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ïêàëíéë ÇéëäêÖë! CHRIST IS RISEN! HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXXV No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2007 $1/$2 in Ukraine Ukraine in crisis after president’s dismissal of Verkhovna Rada by Zenon Zawada Kyiv Press Bureau KYIV – The Ukrainian government descended into chaos after President Viktor Yushchenko signed an April 2 presidential decree to dismiss Parliament, throwing the nation into its biggest crisis since the Orange Revolution and re-igniting the east-west divide. In defending his act, Mr. Yushchenko said the parlia- mentary coalition was violating the Constitution of Ukaine in its drive to form a 300-vote constitutional majority – enough to override all presidential vetoes – by adding additional deputies to its already established coalition. “The parliamentary government majority is no longer hiding its main goal: usurping power and concentrating its administration,” the president said in a national address. “Society is sick of watching the same thing: a fight for authority and complete neglect of the daily needs of Ukraine’s citizens.” In response, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said the president broke the law when dismissing the Verkhovna Rada, since the Constitution allows for such UNIAN/Andrii Mosiyenko a move in only three specific instances, none of which UNIAN/ Oleksander Lepetukha President Viktor Yushchenko at the March 31 con- Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych at a special ses- were imminent at the time. gress of the Our Ukraine People’s Union. sion of the Cabinet of Ministers on April 3. He accused the president of manipulating the Constitution, usurping power and destabilizing Ukraine. elections, the decree stated, thereby discrediting an grounds in issuing his dismissal decree. “For the first time in the years of Ukraine’s independ- attempt by deputies dismissed from their respective fac- The Constitution refers to three specific instances in ence, the Constitution’s guarantor took a step that may tions to form a new faction called Independent Ukraine. which the president may dismiss Parliament: if a coali- have catastrophic consequences for the state and socie- (A faction is the parliamentary version of a political tion isn’t formed within the first 30 days of a new gov- ty,” Mr. Yanukovych said. bloc or party that won enough votes to be elected to ernment in accordance with Article 83; if a Cabinet of Panic in Parliament Parliament. Five factions emerged as a result of the Ministers isn’t formed within 60 days of the predecessor 2006 elections, in which five blocs or parties earned government’s dismissal; and if a plenary session of The president’s decision to dismiss Parliament visi- more than 3 percent of the vote.) Parliament isn’t called within 30 days. bly shocked the coalition government leaders, who In the view of Ivan Lozowy, a Kyiv political insider, The president is relying on the first condition, arguing reacted in panic the night of April 2. Mr. Yushchenko is standing on fragile constitutional (Continued on page 8) Directly thwarting the president’s authority, Verkhovna Rada Chair Oleksander Moroz presided over an extraordinary parliamentary session the night of the decree, immediately declaring the presidential decree an unconstitutional, criminal act in violation of democratic Our Ukraine congress elects new leader norms. by Stephen Bandera began chanting the president’s tect democracy and realize Hurriedly, the parliamentary coalition voted to dis- name. (Two days later, Mr. Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations. miss the Central Election Commission (CEC) leader- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Under his leadership, he said the ship, including Chairman Yaroslav Davydovych, and re- Yushchenko issued the decree.) KYIV – In attempt to refurbish its party will focus on local initiatives, install Serhii Kivalov, his predecessor who was found The president has led the party tarnished image, the pro-presidential and among his priorities would be to responsible for aiding in the falsification of the 2004 since it was formed in 2001, and was Our Ukraine’s People Union visit all the country’s regions. presidential elections. once again nominated as its chair, (OUPU) party elected as its leader Mr. Kyrylenko, 38, was born in In another quickly passed resolution, the Parliament along with Mr. Kyrylenko, who also stalwart patriot Viacheslav the small town of Poliske in the forbade the CEC from financing pre-term elections. It serves as parliamentary faction chair. Kyrylenko at its March 30 congress Kyiv Oblast. A pro-democracy also sent a request to the Constitutional Court to review Mr. Yushchenko withdrew his candi- held at Kyiv Polytechnic University. activist and member of the People’s the validity of the decree. dacy, and Mr. Kyrylenko attempted Nearly 1,500 delegates at the Rukh of Ukraine, he was a philoso- The Ukrainian president issued his decree after to do the same when the president fourth national congress also phy teacher at Shevchenko National spending several hours in negotiations with coalition declared its support for Parliament’s asked him not to do so. The president said he will remain University of Kyiv. leaders at the Presidential Secretariat to no avail. dismissal and pre-term elections, After Rukh split into two parties, When Communist Party of Ukraine Chair Petro despite the likelihood tha the Our honorary chair and maintain an office at the party’s headquarters, Mr. Kyrylenko joined the Ukrainian Symonenko and Socialist Parliamentary Faction Chair Ukraine bloc would lose a signifi- People’s Party, becoming the party’s Ivan Bokyi abandoned the talks at 5:30 p.m. without cant number of seats. but asked the convention to support Mr. Kyrylenko because he is a assistant chair in 2002. A member of any results after two and a half hours of talks, it became “Many people are wondering Parliament since 1998, he joined apparent a compromise was unlikely. whether or not the president will member of a “new generation” who will bring “new opportunities” for OUPU to run under its banner for When the Kremlin announced at 7:45 p.m. that the sign the decree,” Ukrainian the 2006 elections. Ukrainian president had canceled a visit to Moscow President Viktor Yushchenko said the party. Only 51 delegates voted against After the Orange Revolution he scheduled for the next day, it was clear that Mr. during his opening address. served as minister of work and Mr. Kyrylenko with the conviction Yushchenko was preparing to dismiss Parliament. Chants of “He will sign it! He social policy and vice prime minis- that Mr. Yushchenko is the party’s The president’s decree declared that the coalition will sign!” reverberated through the ter of humanitarian affairs, leading only leader. government’s attempt to form a constitutional majority hall, causing Mr. Yushchenko to an ambitious initiative to dub 70 Mr. Yushchenko joked that the by gradually recruiting individual deputies violates pause. percent of foreign films into the single candidate nomination was Article 83 of the Ukrainian Constitution. “If the parliamentary majority is Ukrainian language by July 2007. Only factions, not individuals, can form parliamen- not restored on a constitutional reminiscent of a Communist Party In December 2006 he was tapped tary coalitions, which must be based on agreed-upon basis, then he will sign,” the presi- convention. to serve as Our Ukraine’s parlia- political positions, the decree noted. dent responded. Delegates then In his inaugural speech, Mr. These factions can emerge only as a direct result of delivered a standing ovation and Kyrylenko spoke of the need to pro- (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2007 No. 14 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS

Kyiv assassination leaves trail of intrigue Coalition refuses to obey decree that he sees no legal grounds for the gov- by Roman Kupchinsky Mr. Kurochkin apparently had reason ernment to finance the early-election cam- KYIV – During an emergency session in to fear for his life. paign, as President Yushchenko ordered in RFE/RL the evening of April 2, some 260 national In 2004, he survived a bomb attack his decree dissolving the Parliament. On deputies of the ruling coalition of the Party What promises to be one of Ukraine’s outside his Russian Club. In March a bul- April 2, following Mr. Yushchenko’s deci- of the Regions, the Socialist Party and the biggest scandals of the year emerged last let-riddled Toyota Landcruiser was found sion to call new elections, the Verkhovna Communist Party adopted a resolution con- week when a Russian-Ukrainian busi- on a highway outside Kyiv containing Rada passed a resolution to outlaw the demning President Viktor Yushchenko’s nessman known as “Mad Max” was the bodies of his bodyguard and two Central Election Commission headed by decree as illegal and constituting a “step assassinated in Kyiv. close associates. His business partner, Mr. Davydovych, and another one to ban toward a coup d’état,” Ukrainian media Maksim Kurochkin’s high-profile con- Volodymyr Vorobiov, was killed in the government from funding the election reported. The ruling coalition’s lawmakers nections have fueled a storm of speculation Dnipropetrovsk in late 2006. campaign. (RFE/RL Newsline) also passed a resolution disbanding the about the possible reasons behind his There are also more recent develop- death. The fact that Mr. Kurochkin was Central Election Commission formed in PM: no campaign before court ruling ments that add intrigue to the circum- one of the major Russian supporters of December 2004, and another one banning stances of Mr. Kurochkin’s killing. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s failed the government from funding the campaign KYIV – Prime Minister Viktor The Ukrayinska Pravda website noted presidential bid in 2004 has attracted much for early elections. On April 3 ruling-coali- Yanukovych said at a Cabinet meeting on that by returning to Ukraine voluntarily, attention in the wake of the killing. tion lawmakers requested that the April 4 that the ruling coalition would not Mr. Kurochkin knew that he faced imme- One unsolved mystery that derives Constitutional Court rule on whether make any attempt to enter a campaign for diate arrest, yet he chose to do so never- from the campaign is determining who is President Yushchenko’s decree on the dis- early parliamentary elections until the theless. responsible for poisoning candidate solution of the Verkhovna Rada conforms Constitutional Court rules that the presi- This has led to inference that Mr. Viktor Yushchenko. to the Constitution. (RFE/RL Newsline) dential decree dissolving the Verkhovna Kurochkin may have been considering And, Mr. Kurochkin’s business and Rada and calling new elections is in line revealing what he knew about the work- political ties are not being discounted as President: decision is irrevocable with the Constitution, Channel 5 reported. ings of the Russian Club and any dirty a possible motive, Ukrainian Vice- Mr. Yanukovych reiterated his position that tricks used during the 2004 Ukrainian KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko the presidential decree is a “mistake” and Minister of Internal Affairs Mykola and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych Kupianskyi said on March 28. presidential election in return for his free- called on President Viktor Yushchenko to dom. One unsolved mystery that derives discussed the current political standoff in make compromises in order to overcome “We are following several leads, includ- the presidential office on April 3 for four ing Mr. Kurochkin’s activity in the Russian from the campaign is determining who is the current political crisis. According to Mr. responsible for poisoning Mr. Yushchenko and a half hours, Ukrainian and interna- Yanukovych, the president should rescind Federation,” Mr. Kupianskyi said. “We do tional news agencies reported, citing the not rule out a possible link to his activity in when he was a presidential candidate. his decree in exchange for concessions presidential press service. Mr. Yushchenko from the ruling coalition on a number of Russia. The reason for most contract Yanukovych reacts reportedly told Mr. Yanukovych that his killings is associated with conflict situa- controversial issues. Mr. Yanukovych sug- The man who opposed President decision to dissolve the Parliament was gested that the ruling coalition could meet tions linked with the commercial activities final and warned the prime minister against or business interests of the victim.” Yushchenko in the contentious election, Mr. Yushchenko halfway in amending the Prime Minister Yanukovych, expressed resorting to force. “The main issue dis- controversial law on the Cabinet of Mr. Kurochkin was shot in broad day- cussed at the meeting was to ensure strict light on March 27 while being escorted his concern about Mr. Kurochkin’s killing Ministers adopted in January and in aban- and other recent crimes during a Cabinet implementation of the decree on an early doning the expansion of the parliamentary from a Kyiv courthouse by three police election. Viktor Yushchenko, as command- officers. of Ministers meeting on March 28. majority with individual deputies from the “The recent crime situation in the er-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, also opposition. Simultaneously, Mr. The bullet went through his heart and stressed he would allow no use of force in he died soon afterward. One of the police regions is worrisome, particularly the Yanukovych accused the presidential high-profile killings, including yester- the country,” the president’s press service administration of pressuring judges of the escorts was wounded by the same bullet. reported. (RFE/RL Newsline) The shot is believed to have come from day’s,” Mr. Yanukovych said. “We had Constitutional Court, adding that the eighth floor of a nearby building, also faced similar situations in several CEC instructed to fund campaign Constitutional Court Chairman Ivan where police later found a rifle they sus- regions before that. We agreed that indi- Dombrovskyi will soon resign because of pect is the murder weapon. The shooter vidual operative groups would be set up KYIV – Central Election Commission such pressure. (RFE/RL Newsline) escaped. to deal with those regions. I would like to Chairman Yaroslav Davydovych said on hear your report now.” Channel 5 on April 4 that President Viktor PM’s supporters arrive in Kyiv The Russian Club The Kurochkin case promises to Yushchenko has instructed the National KYIV – According to police, some Mr. Kurochkin was the founder of the reopen numerous questions about the Security and Defense Council to provide 4,500 people arrived in Kyiv in the morn- Russian Club in Kyiv, an organization with nature of the 2004 election in Ukraine. funding for a campaign for the early par- ing of April 4 in buses from Ukrainian which many prominent Russian “political Firstly, why did Mr. Yanukovych’s team liamentary elections scheduled for May regions to support Prime Minister Viktor technologists,” including Gleb Pavlovsky work with Mr. Kurochkin? And why did 27. Mr. Davydovych estimated that some Yanukovych and protest against the presi- and Kremlin aide Igor Shuvalov, worked Messrs. Chernomyrdin, Pavlovsky and $340 million hrv ($67 million U.S.) is dential decree dissolving the Verkhovna on behalf of Mr. Yanukovych during his Shuvalov – men with direct ties to needed to finance the campaign. First Vice Rada, UNIAN reported. Regional backers presidential campaign. The club had the Russian President Vladimir Putin – agree Prime Minister and Finance Minister active support of Russian Ambassador to to be associated with an organization cre- Mykola Azarov told journalists on April 3 (Continued on page 14) Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin and includ- ated by a man with a criminal record in ed many prominent supporters of former Russia and Ukraine? 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NEWS ANALYSIS Ukraine faces crisis as president dissolves Verkhovna Rada by Jan Maksymiuk Ukrainian presidency to a merely symbol- parliamentary elections: if the Verkhovna options available for Ukraine’s main RFE/RL Newsline ic role or even abolish it altogether. Rada fails to form a majority within 30 political players to move ahead in the April 3 By dissolving the Verkhovna Rada, days after its first sitting, or a new Cabinet current political crisis. President Yushchenko, who has often within 60 days after the dismissal or resig- A less favorable scenario for Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on April 2 been criticized for indecisiveness, made nation of the previous one, or if it fails to politicians is to wait for the Constitutional signed a decree to disband the Verkhovna his boldest move since being elected gather for a sitting within 30 days during Court’s ruling and, in the meantime, allow Rada and hold new elections on May 27. president in December 2004. an ongoing parliamentary session. people to decide in street rallies who of A majority of national deputies, including In a television address to the nation on So did Mr. Yushchenko overstep his the two key figures – President members of the Party of the Regions led April 2, Mr. Yushchenko asserted that it bounds in issuing the decree to disband Yushchenko or Prime Minister by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, was his “duty” to disband the legislature. the Verkhovna Rada? Rada Chairman Yanukovych – is more loved by the elec- responded by condemning the decree as a “My actions were dictated by the urgent Oleksander Moroz on April 2 said he has torate. Such an option would almost cer- “step toward a coup d’etat” and indicated necessity to save the state, its sovereignty no doubts about it. “The Verkhovna tainly deepen the divide between the west they will disobey the president’s order. and territorial integrity, and to ensure the Rada, with all its responsibilities, states and the east of Ukraine and, in an extreme Mr. Yushchenko’s decision to dissolve Constitution of Ukraine, the rights and lib- that today there are no legal reasons to case, could lead to bloodshed or even split the Parliament and call new elections fol- erties of people and citizens are upheld,” dissolve this Parliament, which people the country into two political entities. lowed last week’s defection of a dozen he said. “I would like to underline that this freely elected according to all the demo- A better option for both sides is to opposition deputies to the ruling coali- is not only my right, it is my duty.” cratic standards as recognized by all the hold fresh elections in May – even if the tion of the Party of the Regions, the Mr. Yushchenko stressed that the main Ukrainian and international organiza- decision would represent a major public Socialist Party and the Communist Party. legal reason for the dissolution of the tions, and the president himself.” boost for Mr. Yushchenko at Mr. That changeover strengthened the gov- legislature was the ruling coalition’s push During a late-night emergency session Yanukovych’s expense. ernment’s support base in the 450-seat to convince individual deputies from the on April 2, national deputies from the rul- But if Mr. Yanukovych wants to main- Verkhovna Rada to some 260 votes. opposition to switch allegiance to the ing coalition adopted an address to the tain the standing of a responsible prime President Yushchenko was evidently parliamentary majority. The Constitution, nation, blasting Mr. Yushchenko’s decree minister and guarantee a public role for afraid that even more defections from his he said, unambiguously stipulates that as a “step toward a coup d’etat.” They also himself in post-crisis Ukraine, he should Our Ukraine bloc and the Yulia such a majority should consist of parlia- passed two other resolutions that have do everything possible to preserve the Tymoshenko Bloc would follow, allowing mentary factions, rather than individuals. added fuel to the rising political tensions in country’s political stability, rather than sat- Mr. Yanukovych to increase the parlia- But some Ukrainian commentators the country – they revoked their resolution isfying his personal ambitions by outplay- mentary coalition to a constitutional maintain that President Yushchenko’s jus- of December 2004 on the formation of the ing and marginalizing Mr. Yushchenko. At majority of 300 votes. In such a scenario, tification for his decree is shaky, to say the Central Election Commission, and banned the emergency Cabinet meeting, Mr. Mr. Yanukovych’s coalition would be least. They point out that the Constitution the government from funding a campaign Yanukovych suggested in enigmatic fash- able to override presidential vetoes, of Ukraine explicitly states only three for early parliamentary elections. ion that he is mulling over a “third” option change the Constitution and reduce the cases when the president may call early Moreover, the ruling coalition on April 3 for resolving the current stand-off between made a formal request to the Constitutional the president and himself. “If the president Court, asking it to pass a judgment on the does publish his decree tomorrow [April president’s decree. The Constitutional 3], he still has the chance to rescind it,” he U.S. is monitoring situation, Court, however, has failed to gather for a said. “I will not say out loud what the single session in the past six months. Some third option is. All other [options] would argue that it may take months for the panel boost tensions significantly in Ukraine, calls for maintaining calm of 18 judges to rule on the decree. and the president would be fully responsi- Following is the April 2 press state- Rada, the United States calls on all Meanwhile, Mr. Yushchenko formally put ble for that heavy burden.” ment by Sean McCormack, spokesman Ukrainian political leaders to take full his decree into effect on April 3 by publish- Some were quick to conclude that the for the U.S. Department of State, regard- responsibility for their supporters’ ing it in his official bulletin. ing the decree of President Viktor actions and to maintain calm. We are There seem to be two immediate (Continued on page 18) Yushchenko disbanding the Ukrainian monitoring closely developments in Parliament. Ukraine and urge all parties to respect the rule of law and resolve disputes non- In light of President Yushchenko's violently, in a manner consistent with President Yushchenko’s decision today ordering the dissolution Ukraine’s democratic values and nation- of Ukraine’s Parliament, the Verkhovna al interests. address to the nation Following is the text of President al laws. The most recent example is the Viktor Yushchenko’s address to the law on the Cabinet of Ministers, which Russia calls on Ukrainians nation on Monday evening, April 2. systemically violates the Constitution The abridged text was released by the of Ukraine and is an attack on Press Office of the President of Ukraine’s constitutional order. to demonstrate ‘wisdom’ Ukraine. The third tendency is their inability RFE/RL Newsline simply his “personal opinion.” to fulfill obligations and fraudulent The daily Kommersant wrote on April Dear Fellow Citizens: policy of intrigues and betrayals dis- MOSCOW – The Russian Foreign 3 that the Kremlin prefers Ukrainian I have signed a decree to dissolve guised by national unity slogans. Ministry said in a statement on April 3 Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych to the the Verkhovna Rada of the fifth convo- In the past year, the Verkhovna Rada that Moscow is concerned about the president but is less open about express- cation today. has not demonstrated what the nation political crisis in Ukraine and hopes that ing its support than in the past. I made this decision in accordance expected from it. The parliamentary the political forces there will show The newspaper added that the Kremlin with Ukraine’s Constitution and my coalition does not even conceal its “restraint and responsibility” and act has repeatedly forced a postponement of obligations as president of Ukraine. My major goal to usurp power and pre- within the framework of the law, Interfax actions are dictated by the crucial neces- serve its rule. reported. a planned visit by President Yushchenko to Moscow and thereby undermined his sity to save the country, its sovereignty Society is tired of seeing this power The statement added that Russia hopes and territorial integrity, and ensure struggle and how its daily needs are that those political forces “will display position at home. When and if he does come to the Russian capital, the daily adherence to the Constitution and the ignored. restraint and demonstrate wisdom and observance of civil rights and freedoms. I have been calling on parliamentary predicts his reception will be “extremely responsibility to their people as they search I would like to say again that this is not forces to start constructive dialogue for cold indeed.” for a way out of the current political crisis.” only my right but also my obligation. months. My proposals were ignored In another article, the same daily com- Elsewhere, Konstantin Kosachyov, who The Verkhovna Rada is deliberately even today. pared the situation in Kyiv now with that heads the Duma’s Foreign Affairs escalating the political crisis, which Violations of the Constitution of in Moscow “in October 1993, when leg- Committee and is often more outspoken poses a threat to our country and Ukraine, among them unconstitutional islators barricaded themselves in the than the Foreign Ministry, said in Moscow nation. There are three dangerous ten- coalition formation, created obvious on April 3 that Ukrainian President Viktor Russian White House to protest President dencies in it. legal and political reasons to dissolve Yushchenko was wrong to order the disso- Boris Yeltsin’s dissolution of the Russian The first one is the unconstitutional Parliament. lution of Parliament the previous day. Mr. legislature and refused to budge until the process to form and expand the parlia- A new election is the best way out. Kosachyov argued that “the president of army sent in tanks to shell the parliament mentary coalition. Under the It became inevitable. Regular and early Ukraine made a mistake. This mistake building and force the deputies to surren- Constitution, the coalition can be elections are a legitimate democratic clearly will not help resolve the problems der. The question now is whether the formed by deputies, factions and not instrument belonging to the people of in domestic political life there.” warring factions [in Ukraine] will resort by individual or group members. Any Ukraine to control their government. Mr. Kosachyov said he believes that to force: the prime minister controls the other way is a revision of the will of There will be no shocks and confronta- the Ukrainian parliamentary majority did police, while the president claims the the nation and the most cynical chal- tions. The situation in the country is not act outside the law and that, there- support of the army.” lenge for each of us. under control and will be stable. The fore, there was no justification for the Kommersant also argued that The second tendency is the practice presidential decree to disband president’s “radical interference in the President Yushchenko’s patience has to pass illegitimate and unconstitution- Parliament is obligatory. ... situation.” He stressed that his views are been exhausted. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2007 No. 14 ONE YEAR AFTER THE ELECTIONS: National democratic forces lack influence by Zenon Zawada decline in Ukraine’s national democratic Kyiv Press Bureau movement. Mr. Kostenko’s party earned only 2 This is the second article in the three- percent support in the 1999 presidential part series “One Year After the elections, while Mr. Udovenko’s earned 1 Elections.” percent. “Chornovil ran Rukh into the ground KYIV – The People’s Rukh of by closing in, safeguarding his own posi- Ukraine (Narodnyi Rukh Ukrainy, NRU) tion, and relying on close, servile confi- was the second most popular party dur- dants,” said Ivan Lozowy, president of ing the parliamentary elections of 1994 the Kyiv-based Institute of Statehood and and 1998, representing European national Democracy, financed by Ukrainian busi- democratic ideals of liberal democracy, ness donations. Since then, national dem- free markets and cultural conservatism. ocratic parties have deteriorated into iso- Although these ideals are popular lated political cliques, he said. among Ukrainians, national democrats Mr. Chornovil’s tragic flaw – protect- have since lost most of their influence on ing his leadership post at the party’s government. expense – is common among most cur- The Ukrainian People’s Party rent national democratic leaders. (Ukrainska Narodna Partia, UNP) led by “They’re small, tiny old-boy networks Yurii Kostenko failed to pass the 3-per- that aren’t interested, or not showing any cent barrier in the 2006 parliamentary desire, in reaching out and building more elections, while just a handful of NRU powerful organizations, because that and Christian-Democratic Union deputies would challenge them,” Mr. Lozowy made it into the Verkhovna Rada, only by commented. joining the Our Ukraine bloc. A UNP member for five years since its Zenon Zawada “The current composition of the inception, Mr. Lozowy said leaders are People’s Rukh of Ukraine Chair Borys Tarasyuk (left) and Ukrainian People’s Verkhovna Rada is the worst since themselves to blame for their inability to Party Chair Yurii Kostenko sign a declaration on December 20, 2006, renewing 1990,” said Stepan Khmara, a national tap into and organize a national demo- the organizational unity of their parties. deputy in every parliamentary convoca- cratic electorate that is as high as 60 per- tion except the current one, as a result of cent of the voting population. last year proves that the UNP can’t While not likely to achieve the type of UNP’s defeat. He said he’s seen Rukh and UNP lead- entirely blame lack of financing for its discipline evident in the Party of the “It is blatantly anti-Ukrainian. There ers let valuable fund-raising possibilities failure, Mr. Lozowy said. Regions and the Tymoshenko Bloc, Mr. may be pockets of Ukrainian patriots, but slip through their fingers as a result of “Money is not the deciding factor,” he Tarasyuk and Mr. Kostenko led the no pro-Ukrainian structures. All the dom- mismanagement. said. “Yulia Tymoshenko is extremely national democratic forces to another inating factions are oligarchic clans,” he “In the mid-1990s a group of very stingy and didn’t buy any television com- level of progress. stated. serious businessmen approached mercials. But she has incredible charis- Leaders of five national democratic Recognizing their failure to unite Chornovil to finance a shadow govern- ma. On the other hand, Kostenko is dry parties signed a memorandum on March among themselves, and to motivate a sig- ment,” Mr. Lozowy said. “All Chornovil and uninteresting.” 24 uniting their forces into a national nificant portion of the electorate, the had to do was put together a shadow gov- Another reason for the Tymoshenko democratic bloc to compete in national national democrats are in a crisis. Some ernment and let it work. He never fol- Bloc’s success, and that of the Party of and local elections and participate in blame a corrupt, expensive electoral sys- lowed up, and the opportunity faded.” the Regions, is their top-down organiza- political demonstrations. tem, while others blame themselves. Meanwhile, no one is interested in tional structures that bear military traits. Joining NRU and UNP were the Sobor The first attempt to confront the crisis investing effort toward building local Decisions are made at the very top, Ukrainian Republican Party led by occurred on December 20, 2006, when party organizations in towns and villages with top- and middle-ranked operatives Anatolii Matviyenko, the Republican Mr. Kostenko of the UNP and NRU nationwide, he said, which would create responsible for their execution, political Christian Party led by Mykola Porovskyi leader Borys Tarasyuk shook hands and a system for attracting and developing observers said. and the Village Revival Party led by Ivan signed a declaration renewing the organi- members. “These parties are not built as political Tomych. A permanent coordinating coun- zational unity of their two parties and “Parties should raise and rear local parties, but as mafia clans,” said Mr. cil is to consist of the party’s five leaders. calling for a union of all national demo- leaders who rise to the national level,” Khmara, a UNP member who said he Consolidation of national democratic cratic forces. Mr. Lozowy said. “Instead, it’s half abandoned the Tymoshenko Bloc in early forces is critical to their future success, The declaration created an NRU-UNP chaos, and half run at the behest of the 2005 because it began recruiting oli- political observers said. But unity won’t council with 12 members from each leader, who runs the party like it’s his garchs. solve all their problems. party. own backyard.” The parties also agreed to cooperate in “Both the Tymoshenko Bloc and the “National democrats have been divid- UNP leaders insist Ukraine’s elections Party of the Regions act along a method- ed ever since independence, but I don’t political demonstrations, monthly leader- system makes it difficult for a genuine, ship meetings and representative govern- ology of pure mafia structures, in which think that’s the major problem,” Mr. national democratic party to survive. The there isn’t any internal party democracy Lozowy said. “Together or divided, if ment bodies. closed party list system implemented for and the leadership does whatever it everyone is doing the wrong thing, it The declaration called for all national the 2006 elections prevented national wants,” he added. doesn’t matter.” democratic parties to cooperate in democrats from becoming elected in sin- defending their politics, support each gle-mandate constituent districts. other’s activity, unite for elections and “If there were open lists, intellect, pro- In fact, the delegates did exactly the form an active inter-party committee. grams and ideas would compete – and Our Ukraine... opposite, passing a resolution appealing “We waited for this event very long – not money,” Mr. Kostenko said during a (Continued from page 1) to Mr. Yushchenko to do so. perhaps even too long,” Mr. Tarasyuk March 26 press conference. “The system Mr. Kyrylenko’s election may also sig- said, offering a view shared by many was specially created, not for the compe- mentary faction chair. Analysts said Mr. Kyrylenko’s selec- nify Our Ukraine is becoming more of a Ukrainian political observers, who cite tition of programs or ideas, but money, right-of-center political force, observers the division among Ukraine’s national tion marks the demise of the so-called with the aim of fooling people through said. democrats as one of the key problems in “dear friends” (“liubi druzi”) – a tight television and mass actions on which Mr. Kyrylenko was a student of late Ukraine. circle of wealthy businessmen who exert- millions were spent uncontrolled.” Rukh leader Vyacheslav Chornovil and The declaration reunited two parties ed tremendous influence in the party, Besides advocating a proportional, has always been a committed national that had sprung from the People’s Rukh open-list electoral system based on sin- namely Petro Poroshenko, Mykola democrat, said Ilko Kucheriv, director of of Ukraine, known in shorthand form as gle-mandate constituent districts, Mr. Martynenko and Oleksander Tretiakov. the Democratic Initiatives Foundation or Rukh (Movement), which was the Kostenko also supports campaign finance When exposing the corruption in Mr. think-tank in Kyiv. driving force for Ukrainian independence restrictions. He pointed out that there Yushchenko’s midst, which led the presi- from the Soviet Union. They were torn isn’t a civilized country in the world like dent to dismiss his entire government, “He is a professional politician in the apart by a conflict over who would Ukraine where campaign financing is former Presidential Secretariat Chair Western sense,” he said. “He does not become Vyacheslav Chornovil’s torch- limitless and entirely opaque, without Oleksander Zinchenko blamed the tri- have a business background. Kyrylenko bearer. any disclosure rules. umvirate. The accusations were eventual- did not abandon politics when times were Rukh’s legendary leader tapped With its many millionaire supporters, ly cleared in court. bad.” Hennadii Udovenko, a senior Soviet Our Ukraine is more financially capable Of the three, only Mr. Tretiakov was A “cleaner image” for the party may diplomat who posed no threat to his lead- of competing on the national level than elected to the party’s 203-member result in higher numbers at the polls, Mr. ership, as the party’s 1999 presidential UNP. Political Council. A Kyiv city regional Kucheriv said. “With Kyrylenko, OUPU candidate. “In the United States, election funds branch of the party circulated a newspa- has a chance of becoming a real political Following Mr. Chornovil’s untimely are strictly controlled,” Mr. Kostenko per calling for Mr. Martynenko’s ouster party and not a rich boys’ club,” he said. death, one faction elected Mr. Udovenko said. “Here, we’ve allowed three mega- from the party’s ranks. OUPU is the largest among five par- party chairman in March 1999 and kept blocs to buy voters throughout the coun- The congress rejected Mr. ties in the Our Ukraine bloc. Five years the party name thanks to a Ministry of try. With the help of mass advertising, Poroshenko’s proposals to amend the ago, it won nearly 24 percent of the vote Justice ruling. The opposing faction led with the help of these or other giveaways party’s statute. He also argued the party in parliamentary elections. Last year, the by Mr. Kostenko split and launched the to voters, parties are buying off voters.” should not demand that the president dis- bloc earned 14 percent, with current sup- UNP. However, the Yulia Tymoshenko solve Parliament because it would be port hovering at between only 4 and 8 The rift marked the start of a gradual Bloc’s immensely successful campaign perceived as exerting pressure. percent, according to polls. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2007 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM 2006 organizing results of the Ukrainian National Association by Christine E. Kozak UNA National Secretary It is that time of year when we put our hands together and applaud all those individuals who have risen to the top as UNA’s leading organizers. The Ukrainian National Association Inc. has several tiers of producers – those who sell our life insurance and annuity products. The gamut runs from the branch secretary/organizer who has been with the UNA for many, many years, to the younger-generation secretary and to the professionally licensed agents who sell life insurance and annuities for a living. Today, however, we honor those indi- viduals who are loyal, dedicated and enjoy working within the Ukrainian com- munity. These are our UNA branch secre- taries and organizers who sell UNA prod- ucts to help their friends, their neighbors; Christine Brodyn Myron Pylypiak Lubov Streletsky to assure them that, should the unthink- able happen, their family will have the 2006 “Club of UNA Builders” part of our entire product portfolio. UNA wishes them all the best in 2007. ability to live life without having to sacri- annuities offer excellent interest rates We also welcome our new members fice more than they have already lost. Enrolling 10-24 new members: with no additional fees or charges. If you and thank them for purchasing a life UNA products are solid, straightfor- • Stefan Hawrysz, honorary member, make a deposit of $1,000 into a UNA insurance policy, an endowment or an ward and affordable, sold in amounts the UNA General Assembly; secretary, annuity, the interest begins accruing on annuity from the UNA, for premiums large commercial life insurance compa- Branch 83 the full $1,000, nothing less. And our from these products are what supports nies do not want to bother with. The • Stephanie Hawryluk, secretary, UNA members receive special annuity the UNA. In return, the UNA supports UNA has the products that are written Branch 88 benefits of which they can take advan- the Ukrainian community by providing it • Eli Matiash, secretary, Branch 120 about in today’s professional journals as tage. with our publications, Svoboda and The the type of products Americans are The UNA would like to acknowledge Ukrainian Weekly, and our beloved cul- returning to: strong, basic, with no com- 2006 “Club of Dedicated UNA’ers” and congratulate our top two annuity tural center, Soyuzivka, located in the plications. Enrolling 5-9 new members: organizers: Catskill region of New York state. The UNA’s most popular product • Steve Woch, UNA Home Office • Stephan Welhasch, chairman, New We invite all Ukrainian Americans and continues to be the 20-Payment Life. Jersey District Chairman, Home Office employee, professionally licensed Ukrainian Canadians to join this 113- This product is a whole life insurance employee, professionally licensed • Eugene Serba, advisor, UNA General policy, paid up in 20 annual payments. It • Alex Redko, secretary, Branch 130 Assembly year-old organization by purchasing one is especially advantagous for young • Myron Pylypiak, advisor, UNA Congratulations, Gentlemen! of our life insurance or annuity products. adults, as the premiums are low and they General Assembly; secretary, Branch And lastly, a special thank you and Help the UNA to help you and your fam- remain the same throughout the life of 496 congratulations go to our top salesperson ily be prepared – you never know what the policy. Usually when one is younger, In January through April 2006, the who collected the most premiums for the life can bring. For product information, one is also healthy, making this the best UNA held a pre-convention sales blitz. year 2006, for life insurance and annu- call your branch secretary or the UNA time of life to begin purchasing life Following are the top three winners: ities combined: Home Office. You can also visit the UNA insurance. • Joseph Chabon, chairman, Shamokin, • Steve Woch, UNA Home Office website for product information at And it is these products our UNA District; secretary, Branch 242 employee, professionally licensed www.ukrainiannationalassociation.org. branch secretaries and organizers are sell- • Joyce Kotch, secretary, Branch 39 The UNA hereby congratulates all We need your commitment, for “The ing. For the year 2006, the UNA saw an 8 • Stefan Hawrysz, honorary member, branch secretaries and organizers for UNA and the community are partners for percent increase in its life insurance book UNA General Assembly; former chair- their dedication to our organization and life!” of new business with a face amount value man, Philadelphia District; secretary, of $3,474,000 and $124,828 collected Branch 83 with applications. For annuities, the UNA During the last quarter of 2006, the collected $575,803 with applications. UNA held its third annual Life Insurance DISTRICT COMMITTEE of UNA BRANCHES Kudos to the following branch secre- Awareness Drive for branch secretaries. I OF CONNECTICUT taries and organizers for their hard work. am very proud to announce the 2006 announces that its Best overall combined single winners: premium + annual premium • Lubov Streletsky, secretary, Branch 10 ANNUAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING • Christine Brodyn, secretary, Branch • Stephanie Hawryluk, secretary, will be held on 27, professionally licensed; Branch 88 • Myron Pylypiak, advisor, UNA • Maya Lew, advisor, UNA General SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. General Assembly; secretary, Branch 496 Assembly; secretary, Branch 5 HOLY PROTECTION of the B.V. MARY Ukrainian Catholic Church Most annual premium collected Congratulations, ladies, on a job well 255 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport, CT done! • Lubov Streletsky, secretary, Branch 10 UNA annuities are a very important Obligated to attend the annual meeting as voting members are District Committee Officers, Convention Delegates and two delegates from the following Branches: TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 83 12, 59, 67, 253, 254, 277, 387, 414 As of April 2, 2007, the secretary’s duties of Branch 83, were assumed by Mr. Michael Luciw. All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting. We ask all members of this Branch to direct all correspondence MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: regarding membership and insurance to the address listed below: Stefan Kaczaraj, UNA President Gloria Horbaty, UNA Advisor Mr. Michael Luciw 1009 Melrose Ave. DISTRICT COMMITTEE Ihor Hayda, District Chairman Melrose Park, PA 19186 Bohdan Doboszczak, Secretary 215-635-5109 Taras Slevinsky, Treasurer

THE UNA: 113 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2007 No. 14

IN THE PRESS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Volatile Ukraine The crisis in Ukraine Three days after President Viktor Yushchenko issued a decree dismissing the “Ukraine’s crisis needs a firm ing now is the blurred political reforms Verkhovna Rada, the situation in Ukraine remained uncertain, even volatile. response,” by Viktor Yushchenko, which were adopted in the heat of the Demonstrators supporting what until recently was called the Anti-Crisis Coalition Financial Times, April 4: Orange Revolution,’ said Bohdan Futey, a were converging on Kyiv and setting up tent camps, and the Verkhovna Rada and U.S. judge who has advised Ukraine on the Cabinet of Ministers continued to defy the president. Meanwhile, opposition “… Ukraine’s young democracy today constitutional issues and judicial reforms. forces, in hopes of preventing civil strife, called on their supporters to shy away faces a new and dangerous challenge, one “While these reforms, aimed at pre- from participating in street actions and began to speak of preparations for pre- that requires a firm and immediate venting a return to authoritarian rule, term parliamentary elections on May 27. response. It comes from a ruling coalition brought a peaceful resolution to the That was the state of affairs as this issue of The Ukrainian Weekly was complet- that has exceeded its mandate and attempt- Orange Revolution, they had left the ed. The situation in Kyiv was fluid, with new developments, it seemed, every hour. ed to monopolize political power, even at country’s top tiers of government in a There was one constant: the president continued to insist he had dismissed the the cost of violating the Constitution and state of ‘legal chaos,’ Mr. Futey added. ...” Parliament in order to guarantee the rights of citizens and the choices they had ignoring the democratically expressed made in the 2006 parliamentary elections. wishes of the Ukrainian people. “Ukraine’s Yushchenko turns Citing the parliamentary majority’s efforts to recruit individual national deputies “Since the new government was formed Cromwellian,” by Adrian Blomfield, from opposition factions and thus increase its size so that it could overturn presiden- last summer, I have repeatedly tried to per- The Daily Telegraph, April 4: tial vetoes and alter the Constitution, Mr. Yushchenko said: “This is a direct viola- suade Viktor Yanukovych, the prime minis- tion of human rights, of the key, fundamental law – the right to choose.” After all, ter, to govern in a spirit of national unity “Frequently derided as a vacillator, he argued, the people of Ukraine had voted for party lists based on their programs and reconciliation. Instead, the ruling coali- Viktor Yushchenko has suddenly turned and now members of those parties were being lured – or bought – by the ruling tion has waged a relentless campaign to Cromwellian. coalition. These deputies no longer represent the parties on whose lists they were overturn both the constitutional balance of “Fed up with its constant infighting, the elected and, therefore, go against the will of those who voted them into office. The power and the results of the last parliamen- Lord Protector dissolved the Rump coalition thereby created is illegal and that, Mr. Yushchenko said, gave him the right tary elections. This situation cannot persist. Parliament in 1653 with the famous and the obligation to act as the guarantor of the Constitution of Ukraine. I have been left with no choice but to dis- words: ‘You have sat here too long for any The president’s decision to dissolve the Rada was a gutsy gamble, albeit late solve Parliament and call a fresh round of good you have been doing. Depart I say in coming – it was the president who’d allowed things to deteriorate to a point parliamentary elections for May 27. ... and let us have done with you. In the name of God go.’ that left him no options. In fact, the coalition government’s aggressive usurpation “In a democracy, the people must “Like Cromwell, Mr. Yushchenko may of power forced Mr. Yushchenko to finally take a strong stand. This “outrageous always be the final arbiters of power. Only be doing the wrong thing for the right rea- political corruption,” this “real threat to freedoms, democratic values and human by trusting in the wisdom of the Ukrainian sons. Many Ukrainians, at least in the pro- rights” ends now, he said. There would be no more roundtables. people can we break this political dead- European west of the country, are fed up The president decided the only way out of Ukraine’s crisis was to once again lock and create the consensus necessary with what they call their ‘gangster empower the people – via pre-term elections. Let the people’s votes determine for our country to move forward again. ... Parliament.’ The ruling coalition in the leg- Ukraine’s course, not the corrupt ruling coalition that never signed an agreement it “It is with great regret that I have to say islature, led by Viktor Yanukovych, the intended to keep, that repeatedly demonstrated it was interested only in influence for that the spirit of reconciliation and com- pro-Russian prime minister, stands accused the benefit of its members, that put Ukraine in reverse on the road to democracy. promise required to make ... [the of blocking market reforms and promoting Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych reacted to Mr. Yushchenko’s move by call- Universal of National Unity] a success has the business interests of dubious oligarchs. ing it a “fatal error.” In the ensuing days he attempted to persuade the president not been reciprocated by the ruling coali- “The rapid rate at which MPs loyal to to rescind the decree, threatening that “if he doesn’t cancel the decree, then presi- tion. They have consistently acted in bad the president have been defecting to the dential elections also are inevitable.” faith. Instead of respecting the agreement Yanukovych ranks is even more alarming. Thus far, President Yushchenko has stood his ground, repeatedly responding that to share power, they have sought to under- he has no intention of rescinding the Rada’s dismissal, and he called on “all branch- ... The president suspects financial mine it by grabbing more power for them- inducements are being offered. But even es of authority to mobilize to ensure a democratic resolution to this political crisis.” selves at every opportunity and with every Much too eagerly, neighborly Russia offered – not once, but twice so far – its if the constitutional court upholds his means available. Instead of respecting the decision to call fresh parliamentary elec- “assistance,” without specifying what form that assistance might take. And, wishes of the Ukrainian people expressed Russian spinmeisters were already accusing the United States of being involved tions next month, Ukraine’s political freely at the ballot box, they have used problems are unlikely to disappear. ...” in fomenting the crisis in Ukraine. (One wonders if Russia’s spin doctors com- subterfuge to alter the parliamentary bal- municate with the pro-Russian Mr. Yanukovych’s U.S. handlers...) ance in an entirely undemocratic manner. “East and West: Ukraine’s squab- Then there was Ukraine’s Constitutional Court – which has not yet issued a single “These are not the actions of responsible bling politicians should put their coun- ruling in the nine months of its existence, although many pressing appeals have been democrats. They reflect attitudes and try first,” The Times (London), April 4: filed. The court said it would decide within 15 days whether to hear a case concern- behavior that the Ukrainian people had ing the presidential decree to dismiss Parliament. And so, Ukraine will have to wait. every reason to believe had been consigned “Ukraine has the potential to be a As the holy days of Easter approach, Ukrainians beyond the borders of to our past. Instead, it seems that we must thriving, prosperous nation. It has huge Ukraine pray for renewal in their ancestral homeland. May the people of Ukraine fight and defeat them once again. …” tracts of fertile ‘black earth’ that have have their say and may they finally succeed in electing true leaders of the nation traditionally produced large grain sur- who are responsive to their needs. “Ukraine clash brings distant echo pluses. It inherited a well-educated work- of Orange Revolution,” by Roman force and a high technology base. It has Olearchyk, Financial Times, April 4: coal reserves and heavy industries that have proved innovative, in some cases, “For a moment it almost seemed like in adapting to a post-Soviet world. Yet April 2004 again. Against a backdrop of an esca- Ukraine has consistently failed to live up Turning the pages back... lating constitutional crisis, tens of thou- to its cherished independence. ... sands of demonstrators took to the streets “Once again, the country has reached a 16 of Kiev [sic] yesterday to protest against political impasse. President Yushchenko’s President Viktor Yushchenko’s decision to decision to dissolve Parliament and call 2006 Last year The Ukrainian Weekly reported on President dissolve Parliament and call snap elections. for new elections next month has met Viktor Yushchenko’s optimism about the formation of “But any comparisons with the Orange furious opposition from Viktor Ukraine’s government after the parliamentary elections in Revolution – when massive public protests Yanukovych, the prime minister, who March 2006. His optimism was unusual – and perhaps mis- propelled Mr. Yushchenko into office – called it a ‘fatal error’ and has threatened placed – because his rival Viktor Yanukovych and the Party of the Regions led the for- quickly proved misleading. Despite the to challenge it in the Supreme [sic] Court. mation of a government coalition. drama surrounding the power struggle His government refuses to resign, and The president said it was too early to predict who would join the coalition, but talks between the president and Viktor parliamentarians will not quit. After eight were ongoing between his Our Ukraine bloc, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the Yanukovych, his prime minister, yesterday months of a dysfunctional administration, Socialist Party of Ukraine, in an attempt to re-unite the Orange coalition. largely passed without incident as most with the two rivals sniping at each other, However, Mr. Yushchenko did not want the formation of any coalition until a Ukrainians went about their everyday Ukraine again stands on the brink of a detailed agreement was written and signed by its partners to clarify the coalition’s business. constitutional crisis. Protesters have been position on every political and economic matter. This was a safeguard to ensure the “Such apparent indifference is one of massing in public squares. Two and a half stability of the coalition and in the event of failure it would be easier to pinpoint the the symptoms of the months of political years after the Orange Revolution, there reasons for the coalition’s collapse. stalemate that followed the inconclusive is a grim sense of failure. … According to President Yushchenko, the main points for the agreement included result of the March 2006 general election. “The uneasy coalition with Mr. positions on the World Trade Organization, the European Union, the Single Economic That vote produced a Parliament split Yanukovych has clearly collapsed. The Space, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, privatization and re-privatization, and between forces loyal to Mr. Yanukovych, stream of defections to the prime minis- dozens of other questions. Once an agreement was drafted, Mr. Yushchenko said he whose power base is in the industrial, ter’s party has raised Mr. Yushchenko’s would be ready to name a prime minister. Russian-speaking east of the country, and fears that his rival was trying to build up Divisions were already apparent in the stipulation by Yulia Tymoshenko that she those broadly pledged to the more pro- enough support to override vetoes and would not unite with Our Ukraine unless she was named Ukraine’s next prime minis- Western course favored by the president. sideline him. East and West see the dan- ter. “The current power struggle is the gers: Moscow and Brussels have called biggest political clash since the Orange for calm and compromise. It is a call the Source: “Yushchenko optimistic about Ukraine’s next government,” by Zenon Revolution …” squabbling politicians should heed for Zawada, The Ukrainian Weekly, April 16, 2006. “ ‘The heart of the problem we are see- the sake of their long-suffering country.” No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2007 7

FOR THE RECORD NEWS AND VIEWS Ukrainian scholars of diaspora Ukrainian physicians in the U.S. voice protest on language issue and a challenge to UMANA Following is the text of an open letter Ukrainian people and the country in by George Hrycelak revealed a similar ratio of U.S.-to for- from Ukrainian scholars in the United which they reside. eign-born among the active membership States, Canada and Europe protesting This is why we sound the alarm and Oleh Wolowyna, Ph.D., presents an in 2000, but with a distinct trend now against attempts to declare Russian the appeal to the deputies of the Verkhovna informative and revealing statistical analy- favoring U.S.-born members. second state language in Ukraine. The Rada and members of the government, to sis of physicians and surgeons giving The census data further reflect the pres- letter is dated March 31. local administrators, business representa- Ukrainian as their first or second ancestry ence of recent immigrants in percentages tives, to students and teachers, and to all during the 2000 U.S. census. “Ukrainian that agree with UMANA’s membership We, Ukrainian scholars in America, those who value Ukrainian cultural identi- Physicians in the United States: a statistical statistics. Over the past five years, approx- Canada and Europe, members of the ty, to reject the declaration of Russian as a overview,” (The Ukrainian Weekly, imately 25 percent of new applicants have World Scholarly Council of the second state language. We urge you to use January 21). These data are of particular been individuals with medical degrees Ukrainian World Congress and of the all means to assure the stability and growth interest to the Ukrainian Medical from Ukraine – most of whom are in the Ukrainian-American Association of of the Ukrainian language on all levels of Association of North America (UMANA), process of presenting their credentials for University Professors, express our indig- national life. If Ukraine is to be respected the largest organization of Ukrainian recognition by U.S. accrediting bodies. nation and protest against the renewed by the world community as an independ- American professionals in the Western The challenge to UMANA posed by attempts by certain political forces in ent and sovereign nation, it must respect hemisphere. Dr. Wolowyna is this: With the potential Ukraine to declare Russian as the second its own cultural and linguistic heritage. UMANA, established in 1950, has number of physicians claiming Ukrainian been in continuous operation for 57 state language. ancestry in the thousands, how can years, encompassing a diverse member- Nothing threatens the Russian language Prof. Lubomyr Wynar (U.S.A.), UMANA reach out to this group? ship with a steady influx of new mem- in Ukraine; it is the native language that is president, World Scholarly Council The largest group consisting of bers. 2006 UMANA data reveal 487 in real jeopardy, as evidenced by recent WSC, Ukrainian World Congress English-speaking, U.S.-born physicians active dues-paying members, with 859 appeals to students to bar Ukrainian- (UWC); president, Ukrainian-American is difficult to identify and contact. known physicians and affiliated health speaking teachers from school auditori- Association of University Professors Identification initially seems achievable, care professionals in our database. Over ums. Such anti-Ukrainian elements, by (UAAUP); president, Ukrainian since Ukrainian names are rather unique. 70 new members applied for membership pushing for the official introduction of Historical Association (UHA); head, However, this method is imperfect due to in 2003-2005, and nearly 50 have applied Russian as a second state language, intend History Section, the Ukrainian Academy name variations in mixed marriages, use through the present date. to bring Ukrainian to the level of “non- of Arts and Sciences, U.S.A. (UAAS); of professional names, and name changes The 2000 U.S. census data analyzed by obligatory” and “impractical” to learn and full member, Shevchenko Scientific and disparate spelling that were popular Dr. Wolowyna suggest that there are use. They know perfectly well that with- Society, U.S. (NTSh); in earlier generations. approximately 5,947 physicians, the major- out language there is no nation and that Prof. Assya Humesky (U.S.A.), vice- Contacting this group may be more ity U.S.-born, stating their ancestry is making Russian the second state language president WSC; vice-president, UAAS; problematic. They don’t all read the Ukrainian. This fact by itself is encourag- would threaten the existence of Ukraine as vice-president, UAAUP; head, English-language Ukrainian press, such as ing and optimistic. Dr. Wolowyna fittingly an independent country. Philological Section, NTSh; head, The Ukrainian Weekly, and there are no notes that this number must be viewed nationwide communications venues (radio, This was stressed by President Language and Literary Section, UAAS. through a critical lens: stating one’s ances- Yushchenko in his February 21 address Prof. Arkadii Zhukovskyi (France), TV) that encompass such a group. There is try does not, for many reasons, necessarily some activity on the Internet, with a web during the celebration of the vice-president, WSC; president, NTSh reflect one’s self-awareness and active par- International Day of the Native Europe; member, board of directors, presence by many Ukrainian American ticipation in things Ukrainian. professional groups, including UMANA. Language. The president said, “We must UHA; full member, UAAS; academician, Reviewing the data presented by Dr. always remember that the Ukrainian lan- National Academy of Arts and Sciences, This may, in fact, represent a future Wolowyna, it is reassuring to note that method of communication and recruit- guage is the language of our freedom and Ukraine. many of his statistics corroborate our statehood.” Prof. Stefan Kozak (Poland), vice- ment. But the main problem remains how UMANA’s numbers and trends. For exam- to discover and introduce UMANA to Many examples in history demonstrate president, WSC; president, NTSh ple, with the exception of Los Angeles- that the disappearance of the native Poland; full member, UAAS; chairman, individual physicians of Ukrainian origin Riverside, Calif., and Dallas-Fort Worth, in a diverse geographic area. tongue may lead to the disappearance of department of Ukrainistics, Warsaw Texas, the top seven major metropolitan that nation from the map of the world. University; president, Association of UMANA recruits members best by per- areas with physicians of Ukrainian ances- sonal referrals. Current members identify That is why for centuries Kremlin author- Ukrainists, Poland. try correspond directly to the top seven ities have imposed Russification on the Prof. Rev. Oleh Kravchenko their colleagues in work situations, refer- UMANA branches in the United States. ring them to local branch group activities, Ukrainian people in an attempt to destroy (Canada), member, board of directors, Over the last two decades, the northern their self-respect and national identity. WSN; ex-President of UAAS Canada. lectures or social events. In addition, and southern California branches have UMANA places paid ads in The Ukrainian The Ukrainian language has been Prof. Myroslav Melnyk (U.S.A.), shown definite growth, and the number of ridiculed and declared a mere “Little director, Scientific Fund, UAAUP; secre- Weekly, which continue to bring in new members in Texas is also rising. applicants on a regular basis. Also, online Russian dialect” having no future, while tary, UAAUP; full member, NTSh, UMANA has also noticed a definite its defenders were persecuted. And yet, in UAAS. applications at www.umana.org have eased demographic trend of rising membership the new member sign-up process. spite of all those efforts, Ukrainian self- Prof. Mykola Musinka (Slovakia), in the Southern states. This is again veri- UMANA’s executive director has success- awareness could not be destroyed. member, board of directors WSN; presi- fied by the U.S. Census data, with fully recruited applicants by scanning the Today, in an independent Ukraine the dent, NTSh, Slovakia; president, California, Texas, Arizona and Florida medical and lay ethnic press for Ukrainian native language – as the natural basis of Association of Ukrainists, Slovakia. emerging as major centers of physicians names and following up with invitations to the national culture – has ample opportu- Prof. Osyp Martyniuk (U.S.A.), sec- of Ukrainian ancestry. Such a trend may join. Finally, UMANA has made a con- nities for preservation and develepment. retary, WSC; corresponding member, be fueled by expanding professional certed effort to be visible with an informa- Emphasizing the importance of language UAAS; full member, UHA and UAAUP. opportunities, or perhaps represents a tive bilingual website, a public presence as a crucial element in state-building, Dr. Vasyl Veryha (Canada), member, general interest of baby boomers to move through press releases, the popular President Yushchenko said, “We are board of directors, WSC; ex-president, to warmer climes. newsletter UMANANews, the in-house faced with a vitally important task of UWC; full member, NTSh Canada, UMANA has also experienced an expect- UMANA Banana, and the venerable implementing a wise, tolerant and con- UAAS Canada, UHA, UAAUP. ed shift in nativity and period of immigra- Journal of the Ukrainian Medical sistent linguistic policy so as to trans- Prof. Vsevolod Isajiw (Canada), full tion depicted in the analysis. As the genera- Association of North America. form the native word into an effective member, board of directors WSC; vice- tion that founded UMANA in 1950 under- Based on the U.S. census data, recruit- unifying force in Ukrainian society.” president, UAAUP; full member, NTSh goes natural attrition, the percentage of U.S.- ment efforts may need enhancement. Unfortunately, today, when progres- Canada and UAAS Canada; president, born physicians rises, hopefully representing There are undoubtedly hundreds, if not sive nations are apologizing and seeking Ukrainian Canadian Research and not only a healthy rate of replacement, but thousands of physicians who never hear of forgiveness from people whom they Documentation Center, Toronto. an actual growth in members. UMANA, but yet might find the mission exploited, culturally suppressed and Prof. Dmytro Shtohryn (U.S.A.), The U.S. Census data at the city level of the association appealing and fulfilling. enslaved during times of imperialism and member, board of directors WSC; full also confirm UMANA statistics. Taking Certainly, the statistics presented by Dr. colonialism, there still exist elements in member, NTSh and UAAS; director, the Chicago area as an example, the U.S. Wolowyna are encouraging, indicating a an independent Ukraine that refuse to Ukrainian Research Program, University Census reveals 310 physicians of potential for growth and development for show any sign of respect for the of Illinois. Ukrainian ancestry, 107 of those being many years into the future. The trick will U.S.-born. The UMANA Illinois Branch be to find a way to reach out and touch database contains 220 names, 125 of these physicians. 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tion season for the May 27 elections and by Acting Chair Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, Mr. Kivalov’s arrest for participating in Ukraine in crisis... stated that any subsequent sessions held is under the president’s influence, while the siege of the Pechersk District Court, (Continued from page 1) by the Parliament were invalid. the Ministry of Internal Affairs that runs stating that he is no longer a national that by attempting to further enlarge Afterwards, Messrs. Kyrylenko and the nation’s police is led by Socialist deputy protected by immunity. itself, the parliamentary coalition in fact Lutsenko joined other political leaders in Vasyl Tsushko. Ukrainian nationalist organizations failed to form itself according to Article scurrying to the studios of the ICTV net- The next day, Mr. Yushchenko and Mr. and parties, including the All-Ukrainian 83, that is, within the required 30 days. work to engage in debate on a special Yanukovych spent another four and a half Union Svoboda, asked the president to But while that article specifically episode of Ukraine’s most popular politi- hours at the negotiating table, with the declare a state of emergency. refers to factions as the basis for forming cal talk show, “Svoboda Slova” prime minister offering to compromise if (“Freedom of Speech”), hosted by Savik the president nullified his decree. Maidan II coalitions, it doesn’t address whether Shuster. The president declined the request. deputies could switch factions, said Mr. Parliament’s dismissal re-ignited the While Mr. Shuster moderated the pas- Responding to the Parliament’s Lozowy, a graduate of New York very same conflicts that drove the Orange sionate debates, Mr. Moroz led the attempt to block financing of elections, University Law School. Revolution, creating a sense of déjà vu extraordinary parliamentary session and Ms. Tymoshenko said the CEC has a “They’re basically saying the voters on the streets of Ukraine’s capital. Mr. Yanukovych convened a special ses- reserve fund of more than $100 million, pick parties, their factions form a govern- This time around, it’s the coalition sion of the Cabinet of Ministers, both which is more than enough to hold elec- ing coalition and, if massive defections supporters who took control of Kyiv’s working into the early morning hours of tions. take place, this subverts election results,” strategic public areas, including April 3. “Conducting pre-term elections will Mariyinskyi Park adjacent to Parliament, he said. “But there’s nothing in the Mr. Yanukovych instructed his Cabinet cost Ukraine about $60 million,’ Ms. Constitution addressing that.” and Independence Square at the heart of to take measures ensuring the nation’s Tymoshenko said. “Leaving a mafia in Kyiv. The Ukrainian Constitution’s failure to stability and to defend the rights of government will cost Ukraine tens of bil- provide clarity on the authority, rules and Coalition leaders demonstrated they Ukrainians. lions of dollars.” had learned valuable lessons from the limits of governmental organs, and how At the session, Minister of Defense The descent towards lawlessness they relate to one another, is a main con- Orange forces in mobilizing citizens and Anatolii Hrytsenko said the president’s accelerated on April 5, when Mr. Moroz holding demonstrations, imitating tactics tributor to such crises, Mr. Lozowy said. decree to dismiss Parliament must be forced his way into a meeting of the pres- “It’s a poorly drafted Constitution – a that enabled Mr. Yushchenko and his obeyed upon its official publication. He ident’s National Security and Defense supporters to emerge victorious during hodgepodge fragmentation thrown assured the Cabinet that the nation’s mili- Council, from which he was dismissed together by different people with differ- the Orange Revolution. tary forces were stable and were not three days earlier. Thousands of coalition supporters had ent interests and of the Soviet tradition,” being mobilized, despite rumors to the The council is the single government he said. already begun pouring into Kyiv from contrary. organ falling under the exclusive purview throughout the country as early as March “This is a direct result of the Soviet At the meeting’s conclusion, only Mr. of the president; its role is to coordinate 30, when the coalition government held a tradition that laws didn’t matter, because Hrytsenko and Minister of Foreign the activities of all the government’s key rally on European Square under the ban- the Communist Party did whatever it Affairs Arsenii Yatseniuk voted against a bodies. ner “The Country’s Unity – Ukraine’s wanted. As a result, the Constitution has Cabinet resolution supporting the That same morning, violence erupted Future.” too many general phrases that don’t mean Parliament’s position that the presidential at Kyiv’s Pechersk District Court when By then, coalition supporters had taken anything,” he commented. decree is illegal. former Chair Volodymyr Kolesnychenko control of Mariyinskyi Park, setting up a Political leaders react In addition to requiring ministers to stormed the court’s lobby with a group of tent city of about 500 residents, which obey orders and lead their ministries in men that included Mr. Kivalov, demand- has swelled to 2,000 following the dis- After the president addressed the pub- resolving socio-political matters, the ing the court’s official stamps. missal decree. lic on national television at 9:10 p.m., Cabinet resolution also forbade financing When a secretary denied their demand, Once the presidential decree was parliamentary opposition leader Yulia of the pre-term elections. Mr. Kolesnychenko assaulted her and issued, coalition leaders mobilized tens Tymoshenko, Our Ukraine chair Mr. Hrytsenko is the only remaining snatched one of two official stamps, said of thousands more to arrive and stage Viacheslav Kyrylenko and National Self- minister in the Cabinet who is loyal to Inna Otrosh, the court’s acting chair. demonstrations in Kyiv. Estimates ranged Defense leader Yurii Lutsenko appeared Mr. Yushchenko, having been appointed The men entered an office and Mr. between 30,000 and 100,000 for the on Independence Square (the “maidan”) during the Tymoshenko government. Kolesnychenko began authorizing docu- number of coalition supporters in the to express gratitude. The Ministry of Defense and the ments with the stamp, she said. They announced the start of the elec- Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), led The Pora Citizens Campaign called for (Continued on page 9)

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mously declined to tell reporters where Union, Borys Tarasyuk of the People’s Department spokesman Sean Ukraine in crisis... they arrived from and how old they were. Rukh of Ukraine, Yurii Kostenko of the McCormack called on all Ukrainian (Continued from page 8) Many responded they were university stu- Ukrainian People’s Party, Viktor political leaders to take full responsibil- nation’s capital at any given moment this dents in Kyiv, without being more specif- Pynzenyk of the Reform and Order ity for their actions and maintain calm. week. ic. A few openly admitted to receiving Party, Vladyslav Kaskiv of the Pora “We are monitoring closely develop- By the morning of April 4, coalition $20 a day for their participation. Citizen’s Party, Volodymyr Lytvyn of ments in Ukraine and urge all parties to the People’s Party of Ukraine and respect the rule of law and resolve dis- supporters also took control of Central Election Commission Independence Square, setting up a con- Liudmyla Suprun of the National putes non-violently, in a manner consis- cert stage in the exact place where it The Verkhovna Rada’s decision to Democratic Party. tent with Ukraine’s democratic values stood during the Orange Revolution. revoke the law appointing Mr. The leaders avoided commenting to and national interests,” Mr. McCormack More than 50 tents were also pitched as Davydovych and his fellow commission- the press after the meeting. stated. an encampment to prevent Orange sup- ers was unconstitutional, the president Ms. Tymoshenko, on the other hand, Both President Yushchenko and Prime porters from holding meetings or demon- said, as was reappointing Mr. Kivalov as is against the mega-bloc proposal and Minister Yanukovych have begun strations on the maidan. CEC chair. wants her bloc to approach the May elec- appealing to the international communi- “They want to occupy the battlefield “Kivalov’s renewal is yet further evi- tions independently. ty, with the president meeting with for demonstrations and protests,” Mr. dence of the wide scale return of Mr. Yanukovych said his party has no Group of Eight and European Lozowy said. “Their main motivation is Kuchmism,” Ms. Tymoshenko said. intention of preparing for May elections Commission representatives. to envelop everything.” Mr. Kivalov was so excited by the until the Constitutional Court reaches a Russian Federation Ambassador to Throughout the day, loud speeches of prospect of returning to his old office that verdict. Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin offered pro-coalition demonstrators echoed in he wanted to start working the same The All-Ukrainian Council of assistance to Ukraine’s leaders in resolv- Kyiv’s city center as traffic was disrupted morning the Parliament reinstated him. Churches, consisting of six confessions, ing the conflict, without offering any on what was a normal business day for He had some obstacles. issued a statement supporting the presi- specifics about the type of assistance he local residents. SBU Acting Chair Nalyvaichenko said dent’s decision; among the signatories had in mind. Coalition leaders imitated more than on April 3 that any attempt to change the were Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian just their Orange opponents’ protest tac- CEC’s status or make-up would be con- Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate tics. sidered an infringement on the and Ukrainian Catholic Patriarch In his maidan address, Minister of Constitution. The SBU will also ensure Lubomyr Husar. The Ukrainian OSCE urges Transportation Mykola Rudkovskyi, a the functioning of the CEC and local Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate Socialist, began chanting a familiar slo- election commissions, he said. did not endorse the statement. restraint, dialogue gan from two years ago: “We are many! “In a democratic country, which Constitutional Court appeals We will not defeated!” (“Nas bahato! Nas Ukraine is, there are enough forces to Organization for Security ne podolaty!”) ensure preparations enabling all of us to Both the Presidential Secretariat and and Cooperation in Europe vote in elections in a lawful manner,” Mr. the Verkhovna Rada submitted appeals to Orange supporters did not mobilize MADRID – The chairman-in-office of Nalyvaichenko said. Ukraine’s Constitutional Court on April after the president’s decree – a conscious the Organization for Security and The Pechersk District Court in Kyiv 3 to review the constitutionality of the decision by leaders to avoid unnecessary Cooperation in Europe, Spanish Foreign put a bigger damper on Mr. Kivalov’s president’s dismissal decree. conflicts. Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, on plans, at least temporarily, canceling the The 18 judges of Ukraine’s They held a “Betrayal – Get Out!” April 4 expressed his concerns and parliamentary resolution appointing him. Constitutional Court are under enormous (“Zradu – Het!” – a play on the words called all parties in Ukraine to find a That drew an angry response from the pressure as Ukraine’s future hangs in the “Rada” and “zrada”) rally on swift solution to the political crisis. Party of the Regions deputy, who threat- balance, Mr. Lozowy said. “I am certain Independence Square the evening of “It is of utmost importance that all ened to dismiss the judges from their the amount of pressure that is already March 31 that drew about 100,000 sup- political forces show restraint and a high posts. exerted on the court is unprecedented,” porters, many arriving from central sense of responsibility, while continuing That same day, a delegation of Party he said. “If (Victor) Pinchuk allegedly Ukrainian oblasts by buses. to use dialogue, in the resolution of this of the Regions deputies paid Mr. offered $10 million bribes for the “The life of a country is like the life of crisis,” said Minister Moratinos. Davydovych a visit. Kryvorizhstal privatization, there’s no a person – you can’t give up too early,” Minister Moratinos said he would fol- “Believe me, it’s not easy to work in doubt the Party of the Regions would said Nadiya Halenko, a Sumy Oblast res- low developments in Ukraine closely. the CEC today when two political giants offer far more.” ident who supports the Tymoshenko “I expect that all parties will act in a are caught in a sharp political battle,” he Court Chairman Ivan Dombrovskyi Bloc. “Our country is only three years spirit of constructive cooperation so that said. “But there is a law that defends our attempted to resign on April 4, but his old. It still doesn’t know or understand the role of democratic institutions may rights and no one has the right to demand colleagues rejected his resignation. anything. It is only learning how to walk, be preserved and democracy strength- to talk and to understand.” that the CEC pass unlawful decisions.” Coalition leaders accused Mr. ened,” he said. Many of those attending were party The Presidential Secretariat later Yushchenko of attempting to pressure the functionaries who had arrived in buses accused Prime Minister Yanukovych and court when he met with its judges on from towns and cities in neighboring the Party of the Regions of pressuring March 27. oblasts. Mr. Davydovych. “The coalition isn’t pressuring the An unusually large number of high Disturbed by the prospect of Mr. Court,” the chairman of the Socialist Pifer to speak school-age students, however, were hold- Kivalov returning to the CEC, Pora Faction, Mr. Bokyi, said. “On the other ing the flags of Our Ukraine and the activists pitched tents on April 4 in front hand, the president went to the court at Penn State People’s Self-Defense movement led by of the CEC headquarters in order to and pressured them, which is a violation UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Steven Mr. Lutsenko. defend any attempts to lay siege. of the law. Why did six court judges Pifer, former U.S. ambassador to They denied being paid, but when Instead of targeting the CEC, Mr. decline to work on the Cabinet of Ukraine, will visit Penn State’s asked to explain why they supported the Kivalov teamed up with Mr. Ministers law after his visit?” University Park campus to deliver a talk party represented by the flag in their Kolesnychenko to forcibly take control Presidential Representative to the titled, “The Role of Europe in Resolving hands, they couldn’t offer much of a rea- of the Pechersk District Court on the Constitutional Court Volodymyr Ukraine’s Orange Revolution Crisis.” son. morning of April 5, which occurred Shapoval denied the accusation. The Sponsored by the Woskob Ukraine New “We’re for the truth,” said a teenager under the passive observation of police Constitutional Court requires at least two Century Fund in the College of distributing People’s Self-Defense flags. officers. months to make a ruling on the dismissal Agricultural Sciences, the talk will take She said she belonged to the organization That afternoon, Mr. Yushchenko char- decree, Mr. Shapoval said. place at 2:30 p.m. on April 10 in Room because “it’s the right thing to do,” acterized Mr. Kivalov’s actions as crimi- However, the Constitutional Court 102 of the Weaver Building. declining to offer her name. nal. issued two statements on April 5, the Now a senior fellow at the Center for No other Orange public demonstra- “I called for and call for all sides, first stating that it will spend 15 days Strategic and International Studies, tions have been held since the “Betrayal including the prime minister, not to considering whether it would even Ambassador Pifer was a foreign service – Get Out!” rally. appeal to the population now,” the presi- review the president’s decree. Later in officer for more than 25 years, focusing Pora stated that it expects 5,000 dent said, “but for the opposite: to use the day, spokesman Ivan Avramov said on U.S. relations with the former Soviet activists to eventually arrive in Kyiv to political methods to find a democratic the court had begun to review the com- Union and Europe, as well as on arms defend government institutions. way of resolving.” plaint submitted by the Verkhovna Rada, control and security issues. He served as In another moment of déjà vu, the 1+1 The National Security and Defense “deeming it undelayable.” ambassador to Ukraine from 1998 to television network reported that the Party Council voted on April 5 to require the The Constitutional Court hasn’t made 2000. of the Regions was recruiting high school government to finance pre-term elections a single ruling in nine months, and it’s His talk is part of the Woskob Speaker students in the Cherkasy Oblast town of from the national budget’s reserve fund. possible it will avoid making one this Series. The Woskob Ukraine New Chyhyryn to skip class and travel to Kyiv That day, Mr. Moroz said the Socialist time as well. Century Fund – begun by real estate for the demonstrations. Party of Ukraine would not take part in Though Western judges have the luxu- developers Helen and Alex Woskob of Students told 1+1 they were offered $8 elections and continued denying they ry of reviewing a law within the context State College – also supports several other a day by local officials of the Party of the would ever take place. of legal precedents and well-defined con- Penn State initiatives: the Woskob stitutions, Ukraine’s judges make their Regions. One Chyhyryn high school Opposition forces meet International Research in Agriculture the reported 29 students absent on April 4. rulings based on the immediate political Ukrainian Forest Resources Initiative and While thousands of high school stu- Leaders of more than a dozen of considerations, Mr. Lozowy said. “The a faculty exchange program with Ukraine. dents were present for the March 31 Ukraine’s opposition political forces met court takes an ostrich approach, hiding More information on programs spon- opposition rally, it took place on a with Mr. Yushchenko at the Presidential its head in the sand,” he said. sored by the Woskob Ukraine New Saturday, not interfering with classes. Secretariat on April 5 to discuss forming International community reacts Century Fund is available by calling the During the weekdays, thousands of a mega-bloc of democratic forces to cam- College of Agricultural Sciences’ Office high school students suspiciously roamed paign for the May elections. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William of International Programs at 814-863- about Kyiv’s city center during the coali- Among those attending were Mr. Taylor didn’t make any statement on 0249 or by logging on to the website tion’s demonstration. They almost unani- Kyrylenko of the Our Ukraine People’s the dismissal decree, but U.S. State http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/international. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2007 No. 14

THE ART SCENE Vera Jacyk’s meditation on historical events Depictions of Ukrainian symbolism and motifs OSHAWA, Ontario – Vera Jacyk’s artistic invention. In a stripped, white by Chrystyna Nykorak “Chysto, Chysto, Chysto” (Ukrainian for space, objects have been rendered or Clean, Clean, Clean) on view at the The assembled by hand and strategically DETROIT – An exhibit Robert McLaughlin Gallery, is a medita- placed. A bust of Joseph Stalin sits of paintings, sculptures, tion on the power of historical events behind cupboard doors. Traces of an textile art, photography, that, for the artist, have lingered long embroidered swastika lay in a drawer. A woodcuts and pysanky after their occurrence. This history chalk drawing and a bundle wrapped in featuring 27 artists from includes the ravages perpetrated by archival newspapers sit on the floor. Each the United States, Canada Communist and Nazi regimes on hand-wrought object reveals itself to the and Europe who depict Ukrainian soil, the birthplace of the viewer. ancient and contemporary artist’s émigré parents. Although the setting is one suggestive symbolism and motifs For many who endured war, displace- of domesticity, there are no objects reflect- from their Ukrainian her- ment and forced emigration to Canada, ing family life, no family photos or other itage will be presented at such as the artist’s parents, telling their specific memorabilia. Autobiographical the Scarab Club on April story was difficult or impossible, and, material is not overtly evident, in order to 4-May 12. thus, oral history was lost. Nevertheless, summon abandonment, disconnection and “In Search of Ukrainian Symbolism and Motifs” is the impact of such experiences was strangeness – all legacies of inter-genera- an art exhibit that draws passed on to the artist through silent tional trauma. from rich and colorful transmission, taking up residence within Art begun as a response to past trauma Ukrainian traditions filled the domestic sphere of her early life and creates a space of troubled silence for with symbolism and the artistic imagination of her adult contemplating the nature of our violent motifs. years. reality. The viewer of “Chysto, Chysto, One of the works on The crafted objects placed within the Chysto” may be motivated to explore exhibit is Christina pristine environment of “Chysto, Chysto, personal silences or the nature of power Pereyma O’Neal’s Chysto” make reference to Ukrainian and the continuing threat of its misuse in “Caryatid,” a dress based heritage, history and culture. Though the both public and private domains. on Ukrainian archeologi- imagery is drawn from familiar icons and The exhibit, which opened on March cal and pictorial refer- even clichés, it has been reworked into 16, is on view through May 6. ences of a garment worn idiosyncratic artifacts through selected On Sunday, April 15, Dr. Lubomyr by “Rusalky” (water materials, juxtapositions and placements. Luciuk will speak at the gallelry. His lec- spirits). The linen gar- “Talisman 21” (conte and pastel, 33.5 by 25.5 inches) Of importance is the trace of the artist’s ture on the topic broached by “Chysto, ment is very long, pillar- by Irma Osadsa. hand within these works, as it reflects an Chysto, Chysto” is slated for 1 p.m. like in form, and encrust- inherited sensibility, that of Ukrainian The Robert McLaughlin Gallery is ed in natural and dyed eggshells. Actual Osadsa’s “Talisman 21” depicts the womens’ handiwork, and makes manifest located at 72 Queen Street, Civic Centre, garments with the same exaggerated long ancient belief that certain symbols trans- accumulated, decisive actions taken by Oshawa. Gallery hours are: Monday- sleeves have been found in Ukraine; the fer their power to the object on which an individual in formulating a response Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m; Thursdays, 10 sleeves were used in dance to mimic they are drawn, thereby creating a talis- to a particular life experience. a.m.-9 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, flapping wings of birds. man for coping with life’s uncertainties. The viewer experiences two worlds in noon-4 p.m. Other symbolism and motifs depicted Daniel Graschuck, the juror of this Ms. Jacyk’s installation: one associated For information call 905-576-3000, by the artists are drawn from floral pat- with lived experience and the other an ext. 107, or e-mail [email protected]. exhibit, is a professional photographer terns, geometric designs, the cosmos, spi- and chairman of the board of directors of rals, the summer solstice, birds, mytholog- the Detroit Artists Market, as well as a ical spirits, icons and poignant encounters. former board member of the Wayne Anizia Karmazyn’s vivid “Tree of Council of the Arts, History and Life” woodcut depicts the universal Humanities, and a former board president theme of the continuum of life. Alexander of the Indian Village Association and Tkachenko’s watercolor painting of the Historical Indian Village Collections. Mr. ancient ritual of “Summer Solstice” is both enchanting and mesmerizing. Irma (Continued on page 16)

(%)* $ Paintings by Alexander Motyl % & % & ' +' TORONTO – “Elusive Elements” – an extends the mood of solitude and intro- exhibit of acrylic paintings by Alexander spection of his earlier work. J. Motyl, a New York-based artist, writer, Prof. Motyl is also the author of two and scholar – will open on Sunday, April novels, “Whiskey Priest” (Universe, 15, at 3 p.m., at the Ukrainian Canadian 2005) and “Who Killed Andrei Warhol” Art Foundation/KUMF Gallery. (Seven Locks, 2007). Prof. Motyl will also read from his nov- “Whiskey Priest” is a Graham-Greene- els, “Whiskey Priest” and “Who Killed esque “entertainment” in which a rela- Andrei Warhol,” during the opening. tively simple plot line serves as a vehicle The exhibit will run through Sunday, for psychological examinations of the April 29. leading characters and their existential Born in New York City in 1953, Prof. dilemmas. The plot centers on a KGB Motyl studied painting with Leon Goldin assassin working for the Russian mafia, at Columbia University. He has exhibited the American professor he is pursuing, in solo and group shows in New York and the female U.S. foreign service offi- City, Philadelphia and Cleveland. He is cer assigned to the case. represented by The Tori Collection, and The assassin is a devoted Communist his work is on display at www.toricollec- whose world has collapsed with the fall tion.com. of the Soviet Union and who can no Tersely styled and quietly rendered, longer find moral justification for the the evolving corpus of Prof. Motyl’s killings he still commits. The professor is work hovers between cityscape, still life a corrupt and cynical academic. The cen- and figures. Inspired by his reverence for tral character is an existentially, profes- the ordinary, Prof. Motyl’s most repre- sionally and emotionally insecure Ukrainian American woman, Jane Sweet, sentational work projects the prosaic fea- who discovers who she is and what she is ! " #"  tures of urban architecture. Personalized capable of in the course of her investiga- by the artist through a pictorial and sym- tion. bolic focus, windows align the artist’s “Who Killed Andrei Warhol: The gaze with the viewer’s emotion. American Diary of a Soviet Journalist” is In his most recent work, Prof. Motyl +,- ."&" . - an absurdist tragicomedy that proceeds presents a series of angular, elongated from the unlikely coincidence of Andy /000/.*123 ###4 nudes, bottles and legs braced against Warhol’s having been a working-class starkly simplified landscapes. Through the meditative beauty of such figures, he (Continued on page 16) No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2007 11

THE ART SCENE Canadian artists’ exhibit in Chicago Bohdan Soroka in New York NEW YORK – Bohdan Soroka, a distinguished artist from Ukraine, will again show his art- work in New York City. The exhibit will open on Friday, April 20, at 203 Second Avenue (near 13th Street), second floor, at 7 p.m., with Jaroslawa Gerulak who will speak about the art of Mr. Soroka. The show also will be on view on Saturday and Sunday, April 21 and 22, at 1-5 p.m. The exhibit will close with a “Meet the Artist” event planned for Sunday at 2 p.m., featuring Mr. Soroka, who will discuss his artistic life’s path. During the exhibit, composer Volodymyr Tkachenko will per- form original piano music Bohdan Soroka’s “Easter Bells.” inspired by the artwork. Mr. Soroka was born in 1940 in Lviv Artists, Calgary (1991), Work on Paper- and is considered to be a graphic artist Edmonton (1993), Lviv ’91 – and painter-monumentalist. He graduat- Vidrodzhennia, Biennial of Ukrainian ed from the Lviv Academy of Art in Art – Lviv (1991), “Sources of Freedom” 1964, and in 1989 received an award at Exhibition of Contemporary Art-Berlin, the International Ex Libris Competition Wroclaw, Lviv (1997). in Vilnius. He is the founder of the Mr. Soroka’s works are included in per- department of industrial design at the manent collections of numerous galleries, Lviv Academy of Art. museums and other institutions, such as Throughout his artistic career, Mr. the Ukrainian Museum of Art (Kyiv), Soroka has had the opportunity to travel Taras Shevchenko Museum (Kyiv), Kaniv “Vases #5” (32 by 32 inches, acrylic on canvas) by Vera Yurchuk. extensively with personal exhibits. In Preservation Museum, National Museum Europe, he has shown in Lviv (1988, (Lviv), Picture Gallery (Lviv), Museum of 1989, 1998, 2000, 2006), Kyiv (1987, Religious History (Lviv), Library of the by Maria Klimchak the Ukrainian National Museum, intro- 1990), Munich (1993, 2000), Paris (1995) Academy of Sciences (Lviv), Ukrainian- duced the new exhibit, stating that during and London (1996). He also has exhibit- Canadian Art Foundation (Toronto), CHICAGO – The Ukrainian Associa- its 55th year, the museum is pleased to ed in Canada (1991, 2000-2001, 2006), Ukrainian Free University (Munich), tion of Visual Artists of Canada (USOM) welcome its Canadian neighbors, to as well as in the United States, in such Niagara Falls Gallery and Museum, this year celebrates its 50th anniversary, strengthen the bonds between Ukrainians cities as Philadelphia (1992), New York, Lithuanian National Library (Vilnius) and and to honor this occasion an exhibit of of the two countries. “Art has no bound- Cleveland, Chicago and Washington Hurn Museum, Savannah, Ga. its artists’ works is visiting the Ukrainian aries, especially when it is united by its National Museum in Chicago. Included (1998-1999, 2003), Detroit and Chicago This exhibit in New York is dedicated Ukrainian subject matter,” she under- (2004), and Ann Arbor, Mich. (2005). to the memory of the late Nina are 40 pieces, representing various styles scored. and a number of different artists. In addition, he has participated in var- Samokish, president of the Ukrainian Exhibited works are in various media ious important group exhibitions, such as National Women’s League of America Founded in Toronto in 1956 by a group and styles, each indicative of the artist’s headed by Mychajlo Dmytrenko and Contemporary European Bookplate, Branch 64 and leader of the Ukrainian worldview. The pairing of traditional Brussels (1972), Twelve Ukrainian Plast sorority “Verkhovynky.” Bohdan Stebelsky, the association pro- methodologies with modern artistic inter- vides artists with a community of fellows pretation creates unique works, whose and a venue for showcasing their works. breadth is reflected in the association’s Members have included such well known 50th anniversary catalogue, which is artists as William Kurelek, Leo Mol, available for purchase during the show. Myron Levytsky and Mykola Bidniak. The exhibit gives Chicagoans a taste of The association, known by its art which highlights the creativity of Ukrainian acronym USOM, continues to today’s Ukrainian Canadian artists. be an important part of Ukrainian cultur- The exhibit of the Ukrainian 2007 Group al life on the North American continent. Association of Visual Artists of Canada It has over 40 members of various ages, will be on view through April 29. The both longtime residents of Canada and Ukrainian National Museum is located at Tour from… new immigrants. USOM President 2249 W. Superior St., in the heart of Bohdan Holowacki stated that a number Chicago’s Ukrainian Village. For more of original members remain active and information and museum hours visit the Splendid Scandinavia comprise the group’s core. Ukrainian National Museum at Maria Klimchak, assistant director of www.ukrainiannationalmuseum.org. 10-DAY BALTIC CRUISE DO YOU ENJOY SINGING? THEN SING WITH US! 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For more info call Zenia’s Travel Club LLC, 46 Muirfield.Rd. Jackson, NJ 08527 201-792-9805 Email: [email protected] 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2007 No. 14 Cruising the Caribbean with the UNA, and for a good cause by Maya Lew get their excitement about a cruise that was Special to The Ukrainian Weekly happening six months down the road. As the months progressed, I vigilantly For days, I had been sitting behind my promoted the UNA cruise on the Internet, desk, wishing it was Thursday, March 8. my e-mail lists, on Multiply.com and to Great day at the office? Nope, on March 8 friends. Being an avid supporter of all the I was snorkeling the stunningly blue things that the UNA does to bring us waters of the second largest barrier reef in the world with about 15 Ukrainian com- together, I wanted more than anything for panions, while on the Ukrainian National this cruise to be a success, as funds were Association’s first fund-raising cruise. to be raised for the Soyuzivka Heritage Let me start from the beginning: Labor Foundation and the press funds of the Day weekend at Soyuzivka, 2006. UNA’s two newspaper. But how was it It was pouring rain on Labor Day going to turn out? Who was going to go? Saturday for the first time in Soyuzivka’s Was everyone going to enjoy it? What if history, according to UNA Treasurer Roma they didn’t have fun? Lisovich. I was decked out in Caribbean In the weeks preceding the cruise and gear along with others promoting the fund- up to the night beforehand, even though I raising cruise, running around asking any- was so thrilled to go on this trip, these one who would listen in the rain at the early were the things that occupied my mind. I happy hour, “Have you booked your cruise had learned from Zenia that around 70 yet? Won’t you go on the UNA cruise?” people were going. Not a bad turnout I Delightedly enough, I had about 15 thought. Knowing that other organizations friends express interest. Four of them even had planned these types of cruise fund- called Zenia Brozyna at Zenia’s Travel raisers (ranging from 30 to 150 people), I Club, who was organizing the trip, to book felt the UNA had a solid number of people Seen during a mandatory fire drill aboard the ship (from left) are: Michael and their cruise. Unfortunately, when the sun and I was excited with the outcome. Anna Koziupa, and Stefan and Swiatoslawa Kaczaraj. came out the next day and a new happy Saturday, March 3: Vacation day was hour began, many of them seemed to for- here! I was so excited I couldn’t wait to get out of New York. Anxious, glad for my Maya Lew is an advisor on the vacation and, yes, even a bit nervous, we Ukrainian National Association’s General boarded our plane only to be pleasantly sur- Assembly and secretary of UNA Branch 5. prised that nine other Ukrainians were trav- eling with us from JFK International Airport. I was imme- diately calmed for some reason. Although I did not know everyone yet, I felt comfort in seeing familiar faces and hearing funny Ukrainian conversa- tions. There was a shared twinkle in everyone’s eye, know- During a stopover in Mexico, against the backdrop of Carnival Cruise Lines’ ing we were all about Miracle, (from left) are: Maya Lew, Lydia Kozak and Oksana Lew. to go on vacation and leave our worries back a great time laughing and getting to know ture taken earlier that day was already on in New York. each other a little bit better, while making display and available for purchase), We arrived in rainy many cheerful toasts to the week ahead. “Yellow Brick Road” that included duty- Tampa, and that On Sunday morning we thankfully free and gift shops, the Raven Library, the evening the bulk of awoke to sunshine and 70 degree weather. cigar bar, sports bar, piano bar, dance club, the UNA group went Carnival Miracle here we come! Our group Bacchus Dining Room and the Adonis Spa, to a dinner that Zenia took two buses to the port and, as Zenia just to name a few of the ship’s features. organized for the told us details about what to expect, all I It was incredible! I honestly felt like a group featuring fla- could think of was that it’s here, it’s finally kid in a candy store. And every time we menco dancers. here! We pulled up to the port and there ran into someone we recognized from the Perhaps shy to take “she” was. I have always been intrigued by UNA group, I would excitedly wave with part, eight of us in our ships, and ours definitely did not disap- a loud and proud, “Dobryiden!” 20s and 30s decided point. The Miracle had its inaugural sail in That evening our group of eight reunit- to stay at the hotel 2004; weighing in at over 80,000 tons, she ed for dinner at Bacchus, and we ended up restaurant where we can hold over 2,000 guests. at Mr. Lucky’s Casino where I won $84 were joined by my CCL Photography After a relatively quick and well-organ- worth of quarters, which I scooped out of mother and some of ized check-in process, we were whisked the bucket so that everyone could play Zenia Brozyna with the ship’s mascot, Freddy. her friends. We all had through the entrance gates to the ship – and more. What could be better? snap – our first picture was taken by Monday was our first “Fun Day at Sea” Carnival greeters. Walking onto the ship I and I quickly realized that there were was ecstatically overwhelmed by all the almost too many activities to choose from. things before me – a 10-story lobby, rich Should I go to a spa seminar or play colors in blues and mauves, people scurry- bingo? Lay by the pool or attend an auc- ing to find their cabin, smiling servers offer- tion with Picassos? I found myself alter- ing drinks and, of course, the Carnival cruise nating between pool time and the different line mascot energetically waving at us. The activities, and many jokingly started call- Miracle’s décor was inspired by characters ing me the cruise director because I faith- from novels, songs, poems, myths, movies fully read our “Carnival Caper,” the ship’s and Broadway, and there was a new charac- daily bulletin that announced activities for ter or theme everywhere I looked. the day, and I always knew where to be Since we were not yet able to check into and the most amusing things to do. our rooms, we decided to go up on the Lido Zenia and the UNA had two events Deck and check out our new home for the planned for us that day, a welcome cocktail next week. I couldn’t help but sing the hour and a group photo in our “vyshyvani” “Love Boat” theme song in my head as the (embroidered) blouses and shirts. During glass elevator climbed 10 stories. We spent our cocktail hour we were welcomed with a the next few hours walking around the dif- beautiful cake provided by Carnival that ferent levels of the ship, through the three read “Welcome UNA Group!” Several pools on the Lido deck, Horatio’s restau- birthdays were acknowledged, as well as rant where food was available 24 hours a one 50th wedding anniversary. Dressed for the formal “Captain’s Night” dinner (from left) are: Roma Lisovich, day, the Phantom Lounge, Mr. Lucky’s No Ukrainian social gathering could pos- Bozhena Polanskyj, Anna Koziupa and Ksenia Rakowsky. Casino, the photo gallery (where our pic- sibly be complete without Ukrainian song, No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2007 13

UNA cruisers enjoy cocktails in the ship’s Phantom Lounge. Younger cruisers socialize on the Miracle’s Lido deck. right? UNA Second Vice-President Michael “Kolomyika.” thrilled to run into a new Ukrainian friend. bond as “the first ever UNA cruisers.” Koziupa brought his accordion and provid- But probably the most noteworthy And I absolutely loved the eight of us Kudos to the UNA for gathering a great ed a “spivanyk,” or songbook, for every- excursion was one that a dear family friend coming together for dinner each night as group of people to not only have an amaz- one. We charmed all of our servers, I’m took – in her youthful 80s, she had the we all shared our awesome adventures ing time, but to raise funds for this won- sure, with our proud Ukrainian voices. opportunity to swim with the dolphins with one another. derful 113-year-old organization that has That evening was the first formal even though she didn’t know how to swim. And, wouldn’t you know it, we met at done so much to bring our community evening of two during the cruise. That, indeed, is how memories are made. least three members of the crew who together. And kudos to Ms. Brozyna from Opportunities to have our picture taken All throughout the week I felt comfort were – what else? – Ukrainian! Even Zenia’s Travel Club for organizing such a were available all week on the ship for dif- in seeing my Ukrainian cruising friends. though they were native Ukrainians from thoughtful and well-planned trip for all of ferent occasions, but on this occasion for You would think that on such a large ship Odesa, they were happy to speak to other us. I’m sure our family members who left our group photo, what a sight to see 70 peo- it would be easy to get lost, but somehow Ukrainians, in Ukrainian. Ukraine during difficult times would ple on the grand staircase of the Metropolis we all seemed to run into each other, By the time Saturday arrived I felt that never have imagined that somewhere in Lobby in our embroidered shirts! whether at the 2 p.m. drawing for a tanzan- familiar feeling of sadness that I so often the middle of the Caribbean Sea, so many Our (very handsome Italian) captain ite pendant, the Mardi Gras party on got as an adolescent when Plast camp was Ukrainians would find a way to unite. had a special cocktail hour that evening Tuesday night, the Ladies Night at the coming to an end. With all the anticipation, So, sitting at my desk today, I remi- and he acknowledged our group while on Adonis Spa, or the Ukrainian sing-along build-up and even nerves, this vacation for nisce about an experience that was spe- stage by saying, “I am practicing my on Friday night. me was perfect and so much fun, and I did- cial and new for all of us. I am left with Ukrainian.” We, of course, responded to We learned early in the week that n’t want it to end. I not only had an oppor- happy memories and the feeling that I him with great cheers. Zenia was also another group of 16 Ukrainians was also tunity to spend time with my mother and simply cannot wait for the next UNA interviewed by one of the hosts and her on the ship! They were a travel club from people closest to me, but I created bonds fund-raising cruise. I would cruise the interview about the UNA group was play- five churches in Parma, Ohio, and we with those I never knew I would. Ukraini-bbean any day. ing all week on the Carnival TV channel. delighted in meeting with them. We were As I looked around during our farewell So keep an eye out for me – I’ll be the Tuesday, March 6: Grand Cayman here we come! Well, not quite, actually. I thrilled about the coincidence that some- cocktail hour organized for the group, I saw one playing $1,000 bingo in the Phantom awoke earlier than usual that day at 7 a.m. how brought us onto the same ship. the familiar faces, now bronzed and smil- Lounge. I hope to see you there! to the sound of Tori, our (real) cruise As we all went our ways during the day ing, that just one week ago I did not know director letting us know that due to high to take part in the various excursions and as well. By going on this cruise together I Photos in this series by Maya Lew, winds we were not going to be able to shop in the large number of jewelry and felt we had created a sort of camaraderie Roma Lisovich, Michael Koziupa and dock in Grand Cayman. For a split second souvenir shops in port, I was always that we will keep in our hearts forever; our Carnival Cruise Lines. I felt claustrophobic and was so upset! Another full day at sea? I took a few moments out on the balcony of my room drinking coffee, and gathered my thoughts as we floated by the island and slowly turned around. At that moment I saw a rainbow, quickly grabbed my camera and took a picture, and just as quickly made peace with not making a stop that day. My next move? What else! I grabbed the “Carnival Caper” and got excited for yet another “Fun Day” of nothing but food, friends, shopping with my mother, raffle prizes, funny contests by the pool and just being with Ukrainians. That evening, after a gourmet dinner at the spe- cial Carnival restaurant Nick & Nora’s as well as a variety show that included dancers, jugglers and a comedian, I thought to myself: what a great, full day. What else could I possibly ask for? Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were fabulous days when we docked in the ports of Cozumel, Belize and Costa Maya. Each day we had anywhere from 20 to 30 differ- ent excursions to choose from. They ranged from city tours to snorkeling, scuba diving, cave tubing, zip-wiring through the rainfor- est and even climbing ancient Mayan ruins. In Cozumel I was able to take the best photo with my mother as a gift for my father who loves birds – with four Macaws, one of which sat on my mother’s head! My fondest memory had to have been when a few of us happened to be on the same excursion in Belize. Not only did I get to see the bluest waters and an amazing private beach with the whitest sand, but the catamaran that took us back to our ship will be sure to remember us, I believe. They quickly realized that the Ukrainians were the fun ones on the boat, CCL Photography and the rum punch flowed freely as we were UNA cruise participants – many of them decked out in Ukrainian embroidery – gather for a group photo on the staircase of the ones who started a conga line and even a the ship’s main lobby before a formal dinner that evening. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2007 No. 14

This is what we would like our Ukrainian NEWSBRIEFS colleagues and friends to stay away from.” CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 2) In Kyiv, a spokesman for President Viktor of the ruling coalition of the Party of the Yushchenko said that the president hopes to TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI, (973) 292-9800 x 3040 Regions, the Socialist Party and the pay a working visit to Russia soon, Interfax or e-mail: [email protected] Communist Party – whose lawmakers reported. The spokesman added that “we have been continuing a parliamentary will not [further] delay [the trip], because session despite the decree disbanding the we need to finalize all issues pertaining to SERVICES the plan for our relations for 2007-2008.” legislature – pitched more than 400 tents Also on April 3, the Russian daily Trud in downtown Kyiv. 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his decree to dissolve Parliament must be on European Square, some 300 meters away the president in person. (Ukrinform) NEWSBRIEFS fulfilled and said presidential orders were from Independence Square, manifested sup- Forum of National Unity held (Continued from page 14) obligatory under Ukraine’s Constitution. port for Prime Minister Yanukovych’s ruling faction kicked out several of its members: Mr. Yushchenko also said the Central coalition. “We will never accept ultimatums KYIV – The forum of national unity, Serhii Holovatyi, Lev Hnatenko, Vasyl Election Commission (CEC) was capable that are outside the realm of law and the organized by political forces of the parlia- Hureyev, Viktor Leschenko, Vitalii Maiko, of holding an early election and called that constitution,” Mr. Yanukovych told his sup- mentary coalition, was held on European Oleksii Fedun and Anatolii Shkribniak. The day’s vote to reappoint the previous com- porters in what appeared to be an indirect Square on March 30. Party of the Regions news was reported on April 3 by the Our mission, which had been found guilty of response to President Yushchenko’s threats activist Raisa Bohatyriova noted that the Ukraine press service. The deputies took being involved in rigging the 2004 presi- to dissolve the Verkhovna Rada if the ruling opposition is pushing the president to dis- part in the Verkhovna Rada’s nighttime ses- dential election, not only unlawful but also coalition fails to heed his demands. band the Verkhovna Rada, adding “We (RFE/RL Newsline) sion of April 2-3 which adopted a resolu- immoral. He said the government of should not let anyone divide the country. We Ukraine was not a political force and, there- tion calling President Viktor Yushchenko’s Polish president supports Yushchenko should protect the president from such pres- decree dissolving Parliament unconstitu- fore, could not use parliamentary resolu- sure.” An appeal to the Ukrainian people tional. “The deputies took part on the night tions as its cover. He said the Cabinet of KYIV – Poland’s president, Lech and the president was adopted by partici- of April 2-3 in the anti-presidential session Ministers must ensure that the CEC can Kaczynski, agrees with the position taken by pants of the forum. “The time which has of the Verkhovna Rada and voted for anti- work without problems. The president, who President Viktor Yushchenko that the best passed since the elections proved there are constitutional decisions, which were is also the commander-in-chief of Ukrainian way out of the situation in which Ukraine forces in Ukraine that can assume responsi- against the positions of Our Ukraine,” the military forces, reassured the prime minister finds itself is transparent early elections to bility for the people’s destiny,” the appeal press service reported. A meeting of Our he would make sure there is no “violent sce- the Verkhovna Rada. This was reported on said. “For the first time, the Verkhovna Rada Ukraine deputies on April 3 unanimously nario” in the country. (Ukrinform) April 3 by the Press Service of Ukraine’s and the government are working as a single President, which cited a conversation organism, and the Anti-Crisis Coalition, hav- voted to kick out these deputies, all of Moroz: Rada to continue functioning whom – save for Our Ukraine party mem- between the two leaders. Mr. Yushchenko ing fulfilled its initial mission, was trans- ber Mr. Holovatyi – are members of the KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada will con- informed Mr. Kaczynski about the political formed into the Coalition of National Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of tinue functioning under the Constitution, situation in Ukraine and detailed the reasons Unity.” Forum participants addressed the Ukraine. (Ukrayinski Novyny) Chairman Oleksander Moroz said on April he issued his decree dismissing the people of Ukraine, urging them to unite 3. Summing up the political situation in Verkhovna Rada. (Ukrinform) around national unity. At the conclusion of President meets with G-8 envoys the forum, participants went to the Ukraine, he noted that the president’s order Salvation Committee appeals to president on dissolution of the Rada violates the Presidential Secretariat to deliver their KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko appeal to the president. (Ukrinform) met with ambassadors of the Group of Constitution. According to Mr. Moroz, there KYIV – The Committee for National Eight (G-8) and representatives of the are no constitutional grounds to disband the Salvation on March 30 called on the CUN urges direct presidential rule European Commission and presented his Parliament. The Verkhovna Rada concluded president to disband the Verkhovna Rada. action plan to secure fulfillment of his that the president’s order is anti-constitu- The relevant appeal was signed by repre- KYIV – The Congress of Ukrainian order on dissolution of the Verkhovna tional, and thus has no impact on its work. sentatives of political parties and public Nationalists (CUN) Party on April 4 Rada, according to the deputy chief of the According to Article 60 of the Constitution, organizations after the first sitting of the urged President Viktor Yushchenko to Presidential Secretariat, Oleksander the president bears responsibility for issuing Committee for National Salvation. institute direct presidential rule. “The Chalyi. Mr. Chalyi said on April 3 that the illegal orders. The Rada chairman appealed Participating in the sitting were Yulia Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists sup- president will hold political consultations to national deputies, the president and lead- Tymoshenko, Viacheslav Kyrylenko of ports your decisive actions aimed at with the government to reach an accord ers of parliamentary factions to announce a Our Ukraine and People’s Self-Defense maintaining constitutional order in and carry out early parliamentary elec- moratorium on holding street protests to leader Yurii Lutsenko. The participants Ukraine. We have publicly stated that we tions. He added that the president said he secure order until the Constitutional Court urged the president to stop he coup d’état support your decree about early termina- will guarantee free and fair elections and rules on the validity of President initiated by the coalition. The document tion of the powers of the Verkhovna Rada invited representatives of the G-8 to partic- Yushchenko’s decree. (Ukrinform) also set forth violations of the rights of of Ukraine. At the same time we call ipate in monitoring the election. Mr. citizens in view of the political and upon you, in view of the series of threats Thousands rallied on March 31 Chalyi also noted that the president will social-economic crisis in the country. that face Ukraine, to institute direct presi- According to Mr. Lutsenko, representa- dential rule until pre-term parliamentary hold telephone conversations with the KYIV – Tens of thousands of Ukrainians presidents of the European Council and tives of the Committee for National elections are held,” the CUN statement took part in two separate rallies in Kyiv on Salvation would present the document to notes. (Ukrayinski Novyny) PACE to explain his order and inform March 31 to manifest their stance in the about the political situation in Ukraine. He ongoing standoff between President Viktor also stressed that the crisis should not be Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor regarded as a standoff between President Yanukovych, Ukrainian media reported. At a Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor rally organized by the Yulia Tymoshenko Yanukovych, but as a confrontation among Bloc, Our Ukraine and the People’s Self- parliamentary political forces. (Ukrinform) Defense on Independence Square, partici- Yushchenko and Yanukovych meet pants called on Mr. Yushchenko to dissolve the Verkhovna Rada. “It is not just the presi- KYIV – The main topic of the April 3 dent’s right to dissolve Parliament. It is his meeting between President Viktor duty to dismiss this corrupt, treacherous Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor assembly and go ahead with an open, hon- ілимося сумною вісткою, що 2-го квітня 2007 р. 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The public is invited to a one-day conference Kyiv Mohyla Academy announces honoring the Brotherhood of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, titled: 2007 summer school sessions CHICAGO – The National University of The fee for the Kyiv Mohyla Summer “THE IMPACT OF ‘YOUNG EUROPE’ Kyiv Mohyla Academy has announced that School is $1,599 (U.S.). Information on its 2007 summer school session will be held payment details will be sent to applicants IN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA” in two sessions: the first session from May who submit a registration form. The 28 until June 24, and the second session Summer School fee includes: four weeks’ Wednesday, April 11, 2007 from July 27 until August 24. accommodation while in Ukraine (dormito- Kyiv-Mohyla Academy offers a unique ry for two or three persons per room); meals Room 1512, International Affairs Building (15th floor), opportunity to study Ukraine’s language, (welcome dinner, lunches and coffee breaks Columbia University, 420 W. 118th St., New York, NY culture, politics, history, ecology and tradi- everyday except weekends, final dinner); all tions in a comfortable environment with classes and sessions; all excursions included 9:00-9:10am: Opening Remarks world-class lecturers. in the Summer School program; transporta- The Kyiv Mohyla Summer School pro- tion (to/from Kyiv-Boryspil International 9:10-11:10am: Morning Session gram is taught in Ukrainian and English in Airport, bus-excursion to Pyrohovo). Chair: Yuri Shevchuk (Columbia University) the heart of the beautiful city of Kyiv. For an additional payment, there is an Panelists: Ukrainian language courses are offered for opportunity to stay in the hotel for foreign -- Johannes Remy (University of Helsinki; Harvard beginner, intermediate and advanced stu- professors which is on the campus of Kyiv dents. Excursions and “hands-on” studies Mohyla Academy. Ukrainian Research Institute Skhlar Fellow) are incorporated into the summer school Application forms for the Kyiv Mohyla -- Myroslava Znayenko (Shevchenko Scientific program with visits to various fascinating Summer School can be downloaded from Society; Rutgers University) sites throughout the country. Main areas of http://www.summerschool.ukma.kiev.ua/in study will be Ukrainian studies, history, dex.htm. The number of students that can -- George Grabowicz (Harvard University Ukrainian Ukrainian literature and folklore, and lec- be accepted into the program is limited. Research Institute) tures on the current political and economic For further information readers may con- Discussant: Rory Finnin (Columbia University) situation in Ukraine. tact Larysa Kadurina, director of the The program provides a month-long NUKMA Summer School, at the following 11:10-11:20am: Coffee break experience of immersion in “things address: National University of Kyiv 11:20am-1:20pm: Afternoon session Ukrainian.” In addition to classroom work, Mohyla Academy, Kyiv Mohyla Summer Chair: Richard Wortman (Columbia University) students will have a chance to visit some of School – “Osvitni Studiyi,” 2 Skovoroda the most beautiful places Ukraine has to Street, Kyiv, Ukraine; telephone, 380 44 Panelists: offer during the excursions program 425 10 47; e-mail [email protected]. -- Abbott Gleason (Brown University) (including an optional visit to Crimea or to Information is also available at -- Susan Heuman (City College of New York) western Ukraine). http://www.summerschool.ukma.kiev.ua. -- Mark von Hagen (Columbia University) Discussant: Anna Procyk (City College of New York) p.m. Refreshments will be served, and 1:20-1:30pm: Closing Remarks Depictions... there will be a presentation of Ukrainian (Continued from page 10) folk songs at 3 p.m. featuring vocalist For more info., contact [email protected] Graschuck is currently a photographer for Maria Nazarenko accompanied on the or (212)854-4697. the Michigan Chronicle, Real Detroit piano by Olga Dubriwnyj Solovey. A Weekly, and freelances for the Free Press. pysanky demonstration will be held that The curator of the exhibit is artist, day at 2-4 p.m. author and educator Dzvinka Hayda. This The exhibit is on view at the Scarab UNA SENIORS’ CONFERENCE at Soyuzivka is the fourth show that Ms. Hayda has Club, 217 Farnsworth, Detroit, MI curated at the Scarab Club. 48202; telephone, 313-831-1250. Exhibit Sunday, June 10-15, 2007, during UNA Seniors’ Week The exhibit’s opening reception is hours are: Wednesday through Sunday, scheduled for Sunday, April 15, at 1-5 noon to 5 p.m. Ladies and Gentlemen: 2007 is here! We wish you good health, good spirits and invite you to visit SOYUZIVKA! University – Newark. He served as asso- On behalf of the UNA Seniors, we invite all senior citizens to participate in our annual UNA Seniors’ Paintings... ciate director of the Harriman Institute at 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- (Continued from page 10) Columbia University in 1992-1998. serving and cultivating the Ukrainian heritage, promoting unity within the community, developing social boy of Rusyn-Ukrainian background He is the author of six academic activities and maintaining Ukrainian community life in America. books, “Imperial Ends: The Decline, Thankfully, we have finally reached a time in our lives where Ukraine is independent and developing as from Pittsburgh and the fact that the a democratic state. Although Ukraine will always be in our thoughts and have our support, there is a time Communist Party U.S.A. had its head- Collapse, and Revival of Empires” when we must concentrate on maintaining our own Ukrainian community here, beyond the borders of quarters in the same building as Warhol’s (2001); “Revolutions, Nations, Empires: Ukraine. There is much that can be done, and we will discuss this and other matters during UNA Seniors’ Conceptual Limits and Theoretical Week. We promise that the week will be interesting and enjoyable, with many fun activities. Factory on Union Square. As you may have read in the UNA’s publications, last year’s Seniors’ Week had over 75 participants, Written in the form of a diary, the Possibilities” (1999); “Dilemmas of seven interesting speakers and entertainment in the evenings. Fun was had by all. This year once again novel imagines and explores the clash Independence: Ukraine after we have an interesting program scheduled. Totalitarianism” (1993); “Sovietology, We hope you will be able to join us. So, please save these dates for UNA Seniors’ Week and follow the between two opposite worlds – that of press for further information about the program. Andy Warhol and that of a straight-laced Rationality, Nationality: Coming to Grips Make your reservations now for the UNA Seniors’ Conference, which will be held at our mountain orthodox Communist, a Soviet Ukrainian with Nationalism in the USSR” (1990); resort SOYUZIVKA, from Sunday, June 10 (starting with a wine and cheese reception) through Friday, journalist who arrives in New York in “Will the Non-Russians Rebel? State, June 15 (including brunch). The package is all-inclusive: five nights of accommodations, all meals, includ- Ethnicity, and Stability in the USSR” ing banquet, (taxes and gratuites included). early 1968 to cover the impending American Revolution. As the journalist, (1987); and “The Turn to the Right: The Sasha Ivanov, struggles to understand life Ideological Origins and Development of in New York, he comes to believe that his Ukrainian Nationalism, 1919-1929” fellow Ukrainian worker, “Andrei” (1980). Warhol, is a socialist realist painter, a pro- He is also editor of the two-volume letarian genius and a passionate Leninist. “Encyclopedia of Nationalism” (2000); Dr. Motyl’s day job is professor of “Thinking Theoretically About Soviet political science and deputy director of Nationalities” (1992); and “The Post- the Division of Global Affairs at Rutgers Soviet Nations” (1992).

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Christine Syzonenko A dance from the Bukovyna region as performed by the Syzokryli.

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Kotow The American and Ukrainian national and the succeeding immigrations to the mistress of ceremonies for a program in anthems were then sung by the Ukrainian characteristics of the present community which the officers of seven Ukrainian PITTSBURGH – Dr. Oleh Shamshur, Cultural Trust Choir of Western and the business climate in Pittsburgh. organizations informed the ambassador the extraordinary and plenipotentiary Pennsylvania, led by Dorothy Waslo, Ambassador Shamshur addressed the about their programs. An exchange of ambassador of Ukraine to the United director. The Rev. Protopresbyter George assembly in both Ukrainian and English, gifts was made, and “Mnohaya Lita” was States of America, visited on March 4-5 Hnatko, dean of the Pittsburgh Deanery speaking on bilateral relations between sung for the ambassador. The Rev. as part of his program to visit American of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the the United States and Ukraine, the cur- Ivashchenko, of the Slavic Baptist Church cities. His visit was planned by Galyna U.S.A., lead the invocation. rent political situation in Ukraine, and Congregation, gave the benediction. Pobedonosteva, third secretary at the The program, moderated by attorney future prospects of Ukraine joining the On Monday, March 5, Dr. Shamshur, Embassy, working with Ukrainian com- Roman Komichak as master of cere- North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the accompanied by Stephen Haluszczak, munity leaders in Pittsburgh. monies, began with the introduction of the World Trade Organization and the executive director of the Ukrainian Upon their arrival at noon on Sunday, clergy in attendance, including the Rt. European Union. He was positive that the Cultural and Humanitarian Institute of March 4, the ambassador’s party was greet- Rev. Hnatko, the Very Rev. Timothy move towards democracy was irre- Pittsburgh (UCHI), met with Tom Fallon, ed by Ukrainian Technological Society Tomson, Msgr. George Appleyard and the versible, and that Ukraine will progress president of the Greater Pittsburgh Sister President Roksana Korchynsky, Ph.D., Vice- Rev. Volydymyr Ivashchenko, as well as to become a leader in the community of Cities Association, who informed the President Debra A. Walenchok and representatives of more than 15 Ukrainian nations. A lively question-and-answer ambassador that the Pittsburgh-Donetsk Secretary Nickolas C. Kotow and taken to organizations in the Pittsburgh area. session followed. Sister City relationship was one of the lunch. Afterwards, the ambassador was driv- Mrs. Walenchok thanked all the people Ambassador Shamshur saw the grow- strongest and most active of the 14 official sister city relationships Pittsburgh has. He en to the Cathedral of Learning on the cam- and organizations that had a part in plan- ing energy crisis in Ukraine as the most warmly received the ambassador’s desire pus of the University of Pittsburgh in the ning the ambassador’s visit especially important near-term problem. He said to strengthen the relationship. Oakland section of Pittsburgh to view the Luba Hlutkowsky, Mr. Komichak and conservation efforts and new energy Dr. Shamshur later made a presentation Ukrainian Nationality Classroom, one of 30- Michael Korchynsky. She briefly out- sources were needed to address this prob- about concrete opportunities for foreign some nationality classrooms in the cathedral. lined the goals and programs of the lem in the next three to five years. direct investment in Ukraine in the areas At 4 p.m. the ambassador greeted the Ukrainian Technological Society, an The meeting was closed with a prayer of energy, information technology, agri- Pittsburgh Ukrainian community at the association of Ukrainian professionals by Msgr. Appleyard, dean of the Central culture and trade at a business luncheon Pittsburgh Airport Marriott Hotel, where he and businesspersons. Deanery of the Ukrainian Catholic sponsored by UCHI and the University of was welcomed with the traditional bread and Next to welcome the ambassador was Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma, Ohio. Pittsburgh's Center for Russian and East salt by Chrystyna and Oriana Hlutkowsky of Mr. Komichak, director of the Ukrainian A private dinner was then held with the European Studies. Dr. Shamshur was the Poltava Ukrainian Dance Company of Radio Program in Pittsburgh, who ambassador, attended by some 60 local encouraged by the interest in Ukraine Pittsburgh and Alexandra Kocelko and informed Ambassador Shamshur about the Ukrainian community leaders. The invo- from the Pittsburgh corporate community, Larissa Spak of the Kyiv Ukrainian Dance history of the Pittsburgh Ukrainian com- cation was again given by the Very Rev. and he said he anticipates further talks. Visits to the offices of Luke Ravenstahl, mayor of Pittsburgh, and Dan Onorato, Allegheny County chief execu- tive, were important appointments on the day’s program, as Dr. Shamshur present- ed plans for an official invitation from the Pre-Pay Donetsk city government to local Pittsburgh officials to send a business And delegation from Pittsburgh to Donetsk to establish concrete avenues for coopera- SAVE! tion between the two metropolitan areas. In the afternoon the ambassador paid a SAVE $$$$$ courtesy visit to Metropolitan Archbishop Constantine of the Ukrainian Orthodox UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Inc. Church of the U.S.A. The Very Rev. Steve Repa of Carnegie, Pa., and the Very Rev. Michael Kochis of Ambridge, Pa., participated in the meeting. A trip to the Sen. John Heinz Regional 20 Year Endowment* Two for ONE! History Center provided Dr. Shamshur the opportunity to learn more about Age/Face Amt Annual Prem Total Prem Pd Pre-paid Savings Pittsburgh’s rich history. Life Insurance and The ambassador’s visit to Pittsburgh 0 for $10,000 $349.60 x 20 = 6,992.00 4,574.00 2,418.00 Endowment! concluded with a dinner with Mr. Haluszczak and the board of directors of 10 for $10,000 351.20 x 20 = 7,024.00 4,595.00 2,429.00 the Ukrainian Cultural and Humanitarian Institute. Dr. Shamshur expressed grati- Receive full face amount 20 for $10,000 354.30 x 20 = 7,086.00 4,636.00 2,450.00 tude for the work of the institute with after 20th policy anniversary Donetsk and eastern Ukraine. 0 for $20,000 699.20 x 20 = 13,984.00 9,149.00 4,835.00 Dr. Shamshur reiterated the importance date! of this work in regions of Ukraine that are 10 for $20,000 702.40 x 20 = 14,048.00 9,190.00 4,858.00 poorly understood and often overlooked, but are very important to the nation, as the 20 for $20,000 708.60 x 20 = 14,172.00 9,292.00 4,880.00 people living there consider themselves citizens of Ukraine and are looking for- *Minimum Issue Age ward to a democratic future. He mentioned $5,000 0—60 several opportunities for future projects in x As a life insurance policy, full face amount is payable to beneficiary during life of Also available to pre-pay: this region and offered his support to UCHI in its future programs. the contract x Endowment at age 18 x Twenty Pay Life x As an endowment, full face amount is payable to insured at end of contract (after 20 x Life paid-up at age 65 years). Ukraine faces... x Cash value accumulation (Continued from page 3) prime minister does not rule out a show of x Pre-pay and save thousands of dollars! force in dealing with the president. Defense FOR ALL OTHER AGES PLEASE CALL YOUR BRAN CH SECRETARY Minister Anatolii Hrytsenko, one of the two presidential allies in Yanukovych’s Cabinet, OR THE UNA HOME OFFICE felt obliged to immediately clarify whose UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Inc. side the armed forces would take in such a scenario. “In accordance with existing leg- 2200 Route 10 Phone: 800-253-9862 islation, the army will only carry out orders Post Office Box 280 Fax: 973-292-0900 from the commander in chief Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 E-mail: UNA @UNAMEMBER.COM [Yushchenko]," he said. WWW.UkrainianNationalAssociation.org Irrespective of what course political events in Ukraine may take in the com- ing days and weeks, Ukrainians are cer- UNA and the community; Partners for Life! tain to face a newly turbulent and nerve- racking period. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2007 19

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Psychology prof finds Ukrainian American new career in Ukraine at PinchukArtCentre ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A chance PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Peter encounter led a retired Ukrainian Doroshenko, a Ukrainian American born American psychology professor from in Chicago, was recently appointed as the Rochester, N.Y., to a new career in president of PinchukArtCentre, the largest Ukrainian science. collection for contemporary art in Ukraine. In the summer of 1996 Dr. Roman Previously, Mr. Doroshenko worked Tratch, professor emeritus of psychology in Ukraine during the second half of the at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, 1990s, when he was a member of the N.Y., was attending the International supervisory board at the Soros Center for Congress of Psychology in Montreal. Contemporary Art in Kyiv. During one intermission, he overheard Most recently, Mr. Doroshenko was people speaking Ukrainian. He named director of the BALTIC Center approached them, introduced himself, for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, and met Zoia Kisarchuk, Ludmila England, one of the largest galleries in Karamushka and Viktor Titov, who were Europe, and has gained unique work attending the Congress as members of experience in the world of contemporary the H.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology art, both in the United States and Europe. in Kyiv, a well-known research institute Dr. Roman Tratch In 2003-2005 Mr. Doroshenko was in this field, which employs about 70 director of the Museum for Peter Doroshenko researchers and is part of the Ukrainian which continues to the present. Contemporary Art S.M.A.K. (Stedelijik Academy of Pedagogical Science. In 1997 Dr.Tratch was invited to Kyiv Museum Voor Actuele Kunst), in Ghent, at the 2007 Biennale di Venezia, in Dr. Tratch kept company with the by the institute to address its members on Belgium. Mr. Doroshenko also served as Venice, Italy, a contemporary art show. Ukrainians for the duration of the con- the topic of humanistic psychology. director or curator at: the Institute of In a statement released by BALTIC, gress, talking about psychology, Humanistic psychology is a relatively Visual Arts in Milwaukee, Wis.; the Mr. Doroshenko said, “I am extremely exchanging ideas about their favorite recent trend in modern psychology that Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston; pleased to accept this position for the subject. Among other things, he learned represents a reaction against some dehu- and the Everson Museum in Syracuse, PinchukArtCentre. BALTIC is about that a team of researchers at the Kyiv manizing aspects of the dominant trends N.Y. connecting people with people through institute was working on a multi-lan- in the field – the experimental and the In 2002 the French government engagement with the very best contem- guage psychological dictionary – psychoanalytic. awarded him the Diploma of Chevalier porary art in the world. The new relation- Ukrainian-Russian-German-French- His lecture elicited considerable inter- of the Order of Arts and Letters. ship with PinchukArtCentre will provide English – and that they needed a consult- est and, during the next four years, he Mr. Doroshenko will serve as the enormous scope for creative encounter ant for the psychological terminology of was invited to participate in several con- commissioner of the Ukrainian pavilion and exchange at all levels.” the three Western languages. Dr. Tratch ferences and seminars sponsored by the volunteered his services – as he had stud- institute and held in Kyiv, Rivne and “Notes on People” is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of members of the Ukrainian ied psychology in German-French-and Ivano-Frankivsk. He also published sev- National Association and the Ukrainian community. All submissions should be concise due to space limita- English-language countries. Thus he tions and must include the person’s UNA branch number (if applicable). Items will be published as soon started his collaboration with the H.S. eral articles in Ukrainian scholarly jour- as possible after their receipt. Kostiuk Kyiv Institute of Psychology, (Continued on page 20) A Ukrainian Summer Appears May 6, 2007, in The Ukrainian Weekly SOLOMIYA IVAKHIV, violinist Travel to Ukraine and learn about your heritage... New York City Debut Focus on Ukrainian studies, and earn college credit... ANGELINA GADELIYA, piano MICHAEL HAAS, cello

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The UECC focused on the topic of languages and and Svitlychka, a Ukrainian Cooperative cyberspace. Other years were devoted to: Nursery School, jointly organized the Braille and sign languages (2005); the The Art of Vasyl Bazhaj Ukrainian Cartoon Festival. process by which children learn and mas- Also during the day, a petition was ter the use of written literacy skills in the distributed by UECC press and signed classroom (2004); and the encourage- by concerned students of the Ukrainian ment of all forms of promotion, develop- Heritage School and members of the ment and teaching of the mother lan- April 13 – May 6, 2007 Ukrainian Philadelphia community. This guage (2003). Exhibition Hours – 12 to 6 p.m. daily document, which will be mailed to the Recognizing the importance and the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, sup- need for such a holiday, Ukraine celebrat- (closed Mondays) ports the president of Ukraine, Viktor ed International Mother Language Day Yushchenko, and the children of for the first time on February 21, 2002. Ukraine, who expect and deserve The Ukrainian Cartoon Festival pro- Ukrainian translations and dubbing of gram at the UECC featured three car- Opening Reception films, especially children’s films, in the- toons. April 13, 2007, at 6 p.m. aters and in home video rentals on the The first two short films were created territory of Ukraine. Over 350 signatures in Ukraine: “Rukavychka,” 1996, were collected. Ukranimafilm Studios (8:05 minutes), More than 180 Philadelphia-area chil- and “Litachok Lip,” 2000, Ukranimafilm Ukrainian Institute of America dren and their parents filled the main hall (9:35 minutes). eager to watch the highly anticipated car- The third, Walt Disney Pictures, 2 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10021 toon festival. “Cars,” or “Tachky,” was created by The Ukrainian Cartoon Festival’s chair- Pixar Animation Studio in the United person, Andrea Zharovsky, briefly States and translated into Ukrainian by explained how the idea for the festival came Oleksa Nehrebetsky. To RSVP for the opening reception call about and explained the meaning of Incorporating many of Ukraine’s pop- (212) 288-8660 International Mother Language Day. She ular idiomatic expressions, the translation also informed all that the president of is very effective, interesting, funny and or email Ukraine also celebrated International most of all, devoid of Russified elements. Mother Language Day by attending a view- Lending their voices to the dubbed film [email protected] ing of a film with his wife and children in are Ostap Stupka, Olha Sumska, Yuriy Kyiv. The film was “Charlotte’s Web,” a Kovalenko and Andriy Sereda. live-action/computer-animated feature film Children of all ages sat mesmerized, at based on the popular children’s book of the times laughing out loud, reacting to the same name by E.B. White, which was trans- films. The festival was a great success. lated and dubbed into Ukrainian. Eight gifts were raffled off as well. The President Yushchenko stated when winners received “Cars”-related snacks, asked about the holiday, “As for the toys and coloring posters. development of the Ukrainian language, A promise was made to the many chil- more and more people come to under- dren and parents in the audience: that the stand that it can help us unite. It is UECC would continue to promote incumbent upon me to make Ukrainians Ukrainian language films; it would con- understand that it is their obligation to tinue its work of encouraging and entic- know and learn their native language.” ing its children to speak, write, think and, At the 30th session of the General yes, even play in Ukrainian. Conference of UNESCO in 1999, it was decided to launch and observe an *** International Mother Language Day on The Ukrainian Educational and Cultural February 21 every year throughout the Center, founded in 1980, is a non-profit world. “Linguistic and cultural diversity organization whose objective is to preserve represent universal values that strength- and promote awareness of Ukrainian her- en the unity and cohesion of societies. itage throughout the Philadelphia commu- The recognition of the importance of lin- nity. The UECC is located at 700 Cedar Road in Jenkintown, PA 19046 and can be Andrea Porytko Zharovsky is on the reached via phone at 215-663-1166 or e- Press Committee of the Ukrainian mail at [email protected]. Educational and Cultural Center in The UECC website is located at Jenkintown, Pa. www.ukrainiancenterphila.org.

biographical data about the authors of the Psychology prof... articles included in the anthologies. (Continued from page 19) Both books are recommended by the nals, including one titled “The Challenge Ukrainian Ministry of Education and of Nihilism,” which appeared in the jour- Science for use as texts in institutes of nal Suchasnist in 2004 (issue 7/8). higher learning; the books are used as To satisfy the apparent great interest in texts by many psychology professors. humanistic psychology, with the assis- In the fall of 2005 the First All- tance of Prof. G.O. Ball from the insti- Ukrainian Congress of Psychologists tute, Dr. Tratch edited an anthology of took place in Kyiv, and Dr. Tratch was “Western Approaches to Humanistic one of the five speakers invited to Psychology,” Vol. I. The book was pub- address its plenary session. He chose to lished in 2001 by the University speak about “What it Means ‘To Thy Publishing House Pulsary and was well- Own Self Be True.’ ” received. In 2005 it was followed by vol- As he continues his work in Ukraine, ume II, titled “Psychology and Dr. Tratch in January 2006 was named Spirituality,” which also received a professor of psychology at the National favorable review in the Ukrainian journal University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Social Psychology. In both books intro- and in November 2006 was elected as a ductory chapters were written by Dr. foreign member of the Ukrainian Tratch, who also wrote informational and Academy of Pedagogical Sciences. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2007 21 San Francisco Ukrainians celebrate Taras Shevchenko Day by Nestor Wolansky (1842). Ukrainian folk songs on their banduras, (1839). Ola Herasymenko-Oliynyk, the Mr. Danylyshyn also presented a lec- “The Wind Goes Howling Down the Merited Artist of Ukraine, who comes SAN FRANCISCO – An exciting ture titled “The Two Destinies in the Life Hale,” a fragment from the “Poplar” from a distinguished musical family – Taras Shevchenko Day program took (1839), and “High above Dnipro, daughter of the renowned bandurist Prof. place on Saturday, March 24, at the of Taras Shevchenko.” The energetic Shevchenko Sleeps.” Vasyl Herasymenko – performed two Ukrainian Orthodox Church Hall in San Maria Tcherepenko, mezzo-soprano, the Following the intermission, during Ukrainian pieces on the bandura. Ms. Francisco. As is the case every year, Bay concert organizer and well-known Bay which the audience had a chance to sam- Taratula-Filipenko teamed up with Ms. Area Ukrainians, adults and children Area’s activist, sang two classic pieces, “I ple home-made varenyky, various pies Herasymenko-Oliynyk to perform alike, honored the most distinguished Will Go to the Forest for Wood” and “I and coffee, the program resumed with Shevchenko’s “Grey Geese.” Ukrainian of them all with a lively dis- Will Go over the Hill.” She was followed warm greetings from Consul General The concert came to a close with a play of talent. by Katherine Rybiy with a Shevchenko Tochytskyi, who reassured everyone that spirited rendition of the Ukrainian visa-free Ukraine is beckoning everyone national anthem, performed to perfection, to visit now more than ever before, bringing tears to many in the audience, adding that the country is once again by Mmes. Tcherepenko and Taratula- expecting a record number of visitors. Filipenko. A staged poem, “The Hired Girl” Ella Belikovskaya accompanied many (1845) was performed on the church hall of the performers on the piano. stage by Natalia Biscardi, Andriy Kryshtafovych, Svitlana Kryshtafovych, A stunning exhibit of art by Boris Katherine Bober, Roman Drohobytsky, Soroka, who resides in Palo Alto was dis- Alexandra Danylyshyn, Danylko played in the church hall, along with an Drohobytsky, Andriy Danylyshyn, Olya outstanding collection of embroidery and Trofymiuk and Anna Somyk, the play’s bead work by Ms. Herasymenko- coordinator. Oliynyk. Juliana Filipenko, the young daughter The Shevchenko event was sponsored of Ivana Taratula-Filipenko, sang a love- by the Ukrainian American Coordinating ly Ukrainian folk song, “Shoes in Council, St. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox Visions” (1848), which was followed by Church the Immaculate Conception a recitation, “The Muse” (1858) per- Catholic Church of San Francisco, the St. formed by Sviatoslav Tochytskyi, the Volodymyr Mission of Santa Clara and Ukrainian consul general’s other son. the Ukrainian Consulate General of San Ms. Tcherepenko then sang “Dumka” Francisco.

A presentation during San Francisco’s Taras Shevchenko program. Notice to publishers and authors

Sviatoslav Stus, tenor, and Andriy recitation, “In All Our Earthly Paradise” It is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or reviews of Danylyszyn, baritone, started off with (1849). Ivanna Taratula-Filipenko, newly published books, booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere Taras Shevchenko’s “Testament” (1845), mezzo-soprano, performed two pieces issues of periodicals only after receipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the followed by the “Destiny” (1858), a from the opera “Zaporozhian Kozak material in question. wonderful recitation by Nazariy Beyond the Danube,”: “Oy, Hoya-ya, Oy, News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. Tochytskyi, the young son of Mykola Hoya-ya” and “My Mother Told Me.” Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, Tochytskyi, the current consul general of A duo of identical twin sisters, Olya Ukraine’s in San Francisco. Ivan Stus, and Olesya Sokalski, recently arrived in cost, etc.) to: Editorial Staff, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, the son of Sviatoslav Stus, sang from San Francisco from Kyiv (but originally Parsippany, NJ 07054. Taras Shevchenko’s poem “Hamaliya” from Ivano-Frankivsk), performed two 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2007 No. 14 er Summ At Soyuzivka! s mp Ukrainian heritage Ca DAY CAMP Ages 4-7 Formerly known as Chemney Camp, this day camp exposes kids to their Ukrainian heritage through Tennis CAMP daily activities such as dance, Ages 10-18 song, crafts and games. Price in- cludes tee-shirt & daily lunch. Intensive two weeks instruction and Session 1: July 15– July 20, 2007 competitive play directed by George Session 2: July 22– July 27, 2007 Sawchak. Limited to 45 partici- $150 Per Camper pants. $190 if not an overnight guest Weeks: June 24– July 6, 2007 $670 UNA Members DISCOVERY CAMP $720 Non UNA Members Ages 8-15 EXPLORATION DAY Calling all nature lovers for this CAMP Ages 7-10 sleepover camp filled with hiking, swimming, scuba, organized Six hours of fun-filled activities in sports, & bonfires . this day camp, which focuses on the Week: July 15– July 21, 2007 outdoors. $400 UNA Members Session 1: June 25– June 29, 2007 $450 Non UNA Members Session 2: July 2– July 6, 2007 $100/per week or $25/per day SCUBA DIVING COURSE Ages 12-adults Plast CAMP-Tabir One week course will complete Ptashat academic, confined water and open A Plast day camp held at water requirements for PADI open Soyuzivka. Please contact Plast for water certification. Classes given registration & Soyuzivka for room by George Hanushevsky, scuba- bookings. diver instructor. Session 1: June 24– July 1, 2007 Pre registration is required. Session 2: July 1– July 8, 2007 Week 1 : July 15– July 21, 2007 Week 2 : July 22– July 28, 2007 Roma Pryma $400 for Course, $120 Deposit Re- quired, All fees payable to George W! Bohachevsky NE Hanushevsky Ukrainian Dance Workshop Ukrainian “sitch” Ages 16 & up sports camp For over 30 years, Workshop has Ages 6-18 been a popular summer dance pro- This is the 38th Annual Ukrainian gram and this year it will be held at “SITCH” Sports Camp run by the Soyuzivka! Continuing her mom’s Ukrainian Sitch Sports School. legacy, this workshop will be This camp will focus on soccer and directed by Ania Bohachevsky- tennis & is perfect for any sports Lonkevych. Campers hard work will enthusiast. Registration for this be highlighted at our Ukrainian Film camp is done directly by & Cultural Festival weekend. contacting Marika Bokalo at Session : July 1– July 15, 2007 (908) 851-0617. $910- UNA Members Session 1: July 22– July 28, 2007 $960- Non UNA Members Session 2: July 29– August 4, 2007 $350 Per Camper $150 for Day Campers A $75 deposit is required to register a child into camp Roma Pryma (For Sitch camp- register Bohachevsky directly with Ukrainian Dance Sitch Sports School. CAMP Ages 8-16 For Plast camp– register Directed by Ania Bohachevsky- directly with Plast) Lonkevych (daughter of Roma For more information & for Pryma Bohachevsky). Expert camp applications call: instruction for beginning, intermediate and advanced (845) 626-5641 dancers. The camps will end with a or grand recital- always a summer check out our website at: highlight! www.Soyuzivka.com Session 1: July 22– August 4, 2007 Session 2: August 5– 18, 2007 $910- UNA Members $960- Non UNA Members

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Current to May 12 Art exhibit, “In Search of Ukrainian Detroit Symbolism and Motifs,” The Scarab Club, April 20-22 Ukrainian Dance Workshop, Copper County 313-831-1250 Hancock, MI Community Arts Center and Laurium Ballroom, 906-337-5529 or [email protected] April 10 Lecture with Roman Kupchinsky, “Energy New York and Nation-Building in Ukraine,” Columbia April 20-22 Art exhibit featuring works by Bohdan University, 212-854-4697 New York Soroka, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, 212-260-4490 April 11 Ss. Cyril and Methodius Conference, “The New York Impact of ‘Young Europe’ in Ukraine and April 21 Lecture by Theodor Kostiuk, “How Unique Russia,” Columbia University, 212-854-4697 New York is Earth in Our Solar System?” Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 April 12-14 Association for the Study of Nationalities New York 2007 World Convention, featuring 12 panels April 21 Modernism in Ukraine, discussion with on Ukraine, Columbia University, New York Konstantin Akinsha, Myroslava Mudrak and www.nationalities.org or [email protected] Oksana Pelenska, The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 April 13 Spring social, The Washington Group, Washington Leopold’s Café, 703-548-8534 or 240-381- April 21 Fund-raiser “Casino Royal, An Evening in 0993 New York Montenegro,” Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 April 13-May 6 Art exhibit, “Untitled” – The Art of Vasyl New York Bazhaj, Ukrainian Institute of America, April 21 Volleyball tournament, to benefit Yonkers 212-288-8660 Yonkers, NY branch of the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM), Sacred Heart High April 13-June 3 Art exhibit, “Works from the Estate of School, 914-709-0435 New York Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky,” The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 April 21 Dance featuring music by Vechirka, Webster, NY Ukrainian Home, 585-872-0240 April 14 Spring fling pub night, featuring live music, Baltimore, MD Ukrainian National Home/Sports Club April 21 Ukrainian students (SUSTA) conference, Dnipro, 410-529-5375 or 410-967-0501 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers University, 609-240-5227 or www.ukrainianstudents.net April 14 Discussion, “Students from Ukraine: The New York Future of Ukraine and of the Ukrainian April 22 Concert featuring Solomia Soroka and American Community,” Shevchenko Ryan, MI Arthur Greene, Ukrainian Arts Society, St. Scientific Society, 212-475-5326 Josephat Parish Center, 734-354-6517

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Soyuzivka’s Datebook Saturday, April 14 information call 212-260-4490, log on to www.brama.com/calendar/ or e-mail MONDAYS, June 25-August 27, 2007 NEW YORK: The USA/USA – [email protected]. Steak Night w/music by Soyuzivka House band located on Veselka Patio Ukramerezha Program invites all to a free information session, forum and reception Saturday, April 21 titled “Students from Ukraine: The Future WEDNESDAYS, June 27-August 29, 2007 of Ukraine and of the Ukrainian American PISCATAWAY, N.J.: The national confer- Hutzul Night w/music by Soyuzivka House band located on Vorochta Lawn Community.” The USA/USA Program, ence of SUSTA – the Federation of since 1992, has helped 34 students from all Ukrainian Student Organizations of FRIDAYS, June 29-August 31, 2007 regions of Ukraine earn full-year college America – will consist of a wide variety of Odesa Seafood Night w/music by Soyuzivka House band located on scholarships to leading American colleges. lectures, films and panel discussions relat- Veselka Patio The session will be held at the Shevchenko ing to contemporary Ukrainian issues and Scientific Society, 63 Fourth Ave. (between the role of Ukrainian students. Along with SATURDAYS, June 30-September 1, 2007 ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For infor- the conference there will be a summit of Ukrainian Zabavas (dances) featuring a live Ukrainian band mation call 212-475-5326 or e-mail SUSTA leaders and elections in order to [email protected]. For more further expand the organization. The con- information about the USA/USA Program ference will be an opportunity to learn April 13-15, 2007 June 16, 2007 log on to www.ukrainianscholarships.org. more and to network with other Ukrainians, as well as help preserve and build the Ukrainian Language Immersion Party Monday, April 16 Weekend offered at SUNY Ukrainian community. The SUSTA confer- ence will be held at Rutgers University in New Paltz June 17, 2007 CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Piscataway, N.J., hosted by the Rutgers Father’s Day Luncheon and program Ukrainian Research Institute will host a Ukrainian Students Club. For more infor- April 20-22, 2007 featuring Syzokryli Ukrainian lecture given by Tatiana Oparina, associate mation contact Nick Prociuk at 732-718- BUG (Brooklyn Ukrainian Group) Dance Ensemble, tenor Roman professor of history, Novosibirsk 8240 or go to ukrainians.rutgers.edu. Spring Cleaning/Volunteer Tsymbala and band Vidlunnia with Pedagogical University, and Eugene and Weekend Marian Pidvirnyj, 1 p.m., $20++ Daymel Shklar Research Fellow, Saturday, April 28 Ukrainian Research Institute. Her lecture, April 21, 2007 “The Issue of the ‘True Faith’: Some WASHINGTON: Ukrainian National June 21-24, 2007 Problems in Russian-Ukrainian Alpha Kappa Sorority Semi-Formal UMANA Convention Women’s League of America (UNWLA) Dinner Banquet Ecclesiastical Contacts in the Seventeenth Branch 78 invites the public to the Century,” will be held at 4-6 p.m. in Room “Choose Your Muse” spring art exhibit June 24-July 6, 2007 S-050 (Concourse level) of the South and sale featuring the works of 11 April 27-29, 2007 Tennis Camp Building of the Center for Government Plast Sorority “Shostokryli” Rada women artists. Choose from oils, water- and International Studies (CGIS), located colors, pottery, tiles, mixed media and June 24-July 1, 2007 at 1730 Cambridge St. For more informa- photography. Participating artists: April 28, 2007 Plast Camp - Tabir Ptashat, tion contact HURI at 617-495-4053 or Krystyna Marchak-Baransky, Andrea TAP New York Beer Festival at Hunter [email protected]. Session #1 Cybyk, Irene Fedyshyn, Natalia Mountain - 10th Anniversary! Gawdiak, Chrystyna Kinal, Natalia Round-trip bus from Soyuzivka, Wednesday, April 18 June 25-29, 2007 Kormeliuk, Marta Legeckis, Christina special room rate $60/night Saj, Natalia Sluzar, Ilona Sochynsky and Exploration Day Camp, Session #1, NEW YORK: The April event of the Alpha Phi Delta Fraternity Semi- Martha Hirniak-Voyevidka. The one-day Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia ages 7-10 only exhibit, sale and reception will be Formal Dinner Banquet University will feature a screening and a held at 2-8 p.m. Address: The Field personal meeting with the filmmakers of July 1-8, 2007 School, 2301 Foxhall Road NW, May 4-6, 2007 “The Unnamed Zone,” a 2006 full-length Plast Camp Tabir Ptashat, Session #2 Washington, DC 20007. Admission: Ukrainian Language Immersion documentary film about the aftermath of donations welcomed. Proceeds to benefit Weekends offered at SUNY the Chornobyl nuclear power plant acci- New Paltz July 1-15, 2007 dent. Three children and their families, liv- the charitable, educational and cultural Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian ing close to the exclusion zone around the endeavors undertaken by UNWLA, Inc. For information call Tania Terleckyj, May 13, 2007 Dance Workshop, Ages 16 & up destroyed station, recount their fears, dreams and hopes for the future. The film 703-271-9672, or Sophia Caryk, 301- Mother’s Day Luncheon 11:30 a.m.- 854-2062. 2 p.m., $15++ July 2-6, 2007 (80 min.) will be shown in its original Ukrainian version with English subtitles, Exploration Day Camp, Session #2, Sunday, April 29 May 19, 2007 ages 7-10 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 717, Hamilton Hall, 1130 Amsterdam Ave., Columbia Tri Valley High School Prom University. It will be introduced by Yuri WHIPPANY, N.J.: Ukrainian National July 6-8, 2007 Shevchuk, director of the Ukrainian Film Women’s League of America Branch 75 is May 25-27, 2007 4th OF JULY FESTIVITIES Club, and followed by discussion with the sponsoring an art exhibit, sale and silent Memorial Day Weekend BBQ, Tiki Bar Entertainment, Concerts, film’s director, Carlos Rodriguez, and pro- action called “An Artful Afternoon.” All Orchidia Patrons’ Reunion, Zabavas ducer, Asun Lasarte. The screening is free are invited to the Ukrainian American Summer kick-off and zabava and open to the public. For more informa- Cultural Center of New Jersey, 60 N. July 8-10, 2007 tion call 212-854-4697 or see Jefferson Road, Whippany, NJ 07054 for 1-5 p.m. Thirteen Ukrainian artists will be June 1-3, 2007 Discount Days, 25% off all room rates http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc/. Ukrainian Language Immersion featured. See http://www.uaccnj.org for Weekends offered at SUNY Friday-Sunday, April 20-22 more information and a list of participat- July 11-15, 2007 ing artists. Come meet with the artists and New Paltz Ukrainian Film & Cultural Festival - NEW YORK: In memory of the late Nina enjoy welcome cocktails and hors d’oeu- featuring Roma Pryma Samokish, Ukrainian National Women’s vres. Donation: $25; proceeds benefit The June 4-8, 2007 Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance League of America Branch 64 and the Ukrainian Museum in New York. For Stamford Clergy Days - Workshop, Ukrainian films “Verkhovynky” Plast Sorority, New York more information contact Olha Lukiw at Spring Seminar coordinated by Yuri Shevchuk, branch, invite the public to an exhibition [email protected] or 973-376-4829. founding director of UFCCU, of graphics and paintings by Bohdan June 9, 2007 Saturday, May 5 Ukrainian arts & crafts, and Soroka of Lviv. The exhibition will open Wedding on Friday at 7 p.m. with Jaroslawa other venues Gerulak, who will introduce the audience TROY, N.Y.: Ss. Peter and Paul June 10-15, 2007 to Mr. Soroka’s art. The exhibit will close Ukrainian Catholic Church of Cohoes, UNA Seniors Week July 13-15, 2007 on Sunday at 2 p.m. with a “Meet the N.Y., and its Centennial Jubilee Ukrainian Language Immersion Artist” event, featuring Mr. Soroka, who Committee are sponsoring a performance June 15, 2007 Weekend offered at SUNY will discuss his artistic life path. During by the Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Wallkill High School Retirement Party New Paltz the exhibit, composer Volodymyr Bandurist Chorus and the Syzokryli Tkachenko will perform original piano Dancers to be held at the world famous June 15-17, 2007 July 15-20, 2007 music inspired by the artwork. Donations Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 4th Annual Adoptive Parents Ukrainian Heritage Day Camp, are voluntary. The exhibition will take place at the UCCA, 203 Second Ave., sec- 518-273-0038 or on the web at www.troy- Weekend Session #1, ages 4-7 ond floor, New York, NY 10003. For more musichall.org.

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