Our Life for publica- discussion that ranged from an overview director with Seque/Impact). All tion.” tion. English-language editor Tamara of the cultural contributions of succes- awardees have distinguished themselves At the end of the plenary session, pres- Stadnychenko provided a brief overview sive waves of Ukrainian immigrations to professionally and have been active idents of the branches-at-large or their of Our Life from the 1950s to the present members of their respective Ukrainian Ukrainian themes in contemporary litera- communities. ture to means of preserving ethnic identi- Nadia McConnell, president of the ty in diaspora communities. U.S.-Ukraine Foundation and a former Presenting the two-part Education Young Woman Achiever honored at a Seminar were Education Committee previous convention, offered her best Chair Christine Shwed and Pennsylvania wishes to the awardees, thanked Mrs. distinguished Educator Vera Bej. Part I, Kurowyckyj for her support of the U.S.- presented in English, focused on a Ukraine Foundation, and acknowledged Holodomor workbook the duo had devel- the “UNWLA’s pivotal role in Ukraine oped for inclusion in Pennsylvania’s high and within the Ukrainian diaspora.” school social studies curriculum; Part II, Sunday began with breakfast and presented in Ukrainian, focused on new divine liturgies (celebrated by Ukrainian pedagogical tools and theories that could Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox cler- be applied to enhance the instructional gy), after which guests and delegates activities at UNWLA preschools. again gathered for a new plenary session. At the Public Relations Seminar, pre- Outgoing Vice-President Farion spoke senters Christine Melnyk, Tetiana Rad about the responsibilities of UNWLA and Ludmilla Wussek spoke on the topic leadership, and Ms. Yaromovych, the of public relations and the Holodomor first official UNWLA liaison for mem- anniversary. bers-at-large, defined the liaison position Monday’s morning plenary session as a unifying mechanism for UNWLA began with a discussion of financial members who are not affiliated with a issues and continued with the proposal branch or a regional council. and adoption of resolutions of the 28th Outgoing Vice-President Marta UNWLA Convention. Danyluk spoke briefly about the organi- During the closing session, outgoing zational structure of the UNWLA and President Kurowyckyj delivered her invited Ms. Zajac to comment on the farewell address and newly elected question of membership and how she President Zajac highlighted her hopes for plans to address this issue as president of the future of the organization. After an the UNWLA. open forum, during which those attend- The newly elected president spoke Three women’s leaders (from left): the UNWLA’s outgoing president, Iryna ing posed questions and offered com- about revisiting the UNWLA’s vision, Kurowyckyj, Larysa Darmochval of the Ukrainian Women’s League of Ukraine ments and suggestions, the convention emphasizing, in particular that we are “at and Marianna Zajac, the UNWLA’s newly elected president. was formally adjourned. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 No. 25 Plast members gather in Ohio for annual spring camporee by Tatiana Kuzmowycz Demian’s parents also attended the ceremony, as did the president of Plast MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio – Memorial USA, Petro Stawnychy and other mem- Day weekend brought Plast campers bers of the nationalexecutive board. from all over the United States to the Campers were then divided into the Pysanyji Kamin campground in groups in which they were going to be Middlefield, Ohio, for the annual spring competing througout the weekend. A camporee known as “Sviato Vesny.” competition led by the Chornomortsi fra- Campers came from as far away as New ternity followed, challenging campers to York, New Jersey, Connecticut, a variety of games and activities centered Massachusetts, Illinois and Michigan to on the “green” theme. spend a weekend competing in various Prior to the weekend, all of the Plast contests and enjoying the camaraderie of units were asked to prepare five-minute their peers. videos demonstrating how they try to Olena Borkowska, one of the chaper- abate their environmental impact. The ones for the weekend, said, “For some of winning videos were shown during an the younger campers, this was their first awards ceremony on Saturday night. The time at a new Plast campground. Trying group from Hartford won first place with new things and being out of your element their parody of the popular show, “The allows for personal growth – something Office.” Boston took second place with a that Plast advocates. I think the change of video depicting that city, and third place venue was welcomed by all who were went to the humorous short film prepared new to Pysanyi Kamin.” by the girls from Newark, N.J. The camporee, organized by the At the end of the day, campers were Lisovi Mavky sorority of young adult treated to a dance DJed by Danylo Plast members, kicked off on Saturday Prochko, a Plast member and profession- afternoon after the campers arrived by al radio DJ. plane, bus and car. Registration was On Sunday during liturgy Plast mem- organized by the Shostokryli sorority. bers commemorated the Famine- The theme of this year’s celebration was Genocide of 1932-1933 with a ceremony The Lisovi Mavky gather for a photo after the conclusion of “Sviato Vesny.” ecology to encourage Plast members to welcoming the International Holodomor be conscious of their personal impact on Remembrance Torch. The leaders of the weekend, Katria To encourage responsible environmental the global environment. Inspired by the Additionally, there was a memorial Kuzmowycz, head commander, Victoria practices, all attendees were given a theme of the weekend, Pysanyi Kamin, ceremony for Father Pavlo Hayda, during Baranetsky, commander, and Anya Nalgene bottle as a souvenir. the site of the camporee, provided which his family and other church mem- Maziak, scribe, declared the weekend a The first-place winners of the week- biodegradable plates and cups. bers dedicated a plaque in his honor to be success. end, based on the weekend’s competi- During the opening ceremony, Demian displayed at Pysanyi Kamin. “We were thrilled with the weather, as tions as well as the previously prepared Hryciw of Detroit was promoted to the The rest of the afternoon consisted of well as the creativity and energy that the videos the groups from Boston and rank of “Hetmanskyi skob.” Already an a sports competition led by the kids brought. We hope they take away Hartford, Conn. Second place was taken eagle scout, he was nominated for this Pobratymy fraternity and organized by some important ways that they can better by the Newark girls, and the Philadelphia honorary status. Presiding over the cere- the Spartanky sorority, at which campers our environment,” said Ms. Kuzmowycz. boys earned third place. mony was the president of the were challenged to conventional volley- Conference of Ukrainian Plast ball games, as well as creative challenges Organizations, Volodymyr Bazarko, and such as building rafts to float in the lake. Tatiana Kuzmowycz, of “Skobyn Kruh,” In the evening, a campfire led by the which unites Plast counselors of Kniahyni sorority showcased the creative “yunatstvo” (youths age 11-18). and musical talent of all of the campers.

The “yunaky” line up for opening ceremonies.

The International Holodomor Remembrance Torch next to a rendering of Kyiv’s monument to victims of the Famine-Genocide that was erected at the Pysanyi Katria Kuzmowycz Kamin campground. “Yunaky” and “yunachky” play volleyball during the sports tournament. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 15 Ukrainian American Youth Association holds annual “Zlet”

Participants of the 2008 “Zlet” in Ellenville, N.Y.

by Orest Kozicky Conn.; New York, Binghamton, Yonkers and Goshen, N.Y.; and Irvington, Jersey ELLENVILE, N.Y. – Over 280 youths City, Passaic and Whippany, N.J. participated in the 49th annual “Zlet” This year, in contrast to previous years competition and youth rally that was when one UAYA branch ran all of the organized by the Ukrainian American events, each branch of the UAYA organ- Youth Association (UAYA) on May 24- ized a single event. These events were 25 at the “Oselia-SUM” Youth Resort. coordinated by the combined leadership The competition offers Ukrainian from UAYA branches in Whippany and American youths between the ages of 4 Jersey City. Michael Koziupa of and 17 the opportunity to engage in indi- Whippany served as “kommandant,” and vidual and group academic and athletic Toma Pyz of Irvington served as competitions, as well as in poetry recita- “bunchuzhnyi.” tions, and group presentations that demon- The Irvington branch won first place strate their knowledge of Ukrainian histo- in overall points achieved, followed by ry and traditions, as well as their profi- the Jersey City and Philadelphia branch- ciency in the Ukrainian language. es. In the 6-12 age group, Paul Youths also compete in a talent contest Dobusniak of Hartford won the first with their UAYA-affiliated dance ensem- place trophy for most points earned indi- The Holodomor Remembrance Torch is passed from survivors to representatives bles and choral and drama groups. vidually. Christine Uzdejczyk of Hartford of the Ukrainian American Youth Association; from left are: the Rev. Bohdan Athletic events follow an Olympic for- won the trophy in the 13-17 age group. Danylo, Bishop John Bura, Toma Pyz, Michael Koziupa, Rostyslav Wasylenko, mat and include: running events, long On May 25 the International Nina Kovbasniuk, Olexandr Aleksadrovych, Zoriana Kovbasniuk, Andriy Olefirov jump, discus, shot put and relay races. Holodomor Remembrance Flame arrived (partially hidden) and Bohdan Movchan. Competitors age 6-12 participated in a at the UAYA resort as part of the 75th soccer tournament, while those age 13-17 anniversary of the Ukrainian Genocide of participated in a volleyball tournament. 1932-1933. The Holodomor, or death by Twelve UAYA branches participated starvation, killed as many as 10 million this year, including: Cleveland; Ukrainians, among them 3 million chil- Baltimore, Md., Philadelphia; Hartford, dren. This was the result of Soviet leader

Young athletes sprint to the finish line.

Joseph Stalin’s policies to break the Consul Bohdan Movchan. Ukrainian resistance to collectivization. Nina Kovbasniuk and Rostyslav On the occasion of the torch’s arrival, Wasylenko, two Holodomor survivors, Bishop John Bura of the Ukrainian shared their recollections of the atrocities Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, and suffered during the genocide. Mr. the Rev. Bohdan Danylo, rector of the Aleksandrovych reminded the gathered Ukrainian Catholic Seminary in Stamford, youth and leadership of the UAYA, along Conn., celebrated a liturgy and a requiem with parents, that the Holodomor must be service in memory of the victims. internationally recognized as an act of A commemorative program, led by genocide. Bohdan Harhaj, president of the national Concluding the program, Mr. executive board of the UAYA, included Wasylenko and Ms. Kovbasniuk initiated participation by Olexandr the passing of the torch from the Aleksandrovych, minister-counselor of youngest to the eldest members of the the Embassy of Ukraine to the United UAYA, finally resting the torch atop the States, and representatives of the UAYA resort’s memorial hill, which is a Consulate General of Ukraine in New place of honor dedicated to the heroes of Bishop John Bura officiates at the Holodomor memorial service. York, Consul Andriy Olefirov and Vice- Ukraine. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 No. 25 NEWSBRIEFS CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 2) itive and we will speak not only English, TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI, (973) 292-9800 x 3040 but Russian as well,” he said. (Ukrinform) or e-mail: [email protected] Tymoshenko leads in public support

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by Ukraine to enhance dialogue on the struc- NEWSBRIEFS ture of the country’s collective security after (Continued from page 16) NATO’s Bucharest summit. The parties NSDC secretary on Ukraine in EU praised intensification of inter-parliamentary interaction and the special role of the KYIV – The secretary of the National European Parliament in the context of open- Security and Defense Council (NSDC), ing the EU for Ukraine. (Ukrinform) Raisa Bohatyriova, said on June 13 that she Crimean Tatars react to Russians With deep sorrow we share with family and friends, that on May 31, is sure Ukraine will get associate status in the 2008, surrounded by all his children, European Union in September, she stated fol- KYIV – The chairman of the Crimean lowing a meeting with a European Tatar Mejlis (Council), Mustafa Jemilev, BORYS BODNAR Parliament delegation. The meeting partici- said on June 13 that he is indignant at the pants appreciated the new quality of the part- position of Russian-speaking people in passed away after a long illness, to join his beloved wife Dana nership between Ukraine and the EU, based Crimea with respect to its indigenous popu- (Paulauskas). on intensification of a negotiation process, lation, the Crimean Tatars. According to enhancement of market reforms and harmo- Mr. Jemilev, around 70 percent of the He was born August 6, 1924, in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, lived in nization of legislation with EU requirements, Russian-speaking residents of Crimea view Manchester, England, and then most of his life in South Boston, MA. she noted. Ms. Bohatyriova expressed confi- the deportation of the Crimean Tatars dur- dence that the new Ukraine-EU enhanced ing the second world war as right and justi- Borys is survived by: agreement, including the creation of a free fied. “This is real fascism,” Mr. Jemilev trade zone, will serve as a foundation for said. Those 70 percent of the Russian- relations with the EU. For their part, mem- speaking people in Crimea also called for daughters Lidia Cloherty with husband Michael bers of the European Parliament delegation returning the peninsula to Russia, Mr. Marta welcomed the efficient policy of the Jemilev said. However, he said there is no Brigit Ukrainian president and government regard- pro-Russian orientation among Crimean ing accession to the World Trade Tatars. “Only two or three [Crimean Tatars] sons Ihor with wife Susan Organization and discussed prospects for have a pro-Russian orientation. … But I Rostyslav "Ross" with wife Christine cooperation in the framework of this global stress again that there are few of them; 99 Oliver economic club. Member of the European percent of the Crimean Tatars dismiss this Parliament Joseph Daul noted efforts made idea,” Mr. Jemilev said. (Ukrinform) grandchildren Michael and Kristyna Cloherty Craig, Ann, and Susan Bodnar Natalie Bodnar

sister Olha Olinyk and family in Ivano Frankivsk

dear cousins Luba Janowycz and family in Cheshire MA. Radyk and wife Oksana Behota and family in Lviv, Ukraine

and many friends in the U.S., Canada, England and Ukraine.

A Divine Liturgy was said by Rev. Yaroslav Nalysnyk on June 7, 2008 at Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church in Boston, MA. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 No. 25 No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 19

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Soccer tained his first defeat in defense of his the silver medal in the +89 kg division at Ukrainian-born Ruslan Panteleymonov WBA title on May 31 against Panama’s the Karate/Kobudo World Cup. won the all-around title during his first • Valentyn Khoudin, head coach of Anselmo Moreno (22-1-1, 8 KO). And, official competition for the United Azeri team FC Inter, on May 30 bacame in first place was Wladimir Klitschko Mountain climbing Kingdom. Dmitri Girenko won the gold the first foreign coach to win the (50-3, 44 KO), the IBF-IBO-WBO super On May 27 a team of mountain medal in the still rings, while Artyom Azerbaijani Football Championship. heavyweight champion of the world. climbers from the Donetsk Oblast plant- Lyubanevich won the silver medal in the Previously, Khoudin worked with FC high bar event. Australian rules football ed the flags of Ukraine, the Donetsk Karpaty and FC Kryvbas. Oblast and Ukraine’s coal mining cities • Borys Shakhlin, a multiple European • Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Dynamo Australian rules footballer Alex atop Mount Everest. and world champion who competed dur- Kyiv 2-0 at Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv Jesalusko, who is of Ukrainian descent, ing the 1950s and 1960s, died in Kyiv, on May 7 to win the 2007-2008 was inducted on May 8 into the Pentathlon Ukraine, on May 30 at the age of 76. Ukrainian Cup. Oleksander Hladky Australian Football League (AFL) Hall Pavlo Tymoshenko scored 5,652 President Viktor Yushchenko offered scored in the 44th minute and Oleksiy of Fame as a legend of the AFL. condolences to the family and the ath- Hai scored in the 78th minute for points to win the silver medal at the Previously in 2002 he was inducted into Modern Pentathlon World Cup V, held in lete’s fans. Shakhlin, who was praised for Shakhtar. Five red cards were given dur- the Ukrainian Hall of Sports in Kyiv. his concentration and mental rehearsal, ing the game – two to Dynamo and three Kladno, Czech Republic, on May 8. Tymoshenko, who finished just 32 points won 13 Olympic medals, six of which to Shakhtar. Six yellow cards were given, Chess were gold, during his career. In 1958 he with Hladky getting two and two more behind the leader, scored 1,156 points in • Vasyl Ivanchuk of Ukraine won the won the all-around title at the world for Shakhtar, and two to Dynamo. The shooting, 904 points in fencing, 1,280 M-Tel Masters international chess tour- championships. At the 1960 summer high number of cards, according to sports points in swimming, 1,172 points in nament in Sofia, Bulgaria, held on May Olympics in Rome Shakhlin was the only analysts, was due to several misjudg- horse riding, and 1,140 points in running. 16-18. Ivanchuk scored five wins, four athlete to win four gold medals; in addi- ments by referee Victor Shvestov. Tymoshenko holds second place in the draws and a final-round victory against tion, he won two silver medals and a Dynamo had more shots on goal with 13 World Cup point standings with 130 Ivan Cheparinov of Bulgaria. Veselin bronze medal. versus Shakhtar’s nine, and Shakhtar points. Topalov of Bulgaria, the reigning cham- • Anna Rizatdinova won the silver played an undisciplined game with 10 pion of the tournament since its inception Track and field medal in the combined events at the offside calls versus Dynamo’s one in 2005, finished in second. Rhythmic Gymnastics World offense. The International Federation of Mykyta Nesterenko, 17, finished in • Vasyl Ivanchuk defeated Championships in Torino, Italy, on June Football History and Statistics on June 3 third place in men’s discus throw at the Viswanathan Anand of India to win the 5-6. rated the best soccer clubs in the world IAAF World Athletics Tour/European 21st annual Magistral Ciudad de Leon and ranked Shakhtar Donetsk in 35th Athletics Premium Meeting in Tallinn, Gaming international rapid chess tournament in place and Dynamo Kyiv in 70th place. Estonia, on June 3. Leon, Spain, on June 1. It was the first Poker was declared an official sport in • Anatoliy Tymoshchuk refused an time during Anand’s career that he did Gymnastics Ukraine on May 11 by Diana Yurash on offer by FC Bayern Munich and instead not win the tournament. behalf of the Family, Youth and Sports elected to remain with his current club • Ukraine’s women’s team won eight • Yuriy Drozdovskij and Ruslan Minister of Ukraine. team, FC Zenit of St. Petersburg, Russia, medals at the seventh Stella Zakharova Ponomarev of Ukraine won first and sec- which defeated the Scottish club Rangers Cup international rhythmic gymnastics Weightlifting FC 2-0 on May 15 to win the UEFA Cup ond place, respectively, at the fourth competition held at the Kyiv Sports Ukraine’s men’s and women’s power- 2008. Tymoshchuk, 29, consented to sign annual Pivdenny Bank Cup international Palace on May 31-June 1. Marina lifting teams won the European a contract with FC Zenit for an annual chess tournament in Odesa, Ukraine, held Kostyuchenko won three gold medals in Championships held in Frydek-Mistek, salary of $3.5 million, making him the on May 30 through June 2. Drozdovskij vault, floor exercise and team competi- Czech Republic, on May 11. Ukrainian highest paid soccer player in the Russian improved to 2581, while Ponomarev improved to 2719. tion, the silver medal in the all-around Premier League. The Ukrainian midfield- and the bronze medal in the uneven bars. (Continued on page 26) er, who also plays for the Ukrainian Tennis National Team, said, “I did not forget where I was born and from what country • The World Tennis Association rated I descend. On the day of the UEFA Cup six Ukrainians among its top 100 com- finals in Manchester [England], my par- petitors. In singles: Olena Bondarenko ents brought me the flag of Ukraine and I (29th), Tetiana Perebyinis (63th), Maria tied it on my neck with pleasure after the Korytseva (68th), Kateryna Bondarenko victory.” On June 3 President Viktor (69th), Olha Savchuk (72th) and Yulia Yushchenko bestowed the soccer captain Vakulenko (82th). In doubles: Olena and with the title “Merited Worker of Kateryna Bondarenko ranked 15th and Physical Culture and Sports of Ukraine.” 16th, respectively, Perebyinis (37th), and • The Ukrainian National Futsal Korytseva (46th). (indoor soccer) Team defeated the Czech • Olena and Kateryna Bondarenko Republic 3-0 and advanced to the semifi- made it to the semifinals in women’s nals of the Fourth Grand Prix of Futsal doubles of the Roland Garros French held in Fortaleza, Brazil, on May 31 Open in Paris, France, on June 3. The sis- through June 9. Ukraine finished in third ters were defeated on June 4 by Casey place and lost to host country Brazil 5-1, Dellacqua of Australia and Francesca and defeated Paraguay 5-4. In the final Schiavone of Italy 6-2, 6-1. Brazil defeated Argentine 3-2. Shooting Boxing • Artur Aivazian set a new record in • Oleksander Frenkel, 23, knocked out the 50-meter MB-6 event at the World American Cory Phelps (12-4-1, 7 KO) in Cup in Milan, Italy, on May 27. the first round to win the IBF junior Aivazian’s score of 1275.5 beat the cruiserweight title in Beyreuth, Germany, Olympic record by 0.4 points. on May 17. Frenkel improved his record Martial arts to 15-0, 11 KO. • Wladimir Klitschko (50-3, 44 KO), • The men’s and women’s teams from the IBF, IBO and WBO super heavy- Ukraine tied the Georgian teams for the weight champion, will defend his titles bronze medal at the European Judo Super against Tony Thompson (31-1, 19 KO) of World Cup Team Championship in the United States on July 12 in Hamburg, Moscow on May 23-24. Russia’s men’s Germany. The last time Klitschko fought team and France’s women’s team fin- in Hamburg, where Klitchko ished in first place. Mongolia’s men’s Management Group is located, was on and women’s teams won second place. March 18, 2000. Brazil’s women’s team tied Ukraine for • Three Ukrainian boxers were named third place. by ESPN.com on May 30 among the top • The Ukrainian team won 23 medals ten best active fighters from the former to finish in third place at the European Soviet Union. In sixth place was WBO Sambo Youth Championship in Brest, junior middleweight champion Serhiy Belarus, on May 15-19. Top finishers Dzinziruk (35-0, 22 KO), a southpaw included Oleksander Derkach (under-81 who has won 35 consecutive fights. In kg), Mykyta Tyshchenko (70 kg), Oksana fourth place was bantamweight champi- Didenko (64 kg), Iryna Kindzerska on Wladimir Sidorenko (21-1-2, 7 KO), (over-75 kg). Ukraine also won four sil- dubbed “The Powerhouse” due to his ver and 15 bronze medals. seemingly unrelenting stamina, who sus- • Mykola Dubilyev of Ukraine won 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 No. 25 No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 21 Tryzub’s invitational soccer tournament attracts 163 teams HORSHAM, Pa. – Hundreds of soccer players con- On Saturday evening, a Soccer Moms verged on the Tryzub Ukrainian American Sports Center and Dads Appreciation Night was held during Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25, for the sev- in Tryzub’s clubhouse and the festival enth annual Ukrainian Nationals Invitational grove was lit with Tiki torches to pro- Tournament. Nearly half of the 163 participating teams vide a much-needed retreat for the tour- haled from the Lehigh Valley, central Pennsylvania, nament guests. northeast Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland, On Sunday, May 25, the finals were Delaware and New Jersey; there was one team from the held at Tryzub. Mr. Luciw, who Caribbean island of Bermuda. explained the significance of Ukraine’s Taras Kozak, president of the Ukrainian Nationals, national emblem, awarded trophies that explained that Tryzub’s goal of running the best soccer were elegantly shaped into a Tryzub, to tournament in the United States was demonstrated by each winning team. the turnout for this annual event. “We believe that we The Ukrainian Nationals’ teams won are on the right path to achieving this goal,” he added. three championships and reached the On behalf of Tryzub, Gene Luciw presented the finals nine additional times. Gombey Warriors U-14 girls’ team from Bermuda with “We are coming back next year and a Ukrainian Nationals pennant. In return, the young bringing more teams,” remarked the team presented the Ukrainian Nationals with a team jer- head-trainer for the teams from sey and a pennant from the Bermuda Soccer Federation. Bermuda. “This tournament gave us the Tournament play consisted of boys’ teams from best competition that we have ever had under-8 through under-19, and girls’ teams from U-9 anywhere – everything from the organi- Under-19 girls’ champions Philadelphia SC Coppa Force. through U-19. Games began on Friday evening under zation and officiating to the field condi- the lights of three of Tryzub’s seven home fields. The tions was outstanding.” and all of the volunteers from the depth of my heart,” he tournament resumed on Saturday at Tryzub’s fields and Dan Nysch, director for the tournament, described added. 13 additional pitches located at four nearby sites: the event as “awesome.” Forty more teams competed in Special thanks were expressed to Cheryl Mannato, Windlestrae Park and Zehr Fields in Montgomery 2008 than in the 2007 tournament. “When we gathered Tom Milewski, Joe Hosack, Marshall Miller, Donna Township, Pa., IPW in Warrington, Pa., and Turk Fields so many months ago to plan this event, we never dreamt Serratore, Tony Somma and Terry Simmons, whose in Doylestown, Pa. of these dimensions. I thank the tournament committee efforts were key to the tournament’s success. 2008 Tournament Results

Age Brackets Champions U19B UGH- Alemania U17B -Blue St.Thomas More Strickers U17B -White North Union United 90 U16B -Blue STN Soccer Royal Wolves U15B -Blue North Union United 92 U14B -Blue Lehigh Valley Magic U13B -Blue North Union United 94 U12B -Blue Pennsylvania Rush U11B -Blue Ukrainian Nationals Fighting Irish U11B -White Towanemincin Top Guns U10B -White 11x11 Lighthouse Shamrocks U10B -Blue 8x8 North Union United 97 U10B -White 8x8 YMS Dynamo U9B -Blue Southampton SA Sting Rays U9B -White Yardley Makefield Soccer U8B -Blue Upper Makefield Newtown SC U8B -White FC Revolution 200

U19G Philadelphia SC Coppa Force U16G -Blue Fox Chase Lightning U15G -Blue Lanco United 92 U14G -Blue Deep Run Valley Charge U13G -Blue Ukrainian Nationals Krush U12G -Blue Montgomery United Strykers U11G -Blue Lighthouse SC Royals U10G -Blue Lighthouse SC Fire U9G -Blue Council Rock United Tornados U9G -White Ukrainian Nationals Puddle Ducks

Turning the pages back... (Continued from page 6) Parliament was to vote to approve judges to the Constitutional Court. Ms. Tymoshenko said the blockading deputies turned the session hall into a “garbage dump, practically, with empty bottles, empty beer cans, scattered papers and ciga- rette butts all over the Rada.” “I want to turn to the Party of the Regions and tell them that this is the Verkhovna Rada, and you need to treat it with the appropriate level of culture and not turn it into a pig sty,” Ms. Tymoshenko said. Speculating on the duration of the blockade by the Party of the Regions, Ms. Tymoshenko said, “Considering that they’ve gotten used to eating in fancy restaurants, and now they’ll have to eat day and night at the Rada’s ros- trum, I don’t think they’ll last very long with this lifestyle.” Viktor Yanukovych, leader of the Party of the Regions, called off the blockade on July 5, 2006, after an agree- ment was reached between the coalition leaders and the opposition.

Source: “Party of the Regions blockade halts work of Verkhovna Rada,” by Zenon Zawada, The Ukrainian Weekly, July 2, 2006. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 No. 25 No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 23 Ukrainian Canadians pay tribute to contributions of John Yaremko by Ihor W. Bardyn accessible retrospective library materials relating to Ukrainian history, literature TORONTO – “I am pleased to be able language and culture through digitiza- to make these donations with a warm tion. heart and not cold hands,” were the The John and Myroslava Yaremko words spoken by John Yaremko on a Canada-Ukraine Lectureship in Ukraine sunny March day at West Park Health was initiated in the fall 2007 academic Center in Toronto. term at the National University of Kyiv The community representatives who Mohyla Academy by Stephen came to share tea and chocolate cake Velychenko, who taught there at the with the first Ukrainian Canadian elected political science department. Dr. to the Ontario Legislature represented the Velychenko is a fellow of the Chair of “Ukrainian Art Song Project” of the Ukrainian Studies and research associate Canadian Ukrainian Opera Association at the Munk Center, University of of Toronto, the Canada-Ukraine Parliam- Toronto. This visiting lectureship, gener- entary Internship Program for university ously funded by Mr. Yaremko, will allow students from Ukraine, and the Katedra Canadian Academics to teach non- Foundation’s John and Myroslava Ukrainian subjects, in English where Yaremko Canada-Ukraine Lectureship at possible, at Ukrainian universities. It is Ukraine’s universities. intended to give Ukrainian students Mr. Yaremko and his late spouse, knowledge of Canadian studies and to Myroslava, embarked on a philanthropic generate greater cooperation between path shortly after his retirement from the Canada and Ukraine on educational Ontario Legislature in 1975. In the issues. process they made important and sub- Prof. Natalia Atamanenko, head of the stantial gifts to Roy Thompson Hall, the Kyiv Mohyla Academy political science John Yaremko (sitting) is joined by (from left) William Sametz, Laryssa Hunka, Faculty of Music at the University of department, expressed her satisfaction William Zyla, Rose Sametz, Pavlo Hunka, Lucia Hicks, Oleksandr Hordienko and Toronto, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the with Dr. Velychenko’s course. She said Ihor Bardyn. Canadian Opera Company, the John and she is pleased that it can be given again, Myroslava Yaremko Forest on the and that the program of which it is a part Niagara Escarpment, Wilfred Laurier of will be expanded thanks to the gener- alleled. I will forever be honored to have Lysenko, Kyrylo Stetsenko, Yakiv University in Waterloo, the Shevchenko ous gift of Mr. Yaremko. received the Yaremko Scholarship. Stepovy and Borys Liatoshynsky are Foundation in Winnipeg, Bellwoods The Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary During my internship in the House of among the masters who wrote in this par- Centers for Community Living in Internship Program for university stu- Commons, I discovered that Mr. ticular genre and whose works will be Toronto, and the Royal Ontario Museum. dents from Ukraine received a donation Yaremko received The Officers Cross of represented in this comprehensive More recently, with an endowment of of $100,000. The 2007 John and the Order of Hungary, the highest award anthology. $600,000 the John and Mary Yaremko Myroslava Yaremko Scholarship recipi- that a non-Hungarian can receive from Opera Star Pavlo Hunka accepted the Program on Multiculturalism and Human ent was Oksana Kleutina, a student at the the Republic of Hungary.” initial donation of $25,000 for the Art Rights was established at the Faculty of National Aviation University of Kyiv. On The Ukrainian Art Song Project Song Project. He said: “Mr. Yaremko, Law of University of Toronto. In receiving the news in Kyiv, Ms. Kleutina received an initial donation of $25,000. your generosity has helped the Ukrainian February of this year, to meet the needs said, “I am honored to be the 2007 John The Art Song Project’s goal is to leave a Art Song Project to take a giant step for- of St. Volodymyr Cathedral in Toronto, and Myroslava Yaremko Scholarship legacy of masterfully written Ukrainian ward and to come closer to our goal of the St. Volodymyr Foundation of Toronto recipient in the Canadian Parliament. art songs that have never been heard received a gift of $215,000, while the During my internship, I researched Mr. before. Composers such as Mykola (Continued on page 26) Yaremko’s Georgian style home was gift- Yaremko’s history as Cabinet Minister in ed to St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox the Ontario government. Mr. Yaremko’s Cathedral to serve as a parish residence. vision and dedication to Ukraine, to his On April 3 Mr. Yaremko made an impor- home province of Ontario and his sup- tant pledge of $50,000 to the John port of multiculturalism and the multicul- Robarts Library at the University of tural communities of Hungarian, Italian, Toronto to preserve and make broadly Baltic and Ukrainian Canadians is unpar-

Ukraine represented at U.N.’s International Fashion Show

Ukrainian participants of the International Fashion Show at the United Nations.

by Marta Kokolskyj Headquarters in New York City on April 25, as part of the annual Staff Day cele- UNITED NATIONS – Thanks to the brations, which incorporated the U.N. permanent representative of Ukraine to 2008 Spring Festival. the United Nations, Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev, children of the diplomatic For the first time in Ukraine’s 63-year corps of Ukraine at the United Nations membership in the United Nations, and the Ukrainian diaspora participated Ukrainian children, dressed in authentic in the International Fashion Show during Ukrainian costumes, represented Ukraine the celebration of the U.N. Staff Day. to the U.N. audience. The event took place in the General The mistress of ceremonies, 2007 Assembly Hall at the United Nations Miss Universe and Japanese native Riyo Mori, introduced the children. Visibly Marta Kokolskyj is an adviser to the proud to represent independent Ukraine, Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the the children received a warm welcome United Nations. from the international audience. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 No. 25

my friends, my teachers and my many filled with reading assignments from the thus, any wrongs or differences with A journey with... acquaintances... But a free, safe world is works of Ivan Franko, Vasyl Stefanyk, other nations, the Poles in particular, had (Continued from page 7) now beckoning to me and, above all, it Lesia Ukrainka and, of course, Taras to be set aside. correspondence and documents in his promised a new life with my beloved, Shevchenko. These first steps in It was only years later that I learned desk would for years remain a vivid testi- even though by now somewhat Ukrainian studies were rewarded with an from one of his younger friends, Dr. mony to his untiring, persistent efforts. In estranged, father. What was our meeting occasional evening at the opera, an after- Stepan Woroch, that in Chortkiv, where late September 1950, to the amazement going to be like? I was no longer little, I noon at the museum, a Latin high mass we resided before the war, my father was of many of his colleagues who viewed was no longer the obedient girl that he with organ music that I loved and fre- an important political figure, that he was him as a dreamer and to the surprise of most likely remembered and, most quent trips to the cinema, where I would an inspiration, a model whose lifestyle importantly, I no longer spoke Ukrainian. some government officials who agreed – encounter Zara Leander and Marlena many young people wished to emulate. Would he understand why? What would not without skepticism – to lend a help- Dietrich. His honesty, fearlessness and good looks, he say? What would I say to him? as well as a deep, sonorous voice, helped ing hand in this rescue operation, my The spirited conversations with my As the train began to slow down, I politically savvy and very sociable uncle, to spread his popularity both in town and father’s hopes were realized. gazed again at the landscape outside the the Rev. Mykhailo Korzhan, and the hos- in the surrounding countryside. For many years afterwards, he spoke window. We were approaching our desti- pitality of our close neighbors in the cen- In later years I was amazed at the fondly of the many individuals who nation: Furth im Wald, a small town in a ter of Munich, the Bodnaruk and Prociuk depth and independence of his thought helped him in this endeavor. He was picturesque countryside of American- families in particular, also contributed to while analyzing international events or especially grateful for the invaluable controlled West Germany. In the distance the smooth process through which I discussing the intricate issues of government connections he was able to I saw a man walking toward the station. began to blend into a culture that in my Ukrainian internal politics. Regarding the establish through the intercession of the Even though he was still far away, a heart I always knew was my own, but latter he tried to instill in me an attitude rector of the Ukrainian Free University, thought flashed through my mind: could which mentally I could not as yet fully of strict impartiality even though he did Dr. Ivan Mirtchuk. He valued most high- it be my father? I wasn’t able to decipher embrace. not conceal his personal sympathies. ly an act of true Christian kindness on the the features on his face, but that special Finding it difficult during the week- What he considered most important was part of a Ukrainian priest, the Rev. Andrij tilt of the hat seemed so familiar. In fact, days to stay at home alone, I often an independent, unbiased search for Stasiuk, who was not afraid to take a it looked almost exactly like the hat that accompanied my father to his office at truth, irrespective of whether this process serious risk in order to save a child from was blown away by the wind more than the International Relief Organization would lead to the desired conclusions. the clutches of communism. six years earlier when we were crossing located on the outskirts of Munich. The These early lessons in objectivity were It was primarily thanks to the assis- the border between Poland and Slovakia. long hours in a very busy office were invaluable in my future academic career tance and moral support of these individ- With a sudden surge of confidence I usually devoted to my Ukrainian lessons. as a college professor and author. uals as well as my father’s resolute deci- smiled and spontaneously waved my The monotony of this experience, how- My father belonged to a well-read, sion to immerse himself in serious study hand through the open window. The man ever, would be frequently interrupted by highly imaginative, fearlessly honest at the above-named university that during slowed down his pace, looked intensely an interesting conversation during the generation, a generation whose ideals the years of waiting he was able to main- in my direction, then waved back and lunch hour with my father’s co-worker, and activities had been for more than half tain a balanced mind and an optimistic began to run toward the station... Jaroslav Skochylas, whose generous gifts a century systematically maligned by the disposition – qualities indispensable to Soviets and quite often misinterpreted or *** of books were even then deeply appreci- bring to a successful completion a seem- ated. Occasionally, a soft-spoken deliberately distorted in the West. It was ingly impossible task. What followed was long years of Ukrainian by the name of Stepan a generation brought up in accordance *** assimilation into two cultures. After a Chemych would drop into the office for a with the noblest Christian principles, a few weeks of typical teenage rebellious- brief chat. He would be greeted with generation open to other religions and Once again I found myself on a train ness and stubborn resistance, the process open arms and a vigorous handshake and cultures, but staunchly adhering to what but this time I was traveling alone. I was of my becoming a Ukrainian proved to often introduced affectionately to whoev- was essential in Ukrainian tradition. It a very mature 13 so no one among the be practically painless thanks to the pru- er was present as “my son.” was a generation brought up on the les- Sudetan Germans that occupied my com- dence, patience and perseverance of a Needless to say, my first reaction to sons learned from the Ukrainian struggle partment appeared to be overly surprised very intelligent father. What aided us a this introduction was that of a profound for independence two decades earlier, but that I was about to cross the Iron Curtain great deal during those inevitably awk- bewilderment, but my puzzled expression which in its own time was confronted unaccompanied by an adult. We passed ward first days of re-acquaintance was would soon disappear as I listened to the with political choices that were far more the Czechoslovak-German border at the happy coincidence that we found a serious discussion that followed. It difficult than the founders of the night without any unusual incidents. person we both greatly admired: the first focused almost exclusively on the impor- Ukrainian statehood had to face. It was a With the arrival of the new day I was the president of Czechoslovakia, Tomas G. tance of education in one’s life. It was generation that drew inspiration from the first to awake and as soon as my eyes Masaryk. Our conversations about not too difficult even for a 13-year-old to works of their contemporaries, in particu- were fully opened, I rushed to the win- Masaryk’s world outlook and politics realize that my father was more than just lar, the poetry of Yevhen Malaniuk, dow to greet the new world. Yes, I still would inspire me in later years to look a mentor to this young man who was, as Olena Teliha and Oleh Olzhych, being at grieved deeply for the lady in the red deeper into the ideological background so many of his youthful countrymen, the same time well acquainted with the bathing suit, for her loving mother, her that provided the basis for the political much in need of familial warmth and classics of world literature. kind-hearted sister and so very knowl- structure of a country that for a long time paternal advice. Whenever our paths In his retirement years my father edgeable and entertaining brother. I remained close to my heart. were to cross in the years to come, found great pleasure and satisfaction in grieved for a country that in the course of Soon after these initial steps of getting Stepan Chemych always spoke with reading or re-reading the works of Plato six long years I had grown to love, for to know each other, my days became affection and fondness of my father. and Marcus Aurelius. He devoted a great With the passage of time I became deal of attention to maintaining his phys- curious about my father’s background, ical health by practicing yoga in the early about his dreams and ideals. He spoke hours of the day and by taking long very little of himself adhering faithfully walks through the Catskills, which to the principle that one should never talk reminded him so much of his beloved about one’s own accomplishments. Carpathians. As I was passing from ado- Nevertheless, through my persistent lescence to adulthood, I tried to emulate questioning, I was able to learn that the him in many ways, always regretting that most memorable experience of his youth I did not have the fortune to inherit his was the day when he, together with two natural eloquence, his genuine modesty other students, was selected to deliver and his impeccable tact. official greetings on behalf of his gradu- *** ating class to Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky on the occasion of the My father passed away on March 13, prelate’s namesday. It was this wise, 2007, at the age of 95. The last years of saintly figure that he and, as I was soon his life were ravaged by a rapidly to learn, nearly all the members of my advancing Alzheimer’s. During occasion- father’s generation viewed with profound al periods of lucidity, I tried to aid him in respect and admiration. retrieving the lost pages of his memory In the course of our subsequent con- by retelling him stories of our long jour- versations I also learned that in his stu- neys together. He never joined in these dent days my father was a member of excursions into the past by adding a com- Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, ment or posing a question. Only an occa- that he subsequently became active in the sional glimmer in his eyes suggested that Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, in the deep recesses of his mind some that for his political activities in the late events did strike a familiar chord. 1930s he faced execution by the Polish He never said a word until one day I authorities... All of these stories were began to reminisce: “Do you remember related in an unemotional, matter-of-fact that dark summer day in central Slovakia manner, without the slightest attempt to when a lady suddenly appeared and impress by striking the pose of a hero or asked: ‘Give me this little girl…’ ” The that of a suffering martyr. Neither did I features on my father’s face suddenly ever hear an expression of hatred toward brightened, his eyes became luminous his tormentors in prison. He always made and to my amazement, in an accented but it very clear that the danger in our time perfect Slovak he completed the sentence emanated from Communist Russia and, “I will raise her as my own….” No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 25

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later, they were reunited and opened their Awarded degree Business couple lifestyle store in 1999, and were married. During the economic hardships of in veterinary medicine featured in NY Times post-9/11 New York, the article reports that Ms. Bokalo and Mr. Luba moved in WALLINGFORD, Pa. – Dr. Maria NEW YORK – Renata Bokalo and to the unfinished space above their store, Syska, on May 19 graduated from the Roman Luba, owners of Auto, a self-pro- University of Pennsylvania School of originally earmarked as an office. Today, claimed mini-department store in the the apartment, which was pictured in the Veterinary Medicine with the degree of meatpacking district of Manhattan, were Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris (VMD). article, is beautifully furnished with mer- featured in the June 8 edition of The New chandise the couple carry in their store. She also successfully completed the York Times. Penn Veterinary Medicine Business The couple has also extended Auto’s The husband and wife, both first-gen- Certificate Program. business to the Internet. A wide range of eration Ukrainian Americans, told The While attending Penn’s School of merchandise, from earrings to bedding, Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Syska was Times that they had met as children at an can be purchased online at named to the Dean’s List, and was also upstate Ukrainian summer camp. Years thisisauto.com. awarded a Possinger Dean’s Scholarship. Dr. Syska pursued her undergraduate education at Washington and Lee In 2007 Ms. Stadnyk completed an University in Lexington, Va., where she Receives two awards internship with the Associated Press in earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Belgium. After graduating in May 2007, biology, magna cum laude, in June 2004. for journalism studies she moved to Ukraine, where she is now She was also elected to membership in working as a journalist for the Kyiv Post. TORONTO – The Canadian Phi Beta Kappa. The Stephania Bubniuk Award in Foundation for Ukrainian Studies Starting in June, Dr. Syska will con- Dr. Maria Syska Journalism Studies was founded by the (CFUS) announced that Alexandra tinue her education by means of a small late Ms. Bubniuk, a well-known Stadnyk of Toronto is the 2008 recipient animal rotating internship at Animal sion trips to Nicaragua, as well as veteri- Ukrainian Canadian journalist and com- of both the Stephania Bubniuk Award in Medical Hospital in Charlotte, N.C. Her nary service work in Quinalt, Wash. munity activist. The Olga Wirsta Award Journalism Studies and the Olga Wirsta eventual professional plans are to prac- Dr. Syska is the daughter of William in Communications, Journalism and tice general small animal medicine. and Loressa Syska of West Chester, Pa., Award in Communications, Journalism Media Studies was founded in memory Dr. Syska also has a strong interest in and the granddaughter of Eva Uzych and and Media Studies. of Mrs. Wirsta of Toronto. performing service work, which, to date, the late Dr. Walter Uzych, and of Olga Alexandra Stadnyk is a recent gradu- Both awards were established to has encompassed several veterinary mis- Syska and the late Otto Syska. ate of the Master of Arts in Journalism encourage promising students in journal- Program at the University of Western ism, communications and media studies Ontario. Her interest in journalism was to pursue their goals and use their jour- sparked by Ukraine’s Orange Revolution nalistic skills to contribute to a better Young musicians of 2004-2005, when she was motivated understanding of the Ukrainian diaspora, to write about the events taking place in highlighting its communities’ histories, at Carnegie Hall Ukraine for the mass media in Waterloo, members and different aspects of their Ontario. life experiences. Students in radio, televi- NEW YORK – Two Ukrainian students As a journalism student, Ms. Stadnyk sion, and film journalism or in communi- were part of New York City Department of contributed to various local newspapers. cations and media studies are eligible to Education’s 50th anniversary Junior High She profiled Ukrainian American film- apply. The awards are administered by School “Salute to Music,” which took maker Damian Kolody, Ukrainian CFUS, and adjudication of the applica- place at the renowned Carnegie Hall’s Holodomor survivor Mykola Latyshko tions is made by the CFUS Awards Stern Auditorium on May 27. and the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, and Committee. The musical ensembles from Manhattan wrote articles about freedom of the press CFUS is a non-profit charitable organ- and Brooklyn that performed in the concert in Ukraine, as well as the country’s econ- ization dedicated to securing funds and comprised of middle school students who omy and business affairs. Ms. Stadnyk other resources that will promote the auditioned for positions in the borough- also prepared a radio report about the ini- growth and development of Ukrainian wide band, orchestra and chorus. tiative of the Help Us Help the Children studies in Canada in perpetuity. The Andriy Keeley, on clarinet, sitting in the project of the Children of Chornobyl work of CFUS is supported by the gen- concertmaster’s chair, was part of Canadian Fund to raise public awareness erosity of individuals through donations, Manhattan’s Borough-wide Band under the about the scourge of human trafficking. bequests and endowments. direction of Joseph Zoltowsky. Son of Anya Farion and Frank Keeley, he was born in New York City in 1995. He is cur- rently a seventh grade honor student at Robert Wagner Middle School (M.S. 167) Andriy Keeley on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where he is enrolled in one of the largest music pro- grams in the city. He is also studying clarinet privately with Andriy Milavskii, founder of the Cheres Musical Ensemble. Andriy is a member of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization and the Roma Pryma Bohachevska Dance School, and attends St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Church Sunday School on West 82nd Street in New York City. Dana Kurylyk, a soprano, performed at Carnegie Hall in the debut performance of the Brooklyn Chorus under the direction of David Gomez. Dana was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, in 1995. Together with her parents Victor and Mariya Kurylyk, she moved to New York in 2000. Now Dana is a seventh grade honor stu- dent at Mark Twain Intermediate School for the Gifted Children (drama talent) in Brooklyn. Olya Kuplowska, president of the Canadian Foundation of Ukrainian Studies, pres- Dana received her first music education Dana Kurylyk ents Alexandra Stadnyk the 2008 Stephania Bubniuk Award in Journalism and the at the Sunday School at St. Volodymyr 2008 Olga Wirsta Award in Communications, Journalism and Media Studies. Ukrainian Orthodox Church on West 82nd Street in New York City. Under the direc- Ukrainian thematic shows. Dana has also tion of Anastasia Antoniv and Elya been studying piano with Ms. “Notes on People” is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of members of the Romanyshyn, she learned the basics of Romanyshyn and participated in recitals Ukrainian National Association and the Ukrainian community. All submissions should be concise singing, poetry recitation and dance. She of the Ukrainian Musical Institute of due to space limitations and must include the person’s UNA branch number (if applicable). Items participated in numerous performances and America. will be published as soon as possible after their receipt. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 No. 25

In January Mr. Bordyuzha also Russia and Ukraine (www.newsru.com, Russia wants... announced an initiative to convene a top- Moscow insists... June 14). (Continued from page 2) level meeting of regional organizations, (Continued from page 2) Another context to this problem is that noted (Interfax, ITAR-Tass, June 7). including the CSTO, the CIS, the EEC, Pipeline Consortium, the intensity of it is not at all clear what sort of future On June 7 Andrei Belyaninov, head of the Organization for Security and tanker traffic is set to increase further Sevastopol would have after the with- the Russian Federal Customs Service, told Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the (Nezavisimoe Voennoe Obozrenie, drawal of the Russian fleet, since devel- Mr. Putin that the CIS nations had decided Shanghai Cooperation Organization September 14, 2007). The construction oping a trade port there makes little sense set up a joint committee to combat cus- (SCO). Meanwhile, the CSTO appeared industry in the Krasnodar region in the due to a lack of land transportation links. toms violations. Belyaninov conceded, struggling to convene a summit meeting coming years will be overloaded beyond NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop however, that Georgia and Turkmenistan of its own. capacity with the ambitious projects Scheffer confirmed that the alliance had had declined to join the committee. He On May 20 Mr. Bordyuzha briefed the around Sochi, which is preparing to host no plans for building a base in also said that the Federal Customs Service Russian president on preparations for the the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, so the Sevastopol (RIA-Novosti, June 12). prioritized efforts to create the customs CSTO summit. The CSTO prioritizes mil- navy cannot expect priority attention. Russia has taken a more pro-active union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan itary cooperation, including revival of the Knowing that there is no way to move course and promises to increase its (Interfax, RIA Novosti, June 7). military infrastructure around Russia and their heavy rear services, the admirals investments in the city infrastructure, The EEC member-states include creation of new bases, he told Mr. have taken a defiant stance, exemplified which is closely linked with supporting Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Medvedev. Mr. Bordyuzha claimed that by the statement of Admiral Vladimir the fleet (www.newsru.com, June 12). Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, while Armenia, the CSTO had successfully developed Vysotsky, commander of the Navy, who Public opinion in the Crimea is gener- Moldova and Ukraine have observer sta- coordination among member-states but suggested increasing the strength of the ally pro-Russian, as confirmed by the 1 tus. Moscow has a 40 percent authority in would not announce the dates of the Black Sea Fleet from 35 to 100 ships, as million signatures gathered on a petition EEC voting and financial rights; CSTO summit, which had been due in stipulated by the agreement with Ukraine to keep the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Belarus have Moscow in May or June this year (Rossiiskaya Gazeta, May 30). indefinitely (www.lenta.ru, June 9). Even 15 percent each, while Kyrgyzstan and (Interfax, RIA-Novosti, June 5). However, the dismal state of Russia’s more telling is a recent Gallup poll, Tajikistan have 7.5 percent. The CSTO summit delay apparently shipbuilding industry, now organized in a according to which 53 percent of In January the prime ministers of came as an indication that some member single state-owned holding company Ukrainians approve the policy of the Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed states remained skeptical about the chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Russian leadership and only 24 percent nine trade agreements, which represented group’s prospects. Notably, at a meeting Sechin, guarantees that such muscle- disapprove, which is a higher approval only nine of the 29 issues to be solved in with Russian President Medvedev in St. building would in the foreseeable future rating than in Belarus or Armenia order to create the new union. WTO- Petersburg on June 6, Uzbek President belong to the category of wishful think- (www.gallup.com, May 7). member Kyrgyzstan, as well as Tajikistan Islam Karimov suggested that the CSTO ing (Vedomosti, June 11). Deep splits in Ukraine’s political elite and Uzbekistan, however, remained reluc- and the EEC merge. The two groups have There is certainly far more to the and bitter animosity between President tant to join. overlapping agendas, and a merger would Sevastopol problem than the physical dif- Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia In the meantime, yet another Russia- allow them to achieve more significant ficulty of moving the fleet, and Russian Tymoshenko give Russian President dominated group, the CSTO, pledged to results, he said (Interfax, RIA Novosti, politicians, from Dmitri Rogozin to Yuri Medvedev space to play hardball and continue its military build-up. Russia was June 6). Luzhkov to Sergei Ivanov, have been assert himself as a true “defender” of strengthening its military presence in Mr. Karimov’s initiative did not come arguing passionately during the last cou- national interests. At the same time, the Central Asia, thus showing its responsible as a complete surprise because the CSTO, ple of months that there is not only no Kremlin tends to underestimate the suc- attitude toward its CSTO commitments, which includes Armenia, Belarus, place to relocate but also no need to cess of Ukrainian state-building, fantasiz- CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, abandon the base at Sevastopol. The ing about a break-up that might be trig- Bordyuzha announced on June 5. Russia Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, has overlap- main context for this “patriotic” contest gered by Crimea, as then President Putin was beefing up its military bases in ping membership with the CIS and the in scoring cheap points is the prospect of tried to insinuate at the NATO Bucharest Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Mr. Bordyuzha EEC. NATO enlargement that is portrayed as a summit (Kommersant, April 7). said, but conceded that the process was Therefore, the Kremlin is continuing to grave threat to Russia’s security The word “Sevastopol” resonates hampered by Uzbekistan’s reluctance to pursue its attempts to boost the interna- (Moscow Echo, June 13). strongly with Russia’s still uncertain allow Russian military transit (Interfax, tional standings of post-Soviet institutions. Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov, visit- identity, but attempts at exploiting this RIA-Novosti, June 5). Moscow appears to be struggling, howev- ing Sevastopol in May, argued that the effect covered by accusations about The CSTO has long been considering er, to prop up its client groupings, the EEC Russian-Ukrainian treaty should be Ukraine’s inability to engage in a “civi- the creation of its own peace-keeping and the CSTO, as important international scrapped; and the State Duma, always lized dialogue” are seriously irresponsi- forces. In May 2007 the CSTO indicated organizations. attuned to the moods in the Kremlin, has ble. Instead of achieving a demonstrable plans to form a joint army group in addi- approved a declaration that suggests that success, Mr. Medvedev might find him- tion to the existing CSTO fast deployment The article above is reprinted from if Ukraine secures a NATO Membership self trapped on a dead-end track, where forces. Mr. Bordyuzha has said that the Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission Action Plan, the treaty would become the losses could be far greater than the CSTO peacekeeping forces could become from its publisher, the Jamestown null and void (Rossiiskaya Gazeta, June costs of moving a couple of dozen rusty operational later this year. Foundation, www.jamestown.org. 5). Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, ships to an unprepared anchorage. visiting Sevastopol for the celebration of its 225th anniversary, said that he did not The article above is reprinted from GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE feel like a guest in “our city” and sug- Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission <> PUBLISHING gested that NATO membership would from its publisher, the Jamestown The world must learn the truth about the genocide in Ukraine. This book calls inevitably involve a visa regime between Foundation, www.jamestown.org. on all of us to remember our past and inform the world community of the his- tory of a great European nation. We dedicate this publication to the memory of those who sacrificed their lives for Ukraine’s freedom. May their memory be eternal! Project Website: www.uasp.ca. “Anyone, Currently book is on sale for $35.00 shipping included (USA only). Ukrainian Canadians... anywhere in the world will be able to Myron Luszczak (Continued from page 23) download the score of any of the art 215 S. Forest Ave releasing the complete art songs of songs, at no cost and in any key they Palatine, IL. 60074 Mykola Lysenko in 2009. Lysenko com- desire. Thus, we will be creating a world 847-359-0467 posed six hours of exquisite music which library of Ukrainian classical gems.” 847-373-9743 (cell) is now coming to the attention of the The philanthropic activity of Mr. [email protected] classical world. As a composer of art Yaremko and his late spouse, Myroslava, songs, he is at last taking his rightful will leave a legacy of great importance to place alongside other great composers the arts, community living, civil society such as Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, and education both in Canada and Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Debussy and Ukraine. 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was named third best lifter with 570.9 SPORTSLINE... points. (Continued from page 19) Cycling athletes won eight gold, eight silver and two bronze medals. Notably, Serhiy • Alla Boiko, 17, of Ternopil, Ukraine, won the silver medal at the European Pevnyev (under-100 kg) set a new world Mountain Bike Championship in record for bench press with 280 kg, Garmisch, Germany, on May 10. Pevnev and Oleksander Shepil were • Tetiana Stiashkina won the fourth leg named second and third best lifters in the of the Vuelta Ciclista a El Salvador held men’s division, with 607.1 points and on May 16-21. 581.5 points, respectively. In the women’s division, Tetyan Prymenchuk – compiled by Matthew Dubas No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008 27 OUT AND ABOUT

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