INSIDE: • Shevchenko monument unveiled in Tbilisi — page 3. • KLK ski races in upstate New York — pages 12-13. • Photographer Burtynsky coming to theaters— page 15. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXXV No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2007 $1/$2 in Ukraine Ohryzko as foreign minister: Unified opposition walks out deal or no deal is the question of Parliament, lists demands by Zenon Zawada coalition leaders to approve Mr. Kyiv Press Bureau Ohryzko’s nomination. Mr. Yushchenko didn’t state what he KYIV – The Party of the Regions pro- gave in exchange for Mr. Ohryzko’s posed on March 15 that Ukrainian nomination, but the Kommersant daily President Viktor Yushchenko select a newspaper reported that coalition mem- new candidate as Ukraine’s next foreign bers would obtain control of the affairs minister the morning after Prime Ukrspetseksport company. Minister Viktor Yanukovych reportedly During the parliamentary session the agreed to support the nomination of next day, Personnel Committee Chair Volodymyr Ohryzko. Viktor Tykhonov requested that the To his detriment, the acting foreign Parliament delay voting on the nomina- affairs minister represents one foreign tion until March 20, strangely enough, at policy view, representing a particular the direct request of Presidential political force and a particular branch of Secretariat Chair Viktor Baloha. The pro- government, said Party of the Regions posal received 245 votes in favor. faction Vice-Chair Vasyl Kyseliov. In fact, coalition deputies offered dif- “First of all, he’s supposed to learn the ferent reasons for why the vote didn’t Russian language,” he told the take place – all of which were vague. Verkhovna Rada television network. Certainly, Mr. Kyseliov’s candid “When he is addressed in Russian, he remarks offer a plausible reason as well, stubbornly replies in Ukrainian. When he as suspected by Viacheslav Kyrylenko, is questioned, he stubbornly holds his the Our Ukraine parliamentary faction UNIAN line.” chair. “The coalition agreed in the Our Ukraine Faction Chair Viacheslav Kyrylenko and opposition leader Yulia The latest scandal surrounding Mr. evening, and in a single night backed off Tymoshenko led their factions in walking out of the parliamentary session on Ohryzko’s nomination, already once from voting, not having received the March 13 after placing 17 demands. rejected by the Verkhovna Rada, esca- Kremlin’s agreement,” Mr. Kyrylenko lates the battle over the next foreign suggested. by Zenon Zawada today to dedicate themselves to immediate affairs minister, a post pivotal in deciding In response to the coalition’s assertion, measures, without which we may lose the whether Ukraine will have a pro- Mr. Baloha acknowledged that he sug- Kyiv Press Bureau independence of the Ukrainian state in the European or Russian-oriented foreign gested a delay in the vote because Mr. KYIV – The risk of spring time political nearest future,” said the statement. policy course. Ohryzko was scheduled to travel with the turmoil in Ukraine escalated as the unified The demands included ceasing all nat- After a three-hour meeting with Mr. president on a two-day visit to opposition abandoned its participation in ural gas purchases from intermediary Yanukovych and Verkhovna Rada Copenhagen, Denmark. parliamentary sessions on March 13, with firm RosUkrEnergo, which is half-owned Chairman Oleksander Moroz in the However, this proposal was deferred leader Yulia Tymoshenko declaring it by the Russian government, and a consti- Presidential Secretariat on the evening of after the president reached his agreement March 14, President Yushchenko would conduct itself as it had leading up to tutional referendum to decide if Ukraine announced he had reached a deal with the (Continued on page 8) the 2004 elections, hinting at social unrest. should have a presidential or parliamen- That same evening, President Viktor tary-presidential form of government. Yushchenko met with more than 200 Given that the coalition government isn’t national deputies at the Presidential likely to support some of the demands, Canadian researchers to release Secretariat, urging them not to cave into especially dismissing Minister of Internal attempts by the coalition government to Affairs Vasyl Tsushko and Procurator buy their votes in a suspected plan to cre- General Oleksander Medvedko, the ultima- documentary on Galicia Division ate a 300-vote bloc to override his vetoes. tum gave the opposition the pretext to resort “They are searching for who among you to more drastic measures, observers said. by Oksana Zakydalsky ing the Galicia Division are kept in the can be bought off,” Mr. Yushchenko said, Ukrainian Canadian Research and Coalition leaders were outraged that the TORONTO – The first draft of the according to Kommersant, a leading daily president voiced support for the unified Documentation Center’s archives and newspaper in Ukraine. “I plead with you script outline of Ukrainian Canadian the UCRDC has retained its intention opposition’s demands and particularly dis- Research and Documentation Center’s not to look for opportunities to take such turbed by Our Ukraine faction chair to make a film about the division. In steps. And I know, I believe, that there will documentary film “Between Hitler and order to move this project forward, a Viacheslav Kyrylenko’s threat that the Stalin – Ukraine in World War II” was never be 300 people in this Parliament president would veto many of the laws separate fund, “Fond Dyviziynykiv” who are ready to alter Ukraine.” written as a six-part series – one part of has been created, with the first contri- passed by Parliament if the coalition did- which was to deal with the history of With the tone of the president and Ms. n’t accept the ultimatum. butions to the fund coming from the Tymoshenko growing more radical with the Ukrainian Galicia Division. But, donations ($2,500) collected in memo- “Excuse me, but is he [Yushchenko] the due to financial and time constraints, every passing week, as well as increas- president of Ukraine, or the president of ry of former division member Roman ingly drastic acts such as walking out of the whole project was scaled down to a Cholkan at his funeral last year. the so-called opposition?” said Communist one-hour documentary and the history Parliament and calls to revoke the Party Chair Petro Symonenko. “If it’s the The Cholkan family subsequently December 2004 constitutional reforms, of the division was significantly con- donated an additional $5,000 to the opposition, then let him step down as the densed. the likelihood of a spring tumult grew head of state.” fund. The UCRDC is now starting a increasingly imminent. Much of the material collected – wider fund-raising campaign for this In recent weeks, Ms. Tymoshenko has documents, photographs, film clips and Before abandoning Parliament, the done her utmost to prepare and convince project. opposition declared on March 13 a list of about 43 audio and video interviews The subtitle of the film “Between the public, both domestically and interna- with division members – was not used 17 demands it had of the coalition gov- tionally, of the need for pre-term elections. Hitler and Stalin” is “The Untold ernment, stating that Ukraine is in a sys- in the film, which had its English-lan- Story.” Of all the issues concerning As with Mr. Yushchenko, she supports guage premiere in Toronto in 2003 and temic political and socio-economic crisis, revoking the December 2004 constitu- Ukraine at the time of the second “which the nation’s history hadn’t seen Ukrainian-language premiere in Kyiv world war, that of the history and role tional reforms that established the parlia- in 2005. during its whole period of independence.” mentary-presidential republic and led to Documentation and interviews relat- (Continued on page 23) “It’s absolutely necessary for all politi- cal forces and government institutions (Continued on page 10) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2007 No. 11 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS
Questionable rationales and drawbacks Opposition walks out of Rada session urged the creation of a constitutional com- mission consisting of lawmakers, promi- for Bohorodchany-Uzhhorod pipeline project KYIV – The opposition parliamentary nent public figures, journalists and lawyers caucuses of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc to prepare constitutional amendments. by Vladimir Socor system, with Gazprom investing in the (YTB) and Our Ukraine on March 13 During the meeting, President Yushchenko Eurasia Daily Monitor system’s modernization in return for walked out of the parliamentary session, also called on opposition lawmakers to stay shared ownership and/or management. protesting against what they see as the par- The Ukrainian government is stepping in their caucuses and not to join the ruling Viewed in this light, a Bohorodchany- liamentary majority’s reluctance to comply majority. “There will never be 300 votes up its efforts to form a consortium with Uzhhorod pipeline in Ukrainian-Russian with their demands, Ukrainian media Gazprom to construct a gas transit [for the ruling coalition] in Parliament – shared ownership looks less problematic reported. “We are leaving this hall because there won’t be so many traitors,” he com- pipeline in Ukraine from Bohorodchany to Ukraine than sharing control of its honest politicians should not sanctify what to Uzhhorod. The 230-kilometer line, mented. Verkhovna Rada Chairman existing transit system with Russia. is being done in Parliament,” Yulia Oleksander Moroz predicted earlier this with a projected annual capacity of up to Tymoshenko told journalists. The previous 20 billion cubic meters, would provide month that the ruling coalition would soon day, in the presence of President Viktor increase to include 300 legislators, that is, it an additional outlet from the main gas Yushchenko, Ms. Tymoshenko and Our trunk line into European Union territory Ukrainian officials would have a constitutional majority, Ukraine parliamentary caucus head which would give the government the right near Uzhhorod. have proposed var- Viacheslav Kyrylenko signed a joint state- The project has been under discussion to amend the Constitution and override ment, in which they reportedly put forward presidential vetoes. (RFE/RL Newsline) for several years in the context of pro- ious indirect meth- 17 demands with regard to the ruling posals to form a Russia-Ukraine gas coalition and appealed to the president to Lutsenko rally draws 18,000 transport consortium that would own ods for instituting veto “lobbyist and corruption-breeding” LVIV – Yurii Lutsenko on March 9 held and/or operate Ukrainian pipelines. legislation. The two opposition forces pro- “joint” Russian- a rally in Lviv, which was attended by Ukraine officially takes the position that pose holding a national referendum to some 18,000 people, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian such a consortium could only be created determine the form of government in Ukrainian control Service and Interfax-Ukraine reported. Mr. for building new pipelines, particularly Ukraine and drafting a new version of the Lutsenko, who is currently touring Bohorodchany-Uzhhorod; but it would over Ukraine’s gas Constitution of Ukraine. The statement Ukrainian regions, called on demonstrators not apply to the existing transit system, also includes demands that the Verkhovna which is 100 percent Ukrainian state- in Lviv to join the civic movement transit system. Rada immediately confirm the presidential owned. People’s Self-Defense, which he launched candidates for the post of foreign affairs This declarative position dates back to following his dismissal from the post of minister and chief of the Security Service the final years of Leonid Kuchma’s pres- internal affairs minister in December 2006. Apart from this questionable value, of Ukraine; that the Verkhovna Rada dis- idency and the first government of Viktor One of the first political actions of the the Bohorodchany-Uzhhorod project miss Internal Affairs Minister Vasyl Yanukovych. However, Ukrainian offi- People’s Self-Defense is a march of involves serious drawbacks to Ukraine Tsushko and Procurator General cials during that time and at present have provincial activists on Kyiv, called the and Europe. First, it would render Oleksander Medvedko; and that the gov- proposed various indirect methods for March of Justice, at a yet unspecified date Ukraine even more dependent on ernment sign direct contracts on gas deliv- instituting “joint” Russian-Ukrainian this coming spring. Mr. Lutsenko said the Russian-delivered gas, pre-empting mar- eries with Russia, Turkmenistan, control over Ukraine’s gas transit sys- main goal of the march is to make politi- ket niches that could otherwise be filled Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, thus severing tem. cians in Kyiv meet their electoral promis- by gas from alternative supply sources. ties with the Swiss-based intermediary For its part, Moscow takes the posi- es. The Kharkiv Oblast Council appealed Second, it would discourage existing RosUkrEnergo. (RFE/RL Newsline) tion that a gas transport consortium plans and proposals to build gas last month to the procurator general to would by definition involve establishing President for referendum on Constitution open a criminal case against Mr. Lutsenko joint control over Ukraine’s gas transit (Continued on page 16) for what it called his “attempt at destabiliz- KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko ing the constitutional system in the state.” said during a meeting with representatives (RFE/RL Newsline) of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Slovak detour would defeat Ukraine in Kyiv on March 12 that he will Moroz: pre-term elections absurd support the idea of holding a nationwide KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman Odesa-Brody oil transport project plebiscite on amendments to the Oleksander Moroz on March 7 called the Constitution if the current conflict between idea of holding pre-term parliamentary by Vladimir Socor The problem seems familiar from the power branches continues, Interfax- elections absurd and unconstructive. He Eurasia Daily Monitor Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s (CPC) Ukraine reported. “I’m a supporter of ask- was speaking at the roundtable misadventures after 2001. There, light oil ing people about the key points of constitu- “Constitution Process in Ukraine: Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor extracted mainly by U.S. companies in tional amendments,” Mr. Yushchenko said. Dialogue Between Authorities and Yanukovych’s government seems to have Kazakhstan was being mixed with inferi- The president said he believes that the Society.” According to Mr. Moroz, ideas abandoned a project to extend the Odesa- or-quality Russian oil on the Russian 2004 constitutional reform has upset the Brody pipeline into Poland for pumping stretch of the pipeline leading to the port balance between branches of power and he (Continued on page 17) Caspian oil outside Russian control. of Novorossiysk. For several years, the Instead, Mr. Yanukovych is negotiating Russian side refused to compensate the with the government of Slovakia on a plan U.S. and Kazakh producers for the losses FOUNDED 1933 to transport both Caspian and Russian oil they incurred through the mixing of the THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY through a Russian-controlled pipeline. two brands. The compensation mecha- On February 26 in Kyiv, a Ukrainian- nism, known as an “oil quality bank” and An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Slovak intergovernmental meeting used in normal countries in such cases, a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. chaired by Mr. Yanukovych and Slovak does not seem to operate effectively on Prime Minister Robert Fico discussed the the CPC’s Russian stretch. 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Yukos owned a 49 percent stake questionable way of using the pipeline for as well as the operating rights in both the high-quality oil from Kazakhstan Transpetrol (technically through the ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA and the lower-quality Russian-Urals Netherlands-registered Yukos Finance blend. In order to avoid mixing the two company); the Slovak government Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3041 types, it is proposed to alternate the pump- retained 51 percent and an option to buy e-mail: [email protected] ing of either type of oil, in a wave-by- the Yukos stake. Maria Oscislawski, advertising manager (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 wave process. This method is being billed The Kremlin-controlled bankruptcy e-mail: [email protected] as “experimental,” its stated goal to pre- court in Moscow apparently intends to Mariyka Pendzola, subscriptions (973) 292-9800, ext. 3042 serve the quality of either oil brand “to the e-mail: [email protected] maximum extent possible.” (Continued on page 25) No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2007 3 NEWS ANALYSIS: Tymoshenko discusses EU, energy in Washington by Roman Kupchinsky Vice-President Dick Cheney and Chancellor Angela Merkel poured cold her criticism of RosUkrEnergo, the RFE/RL Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, was water on these aspirations, telling Mr. Swiss-based gas intermediary company that she and her political party, the Yulia Yanukovych in Berlin that the best that is responsible for deliveries of natu- WASHINGTON – Yulia Tymoshenko, Tymoshenko Bloc, remain the strongest Ukraine could hope for in the foreseeable ral gas to Ukraine from Turkmenistan, one of the most visible and dynamic democratic alternative in Ukraine to future would be a free economic zone Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. symbols of the 2004 Orange Revolution Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s pro- between Ukraine and the EU. Ms. Ms. Tymoshenko was openly hostile in Ukraine, ended her first visit to the Russian Party of the Regions. Merkel indicated that EU membership to the activities of RosUkrEnergo and United States in 10 years by confidently was not likely for the next 10 years. warned her audiences that this company EU ambitions proclaiming that she had garnered the For now, Ukraine looks likely to was intent upon establishing full control support of the U.S. government to help The former prime minister devoted remain in the European Neighborhood over the Ukrainian energy market. her build democracy in Ukraine. much of her speech at the CSIS – and, Policy (ENP), an EU foreign-policy An uncomfortable moment for Ms. Her whirlwind tour of Washington indeed, her visit to Washington – to framework designed to increase integra- Tymoshenko came during her briefing at began with an appearance at the Center Ukraine’s relations with Western institu- tion of countries on the union’s borders. the CSIS when a journalist asked her for Strategic and International Studies tions. In particular, she spoke about her Even the most pro-Western Ukrainian why she had not visited the United (CSIS) in Washington on February 28. party’s objective of gaining European politicians have rejected the ENP as States in over 10 years, and whether this Her message to policy-makers in Union membership. being unfair and discriminatory – or as was in any way related to her relation- Washington, including meetings with However, that same day, German some have dubbed it, “the EU doctrine of ship with former Prime Minister Pavlo separate but equal.” Lazarenko, who was found guilty in a There could be other options, though. U.S. court on money-laundering charges. Ms. Tymoshenko told the audience at the The journalist asked whether she was Senate Foreign Relations Committee CSIS that Mr. Yanukovych’s vice prime afraid of being arrested upon entering minister, Mykola Azarov, recently the United States. Ms. Tymoshenko par- revived the old alternative plan to EU ried the question, saying that her appear- approves bill endorsing NATO expansion membership – that Ukraine join with ance in the United States was proof that WASHINGTON – The Senate Foreign “I believe that eventual NATO mem- Russia in the Single Economic Space. all was well. Relations Committee on March 6 bership for these five countries would be Ms. Tymoshenko said that she was In the first indictment of Mr. approved U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar’s bill a success for Europe, NATO and the opposed to this plan. Lazarenko by the U.S. Justice that endorses further enlargement of the United States by continuing to extend the But with Belarus currently estranged Department, Ms. Tymoshenko and her North Atlantic Treaty Organization zone of peace and security,” he stated. from Moscow and the Central Asian company, Unified Energy Systems of (NATO) and would facilitate the timely The senator noted that Albania, states engaged in the Shanghai Ukraine, are named as co-conspirators of admission of new members, including Croatia and Macedonia have been mak- Cooperation Organization, it is not clear Mr. Lazarenko and she was accused of Ukraine. ing progress on reforms through their what the Kremlin intends to do with the giving a substantial bribe to Mr. The bill must now be passed by the full participation in the NATO Membership original Single Economic Space plan. Lazarenko. The charges linking Ms. Tymoshenko to Mr. Lazarenko were later Senate and the House of Representatives Action Plan since 2002. “Unfortunately, Energy security before it can become law. Georgia and Ukraine have not yet been dropped from Mr. Lazarenko’s indict- Sen. Lugar (R-Ind.) introduced S. granted a Membership Action Plan but The second major focus of Ms. ment as they were not deemed to be 494, the “NATO Freedom Consolidation nevertheless have made remarkable Tymoshenko’s message in Washington within the jurisdiction of a U.S. federal Act of 2007” last year and again on progress,” he said. “This legislation will dealt with Ukrainian energy security and court. February 6. Last year this legislation provide important incentives and assis- passed the Senate by unanimous consent. tance to the countries to continue the The House was unable to act prior to implementation of democratic, defense adjournment of the 109th Congress. and economic reforms.” Presidents Saakashvili and Yushchenko “The goal of this bill is to reaffirm “Since the end of the Cold War, NATO United States, support for continued has been evolving to meet the new secu- enlargement of NATO to democracies rity needs of the 21st century. In this era, unveil Shevchenko monument in Tbilisi that are able and willing to meet the the threats to NATO members are responsibilities of membership. In par- transnational and far from its geographic ticular, the legislation calls for the timely borders. There is strong support among admission of Albania, Croatia, Georgia, members for NATO’s operation in Macedonia and Ukraine to NATO and Afghanistan, and for its training mission authorizes security assistance for these in Iraq. NATO’s viability as an effective countries in Fiscal Year 2008. Each of defense and security alliance depends on these countries has clearly stated its flexible, creative leadership, as well as desire to join NATO and is working hard the willingness of members to improve to meet the specified requirements for capabilities and address common membership,” Sen. Lugar said. threats,” Sen. Lugar underscored. UOC-KP Synod say it’s ready to cooperate with UOC-U.S.A. Religious Information Service of Ukraine Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. and in the Diaspora.” KYIV – The Synod of the Ukrainian According to the subsequent statement Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate of the Synod of the UOC-KP, “By this Official Website of the President of Ukraine (UOC-KP) reported on February 28 that appointment the Holy Synod did not Presidents Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia and Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine it is ready to cooperate with the interfere in the affairs of the UOC- before the newly unveiled monument to Taras Shevchenko in Tbilisi. Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. (UOC-U.S.A.). U.S.A.; it only regulated the affairs of the UOC-KP in the U.S.A. Press Office of Ukraine’s President Georgia.” This was in response to a recent state- Mr. Yushchenko said it was not only ment from the UOC-U.S.A. deploring The synod states that the ‘disrupt[ion TBILISI, Georgia – Accompanied by the past that united the two nations, “The “the continued intrusion into the life of of] the Faith and Order of the Ukrainian Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili future unites us, and this is more impor- the [UOC] U.S.A. by the [UOC-KP].” Orthodox Church in the U.S.A.’ was not and First Lady Sandra Roelofs, tant. The two countries are advancing to The Metropolitan Council of the caused by the actions of the UOC-KP Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko UOC-U.S.A. recently stated that it but by internal misunderstandings and First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko strengthen their sovereignty and inde- “deplores the continued intrusion into inside the UOC-U.S.A. and diaspora. attended a ceremony on March 2 to pendence,” he said. the life of the Ukrainian Orthodox Therefore, attempts to explain existing unveil a monument to the Ukrainian poet He expressed hope that Ukraine and Church of the U.S.A. by the Ukrainian opposition in the Ukrainian Orthodox Taras Shevchenko in Tbilisi. Georgia will soon become full members Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate community in the U.S.A. by actions of The president of Ukraine thanked the of the European Union and will join most recently manifested by the assign- the UOC-KP are attempts to distort the government of Georgia for erecting the NATO. He also praised the Georgian gov- ment of a bishop to the United States of true reasons for the conflict, and, in this monument in the Georgian capital’s ernment’s efforts to reform the country. America. We, the members of the way, to delay its resolution for an indef- downtown. “The challenges both Ukraine and Metropolitan Council of the UOC of the inite period.” The Synod of the UOC- “I would like to thank and pay my Georgia are facing are the price we have U.S.A., while remaining firm in our KP states that the UOC-KP is ready for tribute to the people of Georgia and to pay for seeing our countries free and desire and endeavors to secure a resolu- constructive cooperation with the UOC- Georgia’s government for joining the list independent,” said President Yushchenko. tion to the disunity which plagues U.S.A., which is part of the Patriarchate of places where there are Shevchenko Georgian President Saakashvili recited Orthodox Christian Ukraine, condemn of Constantinople, on the basis of monuments,” Mr. Yushchenko said, Shevchenko’s most famous poem, any and all such machinations designed brotherly love in Christ and mutual describing the event as “another proof of “Zapovit” (Testamet), during the monu- to disrupt the Faith and Order of the respect. friendly ties between Ukraine and ment unveiling ceremony. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2007 No. 11 Metropolitan Council of UOC-U.S.A. convenes annual meeting SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – year term, and the presidents of the in Church administration – is reported on which is operated jointly with the Office Metropolitan Constantine of the Church’s three central organizations – the by the Consistory president and staff. of Youth and Young Adult Ministry and Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox League, the United Metropolitan Constantine, in his open- the Office of Missions and Christian U.S.A. convened the annual meeting of Ukrainian Orthodox Sisterhoods and St. ing remarks, expressed his confidence Charity. The program of mission trips to the Metropolitan Council here at the Andrew Society. and trust in God concerning the present two orphanages – in Znamianka and Metropolia Center on February 1-3. At least once each year the metropoli- and future status of the UOC of the Zaluchia – have benefited enormously The Metropolitan Council is the high- tan convenes a session of the council; the U.S.A. He was particularly effusive over the past six years of involvement est administrative body of the Church council may meet as frequently as the about the youth ministry programs that with them, but have much to accomplish between Sobors and serves as the metropolitan determines necessary. have been developed by the various in the way of administration and particu- Metropolia board of trustees. The council During the annual session the “state of Consistory offices of ministry, especially larly nutritional improvement for the consists of 20 members: three hierarchs, the Church” is examined by the member- the camping program at All Saints Camp, children. 14 members – seven clergy and seven ship and all aspects of the work of the and the generosity of two individuals Archbishop Antony noted that a new laity – elected by the Sobor for a three- Consistory – the highest executive body who have contributed over $500,000 for orphanage may be added to the program the construction of All Saints Chapel. this year and that the Church has joined a Metropolitan Constantine expressed new effort being put forth by a group of the gratitude of all the faithful of the American and Ukrainian physicians Church to the members and staff of the directed at improving the feeding pro- Consistory and to all central Church grams at all 17 of the orphanages in organizations for their continued efforts Ukraine that are classified as Category 4 and support of the Church and all its edu- institutions – those caring for the most cational, spiritual and missionary pro- seriously mentally and physically handi- grams. capped children in the nation. Archbishop Antony, president of the In addition to the All Saints Camp Consistory, presented a comprehensive Chapel, the major project under progress report on the activity of all Consistory is the construction of the new Church offices of ministry: Youth and Young Historical and Educational Complex Adult Ministry; Missions and Christian (HEC), which will house the museum, Charity; Family and Adult Ministry; galleries, archives and educational facili- Public Relations and Communications; ties. Many programs are planned for this External Affairs and Interchurch complex, which will benefit not only the Relations; Publications; Financial Ukrainian Orthodox community but the Affairs; Cultural and Ethnic Affairs; general Ukrainian and American commu- Archive/Historical Information and nities as well. Development. These offices have effec- The Metropolitan Council, in its reso- tively fulfilled their obligations and lutions, urged all parishes, organizations accomplished much important and spiri- and individuals to financially support tually profitable work over the past year. these projects to the fullest extent. The archbishop placed much emphasis The Metropolitan Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. upon the Orphanage Adoption Program, (Continued on page 19)
Ukrainian Catholic University’s Ecumenical Studies Institute announces new projects by Matthew Matuszak the World Council of Churches. In April the UCU’s Institute of things, the French will learn about the Throughout their studies, the insti- Ecumenical Studies, in conjunction with Holodomor – the Famine-Genocide of LVIV – The Institute of Ecumenical tute’s 40 students are exposed to teachers the Ukrainian Christian Academic Society, 1932-1933 – because they don’t know Studies of the Ukrainian Catholic from various denominations. Dr. will organize a conference in Kharkiv on about it, said Dr. Arjakovsky, himself a University (UCU) in Lviv is full of new Arjakovsky himself is an Orthodox lay- Ukrainian philosopher Hryhorii French citizen. projects, including a new specialization man and teaches three courses. Skovoroda, and in November a confer- In conjunction with the organization in Christian ethics as part of its already Evangelical Bishop Vasyl Boyechko ence in Kyiv on Orthodox St. Demetrius Christian Initiatives for Europe, the insti- established master’s in ecumenical stud- teaches a course on the New Testament. tute helped prepare a text publicized ies degree program and the publication of of Rostov. “He wrote on the lives of the There is also a Roman Catholic teacher saints and was very open to Western influ- throughout the continent on February 28. the first book in English about Patriarch and various guest lecturers. The president “This is to mark the 50th anniversary on Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian ence,” explained Dr. Arjakovsky. of the institute is Father Iwan Dacko, a The institute is also organizing a con- March 25 of the launching of the Catholic Church. Ukrainian Catholic. ference in Velehrad, Czech Republic, in European Economic Community. We are In June 2006 Ukraine’s Ministry of The institute is now working on a dis- June to mark the 100th anniversary of the insisting on social justice,” explained Dr. Education adopted a decision to have the tance-learning program “with no equiva- first Velehrad Conference, organized by Arjakovsky. subject of Christian ethics taught in pub- lent in the world,” according to Dr. An ecumenical retreat for institute stu- Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, head of lic schools throughout Ukraine, “so now Arjakovsky. The Ukrainian-language ver- dents and Catholic and Orthodox chaplains the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the first there is a big demand for teachers,” sion will be ready in September, and the is planned for June, with the blessing of explained Dr. Antoine Arjakovsky, direc- English-language version in February half of the 20th century. There will also Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Hlib Lonchyna tor of the Institute of Ecumenical Studies. 2008. “Students in America will be able be two conferences in France, including The institute started a master’s degree to study for a degree over the Internet,” one in La Salette at which, among other (Continued on page 23) program in ecumenical studies in he explained. February 2006, with specializations in The institute is organizing a conference journalism and ecumenical studies. The in Lviv in April, “Ecumenism, new specialization was ceremonially Interreligious Dialogue and opened at Ivano Franko National Fundamentalisms.” According to Dr. University in Lviv on February 9, and the Arjakovsky, it is in some ways a response week of February 27 Dr. Arjakovsky was to the uproar regarding a speech given by working on signing an agreement with Pope Benedict XVI on Islam in 2006. “The the regional Institute for Post-Diploma ‘clash of civilizations’ of historian Samuel Education so that students will have Huntington is a false theory and quite dan- access to jobs upon graduation. gerous,” said Dr. Arjakovsky. “The “Our partnership with Lviv National Churches have to fight fundamentalism, University is unique in Ukraine,” said Dr. whether Christian, Muslim or secular.” Arjakovsky. “The master’s degree is rec- “How to answer?” asked Dr. ognized both by Catholic universities in Arjakovsky. “Ecumenism is the solu- Europe and also by the Ukrainian gov- tion.” He plans to get Ukrainian theolo- ernment.” gians involved with reflection on the The students in the institute’s journal- document of the World Council of ism specialization are preparing a film Churches titled “The Nature and Mission “Bootstraps: Saints Among Us,” to be of the Church,” which he thinks will help shown on Ukraine’s NTR TV channel in in the worldwide discussion. April. “We are preparing a new genera- Tamara Grzelidze of the Orthodox tion of journalists who will know about Church of Georgia, secretary of the Faith religious issues,” said Dr. Arjakovsky. and Order Commission of the World Students who pursue the third special- Council of Churches, is scheduled to par- Dr. Antoine Arjakovsky, director of the Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the ization, in ecumenical studies, can then ticipate in the conference, as is the Rev. Ukrainian Catholic University (left), is seen with Andrii Vaskiv, a teacher at Ivan do doctoral work at the Ecumenical Milan Zust of the Pontifical Council for Franko National University in Lviv, with which the institute jointly runs its master’s Institute in Bossey, Switzerland, run by Promoting Christian Unity. degree program. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2007 5
THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM UNA extends a fond farewell Svoboda Press releases to retiring Home Office employee 2007 Almanac of the UNA PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The 2007 Almanac of the Ukrainian National Association, which is released annually by the Svoboda Press, is on its way to subscribers of the Ukrainian-language weekly Svoboda. This year’s almanac is dedicated to sev- eral historic anniversaries, first among them the 90th anniversary of the fall of the Russian Empire and the emergence of the Ukrainian Central Rada, which in 1918 proclaimed the independence of Ukraine. The year 2007 also marks the 70th anniversary of the physical destruction of the Ukrainian intelligentsia, begun in 1937 at the time of Joseph Stalin’s Great Terror. Other chapters in the UNA Almanac are dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Roman Shukhevych – Taras Chuprynka, commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), as well as the 110th anniversary of the birth of poet WHIPPANY, N.J. – Anna Malynovsky, who was employed at the Ukrainian Yevhen Malaniuk and the 120th anniver- National Association’s Home Office for over 22 years, was bid a fond farewell on sary of the birth of the world-renowned Friday, March 2, as she retired from her job. She was feted at a luncheon held at sculptor Alexander Archipenko. the new Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, which is located in Other anniversaries are noted as well, The editor of the 2007 Almanac of the Whippany, in close proximity to the UNA Corporate Headquarters based in including the centennial of the birth of Ukrainian National Association is Petro Parsippany. During the luncheon, which was attended by UNA staff, as well as bandurist and composer Hryhory Kytasty Chasto, an editor on the staff of Svoboda. employees of Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly, Mrs. Malynovsky was pre- and the centennial of the birth of pianist The cover design is by Stepan Slutsky. sented with gifts and flowers from the UNA. Above, Mrs. Malynovsky is flanked and founder of the Ukrainian Music Readers who would like to purchase a by UNA National Secretary Christine Kozak and UNA President Stefan Kaczaraj. Institute Roman Sawycky. copy of the latest Almanac of the The Ukrainian-language volume also Ukrainian National Association may call comprises chapters on politics and ecology, 973-292-9800, ext. 3042. The price of UNA Branch 173 funds portraits religious topics, travels, advice and humor. the volume is $15. of church leaders for Wilmington parish UNA SENIORS’ CONFERENCE at Soyuzivka Sunday, June 10-15, 2007, during UNA Seniors’ Week
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On behalf of the UNA Seniors, we invite all senior citizens to participate in our annual UNA Seniors’ Week which will be held from Sunday, June 10, to Friday, June 15, 2007. The UNA Seniors were organized over 30 years ago for the purpose of supporting UNA endeavors, pre- serving and cultivating the Ukrainian heritage, promoting unity within the community, developing social activities and maintaining Ukrainian community life in America. Thankfully, we have finally reached a time in our lives where Ukraine is independent and developing as a democratic state. Although Ukraine will always be in our thoughts and have our support, there is a time when we must concentrate on maintaining our own Ukrainian community here, beyond the borders of Ukraine. There is much that can be done, and we will discuss this and other matters during UNA Seniors’ Week. We promise that the week will be interesting and enjoyable, with many fun activities. As you may have read in the UNA’s publications, last year’s Seniors’ Week had over 75 participants, seven interesting speakers and entertainment in the evenings. Fun was had by all. This year once again we have an interesting program scheduled. We hope you will be able to join us. So, please save these dates for UNA Seniors’ Week and follow the press for further information about the program. Make your reservations now for the UNA Seniors’ Conference, which will be held at our mountain resort SOYUZIVKA, from Sunday, June 10 (starting with a wine and cheese reception) through Friday, June 15 (including brunch). The package is all-inclusive: five nights of accommodations, all meals, includ- ing banquet, (taxes and gratuites included).
WILMINGTON, Del. – Ukrainian National Association Branch 173 funded por- traits of two prominent Ukrainian Catholic Church leaders – Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and Patriarch Josyf Slipyj – for St. Nicholas Parish. A special cere- mony during which the portraits were blessed by the Rev. Volodymyr Klanichka took place at the Wilmington church on Sunday, January 28, following the divine liturgy. During the liturgy, the pastor presented the biographies of the two lead- ers, especially their persecution for their faith and their work on behalf of the UNA members’ package Non-members’ package Ukrainian Church. The portraits of the two confessors of the faith now hang in for five days: $425 single occupancy; for five days: $475 single occupancy; the vestibule of St. Nicholas Church. The local UNA branch’s sponsorship of the $355 pp double occupancy $373 pp double occupancy portraits was arranged by the father-son team of Peter Serba, branch secretary or per night: $100 single; $82 pp double or per night: $110 single; $90 pp double for 53 years, and UNA Advisor Eugene Serba. Seen above are participants of the portrait blessing ceremony inside St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church. BANQUET & ENTERTAINMENT only: $35 pp
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NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Ottawa stalls, again 2007 marks 10th anniversary In August 2005 the Canadian government, then led by the Liberal Party, had announced an agreement in principle with Ukrainian Canadian groups that provided an of Congressional Ukrainian Caucus initial payment of $2.5 million to Canada’s Ukrainian community for acknowledge- Ukrainian Congress Committee of America issues for many years and worked very ment, commemoration and education regarding the 1914-1920 national internment closely with various congressional lead- In 1997 the Ukrainian National operations that unjustly disenfranchised more than 5,000 Ukrainian Canadians and con- ers and the Ukrainian community Information Service (UNIS) public fiscated their property and possessions. These Ukrainian Canadians were treated as through action items and Ukrainian Days affairs office in Washington of the to achieve this goal. “enemy aliens” at the time of World War I because they had the back luck to be immi- Ukrainian Congress Committee of Following the recent U.S. elections, grants from Ukrainian lands then under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. America (UCCA), initiated the formation the membership of the CUC is largely The $2.5 million in funds was to go to the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus stable – of 43 CUC members, 39 mem- Shevchenko, which was to coordinate commemorative projects in consultation with as a vehicle to promote the development bers remain; two members were not re- the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties of U.S.-Ukraine relations and awareness elected and two members have become Association, which has long been in the forefront of redress efforts. It was reported about Ukraine in Congress. U.S. senators. that an additional $10 million would be made available to Ukrainian Canadian groups. Since its inception, the CUC has Moreover, several members of the Our editorial written after the signing of the agreement in principle was head- grown to include over 40 members and CUC occupy influential positions, lined “At long last, a wrong will be righted.” It took two decades of lobbying, has evolved into a group active within including: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), but, finally, Ukrainian Canadians seemed to have won their case. the House of Representatives at the fore- At the signing ceremony of the agreement in principle on August 24, 2005, front of U.S. policy toward Ukraine. the first woman speaker of the U.S. Prime Minister Paul Martin offered lofty words: “… it is not enough just to Over the years, UNIS has maintained House of Representatives; Rep. Nita remember the past. We must actively learn from it. We must put in place the insti- constant contact with the CUC and their Lowey (D-N.Y.), chair of a subcommit- tutions, the laws, the mechanisms – as well as the education and the understand- projects for congressional action. One tee of the Appropriations Committee; ing – to ensure that we don't ever repeat the past.” of the caucus’s major initiatives is the Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D- A few months earlier, when MP Inky Mark’s Bill C-331 (Internment of Persons of Rada-Congress Parliamentary N.Y.), chair of the Rules Committee; Ukrainian Origins Recognition Act) was being voted on, Conservative MP Stephen Exchange Videoconferencing program, Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), chair of the Harper – who today is prime minister – said: “… we know we cannot re-write history. which brings together members of Committee on Foreign Affairs; Rep. We cannot change the fact that an injustice occurred. … But, as heirs of our society Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada and the U.S. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), chair of the and its institutions, we can acknowledge injustice, appreciate the lessons of history Congress to discuss issues of concern Helsinki Commission; and Rep. Robert and make amends where appropriate.” He underscored: “It is time to make amends.” and interest. UNIS actively participates Wexler (D-Fla.), chair of the Now, 19 months after the agreement in principle was signed, the Ukrainian in these teleconferences, recommends Subcommittee on Europe of the Canadian community has yet to see a penny of the promised funds. And, Mr. topics of discussion and translates for Committee on Foreign Affairs. Harper’s government appears to be backtracking: it has agreed to honor only the ini- the U.S. side. The Ukrainian American community tial $2.5 million payment. Furthermore, his government now wants Ukrainian In early February a videoconference needs to strengthen the ranks of the Canadians to apply for the funding that was already allocated to them. was held to discuss renewable energy CUC, so that issues we care about The Ukrainian Canadian community insists that an endowment fund of $12.5 source production and gearing agricul- remain in the forefront, especially during million be created within the Shevchenko Foundation and that the community – ture to ensure the energy independence this crucial time for Ukraine and our not some federal government structure as is now being proposed by the govern- of both Ukraine and the U.S. The community. Therefore, the UCCA calls ment – is best able to determine project priorities. Ukrainian side was represented by Ivan upon community members to reacquaint It’s time for the Canadian government to live up to its commitments – commitments Bokii, leader of the Socialist faction; themselves with their respective repre- made over and over by various leaders, various parties and successive governments. Ivan Kyrylenko of the Yulia sentatives, especially the recently elected The Canadian government should do the honorable thing: budget $12.5 million for Tymoshenko bloc; and Serhii Ryzhuk of new members of Congress, and urge the Acknowledgement, Commemoration and Education Program on internment and let the Party of the Regions, a former minis- them to become members of the those funds be administered – as previously agreed – by the Shevchenko Foundation. ter of agriculture of Ukraine. Rep. Congressional Ukrainian Caucus. The Recognition, restitution and reconciliation are all that the Ukrainian Canadian Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), CUC co-chair; work of the UCCA on behalf of our com- community wants. Recognition, restitution and reconciliation are what the com- Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.), CUC co- munity relies heavily upon its contacts munity deserves – not more stalling by Ottawa. chair; and Rep. Collin Peterson (D- within Congress and cooperation with its Minn.), chairman of the Committee on members. Agriculture, represented the U.S. The UCCA would like to sincerely Congress. Such discussions help bolster thank all the members of the CUC for mutual understanding and ties between their work on behalf of strengthening March the two legislatures. U.S.-Ukraine relations. We wish them Turning the pages back... The CUC has brought issues of impor- much success in the future. tance to the Ukrainian American commu- * * * 15 nity before the entire House of Representatives by sponsoring such bills The Ukrainian Congress Committee of 1987 Twenty years ago, The Ukrainian Weekly reported that the as HR 1053 to repeal the Jackson-Vanik America is a not-for-profit educational report of the Deschenes Commission of Inquiry on War Amendment for Ukraine and HR 562 to institution that has provided authoritative Criminals in Canada was released. Along with the report was allocate a plot of federal land in the information about the plight of a response by the Canadian government on the best ways to District of Columbia for a monument to Ukrainians and represented the interests bring war criminals to justice. the victims of the Ukrainian Famine- of the Ukrainian American community Prepared in February 1985 by Jules Deschenes, a Quebec Superior Court justice, the Genocide. UNIS had advocated these since 1940. $3 million report’s purpose was to determine the number of war criminals in Canada, to trace how they entered the country and determine how to bring them to justice. The report was delivered in late December 1986 and was delayed by the govern- ment for editing purposes. It was divided into a 1,000-page public section released on March 12, 1987, and a confidential section, naming individuals against whom Judge Ukrainian Federation to host founders Deschenes recommended further judicial action. Three key recommendations made in the report included an amendment of the of Congressional Ukrainian Caucus Canadian criminal code, a streamlining of denaturalization and deportation proce- dures, and the expansion of Canadian laws of extradition. JENKINTOWN, Pa. – The Ukrainian States, Dr. Yuri Shcherbak. At that meet- The “made-in-Canada solution” as it was called, concluded that war criminals could be Federation of America will host the ing the ambassador discussed the need to tried in Canada, that funds be allocated to Canadian law enforcement to conduct investiga- Founders of the Ukrainian Congressional create a greater presence for Ukraine on tions, and that more stringent immigration screening procedures be implemented. Caucus at their annual meeting here at Capitol Hill and to address major con- Approximately 880 cases were opened, and over 600 of these were immediately the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural cerns he had, including Jackson-Vanik recommended to be closed due to unsubstantiated evidence. Of this, 238 active cases Center on Saturday, March 24. legislation; requirements by Congress in remained open and 29 cases contained confidential names of suspects released to the The membership will recognize the the Foreign Operations Appropriations Cabinet. Nine of these cases were recommended to be closed. efforts made on behalf of a free and dem- Bill that required the president to annual- The Ukrainian community’s reaction to the report was generally favorable, but rep- ocratic Ukraine by two former ly certify to Congress Ukraine’s progress resentatives of the Simon Wiesenthal Center voiced serious reservations on the speed Republican members of Congress from on anti-discrimination measures as a con- of the government’s response. Two Ukrainian Canadian members of Parliament said it Pennsylvania, Jon D. Fox and Charles dition for receiving foreign assistance; did not go far enough to protect the rights of innocent individuals. The report put the Dougherty. and his desire as ambassador to meet Canadian Jewish community at odds with the Baltic Canadian and Ukrainian Following his election to Congress in with and develop relationships with key Canadian communities, because the latter groups objected to the use of evidence from 1996 from the 13th Congressional members of the House and Senate. the Soviet Union that might be compromised. District in suburban Philadelphia, Jon D. Rep. Fox responded to the ambassador The 600-member Brotherhood of Veterans of the 1st Division of the Ukrainian Fox, a long-time friend of the Ukrainian by acknowledging his long time support National Army (also known as the Galicia Division) was investigated by the community, both as a state representative for Ukraine, his personal friendship with Commission and they were fully exonerated by the probe. and county commissioner, attended a Mmes. Chernyk and Andryczyk and the meeting in Washington arranged by federation, and his willingness to work Source: “Deschenes report is released, Government proposes ‘Canadian’ solu- Zenia Chernyk and Vera Andryczyk with tion,” by Michael Bociurkiw, The Ukrainian Weekly, March 15, 1987. Ukraine’s then ambassador to the United (Continued on page 16) No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2007 7
DoubleDouble ExposurExposuree Faces and Places by Khristina Lew by Myron B. Kuropas
Seasons in the sun What’s “nash” is ours A year ago Ukrainians were getting Ms. Tymoshenko’s impact on a crowd Have you heard of Nash Shliakh (Our Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago ready to vote in parliamentary elections. is tangible. “She is capable, very capable, Way)? Edited by Eugene Kruk, it was pub- (which “possesses a multitude of special Hopes were high that the Orange forces of mobilizing the people, mobilizing their lished in New York City in 1919 and 1920. issues/titles founded nowhere else”); the would gain enough seats to form a majority thoughts,” said Mr. Bihun. “They want to How about Nash Stiah (Our Banner)? Ukrainian Museum and Archives in in the new Parliament and carry Ukraine be with her. They are looking for a leader Edited by Alexander Shapoval, it was Stamford, Conn., (which “is second to none along the Euro-Atlantic path that was set or leading force to fulfill the promises of published in Chicago during the 1930s. in its Ukrainian religious press holdings in after the Orange Revolution of 2004. It was the ‘maidan.’ Those who look beyond that All of these hard-to-find publications, the United States”); the Ukrainian Orthodox a cold winter and the sidewalks in Ternopil would like to know how that is going to as well as hundreds of others, are now Church Museum and Library in South were covered in six inches of ice. be accomplished. How are the democratic available on microfilm thanks to the Bound Brook, N.J. (where one finds “many After months of negotiation throughout forces going to be united? What are the efforts of Halyna Myroniuk, senior assis- missing issues of pre-World War II immi- the spring and into summer, the Orange steps that are necessary to permit early tant curator at the Immigration History gration materials …”); and the Ukrainian alliance collapsed and Viktor Yanukovych parliamentary elections? The goal is sim- Research Center (IHRC) at the University American Archives and Museum in Detroit was named prime minister. In the six ple: to get the majority in Parliament and of Minnesota, and Dr. Alexander (which “houses an exceptional number of months since his return to power he has create a new government. But what will Lushnycky. They microfilmed and com- complete ‘fonds’ in the field of sports and repeatedly challenged the Ukrainian presi- be the policy changes?” piled them for use by immigration schol- Ukrainian youth organizations …”). dent’s authority, already weakened by the Ms. Tymoshenko made her case for ars. The list has recently been published The most noteworthy repository in constitutional reforms of January 2006, new elections at all her public speaking by IHRC and the World Council of the Canada was the Ukrainian Cultural fired Foreign Affairs Minister Borys engagements – at CSIS on February 28, at Shevchenko Scientific Society in a 393- Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which has Tarasyuk and steered Ukraine toward the community meeting on March 1, at page book titled “A Research Guide to “the most extensive holdings of leftist, Russia and away from its stated goal of the National Press Club on March 2 – and Ukrainian and Carpatho-Rusyn American that is, socialist/communist press pub- joining NATO and integrating into Europe. in private meetings with Vice-President Newspapers, Periodicals and Calendars- lished in Canada and the United States.” At the beginning of March, Yulia Dick Cheney, National Security Advisor Almanacs on Microfilm (1886-1976).” It During the six years it took to bring Tymoshenko, newly reunited with her Stephen Hadley, Secretary of State is a gold mine for serious researchers. this project to fruition, Dr. Lushnycky Orange ally Our Ukraine into a single Condoleezza Rice and members of the According to Dr. Osyp Nazaruk, a traveled to 12 different centers in opposition in Parliament, traveled to Congressional Ukrainian Caucus. prominent Ukrainian American journalist Europe, including the Basilian Fathers’ Washington with the message that Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), co-chair and editor in the 1920s and 1930s, “The Library and Archives in Peremyshl, Ukraine must hold early parliamentary of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, press vastly influences all aspects of life Poland; the Slovanska Knihova in elections to stop the power struggle said after her meeting with Ms. – Church, politics, education, fine arts, Prague, Czech Republic; the Ukrainian between President Viktor Yushchenko Tymoshenko, “if the Constitutional Court literature, industry, business, and most National Home Library in Edinburgh, and Prime Minister Yanukovych. and Ukraine’s leaders approve, then it’s importantly: the enlightenment of future Scotland; and the Schweizerische “Ukraine is in deep constitutional cri- probably within reason” for Ukraine to generations – and in this way ensures the Landesbibliothek in Bern, Switzerland. sis,” she told a standing-room-only gath- hold new parliamentary elections. future of the nation.” Wise words. The lead sponsor of the project was ering at the Center for Strategic and Except that if you speak with the very “The titles selected for microfilming,” John Hynansky, a successful Ukrainian International Studies on February 28. Ukrainians who would go back to the polls one reads in the research guide, “were American businessman, owner of 21 auto “The president has said it. The prime in a new parliamentary election, they just very important in shaping Ukrainian- dealerships throughout Delaware, minister has said it. We can no longer don’t want it. Channel 5 reported on Ruthenian identity among the early Pennsylvania and Maryland. Soon after ignore the fact that Ukraine is losing ele- March 12 that 57 percent of those sur- immigrants who called themselves Ukraine became independent, Mr. ments of stability every day, and the veyed were against early parliamentary Rusyns and for laying the foundation of Hynansky became the exclusive importer standoff between the two branches of elections. “People understand that nothing the Ukrainian press in America. Many of and distributor for Ford automobiles in government is ruining our well-being, will change with new elections because these titles were inaccessible, because Ukraine. In 2005 he was involved with the investment climate, and Ukraine’s the same forces will make up the new they were fragile, lost or their existence seven Winner Ford dealerships in that position as a stable partner.” Parliament,” said Viktoria Hubska, direc- was unknown.” Two major institutions country. She also said that the Yanukovych gov- tor of the Kyiv Office of the Ukrainian cooperated with the IHRC to make the Mr. Hynansky is truly “nash.” “In addi- ernment does not have Ukraine’s national Congress Committee of America. project a reality: the Shevchenko tion to his sponsorship of the microfilm interests at heart and that she fears the The numbers don’t lie: 29 percent Scientific Society in the United States project,” one reads in the research guide, country’s backslide into the Russian would vote for the Party of the Regions, (NTSh, USA) then headed by Leonid “John, his Winner dealerships, and/or the sphere. “I am afraid to wake up one morn- 23 percent for the Yulia Tymoshenko Rudnytzky, and its sister NTSh society in Ford Motor Co. have contributed an ing to find that Ukraine has joined the Bloc, 8 percent for Our Ukraine and 4 Lviv, then headed by Oleh Romaniv. ambulance in Lviv, donated police cars in Single Economic Space and the Soviet percent for the Communist Party of Similar projects published in Canada several regions, supported children’s hos- Union has been recreated.” Ukraine. Last March those numbers and the United States served as an inspira- pitals and orphanages, assisted in organiz- Ms. Tymoshenko is passionate. She is were 32 percent, 22 percent, 13.9 percent tion to the present work including the ing an environmental project and partici- well-spoken. She answers every question and 3.7 percent, respectively. UNA-funded IHRC publication titled pated in many other community projects.” posed to her thoughtfully, fully, candidly. Time will tell whether Ms. “Svoboda: A Select Index,” which covered In speaking with Dr. Lushnycky, one During her February 28-March 2 visit to Tymoshenko’s call for early parliamentary the years 1893-1918. Volume I was com- gets the impression that looking for rare Washington she made time to meet with elections will gain momentum, whether piled by Walter Anastas (Anastazievsky) and discontinued Ukrainian and Rusyn the Ukrainian community, something Ukrainians will go to the polls once again, and Maria Woroby, while the successive publications is more than just a hobby. Prime Minister Yanukovych, who traveled whether the Orange team will in fact pre- three volumes were compiled by Walter It’s a mission, a life’s work that still to Washington three months earlier, in vail. It’s been an unusually mild spring. Anastazievsky and Roman Stepchuk. keeps him busy many days of the week. December 2006, did not. A number of American repositories It’s like working on a puzzle. “I’m That meeting was held were tapped for the research guide, includ- always finding a missing piece, a missing on Capitol Hill, in a large ing the Ukrainian Museum-Archives Inc. publication,” he explains. “It gives me room in the Rayburn in Cleveland, Ohio. Established by such pleasure to be able to say ‘we now House Office Building. Alexander Fedynsky and Leonid have the complete set’ of this or that pub- Over 300 members of the Bachynsky, the museum “provided at least lication. It drives me nuts when I discov- community attended. 15 percent of the Ukrainian American er that only one issue is still missing While many were press that has been microfilmed.” from a complete set. I’ve been very lucky impressed by her convic- Alexander Fedynsky’s son Andrew, a to find all of the publications that I did,” tion, more than a few Ukrainian Weekly columnist, is now the he concludes. “It’s God’s hand at work.” pointed out that she director of the Cleveland museum. Dr. Lushnycky and his partner Ms. lacked prescriptions for Another exceptional repository was Myroniuk are community treasures. Both the future. Andrew Bihun, found at the Ukrainian Academy of Arts are quiet, unassuming workers commit- director of the Business and Sciences in New York City, established ted to the preservation of our Ukrainian Development Forum of in 1950 by Wolodymyr Mijakowsky. “The American past. Both have made what is The Washington Group, academy, under its long time archivist “nashe” (ours) available to all. Both rich- said of her meeting with Oksana Radysh, was fortunate to receive ly deserve our full support. the Ukrainian American valuable periodicals and archives from Copies of the Research Guide are community, which he noteworthy Ukrainian historians and politi- available for $69.95 from Halyna moderated, “She devoted cal leaders of the pre-World War II era in Myroniuk, IHRC, 311 Elmer Andersen a lot of time to talking the United States. About 15 percent of our Library, 222 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis, about changing the power ‘fonds,’ ” write the authors of the research MN, 55455. structure, but not what the Khristina Lew guide, “were supplied by the academy.” changes would be if the Ukraine’s opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko Other important repositories visited for Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is: democrats took over.” answers reporters’ questions in Washington. this ambitious project included the [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2007 No. 11
Moscow Mayor Yurii Luzhkov to A country that does not respect itself Notes from Ukraine Crimea. Acting Chairman of the Security has no right to expect others to respect it. Service Valentyn Nalyvaichenko com- I vote for Mr. Luzhkov to be permanently plained about Mr. Luzhkov’s inappropri- barred from ever again entering Ukraine. Taras Kuzio’s blog ate and undiplomatic comments in three areas: first, criticizing Soviet leader March 5 Nikita Khrushchev for transferring February 19 explanation. This, by the way, is not just Crimea to Ukraine in 1954; second, Washington is charmed by Yulia my own view but that of Ukrainians vis- A shameful decision thanking Crimeans for opposing ...Yulia Tymoshenko arrived in iting Washington and of those who fol- Ukraine’s cooperation with NATO; third, low Ukraine in this city. Washington with a message of hope that … Today, reading the Ukrainian news I promising support to Crimea’s ethnic His decision to award Mr. Potebenko a the Orange Revolution was not finished. thought I spotted a bad joke. I read that the Russian population. And this was perhaps a key message that state medal is a disgrace and an insult to We should all be surprised that Order of Yaroslav the Wise (third class), murdered journalist Heorhii Gongadze she conveyed to Americans and Ukrainian has been awarded to Mykhailo Potebenko Ukrainian authorities are surprised at Mr. Americans who have been disenchanted and to Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Luzhkov’s remarks. My book titled for “his great personal contribution to the who introduced Ukraine’s first book of by developments. This was clearly visible building of a law-abiding state, the “Ukraine-Crimea-Russia: Triangle of in the meeting with the Ukrainian diaspora laws, Rus’ka Pravda, in the 11th century. Conflict” will be published in the spring strengthening of legality and law-abiding, Mr. Potebenko would be disgraced in attended by 300 people. Ms. Tymoshenko and his long years of conscientious toil on of this year. Mr. Luzhkov is prominently refused to move on to another meeting any Western democracy for covering up featured in the book as a member of the the occasion of his 70th birthday.” widespread, high-level abuse of office until all of the questions were answered. I immediately thought of my own Russian elite who has persistently chal- She said that she felt like “I am in Lviv.” when he was the country’s top prosecu- lenged Ukraine’s sovereignty in Crimea potential contributions to Ukraine’s come- tor. His actions as prosecutor during the The audience chanted “Yulia, Yulia!” and dy: Yurii Kravchenko should be awarded a and Sevastopol. On each occasion that “Razom nas bahato!” investigation of the Gongadze murder Mr. Luzhkov has visited Crimea, includ- posthumous medal for his dedicated con- were a sham meant only to deflect blame Ms. Tymoshenko also set out to prove ing this month, he has used similar lan- tribution to transforming Ukraine’s police from President Kuchma. that she was a “normal” politician who guage that infringes on Ukraine’s sover- force into a professional force, to the Party In the 2002 elections, Mr. Potebenko was pro-business. The U.S., without a eignty and territorial integrity. of the Regions for its incessant devotion to was elected on the Communist Party list. left-wing tradition, had been her severest Why, then, is he allowed to continue upholding the concept of free elections, to He was quickly expelled because he was critic when she was in government in to visit Crimea? Should there not be a Viktor Medvedchuk for his single-handed a Kuchma-loyalist Trojan horse who pro- 2005. She obviously made an impression permanent banning order on Mr. contribution to expanding media freedom, vided the additional vote that permitted on her fiercest U.S. critic, Anders Luzhkov? I know what such banning to Volodymyr Lytvyn for his campaign to Mr. Lytvyn to be elected parliamentary Aslund, who was photographed wearing orders mean in real life. In April 1990 I remove plagiarism, to Leonid Kuchma for chairman with 226 votes. … a Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc scarf when he was expelled from the USSR after flying his contribution to enriching Ukraine’s lan- Mr. Potebenko is now a state hero. was talking to Ms. Tymoshenko. Ms. to Moscow en route to Kyiv to attend the Could somebody please remind me again Tymoshenko, who has a very good sense guage and, lest we forget, to Viktor first congress of the Ukrainian Yushchenko for his contribution to stress- who won the 2004 elections? of humor that most Ukrainian politicians Republican Party. At Moscow’s lack, really laughed. ing the importance of punctuality and deci- Sheremetyevo Airport I was illegally siveness in the lives of Ukrainian citizens. February 27 I have to confess that the scarf was searched and sent back to Warsaw. I placed on Dr. Aslund by this writer and Joking aside, it is increasingly difficult Luzhkov does it again found out from the Soviet press that I so readers of this blog should not rush (as to understand the policies undertaken by was on a KGB blacklist for my “bour- they already did in the Presidential President Viktor Yushchenko as they are Ukraine and Russia are again at log- geois nationalist” activities. I eventually Secretariat) to the conclusion that Dr. devoid of rationale, logic, vision and gerheads over a visit last week by was able to travel to the USSR for the Aslund had defected to YTB. See first time a month after the failed hard- http://www.tymoshenko.com.ua/ukr/phot line coup of August 1991. Kommersant reported. o/?fid=1 It is not just totalitarian states, such as Ohryzko... He hadn’t consulted Ms. Tymoshenko In Washington, Ms. Tymoshenko is the USSR, that have banning lists. now the symbol of the Orange (Continued from page 1) on this condition. Democratic states also have a right to Almost immediately after the presi- Revolution. If President Viktor with the coalition leaders and arranged for prevent individuals from entering if these Yushchenko were to ever again travel to Mr. Ohryzko to remain in Kyiv, he said. dent announced his compromise, Ms. persons are considered a threat to nation- Tymoshenko appeared on the 1+1 televi- the U.S. his reception would be very dif- The embarrassing result was that Mr. al security. ferent from the standing ovations he sion evening news upon returning from a Ohryzko didn’t join the president on the Over the last 15 years, Mr. Luzhkov received in April 2005 in the U.S. trip to Zhytomyr to re-affirm the opposi- Copenhagen trip, instead attending the has encouraged separatism in Crimea and Congress and at two receptions, all three tion’s unity in spite of the agreement. She parliamentary session only to find out intervened in Ukraine’s internal affairs – events that I attended. appeared visibly irritated with the presi- that the vote was being delayed, Mr. both of which constitute a national secu- Ms. Tymoshenko’s presentation skills dent. Baloha said. rity threat. Could you imagine the U.S. are excellent. They wipe the floor of Mr. “It seems to me that while I left Kyiv “The zealous announcements on readi- permitting the mayor of Mexico City to Yushchenko’s incoherent mumblings and for a half a day, the criminal government ness for understanding hadn’t even sub- persistently visit Texas and encourage Viktor Yanukovych’s choreographed again entangled Viktor Andriyovych sided,” Mr. Baloha told reporters in Hispanic separatists by decrying the stiffness and fear of questions (and Copenhagen. “The coalition demonstrat- [Yushchenko] in its plans and again tried transfer of the territory from Mexico to Ukrainian American diaspora ladies). ed today its latest political wriggling, to pull him toward a road that doesn’t the U.S.? Ms. Tymoshenko fills the room with showing society any agreements didn’t have an end,” Ms. Tymoshenko said. Mr. Luzhkov is no ordinary Russian energy and determination, which has left and don’t make sense.” Mr. Yushchenko’s agreement also official as he has always held a senior an impression in Washington that wanted Mr. Yushchenko’s deal with his politi- revealed his ongoing failure to form a place in President Vladimir Putin’s to hear that the Orange Revolution is not cal rivals revealed that all it took was two consistent political policy with the lead- Unified Russia. This party of power was dead. A Georgian expert told me that, weeks for the first cracks to emerge with- ers of the Our Ukraine bloc. officially registered on December 18, although she is similar to Georgian in the unified opposition. Just two days before the president’s 2001, on the basis of the former Unity President Mikheil Saakashvili, she was As part of the agreement with the compromise, Mr. Kyrylenko said Our Party and Moscow Mayor Luzhkov’s far more impressive and knowledgeable. coalition leaders, the president agreed to Ukraine would avoid working with the Fatherland movement. Mr. Luzhkov Ms. Tymoshenko has a real doctorate and have the Our Ukraine parliamentary fac- coalition, which it considered senseless. therefore, is not, an independent actor, therefore can be called “Professor” with tion end its boycott of parliamentary ses- It’s unclear whether Mr. Kyrylenko’s but both a city mayor and a senior mem- only one “f.” (Remember “Proffessor” sions that was declared on March 13 with statement was meant to include the presi- ber of Mr. Putin’s ruling party. Yanukovych?) the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, dent himself. Will placing Mr. Luzhkov on a ban- During lunch with Ms. Tymoshenko at ning order be easy? 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No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2007 9 COMMENTARY: Kira Muratova to represent Ukraine at Tribeca 2007 by Yuri Shevchuk Sentimental Policeman,” 1992; Asthenic Syndrom,” a “Enthusiasms,” 1994; “Three Stories,” scathing and shocking- Ukraine will be prominently featured at 1997; “Letter to America,” 1999; “Minor ly shrill criticism of the Tribeca International Film Festival, People,” 2001; “Chekhov’s Motifs,” 2002; Soviet society, which which is slated to take place from April 25 “The Tuner,” 2004. was allegedly the only through May 6 in New York City. “Two in In an important sense Ms. Muratova’s Soviet motion picture One” (Dva v odnomu), the latest feature personal history and oeuvre are deeply banned by Soviet cen- film by Kira Muratova, perhaps the most symbolic of Ukraine’s fortunes under the sors in the middle of internationally celebrated and controversial Soviet occupation and the lingering Mikhail Gorbachev’s Ukrainian film director, will have its world Russian imperial legacies the country has perestroika. At that premiere in New York as a participant in wrestled with since independence. point she was rescued the Tribeca International Film Festival’s Born Kira Georgievna Korotkova in from the replay of the World Narrative Feature Competition. 1934 in the village of Soroki (now in same fate by the The film’s official selection by the festi- Moldova) she was reared in a Russian cul- Berlin International val’s organizing committee, which was tural environment. “My first language, my Film Festival, which announced on March 12, will be welcome love of country, was Russian and Russia,” awarded “The news for those who take to heart the cause she is quoted as saying in the authoritative Asthenic Syndrom” a of revival of the Ukrainian national cinema. and only English-language study of Ms. Silver Bear. Since the surprise win of the highly Filmmaker Kira Muratova of Ukraine. Muratova written by Jane Taubman, pro- Having become a prestigious Golden Palm for the best fessor of Russian at Amherst College. celebrated auteur, Ms. Muratova also was largely a fait accompli before Ms. short (Palme d’or du court métrage) by Ms. Muratova studied at the famous Ihor Strembitsky’s “Wayfarers” at the became a one-person battlefield of cul- Muratova even started. cinematographic school in Moscow known tures: imperial Russian and post-colonial The truly remarkable thing is how Ms. Cannes International Film Festival in by its Russian acronym VGIK (All-Union France in 2005, Ukrainian cinema has Ukrainian. Russia, ever reluctant to accept Muratova, who lives in the Ukrainian State Institute of Cinematography). Its cre- and put up with the loss of its dominions, city of Odesa which is far from being had precious little to show for itself. ation was the result of Stalin’s idea of cen- Ukrainian filmmaking has been plagued has continued the policy of imperial exclusively Russian in terms of language tralizing and controlling filmmaking on the appropriation in the cultural sphere direct- and culture, has remained blind, indiffer- by an endless litany of paralyzing ailments: entire territory of the former USSR. VGIK ed at Ukraine as a former colony. Ms. ent, uninterested, some may say snobbish the indifference of the government, the was to replace individual film schools for Muratova with her personal history and – to those who have for decades of the pathetic ineptness of bureaucrats at the every national Soviet republic and thus to culture was a lucrative target of such a Soviet regime been brutally assimilated Ministry of Culture, the total domination of pre-empt the rise of nationally conscious policy and its conduit. into the Great Russian culture. the distribution by Russian interests, the filmmakers and to use cinematography as reluctance of national oligarchs to invest in She is and has always been Russian lin- Using her celebrity status, Ms. a tool of Russification and imperial subju- guistically and culturally, and she likes to Ukrainian films, hostility on the part of gation. Existing film training schools in Muratova has successfully resisted the Ukrainian TV corporations, the lack of use Russian literature as a source of inspi- timid attempts of the Ukrainian govern- Ukraine and other national republics were ration and references for her films. Despite nationally conscious cinematographic cadre, either closed down or reduced to the level ment to make the funding of all films continued Russification and feeble resist- the fact that she has lived in Ukraine for conditional on their use of the Ukrainian of a joke. more than 45 years, she has contrived to ance to it by civil society, the dependence of Ms. Muratova’s creative history is evi- language and promotion of Ukrainian the few talented Ukrainian filmmakers on exclude Ukraine from her films or at best culture that, in the sphere of filmmaking, dence of how effective Stalin’s imperial relegate it to the very margins, reduce the state support and their inability to raise pri- designs have proven to be, even today. has been brutalized and reduced to the colonized to a perfect state of transparency vate money for their projects. The few films Her films are often marked by defiance state of clinical death. At Ukraine’s and invisibility. That not a single of more (five or six) that were produced in 2006 of the Communist ideological orthodoxies Ministry of Culture Ms. Muratova than a dozen of Ms. Muratova’s films is in despite all the odds were either amateurish, that required a non-conflicted, positive and enjoyed the status of the most favored Ukrainian is not really the point. Ousting or had nothing Ukrainian about them, or optimistic portrayal of Soviet life. To say the Ukrainian language from filmmaking (Continued on page 17) both the former and the latter. that such a stance took a lot of courage Hardly anybody can accuse Ms. would be an understatement. At the same Muratova of amateurishness. She is a mas- time and in a more subtle way, Ms. ter of her métier – a great, original, puz- Muratova has been an apologist of Russian zling master. Her originality and refusal to imperial domination. As for many great follow the dicta of socialist realism, the representatives of Russian culture, the colo- aesthetic orthodoxy of Russian Bolshevik nized have remained unworthy of her atten- ideology, got her into trouble with the tion. She seems never to have entertained Soviet regime, deprived her of work and the idea that Ukrainians in their quest for almost destroyed her as a creative individ- freedom may deserve her support. ual. She was perhaps the only Ukrainian Upon graduation from VGIK, Ms. film director for whom Ukraine’s inde- Muratova was assigned together with her pendence meant a true creative revival. first husband and film director Oleksander While her colleagues complained of the Muratov to the Odesa Film Studio. Since lack of appreciation for their talent on the the early 1960s, she lived and worked in part of Ukrainian government and society, Odesa. Her first films “By the Steep Ms. Muratova continued to make one criti- Ravine,” 1961; “Our Honest Bread,” 1964; cally acclaimed film after another: “The “Brief Encounters,” 1967 – announced the arrival of a talented non-conformist film- Yuri Shevchuk is lecturer of Ukrainian maker. The regime neutralized her by first language and culture in the department shelving her films and then not allowing of Slavic languages at Columbia her to make films for long periods of time. University. He is teaching a pioneering True domestic and international recog- course “Cinema and the Emergence of nition came to Ms. Muratova with the Modern Ukraine.” release in 1989 of her picture “The Lydia Artymiw’s performance reviewed by New York Times PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Ukrainian Times called her interpretations “concen- American pianist Lydia Artymiw per- trated musicality tempered by good taste.” formed works by Mozart, Schumann and Ms. Artymiw performed under the aus- others on February 28 at Weill Recital pices of Pro Musicis, an international Hall in New York. organization that arranges such concert The 30-year veteran of the piano, who opportunities in exchange for artists to play since 1989 has been a professor at the at hospitals, clinics and other places where University of Minnesota School of Music people in need would welcome music. in Minneapolis, included in her program The recipient of many awards, Ms. Mozart’s B-flat Sonata (K.333), and Artymiw, who was born in Philadelphia, Schumann’s “Arabeske,” “Aufschwung” was awarded the Distinguished and “Fantasiestuke.” Also in the program McKnight Professorship (2001), the were pieces by Gyrogy Kurtag, which Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Prize included “Games,” and Robert Capanna’s (1989), the Avery Fisher Career Grant five-movement piece “Magic Numbers (1987), and was the top prize winner at II: Reflections.” the Leeds (1978) and Leventritt (1976) Bernard Holland of The New York international competitions. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2007 No. 11
Yushchenko the legal basis to dismiss the Verkhovna not simply informing on it. Responsible?” Unified opposition... Rada and call for pre-term elections. The court may also Ever since attaining power in August, the Anti-Crisis (Continued from page 1) find the December 2004 reform unconstitutional. Coalition government led by Mr. Yanukovych has the coalition government stripping the presidency of The Constitutional Court is currently reviewing waged an aggressive campaign of usurping power, mov- much of its authority. whether one of the clauses of the Cabinet of Ministers ing toward its goal of attaining absolute authority in The most likely scenario of political upheaval, if it law is valid, namely the condition that all laws signed by Ukrainian government. does happen this spring, is that the Constitutional Court the president must also be signed by the prime minister After passing the Cabinet of Ministers law that signif- will declare the formation of the coalition government and executing minister. icantly reduced the president’s authority, the coalition unconstitutional on technical grounds, giving President Another scenario involves one-third of Parliament, or government’s main obstacle to complete governmental 150 national deputies, resigning their positions, thereby control is the presidential veto. forcing pre-term elections. Only once has a presidential veto been overridden so far While Ms. Tymoshenko has been mustering political – when the Tymoshenko Bloc joined the parliamentary support, Orange Revolution hero Yurii Lutsenko has organ- majority coalition in voting for the Cabinet of Ministers law. Unified opposition’s demands ized a national, civic movement capable of leading protests Among the purposes of the unified opposition pact The unified opposition on March 13 announced and possible civil disobedience, especially in case pre-term reached on February 24 between the Our Ukraine and its 17 demands of the coalition government. elections are held and the coalition government revolts. Tymoshenko blocs was to assure that Ms. Tymoshenko 1. To define through a nationwide referendum the Since his dismissal as internal affairs minister in would not again help the coalition override a veto. form of Ukraine’s government; to develop and December 2006, Mr. Lutsenko has launched a move- However, coalition leaders know there’s more than approve a new edition of the Constitution. ment called the People’s Self-Defense (Narodna Samo- one way to skin a cat. 2. To defend Ukraine’s foreign policy course. Oborona), holding nationwide rallies drawing tens of Opposition leaders, as well as the president, warned that 3. To halt the attack against the Ukrainian lan- thousands of protesters throughout Ukraine. the coalition government will attempt to secure a 300-vote guage and culture. Through People’s Self-Defense, Mr. Lutsenko has bloc in Parliament to override the president’s vetoes, largely 4. To halt the politicization, criminalization and been setting up local organizations and recruiting activists by attracting opposition deputies willing to sell their votes. corruption of Ukraine’s law enforcement structures. to lay the groundwork for a massive protest planned for So far 10 national deputies have abandoned or been 5. To dissolve the criminal tie between business the spring, consisting of a national march on Kyiv to excluded from opposition factions for voting with the par- and government. demand that politicians keep their campaign promises. liamentary coalition. Among them are former Our Ukraine 6. To switch to direct [without intermediaries] The People’s Self-Defense also intends to blockade Deputies Oleksander Volkov and Volodymyr Zaplatynskyi, agreements with the Russian Federation, Parliament should the president decide to dismiss the who is the leader of the group. They are attempting to form Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on pro- Verkhovna Rada and the coalition ignores his order, their own parliamentary faction, Independent Ukraine, viding Ukraine with natural gas. political observers said. which is likely to support the coalition government. 7. To significantly increase wages and pensions. Evidence is emerging that the coalition government Even if the Independent Ukraine faction is allowed to 8. To overcome the “tariff” [utilities] crisis. views Mr. Lutsenko as a legitimate threat. The Kharkiv form, the coalition government still needs 54 votes to 9. To halt corrupt schemes in the economy. City Executive Committee, which is controlled by the override a presidential veto. 10. To halt the government’s pressure on business. Party of the Regions, has asked a local district court to for- Tymoshenko and Our Ukraine bloc deputies are confident 11. To immediately stop [corporate] raiding. bid a People’s Self-Defense rally planned for March 16. the 10 deputies will have to resign their posts because the 12. To halt the destruction of the foundations of In what opposition leaders characterize as political Ukrainian Constitution forbids deputies from serving in the statehood and government systems in the country. persecution reminiscent of the administration of Verkhovna Rada after they have been expelled from a fac- 13. To remove all obstacles to conducting local President Leonid Kuchma, the Procurator General’s tion. The law also forbids deputies from switching factions. referenda. Office of Ukraine announced on March 14 that it has Ukraine stands on the brink of falling victim to a total 14. To hold corrupt judges responsible for illegit- charged Mr. Lutsenko with illegally distributing usurpation of power by the coalition government, Ms. imate rulings. 15. To stop the Central Election Commission’s firearms while serving as internal affairs minister. Tymoshenko warned. decline into manipulation and corruption. As Ukraine’s opposition forces intensified their strug- “They have begun diligent work on deputies – scar- 16. To approve the law “On the Parliamentary gle, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych criticized the ing their children, proposing bribes and trying to gather Opposition.” president for lending them support. a gang of 300 votes on this basis – then they will change 17. To implement non-delayable and non- “The president is supposed to be occupied with the the Constitution and approve all laws regardless of the exhaustible measures to overcome the catastrophic nation’s development, not hold khorovody (round president’s veto,” the opposition leader declared from state of agriculture and the Ukrainian peasantry. dances) with the opposition,” the prime minister said. the tribune. “This is practically a system of government “The president is responsible for the situation’s stability, overthrow.”
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Boxing boos and whistles. Kotelnik’s Universum mountain climbers are scheduled to leave rent team, Bayer Leverkusen. Voronin, Box-Promotion filed an immediate for New Zealand to ascend Aoraki/Mount who was part of the Ukrainian team that • Wladimir Klitschko, 30, stunned protest over the controversial decision, Cook (12,316 feet). reached the quarter-finals in last year’s Ray Austin to the canvas with a barrage which some believed showed favoritism • Ukrainian mountain climber Sergey World Cup, is the first transfer under the of left hooks 87 seconds into the second due to the champion’s British promoter Yrevich, born in 1961, died while climb- new ownership of American tycoons round in a mandatory bout to maintain Frank Warren. ing the Free Korea Peak “Svobodnaya George Gillett and Tom Hicks, who his IBF heavyweight title on March 10. Korea” (4,740 meters) near Ala-Archa agreed to take over Liverpool earlier in Klitschko improved his record to 48-3 Martial arts National Park in Kyrgyzstan on February February. with 43 KO. Referee Eddie Cotton An international martial arts tourna- 12-24. Two Russian climbers found the • Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk stopped the fight after Austin struggled ment titled “Face to Face” took place at body on February 26 and turned the advanced to the group of 16 stage in the to rise to his feet. Both fighters were the Sports Palace in Kyiv on February Ukrainian’s documentation in to the UEFA Cup. However, the team’s undis- listed at 6-foot-6 and 246 pounds, but 23. Sponsored by The Liliya Ukrainian Embassy. A representative of ciplined playing left it without defender the even size match-up had little to do Pidkopayeva International Foundation the Embassy said that the climber went Olexandr Kucher, midfielder Mariusz with the outcome. Austin earned the title “The Health of Generations,” the event up the mountain alone and did not even Lewandowski and Ciprian Marcia, who shot in a draw against unbeaten Russian featured athletes from Ukraine, Belarus, inform the local mountain climbers’ asso- served one-match suspensions. On Sultan Ibragimov in July. Klitschko, ciation. The Kyrgyz Ministry of March 8 Shakhtar tied (2-2) with who earned the nickname “Dr. Brazil, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Thailand and Japan, demonstrating skills Emergency Situations arranged a search- Sevilla of Spain in the first leg of the Steelhammer” for his devastating right group of 16 stage. Down a goal off a in boxing, karate, pride, Thai-box, sumo, and-rescue team, which found the body hand, didn’t even use it to bring down penalty kick by Sevilla, Tomas kung fu and kick-boxing. on March 4. An autopsy was ordered on the challenger. Klitschko hopes that his March 6 and the transfer of the body to Hukschman equalized for Shakhtar in next fight will be a unification fight Diving Ukraine is being managed by the the 19th minute from close range. In against WBA champion Nikolai Valuev, Embassy of Ukraine in Kyrgyzstan and another penalty shot, Matuzalem The Ukrainian National Team won the a 7-foot Russian. the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Francelino Da Silva scored the leading Arena Diving Champions Cup on • Vitali Klitschko, WBC heavyweight Affairs. goal for Shakhtar in the 60th minute. champion, was awarded the ISPO Cup on February 17-18 in Stockholm, Sweden. But Sevilla came back to tie in the 88th February 7 for serving as a role model Ukraine took the lead over Russia with Biathlon minute with yet another penalty shot by for young people. “It’s an honor and three gold, one silver and two bronze Enzo Maresca. Shakhtar will have to responsibility for me, as my every step medals. Ukrainian divers Olena Fedorova Ukrainian Oksana Yakovleva won face Sevilla again in the second leg, but will be estimated due to the award,” and Alevtyna Korolyova came in first in gold at the European Biathlon without Russian striker Aleksandr Klitschko noted. Other recipients of the synchronized diving from the 3-meter Championships in Bulgaria on February Kerzhakov due to a heel injury. award, which was established in 1971, springboard. Yulya Prokopchuk, the 2006 22. She hit all her targets and won the • After 10 seasons with Shakhtar, cap- include Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and European champion, came in first in the individual 15-km race. tain Anatoliy Tymoschuk, 27, was signed Serhiy Bubka. 10-meter platform event and Anton Soccer to a four-year contract on February 28 to • Ukrainian boxers Rovshan Rzayev Zakharov won gold in the same event in the Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg for (60 kg), Serhiy Derevyanchenko (75 kg) the men’s division. Other noteworthy fin- • Ukrainian striker Andriy Voronin, a Russian Premier-Liga record cost and Dmytro Kucher (91kg) won bronze ishes included Dmytro Lysenko’s fifth 27, was signed to a four-year contract exceeding 15 million euros, making him medals at the Bulgarian International place finish in the men’s 3-meter spring- with English Premier League club the lead annual wage earner at over 2.5 Boxing Tournament “Stradja Cup” on board, Dmytro Mezhensky and Liverpool on February 26. Voronin, who million euros. February 19. The Stranja Cup is the old- Oleksandr Gorshkovozov’s fifth place will be a free agent at the end of this sea- • Shakhtar on March 6 signed 19- est competition in Europe, and it deter- finish in the men’s 10-meter synchro- son, has spent most of his career in year-old Brazilian Luiz Adriano from SC mines who will qualify for the upcoming nized platform dive, Olen Fedorova’s Germany playing for Cologne, Mainz, International de Porto Alegre to a five- summer Olympic Games. fourth in the women’s 3-meter spring- Borussia Monchengladbach and his cur- year contract for 3 million euros. • Ukrainian Welterweight Yuri board, Yulia Prokopchuk and Kateryna Nuzhnenko, 30 (24-0-0, 13 KO) survived Zhuk’s silver in the women’s 10-meter 12 rounds against previously unbeaten synchronized platform dive, and Dmytro Farkhad “Masa” Bakirov, 34, (24-0-2, 14 Lysenko and Anton Zakharov’s bronze in KO) of Uzbekistan to retain the WBA the men’s 3-meter synchronized dive. Intercontinental title at the Sports Palace in Kyiv on February 27. Other fights on Track and field the bill included the EBU-EE light- Ukrainian high jumper Yurii heavyweight title bout between Kryamarenko won the silver medal at an Ukrainian boxer Vyacheslav Uzelkov athletics tournament in Bydgoszcz, (13-0-0, 6 KO), who won over Artyom Poland, on February 18. Krymarenko Vychkin (8-17-0, 2 KO) of Russia. In the cleared a height of 2.34-meters, the same heavyweight-class non-title match height as that cleared by Linus between Ukrainian Alexey Mazikin (9-1- 0, 2 KO) and American Sedrick Fields Thornbland of Sweden, who came in first (22-29-2, 16 KO), the Ukrainian was because he cleared the height in his first declared the winner after 8 rounds. attempt. • Ukrainian boxer Andrei Kotelnik Mountaineering (27-2-1, 12 KO) squared off in a re-match against Souleymane M’baye (35-1-1, 20 • Ukrainian mountain climbers Ihor KO) of France for the WBA light-welter- Parchevskyi, Yuriy Kravchuk, weight title in Liverpool, England, on Oleksander Shcherba and Oleksander March 10. M’baye narrowly won the split Kalatukha planted the Ukrainian flag on decision in October 2004 and this match Mount Kosciuszko (7,310 feet), the ended in another controversial draw, with tallest peak of mainland Australia. Other M’baye retaining his belt. The first judge achievements in the program “The scored 117-112 for Kotelnik, the second Ukrainian flag on world peaks” include: scored 115-114 for M’baye, and the third Mount Elbrus (18,510 feet), Mont Blanc called it a draw at 114-114. In a decision (15,774 feet), Mount Kilimanjaro most spectators felt Kotelnik had won, (19,340 feet), and Aconcagua (22,841 the crowds responded with persistent feet). Next on the agenda, the Ukrainian
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Markian Hadzewycz The winners among boys age 7-8, (from left) Stephan Stasiuk, Greg Lopatynsky and Matthew Gorloff, with Oles Hrabovsky, who has just presented them with their awards.
Eighty-one skiers signed up for the Hunter Mountain Ski Lodge. A total of races – among them one telemark skier – 147 people attended the dinner. plus a lone snowboarder. The races were There, KLK President Erko held on a NASTAR-sanctioned course Palydowycz welcomed all to this annual reserved that day for the Ukrainian gathering, thanking them for participating skiers. (NASTAR, or National Standard in the races. He took particular pleasure in Competitors in the group of men age 40-44 (from left) Taras Odulak, Rostyslav Race, is the largest public recreational introducing his counterpart from Ukraine, Stepanenko, Oleh Slupchynskyj, Victor Gorloff, Adrian Stasiuk, Michael grassroots ski program in the world.) Olena Pankiv, who had traveled from the Zawadiwsky and Peter Strutynsky. In the evening, the athletes, their par- Lviv region to participate, and compete, in ents or children, siblings and friends, as the U.S. races. KLK Ukraine is to hold its well as stalwart supporters of KLK own ski races on March 16-18 at KLK 2007 race results attended the awards banquet held at the Drahobrat in the Carpathian Mountains. Girls age 5-6 Boys age 9-10 Juliana Paslawsky, 56.07 Damian Kozak, 29.11 Adrian Temnycky, 35.77 Girls age 7-8 Peter D. Lenchuk, 35.77 Melania Stepanenko, 35.76 Alexander Gorloff, 37.52 Maya Lopatynsky, 38.30 Diana Blyznak, 46.21 Boys age 11-12 Yevhen Dubyk, 41.79 Girls age 9-10 Natalia Blyznak, 40.18 Boys age 13-14 Stephanie Bitcon, 40.68 Severin Palydowycz, 32.08 Larysa Iwaskiw, 43.42 Roman Schorniy, 36.06 Adrian Iwaskiw, 36.39 Girls age 11-12 Katrina Kozak 28.90 Boys age 15-16 Ivanka Temnycky 35.10 Alex Hryhorowycz, 30.74 Katherine Lenchur, 35.37 Paul Hadzewycz, 33.41
Girls age 13-14 Boys/men age 17-20 Natalie Hryhorowych, 31.43 Adrian Rybak, 28.96 Christina Fat, 54.23 Alex Mykyta, 32.00
Girls/women age 17-20 Men age 21-29 Tania Hryhorowych, 33.31 Markian Hadzewycz, 33.33 Winners of silver medals from NASTAR in all female age groups. Lydia Doll, 34.21 Darian Fedash, 34.39 Larissa Kobziar, 39.24 Men age 30-39 Women age 21-29 Marco Shmerykowsky, 33.25 Laryssa Rybak, 34.64 Taras Ferencevych, 34.61 Melanie Doll, 34. 86 Dianna Shmerykowsky, 41.81 Men age 40-44 Peter Strutynsky, 30.12 Women age 30-39 Rostyslav Stepanenko, 31.07 Marta Dubyk, 39.00 Michael Zawadiwsky, 33.52 Olena Pankiv 40.47 Chris Stasiuk, 55.20 Men age 46-49 Andy Kozak, 27.09 Women age 40-49 Peter M. Lenchur, 30.65 Christa Kozak, 33.35 George Temnycky, 32.05 Natalia Fedun-Wojcickyj, 36.22 Ruth Lenchur, 40.05 Men age 50-59 Walter Temnycky, 33,40 Boys age 5-6 Slavko Tysiak, 39.35 Mark Blyznak, 49.20 Nestor Blyznak, 39.50 Omelyan Shuhan, 1:21.68 Men age 60-69 Boys age 7-8 Zenon Stakhiv, 35.02 Matthew Gorloff, 40.12 Alexander Berest, 37.29 Greg Lopatynsky, 41.24 John Shmerykowsky, 41.93 Stephan Stasiuk, 48.24 Special Award for Participation Adriana Wojcickyj The KLK skiers wait in line to race down the NASTAR course at Ski Windham. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2007 13
Kozak, 49, who turned in a remarkable time of 27.09, and 13-year-old Natalia Hryhorowych, who finished in 31.43. These large trophies are passed on from year to year to each successive winner (no repeat winners are allowed). Many of the KLK ski racers also received gold, silver and bronze medals awarded by NASTAR based on the course time posted by pacesetters, as well as the gender and age of each racer. The Carpathian Ski Club’s history of holding ski races in the United States dates back to 1954, when the first such event was held at Whiteface, near Lake Placid, N.Y. KLK was founded in Ukraine in 1924. As they emigrated in the years following World War II, enthusiasts took the organiza- tion with them to Europe and the United States, where it grew and flourished. KLK Christine Klufas (left) congratulates the top skiers among young women age 21-29 was re-established in Ukraine in 1989. (from left): Laryssa Rybak, Dianna Shmerykowsky and Melanie Doll.
Two KLK presidents: Erko Palydowycz of the U.S. and Olena Pankiv of Ukraine.
Ms. Pankiv, president of KLK in Ukraine, offered greetings to the American racers from Ukraine’s skiers and expressed her excitement at being able to see how KLK’s U.S. ski races take place. Mr. Palydowycz also welcomed two founders of the Carpathian Ski Club who were present that evening: George “Kuba” Kupchynsky and Orest “Gogo” Slupchynskyj. The mistress of ceremonies for the high- light of the evening’s program – the awards presentations – was Vira Popel, assisted by Orest Fedash. Trophies were awarded for first place in each age group; while second- and third-place finishers received medals. The youngest skiers all received medals for their participation in the races. Special traveling trophies were pre- sented to the male and female skiers who Natalia Hryhorowych (right) receives the trophy for fastest Orest Fedash, KLK’s skiing coordinator, congratulates the posted the fastest race times: Andy female skier from Vira Popel, KLK vice-president. fastest male skier, Andy Kozak (right).
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Program: Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2 Virko Baley: from String Quartet No. 1 (Dreamtime Suite No. 5) – World Premiere Edvard Grieg: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27
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