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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXX No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 $1/$2 in Ukraine EURO 2012 Rada OKs first reading of law on language Ukraine: Friendlier Bill negates primacy of the than you think!

by Daisy Sindelar RFE/RL It may be hard to imagine the average soccer fan harboring a passion for 11th century ecclesiastical architecture. But that’s just what Roman Kharchenko hopes will tempt European visitors to take a detour from the Ukrainian host cities of , Donetsk, and during this summer’s European soccer champi- onship in favor of a more tranquil stay in his home- town of , site of the country’s oldest church, the Cathedral of the Savior built in the 1030s. “The cities that don’t have any matches will proba- bly be chosen last,” concedes Mr. Kharchenko, a 28-year-old graphic designer who shares a comfort- able flat with his girlfriend, Yulia, and a sleek ginger cat named Rudy. “But all the same we hope that Chernihiv will be interesting for someone. We have a very quiet, very green little city compared to Kyiv, which is noisy and filled with enormous buildings. Life here is more measured.” Mr. Kharchenko is one of hundreds of flooding online to offer free lodging to Euro 2012 guests looking for an alternative to pricey hotels or a chance to mingle with the locals. The Rooms4Free website that features Mr. Kharchenko’s ad is part of Zenon Zawada Friendly Ukraine, a grassroots initiative organizing Opponents of the language bill march up toward the on June 5. The banner everything from personalized tours to an army of vol- reads: “Language, Fatherland, Ukraine.” unteer translators for the tens of thousands of foreign guests treading gingerly through the Cyrillic alphabet by Zenon Zawada riorating socio-economic conditions and rampant corrup- and local customs. tion, critics said. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly ​Friendly Ukraine’s organizers say the scheme is “They’re losing their electorate, and they needed to meant to counter a growing wave of bad publicity KYIV – Ukraine’s ruling coalition in the Verkhovna Rada cement their nucleus, which is Russian nationalist. They washing over Ukraine ahead of the June 8-July 1 tour- on June 5 gave initial approval to a bill that would disman- have nothing else,” said Oles Doniy, a national deputy with nament, with Western headlines about price gouging, tle remaining safeguards on the state use of the Ukrainian the Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense bloc. “This process racism, dog culling and political boycotts dampening language, thereby enabling Russian to replace Ukrainian in has to be prolonged to disburse the information. They will what was meant to be a triumphant European debut the state institutions of most of the country’s cities and pass a second reading during the course of the election for the post-Soviet country. oblasts. campaign so as to rein in their Russian nationalist elector- The program has drummed up droves of eager Opposition deputies said they planned to block the vote ate. Unfortunately, it’s an effective mechanism that can be participants in the tournament cities. But it has also but claimed that Rada Chair tricked employed every election.” seen surprising turnout in more remote pockets of them by switching the bill to being the first agenda item Outside the , more than 3,000 Ukraine, where residents in towns like Lutsk, from third. Coalition deputies snuck through 234 votes in protesters were greeted by a similar number of Party of Kherson and Kremenchuk are eager to show off their favor without friction in the session hall, whereas two Regions supporters, who surrounded the Parliament private corner of a country they say is more hospita- weeks ago fists flew in the chamber. behind metal barricades and received the protection of ble and open-minded than many foreigners realize. Only 172 coalition deputies were registered in hundreds of helmeted Berkut special forces equipped with Dmytro Grigoryev, a 30-year-old entrepreneur, has Parliament that morning however, which means they cast tear gas. received only a handful of offers from Euro tourists to the remaining 54 votes – 226 votes are necessary for a The bused its supporters from the visit his family home in the northern city of Sumy, simple majority – on behalf of their absent colleagues by southern and eastern regions, including Odesa, and report- which is 170 kilometers from the nearest match site using their voting cards. Such a practice violates the edly paid them $17 each, though days later media reports and even he admits “is scarcely of any interest to tour- Ukrainian Constitution. surfaced that they did not receive the promised compensa- ists.” All the same, he says, he’s eager to play host. National deputies thus approved the bill in its first read- tion. Some opposition protesters also received similar pay- “I’d like to travel in Europe some day, and I’d like ments, media reports said. ing. Its co-sponsor, the Ukrainophobe provocateur Vadym people to treat me the same way,” says Mr. Grigoryev, Kolesnichenko of the Party of Regions of Ukraine, said the Blows to the economy who lists among his city’s attractions the fortress coalition will pass the second reading within a month. where Peter the Great lived in preparation for his Besides mobilizing its electorate, political observers Generally, bills are signed by the Ukrainian president after 1709 victory over Swedish forces in the battle of said the renewed language debate served to ignite social the second passage. Poltava. “For me, it’s just a pleasure to spend time intentions in order to distract the public’s attention from The legislation’s intention – five months ahead of the with people.” several blows to the Ukrainian economy in recent weeks. October 28 parliamentary elections – is to mobilize For the first time in several years, the hryvnia fell about (Continued on page 3) Russian-speaking citizens to support the Party of Regions of Ukraine, whose popularity has plummeted amidst dete- (Continued on page 3) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 No. 24

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Party of Regions again plays Thousands protest language bill opening the morning session, Mr. Lytvyn had put this issue to the vote. He said that KYIV – Thousands of protesters demon- this order of the consideration of this issue trump card strated outside the Ukrainian Parliament should have served as a signal for opposi- after lawmakers gave initial approval to tion deputies to start blocking the by Pavel Korduban International Humanitarian Cooperation, legislation that would make Russian an Konstantin Kosachev, said the current Parliament’s work. “Mr. Lytvyn, under Eurasia Daily Monitor official language in some regions alongside agreement with his owners, has moved this situation in Ukraine – with the Russian Ukrainian. The bill was passed in the first Several Ukrainian national deputies language discriminated against – is issue, and national deputies simply did not of two readings on June 5 – with 234 depu- understand that its consideration had had their faces bruised and their shirts “absolutely unacceptable,” and that ties in the 450-seat chamber voting in favor torn in a fistfight in Parliament on April expected changes in this respect already begun,” Mr. Turchynov said. – in the face of vehement protests by oppo- 24. The opposition caucuses of Our (UNIAN, May 26). (Interfax-Ukraine) sition lawmakers. Following the vote, oppo- Ukraine and former Prime Minister Yulia However, at least one large minority, sition factions vowed to set up a tent camp Lytvyn: No time for bill’s second reading Tymoshenko’s bloc provoked the brawl the Crimean Tatars, traditionally allied outside the Verkhovna Rada as part of a in order to disrupt voting on a controver- with Ukrainian nationalists, is not happy KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman long-term protest against the measure. A sial language bill, which the ruling Party about the PRU’s initiative. Their leader, Volodymyr Lytvyn told reporters on June 5 debate on the proposal last month led to a of Regions (PRU) wanted to pass in order Mustafa Dzhemilev, warned that the law that he believes the Verkhovna Rada will fistfight between lawmakers that left one to increase its chances of victory in the would split the country in two. He also have no time to consider the bill on lan- deputy hospitalized. Under the bill, parliamentary elections scheduled for said that Crimean Tatars want their chil- guages at a second reading this session. He Ukrainian would remain the only official October 28. dren to learn Ukrainian. But if Russian noted that, according to the procedure, language in the country, but Russian could The fighting forced Verkhovna Rada obtains an official status, they will have national deputies have 14 days to amend be used in courts, hospitals and other insti- Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn, to close the no incentive to do so (for-ua.com, May the bill and another 10 days to examine the tutions in majority Russian-speaking session early. Yet, the PRU is as deter- 28). document and that only after that could the regions in the eastern part of the country. mined to push through its bill as the Russian is the preferred language for document be submitted for consideration. (RFE/RL, with reporting by AP and UNIAN) nationalist opposition is determined to 35 to 37 percent of Ukrainian citizens, “Everyone understands that the number of prevent this. Both are actually concerned while 45 to 47 percent prefer Ukrainian, Yatsenyuk: Opposition’s plans failed amendments to the language bill will not about mobilizing their electorates rather according to a recent survey by Research be less than to the Criminal Code,” the than about linguistic rights. & Branding Group (Ukrayinska , KYIV – The opposition cannot explain chairman said. Mr. Lytvyn added that he The PRU’s opponents were not shy September 6, 2011). Another local poll- why it failed to realize its plan to resist the had committed no violations during the about using non-parliamentary methods ster, the Kyiv International Institute of adoption in its first reading of the law on adoption of the bill in its first reading. “I to derail the vote on the language bill. Sociology, found that 47 percent of the principles of state language policy. “I acted according to the rules of procedure, While one of them snatched the chair Ukrainian citizens are in favor of giving know that 30 [voting] cards were to be and I should not explain anything to any- from under Mr. Lytvyn, another one broke some status to Russian, which currently removed [from voting machines] and I one. Everything is clear and understand- his microphone (Ekonomicheskie has none under the Constitution – know that we had to fight. And I know that able. There were no treacherous actions on Izvestia, May 28). Rada Vice-Chairman Ukrainian is the country’s only official today the opposition did not act in the best my part,” he said. Mr. Lytvyn also said that Mykola Tomenko, who is from the Yulia language (zn.ua, March 18, 2012). way. This is a very serious lesson for us,” he was personally against this bill. “I under- Tymoshenko Bloc (YTB), said the opposi- Nevertheless, Russian dominates the Front for Change Party leader Arseniy stand that, if adopted, it will not be tion was ready to physically block the par- print media and the Internet, while there Yatsenyuk said at a press briefing on June observed,” he commented. (Ukrinform) 5, when asked why opposition lawmakers, liamentary rostrum for a month if needed is more Ukrainian on television, which is PRU suggests a national roundtable so that President more strictly regulated by the state. on the order of Bloc- would be forced to legally disband the Ukrainian also dominates in education, Batkivshchyna faction leader Andrii KYIV – The parliamentary faction of the Parliament (Channel 5, May 25). including in many Russian-speaking Kozhemiakin, failed to remove 30 voting Party of Regions of Ukraine (PRU) has pro- According to the bill that was drafted areas such as Kyiv. cards of majority national deputies from posed to convene a national roundtable by Vadym Kolesnichenko and Serhii Russophones make up the majority in voting machines. The deputy leader of the discussion to debate the bill on the princi- Kivalov from the PRU, the native lan- eastern Ukraine, which is the PRU’s YTB-Batkivschyna faction, Oleksander ples of state language policy, which was guage of at least 10 percent of the popu- stronghold. For this reason, the PRU has Turchynov, in turn, said that Verkhovna passed in its first reading on June 5. “The lation in every Ukrainian region will be used the Russian language card in all Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn had vio- Party of Regions, the group of authors [of given the status of a regional language. elections during the last decade. The par- lated an agreement on the procedure for the bill], proposes holding a national dia- Under the new law, minorities would ty’s program calls for giving Russian the the consideration of this issue in the logue, a national roundtable discussion, [to thus be able to use their languages in status of an official language on par with Parliament’s session hall. Mr. Turchynov which] we could invite interested media education and in dealing with the state. Ukrainian. However, this is impossible; it noted that the language bill was to be the and work on each article of the bill,” The PRU argues this is in line with the would require the backing of two-thirds third issue submitted for consideration in European Charter for Regional or of national deputies to pass such a con- the session hall, but that, immediately after (Continued on page 12) Minority Languages and would bring the stitutional amendment. The current country closer to European standards of PRU-dominated Parliament lacks that democracy. The opposition fears that the level of support, as Mr. Kolesnichenko bill, if passed into law, will introduce de- said in a recent interview (TVi, May 16). he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 facto Russian-Ukrainian bilingualism, Furthermore, there are many opponents T U W said Volodymyr Yavorivsky from the YTB of bilingualism even within the PRU’s An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., (Inter TV, May 24). ranks, including President Yanukovych’s a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Ms. Tymoshenko claimed from her key adviser on humanitarian issues, Yearly subscription rate: $65; for UNA members — $55. prison cell that passing the law would be Hanna Herman. Periodicals postage paid at Caldwell, NJ 07006 and additional mailing offices. a “crime” (, May 24). 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to deter her and her husband from making tage the Euro tournament. It’s in some- Poland in 2007, may no longer be viewing Ukraine: Friendlier... their first trip to Ukraine. body’s interest to do so.” the tournament as an automatic stepping- “I think when you go to the Euro it’s for Ukraine – uncomfortably wedged stone to membership in the European com- (Continued from page 1) the sports, and you don’t pay political mat- between Russia and the , munity. Despite an estimated $5 billion ters much mind,” she says. “What we want and now sharing hosting rights with its spent on hotels and infrastructure, Low budget, high impact is to see the matches and to speak with the more prosperous European Union neigh- Ukrainian authorities have responded For other Ukrainians, the chance to host local people. We’ve already made contacts bor, Poland – has seen its Western over- churlishly to Western criticism over pricing foreign guests is an appealing break from with some locals, and they’re very happy to tures repeatedly thwarted. scandals and the Tymoshenko case. the everyday. Dnipropetrovsk native Larisa meet foreigners. It’s the best way to get to This has been particularly true since the Even on a public level, enthusiasm for Kozynaya, who already has two sets of know a country.” 2010 election of its Soviet-style leader, the EU has dwindled, with a poll in Viktor Yanukovych, a period that has been December 2011 indicating that fewer than guests passing through during the tourney, Fighting stereotypes says she and her husband, Dmytro, are accompanied by a vicious legal crackdown half of Ukrainians – most of them in the always eager for company now that their In its tumultuous 700-year history, on Ms. Tymoshenko, his charismatic rival. western half of the country – still want Vinnytsia has been fought over by their country to enter the bloc. adult daughter has moved to Kyiv. ‘Real Ukrainians, real Ukraine’ But that doesn’t mean they don’t want to “For one thing, we love people. We’re an Lithuanians, Tatars, Poles, Turks, Kozaks, Ms. Tymoshenko’s jail term, punctuated show their guests a good time. In his open family,” says 43-year-old Ms. and Russians, and in World War II served as the site of Hitler’s easternmost Werwolf by a recent hunger strike and complaints of Rooms4Free ad, Anton Yevsyushkin, a Kozynaya, whose lush backyard and prom- headquarters. ill-treatment, were behind the threatened 29-year-old resident of Mariupol on ises of homemade borsch and shashlyk Today, the central Ukrainian city of European boycott and are likely to indefi- Ukraine’s southeastern Azov Sea coast, could prove a welcome antidote after a 300,000 is better known as the birthplace nitely stall Kyiv’s Western integration. offers his potential guests airport or train- night of beery soccer chants. “It’s a kind of of Nataliya Dobrynska, the heptathlete who Add to that the wave of stories over gar- station pick-up, seaside accommodations, adventure for us. I don’t speak English very won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as bage-can bombs, football racism, and high-speed Wi-Fi, a widescreen plasma TV well, but on a basic level I think we’ll well as the site of Europe’s tallest illuminat- unfriendly suggestions about visiting pedo- and simply “good company.” understand each other.” ed musical fountain, located on the banks philes and Ukraine, locals say, is facing an ”Just as they say that Moscow isn’t all of ​Dnipropetrovsk, an industrial city that of the bucolic Southern Buh River. image crisis that may be impossible to sur- Russia, I can say that the host cities aren’t sits roughly midway between Donetsk and Vinnytsia native Lena Chernaya, a mount. all of Ukraine,” says Mr. Yevsyushkin, who Kharkiv, has proved a popular hub for soc- 23-year-old engineering graduate, is eager “The problem is that European journal- plays down his city as “industrial and cer fans making the long-haul drive to show guests the fountain and other sites ists don’t even have to make things up,” young,” but praises the spotless Azov coast between the two cities. (A recent series of in the leafy, low-key city. (She has yet to says Anna Trepalyuk, an NGO worker in the that stretches beyond the city limits. “And trash-bin explosions also briefly catapulted tempt guests to Vinnytsya, perhaps because idyllic Black Sea city of Odesa who is offer- I’d like foreigners to understand that this it into the headlines as the focus of Euro the two nearest match sites, Kyiv and Lviv, ing to house up to three people in a seaside image they’re getting from our government 2012 terror scares.) require drives of three and six hours apiece.) cottage during the tournament month. “It’s on the one hand and this hysteria in the French soccer fan Isabelle Carvalho- But at the same time, she acknowledges all right there. Prices have gone up, there Western press on the other, about racism Goncalves and her Portuguese husband, that her country’s future is in many ways as was that scandal with the dogs.” and so on – it’s got nothing to do with us.” Jose, will be staying with Ms. Kozynaya dur- rocky as her city’s past. Ms. Chernaya was just But Ms. Trepalyuk says there’s far more “Real Ukrainians and real Ukraine are a ing a two-week road trip through Ukraine a toddler when Ukraine declared indepen- to her country than scandal – and points as completely different thing,” Mr. Yevsyushkin that involves four soccer matches and five dence and a teenager when the Orange an example to Odesa’s summery forecasts, insists. “In our basic values and outlook, host families, all found on Rooms4Free. Revolution briefly raised the prospect of historic neighborhoods and a beach season we’re the same Europeans as the rest of the Ms. Carvalho-Goncalves, 42, says many Ukraine becoming a Western-style democracy. already in full swing. citizens of the European Union. And not of her friends bought tickets for the tourna- Now, with the country’s economy flailing “I wouldn’t say that everything has been only in western Ukraine, but in eastern ment but later canceled their trips, dis- and the state once again in the grip of ruined by the bad publicity, not at all,” says Ukraine as well.” mayed by the prospect of paying up to Moscow’s gravitational pull, she says she’s Ms. Trepalyuk, 31, who adds she’s been in $1,000 a night for a hotel. Punishing price hoping to use Euro 2012 as a chance to prove e-mail contact with potential visitors from Copyright 2012, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted schemes and a threatened EU boycott over to visitors that “not everything in Ukraine is Poland and St. Petersburg. “Maybe some with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ jailed ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko as terrible and sad as everyone says.” people won’t come. But others will come in Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, may have cooled some Europeans’ enthusi- “A lot of what they say about our country their place.” Washington DC 20036; (see http://www.rferl. asm for Ukraine’s Euro games. But Ms. now in Europe is true,” Chernaya says. “But Ukraine, which was co-awarded the org/content/ukrainians-reach-out-to-europe- Carvalho-Goncalves says it wasn’t enough not all of it. It’s like someone wants to sabo- right to co-host the Euro tournament with ans-ahead-of-euro-2012/ 24603683.html).

Aggressive actions guage is most protected in such state insti- er Ukraine their homeland.” Rada OKs... tutions as schools, universities and the Critics also pointed out that the last lan- The aggressiveness with which the par- army, as well as in advertising in the mass guage legislation approved and currently (Continued from page 1) liamentary coalition and its supporters media. The proposed bill would dismantle binding – the “Law on Languages in the pursued the language bill – police applied these remaining safeguards, allowing Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic” of seven kopiyky to an exchange rate of 8.1 tear gas to protesters on June 5 and coali- hrv per $1 U.S. on May 24, the same day the Russian to dominate education and the 1989 – already provides adequate opportu- tion deputies bloodied their opponents mass media in most cities and oblasts, Mr. nities for the nation’s Russian speakers. language bill was first scheduled for a vote, during a brawl in Parliament on May 24 – reported Igor Lutsenko, a Kyiv-based eco- Paliy said. It would enable the nation’s This includes mandatory teaching of the prompted some observers to suggest the Russian speakers to avoid the Ukrainian Russian language in schools and the ability nomics journalist. The exchange rate has legislation could be a key Ukrainian con- since stabilized to 8.05 hrv per dollar. language from cradle to grave, he said. to use Russian in state organs and courts. cession in the government’s current natu- “In practice, the Kivalov-Kolesnichenko “Before going after language, laws or When the hryvnia loses value, Ukrainian ral gas negotiations with the Russian gov- institutions, businesses and individuals bill means a forceful dissolution to an protests, legal order has to be brought to ernment. have a harder time paying dollar-denomi- already vulnerable mass media that is just the state, which hasn’t been able to estab- “The Russians like to tie asymmetrical nated debt, Mr. Lutsenko pointed out. being born, which in current conditions lish functioning courts for 20 years and things together in their talks, such as the Moreover, more than half of Ukrainian con- means the practical preparation for the hasn’t learned to implement its own lan- Russian language, natural gas and the Black sumption is on imports, which makes them country’s disintegration,” Mr. Paliy said. “All guage law for 23 years,” said Yurii Svirko, more expensive and contributes to inflation. Sea Fleet, so I don’t rule it out,” said this for the illusory gain – pleasing a small chief editor of the newspaper Obzor Meanwhile, the Ukrainian stock market Oleksander Paliy, a veteran political expert in percentage of voters who still don’t consid- (Survey) in Kyiv. has plunged 33 percent year-to-date, Kyiv. despite a global upswing in equities. The The bill “On the Foundations of State Ukrainian Exchange Index declined 7 per- Language Policy,” sponsored by Mr. cent during just the June 6 session of trad- Kolesnichenko and 2004 election falsifier Freedom House warns about risk ing. The Ukrainian bond market hasn’t Sergei Kivalov of the Party of Regions, is fared much better, with the National Bank similar to legislation registered in of Ukraine struggling to find foreign buyers Parliament in September 2010 by coalition of ‘Putinization’ for Hungary, Ukraine deputies but never voted upon. The biggest for its debt, despite interest rates for five- RFE/RL Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych year notes as high as 13.95 percent. distinction is that any references to the for “systematically breaking down criti- On the tax front, authorities have inten- Russian language were replaced in the cur- WASHINGTON – U.S.-based rights cal checks and balances” and pursuing sified their pressure on small- and medi- rent legislation with the term, “regional or watchdog Freedom House has warned the “Putinization” – referring to the um-size businesses in an effort by the gov- minority languages.” The new bill also that Hungary and Ukraine are at the strongman-style of longtime Russian ernment to find money for its populist includes a clause that defines one’s native forefront of an anti-democratic drive leader – of their govern- measures, such as restarting the initiative language as “the first language that an indi- that could lead to what the group calls ments. of former Prime Minister Yulia vidual mastered in earlier childhood.” the “Putinization” of young European The report said democratic reforms Tymoshenko of returning bank deposits The Kivalov-Kolesnichenko bill would democracies. have stalled over the past years in most lost during the ’s collapse. give Ukrainian citizens the right to use the The group said in its “Nations in Balkan states. The government of Prime Minister Russian language in place of Ukrainian – Transit 2012” report that steps away from Declines were also noted in will need to find about $16 instead of alongside the official language as democracy in the two states have raised Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan and in billion in additional revenue to pay for stipulated by the Ukrainian Constitution. questions about the strength of Europe’s Russia, where Putin recently was inau- these initiatives and make debt payments At present, the Russian language is used post-communist democracies. gurated for a third presidential term this year, estimated Volodymyr Lanovyi, extensively throughout state organs, Freedom House singles out Hungarian after spending four years as prime min- director of the Kyiv-based Center for including courts, medical institutions, law Prime Minister Viktor Orban and ister. Market Reforms. enforcement and banks. The Ukrainian lan- 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 No. 24

The Ukrainian National Association Forum

ance and annuities. The Home Office staff, which also includes employees who are branch secretaries, sold a total of $2,420,083 life insurance for annual premiums of UNA Organizing Report for 2011 $36,463.65. Premium income for annuities (first year) is $1,581,158.14 as of December 31, 2011. by Christine E. Kozak taries are also members of the UNA General Assembly. A With all working toward the same goal, life insurance UNA National Secretary sincere thank you and congratulations are in order for the premium income reported as of December 31, 2011, is hard work and dedication it takes to continue producing $1,395,473 as compared to $1,341,215 – a slight increase Congratulations to Eugene Oscislawski, Lubov new life insurance and annuities despite the various issues over 2010. The UNA is continuing on the right path as our Streletsky and Stephanie Hawryluk for recruiting the most and challenges presented in today’s economic and regula- life insurance first-year premium income increased from new members to the Ukrainian National Association, a fra- tory climate. A total of $2,452,526 in life insurance was $117,083 in 2010 to $200,682 as of December 31, 2011 – a ternal organization established in 1894 and still going sold by the branch secretaries (excluding branch secretar- new business growth indicator. strong today! ies who work at the UNA Home Office) for a total of In today’s difficult regulatory environment, most states These three individuals are not full-time professionals, $54,284.70 in life premium. are requiring the use of professionally licensed sales but volunteers who believe in what the UNA stands for and There are several avenues through which the UNA sells agents to sell life insurance and annuities. Some states believe in the support the UNA provides its members life insurance and annuities: the traditional branch secre- require annuity-specific courses and companies to give through the sale of life insurance and annuities. We thank tary, as mentioned above; the independent field agents; and product-specific courses. Some states have limitations as them for their dedication! the Home Office professionals and branch representatives. to how much or to how many individuals a non-licensed The number of new members recruited is but one crite- The UNA continues to grow and develop a separate pro- person, such as a branch secretary, may sell; thus, the UNA rion used to measure life insurance and annuity produc- duction arm utilizing contracted independent agents. This, has been restricted by New York for all sales. It is within tion within the fraternal system of the Ukrainian National however, is a constant revolving door; it is a system that this difficult structure that the UNA is constantly striving to Association. An additional criterion utilized is the aggre- must be carefully fostered in order to build a loyal core of strike a balance between its fraternal structure and the gate amount of premium income during the reporting year. agents who will sell UNA products. By utilizing the profes- regulatory requirements. Each application for life insurance and/or annuity is sional agents, we are able to tap into markets that would So once again, kudos are due to, not only our top pro- accompanied by a premium payment or cash with applica- otherwise be very difficult to access. UNA annuity products ducers, but to all of the UNA’s branch secretaries, Home tion (CWA). For 2011, the top three branch secretaries who are the steppingstone to the agents. And, as proven by brought in the most life insurance premiums are: Office employees and professional agents who help other fraternal organizations, once an agent is familiar and increase our membership, but most importantly for help- Lubov Streletsky – $8,328.20 UNA advisor (Branch 10 comfortable with an organization, there is a tendency to ing the individuals in their communities commit to ensur- secretary) migrate from selling annuity products to selling life insur- ing the future of their families. Eugene Oscislawski – $6,105.80 UNA second vice-presi- ance. As with any fraternal, the mainstay and business core 2011 was a challenging year for all insurers, fraternals dent (Branch 234 secretary) of the organization is the sale of life insurance; this is our and the UNA. The low interest rates, the continued eco- Christine Brodyn – $4,740.00 Branch 27 secretary number one goal. The UNA must sell life insurance in order nomic slowdown and rising costs impacted the sale of life to grow, thrive and continue serving its members. We have The top two branch secretaries who sold the most life insurance and annuities. Annuity and traditional life insur- insurance or face amount are: seen an increase in the production of life insurance sold by ance premium income decreased from $50,465,577 to field agents. As of yearend 2011, 24 percent of the UNA’s $41,487,293. Although premium income from life insur- Christine Brodyn – $750,000 Branch 27 secretary life insurance was sold by field agents as compared to 10 Eugene Oscislawski – $400,000 UNA second vice-presi- ance increased, annuity premium income as of December percent in 2010. 31, 2010, was $49,093,324 as compared to $40,077,334 in dent (Branch 234 secretary) The Home Office professionals and branch reps also 2011. Each year the UNA honors its top producing branch sec- play a large part in this picture, for not only do they have retaries. And, once again, the top producing branch secre- their full-time responsibilities, but they also sell life insur- (Continued on page 5) No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 5 2011 Club of UNA Builders

Eugene Oscislawski Lubov Streletsky Stephanie Hawryluk UNA Second Vice-President (Branch 234 Secretary) UNA Advisor (Branch 10 Secretary) UNA Advisor (Branch 88 Secretary) 19 Members $400,000 Insurance Amount 13 Members $205,000 Insurance Amount 9 Members $45,000 Insurance Amount UNA Organizing... (Continued from page 4) UNA New Business Recap Report (CWA only) In 2010 and through the third quarter of 2011 UNA wit- January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011 nessed much growth in our short-term fixed-annuity prod- BRANCH SECRETARIES uct. Because our products are competitive, the UNA must continually re-evaluate the investment strategies to ensure Name Life Face Amt Annul Prem Sgl Prem Life Annuity Prem Life & Annuity a profitable margin. Short-term interest rates continue to **Streletsky, Lubov 13 205,000 6,908.20 1,420.00 8,328.20 8,328.20 decline and remain historically low. Therefore, the UNA *Oscislawski, Eugene 19 400,000 6,105.80 6,105.80 6,105.80 must carefully manage our product exposure as to the Brodyn, Christine 1 750,000 4,750.00 4,750.00 4,750.00 yields we can achieve in our investment portfolio. To reach *Koziupa, Michael 3 60,000 1,989.00 1,989.00 1,989.00 this goal, we must adjust our product offerings periodically Platosz, Adam 2 25,000 1,184.65 1,184.65 1,184.65 as market forces dictate. **Fil, Nick 4 194,000 1,171.69 1,171.69 2 20,000.00 21,171.69 In October 2011, the UNA decreased short-term annuity Palaschenko, Olga 2 125,000 1,153.25 1,153.25 1,153.25 rates, which reflect a concerted effort to reduce short-term Fedorijczuk, George 3 150,000 841.50 841.50 1 50,000.00 50,841.50 annuity sales as part of controlled growth. Concurrently the Kuzio, Myron 3 20,000 839.00 839.00 839.00 UNA encourages the sale of long-term annuities by offering Kotch, Joyce 4 26,000 796.06 796.06 796.06 extremely competitive interest rates to new members. Loyal †Matiash, Eli 3 15,000 676.85 676.85 676.85 member rates are offered to those who convert their short- Krywyj, Vira 2 125,000 544.75 544.75 544.75 term products to longer term products. **Hawryluk, Stephanie 9 45,000 473.00 473.00 473.00 93 percent of the UNA’s annuity product is sold by field Milanytch, Motria 1 10,000 463.00 463.00 463.00 agents, while 7 percent is sold by licensed branch secretar- Staruch, Longin 1 50,000 386.50 386.50 386.50 ies and the home office. With various regulations, tighter Diakiwsky, Nicholas 4 22,000 357.68 357.68 357.68 controls and requirements, the UNA has been discouraging Shumylo, Lyubov 1 10,000 347.50 347.50 347.50 the branch secretary who is not licensed from selling Gulycz, Eugene 1 5,000 290.00 290.00 290.00 Chupa, Barbara 2 40,000 267.60 267.60 267.60 annuities. We do encourage branch secretaries to refer *Horbaty, Gloria 2 55,000 263.75 263.75 263.75 individuals who are interested in purchasing annuities to Sawkiw, Michael 1 5,000 260.00 260.00 260.00 contact the Home Office and speak to an annuity specialist. Koziak, Oksana 1 5,000 220.00 220.00 220.00 In 2011 a total of $6,892,237 of life insurance was sold Keske, Zoryana 1 5,000 220.00 220.00 220.00 for an annual premium of $374,652.30. The traditional life Dziuba, Christine 1 10,000 216.60 216.60 216.60 insurance products make up 60 percent of the total life Hawryluk, Judith 1 4,526 200.00 200.00 3 57,000.00 57,200.00 premium; 20 percent comes from term insurance and 20 Kuropas, Roman 1 10,000 42.50 42.50 42.50 percent from endowments. UNA products are high-quality Chabon, Joseph 1 5,000 35.55 35.55 2 20,000.00 20,035.55 secure products with competitive rates. The commitment Turko, Michael 1 5,000 29.50 29.50 29.50 made by the members to the UNA is a long-term commit- Pryjma, Irene 1 5,000 24.25 24.25 24.25 ment, as reflected by the purchase of traditional life prod- MISC 5 66,000 21,215.52 591.00 21,806.52 5 141,377.39 163,183.91 ucts. It is a testament by UNA members as to their confi- ***Serba, Eugene 3 7,000.00 7,000.00 dence and loyalty toward the UNA. The UNA is grateful for Paschen, Gloria 4 40,000.00 40,000.00 each and every opportunity to welcome every new mem- Felenchak, Michael 1 5,000.00 5,000.00 ber and grateful to the members who have continued with TOTAL 94 2,452,526 51,983.70 2,301.00 54,284.70 21 340,377.39 394,662.09 the UNA throughout its long history. With the introduction of new products, the continued Home Office 60 2,420,083 28,083.65 8,380.00 36,463.65 48 1,581,168.14 1,617,631.79 development of the UNA’s agency and the recruitment of Field Agents 51 1,629,628 100,221.11 178,600.44 278,821.55 954 34,292,609.15 34,750,031.14 new branch secretaries, the UNA is looking forward to fur- U.S. Total 205 6,502,237 180,288.46 189,281.44 369,569.90 1,023 36,214,154.68 36,762,325.02 ther growth. The UNA is showing a stronger position in the production of life insurance and annuities, and we must Canada move forward while keeping in step with the competing world. Complacency has no room within our organization, Name Life Face Amt Annul Prem Sgl Prem Life Annuity Prem Life & Annuity and it is through professionalism and knowledge that we **Osidacz, Eugene 1 300,000 4,034.00 4,034.00 4,034.00 acquire the foundation, the power and strength to build Dolnycky, Alexandra 1 5,000 172.70 172.70 172.70 upon, survive and prevail during these challenging times. *Groch, Myron 2 50,000 129.75 129.75 129.75 Our most sincere gratitude to all who make the UNA a Misc 1 10,000 325.00 325.00 325.00 viable and forward-moving organization; from the Home Home Office 1 25,000 420.75 420.75 420.75 Office employees and the branch secretaries to the district Total 6 390,000 5,082.20 5,082.20 5,082.20 heads, UNA General Assembly members and the Executive Committee. However, the UNA would especially like to Grand Total acknowledge and thank you, our members, for your loyalty U.S. & Canada 211 6,892,237 185,370.66 189,281.44 374,652.10 1,023 36,214,154.68 36,767,407.22 and support of this fine organization. The UNA and the * UNA Executive Committee Member **Advisor, UNA General Assembly ***UNA Auditing Committee community are partners for life! 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 No. 24

The Ukrainian Weekly KEYNOTE SPEECH: Assessing NATO-Ukraine relations The language debate Following are excerpts of the keynote Under these circumstances, could we The election season is kicking into gear and the Party of Regions of Ukraine is des- speech delivered on May 19 by former have demanded special treatment from perate. Its tax code has ruined the small business climate. Its political persecution of Foreign Affairs Minister of Ukraine anyone when we ourselves refused to lift a the opposition has ruined its global image and foreign investment. Corruption is ram- Volodymyr Ohryzko at the conference on finger on behalf of our very own future? pant at every level of society. State revenues have dried up as a result of such econom- “Assessing Ukraine-NATO Relations” in Were not the first three universals of the ic policies, so spending has to be cut. Among those losing their social payments are Chicago. Central Rada in fact more of an attempt to veterans of the Afghanistan war and the Chornobyl clean-up, many of whom live in evade responsibility for the fate of our own the eastern and southern regions that most supported the Party of Regions. … I am convinced that our conference people rather than a desire to take this As a result, for the first time since the , Ukraine’s most popular today is also a very serious step on the road responsibility upon ourselves? Could the political force is not the Party of Regions, but the newly enhanced Batkivshchyna to deepening discussions about and around Ukrainian nation have wrested its indepen- party, according to an April poll released by the Razumkov Center in Kyiv. Ukraine, which will therefore foster a bet- With its own electorate disillusioned, the Party of Regions needs something to get dence with this kind of elite? My answer is: their voters’ blood boiling, stirring them off their sofas and into the voting booths. ter understanding of our country and its no. Not because we know that this is They’re doing it by reanimating Ukraine’s age-old language debate and passing such problems. ... indeed what happened, but because with- legislation in its first reading at the June 5 session. On the eve of the 20th century Ukraine out a clearly formulated goal and decisive The legislation, “On the Foundations of State Language Policy,” clearly violates the was a gloomy province of the Russian actions to achieve it, a positive result could , which allows for the Russian language to co-exist alongside Empire. After having made the greatest hardly been expected. the official state language of Ukrainian. The bill would replace the Ukrainian language educational, intellectual, cultural and, final- Therefore, there is a very straightfor- entirely in most regions of Ukraine. ly, simply physical contribution to the cre- ward answer to the question of who we Ukraine’s language norms operate strictly on a de facto, situational basis, both in ation of this very empire, Ukrainians even- were for the outside world even after the the private and public spheres. Rarely are the laws on the books – including the last tually became, through the efforts of their Fourth Universal. For Russia, Ukraine was a language legislation approved in 1989 –enforced by the courts. The few exceptions own leaders, “expendable material,” a kind rebellious province that had to be put in its are the army, schools and universities. Otherwise, the Russian language is alive and of “imperial humus.” The question of whose place, including by means of direct inter- well in most regions of Ukraine. Court hearings are often held in Russian, and much of fault this was is not entirely rhetorical. vention and the occupation of the the documentation is in Russian. Practically all of the medical documentation in most For us, Ukrainians, it is unpleasant and Ukrainian lands. For the West, Ukraine was of Ukraine’s oblasts is in Russian. painful because, despite all our attempts to a giant mystery, an incomprehensible phe- The “Law on Languages in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic,” passed in 1989, put the blame for our problems on some- nomenon, to which it had simply to accus- provides for wide use of the Russian language in state organs and even requires that one else, the answer is utterly simple: in tom itself first, understand it and then the Russian language be taught in all schools. It would satisfy most citizens, if only it reality, it is we, Ukrainians, who are at fault. develop its own standpoint. were enforced. When I reached adulthood and finally Unfortunately, the West was incapable of So, Ukraine doesn’t need a new language law, and Ukraine’s citizens have learned had an opportunity to read the truthful his- understanding Ukraine’s special role with- to get along without the involvement of politicians. That’s when the trouble starts. tory of Ukraine, I kept catching myself think- in the spectrum of possible changes to the The official status given to the Ukrainian language by the Constitution serves as a ing that our knightly ancestors frequently geopolitical map of Europe, and was not general safeguard, which is more or less adhered to in those regions where it most defended foreign kings, tsars and khans, but able to adopt adequate and far-reaching matters. The true aim of the Kivalov-Kolesnichenko bill is to remove that basic safe- for some reason they rarely asked them- guard for Ukrainian-speaking citizens in most oblasts and cities, thereby sealing their decisions to use a chance to put an end to second-class status on the same lands where they are the indigenous population, sur- selves the following straightforward ques- Russia’s hegemonic, imperialistic plans. viving more than three centuries of Russian colonialism and 72 years of Soviet totali- tions: Who are we? Where is our state? How Instead, the West’s policies turned out to be tarianism and genocide. should we build and safeguard it? Why short-sighted and strategic failures. Imagine The legislation maintains the Ukrainian language’s de jure official status, but should we serve others and not ourselves? what the history of Europe would have throws open the last floodgates for Russian to dominate Ukrainian life on a de facto Rephrasing the writer Volodymyr been like if an independent — and consoli- basis. It does this with remarkable subtlety, creating a linguistic utopia on paper in Vynnychenko’s famous phrase that the his- dated — Ukrainian state had appeared at which citizens of Ukraine can educate their children, submit documents and receive tory of Ukraine cannot be read without a that time on the map of Europe. ... medical treatment in the language of their choice. sedative, I would add that sometimes it can- What was the true nature of the Treaty Just as the nation’s fiscal policy makes it impossible for the state to fulfill laws that not be read without a sense of shame. of Brest-Litovsk? On the one hand, it guarantee free medical care, it will be impossible fiscally to create a comfortable lin- Having said this, in no way do I wish to appeared to be a show of formal support guistic bubble for each citizen. Schools don’t have enough money to offer lessons in diminish the deeds of our glorious ances- for Ukraine. On the other, it was above all a mathematics in as many languages as there are linguistic minorities of at least 10 per- tors, from Prince Yaroslav the Wise to the solution to Germany’s economic problems. cent in a given school district, which is the threshold established by the bill. heroic chieftains of the Kozak era. But facts Do you remember how many millions of In the absence of safeguards for the Ukrainian language, all state employees – are facts: we did not manage to save and poods of grain and other kinds of agricul- whether teachers, doctors or judges – will simply rely on the language used by the maintain even the historic nucleus of tural products Ukraine shipped to majority population, which is Russian in most regions of Ukraine. Political expert Ukrainian statehood around Kyiv and Lviv. Germany? I would call the Germans’ Oleksander Paliy summed it up best: “In essence, the bill has one goal: to disdain Therefore, the response to the lack of an approach to the “Ukrainian question” dur- Ukraine within Ukraine.” answer to the question of our statehood ing that period “consumerist.” … It’s too bad the Party of Regions’ appreciation for Russian values and culture became the period in our history known as What can one say about the countries of doesn’t extend to that country’s own law on languages. Certain clauses of the Russian the “Ruin,” which was marked by mental law deserve particular attention. The state language of the Russian Federation is the Entente? They slept and reflected on ruin, political ruin and the destruction of required for use in both federal and local government organs. In cases where the local how to topple Hetman Skoropadsky’s “pro- our statehood. During the period of language is employed, the Russian language must be provided alongside in audio and German” — as they saw it — government visual formats. Russia’s federal organs are responsible for providing for the function- Russian colonization, Ukraine seemed to as quickly as possible. Ukraine never ended ing of the state language on all of Russia’s territory, taking measures to ensure the disappear from history; it entered a frozen, up obtaining any real assistance to counter- rights of Russian citizens to use the state language and providing for a system of semi-living state. In my opinion, by far the act the overt aggression of Bolshevik teaching Russian as a foreign language. worst consequence of the centuries spent Russia. At a critical moment Ukraine was In comparison, Ukraine’s existing laws – the 1989 “Law on Languages” and the under the brutal Russian yoke was that the not only not offered any help, once again it Ukrainian Constitution – are astonishingly indulgent. Yet this indulgence has been spirit of liberty, independence and impulse was divided up between communist Russia stretched beyond reasonable limits. Perhaps it’s time for legislation similar to what to rebel eroded among many Ukrainian and “democratic” Europe, which simply Russia has. What would Sergei Kivalov and Vadym Kolesnichenko have to say about leaders and was supplanted by “Little forgot about a nation called Ukraine, not to that? Russian” views of Ukraine’s history and mention its statehood. … destiny. The window of opportunity for Ukraine At the turn of the 20th century it was not remained shut until 1991, with the preced- a martial spirit aimed at achieving indepen- ing 70 years of the “Communist paradise” dence that was paramount in the minds of having brought untold suffering to the June Turning the pages back... our numerically small intelligentsia but Ukrainian people. By this I mean the 1932– pseudo-liberal views of the future of 1933 genocide against the Ukrainians, Ten years ago, on June 10, 2002, the presidents of Ukraine, Ukraine as an autonomous part of Russia, Germany and Russia signed a statement of understanding and which took the form of the Holodomor — views that were intermingled with socialist organized murder by famine; the mass exe- 10 cooperation in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the continued use of chimeras and blatant political impotence. Ukraine’s natural gas pipeline for transporting Russian natural gas cutions of Ukrainian intellectuals in 1937– Therefore, as of the early part of the 20th 2002 to Germany. The agreement was expected to guarantee unimpeded 1938 — which may also be qualified as century, Ukraine as a political factor did not flow of gas through Ukraine to Western Europe for the next decade. genocide; the horrific losses of 5 million The agreement also outlined European participation in a multina- exist either for the West or for Russia — or combatants and 5 million civilians during tional consortium that would guarantee the gas supply. In 2002, 80 percent of European gas even, unfortunately, for the majority of the the second world war; the persecutions of supplies that came from Russia passed through Ukraine. intellectual stratum in Ukraine, which the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) sol- The signing of the agreement came a day after Presidents Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine and should have formulated for all Ukrainians diers who heroically fought on two fronts: Vladimir Putin of Russia signed a separate declaration of strategic cooperation in the natural clear-cut goals and tasks necessary for against the Nazis and against the gas sector, with Russia gaining influence over Ukraine’s natural gas pipeline in exchange for state-building. To the world and, in fact, to Communists for a free and independent Russia’s agreement to abandon a gas transport project that would circumvent Ukraine in our very selves, we were “a thing apart.” Ukraine, the persecution of Ukrainian intel- favor of a route through Belarus. It was expected that the presidents of Ukraine and Russia Among Ukrainian leaders, practically no lectuals during the postwar period; and the would draw up details of a 10-year agreement of cooperation in gas storage and transporta- one since Ukraine’s national poet Taras notorious gulag. Shevchenko called upon the nation to meta- (Continued on page 15) phorically “grab hold of an ax.” (Continued on page 15) No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

planned the beheading of a journalist. He chose Viktor Yanukovych for his prime- Loss of Ukrainian minister and brought enemies of Ukraine into his government (2005-2010). The art treasures diaspora did not get it! Dear Editor: Mr. Yushchenko and his protégés trav- Recently, several situations arose in our eled to western Ukraine to tell people to Florida community that shocked and upset vote for no one. A few days earlier Mr. Bucharest to Chicago Yushchenko said Stepan Bandera, whom he me. These situations happen all too often If Ukraine ever had a chance to join pushed for improved relations with Russia never praised before, was a hero. Now his here in Florida, because many Ukrainian NATO, it was at the 2008 NATO summit in as a way to advance America’s vital inter- Soviet education reared its head to confuse retirees live in the Sunshine State. Realizing Bucharest. The primary focus at the 2012 ests. This meant toning-down our criticism people when they voted. Mr. Yushchenko that this probably occurs in other commu- NATO summit in Chicago was the future of of Russia’s authoritarian domestic policies, set the stage for a return to the Soviet past. nities as well, I wish to bring this horrific Afghanistan. Ukraine wasn’t even on the forgetting the Bush administration’s He was a fraud in the Orange Revolution. situation to the attention of The Ukrainian radar screen. “Freedom Agenda” and abandoning sup- The diaspora made Mr. Yushchenko Weekly readership. In his presidential memoir “Decision port for further NATO expansion. All this in think he was glorified with all its fawning. Paintings by well-known Ukrainian art- Points,” George W. Bush wrote: return for Moscow’s support for curbing It would be ridiculous, if it wasn’t so tragic. ists, icons, embroideries and wood-carvings “At the NATO summit in Bucharest, both Iranian nuclear ambitions and cooperation are being given to various “donation” orga- Conferences will not help! They’re a Georgia and Ukraine applied for in other spheres of common interest. nizations. Such treasures are also sold at waste of time and money. Membership Action Plans, (MAPs), the final So, how well has the reset worked? garage sales, where works of art are sold for Pearl Holubowsky step before consideration for full member- Newly re-elected President Vladimir Putin $20 or $30, and unique, one-of-a-kind and Toronto ship. I was a strong supporter of their appli- disrespected President Obama’s invitation priceless cultural items are often sold as cations. But approval required unanimity, to attend the G-8 summit at Camp David. cute trinkets at thrift shops. Or, as happened and both Angela Merkel and Nicholas Moscow refuses to support sanctions on last year when a house was sold, the con- Sarkozy, the new president of France, were Iran. Mr. Putin continues to support Syrian tents, including many artifacts, are placed About graves skeptical. They knew Georgia and Ukraine President Bashar al-Assad with arms and curbside for trash pickup and hauled off to a had tense relationships with Moscow, and supplies. The START treaty has expired landfill. Also hauled off was a videographer/ and history they worried NATO could get drawn into while Russian negotiators are resisting U.S. photographer’s 30+ year collection of vid- Dear Editor: war with Russia. They were also concerned inspections. The reset has earned us noth- eos and photos of Ukrainian concerts, about corruption... I thought the threat ing but the conviction in Mr. Putin’s mind According to the Canadian national daily, events and celebrations. from Russia strengthened the case of that the U.S. is “a paper tiger,” and this is the The Globe and Mail, of October 17, 2000 These tragedies occur because surviving extending MAPs to Georgia and Russia.” real danger for the United States. (“85-year-old battles to save Holocaust sons, daughters or relatives do not know President Bush also believed that a step A professor at the New School in New the value of the possessions that the graves” by Kim Lunman), “...an estimated toward NATO membership “would encour- York City, Nina L. Khrushcheva, Nikita deceased leave behind. When a retiree dies, 60 Ukrainian prisoners of war were also age them [Ukraine and Georgia] to clean up Khrushchev’s great granddaughter, has a the children and relatives often live far executed and buried in the Jewish corruption.” A compromise was reached different take on Russia today from that of away; most have little time to travel and Cemetery by the German Gestapo in 1944.” when “a statement announcing that they Prof. Simes. “There is one important thing liquidate the belongings accumulated by These were not Sichovi Striltsi (the were destined for future membership in to keep in mind in talking about Russia,” the deceased. Ukrainian warriors of World War I) as NATO” was issued. she recently wrote, “it doesn’t change. As our communities age, these scenarios Meylakh Sheykhet claims in the interview That destiny was never fulfilled. Russia’s problem is that it is an ‘absolutist will occur more often. We must find a way which appeared on page 4 of The Prodded by the Bipartisan Commission on country.’ ” Messrs. Putin and Medvedev, she to prevent such things from happening. Ukrainian Weekly of May 20. U.S. Policy toward Russia – chaired by the continued, “continuously evoke an image of I welcome other thoughts and ideas on Furthermore, according to the Sambir- former senators, Gary Hart and Chuck Russia as a supremely ordained nation, a this matter. born Jewish Canadian Jack Gardner, who Hagel – the Obama administration pushed global power, destined to withstand on its spent $250,000 of his own money to resur- the “reset” button and began schmoozing own the decay and destruction of the Orysia Nazar Zinycz rect the Stary Sambir Cemetery (see The with Moscow. Last March our president West... With this grand reason in mind Venice, Fla. Globe and Mail, May 9, 1987), no Holocaust met with then-Russian President Dmitry Putin feels completely justified returning to victims were buried in this cemetery since, Medvedev and promised “more flexibility” Russia’s authoritarian past – silencing crit- “The entire Jewish population was shipped on missile defense after the election. ics, manipulating elections, sending its mili- The diaspora off in 1942-1943 in cattle cars to the exter- Two questions beg to be answered: how tary across international borders, and mination camp, Belzec, where they per- did the Hart-Hagel commission come to be, appointing friends and cronies to high gov- and Yushchenko ished.” and what are the prospects of a mellowing ernment and business positions… To him, Consequently, to terminate these Russia, especially its relationship with the Moscow remains the ‘Third Rome’ it Dear Editor: decades-long Jewish-Ukrainian hostilities so-called “near abroad.” declared itself to be in 1472...” George Sajewych’s letter, “Ukraine’s regarding a chunk of land, presently desig- The Bipartisan Commission on U.S. Unlike many Russians, Ms. Khrushcheva direction towards catastrophe” (April 22) nated as parkland, wouldn’t it be rather Policy toward Russia is the brainchild of is especially erudite with regard to Ukraine. was sobering and refreshing to read. rational, firstly, to arrive at the historical Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and “The Orange Revolution of 2004 which A lot of damage was done by the diaspo- facts concerning it, and then divide the dis- International Affairs. The principal findings overturned a rigged presidential election ra’s cover-up of ex-President Viktor puted area in such a manner that would of the commission were released at the proved that Ukraine was no longer a Yushchenko. I was told, “You cannot criti- prevent the corpses from daring to attack National Press Club in March of 2009. Malorissiya (Little Russia), an inferior and cize the president.” each other? Bemoaning the fact that U.S.-Russian rela- subordinate Slavic brother,” she wrote. Mr. Yushchenko gave immunity to Myroslaw Prytulak tions had deteriorated in recent years, the “Ukraine is not a threat to the security of Leonid Kuchma for theft and apparently Windsor, Ontario commission suggested that Russia and the Russia – even if Kiev [sic] were to join U.S. had common interests in Iran and in NATO at some point... But Ukraine can be missile defense. The commission recom- even more dangerous: as a real threat to mended “a new look” at missile deploy- the Putin model of the corporate, authori- ments in Poland and the Czech Republic, tarian state, unfriendly to the West. For the To The Weekly Contributors: and the acknowledgement that neither Kremlin occupants now and in the future, it We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, letters Ukraine nor Georgia was ready for NATO is a matter of life and death that the experi- to the editor, etc. – we receive from our readers. In order to facilitate preparation of The ence of their former communist neighbors, Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed below be followed. membership. 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Participants of the Youth Leadership Seminar visit the Taras Participants in discussion on the topic of leadership styles. Shevchenko monument. UAYA Youth Leadership Seminar hosted at Ukrainian Embassy

by Lida Mykytyn-Voronka Olexander Motsyk. The group was also attended to during its stay at the Embassy WASHINGTON – The imposing historic by the Second Secretary and Cultural Georgetown mansion that is home to the Attaché Oresta Starak. Ukrainian Embassy set the tone for the The activities did not end with discus- annual Youth Leadership Seminar orga- sions on Saturday. After a long day of nized by the Ukrainian American Youth intense work, the group was rewarded with Association (UAYA), as the participants a several hour tour of historic Washington, began their two-day intensive training. visiting many famous architectural and his- A few select high school juniors and toric landmarks under moonlight. seniors from across the United States who The Sunday session focused on extend- have proven their leadership potential and ing and applying the principals of leader- dedication within the ranks of the UAYA, ship and organization learned during earli- were invited to participate in this scholar- er sessions. The participants were charged ship-based seminar. These participants with organizing a project from concept were selected based on their nomination building through execution. This hands-on and support by their local UAYA branches, a workshop, crafted by Lida Mykytyn- very competitive screening process and Voronka, Genya Kuzmowycz-Blahy and approval by the organizing committee. Mariyka Drozd, crystallized the individual Participants attended from geographi- Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States Olexander Motsyk poses with the participants facets of concept building, target market- cally dispersed branches, such as Palatine, of the Youth Leadership Seminar in the Washington Room of the Ukrainian Embassy. ing, public relations, organizing logistics, Ill., Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Passaic, budgeting and financing, program develop- N.J., Yonkers, N.Y., and Philadelphia. The equipped the participants with first-hand tal. The goal of the seminar was twofold: to ment, project management, etc. The partic- invited participants were: Matviy Sklaski, exposure and formed the base the partici- equip the future leaders of the UAYA and the ipants had to work together, under the Chrystyna Melnyk, Svitlana Mykulynska, pants will then transform into practice, not Ukrainian community with an understand- pressure of time, to formulate and present Dana Kurylyk, Anastasia Koval, Marta only at the seminar, but back in their com- ing of true leadership, and to help them per- their project: a new camp. Kotsubaeva, Anna-Maria Bagan, Solomiya munities upon their return. sonally evolve and grow. Upon completion of the intensive two- Chuyko, Petro Chudolij, Marusia The architect of the program was Nelya The itinerary included a tour of the day program, several themes emerged Surmachevska, Antonina Luszczak, Natalka Lavrynenko, head of the educational coun- Ukrainian Embassy, which has a deep his- from the seminar. The participants came to Midzak and Alex Drobot. cil of the world executive of the Ukrainian toric meaning to both the American gov- the conclusion that a good UAYA leader The seminar, which was held at the Youth Association, who has a certificate ernment from the times of George should be: honest, approachable, patriotic, Ukrainian Embassy on April 20-22, focused degree in leadership training. Washington, and to the Ukrainian govern- patient, reliable, confident and Christian. on leadership, marketing and public rela- During the two-day seminar, participants ment. The participants had the unique They understood the need to evolve to tions, project management, and motivation were exposed to thought-provoking discus- opportunity to meet with a representative become more efficient, productive and in non-profit organizations. These topics, sions, challenging teamwork exercises and of the Ukrainian government, Ukraine’s alluring, without compromising the vision, presented in experiential sessions, even a moonlight tour of the nation’s capi- Ambassador to the United States, ideals and missions of organizations. FOR THE RECORD: Canadian MPs recognize centennial of Plast During 2012 Plast Ukrainian Scouting Following the collapse of the USSR, anniversary of its founding. Taking inspi- River-Marquette, Manitoba; Organization worldwide is marking the Ukrainian Canadian volunteer organiza- ration from the scouting movement Conservative Party of Canada), April 23: 100th anniversary of its founding. In tions, with the support of the Canadian founded by Robert Baden-Powell, …I join with the entire Canadian Canada, the centenary was marked also government, played a critical role in fos- Oleksander Tysovsky saw that Ukrainian Ukrainian community in commemorating with statements in the Senate and the tering the re-emergence of Plast in youth could only benefit from an organi- the 100th anniversary of the of Commons. Following are excerpts Ukraine. zation that would help them learn the scouting organization, Plast. of some of the statements. (An earlier item Today, Plast is active in all the provinces value of teamwork, honesty, community- …Plast is a Ukrainian youth organization published on May 13 cited the statement of of Ukraine, in eight countries around the building and good works. that fosters not only leadership and team- MP Ralph Goodale of Saskatchewan.) world, and in eight Canadian cities. This For the last 100 years, the Ukrainian work skills but also a remarkable connec- August, Plast will celebrate its 100th anni- community has seen the benefits of the tion between youth and Ukrainian values, Sen. A. Raynell Andreychuk, May 3: versary at a worldwide jamboree at its teachings and experiences gained through culture and history. For a century now, Plast … I rise today to recognize the Plast birthplace in Lviv, Ukraine. Some 400 Plast, with active chapters in eight coun- has motivated Ukrainian youth around the Ukrainian Scouting Organization on its Canadians age 12 and up will attend that tries, including six cities throughout world, including here in Canada. centenary. Created by Dr. Oleksander celebration. Canada. I am proud to represent a riding Ukrainian Canadian plastuny and plas- Tysovsky on April 12, 1912, Plast was I applaud them for making what prom- in the city of Toronto which is home to tunky will be celebrating this important founded on the values of service to God ises to be a life-changing voyage and Plast’s largest Canadian chapter. milestone all year, including at summer and one’s country, helpfulness to others, encourage them to carry the Plast tradi- I stand united with my New Democrat camps and jamborees this August. leadership and citizenship. Plast has a tion in Canada into the next generation. … colleagues in wishing Plast members, past As the chair of the Canada-Ukraine proud history in Canada. Ukrainian and present, heartfelt congratulations. [The Parliamentary Friendship Group, I am Canadians kept the Plast tradition alive in MP Peggy Nash (Parkdale-High Park, MP then spoke the words of the Plast proud to celebrate the invaluable contri- Canada through the years of the Soviet Ontario; New Democratic Party), May 1: greeting] Sylno, krasno, oberezhno, bystro! butions made by the Plast scouting orga- occupation of Ukraine when Plast was …This year the Ukrainian youth organi- nization and the Ukrainian community as banned behind the Iron Curtain. zation Plast celebrates the hundredth MP Robert Sopuck (Dauphin-Swan a whole to building our country. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 9 GENERATION UKE Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas Passaic men’s team wins eighth annual volleyball tournament in Yonkers

by Samuel Warycha YONKERS, N.Y. – The Yonkers branch of the Ukrainian American Youth Association held its eighth annual volleyball tourna- ment on April 28 at Sacred Heart High School in Yonkers. The tournament is an annual spring tradition in Yonkers, and turnout for players was once again high. This year, six teams competed in the adult division, four teams in the boys’ divi- sion and two teams in the girls’ division. Over 80 players competed in the all-day tournament, which featured great volley- ball action. Teams came from Boston, Brooklyn, Hartford, Conn., New York City, Passaic and Whippany, N.J., and Yonkers. In the adult division, team Passaic UAYA (1), led by Christian Hyra, won the championship match against a very strong Hartford UAYA team with the score of 21-17 and 21-18. Team Yonkers won third place over Passaic UAYA (2) in a one-game playoff with the score of 22-20. MVP for the men’s division was Christian Hyra for his great play and consistency. In the boys’ division, Chornomorska The girls’ division teams, Chornomorska Sitch and Yonkers Krylati (UAYA), with coaches Alex Hladky (Sitch) and Roman Kozicky (Yonkers). Sitch won first place, Yonkers placed sec- ond and Passaic placed third. MVP for this division was Stefko Maksymowych from Sitch. In the girls’ division, there were two participating teams: Sitch and Yonkers. Sitch won the best-of-seven series, 4-0 (25-15, 25-12, 25-22, 25-13). The MVP of the girls’ tournament was Katia Tomko from Sitch. After the tournament’s conclusion, there was an awards ceremony and din- ner at the Ukrainian Youth Center in Yonkers, where teams and players were awarded trophies and individual medals. The tournament was organized by Sammy Warycha, with help from the Yonkers UAYA young adults (druzhynny- ky). A special thank-you was extended to everyone who helped set up and also ref- eree the matches. The Yonkers UAYA branch will host its ninth annual tourna- The boy’s division teams: Passaic, Yonkers and Chornomorska Sitch. ment in 2013. Embassy of Ukraine Volleyball phenom earns in U.S. hosts diplomatic college scholarship, high school award KEY WEST, Fla. – Ukrainian-born Olha Morekhodova, 18, Morekhodova won over her teammates, not only with her mini-soccer tournament was awarded a full scholarship to Indian River State College on-court skills, but her personality as her English in Fort Pierce, Fla., for her promising volleyball career at improved. WASHINGTON – More than 500 people, including for- Key West High School at an awards ceremony on May 10. In addition to volleyball, Ms. Morekhodova was involved eign diplomats, mass media and friends of the Embassy She is the first person to be awarded a full scholarship for in the school’s track team to supplement her conditioning. of Ukraine attended the Diplomatic Mini-Soccer Cup on volleyball from the high school. She competed in 400-meter races, high jump and pole May 26 at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va., hosted Coach Jessy Hulme Archer recalled their first meeting. vault. by the Ukrainian Embassy. The event attracted nine “It was during tryouts in August and the first time she hit In a June 5 Division 16-4A match against Gulliver Prep, teams and marked the Euro 2012 soccer tournament, the ball in the hitting line, all the girls’ faces lit up and they the Key West team lost three matches to its rivals, 25-13, which is co-hosted this year by Ukraine and Poland. looked at me for my reaction,” she told the Key West 26-24, 25-15. The second match was closely contested, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Olexander Motsyk Citizen. “My face lit up, too, and we knew we had some- with Ms. Morekhodova opening the scoring with a 3-0 ace; made the ceremonial “first kick” to start the tournament. thing special.” at 16-14, she scored yet another ace, but the Key West team The team from the Embassy of the Netherlands defeated During the fall season, the 5-foot-10 Ms. Morekhodova could not sustain the lead. the team from the Embassy of Russia and became the excelled as a scorer, setter and defender, and was equally Ms. Mrekhodova’s family moved from Ukraine to champion of the tournament. The team from the impressive off the court, greatly improving her English lan- Argentina (date not known) and then late last summer to Embassy of Norway won third place. The Embassy of guage skills through a special academic program. Ms. the United States. Ukraine team made it to the quarterfinals, but lost to the Embassy of Turkey. Ambassador Motsyk presented the trophy to the The Ukrainian Weekly in print and online: Twice as nice for one low price! Netherlands team. Following the tournament, the partici- pants were invited to the Embassy of Ukraine, where they $70 ($60 for members of the UNA) enjoyed a variety of Ukrainian traditional foods. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 No. 24 BOOK REVIEW: “Winter Letters” across time and space “Winter Letters and Other Poems,” by Vasyl Makhno, Such a stand was, perhaps, a necessity for the colonized translated from Ukrainian by Orest Popovych. New York: nation, but, in the long run, proved to be detrimental to the Spuyten Duyvil, 2011. 129 pp. $15. ISBN: 978-0-923389-86-4. project of national poetry, which would get fixated on the theme of national liberation. by Oksana Lutsyshyna The struggle of the Ukrainian language and Ukrainian “Winter Letters,” the title of Vasyl Makhno’s new collec- contemporary poets for the “new language” was (and is) tion, suggests an epistolary. This makes sense, as travel complicated by a number of factors, and the Eastern serves as the salient theme and organizing principle of the European (as well as simply European) propensity to nos- book. These epistolary poems are dispatched from New talgia over the lost Golden Age is just one of them; post- York, Ukraine, Colombia, Germany, Romania and half a colonial syndrome, with a fixation on the theme of libera- dozen other places. tion and neglect of other themes and thus the development It is tempting to say that “Winter Letters” is full of con- of poetic language itself, is another. This same syndrome is trasts; for instance: recollections from a Ukrainian – or, to blame for the Ukrainians being largely ignorant of their rather, Soviet past – are placed next to portraits of a New literary history – for example, of the poetry of the begin- York winter; Bombay, the author’s own Kryvyi Rih and ning of the 20th century, the avant-garde which already Ternopil all co-exist in space, rolling in and retreating like explored a lot of the themes that are only now being re-dis- waves. And yet through Vasyl Makhno’s poetry they covered by the contemporaries. become more than just spaces but also the markers of What Mr. Makhno accomplishes in Ukrainian letters is time: the historical time of the Ukrainian letters, as well as no small feat: he was a member of a cohort of the artists the elusive personalized time that is preserved by poetry. who questioned the relationship of poet to prophet and To recreate the atmosphere of each place visited, Mr. redefined the notion of poet in Ukraine, with reverbera- Makhno is generous with details: the poems effectively ren- tions throughout the Slavic world. der views, smells, associations, faces and comparisons. The Mr. Makhno, however, landed in the “capital of the poems pay keen attention and seem to fully engage with world,” New York, and there he revives the flâneur of the their surroundings: “Taxi drivers doze off waiting in line/ a New World, and every coffee shop was a sentence, every torn ad is ripped from behind a building/ they’re paving bookstore – a stanza, every meeting – a communion. His the road – cars dash about/ and the lights are extinguished poetry suddenly became “a place” – moreover, “an urban on lighters and windows” (“Berlin/Berlin Autumn”). Mr. Makhno has demonstrated with his earlier work place” expressed without judgment and the traditional Mr. Makhno continues in another poem, “Sighetu that he is a poet of the city – a quality that distinguished Ukrainian dichotomy of the city and the village (the latter Marmatiei”: “And Sighetu Marmatiei also smelled of him among his contemporaries in Ukraine and marked ter- always favored). squashed plums/ with their pits resembling the brown eyes ritory for the generation of poets to follow. New York, over- He did not judge New York as a terrified newcomer, nor of a dead cow/ with flies and ants crawling all over/ and it whelming like the Pacific or the Himalayas, has been a did he excessively praise it, like a similar terrified (yet was obvious that the train was approaching the station.” recurrent character in his poems since Mr. Makhno’s immi- awed) newcomer. Mr. Makhno’s New York is just New York. In “Bombay,” he writes: “at a New Jersey gas station gration to the United States in 2000. However, the fact that the poet dared to simply see it, with- Hindus in Shell company uniforms /reek of gasoline – A quick and thoughtful study of this New World’s poetry out telling his reader what to feel (as the tenets of his Through the earphones Ravi Shankar is coaxing from his in which he found himself immersed, Mr. Makhno became Soviet-era maturation stressed) must be considered noth- sitar shrill sounds/ that resemble – the squeal of temple a sieve for this contact and subsequently enriched ing short of groundbreaking. rats which chase away the mice/ And the cackles of awak- Ukrainian poetics and literary culture. In “Winter Letters,” New York remains as in Mr. ened monkeys/ A portly male – the local raja and sheik – What is not necessarily obvious to an Anglophone read- Makhno’s earlier collections the New York of a thousand slowly descends down the stones of the temple wall.” er is that in Ukraine and in Poland, for example, “poet” was and one details. We see Coney and Staten islands: snow, “Winter Letters” contains so many people and places historically the nation-maker, the one whose immediate pizza, chocolate muffins, parked cars, “puffed up seagulls” that it stuns the reader as a revelation of just how well task was to preserve the national identity. The George and the Verazzano bridge. We see Manhattan and its memory can serve us. Washingtons and Benjamin Franklins of such nations were famous Broadway. It is essential to note the work of the translator, Orest writers, not politicians or military leaders. As examples, But as soon as readers acclimate to New York – or, rath- Popovych, who masterfully renders the combination of the one could name the Ukrainian Taras Shevchenko and the er, the city-scapes – they are suddenly transported to the lyrical and the ironic that constitute Mr. Makhno’s style. Dr. Pole Adam Mickiewicz. Each of them is not only revered as unexpected Sighetu Marmatiei in a sleepy, timeless corner Popovych carefully navigates both, striking a delicate yet a man of letters, but also as a prominent figure of the proj- of Eastern Europe, with its “odor of wormy apples,” a “rail- confident balance between them. Mr. Makhno’s poetry in ect of national liberation, so much so that to analyze their road built back in the Austrian days,” its “restored syna- English sounds just as rich and tangible as in the original, poetry as poetry, without its political platform (or per- gogues” and “tired gypsies.” no matter whether we come across an elaborate metaphor ceived political platform), was for centuries considered or a slang expression. blasphemy. (Continued on page 13)

BOOK NOTES: Poetry by Pavlo Tychyna in translation “The Raspberry Eyelash: Selected Poems,” by Pavlo struck by the contrast between the coarseness of the paper Tychyna, translated and edited by Steve Komarnyckyj. and the quality of the poetry.” Salzburg, Austria: Poetry Salzburg at the University of Tychyna’s poetry, in Mr. Komarnyckyj’s view, “mirrors Salzburg, 2012. Softcover, 120 pp., $18. the trajectory of [Ukraine’s] national revival and suppres- sion with the exuberant collections published between Pavlo Tychyna (1891-1967) grew up near Chernihiv, the 1918 and 1924, being followed by the banal versification son of a village deacon who enjoyed playing the clarinet of the 1930s.” and oboe. In 1910 he met the author who would become John Gosslee, an author and editor of Fjords Arts and his artistic mentor, Mykhailo Kostiubynsky, whose is best Literary Review‚ has praised Mr. Komarnyckyj’s translations known for his work “Tini Zabutykh Predkiv” (“Shadows of of Tychyna’s poetry, saying they “read like a symphony.” Forgotten Ancestors”). “The transcendent ideals of a 20th-century poet’s strug- Tychyna flourished during the Ukrainian rebirth of the gle during Eastern Europe’s transition into Communism 1920s, but was one of only a few members of the Ukrainian are channeled through Komarnyckyj’s keen ear,” Mr. intelligentsia who weren’t victims of the Stalinist purges. He Gosslee noted. “Tychyna’s themes are adapted to an survived by writing hideous Soviet doggerel, but as the English audience through a patient sensitivity to word political climate relaxed after the death of , choice with a rhythm that makes the poems resonate long Tychyna was able to rediscover his talent and produce work after they have been read.” that was both supreme poetry and acceptable to the regime. The Komarnyckyj translations “portray Tychyna’s desire Steve Komarnyckyj is a British Ukrainian writer and lin- for peace and open criticism of a changing country’s identi- guist who combines a career working for Britain’s National ty through a dialogue that outlines consequence and cele- Health Service with his literary and translation work. A brates being. He succeeds in sharing Tychyna’s sympathet- native and resident of Yorkshire, his translations and ic depth of character, while remaining linguistically buoy- poems have appeared in The Echo Room, Modern Poetry ant. These translations skillfully embody the beauty and in Translation, The North, Poetry Salzburg Review and endurance of nature coupled with the human spirit. Vsesvit, Ukraine’s most influential literary journal. Prepare to be moved.” Mr. Komarnyckyj first discovered the works of Tychyna, Readers interested in purchasing “The Raspberry who he describes as “the major Ukrainian poet of the 20th Eyelash” ($18, plus $3 for shipping) may contact the pub- century,” on a market stall in Ivano-Frankivsk. “I do not lisher, Poetry Salzburg at the University of Salzburg, by know why my hand reached towards the yellowed and e-mail at [email protected] or visit their website dilapidated book,” but “when I opened the pages I was at www.poetrysalzburg.com. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 11 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 No. 24

regarding certain persons or groups of per- country could make up to $1.5 billion in Lviv street named after holy martyr NEWSBRIEFS sons based on race, skin color, political, reli- profit during the Euro 2012 soccer champi- LVIV – Deputies of the Lviv City Council gious or other convictions, sex, age, ethnic onship that runs from June 8 to July 1. (Continued from page 2) on May 24 renamed Vynnytsia Street as or social origin, family or property status, Ukraine is co-hosting the championship Father Omelian Kovch Street. Sixty-three place of residence, language or other signs, with neighboring Poland. Ukraine’s National Deputy Vadym Kolesnichenko of deputies voted for the measure. According if they prevent the recognition and realiza- Infrastructure Minister Boris Kolesnikov the PRU, who is one of the authors of the to the resolution, the Shevchenko District tion on an equal basis of human rights and told local media on May 28 that authorities document, said at a briefing in Kyiv on June Administration is to produce and install 5. He added that all proposals and amend- freedoms of a person and a citizen. Forms want Ukrainian businesses – including res- taurants, cafes and hotels – in Ukraine’s plates with the new name within a month’s ments to the document would be consid- of discrimination are proposed to be recog- time. On May 11, in the town of ered during the bill’s second reading. The nized as direct discrimination, indirect, host cities to start operating at full capacity. Mr. Kolesnikov said the Euro 2012 will be a Peremyshliany, a monument to the Blessed bill strengthens the position of Russian and instigation of discrimination or infringe- Omelian Kovch was unveiled. Father Kovch, other national monitory languages in ment. The Verkhovna Rada, Verkhovna “very good promotion” for Ukraine, in which he said Ukraine invested some $5 who was imprisoned by the Nazis for res- regions where the number of native speak- Rada Commissioner on Human Rights, the cuing Jews, died on March 25, 1944, three ers of such languages is higher than 10 per- Cabinet of Ministers and other state bodies, billion for hotels and infrastructure. The 16-country tournament will take place in months before the liberation of the cent. (Interfax-Ukraine) as well as authorities of the Autonomous Majdanek camp. Some 80,000 people were Republic of Crimea, local self-government four Ukrainian cities – Kyiv, Lviv, Donetsk Rada moves against discrimination and Kharkiv – and four Polish cities – killed in the camp over 34 months, includ- bodies and public associations are pro- ing about 59,000 Jews. For many prisoners, posed to be recognized as subjects, invest- Warsaw, Gdansk, Wroclaw and Poznan. KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on June 5 (RFE/RL) Father Kovch was their pastor. On January adopted in its first reading a draft law on ed with authority to prevent and counter 9, 1999, The Jewish Council of Ukraine pro- prevention and countering discrimination discrimination. (Ukrinform) Verkhovna Rada passes smoking ban claimed him a “Righteous of Ukraine.” in Ukraine. The bill proposes to define dis- (Religious Information Service of Ukraine) Hopes for $1.5 B profit from Euro 2012 KYIV – Acting before the start of the crimination as decision, action or absence Euro 2012 soccer championship, Ukraine’s Yushchenko inquiry could be closed of action aimed at restrictions or privileges KYIV – Ukrainian officials say their Parliament has banned smoking in most public places. Lawmakers on May 24 KYIV – The inquiry into the poisoning of approved a law to make smoking in when he was a presi- schools, colleges, hospitals, restaurants, dential candidate in 2004 could be closed museums and public places, such as buses, by the end of 2012, Procurator General illegal. Smoking in airports, hotels, dormi- said on June 1. “I myself TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 tories and company offices will be allowed would like it to be over one day. There is or e-mail [email protected] only in special smoking zones. President every reason to discontinue the investiga- Viktor Yanukovych signed the bill into law tion, because he would not do the blood SERVICES PROFESSIONALS on June 1. Some 22 percent of Ukrainians test. But time will come and they will say: over age 12 are smokers, according to the the blood test was not done, but the case is Health Ministry. Ukraine is co-hosting the closed already, and the whole process will championship with neighboring Poland start again. So we shall be patient until the and is striving to bring its laws into line end of the year, following which it is most with European standards. (RFE/RL, based likely to be closed,” the procurator general on reporting by ITAR-TASS and AP; said in an interview with Focus magazine. Interfax-Ukraine) On September 5, 2004, Mr. Yushchenko met with senior Ukrainian security officers, Ukrainians sentenced in Libya after which he fell ill and on September 10 was hospitalized in Vienna. Doctors said KYIV – On June 4, a military court in Mr. Yushchenko was poisoned with dioxin Tripoli sentenced 19 Ukrainians, one and that the poison had gotten into the Russian and three Belarusians to 10 years patient’s system approximately five days in prison. Another Russian was sentenced before he was hospitalized. A number of to life imprisonment. The court found them tests were carried out later. In late May guilty of involvement in the repair of mili- 2006, Mr. Yushchenko again tested positive tary equipment for the regime of former for dioxin. More recently, Mr. Yushchenko Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The has ignored prosecutors’ requests to director of the Information Policy undergo another blood test as part of an Department of the Ukrainian Foreign inquiry into his poisoning. (Interfax- Affairs Ministry, Oleh Voloshyn, announced Ukraine) at a briefing in Kyiv on June 5 that Ukraine will use all possible levers of pressure on UOC-KP may canonize Prince Askold Libya in order to secure the release of 19 Ukrainians. Mr. Voloshyn said a meeting KYIV – On May 15 in the Kyiv Orthodox was held with the Libyan ambassador to Theological Academy of the Ukrainian Ukraine, during which the Ukrainian side Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC- explained its position concerning the KP), a national scholarly theological and detention of its citizens. The Foreign Affairs historic conference on the 1,150th anniver- Ministry said the verdict given by a court in sary of the establishment of the Kyivan Tripoli was “unacceptable” and called on Metropolitanate and the Baptism of the the Libyan ambassador to help ensure the Kyivan state under Prince Askold was held. rights of all Ukrainians. The Foreign Affairs The conference was attended by secular Ministry also expressed hope that, during scholars, teachers of educational institu- the process of the appeal, the Ukrainian cit- tions, clergymen and bishops of the UOC- izens will be able to return to Ukraine as KP. The event was led by Patriarch Filaret. soon as possible. At the same time, Mr. Introductory addresses were made by Voloshyn described the situation of the Ukrainian National Deputy Petro imprisoned Ukrainians as difficult. Yushchenko and Pavlo Zhuk, vice-chair of (Ukrinform) the Holosiiv District State Administration of the City of Kyiv and head of the Society of Patriarch Sviatoslav arrives in Canada Prince Askold’s Memory. A greeting was OPPORTUNITIES given by the head of the presidium of the CALGARY – Patriarch Sviatoslav Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox (Shevchuk) of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in Canada, Protopresbyter Stepan Church arrived on May 31 at the Edmonton Earn extra income! 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(RFE/RL, based on Please make checks payable to The Ukrainian Weekly and mail along with Speaking about building Europe in Ukraine, reporting by focus.ua and UNIAN) above information to: The Ukrainian Weekly – Congratulations, Graduates! of course, the best place for an (immigrant) 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 “Winter Letters”... poet is the train between these two centers Parsippany, NJ 07054 of the world(s): time in it stays still and yet, Attn. Walter Honcharyk (Continued from page 10) as Einstein would say, moves quicker than or e-mail: [email protected] usual. We visit Maine, then Bombay in India, For further information, please call Mr. Makhno’s images of the reality of his then Medellin in Colombia, then we find 973-292-9800 ext. 3040. ourselves on board the train Kyiv-Berlin, homeland are combined with his striving with all its passengers – half-criminals, for new discoveries, and together they cre- petty merchants and others; it is an in- ate rich and poignant poetry. between space of nowhere, a dynamic * * * space between spaces where all one can do Mr. Makhno is a Ukrainian poet, essayist is to listen to the voices near and far and to and translator. He is the author of seven “press against the window pane of the rail- collections of poetry: “Skhyma” (1993), road car.” “Caesar’s Solitude” (1994), “The Book of At this point, Mr. Makhno writes: “Bro – Hills and Hours” (1996), “The Flipper of the Fish” (2002), “38 Poems about New life is one big pile of crap – the onslaughts York and Some Other Things” (2004), of emigration/within – for your own sake,” “Cornelia Street Café: New and Selected reporting, as it seems, a voice of this “bro,” Poems” (2007) and most recently, “Thread a disillusioned tough guy, possibly a and Selected New York Poems” (2009). Ukrainian mafiosi, who probably rides on He has also published a book of essays, the train with the speaker of the poem. The “The Gertrude Stein Memorial Cultural and train becomes a symbol of “inner emigra- Recreation Park” (2006), and two plays, tion” and at the same time of letting go of a “Coney Island” (2006) and “Bitch/Beach space. Generation” (2007). To me, “The Train Kyiv-Berlin” is one of He has translated Zbigniew Herbert’s the most important poems in this book and Janusz Szuber’s poetry from Polish into because it ties together space and time. The Ukrainian, and edited an anthology of train moves between countries, but also young Ukrainian poets from the 1990s. between epochs: the new one, of course, Makhno’s poems, essays and plays have with the borders open, and the old one, the been translated into a dozen languages. In bygone Soviet-era where everything is recent years volumes of his selected poems much slower, everyone is sleepy, because were published in Poland, Romania and the going anywhere is an impossibility. United States. Mr. Makhno’s train is the ideal time Dr. Popovych, the translator, is profes- machine, with the destination and depar- sor-emeritus at Brooklyn College of the ture cities having an associative temporal City University of New York and the presi- component of meaning: at the start of line dent of the Shevchenko Scientific Society we see Kyiv, now a new Ukrainian city with U.S.A. He is the author or editor of four Ukrainian (not Soviet) vodka labels (“with books in English and one in Ukrainian. A the silver image of Bohdan-Zynoviy,” – that collection of 33 of his English translations is, the Ukrainian military hero Hetman of Mr. Makhno’s Ukrainian poetry has been Bohdan Khmelnytsky) – and yet an older published as part of their bilingual book place, too; Kryvyi Rih, an important indus- “Thread and Selected New York Poems” for trial city in central Ukraine, even more so which the translator was awarded the during Soviet times, which are referenced American Association for Ukrainian here – a city plagued by all the evils of Studies prize for best translations from industrial cities (high crime rate, deaths, Ukrainian into English. His individual pollution, etc.) English translations of Mr. Makhno’s poems At the end of the line is, Berlin, signifying have appeared in AGNI, Poetry the West in its new globalized ways (“In International, Interlitq (U.K.), International this city the coffee houses are scattered – Poetry Review and Mad Hatters’ Review. like coffee beans” – “Berlin/Charlottenburg”), “Winter Letters” is Mr. Makhno’s eighth with all their freedom and alienation. And collection of poetry. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 No. 24 “Woman in Exile” gets warm reception in Chicago by Anna Golash Starosolsky family made from Lviv to Kazakhstan. They covered that enormous CHICAGO – The Ukrainian Institute of distance in the cold of April in an unheated Modern Art recently hosted an afternoon rail car. with Marie Chmilewsky Ulanowicz, who In the introduction to her memoir, Ms. translated the book-memoir “Rozkazhu Starosolsky confesses that the memories of Vam pro Kazakhstan” written by Juliana that trip haunted her all her life. Although Starosolska. she lived to tell her story, Kazakhstan The memoir – published in English as became the resting place for her mother, “Woman in Exile” – is a series of vignettes whose health deteriorated. She never describing the author’s journey to exile in recoverd from the hardships of the journey Kazakhstan in 1940 and the six years she and died soon after arriving in Kazakhstan. spent there until her release in 1946. Ms. Ms. Starosolska managed to bring her Starosolska describes the ordeal of every- mother’s remains back to Ukraine; her final day life in the harsh Asian climate and resting place is at the Lychakiv Cemetery in under Soviet rule. Lviv. The book appeals to a variety of readers The memoir consists of several chapters. as it tells a story of a woman’s life deprived They were written as separate essays and of its basic needs: the love of the family, the subsequently collected into a book, place she could call home, the sense of At the book launch in Chicago (from left) are: Daria Jarosewich, Anna Bohoniuk “Rozkazhu Vam pro Kazakhstan.” The first security, the ability to develop intellectual- Golash, Marie Chmilewsky Ulanowicz and Orysia Cardoso. edition appeared in Toronto in 1969, the ly. It is also a moving account of new friend- second in New York in 1976. An expanded ships and a search for human warmth. Its finished. Ten years passed and the author When World War II broke out in 1939, edition of the book, to which the author journalistic style is characterized by the contacted Ms. Ulanowicz, who agreed to the Soviets took over Lviv and Halychyna as added two chapters and an afterword, was economy of word and, at the same time, by translate the entire book. “Woman in Exile” a result of Molotov- pact. In December published in Lviv in 2001. its ability to evoke empathy. in 2011 and was warmly received by critics. 1939 Juliana’s father, Volodymyr, was Ms. Starosolska wrote an introduction in At the February 19 event at the UIMA, The translator introduced the book by arrested by the Soviet authorities and which she provides the reader with a rea- Anna Bohoniuk Golash introduced the intertweaving the historical background deported to an unknown location. She did son for writing about her experiences. She guest. Ms. Ulanowicz was born in Ivano- and the personal histories of the late Ms. not know of his fate until much later. He said that upon her return she felt a great Frankivsk. Her family left Ukraine in 1944 Starosolsky’s family. She began her presen- was sent to a labor camp, where he starved sense of discontinuity between her pre- and joined other refugees in displaced per- tation with a brief summary of the fate of to death and was buried in a mass grave, and post-exilic life not only because she sons camps in Germany. Eventually the fam- western Ukraine at the time of the collapse which was subsequently paved over. A few was absent from the lives of her friends for ily settled in Maryland, where Marie started of Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires, months later, in April of 1940, Juliana, her many years but also because she was attending school. She completed a B.A. and the efforts on the part of patriotic mother and brother were exiled to unable to tell her story in its entirety. degree in music at the University of Notre Ukrainian to establish an independent poli- Kazakhstan. Juliana became separated Writing became a cathartic experience for Dame, an M.A. in historical musicology, and ty there. Much success had been achieved from her brother, who went to work in a her: as she was narrating her life in recently acquired another M.A. degree in with declarations of independence in 1918 mine. Fortunately he was able to locate Kazakhstan she was able to give expression theology (2002). Her interests, beside in Lviv Kyiv followed by the declaration of Juliana and join her in exile. to the pain, grotesqueness and at times the music, are in the area of Ukrainian folk cul- unification in 1919. However the Treaty of Ms. Ulanowicz’s talk was accompanied goodness of heart of the Kazakh people ture with emphasis on the art of the pysan- Versailles in 1919 put an end to the short- by a selection of photographs and maps that accompanied her life there. ka, in theology, and in interfaith dialogue. lived period of Ukraine’s independence. projected on the screen. She briefly narrat- The translator poignantly recognized the Ms. Ulanowicz shared the story behind As a result of Versailles treaty, Halychyna ed the author’s life story, showing photos of intricate structure of the memoir. Individual her translation project. Even before the was annexed to Poland, which soon her parents, siblings and Juliana herself as chapters, or vignettes, each tell a story cen- translation of the book was formally com- enforced denationalization policies on a young woman in horse-riding garb, and a tered around an event or a motif. The motif missioned she translated portions of the Ukrainians. Ms. Starosolska’s parents, who photo of a her as a mature woman on the that binds the vignettes together is one of book for her American friends who were lived in Lviv, were known for their patrio- streets of Lviv shortly before World War II. mirroring or reflecting. For one thing, the very interested in the memoir but unable to tism and for the active role they played in The tragic period for the Starosolsky account of the journey, the people and the access it in Ukrainian. She soon realized defending the rights of Ukrainians. Juliana family, the imprisonment and exile, was not circumstances of life in Kazakhstan reflect that she would like to translate the book. was born into this family in 1912. She com- documented in photographs. At this point the author’s personal experiences. For She contacted Ms. Starosolska, who pleted higher education at the University in Ms. Ulanowicz showed the map of the another thing, the “mirroring” appears in informed her that a translation was already Soviet empire. On the map the audience under way. However that project was never journalist in Lviv in mid 1930s. could trace the 3,000-mile train ride the (Continued on page 15) Poznań, Poland, and began her career as a Audience relives émigré experience via “The Ukrainian Dentist’s Daughter”

by Orysia Cardoso Ukrainian heritage, cultural identity and Art and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art the price of adjustment. The play was – is evident in her recent writing and per- CHICAGO – In a darkened gallery at the inspired by the playwright’s conversations formances. And, through her personal Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art trans- with family members who recalled memo- experiences, she endeavors to communicate formed by inventive lighting into a mini- ries of family events over several decades. to North American audiences the story of malist stage setting, a young playwright Yana Kesala, as she is familiarly known, is her mother’s childhood and youth as a and actress recently offered up a tale of a promising young actress, playwright and Ukrainian émigré to the United States. immigration, anticipation and love. director who currently resides in Seattle. Plot points include a missing groom, an Through flashbacks between early Her extensive training in theater – which unexpected snowstorm, and assorted school days and a bride’s wedding day, the includes a B.A. in drama from Stanford intrigues, which give rise to an accounting play, presented on March 17, transcended University, as well as studies with the of the bitter yet everyday events that culmi- time and unfurled a tableau drawing on London Academy of Music and Dramatic nate in a confusion of expectations. Relived memories of displaced persons camps, of the long and tedious sailing to America, of straining to learn English while fearful of grammar school nuns, all enrich the play’s dramatic rendering of the émigré’s ulti- mate attainment of self-worth through wit, tears and hope. The play opens with an anxious bride awaiting her groom outside the St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in New York City on New Year’s Eve in 1967. As the minutes, then hours go by, with no news and no Adrianna (Yana) Kesala groom in sight, the young woman relives a standing ovation and, at a champagne memories from her past through flash- reception afterwards, guests met and con- backs to childhood and young adulthood. gratulated Ms. Kesala on her exciting per- In the final scene, as a single stage light formance and heartwarming play. gives way to darkness, an anxious bride “The Ukrainian Dentist’s Daughter” was hears the sounds of distant tires screeching previously performed by Ms. Kesala at to a halt in front of the church. Seattle’s Solo Performance Festival and at A grateful audience awarded the actress Yana’s parents, Dr. Adrian and Larysa Kesala. the Victoria Fringe Festival in Canada. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 15

which, regardless of the form of its social The question concerns more than just their special responsibility. It is necessary Assessing... order, generates tensions. This factor is these leaders. The question is the society to help not just with words and messages Russia. The history of the USSR has borne itself which elects this kind of non-demo- but also actions — actions that are accu- (Continued from page 6) out numerous times that communist ideolo- cratic government. The last presidential rate, verified and effective. Here in the West gy was merely a cover, a form that concealed elections clearly confirmed this: a mere 5 you must finally tell yourselves: turning And what was the reaction of the West? I the imperialistic essence of the Russian to 7 percent of Russian voters voted for the Ukraine toward Western values is our, the will be so bold as to say: nothing, or, to be state. Although the communist system has democratic opposition, although it is rather West’s, moral duty. This is not complicated more precise, it was a pro-Bolshevik receded into the past, Russian chauvinism, difficult to call those voters democratic. at all. You must simply recall what hap- response. For what else can one call the Russian imperialism and Russia’s efforts to … Historically, Russia and its society pened not so long ago with regard to, for United States’ recognition of the Soviet grab what does not belong to her and to have different values from the West. I example, Poland, Slovakia or Lithuania. We Union in the very year that Moscow was establish the limits of her “special inter- would strenuously advise Western leaders, are no less European than the representa- destroying between 6 and 10 million ests” have not disappeared. despite their pressing schedules, to read a tives of those countries. Therefore, it is cru- Ukrainians by means of the Famine- The Russian intellectual, Igor Chubais, true history of Russia, beginning with the cial to adopt decisions and act! Genocide that it had deliberately orga- wrote the following about Russia after the reign of Prince Andrei Bogoliubsky. Having said this, I am in no way shifting nized? To this day, there are no exact fig- collapse of the USSR: “The state in which I am not an anti-Russian politician, of the main responsibility for the future of ures of the death toll. I remind you that the we landed after the collapse of the USSR is which I am accused in Russia and by pro- Ukrainians from Ukrainians themselves. I U.S. recognized the USSR in November not a new Russia but a post-Soviet system; Russian forces in Ukraine. In fact, I am a sincerely believe that changes are not far 1933. Did the leaders in Washington not this is a new type of nomenklatura/totali- realist, and therefore I am speaking about off. I am referring to October of this year. In know what was happening in Ukraine at tarian regime. This is a new USSR … The what I know very well. For example, I am the event of the opposition’s victory in the that very time? Having worked in the for- essence of the state machine that was pre- not alone in realizing that Russia is seeking elections — and I believe in this whole- eign policy sphere for more than 30 years, I served for 90 years lies in the fact that it to put an end to Ukrainian independence as heartedly — key changes will also be made can assure you that this does not happen. has changed only on the outside, superfi- quickly as possible. It is seeking to remove to foreign policy. We will overturn the law People knew, but they closed their eyes to cially, but at its foundation it is not subject Ukraine from the roadmap as a possible that turned Ukraine into a “gray security the truth. to reform; it can only be dismantled.” undesirable example for its own society in zone.” We will revive our course and aim to Did France or Great Britain not know … While forms of governance change, the event that we succeed on the path to join NATO; we will eliminate the obstacles about the Bolsheviks’ concentration camps, the essence of Muscovy does not. It membership in the EU and NATO. Because to Ukraine’s membership in the European which existed before the second world remains unchanged — imperialistic, the success of democratic Ukraine spells Union. war? Of course, they knew. But whereas aggressive, merciless. the collapse of authoritarian Russia. But the most important changes must Nazism was condemned and punished in Is this understood by contemporary In conclusion I would like to note, that take place in our domestic policies. Once Nuremberg, for some reason the crimes of Western leaders? It is my profound convic- the situation today is very reminiscent of and for all, we should put an end to the communism have been forgotten. Once tion that either they do not understand, or the one that I mentioned at the beginning Soviet past: the corruption, the shadow again the political dimension trumped the underestimate the threat, or pretend not to of my remarks. Will the West understand economy, the selective nature of jurispru- moral one. understand. The latter case is the most unac- the new opportunity — even for itself — dence, the dichotomy within society. … People in the West may have thought ceptable one because it is simply amoral. which is opening up with Ukraine’s entry Ukraine must finally become Ukrainian, that after the second world war Bolshevik So, I would like to believe that they don’t into Western civilization? In my opinion, democratic and European. Russia would change, become different — understand, because if they did, would the the prospects for both the North Atlantic Therefore, both we and the West must democratic. If that is the case, then one can leaders of Germany and France have then space and Russia for many decades to travel along our path. But we will cover it only wonder at their naiveté and short- objected to offering Ukraine the NATO come are being defined today precisely in considerably faster if we join our efforts, if sightedness. Fortunately, however, there Member Action Plan at the Bucharest sum- Ukraine. Not seeing this, not comprehend- there is no ambiguity in our relations, if were some political figures in the West mit? If they did, would NATO and the EU ing this means demonstrating once again Ukraine is perceived as an independent fac- who recognized the essence of Russian pol- have reacted as they did to Russia’s aggres- either incompetence or amorality. tor of international life, not a zone of some- icies and sought to counteract them. ... sion against Georgia in August 2008? We would very much like to hope that one else’s interests. Only then will we have However, most Western leaders were abso- Would there have been the same reaction Western leaders will rise to the heights of a chance for success. … lutely different. to Russia’s open support for the Syrian and Three weeks before the proclamation of Iranian regimes? These are just a few Ukraine’s independence U.S. President examples. frost-bitten and pale face, and her thinned George H. W. Bush, speaking in Kyiv, called Is it not time for Western leaders finally “Woman in Exile”... out body in shabby clothes. In another story on Ukrainians to support Mikhail to understand one very simple truth? (Continued from page 14) a Kazakh guard is caught off guard contem- Gorbachev, preserve the USSR and not seek Appeasing an aggressor only encourages plating his face in the mirror. As he has never independence. him to further aggression. … the structure of the book. owned a mirror before, his own face surpris- And what about the Germans? After the Here I would like to give U.S. President As Ms. Ulanowicz pointed out the epi- es him. Perhaps to him, as to the author, the gift of Germany’s reunification, they were George W. Bush and his administration logue of the book is the reverse of the intro- face in the mirror is the face of a stranger. ready to kiss the ground that Gorbachev their due for having worthily upheld the duction. The book begins with an image of After the presentation Ms. Ulanowicz walked on, having quickly forgotten about policy of protecting democracy and free- a box car traveling eastward, carrying the answered questions from the audience. She their moral obligations vis-à-vis the dom, including with respect to Ukraine. A disoriented young woman into the also signed copies of the book “Woman in Ukrainians, even though hardly anyone key role in turning Ukraine toward demo- unknown. In the epilogue, the same Exile.” Guests who purchased books at the experienced such horrors during the sec- cratic values and deepening Ukrainian woman, now six years older, sits in another signing received a very special bonus in the ond world war as the Ukrainian people. American relations was, of course, also box car carrying her westward. The initial form of a book plate with the reproduction Is it not telling that in the first years after played by President Viktor Yushchenko. It despair and hopelessness give way to to of an illustration from the original book, the restoration of our independence the chief was he who laid the foundations for the hope and cautious optimism about the and the signature of Juliana Starosolska. goal of both the United States and Russia democratization of contemporary Ukraine. future just as the direction of the author’s The book is available in hardback ($26.95), was Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament? … I am pleased to recall that in December journey is reversed. softcover ($16.95) and e-book format I would not like it if my listeners, partic- 2008 U.S. State Secretary Condoleezza Rice Mirrors appear throughout the story as ($9.99) from the following online booksell- ularly the non-Ukrainians present here, got and I signed the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic effective symbols. In one of the stories, ers: iUniverse: http://www.iuniverse.com/ the impression that in the last 20 years Partnership Charter, whereby we took “Mirror, mirror on the wall,” the author Bookstore/BookSearchResults.aspx? nothing has changed in the West’s attitude another step in the direction of strengthen- catches herself staring into a mirror in a Search=starosolska; Barnes and Noble, to Ukraine. Such a claim would be errone- ing Ukraine’s security; of course, it was not Soviet administrator’s office. Having been http://search.barnesandnoble.com/ ous. In a consistent fashion the leaders of as big a step as we, Ukrainians, might have deprived of a mirror since her arrival in Woman-in-Exile/Juliana-Starosolska/ the top Western countries are beginning to desired, but it was one that in the final Kazakhstan, she stands there examining the e/9781462003730; and Amazon: http:// understand that Ukraine should not be analysis would lead to success. reflection of her body as if it belonged to www.amazon.com (search for “Juliana looked at through Moscow-tinted glasses. What I call success is Ukraine’s member- someone else. She can hardly recognize her Starosolska”). In this respect, the U.S. and Canada are ship in NATO as the sole collective security playing a special role. organization in the North Atlantic today, An extraordinarily important role in the which unites democratic countries and is natural gas will be available at favorable fact that this has happened was played by capable of protecting them from external Turning... prices and on time,” explained Mr. Putin. “All the powerful Ukrainian community in aggression. I am deeply convinced that only this can only lead to positive results.” (Continued from page 6) these countries. … Even during the most NATO membership will offer an answer, on It was expected that $2.5 billion would be difficult periods under the Russian colonial the one hand, to the security challenges tion in the following month, that would fur- invested toward the reconstruction and mod- yoke, especially in the 20th century, your that Ukraine is facing today and, on the ther the agreement signed in St. Petersburg. ernization of Ukraine’s gas pipeline network position, your voice and your will inspired other, will impede the realization of the res- German President Gerhard Schroeder in the near future, with a 10-year projected those who remained behind the Iron toration of the in its new, expressed full support for the bilateral natu- total of $15 billion. Mr. Kuchma said that the Curtain. Your contribution to the victory of Eurasian, form. In the 21st century there is ral gas partnership between Ukraine and upgrades would allow Ukraine to handle 1.5 Ukraine’s independence is special, and it no place for empires in any form! Russia, and called it “a brilliant idea.” times its current pipeline capacity. will be duly analyzed and assessed by our A powerful North Atlantic center of For Ukraine, the agreement provided Almost immediately after the agree- contemporaries. power should be created, with actions European oversight to guarantee Russian ment’s signing, European energy companies … Today, 20 years after the restoration closely coordinated along the line of North deliveries of gas to the West, with Ukraine – including Germany’s Ruhrgas AG, British of Ukraine’s independence, the question of America-Europe and NATO-European almost entirely dependent on Russian natu- companies Wintershall AG and Shell, the our real independence is once again criti- Union — and Ukraine should of course be a ral gas imports and fees generated by trans- Italian firm Eni S.p.A., and France’s Gaz de cally acute, especially because of the poli- part of both. Only this kind of power center port through Ukraine’s pipelines. Russia had France – began to express readiness to par- cies of the current government in Kyiv. ... can respond to the threats and challenges repeatedly accused Ukraine of siphoning off ticipate in the international consortium. Those politicians and scholars who that the North Atlantic community is gas that moved through Ukraine’s pipeline thought that, with the collapse of commu- already facing today. … network. “Russia and our Central Asian part- Source: “Ukraine, Germany and Russia nism, peace and calm would rule the North Contemporary Russia does not fit into ners can now be sure that the gas markets agree to cooperate on gas supply,” by Roman Atlantic region were naïve to think so. It this construct, but not because it is tradi- will be secured, and those who own the nat- Woronowycz, The Ukrainian Weekly, June 16, turned out that there is a factor in this space, tionally ruled by non-democratic leaders. ural gas distribution system can be sure that 2002. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 No. 24 No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 17 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 No. 24

June 15 Shrimp Feast, Baltimore Ukrainian Festival Committee, June 23 Lecture by Maria Rubchak, “Mapping Difference: Nottingham, MD Columbus Gardens, 410-591-7566 or Chicago The Many Faces of Women in Contemporary Ukraine,” [email protected] Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 773-227-5522 or www.uima-chicago.org June 15-17 Yonkers Ukrainian Heritage Festival, St. Michael Yonkers, NY Ukrainian Catholic Church, June 24 Book presentation by Myron Kuropas, “Encyclopedia of http://yonkersukrainianfestival.org Chicago - the Second Book of the American June 16 Golf tournament, Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Volume,” Illinois branch of the Shevchenko Scientific Lorraine, QC Club de Golf Lorraine, [email protected] or Society, Ukrainian Cultural Center, 773-489-1339 or 514-744-9648 [email protected]

June 16 Martini and Mingle Night, Ukrainian Homestead, June 25 Golf tournament, St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Lehighton, PA 610-377-4621 or [email protected] Hamilton, ON Cathedral, Chedoke Martin Golf Course, 905-547-2414 June 16-17 Father’s Day Ukrainian Fest, stage show, soccer or 905-639-4425 Horsham, PA tournament and dance, Ukrainian American Sports Center – , 215-362-5331 or [email protected] June 25 Free concert, Ukrainian American Night, Lakeside Theater East Meadow, NY at Eisenhower Park, [email protected] June 16-August 5 Art exhibit, “Achilles and Vera Chreptowsky Collection,” Chicago Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, www.uima-chicago.org June 26 Golf tournament, Buduchnist Credit Union, Dragon’s Fire or 773-227-5522 Carlisle, ON Golf Club, [email protected] or June 17 Golf tournament, Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Indian Wells www.dragonsfiregolfclub.com Burlington, ON Golf Club, St. Volodymyr Cultural Center (dinner), 416-766-9288 June 29-July 1 “Naidya Ye!” Festival, featuring Mandry, Ukrainian Ellenville, NY American Youth Association, Oselia resort, 845-647-7230 June 17 Father’s Day Ukrainian dinner, concert and silent auction, or www.cym.org/us/ellenville Ottawa Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 613-728-0856 or [email protected] June 30 50th anniversary parish festival, St. John the Baptist Jewett, NY Ukrainian Catholic Church, June 19 Mets vs Orioles, Ukrainian Heritage Night at Citi Field, www.ukrainianmountaintop.org or 201-238-3006 New York Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, 212-228-6840 or [email protected] June 30 – July 1 Tennis tournament, Ukrainian Sports Federation of the June 23 Dance, featuring music by Holosni Susidy, Ukrainian Kerhonkson, NY U.S.A. and Canada (East), Soyuzivka Heritage Center, Ellenville, NY American Youth Association, Oselia resort, 845-647-7230 215-576-7989 or www.cym.org/us/ellenville June 23 Golf tournament, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events Welland, ON Catholic Church, Sparrow Lakes Golf Club, Ukrainian advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Black Sea Hall (dinner), www.sparrowlakes.com from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors or 905-378-2917 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012 19 UKELODEON F Nor The ext Generation

Minneapolis Ukrainian school Sixth-grader helps children in Ghana presents a spring concert through shared love for soccer PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. – initiative to give back through the Timmy Kihiczak, a sixth-grader at great game of soccer is thrilling to Seven Arrows Elementary in Pa- see. We are excited to continue this cific Palisades, is teaming up with cultural exchange and watch these Coaches Across Continents (CAC) global friendships develop.” to unite children from Seven Ar- On May 6, Timmy organized a rows Elementary and Ghana through soccer fund-raiser in Pacific Pali- soccer. sades with a parents’ team playing Coaching Across Continents is against teachers at Seven Arrows. an organization that uses soccer to The parents won against the teach- teach life lessons to children who ers in a very close, hard-fought come from underprivileged commu- game, 2-1. The children’s team then nities. played against a combined parent- Timmy hopes that through their teacher team and ultimately won on The teachers and children perform hahilky. similar passion for soccer, the penalty kicks 4-3. children can develop friendships. On June 1, Timmy sent another Children have their own pen pals batch of Seven Arrows pen pal let- with a round of very loud applause. by Svitlana Uniat and communicate by sending and ters to their new friends in Dzita, The next part of the concert was MINNEAPOLIS – The students of receiving pictures, letters and Ghana, along with a memory card hahilky. The children joined the the School of Ukrainian Studies at videos from California to Ghana and filled with video highlights from the St. Constantine Ukrainian Catholic audience, formed a large circle, and vice-versa. soccer game they played. Church presented a spring concert sang traditional Ukrainian spring Brian Suskiewicz, CAC on-field Donations to Coaches Across Con- honoring Taras Shevchenko on songs. strategist, stated, “Timmy and Seven tinents can be made at http://www. April 29. For the finale, the children, with Arrows have started a great relation- firstgiving.com/fundraiser/SevenAr- The concert began with Halia blue-and-yellow flags in hand, ship with Dzita, Ghana. Timmy’s rowsCares/sevenarrowscares. Voronchak and Aleksa Tataryn, who marched onto the stage and sang welcomed the audience. The stu- “We are Ukraine’s Children,” com- dents then recited Shevchenko’s po- posed by Volodymyr Ilemsky, fol- etry and the school choir, under the lowed by a number of other songs. Mishanyna direction of Yurii Ivan, performed a The children made their par- medley of unforgettable songs to his ents and grandparents proud with June is all about celebrating the end of school and the warm summer poems. their concert. The parents of the weather fast approaching. This month’s Mishanyna challenge is to find The drama club, under the direc- school children expressed thanks the names of things that can be found on a beach trip. tion of Svitlana Uniat, Ivan Luciw to Dmytro Tataryn, school director; and composer Volodymr Ilemsky, the Very Rev. Michael Stelmach for BATHING SUIT SANDCASTLE SUNSCREEN performed the musical “The Ukrai- teaching religion and for his strong BOAT SAND SWIMMERS nian Turnip.” A variation on a support of the school; and teachers BOOGIEBOARD SEASHELLS TOWEL traditional story, it told the story Helen Tataryn, Tetiana Drobot and LIFEGUARD SUN WAVES of an old farmer whose turnip grew Alla Khan. Everyone in the audi- so large that he had to ask for the ence congratulated Father Michael help of his wife, granddaughter, on his birthday, and all enjoyed re- two dogs, a cat, two roosters and six freshments prepared by the parents. mice to pull it out of the ground. Translated by Zenon Stepchuk The audience rewarded the actors

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Friday-Sunday, June 15-17 Road, off Route 23A in Jewett, N.Y. Admission as we commemorate and celebrate a half-cen- is free. For more information visit http:// tury of worship and cultural heritage in this YONKERS, N.Y.: The Ukrainian Heritage ukrainianmountaintop.org or call Joanne unique Ukrainian enclave of the Catskills. 216 Foordmore Road Festival is celebrating its 27th year this P.O. Box 529 Iwaskiw, 201-358-1846. Liturgy begins at 10 a.m. with banquet and Father’s Day weekend. The festival takes anniversary program to follow. St. John’s is Sunday, September 2 Kerhonkson, NY 12446 place at St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church, located on Ukraine Road, off Route 23A in 21 Shonnard Place, Yonkers, NY 10701. It is JEWETT, N.Y.: St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Jewett, N.Y. Tickets may be purchased prior to 1-845-626-5641 three days of Ukrainian food, music, dance, [email protected] Catholic Church concludes its 50th jubilee the event. For more information visit http:// carnival rides, attractions, games of chance season with a pontifical divine liturgy, ban- ukrainianmountaintop.org or call Michelle and craft sales, along with entertainment by quet and anniversary program. Please join us Hewryk, 917-885-2241. dancers, singers, comedians and bands. There will be carnival rides for the children and one- 2012 price bracelets for continuous rides at 1-4 PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES p.m. on Saturday. For more information go to yonkersukrainianfest.org or call 914-310- Preview of Events is a listing of community events open to the public. It is a service Summer 0551. provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. Saturday, June 30 To have an event listed in Preview of Events please send information, in English, written Events JEWETT, N.Y.: St. John the Baptist Ukrainian in Preview format, i.e., in a brief paragraph that includes the date, place, type of event, June 10 – June 15 Catholic Church kicks off its 50th jubilee sea- sponsor, admission, full names of persons and/or organizations involved, and a phone – UNA Seniors Week son with a fun community festival for all. Join number to be published for readers who may require additional information. Items us for Ukrainian folk arts and traditions, should be no more than 100 words long; longer submissions are subject to editing. . June 17 crafts, dancing, entertainment, refreshments, – Father’s Day food, kids’ activities and much more! Information should be sent to: [email protected] or Preview of Events, June 22 – June 24 Volleyball tournament gets under way at 9 The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, – Official Start a.m., and the official opening ceremony begins 973-644-9510. NB: If e-mailing, please do not send items as attachments; simply of the Summer Season at 11 a.m. St. John’s is located on Ukraine type the text into the body of the e-mail message. – St. George School reunion & Soyuzivka 70’s Bash June 24 – June 30 – Tabir Ptashat Session 1 June 24 – July 5 – Tennis Camp June 29 – Tiki Deck Enertainment TBA June 30 – Zabava with Oberehy July 1 – July 7 – Tabir Ptashat Session 2 July 1 – July 14 – Dance Workshop July 6 – Pub Night Tiki Deck – Zuki & Mike July 7 – Zabava with Luna July 12 – July 15 Ukrainian Cultural Festival July 15 – July 20 – Heritage Camp Session 1 July 15 – July 21 – Discovery Camp July 20 – July 22 Adoption Weekend July 20: – Tiki Deck – Zuki & Mike July 21: Zabava with Fata Morgana July 22 – July 27 – Heritage Camp Session 2 July 22 – July 28 – Sports Camp Session 1 July 22 – August 4 – Dance Camp Session 1 July 27 – Tiki Deck – Zuki & Mike July 28 – Zabava with Na Zdorovya July 29 – August 4 – Sports Camp session 2 August 3 – Pub Night with Svitanok August 4 – Dance Camp Recital (3pm) – Zabava with Svitanok August 5 – August 18 – Dance Camp session 2 August 11 – Miss Soyuzivka – Zabava to be announced August 17 – Tiki Deck – Kagero August 18 – Dance Camp Recital (3pm) – Zabava with Tempo August 19 – August 25 – Josephs School of Dance