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INSIDE: • News analysis of the coalition’s impending collapse – page 3. • Raisa Bohatyriova speaks out in Washington – page 3. • Changing dynamics of the Fourth Wave in the U.S. – page 9.

THE PublishedU byKRAINIAN the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal Wnon-profit associationEEKLY Vol. LXXVI No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 $1/$2 in Party of Regions Majority coalition in Ukraine close to collapse by Zenon Zawada expels Bohatyriova Kyiv Press Bureau by Zenon Zawada KYIV – Ukraine’s pro-Western coali- Kyiv Press Bureau tion government teetered on the brink of collapse after Prime Minister Yulia KYIV – Leaders of the Party of the Tymoshenko led her parliamentary faction Regions of Ukraine (PRU) voted on in joining pro-Russian forces at the September 1 to expel from its ranks Verkhovna Rada’s September 2 session to National Security and Defense Council pass legislation severely curtailing the (NSDC) Secretary Raisa Bohatyriova president’s powers, particularly in foreign after she said party Chair Viktor policy. Yanukovych doesn’t speak for all party The legislative package, consisting of members on foreign policy issues. four bills, transferred the authority to Ms. Bohatyriova had already roiled appoint the foreign affairs minister, the the party’s leadership in December when defense minister and Security Service of she accepted the NSDC chair, essentially Ukraine chief to the prime minister, and making her the president’s right-hand simplified presidential impeachment pro- woman, supporting his pro-Western posi- cedures. tions on security, defense and foreign The next day, President Viktor policy issues, which conflict with the Yushchenko declared the collapse of the PRU’s Russian-aligned stance. Democratic Forces Coalition and called Oleksanrdr Prokopenko/UNIAN Ms. Bohatyriova’s comments, deliv- for new parliamentary elections if a new Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko led her parliamentary faction in teaming up ered at an August 29 address before the coalition didn’t emerge within a month of with the Party of the Regions of Ukraine led by Viktor Yanukovych (right) in U.S.-Ukraine Business Council in its official dissolution, which is expected passing legislation that observers said would reduce the Ukrainian presidency to Washington, proved to be the last straw within 10 days, or by September 13. a figurehead post. for Ukraine’s most popular political “The Tymoshenko Bloc, Party of the Regions and Communists renewed the party, which supported Russia’s invasion National Security and Defense Council tion, which garnered more than 350 votes anti-constitutional law on government, of Georgia and recognized the indepen- are entirely ignored.” for each bill, revealed that the which I want to remind you caused the dence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Tymoshenko Bloc had conspired with the parliamentary crisis of 2007 and pre-term The president vowed to veto all four “It seems to me that [Bohatyriova] Party of the Regions of Ukraine (PRU) parliamentary election,” Mr. Yushchenko bills. should take up those matters she current- and Communists to team up against the said in a September 3 noontime address If the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (YTB) ly is involved with,” Mr. Yanukovych president and the Our Ukraine – People’s broadcast live on national television. musters 350 votes to override the presi- said, tersely explaining his party’s deci- Self-Defense parliamentary faction ahead “This law establishes a dictatorship of dent’s vetoes, the Ukrainian presidency sion. “I understand that, as an experi- of the September 2 session. the prime minister: the government head would be reduced to a figurehead post, as enced politician and expert, Raisa It also revealed that Ms. Tymoshenko is selected outside the Constitution, while it is in Germany and Israel. (Continued on page 10) presidential decrees and decisions of the The successful passage of the legisla- (Continued on page 11) U.S. oral history project on is published in Kyiv by Illya M. Labunka ship, which will be awarded to young scholars who will Special to The Ukrainian Weekly research Dr. Mace’s archives as well as Ukrainian politi- cal history of the first-half of the 20th century. KYIV – Eighteen years after its initial publication in Dr. Natalia Shulga – a scientist who emigrated to the English, the three-volume Oral History Project of the U.S. in 1992 and returned to Ukraine in 2005 following U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine (Drs. James E. the – successfully lobbied Ukraine’s Mace and Leonid Heretz, editors) has been translated Foreign Affairs Ministry to sponsor a container ship- and published in Ukraine. ment of Dr. Mace’s library and archives to Ukraine. The Ukrainian version, published by the Institute of Upon arrival to Ukraine, the entire collection was trans- History of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences of ferred to the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Ukraine, is based on the findings of a commission estab- Academy, in accordance with the late scholar’s last lished by an act of the U.S. Congress that convened wishes. from 1986 to 1988 to study testimony presented by emi- In her opening remarks as director of the publishing grants from Ukraine on the Holodomor of 1932-1933. company that printed 5,000 copies of the Ukrainian ver- Approximately one-third of the testimony is anonymous sion of the three-volume Holodomor publication, Ms. as many eyewitnesses feared for the safety of their rela- Solovyova admitted that Dr. Mace did not believe the tives stuck behind the Iron Curtain at that time. The three-volume set would ever appear in the Ukrainian three-volume set, published in 1990, documents the language. “Therefore, this translation is dedicated to the genocide of the Ukrainian people. memory of James Mace,” said Ms. Solovyova. The official presentation of the Holodomor publica- In addition to having been sponsored by the State tion was announced during a press conference at Kyiv’s Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting in Ukrainian Home on August 20. Amidst a standing-room Ukraine, the Holodomor publication was also generous- only crowd, the star-studded event featured a gathering ly supported by the U.S. Embassy’s Office on Press, of Ukraine’s academic, political and literary elite. Education and Culture in Kyiv in the form of a $28,000 Co-presiding were Dr. Viacheslav Briukhovetskyi, presi- grant. These funds allocated by the U.S. government Illya M. Labunka dent emeritus of the National University of Kyiv Mohyla helped to cover the costs of translating and editing the Dr. Mykola Zhulynskyi, presidential adviser, offers Academy, and Vira Solovyova, director of the Kyiv publication project, as well as verifying geographical his personal thoughts about his first meeting with Mohyla Academy publishing house. locations mentioned by the eyewitnesses in their testi- Dr. James Mace, who he said embarked on the val- At the outset, Dr. Briukhovetskyi announced the iant endeavor of disseminating the truth about the recent establishment of the Dr. James E. Mace scholar- (Continued on page 8) Holodomor. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 No. 36 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

Ukraine divided on Russia’s Yushchenko charges ‘constitutional coup’ who wants to serve Ukraine understands that.” The latest crisis in Ukraine comes KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko just as U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney recognition of South Ossetia on September 3 accused Prime Minister prepares to visit the country on September Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition parties by Roman Kupchinsky tion, albeit clocking it with references to 5. (Associated Press, Financial Times, in Ukraine of engaging in a “constitu- Western “duplicity” in recognizing Kosovo RFE/RL) Eurasia Daily Monitor tional coup.” In a statement broadcast on independence. August 28 television Mr. Yushchenko threatened to Viktor Yanukovych, the leader of the OU leader sees Kremlin’s hand hold new elections, as his allies pulled The official Ukrainian response to opposition Party of the Regions, remained out of the majority coalition in response KYIV – Viacheslav Kyrylenko, leader Russia’s recognition of the independence of loyal to Moscow and urged the Ukrainian to the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc’s decision of the Our Ukraine – People’s Self- Georgia’s two breakaway provinces, South government to follow Moscow’s lead: “We to side with the Party of the Regions and Defense faction in the Verkhovna Rada, Ossetia and Abkhazia, was not unexpected. must act without any double standards – we the Communist Party to pass a law weak- said on September 9 that he sees little The Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a state- must do what the West did when Kosovo hope that the majority coalition of demo- ment on August 26 which noted: “The dec- ening presidential powers and increasing declared independence. I believe that those of the prime minister. Ministers cratic forces will be renewed. He added laration by the Russian Parliament is viewed Ukraine should accept the expressed will of that it is possible the Yulia Tymoshenko by Ukraine as a particularly dangerous prec- who support the president walked out of the nations of South Ossetia and Abkhazia a Cabinet of Ministers meeting after their Bloc (YTB) would join forces with the edent which will sharply destabilize the and recognize their independence” Party of the Regions (PRU) to create a security situation in the Caucasus region party, Our Ukraine, threatened to quit the (Ukrayinska Pravda, August 26). majority coalition. “A new parliamentary new coalition, in which case it is more and throughout the entire post-Soviet space, “The recognition of South Ossetian and than likely that there will be pre-term and will have a negative impact on the coalition has been created de facto in the Abkhaz independence by the Russian Verkhovna Rada,” Mr. Yushchenko said. parliamentary elections. Mr. Kyrylenko peaceful solution to inter-ethnic conflicts Federation is the logical continuation of a also commented that the developments in throughout the world” (Ukrayinska Pravda, “The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc has entered process which began when Western states into an alliance with the Party of Regions Ukraine’s Parliament affirmed that the August 26). recognized the independence of Kosovo,” Kremlin wants to seize authority in Later in the day, the Ukrainian Foreign and the Communists. And this creation is Mr. Yanukovych added. based, I stress, not on Ukraine’s state Ukraine, pointing out that, thanks to the Affairs Ministry announced that it was can- The parliamentary faction of the YTB and PRU, the Rada passed four celling a visit to Moscow by a delegation interests. The democratic majority has Communist Party of Ukraine, meanwhile, laws that aim to strip the president of his scheduled to hold talks with their Russian been betrayed by [the creation of] this submitted a resolution to impeach President authority. That, he said, clearly is some- counterparts. The reason given for the can- alliance.” In response, Mr. Yushchenko’s Yushchenko for his support of “Georgian thing that the Kremlin wishes to see hap- cellation by the ministry spokesman was Our Ukraine announced that it was leav- aggression against South Ossetia.” ing the eight-month-old coalition it pen in Ukraine. (Ukrinform) that it was a protest against the Russian rec- (Korrespondent.net, August 26). The politi- ognition of the independence of the two formed with the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, cal bloc of Yuriy Lytvyn, which was critical and the president warned that further YTB sees no threat to coalition Georgian regions. of Viktor Yushchenko’s support of Georgia action could be taken. “From the legal KYIV – Oleksander Turchynov, first Joining in the condemnation of Russia’s during the war, had not taken a position on point of view, I consider the events in vice prime minister of Ukraine and a decision, the vice prime minister and a rank- this issue as of August 27, but some observ- Parliament as the formal beginning of the member of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, ing member of the Prime Minister Yulia ers in Kyiv suspect this bloc also might formation of a new parliamentary coali- said on September 3 that it is too early to Tymoshenko’s political bloc, Hryhoriy demand that Ukraine recognize the break- tion,” he said. “If a new coalition of par- speak about a new coalition in the Nemyria, issued a statement saying: away regions. liamentary factions is not formed before Verkhovna Rada since no official “Ukraine supported and continues to sup- South Ossetia thus far has not demanded the deadline determined by the Ukrainian announcement has been made of the dis- port the sovereignty and territorial integrity to join North Ossetia, a part of the Russian Constitution, I will use my right to dis- solution of the current coalition. “We can of Georgia. This position remains a matter Federation, nor has Abkhazia asked to solve the Verkhovna Rada and call early speak about this only after Our Ukraine, of principle and will not be changed” become a member of the Russian elections.” Under the Constitution, which is only a part of the [Our Ukraine (UNIAN news service, August 26). Federation. And, while this might well be Parliament has 30 days to form another – People’s Self-Defense] faction, official- The opposition, however, did not endorse the next move by the governments of the the government’s and the president’s line, coalition government. Prime Minister ly presents a statement about its with- two regions – moves which could be and instead stuck to its well-known position Tymoshenko, however, said the president drawal from the coalition and when this of supporting the Russian nationalist posi- (Continued on page 22) himself had caused the collapse of the comes from a true majority of the fac- coalition. “I regret very much that the tion,” he explained. Mr. Turchynov also Ukrainian president is acting in such an reacted to President Viktor Yushchenko’s irresponsible way,” she told a Cabinet threat to hold new elections. “I would meeting. “The coalition was ruined yes- advise him to read the Constitution,” Mr. The post-war trajectory terday on his own order. But I want to Turchynov said, noting that a Verkhovna say once again that we believe these are Rada elected as a result of pre-term elec- simply irresponsible steps and hysteria, tions cannot be disbanded for one year. of Russia-EU non-partnership that the democratic coalition should con- by Pavel K. Baev President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime tinue to live and work, and I think anyone (Continued on page 14) Eurasia Daily Monitor Minister Vladimir Putin concentrated September 3 instead on working with neighbors, the former with Tajikistan and Armenia, and Very few features of the “five-day the latter with Uzbekistan, preparing the HE KRAINIAN EEKLY FOUNDED 1933 war” between Russia and Georgia testify ground for a summit of the Collective T U W to the proposition that common political Security Treaty Organization (RIA- An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., sense prevailed over military opportun- Novosti, www.newsru.com, September a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. ism: Russian tanks stopped outside 2). Moscow hopes to secure stronger sup- Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Collapse of the Democratic Forces Coalition: ‘exceptionally unwise’ by Zenon Zawada Russian aggression. whole, there is the idea that a new situa- date pro-Western from pursu- Kyiv Press Bureau “Foreign policy is not a priority for tion emerged,” Mr. Lange said. “There ing NATO aspirations and delay MAP these politicians,” said Oleksander Paliy, a was a readiness to change positions on membership even further, foreign policy KYIV – While visiting Ukraine for foreign policy expert at Ukraine’s Foreign these matters. But against the backdrop experts said. three days in June, NATO Secretary Policy Research Institute and one of of Ukraine’s internal political crisis, The best outcome for Ukraine’s NATO General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer met with Ukraine’s top experts on NATO. “Our pol- against a backdrop of instability, it clearly aspirations is the Democratic Forces President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime iticians are preoccupied with their own makes no sense to further consider the Coalition mending its wounds and re- Minister Yulia Tymoshenko behind closed problems, and they want to make their prospect of membership in the European uniting, Mr. Paliy said. The NATO for- doors. problems the problems of all Ukrainians.” Union and NATO.” eign ministers in December could still As if scolding school tots, he warned The timing of the Democratic Forces Ukraine was 99 percent likely to gain a extend Ukraine a MAP in December if them that Ukraine’s prospect of gaining a Coalition’s collapse was “exceptionally MAP in December if not for the collapse, that happens, he said. Membership Action Plan (MAP) in unwise” with a European Union-Ukraine said Taras Berezovets, a political scientist If a new coalition doesn’t emerge and December will largely depend on their summit planned for September 9 in and director of the Polittech public rela- the president calls pre-term elections, ability to work together, the Austrian Evian, France, said Niko Lange, director tions firm in Kyiv. then a MAP is out of the question, Mr. newspaper Die Presse reported at the of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in “After September 2, prospects for EU Paliy added. time. Kyiv. and NATO integration may have closed,” “If pre-term elections are held, NATO More than two months later, Ukraine’s If not for the Yushchenko-Tymoshenko he said. “Ukraine did this itself, with its won’t extend a MAP because the political pro-Western leaders failed to put aside conflict, Ukraine stood to obtain a great own hands.” situation may change entirely depending their ambitions to work toward common deal at the summit in its efforts to inte- The coalition’s likely collapse, which on the outcome of these elections,” he said. interests that are critical to Ukraine’s grate with the EU and gain a NATO MAP becomes official only on September 13, However, Mr. Berezovets said he Euro-Atlantic integration, observers said, in the aftermath of the events in the will be a significant foreign policy tri- squandering an opportunity to form a Caucasus, he said. umph for the Russian Federation, which united front even amidst escalating “In Germany, and in Europe as a sought to use the Georgian war to intimi- (Continued on page 10)

Bohatyriova’s remarks in D.C. Party of the Regions splits result in expulsion from PRU over Georgia and NATO by Yaro Bihun Ms. Bohatyriova pointed out that Special to The Ukrainian Weekly recent public opinion polls indicated by Taras Kuzio prava.com.ua, August 28). that a majority of Ukrainians think that Eurasia Daily Monitor Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs WASHINGTON – The remarks by Ukraine could be the next target of September 2 described Mr. Yanukovych’s call as “harm- Raisa Bohatyriova that reportedly similar aggression and that President ing the national interests of Ukraine,” “pro- resulted in her expulsion on September Yushchenko has the support of the The Party of the Regions (PRU) expelled vocative,” “irresponsible” and “unpleasant” 1 from the Party of the Regions, majority of Ukrainians for his policy National Security and Defense Council (www.mfa.gov.ua, August 29). Ukraine’s opposition party, were made of defending Ukraine from such an (NSDC) Secretary Raisa Bohatyriova from A statement issued by the PRU faction here on August 29 during a luncheon eventuality. the party’s senior decision-making body, the did not support Mr. Yanukovych and the in her honor organized by the U.S.- As for the stated position of her par- Political Council, and from the party itself Crimean branch’s call for Ukraine to recog- Ukraine Business Council and later ty’s leader, Mr. Yanukovych, backing on September 1. Until being appointed nize the independence of South Ossetia and repeated in some media interviews. Russia’s latest move, she pointed out NSDC secretary in December 2007, Ms. Abkhazia. Instead, the statement blamed the The secretary of Ukraine’s National that the Party of the Regions “is a large Bohatyriova had been the leader of the PRU authorities for not staying neutral and drag- Security and Defense Council (NSDC) living organism” more inclined to faction in the Verkhovna Rada. ging Ukraine into the conflict by supporting was responding to the first question debate the issues before announcing a The surprise decision quickly followed Georgia and unleashing a “massive anti- following her brief opening remarks decision. In that context, she said, “the Ms. Bohatyriova’s support for Georgian ter- Russian propaganda campaign” (www.rada. before some 60 luncheon guests that, statement of the leader of the Party of ritorial integrity and NATO membership kiev.ua, August 26). in addition to representatives of firms the Regions at the present time looks during a luncheon held three days earlier at The PRU faction demanded a return to doing or interested in doing business like a personal decision.” Washington’s Metropolitan Club by the good relations with Russia, constitutional in Ukraine, also included U.S. govern- She added that the fact that other U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC). changes that would transform Ukraine into ment officials and representatives of party representatives, naming Taras Ms. Bohatyriova was on an official visit to a non-bloc (neutral) country and a referen- various Washington-based associa- Chornovil as one of them, have the United States from August 24 to 30. dum on NATO membership. The PRU’s tions, foundations and institutes inter- expressed differing positions, suggests Ms. Bohatyriova’s remarks were in call for the creation of a temporary parlia- ested in Ukrainian affairs. that “a collective decision about that response to two questions posed by the mentary commission to investigate the The question, not unexpectedly, conflict will differ from that of the Jamestown Foundation and by Ariel Cohen delivery of weapons to Georgia and the par- dealt with the situation in Georgia and party leader,” and that Mr. Yanukovych of the Heritage Foundation. Asked whether ticipation of Ukrainians on the Georgian Moscow’s most recent move in recog- would accept the decision of the major- she supported President Viktor side echoed claims made by Russia about nizing the independence of Georgia’s ity. Yushchenko’s support for Georgia’s territo- Ukraine’s alleged involvement in the con- two contentious regions now occupied Ms. Bohatyriova, who was born in rial integrity or that of PRU leader Viktor flict. by Russia – South Ossetia and Siberia, expressed optimism and confi- Yanukovych in support of South Ossetian Ukrainian politicians and the media have Abkhazia – as well as how all this dence in how Ukraine would react to and Abkhaz independence, she answered pointed out that arms deliveries to Georgia affects Ukraine, where President Viktor any threat from abroad. The nation that Mr. Yanukovych’s position did not began under Presidents Leonid Kuchma and Yushchenko and the leader of the may be young but there should be no reflect the party’s position and gave her Eduard Shevardnadze, not under President opposition, Viktor Yanukovych, were strong support to Mr. Yushchenko. Yushchenko and Mikheil Saakashvili. expressing opposing views. (Continued on page 16) Ms. Bohatyriova praised the president for Ukraine also supplied arms to Georgia dur- attempting to unite politicians and Ukraine, ing the Yanukovych government from 2002 and criticized other political leaders for put- to 2004. ting their personal interests above national Ms. Bohatyriova’s expulsion from the ones. She added, “they frequently use for- PRU was propelled by Mr. Yanukovych’s eign challenges for their party and electoral anger that she had belittled his position as plans despite the risks of a threat to national leader. Ms. Bohatyriova cited senior PRU security,” an oblique reference to Mr. leaders who condemned Russia’s occupa- Yanukovych and his stance on NATO tion of Georgian territory and said that Mr. (Ukrainian News Agency, August 31). Yanukovych’s call for recognizing the inde- Ms. Bohatyriova ridiculed the official pendence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia PRU view on NATO as one that was in was a “personal viewpoint” that did not favor of NATO membership when the party reflect the collective leadership of the party. was in power and against it when it was in The PRU’s faction leader, Oleksander opposition. She never raised the question of Yefremov, disagreed, claiming that Mr. a referendum on NATO, a persistent PRU Yanukovych’s position was the outcome of demand. a “consolidated point of view of the Political Citing the Kosovo precedent, Mr. Council of PRU. It was not the viewpoint of Yanukovych has supported the indepen- one person” (www.pravda.com.ua, dence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Two September 1). days after Ms. Bohatyriova’s remarks, the Asked during the USUBC luncheon Oleksiy Synelnychenko Crimean branch of PRU appealed to the whether she would be advising her U.S. Raisa Bohatyriova with Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Oleh Shamshur. parliamentary faction to do the same (www. partyofregions.org.ua, August 26; www. (Continued on page 20) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 No. 36

OBITUARIES Bishop Walter Paska, 84, Peter D. Pankow, 88, self-made businessman CHICAGO – Peter D. Pankow, a self- of Ukrainian Catholic Church made businessman who co-founded a Chicago area sales agency, died on PHILADELPHIA – On August 16, after August 5 at his home in Park Ridge, Ill. five months of illness, Bishop-emeritus He was 88. Walter Paska of the Ukrainian Catholic Pankow Associates, described in the Archeparchy of Philadelphia passed away. Chicago Tribune as “a sales force for He was born on November 29, 1923, in hire” that helps market health, beauty Elizabeth, N.J. In 1936 he entered the pre- and non-prescription drug products, was paratory seminary of St. Basil the Great in launched in 1957. Mr. Pankow retired in Stamford, Conn., from which he graduated 1985; his business partner, Allen in 1940. Hirschfield, is now president of the com- He studied at St. Charles Seminary pany, which today is based in Skokie, Ill. (1940-1941) and St. Basil College in Mr. Pankow was active also in the Stamford (1941-1944), where he received a Ukrainian community. He was a member bachelor’s degree in philosophy. From 1944 of the Ukrainian National Association – to 1947 he studied theology at the Catholic one of five generations of his family who University of America in Washington. belong to the fraternal society’s Branch He was ordained to the priesthood on 125 in Chicago. May 2, 1947, in the Cathedral Church of Born in 1920, Mr. Pankow grew up in the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia. Chicago. After graduating from Lane From 1947 to 1951 the Rev. Paska taught Technical High School he was awarded English language and literature at St. Basil an Evans Scholarship to Northwestern Peter D. Pankow Seminary in Stamford. At the same time he University in Evanston, Ill. studied at Fordham University (New York), Bishop-emeritus Walter Paska Having begun working as a golf cad- After being discharged in late 1945 where he received a master’s degree in die when he was 12, Mr. Pankow played Mr. Pankow returned to Northwestern medieval literature. St. Nicholas in Chicago. From 1971 to on the varsity golf team at Northwestern. and soon afterwards began a career in In 1948 he was appointed co-pastor of 1975 he studied canon law at the Catholic He was an avid golfer throughout his merchandising. Holy Spirit Parish in Brooklyn; in University of America, receiving a doctor- life. He met his wife, Levka, at a church 1951-1952 he was the pastor of Holy Ghost ate. At that time he also was vocations His university studies were interrupted social, and the couple married in 1950. They lived in Chicago and later in Park Parish in Chester, Pa.; in 1952-1955 he was director of the Metropolitanate. when he received a draft notice in Ridge. pastor of the Church of St. Volodymyr in From 1975 to 1984 he taught canon law November 1941, a month before the Surviving are Mr. Pankow’s wife, Elizabeth. At the same time (1953-1955), at the Catholic University of America. In Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, after he was a member of the Archeparchial which the United States entered World War Levka; daughter, Melanie; son, Stephen; 1979 he was appointed rector of the sister, Joan Panko; two grandchildren Council of Philadelphia. Ukrainian Catholic Seminary of St. Josaphat II. Rather than be drafted into the Army, he enlisted in the Navy and trained as a pilot. and three great-grandchildren. From 1955 to 1958 he fulfilled parish in Washington and stayed in that position He flew Martin PBM Mariner patrol bomb- Funeral services were held on August obligations and taught English language until 1984. ers, covering convoys and being on the 9 at St. Joseph the Betrothed Ukrainian and literature at St. Basil Seminary. From In 1980 he was appointed judicial vicar lookout for enemy submarines. Byzantine Catholic Church in Chicago. 1958 to 1961 he was a steward in the newly of the Archeparchial Tribunal. In 1975-1977 created Eparchy of Stamford and at the he was a consulter of the Commission on same time was the pastor of the Church of Revision of the Code of Eastern Canon Law. St. Volodymyr in Hempstead, N.Y. From 1984 to 1992 he was pastor of the IN MEMORIAM: Frank Cox, 67, In 1961-1971 he was chancellor and gen- eral vicar of the newly created Eparchy of (Continued on page 16) caretaker of Vovcha Tropa Plast camp

by Sonia Slobodian Bokalo Olga Paproski, Connecticut community activist EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. – August 28 brought sad news for the Regional NEWTOWN, Conn. – Olga Liteplo Organizing Committee (OTK) of the Paproski, member of Ukrainian National Vovcha Tropa Plast Camp in East Association Branch 414 and longtime Chatham, N.Y., and to many alumni of treasurer of the UNA Seniors, passed the camp, as well as current campers. away peacefully on May 1 after a brave Frank Cox, a longtime associate of battle with cancer. She was the wife of Vovcha Tropa, had passed away. the late Sam Paproski. Mr. Cox was born in Troy, N.Y., on Born in Youngstown, Ohio, on June June 20, 1941. He lived in New 13, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Lebanon, N.Y., and was active in the Maria (Kit) and Ivan Liteplo. Her family Kinderhook Elks Lodge and the Ghent returned to Kariv, Halychyna region of Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was an Ukraine, when she was 3. She returned to avid hunter and fisherman, and was a the United States in 1938 to New York City. She became a resident of Newtown, life member of the Ghent Sportsman Conn., in 1944 after her marriage. She Club. He served with the U.S. Marines completed her and and before his retirement worked for continued studies in the United States. Amtrak. Mr. Cox was a valuable and respected Mrs. Paproski was a devoted parishio- Frank Cox ner of Holy Protection of the Blessed honorary member of the board of direc- Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church tors of Vovcha Tropa and the camp- community of Columbia County, N.Y. of Bridgeport, Conn., and a member of ground’s long-time caretaker. His love He also was known as the camp historian its Sisterhood. She was actively involved Olga L. Paproski of Vovcha Tropa, the campers and the because he had researched much of the in various organizations, often serving as Ukrainian spirit was evidenced by all the history of Vovcha Tropa before it came an officer. Firehouse Ladies’ Auxiliary and assistance he gave during the course of to be owned by Plast. Most importantly, Her memberships in Ukrainian organi- Newtown Mother’s Club. the last 30 years. Mr. Cox was an honorable man who will zations included Connecticut State Mrs. Paproski was a skilled seamstress A true Irishman, Mr. Cox nonetheless be missed by all who knew him. Ukrainian Day Committee, Ukrainian and an extremely creative crafter. She embraced the traditions of Plast Upon the request of the Cox family, Cultural Organization of Greater worked on the family farm, Castle Hill Ukrainian Scouting Organization and on Wednesday, September 3, the Mass Danbury, Ukrainian National Women’s Farm, with her son. She also managed with respect and admi- of Christian Burial was preceded by Mr. League of America Branch 73, League of the Paproski Tree Farm and supervised ration. Cox’s final visit to Vovcha Tropa as the Ukrainian Catholics, Ukrainian Congress the Castle Hill Farm Pumpkin Patch/ He was instrumental in preparing the funeral procession wound its way along Committee of America, Ukrainian Corn Maze. Known for her intricately Vovcha Tropa grounds for yearly camps the roads of Vovcha Tropa, allowing the American Club and Providence decorated Ukrainian Easter eggs, or and was an invaluable conduit to the Vovcha Tropa attendees to pay tribute to Association. pysanky, she demonstrated and taught the the man they so loved and admired. She also belonged to Connecticut ancient art throughout Fairfield County. Sonia Slobodian Bokalo heads the Mr. Cox is survived by his sons Frank Farm Bureau, Newtown Senior Center, For 32 years she hosted the annual Regional Organizing Committee of the Jr., John and Jeff with wife, Kelly, two Newtown Democratic Committee, Bethel Ukrainian Festival sponsored by her par- Vovcha Tropa campground of Plast brothers, two sisters, five grandchildren Extension Service, Dodgingtown Ukrainian Scouting Organization. and several nephews and nieces. Homemakers Club, Dodgingtown (Continued on page 20) No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 5

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NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY September signals A young generation The beginning of September signals that students are returning to school, focus- ing on the work ahead as they enter the planning stages of various events. (The of Ukrainian female scientists summer is not the end of our busy schedules.) With this in mind, we remind our by Yevheniya Krutko “After my freshman year I was in Ukraine readers to be a part of these events by volunteering your time and supporting our working on the USA/USA seminar and organizations by taking an active role in the group. Many probably remember the uproar in conducting research in the Institute of There are various groups to consider joining, including: sports clubs, like the press and academia in 2005 when Biology of the Southern Seas located in Chornomorska Sitch, the Ukrainian American Sports Club Tryzub or the Ukrainian Harvard University President Lawrence H. Sevastopol. The summer after my sopho- American Youth Association’s Krylati; vocal ensembles, such as Dumka, Akkolada Summers suggested that the lack of female more year I completed an Endocrine and Yevshan; and professional groups, including the Ukrainian Medical Association scientists in the United States is due to the Society Fellowship, while working in a of North America (UMANA) and UESA (Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America “innate” differences between men and reproductive endocrinology lab at the (UESA). women. A lot has been said and written on Wadsworth Center in Albany, N.Y. The past Then there are other community-based groups that bring awareness to issues this topic, however, statistics show there are summer before my last year of college I facing the Ukrainian community, such as Ukrainian Congress Committee of more men than women in science in the was a Union College Summer Research America (UCCA), and the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America United States. Fellow working on the project that was to (UNWLA). And there are religious-affiliated organizations such as the Ukrainian The female students in the USA/USA become my senior thesis.” Orthodox League and the League of Ukrainian Catholics. Program do not pay attention to such num- After her acceptance as one of the 10 Then there are humanitarian groups like the Children of Chornobyl Relief and bers; many of them are actively pursuing USA/USA Program scholars in 2001, Ms. Development Fund (CCRDF) and the United Ukrainian American Relief undergraduate degrees in chemistry, biolo- Davydenko has been actively giving back Committee (UUARC), not to mention our youth organizations and myriad dance gy, physics, biochemistry, etc., and then to the program. She worked without mon- ensembles. continue on a Ph.D. track. etary compensation for three summers at There really is something for everyone. One of many such students, Olga the USA/USA Seminars where, together Students have even more choices when it comes to selecting an organization, Davydenko, 22, is from Sevastopol. with other volunteers, she instructed the many of which work with university and high school students to provide experi- Double-majoring in biochemistry and bio- new USA/USA scholars on how to write ence, an opportunity to work or study in Ukraine, or a chance to promote a engineering, she graduated magna cum essays, study for the SATs and fill out Ukrainian cause on their school’s campus. Organizations such as USA/USA laude from Union College in June. She financial aid forms. (Ukrainian Students’ Association of the U.S.A.) help provide scholarships for stu- will start her Ph.D. program in molecular Besides teaching scholars about the dents from Ukraine to study in the United States. The Federation of Ukrainian biology in the fall of 2008 at the technicalities of the application process, Student Organizations (known by its Ukrainian acronym of SUSTA) and the University of Pennsylvania. the USA/USA Seminars turn into galva- Ukrainian Canadian Student’s Union (SUSK), as well as the European Ukrainian Union College is an independent, high- nizing gatherings for young Ukrainian tal- Student Federation all work toward promoting the vast aspects of Ukrainian culture ly selective undergraduate institution that ent, inspiring students to reach high and and traditions as well as Ukraine’s role on the global stage among the student pop- has educated prominent bankers, inven- work hard. Not every USA/USA scholar ulations. Perhaps most significantly, they help ensure that the Ukrainian voice is tors, writers, scientists, diplomats, lawyers ends up coming to the United States, but heard loud and clear. and a former president of the United States each of them remembers the seminar as a So, we encourage our student readers to join an existing club or form a – Chester A. Arthur. Located in life-changing experience. Ukrainian club at your college/university and see how many familiar faces or new Schenectady, a small town in upstate New A young scientific mind like Ms. ones you find. Being Ukrainian during the school year means more than going to York, this is a perfect place for young Davydenko would not have had an oppor- “zabavas,” “malankas” and debutante balls. Although you may consider yourselves minds to focus on academics. tunity to pursue her passion in science in students, assume the role of teachers in educating your fellow students about the After trying in vain to shove her old high Ukraine: it’s a sad situation, with inade- richness of Ukrainian culture by organizing pysanky demonstrations, or gerdany- school interest in chemistry and biology quate equipment in the labs and low sala- making, paska-baking or wood-carving workshops. under a rug, and pursuing a degree in ries for scientists. Students have a role to play also when it comes to developments on the interna- accounting, Ms. Davydenko came to If they stay in Ukraine, these students tional scene. Ukrainians have demonstrated solidarity with Georgians in protesting Union. I asked her about her prospects in most likely choose other career paths, the Russia’s aggression, and we’re sure there are other issues for Ukrainians to get “soft sciences.” The energetic, effervescent same way Ms. Davydenko tried account- involved in and other topics for wide-reaching conferences on topics that concern and witty young scientist replied, “Well ing, and their talents for science would be Ukrainians and other nationalities. Some ideas: NATO and European Union expan- let’s see, if it wasn’t for USA/USA I would completely lost, both for Ukraine and for sion, genocide studies, energy diversification, and the positives and negatives of have now graduated with a degree in humanity. After coming to the United States nuclear power, etc. Plus, these are perfect opportunities to network, build your pro- accounting from Sevastopol National these students can work on research and fessional contacts and find people of similar interests. Put on your thinking caps Technical University, which does not sound become true leaders in the field, and then and come up with something that will attract a larger audience. bad at all, except that I hated economics set up world-class research labs in Ukraine. For those readers who have offspring studying far from home, encourage them and loathed [the prospect of] working at a The USA/USA Program serves exactly to take steps toward building lifelong commitments to Ukrainian organizations boring job for the rest of my life. I would these motivated, talented students, opening because one day the younger generation will need to take the reins of our commu- also be married now. Shudder.” the doors of opportunity to regular nity. Will they be ready? Given a chance to study something she Ukrainians from ordinary families who are really loved, Ms. Davydenko used every eager to learn in a world-class environment. opportunity to learn more and be a leading I asked Ms. Davydenko whether she example in her field. She was president of came to the United States to stay, to which Sept. the Chemistry Club at Union. All three of she responded that she likes being in this Turning the pages back... her campus jobs were directly related to country solely as a science student because learning more and encouraging others to “the labs are fantastic,” but she misses learn as well: She worked 20 hours a week “the general atmosphere of Ukraine.” 10 Five years ago, on September 10, 2003, Ukraine’s Cabinet of as a tutor for the biology department, was Ministers unanimously rejected a draft agreement for a “common *** a tutoring supervisor for the Academic economic space” that had the potential to bring Ukraine into eco- 2003 Opportunity Program (AOP) and the nomic union with Russia and three other countries. To find out more about the USA/USA Higher Education Opportunity Program The move came after several ministers questioned the constitu- Program and its students, readers may (HEOP), and a lab technician for one of tionality of the country entering into such a treaty. The decision contact Yevheniya Krutko, the executive her biochemistry professors. came just days before the annual Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) meeting that director of the organization at: USA/USA This young woman does not seem to was to be held on September 18-19, 2003, in Yalta. Program, 80 Maiden Lane, Suite 606, New “There are several issues in the draft that do not conform to Ukrainian legislation and stop working even during her summer York, NY 10038; telephone, articles of the Constitution,” explained Minister of Justice Oleksander Lavrynovych. “We breaks. “Every summer during my under- 212-785-4170; e-mail, Yevheniya@ukrai- need to analyze this item by item.” graduate career I did research,” she related. nianscholarships.org Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych directed the members of the Cabinet who found issues with the agreement to bring the agreement in compliance with the Constitution. On September 8, 2003, the Russian Duma gave preliminary approval to the draft agree- Quotable notes ment that would also involve Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. It was believed that this agreement would lead to a free-trade zone and a single currency. In addition, if three of the “I continue to be deeply concerned with Russian actions toward Georgia, four countries agreed to new stipulations, the fourth would be bound as well. especially since it appears that they haven’t budged an inch in terms of a substan- Minister of the Economy and European Integration Valerii Khoroshkovskyi said on tive withdrawal. ... I anticipated long ago a situation like this, which is why I September 5, 2003, that if Ukraine were to enter the economic union, Ukraine would lose its worked tirelessly to bring into NATO Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, economic independence. Such a move also would bar the country from either the World Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. And I’m Trade Organization or the European Union, due to these organizations’ membership laws. pleased that Croatia and Albania have been invited into NATO and that, hope- Despite First Vice Prime Minister Mykola Azarov’s ridicule of others from the governing fully, Macedonia will be as well. Now, the United States must redouble its efforts coalition on their lack of unity on this issue, the Ukrainian Parliament’s Committee on to bring Georgia and Ukraine into NATO, because it will help ensure lasting European Integration passed a recommendation on September, 10, 2003, which called for peace. Although they are not in NATO yet, I remain hopeful that both Georgia President Leonid Kuchma to not sign the agreement as written. and Ukraine will soon gain admittance to bolster diplomatic relations in Central Source: “Ukraine’s Cabinet unanimously rejects plan for ‘common economic space,’” by and Eastern Europe, and I will not stop working until it is completed.” Roman Woronowycz, The Ukrainian Weekly, September 14, 2003. – Sen. George Voinovich (R -Ohio) in a statement issued on August 19. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Oryshkevich, provide all the basic infor- Yulia Tymoshenko mation needed to initiate an effort to found a Ukrainian-themed charter and Ukrainian in NYC school. Dear Editor: • “18 New Charter Schools to Open in September, Bloomberg Announces”: Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko, in http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/ always an interview in the London-based Financial education/19schools.html?partner=rssnyt Times on Saturday, August 16, went out of Oleh Skrypka sure got it right. His the two-volume “Ukrainskyi Litopys &emc=rss Vbrannia” (Kyiv: Mystetsvo, 2003-2007). her way to commend her New York City- Vyshyvanka Parade in Kyiv in May was a • An informational New York Times These are very large volumes extensively based interviewer, Chrystia Freeland, for huge success, as is his established festival, blog on charter schools in New York Krayina Mriy (Land of Dreams). In each, and beautifully illustrated. There has teaching her children Ukrainian. City: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes. Maintenance or development of a sec- Ukrainians are encouraged to wear their been some controversy about the author’s com/2008/08/18/ask-about-new-yorks- ond language in North America, except embroidered/woven folk finery, creating depiction of the clothing of the prehistor- charter-schools/#respond for French in Canada or Spanish in parts an event of all-encompassing beauty. ic peoples on the territory of Ukraine. of the United States, is a very steep uphill • The New York State Charter School To someone other than a Ukrainian, Some reviewers questioned how she battle. Website: http://www.newyorkcharters. the embroidered “sorochka,” or “vyshy- could be so sure this is what they wore. New York City and New York state are org/ vanka,” (traditional folk shirt) is some- Ms. Vasina discusses the sorochka and its currently vigorously encouraging the • The New York City Center for thing pretty. To a Ukrainian, putting on ornamentation in detail. establishment of publicly funded charter Charter School Excellence: http://www. that is special, emotional and spiritual. It Another very richly illustrated book schools. Eighteen charter schools are nycchartercenter.org/ means so much more than a piece of on is “Ukrainskyi Striy” by Maia Bilan and Halyna Stelmashchuk opening in New York City this September. • Hellenic Classical Charter School: clothing. It means everything – every- (: Feniks, 2000). It covers the history New York City’s initiative represents an http://hccs-nys.org/, http://www.newy- thing good. It symbolizes love, well- of the costume from the earliest times, as opportunity for the Ukrainian American orkcharters.org/proHellenicClassical.htm being, health, family, decency, festivity, well as detailed information about each community. A model • Uncommon Schools, a not-for-profit beauty, tradition – and patriotism. And it piece of clothing and accessory, as well immersion school would go a long way organization that helps groups charter is this last attribute that Mr. Skrypka and as regional costumes. The book is practi- toward creating an anchoring institution schools: www.uncommonschools.org others want Ukrainians in Ukraine to cally overflowing with photographs and that would ensure a permanent Ukrainian regain. illustrations. presence in New York. Such a school The sorochka in its simplest form was One very interesting photograph shows could even have resonance in Ukraine the earliest piece of fabric clothing worn Most popular a man’s sorochka from the Borschiv and could benefit from technical support by our ancestors. As linen and hempen region from the turn of the last century. from Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and cloth weaving developed among the agri- names noted The trident, the present symbol and seal personal sponsorship by the president culturalists (the Trypillians, in the case of of Ukraine which originated with the and/or the prime minister of Ukraine. Dear Editor: Ukraine, approximately 7,000-6,000 to 3,000-2,000 B.C.), a long folded-over princes (kniazi) of Ukraine in the 10th It would be feasible, if not easy, to As a follow-up to your short article on century, is embroidered in gold thread establish a high quality K-12 program piece of fabric with a cut-out for the head the most popular names in Ukraine was the thing to wear. Echoes of this within the traditional multi-colored floral with a Ukrainian theme in New York (August 10) which reported that design both on the front panels (three City. The city government would provide tunic-style knee-length sorochka are seen Oleksander, Danylo and Maksym were in the hip- and knee-length men’s shirts times) and on the cuffs. This is certainly the bulk of the funding. Contributions the top boys’ names and Anastasia, of certain regions of western Ukraine. a most patriotic gesture of the embroider- from the Ukrainian American community Daryna and Maria were the top girls’ The tucked-in sorochka for men became er and of the wearer of the sorochka. That and assistance from the Ukrainian gov- names, I did a survey of the most popular common in central and eastern Ukraine. the sorochka survived Soviet times is ernment could create a financially sound, names at the International Plast Jamboree In time, ornamentation with darkened also remarkable. academically outstanding school. in Canada last year among the scouts (age and then dyed threads developed into the The Rev. Oleksander Harkavy of Partnerships and exchanges with leading 12 to 18) and leaders (age 18 to approxi- weaving and designs which Winnipeg first arrived in the city in early schools in Ukraine would also be logical. mately 28). The top three names were: make the sorochka such an amazing August 1991 to perform at the A cogent precedent for such an initia- Kateryna (Katrusia, Katya), Larysa and thing. These designs and their placement Folklorama Festival. At the time he was a tive exists. The Hellenic Classical Charter Chrystyna for girls, and Andrii, Oleksa were not random, but were there to pro- “Narodnyi Artyst Ukrainy,” an honored School in Brooklyn, a borough of New (Oles) and Stefan for boys. tect the wearer from all the unclean and nationally awarded artist-performer, and York City, has a partnership with the Of course, this was not as large a sam- evil spirits and powers out there. They only years later moved to Winnipeg to Greek Ministry of Education. It serves a ple as the Ukrainian one – which counted also symbolized specific motifs of the study theology. We met on the Saturday broad population not limited to Greeks. registrations of newborns – and it was earth, fertility, nature, the celestial bodies before the putsch of August 19, 1991. At The establishment of a sophisticated smaller, approximately 800. and ancestors. one point, the conversation turned to the urban school with a Ukrainian theme in I took another survey this spring, As with the motifs in pysanky, wood- sorochka, and Father Harkavy remem- New York City could go a long way where the sample was even smaller – my bered how in Ukraine in the 1970s a stu- toward developing an urban Ukrainian grandson’s “Pershi Kroky” play group in carving, weaving, metalwork and all the folk arts, the symbols are rarely realistic, dent could be expelled or persecuted for language for Ukraine. “If you can make it Toronto, which boasts 70 kids, age 1 to wearing a vyshyvanka in public. It was a in New York, you can make it anywhere,” 2-1/2. This survey gives us an idea of but are quite stylized and even abstract. This makes these designs so much more dangerous piece of clothing. as we say here. what’s popular today. The top boys’ An image that remains in my mind names were Marko and Petro, the top fascinating. And, of course, the regional Bohdan A. Oryshkevich from childhood is something I saw in a girls’ names – Yulia and Sofiyka. differences of cut, placement of orna- New York ment, color and the designs of the orna- history book, – I think it was “The Black Oksana Zakydalsky ments vary so greatly, creating a wealth Deeds of the Kremlin: A White Book.” The links below, provided by Dr. Toronto of beauty and meaning. The chapter on the Soviet massacre of The (at least the horsemen) Ukrainians in Vinnytsia in 1937-1938 were not our direct ancestors. Most prob- includes many photographs. The one I ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ably some of the agricultural Scythians remember shows a victim wearing his mentioned by Herodotus were. That vyshyvanka. The pamphlet “Crime of small gold figure of the dancing Scythian Moscow in Vynnytsia” (Edinburgh: Obama on EU’s emergency summit in a squatting position wearing his geo- Scottish League for European Freedom, metrically ornamented shirt sure tells us 1952) states: “Naturally, being buried for Sen. Barack Obama, Democratic Party candidate for president, issued the state- he’s one of us. years [uncovered in 1943], the features of ment below on September 1. There is very much information out victims had very much changed, but they there on the Ukrainian folk costume, and were recognized by the clothes, by the “I welcome the results of today’s emergency summit of European Union leaders in the embroidery and ornamentation of the Ukrainian shirts embroidered with love Brussels. The EU made clear, as I have repeatedly insisted, that Georgia’s territorial sorochka. It helps if you read Ukrainian, by the mothers and wives of the victims, integrity must be respected, that Russia’s recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia but there is more and more material and by the documents found in their as independent states must be rejected, that the six-point peace plan of August 12 must pockets.” appearing in English. The Ukrainian be implemented in its entirety, and that Georgia must be given substantial humanitari- “Sorochku maty vyshyla meni...” – Museum Gift Shop in New York (http:// an and economic assistance. I applaud the EU’s decision to postpone talks on a new My mother embroidered me a sorochka... www.ukrainianmuseum.org/shop/) car- EU-Russia partnership until Russia fully honors its commitments. I also applaud the I wonder if someone other than a ries books on Ukrainian folk costume, as EU’s decisions to send civilian monitors to Georgia as part of the necessary interna- Ukrainian would, first of all, compose a well as its own fine exhibition catalogues. tional monitoring mechanism provided for in the cease-fire agreement, and to sponsor song about the sorochka, resulting in that “Ukrainskyi Narodnyi Odiah – Ukrainian an international conference to assist reconstruction in Georgia. song being known and sung around the Folk Costume” (Toronto-Philadelphia: “Together with European and other partners, we must hold Russia accountable for world decades later. World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s its actions and stand united in support of a Europe in which all states can freely deter- The vyshyvanka is worn for the most Organizations, 1992), available at this mine their foreign policies and alliances and in which the rule of law is respected.” important personal and national occa- shop, is a bilingual Ukrainian-English sions, whether a private event, or one of volume on the costume in all regions of Mr. Skrypka’s festivals. The late Bill Ukraine. Hanischuk, a descendant of pioneers of Visit our archive on the Internet at: There are more and more fine books the Vita/Gardenton area of southeastern http://www.ukrweekly.com/ on the folk costume being published in Ukraine. Zinaida Vasina is the author of (Continued on page 22) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 No. 36

researched, but that the activities which U.S. oral history... took place throughout Ukrainian ethnic (Continued from page 1) territories during World War II also have monies. yet to be objectively and thoroughly All who spoke during the official pre- researched. sentation praised the appearance of the As editor of the Ukrainian version, Dr. Ukrainian translation of the Holodomor Stanislav Kulchytskyi, deputy director of publication, not only as a much-needed the Institute of History of the Ukrainian and significant milestone in Holodomor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, lauded scholarship, but also as an educational the Ukrainian translation of the U.S. instrument in better understanding the commission report as Dr. Mace’s “great- profound effects of the great tragedy. est legacy.” Dr. Kulchystkyi remarked that back in “It is painful but necessary to read 1988 Dr. Mace said that “perhaps this these volumes. We must be conscious of endeavor will not be noticed at present, and remember the evil deeds perpetrated but will act as a contribution for the against humanity even if they occurred future and sooner or later it will take long ago,” said Christopher Fitzgerald, root.” Dr. Kulchytskyi also reminded counselor of the U.S. Embassy’s Office members of the press and all those pres- on Press, Education and Culture in Kyiv. ent of the fact that it was Dr. Mace who Mr. Fitzgerald, who had arrived at his first coined the phrase about Ukrainians new post in Kyiv just two days earlier, being a “post-genocidal” society that has admitted that his presence at the yet to come to terms with this issue. Holodomor presentation was his first The former dissident and political pris- Illya M. Labunka official public appearance as a U.S. dip- oner Lev Lukianenko also offered some Co-presiding at the press conference are Vira Solovyiova, director of the Kyiv lomat in Ukraine and stated that he was rather eye-opening facts regarding the Mohyla Academy publishing house, and Dr. Viacheslav Briukhovetskyi, presi- honored by the opportunity. “No country, fate in Ukraine of the original English dent-emeritus of the National University of the Kyiv, speaks Mohyla Academy. no individual can afford to remain indif- version of the Oral History Project of the ferent to today’s global events, as those U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine. the timeliness of the appearance of the who remain silent today may find them- During his remarks as head of the Ukrainian translation of the Holodomor selves victims [of aggression] tomorrow,” Association of Reseachers of the publication. At the same time Mr. added Mr. Firtzgerald as he alluded to the Holodomor, Mr. Lukianenko claimed that Sverstiuk suggested that Milena ongoing tragic events in Georgia. multiple copies of the English-language Rudnytsky’s monograph on the Great Ukraine’s Minister of Culture and three-volume set spent years gathering Famine “Borotba za Pravdu pro Velykyi Tourism Vasyl Vovkun, in praising the dust in the basement of the official library Holod v Ukraini” (The Fight for Truth Ukrainian edition of the Holodomor pub- of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada and about the Great Famine in Ukraine), lication, announced various cultural, remained inaccessible to scholars as late which was published in the West, artistic and educational activities current- as 1994, years after Dr. Mace brought the deserves to be recognized and reprinted, ly in preparation or already taking place initial English version to Ukraine and as the information it contains is virtually throughout Ukraine and the world, such handed them over to the leaders of the unknown to this day to the average read- as the traveling photo exhibition in com- country’s Parliament. er in Ukraine. memoration of the 75th anniversary of While poet Ivan Drach recalled how In a more personal touch, presidential the Famine-Genocide. one-third of his native village adviser Dr. Mykola Zhulynskyi recalled The acting director of the National (Telizhentsi, Kyiv Oblast) was wiped out his first meeting with Dr. Mace during a Institute of Memory, Dr. Ihor by – and has never since recovered – the visit to North America in 1989. Dr. Yukhnovskyi, underscored that not only Holodomor, the literary critic and former Zhulynskyi admitted how inspired he is the Holodomor still not thoroughly political prisoner Yevhen Sverstiuk hailed was in meeting a non-Ukrainian who took upon himself the cause of dissemi- nating the truth about the Ukrainian Holodomor. Dr. Zhulynksyi remarked that Dr. Mace’s premature and tragic death should actually serve as a call for Lev Lukianenko, head of the Association everyone to continuously remember and of Researchers of the Holodomor, speaks memorialize the millions of victims of during the presentation of the Ukrainian the Holodomor through, and precisely as translation of the Oral History Project. a result of, the late historian’s valiant efforts. “The demographic and human tragedy of Ukraine’s worst catastrophe has pro- duced the ramifications of today’s politi- cal absurdity – this is the terrible price we are paying as a result of the famine of 1921-1922, the Holodomor of 1932-1933, and the famine of 1946-1947,” said Dr. Zhulynskyi. In addition to the three-volume trans- lated set, a fourth translated volume fea- turing a report on the commission’s activities is scheduled to be published in October on the eve of the 75th anniversa- ry events commemorating the Holodomor. Despite such a convergence of schol- ars speaking on the topic of enlighten- ment about the Holodomor, organizers of the press conference in Kyiv did not recall some of early pioneers and cata- lysts behind the founding of the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine. Christopher Fitzgerald, counselor for Thus, appropriate credit should also public affairs, Office of Press, Education have been given to the U.S.-based orga- and Culture. nization known as Americans for (AHRU) and specifi- New York and New Jersey deserved cally its head, Ihor Olshaniwsky (now equal recognition for their sponsorship of deceased), who was instrumental, despite the English version of the Oral History considerable odds, in securing passage of Project that became part of the report of appropriate bills in Congress, thanks to the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine the concerted efforts of both Rep. Jim Famine. Florio and Sen. Bill Bradley, both of A companion booklet to the soon-to- New Jersey which eventually paved the be-released fourth volume of the report way for the creation of the commission, will note the key roles played by these with Dr. James Mace serving as its and other Ukrainian community organi- appointed executive director. zations and individuals in the U.S. in the In addition. the Ukrainian American establishment of the U.S. Commission on Professionals and Businesspersons of the Ukraine Famine. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 9 Changing dynamics of the new wave of immigrants from Ukraine by Oleh Wolowyna

PART I The recent wave of immigrants from Ukraine, the so called Fourth Wave, a logical consequence of the declara- tion of independence by Ukraine in 1991, is probably the most important event in the recent history of the in the United States (as well as in other countries). It has had an effect on all aspects of diaspora life. We have started an in-depth investigation of the demo- graphic and socio-economic characteristics of this migra- tion wave and its potential impact on the organized Ukrainian community in the United States. In this article we present a few characteristics of all post-independence migrants from Ukraine to the U.S. and make a detailed examination of the changes between the early migrants of the Fourth Wave (migrants arriving in 1995-1999, as measured in 2000), and the more recent migrants (arriving during 2000-2005, as measured in 2005). The 2000 measurements are based on data from the 2000 census, while the 2005 measurements are based on data from the 2005 and 2006 American Community Surveys (ACS). Because the sample sizes of the ACS are much smaller than the census sample, we averaged the values from the 2005 and 2006 ACS to obtain more stable estimates, and denote these average values by 2005. Other topics being investigated are: a) geographical distribution of Fourth Wave migrants by state and cities; b) economic and linguistic assimilation of the new migrants; c) comparison of the Fourth Wave with the rest of Ukrainians in the United States; d) impact of the Fourth Wave on the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States and its potential for strengthening organized activi- ties in the community; e) dynamics of temporary visitors from Ukraine. Some of these results will be presented at the confer- ence “The Ukrainian Diaspora – Source of Positive Image of Ukraine in the World,” organized by the New Ukrainian Wave organization, to be held in Stamford, Conn., on September 20-21. We define Fourth Wave migrants as persons who satis- fy all of the following criteria: a) migrated from Ukraine to the U.S. between 1992 and 2005; b) born in Ukraine; c) declared “Ukrainian” as their first or second ancestry. (We should note that in other articles we have used 1995 instead of 1992 as the beginning year of migration in the definition of Fourth Wave migrants. The reason is that, according to data from the Ukrainian Institute of Statistics (Derzhkomstat), until 1994 more than half of all migrants from Ukraine were Jewish and only after 1995 did ethnic Ukrainians gradually become the dominant nationality in the migration stream from Ukraine to the U.S. Here we use the wider time period, in order to encompass all migrants since the independence of Ukraine. Ukrainians in the United States are defined as all per- sons who, in the census of population or the American Community Survey, declared “Ukrainian” as their first or second ancestry. According to this definition, there were close to 1 million persons of Ukrainian origin in the US in 2005* (Table 1). Of these, 670,000 (70 percent) were U.S. born and 284,000 (30 percent) were migrants. A total of 183,000 arrived in the U.S. between 1992 and 2005, and they con- These figures also exclude persons of Ukrainian ancestry small compared to the total U.S. population (about 0.3 stituted 64.5 percent of all migrants. who are totally assimilated and are not willing to admit percent), and this introduces a significant sampling error About 67,000 arrived between 1959 and 1991, only their Ukrainian origin. especially when we consider small numbers like yearly number of migrants from Ukraine to the U.S. These dif- 31,000 are left of the post-World War II migration Some characteristics of the Fourth Wave (1946-1958), and there are only 3,000 survivors of ferences can be also affected by sampling error, and can migrants who arrived before 1946. It is instructive to compare Fourth Wave migrants count- actually be smaller or bigger. Not all of these migrants came from Ukraine. In the ed in the 2000 census and the same persons counted five Probably the most important factor in this difference is first two migration waves (before 1946 and 1946-1958), years later (average of the 2005 and 2006 American return migration to Ukraine. Not all Fourth Wave migrants less than half were born in Ukraine (the second most Community Survey estimates). As shown in Graph 1, com- have settled in the U.S. on a permanent basis. It seems that, important country of birth was Canada), and during the paring these two counts for the same years (during the for a variety of reasons, quite a few of them decided at 1959-1991 period about 60 percent were born in Ukraine common period 1992-1999) we see that, five years later, in some point to return to Ukraine. Unfortunately there are no (the available data provides country of birth of migrants, most years the respective numbers of migrants from the reliable data on return migration, but this analysis seems to not country of previous residence). Among the Fourth 2000 census are significantly higher than the numbers for indicate that this return migration may be substantial. Wave migrants more than 80 percent were born in the same period in 2005. The total number of migrants We will present here two main characteristics of all Ukraine, and they number almost 153,000, or an average arriving during 1992-1999, as counted in 2005 is, on the Fourth Wave immigrants, as measured in 2005: their age- of 11,000 per year. average, 16.5 percent lower compared to the total of the sex composition and the proportion of persons speaking It is important to note that the 151,000 figure includes same migrants as counted in 2000, and the yearly differ- Ukrainian or Russian at home in different age groups. only persons who chose to answer the census or survey ences fluctuate between 4 percent and 26 percent. In Table 2 we show the age-sex distribution of all questionnaires and who, on their own initiative, stated These differences are due to four factors: a) some of migrants from Ukraine (1992-2005). We see that overall “Ukrainian” as their ancestry. Most likely these are main- the migrants counted in 2000 died between 2000 and there are more females than males among all migrants (54 ly migrants with legal residence status in the U.S., and 2005 and are not included in the 2005 count; b) some of percent are females). The percent female for persons under almost certainly most illegal migrants from Ukraine those who declared “Ukrainian” as their ancestry in 2000, age 5 is only 33 percent and slightly under 50 percent for residing in the U.S. are not included in these statistics. for a variety of reasons chose to declare another ancestry the next two age groups, 5-17 and 18-24. The percent in 2005; c) sampling error; d) return migration. female is around 55 percent for ages 25 to 64, and it Oleh Wolowyna is president of Informed Decisions The first factor, deaths of migrants, is probably quite increases to 64 percent for persons age 65 and older. Thus, Inc. based in Chapel Hill, N.C. A demographer, he has small, as is also likely the second factor. Sampling error there are many more males among small children, almost written previously for The Ukrainian Weekly about the can be an important factor in these differences, as the rel- U.S. Census and Ukrainians in the United States. ative number of persons of Ukrainian ancestry is quite (Continued on page 22) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 No. 36

Even before Ms. Merkel’s counsel, Defense faction leader Collapse... Ms. Tymoshenko and her parliamentary Viacheslav Kyrylenko declared (Continued from page 3) faction maintained a prudent policy dur- at the September 2 session. expects the coalition will collapse, a new ing the Georgian crisis, not getting “This is not a Ukrainian posi- one won’t emerge and pre-term elections involved on either side of the conflict. tion.” will be held this winter. The prime minister made her first Throughout the day, Mr. At the opening session of parliament statement on August 20, nearly two Kyrylenko referred to the align- on September 2, foreign policy was at the weeks after the war erupted, carefully ment among the Tymoshenko top of the agenda for Our Ukraine – mirroring the EU’s position of recogniz- Bloc, the Party of the Regions People’s Self-Defense (OU-PSD), and no ing Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial and the Communist Party on other faction. integrity without condemning Russia, as numerous votes as a “pro- well as supporting the six-point plan to In the aftermath of the Georgian war, Kremlin coalition.” end the war. the Party of the Regions of Ukraine In helping to pass the law Ms. Tymoshenko’s statement arrived (PRU) and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc transferring appointment and two days after Presidential Secretariat dismissal of the foreign affairs (YTB) preferred moderate foreign policy Vice-Chair Andrii Kyslynskyi accused minister to the prime minister, positions that would not offend the West the prime minister of betraying Ukraine’s Ms. Tymoshenko could further or Russia, where its members have exten- foreign policy interests by not condemn- undermine Ukraine’s NATO sive business interests. ing Russia and working in favor of integration by stripping its Although OU-PSD made NATO mem- Russian interests. most stalwart advocate, Mr. bership among its key platforms, the He claimed Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Yushchenko, of his significant Tymoshenko Bloc has traditionally tread Medvedchuk, who has family ties with influence on foreign policy. delicately. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and It was Mr. Yushchenko who For example, a bill the Cabinet of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, conspired appointed Borys Tarasyuk and Ministers drafted this summer, “On with Russians and pro-Russian Volodymyr Ohryzko, both Ukraine’s Domestic and Foreign Policy Ukrainians to raise $1 billion to finance NATO stalwarts, as Ukraine’s through 2010,” made no mention of Ms. Tymoshenko’s 2010 presidential foreign affairs ministers. Ukraine joining the NATO MAP. campaign. When it gained power in The Tymoshenko Bloc’s caution in “The election campaign’s work has 2006, the Party of the Regions dealing with Russia became especially practically begun,” Mr. Kyslynskyi said. sacked Mr. Tarasyuk for his apparent when it held back from con- “Ukrainian financial-industrial groups are strong positions on NATO. demning Russian aggression in Georgia, joining it.” Just two days after the only going so far as recognizing By the time of Parliament’s opening Tymoshenko Bloc voted to Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial session, the Our Ukraine – People’s Self- transfer the Ministry of Foreign Zenon Zawada integrity in the footsteps of the EU. Defense faction had squeezed the Affairs under the Cabinet’s Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense National German Chancellor Angela Merkel Georgian war for its maximum political control, the PRU registered a Deputy Volodymyr Viazivskyi of Lviv Oblast reportedly placed a telephone call on benefit, using it as a means to criticize the bill in Parliament to dismiss draped himself in a Georgian flag for the August 29 stressing the importance of Party of the Regions of Ukraine in align- Mr. Ohryzko, Mr. Tarasyuk’s September 2 opening session of the Verkhovna avoiding an escalation of the conflict, as ing itself with the Russian Federation. successor. Rada’s third session. well as any steps that could result in National Deputy Volodymyr Viazivskyi unanticipated actions. of the Lviv Oblast draped himself in a “Under conditions of increasing threats Georgian flag, which he waved through- to regional security, preserving political out the session. Party of Regions... politically from the party,” Mr. Chechetov stability should be Ukraine’s priority,” Ms. “The independence of Abkhazia and said. Merkel told Ms. Tymoshenko, according South Ossetia was recognized by Russia, (Continued from page 1) For years, Kyiv political observers to UNIAN. “This is a precondition for fur- Hamas, Hezbollah and the Party of the Vasylivna can’t understand what the reac- have described the tension within the ther steps towards integration.” Regions,” Our Ukraine – People’s Self- tion will be from the party’s leader and Party of the Regions between its prag- the party itself,” he added mockingly. matic, business wing that is willing to When asked by political scientist Dr. compromise with the West, led by Rinat Taras Kuzio whether she supported Mr. Akhmetov and Borys Kolesnikov, and Yanukovych’s position in favor of the pro-Russian faction led by Mr. Abkhazian or South Ossetian indepen- Yanukovych and Mykola Azarov. dence or President Viktor Yushchenko’s Ms. Bohatyriova is long known as a defense of Georgia’s territorial integrity, close ally of Messrs. Akhmetov and Ms. Bohatyriova said Mr. Yanukovych’s Kolesnikov, and political observers suspect- opinion is that of one individual and did ed her selection as NSDC secretary was a not reflect the party’s collective view. political favor Mr. Yushchenko extended to She said others in the party, such as Ukraine’s biggest industrial tycoon to ensure Taras Chornovil, shared the president’s Mr. Akhmetov’s business interests were defense of Georgia’s territorial integrity, protected within government. for which she expressed her full support, At the September 2 session of the Dr. Kuzio reported in his online blog. Verkhovna Rada Mr. Kolesnikov told The At the same luncheon, Dr. Ariel Cohen Ukrainian Weekly he supports Ms. of Washington’s Heritage Foundation Bohatyriova and is categorically against asked Ms. Bohatyriova whether she sup- the party’s decision to expel her from its ported Ukraine entering NATO’s ranks. “She did a lot for the party, and for Membership Action Plan (MAP). She Akhmetov, she will always be a close responded that she strongly supports it, person,” Mr. Kolesnikov told The particularly in the aftermath of the Ukrainian Weekly. Georgian war. Despite the apparent tensions within The Party of the Regions opposes a the party, Kyiv political expert Volodymyr NATO MAP for Ukraine, in line with the Fesenko said the PRU remains firmly Russian Federation’s position. united and doesn’t see any split within its “Those present at the USUBC lun- ranks. The party doesn’t approve of dem- cheon, such as myself, had read between onstrations of disunity in public, he said, the lines that she had little respect for particularly criticizing Mr. Yanukovych. him [Mr. Yanukovych],” Dr. Kuzio wrote “There are enough people in the Party in his blog. of the Regions leadership to defend In response, Ms. Bohatyriova declared Akhmetov’s interests and they won’t split on September 3 she was not leaving the over Bohatyriova,” Mr. Fesenko said. Party of the Regions, despite being “Akhmetov still needs a united and strong expelled from its membership. Her expul- Party of the Regions.” sion throws into question the party’s dem- Ms. Bohatyriova, among the few ocratic values and development, she said, active politicians who served in as well as the right to have an alternative Parliament as far back as its first convo- view. cation in 1990, was among the founding PRU National Deputy Mykhailo members of the Party of the Regions Chechetov told The Ukrainian Weekly on when it was launched in the early 00s. September 2 that party members have the “In the most difficult times, when it right to differing views, but not on funda- seemed the party had crossed the point of mental matters – namely, upholding no return, I remained at the political tri- Ukraine’s neutral geopolitical status, bune, calling everyone to unity, patience staunchly opposing Ukrainianization and faith in the ability to create a large efforts and integrating more closely with political force of the industrial east,” she the Russian Federation. “She diverged said after her expulsion. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 11

the Tymoshenko Bloc cut deals with the coup” that is not in Ukrainian or state prise the Our Ukraine – People’s Self- Majority coalition... pro-Russian opposition. interests, thus implying they were aiding Defense bloc, also took the YTB’s side. (Continued from page 1) When the PRU attempted to sack her in Moscow. Mr. Tarasyuk was previously closely had reached her boiling point in bearing July, Ms. Tymoshenko cut a deal with the The president said his opponents want aligned with Mr. Yushchenko, who the Presidential Secretariat’s persistent Communists in which they abandoned the control of investigators and the courts, and appointed him as his first foreign affairs criticisms throughout her prime minister- effort in exchange for several government should their legislation make it into law, minister. ship. posts. the government’s elementary system of Throughout the political crisis, YTB In her own nationally televised remarks Within weeks, Communist Mykola checks and balances would be ruined. deputies insisted they weren’t interested in later that evening, Ms. Tymoshenko cast Tymoshenko was appointed chair of the Little more than an hour before the dissolving the coalition and wanted it to herself as the victim of the Secretariat’s State Committee on Forestry Management, president’s address, led by Vice Prime remain intact. months-long smear campaign against her. and Vasyl Marmazov, the son of Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Ivan Ms. Tymoshenko said her official posi- In recent weeks, the Presidential Communist Deputy Yevhen Marmazov, Vasiunyk, the ministers allied with the tion on the Georgian war conformed to the Secretariat’s attacks grew exceptionally became an assistant to the minister of president walked out of the September 3 European Union’s stance. vicious and outrageous, in the view of the Internal Affairs. Cabinet of Ministers meeting in protest of Meanwhile, her bloc’s national deputies prime minister’s supporters. When it became apparent to Verkhovna the Tymoshenko Bloc’s actions. played a strategy of defending Ms. During the Georgian war, the Rada Chair Arseniy Yatsenyuk that the Not all members of the Our Ukraine – Tymoshenko’s honor, repeatedly demand- Secretariat accused Ms. Tymoshenko of YTB was teaming up with the PRU and People’s Self-Defense bloc opposed the ing an apology from Mr. Baloha for base- betraying national interests through her the Communists on critical votes, he Tymoshenko Bloc. less accusations that she had betrayed cautious position, alleging the Kremlin announced he could no longer preside The only minister aligned with the Ukraine’s interests. “Colleagues, are you not disturbed that was reserving $1 billion for her presiden- over the session since the Tymoshenko OU-PSD who remained at the Cabinet of the leader of the Democratic Forces tial campaign. Bloc had violated the coalition agree- Ministers meeting was Internal Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko, the leader of the Coaltion is accused of the worst crime?” “The political leadership of Russia is ment. “Political forces practically created a People’s Self-Defense party. His presence Ivan Kyrylenko, the Tymoshenko Bloc’s especially considering supporting Ms. new configuration, and I won’t participate meant there was a quorum for the minis- parliamentary faction chair, asked of the Tymoshenko for the presidential election in such a configuration,” Mr. Yatsenyuk ters’ meeting to continue. Our Ukraine deputies. “You don’t have the after fulfilling conditions, specifically the declared. “Pardon me, regardless that the After the meeting, Mr. Lutsenko called manhood to apologize on behalf of those prime minister’s and her bloc’s passive head of the Parliament represents the for the resignation of Mr. Baloha, who who did it.” positions on the conflict in Georgia,” entire Parliament, but there must be some besides making sensational claims against To remain in the coalition, the OU-PSD Secretariat Assistant Chair Andrii values. I won’t aid anyone and, more so, Ms. Tymoshenko has also led a smear and demanded that the Tymoshenko Bloc Kyslynskyi stated on August 18. stoop before someone.” deportation campaign against People’s return to the coalition conference, agree Then, on the eve of the Parliament’s The passage of any bill should occur in Self-Defense financer David Zhvania. on a resolution condemning the Russian opening session, Presidential Secretariat clear conformity with the Constitution of Consequently, no deputies from the Federation and repeal all the bills reducing Chair Viktor Baloha made the sensational Ukraine he said. “Rewriting and signing People’s Self-Defense party voted to leave the president’s authority. claim that Ms. Tymoshenko was hatching laws under this or another chair, or this or the coalition, and they remained aligned Meanwhile, Tymoshenko Bloc depu- an assassination attempt against him. another party, exclusively by political con- with the Tymoshenko Bloc. ties called for an apology to Ms. “I kept quiet this entire time, and I spiracy, should not be the politics that Borys Tarasyuk of the People’s Rukh Tymoshenko, while some wanted Mr. know you appreciated my silence. I even occur within the walls of the Parliament, of Ukraine, one of nine parties that com- Baloha’s resignation. came up with a special principle for and it’s not the type of politics that I will myself – do everything you can for the fulfill as parliamentary chair,” Mr. good of the country, and don’t pay atten- Yatsenyuk said. tion to intrigues,” Ms. Tymoshenko said Although leaders of both factions said Wherever you are, in her September 3 television address. they would strive to keep the coalition “I held together this suffering coalition, intact, it appeared highly unlikely a com- The Ukrainian Weekly can be there with you. fought for it with my last strength, and promise would be reached within the 10 kept it from collapsed agreements, guaran- days that Mr. Yatsenyuk must officially Check out THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY online at tees and persuasions with everything I declare the coalition dissolved. could. But it was all useless. President In order for that to happen, the faction www.ukrweekly.com Yushchenko killed it consciously, ardently seeking to abandon the coalition, in this and persistently,” she stated. case Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense The prime minister claimed the legis- (OU-PSD), must submit a document lation her faction passed with the pro- declaring its intention with the signatures Russian forces was not aimed at reducing of the majority of its members. the president’s power or impeaching him, More than a majority of OU-PSD but merely to better clarify the bounds of national deputies supported dissolving the authority within government and to dis- coalition at a September 3 meeting, and tinguish who had which power. Mr. Yatsenyuk announced the next morn- “Firstly, I wanted to clearly distinguish ing that he had received such a document. authority between the government and The OU-PSD faction used the alliance the president, as provided in the between the YTB and the PRU to cast the Constitution, and not to allow three gov- former as a betrayer of Ukrainian interests ernments, six prime ministers where that sold out to the Kremlin. everyone leads and no one is held Throughout the September 2 parlia- accountable,” Ms. Tymoshenko offered mentary session, OU-PSD called upon its as an explanation. coalition partner to pass a resolution con- In transferring control of the Security demning the Russian aggression in Service of Ukraine to the Cabinet, Ms. Georgia. Tymoshenko said she distinctly wanted it Faction Chair Viacheslav Kyrylenko out of the reach of “the president’s cir- issued an ultimatum that morning, cle,” a reference to Mr. Baloha, who demanding that the Tymoshenko Bloc allegedly directed the Security Service to attend an afternoon coalition conference to perform politically motivated investiga- draft a resolution on Georgia. tions of Ms. Tymoshenko and her allies. When the Tymoshenko Bloc abstained Mr. Baloha has turned the Security from attending the conference Mr. Service into “a repressive organ against Kyrylenko led his faction in attacking the politicians which you view as your com- Tymoshenko Bloc – in Parliament and in petitors,” Ms. Tymoshenko said. “And the the media – for aligning itself with Russian Security Service, unfortunately, doesn’t interests. carry out its main functions. It doesn’t “Where is the condemnation of the defend Ukraine’s national interests.” military aggression of the Russian Political experts unanimously agreed Federation against Georgia?” Mr. the legislation would convert Ukraine into Kyrylenko asked rhetorically of the a parliamentary republic just four years Tymoshenko Bloc. “Where is the assess- after the country was a presidential repub- ment of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia, lic with former President Leonid Kuchma which from our territory conducted mili- enjoying wide-ranging authority and tary operations in Georgia, with which power in all spheres of politics. we have agreements to offer help and In teaming up with the Party of the support? Why were there votes, which Regions and the Communists, the are in essence anti-Ukrainian, to change Tymoshenko Bloc mustered enough votes laws on temporary investigative commis- to elect YTB National Deputy Mykola sions, which are the beginning of the Tomenko as the Parliament’s vice-chair president’s impeachment?” and PRU lawmaker Oleksander The next day, Mr. Yushchenko echoed Lavrynovych as the Parliament’s first these sentiments in his live television vice-chair, the higher post. address, declaring that his opponents had It was the not first time this year that launched a “political and constitutional 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 No. 36 Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival – the 43rd – held in Dauphin by Al Kachkowski night’s dance with the Saskatoon-based band Tut i Tam left festival participants DAUPHIN, Manitoba – Canada’s and the grandstand show MC raving about National Ukrainian Festival took place in the event all day Sunday. Dauphin, Manitoba, on August 1-3. The Although ticket prices increased this 43rd annual festival was preceded on year, festival participants saw an expand- July 31 by an all-day summer street fair ed entertainment program that will keep and dance sponsored by Dauphin’s this festival a premiere event on North Chamber of Commerce. America’s Ukrainian entertainment cal- The festival featured four Ukrainian endar. dance ensembles and six dance bands Kevin Zalischuk, entertainment chair- originating from four provinces of person, stated, “We are currently actively Canada. building the festival and attracting more Innovative features this year were an patrons with improved programming. expanded program on Sunday, which We will continue to grow next year in included an evening stage show followed preparation for our 45th festival in 2010, by a first-class fireworks display. Saturday which will be a spectacular event.”

Al Kachkowski Rusalka’s “Pryvit” dance.

Rusalka of Winnipeg, Manitoba, performs an intricate dance.

The “Hutsul tower” devised by Vohon of Edmonton, Alberta.

Canada’s Riding and Dancing Kozaks ride toward the stage. Dance troupe members stroll through the Heritage Village.

The Todaschuk sisters vocal duo of Winnipeg. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 13 Soyuzivka offers exciting camping experience for kids of all ages by Bohdana Puzyk KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Once again this summer children gathered at Soyuzivka for an exciting camping expe- rience during which they were able to catch up with old friends and meet new ones. Soyuzivka has been sponsoring camps for over 50 years, and the tradition of nurturing and encouraging Ukrainian pride continues. Discovery Camp, a sleep-away camp for children over the age of 8 was organized and administered by Sandy Lemekha as the director, with Christine Danyluk as her sec- ond in command. The counselors were Myroslava Kundelska, Larrisa Oprysk and Yevgeniy Fediv, and Laura Bonney was a junior counselor. The children who attend- ed this year’s camp came from as far away as Kyiv and Toronto and as close as New York and New Jersey. The theme for this year’s camp was Ukrainian and American holidays. The children learned about Ukrainian Christmas Eve and Easter, and how they Little campers at Soyuzivka hold the U.S. and Ukrainians flags during morning assembly. are celebrated in different areas of Ukraine; they shared their own traditions flies, lady bugs, beetles and bees. This and experiences. They were also treated year’s group of children hailed from as to a traditional Christmas Eve dinner pre- far north as Canada, as far south as pared by Chef Andrij Sonevytsky. Among Florida and as far west as California, and the non-Ukrainian holidays they cele- many states in between. brated was Mardi Gras. Along with hik- Daily activities included music, dance, ing, zip lining, rapelling, scuba lessons, crafts, storytelling and games. The chil- water Olympics, scavenger hunts, and dren learned their Ukrainian songs with crafting, the campers also enjoyed a Ms. Williams (first week) and Olya Fryz movie night under the stars, on the lawn (second week). Both of these women are of Lviv, and a Soyuzivka luau. accomplished musicians – Ms. Williams During the afternoons, the children is the music teacher for the School of learned about Hutsul art and Ukrainian Ukrainian Studies in Yonkers, N.Y., and woodcarvings. Ducia Hanushevska, an Ms. Fryz is a noted singer with her own acclaimed artist of Trypillian and Hutsul CDs. ceramics, taught the children about the Andrij Oprysko and his young assis- various designs in Hutsul art. Then the tant, Alexandra Lemekha, introduced the children designed their own plates. youngest to their first steps in Ukrainian Bohdana Puzyk explained the various dance and enriched the older children’s styles of woodcarving, and the campers repertoire of steps. created their own wooden crosses, using Ms. Junas designed all of the crafts for veneers and beads. this year and worked with the campers in The music counselor, Christine collaboration with Ms. Hanushevska. Day camp participants sing with Olya Fryz during Hutsul Night. Williams, taught the children many new The various crafts included butterflies, songs. These songs were sung not only at lady bugs, traditional Ukrainian head- vocabulary. Each exciting week came to an end on their bonfire, but also when the campers dresses for the girls, Ukrainian flags, and Games with Ms. Puzyk taught campers Friday at Odesa Night with the children performed for Soyuzivka guests at Hutsul camp T-shirts. The T-shirt had a Hutsul to count to 10 in Ukrainian know the performing their songs and dances for night. design on the front, which the children Ukrainian words for colors, and write Soyuzivka guests. Each child was pre- The traditional farewell bonfire was could color on their own, and was creat- their names in Ukrainian. sented with a certificate of attendance, a held on Friday night with a barbecue lun- ed by Natalka Doblosky. To assist with the children there were goodie bag of his/her projects and a cheon on Saturday at which parents had Christine Centore (first week) and two junior counselors; Tessa Junas and stuffed toy Collie to remember this fun- the opportunity to see all of the crafts Christine Danyluk (second week) not Adi Cherniak-Mack, both extraordinary filled time. projects and hear about the many adven- only introduced the children to some new additions to the camp. They kept an eye The Ukrainian National Association tures that the children enjoyed during Ukrainian “kazky,” but also reacquainted on and helped with the youngest camp- and Soyuzivka’s management thanked their camping experience. them with favorites from the past. The ers, who sometimes needed that special the parents for supporting the camping Children age 4-8 participated in stories are read in both Ukrainian and one-on-one attention as they waved good- experience at Soyuzivka and expressed Heritage Day Camp. The camp’s pro- English, which expands the children’s bye to Mama. their hopes to see everyone again next gram was carefully planned and orga- Ukrainian vocabulary. In addition, these After lunch the children participated in year. The tentative dates for the 2009 nized by Ms. Puzyk and Natalka Junas. ladies took English-language stories and group sing-alongs, relay races, and team camps are: Discover Camp – July 19-25; The theme was “A Bug’s Life” and the translated them into Ukrainian for the play, and on Friday enjoyed the tradition- Day Camp – July 20-24 (Session 1) and children represented mosquitoes, butter- children, also broadening their Ukrainian al Friday Ice Cream Party. (Session 2).

The “Zozulky” (Lady Bugs)...... and “Komari” (Mosquitoes) perform at Odesa Night. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 No. 36

called its “irresponsible decision.” U.S. NEWSBRIEFS presidential candidates Barack Obama CLA CLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 2) and John McCain have both condemned (Ukrinform) Russia’s decision. The European Union TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 has said it will examine the “consequenc- Rada elects vice-chairmen es” of Russia’s decision and would hold SERVICES an emergency summit on the issue on KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on September 1. German Chancellor Angela September 2 elected Oleksander Merkel termed the decision “unaccept- Lavrynovych of the Party of the Regions able” during a speech in Tallinn. She (PRU) as its first vice-chairman. Mykola called the move “inconsistent with my, Tomenko of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and I think our common, understanding was elected second-vice-chairman. Mr. of the principle of territorial integrity and Lavrynovych is a former member of the the fundamental international rights of National Rukh of Ukraine and while a nations and is therefore absolutely unac- Rukh member served as minister of justice ceptable.” (RFE/RL) in 2002-2005. He served again as justice minister in 2006-2007, but then as a mem- U.K.’s Miliband visits Kyiv ber of the PRU. Mr. Tomenko was vice Run your advertisement here, prime minister for humanitarian affairs in KYIV – The United Kingdom’s Foreign in The Ukrainian Weekly’s 2005; in 2007 he was a vice-chairman of Secretary David Miliband visited Kyiv on CLASSIFIEDS section. the Verkhovna Rada. (Radio Liberty) Wednesday, August 27. While there he delivered a speech commenting on the sit- Resolution on Georgia fails to pass uation in Georgia, the importance of pro- tecting democratic principles and the rela- KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada did not tionship between the U.K. and Ukraine. PROFESSIONALS pass any of the nearly 10 proposed resolu- He said in part: “‘I have come to Ukraine tions dealing with the crisis in Georgia, it today for one reason above all others: in was reported on September 2. The propos- the midst of the Georgia crisis, I want to als ranged from condemning Russia’s re-affirm the commitment of the United actions in Georgia to recognizing the inde- Kingdom to support the democratic choic- pendence of the separatist regions of South es of the Ukrainian people. We offer this Ossetia and Abkhazia. The latter proposal support bilaterally, following the highly managed to get 167 supporting votes. successful visit by your president to Meanwhile the Rada’s Committee on London, and his agreement with our prime Interparliamentary Ties with Georgia WEBSITE DESIGN minister to deepen the wide-ranging part- adopted its own statement in which it con- nership between the UK and Ukraine, Perfect for your business or demned the “act of aggression of the from energy to Euro 2012. An important organization. A working website, your own Russian Federation against the state of Georgia.” The statement noted that Russia part of the joint statement by the president domain, hosting and training. Only $239. and the prime minister was agreement that www.BestValueWebsite.com had violated the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of together we would remember the www.UkrainianWebsite.com another state, and called Russia’s recogni- Holodomor. 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The sight of and all 27 members of the Communist fac- Russian tanks in a neighboring country on tion voted for a draft parliamentary resolu- the 40th anniversary of the crushing of the tion recognizing the independence of Prague Spring has shown that the tempta- South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Members of tions of power politics remain. The old the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (156 depu- sores and divisions fester. And Russia is GEORGE B. KORDUBA ties), Our Ukraine (72 deputies) and the not yet reconciled to the new map of this Counsellor at Law Volodymyr Lytvyn Bloc (19 deputies) did region. …Russia has shown in deed in the Emphasis on Real Estate, Wills, Trusts and Elder Law not cast a single vote for the resolution. last two weeks what anyone could have Not even Belarus, Venezuela or Cuba has MERCHANDISE Ward Witty Drive, P.O. Box 249 foretold: that it can defeat the Georgian MONTVILLE, NJ 07045 recognized the independence of South army. 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That means bol- stering our allies, rebalancing the energy PRAGUE – Western powers have con- relationship with Russia, defending the demned Russia’s recognition of the rules of international institutions, and Georgian separatist regions of South renewing efforts to tackle ‘unresolved Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent conflicts.’” Mr. Miliband also stated that countries. U.S. Secretary of State Ukraine – clearly “a European country” – Condoleezza Rice has ruled out the should be accepted into the European Russian move being accepted by the Union once it fulfills the criteria for mem- United Nations, saying the international bership. As regards Ukraine’s membership community will continue to consider in NATO, he said, “At Bucharest NATO South Ossetia and Abkhazia as belonging said it would welcome you – if you want to Georgia. “Since the United States is a it. Now we should use the NATO-Ukraine permanent member of the Security Commission to chart the route to a choice Council, this simply will be dead on about membership.” (Office of the UK arrival in the Security Council and there- Foreign Secretary) fore, in accordance with other Security WANT IMPACT? Council resolutions that are still in force, Cheney visits Azerbaijan Abkhazia and South Ossetia are [within] BAKU – U.S. Vice President Dick Run your advertisement here, the internationally recognized borders of Cheney said on September 3 that the United in The Ukrainian Weekly’s Georgia, and it’s going to remain so,” Dr. States has a deep and abiding interest in the CLASSIFIEDS section. Rice said. President George W. Bush has called on Moscow to reconsider what he (Continued on page 15) No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 15

issuing visas to Georgians next week. (Voice NEWSBRIEFS of America) (Continued from page 14) Medvedev on Georgian conflict security of the Caucasus region. Speaking after talks in Baku with Azerbaijan’s MOSCOW – Russian President Dmitry President Ilham Aliyev, Mr. Cheney stressed Medvedev says his country will not agree the importance of recognition for the princi- to any contacts with Georgian President ple of territorial integrity he said is endan- Mikheil Saakashvili. Mr. Medvedev told With great sadness, we inform you gered by Russia’s recent invasion of Italian television interviewers on September st Georgia. Mr. Aliyev echoed the vice-presi- 2 that his country considers the Georgian of the repose in the Lord in her 81 year of life dent’s views. Mr. Cheney was in Azerbaijan leader a political corpse. He was replying to of our dear mother, grandmother and cousin at the start of regional tour to show support a question on whether his country would for former Soviet republics in the aftermath discuss a settlement in Georgia at an inter- of the fighting. The U.S. vice-president later national conference. The Russian leader travels to Georgia and Ukraine. The com- also criticized American policy in Georgia, Myroslava Pavlovsky ments came as the United States prepares to accusing the United States of helping announce a $1 billion economic aid package orchestrate the recent conflict there, a née Klymenko to help Georgia rebuild after Russia’s mili- charge U.S. diplomats have denied. Earlier, tary action. In Moscow, Russian Foreign Russia criticized the European Union’s Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko decision to suspend partnership talks with criticized U.S. calls for rebuilding Georgia’s Moscow over the conflict. But Foreign military as unhelpful. Earlier, the European Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko Parliament appealed to Russia to honor all praised the majority of EU countries for In deep sorrow: its commitments for a complete and imme- deciding on September 1 not to impose Daughter Christine Syzonenko with husband Walter diate withdrawal of its forces from Georgia. other immediate penalties on Moscow for and children Mykola, Katerina, Alexander Meanwhile, Georgian lawmakers voted to its Georgian offensive. Meanwhile, Son Taras with wife Lilia lift martial law imposed after the outbreak Georgia on September 2 formally informed and children Kyrylo and Zoya of fighting in Georgia. Separately, Russia Russia of its decision to cut diplomatic rela- Daughter Natalka Weismantel with husband Matthew shut down its Embassy and Consulate in tions between the two countries. (Voice of and son Leonid Tbilisi on September 3, and says it will stop America) Cousins Halyna Levytsky in Canada and Oksana Mishchykla in Ukraine

The funeral was held on Friday, September 5, 2008, at the St. Andrew Cemetery, S. Bound Brook, N.J.

Those wishing to honor her memory are invited to make a donation to the Orphanage Fund of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, PO Box 495, S. Bound Brook, N.J. 08880.

May her memory be eternal

KATHLEEN HULCHIY

Kathleen (Kay) Hulchiy, née Zubinski, born November 29, 1913, died on August 23, 2008.

She was the beloved wife of Nicholas J.; dear mother of Karen Pope and Nicholas; cherished baba of Kathy (Mark) Krieschen, Scott Pope, Kris (Rich) Carpenter and the late Tom Pope; Great-Baba of Brad, Katie (Adam) Bruskin, Nick, Karen, Kerry, Zack, Kloe and Kacey.

Pani Hulchiy was a well-respected fi gure in the Ukrainian community in Chicago, Illinois, and, for over 50 years, helped thousands of Ukrainian immigrants with income tax, immigration and other such matters with which they were unfamiliar.

Her funeral service was held on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at St. Joseph’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Norridge, Illinois. She was interred at St. Nicholas Cemetery. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 No. 36

Conception in Philadelphia on August 20, International Leaders Forum at the invita- Bishop Paska... and a priest’s parastas was offered that eve- Bohatyriova’s... tion of the U.S. National Democratic (Continued from page 4) ning. (Continued from page 3) Institute. Church of St. Michael in Cherry Hill, N.J. The funeral liturgy was offered on doubt about its patriotism and resolute- While in Washington, she had talks On March 19, 1992, the Rev. Paska was August 21 in the Cathedral of the ness in the face of aggression, she said, with the president’s national security ordained a bishop and was appointed auxil- Immaculate Conception. Concelebrating the adding, “The colors of Ukraine will advisor, Stephen Hadley, as well as State iary bishop for the Archeparchy of liturgy were hierarchs and clergy of the remain the blue and yellow of our flag.” Department and other administration offi- Philadelphia. From that same year he exe- Eastern and Latin Churches. Burial was at When she accepted President cials. She also had meetings in Congress, cuted the obligations of the general and Our Lady of Sorrows Cemetery in Yushchenko’s appointment to be NSDC and with representatives of influential judicial vicar. Langhorne, Pa. secretary, Ms. Bohatyriova recalled, some non-governmental organizations and In accordance with the Code of Canon in her Party of the Regions suggested that Ukrainian American organizations. She Law for the Eastern Churches, at age 75 Sources: Information Department of the she be thrown out of the party. Then, the concluded her Washington program on Bishop Paska retired from his position. Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, suggestion was not carried out. August 30 with a visit to the Taras The body of Bishop Paska was received Philadelphia Archeparchy of the Ukrainian The luncheon, held at the prestigious Shevchenko monument. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Catholic Church. Metropolitan Club near the White House, The luncheon sponsor – the came near the end of Ms. Bohatyriova’s U.S.-Ukraine Business Council – is a pri- weeklong visit to the United States. It vate association of now close to 100 com- included a trip to Denver, where she panies and institutions interested in attended the Democratic National expanding economic ties between the two Convention and participated in the countries.

Oleksiy Synelnychenko Raisa Bohatyriova addresses the attendees of a luncheon sponsored by the U.S.- Ukraine Business Council at the Metropolitan Club in Washington. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 17 Summit at Soyuzivka focuses on Ukrainian Catholic University by Matthew A. Rarey decades of persecution, first by the Nazis and then full force by the Communists,” CHICAGO – Journeying from Ukraine Mr. Neubecker said. “It is a great cause, and across the United States, the board of which comes maybe once in a lifetime. I directors of the Ukrainian Catholic feel very blessed for this opportunity and Education Foundation (UCEF) convened am honored to dedicate myself for what- at Soyuzivka the last weekend of July to ever remaining time the good Lord has pursue two main objectives: strategize for given me to this cause, including working the future of both the UCEF and the for the UCEF and UCU in educating and Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), training the outstanding students who the only Catholic university on the terri- will enrich the UGCC, the universal tory of the former Soviet Union; and pre- Church, and Ukraine.” pare for what the board calls “the most Mr. Neubecker is an old friend of fel- extensive fall fund-raising tour for UCU low director Guy Camarata, with whom ever.” he shared his enthusiasm for UCU. Now Six of the board’s seven members were the two former business associates are present: John F. Kurey, president; Prof. partners once more, journeying to UCU Jeffrey Wills, vice-president; Charles several times a year to teach staff and Neubecker, treasurer and secretary; Guy administrators the lessons they learned as Camarata; Oleh Karawan; and the Rev. businessmen in key areas such as man- Dr. Borys Gudziak, rector of UCU. The agement and strategic planning. seventh member, the Rev. Michael Loza Speaking of good business practices, of UCEF-Canada, could not be there in skeptics might ask why the directors of a UCEF supporter Ihor Shust (left) with board members (from left) the Rev. Dr. person but joined via teleconference call. non-profit organization (NPO) with the Borys Gudziak, Orest Kyzyk and Charles Neubecker. Mr. Kurey was particularly pleased highest efficiency rating available to an the university’s website at www.ucu.edu. 60622; telephone, 773-235-8462; e-mail, with the results of the Soyuzivka meet- NPO – one dedicated to fund-raising on ua. Readers may also contact the [email protected]; website, www.ucef.org. ing. “We spent approximately 18 hours behalf of a frugal university that makes over two days discussing and deciding Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation The phone number of the UCEF in every dollar count – enjoyed a retreat at a at 2247 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL Canada is 416-239-2495. serious issues, including succession plan- resort rather than teleconference or meet ning for the foundation, financial and under more austere circumstances. budgeting targets, and how to help UCU “A donor who wishes to remain anon- and the Ukrainian Catholic Church. ymous strongly emphasized that the Want to see These kinds of meetings are important entire board should meet in person,” because they help us to maximize the explained Mr. Szymanski. That donor your name in print? utility of our efforts and the resources we financed the entire summit, including are entrusted with.” travel expenses for the participants, with Then why not become a correspondent of One of the biggest issues the board the special intention of patronizing addressed was UCU’s campaign to “build Soyuzivka as an important Ukrainian The Ukrainian Weekly in your community? for the future” – not just metaphorically, American institution. “Being together for We welcome submissions from all our Ukrainian communities, no matter as in growing the endowment to help a long weekend – praying together, where they are located. Let the rest of us know what you’re up to in your meet annual costs, but literally, as in enjoying hearty meals and the beautiful extending the campus and building stu- surroundings together – this was a won- corner of the Ukrainian diaspora! dent housing. derful opportunity to build friendships “University-provided student housing and, thus, better serve the cause of the Any questions? Call The Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext. 3049. is virtually non-existent in Ukraine,” Ukrainian Catholic University and the according to the UCEF’s executive direc- Church in Ukraine.” tor, Daniel R. Szymanski, Jr. “Building For some of the participants, the visit dormitories will nurture an even more to Soyuzivka was also a nostalgic home- inviting community at UCU, and help coming. make it home to more students from all “All of us in Ukraine are very grateful across Ukraine and beyond. This is espe- for the tremendous support that we have cially important as UCU [which has from the North American community, about 1,000 full and part-time students] especially through the UCEF [Ukrainian progresses toward establishing an addi- Catholic Education Foundation],” said tional campus in Lviv.” the Rev. Gudziak, a New York native. Discussion of the fall fund-raising “For me, having spent so many happy events occupied a large part of the agen- and adventurous moments at Soyuzivka, da. These events traditionally have served this coming together of our non-Ukraini- to thank and update existing UCU donors an supporters with Ukrainian-Americans (via the UCEF) about the university, at this retreat setting was a particularly attract new supporters and generate a big gratifying experience. I would recom- part of the university’s annual budget of mend Soyuzivka to all organizations, over $2 million. whether they’re planning reunions or In addition to the fund-raising events strategic planning sessions like the one planned for Canada and the United States we conducted with our board members.” this fall – in Parma, Ohio, on October 26; The Rev. Gudziak added that “it was New York City on November 2; Chicago also a special experience to celebrate the on November 9; and Warren, Mich., on liturgy at the Soyuzivka parish, which November 16 – the Ukrainian Catholic saw its development in the 1960s under University will host its first ever fund- the guidance of today’s Patriarch raiser in Kyiv on October 11. Lubomyr [Cardinal Lubomyr Husar], UCU also has recently opened an who is also the grand chancellor of office in Brussels, Belgium, to generate UCU.” support from donors in EU countries. During the summit, the board wel- One unique feature of the UCEF’s suc- comed everyone at Soyuzivka to a mini- cess is that a significant majority of update about the UCEF and UCU. Roma donors each year are non-Ukrainians. Lisovich, treasurer of the Ukrainian Most of these generous souls are Roman National Association, was among them. Catholics, such as UCEF board member “It was truly inspiring. The [UCEF] Charles “Chuck” Neubecker, who volun- has drawn people of exceptional caliber teers his time and expertise on the board with an unbelievable dedication to their of directors and contributes financially to mission,” she later said by e-mail. “Their the UCEF as well. commitment comes from a sincere “I became interested in UCU first by desire to create an institution that stress- teaching at its English Summer School in es intellectual, personal, ethical and aca- 2001, and then quickly became fully ded- demic achievement with service to oth- icated to helping the Ukrainian Greek- ers. This promises to change the fabric of Catholic Church [UGCC] recover from Ukrainian society, and this group [the UCEF] deserves our community sup- Matthew A. Rarey is communications port.” specialist at the Ukrainian Catholic Further information about UCU (in Education Foundation. English and Ukrainian) is available on 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 No. 36

NOTES ON PEOPLE

“matura.” An avid athlete, he played soccer Serves as magistrate for many years for the Philadelphia Tryzub sports club. He was also a member (and in Michigan since ‘06 currently remains so) of Plast Ukrainian by Bohdan Korduba Scouting Organization. During the summers of his youth, he FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – Since went to Plast camp in East Chatham, N.Y.; October of 2006, Michael Sawicky, a first- in the wintertime, he attended Plast ski generation Ukrainian American, has presid- camps in Canada and upstate New York. ed as a magistrate in the 47th District Court Eventually, he was a counselor at the camps. in Farmington Hills, Mich. While in college, he joined the Chervona Mr. Sawicky was appointed to this posi- Kalyna Plast fraternity. tion by the two current judges (Marla E. Mr. Sawicky said: “My experiences Parker and James B. Brady) and is one of through Plast, both as a scout and counselor, three magistrates assigned to the court. The prepared me the most for life and taught me court’s jurisdiction encompasses the cities how to become independent.” of Farmington and Farmington Hills, which After graduating from LaSalle College are suburbs of Detroit and are located in High School, he went on to study econom- Oakland County. ics at Fordham University in New York City His duties include issuing search and and graduated in 1991. Desiring to become arrest warrants, conducting criminal arraign- an attorney, he enrolled at the University of ments on both felonies and misdemeanors, Detroit Mercy School of Law. hearing civil infraction cases, traffic offens- Graduating in 1994, he anticipated a es and zoning violations, and deciding small career as a labor lawyer negotiating con- Magistrate Michael E. Sawicky claim matters (cases where the amount in tracts between unions and automotive com- controversy does not exceed $3,000). panies. However, after a lengthy interview tice as an attorney specializing in criminal client and advising them throughout a The magistrate has the authority to sen- process he was hired by the Oakland County defense cases. He has represented hundreds case, I embrace the opportunity to make tence people to probation terms and up to Prosecutor’s Office. While there, he culti- of people charged with everything from crucial decisions that affect peoples’ 90 days in jail. He also has the legal authori- vated his trial skills in the courtroom and traffic tickets to murder. lives. I respect the law and fully accept ty to perform marriage ceremonies. Per a took part in training seminars sponsored by “My career both as a practicing attor- the responsibility that comes with being rotation system, he is on-call for certain the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of ney and a magistrate enables me to meet in my position, but I also treat people the months of the year where he is in direct Michigan, as well as the National College people from all walks of life,” Mr. way that I want to be treated.” communication with the various law of District Attorneys. As time went on, his Sawicky said, “and while the cases are Mr. Sawicky married the former Dianna enforcement agencies to perform the issu- interest in criminal law grew and became often difficult to accept, or even fathom, Korduba in 1994. Mrs. Sawicky is an ance of search warrants and to conduct in- his main specialty. I always remain thankful to be in a posi- engineer with the Ford Motor Co. Together custody arraignments on weekends. Ultimately, he wanted to maintain his tion of authority. Whether I am presiding they have two children, Catherine and Mr. Sawicky, son of Eugene and Danuta own practice and in 2001 Mr. Sawicky hung over a matter as a magistrate and render- Daniel. The family resides in Farmington Sawicky is originally from Philadelphia. As up a shingle and went into business for him- ing a difficult decision or representing a Hills. a youth, he was active in the Ukrainian self. He currently maintains an office in community. He graduated from the local Farmington Hills and, in addition to his School of Ukrainian Studies, achieving the duties as a magistrate, operates a solo prac- Catholic Church in Jewett, N.Y.” (tem- Artist exhibits works pera), “Quiet Corner” (tempera), “Serenity” (tempera) and “Ukrainian in upstate New York Church in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine” (sepia). TANNERSVILLE, N.Y. – Taras In addition, Mr. Schumylowych and Schumylowych of Tannersville, N.Y., three of his grandchildren, Xenia, Justin participated in the annual exhibition of and Larissa, took part in the 61st annual Ukrainian artists in the United States held group exhibition of Twilight Park Artists at the Grazhda, the Ukrainian cultural in Haines Falls, N.Y., on August 9-10. center near St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Mr. Schumylowych exhibited two works: Catholic Church in Jewett, N.Y. portraits of his mother and father. Mr. Schumylowych was one of some The Schumylowyches were among 80 artists whose works were on display close to 100 artists whose works – paint- from July 6 though September 1. He ings, sculptures, photographs, etc. – were exhibited his paintings “Ukrainian displayed in this year’s show.

“Ukrainian Church in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine” (sepia) by Taras Schumylowych.

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Leonid Grach, an ally of the pro-Yanuk- valve to deliver its assertive message. Party of the Regions... ovych faction in the Crimean Parliament, The post-war... Besides importing energy from Russia, the (Continued from page 3) has criticized the PRU for its lack of a con- (Continued from page 2) EU is crucially dependent upon exports to contacts of Ukraine’s support for a NATO solidated position on Georgia (Ukrainian permanently deployed on their territories this growing market; any shift toward Membership Action Plan (MAP), she said, News Agency, September 1). in sufficient numbers and under perfectly Chinese or Indian producers threatens to “There is a need to state loudly not only [its] Mr. Yanukovych’s support for the inde- legal arrangements. The all too obvious push its manufacturing sector into reces- importance but a rise of a threatening situa- pendence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia is political damage from “overstaying” in sion. Minor quarrels about Polish beef or tion if a Membership Action Plan is not unpopular as support for the Ukraine’s terri- Poti invites questions about the efficiency timber to Finland indicate that European given to Ukraine” (www.pravda.com.ua, torial integrity is as high in eastern as it is in of control over the victorious battalions by states are awakening to this deepening September 1). Ms. Bohatyriova’s backing western Ukraine. With many Ukrainians a commander-in-chief who seems to know dependency but have no answer to the mas- for Mr. Yushchenko’s strong support for a and Western observers looking to Crimea as little about military matters (Nezavisimoe sive exposure of their business interests to NATO MAP is at odds with Mr. Russia’s possible next target, the pro-inde- Voennoe Obozrenie, August 29). the risks of the Kremlin’s economic policy, which often is selective and vindictive. Yanukovych’s opposition to a MAP. pendence stance of Mr. Yanukovych and the On balance, the awkward “tandem” The war in the Caucasus did cause a Since the Georgian crisis, Ukrainian polls PRU will be unpopular and will be used, as power-sharing between Messrs. Putin and drop on the Russian stock exchange as have shown a reversal of the downward it already has been by the Foreign Affairs Medvedev performed reasonably well in foreign investors rushed away, but Prime trend in support for NATO membership that Ministry, to question their patriotism (see the crisis situation, showing no signs of Minister Putin has good reasons for arose following the invasion of Iraq and Eurasia Daily Monitor, August 12). strain (www.gazeta.ru, September 2). The expressing confidence in the continuing anti-NATO media campaigns during the The Georgian conflict has exposed long- duumvirs are nearly never seen together, inflow of capital (www.rbc.ru, September Yanukovych government of 2002-2004 and simmering divisions in the PRU between its maintaining a pattern of separate meet- the 2004 elections (www.pravda.com.ua, virulent anti-Orange ideological wing head- 2). European companies have invested ings and interviews; but they have very heavily in Russian industries, and now September 1). Support for NATO member- ed by Mr. Yanukovych, to which many for- deliberately followed the same course, ship has risen back to a pre-Iraqi invasion mer CPU voters defected, and a pragmatic they have to raise their stakes in order to perhaps presuming that a show of unity is ensure the continuation of the spectacular level of one-third, while opposition to it has wing dominated by big business with which more important than minor tactical declined. Mr. Bohatyriova is aligned. The split may nine-year period of growth. advantages that could be gained in a “bad The disjointed appeals for sanctions, Ms. Bohatyriova stated unequivocally significantly harm Mr. Yanukovych’s chanc- Vlad/good Dima” game. that the Russian Black Sea Fleet would have es ahead of the January 2010 presidential therefore, are causing more vexation in Public opinion has shown an extraordi- business headquarters in Frankfurt and to withdraw from Crimea by 2017 and that elections and open up eastern Ukraine to narily high level of support for the deter- the Constitution forbids foreign bases, further advances by the Yulia Tymoshenko London than among the Russian political mined policy of punishing Georgia, with elite, which has become Westernized in whether Russian or otherwise (a pointed Bloc in the 2007 pre-term elections. Ms. only 35 percent of respondents expecting reference to NATO or American bases). Bohatyriova’s expulsion from Party of the style and anti-Western in substance. The that tension with the West would escalate EU cannot have any other strategy for Supporting Russia’s stance, the PRU has Regions could be followed by PRU defec- and 48 percent confident that the two sides raised the question of extending the lease tions to the president’s newly created United Russia than engagement, and it is pro- would return to “business as usual” (www. foundly at a loss about its declining abili- beyond 2017, even though this flatly contra- Center party (see EDM, July 28). levada.ru, August 27). dicts PRU support for Ukraine’s neutrality – ty to dictate the rules of this engagement This remarkable confidence cannot be (Ezhednevny Zhurnal, September 2). a status that rules out foreign bases. The article above is reprinted from explained away as just a product of jingo- The PRU has split over the Georgian cri- Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission There are concerns in Moscow that a ist propaganda but might reflect wide- force majeure situation necessitated a sis and indirectly over NATO. Crimean from its publisher, the Jamestown spread assurance of Russia’s new strength Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) leader Foundation, www.jamestown.org. step too far and too early, but there are vis-à-vis the West. Indeed, it was exactly hardly any doubts about the direction. 10 years ago that Russia defaulted on its Russia welcomes the dawn of an era of financial obligations; but now it is a credi- new multi-polarity, expecting to score tor holding some $65 billion of the colos- more wins in the power-plays unre- sal U.S. state debt – a modest sum, but one strained by any global “sheriffs.” that makes a big psychological difference The Putin regime would certainly feel (Vzglyad, September 1). It also opens a more comfortable without the irritating whole new range of “asymmetric respons- examinations of its democratic creden- es” for the Kremlin, such as dumping its tials, and it is this non-transparent and shares in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on unaccountable over-concentration of the market and thus sealing the fate of authority that is certain to remain Russia’s these troubled mortgage giants, perhaps main vulnerability. coordinating the kill with the Chinese (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, September 2). The article above is reprinted from In Europe, Russia has even more eco- Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission nomic levers to apply, and in fact it does from its publisher, the Jamestown not at all need to touch the proverbial gas Foundation, www.jamestown.org.

by the Connecticut secretary of state for Olga Paproski... 69 years of service at election polls and (Continued from page 4) was named top exhibitor at the Danbury ish at her home in August. This year’s Fair. festival was held on August 24 at her She is survived by her daughter, Gloria home with the morning’s divine liturgy in Horbaty, a UNA advisor, with her hus- memory of her and her late husband Sam. band, Donald, of Wallingford, Conn.; her She also spearheaded the Dodgingtown son, Stephen Paproski, with his wife, Green Preservation. Diana, of Newtown; her four grandchil- She was known widely for her love of dren: Roman and Chrystyna Horbaty, her Ukrainian heritage. Living in a com- Stephanie and Shannon Paproski; her munity of few Ukrainians, she would brother, Sam Liteplo of Brooklyn, and befriend Ukrainians who did not belong her sister Stephania Kushnir of Lviv. She to a Ukrainian community and involve is survived also by many nieces and them in Ukrainian causes. She was instru- nephews. She was predeceased by her mental in organizing Ukrainians to brothers Walter, Basil, Myroslav and become active in their American commu- Ebhan, and sisters Katharyna Kushnir nity from flag-raising ceremonies on and Malania Liteplo. Ukrainian Independence Day to partici- Funeral services were held on May 5 pation in ethnic festivals, displays about at Holy Protection of the Blessed Virgin Ukraine and Ukrainians, and other proj- Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in ects. Bridgeport. Burial was at St. John’s Mrs. Paproski was recognized for her Cemetery, Monroe, Conn. Memorial service to the Church and the pontiff with donations were made to Holy Protection papal honors bestowed by Pope John BVM Ukrainian Catholic Church and Paul II. She was named Mother of the American Cancer Society Relay for Life Year by the Farm Bureau, was recognized of Newtown.

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Call our subscription department to find out how you may qualify for a group discount on your Weekly subscriptions. (973) 292-9800 ext. 3042 No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 21 Khmel “zabava” during Wildwood’s “Ukrainian Week” attracts all ages by Adrian Horodecky ity of Plast held a charity raffle. Topping off the evening was the “Club Crest” WILDWOOD CREST, N.J. – disco party, at which dozens of teens Hundreds of Ukrainians gathered at the danced the night away to pulsating Crest Pier Recreation Center on August rhythms and flashing strobe lights. 22 for a night of dancing and interactive The Khmel “zabava” is an annual fund- entertainment organized by the raising event whose proceeds benefit Plast Khmelnychenky fraternity of Plast campgrounds. The Khmelnychenky Ukrainian Scouting Organization. expressed thanks to all the Ukrainian vaca- The energetic trio of Levko Wolansky, tioners who attended the zabava and con- Andrij Kyfor and Darian Chornodolsky tributed to this worthy cause. (Pictures of led the “Party Ptashat” kids’ dance in the zabava will be available for viewing in rousing renditions of the “Limbo,” the the galleries section of www.xmel.org – “Chicken Dance,” “YMCA,” and a host the official website of the Khmelnychenky. of other Ukrainian and American chil- Web editor Adrian Horodecky may be dren’s favorites. contacted at [email protected] During the break, the Spartanky soror- with any comments and suggestions.)

Andrij Kyfor and Darian Chornodolsky lead the kids in dancing to “YMCA.”

A banner outside the Crest Pier Recreation Center promotes the Khmelnychenky Some of the attendees at the benefit dance held during “Ukrainian Week” in the fraternity of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. Wildwoods of the New Jersey shore.

Michael L. Marin, M.D., Henry Kaufmann Professor and Chairman of Department of Surgery

is pleased to announce Marco A. Harmaty, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery

has joined Mount Sinai Surgical Associates in The Ruth J. & Maxwell Hauser and Harriet & Arthur H. Aufses Jr., M.D. Department of Surgery of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and The Mount Sinai Hospital Marco A. Harmaty, M.D.

Academic Office Location: 5 East 98th Street, 15th Floor It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Dr. Marco A. Harmaty, Assistant Professor of Surgery as a member of the Department of Plastic Surgery. Academic Office Mailing Address: One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1259 Dr. Harmaty received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel New York, NY 10029 Telephone: 212-241-5873 Hill. He earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina, where he graduated a Fax: 212-534-2654 member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Dr. Harmaty completed three years of e-mail: [email protected] General Surgery training followed by three years of residency training in the Division of Plastic Surgery at Mount Sinai. Dr. Harmaty’s specialty interests include cosmetic surgery, general and Practice Location: breast reconstructive surgery, hand surgery and microsurgery. 5 East 98th Street, 14th Floor New York, NY 10029 Telephone: 212-241-4410 We welcome Dr. Harmaty to Mount Sinai Surgical Associates with great enthusiasm, and look Fax: 212-241-5999 forward to the many contributions he will make to Mount Sinai.

Dr. Harmaty is the son of Dr. Myron and Margaritha Harmaty of Charlotte, N.C. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 No. 36

wanted to be integrated into Russia. “I do Ukraine divided... not think that this topic will be raised,” Mr. (Continued from page 2) Lavrov was quoted as saying (Gazeta.ru, encouraged and supported by the Russian August 26). Earlier that day Western media government – it remains unclear how far reported that Georgian President Mikheil Moscow is willing to go without provoking Saakashvili charged Russia with having a rebellion in Crimea, which might go “annexed South Ossetia and Abkhazia.” beyond Moscow’s wishes and control and How far Ukrainian President Yushchenko is willing to venture in his pro-Georgian make demands on the Ukrainian govern- policies remains a matter for speculation. ment, something that might be counter-pro- His options are severely limited, and the ductive to the Kremlin’s goals. deadline for setting the new price for Ukrainian fears of a Crimean “indepen- Russian gas is rapidly approaching. What dence uprising,” funded and encouraged by many in Kyiv fear is that NATO will not Russian political leaders and security forces, grant Ukraine a Membership Action Plan in have been foremost on the minds of Kyiv December and that meaningful security since the Georgian war. However, a key dif- guarantees for Ukraine will not be signed ference between Crimea and either South anytime in the near future. Ossetia or Abkhazia is that the only indige- Faced with a nation split on both the nous ethnic group in Crimea is the Crimean Georgian issue and NATO membership, and Tatars, who have remained fiercely loyal to at the same time fearful of Russia’s ability Kyiv since the country gained indepen- to place a stranglehold on the country by dence. doubling or tripling gas prices, the divided Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Ukrainian leadership once again appears stated that the leaders of Abkhazia and isolated and threatened. How it will counter South Ossetia had not indicated that they these centrifugal forces is anyone’s guess.

speak Ukrainian and 50 percent that they Changing dynamics... speak Russian at home. (Continued from page 9) Only in the 5-17 age group is the per- equal number of males and females in ages cent speaking Ukrainian higher than the 5 to 24, and more females in the working percent speaking Russian: 45 percent and and old ages. 39 percent, respectively. In all the other Compared to all persons of Ukrainian age groups the percent speaking Ukrainian ancestry in the U.S., the proportion of is smaller than the percent speaking small children is significantly smaller Russian, and the difference tends to among Fourth Wave migrants. There are increase with age, that is, the older the proportionally more children, adolescents person the higher the probability that it and young adults among the migrants, will be Russian-speaking. Hopefully the while the number of older persons is rela- higher percent of Ukrainian than Russian tively smaller. This is a typical age distri- speakers among the younger migrants is a bution of migrants that are mainly eco- reflection of the Ukrainization policy of nomically motivated. schools in Ukraine. We will investigate The Fourth Wave has the potential of this issue in more detail later. contributing up to 29,000 new members to On the positive side we see that the youth organizations and to Sunday schools Fourth Wave has contributed at least (5-17 age group) and more than 18,000 to 64,000 Ukrainian speakers to the diaspo- colleges and older members of youth orga- ra in the U.S. There are 13,000 of them in nizations (18-24 age group). The majority the 5-17 age group, with a strong poten- of them, 53,000, are in the prime working tial for strengthening our youth organiza- age (25-44). tions and schools of Ukrainian studies. It An important question is what propor- should be noted that probably many tion of the migrants speak Ukrainian and Fourth Wave migrants speak Russian at what proportion speak Russian at home home as a matter of convenience. It is (the census question is about language likely that most of them are fluent in spoken at home, and it is for persons age 5 Ukrainian and can function in Ukrainian or older). In 2000 we observed that among if they take part in organized activities in all Fourth Wave migrants more of them the community. stated that they spoke Russian than Ukrainian at home. This situation persists Next week: Observed changes among five years later: in 2005; 43 percent of all immigrants from Ukraine, summary and the Fourth Wave migrants said that they conclusions.

of the vyshyvanka was observed at the Vyshyvanka ... funeral of Dr. Alexandra (Lesia) (Continued from page 7) Pawlowsky in Winnipeg earlier this year. Manitoba, told me how he wore his soro- In planning her funeral, she requested chka for his party upon retiring from the that the pall bearers and honorary pall University of Manitoba. The sorochka bearers wear their sorochky. Dr. had been embroidered by his mother and Pawlowsky who passed away much too wife, and this was the best and most early at age 55, knew and believed in the important thing he could wear. symbolism of the vyshyvanka. There was a human interest article by Of course, we wear our Ukrainian fin- Gordon Sinclair in the Winnipeg Free ery for “Sviat Vechir” (Christmas Eve), Press about the late George Dmytriw of and embroidery is now common on wed- Winnipeg (November 15, 2007). His ding and christening gowns. The modern wife, Debbie, wrote in to thank the sorochka is evolving. Sorochky embroi- policemen who assisted Mr. Dmytriw dered on black and those with designs when he died at work. The accompanying woven rather than embroidered are now photo showed Mr. and Mrs. Dmytriw at popular. some special event, and he is wearing his There is some exaggeration by some vyshyvanka. new-age believers about the health bene- When a woman from one of my tours fits of linen and hemp against the body. finally met a distant relative in Staryi Some of it seems a bit much, but maybe Kosiv, he and his family later traveled to they’re right. Kolomyia to spend more time with her. The vyshyvanka is not going out of The whole family dressed up for this style. It is going strong in its traditional event, and the elderly gentleman came in appearance, as well as evolving into vari- his vyshyvanka – he was honoring his ous contemporary versions. It is some- Canadian distant cousin. thing that is worn close to the heart in A poignant symbol of the importance more ways than one. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 23 OUT AND ABOUT

September 12 – November 9 Art exhibit, “New Print Politik: Post-Soviet Saratoga, CA Sacred Heart Men’s Club, Sacred Heart Chicago Politics and Contemporary Art,” Ukrainian Church, 408-370-9030 Institute of Modern Art, 773-227-5522 September 20 Ukrainian Festival, St. Josaphat Ukrainian September 12-13 Holodomor conference, “Breaking the New Britain, CT Catholic Church, Polanka – Falcon Field, Chicago Silence on the Ukrainian Genocide,” the 860-225-7340 75th Anniversary Ukrainian Genocide- Holodomor Commemoration Committee of September 20 Potato Bake and Pig Roast, Ukrainian Chicago, 847-299-3433 Lehighton, PA Homestead, 215-235-3709 or www.ukrainiangenocide.com September 20 Golf open tournament, Plast Ukrainian September 12-14 Toronto Ukrainian Festival, Bloor West Round Lake Beach, IL Scouting Organization, Renwood Golf Toronto Village, 416-410-9965 Course, 630-574-1961

September 13 Lecture by Alexander Motyl, “Fascist September 20 Ukrainian Harvest Festival, Ukrainian New York Russia – What Next?” Shevchenko Whippany, NJ American Cultural Center of New Jersey, Scientific Society, 212-254-6130 201-213-4321 or 973-545-7614

September 13-14 Ukrainian Festival, St. Andrew Ukrainian September 20 – November 8 Art exhibit featuring works by Andrey Silver Spring, MD Orthodox Cathedral, 301-384-9192 Washington Kushnir, “New Works,” American Painting Fine Art, 202-244-3244 September 13 – November 2 Art exhibit featuring works by Andrey New York Kushnir, “East Village Afternoon,” September 21 Organ and piano recital, featuring Paul American Painting Fine Art, 212-254-2628 Alexandria, VA Stetsenko, Westminster Presbyterian Church, 703-549-4766 September 14 Ukrainian Day Festival, St. Basil Seminary, Stamford, CT 860-568-5445 September 21 Recital by Taras Kulish, Ukrainian Canadian Ottawa Professionals and Businesspersons September 14 Fall festival, Ukrainian American Sports Association, First Unitarian Church, Horsham, PA Center – Tryzub, 215-343-5412 613-228-0990

September 15 Panel discussion, “Achieving National September 21 Ukrainian Heritage Day Festival, Holy Cross Washington Security for Ukraine through Energy Astoria, NY Ukrainian Catholic Church, Independence and Diversification,” Johns 718-932-4060 Hopkins University, 202-207-2484 September 21 Ukrainian Heritage Festival of Minnesota, September 19 Concert featuring Julian Kytasty and the Minneapolis, MN 612-781-8204 New York New York Ensemble, The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Please send e-mail to September 19 Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and Choir, [email protected]. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 No. 36

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, September 13 and 30th Street, will be held at 1-6 p.m. Featured will be Ukrainian food, entertain- Soyuzivka’s Datebook NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific ment and a lottery. Admission is free. For Society invites all to a lecture by Dr. information call 718-932-4060. September 8 - 10 – Gymnasium September 26 - 28 – Private Alexander Motyl titled “Fascist Russia – reunion – Berchtesgaden, function What Next?” Dr. Motyl is professor of Saturday, September 27 political science and deputy director of the Regensburg, Landshut, HORSHAM, Pa.: Tryzubivka, the Karlsfeldt, cocktail banquet October 4 - 5 – Private function Division of Global Affairs at Rutgers University – Newark. The lecture will take Ukrainian American Sport Center located Tuesday evening place at the society’s building, 63 Fourth at Lower State and County Line roads, October 10 - 13 – Private function Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 will host Fall Fest 2008 at 3-11 p.m. The Setember 12 - 14 – UNA General p.m. For additional information call festival grove “Biergarten” will come to Assembly October 18 - 19 – Private function 212-254-5130. life with continuous live music, featuring The Mango Men Band, winners of Kenny September 15 - 17 – Bayreuth October 24 - 26 – Halloween YONKERS, N.Y.: Sign up your children Chesney’s “Next Big Star” competition, Gymnasium reunion, cocktail weekend festivities age 3-4 for the Ukrainian preschool “Dog Bite Money” and other bands and ensembles. Enjoy imported and domestic banquet Tuesday evening (Svitlychka) of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, Branch 30 specialty beers (with free sampling and November 1 - 2 – Private function tasting), expertly selected for pairing with September 19 - 21 – KLK – of Yonkers. The Svitlychka meets on Saturdays, beginning September 13, at 10 an international menu: “The Best of the weekend and Pershi Stezhi Plast November 7 - 9 – Orlykiada a.m.-noon at Sacred Heart Church on Wursts,” grills, BBQs, and tasty Ukrainian Sorority 60th anniversary Shonnard Place in Yonkers. For more and other ethnic foods. Fall Fest will be September 23 - 25 – November 27 – Thanksgiving information call Maria Makarenko, held rain or shine; the event will be held Mittenwald Gymnasium reunion, dinner; rooms available in 914-969-4054. under a roof in the event of rain. cocktail banquet Wednesday Main House building only Admission is $15 per person; young adults Saturday, September 20 age 18-20, $5; under age 18, free (with NEW BRITAIN, Conn.: The New Britain parent or guardian). For further informa- Ukrainian Festival Sponsored by St. tion call 215-343-5412 or visit the website Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church will www.tryzub.org. Proceeds benefit youth take place at Polanka – Falcon Field on sports and cultural programming. Farmington Avenue at noon-10 p.m. The Sunday, September 28 concert, featuring Zolotyj Promin ensemble, among others, ALEXANDRIA, VA.: The Washington begins at 2 p.m. Traditional Ukrainian Group Cultural Fund Sunday Music Series food will be served, along with assorted inaugurates its 2008-2009 season with the brands of Ukrainian beer; also featured folk ensemble Cheres in a virtuoso perfor- will be vendors and raffles. A “zabava” mance of lively music from the foothills of (dance) ends the evening. Tickets: $4 in the Carpathians, featuring a variety of advance (age 12 and over); $6 purchased instruments, including cimbalom, violins, at the gate. For tickets and information call bass, flute, accordion, bagpipe and percus- To book a room or event call: (845) 626-5641, ext. 140 860-225-7340. sion. The concert will be held at 3 p.m. at The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St. 216 Foordmore Road P.O. Box 529 Sunday, September 21 Kerhonkson, NY 12446 Suggested donation: $20; free for students. E-mail: [email protected] ASTORIA, N.Y.: The Ukrainian Heritage A reception to meet the artists will follow Website: www.Soyuzivka.com Day Festival sponsored by Holy Cross immediately after the concert. For further Ukrainian Catholic Church, 31st Avenue information call 301-229-2615. PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES: Preview of Events is a listing of Ukrainian community events open to the public. It is a service provided at minimal cost ($20 per submission) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community.

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