INSIDE: • Protest against Russian interference in Ukraine – page 4. • Ukrainian religious treasures in New York – page 11. • Soyuzivka, before it became Soyuzivka – page 15.

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Haydamaky to perform first U.S. concert The first 100 days: Yanukovych at Soyuzivka’s Ukrainian Cultural Festival aims for total control of civil activity by Zenon Zawada Adenauer Fund, was held at Kyiv Boryspil Kyiv Press Bureau airport for 10 hours after criticizing the administration of Ukrainian President Viktor The first 100 days: The Ukrainian Weekly Yanukovych. examines the activity of the administration of Both Germans warned the Yanukovych President Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine’s administration that Euro-integration cultural life, economy, and foreign and wouldn’t be possible for Ukraine if its gov- domestic policy. This is the fourth article in ernment pursued authoritarian policies such the series. as repressing and persecuting the opposition, abusing the law for political ends and impos- KYIV – It was the former German ing police state measures on a peaceful pop- Ambassador to Ukraine Ditmar Studemann ulation. who first publicly acknowledged that Ironically, the Yanukovych administration authoritarianism had returned to Ukrainian reacted with the same neo-Soviet tactics of government. intimidation against Mr. Lange that he “The domestic policy of Ukraine after warned against. the first 100 days of the new government As a result, any pretense that the Yanukovych administration wants to build a can be characterized as concentrated on democratic, European Ukraine where the stabilization at least, but authoritarian all rule of law is paramount has evaporated. the same,” Mr. Studemann told the “Not understanding civilized conduct, the Haydamaky Deutsche Welle news agency in an inter- people in government will act very aggres- view published June 4. Haydamaky, Ukraine’s biggest ethno-rock band, will perform at Soyuzivka sively, like in African or Asian dictator- on July 17. His cause for alarm was justified when ships,” said Dr. Oleh Soskin, the director of three weeks later his fellow countryman, by Zenon Zawada After performing this year in places Niko Lange, the Kyiv director of the Konrad (Continued on page 22) Kyiv Press Bureau as diverse as Siberia, Switzerland and Slovakia, Haydamaky will venture into KYIV – Rockers Haydamaky – the the Catskill region of upstate New York headliners at the upcoming 2010 to perform their first U.S. concert at the Ukrainian Cultural Festival at Soyuzivka Heritage Center on July 17 Soyuzivka – were among the most fer- during the fourth annual Ukrainian vent supporters of the Orange Cultural Festival. Revolution, having explored Europe Given it will be their first time visit- and seen the benefits of Western soci- ing New York City, Mr. Yarmola said ety. The band describes itself as a the band welcomes any offers to show Ukrainian musical formation that them around the city that never sleeps. thinks European. Afterwards, it’s on to Calgary and “It all began in the ‘90s, when we Edmonton (Alberta), and then to weren’t yet Haydamaky,” lead singer Winnipeg and Canada’s National Oleksandr Yarmola told The Weekly Ukrainian Festival at Dauphin, during a recent interview at a pizza café (Manitoba). situated in the outer rings of Kyiv. “We “I had very pleasant impressions,” then began to travel to Poland, then Mr. Yarmola said of his first trip to Germany, and opened for ourselves the Canada last year. “It’s not like Europe Volodymyr Hontar/UNIAN Western world. We played on the at all. Well, perhaps Sweden and The Yanukovych administration keeps protesters under control, as in this June streets, weddings, played in clubs, and Scandinavia a bit. There are lots of for- 10 demonstration in Kyiv held under the slogan “No to a police state.” in punk clubs, where the hardest punk ests, wide spaces and skyline there was played.” too.” The band became the Haydamaky, as The band’s global acclaim is built its website notes, changing its name “in upon a decade of experimenting with a honor of those who fought in multitude of different musical styles, Is Kyiv’s foreign policy balanced? Haydamachyna (a peasant rebellion blending reggae, punk and ska rhythms against foreign oppression in 18th-cen- and beats with Ukrainian melodies. by Zenon Zawada In April, a month after becoming prime tury Ukraine). The new name associat- Yet Haydamaky have demonstrated Kyiv Press Bureau minister, Mykola Azarov told Swedish ed the band’s music with ideas of free- they’re perpetually experimenting, with Foreign Minister Carl Bildt that he set for dom and justice, establishing an even some albums incorporating styles as Below is a continuation of last week’s his government the goals of achieving a tighter link with Ukrainian folk culture, diverse as rap. Last year, Haydamaky article in “The first 100 days” series European Union Association Agreement and taking the band to a totally new produced an album with the Polish focusing on the foreign policy of the and a free-trade agreement by the year’s stage.” jazz-rock heroes Voo Voo. Yanukovych administration. end. In June, he said Ukrainians would A decade later, Haydamaky have Its flexibility is made possible by the have visa-free travel to Europe as early as achieved worldwide admiration, per- band’s seven-member format, including KYIV – Upon taking office in February, 2011. An EU integration action for 2010 forming their ethno-rock on the main drummer Sergij Borysenko, guitarist the Yanukovych administration went to was even drafted. stage of the August 2009 Sziget rock Oleksandr Demyanenko, bass Volodymyr great lengths to create an image as a bal- Yet, veteran observers of the Ukrainian festival in Budapest, central Europe’s Sherstyuk, trumpet player Sergij Solovij ancer between Russian and European political scene are calling it all a bluff. largest, and Toronto’s Ukrainian interests in Ukraine. As a symbolic step, Actions and trends reveal the Festival in September 2009. (Continued on page 13) President Viktor Yanukovych’s first for- eign visit was to Brussels. 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Ukrainian government denies German analyst held at airport conflict can seriously affect the international reputation of the state. “We must be careful KYIV – A leading Ukraine-based here and not to make early conclusions,” bias against opposition journalists German analyst who recently criticized she said. The SBU still has not commented by Pavel Korduban spring – were not released. Editors President Viktor Yanukovych was held for on the incident. (Ukrinform) 10 hours at Kyiv airport while trying to Eurasia Daily Monitor explain this in relation to airtime con- straints and quality considerations, but enter the country, he said on June 27. Nico Putin sees change in bilateral relations Freedom of speech may be in danger Lange, the director of the Kyiv office of the journalists suspect government cen- NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia – Russian under Ukrainian President Viktor German think-tank Konrad Adenauer sorship. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on June Yanukovych. The media supportive of the On June 15 Mr. Khoroshkovsky Foundation, landed at Kyiv Boryspil airport opposition are complaining of harassment on Saturday afternoon, June 26, but was not 28 that Russian-Ukrainian trade had dou- agreed to meet with journalists from bled over the four months of the year to despite the Yanukovych team’s assertions Stop Censorship, who told him that cer- allowed to enter Ukrainian territory, he told that everything is normal. Agence France-Presse (AFP) by reach its pre-crisis level. “Over the four tain TV managers received coverage months of the year, bilateral trade increased Two opposition-leaning television recommendations from government rep- phone. Only after intervention by the channels, Channel 5 and TV1, have German Embassy and long talks with the by 50 percent to reach its pre-crisis level,” resentatives and foreign spin doctors, in Mr. Putin said at the meeting with his claimed that the chairman of the Security particular the Russian citizen Igor Ukrainian authorities was Mr. Lange was Service of Ukraine (SBU), Valeiy able to leave the airport and go to Kyiv at Ukrainian counterpart, Mykola Azarov, add- Shuvalov. They also recalled that TV1 ing that last year “it tumbled from $40 bil- Khoroshkovsky, was behind a court rul- CEO Mykola Kniazhytskyi complained about 1 a.m. Sunday. “According to the offi- lion to $22 billion.” Mr. Putin also noted ing that deprived them of their broadcast- to the Procurator General’s Office that cial version it was [a] misunderstanding,” that the two prime ministers “have devel- ing licenses. he was followed by the special services. Mr. Lange told AFP. “We will check this oped a certain style of prompt interaction,” Although Mr. Khoroshkovsky denied Mr. Khoroshkovsky denied government issue in Germany and will discuss it togeth- adding “This is an unmistakable sign of the the accusations, it is difficult for him to interference and spying on Mr. er with the embassy.” The spokeswoman of fact that the quality of our relations has convince journalists of his impartiality. Kniazhytskyi, but conceded that Mr. the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), changed drastically. This concerns not only He not only chairs the SBU, but also sits Shuvalov did consult Inter. He also said Maryna Ostapenko, declined to comment. cooperation in defense, security, not only on the Supreme Council of Justice (SCJ) he did not manage Inter and would Ukrayinska Pravda wrote that Mr. Lange – a body on whose decisions judges depend, resign from public service if the contrary who has worked in Kyiv for the last three gas sphere, but also cooperation in other and he owns Ukraine’s most popular TV were proved. The journalists were disap- years – had encountered problems with the areas.” Mr. Azarov, in turn, expressed confi- channel, Inter, which is in direct competi- pointed with the meeting (Kommersant- Ukrainian authorities due to his criticism of dence that better economic relations are the result of the political thaw. “The fact that tion with Channel 5 and TV1. Ukraine, June 16). the Yanukovych administration. In May, he our relations register an unprecedented When a court in early June decided to TV1 appealed in court against published a report titled “The first 100 Days growth is the result of political normaliza- revoke a ruling from last winter by which President Yanukovych’s decree by which after Change of Power in Ukraine: tion and high-level meetings,” he said. “We frequencies in and around Kyiv had been Mr. Khoroshkovskyi was appointed to the Authoritarian Tendencies and seek this cooperation to become long-term granted to Channel 5 and TV1, the two SCJ. TV1 argued that the decree should Rapprochement with Russia.” In early June, and strategic,” Mr. Azarov said. (ITAR- channels immediately accused Mr. be revoked on formal grounds as Mr. he expressed doubts about the will of the TASS) Khoroshkovsky of involvement, since the Khoroshkovskyi worked in the legal field Cabinet to implement economic reform and ruling favored Inter (www.liga.net, June for fewer years than a respective law pre- concerns about the future of democracy in Major flooding in Chernivtsi region 8). Channel 5 was the main pro-democra- scribes for a VSU member (TV1, June the country, in an interview with Deutsche cy news outlet during the Orange 17). TV1 will probably lose the case Welle. (Agence France-Presse, Kyiv Post) KYIV – Ukraine is continuing to tackle Revolution in 2004. Channel 5 journalists because of Mr. Khoroshkovsky’s political the consequences of floods that hit seven went on a hunger strike to protest against weight. President’s aide on Lange case districts in Chernivtsi region and the city of violations of the freedom of speech by TV journalists sympathetic to the Chernivtsi as a result of heavy rain and KYIV – According to the deputy chief of then-President Leonid Kuchma’s team opposition are also set to lose a battle in strong winds in the early hours of June 29. the Presidential Administration, Hanna which backed the then-prime minister Parliament where opposition caucuses According to the press service of Ukraine’s Herman, secret services that detained Nico Viktor Yanukovych in the presidential initiated the creation of an ad-hoc com- Emergency Situations Ministry, 28 towns Lange, the head of the Konrad Adenauer election. mittee to examine the complaints of cen- and villages, 28 social facilities, 1,915 resi- Foundation office in Ukraine, at Kyiv’s sorship and the issue of broadcasting fre- dential houses, 2,545 household buildings, Fear of revenge Boryspil International Airport, had very quencies. Parliament, which is dominated 4,687 basements, 3,548 wells and 1,911 serious arguments for their actions. She said Mr. Yanukovych lost the controversial by pro-Yanukovych forces, used formal hectares of farmland remained flooded as of the incident is being carefully studied. election in 2004. However, following his grounds to postpone the creation of the Wednesday morning. Thirty-one houses According to media reports of June 30, Ms. victory this year, Channel 5 and other committee indefinitely (Ukrainska were completely destroyed and five were Herman refused to comment on the actions pro-opposition media feared he would Pravda, June 17). partially destroyed. Fifteen towns and vil- of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), take revenge in some form. Nonetheless, Mr. Yanukovych has ostensibly lages were disconnected from the power as she is not authorized to do so. In addition, the situation is more complicated. instructed law enforcement officials to grid, six bridges were destroyed, and 11,000 Channel 5 and TV1 are not only political look into the problem of freedom of she said, it is necessary to wait for the but also business rivals of Mr. speech and human rights in general. His results of the investigation, because such (Continued on page 16) Khoroshkovsky and his Inter in the area press service said on June 18 that Mr. of news programs and political talk Yanukovych ordered Procurator General shows. 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(Segodnya, June 17). his counter-revolution in Ukrainian poli- Mr. Yanukovych when asked at his 100- Four reasons have been advanced to tics, particularly in the areas of national In an interview given last fall by the day anniversary press conference about justify the rise of this assassination phobia. identity and single vector pro-Russian Party of Regions defector Taras Chornovil, the threats, replied, “There are serious • 1. The former MVS minister, Yurii foreign policy. the Ukrainian politician pointed to current documented facts, serious. There are Lutsenko, echoing Mr. Chornovil, • 4. The “Putinization” of the Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s implications to which the UDO believes it is the result of Mr. Ukrainian security forces is taking place fear of assassination, saying, “Yanukovych [Directorate on State Protection, the for- Yanukovych’s weak personality exploited (EDM, June 22). Volodymyr Yavorskyi, liked to repeatedly talk about how there mer 9th Directorate of the Soviet KGB] by his entourage in order to control him head of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union, were attempts on his life” (Ukrayinska has to react” (Ukrayinska Pravda, June 4). (UNIAN, June 10). His entourage is claimed in an interview with Radio Pravda, November 16, 2009). On Nevertheless, an UDO commander, Ihor keeping him in a state of “psychological Liberty (June 20) that the MVS is adopt- September 24, 2004, then-Prime Minister Kalinin, played down the additional secu- stress,” Crimean Communist leader ing Russian practices when dealing with Yanukovych had an egg thrown at him in rity measures and accused journalists of Leonid Grach suggested (Ukrayinska the opposition. Meanwhile, he alleged Ivano-Frankivsk, believing it to be an sensationalism (www.gazeta.ua, June 7). Pravda, June 13). Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc that “what is now being undertaken by assassin’s bullet (http://www.youtube. Segodnya (June 17), citing anonymous Deputy Andriy Senchenko described the the SBU is that of an investigative organ; com/watch?v=fP0vWkqOQT8). sources in the SBU, revealed an alleged new charged atmosphere as an artificially it is a de facto FSB.” Mr. Chornovil continued, “I do not “terrorist plot” linked to an opposition induced “schizophrenia” (www.gazeta.ua, The June 18 edition of Ukrayinsky know how much of this is true, but he leader. The informant claimed “this lead- June 17). Tyzhden featured a picture of SBU talked a lot about threats. For example, it er’s friends include one Russian oligarch • 2. Wherever Mr. Yanukovych visits Chairman Khoroshkovsky, MVS Minister seems there was one attempt in Donetsk, who has long-established ties to in Ukraine, he only sees extra security Anatoliy Mogiliov and Prime Minister which is why near Yanukovych’s house Caucasian fighters who could undertake and Party of Regions supporters provid- Mykola Azarov with the caption “The there stood an armored personnel carrier an assassination in Kyiv,” a possible ref- ing a comfort zone for him. In 1997-2002 gathering of more than three is not per- [APC] so that he could flee from his erence to Yulia Tymoshenko and London Mr. Yanukovych was governor of mitted.” This was a reference to draft leg- Donetsk home. If there was an attempt émigré Boris Berezovsky. Donetsk, the only Ukrainian region domi- islation that severely restricts public pro- [on his life] the APC would be able to Information about “preparations for an nated by one party that unites the local tests. Prof. Olexiy Haran of the National drive through a back fence and reach the assassination” came from Russia’s state, business and political elite. main highway leading to Russia. From Federal Security Service (FSB), a reflec- • 3. The fear of opposition or national- (Continued on page 26) Donetsk it is not very far to the Russian tion of the closer intelligence cooperation border” (Ukrayinska Pravda, November signed with the SBU in Odesa on May 19 16, 2009). (Eurasia Daily Monitor, May 24). This The president’s phobia has led to the revealed two possible assassination meth- Ukrainian opposition leaders death of a taxi driver and two others ods: a suicide bomber in a vehicle seek- being badly injured as his cortege sped ing to hit the president’s car, and a parked through Kyiv when he traveled to and vehicle exploding as the presidential car make the rounds in Washington from Mizhirya, an illegally privatized passed by. former Soviet residence outside Kyiv. Following the discovery of this infor- The accident was caused by an ambu- mation, a large UDO and SBU meeting lance traveling at high speed with the discussed ways to counter the threats. motorcade tasked with taking care of The motorcade’s route was re-routed to President Yanukovych if he were to have roads where there are fewer buildings been wounded in an assassination that could be used by snipers. Fake cor- attempt. teges, without Mr. Yanukovych, are also Public fury at the closing of roads and increasingly being used (Segodnya, June traffic problems, as well as the death and 11). Under President Leonid Kuchma, the injuries, are making Mr. Yanukovych UDO, which is responsible for presiden- unpopular in Kyiv. After leaving work at tial protection, numbered around 40; it 3 p.m. and blocking traffic, one Kyiv res- grew to 100 under President Viktor ident shouted “How much further can Yushchenko. Today it has reached 170 you put down the people by closing the under President Yanukovych (Ukrayinska roads like this?” (Ukrayinska Pravda, Pravda, June 13). June 15). An additional step was taken to WASHINGTON – Dr. Yuri Shcherbak (second from left), a former ambassador of Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) remove all parked cars on the presidential Ukraine to the United States, gives his assessment of recent political and eco- Chairman Valeriy Khoroshkovsky, when route. UDO security and Internal Affairs nomic changes in Ukraine during a June 23 presentation at the U.S.-Ukraine asked about the threats to the president Ministry (MVS) vehicles drive in front, Foundation in Washington along with two other leading Ukrainian political and the additional security measures, behind and alongside. One vehicle pro- opposition figures traveling with him in the United States: former Foreign Affairs replied “Yes, there was a threat to the vides permanent communications and Minister Borys Tarasyuk and former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Valeriy Chaly. president’s life. We have taken quite a lot blocks mobile phones in the vicinity of (At the discussants' table at the USUF in this photograph are (from left): Ihor of measures. We have not yet eliminated the cortege, while two further vehicles Gawdiak, president of the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council; Ambassador Shcherbak; Mr. Tarasyuk; William Green Miller, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine; and Mr. Chaly. The Ukrainian representatives' two-day Washington visit also included meetings with U.S. government, congressional and business rep- resentatives. Earlier, they spoke about the situation in Ukraine in New York, New FOR THE RECORD: Briefing Jersey and Philadelphia. A detailed report about their views — following their presentation in Whippany, N.J. — appeared in last week's issue of The Ukrainian on Hillary Clinton’s trip to Kyiv Weekly. Following is an excerpt of remarks by the secretary will have a chance to follow up – Yaro Bihun Assistant Secretary of State Philip H. on how that is proceeding. Gordon at a special briefing on June 29 “The secretary will meet with President regarding Secretary of State Hillary Yanukovych and Foreign [Affairs] Minister Clinton's travel to Ukraine, Poland, [Kostyantyn] Gryshchenko and she will also Quotable notes Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. participate in the second meeting of the “The inclusion of a large Stalin bust in the National D-Day Memorial is no U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership longer a local matter – it has become a national and even an international embar- “... The secretary will be traveling to Commission, which was created during rassment. Kyiv, Krakow, Baku, Yerevan, and Tbilisi, Vice-President [Joe] Biden’s visit to Kyiv “Just last week, the town of Gori, Georgia, Stalin’s birthplace, removed a in that order, from July 1 to 5. Starting on exactly a year ago. bronze statue of the Soviet dictator from its town square. Thursday, this will be the secretary’s fourth “We have a broad relationship with “The Washington Post has editorialized: ‘Americans generally avoid publicly visit to Ukraine, although the first in her Ukraine and expect that they will discuss memorializing foreign tyrants who commit murder on an epic scale... In the capacity as secretary of state. She visited in economic and energy issues, defense coop- Soviet Union itself, most statues and other images of Stalin were removed from 1995, in 1997 as first lady, and in 2005 as eration, the development of democracy, public view a half century ago in recognition of the fact that he ranks among his- senator. among other topics. tory’s most homicidally prolific autocrats.’ “Her focus in Ukraine is on the strategic “The secretary will also in Kyiv meet “More than 2,000 people from all 50 states and over 40 nations have signed partnership between the United States and with former Prime Minister [Yulia] our petition calling for the removal of the Stalin bust, and their number grows Ukraine. She’ll be following up on Tymoshenko and she will meet with media with each passing day. President [Barack] Obama’s meeting with leaders, civil society groups, and give “We call on the National D-Day Memorial Foundation to do the honorable President [Viktor] Yanukovych at the remarks at a town hall meeting at Kyiv thing, follow the lead of Stalin’s own countrymen who recognize his tyrannical Nuclear Security Summit, where Ukraine Polytechnic University. role in history, and remove the Stalin bust from the National D-Day Memorial took the historic decision to get rid of all of “The symbolism of Ukraine’s democratic without further delay.” its highly enriched uranium. That was a very progress still matters for the region and significant step in our efforts to prevent beyond, and the secretary will be highlight- – Dr. Lee Edwards, chairman, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, nuclear terrorism worldwide. And that deci- ing our hopes for the protection and in a statement released on June 28 regarding the Stalin statue in Bedford, Va. sion is being implemented as we speak, and advancement of democracy in Ukraine. ...” 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 No. 27

Washington demonstration protests Russian interference in Ukraine

Yaro Bihun Demonstrators gathered across the street from the Russian Embassy in Washington.

by Michael Sawkiw Jr. Ukrainian people. “As Medvedev repre- other people, not with the Ukrainian National Information Service sents the imperialistic nation of Russia, set thugs in Moscow.” on thwarting Ukraine’s democratic future, As the afternoon wore WASHINGTON – On Thursday, June we are here today to protest his visit, and on, a few more people 24, some 150 Ukrainian Americans make known to the world that we, as joined in the crowd and arrived on a blistering hot day in the proud Ukrainians and Americans of other remarks were deliv- nation’s capital to join the national rally Ukrainian descent, will not tolerate further ered by representatives before the Russian Embassy to protest Russian interference in Ukraine’s internal from other communities to Russia’s interference in Ukraine’s internal affairs,” she said. energize the crowd. Maria and external affairs. “The more Ukraine is manipulated into Shcherbyuk, representing The protest coincided with the visit of becoming dependent on Russia – be it eco- the UCCA Illinois Branch, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to nomically or through security measures – stressed the importance of Washington, where he held meetings with the less likely it will be for Ukraine to teaching the Ukrainian lan- President Barack Obama, most notably to integrate into the Western democratic guage, while others spoke discuss the “reset” of relations between the world in the future,” she continued. “If about the importance of two countries. The purpose of the demon- Ukraine falls under Russia’s shadow, remembering the historical stration was to bring attention to the reset Ukraine’s unique language, history and contributions of those who of relations between the U.S. and Russia culture, its sovereignty and its very free- sacrificed their lives for and how this affects relations with dom will all be in serious jeopardy.” Ukraine’s independence. Ukraine, as well as other countries in the “Ukraine labored under the yoke of Borys Potapenko, on behalf region. Russian imperialism for over 300 years. On of the League of Ukrainians Shortly before noon, the first of several its present course, under the leadership of in Canada (LUC), delivered buses carrying Ukrainian Americans Ukraine’s pro-Russian president, our breth- impassioned remarks about arrived. While most came from the mid- ren may once again find themselves in the vital role of Ukraine in Atlantic and Northeast corridor, other pro- Russian shackles, unless we speak up now. the global political arena. testers traveled from as far away as Let’s tell President Medvedev that we won’t Michael Koziupa, chairman California, Canada and the Midwest. tolerate Russia’s meddling in Ukraine’s of the Organization of the Signs, placards, and dozens of affairs and we won’t let them influence Defense of Four Freedoms Ukrainian and American flags were seen Ukraine’s future,” Ms. Olexy stated. in Ukraine (ODFFU) read a on Wisconsin Avenue opposite the Russian A former president of both the statement by the organiza- Embassy where the protest was held. Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) and the tion. Protesters carried placards with slogans UCCA, Askold Lozynskyj, then delivered The demonstration Askold Lozynskyj (at microphone) leads protesters such as “Russia, Hands off Ukraine,” an impassioned speech, attacking the attracted attention, as cars in singing the Ukrainian national anthem. “Ukrainians say no to Russian aggres- Russian government, pledging to fight honked their horns in a sion,” “No Russian fleet in Ukraine” and imperial Russian tendencies, and also show of solidarity with the “Russia, recognize the Holodomor.” stressing to the Obama administration that protesters. Members of the Polish and statement can be read on the UCCA web- The two-hour demonstration began if Ukraine continues to be ignored at the Georgian community attended the demon- site at www.ucca.org. promptly at noon with opening remarks expense of improving relations with the stration to not only express their solidarity One of the most impressive aspects of from Michael Sawkiw, Jr., director of the undemocratic regime in Moscow, with the Ukrainian community, but also to the national demonstration was the diver- Ukrainian National Information Service President Obama will lose the support of state their concerns about Russia’s med- sity of the crowd. In addition to members (UNIS), the Washington, DC-based public the American people. dling and its so-called “sphere of influ- from the Federation of Ukrainian Student affairs bureau of the Ukrainian Congress He stated: ence” in Central and Eastern Europe. They Organizations of America (SUSTA), a Committee of America (UCCA). “With the demise of the USSR, stressed that the countries of their forefa- group of activists from Los Angeles trav- Mr. Sawkiw stressed the importance of Russia’s neighbors and the world commu- thers remained united with the people of eled on a red-eye flight to attend the pro- making Russian and American authorities nity had good reason to expect an end to Ukraine and that they desired to see a test. aware of the consequences of failing to Russian bullying. Unfortunately, we were democratic Ukraine free from Russian When asked about their journey to support democratic reforms in Ukraine. naive. Most recently, particularly, since its obstruction. Washington, Luba Keske, representing the “We stand in front of the Russian invasion of Georgia, Russia has brazenly The speeches concluded with the board of the Ukrainian Culture Center in Embassy,” stated Mr. Sawkiw, “united in and aggressively pursued an imperialistic UCCA’s statement titted “Russian Assault Los Angeles, explained: “We came protest against Russia’s aggressive actions policy of domination over its neighbors. on Ukraine” read by Roksolana Stojko- because, as Ukrainians, the preservation of towards Ukraine. In fact, our message is The most recent victim is Ukraine where Lozynskyj, chair of the UCCA’s External our language, our cultural heritage and fairly simple: ‘Russia’s aggressive behav- Russia, through its surrogates, has Affairs Committee. The statement high- the independence of Ukraine are important ior and imperialistic tendencies have led to installed a puppet regime. lighted several examples of Russia’s desire to us. This was a call for Ukrainians from instability and discontent not just in “Our message here today to Russia is to strip away Ukraine’s sovereignty and all across this great country of America to Ukraine, but throughout the region.’” that the Ukrainian American community strongly encouraged the Obama adminis- come together, to unite and to let the His remarks were followed by a very and every other Ukrainian community in tration and the U.S. Congress to acknowl- Russian leader see our strength in support exuberant singing of the Ukrainian the world, will meet and confront Russia’s edge that Ukraine and its democratic aspi- of Ukraine, the land of our forefathers. We National Anthem, “Shche Ne Vmerla challenge at every opportunity. Further we rations are of utmost importance to U.S. came because we are able to enjoy free- Ukraina,” whose words and melody were shall seek the assistance of our good gov- security interests. dom of speech in this country and our heard loud and clear at the Russian ernment officials, the president, our repre- The UCCA statement underscored that voices represent the solidarity of those Embassy compound. sentatives in Congress. We will urge them “standing up for a democratic Ukraine and who were unable to attend.” As the organizer of the national demon- to recognize for themselves that Russia is the values of freedom and democracy that As the protest came to an end, the entire stration, Tamara Gallo Olexy, president of an undemocratic and uncivilized aggres- we cherish in the United States must never crowd, accompanied by the guitar playing the UCCA, stressed in her remarks that sor, and that the proper place of the gov- be sacrificed to appease those who would of Maksym Lozynskyj and Stepan Ukraine is not for sale and that imperialis- ernment of the United States of America is so easily trample upon these same funda- Kaczurak, sang the national anthem of tic Russia must relinquish its hold on the with the Ukrainian, Georgian, Polish and mental values and rights.” The complete Ukraine. No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 5

OBITUARY Alex G. Tyshovnytsky, 65, business executive who gave back to community by Anisa Handzia Sawyckyj t h e U k r a i n i a n the financial sector, as an administrator and teacher in I n s t i t u t e o f the older classes of the religious education program at WAYNE, Pa. – Alex G. Tyshovnytsky of Wayne, Pa., America in New his parish Sunday school. died unexpectedly at his home on June 9. He was 65. York to cultural His goal was to help strengthen among the parish’s He had a long career as a business executive in major and financial insti- teenagers the spiritual values that formed the bedrock of U.S. corporations and financial institutions. In addition, tutions in other his character and which he found so essential in the for many years he generously contributed his time and communities. upbringing of his boys. financial expertise to the betterment of Ukrainian His career took Visitation took place at the Fletcher-Nasevich Funeral American community organizations whose cultural, edu- h i m f r o m Home in Philadelphia on Tuesday evening, June 15. cational and spiritual values he shared. Rochester to the After the panakhyda, eulogies were delivered by Borys Mr. Tyshovnytsky was born in 1945 in Weiden, Greenwich, Conn., Pawluk, president of the board of directors of the Germany, to Daria (née Hawrylak) and Roman area in 1974. While Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center in Tyshovnytsky, who had fled their native Ukraine in working at Xerox advance of the Soviet Union’s takeover of their home- Philadelphia; Maria Shust, director of The Ukrainian headquarters in Museum in New York; and Danylo Tyshovnytsky. land. The family arrived in the U.S. in 1947, living for a Stamford, he set- time in New York City and then in Utica, N.Y., before The funeral service with divine liturgy took place on tled in Riverside, Wednesday, June 16, at Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian settling in Rochester, N.Y., where they became parishio- Conn., and joined ners of St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church. Catholic Church in Bridgeport, Pa., conducted by Msgr. the parish of St. Ronald Popivchak. In his sermon, the Rev. Popivchak Mr. Tyshovnytsky received a B.S. from St. John Vladimir Ukrainian Fisher College in Rochester and an M.B.A. from focused on Alex’s deep commitment to the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral Alex Tyshovnytsky Catholic Church in general and to his parish in particu- Rochester Institute of Technology. in Stamford. He began his business career at Xerox Corp., where lar, describing him as a “Christian gentleman,” with In 1979 Mr. Tyshovnytsky married Oksana (née he held several senior management positions both within equal emphasis on each of these words. Horodecky), and in time the couple had two sons, Danylo the domestic and international operating divisions. He The burial took place later that day at St. Andrew and Andrij. In 1990, the family moved to Wayne, Pa., and was financial manager for Latin American operations, Ukrainian Orthodox cemetery in South Bound Brook, and in the 1980s he directed corporate planning out of began to participate in Ukrainian community life there. N.J. In the many eulogies at the memorial luncheon that Xerox’s world headquarters in Stamford, Conn. Ms. Tyshovnytsky worked as a teacher in area public followed, family and friends cited Mr. Tyshovnytsky as After 14 years of service at Xerox, he became vice- schools, as well as at the Ukrainian Saturday School in a devoted and loving husband and father, an exemplary president and chief financial officer for Arrow Group Philadelphia, which was attended by their young boys. son and a loyal and thoughtful friend. Industries in Pompton Plains, N.J. He also held senior The family became parishioners of Ss. Peter and Paul Mr. Tyshovnytsky’s death took on a special poignan- financial and management positions at other U.S. corpo- Ukrainian Catholic Church in Bridgeport, Pa., where the cy, as it came in the week before Father’s Day. rations based in the Northeast. In addition, he served as two boys served as altar boys up through high school and Surviving are his wife, Oksana; sons, Danylo and CEO of Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union in attended religion classes at Sunday school. Andrij; mother, Daria Tyshovnytsky; uncles, Roman Philadelphia. In pursuing their education, both sons followed in Hawrylak and Borys Karash and their families; cousin Later he was a financial advisor in the wealth man- their father’s footsteps: Danylo Tyshovnytsky, 27, gradu- Christine Hawrylak, and her family; mother-in-law, agement area at Legg Mason Capital Management, a ated from University of Delaware with a B.S. in finance Jaroslava Horodecky; in-laws, Bohdan Horodecky and wealth advisory specialist in the Private Client Group at and works in the financial industry in the Philadelphia Luba Boyko, and their families; nieces, nephews and Smith Barney, and most recently, a financial consultant area; Andrij Tyshovnytsky 22, earned a B.S. in market- more distant relatives. in the Private Client Group of Janney Montgomery Scott ing from Fordham University in May 2010. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The LLC, all in Philadelphia. To Alex Tyshovnytsky, “giving back” meant giving Ukrainian Museum, 222 E. Sixth St., New York, NY An early sponsor of The Ukrainian Museum in New back to all the segments of the Ukrainian American com- 10003 (Memo: Alex Tyshovnytsky Memorial Fund); or York City, Mr. Tyshovnytsky was involved in the impor- munity: cultural, educational and religious. Starting the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation (for the tant first stages of its development, serving on its board some five years ago, when his sons were already grown, Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv), 2247 W. of directors as treasurer from 1982 to 1992. He also was he volunteered his time in yet another capacity, far from Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622. a key member of the museum’s strategic planning com- mittee that mapped out its future growth. He and his wife, Oksana, who served as secretary on the board of directors, were also donors to the museum. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: May He was also on the board of directors of the Ukrainian Amount Name City Halyna Shepko New Paltz, NY Educational and Cultural Center (UECC) in Philadelphia $200.00 Ukrainian American La Vista, NE Wolodymyr Slyz Woodside, NY from 2004 through 2007 and served on its finance com- Association $10.00 Oleh and Natalia Bobak Meadowbrook, PA mittee from 2005 until his death. In that capacity he $100.00 Stefan Bilaniuk Shrewsbury, MA Maria Bodnarskyj Cheektowaga, NY worked closely with the UECC treasurer in the areas of Garfield and Nadine Edmonton, AB budgeting and financial planning. A. Maluca Dundas, IL Respected for his financial expertise, he was sought Luba Nowak Chicago, IL Brow out by various community organizations and on a pro Marta and Alex Basking Ridge, NJ Ihor and Luba Dekajlo Flushing, NY bono basis shared with them his in-depth professional Popovich (in memory Ann Goot Moretown, VT assessments of their financial needs. These ranged from of Roman Kupchinsky) Nina Kalman Fort Collins, CO $55.00 Irene Sarachmon Woonsocket, RI Bohdan Kolos Toronto, ON Yuri Stawnychy Kinnelon, NJ B. Kotys Kendal Park, NJ Wolodymyr Wolowodiuk Chatham Township, NJ Mykola Kril Las Vegas, NV $50.00 Silvia Bilobron Clifton, NJ Peter Kuzma Rocky Hill, CT Trial postponed again due Magda Kolcio Plain City, OH Roman Nestorowicz Warren, MI Inia Yevich-Tunstall Annandale, VA Irena Pirie Burlington, ON to Demjanjuk’s ill health $45.00 Zenowij Majuk Capitola, CA Vira Sendzik Trenton, NJ Roman Okpysh Dana Point, CA Maria Szczebetiuk Allentown, PA Trawniki card again in spotlight W. Rybak Dixon, IL Roman Tresniowsky Ann Arbor, MI $30.00 John Kytasty Livonia, MI William Zurawel Pine Brook, NJ PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Tuesday, June 29, session in Oksana and Lavro Polon Penn Yan, NY $5.00 Lydia and Roman Kensington, CT the Munich trial of John Demjanjuk was cancelled when $25.00 Walt Czepizak Oakhurst, NJ Borysiuk the defendant was hospitalized with dangerously low George Jaskiw S. Euclid, OH Merle and Bonnie Toledo, OH hemoglobin levels, the Associated Press reported. George Lewycky Milltown, NJ Jurkiewicz Meanwhile, Mr. Demjanjuk’s son, John Jr., criticized Lesia Pavlovych Hilton, NY Adrian Klufas Bridgeport, CT the German court for pushing ahead with the trial despite Olya Petryk Southgate, MI Michael Krywulych Amsterdam, NY his father’s deteriorating condition. The Nazi war crimes Roman Procyk Huntingdon VY, PA Steven Paul Masnyk Woonsocket, RI trial, which began on November 30, 2009, has been post- Zenon Zachar West Bloomfield, MI Dmytro Sich Alfred Station, NY poned at least eight times due to the elder Mr. Demjanjuk’s Lubomyr Zobniw Binghamton, NY Frank Stuban Seymour, CT ill health. $20.00 Dorothy Doloszycki Little Falls, NJ Stephanie Sywyj Parma, OH John Demjanjuk Jr., told the AP in an e-mail that his Alexandra Kochman Chicago, IL 90-year-old father’s bone marrow disease needed Luba Sochockyj Richfield, OH TOTAL: $4,443.00 advanced medical treatment, including chemotherapy. Nicholas Stupak Milwaukee, WI “Instead, they are making him appear artificially fit for Maria Trusewych Downers Grove, IL Sincere thanks to all contributors to The Ukrainian trial by treating him with various medications and then $15.00 Christine Balynsky Sea Girt, NJ Weekly Press Fund. afterward testing his blood, hoping it will be good enough Jaroslaw Bilyj Grand Island, NY to go to court,” he noted. Stefan Golub Minneapolis, MN The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the only fund The next day, June 30, the court heard testimony from George Horb Chicago, IL dedicated exclusively to supporting the work of this Norman Moscowitz, a former attorney with the U.S. Wolodymyr and Anna New York, NY Rak publication. (Continued on page 24) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 No. 27

Ambassador Tefft speaks The Ukrainian Weekly on U.S. policy toward Ukraine Yanukovych’s lust for power Following are excerpts from the June 24 The Presidential Administration of Viktor Yanukovych is widely recognized as speech by U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Ukraine matters having established a semi-authoritarian government, according to his softest crit- Tefft at the Institute of World Policy in Kyiv ics, while harsher critics claim an authoritarian police state has emerged. The on June 24. The full text is available on a great deal to the warning signs were there all along. Mr. Yanukovych’s tenure as prime minister in http://ukraine.usembassy.gov/. 2006 was focused solely on the usurpation of power, with the ultimate goal of United States, and rendering President Viktor Yushchenko utterly powerless. Today I’d like to talk about the full range it matters a great The first 100 days of Mr. Yanukovych’s presidency have demonstrated that of relations between the United States and nothing has changed in his lust for power. The evidence shows that he wants Ukraine. Our relationship is strong and deal to Europe as absolute control of government and society, in imitation of the system estab- active, and the United States continues to be lished by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. closely engaged with Ukraine. We stand well. In forming the illegal coalition government, Mr. Yanukovych gained control ready to do all we can to support the of the Cabinet and the Verkhovna Rada, which has become a rubber stamp to Ukrainian people in their quest for a demo- cratic and economically prosperous future. ... shove through any legislation, no matter how extreme and unpopular. The April example in this critical region. It has shown In recent years Ukraine’s leadership in 27 session during which the Kharkiv agreements and the 2010 budget were leadership on the world stage, eliminating democracy has served as an example for the rammed through without any committee review or discussion revealed the nuclear munitions and launchers and con- region. The presidential elections in January Yanukovych administration’s utter contempt for democratic institutions. The ses- tributing to security and peacekeeping oper- and February were widely recognized as sion was opened without a quorum, and votes were cast on behalf of deputies ations from the Balkans to Iraq. Ukraine essentially free and fair. Although then Prime who weren’t even present. has served as an example for the region in Minister [Yulia] Tymoshenko initially con- Yet, control of the executive and legislative branches of government isn’t its development of an active democracy. tested the result in court, the post-election enough. For genuine authoritarian rule, the judicial branch is a critical compo- And Ukraine’s highly educated workforce transfer of power was orderly. We take great nent. That way, even if legislation is unconstitutional or contradicts established is now more connected with Europeans and hope in the fact that the changes created by laws and regulations, Mr. Yanukovych can order any judge to rule it legal, as the Americans than ever before through busi- the Orange Revolution appear to be irrevers- Constitutional Court did in validating the otherwise illegal coalition. In the ness, travel, and education. Yanukovych administration’s view, “laws can always be passed and tailored to ible. This includes the peaceful expression of its needs,” said Ihor Koliushko, director of the Center for Political-Legal the people’s democratic will. U.S. policy based on Strategic Reforms in Kyiv. President [Viktor] Yanukovych has been Partnership Charter Once all the government’s branches are under control, then anyone in the in office for four months and has already made a successful trip to Washington, where As we look ahead to engagement with the opposition can be silenced or marginalized. That process has already begun, with Ukrainian government and Ukrainian citi- protesting opponents of the Yanukovych administration being surrounded by he met with President [Barack] Obama dur- ing the Nuclear Security Summit. The presi- zens, it is worth reviewing the basis for our Berkut special forces and kept at a far distance, while Party of Regions support- policy toward Ukraine. The United States ers are given the front row. The government stands accused of intimidating edi- dents issued a soint statement in which they reaffirmed the strategic partnership between will not waiver in its support for a strong and tors of local newspapers, demanding their loyalty and threatening dismissal or independent Ukraine. Our vision for Ukraine shutting down publications altogether. both countries and committed to build upon the United States-Ukraine Charter on is the same one that Ukrainians have for After forming the illegal coalition, Verkhovna Rada Chair Volodymyr Lytvyn themselves – a democratic and prosperous Strategic Partnership. The United States and is now crying that the Party of Regions is forcing his supporters and leaders to European nation with an effective and Ukraine are working together to modernize abandon the People’s Party of Ukraine to join the bulldozer. Perhaps he wasn’t accountable government. Of course, Ukraine’s civil nuclear research facilities and aware that his eponymous bloc is a mere steppingstone to the Party of Regions’ Ukraine’s future will be determined by to expand scientific cooperation in this field. goal of dominating the Ukrainian political scene, in imitation of Mr. Putin’s Ukrainians and their elected leaders. President Yanukovych’s decision to remove United Russia. In Moscow last July, President Obama Ukraine’s HEU [highly enriched uranium] The people of Ukraine will be faced with the task of demonstrating to said, and I quote, “State sovereignty must be was an historic step and a reaffirmation of President Yanukovych that not only is Ukraine not Donbas, where the Party of a cornerstone of international order. Just as Ukraine’s leadership role in non-prolifera- Regions enjoys a monopoly of power, but it’s also not Russia or Belarus, where a all states should have the right to choose tion. single party devoted to a cult of personality rules in dictatorial fashion. The first their leaders, states must have the right to The president’s economic reform com- test will be the nationwide local elections to oblast, city and village councils borders that are secure, and to their own for- mittee has issued an ambitious four-year scheduled for October 31. The Party of Regions is already taking extensive mea- eign policies. Any system that cedes those economic reform plan, and we remain hope- sures to ensure it will dominate these elections. rights will lead to anarchy. That is why this ful that the government will prove up to the Ukrainian citizens’ ability to defend their individual rights and democratic principle must apply to all nations, including task of making the timely reforms necessary institutions will determine whether Ukraine will finally take its place in the … Ukraine ...” for economic progress and, as President European community or fall prey yet again to Russian imperialism. There has been speculation about how Yanukovych has said, ensuring the restora- the Obama administration’s efforts to tion of Ukraine’s international financial cred- improve ties with Russia would affect our ibility. Ukrainians deserve an effective gov- relationship with Ukraine. As we reset rela- ernment that can achieve real reforms. tions with Russia, we have reaffirmed our July Turning the pages back... Ukraine’s need for reform and economic commitment to the sovereignty and territori- progress is independent of the specific gov- al integrity of Ukraine and its neighbors. We ernment in power. Ukraine’s enduring inter- do not believe that a partnership with one ests are embodied in the hopes of its people 9 country must come at the expense of anoth- for more prosperity, more openness to Thirteen years ago, on July 9, 1997, President Leonid er. In fact, the United States joined Russia Europe and the rest of the world, and more 1997 Kuchma and 16 leaders of NATO countries signed the last December in re-affirming the security efficient and accountable public services that “Charter on a Distinctive Partnership between the North assurances provided Ukraine in the 1994 provide the security, health care, education Atlantic Treaty Organization and Ukraine.” Budapest Memorandum. and social protection that every Ukrainian The signing occurred in Madrid during a summit meeting of prime ministers and Our larger goal is to encourage the transi- deserves. presidents of the NATO countries on July 8-9, 1997. On July 10, 1997, Poland, tion to a multi-partner world, in which like- One of the key institutions that will help Hungary and the Czech Republic were invited to become full members in the alliance. minded nations can make common cause on create that brighter future is a free press that The legal document did not give Ukraine military treaty status with NATO, which it common concerns – and the stronger our can accurately report the news without inter- originally had pushed for. Instead, the document would act like the Helsinki Accords, partners, the more effective our partnerships. ference by the government or owner-oli- signed by 35 countries in August 1975 to monitor human rights enforcement. “The A strong and independent Ukraine is good garchs. The free press plays an enormous charter makes the 16 subjects that signed it responsible for its enforcement,” explained for Russia, good for the region and good for role in holding public officials accountable Anton Buteiko, Ukraine’s vice minister of foreign affairs. the world. We strongly support Ukraine’s The charter also notes that NATO members and Ukraine recognize that “the securi- for their actions – and that is a crucial ele- aspirations to integrate into Europe. ty of all states in the OSCE [Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe] ment in creating the more efficient and The specifics of our cooperation with area are indivisible, that no state should pursue its security at the expense of that of accountable public services that Ukrainians Ukraine will continue to be guided by the another state.” want and deserve. U.S.-Ukraine Charter on Strategic The charter also mentioned the Budapest Accord of 1994, which gave Ukraine Let me emphasize again: Ukraine mat- Partnership. The charter highlights the security assurances against nuclear attack from the United States, the United ters a great deal to the United States, and it importance of our bilateral relationship and Kingdom, France and Russia, but the offer did not extend to NATO itself. The charter matters a great deal to Europe as well. Just outlines increased cooperation across a also assured that NATO would not position nuclear weapons on the territories of its as the Ukrainian people have an enduring broad spectrum of shared priorities. They new members. interest in economic progress and reform, include economics; trade and energy; Although the charter could not be changed by Parliament, critics argued that the so too does the United States have an defense and security; strengthening democ- agreement compromised Ukraine’s sovereignty. “One of the most important provisions enduring interest in Ukraine. Ukraine has racy; and cultural exchanges. ... of the Declaration of Ukraine’s State Sovereignty, proclaiming her non-alignment, tremendous potential. It serves as a transit Our commitment to Ukraine is demon- neutrality and nuclear-free status, is cancelled by a stroke of the pen,” stated route for nearly a quarter of Europe’s gas strated by our assistance program, which Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko during the July 8, 1997, session of imports, and it could become self-sufficient totals $123 million in 2010. Our goals are to Parliament. “Obviously, under this pretext, NATO has reserved for itself the right to in energy if its natural resources were fully bolster peace and security, strengthen demo- meddle in Ukraine’s internal affairs.” developed and energy efficiency improved. cratic institutions, promote economic growth It could become a significant contributor to and energy efficiency, enhance security and Source: “Ukraine and NATO sign partnership charter,” by Roman Woronowycz, global food security if it made full use of its The Ukrainian Weekly, July 13, 1997. rich black soil. Ukraine can serve as an (Continued on page 21) No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PERSPECTIVES Women and men Congrats on two by Andrew Fedynsky in search of equality Kuropas columns Dear Editor: Dear Editor: The Commission on the Status of Women Congratulations on the last two columns Glorious summertime by Dr. Myron B. Kuropas: “The Russian (CSW) meets annually at the United Nations Feeling kind of lazy? Me too. Not asked us who we were. Conversation ‘return’ returns” (June 13) and “A fraternal for two weeks in March to discuss themes only the calendar, but also my body is flowed from there. full circle” (May 16). related to women’s equality and women’s telling me to slow down. I first noticed it It wasn’t long before the KGB envel- Both are very informative. This colum- human rights. This year the commission 30 years ago, when I worked on Capitol oped us. By the time we left, we counted nist’s historical columns are excellent. continued to emphasize implementation of Hill and was fatigued to the point that I eight agents who followed us every- commitments made at the Fourth World Jerry Zinycz wondered whether something might be where. Naturally, no one dared approach Conference in Beijing (1995) and the out- Venice, Fla. wrong. And then it hit me: for twelve us and we were scared, too. All of which come of the 23rd special session of the years, from grade school to high school, I made me recognize and appreciate free- General Assembly (2000), “Women 2000: had had the summer free, followed by dom, motivating me to join the human Gender Equality, Development and Peace four years of college, then nine years rights movement of the 1970-1980s. for the 21st Century.” More on NYC teaching, capped with two years of grad- How gratifying today to see young The World Federation of Ukrainian uate school: 27 years, more or less, Americans spending the summer at the Women’s Organizations participates in the demonstration where I had three months off. Yet here I Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, yearly NGO consultation preceding the was: June-July and still working. the National University of Kyiv Mohyla CSW, as well as during the commission’s Dear Editor: Who knew that internal clocks are not Academy, working on archeological digs sessions. This year the commission focused or volunteering in an orphanage. Times Askold Lozynskyj is absolutely right that only set for daily sleep, but also for the on equal sharing of responsibilities between have changed in Ukraine and, despite I should not have participated in the May 3 change of seasons? women and men; it also reviewed the imple- serious concerns, vastly for the better. protest in New York City given the character Summer for me has invariably been a mentation of recommendations on “Equal In all, I spent five summers in Europe it took (Letter, June 20). He and the mem- glorious time, going on forever it Participation of Women and Men in during the 1970s. I also drove a motorcy- bers of the Organization of Ukrainian seemed, when I was a little boy. My Decision-Making Process at All Levels” cle to California one year and explored Nationalist as well as members of other friends and I played board games on the based on the conclusions adopted at its 2006 the East Coast the summer after. In 1976 organizations, have the unquestionable right porch and roamed the nearby fields and session. I spent a wonderful month in Montreal, to carry their flags and their slogans, when- playgrounds, pretending to be soldiers, Approximately 2,000 women from attending the Olympics and agitating for ever and wherever. No one disputes the cowboys, pirates or kozaks. When I was around the globe attended, and 323 NGOs the right of Soviet Ukraine to field its patriotism of the Ukrainian Nationalists. a bit older, our Vovky (Wolves) Plast from 117 countries were represented. There own team. A lot of other young people Nevertheless, most Ukrainians do not want scouting group rode bikes to Brookside were over 200 parallel events conducted by were there as well, many of whom you’d to be perceived as followers of any organi- Park for tennis, softball and swimming. NGOs on a variety of topics related to this recognize from the pages of The zation with which they don’t have any affili- Toward evening, we’d stop for ice cream year’s theme, as well as regional caucuses Ukrainian Weekly as distinguished com- ation, regardless of its name. Therefore, the at Dairy Dell, getting home just as the and NGO briefings. Among the topics dis- munity leaders. Now, we don’t think Ukrainian flag is the one and the only one street lights were coming on. Illicit fire- cussed were: violence against women, twice when we see athletes representing that is all uniting, all inclusive. crackers and cherry bombs were always unpaid care-taking, lack of programs and Ukraine at international competition. And, as to the “symbolic retribution” of part of the fun. government support in caring for HIV/AIDS 1976 was also memorable for the the egg-throwing by young boys, those who So was Plast camp at Novyi Sokil near patients, the need for supportive services for American Bicentennial, which I celebrat- feel pride over such acts need a reality check Buffalo. We enjoyed “terrain games,” caretakers and the impact on women of the ed at Soyuzivka on the Fourth of July. and should only revisit the fairly recent egg- campfires with silly skits and poignant economic crisis. Two months later, I celebrated my 29th throwing incident in the Verkhovna Rada songs, and honed our muscles enduring A thorough analysis of programs aimed birthday there on Labor Day weekend. that made Ukraine the subject of ridicule marching drills (“vporiad”) and long at bringing about gender equality in Ukraine And then I grew up. around the world. There are far more civil hikes into rural New York. I came face- is given in the publication “EU-CIS Gender I spent the next dozen years or so in and better ways to protest effectively. to-face with insects, strange fungus, sala- Watch: A Gender Analysis of the European Congress, working well into the summer Moreover, while what the boys did on May manders and, eventually, girls. Union Developmental Aid for Ukraine” with nothing to recount besides hot, 3 was relatively innocuous, it was an During my college years, summer (The Network of East-West Women, 2008) dusty August days in Washington and infringement of the law of the country where introduced me to the real world. Back by Oksana Kisselyova. While there has been taking my mother for hospital visits in they were born, the country that gave refuge when jobs like that were still available, I an increase in women’s representation in the Cleveland. I read a lot of books and saw to their grandparents and thousands upon worked in Cleveland’s industrial valley, Verkhovna Rada from 3 percent in 1990 to a few movies. thousands of Ukrainians fleeing the horrors inhaling soot and grime from a molten 8.2 percent in 2007, women still are not ade- Twenty-two years ago, I got married. they endured under the Communist and soup that would become car hoods, quately represented to impact financing of Every summer since, we spend a week in Nazi regimes. Unlawful acts should not be refrigerator doors and bomb casings. I’d women’s needs. According to the study, August at Soyuzivka for what amounts to condoned by anyone, much less by people come home exhausted from the stifling “Ukraine has created strong legislation to a family mini-camp, getting together in leadership positions in the Ukrainian temperature and din, and sink into a deli- ensure gender equality,” and it is receiving with my wife’s aunts, uncles and cousins community. cious nap before heading out for a couple assistance from the European Union and the beers with the guys. – coordinating August breaks to be United Nations to implement the women’s I met Lesyk Hryckowian and his young brothers and can attest that they are marvel- In 1969 I graduated with a degree in together. equality agenda. ous children. I hope that as they mature English, a teaching certificate and a job. In 1991, my wife and I showed up However, the report also notes: they can begin to fully understand the prin- It was the hardest work I’ve ever done, with a baby boy. Four years, later we “Unfortunately, gender equality concept still ciples of our democracy and realize that but then there were the three months off. came with a little girl. In the years since, has not full political recognition as one of individuals cannot decide on their own I was young, had an income and a pass- I moved with them from the wading pool the main goals of Ukrainian government which law is OK to break, regardless how port. Europe and North America were my to the shallow end of the big pool and activity. The predominance of men in power minor the infraction and how good one’s playground. then the deep end. We took hikes to the structures complicates gender mainstream- intentions. No summer was more memorable than Green Pool and the waterfalls, and took ing in government policy. Ukrainian govern- I am grateful to Mr. Lozynskyj for his 1970. I was 22 when three friends and I excursions to the Hudson River nearby. ment lacks understanding of gender equality kind suggestions as to what I should or landed in Amsterdam, just days after And yes, I’ve read a lot of books and dis- in the context of democratization, human should not do. However, let me assure him school let out. Despite dire warnings, we cussed politics with my Republican and rights and European integration.” – in case he has not guessed thus far – that I plunged right into the hippie subculture, Democratic friends, resolving nothing To be sure, Ukraine is not unique in its do not march to the beat of other drummers buying a green 1967 Volkswagen micro- but enjoying the company. struggle to ensure equality for women. Even and know quite well myself what I should or bus for $1,000. It became the hotel that Over time, my wife’s cousins became in the United States, as noted by President should not do. we drove all the way to Kyiv. parents, their once-smooth faces devel- Barack Obama, “women still earn just 78 Two and a half months and 10,000 oping creases on their foreheads and Marianna Wakulowska cents for every dollar men make and ...one miles later, we pooled the last of our around their eyes, as their children join a Philadelphia in four experience domestic violence. ... money for enough gas to get back to growing circle of younger cousins that When these inequalities stubbornly persist Amsterdam, with a few loaves of bread our own children have joyfully bonded in this country, in this century, then I think and a slab of cheese to tide us over until with. Every year, we note how much everyone’s grown and ask about school. we need to ask ourselves some hard ques- We welcome your opinion we sold the van. We got $750. We also notice who’s now using a cane tions.” Transportation and lodging that summer Among the strategies discussed at the The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters and who’s no longer able to join us, to the editor and commentaries on a vari- cost us $65 apiece, plus gas. lamenting how the number of our older Commission on the Status of Women was ety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian It was surreal: we went from family members is diminishing until I engaging men in achieving gender equality. American and Ukrainian Canadian com- Amsterdam where pretty much every- notice that now it’s me who’s sitting on Men need to see the very positive economic munities. Opinions expressed by colum- thing was permitted to a totalitarian the old folks’ bench in front of the Main and social changes that occur when women nists, commentators and letter-writers are police state. Anything we did there House. achieve equal rights. In many countries, in their own and do not necessarily reflect turned out to be provocative, starting the opinions of either The Weekly edito- Call it wisdom, perspective, mellow- fact, men are forming NGOs that strive to with our fluent use of Ukrainian and a rial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian ing or whatever, I’ve become aware of achieve this goal. penchant for meeting with people our National Association. yet another of nature’s rhythms. I see Nadia Shmigel Please note: THE LENGTH OF LETTERS own age. We were a phenomenon: just New York CANNOT EXCEED 500 WORDS. parking the car attracted people who (Continued on page 26) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 No. 27 GENERATION UKE

Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas and Yarema Belej Inaugural Kozak Tournament attracts teams of competitors YONKERS, N.Y. – The Ukrainian Kristina Wyrsta, Damian Shchur) won American Youth Association hosted its second place; “A Team” (Danylo Nysch, inaugural Kozak Tournament on June 12 Stephen Dubenko, Roman Iwaskiw, Tom at the Ukrainian Youth Center. Twenty- Maksymiuk) won third place. “B Team” five participants competed in a variety of (Andre Zalusky, Daria Szafran, Jurij events, including a varennyky-eating con- Fedorijczuk, Theresa Kusen) finished in test, speed dressing, keg toss, wheelbar- fourth, and “Team Underrated” (Paul row races, a shot glass on sword race, tire Bybel, Ostap Sayki, Andrij Kapitula, flipping, drinking contest, log saw, puz- Roman Kozicky) finished in fifth place. zles and singing. Mr. Fedorijczuk won the varennyky-eat- Each team had four members: “Team ing contest, finishing 20 in under five min- Rudyk Rebels” (Nick Rudyk, Sammy utes; “Team Kristina Kiciuk” won the speed Warycha, Mike Kapitula, Steve Frycz) dressing contest; the “A Team” won the won first place; “Team Kristina Kiciuk” wheelbarrow race; “Team Rudyk Rebels” (Taras Kulynych, Krystina Occhicone, won the shot glass on sword race, the tire

Dmitry Zhouk Roman Kozicky balances a filled shot Nick Rudyk winds up for a keg toss. glass on a sword. flip, the drinking contest, the singing con- Mr. Warycha via Facebook. After the test (featuring Ukrainian songs) and the keg tournament, awards were distributed at toss (22 feet, by Mr. Frycz); “B Team” won the Ukrainian Youth Center. There is talk the log saw; and “A Team” won the puzzle of holding another tournament next year. race (featuring a map of Ukraine). Readers can find more information on The tournament was co-organized by Facebook, keyword “Kozak Sammy Warycha and Mike Kapitula flip a 500-lb. tire. Natalka Horbachevska, Alina Sysak and Tournament.”

Lys, Chornomorska Sitch win volleyball tournament in Yonkers

Men’s division first-place winners, Lys, and second-place winners, Hartford (dark shirts).

YONKERS, N.Y. – The sixth annual Lys - Brooklyn; 2nd place: Hartford; 3rd Yonkers volleyball tournament, spon- place: Yonkers and Chornormorska Sitch. sored by the local branch of the Boys Division (3 teams): 1st place: Ukrainian American Youth Association Sitch; 2nd place: Yonkers; 3rd place: Daniel Anthony Deychakiwsky and held on April 24, attracted 135 play- Passaic. ers, including 70 adults and 65 youth Boys Division II (2 teams): 1st place: Bachelor of Science players. This year also marks the 60th Sitch; 2nd place: Yonkers. in Humanistic Studies anniversary of the Yonkers UAYA Girls Division (3 teams): 1st place: May 16th, 2010 branch. Sitch; 2nd place: Yonkers; 3rd place: Men’s Division (10 teams): 1st place: Philadelphia. Mount St. Mary’s University Emmitsburg, Maryland Attention, Students! Throughout the year Ukrainian student clubs plan and hold activities. Congratulations, Danylko! The Ukrainian Weekly urges students to let us and the Ukrainian commu- With pride and love from the Deychakiwsky, Mostovych and Wolanyk families nity know about upcoming events. Mama, Tato, Denys, Dmytro, Baba Nadia and Oksana, Dido Lonia and †Mykola The Weekly will be happy to help you publicize them. We will also be glad to print timely news stories about events that have already taken Нехай Господь Бог має тебе в Своїй опіці! Щасливо! place. Photos also will be accepted. No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 9

Celtic band Rún releases Ukrainian named ‘tallest in America’ album “Samhein” in Ukraine by Guinness World Records PARSIPPANY, N.J. – A group from us, a time for new expectations.” PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Igor Vovkovinskiy, Ukraine, Rún, is producing Celtic music. The band was formed in 2001 as a result a native of Ukraine, was named the “Tallest The name of the band is Gaelic for of its members’ “Celtic mania” and their Man in America” by Guinness World “secret,” “mystery,” “puzzle” or “riddle.” striving for creative activity. Since then they Records on May 21. Standing at 7 feet 8.33 The group includes a mathematician, an have performed “trad” (traditional Celtic inches, Mr. Vovkovinskiy, 27, has lived in architect, a software developer and two music) in its current form, focusing primari- Rochester, Minn., with his mother, Svetlana, classical musicians. ly on Irish music. since he was 7, when he had undergone The band has released a new album, “Samhein” was released in April and, as treatment for pituitary gigantism at the titled, “Samhein,” which includes 15 tracks, Ukraine remembered the Chornobyl disas- Mayo Clinic for a tumor on his pituitary with original works by Sergiy Kadenko, on ter, Mr. Kadenko stated: “this is a time to gland and associated diabetes. guitar, and Andriy Yakovenko, bouzouki, abandon all of your sorrows and doubts, to He was officially measured by Danny whistles and flute. Other members include: throw everything that is old and unneces- Girton Jr., an adjudicator for the Guinness Olga Kuzmanenko on bodhran (Celtic sary, anger, envy and insincerity in the World Record Association, on “The Dr. Oz drum) and accordion; Anastasia Kandyrina, Samhein fire, to let your fears, indecision, Show,” which aired on May 24 (http://www. fiddle and viola; Mykola Ivanov, viola, fid- unrest and despair burn to the ground, and to doctoroz.com/videos/extreme-medical-mar- dle and mandolin; and Tatiana Kruchkova trample all of your mistakes and defeats, vels-pt-1). Mr. Vovkovinskiy told the audi- on double bass. because in the morning a new and better ence that everyday tasks present challenges Mr. Yakovenko, the band’s leader world will arise from the ashes.” for him, having to adapt to a world not made explained: “Samhein is devoted to the Readers may obtain copies of the album for people of his height. Dr. Oz explained ancient Celtic harvest observance, when at digital retailers online, including iTunes, the medical issues associated with Mr. the world of the living collides with the Amazon, Napster and others. Physical cop- Vovkovinskiy’s condition, due to everything afterlife, when spirits of the deceased ies can be purchased through online retailer in his body being larger than normal. descend from the hill and wander freely www.umka.com.ua. Readers may also visit “It feels good to finally have proof that I Igor Vovkovinskiy (center) with his among the living. This normally occurs the band’s MySpace page at www.myspace. am the Tallest Man in America. Everyone is during the final phase of gathering the com/runkiev, or www.iUA-music.com, or mother, Svetlana (left), while shopping always asking me if I’m certain that I’m the at a specialty outlet. year’s crops, and is a time to regain peace e-mail Oksana Kluchko, Oksana@iua- tallest and I was never able to prove it,” Mr. with ourselves and with the world around music.com for more information. Vovkvinskiy told reporters. “Now that I Club International, where he’s made many have this certificate to hang on my wall, I lasting friendships with other tall people. could finally show it!” Mr. Vovkovinskiy has something in com- Mr. Vovkovinskiy surpassed the former mon with the world’s tallest man, Leonid record holder, George Bell, a Virginia depu- Stadnyk: they’re both from Ukraine. But ty sheriff, by a third of an inch. Mr. Mr. Stadnyk, who stands at 8-foot-4-inches, Vovkovinskiy wears custom-made size-25 refused to be confirmed as the tallest man in 10-E shoes that are made for him free of the world by Guinness, and the title went to charge by Georg Wessles, a cobbler in Sultan Kosen of Turkey (8-foot-1-inch). Germany. Mr. Vovkovinskiy has a fan page on Mr. Vovkovinskiy is pursuing a degree in Facebook where readers can learn more paralegal studies at the Minnesota School of about him (http://www.facebook.com/#!/ Business. He’s also a member of the Tall group.php?gid=127758760569023&ref=ts).

CONGRATULATIONS Ferencevych Graduates!

Rún The Rún band from Ukraine. From the left: ANDREW, J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law; Plast leaders ready for camps CHRISTINA, B.S., University of Rhode Island; MELANIE, B.A., Ramapo College, NJ – children of Mark and Virginia Ferencevych, River Vale, NJ; EMILY, B.A., Rowan University, NJ – daughter of Ihor and Elise Ferencevych, Waldwick, NJ.

CONGRATULATIONS DR. CHRISTINA F. OLEKSIUK, DMD МНОГАЯ ЛІТА!

We are so proud of all of your accomplishments! Love, Mama and Tato

EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. – Summer camps at Plast Ukrainian Scouting Christina received her DMD Degree from University of Louisville Dental Organization’s Vovcha Tropa campground here start this weekend and run School on May 8, 2010. through July 24. Over 250 “novaky”/“novachky” (boys and girls age 6-11) and She received her Doctoral Hood from her professor, Dr. Jane D. Casada, DMD. “yunaky”/“yunachky” (age 12-17), as well as close to 50 counselors are expected Christina received the LD Pankey Occlusion Award and the International over the three-week period. Seen above (from left) are the young leaders of College of Dentists Leadership and Professionalism Award. this year’s summer camps: Andrea Lebed (novachky), Stefko Stawnychy, (older Christina will start a one-year Residency in General Dentistry in St. Petersburg, yunaky/yunachky), Alex Knihnicky (second in command of novaky) and Adya FL, in July. She is the daughter of Boris and Carol Oleksiuk in Grahamsville, NY, and Fedorijchuk (yunachky). Missing from the photo are Chrystia Stawnychy and Hilton Head, SC. Lesyk Myskiw, leaders, respectively, of the camps for novaky and yunaky. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 No. 27 Voices of the laity: The present and future of U.S. Ukrainian Catholic Church by Anisa Handzia Sawyckyj Eastern religions have long attracted some believers, yet we, for example, have NEW YORK – As the Ukrainian our own Eastern spiritual traditions, Catholic Church moves into its second cen- Byzantine choral music and iconography. tury of existence in the U.S., questions Might those interested in Buddhism not arise: How is the Church doing today? How also be eager to learn about the monastic will it deal with the challenges that it may traditions of our Eastern Church or the face in its second century on this continent? teachings of our early Church fathers? The interviewees in this two-part inter- People need role models and our view series published last week and this Church has them in abundance. Small week represent a cross-section of the audi- boys want super heroes: let’s give them ence attending the May 1 roundtable in icons of St. George the Dragon Slayer or New York City on “Eastern Churches in St. Michael the Archangel! Teenagers North America: Between Ethnocentrism should be inspired by such men and Assimilation,” which was sponsored as Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and by the Patriarchal Society in the U.S.A. Patriarch Josyf Slipyj. They had amazing Out of the eight interviewees, six were life stories and their legacy lives on from the post-World War II immigration, in Blazhennishiy (His Beatitude) Lubomyr and two were relatively recent arrivals Husar and Father Borys Gudziak. Read, from Ukraine. for example, “Conversations with In the concluding part of this series, Lubomyr Cardinal Husar” by Antoine Natalie Gawdiak Jurij Dobczanskyj Natalie Gawdiak, a former Roman Arjakovsky (UCC Press, Lviv, 2007). Catholic, urges a return to the Ukrainian Some problem areas exist in the Church Catholic Church’s Eastern traditions; Jurij that need resolution in the future, or at Dobczansky shows one parish’s path to least greater understanding. For example, religious renewal; Iryna Zaluzhna Lencyk we have “C & E Christians” who attend recalls the dynamism of the Church in church only on Christmas and Easter. Lviv; and Dr. Leonid Rudnytzky cites the Frustrating? Yes, but if our own child vis- benefits of an active laity and a strong ited us only twice a year, would we say: Patriarchal structure. “Don’t come see me because you don’t PART II come more often?” Better to see a parish- ioner twice a year than never. As a member of the Ukrainian Catholic Another issue is the perception of Church in the U.S., what do you think are women as second-class citizens. For me, the major challenges facing the Church Christ was a great feminist. Remember today? What needs to be done to help it “Marto, Marto”? (Luke 10:41). I think the survive in the future? (Asked of members Church as an institution would benefit of the audience who attended the May 1 from re-visiting – in light of 2,000 years of roundtable on “Eastern Churches in North social and cultural transformation of our America: Between Ethnocentrism and civilization since the time of Christ – the Assimilation.”) Bible passages where Christ interacts with women. Cherish Eastern traditions Finally, I feel we err by encouraging Iryna Zaluzhna Lencyk Leonid Rudnytzky “Ukrainian” Knights of Columbus and all Natalie Gawdiak, writer/editor (retired), the Latinizations imposed on our Church and serves on the parish pastoral council. Catholic University in Lviv, as an under- Columbia, Md., been a member of Holy (kneeling, Stations of the Cross, rosaries). graduate and then received her master’s Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Silver I believe that the Easternness of the Our Church needs good leadership at degree in international development at Spring, Md., since its founding close to 30 Ukrainian Catholic Church should be cele- the top that would penetrate down to the Georgetown University. years ago and is a supporter of the brated and encouraged. Why not pro- parish level. We are fortunate to have at Patriarchal movement and laity councils. mote or reintroduce brotherhoods, sister- I recently moved to the U.S. from Lviv, hoods, reading of the Twelve Gospels the helm of our Church Patriarch Lubomyr Husar in Ukraine, but unfortunately the Ukraine, where the Church is very dynam- Ukrainian Catholic because it has given instead of Stations of the Cross, and “chot- benefits of this do not get effectively trans- ic. I would contrast its vibrancy in Lviv to me what I think the Latin rite has lost in ky” (Eastern rite prayer beads) instead of the rather more lukewarm Church in the the reforms of the Vatican II Councils. I rosaries? By Latinizing, we lose the dis- mitted down through the Church hierarchy U.S., and this would apply both to the laity feel “at home” in this Church, and love its tinctiveness and historic character of our to the faithful. and the clergy here. amazing history, art, music, traditions and Church. A great deal of the well-being of a par- Obviously, Lviv is a unique place, per- its closeness to everyday life. ish has always depended on the pastor. haps not representative of the entire We live in a complex world where all However, over recent years we’ve had a Parish renewal quick succession of priests so in the end Church in Ukraine, so my experience churches no longer have captive audiences might not be typical for all of Ukraine. of believers. So the Ukrainian Catholic Jurij Dobczansky, librarian/cataloging it’s the parishioners who have to ensure the survival of a parish. Right now we are Also, it is colored by my contact with the Church must find creative ways to retain specialist, Washington, has been a parish- idealistic atmosphere of UCU [Ukrainian its loyal base and at the same time shine a ioner at Holy Family Parish, Ukrainian lucky to have the rector of St. Josaphat Seminary and its spiritual direc- Catholic University] in Lviv. I will light on the great things that it already has Catholic National Shrine, Washington, for describe what exists there already and that would attract those young Ukrainian 34 years. He revitalized and organized the tor ministering to our parish. Sometimes even when a parish is func- what are my generation’s greatest aspira- American families who are on the fence, parish library and book store, providing tions for the Ukrainian Catholic Church. who are deciding what Church to belong resource materials in support of Ukrainian tioning well, it can benefit from new input, a kind of booster shot. In the past year, our In Lviv, the Church is more than tradi- to or how committed they want to be to and religious studies. He has directed the tion, more than a building, more than one religion at all. annual pysanka workshop for 27 years parish has been inspired by a wonderful program called “Generations of Faith,” obligatory Sunday liturgy. It’s a true which has brought together all segments Christian community in which its mem- of our parish to discuss aspects of our bers gather together to worship and to shared spiritual and cultural heritage that carry out Christ’s social gospel. It’s a very we never would have discussed before. It intense and personal Church, with very has helped us build understanding, deepen close ties between clergy, monastic orders our commitment to faith, bind the parish and laity – perhaps because of its traumat- together and even involve parish children ic decades as a catacomb Church, no in age-appropriate activities and learning. doubt because of the important moral It has inspired us as individual believers influence of UCU in Lviv. and as a Church community. The second difference is that in the Our parishes are becoming increasingly Church in Lviv, church members live out a diverse, and this trend is likely to continue Christian social gospel by helping those in into the future. Programs such as need – orphans, the physically or mentally “Generations of Faith” and other innova- disabled, widows or the elderly. By con- trast, in the U.S., the social gospel is being tive approaches need to be used to carried out very efficiently by secular or by strengthen and even enlarge these new large religious organizations, but not neces- diverse parishes. sarily by individual Ukrainian Catholic Church parishes. Therefore, each parishio- The view from Lviv ner may not be involved in the direct expe- rience of Christian good works. (Obviously, Anisa Handzia Sawyckyj writes on Iryna Zaluzhna Lencyk, international I can only speak for the small number of community affairs from New York City. development, New York, Iryna studied the- Her e-mail address is [email protected]. ology and philosophy at Ukrainian (Continued on page 25) No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 11 Exhibit of Ukrainian religious treasures opens in New York by Helen Smindak An icon from 1370 Special to The Ukrainian Weekly The major part of the exhibit consists of NEW YORK – One of Ukraine’s oldest icons from different periods and locations in existing icons – the famous Mother of God Ukraine, displaying a variety of techniques Hodigitria, a 14th century relic – has been (oil on wood, oil on canvas, gesso, tempera brought to the United States for exhibit, and carving), many with embossed and gild- together with more than 70 rare and trea- ed frames. sured icons and religious artifacts from the In a class by itself is the Mother of God collections of two leading museums in Hodigitria icon, a 1370 relic from the village Ukraine, the Kyiv-Pechersk National of Isaiah in the Lviv Region, which depicts Historical and Cultural Preserve and the Mary in dark clothing and the small figure of Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Christ in a bright red-orange tunic holding Lviv. the Gospel in his left hand, their elongated The precious objects, including chalices, bodies standing out against a deep green crucifixes, Gospel covers, embroidery and background. Peeling paint and a large gash textiles, are on display at the Museum of on Mary’s forehead suggest the icon’s vener- Biblical Art (MOBIA) in Manhattan through able age, but do not detract from the richness September 12. of its colors. New York is thus blessed with two con- Mother of God Hodigitria icons from current major exhibits that reveal Ukraine’s later centuries are seen in the exhibit, includ- rich cultural and historic heritage. Last April, ing a copper-plated version from the middle The Ukrainian Museum of New York of the 18th century painted in the Kyiv- opened an exhibit titled “Ukraine-Sweden: Pechersk Lavra workshop that may have At the Crossroads of History,” defining been paired on an iconostasis with an image Ukraine as a powerful state that had relations of Christ the Almighty. In the Mother of God in the 17th and 18th centuries with other icon, held in a gilded frame that features major powers. striking and elegant embossed ornamenta- MOBIA’s exhibit, presented under the tion, the painted faces of the Mother and banner “The Glory of Ukraine – Sacred Infant stand out against gold-plated metal. Images from the 11th to the 19th Centuries,” A late 17th century version of the Mother was officially opened on June 17 at a private of God Hodigitria icon from the Poltava reception for invited guests and press repre- region reveals new stylistic methods – the sentatives. technique of painting with oil on canvas, A seven-member delegation from which allowed the artist to use artistic meth- Congregation of All the Saints of the Pechersk Lavra; Icon Painting Workshop of Ukraine attended the reception, including: ods and tinting color effects in creating faces. Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Kyiv, late 18th - early 19th centuries. Mikhail Kulyniak, Ukraine’s minister of cul- Prince Volodymyr, who ordered the bap- ture and tourism; Maryna Hromova, director tism of Rus in 988, stands at the center of the general of the Kyiv-Pechersk Preserve; Igor Congregation of All the Saints of Pechersk Kozhan, director general of the National Lavra icon, created in the 18th century to Museum in Lviv; Bishop Alexander of honor the canonization of 118 saints (their Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky; and Mother remains are still kept in the Lavra caves). A Superior Serafima, head of the Culture- product of the Lavra’s icon painting work- Religion Department of the Kyiv-Pechersk shop, this work is festively touched with Lavra (Monastery of the Caves). gold accents in cathedral cupolas, the saints’ Andrew Shvets, advisor to Mr. Kulyniak, halos and the bishops’ vestments. and consultant/interpreter Michael Yurlov A tripartite construction and triple domes accompanied the group. of St. Elijah Church, typical of 17th century Consul Bohdan Movchan of Ukraine’s Ukrainian wooden architecture, appear in a Consulate General in New York and 1696 icon from Nizhyn, Chernihiv region, Ambassador Valery Kuchinsky, former showing three scenes: the Ascent of the ambassador of Ukraine to the United Prophet Elijah, the Presentation of Mary in Nations, and his wife, Alla, were also pres- the Temple, and selected saints. Its Baroque ent. frame, with oversized grape vines, is Dr. Ena Heller, MOBIA’s executive direc- believed to have been added after the icon’s tor, describes Ukrainian icon painting as home, the Convent of Nizhyn, was striking in its originality, nourished by destroyed by fire in 1756. Eastern and Western artistic and religious Kyiv’s patron saint, the Archangel practices, and by themes drawn from the Michael, arrayed in military regalia, is Orthodox and Catholic faiths, as well as leg- depicted in a 19th century icon embroidered ends and folklore. with silver and gold threads and bordered “We’re excited to be the first venue in the with sequins. country to offer museum-goers the chance to Fokloric traditions in the form of lush see these magnificent works which, with one rosebuds and other floral ornamentation exception, have never been seen in the appear in another 19th century work, a United States,” she said. Chernihiv relic depicting the Mother of God with the Infant and John the Baptist. Its small size indicates it was probably intended for home use. The exhibit includes two sets of royal doors (the central gates of the iconostasis) from Volyn. One set dating from the 16th century, portrays with the four Evangelists on the panels in an archaic style of iconogra- phy, using the muted colors characteristic of the Volyn school of icon painting. The other set of doors, an early 18th century relic with gilded medallions and figures of the Evangelists, features open ornamentation in the form of grape vines. The 11th century Cross of the Holy Monk The Nativity of the Mother of God; Icon Painting Workshop of Kyiv-Pechersk Mark of the Caves, a notable piece, bears Lavra, Kyiv, early 18th century. Greek inscriptions and intersecting bars at right angles. This pectoral cross, or encolpi- stones separating and brightening images; and wine that is transformed by the sacra- on, thought to have been made by visiting another shows elaborate silver decoration ment of the Eucharist into the body and Greek masters during the pre-Mongol period with embossed elements highlighted by blood of Christ; a Tabernacle, a single- of Kyivan Rus’, was seen in the United gold. The covers on view, dating from the domed structure with three tiers used for States in the Metropolitan Museum’s “Glory 17th and 18th centuries, were created in storing the consecrated Eucharist; an of Byzantium” exhibit in 1997. Kyiv. embroidered cross-shaped chalice cover, and A Gospel cover bears columns of lace- Among other religious pieces are a long- diamond-shaped cloth attachments finished Cross of the Holy Monk Mark of the like engraving on velvet-covered wood pan- stemmed floral-embossed gold chalice, the Caves els, with semi-precious stones and rhine- vessel used for communion to hold bread (Continued on page 21) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 No. 27 Workshop brings bandura to Bobriwka campground by Petro Gluch COLEBROOK, Conn. – Connecticut’s best kept secret, the Bobriwka Ukrainian campground, was awakened for the sum- mer season by bandura enthusiasts on Memorial day weekend, May 29-30. Alumni of the “Kobzarska Sich” ban- dura camp gathered from a number of Ukrainian communities including Hartford and New Haven, Conn., and Kerhonkson, N.Y., for a workshop before they return to the August summer camp in Emlenton, Pa. Irene Kytasty Kuzma, an accom- plished bandurist who performs with the Yevshan Ukrainian Vocal Ensemble of Connecticut, provided instruction to nine experienced bandurists and four young beginners, age 7-10, who held and played the bandura for the first time. This was a great opportunity to brush up on tech- niques, learn new music and rekindle friendships at the picturesque camp- ground in Connecticut’s Litchfield hills. Campers begin warm-ups on their banduras. The Bobriwka property once served as a campground for Plast Ukrainian shape of a bandura, lots of singing, a game Scouting Organization for many Plast of night tag and a bonfire. who hailed from New England. The din- Organizers said similar workshops can ing hall (“yidalna”) provides an open his- be planned in the future with enough tory of this past, with shields and sym- interest and participants. bols from camps dating back to 1957 still Bobriwka Inc. was established in 1955 on display. This large building once again to “promote and educate Ukrainian became the center for Ukrainian campers American culture, scouting, camping and who filled it with Ukrainian folk music. recreation.” It is a campground facility Parents of the campers exchanged fond that comprises approximately 350 acres in memories of their Bobriwka camp experi- rural Colebrook, Conn., and Sandisfield, ences. Overnight accommodations were in Mass. (see www.bobriwka.org) the recently renovated “log cabin.” Thanks “Kobzarska Sich” is a summer music were expressed to Paul Cherepacha and experience devoted to learning bandura Walter Kebalo for having the facilities and Ukrainian choral music. Kobzarska ready. Other highlights included swim- Sich is held at All Saints Camp in ming at the pond, a spaghetti dinner com- Emlenton, Pa., (see www.bandura.org/ plete with a freshly baked bread in the bandura_school.htm)

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style? Yarmola: Then there was Haydamaky... Yarmola: I think “Braty Hadiukiny” only music. And no one has (Continued from page 1) and “Vopli Vidopliasova” (VV) strongly closed that road even now. and trombonist Oleksandr Charkin. influenced us. Our bassist and I served in The band pays many con- Of course, no Ukrainian ethno-rock the Soviet Army. We returned just when certs, not looking primarily for fees. We’re playing, play- band would be complete without an accor- the Gorbachev epoch began and a lot was ing and playing constantly. dion. That’s where Ivan Leno comes in, allowed. Rock clubs were allowed in And afterwards someone turning the otherwise unglamorous instru- Kyiv, and amateur groups emerged. notices this band, and people ment into device of sexual energy, often Everyone sang in Russian at first, or a approach them offering big clinching it against his bare chest and mas- few sung in English. A few sang in contracts. And if a band saging it intensely as he grinds across the Ukrainian earlier, such as Taras declines to play concerts, concert stage. Petrynenko or Volodymyr Ivasiuk. But saying, “We’re being paid Haydamaky became a powerful force in Braty Hadiukiny and VV played real little,” or, “We don’t want to Ukrainian rock with their “Bohuslav” rock’n’roll in the Ukrainian language. travel because it’s rough,” album in 2004, as its cover single became That really influenced us and we under- then that kind of band can a Ukrainian pop classic. By the end of the stood – not us Haydamaky, but that gen- only develop itself another year, they joined Ukrainian rock legends eration of Ukrainians understood – that way [in Ukraine]. That’s such as Oleh Skrypka and Sviatoslav rock’n’roll could be sung in Ukrainian. Vakarchuk on the Kyiv’s Independence only if someone from the Square (maidan) stage to inspire You started out in the ‘90s playing in band becomes a politician or Ukrainians onto the Orange revolts. Poland? television host, kind of a detoured musical path. Soon after, they released their Yarmola: We played a lot in Poland (Editor’s note: Several “Perverziya” album in 2005, which fea- and Germany. These were countries that Ukrainian pop stars have tured another immensely popular track, were our home for a certain time. When become members of “Kokhannia.” we traveled, we saw things for ourselves. Parliament, including The album was re-released in Germany What all the Haydamaky have in com- Ruslana and Sviatoslav a year later under the title “Ukraine mon is that we had a similar childhood in Vakarchuk.) Calling,” giving the band its European which we listened to rock’n’roll. And breakthrough and opening the door to pre- everyone growing up, regardless of How were you able to mier concert stages throughout Europe. where – Chornobyl (Mr. Yarmola’s create networks in Poland Haydamaky dazzled the Poles when hometown), Monastyrysk (Ternopil and Germany? Haydamaky releasing two of their last albums in Oblast), Kyiv – were drawn to rock’n’roll Poland: “Kobzar Prolog” and “Voo Voo i Yarmola: Then there were Haydamaky lead singer Oleksandr Yarmola. after hearing everything around us. To many young people, alterna- Haydamaky.” different degrees, everyone knows the Mr. Yarmola’s silent demeanor may tive types, who believed that their happy life then gradually … music of their native land, which is the would continue for a long while. There were seem like arrogance at first, but when foundation of each personality. Yarmola: And then there were those who spending more time it’s evident that the squatters at various communes, idealistic didn’t want to work for that company and But the path of expression is punks who came to concerts and existed vivacious, electric performer is actually rock’n’roll. At the same time, rock’n’roll looked for an alternative way of living. painfully modest off-stage. Anyone who’s somehow. The state gave them some Earlier that way was found, but now there was always associated in Soviet propa- money, or they had benefits. I don’t know. come close to Mr. Yarmola is struck by the ganda with the West, its corruption and are less and less chances for that person to powerful effect of his distinct azure eyes, the corrosion of the capitalist system: Haszczyn: That’s true in Germany, find something alternative. He has to stand whose soft gleam lures those who come “Besides drugs and unemployment, what but in Poland they wanted to come to the in that same line at the supermarket. across them. concerts on their own. stupid music they play!” But since we And that’s happening in Ukraine as The Ukrainian Weekly interviewed Mr. liked this music, we wanted to learn Yarmola on June 11 in Kyiv. He was Yarmola: Poland’s another story. Poland well? everything that came with it. And we grew, but in Germany this freedom move- accompanied by his close confidant, Yarmola: It’s apparent in Ukraine from traveled west, looked around, and under- ment came to its end. These squatters were Adrianna Haszczyn, with whom he’s rais- the most marginal end. stood the laws by which everything cleared out and forced to work. Afterwards ing his 13-year-old son. Haszczyn: In consumer terms. works. Then we were no longer calves on everyone began to look for work. and they Yarmola: Meaning the worst products * * * the farm. were very disappointed and lost faith that that are “made in China” come to Ukraine. music could change the world. When I first met you in 2005, I had When you started out, you said you The best go to America, and the worst to only arrived in Ukraine five months played all kinds of music. Wedding So you performed throughout Ukraine. earlier maybe. At the time, I only knew music, punk … Germany, in various regions. of Ruslana and Okean Elzy in Do you notice a difference between Yarmola: We always played what was Yarmola: In various clubs, often at large Ukrainians and Poles when you perform Ukrainian pop music. Now, not only do our own. Our music was always joyful. I know your music well, but the festivals, often in small clubs. Poland was in Poland? quite different, because the Polish scene had Ukrainian diaspora knows your music And how could you create publicity Yarmola: I think Poles have a better life, grown and everything there somehow was too. Your art has flourished during the in those years? There was no Internet and they know how to make life better for reorganized, unfortunately, with the same last five years. How would you describe then … themselves. conclusion that all the communes disap- these last five years? What are your Haszczyn: There’s a difference in what Yarmola: I think there wasn’t any pub- peared. And only those who signed con- feelings? This was likely a time of signif- coffee they drink. licity. If there was, we’d be very famous tracts were left. That demonstrates the per- icant change in your life. Yarmola: Yes, in how they’ve earned the now. We spent many years of hard work ception of people, who became more prag- coffee they drink. And Ukrainians drink the Yarmola: These were years of profes- without publicity. matic and devoted more time to their profes- coffee that they’ve earned. sional growth, which is what’s most So it was word-of-mouth, people sional activity and more casual time. important for us. Social changes, our jour- Well there’s this notion that the true saying “I know this great band?” And have you also become main- neys, our meetings with interesting people Slavic world, and I certainly don’t hold stream to a certain extent? – this all influenced us, but the main force Yarmola: We now know what publicity this view, is Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. is professional growth. is, and we have a PR manager. But … Yarmola: (Smiling) No, I think that And Poles and Czechs have become … we’ve only become better. What type of music influenced your Haszczyn: But then there was only Yarmola: Capitalists, yeah? Not “nashi” music, not show business. So you think music can change the (our people). world? (Facetious tone) Yes, when you have a Yarmola: Unfortunately we also see all house and car, then you’re no longer a this, but we’re left with doing our own Slav … thing. We can change maybe a hundred peo- ple, but that’s already good. Haszczyn: I don’t think that’s an issue of Slavdom, but an issue of education. Change in what way? A spiritual way? Countries like Poland and the Czech Yarmola: Spiritually. That not every- Republic invest in the education of their thing’s so bad, that not everything only population, while in Ukraine people merely leads to having to buy Coca-Cola, buy a car, survive. then a second car, take out a loan, buy a Yarmola: They don’t want to invest in house and then work off the credit the rest anyone. Everyone invests in themselves. of your life. And in this stress, you’re forced So Russia, Belarus and Ukraine is this to work and vote for such a president. In this kind of a myth, which not even … stress, you’re forced to do various unpleas- ant things. Yarmola: It’s a kind of private enterprise (laughing) What would you call this life? In America, there’s the concept of the So you think it’s worth following … “suburban lifestyle,” or in the 1980s Yarmola: The Poles? Do you have any such people were called “yuppies,” or doubt? young, urban professionals. And they (Taken aback) Do I have any doubt? Haydamaky lead singer Oleksandr Yarmola leads his seven-member band in per- followed this path – finishing universi- forming at Toronto’s Ukrainian Festival in September of last year. ty, begin working at a company, and Haszczyn: That’s a rhetorical question. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 No. 27 No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 15 Soyuzivka: A look at its beginnings as Nonkanahwa by Roma Lisovich founder of the Asia Society, which still exists in Manhattan. He authored the official Throughout the years, we have read biography of Andrew Haskell Green, “The many accounts about the history of Life and Public Services of Andrew Haskell Soyuzivka – its purchase in 1952 from the Green” and “The Life and Public Services estate of Dr. Andrew Green, the early years of Simon Sterne.” and its expansion. Most of us have heard The New York society pages were dotted and accepted as fact that Soyuzivka had with references to dinners, balls, weddings once been a sanitarium for tuberculosis. and European sailing dates of John Foord However, I was always curious to know and his children (Andrew, Barbara, John, more. What was Soyuzivka in its former Maggie, Katherine). Dinners with Twain, life? Who was this Dr. Foord? Did he live at the emperor of China, Carnegie, Thomas Soyuzivka with a family? Mellon and President Taft were part of their Eventually, my curiosity got the better of social calendar. The Foord girls were popu- me and my quest began. What a fascinating lar photo subjects for America’s most journey it has become! famous photographer, Alfred Stieglitz (artist At the turn of the century, the spirited age Georgia O’Keefe’s husband), who lists a of wealthy American industrialists building photo of Maggie Foord (now part of the a new America was dubbed by Mark Twain Library of Congress Collection) as one of as “The Gilded Age.” New York was his favorites. becoming the most prominent of cities – the Just like other well-to-do New Yorkers, “new metropolis.” Businessmen knocked John Foord sought refuge from the urban The original main building, which burned down in 1906, at Dr. John Foord’s heads in ruthless competition. Nature squalor and bought property upstate in Nonkanahwa sanitarium. became a refuge for the rich and famous. Kerhonkson and Wawarsing. His children, Advertisements suggested that mountain air including his son Andrew, grew up enjoying helped to restore urban residents’ good the fresh mountain air. health and encouraged outdoor recreation as Andrew Green Foord graduated from a way to “resuscitate a businessman’s com- Long Island Medical College, the nation’s petitive nature.” first college hospital, specializing in psychi- The tourist and rest cure industry was atry. By 1904, Dr. Andrew Foord had a thriving. The Cliff House of Minnewaska, thriving Manhattan practice. He grew up Wildmere, Catskill Mountain House and the loving the Wawarsing area and, while visit- Mohonk Mountain House were the pride of ing his friend upstate in 1902, bought one of the Catskill region, hovering on cliffs 2,500 his farms, the Benjamin Bruyn homestead feet above the Hudson River Railroad lines. on Berme Road. In the next three years he The railroads teamed up with the Hudson bought up more land, totaling 4,000 acres. River day line to transport an increasing At one point in time, he was the largest number of well-to-do city dwellers to the landowner in Ulster County. mountains for a bit of respite and fresh air. On this land, he began building accom- The wealthy had their own private railroad modations for a new facility, and by 1905, cars bringing them out to the mountains. he moved his practice out of New York City Wawarsing had its own subway, and to his new sanitarium named Kerhonkson had a railroad depot. Quickly, “Nonkanahwa” – Indian for “by the side of the Catskills became a vacationland of the stream.” The Benjamin Bruyn farm now hotels, boarding houses and summer hous- was renamed “Foordmore Farm.” A 1907 postcard featuring the sanitarium. es; the refuge of the affluent masses of the Andrew Green Foord married Pauline Gilded Age and a curative environment for Schultz, the daughter of a prominent the body and soul. Sanitariums began German businessman who brought seltzer springing up, offering a combination clinic to America and started the company Club and resort – they were hotels with “cure” Soda of New York. cottages. Dr. Foord built a central main building And who were these new Americans for treatment and support purposes, and the building wealth who rose to prominence in high-end clients were housed in cottages American life? Many were of Scottish around the grounds. Extra cottages were ancestry. They included presidents William built for relatives, who lived there at various Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Theodore times. A true nature lover, Dr. Foord started Roosevelt; Gov. William Livingston of New planting trees in 1914. No wonder Jersey; Alexander Graham Bell; naturalist Soyuzivka is such a woodland paradise! John Muir; industrialist Andrew Carnegie; Records show he planted 10,000 trees in the inventor Thomas Edison; and author spring of 1927 alone. Washington Irving. One of these prominent And this is where my journey took a fas- Scottish elite families were the Foords. cinating turn. The patriarch and father of Dr. Andrew Nonkanahwa, a.k.a. Soyuzivka, was not Green Foord, was a distinguished London in use as a sanitarium for tuberculosis journalist, who arrived in the United States patients, as I had always heard, but was one in 1867. John Foord came to America to of these refuges for the rich,” where wealthy take a position with The New York Times. urban-weary clientele came for “nature rest Although his name has fallen into obscu- cures.” There they were offered treatment rity, John Foord played an important role in for depression, “neurasthenia” (a popular American history. He was one of the lead nervousness condition of the 1900s), alco- reporters who exposed the graft of the New holism and post-operative recuperation. Soyuzivka’s Main House as it looks today. York’s Democratic Party and brought down The sanitarium’s patient list contains the corrupt and powerful Tammany Hall some of the most illustrious names in ture was lauded as an innovative fireproof could be found living on the grounds in the organization, “The Tweed Ring,” that had American history. Theodore Roosevelt building. extra cottages. One of the family members reigned over New York City politics for writes his sister Corinne in 1916: “Glad you was Hugh Lofting, author of “Dr. Doolittle.” decades. This bold move shot him into I am still in search of the patient census are taking your rest cure, but when you Dr. Foord’s sister Barbara married Herbert prominence, and he became the editor-in- and the location of Dr. Foord’s personal files leave, ‘Nonkanahwa,’ please bring...” Fedor Small in 1912, and that same year chief of The New York Times in 1883. and archives. Recently, I located his great- Corrine was a frequent visitor, writing to Dr Herbert Small’s sister Flora married Hugh J. John Foord was also a prominent civic granddaughter, Carol, who spent her child- Foord on another occasion that he should Lofting. When World War I broke out, leader, helping organize the 1894 World’s hood at Foordmore Sanitarium. Hopefully, expect her to arrive for a needed rest, imme- Lofting returned to Europe to serve Fair, serving on the Development we will arrange a visit for this summer. diately after the inauguration. England. He took up writing and conceived Committee for Central Park and working on Among the patients from the early 1900s On February 23, 1904, disaster struck, the character, Dr. Doolittle. Lofting was consolidating all the New York boroughs. were Under Secretary of State Sumner when the main house burned down. The wounded by shrapnel and returned to Dr. After his time at The Times, he became Welles, Roosevelt’s global strategist and headline in The New York Times Foord’s expanse. This is where he lived owner/editor of the Brooklyn Eagle (when designer of the United Nations; Andrew announced, “A Sanitarium Burned, Dr. A. when the first “Dr. Doolittle” was published. Brooklyn came into prominence) and the Haskell Green (Dr. Foord’s namesake) G. Foord’s establishment in Ulster County A fascinating piece of trivia, isn’t it? hailed as the “Father of Greater New York” Harpers and Asia magazines. He was the Destroyed…” It further characterized the Archives show that the Foords were and the man who conceived the idea of sanitarium as “an expensive and exclusive active in the Red Cross and hosted many a Roma Lisovich is treasurer of the Central Park; J.W. Castles, president of place” with patients that were “wealthy per- lawn party on Soyuzivka’s grounds. The Ukrainian National Association, which sons.” Union Trust Co., the bank of Mellon. Who children took active roles in high school owns and operates the Soyuzivka Dr. Foord rebuilt the present-day Main knows who else we will uncover. Heritage Center. House in 1907. At that time, the stone struc- At various times, Dr. Foord’s relatives (Continued on page 24) 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 No. 27

interview published on June 3, later add- EU would require significant reforms from NATO cooperation, not membership Is Kyiv's foreign... ing, “We truly have the signs of returning the Yanukovych administration, most Indeed, the government’s rejection of to the old authoritarian schemes.” notably in reducing corruption – some- (Continued from page 1) NATO integration, in favor of cooperation, By detaining Mr. Lange, the Kyiv thing that doesn’t interest those in power, Yanukovych administration isn’t serious came as no surprise. about EU integration, said Dr. Oleh director of the Konrad Adenauer he said. Their entire political careers are based on abusing government posts to Legislation approved on June 1 by the Soskin, director of the Institute of Society Foundation, the Ukrainian government National Security and Defense Council, Transformation in Kyiv. was fulfilling a Kremlin plan to cause an enrich themselves. While President Yanukovych is able to titled “On the Bases of Domestic and What blew the cover for many observ- international provocation and begin the Foreign Policy,” excluded NATO integra- ers was the decision of the Security process of isolating Ukraine from the reject NATO integration and remain popu- lar with the electorate, he can’t outright tion from among its priorities. Service of Ukraine (SBU) on June 26 to West, said Dr. Soskin. A few days earlier, Foreign Affairs deny entry at Kyiv’s Boryspil Airport to Like many experts in Kyiv, including dismiss EU integration, which is support- ed by at least two-thirds of Ukrainians, Dr. Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko con- Nico Lange, a prominent German expert Volodymyr Horbach of the Institute for firmed that Ukraine would continue devel- on Ukrainian political and economic Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, he believes the Soskin said. So a process has begun of dis- crediting EU integration in stages. oping relations with NATO, but member- affairs, fluent in Ukrainian and Russian, Yanukovych administration has handed ship plans were removed from the minis- who was detained for 10 hours. over its foreign policy to the Russian gov- “There won’t be an Association Agreement because they don’t need it,” he try’s daily agenda. In interviews and published articles, ernment on a silver platter. His vice-minister, Kostiantyn Mr. Lange noted in early June that the “The provocations are planned in tan- said. “The gradual integration into the EU means corruption will be removed, and Yelisyeyev, said Ukraine will maintain its Azarov government was pursuing authori- dem with the Federal Security Service involvement in the NATO Response tarian policies and wasn’t capable of ful- (FSB) in Moscow to purposefully discredit that would destroy them. A Kremlin- controlled mafia has come to power and it Force, the only non-member to actively filling the social and economic reforms Ukraine and show that it’s not capable of has a clear plan of surrendering Ukraine to participate in the program, as well as in that it declared on paper. becoming a civilized European country,” Moscow.” NATO Active Endeavor, conducted in the “We have heard a lot about reforms, but Dr. Soskin said. “They need to politically The Yanukovych administration’s Mediterranean Sea. so far haven’t seen a concrete plan of isolate Ukraine so that Germany doesn’t repeated, egregious constitutional viola- “Today Ukraine is the single country, reform, nor steps in this direction,” he told support the current government.” tions, coupled with its repression of indi- not a member of NATO, that participates the Deutsche Welle news agency in an Signing extensive agreements with the vidual rights, serves as further evidence in all the most important peacekeeping the government isn’t much interested in operations under the aegis of the alliance,” European integration, observers said. he said. In the view of Valeriy Chalyi, a former While the Party of Regions remained CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS vice-minister of foreign affairs, Euro- steadfast against a NATO Membership integration is a civilizational choice, Action Plan, it hasn’t demonstrated the TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 requiring the adoption of European values same virulent opposition to training exer- OR E-MAIL [email protected] such as rule of law, and individual rights, cises on Ukrainian territory that spawned and democratic institutions, such as bal- the anti-NATO protests during the Orange ance of power in government and a viable era in cities such as Feodosiya and Odesa. SERVICES opposition. “It’s not merely a choice of The parliamentary coalition over- security systems,” he said. whelmingly voted on May 18 to permit The authoritarian methods employed in NATO training exercises in Ukraine, dealing with the opposition, intimidating, including the once controversial U.S.- corralling and unlawfully arresting them, Ukraine Sea Breeze operation targeted by are tactics borrowed directly from pro-Russian protesters. Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime, Other planned operations include the observers said. multinational Barrier 2010 and Kozak The next step, which the Party of Steppe 2010, the Ukrainian-Slovak exer- Regions is already pursuing, involves cise Slavs for Peace 2010, and the monopolizing the political scene and deci- Ukraine-U.S. exercise Rapid Trident 2010. PROFESSIONALS mating any formidable opposition, as Mr. “Defense Minister Mykhailo Yezhel Putin did with the United Russia party he needs to optimally use available resources launched, Mr. Horbach said. so as not to allow the further degradation In the meantime, the Yanukovych of Ukraine’s defense forces,” said administration will remain hopeful for a Mykhailo Samus, deputy director of the $12 billion loan from the International Center of Military, Conversion and Monetary Fund. Disarmament in Kyiv. “Why is the pro-European rhetoric con- “He needs to show President tinuing among Ukrainian officials? Yanukovych progress in the military, espe- Because they haven’t yet received the cially if Ukraine went down the road of Western loans. Once they get them, they non-bloc status. Sea Breeze is just the will have achieved their goals and fulfill- opportunity to breathe life into Ukrainian ing the [EU] action plan won’t be neces- sailors with real military preparation,” he sary,” said Mr. Horbach. noted.

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of NEWSBRIEFS Ukraine to the United States of America (Continued from page 2) Oleksander Motsyk met on June 24 with meters of road and 20 dams were damaged. Deputy Secretary of State James B. OPPORTUNITIES About 250,000 people were in the disaster Steinberg and presented him copies of his zone, and 2,459 of them have been resettled. Letters of Credence. After the ceremony, MERCHANDISE Ambassador Motsyk and Deputy Secretary EARN EXTRA INCOME! Some 1,083 people have been rescued, with one person killed and four missing. Under a Steinberg discussed the main issues on the The Ukrainian Weekly is looking Cabinet of Ministers resolution, a govern- Ukraine-U.S. agenda, the latest political for advertising sales agents. ment commission headed by First Vice developments in Ukraine and the countries’ foreign policy priorities. Messrs. Motsyk For additional information contact Maria Prime Minister Andriy Kliuyev has been and Steinberg also touched upon prepara- Oscislawski, Advertising Manager, The formed in order to tackle the disaster. An tions for the upcoming visit of Secretary of Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. operations center of the Emergency Situations Ministry headed by Minister State Hillary Clinton to Ukraine. The newly Nestor Shufrych is working in the disaster appointed ambassador presented letters of zone. (Ukrinform) credence to U.S. President Barack Obama Run your advertisement here, on June 28. (Embassy of Ukraine) in The Ukrainian Weekly’s Gongadze case coming to an end Yanukovych message to diaspora CLASSIFIEDS section. KYIV – Ukraine’s Procurator General Oleksander Medvedko said on June 29 that LVIV – A telegram by President Viktor his office will end the investigation into the Yanukovych to participants of the third murder of Heorhii Gongadze, a Ukrainian world congress of Ukrainians living abroad journalist who disappeared in September was read by Iryna Kliuchkovska in Lviv on 2000, by July-August. Mr. Medvedko June 23 at the congress’s opening ceremo- emphasized that the investigation of this ny. ”I reaffirm that in Ukraine the state lan- high-profile case has lasted so long due to guage will be Ukrainian. In this area I some external and internal reasons. pledge to take particularly balanced deci- (Ukrinform) sions,” the telegram said. ”The challenges posed by the world recession need a consol- Motsyk presents credentials in D.C. idated reaction by all Ukrainians. The WASHINGTON – Ambassador (Continued on page 17) No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 17

of press freedom.” Although Ukraine expe- NEWSBRIEFS rienced some gains in liberties after the (Continued from page 16) 2004 Orange Revolution, Ukrainian media strengthening of Ukraine is the main pur- freedom groups have complained about pose of such consolidation. For our part, the growing censorship since President Viktor regime has the required prerogative: the Yanukovych came to power in February. united legislature, Cabinet and president. Ambassador Tefft said the United States We are faced with a challenge to attain eco- hopes that Ukraine’s government “will take nomic and political stability to build a new action when freedom of the press is threat- Ukraine for its people. Already, the econo- ened,” adding, “there should be no going my has shown some positive develop- back to the old system of government pres- ments,” the president wrote. The president sure on journalists and media companies.” also assured the Ukrainian diaspora that he (RFE/RL) will personally keep an eye on the obser- Verkhovna Rada to investigate vance of human rights and liberties in Ukraine. Mr. Yanukovych also said he guar- KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada has antees freedom of expression to journalists. formed an interim commission to investi- (ZIK - Western Information Agency) gate reports of censorship of the mass media, limitations on freedom of speech and U.S. ‘troubled’ by reports of pressure impediments to the legal professional activi- KYIV – The United States has expressed ty of journalists. The commission is headed concern over reports of pressure on journal- by a member of the Our Ukraine-People’s ists in Ukraine. Speaking at the Institute of Self-Defense faction, Iryna Herashchenko; a World Policy in Kyiv on June 24, U.S. member of the Party of Regions faction, Ambassador to Ukraine John Tefft said Volodymyr Landyk, is vice-chair of the there have been “troubling reports of pres- commission. According to July 1 news sure on journalists” in the country. He also reports, the investigative commission will said that some media companies in the be valid for one year and will deliver its first country practice self-censorship, which, he preliminary report within three months. said, “is equally destructive to the principle (Ukrinform) 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 No. 27 No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 19

Ukrainian pro sports update: Vintage hockey by Ihor Stelmach 100 percent Ukrainian Kindrachuk a two-time champion Orest Kindrachuk played five Climbing the ladder suspending and/or fining the Flyers for a seasons for the Philadelphia slew of on-ice indiscretions. Against the In an interview with nhl.com’s Flyers Flyers, including a key role as a Russians, all was forgiven and forgotten. writer Zach Hill, Kindrachuk responded to checking line contributor on two The Flyers were no longer the enemy; the a question asking for his career highlights: Stanley Cup Championship Russian Red Army team took on that role. “Career highlights come in the form of a teams. He joined the Flyers as a In 1978 when Kindrachuk was traded to ladder. Each rung in the ladder brought me free agent in July 1971, after the Pittsburgh Penguins, he retained his res- a new highlight. The first rung would be the four seasons with the Saskatoon idence in the Philadelphia community even desire and ability to make the NHL. I had Blades of the WHL (juniors). though professionally he knew it was time After interning for a year in the an opportunity to sign in the WHA in the early 1970s for a lot more money, but I to move on. The final rung in the ladder American Hockey League, was when, two weeks into Pittsburgh’s Kindrachuk joined the Flyers’ grew up dreaming about playing in the NHL. training camp, the Penguins players elected line-up for the 1973-1974 cam- him team captain. Being a captain of an paign. In his five years with the “The next rung on the ladder would be winning the Stanley Cup. To compete in the NHL team was an ultimate honor. As for Flyers (1973-1974 through sticking around in the Delaware Valley, the 1977-1978), Kindrachuk played Stanley Cup Finals is fabulous, but to win two in a row and be in three finals was awe- Kindrachuks have lived in the same house on four division champion since 1974. teams and three squads which some. made it all the way to the “The press was unbelievable. Heck, What’s in a name? Stanley Cup Finals, two of when we were competing in the finals, reporters wanted to know what color socks When asked by Hill about the origin of which were Cup winners. In his first name, Kindrachuk gave a brazen 1978 Kindrachuk was traded to we were wearing. They wanted to know everything about us. I remember one year answer. “I am 100 percent Ukrainian. My the Pittsburgh Penguins prior to mom’s brother was named Orest, and they the NHL amateur draft, a deal we had a week off because we had a bye. I was quoted in the newspaper as saying ‘In named me after him.” which eventually brought defen- Very few of his teammates called him seman Behn Wilson to my week off I am going to tour Orest on the ice – only players who had not Philadelphia. Philadelphia.’ I remember my wife and I yet gotten to know their Ukrainian cohort. After retiring from hockey in A 1974-1975 Orest Kindrachuk hockey card. taking the subway down to Center City and Players who knew him called him “O” or 1982, Kindrachuk took a long fans would stop us and say, ‘Wow, you real- “Oscar” or “Ernie,” from “Sesame Street.” vacation before getting involved in the Kindrachuk to think he should give it a try, ly are touring the city, aren’t you?’ Nicknames were, and still are, big on the insurance business and in the packaging since he could always go back to school at “We were being recognized everywhere. ice. Linemate Don Saleski was known as industry. His wife, Lynn, recently received a future date. The window to pursue hock- On the other hand, our team would go to an “Big Bird,” while Dave Schultz was the her master’s degree and currently is ey was limited – youth and physical condi- opponent’s city where we were absolutely “Grouch.” employed as the assistant athletic director tion would last only so many years. hated. That gave us just as much pleasure.” Yes, Kindrachuk could have signed a at Gloucester County College, where she An invite to Flyers training camp got Kindrachuk’s “Broad Street Bullies” contract with a WHA team for much bigger oversees the school’s fitness center. His him through the revolving doors of the Flyers teams were not too popular with the bucks in the early 1970s. He chose not to oldest son, Zak, graduated from NHL. Ironically, had Kindrachuk played NHL hierarchy or other organizations. The do so because his ultimate goal as a young- Monmouth University in 2004, resides in his draft year, he probably would have attitudes towards them changed, however, ster was to play in the NHL – the best hock- Asbury Park, N.J., and is pursuing a radio been selected fairly high and then never when it came time to play the Russians. ey league in the world. As evidenced by the career, while younger son, Jake, graduated had the opportunity to play for the Flyers For Kindrachuk the international series many rungs he successfully climbed on his from Wake Forest and has an investment and win two Stanley Cups. Call it fate, call was another rung in the ladder. The league banking job in Chicago. it destiny. fervently rooted for Philadelphia against the pro hockey ladder, Orest Kindrachuk ful- Russians. For many years, the NHL was filled his goal and then some! Starting out young in Saskatoon The juniors days Kindrachuk first laced up hockey skate Kindrachuk got to know his future when he was 3 years old. Skating and teammate and team captain Bobby Clarke UKRAINIAN VENDORS/CRAFTERS WANTED playing hockey were the two major activi- during some major WHL skirmishes. ties in the western Canadian land of Kindrachuk’s Saskatoon Blades often For Ukrainian Heritage Festival Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Rinks were matched up against Clarke’s Flin Flon plentiful – some families had them in their Bombers, whose reputation was one of September 25 & 26, 2010 own backyards. In the Kindrachuk house- being a physical, goon squad. Teams visit- hold, the rule was be at home by 9 p.m. At ing Flin Flon for a two-game weekend age 7-8, Orest had a paper route which he series would often leave battered and SS. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church would finish, then go straight to the local bruised by an intimidating Bombers team. rink. This was his daily routine. There’s a reason the Western Hockey Ambridge, PA. (16 miles NW of Pittsburgh) Another routine in the household was League has always been labeled the tough- Contact Nadine Palichat for details—724-601-1877 “Hockey Night in Canada.” Any family est of the three juniors circuits. activities were always planned around the At age 16, weighing less than 150 www.ukrainianheritagefestival.org hockey telecast on Saturday night as if it pounds, Kindrachuk made his debut were a religion. Kindrachuk recalled when juniors tilt against Flin Flon. Seven sec- he was 8 or 9 that he told his mother she onds into the game, a full-scale brawl would someday be watching him play on erupted. Players from both teams paired “Hockey Night in Canada.” up and duked it out. Kindrachuk left That goal became reality when he took Saskatoon’s bench to join in the fisticuffs. the year off the season he was drafted and Apparently during the pre-game warm- Alex E. Kyj decided to study pre-med at the University ups, Flin Flon players skated right up to Financial Advisor of Saskatchewan. That pre-med year he the opposing team’s blue line in an attempt played in a commercial league, which gave to intimidate their opponents. Their atti- Financial Planning Specialist him a different perspective on his hockey tude was it was their building and their skills. He was a 19-year-old playing against ice, so it was their right. A few Blades guys considerably older and more experi- took exception to these tactics and the One Liberty Place enced. A year later he came back as an brawl ensued. 1650 Market Street, 42nd Floor overage player and had tremendous suc- Years later, on those heralded Flyers Philadelphia, PA 19103 cess. By then, former Flyers scout Jerry teams, Kindrachuk’s linemates were bruis- Melnyk (a fellow Ukrainian) had seen him ers Don Saleski (Polish) and Dave “The (215) 854-6284 (800) 233-1414 play and put him on the Flyers’ draft list. Hammer” Schultz (half-Ukrainian, on his Deciding to pursue professional hockey mother’s side). Having two hulking wing- was a stark change from Kindrachuk’s ers on his sides gave the Flyers’ third for- www.fa.smithbarney.com/robertskyj original ambition of pursuing the medical ward line lots more open ice in which to [email protected] field. The odds of making it to the NHL operate. The three often found themselves were minuscule back in the 1970s, as the matched up against their opponent’s top league comprised only 12 clubs. Hockey line. They more than held their own, keep- jobs were few and far in between. His suc- ing up with their opposite lines, all three cess in the commercial league led plus players. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 No. 27 No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 21

religious life throughout Kyivan Rus’, the Created as a non-profit organization to “Sacred Images from the 11th to the 19th Exhibit... monastery received the designation “lavra,” protect and preserve the historical and cultur- Centuries” is being shown in the U.S. as one (Continued from page 11) the highest honor given to monasteries, in al legacy of the countries of the former of two “Glory of Ukraine” exhibitions fea- with smooth embroidery using multi-colored 1159. Soviet Union, FIAE organizes and manages turing rare and historic treasures from threads, meant for the vestments of the high- Although the Monastery was destroyed, art exhibitions at venues throughout the Ukraine. After closing in New York, the er Orthodox clergy. burned and looted many times, and severely United States and in former Soviet Union exhibit will be on view at the Meridian A hardbound color-illustrated catalogue damaged during World War II, it constantly countries. International Center in Washington, (from that accompanies the exhibit carries an intro- renewed its activities and remained the cen- Speaking in English, Mr. Guroff told the October to December) and at the Joslyn Art duction by Dr. Oleh Shamshur, until recently ter of spirituality and culture. With its mira- assembly: “One can simply marvel at the Museum in Omaha, Neb. (from February Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. who said cle-working icons and the caves’ mummified masterpieces which have been produced 2011 to May). he hoped “that this exhibition and all of the remains of saints, it was a place of pilgrim- over the centuries, and enjoy the artistry, as The other “Glory of Ukraine” exhibit – age for centuries. activities around it will help American audi- well as the religious and cultural symbolism “Golden Treasures and Lost Civilizations” – The Kyiv-Pechersk National and Historic ences to know [Ukraine] better and promote that they provide.” featuring treasures from the Museum of Cultural Preserve was named by UNESCO “Figures in Ukrainian iconography are National Cultural Heritage “PlaTar” in Kyiv, a closer bond between our two countries and as one of the landmarks of world cultural more human and more emotional than in the will open in September in Minneapolis, and peoples.” He said Ukrainian and American heritage in 1990. stricter canonical forms of their northern will be shown later in Houston, and Omaha. specialists worked jointly to make this proj- The Lviv National Museum, described by neighbors, especially in facial features where The Museum of Biblical Art celebrates ect possible with the help of businessmen on its director, Mr. Kozhan as “one of the most they are less severe and elongated,” he said, and interprets art related to the Bible and its both sides. powerful centers of conservation, research pointing out that it has been a lifelong goal to cultural legacy in Jewish and Christian exhi- Among institutions in Ukraine and the and popularization of Ukraine’s spiritual and “bring these exquisite works to the United bitions, education and scholarship. Its pro- U.S. that provided financial support for the artistic heritage,” was founded in 1905 by States for audiences to enjoy first hand.” His grams include workshops, concerts, film exhibit was the Selfreliance New York Andrey Sheptytsky, metropolitan of Halych, remarks were translated into Russian by a screenings, hands-on-art sessions, guided Federal Credit Union. to preserve and study ecclesiastical tradi- young female interpreter. tours, and seminars for children and adults. Monastery of the Caves tions. At the end of his comments, he apolo- In conjunction with the “Glory of Endowed with 160,000 works of art, it gized for the use of Russian, explaining that Ukraine” exhibit, MOBIA presented a lec- The Kyiv-Pechersk National Historical takes special pride in its collection of medi- this came about as the result of “a technical ture and demonstration on June 26 by con- and Cultural Preserve, which focuses on the eval sacred art from the 12th to the 18th cen- error – we could not find a Ukrainian inter- temporary iconographer Christina Saj, who preservation, study and promotion of turies. It was donated to the Ukrainian peo- preter, so we had to rely on our own inter- traced the evolution of Ukrainian icon writ- Ukraine’s cultural heritage, was founded in ple in 1913 and named after its founder by a preter, who does not speak Ukrainian.” His ing, discussed its influence on tradition and 1926 in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, or 2005 presidential decree. explanation brought a concerted gasp of dis- culture, and walked through the stages of Monastery of the Caves, a unique architec- Mr. Kozhan says its establishment follow- may from many Ukrainian participants. creating an icon. Ms. Saj studied icon writ- tural complex covering 57 acres and consist- ing a national upsurge in Ukraine was seen Mr. Kulyniak, thanking all those involved ing with Ukrainian icon master Peter ing of 122 historical and cultural landmarks, as a significant event in the cultural and artis- with the exhibit and extending a warm wel- Cholodny Jr.; her traditional works and con- numerous 10th to 18th century churches and tic life of Halychyna. come to guests, gave his remarks in Russian. temporary interpretations have been com- residential buildings, and two unique cave The museum’s outstanding icon collec- Questioned later by this reporter, he said he missioned for churches and are widely complexes. tion from the 13th to 18th centuries includes learned about the lack of a Ukrainian inter- exhibited. Described in the exhibit catalogue as the important 14th and 15th century icons from preter shortly before the reception, and On September 11, MOBIA’s concert oldest Orthodox monastery in Eastern the Boiko and Lemko regions, and a separate offered to speak in Russian to make it possi- series will present a program inspired by the Europe, the Monastery of the Caves was cre- group of icons detailing Volynian iconogra- ble for the Russian-speaking interpreter to exhibit and featuring Ukrainian composer ated in 1051 by St. Anthony, who chose a phy of the 17th and 18th centuries. translate his words into English. Arkadii Filipenko’s Quartet No. 2, per- cave located on the Dnipro River near Kyiv Opening ceremonies Mother Superior Serafima, who also formed by the Caravel Quartet (violinists for his spiritual work. His disciples, who spoke in Russian, said: “We’re delighted to Amie Weiss and Kristi Helberg, violist became monks, settled in the caves and During the evening’s opening ceremo- present to you the religious culture of Miranda Sielaff and cellist Jane Cords began to dig new cells, linking them by long nies, Gregory Guroff, president of the Ukraine – viewing the Ukrainian icons will O’Hara). Scheduled for 3 p.m., the concert is underground corridors. The caves Foundation for International Arts and reveal what the Ukrainian soul is all about.” free and includes free museum admission, (“pechery” in Ukrainian) gave the monastery Education (FIAE), which organized the Several guests later pointed out to Mr. although pre-registration is required. its name – Pecherska Lavra. exhibit with the support of the U.S.- Ukraine Guroff that the use of Russian at a Ukrainian For registration and further information, As the monastery center moved to its Business Council, invited visitors to “join in exhibit was an impropriety, and one angry the Museum of Biblical Art may be contact- present upper area, the Near and Far Caves this journey to learn how Ukrainian iconog- participant charged that using Russian while ed by telephone at 212-408-1500; its website served as places of seclusion and burial plac- raphy fits into the broader world of Eastern introducing a major Ukrainian exhibit was is www.mobia.org. The museum is located es for the monks. Becoming the center of Orthodoxy.” an insult to the Ukrainian community. at 1865 Broadway at 61st Street.

tem in Ukraine to the norms and standards Union on this issue. Ukraine uses energy relationship that reflects the will of the Ambassador Tefft... of the Council of Europe. He stressed in three times less efficiently than the EU aver- Ukrainian people. President Yanukovych (Continued from page 6) Strasbourg how important the conclusions age, and consumes 50 to 60 percent more has made it clear that NATO membership is non-proliferation, secure Chernobyl [sic], of the Venice Commission would be on this gas than it should. This is not economically not on the agenda for his Administration. fight HIV and improve child health. process, and we were pleased to learn that sustainable and it narrows Ukraine’s eco- This decision is for Ukraine, and no other the administration forwarded the proposed nomic options. The United States is helping country, to make and we respect that. We U.S. policy priorities judicial reform legislation to the commis- with a three-year program designed to are pleased that practical military-to-military In the spirit of our strategic partnership sion this week for its consideration. increase energy conservation and efficiency cooperation between Ukraine and the with Ukraine, I would suggest five policy ... Freedom of the media is also a crucial of the municipal heating sector. Pricing United States is continuing. Indeed, we look priorities that will be high on our shared part of democracy. That’s why we believe it reform is needed not only to encourage for greater levels of cooperation with agenda with the Yanukovych administration: is essential to protect and even expand the energy savings but also to spur investment Ukrainian forces – both bilaterally and with • First, the United States is committed to media freedoms that emerged in 2005. in the energy sector. NATO. policies that contribute to prosperity in There should be no going back to the old When it comes to trade, the United • The fifth important policy priority is the Ukraine and is ready to support Ukraine’s system of government pressure on journal- States is ready to work to strengthen the fight against corruption. Reducing corrup- reaching agreement with the International ists and media companies. At the same time, business side of U.S.-Ukraine relations, tion is absolutely essential for improving the Monetary Fund as soon as possible and its we must also recognize that some media which has the potential to be much larger economy. We have noted with great hope implementation of further economic companies practice self-censorship, which is than it is today. The United States remains the new government’s statements that fight- reforms. We remain convinced that equally destructive to the principle of press Ukraine’s eighth largest foreign investor, ing corruption is a top priority. However, Ukraine’s path to recovery and renewed freedom. with $1.4 billion in foreign direct invest- actions speak louder than words. prosperity runs through cooperation with the There have been troubling reports of ment. We welcome President Yanukovych’s Streamlining and making more transparent IMF, which can help Ukraine find a way out pressure on journalists, and a violent attack remarks in favor of creating incentives for government procedures can help eliminate of the current crisis and open the door to against the editor of a newspaper in the city investors, such as lowering taxes and reduc- the opportunities for corruption. We are lending from other international financial of Kolomyia. There have been open letters ing red tape. Our business community tells working with the government to provide institutions and the European Union. That of protest from journalists at several televi- us that much remains to be done to make policy advice and technical expertise where will require strong leadership to cut the bud- sion companies, who complain of inappro- Ukraine more attractive to investors, needed. ... get deficit, revive the banking system and priate pressure and censorship. We believe including tax code reform, increased trans- In conclusion, I would like to again phase out energy subsidies. the police should investigate violent inci- parency, greater rule of law, and serious emphasize that the U.S. remains actively • Another high priority is strengthening dents thoroughly, and that the government action against corruption. ... engaged in Ukraine, including an upcoming democracy and freedom of the press. should take reports of pressure on journal- • The fourth area of cooperation is in visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Effective rule of law is critical to a strong ists seriously. We applaud President defense and security. The United States and We enjoy a highly cooperative relationship democracy, which is why we are supporting Yanukovych’s public statements in support Ukraine must continue to work together to in many areas, and we can find even greater efforts to improve the situation. As President of freedom of the press. We hope the gov- reduce the threat of the spread of nuclear room for joint action. Yanukovych stated in his address to the ernment will take action when freedom of materials and technology to dangerous While the challenges in U.S.-Ukrainian Council of Europe in Strasbourg, his admin- the press is threatened. regimes or terrorist groups, while safeguard- relations are complex and demanding, I istration has begun to enact reforms aimed • A third equally important area for ing the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. remain optimistic about the possibilities at reaching European standards in all areas Ukraine’s long-term prosperity is in trade Ukraine’s pledge to remove its highly before us. It is important to both nations that of Ukrainian life. The first of these, he and energy. A gas sector based on transpar- enriched uranium was a highlight of the we find the right way forward for U.S.- declared, is guaranteeing the rule of law in ency, competition, realistic pricing, and April Nuclear Security Summit. Cooperation Ukraine relations. With a new administra- Ukrainian society. In order to do that, more energy-efficient distribution and con- in this area between Ukraine and the United tion in Ukraine, we have a chance to redou- President Yanukovych and his team have sumption will be key. The United States is States has made the world safer. ble efforts on both sides to realize the goals the ambitious goal to elevate the justice sys- coordinating closely with the European ... With regard to NATO, we support a of our Strategic Partnership. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 No. 27

ing individual deputies to abandon the pro- authority of appointing judges nationwide to government thinks that laws can always be The first 100 days... Western forces and join the coalition. a newly established government-controlled passed and adjust them to its needs.” (Continued from page 1) The Verkhovna Rada voted to approve Higher Justice Council. The strong discipline in usurping power the Institute of Society Transformation in changes in parliamentary procedure that con- Other potential constitutional violations consists of the government’s rank and file, Kyiv. “All those trying to criticize this tradicted the letter and intent of the include plans to eliminate mayoral elections which is dominated by members of the Party regime of bandits are to understand that they Constitution of Ukraine, and even got the in Kyiv, virtually eliminate the right to free- of Regions of Ukraine and natives of will be incarcerated or not allowed into Constitutional Court to approve the illegal dom of assembly and establish the official Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region, the Ukraine.” coalition, contradicting its own 2008 ruling status of the Russian language in many home of President Yanukovych and longtime The Yanukovych administration inherited that only factions could form the govern- regions of Ukraine. residence of Prime Minister Azarov. a government with its democratic institutions ment. The attitude of the coalition government, The president tapped Donbas natives to ravaged by his Orange predecessors, who The illegal coalition set the precedent for led by Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, was serve in numerous posts, among them such often broke the rules when they found it nec- the Yanukovych administration to establish best demonstrated when Mr. Yanukovych powerful positions such as the procurator essary in their political battles. an authoritarian form of government that was accused by critics of violating Ukrainian general (Oleksander Medvedko served for- In all their infighting, however, the repeatedly flaunted any laws and procedures law when denying in Strasbourg that the mer President Yushchenko as well), the Orange leaders never stepped over clear that stood on its path toward furthering its Holodomor was genocide against the housing and communal services minister, the boundaries. President Viktor Yushchenko agenda. Ukrainian people. Kyiv city prosecutor and the Odesa police accepted the coalition government that “These politicians demonstrated their When confronted with that, presidential chief. emerged out of Parliament, even though he readiness to fit legislative norms to their advisor Mykhailo Chechetov offered his On March 24 Prime Minister Azarov found it impossible to work with them. needs and legalize them post-factum with pragmatic solution to the problem: change appointed Oleksander Papaika, a Donbas tax The Yanukovych administration demon- other laws or Constitutional Court rulings,” the law. administration veteran, to serve as State Tax strated no such apprehension in violating the said Ihor Koliushko, director of the Kyiv- “He absolutely wasn’t concerned that the Administration chair, a critical post. most essential institutions of Ukrainian based Center for Political-Legal Reforms. president’s speech clearly violated the law,” Around that time, President Yanukovych democracy in accepting the coalition govern- Subsequent constitutional violations Mr. Koliushko said. “The new government appointed several Donbas officials to key ment that emerged in violation of the included postponing the elections of city and perceives laws exclusively as some kind of posts with the State Traffic Inspection. It’s no Constitution. oblast councils (which were supposed to be tribute, not as something they’re supposed to coincidence that traffic police intimidated Unable to form the parliamentary coali- held May 30), holding the April 27 parlia- be guided by. At that, of course, they under- and prevented demonstrators from traveling tion the legitimate way – by combining fac- mentary session without a quorum, casting stand that this absolutely contradicts the to Kyiv for the April 27 and May 11 protests tions to form a majority – the Yanukovych votes on behalf of absentee national depu- principle of rule of law, the authority of the against the government. administration encouraged national deputies ties, extending the Russian Black Sea Fleet Constitution, and that’s why they don’t cite to form a pro-Russian government by allow- lease by 25 years, and transferring the either principles or the Constitution. The (Continued on page 24) Timeline of the domestic policy of the Yanukovych administration • February 25 – Viktor Yanukovych inau- police confiscate DVDs with photographs reports on flagrant violations to freedom of Father Borys Gudziak, rector of the gurated as president. from Internet journalist Olena Bilozerska, the press in Ukraine. Ukrainian Catholic University, and requests • February 26 – Yanukovych creates a and two computers, four cameras and 50 • April 30 – Vice Prime Minister on his compliance in a campaign to deter stu- National Anti-Corruption Committee as a DVDs from photographer Oleksii Furman. Regional Policy Viktor Tikhonov speaks dents from participating in public demon- consulting organ within the Presidential • March 29 – Yanukovych postpones in support of the federalization of strations. Administration. enacting anti-corruption legislation from Ukraine, stating that the current model • May 21 – Some of Ukraine’s top jour- • March 11 – Mykola Azarov elected April 1 to January 1. doesn’t address contemporary tasks for nalists launch the Stop Censorship move- prime minister by illegally formed coalition, • April 3 – Presidential Administration the nation. ment at the National University of Kyiv which announces that two key controversial Deputy Chair Hanna Herman proposes a • April 30 – 1+1 television journalist Mohyla Academy. The emergence of officials will remain – Procurator General new ideology for the Ukrainian state based Myroslav Otkovych declares that censor- “usnyky,” which are verbal censorship com- Oleksander Medvedko and National Bank on regional cultural autonomy. ship has returned to the Ukrainian media, mands, is reported. of Ukraine Chairman Volodymyr Stelmakh. • April 4 – Yanukovych signs a decree citing the decision of his network not to • May 19 – Protests ignite in Kharkiv The Cabinet of Ministers is the largest in eliminating the National Constitutional broadcast his report examining whether after the City Council Executive Europe with 29 members. Council, the National Commission to Yanukovych violated Ukrainian law when Committee’s controversial decision to cut • March 12 – Crimean Tatar leader Strengthen Freedom of Speech and denying the Holodomor was genocide. 503 trees in central Gorky Park to build a Mustafa Dzhemiliev announces he will ask Develop the Information Sphere, the • May 6 – The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc new road. In the following weeks, police the procurator general to prosecute newly Mystetskyi Arsenal Council, the National says the Internal Affairs Ministry demanded arrest, beat and hospitalize demonstrators appointed Internal Affairs Minister Anatolii Council on Cultural and Spiritual Issues, lists of participants in the April 27 protests. while authorities forbid the protests. Mogyliov for inciting ethnic conflict with and the National Commission on • May 7 – Journalists at the 1+1 and STB • May 26 – The Crimean Parliament defamatory remarks, such as his statement Strengthening Democracy and the Rule television networks claim censorship. changes its name from the Verkhovna Rada that Joseph Stalin’s forced deportation of of Law. • May 7 – The Tymoshenko Bloc says to the Verkhovnyi Soviet, passes a resolu- 1944 was for the benefit of his people. • April 8 – The procurator general ques- the Education Ministry forbid teachers from tion making Russian the regional language • March 18 – Mogyliov signs a decree tions opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko participating in the May 11 demonstration and begins issuing passports in the Russian eliminating the Internal Affairs Ministry’s after she alleges the Constitutional Court planned at the Verkhovna Rada. language. Human Rights Monitoring Administration, was being bribed to rule in favor of the ille- • May 7 – A Kyiv district court forbids • May 27 – During Yanukovych’s visit to consisting of more than 30 human rights gally formed majority coalition. protests against Russian soldiers marching Lviv, police surrounded nationalist protest- veterans. • April 8 – The Constitutional Court of in Kyiv planned for Victory Day, May 9. ers and allegedly beat them. Party of • March 19 – Azarov justifies the lack of Ukraine, led by chairman Andrii Stryzhak, • May 9 – The 1+1 television network Regions supporters are allowed to gather at any women in his Cabinet, declaring “con- contradicts its own 2008 ruling and allows denies an advertisement from the the university where the president speaks ducting reforms isn’t a matter for women.” the parliamentary coalition to be formed by Tymoshenko Bloc congratulating World and voice their support. • March 20 – Azarov meets with Kyiv individual deputies, as well as parliamentary War II veterans. • June 1 – Vice-Minister of the Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi and gives him factions. • May 10 – Officers with the State Traffic Environment Minister Bohdan Presner is three months to resolve the capital’s biggest • April 12 – Reporters from the Lviv Inspection and the Internal Affairs Ministry arrested for accepting a $200,000 bribe in problems. newspaper Ekspres allege police in the town begin stopping buses and intimidating citi- exchange for an oblast ecology administra- • March 21 – The government re- of Horodok beat their director and chief edi- zens from taking part in the next day’s pro- tor post. Oleksiy Haran, a professor at the appoints police chiefs who served the tor for exposing the corruption of national test planned at Parliament. National University of Kyiv-Mohyla authoritarian administration of President deputies. The next day, they block the Kyiv- • May 11 – Police arrest at least four Academy, says the arrest isn’t part of an Leonid Kuchma. Chop highway for several hours in protest. demonstrators amidst otherwise tame pro- anti-corruption campaign but related to • March 22 – Security Service of Ukraine • April 16 – Odesa police arrest activists tests at Parliament. Mogyliov announces his backroom business. (SBU) Chair Valerii Khoroshkovsky begins Aleksey Makarov and Vitalii Krasnoschok, intention of restricting all demonstrations of • June 2 – A Kyiv District Court forbids his assault on the opposition TVi network, who alleged torture and remain imprisoned. the opposition to beyond the Kyiv city lim- opposition protests outside the Ukrayina requesting documents on how it gained its • April 20 – Medvedko announces the its. Palace where the president is scheduled to broadcasting license. closure of criminal cases against allegedly • May 12 – The procurator general re- speak the next day. When the protesters • March 23 – Kolomyia newspaper editor corrupt Kuchmists Ihor Bakai and Ruslan opens a criminal case from 2003 against arrive anyhow, the police surround them Vasyl Demianiv is viciously beaten, after Bodelan. opposition leader Tymoshenko, re-accusing and force them away. Party of Regions sup- which no arrests are made. • April 27 – The parliamentary coalition her of attempting to bribe judges in order to porters are allowed to assemble at the build- • March 25 – Kyiv police arrest anti- votes to approve the Kharkiv agreements free relatives from imprisonment. ing. Tabachnyk activist Anatolii Pikul for dis- without a quorum as votes are cast on behalf • May 17 – Kharkiv police brutally dis- • June 3 – A PACE reports that it’s dis- tributing leaflets outside Taras Shevchenko of absentee deputies. Police apply aggres- rupt a public protest organized by the turbed by reports of censorship in Ukraine. National University in Kyiv, where Minister sive methods, unseen during the Orange era, Democratic Alliance. • June 3 – Niko Lange, the Kyiv direc- of Education Dmytro Tabachnyk met with against demonstrators. Among the handful • May 17 – Kyiv university student Ihor tor of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, university rectors. of demonstrators arrested is Oleksii Kaida, Indylo is allegedly beaten to death by police says Ukraine has drifted further from dem- • March 25 – The Cabinet of Ministers chair of the Ternopil Oblast Council. at the Shevchenko District police station. ocratic standards and the government is issues a resolution ordering the Kyiv City • April 28 – Former Parliamentary • May 18 – The sister of National Deputy incapable of social and domestic reforms. Administration to forbid protests near the Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Andrii Parubii, widely believed to have Several weeks later, he’s denied entry into Presidential Administration and Cabinet rapporteur Hanna Severinsen reports sys- thrown a smoke bomb during the April 27 Ukraine at Kyiv Boryspil Airport for 10 buildings. temic violations to the Constitution of parliament brawl, is arrested for allegedly hours. • March 26 – President Yanukovych Ukraine being carried out by the taking a $2,000 bribe in her post in the State • June 4 – Yanukovych tells a press con- appoints three oblast state administration Yanukovych administration, including cur- Tax Inspection. Yet criminal charges are not ference there’s no pressure on journalists chairs from the Kuchma era. tailing of freedom of speech and civil rights. filed. and that restrictions on freedom of assembly • March 27 – In violation of the law, • April 29 – Reporters Without Borders • May 18 – An SBU agent meets with are for the benefit of the public. No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 23

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE ‘Bereza Kartuzka’ screened in Houston UCC Montreal holds annual meeting HOUSTON – A special screening of cially presented at the Remi Awards Gala MONTREAL – The Ukrainian Canadian Day banquet last August that the MP “Bereza Kartuzka,” a documentary film Dinner held on April 17. WorldFest- Congress (UCC) Montreal branch 21 held announced she would commit herself to the about the infamous Polish concentration Houston, founded in 1961, is the third oldest its annual general meeting on Saturday, June passing of a bill on the Holodomor in camp of the 1930s, was held at the Alliance international film festival in North America 5, at the Ukrainian Youth Center, with 26 Quebec, as was done in other parts of Francaise in Houston on April 16, with its and is dedicated to the independent, feature delegates representing various Montreal Canada. A committee was struck with the producer-director, Yurij Luhovy, in atten- and short film. Among those whom organizations. president, Prof. Roman Serbyn, Roman dance. WorldFest has honored in the past are film In her annual general report, outgoing Karpishka and Zorianna Hrycenko-Luhova The event was organized by Myxhaijlo greats Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and President Marika Putko, presented an over- to begin the process. Balahutrak of the Ukrainian American Brian DePalma. view of the important work and achieve- On two separate occasions, the first when Cultural Club of Houston. Even at this Thousands of Ukrainian patriots were ments the executive of UCC Montreal did the bill was introduced in November 2009 Houston showing, children of survivors, incarcerated at Bereza Kartuzka in within the general Quebec community. and then on June 2 when the Bill was Bohdan and Alexander Bejmuk, whose 1934-1939, when western Ukraine founded The highlight of the year’s work was the accepted unanimously, the UCC organized a father was taken as prisoner, were present. itself under Polish rule between the two recent adoption of Bill 390 by the Quebec bus for representatives of the Montreal’s The film had just won first prize, the world wars. National Assembly in Quebec City, recog- Ukrainian community to demonstrate their Platinum Remi Award, at the 43rd annual To arrange for a showing of “Bereza nizing the 1932-1933 Famine as genocide. support. Ambassador Ihor Ostash of the WorldFest-Houston International Film Kartuzka” (English or Ukrainian version) or The passing of this bill on June 2 was made Ukrainian Embassy in Ottawa, also was Festival. “I was thrilled that it was nominat- to purchase a DVD of the documentary, possible through close work with Louse present for the historic occasion. ed. To have won first prize, was amazing. I readers may write to: MML Inc, 2330 Beaudoin, member of Parliament for the UCC Montreal with the Canadian gov- am happy that the prisoners of Bereza Beaconsfield Ave., Montreal, Quebec, H4A Rosemont riding, the area where the majori- ernment, also organized a meeting with Kartuzka will be remembered,” Mr. Luhovy 2G8; call 514-481-5871 or log on to www. ty of Ukrainians reside and where the UCC Minister of Multiculturalism, Citizenship commented. yluhovy.com. Proceeds from sales go to office is located. The prize, awarded in the category of help offset the costs of making the docu- It was at the UCC’s annual Independence (Continued on page 26) “Politics and International Issues,” was offi- mentary.

Adriana Luhovy Members of UCC Montreal Executive: (fron row, from left) Zenon Bryniawsky, (L to R) Myxhaijlo Balahutrak, Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak screening organizers Marika Putko (outgoing president), Bohdana Hawryliuk; Oksana Shtyk, (second with filmmaker Yurij Luhovy and Andriy Litvynchuk, president of the Ukrainian row): Pavlo Showhaniuk, Olena Kulishov, Andrij Dragan, Zorianna Hrycenko- Cultural Club of Houston. Luhova (incoming president), Lesia Prystupa-Shwec and Marika Farmus.

Philadelphia’s Selfreliance credit union opens a new branch PHILADELPHIA – The Ukrainian attendance. Chairman of the USFCU Selfreliance Federal Credit Union Board Mary Kolodij and Somerton (USFCU) celebrated the official blessing Branch Manager Natalia Syvyk then cut and grand opening of its newest branch in the ceremonial ribbon and invited Ms. the Somerton neighborhood of Keller and the members of the USFCU Philadelphia on May 20. board of directors, as well as the branch Amidst an ongoing recession, USFCU, management, employees and members which has remained a strong and secure inside the new branch. alternative to banks, recognized the need Subsequently, the Rev. Volodymyr for a new location to address the growing Kostyuk of St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian population residing in Somerton Ukrainian Catholic Church in Jenkintown, and the neighboring communities. Pa., and Pastor Yaroslav Pristatsky of the Chief Executive Officer Halyna Keller Ukrainian Evangelical Pentecostal opened the celebrations by welcoming Church of Philadelphia, blessed the everyone and thanking them for their branch and its employees.

Andrea Zharovsky Chairman of the USFCU Board Mary Kolodij and Somerton Branch Manager Natalia Syvyk cut the ribbon

Almost a year ago, USFCU held a sim- to its roots as a union of people of com- ilar ceremony to open a branch at the mon heritage. Ukrainian Educational and Cultural The new USFCU Somerton Branch is Center in Jenkintown, a community cen- located at 14425 Bustleton Ave, ter that has served the Ukrainian Philadelphia, PA 19116. Its hours of American community in the greater operation are Monday through Friday, 11 Philadelphia area for 30 years. a.m.-7 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Since 1952 the Ukrainian Selfreliance For more information, readers may call Federal Credit Union of Philadelphia has the Somerton Branch of USFCU at been a financial institution that has met 267-351-4021, or visit the USFCU web- CEO Halyna Keller (standing, fourth from left) surrounded by staff. the needs of its members by staying true site at www.ukrfcu.com. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 No. 27

reducing the power of the Supreme Court that his two testimonies did not contradict The first 100 days... wasn’t supported by the Venice Commission Trial postponed... one another. “I was asked different ques- (Continued from page 22) in prior reviews. (Continued from page 5) tions this time, so I answered the questions While President Yanukovych claimed to Parliament approved the first reading of Justice Department’s Office of Special I was asked,” he said. be committed to introducing long overdue the bill on June 3, which elicited an emotion- Investigations (OSI), who said that during Mr. Stewart had analyzed the Trawniki reforms that would grant local governments al plea from Mr. Onopenko. “I am ready to his 1981 denaturalization hearing, Mr. identity card and 21 other documents used on the oblast and city levels more power, he resign even today, only don’t ruin the Demjanjuk’s testimony had several incon- in the earlier case filed by the OSI. has introduced no reforms or strategy to Supreme Court!,” he told deputies from the sistencies that “contributed to my sense he According to the Associated Press, he told move in that direction, Mr. Koliushko said. parliamentary tribune. “This is all that’s left. was not telling the truth.” the Munich court on June 10 that he found In fact, Prime Minister Azarov has creat- We already made a mistake when creating a The AP reported that the former OSI staple holes through the photograph but not ed the most centralized state financing appa- monster out of the Higher Justice Council. attorney said Mr. Demjanjuk had claimed through the card itself. He said that indi- ratus in the last decade, said Andriy Novak, Now judges are afraid of issuing law-abiding he was held in a camp in Chelm, Poland, at cates the photograph, now glued to the doc- ument, was once stapled to another piece of an economist and author of the book, “How decisions, which was never the case.” a time when it had already been closed paper. He added, however, that this did not to Lift Up the Ukrainian Economy.” The president’s control of the judiciary down; and that he said he had joined the necessarily mean it was a forgery, explain- In the 2010 budget, the Azarov govern- could become absolute on July 9, when elec- Vlasov army at a time it hadn’t yet been ing that photos often fell off wartime docu- ment has allocated only 20 percent of state tions for the Constitutional Court’s leader- formed. ments as they aged and were then stapled to revenues for oblast and city governments to ship will be held. Among the top candidates The Demjanjuk defense pointed out that separate pieces of paper in post-war manage and use, compared to 22 percent for the chairmanship is Anatolii Holovin, the a federal appeals panel in the U.S. said Mr. under former Prime Minister Yulia current deputy chair. He also happens to be a archives. He said the fact that there was no Moskowitz and the OSI, by withholding rust around the staple holes indicated that Tymoshenko and 28 percent under Mr. native of Makiyivka, a city in the Donetsk exculpatory evidence indicating that anoth- Oblast. they were made after the war, when iron Yanukovych’s 2002-2004 tenure as prime er man was “Ivan the Terrible” of If government officials aren’t Donbas staples were no longer used. minister. Treblinka, had engaged in “prosecutorial natives, then the Yanukovych administration Dr. Busch pointed to 2001 testimony in About 65 percent is the ideal allocation to misconduct that seriously misled the court.” is making sure that they at least join the Ohio, in which Mr. Stewart said he had not regional governments, Mr. Novak said. Mr. Moskowitz countered that the find- Party of Regions, whether they like it or not. determined that the holes were from a sta- “Rather than worrying about the regions, ing is not relevant to the current case. Verkhovna Rada Chair Volodymyr ple, did not know whether there were simi- the Party of Regions has begun intensively John Demajnjuk Jr. commented to the Lytvyn, whose eponymous bloc helped form lar holes in other service passes, and that he seizing resources from them,” he said. “Of Associated Press: “For the Munich court to the current government, reported on June 5 had not looked for holes in the identity card course, it’s left preferences for its native rely upon the poster boy of prosecutorial that members of his People’s Party of itself. “I was looking at the ink, the paper, Donetsk region, in the form of tax breaks, misconduct speaks loudly about the current Ukraine are being pressured to switch their and the photograph, and the holes didn’t tax-free zones and territories of priority prosecution’s desperation to win at any membership to the Party of Regions or lose have anything to do with that in my opin- development.” cost.” An area that the Yanukovych administra- their jobs. He cited such incidents in the ion,” Mr. Stewart then said, according to a Cherkasy Oblast. Mr. Demjanjuk stood trial in Israel on transcript. tion is especially interested in reforming is charges that he was the notorious guard at Ukraine’s judiciary. However, experts said “The entire scenario will unfold along the On June 9 Mr. Stewart had conceded Party of Regions’ plan,” said Volodymyr the Treblinka death camp. His 1988 con- that a counterfeiter with the right materials the changes the Azarov government pro- viction and death sentence were overturned posed won’t establish the independence of Polokhalo, a Tymoshenko Bloc national dep- could have forged documents being used in 1993 when evidence was unearthed that Ukraine’s notoriously corrupt judiciary, but uty. “Unfortunately, the Lytvyn Bloc and the by the prosecution against accused Mr. another man was the infamous “Ivan.” instead make it entirely subservient. Communist Party of Ukraine don’t realize Demjanjuk. Now he is accused of being a guard at the The reform legislation calls for authoriz- this danger. The Communists once had enor- In other developments in the ongoing Nazi camp in Sobibor. ing the High Justice Council, controlled by mous influence in the Donbas but were trial, on June 16, the court heard evidence In other recent developments in the the Party of Regions, to appoint and dismiss pushed out by the Regions. And now the that a former administrator at the Trawniki case, prosecutor Hans-Joachim Lutz told the heads of courts. The bill also proposes Party of Regions is demonstrating that it training camp, the late Helmut Leonhardt, creating a Judges Council with wide authori- doesn’t intend to share with anyone – even the AP on June 17 that his office was told investigators in 1987 that a camp ID ty, yet sharply reducing the authority of the with its coalition partners.” obliged to open an investigation against card being used as evidence against Mr. Supreme Court of Ukraine. Amidst the usurpation of power there has former agent Larry Stewart, who had testi- Demjanjuk appeared to be genuine, but The Supreme Court is led by Chief Judge been a campaign to gradually reduce the fied the previous week, after defense attor- that he did not remember Mr. Demjanjuk Vasyl Onopenko, a leader in the individual rights of Ukrainians that has ney Ulrich Busch filed a complaint with himself from the camp. Tymoshenko Bloc, which sharply criticized included state-sponsored intimidation of the court accusing the witness of perjury. Mr. Demjanjuk denies having been at the reforms as an attempt to consolidate judi- media organizations, threats against govern- Dr. Busch argued that Mr. Stewart’s tes- Trawniki or Sobibor and says he is a victim cial power under the Yanukovych adminis- ment critics and opposition movements and, timony in Munich contradicted statements of mistaken identity. His defense argues tration’s control and reinforce its authoritari- most notably, sharp restrictions on freedom he had made in U.S. District Court in Ohio that the Trawniki ID card is a forgery creat- an government. of assembly. in 2001. Mr. Stewart, however, told the AP ed by the Soviets. “The current government proposes a bill More than 22 civic organizations have that truly doesn’t eliminate corruption in the voiced their opposition to Bill No. 2450, judicial system, but only sets it up under a which would impose draconian measures on sanitarium was dubbed the “New Yorker state ‘roof,’ making judges controlled and Ukrainian citizens wishing to voice their Soyuzivka... Retreat,” because it housed so many of the dependant on the president and his entou- protests at public meetings. (Continued from page 15) magazine’s writers. rage,” the Tymoshenko Bloc said in a June 1 New requirements include a minimum of plays, were blue ribbon winners at the Famous author, O. Henry (pseudonym of statement. four days’ notice in a location that meets the Ulster County Fair, and participated in many William Sydney Porter) writes in his autobi- The legislation also drew criticism from approval of authorities, who can block any local musical and theater extravaganzas. Dr. ography that friend and fellow novelist Hanne Severinsen, the former Ukraine rap- requests for a meeting with a single court Foord also owned the largest dairy in the James Thurber, who himself spent much porteur for the Parliamentary Assembly of appeal. Internal Affairs Minister Anatolii county, Foordmore Dairies of Ellenville. time at the Nonkanahwa trying to control the Council of Europe, who pointed out that Mogyliov suggested limiting all protests to One of his sons, Frederick A. Foord, was his alcoholism, convinced O. Henry to “dry reforms without changes to the Constitution outside the city limits of Kyiv. a very talented, multi-faceted individual. A out” at Dr. Foord’s sanitarium. would be imperfect and incomplete. “The idea of the law is total control and graduate of Yale University, he was a land- Harold Ross, the editor of the New Allowing the Higher Justice Council to restrictions on the civil activity of citizens,” scape artist with a medical degree. Frederick Yorker Magazine, and writer Alexander appoint judges “could destroy the indepen- underscored Igor Lutsenko, a leading activist took over managing the sanitarium in the Woollcott were treated for depression at dence of judges,” she said. Furthermore, in Kyiv. 1920s. His colorful career includes art direc- Soyuzivka. Thurber comically reported that, tion for silent films. As “Fritz” Foord, he “everyone’s favorite patient was the irasci- became one of the first industrial designers ble man ‘who thought he was editor of The to mass produce housewares. His work can New Yorker.’ ” Little did they know that be found at the Museum of Modern Art Ross indeed was the editor. (MOMA) in New York. His series of signed E.B White, author of the children’s clas- vintage linens can still be found at auction. sic “Charlotte’s Web,” also was a celebrated Recently, I found one and it will be part of a patient. future display of memorabilia at Soyuzivka. In the book “The Trust: The Private and His landscape paintings can be found in gal- Powerful Family behind The New York leries around the country. Times” by Susan E. Tifft, it is mentioned In the Fritz Foord era, we find that that the family of Adolph S. Ochs, the pow- among the patients of Nonkanahwa, or erful Times owner and publisher of The Foordmore as it became known, are some of Times, shipped Ochs off to the the most distinguished names in American Nonkanahwa Sanitarium after a particularly literary history. Fritz was a member of the terrible bout of manic depression. What an famous New York Algonquin Round Table ironic connection to Ukrainians, since it was – a celebrated group of New York City writ- The New York Times that sent Walter ers, critics, actors and wits. Gathering ini- Duranty, who was to become a Holodomor- tially as part of a practical joke, members denier, to report on the USSR. met for lunch each day at the Algonquin Nonkanahwa, or Foordmore, sanitarium Hotel from 1919 until roughly 1929. closed in 1942. My journey into this bygone Due to Fritz Foord’s contacts, the reputa- era continues. Little by little, like pieces of a tion of Foordmore as a rest cure, post-op puzzle, one little discovery leads to another location and alcoholism treatment facility and the celebrated history of our Soyuzivka spread quickly among the literary world. So surfaces. It is a fascinating story waiting to frequent were these medical visits, that the be completely uncovered. No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 25 B.C. Ukrainian Student Society holds end-of-year liturgy, concert by Peter T. Woloschuk As Bishop Chomnycky and the concel- ebrants entered the chapel, the Yevshan CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The conclu- Ukrainian Vocal Ensemble of Hartford, sion of the spring semester at Boston Conn., which provided music for the lit- College was marked by the school’s urgy, broke into song. As the procession Ukrainian Student Society with a solemn neared the altar, the bishop was greeted in pontifical liturgy and a concert of Ukrainian English and Ukrainian by Ukrainian choral music on Saturday, May 1. Student Society’s treasurer, Christopher The liturgy was held in Boston Rusyniak of New Fairfield, Conn., and College’s Peterson Chapel and was con- President-Elect Andrea Dzwinyk of celebrated by Bishop Paul Chomnycky, OSBM, eparch of Stamford; the Very Chicago, and presented with the tradi- Rev. Archpriest Bohdan J. Danylo, rector/ tional bread and salt. In attendance were president of St. Basil’s College Seminary members of the student club and guests in Stamford; the Rev. Yaroslav Nalysnyk, from eastern Massachusetts and Rhode pastor of Christ the King Ukrainian Island. Catholic Church in Boston and dean of During his homily, Bishop Chomnycky the Boston deanery; Msgr. Roman spoke of the choices that confront indi- Golemba, pastor of St. Michael Ukrainian viduals during the course of their lives, Catholic church in Woonsocket, R.I., and including those that are made voluntarily St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic and those seemingly beyond personal Vsevolod Petriv church in Fall River, Mass.; and the Rev. control. He then exhorted the congrega- The Yevshan Ukrainian Vocal Ensemble of Hartford, Conn., with Bishop Paul James Morris, pastor of St. John the tion to take stock of their choices and Chomnycky. Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in their opportunities, and to take action Salem, Mass. only after due deliberation. ed sacred and secular pieces ranging from Dibrova Choir at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Also assisting were; the Rev. Michael Following the liturgy there was a col- the Baroque to the contemporary, as a Catholic Church in Hartford. Moisin, pastor of the Romanian Catholic lation in St. John’s Seminary refectory, well as a piece played on the bandura. Mr. Kuzma has led successful concert mission of greater Boston; the Rev. which abuts the college property, and The 75-minute concert opened with psalm tours to Ukraine, Russia and across the Deacon Prof. Michael Connolly, chair of then a concert of Baroque Ukrainian reli- “Sey Den” and concluded with the tradi- United States. In 1977 he led the Yale the Slavic and Eastern Languages and gious and secular music in the seminary tional Easter anthem “Christos Anesti” Russian Chorus in a performance of litur- Literatures Department at Boston chapel performed by Yevshan. (Christ Is Risen) sung in classical Greek. gical and folk music broadcast nation- College; the Rev. Deacon Vasyl Behay At the beginning of the concert, stu- Formed in 1996 by Alexander Kuzma, wide on Soviet television. He defied gov- from Ukraine; and seminarians Celso dents welcomed everyone in both lan- Yevshan is composed of almost 40 mem- ernment censors with performances of Belo from Brazil, Ioan Dubovici from guages and thanked the ensemble for bers who come from all over the state of religious music and songs from the Auburn, N.Y., and Ioan Santa from coming to Boston and sharing their music Connecticut and as far away as Boston to Ukrainian underground at the Romania. with a new audience. The concert includ- preserve and celebrate the true masterpiec- Tchaikovsky Conservatory and at the es of the Ukrainian choral music tradition. Monastery of the Caves in Kyiv. Yevshan takes its name from an herb, that In 1987, on the eve of the 1,000th according to Ukrainian folkloric traditions, anniversary of Ukrainian Christianity, he has magical properties and gives off a fra- organized the New England Millennium grance that enhances memory. Choir, uniting 100 singers from Yevshan’s repertoire consists of some Connecticut and Massachusetts for pon- of the most ancient liturgical chants of tifical liturgies at St. Joseph’s Cathedral Eastern Christendom, as well as original in Hartford and Holy Cross Cathedral in and eclectic works by various composers Boston. In 1990 Mr. Kuzma led the from the 17th through the 21st centuries. renowned Dumka Choir of New York The ensemble’s mission is to establish City in singing the liturgy of St. John common ground between the musical Chrysostom at St. George Cathedral in heritage of Ukraine and the heritages of Lviv, the first western choir to do so since other peoples around the world. It has the legalization of the Ukrainian Catholic performed extensively in Connecticut and Church. in major cities along the East Coast of the Mr. Kuzma is a non-profit attorney and United States, including Boston, New fund-raiser who worked for 15 years as York and Washington. the executive director and project coordi- Mr. Kuzma, Yevshan’s founder and nator for the Children of Chornobyl director, is a graduate of the Hartt School Relief and Development Fund. In of Music and Yale University. He is the 2005-2006 he managed the fund’s former director of the Yale Russian office in Kyiv. Since February he has Chorus (1974-1977) and has served as served as the Executive Director of the choirmaster of Christ the King Ukrainian Ukrainian Catholic Education Alex Kuzma conducts the Yevshan Ukrainian Vocal Ensemble. Catholic Church in Boston and the Foundation.

Untapped potential include these immigrants into active structure of the Ukrainian Catholic Voices of the laity... Church life. Perhaps they are not that Church, with its membership all over the professor of Central Leonid Rudnytzky, interested in religion, or maybe not world, and the truly universal respect and (Continued from page 10) & Eastern European Studies, Philadelphia, Ukrainian Church communities that I have enough is being done to include them. Our admiration for its patriarch, His Beatitude has been a member of Christ the King priests in particular should know how to Lubomyr Husar, can serve as another observed in the Northeast region of the Ukrainian Catholic parish in Philadelphia U.S.) appeal to this new wave, because now so source of strength and dynamism. since 1954. He has been a board member of many of them are from Ukraine them- Cardinal Husar’s official title is major Finally, in Lviv, the Church brings the the Patriarchal Society, U.S.A., since its message of the Gospel to each generation selves, they are about the same age as archbishop, but within our Church he is inception in the 1960s, and president of St. these new immigrants, and they ought to universally recognized as patriarch. in the language of that generation, as Sophia Religious Association, U.S.A., since best understand the culture and mentality He is wise, spiritual and morally and eth- Father Petro Galadza has often so elo- 2003. He participated in numerous interna- of the newly arrived faithful. Perhaps our ically above reproach. He is a visible sym- quently expressed it. In Lviv, the Church tional religious conferences, authored many priests need to try harder to reach them. bol of our inner spiritual health as a Church. finds a way to the hearts and minds of publication on Church issues, and was edi- The other untapped potential for our If the Vatican were to finally come around young people. As a result, churches are tor-in-chief of cultural-religious radio pro- Church is the laity. We are fortunate to and put its stamp of approval on the title overflowing with youth moved by a feel- grams in Philadelphia-based “Holos have very successful entrepreneurs, man- “patriarch,” I think this would rally the ing of Christian mission. It’s very inspir- Myrian” and the short-wave program agers, other professionals in all the waves faithful in the U.S. even more, including ing. “Holos Ukrainskoyi Diaspory,” which was who would be more than willing to help those who are lukewarm to the Church. There are many problems with politics beamed to Ukraine during the 1970s and the Church where needed. Our hierarchs The May 18 attempt by the Ukrainian and society right now in Ukraine, but the 1980s. can and should get the best of the laity to Security Service (the former KGB) to Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (as it is help the Church in different capacities. In intimidate the rector of the Ukrainian called in Ukraine) is a bright spot on that On the one hand, the Ukrainian that respect, the Roman Catholic Church Catholic University in Lviv reminds us landscape. Here in the U.S. there may also Catholic Church in the U.S. would seem to can serve as a model. It took to heart the that our Church in the U.S. still needs to be some Ukrainian church communities be in good shape because there is a so- decisions of Vatican II to involve the laity stand ready to defend the hard-won free- that have that kind of vibrancy. I hope that called Fourth Wave of immigration from more meaningfully in the Church, whereas dom of the Church in Ukraine. But this they can serve as models for others Ukraine, which is filling up many church- the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the U.S. also represents an opportunity for all of us, because this is a direction that the es which had been showing a marked has yet to do this. Perhaps that is why the and especially Ukrainian American stu- Ukrainian Catholic Church needs to go in decline in attendance. laity movement in our Church in the U.S. dents, to mobilize around a threat to young order to survive the challenge of the secu- On the other hand, it remains a big lacks dynamism. people’s freedom of speech and assembly lar culture in the U.S. challenge to our hierarchs and priests to The de facto (if not de jure) patriarchal in Ukraine. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 No. 27 Ukrainian National Museum exhibit highlights album cover art by Anna Chychula the artistic expression of both musician and cover artist. Influences of the American cul- CHICAGO – “Rediscovering Ukrainian ture on the immigrant life experience are Album Cover Art” – featuring over 110 evident in many of the later album covers album covers – an exhibit from the perma- from the 1950s through the 1990s. nent collection at the Ukrainian National The covers were selected from the 1,200 Museum, will be on view July 9-30. albums that comprise the permanent collec- The exhibit’s opening is slated for Friday, tion of the Ukrainian National Museum. July 9, at 7 p.m. Along with the album covers, archived trea- Album cover art, as artistic expression, is sures, never before displayed, will be avail- nearing extinction, say exhibit organizers. able for viewing. LPs will also be for sale. The album cover was a true “marriage” of The Ukrainian National Museum is two very distinct and different media – art located in the heart of Chicago’s Ukrainian and music. LP covers were an outlet for Village, at 2249 W. Superior St. Hours are experimentation, art, fun, social comment Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and the power of the visual image to entice Admission: $5 for adults, free for children audiences to listen to the music contained under age 12. Two of the more than 110 album covers on display at the Ukrainian National Museum. therein. As technology advanced, music Free parking is available beside the On the left, a cover by Edward Kozak (Eko) for the 60th anniversary album of the became available on cassette, CD and now museum. For driving instructions, readers Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus; on the right, the cover of an album of songs and stories as a download. visit the museum’s website at www.ukraini- for children. The Chicago exhibit celebrates the artists annationalmuseum.org. For additional infor- who, in most cases, anonymously contribut- mation readers may call 312-421-8020 or ed their art to Ukrainian album covers. The e-mail Admin@UkrainianNationalMuseum. Putko; Vice-Presidents Pavlo Showhaniuk, covers selected for the exhibit also reflect org. UCC Montreal... Bohdanna Hawryliuk, Zenon Bryniawsky, (Continued from page 23) Prof. Roman Serbyn; Treasurers Yourko and Immigration Jason Kenney. The con- Koulecky and Andrij Dragan; Secretary Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com cerns and needs of the Quebec Ukrainian Olena Kulishov. and other board members. community were outlined at the meeting. A The newly elected branch president similar meeting was held with his parlia- thanked Ms. Putko and her executive for mentary secretary, Rick Dykstrom. On sev- their important work, which will be contin- eral occasions, UCC participated in meet- ued by the new board. She encouraged del- egates to send their representative to the tri- ings with other cultural community groups ennial UCC National Congress to be held in in Montreal. November in Edmonton. Other plans The presidents’ report also emphasized include supporting the internment project in the need to continue support for the northern Quebec; organizing the UCC Ukrainian community in northern Quebec, archives and monitoring those of other orga- spearheaded by James Slobodian. A major nizations in Montreal, as this is a lasting undertaking is the opening of an interpretive record of the community’s contribution to educational museum about the internment of Quebec and Canadian society; and encour- Ukrainians in Quebec at Spirit Lake – the aging enrollment in the two Ukrainian largest internment site in Quebec – and in Saturday schools, the foundation in forming this way ensuring that this historical memo- the next generation of informed Ukrainian ry is passed on to future generations. Canadians. Ms. Putko called upon all organizations Finally, both the outgoing and current to screen the documentary film on the presidents of the branch stressed the need to Famine-Genocide “Okradena Zemlya” and continue to monitor and react to the unset- support the making of an English-language tling developments in Ukraine, and the rapid version, “Genocide Revealed,” for schools undoing by the Yanukovych administration and the general public. The UCC cultural of major reforms and achievements made educational program was chaired and imple- possible after the fall of the Soviet Union mented by Bohdana Hawryliuk. and Ukraine’s renewed independence. After a question and answer period, a The UCC Montreal annual meeting, new executive for 2009-2010 was unani- chaired by Evhen Czolij, former UCC mously elected as follows: President Montreal president, was concluded with a Zorianna Hrycenko-Luhova; Past President reception and further discussion.

him to send postcards the way I did to let Glorious... my parents know where I’d been a week (Continued from page 7) before. Instead, I’m looking forward to myself in the little kids living in a fantasy his e-mails – or text messages on my world, in the senior citizens savoring the Blackberry, if only I can figure out how view of the mountains from Veselka and that function works. In the meantime, in every age in between. take it easy, have a great summer and I This year will be different with the hope Soyuzivka is in your plans. absence of our son, soon to be 20 and spending August in Europe – like his Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is father did 40 years ago. I don’t expect [email protected].

under surveillance, which contradicts foot- Assassination... age of such surveillance of TVi channel (Continued from page 3) journalists (www.pravda.com, June 15). University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy Mr. Yanukovych’s assassination pho- pointed to the hyping up of threats as a bia has led to widespread discussion in way to limit the democratic freedom of the Ukrainian media about the causes of the opposition (www.gazeta.ua, June 11). the phobia, as well as possible explana- tions of the unusually high levels of secu- On June 3 and 15, UDO officers rity for the president. The close links attacked an Ukrayinska Pravda journalist emerging between Ukrainian and Russian and an STB camera journalist, Serhiy security forces are leading to the re-intro- Andrushko, in the latter case forcing him duction of (Soviet) Russian-style meth- to the ground. The Stop Censorship NGO ods into the UDO, SBU and MVS, along demanded full investigations on both with the return of Russian-style legisla- occasions and raised these incidents with tion limiting the rights of the opposition. Mr. Khoroshkovsky at a June 15 meeting (http://www.telekritika.ua/media-suspilst- The article above is reprinted from vo/events/2010-06-17/53707). Both Mr. Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission Khoroshkovsky and Mr. Mogiliov have from its publisher, the Jamestown claimed they are not placing journalists Foundation, www.jamestown.org. No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 27

OUT AND ABOUT

July 8 Lecture with Roman Szporluk, “Conversations in July 26 - August 6 Ukrainian folk-singing course, with Anna Bachynsky, Cambridge, MA and about Ukraine: Notes from Kyiv, May-June Jewett, NY Grazhda Music and Art Center of Greene County, 2010,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053 718-271-9387 or 518-989-6218

July 9-11 Volleyball tournament, Ukrainian American Youth July 27 Film presentation with Yuri Shevchuk, “Donbas and Ellenville, NY Association resort, 845-647-7230 Cambridge, MA its Mentality,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053

July 12-24 North Dakota Ukrainian Arts Workshop, Dickinson July 28 Concert, featuring Haydamaky and Zrada, West Dickinson, ND State University, 701-290-8711 or 701-575-2216 Winnipeg End Cultural Center, 204-783-6918 or www.wecc.ca

July 13 Film presentation with Yuri Shevchuk, “Ukraine: A July 29 Lecture with Michael Flier, “Surzhyk avant la Cambridge, MA View from the World,” Harvard University, Cambridge, MA letter: The Case of Mykhailo Starytskyi,” Harvard 617- 495-4053 University, 617- 495-4053

July 16 Western pub night, Ukrainian American Youth July 30 - August 1 Workers’ Reunion Weekend, featuring a golf Ellenville, NY Association resort, 845-647-7230 Ellenville, NY tournament, pub night and dance, Ukrainian American Youth Association resort, 845-647-7230 July 17 Concert with Natalia Khoma and Volodymyr Jewett, NY Vynnytsky, Grazhda Concert Hall, 518-989-6479 or July 30 - August 1 Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival, Selo Ukraina, www.grazhdamusicandart.org Dauphin, MB 877-474-2683

July 19 Music Festival, featuring performance by the July 31 Benefit concert, celebrating the 200th anniversary Stratford, ON Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, Stratford Summer Jewett, NY of Frederick Chopin’s birth, featuring Volodymyr Music Festival, www.stratfordsummermusic.ca Vynnytsky, Grazhda Concert Hall, 518-989-6479

July 22 Book presentation with Volodymyr Dibrova, “True July 31 - August 2 Ukrainian Pavilion – annual Edmonton Heritage Edmonton, AB Festival, William Hawrelak Park, 780-474-5386 Cambridge, MA Stories: A New Book Presentation,” Harvard or [email protected] University, 617-495-4053 August 2-4 Traditional ritual baking course, taught by Lubow July 23-24 Seafood pub night, featuring music by Zuki and Jewett, NY Wolynetz, Grazhda Music and Art Center of Ellenville, NY Mike, Ukrainian American Youth Association Greene County, 212-533-6519 or 518-989-6479 resort, 845-647-7230 August 2-6 Gerdany (beading) class, taught by Anastasia July 23-25 Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian Cultural Institute and Jewett, NY Berezovsky, Grazhda Music and Art Center of Dickinson, ND Dickinson State University, 701-483-1486 or Greene County, 212-533-6519 or 518-989-6479 www.ukrainianculturalinstitute.org Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events July 26-30 Ukrainian Folk Art Courses, pysanka writing with advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Jewett, NY Sofika Zielyk and embroidery with Lubow from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Wolynetz, Grazhda Music and Art Center of and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. Greene County, 212-533-6419 or 518-989-6218 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 No. 27

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Monday, July 12- The Friday show features the Ukrainian Saturday, July 24 Dancers Stepovi, who are marking their 25th DICKINSON, N.D.: The 2010 North anniversary. The Saturday show spotlights Dakota Ukrainian Arts Workshop – featuring the Mohutney from Canada, along with local 216 Foordmore Road performers. In addition, the Klopit band from 1-845-626-5641 dance, art, music, history, language and fun P.O. Box 529 Chicago will perform for a street dance on [email protected] – will be held at Dickinson State University Kerhonkson, NY 12446 under the sponsorship of the North Dakota Friday and a “zabava” on Saturday. For Ukrainian Dance Association. Special information contact Missi Baranko, Ukrainian dance performances are slated for 701-290-8711 or [email protected]; Friday, July 23, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, or Gerry Grosulak, 701-575-2216 or gerry- July 24, at 2:30 p.m. at DSU’s Stickney Hall. [email protected]. July 4-11 – Tabir Ptashat 2 Aug 14-21 – Club Suzy-Q July 5-9 – Exploration Day Camp Aug 21 – Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Dance Academy 2 Recital July 4-17 – Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Dance Academy Workshop Aug 22-28 – Joseph’s School of PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES Dance July 16-18 – Ukrainian Aug 30 - Sep 6 – Labor Day week / Preview of Events is a listing of community events open to the public. It is a Cultural Festival weekend service provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. July 18-23 – Heritage Camp 1 Sept 10-12 – Salzburg Reunion July 18-24 – Discovery Camp Sept 13-16 – Bayreuth, To have an event listed in Preview of Events please send information, in English, July 23-25 – Adoptive Family Berchtesgaden, Regensburg, written in Preview format, i.e., in a brief paragraph that includes the date, place, type Weekend Karlsfeld, Landshut Reunions of event, sponsor, admission, full names of persons and/or organizations involved, and a phone number to be published for readers who may require additional July 25-30 – Heritage Camp 2 Sept 17-19 – KLK Get-Together information. Items should be no more than 100 words long; longer submissions July 25-31 – Sitch Camp 1 Sept 20-22 – Mittenwald Reunion are subject to editing. Items not written in Preview format or submitted without all required information will not be published. Sept 25 – To be announced July 25 - August 7 – Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Dance Academy Sept 30 - Oct 3 – NEMF Convention Preview items must be received no later than one week before the desired date of Camp 1 Oct 8-10 – Wedding publication. No information will be taken over the phone. Items will be published Aug 1-7 – Sitch Camp 2 only once, unless otherwise indicated. Please include payment for each time Oct 15-17 – Wedding the item is to appear and indicate date(s) of issue(s) in which the item is to be Aug 7 – Sitch Camp Closing Banquet; Oct 22-24 – To be announced published. Also, senders are asked to include the phone number of a person who Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Dance may be contacted by The Weekly during daytime hours, as well as their complete Academy Recital 1 Oct 29-31 – Halloween mailing address. Aug 8-21 – Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Nov 6-7 – USCAK Convention Dance Academy Camp 2 Information should be sent to: [email protected] or Preview of Events, Nov 12-14 – Plast Orlykiada The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, 973-644-9510. NB: If e-mailing, please do not send items as attachments; simply type the text into the body of the e-mail message.