INSIDE:• Ukrainian American philanthropist Omelan Antonovych dies — page 4. • Book notes: Famine of 1921-1923, “Heroes and Villains” — page 8. • Special section: Ukrainian Debutante Balls — pages 9-13.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXVITHE UKRAINIAN No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCHW 9, 2008 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukrainianby Illya M. LabunkaCatholic Church’sLiakhovych then compared leader the words of the Gospelcelebrates to two milestones Press Bureau the life of Cardinal Husar, underscoring the fact that the primate’s life is a constant journey in helping oth- KYIV – “Thank you” and “I’m sorry” were the ers, as well as a journey filled with meetings and words used by the Rev. , rector of the exchanges involving various strata of society. Ukrainian Catholic University in , to describe the In praising Cardinal Husar’s leadership and commu- legacy of gratitude and penitence of His Beatitude nication skills, Liakhovych pointed out his Lubomyr Husar, following a special liturgy celebrated deep wisdom, empathy and good sense of humor. “His in honor of the head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Beatitude suffers from poor eyesight, but at the same Church (UGCC) as he marked two major jubilees. time he enjoys a keen sense of balanced judgment, an On the morning of March 2 hundreds of faithful, excellent memory, and a faith filled with purity, sincer- including dozens of priests, and archbishops of ity and openness. His stature exudes a sense of peace, both the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic and Roman delicacy, sympathy and fatherly love,” added Bishop Catholic Churches, and members of religious orders Liakohvych. flocked to the Church of St. Basil the Great in Kyiv for Bishop Liakhovych reminded the faithful that a Liturgy of Thanksgiving commemorating Major Cardinal Husar also has an excellent command of Archbishop and Cardinal Lubomyr Husar’s 75th birth- many modern languages, but suggested that the major day as well as the 50th anniversary of his ordination to archbishop’s greatest linguistic skill is the gift from the the priesthood. Holy Spirit which allows him to speak many other Among the dignitaries and guests who took part in types of languages, namely the language of a child and the liturgy honoring the UGCC primate were simple human being, the language of youth and the Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, apostolic nuncio to elderly, the language of politics and state leaders, the Ukraine; the Most Rev. Ihor Wozniak, archbishop of language of artists and scientists, and, ultimately, the Lviv; the Most Rev. Dionisiy Liakhovych, curial bish- language of the Church and ecumenical dialogue. op of the UGCC; and the Most Rev. Stanislav Through his pastoral letters, Cardinal Husar utilizes his Shyrokoradiuk, auxiliary bishop of the Kyiv-Zhytomyr language skills to comfort those who suffer, as well as Roman Catholic Diocese. to condemn injustice, corruption and other moral Laity in attendance included defects in society, said Bishop Liakhovych. Chairman Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Vice-Prime Minister Following the liturgy, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic for Humanitarian Affairs Ivan Vasiunyk. announced a formal pontifical greeting from Pope In his homily Bishop Liakhovych reflected on a Benedict XVI, which included the pontiff’s wish for Illya M. Labunka quote from the day’s Gospel and urged all those pres- Cardinal Husar to continue anew his priestly journey, Lubomyr Husar during a special Liturgy ent to remember: “Everything which you have done to of Thanksgiving on the occasion of his 75th birthday and my smallest of brethren you have done to me.” Bishop (Continued on page 3) the 50th anniversary of his priestly ordination. Yushchenko congratulates ’s president-elect Ukraine’s richest person, Observers uncertain what Medvedev presidency will bring Akhmetov, worth $14.62 B by Illya M. Labunka political line vis-à-vis Ukraine will be the KYIV – Rinat Akhmetov, whose for- list are: Mr. Akhmetov, co-owner of the Kyiv Press Bureau direct implementation of “liberal imperi- tune totals $14.62 billion (U.S.), is the SCM company and a PRU national alism,” he added. richest person in Ukraine, according to deputy – whose fortune is estimated at KYIV – Ukraine’s President Viktor At the same time, Moscow will active- Focus magazine. $14.62 billion as of February (compared Yushchenko on March 3 congratulated ly attempt to control Ukrainian com- The chief editor of Focus magazine, to March 2007, when it was $12 billion); Russian President-elect Dmitry merce and banking through Russian busi- Mykhailo Hladkyi, said at a news confer- Victor Pinchuk, co-owner of the compa- Medvedev on his victory, one day after nesses in Ukraine, particularly with ence on February 29 that Ukrainian mil- ny East One, $10.5 billion (March 2007 – the current prime minister of Russia easi- respect to privatization, Mr. Karasiov lionaires and billionaires became richer $4.4 billion); Ihor Kolomoiskyi, co- ly won the Russian presidential election. said. by an average of 25 percent during the owner of the Pryvat Group, $4.76 billion “I am certain the fact that you have If Kyiv does not comply, Moscow will past year. The total assets of the 130 ($3.3 billion); Gennadiy Bogolyubov, co- been elected as president of friendly exert pressure in the energy sector by try- who appear on the maga- owner of the Pryvat Group, $4.5 billion Russia will ensure that good neighborly ing to take control of the gas-transit sys- zine’s list of Ukraine’s wealthiest persons ($3.2 billion); Kostyantyn Zhevago, co- relationships between our two countries tem in Ukraine, in order to establish exceed $100 billion. owner of the Ferrexpo company and will be dynamic and strong, based on our alternate routes of energy delivery, said According to Mr. Hladkyi, 39 new national deputy of the mutual hopes and for the benefit of our Mr. Karasiov. names appear on the list this year, and Bloc, $3.83 billion ($1.7 billion); nations. Such developments are in con- Similarly, with respect to the energy these neophytes have a total fortune of $8 Volodymyr Boyko, chairman of the board gruence with the strategic character of sector, not much will change except that billion. Eighteen national deputies of the of Illich MMC OJSC, $3.15 billion ($1.3 Russian-Ukrainian relations, which have now there will actually be two centers of Verkhovna Rada – the majority of them billion); Vitaliy Gaiduk, co-owner of the existed over a long period of time,” said influence, according to Kyiv political members of the Party of the Regions Industrial Union of Donbas corporation, Mr. Yushchenko in his greetings. insider Volodymyr Fesenko. “As a result, (PRU) – also appear on the 2008 ranking. $2.77 billion ($2.3 billion); Sergiy However, the comments and predic- the Ukrainian government will now be Mr. Hladkyi explained that a group of Taruta, co-owner of Industrial Union of tions of various political analysts, both in compelled to deal with both Mr. 10 people, including financial specialists, Donbas corporation, $2.65 billion ($ 2.3 Ukraine and Russia, offer a less opti- Medvedev and [Vladimir] Putin,” added worked on the ranking, which includes billion); Vadym Novynskyi, co-owner of mistic outlook. Mr. Fesenko. people whose personal fortunes exceed Metinvest (SCM) company and owner of “An increase in economic, energy and Likewise, a pro-Russian cultural $100 million. The group used only open Smart holding, $2.55 billion ($650 mil- cultural pressure on Ukraine – these will expansion will be focused on the ideolo- information resources to determine the lion); and Konstyantyn Grygorishyn, be the consequences we can expect fol- gy of “defending the rights and interests” rankings; deposits, private property, real adviser of the Energy Standard Group lowing the election of Russia’s new pres- of those who in Moscow are known as estate and automobiles were not taken JSC, $1.73 billion ($908 million). ident, Dmitry Medvedev,” said Vadym the “Russian-speaking members of the into account. Karasiov, director of the Institute of Making it into the top 10 of the 2008 Source: UNIAN news service. Global Strategies in Kyiv. The new (Continued on page 5) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 No. 10 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS

Putin’s plan progresses, but meaning Party of the Regions holds congress Verkhovna Rada, which has been dead- locked for several weeks, as based on “arti- SEVERODONETSK, Ukraine – At least ficial circumstances” and said that it will of Dmitry Medvedev remains obscure 3,600 supporters of the opposition Party of soon be over. “The Ukrainian Parliament the Regions – legislators, representatives of by Pavel K. Baev light is shed on the character of the new will resume effective work and demonstrate local and regional self-governments, politi- leader from either source. to the market, first of all the business mar- Eurasia Daily Monitor cal parties, non-governmental organizations The last weeks of the election cam- ket, its political stability,” Mr. Yushchenko and foreign guests – gathered on March 1 in Elections are supposed to focus on the paign were supposed to put Mr. Medvedev told the forum. “In other words, there is no Severodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast, to attend question of who wins, but Russia makes in the spotlight, but the extensive report- reason for dramatizing [the situation], but their second congress, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian an exception: President Vladimir Putin’s ing in the mainstream media remained lessons should be learned,” he added. Service reported. The gathering considered re-election in early 2004 had no suspense entirely businesslike. His refusal to par- (RFE/RL Newsline) four issues of current Ukrainian policy: at all. But with the electoral exercise that take in debates with other candidates elim- “violations of the rights of local and region- Is Ukraine’s gas debt settled? took place on March 2, the question was inated the chance to see how he keeps his al self-governments,” “violations the rights not about “Who?” but rather, “So what?” composure under pressure. In the first KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor of the Russian-speaking population of Massive public support for First weeks after presenting Mr. Medvedev as Yushchenko said on February 27 that ten- Ukraine,” “the falsification and revision of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the “next man,” Mr. Putin appeared ready sions in Ukrainian-Russian gas relations Ukraine’s history” and “the economic and hand picked by Mr. Putin last December to step back and grant him an opportunity have been eased for the time being, sociopolitical aftermath of Ukrainian mem- as his successor, was never in doubt; how- to establish his credentials. In February, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service reported. The bership in NATO.” The participants accused ever, his qualifications for, and plans to however, the president rushed back to the same day Mr. Yushchenko was informed by the Ukrainian authorities of “an aggressive use the vast power bestowed upon the forefront, leaving Mr. Medvedev to per- First Vice Prime Minister Oleksander nationalism that, in fact, borders on presidential office by the Constitution form the supporting role of apprentice. Turchynov that Ukraine has paid in full gas Nazism.” Party of the Regions leader Viktor (drafted by President Boris Yeltsin and President Putin’s “strategic” speech at debts incurred to the Russian gas monopoly Yanukovych reiterated his opposition to approved by a slim margin during the ref- the State Council on February 8 had far Gazprom in 2007. Mr. Turchynov told the “drawing Ukraine into the process of join- erendum in December 1993) remain more vision and substance than Mr. president that the government has settled ing NATO without the consent of the unknown (Gazeta.ru, February 21). Medvedev’s presentation of his “plat- the issue of debts incurred in 2006 and 2007 majority of the country’s population.” The Mr. Medvedev’s political biography form” in Krasnoyarsk a week later, and and that “as of January 1, 2008, there is no pro-presidential Our Ukraine People’s provides no clues about his leadership Mr. Putin’s relaxed and confident per- debt of the Ukrainian side to intermediaries Union described the congress in abilities, since for all intents and purposes formance at the extra-long annual press [in gas supplies].” Mr. Turchynov also said Severodonetsk as “a provocation arranged it is non-existent. Mr. Putin arrived in conference captured so much media atten- that the previous evening the government by the Party of the Regions and its satel- power in 1999 with a rather short résumé, tion that Mr. Medvedev’s interview with had transferred 2.2 billion hrv ($435 mil- lites” aimed “exclusively at destabilizing but at least it was possible to make some- the small-circulation weekly Itogi lion) to the intermediary companies as pay- and confrontation in society.” (RFE/RL thing out of his KGB background, the (February 19) was barely noticed. ment for natural gas delivered to Ukraine in Newsline) traumatic experience of witnessing the Mr. Medvedev has shown no sign of 2007. “The only sum that was recognized collapse of the Stasi and the GDR (East irritation about being overshadowed in Kyiv hosts Europe-Ukraine Forum by neither the Cabinet of Ministers nor Germany), the first-hand involvement in such crucial weeks, but the question about Naftohaz Ukrayiny [the state-owned gas the flimsy deals of early privatization in Mr. Putin’s motivations in pulling atten- KYIV – At least 450 participants – state operator] is 414 million hrv [$82 million] St. Petersburg, or his short tenure as head tion so demonstratively to his side is open leaders, representatives of the European that we were fraudulently charged for gas of the FSB. Mr. Medvedev, in contrast, to interpretations (Ezhednevny Zhurnal, Union, businesses, political parties, scientif- consumed in 2006 at the price of 2007,” Mr. was Mr. Putin’s loyal aide in St. February 22; Expert, February 18). Even ic centers, non-governmental organizations, Turchynov said. However, Gazprom, which Petersburg and then served in the presi- more puzzling is the question about the and media – took part in the second Europe- recently threatened to reduce gas supplies to dential administration and on Gazprom’s reasons for orchestrating these quasi-elec- Ukraine Forum held on February 28-29 in Ukraine by 25 percent, regards the issue of board, but both these courts keep their Kyiv, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service report- gas supplies unregulated. “We cannot con- proceedings hermetically sealed, so no (Continued on page 22) ed. In an opening address to forum partici- sider Ukraine’s statements that it has paid pants, President defined its 2007 debts as a positive step for several Ukraine’s main tasks in 2008 as “associa- reasons,” Gazprom spokesman Sergei tive membership” in the European Union, Kupriyanov said on February 27. “First of as well as constitutional reform, adoption of all, the very fact that debts are paid back Will Prime Minister Putin serve anticorruption legislation, and further eco- only after a threat to reduce supplies is not nomic development. Mr. Yushchenko also normal. Secondly, the payment of last at the pleasure of President Medvedev? stressed the necessity of the diversification year’s debt is hardly an extraordinary meas- of routes through which energy resources ure. It is something that should be done by Jonas Bernstein political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin. “If the are delivered to Europe, noting the signifi- unconditionally and regardless of the situa- tion with the current gas supplies,” Mr. Eurasia Daily Monitor turnout for the presidential election... ends cant role of the Odesa-Brody-Gdansk up higher than for the parliamentary [elec- pipeline in this context. The president As of 10 a.m., Moscow time, on March tion], then that should be put down to described the ongoing political crisis in the (Continued on page 14) 3, Russia’s Central Election Commission administrative resources.” Alexei Makarkin, was reporting that with more than 99 per- general director of the Center for Political cent of the votes in the March 2 presiden- Technologies, said the authorities wanted a tial election counted, President Vladimir high turnout, among other things, to ensure THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933 Putin’s hand-picked successor, Dmitry that the next presidential campaign in 2012 Medvedev, won 70.23 percent of the vote. can be carried out without problems An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., That means 51,938,974 Russians voted “regardless of who will be the presidential a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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(Continued from page 1) fully devoted to pastoral and apostolic service. “Your wisdom, prudence, fairness in judgment and openness to dialogue are highly recognized,” stated the papal greet- ing. The papal nuncio also expressed his own greetings to the jubilarian. “Our pres- ence here today at the altar is not only an opportunity to be grateful for your service, but also a moment of inspiration for all those present to rekindle their faith and service to the Church,” said Archbishop Jurkovic. On behalf of the of Bishops of the UGCC, Archbishop Wozniak extended his best wishes to Husar by commending his extraordinary effort to devoutly serve God, to represent the Church with dignity and integrity, and to serve his Ukrainian nation with a deep sense of commitment. Bishop Shyrokoradiuk, speaking on behalf of Roman Catholic bishops, under- scored the fact that Cardinal Husar was commemorating two of God’s greatest gifts, namely, life and service to the Church. He expressed his hope that God would grant the UGCC primate Beatitude the blessing of many more years of health to continue his service for all those in need of spiritual fulfillment. After all of the official greetings in his honor were delivered, the major archbish- Illya M. Labunka op had the opportunity to express his own Bishop Dionisiy Liakhovych delivers the homily during the Liturgy of Thanksgiving celebrated at the Church of St. Basil the thoughts regarding his birthday and the Great in Kyiv on the occasion of Major Archbishop Lubomyr Husar’s jubilees. golden jubilee of his ordination. “Today I want to declare with complete conviction, sage consisting of gratitude and forgive- Rev. Gudziak said the move to Kyiv was Europe, because of his command of many that all the goodness that has been ness. “These are the two words we need to very important, because “it’s having a very languages, added the Rev. Gudziak. bestowed upon me in my life and all the know in life, according to His Beatitude, positive moral influence on the city of That evening, the Shevchenko National good that I was able to do is God’s gift,” and with them we acknowledge the pres- Kyiv,” The UGCC had evident fissures Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet in said Cardinal Husar. “And today, before all ence of God in our life,” added the Rev. between the diaspora and Ukraine, and the Kyiv was the venue for a gala event attend- of you, I also wish to apologize before God Gudziak. major archbishop worked very hard to ed by, among others, President Viktor for not cherishing His gifts. I also wish to Yushchenko and First Lady Kateryna Offering his thoughts on the UGCC pri- bring the bishops together. He is also an say I’m sorry to all of you, if, as a result of my carelessness I committed any wrongdo- mate’s relocation to Kyiv from Lviv, the excellent representative of Ukraine in (Continued on page 5) ing or painful harm before you. Please for- give me. My heartfelt thanks to you all for being here,” he added. Major Archbishop Lubomyr Husar: a biography Commenting on the humble words of Cardinal Husar as well as the rather low- Lubomyr Husar, whose official title is Rev. Husar continued to pursue his aca- Exarchate in Kyiv. In November of that key events marking the primate’s Husar’s major archbishop of Kyiv and Halych – demic training at in year, he was appointed auxiliary bishop two milestones, the Rev. Dr. Borys though many faithful of the Ukrainian New York, where he received a master’s to Major Archbishop and Cardinal Gudziak said that such “simplicity is vin- Greek- refer to him as degree in philosophy in 1967. Myroslav Ivan Lubachivskyi, the head of tage His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar.” With patriarch – was born on February 26, In 1969 the Rev. Husar relocated to the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. On little evidence of pomp and circumstance, 1933, in Lviv, where he spent the first 11 Rome, Italy, where he continued and for- January 26, 2001, during an extraordinary the Rev. Gudziak said that Major years of his life. mally completed his theological studies Synod of Bishops, Bishop Husar was Archbishop Husar’s focus in life as a pas- After completing elementary school by receiving a doctorate in theology in elected major archbishop of the UGCC. tor is based on a simple evangelical mes- and the first year of gymnasium (second- 1972. In his doctoral dissertation titled On February 21 of that year he was ele- ary school), he and his family were cap- “Metropolitan Sheptytsky: Messenger of vated to cardinal by Pope John Paul II. tured by the in 1944 and deport- Ecumenism,” the Rev. Husar analyzed In his monograph “The Ecumenical ed to a transit camp in Austria for eventu- Sheptytsky’s uniate activity and substan- Mission of the Eastern Catholic Churches al slave labor. The entire family managed tiated the historical significance, positive as Envisioned by Metropolitan Andrei to escape from the camp, but remained in influence and potential of the uniate Sheptytsky” (2000), Cardinal Husar Austria for a few years following the end Churches in Orthodox and Catholic dia- focuses on Sheptytsky’s uniate activity of World War II. Lubomyr Husar contin- logue. vis-à-vis contemporary challenges and ued his studies in a Ukrainian gymnasium That same year, the Rev. Husar joined the Second Vatican Council. in until 1949 when he and his St. Theodore Monastery of the Studite On August 21, 2005, Cardinal Husar family emigrated to the United States. Order in Grottaferrata, Italy. Between transferred the seat of the Kyiv-Halych He continued his high school studies at 1973 and 1984 the Rev. Husar lectured at Metropolitanate from Lviv to Kyiv, in the Minor Seminary of St. Basil in the Papal university Urbaniana in Rome. partial fulfillment of Patriarch Josyf’s Stamford, Conn. In 1954 he received a On April 2, 1977, the Rev. Husar was will. bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the clandestinely consecrated a bishop by Major Archbishop Husar speaks fluent Collegium of St. Basil, also in Stamford. Patriarch at the monastery of English, German, Italian, Polish and uti- He went on to study theology at the the Studite Order in Castel-Gandolfo on lizes the classical languages for scholarly Catholic University of America in the outskirts of Rome. The following purposes. He enjoys the respect of his Washington. In 1958, as a graduate of the year, Patriarch Josyf appointed Bishop peers as an individual of great intellect Major Seminary of St. Josaphat, he Husar as of the Monastery and deep humanity. His openness and received a licentiate in theology. On of St. Theodore, and also placed him in public activity have made him easily March 30 of that year, Bishop Ambrose charge of all Studite monasteries outside accessible to the press. The primate of the Senyshyn ordained Lubomyr Husar into Ukraine. UGCC holds press- and web-confer- the priesthood for pastoral work in the In 1993, together with the entire ences, and delivers weekly pastoral Stamford Eparchy. Studite community of Grottaferrata, addresses to laypeople via national radio. In 1958-1959 the Rev. Husar taught at Bishop Husar relocated to his native His interviews and addresses are regular- St. Basil Seminary, while simultaneously Ukraine. During the 1993-1994 academic ly published by the leading Ukrainian and Illya M. Labunka serving as pastor for both the Ukrainian year, Bishop Husar served as spiritual foreign mass media. Speaking in the Church of St. Basil the National Association’s Soyuzivka her- adviser at the Lviv Seminary of the Holy – Illya M. Labunka Great, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, itage center in Kerhonkson, N.Y., and the Spirit. In 1995 the Studite Order of St. Sources: Press Service of the UGCC in apostolic nuncio to Ukraine, extends Ukrainian American Youth Association Theodore established a monastery in the Kyiv; “Encyclopedia of Lviv,” Volume I greetings from Pope Benedict XVI to grounds in Ellenville, N.Y. In 1965 the village of Kolodiyivka, Oblast. (A-H). A.Kozytskyi and I.Pidkova, ed. Major Archbishop and Cardinal Rev. Husar became pastor of Holy Trinity In June 1996 Bishop Husar was Lubomyr Husar. Parish in Kerhonkson. At this time, the installed as of the Kyiv-Vyshorod (Lviv: Litopys Publishers, 2007). 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 No. 10

OBITUARIES Omelan Antonovych, Ukrainian American philanthropist, 94 by Yaro Bihun Mr. Antonovych was born into what he characterized as a “middle class” family in Dolyna. His father, WASHINGTON – Omelan Antonovych, a widely Mykola, was a mid-level official in the local Austrian known and respected Ukrainian American philanthro- judicial system; his mother came from a family of local pist, died on February 28 in Lviv. He was 94. German landowners. He always wanted to study law, He and his wife of 55 years, Tetiana, who passed but, as he indicated in a press interview a few years ago, away in 2001, spent the last years of their lives using “then life interjected its own correctives.” the experience and wealth they achieved while living After he completed grade school in Dolyna, his fami- and working in the United States to help Ukrainian cul- ly moved to Lviv, where he began his high school edu- ture – literature, art and scholarship – survive, develop cation, which he finished in 1932 in Peremyshl and thrive in the waning years of the Soviet era and the (Przemysl). As he entered the Catholic University in transitional post-independence period. Lublin, he was drawn into the whirlpool of Ukrainian Through the Antonovych Foundation they estab- lished in 1980 they awarded annual Antonovych Prizes opposition activities against the Polish occupation and honoring the best works of Ukrainian literature and (Continued on page 16) scholarship. More recently, they helped in the develop- ment of Ukraine’s academic and cultural institutions – in building or renovating libraries, museums and archives – reportedly at a cost estimated at $3 million. The foundation’s most recent prominent projects Mary Bayrak, 92, last survivor include the construction of the main library of Ukraine’s leading university, the National University of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy; the renovation of the Vasyl Stefanyk of Canada’s internment camps Library in Lviv, one of the largest libraries in the coun- Omelan Antonovych in 1988. PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Mary Bayrak, the last known try; and the renovation of the Bavorovsky Palace, which survivor of Canada’s first national internment operation, houses the art section of the Lviv Academic Library. the tumultuous history of western Ukraine during and died on January 14 after recently being diagnosed with Mr. Antonovych also financed the building of the between the two world wars, his post-war refugee years stomach cancer. She was 92. Boykivshchyna Museum in Dolyna, a small city in the During the first world war, thousands of Ukrainian Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. in Germany, a life of peace and prosperity in the United States, his engagement with Ukraine in the 1980s, and immigrants and other Eastern Europeans were interned Dolyna was where Mr. Antonovych began his life’s as enemy aliens. Mary Manko Haskett, who passed the culmination of the journey with his ultimate return journey on February 6, 1914. And it turned out to be an away at the age of 98 in 2007, was thought to be the last exciting — oftentimes dangerous — journey spanning home to Ukraine in 2005. known survivor of the camps. Ms. Bayrak was born at Spirit Lake Internment Camp in Quebec in 1915 and resided in Edmonton the rest of her life. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: February Surviving Ms. Bayrak are her children Ed, with his Amount Name City Roman and Victoria Warren, Mich. wife, Esther, Bertha with her husband, John $300.00 Daniel Kashimer Brooklyn, N.Y. Maksimowich Mandrusiak, and Jerry with his wife, Marion; eight $250.00 Oksana Zakydalsky Toronto, Ontario Luba Melnyk Elmhurst, N.Y. grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one great- great-grandson; and four sisters, Sophie Melnyk, Anne $100.00 J. Gregorovich Mount Forest, Ontario Stefan Nowozeniuk West Mifflin, Pa. Yakubow, Olga Myshyniuk and Julia Poluk. Zenon and Dozia Cleveland, Ohio Richard Panchyk Westbury, N.Y. Ms. Bayrak was predeceased by her husband, Jerry Krislaty Joseph Sachno Flushing, N.Y. (1987); her grandson, Tony Mandrusiak (1986); four Roman Lysniak Hempstead, N.Y. Taras Shepelavy Niskayuna, N.Y. brothers and three sisters. Anna Maluca Dundas, Ill. Olga Trytyak Matawan, N.J. According to the Edmonton Journal, funeral services Sophie Worobec Chicago, Ill. Nestor Wolansky Berkeley, Calif. were held at Park Memorial Chapel, with interment at Inia Yevich Miami Beach, Fla. $10.00 Michael Bilynsky Hollywood, Fla. Evergreen Memorial Gardens. $55.00 Raymond Badynskyj Phoenix, Ariz. John Dumka Calgary, Alberta Jaroslav and Vera Forest Hills, N.Y. Maria Dychdala Norristown, Pa. Kryshtalsky Wasyl and Stanislawa Stratford, Conn. Eugene Lylak Rochester, N.Y. Kovach Myron Pakush Westlake, Ohio Stefan Kyrylenko Beloit, Wis. $50.00 Zoryslava Gojaniuk Trenton, N.J. Christine Matiash Las Vegas, Nev. Lev Dobriansky laid Anna Harmarty Chatham, N.J. Ewhen Pytel Twin Lakes, Nev. Ihor and Olya Hron Osprey, Fla. Peter Romanyshyn Arvada, Colo. to rest in Alexandria Zenowij Majuk Capitola, Calif. George Rub Belleville, Mich. John Washinsky Clemmons, N.C. Maria Shevchuk Jersey City, N.J. ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Lev E. Dobriansky, Ph.D., $45.00 Daria Dykyj Forest Hills, N.Y. Larysa Szanc-Smarsh Astoria, N.Y. the former president of the Ukrainian Congress Steve Ilkiw Montreal, Quebec Andrew Tataryn Plymouth, Minn. Committee of America and champion of the cause of lib- Helen Lozik McKees Rocks, Pa. $5.00 William Drabyk Wellington, Fla. erating the ’s Captive Nations, who died on Jerry Petryha Santa Monica, Calif. Alana Hanks Washington, D.C. January 30 at his home in Springfield, Va., was laid to $30.00 Ihor and Natalie Columbia, Md. Paula Holoviak Sugarloaf, Pa. rest here on February 28. Gawdiak Steven Howansky Wilton, Conn. Following a funeral mass in the Dahlgren Chapel of $25.00 Mike Bortnowsky Los Angeles, Calif. Merle and Bonnie Toledo, Ohio the Sacred Heart at Georgetown University in Ihor Chorneyko Dundas, Ontario Jurkiewicz Washington, where he was professor of economics for Michael Drabyk McLean, Va. Eustachius Krawczuk North Port, Fla. almost 40 years, he was buried at the Columbia Gardens Walter Dziwak Lake Hiawatha, N.J. Peter Krenitsky Detroit, Mich. Cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington, Daria Halaburda-Patti Clifton, N.J. Mary Malenczuk Syracuse, N.Y. near Arlington National Cemetery. Oleh Karawan Inverness, Ill. Peter and Olga Prychka Stratford, N.J. Unlike the February 19 memorial service at Andrij Maryniuk Bay Harbor Island, Fla. Larysa Pyk Chicago, Ill. Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall, where several Pavlo Moroz Ottawa, Ontario Victor Rosynsky Ortonville, Mich. hundred friends, colleagues and government officials — Roman Olijnyk Radnor, Pa. Arnold Rudakewych Alexandria, Va. including the wife of Ukraine’s president, Kateryna Ola Sawitsky Franklin Square, N.Y. Peter Sawka Sterling Heights, Mich. Yushchenko — came to honor Prof. Dobriansky, the Fedor Stasiw Spencerport, N.Y. Zoriana Siokalo Newtown, Pa. funeral was a more private affair, at which his widow, Gregory Tkaczyk St. Catharines, Ontario Bohdan Sklepkovych Rutherford, N.J. Julia, and daughters, Paula and Larisa, were joined by $20.00 Halyna and Stan Brick, N.J. Nadia Trojan Watertown, Conn. some 30 friends and colleagues, prominent among them Jakubowycz John Wanat Port Richey, Fla. Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States Oleh Myron and Christina New Haven, Conn. Philip Yankoschuk Bayside, N.Y. Shamshur, UCCA President Michael Sawkiw, Jr., Melnyk Ukrainian World Congress President Askold Lozynskyj Alice Yarysh Rocky Hill, Conn. TOTAL: $2,620.00 and U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Bohdan Futey. Kristina Zaluckyj Hugo, Minn. Prof. Dobriansky’s long academic, government and Ann Zinich Berwick, Pa. Sincere thanks to all contributors to community-service career included four years as United $15.00 Malyna Dziuba West Seneca, N.Y. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund. States ambassador to the Bahamas in the 1980s. He Michael and Alice Pittsburgh, Pa. received numerous awards for his endeavors and is Haritan The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the only fund remembered for being instrumental in the erection of Theodore Kuzio Granby, Conn. dedicated exclusively to supporting the work of this two monuments in Washington: one honoring Ukraine’s W. Lysko Alexandria, Va. publication. greatest poet, Taras Shevchenko, in 1964; the other, dedicated to the Victims of Communism, in 2007. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 5

under the baton of Maestro Volodymyr Ukrainian Catholic... Sirenko, which together with the National (Continued from page 3) Academic Choir of Ukraine, under the Yushchenko, Verkhovna Rada Chairman leadership of Maestro Yevhen Savchuk, Yatsenyuk, Vice Prime Minister Vasiunyk, performed Stanislav Liudkevych’s stirring members of the international diplomatic “Caucusus” cantata-symphony to the corps, as well as numerous members of the words of Taras Shevchenko. clergy, including bishops of the UGCC and The composition was personally the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine, requested by Major Archbishop Husar, who members of religious orders and laypeople. had relented and agreed to mark his two Patriarch Filaret was also an official guest at milestones by attending a gala concert in the evening gala, representing the Ukrainian his honor; initially, due to his typically Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate. pious and humble demeanor, the primate Before the evening’s scheduled artistic had not wished and had not planned to program, President Yushchenko presented mark his birthday and ordination anniver- Cardinal Husar with the order of Prince sary in any festive manner; eventually he , third degree (in accor- was coaxed into agreeing to attend at least dance with President Decree 164/2008), a single artistic performance at the Kyiv citing the UGCC head’s prominent per- Opera Theater. sonal contribution to the spiritual revival After less than 90 minutes, the artistic of the Ukrainian nation, his long-term program was over and Cardinal Husar stood ecclesiastical activity and 75th birthday. up on stage and stated that he had six Illya M. Labunka The Presidential Secretariat had actually groups of people to thank for all of the President Viktor Yushchenko greets Cardinal Lubomyr Husar after bestowing nominated the major archbishop for the events marking his jubilees. In keeping with upon him the Order of Yaroslav the Wise during a jubilee concert at the official order on February 26, the day of his theme for the day, over the course of the Shevchenko National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet. the honoree’s birthday, but it was later next 15 minutes, he extended his sincere gratitude to the National Symphony decided that the order would be formally munity. Perhaps the state of affairs is not tive events. “Today we again saw yet bestowed at the Kyiv Opera Theater prior Orchestra and the Dumka National Choir; exactly ideal, but do not judge us. Our gen- another example of His Beatitude’s pious to the artistic program. all the people who extended their best wish- eration survived war and persecution, and humility (‘smyrennist’) when he acknowl- President Yushchenko praised Cardinal es to him; the organizing committee; his we have scars on our souls. But at the same edged that his life was not filled with only Husar for his exemplary and devoted serv- parents and recently deceased sister Marta time we don’t want to abandon you. We successes and triumphs, but rather with ice to God and country. In his address he “for providing the opportunity to grow up in have heard your great strength here today mistakes as well. This is very significant, mentioned how the Ukrainian Greek- a good, Christian family”; his teachers, during this short but beautiful concert,” because all the schisms in the Church were Catholic Church had experienced decades mentors and professors, many of whom are concluded Cardinal Husar. the result of human pride. But here today of persecution, and, referring to the cardi- already deceased or living abroad, as well Afterwards, the entire auditorium of with his ‘smyrennist,’ His Beatitude unites nal, said “but you honorably overcame the as all his friends and all those who helped 1,300 guests and well-wishers sang us all,” said the Rev. Dacko. challenges and difficulties of fate.” He him in any way to fulfill his priestly duties, “Mnohaya Lita,” thus bringing the com- “If we have more such able leaders who added, “Your endeavors, apostolic devo- his “peers,” but not only his peers, as he memorative events to a close. are at the same time ‘smyrenni,’ who will tion, pastoral wisdom and warmth deserve explained; but also everyone present who in Following the end of the gala event, the not seek leadership over others for the sake the deepest respect of not only Ukraine’s any way is now engaged in the process of Rev. Ivan Dacko, former personal secretary of personal superiority, but rather for the citizens but of the entire Christian Church.” nation-building in Ukraine. to Patriarch Josyf Slipyj and Major sake of God’s glory, then – who knows – The president then officially bestowed Finally, Major Archbishop Husar Archbishop Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky maybe the day will come soon when we the order upon the Church leader and expressed his sincere gratitude to “the and currently president of the Institute of will see one Ukrainian Church in commun- wished him much health, many more years youth present here today – including semi- Ecumenical Studies at the Ukrainian ion with St. Volodymyr’s Christianity, with of service and all of the Lord’s blessings. narians and students of theology.” He said: Catholic University in Lviv, offered his one patriarch in the Cathedral of St. Sophia Following the formal, yet simple, award “My eye is on you, the young people of personal views of the day’s commemora- in Kyiv,” added the Rev. Dacko. ceremony, guests were treated to a concert Ukraine. You deserve our love and grati- performed by the Dumka National tude. We are passing on to you the baton of Academic Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Ukraine – the Church, the state, the com- UNA SENIORS’ CONFERENCE Sunday, June 8-13, 2008 when our own president and prime min- SOYUZIVKA Yushchenko congratulates... ister cannot find common ground regard- (Continued from page 1) ing their own foreign policy?”. If Save this date for the Seniors’ Week Ukraine becomes another Poland, then population, he said.” Make your reservations for the UNA Seniors’ Conference which will be held at National Deputy Taras Chornovil, Russia will act aggressively toward SOYUZIVKA cultural centre, beginning Sunday, June 8th, starting with wine and member of the Party of the Regions, Ukraine. However, if Ukraine positions cheese through Friday, June 13th, 2008 including brunch. Registration: Sunday & speaking on February 29, even before the itself as a neutral state, then this is an Monday morning. All inclusive 5 nights, all meals, banquet, taxes and gratuities actual election took place, expressed his entirely different matter, said Mr. included, entertainment and special speakers. We encourage participants to wear concern about Mr. Medvedev and said Pohrebynskyi. Ukrainian embroidery during the banquet and to bring artifacts to be auctioned off that from the moment Mr. Medvedev In any case, President Yushchenko during our evening auction for the benefit of the Seniors’ Club. becomes president of Russia, Ukraine must present a solid and unified position will have to be ready to adjust to global regarding Ukraine’s domestic and foreign UNA members energy rates. policy. “We must declare that we are Single occupancy $425 – double $355 pp Per night – Single $100 – Double $82 pp “We underestimate Mr. Medvedev. We ready to safeguard our own national have to treat him as a serious politician. interests,” Mr. Pohrebynskyi stated. Non UNA members As president of Russia, Mr. Medvedev Andriy Yermolaev, a well-known Kyiv Single occupancy $475- double $373 pp will have a tougher policy than Russia’s political analyst, suggesed that, with Mr. Per night – Single $110 – Double $90 pp current President Putin,” Mr. Chornovil Medvedev’s ascendance to power, commented. Ukrainian-Russian relations will become BANQUET & ENTERTAINMENT only $35 pp According to Andrei Okara, a political more pragmatic. “Ukrainians talk more philosopher in Moscow, Mr. Medvedev about cultural policy instead of doing Call SOYUZIVKA Tel: 845-626-5641 – Register early. has the opportunity and the resources to something about it, while Russia will be Limited space available. improve Ukrainian-Russian relations, interested in further cultivating a Contact local senior clubs and organize a bus from your area. while the majority of Russian politicians ‘Russian sphere’ in the media and book For further information please call Oksana Trytjak do not. “The question is – is he going to publishing industries,” he said. Tel: 973 292-9800 X 3071 use this chance?” Mr. Okara said. As for Finally, according to Lviv University Lviv and Western Ukraine, in the Senior Citizens’ Week is: Russian mindset Lviv will continue to historian , despite the FUN, AFFORDABLE AND INTERESTING - remain the political capital of Halychyna, fact that the results in Russia come as no WE WELCOME GUESTS! COME ONE, COME ALL! where Banderite rogues dwell, according major surprise to anyone, it is still some- to Mr. Okara. “For some reason, western what difficult to predict what the elec- Ukraine is viewed as anti-Russian territo- tion’s ramifications will be – both for ry and a generator of Ukrainian anti- Russia and the world. For now, the elec- Russian identity. And this stereotype can- tion results in Russia should be viewed as not be wiped out immediately,” added yet another in a series of attempts to cre- Mr. Okara. ate and develop an economic utopia in Ukraine’s stance on Russia, at the the country, but without democracy. moment, depends entirely on Ukraine, “Ukraine is too close to Russia, and said political scientist Mykhailo Russia’s successes or failures will Pohrebynskyi. “How can we talk about undoubtedly reverberate in Ukraine,” the foreign policy of another country noted Dr. Hrytsak. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 No. 10

COMMENTARY THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY A challenge to SUSTA Ukrainian community benefits Student-members of the Federation of Ukrainian Student Organizations in America (SUSTA) are preparing for the second conference of the recently revived from its own financial institutions umbrella organization, scheduled for March 29 at the University of Pennsylvania. by Volodymyr Pavelchak Union. Since their inaugural conference last year, there appear to already be signs of The credit union is a major supporter growth within the organization. Approximately 100 students are projected to Ukrainian Americans have access to a of Ukrainian parish schools and of the attend this year’s conference, in contrast to the 50 students who attended last year. rare resource: their community’s very various Ukrainian heritage schools, youth Other noticeable improvements, with regards to SUSTA’s planning, include the own financial institutions – Ukrainian organizations, choirs, dance groups and rescheduling of the conference to avoid conflicting with exam schedules. Last American credit unions. Among the sports teams. These groups benefit from year’s keynote speaker, Dr. Roman Procyk of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, largest is Selfreliance Ukrainian the generosity of SUAFCU – and the urged the students to translate their involvement in SUSTA to other organizations American Federal Credit Union more the organization’s members benefit in the Ukrainian community. (SUAFCU) with offices in Chicago, individually from the credit union’s many Dr. Procyk, along with many of the other speakers in 2007, reminded the stu- Indiana and New Jersey. services, the higher the level of the credit dents of the job networking opportunities from being active in SUSTA, but also This year was a good one for union’s support. cautioned the about the potential lag of leadership and the failure to utilize good SUAFCU. The story of the financial Selfreliance also works with several advisors, which led to the organization’s stagnation in the 1980s. achievements of this member-owned fed- schools of Ukrainian studies by offering Unfortunately, SUSTA and local university Ukrainian clubs have failed to eral credit union will be told at the annual education via youth savings programs. keep the Ukrainian community at large informed by utilizing one of its main meeting of the members in April, but the The joint program teaches young students resources, The Ukrainian Weekly. benefits that the Ukrainian community the value of saving, as well as the impor- Our readers never heard about the election of officers, but only the reason why derived from its cooperation with its own tance of Ukrainian organizations working these elections were not held at the conference. (The absence of key members credit union throughout the year are evi- together to strengthen a united Ukrainian due to the scheduling of exams, including former SUSTA President Adrian dent in the vibrant activity within community. Additionally, the student sav- Podpirka, postponed the elections.) At least this year, according to the article fea- Ukrainian neighborhoods. As Selfreliance ings program provides benefits to the tured in the March 2 edition of “Generation Uke,” there are plans in place for an continues to prosper, so do the organiza- school, in proportion to their student par- election to be held at the conference. tions in which its members are active, In comparison, the Ukrainian Canadian Student’s Union (SUSK) and their ticipation in the program. whether these are organizations that have Selfreliance and our Ukrainian reli- local affiliated university clubs have regularly submitted articles on their inform- been in existence for 50 years or associa- ative, cultural and fund-raising events. Members of SUSK plan on attending the gious community enjoy an ongoing sup- tions created this last decade. portive relationship. Many of the credit SUSTA conference, where, hopefully, there will be an exchange and develop- Selfreliance provides support to apex ment of information dissemination techniques. union’s branch offices were first opened organizations such as the Ukrainian at parishes to facilitate the financial trans- Where were the SUSTA delegation or local university Ukrainian club mem- Congress Committee of America and the bers during the march in New York in November 2007? These stu- actions of parishioners who were also Orange Wave, both active as representa- credit union members. A mutually benefi- dents, who may have participated (we don’t know), remain nameless, faceless tives of the community and organizers of and uncounted. cial dialogue continues to this day, as evi- various public events, such as the com- dent during the annual holiday gathering Additionally, it was only thanks to the initiative of the editorial staff of The memoration of Ukrainian Independence Ukrainian Weekly that a story informed our readers of the upcoming SUSTA at SUAFCU of representatives of Day, Chicago’s two-day Ukrainian Days Chicagoland’s various Ukrainian reli- conference. festival and other community-wide Having a solid web presence is excellent, and we wish SUSTA continued suc- gious congregations. events. The credit union also provides The credit union welcomes visitors cess in utilizing the Internet to connect with students, but do not neglect those support to the Ukrainian National potential human resources who prefer to get their news in their hands, rather than from throughout the world. Selfreliance is Information Service (UNIS) for the past one of the largest credit unions in Illinois, in an inbox. Who knows, they may be looking to hire people just like you. Show 30 years has defended the Ukrainian them what you’re made of. and cooperative leaders from throughout cause and represented Ukrainians in the world often visit its offices to learn Therefore, student readers, we urge you to make yourselves heard by submit- Washington. ting stories about your activities and events. An “Out and About” listing is a free and to compare experiences. In 2007 a SUAFCU focuses its support on both group of Chinese credit union leaders vis- way for students on a tight budget to get the word out and fulfill their objective national and local community groups. as being a part of SUSTA. Also, the pages of “Generation Uke” belong to you. ited Chicago as part of a study tour. The Chicago is home to the Ukrainian Chinese visitors were surprised at the Demonstrate to the Ukrainian community – as the leaders of tomorrow – by National Museum and the Ukrainian coordinating the efforts of students across the United States that the diaspora’s strength and impact of Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, both significant American credit unions on the communi- future is in good hands. Ukrainian cultural institutions. We put forth this challenge to Ukrainian student clubs and SUSTA: submit ties they serve. Selfreliance recognizes their role in main- Visitors from Ukraine often marvel at enough articles within the year that The Weekly’s next “Year in Review” issue taining the Ukrainian heritage and tradi- has a separate section dedicated to your activities. Can you do it? the vitality of the Ukrainian American tions. The credit union supports various diaspora. When the Ukrainian national events at these institutions, such as the boxing team visited Chicago for the UIMA’s annual Film Festival and the Amateur Boxing Federation’s internation- UNM’s exhibit commemorating the 100th al championships, they were introduced March anniversary of St. Nicholas Cathedral. to Chicago’s Ukrainian community at a Turning the pages back... The credit union has also sponsored spe- Selfreliance-sponsored luncheon at the cial initiatives, such as a “2 for 1 Fund credit union’s home office. The visitors Drive,” whereby a donation to one of were surprised to learn that Ukrainians in 14 these institutions was matched by the America had preserved their heritage, Four years ago, Vladimir Putin was re-elected president of credit union, if paid with a credit union their language and traditions throughout 2004 Russia on March 14, 2004. check. the many years when their homeland was The astronomical approval ratings of 70 to 80 percent New Jersey’s Ukrainian community not free. reflected Mr. Putin’s masterful ability to exploit the Russian organizations also benefit from their Today Ukrainian American credit people’s yearning for order, which many Russians believed members’ participation in Selfreliance would come with a leader who rules with a strong hand, and nostalgia for empire, fol- Ukrainian American Federal Credit (Continued on page 20) lowing the chaotic capitalism and loss of territory after the Soviet Union’s collapse. During the first war with Chechnya in 1994-1996, when Chechnya gained de facto independence, Russia lost its superpower status when the Russian army was defeated by a smaller and less equipped militia. The collapse of the Russian economy under the presidency of Boris Yeltsin saw the application of rapid, and mostly rigged, privatization of state assets, which resulted in the instant enrichment of a small group of insiders, christened “oligarchs.” This result- ed in the liberalization of prices and uncontrolled hyperinflation, which wiped out the savings of the Russian populace. After assuming office in 2000, President Putin began re-establishing centralized control over Russia’s regions with the appointment of former KGB and military offi- cers to key government posts. Russia’s Parliament, the Duma, was transformed into a rubber-stamp body. Mr. Putin was able to deal with powerful independent-minded oligarchs as well. His approach: either drive them into exile or arrest them. But there was another an alternative, according to Mr. Putin: the oligarchs could keep their assets as long as they stayed out of politics (and, implicitly, supported the president). Mr. Putin’s assault against the oligarchs, while popular, gave the Russian people a false sense of satisfaction and revenge, wrote Bohdan Klid in the Weekly. He added that most Russians remained poor, while government and business practices remained corrupt.

Source: “Russians go to the polls, but Putin can’t lose,” by Bohdan Klid, The Members of the Ukrainian Boxing Federation who were in Chicago for interna- Ukrainian Weekly, March 14, 2004. tional championships visit SUAFCU. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TheThe thingsthings wewe do...do... most likely between Mr. Yushchenko, Requiem time representing the oligarchs, and Yulia Tymoshenko, representing the people, by Orysia Paszczak Tracz for with the rest of the presidential hopefuls Dear Editor: trailing far behind. Regardless of the outcome of this con- It is requiem time for the Orange test, it is requiem time for the Orange An extraordinary ordinary man coalition. The coup de grace to the coali- coalition. In a way that is not surprising. He is in a nursing home now, at age 87 village and found a goat, and was happy tion was delivered by Viktor Baloha, the The diverse components of the Orange chief of the Presidential Secretariat. He remembering his long life. Pan (Mr.) that she would have milk for her baby.” coalition comprising Mr. Yushchenko Mykola is very alert, keeping up with all In his reminiscences, Pan Mykola clar- did so by quitting Our Ukraine and tak- “liubi druzi” (dear friends), Oleksander the news in Canada and in Ukraine (he is ified the timeline of collectivization and ing with him the majority of the leader- Moroz’s Socialists, Yurii Kostenko’s really angry with the oligarchs); only his the Holodomor. Collectivization hap- ship of the oligarchic wing of the coali- nationalists and Tymoshenko populists body is slowing down. pened much earlier, and the Holodomor tion. had very little in common conceptually Somehow he found out that I do trans- (genocide by famine) came later – after To have any chance of success in the or ideologically, except the desire to pre- lations for people and contacted me about collectivization was already done. 2009 presidential elections Viktor vent a return of the country to dictatorial translating his memoirs from Ukrainian “They began to force people into the Yuschenko needs a new political and despotism of the Asiatic kind. But, once into English for his children and grand- kolhosp – the collective farm. The poorer financial structure with a broader base that was accomplished, there was very children. While his children know some peasants went first, but the wealthier than that provided by Our Ukraine. little to hold the coalition together. Ukrainian, he felt the family would bene- refused and opposed this. The order came Combining the oligarchic wing of Our Nevertheless, the Orange coalition fit by having the text in English. from Moscow to Kyiv that those who Ukraine with the oligarchic wing of the and the revolution it led will be well What he lived through is one drop in refuse collectivization are enemies of the Party of the Regions might just provide remembered in history. The revolution him with such a broader base. the ocean of lives that create history. It is people, and must be forced. Summer was expressed the will of the people. And, not that bad, but winter made people mis- Hoping for support of the Donbas thanks to the Orange Revolution, first-person documentation of what business clans, President Yushchenko Ukrainians lived through in the past cen- erable. The thieving agents from Moscow Ukraine was spared the fate of Russia created these activist brigades with these had appointed Raisa Bohatyriova, the under Vladimir Putin. tury, something that no Holodomor-denier point person of the oligarchic wing of the or biased Western historian can deny. ne’er-do-wells, and at night would come to a homestead and take the whole family. Party of the Regions, as the Secretary of Ihor Lysyj “This is the story of my life. Yet it is “They did not even give time for peo- the National Security and Defense Austin, Texas more than that. What I tell you here is ple to get dressed properly. They took Council and selected her press secretary typical, not only of my life, but of all of them to the railway station under armed as his advisor. Ukraine and those who lived there. It is a guard to cattle cars. These cattle cars had As a result of these actions, all the Motyl responds way to understand all the people who some straw strewn on the floor, there was pieces on the chessboard of Ukrainian lived there in the early years before the no heat, and very few people had taken politics are being reshuffled. coming of communism and what fol- to Borisow letter any food with them. The Ukrainian farm- With the chances of Viktor lowed,” Pan Mykola wrote. Dear Editor: ers were taken first to Moscow, and then Yanukovych winning in the next presi- He was born in 1920 and grew up in from Moscow to Siberia, to the taiga. The dential elections being rather slim, the the Chernihiv region of Ukraine, right in Peter Borisow (Letters, March 3) locomotive that pulled the train of 20-30 oligarchs from the east and the west of the heart of the country. deems my suggestion that 3 million to 6 cars was a steam engine, and when the the country will probably unite under the “The Communists took the farmers, million Ukrainians were killed in the temperature was way below freezing, banner of Mr. Yushchenko. That is their the ‘hospodari,’ by the neck, and accused Holodomor a “crime” and recommends everything froze and the train could not only chance to stay in power. The next them of being kulaks, bloodsuckers, that, unless I “retract [my] statement and move. The temperature reached -70° C, presidential contest in Ukraine will be nationalists. These were the families that publicly apologize,” I “should be but after 24-48 hours it became a bit drummed out of Ukrainian organizations worked for 10 years on their own land, did not get enough sleep and enough warmer. The children began to move and be rendered unwelcome in the about, the elderly started dying from the We welcome your opinion Ukrainian community.” food, wanted to become masters of their own property. cold. The last car carried the staff or The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes let- The president of the Hollywood NKVD [secret police]. They began to Trident Foundation is fully entitled to “I was 10 years old, when our village ters to the editor and commentaries on was celebrating the annual Pokrova Feast. throw the corpses outside, for the wolves a variety of topics of concern to the think he has expertise in Ukrainian histo- and foxes. Thus the Russian ‘big brother’ ry and to charm us with his indifference According to the old custom, there is a Ukrainian American and Ukrainian murdered our Ukrainians. to democratic norms and simple man- liturgy in church, and then guests come to Canadian communities. Opinions “In the first stage, they took everything ners, but his darkly threatening language visit in the afternoon. Once this was a expressed by columnists, commenta- very big holy day, especially when it from the farm and home; in the second, and his evident belief that he has the they deported people to Siberia; and in tors and letter-writers are their own right to speak in the Ukrainian communi- came to the festive meal. But now sorrow and do not necessarily reflect the opin- was coming, not only for the farmers and the third stage, the most horrible ty’s name surely exceed his limited pres- Holodomor [genocide by famine] hap- ions of either The Weekly editorial idential mandate and can be explained, I landowners, but also for their children. “Our guests are coming and going, the pened, which took about 10 million staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian suspect, only in terms of prolonged Ukrainians. After the Revolution of 1917, National Association. exposure to California’s hot sun. last being the brother of our sister-in-law. My father tells me to get the cattle into many people really believed that a work- Letters should be typed and signed In any case, Mr. Borisow’s intemper- the yard. I did so, and closed the gates, ers’/peasants’ government would happen, (anonymous letters are not published). ate comments are actually a source of and noticed a crowd of people on the and thus joined the Communist Party. But Letters are accepted also via e-mail at some cheer for me. Having been street. I came into the house and told my when the artificial famine happened, they [email protected]. The daytime denounced in the past by Stalinists and father that there are some people in front could not stand the injustice, and many phone number and address of the letter- ignoramuses, I can only conclude that I of our property. My parents’ ‘svat’ [son’s did what the writer [Mykola] Khvyliovyi must, still, be doing something right to writer must be given for verification father-in-law] said good-bye and left, did – committed suicide [he shot him- have enticed him to join their ranks. self]. purposes. Please note that a daytime then my parents and their daughter-in-law “This did not end after five years, by phone number is essential in order for Alexander J. Motyl went outside. 1937-1938. Then began the attacks on the editors to contact letter-writers regard- Newark, N.J. “My father asks the people outside Trotskyites. Trotsky and Lenin had been ing clarifications or questions. who is the leader of the group. And one of the first revolutionaries. Trotsky had to Please note: THE LENGTH OF LET- The writer is professor at Rutgers them comes up to father and says that he escape from Stalin – this was the fourth TERS CANNOT EXCEED 500 WORDS. is about to be confiscated. Father did not University – Newark. stage for the people. Commissar Yagoda argue, and told them to take everything. had done his work and was then executed, He called his daughter-in-law, who was then Yezhov fulfilled Stalin’s command, seven months pregnant, and said, ‘Take and executed many soldiers, teachers and IN THE PRESS everything as you were commanded, but ordinary people. leave the cow, because it is my daughter- “The fifth stage was the Stakhanov in-law’s dowry, she brought it with her period, when you worked for 12-16 hours About Vladimir Putin’s Russia when she married my son.’ But they to fulfill the required norm, and did not opened the gates and took everything to even ask about food. People were “Vladimir Putin’s Russia,” editorial, sible over issues like Iran, Kosovo and the collective farm. This is what the labor exhausted because of malnourishment The New York Times, February 27: arms control. peasant authorities did to the poor and too much work. In this generation, “And, as in the Carter and Reagan Ukrainian village. almost 40 percent of the men did not live “…President [George W.] Bush, and administrations, America will need to “It got dark, father finds and lights a to the age of 60, and the women to the soon his successor, will have to come to champion Russia’s persecuted democrats, lantern, mother is crying, their daughter- age of 70.” terms with the authoritarian Russia that is journalists and other embattled minori- in-law is crying, there is sorrow all Pan Mykola was conscripted into the — not the democratic Russia that recent ties: amplifying their voices and calling around. Father calls the daughter-in-law, Red Army during World War II, and was American administrations had hoped international attention to the very real and said, ‘Here, take this money, and taken prisoner by the Germans in . would take root after communism. They dangers they face. Descending back into tomorrow go and buy a nanny-goat, There were 77,000 prisoners of war herd- will have to deal pragmatically with the Cold War rhetoric and reflexes will not because you will have a baby soon, and ed into the camps there. When I visited realities of Russian power, as the Nixon help anyone. But neither will pretending the baby needs milk.’ She went the next him recently, he told me about his escape and George H.W. Bush administrations that Mr. Putin and his allies are people of day, and did not find anything in our vil- once did, seeking cooperation when pos- good will and democratic intentions.” lage. On the third day she went to another (Continued on page 20) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 No. 10

BOOK NOTES Famine as a weapon in 1921-1923 in Ukraine: a case study “A Case Study of Genocide in the these organizations’ goals were similar, is no mention in the Soviet records of the Ukrainian Famine of 1921-1923: the Nansen Mission permitted Soviet per- extent of the famine and a lack of facts and Famine as Weapon,” by Wasyl Veryha, sonnel to handle the distribution of figures that support the Soviet response. (Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, rations, while the ARA took matters into The author, however, cites Soviet works 2007), ISBN: 978-0-7734-8578-7, 368 its own hands. This infuriated the Soviet that explained the nature of the lack of pp. $39.95. authorities, who viewed the ARA’s assistance by the Soviet government. actions as being capitalist interference. Dr. Veryha is a member of the The Ukrainian famine of 1921-1923, Soviet methods for dealing with the American Library Association who has which is far less known than the famine included the sale of church items, worked at the John Robarts Research Holodomor of 1932-1933, claimed the which on paper were earmarked for relief, Library at the University of Toronto for lives of approximately 2 million to 2.5 but in reality were used to fund the propa- over 25 years. As a member of the ALA, million people and was attributed to the ganda machine of the Soviet government. he contributed a great deal to the Soviet government’s political activity and Included in the work is Dr. Wasyl improvement of the Library of Congress the regime’s economic policy. As a result Veryha’s extensive annotated bibliogra- classification schedules in history for of Soviet policies, food from five eastern phy, which includes cited documents East-Central Europe. Ukrainian provinces that were affected from libraries in the United States, “Confiscation of Church Treasures in by drought was sent to the Volga Valley, Canada, France, Germany and the United Ukraine in 1922,” was the title of Dr. Moscow and Petrograd (St. Petersburg) Kingdom. Included in the list of sources Veryha’s doctoral thesis completed at the to offset the effects of the first world war. are Soviet protocols, sample notes of Ukrainian Free University in Munich. Attempts were made by foreign relief thanks to the ARA, and official agree- For more information, readers can con- organizations, including the Nansen ments between the Soviet government tact The Edwin Mellen Press, P.O. Box Mission, the American Relief Association and the relief organizations. 450, Lewiston, NY 14092-0450; e-mail, (ARA), the Jewish Joint Distribution The inclusion of what Soviet history [email protected]; telephone, 716- Committee and the Papal Mission to says about the role of the relief organiza- 754-1400. Readers can also visit the pub- assist the Ukrainian effort. Although tions is fascinating, but, as expected, there lisher’s website at www.mellenpress.com.

Creating a national history in contemporary Ukraine “Heroes and Villains: Creating events were pivotal to Ukrainian history Ukraine and eastern and southern parts National History in Contemporary in the 20th century, including the genoci- of the country, which are seen in the Ukraine,” by David R. Marples, dal Famine of 1932-1933 – the “ambivalent and diametrically opposed (Budapest-New York: Central European Holodomor – and Ukrainian insurgency attitudes” evident in this post-Soviet University Press, 2008), ISBN: 978-963- during the war years. state. 7326-98-1, 363 pp., hardcover, $47.95. This latter period is particularly dis- Separate chapters in “Heroes and puted, and analyzed with regard to the Villains,” include: “Independent Ukraine “Heroes and Villains: Creating roles of the Organization of Ukrainian Reviews the Past,” “The Famine of National History in Contemporary Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian 1932-33,” “The OUN, 1929-43,” Ukraine,” is the title of the latest book – Insurgent Army (known by its Ukrainian “Making Heroes: The Early Days of his 12th – by David Marples, Ph.D., uni- acronym as UPA) during and after the OUN-UPA,” “UPA’s Conflict with the versity professor in the department of war. Were these organizations “freedom Red Army and Soviet Security Forces,” history and classics at the University of fighters” or “collaborators” as their oppo- “The Ukrainian-Polish Conflict.” The Alberta in Edmonton. nents allege? To what extent are they the volume ends with a chapter titled The publisher notes that this book is architects of the modern independent “Writing New History in Ukraine,” a certain to engender debate in the media, state? final chapter of “Assessments” and a especially in Ukraine itself, as well as the Dr. Marples explains in his preface: conclusion. academic community. Using a wide “This book examines a question related Prof. Serhy Yekelchyk of the selection of newspapers, journals, mono- to the concept of nation-building, namely University of Victoria has written of graphs and school textbooks from differ- the construction of a national history. “Heroes and Villains”: ent regions of the country, the book Arguably, there are several national his- “This excellent book fills a longstand- examines the sensitive issue of the tories and several interpretations of the ing void in literature on the politics of past, and it may not be possible to deter- changing perspectives – often shifting memory in Eastern Europe. Prof. 180 degrees – on several events dis- mine which particular version is in the obsolete. Yet, that determination has Marples has produced an innovative and cussed in the new narratives of the Stalin ascendancy. However, in Ukraine’s case, remained influential in certain regions, courageous study of how post- years published in Ukraine since the late the version in place – the Soviet narrative particularly those of the east and south, Communist Ukraine is rewriting its Gorbachev period until 2005. These – has clearly been superseded and is and continues to sway the way residents of Ukraine perceive their state.” Stalinist and wartime past by gradually In this book, Dr. Marples focuses on but inconsistently substituting Soviet the period during which Joseph Stalin models with nationalist interpretations. was at the helm of the USSR (1928- “Grounded in an attentive reading of 1953). “This period represents the most Ukrainian scholarship and journalism tragic era in the history of Ukraine, and from the last two decades, this book one of the most profoundly influential in offers a balanced take on such sensitive the formation of contemporary thinking issues as the Great Famine of 1932-1933 about the modern nation and its relation- and the role of the Ukrainian nationalist ship to the past. For it is in this period insurgents during World War II. that Ukraine suffered its most dramatic “Instead of taking sides in the passion- and tragic experiences: the Famine of ate debates on these subjects, Marples 1932-1933, the purges, the impact of the analyzes the debates themselves as dis- Nazi-Soviet Part that saw its western ter- cursive sites where a new national histo- ritories incorporated into the USSR; in ry is being forged. Clearly written and the western regions that saw conflicts well argued, this study will make a major between several players: the retreating impact both within and beyond acade- Germans, the advancing Red Army, the mia.” local Polish population, and the local For information on where to purchase Ukrainians.” the book e-mail [email protected] or log In explaining why the period of World on to http://www.ceupress.com. In the War II is of particular interest in this vol- United States the book is available from ume, Dr. Marples writes: “… the CEU Press, c/o Books International, P.O. Ukrainians in all areas of Eastern Europe Box 605 Herndon, VA 20172; telephone, in which they lived were placed in a very 703-661-1500; fax, 703-661-1501; e-mail, difficult situation – between two of the [email protected]. In Canada most ruthless dictatorships ever devised, readers may contact CEU Press c/o and with no prospect of neutrality or University of Toronto Press, 5201 non-involvement.” Dufferin St., Toronto, ON M3H 5T8; tele- As well, the author notes the differ- phone, 800-565-9523; fax, 800-221-9985; ences in perception between western e-mail, [email protected]. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 9

Ukrainian Debutante Balls Illinois branch of medical association holds annual debutante ball by Maria Hrycelak CHICAGO – The Illinois Branch of the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America (UMANA) hosted the 46th annu- al Charity Ball and Presentation of Debutantes on January 19 at Chicago’s prestigious Ritz Carlton Hotel on the “Magnificent Mile” Michigan Avenue. Guests and friends reminisced and greeted each other warmly throughout the cocktail hour. While awaiting the formal presentation, guests enjoyed the piano melodies of Alexander Zintchenko. Over 325 guests were seated in the beautifully and uniquely decorated ballroom. The debutantes, their parents and escorts performed a grand entrance to open the formal program. Dr. Roman Saldan, president of UMANA-Illinois, presented the eight debutantes to the com- munity. The debutantes and their escorts, who began practicing their waltz months in advance, performed an intricate and beau- tiful dance program under the expert cho- reography of Roxana Dykyj-Pylypczak and Adriana Striltschuk. The debutantes, in their flowing white gowns, waltzed gracefully and effortlessly with their fathers and escorts. Dr. Saldan then welcomed the debu- Edward Fox Photography tantes, their parents, escorts and guests, 2008 Chicago debutantes: (front row) Tamara Kozyckyj with Mark Palcan, Andrea Kazaniwskyj with Mark Wesolowskyj, who came from all over the United States Natalie Wozny with Mykhailo Glebiv, Danusia Pylypczak with Daniel Zaparaniuk, Teresa Sosenko with Mark Dziuk, and Canada for this charity ball. Maria Shandor Devonshire with Mikhail Bobel, (back row from left) Tamara Murskyj with Adrian Ciolko, Alexandra Marta Kozyckyj, speaking on behalf of Bresnahan with Marko Iwanik. the proud parents, warmly addressed the debutantes and wished them well in their address the debutantes on behalf of the arrived and danced the night away to the A “Kolomyika” lasted over 35 minutes future endeavors. In an election year, parents committee. music of the Dunai band from Toronto. with guests, debutantes and escorts show- where change is in vogue and progress After the delicious dinner, with the Although the hall was overflowing with casing their dance steps. anticipated, a break from tradition enabled draperies opened to the beautiful view of guests, the participants enjoyed the cama- one of the fathers, Mark Murskyj, to also downtown Chicago, many more guests raderie and made room for all the dancers. (Continued on page 11) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 No. 10

Ukrainian Debutante Balls California debutante ball raises funds to aid needy seniors in Ukraine by Anne Kokawa Prokopovych LOS ANGELES – The CAAU Ball and Presentation of Debutantes 2008 featured a lively mix of traditional and innovative entertainment and social activities, with the charitable goal of raising funds for programs to aid needy seniors in Ukraine. The ball was held on Saturday, February 2, at the Renaissance Montura Hotel, located about 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles. The annual ball is a major fund- raising and community-building event for the California Association to Aid Ukraine (CAAU). Arriving guests enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as they greeted friends in the Silent Auction Gallery. The silent auction has become an outstanding feature at the annual event, showcasing items from handcrafted pysanky to DVDs. Good-natured bidding enlivens the festivities and helps to raise additional funds for the charitable cause. The 2008 silent auction included a mini-exhibit of four works by renowned Ukrainian American artist Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak from her “Fragments” series that expresses her personal reflections on the tragedy of the 1932-1933 Famine-Genocide in Ukraine and the grim legacy of the Soviet Union on Ukraine after it achieved independence in 1991. Guests also had the opportunity to view a preview trailer of “Holodomor: Ukraine’s Genocide of 1932-33,” a feature-length documentary currently in production by Tomkiw Entertainment and Moksha Films to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the genocidal Famine. The first full-length feature documentary on this tragic event Don Hagopian in history, it is an edgy, auspicious, cinematic look at a Debutantes (front row from left) Sophia Zacharczuk, Jessica Martin, Lindsey Martin and Marianna very dark and horrific time in which millions of people Olesijuk, and their escorts (back row) Zach Hatch, Nick Kopinski, Michael Zubach and Octavio Victor. died in a man-made famine that was shrouded by a veil of silence for decades. helped to deliver CAAU support in Kyiv, Lviv and Bohdan Malaniak, past president and current advisor to Needy seniors in Ukraine Rivne. CAAU; Mrs. Keske, CAAU chair; and Anne This year’s CAAU Ball spotlighted the Regional Prokopovych, CAAU president. Since Ukraine became an independent state in 1991, Seniors’ Center in the city of Uzhhorod, located in west- the social and economic changes that created opportuni- Presentation of debutantes ern Ukraine, at the border of Slovakia and near the bor- ties for young and resourceful individuals also adversely der with Hungary. This center was opened in 1993, pro- Master of Ceremonies Greg Hallick was assisted by affected seniors on fixed pensions. Social benefits have viding meals and daycare for 50 persons, in addition to his nieces, Nicole and Andrea Swartzlander, with the declined in real terms, and seniors have been left with introduction of each of the four young ladies during the less and less on which to survive. home-based social assistance. In 1998 the services were presentation of debutantes. Helping the disadvantaged and socially vulnerable expanded to add temporary living quarters and assisted Lindsey Martin is an honor roll student who has also seniors in Ukraine is one of the ways CAAU contributes living facilities. During 2007 medical services were won recognition for her dancing and singing. Jessica to the well-being of the entire population. CAAU sup- added, as well as free access to the bakery, sewing and Martin also is an award-winning dancer who hopes to ports the development of regional organizations in recreational facilities. become a professional ballerina and a first grade teacher. Ukraine that have organized local programs to provide The buildings for the Regional Seniors’ Center were Marianna Olesijuk is an honor student who volunteers at food, housing, medical and other services to needy sen- provided by the city of Uzhhorod, but need refurbish- a school for mentally challenged children and plans to iors. ment, additional equipment and furnishings to adequate- pursue a professional career in make-up design. Sophia The first phase of CAAU’s assistance for needy sen- ly serve residents and visitors. CAAU is currently rais- Zacharczuk is an honor student who volunteers for iors in Ukraine started in 2003. CAAU raised and dis- ing funds for these improvements. school service projects and plans to pursue a career in tributed funds for the meals for seniors programs admin- CAAU is also working with the consul general of entertainment and feature films. istered by the Ukrainian Women’s League (Soyuz Ukraine in San Francisco to identify additional programs Before dinner, all guests were invited to join in the Ukrainok) and Smoloskyp. The local chapters of Soyuz for needy seniors in other regions of Ukraine that could singing of “God Bless America” and the Ukrainian Ukrainok and the Smoloskyp organization are familiar benefit from CAAU assistance. national anthem, led by Mr. Hallick, conductor of the with the specific needs in their own communities, and After guests were seated for dinner, CAAU Chair Luba Keske opened the Kobzar Choir. The invocation was led by the pastors of program with welcoming the three local church parishes, the Rev. Myron Mykyta remarks and introduced of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Ukraine’s consul general Catholic Church, the Rev. Vasyl Sauciur of St. in San Francisco, Mykola Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Rev. Tochytskyi. Consul Vasyl Shtelen of St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church. General Tochytskyi CAAU awards for outstanding leadership addressed the audience, conveying his gratitude to CAAU Advisor Malaniak joined Mr. Hallick to con- CAAU and commending duct a special presentation of Awards for Outstanding its accomplishments. Leadership to CAAU Chair Keske and CAAU President The consul general pre- Prokopovych. sented certificates of Born in Ukraine during World War II, Luba honor signed by Ukraine’s Poniatyshyn Keske’s lifelong devotion to projects that benefit the local community and the people of Ukraine Ambassador to the United was shaped by the hardship and displacement her family States Oleh Shamshur to experienced. Mrs. Keske is currently a senior vice presi- four past and present offi- dent of business affairs administration with MGM/UA. cers of CAAU. The cer- She has been involved with multiple local Ukrainian com- tificates recognized contri- munity organizations, including CAAU, for many years. butions to the improve- Anne Kokawa Prokopovych is a third-generation ment of relations between Japanese American who has actively been involved with Ukraine and the United the Ukrainian community for over 20 years. She has par- States, promotion of ticipated in the planning and execution of some major Ukrainian culture and community events, and has coordinated CAAU projects long-term service to help for the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Don Hagopian the people of Ukraine. orphans in Ukraine and others. Mrs. Prokopovych is Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco Mykola Tochytskyi (center) with The honorees were: Taras proud of CAAU’s accomplishments and looks forward CAAU honorees (from left): Anne Prokopovych, Meka Voge (who accepted the Kozbur, past chair and award on behalf of her father Taras Kozbur), Luba Keske and Bohdan Malaniak. current advisor to CAAU; (Continued on page 11) No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 11

Ukrainian Debutante Balls Ukrainian American Youth Association hosts 44th annual debutante ball

Andrij Wowk Photography Debutantes and their escorts at the 2008 ball of the Ukrainian American Youth Association.

by Orest Kozicky Andrij Burchak. Hryhorij Momot. Laryssa Blahy. Ms. Horbachevsky and Mr. Burchak The Very Rev. Mitred Archpriest Roman This year’s debutantes included Halyna PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrainian introduced the 13 debutantes individually, Mirchuk, pastor of St. John the Baptist Bartkiw (Jersey City, N.J., branch of American Youth Association (UAYA) spon- elaborating upon each debutante’s academ- Ukrainian Catholic Church in Whippany, UAYA) escorted by Stepan Halkowycz, sored its 44th annual debutante ball here at ic, UAYA and community-based achieve- N.J., a member of UAYA led the entire ball- Anna Maria Blazejowskyj (Jersey City) the Sheraton Parsippany Hotel on February ments and their future career plans as each room in prayer. Bohdan Harhaj, the presi- escorted by Andrew Filewicz, Catherine 2. debutante made an elegant grand entrance dent of the National Executive Board of the Anastazia Bukalo (Passaic, N.J.) escorted The chairperson of the ball’s organizing onto the ballroom floor. UAYA, then warmly congratulated the by Stephen Dubenko, Myroslava Hreb committee, Genya Kuzmowycz-Blahy, After enjoying an affectionate debutantes, reflected upon their accruing (Jersey City) escorted by Michael Porada, reflected upon the pervasive significance of exchange with her parents, each debu- responsibilities and wished them luck with Victoria Leigh Kebalo (Hartford, Conn.) this event, so deeply steeped in UAYA tra- tante was joined by her escort whereupon their future endeavors. escorted by Dan Nysch, Alexandra Julia dition that it continues to attract a large in unison they performed a gracious and The ensuing banquet was embellished by Koszarek (Passaic, N.J.) escorted by number of participants from the extended appreciative bow before the warmly the virtuoso piano performance of Andrij Nicholas Podobinsky, Luba Mykijewycz UAYA family. She formally opened the applauding audience. The debutantes and Stasiw and followed by a grand “zabava” (Philadelphia) escorted by Thomas Andrew ceremonies by welcoming the debutantes their escorts, adorned in classic cotillion (dance) to the music provided by the Hrim Maksymiuk, Maryana Nikolin (Jersey City) and their escorts, as well as the assembled dress white and tuxedo black, enthralled band. The festive evening culminated in a escorted by Nazarij Kolinets, Valentyna guests. She then introduced the masters of the admiring audience with a vibrant yet traditional “Kolomyika” that lasted over 30 Sofia Olynyk escorted by Michael B. ceremonies, Daria Horbachevsky and elegant premier waltz choreographed by minutes. Naumenko, Joanna Helen Podberezniak Special tribute for the success of this (Passaic) escorted by Matt Holowko, memorable event is owed to the organizing Christina Mary Sorano (Hartford) escorted California... tions. committee, which consisted of Ms. by Mykola Kucyna, Diana Lioubov The final segment of the evening Kuzmowycz-Blahy (chairperson), Myron Stanczak (Passaic) escorted by Roman included dancing to the music of New (Continued from page 10) Prijmak, Petro and Julia Kosciolek, Ms. Mykijewycz, and Gabriella Vergara (New York’s Vechirka who played traditional to setting new goals to make a positive Horbachevsky, Natalka Kudryk and York) escorted by Bohdan Vitenko. difference in people’s lives in Ukraine. and contemporary Ukrainian and The award presentation was highlighted American favorites. An extended set with by the screening of a DVD by Ukrainian the lively “Kolomyika” brought all the singer and bandurist Nataliya Gudziy, who guests into a handclapping circle to enjoy sang in both Ukrainian and Japanese. Born and encourage the spontaneous medley of in Prypiat, Ukraine, Ms. Gudziy and her graceful and acrobatic steps by individuals family were evacuated to Kyiv shortly in the center. after the Chornobyl tragedy of 1986. After *** traveling to Japan as a member of a song and dance group comprising Chornobyl The California Association to Aid refugee children, she was invited back to Ukraine is a non-profit 501(3)(c) corpora- perform in solo concerts. Ms. Gudziy con- tion. Contributions and inquiries may be tinues to live in Japan, and uses her musi- addressed to CAAU, c/o Roman Wasylyn, cal talents to entertain and educate audi- 4645 Noeline Ave., Encino, CA 91436, or ences about Ukrainian culture and tradi- by e-mail to [email protected].

Andrea Zelisko. The foundation was able Illinois branch... to award three $1,000 scholarships to med- (Continued from page 9) ical students in the U.S. and Canada with As is customary at debutante balls, the the support of generous donors. event helped raise funds for charity. The The 2008 debutante ball organizing proceeds from this year’s Charity Ball will committee included Dr. Saldan, Dr. Peter benefit the Foundation of the Ukrainian Liber, Dr. Maria Hrycelak, Larissa Iwanetz Medical Association of North America. A and Kathryn Hrynewycz. Their dedicated raffle also was held, with winning tickets efforts resulted in a memorable and enjoy- Andrij Wowk Photography pulled by UMANA scholarship recipient able event for all involved. UAYA debutantes dance with their fathers. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 No. 10

Ukrainian Debutante Balls Engineers’ Society in Philadelphia introduces nine debutantes

Lubomyr Kulynych At the Engineers’ Ball in Philadelphia: (from left) Roman Chabursky, master of ceremonies; Dr. Petro Hewka, president of the Philadelphia Chapter of UESA, with his wife, Orysia; escorts and debutantes Carter McAdams and Stepha Martynuk, Stefan Klos and Andrea Nakonechny, Andrew Melnyk and Christine Wirstiuk, Stephen Powers and Marta Sydoryak, Dennis Torielli and Nina de Vassal, Danylo Chaikowsky and Sofia Karaman, Alexander Mycio and Sonya Tarin, Nicholas Patrylak and Ksenia Strockyj, Lucas Wyshnytzky and Andrea Watters; and Debutante Committee members Katria Kowal, George Kowal and Halia Wirstiuk.

by Metodij Boretsky During the banquet Aleksander Aleksandrovych, minis- Hewka, who congratulated each debutante and placed ter-counselor Ukraine’s Embassy in Washington, greeted sashes on them with the assistance of his wife, Orysia. PHILADELPHIA – The 54th annual Engineers’ Ball of the guests and debutantes, and gave a brief overview of cur- The Debutante Committee, chaired by Halia Wirstiuk, the Philadelphia Chapter of the Ukrainian Engineers’ rent developments in Ukraine. with members Anya Lonkevych, Katria Kowal and Society of America (UESA) was held here on Saturday, After the dinner, at 9 p.m., nine debutantes and their George Kowal, prepared the debutantes for the presenta- February 2, at the Park Hyatt Hotel. escorts were formally presented by the master of cere- tion ceremony. Also assisting in the preparation of the This year’s Engineers’ Ball included a banquet and the monies. They were: Nina Olena de Vassal (with escort debutantes was Mr. Chabursky. presentation of debutantes. The Fata Morgana orchestra pro- Dennis Torielli), Sofia Anna Karaman (Danylo The debutantes and their escorts began the grand zabava vided music for the entertainment of the guests. Chajkowsky), Stepha Daniella Martynuk (Carter with their first dance. Then the parents of the debutantes After the cocktail hour, Dr. Petro Hewka, head of the McAdams), Andrea Ariel Nakonechny (Stefan Klos), danced with their daughters and their escorts. The Fata Philadelphia Chapter of the UESA, opened the event and Ksenia Maria Strockyj (Nicholas Patrylak), Marta Sydoryak Morgana band played beautifully during the dance. greeted the guests gathered for this occasion in the hotel’s (Stephen Powers), Sonya Tarin (Alexander Mycio), Andrea Over 250 people attended the dinner, and more than 400 Grand Ballroom. He also introduced the master of cere- Kateryna Watters (Lucas Wyshnytzky) and Christine persons enjoyed the dance held afterwards. monies, Roman Chabursky. The dinner began with an invo- Melissa Wirstiuk (Andrew Melnyk). The Organizing Committee of the 2008 Engineers’ Ball cation delivered by Bishop Ivan Bura of the Philadelphia The debutantes and their escorts were greeted by Dr. was composed of: Dr. Hewka, Metodij Boretsky, Larissa Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy. Hewka and introduced by the master of ceremonies. Dr. Zaika, Myron Bilas, Orest Shwed and Marko Jarymovych. Chicago UAYA branch’s Malanka presents 15 debutantes of 2008 by Chrystyna Matusiak hors d’oeuvres and cocktails in the Korol were included in the table settings. presentation of 15 lovely debutantes, cho- Firehouse Lounge. The traditionally friend- The celebration began at 7 p.m. when reographed by Anhelyna Pasika. Beaming CHICAGO – The annual New Year’s ly and joyous atmosphere was at once evi- guests were seated and master of cere- parents escorted their radiant daughters ball, or “Malanka,” of the Mykola dent as old and new friends greeted each monies Andrij Glubisz greeted over 500 into the ballroom, followed by the hand- Pavlushkov Branch of the Ukrainian other. As guests entered the hall, they were guests. some escorts. Each debutante was intro- American Youth Association in Chicago met with an elegant set-up including some The Rt. Rev. Ivan Krotec, pastor of Ss. duced by Chrystyna Matusiak with a brief was held on Saturday, January 12, at the centerpieces provided by Christine Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic description of activities and future plans. Chicago Marriott O’Hare. Pawlyshyn of Whoopsie Daisies. Beautiful Church in Chicago, led the prayer. The debutantes also received the traditional Guests arrived at 6 p.m. for delicious commemorative booklets compiled by Olia The highlight of the evening was the sash and congratulations from their long- time counselors (Natalka Kowal and Andrea Maksymiw), the “bulavnyi” (Andrij Kosowsky) and president (Yarka Abramiuk) of the Mykola Pavlushkov Branch, as well as a longtime counselor (Yuriy Striltschuk), the “bulavna” (Diana Fedaj) and president (Myron Wasuniec) of the Dmytro Vitovskyj Branch in Palatine, Ill. Each debutante also greeted the guests with a deep and graceful bow. Ms. Abramiuk greeted all of the guests and their families with warmest wishes for the coming New Year. Addressing the debutantes, she expressed joy and pride in their accomplishments, individual talents, beauty and grace. Ms. Matusiak continued with the pres- entation, calling upon the fathers to lead their daughters in a nicely choreographed dance. Next, the mothers were honored in a touching ceremony. Mr. Striltschuk distrib- uted long-stemmed red roses to each of the debutantes, who then presented them to their mothers. Once the parents were seated, the spot- Anna Trynoha Debutantes and their escorts pose for a group photograph. (Continued on page 13) No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 13

Ukrainian Debutante Balls Nine young ladies debut at Chervona Kalyna’s annual cotillion

Andrij Wowk Photography The 2008 debutantes with their escorts (from left): Dianna Kurowyckyj with Mark O’Connell, Kateryna Kuzyszyn with Zdan Korduba, Natalka Czuczman with Alexander Hryhorowych, Nataliya Sulyk with Orest Bidnyk, Yarina Bidnyk with Volodymyr Sulyk, Elizabeth Kiyashka with Andrew Labunka, Kateryna Hoshowsky with Vitaliy Simonian, Alexandra Kuzyszyn with Matthew Liteplo, and Adia Magun with Volodymyr Rozvadovskij.

by Marta Kebalo bouquets of roses in various shades of pink. Larissa Wowk of Wowk Photography, on February 21, 2009, will mark the 50th The official presentation hosted by assisted by Deanna Yurchuk, also provided anniversary of the first formal Chervona EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Marta and Orest Kebalo culminated in an a beautiful slide show of the presentation of Kalyna debut in 1959, which was organ- Chervona Kalyna cotillion presented nine elegant “debutante quadrille” choreo- the debutantes that was available for view- ized by Mrs. Eustachia Hoydysh and Ivan debutantes and their escorts to the graphed by Ania Bohachevsky-Lonkevych. ing during the entire zabava. Vintoniak. Former debutantes of all ages Ukrainian community on February 2 at the By all accounts, everyone had a wonder- Next year’s Chervona Kalyna, to be held are cordially invited to attend. Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel. ful time, from dancing to the familiar beat They were: Yarina Bidnyk of Wayne, of Tempo and Oles Kuzyszyn’s Luna, to N.J., and Volodymyr Sulyk of Glendale, executing the “Hopak” at 11 p.m. in the N.Y.; Natalka Czuczman of Orchard Park, great ballroom of the Sheraton N.Y., and Alexander Hryhorowych of New Meadowlands. York; Kateryna Hoshowsky of New York Distinguished guests – Ukraine’s and Vitaliy Simonian of New York; Ambassador to the United Nations Yuriy Elizabeth Kiyashka of Forest Hills, N.Y., Sergeyev and his wife, Natalia, and and Andrew Labunka of New York; Dianna Ukraine’s Consul General in New York Kurowyckyj of New York and Mark Mykola Kyrychenko and his wife, Olena – O’Connell of Greenwich, Conn.; shared a table with the Chervona Kalyna Alexandra Kuzyszyn of Woodbridge, N.J., Committee’s chair Ihor Sochan. and Matthew Liteplo of Brooklyn, N.Y.; The Chervona Kalyna Organizing Kateryna Kuzyszyn of Fords, N.J., and Committee members were: Yaroslav Zdan Korduba of Oakland, N.J.; Adia Stawnychy (vice-chair), Olya Stawnychy Magun of East Elmhurst, N.Y., and (flowers), Marika Sochan-Tymyc of Volodymyr Rozvadovskij of West Hartford, Yevshan (program booklets and tableau), Conn.; Nataliya Sulyk of Glendale, N.Y., Bohdan Tymyc (decorations), Bohdan and Orest Bidnyk of Wayne, N.J. Tytla (press announcements and prepara- The couples made their grand entrance tion of invitations), Yurij Jarymowycz to the melody of “Oj u Luzi Chervona (mailing of invitations) and Volodomyr Kalyna,” with the debutantes clutching Artymyshyn (videographer).

Harrison (chair), Nadya Dudycz-DiBartolo, Chicago UAYA... Ms. Matusiak, Andrea Mulyk, Ms. Pasika (Continued from page 12) and Deanna Wruskyj. light was on the debutantes and their Ukrainian American Youth Association escorts. To the tunes of a classical waltz, of Chicago Debutantes and their escorts: they delighted the guests with another Alexandra Bozio (Stefan Wereminski), dance wonderfully choreographed by Ms. Andreana Holowatyj (Michael Telwak), Pasika. Via spirited dips, twirls and bows Maya Demianczuk (Michael Doolin), they covered the entire large dance floor. Roksolana Zaderetskii (Alex Hirota), The debutantes’ elegance and charm were Jacquelyne Cohen (Markian Popowycz), awarded with extended applause from the Victoria Kulbanska (Markian Pylypczak), guests. Ulana Moroz (Daniel Zaparaniuk), A delicious dinner followed the presen- Alexandra Mroz (Roman Dzwinyk), tation. Guests then enjoyed the rest of the Alexandra Savoia (Lyubomyr evening, dancing to the sounds of the Yushchyshyn), Nicole Skworch (Jeremy Zolota Bulava band from Montreal. At the Basarab), Nicollette Tech (Michael Bobel), stroke of midnight New Year’s favors were Natalie Trynoha (Jarema Pylypczak), brought out, and friends and acquaintances Khrystyna Fedunkiv (Gregory Waszczur), embraced and exchanged best wishes. Katerina Fishchuk (Nicholas Kulas) and Andrij Wowk Photography The Malanka committee included: Daria Tamara Wruskyj (Ihor Seginovych). Debutantes and their escorts dance at the Chervona Kalyna ball. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 No. 10

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Tymoshenko and Verkhovna Rada NEWSBRIEFS Chairman Arseniy Yatsenyuk, and proposed (Continued from page 14) holding a meeting of the coalition’s council Newsline) to consider the situation in the Verkhovna Rada, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service report- PRU leader says crisis is ‘dialogue’ ed. Ukraine’s Parliament has remained Lidia Skrypuch deadlocked since Mr. Yushchenko, Ms. KYIV – On February 27 in Brussels, Tymoshenko and Mr. Yatsenyuk in mid- (née Krawchuk) Party of the Regions leader Viktor January sent a request to NATO Secretary- June 18, 1927 - February 17, 2008 Yanukovych described the current political General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to present situation in Ukraine as “a dialogue aimed at Ukraine with a NATO Membership Action It is with great sorrow that the family announces the passing of Lidia the preservation of European values,” Plan at the alliance’s summit in Bucharest Skrypuch, on February 17, 2008 at the Bradford General Hospital. RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service reported. Anna in April. (RFE/RL Newsline) Herman of the Party of the Regions Born in Zolochiw, Ukraine, the only child of Wolodymyr Krawchuk, a mag- Bohatyriova suggests Rada’s dissolution announced in January that the party’s repre- istrate, and Michelina, a school teacher, Lidia studied ballet and pharmacy. sentatives will formally ask NATO KYIV – Raisa Bohatyriova, the secre- World War II engulfed their homeland. In 1944, the family escaped by Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to tary of the National Security and Defense walking through land mine-studded countryside and riding in open boxcars withdraw from the agenda of the upcoming Council (NSDC), said on March 4 that with nothing to eat but the few potatoes they could find in abandoned alliance summit in Bucharest the request by President Viktor Yushchenko might start farmers' fields. They narrowly avoided being taken to a concentration President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime consultations on the dissolution of the camp by bribing a guard. They took refuge in a displaced persons camp in Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Verkhovna Verkhovna Rada unless it resumes its Austria. Lidia took on menial jobs to help make ends meet. While in exile Rada Chairman Arseniy Yatsenyuk to give work very soon, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian in Austria, she met John and they married in 1949 and came to Canada Ukraine a Membership Action Plan. Service reported. Ms. Bohatyriova also shortly after. They lived briefly in Montreal and London, then she and John However, NATO has not confirmed the said that Mr. Yushchenko does not intend moved to Brantford in 1954 where John began his medical practice. Lidia meeting between Messrs. Yanukovych and to solve the ongoing parliamentary crisis managed his office for 41 years. de Hoop Scheffer. (RFE/RL Newsline) through the dissolution of the Parliament, President wants coalition to meet and the responsibility for such a step, Lidia was an award-winning director and choreographer for the Ukrainian therefore, falls on the ruling coalition and dancers for Brantford's Village Ukrainia for eighteen years. She was also a KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko on the opposition factions in Parliament. long-time president of the Ukrainian Catholic Women's Auxiliary in March 3 met with Prime Minister Yulia (RFE/RL Newsline) Brantford, raising money for the church in a variety of ways, including writ- ing and publishing a cookbook. Pope John Paul II presented Lidia with the Medal of the Holy Cross for her outstanding service to the Ukrainian Catholic Church and the Vatican. She was also presented with a Centennial Citation for meritorious service in the City of Brantford by Mayor Bowen.

Lidia was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. She was a fabulous cook and a gracious hostess. Her tortes were legendary. She expected the best of everyone and always gave the best of herself.

Loving wife of Dr. John Skrypuch. Sadly missed by sons Orest and Roman and their wives Marsha and Lori. Loving baba of Neil, Daniel and Nicole. Dear daughter of the late Wolodymyr and Michelina Krawchuk. She will be missed by her friends and family in Brantford, Toronto, Detroit, Ukraine and Florida.

It is with deep sorrow that we share with family and friends that on February 20, 2008, by the will of our heavenly Father, passed into eternity our beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother. EUGENIA GALYSH (Semenyna) Born December 19, 1908, in the village of Kudobintsi, Zboriw, Ukraine.

Funeral services were held on February 25, 2008 by the Rev. Taras Lonchyna, Dean, pastor of Holy Trinity Particular Ukrainian Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Maryland.

The deceased was interred on February 26 next to her husband, Rev. Joseph Galysh, former pastor of St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

She is survived by:

Sons: Ivan with wife Oksana Roman with wife Tina Taras with wife Stephanie

Grandsons: Ivan with wife Marta Roman with wife Christine Adrian with wife Melinda Dr. Roman with wife Mary Emily

Granddaughters: Tammy Kluesner with husband Raymond Jane McClannan with husband Kent

Great-Grandchildren: Elizabeth and Anna Galysh Anastasia, Sophia, and Madelyn Galysh Justin Smith Emma Isabella and Samuel Galysh Christine and Joseph Kluesner Quinton and Tess McClannan

Other family members and relatives: Ivan and Maria Cebrij, Marta Szotakova, Lesia Wolczuk, and the Rassmann family. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 No. 10

1950s. Omelan Antonovych... They launched the Antonovych (Continued from page 4) Foundation in 1980, presenting the first joined the ranks of the Organization of prize two years later at the Ukrainian Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). He was Institute of America in New York to arrested and spent the next three years in writer . In the late 1980s the Polish prison. He then returned to aca- presentation ceremony was moved to demics, studying economics and trade at Washington, and after Ukraine became institutions of higher learning in Poznan, independent to Ukraine. Among the early Danzig and Berlin. laureates of the Antonovych Prize, Vasyl Upon his return to Ukraine in 1941, Stus was unable to personally accept the he was arrested by the Gestapo and award because he was in prison for his imprisoned for almost a year at the dissident activities. Other pre-independ- Sachsenhausen concentration camp. ence Ukrainian laureates, like writer Afterwards, he moved to Prague, where , were allowed to travel to he received his law degree at the the ceremony. Ukrainian Free University in 1943, only Non-Ukrainians were also honored to be arrested once again and returned to with the Antonovych Prize, among them Sachsenhausen, this time for a year and English historian , for a half. his book about the Holodomor, “Harvest After the war, in 1946 he met and of Sorrow.” Among the more recent married Tetiana Terlecka in Munich. recipients were writer Yuri Three years later they emigrated to the Andrukhovych and the rector of Lviv’s United States, ultimately settling in Ukrainian Catholic University, the Rev. Washington, where she embarked on a Dr. Borys Gudziak. The 2007 honoree medical career, completing the medical was historian Yaroslav Hrytsak. studies she began in Vienna, to become a While Tetiana Antonovych was still prominent neuropathologist, while he alive, she and her husband frequently worked at odd jobs, including that of a traveled between Washington and ranch hand in rural Virginia. This experi- Ukraine, maintaining residences in both ence convinced him that he could be a capitals and in Lviv. In 2005, four years successful rancher and farmer. And hav- after her death, Mr. Antonovych moved ing bought some land in Virginia in 1960 to Ukraine for good. He spent the last and having worked with cattle there for a days of his life in a modest basement few years, that proved to be the case. apartment prepared especially for him in At the same time, both were active in the Stefanyk Library in Lviv. the Washington-area Ukrainian On January 22 of this year, Ukrainian American community, in which he President Viktor Yushchenko issued a served as president of the Ukrainian decree conferring the Order of Prince Association of Washington in the mid Yaroslav the Wise on Mr. Antonovych.

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Ukraine, his years in the “dytbudynok” Editor/writer honored (orphanage) because of his mother’s arrest for writing a poem about Ukraine; at Consulate General his education in a trade school because by Walter Bodnar his entry to a university was denied due to his mother’s political unacceptability; NEW YORK – A special event took his work as an airplane mechanic; his place on Thursday, February 14 relationships to representatives of govern- (Valentine’s Day), here at the General ment; his ejection from the Communist Consulate of Ukraine. The event honor- Party; and his ability to survive in an ing an editor of Svoboda, Lev oppressive regime’s atmosphere. A ques- Khmelkovsky, had a triple theme: a pres- tion and answer session followed his talk. entation of his new book, “Unforgettable He told the audience how he landed a SSR” (Nezabutny SSR); a special award job as an editor of the official Cherkasy from the president of Ukraine, Viktor radio program and how he was able to Yushchenko, for Mr. Khmelkovsky’s out- transmit relevant information in spite of standing work in literature and journalism severe censorship. He recalled meeting of Ukraine and the diaspora; and the Bozhena Olshaniwsky and Wasyl Kychun writer’s 70th birthday. during the 1988 “Peace Walk” from Mykola Kyrychenko, the consul gener- Odesa to Kyiv in which the two al of Ukraine, hosted the event. He Ukrainian Americans participated. He opened the program before the audience reported extensively on this event on the of 35 people by giving a short biographi- radio and noted that this was the begin- cal sketch of Mr. Khmelkovsky. He also ning of a lifelong friendship with the two read the text of the presidential award that activists. is to be given to Mr. Khmelkovsky at a The book being presented was his Honoree Lev Khmelkovsky (right) tells a story as Ukrainian National Association later date. fourth book. Each book of his authorship President Stefan Kaczaraj listens. Mr. Khmelkovsky gave a lighthearted, has some biographical memoirs, histori- relaxed and enjoyable presentation in cal events and recordings and can easily he describes the cruel Soviet reality and Also present were Mr. Khmelkovsky’s which he spoke about his life in Soviet serve as reference material. In the books the ability of people to survive in it. The fellow editors from Svoboda, Petro book presented at this gathering is com- Chasto and Chrystyna Ferencevych. posed of short vignettes on a variety of (Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly subjects, which makes for comfortable Editor-in-Chief Roma Hadzewycz was Named finalist and enjoyable reading. In addition to unable to attend due to The Weekly’s these books he has authored religious publication deadline.) at Intel competition pamphlets. Other attendees included Prof. and The notables present at the matinee Mrs. Rostyslav Vasylenko; the Rev. and PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – Alexis were: Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.N., Mrs. Leonid Yakobchuk of the Ukrainian Marie Mychajliw has been named a final- Yuriy Sergeyev; the country’s former Evangelical Church; Walter Bodnar, ist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search. ambassador to the U.N., Valery national adjutant of Ukrainian American This competition, often called the “Junior Kuchynsky; Consul Andriy Olefirov; the Veterans; Ms. Olshaniwsky, president of Nobel Prize,” is considered the most pres- president of the Ukrainian National Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine; tigious high school science scholarship Women’s League of Amercia, Irena and Ivan Burtyk, Dr. Marta Kokolska and competition in the United States. Kurowycky; the president of The Wolodymyr Waskiw of the New Jersey For more than 60 years the Intel Ukrainian Museum in New York, Olha Coordinating Committee of the Ukrainian Science Talent Search has recognized Hnateyko; and the president of the Congress Committee of America. and rewarded only the most elite young Ukrainian National Association, Stefan In addition to the official program, science students in the country – six of Kaczaraj. Adrian Bryttan gave a violin rendition of these former competitors have gone on Alexandra Khmelkovska, wife of the “Taiis” and “Summertime.” to win the Nobel Prize honoree, was in the audience listening After Dr. Kokolska presented Mr. Miss Mychajliw combined her interests rapturously to her husband’s presentation. Khmelkovsky with a chocolate bouquet in animal behavior and environmental sci- Mr. Khmelkovsky thanked her for her of red hearts, the audience retired to the ence for the zoology project titled “The never-ending love and support, stating far side of the room for refreshments and Impact of Vegetative Coverage on Sex that he couldn’t have done it without her. aperitifs. Ratios, Prey Availability and Predation Risk in Wetland Odonate Populations” (odonates Alexis Marie Mychajliw are dragon flies and damsel flies), which “Notes on People” is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of members she submitted to the Intel Talent Search. Mychajliw will be attending Cornell of the Ukrainian National Association and the Ukrainian community. All submissions She competed against 1,602 entrants, repre- University in the fall of 2008. should be concise due to space limitations and must include the person’s UNA branch senting 504 U.S. high schools. She is a member of Branch 184 of the number (if applicable). Items will be published as soon as possible after their receipt. Finalists will travel this month to Ukrainian National Association. Washington for a weeklong competition. There they will undergo a rigorous judg- ing process, meet with national leaders – including the president of the U.S., inter- act with leading scientists and display their own research at the National Academy of Sciences. They will be com- peting for various scholarships, with the top winner receiving a $100,000 scholar- ship from the Intel Foundation. Miss Mychajliw attends Schreiber High School in Port Washington, N.Y., where she has been editor of The Literary Magazine for four years. A senior, at age 16, Alexis was able to skip the second grade due to her advanced academic abil- ities. Despite her young age, she has won numerous awards in a wide array of sub- jects and has been on the principal’s honor roll since her freshman year. A violinist and avid tennis player, she is also an imaginative cook, creating new dishes based on her grandmothers’ tradi- tional Ukrainian recipes. The daughter of Peter Mychajliw, D.D.S., and Belinda Mychajliw, of Port Washington Estates on Long Island, Miss 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 No. 10 No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 19

Ukrainian pro-sports update: football by Ihor Stelmach Holy Toledo: Kaczur is a Ukrainian Canadian Patriot Loyal readers of these pages undoubt- went on to be a vital cog in the unit, dilemma early in his career, he decided to is off limits. edly know of the many Ukrainian hock- which was a major reason for the stay the course on the left side. “When it (his voice) came back he ey players in the various professional Patriots’ prolific, record-breaking offen- “You’re used to one way all the time didn’t say much, and to this day he does- leagues of North America. In the past sive production. He, along with left tack- and you go the other way and it’s like n’t say much,” said Gilbert. year this column has also introduced le Matt Light, brought quarterback Brady being a baby again almost,” Kaczur said Which is not to say Kaczur is a com- readers to several Ukrainian pro hoop- the time to achieve the league’s No. 1 in his interview with the The Globe’s plete non-talker. A good offensive line sters. Ukraine’s most popular sport, soc- ranked passing offense. The Pats also Gasper. “It’s like, ‘Wow, someone can needs to become a tightly knit group and cer, also has a few well-known star play- allowed the fewest sacks per pass attempt throw me around that easily?’ It takes a have glue-like cohesion while performing ers performing on elite club teams. There during the regular season. little bit to get used to, but once you get as a five-man unit. So Kaczur does talk certainly is no shortage of Ukrainian ten- “I think our whole line had a solid sea- used to it, it’s not that bad.” to his teammates, specifically his line- nis players on the pro circuit, especially son, both in terms of protection and the Joe Gilbert, Kaczur’s offensive line mates. Kaczur takes pride in himself and on the women’s side. What about major running game,” Patriots Coach Bill coach in his first three years at the the others for the dynamic force the unit league baseball, you ask? Well, there Belichick told The Globe. “We’ve seen a University of Toledo, said he was always has become. Fellow starters Light, center have to be at least a few ballplayers of lot of different schemes. They work well confident his protege could make the Dan Koppen and guards Logan Nankins Ukrainian descent in the big show and at together. They make good adjustments, switch. Gilbert, who has also been on and Stephen Neal have indeed become a the minor league level, but that’s a ques- and work well with the quarterback in staff at Northeastern University and was tight group on and off the football field. tion for a later day. terms of communication.” the offensive coordinator at Maine, can “Guys like Matt Light, they’ll take you That leaves the sport of football – the Kaczur has been a reliable performer be considered an authority on the subject. and invite you over for dinner and talk North American version with the oblong since he filled in for left tackle Light Now back at Toledo as tight ends coach, about football and stuff like that,” said ball, where scores are touchdowns, field after the latter broke his leg in 2005, Gilbert evaluated Kaczur’s top asset as Kaczur. “It’s good to have them around. I goals, safeties and extra points. Are there Kaczur’s rookie season. The third-round being his football intelligence. He had think we just try and be close. We all get any notable Ukes in the NFL? Funny you pick protected the quarterback’s blind the smarts to immediately put into prac- along. We’re all in it together. It just should ask... side over 11 of the team’s last 13 regular tice something drawn up once on the makes it easier, being more cohesive off Did you know the starting right tackle season games and playoffs, getting an chalkboard. the field as well as on.” for the New England Patriots, who went opportunity to fluorish in his preferred “I think the Patriots got a heck of a Kaczur’s life has sure changed since to the Super Bowl, is of Ukrainian position. deal, and I’ve known (vice-president of his days on construction sites. But the descent? Did you know he’s originally Left tackle has always been Kaczur’s player personnel) Scott Pioli for a long fact he’s now a professional athlete does- from the same hometown as Ukrainian natural position. He was so good at it that time and Scott knows talent,” said n’t mean he can’t stay in touch with some hockey player called the “Great One?” he was a four-time Mid-American Gilbert. “He’s got a guy as a third-round of the guys from his old construction Did you know the young man in question Conference selection at the University of pick and he ends up being a starter as a crew. Most of the old associates are is Ukrainian on his father’s side (dad’s Toledo. It may not be a major football rookie.” friends of the family. Brother Chad has name is Peter)? Did you know he was a power conference, but four consecutive “I talked to Nick as a rookie during since climbed the company ladder, in line four-time all-conference selection during all-conference selections is impressive training camp and he was saying there to take over the business. his college days at Toledo? anywhere. As thrilled as he was to get the are so many plays and switching from Because of his earlier experiences Yes, he was embarrassingly whistled call from New England on draft day, left to right. Plus, in college he was never Kaczur has a devout appreciation for the for a false start penalty in the Super Kaczur knew Light was already manning in a three-point stance. He had to make life of an NFL player. The fact that he Bowl upset loss to the New York Giants. the left side of the Pats’ o-line. the transition from a two-point stance to toils far away from the NFL limelight as Yes, he was outmaneuvered once or Thus came the switch to the right side a three-point stance after never having an offensive lineman makes it even more twice by Giants rushers resulting in pres- of the line, and with it learning how to do put a hand on the ground. It doesn’t sur- special. sure and pain to his quarterback, Tom a whole lot of stuff the opposite way. prise me he does as well as he has,” “Oh, yeah, definitely,” he said. “From Brady. He is No. 77, starting right offen- Light’s injury then temporarily derailed Gilbert commented. where I came from and what I’ve done, sive tackle Nick Kaczur of the New the move in Kaczur’s rookie season. In The offensive and defensive linemen yeah, for sure. That’s how people live. England Patriots. 2006 the transition was again interrupted are the most intimidating individuals on We’re in a small percentage doing what Prior to power-blocking holes for his when Kaczur encountered a shoulder the football squad. This may have some- we do here, so it’s good to know what running backs to run through as part of injury, forcing him to miss five of his thing to do with their incredible physical other people are going through.” New England’s offensive line, Kaczur team’s first seven games. He returned to stature. Kaczur is one of those most was digging holes for a living. Kaczur start the season’s final nine games and all intimidating guys, and his gruff voice *** toiled in construction for two years in his three playoff match-ups. adds to his overall persona. Coach The following abbreviated scouting Canadian hometown of Brantford, Doing this positional switcheroo is Gilbert confides the tough-guy percep- Ontario, upon graduating from Brantford report is from Kaczur’s draft year, 2005. more involved than one would think. It tion is a result of a childhood incident It is very interesting to read what expert Collegiate Institute. His hometown’s top might not seem to be such a big thing, when Kaczur lost his voice for an extend- claim to fame is producing the greatest but when All-Pro Light encountered the ed period of time. For Kaczur the subject (Continued on page 22) hockey player of all time, one Wayne Gretzky. Back in Kaczur’s ditch-digging days, not too many would have predicted he would ever join Gretzky in the world of professional athletics. Nick’s older broth- er Chad got him the construction gig while the youngster attempted to improve his academics in an effort to get into college football. Perhaps the con- struction work prepared him for his cur- rent career as an unglamorous offensive lineman. “You have to support yourself,” said Kaczur in a voice as jarring as the jack hammer with which he worked. “We did like sidewalks and driveways, patios and stuff like that. We did some commercial stuff like factories, but more residential than anything. It was just making a liv- ing. You got to do what you got to do,” he said in a conversation with The Boston Globe’s Christopher Gasper. Having just completed his third NFL season, Kaczur, 28, has (pardon the pun, folks) laid the foundation for a strong career as an o-line-man. The Patriots coaching staff believes this 6-foot-4, 315-pound behemoth has filled what was the remaining hole in the Pats’ line. Beating out second-year man Ryan O’Callaghan in training camp earned Kaczur the starting right tackle spot. He 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 No. 10

While we lived in the refugee camp, I did An extraordinary... not miss my homeland that much, (Continued from page 7) because we were all in the same boat from the camp. with the same fate. On the farm it was “At first I thought the Germans were different, we were alone. When I drove good people, cultured. They certainly had the tractor day and night, I had time to to be better then the Russians and Stalin think about my family, my parents, and ...,” he said. But on the forced march to about not being able to hear about their the camp, he watched as the Belarus fate, whether they are alive or dead. I women came out onto the road with wanted to get news, but if I were to write bread and vegetables in their aprons to to someone, the NKVD (later KGB) give to the prisoners. “And the German would find out and would seek me out guards just shot all of them with their like they did John Demjanjuk [because machine guns. Just like that,” he recalled. Pan Mykola was seen as a “collaborator,” Pan Mykola planned his escape over a having been a prisoner-of-war]. few weeks, observing the prison camp But the years of Stalin and Krushchev guards and their schedules. He walked passed, and it became easier under from Belarus to his village near Brezhnev. Twenty years had passed, and I Chernihiv. His companion kept walking decided to write a letter home,” Pan all the way to Mykolaiv, near the Black Mykola recalled. He wrote indirectly, as Sea. to not cause anyone any harm by writing “Having survived the war as a prisoner from the West. “They guessed right away of war, with great difficulty I returned who was writing ... Thank God that they home, recuperated and in the fall of 1943 received the letter. Vasyl’s granddaughter left my son, my wife, and went into the wrote back … and I got news. My par- world to seek a better life. I wanted to ents had died, my mother in December of escape to neutral countries such as 1959, and my father 40 days later, in Portugal or Italy, but that did not work as 1960. My son and my first wife, Vira, I did not know the languages. I got to were alive. Hungary, and then to Germany in April of “Tears did not flow, but I always car- 1944. In the refugee camp I felt a bit bet- ried a deep grief. We corresponded a few ter than in the Soviet ‘paradise,’ but did times, and I received much news. My not know what would happen to me, as I cousin wrote that she had visited my left my wife and son. mother, who sat on the bench outside the “I had told my wife that if the house, and cried that she would not see Germans were defeated, I would not her Kolia [Mykola]. Communism affect- return home, and that she should not wait ed not just me, but the whole Ukrainian for me, but should find another partner nation. for life. In Germany, in the refugee “My mother was also very unfortunate camps, there were many priests, doctors, in her life. Her first husband was killed in professors, and also many young men the war, and two of her children ... died and women whom the Germans took as from typhus. My sister died from chicken forced laborers to Germany. Camp life pox. I am the only one left in my family, was hard. I was as tense as a stretched surviving to the age of 87. My father told wire, no knowing what will happen me, ‘Son, you haven’t lived yet, go fur- tomorrow. And our Russian ‘brother’ ther away, it will be better for you.’ ... I wants to take us back into slavery [forced thank my mother for her prayers.” repatriation].” Pan Mykola always supported his first Pan Mykola hoped to help his family family in Ukraine, with his second wife from abroad, and that eventually things and children making sure he sent parcels would work out. He met a German to the relatives. His first son eventually woman from Ukraine in the displaced visited him in Winnipeg, and Pan persons camp in Germany and married Mykola’s Canadian children visited the the widow. She had family on a farm in family in Ukraine. Manitoba, and that is where they settled. Pan Mykola from the Chernihiv region “There were three farmers three miles is a survivor, a hero, a generous man. He south and one mile west. I wept many is also one of so very many Ukrainians on tears, as the Ukrainian song says, I have a both sides of the ocean who lived through wife and children, but I do not see them. what to us seems an impossibility. Thus, When I think of their fate, I weep bitterly. he is an ordinary extraordinary man.

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Technique and work effort are areas Nick sary of Stalin’s death (Gazeta.ru, February Holy Toledo... all grades well in, although some feel he Putin’s plan... 18; Kommersant-Vlast, February 25; RIA- (Continued from page 19) can use some more strength. The word (Continued from page 2) Novosti, February 29). player personnel directors were saying ‘mean streak’ also comes to mind when tions in such a way that they are simulta- Reminders about the legacy of about this mid-level offensive line describing Kaczur. Word has it he took neously extremely dull and blatantly Stalinism are too numerous: the British prospect three years ago. out a lot of opposing skaters as a youth unfair. In contrast, the last month of the Council was forced to discontinue its hockey player, and when hometown icon From Kacsports’ NFL Draft 2005: December 2007 parliamentary elections activity in Russia, and the European Gretzky came back for a charity game, University in St. Petersburg was shut Perhaps Kaczur is the best Canadian was full of colorful rallies and noisy cam- he supposedly refused to take the ice down for alleged fire code violations, offensive lineman since Tony Mandarich paigning, but now it has become clear that until it was agreed Kaczur wouldn’t be the only aim of all that fake enthusiasm while in fact its project on election moni- (a flop with Green Bay), but then again taking any shifts on defense for the toring was found “unpatriotic.” Journalist should that be taken as a compliment? was to make sure that the State Duma opposing team. Don’t know how much of would continue to play no political role Natalya Morar, who investigated the Yes, Kaczur got a lot of ink in the pre- that is true fact vs. urban legend. At the “shadow” financial schemes behind the season as an Outland Trophy (best whatsoever. urging of Nick’s parents, Kaczur turned Mr. Putin’s embrace guaranteed Mr. election campaign, was refused entry into NCAA lineman) candidate and did wind to the gridiron because football is actual- Medvedev a clean victory in the first the country despite the fact that she car- up being a four-time MAC selection. But ly cheaper. Worst-case scenario for Nick: round, so it was not necessary to viciously ried a perfectly legitimate Russian pass- it comes with a caveat, Kaczur skipped a the NFL dream doesn’t work out and he crush the irreconcilable democratic oppo- port (The New Times, February 25). couple of years after high school, playing becomes a fixture in the Canadian sition. Nor was there a need to escalate the These small but sticky facts on the in Canadian juniors. By the time NFL Football League for the next decade. conflict with the Organization for Security ground established by all-pervasive spe- training camp rolls around, Nick will be Again, don’t go overboard with him, but and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) by cial services create an environment in 26 years old. Still, Kaczur is not a bad teams may want to reconsider if he’s still imposing unacceptable restrictions on its which Mr. Medvedev would have to take prospect who makes a case among the available in the fourth-fifth rounds. monitoring activities so that the elections responsibility for curtailing the civil liber- top 10 tackles in this draft. Run blocking Stay tuned... more on Nick Kaczur in had been de facto defined as not meeting ties about which he speaks so eloquently, is great and has some good footwork. upcoming issues. the basic democratic criteria well before much the same way as Mr. Putin took the votes were even cast (Nezavisimaya responsibility for the destruction of the oil Gazeta, February 28). company Yukos and the still continuing This deliberate “Sovietization” of the persecution of its management. Mr. very un-Soviet process of elevating a Medvedev has tried his best to stay clear young apparatchik to the summit of of the feuds between warring clans of power while the cultic “national leader” siloviki and refrained from any hints about takes one step down deeply undermines how he is going to execute the responsi- the legitimacy of the perverse “two-head- bilities of commander-in-chief. ed” political system, leaving the voters Mr. Putin will formally remain in with the impression that they were forced charge for three more months, but follow- to participate in an odd and blatant ing his victory it would be awkward for scheme. Mr. Medvedev not to express his attitude Mr. Medvedev has stayed on his social- toward provocative flights of Russian ly oriented and cautiously liberal message, strategic bombers, or even more provoca- and his attempt at coining a motto for his tive statements about “brutal force” that presidency – “Liberty is better than non- Russia could allegedly use if NATO liberty” – has a distinct Orwellian twist. would directly back Kosovar independ- The point itself is far less trivial in Russia ence. He would have probably preferred than it might seem to an average European to introduce himself to the West as an parliamentarian or a U.S. campaign “enlightened moderate,” but his first task expert; most Russians would consider would be to prove himself as a “tough trading liberty for order and prosperity as patriot” before the watchful eyes of the a fair deal – it is useful to remember that uniformed courtiers who can make or March 5 will mark only the 55th anniver- break his improbable presidency.

president and prime minister, stating that Will Prime Minister Putin... each position has its own powers flowing (Continued from page 2) from the Constitution and legislation and Anatolevich Medvedev.” They were given that “no one is planning to change them.” ballots at all seven polling stations, Mr. Mr. Medvedev’s interpretation of the Reznik said. distribution of powers between the presi- Likewise, in Moscow, the leader of the dent and the prime minister may eventual- Yabloko youth wing, Ilya Yashin, went to ly come into conflict with that of Mr. seven polling stations with a young Putin, at least judging by some of Mr. Yabloko activist from Murmansk, Dmitry Putin’s recent comments suggesting that Volov, who told officials he was unable to he sees his future role as prime minister as get an absentee ballot in Murmansk but something more than the one strictly wanted to vote for Mr. Medvedev while in defined by Russia’s Constitution and leg- Moscow. Volov was given ballots at five islation. Noteworthy in this regard were of the seven polling stations the comments he made during his (Newsru.com, March 3). marathon December 14, 2007, press con- Fair or not, Mr. Medvedev’s over- ference, in which he asserted that, while whelming victory in the presidential elec- the president is “the head of state, guaran- tion is a fait accompli, and analysts are tor of the Constitution, and sets the main focusing on questions as to how he will domestic and foreign policy guidelines,” rule in tandem with Vladimir Putin as his the “highest executive power in the coun- prime minister. try is in the hands of the government.” Mr. Medvedev gave some hints of his In that same press conference, Mr. Putin own take on this issue on the evening of was asked if he does indeed become prime March 2, during his first post-election minister, will he view it as a “transitional” press conference. Asked who will deter- post or does he hope to stay in it for some mine the strategy and parameters of for- time “if the new boss likes your work.” eign policy and whether the prime minis- Mr. Putin responded: “The post of chair- ter will be working in the Kremlin, Mr. man of the government of the Russian Medvedev answered: “That is probably Federation cannot be transitional. It gives the simplest question to answer of those the opportunity for self-realization and for that have been asked today. According to the achievement of very large goals that the Constitution of the Russian stand before the country. And if this hap- Federation, foreign policy is determined pens, then I, of course, will work with the by the president. That’s first of all. same efficiency as when I worked as presi- Second: the office of the president, his dent of the Russian Federation.” permanent location, is the Kremlin. The Russia’s Constitution, of course, gives permanent location of the government and the president the power to pick and chairman of the government [the prime remove prime ministers. Yet any acknowl- minister] is the [Russian] White House.” edgement that, as prime minister, he will Mr. Medvedev also said that he does be serving at the president’s pleasure was not plan to redistribute the powers of the notably absent from Putin’s response. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008 23 UKEUKELLODEONODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

Passaic’s St. Nicholas School Student, teacher share stage in ‘Nutcracker’ celebrates Catholic schools by Natalka Doblosky morning’s divine liturgy for “Grandparent’s Day.” Afterwards, PASSAIC, N.J. – From January everyone shared a continental 27 through February 2 St. Nicholas breakfast in the school cafeteria. Ukrainian Catholic School observed The weeklong festivities ended on Catholic Schools Week. For over 30 Saturday night with “Family Bingo years Catholic schools nationwide Night.” Children and their families have taken the time during the last enjoyed playing Bingo and winning week of January to celebrate what fun-themed prizes such as ice is unique about a Catholic school education and its community con- cream sundaes, movie nights and tributions. toy-filled gift baskets. PTA volun- The engaging schedule at St. teers supplied pizza dinners and Nicholas School kicked off on cupcakes for dessert. Throughout the week, everyone Sunday with a divine liturgy sung WHIPPANY, N.J. – It’s not often that a student gets to share the stage with his by the student choir, followed by a appreciated how a Catholic school’s multifaceted education places teacher, but Alexander Syzonenko (left) just had that opportunity this past PTA-sponsored “Parish December. Alexander, a dancer with Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble and emphasis on academic excellence Appreciation Breakfast.” The Academy in Whippany, N.J., performed the roles of Drosselmeyer’s nephew and school’s annual Book Fair began and moral values. In addition, dedi- the Nutcracker Prince in the Pennsylvania Youth Ballet’s production of the that day as well. A wide selection of cated teachers at St. Nicholas pro- “Nutcracker.” Also appearing in the production was Andrij Cybyk (right), artis- children’s books, from popular vide a rich program in Ukrainian tic director of Iskra, who danced the part of the Rat King, as well as that of the authors and best-selling fiction to culture, heritage and language. lead Candy Cane in the Kingdom of Sweets. Above, the two strike a pose in their easy-readers was available for pur- They strive to educate each child costumes. chase all week. in all dimensions: spiritual, intel- On Monday, students participated lectual, moral, emotional, social Mishanyna in “Project Day.” The Book Fair con- and physical. Since March is traditionally associated with the anniversary of the birth tinued on Tuesday. On Wednesday Thanks to the thoughtful plan- ning of the principal, Sister Anne, (March 9, 1814) and death (March 10, 1861) of Ukraine’s greatest poet, Taras children in Pre-K through second Shevchenko, this month’s Mishanyna includes the names of places connected to grade learned about recycling and SSMI, and the school’s enthusiastic Shevchenko, as well as the titles of some of his most significant works. conservation from the film PTA, Catholic Schools Week 2008 Remember: only the capitalized words are hidden in the Mishanyna grid. “Recycle-Rex.” Wednesday was also at St. Nicholas was a fun, memo- “Contest Day.” On Thursday Dante rable and meaningful event for all. ARAL SEA KAVKAZ PRYCHYNNA the Clown entertained the lower St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic CHERNECHA HORA KOBZAR ROZRYTA Mohyla grades, while the older children School is located at 223 President St., HAIDAMAKY KYRYLIVKA ST. PETERSBURG appreciated “Trivia Quiz Day.” Passaic, N.J., 973-779-0249; website, Grandparents were invited to join http://home.catholicweb.com/stni- KANIV MORYNTSI Velykyi LIOKH their grandchildren during Friday cholasukrainian/. KATERYNA NAZAR Stodolia ZAPOVIT

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Soyuzivka’s Datebook Saturday, March 15 Monday, March 17 May 3 – Benefit banquet for June 30 - July 4 – Exploration Day NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ellenville Hospital Camp session 2 Society invites all to a lecture by Ihor Ukrainian Research Institute is pleased to Chornovol, a candidate of historical sci- announce that this year’s Vasyl and Maria ences from the Ivan Krypiakevych May 10 – Private evening affair July 9 - 13 – Soyuzivka Cultural Petryshyn Memorial Lecture will be given Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the by Giovanna Brogi Bercoff, professor of Festival Weekend National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Slavistics, University of Milan. Her lecture, May 11 – Mother’s Day brunch in Lviv. The lecture is titled “ ‘Wild West’ “Canon and Culture in Early Modern July 13 -18 – Heritage Camp and ‘Wild Field’ (“Dyke Pole”): Ukraine Ukraine: The Baroque and Its Aftermath,” May 24 – Memorial Day weekend session 1 in the Light of the Thesis of Frederick will be held in Room S-020 (Belfer Case Official Soyuzivka Reopening Jackson Turner (1861-1932).” The lecture Study Room) of CGIS Building South at 4-6 Kino-Q film Festival July 13 - 19 – Discovery / Cultural will take place at the society’s building, 63 p.m. The South Building of the Center for Friday – Matthew Dubas Camp Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th Government and International Studies Saturday – Zabava with Hrim streets) at 5 p.m. For additional informa- (CGIS) is located at 1730 Cambridge St., Sunday – music by Walter July 20 - 25 – Heritage Camp tion call 212-254-5130. Cambridge, MA 02138. For information Mosiurak and friend session 2 Sunday, March 16 contact HURI at 617-495-4053 or log on to http://www.huri.harvard.edu/calendar.htm. EDMONTON, Alberta: The Edmonton May 31 – New Ukrainian Wave July 20 - 26 – Sitch Sports Camp premiere of the documentary film “Bereza Sunday, March 30 Convention session 1 Kartuzka” (Ukrainian version) will take JENKINTOWN, Pa.: A presentation and place at “Dim Molodi” (Youth Building), luncheon for the Ukrainian Catholic June 2 - 5 – Stamford Diocese July 20 - August 2 – Roma Pryma 9615 153rd Ave., at 5:30 pm. Produced University will be held at 4 p.m. at the clergy retreat days Bohachevsky Dance Camp session and directed by Montreal filmmaker Yurij Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, 1; recital Saturday, August 2 Luhovy, this is the first film to be made 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046. about the Polish concentration camp June 7 – Wedding Tickets to the event cost $45; donations are Bereza Kartuzka of 1934-1939. The work July 27 – August 2 – Sitch Sports also welcome. All proceeds from the lunch- is based on extensive research, vintage June 8 - 13 – Seniors’ Week Camp session 2 eon will go to support the Ukrainian stock shots, commentaries by pre-eminent Catholic University. To purchase tickets, academics and eyewitness testimonies. please send a check to: Philadelphia Friends June 14 – Wedding July 27 - 31 – Adoptive Ukrainian Admission: $10. The screening is spon- Children and Parents Heritage sored by Ukrainian Canadian Congress, of the Ukrainian Catholic University, P. O. June 15 – Father’s Day luncheon Camp session co-sponsored by Edmonton branch, the League of Box 19, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006. For and cultural program Ukrainian Embassy Ukrainian Canadians and the Ukrainian more information call 773-235-8462. All Women’s League of Canada. Contact: friends and supporters of the Ukrainian June 21 – Wedding August 3 – 16 – Roma Pryma Yaroslav Szewczuk, 780-472-8222, or Catholic University and the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation, along with Bohachevsky Dance Camp session 2 Luba Feduschak, 780-464-6480 all other interested persons are invited to this June 22 - 29 – Tabir Ptashat session 1 event. Organizations are also most welcome. August 9 – Miss Soyuzivka NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Academy of June 23 - 27 – Exploration Day Weekend and traditional events Arts and Sciences in New York will host a presentation by Dr. Volodymyr Serhijchuk ADVANCE NOTICE Camp session 1 titled “Vsevolod Petriv as a Ukrainian Friday, May 16 August 16 – Roma Pryma Nation-Builder.” Dr. Serhijchuk is profes- June 22 - July 3 – Tennis Camp Bohachevsky Dance Camp session sor of history at the Taras Shevchenko OAK RIDGE, N.J.: The Ukrainian 2 recital National University in Kyiv and author of American Cultural Center of New Jersey June 29 - July 12 – Roma Pryma numerous studies in modern history of (UACCNJ) will be hosting its fifth annual Bohachevsky Dance Workshop August 17 - 23 – Joseph’s School of Ukraine. This event will be the first in a Golf Outing at Bowling Green Golf Club in Dance (Ballroom Dance Camp) series of lectures held at the academy to Oak Ridge, N.J. Registration starts at 11 June 29 - July 6 – Tabir Ptashat commemorate the 90th anniversary of the a.m., lunch is at 11:30 a.m., and tee time is 1 session 2 August 25 – September 1 – Labor proclamation of Ukraine’s independence p.m. Cocktails, dinner and award presenta- Day Week and traditional events in January 1918. The presentation will be tion will follow at the UACCNJ, 60 N. held in the academy’s building, 206 W. Jefferson Road, Whippany, NJ 07981-1030. 100th St., at 3 p.m. For more information For more information visit the UACCNJ contact the academy, 212-222-1866. website at www.uaccnj.org.

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