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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXI No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 $1/$2 in Ukraine Forbes Ukraina ranks Ukrainian Orthodox Church of U.S.A. celebrates Lviv region’s wealthiest 1025th anniversary of baptism of Rus’-Ukraine by Zenon Zawada Little is known about Mr. Antonov’s background and how he gained his wealth. KYIV – Most of Ukraine’s wealthiest busi- He was a member of the Komsomol nessmen are from eastern Ukraine, where (Communist Youth League), which is the they gained ownership of the country’s big- way many present-day oligarchs gained the gest factories and mines. The Soviet govern- contacts to accumulate their wealth. He ment invested only a small fraction of that graduated from the Ternopil Financial- amount into building industries in western Economic Institute in 1988 and became Ukraine. general director and main shareholder of Nevertheless, the Lviv region has a few Galnaftogaz by 1995. big shots of its own – three three-digit mil- “There has never been a tradition of lionaires and at least seven two-digit mil- thinking and working large scale in Lviv,” lionaires, according to Forbes Ukraina mag- Mr. Antonov told Forbes. “When I began my azine, which published its rankings in its business, I worked simultaneously here and June issue. in Moscow. It’s precisely there that I learned “Lviviany [residents of the Lviv region] how to think globally.” have a stronger psychology of small and Besides the gasoline retail business, Mr. medium business,” Vitaliy Antonov, the Lviv Antonov is the primary shareholder in region’s biggest businessman, told Forbes. Khlibprom, Ukraine’s biggest bread produc- “Lviv joined the USSR only in 1939 and the er, with 17 factories in western and central destruction of small business here was less Ukraine. He also launched the Universalna prolonged. I would name today’s Lviv as the insurance company, in which he still owns a capital of small and medium business in significant stake. UOC-U.S.A. Ukraine.” In 2008, Mr. Antonov was among the co- Hierarchs and clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. celebrate the The rankings included businessmen who founders of the Lviv Business School at the liturgy inside St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Memorial Church. live in the Lviv region or whose company Ukrainian Catholic University, having sup- SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – The nounced to those in attendance the Pastoral headquarters are located in the region. ported as its director and chief executive 1025th anniversary of the baptism of Encyclical of the Permanent Conference of Their estimated wealth is based on all their Sophia Opatska, Galnaftogaz’s corporate assets (enterprises, real estate, stocks, luxu- university director. Kyivan Rus’-Ukraine brought people from Ukrainian Orthodox Hierarchs Beyond the ry items), as well as gains from mergers and Shares of Galnaftogaz (GLNG UK), all over the United States to the Metropolia Boundaries of Ukraine, stating: “Let us also acquisitions. Khlibprom (HLPR UK) and Universalna Center of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of treasure the Holy Orthodox Faith which has Insurance (SKUN UK) are traded on the the U.S.A. in South Bound Brook, N.J. been passed down to us by St. Volodymyr 1. Vitaliy Antonov, $264 million Ukrainian Exchange in Kyiv. On Saturday, August 10, Metropolitan the Great. …May our All-merciful Lord, If you filled your tank at an OKKO gaso- Mr. Antonov is divorced; he has three Antony, the prime hierarch of the UOC- through the prayers of our Enlightener, the line station in Ukraine, you contributed to children. U.S.A. and the locum tenens of the Holy Great-Prince Volodymyr the Great, Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Diaspora, strengthen us in the Holy Orthodox Faith, the revenue of the Lviv region’s biggest 2. Petro Dyminskyi, $170 million businessman. Born in Stryi, Lviv Oblast, Mr. along with Bishop Daniel of the Western help us overcome all the trials of life so that Antonov, 50, is best known for being the Owner of the Lviv Karpaty soccer club, Eparchy, who is also president of the we would be worthy and faithful children of primary owner of Galnaftogaz, one of Mr. Dyminskyi, 58, is a native of Kryvyi Rih, Consistory of the UOC-U.S.A., led about 40 our native Ukrainian Orthodox Church and Ukraine’s top three largest gasoline retail- among Ukraine’s biggest hubs of iron min- priests and hundreds of Ukrainian our ancestral homeland of Ukraine. Thanks ers. The company has built and manages ing and steel production. He arrived in Orthodox faithful in a prayerful observance to God’s providence, Ukraine has main- 382 gas stations (most of which are OKKO), Chervonohrad, Lviv Oblast, in 1988 when of this significant anniversary. tained its Christian faith through the centu- and nine petroleum storage deposits. he was promoted to director of the The liturgy inside St. Andrew Ukrainian ries. With this faith, Ukraine will overcome Velykomostovska Mine. Orthodox Memorial Church began promptly all obstacles and remain unvanquished and He made his first millions after the at 10 a.m. with the arrival of Metropolitan faithful, according to the example of its Soviet Union’s collapse, bartering Polish Antony and Bishop Daniel. The Very Rev. great apostle and baptizer, the Holy Great- coal for Ukrainian steel, which he sold to Yuriy Siwko, pastor of St. Andrew Ukrainian Prince Volodymyr.” China. In the late 1990s, Mr. Dyminskyi Orthodox Memorial Church, welcomed the Following the conclusion of the prayer ser- joined several Volyn millionaires from the hierarchs, clergy and visiting faithful for the vices, hierarchs, clergy and laity processed Kontinium business group in buying the celebratory Divine Liturgy of St. John around the Memorial Church, pausing for the Halychyna oil refinery on the outskirts of Chrysostom. prayerful “Memory Eternal – Vichnaya Boryslav in the Lviv Oblast. Metropolitan Antony reflected upon the Pamiat’” at the entrance to the Holy He remains a shareholder in numerous path of Christian witness on the lands of Resurrection Mausoleum, remembering the Kontinium enterprises but isn’t active, said ancient Kyivan Rus’ and the significance ministry of Patriarch Mstyslav along with Ihor Yeremeyev, Kontinium’s major share- that the historic events of 988 have for gen- Metropolitan John (Theodorovych) and other holder. At some point, Mr. Dyminskyi was a erations of Ukrainian Christians throughout hierarchs, clergy and faithful of the Church partner with Kontinium in Western Oil Gas the world, especially in the United States of who are buried at St. Andrew Cemetery. (WOG), among Ukraine’s three leading gas- America. The procession continued to its final oline retailers. It’s unconfirmed whether he’s currently a partner. Four choirs chanted the responses. The destination, Holy Transfiguration Chapel on Mr. Dyminskyi is married with a daugh- choir of St. Andrew Memorial Church was the grounds of the Metropolia Center, for a ter. joined by the members of St. George Ukrainian moleben with the blessing of waters ser- Orthodox Parish in Yardville, N.J., St. Vladimir vice, led by both hierarchs of the Church. It 3. Taras Barshchovskyi, $141 million Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Philadelphia is noteworthy that the entire Prayer Trail at Galnaftogaz In 2003, Mr. Barshchovskyi, then 31, was and St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Orthodox St. Andrew Metropolia Center, was recently Vitaliy Antonov, 50, is the wealthiest busi- Church in Johnson City, N.Y. renewed by the High School Mission Team nessman in the Lviv region, with assets one of nine Ukrainian suppliers for the estimated at $264 million, according to At the conclusion of the liturgy Forbes Ukraina magazine. (Continued on page 14) Metropolitan Antony and Bishop Daniel pro- (Continued on page 14) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 No. 33

ANALYSIS

Xenophobia, desire for monopoly of power Association Agreement to be discussed Speaking at a press conference in Sevastopol on August 7, he said: “I think dominate Kyiv’s new approach to Crimea KYIV – Negotiations between the govern- that if we resolve the issue of improving the ment and the opposition on issues related to judicial system, all other issues that are overcoming obstacles on the road to signing raised by Europeans will not influence the by Taras Kuzio (http://president.gov.ua/documents/ the Association Agreement will be held on signing of the Association Agreement. Eurasia Daily Monitor 12259.html). The Council of Representatives of the August 23 during the political stage of the Then, when Parliaments ratify [the docu- When writing about xenophobia and Crimean Tatars attached to the president of national roundtable “Common Ground for ment], some countries may raise the ques- racism, Western scholars and the media Ukraine had been operational since 1999, European Future.” The chairman of the tion of Tymoshenko, but only from a politi- writing about Ukraine inevitably focus on and the Kurultai had delegated representa- supervisory board of the national round cal point of view. However, none of the poli- Western Ukraine and the rise of the tives to it. Mr. Yanukovych’s decree instead table, Viacheslav Briukhovetsky, said on ticians looked at her case. Related parties Svoboda nationalist party. But in fact, empowered the president to select the August 7 at a meeting of the first, public are demanding her release only on an emo- Council of Europe reports, the U.S. diplo- members of this consultative body. Mr. stage of the roundtable: “An action plan on tional level. Therefore, my purely subjective matic cables from Kyiv (released by Yanukovych has selected mainly individu- the realization of the European course of opinion about Tymoshenko is that she will Wikileaks), annual reports on human rights als loyal to the ruling party, including lead- Ukraine will be submitted for consideration continue to serve her sentence,” Mr. by the U.S. State Department and Ukrainian ers of the banned Party of Muslims and the by politicians – members of the government Zubanov said. He added that she cannot be sociological polls point to Crimea as the non-governmental organization Sebat, and the opposition.” He added that after that pardoned “given the gravity of the offense,” most xenophobic region of Ukraine (see which are completely unaffiliated with the day’s consideration of the draft action plan and in order to send the former prime min- Eurasia Daily Monitor, June 11, 2012). Mejlis or the Kurultai. Mr. Djemiliev said on the realization of the European course of ister for treatment abroad “it is necessary Crimean Tatars make up approximately that Mssrs. Yanukovych and Mogilev are Ukraine, which is based on the “11 Fule to adopt a law for one person.” (Ukrinform) 15 percent of the peninsula’s population. seeking to “destroy the Mejlis” (http:// points,” it will be completed in expert groups. But, the added presence of the xenophobic news.liga.net/interview/politics/826508- According to Mr. Briukhovetsky, this initia- A referendum on Customs Union? dzhemilev_yanukovich_i_ego_marionetki_ Russian Orthodox Church, local Russian tive started developing on June 20, when a KYIV – Results of a possible referendum khotyat_unichtozhit_medzhlis.htm). nationalists, Crimean and Russian group of NGO representatives presented the on Ukraine’s accession to the Russian-led Furthermore, Crimean Tatar leaders Cossacks, and the local popularity of idea of the national roundtable. The supervi- Customs Union might suit neither Russia have protested what they describe as the Communists creates a combustible mix in sory board and a working group were creat- nor the Communists. The head of the Penta Crimea (Taras Kuzio, “The Crimea: “ethnic cleansing” of their ethnic group ed, and a draft action plan on the realization from official government positions that Center of Applied Studies, Volodymyr Europe’s Next Flashpoint?” Jamestown of Ukraine’s European course and the regula- Fesenko, said on August 9 in exclusive com- Foundation, November 11, 2010). began in late 2012. In February of this year, tions of the political stage of the national deputy head of the Mejlis, Remzi Ilyasova, ments to an Ukrinform correspondent: “An Under Ukraine’s first three democrati- roundtable were worked out. Regional initiative on gathering of signatures for a ref- cally elected presidents, relations between was released from her position as head of roundtables were then held in Odesa, the Permanent Commission of the Crimean erendum on the Customs Union more meets the Crimean Tatar community and Kyiv Luhansk, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, the interests of the Communists and their were relatively good. This has dramatically Parliament on International Relations and Chernihiv, Ternopil, Kyiv and Khmelnytsky, ideological positioning. The Russians also changed since 2006, when the Party of Problems of Deported Citizens. As under with roundtables to follow in Crimea and want to get their profits from this. They Regions entered into a local alliance with the Soviet Union, the ruling authorities Donetsk. Consultations were conducted with hope that by doing so they will manage to Crimean Russian nationalists, and in 2010 understand the state to be synonymous representatives of the European Union dele- with the ruling party; there is no indepen- undermine European integration. But the when Viktor Yanukovych was elected presi- gation and EU member states, and the initia- dent civil service, and opposition politi- result may be different – not what Moscow dent. For the 2006 Crimean elections, a tive found support. “We saw that this initia- cians are given no access to higher office. hopes or the Central Committee of the cable from the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv report- tive is in demand by the people. People are Crimean Tatars have supported the Rukh Communist Party of Ukraine.” He recalled ed Russian political technologist tired of talk, of political intrigue. People Konstantin Zatulin had brokered a coalition party (1998), Our Ukraine (2002, 2006 and that Petro Symonenko had said about an ini- 2007) and Batkivshchina (2012). Of the want understanding between politicians tiative to gather signatures for holding a ref- of the Party of Regions with the Za Soyuz on fundamental issues... the first consulta- (For Union) party, the Slavic Party and two 1,100 civil servants in Crimea, only 7 per- erendum at a conference in Moscow orga- cent are Tatars (http://www.pravda.com. tions will be [now] held with representa- nized by the Russian State Duma at the end smaller Russian nationalist political parties tives of parliamentary factions,” the chair- in Crimea (http://wikileaks.org/ ua/articles/2013/05/17/6989171/). of June: “This is seen as a kind of a friendly While no mainstream Ukrainian political man of the supervisory board of the proposal. The urge was there to say – a com- cable/2006/12/06KYIV4489.html). This national roundtable said. (Ukrinform) alliance not only brought Crimean Russian force denies the Holocaust of European mercial proposal. In other words, we can do nationalists out of their decade-long mar- Jews in World War II, three political forces Tymoshenko to continue her sentence certain work for you, if there is some help, ginalization but led to an ideological alli- – the Party of Regions, Communists and etc. The Communists felt that now Russia is ance over Georgia, when the local Crimean Crimean Russian nationalists – downplay, KYIV – An advisor to the Ukrainian pres- very interested in the organization of a dis- Parliament supported the independence of justify or deny the forced deportation of ident, Volodymyr Zubanov, has said that cussion around a choice between the South Ossetia and Abkhazia (see EDM, Crimean Tatars in 1944 by Soviet authori- former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko Customs Union and the EU. They want to ties. Of the deported Crimean Tatars, 46 September 2, 2008), and since 2010 in will continue to serve her sentence, receive their political dividends, but I do not percent died en route to Central Asia in xenophobic, anti-Tatar policies. because the problem of her imprisonment rule out an additional way for attraction of 1944 – four times more than the Tatars Anatoli Mogilev’s November 2011 is not an obstacle to signing the Association who died in combat during World War II. appointment as prime minister of the Agreement with the European Union. (Continued on page 16) The 30,000 Crimean Tatars who returned Autonomous Republic of Crimea added fuel home from the Soviet armed forces were to this fire as he had earned a particularly also deported (see Soviet documents anti-Tatar reputation while serving as http://www.istpravda.com.ua/articles/ Crimean chief of police. On January 24, 2008, 2012/05/17/85887/; http://www.istprav- he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 he published a rabidly anti-Tatar editorial in T U W da.com.ua/short/2012/05/16/85705/). Krymskaya Pravda (reproduced at http:// The question of the 1944 Crimean An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., blogs.pravda.com.ua/authors/kuzyo/ deportation has particularly exacerbated a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 4edabbffaa116/) that claimed: “A conflict along tensions on the peninsula between the Yearly subscription rate: $65; for UNA members — $55. the lines of Kosovo is brewing in Crimea.” Crimean Tatar community and the authori- Crimean Tatars also blame Mr. Mogilev for a Periodicals postage paid at Caldwell, NJ 07006 and additional mailing offices. ties. In May 2012, on the anniversary of the (ISSN — 0273-9348) violent inter-ethnic confrontation that 1944 ethnic cleansing, Crimea’s Prime The Weekly: UNA: occurred on the Ai-Petri plateau in Crimea Minister Mogilev refused to jointly com- Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900 on November 7, 2007 (Kyiv Post, March 18). memorate the event, and a resolution Soon after being appointed Crimean adopted by 15,000 participants of a memo- Postmaster, send address changes to: prime minister, Mr. Mogilev said, “The rial ceremony in Symferopol called for his Mejlis [the executive body representing the The Ukrainian Weekly Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz resignation. The resolution said Mr. 2200 Route 10 Editor: Matthew Dubas Crimean Tatar community] is a structure Mogilev is “sowing dissent among Tatars outside the legal framework in Ukraine. I P.O. Box 280 and inflaming tension in society between Parsippany, NJ 07054 e-mail: [email protected] am ready to cooperate with [ethnic nationalities and peoples with different Crimean Tatar politicians] Mustafa political views” (http://www.pravda.com. The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com Djemiliev and member of the Crimean ua/news/2013/05/18/6990170/). Parliament Refat Chubaro. However, let us Relations have also been strained by the get rid of this word ‘Mejlis.’” The Kharkiv authorities’ refusal to support the re-nam- The Ukrainian Weekly, August 18, 2013, No. 33, Vol. LXXXI Human Rights Protection Group replied, ing of Symferopol airport after Amyetkhara Copyright © 2013 The Ukrainian Weekly “The latest remarks are in no way out of Sultan, a famous Crimean Tatar who was a character” (http://khpg.org/en/index. Soviet World War II pilot and is the central php?do=print&id=1363475844). figure in the new film “Haytarma” (Return) ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA After Mr. Yanukovych was elected presi- about the 1944 Crimean Tatar deportation Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 dent, relations soured quickly when on (see EDM, June 5; http://ukrainianweek. and advertising manager fax: (973) 644-9510 August 26, 2010, he issued a decree sidelin- com/Culture/81011). Moreover, the Party e-mail: [email protected] ing the Crimean Tatar Mejlis (which runs of Regions and the Communist party in the Subscription Department (973) 292-9800, ext. 3042 day-to-day affairs) and the unofficial e-mail: [email protected] Crimean Tatar parliament – the Kurultai (Continued on page 4) No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 3

NEWS ANALYSIS Ukraine’s air defense: balancing between CSTO and NATO

by Maksym Bugriy surface-to-air missile (SAM) units are the the U.S. in 2010-2012 (Author’s interview, pate in the CIS air defense exercise Eurasia Daily Monitor Soviet/Russian long-range S-300 and July 15). Boyevoye Sodruzhestvo 2013 at Ashuluk S-200 missiles, as well as Buk-M medium- Ukraine’s over-10-year-old plans to (http://ua.interfax.com.ua/news/politi- Ukraine is preparing to take part in air range missile systems. Key Ukrainian fight- develop its own missile systems have not cal/145898.html). defense exercises with Russia and Belarus er and interceptor aircraft include MiG-29 materialized to date. And military analyst While Ukraine’s motives are pragmatic, and a multilateral air force exercise in and Su-27 and Su-25 Soviet models. The Valentyn Badrak has warned about the its participation in such exercises, though Kazakhstan, all to be held by November majority of the equipment is over 20 years country lagging behind its neighbors’ often only observational, serves Russian 2013 (http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/ old, but the low threat level, mechanically armies in modernization (http://gazeta. propaganda aims when reported on in the show/200/2013). Minsk and Astana are robust equipment and well-trained people zn.ua/internal/armii-xxi-veka-zvon- media. In turn, Russia is the one who pays: key Russian allies in the Collective Security maintain the system at a workable level. mechey-i-ston-bulata.html). Nezavisimaya Gazeta’s Vladimir Mukhin Treaty Organization (CSTO), and Moscow Military analyst and former Ministry of On July 1, the Ukrainian defense minis- cited Russian Defense Ministry sources has been seeking to develop a common Defense (MOD) official Ihor Kozyrkov told try announced it was abandoning its flag- that Moscow spent 3 billion rubles (rough- CSTO air and space defense system. Among Jamestown on July 15 that Ukraine’s air ship Sapsan missile project and would ly $97 million) on the CIS air defense sys- post-Soviet countries, Ukraine boasts fairly defense counter-terrorist intruder focus instead on “ready” alternative missile tem (http://www.ng.ru/armies/2013- developed air defense capabilities, yet it response capabilities were tested in an models with the hope to have a prototype 06-05/1_army.html). technically and financially depends on exercise and approved by counterparts this year and start production in 2014- At the same time, however, Ukraine uses cooperation with Russia. from the United States and Poland on the 2015 (http://www.kommersant.ua/ its partnership with the North Atlantic Using sticks and carrots of air defense eve of UEFA’s Euro–2012 soccer cup, co- doc/2223606). Meanwhile, Russia could Treaty Organization (NATO) to train in aer- cooperation, the Kremlin hopes to bring hosted by Ukraine. supply its CSTO allies with modern S-400 ial defense. The flagship project Air Ukraine closer to the CSTO. Such rapproche- While Ukraine’s defense sector was min- and S-500 systems, according to analyst Situation Data Exchange Program is aimed ment, however, contradicts President Viktor imally financed during the 2008-2010 eco- Ivan Konovalov (http://www.odkb-csto. not only at improving airspace protection Yanukovych’s non-aligned security policy. nomic crisis, procurement somewhat org/news/detail.php?ELEMENT_ and safety, but also serves to modernize the Russian politicians continue their efforts Ukrainian military’s operational standards. to bring Ukraine closer to the “Eurasian During June 2012, amidst the Euro–2012 NATO” – the CSTO. On June 25, Gennady The Kremlin hopes to bring Ukraine closer soccer tournament, Ukraine and NATO Vasiliev, the leader of the United Russia to the CSTO. However, this contradicts extended the program to cover data Duma faction suggested that Ukraine exchange between Ukraine and bordering become an observer in the military bloc President Viktor Yanukovych’s non-aligned Central and Eastern European NATO coun- (http://www.ukrinform.ua/ukr/news/u_ tries (http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/ dergdumi_vvagayut_shcho_ukraiini_treba_ security policy. news/ukraine_nato_to_exchange_data_on_ otrimati_status_sposterigacha_v_ air_situation_during_euro_2012_283319). odkb_1839491). That same day, the CSTO improved in 2012. According to the MOD ID=2097). It is also Russia’s official policy Moreover, in theory, Ukraine could Military Committee gave basic approval to White Book 2012 (http://www.mil.gov.ua/ to subsidize weapons sales to CSTO mem- broaden its air defense cooperation with Russia’s proposal to develop the alliance’s files/white_book/WB_2012_ua.pdf), the bers – a policy that could prove particularly NATO under the “smart defense” initiative air defense system. Since 1995, Ukraine military purchased a Ukrainian-made P-18 tempting for Ukraine. – sharing and pooling capabilities in times has belonged to the Commonwealth of radar and received four MiG-29 and Su-25 Ukraine is also dependent on Russia in of defense austerity. Yet, this is likely to Independent States (CIS) air defense sys- aircraft, a Kolchuha air surveillance unit air defense training. According to the MOD meet Russian opposition. On the other tem, which Russia probably wishes to and three SAMs – all after modernization. White Book, in 2012 the armed forces held hand, assuming Ukraine’s government maintain as an outer security buffer. But But this is a marginal improvement as drills with medium- and short-range SAM manages to improve the ailing economy the new CSTO project is designed to “recre- equipment maintenance and development systems in Ukraine, and the average air- and sign the Association Agreement with ate the entire airspace protection perime- requires substantially more resources. On craft crew flight time grew three to three the European Union, Russia would lose ter that existed in the Soviet Union,” said December 22, 2011, Col. Dmytro Karpenko and a half times. But the military only car- some of its leverage over Ukraine’s air Russian analyst Ivan Konovalov (http:// of the Air Force told TSN news that no ried out 30 percent of its planned practice defense. www.odkb-csto.org/news/detail. more than 40 percent of Ukraine’s active- launches of guided missiles. Military ana- For now, however, Kyiv largely continues php?ELEMENT_ID=2097). duty S-300 missiles were technically in lyst Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on December to maintain the current fragile balance A Russian political lobby for this project acceptable condition (http://tsn.ua/ukray- 1, 2011, that Ukraine did not test fire any of between the two security organizations – exists in Ukraine within the ruling Party of ina/ukrayinskomu-nebu-prorokuyut-dirki- its S-200 and S-300s, instead agreeing with NATO and the CSTO. Regions. Member of Parliament (MP) cherez-zastarili-raketni-kompleksi.html). Moscow to train at Russian sites, such as Oleksander Kuzmuk, a former defense min- Maintenance and development of equip- Ashuluk in the Astrakhan region (http:// The article above is reprinted from ister, supported Kyiv’s creation of an inte- ment often leads to disputes with Russia. hvylya.org/analytics/tech/kak-utolit-raket- Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from grated air defense system with the CSTO On July 15, Oleksiy Melnyk of Razumkov nyj-golod-ukrainskih-pvo.html). its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, countries back on July 14, 2010 (http:// Center told Jamestown that Russia reacted Furthermore, Ukraine intends to partici- www.jamestown.org. rt.com/politics/roar-russia-strengthens- “painfully” when Ukraine unilaterally mod- air/). Yet, joining the CSTO air defense ernized its Soviet aircraft, whereas cost and organization would conflict with Ukraine’s delay issues often arose when Ukraine “non-bloc” security policy that the govern- properly sought the Russian manufactur- ment passed shortly after Mr. Yanukovych’s er’s consent before undertaking any mod- New ambassador visits Honchar Museum election to the presidency (see Eurasia ernization efforts. In some cases, Ukraine Daily Monitor, May 21, 2010). was accused of disclosing Russian know- The issue is complicated by Kyiv’s how. Furthermore, according to air defense dependency on Russia in air protection. expert Oleksandr Manachynsky, Russia was Ukraine has a relatively comprehensive air not happy that Ukraine had exported Buk- defense system, which functions as part of M1 missiles to Georgia in 2008 and Soviet the country’s air force. Its most powerful Su-27 fighter jets and other equipment to

Quotable notes “President Obama is expected to decide soon whether to proceed with a planned summit meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Moscow next month. At the moment, the answer should be no. “On top of all the other legitimate grievances with Mr. Putin’s policies came his decision to essentially stick a thumb in Mr. Obama’s eye by granting asylum to Edward Snowden… U.S. Embassy Kyiv … the partnership that Mr. Obama sought to build with Russia is seriously broken. Ever since Mr. Putin reclaimed the presidency in 2012, he has been profoundly at KYIV – U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey R. Pyatt on August 9 visited the odds with the administration over the Syrian civil war, missile defense issues and fur- Ivan Honchar Museum. The museum was founded in 1993 aiming to help revive ther reductions in nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, Mr. Putin is a repressive and arro- promotion of Ukraine’s national culture and to preserve and develop the best tradi- gant leader who treats his people with contempt, as the recent crackdown on gays tions of Ukrainian folk art. The museum was founded with the private collection of and lesbians demonstrates. …” Ivan Honchar (1911-1993), who was a prominent statesman, scholar and artist. The collection consists of over 15,000 items from the 16th to the early 20th cen- – Editorial, The New York Times, August 6. The next morning President Barack turies. The U.S. Embassy noted that the new ambassador, who arrived in Kyiv on Obama announced he was cancelling the planned summit with his Russian counterpart. August 3, visited the historic museum to show his respect for Ukrainian culture. He is the eighth U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 No. 33

NEWS ANALYSIS In Ukraine, a new way of looking at pain – and death

by Nataliya Kovalenko Bogged down by bureaucracy by many doctors who have come under countries to push forward on an issue that and Daisy Sindelar Patients in Ukraine have long had con- strict scrutiny for the kinds of prescriptions may seem a relative luxury in a region that is both riddled with rights violations and RFE/RL trolled access to certain strong opioids like they write. liquid morphine. But fears about drug “The issue that has come up with regard accustomed to low-comfort medical care. KYIV – It’s been a hard year for Antonina abuse meant the process for obtaining the to prescriptions or patients’ access to mor- But Ukrainian advocates say recent gains Lubyana. medication was bogged down by bureau- phine is that doctors are cautious about pre- will be meaningless until doctors learn to First, the pensioner fell from bed, break- cracy and long waits. scribing it because they don’t know how the prescribe better treatment and patients ing a hip and the bones in her hand. When As many as four doctors were required prescriptions will be used,” Ms. Bratsyun learn to demand it. “Patients themselves the fractures failed to heal, doctors discov- to approve a single prescription, which says. “So, there is certain caution and unwill- can serve as an important lever,” says Viktoriya Tymoshevska, the head of the ered she had advanced bone cancer. Ms. could then only be administered at home ingness among doctors to prescribe it public health program at the International Lubyana now suffers from debilitating pain by a visiting nurse. The World Health because there is that kind of accountability. Renaissance Foundation, a Ukrainian foun- and is barely able to sit, even in a wheelchair. Organization recommends that patients in They are concerned and afraid and they dation of the Open Society Institute. severe pain receive a total of six injections don’t know what to do about it.” “It’s hard to sit for very long. I have to “Because if they know and understand of morphine over a 24-hour period – a walk a little every once in a while, but then Armenian, Russian bureaucracy that the possibility of eradicating pain I lie down again,” she says. “The pain can be logistical impossibility under Ukraine’s exists, that the drugs are there, and that all very intense, and then you either have to current medical system, where most nurs- Government zeal to monitor the flow of controlled substances has blocked similar they need to do is go to their doctors and get a shot or take some kind of pills. But the es are able to visit patients at home no efforts to improve pain treatment in two fully demand their right to treatment, that pain never goes away entirely. [The medi- more than twice a day, if that. will nudge the system forward. If patients cine] helps many people, but not me.” or their relatives don’t know about it and To fight the aches that shudder through Ukraine this year became the first in the region don’t demand it, then it will remain in a her spine and limbs, Ms. Lubyana receives vacuum,” she adds. shots of Olfen, a relatively mild painkiller to legalize better access to strong pain medica- As they learn about pain, Ukrainian can- and anti-inflammatory drug. tion for patients dying from cancer, AIDS and cer patients like Ms. Lubyana are also learn- She is one of hundreds of thousands of other incurable illnesses. ing to come to terms with the question of cancer patients across the former Soviet death and how it will affect their families. Union who advocates say are enduring other post-Soviet countries where HRW Ms. Lubyana, who will leave behind a The result, especially in rural areas, was daughter and two toddler-age grandchil- unnecessary suffering due to a shortage of has launched health campaigns aimed at patients suffering in agonizing pain for dren whom she has barely been able to see, effective, affordable drugs and a legacy of liberalizing access to medical opioids. hours or even days at a time as they waited melts into tears when asked about the medical ignorance about how to treat for their next dose of drugs. HRW reported In Armenia, doctors voluntarily inform severe pain. police each time a prescription for mor- effect her absence will have on her loved one young cancer patient even attempted ones. “Of course, it’s been hugely stressful Still, despite her bad fortune, Ms. phine is written for a local patient. Activists to jump from a window as his mother for everyone. Stress and more stress. It’s Lubyana is one of the lucky ones. She begged doctors to increase his painkillers. say the custom, meant as a means of track- ing drug supplies, formally is a blatant vio- terrible,” she says. “It just works on your receives full-time care in a Kyiv hospice, a ​​The new legislation, passed in May with lation of patient privacy. nerves, but what can you do?” service that is still a rarity in the former the approval of the Ukrainian Health Soviet Union. And her country, Ukraine, In Russia, the distribution of morphine Hospice demand high Ministry, simplifies prescription proce- and other strong drugs is so restricted that this year became the first in the region to dures and allows patients to keep a 15-day In a country averse to hospital deaths, legalize better access to strong pain medi- many patients must receive and fill fresh supply of pain medication at home. prescriptions every other day – a burden the hospice at Kyiv City Clinical Hospital cation for patients dying from cancer, AIDS Most importantly, it has cleared the way No. 2, where Ms. Lubyana is likely to spend and other incurable illnesses. that can involve long lines and frequent for the manufacture of oral morphine tab- shortages at the few pharmacies licensed her final days, offers an additional option Diederik Lohman, a senior health lets, a staple of palliative care in the West to carry opiates. (Cancer patients in the for families unable to cope with the burden researcher at Human Rights Watch (HRW), since 1977. Supporters in Ukraine say the United States, by contrast, are prescribed of a home death. says the measure is a victory for terminally ill new drugs will give terminal cancer painkillers in three-month batches and can Demand for hospice care is already high. patients who previously faced the prospect patients and their families freedom, for the receive their shipments by express mail.) Ms. Lubyana’s tiny facility, staffed with full- of enduring a slow, painful death at home. first time, to administer painkillers accord- The Russian authorities have also time medical and psychiatric personnel, is “There was a point where their doctors ing to personal need rather than a nurse’s cracked down hard on doctors for writing built to hold 30 patients but currently cares would say, ‘Well, there’s nothing we can do availability. illegal prescriptions. Novaya Gazeta report- for 32. Throughout Ukraine there are cur- for you anymore, because you failed third- In February, Ukraine granted Interkhim, ed in May that Aleftina Khorinyak, a rently just 600 beds for hospice patients – a line cancer treatment, or the antiretroviral an Odesa-based pharmaceutical company, 71-year-old doctor in Krasnoyarsk, was far cry from the more than 4,000 recom- drugs aren’t working, or you have incurable the right to begin producing morphine tab- fined 15,000 rubles ($450 U.S.) for pre- mended by the World Health Organization. [tuberculosis],’ and those patients would lets. Health advocates, however, say the scribing opiates to a family friend with Palliative care itself is only beginning to often just be sent home with [the message], drug has been slow to enter the market. muscular dystrophy and terminal cancer emerge in Ukraine as an individual field of ‘There’s nothing the medical system can do Lesya Bratsyun, who runs the Ukrainian who had spent two weeks in “hellish pain” medicine. There is currently no adequate for you, so go home and die,’” Mr. Lohman League of Palliative and Hospice Care, says after local pharmacies ran out of the subsi- training for hospice professionals, who in addition to pain management must tackle says. the shortage underscores the wariness felt dized supplies he was entitled to. HRW has called for Krasnoyarsk officials issues ranging from senility and gastroin- to grant an appeal, saying Dr. Khorinyak testinal ailments to depression and reli- gious beliefs. ed him the title of “Honorary Citizen” of and a co-defendant, who helped obtain the Lyudmyla Andriyishina, the director of Crimea. The consul “adopts a very princi- drugs, were acting out of “humanitarian Xenophobia... one of the country’s best-known hospices pled and correct position,” Mr. Tsekov said. considerations to help a patient with a in Ivano-Frankivsk, which is in western (Continued from page 2) A Crimean parliamentary deputy from the legitimate medical need, who was deprived Ukraine, says there’s a pressing need for Russian Unity party, Sergei Shuvaynykov, access to medications for arbitrary, bureau- Ukrainian Parliament refuse to support a agreed, saying Consul Andreev had “stated cratic reasons.” better medical education in palliative care new bill “On the Revival of Rights of views that are supported by the majority of HRW has championed palliative care as if Ukraine is to provide complete care for Individuals Deported for National Reasons.” Russians and Russian-culturally oriented a human-rights issue since 2001, when its terminally ill. The Party of Regions has stood with the people who live in the Crimea” (http:// researchers grappling with the global AIDS “Right now, there are no programs for Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) and www.radiosvoboda.org/content/article/ epidemic began to examine deeper ques- students on palliative care or approaches Russian nationalists over the highly contro- 24997639.html). tions about the conditions faced by to treating chronic pain. To a degree, it versial issue. On the May 2012 anniversary Ukraine’s Crimean region has long suf- patients dying of incurable illnesses. exists. Anesthesiologists study chronic pain of the 1944 ethnic cleansing, CPU leader fered from notably strained inter-ethnic Since then, numerous global campaigns as it relates to their work; then pharma- Petro Symonenko claimed the deportation relations, but local xenophobic politicians have been launched to underscore the cists study it as it relates to pharmacology,” was justified because the Tatars’ “massive and activists have only received support notion that medical relief from suffering is she says. “But in terms of an overall collaboration” with the Nazis would have from central authorities in Kyiv in 2006- not only available and affordable but a approach to palliative care and how it led to civil war in Crimea (http://www. 2007 and since 2010 under Prime Minister basic human right protected by Article 12 should be, so far there’s nothing like that pravda.com.ua/news/2012/05/16/ and then President Yanukovych. Yet it is the of the United Nations Conventions on for students anywhere in Ukraine.” 6964607/). Mr. Symonenko added that the emergent union of the Party of Regions, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. expelled Crimean Tatars received educa- Communists and local Russian nationalists, Some U.N. officials have gone so far as to Reported by Nataliya Kovalenko in Kyiv; tion and employment in Central Asia. which justify or deny the ethnic cleansing of argue that government denial of pain treat- written and reported in Prague by Daisy When Russian Consul General to Crimea Crimean Tatars, that is particularly troubling ment can constitute cruel, inhuman and Sindelar. Vladimir Andreev expressed his support for the future inter-ethnic harmony on this degrading treatment – something that would Copyright 2013, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted for the Crimean Tatars’ collective guilt as potentially turbulent Ukrainian peninsula. contravene the U.N. Convention on Torture. with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ “Nazi collaborators” (see EDM, June 5), Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, ‘Nudge the system forward’ Crimea’s Russian nationalists jumped to his The article above is reprinted from Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see defense. Sergei Tsekov, leader of the Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from Ukraine, with its proximity to Western http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-pain- Russian Community of Crimea and an ally its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, Europe and functioning civil-society net- management-cancer-suffering/25059851. of the Party of Regions since 2006, award- www.jamestown.org. work, is better placed than most post-Soviet html). No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 5

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COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly Independence 2013 Russian, Ukrainian, or Kyivan? As Ukraine prepares to mark the 22nd anniversary of the re-establishment of its by Andrew Sorokowski of contention. But, due to Russia’s far great- independence, there are darks clouds gathering for what should be a joyous occa- er influence, world opinion has generally sion for the entire nation. Ukraine’s people are apathetic, most of them convinced The Russian Orthodox Church favored its view. And that is where, 25 that nothing will change in their country, that they have no say in the matter. Millions Department of External Affairs announced years later, we still find ourselves. have left Ukraine, either temporarily for work abroad or forever as immigrants to that the cross of St. Andrew from Patras, To be sure, thoughtful historians took a other countries where they can pursue a better future for themselves and their fami- Greece, will travel to Russia, Ukraine and more nuanced approach. Russia might well lies. Belarus this summer on the occasion of the have an indirect claim to the heritage of There are threats, both internal and external, to Ukraine’s democratic future. The 1,025th anniversary of the “Baptism of Rus’, citing the transfer of the Kyivan “family” – i.e., the Yanukovych business clan – has tightened its control and expand- Russia.” The X-shaped cross will be in Russia Metropolitanate to the north at the end of ed its business empire. The Constitutional Court and the Central Election (St. Petersburg, Moscow and the Moscow the 13th century. But the Kyivan heritage Commission are firmly in the hands of President Viktor Yanukovych’s allies. region) for two weeks. It will be in Minsk, had remained largely in the south, and sub- Democracy in Ukraine has experienced further backsliding in the year since the Belarus, for four days. In Kyiv, the cradle of sequent Church structures in southern Rus’ previous Ukrainian Independence Day. Indeed, at the beginning of this year, Rus’ Christianity, it will remain for only preserved it right up to the present. Even Freedom House reported yet another decline in freedom in Ukraine “due to the three. From the perspective of the Moscow the Greek-Catholic Church that arose from politically motivated imprisonment of opposition leaders, flawed legislative elec- Patriarchate, these proportions evidently the 1596 Union of Brest, and certainly the tions and a new law favoring the Russian-speaking portion of the population.” As we reflect a certain hierarchy of importance. independent Ukrainian Autocephalous reported, the parliamentary elections of October 2012 were the most problematic in Those who were around for the Orthodox Church of the 1920s, had cultivat- recent years and, though new parties succeeded in being elected to the Verkhovna Millennium of the Baptism of Rus’ in 1988 ed the Kyivan tradition. In other words, Rada, the Party of Regions remained the party of power. will experience a sense of déjà vu. In the Ukraine’s claim to the baptism of Rus’ The European Union, meanwhile, is awaiting the Yanukovych administration’s Soviet Union, the Russian Orthodox Church might not be exclusive, but it was genuine action on 11 requirements (news media have labeled them the “11 Fule points,” a had the task of unifying the peoples of and direct. reference to EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Ukraine and Belarus with the Russians into How can today’s Ukrainians best present Stefan Fule) for Ukraine to sign an Association Agreement. The most problematic a single Russian-speaking community. In their claim to the heritage of Kyivan Rus’? appears to be the release of opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yulia today’s Russia, the task remains the same. Should they simply continue to insist that Tymoshenko, whom Western observers see as a victim of selective justice. Two Thus, every anniversary of the baptism of the 1,025th anniversary is Ukrainian, not years have now passed since she was imprisoned for alleged abuse of power, and Rus’ is an opportunity to interpret this Russian – and be dismissed as wild-eyed since then she has been charged with other crimes, including complicity in a murder. event as the Christianization of the Russian nationalists bent on twisting history to Mr. Yanukovych shows no signs of budging on the Tymoshenko case. people, who today lead a single Orthodox their political agenda? At the same time, Russia is bringing its pressure to bear. In July, when celebrations community, Russian in language, culture There might be a more effective of the 1,025th anniversary of the Christianization of Kyivan Rus’ were held in the and mentality, in which the Belarusians and approach. When speaking of the Ukrainian capital, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Patriarch Kirill the Ukrainians play a subordinate role. Christianization of a modern nation over a pushed the concept of the “Russkii Mir” in accordance with which Ukraine is part of The difference is that in 1988, it was a thousand years ago, the key element is tra- that “world.” Mr. Putin said in no uncertain terms that Kyiv should forget about the matter of Soviet internal policy. Today, it is dition. That is, the chief argument for a European Union and sign on to join the proposed Eurasian Union – Moscow’s latest a matter of Russian foreign policy. But the modern claim to the baptism of Rus’ is that project to reassert control over the former Soviet space. Moscow Patriarchate is well prepared for there has been an uninterrupted Christian When such overtures were rebuffed by President Yanukovych, things got uglier. this task, particularly under the rather cos- tradition from that event to the present day. Russian authorities have now begun a trade war with Ukraine: Ukrainian exports mopolitan Patriarch Kirill, for it has long Such traditions are normally associated are being blocked and various products are being subjected to all sorts of inspec- played a supporting role in the country’s with cities. Thus, we speak of an tions. The Financial Times reports: “A Western diplomat in Kiev [sic] said the mount- international relations. Antiochian, Alexandrian or Byzantine tradi- ing trade barriers amount to ‘psychological warfare – a message from Moscow that In 1988, there was no independent tion. Russia, Belarus and Ukraine all look to Ukraine will suffer if it signs the EU agreements.’ ” Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine. The the Byzantine tradition (that of That could happen in November, when the Eastern Partnership Summit is held in Orthodox metropolitan of Kyiv held the title Constantinople) as it was developed in Kyiv. Vilnius, Lithuania. It is then that it will be decided whether Ukraine gets to sign an of exarch – that is, a representative of the Thus, it is the Kyivan tradition that goes Association Agreement with the European Union and thus reaffirms its European patriarch of Moscow. So it was up to the back to the baptism of 988. And it is Kyivan identity. Otherwise, Ukraine might have no choice but to join the Moscow-led Ukrainian diaspora to defend the Ukrainian Christianity that celebrates its 1,025th Customs Union – soon to become the Eurasian Union. As columnist Jars Balan (see Church heritage. This it did by pointing out birthday this year. This tradition, like Kyiv page 7) and other observers have put it: this will be “Ukraine’s civilizational choice.” the obvious fact that Kyiv, where the bap- itself, remains firmly planted in Ukraine. The next move is entirely Ukraine’s choice – or more precisely that move is in Mr. tism of 988 occurred, is in Ukraine. Émigré There is, of course, a Muscovite tradition Yanukovych’s hands. scholars argued that Russia’s claim to the too – a younger one, beginning in the 12th Thus, as August 24 approaches and Ukrainian Independence Day is observed in Kyivan tradition was indirect at best. It century or so. It has its anniversaries too: Ukraine and in Ukrainian diaspora communities around the globe, there is cause for would be anachronistic, they pointed out, its church autonomy in 1448, its autoceph- celebration that an age-old dream became reality in 1991. There is also cause for to telescope today’s Soviet Russia back aly in 1589 and the restoration of its patri- hope that Ukraine will once again join the European family of nations. through imperial Russia and medieval archate (abolished in 1721) in 1918. This Muscovy to 10th-century Rus’. tradition obviously grew out of the Kyivan The problem was that it was also anach- tradition, and was heavily influenced by it ronistic to telescope today’s Ukraine back in the 17th and 18th centuries. through the short-lived Ukainian National But it is equally obvious that the princi- Aug. Turning the pages back... Republic, the Hetmanate and the Kozak pal heir of the Kyivan tradition is none state to the 10th century, especially consid- other than Kyiv. It was at the site of Kyiv, ering the various interruptions in the after all, that (according to legend) St. 24 Twenty-two years ago, on August 24, 1991, at 5:55 p.m., the checkered history of the Ukrainian Church Andrew predicted the rise of a great Supreme Soviet of Ukraine voted 321 to 2, with six abstentions, and state. If there was no “Russia” and no Christian city. And so it is in Kyiv, above all, 1991 out of 360 present deputies (official total of 450 deputies), for “Russian Church” in 988, critics argued, that his cross should be venerated this year. the Act of Declaration of the Independence of Ukraine and the there was also no “Ukraine” and no creation of an independent Ukrainian state. “Ukrainian Church.” The column above appeared on the web- At 6 p.m., the Ukrainian Parliament voted 346 to 1, with three abstentions (out of 362 Thus, the polemics ended up as a sort of site of the Religious Information Service of deputies present), for the resolution declaring Ukraine an independent, democratic state, historical shouting match, with neither side Ukraine (RISU) on July 20, prior to celebra- effective immediately, and called for a republic-wide referendum on December 1, 1991. being able to persuade the other of the tions of the 1,025th anniversary of the Up to 10,000 people gathered in front of the Supreme Soviet building while the debate truth of its cause. Observers must have Christianization of Kyivan Rus’. We reprint it continued throughout the day. Expressions of euphoria from the crowd gathered outside been amused to see two nations fighting here with the permission of both the author could be heard coming through the windows to the foyer, and could occasionally be heard like savages over a thousand-year-old bone and RISU. as the doors to the session hall were opened. Amidst the chaos following the failed Communist coup in Moscow on August 19-21, 1991, most of the Communists in Ukraine felt there was no choice other than a decision to secede and, as they expressed it, distance themselves from the events in Moscow. “If we Opinions in The Ukrainian Weekly don’t vote for independence, it will be a disaster,” said Ukrainian Communist Party chief Stanislav Humenko during the debate. When the historic 11-hour session ended at 9 p.m., Parliament Chairman Leonid Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators Kravchuk, who would later be elected president, allowed a large blue-and-yellow banner and letter-writers are their own and do not neces- to be carried into the session hall by democratic deputies and draped over the podium. sarily reflect the opinions of either The Weekly edi- As most deputies filed out of the hall, many of the opposition National Council, includ- ing many former political prisoners, remained for a few minutes and sang “Hey u Luzi torial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian National Chervona Kalyna,” and filed out to the crowd outside singing “Shche Ne Vmerla Ukraina” Association. (Continued on page 7) No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 7 LETTER TO THE EDITOR BORDER dence as articulated in his famous 14 Points (No. 13 referred to “An Independent CROSSINGS Kuropas responds to Polish state... which should include the ter- A view from Ukrainian Canada ritories inhabited by indisputably Polish by Jars Balan Bohachevsky-Chomiak population...”). The Poles interpreted this to Dear Editor: mean western Ukraine. Polish military invaded western Ukraine, committing After reading Dr. Martha Bohachevsky- atrocities along the way. Svoboda docu- Beyond Vilnius: Ukraine’s Chomiak’s comments (July 28) regarding mented all of this at the time, but the my column praising Father Petro administration did nothing to stop it. What Poniatyshyn, my initial thought was to let it about eastern Ukraine? Secretary of State civilizational choice go. Dr. Bohachevsky-Chomiak is a friend. Robert Lansing stated that Ukraine was an It is not surprising that much of the bers of Ukrainians who are living and She is a renowned scholar. She has written integral part of Russia. Does mentioning Ukrainian diaspora, like a sizeable part of working legally and illegally in places like extensively about our Ukrainians. She is this suggest a political bias? If so, which the citizenry of Ukraine, is watching devel- Spain, Italy and Greece, for all their present- entitled to her perceptions. political bias are we talking about here? opments in the lead-up to the Eastern day hardships, would rather tough it out Upon reading her letter again, I realized “Neither Bishop Soter Ortynsky nor that certain of her comments beg clarifica- Bishop Constantine Bohachevsky was Partnership Summit in Vilnius in where they are than return to a Ukraine tion. responsible for the stormy relationship of November with a mixture of hope and no that since 2010 has been taking many of its Dr. Bohachevsky-Chomiak writes that the Ukrainian community leaders and the small measure of anxiety. At stake is not domestic economic and political cues from Luke Myshuha “rather forcibly replaced Ukrainian Catholic Church,” writes Dr. only Ukraine’s immediate economic and the Eurasian East rather than the West. Lohnyn Tsehelsky to become the represen- Bohachevsky-Chomiak. “The ugly story political future, but its likely trajectory for One thing that is certain is that if tative of the western Ukrainian National shatters some icons. But it cannot be told another generation. That is why the out- Ukraine actually does sign an agreement Republic.” Really? Why and how? My on the pages of a newspaper...” What icons? come of Vilnius is of such critical impor- with the European Union, Russia will not understanding is that Dr. Tsehelsky headed I never mentioned any of this in my col- tance for Ukrainians while at the same time accept Kyiv’s decision either gracefully or the republic’s mission in the United States. umn. Besides, I am not the one who opened setting the course that will determine the with resignation. In such a case, it can be He returned to Ukraine voluntarily. He was this Pandora’s box on the pages of the The further evolution of post-Soviet space, expected that Moscow, furious at once never forced out by Myshuha. Weekly. Russia and the European Union, also estab- again having been rejected by its “Little Dr. Bohachevsky-Chomiak writes that I Dr. Bohachevsky-Chomiak concludes by lishing the tone for relations between the rather “glibly” blamed the U.S. Department urging me to “move back to history from latter two players. of State for failing to recognize Ukrainian panegyrics.” If lauding the accomplish- For Ukraine, the symbolic import of the doRussian” everything brother in ― its as powerhas happened to punish on independence, and that this “is not worthy ments of Father Poniatyshyn is indulging in choice that it is being compelled to make is Ukrainerepeated for occasions its latest before “betrayal.” in history Because ― will by of Dr. Kuropas’s scholarship; rather it points panegyrics, I plead guilty. The man’s story enormous. Either Ukraine will finally start now it should be abundantly clear to any toward a contemporary political bias.” How deserves it. Richly! to move in the direction of genuine inde- objective observer of how the Kremlin so? Did the United States recognize Ukraine’s pendence after centuries of domination by operates, that Russia is willing to commit Myron B. Kuropas independence? No. President Woodrow Moscow, or it will be pressured to submit considerable economic, political and diplo- Wilson clearly favored Poland’s indepen- De Kalb, Ill. once more to an unequal “partnership” matic resources to subvert, buy, bully, and with an imperial Russian state built on a possibly do worse, to Ukrainian indepen- foundation of military conquest, annexa- dence at every turn. The Ukrainian community abroad needs IN THE PRESS: Anniversary been held together for centuries by a com- to understand and accept that the civiliza- binationtions, extortion of violence, and lies ― intimidation all of which have and tional struggle which Ukraine is currently oppression. Because that is the “Russian being subjected to will not be resolved by a of baptism of Kyivan Rus’ World” or “Ruskii Mir” propagated by single document, treaty, truce or battle. “The 1,025th anniversary of the bap- “…It’s no secret that for Mr. Putin, Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin and Patriarch Surveys clearly show that it is not just tism of Kyivan Rus,” The Economist, by Ukraine is a theory, indulged on Russian Kirill’s Russian Orthodox Church as they Russia’s elites who believe that Ukraine is J.P., July 30: soil, with a sovereignty leased for as long as press their claim that Ukraine must remain an indivisible part of Russian territory or “… Celebrating the 1,025th anniversary its landlords deem useful. On this, Patriarch an inalienable part of “Russian civilization” “sphere of influence” (as the former is of the baptism of Kyivan Rus, a medieval Kirill seems in sync with his counterpart. and not take its values from Europe or euphemistically put), but that most of the federation of eastern Slavic princedoms, “With the anniversary marking the bap- Western democracies. leading opponents of the Putin regime and both [Patriarch Kirill I of the Russian tism of Kievan-Rus [sic] on the horizon, In characterizing Russian imperialism in the vast majority of ordinary Russians, Orthodox Church and Russian President Kirill announced to Ukraine’s four principal such stark and negative terms, it needs to have not accepted and will not easily recog- Vladimir Putin]sent a clear message: Don’t churches that Moscow would be taking full be acknowledged that Ukraine’s choice nize the independence that Ukraine pro- stray from the common space of our charge of related events. Except for the should not be seen in simply black and claimed in 1991, triggering the end of the Russian-Orthodox civilization. … Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow white terms. Many European countries also Soviet Union. Changing the mindset of “Even more important, at least symboli- Patriarchate), all seem agreed that Kirill’s have a shameful colonial legacy, and Russians will be a slow and difficult task, cally, is promoting the ideological concept position represents an ominous presump- Western democracies are most certainly given that they remain steeped in carefully of the ‘Russkiy Mir,’ or Russian World, tion. imperfect and equally susceptible to insta- constructed, relentlessly promoted and which places Moscow at the center of the “Sadly, there’s not much more they do constantly reinforced myths about the Orthodox civilization of largely Russian- agree on… Germany, Italy and Spain demonstrated Russian state, its culture and its defining speaking nations. At its core are the three “ ‘We do not have unity because there withbility their and regressionruinous embrace into reaction of fascism ― asin achievements from the tsars to Soviet com- eastern Slavic states, Belarus, Russia, and are those who do not want it.’ This pungent the 20th century. But the alternative being missars. Ukraine, which Kirill I, the movement’s assessment comes courtesy of Sviatoslav aggressively marketed by contemporary So, whatever gets decided in Vilnius this unofficial leader, believes must maintain Shevchuk, leader of the Ukrainian Greek- Russia is far less attractive than what fall, the Ukrainian diaspora needs to take a spiritual and cultural unity under the Catholic Church (UGCC), a body whose Europe has to offer, even at a time when it long view of the geopolitical forces that are Russian Orthodox Church. existence is an exceedingly sore point in is undergoing serious economic and politi- sure to continue to play a big role in deter- “This construct fulfills both domestic and relations between Rome and Moscow. And, cal crises that are testing its unity and eco- mining Ukraine’s destiny. We need to be international goals. On the home front, it it is with the UGCC that we return to Pope nomic viability. That is why the large num- prepared to go on supporting for many moves beyond the broken promise of law and Francis. Through Shevchuk, we return to years to come Ukraine’s right to self-deter- order that brought Mr. Putin to power after him in a personal way. Jars Balan is chair of the Canada Ukraine the chaotic 1990s, focusing on conservative mination and a future aligned with Europe “…to a greater degree than predecessors Committee, Ukrainian Canadian Congress. values instead. Internationally, it places and the democratic West. of recent memory, he has a deep affection Russia at the centre of a major world civiliza- for the Ukrainian Catholic Church. tion, cementing its role as a global power. … “Since his election, we have learned that “Home to the world’s second biggest On August 26, 1991, Gennadi Udovenko, Jorge Bergolio experienced what he Orthodox population and the mythological Turning... Ukraine’s ambassador to the United regards as the precious mentorship of Nations, informed the office of the birthplace of the Russian nation, Ukraine is (Continued from page 6) critical to the project’s success. The very Father Stephan Chmil, a priest of the UGCC Secretary General of the U.N. that his per- name of Russia comes from Kyivan Rus, from whom he gained intimate acquain- (the national anthem of Ukraine), raising manent mission to the international appropriated by the Duchy of Muscovy in tance with the Ukrainian Church. What is their fingers in the form of a trident. assembly would be officially designated as the 16th century along with the spiritual also emerging – and of potentially tremen- Other than the crowd that had gathered representing Ukraine, effective August 24, heritage. ... dous significance – is Francis’s relationship at the Parliament, and later gathered on 1991. “Perhaps fittingly, members of the with Sviatoslav Shevchuk. Independence Square (then called October Russian delegation wore badges celebrat- “As a ‘baby bishop,’ Shevchuk was sent to Revolution Square), the streets of Kyiv Source: “Ukraine declares independence,” ing the Baptism of Rus, with the word Argentina where Bergolio took his own were quiet, with few signs of open celebra- by Chrystyna Lapychak, The Ukrainian ‘Kyivan omitted.” turn at mentoring. By all accounts, the two tion. Weekly, September 1, 1991. became close, and remain so. The fact that “Pope in a minefield,” by Tim an icon given by Shevchuk was among the Kelleher, Real Clear Religion (as reprint- few possessions that crossed the Atlantic to ed by the Religious Information Service grace the new pope’s apartment, suggests Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com of Ukraine on July 16): something of their bond. …” 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 No. 33 No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 9 The Old World documents the New by Frank Sysyn In writing his autobiography in 1896, the parish priest of Mshanets, Staryi Sambir county, the Crownland of Galicia and Lodomeria, Mykhailo Zubrytskyi expressed his intention to obtain a globe for his village reading room because his people “are interested in distant lands, and without a globe one cannot explain any- thing to them.” Father Zubrytskyi had described the considerable peregrinations of his parish- ioners before his declaration on the globe. They had traditionally travelled to the Hutsul areas some 200 kilometers east in the spring to purchase lambs that they sold to their Lemko neighbors who came to their village from a few score kilometers west. During the potato famine of the 1840s many had abandoned their moun- tain village, travelling as far as Bukovyna, a former Moldavian Turkish territory then part of Galicia but about to be separated in 1848. These refugees from famine returned decades later to deal with their properties. And, in one case that Zubrytskyi retells, a man from neighboring Groziova in the 1870s or earlier had travelled “to Russia and remained some time in the Religious procession in Mshanets in the 1930s. The building next to the bridge is the Prosvita established by Father Mykhailo monastery in Pochaiv, and said that he was Zubrytsky in the late 19th century. in Kyiv, and this probably was not so.” One assumes that for Zubrytskyi Kyiv with a child who went to her gazda, one post office as an essential part of its world. Magyarone (pro-Hungarian) newspapers was just too far a road to have travelled. It married woman who fled from a quarrel- As Zubrytskyi points out, lucky were those that he had seen coming from America is interesting that, although Zubrytskyi was some family and four maiden girls. Two who had sober family members in America troubled him. He maintained, “So all those a firm adherent of the Ukrainian movement boys had married in America and one had who did not lose their funds in liquor and gentlemen do not care about the enlighten- in 1896, he still used the geographic and been killed in an accident. cards. For those lucky though, as the priest ment of the workers, but about capturing political term “Rossyia” to describe where Even before the exodus, the pull of the maintained, there was now no possibility people for themselves and imposing their the later teacher of literacy had been and land beyond the sea had increased the to buy a clod of land, as the American regressive, obscurantist views.” At least not his movement’s increasingly widely monetarization of the economy as each of money had already bought up all that was from the eyes of a Ukrainian populist cleric, used “Ukraine,” an ideal concept for which the gazdy borrowed from each other the available, especially because there were no all was not going well in the New World for Kyiv was the capital and to which the 150 zr. (ryns’ki- guldens or florints, 2.5 to lords’ fields to buy in Mshanets. the national movement. The differences Ruthenian areas of Galicia belonged, at the American dollar in the early 20th cen- In the eyes of the pastor, those who were that, while in solidly Greek-Catholic least in national affinity. tury) needed for the journey, to be paid returned had changed little, despite the fact Galicia, the Ukrainian movement was gain- We do not know if the globe was pur- back within the year with a 10 percent that 19 of the emigrants were literate. ing the upper hand in the identity strug- chased, but we can be sure that when return. The modernization that Zubrytskyi When they returned, Zubrytskyi main- gles, the U.S. was not as conducive a cli- Zubrytskyi read to the attendees of the had sought in village life as he tried to have tained, one could find no knowledge mate. That America had a large number of reading room stories about Eskimos, he the post office established in Mshanets had among them of the American system. Ruthenians from Hungary, where no sub- was, whether he knew it or not, preparing already influenced communication, as Zubrytskyi regretted the lack of intelligent stantial Ukrainian populist strand existed, his parishioners for their journey to a New migrants left only with the funds to get to people who could carry on national work gave greater importance to the World. A decade later he already wrote an Hamburg with the rest to be sent after they in America. He maintained that this was Russophiles. The massive conversions of extensive piece on the emigration in the telegraphed on arrival. Most important was especially regrettable because it was easier dissatisfied Greek-Catholics from all New World. The progressive priest who that the network of how to go to America to reach workers who were in a group than regions to Russian Orthodoxy also worked had sought to modernize his mountain par- circulated among the peasants themselves it was villagers and “there one can say against the Ukrainian national movement. ish suddenly found that the village was with the local intelligentsia neither being things more freely than we can at home.” now changing at a rapid pace not because asked nor giving advice. Obviously the Russophile and (Continued on page 18) of influence from Sambir and Lviv, but While Zubrytskyi does not make clear because of influences and remittances from what this means, given the small numbers Perth Amboy, N.J., and Manchester, N.H. of local intelligentsia led by the priest, one In Zubrytskyi’s account the crucial year senses that America was undermining both was 1900. Until then people had not the order of the state and the national believed one could cross over the sea and movement. It was certainly challenging the had even at Christmas eve demonstrated authority of the state, for as Father their disbelief by inviting wolves to the din- Zubrytskyi points out, 15 of the emigrants ner saying “Wolf, wolf? The supper for you had not shown up for military recruitment is beyond the sea.” and had been smuggled across the border. In his account, the earlier emigration Even though the draft notices were sent from Lisko and Sianik counties had con- across the ocean, few would return to vinced people that they could earn good answer them. money beyond the ocean. By 1906, 77 of For those who left for America, the pas- his 1,230 parishioners had taken that path sage was more than sailing across an as had one young Jewish man and woman. ocean. In the neighboring town of Ustryki By that time 16 people had returned, they went to Jewish merchants to buy city including one “gazda” (head of a farm- clothes before departing, and they sent stead) who had been in America twice. The their village ware home. No men in sheep- pastor knew that 37 of those who went skin coats they. But as Zubrytskyi points there were unmarried, 32 married, three out, the changes had occurred before the married women, one widow, one married physical transformation. The relationship between gazdy and their children had Dr. Frank E. Sysyn is director of the Peter changed. Now a refusal to permit a mar- Jacyk Center for Historical Research, riage could be countered with the threat of Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, departure to America. That world meant and professor of history at the University of hard work but also entertainment at Alberta. He is editor-in-chief of the saloons where music was played. Hrushevsky Translation Project and of the For the folks at home, the exodus meant three-volume “Collected Works and bank remittances through Leipzig and Materials of Mykhailo Zubrytskyi.” Budapest and a village that now viewed the 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 No. 33 Hockey sticks and climate change: Dr. Lawrence Mysak speaks at Shevchenko Society

by Alexandra Hawryluk To determine the cause of these changes, glaciers on Ellesmere or Devon islands in region where the outdoor skating season Dr. Mysak studied data collected between northern Canada will have a significant remains unchanged is Atlantic Canada. MONTREAL – The words “global warm- 1951 and 2005 from 142 meteorological effect. Here Dr. Mysak described the vari- In other words, Dr. Mysak’s work indi- ing” have the power to elicit both hope and stations across Canada’s six climatic regions ous ways scientists study the impact of cli- cates that there is a strong relationship dread. We hope that our cold Canadian win- – the Northwest, the Southwest, the mate change on glaciers and how these between changes in the outdoor skating ters will be a little easier on us, but we also Prairies, Central Canada, Atlantic Canada changes affect those living in the southern season and climate change in Canada. dread what other changes might come with and the Northeast (northern latitudes of the country. But the word “global” also describes Dr. that. Climate change and how it affects our Newfoundland, Labrador, Nunavut) – as The contents of air bubbles trapped in Mysak’s career. In Canada, he is the recipi- environment is something Dr. Lawrence well as public outdoor skating rinks in those glacial ice have given scientists a lot of new ent of the Order of Canada, Quebec’s Prix Mysak, Canada Steamship Lines Professor regions. He then developed meteorological information on episodes of climate change Marie-Victorin, the Patterson Distinguished Emeritus of Meteorology at McGill University, criteria for defining both the beginning and in the past. Aerial and satellite imagery of Service Medal and a Fellow of the Royal Graduate Program director at the the end of the outdoor skating season. glaciers is being used to quantify glacier Society of Canada. In the United States, he Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic The start of the season, he said, was rela- change in relation to atmospheric and oce- is a fellow of both the American Sciences and the founding Director of McGill’s tively easy to determine because it came anic climate change for the interval Meteorological Society and the American Center for Climate and Global Change after the first three days of winter with the between 1959 and 2002. Airborne radio Geophysical Union. Across the Atlantic, he Research, has been studying for a long time. maximum temperature of -5°C. The end of echo sounding is helping researchers is a visiting scientist at the National Speaking earlier this year at the the outdoor skating season, sometime in understand how icebergs break up, while a Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology at Shevchenko Scientific Society in Montreal, the beginning of March, was more difficult digital archive of aerial and satellite images, University of Bologna (Alberti and he told his audience that climate change is to determine because it wasn’t just the tem- and other methods, are being used to Kopernik studied there) and at the National no longer a hypothesis, but a reality and perature that made the ice melt, but the assess the rise in sea levels as the ice melts. University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in proved it by describing the results of his higher angle of the sun as well. According to both the scientific data and Ukraine. He’s also a visiting professor at study “Impact of Climate Change and But it’s not enough to take into consider- the reports of outdoor ice rink officials col- the Liminology Group, the Institute for Viability of the Outdoor Skating Rink in ation local or regional conditions only. “The lected by Lawrence Mysak, the length of the Climate Change and the Institute for Canada 1951-2005.” two patterns of natural climate variability: outdoor skating season in Canada is defi- Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics If you are a hockey fan, or if you have the Pacific North American teleconnection nitely shorter. And it’s not because some- of the ETH Zurich, Switzerland’s renowned learned your hockey skills on a community pattern (PNA) and the North Atlantic one forgot to flood the rink at the beginning science and technology university, associat- outdoor ice rink, you might not be indiffer- Oscillation (NAO),” have to be factored in as of the season. It is the reduction of the total ed with names like Albert Einstein and 20 ent to the fact that the Canadian outdoor well, Dr. Mysak explained. number of days with the maximum tem- other Nobel Prize winners. skating season is getting shorter. That’s Based on the mathematical approxima- An interesting aspect of Dr. Mysak’s lec- because the intensity and the frequency of tion of all these phenomena, the mathemat- to start later than before. ture was that it was the first presentation in cold spells have been decreasing over the ical model he created, the Ukrainian- peratureThe trend below toward -5˚ C thatlater causes outdoor the skatingseason English at the Shevchenko Scientific Society last six decades. What’s more, since 1950 Canadian scientist was able to tell what was season starts is most significant in the sessions in Montreal. The event took place winter temperatures in Canada have happening in the environment. Prairies and Southwestern Canada, although on February 10. increased by 2.5 degrees Celsius. Not a big Since the Canadian Arctic ice cap is the there are indications of a somewhat shorter difference, but enough to make an outdoor world’s third largest body of ice after outdoor hockey season throughout Ontario Alexandra Hawryluk is a freelance writer ice rink turn to mush too early in the season. Antarctica and Greenland, any melting of and Southern Quebec as well. The only based in Montreal.

Fulbright exchange professor says deaf children in Ukraine deserve a better education by Isabelle Pisini WASHINGTON – Five hours of activities, one hour of class and the rest of the day spent at the beach is one way to learn Ukrainian sign language. For one week at the Odyssey resort in Ukraine, located on the Black Sea, there is a summer camp for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons, their families and educators. The camp participants learn sign lan- guage, connect with others in the deaf com- munity and get a chance to relax in the sun. In 2000, this annual “educational vacation” was started by Dr. Ihor Kobel, 45 at that time, because of his passion for deaf education. Sign language in Ukraine has been banned since Joseph Stalin was in power in the 1950s. In the last 15 to 20 years it has it At the 24th Summer Institute of the Canada Ukraine Alliance for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People. started to emerge from the underground and become more accepted in the hearing Center (MacEwan College); Dr. Olexandr goal of this camp is to teach deaf children America. society and educational environment. Dr. Savchenko, Aurora Hearing Rehabilitation and their hearing families Ukrainian sign Dr. David Barclay, associate professor and Kobel says when he first started teaching, all Center (Ukraine); and Dr. Kobel along with language (USL) and deaf culture. It also chair of social work at Gallaudet, sponsored professors and almost all educators whom his colleagues in his master’s and Ph.D. pro- strives to build a sense of community Dr. Kobel and his work here in the U.S. Dr. they had trained in Ukraine believed sign gram in deafness studies at the University among deaf and hard-of-hearing people so Barclay also helped Dr. Kobel with making language was an obstacle in the develop- of Alberta. they can have a support system. connections in the deaf community around ment of a deaf child, and that all signing was There was very little funding at the start No school or program in Ukraine had Gallaudet. forbidden during classes in all 58 Ukrainian of this summer institute because all dona- ever taught USL until recently, so this is very “He works like a million miles a minute. schools for deaf and hard of hearing students tions had to come from private donors. All new territory. Oral language is taught in all He has a lot of energy to go meet with peo- Dr. Kobel wanted to prove them wrong, that changed after the first summer, when deaf schools, with fingerspelling as the only ple. He’s a strategizer,” Dr. Barclay said. and he found support overseas in Canada at the camp started receiving publicity from exception to the “no signing” rule. This proves why Dr. Kobel’s dedication to the University of Alberta and Grant local TV stations and newspapers helping it “I am not trying to remove something networking has helped him start up his MacEwan College (now MacEwan grow to what it is now. from the existing [educational system]. I many programs and find funding for stu- University), so the first deaf and hard-of- Principals of deaf schools and other uni- would just add something which the system dents to attend his camp. hearing summer institute was in 2000. versities have called Dr. Kobel to negotiate is missing,” Dr. Kobel said. In addition to starting the Canadian Named the first international Summer funding for students’ lodging and food. He Another school provided scholarships for Ukraine Alliance and the Summer Institute Academic Institute, it was organized by said people really wanted to participate in students who were not deaf or hard-of-hear- for deaf and hard-of-hearing in Ukraine, Dr. Ukrainians in cooperation with the the camp. “It was becoming prestigious for ing, but had mental, behavioral and psycho- Kobel is currently doing research on a pro- Canadian Ukraine Alliance for Deaf and deaf schools to host international deaf logical disorders to join the summer school. gram specifically for the deaf and hard-of- Hard of Hearing Persons. camps,” Dr. Kobel commented. Dr. Kobel, a visiting Fulbright Scholar for hearing which he hopes to institute at the This alliance between Canadians and There are 58 deaf schools in Ukraine. 2013-2014, has been an advocate for deaf Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. This Ukrainians was started by Prof. Michael Three schools were sponsored 100 percent and hard-of-hearing children in his home will be the first-ever program designed for Rodda, the director of the Western Canadian and the other three to four schools paid out country of Ukraine for many years. In deaf and hard-of-hearing people in Ukraine. Center for Studies in Deafness (University of of pocket to participate in the camp last America he continued his research through He plans to incorporate professional social Alberta); Dr. Roman Petryshyn, the Director year. Last summer there was a school for 15 the Social Work departments of Gallaudet of the Ukrainian Resource and Development deaf orphans and two adults for free. The University and the Catholic University of (Continued on page 11) No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 11 Leading experts to gather for HREC’s Holodomor conference in Toronto TORONTO – Specialists from Canada, specialist, followed by a discussant. impact of the study of the Holodomor on law, theater, and political science. France, Italy, Ukraine and the United States In the first session, Andrea Graziosi of our understanding of Ukrainian history. The first day of the conference, Friday, will gather in Toronto on September 27-28 the University of Naples will explore the Prof. Andriewsky is a specialist in 20th cen- September 27, will be held at the Campbell to examine the impact of research to date question “What impact has the study of the tury Ukrainian, Russian and Soviet history. Conference Facility at the Munk School of on the Ukrainian Famine of 1932–1933. Holodomor had on our understanding of Serhii Plokhii, director of the Ukrainian Global Affairs, University of Toronto. The “Contextualizing the Holodomor – A Soviet history?” Dr. Graziosi is widely recog- Research Institute at Harvard University, second day, Saturday, September 28, will be Conference on the 80th Anniversary” is nized as a leading authority on Soviet histo- will serve as discussant, and Paul R. held at St. Vladimir Institute. A reception at organized by the Holodomor Research and ry. David Marples, University of Alberta, will Magocsi of University of Toronto will chair. the offices of HREC and the Ukrainian Education Consortium (HREC) of the serve as the discussant, and the session will In the final session, Stanislav Kulchytsky Canadian Research and Documentation Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, be chaired by Peter Solomon, University of of the Institute of the History of Ukraine, Center, both located on the premises of St. University of Alberta. Toronto. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Vladimir Institute, will bring the conference “The concept is to look at how the study “What impact has the study of the will address the impact of the study of the to a conclusion. of the Holodomor and academic inquiry Holodomor had on our understanding of Holodomor on our understanding of com- The conference is co-sponsored by the over the past 30 years have informed or had Stalinism?” is the focus of the second ses- munism. Dr. Kulchytsky is widely regarded Petro Jacyk Program at the Center for an impact on our understanding of a range sion, featuring Françoise Thom of the as one of the foremost figures in Holodomor European, Russian and Eurasian Studies of disciplines,” said Dr. Frank Sysyn, head of Sorbonne, Paris. Dr. Thom is a prominent studies in Ukraine today. Liudmyla (CERES) at the University of Toronto, the HREC’s executive committee and director of Sovietologist and the author of numerous Hrynevych, also of the Institute of the Ukrainian Canadian Research and the Peter Jacyk Center for Historical works on the Soviet Union and former History of Ukraine and HREC’s representa- Documentation Center, and St. Vladimir Research. Soviet Union. The discussant will be Mark tive in Ukraine, will serve as discussant; Institute, with generous support from the It was only in the 1980s that academics von Hagen of Arizona State University; and Volodymyr Kravchenko, director of the Ukrainian Studies Fund, the Canadian began to seriously study the Ukrainian the chair – Piotr Wróbel, University of Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Foundation for Ukrainian Studies and the Famine of 1932-1933, spurred largely by Toronto. University of Alberta, will chair. Canadian Ukrainian Congress. the appearance of Robert Conquest’s Norman Naimark of Stanford University The final speakers of the conference are Given the caliber of the scholars who ground-breaking “The Harvest of Sorrow.” will address the question “What impact has Roman Serbyn, Université du Québec à have agreed to participate, the conference The discussion around Dr. Conquest’s book the study of the Holodomor had on our Montréal, whose talk is titled “From Great promises to be an event of great signifi- amounted to a sea change in academia. understanding of genocide?” Prof. Naimark Famine to the Holodomor: A Reflection on cance. The conference papers will be pub- Although the literature on the Famine is is the author of “Stalin’s Genocides” (2010) the Evolution of a Conceptualization,” and lished and should constitute a major contri- now considerable, many issues remain and a highly regarded specialist on Russia Dr. Sysyn, University of Alberta, who will bution to Holodomor studies. hotly debated, such as the relation of the and the Soviet Union. Douglas Irvin of conclude the presentations with remarks HREC was established through generous Holodomor to famine in the Soviet Union, Rutgers University will serve as discussant, on HREC and its research plans. funding from the Temerty Family intentionality, and the question of genocide. with Doris Bergen from University of HREC will present Dr. Serbyn an award Foundation. HREC conducts and supports The fields to receive particular attention at Toronto chairing. during the conference in recognition of his research and study of the Holodomor and the conference are Ukrainian history, Soviet On day two of the conference, Olga unparalleled contributions to the study and history, communism, Stalinism and geno- Andriewsky of Trent University, engages in a range of activities to promote cide. Each subject will be presented by a Peterborough, Ontario, will examine the understanding of the Holodomor. teaching about the Holodomor in schools. HREC is providing 12 young academics sti- HREC held a conference specifically for pends to support their attendance at the con- teachers and educators in May. ference. The stipends are intended to allow Registration for the conference (there is about his experience in Ukraine and the lack scholars early in their careers to deepen their separate registration for day one and day Fulbright... of help available to those who are deaf, knowledge of the Holodomor by learning two) is now open at: http://munkschool. (Continued from page 10) hard-of-hearing or disabled in any way. from and engaging with leading specialists. utoronto.ca/ceres/events/. For more infor- Dr. Kobel continues to make connections Among the applicants for stipends are stu- mation about the conference or HREC, con- work requirements, deaf studies and reli- within the deaf community in the U.S. and dents of history, psychology, sociology, the tact Marta Baziuk at [email protected]. gion into his curriculums. hopes that one day soon the Ukraine gov- Beth Betman, a coordinator for the ernment will realize the importance of sign School of Social Work master’s program at language to the deaf community and will Gallaudet University, was connected with provide opportunities for post-secondary Dr. Kobel this past semester after returning education for the deaf. from a sabbatical. Dr. Kobel continues to fight. As the result “I was really appreciative and interested of his and his colleagues’ efforts, a recent that he’s interested in schools as well for amendment to an order required that the deaf children, that’s my area of expertise. curriculums in deaf and hard-of-hearing This guy really knows the goal and how to schools in Ukraine teach Ukrainian sign lan- get there,” Ms. Betman said. guage once a week. Ms. Betman teaches master’s level cours- “It’s not much, but at least we have start- es at Gallaudet that specifically focus on ed,” Dr. Kobel said. social work policies in schools, not only with deaf children but those who have disabili- Isabelle Pisini is a student at the Catholic ties as well. Dr. Kobel spoke to her classes University of America. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 No. 33 No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 13

Mark Lonkevych Ukrainian Dance Camp at Soyuzivka sets attendance record

KERHONKSON, N.Y. – A record- setting 130 campers – seen in the group photo atop this page – are attending the second session of the Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Camp that began on August 4 at the Soyuzivka Heritage Center. In the other photos on this page, the dancers, who range in age from 8 to 16, are seen during lessons and rehearsals for the grand concert they will present on Saturday, August 17, at the conclusion of their two-week camp. (The first session of the dance camp was on July 21-August 3. Photos of their final concert appeared in our August 11 issue.) The camp’s director is Ania Bohachevsky Lonkevych, daughter of the legendary Roma Pryma Bohachevsky, prima ballerina, cho- reographer and dance teacher to several generations of youngsters in the United States, some of whom are now teachers of the next genera- tions in the Ukrainian community. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 No. 33

project, Forbes reported. bly, setting up five counters in a Lviv bazaar Lviv region’s He taught at Franko National University from school desks. After a year, he had 15 Forbes Ukraina... wealthiest businessmen in Lviv and launched a corporate university, sales counters. (Continued from page 1) the first among Ukraine’s outsourcing com- He now is a major player in Ukraine’s world’s largest juice concentrate producer, panies. wholesale food market, owning a 50 per- Mr. Kytsmei, 46, is married with two chil- • Vitaliy Antonov, $264 million Germany’s Jahncke Group. cent share in Lviv’s Shuvar and a 10 percent dren. • Petro Dyminskyi, $170 million A decade later, Mr. Barshchovskyi is the stake in Kyiv’s Stolychnyi. About 2 percent of the all the fruit and vegetables grown in • Taras Barshchovskyi, $141 million biggest player on Ukraine’s concentrate 6. Bohdan Kozak, $26 million • Ivan Zaliznyi, $78 million market with a 60 percent share. The com- Ukraine are sold at these markets. Mr. Kozak’s father was a warehouse Mr. Fedyshyn, 44, is married with two • Taras Kytsmei, $38 million pany he founded, T.B. Fruit, is now a verti- • Bohdan Kozak, $26 million cally integrated business that grows apples director in the Soviet Union; upon its col- children. lapse, he helped his son Bohdan launch the • Mykola Kmyt, $25 million in orchards, processes them in factories, Rukavychka supermarket chain, which now Ex-residents of Halychyna • Orest Vovk, $15 million and transports the concentrate to custom- consists of 63 stores and a 54,000-square- • Ivan Okhabskyi, $14 million ers in Ukraine and abroad. A handful of natives of Halychyna – foot supermarket. • Roman Fedyshyn, $12 million In 2012, the company began selling its which encompasses the Lviv, Ternopil and road academy in the Donetsk Oblast. He Rukavychka has survived the fierce com- own fruit juice under the Galicia brand. Mr. Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts – have gained enor- began doing business in Chernivtsi in 1988 petitiveness of the Ukrainian retail market – Barshchovskyi told Forbes he’s not done mous success since the Soviet Union’s col- before moving to Moscow in 1990. which includes Germany’s Metro and yet, with plans to open businesses in lapse, becoming global players in interna- Mr. Firtash is now among Ukraine’s most France’s Auchan – where another Poland, Turkey and Georgia. tional business. They no longer live in influential oligarchs, having earned his bil- Halychyna supermarket retailer, Arsen, Mr. Barshchovskyi, 41, is married with Halychyna, but keep ties to the region either lions from trading natural gas, which he folded. two children. through investments, charity, occasional began doing as early as 1993, trading Mr. Kozak, 46, is married with two chil- visits or contact with relatives remaining in Turkmen gas to Ukraine in exchange for 4. Ivan Zaliznyi, $78 million dren. the region. groceries. With the millions he earned from Mr. Zaliznyi, 42, began his business in the 7. Mykola Kmit, $25 million the gas trade, he began acquiring nitrogen Mikhail Fridman, $16.5 billion fertilizer factories beginning in 2003. 1990s selling sunflower oil at Lviv bazaars. He A native of Buchach, Ternopil Oblast, Mr. Mr. Fridman was born and raised in Lviv, bought the oil produced in eastern Ukraine The billionaire was among the closest Kmit is the founder of one of Ukraine’s most where he was a straight A high school stu- advisors to former President Viktor and filled customers’ bottles from metal kegs. popular bottled water brands, Morshynska, dent. He left Lviv upon graduation, gaining By 2001, Mr. Zaliznyi launched the Oliyar Yushchenko, who sanctioned the creation which he launched in 1995. admission to the Moscow Institute of Steel of the RosUkrEnergo gas transit intermedi- company and was producing his own sun- He now owns a 5 percent stake in IDS and Alloys. flower oil under the brand Mayola, having ary that was harshly criticized by Western Borjomi, the Moscow-based holding com- The Lviv native is now board chairman leaders. Mr. Firtash was also among the opened a refinery on the city’s outskirts. pany that manages the production of some and major shareholder of Alfa Group, Now Oliyar is among Ukraine’s top three fiercest opponents of former Prime of the most popular mineral and bottled among the largest financial holding compa- Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. exporters of sunflower oil, for the produc- water brands in the former Soviet Union, nies in the Russian Federation. He fully Once divorced, Mr. Firtash, 48, has tion of which Ukraine has no rival in the including Borjomi of Georgia and owns Alfa Bank, one of the 10 largest banks remarried. He has three children. In 2011, world. Morshynska and Myrhorodska of Ukraine. in Russia with branches in Ukraine. he contributed $4.5 million to the Indeed Ukraine produced 4.1 million Mr. Kmit, 47, was a close associate of for- Mr. Fridman, 49, is divorced and has two Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in Lviv metric tons of sunflower oil in 2012, out- mer President Viktor Yushchenko, who daughters. He sponsors the annual Alfa Jazz for the construction of its Stryiskyi Park performing the Russian Federation by 26 tapped him to head the Lviv State Oblast Fest in Lviv and addressed the International campus. Mr. Firtash has also opened a large percent and the European Union by 43 per- Administration in 2008. Publishers Forum in Lviv in 2010. greenhouse complex in his native village. cent, according to the U.S. Department of Mr. Firtash finances scholarships for Agriculture. Consequently, Ukraine is also 8. Orest Vovk, $15 million Viktor Vekselberg, $15.1 billion Ukrainians at Cambridge University and the world’s largest sunflower oil exporter. Mr. Vekselberg was born and raised in Mr. Vovk became director of the Lviv Drohobych, the second largest city in the provided the seed money to launch its Oliyar produces 300 metric tons of oil Yeast Factory in 1989 and privatized it Ukrainian studies department. daily and employs 1,100 workers, Mr. Lviv Oblast. He left Drohobych upon gradu- upon the Soviet Union’s collapse. Renaming ating high school, gaining admission to the Although he identifies himself as Zaliznyi estimated in 2010, as reported by his plant Enzim, it was one of only two Orthodox Christian, he told UCU officials the gazeta.ua news site. Moscow Institute of Rail Transport Soviet yeast factories (out of more than a Engineers. that his grandparents on his mother’s side He’s known for having reported to dozen) that survived. The other was bought were Ukrainian Catholic. Despite his roots authorities the rampant corruption of Lviv The Drohobych native is now the board by a French company. chairman of the Renova group of compa- in a Ternopil Oblast village, he has rarely Judge Ihor Zvarych, who drew Mr. Zaliznyi’s Enzim now has 70 percent of Ukraine’s nies, a holding company for dozens of com- been seen speaking the Ukrainian language wrath when increasing the bribe for a court yeast market and exports a fourth of its pro- panies globally that include banking, manu- in public. judgment from $100,000 to $1 million, the duction. Mr. Vovk’s son Rostyslav launched facturing, high-tech and energy production. millionaire told gazeta.ua. Mr. Zvarych is Kormotekh, which controls a quarter of Oleh Bakhmatiuk, $1.6 billion Mr. Vekselberg, 56, is married with a son now serving a 10-year prison term. Ukraine’s animal feed market. A native of Ivano-Frankivsk, Mr. Mr. Zaliznyi is married. Mr. Vovk, 65, is married with two chil- and a daughter. He celebrated his 50th Bakhmatiuk studied in Chernivtsi for his dren. birthday at a restaurant outside of first degree before returning to his home- 5. Taras Kytsmei, $38 million Truskavets, Lviv Oblast, and has made town to work in the natural gas industry, 9. Ivan Okhabskyi, $14 million Mr. Kytsmei created Ukraine’s largest donations to High School No. 3 from which where corruption has been traditionally information technology (IT) outsourcing In 1997, Mr. Okhabskyi became the he graduated. rampant and consequently, opportunities firm, SoftServe, whose clients include Cisco, director of the Lviv Liquor Distillery and His mother still lives in Drohobych, The for making big money have always been Dell and IBM. The company earned $100 began buying up shares, reaching 60 per- Weekly learned from local businessmen. ample. million in revenue in 2012, employing cent by 2008. Currently he owns almost Dmytro Firtash, $3.2 billion Indeed, once his five-year stint at the 2,500 computer programmers, with more 100 percent. A native of the village of Synkiv in the Itera gas trading firm concluded in 2001, than 2,000 of them based in Lviv. Ternopil Oblast, Mr. Firtash had a humble Mr. Bakhmatiuk immediately began invest- 10. Roman Fedyshyn, $12 million Mr. Kytsmei led SoftServe for 15 years childhood, growing and selling tomatoes ing in businesses with Ihor Yeremeyev, a before resigning as general director this Like the other Halychyna businessmen, with his mother, an accountant. Volyn mega-millionaire with numerous spring. He’s expected to launch a new IT Mr. Fedyshyn began his career quite hum- He left his village at 17 to study at a rail- investments in Halychyna. In 2003, Mr. Bakhmatiuk launched the Favoryt supermarket chain – the largest in historical, cultural and spiritual meaning of tion of 1,025th anniversary of the baptism of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast – which he sold Ukrainian Orthodox... the celebration. Kyivan Rus’-Ukraine on behalf of the New in 2010. The same year, Mr. Bakhmatiuk Ukraine’s Consul General Igor Sybiga York Consulate General, while Bishop Daniel launched what would become his biggest (Continued from page 1) greeted the congregation with the celebra- presented a greeting from Ukraine’s ambas- business, the egg and egg product producer Avangard. sador to the United Nations, Yuriy Sergeyev. of the Church, who spent the entire week at In 2006, Mr. Bakhmatiuk bought five Vsevolod Salenko of Ukrainian National the center offering their prayers and physi- western Ukrainian gas distribution compa- Federal Credit Union delivered greetings and cal support on the grounds of their Church. nies and sold them to Mr. Firtash in 2007. presented a monetary gift on behalf of the The entire Mission Team was present at the That year, he was appointed board chair- credit union to the Metropolia of the Church. blessing in the chapel, as they were hon- man of Avangard, which began trading on Once the formal program concluded, ored by the hierarchs for their love and the London Stock Exchange in 2010 under Mrs. Honcharenko called upon the choirs of dedication to the UOC-U.S.A.’s mission. the ticker AVGR LI. St. Andrew Memorial Church, under the Avangard has become the world’s sec- The responses to the liturgical service direction of Mr. Andrec; St. George were chanted by St. Andrew Ukrainian ond largest egg and egg products producer, Ukrainian Orthodox Parish from Yardville, according to World Poultry magazine, Orthodox Memorial Church Choir under under the direction of Inna Nikolukin; St. the direction of Michael Andrec. including global sales of shell eggs and Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in dried egg products. It has 22 million laying Later in the afternoon, the entire congre- Philadelphia, under the direction of Karen hens in production, located throughout gation gathered at the Ukrainian Cultural Ferraro; and St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Ukraine. Center of the Historical and Educational Orthodox Church in Johnson City, under the Mr. Bakhmatiuk is also the owner of Complex of the UOC-U.S.A. for a formal lun- direction of Melodye Onysko; to honor the Ukrlandfarming, a seed-producing, sugar- cheon. Natalia Honcharenko, director of the celebration with a selection of several piec- producing and cattle-breeding company museum, led the festive program, calling es of sacred music. that ranks among the biggest renters of upon those in attendance to recall the UOC-U.S.A. The celebration concluded with the Ukrainian farmland, with nearly 1.2 million prayerful events of 1,025 years ago. The faithful in a procession on the singing of the hymn “Bozhe Velykyi acres. Bishop Daniel spoke to the congregation grounds of the Metropolia Center of the Yedynyi” by a joint choir of over 50 individ- Mr. Bakhmatiuk is married with a son of about 300 faithful, reflecting upon the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. uals, directed by Mr. Andrec. and three daughters. No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 15

Welcome to Part II of the top 80 Maple Leafs, winning 302 games in the reg- vidual all-around event at the 2004 and and being named European Footballer of Ukrainian sports persons from the past 80 ular season and another 60 in the playoffs. 2008 Olympics, was a world champion in the Year in 1986. A striker who scored 111 years (1933-2013) as compiled by The His career GAA was 2.53 (1.98 in playoffs). 2007 and accumulated 15 medals at 2008 goals in 19 club seasons of play, his best Weekly’s sports department in honor of the He amassed a grand total of 75 shutouts. He World Cup events. She totaled 27 gold med- performance came at the 1986 FIFA World newspaper’s 80th birthday. Our focus here in helped the Leafs win five Stanley Cups and als in 11 years of World, European, World Cup in Mexico, where he netted four goals on outstanding competitors ranked numbers was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame Cup, Grand Prix and Summer Universiade and six assists as the Soviet Union squad 21 through 45. in 1967. He won the Vezina Trophy as the competitions. (comprising 13 Dynamo Kyiv players), 45. Oleh Luzhnyi – soccer: He captained league’s top goaltender in 1940-1941 and 26. Nikolay Davydenko – tennis: Born reached the round-of-16. Ukraine’s national team a record 39 times, 1947-1948. of Ukrainian parents in eastern Ukraine he 22. Maria Gorokhovskaya – gymnastics: and in 2000 he was voted onto the 36. Tatiana Gutsu – gymnastics: considers himself Russian for professional At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Ukrainian Team of the Century, receiving Winner of four medals at the 1992 reasons (tennis career). He achieved his Finland, she won seven total medals, the the fourth-highest number of votes. He Barcelona Olympics (including gold medals career-high singles ranking of No. 3 in most medals won by any woman in a single enjoyed a 20-plus-year playing career, in team and all-around), she was renowned November 2006. Top accomplishments Olympiad. She was the top performer at the including 10 seasons with Dynamo Kyiv. He as a trickster, performing routines include winning the 2009 ATP World Tour 1952 Games, where she won two gold med- dabbled in coaching as an intern and assis- described as the most difficult ever in the Finals and three ATP Masters Series. He has als (team competition, all-around), and five tant manager. sport. In 1991 she won gold (team) and earned well over $15 million in prize silver medals (team: portable apparatus, 44. Irina Deriugina – rhythmic gymnas- two silvers (uneven bars and balance money and owns 21 total career titles. vault, parallel bars, balance beam, floor exer- tics: The only Soviet-era rhythmic gymnast beam) at the World Championships. In 25. Sergey Karjakin – chess: A chess cise). Her first gold medal was the Soviet to have won two all-around world titles 1992 she won three gold medals (all- prodigy from Symferopol, he holds the Union’s first-ever Olympic gold medal. (1977, 1979), her personal success influ- around, vault and uneven bars) plus a silver record for both the youngest International 21. Vladislav Tretiak – hockey: enced the development of the sport in (balance beam) and bronze (floor exercise). Considered one of the greatest goaltenders Ukraine. She won five world and European Master, at 11 years and 11 months, and 35. Olga Kharlan – fencing: She won a in the history of the game, he was voted one championships, and finished second anoth- Grandmaster at the age of 12 years and bronze medal in the saber competition at of six players to the International Ice er six times. seven months. In August 2013 he had an last year’s London Olympics; Kharlan was Elo rating of 2767 making him Russia’s (the Hockey Federation’s Centennial All-Star 43. Vadim Gutzeit – fencing: A partici- chosen Ukraine’s “Sportswoman of the country he competes for) second best chess Team. Currently he is the president of pant in three Olympiads, he won a gold Year” in 2008, in part for winning the gold player, and as of August 2013 he was Russia’s Ice Hockey Federation. He helped medal in the team saber competition at the medal in the team saber competition at the ranked 10th in the world. He won the 2012 the Soviet Union win gold medals in ice 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. He won 2008 Beijing Olympics. She has won five World Rapid Chess Championship. hockey at the 1972, 1976 and 1984 gold medals at the 2005 Maccabiah Games gold medals in European Championships 24. Serhiy Rebrov – soccer: He gained Olympics. He was elected into the Hockey in the individual saber and team saber from 2009 to 2012 and eight total medals international fame as an attacking partner Hall of Fame in 1989 – the first European- events. (six silver) in World Championships in the of Andriy Shevchenko at Dynamo Kyiv born player without any NHL experience 42. Lyudmila Rudenko – chess: The same time period. and the first Russian player (he’s half- throughout the 1990s and remains the top second Women’s World Chess Champion Ukrainian) ever elected to the Hall. (The 34. Olena Kostevych – shooting: She all-time scorer of the Ukrainian Premier from 1950 to 1953, she was awarded the Encyclopedia of Ukraine from Toronto lists won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics and League. He has been capped 75 times by FIDE International Master and Woman two bronze medals in air pistol competi- him as being of Ukrainian descent.) International Master titles in 1950, and the Ukraine. During his career he played in sev- tions at the 2012 Olympics. Woman Grandmaster title in 1976. She was eral European leagues, dressing in 423 Still to come: Part III of 80 In 80, the final the first woman awarded the International 33. Timur Taymazov – weightlifting: He games and recording 145 goals. installment of our commemorative listing of Master title. won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in 23. Ihor Belanov – soccer: He is best the top Ukrainian sports performers 1933- Atlanta, a silver medal in Barcelona (1992) 41. Ruslan Ponomariov – chess: In remembered for winning five major titles 2013. and five gold medals in World and 1998, at age 14, he was awarded the title of Grandmaster, the youngest at the time to European Championships in the 1990s. hold the title. In 2002 he beat countryman 32. Viktor Tsybulenko – javelin: He was Vassily Ivanchuk in the final of the FIDE a bronze medal winner in Melbourne World Chess Championship 2002 to (1956) and gold winner in Rome (1960) become World Champion at age 18 – the when he competed for the USSR. He trained first teenager and youngest person to ever at the Armed Forces Sports Society in Kyiv. become a FIDE World Champion. 31. Aleksandr Sidorenko – swimming: 40. Valeriy Lobanovskyi – soccer: Most A gold medal winner at the 1980 Summer famous for his two tenures coaching Games in the 400-meter individual medley, Dynamo Kyiv, the Ukraine national team he was USSR champion 20 times between and the USSR national team. In 1975 his 1977 and 1986. Dynamo club was the first team from the 30. Valentin Mankin – sailing: A three- Soviet Union to win a major European tro- time Olympic champion representing the phy, beating Hungary in the finals of the USSR team in the 1968, 1972 and 1980 Winner’s Cup. After an 11-year playing men’s and mixed sailing competitions. In career, he coached from 1969 through 1980, at the age of 41, he teamed with 2002. Dynamo Kyiv’s stadium was renamed Aleksandr Muzychenko (Russian) to win Lobanovsky Stadium in his honor. gold in the final race. He was versatile, com- 39. Johnny Bucyk – hockey: The “Chief” peting in the finn, tempest and star classes. Крайова Пластова Старшина оголошує, що was a member of the “Uke Line” with Bronco 29. Iosif Vitebskiy – fencing: A member of Horvath and Vic Stasiuk. Boston acquired the Soviet Union and Ukraine national teams, him from Detroit in exchange for Ukrainian XXXI Крайовий Пластовий goaltender Terry Sawchuk. He had a 23-year was a 19-time national champion medalist: NHL career, retiring as the fourth leading 10 gold, six silver and two bronze medals. He point scorer of all time and having played the was a three-time winner of both the Soviet third most games in history. He won the Lady Union and European Cup tournaments. He З’їзд в США Byng Memorial Trophy (most gentlemanly was a member of the USSR team that won player) in 1971 and 1974. He totaled 556 three consecutive World Championships goals and was enshrined in the Hockey Hall (1967-1969) and earned a silver medal at of Fame in 1981. the 1968 Olympics. He then coached відбудеться 19-20 жовтня 2013 року Ukraine’s national team for 13 years. відбудеться 19-20 жовтня 2013 року 38. Kateryna Serebrianska – rhythmic gymnastics: The first female rhythmic gym- 28. Viktor Petrenko – figure skating: на оселі Українського Народного Союзу nast to hold the European, World and Competing for the Soviet Union he won a Olympic all-around titles at the same time, bronze medal at the 1988 Calgary на оселі“Союзівка” Народного в Кергонксоні, Союзу «Союзівка Н.Й. » в she was also the first gymnast to win world Olympics, then went on to win his first two Кергонксоні, Н.Й. gold medals in all five of the apparatuses: European Championships in 1990 and rope, hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon. She won 1991. Competing for the Unified Team at a gold medal (all-around) at the 1996 the 1992 Olympics, he won a gold medal, Реєстраційні матеріяли будуть вислані всім Summer Games in Atlanta, eight gold med- and then won the gold medal at the 1992 als in World Championships and 15 gold World Championships. He later convinced станицям, групам і куреням, а також будуть доступні medals in European Championships. Her his coach, Galina Zmievskaya, to take in a на пластові мережі США www.plastusa.org career began in 1991 and she retired in 14-year-old orphan named Oksana Baiul, 1998. becoming her guardian and coach. 1-го вересня 2013 року. 37. Turk Broda – hockey: He played his 27. Anna Bessonova – rhythmic gym- entire 14-year NHL career with the Toronto nastics: She won bronze medals in the indi- 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 No. 33

[Association] Agreement with the EU.” Later, task [of European integration] was fulfilled from ideal. Therefore, a task of the Social NEWSBRIEFS he assumed, the authorities could use the by the political elite, so it’s unnecessary to Policy Ministry is to do everything possible referendum results “as a certain argument” play on feelings when 54 percent support to guarantee observance of gender equali- (Continued from page 2) in relations between Ukraine and the EU, [Ukraine’s accession to] the European ty, Social Policy Minister Natalia Korolevska money to party funds.” At the same time, Mr. between Ukraine and the Customs Union. Union and 46 percent are against it,” he said on August 1. “Unemployment among Fesenko noted that the Communists are the “But then those will be negotiations on a said. The national deputy also commented women is higher than among men, and only parliamentary faction that officially sup- new basis. The main thing is that there is no on the superiority of the European choice: women’s wages are 70 percent of men’s ports the idea of Ukraine’s accession to the objection to European integration,” he “I believe that those who support European wages. At the same time, women are main- Customs Union. “They differ from other warned. “Still, in my opinion, there are no integration will win. Why? There is no ly working in sectors where the wages are political forces in this sense,” he said, adding, grounds for this. There is an approximate queue to the Customs Union. All countries lower and they work four to six hours more “I have great suspicion that Moscow could balance. And here the question arises who are in a queue to join the European Union.” than men. Household management is not use this initiative to consolidate and coordi- will be more active at this referendum – sup- He noted that the Party of Regions was con- considered to be work at all. Therefore, our nate the actions of various pro-Russian forc- porters of European or Eurasian integration. ducting considerable work on the introduc- task is to do everything possible in order to tion of amendments to Ukrainian legislation es in Ukraine to organize discussions in For today, it seems to me, that the electors find and realize in practice the mechanisms in accordance with the requirements of the autumn and, possibly, to undermine the oriented toward European integration look that would remedy the situation,” Mr. European Union, stressing that this does Korolevska said. She said a draft law envis- legitimacy of signing a new agreement with more active,” Mr. Fesenko summed up. not coincide with Ukraine’s national inter- ages introduction of a 30 percent quota for the European Union.” The political analyst (Ukrinform) ests. “The Customs Union does not put for- representation of women not only in the also expressed doubts about the possibility PRU deputy: referendum is dangerous ward requirements for us, for example, political, but in the state sphere. “The expe- of organizing the referendum before regarding changes in the Criminal rience of the European countries proves November “since it really is contrary to the KYIV – The initiative of the Ukrainian Procedure Code, ensuring the freedom of that without such a means as quotas it is interests of the authorities.” He explained Communist Party to hold a referendum on speech and fighting corruption. The main difficult to reach gender equality,” the min- that “The authorities are prepared now for Ukraine’s accession to the Customs Union of thing they want is to join them. The require- ister said. Participating in a discussion of the November summit in Vilnius. And if now Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan could split ments of the Europeans are consistent with the draft law developed by the Social Policy the Communists hold the referendum, this society, according to Party of Regions our national interests,” Mr. Oliynyk noted. At Ministry were representatives of leading could really undermine one of the possible National Deputy Volodymyr Oliynyk. the same time, he stressed the importance scientific institutes and national and inter- foreign policy projects of the Ukrainian Speaking with Ukrinform on August 9, he of maintaining partnership relations with national public organizations. According to authorities. Therefore, I think that the refer- said, “This is a dangerous game, somewhat Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, because Hanna Herasymenko, senior scientific endum will be hampered to a certain extent. similar to one of the topics that can cause a “Ukraine also has its national interests worker at the Institute of Demography and If the question is raised about the referen- split.” He said that a referendum should there.” Mr. Oliynyk said the opinion of his Social Studies under the National Science dum, it will be held following November. In raise issues that unite society, and in this party colleague Oleh Tsariov regarding the Academy of Ukraine, this draft law is other words so that the very fact of the refer- case it is better to hold a plebiscite, rather alleged unconstitutionality of certain provi- urgent and long-awaited. “We have to endum does not hamper signing of the new than a referendum. “In most countries this sions of the Association Agreement with the remember that in 2015 Ukraine will report EU is only his personal point of view. He to the international community on fulfill- said that concrete legal acts that came into ment of the U.N. Millennium Development legal force, rather than bills, are the subject Goals. And the quota principle in the con- of consideration by the Constitutional text of gender policy is not only lawful, but, Court. “Until an international agreement perhaps, the only way for its realization,” TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 comes into legal force, it cannot be consid- she stressed. In turn, the coordinator of the or e-mail [email protected] ered by the Constitutional Court,” Mr. U.N. National Program, Oksana Kyseliova, Oliynyk said, noting that after the noted that gender budgeting of separate Association Agreement is signed, it will local programs has been introduced in sev- SERVICES PROFESSIONALS have to be ratified by the Parliaments of 28 eral regions of Ukraine. “We have unique EU member states. (Ukrinform) experience in gender budgeting of medical Georgia to participate in Shevchenko jubilee and educational programs in Zhytomyr, Komsomolsk in the Poltava region, KYIV – Georgia wants to participate in Chuhuyev in the Kharkiv region, where celebrations of the 200th anniversary of gender indicators have been defined and Taras Shevchenko’s birth, the press service gender monitoring is being held,” Ms. of the Culture Ministry of Ukraine reported Kyseliova said. The director of the National on August 9. “First Vice-Minister of Culture Democratic Institute in Ukraine, Catherine Tymofiy Kokhan and Ambassador Cecil, stressed the need to improve the gen- Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of der situation in the country. She noted that Georgia to Ukraine Michail Ukleba agreed on according to the results of the institute’s intensification of cooperation between studies, Ukrainians want to see more СТЕФАН ВЕЛЬГАШ Ukraine and Georgia in the sphere of culture women in policy-making, as they have Ліцензований Продавець at a working meeting on August 7. They dis- more confidence in women when they Страхування Життя cussed holding the Days of Georgian Culture address social issues, such as health, educa- STEPHAN J. WELHASCH in Ukraine in 2014, which will envisage a tion, etc. (Ukrinform) Licensed Life Insurance Agent number of cultural-artistic events in Kyiv, Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. Lviv, Donetsk and Odesa. Mr. Ukleba Ukrainian tourist spending reported 548 Snyder Ave., Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 expressed the readiness of the Georgian side KYIV – Ukrainians spend from 8,000 to Tel.: 908-508-1728 • Fax: (973) 292-0900 to participate in celebrations of the 200th 9,000 hrv for a holiday abroad, according e-mail: [email protected] birth anniversary of Taras Shevchenko. The to data made public by the president of the matter also concerned cooperation in the Association of Tourist Business Leaders, museum sector,” reads a statement released HELP WANTED Oleksandr Novykovsky, at a press confer- by the Ministry of Culture. (Ukrinform) ence on August 2. “On average, a Ukrainian Gorbachev debunks death reports tourist spends from 8,000 to 9,000 hrv for We are looking for a Ukrainian- a holiday over approximately nine days,” he speaking nanny for our 13 month MOSCOW – Former Soviet President said. According to Mr. Novykovsky, August old son in Chappaqua, NY. Work Mikhail Gorbachev has denied rumors of his remains the peak of the tourist season. Monday through Friday. Must have death after hackers planted a false report on “The middle of August is the hottest tourist own transportation. Please call the Twitter accounts of a Russian state news season. Compared with other periods of Halyna, 646-734-1244 agency. Mr. Gorbachev’s response came the year, the number of tourists grows in after two Twitter accounts of RIA Novosti August by 50 to 80 percent. As the majority posted reports of his death. Mr. Gorbachev, of hotels are filled to 100 percent, the com- OPPORTUNITIES who was the last leader of the Soviet Union, fort and service level worsens,” Mr. told the website of the Novaya Gazeta news- Novykovsky noted. He also said that paper late on August 7 that he was “alive Ukrainians have started to book tours in Earn extra income! and well,” adding that his ill-wishers were advance, thus saving considerable The Ukrainian Weekly is looking “hoping in vain” for his demise. RIA Novosti amounts. “A tour booked in advance costs for advertising sales agents. said that the Twitter accounts of its news 30 to 40 percent less,” he added. It was also For additional information contact center and its German-language service had reported at the press conference that Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, been hacked into, but that the false reports Ukrainians have started to more often The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. were online for only five minutes before the choose cruises for their vacations. These agency removed them. Mr. Gorbachev, 82, usually costs 2,000 to 3,000 hrv and more, has been having health problems recently. cruise operator Larysa Slobodian said. “The WANT IMPACT? (RFE/RL, with reporting by Agence-France average price of a cruise is 10,000 hrv per Presse, Interfax and ITAR-TASS) person for seven to eight days,” she noted. Run your advertisement here, Minister: gender equality still lacking She added that these are very convenient in The Ukrainian Weekly’s holidays due to the fact that vacationers CLASSIFIEDS section. KYIV – The process of ensuring equal reside in a floating hotel and “they unpack rights for women and men in Ukraine is far their suitcases only once.” (Ukrinform) No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 17

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icant was the rise in dowries (vino). If earli- The Old World... er 200-300 zr. was enough for a brother or younger son to go off on his own, now one (Continued from page 9) had to pay 1,000. If daughters could be Indeed as Zubrytskyi pointed out in dis- married off for 150 zr., now one needed cussing the difference among newpapers, 300-500. Sitting in the Old World one could see the dynamism rippling from the New. Злучений Український Американський America was a country in which those Greek-Catholic priests who were * * * Допомоговий Комітет - ЗУАДК Russophiles could hardly remain in their The collected works of Father Mykhailo faith since the Orthodox called them to act Zubrytskyi are being published by the Lviv щиро вітає українську громаду з нагоди upon their Russophile convictions and join publishing house Litopys. Volume 1, which the Russian Orthodox. contains 40 of his Ukrainian-language 22-ої Річниці Незалежности України America was clearly changing Mshanets. scholarly works primarily on the Boiko In the six years of the emigration, Father region of the Carpathians, appeared in Слава Україні! Zubrytskyi estimated that 8,000 zr. (about 2013. Dr. Frank Sysyn has written extensive $3,200) had been sent home. Its inhabit- introductions in Ukrainian and English United Ukrainian American Relief Committee ants were now buying flour, rice, cheese, titled, “Father Mykhailo Zubrytskyi: The 1206 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111 and even meat and salt pork. Prices were Nestor of the Ukrainian Village.” The vol- Tel.: (215) 728-1630 * Fax.: (215) 728-1631 now increasing for agricultural goods and ume is available from CIUS Press at www. www.uuarc.org for wood products. Wages were up because ciuspress.com, by e-mail, [email protected]; the young had left for America. Most signif- and by telephone, 780-492-2972. No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 19

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August 23 Beach Volleyball tournament, Ukrainian Sports Federation August 30- Joint conventions Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Wildwood Crest, NJ of the U.S.A. and Canada, hosted by Lys Sports Academy, September 1 Convention and the Western Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist courts in front of Pan Am Hotel, www.socceragency.net/lys Berwyn, IL Convention, Ukrainian Baptist Church, 708-788-0999 or [email protected] August 31 Concert with violinist Solomia Soroka and pianist Arthur August 23 All-ages dance, Khmelnychenky Plast fraternity, Wildwood Jewett, NY Green, Grazhda Music and Art Center of Greene County, Wildwood Crest, NJ Crest Pier Recreation Center, [email protected] www.grazhdamusicandart.org

August 23 Golf tournament, Selkirk Golf and Country Club, August 31- Labor Day Zdvyh weekend, Ukrainian American Youth Winnipeg 204-582-7891 or [email protected] September 2 Association camp, 845-647-7230 Ellenville, NY August 23-25 Pub night and dance, Ukrainian American Youth Ellenville, NY Association camp, 845-647-7230 September 1 Labor Day National Swimming Championships, Ukrainian Kerhonkson, NY Sports Federation of the U.S.A and Canada, Soyuzivka August 24 Ukrainian Independence Day Parade, Ukrainian Village Heritage Center, www.soyuzivka.com Parma, OH Committee, Ukrainian Village, September 5 Annual Ukrainian Independence Banquet, Montreal Branch [email protected] Montreal of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Ukrainian Youth Home, 514-259-7162 or [email protected] August 24 Ukrainian Independence Day celebration and barbecue, Watervliet, NY Ukrainian-American Citizen’s Club, 518-273-1357 September 7 Plast Open Golf Tournament, Oak Brook Golf Club, Oak Brook, IL 630-484-3740 or golfinvite.com/plastchicagogolf August 25 22nd annual Ukrainian Independence Folk Festival, Horsham, PA Ukrainian American Sports Center – Tryzub, 267-664-3857 September 7 Golf tournament, The Meadows Golf and Country Club, or www.tryzub.org Ottawa 613-822-2582 or 613-731-4453

August 25 Ukrainian Independence Day Celebration, Slovene September 8 Connecticut Ukrainian Day Festival, St. Basil Seminary, Imperial, PA National Benefit Society (SNPJ) Lodge, 412-343-0309 Stamford, CT 203-269-5909

August 25 Ukrainian Day Concert, Ukrainian American Coordinating September 13 Golf tournament, Ukraina Sports Association, Royal San Francisco Council – Northern California Branch, Golden Gate Park at Etobicoke, ON Woodbine Golf Club, 905-576-0809 or the Music Concourse Bandshell, 650-281-6927 or [email protected] www.stmichaeluocsf.org September 14 Carpathian Ski Club weekend, with tennis tournament, Kerhonkson, NY general meeting and banquet, Soyuzivka Heritage August 29 Lecture by Mstyslav Yurchenko, “Newly Discovered Ottawa Choral Gems by the Renowned 18th-Century Composer Center, www.soyuzivka.com Maxym Berezovsky,” University of Ottawa, 613-256-3616 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events August 30- Labor Day Tennis Tournament, Ukrainian Sports advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions September 1 Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada, Soyuzivka Heritage from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Kerhonkson, NY Center, www.soyuzivka.com and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Sunday, August 25 Friday-Sunday, August 30-September 1 on to www.RevHarbuziukLegacy.com. HORSHAM, Pa.: The Tryzub Ukrainian BERWYN, Ill: The annual conferences of the Wednesday, September 4 216 Foordmore Road American Sport Center will host the 22nd Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Convention NEWARK, N.J.: St. John’s Ukrainian P.O. Box 529 annual Ukrainian Independence Folk and the Western Ukrainian Evangelical Kerhonkson, NY 12446 Preschool will re-open with Ukrainian- Festival at Tryzubivka, County Line and Baptist Convention will be held jointly at the language Montessori sessions each weekday 1-845-626-5641 Lower State Roads, Horsham, PA 19044. Ukrainian Baptist Church, 6751 Riverside from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Extended [email protected] Doors will open at noon. The festival stage Drive, Berwyn, IL 60402. The youth pro- hours, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., are available show concert will begin at 1:30 p.m. with gram at 6 p.m. on Saturday and the worship to serve working parents. Minimum age for headliners: Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble service at 10 a.m. on Sunday will be held in enrollment is 2 years, 6 months in (Whippany, N.J.); Voloshky Ukrainian Dance the larger auditorium at Grace Baptist September. The program emphasizes Company (Jenkintown, Pa.), violinist Innesa Church, 1100 S. Fairfield Ave., Lombard, IL respect for the child, individualized learning 2013 Tymochko Dekajlo (Lviv), the Vox Ethnika 60148. For information call the Rev. and promotion of the child’s independence. band (New York City) and the Fourth Wave Aleksandr Kalinin, 708-788-0999; the Rev. For information call Olenka Makarushka- Ensemble. A zabava, or public social dance, Anatoly Moshkovsky, 610-357-4994; the Kolodiy, 973-763-1797. Visit the preschool’s Summer to the music of the Vox Ethnika band will fol- Rev. Paul Demyanik, 503-407-0413; or log website at coe.kean/edu/zaxoronka/. low the concert at 4:30 p.m. Delicious Ukrainian foods and baked goods, picnic Events fare and cool refreshments will be plentiful. Vendors are welcome. An arts and crafts PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES bazaar and a children’s fun area will be open Preview of Events is a listing of community events open to the public. It is a service August 18 all day. Admission: $15; $10 for students; Dance Camp recital (4 pm) provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian free for children under 15; free parking. For community. Items should be no more than 100 words long. Zabava with Fata Morgana further information call 267-664-3857, or Information should be sent to: [email protected] or Preview of Events, The August 18-28 log on to www.tryzub.org. The sponsor is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt nonprofit charitable Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, 973-644- Josephs School of Dance and 9510. NB: If e-mailing, please do not send items as attachments; simply type the Viva Dance Studio organization: Proceeds benefit youth soccer and cultural and community programs. text into the body of the e-mail message. August 29-September 2 Labor Day weekend (TBA) Tennis and swimming championships September 7 Private event September 8-12 Gymnasium reunions: Bayreuth, Berchtesgaden, Karlsfeld, Landshut, Regensburg September 13-15 Carpathian Ski Club (KLK) weekend September 16-18 Gymnasium reunions: Mittenwald and Salzburg September 20-22 Private event October 18-20 Plast U.S.A. national conference October 25-27 Halloween November 8-10 Plast Orlykiada

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