Inside: • Nationwide tax protests continue in – page 3. • Roundtable examines judicial reform in Ukraine – page 4. • Proposals for the Memorial in D.C. – pages 14-15.

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal Wnon-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXVIII No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 $1/$2 in Ukraine Holodomor is remembered Two separate ceremonies at Embassy of Ukraine in U.S. in remember Holodomor by Yaro Bihun ing and sharing in the Ukrainian people’s suffering, WASHINGTON — The millions of “I firmly believe that in the near future victims of the Famine-Genocide of 1932- a monument to the victims of the 1933 in Ukraine were remembered and Holodomor will be erected also in the honored here at the Holodomor victims capital of the United States and that it commemoration at the Embassy of will become yet another symbol of the Ukraine November 27. perseverance of the Ukrainian people,” More than 100 members of the he stated. Ukrainian American community, Also addressing the commemoration Embassy staff and their families joined were Michael Sawkiw, director of the together to pay their respects to those Ukrainian National Information Service who fell victim to this genocidal crime of of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of the Stalin era. America; Ihor Gawdiak, president of the The commemoration, which began in Ukrainian American Coordinating the Embassy building with a panakhyda, Council; and Andrew Bihun, president of or requiem service, led by the clergy of The Washington Group, an association of the Ukrainian churches of Greater Ukrainian American professionals. Washington and included remarks by the The commemoration concluded when Ukrainian ambassador and representa- all exited the Embassy building tives of the leading Ukrainian American and paid their last respects to the victims organizations of the capital area, conclud- of the Holodomor by each lighting a ed with a candlelight vigil in the small candle and placing it in the form of Embassy courtyard. a cross in the Embassy courtyard and Zenon Zawada Ambassador Olexander Motsyk spoke with the traditional moment of silence. about the impor- Ukrainian youths hold a banner reading “”Holodomor Genocide, we didn’t for- tance of remember- get, we remember,” at the November 27 commemoration in Kyiv organized by ing this crime of the the citizens committee of 30 civic and cultural leaders. Stalin regime. by Zenon Zawada events revealed that society remains deeply “This monstrous, divided between those who recognize the unparalleled trage- Kyiv Press Bureau Famine as genocide against , and dy in the history of KYIV – The Ukrainian government Russophile Ukrainians who don’t. the Ukrainian peo- commemorated the Holodomor of 1932- Ukrainian President ple which took the 1933 with far less substance and ceremony lives of almost a than in prior years. The November 27 (Continued on page 8) quarter of the popu- lation of Ukraine cannot be forgot- ten,” the ambassa- Wikileaks and Ukraine: Holodomor, dor said. “The Holodomor can nei- ther be denied nor shady business deals and Gaddafi concealed.” by Zenon Zawada Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Tatiana He said that Kyiv Press Bureau Gfoeller, who attended a lunch briefing Ukraine will do in Bishkek in October 2008 with everything “to KYIV – The Russian government Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom, ensure that the truth led by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin who repeated the account as told to about the Holodomor blackmailed Azerbaijan’s government him by Mr. Aliyev. will be revealed to to stop it from recognizing the “Prince Andrew added that every the smallest detail Holodomor as genocide, documents single other regional president had told and that every victim released on Wikileaks on November 28 him of receiving similar ‘directive’ let- of this crime will be revealed. Other post-Soviet states ters from Medvedev except for counted and com- received similar warnings too. [Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek] memorated accord- Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev Bakiyev,” the leaked cable stated. “He ing to the Christian “received a letter from [Russian] asked the ambassador if Bakiyev had tradition.” President [Dmitry] Medvedev telling received something similar as well. “That is our The ambassador answered that she was sacred obligation,” him that if Azerbaijan supported the designation of the Bolshevik artificial not aware of any such letter.” he stressed. In response to the newly leaked A m b a s s a d o r famine in Ukraine as ‘genocide’ at the United Nations, ‘then you can forget information, Mr. Aliyev said the Motsyk thanked the Wikileaks exposure “is an open provo- Yaro Bihun about seeing Nagorno-Karabakh ever Ukrainian American cation, which has as its goal ruining again,’” the cable stated, referring to community for its Ambassador Olexander Mostyk (right) and his wife, relations between Azerbaijan and the region in Azerbaijan where devoted efforts in Natalia, join in a moment of silence and prayer at the neighboring states and creating mis- this cause and their Ukrainian Embassy’s courtyard in memory of the millions Armenians want independence. American friends who died in the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. The source of the claim was U.S. (Continued on page 19) for their understand- 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 No. 49 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

NATO’s Lisbon summit and Russia: Independence referendum’s anniversary Ukraine restores work with Russia in CIS KYIV – On December 1 Ukraine cele- KYIV – Ukraine has fully restored work Crown jewels for chicken feed? brated the 19th anniversary of the referen- with Russia within the Commonwealth of by Eerik-Niiles Kross organizations where Russia does not have dum on independence and its first presiden- Independent States (CIS), Ukraine’s Prime Eurasia Daily Monitor a vote or control over decisions, form the tial election since the declaration of inde- Minister said at a foundations of this unipolar world. As pendence. The referendum was announced November 29 meeting with Sergey The fictional character George Smiley such, they stand in the way of Russia on August 24, 1991, and approved on Mironov, Cchairman of the Council of was fond of saying that bargaining with becoming a great power. Expansion of October 11 that same year. Only one ques- Federation of Russia’s Federal Assembly. the Russians tends to result in giving away NATO is a direct provocation that opposes tion was raised at the referendum, which He noted that Russia remains the largest the crown jewels in return for chicken Russia’s legitimate interests of being a took place on December 1, 1991: “Do you trade partner for Ukraine. “In our relation- feed. Unfortunately, the same cannot be dominant power. confirm the Act of Independence of ship there are, as always happens, some said about what is currently being bar- In his speech at the Munich security Ukraine?” A total of 90.32 percent of the problems, but they are solved normally, gained away by the West to Russia. The conference in February 2007, President electorate voted “yes.” In the first presiden- without undue politicization,” Mr. Azarov West seems willing to negotiate on its Putin pronounced the end of the unipolar tial election, Leonid Kravchuk won with emphasized adding that “this shows that we security organizations’ independent deci- world. He said “I am convinced that we 61.59 percent of the vote. (Ukrinform) are determined to solve them, instead of sion-making ability in return for Russian have entered that decisive moment, where doing politics of that.” In turn, Mr. Mironov OU demands explanation from Russia tactical cooperation on Afghanistan. The we have to seriously reconsider the global stressed the need to intensify bilateral con- only thing that is in dispute is the degree to security architecture.” From that point, KYIV – National deputies from the Our tacts at the interregional level. Earlier, dur- which Russia will have a future say in Russia advanced from the realm of Ukraine Party have sent a letter to the ing a meeting with Mr. Mironov, President European Union and NATO decisions. thought to enter the realm of deeds. Mr. Foreign Affairs Ministry of Ukraine regard- Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine said he plans The Russian National Security Concept, Putin issued a decree with which Russia ing the elimination of the Federal National to visit on December 10 as part of the CIS summit. The president expressed signed by then President Vladimir Putin in renounced all of its obligations under the and Cultural Autonomy of Ukrainians in hope that during the visit he will meet his January 2000, brought into play Russia’s Conventional Forces Europe [CFE] treaty. Russia. Deputies called on the Foreign Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev. current world view and doctrine. In other words, Mr. Putin abandoned Affairs Ministry to hand a note of protest to (Ukrinform) Moscow’s goal is the transformation of a the system of military balance that had Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail U.S.-centric (unipolar) world into a multi- been in place since 1990. This included Zurabov and demand relevant explanations, polar model, in which one of the more Ukraine, Russia to be strategic partners Russia’s obligation to notify its neighbors the party’s press service reported on important centers of power is a Russia that of, for example, such things as a military November 26. “The ban on the activity of KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych of is respected by all and has complete hege- build-up by Russia on their borders. He the Federal National and Cultural Ukraine said the high level of interstate rela- mony in its “sphere of privileged inter- demonstrated that Russia, as a great Autonomy of Ukrainians is an obvious con- tions established between Ukraine and ests.” power, was already creating a new security firmation of serious and systemic violations Russia in recent years has created conditions One of the main threats to Russia, arrangement. by Russia of the rights of those of its citi- for rapid development of the countries, and according to that concept, was “the danger Moscow’s next step was to demonstrate zens who are Ukrainians to maintain their stated that the two sides have already begun of a weakening of Russia’s political, eco- that it can directly influence NATO’s deci- own language and culture,” reads the letter drafting a document on a strategic partner- nomic and military influence in the world” sion-making and halt NATO’s enlarge- by deputies to Foreign Affairs Minister ship. Mr. Yanukovych made his comments and “eastward expansion of NATO.” The ment. In Munich on February 10, 2007, on November 29 while speaking with term “sphere of privileged interests” was Kostyantyn Gryshchenko. According to the Mr. Putin declared, “NATO expansion letter, the of the Russian Sergey Mironov, chairman of the Council of later added to the mainstream Russian for- does not have any relation with the mod- Federation of the Russian Federal eign policy narrative by the modernizer Federation ruled legal a decision to satisfy a ernization of the alliance itself or with suit by the Russian Justice Ministry to liqui- Assembly. “The preparation of a document President Dmitry Medvedev (http://www. ensuring security in Europe. On the con- on strategic partnership, which has now russiaeurope.mid.ru/russiastrat2000.html). date the Federal National and Cultural trary, it represents a serious provocation Autonomy of Ukrainians in Russia. The Our begun, of course, will highlight that our spe- On August 31, 2008, Mr. Medvedev that reduces the level of mutual trust.” cial relationship requires specific mecha- outlined five principles guiding his foreign Ukraine party stated that while Ukraine was Moscow started a skilful and persistent expanding the study and use of the Russian nisms for implementing these decisions,” policy in the wake of the recognition of campaign of swaying some NATO mem- Mr. Yanukovych said. He noted the success South Ossetia and Abkhazia as indepen- language, the Russian Federation was ber-countries willing to be swayed, nota- “eliminating the remains of the national and of the November 26 meeting of the fourth dent states, noting that, “Protecting the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission, bly Germany and France, to torpedo cultural societies of Ukrainians in Russia.” lives and dignity of our citizens, wherever which, in his opinion, once again confirmed extending Membership Action Plans In addition, representatives of Our Ukraine they may be, is an unquestionable priority that “the current level of relations between (MAP) to Georgia and Ukraine at the called on the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs for our country. Our foreign policy deci- Ukraine and Russia in the literal sense of the NATO summit in Bucharest in April Ministry to address relevant OSCE struc- sions will be based on this need. We will word creates conditions for further strength- 2008. Ukraine and Georgia were prom- tures and inform them about a decision also protect the interests of our business ening of our joint actions in many areas.” ised eventual membership at some inde- taken by Russia “that seriously violates the community abroad. It should be clear to all The president added, “The governments of terminate future date although the MAP rights of the Ukrainian national minority.” that we will respond to any aggressive acts itself was denied because of opposition (Interfax-Ukraine) (Continued on page 16) committed against us. Finally, as is the by Germany and France. This occurred case of other countries, there are regions in despite personal pleas by the U.S. presi- which Russia has privileged interests. dent and U.S. diplomatic pressure to These regions are home to countries with proffer the MAP. 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Nationwide tax protests continue, Saving Zaruddia: A historian’s even as president vetoes tax code fight to defend her native village by Zenon Zawada (Fantasy).” He said the village ultimately Kyiv Press Bureau has no say in whether the land is acquired and dug up. Following is the second part in a “It will be decided on a state level. series examining the efforts of Dr. Hanna One person won’t decide. Maybe she Kapustian, a professor of history at would want it that way,” he said, refer- Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi Kremenchuk ring to Dr. Kapustian. “I’ve here for 50 National University, to defend her native years, and for 50 years they’ve babbled village of Zaruddia against corporate about resettlement. No one knows what pressures that seek to raze it. will happen. They can fantasize all they want.” BONDARI, Ukraine – In Ukraine, Like many Ukrainians politicians, Mr. three types of people run for local politi- Zayichenko held onto political office for cal office, said Mykhailo Pohrebinskyi, a so long by switching to whatever party veteran political observer who advised was in power. former President Leonid Kuchma and He was a member of For A Single now President Viktor Yanukovych. Ukraine under former President Kuchma, They are businessmen, lobbyists of painted himself orange when Viktor Official Website of Ukraine’s President businessmen and civic activists, he said. Yushchenko was elected president in President Viktor Yanukovych during his November 27 visit to the tent city sent The third type “aren’t entirely sane peo- 2004 and joined the up by tax protesters on Kyiv’s Independence Square. ple,” he added, rather derisively. when President Yanukovych took office Yet Dr. Hanna Kapustian, 57, belongs in February. by Zenon Zawada code in the coming days, observers said. to the third category, having decided to Each Bondari election was plagued by Kyiv Press Bureau The entrepreneurs were disappointed, run for a seat on the Kremenchuk District abuses and falsifications, even in 2006, issuing a statement on their website, Council in the October 31 local elections alleged Dr. Kapiustian and Mr. Petrenko. KYIV – Nationwide tax protests by http://mistovoli.org. to enhance her ability to defend local vil- Mr. Zayichenko’s ruling clan of govern- Ukraine’s small-business men extended “Today 268 deputies of the Verkhovna lages against attempts to buy them out ment employees and reliable relatives into their third consecutive week, even Rada set a record for speed-reading and and raze them. The District Council conducted the elections with impudence, after President Viktor Yanukovych vetoed button-pressing – they voted and decides critical land issues. as if no one had a right to challenge their the controversial tax code approved by approved 25 pages of proposals from Moreover a seat would give Dr. way of dong things, they said. Parliament on November 18. Yanukovych in just a few minutes,” the Kapustian the ability to gain information “They treat everyone else as if they’re Unsatisfied with the president’s statement said. “This is a serious claim more easily, as well as a forum to voice beneath them, not worthy of respect,” Mr. amendment proposals, protest leaders for a Guinness world record, which leads protest against the plans of Ferrexpo – a Petrenko said. demanded a complete rewrite of the tax us to ask: Why bother keeping so many publicly traded company controlled by Yet Dr. Kapustian and Mr. Petrenko code with the participation of small busi- marionettes in the Rada that vote accord- billionaire Kostiantyn Zhevago – to dig decided that Mr. Zayichenko had gone ness men, a process they said should take ing to what two or three people from for iron ore and ruin tens of thousands of too far during his latest term in office, at least six months if done properly. Bankova Street [the Presidential acres of Poltava chornozem. attempting at least twice to strike secret “Such serious documents aren’t done Administration] tell them? How much For her mission, she teamed up with deals with Ferrexpo representatives with- in a day, or two or three,” said Volodymyr money could be saved for the Pension Yurii Petrenko, 49, a resident of the out informing the local population. Dorosh, director of the information center Fund and budget?” neighboring village of Ostaptsi, who for- A soy farmer in the village of Ostaptsi, of the central headquarters of the As the basis for the new legislation, sook a re-election bid to the Kremenchuk Mr. Petrenko has been a member of the Ukrainian Entrepreneurship Rescue. the Yanukovych administration relied on District Council to run instead for Agrarian Party of Ukraine, among several “We recommend drafting a solid docu- a memorandum between a government of the Bondari village council, a position parties that attempted to harness the polit- ment during the first three or four months working group and small business, signed held by his cousin Leonid Zayichenko. ical strength of Ukraine’s rural popula- of the next year which would form the by seven entrepreneurs. For much of the time since Ukraine tion without much success. development of the country’s entrepre- The Ukrainian Entrepreneurship re-established independence in 1991, Mr. Intense competition for the rural elec- neurship – and remove from the shadows Rescue claimed these businessmen had Zayichenko has chaired the Bondari torate – which involved the Peasants 40 percent of business, as estimated by little involvement in the protests and Village Council, which serves as the gov- Party of Ukraine and the Village Rebirth experts – with the government gaining didn’t represent even a small minority of erning organ for seven neighboring vil- Party – split the slim vote and was not significant budget revenue as a result,” he the business organizations involved. lages. These smaller villages don’t have able to achieve results on the oblast level, said. “The signatures on this shameful their own councils and rely on the deci- let alone nationally. Such parties gained a Yet the government wasn’t much inter- agreement are people largely unknown to sions made in the central village of presence only on district and village ested in this offer. The the entrepreneurs, who were even too Bondari. councils. on December 2 approved a new version ashamed to write the names of the organi- Mr. Zayichenko spent most of this Inevitably Ukraine’s smaller parties of the tax code that includes the presi- zations they represent,” state- time allegedly enriching himself at the fall prey to oligarchs, looking for their dent’s recommended amendments. Mr. expense of the villagers, and striking own personal political vehicle. Such was (Continued on page 19) Yanukovych is likely to sign the new tax backroom deals with representatives of the fate of the Agrarian Party, which was Ferrexpo, who are anxious to drill for taken over in September by Viktor Slauta, iron ore in Bondari, Mr. Petrenko and Dr. a Donbas native and Party of Regions Kapustian said. loyalist who now serves as the vice prime Quotable notes When asked by The Weekly about minister for the agricultural-industrial “This week, many Americans are recalling the events of the Orange their claims, Mr. Zayichenko referred to (Continued on page 12) Revolution in Ukraine six years ago. For Americans, the was them with one word, “Fantastyka! fundamentally a symbol of hope – hope that Ukraine was turning toward democ- racy and a society where law was the rule. Like the earlier Rose Revolution in Georgia, the peaceful protests on the maidan showed to the citizens of my coun- try a Ukrainian civil society that wanted to turn against corruption and electoral manipulation and build a nation of laws and good governance. “Politicians, historians and analysts will debate the history of the Orange Revolution and its aftermath. I believe most Ukrainians recognize that much remains to be done. My point today is to reiterate that American policy remains unchanged – our hopes for Ukraine remain as consistent and strong today as they were six years ago. Building democracy and rule of law are at the core of our approach to this country, or as I sometimes say, the overarching umbrella over everything we do here. Indeed, I would argue that those goals of American poli- cy have been fundamentally unchanged throughout the almost 20 years of Ukraine’s independence. … “So this is why America cares about democracy in Ukraine, this is why all of us at the American Embassy work so hard to achieve these policy goals. This is why we devoted so much time and so many of our resources to monitoring the recent local elections, and why we are working to support true reform in this country. We are determined to support Ukrainians in their continuing efforts to secure for themselves and future generations the freedoms that so inspired the brave Ukrainians on those cold days and nights back in 2004 on ‘Maidan

Nezalezhnosty’ and throughout the country.” Zenon Zawada Yurii Petrenko (right), candidate for the Bondari City Council chair, teamed up – U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Tefft, writing on November on the U.S. with Dr. Hanna Kapustian (left), candidate for the Kremenchuk District Council, Embassy Kyiv Blog (see http://usembassykyiv.wordpress.com/). to fight attempts to raze their villages. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 No. 49

U.S. ambassador highlights successes, challenges of judicial reform in Ukraine Embassy of the United States USAID’s Ukraine Rule of Law Project initiated the KYIV – U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John F. Tefft roundtable in cooperation addressed leading Ukrainian policy-makers and interna- with High Qualifications tional experts at the opening of the Roundtable on Commission of Judges of Judicial Reform in Ukraine and International Standards Ukraine, State Judicial for Judicial Independence, conducted by the U.S. Administration of Ukraine Agency for International Development (USAID) and Academy of Judges of Ukraine Rule of Law Project on October 26-27 in Kyiv. Ukraine. Ambassador Tefft pledged continued U.S. govern- The American people, ment support for judicial reform in Ukraine and empha- through the U.S. Agency for sized that it is in the United States’ and Ukraine’s inter- International Development ests to bring Ukrainian judicial reform legislation into (USAID), have provided line with European and international standards. economic and humanitarian More than 100 top Ukrainian judges, government assistance worldwide for officials and civil society representatives, together with nearly 50 years. In Ukraine, Ukrainian and international experts, reviewed progress USAID’s assistance focuses and challenges that remain with the “Law on the on three areas: Health and Judiciary and Status of Judges.” Social Transition, Economic During the roundtable, participants discussed expert Growth and Democracy and analyses of the law, including the recently released Governance. Since 1992, Venice Commission Joint Opinion. USAID has provided $1.7 Embassy of the U.S. Based on the two days of discussion, participants billion in technical and drafted proposals on the next steps for judicial reform in Ambassador Tefft shakes hands with U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Bohdan humanitarian assistance to Futey, who participated in the Judicial Reform Roundtable in Kyiv. Ukraine, making recommendations to amend the law Ukraine. according to the Venice Commission’s opinion and inter- USAID’s Ukraine Rule of Law Project was launched accountability of the judicial system, raising public national standards. in April 2006 to promote the rule of law in Ukraine. The awareness of the judicial system and increasing public “The United States is deeply committed to Ukraine’s project focuses on increasing the transparency and confidence in the judiciary. democratic and economic development. We recognize the importance of strengthening the rule of law in this process,” said Ambassador Tefft. “The U.S. government stands ready to continue its support of Ukrainian-led Ukraine’s law on the judiciary and the status of judges efforts at open and transparent judicial reform, building on successes and the promises of Ukrainian leader- Following is a summary of comments by Judge Bohdan This document exclusively tasks the court system with the ship on this critically important issue,” he said. A. Futey of the U.S. Federal Court of Claims on the “The administration of justice, according to Article 124, and A highlight of the roundtable was the assessment of Law on the Judiciary and the Status of Judges of judicial proceedings are to be held before the the law shared by two prominent U.S. judges, William Ukraine” delivered at the Roundtable on Judicial Reform Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the courts of general Duffey of the U.S. Federal District Court and Bohdan in Ukraine and International Standards for Judicial jurisdiction. Futey of the U.S. Federal Court of Claims, and attorney Independence, conducted by the U.S. Agency for The Constitution in Chapter XV provided for a five- Mary Noel Pepys, a judicial reform expert, in which International Development (USAID) Ukraine Rule of Law year transitional period to establish the judiciary system they presented ways to improve the law to strengthen Project on October 26-27 in Kyiv. outlined in the Constitution. Under these provisions, the judicial independence and reduce the politicization of Supreme Court of Ukraine was to begin to exercise its the judiciary. Ukraine adopted its Constitution on June 28, 1996. authority in accordance with the current laws in force, while a system of courts was set up that would meet the requirements of Article 125. This period was to last no longer than five years. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: October Many of the provisions of the Constitution, however, Amount Name City Irena Jemetz Warners, NY were not put into effect by the end of that five-year win- $115.00 Thomas Olijnyk Rosedale, NY Oleh Karpenko Perrysburg, OH dow. This has necessitated a series of successive laws in (in memory of Halyna Koval Easthampton, MA order to set up the judiciary, including the small law on Jaroslaw Olijnyk) Lida Pakula Dearborn, MI the judiciary in 2001. 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COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly Documenting a tragedy Tax protests and civil society by David Marples the North Caucasus to impose order. In Ukraine’s tax protests of the winter of 2010 offer hope for the country’s January 1933, Stalin sent a personal emis- future, amidst a very grim political situation. They demonstrated that Ukrainian This week, Ukrainians worldwide are sary, Pavel Postyshev, with full authority society has matured significantly since the Orange Revolution of 2004. commemorating the 78th anniversary of in Ukraine as well as Vsevolod Balytsky, Back then, Ukrainians placed enormous – almost childlike – faith in the politi- the beginning of the Great Famine of who took over the republican OGPU. cal myth of and his political team. They came out on the 1932-1933, known as the Holodomor While Postyshev used the army and local maidan, lifted him to the presidency, and then returned to the comfort of their (death by hunger). activists to take “hidden” supplies from homes with the expectation that he would solve the nation’s problems. He did In the period 2005-2009, when Viktor the villages, cordoning off and starving nothing of the sort, decimating his political career in the process. Ukrainians’ Yushchenko was , villages that failed to meet quotas, faith in the political system was devastated as well. As evidenced in this year’s several archival collections on the Famine- Balytsky instituted mass repressions from elections, apathy swelled as more Ukrainians chose to vote “Don’t support any- Holodomor of 1932-1933 were made early 1933 onward on the grounds that a one,” or stayed at home. Or they simply traded their votes for cash, which was available to researchers, which supple- mass uprising of Ukrainian nationalists embarrassingly exposed in the world media. mented earlier information gathered main- had been planned for the spring of 1933 But the tax protesters demonstrated that they’ve learned how to deal with the ly from eyewitness reports. Perhaps the with the aid of outside forces from Poland. nation’s oligarchy in new ways. Ridding themselves of the illusion they can elect most important of these were reports from The consequences were not merely someone to represent their interests within the system, they’re now adapted to the Soviet secret police files (then called mass starvation, but wholesale arrests, the dealing with system as one big monolith that requires constant pressuring. the OGPU, and since 1934 known as the deportations and executions that did not The lessons of 2004 have been learned, and among the biggest is “Have no NKVD). occur elsewhere in the USSR. leader.” As explained by leading civic activist Igor Lutsenko, “When there aren’t With the demise of the Yushchenko In January 1933, the OGPU reported any leaders, there’s no one to be bought, nothing to be sold and no one to government in the 2010 presidential elec- 436 “terrorist acts” in Ukraine during the betray.” Decisions are reached by working groups, which designate tasks and tions, the authorities have done a U-turn grain procurement campaign. About disappear once they’re accomplished. on the Famine question. The SBU has a 38,000 arrests had been made, and 391 Another lesson is “No negotiations.” The Ukrainian Entrepreneurship Rescue new leadership, files are no longer freely “anti-Soviet, kulak, counter-revolutionary made three demands: veto the tax code, dismiss the government of Prime disseminated, and the new president, groups” had been uncovered. Over 6,600 Minister Mykola Azarov – who famously said that small businesses contribute Viktor Yanukovych, has denied that the arrests had been made on collective farms, little to national and local budgets – and hold parliamentary elections in March Famine was an act of genocide. On the mostly composed of the farms’ leadership. 2011. With the latter two unlikely to be fulfilled, the first demand remains on the contrary, President Yanukovych appears to Over 8,000 had been dispatched to con- table – but it implies re-writing the tax code with the input of Ukraine’s small- adhere to the Russian perspective that centration camps. business community. famines were a general phenomenon By mid-February 1933, the situation “No politicians” became a slogan too. Five years ago, Ukrainians stood star- across the Soviet grain-growing regions in had escalated. The OGPU set up a “shock- struck when politicians took to the maidan stage. This year, they were tossing 1932, including the Volga region, Ukraine, operational group” in 200 districts of them off the stage. When President Viktor Yanukovych and his prime minister the North Caucasus, and even Belarus. Ukraine and at railways stations and bor- paid an unexpected visit to the “Misto Voli” tent city, they were greeted with It is true that famine was widespread in der crossings. It sent word to Stalin that political debate and sharp questions rather than sheepishness and adulation. the spring and summer of 1932, but many “we are clashing with a single, carefully events that took place later in the year, and Not a single flag of a political party was present on the maidan throughout the elaborated plan for an organized armed in the brutal year of 1933 were unique to three weeks of protests. The new maidan had specific goals to achieve, rather uprising in Ukraine by the spring of 1933, Ukraine and the North Caucasus, particu- than blindly following a politician or party. Opposition leader with the goal of removing Soviet power” larly the Kuban region, which was com- showed she can still mesmerize the crowds when demonstrating her support for and setting up an independent, capitalist, posed of about 60 percent Ukrainians. And the protests, but its leaders were effective in keeping her at arm’s length from Ukrainian state. Needless to say, these this is evident from the OGPU documents their movement and its main objectives. groups had to be eradicated and thousands released over the past two decades. The new maidan was determined to not allow any regional or linguistic differ- were subsequently deported. It is well-known that the great upheaval ences to be exploited. On November 29 the protest leaders read aloud the No serious evidence of a planned upris- of collectivization and the removal of rich- Ukrainian People’s Unification Act: “We, the citizens of Ukraine, declare our ing has ever emerged. Stalin was afraid of er (“kulak”) families had a devastating personal responsibility for the fate of Ukraine. We affirm that we will continue to “losing Ukraine,” as he wrote to impact on Soviet farms. The subsequent build the state regardless of language, nationality, region of residency. The state Kaganovich, and saw plots and plotters imposition of grain quotas by Stalin’s begins with every single person.” everywhere. Balytsky chose to feed his regime was to ensure that deliveries were Yet many advantages became disadvantages that the Presidential fertile imagination. transported to the towns or the Far East Administration was ready to exploit. It took advantage of the lack of a strong The repression of Ukraine’s villages led before the families could feed themselves. leadership by selecting separate groups of entrepreneurs to negotiate with. So to a mass exodus of men-folk, while those A widespread drought in 1931 exacer- while the leaders of the Ukrainian Entrepreneurship Rescue insisted that no one remaining behind simply starved. In bated the situation, but it did not lead was authorized to make deals with the government, the administration got signa- February 1933 alone, about 85,000 peas- directly to Famine. In theory, farms can tures in support of a memorandum between the president’s working group and ants had fled the Ukrainian countryside. feed themselves. But they were not the small-business community. The vast majority were detained at the allowed to. Not only grain was confiscated The president issued his veto based on that memorandum, and the Parliament border and returned to their villages, or from Ukrainian villages, but also seed offered its votes in support of an amended tax code, which the president is likely else arrested and sent to labor camps. grain, and subsequently meat, potatoes and to sign. Afterwards a National Coordinating Council was called on the maidan to Border crossings from North Caucasus to other crops as a penalty for failing to meet determine the next moves. Ukraine, and from Ukraine into Belarus grain deliveries. As our Kyiv Press Bureau filed its news story, fireworks filled the air as a Party and Russia were closed. The OGPU noted devised the idea of a of Regions deputy ordered a celebration of the new tax legislation. Police were that these had been escape routes in 1932 “blackboard” [Editor’s note: “chorna swarming the maidan and issuing warnings to vacate. The opposition Batkivschyna and were not about to make the same mis- party was offering national deputies to defend against any police action. doshka,” also called a blacklist in other sources] for those villages in the North take again. It urged the rooting out of Indeed, after 19 years of independence, and after the mistakes of the Orange those peasants who had managed to get Revolution, Ukrainian civil society has finally begun sprouting. That’s not bad Caucasus that failed to meet quotas. They were then isolated, trading ended, and no laboring jobs in the cities. after centuries of slavery under tsarist Russia and decades under Soviet commu- The OGPU documented the starvation nism. one was allowed to enter or leave. The blackboard was soon extended to the in turgid accounts that nonetheless allow “Thank God that the active stratum of the population – its small-business men the reader some insights into the situation. – understood that politics is not only voting and elections, but it’s also a constant Ukrainian SSR. Though some reports attribute starvation struggle for your rights,” said Oleksii Holobutskyi, the deputy director of the Stalin, together with his associates to failure to work sufficient hours or poor Agency for Modeling Situations in Kyiv. Amen to that! Viacheslav Molotov and Kaganovich, railed against Ukrainian party and govern- collective farm construction, others ment leaders (Stanislav Kosior and Vlas acknowledge that even those who had Chubar) for their weakness and failure to worked hard were starving. take more ruthless measures. Though One report from Kyiv region in late Dec. Ukraine’s grain quota was twice reduced, February 1933 – based on 40 percent of Turning the pages back... it was still well beyond farmers’ capacity the districts – noted that over 210,000 peo- to meet. Therefore, the Soviet leadership ple were starving and an additional 12,800 took several measures calculated to trans- had already died. In the Dnipropetrovsk 6 form a severe situation into a catastrophe. Oblast, the regional authorities proposed Last year, on November 30, 2009, John Demjanjuk’s sec- on February 28 to set up nurseries to feed ond trial on Nazi war crimes charges began in Munich, First, Ukrainian leaders were bypassed. 2009 Instead, in November 1932, Molotov led a 70,000 children, 50,000 pre-school-age Germany. children and 300,000 adults. The 89-year-old retired U.S. autoworker from Ohio was commission to Ukraine and Kaganovich to The scale of the tragedy, in what had charged with complicity in the deaths of 27,900 Jews at the Sobibor death camp in been the most productive grain-growing Nazi-occupied Poland. A 10-page indictment was read, in which prosecutors alleged Dr. David R. Marples is director of the republic of both the and that Mr. Demjanjuk played “an active role in the Nazi’s machinery of destruction and Stasiuk Program for the Study of the 1920s USSR, is hard to fathom. The of being a willing follower of Hitler’s racist ideology.” Contemporary Ukraine at the Canadian Italian consul in Kharkiv (which remained Mr. Demjanjuk’s attorney, Ulrich Busch, filed a motion on December 1, 2009, for Institute of Ukrainian Studies. He holds Ukraine’s capital until 1934) reported that the case to be thrown out because of the illegal deportation rather than extradition of the title of Distinguished University some 40 to 50 percent of peasants had Professor, Department of History and (Continued on page 19) Classics, University of Alberta. (Continued on page 26) No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 7 FOR THE RECORD: UCCA president’s speech The things we do ... at St. Patrick’s Holodomor commemoration by Orysia Paszczak Tracz Following is the text of the speech dead were not buried for as long as two delivered by Tamara Olexy, president of or three weeks, for there was hardly any- the Ukrainian Congress Committee of body alive to bury them. Those who sur- America, on November 20 at the vived were the next candidates for the Holodomor commemoration at St. world beyond. They looked like horrible Some new, yet old, wedding traditions Patrick’s Cathedral. specters with swollen faces and legs. For any aspect of personal and family йшла, One-fourth of the entire population... per- milestones, we, as Ukrainians, are fortu- Today we gather here at St. Patrick’s ished from the artificially created fam- Та ще свому татові не вклонилася. nate to have such a wealth of rituals and Cathedral to honor the memory of the ine.” Кланяюсь тобі, тату, millions of men, women and children – traditions to choose from. Weddings cer- Що пускав вночі до хати,. Such a godless act is a crime beyond tainly fall into this category. The upcom- the innocent victims of Ukraine’s Famine most people’s comprehension. In fact, Більше не будеш, не будеш... Genocide – who lost their lives to the ing exhibition at The Ukrainian Museum for decades the Soviet regime consistent- in New York will showcase agonies of starvation 77 years ago. ly and blatantly denied the Famine’s Another ritual being introduced on this Imagine if you will: this. “Ukrainian Wedding Textiles and side of the ocean is the singing of songs occurrence. Survivors were terrorized Traditions” opens in early A village in Ukraine’s countryside in into silence. While most Western govern- with the lyrics “hirko” [it is bitter]. Our 1932-1933, where a government sanc- December. (See http://www.ukrainian- ments were aware of the horrors of the newer immigrants have brought these tioned mass collectivization policy is in museum.org/.) Famine raging in Ukraine, they found it wedding songs to our attention. The progress. In general, few traditions are practical, politically more expedient to maintain clinking of glasses with a fork or spoon A totalitarian Soviet regime, headed by relevant or politically correct anymore. their silence. Others in the West, like The Some are completely inappropriate. to make the couple kiss is not a Joseph Stalin, imposes unreachable grain Ukrainian tradition, but some people quotas, systematically confiscates all New York Times correspondent Walter Time, place and circumstance have Duranty, willingly offered their services changed over the centuries. And yet, so think it is. The Irish, or Italians, or who- foodstuffs from each and every home, ever believed that the clinking noise kept and then seals Ukraine’s borders to the as Soviet mouthpieces and worked to many lovely, quaint or downright strange away the evil spirits. Nowadays, instead world – trapping the helpless people convince the West that there was no fam- rituals have remained, and we are happy of the clinking, the couple asks the within a starving nation with no hope for ine. Such denials and lies are part of this to include them. Human beings want rit- escape. horrific tragedy. Thankfully, however, uals – without them, that special mile- guests to sing a particular song or do The regime will stop at nothing to there were those who would not be intim- stone would be just another day. some skit, after which the couple kiss. crush the nationally conscious Ukrainian idated and bravely exposed the truth Every so often, I am asked about spe- At Ukrainians weddings, the com- peasantry and rob them of their aspira- about the Holodomor. These brave jour- cific traditions, and how someone would mand is much more direct. The guests tions of freedom. nalists, such as Gareth Jones and apply them to a contemporary wedding. start singing: “Hirka, hirka, hirkaya Within days, the fields and streets are Malcolm Muggeridge, should serve to A few years ago, friends of a bride want- voda, nai sia potsiluye para moloda” littered with the bodies of the dead and remind us all, that we, the Ukrainian ed to do something for her at the recep- (The water is bitter, bitter, bitter. To the dying. The results are staggering – at American community, must never remain tion – sing a special song or perform a sweeten it, let the wedding couple kiss.) the height of the Famine, Ukrainians are silent. ritual. They asked me to find something There are very many verses and varia- dying at the rate of 25,000 per day, 1,000 This year’s commemoration has spe- for them. I did, but never heard back if tions on this theme, not only for the cou- per hour, 17 per minute. In a mere 18 cial significance, as today we host the the song was sung. ple itself to kiss, but for the bridal party, months, 10 million innocent victims suc- “Svichka Molinnia,” this candle of prayer Because it is a lovely and special the parents of the couple, the “kumy” cumb to starvation, 3 million of them – and remembrance, which stands before song, both in melody and lyrics, I’m (godparents), and even the cooks (the children. us. The candle – which began its journey sharing it with Weekly readers, and father of the bride is exhorted to kiss the Such was the magnitude of human loss in Ukraine and will travel throughout 33 maybe it will find a home at other wed- cook), or the in-laws amongst themselves dings. that occurred in Ukraine between 1932- countries around the world – is not only a or other relatives. The verses can be pret- It begins: “Vzhe by-m bula yikhala, 1933, and ironically it was the last place symbol of the millions of innocent vic- ty and poetic, or silly, or even humorous- on Earth one would have expected fam- tims, but it also serves as our symbolic vzhe by-m bula ishla...” [I would have left already, but...]. The verses continue ly insulting (if that’s possible). But ine. Famous for its fertile black soil and source of strength to shed light on the (paraphrased, and in different versions): I everyone sings, and has a great time par- known for centuries as the “breadbasket truth about the Famine-Genocide of have not yet bowed to or thanked my ticipating. of Europe,” Ukraine, a nation of plenty, 1932-1933. Mama for waking me up every morning. One ritual that I witnessed at a few was transformed almost overnight into a Thus, during this 77th anniversary You will not be doing that any more... weddings in Ukraine is what the original mass graveyard. The famine was not year, let us vow here today, within this caused by a poor harvest, drought or Thank you, Tato [father], for letting the “daruvannia” or presentation is. That has magnificent cathedral, to keep the flame other natural disaster; rather, it was a pre- boys come to visit me in the house, or for been lost here. Wedding guests, either of remembrance alive. It is our duty as meditated, savage example of man’s letting me come home late, or for build- individually or as a couple or whole fam- citizens of this great democracy, as mem- inhumanity towards man – a sanctioned ing me a house. You will not be doing ily, walk up to the head table and stand and deliberate government policy of mur- bers of this generation and those to come, that any more... Thank you, sister, for before the couple. They recite or sing a der – which resulted in the loss of nearly to spread the truth to the world about the teaching me how to braid my braid... greeting and wishes, and then present a quarter of Ukraine’s rural population, Holodomor, so that such heinous crimes Thank you, brother, for teaching me to them with their gift. One such poetic the backbone of the nation. are never repeated. dance... Thanks to the water well, the song (http://www.pisni.org.ua/ As Fedir Soshenko testified in 1954 To the courageous survivors, several of garden, the kalyna, the threshold, the songs/1153622.html) is a greeting from before a hearing of the House Select whom are here with us today: we honor gate, the topolia [poplar], and on and on. the brother of the bride to his sister, her Committee on Communist Aggression: you and thank the Lord that you were There are many variants to the verses. new husband, and to the band. “Brother- “at the beginning of 1933, when hunger able to escape the fate that befell millions Finally, there is a great thank-you from in-law, I am giving you a pile of money, set in, the people began to leave their of our brethren. the bride to the neighbors, for gossiping love my beautiful sister. Sister, love our homes in despair. They boarded trains… To the innocent victims of the 1932- about her whatever they wanted. “You husband, you will not find a better one to go into the wide world and thus escape 1933 Genocide in Ukraine: we honor won’t be doing that any more.” the song, anywhere in the world. Thank you, musi- the imminent death by starvation. Their you, we pray for you, and we will says. cians, for playing so well, thank you remember you – always. One variant of this song appears on corpses filled the railway stations and from father, and from mother...” city streets throughout Ukraine… The May you rest in peace. Vichnaya pamiat! the Pisni.org website: http://www.pisni. In Ukrainian the words are: org.ua/songs/225550.html As noted on Pisni.org, this song is Даю тобі, швагре, LETTER TO THE EDITOR sung by the bride’s female friends as the Та й грошей копицю, starosta (the elder) asks for the parents’ Люби мою сестру – blessing for the bride for the third time Гарну молодицю. ious innovative art movements that ema- (everything is done in triplicate). They A commendation nated from their ex-patriate days in continue singing this as the couple leaves Люби, моя сестро, Paris. It should give Ukrainians every- for the church, for the groom’s house and Чоловіка свого, to book publisher where a sense of pride. greets guests. Бo ти на цім світі Some art book publishers do not reach This song, with the bowing, could be Не знайдеш кращого. a very high quality in their reproductions, Dear Editor: performed during the reception, with but the quality here is a feast for the The Rodovid Publishing house should new relevant verses added for a particu- Дякую музикам, be commended for the publication of the eyes. Lay readers and students of art and lar bride. art history will also enjoy its research and Що ви файно грали, wonderful new art book, “Ukrainian Here is the beginning of the Ukrainian Дякую від тата, Artists in Paris: 1900-1939.” Ukrainians the well-thought-out indices and appendi- text: ces, which are not always found in works Дякую від мами... in the diaspora should purchase this book Вже би-м була їхала, вже би-м була that aim to elucidate the history of art. In To Those who decry the lack of “new” for their families and see to it that this йшла, a time when we like to build monuments amazing art reference find its way into as Та ще своїй матінці не вклонилася. traditions, I say: we don’t really need and statues commemorating the past, this many libraries and colleges as possible. Кланяюсь тобі, мамо, them, because we have so many old ones book is one of the best possible monu- There is much in Ukrainian history of Що будила мене рано, - that just need to be revived. ments to an outstanding historic legacy. the past century that is depressing, but Більше не будеш, не будеш. this volume shines a light on the amazing Natalie Mason Gawdiak Orysia Tracz may be contacted at ory- creativity of Ukrainian artists and the var- Columbia, Md. Вже би-м була їхала, вже би-м була [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 No. 49

Holodomor wasn’t genocide. Two separate... The Yanukovych administration aban- (Continued from page 1) doned the national “Light a Candle” tradi- and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov led a tion initiated by the Yushchenko govern- delegation in attending a simple morning ment, which instead was performed at the prayer at Kyiv’s Holodomor Victims unofficial ceremony at which glass candles Memorial led by Metropolitan Volodymyr, were distributed and placed at the memorial the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and on St. Michael’s Square, the site of the – Moscow Patriarchate. first Holodomor monument in the nation’s In his official statement released on the capital. commemoration’s eve, Mr. Yanukovych Ukrainian Catholic Church Major referred to the Holodomor as Archbishop and Cardinal Lubomyr Husar of “Armageddon,” not as genocide, toeing the the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and line set by the Russian Federation govern- Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox ment, which spent the last five years fight- Church – Kyiv Patriarchate, led the ing desperately to prevent that designation “panakhyda,” which was also attended by on an international level. Roman Catholic and Protestant leaders. Pro- “I deeply honor the innocent murdered Western politicians and diaspora leaders by the Holodomor,” the statement said. also attended. “Even today the tragedy of 1932-1933 is Holodomor survivor Volodymyr hard to comprehend. It was a true Tkachuk of the Vinnytsia Oblast described Zenon Zawada Armageddon, when people lost their how, as an 8-year-old boy, he witnessed humanity from hunger. Afterwards this another boy entering a neighboring home Ukrainian Catholic Church Major Archbishop and Cardinal Lubomyr Husar national calamity, which engulfed millions and not leaving. Adults entering the home (left) of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and Patriarch Filaret of the of innocents, isn’t liable to oblivion.” (The later reported finding blood and pieces of Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate lead a “panakhyda,” or memo- full text of his remarks appears on page 9.) meat strewn about. rial service, at the November 27 commemoration in Kyiv organized by the citi- The government organized its separate Among those joining the president’s zens committee of civic and cultural leaders. commemoration only after a citizens com- commemoration were former Kyiv Mayor mittee of 30 civic and cultural leaders orga- Oleksander Omelchenko, as well as mem- Ukrainian history, including nized a ceremony that afternoon at the same bers of the president’s citizens humanitarian the 2009 Russian production location, attended by former Presidents council, among them Dmytro Stus, son of of “Taras Bulba.” Leonid Kravchuk and Viktor Yushchenko, former Soviet political prisoner Vasyl Stus, It was also unclear why opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and and Borys Oliinyk, the Soviet-era literary Soviet dissident Stepan several thousand ethnically conscious icon. Khmara attended the presi- Ukrainians. The Ukrainian intelligentsia was disap- dent’s ceremony instead of the The committee invited the Yanukovych pointed to see Mr. Stus among the presi- afternoon event, organized by administration to its event, which bore the dent’s entourage, but not surprised to see patriotic Ukrainians. Mr. slogan, “Holodomor Genocide – 32-33.” Lviv native and internationally renowned Khmara has been a fierce and Naturally the government declined, having actor Bohdan Stupka, who has starred in consistent critic of the adopted the Kremlin policy that the numerous Russocentric films that distort Yanukovych administration. Meanwhile Ukraine’s tele- vision networks didn’t initiate a national minute of silence at 4 p.m., or called for lit candles to be placed in windows. (They did hype the May 9 Victory Day celebration and heavily promoted the St. George Ribbon, the orange- and-black ribbon re-invented by the Kremlin as the symbol of victory.) None of these networks dis- played a black ribbon or sym- bol of mourning next to their logos, as was done in prior Vasyl Marochko (left), newly elected chair of the years. The pro-Western 5 Holodomor Researchers Association, and former Kanal (Channel 5) changed its Soviet political prisoner Lev Lukianenko, the asso- logo from blue to black, while ciation’s former chair, attend the November 27 music networks M1 and OTV commemoration of the Famine-Genocide of 1932- A mourner lights a candle placed at the Holodomor Victims Memorial in Kyiv on displayed a candle, ear of 1933 organized in Kyiv by the citizens committee of November 27. wheat or symbolic cross. civic and cultural leaders. experts say bilingualism in Ukraine would be costly Ukrinform 1015-3, “but any other bill that introduc- guage] – about 30 million hrv; for print- expert underscored. es another official language in Ukraine, ing ballots for national elections and An expert of the initiative Film KYIV – Introduction of a second offi- in our case the Russian language.” related political advertising products – Translation, Andrii Harasym, said, that cial language will lead to serious eco- He explained, “Introduction of a sec- about 29 million hrv. about $4 million (U.S.) annually comes nomic losses, experts believe. This issue ond official language leads to serious “On the whole, if we take only the to Ukraine from distributor companies on was discussed at a press conference in economic losses in three directions. The main items of expenses from the budget, orders for dubbing films in the Ukrainian Kyiv organized by the all-Ukrainian pub- first direction includes losses of budget- the total amount for introduction of a sec- lic organization Don’t Be Indifferent, or Russian languages. ary funds for implementation of this proj- ond official language will make up about “If a bill is adopted that actually abol- which was dedicated to the analysis of ect.” Mr. Bondarenko noted that the 250 million hrv a year,” Mr. Bondarenko bill No. 1015-3, submitted to the ishes a condition that dubbing is manda- authors of the project were “insincere” summed up. tory on Ukrainian territory, I think that a Verkhovna Rada by National Deputies when they said that there would be no The second direction, according to the Oleksander Yefremov, Petro Symonenko scenario is quite possible when dubbing additional expenses. expert, that will cause damage to the state will be brought from Russia,” he forecast. and Serhii Hrynevetsky. “Actually, there will be such expenses, is the loss of the markets, primarily, pub- The expert also noted that the reduction “This bill is nothing but a document and rather serious ones. First, it is the lan- lication of books, including those for the of orders for dubbing would lead to that legislatively proposes to fix bilin- guage of documents, acts, translations educational purposes; advertising and unemployment for hundreds of actors and gualism in the country,” the lawyer of the and the records management. This could translation of films. organization Don’t Be Indifferent, Yurii amount to 5 percent of the budgetary According to Mr. Bondarenko, the sound control supervisors. He warns that Fartushnyi, noted. According to him, funds that are spent annually for activities Ukrainian market of publishing educa- due to “smuggling of Russian dubbing,” much was said about the threat of this bill of the executive authorities. In those tional literature stands to lose about 150 the dubbing school could be completely to the , culture, regions, where there are no less than 10 million hrv a year; the advertising market destroyed in Ukraine. Ukrainian traditions and customs, but not percent of the Russian-speaking citizens, could lose about 390 million hrv a year; On November 19 the chairman of the much attention was paid to the economic it is no less than 70 million hrv a year,” and abolition of film dubbing would lead Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on Culture component of the bill. the expert said. to losses by Ukrainian companies work- and Spirituality, Volodymyr Yavorivsky, Studying this issue, according to Mr. In addition, to ensure bilingualism in ing in this market of about 300 million stated that the committee decided to Fartushnyi, experts proved the expense of judicial proceedings, an additional 60 hrv a year. return the bill “On the Languages in introducing bilingualism. One of the million hrv a year will be necessary; for “If we total the figures from all those Ukraine” to its authors without its consid- experts, Anatolii Bondarenko, noted that rearrangement of geographic signs directions, the losses that can be estimat- eration at the Parliament’s plenary ses- the matter concerns not just bill No. [inscriptions on signs in the Russian lan- ed now would be over 1 billion hrv,” the sion. No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 9

Ukrainians around the globe FOR THE RECORD: Remarks remember the Holodomor by President Viktor Yanukovych Following is the text of President then, memorial services are being held Viktor Yanukovych’s address to the there annually. This memorial is now Ukrainian nation on Holodomor known worldwide. Victims’ Remembrance Day, as posted It had happened, I repeat it, before on the Official Website of Ukraine’s any government decisions. Then the President. state took over the matter. And that is to its honor. I bow to the memory of those inno- However, when these sad commem- cently killed by the Holodomor. orations have begun to resemble a con- Even now, the tragedy of 1932-1933 veyor, when at numerous gatherings is difficult to comprehend. It was a real and roundtables some so-called “scien- Armageddon, when people were losing tists” have begun throwing around with their human essence because of hunger. ease the numbers of those who died of Therefore, this national tragedy that starvation – 3 million, 5 million, 7 mil- has devoured millions of innocent peo- lion and even more – it became a blas- ple is not subject to oblivion. phemy. After all, even one person’s Much has been and is being done death is an uncompensated loss not since Ukraine claimed independence to only for the family, but also for the cos- perpetuate the memory of those killed mos. So how can one throw around by the Holodomor. Memorial signs, millions at the abacus as though it is monuments and even entire memorials something insignificant? It is an unfor- are established. The most touching are monuments givable sin. and memorials built by folk custom, We must finally adhere to the princi- Official Website of Ukraine’s President with community money. This is an old ple: “As of today, on the basis of docu- President Viktor Yanukovych at the statue called “The Bitter Memory of Ukrainian tradition. By the way, long ments and testimonies of witnesses, the Childhood” that is part of the Holodomor memorial museum in Kyiv. before any government decisions, the proven number is so much. The search first such memorial cross was conse- continues and the horrible figure is UKRAINE As part of commemorative events, anoth- being specified based on it.” er memorial to the victims of the Holodomor crated on August 12, 1990. not far from KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych Lubny, near the Mharsk monastery, In these mournful days we would not will be opened in the city of Chomor. like to turn to critical analysis, but we and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov partici- (Ukrinform) with full observation of the Orthodox pated in ceremonies on Holodomor Victims ritual, in the presence of tens of thou- must speak the truth and only the truth Remembrance Day in Ukraine on November RUSSIA sands of people from all over Ukraine in order to not devaluate the sacrament 27. and from abroad. of universal grief with hasty calcula- As reported by the presidential press ser- MOSCOW – The staff of the Embassy of At the same place, according to the tions. vice, the event took place on the grounds of Ukraine in Moscow, members of the Cossack [Kozak] tradition, the Mound Let us all together once again bow to and civil society organi- the National Museum in Memory of Victims of Mourning was placed and the Great the memory of innocent victims of the zations commemorated the victims of the of Famines in Ukraine. Participating in the Viche Bell put over the Kyiv-Kharkiv Holodomor and pledge to do every- Holodomor of 1932-1933 on November 27. ceremony were national deputies, Cabinet road, near the Mharsk monastery, in the thing to ensure that such horror never During the ceremony, Ukraine’s members, members of the clergy and the presence of thousands of people. Since threatens Ukraine again! Ambassador to Russia Volodymyr public. Yelchenko noted that for many years this Messrs. Yanukovych and Azarov and tragedy had been covered up, “and only after Metropolitan Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Ukraine gained its independence did it Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate become possible to reveal this terrible chap- placed symbolic compositions of candles, ter in our history.” kalyna and wheat before the statue named The ambassador recalled that not only “The Bitter Memory of Childhood.” The Ukrainians, but also Russians, Kazakhs, president also visited the museum’s Hall of Belarusians and other nationalities suffered Memory, where he lit a candle of memory from the Famine during those years. and perused the National Book of Memory. Mr. Yelvchenko emphasized that in recent The “Day of Remembrance of Victims of years, thanks to the efforts of the Ukrainian Famines and Political Repressions,” as it is diplomatic corps and the Ukrainian diaspora, officially called in accordance with the presi- the truth about the Famine was brought to dential decree of November 26, 1998, is held many parts of the world. Today, on the Day annually in Ukraine on the fourth Saturday of Remembrance of Victims of Famines and of November. (Ukrinform) Political Repressions, this tragedy is remem- HUNGARY bered at all Ukrainian embassies abroad with participation of the Ukrainian diaspora. BUDAPEST – A wreath-laying ceremo- Participants of the ceremony observed a ny before the Candle of Memory, a memori- moment of silence in memory of the al to victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 Holodomor’s victims. On the territory of the in Ukraine, was held on November 27 in Embassy, the Ukrainian flag was at half-staff Budapest’s Petofi Square. and memorial lamps were burning. In attendance were the chair of the nation- A requiem for the victims of the al organization of Ukrainians in Hungary, Holodomor was offered in Moscow at the Jaroslawa Hortiani, the chairmen of 15 local Cathedral of the Savior on the Sands. organizations of the country’s Ukrainians (Ukrinform) and Ukraine’s ambassador to the Republic of Hungary, Yurii Mushka. GERMANY As reported by Ukrinform’s correspon- BERLIN – The Ukrainian community in dent in Hungary, Ms. Hortiani and Germany paid tribute to the victims of the Ambassador Mushka noted the importance Holodomor of 1932-1933 on November 27 of commemorating the millions of victims of with memorial events in Berlin and Munich. Stalin’s regime. Participants in the memorial The Central Union of Ukrainians in event lighted candles in memory of those Germany called on everyone to join com- who died in the Famine 77 years ago. memorative events in Berlin. Other memorial events planned in Representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora Budapest include readings of works on the and all those who are not indifferent to the Holodomor and a memorial concert of the fate of millions of innocent victims of the vocal quartet Kolo and bandura player Stalin regime lit candles of memory. Violetta Dutchak from Ivano-Frankivsk, Events dedicated to the 77th anniversary Ukraine. of the Holodomor were to take place also in All these activities are organized by the Munich at the local parish of the Ukrainian Ukrainian community in Hungary under the Greek-Catholic Church, where candles were auspices of the International Institute of to be lit, a minute of silence observed and a Education, Culture and Relations with the prayer offered to commemorate the millions Diaspora of the Lviv Polytechnic National of Ukrainians killed in the Famine. University. (Ukrinform) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 No. 49

NEWS AND VIEWS The Holodomor: Genocide in Ukraine, 1932-1933 Following is the text of a speech deliv- regime also moved to eliminate the intelli- ered at the Holodomor commemoration gentsia of Ukraine, who attempted to main- organized by the Ukrainian Genocide tain the principle of Ukrainian indepen- Famine Foundation U.S.A. at St. Joseph dence. Writers, scholars, artists and clergy Ukrainian Catholic Church in Chicago on were arrested, imprisoned, tortured, execut- September 19 ed or sent to Siberia, never to be heard from again. by Olya Soroka Farmers and the intelligentsia defined a large segment of the Ukrainian population, Holodomor. It’s not a play on another both well-known for their nationalism and well-known similar sounding word. Its independence, that was deliberately target- meaning is uniquely Ukrainian, as is the ed during this genocide by the Soviet experience that gave origin to the word. regime’s efforts crush resistance to Soviet The word “Holodomor” is a literal combi- policies, break the will of the people, elimi- nation of two Ukrainian words: “holod,” nate its Christian essence, and force meaning starvation, and “moryty,” meaning Ukraine and its people into submission. to kill. Holodomor – to kill by starvation – There was no natural catastrophe in defines a horrific tragedy in the during these years. Soviet records mankind: the genocide committed against confirm that the grain harvest was sufficient the Ukrainian people by the Soviet regime to support the entire population of the coun- in 1932-1933 as authorized by its leader try and still maintain a reserve. Excessive Joseph Stalin.1 quotas of grain were ordered by the Soviet Olya Soroka speaks about the Holodomor at St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Early estimates of the death toll resulting regime for collection, and in some rural Church in Chicago. from the Holodomor – people who died regions grain supplies to the last seed and “before their time” were “conservative” foods in the home were confiscated under a The impact is seen today in Ukraine’s Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, according to renowned historian James resolution passed by the Central Committee inability to govern its own country effec- are intended to fuel controversy about the Mace, author of the groundbreaking review of the Communist Party and the Council for tively while allowing the influence of Holodomor and continue to divide eastern of this historical event “Famine and the 4 People’s Commissars of the USSR. Russia to creep into an “independent” Ukraine (which has been more Russified) Nationalism in Soviet Ukraine.” Current Excessive amounts of grain were forci- Ukrainian government yet again. and western Ukraine (strong followers of estimates based upon an analysis of recent- bly exported from Ukraine and, while its Ukrainians lived and continue to live in fear the EU and the West). ly revealed Soviet census data suggest, people were starving to death, Stalin subse- of being Ukrainian, of speaking their native Putin’s core issue is that he is struggling “that no fewer than 10 million men, women quently sold the grain to the West in order language and remembering their heroes and with the same problem Stalin and his prede- and children perished”2 – 10 million people to fund his ambitious industrialization and dead. It was this fear of existing as a nation cessors in tsarist Russia had – an un-sub- who died from forced starvation during a military build-up plans. The U.S. that paralyzed the Ukrainian people. missive, patriotic, Christian, freedom-lov- period of abundant harvest in their home- Commission on the Ukraine Famine notes The fear of being Ukrainian is seen ing Ukrainian people. land, a country known as the Breadbasket that Stalin refused international assistance today in the ruling circles of Ukraine. It Ukraine is a nation of amazing persever- of Europe. to the reported “famine” victims and imple- is robbing the country of its identity, ance, vitality, rich culture, Christian heri- Apologists of totalitarian dictators would mented a blockade to prevent Ukrainians piece by piece, every day by continuing tage with a fervent passion for freedom. have you believe that what occurred in from crossing the border to find food. To the policy of Russification – attempting Ukraine and the Ukrainian people will Ukraine in the years of 1932-1933 was a further inflict famine, an internal passport to add Russian as an official language, move beyond their past genocidal tragedy famine of large proportion due to a drought. system restricting travel within Ukraine refusing to relinquish Moscow’s control and subservient legacy and become vital, And for decades, information about the was enacted to prohibit Ukrainian farmers of Ukraine’s sacred Percherska Lavra respected members of Europe. Holodomor was repressed and denied by from traveling to the cities to seek food. monastery in Kyiv and making every Today, as Ukraine struggles with the his- the Soviet regime, despite eyewitness One struggles to read the eyewitness effort to prevent Ukraine’s move toward torical past, and hopes to empower its inde- accounts by Western diplomats and journal- accounts of the cruel horror of the genocide the West and the European Union; all in pendent future, it is our moral obligation as ists. – bodies piled in mass graves, mothers an attempt to eliminate Ukraine as a dis- members of a civilized humanity to support In fact, the unusually large number of helplessly watching their children slowly tinct nation. The ruling circles are preoc- Ukraine to move past the effects of the deaths from starvation in Ukraine was die, cannibalism, despair. One struggles to cupied with the accumulation of personal genocide and progress into a new chapter as reported by a number of foreign journalists, comprehend how any regime could commit power and wealth. For these rulers, a strong and wholly independent nation. while others, most notably Walter Duranty such atrocities against a nation. Genocide, democracy, rule of law, Ukrainian culture We must hold accountable the guilty per- of The New York Times accepted the rheto- its denial and the subsequent uncovering of and identity do not matter. petrators and expose them to the world. ric and supported the Soviet lie that the the truth, has happened throughout history. Under President Viktor Yushchenko, in Their crimes must be acknowledged and number of deaths were minimal and due to And unless the truth is told, recorded, 3 2006 the Parliament of Ukraine adopted the tried by the world. a natural catastrophe. taught as part of accurate historical fact and law “On the Holodomor in Ukraine of We must answer the call of the millions Proof of the truth about the Holodomor passed on through generations, an atrocity 1932-33” categorizing the Stalin-imposed of dead for the truth, the millions who have is well-documented and analyzed by of this magnitude may merely fade from artificial Famine in Ukraine as an act of been forgotten and not mourned; we must renowned Sovietologist Robert Conquest memory. Continued denial of the genocide genocide against the Ukrainian people. be the vessel through which their story is in his work “The Harvest of Sorrow” a will allow human nature to refuse to believe Thus far, 15 countries, including the United heard. We must restore the portion of work intensely powerful and compelling, that a genocide such as the one experienced States of America, have recognized the Ukraine’s history that is the Holodomor, so despite the fact that it preceded the fall of by the Ukrainian people could have really 1932-1933 Holodomor as genocide against that a nation that has suffered so greatly can USSR and subsequent opening of sealed happened; and another nation might suffer the Ukrainian people, and six countries rec- move forward and implement its own historical archives exposing the gruesome such a torturous tragedy. ognize it as an act of deliberate famine. design for the future and once again take its facts about the Holodomor and the lies of But we must never forget. We must rightful place in the free world. Stalin and his murderous regime. The Despite this international recognition honor the memory of those who died at the We must never forget the atrocity. We facts about what occurred in Ukraine in and volumes of factual evidence from hands of the Soviet totalitarian regime and must never ignore the lies. We must forever 1932-1933 confirm the execution of a their own archives, the current leaders of we must increase awareness and knowledge remember the souls of the 10 million vic- Stalin-endorsed, Soviet-planned purpose- Russia and Ukraine continue to refuse to about the Holodomor throughout the world tims. To those who suffered and those who ful and ruthless policy for the liquidation admit that there was a Ukrainian genocide. so that no other nation has to suffer geno- were murdered in the Holodomor we of the farming class – the primary base of Although the Soviet Union no longer cide. exists and from it arose a new and inde- pledge: We will never forget. the Ukrainian nation and the core of resis- The Holodomor was a secretive and pendent Russian state, why do the May God bless the innocent Ukrainians tance to Soviet rule. taboo topic for decades. Parts of western Russians lack objectivity about the facts? murdered in the Holodomor genocide, and During the Holodomor, the Soviet Ukraine that were under Polish rule during Vladimir Putin is rebuilding Stalin’s repu- may He grant them eternal peace. And may the genocide did not even know about the tation by focusing on his presumed God bless America, the home to many Olya Soroka, a first-generation suffering of their countrymen to the east. accomplishments and minimizing his his- Ukrainian descendants, and the leader of Ukrainian American, grew up in the This genocide was horrific, and today it toric crimes and misdeeds. Putin, under the free world, so that we can continue with Ukrainian community of Chicago. Her continues to have major consequences for the guise of “fraternal” concern, is also strength and perseverance to seek truth, to father, the late Mychaylo Soroka, was a Ukraine. It induced a substantial reduction arguing that all of the noise about a geno- support independent nations, to crush member of the Organization of in the population, traumatized the farming cide is merely an attempt to create a politi- oppression and to empower the will of free Ukrainian Nationalist, the Ukrainian class into submission to communism, cal rift between Russia and Ukraine. His people. Insurgent Army and the 1st Division of increased passivity toward totalitarianism, tactics, supported by the Russian-leaning Slava Ukrayini! the Ukrainian National Army. The family and crippled the development of Ukraine as of her late mother Maria Holowchenko a nation for decades. 1 3 Soroka lived through the horror of the The continued denial of the genocide by James Mace, “Famine and Nationalism in Jaroslaw Bilocerkowycz, “Focusing on the Holodomor of 1932-33 and her maternal Russian and Ukrainian authorities wipes Soviet Ukraine”, Problems of Communism Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33”, Problems of (Washington, DC) May – June 1984, p.38 Communism (July-August 1989) p.138 grandfather was sentenced to Siberia for out an important part of Ukraine’s history. resisting Stalin’s regime. Ms. Soroka is And, having lost its historic past for the 2 Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko, “The Time of 4 “On the Intensification of Grain Procurement”, an active member and counselor of the umpteenth time, Ukraine became incapable Stalin: A Portrait of Tvranny” (New York: Resolution of the Political Bureau of the Central American Ukrainian American Youth of executing its design for a future as an Harper & Row Publishers, 1981) p. 65 Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, Association. independent nation. (November 18, 1932) No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 11 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 No. 49

“Why are you yelling at me?” Dr. Saving Zaruddia... Kapustian asked. “I’m not promising (Continued from page 3) anything. Everything I did was done complex. without a deputy’s mandate.” Led by an oligarch, the Agrarian Party She tried communicating further: lost any chance of challenging the “Why are you so active with me now, but Ukrainian oligarchy that has done next to not when you have to defend yourself, nothing to support Ukrainian farmers. and the people? You could direct this Yet, on the local level, Mr. Petrenko cam- energy in a different direction.” paigned to show he had a different vision “And you think we’ll get our way? We for the villages, seeing them as more than won’t get our way all the same,” Ms. a gutted wasteland. Oleshko responded, lowering her head as With a voice like Sylvester Stallone’s, if she were ashamed. Mr. Petrenko also shares the actor’s dark Authoritarian regions hair, sunken eyes and long face. He wore a tan corduroy cap on his bald head. The next weekend, Dr. Kapustian and He speaks the Ukrainian language, Mr. Petrenko returned to the same mar- sings Ukrainian folk songs and, more ket, in front of a rundown “Budynok importantly, has dedicated his life to Kultury” (Culture Building) to do some growing soy, sunflowers and grain on his more campaigning. Their campaign bud- 74 acres of “chornozem” (black earth) in gets amounted to a few hundred dollars. Ostaptsi, an enterprise that would be With such limited funds, Mr. Petrenko Zenon Zawada ruined if Ferrexpo has its way. afforded himself color brochures from the Yurii Matiukha, Party of Regions can- Viktor Shkurat, Party of Regions can- Among his election platforms was Agrarian Party of Ukraine, while Dr. didate for the Kremenchuk District didate for the Poltava Oblast Council, building a church in his native Ostaptsi or Kapustian handed out simple black-and- Council, at an October 25 political tells the villagers of Bondari that he even central Bondari, whose residents white copies with the sparse funding she meeting in the village of Bondari. would make providing plumbing a top haven’t had any place to listen to the received from her party, the Front for priority if elected. He made no mention of plans to raze the village. Gospel and pray for many decades, or as Change led by Arseniy Yatsenyuk. to be the daughter of the Village Council long as anyone could remember. She admitted to The Ukrainian Weekly chair. Mr. Petrenko knew he could count on that she wasn’t particularly passionate or When asked about a political meet- Kapustian and Mr. Petrenko from the the votes of his native Ostaptsi and Dr. inspired by the party, but chose it as an and-greet for Monday, October 25, that Monday meeting, claiming it was too late Kapustian’s native Zaruddia. The other alternative to all the other pro-Western they hoped to speak at, Ms. Zayichenko to submit a statement. Yet, Mr. Petrenko villages needed convincing, however. forces that had largely disappointed the informed Dr. Kapustian that they neglect- said he had already notified her of his Two weeks before the vote, the pair head- Ukrainian public. ed to inform the TEC of their interest in interest verbally, and the law doesn’t ed to a Sunday outdoor market at Both were perfectly comfortable cam- participating. require a written statement. Bondari, where Dr. Kapustian was heck- paigning among the villagers. Mr. Dr. Kapustian suggested they write It seemed as though she was trying to led by Valentyna Oleshko, a supporter of Petrenko discussed the potato crop with a statements and submit them immediately. say anything that would dissuade them, Mr. Zayichenko. voter, while Dr. Kapustian repeated her When entering the TEC – based in the yet nothing did. The TEC chair, veteri- Ms. Oleshko’s attitude reflected the informal campaign slogan, “No promises. Village Council building adjacent to the narian Serhii Babii, sat by indifferently, passive, almost self-defeating way many Only what I’ve done,” referring to her market – they were informed by Ms. claiming, “I never had any information.” locals approach the conflict – she doesn’t success in providing natural gas service Zayichenko that they couldn’t register, Then Ms. Zayichenko mentioned that like the idea of abandoning her native to several villages. and only the Party of Regions would be it was the Party of Regions that organized Bondari, but doesn’t feel she can do any- After an hour of mingling, Dr. represented. the meeting. Yet the challengers pointed thing to stop it. Moreover, she’s afraid of Kapustian bumped into the secretary of Dr. Kapustian correctly noted that this out that it was the TEC that was supposed going against Mr. Zayichenko, in Dr. the territorial election commission (TEC), was a direct violation of the election law, to set the election conditions, not the Kapustian’s view. Liudmyla Zayichenko, who also happens which is supposed to guarantee equal par- Party of Regions. ticipation of all parties in public cam- What started as discussion quickly paign events organized by election com- degenerated into an hour-and-a-half-long missions. argument that occasionally escalated into Throughout Ukraine, opposition can- a shouting match, in which Mr. Petrenko didates had a difficult time defending and Dr. Kapustian accused Ms. their electoral rights. Zayichenko of favoring the Party of Violations ranged from egregious Regions and violating election laws in general. cases – such as Kamianets-Podilskyi City After some time, their argument Council Chair (Mayor) Anatolii Nesteruk ceased to be about the law and was trans- getting arrested during the campaign and formed into a test of wills as an election being denied his constitutional right to day warm-up. Both sides were flexing run for office – to simple incidents like their muscles to prove they couldn’t be the one confronting Dr. Kapustian and intimidated. Demonstrating strength and Mr. Petrenko. resolve ahead of the election became As in all of Ukraine, they had to play more important than the law itself. The by the rules of an election law that was law was so poorly drafted, with so many stacked against the opposition. Election gaps and contradictions, that it couldn’t commissions – both territorial and district resolve many conflicts anyway. – were dominated by the coalition parties Outside, a commissioner informed The in power, particularly the Party of Weekly that plans were afoot to raze Regions. Their decisions, no matter how 6,000 hectares (14,820 acres) to dig for outrageous or illegal, couldn’t be easily iron ore. The correspondent responded overturned. that there were people fighting to stop Opposition candidates found it particu- that, such as Dr. Kapustian and Mr. larly rough in Ukraine’s rural regions, Petrenko. “Money rules the world,” he which are largely overlooked by all those responded, shrugging his shoulders. involved in the elections, including the Dr. Kapustian’s leading challenger, media, international observers and the Yurii Matiukha of the Party of Regions, political parties themselves. walked into the argument. The former Dr. Kapustian lacked even the most collective farm chair – who had joined basic support from the Front for Change, Dr. Kapustian in unveiling the such as transportation, legal staff and an Holodomor monument 20 years earlier – election day observer. She hired two cam- tried to calm the emotions and resolve the paigners at $12.50 each to develop her conflict. fliers and distribute them. Mr. Petrenko To explain the planned meeting, Mr. had one election day observer, but also Matiukha echoed the same line offered lacked lawyers and campaigners. by Ms. Zayichenko, that the Party of Making things even tougher is the fact Regions had organized it. Any notion that that Ukrainians villagers are largely apo- the TEC was supposed to act indepen- litical, often inadequately educated or dently of the Party of Regions hadn’t ignorant of the political process, enabling dawned upon him either. those in charge of the election process to The two candidates repeated their get away with egregious violations. As a demand for an “open and transparent result, opposition candidates have little public meeting” in the election. The argu- help to rely on, besides their own dogged ment turned personal when Dr. Kapustian efforts. pointed out that Ms. Zayichenko was the Ms. Zayichenko offered various rea- sons and excuses to exclude Dr. (Continued on page 23) No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 13 GENERATION UKE

Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas and Yarema Belej Tatyana Koziupa named “Outstanding Graduate Student” at Arizona State University PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Tatyana of society.” learning centers such as museums and Koziupa, a doctoral student in media art Ms. Koziupa is part of a team utilizing science centers will facilitate and encour- and sciences at Arizona State University, the university’s Situated Multimedia Arts age life-long learning.” was named an “Outstanding Graduate Learning Lab (SMALLab), a mixed-reali- Ms. Koziupa earned a bachelor’s Student” by the university’s website, ty and virtual environment where stu- degree in media arts and a master’s http://graduate.asu/edu. dents collaborate on complex problem degree in educational technology, a cer- Ms. Koziupa, according to the article, solving in a physical space approximately tificate in audio production technology is exploring how to advance science edu- 15 feet wide. The participants interact and has almost four years experience in cation in K-12 schools and learning cen- with digital graphics and media through the video game industry. She continued ters. “In order for Arizona students to movements, gestures and physical manip- with her doctoral studies at the university keep pace with their national and interna- ulation of objects. because she felt it would be a perfect cap- tional peers, there is a particular need to “In several K-12 schools we are work- stone to her combined industry, academic support new modes of teaching and learn- ing with teachers and students to develop and creative experiences. “The K-12 ing for science, technology, engineering effective software for our digital-physical Learning Group seemed an appropriate and mathematics (STEM) topics,” said hybrid environment that will integrate next step. Working with the SMALLab Ms. Koziupa. “It is essential for K-12 well into the classroom and existing cur- research team has been great.” classrooms and informal learning envi- riculum,” Ms. Koziupa said. “Also, I am Meeting the challenges facing the edu- ronments to stay current with technologi- looking at how implementing mixed-real- cation system today, “I’m focusing my cal advances taking place in other sectors ity multimodal technology in informal research on how technology and game design principles can influence, trans- form, inform and enhance our current learning models. We need to test the theo- Nicholas Stepaniak named ries and frameworks in the real world, and work with teachers, students and par- ents to craft the educational system of the Tatyana Koziupa “Communications Trainer of the Year” future, today.” PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Nicholas Ms. Koziupa is a member of the advi- K-12 schools and museums. 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The next edition of Generation Uke will appear on January 2, 2011. Kindly make checks payable to The Ukrainian Weekly or Svoboda, as appropriate. Please send payment to The Ukrainian Weekly, or Svoboda, Please send your submissions by December 27 P.O. Box 280, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 to Matthew Dubas at [email protected]. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 No. 49 H olodomor Memorial in Washington: A progress report by Alla Rogers authorized the govern- ment of Ukraine “to Overview establish a memorial on federal land in the Our nation’s capital is home to a broad District of Columbia to spectrum of monuments honoring heroes honor the victims of the and champions, as well as remembering Ukrainian famine-geno- wars and man’s inhumanity to man. None cide of 1932-1933.” This are dedicated to victims of torture or was achieved through death by starvation (“Holodomor” in the the joint efforts of the Ukrainian language.) Embassy of Ukraine and After a painful public debate among the National Holodomor living witnesses in Ukraine and in the Committee, chaired by diaspora and victims who survived what Michael Sawkiw Jr. historians, scholars and governments 2. In 2008, a site was have now officially recognized as a approved for the memo- Soviet policy of genocide against the rial at North Capitol Ukrainian citizenry and its national iden- Street, Massachusetts tity, a proclamation has been made per- Avenue and F Street mitting Ukrainians in the United States to NW, after a lengthy site memorialize this historic tragedy. It took the lives of 3.5 million, and perhaps as selection process in many as 6 million citizens by some which many other scholarly calculations, in the brief period requested sites were of two years in 1932-1933. rejected. On December A memorial design competition was 2 that year, the site was organized and a jury panel was selected. blessed by hierarchs of Of the 52 submissions examined and the Ukrainian Orthodox judged according to the set parameters, the and Catholic Churches process produced five finalists. The jury in a ceremony attended comprised Ukrainian nationals as well as by dignitaries from the Ukrainians from the U.S. and Canada. Of U.S. and Ukrainian the five finalists, Larysa Kurylas is the governments and the “Krapli Sliz na Pshenychnomu Poli” (“Tear Drops on a Wheat Field”), the design by Iulii and Lev sole American (see sidebar). The other first lady of Ukraine at Synkevych. four finalists were from Ukraine. that time, Kateryna With the passage of time and with no Yushchenko. included perspective further news, questions naturally occur 3. In October of 2009, the government drawings, technical about the status of the memorial and the earmarked 5 million hrv for the construc- drawings, a model and fate of the five designs that were found tion of the American memorial and the a project description. worthy as finalists. The long and difficult, Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Notably, participants in and sometimes divisive, debate and ensu- Tourism organized an international com- the design competition ing monument competition seems to have petition for the design of the memorial. were encouraged to ended in a resounding silence. The judging took place in Kyiv. A public awareness of the importance 4. In December of 2009, five finalists refrain from using of bringing this project to its conclusion were selected from among 52 anonymous overtly religious sym- is obvious. A tangible place to remember, submissions. Twenty-two jurors voted b o l i s m , s i n c e t h e shed tears, pray and pay respect is neces- for their top five choices, in no particular memorial is to be locat- sary and long overdue! ranking. The finalists, determined by ed on federal land. most number of votes were: Oleksandr BORIS DANYLUK, Chronology Diachenko, Larysa Kurylas, Boris “Rushnyk” (“Ritual Cloth”): For Ukrainians 1. On January 3, 2006, the U.S. Congress Danyluk, Iulii/Lev Synkevych and Igor/ Liudmyla Grechanyk. that is an object fraught with symbolism. The Alla Rogers is owner and director of 5. The jury included four persons from rushnyk was present to Alla Rogers Gallery, founded in 1990 as a North America: Radoslav Zuk, Daria receive the newborn, as showcase for contemporary European and Kulchytsky, Bohdana Urbanovych and American Art. Ms. Rogers focused on the Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Oleh well as to lower the cof- newly accessible art from Eastern Europe Shamshur. The rest of the jury was from fin into the grave. and the countries of the former Soviet Ukraine. Village elders wore Union, and her gallery has been in the 6. There has been no official announce- them to distinguish vanguard of this focus. The Gallery has ment of the results of the competition. their seniority and wis- curated hundreds of exhibitions and led 7. It is not clear by whom and how the dom, they adorned artist exchanges between American and winning project from amongst the finalist icons in homes and Boris Danyluk’s proposed design, “Rushnyk” (“Ritual Eastern European artists. Alla Rogers, an pool will be selected. churches, and bridal Cloth”). artist herself, has recently exhibited her 8. By American law the monument couples took their vows own paintings in Kyiv at The National Fine must be constructed by no later than tethered by these richly embroidered fam- “Zruynovana Kulya” (“Destroyed Sphere”): Art Museum of Ukraine. 2013. ily heirlooms. Certainly a visual cue that The sphere, a symbol of the world, unity, Ukrainians would understand and others wholeness, infinity, the cosmos is a power- Competition and finalists only with explanations attached. Project submission requirements OLEKSANDR DIACHENKO – (Continued on page 26)

Cover of the brochure of Ukraine’s The design by Igor and Liudmyla Ministry of Culture and Tourism for Grechanyk, “Rostochok” (“Shooting the competition for the design of the Hands”). Oleksandr Diachenko’s proposal, “Zruynovana Kulya” (“Destroyed Sphere”). Holodomor Memorial in Washington. No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 15

Architect’s design statement: Memorial to victims of the Holodomor by Larysa Kurylas What do Americans know about Ukraine? If they know anything, it is that Ukraine was the “Breadbasket of Europe,” a fact that was taught in schools across America. For this reason, the main sculpture of this proposed Holodomor memorial in the capi- tal of the United States, represents an over- scaled “Field of Wheat” – 1.8 meters high and 9 meters long. The depiction of wheat, however, is not static. The wheat field changes from high bas-relief on the left edge to deep negative relief on the right, reflecting the transition from an ample har- vest to the horrible deficit that became the Holodomor. Simultaneously with the wheat disap- pearing, the words “HOLODOMOR 1932 – 1933” emerge out of the wall in greater and greater relief. On a bent panel to the right of the sculpture, a short paragraph titled The proposed design for the Holodomor Memorial by Washington architect Larysa Kurylas. It is titled “Pole Pshenytsi” “Famine-Genocide in Ukraine,” explains (“Field of Wheat”). the term “Holodomor” and the basic facts of Stalin’s genocide. The proposed material for the entire sculpture is bronze. Casting of the sculpture can happen in the United States or in Ukraine, where the recycling of bronze from melted Stalin statues could impart additional meaning. The “Field of Wheat” sculpture sits on a raised granite planter wall, approximate- ly one-half meter high. The sculpture is placed within arms’ reach to encourage a more personal connection to the memorial through touching and burnishing of the bronze surfaces. The shape of the planter responds to the triangular geometry of the site. It is planted with liriope (liriope mus- cari), an evergreen ground cover, for year- round color. As befits the site, the primary orientation of the “Field of Wheat” sculpture is to the most important street – Massachusetts Avenue. The monument ensemble very deliberately turns away from F Street and the two restaurant/bars with outdoor seating directly south of the site. (Urbanistically, F The architect’s rendering of the proposal. Street is relatively insignificant in this vicin- ity, since it is interrupted by a highway one backdrop for the memorial. intersection of North Capitol Street, is paved. The paving pattern is inspired by block to the west.) The unusual color and distinctive verti- Massachusetts Avenue and F Street, a more Ukrainian folk art motifs. Its highly To further distance the solemn memorial cal shape of the trees will stand out in con- contemplative setting for the sculpture is abstracted geometry, however, only hints at from F Street, a row of columnar trast to the surrounding street trees and achieved. In this location, the memorial the richness of Ukrainian folk art. The diag- “Dawyck” European beech trees (fagus syl- draw attention to the memorial from far does not interrupt the site lines of onal grids resolve the urban geometry of the vatica “Dawyck”) are proposed to be away. The vertical and twisted branches of Massachusetts Avenue. The horizontality of site, but the sharp angular forms of the pat- placed in the planter. At 8-10 meters in the trees will create winter interest. And in the sculpture intentionally imparts a lower tern are intended to create a subtle sense of mature height, the scale of the trees works November, during the annual Holodomor profile and restrained character to the unease. well with the triangular bank building. The commemoration, the trees will turn a beau- memorial, while its length establishes an It is easy to picture one individual, or a trees have a very distinctive leaf color – tiful autumnal orange hue. The trees are unmistakable presence, especially while few, or an entire gathering of people at the deep purple – appropriate as a somber considered to be specimen trees, slow traveling east along Massachusetts Avenue. memorial site. The image that comes to growing and long–lived. Placing the memorial at the widest part of mind is a nighttime scene, with hundred of Larysa Kurylas of The Kurylas Studio The sculpture is located toward the west the site also allows for commemorative candles placed on the planter wall and a has been a practicing architect in end of the site for several reasons. By plac- gatherings. For this purpose, the remaining gathering of people solemnly singing Washington for over 25 years. ing it as far as possible from the very busy area of the memorial, outside of the planter, “Vichnaya Pamyat” – “Eternal Memory.”

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two countries. Messrs. Lytvyn and well as a plan on cooperation between the account both the needs of the state and citi- NEWSBRIEFS Mironov also discussed simplification of foreign ministries of both countries in 2011. zens’ interests. “The debate involving the (Continued from page 2) border and customs controls, because, The fuel and energy ministries of Ukraine tax code is evidence of how difficult the Ukraine and Russia have today taken up a according to Mr. Lytvyn, “this is a great and Russia signed an agreement on cooper- process of the country’s modernization is,” “good pace” heading towards the solution of stimulus for the citizens of both coun- ation in the transportation of oil to read a statement available on the official various problems.” (Ukrinform) tries.” In addition, issues of humanitarian Ukrainian refineries and its transit across website of the president. “We are going cooperation between the countries, in par- Ukraine. The heads of the Russian Federal through the path of reforms which all the Ukraine, Russia intensify cooperation ticular, joint activities to commemorate the Space Agency (Roskosmos) and the developed countries have passed. And it 200th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko, National Space Agency of Ukraine signed a begins with restoring order in the economy, KYIV – Ukraine and Russia intend to were discussed. (Ukrinform) protocol introducing amendments to an the country’s finances,” he said. He added, intensify cooperation at the interregional intergovernmental agreement on coopera- “The tax code should be an efficient and level, according to an agreement reached Ukraine, Russia sign seven documents tion in the exploration and use of outer equitable tool in the fight against the shad- during bilateral talks between Verkhovna KYIV – Ukraine and Russia have signed space for peaceful purposes. (Ukrinform) ow economy, a transparent mechanism for Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn and filling the country’s budget, a driving force seven documents after a meeting of the Ukraine, Russia to bring economies closer Sergey Mironov, head of the Council of Ukrainian-Russian Interstate Commission, for the modernization of the country.” “Only Federation of the Russian Federal which took place at the Russian presidential KYIV – The presidents of Ukraine and new taxation can significantly raise pen- Assembly. As Mr. Lytvyn reported at a residence in Gorki outside Moscow on Russia have agreed to synchronize the sions and wages, ensure quality health care briefing after the November 29 meeting in November 26. The two sides signed a development of their national economies, and modern science and education. The Kyiv, the parties agreed that a pause in memorandum of mutual understanding an Ukrinform correspondent reported code must be respected by citizens, domes- relations between the two countries is between the Russian Transport Ministry, from Russia on November 26. Ukrainian tic entrepreneurs and foreign investors must inadmissible. “We stressed the unaccept- the Ukrainian Transport and President Viktor Yanukovych announced trust in it,” he stressed. “Every citizen must ability of the practice when from 2006 to Communications Ministry and Russia’s this at a meeting of the Ukrainian- feel that the code takes into account both the 2009 we had a break in the relationship Vnesheconombank on the construction of a Russian Interstate Commission at the needs of the state and his/her own interests. and not just at the level of Parliaments,” bridge across the Strait of Kerch. Also Russian presidential residence in Gorki And therefore, every decision had to be Mr. Lytvyn said. The two leaders dis- signed was an agreement on cooperation in near Moscow. He explained that both par- clearly calibrated, well-calculated and cussed a return to the practice of holding the sphere of testing and the protection of ties had already taken steps to deepen understandable to society, no matter how interregional forums of the border regions rights to varieties of plants, an agreement economic cooperation in energy, ship- complex it was,” he emphasized. of Ukraine and Russia involving deputies on cooperation in conducting inspections at building and space exploration. “We cre- (Ukrinform) ating the conditions for the synchroniza- of the municipal and regional levels, as the sites on Ukrainian territory where the Opposition comments on presidential veto well as members of the Parliaments of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is stationed, as tion of our economies,” he said, adding that a newly created high-level group on KYIV – The opposition says President integration interaction would serve as a Viktor Yanukovych’s veto of the tax code is tool to implement joint strategic projects. a win for small and medium-sized business- CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS Mr. Yanukovych also said that Ukraine es, National Deputy Andrii Kozhemiakin of remains a reliable partner of Russia, in the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc-Batkivschyna particular, in the transit of gas to Europe. told the press on November 30. “This is a TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 “Russia, being a reliable supplier of gas victory, especially for entrepreneurs – the or e-mail [email protected] not only to Ukraine, but also to Europe, people who have consolidated in [response has a reliable partner in Ukraine, which to the] danger of losing their jobs and peace will not create any problems for our part- in their families,” Mr. Kozhemiakin SERVICES PROFESSIONALS ners in Europe. 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Mr. Azarov’s spokesman, Vitalii Lukianenko, said the talks Tax protests to continue between the prime minister and represen- KYIV – The entrepreneurs protesting tatives of the protest were scheduled for in Kyiv are not about to go home, it was midday on November 29. He said the announced on December 1. The protest chance for dialogue between the govern- will end only after the tax code is can- ment and protesters was not gone, adding celed in its entirety and work begins on a that the government was still ready to new document to be put into effect in discuss the new tax code with the owners 2012. This was announced at a press con- of small and medium-sized businesses. ference by a representative of the Thousands of such business owners have National Coordinating Council, protested for two weeks in Kyiv and Volodymyr Dorosh. Mr. Dorosh said that other cities to demand that President only after a final veto of the tax code, Viktor Yanukovych veto the legislation, could a normal, coordinated dialogue of which was approved by Parliament nearly representatives of the National two weeks earlier. (RFE/RL) Coordinating Council of Entrepreneurs President vetoes tax code with the developers of the new draft tax code begin. He said that the next rally OPPORTUNITIES KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor was to be held on Independence Square Yanukovych on November 30 told reporters on December 2. (Ukrinform) at Boryspil airport before flying to Astana, Karpaty Construction Company A Ukrainian lady (US citizen) is looking Bohatyriova on missile defense system for a live-in position caring for an elderly Kazakhstan, for a summit of the All work, large or small: complete home or sick person. 6-7 days per week. Organization for Security and Cooperation KYIV – Ukraine is ready to participate in renovations, bathrooms, basements, Has good recommendations in Europe (OSCE) that he had vetoed the the creation of a European missile defense roofs, masinry work, exterior and and 18 years of experience. tax code. Mr. Yanukovych had said at a system that NATO member-states are plan- interior painting. Call Vasili Cholak: Tel.: 973-568-7927 meeting with economic experts from the 718-392-0138; cell 347-515-5437. ning to set up to protect Europe and the government and the Presidential United States. Raisa Bohatyriova, secretary Administration that the sections of the tax of the National Security and Defense MERCHANDISE Earn extra income! code related to the protection of the rights of Council of Ukraine, announced this during producers and businesses should be her official visit to Warsaw after meeting The Ukrainian Weekly is looking reviewed. 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arrived in Dnipropetrovsk, where the NEWSBRIEFS Golden Rose Synagogue hosted a reception (Continued from page 16) in his honor. “Dnipropetrovsk Jews have ed in this proposal, we will be ready for created a most wonderful community. You practical implementation,” she added. Ms. have managed to do something unique for Bohatyriova also said that Ukrainian author- the Jewish people. You have united with one ities support the involvement of the Russian another in a way that is uncharacteristic of Federation in the creation of the missile the Jewish people,” commented Mr. Peres. defense system. Mr. Koziej said that Responding to this greeting, the president of Ukraine’s readiness to join the creation of a the Jewish community of Dnipropetrovsk, European missile defense system was “a Gennadii Boholiubov, pointed out that Mr. good signal that indicates that the establish- Peres is “a living legend, uniting Jews” and ment of missile defense is an objective thanked him for his visit. The meeting in the requirement of the time.” He noted that the synagogue with President Peres also participants in the NATO summit in Lisbon involved Dnipropetrovsk Oblast State Administration Chair Alexander Vilkul, had decided to begin work on the creation Dnipropetrovsk Mayor Ivan Kulichenko, of a territorial missile defense system and Israel’s Ambassador to Ukraine Zina Kalay- offered cooperation and participation in this Kleitman and Ukraine’s Ambassador to to other countries, particularly Russia and Israel Hennadii Nadolenko. The following Ukraine. (Ukrinform) day, the Israeli president paid a visit to the President honors UOC-MP primate Ohr Avner Day School and met with the board of trustees of the local Jewish com- KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych munity, which includes such leading busi- has bestowed the Order of Liberty on the nessmen as Ihor Kolomoisky, Mr. leader of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Boholiubov and Victor Pinchuk. The Jewish Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan community of Dnipropetrovsk is a member Volodymyr (Sabodan), it was reported on of the Federation of Jewish Communities of November 23. As noted in the text of the Ukraine. (Federation of Jewish decree posted on the official website of the Communities of the CIS) president, Metropolitan Volodymyr was honored for his outstanding personal contri- Ukraine, Israel sign action plan butions in promoting peace and social har- KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign Affairs mony, and long-term selfless work for the Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko and revival of spirituality and national-cultural Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman identity of the Ukrainian people. on November 25 in Kyiv discussed the Congratulating the primate of the UOC-MP prospects of deepening Ukrainian-Israeli on his 75th birthday, President Yanukovych relations in various fields. The ministers said that in his person the Ukrainian noted the positive expectations of the public Orthodox Church has a wise leader and in both countries from the introduction of a scholar of theology, a tireless preacher, men- mutual visa-free regime in early 2011 and tor and good shepherd of the priesthood and agreed to continue bilateral talks on the the laity, and a fully talented and educated introduction of a free-trade regime between man. (Ukrinform) Ukraine and Israel. The parties welcomed Peres advises Ukrainians to forget history the signing of an intergovernmental agree- ment on the promotion and mutual protec- KYIV – President Shimon Peres of tion of investments during the visit to Israel, speaking in Kyiv on November 25 Ukraine of Israeli President Shimon Peres, during in a public lecture on “Political and which should give impetus to the develop- Economic Challenges in the Era of ment of economic trade and investment Globalization,” said he advises Ukrainians cooperation between the two countries. not to focus on history and to leave history (Ukrinform) to scholars. “If I were asked what to advise Ukraine, I would say: forget about history, U.S. policy may lead to inflation in Ukraine history is not at all important… You won’t KYIV – The United States has turned on be able to not repeat the mistakes of the the printing presses, which could result in an past, you will simply make new ones,” he increase in petrol prices in Ukraine and a said (according to a Ukrainian translation of rise in the price of some goods imported his remarks as reported by the BBC). from Europe, Ukrinform reported on President Peres was in Ukraine on a state November 17, citing Focus magazine, visit. He met with President Viktor which conducted a survey of experts. The Yanukovych and Verkhovna Rada victory over competitors from other coun- Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn on November tries through a reduction in the price of 24 and honored the memory of Jews and goods is the ultimate goal of all currency others killed by the Nazis at Babyn Yar in wars in the world. Ukraine also contributed NELLIE WYNARSKY Kyiv. Also during his visit, a bilateral agree- to exchange rate wars by collapsing the ment on stimulation and protection of hryvnia in 2008, which allowed domestic investments was signed, and activation of steel and chemical exports to survive the (née Loshchenko) cooperation between the two countries’ economic crisis, the publication writes. Parliaments was discussed. (BBC However, the rest of the public had a hard passed away November 24, 2010, at the age of 86. Ukrainian, Official Website of Ukraine’s time, as food prices soared and wages President) pegged to the dollar exchange rate plum- meted. This time things could be more com- Beloved wife of the late Serge; loving mother of Andrew Ukrainians gain visa-free travel to Israel plicated, especially if the dollars that are (Suzanne), George (Sheryl) and Daniel; cherished grand- KYIV – Ukrainians will be able to being printed by Washington are sent to for- mother of Michael and Katherine. Long time member of visit Israel without visas beginning on eign markets, including to Ukraine. February 9, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service “America can impose another loan on the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, reported on November 23. Ukrainian Ukraine from certain international institu- Branch 12 and the Association of Ukrainian Artists in Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman tions, bringing the country to national America. Oleksander Dikusarov told journalists default,” believes Yurii Havrylechko, an that all citizens with passports will be expert from the Foundation for Safe Society. able to visit Israel for 90 days without a “There will be more free money in the Mass and Funeral Services were held Saturday, visa. Israelis will enjoy the same visa-free world, and it will have to invested, and the December 4th at St. Andrew Ukrainian Catholic Church travel privileges to Ukraine. Mr. oil market is the most attractive market for Dikusarov said the Israeli-Ukrainian visa rapid investments. That’s why, oil prices and Cemetery in Parma, OH. Memorial contributions in agreement will boost bilateral political will grow,” says Oleksander Zholud, a her memory may be made to The Ukrainian Museum, 222 senior analyst at the International Center for dialogue, trade, and socio-economic rela- East Sixth Street, New York, NY 10003; http://www.ukrai- tions between the two countries. (RFE/ Policy Studies. The head of the A-95 con- RL) sulting agency, Serhii Kuyun, said that new nianmuseum.org/donationform.html. prices at Ukrainian filling stations after that Israel’s president in Dnipropetrovsk would be only a matter of time. “On our market, a rise in oil prices is reflected in Eternal memory! DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine – On three weeks or a month, first by wholesale November 25, during his official visit to Ukraine, President Shimon Peres of Israel (Continued on page 26) 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 No. 49 No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 19

revealed by Wikileaks, which so far The Wikileaks cables also revealed tion resulted in her Security Advisory Wikileaks... numbered about eight, offered little new U.S. diplomats confirming Mr. Opinion being received on the day (Continued from page 1) information about Ukrainian politics and Mogilevich’s widely known role in Gaddafi’s party planned to travel to the trust between heads of state.” confirmed much of what was already RosUkrEnergo, the shady natural gas U.S., the Libyan government sent a pri- Such inside information was revealed known. None of the cables came from the intermediary that buys from the Russian vate jet to ferry her from Libya to by Wikileaks, a non-profit organization U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. monopoly Gazprom and sells to Portugal to meet up with the leader dur- devoted to exposing government secrets, Former Internal Affairs Minister Yurii Ukrainian industry and European mar- ing his rest stop,” the cable stated. which to date has distributed about 280 Lutsenko told the U.S. ambassador that kets. A Ukrainian political officer confirmed unclassified, classified and secret diplo- he received an order from former Certain members of the Russian that the Ukrainian nurses “travel every- matic cables exchanged between U.S. Procurator General of Ukraine Federal Security Service (FSB) are either where with the leader,” the cable report- embassies and the State Department. Oleksander Medvedko to arrest former involved in organized crime structures or ed. The organization, which publishes the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Chair close their eyes to their activities, U.S. Reporters with the Segodnya daily tab- materials on its website, claims to have Oleksander Turchynov and his former diplomats reported on the eve of an April loid found out that Ms. Kolotnytska obtained more than 250,000 such cables deputy, Andrii Kozhemiakin. 2008 visit of FBI Director Robert indeed is neither voluptuous nor blond, and said it plans to reveal their contents Both are close political associates of Mueller to Moscow. having published her photographs in the in what would be an unprecedented dis- former Prime Minister Yulia Mr. Mogilevich not only had official newspaper. Her daughter Tania denied closure of U.S. government diplomatic Tymoshenko, who was under constant security and the freedom to move within her mother was in a romantic relationship secrets. political attack from former President Russia, but was appointed by Gazprom to with the dictator. The Holodomor surfaced at least one Viktor Yushchenko. manage the sale of natural gas to Ukraine “My mother – Gaddafi’s lover? That’s more time in the leaks released thus far. The procurator general accused them through the shadow company nonsense! She never spoke to me about The U.S. Embassy in Moscow reported of destroying SBU documents related to RosUkrEnergo, the cable reported. that,” she told the newspaper. “She called that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Ms. Tymoshenko’s “criminal business Mr. Mogilevich eventually lost his pro- me today (November 29) and said she’s Lavrov raised the issue with Israeli with Semen Mogilevich,” the cable tection for unknown reasons and was shocked by the rumors and doesn’t under- Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in reported. Ms. Tymoshenko is widely arrested in Moscow in January 2008. stand where this calamity came from.” June 2009. believed to have traded natural gas with The November 28 leak revealed that Ms. Kolotnytska moved to Libya nine “Lavrov raised Russian concern with Mr. Mogilevich – an international crime U.S. diplomats engage in as much gossip years ago, her daughter said. She con- ‘historical revisionism’ regarding the boss – in the mid-1990s. as salon hairdressers, stating that some firmed that “her mother is always with Soviet Era and Second World War, Mr. Lutsenko called the procurator embassy contacts noted that a “volup- him, but among other medics.” which, he said, was particularly acute in general’s order “crazy” and naturally tuous blond” Ukrainian nurse was report- “Gaddafi is a Bedouin and loves the Eastern Europe but was also present in didn’t execute it, the cable reported. In a ed to be in a romantic relationship with desert,” she said. “He often goes there to Israel,” the cable stated. November 29 interview, Mr. Lutsenko Libyan dictator Muammar el-Gaddafi. rest and brings his entourage with him. “He cited Israel’s official recognition said the leak was nothing new. At the Longtime nurse Galyna Kolotnytska, And my mother, a close person to him, of the Holodomor, the 1930s famine that time in 2006, the Procurator General’s 38, was among a “rumored staff of four communicates with him personally. And occurred in Ukraine. Lieberman Office filed criminal charges against Ukrainian nurses that cater to the Libyan they put a tent in the desert and live there explained that by recognizing this trage- Messrs. Turchynov and Kozhemiakin. leader’s health and well-being.” Mr. for a month or two. It’s hard to work in dy, Israel had not said Russia was guilty “After a short time, Turchynov and Gaddafi can’t travel without Ms. such conditions, such heat. My mother of causing it, nor that it was an act of Kozhemiakin won all their court cases, Kolotnytska, and she alone “knows his speaks well of Gaddafi, saying he’s a genocide.” which proved the absurdity of the accusa- routine,” the cable reported. good person, but can be strict when nec- The remaining mentions of Ukraine tions,” Mr. Lutsenko said. “When Kolotnytska’s late visa applica- essary.”

the entrepreneurs are the different fac- can claim that he did indeed veto the tax Nationwide tax... tions that emerged during the three weeks code. It remains to be seen whether the (Continued from page 3) of protests. Every few days, protest orga- memorandum signed by seven business- ment said. nizers issued new statements alleging dif- men will be taken seriously by the small- “The people will never accept such an ferent factions had emerged, attempting business community and whether the pro- agreement if a show will be put on about to destroy their unity and subvert their tests will continue. an ‘achieved agreement’ with individuals goals. During the third week of protests, sev- Protest leaders accused Oleksander who are not authorized by the protesters eral thousand entrepreneurs converged on Danyliuk, among the original organizers, Kyiv’s maidan on a daily basis, ignoring to engage in any negotiations,” the state- of declaring himself leader and trying to snowfall and freezing temperatures. ment underscored. usurp authority, while another faction led A National Coordinating Council was Among the biggest complaints of by entrepreneur Oksana Prodan was formed on December 2 to plan further small-business men about the tax code – accused of negotiating with politicians action. Yet protest leaders warned that drafted by Vice Prime Ministers Sergey without the necessary authority. rows of police had descended upon the Tigipko and Borys Kolesnikov and State The leaders of the Ukrainian Misto Voli that evening, with plans to Committee on Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship Rescue struggled to raze the tents. An officer showed a court Entrepreneurship Chair Mykhailo ensure its protests had no single leader order to the tent city commander declar- Brodskyi – was the elimination of the and no negotiator, concentrating its ing their presence on the maidan illegal. “Simplified System” under which they efforts on three main goals: a presidential The national deputies who camped out operated. veto of the tax code, the dismissal of the in the tent city on earlier nights – such as Mr. Kolesnikov tried promoting this government of Prime Minister Mykola Yurii Hrymchak, Andrii Shkil and significant change with the notion that Zenon Zawada Azarov, and conducting parliamentary Mykhailo Volynets – were not around, small business finally had to pay the Volodymyr Dorosh, director of the infor- elections in March 2011. and the Rescue leaders issued a public same taxes as big business, such as profit mation center of the central headquar- The latter two demands are unlikely to call for them to show up and offer sup- taxes and a Pension Fund tax. ters of the Ukrainian Entrepreneurship be fulfilled, while President Yanukovych port, before it was too late. Small entrepreneurs complained that Rescue. eliminating the Simplified System, or flat tax, would create incredible loads of that don’t reflect to the demands of the was stripped of his U.S. citizenship at his paperwork that they couldn’t handle protesters.” Turning the pages... deportation. themselves and could not afford to pay an About 200 articles of the tax code (Continued from page 6) Mr. Busch said that the case against Mr. accountant to perform. require amending, or more than half, said Mr. Demjanjuk from the U.S. He also Demjanjuk was a farce because German In submitting its proposal to Sviatoslav Shvetsov, press secretary of SS members at Sobibor were acquitted in Parliament on December 2, the the central headquarters of the Ukrainian argued that the Sobibor charges were addressed in the defendant’s trial in Israel earlier trials. “How can you say the order- Presidential Administration opted to Entrepreneurship Rescue. givers were innocent… and the one who leave the Simplified System in place as “A document in which more than half and thus the current trial constituted dou- ble jeopardy. Judge Ralph Alt, the presid- received the orders is guilty?” he asked. an apparent compromise with the entre- the articles need amending needs to be “There is a moral and legal double stan- ing judge, rejected the motion. preneurs. rewritten entirely,” he said. “No amend- dard being applied today.” “The Munich state prosecutor’s office Yet that didn’t impress them at all, as ments will change anything.” “I find it a bizarre showpiece,” said is aware that this will not be an easy the entrepeneurs pointed out that another Soon after Parliament approved the Rebecca Wittmann, professor of German clause in the legislation nevertheless new tax code, a robust fireworks display trial,” RFE/RL quoted Barbara post-war legal history at the University of harms most of the small businesses that erupted at about 6 p.m. above Stockinger, senior prosecutor. “For one Toronto. “Of course it is important to put qualify for the Simplified System. Independence Square (the “maidan”), thing… the accused is already 89 years Demjanjuk on trial. But the defense has Namely, big businesses are forbidden to where the tent city – named “Misto Voli” old and also because some of the witness- good arguments – that he’s a relatively include items and services bought from (City of Wills) – was offering support to es who will be heard here are of a unimportant character, that he’s Simplified System businesses in their more than 700 protesters amidst the remarkable age. But there is a large Ukrainian, not German, and that thou- gross expenses. That clause eliminates a chilly December winds. amount of evidence which can be looked sands of others in much higher positions major revenue source for most small No one could confirm who ordered the at, so we believe that the trial will pro- – including a former guard who’s set to businesses. display, yet it certainly wasn’t the ceed a little slower than usual but that the testify against Demjanjuk – have gotten “Therefore, they want to deceive the Ukrainian Entrepreneurship Rescue. crime can be proven to the accused.” away scot-free.” entrepreneurs yet again,” the December 2 “Our ‘Misto Voli’ will stand until Mr. Demjanjuk did not speak during statement said. “Instead of a full veto and we’re convinced that a new tax code is his court sessions and faces 15 years in Source: “Demjanjuk trial begins in drafting a new tax code, the Parliament under development,” Mr. Dorosh said. jail if convicted. If he is acquitted he can- Germany,” The Ukrainian Weekly, voted merely for a series of amendments Among the biggest problems facing not return to the United States since he December 6, 2009. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 No. 49

at the Lisbon summit involving NATO’s NATO's Lisbon summit... future role and NATO-Russia relations. (Continued from page 2) Ambassador Daalder said, “Be prepared Vancouver to Vladivostok.” The condi- for NATO version 3.0” (http://thecable. tions under which such unification is foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/10/29/get_ achieved and whether there is sufficient ready_for_nato_30). Mr. Rasmussen as unification will be for Russia to decide. well as Germany Foreign Minister Guido In December 2009, NATO Secretary- Westerwelle discussed the new NATO General Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited version directly with Moscow. Moscow and requested assistance on The Russians want – in return for their Afghanistan. The Russians responded cooperation with NATO – a veto over with a demand for an “agreement on the NATO’s deployment of troops on the ter- basis of NATO-Russia cooperation” ritories of NATO member-countries in (Eurasia Daily Monitor, October 28). Central-Eastern Europe. Moscow wants During the course of the year, NATO- NATO to be bound not to station more Russia relations intensified largely on than 3,000 troops (one brigade) in the Russian terms. In April 2009, during the aforementioned countries, which it NATO meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, regards as a sphere of its privileged inter- Russia (not present) was invited to partic- ests. If during a time of crisis more troops ipate in the “missile defense shield” proj- were to be required, then Russia’s prior ect – the same one that had been planned consent would be mandatory (EDM, for deployment in Poland, but had been October 22). scrapped following Moscow’s objections. In other words, if Russia were to attack In September of this year the NATO or threaten to attack Latvia, for example, Secretary-General invited Russia to par- then for NATO to send its troops to ticipate in the NATO summit planned for defend Latvia would require Moscow’s Lisbon. NATO speaks of Russia ever permission. One question is: “What will more insistently as a strategic partner, Russia give in return?” A Russian diplo- however, this completely disregards the mat stated on October 27: “Russia should fact that Russia’s strategic goal is not not increase its obligations at all, since it partnership with NATO but its demise. is NATO that is expanding and threaten- Chasing after Russia’s participation in ing Russia, not the other way around” the NATO summit in Lisbon, the alliance (Kommersant, October 27). issued a public invitation to Mr. NATO, of course, says it has not Medvedev at a specially convened accepted these proposals. A joint-commu- NATO-Russia Council in New York in niqué was planned concerning joint poli- September (NATO press release, cies on Afghanistan. Also, the idea has September 22, 2010; http://www.nato.int/ been mooted of “strengthening” the cps/en/SID-775CABC7-0C734261/natol- NATO-Russia Council, and Mr. ive/news_66401.htm). But Mr. Rasmussen has committed himself to Medvedev’s acceptance did not arrive announcing a breakthrough in NATO- until October, after German Chancellor Russian relations. It is clear that the West Angela Merkel and French President has not learned since 2008. It is still talk- Nicholas Sarkozy had agreed with him ing diplomatically about “agreeing not to about the summit’s agenda. This all hap- agree” or “no taboos in the dialogue.” pened during the three-way meeting in Russia, however, is talking about trade- Deauville, France, where Germany and offs in an old imperial spirit. Therefore, France wooed Russia with the prospect of are the crown jewels being offered in also securing a special role in EU security return for chicken feed? and foreign policy decisions (EDM, October 22). The article above is reprinted from Mr. Rasmussen and the U.S. Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission Ambassador to NATO, Ivo Daalder, from its publisher, the Jamestown announced an impending “breakthrough” Foundation, www.jamestown.org. The Winding Path to Freedom A perfect gift for anyone Top seller on Amazonbooks.com

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Ukrainian Institute of America, Inc. presents An Evening with Mustafa Dzhemilev Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 7 pm A rare opportunity to meet and hear the Nobel prize nominee, member of the Ukrainian Parliament, Chairman of the self-governing body of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, world-renowned champion of human rights, former Soviet dissident and political prisoner, and friend of Ukraine’s democratic and national aspirations. An evening with Mustafa Dzhemilev is being presented by the Ukrainian Institute of America in conjunction with the America Association of Crimean Turks/Tatars, World Congress of Crimean Tatars and Crimean Tatar Mejlis. At the Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street New York, NY For more information call 212-288-8660. No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 21 Philadelphia’s UECC convenes its 30th annual meeting JENKINTOWN, Pa. – The Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center (UECC), a nonprofit educational and cultural organiza- tion in Jenkintown, Pa., held its 30th annual meeting on Sunday, October 24, in the UECC Gallery. Registration for the meeting for UECC members and delegates of Ukrainian mem- ber-organizations began at 1 p.m. Materials pertaining to the meeting were distributed, including this year’s bilingual annual report. The meeting began at 2 p.m. with a call to order and opening prayer. After a verification of the quorum and approval of the agenda by the members and delegates of Ukrainian organizations with UECC membership, Secretary Natalia Griga read the minutes of the last annual meeting held on October 25, 2009, which unanimously approved unanimously. At the time of the vote, there were 2,346 registered votes (1,906 votes were needed to have a 20 per- cent quorum). President Borys Pawluk presented his report and gave a brief description of how Oksana Zharovsky the UECC is organized, noting that the work of the board of directors is divided The board of directors of the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center: (seated, from left) Andrea Zharovsky, Sophia into five sectors. Koropeckyj, Natalia Griga, Mark Tarnawsky, Borys Pawluk, Lubomyra Kalyta, Natalka Firko, Roman Cyhan, Patricia The Administrative Sector is responsible Sawchak. (standing) Danylo Zacharczuk, Roman Petyk, Lubomyr Pyrih, Nadya Petryk, Basil Kuzio, Laryssa Krywusha, George for satisfying the administrative and tech- Danyliw, Larysa Stebly, Ivan Prasko. nological needs of the UECC, as well as supporting protocol requirements for the a successful Phonothon and “koliada” hallway, renovated rooms for Plast execu- ments and photographs, served as lead con- board of directors. Highlights of the work efforts, generating nearly $90,000 on net tive board, renovated a bathroom for tact with the U.S. Census, served as a liai- of the Administrative Sector, led by Vice- for the Center, and reactivated the Grant Fountain of Youth, installed heating and air son with Ukrainian community organiza- President Lubomyra Kalyta, included the Committee, which applied for several conditioning for the Ukrainian Federation tions, collaborated with organizations spon- hiring of a new executive director in May, grants and received grants from Western of America, hooked up hot water and new soring events at the UECC, generated and creation of a new personnel manual, and Union and the U.S. Census, the UECC plumbing for Svitlychka Cooperative aired a weekly radio program (52 one-hour the testing and completion of a new donor experienced a big decline in revenues dur- Nursery, completed brick pointing of the programs), represented the UECC at management system, providing a signifi- ing the fiscal year and found that usage front exterior of the building, remediated a Ukrainian events in the Philadelphia area cant improvement over the previous manu- income fell sharply. water drainage problem in the back patio and maintained a relationship with local al practice. Total income for fiscal 2009-2010 area, and completed an engineering study press and media. Executive Director Mark Tarnawsky is (administration, building related, education- assessing current HVAC strategy and future The sector was also tasked with gather- responsible for facility and office opera- al and cultural programs, fund-raising needs. ing and preparing historic information for a tions, including yearly contracts and man- events, communications and public rela- The Program Sector, led by Vice- 30th Year Anniversary Book. An ad-hoc agement of usage agreements, office tions, social services and investment man- President Natalka Firko, organized and co- book committee was formed and spent over administration, Senior Services and general agement) was $406,794. Total expenses for sponsored 21 events – geared to all ages eight months working on the project. The community services. the same reporting period was $559,166 and interests since July 2009 and raised book will contain over 420 pages and will The Finance Sector, led by Vice- with a net of -$152,372. The annual operat- approximately $32,000 from these events; recount the UECC’s history, activities, pro- President Sophia Koropeckyj, is responsi- ing costs of the UECC were more than maintained biannual informational meet- grams, the organizations that utilize it, as ble for managing the financial affairs of the $440,000 in fiscal 2009-2010, which does ings with organizations, continued strength- well as list its benefactors. UECC. A Long-Term Rental Committee not include the more than $100,000 in long- ening ties with many groups and organiza- Roman Petyk read the Audit was created in order to find new facility overdue building projects undertaken over tions towards co-operative event planning. Committee’s Report, which, based on its users. Several new long-term users signed the past year. Members of the 30th Anniversary work and the report of outside auditors, is contracts with the UECC: the Ukrainian The Building Sector, led by Vice- Committee planned a grand celebration convinced that the financial and administra- Federation of America; the national execu- President Orest Wirstiuk, completed the with the dedication of the main hall as the tive work of the UECC is conducted on a tive board of Plast Ukrainian Scouting following projects during the reporting Borys Zacharczuk Grand Hall to honor the business and professional level. He report- Organization; and the Fountain of Youth period: installed new entrance doors, long-term former president of the UECC ed that the committee is satisfied with its daycare center. Mr. Pawluk stressed that rekeyed all exterior locks, completed the and one of its principal benefactors. review and the UECC financial report for these new users do not, however, make up electrical system expansion throughout the The Marketing and Communication the 2009-2010 and recommends it to the for the income lost as a result of the depar- building, replaced the floor in the Main Sector, led by Vice-President Andrea members UECC. Members at the meeting ture of New Horizons, a previous tenant. Hall, reconstructed the main entrance to the Zharovsky, provided support for the activi- Although the Finance Sector conducted Main Hall, reconstructed the main floor ties of the UECC Office, archived docu- (Continued on page 26) Philadelphia UECC re-elects president, elects new executive committee by Andrea Zharovsky Utilization Sector Roman Cyhan. The UECC board of directors JENKINTOWN, Pa. – The board immediately proceeded to address of directors of the Ukrainian critical issues and priorities facing Educational and Cultural Center them this year, including the current (UECC), in keeping with its By-laws, financial situation and the need to met on October 25 and elected its raise additional funds through com- new executive committee Monday. munity donations and business spon- The 2010-2011 UECC Board sorships. The board also focused on unanimously re-elected Borys Pawluk the need for a new membership drive, to a fifth term as president and chief the organization of the five sectors, executive officer of the corporation. and creating new programs for the Also elected unanimously were the Ukrainian American community. following officers: Secretary Natalia The Ukrainian Educational and Griga, Treasurer Sophia Koropeckyj, Cultural Center, founded in 1980, is a Vice-President of the Administration non-profit organization whose objec- Sector Lubomyra Kalyta, Vice- tive is to preserve and promote President of Communication Sector awareness of Ukrainian heritage Andrea Zharovsky, Vice-President of throughout the Philadelphia commu- the Finance Sector Sophia nity. The UECC is located at 700 Koropeckyj, Co-Vice-Presidents of Cedar Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046; Oksana Zharovsky the Programs and Events Sector telephone, 215-663-1166; e-mail at The executive committee of the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center (from left): Natalie Firko and Nadya Petryk, and [email protected]; website, Andrea Zharovsky, Sophia Koropeckyj, Mark Tarnawsky, Natalia Griga, Borys Pawluk, Vice-President of the Property and www.ueccphila.org. Natalka Firko, Nadya Petryk, Roman Cyhan and Lubomyra Kalyta. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 No. 49 No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 23

spent their time and energy on the con- The Kremenchuk District State nearly a dozen villages to dig for iron ore Saving Zaruddia... flict. Yet their ability to fend off viola- Administration’s First Deputy Chair and process it at the newly constructed (Continued from page 12) tions this time served as helpful practice Oleksander Koval attended, which was Bilanivskyi Iron Ore and Enrichment Village Council chair’s daughter, imply- for what they would face on election day. evidence of the campaign’s abuse of gov- Plant. ing that her work was biased towards Indeed Dr. Kapustian enjoyed a rous- ernment resources (adminresurs), a viola- No one in the audience posed any him. That caused the pregnant woman to ing laugh with Mr. Petrenko following tion of election law. questions when given the chance, except erupt in tears minutes later. their day of arguing. “We scared them The Regions candidates took turns for Dr. Kapustian, who asked Mr. Shkurat Embarrassment fell upon Dr. good!” Mr. Petrenko said. attempting to offer a campaign speech. why he hadn’t bothered working on Kapustian, who nursed aloud, “If there “I mentioned ‘criminal responsibility’ Mr. Shkurat said the Orange forces had extending a water main before the elec- weren’t such games being played …” 15 times so they wouldn’t even think five years to show they could do some- tions, having served as a director in the Dr. Kapustian took a break to have about it!” she said. “I imagine how much thing and failed. He said he was sick of city’s utilities department. She also asked lunch at her mother’s home. By then it they’re cursing us now!” political debates on television talk shows what he did specifically for this region. was apparent that the TEC was planning “We showed them!” Mr. Petrenko said. like “Shuster Live.” That drew shouting derision from the the political meeting on behalf of the Not convinced of the TEC’s claims all the Specifically, he said he would help Regions gang, who challenged Dr. Party of Regions all along, without any same, Dr. Kapustian and Mr. Petrenko renovate the run-down Culture Building, Kapustian to prove what she’s done, intention of inviting other parties. decided to trek back to Bondari on and promised to work on the village’s unaware that she gained parliamentary Dr. Kapustian noticed fliers posted Monday morning to see for sure whether “biggest problem,” which was extending funds to extend natural gas service. They throughout the village announcing the the meeting was canceled. a “vodovod” to Bondari. accused her of doing nothing and giving meeting on October 25, at 10 a.m. The Sure enough the sight of a row of blue What he meant was a “vodohin” in out buckwheat instead – standard politi- fliers were unsigned, a violation of elec- Regions flags pierced the horizon as they Ukrainian (“vodoprovod” in Russian), or cal smears in Ukrainian politics. tion law. Moreover, a village “babusia” drove towards the Culture Building along a water main for the villages of the She asked Mr. Matiukha what he had (elderly woman) informed her that she the rural dirt road, passing cow pastures, Kremenchuk District, which have never done in the last 13 years after leaving forest patches with orange leaves and the received a telephone call urging her to had indoor plumbing. Ostaptsi for another village, while she tall, yellow grasses of the steppe. attend the Monday meet-and-greet. Residents drew their water from wells was busy getting money from the Campaign tents were propped up, Upon returning to the TEC in the late until 1995, when waste from the Verkhovna Rada to extend natural gas newspapers were being handed out, and afternoon, Ms. Zayichenko was accompa- Kremenchuk Oil Refinery was found to service for the first time. He rarely several Regions officials had arrived in have polluted the region’s groundwater. nied by a half a dozen other commission- returned to the village afterwards, she the village from Kremenchuk, including Since then, drinking water has been ers, most of whom were loyal to her said. Poltava Oblast Council candidate Viktor delivered to the villages with government father and the Party of Regions. He was at a loss for words, stating he’s Shkurat; the deputy district organization money, part of which Dr. Kapustian always been willing to help and has been Dr. Kapustian demanded a written chair, Serhii Nemchenko; and a fellow alleges is mismanaged by Mr. a loyal Regions party member. His fellow statement from the TEC explaining why named Stoyan, who was particularly rude Zayichenko. party members heckled Dr. Kapustian for she and Mr. Petrenko were being denied and aggressive. Mr. Shkurat assured the villagers that posing such questions. the chance to speak at the October 25 They did little to dispel the stereotype the “vodovod would be our main task,” About an hour after arriving, the meeting; her demand was repeatedly that the Party of Regions leadership con- with him knowing the necessary people Regions politicians left in their cars for ignored. sists of thugs masquerading as legitimate to talk to and “which doors to open.” their next campaign destination, which Emotionally collected, Ms. businessmen. They wore black leather Among the more bizarre moments in his was unlikely to have someone like Dr. Zayichenko retorted, noting that she jackets and ivy caps as if they were uni- speech was his assurance that he’s not Kapustian to question their political wasn’t an educated “professorsha” like forms, and most couldn’t deliver a coher- receiving “any capital from America behind record and campaign abuses. Dr. Kapustian, implying she was out of ent campaign speech that conformed to me,” an indirect reference to Dr. Kapustian It became clear to Dr. Kapustian that touch with the rest of the village. Both the basic standards of Ukrainian gram- having invited an American journalist to she had a vicious opponent in the Party of accused each other of not knowing the mar. observe the election proceedings. Regions on election day. law, yet neither party offered to refer to a When Dr. Kapustian approached them Mr. Matiukha largely repeated Mr. copy of the election legislation to resolve and complained that their meeting violat- Shkurat’s goals for the village. Both can- Part III of this series will examine the their conflict. ed election law, Mr. Stoyan responded didates agreed that the villages had “lots local elections held on October 31 in the The 5-foot-1 professor stepped up the with contempt, “We paid for our own of problems.” Neither candidate made village of Bondari in the Kremenchuk pressure, warning all of the commission- people to speak, not others.” Both sides any mention of Ferrexpo’s plans to raze District of the Poltava Oblast. ers about potential criminal prosecution if insisted the election law was on their they falsified the vote. side. Fearful of falsifications, Dr. Kapustian As their argument intensified, Dr. SHEVCHENKO SOCIETY POSTDOCTORAL acknowledged that she felt the need to Kapustian referred to the Regions offi- scare the commissioners to prevent them cials as “triyky,” which were trios of FELLOWSHIP IN UKRAINIAN STUDIES from engaging in election fraud. In Communist officials dispatched in 1937 response the outraged commissioners to arrest those regarded as enemies of the accused Dr. Kapustian of threatening The Shevchenko Scientific Society, Inc. invites applications for the state. That enraged Mr. Stoyan, who got Shevchenko Society Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2011-12 academic year. them. close enough to Dr. Kapustian’s face that Dr. Kapustian dug deeper in her criti- Funded by generous contributions from the Ukrainian-American community, she had to warn him twice, “Keep your the Shevchenko Society Postdoctoral Fellowship is intended to support aspiring cisms, asking why they were defending distance.” young scholars in the US and Canada who work in Ukrainian studies. The the moneyed interests wanting to ruin the Amidst their ranting, they called her a Society is especially seeking a fellow who will study and teach modern community instead of following their “provocateur” for merely asking ques- Ukrainian history. consciences. tions about the election process. They During the argument, a commissioner labeled her an Orange politician, claim- The fellowship award will be up to $35,000, commensurate to the qualifica- walked outside to get some fresh air. He ing they did nothing for five years and tion of a candidate and requires the recipient to be affiliated with an accredited began ranting in disgust: “Twenty years didn’t want to work. North American university, preferably one with a program in Ukrainian studies, and nothing! There was never any order, Yet Dr. Kapustian never belonged to during the fellowship period. Preference will be given to individuals who will and there won’t be! Not a brain inside! an Orange party and succeeded in provid- have an opportunity to teach at their university. The award period is for one They’ve stolen everything, and these two ing natural gas service to her native vil- year, with the potential for renewal during the second year. are arguing!” lage as a simple citizen. Candidates must have earned a PhD degree with a concentration in the Inside, Ms. Zayichenko offered a new Mr. Stoyan also directed his intimida- Ukrainian area within the past 5 years, have a strong potential for developing excuse for not allowing the two candi- tion towards The Weekly, alleging its cor- independent research and be interested in pursuing a career in Ukrainian studies dates to participate. Reading the law, she respondent was illegally recording their at the university level. said a statement had to be made to the altercations with Dr. Kapustian, even Applications are accepted by e-mail at: [email protected]. “appropriate TEC,” which she was the though everyone was on public land and Send a letter with your name, citizenship, current position (title), work one in Kremenchuk, not Bondari. outdoors. He also demanded The Weekly address, home address, e-mail and phone number, research field or discipline Dr. Kapustian rejected that claim, correspondent’s information, which was and the month and year you received the PhD degree, the name of the proposed again warning the commissioners of offered on a business card. host institution for the fellowship and name and e-mail address of a mentor/aca- “criminal responsibility,” and ignited a As Dr. Kapustian argued, Mr. Petrenko demic liaison you have contacted at the host institution. Also describe in the new round of yelling. The TEC chairman stood near his car and kept his distance. letter the envisioned course(s) to be taught at the host institution, proposed warned he’d report Dr. Kapustian’s threat Throughout the campaign, Dr. Kapustian dates for the fellowship period and give the names and contact information of 2 of criminal prosecution to the central had more confidence confronting the scholars who are qualified to evaluate your work and who agree to submit rec- TEC in Kremenchuk. Party of Regions machine, whether ommendations on your behalf. Eventually Ms. Zayichenko revealed because of her education and world trav- The letter of application and a separate 2-page summary of goals and what was at the heart of her resistance: el, or the fact that she didn’t have to research interests and curriculum vitae must be received before February 23, that the Party of Regions had signed a interact with them on a daily basis, as Mr. 2011. Applicants are encouraged to also send a copy of a scholarly paper writ- rental agreement to reserve the village’s Petrenko did. ten in the past two years. The reprint can be forwarded electronically or mailed Culture Building for the meeting, even Eventually the Regions decided to separately to: placing a security deposit. Such meetings hold the meeting outdoors in the front Fellowship Committee, were organized in central villages yard, rather than inside the Culture Shevchenko Scientific Society, Inc., throughout the Kremenchuk region. Building, perhaps because of the low 63 Fourth Ave., By the time the sun had set, Ms. turnout. About 16 villagers showed up, New York, NY 10003 Zayichenko assured Dr. Kapustian that no most of whom were government workers Party of Regions rally would occur the who were required to attend. Most villag- next day. ers didn’t show, which Dr. Kapustian said The fellowship award will be announced in April, 2011 by e-mail and begin Rather than speaking to voters that was their version of a silent protest after July 1, 2011. day, Dr. Kapustian and Mr. Petrenko against Ukrainian politics. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 No. 49

complaint will be available on the High Some form of judicial immunity is critical, the system of courts of general jurisdiction Ukraine's law... Qualifications Commission’s website since the threat of liability could hinder a in compliance with the Constitution. (Continued from page 4) (Article 84). judge’s freedom of reasoning. The current Ukraine’s Constitution guarantees the • Inclusion of State Judiciary • Reduction of justices of the Supreme provisions for judicial immunity in the right to a jury trial for some cases, yet the Administration into the judicial control: Court: The law wisely strengthened the new law, however, go too far. Under country currently has no jury trial system The fact that the State Judiciary role of the Supreme Court by reducing the Article 48, no judge may be arrested with- and has never, in fact, held a jury trial. Administration was the executive body number of justices to 20 (Article 39). out the consent of the Verkhovna Rada, Currently, Article 63 in the new law mere- responsible for courts’ organizational and • Political Neutrality. The new law in and only the procurator general or his dep- ly specifies that jurors shall be citizens of financial matters was widely criticized. Article 53 wisely prohibits a judge from uty may open a criminal suit against a Ukraine. More procedures for the selec- The new law addressed this problem by being a part of a political party or taking judge. It strains the rule of law to protect a tion and participation of jurors should be including the administration under the part in “political actions, rallies or strikes.” judge from criminal liability for any included, so that the guarantees of the judicial control (Article 145). It is vital to This should be expanded to specify that a actions. The new law should be modified Constitution can be carried out. ensure that the State Judiciary judge may not run for office while serving to only protect judges from those actions The law also requires a judge to be Administration is completely excluded as a judge. He or she should resign first. taken in accordance with his judicial sworn in at a ceremony in the presence of from the executive branch. The prohibition of judges becoming mem- office. the president. This could be problematic. • Improvement of financing of the bers of trade unions prevents a possible The new law requires a judge to comply For instance, what if the president refuses courts: All courts of general jurisdiction conflict of interest and appearance of with a Code of Judicial Ethics, which the to show up for a ceremony? Would this will be responsible for spending the bud- impropriety. If a judge is a member of a Congress of Judges of Ukraine will adopt. prevent a judge from being sworn in? This get allocations without interference of any trade union and hears a case on commer- It is unclear what the specifics of this code must be changed. Ukraine has experienced body (Article 142). It is a good sign, but cial or labor matters, his objectivity might will be or what it will require judges to do. a similar problem when the Parliament sufficient funds must be available from the be questioned. The judge must recuse him- Furthermore, if courts are to become self- would not convene to swear in state budget to ensure proper administra- self. governing, they should adhere to the Code Constitutional Court judges, and this tion and infrastructure in the courts. An While the new law contains many of Judicial Ethics and regulate themselves, caused the Constitutional Court to lack a adequate budget is required to have an improvements that will help the judiciary even if the Verkhovna Rada does not pass quorum for a 10-month period. This independent judiciary. Courts must receive become more apolitical, the law also has one. Presently, there is a Code of Judicial should not be allowed to take place again, enough funding to pay judges’ salaries several areas where it can be improved. Ethics, but a violation of that code cannot and judges should not be required to take comparable to those of members of the For example, the involvement of the High be used to instigate disciplinary proceed- the oath of office in the presence of one other branches of government. Enough Council of Justice and High Qualifications ings against a judge. This hinders the self- particular person or group of persons. money must be available to fund the Commission in the selection process of governance of the judiciary. Such a requirement is not in Ukraine’s administration, buildings and salaries of judges is too political and very problemat- Under the new law, a vote of no-confi- Constitution. other court officials. ic in the new law. dence in the chief Justice can be issued by The law cannot function properly, how- • Financial disclosure requirement: As it stands, judges must be recom- a lower-than-normal quorum of the plena- ever, without relevant amendments of the Judges have a duty to disclose annually mended by the High Council of Justice ry session of the Supreme Court. This is a Constitution in order to ensure full harmo- their financial status and property which and pass examinations conducted by the rather questionable practice. Under Article ny of the new law and the Constitution. will be publicly posted at the official web- High Qualifications Commission in order 45, a plenary session is competent if at For example, a High Council of Justice site of the judiciary (Article 54). to secure an appointment. While the new least two-thirds of its members are pres- with a majority or a substantial element of • Training of judges: Judges will take law does seem to attempt to set up a neu- ent, “except for events envisaged by this judges elected by their peers into a central appropriate training constantly at the tral way to select qualified judges, the Law.” Under Article 43, a plenary session body would be a development in the right National School of Judges to improve pro- involvement of these two bodies could act can convene to issue a vote of no confi- direction and cannot be achieved unless fessional skills. It seems that the training as, essentially, political gatekeepers to the dence in the Chief Justice with only a relevant amendments are introduced to the will no longer be under the auspices of the judiciary. While the High Qualifications majority of the plenary session present. Constitution. Article 131 of the Ministry of Education (Article 81). This Commission consists mostly of judges, the This type of vote is sufficiently serious Constitution of Ukraine provides that the provision, however, should be clarified. High Council of Justice remains too politi- to warrant at least the presence of the nor- High Council of Justice consists of 20 • Improvement of discipline practice cal and can have undue influence on judg- mal quorum of the plenary session, and it members. The majority of the members procedure: Any person can file a com- es. is questionable why a lower-than-normal belong to or are appointed by the execu- plaint against the judge, and a sample Judicial independence does not mean quorum should be able to convene to take tive or legislature. Moreover, the Head of that judges can do whatever they want. such serious action. The new law should the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) be amended to require at least the normal recently has been appointed to this body two-thirds quorum, if not a more stringent by the president recently. Apparently, there one, to take the serious step of issuing a is a conflict of interest when such political vote of no-confidence in the chief justice. figures are involved in the selection pro- The new law foresees that a judge can cess. be dismissed for a breach of oath (Article The present composition of the High 105). Pursuant to Article 55, a person first Council of Justice of Ukraine does not appointed to a judicial position shall take correspond to international standards and the oath “to comply with moral and ethical should be changed. Ukrainians must be principles of judicial conduct and not to able to trust that their judiciary serves the commit any action disgracing the title of a law, rather than a political party, and judge and diminishing the authority of the requiring judges to receive the recommen- judiciary.” This provision can have a very dation of a political body hinders this trust. broad reading and can cause some prob- While some improvements of the lems in interpretation. This seems particu- Constitution are needed, first of all, it is larly dangerous because of the vague vital to adhere to the current Constitution terms used and the possibility of using it and ensure its proper implementation. as a political weapon against judges. A There is no question that the judiciary more precise definition of what constitutes in Ukraine needs to be reformed, and the “the breach of oath” by a judge is needed. new law does make some improvements. There is still much work to do to bring What is needed is to strengthen the checks Ukraine’s judiciary into line with the and balances – not control over the judi- Constitution; for instance, while the ciary by the executive. Self-government Constitution guarantees the adversarial by the judiciary must be enhanced and process, courts still use the inquisitorial guaranteed. Judicial independence in the process. Another example is Article 19 of final analysis will depend largely on the the new law. It grants the president the conscience and courage of the judges power to abolish courts. It is unconstitu- themselves. Judges will not be respected tional. Article 106(23) of the Constitution until they respect themselves. allows the president to establish courts but does not reside the power to abolish the Bohdan A. Futey is a Judge on the courts. Laws cannot grant more power to United States Court of Federal Claims in any state body or institution than it is Washington, DC, appointed by President envisaged by the Constitution. Moreover, Reagan in May 1987. Judge Futey has granting such powers in the hands of exec- been active in various Rule of Law and utive can have dangerous ramifications. Democratization Programs in Ukraine Another example of constitutional con- since 1991. He has participated in judicial troversy is the decreasing role of the exchange programs, seminars, and work- Supreme Court of Ukraine under the new shops and has been a consultant to the law. The Supreme Court under the working group on Ukraine’s Constitution Constitution is the highest judicial body and Ukrainian Parliament. He also served within the courts of general jurisdiction. as an official observer during the Pursuant to the new law, however, the high Parliamentary elections in 1994, 1998, specialized courts will now decide wheth- 2002, and 2006, and Presidential elections er to submit a case for appeal on questions in 1994, 1999, 2004, and 2010, and con- of law (cassation) for further review to the ducted briefings on Ukraine’s election Supreme Court. The Supreme Court must Law and guidelines for international retain the position as the highest court in observers. No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 25

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE SUAFCU leaders meet with lawmakers in Washington by Maria Klimchak ronment, at the same time supporting the communities in which they are active. CHICAGO – The National Association Asked about the impact of the eco- of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU) met in nomic crisis on Selfreliance UAFCU, Mr. Washington on September 19-23. Watral responded: “The crisis had a pro- Highlights of the conference were discus- found effect on all financial institutions sions on overcoming the current financial in the U.S. and other countries. In 2009- crisis and the role of credit unions in revi- 2010 alone, 293 banks were liquidated in talizing the economy of our nation. the US. As a result of our board of direc- Representing Selfreliance Ukrainian tors prudent guidance and the manage- American Federal Credit Union ment’s professionalism, Selfreliance (SUAFCU) at the conference were CEO UAFCU continues to be a stable financial Bohdan Watral, Board Chair Michael R. institution, which has successfully weath- Kos and board Vice-Chair Ihor Laszok. ered today’s economic crisis. Unlike Mr. Watral also represented the other financial institutions SUAFCU Ukrainian National Credit Union actually increased its contributions to the Association, of which he is president. Mr. community in 2010.” Laszok is also president of the World He added, “We are grateful to our loyal Congress of Ukrainian Cooperatives. credit union members for their trust and While in Washington, NAFCU members cooperation, as it is their support which met with their local congressional represen- have enabled us to achieve today’s positive SUAFCU tatives. The SUAFCU board members also balances.” SUAFCU Vice-Chair Ihor Laszok, CEO Bohdan Watral and board Chair made a point of stopping by to visit with With regard to SUAFCU’s participation Michael R. Kos meet with member of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus Rep. members of the Congressional Ukrainian in the NAFCU event Mr. Watral said: Jan Schakowsky of the 9th Congressional District in Illinois. Caucus, chaired by Rep. Marcy Kaptur, “These conferences are important as we Sander Levin and Jim Gerlach. Other mem- plan the ongoing work of our Ukrainian bers of the caucus, which promotes initia- American credit unions. Representatives of tives favorable to Ukraine, include Nancy our U.S. government and the National Pelosi and Illinois congressional representa- Credit Union Administration (NCUA), tives Danny Davis, Luis Gutierrez, Dan which influence the work of credit unions, Lipinski, Mike Quigley and Jan also participate in these events. In discus- Schakowsky. sions with them and among credit union A number of congressional representa- leaders we can prioritize our own develop- tives are supporters of credit unions and ment goals: how to enhance our member were available to meet with visiting credit services, what new services to introduce, union leaders during the NAFCU meetings. how to improve our marketing strategy, and The 16 Ukrainian American credit how we can best capitalize on our member- unions in the United States hold over $2.5 ship in NAFCU so as to improve the eco- billion in assets and provide quality finan- nomic well-being of Ukrainians in the US – cial services in a highly competitive envi- and in Ukraine.” 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 No. 49

6.6 million have left Ukraine maximum space for people to assemble. NEWSBRIEFS Holodomor Memorial... Because it is narrow and long on the hori- KYIV – According to the World Bank, zontal and taller to the viewer on the verti- (Continued from page 17) Ukraine ranks fifth in the world among (Continued from page 14) and then in retail,” the expert said. After pet- ful and ancient archetype. In this instance cal, it has achieved a distilled harmony and countries with the highest migration rates, illusion of space on a rather small footprint. rol, Ukraine traditionally sees a rise in the the newspaper Segodnia reported on the sphere is cut and its wholeness price of food. The first signals already exist: destroyed. It lies on a simple triangular IULII AND LEV SYNKEVYCH – November 11. Living overseas are 6.6 mil- “Krapli Sliz na Pchenychnomu Poli” since the United States has declared the pos- lion Ukrainians who emigrated in various plinthe on a landscaped green triangle with sibility of injecting money into the econo- two intersecting paths that form a cross. (“Tear Drops on a Wheat Field”): Once years – nearly 15 percent of Ukraine’s total again the powerful association of wheat my, oil prices rose by 16 percent. The physi- population. Running ahead of Ukraine in IGOR AND LIUDMYLA cal flow of the U.S. currency to Ukraine will GRECHANYK – “ R o s t o c h o k ” and harvest with Ukraine appears as a terms of the number of emigrants are design element. In this instance, the art- affect the stock market, rather than the pub- Mexico (11.9 million), India (11.4 million), (“Shooting Hands”): A pair of bronze lic. Experts suggest that U.S. investors, who hands dominates the composition. The ists chose to plant the triangular footprint Russia (11.1 million) and China (8.3 mil- with actual wheat. In a uniform, golden will need to invest their funds freed after the lion). According to the World Bank, Ukraine attitude of the hands would read as asking redemption by the government of debt secu- carpet of wheat sheaves, there appear two is losing not only potential laborers, but also or begging for an offering, for alms, for rities, will want to invest their money in crystalline, light-reflecting round shapes. graduates. Thus, working overseas are 3.5 food. The hands are weathered; the wrists Ukrainian equities or bonds. The president At first, they have a slightly futuristic or percent of the total number of the are thin with sinew and blood vessels visi- of the Association of Ukrainian Banks, ble and near the surface. Throughout time even science fiction association, and it is Ukrainians who have a higher education. Oleksander Suhoniako, proposed that the hands have held a fascination for artists up to the viewer to decipher the meaning. Ukrainians go abroad first of all in search of Ukrainian financial market be closed for for their complexity, sculptural qualities The contrast between the natural organic work; often they leave in order to fulfill “hot” dollars. “Speculators who will buy and ability to convey emotion separate associations with wheat and the light- their creative and professional potential. securities in Ukraine will inject a few billion from the human face. refracting substance sitting in its midst Rarely is the cause of emigration to unite dollars into the market, which is a lot by our LARYSA KURYLAS – “Pole evokes immediate questions: What could families that are spread across the world, standards. In order to buy out such an Pshenytsi” (“Field of Wheat”): Wheat, this be? Why is it here? Absent most of said Ihor Markov, ethnic studies sector head amount of dollars, the National Bank of grain harvest, bread, breadbasket. These are the architectural elements present in the Ukraine will have to print hryvni. As a at the Ethnology Institute of the National all easily made associations with Ukraine other designs, it is a compelling image. Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The result, there could be inflationary pressure and its agricultural might for millennia. A Conclusion on the national currency,” the expert said. World Bank reported that the Ukraine- bronze bas-relief of wheat in wall form is The world will start to feel the first effect Russia migration ranks third in the world in transformed into negative relief from left to These worthy submissions must now from printed U.S. dollars in the next few terms of traffic intensity, following Mexico- right. As the wheat recedes, the words be judged on their merits and a choice weeks, when the first tranche of new dollars U.S. and Russia-Ukraine. In all, nearly 3.6 “HOLODOMOR 1932-1933” emerge in made so that construction can begin by will be put into circulation. Then the echo of million people left Ukraine for Russia, and greater and greater relief. Designed into a the agreed-upon deadline of 2013. Clarity currency battles will come to Ukraine. 3.7 million entered Ukraine. Next in popu- panel on the right is a plaque explaining the of design, universality of recognition, (Ukrinform) larity among migrating Ukrainians are Italy, historical facts of Stalin’s genocide. A lot of accessibility to information within the the United States and Poland. (Ukrinform) design ideas have also gone into landscap- site itself are all elements that should be ing the site for maximum effect during the considered, in addition to the creative change of seasons, allowing trees and their concept itself. Winter Rituals from the changing colors to affect the site seasonally. The forfeiture of this opportunity Koliada: The sculpture is elevated on a raised granite would add another layer of tragedy to an Carpathian Mountains planter that invites the viewer to perhaps already unimaginable and unreconciled touch or interact in some way with the sadness in the heart and minds of sculpture, a precedent successfully set by Ukrainians everywhere whose lives were the Vietnam Memorial wall in Washington. touched in some way by the Famine of The artist purposely designed the site for 1932-1933.

Postyshev, Stalin’s local plenipotentiary, Documenting... was executed in February 1939. The (Continued from page 6) entire leadership of the Ukrainian died and estimated the death toll at around Communist Party was eliminated. 9 million. Depopulated villages were refilled with But we do not know the death toll. No families from other regions. The Famine one was counting the bodies, many of was then systematically concealed from Three different events: which lay for days unburied or were the public and the outside world for the Koliada and Music from the Carpathians – Saturday, Dec 11 at 7:00 PM dumped into mass graves. next 54 years. Koliadnyky from Kryvorivnia and troista instrumental music Starvation and repressions achieved one The late James E. Mace called Ukraine Ukrainian Museum, 222 East 6th St, New York (212) 228-0110 of Stalin’s expressed goals: to bring the a “post-genocidal society.” This is a perti- errant Ukrainian republic into the Soviet nent epithet for “eastern Ukraine,” or Twelve Dishes/Sviat vechir – Friday, Dec 17 8:00 PM fold. The policy of developing Ukrainian Soviet Ukraine as it existed in 1932-1933, Koliada and new interpretations of ritual food by Olesia Lew culture and language – initiated in the which never fully recovered and where Ukrainian Institute of America 2, East 79th St, NYC (212) 288-8660 1920s – was ended and its chief propo- present-day residents still have problems nent, , committed sui- coming to terms with the crimes commit- Winter Sun – Sunday, Dec 26 2:30 PM and 7:30 PM cide in July 1933. ted in 1932-1933 because essentially this Theatrical celebration of the traditional kolyada, puppets and music The purges of the 1930s later removed heartland of Ukraine was systematically La MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74 East 4th St, NYC (212) 475-7710 practically all the perpetrators of the “denationalized” and eradicated by the Famine at the republican level. Soviet regime. For current schedule go to www.brama.com/yara

Walter Maruschak were elected to serve on Philadelphia's... the Election Committee for the same peri- (Continued from page 21) od. All were elected unanimously. voted unanimously to give the outgoing During the discussion, UECC members board a vote of confidence with a commen- recognized and praised the work of the dation. board of directors, raised questions on mem- Mr. Pawluk read the Nominating bership, safety, fund-raising, the radio pro- Committee’s report and recommended new gram, the costs of renovating and building, candidate Nadya Petryk, to replace Mr. and the planned handicapped-access lift. Wirstiuk, to the UECC board of directors. Mr. Pawluk re-emphasized that efforts He also recommended board members who by the UECC are not sufficient to raise the were up for re-election: George Danyliw, amounts required for the UECC to continue Ms. Firko, Tetyana Husar, Ms. Kalyta, to operate, thus the center will continue to Basil Kuzio, Mr. Petyk, Patricia Sawchak, rely on the generosity of its members and and Myron Soltys. The Board of Directors the community at large. of the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural President Pawluk thanked the board of Center consists of 24 members with stag- directors and staff for their work and gered three-year terms. The candidates accomplishments, and presented Ivanna were elected unanimously. Biletsky with a plaque and flowers honor- Also elected were members of the ing her for her work and dedication to the UECC Board, the election of members to UECC, especially during the recent transi- the Election and Nominating committees. tion period and search for a new executive Bohdan Mizak, Basil Panczak and Marta director. Tailikh were elected to serve on the The annual meeting adjourned with Nominating Committee for 2010-2011. members continuing their discussions over Halyna Keller, Roksolana Luciw and coffee and sweets. No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 27 OUT AND ABOUT

December 7 Book presentation by Vita Susak, “Ukrainian New York Dzhemilev,” Ukrainian Institute of America, New York Artists in Paris, 1900-1939,” Columbia University, 212-288-8660 212-854-4697 December 17 Concert, “Twelve Dishes/Sviat Vechir: A Festival of December 10 Christmas party, Ukrainian Museum-Archives, New York Traditional Winter Songs and New Interpretations Cleveland 216-781-4329 or www.umacleveland.org of Ritual Food,” Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 December 11 Christmas Bazaar, Ukrainian Educational and Jenkintown, PA Cultural Center, 215-663-1166 December 18 St. Nicholas program and holiday bazaar, Taras Washington Shevchenko School of Ukrainian Studies, Ukrainian December 11 Concert, “Koliada and Hutsul Music,” The Ukrainian National Shrine of the Holy Family, 410-730-8108 New York Museum, 212-228-0110 or [email protected]

December 11 Concert, featuring music of Fredric Chopin on his December 18 Christmas party, “Yalynka,” Ukrainian Engineers’ New York 200th anniversary, Ukrainian Institute of New York Society of America, Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 America, 212-729-9824

December 12 Children’s Christmas party and tree trimming, December 18 Christmas bazaar, Ukrainian Homestead, New York Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 Lehighton, PA 610-377-4621 or www.ukrhomestead.com

December 12 Christmas bazaar, Ukrainian National Women’s December 18 Concert featuring Nazar Dzhuryn and Mikhail Yonkers, NY League of America Branch 30, St. Michael Chicago Yanovitsky, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Ukrainian Catholic Church, 914-522-4676 773-227-5522

December 12 Theatrical event, “An Evening of Kozak Glory,” December 19 Christmas workshop, The Ukrainian Museum, Perth Amboy, NJ Assumption Ukrainian Catholic Church, New York 212-228-0110 201-213-4321 December 19 Dinner and concert, “Pyrohy and Koliady,” December 12 Book presentation by Vita Susak, “Ukrainian Ottawa Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Chicago Artists in Paris, 1900-1939,” Ukrainian Institute of Orthodox Church hall, 613-728-4923 Modern Art, 773-227-5522 December 26 Performance, “Winter Sun: A Celebration of December 12 Concert featuring bandurist Oksana Telepko and New York Traditions from the Carpathians,” Yara Arts Group, Morristown, NJ her students, Morris Museum, 973-971-3700 or La Mama Experimental Theater, 212-475-7710 www.morrismuseum.org

December 12 Christmas bazaar, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Whippany, NJ Catholic Church, Ukrainian American Cultural Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events Center of New Jersey, 973-476-1970 advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors December 14 Presentation, “An Evening with Mustafa and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 No. 49

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, December 11 Friday, December 17 NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific NEW YORK: Yara Arts Group and the Society (NTSh), the Medicine and Ukrainian Institute of America present Biology Section of NTSh and the “Twelve Dishes/Sviat Vechir: A Festival of Ukrainian Medical Association of North Traditional Winter Songs and New America (UMANA) invite all to a celebra- Interpretations of Ritual Food.” The tion of the 60th anniversary of UMANA. Koliadnyky of Kryvorivnia will perform The program will feature presentations by along with the “troista” instrumental Drs. Viktor Gribenko and Alexandra music ensemble of Mykhailo Ilyuk, Vasyl Kushnir on the subject “The Best Tymchuk and Ostap Kostyuk. Food artist Traditions of Professionalism, Civic Duty Olesia Lew will serve new interpretations and Benefaction.” Dr. Kushnir is the direc- of the ritual dishes. The event begins at 8 tor of the Medicine and Biology Section of p.m. at the Ukrainian Institute of America, NTSh. The program will take place at the 2 E. 79th St. at Fifth Avenue; phone, 212- society’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. 288-8660. Admission is $25. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. Saturday, December 18 For additional information call 212-254- 5130. WASHINGTON: The Taras Shevchenko School of Ukrainian Studies will host a NEW YORK: Music at the Institute cele- “Sviatyi Mykolai” (St. Nicholas) show brates the 200th birthday of Frederic and holiday bazaar. Students will present Chopin with a special concert by “Mykolai – Superhero” at noon. Sviatyi Solomiya Ivakhiv, violinist, Natalia Mykolai will then meet with each grade/ Khoma, cellist, and Volodymyr Vynnytsky, age group (non-students welcome). The pianist. The program includes Chopin’s Heavenly Office will be open 9:15-11:45 j “Polonaise Brillante” in C Major for cello a.m.; please bring only one item per child Alex E. Ky and piano, “Nocturne” in C-sharp minor, ($2 fee), clearly labeled (child’s full name, Financial Advisor transcribed for cello and piano, Piano grade/age). The bazaar and bake sale is at Financial Planning Specialist Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, and Trio for 9:30 a.m.-noon and will feature torte slic- violin, cello and piano in G minor. The es, fancy cookies for your holiday cookie concert begins at 8 p.m., followed by a tray, kolachi, makivnyky, medivnyky, chil- reception at the Ukrainian Institute of dren’s sweets, varenyky and vushka (fro- One Liberty Place America, 2 E. 79th St. Admission: $30: zen), books, CDs, gift items. Note the new 1650 Market Street, 42nd Floor $25 for UIA members and seniors; $20 for location this year: Ukrainian Catholic students. For more information call 212- National Shrine of the Holy Family, 4250 Philadelphia, PA 19103 288-8660. Harewood Road NE, Washington, DC (215) 854-6284 (800) 233-1414 20017. For further information visit http:// NEW YORK: Yara Arts Group presents www.ukieschool.org/events.htm or contact “Koliada and Hutsul Music” featuring Lada Onyshkevych, [email protected] or the Zelenchuk Koliadnyky from 410-730-8108. www.fa.smithbarney.com/robertskyj Kryvorivnia and the “troista” instrumental Sunday, December 26 [email protected] music of Mykhailo Iluyuk, Vasyl Tymchuk and Ostap Kostyuk. They will be joined NEW YORK: “Winter Sun: A Celebration by violinist Valerie Zhmud and bandurist of Traditions from the Carpathians” is a new Julian Kytasty. The program begins at 7 show featuring Yara Arts Group, Julian p.m. at The Ukrainian Museum, 222 E. Kytasty, Kat Yew and special guests with Sixth St.. Admission: $15: $10 for muse- winter songs from around the world. The um members and seniors; $5 for stu- event includes samples of the traditional ritu- dents. To make reservations call 212-228- al dish kutia. The event takes place at 2:30 0110 or e-mail info@ukrainianmuseum. p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at La MaMa org. For additional information, visit Experimental Theater, 74 E. Fourth St.; www.ukrainianmuseum.org. phone: 212-475-7710. Admission is $25; $10 for children. Being Ukrainian means: Sunday, December 12 Friday, December 31 YONKERS, N.Y.: A Christmas Bazaar o “Malanka” in January. sponsored by Ukrainian National Women’s BUENA, N.J.: A New Year’s Eve Party League of America Branch 30 will be held organized by the New Kuban Free Kozak o Deb in February. at 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at St. Michael the Community of Buena, N.J., will feature o Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church hall, dinner, champagne at midnight, entertain- Two Easters in springtime. 21 Shonnard Place, Yonkers, N.Y. 10703. ment (live music and dancing). o “Zlet” and “Sviato Vesny” in May. This is a great opportunity to view and pur- Admission: $45 (includes all-you-can-eat- chase glass paintings by Andriy Khomyk, and-drink buffet/bar); free for children age o Soyuzivka’s Ukrainian Cultural Festival in July. original art work by other Ukrainian artists, 10 and under. The event will take place at ceramics, embroidery, handicrafts, CDs, the New Kuban Free Kozak Cultural o “Uke Week” at Wildwood in August. Christmas cards, honey, poppyseed, wheat, Center, 228 Don Road, Buena, NJ 08310, baked goods and more. For additional beginning at 9 p.m.. For additional infor- o Back to Ukrainian school in September. information call Areta, 914-522-4676. mation call 856-697-2255. o “Morska Zabava” in New Jersey in November. o “Koliada” in December. PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES o A subscription to The Ukrainian Weekly Preview of Events is a listing of community events open to the public. 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