INSIDE: • Reaction to ’s presidential election – page 3. • Serhii Plokhy’s new book about the Yalta Conference – page 10. • Yara Arts Group marks 20th anniversary – page 12.

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by Zenon Zawada Press Bureau KYIV – What was unimaginable following the is now reality. , the humiliated loser of the 2004 elections, claimed victory against his contender, Prime Minister , in the February 7 runoff of the presidential vote, earning 48.95 percent against her 45.47 percent. Another 4.36 percent of cast their vote against both candidates. Ms. Tymoshenko refused to concede defeat as her cam- paign alleged mass fraud and filed court appeals. The Central Election Commission (CEC) will declare an offi- cial winner by February 17 – a ruling expected to be appealed by the Tymoshenko campaign. Yet, the international community and Ukraine’s political establishment have recognized the victory of Mr. Yanukovych, who indicated he had no interest in working with Ms. Tymoshenko as prime minister. “The people are tried of waiting, which is why I official- ly turn to the prime minister and call upon her to resign and go into opposition,” Mr. Yanukovych said on February 10, also calling upon the current de facto parliamentary coali- tion to cease its activity “so that I can begin negotiations with the various factions on forming the new government.” The elections proved remarkably calm and orderly, UNIAN observers said, following a turbulent run-up in which cam- Offi cial Website of Yulia Tymoshenko Presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych at the paigners raided government offices and approved last-min- Kyiv headquarters of the of Ukraine Presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko emerges on the day of the presidential election runoff. (Continued on page 4) from the voting booth. Obama congratulates Chicago’s Ukrainian museums connect with educators Yanukovych on election CHICAGO – On January 13, following over a year of preparation, Chicago’s As this issue of The Ukrainian Ukrainian National Museum and the Weekly was being completed on Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art pre- Thursday afternoon, February 11, the sented an educator workshop in coopera- White House Office of the Press tion with the University of Chicago’s Secretary e-mailed the following Center for International Studies (CIS), the “Readout of the President’s call with Center for East European and Russian/ President-elect Yanukovych of Eurasian Studies (CEERES), the Chicago Ukraine.” That day President Barack Cultural Alliance (CCA) and the Obama made a congratulatory phone Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation. call to Viktor Yanukovych. Judging by teacher and administrator It should be noted that the results evaluations, the effort was a smashing of the presidential election in Ukraine success. The overall rating by 65 percent have yet to be officially declared by of the workshop participants was “most the Central Election Commission. effective,” while 32 percent rated it “very That is to happen by February 17. effective.” Most of the attending 45 Until that time, the results are consid- teachers and administrators are involved Lesia W. Kuropas ered to be preliminary. with International Baccalaureate Program Following is the full text of the Dr. Myron Kuropas answers questions from educators regarding the for Gifted and Talented Students in the and his curriculum guide. White House release. Chicago public school system. Other par-

ticipants were teachers in Chicago public The day began with registration and ly prepared comparative lesson guides President Obama called Victor [sic] schools that have a relationship with Yanukovych of Ukraine today to con- coffee, followed by short opening remarks titled “Countries and Cultures Around the schools in Ukraine through the Chicago/ by representatives from CIS, CEERES World” aimed at helping teachers culti- gratulate him on his election and wish Kyiv Sister City Program. him success in carrying out his man- and CCA. vate an atmosphere of inquiry and appre- Special kudos belong to Andrew Graan Dr. Myron B. Kuropas followed with a ciation for all cultures in their classrooms. date. The President commended the and Jamie Bender of the University of Ukrainian people on the conduct of short history of Ukraine, with special She also presented two short videos that Chicago, who spent many hours working emphasis on the Holodomor. she produced, “Holodomor, 1932-1933,” (Continued on page 4) with Ukrainian educators in the prepara- Motria Melnyk introduced Ukraine’s tion of the workshop. culture, customs and traditions in special- (Continued on page 17) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 No. 7 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

Yanukovych faces uphill struggle Yanukovych wins with 48.95% of vote Tymoshenko to challenge results KYIV – With 100 percent of electronic KYIV – Lawmakers from the Yulia despite win in presidential election returns counted, 48.95 percent of Ukrainians Tymoshenko Bloc (YTB) said she intends to by Pavel Korduban he expected Ms. Tymoshenko to resign voted for Party of Regions of Ukraine leader mount a legal challenge to the results of the weekend presidential runoff that handed a Eurasia Daily Monitor (Inter TV, February 7). She does not have Viktor Yanukovych in the second round of to, according to the Constitution, but the presidential election, while 45.47 percent narrow victory to rival Viktor Yanukovych. As expected, opposition leader Viktor there are signs that a new pro-Yanuk- backed Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, YTB National Deputy Serhii Sobolev told Yanukovych has won the February 7 ovych majority is in the making in the the Central Election Commission announced Parliament on February 9 that the vote “dis- played a cynical violation of Ukrainian law presidential election runoff. Unlike in and consequently a vote on February 10. Mr. Yanukovych had by Yanukovych’s team, pressure on the elec- 2004, when Mr. Yanukovych lost a con- of no confidence in Prime Minister 12,481,268 votes, while Ms. Tymoshenko tors and a broad arsenal of falsification by troversial poll to Viktor Yushchenko and Tymoshenko may be on the agenda of the had 11,593,340. Some 4.36 percent voted his supporters were accused of large-scale the Party of Regions.” The Ukrainian news Parliament quite soon. Mr. Yanukovych against both presidential candidates. election fraud, this time international agency UNIAN quoted YTB National said he has not yet decided who should (Ukrinform) observers said the election was free and Deputy Oleh Liashko as saying that “at least fair. become the next prime minister. U.S. Department of State comments 1 million ballots were rigged during the However, Prime Minister Yulia Observers name four candidates: the for- presidential runoff in Donetsk and WASHINGTON – The presidential Tymoshenko has not recognized her mer Finance Minister ; regions and Crimea” – regions in the east of defeat. If Mr. Yanukovych fails to form a the businessman from Donetsk and crony election reflects another step in the con- the country that are Yanukovych strong- new coalition in Parliament on the spur of of steel tycoon Rinat Akhmetov, Borys solidation of Ukraine’s democracy, U.S. holds. Olena Shustik, deputy chair of the the moment in order to oust Ms. Kolesnykov; the former Fuel and Energy Assistant Secretary of State for Public YTB faction, said that the decision was Tymoshenko from the government, Minister Yury Boiko (all from Mr. Affairs Philip J. Crowley said in a state- made late on February 8 to contest the Ukraine will face several months of Yanukovych’s party); and outgoing ment on February 10. “The United States results and to request a recount. Ms. uncertainty and probably early parliamen- President Yushchenko’s ally Yurii commends the Ukrainian people on the Tymoshenko herself has not made any pub- tary polls. Yekhanurov, who served as prime minis- conduct of the February 7 second round lic statements since the results were This election showed once again that ter in 2005-2006. of presidential election,” Mr. Crowley announced. She was quoted by Ukrayinska the country remains deeply divided: while Mr. Yekhanurov was named as a candi- said. He emphasized that international Pravda as telling a party meeting on 16 western and central regions voted for date by Taras Chornovil, a former aide to observers had assessed the electoral February 8 that she “will never recognize” Ms. Tymoshenko, the 10 more densely Mr. Yanukovych (Ukraina TV, February framework positively and constructively Mr. Yanukovych’s victory. Before the elec- populated eastern and southern regions 8). He could be a compromise candidate in their preliminary conclusions. “The tion, she had called on supporters to take to were behind Mr. Yanukovych. if Mr. Yanukovych managed to form a election provided a choice among candi- the streets in case of electoral fraud. Some Mr. Yanukovych won the January 17 new coalition with Yushchenko’s Our dates in a calm atmosphere followed free- Tymoshenko supporters say they do not first round by a margin of over 10 per- Ukraine. However, Mr. Kolesnykov, who ly by the media,” Mr. Crowley under- back a challenge to the results, however. cent, and opinion polls predicted about played a key role in the Yanukovych cam- scored. He also noted the high turnout of Vice Prime Minister , a the same result for the runoff. However, paign as a deputy head of his headquar- voters. (Ukrinform) close Tymoshenko ally, told Channel 5 TV, exit polls produced the average margin of “We need to admit defeat, and go into the ters, dismissed this as a rumor. One busi- Yanukovych sees consolidation 4.5 percent, and the official vote count by ness daily reported that Mr. Azarov would opposition.” (Ukrinform) the Central Election Commission (CEC) most probably be nominated to replace KYIV – Presidential candidate Viktor Tymoshenko campaign demands recount showed that Mr. Yanukovych scored 49 Ms. Tymoshenko (Delo, February 9). Mr. Yanukovych on February 8 addressed his percent against Ms. Tymoshenko’s 45.5 Azarov had said more than a week before campaign office after the results of six exit KYIV – Oleksander Turchynov, Yulia percent, so the margin is only 3.5 percent. the election that he would be a candidate polls were released showing him ahead of Tymoshenko’s campaign manager, on The fact that Mr. Yanukovych won so for the post of prime minister (UNIAN, Yulia Tymoshenko. “We have made the first February 10 claimed her campaign office unconvincingly gives Ms. Tymoshenko January 27). step towards unification of the country and had already received the first documents hope that if the election were invalidated If Ms. Tymoshenko does not resign his is very important. …We have suggested with “legally proved” election fraud in in several constituencies where, as her changes and the Ukrainian people have favor of Viktor Yanukovych. Mr. Turchynov team claims, irregularities were reported, voluntarily, uprooting her may become a backed us,” he said. Mr. Yanukovych underlined that vote count irregularities at it should be possible to dispute the gener- difficult task for Mr. Yanukovych. Unlike before the constitutional amendments that emphasized that he, as the president of polling stations in the Crimea, Donetsk and al outcome, said Tymoshenko allies Luhansk regions were systemic and mas- came into force in 2006, it is now up to Ukraine, would do his best so that “people (UNIAN, February 8). Ms. Tymoshenko sive and “significantly affected the election Parliament and not the president to feel themselves comfortably and calmly in a told her team at a late-night meeting on returns and doubt about the voting out- choose the prime minister. But stable country,” while poverty, irresponsibil- February 8 that she would “never recog- come.” He said that the Tymoshenko cam- ity and corruption are defeated. He promised nize Mr. Yanukovych’s legitimacy after Yanukovych’s Party of Regions of paign office has handed over these papers to name a candidate for the post of prime such an election,” Ukrayinska Pravda Ukraine (PRU) was in a minority before to the Central Election Commission, reported on February 9, citing its source the election. In theory, it could form a minister before the presidential inaugura- in her party. new majority together with the tion. (Ukrinform) (Continued on page 18) Ms. Tymoshenko likely is playing for Communists, the centrist bloc of Rada time, seeking to remain prime minister as Chair Volodymyr Lytvyn and Our long as possible in order to keep her frag- Ukraine (OU). ile coalition in Parliament. She will hard- However, it would be hard to reconcile Th e Uk r a i n i a n We e k l y FOUNDED 1933 ly stand any chance in the courts. In 2004, the communists with nationalists from the Ukrainian courts ruled that the runoff was OU. 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COMMENTARY: Ukraine’s election offers hope, opportunity for progress by Alcee L. Hastings especially hard-hit by the global financial pressures and move closer to its stated Euro- crisis, and while it has received assistance Atlantic aspirations. Even before Viktor Yanukovich’s As the next Ukrai- from the International Monetary Fund, the The United States has a solid record of February 7 win in the Ukrainian presidential nian president, incessant internal in-fighting has kept it from standing with the Ukrainian people over the election, there seemed to have been an early fulfilling its requirements and hindered its decades in support of their struggle for free- declaration of victory – not from either of Viktor Yanuk- ability to achieve greater economic stability. dom and democracy. Now is certainly not the two remaining candidates – but from Unfulfilled promises of the Orange the time to give up on them. Ukraine mat- Moscow. ovych now faces Revolution led to disappointment and cyni- ters. It is crucial that we remain engaged Sure, voters trounced President Viktor cism in Ukraine, as well as frustration with this strategically important country, a Yushchenko out of office January 17, barely the challenge of among Ukraine’s supporters in the United lynchpin to the security of Europe and a five years after winning an election aimed at States and Europe. proven partner to the United States. reorienting Ukraine toward the West. And managing re- To view the -leaning Yanukovych sure, the symbolism behind the Kremlin’s defeat of the more Europe-oriented Prime sending of an ambassador to Kyiv before lations with a Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko as a victory for January’s ballots were even counted was Moscow is an over-simplification of Ukraine matters. lost on no one. Russia that all Ukraine’s politics. Such analysis fails to rec- But viewing the Ukrainian elec- It is crucial that ognize the candidates and citizens who tion through an old Cold War prism – a too often views clearly value having a positive relationship zero-sum game where if Russia wins, we remain en- Ukraine as part of with Russia – as well as with the European America loses – is precisely that: old think- Union and the United States. Both front- ing. That perspective fails to give credit to gaged with this its sphere of runners prudently sought to improve rela- the true victors of this winter’s election – the tions with Russia, but none would cede strategically im- independent Ukrainian people, who held infl uence. Ukraine back to a bygone era. As the next remarkably fair and democratic elections. portant country, Clean elections are vital for Ukraine to Ukrainian president, Mr. Yanukovych now faces the challenge of managing relations have a chance at achieving the political sta- Last-minute changes to the election law a lynchpin to the with a Russia that all too often views bility it so badly needs to tackle a wide vari- and last-minute court decisions contributed Ukraine as part of its sphere of influence. ety of problems, not the least of which to election day confusion and I witnessed security of Europe He will need to resolutely further eco- includes a stagnant economy. several cases of people being denied the To many people of Western democracies, nomic reforms, tackle corruption and an and a proven part- vote. In short, these laws need fixing. Still, underdeveloped judiciary and stabilize a this may seem odd, but the fact these elec- this election has been better than any I’ve ner to the United tion results (both rounds) were not preor- fractious political system. Nothing would be witnessed in Ukraine in the last five years more important to strengthen Ukraine’s dained is a success in itself. The fact voters and could well serve as a model for others in States. did not know who would win is a new and independence, especially its energy indepen- the region. dence, reduce its vulnerability to outside rare concept in this part of the world and Five years ago, the world was enamored puts Ukraine in stark contrast with its neigh- with the Orange Revolution, which brought bors. Moreover, it is hard to imagine most millions of Ukrainians into the streets to IN THE PRESS post-Soviet countries removing an incum- peacefully protest election fraud, corruption bent president, as Ukrainian voters did. and lack of rule of law. Since then, Ukraine As a longtime official election observer, has developed an open and pluralistic politi- I’ve seen enough shams to know that elec- cal system and media freedoms have Ukraine’s democratic election tions alone do not make a democracy. But even in Ukraine, where my fellow interna- expanded. Did Ukraine’s presidential election third in the presidential race, will be offered tional observers from the Organization for Unfortunately, Ukraine has also wit- reverse its ‘color revolution’?” editorial, the prime minister’s post rather than Mr. Security and Cooperation in Europe called nessed poor governance, destructive infight- The Washington Post, February 9: Yanukovych’s longtime ally and campaign the vote of “high quality,” electoral chal- ing and political instability – in part due to director, Mykola Azarov, who is also under lenges remain. no clear delineation of powers between the “The fact that Mr. [Viktor] Yanukovych, serious consideration. The odds of a broad- roles of prime minister and president – lead- the apparent winner of the runoff, was Mr. based coalition are reinforced by the modes- ing to policy paralysis. Corruption remains [Vladimir[ Putin’s candidate in 2004 while ty of Mr. Yanukovych’s victory, clear-cut Congressman Alcee L. Hastings widespread and the rule of law, including an Ms. [Yulia] Tymoshenko was a leader of the though it was. (D-Fla.) co-chairs the U.S. Helsinki independent judiciary, remains weak. The Orange coalition has produced understand- “All this means that, should the political Commission and is deputy head of the energy sector badly needs reform and great- able but false reports of the [Orange] revolu- coalition under discussion take root, Ukraine election observation mission in Ukraine. er transparency. Moreover, Ukraine has been tion’s demise. In fact Mr. Yanukovych, who will at last achieve an interval of political draws most of his support from Ukraine’s stability and economic policy consensus. eastern provinces, learned a lesson in 2004; Ironically, that means Mr. Yanukovych’s he now identifies himself with the country’s presidency may move further toward fulfill- OSCE: Ukraine’s presidential election big industrialists, rather than Mr. Putin. … ing the promises of the Orange Revolution “In the longer term, Mr. Yanukovych than the fractious rule of Yushchenko- will show whether he is committed to liberal Tymoshenko ever did.” meets most international commitments democracy. Will he respect the media, which are populated by free-wheeling Russian tele- “Ukraine’s democratic evolution, on KYIV – Ukraine’s run-off presidential of the delegation of the Parliamentary vision hosts who were driven out of hold for now,” column by Anne election confirmed the international election Assembly of the Council of Europe. Moscow? Will he fight pervasive corruption Applebaum, The Washington Post, observation mission’s assessment that the “The pessimistic scenarios put forward and try to strengthen institutions such as the February 9: electoral process met most Organization for before election day were proven wrong by Security and Cooperation in Europe and the overwhelmingly efficient and non-parti- courts? Will future elections remain free? Council of Europe commitments. san manner in which election commissions “If Mr. Yanukovych passes those tests, “…Sunday’s election of Viktor In a statement issued on February 8, the performed yesterday and by the high turn- Ukraine will remain a sovereign European Yanukovych as does observers noted that the election had con- out. Ukraine is setting a pattern of demo- country – and Mr. Putin’s authoritarian proj- not represent the counterrevolution – or at solidated progress achieved since 2004. cratic elections. The Ukrainian people, who ect will be doomed. That’s why it’s vital that least not yet. … But they also concluded that the lack of have shown their commitment to a demo- the United States and other Western govern- “Ukrainians are not an illogical people: mutual trust between the candidates and cratic electoral process, now deserve a ments not turn their backs on Ukraine. The The only real advantage of democracy is the deficient legal framework were at the peaceful transition of power,” said Assen Orange Revolution lives on, for now – but it that it enables people to throw out leaders root of the problems observed and consti- Agov, head of the delegation of the NATO will need plenty of support and nurturing in they don’t like. When the various ‘Orange’ tute an immediate challenge for the new Parliamentary Assembly. the next few years.” coalitions failed to deliver the expected leadership. The professional, transparent “Any functioning democracy needs not reforms, Ukrainians took full advantage of and honest voting and counting should only to focus on the election day itself. What “Re-Introducing Viktor Yanukovych,” their voting power in order to throw them serve as a solid foundation for a peaceful it also needs is a wider legal framework by Adrian Karatnycky, The Wall Street out. Anyone else would do the same. transition of power. guaranteeing the transparency of the politi- Journal, February 7: “The test now, of course, is whether “Yesterday’s vote was an impressive dis- cal process, including the financing of politi- Yanukovych will respect those who elect- play of democratic elections. For everyone cal parties and candidates,” said Pawel “…, the signals emanating from Mr. ed him, and ensure that democratic elec- in Ukraine, this election was a victory. It is Kowal, head of the delegation of the [Viktor] Yanukovych’s closest aides, as well tions continue into the future. His success now time for the country’s political leaders European Parliament. as key leaders from the Our Ukraine coali- will be easy to measure: If he is evicted to listen to the people’s verdict and make “This has been a well-administered and tion with whom I met last week in Kyiv, from office in due course, as all politicians sure that the transition of power is peaceful truly competitive election offering voters a suggest the new president and the govern- eventually are, then he has respected the and constructive,” said João Soares, presi- clear choice. It will now be crucial to estab- ment he will try to bring into office will spirit of the Orange Revolution. If he tries dent of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly lish unambiguous rules and close the gaps in likely represent a broad-based mix of long- to stay on past his term through falsifying and special coordinator of the OSCE short- the law well in advance of any new election time Regions party officials, and competent votes, intimidating the opposition and kill- term observers. in order to avoid the uncertainties that financial and economic technocrats and ing journalists, as his eastern neighbors “Some say the Orange Revolution has marked this election,” said Heidi Tagliavini, market reformers – including some from the have been known to do, then we will know failed. I say no. Thanks to the Orange head of the election observation mission of former Yushchenko team. For instance, there that the counterrevolution has come to Revolution, democratic elections in Ukraine the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions is a good chance that banker Serhiy Tyhypko power. And it is by these terms that we are now a reality,” said Matyas Eörsi, head and Human Rights (ODIHR). [Sergey Tigipko - ed.], who finished a strong should judge him. …” 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 No. 7

experts said. Yanukovych claims... “Such results mean that Yanukovych (Continued from page 1) didn’t get agreement from the Ukrainian ute changes to election law that had the people to give the Russian language offi- potential to create election day chaos. cial status, to transfer our natural gas tran- “Pessimistic scenarios voiced before sit system to Russia, to create a free eco- the elections were dispelled by the excep- nomic zone with the Russian Federation tionally efficient and unsurpassed work of and to stop the process of Ukraine inte- elections commissions on election day grating with NATO and the European and the high voter turnout,” said Union,” said Dr. Oleh Soskin, director of Bulgarian Assen Agov, the chair of the the Institute of Society Transformation in NATO Parliamentary Assembly delega- Kyiv. “He didn’t get carte blanche from tion. the majority of Ukrainian citizens to con- Upon taking office, Mr. Yanukovych duct geopolitical and geo-economic would become the first Ukrainian presi- changes in Ukraine.” dent elected without a 50-percent majori- The first obstacle faced by the Party of ty in a runoff. Also, he won fewer oblasts Regions of Ukraine, led by Mr. than Ms. Tymoshenko, largely because Yanukovych, involves defeating the ava- the bulk of eastern and southern lanche of court appeals being filed by the Ukrainians reside in densely populated Tymoshenko campaign. cities with more than a million people. On February 10, Party of Regions dep- uties declared they already gained 17 Mr. Yanukovych earned 12.5 million Zenon Zawada Zenon Zawada votes and nine oblasts, drawing the most court rulings in their favor, but the support in his native Donetsk and Tymoshenko campaign promised more Party of Regions Deputy Chair Borys Tymoshenko campaign chairman Luhansk oblasts. Ms. Tymoshenko won battles. Kolesnikov said Prime Minister Yulia Oleksander Turchynov declared that Tymoshenko will be removed if she mass fraud conducted by the Party of 11.6 million voters and 16 oblasts, earn- Recount demanded ing the most votes in the three Halychyna doesn’t resign voluntarily. Regions marred the February 7 vote. oblasts. She also won the overseas elec- The Tymoshenko team demanded a are prepared to offer this concrete proof were collected that campaigning for torate. recount in the oblasts where the govern- of vote falsification to international Yanukovych was conducted during these Nationwide voter turnout was 69 per- ment organs are monopolized by the Party observers, journalists, the public, and to trips. Moreover people who wanted to cent in the second round, compared to 67 of Regions, particularly Donetsk and ride to polling stations and vote for percent in the first round. The gap Luhansk, as well as the Autonomous submit it to the courts.” Tymoshenko weren’t allowed onto the between the two candidates amounted to Republic of Crimea. As an example, Mr. Turchynov cited mini-buses.” 887,928 votes, the CEC reported on “We submitted documents today to the the campaign’s recount at a polling sta- More than 40 voters cast their ballots February 10 with 100 percent of ballots Central Election Commission with the tion in the Crimean city of Kerch which determined that the Yanukovych cam- at a student hospital polling station where counted. demand to recount the votes in more than only 10 voters were on the register the Mr. Yanukovych has a legitimacy gap 900 election commissions,” Oleksander paign had inflated the vote by 8 percent. Andrii Senchenko, leader of the morning of election day. More than 200 that he will need to overcome when form- Turchynov, the right-hand man to Ms. complaints were filed in Dnipropetrovsk ing a coalition government, political Tymoshenko, said on February 10. “We Tymoshenko campaign in Crimea, alleged that the State Registry of Voters distribut- regarding such additions to voter regis- ed additional voter lists within two days tries, which allegedly occurred without a of the runoff and that the lists included majority vote by the commissions. voters missing from original registers. The complaints were delivered to As much as 30 percent of the lists con- Dnipropetrovsk’s six district election sisted of names not on the originals, he commissions by 11 p.m. on February 8, said, creating an avenue for fraud. He the Tymoshenko campaign reported. estimated as many as 200,000 votes were However, only one commission accepted falsified on Mr. Yanukovych’s behalf in the appeals, while the other five were Crimea. closed, in violation of the law requiring Serhii Vlasenko, a lawyer with the them to remain open until midnight that Tymoshenko Bloc, estimated that the day. Yanukovych campaign systemically falsi- The Tymoshenko Bloc also planned to fied 10 to 12 percent of its vote, or 1.25 file complaints regarding the CEC’s last- million to 1.5 million votes. minute resolution on the morning of elec- In exchange for allowing recounts in tion day that allowed only two local com- missioners to accompany a mobile ballot Yanukovych-controlled oblasts, he box for home voting rather than three. offered his rivals the chance to recount Such changes raised doubt about the any votes in central and western Ukraine. validity of the estimated 1.5 million bal- “The issue is Donetsk and Luhansk, lots cast by home voters, the Tymoshenko where falsifications occurred with the campaign stated. help of organs compiling the state regis- The Tymoshenko campaign’s claims of Zenon Zawada ter,” he said. “State registers are compiled vote fraud are indeed valid, reported U.S. Federal Judge Bohdan Futey (right) discusses the elections with the third- by local government organs, which are Kyiv-based veteran political observers. place winner in the January 17 first round, Sergey Tigipko. entirely controlled by the Party of The Party of Regions has an extensive Regions in Donechyna and history of vote fraud in the oblasts where Luhanschyna.” it dominates local government, they said. Yet, the Tymoshenko campaign also The vote can’t be considered legitimate Quotable notes claimed mass fraud in Dnipropetrovsk, without a thorough review of the ballots where the prime minister was born and and protocols in Crimea and the , “The [election] results clearly show that if it weren’t for the call by [President where she has a relatively strong cam- Viktor] Yushchenko and [former Foreign Affairs Minister Arseniy] Yatsenyuk, Luhansk, Donetsk oblasts, Dr. Soskin paign staff, unlike the weak presence in said. who speak to the Orange electorate, to vote ‘against all,’ [Yulia] Tymoshenko the . Local leaders called for can- probably would have won.” “The number of people who ‘don’t celling the entire oblast’s results. support anyone,’ and the number of dam- – Political science scholar Oleksiy Haran of the National University of Kyiv “At more than half the city’s polling aged ballots didn’t change during the Mohyla Academy, as quoted in a February 8 story by Gregory Feifer of RFE/RL. stations, the Regions provided mass tran- entire voting, which truly raises suspi- sit for voters on mini-buses,” said a cion,” he said. “There can’t be a similar February 10 press release from the portrait [of voting against all and of dam- “ ‘It’s not the people who vote that count. It’s the people who count the votes.’ Tymoshenko campaign headquarters in This adage, attributed to Joseph Stalin, makes these last-minute changes [to the Dnipropetrovsk. “Facts and evidence (Continued on page 5) presidential election law] appear quite menacing. That [President Viktor] Yushchenko, who nearly lost the election in 2004 due to fraud on the part of the Yanukovych team, is willing to support his former nemesis in weakening the The strategic partnership between the insurance mechanisms that were set down in the original election law to prevent Obama congratulates... United States and Ukraine is based on fraud, speaks volumes as to what legacy he has chosen to leave behind.” (Continued from page 1) shared interests and values. These include – Irena Chalupa, director of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, writing in her expanding democracy and prosperity, February 6 commentary titled “An Epitaph for the Orange Revolution?” their February 7 vote. This peaceful protecting security and territorial integri- expression of the political will of ty, strengthening the rule of law, promot- Ukrainian voters is another positive step ing non-proliferation, and supporting “Some say the Orange Revolution has failed – I say no. Thanks to the Orange in strengthening democracy in Ukraine. reform in Ukraine’s economic and energy Revolution, democratic elections in Ukraine are now a reality.” They agreed on the importance of con- sectors. The United States looks forward – Matyas Eorsi, head of the election observer delegation in Ukraine from the tinuing cooperation on nuclear non-pro- to working with President-elect Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, as quoted in the February 8 liferation. They also wished each other’s Yanukovych and continuing to strengthen issue of in a story by Clifford J. Levy. athletes success in the Vancouver our cooperation with Ukraine’s govern- Olympic Games. ment and its Parliamentary leaders. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 5

an outright endorsement of the runoff. Yanukovych claims... It’s entirely possible that the Party of (Continued from page 4) Regions falsified enough votes to tip the aged ballots] in all the oblasts. Violations scales in this election, said Ivan Lozowy, are particularly credible in remote villag- president of the Institute of Statehood and es and small places, where a ‘feudal’ con- Democracy in Kyiv. trol by an oligarchy is observed. Reviews The Donetsk Oblast is Ukraine’s most are necessary to legitimize the election populous, and Mr. Yanukovych’s 90 percent results,” Dr. Soskin added. result there translated into 2.7 million votes. Therefore, a falsification of 18 to 20 percent International observers could amount to more than half a million The Tymoshenko campaign might have votes. had early success overturning the election “The chances of Tymoshenko proving results if not for the verdict delivered by that there should be a new round of voting both international and Ukrainian election are far-fetched – not because the falsifica- observers, most of whom assessed the elec- tions aren’t there, because I believe they tions to be free and fair without any system- occurred,” Mr. Lozowy said. “But it would ic violations that significantly influenced take a serious, concerted effort consisting of the final vote count. videotapes, documentation and other evi- Any doubts, particularly those harbored dence to place the elections under very seri- by foreign observers and journalists, were ous doubt.” extinguished by a press conference called at The Tymoshenko campaign should have 3 p.m. on February 8 in Kyiv by representa- been prepared to offer immediately video Official Website of Yulia Tymoshenko tives of the Organization for Security and and documentary evidence to the public and Yulia Tymoshenko waves to photographers on election day. Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the international observers, he said. Instead the European Parliament, the Council of Europe campaign declared its first reports of fraud addressed her weekly Cabinet of Ministers to keep encouraging countries.” and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization only on February 9 – two days after election meeting on February 11 without mentioning Mr. Agov of the NATO Parliamentary (NATO). day, when observers had already approved the elections or giving a press conference. Assembly observation team noted in his Their clear message was they didn’t see the elections and public opinion was formed Her silence fueled speculation among February 8 remarks to the press, “Hope that any basis for appealing the election’s validi- that Mr. Yanukovych was the victor. political observers. progress [was] achieved is now irrevers- ty, declaring them an impressive display of The Tymoshenko campaign in Donbas “What Will Tymoshenko Do?” asked the ible.” democratic elections, which set a model for was led by Natalia Koroliova, a 34-year-old headline on the Dyelo daily newspaper. Yet those most familiar with Mr. post-Soviet countries. Donbas entrepreneur and national deputy She’s planning her post-election strategy, Yanukovych and his entourage, who live in Joao Soares of the OSCE Parliamentary who has little experience in political cam- said Volodymyr Fesenko, board chairman Ukraine and interact with them, aren’t con- Assembly urged Ukraine’s leaders to “listen paigns and minimal influence in a bureau- of the Penta Center for Applied Politics in vinced that the progress achieved with these to the people’s verdict and make sure that a cracy controlled by the Party of Regions, he Kyiv. “It’s not the silence of lambs,” he elections is irreversible. transition of power is peaceful and con- said. said. “The lioness is preparing to leap.” “The 110 percent defeat is the moment structive,” a statement that came as close as “Donetsk is a tough nut to crack,” Mr. Ms. Tymoshenko isn’t being silent – Yanukovych is inaugurated,” Mr. Lozowy possible to recommending that Ms. Lozowy said. “They didn’t do the necessary she’s preparing her speech to the public said. “Anything to forestall or reverse that Tymoshenko concede defeat without actu- groundwork and weren’t prepared. declaring mass falsifications, said Liudmyla is worth pursuing because that’s total disas- ally saying so. Tymoshenko could have launched a local Denysova, the minister of labor and social ter. It’s five years in the wilderness, in The vote count was overwhelmingly television station during the last two years, policy. which the Donetsk crowd tightens the positive and transparency was greatly for instance. But she’s not a systemic man- The Tymoshenko campaign is contesting screws and takes more control of society, enhanced by the large presence of domestic ager. She makes last-minute decisions typi- the vote for several reasons, among them business and the political machine to ensure and international observers, he said. cal of a charismatic manager and it doesn’t the need to save face before its electorate, the next elections aren’t free.” Last-minute changes to election law work, as we’ve seen.” Mr. Fesenko said. It’s also aiming to post- didn’t affect the vote but such attempts are Bringing in hundreds of Georgian elec- pone Mr. Yanukovych’s inauguration as Victory speech unacceptable nevertheless, he said. tion observers, who were unfamiliar with much as possible, in hope of eventually Mr. Yanukovych immediately offered a Government resources were abused and election rules and laws, to the Donbas overturning the vote in the courts, he said. hint of what his presidency would be like business interests continue to intertwine region was a perfect example of her last- In the meantime, the Tymoshenko Bloc will when delivering his brief victory speech the with political interests, Mr. Soares said. The minute strategizing and inability to plot work to prevent a new coalition govern- night of election day in the Russian lan- CEC, dominated by the Party of Regions, even months in advance, Mr. Lozowy said. ment from being formed. guage. And his fellow Party of Regions operated in a non-partisan manner, he said. Tymoshenko silent The Tymoshenko campaign is also work- cohorts dropped their own hints in the fol- The quality of voter lists was improved, but ing to create doubt among the electorate lowing days. still needs work. But what was most uncharacteristic of and the international community over the Without the final results confirmed, “Some say the Orange Revolution has Ms. Tymoshenko was her decision to election’s legitimacy, Mr. Fesenko added. Mykhailo Okhendovskyi, a CEC member failed, but I say, ‘No!’” said Matyas Eorsi, refrain from giving any press conference Indeed, organizations such as the OSCE loyal to the Party of Regions, declared Mr. leader of the observing team from the for at least four days after the vote. have very lax standards when approving Yanukovych the winner three days after- Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Her last public statement on the election elections, said Mr. Lozowy, who served as wards and suggested that Ms. Tymoshenko Europe. “Thanks to the Orange Revolution, consisted of comments that spanned no lon- an OSCE election observer. “They go to resign. (The majority of CEC commission- democratic elections in Ukraine are now a ger than eight minutes before hundreds of places like Kyrgyzstan and it’s no compari- ers are loyal to the Party of Regions.) reality. Both candidates must accept the reporters gathered at the campaign’s press son,” he said. “They also remember what Party of Regions Deputy Chair Hanna democratic nature of this election and so center on the night of elections. Ukraine was like under [former President Herman declared that only the most quali- should all Ukrainians.” After postponing press conferences sev- Leonid] Kuchma. If you don’t have thugs fied candidates would be considered for Ukraine’s largest election monitoring eral times and not appearing in public for beating voters or tanks rolling in, it’s demo- posts in the Yanukovych government, yet organizations, the Committee of Voters of three days, Prime Minister Tymoshenko cratic in their context. Their point of view is Ukrainian media published reports that Ukraine and Opora, also found no basis to most of the same Party of Regions officials question the final results, reporting no mas- who served in prior governments are likely sive or systemic falsifications. The CVU is to return. funded by the Charles Mott Foundation, In standard Regions style, Mr. while Opora is financed by the National Kolesnikov threatened to toss Ms. Democratic Institute. Tymoshenko from her post if she didn’t Only the two Ukrainian diaspora elec- resign. tion-monitoring groups, the Ukrainian “If she wants to have a political future, Congress Committee of America (UCCA) she should voluntarily resign,” the mega- and the Canada Ukraine Foundation (which millionaire said in an interview with the functioned in association with the Ukrainian Segodnya newspaper, owned by his close Canadian Congress), withheld their associate Rinat Akhmetov. “If she doesn’t endorsement of the elections. go, then she’ll be removed. That can hap- The only observing official bold enough pen in the nearest future.” to express his doubts about the February 7 Investigative journalist Serhii Leschenko vote was U.S. Federal Judge Bohdan Futey, reported that his attempt to photograph whose statements to the Gazeta.ua news mega-millionaire oligarch Vasyl website were broadcast by the national Khmelnytskyi entering the Party of Regions media. headquarters on February 10 drew shouts [Editor’s note: Andrew Futey, the son of from camouflaged security guards, telling Judge Futey, served as a consultant to the him he was forbidden to take pictures. Tymoshenko campaign.] They dismissed Ms. Leschenko’s expla- Meanwhile, the Canada Ukraine Zenon Zawada Zenon Zawada nation that he was on a public street and Foundation on February 9 released a state- Democratic elections in Ukraine are a Canada Ukraine Foundation Chief of had every right to photograph, and then ment that said “there was an adequate new reality in Ukraine thanks to the Mission Bohdan Onyschuk described demanded that he erase the photos he shot. attempt to meet internationally accepted Orange Revolution, said Matyas Eorsi, the February 7 elections as an “ade- The guards released him when he began standards for free and fair elections” in the a member of the Parliamentary quate attempt to meet internationally informing his editors of their unlawful oblasts under its observation, but withheld Assembly of the Council of Europe. accepted standards.” demands, Mr. Leschenko reported. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 No. 7

COMMENTARY Th e Uk r a i n i a n We e k l y Ukraine’s semi-presidential cul de sac The Orange Revolution and 2010 by Andreas Umland of the prolonged standoffs between The 2010 presidential election proved the Orange Revolution was a dazzling President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime success, but this election could just as well demonstrate it was a disastrous fail- At the beginning of November 2009, Ministers Viktor Yanukovych or Yulia ure. the Pew Research Center published the Tymoshenko. Raids of government offices and last-minute changes to the election law results of its recent survey of attitudes The failure to understand these prob- threatened to throw the vote into chaos. Yet Ukrainians responded with excep- toward democracy in post-Soviet coun- lems and the nature of the political crisis tional calm and commitment to ensuring a fair vote, international observers tries. The findings on Ukraine were has not only distorted Ukrainian attitudes declared. “The pessimistic scenarios put before election day were proven sobering as they showed considerable toward their young democracy in recent wrong,” said Assen Agov, leader of the NATO election monitoring team. Ukrainian disappointment at the demo- years, but also the opinion of foreign No violent incidents or evidence of systemic fraud affected the results, inter- cratic path of development that had been commentators, not familiar with recent national observers reported. Ukrainian democracy is a model for other post-Sovi- resoundingly reasserted in 2004, during political research. Semi-presidentialism’s et countries, they said. “Some say the Orange Revolution has failed, but I say, the Orange Revolution. effects on this post-totalitarian state has ‘No!’ ” said Matyas Eorsi, leader of the Council of Europe’s team. “Thanks to The popularity of democracy had fall- even compelled some people to question the Orange Revolution, democratic elections in Ukraine are now a reality.” en in Ukraine by 42 percent between the suitability of democracy for Ukraine Mr. Eorsi’s optimism is appreciated, yet it’s worth waiting before popping the 1991 and 2009 – the sharpest fall in all or even of Ukrainians for democracy. champagne corks. Indeed, the election results have yet to be officially declared the post-Soviet countries where surveys While Ukraine’s current semi-presi- by Ukraine’s Central Election Commission, and the campaign of Yulia had been carried out. The 30 percent who dency is, as such, relatively democratic, Tymoshenko has announced that it has evidence of mass falsifications. still supported democracy in 2009 was governmental prerogatives within this It took three days for her campaign to make that announcement, and by then the lowest figure of the countries in the system are fractured. Ever since the fall the global press was all but declaring Viktor Yanukovych’s victory. The study (see: “End of Communism Cheered, of the semi-presidential Weimar Republic Tymoshenko team poured out further claims the next day, declaring it was seek- But Now with More Reservations. The in 1930-1933, comparative studies have ing to appeal the results reported by more than 900 election commissions in four Pulse of Europe 2009: 20 Years After the shown that a divided executive is, espe- oblasts dominated by the Party of Regions. Ms. Tymoshenko has yet to call a Fall of the Berlin Wall,” Pew Global cially in transition countries, ineffectual. press conference to declare the massive fraud, indicating she’s carefully plotting Attitudes Project, November 2, 2009, But outside the narrow circle of interna- her moves. She’s in a very awkward position. The international community was http://pewglobal.org/reports/display. tional political analysts, this issue is rare- on her side in 2004; now, things may be different. php?ReportID=267). ly recognized as being a problem of Any attempts to claim wide-scale fraud, and possibly overturn the vote, will A factor contributing to the Ukrainians’ Ukraine not specific to this post-Soviet go against public opinion, which was molded both domestically and globally on growing discontent with their political country. the afternoon of February 8. That’s when the leaders of the OSCE, Council of system has been rarely acknowledged in As a result of such misunderstandings, Europe, European Parliament and NATO election observation missions gave both Ukraine and the West: semi-presi- dissatisfaction with Ukraine’s govern- their collective stamp of approval to the election at a well-attended Kyiv press dentialism – the political system in place, ment at home and abroad has bred fatal- conference. in Kyiv, since the Orange Revolution. At ism. The strange political spectacles in The Tymoshenko campaign will need to offer ample and significant evidence the height of the uprising, a political com- Kyiv during the past few years are seen in order for its claims to be taken seriously and have any merit. promise between pro- and anti-Orange as reflecting the political immaturity of Much will hang in the balance at the Supreme Court of Ukraine, which is led groupings was arrived at in a short period the Ukrainian elite or even of the whole by Vasyl Onopenko, the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine, of time. It led to a hasty constitutional population. which belongs to the Tymoshenko Bloc. Mr. Onopenko has the authority to over- reform implemented at the end of 2004 What needs to be remembered, howev- turn the election results. But will he do so if the evidence is inadequate? and coming into force on January 1, er, is that from 1991 to 2004 Ukraine car- That will be the ultimate test of whether the Orange Revolution was a success. 2006. ried out one of the most impressive Besides fair elections, Ukraine needs courts that interpret the law independent of As a result, a division of executive democratizations in recent European his- personal, political or business interests. Mr. Onopenko will play a critical role in power between the president and the tory, and done so in the teeth of tremen- determining whether Ukraine passes or fails. prime minister became set in concrete, dous difficulties. Seen in comparative The other test involves the ability of Ukraine’s institutions to withstand the rather than just nominal, as it had been perspective and properly contextualized, expected onslaught of Donbas business interests should Mr. Yanukovych and the under President . Ukraine’s performance was, in fact, Party of Regions take power. There’s no reason to think this group of charming However, this now properly semi-presi- remarkable. fellows will fulfill even half of their outrageous campaign promises, such as can- dential form of government is problemat- It was only in 1998, for instance, that celing taxes on small- and middle-sized businesses and tapping only the most ic for societies in transition, not least for the Germans, for the first time in their qualified candidates to serve as ministers. The legitimate concern among many Eastern European countries, as has been history, removed via popular vote their political observers is that Mr. Yanukovych could devote his presidency to ensur- amply demonstrated in comparative ruler, Chancellor Helmuth Kohl, from ing that the Party of Regions dominates Ukrainian politics and that the 2015 vote research (see for example: “Semi- power. (In 1969 Chancellor Kurt isn’t nearly as close. Presidentialism in Central and Eastern Kiesinger also stood down after In this sense, the Orange Revolution was a disaster. Europe,” edited by Robert Elgie and Bundestagswahlen, yet his party CDU/ In 2005 Viktor Yushchenko was thrust into an unprecedented moment in Sophia Moestrup. Manchester University CSU had, unlike 1998, actually won these Ukrainian history in which he was given a full mandate by the Ukrainian people Press 2008). elections.) The Ukrainians, already in to radically reform society for the better and provide the chance for a middle Ukrainian attitudes to democracy and 1994, had kicked out, by a popular vote, class to emerge. “Whatever one sows, that will he also reap,” the Bible tells us. the international reputations of their poli- their ruler and first post-Soviet president, Mr. Yanukovych’s emergence as president of Ukraine can be seen as the outcome ticians have been negatively affected by Leonid Kravchuk, who had been elected of the ruinous conflicts between President Yushchenko and his erstwhile ally the destructive repercussions of that sys- in 1991. In doing so, they met early on a Prime Minister Tymoshenko, both of whom failed to live up to the Orange tem, i.e., the conflict inherent in the criterion used by political scientists in Revolution’s promises. divided executive. The new balance of determining the maturity of a democracy. The former partners don’t lose much, as they are able to retire to their lives of power between the state’s two rulers, and Since then, Ukrainians have two more wealth and comfort in their opulent mansions, tucked behind iron gates manned the parliamentary-presidential system that times rejected incumbents in presidential by security guards. But the long-suffering Ukrainian people, who risked their came into force in January 2006 were elections: Mr. Yanukovych (who had been lives in 2004-2005 for these two personalities, don’t deserve the potentially grim important, if not the chief, determinants prime minister since 2002) in December fate that awaits them. 2004, and Mr. Yushchenko (as president “Yanukovych was able to become president only thanks to the Orange Andreas Umland is general editor of standing for a second term) in January Revolution,” noted political scientist Oleksii Holobutskyi. Democracy is messy the book series “Soviet and Post-Soviet 2010. indeed. Politics and Society” (www.ibidem-ver- This illustrates that Ukraine is – for all lag.de/spps.html). His articles have the mess in its politics – today a demo- appeared in such publications as The cratic country. The West should pay more Wall Street Journal, The Washington attention to this young nation-state, as Feb. Post, Moscow Times, Kyiv Post and The well as help Ukrainians to restructure and Turning the pages back... Ukrainian Weekly. consolidate their current political system. 15 Three years ago, on February 15, 2007, President Viktor 2007 Yushchenko’s legal advisor, Ihor Pukshyn, announced that the May we help you? Presidential Secretariat would ask the Constitutional Court to clarify whether the president can dismiss the Cabinet. Mr. To reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800, Pukshyn argued that the Cabinet is accountable to both Parliament and the president, which would mean that the president, and not only Parliament, can dismiss the and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below). Cabinet. The constitutional amendments of 2004, which went into effect in 2006, left to the president only the right to ask Parliament to vote no confidence in the Cabinet, First Editorial – 3049, 3088 • Production – 3063, 3069 Deputy Minister of the Cabinet of Minsters Olena Lukash noted. The final word was Administration – 3041 • Advertising – 3040 in the hands of Parliament, which was dominated by supporters of Prime Minister Subscriptions – 3042 (Continued on page 21) No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

difficult for someone who visits Ukraine A letter-writer once or twice to observe everything, espe- cially when most of the time is spent with responds to critics relatives and friends. Mr. Zawada mentioned blackouts, heat- Dear Editor: ing failures and muggings. Although we personally did not experience any of these, It seems that I offended a couple of Flowers everywhere we have heard from others who have. Canadian readers (letters, November 22, 2009) by referring to my experience with However, one year we were without any In 1998 I traveled to Ukraine for three mother – stayed there when she was in Canadian medicine, which consisted water for a day in and were told that months to work on a voter education pro- Lviv. of one tiny paragraph in a letter denounc- this is nothing unusual. As far as muggings, gram. On March 29 – election day – as The memorial plaque reads: “In this ing “Obamacare” (September 27, 2009). I agree with Ms. Buchan that this is some- Ukrainians voted in a new Parliament, building until 1944 lived the famous Lew As both letter-writers challenged me to thing one might experience anywhere while my cousin Kvitka Cisyk lost her battle family, into which in 1953 was born the respond to their letters, I am doing so, traveling, but it is wise to be careful, as Mr. with breast cancer. well-known American singer of albeit belatedly. Zawada suggested. I had visited her in her apartment over- Ukrainian descent Kvitka Cisyk.” It was Greg Rak issued a strong legal challenge In Lviv, the atmosphere is very different looking a snowy Central Park in New blessed by the parish priest of Kvitka’s to me, basing his questions on the assump- from that in Kyiv. We always feel at home York before I left. She had thrown open Ukrainian cousin, Marta Cisyk-Kachmar. tion that it was my arm that was broken and in Lviv, Ukrainian is spoken everywhere her large closet and pulled out clothing The installation of the plaque was ini- that the incident was a serious crime that around us, especially by students around for me. “I want you to look good in tiated by the Ukrainian-born producer needed to be reported to the highest schools and universities. Unfortunately, not Ukraine,” she had said. She assured me Aleksander Guttmacher, who since 2007 Canadian authorities. I invite Mr. Rak to enough is done to restore some of the beau- we would see each other when I returned has worked tirelessly to introduce Kvitka reread my letter. I never said it was my arm tiful, historical buildings in Lviv, and also to to the States in April. I came home for to new audiences. He began by hosting that was broken and I never said it was a provide better conditions for tourists (i.e., her memorial service. evenings of Kvitka’s music for new “crime.” We were in Montreal for a hockey public toilets, visitor stands, brochures, etc.), I was in Lviv observing the elections immigrants in the New York area. These tournament about 15 years ago and it was although there is some progress here. when Kvitka passed away. Twelve years evenings, with performances by singers one of my son’s 10-year-old teammates Kyiv is something else. Every time we – and four elections – later I returned to and musicians from Ukraine, culminated whom my husband accompanied to the ER. visit Kyiv, we are constantly irritated. Lviv to honor Kvitka’s memory with the in a March 2008 concert at The Ukrainian The boy was treated for pain (emergency Newsstands don’t display Ukrainian news- unveiling of a memorial plaque on the Museum in New York attended by service was provided), but his arm was not papers, most restaurants have menus written street where my father, Wasyl Lew, was Kvitka’s husband, Ed Rakowicz, and set until extra money was paid. No one con- in Russian, and the Russian language is the born. their son, Eddie. Mr. Guttmacher also produced the sidered this a crime, just the consequences language everywhere you go. Kvitka was many things to many peo- October 2008 memorial concert in Kyiv, of socialized medicine – underpaid doc- A couple of years ago we enjoyed a ple, but her legacy is Ukrainian song. At which was attended by First Lady tors and understaffed ERs. We considered cruise on the River down to Crimea, a 2008 concert held in her memory in Kyiv, the singer Nina Matvienko whis- Kateryna Yushchenko and Minister of this experience an annoyance, not a crime. I with stops along the way. The captain of the pered the following to me back stage: “In Culture and Tourism Vasyl Vovkun. would never release this doctor’s name even ship (although Ukrainian) spoke in Russian, the dark times there was no Ukrainian Additional concerts were held in Odesa if I could remember it. I truly believe your and so did the whole crew. There were song. And then we heard Kvitka, who and Lviv, and a fourth concert is sched- government as well as ours has more seri- Russian, German, Spanish and English tour preserved that song for us when we uled for February 22 in Ivano-Frankivsk. ous things to investigate. guides throughout the journey, but no couldn’t have it... My own daughter told He also plans to launch a festival of As for Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, he too Ukrainian guide – although our group con- me that Kvitka was the most important Ukrainian music in Kvitka’s name, and is should reread my letter. I never said anyone sisted of about 20 Ukrainians. Upon my singer of Ukrainian song. I realized then currently arranging for a street in Lviv to “insisted” on a bribe; that is Dr. Luciuk’s return, I wrote to the minister of culture and I was nothing compared to her.” be named in her honor. word. Again I would report only a serious tourism about this and he finally responded On January 22, on Hlyboka Street in Mr. Guttmacher, who never met crime to any government. If the boy’s life (about six months later) promising to correct Lviv’s center, some 50 people, including Kvitka, says that one needs only to hear had been in danger, there is no doubt that the problem. Deputy Mayor Vasyl Kosiv and former her sing “Cheremshyna” to understand action would have been taken on our part. The Hyatt hotel in Kyiv stands out as a Soviet dissident and poet Ihor Kalynets, what drives him to promote her so tire- Also, I do not appreciate the implication that sore thumb, as it does not harmonize with braved temperatures hovering around lessly. I concocted this incident to score political the architecture of the city. Also, it is not a freezing to watch the unveiling of a Kvitka’s music has a way of opening points. I do not lie. Dr. Luciuk is very proud hotel for us tourists, but for rich oligarchs plaque in Kvitka’s honor. people’s hearts. After the unveiling of the that life expectancy in Canada is higher and wealthy businessmen from the West. No. 8 Hlyboka Street was the home of memorial plaque, a young man named than in the U.S. I would like to inform him Anyone who has been in Kyiv recently our grandparents, Sophia and Wasyl Lew. Yevhen Bulavin invited all those assem- that it is well-known that life expectancy during the cold, snowy weather, has had to My father was born there in 1940, and bled for coffee and pastries at his cafe, involves a lot of factors (see The New wade through snow and ice, since there was his older sister, Ivanna Cisyk – Kvitka’s Shtuka. Just because he liked her song. England Journal of Medicine). Only 10 per- no clean-up whatsoever. People slipped and cent is dependent on health care; the rest fell, broke their arms and legs, and no one depends on human behavior, genetic predis- cared. The mayor of the capital was vaca- position and social circumstances. I feel we tioning in Africa at the time. in the U.S. are doing quite well considering Also, it is a disgrace that Kyiv, a beautiful all the illegal immigrants that our health care historical city, is so neglected. Whoever has system services. We also have the shortest the money can get permission to build any- wait time in the world, so I am definitely where in the city, whether it fits in with the taking my chances here. existing architecture or not, and whether it is It was not irresponsible of me to relate safe or not. one unfortunate incident. I never said “all” In my observations I do have to mention Canadian doctors “insist” on bribes or that the presidential election. What does it say “all” Canadian medicine is inferior. That about our people in Ukraine that in the first would indeed have been irresponsible. round they voted for Viktor Yanukovych However, I am now offended that both (35 percent) and Yulia Tymoshenko (25 authors implied that the incident did not percent), and President Viktor Yushchenko happen since I did not report it as a crime. (the only real Ukrainian among these candi- Hurling insults at me does not accomplish dates) received only 5 percent of the votes? anything. I think my Canadian friends over- What is Ukraine’s future should Mr. reacted. Yanukovych win? It is nice to visit Ukraine for several Lydia Kossak Kernitsky D.M.D. weeks, meet relatives and go sightseeing, Colts Neck, N.J. but to see what the reality is takes much more time. Oksana Kuzyszyn More about Fords, N.J. Family of Kvitka Cisyk gather at No. 8 Hlyboka St.: (from left) Chrystyna visiting Ukraine Kharmatiy, Khristina Lew, Marta Cisyk-Kachmar and Maria Cisyk. We welcome your opinion Dear Editor: The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters Whether they’re 15 or 50, This letter is in response to Orysia Duplak to the editor and commentaries on a vari- Buchan’s letter about her experience in ety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian give your children a gift subscription to Ukraine (January 32), and her reaction to American and Ukrainian Canadian com- munities. Opinions expressed by colum- Zenon Zawada’s “Survival tips for election nists, commentators and letter-writers are Th e Uk r a i n i a n We e k l y . observers in Ukraine” (January 3). their own and do not necessarily reflect I have visited Ukraine almost every year the opinions of either The Weekly edito- To subscribe call 973-292-9800, x 3042 since 1991 and have had some positive but rial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian or e-mail [email protected]. also some negative experiences. It is very National Association. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 No. 7

NEWS AND VIEWS FOR THE RECORD Ukraine’s “Untouchables” UABA reacts to article by Illya M. Labunka political leader also has a familiar knack for flexing his wrists and elbows like an in The Washington Post Every political campaign, especially accountant or bank clerk. on the national level, sooner or later Inna Prykhodko, a 21-year-old gradu- On January 6, The Washington Post becomes a target of comic relief. ate of the Kyiv National University of published an article by John Pancake A recent Washing- Anyone who has followed Ukrainian Culture and the Arts, is featured as Julia headlined “In Ukraine, movement to politics over the last couple of years Volodymyrivna Crazy in the leading honor members of WWII underground ton Post article would, more likely than not, agree that female role of the series. Along with a sets off debate.” While the article began the banality of the situation has become now-famous braid, Ms. Prykhodko by acknowledging that the Ukrainian lends credibility “fair game” for political satire and paro- enhances her excellent performance underground fought both Hitler and dy. through appropriate attire and subtle Stalin, it proceeded to expand on “a to Soviet (and now One entity that has declared “open sea- facial expressions coupled with a distinct national debate” that was “set off” by son” on Ukraine’s national political elite the movement for recognition of “those Russian) disin- íêä voice and dialect. is the Ukraine-based TRK Ukraina ( Ms. Prykhodko first gained national earlier nationalists.” ìÍ‡ªÌ‡) television network. formation cam- prominence in May 2009 as a contestant It continued, at length, that “Many say In the autumn of 2009 this TV network on the “Ukraine Has Talent” television the underground collaborated with the produced a political sitcom titled paigns concerning show broadcast on the STB (ëíÅ) net- Nazis, killed thousands of Jews and per- “Nedotorkani” (The Untouchables, or work. Due to the overwhelming success petrated a campaign of ethnic cleansing Ukraine. The Politically Immune), an allusion to of her portrayal of the Julia against Poles.” the as-of-yet unrevoked immunity from Volodymyrivna Crazy character, Ms. “The effort to recognize the insur- prosecution of Ukraine’s legislators and Prykhodko was offered the opportunity to gents,” Mr. Pancake wrote, “also is tak- Revolution five years ago. The trajectory high-level politicians. Directed by reprise her popular role on the TRK ing place against the backdrop of centu- of that path may be reversing, in which Valentyn Opalev, the eight-episode series Ukraina network in the “Nedotorkani” ries of persecution of Jews in Ukraine, case the implications for the security of was originally scheduled for nationwide series. where pogroms were common.” Bogdan the rest of Europe and the United States broadcast in October 2009. Unfortunately, Another veteran of the “äÇç” comedy [sic] Khmelnytsky is then alleged to have will be profound. As stated by Sherman the satirical TV series has yet to be broad- circuit program by the name of “presided over the killings of tens of Garnett of the Carnegie Endowment for cast on national television. thousands of Jews...” International Peace: “Whether Russian- All attempts to assess the reasoning Kostiantyn Roshkulets assumes the role The article quotes Prof. Peter J. led integration on the territory of the behind the decision to indefinitely shelve of Fedir Viktorovych, a Joe the Plumber Potichnyj of McMaster University in former USSR will pose a serious, long- the series indefinitely have proven futile. type of character who, despite his work- Ontario, as a former member of the term military challenge to the West, A search on the parent TV network’s ing-class roots and rough-around-the- Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). The depends in large part on the role that website provided no evidence of such a edges demeanor, manages to become a article also quotes John-Paul Himka of Ukraine plays or is compelled to play.” production’s existence. Additional prominent national political figure, albeit the University of Alberta: “He [Prof. Although the article begins by recog- Internet surfing offered fragmentary and still a buffoon in the end. Mr. Roshkulets Himka] estimates that UPA fighters killed nizing Ukrainian opposition to both Hitler ambiguous phrases (in Russian) suggest- delivers a solid performance with an several thousands Jews, ‘but perhaps the and Stalin, it references the Ukrainian ing that, “information on the subject entertaining focus on physical manner- number was much higher.’” Insurgent Army (UPA) and concludes by ‘Nedotorkani’ is unavailable”…probably isms and verbal expressions. Mr. Pancake concludes by quoting quoting Rabbi Yaakov Bleich’s allegation for good reason. The head of the legislative branch of Yaakov Bleich, the chief rabbi of Ukraine: that “The Ukrainian insurgents fought Fortunately for interested viewers, the government is a character by the name of “The Ukrainian insurgents fought along- alongside the fascists. And maybe their video-sharing website YouTube began Mytvyn, who as a Slick Willy type of fel- side the fascists.” intentions were good, but I will say that featuring all eight episodes of the series low featuring a white, precisioned coif- This isn’t the first time that Mr. the road to hell is paved with good inten- as early as October of last year. The open- fure, seems more concerned with catch- Pancake uncritically introduced some tions.” By ending on such a note, The ing credits of the pilot episode features a ing the next soccer game than deliberat- inexcusable errors that fundamentally Post necessarily accedes to the conse- depiction of Ilya Repin’s famous painting ing mundane legislation. Vyacheslav distort the historical record. On quent imagery of the UPA as an ally of “Reply of the Zaporozhian Kozaks to Vasyliuk garners high praise for his per- December 27, 2009, The Washington Post Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman formance. Hitler, seemingly roaming the countryside published in its Travel section an exten- Empire,” with the faces of Ukraine’s con- Featuring a recognizable lisp, the coun- with no purpose other than to indiscrimi- sive article about Kyiv, written by Mr. temporary political leaders masterfully try’s top law enforcement officer goes by nately kill Poles and Jews. Pancake, headlined “Visiting Kiev [sic], superimposed over the historic images the name of Obtsenko and is portrayed The labeling of the UPA as “fascist” the capitaol of Ukraine and a cradle of portrayed in the artwork. The creative true-to-form by Andriy Bohdanovych. has repeatedly been shown to be a Soviet- Russian culture.” That article was subse- forces behind this spectacle clearly Olena Bondareva-Repina provides the era fabrication, but the accusation is still quently reprinted in New Jersey’s Star- intended to demonstrate and parody the viewer with a tour-de-force performance leveled today by those who are not aware Ledger, and possibly in other newspapers. “sharovarschyna” of today’s political of an outspoken, loudmouth politician of the fabrication, or those intent on com- While largely positive in substance and scene in Ukraine – two Ukrainians, three known as Inna Hermanivna Bohuslavska. promising a democratic Ukraine that is tone, in that earlier article Mr. Pancake hetmans. An effective amalgamation of two independent of Russian rule. The falsifi- dutifully recited the ritual catechism of Each episode is split into thirds, with well-known nationalist-oriented politi- cation was documented, yet again, with Russian “historians” that Kyiv is the each third of an episode running approxi- cians is entertainingly personified by the the declassification of KGB archives in mother of “Russian” cities, and that mately eight minutes for a total of 24 to embroidered shirt-wearing Tyahnyshkil Ukraine by President Viktor Yushchenko. 26 minutes per episode. The final third of character portrayed by Yaroslav Russian culture traces its origins to Kyiv. A recent study, “The Jewish Card in each episode is followed by a disclaimer Chornenkyi. We reprint for our readers, Ukrainians Russian Special Operations Against stating that all persons and actions are Ihor Portnyanko delivers a truly come- and non-Ukrainians alike, the response of Ukraine,” was presented by Moses fictitious and any similarity to real events dic and accurate portrayal of a clueless, the Ukrainian American Bar Association Fishbein at the University of Illinois at is purely coincidental. “spaced out” politician by the name of to The Post’s article about the Ukrainian Urbana-Champaign, on June 24-27, 2009 The ensemble of the “Nedotorkani” Kosmovetskyi, who, among numerous insurgency during the second world war. (available on the website http://www. series consists of a very well cast group oddities, enjoys singing Ukrainian tradi- The author of the letter, Victor Rud, said vaadua.org/VaadENG/News%20 of talented actors, most of whom are not tional folk songs in public while on the “It is hoped that this will serve as a con- eng-2009/fishbeyn2.htm), which conclud- (yet) household names in Ukraine. The job. venient summary of Ukraine’s decision ed as follows: cast is led by actor Harik Bircha, a veter- The portrayal of Communist political not to compromise principle, and to battle “Russia’s special services are seeking an of the TV comedy circuit league-ori- leader Kommunenko is one of the few tyranny whatever its form.” to destabilize the situation in Ukraine, undermine its sovereignty and independ- ented program known as “KBH,” which weaker performances of the entire series. *** features affiliate shows in Russia, Ukraine In this season of intense political cam- ence, create a negative image of this and other post-Soviet republics. paigning and high drama, “Nedotorkani” Dear Sir / Madam: country, block its integration into European and Euro-Atlantic structures, Mr. Bircha ably portrays a character seems to offer the open-minded viewer As an organization of practicing attor- known as Andriy Viktorovych, the “guar- some respite from the, quite frankly, and turn Ukraine into a dependent and neys and jurists, we have over many years manipulated satellite. In their special antor” of the Constitution. The guarantor depressing political situation in Ukraine. encountered the unchallenged acceptance is seen as someone preoccupied mainly Ukraine’s “not ready for prime time operations against Ukraine they attribute of Soviet (and now Russian) disinforma- exceptional importance to the ‘Jewish with his antiques collection and apiary, players” can be viewed by Googling the tion campaigns concerning Ukraine. John while simultaneously engaged in a sin- word “̉ÓÚÓ͇̥” in the Cyrillic card.’” Pancake’s article about the Ukrainian A voluminous historical record estab- cere but someone hapless effort to eradi- alphabet or by logging on to http://www. underground during World War II cate corruption wherever possible. This youtube.com/watch?v=e7bg306NQnw lishes that the UPA uncompromisingly (January 6, 2010) unwittingly, but no less battled Nazi Germany. Simultaneously unfortunately, lends credibility to those and against impossible odds, the UPA efforts. battled against Hitler’s erstwhile co-con- The issue is not merely historical accu- spirator, Stalin, well into the 1950s. The To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly, racy. Russia re-catalyzed the disinforma- declared position of the Organization of tion campaigns after Ukraine declared Ukrainian Nationalists, whose military independence and, even more, after arm was the UPA, was clear: “The OUN call 973-292-9800, ext. 3042 Ukraine struck firmly on a democratic is resolutely fighting against both interna- path and integration with the rest of Europe in the wake of the Orange (Continued on page 24) No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 9

NEWS ANALYSIS The “reset” at one year: the view from Moscow

by Brian Whitmore of this agreement has been spotty. tionship with China develops. If the Russia-U.S. reset was the theme of last RFE/RL Mixed signals Russia wants the year’s Munich conference, this year’s Vladimir Putin was in favor of Barack Russia has also sent mixed signals about United States to gathering was to open with a speech by the Obama’s reconfigured missile defense plan supporting Washington’s drive to impose Chinese foreign minister, Yang Jiechi, and before he was against it. tough sanctions on Iran in order to curb agree to grant it a was expected to highlight Beijing’s grow- When the new U.S. president announced Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. In late ing influence. in September 2009 that he was scrapping September 2009, President Dmitry sphere of influence As with Russia, Mr. Obama initially plans to install an advanced radar in the Medvedev indicated support for the U.S. in the former So- reached out to China in hopes of persuad- Czech Republic and defensive missiles in policy, saying “in some cases, sanctions ing Beijing to support sanctions on Iran, Poland in favor of a new approach relying are inevitable.” But weeks later, Mr. viet space as part agree to curbs on greenhouse-gas emis- on sea-based interceptors in southern Lavrov appeared to retreat, saying “sanc- sions and revalue its currency, which Europe, the Russian prime minister hailed tions and threats of pressure in the current of a new “security Washington believes is kept at an artifi- the move as “correct and brave.” situation, we are convinced, would be cially low level to boost exports. But just months later, Mr. Putin caused counterproductive.” architecture” for Now Mr. Obama is taking a tougher more than a little bit of head-scratching in Mr. Lukyanov says many in the Russian line with China, and Mr. Lukyanov says Washington when he abruptly reversed elite think the United States is asking for a Europe –some- Moscow is watching very closely. course in December 2009 and slammed Mr. lot from Russia and offering little in return. thing the Obama “An interesting period is starting in Obama’s new approach, saying it would “There is just a desire on the part of the which the United States is trying to dem- fundamentally disrupt the balance of power United States to solve problems that are administration onstrate to China that America remains a in Europe and force Russia to develop new important to them, and to get Russia’s sup- powerful world leader,” Mr. Lukyanov offensive weapons in response. port for this,” he says. “This, so far, hasn’t has said it will not says. “The result of this attempt will seri- That on-again, off-again quality has worked.” ously influence Russian American rela- characterized much of Russia’s relations The United States has stopped pressing agree to. tions. with the United States in the year since hard for NATO membership for Georgia “If China holds its ground and demon- U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden announced and Ukraine, a serious point of conflict strate political strength vis-à-vis the United at the Munich Security Conference that it during the administration of George W. States, then this will strengthen the position was time to “press the reset button” in Bush. President Obama and other adminis- its advantage. of those in Russia who believe that the peri- Russian-American relations. tration officials, however, have stressed “Russia sees the West and the United od of American dominance is over and That fateful phrase, uttered one year ago, repeatedly that the alliance’s door is open States as its main enemy – politically, Russia must act accordingly.” Mr. was followed by a jokey presentation of a and Moscow will not have a veto over this ideologically, economically and militarily. Lukyanov explains. “But if it goes the other plastic red-and-yellow “reset” button by decision. That is how it is seen from Russia, but not way, then the belief that you need to take Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to her Russia, however, wants the United from the West,” Mr. Felgenhauer says. American strength into account will grow.” Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov. But “These are very serious differences that substantive changes resulted as well, includ- States to agree to grant it a sphere of influ- ence in the former Soviet space as part of a cannot be overcome just by brandishing Copyright 2010, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted ing a marked improvement in the rhetoric, small yellow boxes with red buttons.” with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ tone and atmosphere between Washington new “security architecture” for Europe – something the administration has said it U.S.-China relations Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, and Moscow. But while the barbs, bluster Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org. and confrontation that marked much of the will not agree to. Mr. Felgenhauer says Russia is seeking That, of course, can change. And one (See http://www.rferl.org/content/The_ past decade have subsided, they have yet to area strategists in Moscow are keeping a Reset_At_One_Year_The_View_From_ be replaced by a true spirit of cooperation. something similar in the former Soviet space to the tacit deal Moscow got at the close eye on is how the United States’ rela- Moscow/1949825.html Untrustworthy competitor Yalta conference in February 1945 as World War II was winding down, when Analysts say this is partially because a they won a free hand in Eastern Europe. significant portion of the current Russian elite, most notably the security service vet- “Some kind of agreement is seen as erans surrounding Mr. Putin, continue to possible in Russia, but the terms are unac- view the United States as a competitor that ceptable in the West,” Mr. Felgenhauer cannot be trusted. says. “Russia is thinking in terms of a new “The main problem, of course, is very Yalta and carving up Eurasia.” serious differences in strategic objectives What form relations? between the United States and Russia,” says Moscow-based defense analyst Pavel One effect the reset has had in Russia is Felgenhauer. “There is a gap in objectives to spark, for the first time in nearly a and a gap in ideology, which makes coop- decade, a debate about what form Russia’s eration uneasy and very limited.” relations with the United States and the Fyodor Lukyanov, editor-in-chief of the West should take. influential Moscow-based journal Russia In a recent article published in Mr. in Global Affairs, says the problem runs Lukyanov’s journal, for example, Yevgeny even deeper. Two decades after the end of Savostyanov, a former Kremlin deputy the Cold War, the two former superpower chief of staff, wrote that “there are no rivals still don’t really know how to deal insurmountable obstacles against building with each other. a full-scale partnership” between “There is a clear desire to improve Washington and Moscow. relations, which had reached a dead end “Recent developments in the world make before Obama took office,” Mr. Lukyanov it necessary to focus on a dramatic revision says. “But what do Russia and America of Russian-U.S. relations on a scope not want from each other in today’s world? seen before,” Mr. Savostyanov wrote. This is not clear.” “Russia, the world’s largest country, with The idea behind President Obama’s immense resources, and the U.S., the rich- reset with Russia was to shift the focus est, most powerful and advanced country in away from contentious issues like NATO the world, have no imminent contradic- expansion and missile defense and concen- tions.” trate instead on areas where interests over- Mr. Lukyanov says a debate is going on lap, like arms control, the war in inside the elite, but says views advocating Afghanistan and preventing Iran from an alliance with Washington are “margin- acquiring nuclear weapons. al” at this point. A year down the road, however, the “A minority thinks Russia needs to form record is mixed. A new Strategic Arms an alliance with the United States,” he Limitation Treaty (START) was supposed says. “And there are some who think to be completed by the end of 2009 when Russia needs to take advantage of this the existing Cold War-era pact expired. moment, when America appears to not But negotiations have dragged on longer know what it wants.” than expected and analysts say a new trea- For the time being, analysts say the pre- ty could still be months away. dominant opinion in the foreign policy The United States sought, and received, elite is that the Untied States has been permission from Moscow to transport mil- weakened by a combination of the eco- itary hardware to Afghanistan across nomic crisis and the wars in Iraq and Russian territory. But the implementation Afghanistan – and that Russia should push 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 No. 7 Plokhy’s new book, “Yalta: The Price of Peace,” launched at Harvard by Peter T. Woloschuk The launch was followed by a similar event at Columbia University’s Harriman CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard Center (Averell Harriman was the U.S. Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) on ambassador to the USSR at the time of the February 4 co-hosted the launch of Dr. Yalta Conference) on Friday, February 5, Serhii M. Plokhy’s latest book, “Yalta: The which was co-sponsored by the university’s Price of Peace.” The event was co-spon- Ukrainian Studies program. sored by Harvard University’s Davis Center Viking Press characterizes the book “as for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the an authoritative, original and vividly-written Weatherhead Center for International narrative history that offers telling lessons Affairs, and will be featured on C-Span’s for the future. It makes the point that, how- Book TV on Sunday, February 14, at 7 p.m. ever skillful the diplomat and however The release of the book by Viking Press promising the outcome (and the Yalta in New York City was specifically timed to Conference was, at the time, perceived by coincide with the 65th anniversary of the many as a great accomplishment), demo- Yalta Conference, which played a major role cratic leaders must be prepared to pay a in dividing the post-World War II world and price for their close involvement with those launched a new chapter in Ukrainian histo- who do not share their values.” ry. “Yalta” also received strong endorse- More than 75 members of Harvard and ments from Pulitzer Prize-winning authors the greater Boston Ukrainian community John Meachem, Anne Applebaum and were present for the two-hour launch and Robert Dallek, as well as from former Dr. Plokhy’s explanation of the salient points National Security Advisor Zbigniew of his work and its genesis. The session was Brzezinski and the author of one of the best- chaired by Kelly O’Neill, assistant professor selling books on the second world war, Dr. Serhii M. Plokhy and his new book. of history and faculty associate of the Davis Antony Beevor. Mr. Dallek best expressed Center. Terry Martin, and program director the sentiments of the others when he stated: ing out to the Soviet dictator. Was he too one can understand events of global impor- of the Cold War Studies Project at the Davis “Yalta is a wonderful work of scholarship: sick? Did he give away too much in tance. As a historian of Ukraine, I paid spe- Center and acting director of the Davis brilliantly researched and judiciously argued. exchange for Stalin’s promise to join the cial attention to those aspects of the Yalta Center and professor of Russian studies, A distinguished work of history, it should, war against Japan? Had he played his hand Conference that were directly related to commented on the book and also reacted to once and for all, put to rest the many myths differently, could Poland have escaped Ukrainian history. I considered it my task, the presentation by Dr. Plokhy. about the conference.” Soviet domination? Both Left and Right on the one hand, to bring as many elements Dr. Plokhy, who is the Mykhailo S. To date the book has also received two have argued that Yalta paved the way to the of world history into the Ukrainian historical Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History starred reviews, one in the Publisher’s Cold War. narrative as possible and, on the other, to at Harvard, stressed the importance for his Weekly and the other in the BookList. Both In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Plokhy incorporate the Ukrainian story into work of previously inaccessible Soviet reviewers pointed to the author’s sophisti- gives the first comprehensive reassessment European and world history. materials and emphasized the true impact of cated use of the new Soviet sources and of the Yalta Conference since the end of the Yalta on post-war Poland, and, most impor- engrossing nature of the narrative. Cold War. Combing through archives in the It appears that the impact of the Yalta tantly, post-war Soviet Ukraine. For 65 years, opinion has been bitterly United States and the United Kingdom, he Conference on the history of Ukraine has In discussing the book, Prof. Martin said, divided on whether U.S. President Franklin found new documents recording Roosevelt’s not received enough attention to date. “Yalta: The Price of Peace” is a scholarly D. Roosevelt (FDR) and British Prime exchanges with his advisors, and obtained Why is this so? work that is both readable and interesting, Minister Winston Churchill failed at Yalta. British internal memos and minutes of For decades, scholars of Ukrainian histo- and will become the definitive work on the In America, the conservatives who hated Cabinet meetings. He is the first historian of ry have preferred to stay away from the topic.” Roosevelt’s New Deal accused him of sell- Yalta to have made use of previously inac- Yalta Conference, considering it not exactly cessible Soviet documents that became a “Ukrainian topic” and thereby leaving the available after the collapse of the Soviet field to American, British, Russian and Union. He also drew extensively from pub- Polish scholars. It is hard to understand the lished and unpublished diaries of secondary reason for this. After all, the conference took players, including Churchill’s doctor and place in a city that was part of the Ukrainian Roosevelt’s daughter, to bring all of the Soviet Socialist Republic from 1954 and in characters to life. which the majority of the population voted In discussing the book, Prof. Plokhy for Ukrainian independence in 1991, and answered the following questions in an where Ukrainian political and business lead- extensive interview about his work and its ers now hold annual meetings with Western significance for Ukrainian history. counterparts like President Bill Clinton and *** British Prime Minister Tony Blair. However, irrespective of the location of “Yalta” has been issued by one of the the conference, it was as important to leading trade publishers in the world and Ukraine as to the United States, Britain or deals with one of the turning points in the Poland. It was at Yalta that the western bor- world history. How does your research ders of Ukraine, and, by extension, the relate to the history of Ukraine? future eastern borders of the European Union were decided by the Big Three. It The topic of my research and writing was was Yalta that gave Ukraine Lviv and took a major world event that featured some of away Peremyshl. And, it has been argued the best-known political figures of the mod- that by incorporating Lviv into Ukraine, ern era. Thus, the significance of the topic Stalin actually sowed the seeds for the dis- was global, but it is only by studying the solution of the which occurred particular geopolitical and historical context of the decisions made by world leaders that (Continued on page 22)

Megan Countey/Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Dr. Serhii M. Plokhy speaks at the launch of his new book, “Yalta: The Price of Peace.” No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 11 MUSICAL PROFILE: The Zuk Piano Duo, Luba and Ireneus Zuk by Alexandra Hawryluk MONTREAL – If the moment of silence between the last note and the beginning of applause at a Zuk Piano Duo concert is a measure longer than usual, it is because the audience is still caught up in the enthralling music they have just heard. Usually it is only after an ovation, several curtain calls, an ever-increasing number of bouquets decking the stage, a couple of encores and more applause that a Zuk Piano Duo con- cert is really over. And the reaction of the audience at Luba and Ireneus Zuks’ latest concert at McGill University’s Pollack Concert Hall on Monday, February 1, was no exception. The warm response of the audience and a concert program that combines the classi- cal repertoire for two pianos with the music of contemporary Canadian and Ukrainian have become the Zuk Piano Duo’s hallmark. Wherever Luba and Ireneus Zuk have performed, in the United States, Europe (tours in 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987) or in the Far East, their program included the works of Ukrainian Canadian composers George Fiala and Gary Kulesha, Ukraine’s Lesia Dychko, as well as those of Canadians David Keane, Bengt Hambraeus and Clermont Pépin (who along with Luba and Ireneus Zuk, was Lubka Kolessa’s stu- Alexandra Hawryluk dent.) When the Composers’ Union of The Zuk Piano Duo in concert on February 1 at Pollack Concert Hall, McGill University, Montreal. Ukraine invited the Zuk Piano Duo to per- form at the 1991 International Music Teaching and conference presentations in Slovenia, Les Rencontres des Jeunes in professionalism and commitment to con- Festival in Kyiv, they surprised the Belgium and the Thousand Islands temporary composers has earned this sis- Concert appearances, however, consti- Ukrainian audience with a very well International Piano Competition in the ter and brother duo the respect of their received all-Canadian concert. tute only one part of the Zuk Piano Duo’s U.S. At the invitation of Ukraine’s colleagues in Ukraine and Canada. New Ukrainian music, particularly the three-tiered careers. Both teach: Dr. Ministry of Culture, he has also been the In 1999 Ukraine bestowed on each of work of Ihor Bilohrud, Myroslaw Skoryk, Luba Zuk at McGill University’s Schulich chair of the State Examinations them the high distinction of the Merited Yevhen Stankovych, Hennadiy Liashenko School of Music in Montreal and Dr. Commission at the Tchaikovsky Artist of Ukraine. Here in Canada, The and , is a constant, strong Ireneus Zuk at the School of Music at Conservatory in Kyiv. Ukrainian Canadian Congress awarded component of the duo’s concert and Queen’s University, in Kingston, Ontario. Dr. Luba Zuk, invited by Ukraine’s both pianists the Taras Shevchenko research programs. In an effort to expose In addition to regular classes, they give Ministry of Culture, has served as chair Medal. Radio Canada International has larger audiences to contemporary Ukrainian master classes and special lecture-recital of the State Examinations Commission at included the Zuk Piano Duo in its music the duo appeared at the Vesnivka presentations at music conferences. the State Music Anthology of Canadian Music, and broad- Choir Series “New Music from Ukraine” In October 2004, at the 26th European Academy in Odesa, the Sergei Prokofieff casters like Canada’s CBC, Austrian (Toronto, 2002), at the Music at the Grazhda Conference of EPTA in Rome, Dr Ireneus Conservatory in Donetsk and the Mykola National Radio, Polish Radio and summer series at the Music and Art Center Zuk gave a lecture-recital on “Viktor Lysenko Music Academy in Lviv. And, in Ukrainian State Radio all have transmit- of Green County, in upstate New York Kosenko: -,” and in 2002 Febrary 2008, McGill University inaugu- ted Zuk concerts. (2004), and at no less than seven interna- at the 24th International Piano Conference rated an annual Luba Zuk Piano Festival And that’s proof, as The Canadian tional music festivals in Ukraine. in Belgium he talked about “Exploration of in honor of the pianist’s pedagogical work Encyclopaedia (2007) states, that it’s “the Invited to perform first at the 1988 Sonority in the Works for Piano Duo by at the McGill Conservatory. duo’s clean, precise, and well-balanced Conference of European Piano Teachers’ 20th Century Canadian Composers.” performance” and its “personal, warm Recognition and honors Association (EPTA) in London, then at the When EPTA met for its international and passionate style” that have won the 2000 EPTA conference in Budapest, and conference in Graz, Austria, in 2003, Luba So it’s not surprising that their high hearts of music lovers everywhere. then once again at the association’s 2002 and Ireneus Zuk gave a special presentation conference in Belgium, the Zuk Piano Duo called “Austria and Ukraine: Historical and presented a brilliant showcase of Ukrainian Contemporary Ties and Influences.” At the and Canadian music. World Congress of the International Council But it’s not just their promotion of these for Central and East European Studies con- Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus seeks particular composers that has taken the vened in Berlin in 2005, the topic of the Zuks to the top of their profession. It’s their Zuks’ lecture-recital was “Ukrainian Music new artistic director and conductor mastery of technique, their astonishing and Western Europe – The Last Decade: interpretive powers, as well as their discern- Composition, Performance and Education.” DETROIT – After two years at its gation to advance the appreciation of ment – their ability to understand how the Jurors at international competitions artistic helm, Adrian Bryttan has stepped Ukrainian culture and artistry among our work of the contemporary Ukrainian or down as artistic director and conductor of communities as well as the widest possi- Canadian composers fits into the cultural The rest of their calendar is filled up the internationally renowned Ukrainian ble audience. In this I wish them the suc- context of world music – that account for with adjudicating at Canadian and interna- Bandurist Chorus (UBC). This was due to cess they deserve.” the esteem in which they are held. tional music competitions and state exami- increased demands of Maestro Bryttan’s UBC President Anatoli Murha stated, It was this insight paired with their won- nations. Luba Zuk, as advisory board professional commitments as a violinist “We truly appreciated the time we had derful musical gifts that took the Zuk Piano member of the Debut Young Artists’ and conductor across the United States, with Adrian Bryttan and wish him contin- Duo in June 2004 to the International Piano Concerts (Canada) and piano professor at Europe and Ukraine. ued success in his future endeavors.” Festival of Great Pianists held at University McGill, and Ireneus Zuk, as director of the Over the course of his term as artistic The UBC has formed a Conductor of Aveiro in Portugal – a highly prestigious School of Music at Queen’s University director and conductor, Mr. Bryttan has Search Committee, which is headed by the and unique occasion. There, for an audience and as president of Canadian Music introduced innovative compositions to the UBC’s assistant conductor, Ihor Kusznir. of musicians, they premiered Stankovych’s Festival Adjudicators Association, have extensive repertoire of the Ukrainian Mr. Kusznir explained: “It is our intent to “Ancient Dances of Vekhovyna” and Fiala’s been jury members for several years now Bandurist Chorus. These included world have a new conductor in place and work- Piano No.1 along with Pépin’s at the largest, most diverse, annual musical premieres of works based on the music of ing with the membership on or before “Ronde Villageoise.” competition – the IBLA Grand Prize Alexander Koshetz, and Mr. Bryttan’s April 1, 2010. The search committee will In the fall of 2005, at the invitation of the International Piano Competition, which own transcriptions for bandura of several identify candidates, interview them and Ministry of Culture of China and under the takes place in the picturesque Sicilian town international composers, including music make recommendations to the membership auspices of Foreign Affairs Canada, the Zuk of Ragusa-Ibla. Not too long ago, they from the film “Memoirs of a Geisha” by of the UBC for final decision.” Piano Duo toured seven cities in China. To were invited to join the jury of the Helena composer John Williams. Mr. Bryttan was According to the by-laws of the UBC, their surprise, their Chinese audiences – Sá e Costa International Piano Competition also the creator of a unique approach the active membership must vote for the especially the music students – gave them a in Aveiro, Portugal. incorporating expressive visual elements conductor. Mr. Kusznir added, “Finding a most warm and resounding welcome. A few On top of that, Ireneus Zuk serves on with slides and projections for future new conductor is priority No. 1 so that we years back it would have been unthinkable the juries of the Horowitz Competition UBC performances. can continue our ambassadorial mission.” to have Ukrainian-born Canadians playing for Young Pianists in Kyiv, the Eckhardt- While expressing regret at having to For more information and latest devel- to sell-out crowds in Beijing. That’s no Grammaté Competition of Contemporary depart, Mr. Bryttan affirmed: “The UBC opments, readers may log on to www. mean measure of success. Music in Canada, the Klasinc Competition has great potential and, therefore, an obli- bandura.org. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 No. 7

The past reaches into the future: Yara’s 20 years and counting by Olena Jennings Wright, who also read some traditional Siberian poetry. NEW YORK – Landmark pieces from One of the pieces presented was a per- Yara’s 20 years of artistic activity were formance of “Symptoms of Poetry” by presented in the romantic elegance of the Oksana Zabuzhko from one of the work- Ukrainian Institute of America on January shops that Yara conducted at the Harvard 22-24. New and old faces came to cele- Ukrainian Summer School. The poem brate with poetry, dance, music, cuisine, makes the confession, “I know I will die art and film. The event’s diversity was a difficult death – / like anyone who symbolic of Yara’s Arts Group’s creative knows the precise music of her own body/ spirit. The journey consisted of perfor- Who knows how to easily thread it mances from various phases of Yara’s through the eye of fear.” Then the place existence. of poetry is located. The idea that the Friday night’s gathering was intimate. writing and recitation of poetry make a Guests were guided through the various person sensitive to her world was an inte- rooms of the Ukrainian Institute, initially gral part of the evening as Yara show- by Inka Juslin’s dancing. Ms. Juslin has cased pieces from various cultures, participated in other Yara-sponsored per- including Mongolian, Japanese, formances in the Fifth Avenue mansion Ukrainian, Siberian, Kyrgyz and, most and has become skilled at interpreting the recently, East African. rooms through the shaping of her body. The show culminated with a perfor- Then guests were led by Virlana Tkacz, mance by the band Debutante Hour, Serge Matsko whose vision and dedication began Yara which enlivens folk material with the dis- Consul Bohdan Movchan of Ukraine presents the Order of Princess Olha to Arts Group and serve as its guiding light. tinct sound of the accordion. In addition Virlana Tkacz (center) and Yara Arts Group. The poets interpreted their previous to spicing up traditional Ukrainian songs, experiences with Yara in texts through they write their own quirky lyrics filled A highlight of the night was the pre- since 1989. In order to emphasize the col- image and form. For example one of with vaudevillian images. sentation of the Ukrainian state award the laborative nature of this work, Ms. Tkacz Wanda Phipps’s poems was based on the On both nights, the Ukrainian Institute Order of Princess Olga by Consul Bohdan decided to accept the award on behalf of composition of a poem was embellished with art inspired by Movchan of Ukraine to Ms. Tkacz for the everyone at Yara. translated for Yara’s first production, “A Yara. work that Yara has done with Ukrainian To celebrate the evening and the Light from the East.” Christine Turczyn Andrea Odezynska’s “Three Kyrgyz translation and culture. award, culinary artist Olesia Lew created opened the night with a poem that trans- Songs” was filmed during her travels to Present during the award ceremony a cuisine from the Silk Road to the formed music and dance into words and Kyrgyzstan. Margaret Morton’s photo- were Sean Eden and Shona Tucker, who Carpathians, beginning with a toast of another poem that addressed the tenuous graphs were a direct representation of her worked in Kyiv on a performance based “shypshynivka,” vodka infused with rose line between loss and gain, “everything entrance into Kyrgyz culture. She con- on Les Kurbas’s life. Shigeko Suga trav- hips. There was great reason to toast! we need arrives,” and unknowingly nected with the Kyrgyz actors both as eled to Ukraine several times to partici- The next 20 years promise to both addressed Yara’s brushes with fate and photographer during the Kyrgyz shows at pate in the performance and choreogra- build on the past and explore new territo- the manner in which shows come together LaMaMA E.T.C. and on Yara’s adven- phy of Yara shows. In Kharkiv, she par- ry. Saturday evening began with the song through pieces of text and people encoun- tures abroad. Andrea Wenglowskyj’s ticipated in “Blind Sight” about the poet “Before the World Began,” which Yara tered almost magically though not with- video was inspired by her own birth into Yeroshenko and in Lviv, she participated arts sang with Ms. Matviyenko in the out constant work and exploration. Ukrainian culture and drew on a poem by in “Forest Song.” Ms. Arana sang with piece “Waterfall/Reflections.” Yara’s The centerpiece of the evening was a early 20th century poet Vasyl Nina Matviyenko in Kyiv in 1995. Tom April piece will bring together Ms. “duma” performed in the piano room on Yeroshenko. Lee performed in a piece presented at a Matviyenko and her daughter Tonia, the bandura by Julian Kytasty and por- Roman Hrab’s installation was stun- theater festival in Kyiv in 1996. Akiko together with Siberian and Kyrgyz artists. trayed in dance by Katja Kolcio and ning in its simple representation of Hiroshima sang Ivan Kupalo songs in The piece will examine what traditional Nicole Stanton. Finally, the guests found Ludmyla Taran’s “India Ink.” It created Ukraine in 2002. Wanda Phipps has been art and life has to say to future genera- themselves back in the same room to lis- a pleasant puzzle as guests connected an an avid translator of Ukrainian poetry tions. ten to Askold Melnyczyk read a personal empty hat to the poem’s definition of a essay about his literary encounters with reclining body through the sheen of a Norman Mailer and his forays into the spot of ink. The reception room was world of writing. His experience began lined with Peter Hrycyk’s photographs with recitations of Taras Shevchenko’s representing Serhiy Zhadan’s poem poetry performed standing on kitchen “Honey.” He presented a series of strik- chairs. ing images that were seemingly desulto- On Saturday night, Yara invited its ry in their relation, but reflected the actors, musicians and other collaborators nature of the poem. from past shows. Notable moments Other works featured in the exhibition included readings of Tychyna poems included Shu Kubo’s Japanese paper cut- from “Light from the East” and Japanese ting “Wheat Harvest,” inspired by a tradi- poems from “Forest Song” read in tional midwinter incantation from English and Ukrainian translations. With “Koliada: Twelve Dishes.” Makoto their powerful harmonies, the Buryat Takeuchi’s photographs of Watoku songs from “Virtual Souls,” “Flight of Ueno’s productions “Sundown” and the White Bird” and “Circle” were a “After the Rain,” and Peter Ihnat’s photo- highlight of the evening according to graphs from “Song Tree” with Mariana many. They were sung by Yara artists Sadovska and Gogol Bordello. Marko Cecilia Arana, Akiko Hiroshima, Allison Shuhan’s paintings and Anya Farion’s Yorie Akiba Hiroto, Eleanor Lipat and Meredith sculpture also created vivid impressions. Katja Kolcio and Nicole Stanton dance as Julian Kytasty plays a “duma” on the bandura.

Serge Matsko Jeehoon Chun Askold Melnyczuk reads his personal essay. Meredith Wright, Akiko Hiroshima and Allison Hiroto sing Buryat songs. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 13 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 No. 7 No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 15 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 No. 7 No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 17 Local sports club assisting Ukraine’s Druzhba 78 team WHIPPANY, N.J. – Lys Sports ries in North America. Three former Academy, which is based at the Ukrainian members of his team, including Dainius American Cultural Center of New Jersey, Zubrus of the New Jersey Devils, cur- is seeking help for the Druzhba 78 rently play in the National Hockey Peewee Hockey Team from Ukraine. League, and at least three others play at “Druzhba” means friendship in the minor professional level in the United Ukrainian and it is on this theme that Ivan States and Canada. Pravilov put together a group of 10-year- The current Druzhba 78 team has been old boys in 1988 to learn the sport of ice in North America since November 2009 hockey. All boys on his team were born and is competing this month in the World in 1978, hence the team’s name. Peewee Hockey Championships in Quebec. Mr. Pravilov was a national-level soc- Lys Sports Academy, a chartered non- cer player, but had developed an interest profit sports organization, has taken on in the artistry, speed and excitement of the task of purchasing new hockey jer- ice hockey. He trained his youngsters seys and defraying the cost of transport- with a traditional and effective Eastern ing these young players to Quebec. Lys European discipline. The emphasis was has collected half of the amount needed, on skating and cooperation, as well but at least $1,400 more is needed. as creative and rigorous dry land training. Checks/money orders may be made He discouraged body checking and the payable to Lys SA, and mailed to: Lys undisciplined individualistic play so prev- Sports Academy, FBO Druzhba 78, 60 N. alent in North America. Jefferson Road, Whippany, NJ 07927. The Druzhba 78 team with coach Ivan Pravilov (left) and Alexander Ovechkin The skill level of his Druzhba team Inquiries may be directed to (back row, left) and several other representatives of the Washington Capitals dur- resulted in numerous tournament victo- 973-713-6956. ing Druzhba’s visit to the Capitals’ practice on December 22, 2009.

Modern Art, where Luba Markewycz led Chicago's... a tour and presented lessons focusing on (Continued from page 1) Holodomor art completed by students she which can be used as a student resource coached in Ukraine. when studying the Holodomor, as well as Participants received packets contain- “Welcome to Ukraine,” an introduction to ing the updated Holodomor curriculum Ukraine, its cities and culture. guide for educators prepared by Dr. In an original presentation titled Kuropas; Ms. Melnyk’s “Countries and “Using Art to Teach Culture and History,” Cultures Around the World” teacher’s Marta Kozbur reviewed her “Ukrainian guide, which included integrated literary Art Lesson Plans” packet, concentrating activities related to “Enough” and “The on art presentations that can be used to Mitten,” a Ukrainian folktale; a teacher’s teach about Ukraine, especially the curriculum guide titled “Ukrainian Art Holodomor. Lesson Plans” prepared by Ms. Kozbur; A “treasure hunt” was next. Educators a copy of “Our Daily Bread,” the cata- were presented with a museum layout and logue prepared for the UNM Holodomor questions referencing various museum exhibit of October 24, 2008; a map of exhibits. Questions were to be answered Europe highlighting Ukraine; a CD of during a museum tour conducted by “Harvest of Despair,” compliments of Lesia W. Kuropas museum curator Maria Klimchak and the Ukrainian Genocide Famine One of the educators in the Holodomor Room at the Ukrainian National Museum. Mykola Mischenko. Of special interest to Foundation; and information about stu- participants was the “Holodomor Room” dent field trips to the two Ukrainian other educators, and to use them to teach erings and kept everyone on task; Orysia featuring newspaper accounts of the museums. about Ukraine and the Holodomor. Cardosso, president of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide in Ukraine. The actual Educators were especially appreciative Also worthy of mention are those dedi- Institute of Modern Art; Larissa Matusiak; “lucky pen” used by President Woodrow of the materials, variously rating them as cated Ukrainian community activists who Nicholas Kotcherha; and Lesia W. Wilson to sign the “Ruthenian/Ukrainian “fantastic,” “ready to use,” “great attended the many planning meetings, Kuropas, who spent the day photograph- Day” proclamation of April 21, 1917, was resource materials,” “very practical,” participated in the discussions and offered ing all the events. Michael V. Kuropas also part of the treasure hunt. “very useful” and “high quality.” their suggestions. Among them were prepared and e-mailed the photos to the Two educators completed all of the Participants also said they were also Lydia Tkaczuk, who scheduled the gath- appropriate venues. questions correctly and were rewarded impressed with the presenting team – with exquisite Ukrainian Easter eggs. A “knowledgeable,” “captivating,” “enthu- traditional Ukrainian luncheon, coordi- siastic,” “very relevant,” “amazing,” nated by Oksana Hulyk, completed the “useful” and “easy to understand” were morning’s activities. just some of the comments. Following the complimentary lun- The primary goal of the workshop was cheon, participants walked around the achieved when educators promised to corner to the Ukrainian Institute of share the day’s events and materials with

Motria Melnyk discusses “Enough,” a children’s book about the Holodomor.

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At the educators’ workshop (from left) are: Rebeccah Sanders, Chicago Cultural Alliance; Jamie Bender, the University of Chicago Center for International Check out Th e Uk r a i n i a n We e k l y online at Studies; and Andrew Graan, the University of Chicago Center for East European www.ukrweekly.com and Russian/Eurasian Studies. They all played a major role in the development of the workshop. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 No. 7

whose candidate, Viktor Yanukovych, ters, it was reported on February 10. legitimacy will be so low that he or she NEWSBRIEFS won the Ukrainian presidential election, Almost 4,000 additional Yanukovych sup- will have no potential for active and rad- (Continued from page 2) have provided a constant guard near the porters arrived that day in Kyiv for ral- ical reforms, especially for revanchism demanding a re-count at more than 900 Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine lies. (Ukrinform) or war against somebody else’s voters,” and the Kyiv Administrative Court of the director of the Situations Modeling polling stations. “We are ready to demon- Medvedev offers congratulations Appeals, which are responsible for set- Agency, Oleksii Holobutskyi, said on strate particular proofs of vote-rigging to tling election disputes. The guard is set February 9. “If Viktor Yanukovych international observers, journalists and the KYIV – Russian President Dmitry “to prevent provocations and conflicts on Medvedev on February 9 weighed in on becomes president, the country can people, and submit them to the court,” Mr. the part of the opponents,” the Party of Ukraine’s presidential election, doing so expect a complete reboot of the political Turchynov underscored. (Ukrinform) Regions Kyiv office said in a statement. more cautiously than his predecessor, system,” he said. “The system of politi- Yanukovych supporters guard courts Mass rallies in support of Mr. Yanukovych Vladimir Putin, after the abortive 2004 cal coordinates in Ukraine will have to are taking place in Kyiv only near the runoff between Viktor Yanukovych and be built again.” Mr. Holobutskyi also KYIV – The Party of Regions activists, Central Election Commission headquar- Viktor Yushchenko. In a statement, Mr. said that the result of the run off election Medvedev congratulated Mr. Yanukovych would be challenged in courts: “on the conclusion of the election cam- “Amendments to election laws passed paign, which was highly rated by interna- two days before election day and the CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS tional observers, and on the success level of violations throughout Ukraine achieved in the presidential elections,” help speak about the positive prospect of TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 according to Reuters. (RFE/RL) challenging the election returns in or e-mail [email protected] courts.” The expert also predicted that, Yanukovych urges Tymoshenko to resign “If Yanukovych becomes president, KYIV – Presidential election front- Donbas voters will be one of the first SERVICES MERCHANDISE runner Viktor Yanukovych has called on disappointed. Within three or four Yulia Tymoshenko to resign as soon as months, Yanukovych’s approval rating official election returns are released. In a may fall to 15-20 percent. This means statement on February 10, Mr. that protest moods could become active Yanukovych said: “So, I hereby officially in Ukraine before this summer,” he said. address the prime minister and call on her (Ukrinform) to resign office and move to the opposi- Marynovych on “Ukraine fatigue” tion. I urge the current coalition members to announce dissolution of the current LVIV – Speaking with an RFE/RL cor- coalition, so that I could start talks with respondent on the eve of Ukrainian presi- other political parties on the formation of dential runoff, scholar Myroslav a new government.” According to Mr. Marynovych of the Ukrainian Catholic Yanukovych, in order re-organize the University, said there’s no real choice in government it is essential to create a new the election. “This historical moment is governing coalition in the Verkhovna very shameful for Ukraine,” he said, Rada, pursuant to the Constitution. This “because there’s a clear difference is a hard negotiation process, but we can between the speed of society’s inner not wait any longer, he said, adding that development and the slowness of the the people are tired of waiting. Mr. political elite’s development.” Mr. Yanukovych reminded his political oppo- Marynovych was a Soviet-era dissident nents that democratic leaders always who spent years as a political prisoner accept the expression of the people’s will. and later led students to Kyiv to take part “Our country does not need another polit- in the Orange Revolution. He said people ical crisis. People voted for a change of across Ukraine have come to understand government. I ask the prime minister to their country’s problems – and, crucially, make the right decision and move to the how democracy should work – while their opposition,” he said, adding that this will leaders have fanned antagonisms between demonstrate to the world that Ukraine is eastern and western Ukraine for their own in fact a democratic country. (Ukrinform) advantage. Mr. Marynovych says ordi- CVU: no reason for vote challenge nary Ukrainians are ready for a dramatic, grassroots change. Real reform will be TRAVEL KYIV – The Committee of Voters of difficult without outside support, and Ukraine has not registered massive fraud Western interest in Ukraine, he fears, is that could distort the presidential election dwindling. “What I’m most afraid of is returns, the CVU said in a February 8 that the West will say, ‘We don’t under- statement. The committee said that the stand what’s going on there,’ and ‘we’re PROFESSIONALS election runoff was “more tight and not interested in understanding it. Let tense” than the first round. “The electoral Russia take care of that country.’ ” What framework was characterized by a high Ukraine needs, Mr. Marynovych said, is a level of conflict in the work of commis- new Marshall Plan to give Ukrainians the sions, contradictory and mutually exclu- opportunity to reform their country, and sive decisions of the Central Election less reason to leave their children for Commission (CEC) and courts, and con- migrant work in the West. (RFE/RL) scious provocations on behalf of the can- didates’ campaign offices intended to Yanukovych on Ukraine’s interests break the electoral framework or delay KYIV – The apparent winner of the tally,” read the statement. At the same Ukraine’s presidential election and Party time, however, the CVU had registered of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych no massive and systemic vote-rigging that said in a February 9 interview with CNN could modify or distort the vote. that any decisions he makes as president Irene D. Rogutsky, D.D.S. According to the committee, the largest will be in the national interest of Ukraine, and most systemic phenomenon was the Restorative and Cosmetic Dentistry not Russia. He said he would not do the application of technologies aimed at Invisalign Premier Provider bidding of Russia while he is president of mobilizing candidates’ electors: arrange- Ukraine, and added he is not a Kremlin 29 West 57th Street ment of mass delivery of voters to polling stooge. 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your every success. You worked hard and NEWSBRIEFS today you have a real chance to win,” he (Continued from page 18) said. The president emphasized that the Ukraine’s Olympians depart for Vancouver Olympics are important not only to ath- letes, but also to the entire nation. “I wish KYIV – A send-off ceremony for you many victories, since we have good Ukraine’s Olympic delegation to the 2010 traditions,” he noted, recalling Ukraine’s Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, took place at the sports achievements at the Beijing Ukrainian House on February 3. President Olympics when the squad ranked 11th in Viktor Yushchenko addressed the ceremo- an unofficial standing worldwide. The ny, saying that Ukraine will be represent- Ukrainian national team comprises 53 ed in Vancouver by athletes who have athletes (including six reserve athletes) been pursuing this goal through many who will compete in eight events between years of training. “We will be applauding February 12 and 28. (Ukrinform) 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 No. 7 No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 21

Ukrainian pro sports update by Ihor Stelmach : pugilist and patriot The Klitschko clan all three judges’ cards after six rounds, disaster, communicating Klitschko was deemed a tough-luck loser with his family about Vitali Klitschko, the World Boxing when the ring physician inspected a deep potential health hazards. Council’s heavyweight champion, is not cut over his left eye and declared the fight The Klitschko boys were your typical Sonny Liston, George to be over. regularly instructed not to Foreman or Mike Tyson-like boxer. Sixty-three stitches and six and a half open their mouths, to Klitschko speaks four languages fluently, years later, there is no scar, but plenty of breathe through their noses, earned a doctorate in sports sciences and scarred recollections of what may have to wash their hands fre- works tirelessly to improve the lives of been from a heavyweight bout which pro- quently and to stay inside his people in his childhood home of Kyiv. duced the type of hype comparable to their house. His private foundation has already raised The Chornobyl disaster millions of dollars and is his life’s mis- Tyson’s biting of Evander Holyfield’s ear sion statement. in 1997. occured on April 26, 1986; Vitali lives with his wife, Natalie, and Klitschko claims the cut over his eye five days later came the tra- three children, Egor-Daniel, Elizabeth- never affected his vision and that his cor- ditional Soviet celebration Victoria and Max in Bel-Air, Calif. He ner people had it under control by the of May Day. Masses of cherishes his relationship with his young- sixth round. He further claims that the Ukrainian children marched er brother, Wladimir, who is one inch ring physician was called to his corner by through the streets of Kyiv, shorter (6’6”), basically the same weight the referee to examine a cut on his lip, not despite potential health risks (255 lbs.) and currently holds the other his left eye. In conversations over the because of the contaminated three world heavyweight titles. There is years, Klitschko has publicly admitted the atmosphere. In published no doubt Wladimir, 33, is Vitali’s best cut looked ghastly. Indeed, accounts of accounts, Klitschko remem- friend. the Klitschko-Lewis fight claimed the bered it was expected for all Any talk about the two brothers match- Ukrainian champion’s wife, Natalie, sat youngsters to attend May ing up for a unification bout goes at ringside next to Sylvester Stallone of Day festivities. Four years nowhere fast – Vitali acknowledges he “Rocky” fame. Commenting on later one of his completely could never get in the ring with his “lit- Klitschko’s left eye area, Stallone alleg- healthy friends suddenly tle” brother for two very important rea- edly said that it was bloodier than the took ill and passed away sons. Firstly, his mother, back in Kyiv, movie. within a week. The cause of would never permit it, and, secondly, Since that time, Klitschko has done death was leukemia and it Pavlo Terekov Wladimir would make for a most danger- more than his share to bring some atten- was directly linked to the ous opponent. tion to boxing’s heavyweight division. In radiation from the nuclear Vitali Klitschko in 2008. Many boxing pundits refer to the 2009 alone, he successfully defended his accident. sport’s heavyweight division as, in fact, WBC title on three separate occasions, Vitali has joked publicly that when he Champion at last defeating Juan Carlos Gomez by TKO in and his brother are out together they regu- the “Klitschko Division.” After all, the On April 24, 2004, an eighth-round March, besting Chris Arreola with anoth- larly get teased about their abnormally two Ukrainians own four of the five divi- TKO victory over South African Corrie er TKO in September, and winning a large size. He has occasionally joked that sional titles – a boon for the sport of box- Sanders got him that precious belt. Not unanimous decision over previously the Klitschko boys grew so big as a direct ing in Europe and especially Germany, too long after the Sanders bout, Klitschko unbeaten Kevin Johnson in mid-Decem- result of Chornobyl’s radiation – an where Klitschko fights garner phenome- returned to Kyiv and looked up those attempt at black humor. On a more seri- nal television ratings while selling out ber. The Ukrainian champion certainly very friends he watched television with ous note, the boys’ father, now 62, has major soccer stadiums. On the flipside, has a compelling story and a captivating 18 years earlier. Klitschko treated them to the Klitschko brothers are mere blips on personality. been diagnosed with cancer. dinner at a Kyiv restaurant, where he the American radar screen, where boxing A teen in Kyiv Boxing role models proudly displayed the same title belt fans recount the battles of Ali-Frazier- Tyson had once won. Foreman, followed by Tyson-Holyfield Vitali Klitschko was born in Vitali Klitschko and his family main- After three more bouts following the and the like. Belovodsk, Kyrgyzstan, the son of a tain homes in two other countries, living Lewis debacle, Klitschko was sidelined for Soviet air force colonel and a school- part time in Hamburg, Germany, site of Rebounding from Lewis loss almost four years due to rotator cuff sur- teacher. The family relocated to Kyiv in many of his fights, and some of the year gery. He finally regained his title on The biggest bang heard from the 1985. When Vitali was 14, the Chornobyl in Kyiv, in addition to California. His October 11, 2008, in Berlin with another Klitschko clan was Vitali’s pugnacious nuclear accident occurred some 100 miles three children were all born in the United eighth-round technical knockout of Samuel engagement with champion Lennox north of Kyiv. In past conversations, he States and are American citizens. Four- Peter. He’s owned the title ever since then. Lewis at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on recalled his father, being a military officer year-old Max was born a few days after Today, the Klitschko brothers own four June 21, 2003. Leading by two rounds on and thus privy to the seriousness of the the death of former German heavyweight of the five major heavyweight belts in champion Max Schmeling, a noted friend what boxing experts describe as a “sea of of Vitali’s. Klitschko honored the boxing alphabet soup sanctioning” organizations. occurred. legend by naming his son for him. Vitali has the WBC crown, while Wladimir Turning the pages... The legal maneuvering by the presi- Schmeling inspired Klitschko to fight owns the International Boxing Federation, (Continued from page 6) dent and the prime minister were the in Los Angeles’ Staples Center Arena for International Boxing Organization and the third time – more than any other Viktor Yanukovych. result of each disputing the other’s pow- World Boxing Organization title belts. boxer. Klitschko never forgot Schmeling’s Reacting to the president’s appeal to ers. Briton David Haye holds the World conviction that if you want to be a real the Constitutional Court, Mr. Yanukovych Oles Doniy, head of the Kyiv-based Boxing Association’s crown. Both Vitali told journalists on February 16, 2007, “If think-tank Center for the Study of world champion in boxing, you really and Wladimir dream of holding all five lawsuits against certain presidential Political Values, warned that the lawsuit need to fight in the United States to get title belts at the same time. decrees were a reason for the presidential could de-legitimize the Constitutional true recognition. Vitali is not for predictions – he lets his indignation, I think this is all emotional.” Court in the eyes of the general public, as There was also a bit of Tyson influence near-perfect record speak for itself. After all, The decrees in question were “the presi- the court’s integrity might be publicly on the Klitschko boxing legacy. In the mid- he is a boxer who has never been knocked dential illegal orders regarding several questioned by both sides. “If the eighties, “Iron” Mike Tyson was a boxing down, has never taken a standing count and regional administration heads,” Mr. Presidential Secretariat prepares this superstar. At age 15, Vitali Klitschko would whose 39-2 record includes 37 knockouts. Pukshyn said. request… it means that it for some reason search for a television set so he and friends Before each fight he always promises that Included in the lawsuit was Arsen hopes for a positive result,” he said. could watch Tyson’s fights. In those years the bout won’t go the full 12 rounds. Avakov, chairman of the Kharkiv Oblast “Consequently, suspicions arise regarding professional boxing did not exist in the That’s about as cocky as this self-con- Administration, who received a vote of financial or administrative influence on Soviet Union – sports were of the so-called fident Ukrainian boxer gets. Let’s not for- no confidence by the Kharkiv Oblast CC judges.” amateur state, culminating with the get the man loves to play chess, ran for Council but remained as chairman. Mr. Constitutional Court Chief Justice Ivan Olympics. When Tyson defeated Trevor mayor of Kyiv in 2006 and was honored Yushchenko appointed Mr. Avakov as Dombrovsky said on February 15, 2007, Berbick, to win the heavyweight title at age by the United Nations for his humanitari- chairman immediately after the Orange that he did not rule out his resignation if 20, aspiring young boxers like Klitschko an work in his native country. Revolution. Mr. Yanukovych’s allies con- top officials and the mass media put could dream of the day when they would Vitali Klitschko is widely known as a trolled the Kharkiv mayoral office and excessive pressure on the court. He said duplicate Tyson’s feat. A tall, lanky teenager world champion pugilist, a loyal patriot, the oblast council since 2006, and he peti- he would not trade his moral integrity declared that some day he would win his an aspiring politician and a generous phi- tioned Mr. Yushchenko to dismiss Mr. “even for a million dollars.” own heavyweight title belt. lanthropist. Avakov, but the petition was ignored. The Cabinet contended that President Source: “Ukrainian president, prime Yushchenko violated the law by not firing minister sue each other,” by Pavel Mr. Avakov, but the Presidential Korduban (Eurasia Daily Monitor), The Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com Secretariat said no legal violation had Ukrainian Weekly, February 25, 2007. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 No. 7

who managed to stay in the West to live for importance of the Yalta Conference for the ence is potentially among the most bal- Plokhy's new book... years in uncertainty, fearing that they and history of Ukraine. Recently, Marta Dyczok anced and comprehensive. World scholar- (Continued from page 10) their families would be kidnapped and in the West and Serhii Yurchenko in ship can benefit from it, and my task as a some 50 years later. shipped “back to the USSR.” Ukraine have broken the implicit taboo on researcher and writer was to realize this Ukraine was arguably the greatest victim When it comes to the “westerners,” as I the topic, engaging different aspects of the potential for all who read English. of the second world war when it comes to show in my book, Stalin’s decision to abol- Ukrainian story as related to the decisions What do you think is new in your population loss. It was also the main benefi- ish the Ukrainian Catholic Church came in of the conference. I consider my book a approach to the history of the confer- ciary of the post-war territorial settlement in the aftermath of the Yalta Conference, dur- contribution to this new historical literature, ence, which has been studied by gener- Europe, and it is impossible to grasp this ing the visit to Moscow of President which manifests a change in perspective on ations of Western scholars? Roosevelt’s special envoy. His task, ironi- what is and what is not a legitimate topic paradox without examining what happened cally enough, was to convince Stalin to tol- for a historian of Ukraine. Until now, how- What I attempted to do was to cut at Yalta in February 1945. It was also at erate the Catholic Church in Poland and ever, there has been no comprehensive through layers of Cold War mythology, Yalta that the Western leaders agreed to sup- other parts of Eastern Europe. Stalin took attempt to write a history of the Yalta which flourished on the both sides of the port the admission of Ukraine and Belarus this request as a signal that he could do Conference from the “Ukrainian perspec- Iron Curtain, by taking advantage of new to the United Nations, laying the founda- whatever he wanted on territories recog- tive,” as Krystyna Kersten did so well for sources (many of which became available tions for Kyiv’s international career long nized as Soviet at Yalta. The Ukrainian the Poles in her 1990 book, “Yalta from the only after the disintegration of the before Ukraine gained its independence in Catholic Church became one more victim of Polish Perspective.” USSR); to put the conference, its partici- 1991. the decisions reached at the conference. pants and their decisions into the context Why is this so? of the time in which those decisions were Why does Yalta continue to be viewed Five years ago the Ukrainian Institute The answer is obvious. Ukraine was made. I tried to be as objective as possi- as a largely negative factor in the history of America pooled its resources with the both a beneficiary and a victim of the ble in presenting the positions, intentions of Ukraine? Franklin D. Roosevelt Library to orga- Yalta decisions, and it is not always easy and goals of the three major actors at nize a photo exhibit devoted to the Yalta Other decisions of the Yalta Conference to go beyond conventional wisdom and Yalta without, of course, treating their Conference. However, the historians of proved devastating to many Ukrainians, start asking uncomfortable questions. positions as morally equal. This approach Ukraine prefer to stay away from this both east and west. This is true for Ukrainian history and it is gave me a key that helped unlock many topic, despite growing interest in the his- The “easterners” fell victim to the infa- equally true for world history in general. previously closed shelves of the history tory of the conference and its consequenc- mous Yalta decisions on the exchange of I learned that while working on this book. of the conference, as well as of the histo- es among the Ukrainian reading public. prisoners of war, which delivered tens of Since Ukraine both benefited and suf- ry of Ukraine. Why? thousands of Ukrainians into the hands of fered from the decisions reached at Yalta, It will be up to the reader to decide Stalin and his NKVD, while forcing others I am certainly not the first to realize the the Ukrainian perspective on the confer- how successful I have been. For my part, I have tried to make the reader’s task as easy as possible by presenting the results of my research in a style accessible to the general public. *** Before coming to Harvard in the sum- mer of 2007, Prof. Plokhy, 51, taught at the University of Alberta, where he was a professor of history and associate director of the Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical Research. He spent 10 years at the Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) working on the Hrushevskyi Project, co-editing three of the four volumes currently published of Hrushevskyi’s collected works. He also previously taught at Harvard as a visiting professor in the fall of 2005 and the spring of 2003. Prof. Plokhy hails from Zaporizhia, but was born in Nizhni Novgorod on the Volga River in Russia. He was a student of the history faculty at Dnipropetrovsk University and received his B.A. in histo- ry and social sciences in 1980. He earned his M.A. in Moscow in 1982 at Patrice Lumumba University and his Ph.D. in history in 1990 at Kyiv University. His is married, has a son and a daugh- ter and resides in Arlington, Mass.

ANNUAL MEETING UNA BRANCH 47 Saturday, February 21, 2010

The meeting of UNA Branch 47, Olha Basarab Society, will be held on Sunday, February 21, 2010, after Sunday’s Mass at the church hall of St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, Union Boulevard and Kenmore Avenue, Bethlehem, PA. The agenda will include branch elections and selection of a dele- gate for the 37th UNA Convention to be held in May of this year. For additional information please call: 610-867-4052.

ANNUAL MEETING UNA BRANCH 133 Saturday, February 27, 2010

Please be advised that the Annual Meeting of UNA Branch 133 “Bohdan Chmelnycky Society” Newark, NJ, will be held at 3:00 PM at the branch office, located at 1027 Falls Terrace, Union, NJ. Current business will be discussed along with the election of delegates for the 37th Convention. For further information call Michael Bohdan 908-964-8831 (home) or 908-247-5841 (cell). No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 23

NOTES ON PEOPLE

Ukraine and a Ukrainian community Buchai honored activist from the Houston area, was selected as a Five-Star: Best In Client by financial advisers Satisfaction Wealth Manager for 2009 by Texas Monthly magazine. HOUSTON – Gregory Buchai recently Texas Monthly formed a partnership attended Focus09, a leading financial ser- with Crescendo Business Services, an vices industry conference hosted by LPL independent research firm, to identify the Financial, the nation’s No. 1 independent “best in client satisfaction” wealth man- broker/dealer. agers serving the Houston area. In Held in San Diego on August 16-19, January, Crescendo surveyed, by mail 2009, it was one of the industry’s largest and phone, 95,000 high-net-worth resi- gatherings of independent financial advi- dents in the Houston area and subscribers sors to date, and remains the industry’s of Texas Monthly. An additional 5,700 premier sales and education event. surveys were sent to leaders of financial Approximately 5,000 attendees from service industry companies. around the country assembled for the On the surveys, recipients were asked opportunity to learn new strategies and to select only wealth managers whom skills, expand knowledge in numerous they knew through personal experience, product areas and network with peers and and to evaluate them based upon nine industry experts. criteria: customer service, integrity, They also heard from influential knowledge/expertise, communication, speakers who addressed current events value for fee charged, meeting of finan- and financial industry trends. The speak- cial objectives, post-sale-service, quality ers included George W. Bush, 43rd presi- of recommendations and overall satisfac- Gregory Buchai with former President George W. Bush at the Focus09 conference. dent of the United States; Richard tion. Ketchum, CEO of FINRA; and Ron Wealth managers were reviewed by a financial services industry. highest in client satisfaction. These Insana, CNBC senior analyst. blue-ribbon panel comprising knowl- The resulting list of 2009 Five-Star wealth managers represent less than 2 Mr. Buchai, an honorary consul of edgeable individuals from within the Wealth Managers represents those wealth percent of the wealth managers in the managers in the Houston area who scored area.

degree in business management from Holinaty promoted Troy State University. 1st Lt. Holinaty next attended the United States Army to colonel in Army Command and General Staff College, graduating in June 2001. Deployment to MANCHESTER, N.J. – Frank L. Saudi Arabia followed the graduation. Holinaty was promoted to colonel in the After his return to Fort Leavenworth, U.S. Army during a ceremony held Kan., he deployed again to Baghdad, recently in Baghdad, Iraz. where he is serving his second tour. Son of Nikolaus and Marion Holinaty On October 1, 2009, while celebrating of Manchester, N.J., and a recipient of his 22nd anniversary on active duty, Maj. the U.S. Army ROTC scholarship, he Gen. Richard J. Rowe, Jr. awarded Lt. was commissioned in 1987 with the rank Col. Holinaty the rank of colonel. Present of second lieutenant upon graduation at the ceremony was Frank’s son, Elex magna cum laude from Rider University. Holinaty, who joined the U.S. Army three He participated in operation Just Cause years ago. in Panama in 1989 and spent a year in the Currently serving in Iraq as a specia- Persian Gulf during operations Desert list with the Military Police, Elex Shield and Desert Storm. For his merito- Holinaty was recently wounded by a rious service in support of military - roadside bomb. He has fully recovered tions against a hostile force, he was awar- and is back on active duty. ded the Bronze Star Medal. Col. Holinaty is presently assigned as His next assignment was as a team a trainer/adviser to the government of commander searching for missing Iraq. He serves as the director of finance Americans from World War II and the and contracting, Iraq training and adviso- Korean and Vietnam wars. He led search ry mission. The Ministry of Interior is the teams to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, largest employer and oversees the second Korea and Japan. largest budget within the Iraqi govern- Subsequently, he obtained a master’s ment.

Col. Frank L. Holinaty (left) receives his promotion from Maj. Gen. Richard J. Rowe. Looking on is Col. Holinaty’s son, Spc. Elex Holinaty.

“Notes on People” is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of members of the Ukrainian National Association and the Ukrainian community. All submissions should be concise due to space limitations and must include the person’s UNA branch number (if applicable). Items will be published as soon as possible after their receipt. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 No. 7

Hockey and figure-skating fund-raiser to benefit CCRDF and UACCNJ WHIPPANY, N.J. – In a reprise of their Junior Championship of Ukraine. She of Chornobyl Relief and Development which provides financial assistance to 2008 match-up, the New Jersey Devils currently trains in Cromwell, Conn., Fund and the Ukrainian American needy and worthy students from Ukraine, Alumni and the New York Ukrainian under the coaching staff of Dmitry Cultural Center of New Jersey, which are Canada, the United States and elsewhere. Kozaks will play a benefit hockey game, Palamarchuk and Matthew Gates. Mr. based in Whippany. All auction proceeds For more information, readers may call presented by the Children of Chornobyl Palamarchuk was a Ukrainian pairs figure will benefit the Eugene Kinasewich Fund, 973-867-8855 or log on to www.uaccnj.org. Relief and Development Fund in conjunc- skater who previously competed with tion with the Ukrainian American Cultural Julia Obertas, Tatiana Chuvaeva and Center of New Jersey, on Saturday, February Alexandra Tetenko. The team of and, after a thorough interrogation, secret- 27, at the Richard J. Codey Arena in West Palamarchuk and Obertas twice won the ly liquidated as pillagers.” In the ensuing Orange, N.J. Junior Grand Prix final. UABA reacts... period of Nazi occupation, Ukrainians, In addition, two Ukrainian figure skating The fun on the afternoon of February 27 (Continued from page 8) whether or not members of the insurgen- champions will perform at the fund-raising begins at 12:30 p.m. with an open skate at tionalist and fascist national-socialist pro- cy, were tortured, massacred and con- event. Natasha Popova, 16, is the 2009 gold the Codey Arena for all ticketholders. Ms. grams and political concepts, for they are demned to Auschwitz, Buchenwald, medal winner in the National Figure Skating Popova and Ms. Milevskaya will perform at the tools of imperialist policies of con- Treblinka, Sobibor, Belsen and Dachau. Championship of Ukraine. Born in 2 p.m. Next, the puck drops for the rematch quest. Thus, we are opposed both to There, the Nazis refused to identify them Symferopol, Ukraine, she emigrated with between the Devils Alumni and the Kozaks. Russian-Bolshevik communism and to as Ukrainians, but only as Russians or her family to San Francisco and then to These two teams previously faced off in a German National Socialism” Poles. Canberra, Australia. Six years ago Natasha fund-raiser game in 2008. The image created by many of the That in the midst of this carnage there moved to Canada, where she has continued Ticketholders will also be able to meet statements in Mr. Pancake’s article should were instances of collaboration and anti- ice skating. the Devils mascot, the New Jersey Devil, be assessed against the following: Writing She has won more than 40 medals and bid during a silent auction on autographed in the January 27, 1945, issue of The Semitism (meaning invidious actions trophies at figure skating competitions and memorabilia from their favorite athletes and Saturday Evening Post, Edgar Snow based merely on a person’s identification is a recipient of the Ukrainian Figure Skating purchase commemorative pucks. wrote about World War II: “The whole as a Jew or a Pole and not because one Federation Scholarship. She is coached in Tickets to the event are on sale through titanic struggle, which some are so apt to was an enemy combatant) is tragic, but it New Jersey by Viktor Petrenko and Galina the website at www.hockeyfundraiser.org dismiss as ‘the Russian glory,’ was first was not unique to Ukraine. Such instanc- Zmievskaya. Mr. Petrenko, the 1992 (PayPal is accepted for online ticket orders). of all a Ukrainian war. No fewer than 10 es, however, did not reflect the UPA’s Olympic Champion for the Unified Team, Tickets are $50 for gold seating, which million people had been lost to Ukraine own purpose or conduct. Indeed, Jews currently lives in New Jersey, tours profes- includes a meet and greet with all players since 1941. ... No single European coun- became members of the UPA, some as sionally and coaches figure skating. and skaters; $25 for silver reserved seating; try suffered deeper wounds to its cities, officers. Alina Milevskaya, 14, a native of Kyiv, and $20 for bronze general admission seats. its industry and its humanity.” Decades To attribute the kind of behavior that is the 2009-2010 gold medalist of the Net proceeds will benefit the Children later, with all the evidence in, the the article does to the UPA, whether University of London’s Norman Davies, sourced on “eyewitness” reports or other- the world’s pre-eminent historian of wise, is a matter that should be examined Europe, confirmed that the country most with more than the usual diligence, and savaged by Nazi Germany was Ukraine. not only because of the demonstrable dis- More Ukrainian civilians were killed than information. One particularly effective the total military deaths of the United tactic of Stalin’s NKVD units was mas- States, Canada, the British querading as the UPA and committing the Commonwealth, France, Germany, Japan very atrocities against Jews and Poles that and Italy combined. An additional more the article lays at the feet of the UPA. than 2 million Ukrainians were deported Such NKVD tactics were even more as slave laborers to Germany. extensively implemented against the local Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian population to alienate the sole was history’s largest military operation, source of UPA support. This was a repeat with more than 3.2 million German of tactics employed by Leon Trotsky as Hungarian, Romanian, Italian, Finnish, head of the Red Army in Russia’s con- Spanish and Slovakian forces (compare quest of Ukraine in 1918-1920. D-Day with a total of 132,000 Allied One may ask: “Doesn’t Moscow have troops). Ukraine was both the prize and anything better to do?” No, it does not. the crucible. Hitler told Carl Burckhardt, The dissolution of the USSR is bemoaned the League of Nations high commission- as “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe” er, “I need the [sic] Ukraine, so that of the 20th century, Stalin is being reha- nobody can ever starve us out again, as bilitated as an “efficient manager,” and a they did in the last war.” Following wholesale rewriting of Soviet-era history Moscow’s 1932-33 man-made famine in in Russian schools is well under way. Ukraine that scythed millions of inno- Ukraine remains as the linchpin to the cents out of existence, Hitler planned a process, just as it was both in the forma- repeat, as set forth in a report of the tion of the USSR and also in its fall. German Economic Armament Staff, dated Zbigniew Brzezinski noted that “It cannot December 2, 1941. In the same month, be stressed strongly enough that without Walther Funk, the German minister of the Ukraine, Russia ceased to be an empire, economy and president of the Reichsbank, but with Ukraine suborned and then sub- declared in Prague that Ukraine, “this ordinated, Russia automatically becomes promised colonial land,” had become an empire.” This has been a constant. “If accessible to “European” exploitation. we lose Ukraine,” said Lenin, “we lose As a result, Ukraine was one of the our head.” On August 11, 1932, Stalin few countries in all of Nazi-occupied wrote to his executioner in Ukraine, Lazar Europe to be ruled directly from Berlin. It Kaganovich: “Things in Ukraine are terri- had no Nazi or fascist party like the Iron ble... If we don’t make an effort to Guard in Romania, the Arrow Cross Party improve the situation in Ukraine, we may in Hungary, or the smaller but no less lose Ukraine... Give yourself the task of fanatic fascist parties in Belgium, transforming Ukraine into truly a fortress Norway, Denmark and Holland. Ukraine of the USSR... Without these and similar had no puppet government as did measures... I repeat – we can lose Quisling’s Norway or Petain’s Vichy Ukraine.” In the ensuing months of France. To the very contrary, upon 1932-1933, millions of Ukrainians were Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union murdered in history’s first man-made on June 22, 1941, Ukrainians promptly famine. (June 30) declared an independent gov- Regrettably, given The Post’s stature ernment, refusing to ally with Hitler. The and apparent credibility, Mr. Pancake’s Germans considered this to be a coup article – despite “good intentions” – will d’état, and reacted instantly, arresting the be cited in predictable quarters with satis- Ukrainian leadership, which was sent to faction. We accordingly urge that both the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Mr. Pancake and The Washington Post An Einsatzkommando C/5 Order stated: revisit this issue. “It has been established with certainty Sincerely yours, that the Bandera Movement [OUN] is preparing an uprising in the Victor Rud Reichscommissariat, whose ultimate Chairman objective is to create an independent Foreign Affairs and Human Rights Ukraine. All functionaries of the Bandera Committee Movement are to be immediately arrested Ukrainian American Bar Association No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 25 OUT AND ABOUT

February 18 Discussion, “Ukraine’s Presidential Election, Round 2,” Washington and pianist Oksana Skidan, Embassy of Ukraine, Cambridge, MA Harvard University, 617-495-4053 202-364-3888

February 19 Presentation by Natalka Husar and Janice Kulyk- February 25-28 Kinofest NYC, The Ukrainian Museum, New York Keefer, “Blood in the Borshch,” The Ukrainian New York http://www.kinofestnyc.com/index.html Museum, 212-228-0110 February 27 Hockey fund-raiser to benefit the Children of February 20 Kaktus Kolomiyka Zabava, featuring music by West Orange, NJ Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund and the Phoenix, AZ Svitanok, Ukrainian National Women’s League of Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, America, Country Inn and Suites, 480-991-4656 featuring the N.J. Devil Alumni versus N.Y. or [email protected] Ukrainian Kozaks, Richard J. Codey Arena, 973-867-8855 or www.hockeyfundraiser.org February 20 Wild West Ukie Fest, featuring the Zorianka Phoenix, AZ Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Edmonton, Ukrainian February 27 “Perogy” Night Family Dinner, St. Vladimir the Great National Women’s League of America, Pinnacle High Ottawa Council and the Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League, School Auditorium, 480-991-4656 St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine, or [email protected] 613-830-7787

February 20 through Gerdany (beaded necklaces) workshop, March 1 Seminar by Volodymyr Dibrova, “Gogol’s ‘Taras March 13 The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 Cambridge, MA Bulba’: The Novel, the Film, the Ideology,” Harvard New York or [email protected] University, 617-495-4053

February 21 Concert, “Ukraine Rain,” featuring Julian Kytasty, March 2 Lecture by Oksana Kis, “Beauty Will Save the New York poet Bob Holman, and the Radio Banduristan Song New York World: Manifestations of Normative Femininities in and Dance Ensemble, Bowery Poetry Club, Yulia Tymoshenko’s Political Images,” Columbia 212-614-0505 University, 212-854-4697 or [email protected] February 22 Seminar by Robert Kusnierz, “Ukraine During the Cambridge, MA Holodomor-Famine and Great Terror in Light of March 7 Taras Shevchenko Concert, Ukrainian Canadian Polish Diplomatic Intelligence Documents of the Ottawa Congress – Ottawa Branch, Assumption of the 1930s,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053 Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Orthodox hall, 613-728-0856 February 24 Discussion, “Ukraine’s Presidential Race: Outcomes New York and Prospects,” Columbia University, 212-854-4697 March 7-31 Art exhibit, “Across the Universe,” featuring work or [email protected] Daytona Beach, FL by Pat Zalisko, Art League of Daytona Beach, 386-258-3856 February 25 Lecture by Taras Prokhasko, “FM Galicia,” Ronald Washington Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to 202-691-4000 events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome sub- missions from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the February 25 Concert, featuring baritone Oleksandr Pushniak editors and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 No. 7 UKELODEON For The Next Generation

Bethlehem Peace Light shared Plast members beautify with community in Syracuse Syracuse church grounds

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – On a cold late fall afternoon, December 6, 2009, the older Plast scouts (yunaky) volunteered to clean the grounds around St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church and rectory in Syracuse, N.Y. The scouts picked up trash, raked leaves and gathered weeds to beautify the area around the church and rectory just in time for Christmas and before any major snowstorms. Adrian Temnycky (left) with the Bethlehem Peace Light in St. John Church. The Rev. Robert Batcho and Deacon Bohdan Hedz worked alongside the Plast scouts. The clean-up was organized by senior Plast member Roma Temnycky, a by Adrian Temnycky the significance of the Peace Light member of the Spartanky sorority, who commented: “The scouts were enthusiastic and offered special prayers during the SYRACUSE, N.Y. – On Sunday, about doing a good deed for their church and did a great job!” ceremony. To conclude the ceremony, December 13, 2009, local Plast mem- plastuny sang a special song about the bers gathered with parishioners at St. Bethlehem Peace Light written by John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Solomiya Keyvan of Ukraine while Mishanyna Church for the 11 a.m. liturgy and to Yurko and Ivanka Temnycky provided This month’s Mishanyna is the fourth and last installment in hold a ceremony with the Bethlehem accompaniment on guitars. our series focusing on the 50 states of the U.S. Find the names Peace Light. Plast members donated special of the 12 states listed below in the Mishanyna grid. The president of the U.S. Plast white candles with blue ribbons for National Command, Petro Stawnychy, the event. Parishioners could buy Rhode Island Texas Washington had traveled from New Jersey on the candles to bring the Peace Light South Carolina Utah West Virginia December 6 to transfer the flame to home to their families during the South Dakota Vermont Wisconsin the Syracuse community. Marko and Christmas season. The Plast group Tennessee Virgina Wyoming Adrian Temnycky received the Peace donated all the money from the can- Light in a lantern, which remained lit dles sold to the church. in the church until mid-January. The joyful event was appreciated by After the liturgy, Plast members the Ukrainian community in Syracuse. gathered at the altar and sang the It was a great way to start the Plast version of “Our Father.” The Christmas season by spreading a little Rev. Robert Batcho and the Rev. peace through songs and a candle. Deacon Bohdan Hedz talked about The local event was coordinated by senior Plast member Roma Adrian Temnycky is a seventh Temnycky, a member of the Spartanky grader at Christian Brothers sorority who is very active in the Academy in Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse community.

Syracuse Plast scouts and community members hold lit candles. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 27 Ukrainian ornaments on the White House Christmas tree by Olesia Fedynsky ing the pictures onto the ornaments. RoCky RIVeR, ohio – I never Finally, all five were done. dreamed I would be walking through once I finished, we took many, the White house. and not only was I many pictures, packed them up and there in the White house, but on the sent them to Washington without main Christmas tree in the Blue knowing what would become of Room I saw the ornaments I had them. a few weeks later, I followed made a few weeks before. my ornaments and took a trip to early in november 2009, I had Washington with my family. We received a box in the mail with five toured the beautiful city and on blank ornaments and some mod december 14, 2009, at 8:30 a.m., podge along with an invitation from our self-guided White house tour the obamas to decorate them began. I went to the ukrainian museum- We walked around those majestic archives in Cleveland to look for halls and made our way to the Blue some ideas and found some albums Room and saw the huge Christmas full of Christmas cards. Flipping tree with its 800 ornaments. We through the pages, I picked out a began scrutinizing the tree, looking for the ukrainian ornaments we had few favorites and took them home to Olesia Fedynsky and her mother in front of the White House Christmas tree. copy. crafted in our home in Cleveland. once the pictures were copied, I and then, we found one! It was the knew what to put on the ornaments. ukrainian traditions ornament, and the five were decorated to celebrate in the perfect spot – right in the the following themes: ukrainian middle and at eye level. We looked dance, the folktale “the mitten,” the for a little bit more, and then my famous “Carol of the Bells,” dad pointed out another one, this ukrainian traditions and ukrainian time “the mitten.” We were all so Christmas. next it was time to start excited! designing them. after walking around the White I put a “vinok” on each one, to house a bit more, we decided it was make them more ukrainian. For a time to finish our tour and start our few nights, my mom and I sat at the drive home. We felt our day was table, hard at work cutting and past- complete after finding two ornaments on the White house Christmas tree. Olesia Fedynsky, 15, is a fresh- I will never forget the day I got to man at Rocky River High School in tour the White house to see my the Cleveland area. ornaments. Ornaments by Olesia Fedynsky that were sent to the White House.

Korinya ensemble presents Ukrainian marionette show gaRdIneR, n.y. – on december 13, 2009, the korinya ukrainian Folk Band charmed the audience at the library in gardiner, n.y., with a marionette performance titled “Baba liuba and the spider.” this production, adapted by halyna shepko from traditional ukrainian tales, tells the story of an elderly woman who lives alone and has a close connection with plants and animals, much to the suspicion of the other villagers. spider spiridon decides to make a surprise for Baba liuba on Christmas eve as a thank-you for all the kindness she shows to the world around her, and this act of kindness helps to recon- nect the community. after the marionette production, the korinya kids played ukrainian carols for the audience with Roxolyana shepko,15, on violin, The Korinya Ukrainian Folk Band. alexandra hamilton,11, on viola, Zoya shepko,13, on cello, stefan ence to take home. they will be playing and demon- schedule.html.) shepko,12, on sopilka and Zorian korinya has performed at la strating ukrainian village dance at korinya has a fanpage on shepko, 4, on telenka. mama and the ukrainian Institute of the dance Flurry Festival in saratoga, Facebook at http://www.facebook. the traditional Christmas wheat america with the yara arts group, n.y., in the hilton Broadway ball- com/pages/korinya-ukrainian-Folk- dish of kutia was given to all to share at toronto’s ukrainian Festival, room on sunday, February 14, at Band/93048907529?ref=s. the after the show and the kids made soyuzivka’s ukrainian Cultural 12:45-1:45 p.m. (For information see ensemble may be contacted by baby spiridon spiders with the audi- Festival and many other festivals. http://www.danceflurry.org/festival/ phone at 845-255-5936. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 No. 7

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