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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIII HE No.KRAINIAN 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine WorldT Bank evaluatesU Ukraine’s YekhanurovW returns from Moscow economic and fiscal policy in 2005 without deal for natural gas supplies by Zenon Zawada “In particular, it was noted that goods by Yana Sedova Russian counterpart, Mikhail Fradkov. Kyiv Press Bureau originating in the zones and shipped Kyiv Press Bureau At a press conference in Kyiv the next within Ukraine were often exempt from day, President Viktor Yushchenko KYIV – The Yushchenko government customs duties,” the statement said. KYIV – Ukraine’s natural gas crisis accused the Russian state-controlled nat- is correct to halt any further reprivatiza- “This was unfair to investors outside the escalated after Prime Minister Yurii ural gas monopoly, Gazprom, of black- tion of valuable assets, but needs to limit zones who had to pay customs duties on Yekhanurov returned from a failed mailing the Ukrainian government. government spending, which is now 5 imports, and it created potential rent- December 19 meeting in Moscow with “You know, one has to be absurd in percent of Gross Domestic Product seeking opportunities for zone adminis- resolving this problem by resorting to (GDP), according to the World Bank’s trators.” such [methods] ... it’s blackmail,” Mr. evaluation of Ukraine’s economic and Eliminating free economic zones Yushchenko said. “I don’t think that fiscal policy in 2005. won’t significantly affect economic authorities from both sides would lower “It is important to provide certainty growth, Mr. Davis said. themselves to such tones, to such meth- and stability to investors following a Looking ahead, the World Bank’s ods. That is not my policy. I’m not used to period of protracted uncertainty,” said Ukraine experts emphasized the need for solving problems through confrontation.” Paul Bermingham, World Bank director limiting the budget deficit, which Prime Rather than pursue further political for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, in a Minister Yurii Yekhanurov recently pro- negotiations, the Ukrainian leadership December 16 statement released at a jected won’t be any higher than 2.5 per- will turn to the Stockholm International press conference that day. cent of next year’s GDP. Arbitration Court, Mr. Yekhanurov said “In this regard, the government’s stat- “In 2006, the fiscal policy needs to be at the December 20 press conference. ed intention of not proceeding with fur- directed into financing more of fixed and “We have received no written ther reprivatizations is welcome. At the human capital, with limited increases of requests to break the contract so far,” he same time, we urge Ukraine to adopt the recurrent spending to keep the budget said. “On the contrary, we were assured legislation needed to set clear European- deficit under control and not to under- that the contract would remain intact. I style rules to govern corporate activity,” mine macroeconomic stability,” the hope we will stay within the limits of he added. release said. these civilized relations in future.” Such laws include a new joint stock The U.S. should follow the European Gazprom triggered the crisis on company code, amendments to the law Union and declare Ukraine a market December 14 when it announced that it on stock markets and amendments to the economy, Mr. Davis said, and the would not give Ukraine discounted rates law on banks and banking, he said. Ukrainian government should pass all CuttySark Co. under its current contract and has threat- While further such efforts aren’t nec- legislation for World Trade Organization ened to cut supplies altogether if new essary, the Kryvorizhstal sale was a criti- ascension. Ukrainian Prime Minister Yurii terms aren’t reached by January 1. cal step toward Ukraine’s modernization, Yekhanurov answers journalists' ques- Ukraine depends on Gazprom for 31 said Mark Davis, the World Bank’s sen- (Continued on page 16) tions at a December 20 press conference. percent of its natural gas supplies. The ior country economist for Ukraine, in the remainder comes from domestic sources press release. It demonstrated to all and Turkmenistan. investors the benefit of a transparent pri- Showing no flexibility thus far, vatization process, Mr. Davis comment- “Race for the Rada” series promotes Gazprom sent the new terms for a bilat- ed. eral agreement and pricing formula to “It promises to bring technology, mar- Kyiv on December 20. ket share, investment and jobs to Ukraine interest in 2006 parliamentary elections Russia currently provides Ukraine at a time when energy price increases by Tamara Gallo Olexy member of BUG, welcomed the guests Ukrainian Congress Committee of America to the first Race for the Rada discus- with natural gas at a price of $50 per will require technological innovation in 1,000 cubic meters in exchange for trans- heavy industry,” he said. sion on the topic of the influence of NEW YORK – Continuing in the musicians, celebrities and music on the porting it through Ukraine to Europe. The threat of wide-scale reprivatiza- spirit of the Orange Revolution slogan The Putin administration wants to tion and subsequent uncertainty regard- Orange Revolution and during the run- “Razom Nas Bahato” (Together We up to the parliamentary elections in switch to cash payments and more than ing property rights contributed to this Are Many), the Ukrainian Congress quadruple the price to between $220 and year’s investment decline, the release Ukraine. Committee of America, Shevchenko The evening’s guest speaker, Dr. $230 per 1,000 cubic meters, the approx- said. Other factors were public invest- Scientific Society, Columbia imate market rate that wealthier ment cutbacks and increased tax pres- Adriana Helbig, an ethnomusicologist, University Ukrainian Studies Program delivered an interesting presentation on European nations pay. sures. and the Brooklyn Ukrainian Group The Russian government has offered World Bank experts lauded President “Music and the Orange Revolution: (BUG), have joined forces to launch Sounding the Ukrainian Nation.” Ukraine another way out of the crisis, Viktor Yushchenko’s government for their “Race for the Rada” discussion expressing interest in a Russian- “better-than-expected” budget execution. Highlighting how times have changed, series, in an effort to generate support Dr. Helbig illustrated a simple compar- Ukrainian natural gas consortium that Increased social spending has been for and interest in Ukraine’s upcoming would give it co-ownership of Ukraine’s paid for by eliminating most remaining ison of how, prior to the Orange parliamentary elections. Revolution, it was difficult to find transit pipelines, the Russian daily news- tax privileges and tightened tax collec- The co-sponsoring organizations paper Kommersant reported. Under that tion, the press release said. However, a Ukrainian music CDs, while now, for have chosen a variety of topics to example at the recent international eth- condition, Russia is ready to limit natural significant share of the revenue increase appeal to different interests and tastes gas price hikes, Kommersant reported. came from the value-added tax (VAT) on nomusicology conference in Atlanta, enabling participants to obtain a better Ga., the association of Ukraine with Mr. Yekhanurov rejected this plan, imports, which is not a stable basis for understanding of the “hot topics” in instead offering to pay market prices for social spending increases, the release rock music has “begun to push Western today’s Ukraine and provide an open researchers toward serious analysis of natural gas as part of a gradual shift from said. exchange of ideas in a relaxed and barter transactions to cash payments dur- The World Bank supported Ukraine’s the complex musical and socio-cultural enjoyable atmosphere. phenomena taking place in Ukraine ing the next two or three years. decision earlier this year to eliminate The first such event, hosted by the As negotiations remained at an free economic zones, the release said. today.” Brooklyn Ukrainian Group (BUG), Commenting on the role of the musi- impasse, President Yushchenko prepared Rather than serving the purpose they was held on Thursday, December 15, at Ukrainians for the likelihood of the crisis were created for, they provided large tax cians on the maidan – Kyiv’s the UCCA’s National Office. Serving Independence Square, the focal point of being unresolved by the January 1 dead- loopholes to privileged companies at the as the evening’s MC, Roxy line. However, he assured Ukrainians expense of taxpayers and investors out- Toporowych, co-founder and board (Continued on page 13) side the zones, the release said. (Continued on page 17) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 No. 52

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Parties get down to crucial election campaign Gongadze trial starts in Kyiv added, saying that such reform may be by Jan Maksymiuk than four months before election day, possible in 2008. Ukraine should use com- RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Report Ukrainians continue to lose faith in their KYIV – The Kyiv Appellate Court on mon sense in the development of the econ- political leaders. December 19 began preliminary hearings omy and authorities’ attitude to business, Ukraine has started its campaign for “[Public] trust in all political leaders con- in the case involving the murder of he noted. (Action Ukraine Report) next year’s parliamentary elections. They tinues to decline. At present none of Internet journalist Heorhii Gongadze in will be the country’s first under a fully [Ukraine’s] political leaders enjoys a posi- 2000, the Ukrayinska Pravda website Ukraine begins final pullout from Iraq proportional, party-list system. And with tive trust-distrust balance. Distrust in all (http://www.pravda.com.ua) reported. constitutional reform taking effect on politicians exceeds trust in them, and it does The proceedings take place behind closed KYIV – On December 20, Ukraine January 1, 2006, they are expected to quite significantly. That’s the first thing,” doors and are attended by three former began pulling its remaining 876 troops out produce a legislature with much heavier Ms. Bekeshkina said. “Second, what dis- police officers suspected of killing of Iraq. The multinational force has steadi- political clout than all the previous ones. turbs us is that the belief that the elections Gongadze, Mykola Protasov, Valerii ly unraveled as the death toll rises and Earlier this month, Ukraine’s three will be unfair is now the same as it was on Kostenko and Oleksander Popovych, as angry publics clamor for troops to leave. most important political forces held con- the eve of the past elections. I personally well as their lawyers. (RFE/RL Newsline) Ukraine originally contributed 1,650 troops ventions to approve their lists of candi- don’t want to assert that the elections will to the U.S.-led force in Iraq. The 876 Mace honored by Yushchenko dates for the March 26, 2006, ballot. be such, but voters are convinced in Ukrainian troops still in the country are The Party of the Regions, led by for- serving under Polish command in southern advance that the elections will not be fair.” KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko mer Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, and central Iraq. All are due home by Ukrainian voters may also find more posthumously conferred the Yaroslav the President Viktor Yushchenko’s main rival December 30. The Ukrainian government reasons for intensifying their distrust in Wise Order II on American scholar and in the 2004 presidential election, began withdrawing its troops in March. the political establishment after they look public figure James Mace, according to approved its list on December 3. Eighteen Ukrainian soldiers died and 32 more closely at some party election lists. Ukrainian News, which cited decree No. The Party of The Regions now leads in others were wounded in Iraq. The United The Party of The Regions election list 1655 of November 26. The order is public opinion polls, enjoying the support of States is picking up the $3 million cost of includes not only the richest man in bestowed for personal contributions to around 25 percent of the electorate. A recent Ukraine’s withdrawal. (Associated Press) Ukraine, dollar billionaire Rynat the Ukrainian nation in revealing the simulation by the Kyiv-based Democratic Akhmetov, but also 12 managers of com- Initiative Fund (DIF) pollster suggests that truth to the world community about the Peacekeepers donate wheelchairs panies united in Mr. Akhmetov’s corpora- 1932-1933 Great Famine in Ukraine, for Mr. Yanukovych’s party could count on 165 tion, Capital System Management. In addi- mandates in the 450-seat Verkhovna Rada. fruitful research work and public activi- KYIV – The Ukrainian Defense tion, the list also names four former or ties. (Ukrainian News Agency via Action Ministry’s press service reported on The pro-presidential Our Ukraine present managers of the Shakhtar Donetsk People’s Union (OUPU) also put togeth- Ukraine Report) December 6 that Ukrainian peacekeepers soccer club owned by Mr. Akhmetov. in Iraq continue rendering humanitarian er its election list on December 3. All of Akhmetov’s people are positioned PM: radical reform impossible now The OUPU is planning to form an aid to the residents of Wasit Province. high enough on the list to practically guar- Personnel of the 81st Tactical Group election coalition called the Our Ukraine antee their election to the Verkhovna Rada. KYIV – It will be impossible to carry Yushchenko Bloc with five other parties. out radical reform in Ukraine in the near delivered 800 wheelchairs to the Wasit One Ukrainian commentator remarked sar- Province Health Department. It reportedly wants its coalition partners castically that they will be able to form a future, Prime Minister Yurii Yekhanurov Commenting on the humanitarian aid to provide 35 percent of the candidates to full-fledged faction within the Party of said in an interview published in the delivery, Sabbah Dahir Nassir, director of be included on a joint election list. Regions’ parliamentary representation. A December 12 issue of Ekonomicheskiye the Center for Disabled Persons, said According to opinion polls, the OUPU faction in the Verkhovna Rada may be Izvestia. “I think that Ukraine is prepared Ukraine had been the first nation to render is currently supported by some 13 per- formed by at least 14 deputies. for reform, but the main problem is reform aid to that organization, which unites over cent of voters. That, the FDI says, could Moreover, the Party of the Regions elec- technique. I have studied our Constitution 4,700 disabled persons in En-Numania, translate into 93 parliamentary mandates. tion list includes – apart from its leader, Mr. closely and have realized that no reform Ukraine’s third major political force, Yanukovych – Mr. Yanukovych’s son, can be achieved in the near future. Its Al-Azizia and Es-Suweira. (Ukrinform) the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, was able to lawyer and press secretary. implementation would prove impossible,” 50 servicemen headed for Iraq determine just the 10 top names on its The pro-Yushchenko OUPU also has he said. The time to have implemented election list at a congress on December 7, some interesting candidates on its list. A reform was last spring, when the authori- KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko pledging to supply the remainder the fol- month ago, during an OUPU convention, ties enjoyed “a colossal amount of confi- on December 1 signed an order to send lowing week. Mr. Yushchenko reportedly urged dele- dence,” the prime minister explained, 50 servicemen to Iraq in 2006, Ukrainian The Tymoshenko bloc, which support- gates to kick out of the party those of his adding that this window of opportunity media reported, citing the presidential ed Mr.Yushchenko’s presidential bid in Orange Revolution comrades who had had now been missed. Ukraine will not be press service. According to Ukrainian 2004, will run independently from the been accused of corruption and then fired able to push through pensions or housing Defense Minister Anatolii Hrytsenko, this Our Ukraine Yushchenko Bloc in 2006, from government posts. and public utility reforms in the foresee- group will consist of 30 army officers, 10 following the sacking in September of A subsequent investigation has not able future, he said. “Nor will there be any border guards and 10 police officers, who Ms. Tymoshenko’s Cabinet by President confirmed the corruption allegations, but health care or administrative-territorial will help Iraqi authorities implement proj- Yushchenko. According to the DIF, with President Yushchenko apparently felt reforms in the near future and we cannot ects to restore Iraq’s infrastructure. Mr. support of around 12 percent, the Yulia such candidates could be liabilities in the dare to begin structural reform. We want to Hrytsenko added that the group has noth- Tymoshenko Bloc could win 88 seats in election campaign. make the transformations painless. We are ing in common with the 1,600-member the Verkhovna Rada. However, delegates at the OUPU con- against surgery, we want therapy, therefore Ukrainian military contingent that is cur- The Yushchenko-Tymoshenko split vention in November did not heed Mr. we will develop slowly.” Tax reform will may have a huge impact on both the Yushchenko’s advice. Those politicians, not be quick either, Mr. Yekhanurov (Continued on page 24) progress of the election campaign, the mostly with murky links to big business, results of the parliamentary elections, and stayed in the party ranks. And on the shape of a future ruling coalition. At December 3 some of these individuals FOUNDED 1933 present, it is unlikely that Mr. Yushchenko were placed on the OUPU election list in and Ms. Tymoshenko will join forces. positions guaranteeing their election. 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U.S. ambassador presents Ukraine Ukraine upgraded to “free” status with equipment to fight avian influenza in Freedom House’s global survey Embassy of the United States working closely with Ukrainian govern- NEW YORK – Ukraine has been parts of Eastern Europe, including the ment officials on a public education cam- upgraded from a “partly free” country Baltic states, democracy and freedom KYIV – U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine paign to better inform Ukrainians about and designated as “free,” according to an prevail; in the countries of the former John E. Herbst on December 21 presented the safety of their poultry and how to annual report released by Freedom House Soviet Union, however, progress has the government of Ukraine with the first protect themselves from possible expo- on December 19. been decidedly mixed. delivery of reagents, detection kits, labo- sure to the avian virus. The global survey, “Freedom in the Of the former Soviet republics, the ratory supplies and protective equipment World 2006,” which covered events report found that one country (Ukraine) to bolster Ukraine’s capacity to detect and Developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the State throughout 2005, ranked 192 countries is free, four are partly free, and seven are combat avian influenza. Advanced labo- on a scale from 1 to 7, with 1 represent- not free. ratory equipment will soon follow. Veterinary Service, this $150,000 out- reach campaign placed radio and televi- ing the most free and 7 representing the Further gains in the region will likely Ukraine’s Vice Minister of Emergency least free rating. In this year’s survey, depend on the development of the kind of Affairs Vitalii Romanchenko and the sion programs on avian influenza, aired radio and TV public service announce- Ukraine received a rating of 3 for politi- mature and credible opposition that First Vice Minister of Health and Chief cal rights and a 2 for civil liberties. Both emerged in Ukraine and Georgia prior to Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine Serhii ments, and printed and distributed infor- mational brochures. of these ratings were increases for their non-violent revolutions. At the same Berezhnov accepted the donation on Ukraine, which last year scored a 4 in time, authoritarian leaderships in behalf of the Ukrainian government. In closing, Ambassador Herbst high- lighted, “The threat avian flu poses is both categories. Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Belarus and, most At the press conference, Ambassador On the whole, the state of freedom importantly, Russia have adopted policies Herbst stated, “Avian influenza is a seri- real.” He encouraged the audience to “stay on guard and vigorously control the worldwide showed substantial improve- that will make it more difficult for the ous threat to Ukraine and the rest of the ment, with 27 countries and one territory spread of this dangerous virus.” development of a genuine civil society and world. It is a global problem requiring a registering gains and only nine countries will impede the development of a demo- For additional information about the global response.” showing setbacks. cratic political opposition, the report noted. U.S. Agency for International The equipment donation is only one The people of the Arab Middle East Freedom House, which first began Development’s avian influenza technical portion of U.S. support of Ukraine’s efforts experienced an increase in political rights measuring world freedom in 1972, also to contain the outbreak of avian flu. assistance, readers may log on to and civil liberties in 2005. announced that detailed country narra- In addition, the U.S. government is http://www.usaid.kiev.ua/. “The modest but heartening advances tives would be released in book form in in the Arab Middle East result from summer 2006. The current ratings reflect activism by citizen groups and reforms global events from December 1, 2004, by governments in about equal meas- through November 30, 2005. Yushchenko names new ambassador to U.S. ures,” Thomas O. Melia, acting executive According to the survey, 89 countries KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko was reported by the Ukrinform news director of Freedom House, said. “This are free, the same as the previous year. on December 20 appointed Oleh service. emerging trend reminds us that men and Nearly 3 billion inhabitants (46 percent Shamshur, who has served as vice min- Mr. Shamshur worked with the women in this region share the universal of the world’s population) in this catego- ister for foreign affairs since February Ukrainian Embassy in the Benelux desire to live in free societies.” ry enjoy open political competition, a cli- 2004, as Ukraine’s extraordinary and countries and chaired the European “As we welcome the stirrings of mate of respect for civil liberties, signifi- plenipotentiary ambassador to the Union department of Ukraine’s Foreign change in the Middle East, it is equally cant independent civic life and independ- United States. News of the appointment Affairs Ministry. important that we focus on the follow- ent media. through in other regions and appreciate Another 58 countries representing 1.2 the importance of the continuing consoli- billion people (18 percent) are considered dation of democracy in Indonesia, partly free. Political rights and civil liber- Ukraine and other nations,” Mr. Melia ties are more limited in these countries, said. in which the norm may be corruption, Quotable notes “These global findings are encourag- weak rule of law, ethnic and religious “When certain politicians seek to gain Russia’s support, they bring the ing,” said Arch Puddington, director of strife, and a setting in which a single Russian language issue to the forefront. In the meantime, it would be more research at Freedom House. “Among political party enjoys dominance. appropriate to consider giving Russian the status of an official language, and not other things, the past year has been The survey found that 45 countries are of a second state one. It is a historically accomplished fact that Russians in notable for terrorist violence, ethnic not free. The 2.3 billion inhabitants (35 Ukraine cannot be called a minority.” cleansing, civil conflict, catastrophic nat- percent) of these countries are widely “It is a historically accomplished fact that both languages are our mother ural disasters and geopolitical polariza- and systematically denied basic civil lib- tongues. And this fact of history has to be recognized, without attempts to dictate tion. That freedom could thrive in this erties and basic political rights are decisions. Either in terms of Ukrainianization or in terms of Russification. Nor environment is impressive.” absent. should any one try to capitalize on this sensitive issue.” In East-Central Europe and the former “I am a firm opponent of Ukrainianization. True, certain legal acts can be Soviet Union, there is now evidence of a This article is based on a Freedom adopted. But this will not change anything, because the Ukrainian Constitution deepening chasm. In Central Europe and House press release. and the law on languages should be complied with first. These documents clearly state the preferential status of the Russian language.” “One more remark. If our countries are politically close to each other, and if we cooperate closely in the economy, then there will be no need for making any special decisions regarding the Russian language. The realities of life will force As Gongadze proceedings start, each Ukrainian to know Russian.” – Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn, speaking in CPJ says much work remains Moscow on December 8, as quoted by the ITAR-TASS news service. NEW YORK – As court proceedings meditated murder and abuse of power in are about to begin against three defen- office in the killing of Gongadze, editor “... One year later, the Orange Revolution and its promise continue to inspire dants in the 2000 murder of Internet jour- of the independent news website Ukrainians and others. Much progress has been made. The Orange Revolution brought nalist Heorhii Gongadze, the Committee Ukrayinska Pravda, Interfax said. The together Ukrainians with diverse political views, but who were united by the under- to Protect Journalists on December 16 Procurator General’s Office said it is con- standing that without a truly free democracy, their voices would not be heard. Their urged Ukrainian authorities to identify tinuing to investigate those who may unity was decisive. The tremendous diversity among the Orange Revolutionaries also and prosecute all those responsible for have ordered the killing. meant that as the political process developed, differences would have to be addressed. plotting the brutal slaying. Gongadze’s murder was among the “There has been much discussion about the break-up of the Orange Coalition Preliminary hearings were set to begin catalysts for the popular uprising in late since the government was dismissed in September. Some question the stability on December 19 in Kyiv against former 2004 that ousted former President Leonid and future of Ukraine’s democratic trajectory. Others see a chance to rekindle the police officers Valerii Kostenko, Mykola Kuchma’s corrupt government and pro- excitement and dynamism associated with the Orange Revolution. Protasov and Oleksander Popovych, pelled reformist President Viktor “Events of the past year remind us that we need to have realistic expectations. according to international news reports. Yushchenko to power. Allegations of No country has made the transition from communism to democracy and a market A fourth suspect, Gen. Oleksander high-level government involvement in economy without some turmoil. This is normal, as the emerging democracies in Pukach, former head of the Internal the Gongadze murder had dogged Mr. new Europe showed in the 1990s. Coalitions, parties, alliances and individual Affairs Ministry’s criminal investigation Kuchma throughout his final term. players rise and fall – this is part of the very nature of the evolution of democracy. department, is being sought on an arrest On audiotapes made secretly by a “Ukraine has encountered difficulties in turning from the exhilaration of the warrant, the news agency Interfax report- former presidential bodyguard, Orange Revolution to the hard work of transforming Ukraine into a modern, ed. President Kuchma is allegedly heard to European state. But it is important to acknowledge the progress Ukraine has made “This is a very important step in bring- instruct Internal Affairs Minister Yurii over the past year. Today, the Ukrainian people have a sense of ownership in their ing to justice those responsible for the Kravchenko to “drive out” Gongadze country that did not exist before the Orange Revolution. They understand the power murder of our colleague Heorhii and “give him to the Chechens,” of democracy and freedom, and they are exercising that power every day. ...” Gongadze,” CPJ Executive Director Ann according to transcripts obtained by Cooper said. “Yet, much work remains. news agencies. Also in March, the – Remarks by Paula J. Dobriansky, undersecretary of state for democracy and We urge Ukrainian authorities not to shy Internal Affairs Ministry acknowledged global affairs, U.S. Department of State, at the roundtable on “The Orange away from an aggressive pursuit of every that its officers had conducted surveil- Revolution: A Year After” held at the American Enterprise Institute in lead – no matter how high a level it may lance of Gongadze shortly before he Washington on December 5. reach.” The defendants are charged with pre- (Continued on page 16) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 No. 52 Central and East European Coalition for Ukraine’s graduation from Jackson-Vanik restrictions

Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Ukraine from the Cold War-era amendment and granting chair, Joint Baltic American National Committee Inc.; it permanent normal trade relations status. and, Alice Kipel, Belarusian-American Association. NEW YORK – In a December 9 letter to House Ways “The elimination of this relic of Soviet-era politics,” Michael Sawkiw Jr., president of the Ukrainian and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R- the Central and East European Coalition’s letter reads, Congress Committee of America, expressed the organi- Calif.), the Central and East European Coalition (CEEC) “will benefit American business in Ukraine, as well as zation’s appreciation to the CEEC for its support of urged support of House Resolution 1053, which would increase trade with that country.” H.R. 1053: “This is a very sensitive issue for Ukraine repeal the Jackson-Vanik amendment for Ukraine and As Ukraine pursues World Trade Organization acces- and one that needs to be resolved quickly for the better- grant the country permanent normal trade relations with sion and European integration, and the United States ment of U.S.-Ukrainian bilateral relations. The letter the United States. seeks to foster new democracies, the repeal of the from the CEEC, as well as individual letters from By encouraging the favorable consideration of H.R. Jackson-Vanik Amendment takes on considerable global respective CEEC member-organizations, is both helpful 1053, the Central and East European Coalition is putting significance. and truly appreciated. We thank our Central and East the weight of 18 national, grassroots organizations and Given the recent statements of Secretary of State European colleagues for their support.” more than 22 million Americans of Central and East Condoleezza Rice on the growing strategic partnership The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America and European heritage behind the House bill. The member- with Ukraine and the actions of the U.S. Senate in pass- the Ukrainian National Association were founding organizations of the Central and East European ing the repeal of the Jackson-Vanik amendment, H.R. members of the Central and East European Coalition. Coalition constitute Americans of Armenian, Belarusian, 1053 has gained more prominence. Other coalition members include: the American Latvian Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Georgian, Hungarian, Repealing the Jackson-Vanik Amendment would be of Association, the Armenian Assembly of America, the Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak and clear benefit to Ukraine, as the CEEC’s letter to Chairman Belarusian-American Association, the Bulgarian Ukrainian heritage, and thus represent a broad base of Thomas states, “Ukraine is moving in the right direction, Institute for Research and Analysis, the Congress of support for the measure. though sustained support from the United States Congress Romanian Americans, the Czechoslovak National Following the U.S. Senate’s repeal of the Jackson- will assist Ukraine down its arduous path.” Council of America, the Estonian American National Vanik Amendment on November 18, Rep. Jim Gerlach The letter was signed on behalf of the CEEC mem- Council, the Georgian Association in the U.S.A., the (R-Pa.) introduced H.R. 1053, a bipartisan measure in ber-organizations by Nino Japaridze, president, Hungarian American Coalition, the Joint Baltic the House of Representatives aimed at graduating Georgian Association in the U.S.; Lya M. Karm, M.D., American National Committee, the Lithuanian- American Community, the Lithuanian American Council, the National Federation of American Hungarians, the Polish American Congress, the Slovak OSCE organizes international rule of law conference in Ukraine League of America and the U.S.-Baltic Foundation. KYIV – Strengthening the rule of law in national leg- nisms for the rule of law,” said Ambassador James islative, executive and judicial affairs was the focus of a Schumaker, OSCE project coordinator. “We are pleased recent international conference hosted by the OSCE to support their efforts by hosting this conference as part Governor appoints Mazurkevich project coordinator in Ukraine. of a comprehensive project to strengthen the rule of law Judges from the Supreme, Constitutional and Higher in close cooperation with our Ukrainian partners.” Team Pennsylvania Ambassador Administrative courts of Ukraine and their peers from Ukraine’s Justice Minister Serhii Holovatyi, added the European Court of Human Rights, the United States that, “Ukrainian legal doctrine must evolve by taking PHILADELPHIA - Gov. Edward Rendell appointed and Germany, as well as national parliamentarians, state our traditional legal understanding and embracing the Ulana Baluch Mazurkevich, a Philadelphia business- officials, scholars and students took part in Ukraine’s concept of natural law. One of the most effective ways woman and Ukrainian activist, to become a Team first ever conference on the rule of law. of moving closer to liberalism is to reform legal educa- Pennsylvania ambassador. The two-day event, held in early December under the tion in our universities based on these principles.” auspices of the Organization for Security and The event was part of a United States-funded com- Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), allowed participants to prehensive rule of law project, currently being imple- reach a common understanding of the principle of the mented by the OSCE project coordinator, which helped rule of law and its implications for executive, legislative introduce the first ever rule of law curriculum to the and judicial bodies. country’s universities, and to publish a compendium of “Ukraine has repeatedly demonstrated its commit- key rule of law texts, some of them translated into ment toward building and sustaining effective mecha- Ukrainian for the first time.

The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: November Amount Name City M. Borkowsky Yonkers, N.Y. $500.00 Irene Komarynsky Stamford, Conn. Larysa Kurylas Kensington, Md. $130.00 Thomas Olijnyk Rosedale, N.Y. Xenia Lynch Queens Village, N.Y. $125.00 Irene Zyla Lubbock, Tex. Nadia Myketey Rocky Hill, Conn. $100.00 Maria Chraplyvy Matawan, N.J. John and Olga Laurel, Md. George Hrycelak Elmwood Park, Ill. Panas Peter D. and Levka J. Park Ridge, Ill. Michael Petriwsky North Port, Fla. Pankow Irene Saikevych Talent, Ore. Anne Urban Schenectady, N.Y. Mary Steckow-Dicky North Tonawanda, N.Y. $55.00 Zenko Balaban Farmington, Conn. Nestor Wolansky Berkeley, Calif. Jennie Kopystianskyj New York, N.Y. Alexander Zapar Downingtown, Pa. Boris and Yuliya Hackettstown, N.J. Lubomyr Zapar Chesterfield, Va. Wirstiuk Zerebinski Burlingame, Calif. $50.00 Orest Kyzyk New York, N.Y. $7.00 Max Barelka Chandler Ariz. $45.00 Brian McMurray Brentwood, Tenn. $5.00 Max Barelka Chandler, Ariz. Ulana Mazurkevich $40.00 Walter Nalywajko Palatine, Ill. Myron Boyko Avondale Est., Ga. $30.00 Ulana Steck Mississauga, Ontario Bohdan Burachinsky Florham Park, N.Y. In appointing Ms. Mazurkevich, Gov. Rendell stated “we $25.00 Olha Balaban Worthington, Ohio John Choma Brooklyn, N.Y. George Buk Las Vegas, Nev. John Choma Brooklyn, N.Y. engage the best and brightest of Pennsylvania’s business, Bohdan Bulchak Weston, Ontario Ann Halucha New York, N.Y. academic, civic and cultural leaders in helping to promote William Chirash New Providence, N.J. Dora Hrycelak Nokomis, Fla. the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the pre-eminent L. Cymbalisty Edmonton, Alberta Merle and Bonnie Toledo, Ohio location for global commercial enterprises and expansion.” Thomas Hirnyck Redmond, Wash. Jurkiewicz The governor continued, “our involvement with Natalie and Ihor Austin, Tex. Harry Kowalcheck West Newton, Pa. issues impacting Pennsylvania’s employers and your Lysyj Myron and Theresa Phoenix, Ariz. Chrystyna Nebesh Parma, Ohio Lucyshyn community leadership experience will make this a win- Alexandra Rakowsky Riverhead, N.Y. Alexander Malycky Calcary, Alberta win opportunity to you and the Commonwealth.” Paul Shott Plymouth, N.H. Slavko Nowytski Silver Spring, Md. As an ambassador for the Commonwealth Ms. George Velesko Miami, Fla. George Olesnicki Toms River, N.J. Mazurkevich will be in the front line of Gov. Rendell’s pro- $20.00 Olga Blethen Orange, Va. Joseph Patraiko Yonkers, N.Y. active public partnership for business development and job Myron Buryk Astoria, N.Y. Paul Rosynsky Oakland, Calif. Boris Schulha Trabuco Canyon, Calif. Myron Senchyshak Aliquippa, Pa. growth. She will, as schedule permits, serve as an emissary Oleh Tretiak Philadelphia, Pa. Nazar Shcheglov Jackson Heights, N.Y. for Pennsylvania, regionally, nationally and internationally Andrew Zarycky Goodrich, Mich. Michael Vennett Wellington, Fla. to promote the benefits of doing business in Pennsylvania. Stefan Zwarycz Deltona, Fla. $3.00 T. Moroz Lachine, Quebec Ms. Mazurkevich is the owner of a restaurant and $16.00 Anne Iwach Manhattan Beach, Calif. night club in the city of Philadelphia and is a well- $15.00 Lusia Halunko Richmond, Va. TOTAL: $2,216.00 known Ukrainian activist. Boris Hlynsky Vienna, Va. Z. Holubec Parma Heights, Ohio Sincere thanks to all contributors When Gov. Rendell was mayor of Philadelphia, he B. Marchuk Burr Ridge, Ill. to The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund. appointed Ms. Mazurkevich to serve on the board of the Marian Maslak Lakewood, Colo. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the Private Industry Council of Philadelphia, which was Paul Pleczen Miami Shores, Fla. responsible for economic development and growth in $10.00 Walter and Helen Westwood, N.J. only fund dedicated exclusively to supporting the city of Philadelphia. These same goals are being Bilyk the work of this publication. pursued by the ambassador program for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 5

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Three UNA districts hold joint organizing meeting at UNA headquarters by Roma Hadzewycz PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Three area dis- trict committees of the Ukrainian National Association held a joint fall organizing meeting here at the UNA Corporate Headquarters on Saturday, December 3. In attendance were officers, secretaries and members of the UNA dis- tricts of Northern New Jersey, Central New Jersey and New York City. The principal topic of the meeting was organizing activity to increase enroll- ment in the UNA. First, however, representatives of the three districts spoke briefly about their activity. Reporting were: Stephan Welhasch, chairman of the Northern New Jersey District Committee; Nadia Sawczuk, acting chairperson of the New York District Committee, who assumed that role after the death of District Chairperson Barbara Bachynsky; and Michael Zacharko, former longtime chairman of the Central New Jersey District, who spoke in place of District Chairman Yaroslav Zaviysky, who could not attend the meeting. Representing the UNA Executive Participants of the fall organizing meeting of the Northern New Jersey, Central New Jersey and New York district commit- Committee was Treasurer Roma tees of the Ukrainian National Association. Lisovich, who reported on the UNA’s organizing activity as per National Secretary Christine Kozak’s request. recently agreed to sponsor the men’s soc- Office. The UNA’s two newspapers in Foundation was recently established She cited organizing statistics for the cer team of the Sitch sports club. This, early 2006 will publish more information because of tax advantages. first nine months of 2005: the UNA she said, will give the UNA increased about the upcoming convention and pre- The foundation, a non-profit charitable enrolled 238 new members for $5.86 visibility within the community, espe- convention procedures, such as electing entity, has applied for 501 (c) (3) status; a million of insurance coverage, meeting cially since the team plays about 30 delegates and submitting by-laws propos- decision by the Internal Revenue Service 28 percent of the membership quota set games per year. als. on that status is expected in the near for the year. Northern New Jersey She encouraged branches and districts The final topic on the agenda was the future. The foundation will operate enrolled 37 members insured for $2.4 also to sponsor teams, artistic ensembles, latest developments at Soyuzivka. Ms. Soyuzivka as a cultural and educational etc. as a way to entice members. Thus, million; Central New Jersey had 10 new Lisovich explained that the estate contin- venue, Ms. Lisovich explained, adding these groups receive a tangible benefit members insured for $169,000; and New ues to experience financial difficulties that the UNA is the owner of the founda- (sponsorship), while the UNA can enroll York City had 14 new members insured and noted that the Soyuzivka Heritage tion. new members. for $100,000. During the discussion portion of the Ms. Lisovich noted that poor organiz- meeting. UNA activists touched upon ing activity strongly affects the UNA’s many issues and ideas. bottom line. She pointed out that most Among the suggestions made: sales these days can be attributed to the UNA creates new position • The UNA needs to appeal to mem- Please join us in welcoming Walter lications. He comes to us with extensive work of the UNA Home Office staff, and bers receiving endowment policy pay- Prochorenko, who has joined us in a expertise and experience in the field of she emphasized that the UNA needs oth- outs to use these funds to purchase new newly created position of director of pub- business management and finance. Mr. ers besides Home Office staff to enroll life insurance certificates. Prochorenko has a Ph.D. in international members. • The UNA needs to establish better business management. He has lived and Ms. Lisovich cited a very positive contact with its branch secretaries, who worked internationally, specifically in development: the involvement of young are essential to the well-being of the both Ukraine and the United States. activists such as Maya Lew, a new UNA organization as the UNA’s local repre- Its newspapers have been an integral branch secretary. Ms. Lew, who hails sentatives. part of the UNA for over 112 years. It from Brooklyn, has become active and • Better cooperation is needed among is important for us to ensure that their declared as her goal helping Soyuzivka, local branches to promote the UNA and operation continues for the next 100 the UNA estate in upstate New York. She its activities. years. To achieve this goal, we must has said she will focus her branch’s • At least once a year, branch secre- expand our distribution network, activity on that goal. taries should get a full print-out of the increase our advertising sources, gain The UNA treasurer also commented status of all their members, including efficiencies with technology, analyze that “we need a different approach to sell active, dues-paying members; members our format and design, and implement to today’s potential members,” adding with paid-up policies; and those whose an Internet subscription-based paper. that playing up the UNA’s community endowments have matured or are about Mr. Prochorenko will join our team involvement is crucial. That involve- to mature. of capable publications staff, working ment, she said, takes many forms, Another topic of discussion at the together with the Executive Committee including publishing two newspapers, meeting was the UNA Convention, and the editors of Svoboda and The Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly, which is scheduled to take place over Ukrainian Weekly to meet these chal- which receive a subsidy of approximate- Memorial Day weekend, May 26-29, lenges. ly $250,000 from the UNA; and operat- 2006, at Soyuzivka. The Convention Walter Prochorenko – The UNA Executive Committee ing Soyuzivka, a cultural-educational Committee chair, Ms. Lisovich noted, is venue for Ukrainian Americans. She Oksana Trytjak, the UNA’s national underscored that commercial life insur- organizer. She and her fellow committee ance companies, unlike fraternal associa- members are preparing a convention Visit the websites tions, do not support such community banquet and program, as well as a con- endeavors. vention journal. of the UNA’s publications: She continued by noting that the UNA As regards potential changes to the UNA By-Laws, the UNA treasurer said Roma Hadzewycz is the English-lan- that no changes have been proposed, but www.ukrweekly.com guage press liaison of the Northern New added that suggestions for amendments Jersey District Committee. can be submitted to the UNA Home www.svoboda-news.com

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COMMENTARY THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Ukraine’s rating as “free” To Viktor and Yulia, with love: According to an annual report released this past week by Freedom House, Ukraine now ranks among the free countries of the world. The report, “Freedom a letter, and advice, from Aesop in the World 2006,” found that Ukraine moved from the previous year’s rating of by Tammy M. Lynch ten my time-tested advice to not count your chickens before they are hatched. partly free to the highest rating of free. Aesop, who lived in ancient Greece dur- “In all, five countries that were once part of the Soviet Union recorded gains, According to my information, both of your ing the sixth century B.C., was well-known political parties are struggling – in fact, the most significant being Ukraine’s improvement from the status of partly free in his time for his fables – stories with sim- to free,” Arch Puddington, director of research at Freedom House, wrote in the they are losing support. A recent poll by In ple moral truths written to oppose tyranny. Mind, not inappropriately, troubles my report, released on December 19, which covers developments in 2005. Many of Aesop’s Fables and proverbs While political events in the aftermath of last winter’s Orange Revolution mind. Combined, the support for your two remain popular today. Through the miracle parties (Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc 11.8 – per- have somewhat clouded the gains Ukraine made during the 2004 presidential of technology, Aesop humbly submits the election, the country has nonetheless moved forward. cent and Our Ukraine People’s Union – following letter, based on his most impor- 10.8 percent) barely surpasses that of the On a scale from 1 to 7, with 1 representing the most free and 7 representing tant proverbs, to Ukraine’s Orange leaders. the least free rating, Ukraine received a 3 for political rights and a 2 for civil lib- rehabilitated Party of Regions (21.5 per- erties. Both of these ratings were increases for Ukraine, which last year scored a cent). It does now seem that you both may Dearest Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko lose the substance by grasping at the shad- 4 in both categories. and Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko: “Ukraine thus becomes the first non-Baltic country of the former Soviet ow. You should remember, friends, that we often give our enemies the means of our Union to attain a rating of free,” Mr. Puddington, the report’s author, wrote. I have watched with concern as the unity own destruction. With so much important Ukraine improved due to “overall changes in the political process and the civil that prevailed against a corrupt, discredited work to do, and so many depending on liberties environment following the Orange Revolution of December 2004,” regime has crumbled. Back in September, I you, why risk this possibility? according to the report. had great hopes that following the initial Yes, Viktor Andriyovych, your revolu- In an interesting turn of events, Russia, which dropped from a rating of partly shock over the dismissal of the tion partner entered office with less pop- free to not free in the 2005 report, scored a 6 for political rights and a 5 for civil Tymoshenko government, you both would ularity than you and came out with liberties. In 2005, it scored a 5 in both categories. return to the understanding that union gives slightly more, and quite obviously from But, more importantly, the report found that, while many countries around the strength. Alas, this understanding has not your response, it stung. Yes, Yulia globe have made significant gains, other countries, notably Russia, have not only come. To be sure, we’ve heard protesta- Volodymyrivna, you were criticized, iso- regressed, but seem willing to pull others down with them. tions of the desire to work together, but it lated and dismissed, and quite obviously “In this, Russia’s position is the most powerful and influential,” Mr. seems that I was not mistaken in my belief from your response, it stung. Puddington wrote. “Furthermore, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin has taken that appearances can be deceiving. initiatives to undermine the success of neighboring democracies – such as Recriminations have followed, and con- My friends, I am sure the grapes are tinue unabated. But I believe you both Ukraine, Georgia and the Baltic states – while offering support to some of the sour. It could not have been easy, Viktor region’s most repressive regimes, most notably those in Belarus and Uzbekistan.” have much for which to be proud. Your cit- Andriyovych, to see your former prime izens have been freed, and although mis- The report found that, “the Putin leadership’s anti-democratic tendencies minister’s rating pass yours. It could not appeared, if anything, more pronounced in 2005.” takes were made and much work remains, have been easy having your closest you have done your best to ensure that This is, indeed, a worrying trend. For, while Ukraine has made great strides to friends whisper that your former revolu- become a strong and influential Eastern European democracy, Russia seems stuck they stay this way. Your Ukraine is a dif- tion ally wanted nothing more than to ferent, better, more hopeful Ukraine. in the mentality that it must rule the region. Now that it no longer directly controls replace you. Or to have her publicly the former Soviet space, Russia seems intent on indirectly influencing its neighbors Nevertheless, I fear that pride is in oppose certain policies of your adminis- danger of coming before duty. It is true abroad and strongly suppressing any democratic movements within its borders. tration, and to later diminish your posi- It is encouraging that, while freedom in Russia has deteriorated, Ukraine has that people often begrudge others what tion by claiming that your office will be they cannot enjoy themselves, but please not fallen prey to its neighbor’s pressure. It has, on the contrary and in spite of of little consequence next year. some setbacks in the wake of the Orange Revolution, moved forward. We only understand that the unique strengths and And it could not have been easy, Yulia attributes of each team member comple- hope this trend continues and that political rights and civil liberties in Ukraine Volodymyrivna, to be told immediately continue to improve. ment the others. Be content in your lot, upon taking office that many of the duties my friends, since one cannot be first in which should have been yours would everything. Together, however, first place instead be handled by another. It could not might be assured. Continuing criticism of Dec. have been easy having your closest friends each other might assure just the opposite. Turning the pages back... whisper that your former revolution ally Viktor Andriyovych and Yulia did not want you around. Or to have him Volodymyrivna, it is with great admira- publicly disavow previously agreed-to tion for both of you that I write this let- 26 policies, and to later diminish your work ter. But I ask you to remember the sad by claiming that you neither helped him tale of The Lion and the Four Bulls: 2004 One year ago, The Ukrainian Weekly Editor Andrew Nynka, during his election, nor produced any posi- Four bulls, which entered into a very then assigned to the Kyiv Press Bureau, wrote about a procession tive results as prime minister. strict friendship, kept always near one of approximately 50 cars – dubbed the “Friendship Train” – that But, it seems that you both have miscal- another, and fed together. The lion often drove throughout Ukraine’s southern and eastern regions. The culated. In believing that you both could saw them ... but, ... he was afraid to attack organizers hoped to “spread a spirit of democracy and freedom” to places they said had seen succeed without the other, you have forgot- the whole alliance ... At last, ... he took little of either, Mr. Nynka wrote. Along the route, however, the group encountered a number occasion, by whispers and hints, to foment of antagonistic roadblocks and setbacks. Following are excerpts from Mr. Nynka’s story. Tammy M. Lynch is a senior research jealousies and raise divisions among them. With their cars covered in presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko’s trademark fellow at the Institute for the Study of This stratagem succeeded so well, that the orange campaign color, organizers of the procession – who spoke with The Ukrainian Conflict, Ideology and Policy in Boston. bulls grew cold and reserved toward one Weekly via mobile phone during their trip – said the goal was not political. Chartered in 1988, ISCIP focuses on another ... and, at last, ended in total sepa- “We are not supporting any one specific candidate,” claimed Vasyl Khudariavets, conflict-prone societies in crisis, espe- ration. The lion had now obtained his end one of several people who worked to arrange the approximately 2,300-mile trip. cially Russia and other post-Soviet ... he found no difficulty, now that they Mr. Khudariavets was among the thousands who camped out in the tent city on republics, paying particular attention to were parted, to seize and devour every one Ukraine’s Independence Square in the aftermath of the November 21 run-off election. He destabilizing factors of a political, ethnic of them, one after the other. said his time there inspired him and other organizers of the Friendship Train to plan their and/or international nature. The institute The moral, my good friends? United trip. The group has shown video footage and pictures of the demonstrations that took place is affiliated with Boston University. we stand; divided we fall. throughout Kyiv last month to Ukrainians in areas considered to favor Mr. Yanukovych. “We wanted to help carry the democratic spirit throughout Ukraine,” said Mr. Khudariavets, 34, a native of Lviv. “This is not a political action. We found there were many other people who also wanted to help us carry this spirit to regions of Ukraine Notice to Readers that we thought needed to know about this.” Every year around this time The Ukrainian Weekly receives complaints from readers The procession, which left Kyiv on December 14, stopped in the industrial city of about the late delivery of our newspaper to subscribers. Zaporizhia on December 20 and passed through the city of Dnipropetrovsk the fol- lowing day, before driving toward Ukraine’s Donbas region, Mr. Yanukovych’s large- Please be advised that this is not the result of any delays caused by our publications ly Russian-speaking political bastion. since our papers are printed and delivered to the post office on schedule to ensure But the procession encountered several roadblocks put up by Mr. Yanukovych’s timely delivery to you. supporters. On December 19 organizers canceled their visit to the Crimean city of During the holiday period it is understandable that there may be delays due to the Sevastopol, fearing incidents with more than 200 of Mr. Yanukovych’s supporters sheer volume of mail, but this also happens at other times of the year. who blocked the city’s main square in the morning. Local media reported that Mr. Yanukovych’s supporters damaged several cars dec- Our suggestion is that subscribers write a short letter to their local post office requesting orated with Mr. Yushchenko’s orange campaign color on December 19 in Sevastopol. a review or investigation into the cause(s) of these delays. This is much more effective One woman was slightly injured when a pro-Yanukovych crowd threw bottles and than expressing your complaints to us. Officials at the U.S. Postal Service will be more attempted to overturn a vehicle. responsive if they receive 500 letters from their clients than one letter from us. Participants in the tour included approximately 180 artists, musicians, journalists We would very much appreciate receiving a copy of your letters to the Postal and political activists. Damian Kolodiy, a Ukrainian American from New Jersey who Service for our records. Thank you. (Continued on page 17) No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places only because he got it without the possi- Ukrainian studies bility of a challenge and because of his by Myron B. Kuropas antipathy toward Ukrainians, the reasons and students given by Dr. Kuropas. On December 2, Dear Editor: Ottawa Sun columnist Michael Harris In a letter to the editor on October 9, wrote: “Here is a human rights professor Dr. Roman Procyk, executive director of who believes what 80 percent of Canadians, his own party, and two-thirds Christmas: past, present, future the Ukrainian Studies Chair Fund, made When I was growing up in Chicago where the school superintendent ordered a startling acknowledgment: of Americans do not: That the war in Iraq was a good idea. He is also the Wagner- during the ‘30s and ‘40s, I was consid- the elimination of a nativity scene from the “The ranks of qualified Ukrainian ered the luckiest kid on the block. I Christmas pageant but approved references studies experts has thinned out dramati- esque creator of the doctrine that lesser evil is allowed in the fight against greater enjoyed two Christmases. to Hannukah and Kwanzaa; Baldwin City, cally. We face the inevitability with this My family celebrated commercial Kan., where the ACLU demanded that ref- trend that, sometime in the future, evil, a notion that warms the hearts of people like Dick Cheney and Donald “American” Christmas on December 25. erences to Santa Claus be stricken; Plano, experts in Ukrainian history or literature In our public school, we sang Christmas Texas, where J-shaped candy canes were may come from Russian studies or other Rumsfeld, as their people waterboard the enemy for the homeland.” carols, wished everyone “Merry ordered kept out of children’s goodie bags disciplines, or have had little formal Christmas” and were visited by Santa because the “J” could be construed to rep- training in the Ukrainian area.” “Ignatieff, from his illustrious perch at Harvard, not only supported, but vig- Claus. Even though we were in the resent Jesus; Eugene, Ore., where This is a remarkable statement given throes of the Depression, I was the bene- Christmas trees were banned from public that the Ukrainian American community orously promoted the war, ‘whose essential prize is preserving the identity ficiary of candy canes, chocolates and, of property; Indianapolis, Ind., where a founded the Ukrainian Studies Chair course, presents, in school and at home. Christmas tree was banned from a law Fund and thus generously funded the of liberal society itself,’” commented the Toronto Star’s Joey Slinger in his My family celebrated a spiritual school atrium because “it was a symbol of Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute to Christianity”; and Maplewood, N.J., where December 1 column. “And there is tor- “Ukrainian” Christmas in January. On the educate experts with terminal degrees in grade school field trips to see Dickens’ “A ture, a modest form of which – sleep 6th, we had the traditional 12 course dairy- Ukrainian history, literature and lan- Christmas Carol” and instrumental deprivation, ‘disorientation,’ hooding – less, meatless, Sviat Vechir which began guage. Christmas music were banned for reasons he accepts as a ‘lesser evil.’ [...] Neither when the youngest child spotted the first Are we to believe that there are no of “religious content.” sat well with many of his fellow spe- star of the night. Occasionally, we were graduate students in Ukrainian history, In the forefront of the battle to diminish cialists in the international human visited by carolers. The following day we literature, or language in the pipeline at Christmas is the American Civil Liberties rights trade who condemned him for attended liturgy at St. Nicholas Church. Harvard and Columbia so generously Union (ACLU), a shadowy, extremist giving the U.S. ‘the intellectual tools’ No candy canes, chocolates or presents. funded by the Ukrainian Studies Chair Kneeling before the creche of Baby Jesus organization whose lawyers bully and to justify the war and creating an Fund? reminded us of the reason for the season. badger misinformed school boards, school atmosphere that left the Americans free The recent disputatious exchanges in I enjoyed the best of my two worlds. superintendents and municipal authorities to employ what might be called much The Ukrainian Weekly and online “Two Christmases” confirmed both sides of into submission simply by threatening a greater evils.” between Dr. Roman Procyk on one side my Ukrainian American identity. The tradi- lawsuit. Resistance is expensive. “There has been no shortage of cranks and Dr. Taras Kuzio and Orest tion ended soon after Chicago became an Capitulation costs nothing. in Canadian politics, although it could be Deychakiwsky have shed little light on eparchy and the bishop, a spiritual and good Fortunately, the tide is turning in favor that Ignatieff has been away too long, the place of Ukraine at American univer- man, was misled by advisors and reluctant- of Christians and the future looks brighter and too out of touch, to appreciate that a sities. They have offered no plausible ly declared the formal adoption of the for Americans who resist having their con- huge majority in this country is revolted solutions. Gregorian calendar for St. Nicholas stitutionally guaranteed religious right of by the directions he urged on the U.S.,” I would, rather, recommend that all Cathedral. We were down to one Christmas. “free exercise thereof” prohibited. A num- university chairs of Ukrainian studies, the Toronto Star columnist concludes. Later, when I was an elementary public ber of organizations are standing up to the whether in the United States or in school teacher, we studied “Christmas ACLU, the Anti-Defamation League Walter R. Iwaskiw Canada, which solicit funds from the Around the World,” had Christmas trees (ADL) and People for the American Way, Ukrainian North American communities, Arlington, Va. and Christmas decorations, sang Christmas listed by Mr. Gibson as “backers of the submit comprehensive annual reports of carols, wished each other “Merry war on Christmas.” Fighting back are their activities to The Ukrainian Weekly Christmas,” exchanged Christmas cards organizations such as The Rutherford for publication. These reports would and had a school-wide Christmas program. Institute, the American Center for Law and inform those who contribute money with I enjoyed our faculty parties, especially Justice, the Thomas More Law Center, the detailed objective information about the Melnitchenkos those held in the home of a teacher who Alliance Defense Fund, the Liberty Legal current amount of the endowments at the played the piano and led us in singing tra- Institute, the American Family various universities, the annual inflow of respond to letter Dear Editor: ditional Christmas carols. She was Association, and the Catholic League for contributions and of grant monies, a The accusations by Oksana Pisetska Jewish. She once explained that she loved Religious and Civil Rights. summary of their academic activities and Struk, in her December 11 letter to the the carols when she was growing up, and Fox News host Bill O’Reilly is also the number of undergraduate majors and editor, of inaccuracies in our article that singing them was a cultural experi- pro-Christmas, as are Jewish radio show graduate students in Ukrainian studies on “Personages in Literature: Ivan Bahriany, ence. It didn’t make her less Jewish. hosts Michael Medved, Dennis Prager and their campuses. Tribune of the Republic,” are grossly By the end of my elementary school Ben Stein. An organization called “Jews The current lack of Ukrainian studies overstated. Ms. Struk uses a single refer- career, things were beginning to change. We Against Anti-Christian Defamation,” was graduate students in the United States, if ence (her mother’s) about Borys still had a Christmas tree and Santa Claus, recently established by Don Feder, a for- true, would necessitate a fundamental Antonenko-Davydovych, who was men- but Christmas carols were a no-no. The mer Boston Herald columnist. review in strategy on the part of the tioned in passing, to cast a shadow on the Christmas program was replaced by a “Those who would ban Christmas and Ukrainian Studies Fund. whole article. “Holiday Program” during which children Christians should not mistake the signs on At the very least, the Ukrainian North The information on Antonenko- sang “Frosty the Snow Man,” “Jingle the horizon,” concludes John Gibson. “The American community deserves substan- Davydovych came from Bahriany’s Bells” and certain proscribed Hannukah Christians are coming to retake their place tially more information about its invest- paper “Ukrainian Literature and Art songs. Santa Claus was still OK and we in the public square, and the most natural ment in the Ukrainian Studies Chair under Communist Moscow Terror,” could still wish others a “Merry Christmas,” battleground is this war on Christmas.” A Fund in North America. which he prepared in 1954 for a U.S. but “Happy Holidays” was preferred. December 17 article in World, a Christian congressional committee. In it, he listed Today we have come full circle. As Fox weekly, confirms the comeback by describ- Bohdan A. Oryshkevich 59 writers and intellectuals “destroyed or News commentator John Gibson points out ing recent developments and proclaiming New York eliminated” during 1922-1938, including in his book “The War on Christmas: How that: “Around the country, the American “Number 22, B. Antonenko- the Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred ‘Scroogocracy’ shows signs of warming up PS: Please publish my e-mail address Davydovych, writer, exiled, died in Christmas Holiday is Worse Than You to the traditional Christian holiday.” so that interested parties can reach me if Tchytyn isolation.” Thought”: “Liberals’ attacks now focus on And it’s all very legal. As a December they so wish. It is bohdan_oryshke- We are pleased to learn that symbols regarded by most Americans – and 19 issue of USA Today explained, “the [email protected]. Antonenko-Davydovych survived the even by the Supreme Court ... to be secular U.S. Supreme Court ruled that munici- gulag. It is unfortunate that Bahriany symbols of the federal holiday that is palities could display manger scenes and believed that his friend had perished. Christmas. Wannabe constitutional lawyers menorahs in public places alongside sec- For our articles on literature, history in local government offices all over the ular symbols of the holidays ...” A sure Michael Ignatieff: and philosophy published in The country are declaring unconstitutional nor- sign that the tide is turning is the recent Ukrainian Weekly, we go to original mal and traditional Christmas representa- ACLU denial that there ever was a “war a left-wing liberal? sources, usually in Ukrainian. For our tions such as Christmas trees, Santa Claus, on Christmas.” Dear Editor: analysis, we read Bahriany’s works, as treetop stars, wreaths, the singing and lis- The United States is not a nation of Myron Kuropas refers to embattled well as various critiques of his tening to Christmas carols or Christmas atheists. It was founded by Christians political neophyte Michael Ignatieff as a works. We spoke to people who knew instrumental music, attending a perform- and continues to be a nation where 84 “left-wing intellectual” (December 11), and worked with him. A few paragraphs ance of Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol,’ the percent of those polled call themselves an odd label for one of academia’s in an encyclopedia is not our idea of publication of the word ‘Christmas’ itself, Christian and 96 percent say they cele- staunchest supporters of President research. and even the colors red and green.” brate Christmas. Ukrainians take heart. George W. Bush’s war in Iraq and the Mr. Gibson offers eight case studies: We are not alone. use of torture by the U.S. government. Eugene Melnitchenko Covington, Ga., where the ACLU demand- Indeed, in Canada Mr. Ignatieff’s can- Helena Lysyj Melnitchenko ed that the word “Christmas” be deleted Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is: didacy has stirred much controversy not Owings, Md. from the school calendar; Mustang, Okla., [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 No. 52

pampushKY). The former are small the champignon and Portobello varieties, baked buns, slathered with butter, bacon- for Sviat Vechir nothing but the Boletus fat or oil and crushed garlic. For this non- will do. This is the porcini, cepes, or bilyi dairy meatless evening, the butter would hryb, the borovyk, which cannot be culti- TheThe thingsthings wewe do...do... be replaced with oil, usually hemp oil – vated and must be gathered in the wild. It oliy. This hemp oliy is used in preparing is available dried for an exorbitant price by Orysia Paszczak Tracz most dishes for Sviat Vechir. In Manitoba, per gram, and worth every penny. The warm pyrizhky (tiny, flaky savory pas- mushrooms are also served with the beet tries, filled with sauerkraut and/or mush- salad, in nalysnyky (crepes), in the vush- rooms, or kasha) are served with borsch. ka, with garlic, mixed with other fillings What’s for Sviat Vechir at your house? The variety of fish served at Sviat in the holubtsi, and other dishes. On the So what are you having for Sviat of this Holy Night and its rituals and Vechir can be endless: various marinated Canadian prairies, pidpenky (honey agar- Vechir? The usual? The 12 dishes? Of foods, the coming together of the extend- herring, baked (whole or filets), fried, in ic) are popular. course. And just what are they? In casual ed family (past, present and future) and aspic (studynets’, studynyna), gefillte- Kapusta (cabbage) is served both fresh conversation with your friends, you may the continuity of pre-Christian beliefs style, or dried and smoked fish. In and as sauerkraut, again, in many vari- be surprised to discover that your 12 intertwined with later Christian rituals. Bukovyna they baked a fish stew with eties. Kapusniak (sauerkraut soup) is dishes are not exactly their 12. And if This material is available in The tomatoes and sliced peppers in a clay pot. very important, ecpecially in the their grandparents and more distant rela- Ukrainian Weekly Archives online and, Linda Forsberg lives in Puyallup, Carpathian regions. It may include dried tives were from villages and regions dif- to no one’s surprise, on the Internet in Wash. Her grandparents, who came to the peas, much garlic and mushrooms. In the ferent than your own, well, those dishes sometimes the most obscure and United States from Kobaky near Kolomyia Poltava region it was thickened with mil- can be quite distinctive. strangest websites. (in the Carpathian foothills) in the early let). A baked sauerkraut and dried peas There will be kutia, and uzvar (the Let us return to the foods of Sviat part of the 1900s, made a warm salad that casserole is the original “horokh z kapus- compote of dried fruits), and borsch, fish, Vechir. The borsch (beet soup) for this included dried fish (now the family uses toyu” (later used as a phrase to indicate a varenyky/pyrohy, holubtsi and mush- evening is not meat-based, but a vegetari- smoked salmon). It was “always eaten hodgepodge). Sauerkraut filling in rooms for starters. But what kind of an tour de force often started on a dried only at Christmas Eve or Day.” It contains varenyky is a big favorite. borsch? And what fillings for the holubtsi Boletus mushroom broth. It could also be grated cooked beets, mushrooms, garlic, Dried broad beans and peas are served and varenyky? And even the kutia – thick based on fish stock (Poltava region), or sautéed onions, and the dried or smoked also. For example, in the foothills of or more liquidy, with or without raisins, on fermented beets and kvas (the beet fish, and is made a few days in advance to Carpathian Bukovyna, a dried pea soup walnuts, and/or pieces of dried fruit, and liquid in the process). Whether it is blend the flavors. Tsvikle, or grated beets with home-made noodles, sweetened with or without a touch of brandy? And served full of all the vegetables that went with horseradish (usually served at Easter) with sugar is a Sviat Vechir dish. Beeb – your kutia may not have wheat grains, but into its simmering is up to the cook and is one of the dishes served in parts of the dried broad beans, are served mashed millet or barley. When is it served – as the her family traditions. Some prefer it full Carpathian region. with garlic, and/or with onions, and first food of the evening, or the last? of all the vegetables, or thickened with Khrystia Habrovych Momryk of baked in a clay pot. Then there is the The variety is endless, but does con- zaprazhka (roux), while others serve just Ottawa serves a fish casserole – “my broad beans and prunes casserole. Kasha tain that central common theme of simple the ruby liquid, sometimes with only the mother made this fish only for Sviat (buckwheat) is served in some regions, as but special revered foods, meatless and slivered beets. Vechir, and she remembered her grand- is kysil (a thickened pureed fruit or non-dairy. Usually it is 12 different dish- Most often, the borsch is served with mother making it in the pich” (large clay berry-based drink). Kokoshka is cooked es that are served, a reminder of the vushka (little ears). Yes, this is a meatless hearth oven). It contains very many corn kernels, a Hutsul dish. important lunar symbolism of the meal, and these vushka are harmless – sautéed onions and fish pieces, and is Breads and buns are not a major part Paleolithic era although in some areas they are tiny dumplings filled with baked at a low temperature for about six of this ritual dinner. But many pyrohy seven, nine, or 17 different dishes were chopped mushrooms. In many regions of hours. “Serve hot on Sviat Vechir, deli- (the original pyrih – a filled baked bread) presented (also symbolic numbers). Ukraine outside of Halychyna, borshch is cious cold the next day. I think the secret and knyshi (smaller filled buns) were In past years, this writer has written always served with pamPUSHky (with to this recipe is using a very heavy casse- prepared, because later in the evening about the ancient prehistoric symbolism the accent on the second syllable, not role that holds the heat and the low tem- these were taken along by the children perature of the oven.” with samples of the rest of the dinner to This dish is from the selo Rusiv, the grandparents, godparents, other rela- Sniatynskyi raion, Ivano-Frankivsk tives and the midwife. The kolach or Oblast – the region known as Pokuttia kolachi in the center of the festive table [the foothills of the Carpathians]. “Rusiv were not eaten that evening. was the birthplace of [writer] Vasyl There was another bread in Carpathian Stefanyk, he and my great-grandfather regions called a krachun, or vasyl’, filled Matviy Stefanyk were first cousins, and with whole grains of wheat, rye, corn, my grandmother on my mother’s side, beans and garlic cloves. Clearly the her name was Evdokia, is the little girl grains were symbolic of earliest agricul- Dotsia teaching the villagers to print their ture. Sometimes the bread was filled with names in his novella ‘Pidpys’ – or so samples of each dish of the evening. It family lore has it,” says Ms. Momryk. remained on the table until the end of the The late Maryna Antonovych holiday season, and was shared with the Rudnytska, who grew up in Kyiv in an farm animals. accomplished family of the Ukrainian In her book “Tradytsiyi i intelligentsia, told me once what she Zhyttiediyalnist’ Etnosu” (Traditions and remembered about Sviat Vechir at home ways of Life of the Etnos, Kyiv: Kyiv in the 1930s. There were so many vari- University – UNISERV, 2000), historian eties of fish caught in the Dnipro River, and ethnographer Valentyna Borysenko prepared in so many different ways, that notes that in western Ukraine, in the most of the 12 dishes were fish. Varenyky Carpathians and Polissia, vegetable, mushroom and fish dishes predominated, were considered peasant food, not for city while in central and eastern Ukraine, the folk. While not traditional, caviar is also Dnipro and Poltava regions and southern fish, and visitors to Ukraine bring it back Ukraine, various dishes made with flour and do serve it on this evening. were also included: mlyntsi (pancakes) Varenyky (pyrohy in western Ukraine) and varenyky with berries. Traditional can have a multitude of fillings, and for all Ukraine were: kutia, uzvar, honey, potatoes are a later addition (from a few kapusniak, fish, peas, beans, and centuries ago, after their arrival in varenyky. Europe from the Americas). The savory The meal ends with uzvar, the com- fillings are sauerkraut, cabbage, mush- pote of dried fruits. Then there are the rooms or a combination of these, while sweets, the pastries, the various medi- the sweet fillings include various fruits vnyky and medivnychky (honey cakes, and berries (plums, prunes, vyshni – sour and honey cookies), pampushky (yeast- cherries, pears, and – especially – poppy raised doughnuts filled with jams), cook- seeds, ground and flavored with sugar or ies, tortes, makivnyk (poppy seed roll), honey). khrustyky and so many more. Holubtsi are also varied, with kasha As to the question of whether alcoholic (buckwheat) and mushrooms, corn and beverages were part of the meal – of garlic (in some Hutsul regions), barley, course! The ancient pre-Christian koliad- grated raw potatoes (Boyko region). ky (carols) mention the zelene vyno Rice filling is also a later addition. (green wine), the mead and the horilochka Sometimes sour cabbage leaves are used (horilka – the Ukrainian word for vodka). (a whole cabbage head pickled in the Borysenko mentions that after the first manner of sauerkraut). three spoonfuls of kutia, the family toast- Mushrooms are obligatory, especially ed each other with horilka in which fra- the mushroom sauce for the holubtsi and grant plants or berries were steeped. A depiction of Christmas Eve supper by Andriy Khomyk, as reproduced on a varenyky. Just any mushrooms will not Christmas card issued in 2000 by the Ukrainian National Association. do, and even though we are now used to (Continued on page 21) No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 9 NEWS AND VIEWS: Liturgical music: a venerable heritage at risk

by Maria Kulczycky Composition had been hampered by an inadequate notation discipline. The old kriukov notation was CHICAGO – “We need to devote more attention in replaced by linear-note notation, called kyivan znamen. our churches in Ukraine and the diaspora to the per- Mykola Dyletsky, a renowned music theoretician and formance of the rich liturgical works of Ukrainian composer (1630-1690) published the “Music Grammar” composers who dedicated their God-given talents to in 1677, a text that influenced generations of Ukrainian liturgical music and the enrichment of the national her- composers, as well as composers such as Tchaikovsky, itage of Ukraine,” concluded Archbishop Oleksander Rimsky-Korsakov and Balakeriev. Among its practition- Bykovets of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv ers were Maksym Berezovsky (1745-1777), Artem Patriarchate. Vedel (1768-1808) and Dmytro Bortniansky (1775- Speaking at the Kyivan Liturgy Symposium held in 1825), all of whom produced magnificent choral works, conjunction with the Festival of Kyivan Liturgical according to Dr. Truchly. Music in Chicago in early October, Archbishop Bortniansky played a significant role in strengthening Oleksander emphasized that the biggest obstacle to the the national/ethnic roots of professional music and its performance of these works, other than lack of familiar- release from feudal/scholastical leanings. Because ity, is the dearth of financial and publishing resources to Ukrainian folk musical traditions and its rich choral her- increase familiarity. itage imbued his compositions, Bortniansky had an Liturgical music was “destroyed in Ukraine by a god- unusually strong impact on Ukrainian composers, par- less government and has not been available in the free ticularly in Western Ukraine, throughout the 19th centu- world.” Changing this situation, “should be one of the ry. chief resolutions of this symposium,” he said. In the 1880s and 1890s, the model for Western The festival was held on the 120th anniversary of the Ukrainian composers became the works of the “father birth of Prof. Ivan Truchly, a renowned Ukrainian of Ukrainian music,” Lysenko, according to Dr. Truchly. choral conductor, a colleague of Alexander Koshetz, “Lysenko took an active role in the struggle of progres- Mykola Leontovych, Kyrylo Stetsenko, and Mykola Among presenters at the Kyivan Liturgy Symposium sive western Ukrainian activists for the unification of all Lysenko, and an expert on the Kyivan liturgical tradi- were (from left): Lawrence Ewashko, Archbishop Ukrainian lands, for the expansion of Ukrainian musical tion. A book of his notation and research, “Liturgy,” was Oleksander Bykovets and Dr. Vasil Truchly. life, musical education, and for a higher level of artistic recently published by his son, Dr. Vasil Truchly. compositional creativity.” Archbishop Oleksander was one of four presenters at held in October 1921 in Kyiv with the participation of Guided by the invocation “Praised be the name of the symposium that opened the festival and examined many of the day’s leading composers (Stetsenko, Vasyl God,” these musicians and composers “raised liturgical the development of liturgical music in Ukraine in the Stupnytsky, Petro Honcharov, Hryhorii Davydovsky, music to the highest levels of musical and esthetic beau- ancient, classical and modern eras. Augmenting the lec- Leviysky, Pylyp Kozytsky, Yakiv Yatsynevych and ty,” Dr. Truchly noted. tures, Laurence Ewashko, choral studies professor at the Mykhailo Haidai). It signaled the rich epoch of modern University of Ottawa, conducted a two-hour master Modern liturgical music Ukrainian liturgical music. class that guided participants in the practice and refine- Composers began creating entire liturgies, rather than ment of their vocal techniques. The classical music composers were the teachers and portions or individual hymns. Among them is models of liturgical music for the new composers of the Stetsenko’s First Liturgy. The works of this group of Ancient liturgical forms pre- and post-revolutionary era in Ukraine, according to composers are distinguished by octave endings, caden- Archbishop Oleksander. The first liturgy in Ukrainian Archbishop Vsevolod Majdanski of the Ukrainian zas without a thematic tone, frequent occurrences of the was held on May 22, 1919, in St. Michael’s Cathedral in Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., launched the sympo- natural fifth and endings in major thirds in a narrow Kyiv, when Leontovych’s liturgy was performed under sium with a discussion of the origins of liturgical music range to create long echoes in the cathedral rafters. the baton of the composer. It preceded the publication in and its earliest manifestations in Ukraine. He reviewed Not only complete liturgies, but cherubim hymns, Berlin in 1920 of a collection of liturgical compositions the earlier forms of hymns, canticles and psalms created chants, and smaller compositions continued to be creat- in Ukrainian by the prominent composer and conductor in melodic lines, simple for the congregation to follow. ed. After World War II, liturgical compositions were They were followed by elaborations that included the Alexander Koshetz. (Continued on page 17) kontakion, then the troparion and sticheron. “Over the An all-Ukrainian Orthodox Church Convocation was years, the more expert cantors began to prolong the hymns with an almost worldess vocalization that even- tually even used meaningless syllables; the teretismata were often found as independent compositions, and Shevchenko Society organizes roundtables at AAASS were the chief element of the increasingly used kal- NEW YORK – At this year’s annual convention of Cultural/Linguistic Influences of Neighboring Countries phonic or beautiful chant,” Archbishop Vsevolod the American Association for the Advancement of on the Ukrainian Language in the Post-Soviet Period,” explained. Slavic Studies (AAASS), which took place November was chaired by Dr. Onyshkevych, with the participation Modern recordings attempt to provide us with an idea 3-6 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Shevchenko Scientific of Prof. Vira Andrushkiw (U.S.-Ukraine Foundation), of what this music sounded like. Contemporary Greek Society (known by its Ukrainian acronym as NTSh), Dr. Laada Bilaniuk (University of Washington), Prof. liturgical music includes a forced voice supported by a which is an associate member of the AAASS, organized Yuri Shevchuk (Columbia University) and Prof. wordless drone, the ison. The early hymns would have and conducted two roundtables. Alexander Tsiovkh (University of Kansas). sounded similar to contemporary medieval Western The first roundtable, titled “Inter-Slavic Post-Soviet In addition to the NTSh roundtables, the convention plainsong. Even in kalophonic music, the ison drone is Cultural Influences: The Case of Ukraine,” was chaired also had seven separate panels and other roundtables, as not as prominent as in modern execution, according to by Prof. Taras Hunczak (Rutgers University and NTSh), well as five individual presentations dedicated to the archbishop. with the participation of Dr. Larissa Onyshkevych Ukrainian topics. Byzantine chant came to the Slav nations with (NTSh), Dr. Myroslava Mudrak (University of Ohio), Following a meeting of the American Association of Christianity. The main point of diffusion was the Prof. Virko Baley (University of Nevada) and Prof. Ukrainian Studies at the convention, NTSh hosted a Kyivan Caves Monastery. While the different structure Vasyl Makhno (NTSh). reception for those interested in an exchange of ideas on and syntax of the languages has altered the music away The second roundtable, titled “Facing Globalization? Ukrainian subjects. from Byzantine chant melodies, what remains is “the fundamental principle that the chant was sung unaccom- panied and in unison to a chant that simply served the words proclaimed,” Archbishop Vsevelod noted. Later development saw progressive elaboration of the chant, but music still only enhanced the words. “The care for the words is well illustrated by the fact that most Russian and Ukrainian choral settings follow strict rules of composition in order to avoid the counterpoint and overlap of words that we find, for example, in west- ern Renaissance polyphony,” said the Archbishop. Classical Ukrainian liturgy The dominant center for liturgical music in Ukraine has always been Kyiv, according to Dr. Truchly, another lecturer at the symposium and conductor of the Festival Choir. A school of liturgical music was founded at the Kyiv Cave Monastery and its master – teachers disseminated the tradition, which was at first single-voice, but with a unique style differing from Western singing. Liturgical music was influenced by the genres and forms of the rich folk musical tradition of ancient Slavs. The earliest music evolved into “strokhny” (multi-voice) singing at the beginning of the 16th century, which was followed by “partesan” singing that characterizes the best of At the AAASS covention (from left) are: Dr. Marta Kukhar, Dr. Marianna Rubchak, Prof. Vira Andrushkiw, Dr. Ukrainian classical composition. Taras Hunczak, Dr. Larissa Onyshkevych, Dr. Maria Rewakowycz and Prof. Alexsander Tsiovkh. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 No. 52 No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 11

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Ukrainian American Veterans announce design competition by Mathew Koziak Armed Forces who are of Ukrainian her- America. Hundreds of thousands of these • The height may not be above 20 feet. and Protopresbyter Frank Estocin itage. The mission of the UAV is to unite men and women fought to protect free- • The design must take the peaceful American veterans of Ukrainian descent dom and liberty. In honoring them, we religious location into consideration. SOMERSET, N.J. – The Ukrainian and to support the Constitution, govern- will acknowledge their service, sacrifice • A cross must be incorporated into the American Veterans Inc. (UAV) is solicit- ment and laws of the United States. and contributions to the United States of design. ing proposals for the design of a national Local posts, state departments, mem- America. • The design may not be militaristic in monument to be constructed to honor bers-at-large and a national executive The monument will be erected on the nature. Ukrainian Americans who served in the board make up the structure of this grounds of St. Andrew’s Memorial Members of the Ukrainian American United States Armed Forces. nationwide organization. The UAV Church and Cemetery at the Ukrainian community are encouraged to submit a The UAV is a patriotic, educational, National Ladies Auxiliary, composed of Orthodox Archdiocesan Center in South proposal. Each proposal must include a civic and social organization founded in veterans’ wives and other volunteers, Bound Brook, N.J. The site already con- clearly drawn and defined project design 1948. It is composed of honorably dis- helps with fund-raising and various sup- tains many monuments of prominent with an estimate of costs. A written charged veterans of the United States port activities. Ukrainians. description of the project must accompa- While the UAV is the sponsoring It also presents a unique opportunity to ny the architectural drawing. The project- Mathew Koziak, past national com- organization of this project, the memorial blend two histories, Ukrainian and ed cost of the monument is $250,000. mander of the Ukrainian American is being erected to not only honor both American, as it has historical signifi- The Ukrainian American Veterans Veterans, and Protopresbyter Frank present and past members of the UAV, cance dating back to the American National Monument Committee will Estocin of the Ukrainian Orthodox but to remember and recognize all veter- Revolution. The property was owned by make the final proposal selection. Church of the U.S.A. are co-chairs of the ans of Ukrainian descent who served in Hendrick Fisher, who represented New Applicants may be asked to appear UAV National Monument Committee. the Armed Forces of the United States of Jersey in the Continental Congress and before this committee to discuss their was present at the signing of the proposals. All proposals must be received Declaration of Independence on July 4, by Memorial Day, May 29, 2006. The Ukrainian National Association has always participated and been the ini- 1776. He and members of his family are Requests for the proposal application tiator of various projects that promoted Ukrainian culture and heritage. One buried in a family plot on the grounds. package may be obtained by contacting: The specific location for the monu- UAV National Monument Committee, of these projects has been the publication of Christmas cards. The UNA ment is a plot, 30 feet by 30 feet, on the P.O. Box 5058, Somerset, NJ 08875- appreciates the initiative and cooperation of each of the artists who agreed to right side in front of St. Andrew’s 5058, Att’n: Design Selection; e-mail, participate in the project. The UNA chose the works of contemporary artists Memorial Church. There will be a walk- [email protected]. Please provide all that most describe our traditions. This year the UNA is publishing a set of 12 way leading to the monument and this identifying information including name, cards at $25. The following artists were chosen, Jacques Hnizdovsky, John may be extended to go around the base. address, phone/fax number and e-mail Jaciw, Vitaliy Lytvyn, and Marta Anna Shramenko-Randazzo. The cards have Ground and aerial pictures are included address when requesting the packet. value in terms of promoting Ukrainian artists, reflecting Ukrainian traditions in the proposal packet to indicate the Donations in support of this monu- and heritage, and raising funds to subsidize various UNA cultural and educa- footprint. ment also may be sent to the above tional projects at Soyuzivka. The following describes the design address. elements that are required: For more information about the UAV, Unfortunately, this year’s Christmas cards had a printing error on the inside. • The base of the design may not be readers may visit the website at Four out of the 12 cards had this misprint. Please know that prior to printing over 30 feet by 30 feet. www.uavets.org. we had verified the proofs (there were no misprints then). Because the cards were shipped directly from the printer to the distributor, we did not have an opportunity to pull these misprinted cards. For your information, the printer Ukrainian American Veterans participate has reimbursed us 1/3 of the cost of the printing. We apologize for the incon- venience and we will gladly mail 6 extra cards to you should you so desire. in ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery We thank you in advance for your understanding. by Anna Krawczuk Department of Veterans Affairs’ National It is a tradition to send good wishes via greeting cards to family and friends Chaplain Center. wishing them Christmas blessings, good fortune and happiness in the New ARLINGTON, Va. – The Ukrainian The Veterans Day program continued Year. During the Christmas season we tend to want to keep in touch with all American Veterans participated in the with the national commander of the procession of colors at the opening cere- those special people in our lives that we have inadvertently not reached out American Legion, Thomas L. Bock, monies at Arlington National Cemetery to in the last year. This hi-tech world of communication by faxes and e-mails whose organization hosted the event, in Arlington, Va., on Veterans Day, should be used in business, but during special events and especially at leading “The Pledge of Allegiance.” November 11. Christmas time we would encourage you to send Christmas cards. With this After the introduction of guests by mas- UAV Past National Commander in mind we hope that you will use the UNA’s Christmas cards and send them Mathew Koziak and UAV Post 30 ter of ceremonies Bob Kingsley, Mr. out to all your friends and relatives be it next door, across the land or sea. Commander Bernard Krawczuk were the Bock gave welcoming remarks. His UAV color guards. UAV National patriotic speech was very well received. Keep in mind that by supporting the UNA’s projects such as the Christmas Commander Anna Krawczuk, UAV The guest speaker was R. James cards you are supporting an organization that has been working in the com- National Ladies Auxiliary President Nicholson, the secretary of the U.S. munity since 1894. In the spirit of Christmas, we wish you all much love, Oksana Koziak and immediate past Department of Veterans Affairs, whose happiness, health, peace and prosperity in the New Year. President Helen Drabyk, were in the department was celebrating its 75th audience. anniversary. Oksana Trytjak The ceremonies started at 11 a.m. with He then introduced Vice-President UNA National Organizer the placing of the presidential wreath at Cheney. In his address, Mr. Cheney the Tomb of the Unknowns by U.S. Vice- placed emphasized the courageous President Dick Cheney. American troops currently in harm’s way, The ceremonies at Arlington National and also reflected on the service and sac- Cemetery Amphitheater started with the rifice of all American military and veter- procession of colors. “The National ans in the past. Emblem March,” as well as other musi- The 52nd annual Veterans Day cere- cal selections, were played by the U.S. monies at Arlington National Cemetery Air Force Concert Band led by Col. ended with retiring of the colors. Dennis M. Layendecker. A prayer for Mr. Bock invited all the participating veterans was offered by Chaplain Hugh veterans groups to a luncheon at the A. Maddry, director of the U.S. Crystal City Marriott Motel. Celebrate the Holidays with us! 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Ukraine’s consul general in Toronto promotes reconciliation of World War II veterans by Oksana Zakydalsky II” made by the Ukrainian Canadian ans have in common today. testimony of persons involved in World Research and Documentation Center Prof. Wsevolod Isajiw, president of the War II events, obtain interviews with TORONTO – As the issue of the (UCRDC). UCRDC, explained that the aim of the club members. recognition of the fighting role of the Also attending were three representa- film was to provide the “unknown story” UCRDC archivist Iroida Wynnyckyj Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) during tives of the armed forces of Ukraine cur- the second world war – a story that has immediately made arrangements for inter- World War II continues to divide rently on training exercises at the Canadian been left out of Western documentaries views with several of the Soviet veterans Ukrainians in Ukraine, a small step in the Armed Forces base in Borden, Ontario. about World War II and not included in present: Revekka Schindel, a Jew who direction of reconciliation was taken by The event, which was supported by a wide the Soviet ideology of the “Great served in the anti-aircraft artillery of the the consul general of Ukraine in Toronto. array of Ukrainian community organiza- Fatherland War.” Red Army; Jewdokia Sawaskul, a On November 10, on the eve of the tions, was held at the Golden Lion restau- Davyd Modylevsky, president of the Ukrainian, who was a nurse in the Red commemoration of Remembrance Day in rant and attended by about 60 persons. Veterans of the Red Army club in Army; and Mykhail Friedland, a Jew, a Canada (November 11), Dr. Ihor Consul General Lossovsky said the Toronto, was the organizer of the Soviet Red Army combatant who took part in the Lossovsky invited veterans of the UPA, aim of the event was to hold a “first in veterans’ group that came to the dinner. taking of Warsaw and Berlin and who was the 1st Division of the Ukrainian Canada gathering-reconciliation of veter- Not all of the current members of the saved from the Holocaust by the Ukrainian National Army (as the Galicia Division is ans of the most horrific war in the history club were actual combatants in the sec- Morozowski family in Vinnytsia. officially known), the Red Army the of Ukraine.” ond world war (some had been too young Representatives of the veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces, as well as mem- Speakers at the dinner included Prof. to take a fighting role), but all those pres- various armed forces expressed gratitude bers of the Sich Riflemen Organization to Orest Subtelny, who provided a short ent said they found the film informative. to the consul general, Dr. Lossovsky, for a joint dinner and viewing of Slavko overview and the historical context of Mr. Modylevsky agreed to maintain a organizing the breakthrough event and Nowytski’s documentary film “Between Ukrainians in the various fighting forces relationship with the UCRDC by helping expressed their desire to continue the dia- Hitler and Stalin – Ukraine in World War in World War II, stressing what the veter- the center, which holds an archive of oral logue.

“Race for the Rada”... (Continued from page 1) the Orange Revolution – Dr. Helbig stat- ed that they “recognized their roles as not only cultural producers but as political and social leaders ... through this spec- trum of sound, rock musicians helped forge a new, civic understanding of what it means to ‘be Ukrainian.’ ” In conclu- sion, Dr. Helbig stated that the “Orange Revolution was not only the world’s first Internet revolution, it was also the first revolution fought through tunes.” Following Dr. Helbig’s presentation, over 30 participants engaged in a lively discussion, expressing their personal experiences of listening to the bands on the maidan, exchanging ideas on how music can influence events, what an important role music played in the peaceful revolution of 2004 and whether music will have a role in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Ukraine. Subsequently, the guests had an opportunity to view an exclusive inter- view conducted by Damian Kolodiy only a week ago in Ukraine with Taras Chubai, the lead singer of the Ukrainian rock group Plach Yeremiyi. Participants of the first discussion in the “Race for the Rada” series held in New York City. An active participant of the Orange Revolution, playing almost every day for Speaking of the first “Race for the by Olesia Lew, while listening to music 2006. The topic for January’s discussion the thousands gathered on the maidan, Mr. Rada” event, “BUG co-founder Maya Lew clips from the 2005 Maria Burmaka tour.” is the importance, or triviality, of the Chubai relayed his thoughts and feelings said: “We tried to create a warm and The co-sponsoring organizations Ukrainian language for the electorate. about how musicians fed the momentum relaxed atmosphere for our participants. thanked all who attended and invited For more information about the series of the protests. “We were playing not for a The hall was decorated with Christmas everyone to the next “Race for the Rada” readers may contact the UCCA, (212) candidate, but for the concept of a free lights and photos from the maidan, the event which will be hosted by the 228-6840, or the Columbia Ukrainian and fair election,” he emphasized. guests enjoyed tasty hors d’oeuvres catered Shevchenko Scientific Society in January Studies Program, (212) 854-4697.

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ô‚ô€ ö ö  € 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 No. 52 Zuk piano duo completes two-week concert tour of China week concert tour of China, which took organizers very much look forward to 14, as part of a special event to welcome place November 8-23, as part of an ini- working with Canadian artists of such Robert G. Wright, the new Canadian tiative to promote cultural relations caliber and prominence in the future. ambassador to China and Carol Smith- between Canada and China. Wright. The audience included Canadian * * * An invitation was extended to the duo by consuls from all consulates in China, as the Performance Department of Huihuang The Zuk Duo also appeared in a concert well as from Hong Kong and Taipei, and Business and Advertising Co. of China [and held at the Ambassador’s Residence of the several representatives from large Canadian by the country’s Ministry of Culture]. The Canadian Embassy in Beijing on November firms and corporations. tour was supported by the Arts Promotion Division of Foreign Affairs, Canada, and the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. The concert tour featured performanc- es by the Zuk Duo in the following six cities: Shijiazhuang, Guangzhou, Changxing, Beijing, Guiyang and Kunming (two performances). The piano duo’s concert program included works by Max Bruch, Johann Nepomuck Hummel, Franz Liszt, Yannis Constantinides, Arvo Pårt and Myroslav Skoryk, and Canadian composers Clermont Pépin, Violet Archer and Roger Matton. Throughout the concert tour audiences A large suspended banner, with images responded very warmly to the perform- of Luba and Ireneus Zuk, at the ances and took particular delight in the entrance to the concert hall in Kunming, duo’s playing of a Chinese work titled reads, in part, “The Zuk Piano Duo – “Defend the Yellow River.” concert of wonderful piano music – final The Zuks, who are professors at performance on their China tour.” Canadian universities – Luba Zuk at Providing a sense of scale, is Luba Zuk, McGill and Ireneus Zuk at Queen’s – seen standing on the lower-right. also visited academic institutions, giving Luba and Ireneus Zuk in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the master classes and meeting with faculty Forbidden City – the former Imperial Palace, Beijing. by Andy Jia at Shijiazhuang College, the Changxing Grand Theater, the University for Ethnic SHIJIAZHUANG, Hebei Province, Minorities in Guizhou and the Press response to the Zuk Duo China – The Canadian piano duo of Luba University for Art and Music in and Ireneus Zuk has completed a two- “Music Brings Joy to the City of Spring spoke highly of the Zuk Duo’s concert per- Kunming. These visits were greatly as the Zuk Duo Ends Concert Tour on a formance, noting that the superb quality of appreciated by both faculty and students. Note of Perfection” – was the headline on the performance was not merely manifest- Andy Jia is vice-president of Huihuang The Zuk Piano Duo’s concert tour of a review, penned by Liu Guizhi, which ed in the pianists’ excellent skills and tech- Entertainment Co. in Shijiazhuang. China was very successful. The tour appeared in the newspaper Evening News nique, but also in the expression of their of Chun-cheng (City of Spring) on great enthusiasm and passion for music. November 21. Below are excerpts. Young students of piano have benefited Impressions of the concert tour greatly from such a masterful performance The Zuk Piano Duo appeared in concert and the concert provided the audience of Asked to comment and offer personal Piano Duo Conference – Observe and in the city of Kunming, showing a world- the City of Spring with an excellent oppor- impressions of the concert tour, which Learn.” Also, in Kunming, the entrance class standard in piano performance. tunity to enjoy a wonderful musical feast. comprised eight performances in six to the Golden Dragon Hotel where we The evening’s performance was the The students and the many fans and cities in various provinces of China, stayed was festooned with the greeting: final concert given by the piano duo, in a admirers conveyed their impressions in Prof. Luba Zuk noted the following in “Warm welcome to the honorable guests series of masterful piano performances and comments made after the concert to this conversation with The Weekly’s editor Ika – the Zuk Piano Duo.” other music activities held in Kunming. reviewer generally noting that the Casanova. The audiences, although probably not Kunming is one of several stops on the Professors Zuk’s music accomplishments always familiar with the international duo’s first performance tour in China. and excellence in piano performance What was immediately apparent was repertoire presented in the concert pro- He Wei, piano professor at the have greatly enhanced their enthusiasm that the concert tour was very efficiently gram, especially with the Ukrainian and University of Performing Arts of Yunnan, for and their fascination with music. organized. The pre-concert publicity and Canadian works, listened with great information in the media – including attention and responded enthusiastically press and television coverage, as well as to the performances. additional promotional aspects such as At each concert, it was a pleasure to Biographies of the artists advertising and the printing of concert see that there were many young people Luba and Ireneus Zuk, who perform Luba Zuk is professor on the faculty programs – were disseminated well in and children in the audience. After the both as soloists and as a piano duo, have of music at McGill University in advance of the actual concert dates. concert, they were most eager to talk to appeared in concerts to critical acclaim in Montreal. Ireneus Zuk is professor and In each of the cities on the tour, a cul- us (with the help of translators), take North America, Europe and the Far East, former director of the School of Music at tural organization, or group of organiza- photographs and ask for autographs. as well as in Ukraine. They have also per- Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. tions, was responsible for local arrange- The press response to the concert per- formed and recorded for CBC Radio, Luba Zuk and her brother, Ireneus, are ments. formances also was very positive. Austrian National Radio and Polish Radio. also frequent jury members in Canada Throughout the tour we were greeted I might also add that the artists’ profile The Zuk Duo is known for its consis- and at international music competitions. with enthusiasm, lavish hospitality and that appeared as part of each concert pro- tent promotion of music by contemporary Born in western Ukraine, Luba and genuine friendliness. gram was slightly different in each city, Canadian and Ukrainian composers. The Ireneus Zuk are graduates of McGill Large banners with greetings of wel- but always complimentary and citing duo has premiered many of their works, University and the Conservatoire de come, rendered in big colorful Chinese important career acknowledgements. and several prominent composers have Musique de Québec. Ireneus Zuk is also characters, were displayed at the It was gratifying to see special men- written especially for the Zuks. a graduate of the Royal College of Music entrances of university buildings, concert tion being made of our commitment to In 1999, in recognition of their signifi- in London and The Juilliard School in halls and hotels, or spanned city streets. Canadian and Ukrainian music, as well cant artistic achievement, the Zuk Duo New York, and holds a doctorate from A banner at the University of the as reference to our “Merited Artist of was awarded a medal and the title the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Performing Arts of Yunnan, stated: “Zuk Ukraine” award. “Merited Artist of Ukraine.” Hopkins University.

After a concert in Guiyang, the Zuk Duo appears on stage surrounded by young At the University for Art and Music in Kunming, Prof. Li introduces Ireneus and members of the audience. Luba Zuk prior to their presentation of a guest lecture and master class. No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 15

Pittsburgh society honors Viktor Yushchenko as Ukrainian of the Year PITTSBURGH – Ukrainian President to their senators and representatives on all Viktor Yushchenko was honored with the issues affecting Ukraine and Ukrainians. 2005 Ukrainian of the Year Award for his Dr. Korsunsky also pointed out that lifelong advocacy of democracy and although the award was to a single individ- human rights in Ukraine by the ual, whose determination to achieve what Ukrainian Technological Society of is right was being honored, the award in a Pittsburgh at the society’s 36th annual sense also recognized the achievement of dinner-dance on Saturday, November 26, the Ukrainian nation. Not only has Ukraine at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association achieved its historical long and hard-fought building in the university section of independence, but with its Orange Pittsburgh. The society is an association Revolution Ukraine had shown the way for of Ukrainian professionals and busi- other people to achieve their own democra- nesspersons from Western Pennsylvania. cy and human rights. This will be remem- After the social hour beginning at 6 bered by history, he underscored. p.m., guests were welcomed by UTS After the conclusion of Dr. Korsunsky’s President Debra Walenchok, who also acceptance remarks, Msgr. George briefly reviewed the society’s Scholarship Appleyard, pastor of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Program results. She then introduced the Catholic Church in Carnegie, Pa., and the society’s vice-president, Charles Kostecki, Very Rev. Timothy Johnson, pastor of St. who made the nomination of President Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Yushchenko as the Ukrainian of the Year. McKees Rocks, Pa., along with Marijka The presentation of the award plaque, At the Ukrainian Technological Society’s Ukrainian of the Year dinner, (from left) Jula and Lee Grimm, Jr., choir members of creatively designed and calligraphed by are: Irene Grimm, Charles Kostecki, Dr. Sergiy Korsunsky, Debra A. Walenchok, the St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic graphic artist Kathy Boykowycz, was made Michael Korchynsky and Nickolas Kotow. Church in Pittsburgh, led the singing of by President Walenchok and Vice-President “Mnohaya Lita” for the health and long life Kostecki. Executive Board Member Yushchenko Day” in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania Ukrainian community from of President Yushchenko. Michael Korchynsky read the Ukrainian Accepting the award on behalf of President Yushchenko and expressed UTS Executive Board Members Ihor inscription, while Secretary Irene Grimm President Yushchenko was Dr. Sergiy thanks for the award. Havryluk, Michael Jula, Nickolas Kotow read the English inscription and proclama- Korsunsky, the chargé d’affaires from the He also noted that the Senate and and Kristina Szmul then joined other tions from Mayor Tom Murphy and City Embassy of Ukraine. In his acceptance House delegations from Pennsylvania members and guests at dinner, after Council President Gene Ricciardi. remarks, he brought greetings to the soci- have been strong supporters of Ukraine. which all enjoyed the music of the November 26, 2005, was declared “Viktor ety’s members and the Western He urged all present to continue to write Muzikanti Band.

Shevchenko Foundation celebrates Saskatchewan UCC awards recognize opening of new offices in Winnipeg ‘Nation Builders,’ community activists WINNIPEG – In the presence of Canadian cultural heritage and the SASKATOON – The contributions of Ukrainian traditions in Canada. Metropolitan Michael Bzdel of the advancement of a flourishing Ukrainian some very special people were acknowl- • Anastasia Zuck (posthumously) was Ukrainian Catholic Church and community for the enrichment of edged at a formal luncheon in the a teacher and pioneering leader with the Archbishop Yuri of the Ukrainian Canada. Sheraton Cavalier Hotel in Saskatoon on Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League of Orthodox Church, and over 80 members Following the official greetings, the November 6. Canada. Receiving the award was her sis- of the Ukrainian Canadian community, traditional blessing was undertaken by This year marked the 11th time that ter Julie Saganski and niece Eileen Dr. Leo Mol cut the ribbon officially the hierarchs of both the Ukrainian the Ukrainian Canadian community of Ewanchuk. opening the new offices of the Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox Saskatchewan, under the auspices of the The 2005 Community Recognition Shevchenko Foundation on Friday, Churches in Canada. Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Awards recipients were: November 4. The program concluded with an Saskatchewan Provincial Council (UCC- • Patrice Detz (for leadership and cul- The official celebrations were con- address from the president of the founda- SPC), celebrated the accomplishments of tural preservation and development) is a ducted under the direction of foundation tion, Andrew Hladyshevsky. He some of its notable citizens. specialist in Ukrainian costuming and Vice-President Oleh Gerus. In his expressed his deep appreciation to Ben After 10 highly successful years of history, as well as an ardent community remarks, Dr. Gerus welcomed his fellow Wasylyshen for the architectural interior paying tribute to its “Nation Builders,” supporter. directors of the foundation, all of whom design and Mike Kuzyk of Sparkus UCC-SPC enhanced this prestigious • Shawna Lee Kozun (for cultural were in attendance; members of the cler- Construction for creating space for the recognition program as part of its preservation and development) is a high- gy, including the Very Rev. Richard Soo, foundation. The new office reflects and Saskatchewan Centenary celebration by ly accomplished dance instructor serving S.J., chancellor of the Ukrainian Catholic showcases the work of the foundation, establishing a second award: the rural communities. Archeparchy of Winnipeg; the Rt. Rev. and the new home is truly a space that Community Recognition Award. • Stacey Nahachewsky (for youth Michael Skrumeda and Father Roman the Ukrainian community can be proud Community Recognition Awards will achievement) is an aspiring Olympian Bozyk of St. Andrew’s College in of, Mr. Hladyshevsky said. be bestowed annually upon persons who who has received numerous medals in Winnipeg; as well as the many guests in In expressing his tremendous thanks to have made or are making meritorious canoeing-kayaking. attendance for this celebration. Official the donors and supporters of the founda- contributions in the areas of youth • Theresa Sokyrka (for youth achieve- greetings were brought from Ukrainian tion, Mr. Hladyshevsky also reflected on achievement, leadership, volunteerism, ment) is a renowned singer and a youth Canadian Congress President Orysia the new chapter that the opening of these cultural preservation and development role model for Saskatchewan’s Sushko, who emphasized the close his- offices provides in the life of the founda- and/or creativity and innovation in the Centennial. torical relationship between the UCC and tion. He reflected on the fact that making Ukrainian community and/or • Yaroslaw Sywanyk (for volun- the foundation over these last 42 years. the decision to leave the former offices at Saskatchewan-Canada. The combined teerism) is a community leader and a By decision of the fifth Congress of 456 Main St. was not an easy choice. total of Nation Builders and Community supporter of many Ukrainian Canadian Ukrainian Canadians, held in Winnipeg Throughout the last 40 years those prem- Recognition awards will remain at about community initiatives. in 1956, the UCC began the initial task of ises provided the initial ground upon 10 in any particular year. The master of ceremonies for the establishing a monument in celebration which the foundation was nurtured and The recipients of the 2005 Nation afternoon’s luncheon and festivities was of the 100th Anniversary of developed. Builder Awards were: George Hupka, with Nadia Prokopchuk Shevchenko’s death; which was unveiled However, thanks to the support of • Mike Boychuk (posthumously) was a presenting the citations on each of the in 1961 by the late John Diefenbaker, Ukrainian Canadians, the foundation Saskatoon businessman and construction honorees. Presiding over the entire event prime minister of Canada. From the today walks confidently into the 21st contractor. The award was received on was Ed Lysyk, vice-president of the residuals, amounting to $30,000 from century secure in the knowledge that this behalf of the family by his daughter UCC-SPC. this project, the seventh Congress of partnership – the community and the Honya Olson. Formal greetings from the City of Ukrainian Canadians held in 1962 agreed foundation – is making a difference for • Stefan Franko is a community leader Saskatoon were brought by Mayor Don to invest this amount in a fund to be the future of the community and for and benefactor who over the years played Atchison, from the Province of known as the Ukrainian Canadian Canada. The president concluded his a major role in the Ukrainian Self- Saskatchewan by Andrew Iwanchuk, Foundation of Taras Shevchenko – the remarks by thanking the members of the Reliance movement and the Ukrainian member of the Legislative Assembly establishment of which was formalized board of directors for their ongoing Canadian Congress. (Saskatoon-Fairview) and by Orysia by an Act of Parliament in 1963 with the work; he indicated that it was appropriate • Ehor Gauk is an internationally Sushko, president of the Ukrainian assistance of Sens. John Hnatyshyn, that this opening should correspond with renowned retired pediatric neurologist Canadian Congress. William Wall and Paul Yuzyk and a meeting of the board on Friday and who has visited Ukraine on numerous Attending the luncheon were about Member of Parliament Nicholas Saturday. occasions dealing with the aftermath of 200 individuals from across Mandziuk. With the formal part of the program the Chornobyl disaster. Saskatchewan and Canada, as well as Since its initial grant of $400 in 1964- completed, guests enjoyed refreshments • Jennie Ortynsky is a retired regis- two students from the State Oil and Gas 1965, the Shevchenko Foundation today and toured the new offices located on the tered nurse and president of the University in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. provides over $300,000 in the preserva- second floor of Carpathia Credit Union Ukrainian Museum of Canada, who is The semiformal luncheon was comple- tion and promotion of Ukrainian Building at 952 Main St. playing a pivotal role in retaining mented with traditional Ukrainian decor. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 No. 52

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economically independent, sooner or country economist for Ukraine, com- Ukraine just under $100 million per year Yekhanurov... later we will have to accept market rela- mented that, “At a price of $230 per to lease land and property for its Black (Continued from page 1) tions in the energy sector and move 1,000 cubic meters, unless Ukrainian Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, AFP reported. that Russia wouldn’t cut off natural gas toward rational energy consumption,” heavy industry can become more energy Ukrainian officials privately have said supplies as threatened. Mr. Yushchenko said. “The energy inde- efficient, it may have to cut down pro- that market lease rates for the land, sea- He characterized Gazprom’s new pric- pendence of Ukraine is equal to its politi- duction and then you may find further side property in one of Ukraine’s top ing policy as “an irresponsible view- cal independence.” declines in Gross Domestic Product tourist destinations, could be as much as The Ukrainian government will begin point,” asking officials to explain how (GDP).” $2 billion, AFP reported. elaborating an energy security policy for they came up with a formula that resulted Meanwhile, Mr. Yushchenko has Meanwhile, Ukrainian websites are the country in early 2006, he said. in a price of between $220 and $230 per called for a review of lease payments responding to the latest Ukrainian politi- Despite words of calm and reassur- 1,000 cubic meters. “Why not $500 or paid by Russia for its Black Sea Fleet cal crisis in traditional fashion: by post- ance from Mr. Yushchenko, the $700?” he asked rhetorically. headquarters in Crimea, Agence France- ing jokes. The latest: Ukrainian government seems to be the Presse (AFP) reported. January 2006, Russia: Russian Prime The gas conflict with Russia shouldn’t only optimist in the situation. “Of course we have to have the same Minister Mikhail Fradkov enters the be transformed into harsh treatment of The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc issued a approach,” the president said, according office of President Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian democracy, Mr. Yushchenko statement on December 15 severely criti- to AFP, when asked whether Ukraine “Mr. Putin, Ukraine is freezing with- said. “It is no secret that there are hot- cizing the government and declaring that would review the terms of the 20-year heads both in Kyiv and Moscow who Ukraine appears to be on the brink of a out natural gas,” Mr. Fradkov says. would not mind capitalizing on the gas national energy crisis. agreement that Kyiv signed with “What should we do?” issue,” he said in a December 17 radio “The government has allowed foreign Moscow in 1994. “Well, send them a supply of orange address. “It is not so much about the political pressure on the president,” the Under current terms, Russia pays scarves,” Mr. Putin answers. economy as it is about the political statement said, adding that the Cabinet of kitchen.” Ministers should resign if it fails to solve Mr. Yushchenko pointed out that the natural gas problem by the year’s Ukraine signed the Nuclear Non- end. Proliferation Treaty in 1994 in which At his December 20 press conference, Russia was among five nations assuring Mr. Yushchenko said such statements that it would not threaten Ukraine’s sov- were naive. “This is not an issue that can ereignty. be solved in one day,” he said. “We are At the same time, Ukraine is ready to talking about billions of dollars. Those With deep sorrow we announce that on November 24, 2005, passed away pay the necessary price for its independ- people who think this can happen by our beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather ence, Mr. Yushchenko said. January 1, 2006, are not professionals.” “If Ukraine truly wants to become Mark Davis, the World Bank’s senior

The popularity of Stetsenko’s work Vasyl Osadchuk Liturgical music... was so prevalent in Ukraine immediately He was born on April 24, 1908 in Troy, New York, and raised from infancy until the (Continued from page 9) after his death of typhoid fever in 1922, age of 16 in Klymkivtsi, Pidvolochyskyi rayon, Ternopil oblast. He was a resident of Whippany, NJ most of his life. written by Ivan Zayets, I. Novokhatsky that almost every region had a singing and Hryhory Kytasty. club named after him. These clubs were quashed by the NKVD in the 1930s as In deep sorrow: In addition, composers were creating Son Roman Osadchuk with his wife Slawka all-night services, spiritual concerts to bourgeois-nationalist religious organiza- tions. Daughter Barbara Kennedy accompany communion, nuptial services, Archbishop Oleksander distributed a Grandchildren Roman Osadchuk with his wife Roseann ethnic-lyrical chants and other religious chart of liturgical compositions (mainly Tanya Sikora with her husband Mario music. unpublished) of Ukrainian composers Taras Osadchuk A special place in the creativity of this and urged the organization of an effort to Natalia Osadchuk era is held by Stetsenko’s Requiem address the lack of published copies of Taras Kennedy with his wife Sandra (Panakhyda), which is a Ukrainian these compositions. Alex Kennedy with his wife Jamie requiem without equal in the depth of The Festival of Kyivan Liturgical Great-grandchildren Max and Luke Kennedy musical thought and religious mysticism, Music was organized to rectify the prob- Adrian and Alec Sikora according to the Archbishop. The lem of neglect of liturgical music in the Eternal Memory strongest section, “Peace grant unto us, Soviet era and the lack of adequate sup- Saviour” contains clear motifs of ancient port in the diaspora that are contributing folk tunes. to its decline. Held over two days, the “Perhaps the only time this Requiem festival, in addition to the symposium, was optimally performed by a large pro- included a concert of liturgical and folk With deep sorrow we announce that fessional choir was in August 1919, with music presented by four Chicago on Tuesday, November 8, 2005, passed away the composer conducting, on St. Sophia Ukrainian choirs and two ensembles. our beloved mother and grandmother, Square in Kyiv. The requiem was per- At the conclusion, the Festival Choir, formed for the eternal rest of the soul of under the baton of Dr. Truchly, sang a Hetman Ivan Mazepa. It is worth noting hierarchical liturgy sung in the Kyivan that on this occasion, none of the partici- tradition. Afterwards, guests and choris- Maria Chudy pants mentioned the anathema placed on ters who had worked with Prof. Ivan Born on December 12, 1920, in Ukraine, she was the widow of Ivan. Mazepa by the Moscow Patriarchate. Truchly met at a reception to share remi- Mrs. Chudy was a long-time resident of Astoria and belonged to the And the services were conducted by niscences. Dr. Vasil Truchly signed Holy Cross Church. Ukrainian Orthodox and Greek-Catholic copies of “Liturgy” after the reception. prelates celebrating together,” * * * Funeral services were held at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Archbishop Oleskander said. Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in Los Angeles, CA, followed by “Much as the better known Verdi Full text documents of the lectures Requiem, this is our Ukrainian requiem, delivered at the Kyivan Liturgical an interment at San Fernando Catholic Mission Cemetery, CA. which we should be performing in Symposium, as well as the list of liturgi- Ukraine and the diaspora to commemo- cal compositions by Ukrainian com- She is survived by: rate tragic events in our national and posers are available at daughter Natalia Romana church history,” Archbishop Oleksander [email protected]. CDs of the granddaughter Laryssa Husiak suggested. liturgy will also be available. Eternal memory and Yulia Tymoshenko. Turning the pages... 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Viktor Yushchenko, Petro Poroshenko December 26, 2004, Vol. LXXII, No. 52. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 No. 52 No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 19 “Whiskey Priest” by Alexander Motyl is launched at NTSh by Dr. Orest Popovych Soviet times, with a whirlwind of breath- taking events that keep propelling its NEW YORK – Book presentations at characters between Kyiv, Lviv, Vienna the headquarters of the Shevchenko and New York. Its hero and anti-hero – Scientific Society (NTSh) are frequent the “whiskey priest” – is Anatoly Filatov, events, but the event of October 22 a Russian Communist, who was brought assumed special significance in that the to Lviv after World War II in order to author of the presented work was one of combat Ukrainian nationalists there. NTSh’s own – a member of the society’s Now he works as a hit man for the governing board. Russian mafia. To Filatov, the collapse For Dr. Alexander J. Motyl, professor of the USSR and the independence of of political science at Rutgers University, Ukraine represent devastating tragedies. this was the launch of his first published Jane (Ivanka) Sweet, a Ukrainian- novel, titled “Whiskey Priest” (Universe American, is an American diplomat Inc., New York, Lincoln, Shanghai, whose ancestors came from Lviv and 2005). Simultaneously, in another area belonged precisely to that group of of the NTSh building, there was an Ukrainians whom Filatov was sent to exhibit of Dr. Motyl’s paintings. persecute. Another major player is Igor In his brief introduction, Prof. Vasyl Bazarov, a Soviet immigrant to the U.S., Makhno, who emceed the program, who is described as “a cynical Ivy remarked that Dr. Motyl belongs to a League professor.” unique generation of Ukrainian writers The lives of these three main charac- who were born in the 1950s outside ters – Filatov, Sweet and Bazarov – Ukraine and who write on Ukrainian top- became entangled in a web of interna- ics in English. Referring to the exhibi- tional intrigue and crime, that includes tion of Dr. Motyl’s paintings, Prof. the Russian mafia, larceny, murder, sex At the Shevchenko Scientific Society (from left) are Dr. Larissa Onyshkevych, Makhno noted that what was on display and a prostitution ring that exploits Dr. Alexander Motyl and Prof. Vasyl Makhno. at NTSh that day was two out of the Ukrainian women. three areas of Dr. Motyl’s talent and Last to speak was the author, who “í‡Í! ìÍð‡ªÌˆ¥ ÔÂðÂχ„‡˛Ú¸ ÒÏ¥˛˜ËÒ¸” expertise, the third being, of course, began by remarking that Dr. political science. Onyshkevych had told more about his (Yes, Ukrainians Win Laughing”) A thorough critical analysis of Dr. book that he himself ever could. He Motyl’s novel was offered by NTSh admitted to having been influenced by A unique publication about the events that took place during the 2004 presidential President Dr. Larissa Zaleska Graham Greene and to having read most elections in Ukraine. The book features the Ukrainian people standing up for honest Onyshkevych, an expert on literature. She of the who-done-it genre. Dr. Motyl said and transparent elections as well as combating the flagrant fraud of the vote by the started by noting that “Whiskey Priest” that as a political scientist he was also government. Abundant in illustrations, it conveys the spirit of Independence Square in contains all the ingredients of a good spy interested in the Soviet KGB as well as Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, during the peaceful Orange Revolution. “í‡Í! ìÍð‡ªÌˆ¥ novel: a tense political situation, heroes the Ukrainian nationalist Security ÔÂðÂχ„‡˛Ú¸ ÒÏ¥˛˜ËÒ¸” became possible thanks to the financial support by Alex, and anti-heroes, coarse language, intrigue, Service. In his novel, Dr. Motyl said he Halyna, George and Nina Woskob and the Ivan Bahriany Foundation. The project was sex, cruel scenes, murder, etc. She saw tried to unite the two worlds of Ukraine – administered and coordinated by Oleh Chornohuz and Yuri Zadoya, respectively. evidence that the author was emulating the the Communists, as personified by Mr. styles of such well-established exponents Filatov, and the nationalists, represented To order the book, please send $25 and your requests to: The Ivan Bahriany Foundation, of this genre as Graham Greene, Mickey by Ms. Sweet. Attn.: DeEtte K. Riley, AW & Sons, 309 East Beaver Ave., State College, PA 16801 Spillane and Ian Fleming. Dr. Motyl then read a couple of However, Dr. Motyl’s intense detec- excerpts from his book, treating the audi- tive narrative is also rich with Ukrainian ence to some fascinating story-telling, content, and it is a pleasure, for a change, laced with historical insight as well as to read a book by a political scientist humor, and rendered in rich and expres- where the facts pertaining to things sive language. TM Ukrainian are absolutely correct, contin- Following the formal part of the pro- ued Dr. Onyshkevych. gram and a discussion, copies of the The novel written in the tradition of “Whiskey Priest” novel were offered for the best who-done-its, is set in post- sale. It’sIt’s Fun Fun It’s It’s Easy Easy

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NEW YORK – Columbia University and controversies but, also, to the language and culture, department of language sources. and the Harriman Institute will offer a num- nation’s uniqueness and potential dynam- Slavic languages and literature, The class is taught largely or exclu- ber of courses in Ukrainian history, litera- ic. All these issues will be analyzed in the Columbia University. sively in Ukrainian. The course will be ture and language during the spring 2006 proposed course from a cultural-anthro- • “Advanced Ukrainian II” (W3002) is taught on Mondays and Wednesdays at semester, which will begin on January 17. pological perspective, within the context a course for undergraduate and graduate 4:10-5:25 p.m. in 716A Hamilton Hall. Descriptions of the courses offered are of post-Soviet transition and the process- students who wish to develop their mas- The instructor is Dr. Shevchuk. as follows (please note that dates and es of de-communization, de-colonization, tery of Ukrainian. Further study of gram- Many of these courses are open, in addi- times are subject to change). “delayed” nation-building, and re-adop- mar includes patterns of word formation, tion to Columbia students, to outside indi- • “History of Modern Ukraine” tion of liberal-democratic ideas of multi- participle, gerund, declension of numer- viduals interested in non-credit continuing (W3226) is a course for undergraduate and culturalism and multilingualism in a tra- als, a more in-depth study of such diffi- studies, as well as to students from other graduate students that covers Ukrainian ditionally non-liberal and not-so-demo- cult subjects as verbal aspect and verbs universities in the New York metropolitan history from the 18th century to the pres- cratic-yet environment. of motion. Original texts and other mate- area. Undergraduate and graduate students ent. It examines the connection between This course will be taught on rials drawn from classical and contempo- from New York University can register modern Ukraine and early modern Wednesdays at 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m. in 406 rary Ukrainian literature, press, electron- directly with their school for Ukrainian lan- Ukraine, the evolution of the Ukrainian Hamilton Hall. The instructor is Mykola ic media and film are designed to give guage classes at Columbia, while Ph.D. national movement and the interrelations Riabchuk, National University of Kyiv- students familiarity with linguistic fea- candidates and master’s degree students of the peoples who populated Ukraine Mohyla Academy. tures typical of such functional styles as from universities that are part of the (Ukrainians, Poles, Jews, Russians, etc.). • “Elementary Ukrainian II” (W1102) written and spoken, formal and informal, Columbia University Consortium (e.g., Special attention is paid to the 20th is a course for undergraduate and gradu- scientific and newspaper language, etc. NYU, the City University of New York and century, including the contention of ate students that is designed for individu- The course is designed to enable stu- the New School) can register for non-lan- national and Marxist-Soviet ideologies, als with little or no knowledge of dents to discuss extensively a wide range guage courses by obtaining appropriate and the tragic consequences of Soviet Ukrainian. Basic grammar structures are of general interest topics and some spe- approval from both their home school and and Nazi totalitarianism as well as of introduced and reinforced with equal cial fields of interest, particularly relating Columbia. genocides and wars. The course con- emphasis on developing oral and written to their research and work, politics and For further information, readers may cludes with a discussion of the emer- communication skills. culture; to hypothesize; to support opin- contact Diana Howansky, Ukrainian gence of independent Ukraine and the Specific attention is paid to acquisition ions and handle linguistically unfamiliar Studies Program at Columbia University, state’s evolution in the last 15 years. by students of high-frequency vocabulary situations; as well as to conduct inde- by phone at (212) 854-4697 or by e-mail This course will be taught on Tuesdays and its optimal use in communicative pendent field research with Ukrainian at [email protected]. and Thursdays at 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m. in transactions closely imitating real-life set- 703 Hamilton Hall. The instructor is tings. By the end of the course, students Prof. Frank Sysyn, Canadian Institute of are expected to conduct short conversa- Heritage Foundation donates $25,000 Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta. tions concerning common aspects of daily to Kyiv Mohyla Foundation • “The Polish-Lithuanian Common- life; to be able to initiate, maintain and wealth, Ukraine and Muscovy-Russia in bring to a close simple exchanges by ask- The Kyiv Mohyla Foundation received a grant of $25,000 from the Heritage the Early Modern Period” (G8231) is a ing and responding to all major types of Foundation of First Security Bank for support of the National University of Kyiv course geared toward graduate students, questions; and to read simple factual texts Mohyla Academy. This donation is one of the many grants that the Heritage which examines the polities, societies, and write routine messages. Foundation has awarded to Ukrainian American institutions. and cultures of the Polish-Lithuanian The course will be taught on Tuesdays Commonwealth, the Kozak Hetmanate and Thursdays at 5:40-6:55 p.m. in 716A Julian Kulas, president of the Heritage Foundation, stated that the mission of the and Muscovy-Imperial Russia in the 16th Hamilton Hall. The instructor is Rory Heritage Foundation is to support the values and work of the Ukrainian commu- to 18th centuries. Finnan, department of Slavic languages nity. The Foundation allocates grants to organizations, institutions and projects Special attention is paid to the interac- and literature, Columbia University. that develop and preserve the Ukrainian heritage in the United States, and also tion of states and the flow of social mod- • “Intermediate Ukrainian II” (W1202) strengthen the interests of the Ukrainian American community and the ties els and cultural developments. The role of is a course for undergraduate and gradu- between the United States and Ukraine. Poland in the “Westernization” of Ukraine ate students that starts with a review and and Russia, the relation of Western and subsequent reinforcement of grammar The Kyiv Mohyla Foundation is a nonprofit organization established to support Eastern Christianity, the remaking of fundamentals and core vocabulary per- and assist the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy and institutions of Eastern Europe by the rise of the Russian taining to the most common aspects of higher learning in Ukraine to reach excellence in education, innovative research, Empire, and the relation of the political daily life. Principal emphasis is placed on personal and intellectual growth of its students and faculty in a democratic aca- thought and identities of the period to further development of students’ commu- demic environment that will facilitate and further Ukraine’s democratic reform modern nations are major themes. nicative skills (oral and written) on such within the global community of nations. Thanks to the generous support of the The course will consist of discussion topics as the self, family, work and Ukrainian community in the United States, the Kyiv Mohyla Foundation has been sessions based on reading (in English) of leisure, travel, meals and others. A num- able to assist the Kyiv Mohyla Academy with funding for various projects, among monographs on specific topics. The ber of Ukrainian language idiosyncrasies, them the ongoing construction of the new NaUKMA Library, faculty and student course will be taught on Mondays at 2:10 like verb aspect and verbs of motion, scholarships, aid to students during the Orange Revolution, exchanges with p.m.-4 p.m. in 302 Fayerweather Hall. receive special attention. major American universities. The instructor is Prof. Sysyn. Course materials are selected with the • “Language, Culture and Identity aim of introducing students to some Immediate future needs include the funding of the Electronic Library of Ukraine, Issues in Contemporary Ukraine” functional and stylistic differences in the completion of the Library of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, the Endowment Fund (G6100) is an interdisciplinary course modern Ukrainian, as well as distinctions and academic and faculty scholarships. The KM Foundation is developing rela- geared toward graduate students. Ukraine, between the Kyiv and Lviv literary vari- tionships with private and public foundations for further financial support. as a nation located on the border between ants. By the end of the course, students two different civilizations – Eurasian and will be able to narrate and describe in all During the commemoration of the 390th anniversary of the Kyiv Mohyla European – and exposed to various cul- major time frames, and deal effectively Academy in October, Julian Kulas announced the gift of $25,000 to the tural and political influences throughout with unanticipated complications in most Academy on behalf of the Heritage Foundation. The gathering was attended by its history, provides students of the region formal and informal settings. almost one thousand people, among them the First Lady of Ukraine Kateryna with a great many paradoxes that often The course will be taught on Mondays Yushchenko, various members of Ukraine’s government, ambassadors of various look like ambivalence, if not ambiguity. and Wednesdays at 6:10-7:25 p.m. in countries, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and co-chairman of the Kyiv Language, culture and identity issues 716A Hamilton Hall. The instructor is Mohyla Foundation William Green Miller, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and contribute greatly to Ukraine’s paradoxes Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, lecturer of Ukrainian many others. The gift of Heritage Foundation was a fitting tribute at this historic occasion. The support of higher education in Ukraine is perhaps the most signif- icant contribution to Ukraine’s future. by my husband that I could not and would What’s for... not prepare the full dinner. I did make (Continued from page 8) kutia, borsch and the mushroom sauce, but The family members wished each other the rest was bought at Alycia’s Restaurant health and bliss (schastia) for the coming Deli, and Mom’s Perogy Factory, and our year, and remembered those away from “kuma” brought a few dishes. home as well as those departed into the One other “benefit” of living in the next world. “Dai zhe, Hospody Bozhe, sub-Siberian climate of the Canadian zdorovia nam usim! Dai zhe, Bozhe, prairies is that if you run out of room in shchaslyvoyu tsiu kutiu provesty ta i your freezer when you are preparing druhoyi dochekaty u schasti i zdorovyi!... some of the foods in advance, there is Prystavshym dushechkam tsarstvo always the unheated garage or porch as nebesne, nekhai yim zemlia perom!” the second deep freezer. We now have the convenience of mix- No matter how the foods we serve for ers, food processors and freezers, as well as Sviat Vechir arrive on the table, they are the church groups who sell Ukrainian “fast there because we want to celebrate this food.” Here in Manitoba, I can buy the very special evening with our families in whole Sviat Vechir meal, if I needed. One all its reverence, beauty and tradition. How Photo: Taras Droz, Dr. Dmytro Shtohryn, Christine Wereszczak, Ihor Wyslotsky, Taras Gawryk, Julian Kulas. year, after major surgery, I was convinced fortunate we are that we have this heritage! 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 No. 52 No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 23 “Spartanky” sorority of Plast meets at Soyuzivka estate

by Lida Chernichenko and Boston areas. Also on tap is the creation of a custom- include Lesia Kozicky for the New York/New England made flag for the seniors’ sub-group of the sorority. chapter, Darka Halaburda-Patti for New Jersey and KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The Plast sorority The conference ended with the ceremonial induction Irtsia Zwarych for Philadelphia. “Spartanky” descended upon the beautiful Soyuzivka of three new senior members and the election of a new The Spartanky sorority has been active in the United estate in the Catskill region of upstate New York on leadership. Dr. Irka Sawchyn-Doll of Convent Station, States for many years. The group’s ranks continue to September 30 for its annual two-day conference (rada). With over 60 associates spanning two separate age N.J., was voted as the sorority’s “kurinna” (leader) and increase. Both the seniors’ and young adults’ sub-groups groups – seniors and young adults – the mission of Lesia Sikorska of Union, N.J., was elected as her assis- actively encourage new membership. Readers interested Spartanky is to mentor the youth of Plast Ukrainian tant. Maintaining their positions and rounding out the in learning more about Spartanky may contact Ms. Scouting Organization in nature-based activities, as well Spartanky leadership are: Chrystia Demidowich of Sikorskyj at (908) 686-0426. as in celebrating their Ukrainian cultural roots. Livingston, N.J., as secretary; Chrystia Kozak of Special thanks were extended to Chrystia Gnoy- The actual conference was preceded by several infor- Canton, Mass., as treasurer; and Zezya Zawadiwsky of Stasiuk of Rockaway, N.J., and the conference commit- mal events. First on the agenda was a wine-tasting sem- Mendham, N.J., as chronicler. Local chapter leaders tee for planning a wonderfully memorable event. inar conducted by Bill Guilfoyle from the Culinary Institute of America. The group was introduced to a number of varietals from across the globe and learned the art of assessing wine quality through proven sensory methods. This was followed by a delicious upscale buf- fet dinner, prepared by Soyuzivka’s master chef, Andrij “Snake” Sonevytsky. After dinner, the Spartanky proceeded to the Soyuzivka library for game night, where, amid much laughter, they learned intimate – and often hilarious – facts about each other, well into the wee hours. Growing up with the discipline instilled by Plast, the Spartanky were up bright and early on Saturday morn- ing and gathered on the Veselka patio to greet personnel of the Ellenville Moo Duk Kwan academy who con- ducted a seminar on women’s safety. The group was given extremely valuable tips on how to avoid poten- tially dangerous situations. All agreed to look into con- ducting similar sessions for Plast’s teenage girls at vari- ous Plast forums. After fun and games, it was time to kick off the formal conference. As they do every year, the Spartanky rolled up their collective sleeves and established an annual plan focused on events for Plast youths. On the schedule for the Spartanky this year are: running the annual “Pochatkovyi Tabir,” an introductory summer camp for 6- and 7-year-olds at the Vovcha Tropa Plast campground in East Chatham, N.Y.; conducting testing for the Plast physical fitness badge for teenagers, also at Vovcha Tropa; and organizing locally based activities and Plast fund-raisers in the New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia The Spartanky Plast sorority during their 2005 conference at Soyuzivka. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 No. 52

persists at “worrying levels” in Ukraine, and supplies and transit. “I am convinced that 14 that the Russian gas that is to be sup- NEWSBRIEFS thus the country should be denied normal the price should be increased gradually, plied at a new price outside a barter scheme (Continued from page 2) trade relations. “We expect more from dem- without shock therapy for national indus- next year should be sold primarily in the rently being withdrawn from Iraq. ocratic states than we do from totalitarian try,” Mr. Yushchenko noted. “It is necessary country’s industrial sector, while gas prices Ukraine is to conclude the pullout of its ones,” ADL National Director Abraham to draft and implement a transitional system for Ukrainian private and municipal con- peacekeeping contingent from Iraq by the Foxman said, according to the JTA news of gas rates which would minimize reper- sumers should be increased gradually. cussions for the population. The system of end of this year. (RFE/RL Newsline) service. “This year alone has seen a steep “This is a concept envisioning that liberal- increase in acts of violence and vandalism transitional rates should be in place for two ized prices will be met by the industrial sec- Parliament adopts 2006 budget against Jews across Ukraine.” The Senate or three years and should gradually lead to a tor, while private and municipal consumers passed a bill last month graduating Ukraine single rate which would reflect the real cost will be given the possibility to conclude the KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on from the trade restrictions imposed by the of gas for Ukraine.” (RFE/RL Newsline) heating season with traditional prices, as December 20 adopted a 2006 budget bill, Jackson-Vanik Amendment. Other Jewish they are today, or with a small increase in PM: Kyiv ready for new gas deal Ukrainian media reported. The document organizations, such as National Conference them during the second quarter [of 2006],” was supported by 226 deputies, the mini- on Soviet Jewry (NCSJ), have supported KYIV – Prime Minister Yurii Mr. Yushchenko said. He explained that mum number required for its passage. Ukraine’s graduation from the Cold War-era Yekhanurov told journalists in Kyiv on with new gas prices and transit tariffs in The bill was adopted after three abortive measure. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) December 19 that Ukraine does not object 2006, Ukraine will be able to receive a votes earlier the same day. The Verkhovna to Russia’s proposal to switch to new condi- somewhat lesser volume of Russian gas Yushchenko rules out energy crisis Rada on December 15 had failed to tions of Russian gas supplies to and gas under the barter scheme than it does now. approve the 2006 budget bill. The motion transit across Ukraine as of 2006, Interfax- President Yushchenko did not say what new was supported by just 122 votes, with at KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko Russian gas price could be acceptable to said in a weekly radio address on December Ukraine reported. According to Mr. least 226 needed for approval. Another Ukraine or what gas transit tariff Ukraine 17 that Ukraine will not face any energy cri- Yekhanurov, both sides have not yet agreed motion to reject the budget bill also would levy on Gazprom in 2006. Gazprom sis in connection with Gazprom’s recent on an acceptable “price formula.” He added, failed, mustering 202 votes. Verkhovna deputy chief Aleksandr Medvedev said on announcement to increase gas price for “We are ready to switch to a new price for- Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn on December 14 that Russia is going to sell Ukraine more than fourfold in 2006, mula,” but stressed that the prices Gazprom December 16 appealed to the Budgetary gas to Ukraine for $220-$230 per 1,000 Ukrainian media reported. “One has a price has proposed to Ukraine so far were quoted Committee and the government to modify cubic meters. Ukraine now pays $50 per to pay for everything, first and foremost for “without thinking.” Mr. Yekhanurov was the bill and submit it for another vote the 1,000 cubic meters of Russian gas received independence. If Ukraine truly wants to commenting on the failure to reach a com- following week. (RFE/RL Newsline) promise in his gas talks with Russian Prime as payment for transit of Russian gas to become economically independent, sooner Europe, and $80 per 1,000 cubic meters of or later we will have to accept market rela- Minister Mikhail Fradkov in Moscow earli- ADL: Keep restrictions on Ukraine er the same day. (RFE/RL Newsline) gas supplied by Gazprom outside this barter tions in the energy field and switch to scheme. (RFE/RL Newsline) WASHINGTON – The Anti-Defamation rational energy consumption,” Mr. President on industry and gas prices League (ADL) urged Congress on Yushchenko said. He asserted that both Factions want higher rent from Russia December 8 not to remove trade restrictions Russia and Ukraine will benefit from a KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko on Ukraine. The ADL said anti-Semitism switch to market relations and prices in gas said on Ukrainian Television on December KYIV – On December 16 the factions of the Ukrainian People’s Rukh Ukraine and Our Ukraine made a statement in the Verkhovna Rada to demand that the National Security and Defense Council and the government of Ukraine regulate the issue of rent for the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s naval base in Crimea, the amount for which must be adjusted to international RETIREMENT? standards. Citing experts’ calculations, the statement said that Ukraine annually loses about $3 billion (U.S.) by charging a rent that is too low. According to the statement, ARE YOU READY? a U.S. military base in Germany pays about $2 billion annually to the German government, while Russia pays around $97 million to Ukraine for stationing its Black Sea Fleet on Ukraine’s soil. Both factions said they believe that raising this issue would be a good lever in Ukraine’s negotiations with Russia regarding gas supplies. (Ukrinform) Parties approve election lists KYIV – A number of Ukrainian parties and blocs held conventions on December 17-18 to endorse their lists of candidates for the March 26, 2006, parliamentary elections, Ukrainian media reported. They included the Our Ukraine Yushchenko Bloc, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, the Socialist Party, the Not So! Bloc based on the Social Democratic Party – United, and the Lytvyn People’s Bloc based on the People’s Party led by Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn. Central Election Commission Chairman Yaroslav Davydovych said last week that 38 politi- cal parties and blocs want to take part in the 2006 parliamentary elections. The elec- tions will be Ukraine’s first under a fully proportional, party-list system. Polls sug- gest that six to seven parties have a chance of obtaining no less than 3 percent of the vote, which qualifies them for parliamen- tary representation. (RFE/RL Newsline) Kostenko-Pliusch bloc compiles list KYIV – An election list was approved at an inter-party congress of the Ukrainian People’s Bloc of Yurii Kostenko and Ivan UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. Pliusch on December 16. The list’s first 10 is topped by Mr. Kostenko, leader of the 2200 ROUTE 10, PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054 Ukrainian People’s Party; and Mr. Pliusch, 800-253-9862 the honorary leader of the Party of Free Peasants and Entrepreneurs; Oleksander FAX: 973-292-0900 Slobodian, president of the closed-type EMAIL: [email protected] joint-stock company Obolon; National (Continued on page 25) No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 25

with any leader, as in that case we lose seats he will soon return to Ukraine. Mr. ed over to Iraq. Mr. Hrytsenko thanked the NEWSBRIEFS in local councils,” Mr. Myrymskyi noted. Lazarenko suggests that taxation on enter- U.S. for training Ukrainian officers in U.S. (Continued from page 24) He said the bloc won’t have a leader prises’ salary funds be abolished. He also military colleges. In related news, Ukraine Deputy Ivan Zayets; Anna Skrypnyk, because its member-parties “have equal suggests in his bloc’ platform that the retire- formally joined the Southeastern Europe director of the N. Rylskyi Institute of Arts, partnership relations.” The bloc’s list will be ment age for women be changed to 52 and Defense Ministerial (SEDM) on December Folklore and Ethnology Studies of the topped by a neutral person. (Ukrinform) for men to 58. (Ukrinform) 6 at a brief ceremony in Washington. “You will see Ukraine more responsible and National Science Academy of Ukraine; Kunitsyn election bloc formed Rada rejects two WTO-related bills Vice Prime Minister Yurii Melnyk; Rivne more engaged in dealing with regional Oblast Administration Chairman Vasyl SYMFEROPOL – An election bloc of KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on security institutions,” said Defense Minister Chervonii; Donetsk Oblast Administration ex-Prime Minister of Crimea Serhii December 14 rejected two bills required Hrytsenko. SEDM is an organization of 13 Vice-Chairman Oleksander Klymenko; Kunitsyn was established in Symferopol on for Ukraine’s accession to the World Trade southeastern European countries and the Kyiv Oblast Administration Chairman December 16. The agreement on establish- Organization (WTO), Interfax-Ukraine United States. It was formed in 1996 Yevhen Zhovtiak and National Deputy ment was signed by chief of the Crimean reported. The bills proposed lowering against the backdrop of the Balkan conflict. Valerii Asadchev. The election list includes organization of the Democratic Party of export tariffs on ferrous scrap metal, live SEDM includes Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, 290 persons. Mr. Kostenko told journalists Ukraine, Sergey Kozachenko; the chairman cattle and leather materials. Meanwhile, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Slovenia, Turkey, that his party partners are proposed five of the Crimean organization of the Party of U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman Ukraine, Bosnia Herzegovina, Moldova, seats each, proportionally to the list. He State Neutrality of Ukraine, Vitalii told journalists in Hong Kong on Serbia Montenegro and the United States. said he believes the Kostenko and Pliusch Trefelov; and the chief of the Crimean December 14, on the sidelines of an ongo- (Interfax-Ukraine, BBC) Bloc will be able to gain some 10 percent organization of the People’s Democratic ing WTO ministerial conference, that Tymoshenko Bloc drafts election list of the votes. The congress also passed a Party of Ukraine, Mr. Kunitsyn. According Russia and Ukraine should join the World draft election program, whose key provi- to Mr. Kunitsyn, his bloc claims for not less Trade Organization together, Interfax KYIV – The political bloc of former sions are cancellation of all levels of than 30 of 100 seats of the Crimean reported. “I hope Ukraine and Russia come Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko held a deputies’ immunity; state support for small Parliament. (Ukrinform) into the WTO and they come in together,” congress on December 7 at which it and mid-sized business and farmers; judi- Mr. Portman said, adding that the acces- Lazarenko bloc preps for election approved the top 10 names on the bloc’s cial reform; development of the fuel-ener- sion negotiations for the two countries will list of candidates for the March 2006 par- gy complex; and revival of the national be completed “soon.” (RFE/RL Newsline) KYIV – The first inter-party sitting of the liamentary elections, Interfax-Ukraine culture and spiritual values. (Ukrinform) Lazarenko bloc was held in Kyiv, with the Hrytsenko meets with Rumsfeld reported. The list is topped by Ms. Seven parties in “For Union!” bloc participation of more than 245 delegates. Tymoshenko; Oleksander Turchynov, The participants approved the bloc’s format, WASHINGTON – Ukrainian Defense former Security Service of Ukraine chief KYIV – The Ukrainian political parties according to which such parties as the All- Minister Anatolii Hrytsenko and U.S. and her closest aide; former Vice Prime Union, Socialist Ukraine, Slavonic Party, Ukrainian Union Hromada, the Social- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Minister Mykola Tomenko; journalist Women of Ukraine, New Force, Integral Democratic Party of Ukraine and the Social- December 7 discussed the pullout of Andrii Shevchenko; and National Family and the Political Party of Small and Democratic Union are forming a bloc. Pavlo Ukrainian peacekeeping forces from Iraq. Deputies Vasil Onopenko, Levko Mid-sized Business have decided to form an Lazarenko is No. 1 on the bloc’s election list, The meeting was held within the frame- Lukianenko and Hryhorii Omelchenko. election bloc called “For Union!” This was followed by his brother Ivan Lazarenko, work of the 10th conference of the Ms. Tymoshenko said on December 7 the decision of the eighth regular congress SDPU leader Yuriy Buzduhan and the SDU Southeastern European Defense Ministerial that if her bloc comes to power after the of the Union Party. Union Party leader Lev leader Serhii Peresunko together with in Washington, the Ukrainian Defense 2006 elections, she will give the opposi- Myrymskyi told delegates to the congress Dnipropetrovsk journalist Viktoria Shylova. Ministry’s press service said. The gradual tion important prerogatives in forming that uniting in the bloc is necessary for vic- Speaking with the meeting’s participants via withdrawal of troops was approved with the executive branch, including the right tory in the 2006 parliamentary elections. He telephone, Mr. Lazarenko said that he the coalition and Iraqi partners, Mr. to nominate the procurator general. At said they had a choice: join the Party of the expects at least 5 percent of the electorate’s Hrytsenko said. He added that about 50 present the procurator general is nominat- Regions or establish a smaller, but powerful support in the parliamentary elections of peacekeepers will remain in Iraq, as will ed by the president and appointed by the political force. “We are not ready to merge 2006. He also reassured the participants that some military equipment that will be hand- Parliament. (RFE/RL Newsline) 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005 No. 52

National Redress Council EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Program Manager (Term Appointment) Charitable organization focuses

The National Redress Council has been established by the Ukrainian Canadian Civil on needs of orphans in Odesa Liberties Association, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and the Ukrainian Canadian by Bozhena Olshaniwsky transports of beds, cribs, mattresses, Foundation of Taras Shevchenko. The Council is seeking an individual to assist in the medical equipment, toys and medications establishment of a Canadian Ukrainian Redress Program and Fund that will support com- NEW MILFORD, N.J. – A “Breakfast to Odesa’s orphanages during the past memorative, research and educational initiatives recalling Canada's first national intern- for Love and Caring” was held on five years. She also collects money to ment operations of 1914-1920. Reporting to the Council, the Program Manager will help Sunday, November 6, here at the Elks pay for the transport of these items. oversee the planning and completion of its projects. Club. The brunch was organized by There is a number of people and children Maryanne Olsen, founder and director of who already volunteer and help with the The successful candidate will possess superior project management, communication, the Cross Cultural International Institute work, and she is currently reaching out financial fundraising and marketing skills, have a graduate degree and no less than 6 – New Hope for Children and the Elks. to Ukrainians for help. years of government or related experience. A working knowledge of French and Ukrainian would be an asset, as well as a familiarity with the Ukrainian Canadian community and Canadian NGO's active in fields such as justice, human rights and civil liberties, multicul- turalism, or history. Must be prepared to work some evenings and weekends and to travel within Canada as required.

Please send your resume and cover letter in confidence to National Redress Council 202-952 Main Street Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R2W 3P4 or e-mail to [email protected]

Deadline for submissions is January 9, 2006 Salary commensurate with experience/Location of position negotiable

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted by January 16, 2006, with a hiring decision expected by February 2006.

BRANCH 76 announces that its

ANNUAL MEETING

will be held on Wednesday, December 28, 2005, at 7:30 p.m. Natalka (left) and Nadia Pawlyshyn at the fund-raising event. at the UNA Home Office, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ The program lasted from 8:30 a.m. On display during the fund-raising until 2:30 p.m., and was very well event were posters with photographs of All Branch 76 members are welcome attended. People came, ate and stayed to orphans holding the toys they had witness a vocal performance by two sis- received. The American children who - Branch Committee ters, Nadia and Natalka Pawlyshyn. The wrapped the toys for the orphans recog- mistress of ceremonies was Dr. Marta nized their gifts and felt connected to Kokolska, who explained the purpose of their young counterparts, which made TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 259 the event, as well as geographical and them more enthusiastic about continuing historical facts about Ukraine, the dire to help. Please be advised that Branch 259 has merged with Branch 125 status of children in Ukrainian orphan- Musical interludes were provided by ages and the meaning of the songs per- Nadia, 13, and Natalka, 11, who were as of December 15, 2005. All inquires and requests for changes formed by the two young girls. dressed in beautifully embroidered styl- should be sent to Mrs. Gloria Paschen. The main focus of the program was on ized costumes made in Ukraine. They fund-raising for the orphanages in emigrated to the U.S. from Sambir, Mrs. Gloria Paschen Odesa. It was the best possible way to Ukraine, five years ago, and have already spend a Sunday morning – good food, performed more than 150 concerts. 1438 Shire Cr. good company and lovely music sung by Their parents, Ihor and Vira, work Inverness, IL 60067 a very talented duo, and all for a good very diligently with them by providing (847) 705-1870 cause. lessons and ample support. The sisters Ms. Olsen explained to the audience inherited a love for music from their how she was teaching a humanistic grandparents in Ukraine and have made method of treating children with psycho- two CDs of their songs in the U.S. The TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCHES 261, 331 and 378 logical problems in Moscow (in 1998) and audience received them with applause. Odesa (in 1999) by using the arts – music, In addition to proceeds from the gen- dance and drama. She told of how there is eral admission, chances were sold for Please be advised that Branches 261, 331 and 378 have merged a great need in Ukraine’s orphanages for prizes and donations were given by busi- with Branch 116 as of December 15, 2005. All inquires and basic supplies and equipment. Among the nesses, all of which worked without requests for changes should be sent to Mr. Stephan Shilkevich. items lacking are beds, mattresses, bed remuneration. The event was a great linens, medications, etc. As a result, she financial success. established an organization called Cross Ms. Olsen is appealing to people of Mr. Stephan Shilkevich Cultural International Institute – New good will to donate and help the cause. 109 Genesee Street Hope for Children. She is both the founder Donations can be sent to: CCII: New Hope Trenton, NJ 08611 and director of this group, and believes for Children, Maryanne Olsen, 740 that all people in the world are connected Plympton St., New Milford, NJ 07644. Ms. (609) 695-8867 and should help each other. Olsen may also be reached by phone at She managed to send several large (201) 262-6544 or fax at (201) 262-7579.

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Soyuzivka’s Datebook Sunday, December 31 Saturday, January 7, 2006 PALOS PARK, Ill.: A New Year’s Eve NEW YORK: All are welcome for December 30, 2005 February 11, 2006 celebration will be held at the Nativity of Rockefeller Center Christmas Caroling. Pub Night with coffee and desserts Five-Course Dinner featuring music the Blessed Virgin Mark Ukrainian All nationalities that celebrate the Julian featuring music by Vidlunnia, 9 pm by Askold Buc Catholic Church Parish Hall at 8530 W. calendar Christmas are urged to join us at 131st St. from 6 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. It will the Rockefeller Center Tree at 7 p.m. for December 31-January 1, 2006 February 17-20, 2006 be sponsored by the Parish Hall Manager candlelight caroling. Please bring your New Year’s Eve Extravaganza Family Winter Weekend Mark Bregrin Tickets for single adults are own candles. 5:30 pm - Cocktail Hour in Main $45, and couples are $80. No tickets will Saturday, January 21, 2006 House Lobby; 7 pm - Formal Dinner February 18, 2006 be sold at the door. There will be an open Banquet in Veselka Hall; 10 pm - Pub Night with music featuring bar, and appetizers, as well as dinner and desserts. At midnight, there will be a Cash CARTERET, NJ: The St. Demetrius New Year’s Eve zabava featuring Zukie & Friend Balloon Drop. For more information, or Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral and St. Tempo for reservations, call Hanya Kickio, (708) Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church are co- February 25, 2006 361-8876, or e-mail [email protected]. sponsoring a Malanka, which will be held January 1, 2006 Wedding at the St. Demetrius Community Center, New Year’s Day Brunch, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Friday, January 6, 2006 681 Roosevelt Ave., Carteret, N,J. $14 per person March 3-5, 2006 Musical performance by Fata Morgana. Plast Kurin “Khmelnychenky” HARTFORD, Conn.: The board of direc- Tickets are $45 (includes admission, January 6, 2006 Annual Winter Rada tors of the Ukrainian National Home of choice of meal, drinks, midnight hors Hartford Inc. invite you and your family to d’oeuvres and a champagne toast). There Traditional Ukrainian Christmas Eve the Traditional Ukrainian Christmas Eve will also be a cash bar. The St. Demetrius Supper, 6 p.m., $25 per person, April 16, 2006 Dinner at 6 p.m. at 961 Wethersfield Ave., Center is located off Exit 12 of the N.J. overnight packages available Traditional Ukrainian Easter Day Hartford. Donations: adults, $14; stu- Turnpike. There is also a Holiday Inn near Brunch, doors open at 11:30 am dents, $7. Advance purchase of tickets the exit. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Dinner January 27, 2006 only. For tickets, please contact board will be served at 7 p.m. and music starts at Pre-Malanka Pub Night featuring April 22, 2006 members or call the UNHH office, (860) 8:30 p.m. For table and ticket reserva- music by Zukie & Friend, 9 pm Alpha Kappa Sorority Formal 296-5702, up to one week before the tions, please call Peter Prociuk, (732) 541- Dinner event. For more information, please visit 5452. Tickets will not be sold at the door January 27-29, 2006 Banquet www.ukraniannationalhome.org. Deadline for tickets is January 16. Church of Annunciation Family Weekend, Flushing, N.Y. April 23, 2006 Traditional Blessed Ukrainian Easter PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES January 28, 2006 Day Brunch, doors open at 11:30 am Preview of Events is a listing of Ukrainian community events open to 2006 Ukrainian Engineers’ Malanka the public. It is a service provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by April 28, 2006 The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. February 10-12, 2006 Ellenville High School Junior Prom Listings of no more than 100 words written in Preview format, i.e., in a Valentine’s Day Weekend brief paragraph that includes the date, place, type of event, sponsor, admis- sion, full names of persons and/or organizations involved, and a phone num- ber to be published for readers who may require additional information plus payment should be sent a week prior to desired date of publication to: Preview of Events, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, (973) 644-9510. To book a room or event call: (845) 626-5641, ext. 140 Items may be e-mailed to [email protected]. 216 Foordmore Road P.O. Box 529 Kerhonkson, NY 12446 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.Soyuzivka.com

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