INSIDE: • Democratic National Committee passes Holodomor resolution – page 3. • Biden and Yanukovych discuss “shared democratic values” – page 3. • Kinofest NYC to present compelling independent films – page 13.

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by Zenon Zawada Kyiv Press Bureau KYIV – Ukraine’s intelligentsia showed recently that it won’t back down on its demand that President Viktor Yanukovych remove Dmytro Tabachnyk, the minister of education, science, youth and sports. They’re keeping his removal as a top prior- ity more than a year after the scandalous appointment. Author Vasyl Shkliar released a letter to the president on March 4 announcing his refusal to accept the Shevchenko National Prize that he won for his ideological novel, “Zalyshynets. Chornyi Voron.” (Left Behind. Black Crow), as long as the notori- ous politician remained in his post. “Respected Mr. President,” Mr. Shkliar wrote, “I offer my respect and ask that you take into account – in the decree recogniz-

Markian Hadzewycz ing the Shevchenko Prize laureates – my request to delay awarding me the Lawrence Silverman of the State Department addresses the conference; Shevchenko Prize until the time when Ambassador Steven Pifer is on the right. Ukrainophobe Dmytro Tabachnyk is no longer in power in Ukraine.” UNIAN/ Evgyeniy Borisovskiy by Markian Hadzewycz state” that is a member of the European That same day, Mr. Tabachnyk’s appear- Union (EU). “Ukraine will never slide Author Vasyl Shkliar declined to ance in Parliament drew a few hundred pro- WASHINGTON – The Washington from the democratic path,” Ambassador accept the Shevchenko National Prize testers and aggressive questioning from Group, an organization of Ukrainian Motsyk asserted. as long as Dmytro Tabachnyk remains opposition national deputies. American and other professionals pri- On the economic front, he said, pain- Ukraine’s minister of education, marily from the D.C. metro area, held its ful yet necessary reforms are being (Continued on page 11) science, youth and sports. annual Leadership Conference on made, inefficiencies are being tackled, February 19, during which a series of the economy has never been more trans- distinguished speakers discussed the state parent, and the investment climate is of Ukraine under the Yanukovych admin- improving. With help from the Ukrainian World Congress protests istration, which is marked by backsliding International Monetary Fund and the on rights and freedoms and authoritarian World Bank, Ukraine’s GDP grew by 4.5 tendencies, as well as the need for better percent in 2010, a marked contrast to the closings of Ukrainian-language schools coordination and communication within 15 percent decline the previous year. the Ukrainian American community. In the battle against corruption, by Zenon Zawada schools in which the language of instruc- The conference’s morning session Ambassador Motsyk said there were cur- Kyiv Press Bureau tion is Ukrainian. “Ukraine’s Current Reality and rently over 360 ongoing corruption cases, Among those targeted are schools in Prospects” featured a range of Ukraine and 160 were high-level cases against KYIV – The Ukrainian World the villages of Pervomaisk and Horniak in experts, from former ambassadors to corrupt officials. Congress (UWC) released a statement on the Donetsk Oblast; Donetsk think-tank experts. Civil society, he stated, is “vigorous March 8 demanding that local govern- Humanitarian College and schools in the The opening address was by and influential,” as exhibited by the tax ment bodies halt their plans to close cities of Lysychansk and Krasnyi Luch in Ambassador Olexander Motsyk from the protests earlier this year. Ukrainian-language schools in the the Luhansk Oblast. Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, who Relations with Russia had been reset, Donbas region, where ethnically con- Financing for these schools is provided stressed the importance of the most but “we are Ukraine-oriented” first and scious Ukrainians have limited access to by local municipal budgets. In justifying recent meeting of the U.S.-Ukraine foremost, he said, and Ukraine had no cultural institutions. the plans, officials said budgets need Strategic Partnership Commission. These intentions of joining the Single “The Ukrainian World Congress calls tightening, particularly when it comes to high-level bilateral meetings demonstrate Economic Space, the customs union of upon Ukrainian government bodies to schools where attendance has plummeted Ukraine’s commitment to economic and Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. stop their destructive course on in the last decade. political development and strategic part- In conclusion, Ambassador Motsyk Ukrainian-language education in the In explaining the situation to nership, and cooperation on a range of reaffirmed that “Ukrainian reform needs Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, and to act Parliament on March 4, Minister of issues, such as nuclear security, democra- international support” and urged contin- in accordance with Article 10 of the Education, Science, Youth and Sports cy, rule of law, energy-sector reform, ued expansion of U.S.-Ukraine relations. Constitution of Ukraine that clearly states Dmytro Tabachnyk said he asked the expansion of science and technology, cli- the Ukrainian language is the state lan- Donetsk and Luhansk state oblast admin- mate change, and combating human traf- ‘Discouraging, but not irreversible’ trends guage of Ukraine and that the state istrations to ensure that, upon any school ficking and HIV/AIDS. ensures the comprehensive development He was followed by speakers who closures, children are guaranteed Ambassador Motsyk said the Strategic and functioning of the Ukrainian lan- addressed Ukraine’s domestic affairs, Ukrainian-language instruction in their Partnership Commission confirmed that guage in all spheres of social life through- including issues related to democracy, new schools, teachers are ensured jobs the two countries “share the same values out the entire territory of Ukraine,” UWC human rights, judicial and constitutional and parents are informed of events. and pursue the same goals.” For the first President Eugene Czolij said. reform, and civil society. First to speak Mr. Tabachnyk said reports that the time in 20 years, he said, Ukraine has Ethnically conscious Ukrainians in the was Orest Deychakiwsky, a staff advisor only Ukrainian-language school in started an “enhanced modernization pro- Donbas have called press conferences to the U.S. Helsinki Commission. He Krasnyi Luch would be shut down were cess,” the aim being to make “Ukraine during the last month to alert the public to into a democratic, prosperous, European (Continued on page 9) the Ukrainian government’s plans to close (Continued on page 20) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 No. 11 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

While IMF takes pause, No-confidence vote unsupported Valeria Lutkovska as national coordinator in the legal sphere. The decree was issued KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Vice- “in order to effectively perform the tasks Ukraine considers ailing banks Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of to continue the constructive partnership Ukraine Mykola Tomenko said on March between Ukraine and the North Atlantic by Pavel Korduban Ukraine’s central bank reportedly 4 that the parliamentary opposition has Treaty Organization in matters of mutual failed to collect 150 signatures from dep- Eurasia Daily Monitor rejected the IMF’s advice that only interest.” (Ukrinform) one of the three mid-sized banks uties required to initiate the consideration The mission of the International which were bailed out in 2009, of a vote of no confidence in the Cabinet Yanukovych on International Women’s Day Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its of Ministers. Mr. Tomenko said that the Ukrhazbank, should be rescued. KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor work in Kyiv on February 14, but initiative had been supported by 107 dep- Instead, the government is going to Yanukovych congratulated women in more difficult talks are ahead. uties of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc- revive at least two of these banks, Ukraine on the occasion of International Ukraine still has to prove that it qual- Batkivschyna faction and 11 deputies of plus the large ailing bank Nadra. Women’s Day, March 8. “I wish you a ifies for the next $1.6 billion IMF the Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense In order to rescue Nadra, the cen- sunny spring, I wish you clear skies. I loan tranche. faction. Mr. Tomenko said that Front for tral bank plans an increase in the cap- wish you happiness, love and well-being. The government of President Change Party leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk, ital of the state-owned Oshchadbank May you always succeed. May your Viktor Yanukovych like its predeces- under a similar initiative, had collected so that Oshchadbank should issue a smile make your relatives, friends and sor, whose economic populism loan to the equivalent of $440 million the signatures of only 15 national depu- prompted the IMF to freeze assis- ties. “We still hope that the majority of colleagues happy,” reads the congratula- to Nadra, while the same sum should tory message posted on the president’s tance in late 2009, failed to meet its the OU-PSD faction will adopt a funda- be contributed by private investors. website. “May your children be healthy commitments as many reforms mental position and collect the necessary Another large state-owned bank, and your home safe. May Ukraine be for remain unfinished. The IMF approved number of signatures that will enable us Ukreximbank, should lend to you and may you be for Ukraine,” the a $15 billion loan for Ukraine last Rodovid, which is in the worst condi- to consider next week a vote of no confi- head of state added. (Ukrinform) July and $3.4 billion arrived last year tion among the three bailed-out dence in the government,” Mr. Tomenko in two tranches. banks. Later, Rodovid should be said. The YTB-Batkivschyna faction had Moscow sees ‘anti-Russian’ integration If the tranche expected in March is transformed into a “bad bank” for the initiated the collection of signatures on delayed, the schedule may be toxic assets of Ukrhazbank, the Kyiv October 18, 2010. Later, the OU-PSD KYIV – A senior Russian lawmaker on changed so fewer than four tranches bank and possibly Nadra, while Kyiv faction joined the initiative. (Ukrinform) March 4 attacked alleged attempts in the would be received this year. This may would be merged with Ukrhazbank, European Union to make Ukraine’s strain public finances ahead of the according to the plan. Later on, IPO’s President sets up commission on NATO planned integration with the EU condi- tional on it being “an anti-Russian proj- crucial Euro 2012 soccer champion- would be conducted for several of KYIV –President Viktor Yanukovych ect” and said Russia would “counteract ship, a costly event that Ukraine will those banks. The IMF has yet to has issued a decree on Ukraine’s partner- such a position in the most resolute man- co-host with Poland. approve the plan (Zerkalo Nedeli, ship with the North Atlantic Treaty The IMF mission stated on ner.” Konstantin Kosachyov, chairman of February 19). Organization (NATO), approving the February 15 that, though the econo- the International Affairs Committee of the National Bank of Ukraine composition of a commission on partner- my performed well last year and the State Duma, told an international confer- Chairman Serhy Arbuzov confirmed ship between Ukraine and NATO. The economic program supported by IMF ence in Lviv: “In reality, what we in most of these developments in a commission includes Ukrainian Foreign loans had been broadly on track, Russia are worried about is not the inte- recent interview. Mr. Arbuzov also Affairs Minister Kostyantyn more discussions would be held. In gration of Ukraine with European struc- said the IMF was recommending rem- Gryshchenko, representatives of the particular, agreement was yet to be tures but the fact that it is deliberately pre- edies which had been used elsewhere Cabinet of Ministers and the National reached on household gas price hikes. but could not be implemented in sented as a geopolitical, economic, cultur- Security and Defense Council, as well as The mission said a more gradual Ukraine (Zerkalo Nedeli, February al and so forth separation from Russia. national coordinators for partnership with schedule of hikes was agreed upon 26). This is being made a necessary and inevi- NATO in the spheres of foreign policy, the than planned earlier (Interfax- The government has invested over table condition for [Ukraine’s] joining the economy, defense, financial support, secu- Ukraine, February 15). Last year, the $2 billion in Rodovid, Ukrhazbank European family.” He added: “As a rity and the legal issues. Vice-Minister of government promised to hike gas and Kyiv since 2009, but an audit responsible Russian politician, I must say Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin was prices for households by 50 percent conducted in late 2010 showed that that we will definitely counteract such a from April 2011, in addition to a 50 more should be invested. Nadra has appointed as national coordinator for part- position in the most resolute manner. Not percent hike last August. It is not been in limbo since late 2008 while nership between Ukraine and NATO in because we would be sorry to lose clear how the combined deficit of the the central bank’s plan has been to the sphere of foreign policy and the econ- Ukraine but because it is a blatant lie. government and the debt-ridden rescue it jointly with the energy and omy, Vice-Minister of Defense Those who are trying to force this thesis national oil and gas company chemical tycoon Dmytro Firtash who Volodymyr Mozharovsky as national on Ukraine, Russia and the European Naftohaz Ukrainy would be narrowed co-owns the RosUkrEnergo (RUE) coordinator in defense and military coop- community are perfectly aware that to 3.5 percent this year as promised gas intermediary with Gazprom. eration, and government commissioner at to the IMF without the April hike. International and independent the European Court of Human Rights (Continued on page 14) On February 17 the IMF released domestic experts have been against on its website documents dated state participation in Nadra, arguing December 10, 2010, containing that either Mr. Firtash should rescue Ukraine’s obligations under the mutu- the bank on his own or Nadra should The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 ally agreed upon reform plan. The be liquidated otherwise it will contin- publication of the documents had ue to drain public funds. An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., been delayed by the IMF, apparently Mr. Firtash should have cash to a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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No.11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 3 Democratic National Committee passes Holodomor resolution

WASHINGTON – On February 26 at Fedynsky and Kulas concluded their its Winter Meeting, the Democratic testimony with the statement: “Today, National Committee (DNC) adopted a many countries, including the United resolution “Honoring the Holodomor States and, of course, Ukraine have Victims, Survivors and Their Families.” declared the Holodomor a genocide, Sponsored by members of the DNC’s even as a handful – to their shame – National Democratic Ethnic continue to deny that historical reality. Coordinating Committee (NDECC), the Overwhelming evidence, including that resolution details the 1932-1933 gathered by the Congressional Ukrainian Famine-Genocide, makes Commission on the Ukraine Famine in several historical and scholarly refer- the early 1980s, makes it impossible to ences to demonstrate the deliberate deny the enormity of the Holodomor.” nature of the mass starvation, and cites After the resolution was adopted resolutions passed by U.S. and unanimously, Messrs. Fedynsky and Ukrainian legislative bodies, as well as Kulas issued a statement in which they President Barack Obama’s 2009 state- said: “On behalf of the Ukrainian ment commemorating the 76th anniver- American community, we would like to sary of this horrific tragedy. extend our heart-felt thanks to the DNC The DNC expressed its “sympathies DNC members for their sensitivity to this to the victims, survivors and families issue. We are grateful that Democrats affected by Holodomor” and expressed At the Winter Meeting of the National Democratic Ethnic Coordinating support for the construction of the Committee (from left) are: Andrew Fedynsky, member of the NDECC; Alexandra understand the importance of recogniz- monument honoring the Holodomor as Chalupa, the Democratic National Committee’s director of party leaders; Dr. ing an event such as Holodomor and its authorized by Congress and signed into James Zogby, co-chair of the DNC Resolutions Committee and founder and role in preventing future atrocities and law as Public Law 109-340. secretary of the NDECC; and Julian Kulas, member of the NDECC. genocide.” The Resolutions Committee of the DNC agreed to include the Holodomor resolution on its agenda at the request FOR THE RECORD: DNC resolution on the Holodomor of the NDECC and its three delegates to the DNC, Polish American Marilyn The following resolution was adopted Whereas, the Holodomor (Famine- ordered the borders of Ukraine sealed to Piurek, Albanian American Ilir Zherka by the Democratic National Committee on Genocide) in Ukraine, perpetrated by the prevent anyone from escaping the man- and Arab American Dr. James Zogby, Saturday, February 26. It was submitted totalitarian government of the Soviet made starvation; chairman of the Resolutions by: James Zogby, At-Large/District of Union and its dictator Joseph Stalin in Whereas, the deliberate starvation of Committee. Columbia; Marilyn Piurek, National 1932-33 was one of the greatest crimes in the Ukrainian population in the country- DNC Director of the Office of Party Democratic Ethnic Coordinating history; side was accompanied by mass arrests, Leaders Alexandra Chalupa, herself a Committee/Connecticut; Ilir Zherka, Whereas, the Soviet government delib- executions and deportations to Siberia of first-generation Ukrainian American, National Democratic Ethnic Coordinating erately seized the entire grain harvest in thousands of people from Ukraine’s cul- worked closely with the NDECC on the Committee/District of Columbia; Donna Ukraine during the final phase of Stalin’s tural, political and religious sectors; Holodomor resolution. Brazile, DNC vice-chair/District of collectivization policy in the First Five Whereas, the Soviet government manip- Ukrainian American members of the Columbia; and Alice Germond, DNC sec- Year Plan; ulated and censored foreign journalists to NDECC, Andrew Fedynsky from Ohio retary/West Virginia. Whereas, this action resulted in wide- prevent news of the man-made Famine and Julian Kulas from Illinois, spoke at spread starvation throughout the country- from being communicated to the world; the DNC Resolutions Committee, urg- Resolution Honoring the Holodomor side in Soviet Ukraine; ing the resolution’s passage. Messrs. Victims, Survivors and Their Families Whereas, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin (Continued on page 17)

CPJ alarmed by manipulation Biden and Yanukovych discuss of Gongadze investigation “shared democratic values” NEW YORK – The Committee to less of their rank, influence, and position, PARSIPPANY, N.J. – U.S. Vice- direct investment. The vice-president Protect Journalists (CPJ) stated on March must be brought to justice.” President Joseph Biden and Ukraine’s emphasized that the United States 2 that it is “deeply disturbed by the recent The Kyiv Court of Appeals ruling President Viktor Yanukovych dis- wants to see greater foreign direct actions of Ukrainian authorities that comes on the heels of procedural viola- cussed a variety of issues related to the investment in Ukraine, and he and threaten to upend progress in the 10-year- tions committed by investigating authori- U.S.-Ukraine strategic partnership – President Yanukovych discussed the old investigation into the September 2000 ties in the case. In a March 1 public letter including “shared democratic values” need to avoid any laws or other abduction and murder of independent to Ukrainian President Viktor – in a telephone conversation on actions that would undercut the ability journalist Heorhii Gongadze.” Yanukovych, CPJ laid out its concerns March 2. of businesses to make those invest- The Kyiv Court of Appeals ruled that about seeming official attempts to quickly Vice-President Biden expressed the ments. In addition, the vice-president day to reject a second appeal by Myroslava wrap up the most significant stage of the U.S. position that “selective prosecu- thanked President Yanukovych for our Gongadze, the journalist’s widow, against Gongadze investigation. tions of opposition officials” should be continued cooperation on nonprolifer- the prosecutorial downgrading of the status Gongadze, 31, editor of the indepen- avoided and that the electoral reform ation issues and underscored our com- of the murder from a contract killing to a dent Internet newspaper Ukrayiska Pravda process in Ukraine should be fully mitment to see through our promises “killing on verbal command.” – which often criticized the policies of inclusive. to each other to remove all Ukrainian The new status of the case, in effect, then President Kuchma – was last seen on Following is the text of the highly enriched uranium by next pegs the responsibility for commissioning September 16, 2000, leaving the home of “Readout of Vice-President Biden’s year’s Nuclear Security Summit.” the crime on a single culprit – a dead a colleague to meet his wife and two Call with Ukrainian President The official website of Ukraine’s internal affairs minister – and technically young children. His headless body was Yanukovych,” as provided by the president carried a news item which precludes investigators from going after a discovered in a forest outside the town of While House Media Affairs Office: indicated that Messrs. Yanukovych larger circle of suspected masterminds. Tarascha two months later. “Vice-President Biden spoke with and Biden discussed the results of the A two-year-long trial of three suspect- Persistent allegations of high-level gov- President Viktor Yanukovych of third meeting of the U.S.-Ukraine ed accomplices in the Gongadze’s murder ernment involvement in the murder have Ukraine today to discuss our common Strategic Partnership Commission ended in 2008 with convictions, but no lingered since late November 2000, when agenda following the meeting of the held on February 15 and that “both one has been held responsible thus far for an opposition leader released tape record- U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership agreed that the Washington meeting masterminding the crime. Prosecutors ings of what he claimed were conversa- Commission on February 15. The was successful and that the results of have failed to investigate former and cur- tions between President Kuchma, his chief vice-president thanked President our joint work deserve acclaim.” rent high-ranking officials – including of staff, Mr. Lytvyn, and Internal Affairs Yanukovych for Ukraine’s assistance The website also reported: “Speaking former President Leonid Kuchma and Minister Yurii Kravchenko. in responding to the situation in Libya. about the development of democracy in then head of presidential administration On the tapes – transcripts of which He underscored that our strategic part- Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych noted that and current Parliament Chairman were carried by news agencies – three nership with Ukraine is based on our he appreciates the efforts of the United Volodymyr Lytvyn – who have long been male voices discuss various ways of “deal- shared democratic values. In that con- States to strengthen democracy in the suspected of being involved in ing” with Gongadze. Messrs. Kuchma and text, the vice-president emphasized the world and the attention to development Gongadze’s killing. Lytvyn have repeatedly denied involve- importance of avoiding any selective of democratic institutions in “This is nothing but an attempt by the ment. In 2005, Kravchenko was found prosecutions of opposition officials Ukraine. ‘We remain open to construc- authorities to close off further prosecu- dead in his apartment just hours before his and the need for an electoral law tive dialogue on strengthening democra- tions in the murder of Heorhii Gongadze,” scheduled questioning in the Gongadze reform process that is fully inclusive cy and the rule of law, as well as imple- CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program case. Although he was found to have been to further Ukraine’s European integra- mentation of relevant reforms,’ Viktor Coordinator Nina Ognianova said. “All killed by two shots in the head, authorities tion and best help it attract foreign Yanukovych said.” perpetrators of this heinous crime, regard- said he had committed suicide. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 No. 11

OBITUARY: Jurij Ferencevych, Division veteran, Plast leader Mr. Ferencevych was responsible for Mr. Ferencevych’s siblings Olha procession to the memorial to Division the erection at Lviv’s famous Lychakiv Chmola, with her children, Bohdan and veterans, where they placed flowers and Cemetery of a monument to veterans of Olena May, and Roman Ferencevych, lit candles. Mourners carried a photo- the 1st Division of the Ukrainian with his sons, Marko and Ihor, and their graph of Mr. Ferencevych and his com- National Army and young soldiers of the families. rade and colleague Mykhailo Bendyna, anti-aircraft defense. He was a co-found- Other grieving family members who died in 2009 and is buried at er of a cemetery for Division veterans in include nieces Oksana Dragan-Krawciw, Lychakiv. At Mr. Bendyna’s grave, a the village of Chervone (near Zolochiv) Teresa Williams and Ingrid Kucher, and memorial plaque for Mr. Ferencevych in Ukraine and was responsible for its nephews Andrew and George was placed on the monument beneath upkeep. In addition he was instrumental Gorchynsky, with their families. Also in that of Mr. Bendyna. in the erection of monuments to fallen mourning are members of the Wolycky, Also paying their last respects at the soldiers in Berezhany, Yaseniv and Wynnyckyj, Bachynsky, Piaseckyj, cemetery were veterans of the Oleskiv, at the Kruty station and near Tyckyj and Hryhorijiw families, and rel- Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists Bazar, all in Ukraine. atives in Ukraine, the United States, and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army He organized the reburials in Ukraine Canada, Poland and Russia. (UPA). of notable Ukrainian political and mili- The funeral liturgy was offered on Donations in memory of Mr. tary leaders, among them the president February 19 at St. George Ukrainian Ferencevych may be made to: Ukrainian of the Western Ukrainian National Catholic Church in New York City; buri- Catholic Education Foundation (2247 W. Republic (WUNR), Yevhen al followed at Holy Cross Catholic Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622), Petrushevych, and WUNR Minister of Cemetery in North Arlington, N.J. Brody-Lew Inc. (P.O. Box 261, Cooper Defense and Ukrainian Galician Army In Ukraine on February 23, the ninth Station, New York, NY 10276), Plast in Jurij Ferencevych in his Plast uniform. Col. Dmytro Vitovsky. He also was in day since Mr. Ferencevych’s passing, Ukraine (Plast Conference Inc., 941 N. charge of the reinterment in Lviv of the members of Plast and veterans of the Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60622) and JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Jurij founder of Plast, Dr. Oleksander Galicia Division gathered at a memorial the Plast Ski Camp Fund (named in Ferencevych, a veteran of the 1st Tysovsky (“Drot”). Prior to that he was service at St. George Cathedral in Lviv. honor of Jurij Ferencevych) of the Division of the Ukrainian National responsible for the funeral of Dr. Afterwards, at the Lychakiv Cemetery, Burlaky Fraternity (P.O. Box 206, Army, a leading longtime activist of Tysovsky in Vienna and the funeral of the veterans and Plast scouts walked in a Spring House, PA 19477). Ukrainian veterans’ and community Plast’s first chief scout, Severyn organizations, and a distinguished leader Levytsky (“Siryi Lev”) in Buffalo, N.Y. in the Plast Ukrainian Scouting Mr. Ferencevych, an engineer by pro- Organization, died suddenly on February fession, was a longtime member of the 14 at his home in Jersey City, N.J. He American executive board of the was 85. Veterans of the 1st Division of the Mr. Ferencevych was a former head Ukrainian National Army. He was also a of the worldwide General Plast former head of the Self-Reliance Credit Executive and the U.S. National Union in Jersey City. Executive Board of Plast, as well as a Mr. Ferencevych was born on January former head of the Conference of 6, 1926, in Lviv. He was a member of Ukrainian Plast Organizations. He held a the Peredovi unit of Plast (1942 in Lviv) variety of positions also on the Plast and a founding member of the Burlaky branch level, was a leader of many Plast Plast fraternity (since 1947 in Munich). summer camps, administrator of Plast He emigrated to the United States in the ski camps, organizer of Plast jamborees years after World War II. and an officer of the Burlaky fraternity He was recognized by Plast with its of Plast. highest honors, including the Orders of He was a soldier of the 1st Division St. George in bronze, silver and gold, of the Ukrainian National Army (the and the Order of the Eternal Flame in Galicia Division), a participant of the gold; he held the highest rank for senior historic battle of Brody in 1944, as well members of Plast (“senior kerivnytst- as battles in Slovakia and Austria, and a va”). prisoner of war in Rimini, Italy. Surviving are Mr. Ferencevych’s wife, In the United States he headed the Chrystyna (a member of the editorial veterans’ group Brody-Lew, whose mis- staff of Svoboda); daughter, Yaryna, sion is to take care of the final resting with her husband, Adrian Lanspeary, and The procession at Lviv’s Lychakiv Cemetery heads toward the monument to places of their comrades in arms as well son, Dorian; and son, Taras, with his veterans of the 1st Division of the Ukrainian National Army. Mourners carry a as to provide assistance to veterans and wife, Xenia (née Piaseckyj), and chil- photograph of Jurij Ferencevych, who passed away on February 14, and his their families in Ukraine. dren, Luba and Lev. Also surviving are colleague Mykhailo Bendyna, who died in 2009.

UNIS meets with members of 112th U.S. Congress

Ukrainian National Information Service Ukrainian National Information Service; staffers of the Ukrainian Embassy; and WASHINGTON – In its continuing Aleksandra Kocelko, UNIS research efforts to inform members of Congress assistant. about issues of concern to the Ukrainian The UNIS director thanked the co- community, the Ukrainian National chairs of the caucus for their diligent Information Service (UNIS) recently efforts through the years to bring more met with several members of the focus and attention in Congress to issues Congressional Ukrainian Caucus and in Ukraine. Issues discussed included also a newly elected member of the 25th anniversary of the Chornobyl Congress. nuclear disaster, the 20th anniversary of After the new Congress was sworn in Ukraine’s independence and the current in January, UNIS coordinated meetings situation in Ukraine. for the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus Of particular interest was an opportu- members to become acquainted with nity to meet with newly elected Rep. Ukraine’s newest ambassador, Andy Harris (R-Md.), who prides him- Olexander Motsyk. self on his Ukrainian heritage. He Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) and expressed his interest in Ukrainian Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.), co-chairs of issues and resolved to work with the the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus Ukrainian community to further advance (CUC), met with the ambassador and their concerns in Congress. expressed their continued support of UNIS advocated the congressman’s Ukraine, while expressing their concern membership and participation in the UNIS about the current situation in that coun- Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, which During the Ukrainian National Information Service’s meeting with a newly elect- try. he acknowledged as an important tool to ed member of Congress (from left) are: UNIS Research Assistant Aleksandra Also present at the meetings were directing the focus to U.S.-Ukraine Kocelko, UNIS Director Michael Sawkiw Jr. and Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.). Michael Sawkiw Jr., director of the issues. No.11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

UNA Almanac is dedicated to Ukraine’s independence

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The recently released 2011 Almanac of the Ukrainian National Association is ded- icated to the 20th anniversary of the re-establishment in 1991 of Ukraine’s independence. By now, the UNA Almanac has made it to the homes of subscribers to Svoboda, the UNA’s Ukrainian- language weekly newspaper, since it was mailed to all subscribers early in the new year. The editor of the UNA Almanac is Petro Chasto of the Svoboda editorial staff. The 256-page volume opens with greetings from UNA President Stefan Kaczaraj and the editor-in-chief of Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly, Roma Hadzewycz. The first section of the UNA Almanac, titled “Independent Ukraine: 20 Years,” includes both poetry and arti- cles related to Ukraine’s independent statehood. It is followed by sections titled “The Tragic Year of 1921” (about the first famine in Ukraine), “A Collision of Two Evil Forces” (the Soviet advance into Ukraine in 1941 and other events of section of greetings and advertisements World War II), “Unforgettable at the end. Personages” (notable figures from histo- The book’s cover design is by Stepan ry and literature), “To Know the World, Slutsky, who has been designing these To Love the World” (miscellany such as unique covers since 1999. the Hudson River, the travels of the Those who would like to order cop- yacht Batkivschyna and Ukrainian song) ies of the 2011 Almanac of the and “From Unfinished Manuscripts” Ukrainian National Association my do (featuring two authors). so by calling the Svoboda administra- The 2011 UNA Almanac also con- tion, 973-292-9800, ext. 3041 or 3042. tains the traditional liturgical calendar The price, as in previous years, is $15 at the beginning of the volume and a per copy.

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FOR THE RECORD: Liberal MPs The Ukrainian Weekly support Holodomor gallery at CMHR

“New directions” and the press Following is the text of a statement at a time when their Ukrainian peasant The working title of a session at The Washington Group’s recent Leadership released on February 23 by Liberal counterparts in Ukraine were being Conference – “The Ukrainian American Community: New Directions for Members of Parliament concerning the starved to death, include a permanent Cooperation” – led us to ponder our community newspapers’ role in that cooper- Canadian Museum for Human Rights. zone (gallery) on the Holodomor. ation. It should be said at the outset that, since their founding, respectively, in We, federal Liberal Party Members of 1893 and 1933, to the present day, Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly have The publicly funded Canadian Parliament, hold that this publicly funded served our community. They were the original network – even before that word Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) national Canadian museum should create came into vogue – that kept all of us, Ukrainian Americans, Ukrainian Canadians located in Winnipeg was established by and operate a permanent gallery dedicat- and Ukrainians around the globe in touch and informed, and promoted coopera- Parliament through amendments to the ed to the Holodomor, and that the Board tion within our community. And they continue to play that role. Museums Act in 2008 and is set to open of Directors of the CMHR should One more noteworthy fact: since January 1991 – even before Ukraine re- its doors in 2013. embrace and include respected members established its independence – The Weekly’s Kyiv Press Bureau has provided The purpose of the CMHR is to of the Ukrainian Canadian community news from Ukraine as reported by our own Ukrainian American journalists. Our explore the subject of human rights, with with expertise in the Holodomor. full-time Kyiv correspondents are folks who know our community here and special but not exclusive reference to It was the Jewish-Polish scholar deliver news and analysis in a manner that best serves our readers, explaining Canada, in order to enhance the under- Raphael Lemkin, known as the “Father of developments in Ukraine that can seem incredible or are downright confusing. standing of human rights, to promote the Genocide Convention” who coined Quite often that information has served to rally our community to action. respect for others and to encourage reflec- the term “genocide” when referring also Indeed, since their beginnings, both Svoboda and The Weekly have rallied our tion, discussion and the taking of action to the Holodomor in his 1944 book “Axis community behind causes such as the defense of human rights activists in the against hate, oppression and crimes Rule in Occupied Europe.” Unfortunately, USSR, the ultimate goal of independence for Ukraine, the establishment of the against humanity. the full extent of this horrific “genocide U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine, the democratization of Ukraine, and, One of the fundamental and most basic by famine” of millions of Ukrainians was most recently, the construction of a Holodomor memorial in Washington. of human rights is the right to nourish- suppressed behind the Iron Curtain during Our newspapers should continue to engage our community and spur it to ment – the right to food. In the case of the the subsequent 58 years by the Kremlin’s action, and our community should continue to use our newspapers to promote its Holodomor, this was the first genocide communist regime. causes and concerns to fellow Ukrainians and the general public. Too often these that was methodically planned out and By taking a leadership role in estab- days, we see folks limiting their communications to e-mails exchanged among perpetrated by depriving the very people lishing a permanent gallery for the defined groups. They don’t see the value in sharing information with a broader who were the producers of food of their Holodomor, Canada would encourage spectrum of our community via the pages of its most widely read newspapers, The nourishment. What is especially horrific post-communist countries that are now Weekly and Svoboda, which nowadays can be read online by anyone anywhere! is that the withholding of food was used our economic and security partners to The online versions of our newspapers are a digital treasure trove of current as a weapon of genocide and that it was begin to more critically address the information and a formidable source for those interested in the history of our done in a region of the world that was human rights violations and genocidal Ukrainian community and developments in Ukraine. You see, by submitting known as the “breadbasket of Europe.” crimes perpetrated in the name of com- information to The Weekly and/or Svoboda (and that information can be in the The Holodomor – the Famine- munism and to cease the Holodomor form of stories, letters, essays, photos, even advertisements), you are guaranteed Genocide perpetrated by Soviet authori- denials which continue to this day. a place in history. Our archived issues will endure online, while e-mails, text ties in 1932-1933 against the Ukrainian By having the Holodomor in a perma- messages, Facebook entries, Tweets, etc. are throwaways, fleeting bits of instant people – has been recognized as such by nent zone (exhibit) in our national human communication. Useful, yes, but perishable. the Parliament of Canada, and provincial rights museum, Canada would fulfill its So, we urge readers to share information and use our newspapers as your net- legislatures in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, traditional role in leading the world in the work. Such sharing of information and ideas benefits us all. And one success can Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. Canada, promotion of human rights. lead to many others. As we consider “new directions” for cooperation, we must with a population of 1.2 million remember that our newspapers are a valuable resource that should be utilized to Ukrainian Canadians, was the first coun- Borys Wrzesnewskyj, MP its fullest in supporting our community’s needs and aspirations. try to enact federal legislation to annually (Etobicoke Center, Ontario) mark the Holodomor on the fourth Saturday of every November. Navdeep Bains, PC, MP The Canadian Museum for Human (Mississauga-Brampton South, Ontario) Rights presents an opportunity to illus- Gerard Kennedy, MP March trate the promise and the importance of (Parkdale-High Park, Ontario) Turning the pages back... human rights, but sadly part of its mis- sion will necessarily also be to educate Bonnie Crombie, MP Canadians about the consequences of (Mississauga-Streetsville, Ontario) 19 Four years ago, on March 19, 2007, the Procurator denying those rights. The Holodomor is General’s Office of Ukraine announced that it had charged as graphic and moving an illustration as Kevin Lamoureux, MP 2007 former Internal Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko with illegal can be imagined of the denial of the basic (Winnipeg North, Manitoba) distribution of 51 firearms and abuse of power. The arrest Human Right to Food. It is a story that is prompted concerns that authoritarian and political persecution well known and well understood in the * * * had returned to the Ukrainian government. Ukrainian Canadian community, since By March 2, 10 more Liberal MPs had Police, who said they were merely enforcing the law, searched Mr. Lutsenko’s there are few families in that community become signatories of the statement. They apartment for evidence related to the charges and confiscated cash, a gun and two who were not touched in some way by are (in alphabetical order): Wayne Easter, Ukrainian passports. Authorities also alleged that Mr. Lutsenko received five comput- this man-made catastrophe, but it is not PC, MP (Malpeque, Prince Edward ers in exchange for guns he awarded, as well as firearms, office furniture and an as yet widely known or understood in the Island), Hedy Fry, PC, MP (Vancouver alleged Israeli passport. (It was believed that Mr. Lutsenko was a citizen of Israel broader Canadian community. Center, British Columbia), Andrew when he served as internal affairs minister, a violation of Ukrainian law, which does A gallery devoted to the issue of the Kania, MP (Brampton West, Ontario), not recognize dual citizenship.) Human Right to Food as illustrated by Jim Karygiannis, PC, MP (Scarborough- Allies of Mr. Lutsenko said the Orange Revolution figure was being targeted by the the experience of those who were denied Agincourt, Ontario), Keith Martin, PC, coalition government led by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych just as Mr. Lutsenko’s this basic right through the famine-mur- MP (Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca, British People’s Self-Defense movement was gaining momentum and was preparing for a der of the Holodomor would fit precisely Columbia), Massimo Pacetti, MP (Saint- spring protest in Kyiv that was expected to draw up to 100,000 protesters. within the mandate of the CMHR and Léonard-Saint-Michel, Quebec), Bob In December 2006 the Procurator General’s Office and a Kyiv court determined that would forward its important mission. Rae, PC, MP (Toronto Center, Ontario), Mr. Lutsenko hadn’t broken any laws when distributing firearms, many of which were It is particularly appropriate that the Scott Simms, MP (Bonavista-Gander- awards given to his allies. Officials left the door open to revisit the case by denoting CMHR, located in the city of Winnipeg Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and “signs of corrupt activity.” with over 100,000 Ukrainian Canadian Labrador), Alan Tonks, MP (York South- The unified opposition in Parliament called for Procurator General Oleksander residents, in a province whose prairies Medvedko’s resignation, and President Viktor Yushchenko criticized the Donetsk pros- Weston, Ontario) and Frank Valeriote, MP were largely settled by Ukrainian farmers ecutor that he himself appointed. (Guelph, Ontario). “This is simply the current government’s hysteria, which clearly understands that they are in power thanks to sell-outs and lies,” Mr. Lutsenko said the day after the search. “And that’s why any emergence of organized citizenry is scary to them. And, in panic, they are beginning to repeat what they learned in November and December 2004.” May we help you? Theories on the motivation of the Party of Regions for the investigation included political advertising of Mr. Lutsenko’s movement to draw votes away from the opposi- To reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800, tion Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. Others observed it might have been retribution by the ruling party for Mr. and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below). Lutsenko’s investigation of businessmen suspected of murder in Donetsk and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, many of whom had close ties to the Party of Regions or were party members. Many of the charges were dropped by the Procurator Editorial – 3049, 3088 • Production – 3063, 3069 General’s Office, led by Sviatoslav Piskun, and his successor, Mr. Medvedko. Administration – 3041 • Advertising – 3040 Source: “Yurii Lutsenko in the line of fire of Procurator General’s Office,” by Subscriptions – 3042 Zenon Zawada, The Ukrainian Weekly, March 25, 2007. No.11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 7

The things we do ... by Orysia Paszczak Tracz

Folks songs and social status Succession and success Folk songs tell so many stories on so up. ”If you had dressed up in a zhupan The contrast last month could not have But some may have recalled the earlier many levels. Any one of them can be an (fancy tunic jacket), sister, you would been more striking. In Egypt and Libya, case of Metropolitan Iosyf example of family relations, romantic have sat with us. But because you are ageing political leaders clung blindly to Sembratovych (1821-1900), nominated involvement, community and personal just wearing a sirachyna [a grey coarse- power, refusing to face reality and pre- metropolitan in 1870. When the village interaction, humor or plain old human cloth coat the poor wear], and you are pared to throw their people into the jaws of Hnylychky in Galicia’s Zbarazh dis- foibles. barefoot, you have embarrassed the of bloody civil war. In Ukraine, an aging, trict threatened to convert to Russian One song I have listened to quite a whole family.” nearly blind yet visionary spiritual leader Orthodoxy, he was accused of having few times, and have mulled over, has a The poor sister replies, “One mother quietly gave up his authority, leaving the failed to control the growing Russophile lovely melody, but is a bitterly sad one gave birth to both of us, but she did not succession to divine providence and the movement among his clergy. According about social status, wealth and poverty, give us equal destinies. You have a rich wisdom of an electoral synod. to some sources, Polish intrigues as well and cruelty among siblings. “Oy, vyoryu one; mine is full of misfortune. You can Succession of authority is a perennial as opposition from the Hapsburg govern- nyvku shyrokuyu ta i posiyu khmeliu lord over everything, while I must labor problem. Over the ages, different mecha- ment contributed to his forced resigna- vysokoho” (I will plow a wide furrow, painfully.” nisms have been devised to deal with it. tion in 1882. Sylvester Sembratovych and plant tall hops) is sung by the ama- The brother again, “If you just worked In the Roman Catholic Church, the death (1836-1898) was appointed administra- zing trio Zoloti Kliuchi – Nina harder and woke up earlier to get to of a pope is followed by a secret con- tor late that year and succeeded him as Matviyenko, Maria Mykolaichuk, work, you would have skryni [hope clave in which the cardinals elect a suc- metropolitan in 1885. Valentyna Kovalska. chests] full of fine cloth and riches.” cessor. Yet nothing of the sort has occurred The song has very many verses but the She replies, “I do wake up early, and There has been only one case of papal here. While the Greek-Catholic clergy in recorded one presents only a few. Soloist spin and weave, but I fill up someone resignation. A peasants’ son beloved by Ukraine may not be a model of disci- Nina Matviyenko has the special talent else’s chests, not mine. ... Their chests the common people, the saintly hermit pline, its solidarity has not been serious- of playing the role of all of the characters are so full they cannot close, and my Pietro del Morrone was elected in July ly threatened. in a song, and each of her voices is uni- children are barely clothed. The other 1294 as Pope Celestine V at the age of The Cardinal Husar’s health prob- que. She is a whole drama troupe in one people’s larders are full, and my children 85. Proving confused and incompetent as lems, on the other hand, are well known, petite individual. are hungry.” an administrator, within a few months he and after all, on February 26 he turned The brother is planning a party or din- Then Ms. Matviyenko ends the song decided to abdicate. He consulted the 78. ner and sings that he will plant hops and with great bitterness in her voice: “Let’s astute if impulsive canonist Cardinal Archbishop Ihor Vozniak, the tempo- brew beer for his far-flung family. He go home, children, let’s leave this house. Benedetto Caetani, who prepared rary administrator, has convoked an elec- will send a horse-drawn carriage for his Let’s not interfere with uncle’s partying. Celestine’s resignation in December 1294 toral synod of bishops (per canon 128) to wealthy sister, and will pass on an invita- Father, wake up from your grave (and and proceeded to be elected in his place, start on March 21 at the Briukhovychi tion through others to his poor sister. see me and my destiny). It is so difficult taking the name of Boniface VIII. Their retreat center near Lviv. The synod In one version, the brother clearly says to live without a family.” contemporary Dante Alighieri had no requires a quorum of two-thirds of the “the poor widowed sister,” terribly poor. Dysfunctional? Another lesson of how sympathy for either man, portraying Church’s bishops (canon 69; under This makes his behavior, and that of the things were – and, regrettably, still are, (though not naming) Celestine as a cow- canon 153, canons 63 to 74, on the elec- rich sister even worse. ard for having made “the great refusal” sometimes. Cruel, insensitive, inhumane tion of patriarchs, apply also to major The rich sister arrives on her ride with (Inferno, Canto III, line 60). The affair is family relations. No one speaks up for archbishops). A two-thirds vote is many kalachi (rich breads) as gifts; the recounted in Ignazio Silone’s 1968 novel the poor sister, no one helps her. They required to elect the major archbishop poor sister comes walking with her many “The Story of a Humble Christian,” dra- just belittle her, as if her poverty were (though an Eastern Church’s own “par- children. The former sits at the head of matized the following year. ticular” law may provide that if this is the table; the poor sister stands at the her fault. Money and riches talk. But sta- Yet lifetime tenure is problematic. not achieved in at least three ballots, a door and doesn’t even dare to enter or to tus just for the sake of status does not Thus, the Catholic Church, while main- simple majority will suffice). If no one is sit at the end of the table. The rich sister bring love and happiness. taining it for popes, imposes mandatory elected in 15 days, the choice devolves drinks the mead-wine; the poor sister just Oh, what lessons songs teach! retirement for bishops at 75. This applies to the pope (canon 72). pours out her tears. to the Eastern Catholic Churches too: an Once an individual is elected, he has The brother fawns over the rich sister Orysia Tracz may be contacted at ory- eparchial bishop attaining that age “is and belittles the poor one for not dressing [email protected]. two days to accept (canon 74). Next, the requested” to present his resignation synod notifies the pope, and the person (Code of Canons of the Eastern elected must, in a letter written in his Churches, canon 210). Some, however, own hand, petition the pope for confir- deny that this is obligatory. U.S. warns Ukrainians mation. If the pope declines to confirm What about Eastern Catholic patriarchs him, a new election must take place. If and major archbishops (who under canon the pope confirms him, he makes a pro- about Green Card fraud 152 enjoy most of the same rights)? A fession of faith in the synod. He is then patriarch may resign from office if his proclaimed major archbishop and is Ukrinform that their applications for the DV resignation is accepted by the synod after enthroned. If he is not already a bishop, Lottery have been successful and that consultation with the pope, or by the pope KYIV – The Embassy of the United in order to proceed with their applica- however, he must first be ordained to directly (CCEC canon 126). But is he States in Kyiv has warned residents of tions, they are required to send money episcopal status (canon 153). ever required to resign? The Eastern Code Ukraine about a widespread deceptive to any named individual or any U.S. is silent, and canonists disagree. What is Major Archbishop Husar’s e-mail regarding the Diversity Visa Embassy, they have been targeted by Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Major legacy? He is known for his humane, Lottery (DV). con artists. Archbishop Lubomyr Cardinal Husar, pastoral approach to the ordinary believ- The Embassy said that in this scam “Under no circumstances should widely regarded as patriarch, stated at the er – exemplified in a series of audio individuals receive an e-mail stating: money be sent to any address for par- beginning of his tenure that he intended recordings which discuss a whole range “Congratulations! You are among ticipation in the DV Lottery,” the to retire at the appropriate time, and at 75 of life issues. He intends to continue his those randomly selected and registered Embassy said. The Embassy under- requested that the pope allow him to meetings with youth and students during for further consideration in the diversi- scored that participation in the lottery resign for reasons of health. On February his retirement. Another aspect of his leg- ty immigrant program. Selection guar- is available to the public at no charge 10, he announced that his request had acy is the elaboration of the Church’s antees that you will receive a United on the websites of the U.S. Department been granted. This, he stressed, was for administrative structure – not spectacu- States Permanent Resident Card (also of State (www.state.gov) and travel. lar, perhaps, but necessary for the cre- known as Green Card or Diversity state.gov, or through the Embassy web- the good of his Church. Temporary administration of the Church was there- ation of a self-governing, truly “patriar- Visa) only if you follow the instruc- site (http://ukraine.usembassy.gov/) chal” church. But its most ambitious fea- tions for further processing.” under the Consular Section. upon entrusted to the senior bishop of the Patriarchal Curia according to date of ture is his engagement with the The e-mail instructs the recipient to No other organization or private Ukrainian Orthodox Churches in a dia- send money via Western Union money company is authorized by the episcopal ordination (see canon 127). There were ominous rumors that the logue of love, and his corresponding transfer to a person at the U.S. Department of State to notify Diversity vision of a Kyivan Patriarchate, both Embassy in London. Visa lottery applicants of their winning resignation had been forced by political pressure and Roman demands. In a his- Catholic and Orthodox, in communion According to the Embassy, if people entry or the next steps in the process- with both Rome and Constantinople. have received an e-mail notifying them ing of applying for their visa. torical-spiritual analysis, Prof. Oleh Turii demonstrated that, despite wide- Will his successors continue this lega- spread fears and doubts, the four previ- cy? No one can tell. But it is clear that ous metropolitan successions, starting Patriarch Lubomyr has prepared the way with the accession of Andrey Sheptytsky for an orderly succession. For any leader, in 1900-1901, had proved not only that is the ultimate sign of success. effective, but providential (The Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com Ukrainian Weekly, February 13). This Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at one was sure to follow suit. [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 No. 11

FOR THE RECORD: Deychakiwsky on rights and democracy in Ukraine

Following are excerpts of remarks by of law; the further politicization of the ments are the apparently politically moti- It’s important to go after lower level Orest Deychakiwsky, policy advisor at the judiciary, corruption, selective prosecu- vated, selective prosecutions – the corruption, but if President Viktor Commission on Security and Cooperation tions, SBU harassment of NGOs, and so increased pressure on the opposition Yanukovych is serious about battling cor- in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), at on. which focuses on charges of corruption rosive and massive corruption – which The Washington Group’s Leadership Freedom House has downgraded against senior members of Prime Minister continues to haunt Ukraine and remains at Conference on February 19. Ukraine from its pedestal of being the Yulia Tymoshenko’s government. Some the top of threats to Ukraine’s democracy, only “free” country among the non-Baltic are in jail; one, former Economics prosperity and national security – he … It’s no secret that Ukraine is under- former Soviet states to “partly free,” and might want to look a bit closer to home. going some trying times. It’s creeping Ukraine has moved down in other indexes The Yanukovych government – includ- towards authoritarianism, and many say as well (for example, those of Reporters A stability based ing the SBU and other so called “siloviki” it’s already semi-authoritarian, but I want Without Borders, the Index of Economic – has also engaged in harassment, arrests to state at the outset that while the situa- Freedoms and Transparency on authoritarian- and pressure against less well-known tion is discouraging, it is not yet irrevers- International). Ukrainians, including nationally oriented ible. It is not hopeless. The Wall Street Journal said in its ism or even semi- activists, bloggers, historians, academ- All of us, including the Helsinki recent editorial called “Orange Crushed”: authoritarianism, ics… Commission, are deeply concerned by the “Yanukovych’s government is now busily …So, Ukraine has been moving in an backsliding that we’ve witnessed over the trying to reverse democratic rights, put- is an illusory one. authoritarian direction, although I would last year with respect to the freedoms of ting pressure on the press, ramming con- again caution against concluding that it is expression and assembly, pressures on the stitutional changes into law to increase fully there yet – certainly not on the level media, including the growth of censorship his power and extending Parliament’s Minister Danylyshyn, received political of Russia or Belarus. In large part this is and political pressure on some indepen- term by a year.” asylum in the Czech Republic last month. due to Ukraine’s political pluralism, dent media, and attacks against journal- Also, according to new research from Also targeted are lower level officials diversity and the vital role of civil society. ists; attempts to curtail academic freedom civil society, policy advocates and aca- who reportedly had already fallen out of Let’s take Belarus, where the and that of institutions and activists who demics in Ukraine, the levels of democra- favor with the Party of Regions establish- Lukashenka regime on December 19, peacefully promote the Ukrainian nation- cy in Ukraine are almost as low as they ment. At the same time, the Procurator 2010, engaged in a brutal post-election al identity; the flawed October 2010 local were in the final year of the Kuchma General’s Office has so far has remained crackdown, which continues to this day. elections, which did not meet standards administration – 2004. quiet with respect to those with ties to the Ukraine still has a considerably stronger for openness and fairness; the lack of rule Among the recent troubling develop- current government. civil society, greater pluralism and freer media than Belarus (or Russia), despite the very real pressures. In Belarus, for instance, the parliament, the entire gov- ernment, the state media and other institu- tions have been completely dominated by President Alyaksandr Lukashenka now for 15 years – he is essentially a dictator. Political opposition and civil society operate in a far more constrained environ- ment. There is far greater resistance by the regime than in Ukraine to both domestic and external (specifically Western) criticism. In Ukraine, the Rada opposition has not yet become completely eviscerated, even if the opposition has been weakened and some of its members have gone over to the Stability and Order majority. But there are some potentially cautiously encouraging signs that you wouldn’t see in Belarus or Russia – e.g., tax code dem- onstrations which forced the Yanukovych regime to compromise on the new tax law, notwithstanding the fact that there’s a lot of debate as to how much improve- ment there is, given that it seems to favor the oligarchs over small business; the new information access law; the rejection of Education Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk’s restrictive education law which attempted to limit the autonomy of universities; the defeat of an attempt to make Russian the second official language, and even firing of an Odesa cop for denigrating the Ukrainian language… … So, while we’re all deeply con- cerned about the trajectory of democracy and human rights in Ukraine, I do not yet think that “propalo vse” – or “all is lost,” as Tymoshenko once famously said. Perhaps Western reaction, coupled with internal, civil society and political opposi- tion push-back, may serve to put the brakes on the downward slide. With respect to the internal: let’s not forget that more than half the country, according to recent polls, is not support- ive of the Yanukovych government or his Regions party. And their popularity is diminishing; not that the opposition’s is growing, however, but that’s the subject of a whole difference discussion. Instead of being a unifier, Yanukovych has acted to further divide Ukrainian soci- ety, especially the more nationally con- scious part of the population. At the same time, he doesn’t seem to be getting more popular with his own base. Maybe he and the people around him will realize that they’re not getting anywhere by further alienating voters. (Continued on page 15) No.11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 9

favoritism or conflicts of interest, Judge Leadership... Futey said, adding that several key con- stitutional issues need to be sorted out. (Continued from page 1) The 1996 Constitution provides for jury trials and adversarial proceedings, and said trends in Ukraine were “discourag- neither has yet been implemented. It is ing, but not irreversible or hopeless.” also unclear whether the Procurator Ukraine has moved down in rankings in General’s Office is an independent office various indexes, such as those of or subservient to the executive branch. Freedom House and Reporters Without The September 2010 court ruling that Borders. overturned many of the 2004 reforms by Recent news on growing censorship in going back to the 1996 Constitution cre- the media, violence against journalists, ated a mess in that it threw into question crackdowns on freedom of expression, all of the reforms and legislation passed pressure on universities, the flawed local since 2004, the speaker pointed out. The elections in October 2010, the lack of recent vote that pushed parliamentary rule of law, as well as politicization of elections to 2012, as well as the ruling the judiciary and selective prosecutions, last year by the court that parliamentary to name a few instances, reflect badly coalitions are created by individuals and upon the administration of President not factions (which reverses an earlier Viktor Yanukovych, he said. ruling by the same court), are both highly The Parliament’s questionable votes controversial rulings, and directly aid the on the Kharkiv agreement on the Black Party of Regions over the opposition. Markian Hadzewycz Sea Fleet and on pushing back the parlia- According to Judge Futey, the most mentary elections to 2012 demonstrate a Orest Deychakiwsky of the U.S. Helsinki Commission speaks. The Washington important goal Ukraine must strive for is Group President Andrew Bihun is on the left. lack of respect for the Constitution, Mr. “consistent application of laws” for all Deychakiwsky related. citizens and politicians, so no one is at the same time Ukraine’s defense offi- ic base, to not simply rely on the produc- However, Ukraine’s system is not yet helped or hindered in unfair decisions. comparable to Russia’s or Belarus’s, he cials seek closer ties with NATO and tion of metals and chemicals, which cur- said. The opposition has been “weak- Importance of civil society political leaders seek free trade agree- rently make up some three-fourths of ened, but not eviscerated,” and civil soci- ments and visa liberalization with Ukraine’s exports. Ukraine should also Nadia McConnell of the U.S.-Ukraine ety has been successful in pushing for Europe. Nonetheless, Ambassador Pifer turn to its rich agricultural lands for Foundation spoke on Ukraine’s civil amendments to the tax reform, exposing said he feels the EU is not engaged wealth. society, explaining how a large, vibrant the Education Ministry’s pressure on uni- enough with Ukraine and should do more Andriy Pravednyk, head of the civil society is important as it encourages versities and halting attempts at changing to strengthen ties. Ukrainian Embassy’s economic-trade government to do a better job of govern- the language law. In recent polls, it is Another former U.S. ambassador to section, said Kyiv is seeking to improve ing. A civil society representing the peo- clear that the popularity of President Ukraine, William Green Miller, spoke of the economic climate and is working on ple provides for a lasting dialogue with Yanukovych and the Party of Regions is the early struggles of the young reforming the customs and labor codes. the government and, despite the view of falling, and that Ukrainians in both the Ukrainian state and how many were con- In his eyes, the biggest problem is cor- some governments, a civil society is not east and west of the country are increas- cerned that Ukraine would not survive. ruption, but he pointed to the words of necessarily an opposition movement, she ingly seeing the difference between the But he reminded the audience that the Ambassador Motsyk regarding the many explained. rhetoric and reality of government early years of the American republic also ongoing corruption trials. Mrs. McConnell gave the audience a actions. were very difficult. Nonetheless, Mr. Pravednyk spoke very highly of quick yet useful history of civil society in At the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Ambassador Miller said the U.S. and the Strategic Partnership Commission, Ukraine, listing the Ukrainian Greek- Partnership Commission, Ukrainian offi- Ukraine will remain partners, pointed to particularly of the agreements signed on Catholic Church, the Sixtiers, the cials were informed in a “forthright yet the success of the Strategic Partnership shale gas exploration, as this will encour- Ukrainian Helsinki Group and Rukh, very civilized manner” about the con- Commission, and expressed hope in the age foreign direct investment into the Chornobyl and Afghan war activists as cerns of the U.S. government, and Mr. long term for Ukraine’s future. Ukrainian economy. the predecessors to today’s modern civil Deychakiwsky noted that many James Greene of Effective Andrew Masiuk of The Washington society. Even though some claim civil Ukrainian officials do not want to be Engagement Strategies, a former head of Group spoke on higher education in society peaked with the Orange seen as pariahs. There are several “red NATO’s office in Ukraine, noted the Ukraine, particularly business education. Revolution in 2004, she said, it is far lines” that need to be watched closely: international and internal problems of the The system appears weak: most business from dead, as evidenced by the many “if Ukraine has a further serious deterio- Yushchenko administration. He said the education is taught through economics “mini-maidans” seen in recent months, ration, and if the October 2012 elections Yanukovych administration has seen new departments, and only 5 percent in spe- on issues ranging from tax reform to sup- are fraudulent, all bets are off” on problems: even though tensions with cialized business schools. In the U.S., he port for independent media and academic Western support and any chance of Russia have been reduced, the formation explained, successful business practices freedom. Ukraine moving forward, he said. of the parliamentary majority in early are carried out, then academia researches In previous years, protests occurred 2010 and the local elections in October the practices and teaches them; in Constitutional chaos only in election years, but now people of that year were steps backward. Ukraine, however, few schools are are ready and willing to come out and Ukraine may see more problems as the involved in research. Judge Bohdan Futey provided an discuss their grievances in off-election government tries to pass unpopular eco- What the community needs update on the rule of law, judicial reform years, and this is healthy and necessary, nomic reforms, he said, adding that signs and judicial independence in Ukraine. Mrs. McConnell commented. of economic reintegration with Russia The afternoon session, devoted to The December 2004 political reforms should be eyed with caution. Mr. Greene “Ukrainian American Community Needs during the Orange Revolution were con- Foreign relations said he believes Ukraine needs a more and Directions,” began with Dr. Oleh stitutional amendments that transformed Subsequent speakers delved into effective civil service, local NGOs must Wolowyna of the Center for Ukraine from a presidential to a parlia- Ukraine’s foreign affairs. Lawrence be strengthened, and Western coopera- Demographic and Socio-Economic mentary system, Judge Futey said, but it Silverman of the State Department, like tion with them must continue. Research of Ukrainians in the U.S., also created legal-constitutional chaos Ambassador Motsyk, praised the efforts which functions under the aegis of the that got worse when President Viktor of the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership Obstacles to business Shevchenko Scientific Society. While Yushchenko signed legislation in 2006 Commission, as the meetings not only some traditional centers for the expressly forbidding the highest courts The conference then turned to eco- encourage cooperation and transparency, Ukrainian American community are from interpreting the reforms. The presi- nomics and business in Ukraine. Morgan but demonstrate that the two countries shrinking, new communities are rapidly dent explained that judges should be Williams, president of the U.S.-Ukraine have many common goals. At the same growing in new regions (such as the independent, but at the same time he Business Council, asserted that business- time, there are concerns about democrat- south and west). fired judges who “violated their oaths of es want stability, democracy, transparen- ic development, selective prosecutions, Dr. Wolowyna said he believes the office” (it was never explained how), cy and a strong middle class. The tough- pressure on academic institutions and diaspora is losing its compass, but if we Judge Futey continued. There were sev- est obstacle remains overcoming the violations of electoral law. can tap into these new centers and regain eral instances during his term when, if a post-Soviet transformation, saying However, Mr. Silverman, who heads communication, the community can ruling was made that the government did Ukraine was “only half open for busi- the Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine remain strong. not like, the court was liquidated and a ness” because many Ukrainian elites in department of the State Department’s He noted that a growing number of new one was established that would side and out of government prefer monopolies Bureau of European and Eurasian immigrants speak Russian at home rather with the government. of power, not competition in business. Affairs, reminded the audience that “this than Ukrainian. However, due to the Judge Futey criticized the Higher Ukraine opened up after the Orange is a broad relationship” with many posi- growing number of Ukrainian Americans Court of Justice, a body created by Revolution, he said, but ties between tive aspects, and that the Strategic who are assimilating and speaking President Yanukovych that is made up of government and business elites were Partnership Commission is not merely a English, the new wave of immigrants has political appointees of the president and again discouraging transparency. debating society because of its many actually doubled the overall number of has acted at times as a judicial body Mr. Williams said the biggest opportu- concrete achievements. Ukrainians speaking Ukrainian at home. higher than the Constitutional Court, nities for growth could be found in the Ambassador Steve Pifer, a former U.S. Myron Smorodsky detailed two peri- even though the Constitution of Ukraine agricultural, energy and IT sectors and envoy to Ukraine, now of the Brookings ods for the Ukrainian diaspora: the ideal- provides that the Constitutional Court is that, despite the challenges at times, most Institution, stressed that the U.S.-Russia istic era of the 1960s and 1970s, when the final and highest judicial arbiter in businesses are staying and learning how reset was not at the expense of Ukraine community members saw themselves as the country. to work with the system. or Europe. Ukraine has indeed improved the vanguard movement for saving Many reforms are needed, such as Andrew Bihun, president of The ties with Russia, as shown by the Ukraine, and the post-independence dis- financial disclosures for all judges and Kharkiv agreement or various memoran- Washington Group (TWG), stressed the random assignment of cases to prevent da on economic cooperation, he said, but need for Ukraine to diversify its econom- (Continued on page 10) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 No. 11

Leadership... (Continued from page 9) illusionment era, when the diaspora’s expectations did not meet the reality that has been Ukrainian politics for the last 20 years. He also stressed the importance of the Fourth Wave, saying that the divide that exists between established community members and newcomers must be overcome so the community in the U.S. can continue to grow and stay united. Michael Sawkiw Jr. of the Ukrainian National Information Service echoed Dr. Wolowyna’s comments about the diffu- sion of the diaspora: Ukrainians are indeed moving to new communities, and at the same time, across all ethnicities Markian Hadzewycz and socio-economic groups in the U.S., Judge Bohdan Futey Dr. Oleh Wolowyna Ambassador Olexander Motsyk there has been a decline of involvement in civic groups. According to Mr. the work of the UACC, but stressed that Ukraine, where they have helped train integration with Europe, with a large Sawkiw, the best way to drive and too many Ukrainian organizations lack some 40,000 government officials to be emphasis on exchange programs to foster increase activity and involvement is to communication. He suggested more reg- better civil servants. In addition the understanding and learning. In focus on strong issues that unite the com- ular meetings among presidents of small- USUF has brought over 400 of them to September, USUF is holding a 20th anni- munity, such as Holodomor commemora- er Ukrainian groups to coordinate and the United States for a close-up look at versary gala for Ukraine’s independence tions. communicate events and goals. the democratic system here through the in Washington with Ambassadors Roman Ihor Gawdiak of the Ukrainian Ms. McConnell returned to detail the Community Partnership Project. Another Popadiuk of the U.S. and Mykhailo American Coordinating Council spoke of work of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation in project, Ukraine 2020, stresses Ukraine’s Reznik of Ukraine as gala co-chairs. Mykhailo Datsenko of the Ukraina Citizens International Organization (UCIO) said the community has a duty to reach out to the Fourth Wave, and that Russian-speaking Ukrainians should be not excluded or dissuaded. The UCIO helps these new immigrants assimilate to the Ukrainian American diaspora, Mr. Datsenko said, explaining that many of these new arrivals, who grew up under a Soviet system, do not yet understand or appreciate the value of civic pride and volunteer involvement in the diaspora. TWG President Bihun mentioned the importance of our community newspa- pers, including Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly, as these resources not only help us keep in touch and advocate for our concerns but also, through their extensive online archives, provide us with easy access to decades of history. Ambassador Miller wrapped up the conference, saying Ukraine is viable in the long term only if it is a democratic state, while underscoring that the new stability we have seen under the Yanukovych administration is not viable. Russia has a clear strategy in Ukraine – “desovereignization” – and too many members of the Ukrainian elite reject reforms necessary to Ukraine’s growth and development, he pointed out. Ukraine will continue to need external support, and the best place to start is through the large number of NGOs already in Ukraine, Ambassador Miller stated. Slowly, Ukrainians in the east are see- ing the problems of the Yanukovych administration, and we must reach out to them despite language barriers. After the Orange Revolution, large ideas have proven to be very hard to implement, so we should focus on smaller ideas, such as the “mini-maidans” we have seen in the past year, he advised. The 2011 Leadership Conference, which was held at the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, was attended by approximately 100 people.

The annual meeting of UNA Br. 39, Ukrainian Sitch, will be held on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. at the home of Joyce Kotch, the financial secretary of UNA Br. 39, at 314 Demong Dr., Syracuse, NY. All members are asked to attend.

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the disappearance of Ukrainian villages. If teachers to be corrupt? Did you buy your between these views always was and will Intelligentsia... you remove the intelligentsia from villages, diplomas?” be.” its teachers and doctors, no village will When asked what the value was of Opposition deputies attempted to send (Continued from page 1) remain.” reducing mandatory education from 12 to an inquiry to President Yanukovych, ask- The day after Mr. Tabachnyk revealed 11 years, Mr. Tabachnyk insisted that the ing him to dismiss Minister Tabachnyk The unrelenting conflict confirmed that his proposal, Prime Minister Mykola new curriculum required more hours of based on an appeal issued by a group of Mr. Tabachnyk’s appointment remains Azarov announced that no schools would study than in France, Finland or Germany more than 100 leaders in education con- among the bitterest issues in Ukrainian pol- be closed until all the logistics of transfer- – a claim that struck most as outrageous cerned about “the anti-Ukrainian essence itics, observers said. ring teachers and students are worked out. considering those countries have a of his worldview, which contradicts his “At present, Tabachnyk is the most The decision to close schools ultimately 12-grade system. post.” needed minister and most important politi- lies with local organs, whose budgets ”Today we didn’t hear the words of the Only 38 deputies supported the mea- cian in Ukraine,” Ukrainian political scien- finance the schools, Mr. Azarov pointed education minister, but the minister of sure. Frequent calls for Mr. Tabachnyk’s tist Andrii Maksymov told the Moscow- dismissal that are raised by the Svoboda based Regnum news service. “He distracts nationalists and For Ukraine national-dem- everyone. While all the politicians are bat- “Everything is returning to the principle ocrats never get very far. Mr. Maksymov, tling over Ukrainian language in education the Kyiv-based political expert, believes and science, no one is interfering with seri- of ‘McDonald’s in Education’ by which all it’s all intentional. ous people in boring and little-known min- “He’s needed for the opposition in the istries making serious money.” restaurants produce identical hamburg- role of the scarecrow Ukrainophobe, Mr. Shkliar’s novel, about a Cherkasy ers, and universities identical students.” Kremlin agent and the standard devil for otaman nicknamed Chornyi Voron (Black western Ukraine,” he told the Regnum Crow) who leads an uprising against news wire on March 4. Bolshevik invaders, was awarded the prize – the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak, rector of the “With his biography, quotes and in February by the Shevchenko National Ukrainian Catholic University, in an interview ‘reforms,’ he’s ideal. He mobilizes the Prize Committee led by Borys Oliinyk, a voter. The opposition will become lost if Ukrainian literary legend and lifelong with Radio Liberty. Tabachnyk is taken away from them. Communist. Criticizing [First Vice Prime Minister Mr. Shkliar thanked Mr. Oliinyk in lead- Andrii] Kliuyev and Azarov for economic ing the committee to reach an objective out. “It’s understood that we’re not closing falsehoods, because he offered either half- mistakes is weak.” decision. schools simply based on someone’s wish- truths or false replies to most of the ques- Monthly protests that erupt against Mr. Nevertheless the decision sparked out- es,” his March 3 statement said. tions,” Mr. Kyrylenko said afterwards. Tabachnyk aren’t very successful either, rage among Ukraine’s Russian chauvinist “The grounds must be absolutely objec- When questioned about his insulting drawing no more than a few hundred stu- forces, who have smeared Mr. Shkliar as a tive, and parents along with teachers must statements towards residents of Halychyna, dents. They have yet to reach a critical xenophobe for using terms such as “zhyd” understand them. But in every case in referring to them as “lackeys who barely mass, which was never achieved, not even (Jew) and “moskal” (Muscovite) that were which it’s undoubtedly reasonable to close learned to wash their hands,” Mr. during the first protests that were sparked common among Ukrainians at the time. a school because of insufficient numbers of Tabachnyk responded by smearing and by his appointment on March 11, 2010. In response, Mr. Shkliar pointed out that students and an inability to ensure a quality degrading them even further. “Any attempt to fight against a single the Ukrainian National Republic formed in educational process, the education minister “Discussions between democratic and representative of this anti-Ukrainian gov- 1918 had a “Ministerstvo Zhydivskykh will be responsible for children having nationalist views always take place ernment won’t attract many students Sprav” (Ministry of Jewish Affairs). Not schoolbuses, and teachers having jobs. I throughout the world and Europe,” Mr. because they understand that someone like only was “zhyd” considered an acceptable forbid closing schools without that,” Mr. Tabachnyk said, drawing applause from him is ready to replace him,” said term, but the creation of such a ministry Azarov stated. fellow Ukrainophobes in Parliament. Oleksander Danyliuk, an organizer of the was unprecedented in Europe. Other leading members of Ukraine’s “Considering you’re the minority in the anti-Tabachnyk protests in Kyiv. It’s Mr. Tabachnyk who’s responsible intelligentsia offering criticism in recent hall, thank God the people of Ukraine “Tabachnyk is a decoy to distract atten- for hateful words, observers say. He once weeks included the Rev. Dr. Borys uphold democratic, European values. A tion from the main problem — is the anti- remarked that residents of Ukraine’s Gudziak, rector of Lviv’s Ukrainian certain portion support nationalist views, national government that isn’t legitimate,” Halychyna region only learned to wash Catholic University, a leading, private but they’re less. But the discussion he added. their hands and drink coffee at the turn of institution whose innovative, Western- the 20th century. He’s also stated that styled educational policies are under direct Ukraine has no basis for existing as a state. threat from the Education Ministry’s neo- Yet, much of the fierce opposition Soviet plans for higher education. towards him isn’t based only on his offen- Mr. Tabachnyk intends to destroy any sive comments. Since taking office, he has limited autonomy gained by Ukrainian uni- announced retrograde educational policies versities in 19 years of independence, the on a monthly basis, which Western- Rev. Gudziak said. Accordingly, he’s oriented Ukrainians believe are halting any undermining any progress Ukraine has progress and, ultimately, ruining Ukraine’s made towards integrating into the Bologna already fragile educational system. Process, which aims to set standards in On March 2 he proposed shutting down higher education throughout the European schools with 40 students or less, amounting Union (EU). to 10 percent of the nation’s schools. None “Everything is returning to the principle of these students ever won a student com- of ‘McDonald’s in Education’ by which all petition, Mr. Tabachnyk told reporters after restaurants produce identical hamburgers, a press conference, citing World Bank data. and universities identical students,” the Mr. Tabachnyk’s proposed solution is to Rev. Gudziak told Radio Liberty in a bus children from remote areas to large, February 27 interview. “The uniqueness of central schools. a person, and his potential, is simply nulli- “There are 605 schools today in Ukraine fied in such a system.” with one to 10 students, according to the The Education Ministry is selectively State Statistics Committee, and close to cutting funding for those universities not 1,500 high schools with 10 to 40 students,” complying with the retrograde policies, he Mr. Tabachnyk told the Verkhovna Rada said. “Today there is fear: people are during its March 4 session. afraid, and rectors are afraid,” he said. “Which is why, of course, it’s necessary Other proposals and statements made by to develop the schoolbus program and Mr. Tabachnyk were brought to the fore- ensure that local government organs never front during his March 4 questioning reduce networks without providing jobs to before the Verkhovna Rada. all teaching staff and ensuring places of He drew questions about whether he study to each student, if a school comes thought corruption would be re-introduced under reorganization,” he said. in college admissions when he mandated Considering most of the schools targeted greater consideration of grades. Reforms for elimination are situated in rural areas that during the Yushchenko presidency had are Ukrainian-speaking, Mr. Tabachnyk’s placed all emphasis on standardized test- proposal was portrayed by the opposition as ing. just the minister’s latest assault on the High school teachers would be tempted Ukrainian language and culture. to engage in selling higher grades and “The village school is the vehicle of diplomas, while university admissions Ukrainian identity,” said Viacheslav would ignore poor standardized testing Kyrylenko, a national deputy and chair of scores, opposition deputies pointed out. the pro-Western For Ukraine party. “It’s hard for me to argue with such non- “Villages are Ukrainian-speaking, where sense because most of the people present in there are Ukrainian-speaking teachers and this room gained high school diplomas and traditions. That’s the foundation of the entered higher education institutions on existence of the Ukrainian state. If these their basis,” Mr. Tabachnyk said, derisive- processes happen, then we’ll end up with ly. “Do you truly view your gray-haired 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 No. 11 No.11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 13 Kinofest NYC to present compelling independent films

by Helen Smindak was enlisted as an advisor. A retinue of Special to The Ukrainian Weekly eager volunteers came on board. And so Kinofest NYC was born – a NEW YORK – Granted, folk dance New York film festival devoted exclu- impresario Vasyl Avramenko may have sively to Ukraine and former Soviet bloc been the first to screen Ukrainian-themed countries. Committed to celebrating the films for American audiences, but several art of independent cinema, Kinofest NYC intrepid New Yorkers have carried the provides opportunities for the public to idea to greater and grander heights. view independent film from Ukraine and In the 1930s, collaborating with cele- other post-Soviet countries, and serves as brated choir conductor Alexander a forum to introduce new filmmakers Koshetz and the famed Koshetz Chorus from Ukraine and other post-Soviet coun- of Ukraine, Maestro Avramenko pro- tries to American audiences and industry duced three films that were enthusiasti- professionals. cally welcomed by Ukrainian communi- Now in its second year, Kinofest NYC ties in the diaspora – “Natalka Poltavka,” is scheduled to be held on March 16-20, “Marusia” and “Kozaks Beyond the and has added another venue – the Viktoriya Onufrak Danube.” Millennium Film Workshop at 66 E. Fast forward 80 years. Fourth St. – to its original location, The The team for the 2011 Kinofest NYC: Andrew Kotliar (left), Hanya Krill and In New York City, Ukrainian films and Ukrainian Museum at 222 E. Sixth St. Damian Kolodiy (standing). films on Ukrainian topics are being Kinofest NYC did not pop up magical- of 2007 and 2008 provided additional in New York City, a concept that Ms. screened at The Ukrainian Museum, ly overnight; it took months of exhaust- know-how on presenting a film festival. Krill was delighted to pursue. She is the where special projects director Hanya ing planning and preparation to organize museum’s dirctor of special projects, Krill initiated a film program in 2008, details involved in finding and selecting Three months in Ukraine including its film program, and is also the and at Columbia University, where films, deciding on venues, creating a co-founder with her husband, Max Ukrainian language and culture lecturer website, building an e-mail list, and Downsized from his job at Merck Pyziur, of Brama.com, an online Yuri Shevchuk founded the Ukrainian working out the specifics of ticketing, pharmaceuticals company, Mr. Kotliar Ukrainian news portal. Film Club in 2004. Working independent- advertising and publicity necessary to took advantage of a severance package to Ms. Krill saw the festival as “a good ly, they’ve been successfully showcasing produce a successful film event. spend three months in Ukraine exploring fit with the museum’s film program,” classic and new Ukrainian cinema. Mr. Kotliar brought to the project the film ideas and contacts. On his return, he which presents 20 screenings a year; she A third venue came into being when experience garnered in Philadelphia in found a job as a business analyst for the felt that grouping a series of films into a Philadelphian Andrew Kotliar relocated 2007, when he organized a series of New York City School Construction festival would generate a lot of excite- to New York in 2009, surveyed the situa- Ukrainian film showings at the Ukrainian Authority (as a team leader, he rolls out ment and interest – something individual tion and had an “aha!” moment. Why not League of Philadelphia and, several web-based applications that improve the film nights could not achieve. Though stage a film viewing that would group months later, created the “Kinofilm business performance of his company). she expected to deal only with festival together a series of films at one venue – a Project,” a film festival that debuted with His relocation to the Big Apple turned films scheduled at the Museum, she’s Ukrainian film festival? the screening of Mr. Kolodiy’s award- out to be a preliminary step in the cre- been working closely with Mr. Kotliar on Ms. Krill was approached for her input winning film “The Orange Chronicles.” ation of Kinofest NYC. Introduced to Ms. all aspects of Kinofest NYC. and expertise. Filmmaker Damian He says working as a volunteer for the Krill by a mutual friend, he broached the Kolodiy was invited to join Dr. Shevchuk Philadelphia Film Festival in the spring idea of holding a Ukrainian film festival (Continued on page 18) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 No. 11

President Viktor Yanukovych had dis- lion users. Ukraine has about 15.3 million 10 percent to 34 million tons; and Russia NEWSBRIEFS banded the Institute of National Memory Internet users. (Ukrinform) – 3.3 percent to 28.5 million tons. The on December 9, 2010, and on February closest competitor of Ukraine is South (Continued from page 2) 23 of this year he had dismissed Mr. Ukrainian Wikipedia among top 15 Korea with the index of 24.89 million Soldatenko from his position as the insti- tons (+27 percent). In 2009, Ukraine took Ukraine is not destined to choose between KYIV – Ukrainian Wikipedia has tute’s head. Then, on January 12 of this overtaken its Finnish counterpart and was fourth in the ranking of world export- the two paths that are important for it and year, the Cabinet decided to establish the ers of steel. (Ukrinform) that, moreover, it can draw benefit from taken 15th place in the world in terms of Institute of National Memory as an entity the number of articles it contains. The both in its own interests and not in the under the government’s aegis. The new EU on labeling of Ukrainian goods interests of those who would like to make Wikimedia Ukraine fund believes that a institute is charged with “implementing significant role was played in this ranking KYIV – The European Union insists Ukraine an anti-Russian project and not a government programs of fundamental sovereign state that as a right to use all the by so-called very active users. Ukrainian that the use by Ukrainian companies of and scholarly-practical research into mat- Wikipedia has 116 of them, and last European geographical names – such as advantages of its geographical position.” ters related to the national memory of the “Different forces in Ukraine have differ- month they made more than 100 edits to Champagne, Cognac or Camembert – in Ukrainian nation, and its influence on the the encyclopedia. Most users are still not labeling their products be ceased. Philippe ent ideas of [Ukraine’s] interests, but this formation of civil society and the very difference in views confirms that very active, as 4,304 users of Ukrainian Cuisson, representative of the European Ukrainian nation.” The institute will also Wikipedia made more than 10 edits. In Commission’s Directorate-General for interaction with both East and West is do research into the state-building tradi- vital for Ukraine. This means that the the Finnish Wikipedia, in contrast, more Trade, said during the 15th round of talks tions of the Ukrainian nation, and its than 10,000 people work with such inten- on a free trade area (FTA), held in mid- whole former model of relations between struggle for freedom and sovereignty, and these three entities – the EU, Russia and sity. The next goal of Ukrainian February in Kyiv that such practices must it will study tragic events in the history of Wikipedia is to catch up with the be halted. There are about 3,000 protected Ukraine – needs revision,” Mr. the peoples of Ukraine. The Babyn Yar, Kosachyov argued. “The rapprochement Norwegian wiki. The gap between them geographical names, of which Ukrainian Bykivnia and Holodomor historical- is about 28,000 articles. According to companies use a dozen and a half. They of Russia, Poland, Ukraine and the EU is memorial reserves were all transferred one of the main resources of European news reports of February 17, Ukrainian are mostly used in the food industry: the under the authority of the Ministry of Wikipedia has more than 263,000 arti- beverage names champagne, tokay, sherry integration in the 21st century. Today we Culture. (Istorychna Pravda) have a unique chance to give practical cles. (Ukrinform) and cognac, as well as the cheese names feta and Roquefort, among them. This contours to this project, removing from it Facebook popularity in Ukraine Lviv teachers decry intimidation ideological and political vestiges of the question was one of the most difficult dur- KYIV – Royal.pingdom.com special- ing the negotiations on the creation of Cold War and the Soviet period,” he said. ists analyzed the positions of Facebook in LVIV – Heads of raion education (Interfax-Ukraine) departments and school principals are FTA. Mr. Cuisson noted that this problem 130 countries and found that the social with labelling arose in other countries, network has yet to promote itself in 13 of exerting pressure on teachers not to pro- Soldatenko at National Memory Institute test against their miserable salaries and too, and they all resolved it. For example, them, including in Ukraine. According to Spain had been actively using the word KYIV – The Cabinet of Ministers on the website, the main obstacles to lack of state funding for education, repre- sentatives of the Independent Teachers’ “champagne” and then renamed its spar- February 14 appointed Valerii Soldatenko Facebook conquering the Ukrainian audi- kling wine Cava. Valerii Piatnytskyi, – considered by observers to be a Soviet ence are the more popular social networks Union said, speaking on the Lviv’s ZIK TV channel on March 3. “School princi- Ukrainian vice-minister for economic apologist – as director of Ukraine’s VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, well- development and trade, said the talk was Institute of National Memory and it has known in the post-Soviet sphere, which pals didn’t dare to attend public hearings on March 1 organized by a chain of not about prohibiting the production of transferred authority over the museum of occupy the second and fifth positions in certain goods in Ukraine, but about manu- the Holodomor to the Ministry of terms of daily use, while Facebook ranks NGOs in Lviv. This happened in a city that is called the hotbed of democracy in facturers having to reposition their prod- Culture. News of the moves was reported eighth. The total potential worldwide ucts on a market that has become accus- on February 28. As reported earlier, audience of Facebook is about 382 mil- Ukraine! Few teachers came to the hear- ings because they were attended by the tomed to a particular label. A number of head of the city education department. Ukrainian producers have already begun Teachers are pressured to keep a low pro- to change the word “champagne” to CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS file and not raise the issue of their humili- “sparkling wine.”(Ukrinform) ating social status and lack of state fund- Over 21.2 M visit Ukraine in 2010 ing for education,” said the head of the TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 ITU, Andrii Sokolov. “Officials are intro- KYIV – More than 21.2 million for- or e-mail [email protected] ducing a mechanism to intimidate the eigners visited Ukraine in 2010, which teachers. Officials are gathering any com- was 1.9 percent more than in 2009, the promising materials to tame school prin- State Statistics Service reported in mid- SERVICES MERCHANDISE cipals. As schools have no adequate fund- February. In particular, 694,557 people ing for heating, computers and furniture, entered Ukraine for business and diplo- principals sometimes have to come very matic purposes, while 19.09 million for- close to breaking the law to ensure proper eigners visited the country on private vis- maintenance for schools,” he said. (ZIK its. In 2009, Ukraine was visited by near- Western Information Agency) ly 20.8 million people. (Ukrinform) EU pledges 470 M euros to Ukraine More peacekeepers for Ivory Coast BRUSSELS – The European KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych Commission has pledged 470 million of Ukraine on February 7 signed into law euros ($650 million U.S.) in financial a bill on sending an additional Ukrainian assistance to Ukraine aimed at boosting peacekeeping contingent to the Ivory the rule of law and good governance in Coast for three months. The law was PROFESSIONALS the country. The deal was signed by EU passed by Parliament on February 4. Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele Ukraine plans to send up to 60 people and Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Andriy from among the Ukrainian peacekeepers Kliuyev. Mr. Kliuyev was in Brussels to serving with the United Nations Mission discuss the negotiations of an association in Liberia, and three Mi-24 military heli- agreement and comprehensive free-trade copters. Currently, the Ukraine’s peace- agreement between his country and the keeping contingent among the U.N. EU, it was reported on March 2. The asso- Mission in Liberia comprises 275 people. ciation agreement would deepen (Ukrinform) Ukraine’s political and economic integra- tion with Brussels. Mr. Fuele said he Foreign investment could reach $7 B believed the negotiations, which started in KYIV – The Bleyzer Foundation has 2008, could be concluded by the end of predicted that foreign direct investment the year. He also highlighted a number of (FDI) in Ukraine in 2011 could reach $ 7 issues that remain, such as electoral and billion, the foundation’s executive direc- judicial reforms, and issues concerning tor, Oleg Ustenko, told reporters in early human rights. (RFE/RL) February. FDI in 2010 was $5.5 billion. Ukraine fifth biggest steel exporter “We expect a certain increase, but we sug- gest that the structure of foreign direct Karpaty Construction Company KYIV – In 2010, Ukraine dropped one investment will be changed. Last year, position in the ranking of the world’s larg- about 60 percent was sent to the financial All work, large or small: complete home OPPORTUNITIES est exporters of steel and took fifth place, sector, while this year we would not renovations, bathrooms, basements, increasing sales by 5.6 percent to 23.746 expect more than 40 percent. Therefore, roofs, masinry work, exterior and million tons, according to the business 60 percent will be spent on the real sector interior painting. Call Vasili Cholak: Earn extra income! 718-392-0138; cell 347-515-5437. website ugmk.info. Japan remained the and services,” Mr. Ustenko said. He added The Ukrainian Weekly is looking world’s largest exporter of steel; its sup- that Cyprus, Russia and Germany would for advertising sales agents. plies abroad increased compared with remain the major investment donors, as in Run your advertisement here, For additional information contact Maria 2009 by 26 percent to 43.4 million tons (a the past year. Mr. Ustenko said that about in The Ukrainian Weekly’s Oscislawski, Advertising Manager, The new record). It is followed by: China with 10 to 15 percent of FDI in the real sector Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. an increase in exports by 73 percent to could be directed to agriculture. 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to ebb and flow). Still, this is in sharp con- Deychakiwsky... trast to Russia, Belarus and other post- Soviet states, who largely ignore both (Continued from page 8) domestic and foreign criticism/expressions With respect to the West, Ukrainian of concern. officials keep trying to convey to the West Now, some red lines to watch for in the how they’re for democracy, human rights, future: if Ukraine has a further significant etc., but, clearly, there is a gap between the deterioration in human rights and democra- В глибокому смутку повідомляємо родину приятелів і rhetoric and the reality. The West’s reaction cy and fraudulent October 2012 Rada elec- знайомих, що 1 березня 2011 р. y Вестбурі, Ню-Йорк відійшла to the human rights and democracy deficit tions, then, I think, all bets are off in terms у вічність з волі Всевишнього наша найдорожча і незабутня of Western support or any remote chance of has been growing. Just take last week as an мамця, бабця і прабабця example, here in the U.S. where Ukrainian moving forward with respect to European officials heard over and over U.S. concerns integration, which, after all, remains the (State Department, Congress, including the country’s most important stated goal. And Helsinki Commission, the Ukrainian Ukraine is scheduled to take over the chair- American community), and there are indi- manship of the Organization for Security cations that at least some high-ranking and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Ukrainian officials are bothered by the criti- 2013, so hopefully it will want to set a good cism and don’t want to be perceived as example. human rights violators. They even some- The Yanukovych government clearly times admit that they need to improve. has been moving to consolidate and To their credit, and Larry Silverman expand power, and it has prided itself on will speak more to this, both sides under the ability to provide stability, contrasting the auspices of the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic that with the political chaos of the previ- Partnership Commission will undertake ous years. But a stability based on authori- concrete steps to improve the rule of law, tarianism or even semi-authoritarianism, is св.п. democracy and respect for human rights in an illusory one, and if the Yanukovych ЕВСТАХІЯ (Стаха) ГОЙДИШ Ukraine, and this is all to the good, assum- regime thinks that rolling back democratic ing the Ukrainian side takes it seriously. freedoms is the way to achieve stability, I з дому Лотиш A senior U.S. official involved with frankly think this is a shortsighted and Ukraine recently told me the situation in counterproductive approach. пл. сен. керівництва Ukraine reminds one of the game of Ongoing dramatic events in North whack-a-mole – that is, the West and civil Africa and the Middle East, or even the нар. 1914 року в Новому Яричеві, Львівської області. society in Ukraine raise one human rights situations in Belarus and Russia (which on democracy problem, it may get amelio- are perhaps less stable than they might Закінчила Львівську Державну Семінарію, де навчалася 5 ро- rated or put on hold, but then some other appear), should remind one of the superfi- ків на учительку. Вийшла заміж за інженера Романа Гойдиша, problem pops up (e.g., SBU harassment ciality of the so-called stability of authori- який навчався у Сорбоні в Парижі, Франція, з яким разом готу- and/or intimidation of NGOs, which seems tarianism. валися до виїзду до Франції. Проте у 1939 році, коли почалася Друга Світова Війна, плян щодо виїзду був зірваний. Почалися роки скитальщини: Польща, а відтак повернення до Львова і Із почуттям глибокого жалю і скорботи знову Польща. А в кінці через Словаччину з іншими скитальця- повідомляємо про невимовну втрату - ми до Берліну, Німеччини. Вісім місяців перебули в переселен- передчасну смерть найдорожчого сина, ському таборі, звідки втекли з чоловіком до Баварії, де прожи- люблячого чоловіка та батька вали 4 роки. На запрошення односельчанки батька Романа О. Гойдиша св. п. БОГДАНА ГЕВКО приїхали до Ню-Йорку. Тут покійна Евстахія довідалась про який відійшов у вічність 3-го березня 2011 року. Пласт, до якого вступила ще у Львові, маючи 15 років. А в Аме- риці була верифікована і стала виховницею новачок, сестрич- У глибокому смутку залишилися: кою, гніздовою, Крайовим Референтом Новачок і Булавною мама Стефанія Гуменюк Новачок. На Крайовому з’їзді була обрана головою Крайової дружина Теодозія Пластової Старшини, де тричі була переобрана. Також 3 рази дочка Христина була головою Крайової Ради. За допомогою членів Крайового син Марко Проводу провела Міжнародну Пластову зустріч 5-ти континен- родини Мудрих, Мотилів, Бойчуків, Гевків, Малевичів, тів: Америки, Австралії, Аргентини, Канади та Німеччини. Комендантка Новацьких таборів на Вовчій Тропі. друзі, знайомі та рідні у США, Україні і Словаччині. Референт імпрез в станиці Ню-Йорк. Заупокійні відправи відбулися: Створювалa костюмові забави на підставі народних казок. ПАНАХИДА – в понеділок, 7-го березня в похоронному За діяльність у Пласті одержала дві відзнаки Св. Юрія в золоті заведенні Петра Яреми. за працю в новацтві у 1951-1968 роках та за три каденції як го- ПОХОРОН – у вівторок, 8-го березня на цвинтарі Святого Духа лова К.П. Старшини у 1978-1985 роках. у Hamptonburgh, NY з Української католицької церкви св. Юра. Протягом 28 років була учителькою в Українській школі при Світла пам'ять про Покійного назавжди залишиться у серцях церкві св. Юра в Ню-Йорку, де навчала Українську культуру. всіх, хто його любив і поважав, а Всемилостивий Бог нехай Член Українського Музею. прийме і благословить його душу і дарує йому вічний спокій. Член 64 Відділу Союзу Українок. Вічна Йому Пам’ять! Панахида відбулася 4 березня 2011 р., о год. 7:15 вечора, у похоронному заведенні Петра Яреми, 129 East 7th Street, New York, NY. Похорон відбувся 5 березня 2011 р. о год. 9:30 ранку з Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church, 3112 30th Street, NY 11106, ph: (718) 932-4060 і згодом на St. Andrews Cemetery, S. Bound Brook, NJ. Six Anniversary У глибокому смутку: донька – Галина (Муся) з чоловіком Кенетом Скіпкою та сина Dr. Wasyl Kostrubiak, ми Адамом і Лексом син – Володимир (Вова) з дружиною Маріянною passed into eternity March 15 of 2005. син – Богдан з дружиною Іреною та синами Адамом і He remains alive in the memory of his wife, Даміном family members and friends. внучка – Маґда з чоловіком Йосифом Ґаґліяно і донькою Да- рією May his soul rest in peace in the Glory of God. близька і далека родина в Україні, Америці, Канаді і Польщі. The mass for the eternal rest of his soul will be celebrated in the church of St. John the Baptist in Oviedo (Spain), Замість квітів датки можна скласти на: Пласт в Україні (Plast on March 15, 2011. Conference Inc., 941 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60622). 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 No. 11 No.11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 17

BOOK NOTES New index to Hrushevsky’s Hunczak’s ‘Russian Imperialism’ “History of Ukraine-Rus’ ” is published in Ukraine

lowlands and other geographic regions; “Rosiyskyi Imperializm” (Russian city districts, streets, churches, land- Imperialism) by Taras Hunczak. Kyiv: marks, and kurhans; as well as tribes, Kyiv Mohyla Academy Publishing House, peoples, ethnic groups, and inhabitants of 2010. $26. particular towns and settlements. It is an invaluable supplement to the by Vladimir N. Bandera Ukrainian original of Hrushevsky’s mag- num opus and to the name index to the After two editions in the U.S., prof. “Istoriia,” which was published in 2000. Taras Hunczak’s book “Russian Smaller, less detailed indexes to select- Imperialism” has been translated, ed volumes were compiled by Hrushevsky expanded and published by the Kyiv himself, as well as by his daughter, Mohyla Academy Publishing House. Kateryna, and by Kateryna Lazarevska, The book includes translated chapters Serhii Shamrai and Omeljan Pritsak. Data by eight leading Western historians cov- from these indexes appeared in some vol- ering Moscow’s aggressive expansionism umes of the New York reprint of the into Ukraine, Poland, the Baltic states, “Istoriia.” Indexes have also been com- the Balkans, Central Asia and the piled for every volume of the ongoing Caucasus (including Georgia). Thus, English translation of the work published readers can appreciate the broad scope of by CIUS Press. Russia’s unrelenting subjugation of The current volume, however, contains neighboring nations since Tsar Ivan the a complete index of all Cyrillic, Latin and Terrible. “Istoriia Ukraïny-Rusy: Greek ethnic and geographic names that The new chapters in the Ukrainian edi- Heohrafichnyi ta Etnichnyi appear in Hrushevsky’s work. The index tion include: Yuri Shapoval’s “The USSR Pokazhchyk” (History of Ukraine-Rus’: was compiled by Iryna Skochylias and as a Continuation of Russia”; Vladimir the series are available in major libraries Index of Toponyms and Ethnonyms). Nadiia Khalak under the editorship of the Bandera’s “Measurements of Ukraine’s in Ukraine and may be borrowed on Lviv: 2010. 469 pp. $44.95 (hardcover). late Prof. Yaroslav Dashkevych. The book Exploitation by Russia”; and Prof. interlibrary loan in the U.S. was published with the financial support Hunczak “It’s Difficult for an Empire to The current volume was supported by Published by the Lviv Institute of of the Theodore and Magdalena Butrey be a Good Neighbor.” NTShA, as well by the Ukrainian Archaeography and Source Studies, Fund at the Petro Jacyk Educational This volume appears as No. 14 in the Federation of America and the SUMA National Academy of Sciences of Foundation (Toronto). series of translated books “World Federal Credit Union. Ukraine, and the Peter Jacyk Centre for Orders for the book (plus taxes and Discussions,” which recently included The book may be ordered for $26 by Ukrainian Historical Research at the shipping; outside Canada, prices are in Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski’s “Ukraine in e-mailing [email protected] or Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, U.S. dollars) can be placed via the secure the Geostrategic Context.” The books in calling 215-646-8411. this book is a comprehensive index of online ordering system of CIUS Press at toponyms and ethnonyms appearing in www.ciuspress.com or by contacting the 10-volume (in 11 books) Ukrainian CIUS Press, 430 Pembina Hall, University original of Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G “Istoriia Ukraïny-Rusy” (History of 2H8; telephone, 780-492-2973; fax, 780- Wedding Announcement Ukraine-Rus’), as printed in New York by 492-4967; e-mail, [email protected]. Knyho-Spilka between 1954 and 1958 The CIUS is a leading center of and reprinted in Kyiv in the early 1990s. Ukrainian studies outside Ukraine that This meticulously compiled index lists conducts research and scholarship in every reference in the Istoriia to coun- Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Canadian stud- tries, regions, cities, towns and settle- ies. For more information on the institute, ments; seas, rivers, lakes, mountains, readers may long on to www.cius.ca.

P.L. 109-340 authorizing the government DNC resolution... of Ukraine to “establish a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia to (Continued from page 3) honor the victims of the Ukrainian Whereas, New York Times correspon- Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933”; dent Walter Duranty knowingly denied Whereas, the U.S. House of the existence of the Famine, even as he Representatives on September 23, 2008, privately said the Famine had claimed as passed H. Res. 1314 to commemorate the many as 10 million victims; 76th anniversary of the Holodomor with Whereas, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin 7-10 million victims; used the same number of victims when Whereas, President Barack Obama recognized the 76th anniversary of he told British Prime Minister Winston Beverly Sommerfield of Ashburn, Va., and Neil Sommerfield of Ashburn, Va., Churchill about his campaign to impose Holodomor Remembrance Day, stating collectivization; that “remembering the victims of the announce the engagement of their daughter Kristin Nicole Sommerfield to man-made catastrophe of Holodomor Whereas, Holodomor scholar Robert Andrew Nicholas Rymaruk, son of Maria and George Rymaruk of Herndon, Va. Conquest conservatively estimates 7 mil- provides us an opportunity to reflect upon lion victims of the Famine, including the plight of all those who have suffered Andrew is the grandson of Olena Warshona and the late Walter Warshona, for- those of non-Ukrainian nationalities; the consequences of extremism and tyr- merly of Tremont Avenue, Amsterdam, N.Y., and Anna Rymaruk and the late Whereas, the 1988 Report to Congress of anny around the world. We hope that the the United States Commission on the remembrance of Holodomor will help Dmytro Rymaruk, formerly of High Street, Amsterdam. Ukraine Famine estimates that upwards of 8 prevent such tragedy in the future” million or more victims of the Holodomor; [Editor’s note: The 76th anniversary of Both Andrew and Kristin graduated from Herndon High School in 2003 and Whereas, after exhaustive study the the Holodomor was commemorated in United States Commission on the Ukraine 2009; in 2010 President Obama did not are graduates of Radford University, Radford, Va. Kristin is employed by Famine concluded that the victims of the issue a statement.] Hoppman Audio Visual of Chantilly, Va., as Project and Marketing Coordinator Holodomor were “starved to death in a Therefore, be it resolved that the and Andrew is employed by SAIC of Falls Church as a Project Control Lead/Sr man-made famine” and that “Joseph Stalin Democratic National Committee extend its and those around him committed genocide sympathies to the victims, survivors and EVM Analyst. Andrew is a member of the UNA Branch in Amsterdam, N.Y. against Ukrainians in 1932-1933”; families affected by the Holodomor and join the Ukrainian American community and its Whereas, on November 8, 2008, the A November 26, 2011, wedding is being planned. Ukrainian Parliament (Rada) determined friends in condemning the atrocity perpe- the Holodomor to be a deliberate policy trated by the Soviet government and of genocide against the Ukrainian nation, encouraging appropriate commemoration of orchestrated by Joseph Stalin and the this crime and its victims, including con- Soviet government; struction of the monument authorized by the To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly, Whereas, on October 13, 2006 the pres- Congress of the United States and signed call 973-292-9800, ext. 3042 ident of the United States signed into law into law by the president as P.L. 109-340. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 No. 11

of other notable figures of Ukrainian The Board of Trustees of The Ukrainian Museum Kinofest NYC... descent. Running from March 16 to 30, the exhibit is open from 6 to 8 p.m. and is (Continued from page 18) requests the pleasure of your company to celebrate free and open to the public. Among films scheduled for screening at Mr. Kotliar describes Ms. Krill as the The Ukrainian Museum or the Millennium key and integral player in setting up the THE UKRAINIAN MUSEUM’S 35th ANNIVERSARY Film Workshop are works spotlighting the festival and says Kinofest NYC “wouldn’t international decline of Communism and Sunday, April 10, 2011, 1-5 p.m. have happened without her help.” the 1956 Hungarian Revolution; human The festival’s program director, Mr. trafficking out of Odesa, Ukraine; a road Kolodiy, is the producer of the award-win- Battery Gardens at Battery Park, New York, NY trip through Ukraine by Gogol Bordello ning documentary about the 2004 Orange lead singer Eugene Hutz, and a Ukrainian 17 State Street, New York, NY 10004 Revolution in Ukraine “The Orange 212.809.5508 Chronicles,” which vividly records the woman who found her life’s mission in peaceful rebellion of millions of impas- adopting and caring for sick and aban- Cocktails 1 p.m. sioned citizens resisting stolen elections doned children of different nationalities. Luncheon 2:30 p.m. and protesting the poisoning of their can- Other films focus on the interesting and didate, Viktor Yushchenko. humorous characters of the unique village MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES A freelance documentary producer, of Kljusy, located at the intersecting bor- Motria Kuzycz cameraman and editor, the American-born ders of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, and a SILENT AUCTION MUSICAL PERFORMANCE filmmaker spent three months in the midst town in Polissia, Ukraine, that once boast- During the cocktail hour Askold Buk Trio of the unique uprising, moving from city ed Europe’s longest narrow-gauge railway. to city to record citizens’ reactions on film, The closing session will feature the $150 per person even traveling with “The Train of ground-breaking Soviet classic “Man With Friendship” Caravan to Russified eastern the Movie Camera,” completed in 1929 at Proceeds to benefit The Ukrainian Museum regions of Ukraine. the All-Ukrainian Photo-Cinema- All contributions, less the cost of the luncheon, valued at $125 per person, From 1997 to 2007, Mr. Kolodiy orga- Directorate (VUFKU) by pioneer film- are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. nized and programmed an annual art and maker Dziga Vertov. Dr. Shevchuk will film weekend in the Catskill Mountains introduce the film and lead the Q&A ses- SPONSORS featuring experimental and underground sion. ARAMARK Dr. Jurij and Tania Kuzycz films and music. Guest speaker Serhiy Trymbach, head of the National Filmmakers’ Union of UNWLA Branch 113 Prof. Jaroslaw and Alla Leshko Mr. Kolodiy wanted to set the bar high in terms of the quality of films to be Ukraine, will discuss the latest develop- Jaroslaw and Katria Czerwoniak Dr. Wolodymyr and Anna Rak shown. With the help of the Kinofest NYC ments in the Ukrainian film industry. Ulana Diachuk Drs. Andrew and Taisa Nahirny Rak representative in Kyiv, Dmytro Among participants from Ukraine is George and Nadia Fedoriw Oleh and Christine Samilenko Zakharevych, he selected an exciting mix director Dmitriy Khavin, who will intro- of documentaries, classics, shorts and ani- duce his film “Artists of Odesa,” a humor- Andrey Hankevych Dr. Ihor and Alexandra Sawczuk mated films from Ukraine, Belarus, ous and nostalgic look at life and contem- Myron and Olha Hnateyko Olya Zarycky Estonia, Georgia, Holland, Hungary, porary art in post-Soviet Odesa, and lead Kazakhstan, Russia and Slovakia. the Q&A afterwards. For reservations please call: 212.228.0110 His colleagues believe he has done a Major sponsors of Kinofest NYC are great job in spreading the buzz here in the the Self Reliance New York Federal Credit e-mail: [email protected] www.ukrainianmuseum.org United States and in Ukraine and they say Union and the Veselka Restaurant. The RSVP by March 28th Space limited his efforts have resulted in a growing festival is being produced in part with the number of films being submitted to the cooperation of The Ukrainian Mueum in Valet parking $30 festival for possible screening. New York under the auspices of its film program. Films and photos A complete listing of programs by This year’s opening night feature, “I am venue can be found at kinofestNYC.com. From Nowhere,” revolves around relatives The Ukrainian Museum website ukraini- of Andy Warhol still living in the Slovak anmuseum.org provides a listing of village of Mikova, the Warhol family’s Museum screenings and two screenings at ancestral village. Its venue will be the the Millennium Workshop co-sponsored Millennium Film Workshop, where mov- by the Museum. All films are in English or iegoers will be able to meet Mr. Kotliar, their original language with English subti- Ms. Krill and Mr. Kolodiy and mingle tles. with guests from Ukraine and members of Tickets ($10 for each session) can be the Ukrainian TV channel 1+1 from Kyiv. obtained online at kinofestNYC.com or On view will be a photo exhibit “Slavs ukrainianmuseum.org, or bought at a of New York: Andy Warhol’s Nowhere,” venue prior to a screening. Festival orga- featuring photographs of Warhol and some nizers encourage advance ticket sales, par- of his celebrated “superstars,” and photos ticularly for opening night.

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COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Hawaiian luau in North Port

Guests dance the hula.

Victor Lisnyczyj The Hula Walea Dancers with Daria Tomashosky, president of the Ukrainian American Club of Southwest Florida: (from left) Teri Krabill, Betty Jean (Keoki) Brooks, Ms. Tomashosky, Bette Waida and Marilyn Fiebert.

by Ann-Marie Susla Boyko, Doris Horbachevsky, Halyna Lisnyczyj, Ms. Sheldon, Klara Szpiczka NORTH PORT, Fla. – The Ukrainian and Nancy Wosny, as well as the scholar- American Club of Southwest Florida held ship committee members, Mr. Lisnyczyj, its annual scholarship fund-raiser on Ms. Bodnaruk, Ms. Sheldon, Ms. Susla, Sunday, January 30, at St. Andrew’s Mr. Tomashosky and Roxolana Ukrainian Religious and Cultural Center Yarymovych. (known as Oseredok) in North Port, Fla. She thanked them and all those club This year’s affair, a Hawaiian luau, was members who worked so hard for this very successful and the event was cov- very special evening, noting that the ered by the North Port Sun. board and committee had succeeded in Guests danced to the music of providing everyone with much fun, Double Effects and enjoyed a Hawaiian- laughter, entertainment and dancing and themed buffet. The highlight of the eve- also raised funds for the club’s scholar- ning was the appearance of Keoki (Betty ship endowment fund. Jean Brooks) and the Hula Walea Every year since 2007 the Ukrainian Dancers. The ladies delighted the guests American Club of Southwest Florida has with their beautiful hula dancing and bestowed a scholarship on a local high offered hula lessons to the very enthusi- school senior who submits the winning astic crowd. essay on a topic related to Ukraine. In The evening also offered a 50/50 raf- addition, a $250 award is given to the fle and a contest for the best Hawaiian previous year’s winner for the purchase outfit. Together with the audience, judges of books. The club has now realized its Mike Yarymovych, Gene Tomashosky initial endowment fund goal and the and John Susla selected Helen Hurley as annual scholarship granted is now the winner of the most original lady’s $1,000. outfit, while judges Christyna Bodnar The scholarship program is just one of Sheldon, Vira Bodnaruk and Ann-Marie the many activities that this very active Susla selected Mike Wosny as the gentle- Ukrainian organization supports in carry- man with the loudest Hawaiian shirt. ing out its mission to “…create an oppor- Victor Lisnyczyj, chairman of the tunity for Ukrainian Americans and other scholarship committee and professional persons interested in Ukrainian culture to photographer, took pictures throughout learn about and participate in various the evening. aspects of Ukrainian culture; to encour- Mistress of ceremonies and president age social contacts among those interest- of the Ukrainian American Club of ed in Ukrainian culture; and to encourage Southwest Florida, Daria Tomashosky, an interest among the larger American introduced the club officers: Lieda public in Ukrainian culture.”

Victor Lisnyczyj and Christyna Sheldon at the Hawaiian luau fund-raiser. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 No. 11

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false. He claimed that only four of 30 high schools in the city offer Russian- language instruction. He said he asked the Makiyivka City Council to keep School No. 77 in Pervomaisk open, yet noted that it had only 105 students, less than 25 percent of its intended capacity. Residents of the targeted villages said the school closings would lead to their extinction. For example, Pervomaisk had already lost its two colleges, a nursery, its cultural center, post-office and pharmacy. The Krasnyi Luch City Council voted in December 2010 to close what local activist Natalia Osypova said was the Volodymyr Musyak Natalia Osypova, a resident of Krasnyi Luch in the Luhansk Oblast, said the city plans to close the only remaining Ukrainian-language school in the city.

city’s only school offering Ukrainian- language instruction. Revealing its intentions for the build- ing, the Party of Regions has already established offices of the local chapter of the Regions Youth, Ms. Osypova said. Dmytro Diadyk, a representative of the parent’s committees of schools facing closure in Donetsk, told a February 7 press conference that the city’s best Ukrainian-language schools are targeted, including School No. 111 in the Budyonovskyi District, School No. 136 in the Petrovskyi District and the Donetsk Humanitarian College in the Voroshylovskyi District. Dmytro Diadyk, a parent in Donetsk, Currently 18 of the city’s 89 schools said the city’s best Ukrainian-language offer Ukrainian-language instruction, he schools are being targeted for closure. said.

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March 16 Wine and cheese art exhibit, Ukrainian Student’s Club, March 23 Lecture by Charles King, “Odesa: Genius and Death in a Ottawa University of Ottawa, http://uofoukrainian.webs.com Ottawa City of Dreams,” University of Ottawa, [email protected] March 16-20 Film festival, “Kinofest NYC,” The Ukrainian Museum New York and Millennium Film Workshop, www.kinofestnyc.org March 25 Varenyky dinner, Ukrainian American Youth Association, Whippany, NJ Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, March 18 Concert featuring Melanie Safka, Ukrainian American 908-998-3289 or [email protected] Whippany, NJ Cultural Center of New Jersey, www.facebook.com/uaccnj March 26 Flower mart and flea market, St. Michael Ukrainian March 19 Film and literary evening with Irene Zabytko, Baltimore, MD Catholic Church, 410-697-4981 Cleveland “Remembering Chornobyl in Film and Literature,” Ukrainian National Women’s League of America – Branch March 26 Movie night, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, 12, Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church, New York 212-228-6840 or [email protected] 440-526-6863 March 26 Taras Shevchenko concert, Ukrainian American March 19 Film screening, “Folk!” by Roxy Toporowych, Ukrainian San Francisco Coordinating Council of Northern California, St. Michael Webster, NY Cultural Center of Rochester, www.kinorox.com Ukrainian Orthodox Church hall, www.stmichaeluocsf.org/Shevchenko_Concert.aspx March 19, 26 Pysanka workshop with Vera Samycia, Ukrainian National Chicago Museum Young Professionals Group, Ukrainian National March 26, Pysanka Workshop, Ukrainian National Women’s League Museum, 312-421-8020 April 2 of America – Branch 97, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Kenmore, NY Catholic Church, 716-885-0399 or March 20 Concert “Saints and Sinners,” Ukrainian Historical and www.ukrainiansofbuffalo.com Somerset, NJ Educational Center of New Jersey, St. Sophia Seminary, 732-356-0090 March 27 50th anniversary celebration, Ukrainian National Women’s Chicago League of America – Branch 29, Ukrainian Cultural March 20 Taras Shevchenko evening, Ukrainian Heritage Club of Center, 708-409-9917 Roseville, CA Northern California, Valley Presbyterian Church Chapel, 916-771-2402 or www.uhc-of-nc.org March 28 Lecture by Myron Kapral, “ ‘Concordia Plebeiorum’ or Cambridge, MA Some Facets of Social and Ethnic Relations in 17th and March 20 Fashion show, luncheon and gift auction, Plast 18th Century Ukraine,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053 Whippany, NJ Chortopolokhy Sorority, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, 973-471-0515 or [email protected] March 30-April 1 Conference, “Nonconformism and Dissent in the Soviet New York Bloc: Guiding Legacy or Passing Memory?” Columbia March 21 Lecture by Bohdan Futey, “The Rule of Law and University, 212-854-4697 or Cambridge, MA Constitutional Guarantees in Ukraine,” Harvard University, [email protected] 617-495-4053 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events March 22 Donizetti’s “The Elixir of Love,” featuring soprano advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions through April 8 Stefania Dovhan, New York City Opera, Lincoln Center, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors New York 212-870-6582 or www.nycopera.com and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

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At St. George Schools (from left) are: Dr. William Macatee, the Very Rev. Bernard Panczuk, OSBM, the Rev. Deacon Peter Shyshka, Archbishop Timothy Archbishop Timothy Dolan discusses academics with Grade 7 high-honors Dolan, Bishop Paul Chomnycky, Provincial the Very Rev. Philip Sandrick, student Bozhena Dergalo. OSBM, and Dr. William Hambleton. Archbishop Dolan and Bishop Chomnycky visits St. George Schools

by Andrij Stasiw 500 students and faculty in attendance at The hierarchs united on this day to During his speech, Archbishop Dolan the special assembly combining students offer their congratulations to the success- turned to Bishop Chomnycky and NEW YORK – Archbishop Timothy from St. George Elementary School, St. ful partnership of LaSalle Academy, an acknowledged the sacrifice, strength and Dolan of the Catholic Archdiocese of George Academy and LaSalle Academy. all-boys’ high school, and St. George faith of Ukrainian Catholics during the New York and Bishop Paul Chomnycky, Also in attendance where the principals Schools. As leaders in Catholic education persecutions of the Soviet era and World OSBM, of the Stamford Eparchy of the of all three schools, Sister Theodosia in the East Village, these two schools War II, and stated, “Bishop Paul, thank Ukrainian Catholic Church paid a special combined their resources beginning in the you for the honor of being able to cooper- visit to St. George Elementary School and Lukiw, OSBM, of St. George Elementary School, the Rev. Deacon Peter Shyshka of 2010-2011 academic year to share space ate with these sons and daughters of great, Academy on February 16. in the magnificent St. George building. great Catholic people.” Bishop Chomnycky was on hand to St. George Academy, and Dr. William Macatee of LaSalle Academy. Other dig- “It’s a tribute to the grit and determina- Indeed, during his ceremonial installa- welcome the archbishop on this special tion of Catholic schools,” Archbishop tion as the new archbishop of New York nitaries in attendance where the Very Rev. occasion recognizing the unique partner- Dolan stated. “When you grit something less then two years ago, Archbishop Bernard Panczuk, OSBM, pastor of St. ship between St. George Schools and out together, it engenders cohesiveness, Dolan turned to Andrij Stasiw, a math and George Ukrainian Catholic Church, and LaSalle Academy. and what’s happening here is a perfect science teacher of Ukrainian descent who The energy and excitement in the the Very Rev. Philip Sandrick, OSBM, example of that.” greeted him at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on school auditorium was electric with over provincial of the Order of St. Basil. With many Catholic schools struggling behalf of the Ukrainian community, and to survive in these turbulent economic stated, “I look forward to working with times, LaSalle Academy agreed to share our Ukrainian people of the Eastern Rite.” space with St. George Schools, moving This dream has to manifest itself quickly Sunday, March 27 at 2pm 325 students to Taras Shevchenko Place to the benefit of St. George Schools and after occupying its own building for over LaSallem Academy. 150 years. After the assembly, the hierarchs visit- SAINTS AND SINNERS The benefit to both schools was imme- ed faculty and students throughout the diate, and a smooth transition was expert- day, offering students an opportunity to ly managed by St. George principal, the meet and greet two charismatic leaders Rev. Deacon Shyshka and LaSalle from two different traditions of the Academy principal, Dr. Macatee. Catholic Church. With their first year together well under Commenting on this unique collabora- way, the sharing of space has lead to tion, the Rev. Deacon Shyshka stated unique opportunities with combined “What’s important is that we have in assemblies honoring Black History Month LaSalle a partner for the future. We and Veterans Day (Armistice Day). always shared the neighborhood, and we Students Bozhena Dergalo and Denis always shared a belief in the value of a Yakymyshyn, both immigrants from Catholic education. Now we share a Ukraine, dressed in traditional Ukrainian space.” embroidered shirts, presented Bishop For more information about St. George Chomnycky and Archbishop Dolan with a Schools, readers may long on to www. loaf of kolach bread and salt symbolizing saintgeorgeschools.org or call 212-473- prosperity and harmony. 3323.

Julian Kytasty (voice, bandura, flutes) Natalka Honcharenko (voice) Mike Andrec (voice, bandura, percussion) Roman Turovsky (baroque lute)

New York Bandura’s Collegium Musicum explores Ukraine’s rich heritage of devotional and moralistic songs, from formal baroque compositions by D. Tuptalo (1650-1709) and his contemporaries to the kanty and psalmy collected from itinerant blind singers (kobzari and lirnyky).

Admission: $15 - includes reception

Ukrainian Institute of America Students Bozhena Dergalo of Grade 7 and Denis Yakymyshyn of Grade 10 wel- 2 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10075 come Bishop Paul Chomnycky and Archbishop Timothy Dolan with the tradi- tional Ukrainian greeting of bread and salt. No.11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 23 UKELODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

Yonkers Plast members share New Haven school sings Bethlehem Peace Light

Halia Lodynsky NEW HAVEN, Conn. – On January 2, after the second liturgy at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, everyone gathered in the church hall to hear the wonderful voices of the young and old – the students and teach- ers of “Ridna Shkola” (School of Ukrainian Studies) – caroling some of the best Ukrainian “koliady.” The Rev. Iura Godenciuc along with some parishioners joined in the caroling. Yonkers Plast members with Bishop Paul Chomnycky during the sharing of the Bethlehem Peace Light in Stamford, Conn. Mishanyna by Terenia Hankewycz ing the Bethlehem Peace Light is celebrated during Christmastime. In honor of poet Taras Shevchenko – commonly referred to as STAMFORD, Conn. – On The light, a symbol of love and the bard of Ukraine – on the 197th anniversary of his birth Saturday, January 8, the Yonkers peace, is distributed around the (March 9, 1814) and the 150th of his death (March 10, 1861), branch of Plast Ukrainian world starting from the birthplace of this month’s Mishanyna challenges readers to find the hidden Scouting Organization, along with Jesus Christ in Bethlehem, where titles of some of Shevchenko’s works. Plast’s Ukrainian Catholic chap- an eternal flame burns in the lain, the Rev. Dr. Ivan Kaszczak, HAIDAMAKY NEVOLNYK TARASOVA NICH Church of the Nativity. It was passed along the Bethlehem Peace brought to the United States via a HAMALIYA PRYCHYNNA TOPOLIA Light during the annual “Koliada” flight from Vienna, where European TRY LITA at St. Basil’s Seminary in Stamford KAVKAZ ROZRYTA MOHYLA scouts of various nationalities UTOPLENA Conn. received the flame, to New York’s KOBZAR RUSALKA They gave out burning candles VELYKYI LIOKH JFK International Airport, where it to all the guests, parish priests NEOFITY SON ZAPOVIT was distributed to scout groups, and Bishop Paul Chomnycky, including Plast scouts. eparch of Stamford, during his annual Christmas party – Terenia Hankewycz is a member of “Koliada.” This tradition of shar- in the Plast branch in Yonkers, N.Y.

Elementary school students “travel” around the world PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Students at Taiwan, Mexico and South Troy Hills Elementary School were American countries. able to travel the world in one day Third grader Kaitlen Telepko, thanks to a special program at the along with her mother, Oksana, pre- school on February 18. Troy Hills pared the “visit” to Ukraine. Kaitlen Travel Day celebrates the cultural dressed in a traditional outfit that diversity of the local community. represented the eastern part of the Schoolchildren from kindergarten country, and students listened to through fifth grade were treated to a the bandura, as they learned that trip around the world that included the ubiquitous “Carol of the Bells” Turkey, Italy, Ukraine, Germany, was written by Ukrainian composer Ireland, Poland, India, China, Mykola Leontovych. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 No. 11

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