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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXII No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 $2.00 Only 24% in Luhansk Putin restrains invasion amid growing sanctions and 32% in Donetsk Experts say Russia will continue voted in ‘referendum’ its undeclared war on Ukraine KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman and acting President Oleksandr by Zenon Zawada Turchynov said on May 12 that only NEW YORK – The sanctions are working, in the view of 24 percent of residents of the Luhansk Ukrainian political experts. Oblast and 32 percent in the Donetsk It was widely suspected that Russian President Vladimir Putin Oblast who had the right to vote had would dispatch his army massed on Ukraine’s border, estimated at done so in the so-called “referendum” 40,000 to 100,000 troops, under the pretext of protecting the vote on sovereignty on May 11. He cited and ensuring the results of the May 11 pseudo-referendums in the information from the Internal Affairs Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts (despite that fact that on May 7 he Ministry experts present on voting day asked for their postponement). in the two oblasts. The “referendums” occurred just two days after the May 9 Addressing the Conciliatory Council national holiday known as Victory Day that commemorates the of the Verkhovna Rada, Mr. Turchynov Red Army’s 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany, which a propaganda pre- underlined that voting in many towns tense for the Russian military to intervene in the name of combat- of the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts ing “fascism” in Kyiv. The Russian government has repeatedly was not held at all. Mr. Turchynov alleged that Ukraine’s government is in the hands of “fascists.” stressed that the “referendum” was a Mr. Putin pulled off his latest surprise with by exercising restraint, farce that violated law. “This farce can experts said. He not only appeared to have heeded Western pres- have only one consequence: criminal sure, they said, but also maintained his strategy of being unpredict- responsibility for its organizers,” he able to his opponents, who, as usual, remain uncertain of the auto- added. cratic Russian ruler’s next gambit in his undeclared war on Ukraine. RFE/RL cited evidence of ballot- “The sanctions have had a restraining effect,” said Volodymyr tampering: “In the run-up to the refer- Fesenko, the director of the Penta Center for Applied Political endum, Ukrainian forces seized a vehi- Research in Kyiv. “With Putin, it’s not an issue of pretexts. There cle outside the city of Donetsk carry- can be a pretext or none, as in Crimea. But the main issue is Putin ing armed men transporting weapons doesn’t want a large-scale conflict with the West because of the and an estimated 100,000 pre-emp- enormous economic risks involved.” tively marked ‘yes’ ballots. Some jour- On the eve of Mr. Putin’s May 7 surprise, U.S. Secretary of State nalists reported seeing separatists John Kerry and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and UNIAN destroying ballots marked with ‘no’ (Continued on page 10) votes. Vasyl Nikitin, a separatist A view of the voting in Donetsk on May 11. spokesman in Luhansk, claimed mem- bers of the Ukrainian National Guard had stolen up to 15,000 ballots, forcing them to print more.” RFE/RL also reported that voters in Patriarch Sviatoslav meets with Canadian prime minister the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts were by Taras Zalusky not even sure what they were voting Ukrainian Canadian Congress for: “The paper ballots asked voters if they supported the ‘act of self-rule.’ OTTAWA – Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic However, voters interviewed by RFE/ Church (UGCC) met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on May 8 RL appeared to have different inter- to discuss the crisis in Ukraine and the “illegal actions of the pretations of what that entailed. Some Russian government” that are its cause. said self-rule meant integration with The major archbishop of Kyiv and leader of the UGCC was in Russia. Others said it meant remaining Canada for a 10-day visitation of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of part of Ukraine, but with greater Toronto. autonomy, a la Crimea, pre-annexa- Patriarch Sviatoslav told the prime minister that his Church has tion. Still others believed they were consistently called for peace and reconciliation in Ukraine. voting for independence from both However, the aggression by representatives of the Russian Ukraine and Russia.” Federation has undermined the Church’s efforts to maintain calm. Meanwhile, pro-Russian separatists “There was no tension between Ukrainians and Russians in in the Donetsk Oblast announced that Ukraine until the Russian government annexed Crimea,” said the 89.07 percent of those casting ballots 44-year-old primate of the 5-million-strong Church. “It is the illegal had voted for the “Donetsk People’s actions of the Russian government – following upon years of Kremlin- Republic.” One of the pro-Russian lead- backed corruption in Kyiv – that have brought strife to the country.” ers, Roman Liagin, who was responsi- Patriarch Sviatoslav also expressed his conviction that Western ble for counting the votes, stated dur- countries must show greater resolve in restraining Russia. “We ing a briefing on May 11 that voter appreciate what has been done – especially by Canada. But time turnout was 74.87 percent. According and again, the government of the Russian Federation has shown its to Mr. Liagin, the overwhelming major- UCC unwillingness to abide by international agreements. It pains me to Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada and Patriarch say this, but the Russian government is simply not predictable in (Continued on page 15) Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church meet in Ottawa on May 8 to discuss the crisis in Ukraine. (Continued on page 10) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 No. 20

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EU steps up diplomatic efforts ed as saying the Ukrainian government’s IMF approves $17 B loan for Ukraine “unwillingness to lead a real dialogue with BRUSSELS – European Commission representatives of the regions” is a “serious by Oleg Varfolomeyev ment to narrow the current-account gap; President Jose Manuel Barroso has said it is obstacle for de-escalation.” The Ukrainian “critically important” to find a diplomatic Eurasia Daily Monitor 2) conduct stress tests and approve inter- government has said it was ready to hold solution to the Ukraine crisis. He called on national regulatory standards for banks roundtable talks but said leaders of the Russia to engage constructively, saying a On April 30, the board of the weakened by the economic and political armed rebels in the east would not be real de-escalation is “in the interests of International Monetary Fund (IMF) crisis; 3) cut the budget deficit, which will allowed to participate. (RFE/RL, with everyone in Europe, including Russia.” He approved a new $17 billion loan for entail public sector wage freezes and gas reporting by the Associated Press and also urged Moscow not to use energy as a Ukraine, which will be disbursed over two price hikes; 4) reform the energy sector; Agence France-Presse) years. Ukraine received the first tranche of and 5) conduct structural reforms to political weapon. He was speaking after this loan, equaling $3.2 billion, on May 6. improve the business climate and curb cor- talks with Ukraine’s Prime Minister Ukrainian troop deaths reported The government will be able to use the ruption, in particular in government pro- Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Brussels on May 13, KYIV – In an apparent escalation of vio- assistance from the IMF along with other curement (http://www.imf.org/external/ one day after the European Union expand- lence in Ukraine’s east, on May 13 seven international pledges of financial support pubs/ft/survey/so/2014/new043014a. ed financial sanctions against prominent Ukrainian soldiers were reported killed in to pay its natural gas debt to Russia. htm). Russians and Crimeans. During Mr. an ambush by pro-Russian militants. However, Kyiv has said it would pay the The austerity measures promised to the Yatsenyuk’s visit to the European Union Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said a convoy of debt only if Russia cut its price. IMF may lead to some social unrest. But, headquarters, Ukrainian and European armored vehicles was attacked outside the Ukraine is living through its second eco- the current government is less concerned officials signed agreements to allow the city of Kramatorsk by more than 30 sepa- nomic crisis in six years. When GDP about its popularity ahead of presidential disbursement of 1 billion euros ($1.37 bil- ratists who were using grenade launchers plunged 15 percent in 2009, the IMF also elections than its predecessors had been. lion) in EU aid for Ukraine. (RFE/RL, with and automatic weapons. The ministry said came to the rescue. However, two IMF This is because following the February reporting by the Associated Press and at least seven other soldiers had been assistance efforts derailed in 2009 and ouster of former President Viktor Agence France-Presse) wounded. It was the single biggest loss of 2011 due to the populist policies of the Yanukovych, Ukraine has an interim presi- Germany to assist in starting talks life since the Ukrainian army was deployed then prime ministers, Yulia Tymoshenko dent, Oleksandr Turchynov, who has no against armed separatist groups who have and Mykola Azarov, respectively. By the end presidential ambitions. Additionally, after KYIV – German Foreign Affairs Minister seized control of towns and public build- of 2013, Ukraine was simultaneously run- the reinstatement of the 2004 Constitution Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on a May 13 ings in the east of the country. Before the ning current account and budget deficits, three month ago, it will be up to a majority visit to Kyiv that Germany will assist efforts Kramatorsk incident, authorities had said a as well as supporting an unsustainably in Parliament, not the president, to appoint to start roundtable talks between Ukraine’s total of nine servicemen had been killed in high exchange rate of the national currency, the government. Prime Minister Arseniy government and its opponents in the east the army’s “anti-terrorist” operation. (RFE/ the hryvnia. Meanwhile, central bank Yatsenyuk, who struck the deal with the of the country. Mr. Steinmeier also stressed RL, with reporting by the Associated Press reserves became depleted, and economic IMF, will not have to resign after the early the importance of holding Ukraine’s presi- and Agence France-Presse) growth stopped. The IMF was reluctant to presidential election scheduled for May 25. dential vote as planned on May 25. help mainly because Kyiv, apparently fear- Mr. Yatsenyuk’s party, Batkivshchyna, and Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy EU further expands sanctions list ing popular unrest ahead of the presiden- its allies currently control the majority in Yatsenyuk said the key to resolving the tial election, which was then scheduled for the national legislature. The next parlia- destabilizing situation in Ukraine “is not in BRUSSELS – The European Union has early 2015, refused to increase household mentary election is unlikely to be held ear- Kyiv but in Moscow.” Mr. Steinmeier’s trip expanded its sanctions over Ukraine’s cri- gas prices (http://www.pravda.com.ua/ lier than late 2016, and by that time the to Kyiv is part of the road map for settling sis after pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk news/2013/11/22/7002718/). economy should rebound, so the ruling Ukraine’s crisis laid out by the and Luhansk declared independence from Russia stepped in last December with a coalition feels relatively safe. Organization for Security and Cooperation Ukraine and separatists in Donetsk asked $15 billion loan offer and a gas price cut in The IMF made it clear that Ukraine in Europe (OSCE) this week. The OSCE plan Moscow to allow their self-declared calls on all sides to refrain from violence exchange for Kyiv’s refusal to sign an asso- could use international assistance to repay “republic” to join the Russian Federation. and urges amnesty for those involved in ciation and free trade deal with the its gas debt to Russia (http://www.ukrin- The separatists’ appeal to Moscow was in a the unrest as well as talks on decentraliza- European Union. However, after the form.ua/ukr/news/ukraiina_moge_rozra- May 12 statement read out at a news con- tion and the status of the Russian language. Ukrainian government changed in huvatisya_groshima_mvf_za_rosiyskiy_ ference by Denis Pushilin, a separatist lead- In Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry February, Russia withdrew its assistance, gaz_1936216). Ukraine owed $2.2 billion to er in the self-declared “Donetsk People’s called for a swift implementation of the increased its gas price by 81 percent to Gazprom for gas delivered early this year Republic.” The move came a day after the OSCE plan. It said its demand to end vio- $485 per 1,000 cubic meters from April 1, and late last year; as of May 7, it also owes Donetsk and Luhansk regions held so- lence means Kyiv authorities should stop invaded Crimea and stoked separatist ten- called self-rule referendums. The self- $1.3 billion for April deliveries alone, their military operation against pro-Rus- sions in Ukraine’s industrial heartland. In styled separatist officials – some of whom according to Russian calculations. However, sian separatists in eastern Ukraine and pull this situation, Kyiv had no choice but to are now being targeted by EU sanctions – Kyiv has refused to recognize the new back its troops, adding that it expects the accept the IMF’s conditions. Russian price, saying that it would pay the claimed a high voter turnout and an over- separatists to respond “adequately” if Kyiv whelming support for independence in the The IMF program also unlocks billions of debt only once Russia agreed to cut its gas does all that. Russia’s Deputy Foreign dollars in assistance from the broader inter- price back to the $268.50 per thousand Affairs Minister Grigory Karasin was quot- (Continued on page 12) national community, mainly the EU and the cubic meters, which Ukraine paid in the World Bank, over the next two years. This first quarter of 2014, in line with the month alone, the government expects to December agreements with Moscow receive $2.7 billion from abroad on top of (http://top.rbc.ru/economics/07/05/ FOUNDED 1933 the IMF loan tranche. The international 2014/922569.shtml). 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However, the first round of trilateral Council passes resolution on Ukraine” gas talks in Warsaw on May 2 brought no (April 13), State Assemblyman Anthony results (http://zn.ua/ECONOMICS/ ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA Bucco was incorrectly listed as represent- ukraina-es-i-rossiya-ne-smogli-dogovorit- Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 ing the 23rd District, when he in fact rep- sya-na-gazovyh-peregovorah-v-var- and advertising manager fax: (973) 644-9510 resents the 25th District. shave-144329_.html). e-mail: [email protected] Mr. Yatsenyuk has even gone so far as to Subscription Department (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 Both corrections have been made in our e-mail: [email protected] issues online. (Continued on page 13) No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 3 Klitschko shows commanding lead in Kyiv mayoral race by Yana Polyanska Arseniy Yatsenyuk to form an opposition Kyiv in terms of public trust. RFE/RL troika. The same poll reflected an apparent All three men were frequent speakers contradiction in the mood of Kyivans two KYIV – With key elections in Ukraine during the three-month protests, and Mr. months after the bloody climax of the Euro- scheduled for May 25, former heavyweight Klitschko in particular was seen as person- Maidan protests. While 42 percent of city champion and opposition figure Vitali ally challenging protest opponents like the residents say events in the capital are on Klitschko appears to enjoy a commanding titushky thugs. the right track, only 17 percent say they see lead in the Kyiv mayoral race. “Klitschko’s behavior during Maidan the current situation in the city as peaceful Poll data from the non-governmental was clearly well-received,” Mr. Bychenko or prosperous. Razumkov public policy center suggest that said. “His ratings didn’t suffer. It’s possible “It’s possible they are looking not only at just over half of all Kyiv residents planning they even went up. It’s been a way of build- the situation in the capital, but the situation to participate in the May 25 elections ing popularity among Kyivans – a very slow in the entire country overall,” said intend to vote for Mr. Klitschko, who heads way, but a gradual and steady one.” Mykhaylo Mishchenko, deputy director of the UDAR party. By running for mayor, Mr. Klitschko is the Razumkov Center. “You can’t separate Volodymyr Bondarenko, a returning to the site of his first foray into the capital from the rest of the country. It’s Batkivshchyna lawmaker who has served politics. He placed second in the city’s may- clear that respondents were talking about as the capital’s caretaker mayor since oral contest in 2006, losing to Leonid their own social and psychological state of March 7, is a distant second, with just over Chernovetsky, who stepped down from the mind as it relates to everything that’s been 10 percent, according to the April 26 poll. post in 2012 amid mounting public anger going on, including in the east.” The remaining candidates – Mykola over corruption and cronyism in the Kyiv Katerynchuk (Batkivshchyna), Andriy city government. Vitali Klitschko Written in Prague by Daisy Sindelar Illienko (Svoboda), and Lesya Orobets Mr. Klitschko had hoped to parlay his based on reporting in Kyiv by Yana (independent) – are trailing with 9.4, 4.2 Euro-Maidan credentials into a presidential Mr. Poroshenko, the head of his self- Polyanska. and 4.1 percent, respectively. run. But he ultimately stepped aside fol- formed Solidarity Party, has also received Copyright 2014, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted Razumkov director Andriy Bychenko lowing a deal with political ally Petro high poll marks among Kyivans as a trusted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ said Mr. Klitschko’s candidacy appears to Poroshenko, a billionaire who is expected political figure, Mr. Bychenko said. Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, have gotten a boost from his active role in to face a close contest against Orange Members of the formerly dominant Party Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see the Euro-Maidan protests, during which he Revolution figurehead Yulia Tymoshenko of Regions, including ousted leader Viktor http://www.rferl.org/content/klitschko- joined forces with Svoboda leader Oleh in the presidential vote, also scheduled for Yanukovych and current presidential can- lead-kyiv-mayor-race-elections- Tiahnybok and current Prime Minister May 25. ​​ didate Sergey Tigipko, scored lowest in ukraine/25364403.html). FOR THE RECORD UCCA’s long-term observers UCC rejects illegal referendum meet with Ukraine’s CEC UCCA in Donetsk and Luhansk regions NEW YORK – On Monday, May 5, a team from the Ukrainian The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) on May lists and intimidation. The poll was illegal and illegit- Congress Committee of America (UCCA), including UCCA’s chief 12 issued the following statement on the “referen- imate and must be rejected. long-term observer, Reno Domenico, met with Igor Zhydenko, dums” held in Donetsk and Luhansk, Ukraine, on May The referenda held in parts of Luhansk and Volodymyr Andrienko and Serhiy Dubonik of Ukraine’s Central 11. Donetsk by armed separatist groups are illegal Election Commission (CEC) regarding the UCCA’s Observer under Ukrainian law and are an attempt to create Mission for the May 25 presidential election. The world community must join Canada and the further division and disorder. The referenda violated The CEC representatives warmly welcomed the UCCA observ- United States in rejecting the results of the so-called international law and the results of these illegal ref- ers and thanked the UCCA for all of its efforts. They were acutely referendums staged in some parts of eastern Ukraine. erenda cannot be recognized. aware of the work of the UCCA, acknowledging that it is the oldest The balloting was a sham and a ham-fisted We encourage Canada and the international com- organization registered with the CEC that has monitored every attempt by pro-Russian, Kremlin-backed separatists munity to support the legitimate efforts of the election held in Ukraine since its independence in 1991. to divide Ukraine. We have witnessed reports of Ukrainian government to hold presidential elections The UCCA observers highlighted the fact that although many, if many thousands of pre-marked ballots, no voters on May 25. not most, of its observers are Americans of Ukrainian descent, the mission includes non-Ukrainians from around the world who are committed to strengthening Ukraine’s democracy. The UCCA will be monitoring the elections in every region of Ukraine, as well as at diplomatic posts in the United States. The UCCA underscored U.S. Helsinki Commission leaders that all of its international election observers are volunteers, who pay their own way to participate as observers to hopefully make a speak about Ukraine developments difference in Ukraine’s future. One of the main topics addressed by the UCCA was that of secu- WASHINGTON – Helsinki Commission Chairman “The actions against pro-Ukrainian activists and rity for its short-term observers (STO). The CEC members under- Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Co-Chairman Rep. minorities are the direct result of Russia’s unfound- Chris Smith (R-N.J.) both recently spoke in Congress ed and illegal aggression against Ukraine – first in scored that an election hotline will be set up for the observers, but about troubling developments in Ukraine as the May Crimea and then in eastern Ukraine. There is no that they had yet to discuss security, stating that they were under 25 presidential election approaches. doubt as to who pulls the strings. The Kremlin has the impression that observers did not want “interference” from Speaking in the Senate on May 1, Sen. Cardin, who been relentlessly flaunting their Geneva promises the militia. Mr. Domenico concurred that the UCCA did not want is also a senior member of the Foreign Relations and has done nothing to rein in the militants they interference from the militia but would like to know if the CEC had Committee, said, in part: control. Mr. Putin needs to get Russian soldiers and any procedures set up in providing assistance to the STOs in case “I am increasingly alarmed at the deterioration of other assorted military and intelligence operatives of any problems in the field. the situation in eastern Ukraine, particularly in the out of Ukraine. The UCCA also inquired about changes to the election law and Donetsk region, where Moscow-controlled pro-Rus- “We must not forget Crimea. We must never rec- raised the topic of election procedure materials prepared by the sian separatists have seized 19 buildings and 14 cit- ognize Russia’s forcible, illegal annexation of the CEC for the international observers. The CEC representatives indi- ies and towns. …hostage-taking of unarmed interna- Ukrainian territory, which violates every single one cated that they were working on English-language materials but tional monitors must continue to be condemned in of the 10 core OSCE Helsinki principles. We must that they did not have a budget to prepare handbooks for STOs as the strongest possible terms, and everything possi- build on the punitive measures already undertaken they did in previous elections. As for the election law, the CEC rep- ble must be done to secure their release. In addition against the Russian and Ukrainian individuals who resentatives clearly stated that the major change is that, if for to the OSCE observers, 40 people – journalists, activ- so blatantly violated the international agreements in some reason the election did not take place in an oblast (e.g., ists, police officers, and politicians – are reportedly the Ukrainian and Crimean Constitutions. Violations Donetsk, Luhansk), the results of the elections would nonetheless being held captive in makeshift jails in Sloviansk. … of another nation’s territorial integrity and sover- be legitimate. They also mentioned that the election would not be “Furthermore, I am deeply dismayed at other fla- eignty must not be tolerated. Russia’s flagrant land taking place in Crimea but that Crimeans could vote “anywhere” in grant violations of human rights by pro-Russian mil- grab of Crimea has set a horrible precedent for those the country. itants in eastern Ukraine and in Russia’s annexed countries harboring illegal territorial ambitions The CEC also noted that the election ballots would be distributed Crimea. These include attacks and threats against around the globe. …” throughout the country escorted by the “militia.” At this point it is minority groups, particularly Jews and Roma, as well Speaking on May 8 in the House of unclear to which branch or service of the militia the CEC was refer- as Crimean Tatars and ethnic Ukrainians in Crimea. Representatives, Rep. Smith said: ring. It is the UCCA representatives’ understanding that this would Supporters of a united Ukraine have been targeted “In a little more than two weeks, Ukraine will be be services under the aegis of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. as well, including a local politician and university holding presidential elections while Russia continues As of May 7, the CEC had registered 114 UCCA International student whose tortured bodies were found dumped election observers; more than 90 others await accreditation. in a river near Sloviansk. … (Continued on page 16) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 No. 20

NEWS AND VIEWS Plast flame lit in Sweden on April 12 by Motria Jaremko of Stockholm’s children and teens. After speaking with Plast members from STOCKHOLM – Having been a member of Ukraine and the United States, I contacted Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization since the head of Plast worldwide, Marta age 6, I strongly wished to pass on to my Kandiuk Kuzmowycz, who introduced me young children the enriching values of this to Andrij Rebryk in Ukraine, who is respon- beautiful Ukrainian youth organization. sible for supporting new Plast groups in I had participated in Plast activities during the worldwide diaspora. the school year in the Philadelphia branch, at As the idea of a Plast group in Sweden winter ski camps in New York state, and also evolved, two more Plast counselors from at summer camps in New York, Ohio and Ukraine, who are currently living in Germany. In my teens I had learned that Plast Stockholm, volunteered to help. We now scouts lived all over the world. We shared had all our counselors lined up. our Ukrainian language, culture, scouting Luckily for us, more Ukrainian families lessons and experiences, and the benefits continued to arrive to Stockholm – and the and friendships were lifelong. number of children and the interest in Plast This is what I wished to pass along to flourished. Marichka Rekhman my two young children, just as my parents Some of the Ukrainian immigrants, Children proudly wear their new Plast neckerchiefs. had passed on to me. those from Lviv, already knew of Plast; oth- Now living in Stockholm with my ers were eager to learn. But, most impor- Ivan Chmola, and proudly lists as members thanks to: a monthly Ukrainian liturgy con- Swedish-born Ukrainian husband, Georg tantly, all wanted to register their children many leaders of Ukraine, our Church, and ducted by the Rev. Miroslaw Kostiw; the Jaremko, and our two children – Karolina, for this high-value organization that was our current diaspora. very active branch of the Ukrainian age 7, and Zachary, age 4 – I embarked on founded in 1911-1912 in Ukraine by Dr. The Ukrainian community in Stockholm Women’s Association (UWA) in Scandinavia the project of starting a Plast group for all Oleksander Tysovsky, Petro Franko and has been active and growing in recent years led by Zoryana Kiktso; the Ukrainian lan- guage children’s school Young Kozaky orga- nized by the UWA and led by schoolteachers Nataliya Voytyuk and Zoryana Levytska; as well as the UWA-led theater group. And now we have Plast scouting for our youth. On April 12, we held our first Plast meeting. Through supportive teamwork by Plast scouts from Ukraine and Stockholm, together we observed the 102nd anniver- sary of the first Plast oath – the beginning of Plast in Ukraine, a most memorable date to start our Plast group in Stockholm. Together with their parents, over 20 children (novatstvo) and teens (yunatstvo) participated. The first meeting was led by Plast coun- selors from Sweden, Motria Jaremko, Roman Nagulyak and Tetiana Sarabun, and from Ukraine, Marichka Rekhman, Sofiya Yara Gloria Yara Gloria Budnyk, Khrystyna Tynkaliuk, Rostyslav A gift to Ukrainian plastuny from Swedish plastuny: a memento poster with signa- Motria Jaremko and Roman Nagulyak receive tures of all participants of the first meeting of the Plast group founded in Stockholm. a formal thank-you from Plast Ukraine. (Continued on page 16) Ukraine participates in annual festival of flowers

WASHINGTON – Ukrainian Ambassador Olexander Motsyk and his wife, Natalia Terletska, visited the Washington National Cathedral’s 75th annual Flower Mart festival on its opening day, May 5. They viewed the Ukrainian international floral arrangement inside the cathedral and the Ukrainian exhibit at the international embassy tent, and met with Suzanne Miller (above, left), the wife of the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine William Green Miller. Mrs. Miller is a key organizer of the premier plant and flower sale of this springtime fund-raising event for maintaining the beautiful grounds of this historic cathedral. This annual event is organized by the All Hallows Guild, whose board chairman is another lady well known in the Washington Ukrainian community, Lydia Chopivsky Benson. The Ukrainian floral arrangement – composed of blue and yellow flowers in the shape of “Ukraine: One United Country” designed by Zoya Chyruk and Nelia Ivanovchyk – was one of 24 entries in this year’s international floral exhibit. – Yaro Bihun No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM UNA Executive Offi cers, 1894-2014 Following is a list of the executive officers Petro Sekerak, 1897-1898 VICE-PRESIDENTESS NATIONAL SECRETARIES of the Ukrainian National Association elect- Ivan Dobosh, 1898-1900 Anya Dydyk Petrenko, 1994-1998 Martha Lysko, 1994-2002 ed at UNA conventions from 1894 through Alexis Sharshon, 1900-1902 Christine Kozak, 2002- 2010 (and serving through the end of the Michael Kravchyshyn, 1902-1904 SECOND VICE-PRESIDENTS current term, mid-year 2014). Readers will Semen Mytrenko, 1904-1906 Anya Dydyk Petrenko, 1998-2002 ASSISTANT SUPREME SECRETARIES: Ivan Paryliak, 1906-1908 note changes in terminology in the names of Eugene Iwanciw, 2002-2006 Denys Pyrch, 1898-1900 Theodore Kulychytsky-Gut, 1908-1910 executive offices, e.g. supreme president to Michael Koziupa, 2006-2010 Konstantine Kirczow, 1900-1902 Ivan Marton, 1910-1912 president; as well as the elimination of cer- Eugene Oscislawski, 2010- Joseph Kulchytsky, 1904-1906 tain executive positions, e.g. supreme vice- Vasyl Suvak, 1912-1914 Ivan Vaverchak, 1914-1917 presidentess, supreme organizer. The list SUPREME VICE-PRESIDENTS FOR SUPREME TREASURERS Andrew Stefanovych, 1917-1920 was compiled based on convention reports, CANADA John Glowa, 1894-1895 UNA histories and information published Theodore Hrytsey, 1920-1925 Bohdan Zorych, 1966-1970 Yuriy Khyliak, 1895-1898 through the years in Svoboda and The Michael Uhorchak, 1925-1929 Vasyl Hryshko, 1929-1933 Paul Yuzyk, 1970-1974 Kindrat Kotanchyk, 1898-1900 Ukrainian Weekly. An asterisk (*) indicates Oleksiy Shlianta, 1900-1902 that an officer died before completing his Volodymyr Malewich, 1933-1937 SUPREME DIRECTORS FOR CANADA Alexis Sharshon, 1902-1917 term of office. Gregory Herman, 1937-1950 Joseph Lesawyer, 1950-1954 Paul Yuzyk, 1974-1990 Vasyl Levchyk, 1917-1933 Roman Slobodian, 1941-1966 SUPREME PRESIDENTS Michael Piznak, 1954-1958 John Hewryk, 1990-1993* Joseph Lesawyer, 1958-1961 John Kokolski, 1966-1968* Theodosius Talpash, 1894-1895 Stephen Kuropas, 1961-1970 DIRECTORS FOR CANADA Peter Pucilo, 1968-1972* John Glowa, 1895-1898 Ulana Diachuk, 1972-1990 John Teluk, 1970-1974 Peter Savaryn, 1994-1998 Yuriy Khyliak, 1898-1900 John Flis, 1974-1978 Alexander Blahitka, 1990-1994 Rev. Anthony Bonchevsky, 1900-1902 Rev. Myron Stasiw, 1998-2002 Myron Kuropas, 1978-1990 Albert Kachkowski, 2002-2006 Rev. Nicholas Stefanovych, 1902-1904 SUPREME FINANCIAL SECRETARIES Nestor Olesnycky, 1990-1994 Myron Groch, 2006- Konstantine Kirczow, 1904-1908 Simon Yadlowski, 1906-1920 Dmitro Kapitula, 1908-1917 Roman Slobodian, 1920-1937 VICE-PRESIDENT SUPREME VICE-PRESIDENT AND Konstantine Kirczow, 1917-1920 Nestor Olesnycky, 1994-1998 RECORDING SECRETARY Simon Yadlowski, 1920-1925 SUPREME FINANCIAL SECRETARY- Walter Sochan, 1966-1974 Theodore Hrytsey, 1925-1929 FIRST VICE-PRESIDENTS TREASURER Nicholas Muraszko, 1929-1949* Roman Slobodian, 1937-1941 Gregory Herman 1949-1950 Stefko Kuropas, 1998-2002 SUPREME SECRETARIES/SUPREME Martha Lysko, 2002-2006 RECORDING SECRETARIES (acting president) TREASURERS Dmytro Halychyn, 1950-1961* Zenon Holubec, 2006-2010 Rev. Ivan Kostankevych, 1894-1895 Alexander Blahitka, 1994-1997* Joseph Lesawyer, 1961-1978 Michael Koziupa, 2010- Rev. Nestor Dmytriw, 1895-1896 Stefan Kaczaraj, 1997-1998 John O. Flis, 1978-1990 Rev. Nicholas Stefanovych, 1896-1897 SUPREME VICE-PRESIDENTESSES (acting treasurer) Ulana Diachuk, 1990-1994 Rev. Ivan Ardan, 1897-1898 Maria Cheremshak, 1908-1912 Rev. Anthony Bonchevsky, 1898-1900 Stefan Kaczaraj, 1998-2002 Roma Lisovich, 2002- PRESIDENTS Mary Bilyk, 1912-1920 Denys Pyrch, 1900-1904 Maria Olshanytska, 1920-1929 Simon Yadlowski, 1904-1912 Ulana Diachuk, 1994-2002 Julia Bavoliak, 1929-1933 Michael Uhorchak, 1912-1918 ASSISTANT SUPREME TREASURER Stefan Kaczaraj, 2002- Maria Olshanytska, 1933-1937 Stefan Milanowycz, 1918-1920 Andrey Yankovych, 1904-1906 Mary Malevich, 1937-1950 Ivan Kashtaniuk, 1920-1933 SUPREME VICE-PRESIDENTS Genevieve Zepko-Zerebniak, 1950-1958 Dmytro Halychyn, 1933-1950 SUPREME ORGANIZERS: Michael Yevchak, 1894-1895 Anna Herman, 1958-1966 Gregory Herman, 1950-1957* Stefan Hawrysz, 1974-1978 Theodosius Talpash, 1895-1896 Mary Dushnyck, 1966-1982 Jaroslaw Padoch, 1958-1974 Wasyl Orichowsky, 1978-1982 Oleksiy Kuryla, 1896-1897 Gloria Paschen, 1982-1994 Walter Sochan, 1974-1994 Stefan Hawrysz, 1982-1986

Roma Hadzewycz Delegates and members of the UNA General Assembly at the 37th UNA Convention in May 2010.

THE UNA: 120 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 No. 20

FOR THE RECORD The Ukrainian Weekly A historic performance Ambassador Power at the U.N.: This year, as we’ve noted on more than one occasion, we are celebrating the Russia’s ‘monumental falsehoods’ 120th anniversary of the founding of the Ukrainian National Association, which this weekend is holding its 38th Convention. But 2014 is also the 120th anniversary of a Remarks by Ambassador Samantha In past weeks, the same scenario that Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the played itself out in Crimea has been repeat- singular, and indeed historic, event: the first time that the anthem “Shche Ne Vmerla United Nations, at Security Council Meeting ing itself in parts of eastern Ukraine. The Ukraina” was sung in America. on Ukraine on May 2. same sudden appearance of unfamiliar Readers may know that the anthem’s lyrics were written by Pavlo Chubynsky in men and new armaments. The same strate- 1862, and its music was composed by Mykhailo Verbytsky in 1863. Its first choral Thank you Mr. President. In recent gy of occupying buildings and taking con- performance was in 1864 in Lviv. “Shche Ne Vmerla Ukraina” came to be used as the months, this council has met on more than trol of the media. The same vicious propa- anthem of Ukraine in 1917, and then was officially adopted by the Carpatho- a dozen occasions regarding the situation ganda directed against the government of Ukrainian Republic in 1939. Its music became the official state anthem of Ukraine in in Ukraine. Time and again, we have urged Ukraine. And the same denials of Russian 1992, after the country re-established its independence, and its lyrics (slightly respect for Ukraine’s territorial integrity, involvement. The same cries of outrage altered) were officially adopted in 2003. adherence to international law, and steps to whenever Ukraine takes a step to assert its With that background, let’s go back 120 years. reduce tensions and de-escalate the crisis. own rights, enforce its own laws, protect its It was May 30, 1894, Decoration Day (which later became known as Memorial Just this past Tuesday, we met to discuss own citizens and restore order on its own Day) and delegates of the “Ruskyj Narodnyi Soyuz,” (which later became the Russia’s inexcusable failure to fulfill its obli- territory. Ukrainian National Association) were assembled in Shamokin, Pa., for the first regu- gations under the April 17 Geneva agree- The Ukrainian people and government lar convention, which was taking place a little over three months after the founding ment. have embarked on an effort today to meeting of Soyuz. Svoboda reported in its June 6, 1894, issue that the delegates were Russia is pushing two monumental reclaim one city in the eastern part of their gathered “to remember their renowned fathers who fought for our freedom and to falsehoods right now. country. Their response is reasonable, it is jointly confer about our people’s situation here in America.” The first falsehood is that the Ukrainians proportional, and frankly it is what any one Svoboda described the scene: “Since morning, a light and benevolent May rain are carrying out a large-scale uncontrolled of our countries would have done in the had been falling, as if Mother Rus’ was crying tears of happiness upon seeing that violent attack on unarmed civilians. This is face of this threat. her children had not been lost, that they were hurrying from all directions, with false — the Ukrainian government is carry- Imagine, for a moment, if 26,000 square blue-and-yellow badges on their chests, to a community assembly.” The convention ing out a targeted effort to contain Russian- kilometers of Russian territory were seized was preceded by liturgy at the local church that was overflowing with people; hun- sponsored paramilitary violence emanat- by another country. Would Moscow show dreds stood outside. Afterwards, during the convention luncheon, the Rev. Hryhory ing from Sloviansk in an effort to deliver restraint week after week, day after day, in Hrushka, founder and editor-in-chief of Svoboda, spoke of the significance of Soyuz. security for the hopes that rational He was followed by a 50-voice choir that sang “Shche Ne Vmerla Ukraina.” Svoboda Ukrainian citizens. “Russia may have dialogue rather than related that it was difficult to describe the emotions, the joy and the uplifted spirits There is horrible the power to insti- brute force would pre- of the people – “ tears rolled down the faces of all those present.” violence in eastern vail? How would Now, readers may wonder why an organization that called itself Ruskyi – which Ukraine, and that gate fear, to spread President Putin can be rendered as Rusyn or Ruthenian – would promote the Ukrainian anthem. The violence is coming, lies, and to sow respond if parts of his fact of the matter, as pointed out by Ukrainian diaspora historian Dr. Myron B. as it has been for discord, violence country were seized to Kuropas – author of the history of the UNA, “Ukrainian-American Citadel: The First weeks now, from request to remove his One Hundred Years of the Ukrainian National Association” – is that Svoboda and the Russian-directed and disarray across army from those parts UNA were unequivocal in their position that Rusyns were “a part of the 30-million agents and paramili- its border, it may of the country. strong Rusyn-Ukrainian nation.” Furthermore, Dr. Kuropas writes, by 1900 they had taries and their Seriously, there is associates. even have the power adopted “a political posture which called for a Ukraine that was independent and some irony in Russian The second mon- to abuse its veto demands given the democratic.” The designation Rus’-Ukraine was used repeatedly and with increasing umental falsehood manner in which it frequency; articles and advertisements in the newspaper used the terms “Rusyn” here at the Secu- is that the Russian would deal with sepa- and “Ukrainian.” And, in 1914, the name of the RNS was formally changed to rity Council – but, federation is deeply ratism within its bor- Ukrainian National Association. concerned by the as we have said in ders. It has been 63 The takeaway from all of the above is that the Ukrainian National Association instability in the days since Russia always was, and still is, first and foremost a Ukrainian organization that cares about this chamber before, east. The rest of us it cannot veto the began its campaign to the well-being of its members and the fate of the Ukrainian nation. Now, as the UNA are deeply and sin- annex Crimea. And for celebrates 120 years of service, it continues its venerable mission. Now, just as back cerely concerned by truth.” 63 days, day after day, in 1894, the UNA believes that “Ukraine’s glory hasn’t perished” and that “fate shall this instability. But the Ukrainian govern- smile once more upon us” Ukrainians. despite all of its rhetoric, Russia can’t be ment has chosen peace. Yet in those same because Russia is causing this instability. 63 days, Russia, day after day, has chosen to This expressed concern is cynical and dis- pursue more territory. ingenuous and meant only to distract us Consider the following facts. Pro-Russian Turning the pages back... from the reality that is playing out before separatists have seized Donetsk’s railway May our eyes. control center and stopped almost all train Today, I want to focus on one main point. movements. That is an illegal act. Ten years ago, on May 18, 2004, nearly 30,000 Crimean Tatars From the outset, the government of Separatists seized control of the Donetsk gathered at the train station in Symferopol to mark the 60th anni- 18 Ukraine has sought to resolve all issues general prosecutor’s office in a violent versary of the Stalin-ordered mass deportation of Tatars. peacefully – through dialogue both inter- clash that left more than two dozen people Nearly 200,000 Crimean Tatars, mostly women, children and 2004 nally and with the Russian Federation. This hospitalized. That is an illegal act. the elderly were shipped in 76 freight trains out of Crimea to policy of restraint continued even after Separatists seized the prosecutor’s office in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan by force over a three-day period Russia subverted Crimea, orchestrated an Horlivka. That is an illegal act. Pro-Russian beginning at 4 a.m. on May 18, 1944, after Stalin decided that the Crimean Tatar nation had undemocratic separatist vote in Crimea, activists beat up two Radio Svoboda jour- sided with the Nazis in the “Great War for the Motherland.” Thousands more, mostly hardy invaded Crimea, and announced to the nalists filming a protest near the Kharkiv men of working age, were either drafted into military work battalions or sent off to Siberia. world it had annexed Crimea – while lying regional administration building on May 1. Sources say that 90,000 died during the forced trek eastward and in the year afterward. about its intentions and even its presence That is an illegal act. We could go on and on An informal prayer service was held in nearby Grigorenko Park (named for the Soviet in Crimea every step of the way. and on about the illegal acts. general-turned-dissident Petro Grigorenko who had supported the Crimean Tatars’ quest As its country has been carved up, as for- All told, in 17 towns in eastern Ukraine, for a return to their native land), followed by a rally led by the regional leaders of the eign operatives have moved into its home- 32 buildings are under occupation, 21 by Crimean Tatar Mejlis. From there, the crowd marched to Lenin Square where they were land, as masses of Russian troops have armed personnel. In addition, we’ve seen met by other columns of marchers who entered the square from various directions, wav- assembled along its eastern border, and as dozens of Ukrainian public officials illegally ing the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar flags. Moscow has continued to threaten its terri- detained, three bodies pulled from a river Mustafa Dzhemilev, leader of the nearly 300,000 strong Crimean Tatar ethnic commu- torial integrity and its people, Ukraine has near Donetsk, and a group of eight – now nity in Ukraine and a national deputy in Ukraine’s Parliament, criticized the Parliament for continuously – day after day – shown seven – OSCE monitors abducted in direct failing to agree on a law guaranteeing Crimean Tatars certain rights. “We have just deter- remarkable, almost unimaginable, defiance not simply of Ukraine’s govern- mined who stands where and how some interests view our problems,” Mr. Dzhemilev said. restraint. It has done as this council has ment, but in defiance of this Council and The rights need to be codified, because there are too many issues that remained unre- asked. It has implemented its international the world community. solved between the new Crimean Tatar settlers and other inhabitants of Crimea, he added. agreements. It has refrained from military Alongside all of this action, we have “There is a huge lack of fairness regarding the land issue. Many Crimean Tatars who responses to aggression, even as Russia heard the Russian Federation building its returned to their historic villages do not have the right to obtain land because they did not proudly announced that it had annexed case for intervention – outright interven- belong to collective farms on the territory of Ukraine,” Mr. Dzhemilev explained. A “particu- part of Ukraine. Ukraine has over and over tion – including President Putin saying that larly large problem,” he noted, was on the Black Sea Coast where the Crimean Tatars occu- again committed and re-committed itself to eastern Ukrainian cities and Odesa were pied 70 percent of the land before their deportation. The land is considered lucrative real direct dialogue with Moscow. And yet, in not part of Ukraine in the good old days, estate for Ukraine’s tourism industry, and Crimean Tatar ownership is less than 1 percent. return for Ukraine’s reasonableness, Russia has destabilized, threatened and terrorized. (Continued on page 13) (Continued on page 14) No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 7

A HISTORIC VICTORY AND ITS HEROES An open letter to President Obama The following letter, dated May 12, was British to perish at the hands of their Soviet sent to President Barack Obama by Askold S. tyrants. Many committed suicide to escape Lozynskyj, former president of both the that fate. Perhaps President Franklin D. Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Roosevelt can be forgiven for his fondness and the Ukrainian World Congress, and a for one of history’s worst murderers, Science amidst chaos and uncertainty New-York based attorney. Joseph Stalin, but 70 years thereafter with Now that the Russian annexation of Ukrainian science is still important, and the benefit of historical hindsight, no Dear Mr. President: American president can be accorded a sim- Crimea has taken place, it’s hard to know how should it be used most effectively. It seems to me that the significance of ilar benefit of a doubt. where future events will take Ukraine. It’s a Should it be directed towards applied the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in This brings me to the upcoming obser- grim situation, vividly reminding one of the research and technological development in World War II, which came about largely vances in Normandy. Russia’s President rapid sequence of destructive events that certain high-performing and economically because of D-Day, was that ultimately good Vladimir Putin, in terms of criminal behav- began in 1939. So, it may seem out of place viable sectors that will stimulate economic had prevailed over evil. It was a victory ior is, indeed, a worthy successor to Stalin. to talk about science and technological growth? There will undoubtedly be win- over tyranny and imperialism. Granted, For that reason alone, we and other decent development in Ukraine in the midst of ners and losers in the next transformation. Soviet forces were an integral part of the people, leaders of democratic law-abiding such political and economic turmoil and These are the important issues confront- culmination, but, let’s be honest, Soviet nations cannot share with him the stage at threats of invasion by Vladimir Putin. ing the choices of the United States and the involvement occurred only because Hitler Normandy. It’s an affront to the victims of But, it makes one wonder how individu- European Union on a wide array of current attacked the USSR in 1941. In 1939 Stalin the war and, in particular, the now free al scientists, or any business, governmental and future bilateral support for S&T (sci- and Hitler had collaborated to carve up nations of the former USSR who fear Putin institution or enterprise, can adapt to such ence and technology) in Ukraine. That Eastern Europe with no regard for other today despite their ostensible freedom, a continuous sequence of profound insta- ramped-up support, as part of a broader nations. Soviet propaganda aside, Stalin’s much like their ancestors feared Stalin. bilities and economic uncertainties. We can package of economic assistance and favor- participation in the war was hardly altruis- Putin represents everything that we fought all understand how such a crisis, looming able trade agreements will be essential for tic. Furthermore, history has judged that in to overcome in World War II. His presence over our careers and livelihoods, can affect Ukraine’s future viability and integration terms of criminality Stalin was at least in Normandy would make a mockery of a our perspectives, productivity and opti- into the western European family. Hitler’s equal. significant and respectful observance of a mism about the future. Looking backwards, through Ukraine’s In any event, Stalin was not the war’s courageous and principled venture. Consider that Ukrainian science and all history, I am reminded that the UAS was hero. The heroes were the United States Furthermore, having imposed resolute of Ukraine’s economic sectors have been in established in 1918, and its leading scien- and its Western allies, as well as many of sanctions on Russia that are meant to make a perpetual state of turmoil and continual tists and academicians immediately went the nations of Eastern Europe and the a difference, what message do we send to adjustments to much greater economic to work during a period of much greater USSR who were often employed as war those people even now living in fear when uncertainties over the past three decades – economic turmoil and political instability in fodder by their own tyrant and whose we invite the subject of their fear to a joint since the rapid decline of the USSR began in Ukraine. The UAS was first formed by lands the war ravaged. Those nations suf- observance of a noble event – that in poli- the Gorbachev era. Somehow, they’ve sur- Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky’s government, fered the most significant numbers in tics it’s business as usual? The argument vived – and, in some instances, have flour- on November 14, 1918, and reaffirmed by terms of human lives lost. Subsequently, advanced by our Department of State peo- ished. Necessity is the mother of invention the Directory and then again by the many from the USSR who survived the war and the godfather of socio-economic trans- Bolshevik government in June 1919, and were forcibly repatriated by us and the (Continued on page 13) formations. There is yet another transfor- reorganized as the All Ukrainian Academy mation underway in Ukraine. of Sciences in 1922. During this turbulent Researchers in Crimea are facing many period, remarkably, a great deal of work of these problems, and it seems that most and research was conducted in all branches The things we do ... are happy about the annexation, according of science and the humanities. Publication by Orysia Paszczak Tracz to Nature magazine (April 3), the presti- was difficult, but research continued gious international science journal. The throughout this period by the notable sci- director of the Crimean Astrophysical entists of that day, including Volodymyr I. Center, one of the world’s premier research Vernadsky and Yevhen Opakov. institutions, said that “…it was an immedi- An example of this single-minded focus ate decision to request admission to the is to be found in a letter by academician Russian Academy of Sciences.” Part of the Yevhen Opakov, who can be considered the Remembering the UPA reason is that all of Ukraine’s science agen- founder of hydrologic sciences in Ukraine cies and academic institutions were look- and who started the first hydrologic scienc- When I was growing up in the early The forced labor stories, the war stories, ing at severe budget cuts and reforms. It es department at the Kyiv Polytechnic 1950s in Jersey City, N.J., on Ocean Avenue, the escape from villages as the Russians takes about $140 million (U.S.) per year to Institute in 1922. Opakov wrote to Halladay Street and Grand Street (and a few advanced at the end of the war, the lost and operate the 100 or so UAS institutes scat- Academician V. I. Vernadsky, the co-founder streets I can’t remember), I had a supply of found families in Germany and Austria tered around Crimea that are engaged in of UAS, on February 20, 1919: “…on books to read. They had been brought from post-war, the babies “given” to someone oceanography, ecology and astronomy. February 7 my apartment was twice the Berchtesgaden DP camp by my father. who was able to leave, the convoluted The interim Ukrainian government besieged and I was threatened as an evil Along with a few children’s books published attempts in the displaced persons camps at declared a 100-day program to reform edu- bourgeoisie. They threatened to kill me and in Germany, there were also books about escaping the Russian “repatriation” back to cation and research along Western lines cut me up into pieces. I fled my apartment, the UPA, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army of the “homeland,” the false ID papers that based on meritocracy and performance. but was able to return, whereupon they World War II. With both parents working – those from Soviet Ukraine tried to get in During an extended meeting of the Union again came to my apartment at 3 a.m. Tato during the day and Mama in the eve- order not to be repatriated, the worry of of University Rectors of Ukraine, Minister Finally, I had to vacate my apartment and ning – there was little time for them to fin- whether some Western country would take of Education and Science Serhiy Kvit spoke move elsewhere. I tell you this as explana- ish all the stories I wanted to hear. In exas- the applications for immigration, the sto- on the situation in Crimea. He announced tion for why I was not able to attend the peration, Mama taught me to read. I was ries of the UPA soldiers and the under- that “today we have reached a consensus Commission’s meeting on February 18. On about four and a half years old. I also had a ground within Ukraine, in Ukrainian lands with the Ministry of Finance and the another matter, I’d like to inform you that few comic books from a playmate who lived now within Poland, and the UPA soldiers Ministry of the Economy that public spend- my monograph on the ‘Water Resources of in our building, but my father was so afraid escaping west into Germany after the war. ing at universities will not decrease.” He Ukraine’ will soon be translated into of losing his daughter to the “American “I had to give up my bed because Bandera pointed out that public spending levels will Ukrainian and will be published in the world” that the comics could not sit on the slept over in our room.” “My mother, with same shelf as the Ukrainian books. her babies, lost my father a few times at the be posted immediately on the Ministry of Proceedings of the technical section of the Contamination, I guess. I did not know train stations. Somehow they always found Education and Science website. “Primarily, Ukrainian Scientific Society.” English until I went to school, but the comic each other.” “We threw whatever we had at government spending will be focused on The Ukrainian Scientific Society was the book pictures were fun to look at. the Russians preaching to us about going those universities where quality assurance first scientific society founded in Kyiv, and In those early immigrant days, the back home, ‘na rodinu.’ At first the levels are the highest. And it goes without it was patterned after the Shevchenko wounds of the war and its aftermath were American forces didn’t believe us.” saying that this will all be open and trans- Scientific Society of Halychyna. In the still raw, and the hope was still there that All this reminiscing came about because parent,” stated Dr. Kvit. midst of Communist terror, civil war and soon, very soon, the Communist empire recently I was perusing volume 25 of These have been tumultuous decades annual change of governments in the peri- would fall and all would be able to go home. Litopys UPA (Chronicle of UPA), the volume for the entire scientific establishment, as od 1918-1922, science continued, albeit in It was called “living on suitcases.” There “Pisni UPA” (Songs of UPA), compiled by exemplified by the dramatic decline of the a perpetually fretful state. were no TVs, no phones for our families, and Zenon Lavryshyn (1996). (This website is Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (UAS) – During that period, Vernadsky had a people got together to visit, just showing up most informative: http://litopysupa.com/ from over 130,000 employees at its peak in running debate with historian and UNR on the doorsteps. When my parents had visi- main.php?pg=0.) Almost all of the material the mid-1980s, to less than 40,000 today. President Mykhailo Hrushevsky about the tors over, I usually sat on the floor near the is in Ukrainian, with volumes of compiled The UAS has gone through several reorga- foundational structure of the UAS. In kitchen table and played. And listened. German, Polish and Russian documents. nizations, and is barely hanging on, with Ukrainian, “nauka” has a double meaning – The in-depth introductions are in English. another reorganization looming. translated as both education and science. Orysia Tracz may be contacted at orysia. The question must be asked by the West [email protected]. (Continued on page 13) whether continued U.S. and EU support for (Continued on page 14) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 No. 20 No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 9 BOOK REVIEW: Correspondence with a political prisoner “Two Worlds, One Idea: Ten Years of member of Amnesty International, has Indeed, according to Dr. Procyk: “Like Correspondence between Amnesty compiled and translated the correspon- many members of Amnesty International International Group 11 and a Ukrainian dence between Krasivsky and one of the AI who had joined the organization mainly for Political Prisoner, Zinovii Krasivskyj.” groups tasked with defending him. humanitarian reasons, Iris had very little Anna Procyk, editor and translator. New As Dr. Procyk explains: “A large part of interest in politics. In her day-to-day activi- York and Kyiv: Smoloskyp, 2013. ISBN 978- Amnesty International’s work in defense of ties her attention was focused on charity 966-1676-54-0. 418 pages. $25. prisoners of conscience consisted of work, art and nature. Even though she had by Alexander Motyl appeals to government authorities, letters a degree in engineering, she worked profes- to international humanitarian and cultural sionally only briefly, preferring to devote I suspect that most of us imagine the associations, and occasional personal con- her time to helping homeless people by Ukrainian dissidents of the post-Stalin peri- tacts with influential political leaders, working in soup-kitchens, painting animals od as heroic figures completely dedicated famous scientists, writers and artists who and insects, cultivating plants on her spa- to Ukrainian independence and human could intercede on the prisoners’ behalf.” cious 20th floor terraces, and above all, car- rights. Although the enormous sacrifices No less important, “It was with… the ing for her doting husband and their two they made and the consequences they suf- intention of keeping alive prisoners’ spirits beloved Siamese cats. She joined Amnesty fered – continual harassment by the KGB, during their periods of confinement that let- out of her earnest desire to ease the pain of imprisonment in concentration camps and ters were written directly to labor camps innocent people who were being persecut- exile in inclement parts of the totalitarian and prisons. In order to ensure that the cor- ed and imprisoned for their beliefs, and Soviet state – surely qualify them as heroes, respondence did not serve as a pretext for thus in dire need of help.” they were also remarkable human beings further repressions, as a rule the content of Akahoshi’s correspondent, Krasivsky, with personal lives consisting of families, letters was kept intentionally simple, often could not have been more different. A con- friends, colleagues and work. consisting of a few laconic sentences regard- vinced nationalist and a dedicated defender Thanks to Dr. Anna Procyk, a professor ing the prisoner’s health and immediate of human rights, Krasivsky had been of history at Kingsborough Community day-to-day concerns.” Even so, continues Dr. repeatedly repressed for his dissident activ- College in New York City and the author of Procyk, “Partly in view of the frequency of ities in the Ukrainian National Front and an important book on the Russian anti-Bol- the letters and partly because of the person- the Ukrainian branch of the Helsinki shevik White movement, we now have a alities of the correspondents, this principle Monitoring Group for the Defense of wonderful inside look at the life of one of was not always followed in these epistolary Akahoshi: “She was born in Czechoslovakia Human Rights. Born in western Ukraine in the most prominent Ukrainian dissidents, exchanges. In fact, even brief notes were sel- in 1929 to German parents, but her family 1929, he was incarcerated or exiled for Zinovii Krasivsky. Dr. Procyk, a long-time dom devoid of deeper content.” soon moved to the United States; she spent much of his adult life: in 1949-1953, 1967- Krasivsky’s primary correspondent in AI most of her childhood and youth in 1971, 1972-1978 and 1980-1985. He died Alexander Motyl is professor of political Group 11 in Manhattan (of which Dr. Hollywood, Calif. She had no knowledge of science at Rutgers University-Newark. Procyk was also a member) was one Iris any Slavic language.” (Continued on page 15)

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“Vasyl V. Krychevsky and Kateryna K. “Mykhailo Zubryts’kyi: Collected journals, and became a member of the Rosandich,” compiled by Katerna Works and Materials,” Frank Sysyn et al., Shevchenko Scientific Society. Krychevsky Rosandich. Clifton, N.J.: ed. Lviv: Litopys, 2013. 609pp. $44.95. He even dared to disagree with Ivan Computoprint, 2013. 136 pp., $40. by Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak Franko himself, that arbiter of modernity and art, on the true nature of scholarship. by Tamara Stadnychenko Cornelison A month ago I could have safely counted (that’s on p. 260). But that article is imme- myself among the select 100 or so scholars diately followed by a wonderful description “Vasyl V. Krychevsky and Kateryna K. who knew who the Rev. Mykhailo of tobacco smuggling in the Carpathians. Rosandich” is a father-daughter retrospec- Zubrytskyi (1856-1919) was. No more. With You could regale your family with descrip- tive album compiled by Kateryna the publication of the first in the three pro- tions of Christmas traditions they did not Krychevsky Rosandich. Published at the posed volumes of Zubrytskyi’s “Collected know existed, and even shock some of your end of 2013, the 136-page hardback book Works and Materials” this worthy pastor of friends by finding proof that their ances- is the story of two lives intertwined by Mnashenets, a village in the Carpathians, tors, as one Andrew Sysyn, carried their birth and by profession, with other lives may again find his readers. And we have disagreements with neighbors from the ini- drawn in by circumstance. It is a study in Frank Sysyn and the Canadian Institute of tial fist fights all the way up to the regional history, art, love, life and death, color and Ukrainian Studies, along with a number of high court. And you may glean much infor- the absence of color, happiness and sorrow Ukrainian scholarly institutions, to thank. mation that “Pani Vchytelka” (your teacher) – all of the elements that contribute to the Zubrytskyi encapsulates the stories your would not have included. And if you are so human condition. grandparents wanted to tell your parents, inclined, you can recreate a Carpathian The cover is cobalt blue, the same blue who were too busy to listen. Zubrytskyi shed for sheep, a Hutsul crib and even a visible in the paintings selected for the front Vasyl V. Krychevsky “Self Portrait,” 1946. found time to publish in newspapers and bookcase. and back inside covers (the former by Vasyl scholarly journals as he traipsed around Of course, this is a serious scholarly What follows this introductory material is V. Krychevsky and the latter by Kateryna the Carpathians documenting the lives of work, and Prof. Sysyn’s introduction (in a treasure trove of photographs featuring the Krychevsky Rosandich). Flipping through its population. both languages) provides a masterly distil- the 80 or so color reproductions in the two artists from childhood through adult- The Ukrainian Weekly readers, especial- lation of the cultural and political context album, one sees the same color again and hood, revealing and riveting pictures of the ly those who struggled through Saturday that frames the materials. The volume sim- again ... a unifying theme between father artists at work and at play. These are followed Ukrainian schools, should take a look at plifies life for scholars and students by pro- and daughter and their respective works. by reproductions of each artist’s works – oil, this publication. Do not be alarmed by its Page 1 features a photograph of the two gouache, and watercolor. At the end of the sec- viding them with a treasure trove of illus- artists, smiling in a friendly pose at one of tion on Ms. Rosandich are a few caricatures size. Volume 1, which contains “Scholarly trative material on 19th century Western their father-daughter exhibits. From this that poke fun at contemporary life. works,” has much fun-reading in its 600 Ukrainian religious, political and economic point, the book is divided – the first 70 or “Vasyl V. Krychevsky and Kateryna K. some pages. Look at this publication as a life, as well as with rich folklore materials. so pages devoted to Mr. Krychevsky and the Rosandich” is a book that will be of profes- picture book for adults, rather than a schol- But this is scholarship in its initial phases rest to Ms. Rosandich. Each section begins sional interest to artists and art lovers, but arly treatise of folklore, economics and lit- of discovery and excitement. It includes the with a picture of the respective artist – a it is also a book that will interest people erary politics. Open randomly, read selec- type of information you leaf through in 1946 self-portrait of Mr. Krychevsky and a whose response to art is “I like it” or “I tively and enjoy the verbal portraits. good Sunday papers. Plus, you get to read 1980 photograph of Ms. Rosandich. don’t like it” and who will appreciate (and Zubrytskyi was the son of an illiterate in an older Ukrainian orthography, which The book includes English-language perhaps even identify with) the story of peasant. The father was able to win back makes you see why you make the mistakes translations of brief biographies penned by two human beings – their passions, their through the courts the gentry title that had you make in Ukrainian today. Dmytro Malakov, director of the Scientific travails, their aspirations, their dreams, rightly belonged to the family. Many so- So, go on. Dare to meet your ancestors Department of the Museum of History in their demons, and their successes. called peasants in Halychyna have become first hand. Kyiv. There are also lists and dates of group “Vasyl V. Krychevsky and Kateryna K. similarly déclassé, but few went to the The Ukrainian-language book, with a exhibitions, one-man shows and father- Rosandich” may be ordered directly from trouble to reclaim their heritage. bilingual (Ukrainian-English) introduction daughter shows. The section on Ms. Ms. Rosandich, at 2725 Wasatch Drive, Zubrytskyi became a priest and proceeded by Prof. Frank Sysyn, is available from the Rosandich includes brief commentaries Mountain Veiw, CA 94040. Cost: $40 plus to study the area around his parish. He Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies from art critics about her work. $3 for shipping. published in newspapers and in scholarly Press: [email protected] or 780-492-2972. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 No. 20

which have been ignored by most of the Affairs Council, which voted on May 12 to do-referendums, in which its terrorist orga- Putin restrains... world, resulted in Russian-aligned terror- impose asset freezes and visa bans against nizers acknowledged they had no idea what ists in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts 13 individuals in Russia and Ukraine, and they wanted beyond some sort of indepen- (Continued from page 1) declaring overwhelming support for inde- two Crimea-based companies. dence. They said on May 11 that the Donetsk Security Policy Catherine Ashton pendence among voters (though the Most experts expect some attempt by and Luhansk oblasts could remain as part announced at a joint press conference that Committee of Voters of Ukraine reported Mr. Putin to undermine the validity of the of the Ukrainian state, whether unitary or their respective governments would the participation of no more than 50,000 May 25 vote. They don’t rule out a military federal, or join the Russian Federation. impose additional sanctions against the voters in both oblasts). invasion of Donbas, but most observers say The next day, however, Denis Pushilin, Russian government if it is found to have Though it’s widely believed that Mr. they find it very unlikely. the self-declared leader of the “Donetsk sabotaged the Ukrainian presidential elec- Putin’s request to postpone the vote was Instead, the majority expect Mr. Putin to People’s Republic,” presented a proclama- tion scheduled for May 25. more a public relations ploy than genuine continue the tactics currently being used in tion requesting that the territory be That warning came after two rounds of diplomacy, especially given that the “refer- what they unanimously described as an annexed by the Russian Federation, there- sanctions that targeted influential politi- endums” nonetheless took place, experts undeclared war on Ukraine. by repeating the Crimean script. cians in the Putin administration, as well as said it was also an attempt by Mr. Putin to These tactics could include supplying “The terrorists have no plan and every- key Russian companies. The EU has gain maneuvering space with the West, or weapons to terrorists for provocations on thing is being determined tactically,” Mr. imposed asset freezes and visa bans on 48 at least make its leaders think that he’s the scale of the May 2 clashes in Odesa, said Taran said. “The days leading up to the Russian and Ukrainian citizens. willing to cooperate with them instead of Sergiy Taran, the director of the International presidential election will be critical.” “Sanctions are needed because, at mini- persistently deceiving them. Institute for Democracy in Kyiv. Many political insiders, such as Taras mum, Putin’s entourage will be panicked,” Mr. Putin delivered his statement at a They could also involve kidnappings or Berezovets of Berta Communications, former Georgian President Mikheil joint press conference with Didier assassinations of presidential candidates, believe a Putin-led attempt to further Saakashvili told the Channel 5 news net- Burkhalter, the current Swiss president and attacks on polling stations and intimidation of undermine the May 25 vote is likely. work on May 8. Top Russian officials are chairperson of the Organization for Security election commission members, experts said. Therefore, Mr. Putin was merely buying already feeling their effect, he said. and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The State Security Administration time with his May 7 fig leaf statement, “You understand, the Russians are used “Putin was showing flexibility in his policy announced on May 12 that it received infor- which would also enable Russian officials, to traveling to Miami, Florida. Suddenly, towards the West,” said Mr. Fesenko. “That mation from the Security Service of Ukraine including Mr. Putin himself, as posited by their bank card doesn’t work and that will statement after the OSCE meeting was a (SBU) that assassinations are being planned Mr. Berezovets, to transfer funds out of remind them it’s because of Putin’s policies,” demonstration of his interest in peacekeep- against acting President Oleksandr Western banks before the inevitable third Mr. Saakashvili said. “All this will deepen. ing efforts and a compromise position. It’s Turchynov, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk round of sanctions that would follow. The Americans and Europeans will now go certainly a game, as Russia isn’t backing and First Vice Prime Minister Vitalii Yarema. Russia’s undeclared war on Ukraine will towards Gazprom and Rosneft, the ATMs down from the violence in Ukraine. But it will The State Security Administration provides continue after the elections for months, and from which Putin finances this current esca- compromise and it’s a sign that it doesn’t personal security for state officials. possibly years, said Mr. Fesenko, who said pade in southern Ukraine and Donbas.” want to aggravate its relations with the West.” It’s hard to predict what will happen in he doubts that Russia will conduct a military Mr. Putin went so far as to ask the pro- Yet Mr. Putin’s moves to distance himself the days leading up to May 25 because the invasion of the Ukrainian mainland. Russian militants in the Donetsk and from the May 11 “referendums” and to Russian government is making tactical The war will consist of indirect aggres- Luhansk oblasts to postpone their “referen- voice qualified support for the May 25 pres- decisions, rather than adhering to a partic- sion and pressure, using Russian intelli- dums” indefinitely, a request they duly idential election didn’t make much of an ular strategy, Mr. Taran said. gence services, average citizens and weap- ignored. The poorly organized oblast votes, impression on the European Union Foreign The latest example was the Donbas pseu- ons, he said. “The hands and legs of Ukrainians themselves will be used, but they will be organized and coordinated from Moscow,” Mr. Fesenko said. “And they will try to export their tactics in Donetsk and Luhansk to the other oblasts,” Mr. Fesenko added. “Without a doubt, the Kremlin hopes the suffering economy will inspire southeastern resi- dents to separatist movements.”

Patriarch... (Continued from page 1) its behavior. The sanctions applied thus far have not been adequate.” The head of the Ukrainian Church noted that his first concern is not about politics, but about people. “Once a foreign power begins to re-draw international borders, people suffer.” He continued, “the only way to bolster peace among peoples is to enable them to live together in multi-ethnic states – not divide them through foreign interven- tion.” He then noted: “What would happen to Europe – not to mention other continents – if countries started re-drawing borders on the basis of ethno-national background? It’s that approach that led to World War II.” After the meeting in Prime Minister Harper’s office, Patriarch Sviatoslav met with Canada’s Minster of Foreign Affairs John Baird. He told the minister that should Russian forces be allowed to disrupt the upcoming presidential elections in Ukraine, this would show the extent of their anti- democratic spirit. “Why did the Kremlin promote an illegal referendum in Crimea, while attempting to thwart a legal election in the rest of Ukraine? Human dignity is only served when people are allowed to express their will,” he said. “For decades, the Soviets crushed human dignity by ignoring the people. We do not desire to return to those days.” During the Soviet period, Amnesty International declared the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church to be the largest outlawed religious body in the world. Joseph Stalin banned the Church in 1946. Because the UGCC is in union with the pope of Rome, Russian authorities, whether tsar- ist or Communist, have attempted to destroy the Church, which they could not control. In Crimea, Russian authorities have targeted Catholic communities since the Russian takeover of the peninsula. No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 11 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 No. 20

PRAGUE – U.S. State Department spokes- vote tomorrow, one even offering instruc- be higher – for Ukrainian democracy, for NEWSBRIEFS woman Jen Psaki said on May 12 that the tions for polling stations in Moscow. European stability and for the future of a U.S. does not recognize “the illegal referen- Russian state media also continue to rules-based international order,” Ms. (Continued from page 2) dum that took place in portions of Donetsk strongly back the referenda with no men- Nuland said. She described the events in May 11 voting. EU foreign policy chief and Luhansk over the weekend.” She tion of Putin’s call for postponement.” eastern and southern Ukraine as “worry- Catherine Ashton has suggested that any added, “It was illegal under Ukrainian law (RFE/RL, U.S. Department of State) ing.” Speaking of the Russian authorities’ and an attempt to create further division actions, she said: “First you create upheaval disruption of the May 25 election could 84 percent intend to vote on May 25 trigger further sanctions. The EU’s expand- and disorder in the country. Its methodolo- in towns that were completely peaceful just ed sanctions target 13 more individuals as gy was also highly suspect with reports of KYIV – An overwhelming majority – 84. two months before, then you intimidate the well as two Crimea-based companies. That carousel voting, pre-marked ballots, chil- 1 percent – of Ukrainians say they are local population, and hold bogus indepen- brings to 61 the number of individuals dren voting, voting for people who were going to vote in the presidential election on dence referenda on two weeks’ notice.” She from Russia, eastern Ukraine and Crimea absent, and even voting in Moscow and St. May 25, according to the nationwide phone added that the Russian authorities would Petersburg.” On the eve of the “referen- who face EU travel bans and asset freezes. survey conducted by the GfK Ukraine upon fool no one by calling its troops peacekeep- dum,” Ms. Psaki stated: “As the United The expanded EU list includes officials the order of the Television News Service ers: “Russia has a track record of using the States has said, the referenda being involved in Russia’s annexation of Crimea, (TSN). According the results of the survey, term ‘peacekeeping’ as a cover for occupa- planned for May 11 in portions of eastern pro-Russian separatist leaders in eastern only 13.3 percent of respondents aren’t tion and unlawful military intervention Ukraine by armed separatist groups are Ukraine – such as Viacheslav Ponomaryov, going to vote and 2.5 percent said they without authorization from the U.N. illegal under Ukrainian law… If these refer- the self-declared mayor of Sloviansk; Igor weren’t sure whether they would do so. Security Council and without the consent enda go forward, they will violate interna- Mykolayovych Bezler, head of a separatist The highest number of those willing to go of the host government.” (Ukrinform) tional law and the territorial integrity of militia in Donetsk; and Roman Liagin, the to the polling stations is in western Ukraine Ukraine. The United States will not recog- Russia demands pre-payment for gas head of the self-proclaimed “Central – 95.2 percent. Only 4.8 percent of respon- nize the results of these illegal referenda. In Election Commission of the Donetsk dents aren’t planning to go to the polls. In MOSCOW – Russia has ordered Ukraine addition, we are disappointed that the People’s Republic” and two Crimea-based the northern regions, 90.7 percent of to make pre-payments for gas supplies for Russian government has not used its influ- firms, PJSC Chernomornaftgaz and Ukrainians plan to go to the polls, 7.8 per- all future deliveries due to Ukraine’s ence to forestall these referenda since Feodosia. Both Ukrainian state firms were cent aren’t voting, and 1.4 percent are not unpaid bills that now total several billion President Putin’s suggestion on May 7 that effectively confiscated by Crimea’s new willing to do so. The results of the survey in dollars. In a May 8 statement, Energy they be postponed, when he also claimed self-appointed “authorities” after the the central regions showed that nine out of Minister Aleksandr Novak said “Russia is that Russian forces were pulling back from region’s annexation by Russia. (RFE/RL, 10 Ukrainians (90.8 percent) were going to introducing a pre-payment regime for gas the Ukrainian border. Unfortunately, we with reporting by Reuters, the Associated vote on May 25, while 7.9 percent weren’t deliveries to Ukraine,” starting June 1 after still see no Russian military movement Press, Agence France-Presse and the going to the polls and 1.3 percent remained Ukraine missed a May 7 deadline to pay off away from the border, and today Kremlin- Official Journal of the European Union) undecided. A total of 84.1 percent of its $3.5 billion gas debt. Ukraine pledges to backed social media and news stations respondents in the southern regions gave pay off the debt but Kyiv objects to the new U.S. calls “referendum” illegal encouraged residents of eastern Ukraine to affirmative answer to the poll’s question, price state-owned gas company Gazprom is 13.3 percent didn’t express any desire to charging Ukraine for gas supplies. In vote, and 2.5 percent failed to answer the March, after former Ukrainian President question with confidence. However, the Viktor Yanukovych was ousted, Gazprom percentage of those not willing to go to the raised the price it charges Ukraine for gas polls is the highest in the eastern regions – from $285 per 1,000 cubic meters to $485. TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 29 percent, while 66.4 percent are going to Ukraine Energy Minister Yurii Prodan said or e-mail [email protected] vote, and 5.6 percent haven’t yet decided. on May 8 that Kyiv was willing to pay a fair The survey was conducted on May 6-8 and market price for gas. But Mr. Prodan said SERVICES PROFESSIONALS involved respondents age 18 and older; the Kyiv “will not be able to pay for gas deliver- poll’s margin of error does not exceed 3.5 ies” at the new price set by Gazprom, which percent. (Interfax-Ukraine) he described as “unjustified” and “discrimi- natory.” The announcement of pre-pay- Donetsk separatists declare independence ment rules for Ukraine came the same day DONETSK – Pro-Russian separatists in Lithuanian officials announced Gazprom Donetsk on May 12 declared independence would cut the price it charges Lithuania for and asked Moscow to deploy Russian gas by more than 20 percent. (RFE/RL, troops and consider absorbing the eastern based on reporting by Agence France- Ukrainian region. The annexation appeal Presse, Interfax and ITAR-TASS) came in a statement read out at a news con- Concern about Crimean monuments ference by Denis Pushilin, a leading mem- ber of the self-declared “Donetsk People’s KYIV – Prime Minister Arseniy Republic.” It came one day after Donetsk Yatsenyuk discussed with UNESCO and the neighboring Luhansk region held Director-General Irina Bokova the issue of so-called self-rule referendums fraught with world heritage preservation, the govern- problems. In the city of Sloviansk, which has ment’s press office reported on April 22. been a flashpoint in the Donetsk region, the Special attention was paid to the monu- pro-Russian, self-styled “mayor,” Vyacheslav ments on the territory of the temporarily Ponomaryov, called for Russian troops to occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea. provide stability and peace. Mr. “The sides noted the importance of the res- Ponomaryov described Ukrainian troops as olution ‘Follow-up by UNESCO of the occupiers and said that Ukrainian soldiers Situation in the Autonomous Republic of “should go.” Asked whether the “Donetsk Crimea (Ukraine)” adopted on April 10 at People’s Republic” needed Russian military the UNESCO Executive Board session, and help, Mr. Ponomaryov replied: “I support the need to establish effective mechanisms this. We need Russian troops to provide sta- for the protection of cultural heritage, pro- bility and a peaceful life in the region’s viding the educational process and future.” (RFE/RL) addressing other problems within UNESCO competence, which appeared after the ille- SERVICES Nuland on presidential election gal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation,” the report reads. Mr. Yatsenyuk KYIV – The presidential elections in and Ms. Bokova also exchanged views on Ukraine on May 25 are a matter of national legislative regulation models of cultural security for the United States, according to heritage preservation and discussed the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria priorities of cooperation between Ukraine Nuland, who expressed this position of the and UNESCO. (Ukrinform) U.S. administration at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Dzhemilev to receive Solidarity Prize Ukraine on May 6. “It is in the U.S. national security interest that the May 25 presiden- WASHINGTON – On May 6, Poland OPPORTUNITIES tial election reflects the will of Ukraine’s 45 awarded its first Solidarity Prize to Mustafa Dzhemilev for his ongoing contributions to million people,” she said. Ms Nuland noted peace, democracy and human rights. that the United States stands united with Earn extra income! According to the Polish Ministry of Foreign the overwhelming majority of the interna- Affairs, the actual award ceremony will be The Ukrainian Weekly is looking tional community – in the G-7, NATO, the held on June 3, in Warsaw, and it will be for advertising sales agents. Organization for Security and Cooperation attended by President Bronislaw For additional information contact in Europe, the U.N. General Assembly, the Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, Komorowski of Poland and President The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. Council of Europe – in support of Ukraine’s democratic choice. “The stakes could not (Continued on page 13) No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 13

munity is now passing through a challeng- has not been registering substantive prog- hospital treatment lists. Interfax quoted NEWSBRIEFS ing period, with new dividing lines emerg- ress in recent months,” she said. “Moreover, separatists as claiming that Ukrainian secu- ing. However, Ms. Gherman noted, even in increasing number of unilateral actions has rity forces used armored vehicles to shell (Continued from page 12) most critical situations the organization undermined the fragile trust and brought the building. The station burned in the Barack Obama of the United States. Mr. must serve as a key platform for dialogue, much more confrontation into the dialogue clash. Key buildings in the city of half a mil- Dzhemilev had previously been awarded OSCE norms and commitments should con- between Chisinau and Tiraspol.” (OSCE) lion people were taken over by separatists the 1998 Nansen Peace Medal by the tinue to govern relations between states, in mid-April. They have traded hands Heavy clashes reported in Mariupol United Nations High Commissioner for and the OSCE should be continuously between Ukrainian government forces and Refugees for his efforts and commitments involved in crisis diplomacy efforts search- KYIV – Deadly fighting raged in the east- separatists multiple times. The fighting on to the “right of return” of the Crimean ing for peaceful responses. “The political, ern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol after May 9 came as Ukraine held muted Victory Tatars to Crimea; and he has twice been a territorial and military implications of the Ukrainian security forces stormed a sepa- Day ceremonies due to official fears public candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize. Yet, crisis in Ukraine have shaken the very foun- ratist-held police station on May 9. The gatherings could spark clashes between this 70-year-old Crimean Tatar leader, dations of international law, and questions Internal Affairs Ministry said some 20 “ter- pro-Russian activists and government sup- renowned for his non-violent struggle in the nature of political partnership and rorists” had been killed in the battle porters. But there were informal gatherings support of justice, has been banned from security on the continent,” Ms. Gherman between security forces and pro-Russian to mark the 69th anniversary of the victory entering his homeland of Crimea, where said. She added that preserving territorial supporters. But regional health officials over Nazi Germany in cities across the the authorities have labeled him an extrem- integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine within were later quoted by pro-Kyiv authorities in country, including the restive east. (RFE/ ist and have banned him from entry until its international recognized borders, hold- Donetsk as saying that seven people had RL, with reporting by “The Moscow Times,” 2019. (Eurasia Daily Monitor) ing an inclusive dialogue among political been killed and 39 others injured, based on AFP, Reuters, RT, Interfax, and ITAR-TASS) actors representing all parts of the country, Moldovan minister on Ukraine’s crisis and taking urgent actions aimed at de-esca- VIENNA – Natalia Gherman, deputy lating the situation in and around Ukraine, Opera House in Kyiv, said that not only prime minister and minister of foreign are priorities. The minister said there are Turning... were the Crimean Tatar people removed affairs and European integration of the sufficient reasons to be worried about a from Crimea, but any trace of their centu- (Continued from page 6) Republic of Moldova, addressed the possible spillover effect of the crisis in ries-long existence on that peninsula – not Permanent Council of the Organization for Ukraine, especially in the context of the “Today we are trying to reach an under- a single mosque, Crimean Tatar school, or Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) unresolved Transdniester conflict. standing with the government. Where we any books written in the native language in Vienna on May 8. She said the OSCE com- “Regretfully, the conflict resolution process get cooperation there are no grabs for remained. A 25-million book library had property, but where the Crimean Tatars are been destroyed, cemeteries had been being ignored and where land is being sold uprooted and villages leveled, he noted. resents and stands for a world free from to Russian structures, there such methods Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, on An open letter... tyranny and imperialism. This position are employed,” said Mr. Dzhemilev. May 17, 2004, participated in an unveiling would serve as an open invitation to the Of the problem of squatting by Crimean of a monument to the Memory of the (Continued from page 7) Russian people as well – to join the free Tatars, where families illegally reoccupy Rebirth of the Crimean Tatar Nation, at the ple that “Our current difference over and democratic community of nations by and adversarially hold pieces of the territo- Crimean University of Pedagogy and Ukraine notwithstanding, the fact remains deposing their own tyrants. Once again ry that they claimed prior to their deporta- Engineering, which was erected by the that the United States, the United Kingdom, America would stand as the beacon of free- tion, Mr. Dzhemliev said that too often this Crimean Tatars as a thank-you to the France, the Soviet Union and many others dom for those who thirst to be free. is the only way the Crimean Tatars could Ukrainian and Uzbek nations for their united 70 years ago to defeat Nazism... This Mr. President, please reconsider the cur- secure their rights because neither the Kyiv humanity and the support given the was an historic victory and those who sacri- rent course and articulate a principled central government nor the regional Crimean Tatars. ficed to bring peace deserve the be honored position to our French, British and German authorities in Symferopol had made a truly as part of that” is misguided. Soviet leaders allies consistent with our resolve to deter dedicated effort to accommodate the Source: “Crimean Tatars gather in sacrificed their people for whom they cared Putin’s Russia with isolation unless the Crimean Tatars. Symferopol to recall Stalin’s mass deporta- very little. Their ultimate aim then, as is Russian regime learns to respect the rule of President Leonid Kuchma, who spoke at tions,” by Roman Woronowycz, The Russia’s policy now, was and is land grab. law and international treaties and norms. a commemorative event at the Shevchenko Ukrainian Weekly, May 23, 2004. In fact, a suitable alternative would be to As always, America must lead. Our allies invite the leaders of those non-Russian expect as much, and our friends in Eastern nations that once comprised the USSR and Europe who continue to live in fear much the satellites, Ukrainians, Poles, Balts and as they did 70 years ago, see us as their others. The message would then be clear best hope. Thank you for your kind consid- and unequivocal – we commemorate the eration of this request. Normandy invasion on this 70th anniversa- Respectfully, ry, to remind the world that the United Askold S. Lozynskyj States of America, as in the past, today rep- a Ukrainian American It is with great sadness and sorrow that we inform our friends and family that on Thursday May 1, 2014, our mother, grandmother and great- The material is available online at grandmother Remembering... http://www.infoukes.com/upa/. Related materials include: “The Peter J. (Continued from page 7) Potichnyj Collection on Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Ukraine,” “Political Melania Kokorudz For anyone wondering or questioning what Thought of the Ukrainian Underground née Tushynska the UPA was about, these volumes cover it, 1943-1951,” “Ukrainians in World War II with all the original documentation. Some Military Formations: An Overview,” born on July 27, 1917, in Lviv, passed into eternal rest. volumes are available as ebooks. “Pacification of Ukraine: Soviet If you need the publications of the UPA Counterinsurgency, 1944-1956,” “Glasnost In deep sorrow: Supreme Command, or a few volumes of and the UPA,” “Powstanski Mohyly: daughter - Martha Lewicky the UPA in light of German documents and Memorial Book Fallen on the Field of Glory.” grandchildren - Anna with her husband, Oleh Luba of Polish documents, or material on the The Litopys UPA series is a wealth of - Andrea with her husband, Roman medical services of the UPA, or memoirs of information and documentation. Kudos to Kochanowsky individual soldiers and teenage couriers, or the initiators and editors in creating this great-grandchildren - Peter and Anetka Luba English-language publications of the treasure house of information. There - Zen and Miko Kochanowsky Ukrainian underground, as well as official should be no questions remaining on what cousin - Oresta Hamersky and family Russian material – it is all there. the UPA was and what it stood for. extended families - Kokorudz, Pelensky, Ivanonko, Laba, - Pasamanick, Luba, Kochanowsky, Lewicky

Panakhyda was served on Sunday, May 4, 2014, at Humiston Funeral chases are expected to be held by June; but Home, Kerhonkson, NY. IMF approves... if they both fail to achieve agreement, Kyiv will likely keep pushing the issue in as The Requiem Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Monday, May 5, 2014, (Continued from page 2) many international forums as it can, trying at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Kerhonkson, NY, followed by assert that Russia’s use of gas prices as a to bog Russia down in multiple legal pro- the interment at Holy Spirit Cemetery, Hamptonburg, NY. weapon could be compared to using nucle- cesses. Though the success of such a strate- In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the following ar bombs (http://zn.ua/ECONOMICS/ros- gy will depend on whether the Ukrainian organizations: siya-ispolzuet-gaz-kak-novoe-yadernoe- government can continue to finance such oruzhie-nakazyvaya-ukrainu-za-evropeys- an effort (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, April • Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation (UCEF) kiy-vybor-yacenyuk-141631_.html). Based 14). 2247 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622-4828 upon such rhetoric, it is clear that for • Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church Ukraine, negotiating a fair gas price with The article above is reprinted from 211 Foordmore Rd., Kerhonkson, NY 12446 Russia is more than just an economic Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from necessity – it is also a matter of principle. its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, May Her memory be eternal Two more rounds of talks on gas pur- www.jamestown.org. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 No. 20

guished as centers of learning after 1920, war, e.g., the Manhattan Project that created tutes to serve the needs of the German war Science amidst chaos... especially after Hrushevsky returned to the atomic bomb, so were the scientists of effort. Over 125 physicists and mathemati- Kyiv in 1924, from exile in Vienna. the Ukrainian SSR. Necessity is indeed the cians of the UAS were evacuated to (Continued from page 7) The period of the Great Terror and the mother of invention, as the needs of World Germany. Hrushevsky believed in education and the Holodomor, in the 1930s, exemplified the War II pushed practical applications of In the final analysis, scientists and engi- humanities as the foundation of the NAS. most turbulent period for both the humani- obscure basic research to the limits. Except neers are a fairly resilient lot. Yes, they Vernadsky was a geophysicist, having stud- ties and science in the USSR. Though the that theirs was an exceedingly more diffi- often have an exaggerated sense of privi- ied and travelled abroad extensively, view- humanities were routinely used as instru- cult task, facing the daily privations of war, lege and entitlement because they devoted ing all the advanced laboratories and rapid ments of Soviet propaganda during this ter- while working 16-hour shifts to produce a good portion of the best years of their technological development of Europe and rible era, it was much more difficult to polit- the weaponry that repelled the Nazi invad- youth, studying hard to pursue their inter- the U.S. He believed that science and tech- ically pervert science, except for the notori- ing forces in the greatest tank and air bat- ests and ideas. But, scientists are very dif- nology were the basis for future societal ous case of Trofym Lysenko and his misap- tles of history – Kursk and Kharkiv. ferent than most of society. They are driven growth and economic development, and plication of genetics to solve the USSR’s agri- Increased agricultural production in the by ideas and abstract concepts that are that Ukraine’s scientific development was cultural problems. Many agronomists and far eastern regions of the USSR became a often far removed from practical research in its infancy. Eventually Vernadsky’s vision biologists of the UAS were caught up in priority, as were tanks, airplanes and artil- or useful products. prevailed. Lysenko’s misdirected crusade and either lery. Assembly lines and production pro- Just like Yevhen Opakov, they pursue The 1920s and 1930s were a time of ter- ended up in the Gulag or were executed. cesses had to be shortened and simplified. their visions with a singular focus, regard- ror and famine. Yet, remarkably, it was also Hitler invaded the USSR and Ukraine on New varieties of crops for fodder and food less of the circumstances around them. a hyperactive scientific period for Soviet June 21, 1941. On July 8, the first wave of were planted in the unfamiliar and arid They are driven to expand knowledge as Ukraine, as major industrial centers were scientists from Kyiv left for Ufa, in the soils of Central Asia. New methods of food their contribution to society and civiliza- being developed, and the first of the Dnipro autonomous republic of Bashkorostan – production, transport and preservation had tion. Science will survive and ultimately system of hydroelectric power dams was almost 1,000 miles to the east, in the foot- to be devised for the troops. Chemical pro- flourish in Ukraine, but will need a helping being constructed, as was the agricultural hills of the Ural Mountains. On August 9, cesses were invented to extract much- hand from the West – now, more than ever, irrigation network. 1941, the UAS branch in Dnipropetrovsk needed chemicals from exotic mineral ores. if Ukraine is to be preserved as a viable, Science, engineering and technological followed, and then Kharkiv in December Meanwhile, back in the occupied sovereign state. development were pushed to the forefront, 1941. Institutes that were to play an essen- Reichskommissariat of Ukraine, approxi- Even as the crisis in Crimea and Ukraine and the Ukrainian scientific establishment tial role in the war effort were evacuated mately three quarters of the UAS staff proceeds, the U.S. State Department is mov- began to flourish. Meanwhile, in Halychyna, wholesale to the Urals and beyond. Thus, remained behind, and suffered greatly. ing ahead with its numerous bilateral pro- science and humanities regressed under the Electric Welding Institute was trans- Scholars in Lviv attempted to revive the grams aimed at supporting Ukraine’s S&T Polish oppression, as the best Ukrainian ferred to Nyzhnii Taghil; the Energy Shevchenko Scientific Society. German sector. I’m directly involved with some of scholars were forced to study in Europe, Institute went to Chelyabinsk Oblast and authorities banned the society, but illegal them and receive daily emails from many where they stayed as World War II broke out. the Ferrous Metallurgy Institute to meetings were held anyway. The only legal different departments and research institu- Where once western Ukraine was the Sverdlovsk. There, scientists created tech- scholarly institution allowed by the tions in the U.S. So far, it’s business as usual, knowledge leader in the late 19th century, nological miracles by working alongside German authorities was the Lviv Research even as Messrs. Yatsenyuk, Obama and under the benign rule of the Austro- the production lines in the emerging indus- Institute of Forestry. The UAS was reorga- Biden discuss much headier topics. In fact, Hungarian empire, Soviet Ukraine quickly trial centers of the Urals. nized by German authorities, and German there is likely to be a stronger push to pro- took over in the 1930s. Halychyna estab- World War II, or the Great Patriotic War scholars worked with their Ukrainian coun- vide all forms of assistance to ensure that lished the Shevchenko Society in 1873, as it was known in the USSR, was when sci- terparts to proceed with their priorities – Ukraine is not lost to the West. It will be a which became the Shevchenko Scientific ence – mainly technological adaptation – mapping Ukraine’s mineral resources, agri- long struggle for Ukraine’s successful emer- Society in 1892, under Hrushevsky’s lead- flourished. Just as American scientists and culture and forestry resources. On gence from Russia’s shadow, and all weap- ership. However, they, along with many engineers were pressed into service to February 15, 1942, the Reichs kommissariat ons are important in this battle of a re- other comparable learned societies, lan- focus on the machines and technologies of abolished the UAS and reorganized its insti- emerging Cold War.

trast to the ongoing Russian actions to choosing to de-escalate despite its funda- ers from the Vienna Document observation Ambassador... destabilize eastern Ukraine. If Russia thinks mental right to provide security on its own team, as you know, are being held hostage. peacekeeping forces are required in territory and for its own people. Even today, Those who have an interest and a mandate (Continued from page 6) Ukraine, it should come to the U.N. Security as it tries to lawfully restore order, Ukrainian to report on the truth are being silenced. hearkening back to the glory of Council and seek U.N. peacekeepers. security forces are operating in a cautious And that silence is being filled with relent- Novorossiyisk [Novorossiya is the correct These separatists are not engaged in and restrained manner. Unlike the separat- less Russian propaganda and fiction that, it term – ed.], and Ambassador [Vitaly] peaceful protest on behalf of their rights. ists, Ukraine has cooperated fully with the seems, they hope will justify whatever Churkin taking the U.N. Charter’s name in Their rights are not being threatened. Their OSCE Special Monitoring Mission and actions they decide to take. vain, by invoking Article 51 and “self- ability to use their language and have it recog- allowed its observers to operate in regions Today’s Russian Foreign Ministry’s ridicu- defense” as “activated” during the Russian nized by the government is not being threat- about which Moscow had voiced concerns lous and false statement purporting Western takeover of parts of Georgia and relevant ened. Their ability to participate fully as vot- regarding the treatment of ethnic Russians. intervention would not be so alarming if it here in the context of the crisis in eastern ers and citizens is not being threatened. It In addition, Prime Minister Yatsenyuk did not suggest that Moscow is looking for Ukraine. The country that has a right of self- is their methods that have been intention- has publicly committed his government to nothing short of a pretext to invade. Russia defense, Ambassador Churkin, is Ukraine. ally provocative and threatening. The sepa- undertake far-reaching constitutional may have the power to instigate fear, to Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine ratists are not pressing their case peaceful- reforms that will strengthen the power of spread lies, and to sow discord, violence and is a clear violation of international law, and ly; they are using baseball bats, metal bars, the regions. He has appealed personally to disarray across its border, it may even have Russia fools no one by calling its troops clubs and knives. These are not activists, Russian-speaking Ukrainians, pledging to the power to abuse its veto here at the “peacekeepers.” Unfortunately, Russia does they are armed operatives. It must stop. support special status for the Russian lan- Security Council – but, as we have said in have a track record of using the term My colleagues, since the beginning of this guage and to protect those who use it. He this chamber before, it cannot veto the truth. “peacekeeping” as a cover for unlawful mili- crisis, the Ukrainian government has acted announced legislation to grant amnesty to These are dangerous days for Ukraine, tary intervention and occupation without in good faith and with admirable restraint. those who surrender arms. and for all of us. If there is hope to de-esca- authorization from the U.N. Security Council. The area around Kyiv’s City Hall is now clear The fact that Ukraine has now taken late, Russia must pull back its troops from There is no evidence that the Ukrainian gov- of all Maidan barricades and protesters. some steps to try to restore order is to be the eastern border of Ukraine. It must ernment has targeted Russian nationals or Over the Easter holiday, Ukraine voluntarily expected. It is justified. It is what each and cease its campaign of instability inside of threatened Russia in any way, in stark con- suspended its counterterrorism initiative, every one of the states we represent would Ukraine, and it must work to release the do in a similar situation and would probably international observers and journalists have done far earlier. The fact that Russia who have been taken by armed men work- has chosen to call an emergency session in ing on behalf of Moscow’s agenda. TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 174 protest is yet another indication that the Over the past 63 days, in the face of As of May 1, 2014 the secretary’s duties of Branch 174, were assumed by authorities in Moscow either underestimate aggression and annexation, this council the intelligence of the world community, or implored the Ukrainians to demonstrate Olga Hnatievych. that they are trying to exactly replicate in restraint and they heeded our call. We also We ask all members of this Branch to direct all correspondence regarding Eastern Ukraine the charade that they were asked Russia to stop invading its neighbor; membership and insurance to the address listed below: responsible for in Crimea. We are outraged sadly it did not. For that Russia must be Mrs. Olga Hnatievych by that prospect, but we are not fooled. held accountable. 5958 Slate Dr., Troy, MI 48085 Just as Russia and its pro-Russian militia In closing, I reiterate the support of my (248) 227-4597 allies engage in a dramatic and dangerous government for the principles of the U.N. campaign in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Charter. We continue to support the sched- government is spreading some of its most uled May 25 elections that will enable the wild propaganda and fantasy stories since people of Ukraine to choose their leaders the beginning of the crisis. Over the course freely and fairly. We continue to seek a Want to keep up to date on developments in Ukraine? of this aggression, some of those entrusted peaceful, democratic, inclusive and united with carrying out the functions of munici- Ukraine. We remain committed to a diplo- pal government and those reporting impar- matic process. Finally, and most urgently, The Ukrainian Weekly tially on the facts have begun to slowly dis- we call on Russia to cease its provocative on Facebook appear. Local councilmembers, local police acts and to fulfill the Geneva commitments to read the latest! and journalists are missing and being held from which it has walked away. LIKE by armed operatives. International observ- Thank you. No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 15

of achievement, knowing at the same time Correspondence... that I would be dismally bored staying in one field for my entire life. And now I am (Continued from page 9) curious as to what I will do next. on September 20, 1991, a month after “Forgive me for rambling on about myself Soviet Ukraine declared independence and in this manner, but those are the thoughts three months before the USSR’s richly that came to me, and I have no others at the deserved collapse. Akahoshi passed away moment to share with you. Oh, when will we in 1987, after corresponding with be able to share some more worthwhile Krasivsky for a decade. thoughts? I want so much to know what you Akahoshi sensed the differences are thinking and doing! I embrace and kiss between them: “I am struck by the dramat- both of you again and again!” ic difference between your character and The substance and spirit of Krasivsky’s mine. You are so much in touch with your- letters are generally marked by his bent for self and at peace. I am dissatisfied with philosophy and his love of poetry. Typical is myself and still trying to grow up. Here we this lovely passage from January 14, 1979: are, the same age, and what a difference! At “My dear, fate has presented me with a times I wonder whether I will ever grow respite from my labor and exploits. Fate is so up. I wish I knew how to go about it.” generous and multi-faceted for me. After all Akahoshi also knew she was correspond- that has been experienced and all that has ing with a remarkably creative and sensitive transpired, it has brought back the world individual: “I am happy that you are enjoy- irradiated by thousands of fireworks and ing my letters, postcards, etc., and I can only thousands of kaleidoscopes. And perhaps tell you that your letters are a source of con- the most beautiful of them is you, so dream- stant joy to me. They are poetry, and they like, so incomprehensible, so unique. That are very vivid pictures of the landscapes of which should have happened, did. All that I your mind and soul. They are beautiful! have, the Almighty delivered by your gra- Every time I read them, I feel warmed, cious hand. It may happen that once again I refreshed, and I find myself smiling.” will fall down on my flinty paths; it will come The Akahoshi-Krasivsky letters are full of to pass that only a small pile of ashes will be the kind of the quotidian details that preoc- left of me, which the wind will suck into cupy all of us and give our lives concrete itself, and I will be no more. But not all will meaning; over time, however, what began as perish. My feelings will remain, as well as the an almost formal correspondence between distance crossed by them, the atmosphere a do-gooder Californian and a committed and this eternity of our correspondence and Ukrainian nationalist turns into a close friendship, and that which has so exuberant- friendship at a distance. As they inform each ly blossomed between us, will remain under other about their lives – their hopes, their the sign of the best of the best Irises. Let this beliefs, their fears, their frustrations – the name be blessed for all posterity!” letters progressively assume the character Krasivsky was right. He knew that he of confessions. Both Iris and Zenio (as she and Iris were thrown together by fate, by often addressed him) turn out to be complex the combination of inevitability and seren- characters with deep internal lives. dipity underlying his Christian faith. On February 17, 1984, for instance, Readers of this moving and informative Akahosi bares her soul to Krasivskyj and volume will have the privilege of sharing in his wife Olena: the lives of an American activist and a “I simply cannot commit myself to one Ukrainian dissident, both of whom wanted thing for any great length of time, and con- to live their lives ethically and make a dif- sequently I can never really become an ference – and succeeded on both counts. expert at anything, though I came close to it Kudos to Dr. Anna Procyk for enabling our in the engineering field. (I remained in it for paths to cross theirs. seven years and was considered one of the The book may be purchased by writing better persons in my trade.) But that is my to: Harry Schwartz, 50 Morningside Drive problem. As soon as it becomes possible #31, New York NY, 10025. Inquiries may be that I may master something, I become directed to Amnesty International Group bored with it and want to move on to some- 11 via the website www.aiusagroup11.org. thing else, and in the process of moving Checks in the amount of $25 (shipping from one thing to anther I accomplish noth- included) should be made out to Vincent ing. So, here I am, dissatisfied with my lack Amari.

were reported. Not all the polling stations Only 24% in Luhansk... had a list of voters, therefore, everyone who desired was given an opportunity to (Continued from page 1) vote regardless of citizenship. For example, ity in the Donetsk Oblast voted for the one German journalist reported that he establishment of the “Donbas National was able to vote six times. Republic,” 10.19 percent voted against, and “Nearly all major polling stations were 0.74 percent of the ballots were spoiled. guarded by men wearing black balaclavas Mr. Liagin stated that the presidential and carrying automatic weapons. Many of election will not be conducted in the them cast their votes while carrying their Donetsk Oblast and that new referendums weapons,” an RFE/RL story noted. “Some are being prepared in Donetsk to deter- polling stations failed to provide individual mine the oblast’s future. booths, forcing voters to mark their ballots In the Luhansk Oblast, according to the in plain view of bystanders. In at least one head of the election commission, instance, a man voted ‘no’ but told a report- Oleksandr Malykhin, 96 percent of the vot- er he voted ‘yes,’ apparently concerned for ers supported independence of the local his personal safety.” “republic.” Speaking on May 12 he said that Kyiv and a number of Western countries, 1,359,420 ballots were distributed at the including the United States, have rejected polling stations, and another 15,000 were the legitimacy of the votes. Swedish handed out for mobile voting. The indepen- Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Bildt tweeted dence of the Luhansk Oblast, he said, was on May 11: “Figures from fake referendums supported by 1,298,084 people (96 percent in Eastern Ukraine likely to be fake. No way of those who voted), 51,276 voted against of knowing even turnout.” Meanwhile, (3.8 percent), and 10,600 ballots were Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei spoiled. The voter turnout was 75 percent, Lavrov said on May 12 that Moscow Mr. Malykhin said. “respect[s] the expression of will of the According to Ukrainian news media people” and urged “civilized” talks between reports, on voting day people were allowed Kyiv and the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts to cast ballots for absent persons, and cases Sources: unian.net, un.ua and pravda. of voters submitting more than one ballot com.ua via EuroMaidan PR; and RFE/RL. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 No. 20

more than a week. The militants have mur- U.S. Helsinki... dered a number of pro-Ukrainian activists and have kidnapped, threatened and intimi- (Continued from page 3) dated others, including journalists who sim- its campaign of aggression and destabiliza- ply favor democracy and free speech. … tion. …The upcoming elections are legiti- “We must not forget Crimea, where the mate – and more than legitimate. They are Russians are consolidating power and tak- heroic – many people will be taking real ing measures against Crimean Tatars and risks of future reprisals in voting. Yet accord- ethnic Ukrainians The revered long-time ing to a recent IRI [International Republican Crimean Tatar leader and former Soviet Institute] poll, an overwhelming 84 percent political prisoner, Mustafa Dzhemilev, has of Ukrainian citizens said they will definitely been banned from returning to his home- or are likely to vote in the elections, includ- land. Other activists have been attacked ing a substantial majority in the two regions and threatened. An overwhelming majority in which the militants are active. The vast of Ukrainian citizens, even in the two majority of Ukrainians do not support the regions where the pro-Russian separatists separatist movement, and wish to remain in are most active and where most of the vio- a united Ukraine. It is up to the Ukrainian lence is taking place, don’t wish to join people – and only the Ukrainian people – to Russia, and certainly don’t want war. … decide their own future through democratic “The U.S. and international community means. It is not up to Russia – whose presi- should redouble efforts to counter Russian dent famously said that the collapse of the aggression and to support the Ukrainian Soviet Union was a ‘major geopolitical disas- people’s overwhelming aspirations for ter… a genuine tragedy.’ peace, freedom, democracy and economic “The real tragedy here is the suffering of well-being. We must stand shoulder-to- so many innocent people at the hands of mil- shoulder with those who want dignity, itants, extremists, and hooligans – including peace and freedom, in solidarity against the OSCE military monitors who were held those seeking to impose foreign autocracy hostage by the pro-Russian militants for and imperial rule.”

campfire at which the scouts enjoyed Plast flame... marshmallows and sang Plast songs. After we adjourned, the Stockholm Plast (Continued from page 4) leaders hosted the Ukrainian scouts on a Dobosh, Solomia Dobosh and Andrij tour of Stockholm’s Old Town/Gamla Stan Rebryk. before it was time for them to return to During the meeting, Ukraine’s Plast con- port and sail home via Riga, Latvia. tingent organized an Easter-themed arts On behalf of the Stockholm Plast mem- and crafts activity: the children and teens bers and Ukrainian community, I extend a rolled their own wax candles and decorat- warm thank-you to all the Plast scouts from ed them for their Easter baskets. Ukraine, for their organization, travels and Afterwards, the novatstvo and yunatstvo support in making our first Plast scout took their respective Plast pledge and Plast meeting such a success. oath, and received their cub scout and Together we are creating a new Plast scout neckerchiefs. group in Stockholm, and for this we are The meeting ended with a symbolic most grateful. SKOB! Hotuys! No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 17

Through June 14 Art exhibit, featuring works by Roman Vovk, Ukrainian June 3-July 17 Intensive Ukrainian language course, University of Kansas, Chicago National Museum, 312-421-8020 Lawrence, KS Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, [email protected]

May 19 Symposium, “Crimea: Whose Homeland? On the Occasion June 6 Golf tournament fund-raiser, Friends of Ukrainian Village Cambridge, MA of the 70th Anniversary of the Deportation of Crimean Sherwood Park, AB Society, Broadmoor Golf Course, Tatars,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053 www.friendsukrainianvillage.com May 20 Presentation by Andriy J. Semotiuk, “Skills to Succeed: New York Young Professionals and Their Challenges,” Ukrainian June 6-7 Holodomor Workshop for Graduate Students and Early Institute of America, [email protected] Toronto Career Scholars, Holodomor Research and Education Consortium, [email protected] May 21 Wine tasting, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Whippany, NJ Jersey, www.facebook.com/uaccnj June 7 Golf tournament and banquet, Ukrainian American Sports Ambler, PA Center – Tryzub, Limekiln Golf Club, www.tryzub.org May 21 Film screening, “Aftermath,” Stanford University, Stanford, CA https://creees.stanford.edu/event/film-screening-aftermath June 7 Concert and guided open house tours, “Doors Open Ottawa Ottawa,” www.christthesaviour.ca May 24 Book launch with Andrew Gregorovich, trilingual Toronto translation of Taras Shevchenko’s “Kobzar” in Ukrainian, June 7 Graduation dance, Ottawa School of Ukrainian Studies, English and French, Taras Shevchenko Museum, Ottawa Museum of Science and Technology, 613-739-9185 416-534-8662 or www.infoukes.com/shevchenkomuseum June 7-8 Calgary Ukrainian Festival, Acadia Recreation Complex, May 27 Panel discussion, “Poland/Ukraine 2014,” The Kosciuszko New York Foundation, www.thekf.org/events/upcoming_events or Calgary, AB www.calgaryukrainianfestival.ca or [email protected] (rsvp only) [email protected]

May 31 Book presentation by Kristina Lew, “100 Nahirny June 11-13 Conference, “States, People, Languages: A Comparative Philadelphia Churches: The Churches of Vasyl Nahirny,” Ukrainian Cambridge, MA Political History of Ukrainian, 1863-2013,” Harvard League of Philadelphia, 215-840-7841 University, 617-495-3549

June 1 Lemko Genealogy Workshop, with Mike Buryk, June 13-15 Yonkers Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian American Youth Stamford, CT Organization of the Defense of Lemkivshchyna, Ukrainian Yonkers, NY Association, St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church, Museum and Library, 347-992-9038 or www.yonkersukrainianfestival.org [email protected] June 13-July 27 Art exhibit, “Morris Barazani: Shoots Straight, 1948- June 1 Religious Education Class, Immaculate Conception Chicago 2014,” Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 773-227-5522 Hillside, NJ Ukrainian Catholic Church, 973-599-9381 or www.byzcath.org/immaculateconception Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events June 3 Lecture by Tommaso Piffer, “The Allies, the European advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Stanford, CA Resistance and the Origins of the Cold War in Europe,” from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors www.creees.stanford.edu or [email protected] and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 No. 20 UKELODEON For The Next Generation

Zolotyj Promin Dance Ensemble celebrates 20 years by Oksana Voronchak HARTFORD, Conn. – The Zolotyj Promin Dance Ensemble of Hartford, Conn. – also known as the Golden Rays – was created in November of 1994 by a group of Ukrainian American par- ents who wanted to give their children the op- portunity to learn Ukrainian culture and heritage through dance. The mission of Zolotyj Promin is to celebrate the Ukrainian heritage and culture through traditional Ukrainian dance. Ukraine, being a country that is rich in his- tory and culture, has many diverse traditions, styles and costumes from its various regions. The dancers of Zolotyj Promin capture this perfectly in the famous dances they do. All the dances are choreographed by Orlando Pagan, who also choreographs dances for the group Syzokryli of New York. Zolotyj Promin currently has about 50 students and accepts students age 7 to 18. In our colorful traditional costumes, the Zolotyj Promin Dance ensemble captivates audiences at many events, including banquets, festivals and concerts. Since this year marks Zolotyj Promin’s 20th annual year, the troupe has been invited to perform at the prestigious Bushnell Theater in Hartford on October 4. We will be performing Christine Melnyk our famous dances like “Pryvit,” or the welcome Members of the Zolotyj Promin ensemble based in Hartford, Conn. dance; “Hopak,” known as the finale dance; and many others. for us before performances and all the hours of day for the past nine years. I would recommend After the show we will all get together at the hard work she puts into this. Also special thanks Ukrainian dancing to boys and girls of all ages Ukrainian National Home for dinner and have a go to our choreographer, Mr. Pagan, for all his because I like it very much and look forward to zabava with live music from the Ukrainian band hard work and the patience he has had with us each rehearsal. Hrim. for the past 20 years. We hope to see you at our performances! All of Zolotyj Promin would like to thank Luba And, finally, I personally would like to thank Doboszcak for always having our costumes ready my parents for driving me to dance every Thurs- Oksana Voronchak, 14, is from Southington, Conn. Pysanky-writing tradition continues in Hartford by Katya Yurkevych Ukrainian American Youth Association (UAYA) of Hartford, Conn., made pysanky to continue HARTFORD, Conn. – When the spring season this Ukrainian tradition here in America. The begins in Ukraine, the weather gets warmer and process of making these beautiful Easter eggs the people begin to think about the Easter season is not easy, but it is very interesting. To make that’s just around the corner. Traditionally, this a pysanka you first need to heat your beeswax is the perfect time to start making pysanky. Often and put it in your “kistka” (a tool used to write people will give their pysanky as a gift to their the designs). Then you draw your design using family or friends as a sign of love and respect. melted wax on your white egg. Next, you dip the Depending on the region in Ukraine, peo- egg into a light color. Then you keep repeat- ple use different symbols and colors on their ing the process – draw a design, then dip into a pysanky. Some traditional images that you may color. When you are finished, you have to melt see on a pysanka are trees, birds, flowers, ani- off all the wax from your egg with a candle to mals and crosses. The symbol of the cross repre- reveal the design hidden underneath. Then your sents the crucifixion of Jesus. Each pysanka rep- pysanka is complete. resents its creator in some way. When you begin We all had a great time writing pysanky. Sup- to make a pysanka you become an artist. You can porting Ukrainian traditions proves to us and express your thoughts and emotions through your others that we are proud to be Ukrainian.

Christine Melnyk work. Making a pysanka takes a lot of patience, Writing pysanky (from left) are: Stephanie Melnyk, but in the end it’s worth it. Katya Yurkevych, 13, is from New Britain, Katya Yurkevych and Olesya Shturypita. On Tuesday, April 15, the children of the Conn. No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 19 First aid captain visits UAYA Whippany Seattle Plast members enjoy ski outing by Chris Bytz do the Heimlich maneuver and perform CPR. He brought along a WHIPPANY, N.J. – As part of practice mannequin and some of the annual Zlet competition at the the children were able to practice Ukrainian American Youth Associa- directly on the mannequin. tion campground in Ellenville, N.Y., Mr. Stepaniak, a longtime mem- UAYA youths are required to be ber of UAYA who was involved in familiar with some of the basics of the initial rebirth of the Whippany first aid. branch, explained to the children To accomplish this, recently the and parents how to move an in- UAYA of Whippany, N.J., invited jured victim and the proper use of Vlodko Stepaniak, captain of the a defibrillator, which has become a Boonton Kiwanis First Aid Squad necessity in public buildings and at EMS Operations, to provide the sports events. youths and their parents with the Each child and parent left the fundamentals of first aid. He dem- demonstration with a little more onstrated the proper way to splint a confidence in what to do when an broken arm and leg, dress a burn, emergency strikes.

Plast scouts during their ski outing at Stevens Pass in the state of Washington.

by Aleksandr Svyatenkiy Scouts, counselors, parents and volunteers participated in the trip. SEATTLE – This year, the I was really looking forward to Seattle branch of Plast Ukrainian this because I really like snow- Scouting Organization is celebrat- boarding (and I’m actually good at ing its 10th anniversary. Most of it). The weather was a little warm us are currently living in Wash- and it was rainy towards the end, Chris Bytz ington and we usually have our but overall it was great! I enjoyed UAYA members after their first aid class. meetings in Seattle at the home of it and look forward to our next Anya and Tymish Hnateyko. outing. On Saturday, April 5, we went snowboarding and skiing together Aleksandr Svyatenkiy, 16, lives UAYA Whippany serves up varenyky at Stevens Pass and it was great! in Lynnwood, Wash. by Chris Bytz varenyky dinner so much that they WHIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrai- now make it an annual family get- nian American Youth Association, together event, this year celebrating Mishanyna Whippany branch, held its sixth a birthday with cake and candles. This year, as in years past, U.S. annual varenyky dinner on Friday, Spring has sprung, and flowers bloom. Find the names of the March 21, at the Ukrainian Ameri- Congressman Rodney Frelinghuy- sen (R-N.J.) attended the dinner following blooming plants – be they flowers, vines, shrubs or can Cultural Center of New Jersey, trees – hidden in the Mishanyna grid. located in Whippany. and spent most of the evening chat- ting with many of the attendees and More than 300 guests, both AZALEA DAISY MAGNOLIA posing for photos after enjoying a Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian, HYACINTH hearty meal amongst his supporters. CRABAPPLE NARCISSUS feasted on the sumptuous pillows JONQUIL of potato and cheese, borshch and He wore a blue-and-yellow ribbon CROCUS PERIWINKLE on his lapel in support of the Ukrai- LILAC dessert. Entertainment throughout DAFFODIL LILY TULIP the evening was provided by Kalyna nian people. The congressman also and Ulana Leshchuk; clad in beau- took his turn in the kitchen, where tiful costumes, they sang and played he served up a batch of cooked their banduras. varenyky to the event staff. Family, friends and neighbors More than 450 dozen varenyky have made this event something were assembled, cooked and served to look forward to year after year. by dedicated UAYA leaders, mem- One family of 12 enjoyed the first bers, parents and children.

Chris Bytz U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) in the kitchen with UAYA members. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 No. 20

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