Inside: l Chicago museum’s exhibit on displaced persons – page 9 l “Medieval Ukraine” presentation at UACCNJ – page 13 l Wedding customs at The Ukrainian Museum – page 16

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXIX No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 $1/$2 in Ukraine Eminent economist After 22 years of achievements, CCRDF winds down its work Hawrylyshyn presents by Illya M. Labunka Special to The Ukrainian Weekly his autobiography KYIV – In an emotional coda to 22 years of devoted work, the Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund (CCRDF) has announced the imminent completion of its humanitarian mission and medical pro- grams in Ukraine. One of the most successful humanitarian aid programs in the history of Ukraine, the CCRDF will formally cease its activities in Ukraine on February 14, 2012 – 22 years after the organization concluded its first medical airlift. At the same time, the CCRDF also announced the implementation of its final project: a comprehensive telemedicine pro- gram to bring Ukraine’s healthcare into the 21st century. Illya M. Labunka CCRDF’s telemedicine program will con- Ukrainian National Deputy Volodymyr Yavorivsky speaks at the CCRDF press confer- nect 13 hospitals across Ukraine by provid- ence at the InterContinental Hotel in Kyiv. Seated are CCRDF founders Zenon and Volodymyr Musyak ing cutting-edge medical technology that Nadia Matkiwsky. Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn will facilitate visual consultations with phy- sicians in the global network. The cost of his deep gratitude to the many public, cor- United States, among others. by Volodymyr Musyak the project is over $620,000. porate and private contributors, branch Dr. Matkiwsky also pointed out that, Special to The Ukrainian Weekly As CCRDF country director for Ukraine, heads, countless volunteers and the ex- during his many humanitarian aid trips Alexa Milanytch welcomed the members of pat community in Kyiv for their years of throughout Ukraine, he witnessed the KYIV – Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, an the press, invited guests, supporters, spon- devoted service and generous donations. development of many excellently super- economic advisor to three Ukrainian sors and others in attendance at a press Dr. Matkiwsky said he was particularly vised medical centers. Dr. Matkiwsky sin- presidents and founder of the conference held November 21 at the grateful to the U.S. Department of State – gled out two such centers which are located International Institute of Management InterContinental Hotel. Division of Transportation, the Ukrainian in Kyiv and are headed by Dr. Illya Yemets, a in Kyiv, celebrated his 85th birthday at After greeting and introducing the pre- government, the Ukrainian diaspora, the renowned pediatric cardiac surgeon. As a the Ukrainian Home in Kyiv recently by sidium of speakers, Ms. Milanytch had the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., result, Dr. Matkiwsky said he is optimistic presenting his autobiography, honor of presenting Dr. Zenon Matkiwsky, Salans, Philip Morris, John Deere, the that a new generation of qualified medical “Zalyshayus Ukrayintsem” (I Remain a co-founder, president and chairman of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of leaders such as Dr. Yemets will be able to Ukrainian). executive board of CCRDF. America, Boeing, Merck, Johnson & lead Ukraine into the 21st century with Among those in the attendance were Dr. Matkiwsky announced his retire- Johnson, Pfizer, Abbott, Project Hope and Microsoft Ukraine General Director ment as head of the CCRDF and expressed the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the (Continued on page 5) Dmytro Shymkiv and Cardinal Lubomyr Husar of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. “We became acquainted in the early 1970s in Rome and though I heard a lot about him already, we weren’t Tymoshenko supporters block Rada presidium acquainted with each other personally before then,” said Cardinal Husar, who KYIV – National deputies from the wrote the book’s foreword. Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc-Batkivschyna “When we met, I understood why so faction in the Verkhovna Rada many uncut trees were left in Canada’s blocked the presidium in the forests. Hawrylyshyn’s calling wasn’t to Parliament’s chamber on December uproot Canadian forests. His calling is 6 to protest the continued imprison- the world, science, politics, and for all ment of opposition leader and former this I have an observation. Wherever Bohdan may be, he remained and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. remains a Ukrainian everywhere he is. They unfurled a large banner that That’s honorable.” read “Yanukovych, do not kill Yulia” The autobiography reveals the and demanded that the Rada act secret of his success, which Dr. to decriminalize the statutes under Hawrylyshyn identified as the constant which she was sentenced to seven desire to improve himself and benefit years in prison. Ms. Tymoshenko those around him. has been imprisoned since August It begins with vivid memories from 5. She was found guilty of exceed- his childhood in the Ternopil Oblast vil- ing her authority as prime minister lage of Koropets, where he was the son and was sentenced on October 11. of relatively wealthy landowners who She is reported to be seriously ill. excelled in school and spent his idyllic On December 7 it was reported that (Continued on page 20) 10 more cases have been opened against Ms. Tymoshenko. Vladimir Gontar/UNIAN 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 No. 50

ANALYSIS

Sacrificing a European future Yanukovych: reforms are hampered strengthening relations with Russia and countries of the European Union. “With the KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor introduction of the non-alignment policy, a to keep Tymoshenko in prison Yanukovych has said he believes that the zone of security and stability was formed pace of reforms in the country is hampered politicians and countries think that around Ukraine. Major advances were by Pavel Korduban by the economic crisis and the unpre- Ukraine does not match” EU criteria achieved in strengthening relations and Eurasia Daily Monitor paredness of people for these reforms. He (UNIAN, November 22). expanding cooperation with our neighbors made these comments at a ceremony to Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw and, above all, the Russian Federation, As the European Union-Ukraine sum- launch a new blast furnace at the Sikorski and his Swedish counterpart, European Union countries. A constructive mit scheduled for December 19 approach- Yenakiyeve Metallurgical Plant in the Carl Bildt, paid an enigmatic visit to Mr. es, the chances for concluding an Donetsk region on December 6. “There are format of mutually beneficial relations with Yanukovych’s stronghold of Donetsk on Association Agreement have decreased. absolutely objective factors. The objective NATO was maintained,” Mr. Yanukovych Although the two sides have completed November 23 to meet Ukraine’s richest factors, I think, include the factors of the emphasized. He added that success in for- their association and free trade talks (see businessman and Mr. Yanukovych’s old global economic crisis that, of course, con- eign policy has allowed the authorities to Eurasia Daily Monitor November 2), ally, Rinat Akhmetov, who is viewed by cerns Ukraine. The economic crisis obvi- focus their efforts on solving economic Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s many as pro-European. ously hinders the reform process. The sub- problems. On July 2, 2010, the Verkhovna determination to keep in prison his bitter No details about the meeting have jective factor is a human factor. A lot of Rada adopted a law on the principles of rival, former Prime Minister Yulia emerged, but the Ukrainian weekly people and professionals are not prepared domestic and foreign policy. There was no Tymoshenko, makes the logical conclu- Zerkalo Nedeli suggested on November for reforms, first and foremost, morally, reference to Ukraine achieving NATO mem- sion of the talks with the signing of the 26 that Messrs. Sikorski and Bildt overes- and secondly, at a professional level,” Mr. bership; thus, the law provides for the non- agreement and its further ratification by timated Mr. Akhmetov’s influence on Mr. Yanukovych said. The president said that, aligned status of Ukraine. (Ukrinform) the legislatures of EU member-states Yanukovych, as far as his attitude to Ms. in the implementation of reforms, more European Commission OKs funds nearly impossible. Tymoshenko is concerned. attention should be paid to the training of The efforts made in November by sev- At the same time, a report by Interfax specialists “who would be able to work KYIV – The European Commission has eral EU leaders to persuade Mr. on November 23 suggested that Mr. under new conditions.” He added, approved a financial package to support Yanukovych to change his mind on Ms. Yanukovych would ignore the summit on “Reforms are an opportunity to modernize public administration, regional develop- Tymoshenko proved futile. Apparently, December 19 and visit Moscow on that our country. As soon as we stop the move- ment, energy efficiency and environmental Mr. Yanukovych either believes that the day instead. On November 24, the busi- ment, we will immediately have only disad- protection reforms in Ukraine, according to EU will proceed with the Association ness daily Kommersant-Ukraine cited its vantages and halt development. Therefore, December 5 press reports. This part of the Agreement despite the Tymoshenko case, sources as saying that the report in we should not stop. When they say that Annual Action Program for 2011 is worth as Ukraine is too important to lose to Interfax was aimed by the president’s we’ve probably not chosen the best time 105 million euros. One component of the Russia, or keeping the most popular oppo- team at testing the EU’s reaction. and that there is crisis and instability, I program is dedicated to supporting sitionist incarcerated ahead of the However, visiting Polish President would say that if we wait for a convenient Ukraine’s efforts to reduce energy con- October 2012 parliamentary elections is Komorowski made it clear on November time, we would find ourselves in the place sumption through a contribution to the more important to him than relations 28 that the EU was firm in its belief that of Greece, Portugal and Italy,” he said. Mr. Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and with the EU. by keeping Ms. Tymoshenko behind bars Yanukovych also said that the level of Environment Partnership Fund (also On November 15, the Ukrainian Kyiv demonstrated that it did not meet social assistance to citizens should not fall. known as the Swedish Initiative). This Parliament refused to decriminalize the the EU’s criteria for treatment of the “I’m against a reduction in benefits. We should lead to lower emissions of carbon abuse of power law based upon which Ms. opposition. Mr. Komorowski reiterated need to create such a situation so that in a dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The Tymoshenko was indicted in October. Mr. that Ms. Tymoshenko’s imprisonment few years we are able to implement all of amount of funding under this component Yanukovych’s Party of Regions insisted would slow the process of ratification of the laws [on social protection] and so that will be 15 million euros. A total of 70 mil- that the law would not be changed for the the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. the budget can ensure this,” the president lion euros will be allocated in support of sake of one person. He added that he had hoped that Ms. said as he commented on the demands of the public administration reform, and 20 Chornobyl clean-up workers and Afghan Mr. Yanukovych had mentioned the Tymoshenko’s offenses would be decrimi- million euros for the regional development nalized. For his part, Mr. Yanukovych only war veterans. (Ukrinform) possibility of decriminalization while policy. (Ukrinform) meeting EU leaders earlier this fall, so promised Mr. Komorowski to improve the Yanukovych on non-aligned status many hoped this would be the way to conditions of Ms. Tymoshenko’s incarcer- Russia hopes to finish gas talks resolve the situation. ation, while Procurator General Viktor KYIV – Speaking on December 5 on the KYIV – Russia hopes to complete negoti- Meeting Polish President Bronislaw Pshonka insisted in a TV interview that occasion of the 20th anniversary of the ations with Ukraine on natural gas in Komorowski and German President politics had nothing to do with the former armed forces of Ukraine, President Viktor December, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Christian Wulff in Poland on November prime minister’s imprisonment (1+1 TV, Yanukovych explained that Ukraine’s non- 15, Mr. Yanukovych admitted that there November 29). alignment serves as a guarantor for (Continued on page 14) may be problems with ratifying the Meanwhile, it has become obvious that Association Agreement due to Ms. the Association Agreement will not even Tymoshenko’s imprisonment. However, be initialed on December 19. Ukrainian Mr. Yanukovych reiterated that he would Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo FOUNDED 1933 not interfere with the courts and that Ms. Klimkin said on November 23 that Kyiv The Ukrainian Weekly Tymoshenko was not an opposition lead- had intended to only complete the talks er but prime minister when she exceeded by the summit, while the Association An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., her authority in preparing gas contracts Agreement could be signed later. a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Yearly subscription rate: $65; for UNA members — $55. with Russia’s Gazprom in 2009 (Interfax- The European Commission’s represen- Ukraine, November 15). tative in Kyiv, Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira, Periodicals postage paid at Caldwell, NJ 07006 and additional mailing offices. 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Second, Mr. Yanukovych said Ms. Grybauskaite. could have asked his party caucus, which The only positive outcome of Ms. dominates Parliament, to approve decrim- Grybauskaite’s plea for Ms. Tymoshenko inalization of the articles under which Ms. ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA was that Mr. Yanukovych, after meeting Tymoshenko was convicted, but he chose Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3041 her, instructed the Health Ministry to not to. e-mail: [email protected] ensure that Ms. Tymoshenko, who has Maria Oscislawski, advertising manager (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 fax: (973) 644-9510 had spinal problems, be properly exam- The article above is reprinted from e-mail: [email protected] ined in a hospital. 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NEWS ANALYSIS: Ukraine moves to state capitalism and “militocracy”

by Taras Kuzio administration is divided between the head important in the event of public protests (http://www.rferl.org/content/Crimean_ Serhiy Lyovochkin (“gas lobby”) and depu- against election fraud in the 2012 and Tatars_Seek_Criminal_Case_Against_ Eurasia Daily Monitor ty head Stanislav Skubashevskyi (“The 2015 elections. Their ruthless reputation Ukrainian_Interior_Minister/1985581. On November 8, Segodnya ran the head- Family”). The chairman of the Ukrainian has already been demonstrated by the html). line: “Within the authorities there is a Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Valeriy arrest and imprisonment of Ms. “The Family” have taken control of other ‘silent coup’ taking place.” Segodnya was Khoroshkovsky is an influential figure who, Tymoshenko and other members of her law enforcement and financial flows to the referring to the consolidation of “The together with Mr. Firtash, owns Ukraine’s 2007-2010 government, as well as in sup- state. These include Internal Affairs Family” loyal to President Viktor most influential television channel Inter. pressing anti-regime protests. Minister Vitalii Zakharchenko; the head of Yanukovych. The capital assets of “The The second stage in Mr. Yanukovych’s Procurator General Viktor Pshonka, who the State Tax Administration (STA) Family” are estimated to be $130 million, independence began after he was elected is from Donetsk, has denied Ukrainian Oleksander Klymenko, the head of Kyiv’s and 64th among Ukraine’s 100 wealthiest president in February 2010, with the emer- media reports that Mr. Yanukovych is god- STA, Iryna Nosachova; and the chairman of (Korrespondent, November 11). gence of “The Family,” who are loyal to him father to his son, Party of Regions Deputy the National Bank of Ukraine, Sergei In 2011, Oleksander Yanukovych, the personally and come from Mr. Yanukovych’s Artem Pshonka. The prosecutor’s office has Arbuzov. president’s eldest son, for the first time home region of Donetsk. “They are all far become an arm of repression rather than Ukrainian businessmen are increasingly entered the top 100 wealthiest Ukrainians. from politics and owe their advancement an instrument of justice. complaining of more frequent raids and He recently purchased the All-Ukrainian only to the president,” according to one edi- Internal Affairs Minister Anatolii heavy-handedness by the State Tax Bank for Development and increased its torial – meaning they are independent of Mohyliov closed the Internal Affairs Inspectorate, and the government has capital from 270 million hrv ($33.69 mil- other groups (Segodnya, November 8). Ministry’s Human Rights Monitoring admitted that corporate raiding is escalat- lion) to 349 million hrv ($43.54 million). “The Family” are close to Oleksander Department, introduced compulsory fin- ing. In the past, the raiders used corrupt Viktor Yanukovych has become inde- Yanukovych and largely members of his gerprinting for everyone detained by the courts to illegally change ownership of pendent of the Donetsk oligarch allies generation, which Zerkalo Nedeli/Tzerkalo police, and radically increased the number businesses, but now increasingly use cor- whose patron he had been while serving as Tyzhnia (November 11) described as a of Berkut riot and Internal Affairs Ministry rupt law enforcement officers. Donetsk Oblast governor from 1997 to “Pedokratiya.” “The president is establish- Internal Troops, Spetsnaz, on the streets of President Yanukovych continues to rely 2002. The first stage took place as opposi- ing his power base upon people who are Kyiv. Mr. Mohyliov restored the Soviet prac- on the Party of Regions to ensure that tion leader, when he aligned himself with equally distant from business groups. The tice of stationary police units along high- Parliament is a rubber-stamp institution, the “gas lobby” (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, times are changing,” Segodnya pointed out ways. and party members represent 88 percent March 18, 2010). The “gas lobby” ran the (Segodnya, November 8). In October, the human rights organiza- of oblast governors. In November, Donetsk Eural-Trans Gas (2002-2004) and “The Family’s” grey cardinals are Party tion Amnesty International issued a scath- “Family” member Mikhail Kostiuk was RosUkrEnergo (2004-2008) gas intermedi- of Regions Deputies Oleksander ing report demanding that Ukrainian appointed as Lviv Oblast governor. The aries. Yanukovych and Yurii Ivaniuschenko, who authorities act immediately to deal with president controls the two main support The prime minister at that time, Yulia “is a key player in the ‘family group’ ” endemic police criminality, widespread tor- bases of the Party of Regions through Tymoshenko, lobbied to remove (Korrespondent, November 11). Mr. ture, extortion and arbitrary detention Donetsk Oblast Council Chairman Andriy RosUkrEnergo (RUE) in the January 2009 Ivaniuschenko and Minister of Agricultural (http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and- Fedoruk, a member of “The Family,” and Russian Ukrainian gas contract. On August Policy and Foodstuffs Mykola Prysiazhniuk updates/report/ukraine-needs-account- Crimean Prime Minister Mohyliov. 25, The Economist suggested that Dmytro have been linked to newly established ability-human-rights-violations-2010-04-14). The political system emerging under Firtash, who owned a 45 percent stake in Khlib Investbud, which is “a controversial In 2010, Ukraine’s ombudsperson’s office President Yanukovych is Eurasian in RUE, may be “one of Mr. Yanukovych’s grain trader with an unclear ownership received 5,000 complaints about torture nature, supported by the “gas lobby” and wealthy backers insisting on Ms. structure” (Kyiv Post, April 21). Khlib and ill treatment, and 51 inmates died in “The Family,” while being based on two Tymoshenko’s punishment.” Mr. Firtash Investbud was given a monopoly on grain Ukraine’s prisons in 2010 compared to 23 structures. The first is its evolution from had warm relations with Viktor exports this year. the year before. the oligarchic system under Presidents Yushchenko and supported his national It is alleged that Mr. Ivaniushchenko, The newly appointed prime minister of Leonid Kuchma and Yushchenko, toward projects, for which he was awarded a state who is from Mr. Yanukovych’s home town the Crimean government, Mr. Mohyliov, Russian-style state capitalism. The second, medal in January 2009. Mr. Firtash sup- of Yenakiyeve, may have “a criminal past.” replaced another Donetsk figure, Vasylii as in Russia, is a “militocracy” based on the ported Mr. Yanukovych in the 2010 elec- This led the publicity-shy Mr. Ivaniushchenko Dzartyi, following the latter’s death. Both security forces, governors and Parliament. tions out of fear and loathing for Ms. to launch a PR campaign to enhance his were from Mr. Yanukovych’s home town of The government is a vehicle to balance dif- Tymoshenko. Since Mr. Yanukovych’s elec- image (Kyiv Post, April 29). The main allega- Yenakiyeve, where Mr. Dzhartyi had been ferent interest groups within the Party of tion, Mr. Firtash’s capital assets have tions, according to the Kyiv Post of April 29, mayor when Mr. Mohyliov was head of the Regions. “grown at a fantastic rate” – by some 540 “link him to an organized crime group alleg- city’s Internal Affairs Ministry. Governors are the president’s right- percent (Korrespondent, November 11). edly involved in the assassination of Akhat Crimean Tatars protested at Mr. hand men, tasked with implementing his Minister of Energy and the Coal Industry Bragin, a close associate of Ukraine’s richest Mohyliov’s re-appointment, since during orders and ensuring that deputies elected Yurii Boyko was chairman of the state gas man, Rinat Akhmetov.” Another report, his period as the head of Crimea’s Internal in single-mandate districts in October 2012 company Naftohaz Ukrainy in 2002-2004, denied by his lawyers, linked “Ivaniuschenko Affairs Ministry (2007-2010) he estab- join the pro-presidential coalition to ensure when the two gas intermediaries were to the 2005 assassination of Anatoly lished a reputation for ruthlessness in deal- the president has a parliamentary majority established. Foreign Affairs Minister Bandura, the head of Mariupol-based Azov ing with Tatar activists. On January 24, (http://lb.ua, November 11). Kostiantyn Gryshchenko is a close ally of Shipping Co.” (Kyiv Post, April 29). 2008, Mr. Mohyliov wrote a xenophobic Mr. Boyko, and together they founded the On November 10, the Kyiv Post alleged op-ed for Krymskaya Pravda, supporting The article above is reprinted from Republican Party of Ukraine that merged that “The Family,” “have reputations for Stalinist denunciations of the Tatars as Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from with the Party of Regions in 2005. ruthlessness and are expected to do what “Nazi collaborators,” which were used to its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, The leadership of the presidential the president wants.” This could become justify their ethnic cleansing in May 1944 www.jamestown.org.

Clinton tells OSCE that ex-Soviet republics need democratic reforms

RFE/RL fair [undermine the people’s confi- to the OSCE ministers from 56 countries Lukashenka carried out a sweeping with agency reports dence],” she said. “We have serious con- that she will meet in Vilnius with crackdown against opposition leaders U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cerns about the conduct of those elec- Belarusian activists to discuss abuses in and their supporters after protests in has pushed for greater democratic tions. Independent political parties such their country. Minsk against lopsided election results reforms and respect for human rights in as Parnas were denied the right to regis- “We must never lose sight of the truth that favored Lukashenka. former Soviet republics – criticizing ter and the preliminary report by the at the core of our comprehensive securi- Secretary Clinton today called the Russia for a parliamentary election she OSCE cites election-day attempts to stuff ty concept,” she said. “Respect for human attention to specific rights abuses in says was rigged. ballot boxes, manipulate voter lists, and rights and human security is essential to Belarus, including the continued deten- Speaking in Vilnius, Lithuania, on other troubling practices.” the progress and security of all countries tion of candidates who had opposed Mr. December 6 at the start of a two-day Secretary Clinton’s comments marked here in the OSCE region and across the Lukashenka in the country’s 2010 presi- ministerial meeting of the Organization the second time in two days she has globe. That is why after I leave the plena- dential election and to the jailing late last for Security and Cooperation in Europe raised serious concerns about the State ry hall today [December 5], I will meet month of a prominent rights activist. (OSCE), Clinton said Russia needs to act Duma elections. Russian Foreign Minister with civil society representatives from “In Belarus, less than 40 kilometers on recommendations made by OSCE Sergei Lavrov addressed the OSCE minis- Belarus and with civil society leaders away from here, human rights defenders election monitors after Prime Minister ters after her remarks but offered no from across the region who took part in face unremitting persecution,” she said. the parallel conference. And they have Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party immediate reaction to her criticisms. “People like Ales Byalyatski, sentenced to won the most parliamentary seats in a called attention to these human rights Human rights challenges four and half years in prison for tax eva- challenges and are discussing ways they poll on December 4. sion, but whose real crime in the eyes of “As we have seen in many places and Highlighting democratic shortcomings can be addressed.” the state was helping victims of state most recently in the Duma elections in and rights abuses in other former Soviet A year ago, the government of Russia, elections that are neither free nor republics, Secretary Clinton announced Belarusian President Alyaksandr (Continued on page 6) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 No. 50

OBITUARY Julianna Lydia Starosolska, 99, author, journalist, former Soviet political prisoner

by Marta Kebalo the USSR for Poland, and then for the Ms. Starosolska was close with her United States. older brothers, Dr. Yuri (George) NEW YORK – Author, journalist, for- Since 1967, Ms. Starosolska lived in Starosolsky (1907-1991), a doctor of mer Soviet political prisoner and com- New York City, where she was well- jurisprudence, former head of the munity activist Julianna Starosolska died known as a Ukrainian American commu- Translation Division of the Congressional Sunday, December 4, in Manhattan at the nity activity. Research Service of the Library of age of 99 – four months shy of her 100th In a book published in 1968, Ms. Congress in Washington, and Ihor birthday. Starosolska first described the month- Starosolsky (1908-1988) of Lviv, an Born March 31, 1912, in the western long journey during which she, her fami- architect who supervised the restoration Ukrainian city of Lviv, Ms. Starosolska ly and dozens of other people deemed by of major historical sites in Western (nom de plume: Ulana Liubovych) was Soviet authorities as too educated and Ukraine. the daughter of Daria Shukhevych, a pia- too wealthy to be trustworthy traveled The three siblings were respected for nist and music instructor, and attorney locked in an unheated boxcar during the their civic activism in Ukraine and in the and law professor Volodymyr bitter cold of winter to the plains of Ukrainian American community, especial- Starosolsky. After attending secondary Kazakhstan. Titled “Rozkazhu Vam pro ly through the Ukrainian scouting move- school in Lviv, Ms. Starosolska completed Kazakhstan” (Let Me Tell You about ment, Plast, of which Ms. Starosolska was university studies in economics and jour- Kazakhstan), the publication saw two a lifelong member. Yuri Starosolsky was nalism in Poznan. more printings in the original Ukrainian; chief scout of Plast in 1972-1991 and Her early career as journalist and edi- in May of this year the book was released author of “Velyka Hra” (The Great Game), tor at several journals was cut short in in an English translation as “Woman in a book on Plast ideology. 1939 with the beginning of World War II, Exile: My Life in Kazakhstan.” Julianna Starosolska in a photo taken on She also edited the memoirs of her the Nazi occupation of nearby eastern Written in her characteristically invit- March 31, 2001, at the Shevchenko brother Ihor (2000) and a collection of Scientific Society during the presentation Poland and the unexpected occupation of ing style, the narrative relates the cir- her father Volodymyr’s scholarly writing of Ihor Starosolsky’s memoirs (which she her native Lviv by the Soviet army. cumstances of the long exile that were edited). (1991). A collected volume of her own Abruptly, Soviet authorities seized and nothing if not tragic. And yet Ms. essays was published in Ukrainian in arrested her father on falsified political Starosolska’s humor and warm humanity League of America (UNWLA). 2001 by the UNWLA. charges; subsequently he was deported prevail, allowing the reader to under- As an active member of the She was beloved not only by the for forced labor in the Soviet Gulag, stand the horror of lives deliberately Shevchenko Scientific Society, Ms. Ukrainian American community, but by where he perished. destroyed without being overwhelmed Starosolska edited several volumes of lit- the international artistic and literary Soon after her father’s arrest, Ms. by the arbitrary cruelty of the situation. erary, ethnographic and historical text, community of Ukraine and émigrés, as Starosolska was forcibly resettled in a These are the hallmarks also of Ms. including the poetry of Zoya Kohut, works well, for whom a visit to Ms. Starosolska’s remote region of Kazakhstan, a harrow- Starosolska’s life’s opus that includes by the humorist Bohdan Nizhankiwskyj East Village residence was a frequent ing odyssey she shared with her older numerous essays written as the editor- (Babaj), an almanac of the Rohatyn dis- highlight. In 1995, already a longtime brother Ihor and elderly mother, who did in-chief (1972-1990) of Nashe Zhyttia trict of Western Ukraine and an ethno- member of PEN International, she was not survive the ordeal of Central Asian (Our Life) magazine, a bilingual publica- graphic album of the Hutsul Carpathian exile. In 1946 she was allowed to leave tion of the Ukrainian National Women’s region (Hutsulschyna) in Ukraine. (Continued on page 15)

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Mr. Yavorivsky praised the CCRDF’s accomplishments and After 22 years of achievements... called its existence “simply fantastic.” He admitted that, had he never become a member of the CCRDF and not participat- (Continued from page 1) ed in its mission, and someone happened to tell him about such groundbreaking programs as telemedicine, which will the fund and about Dr. and Mrs. Matkiwsky, he would have be introduced to 13 hospitals throughout Ukraine as never believed that such a phenomenon was even possible. CCRDF’s swansong project and gift to Ukraine. “I still recall my first-ever visit to the United States in “Finally, I hope and pray that the victims of Chornobyl 1989 as an inexperienced traveler abroad. During that and the legacy of the world’s worst nuclear and environ- visit, fate guided me to Dr. and Mrs. Matkiwsky, and as I mental disaster will never be forgotten. The effects of radi- explained to them the ongoing dire effects of Chornobyl on ation from Chornobyl will continue for many years,” stated Ukraine, they immediately and without any hesitation Dr. Matkiwsky. whatsoever declared that they wish to, and will help, Dr. Matkiwsky expressed hope that other individuals in Ukraine,” Mr. Yavorivsky said. Ukraine will now take up the mission initiated by CCRDF in He highlighted the many challenges the CCRDF, then order to continue improving the quality of medical care for known as CCRF (Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund), faced children in Ukraine. “We hope that our work will inspire during the early years of its mission, as exemplified by others to continue working to save and heal the children of frustrating negotiations with corrupt Customs officials Ukraine,” concluded Dr. Matkiwsky. during the numerous airlifts bound for Ukraine. But in the Speaking on behalf of six previous U.S. ambassadors to end, commitment and perseverance always prevailed, Ukraine and the U.S. government, which subsidized the 32 according to Mr. Yavorivsky. airlifts and 18 sea shipments of humanitarian medical aid to Mr. Yavorivsky also pointed out that there are now chil- Ukraine, Ambassador John F. Tefft said it was an honor for dren in Ukraine who are alive and well due to Dr. and Mrs. him to be present at the event to recognize CCRDF’s great Matkiwsky’s direct commitment to saving lives. work in helping children in Ukraine for more than 20 years. Furthermore, these children, according to Mr. Yavorivsky, Ambassador Tefft also underscored the significance of the will always remember such devoted individuals and the Illya M. Labunka fact that, although CCRDF’s activities will officially be coming future generations of these children, in turn, will also be In a tearful moment, Nadia Matkiwsky presents Alexa to a close, Dr. Matkiwsky’s announcement of a new final made aware of the Matkiwskys’ efforts. Milanytch (left), CCRDF’s country director for project, namely the comprehensive telemedicine program, “I am grateful to you both for not having forgotten about Ukraine, with an Outstanding Service Award. will help bring Ukraine’s healthcare into the 21st century. Ukraine, particularly during a very difficult period for this “I know that the CCRDF chose this program because it is country. As a result, your names will forever be etched as Ukraine,” explained Dr. Matkiwsky. the best investment the fund can make for the future of part of Ukraine’s history. Perhaps Ukraine is not what I, 22 Ms. Milanytch took the opportunity to acknowledge, health in Ukraine. It will provide access to a global network years ago, had envisioned it would be. I wanted Ukraine to among others, the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, through of doctors and will encourage Ukraine to improve its be more democratic with more astute leaders. In fact, as a which CCRDF was able to create and implement a three- health standards. I have seen examples of this program member of Parliament, I will allow myself to take this year, $2.8 million dollar “Cradle of Hope” neonatalogy pro- when I visited Dr. Illya Yemets’s clinic and witnessed as opportunity to state that, unfortunately, I am the only rep- gram. In addition, on behalf of the CCRDF, she expressed doctors located in Seattle were advising doctors here in resentative of the Ukrainian government present here her gratitude to a number of long-time corporate support- Kyiv on some of the most difficult congenital heart surger- today and I think even the president himself or at least the ers, as well as sponsors of the press conference, namely: ies,” stated Ambassador Tefft. minister of health could have taken the effort to attend this Salans, American Medical Centers, Philip Morris Ukraine, “The fund’s achievements are unmatched in Ukraine,” important event,” stated Mr. Yavorivsky. InterContinental and Pravex Bank. declared Ambassador Tefft. “It has provided more than $63 Concluding his address, as a clearly frustrated but grate- Ms. Milanytch then introduced CCRDF’s co-founder, Mrs. million dollars in medical aid into 31 hospitals and three ful and humbled official representative of the Ukrainian Matkiwsky, who had also served as a volunteer and as an orphanages. The fund’s work has inspired other organiza- people, Deputy Yavorivsky declared that Dr. and Mrs. executive director of the fund over the course of its 22-year tions, philanthropists, businesses and Ukraine’s govern- Matkiwsky deserved to be formally acknowledged by the existence. ment to take an active approach to improve the healthcare government of Ukraine. “Today, you should have been During her sincerely heartfelt and emotional farewell system in this country, and this is one of the most impor- awarded with Ukraine’s highest state honors, but that day speech, while holding back tears, Mrs. Matkiwsky present- tant legacies the CCRDF leaves behind,” Mr. Tefft noted. will still come. I bow my head before you both. Please ed the CCRDF’s final Outstanding Service Awards to three Ambassador Tefft congratulated and thanked Ms. know that many, many people in Ukraine share my love designated individuals. Milanytch, the staff and all the volunteers for all of the and gratitude for your greatness,” he declared. Praised as a “financial guru” by Mrs. Matkiwsky, Tanya work that they have done at CCRDF. “But most of all, on Ms. Milanytch then introduced Dr. Yemets, chief cardiac Fesenko Vena received the CCRDF’s award for volunteering behalf of the U.S. government, my wife, Mariella, and surgeon of the Children’s Center of Cardiology and Cardiac her financial services and maintaining all financial records myself, I want to pay tribute to Nadia and Zenon Surgery in Kyiv. Dr. Yemets also serves as director of the in a professional and exemplary fashion. “You have not Matkiwsky for your tireless work on behalf of the children Center of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery of the Institute of only been an executive officer but my dear friend who on of this country. To save one child from a deadly disease or a Cardio-Pulmonary Surgery of the Academy of Medical many occasions set aside her personal family matters to congenital heart defect is a priceless accomplishment. You Sciences in Ukraine. expedite CCRDF projects. Your dedication and sacrifice are have done it over and over and over again. On behalf of all According to Dr. Yemets, every week an average of 18 to greatly valued,” stated Mrs. Matkiwsky as she presented of your friends and all of those who admire you, let me say 20 children born with congenital heart defects are treated at the award to Ms. Vena. thank you very much and may God Bless You,” he declared. the medical center which he administers. Dr. Yemets is the Valerie Burachinsky, who served as CCRDF’s vice-presi- Introducing National Deputy Volodymyr Yavorivsky, at first cardiac surgeon in Ukraine to perform successful opera- dent and coordinator of all CCRDF cargo shipments to the press conference, Ms. Milanytch hailed him as an honor- tions on neonatal cases with serious heart valve defects. Ukraine, was awarded and acknowledged by Mrs. ary founder of the CCRDF because he was the first represen- After receiving his formal medical training at the Kyiv Matkiwsky as the second individual who came to the home tative of the Ukrainian government who approached the Medical Institute with a specialization in surgery, in the of Dr. and Mrs. Matkiwsky and asked: “How can I help?” The diaspora to help the children of Chornobyl. “During the 1990s Dr. Yemets traveled abroad to acquire further exper- answer was “logistics,” according to Mrs. Matkiwsky. “We entire 22 years of the CCRDF’s existence, Deputy Yavorivsky tise in cardiac surgery. As a result, Dr. Yemets received addi- understood that as cargo coordinator, dealing with was always the person to whom the fund turned to resolve tional medical training and a license to practice in Sydney Ukrainian Customs would not be easy. Therefore, thank you any issue. We could always count on his support and help,” and Melbourne in Australia, Toronto and Paris. for your love, dedication, perseverance and completion to underscored Ms. Milanytch. Dr. Yemets gave a brief presentation about the CCRDF’s help save the children of Ukraine,” said Mrs. Matkiwsky. proposed telemedicine program in Ukraine. His two medi- The final CCRDF Outstanding Service Award was present- cal centers in Kyiv adopted the telemedicine program five ed to Ms. Milanytch, CCRDF’s country director for Ukraine. years ago and have already established partnerships with “In November 1989, a 7-year old girl came with her class- hospitals in Odesa, Kherson and Donetsk, but thus far, with mates to St. John Ukrainian Catholic School in Newark, N.J., to a specific focus on treating pediatric heart defects. support our first medical humanitarian airlift to Ukraine. “Although today we are present at an event which is Who could predict that 15 years later this little girl would announcing the closing of the CCRDF, in fact it is just one come to work for CCRDF. She learned and developed her step into the future of Ukrainian medicine. Telemedicine skills in our U.S. office. In 2007, she brought her knowledge, will allow medical specialists in ‘real time’ to convey their confidence, enthusiasm and most importantly her love and expertise to young doctors who are treating extreme pedi- belief in a mission, and successfully represented CCRDF in atric cases. Dr. Zenon Matkiwsky suggested that the tele- Ukraine. It is with great honor, love and devotion that I pres- medicine program should be introduced to hospitals treat- ent Alexa Milanytch with this award for her many years of ing not only children born with heart defects, but for over- outstanding commitment and dedication to saving the lives all pediatric care, and I agree with and support this idea,” of children in Ukraine,” stated Mrs. Matkiwsky. stated Dr. Yemets. The presenter and the recipient embraced and exchanged “In addition, telemedicine is an invaluable tool in health- bittersweet tears of joy, sadness and gratitude. care because it facilitates an instant exchange of information Clearly moved by the of recognition of her years of ser- between medical communities and leading global medical vice, Ms. Milanytch immediately underscored that without institutions for the benefit of patients,” Dr. Yemets added. the CCRDF executive board and her co-workers in the Kyiv Dr. Yemets has served as Ukraine’s Minister of Health office, it would not have been possible for her to fulfill her (December 2010-May 2011), and as a result the hope is that many responsibilities. “I share this award with everyone he will be able to help coordinate CCRDF’s telemedicine pro- ever involved,” said Ms. Milanytch during her emotional gram in Ukraine in some manner, according to Dr. acceptance speech. Dr. Illya Yemets provides a brief explanation of the Matkiwsky. “Dr. Yemets has the necessary medical, adminis- On a lighter note, to ease the tension a bit, Deputy essence of the medical breakthrough of the 21st century trative and governmental experience. He has recognition Yavorivsky warned everyone that “if all these glassy-eyed known as telemedicine, which he considers to be the from around the globe and brings in people to Ukraine. Dr. outbreaks of emotion continue, the tears will definitely future of medicine in Ukraine. Illya Yemets is a visionary and virtually unmatched in drown us all in here.” 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 No. 50

UCCA greets the people of Ukraine The Ukrainian Weekly on 20th anniversary of referendum

Twenty-two years of service Following is the text of the statement would prove just as daunting – the task of On November 21, the Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund made issued on December 1 by the Ukrainian building a truly democratic and indepen- an announcement in Kyiv that surprised many Ukrainians around the globe: the Congress Committee of America dent Ukraine. On this 20th anniversary, we CCRDF will be ending its operations in February 2012. Twenty-two years after it must rejoice in the victory of freedom, yet began its life-saving mission aimed at helping the young victims of the 1986 The Ukrainian Congress Committee of we should also be cognizant of the chal- Chornobyl nuclear accident, after sending 32 airlifts and 18 sea shipments of aid, America, the representative organization of lenges that still lie ahead. and delivering more than $63 million of medical assistance to hospitals and orphan- the over 1 million Americans of Ukrainian Sadly, the ongoing anti-democratic and ages in Ukraine, CCRDF’s founders had decided it was time to move on. descent, sends its heartfelt greetings to the authoritarian tendencies of the current It was a bittersweet moment, as reported by our colleague Illya M. Labunka from people of Ukraine on the 20th anniversary regime severely threaten Ukraine’s Kyiv. There were plenty of thanks-yous and congratulations to the fund’s founders, of the national referendum affirming the European aspirations and endanger the staffers and supporters both in the United States and Ukraine, and many tears from renewed independence of Ukraine. human and national rights of its citizens. The the dedicated activists of CCRDF. And there was hope, expressed in the words of Dr. On December 1, 1991, after centuries of road to true democracy still stretches before Zenon Matkiwsky, who said he hoped others would take on the mission initiated by oppression, the citizens of Ukraine voiced the Ukrainian nation. Our prayers remain CCRDF to improve the medical care available to Ukraine’s children. their desire for independence and in a with her people on their path to liberty. The organization traces it roots to 1989 and the diaspora response to the estab- nationwide referendum overwhelmingly On the occasion of the 20th anniversary lishment in September of that year of the Popular Movement (Rukh) of Ukraine for (over 90 percent) cast their ballots for of Ukraine’s national referendum on inde- Perebudova. Ukrainian community activists in the U.S. set up a Rukh Fund in affilia- renewed independence. On that day, pendence, may the Lord bless the tion with the Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Language Society in the U.S. to help sup- Ukraine’s electorate also elected Leonid Ukrainian nation and grant it the wisdom port Rukh in Ukraine. Later, the fund was incorporated under the name Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund (CCRF) and its goal was delineated as providing humanitari- Kravchuk as president of Ukraine. and fortitude to secure an independent, an, educational and charitable aid to Ukraine. CCRF sought to accomplish that goal Twenty years ago, Ukrainians achieved democratic Ukraine that can take its right- by working with volunteers from Rukh in Ukraine, foremost among them Volodymyr that for which they had struggled for so ful place amongst the nations of the free Yavorivsky, who headed the Kyiv regional Rukh. While on a visit to the U.S. he had long, yet the task that lay before them world. called for assistance to the 2 million children in Ukraine who were suffering from the nuclear disaster’s aftereffects. The Ukrainian diaspora responded immediately. (It should be noted that the dias- pora had wanted to help right after the April 24, 1986, accident at the Chornobyl Canadian government seeks nominations nuclear power plant, but the offer of assistance was turned down by Soviet authori- ties.) CCRF’s first shipment of medical supplies (worth some $100,000 and donated for Paul Yuzyk Award for Multiculturalism by Union Hospital on the initiative of its chief of surgery, Dr. Matkiwsky) was sent free of charge on a Swissair flight, via Moscow, in October 1989. However, CCRF’s Ukrainian Canadian Congress ticulturalism for at least one year within first full-fledged airlift of humanitarian aid departed from New York on February 10, the last five years. 1990, via an Antonov-124 cargo plane from Ukraine. WINNIPEG, Manitoba – The Paul The winner will receive a certificate of In fact, The Ukrainian Weekly was on the scene at John F. Kennedy International Yuzyk Award for Multiculturalism is an honor signed and presented by the Airport when those 93 tons of cargo, valued at $4 million, were loaded and then initiative that recognizes individuals who Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and blessed by local clergy. Sharing in the excitement of that historic day were students have made exceptional contributions to Multiculturalism. In addition, he or she from St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School in Newark, N.J. They came with a multiculturalism and to the integration will choose an eligible, registered, not- large banner reading “Our best wishes for the children of Ukraine from the children of newcomers in Canada. for-profit Canadian organization or asso- of St. John’s, Newark, N.J.,” and they sang Ukrainian songs as their send-off for the One award recipient is chosen every plane. The cargo arrived in Ukraine on February 12, after experiencing weather- ciation to receive a $20,000 grant. year in one of the following two catego- related delays at Ireland’s Shannon International Airport. Nominations are now being accepted ries: In succeeding years, CCRF, which became CCRDF, did so much more! (For those from the public. interested in a complete account of its work, we advise logging on to the CCRDF - To be considered for the 2012 award, website and taking a look at the latest issue of its newsletter, Chornobyl Chronicle.) viduals who have demonstrated ongoing nominations must be postmarked by Its legacy surely will be felt for many more years to come. dedication• Lifetime to Achievement: promoting a strongOpen to multi- indi March 1, 2012. The award is open to all Indeed, CCRDF may be leaving the scene, but it has announced a final project: a cultural society in Canada over a period Canadian citizens and permanent resi- modern telemedicine program that will connect 13 hospitals in Ukraine to a global of at least 10 years. dents. For more information on the network. It is truly a lasting gift to Ukraine from an organization that has cared award, eligibility requirements and the about its children, its future, for 22 years, and whose achievements in the words of individuals or groups who have made a nomination process, readers should visit U.S. Ambassador John F. Tefft are “unmatched in Ukraine.” Well done, CCRDF! significant• Outstanding contribution Achievement: to Canadian Open mul- to http://www.cic.gc.ca/paulyuzyk/.

encourage our Central Asian partners – Clinton tells OSCE... both governments and civil society – to Dec. Turning the pages back... (Continued from page 3) pursue democratic reforms and better respect for fundamental human rights,” Seventeen years ago, on December 11, 1994, thousands of repression. Former presidential candi- she said. Russian soldiers, directed by President Boris Yeltsin, marched on dates from the democratic opposition, She also issued a new warning to the 11 the breakaway republic of Chechnya. This was the largest Russian Andrey Sannikau and Mikalay Statkevich, Islamist winners of elections in Egypt to 1994 military offensive since the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan by the [are] still in prison a year after the gov- respect human and women’s rights and Soviet Union. ernment crackdown along with other adhere to democratic rules. That same day, 100 protesters attended a rally that was orga- political prisoners.” She told the OSCE gathering that gains nized outside the Russian Embassy in Kyiv. Organized by the Ukraina Democratic coalition, The U.S. Secretary of State also named by Islamist parties in Egypt’s recent par- comprising 40 democratic political organizations, the group characterized the develop- Ukraine as a country that appears to be liamentary elections must not set back ments in Chechnya as “the beginning of the second stage in the break-up of the empire.” backtracking on democracy – question- that country’s push toward democracy The invasion of Chechnya began as a last resort to topple the leadership of Dzhokhar ing whether there were political motiva- after the fall of President Hosni Dudayev, who took power after defeating the Communists in August 1991. President Yeltsin tions behind the recent trial and convic- Mubarak’s regime earlier this year. feared that the independence movement of Chechnya would spread across the Russian tion of former Prime Minister Yulia Meanwhile, the United States, the Federation. Tymoshenko, a rival of President Viktor Netherlands, Sweden, Canada and other In response, the Ukrainian government, in a December 12, 1994, statement, noted that Yanukovych. countries are pushing for the OSCE to the war in Chechnya was an internal Russian affair, but expressed hope that the conflicting “We see setbacks for democratic insti- adopt a document supporting the funda- sides would be able to reach an understanding before the hostilities escalated. tutions, the rule of law, and electoral pro- mental freedoms of journalists in the dig- More than 500 people gathered on December 12, 1994, in Symferopol, the capital of the cesses,” she said. “We witnessed prosecu- ital age. autonomous republic of Crimea, to demand an immediate halt to military actions against the tions such as that of Yulia Tymoshenko in U.S. State Department officials say Chechen people and the withdrawal of Russian troops. Ukraine, which raised serious questions there is particular concern that bloggers Located near the Caspian Sea in southeastern Russia, Chechnya was conquered by the about political motivations.” and other journalists using electronic Russians in the 1850s as the Russian empire expanded south toward the Middle East. The media are being targeted in all of the Concern for bloggers mostly Muslim population is fiercely independent and the region has been a constant irri- countries of Central Asia, Belarus, Russia tant to its Russian and Soviet rulers. Secretary Clinton also signaled the and Turkey. On December 13, 1994, the Ukrainian Parliament issued a statement appealing to the need to promote human rights and foster feuding sides to resolve their problems by political, peaceful means. democratic reforms in the former Soviet Copyright 2011, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted Ukraine’s citizens and organizations were cautioned from getting involved in the conflict. republics of Central Asia. with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ “But the government of Ukraine is not indifferent to the fate of its citizens,” said First Deputy “Even as the United States seeks coop- Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Foreign Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk, “who may have – for any number of reasons – eration with governments in the Central Washington DC 20036 (see http://www.rferl. ended up in Chechnya. We have a developed mechanism that will defend the rights of our Asian region on Afghanistan, trade, ener- org/content/clinton_osce_ex_soviet_repub- (Continued on page 20) gy and other matters, we will continue to lics_democratic_reforms/24413199.html). No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The things we do ... many on that stage who recognized an by Orysia Paszczak Tracz opportunity for political accommodation. The anniversary It is no wonder that the people of Ukraine and we in the diaspora feel disap- of Orange Revolution pointed and betrayed by those same politi- Dear Editor: cians, who used their mandate to enrich themselves and trade their honor, dignity, The seventh anniversary of the Orange the people’s trust and the nation’s future The black sorochka Revolution provides an opportunity for for their own personal gain. We all feel the remembrance and evaluation of the signifi- There are Ukrainian-style embroi- pain of the historic moment lost. dered and woven shirts in black. Being cance of that moment in Ukraine’s history. There is a new generation that views A segment on YouTube circulated recently the total opposite background from the itself and Ukraine as part of Europe. Young traditional “sorochka,” the designs on about the role of the National University of professionals are organizing strategic polit- Kyiv Mohyla Academy in the first days of these shirts are in bright yellow, orange ical projects; they are working on transpar- and red, or white and silver, or other the revolution. ency, the defense of the Ukrainian language The film can be viewed on http://www. contrasting colors. This is a fairly new and culture and recognition of human style, from the last decade or so. The youtube.com/watch?feature=player_ rights. Repressive current actions of embedded&v=_1xbGZO1mc4#!. (The clip image is striking and colorful. But it is so Ukraine’s current leaders are provoking incongruous, especially because it is so was produced by the Kyiv Mohyla School of increased reactions. The moment of reck- Journalism. Photos are by Serhiy Rossinsky, untraditional. oning will come. It always does. History is A sorochka, especially for Sunday and editing and montage by Oleksandra unforgiving. Yaroshenko, music by Slavko Vakarchuk.) special occasions must be “bila-bila” – Kyiv Mohyla Academy’s administration, Marta Farion white. And yet, in context, this black faculty and students were the first orga- Chicago look does not bother me. Some exquisite nized column marching on Kyiv’s icy and designs have been created. However, it is The letter-writer is president of the snowy streets to the Maidan. With the mili- a stage and special-occasion piece of Chicago-based Kyiv Mohyla Foundation. tia posted throughout Kyiv, it took courage clothing, and not to be worn with a tra- and conviction to lead the way and call ditional costume. upon the nation’s students to join the revo- Why would I ever mention this no- lution. brainer? Because at a festival in Winnipeg The academy served as the Orange An issue packed I saw a young woman on a stage wearing Revolution’s official press center. It provid- a pretty embroidered black sorochka Courtesy of Oleksander Shevchenko ed its facilities and the university’s human with history along with the traditional sash and wrap resources for the cause. Students and facul- skirt of Bukovyna. Ouch! This is as bad as Stefa Bobyk in a chorna sorochka. ty served as translators to hundreds of Dear Editor: the fully beaded, supposedly modern international journalists; the entire jour- Bukovyna sorochka worn with a full apocryphal origin. “At the end of the I have just received and completed Hutsul costume, as seen recently in 1940s, during the middle of the night, nalism school assisted the needs of nation- reading the November 27 issue of The al and international media; faculty provid- Hutsul villages. Talk about incongruous! Povstantsi [soldiers of the Ukrainian Ukrainian Weekly. I am fascinated by I have wondered where and when the Insurgent Army] knocked on the window ed historical and political background and Ukrainian history, its passions, facts and analysis; the university provided meals to black style started in Ukraine. There is of a house in a Carpathian village. They controversies. This issue is just packed one possibility of a Canadian influence. asked the owner to take care of an injured out-of-town protesters and hundreds of with fascinating articles, beginning with people used the university buildings to stay Sylvia Todaschuk, a Winnipeg busi- soldier. The family took him in, and he Myron Kuropas’ “The Displaced Persons nesswoman and community proponent, was hidden in the hay in the barn. So that overnight and protect themselves from the Act of 1948: It almost didn’t happen,” cold. The diaspora’s immediate support for and owner of the Todaschuk Sisters no one in the village would know about Andrew Sorokowski’s Crosscurrents: col- Ukrainian Boutique, is also a consultant him, the 11- or 12-year-old daughter of the unexpected encampment cannot be umn titled “Should History be Patriotic?” underestimated. for performing groups and events. Her the family took him food… When he and Roman Serbyn’s “Erroneous meth- business opened in 1985 on Selkirk healed from his wounds, and got ready to We remember those seminal moments ods in a scholar’s challenge to ‘Ukrainian with nostalgia and wish that the spirit of Avenue. As she remembers, sometime leave again for the forest, he left the girl Myths.’ ” around 1986-1987, the members of the his black embroidered sorochka [shirt], the nation would rise again now, when Your staff should be honored that you Ukraine’s current government has turned well-known D-Drifters band were to per- and said, ‘When you grow up and have a have published such insightful articles form at Canada’s National Ukrainian son, give him this sorochka – may he to political repressions, rampant corrup- from such differing points of view. tion, legislative manipulation and central- Festival in Dauphin, Manitoba. They wear it and remember us’… She fulfilled Ukrainian history is being written and asked Ms. Todaschuk to come up with the soldier’s wish. Her son put on that ization of control. The threat to democracy rewritten. Just how do we see our histo- is real. outfits that were different. The other black sorochka when he went to Rynok ry, and then present it to the world? requirement was that the shirts should Square [in Lviv], where for the first time Many politicians claim “ownership” of Thank you for this issue. the Orange Revolution, but they were not not show soiling – especially from the after the Soviet era, the blue-and-yellow the ones who initiated it. The revolution Andrew Dzul dark guitar and accordion straps. flag was raised [over City Hall]... was born of the people, not of politicians. It Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. Ms. Todaschuk came up with black Mr. Shevchenko continues, “… I asked was the people who called upon the politi- shirts with sewn-on embroidery-style rib- to see the sorochka. The grandmother cians to act and to lead. It was the people bons. She also created black T-shirts with brought it… It was black fabric, embroi- who pushed the politicians onto the stage embroidery on the pockets. At the time, dered in hot colors, yellow, red… And on the Maidan, and refused to accept a bro- We welcome your opinion she and the band were criticized by some when I held this sorochka in my hands, I for this non-traditional look. Times have felt an energy and power emanating kered deal. It was the people who rejected The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters the fraudulent election results. sure changed. And how many Ukrainian- from it… I wrote this song the next day, to the editor and commentaries on a vari- giving the story of the sorochka. It is When the politicians realized that mil- ety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian themed T-shirts are out there now! lions rose up in protest, they began their American and Ukrainian Canadian com- But there is another possibility in called ‘Chorna Vyshyvanka.’ ascendancy unto the stage in a political munities. Ukraine, and the following chronology of Replying to my request, Mr. pecking order. After the poisoning of Viktor Letters should be typed and signed (anon- the appearance of the black embroi- Shevchenko gave the details. The song ymous letters are not published). Letters are dered shirts seems very possible. In was written in 1990, based on the story Yushchenko the people of Ukraine and the accepted also via e-mail at staff@ukrweek- world became enraged. Mr. Yushchenko’s searching for songs about the sorochka, I told to him by the owner of the shirt, ly.com. The daytime phone number and checked the very informative http:// Yuriy Bobyk, who was given it by his scarred face became the symbol of a plun- address of the letter-writer must be given mother according to the wishes of the dered nation, and Yulia Tymoshenko’s for verification purposes. Please note that a www.pisni.org.ua/ site. Leave it to the braids and posture became a symbol of the daytime phone number is essential in order Ukrainians to have songs about hops, UPA soldier. These events happened in nation’s strength and vision. Eventually the for editors to contact letter-writers regarding kalyna (viburnum), the rushnyk [ritual the post-war years in the village of stage was filled with some idealistic and clarifications or questions. cloth], a bridge, the black soil, and – yes – Zhuriv, Rohatyn county, Stanyslaviv [now Please note: THE LENGTH OF LETTERS patriotic individuals, but there were also the embroidered sorochka. At least 24 Ivano-Frankivsk] Oblast. The girl’s name CANNOT EXCEED 500 WORDS. songs appeared in the search. was Stefa [Bobyk’s mother], the soldier A very pretty and sentimental one is was Myron. “Mamyna Sorochka” (Mother’s The sorochka still exists. In one of her Sorochka) by Natalia Mai, praising the concerts, soloist Natalka Samsonova Opinions in The Ukrainian Weekly very white embroidered shirt that wore the sorochka in performing the means so much. But then further down song. Myron’s fate is unknown, as well as Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators and letter- the list I noticed “Chorna Vyshyvanka” his surname. Often the soldiers had writers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opin- [The Black Embroidered Shirt] by com- poser/lyricist Oleksander Shevchenko. (Continued on page 19) ions of either The Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the At first the story of the song, as listed Ukrainian National Association. with the lyrics on the website, left me Orysia Tracz may be contacted at orysia. dubious. No names, no exact location – an [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 No. 50

The gravesite in Peniaky of the Rev. Hryhory Hrushka, The church in Peniaky where the first Illya Olesnycky was pastor in 1801. founder of Svoboda (1893). Intersections: A family visit to western Ukraine

The cemetery in Peniaky. This could have been the same exact scene in the village of Peniaky 210 years ago.

by Nestor Olesnycky Orthodox priest. (Evhen indicates that he most ancient known ancestor had lived and Upon reflection, my disappointment was used the word “Rusyn” interchangeably worked. replaced by wonderment, as I began to con- In October my wife, Ivanka, and I visited with “Ukrainian” when the latter term was Assuming Illya was buried in Peniaky, we template how these three names, Olesnycky, Ukraine to see our son, Damian, who has not yet generally accepted.) then tried to find his burial site, but that Holovatsky and Hrushka tied in with been living in Kyiv since 2009. On this trip, Illya himself had converted from Roman proved impossible, due to the age and oblit- Peniaky, with my ancestral roots and with we wanted to combine time with him with Catholicism to become a Ukrainian Orthodox eration of the engraved names on the Ukrainian self-identification throughout the traveling to western Ukraine to visit some priest, married the daughter of the priest ancient monuments in the cemetery and to years. I didn’t realize what further reading ancestral locations for both our families. We who raised him, and had at least one son, the fact that the cemetery was moved as a and research would reveal after I got home. have lately been immersed in studying our Illya [2], born about 1790 in Volyn. In 1801 result of intense damage during World War Even though I had read “Ukrainian- genealogy from family records, interviewing Illya [1] converted to Uniate Catholicism and, I. To boot, nobody in the village remem- American Citadel” by Dr. Myron B. Kuropas family members and frequently using the according to Evhen, became the pastor of the bered hearing or reading about such a about the UNA’s history and had been on the internet site Ancestry.com. This was a good Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Protection name, nor was Illya’s name listed among the Executive Committee and Supreme opportunity to expand our research. of the Mother of God in Peniaky, near Brody, priests and pastors of the church in a book Assembly of the UNA, I had forgotten that The Olesnycky family history was writ- now in Lviv Oblast. about Peniaky (“Moye Ridne Selo”) pub- the Rev. Hrushka had moved back to ten over a century ago in an autobiography For that reason, we decided to visit lished in the 1990s. Ukraine in 1900 after he founded Svoboda by Evhen Olesnycky, a lawyer in Stryi, but Peniaky, about a two-hour drive east of Lviv, So, although we were happy to have visit- and co-founded the Ruthenian (later, not published until 1935 well after his hoping either to see the church where he ed the village, I was somewhat disappointed, Ukrainian) National Association. death. A newer, fuller edition was repub- had been pastor, or perhaps even to see his wondering whether Evhen had it wrong. In 1906, Father Hrushka became the pas- lished in July of 2011 in Lviv by Medetsyna gravesite. Perhaps sensing my disappointment, Mr. tor in Peniaky, where he served until his i Pravo. His autobiography fired my desire (I would be remiss if here I didn’t thank Bliuy proudly pointed out the most promi- death in April of 1913 and where he was to immerse myself in my family’s history Lesia Isajevych Mason, director of the Sabre nent gravestone in the cemetery in Peniaky. buried. In 1937, the UNA purchased a grave- and perhaps discover unknown relatives or Svitlo Foundation in Lviv, who graciously It was that of the Rev. Hryhory Hrushka, the stone made of Italian marble and had it ancestors from an earlier time than Evhen assisted us in our efforts to obtain birth and founder and first editor of Svoboda in 1893, placed on his gravesite. Mr. Bliuy related had mentioned. other family records from the Lviv National who was also instrumental in the founding that in 1944, in typical Soviet fashion, Red According to him, the earliest known Archives and also provided us with an excel- of the Ukrainian National Association. Father Army soldiers fired bullets into his grave- Olesnycky ancestor was Illya Olesnycky lent guide, Roman Ben, to drive us to Peniaky Hrushka was a pastor of the Church in stone, but failed to destroy it, as shown by (hereafter Illya [1]) (about 1760-1810), my and to other sites where we needed to go.) Peniaky from 1906 to 1913. the photo reproduced with this article. great-great-great grandfather. Evhen writes When we got to Peniaky, a village elder He then mentioned the name of yet Holovatsky and the Ruska Triytsia had an that Illya [1] was likely a “szliachtycz” of (former “holova silrady” or head of the another prior pastor of the church, the Rev. important influence on the Olesnycky fami- Polish ancestry, who, as a child, survived the Village Council, Yosyp Ivanovych Bliuy) Fedir Holovatsky, who happened to be the ly’s Ukrainian self-identification, and per- massacre of his entire family in Uman in accompanied us to the Church where I took father of Jakiv Holovatsky, a member of the haps crystallized it. As mentioned above, the 1768, was rescued by a servant, and was the photo accompanying this article. He was famous “Ruska Triytsia” along with Markian then sheltered and raised by a Rusyn moved that I was likely seeing where my Shashkevych and Ivan Vahylevych. 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The DP to DC exhibit committee with speakers (from left): Dr. George Hrycelak, vice-president of the Ukrainian National Museum; Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, speaker; UNM Bohdan Dudycz, member of the UNM board of directors; Dr. Mark Wyman, speak- President Jaroslaw J. Hankewych of the Cover of the exhibit’s bilingual catalogue. er; Orest Hrynewych, vice-president of the UNM. Ukrainian National Museum. Ukrainian National Museum opens “From DP to DC” exhibit

Dr. Mark Wyman (left) and Dr. Lubomyr Y. Luciuk speak at the exhibit opening.

by Orest A. Hrynewych A section was devoted to the forced repatriation of Prof. Mark Wyman, author of “DPs: Europe’s Displaced Ukrainians and its tragic consequences, as well as the Persons, 1945-1951,” spoke eloquently on the subject of CHICAGO – Old friends reconnected, acquaintances actions of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Eleanor his introduction to DPs and Ukrainians DPs’ unique strug- were renewed and half-forgotten memories became vivid Roosevelt in terminating forced repatriation. gle for recognition as a separate stateless people who have again at the “From DP to DC” exhibit, formally called A huge map of the DP camps in Germany and Austria maintained their national heritage and culture. “Displaced Persons: A Story of Ukrainian Refugees in was provided and people were invited to locate their DP The second speaker was Dr. Lubomyr Y. Luciuk, author Europe 1945-1952.’’ camps and indicate so by inserting a pin in the map. of “Searching for Place: Ukrainian Displaced Persons, The exhibit opened on November 4-6, at the Ukrainian This was followed by an overview of the Immigration Canada and the Migration of Memory.” He challenged the National Museum (UNM) of Chicago and the exhibit con- Act of 1948 and the part played by Harry S. Truman in get- audience to educate the public about the great injustice of tinues through January 31, 2012. ting this law passed. Next was a story of the Ellis Island forced repatriation of the DPs and the crimes committed By all accounts the opening weekend of the exhibit experience. by Communists that still are not acknowledged. He sug- was a huge success. People recognized long lost friends Another wall described camp life and its important gested that the Ukrainian community should seek, if not on photographs and commented how thin and young aspects. Nine large canvas banners described DP camp redress, an understanding of these tragic events inflicted they looked. There was a spirit of familiarity in the air administration, religious activity, education, youth organiza- on the Ukrainian nation and is people. and a congenial atmosphere prevailed. tions, sports, health and nutrition, publications, artistic life The speeches were well received and followed by a lively The primary objective of this exhibit was to honor the and the theater. Below the banners were display cases with question and answer period. The opening night’s program efforts of the Third Wave of Ukrainian immigrants to the DP camp artifacts, donated by the Ukrainian public, which was repeated on Saturday, November 5, to a smaller crowd. new world and more specifically their accomplishments provided supportive links with the banner’s subject matter. On Sunday, November 6, Dr. Myron B. Kuropas, author in Chicago. The exhibit attempted to show how this expe- One wall was devoted to the Regensburg DP Camp, of “The Ukrainian Americans: Roots and Aspirations 1898- rience was turned into something positive that helped which was very active and whose residents are well repre- 1954,” and other books on Ukrainian subjects, presented a new Ukrainian immigrants to quickly adopt an organized sented in Chicago. Of special interest was the exhibit of talk on “How the Immigration Act of 1948 Almost Did Not and productive life in America. Plast uniforms, emblems, banners and badges of the Happen,” to a lively crowd. His presentation was followed A secondary objective was to present to the public a Ukrainian scouts in Regensburg. by a lengthy question and answer period. user-friendly exposition of all aspects of the DP experi- Another wall was designated “Living Memory” – a place One of the firsts for the UNM was the publication of a ence. As one viewer stated, “DP camps were the boot for former DP camp residents to write their names, profes- bilingual catalogue of the exhibit titled “From DP to DC, camps to prepare immigrants for life in America.” sions, their DP camps, years and the means of transport to Displaced Persons: A story of Ukrainian Refugees in The idea for this exhibit was first discussed over a year America. A portion of the wall also contained the biogra- Europe 1945-1952.” Copies of this catalogue are available and a half ago at a regular meeting of the UNM executive phies of some of the prominent local Ukrainian DPs who for $25 from the administrator of the Ukrainian National board. The board of directors members noted that the have made successes of their lives in America. Museum of Chicago, 2249 W. Superior St., Chicago, Ill., drama of displaced persons was too important to forget. The pièce de résistance was a typical DP camp room 6061; phone, 312-421-8020; fax, 773-772-2883; e-mail, The UNM saw an opportunity to educate the general pub- recreated with a bunk bed, old clothing and actual every- [email protected]. lic, descendants of Third Wave refugees, as well as Fourth day articles from the UNM permanent collection and from The exhibit was made possible through the generous Wave immigrants who were not familiar with the history items donated or loaned to the museum from interested support of The Heritage Foundation of First Security of their predecessors. Ukrainians from all over America. The museum is especial- Federal Savings Bank and The Selfreliance Foundation of The exhibit was carefully formulated to be inviting and ly thankful for the astonishing response from former DPs Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union. interactive. The exhibit hall was arranged in a logical who saved these priceless relics from the bygone years in The exhibit runs from November 4, 2011 through chronological fashion, starting with the reasons for the German and Austrian DP camps. January 2012. Museum hours are Thursday through refugees as a result of World War II and ending in the Jaroslaw Hankewych, the president of the Ukrainian Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. success stories of a select number of Third Wave National Museum, introduced the “From DP to DC’’ exhibit The exhibit and the accompanying exhibit catalogue Ukrainians. to a standing-room-only crowd on Friday, November 4. A were prepared by the exhibit committee, composed of short explanation of the purpose of the exhibit and the best Bohdan Dudycz, George Hrycelak, Orest Hrynewych, UNM Orest A. Hrynewych is first vice-president of the way to view was provided by Maria Klimchak, the curator. board members, Ms. Klimchak and the museum’s adminis- Ukrainian National Museum. There were two invited speakers. trator, Anna Chychula. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 No. 50

and the Russian Orthodox Church, on UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Intersections... December 12, 1901, at the Cathedral of St. George in Lviv, he renounced his Orthodox (Continued from page 8) SEARCHING FOR OUR MEMBERS faith and returned to the Ukrainian Catholic Church as a priest and served for the last Policyolicy Name Branch Branch Location first Illya had a son, Illya [2]. The latter had eight children, of whom the eldest was seven years of his life as pastor in Peniaky. A154469 ABRAMIUK, MARIA 5 Astoria, NY Hryhorii, born in Peniaky in 1816. Illya [2] Holovatsky also lived through the vaga- A143945 HOSHOWSKY, MYKOLA 5 sent him to Lviv to study law in 1835, but, ries of his times. He was born in 1814 to the A085419 HRAURENKO,KYRYLO 5 unbeknownst to him, Hryhorii switched to Rev. Fedir Holovatsky in the village of A085425 HRAURENKO, LEONILA 5 theology, finishing his seminary studies in Chepeli, adjoining Peniaky. His father was A050781 DACHUCK, ANNA B 5 1838. According to Evhen’s memoir, at that then the pastor in Peniaky. His grandfather A071478 HNATOW, LESLIE 16 Spring Valley, NY time, the family was still ambiguous about was of Polish nobility (szliachta) of the A123897 ZAILYK, PETER 22 Chicago, IL its ethnic self-identification with Illya [2] “Prus” coat of arms. Yet, Yakiv attended the A056165 YADLOW, MICHAEL 25 Jersey City, NJ being rather enamored with the noble and Theological Seminary in Lviv, and played an enormous role in the Rusyn cultural revival A117817 YANIUK, MARIA 27 Newark, NJ ancient Polish roots of the Olesnicki family in Halychyna in general and of Hryhoriy A048464 HAWRYLKO, IRENE J 37 Elizabeth, NJ that then-existing family records showed. Olesnycky in particular. After serving as a A135386 SMOLINSKY,VICTORIA M 39 Syracuse, NY As those who paid attention in Ukrainian Uniate priest in Mykytyntsi in the Kolomyia A066819 SAUNDERS,GEORGE 42 Passaic, NJ Saturday school might remember, the Ruska region, in 1848 he became a professor of A072541 LEWKOWICZ, MARIE J 59 Bridgeport, CT Triytsia published the revolutionary Ukrainian philology at Lviv University. A082759 MACKNO, ANNIE W 59 “Rusalka Dnistrovaya” in 1836 in the vernac- Later, influenced by the Pan-Slavist ideol- A078775 KUPSCHE, MARY 67 Ansonia, CT ular Rusyn language. According to Evhen, ogy of Mikhail Pogodin, he became a A085616 HRYWNIAK, TEKLA 76 Newark, NJ influenced by the Triytsia, Hryhoriy learned A087166 HYCZKO,KATERYNA 76 Russophile and Russophone, left the priest- to read and write in the Cyrillic alphabet, A101164 BILYNSKYJ, EWHEN 83 Philadelphia, PA hood and moved to Vilnius, heading the despite having been schooled at a Polish A074233 ROMANCHUK, ANNE 88 Kerhonkson, NY archeological commission there, until his Jesuit academy in Ternopil, and then became A039547 LABOYKO, VOLODYMYR 96 Pittsburgh, PA death in 1888. (A second member of the an advocate of the Rusyn/Ukrainian revival. A058541 JANOWSKI, JOHN 102 Cleveland, OH Ruska Triytsia, Vahylevych, left the Uniate Being the eldest child of Illya, substan- A056575 LAZUKA, SYLVESTER 102 Church and took the Lutheran faith before A102593 LOZOWY, JOSEPH 112 Cleveland, OH tially older than several of his many sib- his death. Only Shashkevych remained a A088063 KOWALCHUK,JOSEPH 114 Chicago, IL lings, he had a significant influence on Uniate priest until his early death at age 31.) A047401 SHEMERDIAK,MARY 114 them and all of them became consciously Finally, Illya Olesnycky [1] may have been A049015 CASAZZA, MAGDALENA 116 Trenton, NJ Rusyn/Ukrainian, during a time in born a Polish szliachtycz (Roman Catholic), A084486 PERCAK,STEFANIA 125 Chicago, IL Halychyna, when national identity was survived the Gonta/Zalizniak massacre in A105037 PLOSHANSKY,DR MARTA 131 Chicago, IL uncertain and malleable. Hryhoriy’s young- Uman, was taken in by an Orthodox priest, A102010 HYLA, PAWLO 142 Elizabeth, NJ est brother, my great-grandfather, Illya [3], became an Orthodox priest himself, and A058674 CAMPO, ANNETTE 165 Toledo, OH was raised by him from age 16, due to the then converted to the Uniate Catholic A052771 HRYNYK, MICHAEL 171 Jersey City, NJ death of their father in 1852. Church in order to become the pastor in A059604 WASILENKO, SAM 175 Detroit, MI Illya [3] later married a Polish woman, Peniaky. Some years later, he was arrested A085618 KRYSHANOWSKYJ, MYKOLA 194 New York, NY raising my grandfather, Fedir, and his broth- by the Russians, spending two years in A143213 NAHAJKO,CHARLOTTE 194 er, Yuliy, as Ukrainians in the Ukrainian prison in Moscow. A086396 HAYES, LOLA 221 Chicago, IL Catholic faith, and their two sisters, Halyna Upon his release, he came back to A088493 MELNYKOWICZ, WASYL 230 Youngstown, OH and Leopolda, as Poles and Roman Catholic. Peniaky, where his son lived and where his A137243 SZYPULKA,KATERYNA 240 Cleveland, OH The sons married Ukrainians and their grandson, Hryhoriy, was born, but, for rea- A049255 LEWICKI, MARY 264 Carnegie, PA progeny are Ukrainian, while the daughters sons unknown, left the priesthood and A118032 KUSHNIR, MYCHAJLYNA 267 New York, NY married Poles and moved to Poland with served as “mandator” of the dominion of A078763 MINISSALE,ANNE L 287 Jersey City, NJ their husbands. Apparently, that was not the Polish “Graf” Mionczinski until he died A079034 KINNES,MICHAEL 292 Detroit, MI uncommon during the upheavals and con- not long after his return. A049611 WILLIAMS, ANNA 316 Rochester, NY stantly changing borders and politics of It was not until his grandson, Hryhoriy, A118268 SKALLY, KATIE 341 Windsor, ON, Canada Halychyna in the 19th century. met Holovatsky in 1835 in Lviv that the A048257 BARING, ANNA 353 New Brunswick, NJ The lives of the Revs. Hryhoriy Hrushka Olesnycky family began to self-identify as A049329 BARNETT, MARY 362 Bristol, PA and Holovatsky and Illya [1] Olesnycky Ukrainian and started learning and using A063633 STUBERECK, SIGMUND S 362 intersected in Peniaky and reflected the Cyrillic script and the Ukrainian vernacular. A102107 ANTONIAK, EWDOKIA 379 Chicago, IL uncertainty of their times. This certainly was not the family A090868 BOHACHEVSKY, ROSTYSLAW 397 Philadelphia, PA I knew that the Rev. Hrushka was a research trip I expected. While I took A095189 DYDYNSKY, KONSTANTYN 397 Ukrainian Catholic priest, who in 1889 came Ukrainian lineage, heritage and identity for A088027 LYSIANSKA, LUBOW 397 to the United States, became the father of granted, I did not realize how historically A119010 RYBAK, A 399 Chicago, IL Svoboda, and instrumental in the founding of tenuous and fragile it was, and perhaps still A152970 BILOUS, SOPHIE 401 Toronto, ON the Ukrainian National Association (then is. Under the Hapsburgs, the Poles and the A060099 HODGETTS, A 409 Dunmore, PA known as the Ruskyi Narodnyi Soyuz). I did Russians, ethnic identity depended on lan- A070445 TERPLAK, ANNA 432 Toronto, ON not know that in 1896, he resigned as a guage, gender, war, marriage, religion, script A123005 WYSHNIOWSKY,H 432 priest from Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian and politics. But more than anything, what A130338 JANKOWSKI, STEFAN 445 Winnipeg, MB Catholic Church in Jersey City, N.J., and short- struck me was the role of chance – what if ly thereafter, in December of 1896, became Hryhoriy had gone on to law school and not a Russian Orthodox priest in Old Forge, Pa. to the seminary, or what if he had met and Then in 1900 he was assigned by the been influenced by Pogodin into pan-Slav- Russian Synod to Volyn Gubernia, then ism and not by Shashkevych and Holovatsky Russia. However, according to some sources, into what the family eventually became? because he saw the treatment of the indige- It all intersected in Peniaky, a bucolic nous population by the Russian authorities and poor village near Brody.

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FILM REVIEW: ‘Genocide Revealed,’ a compelling award-winning documentary

by Christina Kotlar Turchyn ing of how local villagers – recruited as thugs – were able to inflict such brutality Just like Pandora’s Box, there’s no going on their fellow Ukrainians, captures the back when the lid opens and dark secrets broad scope of Stalin’s genocidal policies are let loose. “Genocide Revealed,” a directed against the Ukrainian nation. 75-minute documentary produced, direct- While subtitles work in foreign-lan- ed and edited by award-winning Montreal guage documentaries so that non-Ukraini- filmmaker Yurij Luhovy, uncovers layers of an speakers can hear the expression in the planning and malicious intent by Joseph voices of witnesses here, the filmmaker Stalin and his inner circle to unleash found ways that allow viewers to hear the Communist terror and national repression Ukrainian language original under the nar- in Ukraine by creating an artificial famine ration and voice-over translations. It works. in 1932-1933, the Holodomor. The film has The narrator, Academy Award winner won 11 international film festival awards. Graham Green, is an Oneida, born on Six While there are several outstanding Nations Reserve, Ohsweken, Ontario, films recently made and released on the Canada, who has worked on stage, film and subject, Mr. Luhovy’s intent is to bring this television productions in Canada, England dark chapter of civilization’s history to and the United States. Best known for his mainstream audiences with directing skill nomination as Kicking Bird in “Dances and undaunted tenacity. He does this With Wolves” (1990), he won an Earle Grey through extensive research that is period- Award for Lifetime Achievement (2004) at specific, effective script writing that com- the Gemini Awards of the Canadian televi- bines eyewitness accounts with academic sion broadcasting industry. interpretations, and searing visual that There are voiceovers by Lubomir remain burned into memories long after Mykytiuk, a Ukrainian Canadian with a the last frame of the archival footage ends: slew of film and television credits, who has scrawled writing on a boarded-up village won accolades in the Canadian broadcast- window announces “Vsi pomerly” “All ing industry, and Jill Hennessy, originally died.” from Edmonton, Alberta. Ms. Hennessy is Never before seen archival material – well-known in film and television, especial- film footage, photos and documents – are ly for her award-winning work as star of meticulously recorded and presented. “Crossing Jordan” (2001-2007) and “Law Since “Harvest of Despair,” a film Mr. and Order” (1993-1996). She is also a sing- Luhovy co-directed that was released in er-songwriter who recently composed a 1983, more unfathomable information was song dedicated to her Ukrainian maternal unearthed and the monumental extent of grandmother. this inhumane atrocity unfolded. After Mr. Luhovy, a member of the Academy of Ukraine’s independence in 1992, the classi- Canadian Cinema and Television, has fied archives were available for academic worked for over 35 years on award-win- reviews. This enabled the filmmaker to ning documentaries for the CBC, the gain access to film archives in Kyiv. National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Along with his wife, Zoriana Hrycenko, many independent productions. A multi producer, and through the help of histori- award-winning filmmaker, he has pro- an-researcher Nina Lapchynska and con- duced, directed and edited many indepen- sultant Jaroslav Rozumnyj, Mr. Luhovy put dent, compelling films, including together his film crew, including daughter “Okradena Zemlya,” the Ukrainian version Adriana, principal cinematograper, and of “Genocide Revealed;” “Bereza Kartuzka” son, Roman, music composer and sound (2007) a documentary on the internment mix, and headed out into the regions where of Ukrainians during the Polish occupation the survivors of the Holodomor remain. of western Ukraine; “The Tree That The heart-wrenching testimonials of Remembers” (2001); and “Freedom Had A these survivors; comments by historians, Price,” (1994), a documentary on Canada’s As is our custom, writers and poets; rare footage of the first internment operations of 1914-1920. THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Soviet period used for propaganda purpos- For more information on future screen- es; identification of Stalin’s inner circle of ings of “Genocide Revealed,” readers may will again mail Christmas greetings and small gift packages architects of murder; as well as a recount- log on to www.yluhovy.com. to American-Ukrainian service people presently serving their country in many parts of the world. Ukrainian School UNA wishes to solicit your help in getting names, addresses and ranks of any Ukrainian you may know who is serving in the armed forces – “Ridna Shkola” in Passaic, NJ Help make this project successful. UNA will mail Christmas and New Year’s greetings invites you to the to our service people by December 25, 2011.

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CIUS Press releases book on Ukrainians in Argentina

216 Foordmore Road, “Ukrainians in Argentina, 1897-1950: The Making of a Community,” by Serge Kerhonkson NY 12446 Cipko. EDMONTON: Canadian Institute of 845-626-5641 Ukrainian Studies Press, 2011. Paperback, www.Soyuzivka.com $29.95; hardcover, $59.95. Argentina, the eighth-largest country in the world, has relied heavily on immi- gration to boost its population. In 1914 some 30 percent of the Argentine popu- lation was classified as foreign-born. Between the 1890s and 1940s tens of thousands of settlers from Ukraine made their way to that Southern Hemisphere republic. Indeed, Ukrainians constituted the largest of the Slavic groups to immigrate Soyuzivka‛s Dazzling to Argentina and formed significant com- munities in the provinces of Misiones, Chaco, Mendoza and Buenos Aires. New Year‛s Eve 2012 “Ukrainians in Argentina, 1897-1950: The Making of a Community” recounts the immigrant contribution to Ukrainian Featuring the Music of Fata Morgana cultural, political, religious, and other 1955–1960.” He is also co-editor (with organizations in Argentina. The book is Natalie Kononenko) of “Champions of Friday December 31, 2011 to January 1, 2012 based on research conducted in the Philanthropy: Peter and Doris Kule and archives of both Ukraine and Argentina; Their Endowments.” it also draws on the immigrant press. “Ukrainians in Argentina” is available Cocktail reception including: The chapters are arranged chronologi- in paperback ($29.95) and hardcover ($59.95) (plus taxes and shipping; out- Italian Salumi Bar- with assorted Italian meats, peppers, olives and marinated vegetables cally, the first dealing with the initial, pre- 1914 wave of Ukrainian settlement and side Canada, prices are in U.S. dollars). Smoked Fruits of the Sea with mussels, salmon, shrimp and trout with traditional accompani- the last with the third wave that came Orders can be placed via the secure ments such as capers, red onions, chopped egg, horseradish mustard and more after World War II. Two middle chapters online ordering system of CIUS Press at www.ciuspress.com or by contacting Cordial Station – Brandy, Cognac, Ports and Sherries are case studies of two organizations founded in the interwar period. CIUS Press, 430 Pembina Hall, University and Much More The author’s examination of ties devel- of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G Dinner menu: oped with Ukrainians in other countries 2H8; telephone, 780-492-2973; fax, 780- also provides insights into the nature and 492-4967; e-mail, [email protected]. Appetizer: Turbot Ceviche wrapped in smoked salmon with a razor clam vinaigrette activity of organizations created in neigh- * * * Soup: Hungarian Mushroom Bisque bouring Paraguay and Uruguay. The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Salad: Belgian endive, baby arugula, spinach, frizze lettuce, fresh grapefruit The author of this study, Serge Cipko, Studies (CIUS) is a leading center of and goat cheese fritter in a honey raspberry vinaigrette is coordinator of the Ukrainian Diaspora Ukrainian studies outside Ukraine that Studies Initiative at CIUS. He is the author conducts research and scholarship in Entrée choice of: of “St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Canadian stud- Broiled Barramundi with a Tropical Fruit Salsa Cathedral, Edmonton: A History (1902– ies. For more information on the institute, 2002)” and co-author (with Glenna readers may visit the website at www. Peppered Duck Breast in a Bell Pepper Veal Stock Reduction Roberts) of “One-Way Ticket: The Soviet cius.ca, contact Dr. Bohdan Klid at 780- Stuffed Veal Scaloppini with Asparagus and Prosciutto in a Dried Cherry Zinfandel Sauce Return-to-the-Homeland Campaign, 492-2972, or e-mail [email protected]. All include roasted pepper stuffed with couscous, wild mushrooms and pine nuts

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Christine Syzonenko Whippany parish production spotlights “Medieval Ukraine”

WHIPPANY, N.J. – The most recent production of the parish theater troupe of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Whippany, N.J., was “Medieval Ukraine,” a theatrical presentation of Ukraine’s history during the princely era. The event took place at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey on October 30 and was a fund-raiser for the new St. John’s Church that will be built next to the UACCNJ. The director of the presentation and the author of sce- nario was Dr. Roksolana Leschuk. The cast included parishioners of all ages, plus dancers from the Iskra Ukrainian Dance Academy, which is based at the UACCNJ and is directed by Andrij Cybyk. The evening also featured a dinner followed by a dance to the music of Fata Morgana. Previous presentations by the parish drama troupe celebrated harvest traditions, a Hutsul wedding and the glory of the Kozaks. On this page are scenes from the presentation high- lighting Kyivan Rus’ royalty, medieval warriors and Ukrainian customs, as well as a photo of Dr. Leschuk, who was presented a bouquet of flowers at the conclu- sion of the show. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 No. 50

Protest billboard in Zaporizhia might be a response to the Communist prov- Office (PGO) reported on December 1. “The NEWSBRIEFS ocation. The dictators Stalin and Hitler are Procurator General’s Office of Ukraine is ZAPORIZHIA – A billboard with a carica- on the same scale. If the city found a place thoroughly acquainted with the third report (Continued from page 2) ture of Adolf Hitler has been put up in the for Stalin, then for balance a Hitler [monu- of the Helsinki Human Rights Committee on center of Zaporizhia by journalists from a Mikhail Zurabov told reporters in Kyiv on ment] might be set up,” Mr. Vasylenko said. inquiries into the Tymoshenko case. In this local newspaper and opponents of the mon- “The billboard was intentionally set up on a regard, we are pleased to invite you to December 4. “Both the Russian Federation ument to Stalin erected in Zaporizhia by the and Ukraine hope to sign this month every- gable facade at a height of the fifth floor in Ukraine in the nearest time convenient for local Communist Party. The anti-Stalin bill- order not to be destroyed by the Communist you to discuss the report in an open discus- thing that should govern relations between board bearing a caricature of Hitler reads: supporters who set up the monument to sion and express our position on the issues, Russia and Ukraine in the energy sector, “Am I worse than Stalin? Set up a monument Stalin in Zaporizhia,” he said. The billboard which were the subject of your research,” the especially the issues of gas cooperation,” he to me too!” It is located at the intersection of is the only way for Zaporizhia citizens to letter to Mr. Lyngbo reads. Mr. Pshonka notes said. Mr. Zurabov said that the future agree- Lenin Avenue and Ukrainska Street. “In this show their attitude to the Stalin monument that, if for any reason Mr. Lyngbo will not be ment must be properly legitimized by the way journalists demand that Zaporizhia get as “other actions may lead to problems with able to come to Ukraine in the near future, two states. The ambassador said that a fail- rid of its shame – the Stalin monument,” the law,” the editor added. (Interfax- he is ready to meet with him at the Helsinki ure may happen only in connection with Subbota Plus newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Ukraine) Committee for Human Rights in the tight schedule of the Ukrainian and Bohdan Vasylenko, explained to reporters Copenhagen or at the European Parliament Russian sides to resolve technical and legal on December 6. “We thought about how to Klitschko-Mormeck bout cancelled in Brussels. As reported, the third report of issues. He also said that early next week respond to the installation of the monument KYIV – WBO/IBF/WBA heavyweight the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights the intensity of negotiations between Kyiv to Stalin in Zaporizhia, as the local authori- champion Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine on stated, inter alia, that the institution of new and Moscow on the gas issue will increase ties resigned themselves to it. … That’s why December 5 cancelled his fight against criminal cases against Ms. Tymoshenko was significantly. (Ukrinform) we decided that a billboard with Hitler on it French challenger Jean-Marc Mormeck after politically motivated. (Ukrinform) undergoing an operation to remove a kidney MEPs recommend association pact stone. The official reason is the worsening of Mr. Klitschko’s health after the December 3 KYIV – The European Parliament recom- operation. “Because of the deterioration of mended on December 1 that European Wladimir’s health after an operation it was Union governing institutions initial the decided to cancel the bout this Saturday,” EU-Ukraine Association Agreement by the TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x3040 said the Klitschko Management Group in end of 2011, said members of the European or e-mail [email protected] Hamburg. On December 2 Mr. Klitschko, 35, Parliament (MEPs) who are on the Foreign left his training camp in Going near Affairs Committee. The resolution urges EU SERVICES PROFESSIONALS Kitzbuhel, Austria, because of renal colic negotiators to strive to make all the progress pain and was flown to a hospital in needed for the EU-Ukraine Association Innsbruck. The fight with Mr. Mormeck had Agreement to be initialed soon, and prefera- been scheduled for December 10 in bly by the end of 2011. However, MEPs Duesseldorf. Though not yet approved by added this should be done in line with the the IBF, Mr. Klitschko’s team has expressed a demands of EuroParliament’s October 27 desire to reschedule the fight for March resolution, which underlined that a failure to 2012. (Ukrinform) review former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s conviction would jeopardize Kyiv court starts preliminary hearing the prospects of concluding and ratifying an EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. MEPs KYIV – Kyiv’s Court of Appeals on also insist that Ukraine must respect the rule December 1 started a preliminary hearing of of law as a fundamental principle in relations the lawsuit lodged by former Ukrainian with the EU, and that Yulia Tymoshenko and НІНА БІЛЬЧУК Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko against other opposition leaders must be allowed to Професійний продавець the gas case verdict of the city’s Pechersky забезпечення УНС exercise their right to participate fully in the District Court. Olena Sitaylo is the reporting NINA BILCHUK political process now and in the future. The judge; she was appointed the day before a Licensed Agent committee’s recommendations on the ongo- preliminary court session in this case. The Ukrainian National Ass’n., Inc. ing EU-Ukraine Association Agreement talks, courtroom was full for the hearing, and most 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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(Ukrinform) tional community dated November 22, the Ukrainian World Congress has expressed PGO invites Helsinki Committee expert serious concern over a report that the med- ical condition of Ukraine’s former Prime KYIV – Ukraine’s Procurator General Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is “extremely OPPORTUNITIES Viktor Pshonka has invited an expert of the grave.” The Ukrainian World Congress Danish Helsinki Committee for Human called upon the international community to Rights, Mikael Lyngbo, to Kyiv for a discus- Earn extra income! exert pressure on Ukrainian authorities sion of the case of former Prime Minister with regard to Ms. Tymoshenko’s medical The Ukrainian Weekly is looking Yulia Tymoshenko, the media relations for advertising sales agents. department of the Procurator General’s (Continued on page 15) For additional information contact Maria Oscislawski, Advertising Manager, The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040.

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ber of former and current Ukrainian offi- Several statues of Reagan have gone up this Euro stadium blessed in Lviv NEWSBRIEFS cials. “Understand that the ‘death squads’ year, the centennial of his birth. Most notably, that are managed by people who were in monuments to him have been erected in LVIV – The new stadium built in Lviv for (Continued from page 14) power or now hold important posts are London and in Budapest, Hungary, and yet the Euro-2012 socceer championship was consecrated on November 13. Clergy of the ready for anything. A verdict has been another is to be unveiled in the former Soviet condition and her immediate need to be Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Ukrainian given not only against Melnychenko. The republic of Georgia. “We’ve been joking that treated by her own physicians outside the Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate, mafia have sentenced to death, removed or there are so many statues that we should do detention center; and (the fact that Ms. Roman Catholic Church, Ukrainian discredited [Ukrainian First Deputy a coffee-table book,” said Linda Bond, a rep- Tymoshenko should obviously not be inter- Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Armenian Prosecutor General] Renat Kuzmin, Former resentative of the Ronald Reagan rogated in her prison cell, a Soviet-era prac- Apostolic Church and Ukrainian Orthodox National Security and Defense Council Presidential Foundation, who was in tice. Most observers, experts and world Church – Moscow Patriarchate participated Secretary Yevhen Marchuk and Socialist Warsaw for the ceremony. (Associated Press) leaders have criticized the prosecution of in the consecration of Arena Lviv. Lviv the opposition leader as politically motivat- Party leader Oleksander Moroz. All these people, like me, are in danger,” Mr. World Bank may lend fund to Ukraine Mayor Andrii Sadovyi also attended the ed. (Ukrainian World Congress) closed ceremony. During the event, the aux- Melnychenko said. A criminal case was KYIV – The World Bank may issue a $2 iliary bishop of the Lviv Archeparchy of the Tigipko: Ukraine could borrow from BRIC opened against Mr. Melnychenko regarding billion loan to Ukraine under a new pro- Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Bishop the disclosure of state secrets, abuse of KYIV – Vice Prime Minister Sergey gram of cooperation, World Bank Director Venedykt Aleksiichuk, said: “We would like office and using counterfeit documents. On Tigipko predicted that if the International for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Martin God to be glorified at this stadium. The July 29 the Kyiv Court of Appeals upheld a Monetary Fund (IMF) refuses to continue Raiser said on November 24. Ukraine and Lord who created the universe and who decision of Kyiv’s Pechersky District Court lending to Ukraine, Ukrainian authorities the World Bank are currently discussing a gives life to every person has created this of June 23, which cancelled a resolution of will seek to raise loans from China, India, cooperation program for 2012-2015. “The wonder through people. But the Lord has former Procurator General Sviatoslav Brazil or Russia. Speaking with the First previous program envisaged the provision created this place not only for people to Piskun of March 1, 2005, who closed the National TV Channel on November 25, Mr. of loans worth $2.3 billion over four years. I compete in sports and win victories but criminal case against Mr. Melnychenko. On Tigipko stressed the need to attract loans think we can reach a similar level, about $2 also for the people who come to the stadi- October 14, the Ukrainian Procurator due to the fact that in 2012 Ukraine will billion over the next four years. However, if um to admire the magnitude and beauty of General’s Office said that Mr. Melnychenko have to spend about $15 billion for the we see progress made by Ukraine in the it and, thereby, the magnitude and beauty had twice attempted to leave Ukrainian ter- repayment of existing loans and interest. implementation of reforms, the volume of of the Lord. …Let everyone visiting the sta- ritory and that on September 23 an SBU Commenting on the negotiations with the lending could be increased. Accordingly, if dium receive the Lord’s blessings. And I investigator issued a resolution to put him IMF, Mr. Tigipko said that the Ukrainian this does not happen, the volume of loans would like the stadium to be not only an on the wanted list. On October 18, the side had initiated a break until late may be less than $2 billion,” he said. Mr. arena of sports competition but also a plat- Shevchenkivsky District Court in Kyiv November or early December, until the Raiser noted that there is a trend in form for various social, church events. To be ordered the arrest of Mr. Melnychenko as completion of gas negotiations with Russia, Ukraine to do less than expected. The a place of meeting of people, place of meet- he is hiding from the investigation. The because the main contentious issue in bank’s representative advised that the fore- ing of Lviv residents. Let the Lord bless this court ruling says that if Mr. Melnychenko is negotiations with the IMF is its require- cast for GDP growth in 2012 should be low- stadium.” Mayor Sadovyi thanked the cler- detained, he should be brought to court in ment that gas prices for households and ered. He said that “overly optimistic” gymen: “Lviv residents worried a lot during less than two days in order to choose the enterprises of the municipal power system expectations, which were calculated earlier, all the stages of the construction, but the measure of restraint for him in the form of be raised. At the same time, he acknowl- do not correspond to the changed market grace of God has always been with us. And detention. Earlier reports had incorrectly edged that gas negotiations with Russia are conditions. Among shortcomings in today, fathers from all the denominations said Mr. Melnychenko was in the United delayed. Earlier, Prime Minister Mykola Ukraine Mr. Raiser noted a high level of cor- consecrated our beautiful Lviv Arena. I am States. (Interfax-Ukraine) Azarov had said the country could live ruption, a large number of bad loans and a convinced that this arena, which is one of another year without IMF loans. Ukraine Walesa unveils statue of Reagan shortage of profitable assets in the banking the best in Europe, will allow our soccer and the IMF in early November agreed on sector. At the same time, he noted certain players to win.” The stadium can seat temporarily halting a revision of the coop- WARSAW – Lech Walesa, former Polish progress in the implementation of projects 34,915 persons. The construction began in eration program, following the completion president and anti-Communist leader, by Kyiv, in particular, the correct direction 2008. (Religious Information Service of of gas talks with Russia. The cooperation unveiled a statue of Ronald Reagan on an ele- of pension reform. (Ukrinform) Ukraine) program of Ukraine and the IMF, adopted gant Warsaw street on November 21, honor- in July 2010, provides for allocation of a ing the late U.S. president for inspiring loan to Ukraine worth almost $16 billion. Poland’s toppling of communism. Across The term of the program’s operation is two much of Central and Eastern Europe the for- With deepest sorrow and a half years. This year, Ukraine mer U.S. president is considered the greatest we share with our family and friends received two disbursements of this loan, American leader in recent history for chal- that on Saturday, November 26, 2011, $1.89 billion and $1.5 billion. (Ukrinform) lenging the Soviet Union. The moniker he by the will of the Lord and following a gave it – the “Evil Empire” – resonated with Report: Ex-major Melnychenko is in Israel Poles, who suffered greatly under Moscow- long and brave fight with cancer, KYIV – Mykola Melnychenko, a former imposed rule. “I wonder whether today’s passed into eternity, at the age of 70, major of the State Department of Guard, is Poland, Europe and world could look the our dearest, beloved and unforgettable in Israel, the Kommersant-Ukraine news- same without President Reagan,” Mr. Walesa wife, mother, grandmother and sister paper reported November 9. “I’m now in said. “As a participant in those events, I must Israel, because I know that U.S. justice and say that it’s inconceivable.” The 11.5-foot the justice of those European countries bronze statue depicts a smiling Reagan in a where I was before will show a large bolt to historic moment – as he stood at a podium at Ulana Hlynsky the Ukrainian procurator’s office if it Berlin’s Brandenburg gate in 1987 and said née Ciapka demands my extradition. I challenge this the famous words, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear system. If they have something to bring down this wall.” It sits across from the U.S. born on November 11, 1941, in Horodok, Ukraine. against me, demanding my deportation Embassy on Aleje Ujazdowskie, a street lined from Israel to Ukraine, they will be obliged with embassies and manicured parks in the The parastas were held on November 28 at the Money and King Funeral to give this country at least some charges heart of the capital. “Reagan gave us hope,” Home in Vienna, VA and on November 30 at the Bradley-Braviak Funeral against me. However, they don’t have justi- said Janusz Dorosiewicz, the president of the Home, Whippany, NJ. A Holy Mass and panakhyda were celebrated on fied and lawful charges,” the newspaper board of the Ronald Reagan Foundation in November 29 at the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family in quoted Mr. Melnychenko as saying. He also Poland. He conceived of the monument and Washington, DC, followed by burial on December 1 at St. Andrew’s said that, according to the information he struggled for six years with the bureaucracy Cemetery in South Bound Brook, NJ. has, there is a threat to the lives of a num- to secure the prized location for the statue. In deep sorrow: husband - Borys remarkable life that spanned almost 100 children - Stephen with wife Lisa Julianna Starosolska... years, as well as an introduction for - Donya with husband Taras Kolcio grandchildren - Anna and Daniel Hlynsky (Continued from page 4) English-language readers to Ms. Starosolska’s wit and incisive writing. - Melania and Peter Kolcio accepted into the Writers Union of Ms. Starosolska is survived by her brother - Orest Ciapka with wife Lydia Ukraine. niece Anya Starosolska of California and Extended family and friends in the U.S. and Ukraine Ms. Starosolska was vibrant well into nephew Wolodymyr Starosolsky of New her 90s and lived at home among her York City. The viewing and memorial ser- Donations may be made to: vice for Julian Starosolska were to be books and papers until her recent con- — UCNS of the Holy Family, held at the Jarema Funeral Home on East 4250 Harewood Rd. NE, Washington, DC 20017 finement at the Bialystoker and the Seventh Street in Manhattan on Friday, — St. John Ukrainian Catholic Church, Dewitt nursing homes, where she accept- December 9. A divine liturgy and funeral 719 Sanford Ave., Newark, NJ 07106 ed hospice care in her final weeks. service were scheduled for the following A book presentation of her translated morning at St. George Ukrainian Catholic — The Ukrainian Museum, 222 East Sixth St., New York, NY 10003 memoirs being planned for March 2012 Church in New York, with interment to — The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center (check payable to Johns at The Ukrainian Museum on East Sixth follow at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Hopkins University), 100 North Charles Street, Suite 234, Baltimore, MD 21201 Street will be a celebration both of a Cemetery in South Bound Brook, N.J. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 No. 50

Wedding traditions in the spotlight at The Ukrainian Museum by Ihor Slabicky “Ukrainian Weddings: Expressing Identity Through Ritual” presented wedding tradi- NEW YORK – The Ukrainian Museum in tions in the central region of Ukraine. New York City recently held a series of fasci- Of special interest was how some of the nating events associated with the exhibit wedding traditions have become modified, “Invitation to a Wedding: Ukrainian incorporating some effects from Soviet Wedding Textiles and Traditions.” times, like the “ritual worker,” and having On Friday night, October 21, visitors saw the civil union on a Saturday, and the church the screening of “Tini Zabutykh Predkiv,” wedding and “vesillia” on Sunday. director Sergei Paradjanov’s classic 1964 Another change was in the use of the work based on the story by Mykhailo korovai. At some weddings, two korovayi Kotsiubynsky. The film explores life and love are baked. One is made in the traditional in the Carpathian Mountains, focusing on manner with decorations made from the Ivan and the tragedies that he encounters. bread dough. The other is also a korovai, but The film was well worth seeing, especial- without the bread decorations on top; ly for the costumes, sets, scenery, Hutsul tra- instead, those decorations are made with ditions and language. white frosting. On Saturday, October 22, participants of Orysia Tracz, the renowned writer, the “Invitation to a Wedding: Components of researcher, lecturer and translator from a Traditional Ukrainian Wedding – Past and Winnipeg, Manitoba, gave her presentation Present” conference began arriving a little titled “Songs Your Mother Should Never after 8 a.m. and the last of them left much Have Taught You? Erotic Symbolism in Ihor Slabicky after 10 p.m. Ukrainian Folk Songs.” She discussed the Participants and presenters, with Lubow Wolynetz speaking on the right, at the The conference attendees were warmly hidden meanings, and sometime double and “Invitation to a Wedding: Components of a Traditional Ukrainian Wedding – Past welcomed by Mykola Darmochwal, president triple entendres, that are scattered quite and Present” conference on October 22, at The Ukrainian Museum. of the museum’s board of trustees. Maria broadly throughout well-known folk songs. Shust, the director of the museum, gave the Her presentation is well worth attending, so rapher Alvin Alexsi Currier. His presenta- interesting to note how some customs are opening remarks. These were followed by an there will be no “spoiler alert.” Suffice to say tion, “Old World Weddings and Ritual common in both areas and others are overview of the conference by Lubow that any songs that even briefly mention kal- Cloths,” covered the contemporary wedding unique to each. Wolynetz, the curator of folk art at the muse- yny, malyny, yahody, Kozaky in the orchard, in the village of Ieud in northern Romania Mary Kelly, well-known for her research, um and the conference organizer. digging a well, or anything to do with water- and in Chorna Tysa, located in the southern writings, lectures and artistry, talked about The first presenter was Prof. Natalie ing the Kozak’s horse have taken on a new Zakarpattia region of Ukraine. In it, he “Goddesses – Women – Cloth: The Kononenko, who holds the Kule Chair of meaning for me. showed the contrasts and similarities Worldwide Tradition of Making and Using Ukrainian Ethnography at the University of After the luncheon break, the conference between these villages that are separated by Alberta in Edmonton. Her keynote address, resumed with a talk by author and photog- some 40 miles, a border and culture. It was (Continued on page 22)

Concert presents “Ballads of Marital Mayhem” by Ihor Slabicky dreamy playing on the tourban suggested the troubles he has had with his wife. In Yiddish labor song from 1926 that the blissful glow that remains after the her version, Ms. Primack turned the words describes a family life made difficult by NEW YORK – “After the Wedding: wedding festivities have ended. around and presented the woman’s per- political and economic upheavals. Ballads of Marital Mayhem” was the title of However, the reality of a married life spective of a difficult life. Those upheavals forced many people to the concert held at The Ukrainian Museum soon sets in. Accompanying himself on Next, Mr. Alpert performed “Ne Zhal leave their villages looking for better situa- in New York City. It was held in conjunction bandura, Mr. Kytasty performed “Kazav Mene, Moya Myla,” a Bukovynian song from tions. “Khochu Ity do Kanady,” a song col- with the “Invitation to a Wedding: Meni Batko.” The husband, with several the repertoire of Beyle Schaechter- lected in Manitoba in the 1960s, presented Components of a Traditional Ukrainian young children and a chastising wife, rue- Gottesman. Here, the husband asks his wife just such a situation, in which the husband Wedding – Past and Present” conference. fully recalls his father’s advice to quit his not to complain about his drinking, as she wants to go to Canada to find work, and has The featured musicians were master carefree life and get married. Mr. Kytasty will miss him when he is gone. Worst of all, to leave his wife and family behind. The bandurist Julian Kytasty, baroque lutist followed with “To Tsyhanska Dytyna,” in she realizes, there would be no one to tell song featured Mr. Kytasty on bandura and Roman Turovsky, Balkan/East European which the husband returns home after her troubles to. Mr. Alpert’s singing in the Mr. Alpert on guitar. Mr. Kytasty traded singer Eva Salina Primack, and renowned being away in the army for three years. Bukovynian dialect and his soulful violin verses with Ms. Primack, his verses sung in Yiddish singer and multi-instrumentalist Surprisingly, there is a young child at home, gave this song a very authentic interpreta- the tense and hurried voice of the husband, Michael Alpert. whom his wife tries to explain away as hav- tion and feel. her verses plaintive and sorrowful as the The October 22 concert was the second ing been left behind by the gypsies. Mr. In “Akym and Marysia,” Mr. Kytasty sang wife ponders their prolonged separation. one related to the ongoing “Invitation to a Kytasty next performed “Savradymka.” In of Akym, who sneaks over to see Marysia, In “U Poli Bereza” a young man returns Wedding: Ukrainian Wedding Textiles and this humorous song from the kobzar reper- who will not have anything to do with him home after three years in the army. Now Traditions” exhibit. Unlike the January 29, toire, the husband hounds his wife for until he first kills his wife. He asks how, and married, he asks his mother if she approves concert, which presented the romance and enjoying her drink too much. When he she proceeds to advise him. Roman of his wife. She offers them wine, the wife’s happiness of marriage, this one looked at passes, she starts celebrating before he is Turovsky’s delicate accompaniment on the cup poisoned. He notices, mixes their cups what happens when marriage bumps into buried. baroque lute was a wonderful counterpoint together, and both perish. The song ends reality. Ms. Primack then performed an a cap- to the evil deeds of the two lovers. with the mother lamenting what she did Mr. Turovsky opened the concert with pella “Cold Rain and Snow.” In the tradi- Performed next was “Sadom, Sadom and her loss of two children. With Mr. his arrangement of “Vchora iz Vechora.” His tional version, the singer, a man, laments Kumasenko,” a lively song about flirting Turovsky on the tourban, Mr. Kytasty and that should not take place between kumy. Ms. Primack traded verses, their voices Mr. Kytasty played the bandura and sang wonderfully interweaving. the lead. Mr. Alpert joined in on the chorus- Despite all these sad songs, all is not lost. es, in which the kumy excuse themselves The program returned to songs of familial for flirting because they did not recognize bliss, ones of a personal nature. Joining the each other. Mr. Alpert’s guitar playing won- ensemble were bandurystky Irene Kytasty derfully demonstrated how well the guitar Kuzma, Alina Kuzma, Terenia Kuzma and and the bandura complement each other, Maria Pleshkevich. The ensemble per- yet each is distinct in its own register. formed “Kyiv Waltz,” which was dedicated “Oy Priadu, Priadu” presented the newly to the wonderful life of Peter and Lydia married wife, now living with her in-laws, Kytasty, the parents and grandparents of constantly chastised by the “svekrukha,” four of the musicians. (mother-in-law) and so tired from her The concert closed with “Oy Khotila work. The song featured Ms. Primack gen- Mene Maty Za Muzyka Zamizh Daty”. This tly singing the verses of the wife, with Mr. lively closer, and the insightful selection of Kytasty harshly singing those about the songs heard thought out, earned the group mother-in-law. Mr. Turovsky’s tourban and a standing ovation from the enthusiastic Mr. Alpert’s violin presented a wonderful audience. image of just how tired that woman was, The concert was sponsored by the

Ihor Slabicky her eyes involuntarily closing as she strug- Center for Traditional Music and Dance, Performing at The Ukrainian Museum in New York City (from left) are: Michael gles to stay awake at her loom. TUM, the New York Bandura Ensemble and Alpert, Julian Kytasty, Eva Salina Primack and Roman Turovsky. “Barikadn,” performed by Mr. Alpert, is a the New York State Council on the Arts. No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 17 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 No. 50

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Victor Lisnyczyj The Rev. Ivan Fatenko conducts the panakhyda at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Religious At the Florida screening of “Genocide Revealed” are (from left) Lana Yarymovych, and Cultural Center. Lieda Boyko and Christina Sheldon. North Port’s community remembers the Holodomor by Vera Bodnaruk Greene and heartfelt voice-overs by Jill Hennesy and Lubomir Mykytiuk, the NORTH PORT, Fla. – The Community audience was in awe of the tragedy pre- Committee of local Ukrainian Americans, sented in the film. Afterwards, they had a organized the Florida premier screening chance to react to the film and express of the award-winning documentary their emotions while having a cup of cof- “Genocide Revealed” by Yuriy Luhovy on fee and pastry. Dr. Michael Yarymovych Saturday, November 26, at St. Andrew’s commented that it was a truly great film. Ukrainian Religious and Cultural Center Among the prominent members of the (Oseredok). community present at the event were: The date chosen, November 26, the Lana Yarymovych of the executive board last Saturday in November, was the day of the Ukrainian National Women’s on which all the people of independent League of America; Odarka Horbachevsky, Ukraine commemorate the Holodomor who has presented talks on the 1932-1933. On this day Ukrainians Holodomor at the North Port High School everywhere light a candle in memory of and public library in Sarasota; Halyna the 10 million who perished in the Korol, who also has appeared at the high Famine engineered by Stalin. school presentations as a survivor of A path of symbolic lighted candles led Holodomor; Halyna Shramenko, Dora Odarka Horbachevsky at the Holodomor publications display. to the entrance of Oseredok, where the Hrycelak and Raisa Kokhno, whose fami- documentary film was shown. On display lies parished in Holodomor, as well as All donations made at the showing of Holodomor in the Ukrainian churches of were many publications on the other members of the community whose “Genocide Revealed” will go toward mak- North Port. Holodomor in Ukrainian and English. families had starved to death in central ing a shorter version of the film for use in Members of the Community Committee Included were outlines from workshops and eastern parts of Ukraine. schools and educational centers. The who were very active in organizing the for teachers that included the Holodomor The Community Committee expressed Ukrainian Language Society added its Holodomor commemoration were: Halia in their programs of study. thanks to Mr. Luhovy and his staff for own contribution to the donations made. and Victor Lisnyczyj, Klara and Vlodio After viewing “Genocide Revealed,” presenting the great tragedy of Ukraine On Sunday, November 27, a memorial Szpiczka, Odarka Horbachevsky, Nadia with its thoughtful narration by Graham and mankind in a historic context. service was held for the victims of the Fatenko and Bohdan Bodnaruk.

Ukrainian Heritage School honors Ukrainian American vets by Ihor Bilynsky pared for them by UECC board members Laryssa erans to order. Borys Pawluk, president of the UECC, Krywusha and Luba Kalyta. greeted the veterans on behalf of the center’s member- J eNKINTOWN, Pa. – The Ukrainian Heritage School There are approximately 40 Ukrainian American vet- ship and the Philadelphia Ukrainian community, thank- honored Ukrainian American Veterans in the metro erans who belong to this Post, and they include veterans ing them for their many sacrifices and their service in Philadelphia area on Saturday, November 19. of World War II, the Korean conflict, Vietnam, Desert times of great need. He also thanked them for having Promptly at 10 a.m. about 25 members of Ukrainian Storm and Desert Shield. A few members of UAV Post 1 their convention banquet at the UECC. American Veterans (UAV) Post 1 gathered in the Gallery are currently serving in Afghanistan. The veterans were then serenaded by over 40 stu- of the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center (UECC). The celebration of the Veterans Day began with Post dents from Grades 5 and 6 of the Ukrainian Heritage They were treated to a tasty breakfast and coffee pre- Commander Edward A. Zetick calling the assembled vet- School. Finally, the veterans were also greeted by the newest addition to the Ukrainian Self Reliance Federal Credit Union (USRFCU), Anatoli Murha, business devel- opment and marketing manager. On behalf of the UAV, Post Commander Zetick thanked everyone present for their kind words and the children for their beautiful songs. He also thanked the credit union for its donation of $5,000 towards the construction of a memorial to all Ukrainian American veterans. The veterans then proceeded to another hall in the gallery for a brief meeting, and then enjoyed a delicious luncheon sponsored by the Ukrainian Self-Reliance Federal Credit Union. The Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, found- ed in 1980, is a non-profit organization whose objective is to preserve and promote awareness of Ukrainian heri- tage throughout the Philadelphia community. The UECC is located at 700 Cedar Road in Jenkintown, PA 19046 and can be reached at 215-663-1166 or contact@ ueccphila.org. Visit the UECC on the web at www.ueccphila. Students from Grades 5 and 6 of the Ukrainian Heritage School at the UECC entertain veterans with Ukrainian songs. org. No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 19

The Ukrainian of the Year award is presented by Ukrainian Graduates’ President Dr. Jaroslaw Sawka to Dr. Walter Yaworsky (right). Gloria and Walter Yaworsky with Dr. Jaroslaw Sawka (right). Ukrainian Graduates of Detroit/Windsor present scholarships and Ukrainian of the Year Award

WINDSOR, Ontario – The Ukrainian Graduates of Detroit and Windsor, an organization of college and univer- sity graduates, professionals and businesspersons in the Detroit/Windsor metropolitan area met on Sunday, October 16, in Windsor, Ontario, to celebrate their 72nd anniversary, award scholarships to eight new graduates, and to honor Dr. Walter Yaworsky as their 2011 Ukrainian of the Year. Founded in 1939, the Ukrainian graduates have been actively involved in the metropolitan Ukrainian community for the past 72 years, awarding financial scholarships to hundreds (492 to date) of post-secondary student gradu- ates of Ukrainian heritage and, annually since 1955, giving special recognition as Ukrainian of the Year to outstanding individuals particularly active in the Ukrainian community with notable contributions, and exceptional distinction in their profession or career. Some past recent recipients of the Ukrainian of the Year Award included: Sen. Paul Yuzyk, Walter Tarnopolsky, Justice John Sopinka, Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn, Dr. Jaroslaw Dobrowolskyj, Rep. David Bonior, Dr. Jaroslav Dutkewych, Maestro Volodymyr Schesiuk, John Jaciw, Jaroslav Duzyj, Oleh Mahlay, Irene Momotiuk, Vera Kostiuk- Scholarship Committee Chair Lydia Taraschak (left) with scholarship recipients (from left): Bogdan Belei, Ivanna Busch, Dr. Uli Busch (who received a distinguished Service Murskyl, Daniel Kindiak, Larissa Babak and Alex Figacz. Award) Anna Macielinski and George Stasiw. The 2011 Ukrainian of the Year, Dr. Yaworsky is a retired Association of Windsor and has served on committees of Kasey Family Memorial Scholarship to Jenna Edwards prominent Windsor psychiatrist and life member in the the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. He was awarded the (Michigan Technological University); Ontario Medical Association, past-president of Medical UCC’s Shevchenko Medal in 1995. Dutkewych Family Memorial Scholarship to Alexandra Staff at Hotel Dieu Hospital and the Windsor Academy of Born in Windsor to Michael and Julia (Martiniuk) Fedorak (DePaul University); Psychiatry, and a longtime board member of the Essex Yaworsky, Dr. Yaworsky and his wife, Gloria, have two sons: Monica Trendowski Memorial Scholarship to Alexander County Medical Society. Paul, a research scientist in Boston, and Andrew, an electri- Figacz (University of Michigan); A graduate of Kingston’s Queens University, he interned cal engineer with General Motors. Stephen Wichar Memorial Scholarship to Daniel at Toronto General Hospital and completed a four-year res- The Ukrainian Graduates wholeheartedly congratulated Kindiak (University of Windsor); and idency at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Dr. Walter Yaworsky for a memorable and distinguished Joseph Elnick Memorial Scholarship to Ivanna Murskyl Arbor, Mich., returning to Windsor in 1965 to practice psy- life of dedicated service to the Detroit and Windsor com- (University of Michigan). chiatry until his retirement in 2002. munities. The program was moderated by Dr. Jaroslav Sawka, cur- A member of the executive of the Ukrainian National Memorial Scholarships were awarded to the following rent president of the Ukrainian Graduates, who also intro- Federation, Windsor branch, since 1982 he served as vice- graduates who will be continuing their studies at the insti- duced the Ukrainian of the Year. The invocation and bene- president for eight years, president for 21 years and cur- tutions indicated: diction were given by the Rt. Rev. Eugene Halitsky of Ss. rently serves as secretary. Wichorek Family Memorial Scholarship to Larissa Vladimir and Olga Ukrainian Catholic Church. Scholarship A member of the Ukrainian Graduates for over 40 years, Babak (Henry Ford Community College); presentations were made by Lydia Taraschuk, chair of the Dr. Yaworsky was president in 1982, held many other Ted Gelemy Memorial Scholarship to Bogdan Belei Scholarship Committee. important positions in the organization and currently (University of Michigan); The event was attended by over 100 members, friends, serves on the Scholarship Committee. He is a past-presi- William Sutar Memorial Scholarship to Alexandra family and guests of the Ukrainian Graduates of Detroit dent of the Ukrainian Canadian Business and Professional Beswerchij (Wayne State University); and Windsor.

tivals, and has written close to 140 songs, a number of or it hasn’t been covered. Most information is about the The black sorochka them about the UPA. This poet and composer reaches everyday and festive white linen and hempen sorochky. the soul and heart with his lyrics and melodies. The everyday “work” shirts would still be lightly (Continued from page 7) To my question of why the original sorochka was embroidered, because the ornaments were protective pseudonyms, for security. The last news from him was embroidered on untraditional black fabric, Mr. and symbolic. I will have to keep searching. from the territory of then Czechoslovakia. One of his let- Shevchenko explained: in the circumstances of the life This UPA story most probably explains how the pop- ters to Stefa has been preserved. (Shevchenko sent me a of the Povstantsi – forest, caves, hiding places – a white ular present-day chorna vyshyvanka came about. We copy, along with a few photos of Stefa.) In the letter he sorochka would be absolutely impractical and inconve- appreciate and treasure the traditional, and we go for- asks to pass on greetings to Mariyka and Slavko. The nient for everyday life. The Chumaky and Kozaks also ward with innovations and creativity. But we must do song appears on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ used dark shirts, soaked with tar or wagon grease. this with knowledge, understanding and respect for the watch?v=lQ9kQj8f6Fc&feature=related These didn’t get dirty (or dirtier), kept out dampness source. And what a deep wellspring of inspiration we Mr. Shevchenko, a native of Hadiach, Poltava region, and, very importantly, resisted insects. A very practical are fortunate to have! has been writing and composing since 1979. His songs, explanation. It is interesting that the Povstantsi would The original lyrics and story of the song are at: including the big hit “Starenkyi Tramvai” sung by still need or want a sorochka during wartime. http://www.pisni.org.ua/songs/639477.html. A free- Pikardiyska Tertsiya, have been performed by many But in the many books on costume and embroidery verse translation of the song into English is at: http:// prominent artists. He has participated in numerous fes- that I have checked, I either missed the mention of this, orysia.blogspot.com/. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 No. 50

descriptions of which his autobiography’s Ukraine,” the financier responded. Eminent economist... are among most colorful and insightful Soon after their explosive initial encoun- Live broadcasts moments. ter, Mr. Soros asked Dr. Hawrylyshyn to lead (Continued from page 1) One of those meetings occurred during the launch of the Renaissance Fund in Kyiv of divine liturgies summers attending Plast scouting camps in the Cold War era and involved Dr. Stefan in 1990, which led to tens of millions of dol- the Carpathian Mountains. Yampolsky, the director of the Institute of lars in funding to establish democracy in available over Internet He describes witnessing Polish subjuga- Economics at the National Academy of Ukraine. tion, the Soviet invasion and his family’s Sciences of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist “With his work, [Hawrylyshyn] affirmed WOONSOCKET, R.I. – Beginning with dekurkulization, the Nazi occupation and Republic. himself in foreign lands, because a recog- its divine liturgy on Christmas, the parish then finally the Soviet takeover, before him- Though escorted by Soviet officials, Dr. nized person in the world but didn’t forget of St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian self being captured by the Nazis and being Yampolsky didn’t hide his command of and his Ukrainian roots and the needs of his Catholic Church in Woonsocket, R.I., will be broadcasting its Sunday services live forcibly deported to German labor and dis- willingness to speak the Ukrainian language native land,” wrote Ukrainian literary leg- over the Internet. placed persons camps. at the university, nor his interest in the end Ivan Dzyuba. “His memories affirm the Michael Klufas, M.D., a member of the Dr. Hawrylyshyn eventually immigrated Ukrainian liberation movement when visit- slogan by which he lived, ‘Think globally, act parish advisory committee, thought of ing the Hawrylyshyn home. locally.’ It would be good if our current to Canada, where he took a job as a lumber- the plan. “Our goal,” he explains, “is to When the Iron Curtain was coming youth adopted this principle.” jack in northern Ontario to finance his edu- reach Ukrainian Catholics, Byzantine cational pursuits, eventually earning a mas- down, Dr. Hawrylyshyn first met interna- “Zalyshayus Ukrayintsem” was published Catholics and anyone interested in the ter’s degree in applied sciences and engi- tional financier George Soros, a Hungarian by Pulsary University Press in Kyiv and Eastern Rite, especially those who are neering from the University of Toronto. Jew, who bristled when learning offers readers many photographs of Dr. shut-ins, living in remote areas or serv- He taught at the Center for Industrial Hawrylyshyn was an ethnic Ukrainian. Hawrylyshyn’s life, ranging from his pre- ing overseas in our military.” Studies at the University of Geneva, where “Oh, an anti-Semite!” Mr. Soros said. war childhood in Halychyna to his eventual Anyone interested in watching the live he earned a Ph.D. in economics. “Why is that? Is that written on my fore- professional advising to global leaders. broadcasts can go to the parish website Dr. Hawrylyshyn’s business career led to head?” Dr. Hawrylyshyn shot back. The celebration of his 85th birthday and at www.stmichaelsri.org and click on the interesting encounters with prominent “Well, during the war a group of book launch at the Ukrainian Home took “video” link. This year the divine liturgy businessmen, politicians and scholars, Hungarian Jews suffered harassment in place on October 19. will begin at 10:30 a.m. (EST) on Christmas. On most Sundays, divine litur- gy will begin at 11:00 a.m. (EST). Divine liturgies at St. Michael’s are conducted in Ukrainian, but Catholics familiar with Church Slavonic should be able to follow along. Over the course of the first century of its existence, St. Michael’s served all of Rhode Island and central Massachusetts, now, through the Internet, it can serves the entire world. The church’s pastor is Msgr. Roman Golemba; the parish phone number is 401-762-2733.

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citizens, and we discussed this matter with our ministry and Russia as soon as the situa- tion turned into military conflict.” Viktor Melnyk, a spokesman for the ultra- right wing nationalist organization UNA- UNSO, said the organization was not giving any assistance within its power to the Chechen nation. Ruslan Badayev, a representative of the Chechen government, said the develop- ments in Chechnya virtually imply the beginning of a Caucasus war, including Dagestan, Ingushetia and Ossetia. “Unleashing an armed conflict with a nation that has a right to struggle for its independence proves that the imperialists will stop at nothing if their absolute power is in danger,” said Oleksander Lavrynovych, a leader of Rukh, the Popular Movement of Ukraine. “We cannot watch silently the destruction of Chechen statehood and the Chechen nation,” he added. Rukh leader Vyacheslav Chornovil said, “It was exactly on Human Rights Day that Russia decided to lead its troops onto the territory of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria… Russia demonstrated to the world its inability to renounce forceful dicta- torship and armed intervention in deciding political problems.” He added, “We feel that the aggression against the Chechen republic nullifies any declarations from the Russian leadership about principles of democracy and should be condemned by the world community.” Two years after the fighting began, the Chechen capital of Grozny was retaken by the Chechen rebels and a cease-fire was declared. Mr. Yeltsin ordered a second inva- sion in 1999, following Moscow bombings attributed to Chechen militants. And in 2000, President Vladimir Putin escalated the conflict in Chechnya after more terrorist bombings in Russian cities. Source: “Ukraine calls for political settle- ment in Chechnya,” by Marta Kolomayets, The Ukrainian Weekly, December 18, 1994. No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 21

Through Ceramic exhibit and sale, featuring works by Svetlana December 18 Presentation by Yaroslawa Johnson, “Ukrainian Blues: December 30 Onipkova, Ukrainian Museum-Archives, 216-781-4329 or Chicago From 49 Percent to 4 Percent in 22 Months,” Chicago Cleveland www.umacleveland.org Business and Professional Group, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 773-227-5522 or www.uima-chicago.org Through Art exhibit, “Literature/ART,” featuring works by children February 12 from Ukraine – inspired by Ukrainian literature, Ukrainian December 18 Christmas concert, featuring the Yevshan Ukrainian Vocal Chicago Institute of Modern Art, 773-227-5522 or Woonsocket, RI Ensemble, St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church, www.uima-chicago.org 401-762-2733 or www.stmichaelsri.org

December 17 Christmas concert, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary December 31 New Year‛s Eve Potluck Party with Cossacks, New Kuban Miami, FL Ukrainian Catholic Church, 954-434-4635 or Buena, NJ Free Cossack Community and Cultural Center, [email protected] 856-697-2255 or www.cossacks.us.com

December 17 Literary evening, “New York as a Text,” Shevchenko December 31 New Year‛s Eve Gala, Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation New York Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 Toronto Gallery, www.kumfgallery.com or 416-766-6802

December 17 St. Nicholas program and holiday bazaar, Taras December 31 New Year‛s Eve dance, with music by Svitanok, Ukrainian Washington Shevchenko School of Ukrainian Studies, Ukrainian Passaic, NJ Cultural Center, 973-779-4017 Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family, 410-730-8108 or www.ukieschool.org/events.htm December 31 New Year‛s Eve dinner and dance, Featuring music by Whippany, NJ Chetverta Khvylia, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of December 17 Christmas Bazaar, Ukrainian Homestead, 610-377-4621 or New Jersey, 973-449-3398 or 732-560-5055 Lehighton, PA www.ukrhomestead.com December 31 New Year‛s Eve dance, with music by Udech, St. Josaphat December 17-18 Christmas bazaar and St. Nicholas Program (Sunday), Holy Trenton, NJ Ukrainian Catholic Church hall, 609-695-3771 Clifton, NJ Ascension Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 973-471-8131 or www.cliftonorthodoxcathedral.org December 31 New Year‛s Eve party, Ukrainian Homestead, December 18 Christmas Bazaar, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Lehighton, PA 215-769-5059 or www.ukrhomestead.com Whippany, NJ Church, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, 973-585-7175 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events December 18 Pyrohy and Koliady dinner, featuring the Akord Ukrainian advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Ottawa Men‛s Choir of Ottawa, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 613-277-4664 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

The Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America Philadelphia Chapter cordially invites you to attend the 58th Annual Engineers’ Banquet and Ball with Presentation of Debutantes

BLACK Saturday, February 4, 2012 TIE in the Grand Ballroom of the Radisson Hotel Cocktails at 6:00 PM Old Lincoln Highway and US Route 1 Banquet and Presentation of Trevose, Pennsylvania 19053 Debutantes at 7:00 PM Ball at 9:00 PM Music by the “Vorony” Orchestra For additional information and to make reservations, please contact Dr. Peter Hewka at 610-277-1284; Banquet and Ball - e-mail: [email protected] $125 per person, Send mail, reservations and payments to: includes open bar cocktail hour Ukrainian Engineers’ Society c/o Peter Hewka (20% discount to $100 1606 Johnson Road, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 if reservations and payment Please make checks or money orders payable to are received by January 14, 2012) “Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America”

Ball only - $60 per person Student Tickets for Ball - For room reservations, please call the Radisson Hotel 215-638-8300 $30 per person Please refer to the Ukrainian Engineers’ Ball for special room rates 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 No. 50

Evdokia Sorokhaniuk spoke with the Wedding traditions... attendees about wedding costumes and embroidery from the Hutsul region. (Continued from page 16) Vera Nakonechny demonstrated a meth- od of weaving a headdress, using a kosa Ritual Textiles.” She discussed the pre-Chris- (braid) length wig in which were interwo- tian origins of the “derevo zhyttia” (tree of ven cowry shells and Austro-Hungarian lite), the “horned mother deer” (protec- army buttons. I asked about the use of these tress) and the “Berehynia” and how these seashells, which are native to Africa. She came to be symbols of fertility. Showing replied that, yes, they were available in examples of these symbols in Ukrainian western Ukraine. embroidery and rushnyky, she proceeded to She also had examples of some of the show similar, if not exact, images from poyasy (kraiky) that she has been weaving. Slovakia, Guatemala, Peru and Indonesia, Of particular interest was an eight-inch seg- among other places. ment of a poyas that was lying on the table. I It was quite amazing to see these same immediately recognized it as the poyas symbols appearing throughout the world. whose design on one side, usually of various She left us with the question: How did that triangles, is the negative (i.e., opposite col- symbol spread throughout the world and ors) on the other. What she told me about become a universally accepted symbol of that fragment completely surprised me. She women and fertility? explained that she had spent two years The final presentation was “Ukrainian researching the design and re-discovering Folklore in Kazakhstan” by Prof. how to weave it. Apparently, the skill for Ihor Slabicky Kononenko. She described her visit to the weaving that particular design has been lost Larysa Zielyk (left) demonstrates the art of making korovai decorations at Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan that had – no one weaves it any more. This is true – The Ukrainian Museum. been settled by Ukrainian pioneers many one does not see that design among the con- years ago. Of interest was the folk dress of temporary poyasy for sale at the bazars and Roman Turovsky, Balkan/East European than Hollywood capabilities by these the women – they wore embroidered festivals. One can only say, “Bravo, Pani Vera. singer Eva Salina Primack, and renowned Ukrainian film pioneers, one would be sore- sorochky over which was worn a Thank you for recovering this lost skill!” Yiddish singer and multi-instrumentalist ly disappointed. When released in 1938, the Kazakhstan-style dress. With Ms. Nakonechny was Vasyl Nayda, Michael Alpert. Joining the ensemble were film garnered very favorable reviews in the Ms. Wolynetz gave the closing talk and demonstrating poyas weaving on a loom. He bandurystky Irene Kytasty Kuzma, Alina New York Daily News, the New York Daily invited the participants to the lower gallery showed how he made manual adjustments Kuzma, Terenia Kuzma and Maria Mirror and The New York Times. The sets to talk with the artisans, view their demon- each time, ensuring that the poyas did not Pleshkevich. and the cinematography are simply first strations and participate in their creativity. acquire a twist and that it has the correct They performed a number of traditional class. The costumes are authentic, and the Larysa Zielyk demonstrated the art of border. I had the opportunity to receive a songs that presented a light look at love acting is very realistic. making korovai decorations (with bread master lesson in poyas tying, learning how after matrimony. Their performance earned In her introduction of the film, Ms. dough, not white frosting): ptashky, hiltsia to properly start, do the wrapping and com- a standing ovation from an enthusiastic Wolynetz explained that the version we and shyshky. Among the participants was plete the final tuck. Interestingly, there was audience. would be seeing was “rescued” from a VHS Katria Kuzmowycz of Baltimore, who said no knot, yet the poyas stayed in place. On Sunday afternoon, October 23, the tape. It would be well worth it to recover she’s always been interested in the art of After a tasty supper, the participants of second film of the weekend was shown – and restore the original film and make it korovai-making, especially after having seen the conference re-assembled in the second- the rarely seen “Marusia.” Directed by Leo available to a wider audience. the beautiful birds from her parents’ wed- floor gallery, where they had the opportuni- Bulgakov, with choral music arranged by Dr. A very special thank you was must be ding many years ago. ty to enjoy an evening with some of the top Alexander Koshetz, the film depicts Mykhailo extended to The Ukrainian Museum for put- Olha Kolodij showed a selection of her musicians of the Ukrainian folk music scene. Starytsky’s love story about Marusia and ting on this weekend of events, and especial- monumental collection of gerdany. Her col- The concert, “After the Wedding: Ballads of Hryts. Ukrainian artists of the New York City ly to Hanya Krill, who worked tirelessly orful display initiated a number of in-depth Marital Mayhem,” featured singer and mas- area produced the film. behind the scenes to ensure that the confer- discussions with several attendees. ter bandurist Julian Kytasty, baroque lutist If one thought that there would be less ence was a great success. No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 23 UKELODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

Plast members share Mishanyna

Bethlehem Peace Light December, of course, brings Christmastime. For Ukrainians, the Christmas Eve (Sviat Vechir) supper is a most important part of tra- dition. The dinner that special evening consists of 12 meatless dish- es – 12 to symbolize the Apostles. Hidden in the Mishanyna grid below are some of the dishes that you might see on your Sviat Vechir table in a range of variations.

BORSCH HRYBY RYBA FASOLIA KOLACH USHKA HOLUBTSI KUTIA UZVAR HOROKH z kapustoyu PAMPUSHKY VARENYKY

Orest Pencak Plast youths are seen with three young guests from the Ukrainian American Youth Association who came to a special ceremony in Whippany, N.J., to ac- cept the Bethlehem Peace Light. WHIPPANY, N.J. – Members of the beautiful Ukrainian-language Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organiza- “Bethlehem Peace Light Song.” tion gathered on December 3 at St. The participants were addressed John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic by Lesia Lebed of the Hrebli Plast Church for a brief ceremony revolv- sorority, Paul D. Stanton of the ing around the Bethlehem Peace Greater New York Council of the Light that had arrived just a few Boy Scouts of America, the Rt. days earlier from Vienna, where it Rev. Roman Mirchuk of St. John’s was brought by Austrian scouts who Church and Christine Kochan, chair had transported it from the birth- of the National Executive Board of place of Jesus. Plast U.S.A. The light was delivered to John The Bethlehem Peace Light is F. Kennedy International Airport now traveling across the United and distributed to scouts of various States to various Plast groups, nationalities, including Ukrainian churches and organizations where it scouts, or Plastuny, during a cer- will be welcomed in time for Christ- emony at Our Lady of the Skies mas celebrations. Chapel. Distribution of the Peace Light among the Plast members in the United States is coordinated by members of the Plast Sorority “Ti, New York school boasts 200 students Scho Hrebli Rvut” (Hrebli). A lantern bearing the light was brought to Whippany, N.J., where representatives of area Plast groups and local organizations arrived to join in the distribution of this symbol of peace, goodness, love and hope. Young members of Plast (no- vatstvo and yunatstvo) formed a procession that brought the Peace Light into the church, where it was greeted with the singing of

Addendum The name of Isabella Kuzyk was missing in the caption under the Papuhy group photo that ran with Stefan Slutsky the story “Members of ‘Riy Papuhy’ NEW YORK – The School of Ukrainian Studies of the Selfreliance Association of American Ukrainians this year enjoy preschoolers’ camp” that was welcomed about 200 students from the New York Metropolitan area. The school, which began its activity on July 5, published in the “Ukelodeon” on 1949, this year marks its 62nd academic year. The school encompasses preschool classes through Grade 12. November 13. Classes are held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 No. 50

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, December 17 Admission: $10 for CBPG members; $15 for non-members Ukrainian Catholic Church at 394 Blackstone St. Consisting and guests. of approximately 30 vocalists, Yevshan performs under the NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites all to direction of Alex Kuzma. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 a Literary Bazaar titled “New York as a Text” featuring PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian Engineers’ Society, for children under age 12. To reserve tickets, call the church Ukrainian and American writers Judith Baumel, Andrey Philadelphia branch, cordially invites all friends of the at 401-762-2733 and leave a message, or d so online at Gritsman, Anna Frajlich, Alexander Motyl, Yuriy Tarnawsky Philadelphia-area Ukrainian American community to a spe- www.stmichaelsri.org. and Maria Shun. The program will be emceed by Vasyl cial Gala Pre-Christmas Party, which will take place at 3 p.m. Makhno. It will take place at the society’s building, 63 Saturday, January 14, 2012 in the Rose Garden Ballroom (on the 19th floor) of the Hyatt Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For Hotel at the Bellevue, Broad and Walnut streets, CARTERET, N.J.: The St. Demetrius Ukrainian Orthodox additional information call 212-254-5130. Philadelphia, PA 19102 There will be an elegant hot buffet, Cathedral and St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church are co- DJ music by Slavko Kovaliv, cash bar and great ambiance. sponsoring a Malanka, which will be held at the St. WASHINGTON: The Taras Shevchenko School of Admission is $30 per person. Co-sponsors of the Christmas Demetrius Community Center, 681 Roosevelt Ave., Carteret, Ukrainian Studies will host a Mykolai Show and Holiday party are: Ukrainian Medical Association, Ukrainian NJ. Entertainment will be provided by Luna. Tickets are $60, Bazaar. Students will present a Mykolai Program at noon. Educational and Cultural Center (UECC), Prometheus Male which include zabava, hot buffet dinner, open bar and a mid- Sviatyi Mykolai (St. Nicholas) will then meet with each Chorus, Ukrainian Federation of America, Ukrainian Senior night champagne toast. The St. Demetrius Center is located grade/age group (non-students welcome). The Heavenly Citizens’ Association, Ukrainian Human Rights Committee just blocks from Exit 12 off the New Jersey Turnpike. There Office will be open 9:15-11:45 a.m.; please bring only one and Radio Philadelphia of the UECC. RSVP by December 13; is a Holiday Inn right near the exit. Doors open at 6 p.m.; item per child ($2 fee), clearly labeled (child’s full name, call Peter or Orysia at 610-277-1284 or e-mail hewka@veri- dinner is served at 7 p.m. For zabava only with open bar, the grade/age). The Bazaar/Bake Sale at 9:30 a.m. to noon zon.net. price of tickets is $40 with admission after 8:30 p.m. For will offer torte slices, fancy cookies, kolachi, makivnyky, tickets and table reservations contact Peter Prociuk at 609- medivnyky, children’s sweets, varenyky and vushka (fro- WOONSOCKET, R.I.: The Yevshan Ukrainian Vocal 655-4468 or [email protected]. Dinner tickets will not be zen), books, CDs, gift items. Location: Ukrainian Catholic Ensemble will perform a concert of traditional Ukrainian sold at the door. Deadline for dinner tickets is January 8. For National Shrine of the Holy Family, 4250 Harewood Road Christmas and liturgical music at 2 p.m. at St. Michael’s more information visit www.stdemetriusuoc.org. NE, Washington, DC 20017. Vendors looking to reserve a table should contact Lydia Shevchik, Lydia@evropashop. com. For information, visit http://www.ukieschool.org/ events.htm or contact Lada Onyshkevych, lada2@verizon. 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This year, Ms. Johnson has also published a captivat- Also, senders are asked to include the phone number of a person who may be contacted by The Weekly during ing Ukrainian cookbook and immigration memoir, “Legacy daytime hours, as well as their complete mailing address. of Four Cooks”; she has agreed to share a few insights from that experience as well. The presentation will be held at the Information should be sent to: [email protected] or Preview of Events, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W. Chicago Ave., at Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, 973-644-9510. NB: If e-mailing, please do not send items 1 p.m., and will include a festive holiday brunch reception. as attachments; simply type the text into the body of the e-mail message.