Inside: • Binghamton remembers victims of 2009 shooting – page 4. • Theater review: “Scythian Stones” at La MaMa – page 8. • Archeological field research continues at Baturyn – centerfold.

ThePublished U by thekra Ukrainian Nationali Association n i a Inc., a n fraternal Wnon-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXVIII No.17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 $1/$2 in Secret archives from Soviet era grants Ukraine gas discount presented to -Mohyla Academy in return for extension of fleet’s lease by Larysa Syvolozhska RFE/RL of Ukrainian-Russian relations, are a clear signal of the warming ties between the KYIV – The National University of Kyiv KYIV – Ukraine has agreed to a two countries after years of hostility. Mohyla Academy has received a digital lengthy extension for the Russian Black Moscow had been unable to win a copy of historic declassified documents of Sea Fleet’s base in Crimea in exchange lease extension from President the Soviet era (1918-1991) from the for a major discount on Kyiv’s imports of Yanukovych’s predecessor, Western- Archives of the Security Service of Ukraine. Russian gas. leaning , who per- The transfer of previously secret NKVD- The lease on the base will be extended ceived the Russian fleet as a hostile pres- KGB (People’s Commissariat for Internal for another 25 years beyond the current ence on Ukrainian soil. Affairs – Committee for State Security) files term, which was due to expire in 2017. In Ukraine’s new government, in turn, is regarded as a remarkable event and illus- return, Russia has pledged to cut the price badly needed a Russian gas discount to trates the need for transparency and the Ukraine pays for Russian natural gas. secure the resumption of a credit from the search for a shared historical narrative. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev International Monetary Fund that is vital The official presentation ceremony took announced the landmark agreement on to helping the nation’s battered economy place on March 18 at the National University April 21 after talks with Ukrainian recover from the global downturn. of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, with the partici- President in , Ukraine had been paying over $300 pation of Volodymyr Viatrovych, former Ukraine. per 1,000 cubic meters of gas under a director of the Archives of the Security “Russia needed certainty about its navy 10-year deal negotiated last year by Mr. Service of Ukraine; Serhiy Kvit, president base stationed [in Crimea] and now we Yushchenko’s government, whose drive of the National University of Kyiv Mohyla have that certainty. We have signed an to bring Ukraine into NATO had angered Academy; Tetiana Yaroshenko, director of agreement that extends the stay of the Moscow. the Kyiv Mohyla Library; renowned schol- Russian base on Ukrainian territory for Although Mr. Medvedev was visiting ars Volodymyr Panchenko and Roman another 25 years,” Mr. Medvedev said. Ukraine for the first time since Mr. Mytsyk; and many researchers, faculty A guide to documentation from the Mr. Medvedev also explained the Yanukovych’s February election, the two members and members of the media. once-secret archives of the Soviet era. details of the gas rebate Ukraine will leaders have met five times over the past receive: “Our Ukrainian partners will get A right to know two months, with the Russian president files became accessible at the location of the a $100 discount on the price of gas if the due to travel to Ukraine again in May. Access to secret archives of the Soviet information-research rooms in Ukraine’s price is higher than $330 per 1,000 cubic Signaling the importance of the April era was closed in Ukraine until recently, oblast centers of the SBU. The “Regional meters, or a 30-percent discount if the 21 talks, Prime Minister when the Security Service of Ukraine State Archives SBU,” published in Kharkiv price is lower [than $330].” of Ukraine had met his Russian counter- (known by its Ukrainian acronym as SBU) in 2009 (Prava Liudyny Publishing House), The deals, which Mr. Yanukovych declassified and opened previously closed was the first to reveal the structure and con- hailed as “unprecedented in the history” (Continued on page 19) files. For years, historians demanded access tent of the archives of Soviet secret services. to the archives for insights into the nature Over 17,000 documents were transferred and events which transpired under Soviet to Kyiv Mohyla Academy in electronic files Exhibit of rare icons opens rule. In October 2008 archives on Soviet categorized by topics such as the activities in Ukraine were opened for exami- of 1932-1933, Organization of Ukrainian nation and study at the archival facilities of Nationalists and Ukrainian Insurgent Army, in ’s Sheptytsky Museum the SBU. Political Repressions in Ukraine, Liquidation Tens of thousands of formerly closed of Jewish Organizations, Deportation of by Natalia A. Feduschak Crimean Tatars, the Dissident Movement Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Larysa Syvolozhska heads the Press Center of the National University of Kyiv and other subject areas. LVIV – One depicts a concerned Mohyla Academy. (Continued on page 19) Jesus Christ looking down at the disci- ple next to him, who is resting an elbow and head on a table. Another shows a sorrowful Jesus crucified on the cross, while a mournful Mary Magdalene looks on. A third shows an almost child-like Christ as he holds the hand of one of his followers gathered at the Resurrection tomb. The Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv unveiled its most important exhibit in over five years on March 30. Titled “From the Last Supper to the Resurrection,” the exhib- it focuses on the finals days of Christ’s life and his resurrection. It displays 120 icons and shrouds – most of which have never before been seen by the public. Spanning the course of nearly five “The Resurrection,” a 16th century centuries, the exhibition is specifically icon that is the showpiece of the At a press conference (from left) are: scholar Volodymyr Panchenko, Serhiy Kvit, exhibit of rare icons at the Andrey president of the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, and Volodymyr (Continued on page 17) Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv. Viatrovych, former director of the Archives of the Security Service of Ukraine. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 No. 17 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

Ruling coalition expected to expand Orlyk Constitution presented in Sweden Khmelnytskyi reactors to be completed KYIV – The National Archives of KYIV – The Cabinet of Ministers has following Constitutional Court ruling Sweden has opened an exhibition dedi- approved the draft intergovernmental by Pavel Korduban must consist of deputies’ factions, implying cated to the 300th anniversary of the first Ukrainian-Russian agreement on the Eurasia Daily Monitor a ban on individual membership for depu- modern European constitution, whose completion of the third and fourth reac- ties. However, it was clear from the outset author was Ukrainian Hetman Pylyp tors at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power The Ukrainian Constitutional Court on that the court would approve the coalition, Orlyk (1672-1742). It was reported on plant in western Ukraine, First Vice- April 8 approved the formation of the pro- given the perceived need to preserve gov- April 20 that the exposition includes doc- Minister for Fuel and Energy Volodymyr presidential coalition in Parliament in early ernment stability, which is shared in the uments linked to the life and work of the Makukha said on April 21. “The agree- March. The main controversy was over the West. Ms. Tymoshenko, aware of this, tried famous Kozak leader, as well as the only ment provides for joint work on the right of individual national deputies to join to influence the court by alleging that sever- original copy of the Constitution that has installation of reactors on the the coalition against the will of their fac- al judges were offered $1 million each for survived. It is among the most valuable Khmelnytskyi station platforms. In addi- tions. The court decided that deputies are ruling in favor of the coalition (UNIAN, assets of the Swedish archives. A seminar tion, it is envisaged that the Russian side free to do so. The main implication for March 29). with the participation of Swedish histori- will provide a loan to the Ukrainian side Ukrainian politics is that this strengthens the The PRU accused her of exerting pres- ans studying the activities of Orlyk took for the implementation of works,” Mr. rule of the Party of Regions (PRU), which sure on the court, and the Procurator place during the exhibition. The Makukha noted. He stressed that specific backs President Viktor Yanukovych and General’s Office summoned Ms. Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk established a parameters of cooperation on the comple- Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. Now the Tymoshenko for an explanation. On April 8 democratic standard for the separation of tion of the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power coalition is set to expand at the expense of the court delivered its verdict on the coali- powers in government among the legisla- plant will be the subject of separate addi- defectors from the opposition, diminishing tion, and the Procurator General’s Office tive, executive and judiciary branches. tional agreements. Ukraine currently has the influence of the Communists and said it did not find evidence of bribery in the (Ukrinform) four nuclear power plants with 15 gener- Parliament Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn’s court (Kommersant-Ukraine, April 9). ating units. (Ukrinform) Hillary Clinton to visit Ukraine bloc as junior coalition partners. Also, the During the coalition’s formation, six Population falls to 45.923 million opposition in Parliament is weakening. more deputies defected from the KYIV – Ukraine and the United States The opposition appealed to the court Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine, the two have reached an agreement that U.S. KYIV – Ukraine’s population declined immediately after the new majority coalition opposition factions, to join the coalition, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will was formed. It argued that the Yanukovych by 16,587 people in February, and now consequently swelling its membership to visit Kyiv this summer, Foreign Affairs team violated the Constitution by forging stands at 45,923,233 people, the State 241 (Ukrainski Novyny, April 13). Mr. Minister said in the coalition, which included several indi- Statistics Committee has reported. A total Lytvyn predicted that the majority coalition an interview with the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia vidual deputies in addition to the PRU, of 31,504,956 people lived in cities and would grow to as many as 260 members in (Mirror Weekly) newspaper. He said that Communist, and Lytvyn factions. Without towns as of March 1, 2010, whereas the near future (Channel 5, April 1). U.S. President Barack Obama had given those deputies, the coalition may not exist as 14,418,277 people lived in villages. As the coalition is now legitimate, there a number of very important political sig- its membership would fall under 226, or the (Ukrinform) is no need for early parliamentary elections, nals at a meeting with Ukrainian President majority in the 450-seat unicameral cham- which Mr. Yanukovych had pledged to call Viktor Yanukovych during a nuclear secu- President for cooperation with IMF ber. if the court had rejected the coalition. rity summit in Washington on April 12. President Yanukovych needed the coali- Though this verdict may have damaged KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych, tion in order to replace his arch-rival, Yulia “We have an arrangement of a visit by who met with IMF Managing Director Ukrainian democracy as it raised suspicions Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Tymoshenko, with his ally, Mr. Azarov, as of corruption among judges and weakened Dominique Strauss-Kahn as part of his prime minister, which occurred on March Ukraine. No exact date has been set, but working visit to the United States on the opposition, it is good for stability and this will be in the first half of the year, to 11, only hours after the coalition was offi- economic growth. April 12, highly appraised negotiations cially formed. be more precise, summer,” Mr. with leaders of the International Monetary As the coalition grows at the expense of Gryshchenko said, according to news The opposition argued that the coalition defectors from the opposition, the influence Fund. Mr. Yanukovych said the parties was illegal because the Constitutional Court reported filed on April 19. He emphasized decided that over the following two had ruled in 2008 that any majority coalition (Continued on page 22) the importance of Mr. Obama’s statement weeks a general letter of intentions on a about the readiness of the United States cooperation program for 2010-2011 to contribute to financial stability in would be prepared. The president Ukraine. “Very important was the state- expressed his conviction that the govern- Kyiv considers unpopular measures ment about the United States’ support for ment would manage to reduce the state the policy of reforms and financial stabi- budget deficit to 6 percent, since that is lization in our country. They will advise one of the IMF’s conditions for the to qualify for international loans the IMF [International Monetary Fund] to renewal of cooperation with Ukraine. meet us halfway in the salvation of prob- According to him, the necessary calcula- by Pavel Korduban the government will have to trim spending. lems with financial stabilization,” the Eurasia Daily Monitor The IMF and Mr. Azarov apparently minister said. 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These were eventually adopted It was SPU Chairman Moroz who made During the four years between the never felt comfortable in opposition, and if by Parliament in December 2004, with only public to a shocked Parliament in November unveiling of secret tapes made by a presi- his government had not been removed in the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (YTB) voting 2000 the clandestine tape recordings that dential guard in November 2000 that impli- April 2001 by a parliamentary vote of no against them. documented President Kuchma’s involve- cated President , the chair- confidence, he would have loyally served SPU leader Oleksander Moroz and CPU ment in the Gongadze murder. The SPU man of Parliament and the security forces in President Kuchma until the end of his term, leader Petro Symonenko did not support a had earlier helped Mr. Melnychenko to flee the abduction and murder of an opposition perhaps even becoming his chosen succes- united opposition candidate in the 2004 from Ukraine to Prague. journalist and the 17-day sor. It was only after the failed attempt to presidential elections, but instead put for- Since 2006-2007 the SPU has lost sup- four years later, the Ukrainian opposition poison him in September 2004 that Mr. ward their own candidates. But Mr. Moroz port because Mr. Moroz failed to step down mobilized, increased in strength, and Yushchenko and his Our Ukraine party backed Mr. Yushchenko in the two second as its leader after voters deserted the SPU improved its tactics to go on and defeat the unequivocally embraced a radical opposi- rounds (in exchange for his support for con- following its July 2006 defection from the authorities’ presidential candidate, then- tion stance, vowing to take to the streets if stitutional reforms), while CPU voters Orange coalition to the Party of Regions. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, in the there was election fraud. backed Mr. Yanukovych. Mr. Moroz finished third in the preceding 2004 election. three presidential elections, but only 11th in Fraying to right and left International monitoring organizations What the opposition must do 2010. and Western governments had cried foul Key pro-business leaders on President Comparing the Kuchma era and the situ- That self-destruction of the SPU permit- and refused to accept the legitimacy of Mr. Yushchenko’s team, nicknamed the “Dear ation today, five conclusions can be drawn. ted the ideologically vacuous Volodymyr Yanukovych’s “win” in the second-round Friends,” preferred a grand coalition with • First, the opposition is weaker today Lytvyn Bloc to be elected to Parliament in runoff. Ukraine’s Supreme Court annulled the oligarchs and the Kuchma camp to unity than it was in the four years prior to the 2007 in its place. Following Mr. the results on December 3, 2004, and called with other opposition forces. Orange Revolution. At the same time, Mr. Yanukovych’s election as president, the for a rerun later that month, which opposi- , head of Our Ukraine’s Yanukovych’s team is stronger than that of Lytvyn Bloc deserted the democratic coali- tion leader Viktor Yushchenko won. 2002 election campaign, defected to Mr. Mr. Kuchma. tion and joined the pro-Mr. Yanukovych Fast forwarding the clock five years, Yushchenko only after losing the contest for Mr. Kuchma’s personal authority and Stability and Reforms Coalition – a U-turn after Mr. Yushchenko’s largely wasted pres- leadership of the newly formed Party of standing were irreparably damaged both at that resembles the SPU’s 2006 defection. idency, the discredited candidate of 2004, Regions to Mykola Azarov, then head of the home, as reflected in the defeat of his For a The consequences for the Lytvyn Bloc will Party of Regions leader Mr. Yanukovych is State Tax Administration and now prime United Ukraine bloc in the 2002 elections, be as defeating in the 2012 elections as for elected in what international organizations minister. Mr. Poroshenko’s Solidarity Party and in the West, where he was shunned the SPU in 2007. describe as a free election. Mr. Yushchenko, was one of five that had merged to form the because of the Gongadze murder, a scandal • Fifth, in 2000-2003 young people did the hero of the Orange Revolution, comes Party of Regions in 2001. over the illicit sale of four Kolchuha radar not identify overwhelmingly with one sin- in fifth with just 5 percent of the vote – far Another was Kyiv Mayor Leonid systems to Iraq, and other evidence the gle opposition force. It was only in 2004 less than the 44 percent received by incum- Chernovetskyi’s Beautiful Ukraine party: tapes made by presidential guard Mykola that they became a crucial component of the bent President Leonid Kravchuk in 1994. Mr. Chernovetskyi supported Mr. Melnychenko yielded of his abuse of office. Mr. Yushchenko campaign through the Presidents Yushchenko and Kravchuk each Yanukovych in the 2010 presidential elec- In 2004 the opposition had just two presi- “yellow” and “black” wings of Pora (It’s served only one term. tion. Another member of this group is Yurii dential candidates (Messrs. Yushchenko and Time) and other youth NGOs. In other President Kuchma, although severely Yekhanurov – Ukraine’s answer to Russia’s Moroz), while in 2010 the former Orange words, the generation born between the weakened by the 2000 revelations about his Boris Nemtsov – who as head of the State camp had three times as many. time when Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev role in Heorhii Gongadze’s murder, went on Property Fund managed the privatization • Second, Ms. Tymoshenko is the stron- came to power in 1985 and the disintegra- to serve a second term. Concerns about his process that created the oligarchs who gest component of the weaker opposition. tion of the USSR six years later emerged as slide into authoritarianism surfaced only emerged in the late 1990s. But, unlike in the Kuchma era, Ms. “Generation Orange.” during that second term (1999-2004). In Like Mr. Poroshenko and former Foreign Tymoshenko is not a national deputy in Today the situation is different. that respect, Mr. Kuchma’s presidency dif- Affairs Minister , Mr. Parliament, which undercuts her ability to Disillusioned by five years of the fered from that of Mr. Yanukovych, who in Yekhanurov has always been a staunch function as opposition leader. She may also Yushchenko presidency and infighting his first two months in office has already opponent of Ms. Tymoshenko. After the be less able to unite the opposition than was among the former Orange Revolution allies, raised concerns about his consolidation of 2006 elections, Mr. Yekhanurov was tasked Mr. Yushchenko in 2004. many young have withdrawn power and his willingness to attempt a sec- by Mr. Yushchenko with negotiating a • Third, Mr. Yushchenko remains unwav- from politics, while a minority have been ond time to impose on Ukraine the grand coalition of Our Ukraine-Party of eringly obsessed with, and hostile to, Ms. attracted to the extreme right Svoboda “ model” – one that closely resem- Regions that was ready to be signed in early Tymoshenko, unlike in 2001-2004 when (Freedom) Party led by Oleh Tiahnybok. bles Russian Prime Minister Vladimir June 2006, but fell through. they joined forces and cooperated. The The “Yellow” Pora wing evolved into Putin’s nexus of business-politics-govern- Ivan Pliusch, although elected in OU-PSD bloc is more divided today than another virtual center-right political party. It ment. September 2007 as a national deputy from Our Ukraine was under Mr. Kuchma. failed to enter Parliament in 2006, but suc- Within a month after Mr. Yanukovych’s Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense Meanwhile, the OU-PSD bloc’s initial nine ceeded in 2007 as one of nine parties in election as president in February, the new (OU-PSD), always refused to join the dem- parties in 2007 have grown to 13, fracturing OU-PSD. administration was accused of backsliding ocratic (Orange) coalition. Mr. Pliushch the center-right, which fielded multiple The Constitutional Court’s recent ruling on democracy, and the opposition has continues to defend the scandalous February Orange candidates in 2010. legalizing the new coalition effectively pre- branded the April 8 Constitutional Court 2001 letter (released in the same month that • Fourth, the lack of a center-left compo- cludes early elections in the fall. The oppo- ruling endorsing the manner in which his Ms. Tymoshenko was arrested on trumped- nent to the opposition makes it weaker. In sition, therefore, has two years to plan, coalition was formed by factions and indi- up charges of corruption) that he co-signed 2000-2003, the SPU, which then had vidual defectors a “coup d’état.” as Parliament chairman with President approximately the same electoral support as (Continued on page 21) Disunited opposition Kuchma and Prime Minister Yushchenko denouncing the opposition as “fascists.” Is the opposition capable of again suc- Mr. Yushchenko never defended Ms. cessfully reversing today’s drift to authori- Tymoshenko while she was in prison, and New page in relations with Russia tarianism, as it did in the Kuchma era? Mr. Yushchenko’s national democrats never Probably not, because today it is more supported President Kuchma’s impeach- Ukrinform of Ukraine, adding his belief that “in dif- divided and weakened than in the first half ment, unlike Ms. Tymoshenko and the ficult times good neighbors always come KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor of the decade. Ukraine’s slide into authori- Socialists. to help each other.” Yanukovych is confident that the tarianism in the Kuchma era, and Mr. Mr. Yatsenyuk, leader of the Front for He also emphasized that Ukraine sped Ukrainian-Russian documents, which Yanukovych’s attempt to win power Change party, another virtual center-right up a solution of an important issue for through a rigged election in 2004 were both party established from the top down in were signed on April 21, will open a new stage of fruitful relations between the two Russia: deployment of the Black Sea blocked by a strong and largely united 2008, will unite the so-called Dear Friends Fleet in Ukraine. According to Mr. opposition that closed ranks behind Mr. in the 2012 parliamentary elections. Mr. countries. “We have opened a new page in relations between Ukraine and Russia,” Yanukovych, this issue was also consid- Yushchenko. Yatsenyuk placed fourth in the 2010 elec- ered in the context of supporting the sys- During President Kuchma’s second term, he said in Kharkiv, calling a decision on tion with 7 percent of the vote but, unlike tem of collective European security. “We the opposition was stronger than today, but gas issues “unprecedented.” He noted that Sergey Tigipko, who came third with 13 understand that the Black Sea Fleet [of nevertheless still split. Ukraine’s center- percent, he refused to join the Stability and “The price of gas – it is the competitive- right national democrats have collectively ness of our enterprises and the economy Russia] will be one of the guarantors of Reforms coalition and the Azarov govern- security of the Black Sea countries,” Mr. never been able to make up their minds ment. on a whole.” Yanukovych said, reiterating that he sup- whether they wanted to be in opposition or Like Our Ukraine, the left was never According to Mr. Yanukovych, in next ports the initiative of Russian President statists (derzhavnyky). Mr. Yushchenko fully committed to the opposition. The 10 years Ukraine will get a real invest- himself always wavered between a grand Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) had ment resource provided by Russia of Dmitry Medvedev on the concept of cre- coalition with the Party of Regions or an joined with oligarchic parliamentary fac- approximately $40 billion (U.S.). A por- ating a European system of collective Orange alliance with Yulia Tymoshenko. tions to vote no confidence in the Mr. tion of the funds, which will start arriving security. This indecisiveness led in the 1990s to a Yushchenko government in April 2001. in April, will go toward social needs, “Ukraine is ready to actively partici- After 2004, the CPU continued its alliance investment projects, and financing and pate in this issue as a state that is not a Taras Kuzio is a senior fellow of with the oligarchs, joining the 2006-2007 modernization of the armed forces of member of any military bloc. We want to Ukrainian studies at the University of Mr. Yanukovych and 2010 Azarov coali- Ukraine. find our place and obtain appropriate Toronto and editor of “Ukraine Analyst.” tions and governments. “We struggled to adopt today’s deci- security guarantees. Now a new stage The views expressed in this commentary In 2003-2004 the Socialist Party of sions. They are of a special nature given comes and Ukraine should take an active are the author’s own and do not neces- Ukraine (SPU) and CPU cooperated with the difficult economic situation in principled position,” Mr. Yanukovych sarily reflect those of RFE/RL. presidential-administration head Viktor Ukraine and Russia,” said the president underscored. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 No. 17

Binghamton remembers victims of 2009 shooting at American Civic Association BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – Families and in prayer and laid flowers wrapped in friends of victims gathered together on April Ukrainian ribbons and bearing Ukrainian 3 to commemorate the first anniversary of flags at the bench where Mrs. Zobniw’s the tragic shooting at the American Civic name was inscribed. Association in Binghamton, N.Y. At 10:40 a.m., the time of the tragedy, the The tragedy ended 13 lives from nine dif- church bells tolled 13 times, one toll for ferent countries, including Ukrainian Maria each victim. A procession followed from the “Mima” Koropey Zobniw. She was known American Civic Association, down the street in Binghamton for her integral involvement to the site of the planned memorial. in the Ukrainian community, promotion of At the memorial site, Mayor Ryan of at public events (including Binghamton spoke first, recognizing each of speaking at City Hall on Ukrainian the 13 victims. Then the families of each of Independence Day and organizing cultural the victims were given an opportunity to exhibits) and advocating for Ukrainian honor their loved ones. immigrants in her work as an immigration When the time came to honor Mrs. counselor at the American Civic Zobniw, the entire Ukrainian contingent Association. came forward as one big Ukrainian family. The attendees at the memorial ceremony Eugene Czebiniak began the remembrance included the greater Ukrainian community by singing the Ukrainian song “Chuyesh of Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church Brate Miy.” and St. John’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Oresta Lisowsky then spoke about her dressed in traditional Ukrainian embroidery mother with the following words: to honor the memory of “Pani Mima.” “This Ukrainian folk song sings of cranes The event began at the American Civic migrating to other lands. The cranes are say- Association, where a quiet time allowed ing ‘We will return to Ukraine or die trying families and friends to reflect on their loved to cross the ocean to our native land.’ This ones. Two black granite benches bearing the folk song symbolizes the plight of Ukrainian Richard Bell names and countries of the victims were the refugees, including Maria’s parents, who Members of the Zobniw family release balloons in memory of the victims. focal points of reflection. The Ukrainian community sang the “Our Father” together (Continued on page 19)

Members of the Ukrainian community in Binghamton dressed in embroidered Oresta Lisowsky, daughter of Maria Zobniw, remembers her mother. blouses to remember Maria Zobniw. Pifer speaks about new administration of Viktor Yanukovych

by Maria Kulczycky the former Soviet republics to win a fully free ranking from Freedom House. CHICAGO – While the election of Almost all players have accepted the fact Viktor Yanukovych as president of that you change power by elections. The Ukraine was viewed by some observers question is: can they get governance as the end of the Orange Revolution – right?” and perhaps the end of the democracy- The path President Yanukovych takes building it promised – political and eco- will be guided by the difficult economic nomic forces may result in less change conditions, the unsustainable budget, the than predicted. According to Steven Pifer, a senior fellow at the Brookings question of increases in pensions and the Institution in Washington and former U.S. problem of gas subsidies. He also faces ambassador to Ukraine, the path taken by issues of corruption and judicial reform. the new president may surprise his critics. Mr. Yanukovych “does not come across Speaking at a presentation sponsored as a sharp intellect. He’s more of a prag- by the Chicago Business and Professional matic [person] lacking a strong ideology. Group and the Ukrainian National His decisions will be guided by the peo- Museum on March 7, Ambassador Pifer ple around him,” Mr. Pifer said. emphasized that “The election was not Mr. Yanukovych’s early appointments the end of the Orange Revolution.” will signal whether he is willing to make Mr. Yanukovych was elected by a slim the hard decisions or whether he will margin largely because “voters were tired favor friends and allies. of the bickering between the two leaders “Not all his policies may be to our lik- of the Orange Revolution,” Viktor ing, but he may take Ukraine in a positive Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, Mr. direction,” with the encouragement of the Dr. George Hrycelak, vice-president of the Ukrainian National Museum in Pifer noted. International Monetary Fund, which will Chicago, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer and Anna Mostovych, In fact, the legacy of the revolution be looking for budgetary and fiscal president of the Chicago Business and Professional Group, at a lecture in Chicago could not be wiped out by the election, reform as a condition for its aid, Mr. Pifer assessing the Ukrainian election. which in the opinion of observers was a observed. good and fair election. “International The U.S. and the European Union, the it clear that Mr. Yanukovych will be “We’ll still be friends, but don’t ask us observers gave it high marks, by speaker said, need to be “welcoming to judged by his actions,” including his sup- to extend ourselves” if the government is European standards,” the ambassador Ukraine, largely because it held a demo- port for democracy and willingness to not prepared to make hard decisions, the said. “Ukraine is the only country among cratic election, but they also need to make tackle Ukraine’s economic problems. former U.S. envoy to Ukraine added. No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 5

The Ukr a ini a n Nationa l Asso c iation For u m CONVENTION PRIMER: Conventions, UNA’s highest decision-making body The Ukrainian National Association It also has the authority to “act on the lar conventions are held in the month of Assembly also have a vote as the UNA will hold its 37th Regular Convention reports of the General Assembly and May at a time and place designated by the By-laws provide that honorary members from Thursday, May 20, through Sunday, branches,” to “determine the amounts of General Assembly at an annual meeting. “have all rights of a delegate.” May 23, at Soyuzivka in Kerhonkson, N.Y. the bond and salaries of the officers,” and As noted in the UNA By-Laws, special There is yet another vehicle by which With that in mind, The Ukrainian Weekly to “act upon such resolutions and recom- conventions may be called “upon 60 days’ the UNA can make major decisions. is publishing a series titled “Convention mendations as may be introduced for the notice to the branches, or such notice as A relatively recent revision to the UNA Primer” that will explain the UNA’s well-being of the Association.” There is is required by law.” By-Laws provides that “to the extent per- goals, structure and operations, as well an important distinction between resolu- The UNA president shall issue a call mitted by the law of the State of New as what UNA conventions are all about. tions, which must be implemented, and for a special convention, “stating therein Jersey [the state in which the UNA is This is the third article in the series. recommendations, which merely need to the time, place and purpose of holding the chartered], questions and resolutions be considered. same,” upon the demand of two-thirds of requiring approval by a Convention Every four years, the Ukrainian Perhaps most importantly, the conven- all branches, or upon the call of the between Regular Conventions may be National Association holds its regular tion nominates and elects by ballot the Auditing Committee “if in its opinion by considered and voted upon by mail, with convention. The word “regular” is used officers of the UNA General Assembly, unanimous vote the financial well-being such decision having the same force and here to differentiate a regularly scheduled which comprises six executive officers – or stability of the Association is threat- effect as if a Special Convention had been quadrennial convention from a “special” president, first vice-president, second ened,” or upon three-fourths vote majori- convened.” convention that may be called by the fra- vice-president, director for Canada, ty of all the members of the General Just as at a special convention, those ternal organization when dictated by need national secretary and treasurer; three Assembly. empowered to vote are the members and (as is explained below). members of the UNA Auditing Those empowered to vote at a special honorary members of the General In accordance with the UNA By-Laws, Committee; and 11 advisors (at least one convention are the members of the Assembly and the delegates to the pre- notice of the convention must be given at of the advisors must be a Canadian mem- General Assembly and the delegates to ceding regular convention. least four months before the date it is to ber). the preceding regular convention. convene. (This year, for example, the first Voting rights at UNA conventions are Honorary members of the General – Roma Hadzewycz official announcement of the convention given to duly elected delegates of UNA appeared in Svoboda on January 1, fol- branches (whose credentials are reviewed lowed by another announcement in The and approved by the Executive Mission Statement Ukrainian Weekly on January 3; the con- Committee prior to the convention), offi- The Ukrainian National Association exists: vention will convene on May 20.) cers of the General Assembly and honor- The convention is the UNA’s highest ary members of the General Assembly. In • to promote the principles of fraternalism; decision-making body. It has the power case a delegate is unable to attend a con- • to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian heritage and to: “enact legislation necessary for the vention, his or her alternate will be seated culture; and • to provide quality financial services and products to its members. government of the Association, including (alternates’ credentials also are subject to the enactment, revision, repeal and review and approval by the Executive As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National Association reinvests its earnings amendment of the Laws and By-Laws of Committee). for the benefit of its members and the Ukrainian community. the Association.” The UNA By-Laws stipulate that regu-

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COMMENTARY Th e Uk r a i n i a n We e k l y Yanukovych needs to keep Gas pains and betrayal This week, the top news from Ukraine was the agreement between Presidents Ukraine on democratic path Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine and Dmitry Medvedev of Russia to extend the lease of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea by 25 years beyond the scheduled by David J. Kramer reinforced the United States-Ukraine pullout date of 2017. In return, Ukraine is to get a significant discount on its pur- Charter on Strategic Partnership. chases of Russian gas. Mr. Medvedev was pleased with the deal, noting that Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych It is vital for Mr. Yanukovych to under- Russia had gotten “certainty” about its naval base in Crimea; Mr. Yanukovych, must have returned to Kyiv a happy man. stand that the West is prepared to work with describing the agreement as “unprecedented,” was happy with the discount on His visit to Washington is viewed by both his government, that he has a Western gas prices. (See story beginning on page 1.) American and Ukrainian officials as a suc- option to pursue and that Russia is not his As we see it, the “unprecedented” deal is yet another betrayal of Ukraine by the cess. Mr. Yanukovych even got praise from only place to turn. The descriptions of him Yanukovych administration and yet another constitutional violation by the admin- the editorial pages of The Washington Post as the “pro-Russian” candidate in the elec- istration, which sees nothing wrong with doing that when it suits it purposes. – “A star at Obama’s nuclear summit,” was tion campaign were unfair – he’s pro-Ukrai- The reaction from patriotic Ukrainians in Ukraine was swift and unequivocal. the title of the piece by Jackson Diehl – for nian first and foremost – but were the West The Our Ukraine party stated that President Yanukovych should be impeached his announcement that Ukraine would aban- to show little interest in his country’s future, for violating the . “Any president who violates the norms don its stockpile of highly enriched urani- Mr. Yanukovych wouldn’t have much of the Ukrainian Constitution (Article 17) regarding a ban on the deployment of um. choice but to turn eastward. foreign military bases in Ukraine should be dismissed through impeachment,” Indeed, this announcement offered Mr. At the same time, repairing the badly read the party’s statement issued on the day the deal was announced. Obama the first concrete deliverable he damaged relationship with Moscow is also Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko charged that the bilateral agreement could point to as some 40-plus leaders gath- important, as long as it is done in a way that harmed the national interests of Ukraine and was part of “the systematic ruin- ered in Washington for the nuclear security fully preserves Ukraine’s freedom of move- ation of the independence of our state.” Borys Tarasyuk, foreign affairs minister summit. That was smart politics on the ment and sovereignty (and reassuring on in the opposition’s shadow government, called the actions of President Ukrainian side. this score has been Mr. Yanukovych’s Yanukovych “an absolute surrender of the national interests of Ukraine.” The very fact that President Obama and response to Russian entreaties to join the National Deputy Anatoliy Grytsenko, chair of the Committee Mr. Yanukovych met on the margins of the customs union with and on National Security and Defense, said that by signing the deal Mr. Yanukovych nuclear security summit – and the official ). Mr. Yanukovych and those had forfeited the right to call himself Ukraine’s head of state. He said the presi- word that there would be such a meeting who support him want to live in a strong, dent is turning Ukraine into a “southwestern territorial district of Russia.” didn’t come out of the White House until independent Ukraine, not as vassals to , former chief of the Security Service of Ukraine, said it two days before – sends a very important Russia. is unacceptable to trade away the territory of an independent state for goods. signal that the U.S. intends to engage with Repeated trips to Moscow by Mr. Mr. Yanukovych defended the deal, arguing at an April 22 press conference in the new Ukrainian leadership. Yanukovych and people in his government Kyiv that it was necessary for Ukraine’s economic survival. “The main reason It also sends an important signal to the are essential to deal with the bilateral ener- was because Ukraine had [an earlier] 10-year gas contract that was driving us International Monetary Fund to re-engage gy relationship and other pressing issues, into the grave,” he said, according to RFE/RL. “We had to find a way out.” with Ukraine, to that the U.S. is but they need to be balanced by visits to To be sure, the agreement must still be ratified by the Parliaments of both prepared to do its part to help and so should Western capitals – and by Western officials Ukraine and Russia. But is there anyone who doubts the outcome of those votes? the European Union and to Moscow that to Kyiv. In the meantime, there was more unsettling news from Crimea. Pro-Russian the “reset” policy with Russia will not come The joint statement of Presidents Obama forces gathered at a public meeting on April 19 approved a resolution that calls at the expense of relations with Ukraine. and Mr. Yanukovych mentions “shared val- for “restoration” of a union of Ukraine with Russia. The resolution noted: “…any There is even talk of the possibility of a ues,” including democracy, but focuses attempts aimed at destroying the historical and political unity of peoples of return trip to Washington before the end of more on security and nuclear issues (not Russia and Ukraine are condemned to failure. Modern Ukraine doesn’t need the year for a more formal visit and meeting surprising given the theme of the summit). European integration. Ukraine needs the restoration of a large-scale military, with Mr. Obama. Still, there have been questions early on political and economic union with Russia.” In a joint statement after their meeting on about Mr. Yanukovych’s presidency. The Yes, Russia and its backers, are constantly at work in Ukraine. And President Monday, Presidents Obama and controversial Constitutional Court ruling Medvedev scored a major coup at his meeting with President Yanukovych in Yanukovych affirmed the “strategic partner- that the coalition formed in the Verkhovna Kharkiv. Russia will maintain its foothold in Ukraine until the year 2042 and ship” between the two countries, recon- Rada was legal did not get much attention Ukraine’s sovereignty on its own territory will be threatened for decades to firmed the security assurances recorded in during Mr. Yanukovych’s visit to come. the 1994 Budapest Memorandum and also Washington, but it lurks in the background as creeping signs of rule-bending. The David J. Kramer is a senior trans-Atlan- Constitution, after all, is pretty clear that a tic fellow at the German Marshall Fund of majority in the Rada can only be formed by April the United States. He served as assistant factions, not by individual defecting depu- Turning the pages back... secretary of state for democracy, human ties, and yet the coalition that agreed on the rights and labor, and as deputy assistant Mykola Azarov-led government came about secretary for Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and as a result of individuals’ switching sides. 26 Moldova in the administration of President In addition, there have been awards by Four years ago, on April 26, 2006, as the world marked the 20th George W. Bush. The op-ed above was Ukrainian authorities to the Castro brothers 2006 anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine, the originally published in the April 16 issue of in Cuba three weeks ago and the disbanding Helsinki Commission, also known as the U.S. Commission on the . It is published here with the Security and Cooperation in Europe, held a hearing in Washington author’s permission. (Continued on page 21) on “The Legacy of Chornobyl: Health and Safety 20 Years Later.” The commission found that the Chornobyl disaster continues to have a profound impact on health, environmental and socio-economic costs for people in the region, especially in Ukraine and Belarus, which bore the brunt of Chornobyl’s radioactive fallout. Testifying at the hearing were Sephen G. Rademaker, acting assistant secretary of state, IN THE PRESS: Questions remain Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation; Dr. Oleh Shamshur, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States; Dr. David Marples, professor of history at the and author of three books on Chornobyl; Dr. Pablo Rubenstein, director, National about Yanukovych foreign policy Cord Blood Program at the New York Blood Center; and Kathleen Ryan, executive director “Understanding Ukraine’s Foreign tions with Russia while not compromis- U.S.A, Chornobyl Children’s Project International. Policy,” by Steven Pifer, senior fellow, ing Ukrainian sovereignty, the West will “The bitter legacy of Chornobyl continues to be felt 20 years later, and its consequences The Brookings Institution, former U.S. welcome that policy. Both the European will remain for the people of the region and beyond for a long time to come,” said Rep. ambassador to Ukraine, Den/The Day, Union and United States could easily Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.), who chaired the hearing as the commission’s co-chairman. April 13: engage Kyiv on those terms. NATO could Rep. Smith argued for the completion of the Chornobyl Shelter Implementation Plan to also work with such a policy; most encase the reactor’s deteriorating sarcophagus. “We need to do everything possible to pro- “…a significant portion of the Western experts understand that neither tect people and the environment from the large quantity of radioactive remains of the Ukrainian political spectrum fears a Ukraine’s public nor its elite at this point Chornobyl nuclear power plant even as we persist in our assistance to the victims.” change in Ukraine’s strategic course. support joining the Alliance. NATO’s “An important lesson from Chornobyl – one that remains relevant today – is in the impor- Some statements from the new govern- open door will remain open, but it will be tance of transparency in governance,” said Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.). “The nature ment have raised concern that President up to Kyiv to decide how far and how fast of the Soviet system did not lead to a humane or rational response to the tragedy. The conse- [Viktor] Yanukovych and his team intend to go. quences of this secrecy remain with us to this day. They are a vivid reminder of the value of a major change in direction, including in This seems a sensible approach for open, democratic and accountable governments which respect the human rights and dignity ways that would compromise the coun- Ukraine’s foreign policy – if it is of the individual.” try’s sovereignty. President Yanukovych’s approach. It Dr. Shamshur provided the hearing with statistics that illustrated the enormous losses It is up to President Yanukovych to would be useful for him to articulate his from the disaster, and potential hazards that might emerge in the near future. He underscored determine his foreign policy. If it is non- vision for Ukraine’s engagement with the the need to finalize plans for a new sarcophagus around reactor No. 4, and noted that work bloc instead of non-aligned; if it favors world. Such a statement would have mul- would need to commence by 2007. continued integration with the European tiple audiences – in Ukraine and abroad – Union, practical cooperation with NATO and could put to rest some of the worries Source: “Helsinki Commission hearing focuses on Chornobyl’s legacy,” (U.S. Helsinki and strong relations with the United and concerns that have arisen over the Commission), The Ukrainian Weekly, April 30, 2006. States; and if it aims to restore better rela- past month.” No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 7

NEWS AND VIEWS Mr. Yanukovych goes to Washington Ukraine’s new president faces by Askold Lozynskyj solidarity with students in Ukraine. The Federation of Ukrainian Student big challenge in hosting Euro-2012 I must admit that I was stumped. For a Organizations in America (known as by David Marples squad. Donetsk hosted the World Cup long time in the prelude to Ukraine’s presi- SUSTA) urged the community to partici- dential election, I didn’t quite get it. playoff game between Ukraine and Greece pate in a two-pronged action plan. The The World Cup and Summer Olympics I knew that candidate Viktor second was a demonstration in front of last November, but few locals could afford Yanukovych had retained the services of a aside, the world’s biggest sporting event is the exorbitant admission price set by the the Ukrainian Embassy protesting Mr. the European Football Championship, a U.S. public relations expert. I attributed Yanukovych’s anti-democratic and anti- Football Federation of Ukraine. The result, that to good advice and financial resourc- tournament held every four years in a differ- as Mr. Akhmetov complained bitterly, was Ukrainian policies, in particular, appoint- ent venue, in which 16 finalists compete for es. ing the Ukrainophobic a half-empty stadium for a match that had But a week prior to the election The a trophy won most recently by Spain in the potential to sell out many times over. as minister of education and science. The 2008. endorsed Mr. Yanukovych first item on the action plan was addressed That situation reflects the dual problem for president. I was confounded not only The hosts for the 2012 event are for Ukraine as a UEFA host: the economic to U.S. President Obama marked “Re: and Ukraine. However, Ukraine has been by the sheer endorsement but by the incon- Petition against Anti-Democratization of recession and its impact on employment gruous reasoning. FT painted a picture of a given a two-month deadline to complete and salaries, and Surkis’ desire to reap Ukraine by Current President V. its preparations, following a visit by candidate who tried to steal the 2004 elec- Yanukovych and his newly appointed profits rather than provide cheaper seats. tion, said nothing positive about him and Michel Platini, president of the Union of Mr. Platini visited the four designated cit- Minister of Education D. Tabachnyk.” European Football Associations (UEFA), concluded its editorial by endorsing him I very often sympathize with the young ies of Lviv, Kyiv, Donetsk and Kharkiv, and for the sake of political stability. to the country earlier this month. met with President Yanukovych. He noted student idealists. I was idealistic once too. Winning the right to host the tourna- And then came the election itself. As a student I protested weekly in the problems in Kyiv, where construction of the Within 24 hours the Organization for ment was a major coup by Poland and new Olympic Stadium is weeks behind 1970s. The Soviets kept arresting Ukraine, which defeated rival bids from Security and Cooperation in Europe, hav- Ukrainian dissidents, and we kept protest- schedule, and Lviv, where work on the ing monitored barely 6 percent of the Italy and Croatia-Hungary in April 2007. Lemberg Stadium has stopped altogether. In ing. But we didn’t expect much in the In the first round of voting for the 2012 polling stations and despite loud protesta- way of U.S. assistance. By the 1970s the Donetsk, there is a suitable stadium, but few tions of fraud leveled by the other candi- location, Italy was ahead, but in the second hotels. Of the four cities, only Kharkiv mantra of “land of the free and home of round, the Poland-Ukraine bid received date, declared the election free and demo- the brave” had been exposed as myth. appears to be making sufficient progress. cratic. The Americans did as well. more than double the votes cast for the Earlier, as Ukraine fell behind schedule, Intermittently, through U.S. efforts, the Italians, while the Hungary-Croatia bid President Barack Obama congratulated Soviets released a political prisoner. UEFA threatened to find another co-host. Mr. Yanukovych. Something definitely received zero votes. However, Mr. Platini remains committed President Jimmy Carter boycotted the According to the schedule, preliminary was going on, but I could not recognize Moscow Olympics and the Soviets boy- to Ukraine, though he has threatened that it. rounds will be held in four Polish and four if the infrastructure is not completed, all cotted the Los Angeles Games. But the Ukrainian cities (Warsaw, Gdansk, Wroclaw At last there was the denouement. On real message had been sent during the the Ukrainian games will be held in Kyiv. Monday, April 12, Mr. Yanukovych came and Poznan; Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv and None of the stadiums other than Kyiv, Hungarian revolution, the Bay of Pigs Donetsk). Warsaw will host a quarter and to Washington in the role of president of fiasco, the Prague Spring. In fact certain which can hold 63,000 spectators, is ade- Ukraine, and on the very first day of the semifinals match, while Kyiv will have six quate for the final, which has a prospective diplomatic documents had come to light matches, including a quarterfinal and semi- Nuclear Summit everything began to make following World War II that the Yalta television audience of 100 million TV sense. Unilaterally and apparently gratu- final, as well as the final on July 1, 2012. viewers – rivalled only by the Super Bowl. conference was not an aberration but pol- From Ukraine’s perspective, Euro-2012 itously, since no one else was making con- icy. Ukraine has appointed a government will boost the economy and provide an cessions, Mr. Yanukovych declared that by The U.S. stood for the concept of his- minister expressly to prepare for opportunity for the country to showcase its 2012 Ukraine would rid itself of all weap- torical Russian imperial unity and consid- Euro-2012. has pledged attractions. For UEFA, it spotlights Central ons-grade nuclear material. ered the national aspirations of Ukrainians government investment of 26 billion hrv and Eastern European countries that do not The White House joyfully exhaled and as separatism. The U.S. did not really care ($3.3 billion U.S.) from the 2010 state possess the sort of rich home soccer clubs acknowledged that it had been working on about freedom or democracy for others, budget to improve roads, airports, and found in Western Europe, but where soc- this for some time. This came in the after- and it would support thugs for the sake of complete the building of stadiums. This is cer – football to all Europeans – is the math of a new START agreement with the political expediency. a massive task given the economy’s main spectator . Russians. The Russians were pleased with Today the U.S. supports Ukraine’s thug, 6.8-percent contraction in the fourth quar- In 2006, Ukraine reached the quarterfi- the Ukrainian performance as well. Mr. Yanukovych, for giving up Ukraine’s ter of 2009 and Ukraine’s self-imposed nals of the World Cup, a remarkable Mr. Yanukovych’s visit did not stir nuclear material. But Mr. Yanukovych is goal of reducing the budget deficit to 6 achievement, although it failed to qualify much interest within the Ukrainian politically convenient today and merely a percent of GDP. Much depends on the for the 2010 finals in South Africa. American community. Most remained pawn. He plays well with the Russians as receipt of the remaining $5.8 billion from stoic and restrained. Mr. Yanukovych’s well. For the sake of Russian “friendship” The sport in Ukraine is dominated by a the International Monetary Fund, part of biography was quite damning, and his first or theoretical cooperation on such issues few businessmen. Ukraine’s representative an original $16.4 billion loan. 45 days in office were replete with anti- as Iran and the like, the U.S. would sell out at UEFA is Hryhoriy Surkis, who has been Ukraine’s situation is comparable to democratic and anti-Ukrainian efforts. Ukraine and its current president, Mr. president of the Football Federation of that of Russia, which is preparing for the There were a handful of photo-op seekers Yanukovych, in a heartbeat. He could be Ukraine for three terms. A few years ago he 2004 Winter Olympics in Sochi, and both at the Taras Shevchenko monument in relegated to the role of Russia’s governor was denied a visa to enter the United States, countries face similar problems. In Washington – so insignificant that in Ukraine and there would be no Western reportedly because of accusations of corrupt September 2010, 51 countries commence Ukraine’s presidential website featured a reaction. practices. Mr. Surkis’ brother Ihor is chair- the qualifying rounds of the soccer compe- photo of Mr. Yanukovych but not the And to think Ukraine’s independence man of Kyiv, one of Ukraine’s tition (Poland and Ukraine automatically “crowd.” and democracy are in the hands of Mr. biggest and most successful teams. The qualify as host countries). Competition is But Ukrainian American students expe- Yanukovych and U.S. commitment to ide- other is Shakhtar Donetsk, which won the intense – in future tournaments 24 teams rienced a political epiphany, I suspect in als. God help us! UEFA Cup in 2009 and is owned by Rinat will reach the finals, a reflection of UEFA’s Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest man and one willingness to include such countries as of the chief backers of Viktor Yanukovych’s Kazakhstan and Israel within a greater LETTER TO THE EDITOR presidential election campaign. Europe. Shakhtar’s recent success has mirrored President Yanukovych cannot afford the rise of Donetsk as a key region of failure given the international media’s Katyn, the Armenian genocide and the Ukraine. The team is made up partly of Re: Sorokowski’s Holodomor at the Warsaw Special focus on this competition. Preparation for non-native players, most notably Brazilians Euro-2012 is the first major test of his Convention of the Association for the who comprise seven of the 27-member latest column Study of Nationalities (ASN). Poland administration and one with potentially President Lech Kaczynski, who died in a significant rewards. Dear Editor: horrific plane crash on April 10, in 2004 David Marples, a professor of history In 2005, Kyiv hosted the Eurovision was Mayor of Warsaw. at the University of Alberta, has been a Song Contest, offering low-brow glitterati a I would like to thank Andrew Sorokowski This writer was introduced to the Mayor devotee of soccer for many years. The chance to strut to synthesized pop music. for the nice kudos in his “Pandemonium in Kaczynski, who graciously had invited all commentary above originally appeared Euro-2012 is a more serious endeavor that the pews” column (April 11). At the same paper-givers to a special luncheon. Mr. in the Edmonton Journal and was sub- will highlight the world’s most-popular sport time, I would like to set my professional Kaczynski moved quickly from person to mitted for publication also in The over a three-week period. The opportunity record straight. person. He struck me as being very self- Ukrainian Weekly. cannot be forfeited. At Harvard, I studied under historians confident. In the fall of 2005, he won the Richard Pipes, the late Michael Karpovich presidency. and the late Marshall D. Shulman. At After revision, my Warsaw paper will The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor and commentaries on a variety Princeton, the late historian Cyril E. come out this May in issue No. 3 of Roman of topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian communities. Black was the “de-facto godfather” of my Serbyn’s journal, Holodomor Studies. Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators and letter-writers are their own and do dissertation. not necessarily reflect the opinions of either The Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the Yaroslav Bilinsky By profession, however, I am a political Ukrainian National Association. Newark, Del. scientist. I owe my career to the late Merle Letters should be typed and signed (anonymous letters are not published). Letters are Fainsod, a political scientist at Harvard. The letter-writer is professor emeritus, accepted also via e-mail at [email protected]. On July 18-21, 2004, I gave a paper on University of Delaware. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 No. 17 “Scythian Stones”: A journey into ancient tradition and lament by Olena Jennings is also featured along with Ainura Kachkynbek kyzy. Both Ms. Matvienko NEW YORK – On Friday, April 16, and Ms. Satybaldieva have previously “Scythian Stones” opened at La MaMa worked with Yara. In 1995, Matvienko E.T.C. in New York City. The show creat- performed in “Waterfall/Reflections.” Ms. ed by Yara Arts Group addresses the tra- Satybaldieva created the title role in dition of one of the most basic ancient “Janyl,” based on an ancient Kyrgyz epic, wedding rituals, the parting of mother and and later, she co-created “Er Toshtuk,” daughter. It is the first Ukrainian-Kyrgyz another epic, with Yara in which Ms. collaboration in New York City – and Kachinbek kyzy played a major part. probably ever in theater. One of the most striking aspects of the The show features accomplished piece is the set and lighting designed by Ukrainian and Kyrgyz artists. Ukrainian folk singer Nina Matvienko is featured in Watoku Ueno. The raised stage is shaped the show along with her daughter Tonia. like a DNA helix to convey the passing of Kyrgyz actress Kenzhegul Satybaldieva traditions as a parallel to the passing of genes. The stage gives the actors the opportunity to act on both higher and lower levels and creates a simultaneous separation and connection between the Kyrgyz and Ukrainian worlds. Pale white curtains hang intermittently Margaret Morton throughout the space. Eventually photo- graphs were projected on the curtains. Nina Matvienko, Tonia Matvienko and Ainura Kachkinbek kyzy in Yara Arts They represented the theme of the show Group’s “Scythian Stones.” that the tradition of ancient wedding ritu- als and other cultural traditions will be used in the set design, “Each tradition dif- designed by Keiko Obremski, match the passed down through the generations. ferent, each the same. A recipe for life, as colorful quirkiness of the lyrics. The lighting also plays an important simple as your DNA.” In addition to the Mary Karr lyrics, role in creating scenes, especially in the The show begins with traditional Debutante Hour composed two songs of fairytale-like sequence when the girls Kyrgyz music of Nurbek Surkebaev who its own for the show. The vision of hell leave their mothers to wander off on their is joined by Ukrainian American ban- includes a poem by American poet Mary own. durist Julian Kytasty. Ms. Matvienko is Karr, in which hell is an armchair in the “Scythian Stones” was first created the first actress to be heard. She sings a front of a TV. This causes viewers to and the workshop was presented in late song about an eagle spreading its wings think about the tradition of storytelling, March in Kyiv. In New York, Cecilia and moves her body to the song. which has been lost to the TV. Finally, Arana joined the cast. She plays a moon One of the most stunning songs was when both girls lose their songs, they turn Tonia singing to her mother, “You have and acts as a mediator between Ukrainian to stone. had your time/ To look at your own or Kyrgyz and the English-speaking The idea of tradition and its loss reso- daughter/ Oh, you have already gazed at members of the audience. Ms. Arana’s nates with all viewers. As Tonia and Cathy Rocher role includes emphasizing the inherent her.” Her voice resounds rebelliously throughout the theater. Ainura let their hearts guide them away Nina and Tonia Matvienko in “Scythian passing of tradition through the power of from their mothers, all of us have let our Stones.” DNA. Her message echoes the DNA helix Finally the girls let their hearts guide them on their own path. They reassure hearts lead us on roads from which no their mothers, that their tears “will always traveler returns, and yet we have made it grace your table.” After knocking on the back. gatekeeper’s door, they quickly fall into A cosmic resolution is imagined. An the underworld, where they are ominous- poem is paired with ly greeted by Susan Hwang and Maria traditional lullaby. “Stop. Halt./ Here is Sonevysky of the band Debutante Hour. the place/ Of poetry,” the artists speak in The costumes that Debutante Hour wear, unison, bound by their discovery.

Jonathan Slaff Cecilia Arana, Nina and Tonia Matvienko in “Scythian Stones” by Yara Arts Group, created by Virlana Tkacz with Ukrainian and Kyrgyz artists.

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Any questions? Call The Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext. 3049. No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 9 Ukrainian Voice newspaper celebrates 100th anniversary by Bogdan Rybak delivered by the Chair of the Presidium of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of WINNIPEG, Manitoba – The Canada, the Very Rev. Archpriest Victor Winnipeg-based newspaper Ukrainian Lakusta; and the acting principal of St. Voice celebrated its 100th anniversary on Andrew’s College, the Very Rev. Sunday March 14 with a jubilee banquet Archpriest Roman Bozyk. held at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox This was followed by greetings from Church auditorium in Winnipeg. two Winnipeg members of Canada’s The newspaper came to life on March Parliament: Joy Smith, who brought 16, 1910, during the period of the first greetings on behalf of the prime minister; wave of Ukrainian settlement in Canada and Judy Wasylycia-Leis, who brought and was initiated by a group of progres- greetings from the House of Commons. sive teachers and community leaders who (Two days earlier Ms. Wasylycia-Leis wanted a nationally conscious newspaper had spoken about the anniversary in the for Ukrainians in Canada as well as a House of Commons in Ottawa which is newspaper that would bear in its mast- recorded in Hansard.) head the name “Ukrainian.” Next, the provincial government, rep- The banquet was organized by the resented by Doug Martindale, provided board of directors of “UV,” with the assis- greetings to the newspaper. Lastly tance of a Winnipeg community commit- Councillor Jeff Browaty of Winnipeg tee. Some 175 people attended the event. brought greetings from the city’s mayor. The committee produced a banquet pro- The keynote address was delivered in gram with greetings from many promi- an oral and PowerPoint presentation by The Hoosli Male Chorus performs at the centennial celebration of the newspaper nent politicians and community organiza- longtime Winnipeg educator Valentina Ukrainian Voice. tions. In addition, every attendee received Noseworthy. She provided an intense his- ough and well received by the attentive most appropriate display of artifacts and a bilingual booklet of the history of torical over review of the newspaper and banquet guests. pictures on the newspapers’ history. Ukrainian Voice written by former editor its role in the history of the Ukrainian The program continued with greetings The banquet ended with closing Petro Danyliuk. Canadian community. She also provided from Sonja Bejzyk, president of the remarks by Ukrainian Voice board The banquet was chaired by Walter much data on the personalities and major Ukrainian Self-Reliance League of President Sonja Bejzyk, a concluding Manulak, who kept the anniversary pro- events in the newspaper’s history. Ms. Canada, and the presentation of a plaque prayer by the Very Rev. Gregory Mielnik gram well-paced. Keynote greetings were Nosworthy’s presentation was very thor- by the Ukrainian Foundation of Taras and a blessing by Metropolitan John, pri- Shevchenko represented by board mem- mate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ber Bohdan Halkewycz. of Canada. During the program, a medley of excel- The banquet was a most moving trib- “Bereza Kartuzka” documentary lent musical renditions was provided by ute to all of the pioneers, editors, staff the Hoosli Ukrainian Male Chorus, members, volunteers and supporters wins award at Houston film festival directed by William Solomon, and the Ukrainian Voice. In attendance were over singing duo of Anne Pleskach and Bill 100 current subscribers of the newspaper, MONTREAL – The feature documen- “Bereza Kartuzka” is narrated by Scherbatiuk. one of whom commented: “The newspa- tary “Bereza Kartuzka,” produced and Canadian filmmaker Paul Almond, with A financial collection was taken at the per has accomplished a tremendous ser- directed by Yurij Luhovy, has won the voiceovers by Canadian actor Lubomir banquet to provide funds for the ongoing vice to the Ukrainian Canadian commu- WorldFest-Houston International Film Mykytiuk and writer Fran Ponomarenko. work of the newspaper. 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www.ukrweekly.com Thank you for your cooperation! 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 No. 17 Thousands attend “Providna Nedilia” services in South Bound Brook SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – Bishop Daniel, the ruling hierarch of the Western Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) of the U.S.A., greeted thou- sands of pilgrims visiting the spiritual center of the UOC of the U.S.A. in South Bound Brook, N.J., and all three hierarchs of the Church traveled to the Church’s center to lead the annual St. Thomas Sunday (Providna Nedilia) Pilgrimage a week after Easter. On Saturday, April 10, Archbishop Antony, accompanied by His Grace Bishop Daniel began the pilgrimage at St. Demetrius Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Carteret, N.J., where one of the parish’s spiritual chil- dren, Subdeacon James Cairns, was ordained to the Holy Deaconate, having completed his course of studies at St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary. Archbishop Antony and Bishop Daniel with Ukrainian American Veterans following the dedication service of a piece of land Later in the day, as visitors began to that the Church has provided for the construction of a monument dedicated to the memory of numerous veterans who have arrive, Archbishop Antony led a memorial served in the U.S. armed forces. Paschal prayer service at the grave of Metropolitan John (Theodorovych), who led the victims of the West Virginia mine disas- the Church for over 42 years. The Vespers ter as well as for the victims of the horrific service of the evening concluded the spiritu- disaster that took the lives of the president of al activities of the day on the premises of St. Poland, members of his government and Andrew Cemetery. leaders of Poland’s religious communities, On Sunday morning, April 11, the divine in particular Bishop Myron of the Polish liturgy was served by Metropolitan Orthodox Church, which is composed pri- Constantine, Archbishop Antony and Bishop marily of Ukrainians and Belarussians Daniel. The bishops were assisted in cele- The hierarchs, clergy and faithful then brating the Liturgy in St. Andrew Memorial proceeded to Holy Resurrection Ukrainian Church by clergy from the Mid-Atlantic Orthodox Mausoleum, where the first patri- states and beyond. arch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of As the bells of St. Andrew Memorial Ukraine, Mstyslav I, is interred. In conclu- Church rang, the bishops walked in a pro- sion, the bishops prayed at the monuments cession to the Memorial Church, an impres- of Metropolitan Vasyl Lypkivsky, the United sive monument commemorating the victims Ukrainian Orthodox Sisterhoods monument of the genocidal Famine of 1932-1933 cre- commemorating the women and children The Ukrainian Orthodox hierarchs and girls in Ukrainian national dress with ated by Joseph Stalin and his Communist victims of the Holodomor and at the graves local officials who paid a visit to the Metropolia Center: (from left) Mayor Brian regime in Ukraine. of the 11 other hierarchs interred in St. D. Levine, Franklin Township; Borough Clerk Donna Marie Godleski, Bound The church choir, under the direction of Andrew Cemetery, as well as at the graves Brook; Mayor Terry Warrelmann, South Bound Brook; Archbishop Antony, Michael Andrec, prayerfully sang the of individual benefactors who were very Metropolitan Constantine and Bishop Daniel of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church; responses to the liturgy, as well as the generous in funding various projects or min- Mayor Carey Pilato, Bound Brook; Town Councilman Anthony Godleski, South memorial service at the main cross of the istry programs of UOC. Bound Brook. cemetery. Memorials continued throughout the A procession led by the altar servers and week following St. Thomas Sunday at the of Ukrainian descent made for the U.S. central organizations of the UOC of the subdeacons, members of the Ukrainian graves of individuals who have remembered Archbishop Antony expressed the grati- U.S.A. – the Offices of Youth and Adult American Veterans, all the clergy and the their Church in their last wills and testa- tude of all Americans to the Ukrainian Ministry, Public Relations, Development, faithful made its way through the cemetery ments. American Veterans present for the blessing. All Saints Camp, the United Ukrainian to the large ceremonial cross at the center of The pilgrims to the spiritual center of the Funds are currently being collected for con- Orthodox Sisterhoods and St. Andrew the cemetary, where a memorial service was Ukrainian Orthodox Church spent the rest of struction of the monument and for an Society – offered exhibits about their work. conducted during which all those interred in the day visiting the graves of their loved endowment to maintain it for generations to In addition, the Ukrainian Cultural Center St. Andrew Cemetery and Mausoleum, all ones – family members, friends, political come. was the site of an ice cream social event the hierarchs and clergy of the Ukrainian leaders or spiritual fathers who were laid to Pilgrims had an opportunity to visit hosted by the Consistory Office of Youth Orthodox Church and the members of the rest in the cemetery. numerous sites of the Metropolia Center that and Young Adult Ministry (OYYAM), under Fisher Family – original owners of the estate In the early hours of Sunday afternoon remained opened throughout the day: the the leadership of Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon. upon which the Metropolia Center is located Archbishop Antony and Bishop Daniel par- historic Fisher Home, the Mausoleum, the This was an opportunity for our youths to – were commemorated. ticipated in the dedication service of a piece Consistory, St. Sophia Seminary, the UOC/ meet Metropolitan Constantine, Archbishop Also, especially remembered were the 10 of land that the Church has provided for the St. Sophia Seminary Library, St. Andrew Antony and Bishop Daniel, who spent some million victims of Stalin’s Famine (the construction of a monument dedicated to the Bookstore, the Ukrainian Cultural Center time with children and distributed Holodomor), the millions of victims of memory of numerous , and the UOC of U.S.A. Museum. Resurrection icon prints to the youth. Soviet repressions in Ukraine, the victims of who served in the U.S. armed forces – veter- The Ukrainian Cultural Center was where The OYYAM also had a tent set up on the Chornobyl nuclear disaster and all those ans both living and departed. dozens of vendors to offered a wide range of the center’s grounds, where faces, arms and who gave their lives for the freedom and With the wind blowing through the flags Ukrainian items ranging from pysanky, hands were painted, games were played and independence of Ukraine and the United in the hands of the veterans, the bishops ceramics and paintings to music CDs and much information was distributed on the States of America. recited the prayers of dedication, recalling videos. Church’s camping and youth ministry pro- Special prayers were offered this year for the ultimate sacrifice that men and women Several of the offices of ministry and grams.

Several members of St. Andrew Memorial Church Choir sing under the direction Metropolitan Constantine, Archbishop Antony and Bishop Daniel at the divine of Michael Andrec. liturgy in St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Memorial Church. No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 11 Ukrainian studies at earn high marks by Mark Tarnawsky NEW YORK – “Despite significant chal- lenges and financial limitations, the Ukrainian Studies Program has managed to present an impressive series of courses and events, successfully completing another aca- demic year,” said Timothy Frye, the director of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University and a member of the Columbia University Ukrainian Studies Program Faculty Advisory Committee. The commit- tee guides the activities and determines the future plans of the Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia. At their meeting on March 30, members of the committee expressed their satisfaction with the progress that the program has made and optimism about its future development. In addition to Columbia faculty, the all- day meeting included scholars from other institutions (Rutgers University, the University of Alberta), representatives of Meeting participants (from left): Rob Davis (Columbia library), John Kurry (Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation), community and scholarly organizations (the Anna Procyk (Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. and Shevchenko Scientific Society), Ambassador Valeriy Shevchenko Scientific Society, the Kuchynsky (Columbia), Timothy Frye (Harriman Institute, Columbia), Marko Andryczyk (Columbia), Alexander Motyl Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in (Rutgers University), Myroslava Znayenko (Rutgers and Shevchenko Scientific Society), Alan Timberlake (Department of the U.S., the Ukrainian Studies Fund, and Slavic Languages, Columbia), Yurij Shevchuk (Columbia), Catherine Nepomnyashchy (Columbia), Frank Sysyn (University the Ukrainian Catholic Education of Alberta), Olga Hrycak (Barnard College) and Roman Procyk (Ukrainian Studies Fund). Foundation), as well as members of the community and students. enough to sustain teaching and activities. well as a Shklar fellow at Harvard’s The committee reviewed the Ukrainian Money for the program comes from the The Ukrainian Ukrainian Research Institute. Studies Program’s curriculum for the current Harriman Institute’s general fund, but most Dr. John Micgiel, director of the East academic year, which consists of 12 individ- of it flows from Ukrainian endowed funds at Studies Program Central European Center at Columbia, who ual courses with 76 enrolled students. The the university: the Petro Jacyk Fund (estab- led the efforts to fund the chair in Polish his- courses include three levels of instruction in lished in 1995), the Volodymyr and Lidia Faculty Advisory tory, reported on the 10-year effort to raise , as well as Ukrainian Bazarko Scholarship Fund (1998), the sufficient funds to establish the endowment. history, Ukrainian social science, Ukrainian Ukrainian Studies Instruction Fund fund for Committee at Co- He challenged the Ukrainian American political science and a course in contempo- the teaching of Ukrainian history (created in community to achieve a similar goal and, rary Ukrainian cinema. The program also 2002 from donations by contributors to the lumbia reviewed thereby, further expand East European stud- facilitated the inclusion of Ukrainian subject Ukrainian Studies Fund), the Mychajlo the program and ies at the university and in New York. matter in other history, international rela- Stupka Fund (2004), the Volodymyr Community investment tions and social science classes taught at Korolyk Fund (2005), the Oleksij found it full of vi- Columbia. Zaporozhets Fund (2006), the George During its six years of existence in its cur- The program also organized 12 commu- Sheveliov Ukrainian Studies Fund (2006), tality, but in need rent form, the Ukrainian Studies Program at nity events during the year. These included the Dr. Vladimir and Nadia Shkilnyk Fund Columbia University has tried to justify the an all-day conference dedicated to Ukraine’s (2006), the Dr. Stephan and Tamara Tymkiv of funding. investment made in it by the Ukrainian com- Orange Revolution, appearances by noted Fund (2009) and the Michael and Natalia munity in the U.S. The future of the program Ukrainian political and cultural figures and Bilous Fund (2009). depends not only on effective decision-mak- lectures about Ukrainian history and current The relatively modest size of the endow- tage of the existence of this valuable pro- ing by its faculty, but also on continued sup- political events in Ukraine. Although these ments force the program to try and make the gram in their city. port from the Ukrainian community. events were held during the work day, atten- best use of the money that it has. The It is hoped the recent establishment of a The dream of those guiding the program dance at them was usually between 30 and income from the Jacyk Fund, for example, chair in Polish history at Columbia will, is to realize an academic structure that will 40 persons, often more, and included mem- is insufficient to fund a visiting professor for have a positive impact on Ukrainian studies be able to provide not only individual cours- bers of the Ukrainian community in the the entire academic year. The program there. In addition, the recent hiring of Dr. es at the undergraduate level, but a complete New York area. makes do by hiring scholars to teach a single Tarik Amar as a professor of Soviet history graduate studies program, as well as post- course during only one semester. Growing Ukrainian collection will also help expand Ukrainian scholarship graduate support in Ukrainian studies at this Lack of funding also threatens to elimi- at the school. Prof. Amar has recently been prestigious university. The goal is to produce The Columbia University library contin- nate the position of program administrator, a working in Lviv, writes about Ukrainian his- young scholars who will then be able to ued building its collection of Ukrainian job that is now ably performed by Dr. Marko tory and was a visiting lecturer at the contribute to Ukrainian scholarship in the materials throughout the year. Utilizing a Andryczyk. The administrator is a key fig- Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia, as future. generous grant from Oksana Horodecka (a ure in the Program who plans and organizes graduate of Columbia) and her sister Natalia all of the program’s events including confer- given in memory of their parents, Maria and ences, lectures, etc. Illya, and funds from the Ukrainian Studies Dr. Roman Procyk, the executive director Fund the library was able to acquire a sig- of the Ukrainian Studies Fund, demonstrated nificant number of important publications, the Ukrainian community’s continued com- mostly on microfiche. mitment to the Ukrainian Studies Program These include archival materials, news- at Columbia by conveying an additional papers from western Ukraine, serial publica- $41,000 to the various endowments from tions from the late 19th and early 20th cen- funds raised by the USF throughout the past turies, Ukrainian newspapers published in year. The gifts bolstered confidence among Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, the meeting’s participants in the program’s as well as a number of antiquarian publica- future. tions in Ukrainian. Taking advantage of opportunities Notable acquisitions included the col- lected papers of Yurii Oranskyi, a musicolo- The Ukrainian Studies Program at gist, pedagogue, conductor and expert in the Columbia takes full advantage of its loca- music of Mykola Fomenko, and the collec- tion. New York City is the home of a large tion from the St. John’s Institute in and active Ukrainian American community Edmonton, Alberta, which comprises many and attracts many visiting political figures, unique publications from the early 20th cen- artists and scholars from Ukraine. The pro- tury, including some from New York. gram assists visiting scholars from Ukraine Over the past five years the Columbia and attempts to include them in the curricu- library has increased its Ukrainian collection lum. For example, Prof. Viacheslav by 25 percent. Columbia students also have Briukhovetsky, the founder and first presi- access to the voluminous Ukrainian collec- dent of the National University of Kyiv tion at the New York Public Library. Mohyla Academy, is a visiting Fulbright Future funding Scholar at Columbia this year. Such strategies help expand the scope of The success of the Ukrainian Studies the program while incurring minimal Program at Columbia depends on the avail- expenses. They also allow the Ukrainian ability of funding. Currently, there is barely community in New York to take full advan- 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 No. 17 Archeological and architectural research continues at Baturyn by Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev debris of two structures of this palatial Special to The Ukrainian Weekly complex in 2009 revealed that they were burned during the 1708 Muscovite TORONTO – Last summer, the assault. Researchers excavated the foun- Canada-Ukraine archaeological expedi- dations of the main brick palace’s inner tion conducted its annual field research in walls and the remnants of stairs leading the town of Baturyn, Chernihiv oblast. to its basement, and they prepared graph- Prof. Zenon Kohut, director of the ic reconstructions of the building’s exteri- Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies or. Including the annex, the palace was 20 (CIUS) and an eminent historian and meters by 14.5 meters in size and had a expert in the hetman era, heads this proj- deep squared vaulted basement with four ect. Dr. Orest Popovych, president of the rooms, three floors and a mansard cov- Shevchenko Scientific Society of America ered by a double-sloped roof. Each floor (NTSh-A), is its patron and academic was separated with recessed cornices. The adviser. Dr. Volodymyr Kovalenko front elevation was crowned by a triangu- (University of Chernihiv) leads the lar fronton and flanked by semi-columns archaeological expedition in Baturyn, with capitals of the Composite order. while Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev (CIUS, This is the earliest known multi-story Toronto) is its associate leader and the residential edifice in the Kozak state that executive director of this project from the was built and decorated basically in the Canadian side. A notable historian of style of early Roman Baroque with modi- Kyivan Rus’, Prof. Martin Dimnik of the fications of the mature Vilnius Baroque Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies style. (PIMS) at the University of Toronto, par- Nevertheless, the palace’s Western ticipates in the investigations of medieval ornamentation was supplemented with Baturyn. elements of the 17th-18th-century Kyivan In all, 152 students and scholars from architectural school. Its entablature friez- universities and museums of Chernihiv, Kyiv, Nizhyn, Hlukhiv, Sumy, Romny, es were adorned by circular ceramic tiles Putyvl, Lviv (Ukraine), Toronto and featuring relief rosettes covered with Edmonton (Canada) took part in the 2009 multi-colored glazing. This practice was expedition. atypical of Western or Russian Baroque From 1669 to 1708, Baturyn was the architecture, but widely applied in the capital of the Kozak Hetman state and the early modern masonry structures only in seat of distinguished Hetman Ivan the Middle region, most frequent- Mazepa (1687-1709). During this time, it ly in Kyiv. rivalled Kyiv and Chernihiv, the oldest The floors of Mazepa’s palace were and largest cities in central Ukraine. paved with figured terracotta and glazed Baturyn’s upswing was disrupted when tiles of blue and green colors. The heating Tsar Peter I brutally suppressed Mazepa’s stoves were revetted by fine tiles, or rebellion for independence of the “kakhli” bearing floral relief patterns and Hetmanate from Muscovy. the image of an angel with extended A. Konopatskyi wings. This specific representation of an In 1708, the Russian army reinforced The 17th century gilt copper pendant icon of the Mother of God with Christ angel (putto) was popular in the visual art by the Kalmyk horde seized and burned Child found at the Trinity Cathedral site in 2008. rebellious Baturyn and put to the sword of the Kozak era and adopted from between 11,000 and 14,000 of the Hetman Western Renaissance or Baroque painting ceramic plaques (41 by 33.5 centimeters) of arms in Baturyn and its unique mould- guard, Kozaks and inhabitants there. and sculpture rather than Byzantine-Rus’ depicting the coat of arms of Hetman ing on ceramics executed in shallow relief Hetman Kyrylo Rozumovskyi (1750-64) iconography. Many of the kakhli have Mazepa have been found. and polychrome glazing techniques and rebuilt the town, but from the early 19th green or multi-colored glazing. Archaeologists have reassembled the dated reliably to about 1700. The ornate century it went into decline. In 2009, near the main palace, archae- fragments and graphically reconstructed facade plaques and stove tiles of Last year, excavations concentrated on ologists partly unearthed the remnants of this heraldic slab. It has reliefs of a cres- Honcharivka palaces are remarkable piec- the site of Mazepa’s residence in a contemporaneous wealthy residential cent with a human face, a star and a cross es of Ukrainian elite applied and heraldic Honcharivka, a suburb of Baturyn. Before edifice. It had a deep basement, 10 by 9.5 surrounded by Baroque-style scrolling arts. In their ornamentation, some influ- 1700, the hetman commissioned a mag- meters in dimension, and probably a more garlands. Around the heraldic symbols, ences of the early modern decorative nificent fortified complex, housing his spacious masonry superstructure. Further six Cyrillic letters are located represent- ceramics of Lithuania and Belarus are private quarters, halls for official audi- excavations are needed to determine its ing initials and the title abbreviation of its evident. ences, council meetings and banquets, a parameters, ground plan and architectural owner: “Pan Ivan Mazepa, Hetman Viiska Specialists believe that such plaques library, archives, a portrait gallery and a design. Zaporizkoho” (Lord Ivan Mazepa, and kakhli were fashioned by the best collection of rare weapons. Among debris of both palatine build- Hetman of the Zaporozhian Army). artisans of the Kozak state whom Mazepa Archaeological explorations of the ings in Honcharivka were fragmented Some plaques are covered with blue, invited from Kyiv to Baturyn. In 17th- green, white and yellow glazing, while 18th century central Ukraine, Kyiv, others have a terracotta facing. They Chernihiv and Baturyn (before 1708) could have surmounted the portals of both were the leading centres of glazed ceram- palaces or been set on their facades in ic production. series like a frieze. Former President Viktor Yushchenko This is the first find of Mazepa’s coat had decreed to rebuild Mazepa’s palatial complex in Honcharivka, as well as the destroyed Cathedral of the Holy Trinity erected by the hetman in Baturyn around 1692, following the completion of archi- tectural and archaeological research on its remnants. The world financial crises, however, put the realization of these cost- ly reconstructions on hold. Excavations in 2008-2009 of the Trinity Cathedral’s cemetery within the former fortress established that some vic- tims of the 1708 onslaught on Baturyn were buried there. Last summer, our expedition uncovered 65 graves of towns- people from the 17th -18th-centuries at this graveyard. Four contained casualties of this attack. These are the skeletal remains of a middle-aged man and woman, a youth and a teenager with fatal fractures and musket bullet holes in their Glazed ceramic plaque with the coat of skulls. The skulls of women and a child arms of Mazepa from the exterior bearing bullet holes were also found at this cemetery, as well as in the Yu. Sytyi adornment of his palace in Baturyn (ca. 1700). Graphic reconstruction by Resurrection Church graveyard in the for- Fragment of the glazed ceramic heraldic plaque bearing relief of a crescent. 2009 Yu. Sytyi, V. Mezentsev and S. tress’ citadel in 2001 and 2008. excavations of Mazepa villa in Honcharivka. Dmytrienko, 2010. The archaeological discoveries in No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 13

archaeological and historical research of Baturyn. Annual subsidies for this project and publication of its findings are contributed by the Marusia Onyshchuk and Ivanko Kharuk Memorial Endowment Fund at CIUS, established by Petro Malofij of Edmonton; the Ukrainian Studies Fund at , directed by Dr. Roman Procyk; the Prometheus Foundation, headed by Maria Szkambara, and the Buduchnist Credit Union Foundation in Toronto; and the Help to Ukraine Fund in Montreal, headed by Bohdan Babiak. The League of (President Dr. Oleh Romanyshyn), the League of Ukrainian Canadian Women (headed by Chrystyna Bidiak), the Ucrainica Research Institute (President Orest Steciw), the Ukrainian National Federation and the Frontal and lateral (longitudinal) facades of the main palace of Mazepa residence Ukrainian Credit Union (UNF in Honcharivka, the suburb of Baturyn (before 1700). Reconstructions by V. President and UCU CEO Mezentsev, drawings by S. Dmytrienko, 2010. Taras Pidzamecky), the A. Konopatskyi Olzhych Foundation (headed A cypress neck cross framed in silver with a relief by Mykola Plawiuk), the of the Crucifixion. 2008 excavations in Baturyn. Council on Cultural Affairs of the Ukrainian World Congress Baturyn convinced some Russian histori- (headed by Anna Kisil), as well as the ans to accept in 2008 the fact that the Ukrainian American Association of town’s civilian population, irrespective of University Professors (President Dr. sex and age, was massacred by tsarist Lubomyr Wynar) supported investiga- troops in 1708. tions of the hetman capital with grants in While excavating these graves and 2009. Mazepa’s villa, archaeologists unearthed Regrettably, owing to the global finan- a gilt copper icon of St. Nicholas, a prod- cial crises, academic sponsors have uct of the Kyivan Cave Monastery; an reduced their funding of the Baturyn proj- iron decorative detail of a church chande- ect, while the Ukrainian government has lier apparently from the Trinity Cathedral; completely suspended it. Therefore, our five silver and copper Polish coins, a excavations in Baturyn this summer and fragment of an expensive wine cap made dissemination of its results in publications of Venetian glass with an engraved flower and lectures would essentially depend on V. Mezentsev pattern, a refined imported tableware of donors’ support. Fragments of a glazed tile (kakhlia) featuring an angel from the stove facing in the hetman, and a carved bone ornament Benefactors who wish to assist the the palace. Excavations of 2009. and button of local manufacture used by continuation of archaeological, historical, ordinary burghers in the 17th-18th centu- and architectural study of Mazepa’s capi- Mezentsev, 100 High Park Ave., Apt. 808, a documentary film on the history and ries. tal are kindly invited to send donations Toronto, ON, M6P 2S2; telephone, culture of Baturyn during the Kozak era Near the citadel, many iron cannon to: Prof. Zenon Kohut, Director, Canadian 416-766-1408; e-mail, v.mezentsev@uto- and the 2001-2002 excavations (28 min. balls fired by Russian artillery during the Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 430 ronto.ca. in Ukrainian or English). Both DVD disks shelling of the besieged town have been Pembina Hall, University of Alberta, Upon request, readers can receive the and VHS-NTSC videocassettes with this found. Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H8 (telephone DVD disk with his richly illustrated lec- film are available for purchase. The excavations of Baturyn by the 780-492-2973; e-mail, zenon.kohut@ual- ture on the 2008 excavations and archi- The researchers of Baturyn thank kind- Canada-Ukraine expedition in 2009 – the berta.ca). Please make checks payable to: tectural reconstructions in Baturyn and ly the Ukrainian communities in the 300th anniversary of Hetman Mazepa’s Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, commemoration of the 300th anniversary United States and Canada for their gener- death – have yielded valuable archaeo- Memo: Baturyn Project. Tax receipts will of the tragic destruction of Mazepa capi- ous continuous support of this project, logical information about the architectural be issued to all donors in the United tal presented for Kontakt TV Network of which will be vital after the last presiden- design and ceramic embellishments of his States and Canada. Organizations, foun- Toronto (45 min. in Ukrainian), as well as tial election in Ukraine. most ambitious palatial residence, as well dations, companies and private donors as the rise and fall of the capital of Kozak supporting this undertaking will be grate- Ukraine. fully acknowledged in related publica- tions and public lectures. * * * For more information or with any For 10 years, the Kowalsky Program questions about the Baturyn archaeologi- for the Study of Eastern Ukraine at CIUS, cal project, readers may contact the NTSh-A, and PIMS have cosponsored the author of this article: Dr. Volodymyr

V. Mezentsev Computer reconstruction of the broken terracotta stove tile with relief of an angel A gilt bronze surmount of a sabre fashioned in the shape of lion head, 17th-18th by W. Sydorenko, 2009. centuries. Excavations at the Trinity Cathedral in 2007. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 No. 17

20. The main project is reconstruction of NEWSBRIEFS the Memorial “To Your Liberators, CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 2) Donbas!” A Museum of the Great tions have been already made on a real Patriotic War is planned for the site, to TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 basis. “But the matter does not concern include an exhibition of vehicles pro- duced in the 1940s. There are also plans or e-mail [email protected] freezing social payments. We will fulfill the social law without fail,” Mr. to refresh and plant the surrounding area. Yanukovych underscored. He said expen- “If we have a day left, like students SERVICES ditures would be optimized, administra- before examinations, we will be work around the clock,” the mayor promised. tive personnel would be reduced and Moreover, reconstruction is in progress at taxes on the richer portions of the popula- the site of a former mine in the Kalininsky tion would be increased where “it does district, where the Nazis tortured 75,000 not lower the economic potential of the Soviet citizens during the war. country.” (Ukrinform) (Ukrinform) Ukraine to get U.S. research equipment Russian town seeks to join Estonia KYIV – Ukrainian scientists will IVANGOROD, Russia – People in the receive unique equipment for high-tech Russian town of Ivangorod on the border research in return for Ukraine’s decision PROFESSIONALS with Estonia have sent a petition to the to eliminate is stockpiles of highly Russian and Estonian presidents urging enriched uranium, Foreign Minister them to allow their town to become part Kostyantyn Gryshchenko said live on the of Estonia, RFE/RL’s Russian Service Inter TV channel on April 19. “As part of reported on April 13. Ivangorod City a package of agreements with the U.S., Council Deputy Yurii Gordeyev wrote the we agreed that we would not just dispose letter and sent the petitions to Moscow of highly enriched uranium, but we also and Tallinn with the signature of some get a modern unique device for high-tech 660 citizens of Ivangorod, which has a research focused on the future,” he said, population of about 11,000. Mr. Gordeyev pointing out that this installation will go told RFE/RL the petition states that since to the Kharkiv Research Institute. “From Ivangorod and some other districts along the point of view of scientists, we have the Russian-Estonian border were part of not just won, we have given them a new Estonia 300 years ago, the town should life,” the minister added. Mr. return to Estonian jurisdiction. Ivangorod Gryshchenko said highly enriched urani- is on the eastern bank of the Narva River, um will be handed over to Russia for just opposite the Estonian city of Narva. reprocessing and will be returned to Mr. Gordeyev said he has no hope that Ukraine for conducting research. Yulia Russia’s border with Estonia will be Tymoshenko, leader of the eponymous redrawn in the petitioner’s favor. He said bloc, said the opposition will insist on the the aim of the petition is to draw attention adoption of a law to keep highly enriched to the town’s problems. “The arbitrariness uranium in Ukraine. Commenting on a of our bureaucrats and the complete indif- TRAVEL statement made by Ukrainian President ference of the regional government Viktor Yanukovych in Washington regard- towards our problems have forced us to ing Ukraine’s pledge to get rid of its this,” the letter to Russian President Irene D. Rogutsky, D.D.S. stockpile of highly enriched uranium in Dmitry Medvedev reads. According to the near future, Ms. Tymoshenko said: Mr. Gordeyev, Ivangorod’s difficulties Restorative and Cosmetic Dentistry “Highly enriched uranium is required for were compounded when the Ivangorod Invisalign Premier Provider our state so that Ukraine could be com- district was abolished and incorporated petitive in the world and develop its sci- 29 West 57th Street into the Kingisepp district three years ence.” She said that Ukraine has a certain ago. As a result, the town now receives New York, NY 10019 amount of highly enriched uranium, some 50 million rubles ($1.7 million) less 212-947-1665 which is necessary for scientific research, from the regional budget. Another recent [email protected] including in the sphere of medicine. cause of discontent in Ivangorod is a (Ukrinform) steep rise in utility prices, which Mr. Gordeyev said are now between 60 and OPPORTUNITIES Amnesty urges Kyiv to end rights abuses 100 percent higher than in neighboring KYIV – The international human rights Kingisepp. “Of course there won’t be any group Amnesty International has urged integration” of Ivangorod into Estonia, Earn extra income! Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych Mr. Gordeyev commented. “I understand to ensure accountability for human rights this very well. It’s not within the compe- The Ukrainian Weekly is looking abuses, it was reported on April 14. The tency of the Estonian president, but the for advertising sales agents. rights group said Ukraine’s laws and president of Russia. But I wrote this For additional information contact practices need to be brought into line with appeal because nobody is paying atten- Maria Oscislawski, Advertising international standards. “The new author- tion to our problems.” (RFE/RL) Manager, The Ukrainian Weekly, ities in Kyiv must not squander the prog- Yanukovych’s Tatar forefathers ress in the protection of human rights that 973-292-9800, ext 3040. MERCHANDISE Ukraine has made over the last 20 years,” KYIV – The Holos Kryma (Voice of the group quotes senior director Nicola Crimea) weekly in late March published Duckworth as saying. “Statements in sup- a study proving the Tatar origin of port of human rights are commendable,” President Viktor Yanukovych. Crimean Ms. Duckworth adds. “They must be journalists made such a conclusion based May we backed up by deeds – by impartial and both on a linguistic analysis of the presi- thorough investigations into all allega- dent’s surname and on the basis of his help you? tions of human rights violations, by bring- anthropological type. The root of the sur- ing those responsible to account and by name Yanukovych is Tatar. The president providing redress for the victims.” The is descended from Tatars who adopted report offers advice on how to protect Christianity and appeared on the territory To reach The Ukrainian individuals in Ukraine from torture and of Russia and Poland, and his roots are in Weekly all (973) 292-9800, other ill treatment in police custody, Belarus, at the time of Lithuanian rule. including from racial discrimination, and The first Tatars appeared on the territory and dial the appropriate how to protect the rights of refugees and of the Grand Lithuanian Duchy in the asylum seekers. It calls on the new 14th century, arriving from the Black Sea extension (as listed below). administration to “establish, as a matter region and from the Crimean peninsula. of priority, an independent police com- Prince Vitovt was hospitable to the Tatars, Editorial – 3049, 3088 plaints mechanism” and allow snap visits inviting them to join the military service to detention centers to deter ill treatment. and allotting good plots of land on pres- Production – 3063, 3069 (RFE/RL) ent-day Belarusian lands, the author of the article writes. The surname Administration – 3041 Donetsk to repair Soviet memorials “Yanukovych,” Holos Kryma believes, belongs to one of the Lithuanian Tatars Advertising – 3040 KYIV – Donetsk authorities will repair clans of Yanuk; its bearers were residents all memorials to Soviet soldiers by of a small gentry settlement, presently the Subscriptions – 3042 Victory Day, May 9, Donetsk Mayor Oleksander Lukianchenko said on April (Continued on page 15) No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 15

nomic and political reform to guarantee NEWSBRIEFS Ukraine’s successful Eurointegration. (Continued from page 14) (Ukrinform) Ukrainian Surgeon and Author village of Yanuki, Dokshytsy district. The Ukraine-Kazakhstan road map grandfather of the Ukrainian president A tribute to the memory and achieve- came from this village before the revolu- KYIV – Following Ukrainian-Kazakh ments of Jaroslav K. Turkalo, MD: talks in Astana on April 7, bilateral agree- tion and settled in the Donbas region. For many Ukrainians, turbulent times ments between Ukraine and Kazakhstan (Ukrinform) over the past century have led them to were signed. In the presence of Presidents flee their beloved country from Soviet Lytvyn comments on state language Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine and oppression. It is a well known fact that Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, the KYIV – Ukraine should have only one many foreign countries today have two delegations signed the Action Plan state language – Ukrainian, said greatly benefited from the talents and Ukraine-Kazakhstan 2010-2011 and the Volodymyr Lytvyn, chairman of the hard work of these devoted Ukrainians. Protocol on Amendments to the Agreement Verkhovna Rada, in an interview with Many among them were scientists and between the and The Irish Times in Dublin at the end of a physicians that were directly responsi- the Government of the Republic of two-day official visit to Ireland. “We ble for the advancement of science as Kazakhstan on mutual trips of citizens of must not repeat the Irish mistake. we know it today. They persevered in May 19, 2000. “I want this road map was Nowadays, the English language is domi- their new environments, however the basis of our joint real actions. We have never forgot their homeland. Along nant in Ireland. So if the Russian lan- specific projects in all directions – in the with other Ukrainian leaders in their guage would be recognized as a second field of agricultural machinery, fuel and communities, they formed numerous state language in Ukraine, in such cir- energy sector. It is important that we inten- cumstances the Ukrainian language would civic societies which strengthened sify our trade and economic cooperation,” their cultural heritage. be moved to the periphery,” Mr. Lytvyn Mr. Yanukovych said. He expressed confi- said. Thus, Mr. Lytvyn said he is con- dence that Ukraine and Kazakhstan could One such person was surgeon Jaroslav K. Turkalo (1924-2009) who died on vinced that Ukraine should have only one significantly increase their trade turnover. April 24, 2009. Today his lifetime of medical and civic achievements are state language. At the same time, the For his part, Mr. Nazarbayev said that acknowledged in both the United States and Ukraine. Dr. Turkalo was born in rights of the Russian-speaking population Kazakhstan attaches great importance to Kyiv to a family of prominent public and political figures. His father, Konstantyn in Ukraine should not be violated, he strengthening relations with Ukraine. He Turkalo (1892-1979), was a member of the Central Council (Rada) and a added. “The majority would consider voiced hope that the visit of the Ukrainian researcher at the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (VUAN) who suffered Ukrainian as the mother-tongue but a president would give new impetus to persecution by the Communists, including a conviction in the Kharkiv trial great number of the population speak greater cooperation, noting that the rela- “Union for the Liberation of Ukraine” (1930). Russian. The Russian language dominates tionship between Kazakhstan and Ukraine With his parents, Jaroslav Turkalo had to flee Ukraine in 1943 along with many on TV programs and in the mass media in had developed, despite all the obstacles. other political dissidents. He graduated from Louvaine University’s Medical general. A certain psychological barrier (Ukrinform) exists when the Russian language is con- School in Belgium and arrived in New York in 1951. Here he began his medi- sidered to be the most prestigious one,” Ukraine-Turkey business forum cal rotations and residency in general surgery. He was soon drafted into the he explained. News of Mr. Lytvyn’s com- US military and served as Lieutenant in the US Navy. Upon his return in 1955 KYIV – The Ukraine-Turkey business ments was reported on March 26. he completed his residency in general and thoracic surgery and opened his forum was held in Odesa in early April. (Ukrinform) private practice of general surgery in New Haven, Connecticut. During the forum, issues of trade rela- Eurointegration policy to continue tions between the two countries were dis- Ukraine, with a current population of 50 million, surprisingly has no complete cussed, as well as investment and eco- work on the history of surgery published in Ukrainian. Dr. Turkalo decided it KYIV – Ukraine will continue its poli- nomic cooperation in different sectors of was extremely important for the Ukrainian medical profession to have avail- cy of European integration, President the economy. “We are united not only by able a set of medical volumes tracing the history of surgery as well as the Viktor Yanukovych said during his meet- the Black Sea, but also by the important advances that are continuously taking place. ing with Javier Solana, the EU’s former Eurointegration aspirations of our states. Dr. Turkalo was a member of the Ukrainian Medical Association of North high commissioner for common foreign Our countries have a developed sea com- America. He joined the Connecticut National Guard in 1980, achieving the and security policy, and Strobe Talbott, plex, agriculture and tourist sectors. rank of Lieutenant Colonel. The result of his praiseworthy 40 years of work former deputy secretary of state of the These spheres are perspective trends for and research is a 10-volume work entitled “Ukrainian Surgery” which he wrote United States, it was reported on April 1. cooperation of business and official cir- in both Ukrainian and English. The work is a comprehensive history and theory “We are dedicated to the idea of develop- cles of both countries,” the deputy chair- of surgery. It is a manual, a textbook, and a dictionary with terminology that ing a powerful and independent Ukraine man of the Odesa Regional State covers the concepts. Step by step diagrams further illustrate thousands of within a flourishing Europe. This path is Administration, Petro Khlyschov, said at operating procedures. The work describes methods for diagnosis of surgical not easy, but we took it many years ago, the opening of the forum. According to diseases; it determines the time required for proper handling, lists features of and are following it,” Mr. Yanukovych Turkish Consul General to Odesa Murat surgical intervention and provides tips for avoiding complications during and emphasized. Mr. Solana recently said that Tamer, Turkey is among the top five after surgery. The work reflects the experience of surgeons around the world Ukraine should continue moving towards countries actively cooperating with and offers a comparative assessment of similar operations. This composition integration with the European Union. The Ukraine. “Our main aim is development is intended for a wide audience: students, surgeons, doctors, health workers, European Parliament passed a resolution of the present friendly relations between and even laypeople who wish to better understand their own illnesses. The recognizing Ukraine’s right to appeal for our countries and turning them into stra- author himself notes in the preface that the subscribers of this work should be EU membership. Yet, EU leaders have tegic partnership,” he said during the apprised that they will be able to read and understand the text without training repeatedly pointed to the need for eco- forum. (Ukrinform) in surgery. This work contains 100 chapters in 10 volumes, each devoted to a particular branch of surgery. The first chapter of volume one - a history of world surgery, includes the spe- cific names and birth dates of prominent physicians as well as their contribu- tions to surgery. It is enhanced by a voluminous bibliography (about 5,000 entries) on the history of surgery on the five continents and includes all the various surgical sub-specialties. The bibliography alone is an incredible source of knowledge and can be used by a host of researchers working indepen- dently on their own projects and dissertations. A unique collection of literature, this extraordinary piece of work is perhaps the most accomplished and com- plete of any modern medical text that is available today. The second volume is devoted to the cardiovascular system and the trans- plantation of certain organs. A subsequent volume covers surgery of the abdominal cavity and digestive system. The breadth and scope of information embodied in this work enables the reader to use one source instead of having to locate hundreds of other publications and documents to cover the same topic. Many surgeons and scientists tend to describe this work by Dr. Turkalo as Encyclopedic. It was written in both Ukrainian and English so that Ukrainian doctors working in English-speaking environments (or vice versa), could better understand intricate concepts and detailed procedures. In a letter to his friend, Dr. Turkalo wrote: “Perhaps the change will come, but not in our lifetime. Though how it could be and whatever happens, I can now safely and conscientiously say that I have paid my debt to Ukraine.” He man- aged to complete its writing, but died before he could see it printed. Therefore, it is the determination of the Dr. Jaroslav Turkalo family to publish his work in order that his life will continue to serve the Ukrainian people as well as being a definitive source of information to aspiring surgeons throughout the world. Please visit www.turkalo.org for more information. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 No. 17 No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 17

boasts the largest collection of Ukrainian some 10,000 items as a gift to the The museum’s next big challenge is to Exhibit of rare... folk art in the world. The core of the col- Ukrainian people. prepare for the 100th anniversary of (Continued from page 1) lection comprised artifacts that were col- The museum’s holdings have grown Metropolitan Sheptytsky’s presentation of pegged to Easter, which both Catholic lected by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky over the decades, benefiting from other his collection to the Ukrainian people. and Orthodox believers celebrated on of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. collections varying in size and num- The museum is faced with several hur- April 3. For years, the metropolitan, who led ber. Only between 5 and 6 percent of the dles, including renovating the one-time “For the first time in a long while, the the Church in 1901-1944, had traveled museum’s artifacts are on display at any villa the metorpolitan had purchased to Eastern and Western Churches celebrated around the countryside and purchased given time. house the original collection. “We need the Resurrection on one day,” said the icons, iconostases, shrouds and other reli- The icon exhibit will be on display funds. It is a large project,” Mr. Kozhan show’s curator, Maria Helytovych. “We gious items which were ready to be dis- until May 18, and then some items from said. “This will be the main cultural event see this exhibit as complementing that carded or were in disrepair. On December the show will join the museum’s perma- in the region, so despite the challenges, holiday spirit.” 13, 1913, he presented his collection of nent collection. we must do this for our benefactor.” She said the two Churches will also celebrate Easter next year at the same- time, but given effort and scope of this exhibit, no special exhibit is planned then. Three years in the making, this icon exhibit features the unique characteristics of Ukrainian national art, which finds its roots in works that for centuries were crafted by simple folk. These artists cre- ated religious artifacts that were used pri- marily in churches and other places of worship. Many remain anonymous to this day because the artists did not sign their works. “The Eastern Church is much more mystical,” Mr. Helytovych said. “The Holy Spirit is what moved the artists, and they worked to glorify Him. It was not accepted that artists sign their pieces at that time.” She said the exhibit does feature works by two men who signed the icons they completed – Ivan Rudkovych and Ilya Kulchynskyi – and some of the works are dated. Known as national artists, these folk craftsmen worked in a Byzantine style, which dominated in Ukraine at the time of the works’ conception. Most of the works on display come from villages in Halychyna and the Lemko region, with several pieces from Volyn. Every piece reflects the sophistication of the artists who crafted them. “These folk artists have a style that is very lively and very innocent. Their work is folkloric,” she said. “Some are almost childlike. The icon was one of the most valuable factors of the identity of the Ukrainian people. It made us the inheri- tors of Byzantium. It made our own nation... The icon is very democratic, the picture of the icon was very close to the people. It was part of the national tradi- tion. Our icon influences national art … it creates an understanding of the nation.” The exhibit, which spans five large rooms, is broken up thematically: The Last Supper; Crucifixion; Shrouds; The Savior, The Vine; and Resurrection. All of the works on display come from the museum’s significant holdings. Ms. Helytovych excitedly describes the works in each room: “In the first we have a historical theme, Christ at the Last Supper. In the fourth we have the Eucharist as symbolism. This is Christ as the Vine. And we have the moment of Resurrection... Here we have the joy. Christ’s Crucifixion is not considered a tragedy.” Centuries of dirt and grime were care- fully cleaned from the icons and shrouds by a team of restorers who are considered to be among the best in Ukraine, said Ihor Kozhan, the museum’s director. “We left some of the pieces untouched, so people could see the difference time makes,” he said. The museum’s icon collection now numbers over 4,000 pieces and is the largest in Ukraine. Its iconography rivals that of many major museums in the United States and Europe, said Mr. Kozhan. “Some say Lviv is worth a visit if only to see the museum’s icon collection,” said Mr. Helytovych, who has worked at the museum for 26 years and is the force behind the show. Established in 1905, the museum 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 No. 17

Ukrainian pro update: by Ihor Stelmach

played well if your team lost,” Fesenko said. is having some success and to keep on Fesenko fights for minutes The team-first posture reflects a growth working – not be happy because you did in maturity for a pro basketball player something nice.” A disappointing February 22 home loss Fesenko played 25 minutes in the Jazz’s known more for goofing off and a carefree There it is again – consistency. Fesenko to the Atlanta Hawks had a definite silver great comeback win in Portland. This was attitude than notable performances. His is quick to acknowledge it. He’ll put lining for the Utah Jazz. A big silver lin- the first time in two months – since road short NBA career can be categorized with together a few good games now and then, ing, that is measuring 7-foot-1, 300 pounds games in and Atlanta in mid- one word: inconsistency. but has not achieved the level of consis- of beefy, brute Ukrainian! Yup, we’re talk- December – that Fesenko notched dou- The strong back-to-back production off tency the coach and team need from him. ing Kyrylo Fesenko big! ble-digit minutes played in consecutive the bench may have given his coach more “It’s just a mental thing,” Fesenko said. For the second game in a row, Fesenko games. confidence to play him. This despite Sloan The third-year pro’s contract expires at provided his team with some very pro- Fesenko paid back his coach after being bemoaning Fesenko’s occasional lack of the end of the current 2009-2010 season. ductive minutes. Heck, even old-school, awarded more playing time by scoring focus as being the main detriment to He has regular season games plus Utah’s hard-nosed head coach Jerry Sloan nine points and getting six rebounds. increased playing time. playoff run to overcome his inconsistency thought Fesenko gave the team big-time “More game time, more confidence, “He’ll have some ups and downs,” and “mental thing” to earn a contract minutes. This is a big deal because the better player,” Fesenko said in an inter- Sloan said. “The biggest thing is to contin- extension or interest from another NBA 23-year-old Ukrainian hoopster has previ- view with Deseret News.com. “Jerry gave ue to work.” organization. The back-to-back showings ously earned time in Sloan’s doghouse, to me the chance,” added the back-up center, The big Ukrainian actually played more in February were a step in the right direc- the point of being inactive for an earlier averaging a mere eight minutes a game on minutes in the Portland-Atlanta games tion that may have surprised some people. February game. the season. “I tried to do as much as I can, than he had in the 10 previous Jazz games “Yes,” he said. “I think I’m pretty sure “Fes, he came off the bench and gave us get some toughness in the game, get some combined. that I accomplished something that not a lift,” coach Sloan was quoted as saying boards, get some hustle plays.” A teammate jumped on the praise-Fes everybody was expecting. That’s really big in an article on Deseret News.com. The unexpected loss to the Hawks took wagon. “I think Fes has played really well, for me. That’s huge for me, so I’m moving The productive, 15-minute night away from any personal success Fesenko I’m happy for him,” Jazz guard Kyle there slowly.” against the Hawks came one night after had in the game. “You can’t say that you Korver said. “I think the next step for Fes Surely a 58.8 field goal percentage and almost two rebounds in an average eight minutes per game is something to build on. Better work habits means playing time. Consistent minutes should translate into better performance, which in turn means continued employment in the NBA. Pecherov hopes for a chance Oleksiy Pecherov had the best game of his young NBA career on November 4, 2009, when he scored a career high 24 points to go with eight rebounds against the Boston Celtics. Pecherov averaged 7.7 points and 4.2 rebounds through the first 17 games of the 2009-2010 season, includ- ing a run of four consecutive games with 10 or more points. He managed a double- double with 12 points and 10 boards in a loss to Portland. “You see against Boston, right?” Pecherov said in his broken English, while conversing with old friend Michael Lee of The Washington Post. “When I have a chance, I get buckets. You can’t get buck- ets sitting on the bench and DNP [did not play]. I’m trying, though. I’m trying.” Lately the playing time has been quite limited. Since Kevin Love returned from his broken hand, Pecherov has been rele- gated to garbage-time, if he plays at all. He’s down to 11 minutes per game, but has only seen action in 41 of Minnesota’s first 68 games (five starts). “Start of the season, I got have playing time. Now I’m not. I don’t know why. But I still keep working,” Pecherov said in his reunion with the Post’s Mr. Lee. More of the same NBA life for Oleksiy Pecherov: he espouses the proper team attitude, while continuing to be frustrated with his lack of playing time. “Start of the season, coach gave me more opportunities. He give me playing time and when you get the playing time, you just play basketball, and it’s easy to play like this,” Pecherov said. “When you feel trusted and feel like you’re going to play 20, 30 minutes, you just come and play your game. You’re knocking down shots, you rebound, get some defensive stops. But when you play five minutes, three minutes a game, it’s tough. You come in the game when the game already decided, you’re up 20, down 20, it’s a dif- ferent game. You try and rush your shot. It’s difficult. I try working and I hope I can get another chance and opportunity and be ready for it.” On top of the challenges for playing (Continued on page 22) No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 19

she seasoned our lives with love, and she Binghamton... was truly a beacon in the darkness. Today (Continued from page 4) her bright light continues to shine and NEW RELEASE: Juliana Osinchuk’s fled for their lives during World War II to guide us. ... America. Their hopes were of one day At the end of the speeches, 13 white bal- arrangements of music by Mozart loons were released by the families to the returning to their families in Ukraine. And ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Pianist heavens as messages of love and prayers. thus our Maria is like the fallen crane that Juliana Osinchuk’s variations on “Happy The Ukrainian community came together never gets to see her native homeland, which Birthday” in honor of Mozart have just she worked tirelessly to represent, advocate, that day to mourn a wonderful lady and to represent the contributions the community been published by Alfred Music support and teach about to her family and Publishing Co., Inc. the extended Binghamton community. has given, and will continue to give even in this difficult time, to the city of Binghamton. “Happy Birthday, Wolfgang” is now “One year ago, on April 3, 2009, we lost available at all music stores and through Maria ‘Mima’ Zobniw, who died as a victim Members of the City Memorial Park Committee complimented the Ukrainian www.alfred.com (catalogue No. 34421). of the tragic Binghamton massacre. ... our Dr. Osinchuk originally composed this dear Mima died in the senseless tragedy community for their participation and for piece to honor Mozart’s 250th birthday, which shocked the nation. Her life, however, lending beauty to the event via the Ukrainian and it was premiered on January 26, was the farthest thing from senseless. In our embroidery its members wore. 2006, in Anchorage, Alaska. She has also hearts, she continues to be a loving wife, This event was covered by the area’s caring and nurturing mother, sister, niece, news media, including a live TV feed, front- recorded her original version on her most and a kind-hearted aunt and friend. Maria page news stories in local papers and lead recent solo CD “Keys to Recovery.” put into practice the values taught by her stories on local news stations. A documenta- She writes in her foreword: “Inspired parents of ‘belief in God and Country’ and ry is being written and recorded about the by the humorous piano improvisations of of helping others by giving her time, energy events of April 3, 2009. Victor Borge, I chose pieces to arrange and life for her family and community. ... The Press and Sun Bulletin, presscon- that would be familiar to most audiences. “Mima contributed selflessly to help cre- nects.com, covered the event and presented Two of the themes I used are from ate an environment that raises children to photos of the families, including Lubomyr Mozart’s piano sonatas K. 545 and K. become good citizens and compassionate Zobniw holding a framed photo of his late 331. I also used a chamber music piece, individuals. While raising her own children, wife, Maria, and Mar’yan Chabursky, neph- ‘Eine kleine nachtmusik’; the second Flute.’” Mima took on the additional task of teach- ew of Maria Zobniw, saying a prayer outside movement from his Piano Concerto No. The published version in “Happy ing, organizing and mentoring other people’s the American Civic Association. 21 in C Major, K. 467 (used as the theme Birthday, Wolfgang” has been edited to children. In addition to being a pillar of the The Press also noted: “While the family for the movie ‘Elvira Madigan’); and one be played by most late intermediate and Ukrainian community in Binghamton, members of some victims wore black, the of the arias form his opera ‘The Magic early advanced pianists. Mima also reached out to service the broad- Zobniw family and others from Sacred er immigrant community at the American Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church, wore Civic Association. shirts and blouses embroidered with pipelines and gas storage facilities, or “Maria is an example to be followed – Ukrainian decorations to honor Maria Russia grants... extension of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Zobniw’s Ukrainian heritage.” through her kindness and self-sacrifice (Continued from page 1) stay in Ukraine. part, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow on April Another leader of the Yulia 20 to finalize issues ahead of the Kharkiv Tymoshenko Bloc, Verkhovna Rada Vice- talks. Chairman Mykola Tomenko, argued that The extension of the Russian fleet’s the extension of fleet’s lease is impossible lease, however, is likely to draw strong without a national referendum. Mr. criticism from Ukraine’s political opposi- Tomenko noted, referring to Article 17, in tion, which had insisted on the scheduled the chapter on “General Provisions,” that 2017 pullout. the Constitution of Ukraine, stipulates (With news agency reports) that deployment of foreign military bases in Ukraine is prohibited. The shadow government’s Foreign Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk called Opposition charges the actions of President Yanukovych “an absolute surrender of the national inter- surrender of Ukraine’s ests of Ukraine.” national interests Ukrinform Foreign Ministry Richard Bell KYIV – The opposition in Ukraine has One of two benches in front of the American Civic Association engraved with reacted to the Ukrainian-Russian agree- sees no conflict names of the victims. ment extending the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s stationing in Ukraine for 25 years with Constitution by calling it a sellout of Ukraine and its Ukrinform KGB archives have often been at the center national values and interests by President Secret archives... of controversy. The presentation of these Yanukovych. KYIV – The Foreign Affairs Ministry (Continued from page 1) electronic records is a historical milestone Former Prime Minister Yulia of Ukraine said on April 21 that the agree- All the speakers at the presentation and a significant step toward shared investi- Tymoshenko, speaking at a briefing on ment extending the Russian Black Sea agreed that the documents need to be acces- gation of primary materials necessary to April 21, stated that President Fleet’s presence in Ukraine in no way sible to researchers, historians and families understand the history of the 20th century. Yanukovych had blatantly violated the conflicts with the Constitution of of those who disappeared during the Soviet The transfer of the digitized archival materi- Constitution of Ukraine and that he was Ukraine. era. Historical, ethical and moral reasons als to the National University of Kyiv making deals that harm the national inter- According to the Information Policy ests of Ukraine. require that the information be studied and Mohyla Academy is unparalleled. It will Department of Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs provide access to these important historical Citing the president’s announcement in opened. Ministry, none of the provisions of the documents for researchers, faculty and stu- Washington that Ukraine would get rid of In the last few weeks, since the change of Constitution specify a deadline for a tem- dents. its highly enriched uranium and now the leadership at the SBU, the digitization of porary stay of the Russian Black Sea Commenting on the announcement by continued basing of the Russian Black archival materials has stopped. The presi- Fleet in the Ukrainian territory. , the recently Sea Fleet on Ukraine’s territory, Ms. dent of the National University of Kyiv Moreover, the agreement on the sta- appointed head of the SBU, of the end of Tymoshenko said: “What’s next? This is tioning of the Black Sea Fleet of 1997 Mohyla Academy, Dr. Kvit, stated that work on archival materials, Mr. Viatrovych not simply a betrayal, but the beginning “access to historical archives is an essential stated: “The country cannot hide the secrets of a systematic ruination of the indepen- stipulates that it can be automatically requirement of a participatory democracy, of totalitarian regimes and cover up crimes dence of our state.” extended for the next five years if neither and the closure of archives is a step back- against humanity. The study of history The opposition’s shadow government, of the contracting parties announces its ward in a free society.” requires access to archives. Open access to led by Serhii Sobolev, will insist that the desire to withdraw from the agreement. The former director of the SBU Archives, information is the basis of democracy.” Verkhovna Rada consider the results of “Thus, it is wrong to say that May 28, Mr. Viatrovych, said: “The SBU should not Electronic copies of the previously closed the bilateral agreements on strategic 2017, is the date of the automatic termi- be the guardian of state secrets of the USSR KGB archival documents will be accessible issues of state development, the official nation of the agreement,” the ministry – a non-existent country. The SBU should at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy Library and website of Yulia Tymoshenko announced. noted. not hide the secrets of a totalitarian regime through the Kyiv Mohyla website, www. According to Mr. Sobolev, the opposi- Nevertheless, the Foreign Affairs which committed crimes against the ukma.kiev.ua. tion government has already prepared an Ministry explained that the final decision Ukrainian nation. If the current leadership Ms. Yaroshenko, director of the Kyiv analysis of the agreements between the concerning the extension of the Black Sea of the SBU takes such a position, it could be Mohyla Library, noted, “The documents are Russian and the Ukrainian leadership. He Fleet’s stay in Ukraine must be taken by interpreted as a cover-up of the crimes of the of great importance not only for the research stated that the ruling government has no the Parliaments of the two countries. The Soviet totalitarian system.” and study of the past, but for understanding right to take, without consent of the text of the agreement stipulates that it shall enter into force only after ratifica- The basis of democracy Ukraine’s current post-totalitarian, post- Verkhovna Rada, such strategically genocidal society, which is in the process of important decisions as creation of a gas tion by the Parliaments of Ukraine and Since the fall of the , the building a democratic state.” transit consortium, lease or sale of gas Russia. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 No. 17 No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 21

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Ukrainian organizations in D.C. Youth organizations commemorate assist director of “The Soviet Story” Taras Shevchenko anniversary WASHINGTON – The director of the the film has the potential to inform not by Orysia Dmytrenko Catholic Church parish hall on March 14. documentary “The Soviet Story,” Edvins only European nationals, but American The performance, organized by KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The Goshen Snore, was in Washington earlier this year students, academics, and policy makers. Khrystia Bihun of UAYA and titled Branch of the Ukrainian American Youth to speak about his 10 years of work on Finally, Mr. Snore travelled to Capitol “Inheritance of Taras Shevchenko,” was Association (UAYA), and the Kerhonkson the film. His visit was facilitated by sev- Hill, where Members of Congress and borrowed from a school program in the eral organizations, among them the U.S.- congressional staff attended a briefing Branch of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization joined the local Ukrainian Ternopil region of Ukraine. It portrayed Ukraine Foundation and the Ukrainian and screening of film clips sponsored by Shevchenko from toddler to senior in four American Coordinating Council. the co-chairs of the Congressional community including the Ukrainian School, the musical group Korinya, and skits, with recitations of poems written by Over the course of a decade, Mr. Snore Ukrainian Caucus and other Members of him. interviewed scholars and witnesses, and Congress. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen the Zolotyi Homin choir under the direc- In between, seven bandura players compiled newsreels, newly discovered (R-Fla.), a member of the House tion of Volodymyr Bakum for a celebra- strummed and sang. documents and other media from archives Committee on International Relations, tion of the 196th anniversary of the birth in Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Great Britain had seen the film and commended Mr. of Taras Shevchenko. The event took The program concluded with all partic- and Germany to create his film. Snore on his work and accomplish- place at the Holy Trinity Ukrainian ipants singing “Poklin Tobi Tarase.” The documentary shows the philosoph- ments. She spoke of her own experience ical, political, and actual collaboration with communism and her parents’ flight between the Nazi and Soviet systems in from Cuba under Fidel Castro. the years leading up to and during the Mr. Snore’s visit to Washington was Second World War. It presents archival made possible by support from Daris documents revealing just how much the Delins of Perry Street Advisors and by Soviet Union helped Nazi Germany cre- the week’s organizers: The Moldova ate the Holocaust and uncovers the scope Foundation, The U.S.-Baltic Foundation, of atrocities that took place under Stalin’s and through Ukrainian groups – the U.S.- regime in the Soviet Union. Ukraine Foundation (USUF), Ukrainian On January 25, at a National Press American Coordinating Council (UACC) Club “Newsmaker Hour,” Mr. Snore pre- and Ukrainian Federation of America. sented selected clips of the film and The UACC and USUF have partnered answered questions. to promote education concerning the The next day he attended the Day of Great Famine of 1933 (Holodomor) and Latvia Reception at the Latvian Embassy other historical events through use of and met with Ambassador Andrejs multi-media and community action. The Pildregovics. work done to promote “The Soviet Story” The Pajamas TV Station and the is part of this larger effort. Vietnamese News Channel in Washington, Recently Mr. Snore also presented his both interviewed Mr. Snore. In addition, Mr. film in New York at The Ukrainian A view of the program in honor of Ukraine’s bard, Taras Shevchenko, held in Snore held screenings and discussions with Museum, appeared at the Latvian Cultural Kerhonkson, N.Y. students at both the National Defense Center in Philadelphia, and was inter- University and the Johns Hopkins University viewed by Chinese NTDTV, Epoch Times School of Advanced International Studies and Fairchild TV31. Finally, he attended important. Ukraine desperately needs a (SAIS) in the district. an event sponsored by the Canada Yanukovych needs... united government and has suffered from On January 27 Mr. Snore attended a Ukraine Foundation, “Tribute to Liberty,” (Continued from page 6) not having one since the days of the brunch with members of the press, diplo- and made an appearance at the Ukrainian of state bodies handling NATO and Euro- Orange Revolution. mats and NGO representatives, at which Canadian Congress before 500 guests. Certainly President Yanukovych was they discussed the film in a casual setting. Readers interested in coordinating sim- Atlantic integration (though there were sev- touting the fact that there is one team in Many were interested in screening it at ilar events may contact Ihor Gawdiak eral dozen such bodies disbanded and that charge in Kyiv – and that can be good. But high schools and universities in the ([email protected]) at the UACC or Oksana is fairly routine in transitions). it can also be risky if there are insufficient United States, as well as promoting it fur- Yakovenko ([email protected]) at Moreover, there is a general concern ther within the film industry. All agreed the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation. that the balance of power has shifted so checks and balances in place. American heavily toward Mr. Yanukovych and his interlocutors cannot stress enough to their Party of Regions that the opposition will Ukrainian counterparts the importance for be neutered and the media and civil soci- Ukraine of staying on a democratic path. ety will be ignored or, worse, silenced. Such a path is best for Ukraine, for the Avoiding divisive debates on issues region, and for deepening American- essential to Ukraine’s identity is also Ukrainian relations.

Friends and supporters with documentary-maker Edvins Snore (first from left).

for first and second places, followed in third Ukraine's fractured... and fourth places by new liberal political (Continued from page 3) forces (Messrs.Yatsenyuk and Tigipko), mobilize and develop new tactics and strat- with the nationalists (Messrs. Yushchenko egies before the next parliamentary elec- and Tiahnybok) possibly entering tions in September 2012. Parliament in last place. The 2012 Parliament will be very differ- ent from the two parliaments elected after Copyright 2010, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted the Orange Revolution in 2006 and 2007. with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ In 2012, gone will be the CPU, the Lytvyn Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Bloc, and mega-center-right blocs such as Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org. (See OU-PSD. In will be the Party of Regions http://www.rferl.org/content/Ukraines_ and the Tymoshenko Bloc competing again Fractured_Opposition/2015668.html.) 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 No. 17

PRU is probably at the peak of its populari- Ruling coalition... ty, while the opposition is experiencing dif- Ukrainian Sacred Music Seminar (Continued from page 2) ficulties. The PRU would have won an elec- within the coalition of the Communists and tion in March with 36.4 percent against the scheduled to be held in New Jersey the Lytvyn Bloc, the two small caucuses that Tymoshenko Bloc’s 13.6 percent, according oppose market reforms, is waning. to a poll conducted by the Kyiv International LIVONIA, Mich. – The Ukrainian of St. Volodymyr Cathedral. Institute of Sociology on March 19-28. The Bandurist Chorus and the St. Sophia Mr. Mahlay, music curator of the Consequently, it might be easier for the PRU-dominated government to launch Tymoshenko Bloc was trailed by Deputy Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary Ukrainian Museum-Archives of Cleveland Prime Minister Sergey Tigipko’s Strong and the current music director of the unpopular reforms, such as pension reform, are co-sponsoring a Ukrainian Sacred Music Ukraine with 6.6 percent, and former Kobzarska Sich Ukrainian music programs, and abolishing the ban on farmland privati- Seminar beginning on Friday evening, April Parliament Chairman Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s 30, (registration is at 5:30 p.m.) and continu- is an accomplished conductor, bandura play- zation which presents a serious barrier to Front of Change with 4.3 percent. ing Saturday, May 1. er and frequent lecturer on Ukrainian music. foreign investment. The larger the coalition, A similar poll by R&B Group, conducted This workshop is intended for Sacred He is the former artistic director of the the easier it should be for the PRU to push in mid-March, was more favorable for the Music enthusiasts, conductors, cantors and world-renowned Ukrainian Bandurist through Parliament the budget bill for 2010, PRU, which scored 43 percent against the the average faithful parishioner interested in Chorus, leading performances throughout which the Cabinet will submit in April in Tymoshenko Bloc’s 17 percent, followed by an introductory music appreciation course. North America and Europe and recording order to qualify for the resumption of financ- with 10 percent and Front of It will be held at St. Sophia Seminary at St. several CDs of music, including “Golden ing by the International Monetary Fund Change with 5 percent (Zerkalo Nedeli, Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church Echoes of Kyiv: The Divine Liturgy.” (IMF) from which the government expects a April 10). Center in South Bound Brook, N.J. The Rev. Protodeacon Mahlay has active- $5 billion loan. These results are similar to those in the The core program for the seminar is an ly served in various capacities within the Meanwhile, the opposition’s weakness first round of the presidential election on introduction to the history of Ukrainian Ukrainian Orthodox Church, most notably became obvious after the March 30 vote on January 17, in which Mr. Yanukovych (35 sacred music with an overview of the styles, as an assistant conductor, music instructor, Education Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk. percent) also defeated Ms. Tymoshenko trends, composers of the 1,000-year history lecturer in sacred arts, coordinator of chari- Following weeks of a nationwide anti- (25 percent), ahead of Mr. Tigipko (13 of church music in Ukraine. This includes table and educational outreach programs. Tabachnyk campaign launched by national- percent) and Mr. Yatsenyuk (7 percent). an overview of early singing of Kyivan Rus’ Following three years of study and comple- ists over his controversial education reform However, the PRU is the only party among to the 17th Century, the big three – tion of St. Stephen’s Course of Theology, he plans, a motion of no-confidence against the four most popular parties that per- Bortniansky, Berezovsky, Vedel – and the was ordained into the diaconate in Mr. Tabachnyk was backed by only 202 formed better in the two polls than its 20th century and the modern era. November of 1997. He is attached to and deputies in Parliament – 24 short of the leader did on January 17. The lecture series will be complemented plays an active role in the pastoral staff at St. required number. No deputy from the coali- with examples (listening and singing) and a Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in tion supported the motion despite the fact The article above is reprinted from practicum of good vocal technique. Focus Parma, Ohio. that Mr. Tabachnyk’s views are not shared Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from will be placed on the place and purpose of Since 1979, both Mahlays have been by many members of the coalition. Church singing. Selected lectures on the involved with organizing and teaching at its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, Recent opinion polls also confirm that the technique of singing (good for both conduc- bandura seminars at All Saints Ukrainian www.jamestown.org. tors and the average singer), various aspects Orthodox Church Camp in Emlenton, Pa. of music in the Church and the practical To register, readers may call the Rev. application of vocalization will be inter- Bazyl Zawierucha, Provost of St. Sophia categorically against abandoning the Party spersed during the workshop. Seminary at 610-262-2882 or e-mail zawi- Kyiv considers... of Regions plan to boost pensions and The lecturers and facilitators of the course [email protected]. Cost is $125 (paid (Continued from page 2) wages, and Petro Symonenko said that it are Oleh Mahlay, former conductor of the upon arrival) and includes meals during the lion tranche, expected in November 2009, would be a “crime” to increase the domestic Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus and St. seminar. Personal accommodations may be did not arrive due to the political uncertainty price of gas (Interfax-Ukraine, March 16). Volodymyr Cathedral Choir in Parma, Ohio, made at the Somerset Holiday Inn, ahead of the Ukrainian presidential elections The communists hinted that if such unpopu- and the Rev. Protodeacon Ihor Mahlay, also 732-356-1700. in January and February of this year and the lar measures are approved, this might pre- government’s failure to cut social spending cipitate their withdrawal from the coalition. and increase domestic gas prices. Without Without them, Mr. Azarov’s Cabinet, like the latter two measures, the budget deficit Tymoshenko’s before him, would be backed may grow out of proportion, the IMF by only a minority coalition. Marika Kuzma to conduct concert believes. Finally, Mr. Azarov hopes to avoid The IMF and the World Bank consider increasing gas prices at home by persuading at University of California-Berkeley that the government should abstain from Moscow to lower the price of gas for increasing wages and pensions, and raise the Ukraine. However, he returned from his gas BERKELEY, Calif. – After a year as pension age for women, who retire five talks in Moscow empty-handed on March guest chorus master for the Orchestre years earlier than men, at age 55. Mr. Azarov 25, and Russia expects political and eco- Symhonique de Montreal (The Montreal is reluctant to implement those recommen- nomic concessions in exchange for cheap Symphony) in 2007-2008, Marika Kuzma dations, as such unpopular measures are gas, to which Messrs. Azarov and returned to the University of California – sure to affect the popularity of his Party of Yanukovych are reluctant to agree (Eurasia Berkeley, where she resumed a busy sched- Regions ahead of the local elections in the Daily Monitor, March 31). If no deal is ule of concerts. fall. reached with Russia by the end of April, She said she is very excited about her The party hopes that it will prove possible when the IMF is due to make its decision on upcoming concert, “A Symphony of to postpone the elections, in which case it Ukraine, Mr. Azarov will have to increase Psalms” to be performed by the University will be easier to conduct unpopular reforms. domestic gas prices. Chorus and Campus Chorus. The concert Senior member of the Party of Regions and Currently, the difference between the will feature the famous Stravinsky work “A Vice Prime Minister Borys Kolesnikov high price of imported gas and the low price Symphony of Psalms” and will include the opined recently that the local elections for which it is sold to consumers in Ukraine first half of psalm settings by Stravinsky’s should ideally coincide with the next parlia- is subsidized from the state budget. Slavic predecessors. mentary elections in 2012 (Zerkalo Nedeli, Consequently, the deficit of the state-con- Among the pieces Ms. Kuzma has March 27). However, this would contradict trolled oil and gas behemoth, Naftohaz selected are works by Diletsky, Berezovsky, the constitution, according to which the local Ukrainy, equaled 2.5 percent of GDP in Bortniansky and Kouzan, and a piece by the elections should be held in 2010. 2009, according to the IMF. contemporary Kyiv composer Valentin Mr. Azarov also has to take into account Silvestrov, as well as pieces by Rimsky- the interests of the Communists, who form The article above is reprinted from Korsakov, Grechaninov and Rachmaninoff. Kathleen Karn part of the ruling coalition. The Communists, Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from Raised in New Haven, Conn., and being Marika Kuzma given their popularity among the poor, its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, of Ukrainian descent, Ms. Kuzma has a oppose the IMF recommendations. They are www.jamestown.org. special affinity for Eastern European choral acclaimed soloists. music. The San Francisco Classical Voice noted: In the 2007-2008 season, Ms. Kuzma, “UC’s Marika Kuzma, who conducted, got who is the Virginia Lew Professor of draft trade with Washington that Minnesota it splendidly right. She and a supporting Music at Berkeley, was invited to be the Fesenko fights... actually has on its team. Ricky Rubio, the chef de choeur for the Orchestre cast of hundreds – including the University (Continued from page 18) fifth pick, elected to stay in Europe, while Symphonique de Montréal. While in Chorus and Chamber Chorus, the Alumni time, the Ukrainian hoopster said it is Etan Thomas and Darius Songalia were Montreal, she prepared the chorus for Chorus, the Piedmont East Bay Children’s tough being on a losing team, and tough moved along in another deal. Maestro Kent Nagano in Ravel’s “L’Enfant Choir, a large orchestra, organ, and soprano, adjusting to the cold weather and snow in Pecherov harbors no resentment toward et les sortileges,” Bach’s “Christmas tenor, and baritone soloists – thoroughly Minnesota. the Wizards. “I like D.C. I like the city, the Oratorio,” Wagners “Tannhäuser,” Verdi’s vitalized the 90-minute work.” “It’s strange. In Ukraine, it’s the same team, the players,” Pecherov said. “But it’s “Requiem,” and Bellini’s “Norma.” She The concert on May 1 will take place at weather like here, but for last four years I a business. Nothing you can do about this. was invited back to Montreal to prepare 8 p.m. at Hertz Hall on the campus of didn’t live in Ukraine,” he said. Nothing personal. It’s just basketball stuff, Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion” in UC-Berkeley. “Compared to Washington [his first NBA business. I loved the guys in D.C., for two November 2009. Tickets for the concert are $15 for gen- team], it’s really cold out here. We’ve been years they were nice to me and treat me After her return to California, one of the eral admission; $10, students, seniors, traveling a lot, so that keeps us warm. very well. I was feeling great about it. It’s highlights of the following season perfor- groups of 10 and over; $5, UC-Berkeley We’ve been going to LA two times already. part of the business of basketball, you got mance of “War Requiem,” by Brittens dur- students. For tickets, readers may call But here’s really cold and it’s a lot of snow. traded, but you got to keep going. It’s a ing which Ms. Kuzma conducted a chorus 510-642-9988; event information is avail- It’s unbelievable, but you adjust.” new stage in your career and you hope it of 200, two orchestras and several able by calling 510-642-4864. Pecherov is the only part of the pre- makes you better.” No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 23 OUT AND ABOUT

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Through May 14 Art exhibit, “Armory Watch for Excellence,” featuring May 2 Presentation by Peter Potichnyj, Ukrainian American West Palm Beach, FL works by Pat Zalisko, Armory Arts Center, Chicago Veterans 1st Lt. Ivan Shandor Post 35, Ss. 561-832-1776 or www.armoryart.org Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church center, 847-910-3532 April 30 Ukrainian Sacred Music and Choral Workshop, St. South Bound Brook, NJ Sophia Theological Seminary, 610-882-2488 May 3 Lecture by Rostyslav Melnykov, “The Godfather of Cambridge, MA the Red Renaissance: Serhiy Pylypenko and May 1 Workshop, “Baking Traditional Wedding Breads,” in the 1920s,” Harvard New York The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 or University, 617-495-3549 [email protected] May 6 Lecture by Mikhail Krutikov, “Searching for the May 1 Presentation by Alexander Motyl and Vasyl Makhno, Stanford, CA Shtetl in 21st-Century Ukraine,” Stanford New York “Imagining Mazepa: From Byron to Broadway to University, 650-723-3562 Hollywood,” The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 May 7 Concert featuring Julian Kytasty, Ukrainian May 1 Spring cleaning, Brooklyn Ukrainian Group, New York Institute of America, 212-288-8660 Kerhonkson, NY Soyuzivka, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ BrooklynUkrainianGroup/ May 7 Dance recital, Marunczak School, Montreal Ukrainian National Federation auditorium, May 1 Lecture by Orysia Tracz, “Why We Do What We 450-625-2843 Winnipeg, MB Do: The Meaning Behind Ukrainian Dancing, Singing, Costumes and Other Interesting Things,” May 7-8 Flower Mart in Honor of Ukraine, Embassy of Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Washington Ukraine, Washington National Cathedral, Center, 453-4041 or [email protected] 202-686-6975

May 1 Concert featuring Yevshan Ukrainian Vocal May 11 Film screening, “The Soviet Story” by Edvins Boston Ensemble, St. John Seminary Chapel, Boston Ottawa Snore, Mayfair Theater, www.mayfairtheatre.ca College, 617-522-3912 May 14 Concert featuring the Suzirya Ukrainian Dance May 2 Concert featuring pianist Toma Hrynkiw and cellist Montreal Theater of Calgary and the Ukrainian Male Chorus Alexandria, VA Nestor Cybriwsky, The Washington Group Cultural of Edmonton, Ludger-Duvernay Theater, Fund, The Lyceum, 301-229-2615 or 703-838-4994 514-871-2224

May 2 Literary evening with Oksana Draj-Khmara and Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to New York Zirka Derlycia, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. Items will be published at Sciences, 212-222-1866 the discretion of the editors and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

ANNOUNCEMENT to the Members of the Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union

Dear Members,

The Board of Directors of the Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union (UNFCU) would like to wholeheartedly greet you with the ongoing Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord, and to wish you peace, love and all the best.

Once again we would like to express our gratitude for the support of the new members of UNFCU Board of Directors elected at the Annual Membership Meeting held on March 7.

It is our pleasure to present to you the members of our newly Board:

Mr. Walentyn Polywko, Chairman of the Board of Directors; Mrs. Christine Balko, President/CEO, member of the Board of Directors; Mr. Borys Kramarchuk, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr. Esteban Kaczurak, Treasurer; Mr. Walter Drobenko, Secretary of the Board of Directors; Mr. Serhiy Hoshovskyy, member of the Board of Directors; Mr. Vsevolod Salenko, member of the Board of Directors.

Currently, the leadership of our Credit Union is making effort in strengthening the institutional platform of UNFCU, improving the product line for our members and perfecting our service. It is our intention to shortly intensify our activities in support of the growth of the Ukrainian Community and Church. In the interests of our members, we are studying the possibilities to expand our presence in New York and New Jersey.

We pledge to continue our work in a transparent manner. Soon our members will be regularly receiving the bulletin of UNFCU with the updates on the work of the Credit Union and life in our Community.

Again, thank you for your support of the UNFCU Board of Directors. We promise to diligently carry out the honorable and important mission entrusted upon us.

Respectfully,

Board of Directors of the Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 No. 17

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, April 17, TORONTO: Svitlychka Toronto through Sunday, May 2 Ukrainian Cooperative Nursery School NEW YORK: La MaMa Experimental (named in honor of Tsiopa Palijiw) invites Theater and Yara Arts Group present everyone to its annual “Kotiache “Scythian Stones,” a world music theater Vesillia”/”A Cat’s Wedding” at Our Lady piece featuring Nina Matvienko, Tonia of Sorrows School, 32 Montgomery Ave., Matvienko and Kyrgyz artists Kenzhegul Etobicoke, Ontario (west end of Toronto), Satybaldieva and Ainura Kachkynbek at 2-5 p.m. Our fun children’s festival, kyzy. The journeys of two women become geared to children age 2-6, features live epic descents into the Great Below, where entertainment by Ukrainian American songs, skills and languages vanish. singer Olya Fryz and Toronto rock band “Scythian Stones” was created by Virlana Klooch, “The Cat’s Wedding” play, danc- Tkacz, with direction/design by Watoku ing, crafts, games, food and refreshments, Ueno, movement by Katja Kolcio, and a raffle and loot bags. Admission is: $15, music by Nurbek Serkebaev, Julian general; $10 for kids; free for kids under Kytasty and Debutante Hour’s Susan age 2. For more information and advance Hwang and Maria Sonevytsky. Shows are ticket orders log on to www.svitlychka.ca. Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. La MaMa is located Sunday, May 16 at 74 E. Fourth St. Tickets are $18. For LANSDALE, Pa.: The Presentation of information call 212-475- 7710 or log on Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church will to www.lamama.org. host “A Traditional Ukrainian Dinner.” Saturday, May 1 Attendees will enjoy generous portions of tasty home-made Ukrainian ethnic foods: NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific pyrohy, holubtsi, kovbasa, sauerkraut, society invites all to a lecture by Oksana breads, beverages, baked goods and des- Kis titled “The Basic Tendencies in the serts. Visitors can view displays and dem- Investigations of Women’s History in onstrations of Ukrainian folk arts and Contemporary Ukraine.” Prof. Kis holds a candidate of history degree and is a senior crafts, and purchase Ukrainian folk arts research fellow at the Ethnology Research and crafts: pysanky (Easter eggs), vyshy- Institute of the National Academy of vanky (embroidery) and gerdany (bead- Sciences of Ukraine. She is the author of work jewelry). This family-friendly event the book “Woman in the Traditional will be held at 3-7 p.m. at the church’s Ukrainian Culture” (Lviv, 2008) and is social hall, 1564 Allentown Road, presently a Petro Jacyk Visiting Professor at Lansdale (Towamencin Township), Pa. the Harriman Institute of Columbia Tickets are $10 per person at the door with University. The lecture will take place at the seating. For advance tickets, reservations society’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between or information, call Mike, 215-715-4871, Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For addi- or e-mail [email protected]. tional information call 212-254-5130. Take-out orders are available.

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