Inside: l Washington remembers the Heavenly Hundred – page 3 l Ukraine and Ukrainians at the Olympics – page 11 l Manor College celebrates Founders Day – page 15

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXVI No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 $2.00 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang Four years after Euro-Maidan revolution, Abramenko wins gold medal in aerials mother of slain protester still seeks justice by Mark Raczkiewycz KYIV – The first protester was mowed down by sniper fire on February 20, 2014, exactly at 8:59:34 a.m. on Instytutska Street leading up towards Kyiv’s government quar- ter. Thirty minutes and 23 deaths later, another sniper shot killed Ihor Kostenko near the October Palace on the same street. The death toll of Euro-Maidan protesters – known as the Heavenly Hundred – ended that day with 48 at 4:57:55 p.m., according to a joint investigation by Talionis and Censor.net that the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) corroborates with official statis- tics. It was the culmination of clashes between anti-government protesters and law enforcement that started on November 30, 2013, when then-President Viktor Courtesy of the Kostenko family Yanukovych rejected a far-reaching political Lviv university student Ihor Kostenko was killed at age 22 by sniper fire near the and trade deal with the European Union. October Palace along Kyiv’s Instytutska Towards its end, however, the revolution nok-ukr.org Street on February 20, 2014. was more about ending the corrupt rule of Oleksandr Abramenko celebrates a gold medal win in men’s freestyle skiing aerials. the Kremlin-backed president and estab- At least four more victims had been lishing the rule of law to finally replace the killed in the second half of January of the by Ihor N. Stelmach The 29-year-old Ukrainian celebrated prematurely, turning a Ukrainian flag into a nepotistic-criminal system that had per- same year when the peaceful pro-demo- Oleksandr Abramenko made history on cape and racing around when his final score vaded Ukraine since independence was cratic rally turned deadly, two of whom February 18, becoming the first man to win of 128.51 was posted. His score remained gained in 1991. Berkut riot police shot dead on Hrushevsky an individual Winter Olympic medal for tops after Canada’s Olivier Rochon and Mr. Yanukovych had allegedly ordered a Street: Armenian Ukrainian Serhiy Ukraine in a very tight aerials final compe- Belarus’s Stanislau Hladchenko both washed clampdown on the protesters’ camp city on Nihoyan, 21, and Belarus citizen Mykhail tition. Both Abramenko and China’s Jia out in their last attempts, leaving only Jia. February 18-20, 2014, that saw 76 of them Zhyzneuski, 25 (whose name was at first Zongyang attempted the same jump in the The last competitor to jump, Jia nailed ultimately shot dead with more than a rendered according to Ukrainian transliter- last round, a back full, double full. Both exe- his attempt and turned to the landing hill dozen law enforcement personnel being ation as Mykhailo Zhyznevsky). They were cuted the jump perfectly and both believed killed as well, according to the PGO’s spe- they had won. (Continued on page 11) cial investigative department. (Continued on page 8) Master photographer Edward Burtynsky: Son of survivors by Christopher Guly Ukrainians, Roma, and political and reli- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly gious prisoners without specifically citing those victims by name. OTTAWA – Recalling past human atroci- “Our government is committed to build- ties can be both a politically delicate exercise ing a more inclusive society,” Simon Ross, for governments and a deeply personal jour- press secretary to Canadian Heritage ney for survivors and those close to them. Minister Mélanie Joly, said in an e-mail. “We Last September, the Canadian govern- understand the importance of learning from ment unveiled a monument to honor the the past and recognizing historical wrongs victims and survivors of the Holocaust near through engagement with relevant commu- the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. nities. The National Holocaust Monument But the main plaque did not directly commemorates the 6 million Jewish men, address the murder of 6 million Jews as the women and children murdered during the Nazis’ main target and only acknowledged Holocaust, and the millions of other victims the National Holocaust Monument as a com- of Nazi Germany and its collaborators.” memoration to “the millions of men, women Acclaimed Ukrainian Canadian photog- and children” deliberately killed during “one rapher Edward Burtynsky has a direct con- nection both to the national memorial and of the darkest chapters in history.” the monstrosities of the Third Reich. This spring, a reworded plaque, yet to be Six large-scale photographs Mr. finalized, will be installed to specifically Burtynsky took in 2014 at six Holocaust state that the monument was designed to sites at Treblinka, Auschwitz, Berlin, remember the Jewish victims and to also Mauthausen, Theresienstadt and Warsaw recognize other groups murdered by the Tomasz Frydel Nazis, including homosexuals, the disabled, Photographer Edward Burtynsky in Lodz, Poland in 2014. (Continued on page 5) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 No. 8

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The Kerch Strait Bridge and Russia’s Anniversary of Maidan bloodshed denounced the legislation, saying it threat- ens to escalate the violence in eastern A2/AD Zone around Crimean peninsula With paper angels, flowers and fond Ukraine. The law labels Russia an “aggres- words for the dead, Ukraine marked the sor” and parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk anniversary of a bloody crackdown on the First, last month, Russia deployed a new oblasts held by the separatists as “tempo- by Ridvan Bari Urcosta Euro-Maidan protests that drove a Moscow- rarily occupied territories.” That same des- Eurasia Daily Monitor S-400 air-defense division in Sevastopol friendly president from power four years ignation was previously given to Crimea, (Vz.ru, January 13, 2018). A similar such ago. The annual commemorations honor the Ukrainian peninsula that Russia seized In order to secure and consolidate its unit was also deployed precisely a year ago, protesters who were killed in clashes with in March 2014. The law signed by Mr. control over Crimea, which Russia illegally in January 2017, in Feodosia, located on security forces in Kyiv on February 20, 2014 Poroshenko also places all military and law annexed from Ukraine in early 2014, Crimea’s eastern coast. Reportedly, the pri- – a group of victims Ukrainians call the enforcement activities in eastern Ukraine Moscow has been building a bridge across mary goal of these deployments is the cre- Heavenly Hundred. On Twitter, President the Kerch Strait to provide a physical link ation of an air-defense and exclusion area Petro Poroshenko praised those killed as under the control of the Ukrainian army’s between the occupied peninsula and over northern Crimea and the southern “true angels who protected Ukraine.” He top command, a move that formally ends Russia proper. The ongoing construction of regions of Ukraine (Crimea.kp.ru, January noted: “They gave the most precious thing what Kyiv has until now referred to as an the road-and-rail bridge reached a symbol- 13, 2018). they had – their lives – for a better destiny “anti-terrorist operation” in the area. The ic high point last year, when central arches Second, the January 5 drone attack for all of us, and forever became the guides legislation was opposed in Parliament by the Opposition Bloc, a successor to former were lifted into position in August and against the Russian military airbase of for future generations of free Ukrainians.” Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s October, forcing the temporary closure of Khmeimim, in Syria, aggravated concerns Some 1,000 paper angels were affixed to Party of Regions that reformed after he was the narrow maritime channel to ship traffic in Moscow that any strategic object could trees lining Kyiv’s Instytutska Street, where driven from power in February 2014 fol- (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, September 6, become a target for UAVs carrying explo- some of the protesters were killed. Mr. lowing months of mass street protests by 2017). This action raised serious concerns sives, including theoretically the Kerch Poroshenko and his wife, Maryna, were among many who laid flowers at a memori- pro-EU protesters. Opposition Bloc law- in Ukraine and the West. The project’s first Bridge. Currently under consideration is an makers argued that the law would not help operational phase should be completed in idea to organize special groups within the al in Kyiv’s Independence Square – Maidan Nezalezhnosty – known as the Monument reintegrate the separatist-held areas and December 2018. National Guard tasked with repelling UAV to the Heavenly Hundred. The Euro-Maidan would undercut the Minsk accords. (RFE/ The Russian bridge to Crimea is a strate- attacks. Such units would be equipped to movement began in November 2013, when RL’s Ukrainian Service, with reporting in gic priority for the Kremlin and has been destroy incoming drone swarms before protesters gathered on the Maidan after Kyiv from RFE/RL’s Christopher Miller) driving important security-sector develop- they can approach a strategic location or then President Viktor Yanukovych EU renews sanctions on Russian officials ments in the region. Notably, in the fall of piece of infrastructure (Iz.ru, January 9). announced he was postponing plans to sign last year, the Russian Federation initiated a Thus, in all likelihood, Crimea and the zone an Association Agreement with the European Union ambassadors have pro- marine brigade within the National Guard around the Kerch Bridge may be among the European Union and would seek closer eco- longed the asset freezes and visa bans on tasked specifically with defending the first territories to host a supplementary nomic ties with Russia. Ukrainian prosecu- 150 Russian officials and Moscow-backed Kerch Strait and the Bridge from potential anti-UAV unit because the defensive mea- tors say 104 people were killed and 2,500 Ukrainian separatists for another six provocations (TASS, October 25, 2017). sures currently in place lack the ability to injured in the protests. (RFE/RL) months, EU diplomats told RFE/RL. The Additional responsibilities for the bri- effectively fight against such new techno- Poroshenko signs law naming aggressor measure was also rolled over for 38 entities gade will include the protection of the wider logical threats (Vpk.name, January 12). on the sanctions list. The diplomats, who perimeter around the bridge, on both land Third, local Crimean occupying authori- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko spoke on condition of anonymity because and sea (C-Inform.info, November 7, 2017). ties have reportedly pushed for the estab- says he has signed into law a bill that sup- they are not authorized to speak on the The brigade is being equipped with anti- lishment of a special working group on porters say will help Kyiv restore control of record, said the measures would be formal- saboteur ships (Interfax, May 17, 2017) and developing an integrated security system territory held by Russia-backed separatists ly adopted in the coming days. Asset freez- combat divers (RT, October 25, 2017); and a for the Kerch Bridge (Kerchinfo.com, in the east of the country. Mr. Poroshenko es and visa bans were first imposed by the sonar system (sonobuoys) is being January 22, 2018). On January 31, this made the announcement in a February 20 EU on people responsible for actions deployed around the perimeter of the Kerch working group met for the first time and tweet, saying the law does not violate against Ukraine’s territorial integrity in Bridge (Flotprom.com, October 3, 2017). discussed measures to ensure the safety of Ukraine’s “international obligations,” March 2014, after Russia occupied and Moreover, Russia is paying particularly the construction and operation of the including the Minsk accord. The September seized control of Crimea. Those sanctions close attention protecting the massive proj- bridge, as well as the uninterrupted opera- 2014 and February 2015 pacts are aimed have been extended every six months. The ect from any possibility of intentional ram- tion of natural gas and electricity transit to at halting the war in eastern Ukraine that EU diplomats said that Russia’s new ming: there are now plans to construct a the peninsula from Russia proper has killed more than 10,300 since April ambassador to the United States, Anatoly special hydraulic engineering structure in (Kerchinfo.com, January 31, 2018). 2014. The bill, which passed last month Antonov, remains on the EU sanctions list. with the support of 280 lawmakers in the the form of a stand-alone column – named The editor-in-chief of the Russian mili- The Russians under EU sanctions also 450-seat Verkhovna Rada, makes no refer- the “Pal” – which will be built by the tary magazine Arsenal Otechestva, Viktor include Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry ence to the Minsk agreements, raising Research and Development Institute Atoll Murachovskiy, noted last October that the Rogozin, Armed Forces General Staff chief questions about whether it could hamper Valery Gerasimov and state TV presenter (Aif.ru, June 8, 2017). Kerch Strait Bridge is strategically vital as efforts to end the fighting between the sep- At the same time, Moscow has been bol- Russia’s only physical connection to the aratists and Kyiv’s forces. Russia has (Continued on page 12) stering its defense of the wider Kerch Strait Crimean peninsula. And he further assert- area. Namely, Russia intends to launch ed that the bridge is endangered by the fol- “unmanned underwater vehicles” into lowing threats: terrorist attacks and foreign neighboring waters, including the Azov Sea. military forces (including from members of FOUNDED 1933 Most likely, this will be the underwater the North Atlantic Treaty Organization The Ukrainian Weekly robotic complex Penguin, designed to detect (NATO) (Nsn.fm, October 3, 2017). The explosive devices and enemy divers completion of the Bridge and securing its An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., (Topwar.ru, September 21, 2016). Moreover, safety are, therefore, overarching priorities a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 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NEWS ANALYSIS ‘We’re in trouble’: Rancor rules at Munich Security Conference

by Carl Schrek German Foreign Affairs Minister Sigmar Gabriel told the aimed at helping elect Mr. Trump, who has repeatedly said conference that his country had “eagerly learned” the value he wants to improve ties with Moscow that have become RFE/RL of democracy, rule of law, multilateralism and human badly strained over the wars in Syria and eastern Ukraine. MUNICH, Germany – Sharp and often fierce rhetoric rights from the United States, but that “we no longer recog- Speaking after Mr. Lavrov, Mr. McMaster said the United permeated this year’s Munich Security Conference, which nize our America.” States was “becoming more and more adept at tracing the asked participants if the world could manage to dial down Mr. Trump’s national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, origins of this espionage and subversion.” the geopolitical tensions that have been rapidly mounting met with Mr. Gabriel following the German diplomat’s “And as you can see with the FBI indictment, the evi- in recent years. speech and assured the conference later in the day that dence is now really incontrovertible,” he said. Such was the fraught atmosphere surrounding this Washington was committed to its allies. He added, howev- When senior Russian lawmaker Konstantin Kosachyov year’s annual gathering of world leaders, diplomats and er, that “we must all share responsibility.” asked Mr. McMaster from the audience about possible U.S. other dignitaries that the conference chairman saw consid- cooperation with Russian cybersecurity experts, Mr. ‘Undermining’ Western democracies erable symbolism in how he punctuated the title of this McMaster joked: “I am surprised there are any Russian year’s event: “To The Brink – And Back?” Events unfolding across the Atlantic reverberated in real cyberexperts available based on how active most of them “I was hoping when I opened this conference on Friday time at the swanky Munich hotel where the conference was have been in undermining our democracies in the West.” that, in concluding the conference, I would be able to say we held. Asked about the exchange at a panel discussion later can delete the question mark. In other words: ‘We are back As Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused that day, Mr. Kosachyov demanded evidence for the charg- from the brink,’“ former German diplomat Wolfgang Russia in his February 16 speech of deploying disinforma- es and denied that the Russian government was involved in Ischinger said in closing remarks at the three-day event on tion as part of a “world hybrid war,” U.S. Special Counsel cyberattacks. February 18. Robert Mueller announced more than a dozen indictments “Russia as a state is definitely not involved in any hack- “I’m actually not sure we can say that,” he added. of Russian citizens and firms accused of trying to “sow dis- ing attacks or cyberwars,” Mr. Kosachyov said. “This is not From Kyiv’s war with Russia-backed separatists in east- cord in the U.S. political system,” including in the 2016 our policy. Definitely not.” ern Ukraine, to U.S. allegations of Moscow’s election-med- presidential election. Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested last June dling, to territorial disputes between ex-Soviet republics, to Those allegations triggered some of the more memora- that “patriotic” Russian hackers might target individuals a rhetorical clash between Israel and Iran, geopolitical ran- ble exchanges of the conference. Asked about the indict- who criticize Russia, but that they have no connection to cor pervaded this year’s conference. ments following his own address on February 17, Russian the government. Trans-Atlantic tensions surfaced in Munich as well, as top Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed them as Speaking at the panel discussion, Mr. Kosachyov called European officials appeared to question the stewardship of “claptrap” until Moscow can see what he called “the facts” the U.S. hacking allegations a “dirty game aimed at contain- U.S. President Donald Trump, who has called Britain’s exit of the case. ing Russia in all areas.” from the European Union a “great thing” and pressed NATO Russia rejects U.S. accusations that it carried out a allies to boost defense spending. Kremlin-ordered hacking-and-propaganda campaign (Continued on page 18) Ukrainians in Washington remember the Heavenly Hundred of the Euro-Maidan

by Yaro Bihun WASHINGTON – A mass gathering of Ukrainian Americans with large and small Ukrainian flags in hand occupied a portion of the steps in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall February 18 to commemo- rate the Heavenly Hundred who were killed four years ago in Kyiv while protesting the pro-Russian government of President Viktor Yanukovych. This now-annual event was organized by the Embassy of Ukraine and four Ukrainian American organizations, United Help Ukraine, Razom for Ukraine, the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation and U.S.-Ukrainian Activists, whose represen- tatives addressed the gathering, and the thousands of tour- ists walking by that Sunday afternoon. After the playing of the mournful Ukrainian folk song “Plyve Kacha” and the recitation of prayers by Ukrainian priests, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Valeriy Chaly began the discussion about that “very dramatic day in our history.” “It was a turning point of our history when hundreds of Ukrainian heroes stood firm in the middle of downtown Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, fighting for freedom and digni- ty, fighting against criminals – I call them criminals because Yaro Bihun this was not people acting according to the law. And finally Ukrainian Ambassador Valeriy Chaly discusses the importance of commemorating the anniversary of the Heavenly this hundred – as we call them, this Heavenly Hundred – Hundred, describing why we should continuously “bow our heads low” to the Heavenly Hundred who gave their lives to defend freedom, democracy and human rights in Ukraine. were killed,” he said, adding, “They died, but they opened for Ukraine a completely different route forward.” Ivano-Frankivsk, spoke about the youngest of the Heavenly “So this is where we come in,” he added. “We have to be He pointed out that on this, the fourth anniversary of Hundred, Ivan Huryk, who was born in Ivano-Frankivsk in more forceful, demand from our government, from our this historic event, the threats to Ukraine and its partners 1994. His great-grandfather and his brothers, who had country, to make good on our promises.” remain the same. “And that is why the struggle continues, fought in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), were killed Another speaker, Nadia Shaparynska, representing the and we bow our heads low before the Heavenly Hundred by Russian traitors when they were 19, the same age at U.S. Ukrainian Activists, said that the Revolution of Dignity and all those who stood to defend freedom, democracy and which Ivan Huryk died, shot by a sniper on the Maidan. has a tremendous impact on the history of Ukraine. “It was human values.” The only speaker at the event to experience the Maidan the dawn to the better future, with the arrival of democra- As Adrian Karmazyn of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation point- personally was George Sajewych, a Ukrainian American cy, human rights and liberty. ed out in his remarks, the approximately 100 killed on the who participated in that protest and came very close to Closing out the ceremony, Anastasia Rybytska, of Razom Maidan and the more than 10,000 killed in Vladimir Putin’s joining the Heavenly Hundred. It was a motorcycle helmet for Ukraine, said that after spending some time to find war on Ukraine, as well as the 7 million killed earlier in that saved his life, he said. adequate words to say about this historic event, she asked Stalin’s 1930s Famine-Genocide in Ukraine “are not just tragic “I remember standing, waiting for medical help, bleed- herself, “Why did they have to die, and why do they contin- statistics.” They are painful personal losses for their families, ing,” he said. And millions of people in Ukraine and else- ue to die?” communities and the Ukrainian nation, he underscored. where could see him via the Ukrainian television footage And the only answer that she was able to find for this “So, as we remember the Heavenly Hundred and the showing him sitting in the street, with his head, shirt and question was: “Those who have remained alive – and also 10,000 people killed by Putin’s war in Ukraine, let’s honor jacket covered with blood. we with them – we have the obligation to remain united, in them by not only citing the tragic statistics, but by thinking But, as he noted, that was early in the Maidan protests. peace and build our future.” about each individual whose life was cut short. And by shar- During the mass killings on February 18-20, 2014, he was In addition to the event at the Lincoln Memorial, there ing their stories and the stories of their families, communi- already in the hospital. was an annual charitable commemorative evening on ties and nation wherever and whenever we can.” As for how the United States is reacting to Russia’s more February 23 at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington “to And that is what the next two persons to address the recent events in Ukraine, Mr. Sajewych said there were benefit Ukraine’s soldiers, wounded warriors and their commemorative event did. some promises but no action. “When Russia invaded Crimea families,” with musical performances provided by the Oleksandra Pavliuk, who came to the United States from and then the Donbas we literally did next to nothing.” Gerdan duo and bandurist Olha Sokalska. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 No. 8 No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 5

Studio Libeskind, New York © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Metivier Gallery, Toronto A rendering of the National Holocaust Monument by Daniel Libeskind. A photo from the Auschwitz camp complex in Poland was chosen for use on one of the walls of the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa. her husband and fellow displaced person, has created a unique signature in the world tural landscape and to important pieces of Master... Peter Buratynsky, who was born in the of photography through his global industri- public art in Canada. It has also inspired me Carpathian region of western Ukraine and (Continued from page 1) al landscapes. In 2007, he was made an to rekindle my own personal associations who got an Ontario government job sur- Officer in the Order of Canada, the coun- with Eastern European culture.” are painted onto the concrete walls of the veying the northern reaches of the prov- try’s highest civilian honor. A future assignment could include mak- monument, designed by renowned Polish ince in search of natural resources. In 2017 he produced a book, “Chai” (the ing his first visit to Ukraine. American architect Daniel Libeskind, the In 1952, the couple moved to St. Hebrew word for life), to mark the comple- “A lot of my work has been around human son of Holocaust survivors. Catharines, a city in southern Ontario, tion of Canada’s national memorial to the relationships to resources, so I would proba- “For me it was such a troubling period of where they married and where their son Holocaust. The limited-edition book fea- bly be interested in looking at the industrial man’s inhumanity to man, and it isn’t that Edward was born on February 22, 1955. tures 18 images from his journey through areas of Ukraine and what’s happening in far behind us,” Mr. Burtynsky explained in a “When I think of survivors, whether Holocaust sites in Germany, Austria, the natural resources,” said Mr. Burtynsky, who recent interview. you’re a Holocaust survivor or somebody Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania and has two daughters, Meagan, studying to be a “It’s only a little more than 70 years ago displaced at a young age by a war, you no Hungary, and text written by University of veterinarian in London, and Katya, a fashion- that there was this notion of world domina- longer have the life you wanted,” said Mr. Toronto Holocaust scholar Doris Bergen. design student in Los Angeles. tion and a culling of humanity to create a Burtynsky. “I feel like I live in a privileged As Mr. Burtynsky writes in his introduc- “There might also be some reason to do more ideal race. You’d think it was from sci- period where I never had to don a uniform tion, he created “this portfolio as a donation more personal work, like portraits of ence fiction, but it wasn’t. And when you or had a gun thrust into my hand and kill or project to commemorate the countless extended family members that I never con- look at the machinery that was put in place to be killed.” individuals who suffered and perished nected with. I never had grandparents, The further privilege he gained in build- eliminate people and to deal with the dispos- under Nazi genocide, and to accompany my uncles or aunts – I only knew friends of my ing a career out of a lifelong passion al of millions of corpses – that mechanization photographic involvement in the National parents. I always found that fascinating,” he stemmed from his father, who worked for of death I found staggering when I really dug Holocaust Monument.” commented. deep into the history of the Holocaust,” said General Motors as a welder and painted He also notes: “Participating in this col- “I had a tabula rasa, an open slate to Mr. Burtynsky, who watched the more than landscapes on the side. laborative project has presented me with invent myself. I always felt I had this cre- nine-hour 1985 French documentary, Mr. Burtynsky began painting as a child an opportunity to contribute something ative drive in me and just cultivated it. I feel “Shoah,” and read books on the Holocaust to at the age of 7. But when he turned 11, his uniquely meaningful to the Canadian cul- alive when I’m creating things.” prepare for his multinational photo-shoot. dad got him a darkroom and Mr. Burtynsky Mr. Burtynsky’s 93-year-old mother, was hooked on snapping rather than draw- Mary, wasn’t caught up in the Holocaust, but ing pictures. she “survived Stalin and then Hitler,” said “It seemed to be much more fun and her son, born Edward Taras Buratynsky, easy,” he recalled. “With one click of a button who dropped the “a” in his family name I could get the whole landscape versus sit- when he got married 32 years ago. ting for weeks painting while my friends Mrs. Buratynsky was a child living in a were playing outside. With a camera, I could village in Ukraine’s Kyiv Oblast when the take pictures, come back to the darkroom, Soviets arrived and plundered everyone’s blow them up and there were my pictures!” food during the Holodomor, which resulted “There was a real magic to watching an in as many as 10 million dying of starvation image emerge from a tray. I also just from Joseph Stalin’s genocide. thought it was a more contemporary medi- “It’s one of the first huge genocides and um, more immediate – and I became the probably one of the most underreported kid with the camera all the time,” he said. ones,” said Mr. Burtynsky. “I’ve always felt However, Mr. Burtynsky, an early entre- that it never got its due and people haven’t preneur who took photos of his classmates really understood how horrific Stalin was in grade-school and sold them to the chil- to the Ukrainian people.” dren’s parents, never imagined he “could Within a few years after the Holodomor, make a life out of” photography. Mrs. Buratynsky’s family was confronted After his father died of cancer when Mr. with Hitler’s brutality when the German Burtynsky was 15, he worked during high army came to her village and rounded up school to help his mom support the family, all of the 17-year-olds, including Mary, who which included two sisters and a younger was dispatched by the Nazis to do forced brother. Mr. Burtynsky also took a night labor at a sugar-beet farm in Lomitz, course in photography at an Ontario college. Germany, near Hanover. “My teacher recognized that I had this “That was the last time she saw her vil- aptitude,” he said. “He would give me assign- lage for 50 years,” said Mr. Burtynsky, whose ments and what I came back with was 10 mother returned to her birthplace during a times better than anybody else in the class. 1992 visit to Ukraine and just missed seeing He said: ‘You seem to have an eye and a way her last surviving sister, who died three of thinking about this medium that is pretty weeks before Mrs. Buratynsky’s arrival. special. You should get an education and be After World War II, Mrs. Buratynsky a photographer.’ And I said, ‘Really?’ ” spent five years at a displaced persons Mr. Burtynsky assembled a portfolio of camp at an abandoned army barracks near his photographic work, applied to Ryerson Hanover, Germany, before arriving in University in Toronto – which he pointed Canada in 1950. By an almost cruel twist of out had Canada’s best academic program in fate, Mrs. Buratynsky’s introduction to photography – was accepted and, at the age Canada was in Kapuskasing, a northern of 20, moved to Canada’s largest city. Ontario town where about 1,300, most of “I never looked back,” he explained. “I them Ukrainians, were interned during just decided I was going to be an artist.” World War I. But it was there that she met More than 40 years later, Mr. Burtynsky 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 No. 8

WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly Russian cyberwarfare worldwide Did Moscow intentionally send Russian mercenaries February 16 was notable for major news in the U.S. that coincided with Ukrainian to their deaths in Syria to solve a problem in Donbas? President Petro Poroshenko’s address to the Munich Security Conference. Donbas, at least some of whom had gone to In Washington, the Justice Department announced the indictments of 13 Russians by Paul Goble take part in the Syrian conflict, and thus and three Russian companies linked to a notorious troll farm in St. Petersburg Among the most unpleasant aspects of open the way for the kind of accord that the whose work was aimed at sowing discord in the U.S., particularly as the 2016 presi- following Kremlin actions is that one must German foreign affairs minister has sug- dential elections approached, and influencing the vote. However, as reported by The always be open to the possibility that its gested, placing U.N. peacekeepers in the New York Times, the work of this troll factory, created in 2013, was also intended to denizens will act in ways that seem too out- Donbas and dropping sanctions. paint a “chaotic, morally corrupt West” and to focus “on Russian adversaries like rageous or immoral to be considered but Had Moscow simply agreed to what Ukraine and the United States.” then turn out to be exactly what they are Berlin is proposing without getting the radi- That same day, Mr. Poroshenko underscored that Moscow is conducting a “full- doing. cal militants out of the way, the Russian fledged world hybrid war.” According to RFE/RL, he accused Russia of seeking to Igor Eidman, a Russian commentator for commentator suggests, any U.N. peacekeep- undermine Ukraine and Western democracies by supporting ultraleft and ultraright Deutsche Welle, suggests that may be the ers would have been opposed by its own political parties abroad, as well as deploying “armies” of Internet trolls to spread dis- case with the recent deaths of Russian mer- militants in the Donbas. Eliminating them information to sow discord beyond Russia’s borders. cenaries in Syria. According to him, it may by having them killed in Syria could “solve” A day earlier, both the United Kingdom and the United States had formally be the case that this project constituted the problems they continue to present. blamed Russia for the NotPetya cyberattack of June 2017 – which struck Ukraine on “Operation ‘Utilization,’” one designed to “Now,” he continues, “the militants began the eve of its Constitution Day (June 28) but affected computers worldwide – accus- have “other hands” get rid of its own “dan- to be quickly used up, that is, they were sim- ing Moscow of “weaponizing information.” The White House press secretary’s state- gerous ballast” (kasparov.ru/material. ply driven like swine to a slaughter (accord- ment called it “the most destructive and costly cyberattack in history” and noted that php?id=5A88632C3868B). ing to the expression of the widow of one of “It was part of the Kremlin’s ongoing effort to destabilize Ukraine and demonstrates Specifically, he says, “the Russian authori- those killed) having only primitive weapons ever more clearly Russia’s involvement in the ongoing conflict.” ties could have completely consciously sent against those” in the American arsenal and Meanwhile, the House of Representatives on February 7 passed the Ukraine ‘those who are not here’ [ikh-tam-nets] into thus certain to be eliminated. Cybersecurity Cooperation Act (H.R. 1997), authored by Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick the slaughter in Deir-es-Zor and not done According to Mr. Eidman, “the Russian (R-Pa.) and Brendan F. Boyle (D-Pa.), which promotes collaboration between the U.S. anything to save them when the Americans command… apparently made the following and Ukraine on cybersecurity and requires the State Department to report to warned about an upcoming attack” because calculation.” Getting rid of these militants Congress on best practices to protect against future cyberattacks. “H.R. 1997 sends a in that way, some militants Moscow wanted suits our purposes – the regular army has strong signal to Russia and all those who threaten the cybersecurity of America and out of the way would be disposed of after never liked such irregular and often undis- its allies that we are ready and able to protect ourselves against this escalating performing a final “service.” ciplined units – and those of the Kremlin as threat,” Rep. Boyle commented. This crucial bipartisan legislation is now making its That could have happened, Mr. Eidman well which has a broader agenda that by way through the Senate. suggests, in order to remove some of the this action, we can be seen to have support- Finally, there was some good news this week, reported by Reuters on February most hardened pro-Moscow fighters in the ed. 21: “The Trump administration is considering new sanctions against Russia in response to election meddling and a devastating cyberattack last year, senior U.S. officials said on Wednesday, pushing back against criticism that it has been slow to act.” Three “senior administration officials” said at a press briefing that work on Russian command bears full responsibility sanctions is slow-moving process due to legal issues. “The process on sanctions is long; it’s arduous; it’s not pretty, but when the evidence is there and we’re ready, we for Russian mercenary deaths in Syria go ahead with the sanctions,” one official said. Another official cited by Reuters said it’s a “certainty” that the U.S. will respond to the NotPetya attack. by Paul Goble with the approval of both the Syrian That will be a welcome step. Observers have pointed to President Donald’s authorities and the Russian military com- Trump’s strange reluctance – despite laudable statements and actions by members By denial and indirection, Moscow has mand in Syria. of his own administration – to call out Russian President Vladimir Putin and hold tried to suggest that American forces are to - him accountable for Russian interference in U.S. elections and cyberwarfare world- blame for the deaths of Russian mercenaries cenaries under the terms of international wide. Indeed, Mr. Trump has repeatedly dismissed or ignored reports of Russian in Syria; but in reality, “responsibility for law.• Second, those who suffered were mer involvement in such acts, and he has yet to implement the sanctions called for by what happened rests on the closest effective Congress. But now it’s way past time to call Russia what it is – our adversary – and to powers – the Russian command,” says actions is in the hands of the closest effec- act accordingly. Yevgenii Ikhlov, and their actions raise the tive• Third,powers “responsibility – the Russian forcommand,” all their old question: “was this stupidity or treason?” something the Russian Defense Ministry In a comment on the Kasparov portal has indirectly confirmed by asserting that (kasparov.ru/material.php?id=5A85D2EE the mercenaries had acted “without the E903F), the Moscow analyst offers a five- agreement” with Russian commanders, an part argument in support of his overall con- indication that from Moscow’s point of March Turning the pages back... clusion: view, they should have done so.

Last year, on March 3, 2017, the U.S. State Department issued at least some casualties among the irregu- citizens (military personnel) of the U.S., 3 its first human rights report since President Donald Trump took lar •Russian First, no forces one disputes or that theythat werethere therewere despite• Fourth, repeated “these warnings mercenaries by the attackedU.S. rep- office on January 20, 2017. It was also the first report of its kind resentatives” against such actions. “The 2017 produced under Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on organizers certainly knew that they were The report underscored that human rights in Russia contin- ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia beginning a direct military confrontation ued to be “significantly and negatively” affected by Moscow’s who has served in various capacities in the with the U.S. [and] that the U.S. would “purported annexation” of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula and its support for Moscow-backed U.S. State Department, the Central quickly discover” that those doing so were fighters in eastern Ukraine. Intelligence Agency and the International connected with Moscow. An annual examination of human rights practices of nearly 200 countries, the report Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice had particularly harsh words for Russia. This was in contrast to Mr. Trump’s largely concil- of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio began, the Russian command “for several iatory rhetoric toward Moscow and his reluctance to speak publicly about human rights Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for hours”• And did fifth, nothing once the to Americantell the Americans response concerns, either in Russia or elsewhere in the world. International Peace. The article above is that they were attacking the wrong people The Russia section of the report focused on how Moscow continued to train, equip and reprinted with permission from his blog although they had done so in the past; once supply its “pro-Russian forces” in eastern Ukraine and that “numerous fighters” from called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- the Russians made such a call in this case, Russia had joined the “separatists.” woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). the Americans ceased their operation. “Credible observers attributed thousands of civilian deaths and injuries, as well as widespread abuses, to Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine’s Donbas region, and to Russian occupation authorities in Crimea,” the report said, citing politically motivated arrests, detentions and trials of Ukrainian citizens in Russia. In Ukraine, the report focused on the most significant human rights abuses related to Opinions in The Ukrainian Weekly the conflict and “occupation” in the separatist-controlled parts of the eastern Donbas The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor region. “Russian-backed separatists in Donbas engaged in abductions, torture and unlaw- ful detention, employed child soldiers, stifled dissent and restricted humanitarian aid,” the and commentaries on a variety of topics of concern to the report explained. The report also noted that abuses by Ukrainian government forces were Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian communities, as of a lesser extent. well as the Ukrainian diaspora. Opinions expressed by colum- Problems within Ukraine’s judicial system, as cited by the report, were impairing human rights in Ukraine. “The government generally failed to take adequate steps to prosecute or nists, commentators and letter-writers are their own and do not punish most officials who committed abuses, resulting in a climate of impunity,” the report necessarily reflect the opinions of either The Weekly editorial said. Watchdog groups and the United Nations saw “significant deficiencies” when it came to staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian National Association. (Continued on page 18) No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 7

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Senate voted 98-2. Today, bilateral support In defense like this is unique. 5. The European Union signed a trade of Poroshenko pact with Ukraine to provide new markets for Ukraine’s goods – this has stabilized the Dear Editor: hryvnia. There appears to be a coordinated effort 6. The EU now permits Ukrainians to to denigrate Petro Poroshenko as a viable visit without a visa. This special treatment Congress, Ukraine, candidate for re-election. No doubt, accorded Ukraine further troubles Mr. Vladimir Putin and his FSB agents are seek- Putin as Russians ask: Why is this for centennials and millenniums ing to destabilize Ukraine, including the Ukrainians but not for us? The strong support that Ukraine has religious believers there. upcoming elections in 2019, specifically, by 7. Mr. Poroshenko has enacted laws received in recent years, especially from the In 1988, a joint congressional resolution tying Mr. Poroshenko to corruption and requiring the use of Ukrainian in schools. U.S. Congress, did not occur in a vacuum. It is marking the Millennium, introduced in the causing dissension among Ukrainians. 8. Mr. Poroshenko convinced European the result of much work by individuals and Senate by then Helsinki Commission countries and Turkey to drop support for Corruption is a very important issue to institutions over the course of many years, Chairman Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz.) and Ukraine’s long-term viability. Certainly, Russia’s southern gas pipeline. indeed, over the last century. An important Rep. William Lipinski (D-Ill.) in the House of there is much to be done in Ukraine. Mr. 9. Ukraine and the U.S. are working for component of laying the groundwork was Representatives, deplored the Soviet gov- Putin has picked this issue because it U.S. natural gas to flow from Poland to the commemoration of important anniversa- ernment’s persecution of religious believers affects every Ukrainian citizen; there is no Ukraine. This will help make Ukraine ener- ries, whether it be the annual Independence in Ukraine. It noted the banned Ukrainian quick fix. And, by highlighting Ukraine’s gy independent of Russia. Day (both 1918, and for the last 26 years, Orthodox and Catholic churches, which had corruption problem, attention is not on 10. No single event has caused Mr. Putin 1991) or one-offs such as the 1988 been forcibly liquidated during the 1930s Russia’s own mega-corruption. But, this greater concern and angst, than seeing U.S. Millennium of Christianity of Kyivan Rus’. and 1940s, as well as unregistered issue is being magnified by Mr. Putin in Secretary of Defense James Mattis in Kyiv This year marks the 100th anniversary of Pentecostal and Baptist believers. Special order to discredit Mr. Poroshenko. reviewing Ukrainian and American march- Ukraine’s 1918 proclamation of indepen- attention was given to the plight of the Corruption is a serious problem that ing troops on Ukraine’s Independence Day. dence. Although this independence was Ukrainian Catholic Church, which despite destroys civil societies from within and President Poroshenko is a very effective short-lived, it was a seminal event in decades of suppression, continued to coura- must be dealt with at the right time. Right leader. This list of positive contributions Ukrainian history and a powerful expression geously operate in the underground. now, Ukraine is at war, and its survival is at alone is why Mr. Poroshenko must be re- of the Ukrainian people’s historic commit- Significantly, the resolution called for stake. Consider President Poroshenko’s elected. ment to freedom. Many Ukrainian U.S. officials to boycott Soviet-sponsored record: Ask yourself: Who could do a better job Americans above the age of 35 will no doubt Millennium events. Numerous statements, 1. After years of trying, Mr. Poroshenko for Ukraine? If such a person exits, why remember the annual ritual of January 22 press releases, and even a pysanka and icon has finally managed to obtain lethal defen- focus on tearing down Mr. Poroshenko over “Den’ Nezalezhnosty” (Independence Day) exhibit in the Capitol Rotunda further sive weapons for Ukraine. corruption rather than advocating some- commemorations held in their communi- focused attention on this issue. Among the 2. As of 2014, Ukraine’s military was one else? Clearly, because the real purpose ties, which arguably stood out as the most many accompanying efforts were letters by decimated by Viktor Yanukovych; today, of the corruption protests, including that significant annual event in the political life Sen. DeConcini and Rep. Lipinski to several the military has been rebuilt, with work led by Mikheil Saakashvili, is not to find a of the diaspora. major media outlets calling them out for ahead. better Ukrainian leader, but to end up with The U.S. Congress was by no means a leaving the impression that “the commem- 3. Mr. Poroshenko has a personal work- no Ukrainian leader. stranger to these annual events. Spurred by oration of this milestone in Ukrainian histo- ing relationship with America’s govern- If what Ukraine wants is another Mr. the Ukrainian American community, ry is only important to the Russian recount- ment that is unheard of at any time since Yanukovych or an untested leader, Russia Ukrainian Independence Day for many ing of events.” its independence. has shown Ukraine the way to get what it decades was faithfully marked at Capitol Thanks in part to robust and professional 4. Congress voted 419-3 in favor of wishes. Hill receptions, and in countless speeches efforts of the community’s U.S. National maintaining sanctions against Russia and Bohdan Shandor and Congressional Record statements, help- Committee to Commemorate the providing lethal weapons to Ukraine; the Bonita Springs, Fla. ing to inform an audience beyond the com- Millennium of Christianity in Ukraine, this munity of Ukraine’s historical struggle for joint resolution garnered unusually large self-determination. I recall writing more numbers of co-sponsors and passed both than my fair share of these statements for the House and Senate overwhelmingly. As congressional Helsinki commissioners Nadia Komarnycky-McConnell, chairperson throughout the 1980s, often using them as of the national committee’s Governmental ATTENTION, a platform to address specific Soviet viola- Relations Committee noted at the time, the tions of human and national rights in Congressional action “underscores the pri- Ukraine. Commemorations of historical macy of Ukrainian claims to the Millennium.” Debutante Ball Organizers! events often provided additional opportuni- Thus, not only did Congress highlight the ties to address relevant and timely matters ongoing persecution of believers and ban- of concern. ning of Churches even as the Soviet Union Indeed, 30 years ago we witnessed the was liberalizing with Gorbachev’s policies of In keeping with our tradition, full-fledged celebration of another anniver- glasnost and perestroika, but it also coun- sary, one that helped to focus the world’s tered the self-serving, imperialistic narrative The Ukrainian Weekly attention on Ukraine during a period of pro- of equating Rus’ with Russia. The Soviet gov- found transformation and contributed to ernment and the Russian Orthodox Church will publish a special section major changes in the following years. were not pleased. devoted to the Ukrainian Riffing through my old Helsinki Commission The resolution upset the Supreme Soviet files a few weeks ago, I came upon materials (Rada) of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist community’s debutantes. about the commemoration of the 1988 Republic which – perhaps at the Kremlin’s Millennium of Christianity of Kyivan Rus’ in instigation – responded by sending a lengthy our nation’s capital, which rekindled memo- letter accusing the U.S. Congress of interfer- ries of substantial efforts by the U.S. ing in the internal affairs of the Soviet Union, Congress to press for religious liberties in as well as of “bias” and “groundless state- Soviet Ukraine, especially the legalization of ments.” Among other things, the letter denied The 2018 debutante ball the Ukrainian Catholic Church. (I should that anyone in Ukraine was persecuted for note that The Ukrainian Weekly covered all their religious convictions. In attacking both section will be published of these events in detail.) the underground Ukrainian Catholic Church The activity surrounding this anniversa- and the outlawed Ukrainian Autocephalous on MARCH 18. ry in the United States, especially by Orthodox Church, it identified the Churches’ Congress working closely with an orga- members as “collaborators of foreign oppres- nized and engaged Ukrainian American sors” and “zealous underlings of Nazi invad- community, and in particular the U.S. ers” – standard Soviet propaganda fare used National Committee to Commemorate the to describe anyone perceived to want free- The deadline for submission of all materials – stories Millennium of Christianity in Ukraine – was dom for Ukraine. significant. And keep in mind the context of Such a letter from the Ukrainian SSR’s and photos (with captions and photo credits) – is the times – Ukraine, lacking the attributes Soviet, unprecedented at the time, was sent of independence, was a relative terra incog- to the leaders of the House and Senate, who MARCH 9. nita on the Washington policy map. tasked the Helsinki Commission, chaired by Moreover, few average Americans knew Rep. Steny Hoyer (currently the No. 2 Please e-mail materials to: much about Ukraine (often conflating it Democrat in the House of Representatives) with Russia), much less about the plight of and Sen. DeConcini, with the response. As STAFF @ UKRWEEKLY.COM the relevant commission staffer, I was more Orest Deychakiwsky may be reached at [email protected]. (Continued on page 18) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 No. 8

organized crime group. Serhiy Horbatyuk, FOR THE RECORD Four years after... head of the PGO’s special investigative department, is bringing them to trial in (Continued from page 1) absentia. All of them are believed to be the Maidan’s first victims. Also during that residing in Russia. U.S. on fourth anniversary period, Roman Senyk, 45, of Lviv Oblast All together, 56 people were given a died of his wounds from a sniper bullet that notice of suspicion for crimes committed of Revolution of Dignity struck him near the Obolon soccer stadium on February 18-20, 2014. Thirty-nine are on Hrushevsky Street, and Yuriy Verbytsky, wanted, of whom 27 are actively being The following press statement by Heather claimed over 10,000 lives and displaced 51, was abducted from a hospital, tortured sought based on court rulings, Mr. Nauert, spokesperson for the U.S. Department more than 1.6 million Ukrainians. and left to die in a forest outside Kyiv. Horbatyuk said at a February 20 briefing. of State, was released on February 19. Ukraine has taken important steps over More deaths followed. Still, nobody lower, like the unit com- the past four years, yet there is still more “I knew about their deaths and never manders of Berkut riot police, has faced Four years ago, Ukrainians from all walks work needed to fulfill the promise of the thought the authorities would fire upon justice. Trial is under way for only five for- of life and all regions of the country came Maidan and unlock Ukraine’s potential. The their own people,” said Ihor Kostenko’s mer Berkut officers. A key unit commander, together on the Maidan, Kyiv’s central square, United States calls on Ukraine’s leaders to mother, Oksana Kostenko, who spoke with Maj. Dmytro Sadovnyk, who was captured to demand their government recognize the redouble their efforts to implement the deep, The Ukrainian Weekly on the phone after on video allegedly leading riot police along choice of the citizens of Ukraine to join comprehensive and timely reforms that are she and her husband, also named Ihor, vis- Instytutska Street on February 20, escaped Europe. Scores of Ukrainians – the “Heavenly necessary to build the stable, democratic, ited the Maidan on February 20. “In the on October 3, 2014, presumably to Russia, Hundred” – gave their lives on the Maidan for prosperous and free country Ukrainians beginning, I was worried about my son after a Kyiv court released him under house the dream of a better Ukraine. The United deserve. We are proud to work with the peo- States will continue to stand by Ukraine as it ple of Ukraine to honor the sacrifices made freezing out there on the Maidan and arrest with a monitoring bracelet. He was faces ongoing Russian aggression, which has four years ago for Ukraine’s European choice. always worried about him staying warm.” facing a life sentence for his role in the She and her husband, both grade school Maidan killings. teachers from the Ternopil region, were in “I still live in sorrow, in constant anxi- Russia as temporary laborers when the ety… I realize I won’t ever see my child, ever slaughter took place during the revolution’s embrace and hug him again… The pain Ukrainian World Congress pays crescendo. after four years hasn’t subsided,” said Ms. Ms. Kostenko knew something was Kostenko. “Moreover, my son and other tribute to “Nebesna Sotnia” heroes wrong when she received a phone call from like-minded people, didn’t fight on the her son’s cell number closer to noon on Maidan for what we have today… Nothing The Ukrainian World Congress released ues to claim the lives of brave soldiers and February 20, 2014, because “I always called has changed, nobody was caught or con- the following statement about the heroes of innocent civilians alike on an almost daily him, he never phoned me.” victed – this is the most painful part, this the “Nebesna Sotnia” (Heavenly Brigade) on basis, and a rampant disinformation cam- It was a priest who knew her 22-year- hurts the most.” February 19. paign aims to discredit Ukraine and its peo- old son calling to notify her of Ihor’s death. She continued: “The parents of victims ple. She hung up the phone after not recog- are only listened to once a year and then On February 20, 2018, Ukrainians world- May the sacrifices of the “Nebesna nizing the voice. Further confirmation they [the authorities] forget about us… it’s wide will mark the fourth anniversary of Sotnia” heroes, the heroes of the Revolution came minutes later when her son’s close as if the bullets had been fired from the the tragic events on Kyiv’s Independence of Dignity and the brave defenders of friend who was with him redialed to re- skies, other than that nothing has pro- Square that brutally and mercilessly cut Ukraine who keep the Russian Federation convey the tragic news. gressed… That’s why my husband goes to short the lives of the women and men who, from moving westward on European soil When the revolution started, Ihor Kyiv every year on the Maidan anniversary with their heroism, thrust Ukraine into the serve as a constant reminder of the fragility Kostenko was in his final year of studies at so that our Ihor won’t be alone there.” international spotlight ensuring that the of peace and security, and the importance Ukrainian people would not stand alone in of remaining resolute in securing the with- Ivan Franko Lviv National University, Born in the Ternopil Oblast village of the fight for the democratic values, funda- drawal of foreign troops from Ukraine, majoring in tourism at the institution’s geo- Zubrets in Buchach district, the younger mental rights and principles that define including the deoccupation of Crimea. graphical college. Mr. Kostenko had first Ihor Kostenko was known mostly as a Western civilization. “On this anniversary, the Ukrainian visited the Kyiv protest camp in its early sports analyst when he started writing Today we continue to witness the evolu- World Congress expresses gratitude to the stages before returning to college. online about soccer and his favorite Lviv tion of a new Ukraine in which fundamental international community for its increasing When Ms. Kostenko learned of the first Karpaty soccer club in his fourth year at the human rights are respected and rule of law and steadfast support for Ukraine deeming mass shootings on February 18 – when university. Before his death, he was writing prevails; a new Ukraine that is reforming, it a tribute to the memory and victory of the authorities set the Trade Union Building on for the Sportanalitik website and was cred- modernizing and combating corruption. heroes and participants of the Revolution of fire and forcibly smashed through the ited with publishing over 280 articles in Sadly, however, the hybrid war of the Dignity, particularly the Nebesna Sotnia,” Maidan’s perimeter – she warned her son Wikipedia and conducting more than 1,600 Russian Federation against Ukraine contin- stated UWC President Eugene Czolij. not to return. edits for it. Overnight, 31 protesters and nine law “He was interested in everything… his enforcement personnel died in what was library of books was always in order,” said known as operation “Boomerang,” which Mr. Kostenko’s mother. “He loved painting saw the encampment’s headquarters razed. bridges, castles, and in Lviv he fell in love Ukrainian Canadian Congress recalls “I told him not to go because they were with the historic architecture and cared shooting. The last time I spoke to him was about its restoration. He also loved heroic sacrifices of Heavenly Hundred on February 18,” Ms. Kostenko said. Ukrainian and European history. He kept Yet he travelled to Kyiv again from Lviv huge encyclopedias of flora and fauna too.” The Ukrainian Canadian Congress on Revolution of Dignity, Ukraine is forced to on February 19. Ms. Kostenko doesn’t hold a grudge February 20 issued the following statement defend itself against a ruthless war waged commemorating the Day of the Heroes of the by Russia. The Russian occupation of sover- His dead body was found near the against her son’s murderers. She said that Heavenly Hundred. eign Ukrainian territory in Crimea and parts October Palace the next day. God will judge them. of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts enters its Four years on, Mr. Yanukovych and other “I grew up in the USSR, but I’m a faithful Today, Ukraine marks the Day of fifth year. The Ukrainian people continue to former government officials are suspected person. Let it be God’s will to judge them… Commemoration of the Heroes of the courageously defend their country with of ordering and carrying out the killings in I’m sure they’ll pay for their sins. I’m at determination and unity of purpose. what authorities have categorized as an peace knowing this,” she said. In the fall of 2013, the Ukrainian people Today, as we honor the memory of the tookHeavenly to the Hundred streets (Небесна in protest Сотня). against the Heavenly Hundred, we also pay tribute to authoritarian, corrupt regime of former the thousands of Ukrainians who have fall- President Viktor Yanukovych. This move- en or been wounded defending their coun- ment, known as the Revolution of Dignity, try from Russian aggression. saw Ukrainians in cities and towns all The UCC asks all Canadians to pause to across the country rise up in defense of remember the heroic sacrifices of the their inalienable rights. They demanded Heavenly Hundred and the brave soldiers rule of law and democracy. They demanded defending Ukraine’s sovereignty and inde- their government treat them with the dig- pendence, and to attend memorial services nity that every human being deserves. The for the Heavenly Hundred in their commu- regime responded with violence. nities. On February 18-20, 2014, the Yanukovych The UCC encourages all Canadians to regime opened fire on its own people. Over support the many charitable initiatives pro- 100 people – the Heavenly Hundred – were viding support to the families of the murdered on the Maidan (Independence Heavenly Hundred, families of soldiers who Square) in the center of Kyiv. The Heavenly have given their lives for Ukraine, wounded Hundred paid with their lives defending the Ukrainian war veterans and over 1.6 mil- Ukrainian people’s right to liberty and jus- lion people displaced as a result of Russia’s tice. They stand as an eternal example to us war against Ukraine. all of bravery and patriotism. Their sacrifice For more information, please see the web- Presidential Administration of Ukraine will never be forgotten. Today, we honor sites of the Canada-Ukraine Foundation President Petro Poroshenko and First Lady Maryna Poroshenko visit the memorial to (https://cufoundation.ca) and UCC’s Ukraine the Heavenly Hundred on February 20 in central Kyiv that honors the protesters Today, four years after the triumph of the Appeal (http://ukraineappeal.ucc.ca). killed during the Euro-Maidan revolution. their memory. Вічная Пам’ять. No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 9 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 No. 8

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and sixth in Sochi (2014). one sled follows another in 30-second intangibles inherent to their sport while Abramenko wins... “This is historic for me and I am actually intervals. battling the world’s best athletes. No doubt writing the history of Ukrainian sport and A few countries won medals, more coun- a returning Olympian will be better pre- (Continued from page 1) the history of my sport as well,” Abramenko tries vied for medals. Then there was pared mentally and physically, eager to with arms raised triumphantly. said. Ukraine, which did not fare well in luge, fin- atone for a poor prior performance. Abramenko apparently agreed, moving As a youngster growing up in Ukraine, ishing last in every event. There is an adage in sports that says a over to the silver-medal position, awaiting Abramenko was pushed by his father into One of Ukraine’s sliders, Andriy Mandziy, new/young team must learn to lose before Jia’s score. He then had to move back over, team sports, especially soccer. The son didn’t finished last in men’s singles, falling off his it can expect to win. The Ukrainian luge as Jia’s score of 128.05 was barely short of have a feel for the sport, preferring more sled halfway through one run before some- team had the ultimate lesson in losing in gold and Abramenko could celebrate a phe- extreme competitions. Good call by him. how regaining his stride to actually reach PyeongChang. Are they ready to win four nomenal achievement. Abramenko said he tried his winning the finish line. (See more below) years from now? An affirmative reply to “I still can’t believe that I actually won a jump only 15 times, adding: “This was one Another slider from Team Ukraine, this question will depend on the composi- gold medal,” Abramenko conceded in a of the best jumps of my life.” Olena Stetskiv, finished in last place in tion of the next Olympic luge team, the hard post-race press conference. “I was hoping The final consisted of three rounds, with women’s singles, more than eight seconds work team members put in over the next for any medal really.” the three lowest-scoring athletes being elim- off the gold-medal pace. four years and the depth of financial sup- The only other gold medals won by inated at each stage. Once the field was The duo of Oleksandr Obolonchyk and port the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine at the Winter Olympics came in reduced to the final six, the tension was pal- Roman Zakharkiv finished 20th out of 20 Ukraine (via Ukraine’s government) invests 1994 when Oksana Baiul won in figure pable as each athlete took his final jump. countries in men’s doubles, four seconds in them. Odds are excellent there will be skating, and in 2014, when the women’s The highest score from the final round won out of first place. The time gap between changes on the team, especially with the biathlon team won in the relay event. The the gold medal: Abramenko’s 128.51 points. Ukraine and second-to-last Romania was men. Mandziy (29) and Obolonchyk (26) country is much stronger in the Summer greater than the spread between Romania have competed in two Olympiads, while Ukrainian lugers hope Games, winning 11 medals in Rio in 2016. and 11th place Russia. Zakharkiv (27) is a three-time Olympian. to stop downhill slide Success in the Winter Games has been The final race of luge at these Olympic While the women are younger, Shkhumova much more challenging, making Abramenko’s For a brief moment, Ukraine owned a Games ended in the same manner: Ukraine (24) and Stetskiv (23) are both veterans of accomplishment all the more remarkable. track record in PyeongChang, if only finished in last place in the mixed team relay two Olympics. The extremely poor results Perhaps his aerial skills were underrated, as because it was the first country to compete competition, with the entire three-sled may trigger an overhaul of the luge team. his climb to the podium included 27th place in the luge team relay. In a matter of min- group finding ways to ricochet off walls and The results in 2022 can only be better. in Torino (2006), 24th in Vancouver (2010) utes it was gone. Welcome to luge, where curves in finishing in 2:31.03 seconds, just Mandziy lauded over six seconds behind first-place Germany. for remarkable recovery “No, I am not happy. I crash and it’s my problem in track, in training. Now here prob- In the first run of men’s singles competi- lem, too,” said Olena Shkhumova, who led off tion, Mandziy sat last among the 40 com- Savchenko wins gold for Germany the team relay. “I am unhappy. I am good in peting lugers, but his finish showed flash my competition. Now team, not good,” she and dash, impressing the gathered crowds. by Matthew Dubas achievements at junior world competitions beginning in 1998 until the 2002 Salt Lake said at the post-event press conference. He was 15 seconds into his first run Ukraine-born skater Olena (Aljona) City Olympics. Her partner at that time was Most members of Ukraine’s luge contin- when his sled spun out, sending him into Savchenko and French skater Bruno Massot Stanislav Morozov. Citing her frustration gent have been sliding for some 10 years. what seemed initially like a disastrous tail- won gold in the pairs free skate event at the with the lack of support for skaters in Success on the international stage has spin. Then, like a magnet, his sled rose off Olympic Games in PyeongChang. The duo Ukraine, Savchenko decided to move to proved elusive. There is still a silver lining the top of a curve – while Mandziy drifted scored 159.31 points, setting a world Germany. to take from these Games, said 22-year-old downward on his right side, his back and record. Savchenko’s partnership with Her other partners in Olympic competi- Anton Dukach, who rode one leg of the finally his stomach, a victim of circum- Massot began in March 2014. Savchenko tions included Robin Szolkowy, represent- team relay. “I think this, my first Olympics, stance and gravity – only to somehow draw and Massot have won the German Figure ing Germany and earning bronze medals at is one of my biggest experiences I’ve had,” back into his left hand. Skating Championships in 2016 and 2018. the 2010 Games in Vancouver and 2014 in Dukach said. “Next Olympics, I will be more Mandziy grabbed his sled, rotated back Born in Obukhiv, near Kyiv, she compet- Sochi. German-born Szolkowy and fast with more fast sleds, with big experi- into position and slammed his hands on the ed for Ukraine since her early career Savchenko have been five-time world ence to compete for the medals. We will track in frustration. He proceeded to get champions (five gold, two silver and one compete for good result,” he told the press. back onto his sled – not just a major bronze in the period 2008-2014), four The luge team’s results notwithstanding, achievement, but most critical for another European champions (four gold, three sil- the athletes’ comments are quite relevant reason – lugers are disqualified if they don’t ver in 2007-2011), four-time Grand Prix in assessing the team’s performance and complete the race. The Ukrainian at least Final champions (four gold, one silver and looking to the future. Along with crossed the finish line. three bronze in 2007-2013), and eight-time Shkhumova’s implied disappointment, That he did so in 1:02.395 seconds – German national champions (2004-2009, frustration and embarrassment, there are almost 11 seconds out of second-to-last 2011, 2014). also Dukach’s sentiments of hope, confi- and a whopping 15 seconds out of first – dence and the conviction to improve in matters only to a point: Mandziy fell, slid on Ukraine’s biathlon mixed relay team ensuing competitions. His words espouse his backside and then saved his day. Not all finishes in seventh the true competitive Olympic spirit. The last-place finishes are the same. Ukraine’s biathlon mixed relay team relatively young luge squad (average age: He will be remembered much more for (Iryna Varvynets, Yuliya Dzhima, Dmytro 25 years) must still grapple with learning his gritty, remarkable recovery than for his Pidruchniy and Artem Pryma) finished in how to juggle the pressures, logistics and last-place showing. seventh place with a time of 1:09:46.4 dur- ing the race on February 20. Ukraine missed five shots. France won gold, Norway took silver and Italy bronze. Other top-10 teams were Germany (fourth), Belarus (fifth), Finland (sixth), the Czech Republic (eighth), Olympic Athletes from Russia (ninth), and Dmytro Pidruchniy Austria (10th).

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EU to drop sanctions on Klyuyev, Lukash state funds under President Yanukovych, Discussions of the proposal ramped up in NEWSBRIEFS who was elected in 2010. Sanctions against September 2017 after Russian President European Union diplomats are set to pro- the other 13 people remaining on the list will Vladimir Putin suggested deploying such a (Continued from page 2) long sanctions against former Ukrainian be prolonged for another year by EU ambas- mission along the line separating the Dmitry Kiselyov. The entity list is dominat- President Viktor Yanukovych but abandon sadors on February 21, the diplomats said. Ukrainian military and the separatists. But ed by Russia-backed battalions operating in the punitive measures imposed on two of his They include Mr. Yanukovych, his son common ground on the issue has proved eastern Ukraine and Crimea, as well as associates – one of whom was the proxy Oleksandr Yanukovych, former Prime elusive. Ukraine and the West worry that a companies from the Ukrainian peninsula owner of a lavish estate outside Kyiv that Ministers Mykola Azarov and Serhiy Arbuzov, peacekeeping force along the frontline rath- annexed by Moscow in 2014. The EU’s eco- became a symbol of Yanukovych’s excesses and Serhiy Klyuyev’s brother Andriy, who er than the Russia-Ukraine border would nomic sanctions against Russia, which after he was pushed from power in 2014. EU was Mr. Yanukovych’s chief of staff. Shortly cement Moscow’s control over separatist- mainly apply to the country’s energy and diplomats who were not authorized to speak after the collapse of his government, the EU held areas and allow Russian fighters and banking sector, are up for renewal in July on the record told RFE/RL on February 20 imposed asset freezes and other measures weapons to continue to flow into Ukraine. but a decision is expected when EU leaders that the EU has concluded that there was not against Mr. Yanukovych and others who, Mr. Stoltenberg, who described his meeting meet in Brussels in late June. The same enough evidence to keep Serhiy Klyuyev and according to the EU, “were responsible for with Lavrov in Munich as “useful,” said it month the EU officials are also expected to former Justice Minister Olena Lukash on the the misappropriation of Ukrainian state was “too early to say” what kind of solution revisit the bloc’s investment ban on Crimea. list of people targeted with sanctions for funds or for abuse of office causing a loss to could be reached on the issue of U.N. peace- (Rikard Jozwiak of RFE/RL) alleged involvement in embezzlement of Ukrainian public funds.” Serhiy Klyuyev, a keepers in Ukraine. He added that the two businessman and Parliament member who officials discussed implementation of the formerly represented Yanukovych’s Party of Minsk accords – 2014 and 2015 peace deals Regions, was the nominal owner of that have failed to stem the violence in east- Mezhyhiria, the outlandishly outfitted ern Ukraine – and that the conflict in Yanukovych residence outside Kyiv that was Ukraine is the primary reason for the “dete- swarmed by Ukrainians after he fled. It rioration” of NATO-Russia ties. (RFE/RL) TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL WALTER HONCHARYK (973) 292-9800 x3040 became a symbol of both his expensive tastes or e-mail [email protected] and the corruption that critics say marked his Poroshenko and Mattis meet in Munich rule. Mr. Klyuyev is believed to have fled Ukraine’s Presidential Administration SERVICES PROFESSIONALS Ukraine after being stripped of his parlia- reported on February 17, that, in the frame- mentary immunity in 2015. (RFE/RL, with work of the Munich Security Conference, reporting by Rikard Jozwiak in Brussels) President Petro Poroshenko met with U.S. МАРІЯ ДРИЧ One Ukrainian soldier killed Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Ліцензований Продавець expressed gratitude for the firm position of Страхування Життя Ukraine says one of its soldiers has been the U.S. in support of Ukraine’s sovereignty МАRІA DRICH killed and seven others wounded in clashes and territorial integrity. The Presidential Licensed Life Insurance Agent with Russia-backed separatists in the coun- Administration’s report on the meeting Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. try’s east. The Defense Ministry said on noted: “The two sides discussed the situa- 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 February 21 that separatists violated a fre- tion in the Donbas and expressed their con- Tel.: 973-292-9800 ext. 3035 quently breached ceasefire 15 times during cern over the ongoing attempts of Russia e-mail: [email protected] the previous 24 hours, firing artillery, and its supporters to undermine the peace machine guns, grenade launchers and mor- process. They also discussed the need to tars. Meanwhile, the separatists claimed deploy a United Nations peacekeeping mis- that Ukrainian government forces violated sion in the Donbas in accordance with the the ceasefire 14 times using the same types U.N. principles and the goals of the Minsk of weapons. Since April 2014, more than process. The head of state expressed appre- 10,300 people have been killed by fighting ciation for Washington’s important deci- between Kyiv’s forces and the separatists sions on strengthening the capabilities of who control parts of the Donetsk and the armed forces of Ukraine and Ukraine’s Luhansk regions. (RFE/RL, with reporting defense capability. Washington’s latest by Interfax and TASS) decisions are a signal against any intention- More deaths from measles outbreak al escalation of the situation in the Donbas, which, due to Ukraine’s new defensive SERVICES The number of deaths caused by measles capabilities, will increase the price of such in Europe quadrupled to 35 last year, the an aggression. Jim Mattis reaffirmed com- European regional office of the World Health mitment of the United States to restore LAW OFFICES OF Organization (WHO) has reported. A total of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integ- ZENON B. MASNYJ, ESQ. 21,315 measles cases were recorded in 2017 rity, and noted a significant progress made ______in Europe, compared to 5,273 cases the year by Ukraine in reforming the security and In the East Village since 1983 before, the WHO office said in a report defense field. The parties discussed further Serious personal injury, real estate released on February 19. Ukraine, with 4,767 steps to strengthen Ukraine’s defense capa- for personal and business use, measles cases, was among the three coun- bility and noted the priority of the develop- representation of small and mid-size tries most affected by the outbreak, along ment of strategic partnership between Kyiv GOT ENGAGED? with Romania and Italy, WHO said. Those and Washington. U.S. Special Envoy for Order your korovai! businesses, securities arbitration, divorce, wills and probate. three countries have experienced a range of Ukraine Kurt Volker also attended the Call Lisa at challenges, WHO said, including declines in meeting.” (Ukrainian Canada Congress 307-250-4633 & visit (By Appointment Only) routine immunizations, low coverage among Daily Briefing, with news from the www.nazdorovya.com 140 Second Avenue some marginalized groups and interruptions Presidential Administration of Ukraine) Shipping throughout USA in vaccine supply. The Copenhagen-based New York, NY 10003 Protesters say Poroshenko must go 212-477-3002 agency said large outbreaks of the disease – [email protected] defined as 100 or more cases – affected 15 A few thousand protesters in Kyiv called OPPORTUNITIES of the 53 countries in the region. “Every for the removal of President Petro If 212-477-3002 landline not working, new person affected by measles in Europe Poroshenko. The anti-Poroshenko rally on please call 201-247-2413 reminds us that unvaccinated children and February 18 was called by opposition figure EARN EXTRA INCOME! adults, regardless of where they live, Mikheil Saakashvili – who was expelled from remain at risk of catching the disease and The Ukrainian Weekly is looking Ukraine on February 12 – as part of what he for advertising sales agents. Run your advertisement here, spreading it to others who may not be able has labeled an anticorruption campaign. to get vaccinated,” Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO For additional information contact in The Ukrainian Weekly’s Officials estimated that some 2,500 people Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, regional director for Europe, said. (RFE/RL, gathered to demand Mr. Poroshenko’s resig- The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. CLASSIFIEDS section. with reporting by DPA) nation, while some 3,000 police were Little progress seen on peacekeepers deployed to keep order. The French AFP news agency estimated that the crowd NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg numbered as many as 10,000 people. OPEN POSITION says he has seen little progress in talks Smaller demonstrations were reported in Applications are invited for the position of an about a United Nations peacekeeping mis- other cities in western and central Ukraine. Administrative Assistant at the Ukrainian Catholic sion in eastern Ukraine. Mr. Stoltenberg (RFE/RL, with reporting by DPA and AFP) Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Philadelphia. made the comments during a February 17 roundtable following his meeting with Ukrainian jailed on sabotage charges Duties include handling all daily o ce responsibilities, Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei assisting with the operation of St. Mary’s Cemetery The top Russian court in Ukraine’s Lavrov on the sidelines of the Munich Moscow-controlled Crimea region has sen- (arrangements with funeral directors, communications Security Conference, an annual gathering of with people relating to cemetery, record keeping), and maintaining church tenced Ukrainian national Andriy Zakhtey world leaders, senior officials and policy to six and a half years in prison on sabotage nancial records. Knowledge of QuickBooks, and a working knowledge experts. “It remains to be seen if it’s possi- charges that Kyiv contends are unfounded. of Ukrainian and English languages. Hours  exible; salary negotiable and ble,” Mr. Stoltenberg said of the proposal to The tribunal, which Russia calls the bene ts provided. Contact Very Rev. Fr. Roman Pitula at 215-922-2845, or deploy a U.N. peacekeeping force to end Supreme Court of Crimea, issued the sen- send resume to 819 N 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123 fighting between Russia-backed separatists and Kyiv’s forces in eastern Ukraine. (Continued on page 13) No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 13

Zakhtey pleaded guilty in an agreement NEWSBRIEFS with investigators that stipulated he would not be represented by a lawyer. Details of (Continued from page 12) The Executive Committee the deal were unclear, but it may have of the tence after convicting Mr. Zakhtey of plot- enabled him to avoid a longer prison sen- Ukrainian National Association ting sabotage, illegal weapons carrying, ille- tence. Mr. Panov is expected to be tried sep- gal purchase of state awards, and docu- arately. Kyiv has rejected Russian charges regrets to announce to the members ments forgery. In addition to the prison against the two men and has called their of the General Assembly, to members sentence, the court fined Mr. Zakhtey arrests “a provocation.” Russia has prose- of UNA Branch 241 and to the 220,000 rubles ($3,900). Russian authori- cuted and imprisoned several Ukrainians UNA membership at large that ties arrested Mr. Zakhtey and another on what rights activists say are trumped Ukrainian national, Yevhen Panov, in up, politically motivated charges since August 2017 and charged them with being Moscow seized control of the Crimea a “saboteur group” that planned a series of region in March 2014. (Crimea Desk, RFE/ Janet Bardell terrorist attacks on the peninsula. Mr. RL’s Ukrainian Service) (February 6, 1934 – March 21, 2017) Secretary of Branch 241, Woonsocket, RI, With great sorrow, we announce the peaceful passed away on March 21, 2017. passing on December 31, 2017 of our beloved wife, mother and grandmother Mrs. Bardell was a proud Branch Secretary for 45 years. Marta Kachala The Executive Committee and the entire UNA membership née Bojczuk wish to express their deepest sympathy to the whole extended family. Mrs. Bardell was a very active and Marta was born July 12, 1932 in the village of Didkivtsi long-time supporter of the UNA. Her dedication to the near Brody in Lviv oblast. She was the daughter of Varvara Bojczuk Ukrainian National Association will not be forgotten. (née Koval) and Sera m Bojczuk. After World War II, Marta lived in Germany and studied at the Heidenau Вічна Їй пам’ять! Gymnasium. There she met her future husband of 64 years. She arrived in the US in 1951, settled in Passaic, NJ, and worked at Eastman Kodak overseeing important government documents. Marta was active in her Ukrainian community and church. The Executive Committee Funeral services were held at the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Passaic, NJ, and burial services at the Holy Spirit Cemetery in of the Hamptonburg, NY. Ukrainian National Association With great sadness, she is survived by regrets to announce to the members husband Myroslaw Kachala of the General Assembly, to members daughters Bohdanna Sivin-Kachala with her husband Jay of UNA Branch 139 and to the Oresta Marta Kachala UNA membership at large that granddaughter Nadiya CharVara Sivin-Kachala and family in the USA, Canada and Ukraine Petro Pytel Вічная Пам’ять! (December 25, 1924 – April 10, 2017) Secretary of Branch 139, Chicago, IL passed away on April 10, 2017. Mr. Pytel was a proud Branch Secretary for 57 years. With deep sorrow we announce that our beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother The Executive Committee and the entire UNA membership wish to express their deepest sympathy to wife Maria, son Eugene, MARIA CAP daughter-in-law Eileen, grandchildren John and Maura, great-grandchildren: Eli, Joseph, Anthony and Andrew Paul. passed away on January 30, 2018. She was born on March 24, 1923, in the village of Komariw, near Mr. Pytel was a very active and long-time supporter of the UNA. the town of Stryi in Western Ukraine. She came to the United States His dedication to the Ukrainian National Association will not be in 1955 with her husband, Wasyl, and her three children, and resided forgotten. in Stratford, Connecticut most of her life. She came to St. Petersburg, Вічна Йому пам’ять! Florida, with her husband in 2015 where she enjoyed her nal years.

Remaining in deep sorrow:

children: Demetrius with his wife Suzanne The Executive Committee Irene with her husband Rev. Roman Badiak of the Jaroslav with his wife Ann Ukrainian National Association grandchildren: Demetrius Jr., Andrew, Christopher, Olivia, regrets to announce to the members Marissa, Stephan with wife Valerie, Romanna of the General Assembly, to members with husband Spike, Alexander and Danylo of UNA Branch 267 and to the UNA membership at large that great grandchildren: Elizabeth, Ashley, and Miles Gloria Oleshko –Tolopka She was predeceased by her husband, Wasyl, who died July 9, 2017, and her son Ihor, who died in 2007. (July 6, 1933 – January 27, 2018) Secretary of Branch 267 in Deer Park, New York, The funeral liturgy was held on Monday, February 5, 2018 at Epiphany passed away on January 27, 2018. of Our Lord Church in St. Petersburg, Florida. The burial was held on Mrs. Tolopka was a proud Branch Secretary for 56 years. Thursday, February 8, 2018, at Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, in Campbell Hall, New York. The Executive Committee and the entire UNA membership wish to express their deepest sympathy to sister-in-law Theadosia, A memorial service and blessing of the headstone will be held on nieces: Karen, Susan, Nancy and Andrea, nephews: William Jr., Saturday, May 12, 2018, at 12:00 p.m. at St. Andrew Church and Holy George Michael and Johnny with their families. Spirit Cemetery, 141 Sarah Wells Trail, Campbell Hall, New York. Mrs. Tolopka was a very active and long-time supporter Donations in memory of Maria Cap can be sent to The Ukrainian of the UNA. Her dedication to the Ukrainian National Museum, 222 East 6th Street, New York, NY 10003. Association will not be forgotten. Вічная Пам’ять! Вічна Їй пам’ять! 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 No. 8 Insights on Ukraine: students share their perspectives by Valeriia Sherina ROCHESTER, N.Y. – On January 28, five stu- dents from Ukraine, currently pursuing bac- calaureate or graduate degrees at the University of Rochester and Nazareth College, participated in a panel discussion on current events in Ukraine. The community event, held at the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union, was co-hosted by the Ukrainian-American Community Foundation at Ukrainian FCU and the Rochester Ukrainian Group. The panel, organized by UAC Foundation President Tamara Denysenko, included Iryna Kmyts from Lviv, Kostiantyn Lukyniuk from Chernivtsi, Andrii Osipa from Horlivka and Sofiya Shmyhlyk from Zalishchyky, cur- rent students at the University of Rochester; and Kateryna Basiuk from Ostroh Academy, Alex Oryshkevych who is studying at Nazareth College thanks Irondequoit Town Supervisor Dave Seeley (seated, left) with the panel of students from Ukraine who participated in a discussion to the Ukrainian Partnership Program. of current events in Ukraine (seated, from left): Kostiantyn Lukyniuk, Iryna Kmyts, Sofiya Shmyhlyk, Kateryna Basiuk, Andrii Sofiya Kreminska, Nazareth College gradu- Osipa, Vladimir Tokarchuk and Sofiya Kreminska. ate in international business, served as moderator. sor, welcomed the student panelists and demic system has “massive problems with president of RUG and the UAC Foundation, The five panelists presented their per- shared his thoughts about what motivated academic honesty in many institutions, thanked the young students with small spectives on the differences and similarities him to work in government and serve the except a few private universities.” tokens of recognition and appreciation. of higher education in the U.S.A. and people of Irondequoit. He encouraged the In contrast, Ms. Basiuk, an undergradu- Ms. Kmyts, who is pursuing a B.S. in busi- Ukraine, current events in Ukraine since students to consider a career in govern- ate English major, said she believes that ness and a B.A. in German, stated: “Although the Maidan and the beginning of the war in ment as an opportunity to help their coun- Ukraine now is the land of opportunity. Ukraine is going through major political and eastern Ukraine, current economic, social, try, Ukraine. He also expressed gratitude to “Yes, we have problems, but Ukrainians his- social challenges today, seeing that there are cultural, political realities and opportuni- the Ukrainian American community for torically are ingenious, resourceful and so many intelligent, inspiring and patriotic ties in Ukraine, and critical issues relating their diverse contributions to the town of hard-working, so we will be able to avoid individuals on the other side of the Atlantic to the Ukrainian language and culture in Irondequoit for the past 100 years. the mistakes of others and find our own Ocean makes me believe that our future is developing a positive Ukrainian identity Mr. Osipa, who is pursuing a master’s path.” bright. I can’t be more thankful to the and image for Ukraine. degree in computer science, pointed out, The community expressed appreciation Ukrainian American community in For the students, it was hard to overesti- “during my M.S. program here some basics for this opportunity to learn from the Rochester for such a warm welcome and for mate the importance of maintaining a per- were repeated before each course because Ukrainian students. Attendees commented so much motivation they have given me.” sonal connection to their roots, as the some students have never heard that mate- that Ukraine is heading towards a better Ukrainian diaspora in Rochester has done rial before, so extra time was spent to give future with such motivated and inspired Valeriia Sherina is a Ph.D. candidate in for so many years. everyone the required background.” On the young Ukrainians. statistics at the University of Rochester Dave Seeley, Irondequoit town supervi- other hand, he said that the Ukrainian aca- After the panel, Dr. Christine Hoshowsky, Medical Center.

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Manor College holds 15th annual Founders Day celebration JENKINTOWN, Pa. – On January 26, Year. In the months leading up to the yearly Manor College held its 15th annual tradition, faculty and staff members nomi- Founders Day, where more than 150 people nate students who portray strength of char- from the Manor community gathered for acter, willingness to serve and the qualities three different events on campus to com- that embody the mission of Manor College memorate this day. for the Mother Josaphat Medal. Students Nicholas Rudnytzky, chair of Adult and have the opportunity to nominate out- Continuing Education and Founders Day standing faculty members for the Educator master of ceremonies, stated “This is a of the Year award. wonderful annual tradition when the col- Another important aspect of Founders lege gathers and collectively reflects upon Day is the presentation of a large donation its roots and heritage. It is such a blessing from the Manor College community to a that our founders, the Sisters of St. Basil the specific charity. For the 15th Annual Great, come over and see that their labor of Founders Day, the selected charity was the love, the only Ukrainian Catholic institution Manor College Bird Feed, a brand new on- of Higher Learning in the United States, campus food pantry to benefit the Manor under the stewardship of Dr. Jonathan Peri, College community. The Manor community is doing precisely what they had in mind collected 300 pounds of canned goods, food over 70 years ago, that is, fostering rever- and toiletries for the Bird Feed and pre- ence, respect and instilling the virtue of ser- sented the donation to the Bird Feed on vice to others in the next generation of January 26. Kelly Peiffer leaders. Secure in the certitude of where we Six students selected as finalists Finalists for the Mother Josaphat Medal (from left) Marta Penkalskyj, Jessica Sant- come from inspires us to move with confi- Ana, Olena Prikhodko, Amy Daskilewicz, Melisa Phung and Jeffray Funchess. dence and conviction into our ever more This year, the six Mother Josaphat Medal ambitious future.” finalists were: Melisa Phung, Jeffray times and was extraordinary in what she or Campus Ministry. A veterinary technology Each year on Founders Day, two presti- Funchess, Amy Daskilewicz, Olena he are achieving on and off campus in major, her passion for animals and for gious awards are given: the Mother Prikhodko, Jessica Sant-Ana and Marta terms of service and making the world a Manor College is evident. She is a stellar Josaphat Medal and the Educator of the Penkalskyj. Each was nominated multiple better place. student. Ms. Phung not only excels academically, Ms. Prikhodko is a part of the post-bacca- but also possesses traits of charity and ser- laureate paralegal certificate program. She vice. She works as a group leader at a is an active member of both the Justice Korean summer camp and volunteers at a Studies Association and Rotaract. She has rehabilitation center, working with patients started several fund-raisers, including the on improving their diets. At Manor, she is a Halloween collection, during which several member of Phi Theta Kappa honor society members of the Manor College community and has been named a Jack Kent Cooke went trick or treating for canned goods for Transfer Scholarship Finalist. the Bird Feed. Outside of Manor, she interns An RA and a campus leader, Mr. Funchess for the Law Offices of Cataldi and Associates. is an accounting major who continually goes She tutors in the Learning Commons. above and beyond to offer help to anyone he Ms. Sant-Ana also is enrolled in the post- encounters. He is always thinking of ways to baccalaureate paralegal certificate program. support students and find engaging and She is very involved at Manor, and spends a motivating activities for them. Mr. Funchess great deal of time volunteering in the Justice Studies Association and Rotaract Club. has volunteered in elementary schools and Originally from Brazil, she also assists others day care centers, and teaches self-defense who are having problems with their citizen- class to children. Currently, he is working on ship status and participates in the immigra- several projects to assist the homeless in tion clinic run by Prof. Mary Sims. learning skills and trades. While all six finalists are excellent stu- Ms. Daskilewicz is a very involved stu- dents, each year it is the duty of the Manor dent who is vice-president of the Senate, College Founders Day Committee to select Marta Penkalskyj, winner of the 2018 Mother Josaphat Medal, with Manor College president of the Campus Activities Board, a President Dr. Jonathan Peri at the college’s Founders Day event. student ambassador and president of the (Continued on page 18) Ukrainian FCU recognizes educator and awards graduate scholarships by Alex Oryshkevych ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Ukrainian-American Community (UAC) Foundation recognized Dr. Christine Hoshowsky, president of the Rochester Ukrainian Group, with a Certification of Recognition and Appreciation for her community support and generous donations of $2,000 to the UAC Foundation Graduate Scholarship Fund. Vladimir Tokarchuk, a biomedical engineering student at the University of Rochester, and Maryana Zakharchishin, a family nurse practitioner at St. John Fisher College, each received a $1,000 scholarship award. The presentations were made on January 27. Evhen Lylak, Ed.D. (Rochester Institute of Technology), Olena Prokopovych, Ph.D. (Nazareth College), and Olenka Dilai (Monroe Community College) served on the Graduate Scholarship Committee. In 2016, the UAC Foundation established a graduate schol- arship program for highly motivated Ukrainian FCU members Alex Oryshkevych pursuing a variety of advanced degrees. Olga Bilokin, Tanya At the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union’s awards ceremony (from left) are: Oleg Lebedko (CEO, Ukrainian FCU), Bucierka, Roman Kowalchuk, Olenka Masny and Nataliia Wasyl Kornylo (president and board chairman, Ukrainian FCU), Vladimir Tokarchuk, Maryana Zakharchishin, Vasylchuk were the first graduate scholarship recipients. Dr. Christine Hoshowsky, Tamara Denysenko (president, UAC Foundation, and board member, Ukrainian FCU), and Roman Omecinskyj (CFO, Ukrainian FCU). In addition to the two $1,000 Ukrainian FCU-funded scholarships, Dr. Hoshowsky funded two $1,000 Rochester the U.S. with her family in 1949. She lived, worked and and laid the foundation for the Centennial Monument at Ukrainian Group Centennial Scholarships. Mr. and Mrs. retired in Rochester and Irondequoit, N.Y. A teacher, volun- the Irondequoit Town Hall. Richard Harris, donated $1,000 for a Memorial Graduate teer, community leader, organizer, founder and dedicated Today she serves as president of the Rochester Ukrainian Scholarship in honor of Mr. Harris’s parents, Paul and activist who has worn several hats over the years, Dr. Group, Inc. (RUG) and is a member of the Shevchenko Lorraine Harris, who established the Harris Funeral Home Hoshowsky served her community in various capacities. Scientific Society of America. Dr. Hoshowsky is a long-time over 70 years ago in Rochester. More recently, as the historian of the Ukrainian Centennial member of Ukrainian FCU and the Undergraduate Dr. Hoshowsky was born in Vienna and immigrated to Committee of Rochester, Dr. Hoshowsky garnered support Scholarship Committee. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 No. 8

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Planned talks at the conference in the ‘No one has any solutions’ event’s final one, held behind closed doors ‘We’re in trouble’... so-called Normandy Format – Germany, – was more blunt in his assessment. On the final day of the Munich conference, France, Ukraine and Russia – aimed at “We’re in trouble,” Mr. Bremmer said in a (Continued from page 3) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bringing an end to the fighting in eastern February 18 interview with Germany’s likened Iran to Nazi Germany and called Ukraine peacekeeper stalemate Ukraine were dropped. Mr. Klimkin said on Handelsblatt newspaper. “Because, you Twitter that the Germans weren’t able to Tehran “the greatest threat to our world.” know, pretty much every geopolitical con- The rhetoric between Russia and make it happen. Addressing the conference hours later, flict out there is escalating, none of them Ukraine in Munich was even sharper. Reuters cited a diplomatic source as say- Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad are getting fixed, and no one has any solu- Heading into the conference, there had ing that the meeting was canceled because Javad Zarif dismissed Mr. Netanyahu’s tions.” been indications of progress in talks on a Mr. Gabriel had to fly back to Berlin after speech as a “cartoonish circus.” “This was not a good meeting,” he added. potential United Nations peacekeeping Turkey released a German-Turkish journal- Mr. Ischinger said in his closing remarks force in eastern Ukraine, though Kyiv and ist from prison. that the event had featured “excellent ana- With reporting by AP and Reuters. Moscow remain divided on the scope and Mr. Poroshenko, meanwhile, denounced lytical work” and a handful of “great ideas” Copyright 2018, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted mandate of such a mission. Russia as a destructive force in the world, on transnational cooperation. with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ The U.S. and Russian envoys for Ukraine suggesting that the “Russian world” brings “The bad news is, we haven’t heard Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, talks sounded more optimistic about the nothing but ruin and despair to anything it enough – at least as far as I’m concerned,” Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see progression of the talks last month than touches. he said. https://www.rferl.org/a/munich-security- previously, and Presidents Putin and In Munich, he said returning Crimea – Ian Bremmer, the founder of the Eurasia conference-rancor-ukraine-iran-russia-isch- Poroshenko spoke by telephone days the Ukrainian peninsula that Russia seized Group political-risk consultancy who host- inger-lavrov-gabriel/29046944.html?lt before the conference. in 2014 – was Kyiv’s “top priority.” In his ed several panel discussions – including the flags=mailer). But Mr. Lavrov and Ukrainian Foreign address to the conference, he called on the Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin said their West to strengthen sanctions in response to bilateral meeting failed to produce prog- Moscow’s occupation of Crimea and back- unveiling of the report in Washington, ress on the issue. Meanwhile, NATO ing of separatists in eastern Ukraine. Turning... earning criticism from Sen. Marco Rubio Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told Mr. Lavrov said in his speech that the (R-Fla.). A senior administration official reporters following his meeting with Mr. peace process was being “openly sabotaged (Continued from page 6) said the report was signed by Mr. Tillerson, Lavrov that he also saw little progress and by Kyiv.” investigations into human rights abuses which spoke for itself, and that Mr. that “it remains to be seen if it’s possible.” Mr. Kosachyov took to Facebook on the committed by government security forces. Tillerson had clearly expressed his con- Kurt Volker, the U.S. special envoy for second day of the conference to accuse the The report did not include comparisons cerns for human rights during his confir- Ukraine who had noted more Russian “open- Ukrainian president of “creating an atmo- or rankings of the countries within the mation hearings. ness” on the peacekeeping proposal last sphere of hysteria about nonexistent report, and Trump administration officials month, told reporters on the sidelines of the Russian aggression” that he said is stoking said the report was not a policy statement. Source: “U.S.: Russia’s activities in Ukraine conference that such a force “doesn’t make violence by nationalist groups. Breaking with tradition, Secretary impair human rights at home,” (RFE/RL), any sense” if Russia does not “end the conflict The day after Mr. Kosachyov’s remarks, Tillerson was not present during the The Ukrainian Weekly, March 12, 2017. and withdraw its forces” in eastern Ukraine. dozens of far-right Ukrainian demonstra- Russia denies backing the separatists in tors attacked Russian banks and a Russian eastern Ukraine despite substantial evi- aid agency in Kyiv, smashing windows and ing to the tenets that the medal represents.” dence of such support. burning a Russian flag. Manor College... Educator of the Year (Continued from page 15) Marc Minnick, chair of Business, Attention members of UNA Br. 399 ‘‘Lewy’’ and Br. 472 ‘‘Plast’’ one student to be the Mother Josaphat Technology and Legal Studies Division was The Annual meetings of UNA Br. 399 and Br. 472 will be held on Saturday, Medal winner. awarded the Educator of the Year award. March 3, 2018, at 11:00 am at the Plast Scouting Organization of Chicago The 2018 Mother Josaphat Medal win- This student-nominated award honors the building, 2124 West Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622. ner is Ms. Penkalskyj, a sophomore liberal selected faculty member who received the most votes. Jamal Utqi, one of Prof. To be discussed and voted upon is the merger of these two branches arts student. She is a graduate of St. Basil Minnick’s students said, “Prof. Minnick is 399 and 472 into one branch. Additionally, elections will be held for the Academy, and is involved in a great deal of one of the greatest teachers I’ve had the Branch Secretary, President, Vice President. Elected at the meeting will be volunteering. She spends her summers in privilege to be around. He is an all around delegates and alternates to attend the 39th Regular Convention of the Ukraine with the St. Sophia Association, great person.” Ukrainian National Association, Inc., which will be held beginning Friday, teaching English to Ukrainian orphans, ref- Prof. Minnick responded, “Being recog- May 18, 2018 through Sunday, May 20, 2018. ugees and children in need. At Manor, she is nized for doing something you truly love is For more information, please Mr. Andrij Skyba, Branch Secretary at involved in several clubs, including the an honor. I am grateful that so many stu- 708-964-3770 or 708-774-9320 Campus Activities Board and Hands on dents took the time to nominate me!” History. She also works in the Ukrainian Nest every Saturday. Ms. Penkalskyj emu- About Manor College lates responsibility, dedication and service Located in suburban Philadelphia, UNA BRANCH 287 ANNUAL MEETING in all she does! Manor College is America’s only institution Saturday, March 10, 2018 Ms. Penkalskyj stated, “When I came to of higher education with a Ukrainian heri- Manor College I found a beautiful commu- tage. Manor is a private two-year college Parsippany, NJ: Branch 287 of the UNA, Inc. will hold its annual meeting nity of professors, administrators and staff, offering more than 30 associate degree on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at 10:00 am at the UNA Home O ce, and fellow students who have become like a programs in allied health, science and 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054. second family. Not only have I been able to math; business technology and legal stud- find the direction for my life through my ies; and the liberal arts to traditional age Agenda: classes and activities at Manor, but I have and adult students. It describes itself as a 1) Election of a delegate to the 39th UNA Convention felt a wonderful warmth and sense of small college that offers big opportunities 2) Branch business encouragement from everyone around me. and a stellar education – one with small Being awarded the Mother Josaphat Medal classes full of big thinkers, and a big-heart- Branch members are requested to RSVP to the Branch Secretary, is an amazing honor. I have been privileged ed community ready to challenge all stu- Taras Sochan, at 973-939-0462 or by email to [email protected]. to be surrounded by wonderful fellow stu- dents to reach and grow. For more informa- dents, and I will strive to live my life accord- tion, go to www.manor.edu.

NOTICE gious liberty for Ukrainian Catholic and UKRAINIAN NATIONAL HOME of BAYONNE, NJ Congress... Orthodox believers, which the president did during his Moscow summit a few The Ukrainian National Home Corporation of Bayonne, New (Continued from page 7) weeks later. Robert McConnell, who had Jersey will be initiating legal dissolution procedures. The than happy to draft it, just as I had been earlier served in the Reagan administration Board is seeking to repay all bonds to fully paid members. pleased to work on the Millennium resolu- as assistant attorney general for congres- Most funds have been recompensed except for the following tion together with colleagues in Congress sional relations, was instrumental in all of members who cannot be located. and friends on the Millennium Committee. the vital White House outreach, as well as I think it is fair to say that our six-page efforts on the Hill, as were Ms. McConnell, Bachurskyj, John Kostyk, John Poltawec, Anastasia response to the Ukrainian SSR Rada was Irene Jarosewich and Markian Bilynsky of Bilyk, Michael Lawriw, Jack Skapiak, Steven more measured, detailed and fact-based the national committee. And later that year, Bojko, Onysym Lev, Michael Stupka, Olga than the Ukrainian SSR Rada’s letter to us. in October, Washington witnessed one of Many other consequential Millennium- the largest gatherings ever of Ukrainian Fedoryk, Wasyl Pawlyszyn, Daniel Szyszka, Mykola related events took place in Washington in Americans, with nearly 20,000 commemo- Jurchyshyn, Wilhelmina Pellegrino, Nina Wilnat, Lucia 1988. In May, Cardinal Myroslav Ivan rating the Millennium and demanding free- Kormeluk, Nicholas Pichocka, Justina Zelinski, Stephen Lubachivsky of the Ukrainian Catholic dom for the Churches in Ukraine. Church and Metropolitan Mstyslav These efforts in the nation’s capital 30 If you are listed or are an Heir of someone listed, please contact (Skrypnyk) of the Ukrainian Orthodox years ago in 1988 helped to build momen- our Bond Redemption O ce, Walter Figiel at (973) 736-1796 Church of the U.S.A. met in the White House tum for the historic changes that would take no later than March 30, 2018 to be repaid. with President Ronald Reagan. They place in the following years, including the appealed to him to raise the issue of reli- legalization of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 19

Through March 14 Photography exhibit, “The Basketweavers of Iza” by March 3 Art auction, Ukrainian Institute or Modern Art, New York Anna Voitenko, Ukrainian Institute of America, Chicago www.uima-chicago.org or 773-227-5522 212-288-8660 or www.ukrainianinstitute.org March 3 Book presentation by Serhii Plokhii, “Lost Kingdom: Through March 14 Art exhibit, “The Art of Valeriy Hnatenko,” Ukrainian Seattle Ukraine and the Search for Russian Borders,” Ukrainian New York Institute of America, 212-288-8660 or Studies Committee and the Ellison Center, University of Washington, Allen Library Auditorium, 206-543-6848 Through Gerdany (bead-strung necklaces) making course, with March 17 instruction by Olha Lesko, The Ukrainian Museum, March 3 Pysanka Easter Egg Bingo fund-raiser, Ukrainian New York www.ukrainianmuseum.org or 212-228-0110 Chicago Children’s Aid and Relief Effort (UCARE), Ukrainian National Museum, [email protected] Through Pysanka workshop, with instruction by Anna Chychula, March 24 Ukrainian National Museum, 312-421-8020 or March 4 Ukrainian Heritage Night at New Jersey Devils, Prudential Newark, NJ Center, 973-989-5800 or [email protected] Chicago [email protected] March 4 Birthday concert, celebrating composer Myroslav February 27 Book presentation by Marci Shore, “The Ukrainian New York Skoryk’s 80th birthday, featuring Momenta Quartet, New York Night: An Intimate History of Revolution,” Columbia Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 or University, 212-854-4697 www.ukrainianinstitute.org

March 2 Concert of chamber music, featuring violinist Solomiya March 4 Pysanka demonstration and workshop, with instruction Storrs, CT Ivakhiv and Friends, University of Connecticut, New Haven, CT by Gloria Horbaty, Ukrainian National Women’s League www.uconn.edu of America (Branch 108), St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church, 203-269-5909 March 2 Fund-raiser reception in support of Rep. Brian Jenkintown, PA Fitzpatrick, Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, March 5 Book talk, “Beau Monde on Empire’s Edge: State and 610-745-5741 or [email protected] Cambridge, MA Stage in Soviet Ukraine,” by Mayhill Fowler, Harvard University, www.huri.harvard.edu March 3 Taras Shevchenko Conference, Harvard Ukrainian New York Research Institute, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and March 5 Presentation by Alexander Hug, “The Conflict In and Sciences, Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 Cambridge, MA Around Ukraine: The Role of the Civilian OSCE Mission,” Harvard University, www.huri.harvard.edu March 3 Lecture by Olga Kobryn, “The Ancient Art of Pysanky: Shrewsbury, NJ The Ukrainian Easter Egg,” Ukrainian National Women’s March 6 Presentation by Andreas Umland, “The Six Futures of League of America (Branch 98), Shrewsbury Public Cambridge, MA Ukraine: Competing Scenarios for a European Pivot Library, pre-register at www.eventkeeper.com or State,” Harvard University, www.huri.harvard.edu [email protected] Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events March 3 Pan-Orthodox Lenten Retreat, “Forgiveness: The Path to advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Villa Maria, PA Healing, Wholeness and Holiness,” Villa Maria from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Education and Spirituality Center, 724-964-8886 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

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