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THEPublished U by theKRAINIAN Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationEEKLY Vol. LXXXIV No. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 $2.00 The Ukrainian Museum in New York 30th anniversary celebrates its 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster Ukraine this year marks the 30th anni- and that the country was “still a long versary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster way” from overcoming the tragedy. – the world’s worst civilian nuclear acci- The Embassy of Ukraine in the United dent. States provided the following informa- Sirens were sounded in the early tion on the Chornobyl disaster. morning hours on April 26 in Ukraine to On April 26, 1986, reactor No. 4 of the mark 30 years since the moment that the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, located first explosion blew the roof off the build- about 100 kilometers north of Kyiv, ing housing a reactor at the Chornobyl exploded. The Chornobyl tragedy nuclear power plant, sending a cloud of remains the world’s worst accident at a radioactive material high into the air, nuclear power plant due to the number drifting into Russia and Belarus and of its victims and the scale of its effects. It across northern Europe. will take many more years and huge President Petro Poroshenko attended resources to finally overcome the effects a ceremony on April 26 at the Chornobyl of the Chornobyl disaster. plant, which today is located in the mid- Due to a fire at the fourth reactor, dle of an uninhabitable “exclusion zone.” about 60 tons of radioactive substances Mr. Poroshenko said in his speech that polluted the air. Because of this, the Andy Wowk “the consequences of the catastrophe” radioactivity exceeded by 30 to 40 times Major donors to The Ukrainian Museum on the 40th anniversary celebration at have not been resolved. He added that the value registered in Hiroshima after a Tavern on the Green (from left): Maria Shust (museum director), Daria Kurylko, George Mycak, Anisa Mycak, Prof. Jaroslaw Leshko (past president), Alla Leshko, the disaster has been “a heavy burden on Olha Hnateyko (past president), Marianna Zajac (UNWLA president), Maria the shoulders of the Ukrainian people” (Continued on page 8) Baczynsky, Tamara Tershakovec, Julian Baczynsky, Oleh Samilenko, Christine Samilenko and Luba Firchuk (representing Lydia Hajduczok).

by Matthew Dubas the worldwide museum community. “The museum’s catalogue [holdings],” she said, UUARC aids victims NEW YORK – Approximately 200 people “is among the top collections among pro- attended the 40th anniversary banquet cel- fessional museums.” Prof. Holod noted that ebration for The Ukrainian Museum in New the exhibit “Staging the Ukrainian Avant- of 2015 Mariupol attack York on April 17 at the Tavern on the Green Garde of the 1910s and 1920s” earned in Central Park. much acclaim from museum professionals, They came to honor an institution that considering that the material had received has served not only the Ukrainian commu- very little exposure previously. “…New exhi- nity, but the arts community at large, with bitions and an expanding catalogue will its high-quality and expansive exhibits and attract professionals to work with The collections. Ukrainian Museum,” she added. Among the honored guests were: For the future, Prof. Holod encouraged Ambassador of Ukraine to the United the museum to host global exhibitions that Nations Volodymyr Yelchenko and his wife, will attract new talent and financial bases. Iryna; Consul General of Ukraine in New Prof. Holod thanked the sponsors, mem- York Igor Sybiga and his wife, Natalia; bers, donors and past presidents of The Bohdan Kurczak, CEO, and Stefan Kaczaraj, Ukrainian Museum for the work they have chairman of the board, from SelfReliance done and continue to do. It is amazing what New York Federal Credit Union; Marianna the museum has been able to achieve in 40 Zajac, president of the Ukrainian National years with such a limited but dedicated Women’s League of America (and a vice- staff, she added. Prof. Holod also thanked president of The Ukrainian Museum); and the anniversary event’s sponsors. Treasurer Roma Lisovich from the Ambassador Yelchenko thanked the Ukrainian National Association. organizers of the 40th anniversary event Following a cocktail reception, as guests and cited The Ukrainian Museum’s accom- UUARC found their seating assignments, the cele- plishments. The museum, he said, is part of Red Cross volunteers in Mariupol assist the United Ukrainian American Relief bratory program was opened with a wel- the fight in the defense of Ukrainian culture Committee in distributing $100 in financial aid to those injured in the January 2015 terrorist attack in Mariupol that killed 27 and injured 126. come to guests by Xenia Ferencevych, and art. Thanks are also due to the UNWLA director of communications at The Storm and other organizations in the diaspora by Zenon Zawada its latest contribution to minimize the suf- King School, who served as mistress of cer- that continue to assist Ukraine, he added. fering from the Donbas war by distributing emonies. Ambassador Yelchenko noted that KYIV – Liubov Kozhura was at a Mariupol $100 in financial aid to those like Ms. The Rev. Volodymyr Muzychka of St. Ukrainians should be looking forward to playground with her 10-year-old grandson Kozhura at an April 9 gathering. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral the 100th anniversary of The Ukrainian Mykola and 6-year-old granddaughter She had surgery performed on her legs in New York offered the invocation and led Museum, and he passed along greetings Liubov on what was an otherwise ordinary and stomach, damaged by shrapnel, at the the gathering in singing “Our Father.” from Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United morning on January 25, 2015, when a mis- expense of a Dnipropetrovsk hospital, but The president of The Ukrainian States Valeriy Chaly. sile came crashing down, killing them both. the aid from the UUARC helped cover her Museum, Prof. Renata Holod, welcomed the Consul General Sybiga congratulated Though unable to compensate for such bills for the medicine involved, which she guests and commented on the museum’s The Ukrainian Museum on its anniversary had to pay for herself. 40-year history and how the institution has tragic losses, the United Ukrainian evolved into a premier organization within (Continued on page 6) American Relief Committee (UUARC) made (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18

ANALYSIS

Thirty years after Chornobyl disaster, Savchenko’s extradition may take months… Ukraine-related sanctions targeting Russia should only be lifted if Moscow complies MOSCOW – Jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya with a deal to end fighting between Kyiv’s Ukraine doubles down on nuclear power Savchenko has received official forms need- forces and Russia-backed separatists. ed for her to be extradited from Russia to by Tony Wesolowsky supplies from the Donbas region. “Sanctions on Russia can and should only Supplies of the kind of high-quality black Ukraine, her lawyer says. Attorney Mark be lifted once Russia fully complies with its RFE/RL coal that the Ukrainian power sector has Feigin told Russia’s RIA Novosti news agen- commitments­ under the Minsk [peace] Nearly 30 years after Chornobyl spewed relied on so heavily in the past “could no cy on April 27 that Ms. Savchenko had been agreement,” Mr. Obama told an April 24 nuclear dust across Europe and sparked longer be a sustainable solution for its given the documents and that a lawyer, news conference in Hannover after meeting fears of fallout around the globe, a power plants,” Mr. Usov says, “because the Nikolai Polozov, would go to her jail in with Ms. Merkel during the last leg of a six- strapped, war-torn Ukraine is opting for pace of their supply from Donbas has been Novocherkassk on April 29 and help her fill day foreign trip to shore up U.S. alliances. “upgrades” rather than shutdowns of its erratic.” out the forms. Mr. Feigin added that the Ms. Merkel said that the ceasefire was not fleet of Soviet-era nuclear power reactors. Enerhoatom says the upgrades are being entire process of extradition could take stable and that she and Mr. Obama had dis- Kyiv is planning to spend an estimated done to the highest standard, but critics many months. “I have received Savchenko’s cussed implementation of the February $1.7 billion to bring the facilities, many of have their doubts. statement [saying she agrees] to be extra- 2015 peace deal brokered in Minsk to end which are nearing the end of their planned They say Ukraine’s nuclear reactors dited to serve her prison sentence in to the conflict in eastern Ukraine that has life spans, up to current Western standards. should be shut down as soon as possible, Ukraine... I believe that the procedure has killed more than 9,100 since April 2014. Ukrainian officials hope to further their noting that one of the reactors still churn- started,” RIA quoted Mr. Feigin as saying. “Unfortunately, we do not have any stable energy independence from Moscow and ing out power is older than the unit that Ms. Savchenko was sentenced by a Russian ceasefire yet and we must make progress in potentially export some of the resulting exploded at Chornobyl on April 26, 1986. court to 22 years in jail on March 22 after the political process,” the German chancel- electricity to Western Europe as part of an They also raise doubts over whether the she was found guilty of involvement in the lor said, adding that she and the U.S. presi- “EU-Ukraine Energy Bridge” that can fur- program will be carried out to the highest killing of two Russian journalists during dent “discussed very detailed steps to be ther cement Kyiv’s ties with Brussels. standards. fighting by Russia-backed separatists taken next in this regard.” The Kremlin has But can they allay fears, in Ukraine and “One of the reasons why the EBRD was against Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine. repeatedly blamed Kyiv for failing to imple- beyond, that the plans will put Europe at ready to finance this program is that they She has denied any involvement in the inci- ment the Minsk agreement. Mr. Obama also risk of another Chornobyl? said they will have a say in what is going on dent and says she was abducted and illegal- offered words of support to the new The project has the backing of the West, in Ukraine with the reactors, and that they ly brought to Russia. (RFE/RL, based on Ukrainian government under Prime including a $600 million contribution split will have leverage to ensure that everything reporting by Reuters and Interfax) Minister Volodymyr Groysman. “We wel- evenly between the European Bank for is done properly,” says Iryna Holovko, a …Poroshenko hopes for earlier return come the formation of a new government in Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Ukranian nuclear activist with the NGO Ukraine, which we encourage to continue and Euratom, the EU’s nuclear agency. Bankwatch. “Now we see that it is not hap- KYIV – Ukrainian President Petro the political, economic and energy reforms “The project we support – ourselves, the pening because the [Ukrainian] regulator Poroshenko says he hopes jailed pilot that can deliver progress for the Ukrainian EBRD and Euratom – is actually about the still makes decisions without the safety Nadiya Savchenko will return home from people,” the U.S. president said. Mr. Obama country’s energy independence and, essen- procedures done.” Russia as part of a prisoner swap “in a few had arrived in Germany earlier in the day to tially, survival. Because for the country, Mr. Usov says the concerns raised by weeks.” In a televised interview late on push for a new European Union-U.S. trade where nuclear power plants produce over outside groups – including Bankwatch – April 24, he said of his phone conversation pact and take part in an April 25 summit 50 percent of electricity, this sector remains are being addressed. with Russian President Vladimir Putin last with key EU leaders. (RFE/RL, with report- vital – very, very important. This is a neces- “We’ve touched on these issues numer- week about exchanging Ms. Savchenko for ing by Reuters and AP) sity,” says Anton Usov, senior adviser for ous times with the environmental groups. Russian prisoners in Ukraine: “We agreed Eastern Europe and the Caucasus at the They attend our annual meetings and regu- on a formula for resolving this problem. We Chornobyl contamination found in milk EBRD, an international institution funding lar meetings of the banks. And we had a agreed on its preliminary terms. …And GUBAREVICHI, Belarus – Associated projects in Central and Eastern Europe and proper panel, with the likes of Bankwatch, right now, I firmly hope that the presiden- Press reporters who visited the edge of the Central Asia. where we touched upon these issues,” Mr. tial plane with my representatives will Chornobyl exclusion zone in Belarus say For Kyiv, keeping its nuclear power sta- Usov says. return Nadiya to Ukraine in a few weeks. I that milk from a dairy farm there contains tions humming makes sense given the gov- Enerhoatom vowed through a spokes- think it will be a big day for me personally levels of radioactive isotopes at least 10 ernment’s strategy to wean the country off man that “Ukraine has some of the most and for many Ukrainians.” There was no times higher than the country’s food safety Russian energy, namely gas. Ukraine is also demanding conditions for extending” the immediate response to Mr. Poroshenko’s limits. The finding came on the eve of the making moves to end its dependence on life of its nuclear reactors. comments from Russia. (RFE/RL, based on 30th anniversary of the 1986 explosion and Russia for the fuel powering the nuclear “For example, in Ukraine, a nuclear reporting by AFP, Interfax and TASS) fire at the Chornobyl nuclear plant in neigh- plants. power unit with a 30-year lifeline can be boring Ukraine. The milk was tested by the Nuclear power accounts for around half granted a 10-year extension after a safety Obama: Russia sanctions must remain AP reporters after it was offered to them by of Ukrainian electricity. Enerhoatom, the assessment,” spokeswoman Ilona Zaets HANNOVER, Germany – U.S. President dairy farmer Nikolai Chubenok, whose land state-run nuclear energy operator, runs 15 said in an e-mailed response to RFE/RL. “In Barack Obama says he and German reactors at four nuclear power plants, the United States, reactors are given a Chancellor Angela Merkel agree that (Continued on page 7) including Europe’s largest power plant at 30-year extension right away – and this Zaporizhia, which houses five reactors. number could rise. The [Ukrainian] Nuclear They are all equipped with pressurized Regulatory Commission is discussing the reactors known by their Russian abbrevia- possibility of raising the extension period tion, VVER, which are Russian-designed but to 80 years.” The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 an upgrade to the graphite-moderated The upgrade work is just part of a bold RBMK reactors found at the decommis- plan to make Ukraine a major energy player An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., sioned Chornobyl nuclear power plant. in Europe beyond its decades-long role as a a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Most of the reactors came online in the major transit country. 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However, Kyiv That Ukraine is opting to upgrade its appears to be moving ahead with inten- Postmaster, send address changes to: nuclear power plants is not surprising, tions to make Ukraine part of the European The Ukrainian Weekly Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz according to Steve Thomas, a recently retired power grid by 2017, a target set out by 2200 Route 10 Editor: Matthew Dubas professor of energy policy at the University President Petro Poroshenko after he took P.O. Box 280 of Greenwich in the United Kingdom. office in mid-2014. Parsippany, NJ 07054 e-mail: [email protected] “There is a lot of pressure around the In March, Ukrainian energy distributor world to life-extend existing plants as it Ukrenergo signed a deal to export electrici- The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com becomes more difficult to build new ones. ty to its Polish counterpart as part of the As a result, the utilities are wanting to hang Ukraine-EU energy bridge. The proposal The Ukrainian Weekly, May 1, 2016, No. 18, Vol. LXXXIV onto the ones they’ve got,” Prof. Thomas envisages a 750-kilowatt transmission Copyright © 2016 The Ukrainian Weekly tells RFE/RL. He says Europe’s biggest pro- cable from Khmelnytsky, in Ukraine, to ducer of nuclear power, France, plans to Rzeszow, in Poland, that will also carry spend an estimated 80 billion euros ($89 electricity from a coal-fired energy plant at ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA billion) to upgrade its 58 nuclear power Burshtyn, in Ukraine’s far west. Under the reactors. project, the Khmelnytsky Unit 2 reactor Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 and advertising manager fax: (973) 644-9510 The EBRD says the program of 87 safety- will then be disconnected from the Ukraine e-mail: [email protected] measure upgrades is vital for Ukraine, grid and plugged into the European one. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Ukraine’s new concept paper on security and defense reform

by Maksym Bugriy Ukraine’s defense and security reform tleground for an armed conflict between The concept paper proposes overcoming Eurasia Daily Monitor process has been rather sporadic since the NATO and Russia. these problems by introducing a “unified 2013-2014 “Revolution of Dignity” (Euro- Furthermore, the March 2016 document system of planning and resource manage- On March 16, Ukrainian President Petro Maidan). As early as spring 2014, the emer- defines security challenges that currently ment,” based on modern European and Poroshenko approved the “Concept for the gent post-Maidan parties that formed the exist below the level of a threat, but which Euro-Atlantic practices. Also importantly, in Development of the Security and Defense European Ukraine coalition jointly pledged could elevate into a more robust military its “Strategic Analysis” section, the concept Sector” (President.gov.ua, March 16). The to reform the security and defense sector threat. Most of these challenges are also paper specifies the following strategic document lays out the “Western” vision for (Rada.gov.ua, November 27, 2014). A com- related to Russia and include: goals, to be accomplished in the “medium Ukraine’s security and defense sector reform prehensive security sector review also term”: the restoration of Ukraine’s territori- and specifies the goals for this process. The started that spring but soon fell behind security system due to the Russian al integrity and the creation of a national concept paper also shows that security sector schedule. Security institutions thus pro- Federation’s• The destabilization aggressive of actionsthe international and the crisis management system. reform is likely to develop at a slow pace and ceeded with reforms on their own. On insufficient effectiveness of world security The reform of Ukraine’s security and that it will take substantial time to be imple- March 3, 2015, a new National Security structures. defense sector has been slow. But the ever- mented. The paper further details the inher- Strategy and Military Doctrine of Ukraine present Russian threat, unrelentingly high ent risks to reform from problems arising (NSDCU) came into force, which mentioned Ukraine’s domestic affairs and other simi- expectations from domestic civil society from economic solvency and sustainability. the Russian Federation as a military threat lar •issues. Russia’s subversive interference in and international donor countries, as well The concept paper suggests a centrally and stated that Ukraine’s goal is to meet the - as the need to reassure the Ukrainian pub- managed and coordinated system of reforms North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s cesses in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, lic and maintain internal security all apply for the security and defense sector. Yet, some (NATO) specific membership criteria as •well Unfinished the unfinished border delimitation demarcation of probor- pressure on the government to keep mov- reform plans for specific institutions laid out (Razumkov.org.ua, 2016). ders with Russia, Belarus and Moldova. ing forward. Meanwhile, financial solvency in this paper look as if they have different The new concept paper recently and the continued sustainability of designs, showing that the overall reform pro- approved by President Poroshenko terrorism and transnational crime. Ukraine’s reform efforts remain in doubt. cess is at different stages across several insti- (President.gov.ua, March 16) builds on last •Aiming Global-level to explain security the challenges need for reform,such as Specifically, the government has tutions. The document itself is also uneven in year’s NSDCU in several ways. First, it pro- the concept paper pinpoints several “unre- increased military expenditures and legally its coverage. Its section on the Ministry of vides a detailed “Threat Assessments” sec- solved issues” in the security and defense stipulated to spend no less than 5 percent of Internal Affairs appears most comprehen- tion, in which it identifies the main sources sector. Among such issues are inefficiencies GDP on the security sector as a whole; and sive, while the parts covering the Ministry of security threats to Ukraine. These include: in the “mechanism of prevention and neu- the new concept paper calls for defense of Defense and Ukraine’s intelligence and tralization of contemporary threats to spending to reach 3 percent. But Ukraine’s counterintelligence institutions appear to military and hybrid warfare measures. Ukraine’s national security,” a legacy of GDP actually fell by 10 percent in 2015. And be less developed. • Russia’s subversive economic, societal, insufficient resources devoted to this sec- the economy is not set to resume sound The slow pace of Ukraine’s defense and selected areas in Donbas. tor, coordination issues, as well as imper- growth this year due to persistently low security sector reforms is obvious. The • Temporary occupation of Crimea and fect crisis management and defense plan- global commodity prices, the continued Ukrainian National Guard – the military- Baltic-Caspian-Black Sea region. ning among central and local governments. occupation of Donbas, as well as Ukraine’s law enforcement “dual force” under the • Destabilization of the situation in the Importantly, the document attempts to military and economic conflict with Russia. Ministry of Internal Affairs – leaves a better Russia and unspecified “other states” to stir clarify the roles and chains of command For now, the fiscal situation is still man- impression of overall readiness than the up •interethnic, Sabotage and religious, subversive social, operations separatist by within Ukraine’s security and defense sector. ageable. But rising populist politics in actual armed forces under the Ministry of and terrorist activities. In particular, it seeks to address the prob- Ukraine could, at some point, increase pres- Defense. The stumbling blocks that have lematic idiosyncrasies of Ukraine’s parlia- sure on the government to freeze military popped up along the way toward defense “statelets” in Russian-occupied areas of mentary-presidential system in which the expenditures in favor of social spending. reform generally include issues of culture Donbas.• Moscow’s support for the breakaway Cabinet of Ministers also has autonomous and mentality, which are slow to change, as - command of portions of the security forces – The article above is reprinted from well as a lack of political will and senior bility of Russia’s deployment of tactical mainly through its control over the Ministry Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from leadership issues in the government and nuclear• Militarization weapons to of Crimea. borders and the possi of Internal Affairs – thus forming an its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, presidential administration. - unwieldy “three-headed dragon.” www.jamestown.org.

• Ukraine’s territory being used as a bat Quotable notes NATO chief: ‘Profound differences’ “Russian aggression has flagrantly violated the sovereignty and territory of an independent European nation, Ukraine, and that unnerves our allies in Eastern Europe, threatening our vision of a Europe that is whole, free and at peace. And it remain between Alliance, Russia seems to threaten the progress that’s been made since the end of the Cold War. … “Just as we stand firm in our own defense, we have to uphold our most basic prin- RFE/RL and the alliance has stressed that, while cooperation had been halted, channels of ciples of our international order, and that’s a principle that nations like Ukraine have BRUSSELS – The first meeting of the communication were open. the right to choose their own destiny. Remember that it was Ukrainians on the NATO-Russia Council in almost two years The April 20 meeting was presented as Maidan, many of them your age, reaching out for a future with Europe that prompted was “frank and serious,” and reasserted an opportunity for the two sides to contin- Russia to send in its military. After all that Europe endured in the 20th century, we deep disagreements over the Ukrainian cri- ue their political dialogue, but came amid must not allow borders to be redrawn by brute force in the 21st century. So we sis, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said after continuing disagreements over Russia’s should keep helping Ukraine with its reforms to improve its economy and consoli- the talks in Brussels. role in Ukraine, heightened tensions over date its democracy and modernize its forces to protect its independence. The April 20 meeting of the council, Moscow’s air campaign in Syria, and recent “And I want good relations with Russia, and have invested a lot in good relations which serves as a forum for cooperation incidents involving the U.S. military and with Russia. But we need to keep sanctions on Russia in place until Russia fully between the two sides, ran more than 90 Russian planes in the Baltic Sea. implements the Minsk agreements that Chancellor [Angela] Merkel and President minutes over schedule. Following the meeting, Mr. Stoltenberg [François] Hollande and others have worked so hard to maintain, and provide a path for a political resolution of this issue. And ultimately, it is my fervent hope that The two sides also discussed military highlighted NATO’s differences with Russia Russia recognizes that true greatness comes not from bullying neighbors, but by activities of the alliance and Russia, and the over its involvement in the Ukraine conflict. working with the world, which is the only way to deliver lasting economic growth security situation in and around Afghanistan, “Many allies disagree when Russia tries and progress to the Russian people. …” Mr. Stoltenberg told a news conference. to portray this as a civil war,” he said. “This “NATO and Russia have profound and is Russia destabilizing eastern Ukraine, – President Barack Obama, in his address to the people of Europe, delivered on April persistent differences,” Mr. Stoltenberg providing support for the separatists, 25 in Hannover, Germany. said. “Today’s meeting did not change that.” munitions, funding, equipment and also “In the meeting, it was reconfirmed that command-and-control.” “I’d like to respond to a couple of elements, not of the content of our distinguished we disagree on the facts, on the narrative, “So there were profound disagree- Russian colleague’s statement, but just to a couple of points where he referenced the and the responsibilities in and around ments,” he said. United States, either directly or obliquely. …I wanted to comment on …wording, in Ukraine,” he noted. However, the NATO chief also said the terms of use of the word ‘separatists.’ I’d just like to clarify, we use ‘Russia-backed Practically all civilian and military coop- meeting was a potential step toward separatists’ to indicate the accurate relationship – or sometimes we use the term eration between the alliance and Moscow repairing relations and stressed the need ‘Russian-led separatist fighters’ to, again, express accurately the connection between was suspended in April 2014 following for dialogue. Russia and the fighters on the ground. And that is not a political term; it is meant to Russia’s unrecognized annexation the pre- The allies and Russia “hold very differ- be a statement, an accurate statement, reflecting the situation and why we are so vious month of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsu- ent views but we have listened to what deeply engaged with the Russian Federation, as are Ukraine and others, to try to find la. each other has to say. I think we had a very a peaceful solution to this. Because we have to acknowledge that the Russian The council has met only once – in June frank, serious and actually good meeting,” Federation is the key driver of the conflict, and has been the key driver of the conflict 2014 – since Russia annexed Crimea. Mr. Stoltenberg told a news conference. from the outset.” However, Mr. Stoltenberg has met with Ahead of the talks, Mr. Stoltenberg had U.S. Ambassador Daniel B. Baer, addressing the Permanent Council of the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Vienna on April 21. Lavrov on several occasions in recent years, (Continued on page 4) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18

Western nuclear partners. was carried out, causing 27 deaths and 126 Thirty years after... In November, Enerhoatom signed an UUARC aids... injuries to civilians who were merely tend- agreement with the French engineering ing to their daily affairs. (Continued from page 2) (Continued from page 1) firm Areva “for safety upgrades of existing It was that attack that raised the specter But the project hinges on completion of and future nuclear power plants in Ukraine, Ninety-eight such injured victims of the of the West supplying lethal, defensive two reactors at the Khmelnytsky plant – lifetime extension and performance optimi- terrorist attack received these donations of arms to Ukraine. Yet experts said that Units 3 and 4 – whose construction was zation.” $100 each, which were distributed with the behind-the-scenes diplomacy resulted in halted in 1990. Critics have questioned U.S.-based Westinghouse, which has help of local Red Cross volunteers. the West refraining from providing arms, in whether finishing reactors that have been been operating in Ukraine since 2003, Upon learning they came from the exchange for a de-escalation in attacks mothballed for 15 years makes economic signed a deal with Kyiv in December 2014 Ukrainian American community, the attack from the Russian-backed terrorists. sense. “to significantly increase” nuclear fuel victims expressed their gratitude with Since then, the momentum for providing “They clearly do have to modernize their deliveries to Ukraine until 2020. applause and with tears in their eyes, said lethal arms has dissipated. The Mariupol generation, but completing half-built nucle- Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry reacted Vira Prinko, UUARC’s Kyiv representative, attack remains the most deadly incident ar power plants could still be a much more to the deal between Westinghouse and Kyiv who coordinated the distribution. targeting civilians, and its victims will carry expensive option than building renewables, by calling it “a dangerous experiment.” Not all of the $12,600 earmarked for the scars for the rest of their lives. Many gas-fired plants, or whatever,” Prof. Thomas Ukraine still depends on TVEL, a nucle- them was claimed. If the remaining 28 aren’t mobile and needed their relatives to says. “I don’t think nuclear is necessarily ar-fuel subsidiary of Russia’s Rosatom, for injured fail to do so in the next month, Ms. bring their documents to receive payment. the cheapest option.” fuel at 13 of its 15 reactors, highlighting Prinko said the funds will be donated to the Sofia Kuzmenko was 20 months old In a sign that Kyiv is working to cut its Russia’s continuing sway over Ukraine’s victims of another attack on civilians that when her leg was blown off at a play- nuclear ties with Moscow, President nuclear program. occurred in the village of Sartana, just 11 ground. Sometimes she jumps out of bed at Poroshenko in October ripped up an agree- Westinghouse has been challenging miles northeast of Mariupol. night and starts fearfully crying without ment with the Russian atomic energy giant TVEL for a bigger cut of the nuclear-fuel In an equally senseless attack, a funeral cause, pleading with her mother to take her Rosatom to complete construction at market in Eastern and Central Europe, procession there was targeted with a mis- in her arms. Sofia will have to replace her Khmelnytsky. where Russian-designed reactors are the sile by Russian-backed terrorists on prosthetic leg every year as she grows. Aleksandr Nikitin, chairman of the norm. October 14, 2014, killing seven and injuring “Unlike older people, children become Environmental Rights Center Bellona, said The U.S. Export-Import Bank has offered 18. accustomed to prostheses. She also experi- at the time that the decision made it clear significant loans for several Westinghouse The January 2015 Mariupol attack ences laughter and joy like other children, that Ukraine and Russia “are breaking all projects in the region, and U.S. officials have marked the peak of the Donbas warfare not yet realizing that she’s disabled,” Ms. ties.” lobbied governments to diversify away partly because of the brutality with which it Prinko said, choking up with tears. “The two countries essentially are in a from dependence on TVEL, according to state of war, and therefore there can’t be Statfor, a U.S.-based analytical center. any discussion of joint construction of such It is unclear whether Ukraine’s nuclear a huge project as a nuclear power plant,” gamble will pay off. But the stakes are high, Mr. Nikitin said of the formerly close part- and Ms. Holovko suggests that Kyiv has left ners whose relations soured dramatically itself few other options. when unrest unseated pro-Moscow “For now, we have a situation where we Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in have no Plan B,” Ms. Holovko says. February 2014. Enerhoatom has insisted money for the Copyright 2016, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted reactor work will be no problem. Spokes- with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ woman Ms. Zaets said Enerhoatom had an Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, offer from a Polish company to finance the Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see construction, and “therefore the current http://www.rferl.org/content/thirty-years- financial problems do not affect the project.” after-chernobyl-ukraine-doubles-down- Ukraine is also opening other doors with nuclear-power/27539152.html).

UUARC UUARC Kyiv representative Vira Prinko (far left) stands alongside Mykhailo Kuzmenko, who holds his daughter Sofia, who lost her leg in the January 2015 terror- ist attack on Mariupol civilians. With them is Liuba Zabolotna (right), a Kyiv medical doctor and UUARC board member.

altitude that they created a “wake in the NATO chief... water.” On April 18, the Pentagon reported what (Continued from page 3) it described as an “unsafe” maneuver by a stressed that “dialogue is more important Russian fighter jet that flew close to a U.S. when times are difficult and tensions are reconnaissance plane. high,” while also saying that the meeting Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff did not mean that “we are back to business Davis said a Russian Su-27 flew less than as normal.” 15 meters from the wingtip of the U.S. Russia’s permanent representative to plane in international airspace over the NATO, Aleksandr Grushko, sounded a skep- Baltic Sea on April 14. tical note after the meeting. “If the situation The NATO-Russia Council was set up in turns toward a positive agenda,” Mr. 2002 as a consultative body. NATO froze for- Grushko said, “then why not hold another mal meetings and some cooperation under meeting? The problem is that, at this point, the council’s auspices in 2008 due to what it we have no positive agenda.” called Russia’s ”disproportionate military High on the agenda on April 20 were action” in Moscow’s brief war with Georgia. incidents this month involving the Russian and U.S. militaries in the Baltic Sea. With reporting by DPA, AFP, Reuters and U.S. military officials said that, on April AP. 12, two Russian military jets carried out Copyright 2016, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted “aggressive” overflights near a U.S. guided- with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ missile destroyer in “simulated attack pro- Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, files” in international waters off the coast of Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see Russia. The U.S. officials said the Russian http://www.rferl.org/content/nato-russia- Su-24 jets were not armed, but flew so council-meeting-high-level-talks/27685995. close to the U.S. destroyer and at such a low html). LIKE The Ukrainian Weekly on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/TheUkrainianWeekly No. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 5

COMMENTARY From concealment to half-truth about the Chornobyl disaster by Halya Coynash days, “the nuclear fuel continued to burn, Another clean-up worker writes that, like the Bellona Foundation, have taken issuing clouds of poisonous radiation and after being at Chornobyl, his attitude to the issue with the very low mortality rates Kharkiv Human Rights contaminating as much as three-quarters authorities changed. It was not only the these bodies predict. Protection Group of the European continent, hitting northern lies about how only “volunteers” were Bellona spoke with doctors in eastern It is 30 years since the fourth reactor at Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, especially involved in the clean-up, but also the cal- Ukraine and in Belarus (which was also the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant explod- hard. Farmers in the area still till radioac- lousness of officials after they returned very badly affected) who reported much ed during the early hours of April 26, 1986. tive soil.” home, the fact that they had to fight for all higher cancer rates, mutations and blood The media are so full of images and stories More than 600,000 “liquidators” were the things they were supposed to be pro- diseases among their patients linked to the about the disaster, the clean-up and after- brought in – some police officers or fire- vided with. world’s largest nuclear disaster at math, that it is hard to imagine the terrible fighters, others just conscripts. They had Natalya Kovalchuk writes that it’s clear Chornobyl 24 years after it occurred. The silence and dearth of information at the virtually no protective gear. Nor, again, from the KGB documents now available Bellona report from 2010 said that, if its time. In those final years of the Soviet were they given any information. that the local military offices often con- findings were proven to be true, “they regime, virtually nothing was reported. It was decades before the authorities, at cealed where the men were being sent, and could stand over two decades’ worth of No advice was provided to the popula- least in Ukraine, finally declassified all the the strict rules about not sending men with research by the United Nations and affiliat- tion on fundamental safety or measures to documents from that time. Ukraine’s three or more children, young men with ed organizations on its head, and cast a ensure that children received vital iodine, Security Service (SBU) has put together an health issues, etc. were simply ignored. shadow over their research techniques.” which could have prevented the high inci- exhibition from that period with information Historian Olha Makhno believes that The IAEA and WHO found that only 56 peo- dence of thyroid cancer. That this was about the likely causes of the disaster, its over the first half-year after the disaster, ple had died in the initial accident and that deliberate policy seems clear, with the course and the accounts of the young men there was a deliberate policy of secrecy. about 4,000 would die as a result. Soviet authorities coming down hard on who took part in the clean-up operation. Mikhail Gorbachev had long before The IAEA stands by its estimates, but people who tried to inform people. One of the young men recounted that announced “perestroika” and supposed then it does have a strong vested interest in Four days after the accident, Communist they had been told that it was dangerous openness (“glasnost”) of information, yet convincing the world’s population that officials who had evacuated their own fami- and that there was radiation everywhere, the general population did not receive this nuclear energy is safe. lies to Moscow sent children out onto the but they had no means of measuring this. information. In 2009, Natalya Preobrazhenska, the streets in nearby Kyiv for the May Day They were finally given some kinds of pills, You can follow the information provided head of a charity helping children affected parade. but it later transpired that these needed to initially, she says. The central Soviet news- by the disaster and an expert for the Charles Digges from the Bellona be taken every day and they’d been given paper Pravda has a tiny report saying only Verkhovna Rada National Commission on Foundation recalls that, over the next 10 one for the entire period. that there’d been a fire, that it had all been Radiation Safety, spoke of a significant localized and was under control. That was increase in cancers and said that she did then posted in Ukrainian in the newspaper not believe the full truth about the impact Soviet Ukraine (Radianska Ukraina). of the disaster had yet surfaced. She says that the SBU archives provide She was asked by the BBC Ukrainian UCCA on the 30th anniversary grounds for seeing the concealment as Service for her response to the IAEA’s sug- deliberate. There is a report about how a gestion that the greatest harm had been the brochure was found, saying that something disaster’s psychological consequences. of the Chornobyl catastrophe was happening in Chornobyl, and a note to “The International Atomic Energy Agency Following is the text of a statement Moreover, five days after the catastrophe, in the head of the Ukrainian Politburo that should concern itself with the safety of released by the Ukrainian Congress Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, a mere 60 miles they’d found the author of this brochure. nuclear power stations and not propagan- Committee of America on April 22. south of Chornobyl, thousands of unsus- The disaster demonstrated the moral dize nuclear energy. My attitude on the pecting citizens paraded in the streets in bankruptcy of the Soviet regime, and it is biased nature of that report was published Thirty years ago today, the worst nuclear celebration of May Day, oblivious to the no accident that in Ukraine environmental in America. There was no study at the time disaster in history occurred at the invisible danger that had already infiltrated groups were at the forefront of opposition of the liquidators’ health. Ten days of irradi- Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, causing their city. to the regime and affirmation of people’s ation of the environment covered the entire irreparable harm and tragic human, natural The result of this tragedy is not only rights. planet with its black wing.” and economic losses to Ukraine and its startling, but also long-lasting. Although The regime in Ukraine changed. The whole nature of the Soviet regime people. there were those who died immediately Whether the official information presented made it possible back in the 1980s to con- On the night of Saturday, April 26, 1986, from exposure to high levels of radiation, by the International Atomic Energy Agency ceal information. Later, the fact that there an act of unforgivable negligence at the we must not forget the ongoing effects that (IAEA) and World Health Organization was massive resettlement, and that the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern continue to plague Ukraine today: the (WHO) is truthful is, however, in question. clean-up workers were widely dispersed, Ukraine resulted in disaster. An explosion alarming increase in birth defects and Certainly many Ukrainians, including doc- made accurate statistics impossible. So too, at the plant blew the concrete roof off of infant mortality, the extremely high rate of tors working with people in the area, and it seems likely, did the lack of political will reactor No. 4, sending large amounts of thyroid and other cancers, and the count- international environmental organizations, at the international level. toxic radioactivity billowing into the atmo- less other side effects that will plague sphere. This was not simply an industrial Ukraine for centuries to come. accident, but the unimaginable result of Ukraine inherited from the totalitarian carelessness and disregard on the part of communist regime the grim and lasting leg- Soviet authorities, that led to human trage- acy of this nuclear catastrophe, whose U.S. statement on the anniversary dy on a massive scale. Cognizant of their destructive power transcended all borders. error, the regime did the unthinkable. It The efforts to deal with the aftermath of imperiled millions of lives by remaining Chornobyl and the farreaching effects of of the Chornobyl disaster of 1986 silent and refusing to admit that anything the disaster exceed the abilities of any one out of the ordinary had happened! country – it needs the cooperation of the Following is the text of a press state- has already committed to the interna- It wasn’t until Swedish diplomats, hav- entire international community. Therefore, ment issued on April 25 by John Kirby, tional effort to help Ukraine restore the ing detected abnormal amounts of radioac- the Ukrainian Congress Committee of assistant secretary of state and State site of the accident to an environmental- tivity within their own country, gave notice America, on this 30th anniversary of the Department spokesperson, Bureau of ly safe and secure condition. on Monday, April 28, of their impending Chornobyl nuclear catastrophe, reaffirms Public Affairs. As we reflect on the tragedy of desire to file an official alert with the its resolve to ensure that the ongoing needs Chornobyl, so too must we recognize the International Atomic Energy Agency, that of the victims in Ukraine are not forgotten On this 30th anniversary of the progress that has been made to com- Moscow finally issued this brief five-sen- and calls on the international community Chornobyl disaster, our thoughts remain plete a new confinement structure for tence statement, which read: “An accident to join together to address the consequenc- with the victims, from the emergency the destroyed reactor, which should has occurred at Chornobyl Nuclear Power es of the Chornobyl catastrophe by provid- workers who gave their lives to prevent soon be moved into place. The structure Station. One of the atomic reactors has ing the moral and financial support needed an even greater disaster, to those living is designed to protect the surrounding been damaged. Measures are being taken to assist the affected communities and ease in the area affected by the fallout. environment for the next 100 years and to eliminate the consequences of the acci- the continued suffering of the countless vic- The United States marks this anniver- allow for the safe clean-up of Chornobyl. dent. Aid is being given to the victims. A tims in the wake of this tragedy. sary with a pledge of an additional $10 We look forward to continuing our work government commission has been set up.” On this 30th anniversary the UCCA also million dollars to help ensure the safety with the Ukrainian government and our In the meantime, the people of Ukraine honors those who perished and those who of future generations who live in the international partners to improve the were completely left in the dark due to the survived this catastrophe. We remember affected area. This pledge comes on top lives of Ukrainians there and across Soviet authorities’ silence and failure to the hundreds of emergency workers who of the more than $400 million the U.S. Ukraine. take the proper precautions to secure the responded to the catastrophe; the hun- safety of their citizens. Evacuations from dreds of thousands who were uprooted the immediate area surrounding Chornobyl from their homes; and the millions who were not even initiated by the authorities suffered and continue to suffer from health until 36 hours after the explosion. issues related to Chornobyl. Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18

Andy Wowk Sponsors of the event (from left): Alexandra Sawczuk, Dr. Ihor Sawczuk, Prof. Jaroslaw Leshko (past president of the museum), Alla Leshko, Luba Firchuk, Matthew Dubas Prof. Renata Holod (current president), Prof. Oleh Tretiak. Other sponsors were Guests mingle during the cocktail hour prior to the banquet. Oksana Bajko and Lydia Hajduczok. acknowledged the support of the many individuals who a yearlong celebration of events, both to celebrate achieve- The Ukrainian Museum... had contributed to the growth of the institution, both ments and to raise much-needed funds to help support financially and though hard work. and build a strong financial base for the museum’s opera- (Continued from page 1) UNWLA President Zajac, in her greeting at the luncheon, tions and work. and underscored that, because of institutions such as the spoke of the history of The Ukrainian Museum since its As stated in the commemorative program booklet: museum, Ukraine has been able to maintain its cultural tra- founding by the UNWLA 40 years ago in 1976. There has “Over the years, city, state and federal funding agencies ditions. Mr. Sybiga said: “We cannot forsake Ukraine’s future been a longtime partnership, Ms. Zajac underscored, have supported the work of the museum. Agencies such as in America or in Ukraine. The museum can inspire the entire between the UNWLA (founded in 1925) and the museum, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New diaspora community as it has the women who have under- whose roots may be traced to the 1933 World’s Fair expo- York State Council on the Arts and the Institute of Museum taken the work of 40 years for The Ukrainian Museum.” sition in Chicago that laid the foundations for what would and Library Services have played an important role in Mr. Kurczak of the Self Reliance New York Federal Credit later become The Ukrainian Museum. helping the museum carry out its programming. However, Union said, “The Ukrainian Museum is a beacon of light Ms. Zajac announced her personal membership in The the museum has always relied primarily on the financial that shines from the Ukrainian community to the world, in Ukrainian Museum’s 400K Club, which seeks to reach a goal support of the immediate and greater Ukrainian American addition to the New York community. The museum is the of $400,000 over the next four consecutive years. Members community, its largest constituency. premier Ukrainian cultural institution in the diaspora.” He are asked to donate $1,000 per year for four years. “In its 40 years of operation, the museum has developed, presented a check of $40,000 for the continuation of the Oksana Trytjak, a member of the board of trustees of matured, and become known as a pre-eminent Ukrainian museum’s valuable work. The Ukrainian Museum, as well as the chairperson of the cultural institution. Such recognition carries with it great Ms. Ferencevych then read a greeting from New York event committee, explained more about the 400K Club pro- responsibility – but also tremendous possibilities and City Mayor Bill de Blasio. gram and encouraged those gathered for the anniversary incredible opportunities. With the wisdom gained from Maria Shust, director of The Ukrainian Museum, celebration to become members with a donation. years of invaluable experience and the accomplishments of acknowledged the generosity of individual donors and Prospective donors may contact the museum at 212-228- the past, and with the steadfast support from its members organizations, whose donations on the occasion of the 0110 or [email protected]. The Ukrainian and friends, The Ukrainian Museum looks forward to build- anniversary event totaled more than $200,000. She also Museum has 501 (c) (3) non-profit status, and donations ing on its success and meeting the challenges of the future.” thanked all of the donors and sponsors of The Ukrainian are tax-deductible. Grant money from the aforementioned agencies Museum’s work over the 40 years of its activity, and The banquet at Tavern on the Green was the kick-off for is based on membership, among other determining crite- ria. That is why membership in The Ukrainian Museum is so important, museum officials often explain. A musical performance by harpist Odarka Polanskyj Mayor Bill de Blasio’s statement on museum’s 40th anniversary Stockert complimented the afternoon’s atmosphere. The following message from New institutions throughout the five bor- gather today to honor its milestone During the celebration, the gathering rose on at least York Mayor Bill de Blasio was read by oughs. Founded in the East Village in anniversary, I applaud the museum’s three occasions to sing “Mnohaya Lita” (Many Years), wish- Xenia Ferencevych at The Ukrainian 1976 by the Ukrainian National staff and supporters for their efforts ing The Ukrainian Museum many more years of work in Museum’s 40th anniversary celebra- Women’s League of America, The to unite and empower Ukrainian service to the community. A benediction was offered by the tion on April 17 at Tavern on the Green Ukrainian Museum plays an impor- New Yorkers and enhance the cultur- Rev. Muzychka to officially close the event. in Central Park. tant role in our city’s diverse artistic al vitality of our global city. For more information about The Ukrainian Museum, landscape. Through its multi-disci- On behalf of the City of New York, readers may visit its website, www.ukrainianmuseum.org, Dear Friends, plinary exhibitions, concerts, educa- congratulations on 40 excellent call 212-228-0110 or e-mail [email protected]. I am delighted to welcome you to tional workshops, lectures and film years and best wishes for continued The Ukrainian Museum is open Wednesday through The Ukrainian Museum’s 40th anni- series, this wonderful institution success. Sunday 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and is located at 222 E. Sixth versary celebration. preserves the rich heritage and folk Street (between Second and Third avenues). Among the New Yorkers are fortunate to have art traditions of Ukraine and shares Sincerely, current exhibits are “Pysanka: The Ukrainian Easter Egg,” access to many acclaimed cultural them with all New Yorkers. As you Bill de Blasio, Mayor “Life in Wood” and “Jacques Hnizdovsky: Content and Style. Evolving Perspectives.” No. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 7

NEWSBRIEFS (Continued from page 2) is about 45 kilometers north of the shut- EARN MORE tered Chornobyl nuclear plant. Mr. Chubenok said his herd of 50 dairy cows ENSURE produces milk for the local factory of with UNA Milkavita. Milkavita produces Parmesan cheese that is sold primarily in Russia. LONG TERM ANNUITY RATES Milkavita officials said the AP-commis- YOUR FAMILY’S FUTURE NOW! • There are no sioned laboratory finding was “impossible.” administrative, sales, They insisted their own tests show that * or maintenance fees traces of radioactive isotopes in their milk • 10% free withdrawal supply are well below safety limits. • Only a $1,000 minimum Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashen- 3 % premium is required ka said on April 25 that cleaning up the First year rate * • Surrender charges radioactive fallout from the Chornobyl * All annuity rates are 9 YEAR are waived during nuclear accident has been a “major and subject to change. 75 the following pressing task” for his government for 30 Not available . % conditions: in all states. 2 years. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by AP) • Policy held * 7 YEAR until end of term Nuland: No deadline for Ukraine vote • Terminal illness KYIV – The United States is not setting a .5% • Nursing home 2 CONTACT US: confi nement precise deadline for Kyiv to hold disputed elections in war-wracked eastern Ukraine, 5 YEAR 888-538-2833 • Catastrophic U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria medical expenses Nuland said in the Ukrainian capital on April 27 at the end of a visit during which Ukrainian National Association, Inc. she met with President Petro Poroshenko, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 • General Information: 800-253-9862 • Fax: 973-292-0900 new Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman www.UkrainianNationalAssociation.org • facebook.com/UkrainianNationalAssociation and Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin. The assistant secretary of state’s statement came after Ukrainian lawmaker Viktoria Voytsitska, a member of the reformist Samopomich party, told reporters after meeting Ms. Nuland on April 25 that the U.S. diplomat was setting a July deadline for the elections as a precondition for extend- ing sanctions imposed on Russia for its alleged involvement in the war. “We have put no date on when elections need to hap- pen, we’ve made absolutely clear that [the] Minsk [deal] requires that there be suffi- cient security and [Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe] access and the ability of candidates to ballot and the ability of citizens to hear from candi- dates before you can have an election,” Ms. Nuland told a press conference. The Minsk agreements of February 2015 established a ceasefire and called for elections and other measures to end the conflict. Holding elec- tions in eastern Ukraine is seen by Kyiv’s German and French partners as a way to end one of Europe’s bloodiest conflicts since the 1990s Balkans wars. Last month, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Ukraine should hold local polls in reb- el-held regions by the end of June. But the pro-Western government in Kyiv views such a time frame as unfeasible because of both the continuing violence and the sepa- ratist leadership’s refusal to hold the vote under Ukrainian laws that require foreign monitoring of the polls. Ms. Nuland on April 27 reiterated that U.S. President Barack Obama is committed to fully implementing the Minsk accords and that there is unified commitment from U.S. allies to keep sanc- tions in place against Russia until Moscow meets its obligations under the Minsk accords. “We reaffirmed for President Poroshenko and Foreign Minister Klimkin President Obama’s unwavering commit- ment to see the Minsk agreements fully implemented, restoring full Ukrainian sov- ereignty over the Donbas,” she said. At the end of her news conference, Ms. Nuland also indicated that the U.S. secretary of state could visit Ukraine in the coming months. “U.S. State Secretary John Kerry is very eager to come back to Ukraine. He hasn’t been here in about a year. He bothers me every time I come – why am I coming and he is not coming? And I remind him that he is working on 400 other problems. But he very much wants to come this spring,” Ms. Nuland concluded. (Eugen Tomiuc of RFE/RL, with reporting from RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service)

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strong hydrogen explosion that could have Shuster that his work permit was revoked 30th anniversary... resulted in an even more tragic accident. NEWSBRIEFS because he had failed to notify authorities The powerful radiation lasted three that he was under investigation by tax (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 7) weeks. Because of the Chornobyl explosion, authorities. “Freedom of speech is one of nuclear bomb was dropped on that city. 2,293 localities in 12 regions of Ukraine Kremlin on relations with NATO, EU Ukraine’s greatest achievements,” Mr. Radiation from Chornobyl was recorded not were contaminated. Poroshenko countered on Facebook. “As the only in the former USSR, but also in Western As of January 1 of this year, there are MOSCOW – Russian Defense Minister guarantor of the Constitution, I have and countries; the radioactive cloud even 1,961,904 citizens of Ukraine who have the Sergei Shoigu told a security conference in will protect free speech in all its forms. That touched the East Coast of the United States. status of victims of the Chornobyl disaster, Moscow that an April 20 meeting of the is why I hope that the corresponding agen- In the attempts to extinguish the fire at including 108,530 disabled and 418,777 chil- NATO-Russia Council – the first in more cies resolve this matter as soon as possible.” the fourth block of Chornobyl, which lasted dren. More than 35,000 families receive ben- than two years – “did not inspire optimism” Mr. Shuster has produced his political talk more than 10 days, 31 of the 240 firefight- efits due to the loss of a breadwinner whose about the Kremlin’s relations with NATO show “Shuster Live” for years. He vowed to ers sent to do the job died and the rest death is related to the Chornobyl disaster. and the European Union. Mr. Shoigu made continue his work without a permit. (RFE/ received high doses of radiation. Despite the remarks on April 27 at the fifth Moscow RL, based on reporting by AFP and Reuters) the danger and extremely complex working Sources: RFE/RL, Embassy of Ukraine in Conference on International Security, conditions, they managed to prevent a the United States. which was being hosted by Russia’s U.S. protests suspension of Mejlis Defense Ministry. He said it was “not our fault that Russia’s military cooperation WASHINGTON – The United States has with NATO and EU countries has been fro- called on Russia to reverse its decision to zen.” NATO unilaterally suspended practical suspend the Crimean Tatar Mejlis as an JACQUES HNIZDOVSKY cooperation with Russia on April 1, 2014, “extremist” organization. “Russian authori- in response to Russia’s military interven- ties have no basis or jurisdiction to assert PRINTS DRAWINGS PAINTINGS tion in Ukraine and its illegal annexation of Russian law over Tatar conduct in Ukraine,” Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. The April 20 U.S. State Department spokesman John William Greenbaum Fine Prints has been in business now meeting of the NATO-Russia Council was Kirby said on April 21. The Russian Justice for more than 50 years. We currently have 50 signed prints the first of its kind since April 2014. (RFE/ Ministry’s decision of April 18 prohibits the RL, with reporting by Interfax and TASS) self-governing Tatar body, which was legal- by Mr. Hnizdovsky for sale and we are seeking to purchase ized by Ukraine in 1999, from using state- more of his prints as well as his drawings and paintings. Shuster loses Ukraine work permit owned media, holding public gatherings, participating in elections and using bank KYIV – Savik Shuster, a prominent accounts for anything other than paying off Ukrainian talk show host was stripped of taxes, debts or other financial penalties. his work permit on April 26, sparking an “This action is the latest in a series of abus- uproar that forced Ukrainian President es perpetrated by de facto authorities Petro Poroshenko to defend his record on against those in Crimea who oppose the media freedom. Mr. Shuster, a 63-year-old occupation, including Crimean Tatars and Canadian who was born in the Soviet Union members of other ethnic and religious and had previously worked for RFE/RL, minorities,” Mr. Kirby said. “We again call accused Kyiv of not supporting free speech. on Russia to end its occupation of Crimea “As it turns out, this government does not and return control over this piece of tolerate any criticism,” he said on his satel- Ukrainian territory. Sanctions related to lite television channel. He announced he Crimea will remain in place as long as the was going on a hunger strike “until... my occupation continues.” (RFE/RL) right to work in Ukraine is restored.” Ukraine’s employment office told Mr. (Continued on page 9)

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on April 20 also bans movies produced by NEWSBRIEFS Russia after 1991 if they “glorify the work of government bodies” of Russia. “The leg- (Continued from page 8) Russia stops Vira Savchenko islation will help raise the level of protec- Russian Court affirms ban on Mejlis tion of Ukraine’s national security reduce separatist sentiments in society, and at border, seizes passport SYMFEROPOL, Ukraine – The Russian- strengthen the government’s authority,” a RFE/RL case has outraged Ukrainians since she run Supreme Court of Crimea has branded parliamentary description of the bill was claims to have been abducted in eastern the Crimean Tatar Mejlis an extremist orga- quoted as saying. Russian films and televi- Ukrainian diplomats say they are work- Ukraine and smuggled to Russia in mid- nization and ordered it banned, upholding sion series have long dominated the ing for the return of the sister of jailed 2014, said Nadiya had received official an earlier decision by Russia’s Ministry of Ukrainian market, where an overwhelming Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko after she forms needed for her extradition to Ukraine. was prevented from leaving Russia at the Justice. The April 26 ruling by the region’s majority of the population is bilingual. Mr. Kuleba confirmed that “Vira has end of a visit related to her sister’s case. Supreme Court was the latest in a series of Ukrainian and Russian TV channels have indeed been put on a [Russian] federal want- Vira Savchenko was reportedly stopped moves restricting the activities of Crimean also been engaged in a partnership to co- ed list for insulting a judge in Chechnya.” and detained by Russian border guards Tatars, many of whom have strongly resist- produce movies and series. (RFE/RL, based Earlier, the office of Ukrainian President who seized her passport as she attempted ed Russia’s efforts to consolidate authority on reporting by AP and DPA) Petro Poroshenko said that the border over the Ukrainian region. A week earlier, to return to Ukraine in a Ukrainian diplo- guards told Vira Savchenko that she was on Russia’s Justice Ministry said the Crimean OSCE concerned about cinema law matic car on April 27. the wanted list. Tatar council had been placed on a list of The younger Savchenko was later Russia launched a criminal case against VIENNA – Representative on Freedom of civic and religious organizations for alleged released and taken to the Ukrainian Vira Savchenko in November, accusing her the Media Dunja Mijatovic of the extremist activity. The court ruling endors- Consulate in Rostov-on-Don, Dmytro Kuleba, of showing “disrespect” toward a Russian Organization for Security and Cooperation ing that Justice Ministry announcement Ukraine’s representative to the Council of judge, whom she called a “schmuck.” in Europe (OSCE) has warned that recent gives local officials new authority to begin Europe, said on Facebook on April 28. Mr. Kuleba said if Kyiv can’t return Vira legislative steps in Ukraine could limit free shutting down enterprises, including news- Mr. Kuleba said Vitaliy Moskalenko, Savchenko to Ukraine in the next few days media and the free flow of information. Ms. papers, or potentially confiscating comput- Ukraine’s consul general in Rostov-on-Don, the Consulate would get its “own Assange,” Mijatovic said in a statement on April 22 ers or other property. Russia’s top prosecu- negotiated Vira Savchenko’s release after “a in a reference to WikiLeaks founder Julian that “Ukraine’s current significant progress tor for the peninsula, Natalya Poklonskaya, heated debate with the Russians.” Mr. Assange, who has been holed up in in the area of media freedom should be was quoted by the Russian news agency Moskalenko was sent to the border by Kyiv London’s Ecuadorian Embassy since 2012 preserved and enhanced, not undermined.” to avoid extradition to Sweden. TASS as saying that any actions taken by to aid Vira Savchenko. Relations between Ukraine and Russia the Mejlis on Crimean territory would now Vira Savchenko’s passport had been With reporting by Interfax, Reuters and soured after street protests in Kyiv toppled be considered unlawful. Refat Chubarov, a returned to her, Mr. Kuleba added. AP. President Viktor Yanukovych, a Kremlin Tatar lawmaker who heads the Mejlis, told Nadiya Savchenko, 34, is a national hero in Copyright 2016, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted ally, in February 2014. Russia annexed reporters in Kyiv that the council, and other Ukraine and is viewed as a symbol of resis- with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in March tance against Russia, which forcibly annexed related bodies, would move operations in Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 2014 and threw its support behind sepa- Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in 2014 and Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see full to Kyiv. (RFE/RL, with reporting by ratists in the country’s east. “Even under backs separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine. http://www.rferl.org/content/reuters- RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) the state of hostilities, democratic countries Vira Savchenko’s detention came hours report-russia-detains-savchenko-sister-vira- BBC: media skewing MH17 reporting have a responsibility to carefully address after a defense lawyer for her sister, whose at-ukrainian-border/27702835.html). the potentially problematic content, for LONDON – The BBC has issued a rare example through the use of appropriate defense of an upcoming documentary judicial mechanisms, in order to avoid It is with great sadness that we announce about the downing of Malaysia Airlines overbroad steps and introduction of cen- the passing of our mother and aunt Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine, accusing British media of distorting its report about (RFE/RL, OSCE) Alla Cherney a tragedy that killed 298 passengers and sorship-like provisions,” Ms. Mijatović said. crew in July 2014. A report by Britain’s OSCE helps train Ukraine’s police on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, Sunday Express tabloid “misrepresented” KYIV – The Office of the OSCE Project at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ. the BBC program, which offers a “bal- Coordinator in Ukraine on April 21 anced” look at competing theories, the launched a series of re-training courses for Alla was very active in the Ukrainian community, and will be missed broadcaster said. Experts interviewed for the new Ukrainian neighborhood police by all. She was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, Ihor, in 2011. the film describe as “unlikely” a theory put force as part of its ongoing support to coun- Surviving are: forward by Moscow and pro-Kremlin try-wide law enforcement reform. Some media – and rejected by Dutch investiga- 10,000 officers who pass the re-attestation daughter - Natalia and husband Arthur of Columbus, OH tors – that blames Ukrainian military air- procedure will refine skills and knowledge son - Andrew and wife Teresa of Portland, OR craft for the crash, the BBC said. News of during the 100-hour courses to be held nephew - Bohdan and family in Mississauga, Canada the documentary – titled “Who Shot Down from April to December. Each course con- extended family in Ukraine, Canada and the US. MH17?”– rippled through Russia on April sists of a two-week program to enhance 24 after the Sunday Express published a Donations in Alla’s memory may be made to the United Ukrainian officers’ knowledge and skills in addressing American Relief Committee (Phila, PA) or The Ukrainian Museum (NYC). story about the film on its website that said administrative and criminal offenses, the program “will present new evidence including domestic violence, trafficking in May her memory be eternal! that a Ukrainian fighter jet may have shot human beings and crimes against minors. down the aircraft.” Kremlin loyalists have The courses also emphasize police respect long pushed this theory in public, although for the rule of law and human rights, as investigators from the Dutch Safety Board well as cooperation with local communities concluded in their official report in October as part of a community-policing approach. 2015 that the plane was brought down by “The development of police reform in a Russian-made surface-to-air missile fired Ukraine is about professionalism, trust and from an area that was mostly controlled by aspiration to fight corruption and crime,” Russian-backed separatists at the time. said Khatia Dekanoidze, head of the While the hour-long documentary is only Ukrainian National Police. “Police officers slated to air on May 3, it ignited an online and society should unite efforts to make maelstrom, with Kremlin critics accusing every community a safe place. No city or Stefania Nebesny the BBC of providing a platform for small settlement should be left without the Russian conspiracy theories aimed at mud- attention of the police.” Course participants November 22, 1926 – April 28, 2013 dying the waters about Russia’s alleged will also learn the practical tools for effec- wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother role in the downing of the plane. Pro- tive communication and conflict resolution, Kremlin media outlets framed the BBC film interviewing victims and witnesses and Sadly missing you. You are always on our minds and in our as a straightforward rejection of the ver- information security as part of routine sion of events broadly accepted by Western hearts. You are remembered for your love and caring you gave duties. Vaidotas Verba, OSCE project coor- us and your family of friends. You would be proud of your governments: that Russia-backed separat- dinator in Ukraine, said: “As the neighbor- ists shot the passenger jet down, mostly hood police is one of the front-line units in grandchildren, their spouses and your two great-grandchildren. likely thinking it was a Ukrainian military close contact with local communities, their Sadly missed by: plane. A headline in Russia’s openness and response to public needs Komsomolskaya Pravda daily read: “BBC directly influence the level of public trust in husband Michael Film: Malaysian Boeing Shot Down By the police and security of the community. son Alexander with wife Melanie Ukrainian Jets.” (RFE/RL) To build this trust police should focus on grandson Nicholas with wife Pamela Kyiv bans Russian movies as a threat improving the quality of service it provides granddaughter Jennifer with husband Clint to the community, including through the great-grandsons Coen and Carter KYIV – Ukrainian President Petro training supported by us.” The training is Poroshenko has signed legislation banning part of OSCE project coordinator’s program all Russian films made after January 1, to strengthen the capacity of Ukraine’s new “Gone from this earth but not our hearts.” 2014. Legislation signed by Mr. Poroshenko police. (OSCE) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Houston parishes collaborate on fund-raiser for Knights of Columbus in Ukraine by Eugene Kuchta HOUSTON – Knights of Columbus Council 8293, associ- ated with St. Justin Martyr Catholic Church in Houston, on March 11 held a fund-raiser for the Knights of Columbus Councils in Ukraine. Council 8293 members read in the December 2015 edi- tion of Columbia, the monthly magazine of the Knights of Columbus, an article about their brother Knights in Ukraine, which spoke to all of their good works being done for the people of Ukraine. Based upon this article, Council 8293 decided to host a fund-raiser and sought the support of St. Justin’s pastor, the Rev. Paul Chovanec. A dear friend to Houston’s Ukrainian community and especially to Protection of the Mother of God (Pokrova) Ukrainian Catholic Church, Father Chovanec gave his enthusiastic support and contacted the Rev. Mykola Dovzhuk, pastor of Pokrova to plan the event. The evening began in church with Father Chovanec pro- viding the introduction to the evening events and a brief review of the current situation in Ukraine. Eugene A. Kuchta, Pokrova parishioner, provided a review of the Knights of Columbus in Ukraine, from their invitation by KC in Houston Cardinal Lubomyr Husar in 2005 to their current status. The Pokrova choir sings at St. Justin Martyr Catholic Church during a fund-raiser for Knights of Columbus Pokrova’s choir, under the director of Nestor Dub, then councils in Ukraine. performed seven liturgical hymns in Ukrainian before the altar at St. Justin’s with the Pokrova icon prominently dis- bilingual prayers of “Our Father” and “Hail Mary.” day. A special birthday cake was prepared by Eugenia played. Mr. Kuchta provided an English description of each The evening continued into St. Justin’s parish hall, where Balaban and presented by the Rev. Dovzhuk with hymn to the audience. those in attendance were treated to Ukrainian pastries “Mnohaya Lita” and “Happy Birthday” sung by Pokrova’s Prior to the last hymn, Father Chovanec and Council made by parishioners from Pokrova and a performance by choir and all in attendance. 8293 spoke to the audience requesting donations for the Houston’s Trepet Dancers. Donations were requested for All donations received from the evening events are councils in Ukraine. Father Dovzhuk concluded this portion the councils in Ukraine from those in attendance. being sent from Council 8293 to Ukraine by way of Knights of the evening by saying a few words and leading all in By coincidence March 11 is the Rev. Chovanec’s birth- of Columbus headquarter office in Connecticut. UAYA Jersey City branch holds annual meeting Pysanka Festival in Los Angeles presents ‘Heart to Heart’ art exhibit LOS ANGELES – The Ukrainian Art Center (UAC) together with the Ukrainian Women’s League of America (UNWLA) participated In this year’s Pysanka on March 20 presented on March 20 by Ukrainian Culture Center. It was a day to remember, full of fine and folk art, tra- ditional foods, music and dance. This year’s main focus was hosting the art exhibit “From Heart to Heart,” featuring the work of some very special children that was sent by the Odesa-based charity Eleos with the Ukrainian Children’s Support Fund (Vilnius). Odesa has no hospice care for disabled and terminally ill children or respite care for their exhausted parents, who face a lack of public understanding, limited financial resources and tremendous isolation. Eleos launched its “From Heart to Heart” program of visiting health workers to provide palliative and respite care. Eleos holds art therapy classes so that these children can express the creativity trapped in Olena Tylko Halkowycz their helpless bodies. Their indestructible spirit is a source of inspira- Participants of the annual meeting of the Jersey City, N.J., branch of the Ukrainian American Youth tion for all those around them. Association. To raise funds, the UAC and UNWLA are selling 30 artworks by the by Zenon Halkowycz planned for the year. children at the Pysanka Festival and beyond, with 100 percent of sales Next to greet the branch was the representative of going to Eleos. Thus, the Los Angeles community feels it can make a JERSEY CITY, N.J. – The Jersey City branch of the the local branch of the Ukrainian Congress huge difference in the lives of these young Ukrainians. Ukrainian American Youth Association held its annu- Committee of America, Zenko Halkowycz, who For the Pysanka Festival, the UAC inaugurated a newly formulated al meeting, with members and invited guests gather- thanked the branch for participating in the commem- newsletter, edited by Lyalya Horsky together with designer Ben ing at the Ukrainian National Home on April 9. oration of Ukrainian historical dates as well as last Britten with articles submitted by UAC board members. UAC is run by Branch President Oksana Bartkiv welcomed every- year’s dedication of the Holodomor Memorial in a newly formed board; each member brings unique skills and life one present. Senior UAYA member Volodymyr Washington. experience that enrich the organization with a true commitment to The nominating committee proposed, and the Kovbasniuk was elected to chair the meeting. He intro- developing its long-term goals. duced senior member of the UAYA national board meeting elected, the following slate of branch officers Dmytro Lenchuk, who was the official representative for the 2016-2017 year: President Zoriana of the national executive. Kovbasniuk, Vice-President Andrij Demianicz, Ms. Bartkiv was the first of the branch officers to Secretary Roman Kovbasniuk, Treasurer Myroslava report, giving a very detailed account of all events in Hreb, CPA, “Bulavnyi” (coordinator of members) David which the branch had participated during the year, Demianicz, Senior Counselor Andrij Demianicz, co- concentrating on the UAYA program. The branch also coordinator of senior UAYA members Jessica took part in all events that the Jersey City community Demianicz; co-presidents of the Parents Committee celebrated. Ola Kubska and Mykhajlo Wintoniuk, and auditing Among others reporting was senior counselor board member Theresa Blazejowska. Olena Tylko Halkowycz, who concentrated on youth The outgoing president, Ms. Bartkiv, presented activities and weekly meetings. UAYA badges to Andrij and David Demianicz. Mr. The auditing committee proposed a vote of confi- Halkowycz received his long-awaited “Suspilnyk” dence to the outgoing branch officers, commending badge, which is awarded in recognition of leadership them for a job well done. The UAYA national board of a national Ukrainian organization. representative voice approval of the branch’s work After the meeting was adjourned, all present gath- and called for a round of applause for Ms. Bartkiv. Mr. ered at the display of pictures from the branch’s dis- Lenchuk then spoke about the programs, camps and tant past as well as its current activities that was pre- various events that the national executive has pared by Ms. Halkowycz. Eleos Director Yuriy Zhagno with volunteers. No. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 11

Through May 29 Art exhibit, “Chornobyl: Impact and Beyond” by Eden May 7-8 Ukrainian Philatelic Society, Ukrainian Homestead, Chicago Unluata and “Chornobyl: Artists Respond,” Ukrainian Lehighton, PA 610-377-4621 or www.ukrhomestead.com Institute of Modern Art, www.uima-chicago.org May 8 Soccer match, Ukrainian Nationals vs Vereinigung May 7 Fund-raiser dinner and show, Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, Horsham, PA Erzebirge, Ukrainian American Sports Center Tryzub, Whippany, NJ Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, www.tryzub.org www.iskradance.weebly.com or [email protected] May 15 Fund-raiser to benefit the Ukrainian Catholic University, May 7 Vesna Festival, Ukrainian Canadian Congress - West Orange, NJ The Manor, www.ucef.org or [email protected] Saskatoon, SK Saskatchewan Provincial Council, Prarieland Park, www.vesnafestival.com or 306-653-8353 May 14 Spring Concert, Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, Minneapolis Ukrainian American Community Center, 612-379-1956 May 7 Film screening, “A Struggle for Home: The Crimean or www.uaccmn.org Chicago Tatars” by Christina Paschyn, Ukrainian National Museum, 312-421-8020 May 14 Film screening, “Freedom or Death” by Damian Kolodiy, Shrewsbury, NJ Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, May 7 “Derby de Mayo” night, with music by the Dallas Project, Monmouth County Library, 732-431-7220 or Syracuse, NY Syracuse Ukrainian National Home, 315-478-9272 www.monmouthcountylib.org or http://syrucc.org May 15 Concert with Kobzar-Lirnyk Vasyl Nechepa, Ukrainian May 7 Cinco de Mayo party, Ukrainians of San Antonio and Austin San Francisco American Coordinating Council, St. Michael Ukrainian Austin, TX Texas Ukrainians, Barkley Meadows Park, Orthodox Church, kobzar.eventbrite.com http://parks.traviscountytx.gov/find-a-park/barkley-meadows May 15 Fund-raiser to benefit the Ukrainian Catholic University, May 7 Pilgrimage “Peace in Ukraine, Door of Mercy,” with the West Orange, NJ with Dr. Boris Lushniak and Prof. Yaroslav Hrytsak, The Palatine, IL Rev. Dr. Andriy Chirovsky, Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Manor, [email protected] or www.ucef.org Immaculate Conception, 847-991-0820 May 20 Concert, featuring Dakha Brakha, Schimmel Center, May 7 Pub night with EMCK, Ukrainian League of Philadelphia, New York www.schimmel.pace.edu or 212-346-1715 Philadelphia www.ukrainainleague.com May 20 Accordion-fest sing-along, Ukrainian American Cultural May 7 Lecture by Oksana Dudko, “Theater/Entertainment in Lviv Whippany, NJ Center of New Jersey, www.uaccnj.org New York Between War and Occupation (1914-198),” Shevchenko May 20 Literary evening with Joseph Mikolayash, featuring Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 Chicago works by Ivan Franko, Ukrainian National Museum, May 7 Panel discussion, “Chornobyl: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” 312-421-8020 or www.ukrainiannationalmuseum.org Chicago Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, www.uima-chicago.org Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events May 7-8 St. Thomas Sunday Pilgrimage, St. Andrew Memorial advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions South Bound Church and Cemetery, Ukrainian Orthodox Church of from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Brook, NJ the U.S.A. Metropolia Center, www.uocofusa.org and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, May 7 establishment of a new Rehabilitation Center to aid war veterans and the role of NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific UCU in the forefront of efforts to help Society invites all to a lecture, “Theater/ Ukraine. Reservations are available online Entertainment in Lviv Between War and Occupation (1914-1918),” by Dr. Oksana through www.ucef.org (choose link “New Dudko, Center for Urban History in Lviv, Jersey Luncheon”) or write to Ukraine. Currently Dr. Dudko is a research [email protected]. Tickets are $100 fellow at the Harvard Ukrainian Research per person. All are welcome. Institute. The lecture will take place at the Sunday, May 22 society’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. ALEXANDRIA, Va.: In the final concert of For additional information call 212-254- its 2015-2016 season, The Washington 5130. Group Cultural Fund Music Series will present pianist Dmytro Sukhovienko. Mr. Saturday, May 14 Sukhovienko currently serves as artistic SHREWSBURY, N.J.: Branch 98 (Holmdel/ director of a series of classical concerts at Middletown, N.J.) of the Ukrainian the European Parliament and as music National Women’s League of America is director of the International Cultural co-sponsoring with the Monmouth County Association AIDA in Monaco; he has Library a screening of the documentary earned critical acclaim as a soloist. After film “Freedom or Death” by filmmaker hearing Mr. Sukhovienko at the Biarritz Damian Kolodiy. The film documents the Music Festival in 1998, Pierre-Petit wrote revolutionary events that took place in in Le Figaro: “It is a name to remember.” Ukraine in 2014 and escalated to the pres- Phillippe Entremont referred to him as the ent conflict with Russia. It will take place most promising talent he has heard in the at 2-4:30 p.m. at the Eastern Branch, last 30 years. He has recorded five albums Monmouth County Library, 1001 Route with works by Chopin, Kolessa, Prokofiev, 35, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702. Website: mon- Liszt, Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, mouthcountylib.org; phone, 732-431- Brahms and Mussorgsky. Mr. Sukhovienko 7220. The event is free and open to the has been applauded at prestigious concert general public. Light refreshments and a halls in Europe, including the discussion period to follow. Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Bozar in Brussels, the Casino in Bern, UNESCO in Sunday, May 15 Paris and Musikverein in Vienna. In June WEST ORANGE, N.J.: The New Jersey lun- 2015 he joined young Ukrainian musi- cheon to benefit Ukrainian Catholic cians in a special concert held at the World University will take place at 1 p.m., at The Bank in Washington. The concert will be Manor restaurant, 111 Prospect Ave., West held at 3 p.m. at The Lyceum, 201 S. Orange, NJ 07052. Please join guest speak- Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314. A ers Dr. Boris Lushniak (retired rear admi- reception to meet the artist will follow the ral), most recently acting surgeon general performance. Suggested donation $30; of the United States, and Prof. Yaroslav free for students; unreserved seating. For Hrytsak, eminent historian, as both speak more information e-mail twgcultural- about developments at UCU, including the [email protected]. No.18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 S1

Supplement to The Ukrainian Weekly, May 1, 2016

Welcome to the 20th annual issue of our supplement “A Ukrainian Summer.” Can you believe we’ve been doing this for two decades? We begin with a calendar of Ukrainian festivals. After all, nothing says summer like festivals! To be sure, “summer” in this case is a relative term, as the high season for festivals is May through October, and we’ve tried to include all the fes- tivals in North America. (If your festival is not listed here, it’s because you didn’t let us – and, therefore, our readers – know!) In between, there are stories about all types of summer courses, camps, workshops, cultural events, sports competi- tions, social gatherings – happenings sure to please diverse segments of our community. (The paid advertisements, too, are informative, providing more details about upcoming summer events.) We thank all who submitted materials for this year’s 20th annual supplement. Remember: our invitation to be a part of this special section is open to all, and we hereby repeat that invitation for 2017. So mark your calendars so that you can remember to send us information for next year’s edition (typically, the deadline is in mid-April). In the meantime, enjoy the summer of 2016! It’s Festival Time! May 7 Vesna Festival, Ukrainian Canadian Congress - July 1-3 43rd Pysanka Festival, Vegreville Exhibition Grounds, Saskatoon, SK Saskatchewan Provincial Council, Prarieland Park, Vegreville, AB 780-632-2777 or www.pysankafestival.com www.vesnafestival.com or 306-653-8353 July 1-4 Nadiya Ye! Festival, Ukrainian American Youth May 20-22 Ukrainian Festival, St. George Ukrainian Catholic Ellenville, NY Association campground, www.cym.org/us-ellenville New York Church, [email protected] July 8-10 Ukrainian Cultural Festival, Ukrainian June 5 Ukrainian Festival, Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Kerhonkson, NY National Foundation, Soyuzivka Heritage Center, Staten Island, NY Church, 718-442-2555 www.soyuzivka.com

June 10-12 Texas Folklife Festival, Ukrainian San Antonio, July 16-17 Ukrainian Days Festival, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian San Antonio, TX with performance by Veselka Dance Ensemble, Johnson City, NY Orthodox Church, http://stjohnuoc.org www.texancultures.com or 210-458-2300 July 21-24 Ottawa Ukrainian Festival, June 17-19 Yonkers Ukrainian Heritage Festival, St. Michael Ottawa http://capitalukrainianfestival.com Yonkers, NY Ukrainian Catholic Church, www.yonkersukrainianfestival.org July 29-30 Syracuse Ukrainian Festival, St. John the Baptist Syracuse, NY Ukrainian Catholic Church, www.stjohnbaptistucc.org June 18 Mississauga Ukrainian Festival, Mississauga Mississauga, ON Celebration Square, July 29-31 Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival, Selo Ukraina www.ukrainianfestival.com/misssussaugafestival.htm Dauphin, MB festival grounds, www.cnuf.ca or 204-622-4600

June 19 Father’s Day Ukrainian Folk Festival, Ukrainian August 7 Ukrainian Festival, Immaculate Conception Ukrainian American Sports Center Tryzub, www.tryzub.org Palatine, IL Catholic Church, 773-368-8145 or [email protected] June 25-26 Lemko Vatra, Organization for the Defense of Ellenville, NY Lemkivshchyna, Ukrainian American Youth August 18-21 44th St. Josaphat Ukrainian Festival, St. Josaphat Association camp, www.lemko-ool.com Rochester, NY Ukrainian Catholic Church, www.rochesterukrainianfestival.com June 26 Ukrainian Festival, Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Palatine, IL Catholic Church, 847-991-0820 or 773-368-8145 (Continued on page S23) S2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18

Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute to hold 46th session by Peter T. Woloschuk The Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute (HUSI) will hold its 46th annual session at Harvard University’s main campus on the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass. It is the first of its kind in the world and is recognized for its many contributions to Ukrainian studies. This year’s program will run for seven weeks beginning on Saturday, June 18, and running through Saturday, August 6, and will offer three courses. It is run jointly by the Harvard Summer School and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI). Participants will have an unparalleled opportunity to expand their knowledge of contemporary Ukraine; to learn from some of today’s leading scholars in Ukrainian studies; and to have the chance to meet and interact with leading contemporary Ukrainian political, cultural, and social activists. The program and the course offerings are intended for graduate students and advanced undergraduates who are concentrating in Ukrainian studies or who wish to broaden their educational experience. Participants will live in Harvard University housing and will have full access to all of the university’s many research and instructional facili- ties, including the largest Ucrainica collection outside of Tymish Holowinsky Eastern Europe, its many other libraries, museums, athletic The Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute class of 2015. complexes and language resource centers. At the end of the program they will receive credit for their courses from and Film from 1917 to the Euro-Maidan of 2014,” which through the study of its society, culture and politics since Harvard University. will cover the major Ukrainian literary, cinematographic the late 18th century. Ukraine will be analyzed from a terri- This summer’s courses include “Ukrainian for Reading and cultural developments of the 20th and early 21st cen- torial concept consisting of the historical experiences of Knowledge,” which will be taught by Volodymyr Dibrova, turies. There will be a special focus on modernism and the major communities such as Ukrainians, Poles, Jews and who is a preceptor with the Department of Slavic depiction of revolution in literature, drama and film; Russians, and will examine how Ukrainians, despite enor- Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. This Stalinism; Socialist Realism; the Holodomor; World War II; mous difficulties, have become the dominant group in the eight-unit language course is designed primarily for gradu- the Thaw; émigré literature; dissent; independence; decol- formation of contemporary Ukraine. Students will also ate students in the humanities and social sciences who onization; and the discourses of populism, neo-modern- look at the various social, economic and regional divides wish to acquire a reading knowledge of Ukrainian for ism, and post-modernism that permeate contemporary Ukraine; its multicultural cit- research purposes. Finally, “Society, Culture and Politics in Modern Ukraine” ies; communism; Ukraine as a “bloodland”; and soccer. George G. Grabowicz, Dmytro Cyzevskyi Professor of will be taught by Serhiy Bilenky, a lecturer in the Political HUSI is unique in that it is the only program in North Ukrainian Literature at Harvard, will teach the four-credit Science Department of the University of Toronto. This four- course “Revolutionary Ukraine: Avant-Garde Literature credit course focuses on the history of modern Ukraine (Continued on page 23) No.18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 S3

Soyuzivka Heritage Center ready for 2016 season, 10th annual festival

With all the renovations taking place at the Soyuzivka Heritage Center (see The Ukrainian Weekly, March 27) in preparation for the new season, it was a stroke of luck for The Ukrainian Weekly to get the manager, Nestor Paslawsky, to agree to a quick inter- view about what the summer of 2016 has in store for visitors to this beloved venue. Below is our quick Q & A with Mr. Paslawsky aimed at keeping readers in the know. How are the renovations going? What can guests look forward to this year when they book a stay at Soyuzivka? We’ve been very busy preparing for this season. Several capital improvement proj- ects have been going on: the remainder of the “oselia” will be paved, the water reser- voir is being repaired, and the pool will be resurfaced. In Soyuzivka’s Main House, the rooms, including the bathrooms, on the second floor have been gutted and are being redone. And the rooms with balco- Bo Photography nies have new French doors – a beautiful The multitudes gather at Soyuzivka as the 2015 Ukrainian Cultural Festival program begins. addition to the other renovations. Guests will notice a lot of these improve- ments, but some of the improvements to the infrastructure may not be evident. All in all, however, the Soyuzivka of 2016 is mak- ing major progress. Have you gotten any feedback from Soyuzivka regulars about all that’s tak- ing place to improve the facilities? We have various people and groups passing through in the off-season, and all are excited about the changes to the rooms. I think summer guests will be pleasantly surprised. But I’ve got to tell you that what all visitors notice is the newly paved road- ways – it’s the first thing they see when they enter Soyuzivka, and it makes an immediate good impression. And how about in terms of camps? Is there anything new for 2016? Alex Holuszczak Participants and counselors of Tabir Ptashat 2015. We’re preparing for yet another very successful camp season and we’ve added a Once again, with the camp season kick- Are there any special programs or Workers’ Reunion. That should be a lot of first-time bandura camp under the bandura ing off with “Tabir Ptashat” [the Plast camp weekends on the Soyuzivka calendar fun for those who worked here and an virtuoso Victor Mishalow’s direction. for preschoolers and kids up to age 6] and that readers should mark on their own opportunity for people to reconnect. Readers surely remember him from perfor- Tennis Camp, and ending with Roma Pryma calendars? Of course, everyone should monitor our mances at Soyuzivka and at other major Bohachevsky Dance Camp, we are expect- Well, first of all there is the annual website [www.soyuzivka.com] and The venues. ing well over 500 camp participants this Ukrainian Cultural Festival on July 8-10. Ukrainian Weekly’s pages for bands How many campers do you expect to year. Our camps have proven to be That’s always a great weekend to come up appearing and special events such as wine have at Soyuzivka during the course of extremely popular, attracting children and to Soyuzivka. tastings, beer fests, dance recitals etc. the summer? And where do they come teens from all over the country, as well as But already on Memorial Day weekend, What can you tell us about the 2016 from? Europe. May 27-30, we are hosting the Soyuzivka Ukrainian Cultural Festival on July 8-10? What can visitors expect to see and experience? This will be Soyuzivka’s 10th festival, and it should be one of the biggest and best with an impressive line-up of performers featuring Pikkardiyska Tertsiya, Oleh Skrypka with Vopli Vidopliassova, Oksana Mukha, Serhiy “Foma” Fomenko, Vasyl Popadiuk, the Dumka Chorus, the Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Dance Workshop and more. It’s a program that will please festi- val-goers of all generations. There are audi- ence favorites like the dynamic Vasyl Popadiuk and Foma, as well as performers new to Soyuzivka. What’s notable is that Tertsiya has not performed here in the U.S. for over a decade, and VV [as Vopli Vidopliassova is known] is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Plus this will be the first Soyuzivka appear- ance for Oksana Mukha, a wonderful singer who’s often compared to Kvitka Cisyk. So, Bo Photography I’m sure these will be significant and mem- A number presented in 2015 by the Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Dance Workshop. orable concerts. S4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18

Roman Lewyckyj Andrew Zwarych “Novatstvo” (Plast cub scouts) at the Novyi Sokil camp in North Collins, N.Y. Plast scout camp counselors at Vovcha Tropa in East Chatham, N.Y. Plast summer camps offer character-building plus a lifetime of memories

by Julian Hayda their shared Ukrainian heritage. Camps for all age groups will be taking As school years wind to an end, an entire place at each of the campgrounds this year new generation of Ukrainian Americans on July 9-30. The experience is rustic, but heads for Ukrainian summer camps. Many of allows children to connect with nature, these are organized by Plast Ukrainian make friends for life and, in line with Plast’s Scouting Organization. Plast has three flag- mission, become greater contributors to ship campgrounds nationwide – from Vovcha society. Tropa in the upstate New York town of East A beginner’s camp will take place at Chatham, to Novyi Sokil near Buffalo, N.Y., Vovcha Tropa on July 24-30 for children age and Pysanyi Kamin, not far from Cleveland. 6-7 who know Ukrainian and have already Three primary age groups are welcome begun Plast’s novatstvo program. to participate in Plast camps, provided they Plast’s National Training Camp, abbrevi- first sign up to their local Plast troop (visit ated “KVT,” which helps prepare members goo.gl/f8X8I4 for details). Among these age for the Plast level analogous to eagle scout, groups are “ptashata” for children age 4-6, will take place from July 31 to August 6 at “novatstvo” for children age 6-11 (equiva- Vovcha Tropa. lent to cub scouts) and “yunatstvo” for This year, members of Plast will also those age 11-18 (equivalent to scouts). have the opportunity to attend a Rock Each of these groups participates in exten- Climbing Camp on August 7-13 in Seneca Andrew Zwarych sive activities meant to develop skills from Rocks, W. Va. The camp for advanced scouts, “Tabir Starshoho Yunatstva,” before the gateway they art and music to outdoorsmanship and The water sports camp – known as built at Vovcha Tropa in East Chatham, N.Y. teambuilding – all within the context of “Morskyi Tabir” – organized by the Plast’s Chornomortsi fraternity, will take place at Lisova Skhola’s counterpart for young Kelley’s Island State Park in Kelley’s Island, women, “Shkola Bulavnykh,” or Counselors’ Ohio, on August 6-13. It is open to older School, will take place at the same time and scouts age 15-18. There, campers learn place. It teaches young women how to lead sailing, water skiing, kayaking, life-guard- camps, run seminars teaching practical and ing, meteorology and more. theoretical skills, and fosters unity and “Lisova Shkola,” translated as the Forest growth for those hoping to become coun- School, is an intense camp for young men selors for future generations of Ukrainians age 17 and older. The camp not only edu- in America. cates young men on how to be counselors There is also a training program for coun- for yunatstvo, but it also provides invalu- selors of novatstvo, “Novatskyi Vyshkil,” able life skills, develops trust and disci- which will take place at Novyi Sokil from pline, and includes in-depth lessons in June 25 to July 6. conflict resolution, interpersonal skills and For more information about any of these other real-life capabilities. This year, it will camps, or to find out how to sign up to Plast Roman Lewyckyj take place from June 25 to July 8 in Hunter, Ukrainian Scouting Organization, please An exhibition drill team of “yunatstvo” (Plast scouts) at Novyi Sokil in North Collins, N.Y. N.Y. visit www.plastusa.org.

Andrew Zwarych Ohiopyle Trading Post Cub scouts during their soccer tournament at Vovcha Tropa in East Chatham, N.Y. Plast scouts from Pysanyi Kamin camp in Middlefield, Ohio, on a whitewater rafting trip. No.18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 S5

The commemorative bonfire during recreational camp in Ellenville, N.Y. “Huseniata” camp in Ellenville, N.Y. UAYA camps provide invaluable growth experiences for Ukrainian youths

by Chrystina Dolyniuk-Mykytyn The Ukrainian American Youth Association (UAYA, or “CYM” in Ukrainian) is part of a global network of Ukrainian youth organizations that strives to provide opportunities for Ukrainian youth of all ages to affiliate, grow and identify as members of one large Ukrainian com- munity. Thus, an important aspect of UAYA’s mission involves the planning and organization of youth camps at various sites around the country. UAYA offers a variety of camp experiences for children age 2-17 at five different sites (oseli) across the United States: Oselia CYM in Ellenville, N.Y., Oselia Beskyd in Baraboo, Wis., Oselia Kholodnyj Yar in Fillmore, NY, Oselia Khortytsia near Cleveland and Oselia Kyiv near Detroit. The “Huseniata” half-day camp for children ages 2-3 introduces children to the Ukrainian camp experience and provides early learners a developmentally appropriate Ukrainian discovery experience within a supportive and playful environment. This camp is offered exclusively in Ellenville and runs in two consecutive week-long sessions. Parents may enroll children for one or two weeks. Participants of “Vyshkilnyi Tabir” meet with the Ukrainian rock band Lama on the UAYA grounds in Ellenville, N.Y. Two consecutive sessions of the more advanced “Sumeniata” day camp for children age 4-6 run in Ellenville Oselia CYM in Ellenville and Oselia Beskyd for children Children who attend these camps sleep in cabins or tents, during the same two weeks as “Huseniata” camp, and are who have outgrown “Sumeniata” camp, but are not quite and partake in a variety of organized learning experiences. designed to introduce children to Ukrainian camp tradi- yet ready to spend an entire week away from their families. Recreational camps include opportunities for swimming, tions, Ukrainian stories and crafts, and nature trail experi- Children age 6-7 who attend this camp participate in all sports and hiking. Specialized sports camps involve the ences. Week-long “Sumeniata” camps are also offered at regular camp activities but spend three nights with their development of specific skills, while arts camps engage Beskyd and Kholodnyi Yar. parents and then the final two nights at sleep-away camp. children in traditional Ukrainian art forms including For older campers, there are opportunities to take part For children age 7-12, UAYA offers several traditional embroidery, pysanka-making, bandura instruction, and in more traditional sleep-away camps, sports camp, arts two- to three-week camp experiences in a nurturing envi- beadwork (“gerdany”-making). camp and youth leadership camp. In addition, a week-long ronment that facilitates the development of good character For teens age 13-17, the focus of UAYA camps includes transition camp or “Perekhodovyi Tabir,” is offered at both and Ukrainian identity. These are held at all five UAYA oseli. the opportunity to develop specific interests and outdoor survival skills, and to develop leadership abilities that will allow youths to become counselors and future leaders. In particular, the “Vyshkil,” or Education Camp that takes place annually in both Ellenville and Baraboo, and is open only to UAYA members age 15 and older who have already attended camps for younger members, have demonstrated their commitment to the organization, and have a desire to learn more about Ukrainian history and culture, as well as basic child development and pedagogy. Campers who attend Vyshkil have opportunities to work with younger UAYA members both during the summer months and in their home chapters during the school year. Those who successfully complete three years of Vyshkil typically become youth group leaders in the organization and eventually organize camps and activities for future generations of Ukrainian Americans. The Ukrainian American Youth Association was founded in 1949 by Ukrainian Americans who strived to raise their children in community contexts that nurture the develop- ment of a strong Ukrainian American identity. The organi- zation operates 21 youth chapters across the continental United States and provides year-long opportunities to fos- ter greater understanding of Ukrainian history and current events, develop a love of Ukrainian culture and language, and promote Christian ethical principles. The organization operates under the motto “God and Ukraine.” For more information on UAYA camps visit www.CYM. “Vyshkilnyi Tabir” at Oselia Beskyd in Baraboo, Wis. org/US. S6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18 No.18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 S7

UAYA resort in Ellenville prepares for the Antytila invasion and more

by Andrij Stasiw Another summer approaches as the membership of the Ukrainian American Youth Association prepare for a stellar summer of festivals, concerts, camping, out- door recreation and outdoor dances in Ellenville, N.Y. George Mykytyn, president of the Ukrainian American Youth Association’s (UAYA) national board, states, “We embrace this summer by celebrating some of our youngest campers. This year, we mark our 30-year anniversary of our Sumeniata camps, attended by our 6- to 7-year-old members. Reflecting as a parent on my own children’s participation in these first camps reminds me of the importance that our work does for our youth and how, as Ukrainian diaspora parents, we strive to give our children as much of our rich Ukrainian culture, language and knowledge that we can.” The festival season kicks-off with the annual Lemko Vatra produced by the Organization in Defense of Lemkivshchyna. This colorful festival scheduled for the Lead singer Taras Topolia of Antytila greets an enthusiastic crowd at a Maidan concert in Kyiv. weekend of June 25-26 is unique in its style and entertainment, which focuses on the popular and innovative rock group. This years’ festival will also include Dibrova Lounge pub nights, a variety of deep cultural traditions and heritage of Recently, lead singer Taras Topolia visited crowd favorite DJ Stas and a full concert on weekend performances by Ukrainian folk Lemkivshchyna and the Carpathian regions St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in Sunday night featuring various singers and dance groups and singers, and much of Ukraine. New York, where he sang “Bozhe Velykyi instrumentalists, and the Iskra Ukrainian more. A focal point of this summer’s events Yedynyi” a capella for his video producer. Dance Ensemble from Whippany, N.J., The 2016 summer of exciting week- includes the sixth annual Nadiya Ye! When this video was posted on Facebook, it under the artistic direction of legendary ends and camps promises to thrilling and Festival scheduled for the weekend of July received over 23,000 hits worldwide. The dancer and choreographer Andrij Cybyk. memorable. For additional information, 1-4. This year’s guest performers from festival’s main concert is scheduled for The 2016 summer will also include a please call us at 845-647-7230 or visit us Ukraine are Antytila, an internationally Saturday, July 2, at 9 p.m. golf tournament, a softball tournament, at cym.org/us-ellenville.

Lemko Vatra festival to be held June 25-26 by Diana Howansky Reilly [email protected] or visit OOL’s web- site, www.lemko-ool.com. For accommoda- The Organization for the Defense of tion information at Oselia CYM, which is Lemkivshchyna (OOL) invites all to the located on 8853 Route 209, Ellenville, NY Lemko Vatra festival, which will take place 12428, please call 845-647-7230 or e-mail on June 25-26 at the Ukrainian American [email protected]. Youth Association’s resort (Oselia CYM) in Ellenville, N.Y. Each year, the Vatra brings together individuals who wish to celebrate the unique cultural aspects of the Lemko region. Events will include two days of per- formances by musicians, singers and dancers from the United States, Poland and Ukraine. The Lemko Vatra will also feature a History and Heritage Tent complete with informa- tion, books, maps and on-site genealo- gy experts. Souvenir T-shirts with Lemko themes will be sold in the ven- dors’ pavilion. On Saturday, the Vatra Cup soccer tournament will be organized during the day on the UAYA’s sports fields. That evening, guests will be able to enjoy dances with live band music both indoors and outside. And, as always, Vatra will organize a pig roast at the start of the festival, and tradi- tional Ukrainian food will be available for purchase all weekend in the out- door kitchen. For more information, including how to request to perform or to set up Julia Wislocki a vendor’s table, please contact OOL Lemko Vatra masters of ceremonies Vasyl President Mark Howansky at presi- Harhaj and Halyna Semenyak. S8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18

ODUM summer camps: a wonderful Ukrainian youth experience by Elena Haluk and Lisa Petrusha-Hawkins Last summer, many Ukrainian children and teenagers again had a wonderful time participating in the summer camps organized by the Ukrainian Democratic Youth Organization (ODUM). The mission of ODUM is to teach children about their rich Ukrainian heritage and culture. Year after year, our campers cannot wait to return to the ODUM summer camps next summer. After the camps end, children continue to maintain their connections and the friends from the United States and Canada. Throughout the yearclose they friendships enjoy singing they the have Ukrainian formed songs with they their learned ОDUM at camp. In the three months prior to the start of camp, they talk about the upcoming camp program with excitement, they look forward to seeing their ODUM friends again, the new games and sports they will be playing, the hiking adventures to come and the camp dances. Here’s some important information for parents who would like to instill their love of Ukrainian culture in their children. ODUM summer camps are held at the resort Ukraina in Lisa Petrusha-Hawkins rural London, Ontario, in July of each year. The Ukraina The youngest girls’ group at the 2015 Recreational Camp of the Ukrainian Democratic Youth Organization. resort is situated on 110 rolling acres in a beautiful wood- ed setting with a branch of the Thames River that winds the perfect indoor option for camp activities on a rainy day. – that is why ODUM campers can’t wait to come back each through the property. Meals for campers are provided by the professional summer. There is a large modern pool, and swimming is included catering staff that works year-round in the banquet facili- The dates for the 2016 ODUM Camp Program are as fol- daily in the camp program. Campers also have the opportu- ties. The meal program is fresh and healthy, incorporates lows: nity to participate in organized water sports. There is noth- both Ukrainian and American cuisines, and, most impor- ing better for the campers than the opportunity to cool off tantly, it’s delicious. ents), July 3-9; in the pool on a hot summer day. If you ask campers what they find most interesting at • “Malyat” Camp (for children age 3-6, with their par- The resort also has wonderful banquet facilities that are ODUM summer camp, they will tell you it is the diverse used for weddings and events throughout the year. During daily program. The program includes Ukrainian songs, • Counselors Camp (age 15-17), July 3-9; the summer camp program, these facilities are trans- dances, various sports and competitions, hiking, fishing, If• Bandurayou would Camp like (age additional 7 and up), information, July 10-17; pleaseand go to formed into the ideal place for the campers to have their movies, swimming, bonfires and spending quality time • Recreational Camp (age 7-14), July 17-30. meals, learn bandura and Ukrainian songs, enjoy dances with their Ukrainian friends. Beautiful surroundings, an com. and concerts, and participate in various art activities. It is interesting program, good food and making lifelong friends www.odum.orgOh, and one more or send thing: an ODUM e-mail welcomes to оdumcamps@gmail. new campers. No.18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 S9

An opportunity to learn the bandura at Kobzarska Sich

Borderland Productions The 2015 Kobzarska Sich Ensemble under the direction of Oleh Mahlay.

by Anatoli Murha musical journey. KS is organized by the tory and elementary music theory (as need- joined Ruslana and the Ukrainian Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. ed), while working in small groups and Bandurist Chorus on stage before a 2,500 “How many strings does it have?” and This year, participants will have an oppor- ensembles. Participants prepare for a final capacity audience at Toronto’s Massey Hall. “Where can I learn to play?” are common tunity to learn from the artistic director and concert to be held on the last day of camp. KS participants also traveled to Washington question that any bandura player (ban- conductor of the Ukrainian Bandurist Plenty of free time is built into the program to participate in the Holodomor commemo- durist) encounters in addition to being Chorus, Oleh Mahlay. As music director and in order for participants and staff to collab- rative concert on November 8, 2015, at asked to play an impromptu concert in the conductor of KS 2016, Mr. Mahlay will lead a orate musically and develop lifelong friend- Lisner Auditorium as part of the national airport security line. Answers, respectively: talented line-up of bandura and choral ships. As is the case at other cultural, music Holodomor Memorial events. 60 to 65, and Kobzarska Sich. instructors from the Ukrainian Bandurist and youth group camps, attendees converge Registered participants of KS 2016 will New bandurists and long-time bandura Chorus, the Canadian Bandurist Capella and from all over North America. have post-camp performance opportunities enthusiasts will converge this August 6-20 the Women’s Bandurist Ensemble. The 2015 Kobzarska Sich ensemble took so that they can share what they learned at All Saints Camp in Emlenton, Pa. Since Designed for children age 12 and older, part in two of North America’s largest com- and reunite with their fellow bandurists. 1979, over 1,000 bandurists have made as well as adults of all ages, KS teaches the munity events after the August 2015 pro- Kobzarska Sich a temporary home in their technique of playing bandura, bandura his- gram. On October 24, 2015, KS participants (Continued on page 22) S10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18

Nature and music: a spellbinding combination at the Grazhda

by Zirka Voronka An audience’s favorite, the traditional Three courses in Ukrainian folk arts will Children’s Concert will be held on August be held in the first two weeks of August. The founder of the Music and Art Center 13. For the first time this year, Vasyl Nayda will (MAC) of Greene County, tha late composer Music lovers of jazz will have a treat on conduct five sessions of basic tapestry Ihor Sonevytsky, firmly believed that the August 20. Trombonist Peter Nelson’s weaving on a lap frame loom on August essence of music and nature is intertwined. JazzTet with Steven Feifke, piano; Devin 1-5. Two five-day sessions on “gerdany” This summer, for the 34th consecutive year, Starks, bass; Darrian Douglas, drums, and (traditional bead stringing) with instructor the audience at the Grazhda Concert Hall in vocalist Marta Bagratuni, soprano, will play Lesia Lasiy and Ukrainian embroidery with Jewett, N.Y., located just five miles from the oldies and contemporary jazz pieces. instructor Lubow Wolynets will be held town of Hunter, will be able to experience The final concert of the season will take August 8-12. In addition, actress Ms. music in it most essential natural setting. place on August 27. Having already estab- Stepanova will conduct a course in artistic/ On August 6, MAC will honor the 90th lished themselves as solo artists, the hus- dramatic reading and recitation on August birthday of its founder with a memorial/ band and wife piano duo of Anna and 1-5. All these courses are open to adults celebratory concert featuring baritone Oleh Dmytro Shelest will play works by Zhuk, and children age 10 and above. The two- Chmyr, violinist Anna Rabinova, cellist Arensky, Gershwin, Skoryk and Revutsky. week singing course for children age 4-9 Natalia Khoma, pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky and renowned composer Myroslav Skoryk. Music by Sonevytsky, Skoryk, Chopin and Mozart will be performed. The season will begin on July 2 with a Ihor Sonevytsky, founder of the Music fund-raising concert. Soprano Halyna and Art Center of Greene County. Sakhnovska, cellist and MAC artistic advi- sor Natalia Khoma, and pianists Michael under the direction of Anna Bachynsky and Yanovytsky and MAC artistic director Melanie Serbay will be held August 1-12. Volodymyr Vynnytsky will perform works The deadline for course registration is July by Mozart, Beethoven, Lysenko, Verdi and 20. Please call Melanie Serbay at 518-263- Puccini. 4670 or e-mail [email protected]. On July 16 the Grazhda will welcome a The Music and Art Center invites all new chamber ensemble of distinguished music, folk arts and nature lovers to the musicians: violinist Ms. Rabinova, cellist gorgeous Catskill Mountains region. The Andrey Tchekmazov and pianist Margaret Hunter Ukrainian community is well- Kampmeier. They will play trios by known for its beautiful wooden church, Beethoven, Schumann and P. Schonfield. magnificent music, glorious nature, splen- The noted dramatic actress from Kyiv did art exhibits, stimulating children’s pro- Halyna Stepanova will stage a monodrama grams and infinite hospitality, including on July 30. The play “Marriage” is based on Ukrainian gourmet food on Sundays. For the correspondence between the poet Ivan more information go to www. Franko and his wife, Olha Khoruzhynska. The piano duo of Anna and Dmytro Shelest. Grazhdamusicandart.org. No.18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 S11 S12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18 No.18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 S13

July 8, 9, 10 www.soyuzivka.com Also performing FRIDAY Dumka Chorus - New York • Hurt Udych Evening Gala and many more acts to be announced benefit to Ukrainian Village Exhibit • Film Festival Support Varenyky Eating Contest • Delicious Food Dancing, Music, Song Ukraine Oksana Mukha Vasyl Popadiuk

MC Serhiy “Foma” Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Workshop Fomenko MC Lydia Kulbida S14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18

Savvy Seniors to convene at Soyuzivka

KERHONKSON, N.Y. – “Savvy Seniors” – that’s how healthy diet, exercising both body and mind, staying in on various topics, participate in sing-alongs, movie and we define seniors today! After all, it’s not your age it’s touch with friends and maintaining a sense of humor. game nights, gourmet wine pairings, etc. Seen here are your attitude. Today’s 60-year-olds are yesterday’s At the Ukrainian National Association’s Savvy Seniors photos are from the seniors’ conference in June 2015. 40-year-olds. They are not ready to retire from life, Conference, which this year takes place on Sunday, For more information about this year’s program, e-mail but want to start yet another chapter of life. To savor June 12, through Friday, June 17, at the Soyuzivka [email protected] or call Oksana Trytjak at the good days ahead savvy seniors know the impor- Heritage Center, seniors will eat well, exercise, marvel 973-292-9800, ext. 3071. tant factors that influence their health: maintaining a at the wonderful mountains, listen to interesting lectures – Oksana Trytjak No.18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 S15 S16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18

Ukrainian Homestead offers relaxation and cultural pursuits

by Paula Holoviak If you’re looking for the perfect summer getaway, close to natural beauty, outdoor activities, fine dining and shopping, the Ukrainian Homestead of CEC, ODWU Inc. is just the place. Located in the heart of the Pocono Mountains of Carbon County, the Ukrainian Homestead offers an array of fes- tivals, camps and activities for families, young adults and seniors alike. The historic and picturesque town of Jim Thorpe with its shopping, restaurants and nearby hiking and biking trails is just five minutes away. The Ukrainian Homestead itself offers many amenities, which include newly renovated motel rooms, a full-ser- vice restaurant and a swimming pool with spectacular mountain vista views. There is camping at nearby Mauch Chunk lake or you can stay at the Jim Thorpe Inn. The Ukrainian Homestead is the cultural center for the Ukrainian American commu- nity in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The sum- mer season begins with a Memorial Day pic- nic on Sunday, May 29. On June 11, Branch 7 of the Organization for the Rebirth of Kathy Park Ukraine (known as ODWU) will sponsor a The Kazka Ukrainian Folk Ensemble performs “Tropotianka” at Ukrainian Folk Festival 2015. Ukrainian Cabaret to benefit the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee’s runs June 27 through July 1. A finale per- Saturday and Sunday, August 20-21, begin- For more information on room and facil- humanitarian outreach in eastern Ukraine. formance is offered on Saturday, July 2, at 7 ning at noon both days. Featured perform- ity rentals, as well as a full calendar of The event features dinner, dancing and p.m. followed by a “zabava” to celebrate the ers include the Kazka Ukrainian Folk events, visit the newly redesigned website entertainment by the Kazka Ukrainian Folk Fourth of July weekend. Ensemble, renowned violinist Innesa at www.ukrhomestead.com or call 610- Ensemble and St. Mary’s Traditional The highlight of the summer for the Tymochko-Dekajlo and accordionist Walt 377-4621. Limited dates are available for Ukrainian Dancers. The Ukrainian Ukrainian Homestead is the annual Syzonenko, who will also be playing the weddings, reunions and picnics throughout American Heritage Foundation dance camp Ukrainian Festival. This year’s festival is Saturday evening zabava. the 2016 season. No.18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 S17 S18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18

Tryzubivka promises yet another endless summer of fun by Eugene Luciw Tryzubivka’s festival grounds, sports pub, banquet hall and 40 beautiful acres of parks, streams, picnic groves, sports fields and other recreational facilities beckon to be a part of your Ukrainian summer. Formally known as the Ukrainian American Sport Center Tryzub, Tryzubivka is located on County Line and Lower State roads, Horsham, PA 19044. Visitors can enjoy a cascade of heritage, cultural and sporting events throughout the spring, summer and early fall. Tryzubivka’s banquet hall, meeting rooms and festival grounds are also available to members for rental at a reasonable price. (Become a club member for only $25 annually, or only $35 for a family membership.) The most popular community event at Tryzubivka – over 3,000 now attend – is the Ukrainian Independence Day Festival, fea- turing an outdoor summer concert and “zabava” (dance), on Sunday, August 28, commencing at noon in Tryzubivka’s fully shaded festival glade. In order properly to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence (and of the festival itself), the artists – dance troupes, musicians, singers and Christine Syzonenko ensembles that have performed in previous The Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble performs “Kyivsky Hopak.” years – have created a dynamic and inte- grated collaborative program. This artistic unity underscores the concert’s theme: “United Ukraine – United with Us.” A zabava to the tunes of the Vox Ethnika Orchestra will follow the stage show. Arts and crafts vendors, children’s recreation and Ukrainian foods, picnic fare, desserts and refreshments will be abundant. On Sunday, June 19, at 1 p.m., Tryzub will hold its popular Father’s Day Fest (free admission), a family-oriented picnic event that features the Philadelphia area’s Voloshky School of Dance, Trenton’s Chervoni Maky youth dance ensemble, the Karpaty Orchestra and several excellent younger singers: Sophia Pitula, Anya Melnychuk and Dianna Savchyn. A dance to the music of Tryzub’s house band, the Christine Syzonenko Karpaty Ensemble, follows. Iskra performs “Pryvit,” its salute to Ukraine’s cultural diversity. Over that entire Father’s day weekend, Tryzub will host (admission is free) the U.S. Championship games. With the U.S. divided American championships in the men’s, games will be Sunday afternoon, during the Adult Soccer Association’s Region I U.S. into four regions these are effectively the women’s, men over 30 and men under 23 fest. Open and Amateur Cup National quarterfinal games for the outright categories. At least two of the men’s final Over Memorial Day Weekend, on Saturday night, May 28, Tryzub members and all guests and families participating in the Memorial Day Weekend youth soccer tournament are invited to attend an out- door family-oriented parents’ appreciation picnic under the stars. There is no admis- sion fee to enjoy an array of live music by popular local bands, social dancing, food, refreshments and fraternity. There will also be a commemoration ceremony for fallen heroes; the tournament financially and morally supports the Travis Manion Foundation, an organization dedicated to assisting heroes and their families and to challenging youths to volunteer and to per- form works of charity. On Saturday, September 17, Tryzub members and the entire Ukrainian Nationals Tryzub community can share in a family fun day picnic. No admission is charged. and Tryzub members can enjoy free food, refreshments, kid’s fun, music and dancing. In the early fall, the Ukrainian communi- ty is invited to attend a Fallfest (free admis- sion for Tryzub members and tournament Tryzub The Ukrainian Nationals Rangers capture the Eastern Pennsylvania Championship. (Continued on page 20) No.18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 S19

Ukrainian American Heritage Foundation offers folk dance workshop by Paula Holoviak The 27th annual Ukrainian Folk Dance Workshop, sponsored by the Ukrainian American Heritage Foundation (UAHF) of the Lower Anthracite Region will be held at the Ukrainian Homestead of CEC, ODWU, Inc., 1230 Beaver Run Drive in Lehighton, Pa., from Monday, June 27 through Friday, July 1. The camp runs daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and includes dance instruction, folk singing, sports, crafts and swimming. Beginner instruction is offered to children age 5 and up, and advanced workshop instruction is available for experienced dancers age 11 through adult. The workshop is under the artis- tic direction of Andrij Dobriansky and guest instructor Yurij Dobriansky. In addition, the Manor College Ukrainian Heritage Studies Center will offer a workshop in the art of “gerdany” (beadwork) on Tuesday, June 28, and again on Thursday, June 30, from 10 Kathy Park The men and boys of Ukrainian American Heritage Foundation’s dance camp (back row, from left) assistant instructor Roman Mykyta, Justin Dages, David Mash, Vladimir Holoviak, Joshua Hafker, counselor Joseph Hutzayluk, (front row) Damon Hudak, Dominik Hudak and Petro Pitula. a.m. to noon. This workshop is open to adults and includes beginner and advanced designs. The camp will conclude with a performance on Saturday, July 2, at 7 p.m. This performance is open to the public free of charge. For more information on the camp or the gerdany workshop, contact Paula Holoviak at 570-708-1992 or Sandra Duda at 610-377-7750 or e-mail [email protected]. Forms and information are also avail- able on-line at www.kazkaensemble.org. The camp is supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through its regional arts funding partnership, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA). State government funding for the arts depends upon an annual appropriation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Kathy Park federal agency. PPA is administered in this region by the Lehigh Valley Guest choreographer Andrij Dobriansky leads a dance class. Arts Council. S20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18

Syracuse parish festival to celebrate diamond jubilee by Patricia A. Burak A 75th anniversary is traditionally rec- ognized as a diamond jubilee, and the Ukrainian Festival in Syracuse, N.Y., on Friday and Saturday, July 29-30, this year will mark its diamond jubilee. St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, officially established in 1900, began the tradition of holding a parish festi- val to support our Ukrainian Catholic par- ish, community and culture in 1941. Over the years, these festivals have included folk dance performances, bands, singers, games, rides, sweepstakes and raffles to raise money for the parish. What’s most popular, of course, is the Ukrainian food. This year’s festival will fea- ture the usual, including over 14,000 vare-

The Odesa Dancers perform at Syracuse’s Ukrainian Festival; featured are Laura Hanuszczak and Iryna Hret. nyky, 4,000 holubtsi, 500 links of kovbasa, area visited the two-day festival last year. festival where former classmates can meet 750 pounds of onions, 17 tubs of kapusta In addition to the jubilee festivities, and reminisce as they eat and drink. Some and countless gallons of borshch, besides another anniversary will be celebrated in will be meeting their peers again for the the ever popular breads, baked goods and the form of a reunion. Located next to the first time since graduation 45 years ago. The logo for the 75th anniversary festival American picnic food. Coming for both church on the parish grounds is a school Class photos will be displayed, and there of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian take-out and to eat at the festival, over building once known as St. John the Baptist will be an opportunity to update contact Catholic Church. 11,000 people from the Central New York Ukrainian Catholic School. Serving kinder- information for future reunions. garten through eighth grade from 1954 to As the home of Bishop Borys Gudziak, 1987, the fully accredited school enrolled the Syracuse community is always doubly children of the parish, most of whom were blessed when he can manage to fit the festi- the first generation to be born in the United val into his schedule. Last year’s festival States. This year, the class of 1971 will gath- brought both Bishop Gudziak and Bishop er to reflect on their years there. Classmate Paul Chomnycky to Syracuse, and a pontifi- and organizer Mary Zarichny Deskiewicz cal liturgy was celebrated to a packed hopes to reach all 19 of the former stu- church as part of the festival events. The dents. Not all of the graduates currently live mingling of the Ukrainian Catholic faith, the in the area, and some of those who do are Ukrainian cultural heritage, food and fun no longer parishioners at St. John’s. brings the community into the Central New There will be a designated table at the York spotlight every year.

soccer and of coaches. Mr. Namazi is the Tryzubivka... current U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team coach, a former professional and World (Continued from page 18) Cup player, and an assistant coach for other guests) on Saturday night, October 10. This U.S. national teams. celebration is part of the immensely popular Coach Namazi and his staff of profes- Columbus Cup girls’ youth soccer tourna- sional coaches and counselors will also be ment. Enjoy great food, live music, social offering a number of camps at Tryzubivka dancing and refreshments. Significant pro- this summer during the months of July and ceeds from the tournament will support the August. For a list of the these camps, see Fox Chase research Center for Breast Cancer, the “2016 Summer Camps” link at www. as Tryzub raises awareness about this trag- ukrainiannationals.com. ic illness and the fight to eradicate it. Soccer families and other fans can enjoy games at Tryzubivka throughout the week- Sports opportunities ends of the season. The Majors Division During this year, Tryzub will be con- games are particularly popular on a Sunday structing and installing a fully lighted, full- afternoon, at 2 p.m. The soccer season sized artificial turf soccer-football field. opener games on Saturday and Sunday, This promises to elevate Tryzub’s presence September 10 and 11, like the Ukrainian in the sports world of the Delaware Valley Nationals Family Day Picnic on Saturday, and beyond. It will also enhance the soccer September 17, are particularly good days players’ opportunities to train and to play, to enjoy great soccer. irrespective of adverse weather and grass Tryzub offers all golfers in the Ukrainian field conditions. community a fun-filled golf outing and ban- Tryzub invites Ukrainian club and non- quet on Saturday, June 11. The entry fee is Ukrainian teams to participate in either of very reasonable and includes greens fees, a two immensely popular soccer tourna- cart, food, refreshments, and valuable door ments: the Memorial Day youth soccer prizes and gifts. Trophies are awarded as tournament (May 27-29) and the well. Columbus Cup girls’ soccer tournament You can learn more about beautiful (October 7-9). Tryzubivka and the opportunities it offers This year, Tryzub continues to retain the the community at www.tryzub.org and at services of Omid Namazi as its director of www.ukrainiannationals.com. No.18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 S21 S22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18

Soyuzivka’s Tennis Camp: a chance to learn, play and have lots of fun

Katya Bis Participants of the 2015 Soyuzivka Tennis Camp.

by Petrusia Sawchak now accepts participants to attend as day their Ukrainian embroidered shirts for Campers may also participate in the campers, meaning those now staying at Soyuzivka’s Hutsul Night. USCAK East Tournament held on the week- Wondering what camp to attend this Camp Lviv. The camp has a carefully planned and end of June 25-26, which gives them the summer? Consider Tennis Camp at the rus- What is so special about this camp is the executed program of tennis instruction opportunity to compete against other play- tic Soyuzivka Heritage Center in dedicated staff that has developed some stressing specific skills to be learned and ers. (USCAK is the Ukrainian-based acro- Kerhonkson, N.Y., a mecca for Ukrainian very good tennis players over the years and developed each day, such as proper stroke nym for the Ukrainian Sports Federation of camps in the beautiful Shawangunk professional 24-hour supervision of the techniques and game strategies. This also the U.S.A. and Canada.) Mountains of upstate New York, that is children. includes the importance of sportsmanship To conclude the camp, there is a gala being held June 19-30. The director of the camp from its incep- and tennis etiquette. On courts, the camp- banquet at which campers get dressed up Children come here from all over the tion is George (Yurko) Sawchak, a longtime ers are grouped according to ability in the and are treated to a special dinner. They United States, some from Canada, and even United States Tennis Association (USTA) specific skill being taught. The first week is receive their certificates, and trophies are Ukraine in recent years. Their parents player, teacher, organizer and captain of the devoted to daily instruction in tennis, and awarded to tournament winners. The cov- know they will be well taken care of and Middle States USTA sectional teams. He will the second week concludes with a tourna- eted “Best Camper” awards are awarded to will learn some valuable skills in playing be assisted by other professional instruc- ment for the campers, allowing them to put boys and girls for their exemplary behavior tennis and getting along with each other as tors and counselors. to use what they have learned. and over-all attitude both on and off courts. well. The campers also come to experience The supervisor of Camp Lviv is Olya Although the emphasis is always on A dance follows the program. what we like to call “the magic of Czerkas, a teacher from Florida who helps tennis, there are many off-court activities, For Soyuzivka Tennis Camp registration Soyuzivka,” a special place for Ukrainian the campers adjust and feel at home. such as swimming in Soyuzivka’s pool, and more information, please call Americans and Ukrainian culture. Another teacher by profession, Petrusia playing soccer or volleyball after sessions, Soyuzivka at 845-626-5641 or visit its The overnight camp, known for its expe- Sawchak, coordinates activities. The beau- enjoying games, watching movies, or danc- website at www.soyuzivka.com. A sugges- rience and dedication, has been attracting tiful Ukrainian heritage is always empha- ing to the campers’ own music or tion: make your reservation soon to guar- youngsters, age 10-18, for 50 years and sized, and campers are encouraged to bring Soyuzivka’s live “zabava” band. antee your place at the camp.

An opportunity... (Continued from page 9) KS is offering five scholarships this year. One full scholarship will be available through the Ivan Zinchuk Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko and another through a private donor. Additionally, partial scholarships will be available through the Eugene Ciura and Stefania Krislaty funds, and from private donor support. Scholarships applications must be received by June 15. Interested participants are encouraged to enroll early to ensure place- ment. For more information, scholarship requirements and a registration package, visit www.bandura.org or contact the administrator of Kobzarska Sich, Anatoli Murha, at 734-658-6452 or [email protected].

Bohdan Iwaskewycz Borderland Productions Kobzarska Sich 2015 participants on stage with Ruslana and the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus on Kobzarska Sich Music Director Oleh Mahlay (center) with Ivan Saturday, October 24, 2015, in Toronto at Massey Hall. Dusanowskyj (left) and Borys Ostapienko (right). No.18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 S23

September 11 Connecticut State Ukrainian Day Festival, St. Basil It’s Festival Time! Stamford, CT Seminary, 203-269-5909 (Continued from page S1) September 16-18 Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival, Toronto www.ukrainianfestival.com August 20-21 Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian Homestead, Lehighton, PA www.ukrhomestead.com or 610-377-4621 September 17 Ukrainian Day Festival, Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Phoenixville, PA Catholic Church, 484-429-4787 or August 28 Ukrainian Folk Festival, Ukrainian American Sports www.sspeterandpaulukr.com Horsham, PA Center Tryzub, www.tryzub.org or 215-343-5412 September 17-18 Washington Ukrainian Festival, St. Andrew Ukrainian September 3 St. Andrew Ukrainian Fall Festival, St. Andrew Ukrainian Silver Spring, MD Orthodox Cathedral, www.ukrainefestdc.com Parma, OH Catholic Church, 440-843-9149 or www.standrewucc.org September 18 Twin Cities Ukrainian Heritage Festival, Ukrainian Minneapolis American Community Center, September 9-11 Montreal Ukrainian Festival, Parc de l’Ukraine www.ukrainianfestivalmn.com Montreal www.ukefestmontreal.org October 1 Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian American September 10-11 Baltimore Ukrainian Festival, Baltimore Ukrainian Festival Whippany, NJ Cultural Center of New Jersey, www.uaccnj.org or Baltimore Committee, Patterson Park, www.ukrainianfestival.net 973-585-7175

Harvard... (Continued from page 2) ПЛЕМ'Я ПЛАСТУНОК „ПЕРШІ СТЕЖІ“ America offering seven weeks of intensive accredited university instruction in влаштовує Ukrainian studies. It has graduated more than 1,500 participants, many of whom „ДЕННИЙ ТАБІР ПТАШАТ ПРИ ПЛАСТІ“ have gone on to play significant roles in Ukrainian scholarship, as well as in the для дітей від 4 до 6 років, які володіють ongoing development and enrichment of (розуміють і розмовляють) українською мовою Ukrainian culture and life both in the dias- pora and in Ukraine itself. • Дитині мусить виповнитися 4 роки до 31 серпня 2016 р. Винятків немає. Launched in 1971, during the height of the Soviet Union’s drive to eliminate all • Дитина мусить мати всі приписані щеплення. things Ukrainian including art, culture, folk • Дитина, яка склала Заяву Вступу до новацтва, не може брати участи в таборaх для Пташат. memory, history, language, religion and society, and to supplant them with the idea Табір відбудеться на Союзівці у двох групах: of a single Soviet entity with a single histo- від неділі, 19 червня, до суботи, 25 червня 2016 р. ry, memory and purpose and bound • together with a single Russian culture and • від неділі, 26 червня, до суботи, 2 липня 2016 р. language, HUSI was originally tasked with keeping Ukrainian culture, history, lan- У справі кімнат просимо порозуміватися безпосередньо з Адміністрацією Союзівки: guage and literature alive among the SOYUZIVKA, P. O. Box 529, 216 Foordmore Road, Kerhonkson, NY 12446 descendants of Ukrainian settlers in North (845) 626-5641; www. Soyuzivka.com; Fax: 845-626-4638 America and the rest of the diaspora by teaching these as academic disciplines in the Western liberal arts tradition while • Tаборова оплата: $140.00 ($20.00 незворотні); оплата за два тижні 270.00 дол. maintaining the highest educational stan- • Зголошення і таборову оплату (чек, виписаний на Plast – Pershi Stezhi) надсилати до: dards of the best universities of the world. When the Soviet Union collapsed and Mrs. Oresta Fedyniak, 2626 W. Walton Ave., Chicago, IL 60622 Ukraine regained its independence, HUSI Tel.: 773 486-0394 (від 8:00 до 10:00 ранку) attracted many students from Ukraine who were anxious to establish contacts with their Western counterparts, to experience the • Реченець зголошень: 16 травня 2016 р. • Після реченця зголошень не приймаємо. Western university system, to take courses • Лікарську посвідку НЕ пересилати з анкетою зголошення. Просимо передати при and have access to archival materials that реєстрації. simply were not available in Ukraine. In the past few years, there has been a noticeable trend among serious students of КАРТА ЗГОЛОШЕННЯ НА ТАБІР ПТАШАТ-2016 Ukrainian studies to attend HUSI; many of Ім’я і прізвище дитини ...... the course offerings have been retooled to по-українськи і по-англійськи reflect this change. Last year’s student body, for example, was primarily composed of Дата народження ...... graduate and post-doctoral students, as well Адреса ...... as professionals, a number of whom were Телефон ...... E-mail ...... either working on theses or were preparing to teach undergraduate courses in the fall. In addition to applications from the Просимо залучити посвідку дати народження дитини, яку вперше вписуєтe на табір United States, the bulk of this year’s appli- ☐ від 19 червня до 25 червня 2016 р. ☐ від 26 червня до 2 липня 2016 р. cations have been from Ukraine. The deadline for the Harvard Summer Розмір таборової сорочинки дитини: ☐ 6-8, ☐10-12, ☐14-16. School registration, housing and full tuition ☐ Залучую чек на суму $...... ☐ Резервую кімнату на Союзівці payment is Thursday, May 12. Late regis- tration will begin on Tuesday, May 17, and will continue through Wednesday, June 22...... (Late registration fee: $200 in addition to ім’я і прізвище матері (подати дівоче прізвище) all other registration fees.) Further information about the program Завваги ...... and the application process is available on the HUSI website: www.huri.harvard.edu/ ...... husi.html. Additional questions may be ...... directed to Tamara Nary, HUSI administra- tor, at 617-495-3549 or by e-mail at nary@ ...... Підпис батька або матері fas.harvard.edu. S24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 No. 18