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Inside: • Russian envoy: Ukrainians, Russians ‘a single people’ – page 3. • Bust of Stalin installed at D-Day memorial – page 4. • An open letter to President Viktor Yanukovych – page 9.

ThePublished U by thekra Ukrainian Nationali Association n i a Inc., a n fraternal Wnon-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXVIII No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 $1/$2 in Ukraine Russian buyers snap up The first 100 days: No strategy prize assets in Ukraine in Yanukovych economic policy by Zenon Zawada by Zenon Zawada garchs, whose factories depend on Kyiv Press Bureau Kyiv Press Bureau Russian gas provided by the state monop- oly Gazprom. KYIV – Russian businessmen have The first 100 days: The Ukrainian Ukraine’s top industrial oligarch, Rinat launched attempts to acquire three large, Weekly examines the activity of the Akhmetov, is widely recognized to be strategic Ukrainian factories in the last Yanukovych administration in Ukraine’s among the biggest financers of the Party month through deals that have shut out cultural life, the economy, domestic poli- of Regions. Another industrial magnate, Ukrainian oligarchs, lacked basic Western cy and foreign affairs. This is the second Victor Pinchuk, indicated his support for standards of transparency and face lengthy article in the series. the Yanukovych administration when per- legal battles. sonally appearing at his victory celebra- The Russian incursion has the tacit KYIV – The administration of tion on February 7 to offer congratula- approval of the administration of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych inherited a tions. President Viktor Yanukovych, which is Ukrainian economy in shambles – a bud- Yet, the pact doesn’t affect the prices appeasing the Russian Federation govern- get deficit of $12.5 billion, or more than paid by the general public, Mr. Novak ment – sometimes at the expense of his 10 percent of the GDP, more than $214 said, since average consumers, who rely own oligarch backers and certainly at the million in wages owed to workers and a on natural gas to power their home stoves, expense of Ukrainian national interests, state debt exceeding $38 billion. use gas obtained from Ukraine’s own observers said. Yet, the new government hasn’t dem- underground deposits. Instead, their pric- Most of the deals are financed through onstrated any strategy to rescue the econ- es will increase, he said. loans offered by Russian omy, observers said. Instead, its first 100 Another oligarch who reportedly pro- VneshEkonomBank (VEB), the state- Kommersant days revealed an economic policy based vided significant financing for the owned bank controlled by Mr. Putin, who Volodymyr Boiko, chief executive officer on further enriching oligarchs and busi- Yanukovych presidential campaign, is the board chairman. of the Illich Mariupol Metallurgical ness clans that support the Party of Dmytro Firtash, allegedly gained his “The Kremlin is taking advantage of a Plant, said he was the target of a corpo- Regions of Ukraine (PRU), coupled with reward from the new administration on favorable climate in Ukraine to snap up rate raid by a rogue broker who teamed generous preferences given to the Russian June 8. prize assets with some success,” said Ivan up with Russian businessmen. Federation. The Stockholm Arbitrage Tribunal Lozowy, president of the Institute of “The government has no economic reportedly ruled in favor of his firm, Statehood and Democracy in Kyiv. first,” he added. strategy and is only concerned with the RosUkrEnergo, and required Naftohaz “This is being coordinated by the On June 15, Ukraine’s State Property present day,” said Andriy Novak, an Ukrainy, the state-owned natural gas Kremlin, which is taking a proactive Fund announced it sold control of the economist and author of the book, “How extractor and distributor, to give back 11 stance. All the top oligarchs have to be to Lift the Ukrainian Economy.” He billion cubic meters of gas that was con- vetted by VEB and cleared with Kremlin (Continued on page 20) added, “It’s working along the principle fiscated by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, plus 1.1 billion cubic that, while in government, we should do meters in compensation. as much as we can for our own financial- The precise ruling of the court’s ver- industrial groups.” Toronto research center launches dict wasn’t reported in the Ukrainian The best evidence of the government’s media. Ms. Tymoshenko said the approach is the Yanukovych-Medvedev Yanukovych administration intentionally ‘I am my brother’s keeper’ project pact agreed to in Kharkiv in April, which sabotaged Naftohaz’s defense in the secured discounted prices for natural gas by Oksana Zakydalsky Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter to the on behalf of Ukraine’s industrial oli- (Continued on page 22) UCRDC to start the new project. TORONTO – The Ukrainian Canadian The project will build on existing Research and Documentation Center research and cases that have already been (UCRDC) is launching a new project on documented in Ukraine, at Yad Vashem World War II in Ukraine whose goal is to in Jerusalem and at the Shoah Foundation identify and recognize Ukrainians who in Los Angeles, but will also conduct took great personal risks in hiding or oth- research to identify cases not known or erwise helping Jews to survive during the publicized to date. years of World War II. The UCRDC will focus on identifying This project was initiated by Leonid and documenting cases that have a Finberg of the Center for Studies of the Canadian connection. Orest Zakydalsky History and Culture of East European has been selected to work on the project; Jews, National University of Kyiv UCRDC archivist and contact with Mohyla Academy under the title “I am Leonid Finberg in Kyiv, Iroida my brother’s keeper.” It has the support Wynnyckyj, will oversee the Canadian of the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter project. Initiative (UJEI), a privately organized, Mr. Zakydalsky has already met with multinational organization whose goal is the editor of the Canadian Jewish News, to deepen scholarly and broader public which is publishing an appeal to persons interest in the breadth, complexity and who can provide information or names of diversity of Ukrainian-Jewish relations, persons involved in the rescue of Jews in with a view to the future. Ukraine during the second world war. Canadians, notably philanthropist The appeal is also appearing in Ukrainian Zenon Zawada James Temerty, are playing an important newspapers in Canada. role in the development and leadership of Readers who have any information The Yanukovych administration has demonstrated no strategy to improve the this project. Recently, Raya Shadursky regarding this subject are asked to contact Ukrainian economy and is interested only in enriching its own circle of industrial presented a check on behalf of the Mr. Zakydalsky at [email protected]. clans, said economist Andriy Novak, author of the book, “How to Lift the Ukrainian Economy.” 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 No. 25 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

Yanukovych’s reform plan: Party demands Zurabov’s recall in the fall,” Mr. Yekhanurov said in an inter- view published in the June 15 issue of the Will it convince the IMF? KYIV – The Ukrainian People’s Party newspaper Po-Kyivsky. “Our Ukraine lost demanded on June 16 that President Viktor the presidential and parliamentary elections by Pavel Korduban the IMF (www.liga.net, June 2). Yanukovych raise the issue of recalling because it failed to find the necessary slo- Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Eurasia Daily Monitor Ukraine wants the IMF to issue a new gans and programs that would be appealing two-and-a-half year loan, whose size is Zurabov and replacing him with “a better to all of Ukraine,” he said. “We had a lot of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych yet to be determined. It is expected to diplomat.” The reason for the demand was populist slogans, and, instead of Our launched his long-awaited reform pro- range from $12 billion to $20 billion, Mr. Zurabov’s statement that Russians and Ukraine’s consolidation with the Party of Ukrainians are a single nation. Party board gram with great fanfare, addressing the replacing the $16.4 billion stand-by loan Regions within a coalition and the forming member Stepan Khmara said, “The Russian nation and parliamentarians from the lav- from which almost $11 billion was of a government, we let the Communists ambassador denies the existence of the ish Soviet-style Ukraina Palace in central received in 2008-2009. Ukraine would come to power. The fact that they are at the [Ukrainian] language, culture and even the Kyiv on June 3. have defaulted without IMF financing helm now is Our Ukraine’s direct fault,” Ukrainian people. His statement is another The document, which details reform during the difficult year of 2009, when said Mr. Yekhanurov, who was a prime min- anti-Ukrainian provocation that offends the plans in the economic sector for state coffers were almost empty and ister and a defense minister during Viktor honor and dignity of every Ukrainian citi- 2010-2014, prepared with the help of the Russian gas prices grew. IMF money is Yushchenko’s presidency. (Interfax- zen.” He added, “If the leadership of the international consulting company no less needed because Azarov’s Cabinet Ukraine) Russian Federation doesn’t agree to resolve McKinsey, is designed primarily to fell into the same trap as its predecessors: impress the International Monetary Fund this scandal in a civilized way, the Security PRU denies plans to reformat coalition it refused to cut spending in 2010 for fear Service of Ukraine should declare Mr. (IMF), which the Yanukovych team asked of losing popularity, while revenues for KYIV – The Party of Regions on June 15 for multi-billion-dollar loans. However, Zurabov persona non grata and send him to the budget are still hard to collect in an Moscow.” (Ukrinform) rejected suggestions about reformating the the IMF doubts that it is ambitious economy that is only slowly emerging ruling coalition. PRU faction Chairman enough. from the financial crisis. The 15 percent Klitschko turns down mayoralty Oleksander Yefremov said that there is no Kyiv signaled that if it failed to con- decline in gross domestic product in 2009 such question on the agenda. “We have an vince the IMF, it would rely on financial will not be addressed soon as GDP is KYIV – Heavyweight boxing champion efficient coalition, we appreciate its work,” support from Moscow. expected to grow by no more than 4 per- Vitali Klitschko has turned down an offer by Mr. Yefremov said refuting statements by The plan provides for lowering the cent this year. President Viktor Yanukovych to become some politicians about the possible acces- state budget deficit from 5.3 percent in Vice Prime Minister Sergey Tigipko, mayor of Kyiv. The weekly Zerkalo Nedeli sion of the current opposition faction Our 2010 to 2 percent by 2014, while public said Mr. Klitschko, 38, cited his lack of a who is responsible for IMF loans in the Ukraine to the coalition and withdrawal of debt should be stabilized at 45 percent power base in the city. Without his own peo- Azarov Cabinet, admitted in an interview the Communist Party faction. “These are and inflation is expected to decline from ple he would be like “the queen of England” with ICTV on June 7 that Ukraine might provocative statements, and there is no 16 percent in 2009 to 5-6 percent by without any real influence, he was cited as fail to qualify for IMF loans. However, he ground for them,” Mr. Yefremov added. At 2014. In line with IMF requirements, the saying. “I could never carry out my plans said that “nothing dramatic will happen” the same time, he noted that the coalition is plan includes increasing the pension age. and reforms for the capital,” said Mr. in that case, other than the Finance not opposed to its enlargement with new Ukraine is scheduled to start repaying, Klitschko, who had once previously been a Ministry issuing more treasury bills and members of the opposition factions. He pre- beginning in August of this year, the candidate for mayor, said about the corrup- additional loans needing to be taken from dicts that the more stable the work of the multi-billion-dollar value-added tax debt tion in Kyiv’s administration. In April Mr. new government, “the more deputies would to exporters accumulated in 2008-2010, Russia. Klitschko founded a new party called the Russia has come to the rescue long be willing to support our majority.” which is one of the main hurdles to for- Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms (Ukrinform) eign investment. A new tax code, to be before the completion of talks with the (UDAR) and was elected chairman at the passed this year, aims to simplify taxation IMF, whose mission was scheduled to party’s constituent congress. (The Earth OU will not join coalition and bring it closer into line with European arrive in Kyiv on June 21. Consequently, Times) standards. The share of the public sector a final decision on loans will not be taken KYIV – The Our Ukraine party is not in the economy will diminish from 37 earlier than the middle of summer. Yekhanurov: we could join coalition going to join the current parliamentary coali- Ukraine has already received a $2 billion tion – which comprises the Party of Regions, percent to 20-25 percent. Talks on a free KYIV – The Our Ukraine-People’s Self- trade zone with the European Union are loan from the Russian state-controlled Bloc of Volodymyr Lytvyn Bloc and VTB bank. The deal was shrouded in Defense Bloc (OU-PSD) parliamentary fac- Communist Party – and is not holding any scheduled to be completed in 2012 (www. tion could join the parliamentary coalition in zn.ua/2000/2020/69596). Byzantine secrecy. negotiations on this issue, the head of the On June 10 several Russian and place of the Communists, said Yurii political council of Our Ukraine, Vira The plan can be summed up in three Yekhanurov, the head of the Kyiv branch of Ukrainian media outlets reported, citing Ulianchenko, said on June 16. She expressed key words: liberalization, deregulation the Our Ukraine party. “If we manage to anonymous sources, that VTB issued the confidence that the current efforts of all and Europeanization. come to an agreement within the OU-PSD loan for six months at the under-market members of the party should be directed Even Mr. Yanukovych’s critics agree faction on resuming real work, then we rate of 6.7 percent. VTB and the toward defending values fundamental for all that the plan is good, but there are doubts could bring up the issue of joining the coali- Ukrainian government neither confirmed about the seriousness of the government’s tion and removing the Communists from it (Continued on page 14) intentions. Former Finance Minister nor denied the reports. On June 11 Viktor Pynzenyk a liberal economist and Russian Ambassador Mikhail Zurabov fierce critic of both Prime Minister “conceded” that the loan “may have been Mykola Azarov’s Cabinet and their pre- issued” by VTB, but he refused to pro- FOUNDED 1933 decessors, suggested that the plan was vide any details (UNIAN, June 11). The THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY drafted only to coax the IMF into issuing loan is evidently aimed at temporarily An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., more loans. He pointed to discrepancies filling gaps in the budget in the absence of IMF loans. a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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WINDOW ON EURASIA Russians, Ukrainians ‘a single people,’ says Russian ambassador to Ukraine by Paul Goble demographic problems of Russia and well Russian historians and also of many Western historical accident.” Moreover, he says, “its know that the policy which was conducted specialists who rely on them. More impor- borders were defined by Stalin and regard- Russia’s ambassador in Kyiv says in those years of course cannot be called tantly, it helps to explain why so many ing Crimea, by Khrushchev.” Russians and Ukrainians “are not simply humane,” Mr. Zurabov continued. All the Russians find it difficult to view Ukrainians If Soviet leaders had not included within fraternal peoples – [they] are a single people. transformation measures of that period car- and Belarusians as separate nations. Ukraine the heavily Russian eastern district With their own nuances, with their own spe- ried out “in the interests of a particular Ambassador Zurabov appears to be one of of Ukraine and Crimea, the Krymskoye cial features but a single people.” It is a model of social development” resulted in them. Vremya writer notes, “Ukraine would have statement that reflects both Moscow’s hap- “enormous human losses.” Meanwhile, a commentary in Krymskoye a different president, a different prime min- piness with the new Ukrainian leadership Mr. Zurabov said that “Russia also suf- Vremya of June 14 both reflects and under- ister, a different minister of education and so and longstanding Russian views on Slavic fered terribly from this,” and consequently, cuts the argument that Mr. Zurabov made on and so forth.” Indeed, without its eastern ethnogenesis. he said, he “does not consider that this trag- because it takes the existence of Russians parts, “Ukraine would have a principally In an interview in “Izvestiya v Ukraine” edy was exclusively a Ukrainian one. It is a and Ukrainians as separate nations seriously different state policy.” on June 14, Ambassador Mikhail Zurabov common tragedy.” “And we always have but then suggests that the way they are inter- That has led some commentators, includ- said that he has reached that conclusion on supported this point of view” because “fam- twined in Crimea particularly will either ing Igor Radziyevsky in his May 27 article the basis of a long study of the demographic ine was not a selective policy.” It was direct- force the two states to cooperate – or in “Ukrainskaya Pravda,” to argue that the problems of Russia and particularly the fam- ed “not selectively” but at the entire people. Ukraine to collapse. only likely outcomes for Ukrainian develop- ine in the early 1930s that resulted in the And that conclusion led the Russian rep- In an essay provocatively titled “Crimea ment are either fragmentation or continued deaths of so many Russians and Ukrainians resentative to Ukraine to say that in his view, as a Trojan Horse,” the newspaper’s com- instability generated by tensions between (izvestia.com.ua/?/articles/2010/06/ Russians and Ukrainians “are not simply mentator Aleksander Mashchenko observes the two nations along with close ties to the 14/163217-19). fraternal peoples – we are a single people. that both “Russian patriots” and “Ukrainian Russian Federation. Asked whether the election of Viktor With their own nuances and with their own patriots” are wrong about Nikita According to Mr. Radziyevsky, “the Yanukovych had put an end to “discussions special features, but a single people Khrushchev’s decision to transfer Crimea crisis [in this regard] will reach its apogee [‘narod’].” It was one of the strongest state- on historical questions,” Mr. Zurabov said from the Russian RSFSR to the Ukrainian during the 2012 parliamentary elections” ments yet by a Russian official on the links that “everything that concerns the assess- SSR in 1954 (www.time4news.org/content/ because “the opposition will not accept between Ukraine and Russia. troyanskii-krym). ment of historical events which took place the official result and will accuse the On the one hand, this represents little The “Russian” patriots, he points out, in our recent past is an internal affair of powers that be of massive falsifications.” more than an indication of Moscow’s plea- regularly denounced the Soviet leader for Ukraine.” But Moscow greets Mr. That will “paralyze” the country, and sure with Kyiv’s new approach. But on the what they say was “an illegal, voluntarist Yanukovych’s statement that the Famine Kyiv will be compelled to use force. other, and despite the fact that Mr. Zurabov decision,” which since 1991 has left “hun- was “a common tragedy” of Russia and “The only thing that can save Ukraine was careful to use the Russian word “narod” dreds of thousands of Crimeans” citizens of Ukraine. rather than “natsiya,” much as the Soviets Ukraine, “a state which is often hostile to from a terrible civil war and absolute col- “I have spent a great deal of time on the did with “Sovietskyi narod,” Mr. Zurabov’s their historical motherland Russia.” lapse,” Mr. Radziyevsky suggested in his comments highlight Moscow’s views on the “Ukrainian patriots,” on the other hand, article, is “a division” along national Paul Goble is a long-time specialist origins of the Slavic nations. praise Khrushchev’s action as “a uniquely lines, the borders of which will be “the on ethnic and religious questions in While Western specialists on the ethno- correct decision which in fact saved Crimea two-color map of the electoral division Eurasia who has served in various genesis of the Russians, Ukrainians and and the Crimeans” from disappearing as dis- [of Ukraine] in the presidential elections capacities in the U.S. State Department, Belarusians generally argue that the three tinct entities, a fate that “Ukrainian patriots” of 2010.” the Central Intelligence Agency and the emerged at roughly the same time from East are certain would have awaited all the resi- If that were to happen, Mr. International Broadcasting Bureau, as Slavic tribes but consolidated differently dents of the peninsula. Mashchenko says, “Crimea as a Russian well as at the Voice of America and because of the very different history of state- Both are wrong, Mr. Mashchenko argues, enclave would turn out to be a slow-act- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and hood in the three, many Russian writers take because each refuses to recognize some key ing mine placed under Ukrainian state- the Carnegie Endowment for a different view. facts of history and life. The latter do not see hood by Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev.” International Peace. He has also been Arguing that Kyiv is “the mother of that Crimea is part of Ukraine only in the Or, he writes, “using the ancient phraseol- director of research and publications at Russian cities” because it was there that same way that some of its other oblasts are, ogy which is always justified in the the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Vladimir (Volodymyr) accepted Christianity, and the former refuse to recognize that Tauride, a Trojan horse, given by Russia vice-dean for the social sciences and these Russian writers have argued that Khrushchev’s gift of Crimea to Ukraine was to its ambitious southeastern neighbor.” humanities at Audentes University in Russian ethnogenesis was the mainstream in fact “a Trojan horse” against the But even if Ukraine does not collapse, Tallinn and a senior research associate and that the Ukrainian and Belarusian Ukrainians. Khrushchev’s action in 1954 will play a at the EuroCollege of the University of nations were byproducts of this develop- “It is no secret for anyone,” he continues, role: “Having given Crimea, Khrushchev Tartu in Estonia. Mr. Goble writes a blog ment rather than having independent roots. “that Ukrainian independence was the result ‘tied’ Ukraine to Russia forever – or in any called “Window on Eurasia” (http://win- Even though the available ethnogenetic of a palace coup inside the Soviet political case as along as out peninsula will remain dowoneurasia.blogspot.com/). This arti- evidence points in a different direction, that elite and that the contemporary Ukrainian a part of Ukraine,” something he suggests cle above is reprinted with permission. view lies behind the interpretation of many state was created not as a result of an inter- “Russian patriots” should think about nal spiritual movement, but as a result of a before they condemn the Soviet leader. Ukrainian sues Yanukovych Oleksander Motsyk appointed over statement on Famine as Ukraine’s ambassador to U.S. RFE/RL According to Mr. Karmazin, denying the KYIV – President Viktor Famine took place is illegal. President Yanukovych on June 11 signed a KYIV – A court in Kyiv on June 15 was Yanukovych did not deny the Famine, but to start hearing a lawsuit against President decree appointing Oleksander Motsyk he said it affected many nationalities and as Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Viktor Yanukovych for saying the famine ethnic groups, and therefore it was not fair that killed millions of Ukrainians in the States. to label it genocide. Mr. Motsyk served as Ukraine’s 1930s should not be considered genocide, A second member of the Parliamentary RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service reported. ambassador to Poland from December Committee on Issues of Justice, Sviatoslav 2005 through May of this year. In May, Volodymyr Volosiuk is suing Mr. Oliinik, told RFE/RL that the case has no Yanukovych for a statement he made at the President Yanukovych dismissed Dr. chance of success. He predicted that Mr. Oleh Shamshur as Ukraine’s ambassa- Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Volosiuk would not be able to prove judi- dor to the United States. Europe (PACE) in April. The Ukrainian cially that his rights were abused. Ambassador Motsyk will be president said that “it is not fair to call the Mykola Zamkovenko, a former chairman Ukraine’s seventh ambassador to the Great Famine in Ukraine in 1932-1933 a of Kyiv’s Pechersk District Court, which is United States. He is a career diplomat genocide against the Ukrainian people.” hearing the case, told RFE/RL that it is nec- who held several high-level positions Mr. Volosiuk argues that Mr. Yanukovych essary to have adequate legal documentation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. wounded his personal honor and dignity, in order to state officially that the Famine He was born May 3, 1955, in the and the memory of the millions of was genocide. He added that President Rivne region of Ukraine. He graduated Ukrainians who died in the Famine. He Yanukovych was simply expressing his per- from Kyiv State University in 1981 wants the court to demand that Mr. sonal opinion, which he has the right to do. and then entered the diplomatic ser- Ambassador Oleksander Motsyk Yanukovych offer a public apology for his vice. He is married and has two daugh- statement in Strasbourg. Copyright 2010, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted ters. (1992-1995); and as representative of Yurii Karmazin, a member of Ukraine’s with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ He has served as Ukraine’s ambas- Ukraine to the Black Sea Economic Parliamentary Committee on Issues of Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, sador to Turkey (1997-2001); at the Cooperation (1999-2004). Justice, told RFE/RL that the Kyiv appeals Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org. (See Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the court had ruled that the Soviet leaders of the http://www.rferl.org/content/Ukrainian_ United Nations as second and first sec- Sources: Ukrinform, U.S.-Ukraine 1930s were responsible for the Famine that Sues_Yanukovych_Over_Famine_ retary, as well as counselor Business Council killed millions of people in Ukraine. Statement/2072294.html.) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 No. 25 Bust of Stalin at D-Day memorial elicits community outrage by Tyrssa Korduba honors American and Allied veterans The response that Stalin secured the person. It’s not just local Legionnaires, and alike. Eastern front for the Allies is nonsense.” some other local folks that get that impres- PARSIPPANY, N.J. – On June 1, just Nationally, the response was equally Additionally, The Ukrainian Weekly’s sion. People in other countries come to the days before the 66th anniversary of the negative. editorial of November 29, 2009, called for same conclusion.” landing of allied troops on the beaches of Before the bust was unveiled, the chair- a halt to “this ill-conceived and unfathom- Indeed, many have begun protesting Normandy, known as D-Day, the National man of the Victims of Communism able tribute to Stalin.” that message at the memorial park. On D-Day Memorial Foundation, dedicated a Memorial Foundation, Lee Edwards, stat- The Joint Baltic American National June 14, former foundation President bust of Joseph Stalin. The monument of ed, “A bust of Joseph Stalin has no place Committee (JBANC), an umbrella organi- McIntosh’s last day in the post, picketers the Soviet dictator, described in a 2009 in a memorial whose purpose is to salute zation representing the interests of showed their displeasure with signs that news advance by foundation president the brave soldiers who made D-Day a vital Estonian Americans, Latvian Americans read “Ho Ho Ho, Joe’s Gotta Go,” “Stalin William McIntosh as portraying Stalin’s victory in the crusade for freedom,” point- and Lithuanian Americans, issued a state- Murdered Millions” and “Take Down that “venomous energy — like a coiled snake ing out that “since the fall of the Soviet ment on its website, pointing out that “It is Stalin Bust,” reported Rex Bowman of ready to strike,” is displayed alongside Union, statues of Joseph Stalin have been embarrassing to have to explain to our The Roanoke Times on June 15. Although memorials to U.S. and Allied leaders such torn down all over Europe and even in the friends and colleagues overseas why a new president, who has not yet been as Theodore Roosevelt and Winston former Soviet Union itself. The world is Stalin’s bust has suddenly appeared in our named, will begin his or her term shortly, Churchill, as well as officers, regiments closer than ever before to a consensus on backyard when we have been applauding Mr. Bowman reported that the National and individual fallen soldiers who were the evils of communism and Stalin’s pri- the removal of Stalinist icons elsewhere.” D-Day Foundation remains firm to keep present at the invasion of Normandy. mary role in the worst crimes of the last The statement goes on to remind read- the bust in its current location. The installation of the bust has been century.” ers that Stalin is a villain who is responsi- Due to some issues concerning funding met with anger and outrage. According to Alex Storozynsky, president and execu- ble for the “deaths of tens of millions of for the memorial, the privately run memo- The Washington Times, a poll taken by the tive director of the Kosciuszko Foundation, innocent people, not only Russians, but rial park may be taken over by the National local Bedford paper, the Bedford Bulletin, an organization dedicated to cultural and individuals from many other nationalities,” Park Services, JBANC Managing Director indicated that 94.8 percent of the 429 resi- educational exchange between Poland and and that this includes, among others, the Karl Altau told The Weekly. He stated that dents who responded to the poll opposed the United States, wrote in the Huffington “millions that perished during the the National Park Service “has indicated the installation of a bust of Stalin at the Post back in 2009 that “this misguided Ukrainian famine during the 1930s.” The that if this were to happen, they would memorial. move will haunt millions of Ukrainians, statement concludes by saying that, in fact, scale back the mission to only explain the Local veteran Jim Morrison, a member Russians, Poles, Czechs, Hungarians, “Stalin’s bust has no place at the D-Day story of D-Day and not of the entire sec- of Bedford’s American Legion post and Jews, etc. whose families were massacred Memorial. Or anywhere else, for that mat- ond world war. This would mean that the former volunteer at the memorial park, by this Soviet tyrant. “ ter.” Stalin bust, and the others that aren’t was appalled by the inclusion of the bust And indeed it has. Although the bust does include a plaque directly related to D-Day would likely at the memorial. He told the local newspa- Upon hearing of the proposal to include which states: “In memory of the tens of come down.” per, “I’d like him [Mr. McIntosh] to a likeness of Stalin at the memorial park in millions who died under Stalin’s rule and Mr. Altau also indicated that “some remove and dismantle the Stalin bust.” Mr. 2009, the Ukrainian Congress Committee in tribute to all whose valor, fidelity, and members of Congress from Virginia, Morrison continued, saying, “Get it off, of America (UCCA) issued a statement, sacrifice denied him and his successors including Rep. Tom Perriello, who is from removed from the D-Day Memorial prop- which can be read in full in the December victory in the cold war,” many are not sat- the district that the memorial is located in, erty.” 20, 2009, issue of The Ukrainian Weekly. isfied. Mr. Morrison told the Bedford supports this idea.” Mr. Morrison told the paper that he It stated, in part, that Stalin’s inclusion in In the meantime, Mr. Altau, who has Bulletin that he doesn’t believe that the would like to see the bust melted down, the memorial park “is not only morally been active in the protests against the stat- plaque will be read often, as it is one of saying that the inclusion of the bust dis- reprehensible, but historically inaccurate. ue, encourages people to voice their opin- over 300 in the park. ion on the issue. He told The Weekly that John Barnhart of the Bedford Bulletin “JBANC looks forward to coordinating also pointed out in his editorial “Say ‘No’ closely with other national Central and to the Stalin Bust” that “When you put up Facebook group takes protest East European organizations in the U.S., a bust of someone on a pedestal, it creates against Stalin statue online the impression that you are honoring that (Continued on page 9)

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The protests in an e-mail interview with The Ukrainian against the bust of Stalin at the National Weekly, said “the line in the sand has D-Day Memorial have been taken to the always been and should always remain ACTION ITEM: Stalin statue in Virginia Internet. On the social networking web- that we don’t honor genocidal madmen The Ukrainian Congress Committee of come.shtml. For additional information site Facebook, Lara Chelak, a rising like we do our heroes. [They deserve] no America expressed its outrage back in readers may please contact the UCCA by senior at Columbia University in New aggrandizing public murals or statuary, December 2009, when it heard about phone at 212-228-6840 or by e-mail at York, set up a group for Facebook users for these are reserved for those whose plans to install a bust of Soviet dictator [email protected]. to come together and have their voices actions benefited society.” Joseph Stalin at the National D-Day heard on the issue. Ms. Chelak later The pages asks members to “invite Memorial in Bedford, Va. (A copy of our SAMPLE LETTER enlisted the help of Andrij Dobriansky, others who may help the cause; we can- letter can be found on the UCCA website The Honorable (Name) also of New York, as an administrator for not stand idle and let the world ignore his at www.ucca.org.) However, despite pro- U.S. House of Representatives the group. atrocities,” and is open to all members of tests from the UCCA, various ethnic Washington, D.C. 20515 The group, named “Josef Stalin Must Facebook. As of June 16, the group had organizations and veterans, the National Not Be Honored at the National D-Day over 2,500 members. D-Day Memorial Foundation went ahead Dear Representative (Name): Memorial,” allows users to post their Readers may join the group by search- with plans to place the bust at the memo- As a Ukrainian American, I am writing opinions and links to related websites and ing for it by name, then clicking on the rial, just in time for the 66th anniversary to you to express my outrage about the newspaper articles. Join This Group icon at the top of the of the World War II invasion of Stalin statue recently unveiled at the As co-administrator, Mr. Dobriansky, page. Normandy. National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, The bust of the Soviet Union’s wartime Va. To include the bust of this brutal leader was unveiled on June 6 to accom- Communist dictator in the pantheon of pany existing busts of U.S. Presidents World War II heroes, side by side with Voice your opinion Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. such leaders as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Truman and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, is not only an affront Karl Altau, managing director of the 801 Main St., #912 Winston Churchill. to every Ukrainian American, but also to Joint Baltic American National Lynchburg, VA 24504 The UCCA finds it incomprehensible millions of Americans who fought and Committee, encourages readers to that the Foundation could convince itself died in the name of freedom from oppres- express their feelings about the inclu- Ms. Kathleen Guzi that a bust of an enemy of democracy and sion. sion of the bust of Stalin at the National Administrator for Bedford County one of the worst dictators in history As your constituent, I urge you to take D-Day Memorial Park in Bedford, Va. 122 E. Main St. should be given a place of honor at the the lead in Congress by expressing indig- by writing letters to the following peo- Bedford, VA 24523 D-Day memorial. To have a bust of Stalin nation at the inclusion of the bust of ple and organizations. at this memorial is a slap in the face to Stalin at the National D-Day Memorial Mr. Charles Kolakowski the countless victims of Soviet oppression and urge its immediate removal. President Manager of Bedford City and an affront to those who risked their Moreover, it is my understanding that National D-Day Memorial 215 E. Main St. lives to defend the United States and the efforts are under way to have the National Foundation Bedford, VA 24523 world from the ravages of murderous dic- Park Service assume responsibility for P.O. Box 77 tators like Stalin. the memorial, and a feasibility study is Bedford, VA 24523 Bedford Bulletin The UCCA is asking its members and being conducted in this respect. A [email protected] friends to contact their respective mem- Memorial that includes a bust of Soviet Mr. John D. “Buck” Bradley bers of Congress to express their outrage dictator Stalin should never be part of the Chairman of the Board Roanoke Times and urge the bust’s removal from the National Park Service, which is supported National D-Day Memorial [email protected] National D-Day Memorial. by taxpayers’ dollars. Foundation Below is a sample letter to your con- Thank you for your attention to this President, Comprehensive Benefits, Lynchburg’s News & Advance gressional representative. Letters may be important matter. Inc. [email protected] sent electronically by logging on to: Sincerely, https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/wel- (Your name) No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 5

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Young UNA’ers

Leo Georges Parent, son of Tamara Victoria Anna Vorobets, daughter of Sztyk and Jacques Parent of Montreal, Ruslan and Sophiya Vorobets of Wayne, is a new member of UNA Branch 465. Gregory Rudnytzky and Michael Rudnytzky, sons of Nicholas and Christina N.J., is a new member of UNA Branch He was enrolled by his grandparents Rudnytzky of Jenkintown, Pa., are new members of UNA Branch 397. The broth- 777. She was enrolled by her grandpar- Yurko and Oksana Sztyk. ers were enrolled by their parents. ents Roman and Yaroslava Vorobets.

Alexander Peter Kucyk, son of David Benjamin Malaniak, son of Alexander And Larissa Kucyk of Smyrna, Ga., is a and Lisa Malaniak of Meridian, Ohio, is new member of UNA Branch 25. He was a new member of UNA Branch 360. He enrolled by his grandparents Lt. Col. The Platosz brothers, Alexander William (left) and Daniel Richard, sons of Bohdan was enrolled by his grandparents Bohdar (ret.) Stephan P. Hallick-Holutiak Jr. and and Patty Platosz of Wethersfield, Conn., are new members of UNA Branch 254. and Anna Malaniak. Ann M. Hallick-Holutiak. They were enrolled by their grandparents Richard and Olga Iwanik.

Addendum Michael Luciw, secretary of UNA Branch Do you have 339 and now of Branch 83 (into which Branch 339 was merged), should have been listed by the UNA among those honored at a young UNA’er, the 37th Convention for 25 or more years of service (“UNA recognizes longtime branch or potential secretaries,” May 30). Mr. Luciw has 35 years of service as a UNA branch secretary.

young UNA’er In the same listing of longtime branch secretaries, Nicholas Bobeczko of Branch 102 should have been recognized for 62 (not in your family? 60) years of service.

Also, the convention wrap-up story (“Convention hears good news about the UNA’s growth,” June 3) should have noted that the Secretaries Committee reported to Call the UNA Home Office, the convention during the Saturday session. 973-292-9800, Julia Teresa Conway, daughter of Chrystyna Teresa Fedorijczuk and Daniel Conway to find out how to enroll. of Philadelphia, is a new member of UNA Branch 162. She was signed up for separate Insure and be sure. policies by her grandparents Jurij and Jolanta Teresa Fedorijczuk, and by her great- grandmother Kataryna Jankowski. Julia’s siblings Natalka and Mykola (seen above Join the UNA! with their little sister) also are UNA members.

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NEWS AND VIEWS Th e Uk r a i n i a n We e k l y Stalin in Virginia Human rights thrown overboard? by Svyatoslav Karavansky Americans lead the world toward progress. “The mission of the National D-Day Memorial Foundation is to commemorate the How can one ignore human rights while valor, fidelity and sacrifice of Allied participants in the invasion of Normandy through How do democratic societies, nations, aspiring to cooperate with a state that hopes a broad array of public education initiatives. ... All programs have at their heart the and states differ from non-democratic ones? to modernize by means of the historically goal of making the lessons and legacy of D-Day accessible and meaningful for all Economically? Religiously? With respect to discredited standards of totalitarianism and generations, fostering understanding of and appreciation for the efforts of those who governance? Or with respect to human state terrorism? have served our nation well.” Those words appear on the foundation’s website (www. rights? President Obama expects Russia to help dday.org). It is a praiseworthy mission that, on the face of it, deserves support. Obviously, the core difference is their in the war against terror. But is that a rea- However, the National D-Day Memorial Foundation in the days leading up to com- attitude toward human rights. The disregard sonable expectation? memorations of the 66th anniversary of D-Day, unveiled a bust of Soviet dictator for human rights and liberties in non-demo- Contemporary Russia practices terror- Joseph Stalin at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va. Yes, you read that sen- cratic states is related to a whole slew of ism internally and externally. Recall the tence correctly. There is indeed a Stalin statue in Virginia. (But don’t look for photos negative consequences, such as armed con- killings of Anna Politkovskaya (on of the Stalin’s bust on the foundation website – you won’t find it there! You’ll have to flicts, revolutions, upheavals, world wars Vladimir Putin’s birthday!) and other look at http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/7/stalin-bust-has-virginia- and economic crises. journalists. Recall also the killing of the town-red-faced/?page=1 to see photos of the ignominious statue.) One can state without exaggeration that Chechnya Vice-President Zelimkhan Why did the foundation erect a bust of Stalin at the National D-Day Memorial in solving all of humanity’s problems must Yandarbiyev, the poisoning in London of Bedford, Va.? According to Dr. William McIntosh, who until very recently was the begin with human rights. They are the foun- the political émigré Alexander Litvinenko, foundation’s president, Stalin was crucial to the Allies’ victory in World War II. (For dation of a solid and lasting world order. the attempt to poison Ukraine’s Viktor more information see our editorial of November 29, 2009, in which we argued that the Amazingly, however, U.S. President Yushchenko in 2004, and the recent sus- tribute to Stalin, then still in the planning stages, could not be allowed to proceed.) Barack Obama’s May 6 interview with picious crash of the plane carrying a The fact is that Stalin had nothing to do with D-Day, and equating him with Russian television – which was obviously Polish government delegation. Eisenhower and Churchill, whose statues also grace the memorial, is an affront to intended to coincide with the 65th anniver- The contemporary Russian elite is them, as well as to all those brave soldiers who fought for freedom in Europe. And sary of the victory over fascism – made no assiduously reviving the cult of personal- then there is the effrontery of erecting a monument to a mass murderer – guilty of mention of human rights. World War II was, ity of Stalin – a terrorist par excellence. genocide – in the United States. (Consider this: Would anyone even envision erecting after all, waged in defense of the human Recall the 1933 Famine-Genocide in a statue of Hitler in the United States?) rights being violated by the Berlin-Rome- Ukraine. Recall the mass killing of Polish Lt. Col. Harvey Clarke (U.S. Army, ret.) of Bedford told The Roanoke Times the Tokyo axis. officers in Katyn. Recall the many politi- D-Day memorial is not a tool for educating people about World War II, so Stalin has One of the members of the anti-fascist cal killings outside Russia, including that no place at the site. “This memorial,” he said, “was meant to go up to D-Day and coalition was the USSR, which also refused of the architect of the Russian Revolution, honor the people who died that day. Period.” (See http://www.roanoke.com/news/roa- to recognize human and national rights. Leon Trotsky. noke/wb/250387.) Eastern Europe learned that after 1945, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is Dr. Lee Edwards, chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, when it found itself under the Soviet now proposing that the organizer of these commented: “Clearly, the National D-Day Memorial Foundation knows it made a Union’s totalitarian occupation. The peoples killings, Joseph Stalin, be held up as a monumental mistake by including Stalin in its memorial. It tried to justify its action by of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, model leader for the Russian people and, adding a plaque citing the tyrant’s ‘tens of millions of victims’ and then to minimize it Romania, Bulgaria, East Germany, as well by extension, for the world. by privately installing the bust five days before the formal dedication of the D-Day as the Balts and the other non-Russian peo- Having committed an act of state terror Memorial on June 6.” ples of the USSR were actually liberated against the Polish officers in Katyn, for His suggestion was unequivocal: “The honorable thing for the National D-Day from fascism only a half-century later, in 50 years Stalin and his henchmen blamed Memorial Foundation to do is to remove the bust without delay.” 1991, when the USSR collapsed. this crime on the Germans, who commit- Various groups and individuals agree the Stalin bust cannot be a part of the D-Day The current Russian regime hopes to ted similar crimes but were not culpable Memorial and that he cannot be honored in this country. (See materials on page 4 of conceal this fact by exploiting the anniver- for Katyn. this issue.) We urge our readers to make their voices heard loud and clear on this issue. sary of the victory as a means of returning Today’s young people might wonder Stalin’s got to go. the countries liberated from fascism under why Polish officers were prisoners of war its neo-fascist rule. on Soviet territory. Did the USSR really President Obama stressed at a press con- fight Poland? Indeed, it did. Stalin and ference that the newly formed Russia-U.S. Hitler initiated World War II in 1939, and June Turning the pages back... presidential commission would consist of the Soviets helped the German war effort 16 subgroups dedicated to studying 16 for the next two years. The Kremlin might fields of possible economic cooperation. never have engaged Nazi Germany in war 22 But not a single one of these groups would if Hitler hadn’t attacked the Stalinist para- concern itself with human rights. dise. Today’s Russian Stalinists conceal Five years ago, on June 22-23, 2005, the Procurator General’s How can the president of a democratic this fact. 2005 Office in Ukraine introduced the first criminal charges of separat- Having imposed a Famine-Genocide ism against two eastern Ukrainian leaders – Viktor Tykhonov, state promote cooperation with a quasi-fas- cist state without mentioning human rights? on Ukraine, its organizers denied its very head of the Luhansk Oblast Council, and Yehen Kushnariov, the existence for over half a century, while former chairman of the Kharkiv Oblast Council. The charges relate to Section 2, Article 110, After all, the USSR collapsed precisely because the Kremlin ignored human rights. today’s Stalinists deny that the Famine of the Criminal Code, which deals with threats to Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the invi- was a genocide. olability of its borders. And Russia’s economy cannot be modern- ized without granting Russians these rights. Consider also Russia’s policy toward During the 1990s separatists in Crimea and Donetsk were undermined by the intelligence its neighbors, which is characterized by services, economic pressure, and parliamentary and presidential actions. No criminal charg- The pursuit of human rights, and especially the right of free speech and assembly, helped fear-mongering, humiliation, discrimina- es were ever filed. It should be noted that the separatists also promoted regional autonomy tion, military interventions and internal and the transformation of Ukraine into a federal republic. upheavals. The Kremlin was behind the Svyatoslav Karavansky, a Ukrainian Both men allegedly organized and were highly involved in a separatist congress, attended upheaval in Kyrgyzstan, as well as the human rights activist, is a former Soviet by 4,000 regional officials from eastern Ukraine, held near Donetsk on November 28, 2004, persecution of its president, who had the political prisoner. He has lived in the one week after the second round of the presidential election. Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, temerity to refuse Moscow’s wish that the United States since 1979. The commen- who has been a longtime advocate for Crimean separatists, also attended the congress. American base in his country be closed. The event was organized by the Party of Regions of Ukraine (PRU) and other supporters tary above was translated from Ukrainian of presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych, who leads the PRU. Mr. Yanukovych felt by Alexander Motyl. (Continued on page 20) betrayed by his Kyiv allies, particularly President Leonid Kuchma and Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn. It was believed that Mr. Kuchma sanctioned the congress, as it was timed to take place when Internal Affairs Ministry troops were dispatched to Kyiv to quash the Orange Quotable notes Revolution and force presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko to compromise on constitu- “… the Russian leadership is allowing the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a tional reforms. The proposed amendments, called the “compromise package,” included the former oil executive who has become the country’s best-known political prison- laws on presidential elections and holding a repeat second round of elections on December er, to go forward even though it has become a showcase for the regime’s cyni- 26, 2004. Once an agreement on the “package” was reached, the Donetsk Oblast Council cism, corruption and disregard for the rule of law. … rescinded its decision to hold a separatist referendum. Even if a referendum were held, the “[President Barack] Obama raised the case of Mr. Khodorkovsky last year, results would not be legally binding and would have been overturned by Kyiv. and the State Department’s most recent human rights report said the trial ‘raised Fearing a Yushchenko victory at the polls, the congress statement claimed, “If the coup concerns about due process and the rule of law.’ But the administration has not d’état is being developed further and an illegitimate president comes to power, participants let this obvious instance of persecution, or Mr. Putin’s overall failure to ease in the congress reserve the right to take adequate actions and self defense.” domestic repression, get in the way of its ‘reset’ of relations with Moscow. If the In addition to the treasonous charges of separatism, members of the Party of Regions United States and leading European governments would make clear that were accused of election fraud and massive corruption. improvements in human rights are necessary for Moscow to win trade and other The charges were dropped due to lack of evidence. Mr. Tykhonov currently serves as economic concessions, there is a chance Mr. Putin would respond. If he does not, Ukraine’s vice prime minister for regional policy and Mr. Kushnariov was killed during a Western governments at least would have a clearer understanding of where better hunting accident in 2007. relations stand on the list of his true priorities.” Source: “Ukrainian authorities file criminal charges of separatism,” by Taras Kuzio – The Washington Post, editorial, June 9. (Eurasia Daily Monitor), The Ukrainian Weekly, July 3, 2005. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

For the U.S., uniting with Russia against From a Canadian Angle More on protest China, as Prof. Potichnyi suggested, could by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn prove to be a financial catastrophe, especial- in New York City ly if China decided to call in all of its loans. Finally, the word “Zhyd” had been used Dear Editor: for centuries in Poland and western Ukraine without negativity. Hence it is most unkind The leadership two-step Reading Marianna Wakulowska’s letter to saddle Ukrainians with yet another to the editor (May 30) about the May 3 unwarranted guilt. In Canada it would be unthinkable for His ratings are up, and his party is show- demonstration in New York, leads me to a political party leader to dive some 60 ing unity and determination as it moves only one conclusion: Ms. Wakulowska Andrew M. Senkowsky, D.D.S percent in the polls, lose an election and in a direction troubling many in the Our should not have been there or at any future Van Etten, N.Y. remain at the helm. The party would Ukraine and Orange camps. demonstration. Demonstrations are a very remove the liability and offer the elector- To move forward Our Ukraine must basic manifestation of the freedoms of ate a more winnable choice. Fast. elect a new leader. That’s the first step. speech and assembly covered in this country Democratic parties the world over Second: It must participate in rebuild- by the Bill of Rights. People express them- What can we, work this way, but not Ukraine’s “Nasha ing a winning Orange force – an alterna- selves in different ways. All expressions Ukrayina” (Our Ukraine). The once-dom- tive in the upcoming elections. And it should be acceptable, provided they do not the diaspora, do? inant political party has been loosing must convince the public that once in interfere with the rights of others. Ukraine’s electorate since Viktor power, its unity will endure. Ms. Wakulowska was offended and, as Dear Editor: Yushchenko won the presidency during This is primarily Ms. Tymoshenko’s she says, ashamed by either the appearance Week after week, watching the events in the Orange Revolution. Currently his job. And it will be tough. Her bloc of 136 of the red-black flag of the Organization of Ukraine is like being witness to a steady support is in the single digits. deputies has been hampered in coalition Ukrainian Nationalists or the youthful draining away of human rights in that coun- Mr. Yushchenko has failed. The elec- building by Mr. Yushchenko’s obstruc- throwing of eggs at the Russian Mission, or try and a reimposition of the dreaded tactics torate doesn’t want him, but his party tionism and by deputies switching sides both. of the Soviets. hangs on to him as if he were its – and – illegally, it must be added – perhaps in The subject flag was not only acceptable To me, it seems the long, hard struggle Ukraine’s – political salvation. Our return for payments. Her popularity is but important since a good portion of the that produced a free Ukraine has been Ukraine needs reminding: its congress down, and she has no seat in Parliament. demonstration (signs, slogans, speeches and reversed and, if events continue, Ukraine has the power to elect a credible leader or Lacking parliamentary immunity she is songs) was dedicated to two Ukrainian will once again be called “the Ukraine,” a dismiss a bad performer. It’s an obliga- easy prey for criminal prosecution by her heroes who bore that flag rather proudly. In name indicating it has become a vassal of tion. Mr. Yushchenko is an obstacle to a enemies. However, she is not a spent fact, a flag of Plast’s Chervona Kalyna or freedom-hating Russia. shift away from the Party of Regions and force and could lead an Orange come- Chornomortsi fraternities would have been I wish not to idly stand by. I write to President Viktor Yanukovych in the next back, providing Mr. Yushchenko is appropriate as well. A communist red flag inquire what we in the diaspora, as individu- Verkhovna Rada elections, to be held removed and she finds common ground with hammer and sickle would have been als, can do to reverse this ominous slide. If sometime next year. with his successor. offensive. Ukrainian organizations or Ukrainian indi- Yet, Mr. Yushchenko remains head of Ukrainians want order and good gov- As for the youthful indiscretion, it was a viduals have a suggestion, perhaps members Our Ukraine. Worse, he continues to ernment. A regrouping of the Orange par- largely symbolic act of retribution for what of the general public could be advised how undermine the de-facto leader of the ties would be a positive development. the Russians have done to us. The act cannot best to get involved in keeping freedom opposition, Yulia Tymoshenko. She lost Together these forces need to mount an even be considered defacement since it left alive in Ukraine. the presidential elections by less than 5 offensive on policies that many view as no mark on the edifice and the target was a percent thanks to him as much as to Mr. detrimental to Ukraine’s democracy, eco- building, not the people within it, so there Maria Wozniuk Connolly Yanukovych and Moscow. Mr. nomic independence, free media and was no assault. The police decided not to Falmouth, Mass. Yushchenko even signed a bill changing human rights. Their voice needs to win press charges. Had they, the cases probably the country’s election rules days before support among the electorate that is seek- would have been dismissed in court. Three the election to make things difficult for ing an alternative to the president. patriotic children manifested their intense About teaching her. Now he has dismissed her attempt at Furthermore, Ms. Tymoshenko might desire to do something against the enemy of rapprochement. seek common ground with Arseniy their people. They should be commended If Our Ukraine means to offer Yatsenyuk. Slightly ahead of her in the for their fervor. the Holodomor Ukrainians an alternative to the Party of polls, he has the advantage of being a I have no doubt that Ms. Wakulowska is Regions in governing Ukraine, Mr. Dear Editor: new face and representing hope. A merg- a dedicated Ukrainian patriot. Yushchenko’s leadership is an impedi- er might have political advantages for Demonstrations may not be her avenue for I beg to differ with Andrew Sorokowski’s ment. The Our Ukraine party must call a both. protest. She might consider writing a civil magisterial statement in his column titled congress to elect a new leader. The mil- In Canada, for instance, the Liberal letter to President Barack Obama decrying “Holodomor 101” (June 13): “...it is more lion-dollar question: will it? Party – rejected by the electorate for Russian treachery and Ukraine’s current important to inform the world about the It did not replace him back in the nearly 10 years may – be in discussions regime’s sycophancy. In any event, she has 2007 fall Convention. At that time I Holodomor than to convince it that it was with the socialists. The math is simple. the right to express herself however she wrote: “If he [President Yushchenko] is a genocide. For another, genocide is a legal The incumbent Conservatives are popular chooses, as others have the right to choose Russian-pawn in the hands of the Party issue, best left to the competence of law- with 36 percent of Canadians, the not to listen to her. of Regions, he will declare his candidacy yers.” When teaching a course, the instruc- Liberals with 26 percent, and the social- for the next presidential elections. … The Askold S. Lozynskyj tor should know what his subject really is. ists – the National Democratic Party – purpose of the convention is for dele- New York That the Holodomor was indeed geno- with 16 percent. By uniting, the Liberals gates… to accept or reject him as their cide was the judgment of the late Raphael and NDP get 42 percent, and a chance to leader, presidential candidate or both.” Lemkin (1900-1959), who wrote about “per- run the country their way. And just before February’s presidential haps the classic example of Soviet genocide, Will Our Ukraine chose a new leader? re-run I warned that he might complicate Prof. Potichnyj’s its longest and broadest experiment in Will Ukraine’s Orange politicians unite? Russification – the destruction of the things for Ms. Tymoshenko again. He did. So much for being most ‘patriotic” Ms. Tymoshenko has a track record in remarks on panel Ukrainian nation.” See his “Soviet Genocide coalition-building and she might be able in Ukraine,” Holodomor Studies, Vol. 1, No. president Ukraine ever had, as some claim. to do it again, but not if Mr. Yushchenko Dear Editor: 1 (Winter-Spring 2009), p. 3. Lemkin was is around. Replacing him as leader would the real father of the 1948 U.N. Convention This questionable perception may be I was offended by all of Prof. Peter why Our Ukraine is not turfing him. Yet, allow Our Ukraine to move to a unified on the Prevention and Punishment of opposition and on to election victory in Potichnyj’s “points.” As a panelist discuss- Genocide. Lemkin was also an outstanding his bad political judgement ensured vic- ing “Ukraine under Yanukovych” he could tory for President Yanukovych who is the Rada elections. Without reconcilia- lawyer. tion, her leadership of Ukraine is on the not restrain himself from global diversifica- Some people prefer to break open doors. undoing much of his predecessor’s agen- tion. He said that Ukraine is not a nation, da – favoring Russia, removing informa- line too. And Mr. Yushchenko knows Others would rather walk through them. A this. that Ukrainians – not Poles, Russians or college professor would grade Dr. tion about the Holodomor from the presi- Jews – are responsible for what happened in Sorokowski’s “Holodomor 101,” at best, an dential website – and will have greater Ukraine; that America and Russia should “incomplete.” power if the Party of Regions win more Oksana Bashuk Hepburn may be con- unite against China; and that we must not seats in the Rada elections. They might. tacted at [email protected]. call Jews “Zhydy” but “Yevreyi.” None of Yaroslav Bilinsky this had anything to do with the panel topic, Newark, Del. “Ukraine under Yanukovych.” The letter writer is professor emeritus, If Ukraine is not a nation since its inde- University of Delaware. Opinions in The Ukrainian Weekly pendence, then it most probably never will be and certainly never had been one. What a Opinions expressed by columnists, commen- wonderful “point” to make to our younger generation. We welcome your opinion tators and letter-writers are their own and do No one blames Poles or Jews for Letters should be typed and signed (anon- not necessarily reflect the opinions of either Ukraine’s present problems but the professor ymous letters are not published). Letters are should not deceive himself or others about accepted via e-mail at [email protected]. The Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the Russian influences in Ukrainian internal Please note that a daytime phone number is Ukrainian National Association. affairs, or America’s acquiescence to Russian essential in order for editors to contact letter- sphere’s of influence (i.e., the reset button). writers regarding clarifications or questions. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 No. 25

COMMENTARY A Kingston landmark and the Ukrainian Canadian community by Lubomyr Luciuk Scotland, later master of the Ranger, free land. Generally, they were regarded for the rule of law coupled with a com- finally local manager for the Montreal as racially inferior, poor quality scaffold- mitment to parliamentary government He glared at me for decades. If you Transportation Co. ing for nation-building, a job best left to and civil liberties. While some of the first lived in Kingston, Ontario, you probably Reportedly, John Gaskin made his supposedly superior British-Protestant Ukrainians in Kingston were internees at caught his eye too. He was one of this presence felt in other ways. A zealous stock – just the sort of men Gaskin count- Fort Henry, jailed not because of anything town’s most intrepid figures. It’s safe to Orangeman, first president of the ed himself among. they did but only because of where they guess that thousands of Kingstonians had Protestant Protective Society, he flaunted The captain was long gone when I came from, the Canada that men like their photographs taken with him. his sympathies publicly by firing off the arrived, his lion just a marker where Oddly, given his stature, he has no Gaskin made by implanting British tradi- Shannon Cannon on “the Twelfth” of Ukrainians met for Sunday picnics after tions did evolve into a society that later name, not officially, not yet. Anonymity July, celebrating the Catholic defeat at the church. True, anti-Catholic and anti- was his fate from soon after the late Capt. gave displaced persons asylum. Over six Battle of the Boyne and resulting ascen- immigrant sentiments persisted, but my decades after they “got off the boat” (and John Gaskin’s family donated him, in dancy of Protestantism in northern boyhood friends included Catholic and 1909. Originally he had a title plaque but they literally did) my parents remain Ireland. That cannon’s roar no longer dis- Protestant lads, like Brian O’Brien and grateful for what this country offered – it disappeared. Why will become appar- turbs delicate ears, but it remains at hand, Bruce Wilson. Whatever their forefathers’ ent. Even so this defiant presence – an just as John Gaskin’s father, an Irish guarding St. Andrew’s Presbyterian biases were, we kids discarded those Protestant immigrant from Ulster was, iron lion – stood sentry duty, facing south Church. quickly on our playing fields. And the over a century earlier. across Lake Ontario, for just over a cen- Several times alderman for the Victoria Orange Order meant nothing, even if I Gaskin’s statue endured the wear and tury. and Cataraqui wards, Gaskin was elected took ballet lessons from Evelyn tear that goes with 100 years of public I don’t think any of the captain’s mayor in 1882, with the largest majority McDonald in their Princess Street hall. A service. Mustering the Ukrainian commu- descendants live among us, but a few do in the city’s history to that date, explain- photograph from the time, yours truly as rest in Cataraqui Cemetery and his like- ing his portrait near Memorial Hall. His the Blue Bird in “Sleeping Beauty,” is not nity’s resources we made repairing his ness adorns City Hall. Why? anti-Catholic bigotry probably explains for public display. lion our centennial project. On July 9 it John Duerkop, a member of our why the lion’s plaque was filched soon However, one that is, taken circa 1956, returns to MacDonald Park. When that Municipal Heritage Committee, has some after it took up its post just north of the features me astride the lion. Like others happens no one shall pretend that Capt. answers. It seems Capt. Gaskin’s father, Richardson Beach pavilion. Gaskin was in similar photographs I look happy. Of Gaskin was anything other than what he Robert, was a shipowner of importance, not everyone’s cup of tea. course that was childish naïveté. My par- was. Yet the Kingston of today is not the evidenced by his stately Parkview House, When he died, in 1908, no Ukrainians ents, refugees who fled a Ukraine ravaged Kingston of his era. And we understand built in 1853 at King and Emily streets. A lived here. Oral histories suggest a few by Nazis then occupied by Soviets, were that Gaskin was a patriotic, entrepreneur- staunch partisan of the British Empire, arrived by 1910, so Kingston’s Ukrainian hard-pressed making ends meet, even as ial and devout family man who believed his fleet included a barque christened the community marks its 100th anniversary they found opportunity and freedom here. in looking after his own. British Lion. His son John, born April 3, this year. It’s doubtful Gaskin knew them. Small wonder they named their children So Kingston’s Ukrainians have con- 1840, worked the lake’s waves just like However, from reading the newspapers of Lubomyr (lover of peace) and Nadia served his statue and will restore its right- his father, a deckhand on the steamship his day, many steeped in anti-Eastern (hope). ful name – “Gaskin’s Lion” – because we European prejudice, he would know “men It’s apt that we frolicked around an also take care of our own, in this case Prof. Lubomyr Luciuk teaches at the in the sheepskin coats” were being lured imperial relic. Whatever its faults, Great Capt. John Gaskin, our fellow Royal Military College of Canada. to Canada with promises of freedom and Britain’s political legacy includes respect Kingstonian.

Lviv pavilion at festival marks Kingston community’s centennial KINGSTON, Ontario – This year Bronze Limited of Toronto, a Ukrainian marks the centennial of Ukrainian settle- Canadian-owned foundry. ment in Kingston, Ontario, and the anni- Nadia Luciuk, who teaches members versary was marked with great cheer at of Kingston’s Maky and Dorest Ukrainian the Lviv pavilion celebrating the dance groups, commented: Ukrainian city at the Ukrainian Folklore “Kingston’s Lviv pavilion has been Festival held on June 11-13. offering family entertainment to the pub- Thousands of Kingstonians and out-of- lic for over four decades while, at the town guests attended this weekend-long same time, reminding our fellow citizens festival to enjoy traditional Ukrainian of who Ukrainians are and of the history cuisine and hospitality, with entertain- of the homeland. ment provided by the Maky Ukrainian “This year, of course, is special for us, Dance Ensemble and guest performers, as we recall how Ukrainians have been a the Odesa Ukrainian Dance Troupe of part of Kingston’s history for 100 years, Oshawa, Ontario. just as many of us will be marking the As part of their centennial project, the 120th anniversary of Ukrainians in Ukrainian Canadian Club of Kingston Canada next year. and the Kingston Branch of the League of “One of Canada’s longest-running Ukrainian Canadians are restoring a Ukrainian festivals our efforts and those 101-year-old iron lion statue, donated of other Ukrainian communities across The Maky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble. originally to the City of Kingston by the North America, and indeed throughout family of the late Capt. John Gaskin, a the Ukrainian diaspora, continue to under- former alderman and mayor. A trilingual score how important it is for Ukraine to plaque will be unveiled on July 9 in the secure its place as an independent state in Sir John A MacDonald Park on the city’s Europe. The more we help others know waterfront. The plague notes the about who Ukrainians are the more likely Ukrainian Canadian community’s centen- that outcome and that, in turn, will help nial, and is the first of a series of planned ensure peace and stability in our world.” “Kingston Remembers” plaques. This The Lviv pavilion is organized every project is being supported by the local year on the second weekend of June and community with the assistance of the held in the Regiopolis-Notre Dame Roman Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Catholic High School auditorium. In 2011 Shevchenko and the support of MST the festival will take place on June 10-12. MAY WE HELP YOU? To reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800, and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below).

Editorial – 3049, 3088 • Production – 3063, 3069 Administration – 3041 • Advertising – 3040 Subscriptions – 3042 No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 9 FOR THE RECORD: An open letter to the president of Ukraine Following is the text of an open letter Action, the culmination of the the Beijing Education Father Gudziak, “illegal activities include sent on June 14 to President Viktor Conference. The declaration and platform not only violent acts but also, for exam- On March 29, Ukrainian Education Yanukovych of Ukraine by the leaders of represent a significant international mech- ple, pickets blocking access to the work and Science Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk the Ukrainian National Women’s League anism to address the status of the world’s place of government officials (or any pro- cancelled an Education Ministry decree of America. A copy of the letter is to be women. Outlining 12 areas of concern, tests that are not sanctioned by authori- of October 28, 2009, introducing the sent to President Barack Obama, as well including issues such as poverty, political ties).” obligatory independent external testing of as to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton representation and violence against third-,fifth-to eighth-and 10th year stu- More disturbingly still, the SBU repre- and members of Congress. women, the Platform for Action offers a dents at secondary schools. sentative presented Father Gudziak with global framework for countries to end an official letter and asked that he sign it Dear President Yanukovych: discrimination and close gender gaps. The decree says that it was adopted “to avoid overloading the students of second- to verify that he was familiar with its con- Prime Minister Mykola Azarov’s The Ukrainian National Women’s ary schools during the completion of the tents, and that he then return the letter. March decision to appoint an all-male League of America, founded in 1925 in school year, given the unsatisfactory Father Gudziak refused to carry out this Cabinet because “conducting reforms is New York, with over 75 branches in results of a study on the level of educa- order, at which point the official called not women’s business” directly violates major cities throughout the United States, tional achievement of students of second- his superior, who said that the letter could Article 24 of Ukraine’s Constitution, has been closely following recent events ary schools in the Ukrainian language, not stay with Father Gudziak “[for fear which guarantees equality of rights and in Ukraine, in particular, those that mathematics and the history of Ukraine.” that he] might publish it on the Internet.” freedoms for all citizens with no gender involve human and civil rights, and Mr. President: as you well know, any This modus operandi, while common- discrimination and states that equal rights Ukraine’s domestic and international obli- nation, especially one like Ukraine, can place in a totalitarian system, contradicts for women and men are ensured by equal gations to those rights. Through its mem- flourish only when its children are given basic democratic principles. On May 26, opportunities for women and men in pub- bership in the World Federation of the opportunity to learn the history and Ukraine’s Presidential Administration lic, political, and cultural activity, getting Ukrainian Women’s Organizations, the language of their ancestors. In the case criticized the SBU for its actions in this education and professional training, at UNWLA has consultative status with the of Ukraine, whose history was purposely case. The UNWLA expects that you will work, and compensation. Economic and Social Council of the concealed through many decades of closely monitor this situation and others It also violates the Beijing Platform for United Nations. It also has representation Soviet rule, it is especially critical that like it to ensure that they do not happen Action, in particular, the section pertain- on many NGO Committees, including the new generations are provided with the again. It is your role to guarantee free- ing to political representation, part of NGO Committee on the Status of Women knowledge they need to become leaders dom of thought and expression, and also which states that “it is essential to design, and the NGO Committee on UNICEF. in politics, industry and trade. Ukrainian, to guarantee that Ukraine’s educational implement and monitor, with the full par- The UNWLA would like to share its the state language, in accordance with the institutions and universities can develop ticipation of women, effective, efficient concerns about recent developments in law, must be compulsory. and thrive peacefully, and not be forced and mutually reinforcing gender-sensitive five areas that are crucial for Ukraine’s In addition, independent testing is part to spend time addressing illegal acts of policies and program, including develop- continued democratic development and of the Bologna Process, which Ukraine intimidation. ment policies and program, at all levels demonstration of the country’s adherence signed in 2005. The Bologna Process is that will foster the empowerment and Right to peaceful assembly to the rule of law. meant to make academic degrees and advancement of women.” quality assurance standards more compa- The UNWLA expresses its grave con- In January, while still a presidential Press freedom rable throughout Europe. Independent cern about the May court ruling of the candidate, you yourself made derogatory testing allows students to be assessed on Kyiv Oblast Administration which banned On April 28, Reporters Without and sexist remarks. Referring to your the merits of their knowledge, as opposed opposition protests on May 17-18 during Borders, addressing your bilateral meet- opponent and then-Prime Minister Yulia to university entrance exams, whose the visit of President Medvedev to ings in Kharkiv, expressed its surprise at Tymoshenko, you said: “If she is a results during the Soviet era were deter- Ukraine. the fact that “many journalists were woman, she belongs in the kitchen.” mined by corrupt practices, usually brib- As stated by the OSCE: “The right to barred from a news conference which you As Ukraine’s top two public officials, ery. As of last year, only external inde- and your Russian counterpart, Dmitry it is your imperative to ensure Ukraine’s assemble peacefully is an essential condi- pendent testing was used to determine Medvedev, gave [there] on 21 April. [The continued progress related to the Beijing tion for the exercise of other human rights acceptance of an applicant to higher organization said that it was] astonished Platform for Action. The alternative is to such as the freedom of expression. As a by this, as it violates the very principle of learning institutions. true foundation of democracy, the right to go down in history as those responsible The UNWLA urges you to facilitate a news conference and is the exact oppo- for violating its very principles. assemble is guaranteed by major human site of what you [had] recently said in the creation of policies that will eliminate rights treaties and by a commitment made response to [its] press release of April Holodomor corruption, not ones that will cause it to by OSCE participating States in 1990, in 16.” once again become endemic in the educa- Copenhagen.” Ukraine is an OSCE par- On April 27 you said at the PACE ses- tional system of Ukraine. Less than two weeks later, on May 7, sion in Strasbourg that the Famine of ticipating state and, therefore, a party to Reporters Without Borders again issued a Recent events at Lviv’s Ukrainian this agreement. As such, the country has 1932-1933 could not be regarded as an Catholic University, as articulated in a statement, saying that it “is disturbed by act of genocide against the Ukrainian an international obligation to uphold this the latest evidence of government pres- memorandum written by the university’s basic human right. people. rector, Father Borys Gudziak, are cause sure and harassment of the media.” On November 28, 2006, the Verkhovna Mr. President: Ukraine today stands Citing as evidence the open letter by jour- for further concern. The UNWLA con- ready to celebrate nearly two decades as Rada of Ukraine adopted a law on the demns the actions taken by the country’s nalists of TV station 1+1 and, later, those Holodomor, the first article of which an independent country. We wish you all of STB station, the organization stated Security Service (SBU). According to the best in ensuring that this upcoming states: “The Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Father Gudziak’s memorandum, on May that “[Because] this kind of pressure on Ukraine is genocide against the Ukrainian milestone is marked with celebration of the news media is unacceptable in a dem- 18, in an attempt to intimidate him, an the strides the country has made in guar- people.” Article 2 of this same law says: SBU official visited Father Gudziak to ocratic country, Reporters Without “Public denial of the Holodomor of anteeing universal human rights and basic Borders supports this initiative by the warn him about the potential participation freedoms for its citizens. 1932-1933 in Ukraine is considered the of UCU students in protests against recent journalists and encourages all those who desecration of the memory of millions of We thank you in advance for the atten- believe in a free press to do so too.” Ministry of Education decisions. The tion you give to this letter. Holodomor victims, the humiliation of official reminded him of his “responsibil- The UNWLA is encouraged by your the dignity of the Ukrainian people and is Sincerely, May 14 commitment during a meeting of ities” in such a situation. The official illegal.” As president of Ukraine, it is Marianna Zajac, President the Public Humanitarian Council at which stated that of course students are allowed incumbent upon you to demonstrate full Chrystyna Melnyk, you stated that “[you] will do everything to protest, but warned that illegal activi- VP for Public adherence to the rule of law within the ties will be prosecuted. According to Affairs to prevent cases of pressure on the media, country. An example must be set at the signs of violence with respect to report- highest levels. ers, and hindering the performance of To date, 13 nations, as well as the their professional duties.” European Parliament, have officially rec- of the bust indicates “that there are in the The UNWLA fully supports your state- ognized the Holodomor as an act of geno- Bust of Stalin... United States still some naïve, albeit it ment at that same meeting that “the coun- cide against the Ukrainian people. Rafael (Continued from page 4) well meaning, people.” He recommends try’s further humanitarian development is Lemkin, who coined the term “genocide,” including our Ukrainian friends.” that Ukrainian Americans “do everything unthinkable without the development of called the Holodomor a classic case of Mr. Altau encourages readers of The in their power to bring Stalin’s crimes to the domestic media space. This is linked Soviet genocide. Writing in 1953, he said: Weekly to write letters (see insert), join the light and make Americans realize that they to media pluralism and the unconditional “What I want to speak about is perhaps Facebook group “Joseph Stalin Must Not [Stalin’s crimes] were even more numer- observance on Human rights to freedom the classic example of Soviet genocide, Be Honored at the National D-Day ous than those of Hitler.” To accomplish of expression.” its longest and broadest experiment in Memorial,” encourage friends and family this, Mr. Gawdiak suggests persuading The UNWLA expects that your gov- Russification — the destruction of the in Virginia to contact their representatives “American public television and other ernment will follow through on these Ukrainian nation… The third prong of the and, if possible, plan to participate in visual media to frequently air documenta- commitments, not only because Ukraine Soviet plan was aimed at the farmers, the upcoming demonstrations at the memorial. ries about Stain’s murderous regime, such is a member of the Council of Europe, large mass of independent peasants who Additionally, the UCCA is encouraging as Edvin Snores’ ‘The Soviet Story.’” and thereby a signatory of the European are the repository of the tradition, folklore similar action on the part of Ukrainian Mr. Gawdiak also expressed his concern Convention of Human Rights, of which and music, the national language and lit- Americans (see Action Item). to The Weekly about the Stalin statue media freedom is a basic tenet, but espe- erature, the national spirit, of Ukraine. Ihor Gawdiak, president of the erected in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, and similar cially because freedom of the press is The weapon used against this body is per- Ukrainian American Coordinating Council, statues proposed in other Ukrainian cities, enshrined in Ukraine’s constitution. haps the most terrible of all — starvation. said he sees the Bedford statue as “an iso- stating “erecting Stalin’s statue in a place where his crimes actually took place is a Rights of women Between 1932 and 1933, [millions of] lated incident” and urged Ukrainian Ukrainians starved to death, an inhumani- Americans to address the root of why the scandalous insult to the memory of the Ukraine is a signatory to the 1995 ty which the 73rd Congress decried on 28 statue even was considered a feasible millions of Ukrainians who were victims Beijing Declaration and Platform for May 1934.” option. He points out that the installation of Stalin’s brutal regime.” 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 No. 25

BOOK REVIEW: A memoir of life in the underground Author presents by Taras Hunczak “Our villagers,” writes Mr. Mac, “were given no time to gather their belongings. “The Winding Path to Freedom: A The enforcers killed those who resisted.” memoirs in D.C. Memoir of Life in the Ukrainian During those crucial days only the Underground,” by Roman D. Mac, Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) came to Charleston, S.C.: Booksurge 2009. 348 defend the rights of the people, whose pp. $17.99. activities the author – as a messenger – knew relatively well. The memoirs of Roman Mac, with a Since the resettlement of 1944-1946 foreword by Maj. Gen. Nicholas was only partially successful, the Polish Krawciw, is a wonderful story not only of government decided in 1947 to relocate the author’s remarkable skill in dealing the remaining Ukrainian population into with Polish Communist authorities, but the new territories Poland obtained from also of life of a Ukrainian borderland Germany after World War II. This ruth- community that maintained its identity less operation, known as Operation and survived numerous regimes through- Vistula or Akcja Wisla, deprived some out history. 140,000 Ukrainians of their native lands The borderland, known as the Lemko and their homes. region, except for a period in its early his- On the suggestion of the local under- tory, was within the Polish state, which in ground leader, Mr. Mac went with other re- the 20th century made various efforts to settlers into new territories. The author pro- assimilate the Lemkos into the Polish cul- vides the reader with many moving scenes ture and Polish political identity, fre- of the tragic relocation process. Having set- WASHINGTON – Roman Mac dis- quently using ruthless measures. Their tled in East Prussia, the author and some cussed and read excerpts from his efforts, failed, however, since most of the Poland, was short, but it was brutal for members of the Ukrainian underground book “The Winding Path to Freedom” Lemkos identified themselves as either the Lemkos. decided to escape to West Germany. Their during the book’s presentation May Ukrainians or Rusyny. This brought about In the spring of 1945 roaming bands preparations and border crossings are anoth- 20 at the Embassy of Ukraine in confrontation between the Poles and the destroyed property and murdered numer- er exciting adventure story. Washington. The book is now out in Ukrainians. ous people. On April 10, 1945, soldiers of Once the author and his friends found Ukrainian, Russian and English edi- Mr. Mac’s memoirs relate the experi- Communist Poland came to Molodych their way into West Germany, they were tions. ences of a boy who at the age of 12 was and “burned down all of the houses in the free to pursue their lives like other immi- – Yaro Bihun already acting as a courier and a scout for Machury hamlet, killing two elderly peo- grants. Mr. Mac went to the gymnasium the Ukrainian underground movement. ple…” who were too old to be relocated. (secondary school) in Regensburg and The narrative begins with the author’s Similar actions were carried out in other then, as others, went to the United States remembrance of the first violence of the villages. where he finished Columbia University Polish police in the village of Molodych A high point of the violence against the and built his own violin repair business. in 1937, when he was only 5 years old. civilian population was reached in This is but a fraction of the tragedy of Visit our archive This was only a prologue to the events September 1945, when three divisions of the Ukrainian people in the Lemko region that he observed and experienced during the Polish Communist army were enforc- and the numerous adventures that are pre- online: the Soviet and Nazi occupations and in ing the Polish-Soviet agreement of 1944 sented in detail by Mr. Mac. The book is the post-World War II era. calling for a resettlement of Ukrainians very readable – I enjoyed it very much. The second coming of the Soviets into into Soviet Ukraine. People were taken Those who wish to purchase the book www.ukrweekly.com the Lemko region in 1944, which was from their homes and transported to may long on to www.booksurge.com and recognized by the Soviets as part of deportation centers. enter the book’s title.

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For further information, please call 973-292-9800 ext. 3040 or visit www.ukrweekly.com No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 11 “Radio Banduristan” showcases New York music scene by Ihor Slabicky fully pointed out, Motria was 16 at the time these were written. Alternating with NEW YORK – With the opening notes readings of these notes by Prof. Motyl, of “Hey Numo Khloptsi” still hanging in the collegium performed period musical the air, Alexander Motyl, the host of the interludes. They ended with “Divchyno initial broadcast of Radio Banduristan Myla,” soulfully played by the collegium International, exclaimed “Radio with Mr. Kytasty singing the sad words to Banduristan is on the air.” The station had this, man’s song about the woman who actually gone “on the air” that morning at has left him. 11 a.m. New York time. The event on the With the musical mood still in the evening of May 7 at the Ukrainian times of the Kozaks, Prof. Motyl segued Institute of America was the premier for the program into “On the Black Sea,” a the radiobanduristan.com website and a retelling by Mr. Holman of the classic showcase of current works from New duma about Alexiy Popovich. As the York’s Ukrainian music scene. piece started, Mr. Lawrence painted an After introducing the Song and Dance idyllic seascape, his viola wonderfully Ensemble of Radio Banduristan, consist- presenting the motion of waves on the ing of Julian Kytasty, Michael Andrec calm Black Sea. As the other members of and Ron Lawrence, Prof. Motyl asked the SDERB joined in this idyll, his play- Mr. Kytasty what the SDERB actually ing began to subtly increase in intensity, does? His reply, that they did everything, forewarning of the oncoming storm. With prompted Bob Holman of the Bowery Mr. Holman exclaiming “tsunami on the Ihor Slabicky Poetry Club to bound on stage and launch Black Sea,” the fury and intensity of the into his “Everything” at lightning speed! Bob Holman, Michael Andrec, Ron Lawrence and Julian Kytasty at the Ukrainian storm enveloped the audience. There was Institute of America. Motyl somehow persuaded Holman to re- but one salvation: to point out who was to speak this poem at a normal pace, allow- blame for this disastrous event. When the ing us to fully enjoy the imagery present- sacrifice that had to be made had been ed by the words. performed, the storm receded, the waters Mr. Kytasty began singing the love calmed, and we were once more pleasant- song “Oi Koniu, Miy Koniu,” accompa- ly sailing on the Black Sea. nying himself on the bandura. After a Before the Song and Dance Ensemble verse Mr. Holman joined in with his love of Radio Banduristan had a chance to poem “My Heart is the Real Thing.” As begin its next piece, there was a telephone Mr. Kytasty sang the lightest words of call from Viktor. During their conversa- love, Mr. Holman expressed the passion tion, Prof. Motyl spoke with him about of love, the melodic and the spoken con- winning the election and was asked trasting each other, ending in a shimmer- whether Banduristan wanted any naval ing silence. bases. The Ukrainian Women’s Voices With the conversation ended, the Collective appeared next, performing two SDERB launched into “A Mii Mylyi songs that explored the love lives of Kiselenku Zakhotiv,” a humorous song women. “O Nad Sadom, Sadom” starts about a wife who kept making excuses with a bucolic scene of wheat fields and for not cooking porridge for her husband, quickly gets to the bitter realization that until he finally passes away. The piece the woman’s love leaves her every eve- featured Mr. Andrec on percussion. The ning for another. “Letila Zozulia” tells of song took on the feel of an Indian raga, a young woman who falls in love with a with the viola and bandura trading phras- Kozak who, she sadly finds out, not only es with the drummer, while Mr. Kytasty The Debutante Hour – Mia Pixley, Maria Sonevytsky and Susan Hwang. is married but also has two children. returned the song back to its traditional Prof. Motyl next introduced The roots with each verse that he sang. These Alpert launched into the “Ethelbert “Vziav by Ya Bandura” resumed, he Debutante Hour, featuring Maria blendings of the traditional folk song Wedding March” and the “Valley River announced the end of this performance of Sonevytsky, Susan Hwang and Mia style with other musical settings were Polka.” With the rest of the SDERB join- Radio Banduristan. Pixley. This ensemble with attitude began refreshing to hear. ing in, the audience was transported to a Although that live broadcast has ended, its set with “Miracle Birth,” exploring the Slavko Halatyn, of the Slavko and musical setting that would be very famil- readers are welcome to peruse the Radio similarities in the miraculous births of Darka duo from years back, who now iar to all Ukrainians living in the prairie Banduristan International website at Jesus, Buddha and Athena, set to a won- performs solo, performed some of his towns of Manitoba. radiobanduristan.com. There, they can derfully bouncy melody. They followed own compositions. Slavko and his wife As the SDERB played “Vziav by Ya listen to excerpts from previous perfor- with the love song “For Myself” about Audrey had been married at the UIA, and Bandura,” Prof. Motyl received a tele- mances, watch selected videos, and look wanting someone for oneself, but not in a as a remembrance, he played “Nezhoda v phone call from Vladimir, whom he had up a calendar of upcoming events, where possessive way. Both of those songs Rodyni.” This wonderful work that start- to remind that Dmitry was the president. they can plan to attend future Radio appear on the group’s latest CD “The ed off very harmoniously, built up in fer- With the conversation completed, and Banduristan and related performances. Birth and Death of Meaning.” They ended vor, possibly mirroring the disagreement their set with “Ya Ne Ta” – their version within the family hinted at by the song’s of a song by the group Piatnytsia from title, and then returned to the harmony of Kharkiv, in which they cleverly changed family life. He followed that with Sting’s the gender of the singer to present the “Until,” from the movie “Kate and song from a woman’s point of view. Leopold,” in which the wedding scenes The SDERB next performed a very were filmed at the Institute. lively Kozachok dance tune. As they After the SDERB played a short began “Vziav by ya Banduru,” they were Kozachok, Michael Alpert, a world- interrupted by a congratulatory telephone renowned musician who explores the call from Viktor, with whom Prof. Motyl Yiddish musical heritage of Eastern spoke about losing an election. Europe and Ukraine, joined the ensemble Performing next were Collegium on stage. Musicum, the baroque music group con- They started off with two recruits sisting of Messrs. Kytasty and Andrec on songs that recounted enforced enlistment, banduras, Ron Lawrence on viola and an experience all too common during the Roman Turovsky on lute. They began days of the empire. Mr. Alpert then sang their set with “Oi Hore Chaitsi.” Sung by a Yiddish song about having to serve in Mr. Kytasty and accompanied only by the army. This was followed by Julian Roman Turovsky on lute, this was a won- Kytasty on bandura, singing “Tam derful rendition of the plight of a bird that Divchyna Prala Lyon Dribnenkyi” about builds her nest too close to the well-trav- a woman whose lover is being taken away eled road. in chains. As he started singing the first Hetman Ivan Mazepa is known to have verse, he was imperceptibly joined for the played the tourban, an instrument closely rest of the song by Mr. Alpert. The com- related to the lute. Mr. Turovsky kept this bination of the two voices, Mr. Kytasty’s historic musical connection alive as his staying with the music, and Mr. Alpert’s lute is a reproduction of an instrument delicately soloing around him, was exqui- from 1765. The collegium went on a sitely beautiful. musical exploration of Mazepa’s notes to Not wanting to leave the audience in Julian Kytasty and Alexander Motyl during the Radio Banduristan presentation Motria Kochubey. As Prof. Motyl care- such a sad state, Messrs. Kytasty and at the Ukrainian Institute of America. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 No. 25

  

             

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      No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 13 MUSIC REVIEW: Debut CD release of the Litwin-Markiw Duo by Oles Kuzyszyn “Canciones Clasicas Espanolas,” Obradors’ best known song cycle. In “La Mi Sola, A successful vocal/piano recital can be Laureola,” Ms. Litwin demonstrates the among the most compelling of musical sonorous lower portion of her vocal range. experiences. Two expert performers, wield- She stretches out considerably in the raptur- ing, arguably, the two most expressive of ous vocalise of “Chiquitita La Novia.” “Con musical instruments – the human voice and Amores, La Mi Madre” is rendered with a the piano – affect the listener viscerally and prayer-like devotion, while “El Majo directly. Translating the intimacy and imme- Celoso” is sung with folksy simplicity, evok- diacy of such an experience to the recorded ing a “mariachi”-like earnestness. medium is particularly challenging, and yet, Dr. Markiw excels in the dramatic, guitar- this is exactly where the Litwin-Markiw like flourish in the opening to “Chiquitita La Duo have succeeded so admirably in their Novia,” while coaxing a more serene first CD release. “strumming” effect from the piano in Soprano Jennifer Litwin is a graduate of “Corazon, Porque Pasais?”. His clarity of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with an articulation and deft touch are in complete M.A. from the Yale University School of synergy with Ms. Litwin’s sensitive delivery Music. An acclaimed opera and concert of these songs. soloist, Ms. Litwin balances a full perfor- In Schubert’s timeless “Der Hirt Auf mance schedule, a private voice and piano Dem Felsen” (The Shepherd On The Rock), studio and a successful career on Wall Ms. Litwin aptly demonstrates the dramatic Street. contrast and vocal strength required to effec- She has performed with the Sarasota tively express the sentiment in the text, Opera, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival where romantic disappointment and the and the Westchester Philharmonic, to name anticipation of a new spring are juxtaposed. just a few. A singer of enormous flexibility Particularly in the optimistic and devilishly and range of expression, Ms. Litwin has difficult final section, her sound is open and performed with the Litwin-Markiw Duo bright, and every high note is a bullseye. since 1997. Gregory Lunin provides the obligato clarinet Joining Ms. Litwin is pianist, educator part. and musicologist Dr. Victor Markiw. Dr. There is plenty for both Ms. Litwin and Markiw earned his B.A., M.F.A. and Dr. Markiw to do in Liszt’s “Pace Non D.M.A. from the Hartt School of Music, Trovo.” A quirky chromaticism complicates State University of New York – Purchase the opening of the melody, there are several Jay Premack Photography and the University of Connecticut, respec- excruciatingly high notes for the soprano, Pianist Victor Markiw and soprano Jennifer Litwin. tively. A music professor at the University of and the piano part is, well – “Liszt-ian.” New Haven, Dr. Markiw is an active recital- None of this seems to pose any difficulty for color and textural shading. By contrast, Bernstein’s boisterous and ist and piano instructor, and the author of a this dynamic duo. The feverish passion Five songs by Rachmaninoff follow, of eccentric “Glitter And Be Gay,” gives Ms. new book examining the life and piano described in the text emerges whole, despite which the haunting “Vocalise” is probably Litwin every opportunity to demonstrate her works of Myroslav Skoryk, one of Ukraine’s the considerable technical demands of the the best known. Ms. Litwin’s interpretation extensive coloratura skills, acting ability and most prominent composers. The book is music. is appropriately expressive without slipping the far reaches of her uppermost range. Ms. about to be released by The Edwin Mellen The vocal part of Debussy’s “Quatre into excessive sentimentality. Dr. Markiw Litwin takes the opportunity and runs with Press. Chansons De Jeunesse” requires tremen- provides plenty of romantic fervor in the it, using this vocal showpiece to conclude Ms. Litwin and Dr. Markiw have record- dous agility, impeccable intonation and an technically demanding piano accompani- the CD with an exhilarating finale. Dr. ed an eclectic set of 22 art songs by (in his- intrinsic sense of wit. The pianist must pro- ments, but the playing is always clean and Markiw stays with her stride for stride, torical order) Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt, vide a quasi cinematic setting for the quirky never overwrought. despite the breakneck tempo of the closing Claude Debussy, Sergei Rachmaninoff, mini-drama which unfolds in the text. One The CD closes with four songs by section. Fernando Obradors, Aaron Copland and would be hard-pressed to find a better rendi- American composers – three selections from Unique in the breadth of its repertory, Leonard Bernstein. Each of the seven com- tion of this music than the Litwin-Markiw Copland’s “Old American Songs” and outstanding as to the quality of the perfor- posers presents a distinct set of technical and Duo’s recording of “Pierrot” from this four- Bernstein’s “Glitter And Be Gay” from mance and impeccably recorded, this debut interpretive challenges for the performers. song cycle, where the interplay between the “Candide.” Happily, the artists decided on CD of the Litwin-Markiw Duo is a most The duo handles all of these with intelli- two performers is executed with uncanny the perfect tempo for Copland’s “Simple worthy contribution to the treasury of gence and aplomb, treating us, the listeners, precision. In all four songs, Ms. Litwin’s Gifts,” which is often performed much too recorded vocal/piano music. The CD is to superb interpretations of some of the best singing is light and seemingly effortless, slowly. In the hands of the Litwin-Markiw available at CDBaby.com, itunes and examples of art songs spanning the last two despite the many required leaps. Dr. Markiw Duo, all three Copland selections benefit Amazon.com. For more information about centuries. carefully attends to Debussy’s voicings in from a direct and unaffected interpretation, the artists, please visit their website: thelit- The CD opens with seven selections from order to maximize the effect of harmonic as intended by the composer. win-markiwduo.com. Radoslav Zuk speaks at Shevchenko Society on Ukrainian architecture by Alexandra Hawryluk on the screen, Prof. Zuk explained: “This architecture shows a marked influence of MONTREAL – Frank Lloyd Wright, the Western European architecture in its spatial great American architect, said, “The mother configuration as reflected in two distinct art is architecture. Without an architecture of plan types: the Renaissance central-equal- our own, we have no soul of our own civili- arm, or Greek cross, plan and the elongated, zation.” If we were to identify the soul of or Latin cross, Baroque plan.” The All Saints Ukrainian civilization in architectural terms, Church in the Pecherska Lavra (Monastery what comes to mind first, are the churches of the Caves) complex, for instance, embod- of Ukraine, both the vernacular timber ies the Greek cross plan, while the Cathedral churches and the grand Baroque structures of Transfiguration in Mhar, in the Poltava of the Mazepa period. We simply cannot region, uses the Latin cross plan. imagine the Ukrainian cultural landscape “Each of the two spatial configurations without them. reflects two distinct philosophical views of But what makes these churches quintes- the experience of God. The Renaissance sentially Ukrainian? The answer to this central-equal-arm, or Greek cross schema, question was provided by Prof. Radoslav emphasizes the abstract perfection of God as Zuk, internationally renowned architect and revealed in geometric perfection, while the professor of architecture at McGill Baroque – a product of Counter-Reformation University, in his lecture titled “Ukrainian – stresses the sensual experience of the Architecture of the Mazepa Era and its world and God by emphasizing movement Present at a lecture in Montreal on Ukrainian architecture (from left) are: Dr. Origins” at the March 28 session of the (directed towards the altar) and the infinity Ihor Ostash, ambassador of Ukraine to Canada; Alexandra Hawryluk; Prof. Shevchenko Scientific Society of Canada in of space. The surprising fact is, that in Luba Zuk, president of NTSh in Montreal; and lecturer Prof. Radoslav Zuk. Montreal. Ukraine both of these types reach their high- With the photos and plans of the 17th and est stage of development during the Mazepa Church in Pecherska Lavra, the Church of and the Assumption of the Mother of God 18th century churches of Ukraine flashing period and the century that followed,” con- the Epiphany (Bohoyavlenska), St. Nicholas Cathedral. tinued Prof. Zuk. Cathedral, as well as the long-term restora- Then, there are the stone churches going Alexandra Hawryluk, a long-time con- The number of building projects toward tion projects of St. Sophia, St. George’s in up during the 17th and 18th centuries in tributor to Radio Canada International, is the end of the 17th century in the city of Vydubychi Monastery, St. Michael a free-lance writer working in Montreal. Kyiv alone is astounding: the All Saints Cathedral, Our Saviour church of Berestove (Continued on page 22) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 No. 25

tacts of intelligence services with the head Ukraine’s practical cooperation with NATO conduct the probe by the current Ukrainian NEWSBRIEFS of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. will continue. Frankly speaking, the latter is government of Prime Minister Mykola (Continued from page 2) “We’ve raised the issue to your government the most important. This meets Ukraine’s Azarov. One of the firm’s founders, Plato patriots of Ukraine: the unity of the and in public. We hail the readiness of the interests,” he added. (Ukrinform) Cacheris, said in Kyiv that this is an investi- SBU head to meet with the university head. gation, not an audit, and that his firm does Ukrainian nation, territorial integrity and Yanukovych declares income sovereignty, preserving the Euro-Atlantic There are many countries, where it could not have a bias toward any Ukrainian leader. choice and democratic achievements of the not be possible to realize,” he said, accord- KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych’s Mr. Cacheris declined to specify how much last five years. “We are confident that such a ing to news reports of June 14. (Interfax- declaration of income for 2009 has been the services of his law firm will cost position is in line with the interests of Ukraine) posted on the official website of the presi- Ukrainian taxpayers, or the number of dent, it was reported on June 3. Last year, experts involved, as “the figure might Ukraine,” Ms. Ulianchenko stressed. She U.S. on Ukraine and NATO denied reports about a meeting of President Mr. Yanukovych, a former member of change.” He noted, “We are sensitive to the Viktor Yushchenko with Viktor Yanukovych KYIV – The United States expects Parliament, earned 235,371 hrv (7.93 hrv = cost to the Ukrainian people and we will try for the purpose of discussing the prospects Ukraine to continue its practical cooperation $1 U.S.), with 190,045 hrv as his salary. In to do our best to hold those costs down, but we are in fact investigating whether other of Our Ukraine joining the coalition. “Such with the North Atlantic alliance, Deputy 2009, he received financial assistance worth moneys have been misspent to the detriment reports – this is a slander, it has nothing to Assistant Secretary of State for European 37,660 hrv, as well as 7,666 hrv as divi- of the Ukrainian people.” Ms. Tymoshenko do with reality,” she underscored. and Eurasian Affairs Dan Russell said in an dends, interest, and royalties. His wife, earlier expressed doubts that Trout Cacheris (Ukrinform) interview with the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia news- Liudmyla, had income of 29,404 hrv in was fit to undertake the Ukrainian investiga- paper, it was reported on June 14. He said 2009 (15,181 hrv in pension payments, and U.S. monitors TV channels’ situation tion. The Azarov government expects to that Ukraine had the right to carry out an the remaining amount in dividends, interest receive the results of the probe into spending independent foreign policy, and the task of and royalties). The president owns a KYIV – The United States is monitoring 619.6-square-meter residential house, a by Tymoshenko’s government by September the United States was to strengthen the rela- the situation around Channel 5 and TVi, 239.4-square-meter apartment, and two of this year. (RFE/RL) tions between the two countries. “If Kyiv whose broadcast frequencies were with- garages with an area of 20 square meters decides not to seek membership of NATO, Filmmaker Yuriy Ilienko dies drawn under a ruling of Kyiv District and 19.9 square meters. Mrs. Yanukovych Administrative Court. Daniel A. Russell, the CSTO [Collective Security Treaty owns a 303.8-square-meter house. The pres- KYIV – Ukraine’s Prominent film direc- deputy assistant secretary of state for Organization] or the Customs Union [of idential family has no cars, but Mr. European and Eurasian affairs, speaking in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan], this is a tor, People’s Artist of Ukraine Yurii Ilienko, Yanukovych has bank deposits of 1.08 mil- has died at age 74, it was reported on June an interview with the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia choice of Ukraine,” he said. “At the same lion hrv and a package of shares worth 6,567 15. He made his debut as cameraman in newspaper, said that freedom of speech is a time, the NATO secretary general again said hrv, while his wife has bank deposits of Jakov Segel’s “Farewell, Pigeons” in 1960, very important issue for Washington. He that doors to Ukraine’s membership of the 6,691 hrv. (Ukrinform) but he gained fame for his camerawork in added that the U.S. was alarmed by the con- alliance remained open. We hope that Probe of former government’s spending Sergei Parajanov’s “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” (1964). Among outstanding KYIV – A U.S. law firm has begun an works by Mr. Ilienko were: “The White Bird investigation into the expenditures of the with a Black Mark”, “A Forest Song,” former Ukrainian government headed by “Mavka,” “The Legend of Princess Olga” defeated presidential candidate Yulia and “Swan Lake, The Zone,” One of his lat- Tymoshenko, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service est works, “A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa” reported on June 9. 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It is with deep sorrow and heavy heart that we share with family and friends that on It is with great sorrow that Sunday May 23, 2010, by the we inform our family, friends will of the Lord, passed unex- and acquaintances of the pectedly into eternity at the death on June 9, 2010 in age of 52 our beloved hus- Wayne, Pennsylvania, at age band, father, brother, uncle 65, of our beloved husband, and son-in law father, son, nephew, cousin and uncle, the late ROMAN JAKOWIW Born October 2, 1957 in New York, New York Alex G. Tyshovnytsky

Roman was predeceased by his parents Wasyl and Anna Jakowiw (Tus’ko) and brother Jaroslaw Jakowiw. born in Weiden, Germany Requiem Services were held May 25, and May 26 in Bridgeport Ct. the son of Daria (nee Hawrylak) and the late Roman Tyshovnytsky

In profound sorrow: A financier by education and profession, throughout his career he held various executive posts in major U.S. corporations, and most recently Wife - Natalie was a financial investment advisor. A sponsor of The Ukrainian Museum Daughters - Larysa and Lesia in New York City, he served on its Board of Directors as treasurer from Sister - Maria Jakowiw-Pendzola 1982 to 1991. He also served as financial advisor on the Board of Brother - Nicholas with wife Orysia Directors of the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center of Nieces - Christina Pendzola-Vitovych with husband Oleh Philadelphia. In his youth, he was a parishioner of St. Josaphat and daughter Xenia Ukrainian Catholic Church in Rochester, N.Y., and in the 1980’s, St. - Switlana Breigle with husband Jeffrey Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Stamford, Conn. Most recently, and daughters Laura and Adrianna Nephew - Nicholas Jakowiw with wife JoAnn the family belonged to Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church in and sons Liam and Nicholas Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, where his sons once served as altar boys Mother-in-law - Maria Bolonnyj and family and where he helped with the parish’s Sunday religious education pro- gram for youth. He was a loving and devoted husband and father, an and extended family throughout the United States, Ukraine, exemplary son, a staunch advocate of the Ukrainian Catholic Church Canada, and England and of Ukrainian language and culture, and an irreplaceable friend.

ETERNAL MEMORY! A Parastas was conducted on Tuesday, June 15, at 7:00 pm at Fletcher- Fortieth day Mass will be held at 9:00 AM on July 3, 2010 at the Nasevich Funeral Home in Philadelphia. A funeral service with Divine Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church Liturgy was offered on Wednesday, June 16, at 10:00 am at Sts. Peter 255 Barnum Avenue, Bridgeport, Ct. and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania. Services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. Msgr. Ronald Popivchak. Burial was at St. Andrew’s Cemetery in S. Bound Brook, New Jersey.

He is survived by his family:

wife - Oksana sons - Danylo - Andrij mother - Daria uncle - Roman Hawrylak and his wife Maria Tershakovec cousin - Christine Hawrylak with children Sophia, Alexander and Adrian with wife Jenny uncle - Boris Karash with wife Olga and sons Stepan and Andrij mother-in-law - Jaroslava Horodecky brother-in-law - Bohdan Horodecky with wife Vanessa and children Danko and Kalyna sister-in-law - Luba with husband Dr Orest Boyko and daughters Anissa and Laryssa relatives - Dr. Jurij Savyckyj with children Christine Hladky and Danylo and their families - Handzia Sawyckyj with husband George Mycak and son Maksym - Andrij Semotiuk with wife Ann and children Mark and Natalie - Anna and Luba Myklasevych and their families (Stryj, Ukraine)

and other close and distant relatives in the U.S. and Ukraine

Vichnaya pamyat’ - Eternal memory!

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to:

The Ukrainian Museum 222 E. 6th St. New York, NY 10003 Memo: Alex Tyshovnytsky Memorial Fund or Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation (for the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine) 2247 W. Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60622 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 No. 25

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Commission of the Enlarged Sisters Named UCC’s Three nuns mark Council; represented her community in ECCD; served on the Revitalization executive director golden jubilees Committee, Formation Team, Provincial Chapter Committee, Liturgical Committee; WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Paul Grod, JENKINTOWN, Pa. – Sisters Dorothy and is currently a member of the Centennial President of the Ukrainian Canadian Ann Busowski, Mary Cecilia Jurasinski, Committee. Sister Rita is assistant cantor in Congress announce the appointment of and Rita Stremba on May 28, marked their Taras Zalusky as UCC’s new executive 50th anniversary in the Order of the Sisters her community and is Director of the director effective May 3. of St. Basil the Great. A special divine litur- Associate Program of the Sisters of St. Basil Mr. Zalusky will be responsible for gy on this momentous occasion was concel- the Great. She is also a member of the board the overall leadership and management ebrated in the sisters’ Holy Trinity Chapel of trustees at Manor College. of the UCC’s operations, including the by Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka, Committed to secular and religious edu- implementation of the strategic plan, rec- Msgr. Peter Waslo and the Rev. Edward cation, Sister Rita graduated from Manor ommending policy direction to achieve Higgins and George Worschak. College, received a B.A. in education from the goals and further the mission of the A jubilee dinner was attended by the Immaculata College, an M.A. in theology organization, and supporting its program- Basilian Sisters in the Fox Chase communi- from Villanova University, and an M.A. in ming, events, and educational programs. ty, members of the clergy, and friends and religious studies from LaSalle University. He will also be responsible for establish- family members of the honorees. The spe- Since 1963 she has served as an instructor ing a full-time UCC office in Ottawa and cial qualities and contributions of each of at St. Basil Academy, teaching English and managing the UCC head office in the three sisters were remembered and religion, moderating the school newspaper, and serving as Activities Director and Winnipeg. Taras Zalusky shared by Provincial Superior Sister Laura “We are absolutely thrilled to have Palka. Student Council moderator. She heads the Taras join the congress in this chief exec- Ministers in several departments, includ- Sister Mary Cecilia, the daughter of Department of Religious Studies. Under utive position,” stated Mr. Grod. “His ing the Canadian International Stanley and Cecilia Jurasinski, was born in Sister Rita’s direction, a Campus Ministry leadership, exceptional creativity, big- Development Agency, Human Resources Reading, Pa., where she began her spiritual program was inaugurated at the academy in picture thinking, optimism and track Canada, Treasury Board and the Privy journey as a parishioner of Nativity of the 1985. record of proven success as a multi-task- Council Office. Blessed Virgin Mary Church. She entered Sister Dorothy Ann, the daughter of Anthony and Mary Busowski, was born in ing manager, communicator and fund- He has a long record of involvement the Order of St. Basil the Great on Pittsburgh and was a parishioner of St. John raiser made him a stand-out candidate for within and on behalf of the Ukrainian September 4, 1960, and has served the com- the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church. She this important position for the organiza- Canadian community in Canada and in munity of Sisters at Fox Chase Manor as tion. Taras is an active member of the assistant provincial (1975-1980) and as pro- entered the Order of St. Basil the Great on Ukraine. He was senior deputy chief of November 14, 1960. Sister Dorothy Ann Ukrainian Canadian community and mission to the 2004 and 2010 Canadian vincial councilor (1975-1983, 1990-95 and alumni of UCC’s internship program, 2000-2004). As an avid and active member earned a B.A. in education with a minor in Election Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. American History from Villanova which was the springboard to a brilliant He has also served on the executive and of community, she has been a delegate to career within the senior ranks of govern- University, an M.A. in history and political the boards of several organizations, Provincial Chapters in Fox Chase and ment. Today the Ukrainian community in General Chapters in Rome. science from Villanova University, and including the Canada-Ukraine Chamber Canada will greatly benefit from Taras’ Before entering religious life, Sister recently an M.A. in Holistic Spirituality of Commerce, the SUS Foundation and experience, insights and strong organiza- Mary Cecilia taught at Reading Public from Chestnut Hill College. tional capabilities.” the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in School, the first step in a lifelong commit- Sister Dorothy Ann’s service to the com- With over 20 years of experience Ottawa. ment to education. She earned an Associate munity has been wide and varied and working in business and government at Mr. Zalusky is fluent in English, degree from Manor College, a B.A. in edu- includes ministry at St. Basil Home in the most senior levels, Mr. Zalusky French and Ukrainian. He is married to cation from Immaculata College, and an Philadelphia and teaching elementary brings to UCC significant experience and Catherine Rudick, and they live in Ottawa M.A. in history from Villanova University, school in Watervliet, N.Y. Returning to Fox expertise at working in the development with their daughter Alena. degrees that enriched her work as instructor Chase, she taught history and business and communication of public policy. The executive director is the chief of history at Manor and as Dean of classes at St. Basil academy before serving Since 2006 he has been President of executive officer of the Ukrainian Students. as the Academy’s principal in 1975-1985. Trident International Business Solutions Canadian Congress and reports to the Since 1985, she has served as president Under her direction, several physical and Inc., an international public policy and president and executive committee of the of Manor College. Under her administra- academic improvements took place at the human resources consultancy. UCC, and is responsible for the organiza- tion, ambitious plans and programs created academy. He previously served as chief of staff tion’s consistent achievement of its mis- by previous presidents have evolved. Today, Sister Dorothy Ann has been an active and as a senior advisor to federal Cabinet sion and financial objectives. the college has a diverse student body that participant in community matters, serving includes international students, course offer- as project manager for the renovation of the ings have grown to meet technological Motherhouse, chair of several committees innovations, and degree programs have for the Province and General Chapters, Judge announces expanded to accommodate the needs of a inter-province collaboration with the changing economy. Uniontown Province as Planning bid for re-election Sister Rita, the daughter of John and Consultant, as vice-provincial (1985-1990) Mary Stremba, was also born in Reading, and as provincial (1995-2005). In her capac- SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Family Court Judge Pa., and was a parishioner of Nativity of the ity as provincial, Sister Dorothy Ann over- and Acting State Supreme Court Justice Blessed Virgin Mary Church. She entered saw the construction of the Holy Trinity Michael Hanuszczak is seeking re-election the Order of St. Basil the Great on Chapel and Basilian Spirituality Center. to the bench this upcoming November. September 4, 1960. Before entering reli- Currently, she is working as Development Mr. Hanuszczak stated that, “It has gious life, Sister Rita taught at Thomas Ford Office administrator, director of the Basilian been an honor and a privilege to serve Elementary School in Reading. Legacy Institute, and coordinator of traf- the children and families of Onondaga She has been actively engaged in com- ficking of women issues for the community. County and I look forward to continue munity matters and programs. She has She also serves on Manor’s board of trust- working to put families first and making served in on the Communication ees. sure that the best interests of children are always considered.” During his first term, Judge Hanuszczak has presided over thousands of cases and heard hundreds of trials involving many different types of legal proceedings. A number of his written decisions have been published or fea- Judge Michael Hanuszczak tured in prominent legal publications. He currently presides over the lic service career, which includes prior Integrated Domestic Violence (IDV) service as a county legislator and as a Court, which is a specialized problem- regional office head with the New York solving court that combines before one State Attorney General’s Office. judge all family law, criminal law and Judge Hanuszczak and his wife, Mona, matrimonial matters that involve a family are the parents of four children and are affected by domestic violence. The IDV parishioners of St. John the Baptist Court concept helps to ensure victim Ukrainian Catholic Church in Syracuse. safety and offender accountability. He is a member of Branch 127 of the Judge Hanuszczak is a graduate of Ukrainian National Association. Syracuse University’s Maxwell School For more information about the cam- Golden jubilarians (from left): Sister Mary Cecilia Jurasinski, OSBM, Sister Rita and the University of Buffalo Law paign readers may log on to www.reelect- Stremba, and Sister Dorothy Ann Busowski, all of the Order of Sisters of St. Basil School. He has had a distinguished pub- judgeh.com. the Great. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 17

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all areas of pharmacy.” He also stated that istry, and iatrogenic diseases. Awarded Fulbright she is “great in all the hard sciences, and she A member of the Alpha Chi National truly understands how medications are College Honor Society and the Rho Chi for year in Ukraine applied to patients.” Academic Honor Society in Pharmacy, Ms. CLEVELAND – On May 24, the Ms. Senderskaya, who is a pharmacist at Senderskaya has been on the Dean’s List University of Notre Dame announced on Walgreens Pharmacy, won the College of and is the recipient of the Franc H. its website that senior Catherine Stecyk Pharmacy’s Gold Medal, the Excellence in Largeman Scholarship, the Sheila Rosenberg from Uniontown, Ohio had won a presti- Pharmacotherapy Award and Merck Awards Memorial Scholarship and the Jewish gious Fulbright Research and Study for outstanding performance in medical Foundation for Education of Women Grant. Ms. Stecyk, who is known to her physiology, pathophysiology and biochem- Scholarship. friends as Katia, majored in biology and Italian, and is one of only 13 graduating seniors from Notre Dame to win a national fellowship. Young pianist She will spend a year in Ukraine con- ducting a study of the health care system, in competition focusing on the transition from the Soviet NEW YORK – The accomplished model to the one that has emerged since young Ukrainian pianist and resident of independence in 1991. Newark, Del., Anna Dmytrenko will The Fulbright Commission, which compete in the biennial New York awarded the grant, was undoubtedly International Piano Competition this impressed not only by Ms. Stecyk’s pro- summer. Ms. Dmytrenko, 17, is current- Catherine (Katia) Stecyk posed project, but also by her strong per- ly a student at the Juilliard School Pre- sonal qualifications. She consistently College Division in New York. earned the highest grades in a challeng- interest in languages, which encompasses Presented by the Stecher and Horowitz ing scientific course of undergraduate not only grammar, but also culture. Her Foundation, The New York International study. interest in languages, particularly Piano Competition will be held at The Growing up in a bilingual family in Ukrainian, was undoubtedly fostered by Manhattan School of Music in New York northeast Ohio, Ms. Stecyk learned to her Ukrainian American upbringing, City. The opening ceremonies at will speak both English and Ukrainian, and which immersed her in the traditions, take place at Steinway Hall on June 21, now is fluent in both. Her grandparents, songs, literature, history of Ukraine. and the competition will continue until who immigrated to the United States, had Additionally, as the daughter of a physi- June 25. a large influence on her, speaking to her cian, she expressed an early interest in Twenty-two young pianists age 16-21 and her brother, Michael, exclusively in health-care issues, which along with her will gather from across the globe for the Anna Dmytrenko Ukrainian. interest in Ukraine, is evident in her week-long event. Each young artist will Ms. Stecyk attended the School of Fulbright project. compete for cash prizes and concert France to play in the Recontre Ukrainian Studies in Parma, Ohio for 11 In addition to her volunteer work in appearances, and will return home either years and passed the grueling “Matura” Plast, Ms. Stecyk also volunteers at the International de Piano in Mee-sur-Seine. as a prize winner or finalist award recipi- Most recently, Ms. Dmytrenko attended exam with honors. She has been a mem- Ukrainian Museum-Archives in Cleveland ent. The level of competition has been ber of Plast Ukrainian Scouting and in 2008 traveled to Ukraine under the the International Keyboard Institute and uniformly high over the event’s 10-year Festival in New York, where she per- Organization since childhood and even- auspices of St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian history; former winners have gone on to formed and studied with many distin- tually became a counselor both locally Orthodox Cathedral in Parma to work in win the prestigious Young Concert Artists guished artists. and at summer camps. an orphanage in Ukraine. During her first prize and become National Ms. Dmytrenko has participated in the During her junior year at Notre Dame, summer in Ukraine, she earned high Foundation for the Advancement of the master classes of many famed pianists Ms. Stecyk studied abroad in Rome, praise for her dedication and selflessness. Arts Presidential Scholars. where she learned Italian and chose to Ms. Stecyk is a member of the Lisovi A winner of the Viardo International and teachers, including Alexander Kobrin, study the Romance language as her sec- Mavky sorority of Plast, and Ukrainian Piano Competition, the Bradshaw and Piotr Paleczny, Jerome Rose, Mykoola ond major. During this time abroad, Ms. National Association Branch 180 in Buono International Piano Competition and Suk, Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Joaquin Stecyk was able to pursue her broad Akron, Ohio. the Wilmington Community Orchestra Soriano, Alexander Braginsky, Hiroko Student Concerto Competition, Ms. Nakamura, Vladimir Krainev, Gary Dmytrenko has performed at such venues Graffman, Olga Kern, Sergei Musaelian, as the Kimmel Centre of Performing Arts in Steward Goodyear, and Ingrid Clairfield. Pharmacy school Philadelphia, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall A first-generation émigré to the United and the Yamaha Salon in New York City, States, Ms. Dmytrenko began her studies valedictorian the Salle Cortot in Paris, the University of at the Mariupol School of Music in Delaware, the Ed Kenley Centennial Ukraine as a pupil of Tatiyana Yakovleva. BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Rina Senderskaya Amphitheater in Salt Lake City, and the After arriving in the United States, she spoke no English when she and her family Duxbury Music Festival in Massachusetts. furthered her musical education at the left their native Ukraine for the United In 2008 Ms. Dmytrenko held a benefit Delaware School of Music as a pupil of States in 1991. However, language has concert in Loudis Hall at the University Dr. David Brown and Jeanne Pascal. In proven not to be a barrier to her success in of Delaware to raise money for the music 2004, she was admitted to the prestigious her adopted country. programs at her high school. That year Juilliard School Pre-College Division to On May 14 the 29-year-old Sheepshead she was also broadcast on Natalie J. pursue advanced studies under scholar- Bay, N.Y., resident received a Doctor of Evans’ radio show in Houston. She also Pharmacy, or Pharm. D., degree and deliv- ship. Since then, she has been a pupil of was given the opportunity to return to ered the valedictory address at the com- Dr. Oxana Yablonskaya. mencement ceremony for Long Island University’s Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Rina Senderskaya Ms. Senderskaya, who earned a 3.96 Alex E. Kyj grade-point average in the highly competi- High School in Brooklyn and later earned a Financial Advisor tive Pharm.D. program, is one of 371 stu- B.B.A. in computer information systems dents who graduated from the College of from the Zicklin School of Business at Financial Planning Specialist Pharmacy in downtown Brooklyn, which Baruch College, which is also located in was founded in 1886 and currently is Brooklyn. responsible for educating nearly one-quarter Believing that she could better help peo- One Liberty Place of the pharmacists in the state of New York. ple through a career in pharmacy, Ms. 1650 Market Street, 42nd Floor At the ceremony, Long Island University Senderskaya left her business career and President David J. Steinberg conferred 149 enrolled at the College of Pharmacy. “I like Philadelphia, PA 19103 Master of Science degrees, 209 Pharm.D. providing health care,” she said. “I like the (215) 854-6284 (800) 233-1414 degrees and 13 Ph.D. degrees to students of fact that, unlike physicians, pharmacists are the College of Pharmacy. more accessible to people in need of medi- Ms. Senderskaya, whose family left the cal advice. I enjoy helping and interacting www.fa.smithbarney.com/robertskyj town of Chernivtsi, Ukraine “seeking a bet- with patients, and educating people on prop- [email protected] ter life” and “better opportunities” when she er medication administration.” was just 11 years old, had little problem Patrick J. Campbell, the director of stu- adjusting to life in the United States. “I was dent and professional activities at the young, so English came naturally,” recalled College of Pharmacy, declared that Ms. Ms. Senderskaya. She attended Stuyvesant Senderskaya “is an extraordinary student in 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 No. 25 No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 19

Soccer chess tournament, hosted by the Prix in Tbilisi, Georgia, on June 5-7. The Athletics Ukrainian Chess Federation on June 5-15 memorial tournament is named after • Kyiv, Lviv and Donetsk, host cities at the Lavra Art Gallery in Kyiv. Players Vakhtang Balavadze and Givi Kartozia, • Ukraine won five medals at the 55th for the Euro 2012 soccer tournament, from Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, and features freestyle and Greco-Roman Janusz Kusocinski Memorial meet in unveiled their logos for the tournament Turkmenistan and Romania participated. wrestling. Taras Danko (84 kg) won gold Warsaw on June 9. Olha Saladuha won on June 8-9. Kyiv’s logo features the and Yuriy Ledenev (55 kg) and Gia gold in women’s triple jump, Natalia sculpture of the founders of Kyiv – Kiy, • Grandmaster Martyn Kravtsiv won Chikhladze (74 kg) won bronze medals. Pohrebniak won the women’s 100-meter Shchek, Khoryv and Lebid; Lviv’s logo race, Yevhenia Snihur won the 100-meter the second international chess tournament Tennis features five towers that mark the city’s in Bhubaneswr, India, on May 30. Six hurdles and Hanna Mishchenko won the skyline. Donetsk held a competition and chess players scored 8.5 points out of 11, • The men’s doubles team of Sergey women’s 1,500-meter race. Yulia selected coal refuse piles and city sym- but Kravtsiv won a tie-breaker against Stakhovsky of Ukraine and Mikhail Olishevska won the bronze medal in the bols. Alexey Alexandrov of Belarus. The tour- Youzhny of Russia won the ATP Gerry women’s 400-meter race and Oleksandr nament attracted 249 players. Weber Open tournament in Halle, Soldatkin won the bronze medal in men’s • Oleksandr Aliyev was named the best Germany, on June 14. The Ukrainian- long jump. player in the CIS and the Baltic states and • Grandmaster Pavel Eljanov won the Russian duo defeated the Czech-Slovak received the Zvezda award from Sport World Chess Federation (FIDE) Grand • Andriy Protsenko won first place in Express Daily. Aliyev plays for FC pair of Martin Damm and Filip Polasek Prix in Astrakhan, Russia, on May 25. 4-6, 7-5, 10-7. This was Stakhovsky’s the high-jump and Olga Saladuha won Lokomotiv Moscow and scored seven Eljanov scored 8 points out of 13. Other first place in the triple jump event at the goals in 11 rounds for 73 points. While second doubles title, with his first victory Ukrainian performances included Ruslan at the Kremlin Cup in 2008. International Association of Athletics playing for the Ukrainian national team, Ponomariov with 7 points, for second Federation’s Askina Meeting, the fourth Aliyev scored three goals in international place, and Vasyl Ivanchuk with 5.5 points. European Athletics Outdoor Classic, held friendly matches against Lithuania and • Alexandr Dolgopolov, who defeated Eljanov is ranked by FIDE in first place Fernando Gonzalez of Chile (6-3, 6-4, in Baunatal, Germany, on June 2. Romania. in Ukraine with 2751 points, and ninth 6-3) at the French Open, held on May Martial arts Boxing place worldwide. The competition attract- 23-June 6, was the first Ukrainian to play ed 14 grandmasters. • Ukraine’s boxers won a silver and in the third round of the men’s singles Serhiy Drebot (66 kg) won the gold four bronze medals at the 38th European events at a Grand Slam tournament in 11 medal at the World Judo Cup in Lisbon, • Grandmaster Evgenij Miroshnichenko years. Dolgopolov was defeated in the Portugal, on June 14. Serhiy Pliyev (66 Boxing Championship in Moscow on won second place, winning 6 out of 7 June 5-12. Heorhiy Chihaeyv (54 kg) next round by Nicolas Almagro of Spain kg) and Valentyn Grekov (90 kg) won points, at the Limburg Open chess tourna- (3-6, 3-6, 4-6). Alona Bondarenko also bronze medals. Ukraine finished the tour- won second place and bronze medals ment in Maastricht, the Netherlands, on were awarded to Oleksandr Kliuchko (64 advanced to the third round of the French nament in fifth place, behind France, May 24. Sergey Fedorchuk scored 5.5 Open, the first time in her career. Portugal, Germany and Brazil. kg), Taras Shelestiuk (66 kg), Denys points and finished in fourth place. Poyatsyka (91 kg) and Roman Bondarenko was defeated by Jelena Competing were more than 100 players Hockey Kapitonenko (+91 kg). Jankovic of Serbia, 4-6, 6-7 (3-7). from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ukraine will host the International Ice Great Britain, Denmark, France, Sweden, Diving • Vitali Klitschko, the WBC heavy- Hockey Federation World Championship Armenia and Poland. weight champion, was awarded the Illya Kvasha and Oleksiy Pryhorov on April 17-23, 2011, in Kyiv. Ukraine Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Fencing won the bronze medal in the men’s three- will compete in Group B, Division 1, Republic of Germany, the country’s high- meter synchronized diving event at the along with Kazakhstan, Poland, Britain, est award, on June 3 at the German Ukraine’s women’s saber team won the FINA (Federation Internationale de Lithuania and Estonia. Embassy in Kyiv. The award recognized silver medal at the international Grand Nation) Diving World Cup in Changzhou, Klitschko’s long-term contribution to the Prix held in Tianjin, China, on May 29. 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COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Ukrainian Language Society celebrates its 20th anniversary CLARENDON Hills, Ill. – The the ULS. Ukrainian Language Society of Chicago The ULS also takes part in the (ULS) this year celebrated its 20th anni- Ukrainian Days in Chicago in August and versary. Created to work alongside Rukh, the Easter bazaar in North Port, Fla., its main purpose was to send to Prosvita where publications published in Ukraine organizations in all regions of Ukraine with ULS financial support are exhibited. books that had been published in the At a recent get-together in Venice, Fla., diaspora and were not available in members were informed about the finan- Ukraine during the Communist regime. cial help given to Prosvita in Kyiv, Eventually, the society’s purpose shift- Donetsk, Sevastopol, Luhansk, Rivne, ed to helping financially in publishing Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Poltava, Kherson, Ukrainian-language books in Ukraine, Kirovohrad and Khmelnytsky for publi- since there was a pressing need for them. cation of Ukrainian books, magazines and Membership in ULS grew over the children’s books. USL also awarded years. From the original 10 it grew to 250 scholarships to students who will major and included, in addition to educators, in Ukrainian language, literature or histo- people from all walks of life. They are ry at the National University of Ostroh from different states in the U.S. ( Illinois, Petro Mohyla University in Mykolajiv or Florida, New York, New Jersey, universities in Kyiv. Connecticut, Massachussetts, North The Ukrainian Language Society is a Carolina, Michigan, Colorado, Arizona, member of the Holodomor Foundation in California and Hawaii), Canada and the U.S. and takes part in its memorial Australia. observance. It also takes a very active Activists at the Ukrainian Language Society’s get-together in Venice, Fla. To keep its membership informed part in presenting literary evenings with about the needs of the different regional other organizations which include recent of Ukrainian books and magazines to all and visit Prosvita branches to make sure Prosvita groups, ULS President Vira immigrants from Ukraine. regional centers of Prosvita and donated that the books and funding go to the des- Bodnaruk sends out a letter/report three The executive committee of ULS con- to schools, libraries and Prosvita reading ignated places. times a year. Additionally, picnic get- sists of Prof. Bodnaruk, president; Luba rooms. Many letters of appreciation have Ukrainian Language Society welcomes togethers are held in Chicago and Florida Kalin, treasurer; Dmytro Hrushetsky, sec- been received from students and adult new members. For additional information with visual presentations of the work retary; and members at large Dr. Bohdan readers of the donated literature. readers may write to: Ukrainian Language carried out by Prosvita branches in Bodnaruk and Oleh Eliashevsky. Periodically, members of ULS board Society, 425 Ridge Ave., Clarendon Hills, Ukraine that receive financial help from Over the years USL has sent 892 boxes travel to Ukraine (at their own expense) IL 60514.

short of Western standards, he avoided the Meanwhile, the chief executive officer Russian buyers... question and offered only vague, some- of the Mariupol Metallurgical Plant, Mr. (Continued from page 1) times contradictory, information about Boiko, alleged his shareholders are the tar- LuhanskTeploVoz plant, the nation’s larg- other assets under purchase. gets of a hostile takeover in which their est manufacturer of diesel and electronic Indeed during his visit to Washington, own broker illegally transferred the com- locomotives, to the Briansk Machine- Mr. Yanukovych told American business- pany’s shares to Russian raiders. Mr. Building Plant, a subsidiary of men at an April 13 luncheon that his Yanukovych has asked the Prosecutor TransMashHolding, Russia’s largest maker administration would ensure that privatiza- General’s Office to investigate. of locomotives and railway equipment. tions would be “absolutely transparent,” The incursion of Russian business into The 76 percent stake was sold in a naming LuhanskTeploVoz as among the the steel sector, with or without Mr. closed auction that was open to only two enterprises for sale and inviting Americans Yanukovych’s knowledge, has put the bidders. The winning bid of $51.8 million to participate. Ukrainian president in an awkward posi- was 2.5 percent higher the starting price “The Yanukovych administration tion. and a fraction of its true value, which ana- doesn’t act in an economic way that is While the Yanukovych administration lysts estimated is as high as $120 million. legally and structurally developed,” Mr. has signed agreements forging intensified The other competitor was a company Lozowy said. “Transparency is a word that cooperation between the two neighboring owned by Russian businessman Konstantin means nothing to them. It’s all garbage.” countries, including economic and cultural Grigorishin. Both companies offered start- In late May, anonymous Russian inves- collaboration, the Russians may have ing bids, with Briansk offering a price $1.3 tors claimed to have acquired Ukraine’s moved too far, too soon, observers said. million higher, and neither raised their bids second-largest steel factory, the Illich The Russian incursion threatens the Mariupol Metallurgical Plant, and the dominance over Ukrainian metallurgy once the auction started, drawing doubts Zenon Zawada about its legitimacy. fifth-largest steel producer, Zaporizhstal. wielded by Mr. Akhmetov, who currently “Without a doubt, the winner was deter- Both deals occurred under opaque, con- President Viktor Yanukovych has allowed controls more than 35 percent of the sector mined beforehand,” said Oleksander troversial conditions that are being con- Russian investors to attempt acquisitions and built Ukraine’s first vertically integrat- Bondar, a former head of the State tested by Ukrainian competitors in fierce of strategic Ukrainian factories, some- ed steel producer. Property Fund and national deputy with legal and political battles. Russian inves- times in conflict with his own oligarch “I think this could lead to conflict with the Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense tors outbid Ukrainian metallurgical tycoon backers. the Donbas crowd,” Mr. Lozowy said. Bloc (OU-PSD). He said the plant could Rinat Akhmetov in the Zaporizhstal con- “Integration with Russia is one thing, but have been sold for twice as much. test. Yanukovych confirmed news reports that it’s another to cede sections of the econo- Cyprus-registered Mantara Holding, In the case of Mariupol Metallurgical, Mr. Akhmetov had filed an appeal in the my in which Donbas oligarchs have a vest- which is affiliated with Ukraine’s Privat a rogue broker allegedly cut a backroom London courts to stop the sale of ed interest. They’ve opened the door to a Group, was denied participation in the deal with Russian investors to take control Zaporizhstal: “It won’t be sold for at least new large player and competitor in auction for failing to submit two docu- of the factory’s shares, most of which are a year, insofar as I’m aware.” Ukraine.” ments. The denial has triggered a legal controlled by chief executive officer Zaporizhstal was reportedly bought for The four factories targeted for purchase battle that analysts said will be lengthy. Volodymyr Boiko through offshore $1.7 billion, after the Russian buyer paid fit well into Russia’s economic strategy, “There were two companies which con- accounts. Mr. Boiko alleged that the plant $50 million more than Mr. Akhmetov’s bid analysts said. Both plants are dependent on spired between each other, and the third was the victim of a corporate raid. and another $50 million in fines for break- raw material imports from Russia, which company wasn’t allowed in,” said Kseniya In both deals, the buyer is an anony- ing the agreement. Analysts estimated in turn is seeking capacities to create verti- Liapina, an OU-PSD national deputy, who mous Russian entity, as was the case with another $7 billion in investment will be cally integrated steel production to com- demanded that the auction results be can- the purchase in January of two Ukrainian needed to modernize the plant. pete on global markets. celed. plants belonging to the Industrial Union of “At that, it wasn’t allowed in the classic Donbass, also financed by VEB. The way: at the last moment in the night, the Industrial Union buyer is the same as the ners one must first renounce terrorism owner was told that he doesn’t qualify for Mariupol buyer, the representatives con- Human rights... and the entire Soviet totalitarian heritage the contest tomorrow morning. Only raid- firmed. (Continued from page 6) that is shamelessly being revived. How ers act that way. This was a raider attack VEB declined comment on the deals. would the world view Germany’s attempt by the State Property Fund and Russian There is wide speculation on the buyer, The Kremlin’s involvement in Kyrgyzstan to revive the cult of Hitler? Could one business on LuhanskTeploVoz,” Ms. ranging from a single Russian steel giant was openly aimed at the United States justify, even with vast economic profits, Liapina noted. to the government itself. Some observers and its war against terror. the cooperation of democrats with neo- When The Weekly confronted President in Kyiv suggested the Russian government How can President Obama expect state Hitlerites? Yanukovych at a June 4 press conference plans a transnational holding company for terrorists to assist him in the war against By the same logic, no amount of eco- about the opaque way that Russian inves- the assets. terror? nomic goods can justify America’s flirta- tors are buying Ukrainian assets, falling Responding to The Weekly, Mr. Before one can work with such part- tion with a neo-fascist Russia. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 21

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Los Angeles UNWLA branch presents show of fashion and history by Khrystia Schmotolocha LOS ANGELES – A festive program titled “ Ukrainian Folk Art and Fashion” was held earlier this spring at the Ukrainian Culture Center in Los Angeles. Planned and organized by the Los Angeles-based Branch 111 of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, it included the participation of UNWLA Branch 3 of Phoenix, Ariz., and fashion designer and artist Maria Hnyliakevytch from Lviv. The Ukrainian Culture Center co-sponsored the event, providing the facili- ties and staff for assistance, as well as help- ing financially. The students and teachers of the local School of Ukrainian Studies with its director Dr. Olha Popel, took part in the fashion show, as did many girls and ladies (and a few brave gentlemen) from the Ukrainian community. They modeled historic and folk Marina Schmotolocha costumes, as well as contemporary designs of Maria Hnyliakevytch. Participants of the fashion show with designer Maria Hnyliakevytch (third from right). Adding to the festivities was the perfor- mance of the Chervona Kalyna dance group Organization, a successful and noted fashion directed by Marina Shtelen. Virtuoso ban- designer and master embroiderer. She incor- durist and singer Luka Laschuk Miller from porates Ukrainian embroidery and patterns San Diego entertained the audience with into her original contemporary clothing Ukrainian folk songs and historic ballads. designs. The goal of the March 7 program was to Her collections of women’s and chil- present the tradition and history of Ukrainian dren’s clothing have been exhibited in the embroidery, and its elements of design and United States, Canada, England, France, ornamentation via a display of Ukrainian Poland and Ukraine. Her collections include articles and clothing, in historic and folk daytime and evening wear, wedding dresses, costumes as well as in contemporary dress coat and dress ensembles, as well as suits to show its lasting influence and adaptability and separates. She chooses fabrics carefully, to current fashion. and then applies techniques and designs of On a sunny, spring day, guests arrived for Ukrainian embroidery and ornamentation to the afternoon luncheon and fashion show at the clothing – all geared to contemporary the Ukrainian Culture Center with great styles. The second part of the program fea- anticipation. Weeks before, posters and leaf- tured Mrs. Hnyliakevytch’s designs as part lets designed by graphic designer Lew of the fashion show. Rakowsky had spread the news. Chrystia Boyko, president of UNWLA Luncheon tables in the large hall were Branch 3, was introduced to the audience. tastefully decorated in spring colors by Branch members had traveled by van carry- Linda Mudlo, and soft Ukrainian music set ing 19 costumes from its historical fashion a welcoming mood. The music for the event collection. was in the capable hands of Volodymyr An introduction to the history of Bednarsky. Ukrainian fashion, spanning centuries, was Guests mingled at the exhibits of presented by Khrystia Schmotolocha, who Ukrainian embroidered articles on display. spoke about the development of Ukrainian Tables and panels featured embroidered arti- historical costumes, often influenced by cles, such as ritual cloths, shirts, dresses, pil- nearby regions and lands, and the elements lows, and other items both for adults and of design and embroidery which affected the Showing off Ukrainian designs ( from left) are: Victoria Holodryha in a Podillian children. later regional folk costumes of the 19th and costume, Stefania Kononenko in a long embroidered shirt from Zakarpattia and Many articles were designed, sewn and 20th centuries. Christina Schmotolocha in a long embroidered shirt from Bukovyna. embroidered by Ukrainian ladies who live in Ukrainian women, whether in troubled the Los Angeles; others were treasured times of war or incarceration as political Hutsulschyna, Bukovyna and Zakarpattia, Halyna Poluha coordinated the modeling keepsakes and collector’s items brought prisoners, far away from their homes, con- and a 150-year-old long wedding shirt from presentation of the children. from Ukraine, some dating back 100 years tinued the tradition of embroidering, because Kyiv was worn by Maria Sementsiv. To add Then, came the many adult models, or more. it was such a cherished tradition and it to the interest, “twin” models, Christina whose grace and panache showed off the The artistic display of all the articles was brought them closer to their homeland, Ms. Schmotolocha and Stefania Kononenko variety of long and short evening dresses, the work of Halyna Poluha and Maria Schmotolocha pointed out. modeled lovely long embroidered shirts, coat and dress ensembles, blouses and skirts, Hnyliakevytch, assisted by Lubomyra The fashion show began with the presen- (circa 1920-1930), belted with kraiky, all so fashionable and elegant – and all with Slobodian. tation of historical fashions by beginning showing that they could be worn as dresses, elements of Ukrainian embroidery. Yurij Wyhinny, a talented young actor, with the costume of a Sarmatian woman, even today. Commentary was by Ms. Poluha and was the master of ceremonies. He invited 3rd century B.C., moving ahead to the 6th Commentary for this position of the fash- Khrystia Schmotolocha. everyone to partake of the buffet lunch, and century of Kyivan Rus’, and then to the ion show was by Khrystia Schmotolocha. The finale was the bridal gown with an introduced the speakers and the program. stately robes worn by Princess Olha, Prince Presenting designs sewn and embroi- artfully designed headdress. Afterwards, all The welcome dance, performed by the Volodymyr the Great and his druzhynnyky. dered by themselves or by members of the the participants gathered on stage to receive Chervona Kalyna troupe, was an uplifting The 11th century was represented by cos- community were Maria Billey, Oksana well-deserved applause. tumes of Anna Yaroslavna and her sister, Meiklejohn, and Halyna Poluha Christina and joyous beginning to the program. Members of the event committee were: A few introductory words and greetings Yelysaveta. Kyivan and Galician noble- Schmotolocha, great-grandmother’s daytime Zenovia Bihun, Oksana Kozbur, Marta were spoken by the president of the women were portrayed from the time of the dress from the 1960s yet looked very cur- Turczyn, Halyna Poluha, Orysia Bednarska, Ukrainian Culture Center, Pavlo Biletcky. 12th century. The historical costume presen- rent. Olenka Krupa, Lubomyra Slobodian and UNWLA Branch 111 President Ludmyla tation ended with examples from the Kozak The second part of the program featured Wussek noted, “Those who remember the and Hetman eras. the contemporary designs of Mrs. Khrystia Schmotolocha devoted much time past and honor it, have few chances of fail- Commentary was by Olha Senyk and Hnyliakevytch. The music changed to a and energy to the project. ing in the future.” She spoke about the tradi- Olenka Krupa; lighting for the fashion show lively beat, as schoolchildren and a pair of The chairperson of the event, Luba tion and artistic value of Ukrainian embroi- was by Ihor Hunko. toddlers only 2 and 3 years old, came out Keske, commented: “we hoped that this dery, its presence in every Ukrainian house- The first part of the program ended with looking perfectly groomed in their suits and program would be entertaining, as well as hold, its symbolic meanings and role in cus- original and beautiful folk costumes of the dress and coat ensembles, pivoting, walking educational, and that it would inspire our toms. 19th-20th centuries, all exhibiting the spe- down the stage to the audience, and garner- young adults, children and grandchildren to Next, she introduced Maria Sawka cific characteristics and ornamentation of ing sustaining applause. Every article of be proud of their Ukrainian heritage – not to Hnyliakevytch, who had arrived especially their particular regions. Vistoria Holodryha, clothing was decorated with an element of be ‘onlookers’ but to engage in the for this event from Lviv. Mrs. Hnyliakevytch Svitlana Hunko, Danuta Lopushynska, Lesia embroidery, some subtle white on white or Ukrainian community and to carry on all the is an Honored Artist of Ukraine, a member Maruschak and Orysia Prokopowych were pink on pink, others with more traditional wonderful experiences that being Ukrainian of the Ukrainian National Artists stunning in their costumes from Podillia, colors of embroidery. brings to our lives.” 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 No. 25

fear and to satisfy Azarov, [State Property Meanwhile, Russia’s United Ship- Should Russian industries continue to The first 100 days... Fund Chair Oleksander] Riabchenko had Building Corp. said June 9 that it plans to expand into Ukraine, economists said, (Continued from page 1) to show he’s doing something and sold a create joint enterprises with Ukrainian Ukrainian sovereignty could come under Stockholm court in order to produce a very important site for next to nothing.” firms such as the Black Sea Shipbuilding threat. ruling favorable to Mr. Firtash. In the aviation industry, the board of Factory in Mykolaiv. “These are the policies of neo-colonial- “These people – Firtash and [Fuel and directors of Russia’s United Aviation On April 30 Mr. Azarov led a ism,” said Dr. Soskin, who pointed out that Energy Minister Yurii] Boiko – declined Construction Corp. approved on June 16 Ukrainian delegation in meeting with Mr. Azarov spent most of his life in Russia, to legitimately defend the state interests the possibility of forming a Russian- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to where he was born. “With oligarch capital of Ukraine in court,” Ms. Tymoshenko Ukrainian enterprise with Kyiv’s Antonov discuss creating Russian-Ukrainian enter- and the help of Moscow’s agents, they are said on June 9. “They recalled all the Co., which said earlier it would pursue prises in the ship-building, aviation and taking control of Ukraine’s most valuable lawyers that were there and all the inter- the opportunity. nuclear energy industries. economic assets.” national lawyers that were hired by our government. They completely decimated the entire defense, not representing and Timeline of the economic policies of theYanukovych administration recalling all arguments which were to the country’s advantage.” • March 5 – The hryvnia-dollar • April 12 – The government owes met- which projects $34 billion in revenues, The Stockholm ruling epitomizes the exchange rate stabilizes to 7.98 hrv per $1 allurgical enterprises $563 million in val- $41 billion in expenditures and a $7 bil- conflicts of interest that act against following the presidential election and for- ue-added tax (VAT) returns and grain pro- lion deficit, or 5.3 percent of GDP. Ukraine’s economic interests, observers mer Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s ducers $1 billion in VAT returns, industry Parliament also approves the said. decision to withdraw her appeal of the leaders say. Yanukovych-Medvedev pact on the Mr. Boiko, a shadow partner in election results. • April 13 – The Governmental BSF’s basing amidst flying eggs and RosUkrEnergo who stands to benefit • March 5 – Russian Federation Prime Committee on Economic Issues, led by smoke bombs. from the ruling, will simultaneously have Minister Vladimir Putin invites Ukraine to Vice Prime Minister Sergey Tigipko, pass- • April 27 – State Treasury Chair Serhii to enable Naftohaz to survive the finan- join a customs union of Belarus, es a luxury tax on planes, helicopters, Kharchenko said the first quarter budget cial consequences of the court decision, Kazakhstan and Russia. Russian Energy yachts, expensive automobiles and elite had a deficit of $696 million. which could deal the final blow to the Minister Sergey Shmatko suggests creat- real estate. • April 29 – Presidential Administration perennially bankrupt state-owned compa- ing a natural gas consortium between • April 14 – Labor and Social Policy Deputy Chair Iryna Akimova says the ny. Gazprom and Naftohaz. Minister Vasyl Nadraha announces pen- government is considering raising the “I think that after the [October 31] • March 8 – President Viktor sions have been raised by 1 percent as of retirement age for Ukrainian workers. elections, the Party of Regions will Yanukovych says Ukraine is interested in March 1. • April 30 – Putin proposes Gazprom increase gas prices for people in order to entering the Eurasian customs union pro- • April 16 – Parliament votes not to take over Naftohaz Ukrainy, the state- return the $5.4 billion [the estimated posed by Putin. support an inquiry to dismiss National owned extractor, refiner and distributor of value of 11 billion cubic meters of gas] • March 11 – An illegal coalition gov- Bank of Ukraine Chair Volodymyr natural gas. from the State Treasury,” Ms. ernment emerges, led by Prime Minister Stelmakh, who was accused by former • May 5 – The Finance Ministry Tymoshenko said. “These $5.4 billion, Mykola Azarov. The economy minister is Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko of Finance reports the state debt has grown to which the new government took for cor- Vasyl Tsushko, whose only experience speculating and profiting from the 2008 $41 billion from $38 billion at the start of ruption, will be divided between the for- with economics was serving as the direc- financial crisis. the year. mer and current government leaders, and tor of a state farm in his native village. The • April 16 – Yanukovych appoints • May 12 – The Cabinet of Ministers among all those who participated in this fuel and energy minister is Yurii Boiko, mega-millionaire Valerii Khoroshkovskyi, proposes renewing business with Vanco corrupt scheme.” who helped created RosUkrEnergo, the the chair of the Security Service of Prykerchenska Ltd., a Black Sea shelf oil Besides lining the pockets of its pre- opaque natural gas intermediary through Ukraine, to the National Bank Council. and gas exploration company controlled ferred oligarchs, the government of Prime which billions of dollars were allegedly • April 20 – Tigipko announces the gov- by Rinat Akhmetov and Gazprom. Minister Mykola Azarov has given the siphoned illegally. ernment wants a $12 billion loan from the • May 21 – Tigipko says the IMF green light for Russian oligarchs to buy • March 15 – Finance Minister Fedir IMF spanning two-and-a-half years. doesn’t expect Ukraine will fulfill its strategic factories in the Ukrainian econo- Yaroshenko announces that the Pension • April 21 – The Antonov Co. (Ukraine) declared budget deficit of 5.3 percent for my with the active support of the Russian Fund deficit is $3.8 billion. and United Aviation Construction Corp. 2010, making any loan doubtful. Federation government. • March 19 – Vice Prime Minister (Russia) agree to create a company to • May 25 – An anonymous Russian Most recently, the State Property Fund Andrii Kliuyev proposes an international engage in joint projects with Russian avia- enterprise, financed by the Russian announced on June 15 that Russia’s consortium, including Europe and Russia, tion firms. state-owned VneshEkonomBank, is TransMashHolding bought a majority to manage Ukraine’s natural gas transit • April 21 – Yanukovych announces in reported to have bought Zaporizhstal, stake in Luhansk TeploVoz, Ukraine’s system, which he said soon won’t be Kharkiv that Ukraine will extend the lease Ukraine’s sixth largest steel factory, largest maker of diesel and electronic worth anything. of the Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) in outbidding Ukraine’s metallurgy king- locomotives. • March 26 – Ukraine’s national debt Sevastopol for 25 years in exchange for a pin Rinat Akhmetov. Economists criticized the auction’s reaches $38 billion, approaching 100 per- discount of up to $100 per 1,000 cubic • May 26 – Representatives of an anon- starting price of $50.6 million. cent of GDP, reports the Finance Ministry. meters for natural gas delivered by ymous Russian investor claim the pur- TransMashHolding paid $51.8 million, a • March 29 – Yanukovych postpones Gazprom, the Russian state monopoly. chase of the Illich Mariupol Metallurgical 2.5 percent premium, without so much as introducing anti-corruption laws, passed Yanukovych estimates the 10-year dis- Plant, Ukraine’s second-largest steel pro- a contest, drawing speculation that the by Parliament in 2009, from April 1, 2010, count will save the Ukrainian economy ducer. The next day, the factory’s board auction was rigged. A third competitor, to January 1, 2011. $40 billion. chairman, Volodymyr Boiko claims, he’s owned by the Privat oligarchic grouping, • March 30 – The Yanukovych admin- • April 26 – Azarov announces the gov- the victim of a corporate raid. was denied participation. istration tells the International Monetary ernment plans to borrow $12.7 billion in • June 2 – Yanukovych presents his “It was sold for kopeks,” said Dr. Oleh Fund (IMF) it can’t satisfy its requirement 2010, including $4.3 billion in foreign administration’s economic reform pro- Soskin, director of the Institute of Society that the 2010 budget deficit be reduced to loans. gram. Transformation in Kyiv. “The Azarov 6 percent of GDP. The administration ear- • April 27 – Without a quorum and • June 3 – Yanukovych says he will government is in hysterics with the bud- lier stated it sought a $5 billion loan to fill using voting cards of absentee deputies, privatize all remaining state properties in get deficit. He’s giving orders to all the the deficit. Parliament approves the 2010 budget, five years. organs to gather as much revenue. Out of

three vertical spaces: the sanctuary behind of spires, domes or towers with natural light Prof. Zuk’s work – whether it’s Holy Trinity Radoslav Zuk... the iconostas, the nave – the space for the entering the interior from above. As in tradi- Church in Kerhonkson, N.Y., Holy Cross (Continued from page 13) congregation, and the narthex – the space at tional churches, the sanctuary faces east and Church in Thunder Bay, Ontario, or the Chernihiv, Hustyn, Kharkiv, Khemlnytske, the entrance, Prof. Zuk said. It’s the creative is separated from the nave by an iconostas. Nativity of the Theotokos Church in Lviv – Mhar near Lubny, Nizhyn, Pereyaslav, arrangement of these three spaces which But the form and composition of the whole is that in each of his 10 churches he resolves Poltava, Pryluky, Sorochyntsi and Sumy. produces the characteristic roof line with architectural ensemble is contemporary and these complex issues in a different way. Like When we also take into account the timber domes or spires, that defines a church as innovative, as seen in his St. Stephen the old wooden churches of Ukraine, no two churches being built across rural Ukraine at being Ukrainian. And the architects who Byzantine Ukrainian Catholic Church in Zuk churches are alike. Yet all are unmistak- were building in Mazepa’s time knew how the time, notably those in Novomoskovsk Calgary. ably the work of Radoslav Zuk, all are clear- to combine this concept with the leading and Romny, we get a better understanding “The interior of [this] church evokes in ly Ukrainian in character. style of their day. of the scope of enthusiasm for new ideas its nave and sanctuary the spirit of both the If the soul of Ukrainian civilization is What does this approach to building Byzantine basilicas and of the tall tower-like revealed in the architecture of its churches, and creative ventures the people of that era Ukrainian churches mean today? Peter had, the speaker noted. Davey, the editor of The Architectural Ukrainian wooden churches. On the exteri- the understanding and appreciation of that “The Ukrainian character is revealed, in Review, writes that in designing Ukrainian or... the multi-domed sanctuary... recalls the civilization is revealed in the research and churches based on both these plans, through churches, Radoslav Zuk, for example, is rhythms of such historical wooden churches, lectures of the Shevchenko Scientific a uniquely Ukrainian rhythmic schema of “concerned to make churches which, while albeit in unique geometric shapes,” noted Society. The Montreal chapter of the society, the roof profile, irrespective of the stylistic they have a particular resonance with The Architectural Review (April 1992, Vol. with its president Luba Zuk, has set up an features of the building concerned, be it Ukrainian culture, do not copy the forms of CXC, No.1142). interesting calendar of lectures for the Byzantine, Renaissance, Baroque or vernac- the past but abstract from them to create This project, received with great enthusi- 2010-2011 season with topics ranging from ular architecture,” stated Prof. Zuk. places which have an authentic, not kitsch, asm, garnered Radoslav Zuk and Hugh the music of George Fiala, the history of the If we were to cut in half a scale model of relationship to tradition.” McMillan Architect Ltd. the Governor Ukrainian community in Montreal and the Ivan Barsky’s Pokrovska Church in Kyiv’s Like the old churches in Ukraine, Prof. General’s Medal – the highest architectural art of Kateryna Antonowych, to the work of Podil along the full length of the building, Zuk’s churches show the characteristic honor in Canada. Ukrainian-Canadian scientists and cinema- we would see that the church is made up of rhythm of the roof line – which may consist One of the most interesting aspects of tographers. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 23 OUT AND ABOUT

June 24 Protest, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, July 19 Music Festival, featuring performance by the Washington Embassy of the Russian Federation, www.ucca.org Stratford, ON Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, Stratford Summer or 212-228-6840 Music Festival, www.stratfordsummermusic.ca

June 25 CD release party, “the Maiden” by Ukrainia!, July 23-24 Seafood pub night, featuring music by Zuki and Ottawa Babylon Club, 613-594-0003 or ww.babylonclub.ca Ellenville, NY Mike, Ukrainian American Youth Association resort, 845-647-7230 June 26 Ukrainian Children’s Day Program, Dutchess County July 23-25 Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian Cultural Institute and Ellenville, NY Arts Council Folk Arts Prgoram, Ellenville Public Dickinson, ND Dickinson State University, 701-483-1486 or Library, 845-454-3222 www.ukrainianculturalinstitute.org or [email protected] July 26-30 Ukrainian Folk Art Courses, pysanka writing with June 26-27 Tennis tournament, Ukrainian Sports Federation of Jewett, NY Sofika Zielyk and embroidery with Lubow Kerhonkson, NY the U.S.A. and Canada, Soyuzivka Heritage Center, Wolynetz, Grazhda Music and Art Center of 215-576-7989 Greene County, 212-533-6419 or 518-989-6218

July 1 Ivan Kupalo celebration, Ukrainian National Youth July 26 - August 6 Ukrainian folk singing course, with Anna Bachynsky, Edmonton, AB Federation, Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, Jewett, NY Grazhda Music and Art Center of Greene County, www.artsoflife.ca 718-271-9387 or 518-989-6218

July 2-5 Lemko Vatra, Organization for the Defense of July 28 Concert, featuring Haydamaky and Zrada, West Ellenville, NY Lemko Western Ukraine, Ukrainian American Youth Winnipeg End Cultural Center, 204-783-6918 or www.wecc.ca Association resort, 845-647-7230 July 30 - August 1 Workers Reunion Weekend, featuring a golf July 2-4 Pysanka Festival, Vegreville Cultural Association, Ellenville, NY tournament, pub night and dance, Ukrainian Vegreville, AB Festival Grounds, 780-632-2777 or American Youth Association resort, 845-647-7230 www.pysankafestival.com July 30 - August 1 Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival, Selo Ukraina, July 2-4 Independence Day weekend, Bobrivka, Dauphin, MB 877-474-2683 Colebrook, CT www.bobriwka.org or 860-883-1391 July 31 Benefit concert, celebrating the 200th anniversary July 9-11 Volleyball tournament, Ukrainian American Youth Jewett, NY of Frederick Chopin’s birth, featuring Volodymyr Ellenville, NY Association resort, 845-647-7230 Vynnytsky, Grazhda Concert Hall, 518-989-6479

July 16 Western pub night, Ukrainian American Youth July 31 - August 2 Ukrainian Pavilion – annual Edmonton Heritage Ellenville, NY Association resort, 845-647-7230 Edmonton, AB Festival, William Hawrelak Park, 780-474-5386 or [email protected] July 17 Concert with Natalia Khoma and Volodymyr Jewett, NY Vynnytsky, Grazhda Concert Hall, 518-989-6479 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Items will be published or www.grazhdamusicandart.org at the discretion of the editors and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 No. 25

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