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by Mark Raczkiewycz interview he gave to the Law and Business weekly newspaper late in November in – A high-ranking official in which he stated that NABU director Artem Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Sytnyk should resign. During that interview administration has been implicated in a he also criticized the agency’s performance. $2.8 million corruption scheme connected Mr. Zelenskyy’s office subsequently dis- to a real estate development project. tanced itself from the comment by saying the Oleh Tatarov, deputy head of the official had expressed his “personal opinion.” Presidential Office of Ukraine, is allegedly Mr. Tatarov also later said his “personal the third suspect in the graft case according opinion” in no way affects “my support for to the Kyiv-based Anticorruption Action all legislative initiatives by the president to Center – a non-governmental watchdog – strengthen the independence of all anti-cor- and reports by the Kyiv Post, Censor.net, ruption bodies,” according to the Ukrainian Ukrayinska Pravda, Hromadske and other service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Ukraine-based media. The president, a former stage comedian The National Anticorruption Bureau and actor with no previous political experi- (NABU) on December 2 accused the ence, secured a landslide victory last year Serhii Nuzhnenko, RFE/RL Prosecutor General’s Office of blocking the partly on the promise to eradicate corrup- People gathered near the Holodomor Memorial in Kyiv to honor the memory of those arrest of “the probable third suspect” in the tion in the country. Since being sworn into killed in the famine. case without naming the accused. office in May 2019, he has installed two Former member of parliament and real cabinets and tasked them to tackle graft in by Roman Tymotsko were some problems with the financing of estate developer Maksym Mykytas, who the country. Both Cabinets have not had this project. However, such projects must was arrested in the case, said in a Facebook success in their anti-graft reform efforts. KYIV – During a series of events here on be implemented. I gave instructions to the post the same day that Mr. Tatarov was the A $5 billion International Monetary November 28, Ukrainian President Cabinet of Ministers, and this issue will be third suspect. He stated that the presiden- Fund loan program has been frozen for Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena resolved. The project will definitely be tial official had worked in the legal depart- similar reasons. Zelenska paid tribute to the millions of vic- completed,” Mr. Zelenskyy stressed. ment of state-owned developer UkrBud, The latest blow to Ukraine’s efforts to tims who perished as a result of Stalin’s On November 30, the Cabinet of the same company involved in the real combat corruption came in October when Famine-Genocide – the Holodomor of 1932- Ministers prepared an order which is estate case. the Constitutional Court ruled to dismantle 1933. aimed at providing additional opportuni- Mr. Tatarov denied the allegations the a key component of the country’s anti-graft In the morning, the president and first ties to fund the National Museum of the following day. architecture. It ruled that those who pro- lady arrived at the memorial to the victims Holodomor Genocide. “The rumors spread by the NABU head’s vide false information in asset declarations of the Holodomor in St. Michael’s Square, The museum is among other projects in entourage that I was allegedly involved in will no longer face criminal liability. It also where the president and his wife put a com- Ukraine that aim to raise funds from differ- some crimes, as well as that they allegedly removed public access to asset declarations position of wheat ears and viburnum near ent sources without relying only on money wanted to detain me, are not true,” he told of officials and lawmakers and stripped the the memorial and paid tribute to the from the government budget. According to Liga.net. “I connect their dissemination with National Agency for Corruption Prevention Holodomor victims. They then visited the the official museum website, “the my publicly-voiced position on the work of of nearly all of its powers. National Museum of the Holodomor the leadership of the anti-corruption body.” Genocide, where other participants in the (Continued on page 3) His last comment was in reference to an (Continued on page 9) ceremony put woven sheafs of grain near the statue “The Bitter Memory of Childhood.” “We honor our ancestors, remember the black pages of history and the years that Forbes Ukraine names top-40 Ukrainian diaspora business leaders scarred the hearts of our people,” Mr. Zelenskyy said during his address on Forbes Ukraine, in its September issue, from acute pulmonary complications. have released 13 prescription drugs. Holodomor Victims Remembrance Day. published a list of “40 Global Ukrainians” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Citius is unique because Ukrainian “The Holodomor, which was recognized as by Vlada Yasko, which profiled diaspora- has praised the practices of his compa- Americans comprise its management an act of genocide committed against our based Ukrainian business owners and lead- nies, which have accelerated the proce- team, Mr. Mazur said. Among those recog- people by the totalitarian Stalinist regime, ers. Below is a translation of excerpts from dures for registering new medicinal offer- nized from his company in the Forbes resulted in millions of Ukrainians’ deaths. the article. The translation was prepared ings. Ukraine story are Myron Holubiak, chief These are losses comparable to those suf- by Matthew Dubas. His family fled from western Ukraine operations officer, and Myron Chuchman, fered by Ukraine in World War II,” the pres- during World War II, and Mr. Mazur’s par- head physician and acting vice-president. ident said. PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Leonard Mazur, 75, ents met as displaced refugees in In the large-sized business category, “How can one seek to destroy an entire Ukrainian American co-owner of Citius Germany – his father escaped Soviet occu- business leaders included the following nation?” the president asked. “Why and for Pharmaceuticals and Arkimax pying forces, and his mother was taken to individuals: the Pritsker family, Hyatt what? We will never be able to understand Pharmaceuticals, was included in a list of forced-labor camp in Germany. Hotels Corp. (U.S.A.) ($31 billion); Mikhail this. We will never be able to forget this. We the top 40 “Global Ukrainians” that Born in West Germany, Mr. Mazur grew Fridman, LetterOne Holdings, Alpha- will never be able to forgive this,” Mr. appeared in the September issue of up in Philadelphia, graduated from Group () ($15.2 billion); Viktor Zelenskyy said. Forbes Ukraine magazine. Temple University, and worked for 10 Vekselberg, Renova (Russia) ($11.7 bil- The Ukrainian president added that the Listed among the medium-sized busi- years with the medical firm Cooper lion); Jan Koum, WhatsApp (U.S.A.) ($10 government will provide the funds needed nesses by Forbes Ukraine, Mr. Mazur and Laboratories. In 2007 he founded the billion); German Khan, LetterOne to complete the Holodomor Museum. “The his work have been at the forefront of research company Citius Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Alpha-Group (Russia) ($9.9 bil- project of the National Museum of the combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. This and the manufacturing company Arkimax Holodomor Genocide is very important for work includes helping people who suffer Pharmaceuticals. The two companies (Continued on page 2) Ukraine, for our history and future. There 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2020 No. 49

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NATO chief says ministers Ukraine scraps weekend lockdowns forces opened fire on Ukrainian positions on the and sectors of the Ukraine has lifted weekend lockdown front four times in total. (Ukrainian to discuss Russia’s ‘military buildup’ restrictions in place to fight the spread of Canadian Congress Daily Briefing) the coronavirus pandemic but is still con- more power over personnel and budgets. RFE/RL sidering whether to introduce a tighter Tatarov: Sytnyk should be replaced “NATO needs a strong political dimen- lockdown at a later stage, Prime Minister A report presented to NATO foreign min- sion to match its military adaptation,” Ukraine Business News reported that Denys Shmyhal said on December 2. The isters on December 1 says the alliance must according to the report, whose suggestions the effort of President Volodymyr government last month introduced a lock- adapt to deal with new threats, including are not binding. Zelenskyy’s administration to get back on down on weekends, closing or restricting “persistently aggressive Russia” and “the The document is to be presented to track with the IMF hit an unexpected bump most businesses except essential services rise of China.” NATO leaders at a summit planned for next when Oleg Tatarov, deputy head of the such as grocery stores, pharmacies, hospi- The ministers received the report on the year. They could be included in an update administration, said on November 28 that first day of a two-day conference being held to NATO’s Strategic Concept document, tals and transport. Mr. Shmyhal told a tele- the National Anti-Corruption Bureau does via videolink as a precaution against the which dates from 2010 and sought to con- vised government meeting that the mea- not serve Ukraine’s interests and that its spread of the coronavirus. sider Russia as a partner. sure had brought down the spread of cases head Artem Sytnyk does not have “the NATO Secretary-General Jens Speaking to reporters, Mr. Stoltenberg and stabilized the situation in hospitals. moral right” to run the agency and should Stoltenberg told reporters that the minis- said the ministers discussed “Russia’s con- (Reuters) be replaced. The next day, the Zelenskyy ters also discussed the Russian “military tinued military buildup in our neighbor- Future COVID lockdown being discussed administration issued a statement saying buildup” around the alliance, as well as its hood, as well as arms control.” that Mr. Tatarov’s statement was “his per- mission in Afghanistan. He said NATO is adapting its deterrence Secretary of the National Security and sonal opinion that does not reflect the The Western military alliance “will have posture “to address Russia’s destabilizing Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksiy administration’s official position.” The Anti- to take some hard decisions” about the mis- actions,” but the ministers agree that they Danylov said that discussions regarding Corruption Bureau was created with sion when NATO defense ministers meet in must continue to pursue dialogue with when and for what period of time strict Western advice and financing. Ukrainian February, he said. Russia. quarantine restrictions will be introduced officials have repeatedly assured the IMF The 67-page report makes about 140 They also expressed support for pre- in Ukraine are ongoing. The so-called that it will be retained. Two weeks ago, Mr. suggestions on how to reboot the alliance, serving limitations of nuclear weapons and “lockdown,” as he said, is already inevitable. Zelenskyy met with G7 ambassadors and which it says “must adapt to meet the for developing a more comprehensive arms “The fact that there will be a lockdown is assured them that Mr. Sytnyk would stay on needs of a more demanding strategic envi- control regime, and welcomed dialogue 100 percent, but another matter is when,” the job. Next week, the Ukrainian ronment.” between Russia and the United States Mr. Danylov said during an interview on the Parliament is to vote on a bill that would It notes that while NATO faced one big ahead of the expiration of their bilateral television channel Ukraine 24. “The only guarantee the Bureau’s survival and Mr. threat during the it now faces two New START treaty in February. question is when it will be introduced – Sytnyk’s role as head. In Washington, ana- “systemic rivals” – Russia and China – along “We should not find ourselves in a situa- either it will be introduced in December, or lysts predict that the Biden administration with “the enduring threat of terrorism.” tion where there is no agreement regulat- it will be introduced from January 2. Now will use “tough love” on Ukraine – condi- It also suggests the Western military alli- ing the number of nuclear warheads,” he the discussion with experts on this matter tioning support on free market, ance find a way to stop individual countries said. is ongoing,” said Mr. Danylov. As reported EU-standard reforms. The Kyiv Post report- vetoing policy decisions, as Hungary has On Afghanistan, Mr. Stoltenberg said on November 30, a government source told ed on November 30 that Mr. Tatarov was done over plans for a deeper partnership NATO supports the peace process while Interfax-Ukraine that four options are cur- appointed to the Zelenskyy administration with non-NATO member Ukraine. remaining committed to the mission to rently being considered to establish stricter in early August, despite the fact that he Other recommendations include creat- help Afghanistan fight terrorism. quarantine restrictions. Among them is the used to serve in the country’s Interior ing a consultative body to coordinate But he added: “As we continue to assess introduction of a “lockdown” from Ministry when was the broader Western policy toward China, the situation in Afghanistan, it is clear that December 24 to January 15, 2021, but the . During the holding summits with European Union final decision has not yet been made. The Revolution of 2013-2014, Mr. leaders, and giving the secretary-general (Continued on page 7) specifics of such a “lockdown,” including Tatarov accused the protesters of attacking the issue of public transportation during the riot police. Following the revolution’s this period, is also still under discussion. victory, he was among those fired from gov- chief sound designer, 64Audio (U.S.A.); Jose (Interfax-Ukraine) ernment service as part of a lustration cam- Forbes Ukraine... Boiko and Estefano Boiko, Garcia Brasil Sul paign against officials involved in the crack- (Continued from page 1) (Brazil); Borys Wrzesnewskyj, Future Russian Invasion of Ukraine down on protesters. He can work in the Bakery and M-C Dairy (Canada); Borys presidential office despite the lustration lion); Vlad Shmunis, founder and CEO of Horodynsky, Horodynsky Farms (Canada); Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense reported law because the law does not apply to dep- the telecommunications company Martin and Matios Hrenuk, Rosamonte on December 1 that in the previous 24 uty heads of the administration. (Ukrainian RingCentral (U.S.A.) ($2 billion); Alex Rovt, Hrenuk S.A. (Argentina); Dr. George hours, no Ukrainian soldiers were killed or Canadian Congress Daily Briefing) owner ROZA 14W (U.S.A.) (real estate and Huculak, co-owner of Medical Pharmacies wounded in action. During that same hotels) ($1.3 billion); Stan Owerko, presi- Group and vice-president of the Ukrainian 24-hour period, however, Russian-terrorist (Continued on page 10) dent and co-owner of Petrogas Energy World Congress (Canada); Basil Iwanyk, (Canada) ($900 million); James Temerty, Thunder Road Films (U.S.A.); John Northland Power (Canada) ($970 million); Iwaniura, Caravan Group (Canada); Ian Michael Polsky, found of Invenergy (U.S.A.) Ihnatowycz, founder of First Generation The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 ($600 million); Larry Kestelman, founder Capital (Canada); George Myhal, of Dodo Services (Australia) ($520 million); Windermere (Canada); Viktor An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Slavomir Smolokovski, Mercuria Energy Palamarchuk, Ukraine Express (U.S.A.); a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 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Synod of Cyprus votes UNA welcomes to recognize OCU Andrew Nynka by Matthew Dubas He added that the Synod called on all The Ukrainian National Association is Orthodox churches to work “in order to pleased to introduce to our readers PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Holy Synod of the overcome the present crisis that threatens Andrew Nynka, who on December 1, Orthodox Church of Cyprus, the top deci- the Church of Christ with a schism,” refer- 2020, assumed the responsibilities of sion-making body of the Church of Cyprus, ring to the Patriarchate’s efforts to editor-in-chief of the UNA publications, backed the move by Archbishop rally other Orthodox churches to oppose the Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly. Chrysostomos, the primate of the church, to move by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholo­ Mr. Nynka is an experienced and officially recognize the Orthodox Church of mew to grant the Tomos of Autocephaly to awarded journalist, researcher and Ukraine (OCU), overturning a previous posi- the OCU. The Moscow Patriarchate has cut teacher. He has a doctorate in journal- tion of neutrality on the issue. The move, ties and ceased commemorating the heads ism from the University of Maryland’s made on November 23 at the Holy Synod’s of Orthodox churches who have officially Philip Merrill College of Journalism, a meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus, had 10 out of 17 recognized the OCU, including the Patriar­ master’s degree in journalism from New bishops vote not to contest the archbishop’s chate of Alexandria, the Orthodox Church of York University, and a bachelor’s degree decision to recognize the OCU during liturgi- Greece, the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and from . He was cal commemorations that included now the Church of Cyprus. awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Metropolitan Epifaniy as head of the OCU. The OCU’s Holy Synod issued a state- Ukraine, where he conducted disserta- Bishop Nikiforos (Metropolitan of ment of gratitude to the Church of Cyprus, tion research and taught journalism at Kykkos), a dissenting voice, said the Holy and Archbishop Chrysostomos, the Cypriot both the Ukrainian Catholic University Synod’s decision was not binding on those hierarchs and its Holy Synod, saying “that and the National University of Kyiv- who disagreed because it was a matter of the communion of the Orthodox Church of Mohyla Academy. “faith and holy canon.” The bishop added Ukraine and the Orthodox Church of Cyprus Mr. Nynka was a general assignment that the Holy Synod rejected his compro- has been completed, as among the reporter for the Daily Record Andrew Nynka mise proposal not to go against the arch- Autocephalous Orthodox Brothers.” (Parsippany, N.J.), an education beat bishop’s move, but not to be in full commu- Metropolitan Epifaniy, during a press brief- Congress, the , as well as reporter for The Daily Journal (Vineland, from inside a prison in . nion with Metropolitan Epifaniy either. ing after the meeting of the Holy Synod of N.J.), and the executive director of the Bishop Isaias, another dissenting voice, said the OCU, said that “the Primate of the Local The UNA is proud of the powerful leg- Society for Features Journalism. He first acy of our publications — one that has his opposition was premised on his belief Orthodox Church of Ukraine on his behalf began as a journalist with The Ukrainian that Metropolitan Epifaniy was not proper- and the entire Church expressed gratitude met change and transformation more Weekly in 2001. In 2004, he covered the than once over the decades. We welcome ly enthroned as head of the OCU in line with for the union of the Church of Cyprus with in Ukraine for the church rules. those local churches that followed the Mr. Nynka back to the UNA to continue publication’s Kyiv bureau, covered the this effort. However, the Holy Synod’s spokesman, Tomos of Autocephaly of the Orthodox 9/11 terror attacks in , Bishop Gregorios, said the body’s decisions Church of Ukraine.” and the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Stefan Kaczaraj are binding according to its Constitution, Lake City, Utah. For The Weekly, he President and CEO whether made unanimously or by majority. (Continued on page 9) reported from The White House, Ukrainian National Association

people who are still not aware of the Ukraine commemorates... Holodomor, the United States, Canada and (Continued from page 1) European countries have issued statements in solidarity with Ukraine’s people to honor Holodomor Museum is to have educational, those who died in the genocide. “Our mem- research, commemorative, and artistic ory is the best way to prevent such trage- functions. Its creation is contingent upon dies in the world in the future,” said an efficient partnership between the Christine Quinn, the U.S. Charge d’Affaires Ukrainian government and Ukrainian soci- in Ukraine. ety. Big donors, medium-sized businesses New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez and individual philanthropists in Ukraine issued a statement on the Holodomor and abroad have to join hands to raise the directed to Ukrainians. “I join the people of fundraising campaign target amount,” Ukraine and the Americans of Ukrainian which, according the museum’s website, is descent in New Jersey, who remember the $60 million. millions of people who died during the One of the biggest campaigns in this Holodomor. Almost 90 years after Stalin year’s commemoration was a crowdfunding deliberately staged a famine in Ukraine and platform, “Grains of Truth.” The platform, closed the country’s borders to prevent located online at zernapravdy.org, was set starving Ukrainians from fleeing or receiv- up by the International Foundation for the Presidential Office ing food aid, Holodomor Remembrance Development of the Holodomor Victims Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska paid trib- Day is an important reminder of the brutal- Memorial. Visitors to the website will first ute to Holodomor victims. ity of the and the unwavering click on yellow and gray grains. Each yellow spirit of Ukrainians,” he said. grain contains information about a person of the recipes were recreated by teenagers Ukrainians had to eat in their effort to Canadian Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan who died as a result of the Holodomor. who asked their surviving grandparents to escape hunger. emphasized that the cooperation with the After clicking a gray grain and making a recall what they had to eat. “The taste and appearance of this food, Ukrainian army will prevent such tragedies financial contribution to “Grains of Truth,” a “My grandmother used to tell me how its eerie ingredients, bring closer the under- from happening again. “Holodomor victims visitor to the webstie will then receive the bark of an oak or a birch tree was standing of what horrors every Ukrainian will be commemorated throughout Canada information about a Holodomor victim. ground in a mortar with the root of quince had to go through during the Holodomor,” this week. We unwaveringly support our A counter on the platform shows the or reeds, a stalk of a dandelion or chamo- said Sviatoslav Kelym-Zolotayko, author of Ukrainian friends and partners – the train- number of honored victims, benefactors, mile,” said Ilona Kotovshchyk, a student at this year’s project. “Pinecone soup and grass ing mission in Ukraine proves it. We are and the total amount of money that has the Ukrainian Leadership Academy whose bread were even tasted by European united in this honor and are committed to been collected. Contributions have ranged family survived the Holodomor while living Parliament deputies. They were very ensuring that the horrors of the past do not from five hryvnias to several thousand. in Kyiv Oblast. impressed [by the project]. They asked a lot happen again,” the minister said in a state- Contributors can remain anonymous, leave “These were the ingredients for baking of questions about the Holodomor and gave ment. messages for others to read, or they can cakes in those hard years,” Mrs. Kotov­ comments to the media. It was a clear image Each year on the last Saturday in dedicate a donation to relatives who were shchyk said. “When I tore off this bark with for people from all over the planet who November Ukrainians all over the world victims of the Holodomor. cold hands, I was thinking of my grand- speak different languages.” remember Holodomor victims. Due to As a powerful and visceral reminder of mother. In her stories, she did it because Mr. Kelym-Zolotayko said that there is quarantine restrictions, this year’s com- the suffering faced by Holodomor victims, there was nothing to eat for several weeks. still a great need to continue the work of memorations in Ukraine also took place Ukrainian youth unveiled an online restau- All my life, she forbade me to throw away raising public awareness of the Holodomor. virtually with events on television, social rant, “Uncounted since 1932,” on the eve of bread or play with food.” “We should understand that the Holodo­ media, and via other internet platforms. Holodomor Remembrance Day. Students of For the past three years, students from mor – one of the greatest genocides of The act of lighting a candle in a window has the Ukrainian Leadership Academy – which the Ukrainian Leadership Academy have humanity – is still almost unknown in the become more common among Ukrainians, aims to develop young leaders aged 16-20 organized pop-up street restaurants with world,” he said. As a result of pandemic who also hold a nationwide moment of – created the website to display a menu of Holodomor dishes to serve meals in seven restrictions, this year the restaurant’s silence at 4 p.m. on the last Saturday in dishes that Ukrainians ate during the fam- cities throughout Ukraine, as well as in unique format was transformed into an November. Events here also paid tribute to ine years: mash from grated tree bark, Israel and Belgium. Their is to ensure online project. the victims of famines that occurred in burnt quince, straw bread, and so on. 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FOR THE RECORD The Ukrainian Weekly An indelible legacy Remarks at Holodomor commemoration Forty-three years is, indeed, a serious chunk of time. And it is even more cer- tainly an impossible task to encapsulate the impact Roma Hadzewycz has had on this newspaper, which has been published without fail – without ever miss- ing an issue – for 87 years. Many newspapers never made it that long. The list of newspapers that have been published for 87 years – and that are still published today – is even small- er. This list will likely shrink further as more and more newspapers across the globe cease publication of their physical editions. In this context, The Ukrainian Weekly’s legacy should command our respect. Now consider that for 40 of those exceptional 87 years this newspaper has been led by the same editor-in-chief, Roma Hadzewycz. For four decades Ms. Hadzewycz has held this newspaper and its staff to the highest journalistic standards while covering news in Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora, be it a local community event or news of Ukraine’s inde- pendence in 1991. For the past four decades the editor-in-chief of this news- paper took upon her shoulders a very heavy responsibility. She did so with a small but dedicated staff, and delivered on deadline a trusted, reliable newspa- Consulate General of Ukraine in New York per. For her work, she was awarded the Shevchenko Freedom Award by the At St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York on November 21 (from left) are: Andrij Dobriansky of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Permanent Ukrainian Congress Committee of America and the Order of Princess Olha Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukrainian (third degree) by the president of Ukraine. Ms. Hadzewycz has certainly earned Catholic Bishop Paul Chomnycky, Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Antony and her rest and retirement. But more than that – she has earned our respect and Consul General of Ukraine in New York Oleksii Holubov. gratitude. Alas, she is a consumate journalist who most certainly would prefer that we Following is the text of remarks by Sergiy them of any hope to chart their own desti- shine a proverbial light on the news rather than have her stand under the spot- Kyslytsya, permanent representative of ny, forget, even in dreams, about the possi- light and be the news. Our apologies in advance, dear Roma, but in this case Ukraine to the United Nations, delivered on bility of ever reinstating its independence. you are the news! You have left an indelible legacy on a newspaper already rich November 21 during the service in remem- However, despite the decades of attempts with history. brance of the Holodomor held at St. Patrick’s to conceal the fact of the Holodo­mor, the We believe that the best way to honor Ms. Hadzewycz’s achievement and Cathedral in New York. world knows and remembers it today. express our gratitute for her service to Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora is to We would like to express special grati- soldier on with the job – to ensure that the journalistic standards set do not fall Today I have the honor to deliver the tude to the United States of America for the or faulter, to ensure that The Weekly continues to be a voice for Ukrainians joint statement on the occasion of the 87th support of the Holodomor cause, all around the globe, and to ensure that a light continues to shine brightly on our anniversary of the Holodomor 1932-1933 Ukrainian Americans for their hard work community and Ukraine and that it never dim. on behalf of His Excellency Volodymyr on recognition of Holodomor as genocide The Weekly has done this important work in the past. It did so when infor- Yelchenko, ambassador of Ukraine in the and keeping memory of this tragedy for all mation about Soviet Ukraine was shrouded behind an Iron Curtain. It did so United States; Oleksii Holubov, consul gen- those years. when information about the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl was purposefully eral of Ukraine in New York, who is with us Spreading the truth is a tribute to vic- concealed and manipulated to hide the full scale of the catastraphe, and, most today; as well as Serhiy Koledov and tims, and a part of the work of countering notably, it did so as part of its founding mission to tell the world the truth of the Dmytro Kushneruk, consuls general of not just old Soviet, but present-day Russian Holodomor – the Great Famine of 1932-1933. Ukraine in Chicago and San Francisco. disinformation and propaganda. As Ms. Hadzewycz stated previously, thanks and recognition must also be Dear American Friends: Today the story of the atrocity is well given to the Ukrainian National Association, which has published both this In late November Ukrainians all over the known in the United States. newspaper and the Ukrainian-language Svoboda. Without UNA’s vision and world unite in mourning for millions of As a result, the U.S. Congress, along with dedication to both publications, the work done by these historic newspapers innocent victims of one of the largest almost half of American states, have recog- would not be possible. crimes against humanity – the Holodomor- nized Holodomor as genocide. On that note, there is much work left to be done, and there remain untold Genocide [of] 1932-1933 in Ukraine. We are confident that one day all U.N. stories both great and small about Ukraine, about Ukrainians around the globe, We appreciate the solidarity of many member states will call the Holodomor by and about our UNA members that deserve to be told. We will aspire to tell nations, who share our pain and join us in its real name. those stories and continue to build on this newspaper’s great legacy. this solemn commemoration. Dear Friends: The job continues. Now on to the next issue of The Ukrainian Weekly! Having massacred by hunger millions of Let us put lit candles on the windowsills innocent people, the Bolshevik regime for of our houses and remember the innocent many years strived to kill the very memory victims of this terrible tragedy. about them. May the flickering flame of millions of At that time, the hunger was an attempt candles warm the souls of those who died Dec. Turning the pages back... to bring Ukrainians to their knees, deprive from starvation in 1932-1933 in Ukraine.

Twenty-six years ago, on December 11, 1994, the Russian 12 Federation poured thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks into the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya. It was the UWC commemorates victims of Holodomor 1994 largest Russian military offensive since the 1979 Soviet inva- sion of Afghanistan. That same day, the Ukraina Democratic The statement below was released by the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine coalition, representing 40 political organizations, protested at Ukrainian World Congress on November 28. (OCU); and Olya Soroka, Head of the Inter­ the Russian Embassy in Kyiv. national Network of Holodomor Victims. Members of the protest called the developments in Chechnya “the beginning of the sec- On November 27, the Ukrainian World On November 28, the UWC mission to ond stage in the break-up of the empire,” and political analyst Vadym Halynovksy called it Congress called on Ukrainian communities Ukraine joined the Holodomor commemo- “a dress rehearsal for an attack on Ukraine.” around the world to light candles of ration in Kyiv. A solemn prayer of the “Unleashing an armed conflict with a nation that has a right to struggle for its indepen- remembrance to honor the victims of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the dence proves that the imperialists will stop at nothing if their absolute power is in danger,” Holodomor genocide of 1932-33. Of signifi- Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church heads in said Oleksander Lavrynovych of Rukh. The move by Moscow, he added, reveals Russia’s cance this year was the announcement of a Kyiv, near the National Museum of the true face to the world. new project of the UWC: The International Holodomor-Genocide, was also attended by Ukraine’s government stated on December 12 that the conflict with Chechnya was an Network of Holodomor Victims. the Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine internal Russian affair, but expressed hope that an agreement could be reached by the The virtual event was attended by the Larisa Galadze, UWC Vice President Lenna conflicting sides to de-escalate. However, that was not the case. On December 13, President of UWC, Paul Grod; the Chair of Koszarny and the President of the Ameri­ Ukraine’s Parliament issued a statement that called on both sides of the conflict to resolve the International Coordinating Committee can Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine their problems by political, peaceful means. for Holodomor Awareness and Recognition,­ Andy Hunder. We thank Ukrainians from all By December 15, Russian troops were 20 kilometers outside of the Chechen capital of Stefan Romaniv; His Beatitude Sviatoslav, over the world who have joined and contin- Grozny, and the move by Moscow underscored its clear position that it would end the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic ue to join the global “Light a Candle” cam- republic’s three-year-old claim to independence. The goal for Moscow, observers noted, Church (UGCC); His Beatitude Epiphanius, paign. was to lock Grozny in a stranglehold and force the Chechens to negotiate at gunpoint. First Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Borys Tarasiuk called the Chechnya situation “very delicate,” and noted that Ukrainian citizens had been warned against becoming Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com (Continued on page 11) No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2020 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Permanent Representative. This was when The end of an era the was in full force. Some 500 meetings were held of the U.N. Dear Editor: Security Council but only three were devoted to Ukraine. This was and remains For more than four decades Roma the only major war in Europe. Finally, his Hadzewycz worked conscientiously and tenure in Washington has been brief and tirelessly, exhibiting great professionalism he did nothing. Godspeed! With the new and a deep devotion to her work. As editor Biden administration, Ukraine needs an Family Futures of The Ukrainian Weekly for nearly half of active and devoted presence in its existence, she has been a pivotal figure Washington. In the opening scene of Giuseppe di in the 17th century. The family’s size and in the Ukrainian-American community. Lampedusa’s 1958 novel “The Leopard,” composition, as well as its economic and Her contributions cannot be overstated. Askold S. Lozynskyj beautifully rendered by Luchino Visconti’s social functions, have simply evolved (id., Throughout her distinguished career, New York 1963 film of the same name, it is May 1860, 589-90). Roma recognized the importance of chroni- and the Sicilian Prince of Salina’s family has To the cold, dispassionate eye of the cling the story of America’s involvement gathered to recite the rosary. When I first social scientist, that is just the way it is. But with Ukraine, both before and after inde- saw that film, I was impressed by this to the rest of us, it seems reasonable to pre- pendence – and not only by the executive Calling Holodomor victims archaic Old-World custom. Growing up fer some historic forms of the family over branch, but also the vital role played by “peasants” is derogatory among nominal Protestants and secular others, especially when those forms seem Congress. I saw this throughout my 35 Jews in the San Francisco Bay Area in the to foster the relative health and happiness years at the Commission on Security and Dear Editor: 1950s and 1960s, I had never witnessed of both parents and children. And hasn’t Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki anything like it. I had only a couple of the core of the family – the married couple During the month of November there Commission), including with The Weekly’s Roman Catholic classmates, one of whom and their offspring – remained constant? have been many excellent presentations, consistently excellent coverage of our lived in a large family that seemed to be in Certainly the Christian model of the Holy webinars and exhibits to commemorate Ukraine-related work. a state of perpetual pandemonium. It Family – Joseph, Mary, and Jesus – has not the Holodomor. It is wonderful to see so Under Roma’s leadership, The Ukrainian appeared to confirm the stereotype of changed. many individuals and groups involved in Weekly has become an indispensable pub- Catholics as poor and ignorant – ignorant Be that as it may, current trends pose a raising awareness about this important lication for anyone wanting to learn about because they were poor, poor because they problem for our Ukrainian churches. issue, as well as the recent creation of the the work of the Ukrainian American com- were ignorant. Large families were consid- Following St. John Chrysostom, they natu- Holodomor Descendants Network. munity and other Ukraine-related develop- ered a sign of ignorance. rally envision the family household as a “lit- I would like to make a comment about ments. Of utmost significance is that The My own Ukrainian Catholic faith seemed tle Church” (Vigen Guroian, “Family and an issue I feel strongly about and which Weekly also offers a collection of materials to chiefly require attending a beautiful but Christian Virtue in a Post-Christian World,” needs our attention. The word peasant has that is second to none for anyone studying opaque weekly ceremony in a language I in James M. Kushiner, ed., Creed and been used by many scholars and in most the evolution of U.S.-Ukraine relations dur- could only half understand. It came as a Culture, 2003; John Paul II, Apostolic academic circles for many years in refer- ing the last 40 years – arguably the most belated revelation that, as our church lead- Exhortation “Familiaris Consortio,” 1981, ence to victims of the Holodomor. consequential time in Ukraine’s history. ers teach, Ukrainian Catholicism (and, for no. 59). It is the core of the parish, which is The Merriam-Webster’s dictionary We all owe her a debt of gratitude. that matter, Orthodoxy) encourages large part of a wider Church and ethnic commu- defines peasant as, one, any of a class of families that engage in regular devotions – nity – the “immigration” or “diaspora.” Orest Deychakiwsky small landowners or laborers tilling the not just perfunctory prayers at the Is the diaspora Ukrainian family a via- Charles Town, W.V. soil, and, two, a usually uneducated person Christmas and Easter tables. Today, the ble institution? The statistical probability of low social status. Coronavirus pandemic has enhanced the of any Ukrainian Catholic or Orthodox in The American Heritage Dictionary of importance of family worship, not only as a America marrying and founding a family the English Language defines peasant as, complement to, but almost as a substitute with someone who is also both Ukrainian one, a member of a class comprising Ukraine needs a devoted for public church services. Yet the pious and Catholic or Orthodox is minimal. small farmers and tenants, sharecrop- family belongs to a traditional lifestyle that Those of marriageable age will not likely presence in Washington pers, and laborers on the land where runs counter to trends that began some six meet in church, simply because so few of these constitute the main labor force in Dear Editor: decades ago. them are there. The parishioner of tomor- agriculture, and, two, a countryman, and, By using contraceptive technology to row may be the only Ukrainian Christian three, (rustic) an uncouth, crude, or ill- Ukraine’s Foreign Minister was very separate sexual relations from procreation, in his or her family. The closer these indi- bred person; a boor. diplomatic when he assessed the current the 1960s sexual revolution detached them viduals are to their church, the farther Ambassador of Ukraine in Washington. These definitions of the word “peasants” from marriage (a tenuous connection in they will be from their loved ones. “Volodymyr Yelchenko is a classic of are highly derogatory and add insult to the the best of times). At the same time, mar- Ministering to them requires a special millions of Ukrainian farmers who were Ukrainian diplomacy, and there are no riage became separate from procreation – pastoral approach. (See Familiaris deliberately starved to death during Stalin’s complaints about his work.” Mr. Yelchenko once considered its primary purpose. This Consortio, no. 78) brutal regime. is a Soviet diplomat, the son of an apparat- has led to redefinitions of marriage, family, But will tomorrow’s American even The Ukrainian dictionary Podvesko chik, a minister of the Ukrainian SSR and parenthood. It is claimed, for instance, have a family? Among my dozen closest defines “selo” as a village. Isn’t it time we under the notorious Scherbitsky. There that one can have as many as five “natural” friends, five are married, two are childless start using the word “villagers” or “farm- have been many complaints about his parents (Elaine Tyler May, “Myths and widows, one is divorced, and four never ers” to describe the people who suffered work. He served as Ukraine’s ambassador Realities of the American Family,” in married. Altogether, we have five off- rather than the term “peasants” which has to Moscow under Yanukovych when the Philippe Ariès and Georges Duby, eds., A spring. If we are a mirror of society, that a very negative connotation. When I do my central Ukrainian community organiza- History of Private Life, vol. 5, Riddles of society is moribund. It is reported, more- presentations on the Holodomor I do not tions in Russia were dissolved. He sided Identity in Modern Times, ed. Antoine over, that Millennials tend not to want use the term “peasants.” with Russia, blaming the Ukrainian com- Prost and Gérard Vincent, 1991, p. 590). children. The instinct to reproduce is so munity for not complying with administra- Oksana Kulynych Sociologists see this as evolution. Others fundamental that anything that neutraliz- tive duties. For two years Ukraine was a NYC Department of Education (retired) see it as devolution and dissolution. es it must be potent indeed. Have member of the Security Council at the In the United States, 90 percent of Millennials lost confidence in society and Yonkers, N.Y. United Nations and Mr. Yelchenko was its households were families in 1940; in 2010, hope for the future? Perhaps some despair 66.4 percent. Fertility dropped from 3.4 – not unreasonably – of raising morally children per woman to 1.8. Single-parent healthy children in our decadent culture. But the presence of U.S. forces, which births rose from 6 percent in 1960 to 43 True, there are still large families like that NATO chief... NATO relies on for air support, transport, percent in 2010. Similar patterns are docu- of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney (Continued from page 2) and logistics, is scheduled to shrink by mented in France, Germany, Italy, and the Barrett – or of my Roman Catholic class- 2,000 troops to 2,500 by January 15. United Kingdom (Michel Gurfinkiel, mate, who grew up to become a successful we will face a turning point early next year.” Under a peace deal reached between the “Christian Democracy,” First Things, attorney with 11 children, including adop- The security alliance risks an even lon- United States and the Taliban, all foreign August-September 2020, p. 31). In France, tees, and 16 grandchildren. Most likely, the ger-term engagement if the NATO mission troops should leave Afghanistan by May 1, mothers increasingly choose to remain sin- future belongs to them. stays in Afghanistan, and if it leaves there is 2021, if security conditions on the ground gle (Antoine Prost, “Public and Private Sometimes a metaphor for mafias, street a risk that it will become a safe haven for permit. Spheres in France,” in Ariès and Duby, 84). gangs, or cults, “family” has been redefined international terrorists again, Mr. Stolten­ True, we tend to idealize what one histo- almost beyond recognition. This contem- berg said. With reporting by Reuters, AP, and RFE/ rian calls the “national obsession with fam- plative period of St. Philip’s Fast, between “So, there is a price for staying longer, RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan. ily life” of 1950s America, with its “domes- the American family feast of Thanksgiving but there is also a price for leaving too Copyright 2020, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted tic ideology,” “polarized gender roles,” “pro- and the Holy Family feast of Christmas, is soon,” he said. with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ natalism,” and “normative” nuclear family an appropriate time to consider the future NATO now has about 11,000 troops Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, (May in Ariès and Duby, 539-92). That ideal of the Ukrainian American family – and be from dozens of countries stationed in the Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see was rooted in the Victorian family, itself a grateful for what remains of it. country. Their mandate is to help train and https://www.rferl.org/a/nato-chief-says- departure from earlier norms. And as she advise Afghanistan’s own national security ministers-to-discuss-russia-military-build- argues, the supposed demise of the family Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at forces. up-/30977037.html). is nothing new – it was already proclaimed [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2020 No. 49

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Documentary film highlights massive impact Ukrainians have made in the NHL

by Mark Raczkiewycz Mr. Mula said Eric Nesterenko, who won the cup in 1961 with the Blackhawks, made the deepest impression on him. KYIV – Uke, a documentary about National Hockey The first generation Canadian has researched his family League (NHL) players with Ukrainian roots, premiered on and was seen reading Anne Applebaum’s “Red Famine” December 3 in 42 Ukrainian cities and in every region book about the Stalin-engineered Holodomor of 1932- except for Russia-occupied Crimea, as well as Ternopil and 1933 that killed more than 4 million Ukrainians. His father Kirovohrad Oblasts. Jacob was from the village of Rudnya in Chernihiv Oblast Director Volodymyr Mula spent nearly three years from and fought against the Bolsheviks on the side of the concept to the big screen and got winners of Ukrainian National Republic in the early 20th century. Ukrainian heritage, including the “Great One,” Wayne After taking part in a failed winter military campaign, he Gretzky, to speak about their identity beyond rudimentary crossed into Poland, eventually making his way to Canada. Ukrainian words and cuisine. Four-time Stanley Cup winner Mike Bossy’s grandfather Previewed by The Ukrainian Weekly on December 2, also fought against the Bolsheviks as a Ukrainian Sich rifle- Uke is a 90-minute cross-section of sports, geopolitics and man. Mr. Bossy first chose Montreal as his new adopted identity. It’s the first documentary by a Ukrainian about home in 1924. Mr. Bossy later had his number retired by NHL players of Ukrainian descent, 50 of whom have hoist- the and entered the hall of fame in ed the Stanley Cup during their careers – more than any 1991. He holds the NHL record for the most seasons with other nationality after Canada and the United States, 50-or-more goals scored, a feat he achieved nine times. according to the film’s research team. The documentary also highlights , whose The first player was Jack Leswick who won the Stanley grandparents called him “malenkiy chort” (little devil), he with the in 1934, according to the recalled. Mr. Bucyk won the cup twice with the Boston film’s research team. Bruins. “I think a lot of people would be surprised by all the con- If the had the Russian five unit of nections,” Mr. Mula, a native of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, said. Russian hockey players in the 1990s, the The movie starts off documenting how the relatives of had the Uke line of Mr. Bucyk, Vic Stasiuk and Bronco the players eventually emigrated to Canada from ethnic Horvath in the late 1950s. They were the first trio in the Ukrainian lands more than 100 years ago. Only Joe league to each score 20 goals in the same season. Motzko, who won the cup with the Anaheim Ducks in Ruslan Fedotenko of Kyiv was the first Ukrainian since 2007, was born in the U.S. However, about a dozen of them the Ukrainian indepence in 1991 to win a Stanley Cup, moved to the U.S. after retiring from the sport. which he did with the in 2009. He “My goal was to show the contribution Ukrainians made won the Cup again with the Tampa Bay Lighting 2004. to the NHL, to hockey in North America,” said Mr. Mula. “I A promotional poster for the documentary “Uke,” now “It’s the greatest feeling, raising the Cup,” Mr. Fedotenko wanted to show that their achievements and the heritage being screened throughout Ukraine. said in the film. “It’s heavy, but your adrenaline is running with which they identify is not forgotten here.” high.” For example, Mr. Gretzky recalls being told by his pater- are in Canada,” Mr. Gretzky said in the film. According to He spoke of the importance of staying in shape through nal Ukrainian grandparents to constantly chekai, or wait, census data from 2016, an estimated 1.35 million people of the gruelling season, noting how some teams “would have and said that his dad spoke exclusively in Ukrainian after full or partial Ukrainian origin live in Canada. a stellar regular season but can’t carry that form into the experiencing a brain aneurism until he relearned English a Mr. Gretzky also has appeared at fundraisers for Ukrainian playoffs” due to fatigue. year after waking up from a coma. causes organized by Eugene Melnyk, the Ukrainian “The most Ukrainians living outside Ukraine and Russia Canadian owner of the Ottawa Senators hockey team. (Continued on page 10)

explained. “If they choose not to attend, Under former President Viktor Yanuko­ Synod of Cyprus... then there are punishments. The punish- Deputy head... vych, he was the deputy head of the main (Continued from page 3) ments provided for range from reprimand (Continued from page 1) investigation department of the Interior to defrocking. We cannot do what we want Ministry. Archbishop Chrysotomos noted that, within the Church of Cyprus,” he under- Also indicted in the real estate scheme is During his tenure, he justified the use of through the Tomos that was granted to scored. Kostyantyn Dubanos, who headed the violence against protesters during the pro- each of the new autocephalous Churches Russia’s ambassador to Cyprus, Interior Ministry’s Criminal Center, which democracy, anti-corruption Euro-Maidan by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, there was Stanislav Osadchiy, in response to the deci- conducts forensic investigations and pro- uprising that ousted Mr. Yanukovych. More no reason to question the Tomos of Auto­ sion by the Holy Synod of Cyprus to recog- vides related expertise, including for indi- than 100 people, mostly protesters, were cephaly of the OCU. Other local churches, nize the OCU, launched a verbal attack viduals in Ukraine who seek property killed during those protests, now known as including the Russian Orthodox Church, against Patriarch Bartholomew, calling the appraisals. the Revolution of Dignity. must accept that a Tomos has been given to patriarch’s actions to grant autocephaly to He was detained on November 28 and “Maidan lawyers and civic organizations the OCU and that it exists in the Dyptich of the OCU “unacceptable.” “We believe that the High Anticorruption Court ruled to have reacted with outrage to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s appoint- the Autocephalous Churches (a list of the Bartholomew breached the rules of the arrest him on December 2. He allegedly col- ment of Oleh Tatarov,” the Kharkiv Human heads of the recognized autocephalous Orthodox Church, acted unilaterally and did luded with Mr. Mykytas and Mr. Tatarov to embezzle $2.8 million on a real estate proj- Rights Protection Group said in a statement Orthodox Churches who are commemorat- not discuss the matter with the other ect for the National Guard. at the time. “This is an appallingly ill-consid- ed during each divine liturgy). The arch- Orthodox Churches,” he told the Cyprus Mr. Mykytas is cooperating with authori- ered decision and is understandably viewed bishop also invited Metropolitan Epifaniy News Agency. Patriarch Bartholomew, he ties and was released and placed under as a spit in the face by many of those perse- to visit the Cypriot Church. added, “caused a schism in the Orthodox house arrest on December 3. cuted on Maidan and the families of those In an interview on November 26 with Church, which unfortunately continues to In August, civic activists balked at Mr. who were killed,” the statement said. Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, exist. There is no unanimity among the Tatarov’s appointment to the presidential A trained lawyer, Mr. Tatarov had Archbishop Chrysostomos said: “There is Cypriot hierarchs, as it was shown by the office. At that time, he was tasked with worked within the police since 1999 and no schism within the Church of Cyprus. No meetings of the Holy Synod,” he said. responsibilities related to law enforcement. has also run a law firm. Crisis. The stance of arbitrariness will fade It remained unclear why a secular gov- away. I won’t let them get away with this. In ernment official was commenting on reli- 10 days the Council will meet to approve gious matters and the moves made by reli- the budget of the Church. I am the presi- gious decision-making bodies, but clearly dent of the Council and the Metropolitan of relations have become increasingly Kykkos is the vice-president. We will meet strained between the Russian Federation, there. We will have a discussion on Tuesday the Moscow Patriarchate, and the at the meeting for the coronavirus.” Ecumenical Patriarchate. There were two meetings of the Holy Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Synod of Cyprus, and there was a consen- Shmyhal visited Ecumenical Patriarch sus reached at the first meeting as well, he Bartholomew in Istanbul on November 29 added, and he did not know what the four for the Thronal Feast of the Ecumenical dissenting bishops said at the meeting. He Patriarchate, the Mother Church of the underscored that those dissenting bishops OCU. During the visit, Patriarch had no power to disrupt the decision of the Bartholomew announced that he plans to Synod. “They don’t get a say in it. What visit Ukraine in August 2021 on the invita- they can say is that they won’t concelebrate tion of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to [divine liturgies] with me. We all concele- celebrate Ukrainian Independence Day. brate the divine liturgy a few times a year during festivities. If I invite them, they can- Sources: Associated Press, Risu.ua, Ukrinform not come only if they get sick,” he OrthodoxTimes.com. Oleh Tatarov 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2020 No. 49

U.S.-Ukraine Foundation to hold virtual conference on innovation, technology

by U.S.-Ukraine Foundation technology, and biotechnology. produced by vFairs, which will provide in 1991 to support democracy, a free mar- High-profile government and business various chat tools and additional webi- ket and human rights for Ukraine. The WASHINGTON – The topics of innova- leaders are expected to participate in the nars. For example, viewers will be able to foundation’s programs are designed to fos- tion and reform in Ukraine’s political and conference. Planned speakers include interact in a virtual exhibit area to ter a better understanding of Ukraine and economic development will be explored Volodymyr Yelchenko, Ukraine’s ambassa- become better acquainted with the com- its role on the global stage and to encour- during a two-day online conference on dor to the United States; U.S. Senator Rob panies and organizations that are playing age mutual cooperation between Ukraine December 15 and 16. Portman; U.S. Representative Marcy a major part in Ukraine’s economic and the United States. The event, organized by the U.S.-Ukraine Kaptur; Yurii Boyko, Ukraine’s Acting growth. Additional information about the confer- Foundation (USUF), will also examine the Minister of Energy; Riaz Awan, vice-presi- The USUF is a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit, ence, as well registration details, can be impact of the U.S. presidential election on dent of Holtec International; DTEK CEO non-governmental organization with offic- found at the following website: https:// U.S.-Ukraine bilateral relations, as well as Maksim Timchenko, and UkraineInvest es in Kyiv and Ukraine. It was established ukraine-in-washington2020.vfairs.com/. cooperative priorities and opportunities to CEO Serhiy Tsivkach, among others. advance both public and private strategic Panelists will discuss in detail Ukraine’s partnerships. expanding role in several key sectors and Agreement, and to mitigate the negative A large group of policy experts, govern- its many accomplishments in technology, NEWSBRIEFS impact of the coronavirus crisis. We expect ment officials and international business particularly with regard to the ongoing Ukraine to uphold the shared common val- leaders, representing startups as well as launch of global startups. 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actions against the Chechen people and the Turning... withdrawal of Russian troops. Participating in the protest were members of the (Continued from page 6) Crimean Tatar council, known as the Mejlis, involved in the conflict. “But the govern- with support from the Crimean branches of ment of Ukraine is not indifferent to the Rukh (Popular Movement of Ukraine) and fate of its citizens who may have – for any the Ukrainian Republican Party. number of reasons – ended up in Chechnya. Ten volunteers from the Crimea’s We have a developed mechanism that will Muslim Party left for Chechnya to assist З великим жалем повідомляємо родину defend the rights of our citizens, and we Dzhokhar Dudayev, leader of the break- та друзів, що 16 листопада 2020 року discussed this matter with our ministry away Chechen faction. несподівано відійшов у Божу вічність and Russia as soon as the situation turned “It was exactly on Human Rights Day that into military conflict.” Russia decided to lead its troops onto the св. п. Members of the Ukrainian National territory of the Chechen Republic of Assembly-Ukrainian People’s Self-Defense Ichkeria… Russia demonstrated to the Адріян Стефан Галяревич (a right-wing nationalist organization world its inability to renounce forceful dic- known by the Ukrainian acronym UNA- tatorship and armed intervention in decid- Адзьо ing political problems,” said Vyacheslav UNSO) had voiced support for the народжений 2 січня 1938 в Рогатині, Україна. Chechens fighting against Russia. Its Chornovil, leader of Rukh. He also called for spokesman, Viktor Melnyk, echoed the the United Nations, parliaments, govern- Покійний був від дитинства членом Пласту. Належав до куреня organization’s readiness to give assistance ments, human rights organizations and the „Бурлаки“ та станиці Клівеленд, де був ключовим в розбудові пласто- to the Chechen nation. However, the world community to appeal to the Russians вої оселі „Писаний Камінь“. Через його професійне знання архітекту- group’s leader, Dmytro Korchynsky, said its to stop the aggression. Mr. Chornovil also ри він допомагав у будові нових структур та використанні існуючих members would only be involved as urged the Ukrainian government to not будинків. Він невтомно фізично працював, щоб виконати плани Осе- observers to resolve the conflict. remain silent about conflicts near Ukraine’s лі та допомогти у розвитку Пластової організації, в якій сини і внуки Rusland Badayev, a representative of the border. Адріяна і Марти виростали та є активними. Chechen government, said that Chechnya Twenty-six years later, Crimea has been annexed by Russia and Ukraine’s eastern Похорон відбувся 23 листопада в Катедрі св. Йосафата в Пармі, Ога- only needed moral support from Ukraine. йо. Mr. Badayev said the move by Russia Donbas region is occupied by Russian- marked the beginning of war. “Dagestan backed forces. Although the ongoing inter- У смутку залишилися has already declared war against Russia, national response has placed increasing дружина - Марта з дому Попель Ingushetia has already become involved in pressure on Russia, Moscow-backed forces сини - Андрій (с.п. Ліля) і Юрій (Викі) action with Ossetian volunteers trying to continue to wreak havoc on Ukrainian ter- внуки - Стефан, Адріян і Катерина Галяревич break through Chechnya,” he said. ritory. швагри - Юрій Попель (Віра) і Андрій Попель (Ляриса) In Crimea, more than 500 people pro- Source: “Ukraine calls for political settle- племінники - Нестор і Минді Касараба; Рома Касараба; tested in Symferopil on December 12 to ment in Chechnya,” by Marta Kolomayets, Микола Попель; Тарас, Ляриса і Михасик Попель; Андрея Попель; Меляся, Адріян і Діянка Пиріг demand an immediate halt to military The Ukrainian Weekly, December 18, 1994. В пам’ять покійного пожертви можна складати на Пластову Оселю „Писаний Камінь“ (Plast-Friends of РК) або церкву свв. Петра і Павла (Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church). Чеки просимо вислати до: 10814 Lake Ave., Cleveland OH 44102 in care of George Halarewicz. Тихо спи без тривог, тут є Бог... Вічна Йому пам’ять

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INTERVIEW Mark Andryczyk on Ukrainian literature’s perspective on the turbulence of history

by Mariia Shuvalova checkpoints. So many films, novels and sto- read some of the poems in Ukrainian so ries are set at these checkpoint areas that students can follow along with the Mark Andryczyk, Ph.D., manages the between the separatist regions and translation to hear certain things. [Pavlo] Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Ukraine. So it’s interesting that the idea of a Tychyna, some of his more experimental Institute of Columbia University, teaches borderline is still so important for Ukraine, stuff, goes down a little harder, especially if courses on Ukrainian literature and trans- but now in this form. you’re reading it in translation. From prose lates Ukrainian books into English. He All that’s going on somehow also affects perhaps the most difficult thing that I have recently complied and edited an anthology the perception of Ukraine. But as far as rais- assigned to students is [Yurii] Izdryk’s of Ukrainian literature in translation, “The ing much more interest in literature, if “Votsyk.” But some have really enjoyed it White Chalk of Days: The Contemporary that’s your question, I wouldn’t say much and actually have chosen to write about Ukrainian Literature Series Anthology.” more. It’s sad to say, but the uptake of inter- Izdryk. That’s a complex work, but for some Being highly involved in presenting est in Ukrainian literature that I mentioned reason I thought that it would go down eas- Ukrainian literature to the world, he shares in the last five or six years, I’m not trying to ier. Sometimes students have trouble with his observations on this process, its achieve- be facetious here, but it largely came down Konstantyn Moskalets’ “Vechirnii Med” as ment and perspectives. to one event. And that was during the well. There’s a lot of experimentation there Maidan, actually before the war, and it was with narrative. You have been teaching, translating when [Serhiy] Zhadan got beat up. The New You also have translated a lot of and presenting Ukrainian literature for Yorker writes about it and all of a sudden Ukrainian texts into English. How do you English-speaking audiences for many people are introduced to this likeable, char- choose which text to translate? years. How has the perception of ismatic, punk rock dude who did this brave Ukrainian literature changed during the thing. That was a really important event as Mark Andryczyk Well, I choose what I like. When I first last decade? far as popularizing Ukrainian literature. It’s started translating, I did it for quite selfish three different periods of Ukraine litera- Well, I’m happy to say that interest in sad this had to happen with a good friend of reasons. If I really liked a work I wanted my ture. And there are enough, more than Ukrainian literature has grown. Markedly. mine, but I’m completely serious that that non-Ukrainian friends, or Ukrainian friends enough translations available to teach a I’ve noticed that especially in contemporary really raised awareness too. who can’t read Ukrainian anymore, to enjoy 14-week course. Ukraine literature. One of the most pleasant it as well. So I started translating for kind of Who is studying Ukrainian literature And one of the fun things about being dynamics and developments has been the a social purpose. When I got more serious today? I was lucky to be a guest visitor at limited to something like that is the fact fact that there have been more English- about it, then I chose things that I liked and the course “Ukrainians in New York” at that it makes you notice that there are con- language publications, translations of this Harriman Institute, and I was the only that also show diversity in Ukrainian litera- tinually more translations coming. Every ture. literature – again, mostly contemporary Ukrainian there. three years I update the syllabus of my Ukrainian literature, into English. And, cer- I try to choose works that may be less It’s hard to pinpoint one type of student, courses and I have a whole new crop of tainly, within the last five or six years, it’s expected to be picked for translation. but I can lead you through what kinds of English translations that I can use to teach. really picked up. Although there has also Because I want to show a wider scope of students have signed up. We have people I can either make them part of the required been a gradual rise in the last 10 to15 what’s happening or what has happened. that focus on Ukrainian studies, not neces- reading or, more often, use them as addi- years. But especially in the last five years. I’ll translate things that I think are missing sarily on Ukraine literature or other tional readings that students can choose for in people’s concept of Ukrainian literature It’s great that there’s a whole new crop humanities. There are some that are just their research papers, presentations. So of translators that seem to have emerged or in people’s concept of Ukraine in gener- focused on the region for political science that’s really exciting because then there’s al. A major point for me, especially early on, like mushrooms after a fall rain, which is or diplomacy – Harriman students. Several more and more every year to work with. fantastic. I have become acquainted with was to focus on Ukraine literature that had of them want to specialize on Ukraine, so And, of course, things change even more urban motifs. I thought that it was severely them online or otherwise, and it’s interest- they’ll learn about Ukrainian literature. in the contemporary Ukrainian literature ing to see where these people come from. So lacking in perceptions both in Ukraine and Then we have students who are, let’s say, course that I teach every three years . When outside of Ukraine, but there are great there seems to be a certain buzz going doing their PhDs in Russian literature and I first started teaching this course, I could around. It’s still a small group, of course, but works that are set in the city. I translated choose Ukraine as a minor, so they take sev- teach about young authors, about “Bu-Ba- Moskalets because, again, I like Lviv, his the people that are invested in it are very eral courses in Ukrainian and then there’s a Bu” and all their youthful activities. But passionate. Maybe that energy gets passed novel takes place there, and there weren’t portfolio and presentation exam tied in now these writers are, in some cases, these many people writing about the city for along and that’s how these new people get with that. And we’ve had students that students’ grandparents’ age. And there’s pulled into it. The group of people working some reason. I was surprised why nobody focus on Poland or Yiddish studies and always a new crop of writers coming in. I was setting any novels in Lviv, you know? with Ukrainian literature translating into they’ve taken Ukrainian literature courses. used to end my courses with Zhadan for English has definitely grown more than So I thought that was cool and I wanted Also, we do have some heritage stu- many years, he was the youngest, but now people to read that. publishing houses willing to publish these dents, but every year this term becomes he’s not quite at the end anymore. That works have, but there still has been an expo- more fuzzy. We can talk about the diaspora changes as well. (Continued on page 15) nential growth effect in the field. being made up of people like me who were So which things do students like and The Ukrainian Studies Program at the born here a long time ago, and people who which things do they struggle with? Harriman Institute, Columbia University, came here maybe in the ‘90s or so, and they held the conference “Five Years of War are also now American citizens. So we have There are three courses that I teach. One in the Donbas: Cultural Responses and these various phases of heritage students focuses on the late 19th century/early 20th Reverberations.” Did the war change the that do sign up, but not too many. century, on early modernism. I also teach a perception of Ukrainian literature out- One nice category of students we’ve had course on the 1920s, and then there is my side of it? is people that have no Ukrainian back- contemporary literature course. So I can ground or really did not study the country just throw out some names. I think it changed the perception inside at all, but that had served in the Peace From the first course, students tend to of Ukraine and that, as a result, it would Corps in Ukraine and were enchanted with like Olia Kobylianska and they usually have reverberations outside Ukraine. the country. When their shift ended, they choose to write about her for their projects. If we’re talking about the amount of liter- came back and wanted more, so they decid- [Mykhailo] Kotsiubynskyi is usually popu- ature that’s coming out of Ukraine and ed to study the country more. They have lar as well. For the later course [Valerian] what’s reaching the reader here in transla- been among the most passionate students Pidmohylnyi is always very popular. We tion or just knowledge about what’s hap- we’ve had. read “Nevelychka Drama,” and people pening in Ukraine, it has, because, again, I always like it very much. [Mykhailo] think things in Ukraine themselves have I have a few questions about teaching Semenko is always a big hit because he’s a changed. War has become a topic of many Ukrainian literature, which authors do lot of fun even for those that don’t know works, our top writers have felt a need to students read in the classroom? Ukrainian very well. Also people like to address it. Of course, it doesn’t touch only The ones that we tell them to read. No, I read [Mykhailo] Domontovych, there’s an literature. There are so many very good am joking. Because I’m teaching this in New unpolished translation of “Bez Gruntu” films dealing with the war with Russia as a York City I have to put together a syllabus available. Speaking of the contemporary topic, also visual art. In fact, at our confer- where the works have to be available in period, people love [Yurii] Andrukhovych, ence we focused basically on those three: lit- English translation as well, because not all Zhadan, [Oksana] Zabuzhko, of course, and erature, visual art, film and music. To a cer- students can read in Ukrainian or their [Taras] Prokhasko. tain extent war has touched all those things. Ukrainian is not well enough to read a As for which works they struggle with, Another interesting thing that we see whole novel or understand a complex this might be especially useful for your par- coming up in works from Ukraine is an idea poem. So I start with that and, of course, it ticular research topic. You know, they tend that has always been important to Ukraine limits one very much. Thankfully, there are to like prose more than poetry. I think it’s – the concept of a borderland. It periodical- plenty of pretty good translations available just a little easier to teach prose in transla- ly comes up in Ukrainian culture over how that I have enough material to work with. I tion than poetry. But even when I have stu- that borderland today is in the form of teach three different courses at Columbia, dents that don’t know Ukrainian, we do No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2020 13 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2020 No. 49

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Transniestria nominally seceded from remains unrecognised by any country, troops to stay on its territory.” The contin- NEWSBRIEFS Moldova in 1990, one year before the disso- including Russia. Some pro-Kremlin hawks ued Russian troop presence hobbles lution of the Soviet Union, fearing the coun- still fear that Romania may one day try to Moldova’s chances of joining the European (Continued from page 10) try might shortly merge with Romania, absorb Moldova, and that Ms. Sandu’s win Union. Chisinau signed a political and trade which is based on the spirit and letter of whose language and culture it broadly will inevitably see Russian influence weak- deal with the EU in 2014, angering Moscow, international law, could lead to serious shares. The separatist region fought a brief en. Sandu told a press conference she though Brussels has also become increas- destabilization,” Mr. Peskov told reporters war with Moldova in 1992 and declared wanted dialogue, adding: “We are an inde- ingly critical of Moldova’s track record on in Moscow. The Russian-speakers of itself an independent state, though it pendent country that does not want foreign reforms and tackling corruption. (Reuters) No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2020 15

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and how much work is put into it. That is is attractive to a foreign reader. which is interesting. So it’s kind of cyclical. why it reads so well in Ukrainian. That was Mark Andryczyk... You’ve been studying Ukrainian liter- In an interview for The Ukrainian an interesting experience – passing that (Continued from page 12) ature for many years. You’ve been teach- Weekly, you said that there are programs along into English. ing courses on contemporary Ukrainian of Ukrainian studies in several universi- Basically, I wanted to show a bigger pic- What is the biggest challenge in intro- literature for 10 years. And recently ties in North America and that their pro- ture of Ukraine literature and filling in the ducing Ukrainian literature to the you’ve edited an anthology, “The White grams are growing, and that Ukraine is gaps was important. Even for older stuff Western English-speaking audience? Chalks of the Days,” that features poetry, increasingly being a subject at such uni- like, for example, [Mykhailo] Yatskiv. I liked fiction and essays by 15 of the most versities. What should be done to boost Well, the biggest challenge, especially that he’s kind of an outlier in Ukrainian lit- prominent writers in Ukraine in the the development of Ukrainian literature here in the U.S., is that as a whole Americans erature, with his decadence and with the past 50 years. So can you provide some on the global perspective? aren’t really interested in anything except urban themes in his works. These days I’m hints about the contemporary Americans. It’s a little better in Canada. I This is obviously something that I and working on translating [Volodymyr] Ukrainian literature process, challenges, had a great opportunity living there for six my colleagues have been working on for a Rafeenko’s novel “Mondegreen” because I achievements and things to do? think it is on a very interesting topic, as is years and I saw that it’s quite different while, both through teaching courses in the endeavor, that he set out on when writ- there. There’s more openness to the world Well, the anthology focuses on several Ukrainian and translating. You know, ing this novel. And it’s a fascinating book, so and especially to the Ukrainian world. Here different generations that I include in this Ukraine has a lot of issues and one of the I want people here to be able to read it. that’s the biggest problem. You may have concept of contemporary Ukrainian litera- issues is that Ukraine never understood the noticed this yourself living here for several ture. These authors, for the most part, came idea of soft power and of presenting itself What is the main issue in translating months, that Americans do tend to be and visited us in New York and to the world, and that is because it doesn’t Ukrainian texts into English? focused on themselves. It’s really hard to Washington. So I go back to the late ’60s, know itself, what it is, at least the people I think the most important thing is to bring in something unless it touches on early ’70s. Writers such as Oleh Lysheha, that are in charge of the country, unfortu- pass along the mood. I mean as a translator some aspect of American life directly. Maybe Hrytsko Chubai, neither of them were phys- nately. This is something that should have you’re just passing along things, right. somebody will enjoy reading something ically present in this series. Of course, been happening for a while, like with the Important things. And I remember when I about [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy and [Donald] Chubai passed along a long time ago, Polish Institute, the Goethe Institute or got a really good piece of advice about Trump or something, because that touches Lysheha recently, but Taras Chubai, who some Russian initiatives. It’s for the good of translating. This happened when I was on a on them. I mean, they can dig deeper back writes music on their texts was physically the country to be represented in the world fellowship at Harvard and was writing my and maybe find connections. But in general, present and performed these texts. Most of and to be represented well. monograph. One of the authors I focus on in I think that’s unfortunately the situation. the writers in the anthology are from the And my thought has always been that my monograph is Volodymyr Dibrova, who “Visimdesiatnyky,” or the ’80s generation. our writers are fantastic ambassadors for And what is the biggest perspective in teaches there. I had to translate excerpts And then we have younger writers like Ukraine in the sense that, you know, they’re introducing Ukrainian literature to the from his novel “Burdyk” because the book Andri Bondar, Prokhasko, Zhadan, and the eloquent. They’re charismatic. They know Western English-speaking audience? had not been translated. And I asked him youngest like Luba Yakymchuk, Sofia how to present in front of an audience. Let’s whether he ever tried to translate his own There is actually a simple way to answer Andrukhovych, Andri Lubka, the last of not forget, writers in Ukraine have this works into English, as his English is very this question. Unfortunately, what people whom presented in N.Y.C. and D.C. but experience that very few writers here have good. Then he told me something very want to read most about Ukraine is didn’t make it into the anthology, as it had – presenting for massive audiences. They important, “don’t try to translate every Chornobyl. That’s probably the first thing already gone to print. know how to work a stage, how to properly word so exactly, just allow yourself to go off.” that people read. And most of our authors So we have different periods of this con- use a microphone. That’s huge when you’re I think a lot of people, when they start end up writing something on Chornobyl. temporary Ukrainian literature each repre- meeting with audiences and you can do translating, try to really stick to the text. That’s the case. But, I think, if you dig deep- senting its own interesting things. The that. Ukraine should have utilized this a Because they’re afraid they’re doing some- er, Ukrainian literature in general, and con- focus is on the Visimdesiatnyky and the long time ago. And Ukrainian writers can thing horrible if they don’t. But what Volodia temporary Ukraine literature especially, important work they did, as they were the discuss difficult issues with nuance, both in [Dibrova] showed me is that, as an author, presents a very interesting perspective first generation who were able to write and a kind of a question/answer session or on he wants to sound cool in English. He is not because of how turbulent the history has publish freely in Ukraine for a long time. their own, by reading their works, in which so concerned if his exact metaphor is not been in Ukraine. And because of the diver- They had to take on certain things and did many of these issues are often addressed. used or some particular detail has changed, sity that is inherent to the land, and all the it brilliantly. They inherited colonial para- I think Ukraine has to promote that as but he doesn’t want to sound like an idiot in major issues the country has, these are digms, Ukrainian national paradigms, and much as possible and to promote some English, which may occur if you’re so global issues. Ukraine has been at the front- they did a wonderful job playing with all kind of contact between our writers, artists focused on preserving everything from the lines of them. So many of these can offer a these, opening up Ukrainian literature in and intellectuals with their Western coun- original in your translation. I always try keep really unique perspective that other, maybe various styles, genres. The younger writers terparts. But I’m very happy that finally that in the back of my mind when I translate more established cultures, cannot. have less of a need to do that. They tend to things like the Ukrainian Institute were set because you’re really trying to pass along And Ukrainian writers, living in a post- be more self-reflective and focus more on up and the Book Institute, of course, to do the author’s tone and the feeling you get colonial culture, I think, can pass this per- personal things, but there’s also a wider these things. And, unfortunately, with a when you read the work in Ukrainian. spective along to other cultures. Also just array of topics that are taken on. bunch of budget cuts, and now with pan- I love translating dialogues, especially the fact of working within a language that And then some of these ideas that were demic, some of that has been curtailed, but contemporary ones. That’s my favorite has often been on the verge of extinction approached in the ’90s, for example, Yurii these are exactly the kinds of institutes that thing as I spent a lot of time in Ukraine and gives it a certain energy, a certain drive that Andrukhovych’s exploration of nostalgia should continue to be supported. picked up a lot. For me Andrukhovych was maybe other cultures maybe don’t have. Of for the Austro-Hungarian past, is then later one of the easiest writers to read, I always course, that’s harder to pass along in trans- addressed by his daughter Sofia. It’s fasci- Mariia Shuvalova is a Ph.D. candidate at just read him with very little effort. But lation, but I think it’s inherent in the works nating to see some of these topics reappear. the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla when I started translating his essays, I real- themselves. I think that makes it a little bit I noticed that several books published in Academy and a Fulbright Scholar at ized how complex his writing actually is different and that should be something that Ukraine today focus on the ’90s as a period, Columbia University. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2020 No. 49