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Applebaum to write book on Holodomor Rukh members recall Chornovil New book commissioned by HURI on 10th anniversary of his death

by Peter T. Woloschuk National University. Ms. Boriak has previously assisted CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard on other HURI-related projects: the University’s Ukrainian Research translation from English into Ukrainian Institute (HURI) announced that it has of the institute’s publication “Trophies entered into an agreement with noted of War and Empire: The Archival author, columnist and historian Anne Heritage of Ukraine: World War II and Applebaum, commissioning her to the International Politics of Restitution” research and write a new book on the by Patricia Kennedy Grimstead (2001). Holodomor. Currently Ms. Boriak holds the position The book will take into account the of senior teacher at the Department for most recent evidence that has become Documental Communication of the available since the collapse of the Soviet State Academy of Executives in Union and will address current scholarly Cultures and Arts. debates on the questions of genocide, Commenting on her commitment to intentionality and population loss. the new Holodomor book project, Ms. In preparation for this work, Ms. Applebaum said, “The Harvard Applebaum attended HURI’s two-day Ukrainian Institute has thought a good International Conference on the deal about this issue,” adding that Holodomor in November 2008 and had HURI wishes “to approach (the discussions with many of the experts Holodomor) in an objective and profes- and scholars assembled there. sional way. All of us understand the Zenon Zawada Ms. Applebaum is currently com- high emotions around the subject of the People’s Rukh of Ukraine Chair Borys Tarasyuk (left) and Soviet-era dissident pleting her research for a new book on Famine, and we want its history to be Bohdan Horyn attend the March 21 commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Stalinization of post-war Central told … as well as possible.” Vyacheslav Chornovil’s death. Europe and afterwards will begin work This new book on the Holodomor is on the Holodomor book. She will offi- part of HURI’s larger ongoing by Zenon Zawada Church services in the morning, later lift- cially join HURI as a research associate Holodomor Research Project, which is Kyiv Press Bureau ing bright blue-and-yellow flags in their early this summer; it is envisioned that overseen by a committee of Harvard march toward the Chornovil monument KYIV – More than 1,000 members of she will spend several years on the scholars coordinated by Serhii Plokhii, in central Kyiv, where the leader’s col- the People’s Rukh (Movement) of book project. As part of her commit- Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of leagues reminisced about the historic days Ukraine, the successor political party to ment, Ms. Applebaum has agreed to Ukrainian History. of the late 1980s and early 1990s. lecture periodically for HURI on her As he discussed the book and the the mass movement that was key to re- “When Rukh was formed – we are pre- archival research and her findings, and Holodomor Research Project, Prof. establishing Ukraine’s independence, on paring to mark its 20th anniversary – to discuss the progress of her work. She Plokhii said, “We certainly need a new March 21 commemorated the 10th anni- Chornovil told the whole world that the will also make appearances in Kyiv. versary of the death of iconic leader and thorough work on the history of the time for the final struggle had arrived: the Ms. Applebaum, who has indicated a Vyacheslav Chornovil. Great Famine in Ukraine. Since the struggle for Ukraine’s independence,” particular interest in reviewing the vol- publication of ‘The Harvest of Sorrow’ Rukh veterans and party newcomers umes of eyewitness accounts that have in 1986, the formerly secret Soviet alike participated in Ukrainian Orthodox (Continued on page 11) been assembled throughout Ukraine, Archives have been opened, new publi- will be assisted in her archival research cations have appeared, new questions in Ukraine by Tetiana Boriak, a scholar have been asked, and HURI believes who received her candidate of sciences that its task now is to support a new With oligarchs’ money, Kharkiv hopes degree in history with additional spe- interpretive research on the history of cialization in archival and source stud- ies from Taras Shevchenko Kyiv (Continued on page 5) to displace Lviv as Euro 2012 host city by Anna Poludenko little without the financial support of a bil- and Zenon Zawada lionaire oligarch, which is the advantage Special to The Ukrainian Weekly held by eastern Ukrainian cities. Donetsk business kingpin Rinat KYIV – Fueled by oligarchs’ money and Akhmetov is building what is hyped to be riding a wave of recent wins in the UEFA one of Europe’s most attractive and modern Cup, Kharkiv is poised to swipe the honor stadiums, slated for completion in 2010, of hosting the Euro 2012 soccer champion- while banking magnate Igor Kolomoisky ship away from Lviv. financed the new Dnipro Arena, which While Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk opened in September 2008 to great fanfare. are certain to be host cities, as they are build- It’s the oligarch factor that has boosted ing new stadiums and tourist infrastructure, Kharkiv’s standing with the Union of “the top question is whether Lviv or Kharkiv European Football Associations (UEFA), will be the [fourth] host since one more site smitten with Ukraine’s second largest city, is left and both cities have more or less equal which is gradually looking more attractive chances,” said Andrii Kapustin, an adviser than the rustic western Ukrainian Lviv. with the Euro 2012 Public Control “We noticed a great feeling of enthusiasm Committee, a non-government organization with which the city, regional government financed by membership fees. and the federation is preparing to Euro While Lviv was among the original four 2012,” David Taylor, the UEFA general sec- Anne Applebaum with Prof. Serhii Plokhii of the Harvard Ukrainian cities selected to host Euro 2012, the prepa- retary, said following a February visit to Research Institute. rations stage so far has shown that its histori- cal wealth and romantic architecture mean (Continued on page 3) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 No. 13 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS Medvedev fingers the ‘reset button’ MFA to continue Westward course nership and intend to successfully devel- op it in the future,” she stated. KYIV – Dr. Oleh Shamshur, Ukraine’s (Ukrinform) while preaching anti-Americanism ambassador to the United States and a candidate for the post of foreign affairs Ukraine’s GTS to be modernized by Pavel K. Baev (Moscow Echo, March 19). minister, said President Viktor Eurasia Daily Monitor There is definitely a strong desire to Yushchenko expects the new chief of the KYIV – Speaking in Brussels on impose tight constraints on the U.S. leader- March 24, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to ship in the global financial system and, in continue the course toward European and Tymoshenko commented on the discus- March 20 received the Russian-American particular, to undermine the role of the U.S. Euro-Atlantic integration. “I talked to the sion that took place within the framework Public Dialogue Group co-chaired by Henry dollar. This ideological goal is not shared by president before my candidacy was put of the international investment confer- Kissinger and Yevgeny Primakov and con- Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin, who forward in the Verkhovna Rada. The pres- ence on modernization of the Ukrainian firmed that he was looking forward to the agreed with his G-20 counterparts to drop ident told me that he intended to set forth gas transit system (GTS). She noted in first meeting with U.S. President Barack wishful thinking about a global currency my candidacy. He expects me to continue particular that over the past year the work Obama and expected “a real exchange of and even instructed the reserve funds to the course toward European and Euro- of the gas sector in Ukraine became more opinions regarding all issues” (RIA-Novosti, increase their holdings of U.S. dollars Atlantic integration, that is, our strategic transparent and free from corruption. “We March 20). (Ezhednevny Zhurnal, March 19). course,” Dr. Shamshur said. Apart from have transferred to direct agreements A fortnight before, he met with the mem- Mr. Kudrin, however, remains quite iso- this, he underlined that he was ready to between Russia and Ukraine on the basis bers of the Commission on U.S. Policy lated in the crowd of courtiers stirred with meet the opposition Party of Regions of of two state enterprises, we have removed towards Russia co-chaired by former Sens. all kinds of ideas about escaping from the Ukraine (PRU) at any time. He spoke all ineffective mediators, and step by step Gary Hart and Chuck Hagel, and shared his crisis – and currently the most popular prop- after a March 19 meeting with the Yulia we approach market prices for gas on feeling “that we have all the opportunities to osition has a peculiar moral twist. President Tymoshenko Bloc. National Deputy Ukraine’s domestic market. We have con- turn a new page in Russian-American rela- Medvedev has personally explained to bank- Hanna Herman of the PRU had alleged cluded a long-term agreement with tions” (RIA-Novosti, March 10). ers that it would not be “fair” to demand that Ambassador Shamshur refused to Russia, for 10 years, an agreement on In between these two meetings, Mr. money from the insolvent Rusal and its meet with her party. The PRU is support- price formation for gas for Ukrainian con- Medvedev presided over the gathering of owner Oleg Deripaska; he also maintains ing Ukraine’s ambassador to Russia, sumers and for the transit of Russian gas the Russian High Command and named that the International Monetary Fund should Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, for the post of to Europe. These are component parts of NATO as a source of threat, while Defense be governed by a board with a “fair” repre- foreign affairs minister. (Ukrinform) the gas transit system’s stable work,” the Minister Anatoly Serdyukov elaborated on sentation of contributors. prime minister stated. According to Ms. Ukraine to renew cooperation with IMF the build-up of the U.S. military presence Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin sug- Tymoshenko, using modern technologies around Russia aimed at securing access to gested at the recent OPEC meeting to estab- in GTS modernization will permit an energy resources (Nezavisimoe Voennoe KYIV – Prime Minister Yulia lish a more “fair” system of regulating oil objective accounting of gas volumes that Obozrenie, March 20). Tymoshenko said on March 24 that she prices, which the gang of seasoned quota- are pumped via the gas pipelines, apply This relapse into Vladimir Putin’s believes the adoption of anti-crisis bills fixers found only slightly amusing modern energy-saving technologies and Munich-style rhetoric might seem to be just by the Verkhovna Rada will ensure that (Kommersant, March 16). equipment for uninterrupted supply of gas a reassuring signal to the top brass that is Ukraine receives the second tranche of This concern about “fairness” is not the International Monetary Fund’s stand- to the European Union, as well as seriously upset by the draconian cuts in the always driven by pragmatic calculations but by arrangement. She was speaking at a decrease the transit cost. (Ukrinform) officer corps (Ezhednevny Zhurnal, March betrays a grudge about the lost prosperity press conference in Brussels on the results 18). There is, however, such an unmistak- and stability that were perfectly on track of a meeting with European Commission Ukraine to retain GTS ownership able anti-American emphasis in the propos- until the U.S. made its economic problems President Jose Manuel Barroso. als, which Mr. Medvedev has prepared for KYIV – Under any circumstances, the everybody’s headache by provoking the “Ukraine’s cooperation with the IMF is the G-20 summit in London, that Sergei Ukrainian gas transit system (GTS) will global crisis. one of the priorities of Ukraine’s govern- Aleksashenko, one of the leading Russian remain state property in line with This resentment inevitably reduces think- ment. And we will persistently fight for economists, suggests that the Kremlin is fix- Ukraine’s legislation, Ukraine’s Vice- this priority,” Ms. Tymoshenko said. She ated on a “zero-sum” financial game (Continued on page 17) Minister of Foreign Affairs Konstiantyn noted that on March 31 the Verkhovna Yeliseyev said on March 18. He spoke Rada will consider a package of anti-cri- after talks at the European Commission sis measures that ensure a program of dedicated to preparation of a donor con- Ukraine’s cooperation with the IMF and ference on modernization of the Ukrainian Romanian-Ukrainian spy scandal the recovery of Ukraine’s financial sector. GTS. The diplomat voiced hope that a The prime minister also expressed her text of the final declaration of this inter- conviction that such an anti-crisis pack- national forum, due in Brussels on April exacerbates already poor relations age will be successfully adopted. “This 23, would reflect such a principled posi- work has been carried out in cooperation by Taras Kuzio in the Romanian Ministry of Defense. tion of the Ukrainian party. Mr. Yeliseyev Eurasia Daily Monitor The official Ukrainian statement accused with the EU and the European the Romanian diplomats of having propa- Commission, we appreciate such a part- (Continued on page 14) NATO and European Union (EU) mem- gated “unionist and separatist feelings” bership for Romania was meant to consign among the Romanian minority. The to history its penchant for territorial claims Romanian diplomats also allegedly financed FOUNDED 1933 and its poor record on national minority civic organizations and cultural societies that THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY rights, but this was not to be. Ukraine, the “propagate anti-Ukrainian ideas” (www. non-NATO member with the greatest level pravda.com.ua, March 5). An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., of cooperation with NATO, has expelled Romanian diplomats also agitated among a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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(The three earlier “that undertakes espionage activity against Maria Oscislawski, advertising manager (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 cases were from Canada, Russia and NATO members.” Bucharest is aware that fax: (973) 644-9510 Georgia.) The Ukrainian military attaché the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry has Mariyka Pendzola, subscriptions e-mail: [email protected] was alleged to have been purchasing mili- greater maneuverability for adopting a tough (973) 292-9800, ext. 3042 tary secrets from Petar Zikulov, a Bulgarian e-mail: [email protected] who had ties to Florizel Akimom, an officer (Continued on page 17) No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 3 NEWS ANALYSIS: EU-Ukraine pipeline agreement piques Moscow by Bruce Pannier billion euros to upgrade Ukraine’s 13,500 RFE/RL kilometers of natural-gas pipelines. While the deal did not explicitly say it, analysts The European Union’s announcement appear convinced that EU companies are that it will finance the modernization of likely to carry out that work. The deal also Ukraine’s gas pipeline system has sparked raised speculation that EU firms may fresh tensions with Russia, whose state-run become operators of Kyiv’s pipeline system. gas behemoth now looks like the odd man Adding to the fresh tensions is the EU’s out as EU companies get set to propel the Eastern Partnership program, officially project forward. unveiled last week, which aims to improve Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was relations with ex-Soviet republics – among the first Russian officials to respond Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, to the news of the EU-Ukraine agreement. Moldova and Ukraine – and similarly does His reaction left little room for ambiguity. not involve Russia directly. “If Russia’s interests are going to be Russian criticism of the EU-Ukraine deal ignored, we will be compelled to begin has focused on Moscow’s involvement in reviewing the principles of our relations the project, given that the pipelines carry with our partners,” Mr. Putin said. Russian gas. If Russia’s sentiments needed clarifica- Politics is clearly part of Russia’s calcula- tion, the following day Mr. Putin and tion, but economics is also in the equation. President Dmitry Medvedev announced that Official Website of Ukraine’s President a planned meeting next week between Mr. Gazprom this year will pay Ukraine some President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko with Putin and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia $2.3 billion euros in transit fees ($1.70 per European Commission President José Manuel Barroso on March 23 in Brussels, Tymoshenko had been postponed indefinite- 1,000 cubic meters per 100 kilometers). where they signed a gas pipeline agreement with the European Union. ly. The meeting was to discuss cash-strapped That pricing structure was part of a deal Kyiv’s request for a $5 billion loan from Russia and Ukraine reached in January to “Transfer of control”? amount of Russian gas that now transits help end their recent gas dispute. Now it’s at Ukraine. Russia. Some in the EU, and of course in Russia, risk. The EU, while seemingly securing a vic- Mr. Putin’s warning suggests that rela- believe that is not the case – and that the EU tory in the Ukrainian pipeline battle, is now tions between Russia and the EU and The Russian Internet newspaper gazeta. will want some control over the Ukrainian set to wade deeper into the treacherous Ukraine, at least concerning gas supplies, ru reported on March 24 that, if Ukraine’s system to ensure Russian gas reaches its may once again be entering rough waters. pipeline system comes under the ownership destination in the EU. waters of Ukrainian politics. Tensions calmed only recently after a dis- of EU companies, the transit fee will rise to Gazeta.ru suggested that the EU-Ukraine Prime Minister Tymoshenko and pute this winter over Ukrainian debts to the average European fee – $3 per 1,000 agreement “implies a transfer of control President Viktor Yushchenko were both at Moscow and gas and transit prices led to cubic meters per 100 kilometers. According over the export part of the Ukrainian pipe- the signing ceremony in Brussels, but each temporary cuts in Russian gas supplies to to gazeta.ru, “then [Gazprom] would need to line system to a new operator, most likely has worked to marginalize the other in the EU. pay some $3.9 billion per year” in transit one of the big European companies.” recent months. fees. Trying to retain some distance from that The issue of ownership There is also speculation that Russia’s The same report cited Gazprom estimates negative reaction to the EU-Ukraine deal is domestic power struggle is likely to prove Europe gets about 40 percent of its that the modernization of Ukraine’s pipeline also intended to hinder improving ties challenging to the European Union and any imported gas from Russia, and much of that network would cost some $16 billion – far between the EU and Ukraine. EU-based firms that take on the task of comes via Ukraine. more than what Ukraine is due to receive At the same time, Russia is signaling upgrading, and possibly managing, Kyiv’s pipeline system is in desperate from the EU and European financial institu- interest in improving ties with the EU Ukraine’s export pipeline system. need of modernization, and for years tions. enough to realize two alternative gas pipe- Gazprom has assumed it would do that work When she signed the deal with the EU in line projects that avoid Ukrainian territory – Copyright 2008, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted and become at least a part owner. But Kyiv Brussels, Prime Minister Tymoshenko indi- Nord Stream under the Baltic Sea and South with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ has been clear about not wanting to hand cated that Ukraine would retain ownership Stream under the Black Sea. Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, over any part of its pipeline system to any of its pipeline system. “Our joint declaration Nord Stream is due to start operations in Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org. See Russian company. states clearly that in accordance with 2011 and has EU support, particularly from http://www.rferl.org/content/EU_Ukraine_ On March 23 the EU and Ukraine Ukrainian law, Ukraine’s gas transit system Germany. When completed, Nord Stream Pipeline_Agreement_Piques_ announced that the EU would provide 2.5 is and will remain state property,” she said. will be capable of exporting about half the Moscow/1516786.html.

Council deputies didn’t support the proposal will be done before its December deadline. With oligarchs' money... from Mayor Andrii Sadovyi to borrow $68 As the result, its seating will be boosted (Continued from page 1) million from the European Bank for from 30,000 to 41,000. Kharkiv. Reconstruction and Development, particu- In his assessment, Football Federation of “We not only saw enthusiasm, but the larly amidst a crippling financial crisis. Ukraine (FFU) President Hryhorii Surkis proper planning for this important event, the The estimated cost of Lviv’s Euro 2012 said at its February 21 executive committee realization of which has already begun. project, which includes construction of tour- session that UEFA experts recognize that What I saw in Kharkiv is truly a giant step ist-related infrastructure, as well as airport Kharkiv has made more progress in con- struction than Lviv. towards success,” he noted. and stadium renovation, is about 7 billion Politics have played a significant role, Kharkiv native and construction giant hrv (about $875 million U.S.), said Vitalii and Kharkiv national deputies have already Oleksander Yaroslavskyi, whose Kulyk, director of the Center of Civil Society Studies in Kyiv. formed a “For Kharkivschyna” group to Development Construction Holding (DCH) An investors’ pool which is aiming to lobby their native city. Group is working on big projects throughout raise $420 million claims to have collected “Another strong point for Kharkiv is that Ukraine, owns the Kharkiv Metalist soccer $100 million so far, Mr. Kulyk said, adding Serhii Storozhenko, the first vice-president team and has been the main engine behind that he doubts those funds are even accessi- of the FFU, lives there and lobbies the idea Kharkiv’s bid. ble at the moment. of his city hosting the championship,” Mr. In February-March alone, Mr. Meanwhile, oblast authorities asked the Kapustin said. “I think it’s fine. It’s interna- Yaroslavskyi pumped $1.9 million into the Verkhovna Rada in mid-February to ear- tional practice to do so.” construction of the Metalist stadium, named mark any available financing for the air- The Kharkiv effort gained yet another Andrey Avdoshin/UNIAN after the city’s soccer team. port’s renovation, the architectural drawings advantage when the Metalist team defeated The total cost of the Kharkiv project, Oligarch Oleksander Yaroslavskyi of for which were displayed in Lviv on March Development Construction Holding. Italy’s Sampodoria on February 26 to which includes stadium renovation and con- 3 in line with the Euro 2012 preparation advance further in the annual UEFA Cup struction of tourist-related infrastructure, is schedule. focal feature of a shopping, sports and enter- tournament, the second-most prestigious in estimated at $810 million, said Olena The renovated international airport will tainment complex. Meanwhile, the city’s Europe, before losing to Dynamo Kyiv. Derevianko, a DCH Group spokeswoman. accommodate disabled travelers, and there airport will renovated. Of course, the competition between Lviv Mr. Yaroslavskyi will foot 75 percent of are plans for 900 outdoor parking spaces “Lviv started stadium construction just and Kharkiv could result in a third outcome that whopping bill, she said, already invest- and 400 indoor. recently with a very qualitative engineering – both cities could lose in favor of a Polish ing $20 million in the stadium renovation. Demonstrating the city’s seriousness, and plan,” said Rostyslav Karandeyev, the depu- city. Meanwhile, government budgets, both perhaps desperation, the Lviv City Council ty minister overseeing Euro 2012 at the The Polish newspaper Gazeta Prawna local and national, have been able to offer on March 5 approved the State Property Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports. stated in early March that Lviv is likely to only about $15 million for the Kharkiv Privatization Program to raise funds for its “It’s been a long time since Kharkiv start- lose Euro 2012 in favor of Krakow or effort, said Ms. Derevianko, an advisor to Euro 2012 preparation. ed its stadium renovation (in 1995),” he Chorzow. Within days, President Viktor Mr. Yaroslavskyi. Among the properties slated for sale are added. “The point is that UEFA needs stadi- Yushchenko assured the public that Ukraine So, while regarded as Ukraine’s cultural those under 100 square meters in size, such ums not immediately, but on certain dates,” wouldn’t lose the chance to host any Euro jewel, Lviv’s lack of polluting smokestacks as basements and attics, as well as unprofit- opening a window of opportunity for Lviv. 2012 matches to Poland. and heavy industry just may be its undoing. able state enterprises. In Mr. Karandeyev’s assessment, while The Union of European Football Already stretched to the limit after allo- The renovated Lviv stadium will expand Lviv’s blueprints are attractive, Kharkiv has Associations will decide on the final list of cating $9.3 million in city funds in August from the current 28,000 seats to 41,500 tangible results. Renovation of the Metalist host cities at a May meeting in Bordeaux, for the stadium renovation, Lviv City (36,000 of them covered) and serve as the stadium has occurred at a brisk pace and France, officials said. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 No. 13 Ukrainian Church hierarchs of North America meet at fourth “Encounter” CLEARWATER, Fla. – For the fourth Christian service to those in Ukrainian time in the last eight years, the hierarchs society who are most in need. of the Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian The consensus of opinion of the Orthodox Churches in North America met Encounter participants, having heard from in a brotherly “Encounter” to discuss the the Orthodox hierarchs about the recent relationship between the two Churches visit of Ecumenical Patriarch and the common concerns they share in Bartholomew I to Kyiv, was that it was a shepherding the faithful entrusted to their positive event, which can result in conse- spiritual care. The meeting took place in quences beneficial to all Christianity in Clearwater, Fla., on March 12-13 imme- Ukraine. diately following separate meetings of the The Catholic hierarchs shared their two groups of hierarchs. experiences in relationship to their broth- Taking part in the meeting from the er hierarchs in Ukraine, in particular Churches in the United States and Canada information about the progress of con- were: Metropolitans Constantine (Ukrainian struction and program development at the Orthodox Church – U.S.A.), Stefan Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Sobor in Kyiv. (Ukrainian Catholic Church – U.S.A.), John The hierarchs are of one mind in the (Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Canada) and belief that the Church must reclaim its Lawrence (Ukrainian Catholic Church – place as the moral conscience of the Canada); Archbishops Antony (UOC- Ukrainian nation – a role denied to the U.S.A.) and Yurij (UOC-Canada); Bishops hierarchs or abandoned by some – during At the March 12-13 meeting of Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox David (UCC-Canada), Paul (UCC-U.S.A.), the long, dark night of Communist subju- hierarchs of North America are: (front row, from left) Metropolitans John, Richard (UCC-U.S.A.), John gation. Stefan, Constantine, Lawrence, (second row) Bishop John, Archbishops Antony, (UCC-U.S.A.), Ken (UCC-Canada), Andriy The Encounter participants agreed to Jeremiah and Yurij, Bishop Ken, (third row) Bishops Andriy, Richard, Paul, (UOC-Canada), Daniel (UOC-U.S.A.) and explore the ways in which both the David, Bryan and Daniel. Bryan (UCC-Canada). Churches of Constantinople and Rome A guest participating in the Encounter can be encouraged to promote the stabili- They hierarchs said they hope to share is a need to closely examine the paths to a was Archbishop Jeremiah of the zation and independence of ecclesiastical in a common outreach to their faithful in deeper ecclesiastical relationship between Ukrainian Orthodox Eparchy of Brazil life in Ukraine, particularly in light of confronting the effects of the seculariza- them, benefitting all the faithful entrusted and Latin America. Unable to attend this possible challenges to that independence tion of society on the life of both to their care. year’s meeting were: Bishops Robert that may result from political changes in Churches and the threats to Christian life, To this end, they envision their meet- (UCC-U.S.A.), Stephen (UCC-Canada) the government and in the church of which abound in the moral, ethical and ings evolving into a permanent Eastern and Ilarion (UOC-Canada). neighboring Russia. social issues facing those societies and, Christian Dialogue, which will enable Of primary concern to the hierarchs Lengthy discussion was devoted to a indeed, Ukrainian community life in both such an examination and even provide a was the present state of ecclesiastical life thorough examination of Church life in Canada and the United States. focus for the more general and long- in Ukraine in all jurisdictions and the fate both the Orthodox and Catholic Churches The hierarchs concluded that there is established Orthodox-Catholic dialogue. of the Churches under the present unfor- in North America. The hierarchs were an enormous need to devote much more The time spent together during this tunate political divisions within the greatly concerned about declining mem- prayer and time contemplating and focus- Encounter was deeply valued by all the Ukrainian government and in Ukrainian bership in so many parishes and the con- ing upon the manner in which the Church hierarchal participants, who departed with society as a whole. ditions, which seem to exacerbate this gives witness in an ever-changing society. a new sense of purpose and relationship In the minds of all the hierarchs pres- critical problem. The hierarchs will con- The Encounter participants repeatedly in the Name of the Lord. ent at the Encounter, Christian witness in tinue to discuss on a regular basis in stressed that there is much more that Ukraine is not only endangered by the upcoming meetings new possibilities for unites, rather than divides, them in fulfill- – Press release issued jointly by the disarray in government and societal life, jointly conducting youth ministry, pro- ing their responsibilities before God. Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. but damage is actually being done to the grams related to clergy education and They are convinced that the Holy Spirit is and the Ukrainian Catholic Church of efforts toward ecclesiastical unity and the welfare, and adult education. at work in their gatherings and that there Canada and the U.S.A.

Ukrainian Catholic bishops Vasyl Luchkiw, UNA leader, of North America meet community activist, dies at 79 CLEARWATER, Fla. – Eight bishops Guy Camarata and Charles Neubecker, PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Vasyl Luchkiw, representing the Ukrainian Catholic hier- who have been working closely with Ph.D., a longtime activist in the Ukrainian archy of North America gathered for two Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the National Association, the Ukrainian days of meetings here on February 10-11. Ukrainian Catholic Church, and the American Veterans and a host of other Archbishop Stefan Soroka of Patriarchal Curia on the development and Ukrainian community organizations, died Philadelphia, metropolitan for Ukrainian overall structuring of the Patriarchal on March 18. He was 79. Catholics in the U.S.A., welcomed the par- Curial offices in Ukraine. Their presenta- Dr. Luchkiw was an auditor on the ticipants of the two-day meeting, “It is good tion to the bishops was titled “Strategic Ukrainian National Association’s General to be together for the next few days. It will Studies and Roadmapping – Ukrainian Assembly since 2006. Prior to that he was provide us a chance to pray together, to dis- Greek-Catholic Church.” The bishops and a UNA advisor in 1990-1994 and cuss both our shared challenges and bless- the two speakers discussed positive areas 1998-2006. He was also secretary of ings,” he said. of support for the work of the Curia and UNA Branch 16 for 29 years and served The metropolitan headed the American underlined the need to ensure good com- for many years as chairman of the New delegation consisting of Bishop Richard munications. York District Committee of the UNA. Seminack of the St. Nicholas Eparchy of The two-day meeting allowed the bish- Dr. Luchkiw was also a delegate to Chicago, Bishop Paul Chomnycky, ops to evaluate and further develop the numerous UNA conventions and was a OSBM, of the Stamford Eparchy and areas of pastoral collaboration between the member of the UNA Scholarship Auxiliary Bishop John Bura of American and Canadian metropolia, espe- Committee. He served also on the Philadelphia. cially in the areas of seminary formation. Convention Committee for the 36th UNA Archbishop Lawrence Huculak, Immediately following their meeting, Convention. OSBM, of Winnipeg, the Metropolitan the Ukrainian Catholic hierarchs of North He was actively involved also in the for Ukrainian Catholics in Canada, led America met with the hierarchy of the work of the Ukrainian American Veterans, the four-member delegation from Canada Ukrainian Orthodox Church of North serving as national commander and in also consisting of Bishops David Motiuk America for a two-day meeting. This other posts on its national executive of the Edmonton Eparchy, Ken “Encounter” allowed the bishops of the board, as well as in his local UAV Post Vasyl Luchkiw Nowakowski of the New Westminster two Churches the opportunity to discuss 19. Eparchy and Bryan Bayda, CSsR, of the areas of pastoral concern for their faithful He was a member of Plast Ukrainian ed translation services for law enforce- Saskatoon Eparchy. of the Ukrainian communities in Canada Scouting Organization and was a teacher ment agencies in the county. The bishops heard a presentation by and the United States. and administrator of schools of Ukrainian Dr. Luchkiw was born on October 29, studies. He headed the Ukrainian Library 1929, in Ukraine to Hryhory and Paraska Association of America and was an offi- (nee Lytkan) Luchkiw. After emigrating cer of the Ukrainian Free University to the United States, he was drafted into Foundation for over 25 years. He was the U.S. Army, serving in 1951-1952. Visit our archive online: president of the Rockland for Ukrainian He earned a master’s degree in Slavic Children of Chornobyl Fund. and Ukrainian studies and a B.L.S. (grad- www.ukrweekly.com He was a leader of the Ukrainian uate) degree from the University of Council of Rockland County, N.Y., was deputized as a county sheriff and provid- (Continued on page 15) No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 5 Winnipeg Free Press honored THE UNA FORUM for coverage of Holodomor WINNIPEG, Manitoba – The editorial The editorial board of the Winnipeg Free board of the Winnipeg Free Press was Press facilitated consistent coverage by the named the recipient of the John Syrnick newspaper’s staff writers and independent Award for Journalism, sponsored by the journalists. The year 2008 was full of events Ukrainian-Canadian Foundation of Taras across Canada to commemorate the Shevchenko. Holodomor, as well as to explore the issues This is the third time the Shevchenko and controversy surrounding it. The Foundation is awarding its Syrnick Winnipeg Free Press was there throughout Journalism Award. According to the year with coverage – almost monthly, Vasyl Luchkiw Shevchenko Foundation President the Shevchenko Foundation noted. October 29, 1929 – March 18, 2009 Andrew Hladyshevsky, “The Winnipeg The award is named in honor of John Free Press was chosen for best sustained Syrnick, who served as editor of Ukrainian The Executive Committee of the Ukrainian National Association regrets to coverage in 2008 of the 1932-1933 Voice from 1947 to 1970. Under Mr. announce to the members of the General Assembly, to members of Branch 16 Holodomor, a famine/genocide of histori- Syrnick’s editorial stewardship; Ukrainian and to the UNA membership at large that Vasyl Luchkiw, member of the Auditing cal significance to the free world and the Voice became a leading voice for hundreds Committee of the UNA, former advisor of the UNA General Assembly for 12 Ukrainian Canadian community.” of thousands of Ukrainian Canadians who years, NY District chairman for many years and secretary of Branch 16 for 29 The selection committee included pre- sought to define and promote the interests years, passed away on March 18, 2009. eminent Canadian scholars and leaders of their community within a multicultural from the Ukrainian Canadian community, Canada. The Executive Committee and the entire UNA membership wish to express their representing all regions of Canada and a The award was presented to the deepest sympathy to his wife, Mary, sons, Michael, William, John, and their fami- readership of over 1 million people. Winnipeg Free Press on March 9. lies and the entire Luchkiw family in the U.S. and in Ukraine. Mr. Luchkiw was an avid supporter of the UNA, participated in many UNA conventions and was extremely active in various committees and proceedings of the UNA. His loyalty and dedication to the Ukrainian National Association will not be forgotten. nist for The Washington Post and Slate. Applebaum... She also writes for a number of other Vichna Yomu Pamiat (Continued from page 1) newspapers and magazines, including the the Holodomor that will take into account New York Review of Books. She was a all these new developments in the field.” member of the Washington Post editorial “We are very excited that Anne board in 2002-2006 and worked as the Applebaum has agreed to take this task foreign and deputy editor of the Spectator upon herself, and we expect that her book magazine in London. will not only open new vistas in research Her first book, “Between East and on the Holodomor, but will also make West: Across the Borderlands of Europe,” new findings available to the broadest was a travelogue, and was awarded an audience possible,” he noted. Adolph Bentinck Prize in 1996. It HURI will also work with the describes a journey that Ms. Applebaum Ukrainian Studies Fund (USF) in produc- took through Lithuania, Ukraine and Young UNA’ers ing a series of booklets dealing with vari- Belarus, then on the verge of indepen- ous aspects of the Holodomor as outreach dence. for the North American public. “Gulag: A History,” was published in The USF has been a co-sponsor of the 2003 and won the Pulitzer Prize for non- Holodomor Research Project and has fiction in 2004. The Pulitzer committee generously agreed to help underwrite said that Gulag was a “landmark work of much of the work. Dr. Roman Procyk historical scholarship and an indelible said of the project: “This work makes a contribution to the complex, ongoing, lot of sense, especially today, when the necessary quest for truth.” post-colonial society in Ukraine is The book narrates the history of the rethinking its past. This undertaking is Soviet concentration camp system and truly important and is an essential dimen- describes daily life in the camps, making sion of the overall effort to commemorate extensive use of recently opened Russian the Holodomor in the diaspora. It will archives, as well as memoirs and inter- have an immeasurable impact on future views. “Gulag: A History” has appeared generations as they attempt to understand in more than 40 languages, including and deal with the Holodomor.” Ukrainian. Ms. Applebaum, 45, is a journalist and When “Gulag” was released in its Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has Ukrainian edition, Ms. Applebaum trav- Twins Roman Gabriel and Philip Julian Schiavone are the sons of Handzya written extensively about communism eled to Kyiv, where she was warmly (Tania) and Robert Schiavone of Monroe Township, N.J. The boys are the newest and the development of civil society in received by the public, as well as by aca- members of UNA Branch 171 and were insured by their “Didio” Wolodar and Central and Eastern Europe. Born in demics, the media and experts on the “Babusia” Martha Lysko. Mrs. Lysko is a former national secretary and first Washington, she graduated from the pres- Soviet penal system. vice-president of the Ukrainian National Association. tigious Sidwell Friends School. She Over the years, Ms. Applebaum’s writ- earned a B.A. (summa cum laude) from ings have also appeared in The Wall Yale University in 1986, where she was Street Journal, the Financial Times, the elected to Phi Beta Kappa. As a Marshall International Herald Tribune, Foreign Scholar at the London School of Affairs, The New Criterion, The Weekly Economics, she earned a master’s degree. Standard, The New Republic, The She studied at St Antony’s College, National Review, The New Statesman, Oxford, before moving to Warsaw, The Independent, The Guardian, Prospect, Poland, in 1988. Commentaire, Die Welt, Cicero, Gazeta Working for The Economist from 1988 Wyborcza, Dziennik and The Times to 1991, Ms. Applebaum provided cover- Literary Supplement, as well as in several age of important social and political tran- anthologies. Her Washington Post/Slate sitions in Eastern Europe, both before and column appears in newspapers across the after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. United States and around the world. She also covered the collapse of commu- Ms. Applebaum has also lectured at nism as the magazine’s Warsaw corre- numerous colleges and universities, spondent. In 1992 she was awarded the including Yale and Columbia, the Charles Douglas-Home Memorial Trust University of Heidelberg, the University Award. of Zurich, the Humboldt University in Ms. Applebaum lived in London and Berlin, and Lafayette, Davidson and Zina Adriana Parker, daughter of Anya Santino Dominic Vanucci, son of Daniel Warsaw during the 1990s, and was for Williams colleges. In the spring of 2008 Shepelavey and Todd Parker of and Jennifer Vanucci of Aliquippa, Pa., several years a widely read columnist for she was a fellow at the American Staunton Va., is a new member of UNA is a new member of UNA Branch 120. London’s Daily and Sunday Telegraphs Academy in Berlin, Germany. Branch 15. She was enrolled by her He was enrolled by his great-grand- and the Evening Standard newspaper. She Ms. Applebaum is fluent in English, grandmother Christina Shepelavey. mother Ann Matiash. wrote about the workings of the British French, Polish and Russian. She is mar- government, and opined on issues foreign ried to Radosław Sikorski, the Polish THE UNA: 115 YEARS OF SERVICE and domestic. minister of foreign affairs. They have two Ms. Applebaum currently is a colum- children, Alexander and Tadeusz. TO OUR COMMUNITY 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 No. 13

THE NATO SUMMIT THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY The Times and the Famine UCCA statement on Ukraine On March 16, The New York Times published a news report from Kyiv headlined and its application for a MAP “A New View of a Famine That Killed Millions” that tells the story of Prof. Stanislav Kulchytsky, a historian who refused to go along with the Soviet cover-up of the Following is a statement of the en our relationship across the economic, Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. The “new view” in the headline refers to the fact Ukrainian Congress Committee of political, diplomatic, cultural and security that the Famine is now widely considered to have been “man-made” and that Ukraine America on the eve of the NATO summit. fields.” And, most recently, during her is campaigning to have it internationally recognized as genocide. (To most The statement was released on March 23. March 2009 trip to Brussels, U.S. Ukrainians, of course, – particularly those in the diaspora – this is no “new view.”) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham The article by Clifford Levy (which appeared on page A-11 along with a photo On April 3-4, 2009, a NATO Summit Clinton, proclaimed, “We [Western allies] of Kyiv’s new Holodomor memorial) speaks of “a movement lasting decades to of Heads of State and Government will should continue to open NATO’s door to unearth the truth about that period” and notes that the “pro-Western government be held in Baden-Baden and Kehl, European countries such as Georgia and in Kiev [sic] … calls the famine a genocide that Stalin ordered because he want- Germany, and in Strasbourg, France. The Ukraine.” ed to decimate the Ukrainian citizenry and snuff out aspirations for independence issues of security for the states of the Therefore, prior to the upcoming April from Moscow.” It adds: “The archives make plain that no other conclusion is Alliance, as well as the future chartered summit of NATO, the Ukrainian Congress possible, said Prof. Kulchytsky.” course of NATO will dominate the dis- Committee of America (UCCA), the rep- Certainly, we must be grateful to Mr. Levy and The New York Times for publish- cussions at the summit. resentative organization of the 1.5 million ing this story about the Holodomor. As Ulana Mazurkevich notes in her letter to the During the consultations regarding the Americans of Ukrainian descent, urges editor of The Times published on March 25, the story about “a tragedy that is not suf- armed military conflicts and energy secu- U.S. officials to reaffirm the Bucharest ficiently well known” was “most welcome.” Thus, many readers may learn for the rity issues which have arisen since the last summit’s language, whereby NATO stat- first time about the Ukrainian genocide and the crimes of the Soviet regime. NATO summit in Bucharest, the NATO ed, “NATO welcomes Ukraine’s and And yet, we can’t help but recall that The Times still has not come clean about its allies must find strength and resolve in Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations for own role in covering up the Famine-Genocide. After all, its Moscow correspondent their consideration of Ukraine’s geo-strate- membership in NATO. We agreed today Walter Duranty knowingly and with premeditation helped Stalin and his cronies con- gic interests and security guarantees. “A that these countries will become members ceal the Famine as it was ravaging Ukraine’s countryside, leaving millions dead. Europe, whole and free,” as described by of NATO... MAP is the next step for Yes, The Times has taken some steps to rectify the situation. In 1990 it pub- former President George H.W. Bush, Ukraine and Georgia on their direct way lished an “Editorial Notebook” item by Karl A. Meyer which acknowledged that includes Ukraine, for without it, Europe to membership. Today we make clear that what Duranty wrote from his post in Moscow constituted “some of the worst could once again be riddled with divisions we support these countries’ applications reporting to appear in this newspaper.” In 2001, in the book “Written into and unnecessary dilemmas. for MAP.” History,” which contains Pulitzer reporting of the 20th century from The Times, Since independence, Ukraine has been Should similar language not be includ- it is parenthetically noted after Duranty’s name that “Other writers in The Times a loyal and staunch ally of the West in ed in the 2009 statement, NATO will be and elsewhere have discredited this coverage”; elsewhere it is mentioned that general and the United States in particu- perceived as abandoning its commitment Duranty’s Pulitzer “has come under a cloud” and that his reporting “ignored the lar. By voluntarily relinquishing the to Ukraine and capitulating to an unac- reality of Stalin’s mass murder.” world’s third largest stockpile of nuclear ceptable Russian veto. Such a capitula- As a newspaper of record whose slogan is “All the news that’s fit to print,” we weapons, joining the Non-Proliferation tion will send the wrong message to believe The New York Times owes its readers a full accounting – something akin to Treaty (NPT) as a non-nuclear weapon Russia – one of tacit approval of its the lengthy and prominently displayed exposé it published in 2003 after the notorious state and actively participating in multi- aggressive, anti-democratic behaviors of Jayson Blair affair (in which a Times reporter was found to have falsified and plagia- national NATO-led peacekeeping opera- the past year. Russia must not be permit- rized his stories). Like Blair, Duranty perpetrated fraud upon the newspaper’s read- tions, Ukraine has proven its commitment ted to isolate Ukraine, and other former ers. Duranty’s fraud, however, also concealed the deaths of millions at a time when and shown itself to be a responsible part- Soviet states, from the West. reporting the truth might well have saved some of them. ner for international peace. Furthermore, U.S. officials should In order to right this grievous wrong perpetrated in the 1930s, The New York In October 2008, then presidential can- make clear that the alliance does not Times must do no less than expose Duranty for what he was and what he did, didate Barack Obama wrote, “I fully sup- accept the concept of a sphere of influ- renounce the Pulitzer he received for his propagandistic reporting from the USSR, port the efforts of Ukraine’s citizens to ence in the post-Soviet space and that and set the record straight on its complicity in one of the world’s greatest cover-ups build a stable, independent and democrat- Russia’s recently declared foreign policy for all the world to see. ic Ukraine, integrated into Europe and principles including a sphere of “privi- contributing to trans-Atlantic security. leged interests,” does not give Moscow The United States must work closely with the right to dictate the foreign policy our European allies to accelerate and choices of its neighbors. March Turning the pages back... deepen Ukraine’s integration into the Russia, both directly and through its West. Ukraine is ready for a NATO surrogates, has attempted to derail Membership Action Plan: I pledge to Ukraine’s Western course of democracy 29 work with America’s allies to build agree- and security. Yet, despite the substantial Five years ago, on March 29, 2004, seven member-states ment among them for taking this next key pressures exerted by Moscow, Ukraine 2004 delivered accession documents to U.S. Secretary of State step in Ukraine’s efforts to earn its right- has continued to steadfastly work toward Colin Powell and formalized their membership in the North ful place as a member of the Euro- its goal of integration into Euro-Atlantic Atlantic Treaty Organization, expanding the alliance into Atlantic community.” structures. Ukraine’s inclusion in these countries once under the Soviet sphere of influence. The total Subsequently, in December 2008, the structures dearly serves our national inter- number of NATO member-states increased to 26, and each country pledged to defend United States and Ukraine signed a ests. The security of the United States lies each other militarily. Charter on Strategic Partnership, which in the expansion of democracy, not in the During the fifth NATO ceremony at the White House since NATO’s founding in indicates their “mutual desire to strength- appeasement of Russia. 1949, President George W. Bush welcomed Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. (The previous expansion in 1999 included Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.) “The people of these seven nations were captives to an empire. They endured bitter tyranny. They struggled for independence,” President George W. Bush said. “They IN THE PRESS: The reset button earned their freedom through courage and perseverance, and today they stand with us “For Russia, More Than A ‘Reset,’ ” new president, Russia does not. And as full and equal partners in this great alliance.” by Anne Applebaum, The Washington while America may want to make the past Officials and commentators in Russia reacted negatively to the admission of the Post, March 24: vanish – as a nation, we’ve never been all seven new members, Russian media reported. Duma Foreign Relations Committee that keen on foreigners’ histories – alas, Chairman Konstatin Kosachev noted that four of the new members – the Baltic states “…Yes, it’s a wonderful feeling, press- the past cannot be changed. The profound and Slovenia – had not signed the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) and ing that reset button. Unfortunately, it is differences in psychology, philosophy that this failure could produce “a gray zone” that would worry Moscow, ITAR-TASS also a deeply misleading, even vapid, and policy that have been the central reported. metaphor for diplomatic relations. First source of friction between the American Gen. Viktor Zavarzin, chairman of the Duma’s Defense Committee, said Russia deployed by the vice-president – Joe and Russian governments for the past would need to rethink its defense posture now that the Baltic states had joined NATO. Biden told a security conference in decade remain very much in place. “Taking into account NATO actions, we can adjust our military-construction plans. February it was time to ‘press the reset Sooner or later, the Obama administration Moreover, I believe outlays for national defense should be boosted,” Gen. Zavarzin button’ on U.S. relations with Russia – it will have to grapple with them. said. was then repeated by the president, who “Anyone who doubts the truth of this As the NATO expansion ceremonies were being formalized, four Belgian F-16 spoke of the need to ‘reboot’ the relation- need only look at remarks Lavrov himself fighter jets landed at Lithuania’s Zokniai airport near the northern city of Siauliai ship as well. Earlier this month, Hillary made last weekend in Brussels, where he shortly before the ceremonies in Washington. The aircraft were to patrol the airspace Clinton even presented her counterpart, presented a vision of the world utterly over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, unchanged by the events of January 20. … The defense ministers of the three Baltic states issued a joint statement in with a red ‘reset button’ to place on his “The transcript of his remarks, and Washington in which they welcomed the beginning of NATO air patrols over their ter- desk. … those of other Russians attending the same ritories and gave assurances of their states’ readiness to provide technical and legal “It would be nice, of course, if U.S.- conference, do not capture their snide tone, support in implementing the airspace-surveillance system. Russia relations really had been frozen as or the scorn with which they dismissed a result of irrelevant technical complica- suggestions that Russia’s neighbors might Source: “Seven new members welcomed into NATO; Russia reacts negatively,” tions and could begin afresh. have wanted to join NATO because they RFE/RL Newsline, The Ukrainian Weekly, April 4, 2004. Unfortunately, while America may have a were afraid of Russia. …” No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 7

NEWS AND VIEWS faces and places Facesby myron b.and kurpoas Places Banderivtsi, Melnykivtsi and a murder by Myron B. Kuropas by Askold S. Lozynskyj internal struggle for power within the OUN between [Stepan] Bandera, released I was surprised to see a column in The by the Germans in 1939 and Konovalets’ Ukrainian Weekly (March 1) accusing the officially designated successor [Andrii] Banderivtsi of killing a Melnykivets. I Melnyk, several renowned soldiers and OSI circus back in town thought this type of fraternal calumny colleagues of Konovalets perished. The was a thing of the past. But then I noticed After years of cajoling, the Office of ordered a review to determine if the Banderivtsi shot Baranowsky, Sciborsky, Special Investigations (OSI) of the U.S. Demjanjuk extradition was the result of OSI that it was Myron Kuropas’s column. Hrybiwsky, Sushko in Zitomir [Zhytomyr] Some things never change. The Cold War Department of Justice, has finally conned fraud. On June 29 U.S. Judge Thomas and in Lviv in 1942-1943. The soldier German prosecutors into charging John Wiesman rendered a 210-page verdict con- continues. Lemek was liquidated by them in Poltava Almost 18 years after independence, Demjanjuk with exactly 29,000 counts (not cluding, among other things, that as early as in 1942.” one more, not one less) of accessory to 1978, the U.S. Department of Justice had in most Banderivtsi and Melnykivtsi have Is this based upon personal knowledge taken their grievances to the grave, while genocide as an alleged guard at Sobibor, a its possession evidence that Mr. Demjanjuk or Soviet mudslinging? Apparently the Nazi death camp. was not Ivan the Terrible, and that none of the remaining have found a modus viven- latter, since the above quote contains di to help cultivate jointly an independent In 1971 the OSI claimed John Demjanjuk this exculpatory evidence was provided to numerous inaccuracies which impeach was “Ivan the Terrible” of Treblinka, anoth- defense attorneys during the Cleveland trial. and democratic Ukraine as a sanctuary the overall accusation and credibility of for Ukrainians, their language and cul- er Nazi death camp. Following a speedy No OSI attorneys were sanctioned for this this witness (among the minor inaccura- Cleveland trial during which OSI attorneys abomination. ture. But not Dr. Kuropas. cies: Sushko was killed in 1944). Perhaps This time he accuses the Banderivtsi of unexpectedly introduced Soviet evidence, The Israeli Supreme Court overturned the easiest to refute involves Mykola Mr. Demjanjuk was convicted of lying on the Demjanjuk conviction in 1993, but killing in January 1944 Col. Roman Lemyk, who was killed by the Germans Sushko, a high-ranking member of the his 1952 application to enter the U.S. He Israel never compensated Mr. Demjanjuk in October 1941 in Myrhorod. His wife was stripped of his U.S. citizenship in 1981. for seven years of unlawful imprisonment. Melnyk wing of the Organization of passed away in December of last year. I Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-M). Why Israel requested his extradition in 1983. Despite vehement objections from the Anti- had numerous conversations with her – In 1984 former OSI director Allan A. Defamation League (ADL) and various this is significant today is not clear, except she was my mother’s school chum from that more than halfway through his article Ryan published “Quite Neighbors: Jewish groups, the Federal Appeals Court the 1930s. She never once mentioned Prosecuting Nazi War Criminals in of the 6th District in Cincinnati ruled that Dr. Kuropas writes: “Who killed Col anything about the Banderivtsi killing her Sushko? The colonel’s granddaughter, America” in which he wrote: “The Mr. Demjanjuk could return home. husband and she herself remained a Displaced Persons Act of 1948 was a bra- In November 1993, a three-judge federal Khrystyna Owad, asked that question in Banderivka to the end. her Ukrainian-language book, “Colonel zenly discriminatory piece of legislation, appeals panel in Cincinnati unanimously Cases of internecine killing and betray- written to exclude as many concentration ruled that the prosecutors in the Demjanjuk Roman Sushko” (published in 2006).” Dr. al between the two OUN factions in the Kuropas impugns four possible assailants, camp survivors as possible and to include as case withheld evidence “in part to curry 1940s have been the subject of too much many Baltic and Ukrainian and ethnic favor with Jewish organizations which had ranging from the Gestapo, Polish partisans, debate. One of the most prominent accu- the NKVD and the Bandera wing of the German Volksdeutsche as it could get away put pressure on them to prove that Mr. sations was made in 1941 by the leader- with... Had Congress tried to design a law Demjanjuk was the notorious ‘Ivan the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists ship of the OUN-M, which accused the (OUN-B), and concludes with the last that would extend the Statue of Liberty’s Terrible’...” The panel was especially criti- OUN-B of killing Omelian Hrybiwsky hand to the followers and practitioners of cal of Mr. Ryan who had taken an ADL- being the most likely. As evidence, he sub- Senyk and Mykola Sciborsky. The mits the writings of Soviet agent Pavel Nazism, it could not have done much better sponsored lecture tour of Israel in order to OUN-B denied the accusation vigorously. than this without coming right out and say- drum up support for a Demjanjuk trial. The Sudoplatov and the Owad book, revealing Subsequently, Nazi secret police docu- an alleged May 20, 1943, UPA high com- ing so.” panel also concluded that OSI had engaged ments were unearthed and published by In his chapter on Mr. Demjanjuk, Mr. in “prosecutorial misconduct...” In 1994 the mand declaration-document exhibiting the various historians, among them Prof. requisite intent for the killing. Though the Ryan revealed that Soviet prosecutors sup- U.S. Supreme Court let stand, without com- Volodymyr Kosyk. Those documents plied the SS card allegedly issued to Mr. ment, the ruling that OSI attorneys commit- document is dated May 20, 1943, and the reveal that both Hrybiwsky Senyk and killing took place almost eight months Demjanjuk and that more information was ted fraud. No OSI attorneys suffered disbar- Sciborsky were led to their death by a offered by a Ukrainian named Wasyl ment. later, Dr. Kuropas offers it as the proverbi- Soviet agent, Poluwedko, who had infil- al smoking gun. Yachenko (“his name was changed to pro- In 1998 U.S. District Court Judge Paul trated the OUN-M and that another Soviet tect his privacy,” wrote Mr. Ryan). Right. R. Matia in Cleveland restored Mr. Upon retrieving the Owad book, I was agent killed them. According to the further surprised. Almost the entire piece Wasyl’s real name was Michael Hanusiak; Demjanjuk’s citizenship; incredibly, he also German documents, the killer was shot he was the well-known editor of a Ukrainian allowed the OSI to continue investigating. by Dr. Kuropas, save for a personal by German soldiers and Poluwedko was account of the young Kuropas and Col. American Communist newspaper. I knew Following a year of feverish review of evi- arrested by the Germans in Kharkiv and the late Mr. Hanusiak. Lesia and I visited dence, OSI now “discovered” that Mr. Sushko, came from the book. There is no hung himself in prison. independent study or analysis by Dr. him in 1971 in his New York City office Demjanjuk was a Nazi guard at three death Perhaps the most egregious accusation (where a portrait of Stalin was prominently camps: Sobibor, Majdanek and Flossenberg. Kuropas. against the OUN-B came from an Irrespective of Ms. Owad’s best inten- displayed) and again in Kyiv in 1974. For In 2001 Judge Matia presided over OUN-M leader and part-time historian Mr. Ryan, Soviet “information” made the another trial reviewing “new evidence,” and tions, because of personal feelings her who accused the Banderivtsi of killing OSI case against Mr. Demjanjuk airtight. found Mr. Demjanjuk guilty, again, of lying objectivity has to be highly prejudiced. their own Gen. Roman Shukhevych. Ukrainians were outraged. Led by Ihor on his original visa application. In 2002 he She is a granddaughter of the victim. However, in this case Soviet agent and Bozhena Olshaniwsky of Americans lost his citizenship, again. He appealed, but Furthermore, she is not a historian, but an Sudoplatov came to the aid of the OUN-B for Human Rights in Ukraine, and organiza- his plea was rejected in 2004. That same educator with master’s degrees in French, by confessing to the killing in his mem- tions such as the Ukrainian National year the U.S. Supreme Court spurned Mr. education and public affairs and policy oirs. Sudoplatov had direct personal (credentials she cites in her book). Association (which established the UNA Demjanjuk’s final appeal. In 2005 U.S. knowledge and, in fact in his memoirs Without questioning her personal creden- Heritage Defense Committee) the Ukrainian Immigration Judge Michael J. Creppy ruled carefully detail the Soviet operation in tials any further, I will address her work. American Justice Committee (headed by that Mr. Demjanjuk could be deported, which he was actively involved that The publication she put together about the Rev. Peter Galadza), The Ukrainian again. resulted in the death of Shukhevych. her grandfather is attractive and clearly Weekly and the late Ukrainian Canadian And so here we are in 2009, 32 years (“Special Tasks,” pp. 254-257). manifests much dedication and effort on her entrepreneur Peter Jacyk, Ukrainians in after Mr. Demjanjuk’s ordeal began. He The alleged “smoking gun” – the May part. However, her scholarship and conclu- North America raised an estimated $1.5 stands accused of war crimes, again. His 20, 1943, UPA document referred to sions are the problem. Of the four possible million for Mr. Demjanjuk’s defense. family has been destroyed. He lost his above is referenced by Ms. Owad to the assailants noted above, she dismisses the Mr. Demjanjuk’s Israeli trial began in house. His daughter divorced Ed Nishnic UPA Litopys (Chronicle of the Ukrainian first three relatively cavalierly and com- 1987 and ended in 1988. Found guilty, he who, remarkably, still devotes days Insurgent Army, Vol.2, Kyiv-Toronto, pletely fails to address a fifth possible per- was sentenced to death. As Israeli defense defending his former father-in-law. Our 1999.) The subject Litopys references this petrator: a fellow Melnykivets. attorney Yoram Sheftel observed in his community, tired and drained, has lost document to the Central Government The Germans are dismissed because they book, “Defending Ivan the Terrible: The interest in Mr. Demjanjuk. He’s yester- Archive of Civic Associations in Kyiv (a would have killed openly; the Poles because Conspiracy to Convict John Demjanjuk,” day’s news. Soviet archive). they should be viewed as possible allies with chaos erupted in the courtroom as the ver- The latest Demjanjuk debacle has Editors of the Litopys series found the Ukrainians at that time (interesting how dict was read. “The unruly crowd began absolutely nothing to do with justice. It’s many documents in Soviet archives. that alliance seemed to work in Volyn at the cursing, dancing, screaming insults,” wrote about restoring the discredited reputation Editor Prof. Petro Potichnnyj told me that same time) and Ukrainians did not constitute Mr. Sheftel. “ ‘Death, death,’ ‘Death to of the OSI. You can be sure that Eli he does not dispute the validity of the a threat to them in Lviv; she dismisses the Ivan,’ ‘Death to the defense attorney,’ Rosenbaum, the petulantly duplicitous document and believes that it may have Soviets because Sudoplatov would have ‘Death to all Ukrainians,’ ‘Death, death, OSI director, spent thousands of been disseminated in Volyn by bragged about this killing in his memoirs. death.’ ” American taxpayer dollars in Germany, Commander Klym Savur. He states, how- Instead Sudoplatov writes in passing: While the Demjanjuk appeal was being arm-twisting the German judiciary into ever, that prior to locating it in the Soviet “The death of [Yevhen] Konovalets heard, the Soviet Union collapsed. As new taking on the Demjanjuk case. Will archives, he had never heard of or seen brought about a split in the OUN. Those evidence was unearthed in Ukraine, the German prosecutors become OSI shills, this document within any of the UPA OUN leaders who worked with Konovalets Israelis discovered that they had convicted the latest clowns in the OSI circus? One archives in the diaspora or in Ukraine. met tragic fates in 1939-1943. During the the wrong Ivan the Terrible. would hope they could learn from Israel’s Furthermore, he does not view it as evi- U.S. courts quickly revisited the original experience. dence of the Banderivtsi killing Col. Demjanjuk conviction and on June 5, 1992, Askold Lozynskyj is an attorney based Sushko because of the time lapse. in New York City. He is a former presi- Justice Gilbert Merritt of the Court of Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is dent of the Ukrainian World Congress. (Continued on page 22) Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 No. 13 UUARC program “Know your native land” focuses on students by Yury Nakonechny “I am truly grateful that I had the opportunity to celebrate the Nativity of The United Ukrainian American Relief Christ, one of the most important holi- Committee’s (UUARC) winter exchange days in Christendom, in the cradle of our program “Know Your Native Land” is culture and traditions – in western most popular among children in Ukraine. Ukraine. It was very enjoyable to experi- Nothing beats a trip for the lighting of the ence in person the sights and sounds of main Christmas tree in golden-domed the beautiful Christmas carols, to interact Kyiv, or wandering through the snow- with such friendly and kind people, to covered villages of the Ivano-Frankivsk experience the depth of the culture of our Oblast in the Carpathian Mountains. Such nation... I would like to spend time again trips are an opportunity to get to know the colorful localities of Ukraine, participate in this colorful place.” in folk rituals, study traditions and devel- Viacheslav Poper, a 10th grade student op into nationally aware citizens. in Konstantynivka’s School No. 13 in the This year in January there were two Donetsk Oblast, noted: groups of students: 40 from the Obertyn “This year was my first time in the district in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and sanctuary of Ukrainian culture and cus- from the Luhansk Oblast who traveled to toms thanks to the ‘Know Your Native Land’ project, which unites the eastern Kyiv, and 20 from the city of Students from the Donetsk Oblast in the Carpathian Mountains. Konstantynivka in the Donetsk Oblast and western lands of Ukraine through the who visited the village of Olesha in the eyes of children. At first we were cau- tious, not knowing what to expect in ing village of Odayiv. Immediately after started beating them against each other. Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. we arrived there I was astounded by the Whichever livestock responded first Letters of thanks reveal the young peo- western Ukraine. We heard about clashes between east and west in the political beauty – we don’t have anything like it. meant that it would be most numerous in ple’s creative imagination and spirit, full As soon as we entered the house, my new the new year. of awe at the mountain beauty of the arena, on television and in newspapers. We feared that an imperfect knowledge of ‘mom and dad” got busy, introduced “After supper we went out into the vil- Carpathians, and their gratitude for the themselves and set the table. lage. All the young people, upon seeing a organized excursions to the Kolomyia’s Ukrainian would lead to misunderstand- ings. But all our doubts vanished as soon “The warmth of their hearts and their stranger – and not knowing that I was Pysanka Museum, where they saw 2,500 sincerity was sensed right away. Any talk from Donetsk – ran over to get acquaint- works of folk art; to the rainbow-colored as we arrived in the village of Olesha. “We were greeted with the traditional about any kind of hostility between east and ed. We caroled all night. By evening my resort town of Yaremche; and to the ski west was out of the question. The people Ukrainian became fluent, although my resort in Vorokhta, where they were given bread and salt on an embroidered ritual are friendly; wherever you go they greet host family insisted that I speak Russian a lift up the mountain in a cable car and cloth, fed right away and sent on an you and wish you a joyous holiday season. if it made me more comfortable. The next even rode on a snowmobile. excursion. At 2 p.m. children of families “...In the eastern regions they do not day was just as great. We went to see a Evhen Komardin, an 11th grade student that were to take us into their homes were know how to celebrate Christmas the way vertep (Christmas play), caroled and sang from the city of Konstantynivka in the already waiting at the school. They took it is done in western Ukraine. Recall Ukrainian songs. Donetsk Oblast who was the winner of the us very quickly. Some families took in Hohol’s ‘Evenings at a Farm near “It was very difficult to say goodbye; regional Ukrainian-language contest “The one student; others took two or even Dykanka’ – in the village of Odayiv this many of the village girls cried. We man- Creative Youth of Donbas,” wrote: three. ‘My family’ lived in the neighbor- scene is a hundred times more sacred, aged to become such good friends in a mysterious and fairytale-like. I was told short time… therefore, the stereotypypi- that the Christmas kutia (a dish from pop- cal claim that the western inhabitants of pyseeds and honey) was made traditionally Ukraine do not like easterners is a fabri- out of wheat or barley seeds. Another very cation. important custom is the actual Christmas “I wish to express a huge ‘thank you’ Eve ritual. The house is cleaned and deco- to the United Ukrainian American Relief rated before Christmas. A small sheaf of Committee, Anna Kudlyk and the Maria wheat (didukh) is brought in and placed in Halay-Lion Foundation for this great step the corner of the room. Hay is spread out forward in achieving friendship of a unit- under the table. It was considered a good ed nation.” omen if a dog or cat slept on it. Ancient Kyiv also left an indelible “When the first star appeared in the impression upon the students. This was sky, the whole family gathered at the the first time they saw Independence table. The head of the family sat down Square, visited Kyiv’s holy churches, first; all the others followed. A prayer was walked along the Khreshatyk (the capi- said at the beginning. It’s interesting that tal’s main boulevard) and viewed the almost every district has its own tradi- national Christmas tree. tions and customs. In ‘our family’ the During these times of economic crisis, youngest member crawled underneath the this winter vacation for 60 students table and imitated the sounds of the vari- became a real Christmas miracle – a won- ous farm animals, so that there would be derful winter tale made possible thanks to an abundance of them in the new year. the generosity and good-heartedness of After supper, this youngest member gath- the UUARC’s donors. A vertep as performed in the village of Olesha, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. ered up all the spoons, ran outside and (Translated by Leo Iwaskiw)

NEWS AND VIEWS: Reflections on “Visualizing the Holodomor” by Lana Y. Babij viewers, the small auditorium was hardly veying an indelible understanding of an idea favor with FDR, a president who desperate- filled to capacity. or event. Was any history lesson in school as ly wants to make nice with the USSR In December 2008 I attended the confer- Yes, it was a weeknight, in uptown New vivid in conveying the many horrors of the because he needs an ally against growing ence “Visualizing the Holodomor,” spon- York, and perhaps folks are now experi- Civil War as was “Gone With the Wind?” threats from the Far East. As Duranty fabri- sored by the Ukrainian Film Club of encing Holodomor fatigue after a year full It might be instructive to look very briefly cates his stories for The New York Times Columbia University. Although the entire of marches, exhibits and other commemo- at how the Jewish people used film in get- and Roosevelt, we see the suffering of the proceedings were very informative and rations. ting the story out about their suffering in Ukrainian people and the whole internation- interesting, I was particularly impressed Perhaps another reason is that “The general, and the Holocaust in particular. For al web of deceit as a subtext. The screenplay with the new documentary, “The Living” Living” is yet another “documentary.” Let’s one, they were able to develop generalized could be based on S.J. Taylor’s “Stalin’s (Zhyvi) by renowned Ukrainian film direc- be honest: documentaries – particularly ones sympathy via endearing or otherwise com- Apologist,” a fascinating, must-read biogra- tor Serhiy Bukovsky, which had its U.S. about suffering long ago and far away – pelling popular fare such as “Fiddler on the phy of Duranty published in 1990 by Yale premiere as part of the conference’s evening don’t have mass appeal. Apparently, that is Roof” and “Exodus.” Secondly, the University Press. program. the case even when the documentary is Holocaust has been incorporated as a greater • A story of the milieu of the cultural elite (See http://www.theliving.org.ua/ for fur- about the suffering of one’s own people, as or lesser subtext in countless mainstream of the 1920s and ’30s which by and large ther information about the film, including a evidenced to some degree by the disappoint- films, for example, in “Life is Beautiful.” was quite favorably inclined toward the trailer and links to reviews.) ing turnout at Columbia University. Perhaps what we, at least in America, great Communist “experiment” and dis- Sadly, at this premiere showing, in New At the International Conference on the should be attempting to do in film now is missed any accounts of suffering there, both York City, with the director as well as co- Holodomor at Harvard in November 2008, promote, collaborate on, and/or create main- for ideological reasons and because of dis- producers Viktoria Bodnar and Mark one speaker quipped somewhat parentheti- stream films in which the Holodomor is a dain toward the “peasant” classes. A juxta- Edwards present to discuss the film with cally, that what Ukraine needs is the equiva- notable subtext to another story. position of their glamorous, insular lifestyle lent of a “Bollywood” to appeal to the gen- A couple of ideas come to mind. against the horrific realities of the Lana Y. Babij is a librarian at the eral public. I might add to this the rather • A story about Walter Duranty titled Holodomor could make for a potent film. University of Connecticut, Storrs, and obvious statement that mainstream motion “Pulitzer.” Duranty (hmm, Matt Damon resides in Manchester, Conn. pictures can be a powerful means for con- comes to mind), an egotistical dandy, curries (Continued on page 21) No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 9 HURI conference breaks new ground in Holodomor studies by Peter T. Woloschuk ry of man knew of many tragic examples where entire nations died out, due to a short- CONCLUSION age of bread, and buried themselves in his- tory.” CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard “It is clear that the leadership of the Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) held Soviet Union and Soviet Ukraine knew of the international conference “The Great the Famine and understood how it forever Famine in Ukraine: The Holodomor and Its compromised them and the Communist Consequences, 1933 to the Present” on party, and they decided that the best November 17-18, 2008. The event drew approach was to deny that it ever occurred some 30 of the world’s most noted experts and to forbid any mention of it, hoping that on the Holodomor and an audience of near- ultimately memory of it would fade away,” ly 120 scholars, students, diplomats and Mr. Vasylyev said. “That is why the community representatives. Below is the Politburo opposed [Nikita] Khrushchev and third and last part of the detailed article on his reforms and did everything it could to the conference presentations. undermine them. That is also why Ukrainian Fifth session party officials were often hard-liners and refused to admit that the party had made The fifth session, chaired by Roman mistakes even under [Mikhail] Gorbachev.” Szporluk, Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor “It is also clear that the Soviet leadership of Ukrainian History Emeritus, Harvard in both Moscow and Kyiv was well aware Valerii Vasylyev Dr. Heorhii Kasianov University, addressed the impact of the of the activities of the Ukrainian diaspora in Holodomor on present-day Ukrainian cul- spreading information about the Famine when the diaspora launched a massive cam- they were Ukrainian, because they were ture. and, later, in branding it as genocide,” Mr. paign to make the Holodomor visible in the class enemies, or simply because they were Valerii Vasylyev, senior research fellow, Vasylyev continued. “[Soviet leaders] did West and in Ukraine itself. The publication in the wrong place at the wrong time. Institute of History of Ukraine, National what they could to discredit [the diaspora’s] of “The Harvest of Sorrow” and the release In order to survive this onslaught, Mr. Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, explored efforts by painting them as Nazi collabora- of the documentary “The Harvest of Dibrova pointed out, Ukrainians had to sur- “The Great Famine in the Eyes of the Soviet tors or later as tools of the American imperi- Despair” elicited bitter denials and recrimi- render themselves to Soviet realities, and, in Ukrainian Elite (1950s-1970s)” and alists. They applied the same tactics when nation, but their message was picked up by light of the Holodomor, millions of them described how Soviet elites in Ukraine from Ukrainian dissidents began raising the issue the dissident movement in Ukraine. In the chose to do so. To become upwardly mobile the 1950s to the 1970s viewed the of the Holodomor.” late 1980s Ukrainian activists began to use and acceptable to the Communist Party they Holodomor. Using memoirs of party author- There is also much evidence that the the Holodomor as a major tool to discredit had to conform. Although President ities, he described how they survived the Ukrainian intelligentsia was fully aware of the Communist Party, as well as the govern- Yushchenko’s family suffered in the Famine in their youth. the man-made nature of the Holodomor, and ment itself, and they began to press for the Holodomor, he was a member of the Petro Shelest, first secretary of the also knew of its true extent. They were dis- filling in of the blank spots in the nation’s Pioneers, joined the Communist Party and, Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) wrote turbed by it, but were very passive. history. as a young man, served as an elite KGB in his memoirs that while he was an engi- Ultimately it was the Ukrainian diaspora This process accelerated with indepen- border guard in order to get ahead. neering student in Mariupil between 1932 that pressed for the world to recognize what dence and gained further momentum as the Mr. Dibrova then turned his attention to and 1934 “...there was a terrible famine in had happened. elites and government leadership undertook the Soviet Ukrainian literary scene and the country. It was nothing less than a crime. Mr. Vasylyev concluded by calling for the task of nation-building. emphasized the fact that the mere mention All the suffering... everything... was written research to be conducted among the older It was given even greater priority as the of the Holodomor was a criminal offense. off as the cost of progress.” leadership cadres of Ukraine while there Communists and their supporters lost all He stressed the fact that most writers were The mother of Volodymyr Scherbytsky, were still significant numbers of them alive vestiges of power. By 2003 even President aware of the calamity but only a few had the another first secretary of the CPU and a to determine what they really knew about Leonid Kuchma had espoused the temerity to deal with the topic at all, and staunch Stalinist, often spoke of the fact that the Famine and the impact that this knowl- Holodomor, although he did so for his own they did so obliquely. during the time of hunger she saved her edge had on them. purposes. With the accession of Viktor He looked at the major Ukrainian novel family and herself by feeding them fish that Dr. Heorhii Kasianov, head of the Yushchenko and the forces of the Orange “Marusia Churai,” which on the surface is a she caught and melons that she took from Department of Contemporary History and Coalition, the Holodomor was finally given tragic love story set in 17th century Ukraine the fields. Politics, Institute of History of Ukraine, full national recognition and attempts were during the Time of Ruin. The work was Oleksander Liashko, chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, even made to pass legislation to criminalize written by Lina Kostenko in the generation Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the spoke next, looking at “The Holodomor and denial of the tragedy. after the Holodomor and Mr. Dibrova per- Ukrainian SSR and chairman of the Council the Politics of Memory since the 1980s.” He “In little more than 20 years,” Dr. suasively argued that much of the imagery of Ministers, recalled that in 1933, as a stu- started with a discussion of how personal Kasianov said, “the Holodomor narrative in that the author employed was a veiled dent in Luhansk, he saw on a regular basis and national traditions and memories are Ukraine has proceeded from official denial description of the Holodomor and its impact swollen bodies in the street. “At first I ques- generated and then developed, and how a to grudging recognition of the event accom- on the Ukrainian landscape and the tioned what was happening and asked if it canonical narrative about the Holodomor panied by attempts to explain it away; to Ukrainian people. couldn’t be avoided, but then I quickly came has been formed in contemporary times both minimize it or to put it into a broader con- Mr. Dibrova then looked at current to the conclusion that it was better not to in Ukraine and in the diaspora, noting that text; to fully accept it and to recognize its Ukrainian authors and current Ukrainian lit- doubt the government and the party but to this is now slowly becoming a litmus test for true magnitude; and then to recognize the erature and pointed out, “the Soviets took believe in their goals and objectives and to Ukrainians. man-made nature of the event, its anti- control of Ukrainian literature when it was do what was asked of me.” Dr. Kasianov gave an overview of this Ukrainian motivation; and finally to in its Romantic phase and current writers Mr. Vasylyev then observed that the process from the 1980s onward and explored acknowledge the Famine as genocide.” feel that they need to start at this point. They Soviet Ukrainian leadership was well aware developments in both the diaspora and in “The Holodomor had an immeasurable all want to write about new people and the of the Famine and its consequences from the Ukraine. He started by placing diaspora impact on the Ukrainian people, their new life. No one wants to deal with the very beginning. “There is clear evidence efforts in the context of the Cold War and beliefs, attitudes, way of life, and even on experience of the parents and grandparents. that party officials knew that the impossibly showed how Soviet officials tried to dis- their psyches when it occurred, and it has Things Soviet, including the Holodomor, are high grain quotas that they set, the confisca- credit them. He also looked at the way the continued to shape their thoughts and their passé. Almost all current Ukrainian literature tory taxes that they imposed, and the requi- diaspora used the Jewish community’s prop- actions even today,” Dr. Kasianov said. focuses on two topics: sex and a fascination/ sitioning of meat and other food products agation of the Holocaust as a model for its “There has been no closure. There is a dis- revulsion with the West.” would cause millions of deaths,” he said. own activities. connect and a resulting dysfunction. To date, Dr. Dibrova concluded by pointing out “Stalin himself cynically said that the histo- The next stage came in the early 1980s, no one has accepted responsibility for the that “even though an individual or a nation Holodomor and no one has been punished. physically recovers from a great injury or Unless and until Ukrainians fully elaborate trauma, the psychological impact remains their Holodomor narrative and come to and needs to be dealt with. Ukrainian artists terms with it, they will continue to have dif- have both a duty and an obligation to deal ficulties as a nation and as a body politic.” with the Holodomor and, by doing so, they He concluded by saying that much schol- will help the society finally come to terms arly work still needs to be done on the with it.” Holodomor, but its current politicization in Prof. George Grabowicz, Č\ ç HYVN\ M Ukraine is making the work more difficult. Professor of Ukrainian Literature, Harvard Next, Volodymyr Dibrova, editor, University, was discussant for the panel. He Ukrainian Research Institute, and preceptor, began by pointing out that Mr. Dibrova’s department of Slavic languages and litera- remarks were to the point because they tures, Harvard University, addressed the addressed the main theme of the conference, topic “The Holodomor and the which was to look at the long-term conse- Contemporary Ukrainian Writer.” He started quences of the Holodomor. He emphasized by providing an overview of how that in his mind there is no question about Ukrainianness itself – language, culture and the Holodomor being genocide and that the identity – was a victim of the Holodomor. horror was compounded by the fact that He revisited the questions of whether there was no punishment for the perpetra- Ukrainian peasants were tortured and Volodymyr Dibrova Prof. Roman Szporluk starved because they were peasants, because (Continued on page 10) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 No. 13

passports, without pensions and without HURI conference... prospects, and that the peasant class as a (Continued from page 9) whole was eradicated. No one wanted to be tors, and that, in fact, for decades Ukrainians identified with these people, to listen to their were forced to express gratitude and love for stories, or to take up their cause. He said their murderers. that, as a result, the diaspora became the “This, to some extent, helps to explain,” agents of memory and, significantly, the Prof. Grabowicz said, “why the Ukrainian diaspora was composed primarily of west- genocide took longer than any other to reach ern Ukrainians who were not direct victims the attention of the world and why many of the Holodomor. Ukrainian to this day still identify them- Finally, he pointed out that unfortunately selves with their tormentors.” the perpetrators of the Holodomor have Prof. Roman Serbyn, professor of history escaped justice. The main leaders are all (emeritus), University of Quebec at dead. As a result, reconciliation and closure Montreal, then rhetorically posed the ques- are difficult, if not impossible. tion: What is the lesson of the Holodomor Prof. Szporluk contrasted the impact of and what can be learned from it? He sug- the Holodomor on Ukraine with the conse- gested that the answer lay with the rule of quences of the 1917 Revolution on Russia and asked: “Why do Russians get upset by law, particularly international law. Prof. Timothy Snyder Dr. Lubomyr Hajda “Ukrainians have an obligation to speak up Holodomor commemorations? And why to make sure that the Holodomor is never don’t the Russians blame the Soviet system victims it claimed. Estimates vary from 15 have been squabbling for centuries over a repeated,” Prof. Serbyn said. “Justice also for the genocide of the Russian nation?” million to 45 million, and most scholars much simpler issue: the nationality of demands that the crimes perpetrated against He pointed out that the Bolshevik now believe that the death toll actually Charlemagne. them be dealt with once and for all. Famine Revolution destroyed Russian civil society approached the higher figure. Prof. Snyder began by giving a chronolo- was used as a political tool against them, and the intelligentsia, and called the ensuing Prof. Wernheuer could not find any direct gy of the onset of the Holodomor and also civil war a process of the destruction of the and, unfortunately, it continues to be used by proof that the Chinese officials used the explored the links between 1932-1933 and Russian nation. In effect, that the Russians other governments in other places, even Ukrainian famine as a model, but indica- the later actions of the Third Reich against committed a “genosuicide.” he said, today.” tions exist that they were aware of it. “The Ukraine and the Soviet Union. He started by He then went on to point out that when Members of the audience also comment- similarities are startling,” he said. “In both pointing out that the Soviet government the Communists came to power, Lenin con- ed. Composer Virko Baley concurred and cases there is a total, almost contemptuous began a drive to rapidly collectivize in 1930 sidered the Russian nationality question to pointed out that no one has ever been for- disregard for the peasantry; there is a desire but was forced to retreat and retrench. In be the most important nationality question mally blamed for the Holodomor and no one to collectivize agriculture and rapidly indus- 1931 it imposed new taxes and slowly facing the government. “However,” he has accepted responsibility. He added that trialize; there is the imposition of unrealistic moved forward again with collectivization emphasized, “Lenin and the Communist research on the Holodomor has to be contin- taxes and quotas for the surrendering of efforts. leadership knew that the Russian peasants ued until the evidence is conclusive. foodstuffs; there is a closing off of the By 1932 it was clear that the government had not yet become either nationally or eth- “The Germans accepted responsibility for impacted areas; and there is clearly an wouldn’t fully have its way and that there nically self-conscious. It is important to their crimes during World War II,” Dr. Baley awareness of the impact on the population was a problem with the harvest, and Stalin remember that there was no separate said, “and the same needs to be done with of these measures by the government.” clearly decided to take his revenge. The ‘Russian’ country in the Russian Empire and the Holodomor if there is ever to be clo- As in Soviet Ukraine, there were clearly Communist Party of Ukraine was purged, the communists debated whether there was meat was requisitioned, communities were sure.” a need for a separate Russian Republic in many instances of collaboration by individ- Alexander Babyonyshev (pseudonym ual villagers with the authorities, and there blacklisted, and borders were sealed. As a the Soviet Union. Conditions as they existed result, famine rapidly ensued, and within the Sergei Maksudov) associate, Davis Center at the time of the revolution made it easy for were many instances of violence committed for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard by roving bands of leftist cadres dedicated first few months of 1933 deaths occurred in the Communists to introduce the idea of an the Ukrainian countryside on a massive University, pointed out that it is necessary to international proletariat without having to to enforcing the will of the government. come to an understanding of how deeply There are also clear instances were local scale. deal with the question of Russian national- “It is very clear,” Prof. Snyder said, “that rooted subconscious factors impact societal ism. Even today, there is not a ‘Russian’ officials were able to intervene and save behavior. He pointed out that few people in their people. Stalin defined the opposition to the govern- country or nation, but a Russian Federation ment’s efforts to collectivize agricultural contemporary Ukrainian society are willing composed of many nationalities and ethnic “In one village that I went to,” Prof. to talk about the Holodomor and contrasted Wernheuer reported, “there was no famine production in national terms. He wanted to groups.” punish the Ukrainians.” it with statements taken from 3,000 Soviet “Lenin, and later Stalin, were also well and no one died of hunger, and yet there was refugees in 1948 who all mentioned the massive starvation in all of the surrounding He then compared Hitler’s decision to aware of the fact that the Ukrainian peasant- use famine against the Ukrainians in 1941 Famine and talked about it as a major event. ry had gone through the process of self- villages. The difference was made by the Mr. Babyonyshev concluded by pointing local party officials who simply refused to both to provide foodstuffs for the citizens of identification similar to that of the Polish, the Reich and to clear valuable agricultural out the need for further in-depth study on German, French or Italian peasantry before implement orders and then sent in false the Holodomor itself, saying that “although reports to the regional administration. They land for future colonization with Stalin’s it and knew of the distinctiveness of its lan- decision in 1932. it was a major catastrophe and a horrible guage, culture and traditions,” Prof. risked their own lives, but they saved their crime, I still can’t call it genocide. To date I village.” “The logic of malice is the same in both Szporluk continued. “Because the cases,” Prof. Snyder said. “Hunger and have not seen a single official document that Communists believed that the peasantry was “There were also a number of differences says kill Ukrainians or even one that says between the two famines,” Prof. Wernheuer death were used as political tools. It is clear the repository of the history and values of that the Ukrainian Famine set the pattern for ‘take food away from Ukrainians.’ ” the nation, they viewed the Ukrainian peas- pointed out. “There was no national or eth- nic component to the Chinese famine as the German famine and that it can be linked Sixth session antry as a major stumbling block in the cre- there was in Ukraine. The primary victims causally to a whole series of horrors com- ation of the new socialist order.” mitted by various governments in the 20th The sixth and final session was a round- “It is clear that Stalin viewed the were Han Chinese. The minority areas, table panel discussion, led by Serhii Plokhii including those populated by Mongolians, century against their own people, including Ukrainian peasantry, with its ties to Poland, the famine in the People’s Republic of China (Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Germany and the West, as the major threat Muslims and Tibetans, were not touched by Ukrainian History, Harvard University) and the famine.” and the killing fields in Pol Pot’s to the ongoing development of the USSR. Cambodia.” included Profs. Andrea Graziosi (professor They had opposed all government efforts to “Also, to this day the Chinese govern- of contemporary history at the University of ment and the Communist Party officials Prof. Snyder also discussed the ongoing take over the agricultural sector, and they impact of the Holodomor on the Ukrainian Naples, “Federico II”), Szporluk, Felix were responsible for more than half of the refuse to admit that there was a famine,” Wemheuer (assistant professor of East Asian Prof. Wernheuer said. “They will admit that population and in response to a number of uprisings in the country in the late 1920s questions from the audience pointed out that studies, University of Vienna; visiting schol- mistakes were made during the Great Leap and early 1930s,” Prof. Szporluk concluded. a lot had transpired in Ukraine under Soviet ar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Forward, and they will talk about problems, “Stalin wanted to break them once and for auspices after the Famine up until the time Harvard University), Timothy Snyder (pro- but will not criticize Mao and the leadership. all and he chose mass starvation and terror of independence. He emphasized that one of fessor of history, Yale University), and And they know that any admission on their as his tools. It is also clear that his action the major problems was that the perpetrators Lubomyr Hajda (associate director, part will ultimately compromise the legiti- against the Ukrainian peasantry was nothing of the Famine are all dead. Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard macy of their regime.” less than genocide.” “What I’d like to see,” Prof. Snyder said, University). Prof. Wernheuer pointed out that the cur- Prof. Wemheuer spoke next about an “is for the Ukrainian government to take a Prof. Plokhii began by outlining the role rent generation of Chinese is not interested analogous famine that raged during China’s series of positive steps and implement a plan of the roundtable to deal with a number of in the suffering of a past generation of peas- Great Leap Forward in 1958-1961 and com- of affirmative action that leads to social issues, including what happened at the con- ants and that there is a disconnect even with pared and contrasted it with the Ukrainian mobility for Ukrainians, their culture and ference, what was discussed, what wasn’t the intelligentsia. There is no one research- Holodomor. He indicated that he had spent their language. Emphasis needs to be put on discussed, what conclusions can be drawn ing what happened, and there is no one to several years in China and had had the the common culture. Good movies in from the new material that was presented, articulate it. opportunity of doing research into the fam- Ukrainian need to be produced, good televi- and, finally, what is next. ine and speaking with party officials, intel- Finally, he stressed the fact that the sion, popular fiction and even comic books Prof. Graziosi stated that Ukraine has the lectuals and villages. Chinese diaspora has not taken up the cause for children.” most special, and the most tragic, history in When starvation was endemic in the of the famine victims, unlike the Ukrainian Prof. Graziosi briefly touched on the fact Europe. He insisted that the Holodomor has northern and eastern province of the country, diaspora, and nothing has been done by the that it was important not to lose sight of the to be called genocide and pointed out that it the Chinese Communist Party denied that community to bring the memory of the trag- fact that the Holodomor was only one tool primarily impacted peasants, but empha- there was any type of a problem, let alone edy to the attention of the world community. in the attack on Ukrainians. “At the same sized that Stalin knew that by breaking the famine, and refused all outside help. As in Prof. Wernheurer ended by speculating time that hunger was stalking the most fer- peasants, he broke the nation. the Ukrainian case, records were falsified that there would never be closure on the dif- tile area of Europe, the Soviet government He added that the survivors of the and later destroyed, and as a result there is ferences in interpretation of the Holodomor also purged the Ukrainian Communist Party Holodomor were further marginalized by no way of pinpointing the actual start of the between Ukrainians and Russians, and being forced onto collective farms without famine, how long it lasted, or how many pointed out that the Germans and the French (Continued on page 11) No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 11 Klitschko defeats Gomez by TKO to retain WBC title PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Vitali Klitschko The referee stopped the bout with one min- (38-2, 37 KO) defeated Juan Carlos Gomez ute, 11 seconds remaining in the round. (44-2, 35 KO) with a TKO in the ninth After the fight, Klitschko said: “Gomez is round on Saturday, March 21, in Stuttgart, a world-class boxer. He was not a casual Germany, to retain his WBC title belt. challenger. We’ve known each other for a Klitschko, 37, demonstrated that Gomez’s long time. I tried to operate rationally, but at speed was no match for Klitschko’s power- the same time I made many superfluous ful blows. The fight began with the two movements. It was difficult for me, but I fighters probing, with Gomez connecting won.” (Gomez was Kltischko’s former spar- occasionally, and Klitschko finding the best ring partner.) distance to keep. By the third round, Gomez stated: “I try to look at this defeat Klitschko started to get some head shots in, philosophically. There are good days and but by the fifth round, Gomez was cut over bad days, as happened today. I’d like to say his right eye. In the sixth round Klitschko that I very well could have beat Klitschko, suffered a gash on the top of his head after a but the cut above the right eye which I collision and, despite the damage, Klitschko received in one of the early rounds very steadily increased his lead on all three judg- much prevented me from boxing. I had es’ cards. trouble seeing his punches.” Gomez got dropped to the canvas in the This was Klitschko’s first title defense seventh round by Klitschko, with the Cuban after he reclaimed the title in October 2008 struggling to beat the count. In the ninth against Samuel Peter. Now the question round, Klitschko’s head apparently struck remains of who Klitschko will fight next. Gomez and referee Daniel Van de Wiele The champion wants a unification fight deducted a point from the champion for against Nikolai Valuev, the WBA champion, gouging. This angered Klitschko and he but the WBC has ordered a fight against for- UNIAN went for the kill, dropping Gomez again. mer WBA champion Oleg Maskaev. A victorious Vitali Klitschko at the conclusion of his bout with Juan Carlos Gomez.

the construction of a credible detailed chro- commemoration events. HURI conference... nology of decisions and events leading up to Rukh members... Addressing the hundreds assembled (Continued from page 10) the onslaught of the Famine, an almost day- (Continued from page 1) for the commemorative evening at the and brought the process of Ukrainianization by-day account of the Famine itself, as well as said Bohdan Horyn, 72, a fellow Soviet- Teacher’s Building, Mr. Tarasyuk avoid- to a halt. Ukrainian culture was denigrated the days, months and years following its con- era dissident, who spoke at the afternoon ed discussing politics “because we didn’t and all but eliminated. What survived was clusion. meeting at the statue of his longtime gather here today to discuss politics – restricted to a few limited areas and was Dr. Werth mentioned the fact that histori- friend. we gathered today to speak of closely controlled.” ans now need to go village by village, raion “Vyacheslav Chornovil was the exten- Vyacheslav Chornovil.” “It must also be remembered,” Prof. by raion, and oblast by oblast, and look at the sion of such glorious cohorts as the writ- In fact, Mr. Tarasyuk was hoping to Graziosi said, “that the government did not surviving documents to fill in the picture. He er, historian and government figure avoid any references to the latest rift in hesitate to use the most brutal forms of torture speculated that the task will be difficult [Mykhailo] Hrushevsky; the writer and the party ranks that occurred in late against the peasants. They were mercilessly because of the systematic destruction of docu- government figure [Volodymyr] January, when Mr. Tarasyuk led the beaten, they were held in prisons in sub-freez- ments and because many of the most impact- Vynnychenko; the writer, journalist and party in voting to evict longtime mem- ing temperatures, they were made to stand ed areas were completely cut off from the rest military figure [Symon] Petliura; like bers Yaroslav Kendzior and Ivan Stoiko. naked in the center of the villages in the snow of the country by blockade and that very little [Yevhen] Konovalets; like [Mykola] The two national deputies led a revolt and the cold until they surrendered everything formal documentation ever existed. Mikhnovsky; like the two Organization within the party against Mr. Tarasyuk’s that they possessed, their families were threat- Dr. Werth also discussed the Kazakh vic- of Ukrainian Nationalists offshoots – decision to align the party with the Yulia ened, and they were denigrated and humiliat- tims of a similar Soviet famine that occurred Andrii Melnyk and Stepan Bandera, and Tymoshenko Bloc, which they viewed ed.” a year before the Ukrainian Famine and Roman Shukhevych.” as a betrayal of President Viktor “There was no one to come to their assis- which claimed the lives of one-third of the A decade since the car accident that Yushchenko, to whom they believed the tance,” Prof. Graziosi concluded. “The peas- Kazakh population. He emphasized the fact killed Chornovil on March 25, 1999, party should remain loyal. ants either had to accept their fate and con- that it was different from the Ukrainian there has yet to be an official re-investi- The commemorative evening consist- form, or else they could quietly die. At the Famine because it was an “unplanned result gation of the suspicious circumstances ed mostly of a concert performed by the height of the Famine the records clearly show of the total destruction of the nomadic and surrounding the independence leader’s Kyiv Camerata chamber symphony, led that the peasants promised the authorities that semi-nomadic Kazakh economy by a policy death, which was officially declared an by conductor Valerii Matiukhin, which they would be good, that they would work of collectivization and sedentariazation. accident the next day by the corrupt performed compositions by Johann hard, and that they wouldn’t complain – if These fatal policies were the result of a rather Minister of Internal Affairs Yurii Bach, Mykola Lysenko and Myroslav only they could have something to eat.” vague program elaborated in Moscow imple- Kravchenko. Skoryk. Dr. Hajda had been scheduled to be part of mented in a distant frontier region by local Rukh became a political party in 1993 Only Messrs. Tarasyuk and Udovenko the roundtable discussion, but was asked by officials, the majority of whom were Russian, and reached its apex about two months delivered speeches. Mr. Tarasyuk the Voice of America to do a television inter- with strong anti-Kazakh prejudices. before Chornovil’s death, when Yurii accused the government of former view about the conference for broadcast to “Historiography on the Soviet famine, Kostenko led a major splintering of the President Leonid Kuchma of intention- Ukraine. He returned near the end of the and especially on the Ukrainian Famine” party from which it never recovered. ally planting the double-trailer Kamaz roundtable session and gave the concluding Dr. Werth concluded, “has produced con- Mr. Kostenko was upset that truck in the middle of the highway in remarks and summation. He pointed out that siderable results over the past years, and, Chornovil tapped top-ranking Soviet-era order to cause the fatal accident the conference should not be regarded as the as a result, my own interpretation of the diplomat Hennadii Udovenko as the par- Chornovil was a talented journalist culmination of Holodomor studies but a sim- Ukrainian Famine has changed over the ty’s candidate in the 1999 presidential who could have “quietly made himself a ple marking of their maturation, perhaps past 10 years. I had stressed the fact that election, a decision approved by the nice career if he had only sat calmly and, reaching some sort of a mid-point. He indicat- the Ukrainian peasantry was the principal Rukh party congress held about three God forbid, not criticized the Soviet gov- ed all of the areas of research that the various victim of the 1932-1933 famines. But I had weeks before Chornovil’s death. ernment and Communist ideology, simi- presenters had said still needed vigorous pur- considered these tragic events as a whole The rift with Mr. Kostenko exhausted lar to many others,” Mr. Tarasyuk said. suit and called for the ongoing exchange of and essentially concluded this to be the last Chornovil mentally and emotionally, Mr. “But he followed his will. Through new information. He said that, as an aid to episode in the confrontation between the Horyn said. his life Chornovil was hunted. They shut this process, HURI would make all of the pro- Soviet state and the peasantry which had “He put much effort into one of his his mouth, ripped his pen out of his ceedings of the conference available and begun in 1918-1922. I now take into closest associates becoming chair of the hands, threw him in holding cells. The would publish all of the papers presented in a account new evidence and new arguments administration of a patriotic oblast,” Mr. Communist Party machine tried to timely fashion. which have convinced me that there was a Horyn said, referring to Mr. Kostenko. defame this prominent figure from all The keynote address was delivered in a strong, qualitative, specificity to the “That man wrote him as much as he sides. Surely there wasn’t any person special evening session by Dr. Nicolas Werth, Ukrainian case and that the answer to the could, inviting him at least every week, about whom so many rumors and non- research director at the Institute for question, ‘Was the Holodomor a geno- but the moment came and he turned sense were spread,” noted Mr. Tarasyuk. Contemporary History of the National Center cide?’ can only be a resounding ‘yes.’ ” away and betrayed the man who brought The Rukh veterans attending the day’s for Scientific Research in Paris, on the topic Concluding remarks were made by Profs. him onto the political arena. That was a commemoration recalled those historic “The Great Famine in Ukraine: Holodomor Graziosi and Michael S. Flier, who summed hard moment for Chornovil.” days when Ukrainians began to surrender and Its Consequences, 1933 to the Present.” up the importance of the new material pre- In an article published in Rukh’s their Communist Party cards as the inde- (For the full text see The Ukrainian Weekly sented at the conference and pledged the newspaper, Mr. Horyn said all three pendence movement rapidly accelerated. issues dated February 22 and March 1.) speedy publication of all of the conference Ukrainian presidents played a role, at “It was an enormous uprising of the He began by giving an overview of the materials by Harvard Ukrainian Studies. one point or another, in Rukh’s divide, people, which no one even expected, not academic work that has been done on the A total of 13 hours, 40 minutes of the con- particularly in financing Mr. Kostenko’s the government,” said Oleksander Holodomor since the appearance of Dr. ference proceedings have been uploaded onto offshoot, which became the Ukrainian Burdeniuk, chair of the Chernivtsi Robert Conquest’s groundbreaking book “The HURI’s website and can be viewed at www. People’s Party. Oblast Organization of the People’s Harvest of Sorrow” in 1986 (sponsored by huri.harvard.edu/na/2008_11_17-18-famine_ By May 2003 Rukh elected as its Rukh. “Not even the Rukh members, at HURI as part of its ongoing Famine Project), conf.html. All of the sessions are posted, as leader another Soviet-era diplomat- the start, could hope for the success that particularly the work done by Ukrainian are the roundtable discussion and the keynote turned-Ukrainian patriot, Borys we gained at the end of 1989 and the scholars since independence, that has enabled address. Tarasyuk, who led the 10th anniversary start of 1990.” 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 No. 13 No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 13 Violinist Ivakhiv and pianist Humetska perform at Embassy of Ukraine by Yaro Bihun from the Lviv Academy of Music, a Special to The Ukrainian Weekly diploma from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, and an artist WASHINGTON – It seemed as if diploma from the Glenn Gould School of springtime came a day earlier to the Music in Toronto. She has won numerous nation’s capital this year. You could see international competitions and has per- and feel it in the smiling faces and enthu- formed in solo recitals and with leading siasm of the audience reacting to violinist orchestras of Ukraine, Russia, Europe, Solomiya Ivakhiv and pianist Marianna Canada and the United States. Humetska’s March 19 evening recital at The two artists opened the evening with the Embassy of Ukraine. Gary Kulesha’s “...and dark time flowed They were moved both by the virtuosi- by her like a river....” As the Ukrainian ty and flair of these two young artists and Canadian composer explained it in the the original program they selected for that program notes, the title was taken from evening, which featured – with the excep- Thomas Wolfe’s novel “The Web and the tion of a sonata by Cesar Frank – modern Rock,” but it does not reflect its story – works of living composers from Canada, only a mood of passion and despair. Ukraine and Russia. They followed with “Post Scriptum,” a The musical careers of both performers sonata for violin and piano by Valentin began in Lviv, where Ms. Humetska was Silvestrov, considered one of Ukraine’s born and where Ms. Ivakhiv had her foremost composers. The piece, as the debut with the Lviv Philharmonic at the composer has described it, is a postscript age of 13. to Mozart and Classicism, supplementing Since then, Ms. Ivakhiv has moved to them with “our own remarks, ideas and the United States, graduated from the questions, with our bewilderment, aston- Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia ishment and regret.” and performed in concert halls and at The first half of the concert concluded music festivals in North America, Europe with “Concert Fantasy on Themes from Yaro Bihun and Asia. Gershwin’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ ” – the Solomiya Ivakhiv and Marianna Humetska respond to the warm reception of the In recent years she has also been guest Russian composer Igor Frolov’s light- audience at their March 19 performance at the Embassy of Ukraine. concertmaster with the Fresno hearted interpretation of some of the Philharmonic (2003-2006), principal vio- American composer’s most popular The audience, however, would not be sored by The Washington Group’s linist with the Philadelphia Chamber songs, among them “Bess, You Is My denied an encore, which turned out to be Cultural Fund and the Embassy of Orchestra (2005-2006) and a substitute Woman Now,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So” “Melody,” by still-another Ukrainian con- Ukraine. with the Philadelphia Orchestra and and “Summertime.” temporary composer, Mykola Skoryk, The next concert in the series, on Baltimore Philharmonic. She is also pur- Their performance of Franck’s Sonata who had marked his 70th anniversary March 29, will feature another young duo suing a doctoral degree at Stony Brook for Violin and Piano in A Major after the here last November at a Sunday Music – this time from Kyiv – soprano Solomia University. intermission concluded the evening’s pro- Series concert. That event – and this most Dutkewych and violinist Solomia Ms. Humetska has a master’s degree gram. recent Embassy recital – was co-spon- Gorokhivska.

Yanchuk’s movie “Metropolitan Andrey” screened in Boston by Peter T. Woloschuk Mr. Yanchuk then shared some technical information regarding the development of the film’s concept, its CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Award-winning produc- script and screenplay, as well as the languages and loca- er-director Oles Yanchuk personally presented his latest tions used in shooting. “I first conceived of the idea of film, “Metropolitan Andrey,” at its eastern New England doing a film on the metropolitan more than six years debut on Saturday, March 21, at Boston College (BC) to ago, and it just wouldn’t go away. I was busy and had an audience drawn from the greater Boston Ukrainian other commitments, but time and time again found community, with people coming from as far away as myself coming back to this project,” Mr. Yanchuk said. Rhode Island, as well as faculty and students from the “Getting the script and the screenplay together took university. time, and then I wanted to assemble the perfect cast,” Mr. The event was co-sponsored by the Ukrainian Yanchuk continued. “Early on, I also decided that the film Congress Committee of America, Boston branch, the needed to be as historically accurate as possible, so I took Ukrainian Student Society of Boston College and the pains with the costuming and with the languages used by Harvard University Ukrainian Research Institute, with various characters in the film. In addition to Ukrainian additional support coming from BC’s Slavic and Eastern and Old Slavonic, German, Italian, English, Polish, languages and literatures department, theology depart- Hebrew and Russian are used where appropriate.” ment, and School of Theology and Ministry. “Wherever possible we shot on location,” Mr. Before the screening of the two-hour-five-minute Yanchuk said, “and for our scenes of Sheptytsky’s early film, Mr. Yanchuk spoke briefly about the need for a visit to Rome and his audience with the pope, the Vatican major film on the life of Metropolitan Andrey gave us access to some of its grounds and gardens that Sheptytsky, archbishop of Lviv from 1901 to 1944, and are rarely accessible to film crews. The Archeparchy of attempted to put his life and his time in context. Lviv was also very cooperative and gave us almost unre- He emphasized the historic role that the metropolitan stricted access to the Metropolitan’s Palace and to St. Vsevolod Petriv played in western Ukraine during the first half of the George Cathedral. Finally, we were also able to film on Oles Yanchuk at Boston College during the New 20th century, and his permanent legacy and the ongoing the former estates of the Sheptytsky family, including England premiere of his latest film, “Metropolitan impact he has had on Ukraine in the six and a half those of the Fredro family where the metropolitan’s Andrey.” decades since his death. mother was born and grew up.” At the conclusion of the film Mr. Mr. Yanchuk’s works include: “Famine-33” Yanchuk received a standing ovation. (Holod-33), 1991, about the genocidal Holodomor; A reception followed, and the film- “Assassination” (Atentat), 1995, about Ukrainian nation- maker went out of his way to answer alist leader Stepan Bandera; “The Undefeated” questions from the audience. (Neskorennyi), 2000, about Ukrainian Insurgent Army Mr. Yanchuk, 53, was born in the (UPA) Commander Roman Shukhevych; and “The city of Fastiv in the Kyiv Oblast. He Company of Heroes” (Zalizna Sotnyia), 2004, about the graduated from the Ivan Karpenko- UPA. His work has received acclaim at the Cannes Karyi Kyiv State Institute of International Film Festival and he has twice received Theatrical Art and then worked as an presidential honors in Ukraine. assistant producer in the Oleksander “Holod-33” played a significant role in ensuring the Dovzhenko Film Studios in Kyiv. vote for Ukraine’s independence during the December One of the most prolific contempo- 1991 referendum. When it was first released, authorities rary Ukrainian producers, Mr. in Ukraine made it very difficult for Mr. Yanchuk to Yanchuk is known for his sympathet- show it. However, with the unflagging support of the ic portrayals of historic events with a democratic and pro-independence forces, it was finally distinct national patriotic accent. aired on Ukrainian national television the night before Almost all of his works deal with the referendum. Both supporters and critics maintain that topics that were forbidden by the the program’s impact translated both into a higher voter The audience at the screening at Boston College. Soviet regime. turnout and a higher pro-independence vote. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 No. 13

46,115,900, the State Statistics Committee NEWSBRIEFS reported. The urban population was CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 2) 31,575,000 as of February 1. According noted that Ukraine, along with European to data of the 2001 census, 48,457,000 TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 partners, had been readying this confer- people lived in Ukraine. (Ukrinform) OR E-MAIL [email protected] ence since 2006. At the same time, the Five political forces in Rada January gas crisis gave a political dimen- sion to the international forum on the KYIV – According to a newly released SERVICES PROFESSIONALS modernization of the Ukrainian GTS, in opinion poll conducted by the Research addition to the investment and economic & Branding Group, if the Verkhovna components. “It is of great importance for Rada elections were held in mid-March, us that the conference be the first of other the new political force now being formed such events. It should prove that, against by former Rada Chairman Arseniy the background of new projects, in partic- Yatsenyuk would be elected to Parliament ular the South Stream or the North Stream with 8.4 percent support. The Party of [pipeline], the Ukrainian GTS was, is and Regions (23.5 percent), YTB (16.5 per- remains a strategic part of the common cent), Communist Party (5 percent), European transit system. In our opinion, Volodymyr Lytvyn Bloc (4.8 percent) this is where the importance of this con- would also be elected. The pro-presiden- ference lies,” Mr. Yeliseyev underscored. tial Our Ukraine Bloc, if it is indeed (Ukrinform) established, would receive only 2.7 per- cent support. In addition, 3.3 percent of Ukraine’s prime minister to visit Russia respondents said they would vote for KYIV – Ukrainian Prime Minister other parties and 12.5 percent against all. Yulia Tymoshenko will pay a visit to the A total of 13.3 percent said they would Russian Federation on April 8. Addressing not participate in the voting and 8 percent the Cabinet of Ministers’ meeting on of respondents failed to answer. The March 20, she said the visit would take poll’s margin of error does not exceed 2.2 place within the framework of the percent. (Ukrinform) Ukraine-Russia Economic Committee New civil movement presented meeting. Ms. Tymoshenko said she will also visit China in the course of the com- KYIV – Academician and political fig- ing two months. She will discuss eco- ure Volodymyr Semynozhenko on March nomic cooperation, including attracting 13 introduced a new civil movement investments in the real estate sector of the called New Ukraine. The organization’s Ukrainian economy, as well as coopera- manifesto declares that its goals are to tion in the field of aircraft engineering. change the law on elections in order to (Ukrinform) elect deputies by open lists, to give the regions possibilities for development, to U.S. office in Crimea targets investors strengthen Ukraine’s off-bloc status, to renew friendship with Russia, to ensure KYIV – The opening of U.S. represen- investments into science and up-to-date tation in the Autonomous Republic of FOR RENT technologies, as well as to realize a just Crimea aims to attract investors to social policy. In order to achieve this, Mr. MERCHANDISE Crimea, U.S. Ambassador William B. Semynozhenko proposes implementation Taylor said in an interview with Radio by a government of professionals of the Liberty. “We would like to interest a developed “National Strategy greater number of American investors to LvivRentals.com Ukraine-2015.” He noted, “We stand for visit Crimea, because everybody who was restoration of a system of the country’s there knows that it is a wonderful site. from $59 per night government, a single anti-crisis program Sometimes tourists need help, and if we and anti-crisis center.” The director of the have an office there, it will be more con- European Institute for Integration and venient for tourists,” the diplomat said, Development, Dmytro Vydrin, noted that according to a March 23 news report. 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We have Kebalo @ 1-860-883-1391 managed to achieve great success in Victims of totalitarianism museum improving the health of infants and their mothers.” A decision to establish U.S. KYIV – The Lviv City Council representation in Crimea was part of the announced on March 13 that it has decid- OPPORTUNITY Strategic Partnership Charter between ed to set up a museum in memory of the Ukraine and the United States signed last victims of totalitarianism called Prison on December. The decision caused indigna- Lontskyi. Back on September 8, 2008, tion among Crimean Communists and the Lviv had announced an international con- EARN EXTRA INCOME! opposition Party of Regions, who per- test for the best memorial to the victims of the occupation regime. The memorial The Ukrainian Weekly is looking ceived a provocation intended to worsen relations with Russia. 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According to KYIV – According to the results of a Mr. Voloshyn, Ukraine’s Embassy in public opinion poll conducted by the Russia is displeased by the deputy’s Rating Group, 38.7 percent of the You can find UNA scholarship applications detention. Dr. Bilorus himself links his Ukrainians believe that the economic cri- on our website detention to his position on international sis in the country will be overcome in recognition of the Holodomor of some two or three years, while 13.9 per- 1932-1933. (Ukrinform) cent are sure that Ukraine will overcome www.unamember.com the crisis threshold in four or five years at Ukraine’s population: 46.12 M the earliest. There are few optimists: only under 7.2 percent of respondents expressed KYIV – In January, Ukraine’s popula- hope for improvement of the situation in MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS tion decreased by 0.06 percent, or by half a year, and 19.2 percent in the com- 27,800 persons, from December 2008. As of February the country’s population was (Continued on page 15) No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 15

percent over 2008, and the real available 13,000 deaths due to AIDS. (Ukrinform) nography, racial and ethnic intolerance, NEWSBRIEFS income, determined by taking into and terrorism. This is a fresh attempt to TV channels agree on morals (Continued from page 14) account the price factor, by 10.3 percent. reach an agreement with participants of ing year. At the same time, a third of (Ukrinform) KYIV – The National Commission of the information market and non-govern- mental organizations. Memos on coopera- Ukrainians (32.7 percent) believe that Officials’ salaries cut by half Experts on the Protection of Public Ukraine has been hit by an economic cri- Morals, the National Council on TV and tion in the protection of public morality sis, while half that number (16.4 percent) KYIV – The Cabinet of Ministers on Radio Broadcasting and the heads of were also signed with the All-Ukraine say it is a political crisis. However, 41.8 March 18 halved salaries for the prime leading TV companies agreed on a part- Council of Churches and the Association percent believe the crises are intertwined. minister, vice prime ministers and minis- nership to ensure information rights and of Printed Mass Media. (Ukrinform) A small number (1.3 percent) do not feel ters for the period of April 1 to January 1, freedoms and protection of public morals. Book of U.S. presidents’ speeches any crisis at all. In overcoming the eco- 2010. Cabinet members agreed to cut sal- It was reported on March 19 that a charter nomic crisis, the overwhelming majority, aries only for those who hold political on these issues was signed by Vice Prime KYIV – A book of inaugural speeches 63.4 percent, are pinning hopes only on posts. At the same time, the Cabinet did Minister Ivan Vasiunyk, Chairman of the by U.S. presidents was presented in Kyiv themselves, 18.5 percent on domestic not back a proposal to cut salaries for Commission on Morals Vasyl Kostytskyi, on March 19 under the auspices of the business, 7.6 percent on other countries’ officials of all levels and servants of state- First Deputy Chairman of the National U.S. Embassy to Ukraine and the United assistance’ and only 6.1 percent on the run enterprises, taking into account poor Council on TV and Radio Broadcasting World humanitarian foundation. The book authorities (4.4 percent found it difficult salaries in such organizations. On March Ihor Kurus and the heads of TV compa- contains speeches by all 44 presidents of to say). At the same time, 56.5 percent of 3 the Verkhovna Rada reduced salaries nies, such as Channel 5, ICTV, New the United States. (Ukrinform) citizens believe that, in crisis conditions, for high-ranking officials, including the Channel, TV and Radio Company the authorities’ main problem is lack of president, the prime minister and national Ukraine, TET, 1+1 Studio and Era. Ukrainians proud of their citizenship attention to ordinary people’s problems; deputies. In addition, expenses allowed According to the document, the mass KYIV – In recent years the number of 54.4 percent say the authorities do not for national deputies were also signifi- communications media will not to allow Ukrainians proud of their citizenship has observe laws; 45.4 percent say the author- cantly reduced. (Ukrinform) propagation of war, fascism and neo-fas- grown significantly, said experts of ities lack consolidation; 35.2 percent say cism, violence, humiliation and dispar- 26,500 to be drafted in Ukraine Kyiv’s Horshenin Institute. They pointed they lack common sense. A third of all agement of personality, xenophobia, to the results of the annual sociological respondents say Ukraine’s authorities lack KYIV – In April and May 26,500 citi- Ukrainophobia, anti-Semitism, racism, survey program named “Project of the professionalism. The poll results were zens will be drafted for military service, pornography and the kindling of interre- Country.” According to the survey, reported on March 17. (Ukrinform) Defense Minister Yurii Yekhanurov gional, interethnic and inter-confessional despite the financial-economic and politi- conflicts. The charter is open for other Ukraine rated 97th by Forbes reported on March 18. “The number of cal crisis, 88 percent of respondents con- citizens subject to a draft for military ser- parties to sign on. (Ukrinform) sider Ukraine their homeland. Compared KYIV – Ukraine ranks 97th on a rating vice for a fixed period will not be reduced Memo on Ukrainian Internet security to 2006, the number of Ukrainians who of the most attractive countries for busi- during the spring draft. It is a standard are proud of their citizenship has ness activities, according to the list pre- number – 26,500 citizens,” Mr. KYIV – Vasyl Kostytskyi, head of the increased by 16.3 percent (from 52.2 per- pared by Forbes magazine. Forbes noted Yekhanurov said. At the same time, the National Commission of Experts on the cent to 68.5 percent in the current year). that the second tranche of the government failed to approve a bill “On Protection of Public Morals, and Tetiana The regions most attractive to residents International Monetary Fund’s $16.5 bil- the Number of the Armed Forces for Popova, CEO of the Internet Association are Kyiv, Crimea, Zakarpattia and the lion (U.S.) loan to Kyiv was delayed 2009-2011” at its meeting that day. of Ukraine, have signed a memorandum southern regions comprising the Odesa, because of the unstable political situation However, it was decided to continue con- of cooperation on issues of security on Mykolayiv and Kherson oblasts. Fifty- in Ukraine. Denmark has topped the rat- sideration of this project. Mr. Yekhanurov the Ukrainian segment of the Internet. eight percent of the country’s population ing for the second year in a row, the failed to specify what number was pro- The parties recognized the need for eradi- prefers a unitary state, while 22 percent United States ranked second, and Canada posed by the Defense Ministry for the cation of content on open segments of the would like to see a federal system. third. Russia is 103rd among a total of armed forces for 2009-2011. In compli- Internet that contain violence, child por- (Ukrinform) 127 countries on the list. In 2008 Ukraine ance with the state program, a transfer of was 75th on the list. (Ukrinform) the armed forces of Ukraine to complete recruitment of contract servicemen should Ukrainian expedition goes to Antarctic be in effect by January 1, 2010. Now, due KYIV – The 14th Ukrainian scientific to the critical lack of financing, the pro- expedition is heading to Antarctica. The fessionalization of the armed forces has expedition includes 14 polar explorers been postponed. In February Minister who have undergone a strict competition Yekhanurov said the Defense Ministry and preparations. They will live in condi- plans a transfer to a professional army by tions of 12 winter months and polar the end of 2015. (Ukrinform) nights. The expedition will arrive at the Kyiv approves program on HIV/AIDS Argentine part of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago and then travel by ship to the KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko “White Continent.” The group is expected on March 20 signed a law adopting a to arrive at the Vernadsky Ukrainian nationwide program on HIV-infection Antarctic Station on March 25. prevention, treatment and examination, (Ukrinform) and support for HIV-infected and AIDS Real income could drop by 40% patients for the years 2009-2013. The program is expected to be financed from KYIV – By year’s end, the real avail- funds of national and local budgets, as able income of the population could drop well as other sources. The approximate by 40 percent, predict some Ukrainian funding totals 3.65 trillion hrv, including experts who were asked to make a macro- 2.91 trillion hrv from the state budget, economic forecast. More optimistic 267.34 million hrv from local budgets experts asserted that citizens’ incomes and 478.57 million hrv from other sourc- would drop by no more than by 10 per- es. Ukraine has the highest rates of HIV/ cent. According to the State Statistics AIDS infection in Europe. According to Committee, the available income that official statistics, as of mid-2008 there could be used by the population to pur- were almost 130,000 HIV-infected per- chase goods and services rose by 38.1 sons registered in Ukraine and over

New Jersey. Vasyl Luchkiw... Surviving are Dr. Luchkiw’s wife, (Continued from page 4) Mary; son Michael with his wife, Tina; Ottawa. It was there that he married Mary son William with his companion, Luby in 1960. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Meredith; son John with his wife, Renee; 1972 from the Ukrainian Free University grandchildren Juliana, Christina, in Munich, Germany. Alexandra and Nicholas; and two sisters He worked as a Slavic librarian at the in Ukraine, Hanya and Sofiya. University of Iowa and was assistant A funeral liturgy was offered on director of the library at the State Monday, March 23, at Ss. Peter and Paul University of New York at Brockport. In Ukrainian Catholic Church in Spring 1986 he became director of library ser- Valley, N.Y., followed by a private burial. vices at Rockland Community College in UNA President Stefan Kaczaraj and Rockland County, N.Y., and later was Treasurer Roma Lisovich attended the director of library acquisitions for St. funeral services. John’s University in Queens. From 1984 In lieu of flowers, the family has through 1993, when he retired, he was requested memorial donations to the director of library and cultural affairs at American Cancer Society or a charity of Passaic County Community College in the donor’s choice. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 No. 13 No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 17

Republic was the only Soviet republic (aside ic zones between Romania and Ukraine. If Medvedev... Romanian-Ukrainian... from Ukraine) with a larger population of the island were to be recognized as an (Continued from page 2) (Continued from page 2) ethnic Ukrainians than ethnic Russians. island, then the surrounding shelf would be ing in the Kremlin about moving U.S. rela- line toward Romania than it has toward Fourth, during Leonid Kuchma’s presi- considered Ukrainian waters. If it were not tions up from the not-that-uncomfortable Russia. dency, Ukraine began building a canal on defined as an island (as the February ruling nadir (Rossiiskaya Gazeta, March 18). Romanian-Ukrainian relations have never the Danube that Romania opposed. Mr. concluded), the maritime boundary between Mr. Medvedev may entertain some temp- been particularly good for five reasons. Kuchma opened the first part of the canal on Romania and Ukraine would then simply tations about that already proverbial “reset First, Romanian irredentist nationalism August 26, 2004, with the words, “I give the ignore the island. Another area of contention was Chernivtsi Oblast (formerly northern button” (which on his website for some rea- has traditionally permeated Romania’s entire command to restore navigation in the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta” (see Bukovyna), which has a Ukrainian majority son is called “reboot”), but it is hard to political spectrum. Extreme nationalists, for Eurasia Daily Monitor, September 9, 2004). and a Romanian/Moldovan minority. expect that he would develop a good rapport example, aligned themselves with the post- The EU added its critical voice to the build- Relations between Romania and Ukraine with President Obama, who is everything he Communist social democrats who ruled the ing of the canal in the registered were already poor before the spy scandal. In is not: a self-made, charismatic leader ready country in the 1990s. Romania joined Russia to take responsibility for hard decisions. 70,000-hectare UNESCO World Heritage an unusual move, Ukraine made the spy in 1997 as the last of Ukraine’s neighbors to Site. In the Convention on Environmental affair public and has used the occasion to Mr. Medvedev would be eager to present recognize Ukrainian borders. any compromise on the blown-out-of-all- Impact Assessment in a Transboundary condemn Romania’s support for separatism, Second, Ukraine and Romania have Context, issued by the United Nations which is always a sensitive issue in Kyiv. proportion issue of U.S. missile defense in never given priority to improving their rela- Poland as his great triumph, earned by deter- Economic Commission for Europe, mem- Romania has not made similar accusa- tions. Ukraine has focused on Slavic Poland tions of Ukraine committing espionage or mined opposition. He is also in favor of bers are required to notify and consult with and the three Baltic states, dealt as best it supporting separatism. Neither country will launching new strategic arms control negoti- each other on projects such as the Ukrainian could with Russia, was rebuffed by the EU Danube canal (www.unece.org/press/ go so far as to recall ambassadors, but rela- ations, which are the only format where and prioritized relations with the United pr2008/08env_p06e.htm). tions will decline to a very low level, there- Russia could talk with the U.S. as an States. Romania has focused exclusively on Fifth, territorial conflict over Serpents by losing Ukraine a potential ally in its goal “equal.” relations with the West, that is, joining Island and its territorial waters was only of seeking NATO and EU membership. The New negotiated limits are so much NATO and the EU, while turning its back on resolved in February in Romania’s favor, Polish, Hungarian and Czech ambassadors more important since Russia’s strategic its eastern neighbors. after a five-year investigation by the have advised Ukraine that joining NATO arsenal continues to shrink fast, despite all Third, Romania condemns Ukraine’s pol- International Court of Justice. The ruling would require “political stability” and the the ritual pledges to grant priority attention icy of defining Moldovans in its censuses as equally divided the maritime zone without “regulation of joint questions with [its] to new missiles and submarines. The sea- an ethnic group distinct from Romanians. taking into account the existence of an neighbors” (www.pravda.com.ua, March son of demonstrating Russia’s military This issue is intimately bound up with island. Romania has consistently argued that 17). muscle has ended, and all the ships have Moldova’s status and Ukraine’s historical the island was not mentioned in the 1947 returned to their home ports for extensive relationship with the Transdniestr separatist border treaty between Romania and the The article above is reprinted from repairs (Nezavisimoe Voennoe Obozrenie, enclave, which was the Moldovan USSR. The Ukrainian-Romanian dispute Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from March 20). Autonomous Republic in the interwar Soviet over Serpents Island centered on the delimi- its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, Besides these extra-hard-security matters, Ukraine. The Moldovan Soviet Socialist tation of its shelf and the exclusive econom- www.jamestown.org. Russia does not seem to have any positive agenda to put on the table and it is hardly prepared to shift its ambivalent stance on Iran (Rossiiskaya Gazeta, March 17). Both President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin tried to perform as wise statesman meeting with Dr. Kissinger, but in reality for them global issues are just a public relations campaign of little importance compared with their real priorities of re-distributing money and property among servile but dis- loyal oligarchs (Grani.ru, March 20). This role of two-headed godfather is cen- tral for the regime’s survival in times of fall- ing oil revenues when doubts in the irritated elites grow and spread under the surface of total obedience. Firing governors is appar- ently not enough to exterminate these muti- nous doubts, so the second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev is roll- ing toward the “guilty-as-charged” sentence (Novaya Gazeta, March 18). There is no way around the simple prem- ise that, in order to achieve a new positive start in U.S. relations, Russia has to begin a meaningful reformatting of its corrupt quasi- democratic regime. The Obama administra- tion refrains from advocating any conditions of this sort, but Mr. Medvedev seems to be aware of the need to modernize the rigid system of “Putinism.” He remains reluctant, however, to deviate from the course set by his senior partner, who believes that the cri- sis hurts the U.S. more than Russia and will diminish its leadership, scorned as “uni- polarity.” Mr. Putin relies on the “fear factor” to keep the disgruntled elites under control and expects that demonstrative generosity towards pensioners and other “have-nots” would prevent an escalation of protest activ- ity. His new anti-crisis plan unveiled last week does not envisage any new grants to struggling oligarchs, but gives first priority to social protection; it could, however, be overtaken by the unfolding disaster – as was the previous plan adopted last November (Kommersant, March 19). Such an emergency would require differ- ent kinds of measures, and forceful mobili- zation against an external threat is Putin’s fall-back option of choice. Anti- Americanism, therefore, remains an impor- tant political resource – perhaps the very last refuge for a pair of scoundrels.

The article above is reprinted from Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, www.jamestown.org. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 No. 13 Carpathian Ski Club hosts 55th annual races at Hunter Mountain HUNTER, N.Y. – Nearly 90 skiers and times were presented to Adrian Rybak, three snowboarders competed at Hunter 22, and Stephanie Bitcon, 12. The names Mountain in the 55th annual ski races of the winners are inscribed on the tro- organized by the Carpathian Ski Club phies; no repeat winners are allowed. (known by its Ukrainian acronym as Trophies for the most promising young KLK) on Saturday, March 7. skiers were presented to Miss Bitcon and The annual event attracted skiers of all Damian Kozak, 11. The trophies, which ages, from 4 to 71, and once again entire are sponsored by the Ministry of Youth families of skiers participated, with par- and Sports of Ukraine led by Minister ents and their children racing in their Yurii Pavlenko, were presented by respective age groups. Ambassador Yurii Sergeyev, Ukraine’s After registering at the ski lodge and permanent representative to the United obtaining their numbered race bibs, the Nations, joined by his wife Nataliya. skiers and snowboarders raced on a Minister Pavlenko also honored KLK course sanctioned by NASTAR (National stalwart George Popel for his many years Standard Race), with each skier allowed of service to the sports club and to Markian Hadzewycz to take two runs on the beautifully spring- Ukrainian sports in general. Ambassador Sergeyev presented a trophy and certifi- Stephanie Bitcon with her trophy for Damian Kozak receives his trophy as like sunny day. most promising young female skier. most promising young male skier from That evening at the Hunter Mountain Ski cate to the smiling Dr. Popel. Ukraine’s envoy to the United Nations She also won the traveling trophy for Nataliya Shamshur, wife of Ukraine’s Lodge, competitors were joined by family the fastest race time among females. ambassador to the U.N. members and friends for a dinner and also recognized KLK President Erko awards ceremonies, during which medals Palydowycz, unveiling for all to see a and trophies were presented to the winners special U.N.-issued stamp sheet that fea- in each age group plus top male and females tures the longtime sports and community activist on panes in between the 42-cent recognized for the fastest times and the postage stamps. most promising young skiers. Irenaeus Isajiw of the Ukrainian Sports The traveling trophies for the male and female skiers who posted the fastest race (Continued on page 19)

KLK skiing coordinator Orest Fedash (left) with the three snowboarders who competed (from left) Andreya Pencak, Oliver Chernyk and Zdan Korduba. Winners in the women age 21-29 group: Melasia Doll (right) and Adrian Rybak shows off his trophy for Laryssa Rybak. fastest time posted by a male skier.

Men’s 50-54 champion Andrew Kozak (left) with Vlodko Temnycky (center) and Roman Sorobay.

Women’s 46-49 champion Christa Kozak (left) with Ruth Lenchur (center) and Darka Pencak.

Skiers in the boys age 7-8 group (from right): champion Mark Blyznak, silver KLK activist George Popel (left) receives a trophy and certificate of recognition medalist Leo Hotsko and Dimitri Tytla. from Ambassador Yurii Sergeyev and his wife, Nataliya. No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 19

Thanks to sponsors of the evening Carpathian Ski Club... gathering (Ukrainian credit unions in (Continued from page 18) New York, Philadelphia and Clifton, N.J., Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada as well as three individuals), dinner for (known by its Ukrainian-based acronym all participants age 14 and under was as USCAK), extended greetings on behalf free. of the federation, of which KLK is a At the conclusion of the festivities, it member, and informed attendees about was announced that KLK would be cele- USCAK’s plans to step up its activity. brating its 85th anniversary with a special The gathering was also addressed by fall event at the Soyuzivka Heritage David Slutzky, son of one of the founding Center in Kerhonkson, N.Y. owners of Hunter Mountain, who noted The Carpathian Ski Club was founded how great it was that the Carpathian Ski in 1924 in Ukraine and was reborn there Club continues its tradition of ski racing in 1989. It began its activity in the United and that the tradition is going strong, States after World War II, and held its judging by the number of youths compet- first ski races in 1954 at Whiteface ing. Mountain, near Lake Placid, N.Y.

Markian Hadzewycz Skiers of the youngest boys’ group (age 5-6): champion Stefan Sorobay (left) and silver medalist Pavlo Pencak. KLK 2009 race results Girls age 4 and under Women age 40-45 3. Miroslav Nemelivsky 1. Olena Kucher 1. Olenka Ciolko Adrian Iwaskiw 2. Chrystyna Sorobay Stephan Kanarsky Girls age 5-6 3. Sophia Lashcyk 1. Andriana Hotsko Boys age 17-20 Women age 46-49 1. Alex Hryhorowych Girls age 7-8 1. Christa Kozak 2. Mark Kochan 1. Kathryn Halarewicz 2. Natalia Wojcickyj 3. Zdan Korduba 2. Julia Moroch 3. Ruth Lenchur (snowboard) 3. Lena Mojsiak Darka Pencak Natalia Moroch Marybeth Palydowycz Men age 21-29 Irene Blyznak 1. Adrian L. Rybak Girls age 9-10 2. Markian Hadzewycz 1. Diana Blyznak Boys age 5-6 2. Taisa Sorobay 1. Stefan Sorobay Men age 35-39 3. Ruta Odulak 2. Pavlo Pencak 1. Terence Filewych Andreya Pencak 3. Andriy Falenchuk 2. Marco Shmerykowsky (snowboard) Marko Wojcickyj 3. Vassili Hotsko Mykola Pawliczko Girls age 11-12 Men age 40-44 1. Stephanie Bitcon Boys age 7-8 1. Andrew Moroch 2. Natalia Blyznak 1. Mark Blyznak 2. Andrew Halarewicz 3. Olenka Tytla 2. Leo Hotsko Men age 45-49 Larysa Iwaskin 3. Michael Moroch 1. Eri Palydowycz Adriana Wojcickyj Andriy Stelmach 2. Yuriy Kucher Dimitri Tytla 3. Peter M. Lenchur Girls age 13-14 Andrew Tytla 1. Katia Kozak Boys age 9-10 Stefan Wojcickyj 2. Katya Palydowycz 1. Alexander Iwaskiw Taras Odulak 3. Catherine Lenchur Mark Pawliczko Christine Lenchur Boys age 11-12 1. Damian Kozak Men age 50-54 Girls age 15-16 2. Peter D. Lenchur 1. Andrew Kozak 1. Natalia Hryhorowych 3. Adrian Temnycky 2. Vlodko Temnycky 2. Christina Temnycky Adrian Halarewicz 3. Roman Sorobay Oliver Chernyk Nestor Blyznak Women age 21-29 (snowboard) Peter Livcha 1. Melasia Doll Jurij Mojsiak 2. Laryssa Rybak Boys age 13-14 1. Adrian Wowk Men age 55 -59 Women age 30-34 2. Yevhen Dubyk 1. Roman Stelmach 1. Marta Dubyk 3 Stepan Halarewicz Andre A. Wowk Men age 60-64 Women age 35-39 Paul Temnycky 1. Andrew Hrabovsky 1. Mariana Livcha 2. Oleh Kolodiy 2. Halyna Hotsko Boys age 15-16 3. Mirka Moroch 1. Erko Palydowycz Men age 70-74 2. Nicholas Siokalo 1. John Shmerykowsky 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 No. 13

2009 Summer Camp Dates and Information Tennis Camp June 21 to July 2 $675 UNA member $725 non-member Kicks off the summer with 2 weeks of intensive tennis instruction and competitive play, for boys and girls age 10-18, under the direction of Mr. George Sawchak. Attendance will be limited to 45 students.

Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Workshop July 5 to July 18 $950 UNA member $1,000 non-member Vigorous 2-week dance training for intermediate and advanced dancers age 16 and up under the direction of the Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Foundation, culminating with performances on stage at our Ukrainian Cultural Festival. (Additional information http://www.syzokryli.com)

Tabir Ptashat Session 1: June 28 to July 5 Session 2: July 5 to July 11 Ukrainian Plast camp (tabir) for children age 4-7 accompanied by their parents. To register child please watch for registration form appearing February 27, March 6, April 3 in Svoboda, March 1, March 8, April 5 in The Ukrainian Weekly. For further information please contact Mrs. Neonila Sochan at 973-984-7456.

Exploration Day Camp Session 1: June 29 to July 3 $150 per week per child or $ 35 per day per child Session 2: July 6 to 10 A day camp for boys and girls age 7-10, with five hours of supervised fun daily.

Ukrainian Heritage Day Camp Session 1: July 19 to 24 $160 per week per child staying on premises Session 2: July 26 to 31 $200 per week per child staying off premises A returning favorite for children age 4 to 7. Campers will be exposed to the Ukrainian heritage through daily activities such as dance, song, storytelling, crafts and games. Children will walk away with an expanded knowledge of Ukrainian folk cul- ture and language, as well as new and lasting friendships with other children of Ukrainian heritage.

Discovery Camp July 19 to 25 $400 UNA member $450 non-member Sleep-away camp for children age 8-15 filled with outdoor activities, sports, and arts and crafts designed to enhance the Ukrainian cultural experience.

Ukrainian Chornomorska Sitch Sports Camp Session 1: July 26 to August 1 $395 per week Session 2: August 2 to 8 40th annual sports camp run by the Ukrainian Athletic-Educational Association Chornomorska Sitch for campers age 6- 17. The camp will focus on soccer, tennis, volleyball and swimming, and is perfect for any sports enthusiast. Please contact Mrs. Marika Bokalo at 908-851-0617 or e-mail [email protected] for application and additional information.

Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Camp Session 1: July 26 to August 8 $950 UNA member Session 2: August 9 to 22 $1,000 non-member Directed by Ania Bohachevsky-Lonkevych (daughter of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky), this camp is for children and teens age 8-16, and offers expert instruction for begin- ning, intermediate and advanced students. Each session ends with a grand recital. Attendance will be limited to 60 students. No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 21

NOTES ON PEOPLE

Harpist performs at New Jersey venues Graduates program in management ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Ukrainian Federal Credit Union announced that its general manager, Oleg Lebedko, is a recent graduate of the Management Development Institute (MDI) of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU). “We are very proud that Oleg Lebedko has successfully completed this rigorous management program that focused on sound and informed decision-making within both long-term and daily opera- tional contexts,” said Tamara Denysenko, CEO of the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union (UFCU). “We had found that the best way to maximize our member ser- vice is to offer our staff opportunity to Oleg Lebedko attend exemplary professional education that allows them to excel in their respec- human resources management; opera- tive positions.” tions/technology management; regulatory MDI consists of an intensive executive compliance / accounting; finance and education curriculum that addresses credit marketing. unions’ need for staff who can thrive in Mr. Lebedko joined Ukrainian Federal today’s complex financial services envi- Credit Union as assistant manager in ronment. Established in 1991, MDI boasts 1995. He was born in Ukraine, graduated over 850 graduates. The NAFCU is a from Kyiv State University in 1992 and respected and influential trade association obtained his M.B.A. at the University of that represents the interests of federal Dallas in 1994. credit unions before the federal govern- Ukrainian FCU was established in ment and the public. 1953 and now serves over 16,000 mem- MDI participants are taught by indus- bers of the Ukrainian community in try experts who cover a variety of critical Rochester, N.Y., and other cities across topics, including administration and the country.

NEWARK, N.J. – Harpist Odarka Polanskyj Stockert was chosen to play an open- ing lobby concert for the main stage performance of the Chieftains, a traditional Irish folk ensemble, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, N.J., on March 16. A new CD, “Secret Songs,” by the duo of Ms. Stockert and acoustic guitarist Redentor Jimenez is being released this month. Ms. Stockert can also be heard every Sunday evening at the charming and romantic Cafe Monet in Millburn, N.J., where she plays starting at 6 p.m. For more information about the Ukrainian American harpist readers may log on to http://Odarka.com and http:// www.myspace.com/odarkasharp.

“Notes on People” is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of members of the Ukrainian National Association and the Ukrainian community. All submissions should be concise due to space limitations and must include the person’s UNA branch number (if applicable). Items will be published as soon as possible after their receipt.

What may be unique here is that Mr. Reflections... Bukovsky allows us to develop a sympa- (Continued from page 8) thetic relationship with them, to care about Granted, a historical drama might not be them as they are living today. a box office hit comparable to “Quantum of Second, “The Living” includes a com- Solace” with the lovely Olga Kurylenko. pelling storyline via the narration of actual However, if well-made and, most important- journal entries from Welsh journalist Gareth ly, reviewed on major websites or in print Jones, who traveled in Ukraine during the Famine and reported extensively on the con- media such a motion picture could appeal to ditions he observed and defined it as man- the same literate audiences that enjoyed made. This narrative not only validates and “Good Night, and Good Luck” about leg- corroborates the decades-old memories of endary newsman Edward R. Murrow. the survivors, but it provides dramatic conti- In the meantime, we are indeed blessed nuity and coherence to the film. In fact, a with a relative abundance of new documen- more developed narrative based on Jones’ tary offerings on the Holodomor from both life as reporter would make for another sides of the Atlantic, some yet to be excellent historical drama option with a released. Holodomor subtext. I might add just two observations regard- For now, I am looking forward to the ing “The Living” that make me see this doc- wider release and distribution of “The umentary as an important bridge to the next Living.” It is a very skillfully created film step of creating full-length historical genre that would leave a strong impression on films. Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian audiences First, like some other Holodomor docu- alike. It presents a difficult topic with mentaries these days, “The Living” includes humanity and grace. See it when it comes to several interviews with elderly survivors. your area. And bring a friend. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 No. 13 Anders Aslund to discuss new book on Ukraine Banderivtsi... (Continued from page 7) TORONTO – The Canada Ukraine President: A New Wave of Reform.” Stockholm Institute of Transition Prof. Potichnyj points out that in May Chamber of Commerce and the Canada He is the author of nine books, including Economics and professor at the 1943 Sushko was working actively with the Ukraine Foundation are hosting an evening “Russia’s Capitalist Revolution: Why Stockholm School of Economics. He Germans, but thereafter he and the de facto with Dr. Anders Aslund, an internationally Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy earned his doctorate from the University leader of the OUN-M in Ukraine, Oleh recognized expert on Ukraine. Mr. Aslund Failed” (2007), which was named a Choice of Oxford. Kandyba Olzyzh, were actively pursuing has been provided this forum on Tuesday, Outstanding Academic Title for 2008, and Dr. Anders’ new book about Ukraine has OUN reconciliation efforts aimed at reunit- April 7, to discuss his new book, “Ukraine - “How Capitalism Was Built: The received notable reviews, such as the one ing the two factions. Olzych was arrested How Ukraine Became a Market Economy Transformation of Central and Eastern by Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, former U.S. by the Germans several months after and Democracy.” Europe, Russia and Central Asia” (2007), national security advisor, who called it “a Sushko’s death, sent to the Sachsenhausen Dr. Anders’ credentials are extensive. He which the Economist magazine named one comprehensive and insightful analysis of concentration camp and killed. has been deeply engaged in Ukraine since of the best books of the year in 2007. He Ukraine’s economic and political develop- I also approached Prof. Taras Hunczak, 1985. He boldly predicted the fall of the co-edited “Economic Reform in Ukraine: ment since the achievement of its indepen- who specializes in this area of Ukraine’s Soviet communist system in his The Unfinished Agenda” (2000) and dence in 1991.” Dr. Brzezinksi also history, about this document and he stated “Gorbachev’s Struggle for Economic “Revolution in Orange” (2006). noted: “The implicit message of this impor- unequivocally that he had never seen it Reform” (1989). He served as an economic Dr. Aslund joined the Peterson Institute tant book is that Ukraine is and, even more, before. In fact, immediately after adviser to the Ukrainian government from for International Economics as senior fel- should be an integral part of Europe.” Sushko’s killing, the OUN-M in various 1994 to 1997. He was one of the founders low in 2006. He was the director of the The presentation by Dr. Aslund will speeches and articles accused the OUN-B of the Kyiv School of Economics. In 2004, Russian and Eurasian Program at the begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Trident Banquet of the killing, and kept doing so for many he co-chaired a United Nations Blue Ribbon Carnegie Endowment for International Hall and Conference Center located at 145 years without ever revealing this docu- Commission for Ukraine, “Proposals for the Peace. He was founding director of the Evans Ave. in Toronto. ment. One can only assume that they did not have it. Why? Perhaps it didn’t exist. Assuming the worst, the above docu- ment, even if valid, is not evidence of the Banderivtsi killing Sushko, but as Prof Potichnyj said, it merely points to a motive for doing so in May 1943. In war- time they could have accomplished any killing quite expeditiously. But where is the motive in January 1944? The motive in January 1944 can certainly be ascribed to many other possible perpetrators. In her book Ms. Owad writes that her mother, Col. Sushko’s daughter, told her about how, after he was killed, all night his colleagues, members of the OUN-M, were burning documents from his apart- ment, destroying the OUN archive to pre- vent any documents from falling into the wrong hands. She also mentions that Col. Sushko’s apartment contained substantial funds for OUN activity. Could they have been destroying evidence of OUN-M and German complicity when it was evident that Germany was losing the war? Could there have been members of the OUN-M unhappy with the prospect of reconcilia- tion with the OUN-B that Sushko and Olzyzh were pursuing? These are obvious questions not addressed by Ms. Owad. Col. Sushko himself is mentioned additionally in Sudoplatov’s memoirs as an escort for the Soviet agent to the Soviet-Finnish border following his meet- ing with Konovalets in the 1930s. Sushko actively cooperated with the Germans during the war. Thus, there are several possible assassins. Certainly, the Germans could have killed Sushko if they discov- ered a Soviet connection or attempts to forge alliances with the West. The Soviets could have killed him for working active- ly with the Germans. The Banderivtsi could have killed him for either of the above affiliations. However, they would have done so much earlier than January 1944 for the German connection, since by January 1944 Sushko’s efforts with the Germans would have been irrelevant. As for a possible Soviet connection, well, perhaps that would explain and possibly even justify it. And, maybe there was a Banderivets not interested in OUN recon- ciliation. The point is that there are many possi- bilities and I am not interested in being a sleuth. Without the murder weapon and DNA testing I am not sure that this killing will ever be solved. Today the question of who killed Col. Sushko is largely irrele- vant. Unfortunately, Ms. Owad has her own demons. She concludes her chapter on who killed Sushko with the following: “Exactly 15 years after the killing of Col. Sushko, Stepan Bandera was killed in his home, on the stairs, by a then unknown assailant in almost identical circumstanc- es as Roman Sushko. Who knows, maybe this was punishment from the Almighty?” I am sorry for Ms. Owad’s loss. I am sorry more for her demons. As for the rest of us, we need to move on. No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 23 OUT AND ABOUT

April 1 Viewing of Ukraine-England World Cup qualifier, Youth Center, 914-844-3606 Philadelphia Ukrainian League of Philadelphia, 215-684-3548 April 4 Pysanka Workshop with Olga Kobryn, Middlesex April 2 Lecture by David Marples, “Historical Memory and Piscataway, NJ County Cultural and Heritage Commission and the Stanford, CA the Second World War in Ukraine,” Stanford Folklife Program for New Jersey, East Jersey University, 650-723-3562 Olde Town Village, 732-745-4489

April 2 Fund-raiser photo exhibit and film screening, April 4 SUSTA Conference, Federation of Ukrainian New York “Holodomor: Ukraine’s Genocide of 1932-1933,” New York Student Organizations of America, New York Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, University, [email protected] 212-228-6840 or [email protected] April 4 Lecture by Myron Kuropas, “Stalin, Roosevelt, April 3 Art Exhibit, “Holodomor – Through the Eyes of a Chicago Hollywood and Ukrainian Americans,” Ukrainian Orland Park, IL Child: The Famine Remembered,” Orland Park National Museum, 312-421-8020 Public Library, 708-428-5100 April 5 Easter Bazaar, Ukrainian Homestead, April 3 Conference, “1989: Twenty Years Later,” Institute Lehighton, PA 215-235-3709 or 610-377-4621 Berkeley, CA of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies and the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian April 5 Lecture by Tetiana Stepykina, “Religious Aspects Studies, University of California at Berkley, New York in the Modernization of the Ukrainian Vision of the 510-642-3230 World in Taras Shevchenko’s Poetry,” Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 212-222-1866 April 3 Commemoration of 200th anniversary of Mykola Washington Hohol’s birth, Shevchenko Scientific Society, April 5 Easter Bazaar, St. John Ukrainian Catholic Church, Embassy of Ukraine, 202-649-2977 or Whippany, NJ Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New 240-205-1889 Jersey, 973-476-1970

April 3 Concert with Julian Kytasty and New York Bandura April 5 Spring Bazaar, St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox New York Ensemble, “A Bandurist and His Legacy: Hryhory Silver Spring, MD Cathedral, 301-593-5316 or 301-384-9192 Kytasty 1907-1984,” The Ukrainian Museum, 212-288-0110 April 6 Lecture by Leonid Polyakov, “The Consolidation of Cambridge, MA Army Officer Training in Lviv: Its Significance for April 3, 4, 5, 7-11 Easter Bazaar, Ukrainian Museum-Archives, Ukraine’s Military Development,” Harvard Cleveland, OH 216-781-4329 University, 617-495-4053

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