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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIV HE KRAINIANNo. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine ForeignT minister speaksU in New York Babyn YarW massacre recalled about recent developments in Ukraine in Kyiv on its 65th anniversary by Matthew Dubas pened during Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s visit to Brussels was inter- NEW YORK – On Saturday, nal politics, Mr. Tarasyuk said that the September 23, Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs prime minister’s announcement in Minister Borys Tarasyuk met with the Brussels of a pause in Ukraine’s NATO Ukrainian American community at the aspirations was not representative of the Ukrainian Institute of America to discuss Ukrainian government position. He recent developments in Ukraine. added that internal politics reflective of Mr. Tarasyuk said that membership in the prime minister’s allegiance to the NATO is in Ukraine’s best interest due to Party of the Regions and their agenda the organization’s goals of promoting was out of line with the goals of the pres- stability and protection, with member- ident, the Universal of National Unity states maintaining democratic and mili- and the Ukrainian government. tary standards. The foreign affairs minister expressed On Ukraine’s multi-vector foreign his fondness for what have become his policy, Mr. Tarasyuk said, “There is regular meetings with the Ukrainian much criticism regarding multi-vector community in America and recognized policies, but there is no other way. the work that Ukrainian Americans have Ukraine can’t look in only one direction done for Ukraine’s bilateral relations – it’s death.” with the United States, most notably, the When asked how much of what hap- work that went into the graduation of Ukraine from the Jackson-Vanik Amendment earlier this year. Tymoshenko to lead Mr. Tarasyuk highlighted the accom- Cutty Sark Co. plishments of the fourth World Forum of Israeli President Moshe Katsav, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Ukrainians and reinforced the suggestion First Lady of Ukraine Kateryna Yushchenko attend the September 27 ceremony opposition in Ukraine made by President Viktor Yushchenko to commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacre. not divide Ukrainians into those residing by Zenon Zawada in Ukraine and those outside. The for- by Zenon Zawada underwear, etc. Any Jew not carrying out Kyiv Press Bureau eign affairs minister said that Ukraine Kyiv Press Bureau this instruction and who is found else- should continue a dialogue and help all KYIV – Yulia Tymoshenko failed to where will be shot. Any civilian entering Ukrainians, wherever they may reside – KYIV – The leaflets appeared attract anyone from the Our Ukraine bloc flats evacuated by Jews and stealing recognition of the fact that large numbers throughout Kyiv the morning of Monday, in declaring the formation of her parlia- property will be shot.” of Ukrainians have been living and September 29, 1941. mentary opposition coalition on September During the next two days, German working abroad since Ukraine gained “All Jews living in Kyiv and its vicin- Nazis proceeded to slaughter 34,000 22, and managed to snag only two defec- ity are to report by 8:00 … to the corner tors from the Socialist Party of Ukraine. independence 15 years ago. Jews at the site now known throughout He also called upon the Ukrainian of Melnikov and Dokhturov streets. They the world as Babyn Yar. In declaring their union, Ms. are to take with them documents, money, Tymoshenko and Socialist Party defector (Continued on page 21) valuables, as well as warm clothes, (Continued on page 3) Yosyp Vinskyi repeatedly stressed the opposition’s commitment to European values and accused the coalition govern- ment of betraying them. Lushniak takes oath of office as assistant surgeon general of U.S. “Ukraine made the choice during the par- liamentary elections on behalf of democracy by George Matwyshyn and the European choice,” Mr. Vinskyi said. ROCKVILLE, Md. – During a flag “But we couldn’t predict that some of that officer promotion ceremony here at the people whom the people trusted refused this headquarters of the U.S. Food and Drug choice at the very moment it was obvious that Ukraine had to go this way.” Administration (FDA) on August 31, Mr. Vinskyi’s comments were a veiled Rear Adm. Boris D. Lushniak was reference to Verkhovna Rada Speaker awarded his star and administered the Oleksander Moroz, who reneged on a oath of office as assistant surgeon gen- coalition agreement he signed with the eral of the United States. He now Our Ukraine and Tymoshenko blocs and becomes the highest-ranking active- opted to join the Anti-Crisis Coalition duty Ukrainian American officer in the with the Party of the Regions and the U.S. uniformed services. Communist Party. Dr. Lushniak, who is a physician and Incidentally, “Building Europe in holds a master’s degree in public health, Ukraine” was the Socialist Party’s slogan as promoted to the rank of assistant sur- during the 2006 parliamentary elections. geon general and rear admiral by direc- It’s the very same 120-page coalition tion of the former surgeon general of agreement that Mr. Moroz abandoned the United States, Vice-Admiral which will serve as the fundamental docu- Richard Carmona, back in April. Dr. ment for the opposition, Ms. Tymoshenko Lushniak serves as Assistant HHS Photo said. Commissioner at the FDA and prior to The lack of expediency among Our this promotion was a captain in the Rear Adm. Kenneth Moritsugu, acting U.S. surgeon general, and Dr. Patricia Ukraine deputies in joining the opposi- Lushniak, assist Dr. Boris Lushniak with his new insignia as rear admiral in (Continued on page 9) the U.S. Public Health Services. Looking on are the Lushniaks’ two daughters. (Continued on page 18) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 No. 40

ANALYSIS Who poisoned Yushchenko? NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Cabinet refuses seven presidential decrees Ukrainians and distrusted by 55 percent, while opposition leader Yulia The search continues ... KYIV – The Cabinet of Ministers has Tymoshenko is trusted by 37 percent and returned seven presidential decrees con- distrusted by 57 percent. “Today, Prime by Roman Kupchinsky and manufactured in either Russia, the cerning the judicial sphere and the Minister Viktor Yanukovych shows him- RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Report United States or Great Britain. appointment and dismissal of ambassa- self as a strong personality. The people He declined to divulge other details. If dors to the Presidential Secretariat, argu- tend to trust in a strong personality after The case surrounding the apparent investigators have in fact traced the time ing that President Viktor Yushchenko [experiencing] a weak president,” Olha poisoning two years ago of Viktor and place of the poisoning, it would mark violated the constitutional procedure for Balakireva, the head of the Ukrainian Yushchenko remains shrouded in mys- a significant development in a seemingly their publication, the Ukrayinska Pravda Institute for Social Studies, commented tery – so much so that President stagnant case. website reported on September 21. on the findings. (RFE/RL Newsline) Yushchenko himself routinely uses cryp- The mystery began on September 6, According to Oleksander Lavrynovych, tic language to describe it. 2004. deputy minister of the Cabinet of Babyn Yar massacre is commemorated Speaking to journalists in Baku on Ministers, President Yushchenko made Mr. Yushchenko, the pro-Western KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor September 8, the president said the inves- these decrees public without securing the presidential candidate facing off against Yushchenko on September 26 launched tigation into the alleged poisoning in countersignatures of Prime Minister the Kremlin’s preferred nominee, Viktor two days of commemoration for the 65th September 2004 was “one step away Yanukovych, became violently ill, suffer- Viktor Yanukovych and ministers respon- from the active phase of solving this anniversary of the Nazi massacre at ing severe abdominal pain and facial sible for their implementation, as stipu- Babyn Yar, Ukrainian and international case.” lesions. lated by Article 106 of the Constitution Mr. Yushchenko's statement came as media reported. On September 29-30, When he was rushed four days later to of Ukraine. (RFE/RL Newsline) 1941, invading Nazis killed more than Ukraine's procurator-general, Oleksander Vienna’s Rudolfinerhaus clinic, his liver, Medvedko, announced investigators had 33,000 Jewish men, women and children pancreas and intestines were swollen, PM wants to draft presidential decrees determined the time, place and circum- in the Babyn Yar ravine near Kyiv. and he was barely able to walk. stances in which the poisoning attempt KYIV – Prime Minister Viktor During the war more than 100,000 more Doctors were initially baffled. But Mr. took place. Yanukovych said on September 25 that people – including Jews, Roma, Soviet Yushchenko’s supporters already had a All that remains, apparently, is to find the Cabinet of Ministers should be prisoners of war and Ukrainian national- theory: that the candidate had been poi- the individual, or individuals, responsible. directly involved in the drafting of presi- ists – were executed at the site. “Babyn soned during a dinner on September 5 Austrian doctors responsible for exam- dential decrees, Interfax-Ukraine report- Yar must become a link that should fore- with Ihor Smeshko, the head of the ining Mr. Yushchenko several months ed. “[The drafting process should warn and guard the world from aggres- Security Service of Ukraine, at the sum- after the poison was reportedly adminis- include] the minister who will execute sive and bloody xenophobia,” Mr. mer home of Mr. Smeshko’s deputy, tered said the Ukrainian politician had the decree and, of course, the prime min- Yushchenko said during the opening of Volodymyr Satsiuk. ingested a concentrated dose of dioxin. ister. There are no politics here,” Mr. an exhibition dedicated to the 65th Later that month, many were surprised The powerful toxin caused bloating Yanukovych noted. Last week the anniversary of the massacre in Kyiv. The to read a Rudolfinerhaus press release and pockmarks on Mr. Yushchenko's Cabinet of Ministers refused to imple- ceremony was attended by Israeli stating doctors did not believe Mr. face, giving his skin a greenish hue and ment seven presidential decrees, arguing President Moshe Katsav, Croatian Yushchenko had been poisoned. adding a macabre note to a tumultuous that they were published without the President Stipe Mesic and Montenegrin But several days later, officials at the political season culminating in the mass countersignatures of Mr. Yanukovych President Filip Vujanovic. (RFE/RL Vienna clinic publicly objected, insisting Orange Revolution protests in December and ministers responsible for their imple- Newsline) the press release was a forgery – an 2004. mentation. Mr. Yanukovych said his episode that conjured up images of a Kyrgyzstan blocks Ukraine’s WTO bid Procurator-General Medvedko, con- refusal to countersign the decrees will Soviet-style disinformation campaign. firming earlier allegations, said tests on help regulate relations between the KYIV – Ukraine’s First Vice Prime By December 2004, doctors had con- the dioxins found in Mr. Yushchenko's Cabinet of Ministers and the president. Minister Mykola Azarov said on firmed that dioxin was behind Mr. blood showed they were highly purified (RFE/RL Newsline) September 25 that Kyrgyzstan is refusing Yushchenko's ailment, and that he had to sign a protocol with Ukraine on mutu- received the substance from a perpetrator Poll: Yanukovych most trusted politician Roman Kupchinsky is the editor of al access to commodity and service mar- kets, which would pave the way for RFE/RL Crime and Corruption Watch. (Continued on page 14) KYIV – According to a poll conducted Ukraine’s membership in the World in mid-September by the Ukrainian Trade Organization (WTO), UNIAN Institute for Social Studies and the Social reported. According to Mr. Azarov, Monitoring Center, Prime Minister Ukraine’s Zakarpattia Rusyns Kyrgyzstan put forward “unsubstantiated Viktor Yanukovych is the most trusted demands to return non-state debts” as a want official recognition of Kyiv politician in Ukraine, with 50 percent of condition for signing such a protocol respondents expressing trust in him and with Ukraine. He did not elaborate. 43 percent distrusting him, Interfax- (RFE/RL Newsline) by Jan Maksymiuk Rusyns in Zakarpattia managed to organize Ukraine reported. President Viktor RFE/RL Newsline several cultural events with official support Yushchenko is trusted by 37 percent of (Continued on page 15) and to present their cause on local televi- Earlier this month, the Zakarpattia sion, where they were allowed to speak in Oblast Council appealed to Ukraine’s their mother tongue. This year Rusyns also FOUNDED 1933 president, prime minister and Verkhovna opened 26 Sunday schools instructing in Rada chairman to grant Rusyns in the the Rusyn language and culture. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY region an official status of ethnic minori- Second, the Rusyn movement now TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., ty (nationality). seems to have an advocate with meaning- a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 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Notes from Ukraine World Holocaust Forum founder Taras Kuzio’s blog denies Holodomor was genocide by Zenon Zawada Mr. Kantor, also a non-governmental Following are recent blogs on current of us in the West – and not only those Kyiv Press Bureau advisor to President Viktor Yushchenko, issues in Ukraine written by Dr. Taras made his comments at a press conference with a diaspora connection to Ukraine. KYIV – A top global leader for th Kuzio for the BBC’s Ukrainian-language Depression and disbelief at the turn of to discuss the 65 anniversary of the Holocaust remembrance denies the Babyn Yar massacre in Kyiv, where service. The weekly blogs can be read in events dispirited our summer. It was not Holomodor, the Great Famine of 1932- Ukrainian, and contributions to the dis- 150,000 Jews, Ukrainians, Gypsies and just the August holiday season that led to 1933, was a genocide committed against cussion can be made, at others, including partisans, Soviet prison- a drop in e-mail traffic. People were liter- the Ukrainian people. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ukrainian/forum/ ers of war and Ukrainian nationalists, ally in shock by the unexpected turn of World Holocaust Forum Founder and Dr. Taras Kuzio is a Senior Trans- were executed by the Nazis in 1941- events. My Presidential Secretariat con- President Vyacheslav “Moshe” Kantor at Atlantic Fellow, German Marshal Fund 1943. Some 3,000 Jews were killed in the tact who had regularly sent me e-mails a September 26 press conference in Kyiv of the USA, and an adjunct professor at first mass execution on September 29-30, on the state of negotiations stopped offered his personal view of the the Institute for European, Russian and 1941. replying to my e-mails. Holodomor when asked by The Weekly Eurasian Studies, Elliott School of After Mr. Kantor offered his interpre- In early August I updated information on whether his respective organizations International Relations, George tation, the Presidential Secretariat’s a British website about Ukraine – some- acknowledge it as genocide. Washington University. thing that I had been doing for them for the humanitarian policy director, Markian “My personal position is the Lubkivskyi, sat by silently without offer- last 15 years. The last time the Ukraine sec- Holodomor is a statewide calamity of the tion had been updated was in November ing any correction. September 7 country that called itself the Soviet 2005 and it was then written brimming with Mr. Lubkivskyi is a member of the Union, not only Ukraine,” said Mr. Are Ukrainian politics to be taken that optimism that the Orange camp would win Pora political party and son of Kantor, a Russian chemical industry seriously? the March elections, and then create a Shevchenko Prize laureate Roman magnate who is also president of the My two weeks in Ukraine in late June majority coalition and government. My Lubkivskyi. Russian Jewish Congress and chairman proved to be eventful. During the first update took far longer than usual because of No Ukrainian reporters at the press of the board of the European Jewish week, Kyiv was awash with rumors that the summer 2006 crisis and proved to be a conference asked any further questions Congress. there would be a grand coalition of Our depressing toil. Much of it had to be re- on the topic, and The Weekly’s reporter “It was a problem of the Soviet Ukraine and the Party of Regions. The written. The optimism was gone. didn’t pose any follow-up questions. Union. From the Holodomor, people died atmosphere was bleak in Kyiv with At first I thought maybe I was being So far, no official condemnation has in the Volga region, in Ukraine, and it been issued of Mr. Kantor’s remarks rumors of a pending grand coalition too critical in my writings about the lat- had no relation to national differences,” denying the genocidal nature of the Great being offset only by Ukraine’s early suc- est developments. After all, there had to he added. Famine of 1932-1933. cesses in the World Cup. be a silver lining in some of this. But, my The creation of the Orange coalition views proved to reflect the prevailing uplifted my spirits during a week when mood. A former Ukrainian soldier, now a Ukraine had been removed from the Tourism of Ukraine, the Babyn Yar pensioner, asked me over dinner in Babyn Yar... World Cup. We even watched World Cup Memory Foundation and Kyiv’s Toronto, “What did you expect, Taras? games with young, enthusiastic members (Continued from page 1) Department of Culture. The president is not a leader, and he is a of the Presidential Secretariat who were “No Child’s Play. Children in the coward.” Such views were not confined Almost 65 years later, prominent brimming with optimism now that an Holocaust – Creativity and Play” was to the diaspora. A non-diasporan academ- world leaders representing 46 countries Orange coalition had finally come organized by the Holocaust Martyrs’ and ic introduced a new word to my vocabu- arrived in Kyiv on September 27 to lay together. The Orange coalition finally Heroes’ Remembrance Authority Yad lary. Yushchenko, he explained to a flowers at the Babyn Yar Menorah seemed to be a certainty when I left Vashem. group of us over a long dinner during the Monument and commemorate the grue- Ukraine. “I clearly emphasize Ukraine will Ukrainian festival in Toronto, is a some event. During my visit to Kyiv I inevitably “On the 65th anniversary of the never allow for international intolerance “wuss,” or a weak softie. visited the Baraban (Drum) bar, one of tragedy, from the soul and conscience of and religious enmity,” President These are strong words, but they’re those which is impossible to find. all the Ukrainian people, I bow my head Yushchenko said at the opening. surprisingly common these days. Located behind the maidan, it became an before the faultless, perished victims of “Together with other world leaders, I important place for Western and September 14 terror,” President Viktor Yushchenko said reinforce Ukrainian support for the glob- Ukrainian journalists to fortify them- on September 26 at the opening ceremo- al process of strengthening cultural and selves from the cold before returning to Prime Minister Yanukovych is flying ny for exhibitions at the Ukrainian religious dialogue. Together with all the Orange Revolution. to Brussels this week in an attempt to Home. Ukrainians, I sharply and categorically I bumped into Orange Circle President convince NATO and the EU of Ukraine’s During the two years following, the reject and don’t accept even the smallest Adrian Karatnycky, who got into a loud continued sincerity in its desire to join Nazis would go on to execute more than display of xenophobia and anti- debate defending President Viktor both organizations. After all, Ukraine is 150,000 Jews, Ukrainians, Gypsies and Semitism,” he said. Yushchenko and Donetsk oligarch Renat not Russia, the title of Leonid Kuchma’s members of many other ethnic groups at In a meeting with Croatian President Akhmetov from criticism by the 2004 book. Babyn Yar. Holocaust researchers list Stepan Mesych, Mr. Yushchenko raised Financial Times journalist who covers A prime concern for those who follow 50,000 Jews among them. Partisans, the issue of having the United Nations Ukraine and an NGO leader. Adrian was Ukrainian politics is to what extent Soviet prisoners of war and Ukrainian recognize the 1932-1933 Holodomor as on his way to an energy conference on Ukraine’s foreign policy will change fol- nationalists were among the victims. a genocide against the Ukrainian peo- Ukraine to be held in Warsaw he had lowing the return of the “Blues” to gov- Among those participating in the ple. organized. I asked if this was the event ernment? Will Ukraine continue to pur- flower-laying ceremony at Babyn Yar He also addressed the Holodomor in rumored to be financed by Akhmetov? He sue a course of integration with the West were President Viktor Yushchenko, an interview with Israeli television. replied in a roundabout way that it was. (WTO, NATO and the EU) or will it Israeli President Moshe Katsav, former “People suffer from not knowing com- Any leader or manager in stagnate and more backwards to the President Leonid Kuchma, former Polish plete history,” the Ukrainian president Yushchenko’s predicament would seek Kuchma era’s multi-vectorism? President Alexander Kwasniewski and said. “I sense this about the Ukrainian the advice of his staff and advisers, as During Leonid Kuchma’s second term Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Viktor nation, which 10 years ago was still quiet well as heed opinion polls. But, this com- I wrote an article which tried to explain Chernomyrdin. about the Holodomor of 1932-1933, mon practice has never been a policy fol- multi-vectorism titled “Ukraine’s Foreign Other Ukrainian leaders attending which had no books written about it or lowed by President Yushchenko. Over Policy: Neither Pro-Western or Pro- were Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, films.” lunch in Kyiv, a Presidential Secretariat Russian, But Pro-Kuchma.” I followed Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Isarael’s Knesset has yet to recognize staffer told me how Yushchenko does not this with an academic article titled Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate, the Holodomor as genocide, and neither feel the need to listen to advisers. This is “Ukraine’s Foreign Policy: Neither East Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi and do many Jewish leaders. because, the staffer told me, “he feels he nor West.” Both titles encapsulate the First Lady of Ukraine Kateryna At a September 25 press conference, has suffered enough for Ukraine.” eclectic meaning of multi-vectorism. Yushchenko. the Presidential Secretariat’s My “deep throat” told me that My concern, and that of U.S. policy- A minute of silence was observed, fol- Humanitarian Policy Director Markian Yushchenko would never propose Viktor makers whom I meet, is that Ukrainian lowed by addresses by the tragedy’s sur- Lubkivskyi reaffirmed the Ukrainian Yanukovych as prime minister, preferring foreign policy has indeed returned to vivors and witnesses, and memorial serv- government’s commitment to creating a to go instead for a new election. Well, I “multi-vectorism” which translates as ices of various faiths. national memorial reserve at Babyn Yar, thought, maybe Yushchenko has political “pro-Donetsk” (just as it used to be “pro- Later that day, guests gathered at the which adequately reflects the Nazi will after all. If somebody inside the Kuchma”). Ukraine is still a long way off Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet crimes. Presidential Secretariat gets such a pre- from having a foreign policy that pursues Theater to commence the “Let my In fact, Mr. Yushchenko issued an diction wrong, one wonders how experts state, rather than personal, interests. People Live!” international forum order on September 23 last year to estab- on the outside like myself are supposed The problem Prime Minister organized by the Ukrainian govern- lish a national reserve, which has yet to to predict Ukrainian events? In reality, no Yanukovych has is that he is unlikely to ment, the World Holocaust Forum progress. one even remotely predicted the return of convince anybody in Brussels of Foundation and the Holocaust Martyrs’ “In the nearest time, the government Yanukovych, the only prime minister to Ukraine’s sincerity in seeking NATO and and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority will gather a working group of famous ever serve two terms, both as prime min- EU membership. NATO was ready to Vad Yashem. experts, historians, political scientists and ister and in prison. Ukraine may well invite Ukraine into its Membership Action On September 26, the Ukrainian presi- sociologists to bring Ukrainian citizens to enter the Guinness Book of Records with Plan (MAP) if it had a government in dent participated in the unveiling of a a closer understanding of the Babyn Yar 15 prime ministers since independence. place committed to reform. In U.S. and two-part exhibition at the Ukrainian tragedy,” Mr. Lubkivskyi said. The return of Yanukovych came as a Home, “Forewarning the Future,” shock not only to Ukrainians but to many (Continued on page 17) arranged by the Ministry of Culture and (Continued on page 9) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 No. 40 Ukrainian Catholic University unveils new academic building by Andrew Nynka LVIV – During the Ukrainian Catholic University’s ceremonial unveiling of a new academic building here on September 17, Patriarch Lubomyr Husar told several hundred people that the country’s Orthodox and Catholic Churches will someday be united and that he believes the university will play a piv- otal role in fulfilling that goal. Likewise, Cardinal Husar, the arch- bishop major of Kyiv-Halych, said the school has been and will continue to be instrumental in fulfilling a universal goal of the Church, namely education. “I would like to see that this theologi- cal and philosophical department, that this institution, will also be a leader through which our Church can work to unite us all,” Cardinal Husar said during a sermon. “I believe that we will be joined Andrew Nynka together like we once were,” Cardinal Husar said, referring to a time, centuries A procession of about 300 people, including seminarians, priests, bishops and Patriarch Lubomyr Husar, proceeds from ago, when the Church was united. “This Holy Spirit Seminary (seen in the distance) to the new academic building. is not some sort of emotional reaction.” The patriarch’s comments on Sunday process of building facilities for their came during a morning liturgy at the students on the 42-acre campus. Church of the Holy Spirit attended by about Khutorivka, as students call the cam- 25 bishops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic pus, is also home to the 124,000-square- Church and 300 people, among them semi- foot Holy Spirit Seminary and Church of narians, laity and local politicians. the Holy Spirit, which opened in the Following the liturgy, the celebration summer of 2005. moved from the church to the theology The exterior of the new building was a and philosophy building – about 300 yards façade of white plaster walls and brick- away – where the new home of UCU’s colored tile roof, an architectural style department of theology and philosophy currently popular in Europe – matches the was blessed and officially opened. nearby church and seminary buildings. The new building is the latest addition The interior of the building was to the university’s Center of Theological draped for the occasion in large swaths Education and Formation campus, which of gold-colored fabric. Hierarchs, clergy, sits on Khutorivka Street in the heart of faithful and guests packed the atrium of this 750-year-old city. Several monastic the building – a brightly lit center of the orders, including the Studite Fathers and four-story complex – as the facility was the Redemptorist Fathers, are also in the blessed with holy water.

Marko Tomashek (right), head of the Ukraine section of Aid to the Church in Need, and Antonia Willemsen (second from right), chair of Aid to the Church in Need in Germany, were among several hundred people who attended a morning liturgy as part of the ceremony opening a new UCU academic building.

In his morning sermon, Cardinal Husar, Catholic charity founded by the Dutch priest the patriarch of the UGCC, made clear the Father Werenfried van Straaten in 1947. university’s importance to the church and The Ukrainian Catholic primate also to Ukrainian society. Calling the opening mentioned Renovabis, an international of the new building a “momentous event in Catholic charity founded in March 1993 the history of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic by the German Bishops’ Conference. Church,” the cardinal said he believes the The aid organization supports pastoral, school is essential for the entire Church. social and societal renewal in ex- “This institution does not belong to one Communist countries in Eastern and eparchy,” Cardinal Husar said. “It is an Central Europe, according to its website. institution that belongs wherever our Church “We thank our sponsors – all of those is located, whether in Ukraine or abroad.” that His Beatitude has mentioned and all Support for the new theology and phi- of those who were not mentioned – this losophy building – both moral and finan- includes also those people who are not cial – came from a variety of sources, members of our Church – some who are including hierarchs, lay donors, internation- not even Ukrainian,” said Father Borys al aid organizations and local politicians. Gudziak, Ph.D., rector of the Ukrainian Andrii Sadovyi, the mayor of Lviv, Catholic University. was among those who voiced their sup- Following the opening of the new port for the school’s expansion, and he building, university officials expressed stressed the importance of a Catholic uni- concern that, with progress being made versity in the city. on the school’s physical development, “For the city to be strong, we must further financial support could dry up. have educated people,” Mr. Sadovyi said. They also noted that, as with other “We would like to help the university large-scale development projects, con- grow and become a world-class educa- struction of the building and fund-raising tional institution based here in our city.” for the project go hand-in-hand and, Myroslav Senyk, head of the Lviv therefore, school officials repeatedly Oblast Council, called the opening of the urged past benefactors to continue their new building “a major event not only for strong support of the university. the university, but for the entire Prof. Jeffrey Wills, a member of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church.” UCU senate, said the school plans to con- Among other supporters of the school tinue expanding, but only as far as possi- singled out during the ceremony on Sunday, ble without diminishing academic quality. Cardinal Husar noted the U.S.-based “We’re rebuilding education in Ukraine,” Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation said Prof. Wills, who often notes that the (UCEF). He also pointed to the strong sup- school is the only Catholic university in the Patriarch Lubomyr Husar was among the last of a procession of seminarians, priests port of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), a former Soviet Union. “It’s a small universi- and bishops to enter the Church of the Holy Spirit for a morning liturgy. Frankfurt, Germany-based international ty with great ambitions,” he said. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM UNA Executive Committee holds first post-convention meeting by Christine E. Kozak members of the General National Secretary Assembly. A moment of silence was observed for all departed PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The UNA officers, branch secretaries newly elected Executive and members. Committee of the Ukrainian The newly elected officers did National Association held its first not present any reports, since the meeting on Friday, September report period covered the first six 15, here at the UNA Home Office months of 2006, and the new in Parsippany. Present at the executives assumed office on meeting were Stefan Kaczaraj, July 1. A short overview of president; Zenon Holubec, first reports was given by the presi- vice-president, Michael Koziupa, dent, national secretary and treas- second vice-president, Myron urer. Groch, director for Canada; A presentation of future plans Christine E. Kozak, national sec- for the UNA was discussed. retary; and Roma Lisovich, treas- Details and discussions were urer. Due to unforeseen circum- tabled to be discussed at length stances, no member of the the next day at the special meet- Auditing Committee attended. ing of the General Assembly. President Kaczaraj, opened the This being a convention year, meeting by welcoming the newly the special meeting was being elected members of the convened on Saturday and Executive Committee, wishing Sunday, September 16-17, at Roma Hadzewycz them all the best in the next four Soyuzivka, where the UNA exec- The UNA Executive Committee (from left): Treasurer Roma Lisovich, Director for Canada years and expressing his enthusi- utives’ reports and presentations Myron Groch, President Stefan Kaczaraj, Second Vice-President Michael Koziupa, First Vice- asm for working with all the were presented in their entirety. President Zenon Holubec and National Secretary Christine Kozak.

PHOTO FOLLOW-UP: New UNA General Assembly’s first meeting

Participants of the UNA General Assembly meeting held on September 16-17 at Soyuzivka during dinner: (seated, from left) Bohdan Kukuruza, Nicholas Fil, Eugene Oscislawski, Al Kachkowski, Maya Lew (left) and Gloria Horbaty report for the Fraternal Myron Groch, (standing) Olya Czerkas and Roma Hadzewycz. Committee, as Eugene Serba listens.

UNA President Stefan Kaczaraj makes a point during the discussion; on the left is First Vice-President Al Kachkowski speaks on Canadian issues, as Zenon Holubec. Bohdan Kukuruza looks on. Auditors Wasyl Szeremeta (left) and Slavko Tysiak.

THE UNA: 112 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 No. 40

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T U W is also not good news for the United The Weekly’s 73rd anniversary States, although the U.S. Department of Kucinich explains State says, per protocol, that it can work with new faces. Translation: Ukraine was On October 6, 1933, the first issue of this newspaper rolled off the presses in his vote on bill supposed to be on our side after the Jersey City, N.J., as a supplement to the then-40-year-old Svoboda Ukrainian- Dear Editor: Americans for Human Rights in Orange Revolution, but now is going language daily newspaper. down the tubes. It was a four-page tabloid-format publication born of the needs of the times. A Ukraine (AHRU), as a member of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment Coalition to The U.S. is used to dealing with con- famine was raging in Ukraine, and the truth about this genocide against the sequences of apparently honest elections Ukrainian nation cried out to be told. At the same time, younger generations of lift trade restrictions, lobbied members of the U.S. Congress in February to vote in a foreign country when they are per- Ukrainian Americans were becoming assimilated into the American milieu, and ceived as harmful to American interests. something had to be done to ensure that they remained in touch with the for HR 1035, a bill that proposed rescinding the amendment. HR 1053 was In the last 100 years in almost every Ukrainian community and their national identity. place in the southern hemisphere the The Ukrainian National Association, a fraternal benefit insurance company estab- supported by an overwhelming majority in the House of Representatives, which U.S. has been helpful in overthrowing lished in 1894 to assist Ukrainian immigrants to the United States, saw that an English- governments at one time or another. But language newspaper could fill both needs. And, thus, The Ukrainian Weekly was born. ultimately resulted in the revocation of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment. no one would try it when the foreign Today, The Weekly, is a spry 73. (For math fans, that means we’re still in our prime partner is a serial bungler like Viktor since 73 is a prime number.) Thanks to the sponsorship of the UNA, it continues to As reported in The Ukrainian Weekly, two members of the House, Marcy Yushchenko. fulfill its role in serving the Ukrainian community and the Ukrainian nation. Today its The democratic exhibit in Ukraine is mission is to provide news about Ukraine and Ukrainians, and to serve as a network of Kaptur (D-Ohio) and Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), voted present, meaning they far overshadowed by failure to fulfill the sorts for our far-flung community, whether that’s in Washington, D.C., or Saskatoon, promises of the Orange Revolution. The Saskatchewan, or points in between, as well as those outside North America. withheld their vote of support. AHRU cause of revolution was building up over To be sure, there is always news from Ukraine, as our community continues to followed up this issue by writing to them several years from a growing resentment care about developments in our ancestral homeland. However, we’re making a on April 10, questioning their decision. against the corrupt, autocratic regime of conscious effort to focus the spotlight more intensely on our community here, for On September 6 AHRU received a President Leonid Kuchma. The people example, by featuring more news from the diaspora on page 1. (Since June, there reply from Mr. Kucinich with a perplex- wanted change. has been a diaspora story on 14 out of 18 front pages.) ing answer and explanation of his deci- Instead the same oligarchic elite still In the end, however, what’s most important about The Weekly is that it’s sion not to support HR 1053. wields the levers of power. There is high- always been a partnership with our community, with our readers. From its incep- He wrote the following to Bozhena level corruption and no rule of law. tion through today, The Weekly has worked with community members to pro- Olshaniwsky, president of AHRU: “In Consider the existing de facto qualifica- mote their causes, to highlight their work, to share their news with others. Ukraine, the concentration of resources tion requirements for top leadership posi- With our huge staff of three editors – one of whom is in Ukraine, where he’s became increasingly pushed into the tions. Being a choice of the monied elite doing a tremendous job – we depend a lot on you, Dear Readers, to send in infor- hands of the wealthy oligarchs at the (the similarity to the connection between mation and photos from your local communities. And, we do use these submis- expense of the Ukrainian people. I had money and power in America is striking) sions. If you haven’t seen something lately from your community, it’s because no concerns that repeal of Jackson-Vanik or a recognizable member of the ex- one’s sent it in! Thus, we invite you to join the ranks of our contributors. restrictions, and subsequent WTO acces- Soviet nomenclatura is the No. 1 require- As the new season of community activities has begun, The Weekly has several new sion for Ukraine, would greatly heighten ment. This explains why, in the words of features, among them a new column (by Yaro Bihun) and a blog (by Taras Kuzio). the negative effects of this disturbing people who were for the Orange cause, There will be more new offerings (and some less obvious changes) in the near future, trend on the majority of Ukrainians.” “There was nobody except Yushchenko.” as well as an increased presence on the Internet – all in an effort to better serve our What Mr. Kucinich is stating is that if He was persuaded to run against the offi- community and to remain relevant and interesting for new generations of readers. Let Ukraine is opened to non-restrictive cially promoted choice in 2004. us know what you think by e-mailing, calling, or writing. We’d love to hear from you! trade opportunities the average person in This means that “honest and patriotic” We think the best way to celebrate The Ukrainian Weekly’s 73rd birthday is to Ukraine would suffer further deprivation individuals like Yurii Kostenko have no take a step back, look at where we’ve been and refocus with a view toward the and become poorer, while the oligarchs chance – and no funds. It means that the future. Most importantly, however, we feel it’s a great time to say to you, Dear would become richer. winner is beholden to the monied elite – Readers: Let’s renew our partnership! He further stated that: “It is because of my strong connection to the people of not to the people who stood on the maid- Ukraine that I could not vote for this bill. an. The oligarchs win either way. It I do not want to see a race to the bottom means that democracy is not “alive and Oct. in Ukraine. I do not want to see the patri- well” in Ukraine. Turning the pages back... mony of Ukrainians taken over by multi- It also means that in the foreseeable national corporations.” future the only electable candidate for the This statement of Mr. Kucinich is top post in Ukraine – with Ukrainian cre- 6 dentials – who can breach this system is worthy of our attention and should open up a discussion on the subject of what is Yulia Tymoshenko, if she physically sur- 1933 October 6 will mark the 73rd anniversary of the first issue of beneficial for Ukraine and what is detri- vives the current “triumph” of democracy. the English-language newspaper The Ukrainian Weekly. That mental. The established power elite sees Ms. inaugural issue carried a report about the Ukrainian Holodomor Tymoshenko as an outsider and a threat and the deliberate starvation of Ukrainians by the Soviets. Walter Bodnar to its monopoly, to be marginalized at all Mass meetings were being held by Ukrainians throughout the United States and Newark, N.J. costs. To some, she is a populist, or a sta- Canada to protest the attempts by the Soviets to starve the Ukrainian population and tist like Russia’s President Vladimir to silence Ukraine’s struggle for freedom. Putin, or “overly ambitious.” The article went on to report that since the overthrow of the Ukrainian National As a woman in somewhat less than Republic 15 years prior, thousands of Ukrainians had been terrorized by the Bolshevik open-minded Ukraine, Ms. Tymoshenko regime. Many had been shot or sent to labor camps in Siberia. No good news had to play second fidde, even though it It was after these attempts to subdue the Ukrainian people that the Soviets decided was she, not Mr. Yushchenko, who gal- to systematically starve to death over 5 million Ukrainians over the past year, The from Ukraine vanized the throngs at maidan and was Weekly reported. To cover up their crime, the Soviets declared that poor crops were to Dear Editor: the leader on the ground. blame for the famine. However, being that Ukraine has one of the most fertile lands The March 2006 election in Ukraine on earth and is home to the famed “chornozem,” it seemed to any learned person that has been praised as a remarkable Boris Danik this was a poorly concocted ruse. achievement of the democratic process, North Caldwell, N.J. According to eyewitness accounts, there was nothing to eat – even rodents had untainted by fraud or blatant manipula- been consumed. People died in their tracks and were left to rot. tions. However, those in the diaspora Notable people at the time including Dr. Ewald Amende, secretary of the Congress who see it as an end in itself regardless We welcome your opinion of National Minorities in Bern, Switzerland, called the Famine the “shame of the 20th of who won it may have glossed over the “sideffects.” Although the operation was The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters century.” Pope Pius XI expressed deep sympathy and offered to help. Cardinal Innitzer, to the editor and commentaries on a variety archbishop of Vienna, issued a protest on August 19 against the Bolshevik actions and successful, the patient is now told to pre- of topics of concern to the Ukrainian appealed for help from the International Red Cross. Appeals were made for the estab- pare his last will – as the new govern- American and Ukrainian Canadian com- lishment of a Red Cross base in Ukraine, but to no avail, as the Soviets would not per- ment, formed by the Party of the munities. Opinions expressed by colum- mit it. Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, along with archbishops and bishops, issued a Regions, is planning a push for Ukraine nists, commentators and letter-writers are protest against this persecution of unprecedented and inhuman character. to join Russia’s Single Economic Space their own and do not necessarily reflect the The article included the names of correspondents who were forbidden to enter and approve official status for the opinions of either The Weekly editorial Ukraine. But the article underscored that Bolshevik sympathizers like Walter Duranty Russian language. staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian National Association. of The New York Times had easy access and noted that he admitted that the atrocities There is hardly any doubt that this will lead to self-liquidation of the Ukrainian Letters should be typed and signed in Ukraine had decimated the population. (anonymous letters are not published). The Weekly reported that further appeals were made by Ukrainian Americans to the state, despite the absurd rhetoric about Letters are accepted also via e-mail at U.S. government to send a special mission to Ukraine to investigate the conditions closer ties to NATO coming from the [email protected]. The daytime phone and for the U.S. government not to recognize the Communist dictatorship that was dejected minister of foreign affairs. number and address of the letter-writer must responsible for the tyrannical and oppressive situation. These developments are not good be given for verification purposes. Please news for roughly one-half of the people note that a daytime phone number is essen- Source: “Ukrainians protest deliberate starvation of Ukraine by the Bolsheviks,” of Ukraine and probably for a majority tial in order for editors to contact letter-writ- The Ukrainian Weekly, October 6, 1933. of ethnic Ukrainians within its borders. It ers regarding clarifications or questions. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 7 PERSPECTIVES Faces and Places by Myron B. Kuropas BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY

The greatest generation The rest of the story It was 25 years in September since my 1947, and from there to the American If you like history, the story of the his editorial footsteps. father died. He was 66 – not that old by Zone in Munich, where we won precious Ukrainian Church in the United States Thanks largely to the influence of today’s standards. There are memorial passage to America, arriving in will enthrall you. Guaranteed. Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, who was notices in The Ukrainian Weekly and Philadelphia in May 1948. I was just The first Ukrainian priest to come to the highly regarded in Rome, the first Svoboda for his contemporaries who learning to walk; my parents and brother United States was Father Ahapius Byzantine-rite bishop in America was the lived well into their 80s and 90s. Indeed, were learning English. Three years later, Honcharenko, who entered the Kyiv Ukrainian-born Soter Ortynsky. His 1907 I know several who continue to con- our brother, Peter, was born in a little Theological Seminary at age 8. In 1857, appointment was not welcomed by tribute to the community. As for my town in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite after completing his religious studies with America’s Magyarophone, Rusyn- mother, she died in 1985, four years after Region. distinction, he became a chaplain at the Ruthenian priests who had hoped for a Tato passed away. She was 67. Alexander Fedynsky and his wife, Russian Embassy in Athens, and it was here bishop from their neck of Ukraine. As I hate to admit it, but I’ve gotten to Alexandra, belonged to an extraordinary that his life was transformed. Enamored of antagonism increased between Ukrainians know my parents a lot better now that group of Ukrainians who endured eco- the revolutionary ideals of the Russian radi- and Rusyns, Bishop Ortynsky’s tenure they’re gone than I ever did when they nomic hardship, civil unrest, genocide, cal Alexander Herzen, Father Ahapius became increasingly untenable. were alive, when they could have shared war, exile and, finally the challenge of penned a number of articles critical of the Hoping to mollify the Rusyn dissidents, details about their lives, if only I’d both- raising a family in an unfamiliar land. tsar in the journal Kolokol published by Mr. and to rally Ukrainian Catholics, the ven- ered to ask. To be sure, I heard snippets The relative handful that succeeded in Herzen in London. Arrested by the czarist erable Metropolitan Sheptytsky traveled of their story as I was growing up, but I emigrating to the U.S., Canada, South police, he was being sent home for trial to North America in 1910. As he visited didn’t listen as closely as I should have: America and Australia after the war took when, with the help of Greek friends, he was various parishes, Ukrainian Catholics how they met and fell in love; my mundane jobs for the most part – our able to escape and make his way to London, were ecstatic, welcoming him joyously. father’s stint as a political prisoner in father became an accountant. Looking at where he lived for a year and a half. Rusyn Catholics were unimpressed. Poland in the 1930s; his arrest 10 years it from a generational distance, it’s a mir- Father Ahapius set out for the United Bishop Ortynsky died unexpectedly in later by the Gestapo; my mother’s trauma acle that our parents, in their mid-30s States in 1865 and, after living for a time in 1916. World War I and other develop- during Nazi and Soviet occupation; their when they came to America, were able to New York City and New Orleans, settled, ments prevented Rome from appointing a efforts to stay alive and stay together. provide us with three meals a day, every fortuitously, in San Francisco. With the successor. Ukrainian Catholic priests, The house where my two brothers and day, and then gave each of us in turn four recent purchase of Alaska, the U.S. govern- meanwhile, voted to have the beloved I grew up in Cleveland was empty for a years of college. ment was looking for a way to educate the Father Peter Poniatyshyn serve as their year and a half after our parents died. This was not uncommon in the many Russian and Ukrainian citizens who interim administrator. Finally, someone had to sift through their Ukrainian American refugee community. resided in that territory. Father Ahapius Metropolitan Sheptytsky returned to the clothes, furniture and, above all, the But they were not content to merely pro- was just the man for the job. With some United States in 1922 and, according to let- papers they’d accumulated. That task fell vide for their children; they set a far high- financial assistance from the government, ters discovered by Maria Klimchak, the to me. And that’s when I found the er goal: nothing less than the liberation of he began to publish the Alaska Herald in administrator of the Ukrainian National wartime correspondence, the photo- their homeland. And so, they recreated in Russian. Readers found information about Museum in Chicago, the metropolitan was graphs and the forged Letter of Passage microcosm the world they had left behind: the U.S. Constitution, U.S. laws and cus- confined to bed during much of the time he from May 1946, ostensibly from the Red Saturday schools, youth organizations, toms, and the poetry of Taras Shevchenko! was visiting St. Nicholas Parish in Chicago. Army Military Command in Vienna, summer camps, choruses, arts groups, Father Ahapius eventually sold his A sore on his leg refused to heal and doctors averring that Alexander Fedynsky was publishing houses, newspapers and maga- interest in the newspaper and in 1872 pur- prescribed amputation. Fortunately, Dr. their translator and would be traveling to zines. Already established Ukrainian com- chased a 50-acre farm in Hayward, Calif., Stefan Hrynevetsky, a Vienna-trained Soviet Ukraine to repatriate his wife and munities, which had built strong institu- where he lived until his death in 1916. Ukrainian physician in Chicago, advised son. tions and churches a generation or two The first Ukrainian Catholic priest in the against it. He had the metropolitan leave his Typed on a simple piece of lined note- before, generously helped the refugees get U.S. was Father Ivan Wolansky, who arrived bed and, ever so slowly, began walking him book paper with a rubber stamp featuring settled and invited them to join. in 1884. He was sent by Lviv Metropolitan around. Dr. Hrynevetsky continued this pro- a red star, the letter identifies our father Now, as I commemorate my father’s Sylvester Sembratovych following pleas cedure for a number of days and the sore as an Austrian citizen and lists his pass- passing 25 years ago, I know that I owe from Ukrainian immigrants in Shenandoah, healed. (The complete story can be found in port number: S 654/46. I have that ID him everything, starting with life itself – Pa., who, finding little religious familiarity the July 21 issue of Svoboda.) booklet –it’s in German, English, French something he risked his own life to pro- in other Catholic churches, wrote, Dr. Hrynevetsky, who charged no fees and Russian with an Austrian eagle on vide my brothers and me. Growing up, I “Something is lacking in us. Lacking to us is for his services, was a fascinating individ- the cover. On the last page – in German never thought of my father as a hero. In God whom we could adore in our own ual in his own right. He was an Orthodox only – it states: “Does not serve as proof fact, there were times I was chagrined he way.” Rejected by Roman Catholic Bishop Ukrainian who had left St. Nicholas of Austrian citizenship.” couldn’t catch a baseball and felt shame Patrick Ryan of Philadelphia because he was Parish in disillusionment, and was one of With these dubious credentials, Tato that he spoke English with an accent. married, Father Wolansky remained in the the founders of the Holy Trinity Ukrainian bluffed his way to the village where our Well, shame on me. Now I know that his U.S. nevertheless and, with the assistance of Orthodox Cathedral in Chicago. He was mother had spent the war. The late was an extraordinary story, one he wrote Volodymyr Simenovich, was instrumental in also the supreme otaman for many years Volodymyr Bodnar, my father’s room- by virtue of his extraordinary courage, establishing America’s first Ukrainian-lan- of the Hetman Sich, a political organiza- mate in Vienna who outlived him by two idealism and faith. guage newspaper (Ameryka), a co-op gro- tion loyal to Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky. decades, filled me in on missing ele- And he was not alone. He had many cery store, a reading room, a choir and a During its glory days the Hetman Sich ments of the story. My older brother, compatriots – people whose exemplary Ukrainian heritage school for children. had military contingents (infantry, artillery George, whose story this is much more lives are summed up by a couple dozen Before being re-assigned to Brazil, Father and medical support) in Chicago, Detroit than it is mine, also told me details. As words enclosed in a black frame in a Wolansky established parishes in Jersey and Cleveland, as well as three airplanes for the documents, they speak volumes. Ukrainian Weekly or Svoboda death City, N.J., and Minneapolis, as well as in for the training of pilots. The goal was to According to a certification on the notice. Many of them I knew personally. Kingston, Freeland, Olyphant, Shamokin, someday liberate Ukraine. Letter of Passage, Alexander entered Invariably, the brilliance of their lives is and Wilkes-Barre, Pa. While Rome stalled in sending a suc- Soviet Ukraine on May 15, 1946. Dr. reflected in the success of the children, Father Wolansky’s pioneering efforts cessor for Bishop Ortynsky, the newly Bodnar told me how Tato hopped onto a grandchildren, nieces and nephews were followed by the so-called “American established Ukrainian Autocephalous series of trains and eventually leaped whose names are listed among the Circle” of Ukrainian Catholic priest-patri- Orthodox Church in Ukraine sent Bishop from a coal car as it passed near the vil- mourners. ots: the Revs. Ivan Konstankevych, Ivan Theodorovich to Chicago in 1924 to lage. One of the first things he did was I’m sorry that the father who seemed Nestor Dmytriw, Mykola Stefanovych, tend to the spiritual needs of Ukrainian report to the regional office of the so ordinary to me never lived to see the Ivan Ardan, Antin Bonczevsky, Stefan Orthodox, most of whom were disillu- NKVD – the secret police. A Director dream of Ukraine’s independence he and Makar, Pavlo Tymkevych and Mykola sioned Ukrainian Catholics. Rome took Zolotko and his assistant, Kozlov, rub- his contemporaries pursued so selflessly, Pidhoretsky. It was they who laid the notice and that same year sent two bish- ber-stamped and signed the Letter of but I’m glad the culture he defended with groundwork for the Ukrainianization ops, Bishop Constantine Bohachevsky Passage. Somehow, Tato managed to his every fiber is alive and flourishing, process that eventually transformed some for the Ukrainian Catholics, and Bishop convince the wife who hadn’t seen him that his grandchildren are among those 40 percent of Rusyn American immigrants Basil Takach of Uzhhorod for the for three years to join him on a harrow- contributing to its perpetuation. into Ukrainian Americans. Rusyn/Ruthenian Catholics. From that ing trip back to Vienna with 5-year-old Writing about Americans from the Fathers Bonczevsky and Stefanovych day forward, Ukrainians and Ruthenians, George in tow. And so, a week after he same era, Tom Brokaw calls them “the served as UNA presidents, while Fathers although ethnically related, have traveled had entered the country, authorities at Greatest Generation.” That certainly Konstankevych, Dmytriw, Ardan and separate ethno-national paths in the Mukachevo (Mukachiv) signed the same applies to our parents and their contem- Bonczevsky were UNA secretaries. In 1910 United States, and, as Prof. Paul Magocsi document certifying that he was leaving poraries. No one’s written about them Father Ardan became the first president of has argued, in Ukraine as well. Ukraine. the way Mr. Brokaw did. Someone the Ukrainian Workingmen’s Association And that, dear readers, is, as they say, Over the next two years, the family should. (now the Ukrainian Fraternal Association). “the rest of the story.” worked its way from Vienna, where the The first editor of Svoboda was the Soviets were ubiquitous, to the French Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is: Rev. Gregory Hrushka. The Revs. Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is: Zone in Innsbruck, where I was born in [email protected]. Dmytriw, Makar and Ardan followed in [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 No. 40 Virginia Ukrainians have two anniversaries to celebrate by Tom Krop of his recent trips to Ukraine, his interac- tions with Ukrainian national deputies VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – On and President Viktor Yushchenko, and September 16, on a rainy and windy his vision of the role of the diaspora in evening here, the Tidewater Ukrainian helping to mold policy in Ukraine and Cultural Association (TUCA) assembled America. His enthusiastic speaking style an enthusiastic group of 50 members and kept the members involved and discus- guests to celebrate the 15th anniversary sion spilled over after the official pro- of independent Ukraine and the 10th gram had ended. anniversary of TUCA. The gala party was The other featured speaker was Bill held at the Broad Bay Country Club in Horan, president of Operation Blessing Virginia Beach. International, a worldwide Christian chari- TUCA was established 10 years ago to table organization dedicated to alleviating educate the Norfolk Virginia suffering in the world caused by floods, Beach/Hampton/Newport News/Richmond earthquakes and other natural disasters, as communities about 1,000 years of well as civil wars. Of particular interest for Ukrainian culture, history and traditions. all TUCA members is a new program The master of ceremonies for the established this past year in Kyiv that pro- evening was past president Tom Krop of vides recent graduates of orphanages with TUCA, and the official welcome was training in basic computer use and in the performed by Wolodymyr Melnitchouk, English language so that they will have the current president of the organization. marketable work skills for the future At the double anniversary celebrations in Virginia Beach (from left) are: Wolodymyr The evening’s program was centered instead of simply a tragic life on the streets. Melnitchouk, Michael Sawkiw, Bill Horan, Olena Boyko and Tom Krop. on two special guest speakers. The first, A training center is now in full opera- Michael Sawkiw Jr., president of the tion in Kyiv, Mr. Horan said, and another TUCA Secretary Andy Grynewytsch to The meeting ended with rousing toasts Ukrainian Congress Committee of will follow this year in Berdiansk. Mr. Sawkiw, Mr. Horan and Terry and a positive sense that Ukraine and America, was introduced by Olena TUCA and the assembled participants Meeuwsen (co-host of the TV show “The TUCA have important roles to play in the Boyko, the organization’s first president contributed a total of over $1,200 to the 700 Club”) for their participation. world and in the local community. and one of its founding members. Berdiansk facility at the meeting. Mr. Sawkiw, who traveled from (Interested contributors can go to Washington, delivered a spirited account www.ob.org to participate in Operation Blessing International programs.) The cultural highpoints of the evening OBITUARY: Vasyl Kolodchin, 80, were original poetry by TUCA member Correction Oksana Makowiec (accompanied by the In the photo caption by Tom leader and activist of Ukrainian causes music of composer Wolodymyr by Paul J. Dzul Ukrainian affairs shortly after his Hawrylko about the celebration of Gartsman, who was also present), and arrival here. His civic work was diverse Ukrainian Independence Day in Clifton, tributes to the city of Kyiv and also DETROIT – Last month the Ukrainian and enduring. He was a co-founder of N.J., (September 17) it was incorrectly astronaut Heide-Marie Stephanyschyn- community of metropolitan Detroit bid a the Plast Center, the Ukrainian Cultural reported that Michael Celuch is the pres- Piper, the first Ukrainian American in final farewell to Vasyl Kolodchin, who and Civic Club, the Society of the ident of the Self Reliance (N.J.) Federal space. TUCA member Elaine Hampton died on August 14 at the age of 80. Mr. Pidhaitsi Region, the Selfreliance Credit Union. In fact, he is the treasurer. also displayed her modern icon represen- Kolodchin had dedicated his life to pro- Society and Ukrainian Patriarchal Jaroslav Fedun is the president of the tations of the Madonna and Child. moting many Ukrainian causes, and was Movement. credit union. Special plaques were presented by a co-founder and supporter of many In 1987 he presented a petition to the organizations and community actions. pope for the recognition of the Ukrainian Mr. Kolodchin was born and grew up Patriarchate. He was the originator of the UKRAINIAN SELFRELIANCE in the village of Holhoche, located in the religious movement Ukrainian Youth for region of Pidhaitsi, western Ukraine. At NEW ENGLAND FEDERAL Christ and co-author of the books the age of 14 he lost his father, who was “History of Ukraine” and the “Role of CREDIT UNION arrested and killed by the Russian secret Laity in the Church.” police. For his civic work Mr. Kolodchin was His father’s death motivated Mr. recognized by the Ukrainian Graduates Kolodchin to join the Ukrainian resist- Club of Detroit and Windsor as ance forces under the assumed name “Ukrainian of the Year 1971.” The (“Luh”) to fight the Soviet and, later, the Ukrainian World Congress awarded him German occupiers. the medal of St. Volodymyr the Great. ë‡ÏÓÔÓÏ¥˜ At the end of World War II he, like For the last 25 years Mr. Kolodchin hundreds of thousands of other was the director of the Ukrainian radio Ukrainians, decided to flee his homeland program “Song of Ukraine.” He broad- MAIN OFFICE: 21SILAS DEANE HIGHWAY, WETHERSFIELD, CT 06109-1238 and seek shelter in the West. 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(Continued on page 14) FEDERAL CREDIT UNION HAS PROUDLY SUPPORTED AND Mr. Kolodchin SERVED THE UKRAINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SINCE 1959. immigrated to the United States in 1948 and settled We offer the following services: down in the indus- trial city of SHARE SAVINGS PERSONAL & SHARE LOANS Detroit, where he SHARE DRAFT (CHECKING) SECURED LOANS would live for 58 MONEY MARKET MORTGAGES years. He complet- IRA’S HOME EQUITY LOANS ed his studies at TERM SHARE CERTIFICATES (CD’S) AUTOMOBILE LOANS the Wayne State ATM/DEBIT CARDS AUTO REFINANCE University with a VISA CREDIT CARDS STUDENT LOANS degree in chem- istry and worked DIRECT DEPOSIT for 31 years at the NOTARY PUBLIC Ethyl Corp. as a TOLL FREE TELEPHONE NUMBERS director of BI-LINGUAL CUSTOMER SERVICE research and AUDIO RESPONSE development, authoring many Visit our website at: www.usnefcu.com patents for new products. Give us an opportunity to assist you in your financial matters. 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by Adm. Agwunobi, as the parents of the Lushniak takes oath... new rear admiral, Mykola and Olha (Continued from page 1) Lushniak held a Ukrainian Bible upon Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public which their son placed his hand as he Health Service (PHS). took the oath. As Rear Adm. Lushniak’s family and The Bible used in the oath of office guests waited for the festivities to begin, ceremony was the same Bible presented the PHS Wind Ensemble entertained to Dr. Lushniak and his wife on their them with a delightful array of musical wedding day 15 years ago by the Orden selections. Rear Adm. Steven K. Galson, Khrestonostsiv fraternity of Plast director for the Center for Drug Ukrainian Scouting Organization. Evaluation and Research at the FDA, All stood as Rear Adm. Lushniak’s graciously welcomed all present and personal flag, denoting a one-star admi- masterfully guided the capacity crowd of ral, was presented and posted. over 200 family, friends and co-workers The audience attentively listened to through the afternoon program. Rear Adm. Lushniak’s closing Following corps protocol, as Rear remarks. He thanked all present for Adm. Kenneth Moritsugu, acting sur- participating in this joyous event in his geon general, was introduced and entered life. He gratefully acknowledged the the room, he was greeted by the ringing importance of the support from his of six bells. parents, wife and children, family, HHS Photo superiors and friends. He reflected on When Adm. John Agwunobi, assistant Rear Adm. Boris Lushniak is sworn in as assistant surgeon general of the United the good fortune of his parents being secretary for health, and Ambassador States by Adm. John Agwunobi. Holding a Ukrainian Bible are his parents, allowed to emigrate to the United Oleh Shamshur, envoy to the U.S., Mykola and Olha Lushniak. entered the room, they were greeted States, and of being born in a country with eight bells. where individuals from humble and The ringing of the bells is the tradi- poor beginnings can reach and achieve tional naval and PHS greeting for officers their aspirations. and dignitaries when boarding a ship or Rear Adm. Lushniak was born and entering a room during an official cere- reared in Chicago. He was the youngest mony. The number of bells rung is of three children of post-World War II dependent on the visitor’s status. immigrants from Ukraine. He graduated When all were settled, the Surgeon from St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic General’s Honor Guard presented and Cathedral School, in what is now the posted the colors and the PHS Ukrainian Village Landmark District of Commissioned Corps Ensemble sang a Chicago. He was a parishioner of St. stirring rendition of the national anthem, Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral the “PHS March,” “God Bless America” and was very active in the community, and “America the Beautiful.” especially Plast. Adm. Agwunobi and Rear Adm. He attended St. Ignatius College Prep Moritsugu gave a detailed history of the and Northwestern University, from which Public Health Service, in which they he ultimately earned his medical degree. adroitly clarified the service’s position in Dr. Lushniak also obtained a master's the U.S. uniformed services and traced degree in public health from Harvard its origins to a system of marine hospitals University. created for sick and disabled seamen by He is board certified by the American the U.S. Congress in 1798. Presently, Board of Family Practice, the American with the surgeon general at its helm, the Board of Preventive Medicine corps has been assigned the duty of pro- (Occupational), and the American Board HHS Photo tecting, promoting and advancing the of Dermatology. Dr. Lushiak has devel- Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Oleh Shamshur is welcomed as he enters the health and safety of the nation. oped expertise in counterterrorism activi- hall where Rear Adm. Boris Lushniak’s promotion and swearing-in was held. Personal remarks about the great ties, disaster response, medical epidemi- moral character and leadership capabili- ology and occupational skin diseases. response. won the Health and Human Services Dr. Lushniak transferred to the FDA ties of the new rear admiral were given Dr. Lushniak has been recognized for Secretary’s Award for Heroism. after a distinguished 16-year career at the by Capt. Richard Driscoll of the Center his exemplary work with the PHS and has In March 2004 he joined the FDA as Centers for Disease Control and for Disease Control (CDC) and National received numerous awards, including the the chief medical officer, Office of Institute for Occupational Safety and Prevention, National Institute for Outstanding Service Medal, the Counterterrorism Policy and Planning in Health (NIOSH), and Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Occupational Safety and Health (CDC, Commendation Medal, two Achievements the Office of the FDA Commissioner. He deputy commissioner of the FDA. NIOSH), where he rose to the position of Medals, two Outstanding Unit Citations was promoted to assistant commissioner The invocation by family friend John senior medical officer, Division of Greaney Jr. (in English) and the Rev. Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and and eight Unit Commendations. He also in May 2005. Taras Lonchyna of the Holy Trinity Field Studies in Cincinnati. Ukrainian Catholic Church in Silver Dr. Lushniak had been assigned to The Ukrainian Museum Spring, Md. (in Ukrainian) was followed work on public health emergencies in by the Reading of the Orders that pro- Russia, Kosovo and Bangladesh. He and claimed Dr. Lushniak as assistant surgeon has also volunteered in Ukraine numer- The Friends of the Ukrainian general with the rank of rear admiral. ous times, sharing his public health Stage Ensemble The promotion ceremony was led by experience. He was part of the invite you to a Rear Adm. Moritsugu, with Dr. Patricia CDC/NIOSH response team to Ground Lushniak, and daughters Larissa and Zero in New York City, the CDC BOOK PRESENTATION Stephanie assisting. anthrax team in Washington and a PHS The oath of office was administered team leader in the Hurricane Katrina The Flying Ship of Lidia Krushelnytsky A history of the Ukrainian Stage Ensemble and biography of its incomparable Founder and Director tragedies begin with things that are, at Babyn Yar... first glance, small and insignificant – Meet the author… (Continued from page 3) attractive utopias, political speculation, Dr. Valerij Hajdabura The commemoration wasn’t without populist flirtations with nationalists,” his its controversies. statement read. “It’s another matter, when certain The program will also feature a reading of Kyiv’s Ukrainian-language newspaper Ivan Vyshenskyj Ukrayina Moloda accused Mr. politicians attempt to play on national by Ivan Franko Yanukovych of using the pretext of the feelings, believing this theme ideally Babyn Yar massacres to advance his suits public contemplations on the direct- presented by current students of the Stage Ensemble agenda of giving the Russian language ing role of ‘genetic’ Ukrainians in estab- official status in Ukraine. lishing our nationhood,” he wrote. Sunday October 15, 2006, at 4:00 p.m. The day of the Babyn Yar commemo- Mr. Yanukovych’s text also exploited ration, the Presidential Secretariat’s age-old Soviet stereotypes of Halychyna The Ukrainian Museum, 222 East 6th Street, Manhattan newspaper, Uriadovyi Kurier, published a residents as fascists. “Slogans such as text from Mr. Yanuokvych regarding the ‘sviy do svoho po svoye’ is not our Seating is limited. lessons of Babyn Yar, in which he subtly national program or our national ideolo- $25 hinted at ethnocentrism and even dis- gy,” he stated, referring to a 1930s phrase crimination of behalf of nationalist used in Polish-ruled Halychyna that Please R.S.V.P. to Martha Kebalo Ukrainians. refers to economically supporting your 718-291-4166 “History teaches us that great own ethnic producers and clients. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 No. 40

Bass-baritoneby Daria Darewych PavloNibelung) Hunka by the launches Canadian Opera new CD of classical songs by Stetsenko Company. T ORONTO – British-born Ukrainian The double CD, 42-track recording, is bass-baritone Pavlo Hunka launched his the first by Mr. Hunka in “The Ukrainian recording of “Kyrylo Stetsenko – The Art Song Series” documenting unrecord- Art Songs” at a reception at Toronto’s ed Ukrainian classical songs. The CD newly opened opera house, the Four launch was planned to coincide with Mr. Seasons Center for the Performing Arts. Hunka’s performance in the role of Wotan/the Wanderer in three complete cycles of the Ring opera. Most unfortunately, at the last minute Mr. Hunka had to withdraw due to illness – the unexpected onset of diabetes. However, the planned CD launch took place as scheduled with Mr. Hunka and Richard Bradshaw, the director of the Canadian Opera Company Company, in attendance. In his endorsement of this first-of-its- kind CD project, Mr. Bradshaw described Mr. Hunka as “one of the great singing actors of our day.” According to Mr. Bradshaw, “Hunka has a magnificent command of text in several languages, an Petro Jacyk arresting stage presence, and a dramatic Pavlo Hunka speaks at the launch of his new CD of art songs by Stetsenko. instrument which allows him to sing the Cover of Pavlo Hunka’s new CD of art great bass and bass-baritone roles.” At at the Royal Northern College of Music ing Zubin Mehta, Claudio Abbado, songs by Kyrylo Stetsenko. the launch Mr. Bradshaw also stated that in the United Kingdom and began per- Jeffrey Tate and Peter Schneider. the songs are remarkable. forming at the Basel Opera Company in He made his Toronto debut with the The event was held on Thursday, Born in England to a Ukrainian father Switzerland. Canadian Opera Company in 2004, and September 14, during the opening week and an English mother, Mr. Hunka He has performed in more than 50 did so to great acclaim singing the title festivities of the first Canadian produc- embarked on a music career following operas, including 35 major operatic roles role of Verdi’s “Falstaff” and the role of tion of Richard Wagner’s tetralogy “Der his studies in modern languages and a in the world’s leading opera houses, and Hunding in Wagner’s “Die Walküre.” Ring des Nibelungen” (The Ring of the reputable career as a lawyer. He studied with many renowned conductors, includ- “Kyrylo Stetsenko – The Art Songs” was produced by Toronto-born Ukrainian composer Roman Hurko. It was recorded in the Glenn Gould Studio in 2005. Besides Mr. Hunka, it features perform- ances by Canadian tenor Benjamin Butterfield, baritone Russell Braun (sung in excellent Ukrainian), cellist Roman Borys and pianist Albert Krywolt. Ukrainian composer, conductor, teacher and community activist Kyrylo Stetsenko composed a musical repertoire that includes songs for solo voice and chorus, operatic and religious works, scores for plays, two operas for children and songbooks compiled for school and home use. Born in 1882 in Kvitky, Ukraine, he graduated from the Kyiv Theological Academy in 1903, taught music at the ped- agogical institute, conducted church and secular choirs, and continued studying composition at the Lysenko Music and Drama School. He also taught music at a local school and at a high school in Bila Tserkva and Tyvriv in the Vinnytsia region. In 1911 Stetsenko was ordained as a pastor in a small Ukrainian village near Tomashpil. He was recruited to the music department of the Ukrainian Ministry of Education in 1917. Stetsenko died in 1922 at the age of 40 in Vapryk, Ukraine. “Kyrylo Stetsenko – The Art Songs” will be on sale at the Canadian Opera Store at the Four Seasons Center for the Performing Arts, at classical music stores, as well as online at www.musica- leopolis.com. Included in the CD pack- age are the lyrics to all of the 42 songs in Ukrainian, English, French and German, as well as brief comments on each song. Among the recorded songs are several composed to the words of such well- known Ukrainian poets as Oleksander Oles, Lesia Ukrainka, Ivan Franko, Taras Shevchenko, Borys Hrinchenko, Mykola Voronyi, Panas Myrny and Petro Karmanskyi. “The Ukrainian Art Song Series” is a project of the Canadian Ukrainian Opera Association. Ukrainian composers whose works will be recorded by Mr. Hunka in the series in the future include Mykola Lysenko, Yakiv Stepovyi, Borys Liatoshynsky, Yulii Meitus, Heorhii Maiboroda, Mykhailo Lopatynsky, Stanislav Liudkevych, Yevhen Stankovych and Valentyn Sylvestrov. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 11 INTERVIEW: John Paskievich speaks on his latest documentary, “Unspeakable”

by Fran Ponomarenko mer affects every aspect of life. So is there a nervousness factor? Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Yes, because every aspect involves You tend to stutter more if you think John Paskievich, award-winning film- communication. that you might be rejected, in romance, at maker and photographer, was in Montreal When I finished university, I wanted to work, in school, or in Plast. on August 29-30 at the National Film do graduate work in anthropology. I didn’t Board of Canada for the premier screen- go because I couldn’t see myself in semi- Then there is a psychological com- ing of his film “Unspeakable,” a docu- nars or teaching later on. Now I would be ponent. mentary on stuttering. able to do this, as I stutter less. I am an old If you try to stutter less you will stut- Stuttering is as old as human speech, guy and I know myself better. I learned ter more. This is not a psychological yet it remains a medical enigma. Famous through hard knocks that this condition is condition, but speech is psychological. stammerers include: Marilyn Monroe only one aspect of me, but when I was We speak differently to different peo- (who developed her breathy speech as a young it seemed like the whole aspect of ple. But psychology or nervousness means of avoiding speech blocks), my being. I wanted to meet girls, and boys, does not cause stammering. But your Winston Churchill and Demosthenes (who and I wanted to be able to talk in class. stuttered but became a great orator). stuttering will affect your psychology. Mr. Paskievich’s film examines the Why do you stutter less now? Then you get nervous. There is no nature, history, and treatment of a speech known medical cause and no known impediment that affects 1 percent of the As a rule, people tend to stutter less as psychological cause. There is no evi- world’s population. People with this con- they get older. They have also done their dence that trauma causes stuttering. For dition often feel diminished because of best at whatever it is in life they have some reason certain people are just their stutter, feel they do not fit in. And wanted to do. prone to this. speech, which normally connects humans to one another with this population often, Fran Ponomarenko brings isolation and stigma, as well as John Paskievich in Montreal shame and inferiority. Director Paskievich is himself a per- son who stutters. He both narrates this son] meeting another one, one Ukrainian film and participates in it. His story and meeting another one. They know they the stories of the other people are touch- have gone through something similar. ing and courageous. Also compelling There’s no small talk. You immediately are the testimonies of children – watch- cut to the chase. Just as a Ukrainian ing them struggle to utter the simplest might have difficulty talking to an Anglo words cannot help but elicit compassion about the Ukrainian experience, so a in the viewer. The humor and courage of stammerer has difficulty talking to a flu- all the interviewees provides an eloquent ent person. testimony to what it means to be trapped I found some of my subjects here and in “the tower of stutter,” as W.H. Auden I also contacted speech therapists. I inter- put it. viewed about 100 people. The only Fran Ponomarenko, who teaches in the regret I have is that I couldn’t put every- English department of Vanier College in one in the film. Montreal spoke to Mr. Paskievich just What is your aim with this film? before the viewing of his film. I want to make a contribution, to make What motivated you to do this kind the world a more stutter-friendly place. of film? What are the prospects for children I went on a tour across Canada in who stammer? 2002 with my films, including “My Mother’s Village,” and I had to do many If a young child gets good therapy interviews. What should have been a before they enter school the chances are simple pleasure turned into an ordeal quiet good that they will become totally because I sometimes spooked radio and fluent. But often, when they enter school, TV interviewers as they did not know the negative reactions of their school what to do with a guy that stutters. mates and teachers just reinforces avoid- So on my lonely walks in the rain I ance behavior, which only serves to wondered: Where have I ever seen on make the stutter more severe. At this TV a person that stutters? I never did. So stage the therapy becomes more difficult where are they? I concluded they are not because of the overlay of emotions. allowed to appear on the air, just as when If a stutterer is stuttering by the time I was young, African Americans and he or she is an adult, they will always Aboriginals did not appear on TV. So, I have a stammer; they can learn to man- decided to bring myself out of the closet age it but it will always be there. and bring stuttering out too. Did you investigate stammering How did you go about finding peo- problems in Ukraine? ple for the film? I actually did. And like so much of I went on the Internet and found many that part of the world, it’s a wasteland as interesting sites. When I learned that far as speech therapy, as we know it, there was a yearly conference in the goes. There is basically folk medicine U.S., I went. There were 600 people. It and quack medicine. So, if 1 percent of To: Our Canadian Subscribers was amazing! the population across cultures stutters, and if there are 46 million Ukrainians, From: Subscription Department Why? this means that half a million stutter. RE: Delivery of The Ukrainian Weekly You’re on your own over there. I tried to When you stutter, you always feel you find organizations and there aren’t any that Do you have a postal service problem? are alone; you tend to keep a low profile. I could find. But I did find organizations in I never saw anybody in a restaurant, for Poland and the Czech Republic and in 1. The first step is to bring your concern to your local post office. instance, ordering a meal and stuttering. Croatia. And they are in touch with Western 2. If your concern is still not resolved, the second step is to contact the So, to be surrounded by 600 people who organizations and Western therapies. They Customer Service Department at Canada Post at (800) 267-1177. stuttered, from mild stuttering to severe translate books and periodicals. But in 3. If you still have a concern, you may request that the Ombudsman at stuttering, well, “ya khotiv plakaty.” (I Ukraine I could see nothing like that. Canada Post review your case. wanted to cry). There were young chil- dren, senior citizens, boys and girls. Did you interview any Ukrainian The Ombudsman is the final appeal authority in the dispute I never in my whole life made more stutterers? resolution process at Canada Post and is committed to help improve postal friends than I did there in four days. If I services for all Canadians. am ever in Wales, I have a place to stay; No, I never met a Ukrainian stutterer if I am ever in Tahiti or Australia, I have in North America. I met Chinese, Jews, The Office of the Ombudsman offers its services free of charge to all Canadians. a place to stay. East Indians, but never a Ukrainian. P.O. Box 90026, Ottawa, Ont. K1V 1J8 Telephone: (800) 204-4198, Fax: (800) 204-4193 It’s an instant bond, I guess. Speech is what distinguishes us www.ombudsman.poste-canada-post.com from animals, and self-consciousness Yes, it’s like one DP [displaced per- too, so I imagine that having a stam- 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 No. 40 Mohyla Institute hosts 37th annual language and culture immersion program

by Ron Trischuk Over the five weeks, a conversational hour was part of the schedule each SASKATOON, Saskatchewan – The th evening. Topics were far-ranging and 37 annual Mohyla Ukrainian Language included current Ukrainian affairs, the and Cultural Immersion Summer Program Orange Revolution, historical highlights, was held here on July 5 through August 7. Kozak legends, folk and contemporary Thirty-one students arrived at St. Petro music, and Ukrainian movie classics. Mohyla Institute from Canada to attend Every Sunday the students attended a the nationally and internationally recog- Ukrainian-language divine liturgy. nized program. In addition to eight Arrangements were made to attend local Saskatchewan centers, students originat- Saskatoon churches, as well as other ed from Ottawa, Mississauga, King City parishes in Saskatchewan. In addition, and Toronto in Ontario, as well as the students performed several mini-con- Alpharetta, Ga., and Tucson, Ariz. certs as a way of highlighting their Students were under the capable direc- accomplishments at Mohyla. This year tion of Carissa Klopoushak (program they performed at Ilarion Residence, St. director), while Marko Baran, Nissa Joseph’s Home, Zeleny Hai (Green Baran and Stephen Harasymchuk were Grove Camp) and St. Volodymyr Camp the three couselors. The Ukrainian lan- near Pike Lake. guage instructors were Father Jeffrey For the third year in a row, the stu- Stefaniuk and Dr. Olena Akulova. dents performed at the Dauphin National The next five weeks involved inten- Ukrainian Festival’s Sunday Showcase. sive formal study of the Ukrainian lan- The Dauphin festival has provided stu- guage – 100 hours of instruction – plus dents with a tremendous opportunity to The official photo of the 2006 Mohyla Ukrainian Language and Cultural bandura instruction, choral singing, watch other fine performances, take in Immersion Summer Program, featuring an overlay of Ukrainian national symbols. Ukrainian dance instruction, folk art and some festival activities, have a great road cooking, as well as sports activities daily. trip and, above all, provide a perform- Kupalo took place on the banks of the he or she expresses feelings and impres- Throughout all of the activities the stu- ance for a national audience. Saskatchewan River. The “Svichka sions of his/her experiences over the past dents were expected to maintain the total The program has developed some Ceremony” also took place on the final five weeks – emotional, tearful, grateful, immersion atmosphere and speak best-loved traditions of its own. The folk evening of the Mohyla program. During proud and happy. It is a significant Ukrainian. rituals commemorating the night of Ivan the ceremony, a single candle is passed moment for all. around the circle of students and council- lors. As the candle reaches each person, (Continued on page 21)

Immersion program students perform on banduras. One of the students’ performances of Ukrainian folk dance.

Adult Ukrainian Language Immersion Camp held in Saskatchewan REGINA, Saskatchewan – This year Regina, a former principal in Ukraine. Orthodox churches, the Ukrainian Evenings were spent singing, dancing, was the sixth anniversary of the Adult Participants enjoyed trips to Canora to Heritage Museum and the Canora Station watching Ukrainian videos and participat- Ukrainian Language Immersion Camp see the Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian House Museum. ing in Ukrainian cultural activities. Olena (AULIC) held at Trident Camp at Crystal Zintchouk taught the art of Petrykivka and Lake, Saskatchewan. As a major Anita Drebot instructed participants on enhancement to the program, 2006 par- Ukrainian embroidery. Vasyl Stratiychuk ticipants had the option of staying for the demonstrated his talents as an iconogra- extended program (the weekend plus and pher and provided instruction. an extra five days), after the traditional On Saturday night, special guests four-day program. were invited to AULIC to enjoy the Enrollment numbered 32 this year, Lvivska Restaurant Program. After din- almost half of whom stayed on for the ing on a delicious meal blessed by Father extended program. Participants came Powalinsky, the guests witnessed the from all over – six Canadian provinces many talents of the instructors and par- and two U.S. states were represented. ticipants throughout the evening as they Fifteen of the participants attended played musical instruments, sang songs, AULIC for the first time and the remain- performed skits and danced. ing at least twice. Some of them had AULIC 2006’s Organizing Committee been to AULIC every year since its consisted of Tony Harras, Wayne implementation. Hydeman, Ed Lysyk, Ken Mazur and The AULIC program, held August 10- Rhonda Slugoski. This year’s modest 18, offered three levels – beginner, inter- early registration fee was $185 for the mediate and advanced – of Ukrainian four-day weekend and $310 for the language instruction throughout the day. extended program. Instructors this year included Anita For further information readers may Drebot of Regina, a retired Ukrainian log on to www.aulic.ca or contact Mr. language teacher; and native Ukrainians Harras, 306-586-6805 or harras@sask- Olena Zintchouk of Saskatoon, a teacher tel.net. Planning is already under way for and artist, Victoria Muzychuk of Regina, 2007, with the AULIC tentatively a teacher, and Kateryna Stratiychuk of Participants of the language immersion program for adults during a class activity. booked for August 9 to 17. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 13 Over 300 participate in diverse Plast camps at Vovcha Tropa campground by Adriana Kuzyszyn Scandinavia and Hawaii. Each “riy” (sub-group) was named after a different EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. – Over 300 kind of shoe and created a song that children and teens took part in Plast went along with it. Yoga, a World Cup camps held at the Vovcha Tropa camp- championship and a talent show were ground in East Chatham, N.Y., from July among the various activities that kept 8 to July 29. Over 80 administrative novachky, and their “sestrychky” (coun- members and counselors assisted in the selors) busy. Two field trips broke up the organization and facilitation of these daily pace of camp life: a day at the lake camps, which have been held at Vovcha at Fox Hill Campground and a visit to Tropa for 54 consecutive years. As the Berkshire Museum in nearby always, all who participated had a mem- Pittsfield, Mass. orable summer filled with imaginative Boys age 7 to 11 (“novaky”) followed themes and engaging activities. the adventures of Orion. Each sub-group About 30 6- and 7-year-old boys and took on the identity of one of several girls had their first overnight camp expe- creatures or objects that Orion encoun- rience. Two sessions of a one-week camp tered during his journey, such as gnomes, that focused on nature were held and golden dragons and enchanted woods- introduced these young “novachky” and men. The endless energy of the novaky “novaky” to the basics of Plast camping. was rarely suppressed despite hours of The enthusiasm of the counselors could activity, sports and forest exploration. only be matched by the campers them- The camp song was frequently sung with selves. The children frequently sang as incredible enthusiasm and instantly they marched to meals, announcing their became a Vovcha Tropa favorite. The hunger and confirming the liveliness of boys accompanied the girls to Fox Hill their presence. Both sessions visited the Campground in addition to taking their Little Brook Farm in Old Chatham and own field trip to the Iroquois Indian Participants of the camp for “yunaky” en route to official ceremonies. spent a day riding horses, an appropriate Museum. complement to the nature theme. “Yunaky” and “yunachky” (scouts age Girls age 7 to 11 (“novachky”) spent 11-16) took part in two separate camps. three captivating weeks on a quest to Both camps emphasized the rustic char- find a fairy’s missing shoe. The campers acteristics of Plast scouting and required and counselors immersed themselves in a great deal of physical and emotional the customs and activities of nine exotic effort by all involved. During the third places, including France, Ukraine, week, boys and girls were split into sev- eral groups and went on three-day camp- Adriana Kuzyszyn, 20, is a member of ing trips to Pittsfield State Park-Bishop the Newark branch of Plast. She was a Field, Greylock State Reservation-Pine counselor working with the oldest Tree, Stoney Ledge and the Appalachian “novachky” at this summer's camp at Trial, and Green Mountain State Park to Vovcha Tropa. She likes working with Long Trail Division 1-Vermont. The rig- novatstvo (children age 7-11) and hopes orous activities added to the bittersweet to continue in Plast as a counselor. feelings that accompany the end of tabir.

“Yunachky” perform during the Day of the Scout (Den Plastuna) program.

Twenty-four 16-year-olds took part part in a treasure hunt throughout the in the co-ed two week camp endearing- town of Chatham. During the second ly known as “Supercamp.” The tabir’s week the campers went on a four-day name, “Bud Hotov” (Be Prepared), the canoe trip on Saranac Lake, N.Y. and theme and the catchy song all reminded rock climbing near Lake Placid, N.Y. the teenagers that this summer was to After three weeks of socializing with be their last as campers at Vovcha fellow Plast members, many were hesi- Tropa. Although more was expected of tant to leave Vovcha Tropa – after all, a the participants because of their age and fun and engaging camp is always diffi- status as “Supercampers,” all went cult to leave. Despite the necessary pack- home with predominately positive ing of belongings and sad good-byes, all memories. were comforted by the thought of return- During the first week the campers took ing next summer.

The counselors of “Supercamp” for older “yunatstvo.”

“Novaky” and their counselors sing their camp song. A “riy” (group) of “novachky” with their counselor. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 No. 40

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Foreign Affairs Committee. He ran in the ing the strategic goal of Ukraine joining a criminal case against Mr. Melnychenko NEWSBRIEFS March parliamentary election on the list the European Union.” Moreover, the for revealing state secrets. “I did not (Continued from page 2) of the Pora-Reforms and Order bloc, Ukrainian prime minister reaffirmed to know that presidential cursing constitutes Tymoshenko takes lead of opposition which failed to overcome the 3 percent Brussels that Ukraine is not going to join state secrets,” the national deputy joked. barrier. He speaks English, Polish, a customs union with Russia within the (Ukrayinski Novyny) KYIV – Former Prime Minister Yulia Slovakian, Serbian, Croatian and framework of the Single Economic Tymoshenko, who is head of the epony- Bulgarian. Until now, Ukraine's interests Space, which also includes Kazakhstan MANPADS destroyed in Ukraine mous opposition bloc, announced on in Canada have been represented by the and Belarus. (RFE/RL Newsline) WASHINGTON – The world’s skies September 22 that her bloc will form the chargé d’affaires ad interim, Vadym were made a little safer when the con- core of an interfactional opposition in the Prystaiko. The ambassador's post has Verkhovna Rada overrides presidential veto trolled destruction of 1,000 Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, Ukrainian and interna- been vacant since February, when KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on man-portable air defense systems (MAN- tional news agencies reported. So far, the Mykola Maimeskul was appointed vice September 22 rejected the presidential Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc has been joined minister of foreign affairs. Mr. PADS), was completed on September 20 veto on a bill introducing a moratorium in northeast Ukraine, outside the city of in opposition by two lawmakers elected Maimeskul had headed Ukraine's diplo- on utilities payment hikes in 2006, from the Socialist Party list – Yosyp matic mission in Canada since March Shostka, the U.S. State Department UNIAN reported. With at least 300 votes reported. These weapons, deemed by Vinskyi and Halyna Harmash. Ms. 2003. In that post he also represented required to override a presidential veto, Tymoshenko expressed hope that the par- Ukraine in the International Civil Ukraine to be excess to its defense needs, 344 lawmakers voted for the motion. are but the first installment in a 12-year liamentary opposition will soon be Aviation Organization. (Interfax- (RFE/RL Newsline) expanded with lawmakers from Our Ukraine) weapons and munitions destruction proj- Ukraine, but she did not specify any Parliament begins debate on budget ect being undertaken by Ukraine and number. Ms. Tymoshenko took the helm Yanukovych vows push toward EU NATO in a NATO-Partnership for Peace of the interfactional parliamentary oppo- KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on Trust Fund initiative – the largest such BRUSSELS – Prime Minister Viktor September 21 began a debate on a 2007 multilateral destruction project of its kind. sition. Her deputies are Oleksander Yanukovych of Ukraine declared in Turchynov and Mykola Tomenko from draft budget approved by the Cabinet of The United States is the lead sponsor of Brussels on September 21 that the fight Ministers the previous week, Ukrainian the first three-year phase of this project, her bloc and Mr. Vinskyi. (RFE/RL against corruption and economic reform Newsline) media reported. The document sets con- to which it already has contributed over will be Ukraine's top priorities as the solidated budget revenues in 2007 at $3.64 million. Twelve other countries and country seeks to get closer to European Ukraine agrees on gas supply volumes $180 billion hrv ($60 billion) and spend- the European Union have pledged Union membership, reported the ing at $186 billion hrv. The draft budget approximately $7.2 million. Ukraine is Associated Press. Mr. Yanukovych also KYIV – Ukrainian Fuel and Energy projects economic growth in 2007 at 6.5 providing most of the operational funding said Ukraine will push for World Trade Minister Yurii Boiko told journalists after percent of gross domestic project (GDP). and in-kind support. A total of approxi- Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych's Organization membership and the cre- (RFE/RL Newsline) mately $27 million will be required from return from Moscow to Kyiv on ation of a free-trade area with the EU. donors to complete the project. In addi- September 22 that the two sides agreed “We are ... aware that most of the effort Melnychenko wants to live in Ukraine tion to the MANPADS that were on an annual volume of gas supplies to must be made on the part of Ukraine in destroyed, 15,000 tons of stockpiled Ukraine of 62 billion cubic meters in order to have this approximation to the KYIV – Mykola Melnychenko, a for- 2007-2009. “The [gas] balance for the EU,” Mr. Yanukovych said after a meet- mer security officer for President Leonid excess and unstable munitions, including next three years is closed due to gas from ing with European Parliament President Kuchma who is known for a series of ammunition for automatic weapons, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and, partially, Josep Borrell. (RFE/RL Newsline) recordings made in the president’s office, artillery shells and mortar rounds, and Russia,” Mr. Boiko noted, saying nothing intends to live in Ukraine. The news was 400,000 small arms and light weapons, about the price. He did not reveal which EC wants to bring Ukraine close to EU announced on September 20 by National are scheduled to be destroyed during the Deputy Ivan Bokyi (Socialist Party). “He first phase. By the end of the 12-year company would supply the Russian and BRUSSELS – European Commission Central Asian gas to Ukraine over the wants to return to Ukraine, but thus far project, a total of 1.5 million small arms President Jose Manuel Barroso reiterated this is not possible,” Mr. Bokyi said. He and light weapons, and 133,000 tons of next three years. Mr. Yanukovych said in on September 21 that the commission televised comments later the same day went on to express skepticism about the munitions will have been safely will start a discussion early next year on Procurator General’s intention to initiate destroyed. (U.S. Department of State) that new gas prices for the fourth quarter a broader cooperation agreement with of 2006 will be decided within the next Ukraine that could include a free-trade few days. A January deal set the price of deal, Ukrainian and international media gas imported by Ukraine at $95 per 1,000 reported. Mr. Barroso was speaking after cubic meters for January-June 2006. In talks with Ukrainian Prime Minister June Gazprom extended this price for Viktor Yanukovych in Brussels. “Our three more months. (RFE/RL Newsline) objective is to bring Ukraine closer to the Ambassador to Canada is named European Union. Our objective is also to support political, institutional and eco- KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko nomic reforms in a way [that would] con- on September 11 issued a decree appoint- tribute to economic growth and the ing Ihor Ostash as ambassador to improvement of the living standards of Michael J. Iwanciw Canada, the president's press service has Ukrainian citizens,” Mr. Barroso said. announced. Mr. Ostash, 47, was a nation- Mr. Yanukovych commented that “Mr. al deputy in the three previous President [Barroso] and I agreed that Eighty-seven-year-old Michael J. Iwanciw of Chatham, New Jersey, Parliaments, in the most recent Ukraine and the European Union should died on Saturday, September 16, 2006, in St. Peter’s University Hospital, Parliament as vice-chairman of the now take on the complex path of achiev- New Brunswick, NJ. He was an active member of UNA Branch 234 for many years and a parishioner of St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Elizabeth, NJ. His funeral was held on September 20, 2006. Interment was at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, NJ. He will be missed dearly by his relatives and friends. Born in Ukraine, Michael lived in Elizabeth before moving to Chatham 24 years ago. He was the owner and operator of Mike’s Delicatessen in Elizabeth from 1960 until 1972. Later he was a realtor with Dnister Realty in Newark and Century 21 in Union. For many years he was also president It is with great sorrow that we announce the of Self Reliance Federal Credit Union. death of our father Mr. Iwanciw was the devoted father of Irene and her husband Michael Brennan, and the late Eugene M. Iwanciw. Michael Iwanciw is also survived by Anna H. Iwanciw.

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therefore, would be accomplices to an lier that only the U.S. has ever sentenced still lives. Just this week, protesters Taras Kuzio’s... “illegal” act. This would change only if senior Ukrainian officials – not Ukraine. caused havoc in Budapest after the presi- (Continued from page 3) the “organizers” are convicted, as then During the 2004 elections I remember dent admitted to lying about the budget NATO eyes, this translated into an Orange the taping would be seen as an attempt to reading Ukrainian polls that reported deficit. Wow, what would Hungarians – not a Yanukovych – government. thwart “illegal” activities. only two politicians were regarded as have done if he had been accused of Ukraine, therefore, will not receive a As always, I opened Ukrayinska honest. These were Yushchenko and ordering violence against his media and MAP at NATO’s Riga summit in two Pravda with my morning coffee and on Moroz. I wonder what those polls would political opponents?! months’ time, and its relationship with the anniversary read that, “Yushchenko say today? I once proposed to a Ukrainian diplo- NATO will return to that of the Kuchma again promises to complete the The sad fact about the Gongadze mat that if the authorities did not want to era when it had a cooperative relationship. Gongadze case to the end.” I nearly fell anniversary is that it puts Ukraine’s charge the retired Kuchma then maybe he Ukraine has blown its best chance of get- off my chair. Had not Yushchenko told “democratic breakthrough” in compara- could instead be dispatched to Miensk, none other than the maidan, his first ting on the NATO membership path. tive perspective and Ukraine’s elites where he could head a CIS committee press conference after being elected and What of the EU? Here, as someone come out looking worse. Peru also had a dealing with important strategic ques- the Council of Europe a month after from traditionally EU-skeptical Britain, I tape scandal around the same time and tions, such as weight measurements or coming to power that his “honor” was at can be more critical of the EU. In fact, I President Alberto Fujimoro, who was road improvements in Eurasia. Sadly, this stake over the Gongadze murder? He always thought that Britain and Ukraine implicated, had to flee to Japan, where he offer was never taken up. promised “to resolve the Gongadze affair were very similar, with both being wary within two months.” The council remind- of deep integration into the EU and CIS, ed Yushchenko of these words last week. respectively. Let’s be quite candid here: I do not The return of the “Blues” to govern- think that Yushchenko has any political ment will change little in the EU- will to complete this investigation. Ukraine relationship, as the EU has Naming a Kyiv street after Gongadze never risen to the challenge of Orange and putting three low-ranking policemen Ukraine. The EU is so mired in its own on trial does not count as showing politi- crisis that it has no time for Ukraine. cal will. Kyivans asked the same ques- Countries like Albania, Macedonia and tion on this year’s anniversary also did Turkey have been given vague future not believe that there would be progress offers of EU membership – something in completing this investigation. 8th Annual Golf Tournament that has never been offered to Ukraine. A Socialist Party deputy said the week The only reason for offering member- of the anniversary that no senior officials ship to the former Yugoslavia is the fear would be charged because they received of a return to the conflicts of the 1990s. immunity during roundtable negotiations Plast Open Ð Chicago As I have asked at scholarly seminars, in the Orange Revolution. My personal Pobratymy Foundation wishes to express thanks to all volunteers, prize donors, and the following including at an EU think-tank in 2003, to view is that it would probably be better if the shock of those present, does this then individual and corporate sponsors for their generous contributions to the 8th Annual Plast Open in President Yushchenko simply ignored the Chicago on September 9, 2006. mean that Ukraine mistakenly did not anniversary, rather than make false prom- have a civil war? ises that are unlikely to be met. Affiliated Health Care Associates, Dr. and Mrs. Jaroslaw Slusarenko Diplomatic niceties will be made in My sadness at Yushchenko’s lack of Alpha Products, Mr. and Mrs. John Derkach Brussels during Yanukovych’s visit, but Drs. Andrew & Taisa Browar will on the Gongadze affair was made Rostyk Dekajlo these will be devoid of substance. This worse by two coincidences. The first hap- will be because NATO does not know Dr. Mark and Irka Demus pened the week before, when I bumped Diversey Animal Hospital, Dr. & Mrs. George Stasula what do with Ukraine, while the EU does by accident into Melnychenko at Bohdanna and George Domino not know what to do with itself. Washington’s Dulles airport. I was flying Edgebrook Radiology, George Kuritza, M.D. to a conference in Europe and EZ Inn, John Matusiak September 21 Melnychenko back to Kyiv. I hoped him The Heritage Foundation Drs. Daniel and Christine Hryhorczuk Yes, it’s that time of year again. No, not a safe and successful trip, while privately Julian Kulas Christmas, which, at least in Britain thinking that little would come of it. The Keller Foundation, Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Keller means little of anything spiritual but lots The second came a week later, as I North Avenue Animal Hospital, Dr. and Mrs. Roman Tkaczuk of drinking and shopping. No, it’s a far was reading Andrew Wilson’s “Ukraine’s Metro Security, Wasyl Mirutenko, President Orange Revolution” with the aim of Mark Mycyk, MD sadder occasion, the annual anniversary of Roman Mycyk, DDS the kidnapping and subsequent murder of writing a book review that would also cover two other Orange books, one by an John Oharenko Ukrainian journalist Heorhii Gongadze. Park Ridge Pediatrics, Dr. Maria Hrycelak Without Gongadze’s ultimate sacri- old British Ukrainian friend, Askold Olya and Nestor Popowych fice, Yushchenko would not be president Krushelnycky. Wilson’s book, which was REM Builders, Walter and Raisa Bratkiv of Ukraine. And, without the subsequent completed in mid-2005, was optimistic Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Ripecky Kuchmagate scandal, there would have about senior Kuchma-era officials being Saldan Family charged with alleged election fraud and Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union been no Orange Revolution that began Luba and Oleh Skubiak exactly four years after Oleksander abuse of office. But, by the time I read the book a year after it was written and Ronald Taylor, CEO, DeVry Inc. Moroz announced the existence of the Lake County Press Mykola Melnychenko tapes in during the Gongadze anniversary, those Parliament. The revolution began on same Kuchma-era officials are all now Proceeds from this event were designated for the ongoing activities of Plast through the November 22 and the scandal hit the fan back in government. I was reminded of Pobratymy Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt corporation. my opinion article published a week ear- on the 28th. Maybe then, there is no one better than Verkhovna Rada Chairman Moroz to lead the anniversary commemorations? Sadly, no. To many of us, Moroz is no longer the honest, clean political leader that we had all bought into until his stunning defection from the Orange camp on July 3. While visiting my wife’s family in Nottingham, we watched Ukraine’s Channel 5 in disbelief as it reported that Moroz had defected to the Party of the Regions. How could it be, we asked each other, that the honest Moroz could do such a thing? We were stunned. A stiff drink (or two) was called for. Maybe, we thought, President Yushchenko understood now that he had to act forcefully. My father-in-law asked aloud, “Do you think there will be a sec- ond maidan?” I replied, “I doubt it.” Moroz has done nothing to pursue the Gongadze investigation and has even suggested to a British journalist who wrote a book on Gongadze’s murder and who is currently in Washington that the Melnychenko tapes should be destroyed. Moroz and Yevhen Marchuk both deny assisting Melnychenko because they are afraid that his taping could be defined in Ukrainian law as “illegal” and they, 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 No. 40

support Ukraine’s integration into Euro- representatives to curtail Ms. coalition government announced it would Tymoshenko... Atlantic structures, uphold free market Tymoshenko’s past practices, such as appoint Communist Alla (Continued from page 1) principles and promote government trans- restricting government interference in set- Aleksandrovska, thereby ensuring a road- tion signifies the bloc’s six parties may parency, among other measures meant to ting commodity prices. Ms. Tymoshenko block to any investigation. opt to remain united and join the coali- make the country more European. is renowned and oft-criticized for her The coalition also tagged on an tion government, political experts said. “The process of changing Ukraine into attempts as prime minister to set and amendment to investigate the cancelled It’s also possible that Our Ukraine will a normal, democratic civilized country influence gasoline and meat prices. debt of Unified Energy Systems, Ms. choose the path of political limbo, join- can’t happen in a month, or two, or In recent weeks, Ms. Tymoshenko has Tymoshenko’s former enterprise. ing neither the coalition government nor three,” Ms. Tymoshenko said. appeared almost daily on Ukrainian tele- The gesture to sabotage the opposi- the opposition. “There are difficult, deep changes. We vision, attacking and criticizing the cur- tion’s efforts and put the revised bill to a Ms. Tymoshenko said many Our began them during the presidential elec- rent coalition government in all of its vote caused Tymoshenko Bloc deputies Ukraine deputies are in fact interested in tions, we continue them, and we’ll main actions. In her evaluation of the to storm the podium in a failed attempt to joining the opposition, but have yet to achieve them in such a way that our team 2007 budget currently being prepared by block it. reach an official decision. Among the won’t be working in the opposition for the Cabinet of Ministers, Ms. Afterwards, Ms. Tymoshenko accused Our Ukraine politicians most likely to long. Because we know with certainty Tymoshenko on September 20 referred to First Vice-Chairman Adam Martyniuk join the opposition are Mykola that the team that’s in government today it as “the budget of national danger.” (Communist Party) of violating parlia- Katerynchuk of the Our Ukraine People’s doesn’t deserve to be there and wasn’t She accused the Party of the Regions mentary regulations and the Constitution Union party and Volodymyr Stretovych unanimously supported by the people as of hatching schemes to steal from the by illegally obstructing the opposition. of the Christian-Democratic Union Party. they claim today,” she said. national budget. For example, massive “I want to ask the prime minister what The opposition’s program of activities The program also contains points that budget increases are planned for those kind of nation he is building – a mafia or contains positions and goals that firmly were clearly included by Our Ukraine’s ministries led by the Regions Party mem- a democracy?” she told reporters. bers: eight times more funding for the After the numerous battles, Ms. Ministry of Construction, Architecture Tymoshenko declared a victory for the and Residential-Communal Management opposition on September 26, when the led by Volodymyr Rybak, four times government agreed to lower natural gas HE KRAINIAN EEKLY more for the Ministry of the Economy prices by $40 per 1,000 cubic meters. “I Visit our archive Ton theU Internet at: http://wwwW .ukrweekly.com/ led by Volodymyr Makukha and twice as want the new government to keep in much for the Ministry of Natural mind every minute that I am watching Environmental Defense headed by Vasyl you!” Ms. Tymoshenko said. 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Kule gift promises continued growth for Ukrainian Folklore Center EDMONTON – Peter and Doris Kule, The “Local Culture and Diversity on the prominent members of the Edmonton Prairies” project, a research effort already Ukrainian community and staunch sup- completed, focuses on German, English porters of the Ukrainian Folklore Center, and French, as well as Ukrainian cultural made another substantial gift to the identity in Canada. Similar new projects University of Alberta on September 6. are envisioned, as is increased coopera- In honor of their support, the center tion with other parts of the university. was officially renamed the Peter and Research, scholarships, teaching and Doris Kule Center for Ukrainian and publications are all areas in which the Canadian Folklore by University new funds will be used. Expanding President Dr. Indira Samarasekera in a beyond Ukrainian folklore will allow the special ceremony. Kule Folklore Center to fill a significant Also in attendance were Daniel Woolf, void in western Canada. It is the center's dean of arts, and Andriy Nahachewsky, desire to fill the need for folklore instruc- center director, plus numerous invited tion by increasing the number of courses guests from various university depart- offered here at the university. ments and from the Ukrainian community. In addition to increased research proj- The Kules are well-known to the ects and publications, a portion of the gift Ukrainian Folklore Center as they pro- will be used to help support students. vided an endowment in 2004 which cre- Through the newly established Kule ated the Kule Chair of Ukrainian Fellowship Fund, the center will provide Ethnography in the department of mod- scholarships and assistantships for both ern languages and cultural studies. graduate and undergraduate students. A Recognizing the valuable contribution post-doctoral program will be established Peter and Doris Kule (seated) hand a check to University of Alberta President the study of Ukrainian folklore plays in allowing young scholars a chance to do Indira Samarasekera. Natalie Kononenko and Andriy Nahachewsky, director of developing Ukrainian culture and her- research in collaboration with local the Ukrainian Folklore Center, stand in the background. itage, the Kules decided to assist the fur- scholars and the resources of the Bohdan ther expansion of the center. Medwidsky Ukrainian Folklore Archive. it is no wonder that folklore is intimately most wants to preserve,” said Dr. “Here Ukrainian studies flourish, and The Kule Folklore Center Fund will tied to ethnic identity. It is that part of Kononenko, as she expressed gratitude also allow expansion of the current visit- we owe this to the vision of the Kules our heritage that the common person for the Kules’ generosity. and others like them,” Dr. Natalie ing speakers series, which has brought Kononenko, Kule Chair of Ukrainian international scholars to the University of Ethnography, pointed out. Alberta. It will also help fund biannual The Kules’ gift of $2 million is being conferences, bringing together some of matched by the Faculty of Arts and the the best minds for exploration and Notice to publishers and authors Province of Alberta. The Kules’ initiative increased sharing between sister institu- It is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly pub- will allow the center to practically double tions in Edmonton, North America and lished books, booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere issues of periodicals in size. the world. only after receipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the material in question. “This donation is a milestone which is “Folklore is the artistic expression of at least as significant as any that came the common man and woman… Folklore News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. before,” said Mr. Nahachewsky. expresses belief in the most satisfying Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, cost, etc.) to: The center is looking at expanding and meaningful way. Folklore is what Editorial Staff, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. beyond specifically Ukrainian folklore. uplifts the spirit. With its spiritual power, 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 No. 40 No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 21

lution on recognizing the Holodomor as ients for their work with Ukraine and terrupted delivery of gas. No problems Foreign minister... genocide. underscored that with such cooperation will come from the Ukrainian side,” said (Continued from page 1) The Holodomor has been recognized we can build a democratic and European Mr. Tarasyuk. as an act of genocide by 26 countries Ukraine. While in New York for the opening of community to take an active role in the st discussions titled “National Concepts: including the United States, Canada, Audience members were then invited the 61 session of the General Assembly, Cooperation with Ukrainians Living Australia, Argentina, Estonia, Italy, to pose questions to the foreign minister Mr. Tarasyuk had a meeting on Abroad” that were initiated at the fourth Hungary, Latvia, Georgia and Poland. and to present commentary. September 25 with U.S. Secretary of World Forum of Ukrainians. “This came as a result of the work of the In his subsequent meeting with mem- State Condoleezza Rice. According to a Currently, the Ministry of Foreign Ukrainian diaspora,” said Mr. Tarasyuk, bers of the press, Mr. Tarasyuk noted that news release from the Embassy of Affairs is preparing a budgetary program “and we owe you our sincerest thanks.” Ukraine is the largest transit nation of Ukraine, he underlined that Ukraine’s Russian-Turkmen gas, with over 37,000 foreign policy priorities remain with titled: “The West and the Formation of Also as a result of the fourth World kilometers of pipelines. By the end of European and Euro-Atlantic integration, Ties with Ukrainians Who Reside Forum of Ukrainians, Mr. Tarasyuk had October, Ukraine will have 13 storage and that membership in the WTO would Beyond the Borders of Ukraine.” an opportunity to meet with 70 delega- facilities capable of containing 20 billion be realized by the end of this year. Also According to Mr. Tarasyuk, 14 million tions from 27 countries of immigrant cubic meters of gas. “Countries of the that day, the foreign affairs minister hrv have been allocated for national-cul- Fourth Wavers and agreed to form a new European Union will be guaranteed unin- addressed the General Assembly. tural programs with over 500 projects international community organization carried out by various Ukrainian commu- called The New Wave. The goal of the organization will be cooperation between nity organizations in over 43 countries. ant with the Saskatchewan Department of representatives of new immigrant com- In keeping with the directive of Learning. The Grade 10 students who munity organizations and the government Mohyla Institute... President Yushchenko, the Ministry of attended Mohyla piloted Saskatchewan organs of Ukraine, and the promotion of (Continued from page 12) Foreign Affairs has as a goal for the end Learning’s new online credit course – the unity among Ukrainians living abroad. The final concert at Walter Murray of the year to open cultural-information first of its kind in Canada. By means of In his closing remarks, Mr. Tarasyuk Collegiate on August 7 was impressive, centers in Austria, Moldova, Poland and this program, language learning is reminded the audience of the words of the auditorium was filled to capacity with France. Mr. Tarasyuk said he anticipates extended to the home environment, President John F. Kennedy, “Ask not that 29 of these centers will be open by more than 300 people. The audience was where assistance from family members what your country can do for you – ask 2011, among them two in the United treated to a two-hour concert. may be available. Plans are under way to what can you do for your country.” He States. One of the offices will function The organizing committee was grate- pilot the next level of online instruction, also encouraged audience members, now with the Embassy of Ukraine in ful for the guidance of Nadia Ukrainian 20, at the Mohyla summer pro- that visa restrictions to Ukraine have Washington, while the other with the Prokopchuk, Ukrainian language consult- gram in 2007. Consulate General in New York. been lifted, to take the opportunity to Also on the agenda for the Ministry of visit their homeland. Foreign Affairs are the preparations for The discussion concluded with Mr. the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor Tarasyuk recognizing the work of and its recognition by a United Nations Ukrainians in America and awarding resolution as an act of genocide against Marta Farion, head of the committee of the Ukrainian people. This was a topic at international sister-cities program a roundtable discussion at the fourth between Kyiv and Chicago, the Order of World Forum of Ukrainians initiated by Prince Yaroslav the Wise, fifth degree. the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Mr. The Order for Service, third degree, was Tarasyuk said. Over 150 representatives awarded to: Peter Kapshuchenko, took part in the roundtable discussions on renowned sculptor; Bohdan Kekish, presi- ways of getting the international commu- dent and CEO of the Self Reliance (New nity, governments, parliaments and inter- York) Federal Credit Union; and Roman national organizations involved. Also at Smyk, renowned activist in the Ukrainian the World Forum, there was a call for the community in the U.S. Verkhovna Rada to pass a separate reso- Mr. Tarasyuk thanked the medal recip- 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 No. 40 No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 23 OUT AND ABOUT

October 5 Benefit concert featuring Nina Matviyenko, Oct. 17 – Dec. 12 Ukrainian embroidery workshop, intermediate Washington sponsored by the Ukrainian Citizens Jenkintown, PA level, Manor College, 215-884-2218 International Association and The Washington Group Cultural Fund, Embassy of Ukraine, October 20 Symposium: “The Nuclear Catastrophe: 202-491-4030 Winnipeg Chornobyl 20 Years After,” Dr. Yurii Shcherbak, University of Manitoba, October 6 Benefit concert featuring Nina Matviyenko, 204-474-9681 New York The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 October 21 Volleyball tournament, Morris County October 6 The Washington Group social, Leopold’s Café, Denville, NJ Volleyball Club, Powerzone Volleyball Center, Washington 240-381-0993 973-989-5800 or 973-998-9731

October 6-8 Art exhibit, Ukrainian National Women’s October 21 Ukrainian Orthodox League retreat, lecture Jenkintown, PA League of America Branch 67, Ukrainian Wilmington, DE and discussion: “Death: Life Beyond the Educational and Cultural Center, 215-663-1166 Grave,” Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 302-798-4455 October 7 Diocesan Ball, St. Josephat Ukrainian Parma, OH Cathedral Astrodome, 440-888-8761 Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11 Bead-stringing (gerdany) workshop led by New York Olha Lesko, The Ukrainian Museum, October 7 Chess tournament, sponsored by the Ukrainian 212-228-0110 Buffalo, NY Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada, St. Nicholas Church Hall, 716-830-3920 or October 22 Fall Ukrainian Festival, sponsored by the 716-852-7566 South Bound Brook, NJ United Ukrainian Orthodox Sisterhoods of the U.S.A., Ukrainian Cultural Center, October 8 Centennial of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic 610-925-4772 Chicago Church, concert of Ukrainian sacred music featuring bass Stefan Szkafarowsky, 773-276-4537 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions October 8 Benefit concert featuring Nina Matviyenko, from all our readers; please send e-mail to [email protected]. Items will be Warren, MI sponsored by the Ukrainian National Women’s published at the discretion of the editors and as space allows; photos will be League of America, Branches 53, 76, 96 considered. Please note: items will be printed a maximum of two times each. and 129, St. Josephat Banquet Center, 586-758-7711

October 10 Festival of Ukrainian song, benefiting the Stamford, CT Cathedral of the Resurrection in Kyiv, St. Got a group? Need The Weekly? Basil Seminary, 203-324-4578 Call our subscription department to find out how you may qualify October 12-14 Danyliw research seminar in contemporary for a group discount on your Weekly subscriptions. (973) 292-9800 ext. 3042 Ottawa Ukrainian studies, moderated by Dominique Arel, University of Ottawa, 613-562-5800, ext. 3692

October 13-15 Convention of the League of Ukrainian Scranton, PA Catholics of America, The Inn at Nichols Village, 570-563-2275

October 14-15 Yarmarok Ukrainian Festival, sponsored by Sudbury, ON the Yarmarok Committee, Ukrainian National Federation, 705-673-0890

October 15 Ukrainian food festival, St. Andrew Ukrainian Silver Spring, MD Orthodox Cathedral, 410-947-0913

Oct. 16 – Nov. 13 “Gerdany” beadweaving workshops, beginners Jenkintown, PA and advanced levels, Manor College, 215-884-2218

October 17-18 Roundtable VII: Ukraine and NATO Washington Membership, Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood Roundtable Series, 917-476-1221

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Tuesday, October 10 Featured will be music and perform- Soyuzivka’s Datebook ances by the Voloshky Dance NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies Ensemble, Barvinok Dance Group and September 29-October 1, 2006 N ovember 10-12, 2006 Program at Columbia University is Kalynonka Bandura Duet; children’s K LK Weekend, General Meeting Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization organizing a commemoration of the life activities; a marketplace featuring and Banquet “Orlykiada” of Nadia Svitlychna, a heroine of the amber and beaded jewelry, Ukrainian Soviet, Ukrainian and Russian human embroidery, ceramics, pysanky, glass October 7, 2006 November 19, 2006 rights movements. The commemoration art, scarves, Ukrainian crafts and sou- Wedding Family Reunion will include a morning panel discussion venirs, CDs, DVDs, videos, T-shirts Ellenville Co-op Nursery School about the life and work of Ms. and athletic gear; a food court; a raf- O ctober 13-15, 2006 Fundraising Auction Svitlychna, as well as an afternoon Plast Sorority “Ti Scho Hrebli Rvut” fle; and museum tours. Get your panel discussion about contemporary Christmas shopping done early. Visit Annual Meeting and November 22-26, 2006 human rights issues in Ukraine and our marketplace for unique gifts. 80th Anniversary Family Reunion other post-Soviet countries. The com- UNA Secretarial Courses Admission is $5 for adults; free for memoration will be held in Room 1501, children. For more information con- November 23, 2006 International Affairs Building (15th October 14, 2006 tact Sophia Bilinsky, 610-925-4772 or Thanksgiving Feast floor), Columbia University, 420 W. 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Participating artists: Natalia costume zabava and more NEW YORK: The Shevchenko December 24, 2006 Gawdiak (oils and watercolors), Slava Club Suzie-Q Fall Weekend Scientific Society invites all to a pres- Traditional Ukrainian Christmas Eve Gerulak (decorative ceramics), Natalia entation of the novel by Dr. Michael Supper Kormeliuk (ceramics, pottery, tiles), November 4, 2006 Jaworskyj titled “Potsilunok Leva” Marta Legeckis (watercolors), Andrij Wedding (Lion’s Kiss), published by Piramida, December 31, 2006 Maday (woodcuts), Alexander Motyl Lviv, 2006 (in Ukrainian). This is Dr. New Year’s Eve Extravaganza (oils), Jarema Novorozhkin (oils) and Jaworskyj’s first novel, and it depicts Walter Swyrydenko (oils, acrylics). A the Ukrainian reality during World preview reception will be held on War II against the background of his Friday, November 3, at 7 p.m. Exhibit personal experiences. 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