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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXII No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014 $2.00 President signs lustration law Rada approves first anti-corruption bills by Zenon Zawada state bodies will be cleaned out tomorrow. Many years of hard work will be needed for KYIV – Ukrainian President Petro that, with the effort of not simply formally Poroshenko on October 9 signed the bill “On enforcing a law, but to climb through oneself Cleaning Up Government,” more commonly and pull one another through filtration by known as the lustration law, which was cele- lustration criteria,” explained Mr. Sobolev. brated by its supporters as an achievement Indeed many believe the law is far from of the Euro-Maidan movement. wonderful, and Procurator General of The controversial legislation establishes a Ukraine Vitalii Yarema insisted it’s uncon- basic legal framework to remove from gov- stitutional. ernment positions numerous categories of “The foundation for the entire state employees, including those involved in polit- strategy for cleaning up government should ical persecutions (particularly during the be the principle of individual responsibility Euro-Maidan), high-ranking officials in the and presumption of innocence,” he wrote Yanukovych administration, those found to on his blog on October 9. He said he’d have have been engaged in corruption in recent to dismiss an additional 100 workers after years (though not necessarily convicted), having already dismissed more than 1,500 Soviet Communist Party officials, and KGB/ regional employees after the Euro-Maidan. FSB collaborators and informers. “In accordance with the lustration law, Immune from lustration are all elected those subject to dismissal are employees officials, the parliamentary human rights who, in the most difficult times, risking Official Website of Ukraine’s Presidnet ombudsman, the rank and file of the Internal everything they had, aided the Maidan. President Petro Poroshenko speaks about fighting corruption during the major press Affairs Ministry, Cabinet officials responsible Some offered information, some refused to conference at which he unveiled his “Reforms Strategy 2020” program. for penal enforcement and those responsible fulfill a criminal order and some made a for guarding tax police info. vindicating decision in regard to the pro- by Zenon Zawada “In the last few decades, governments testers. And now these people are sup- have been assembled along the principle of More than 1 million state officials could posed to leave their service once the law KYIV – Ukraine’s Parliament, the negative selection. Experts were not sought face lustration, Prime Minister Arseniy takes effect,” Mr. Yarema commented. Verkhovna Rada, approved on October 7 after for professional qualities. Instead ‘our Yatsenyuk told his weekly Cabinet meeting Another contingent opposed to the law five bills that establish the bureaucracy and guys’ were appointed. As a result, we on September 17, a day after its second is former members of the Party of Regions, legal instruments to fight corruption. achieved a destructive combination of cor- reading was approved by parliament by as well as those who served in the higher Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ruption, unprofessionalism and irresponsi- 231 votes as tires were burned outside its ranks of the Yanukovych administration, been urging their approval, partly because bility,” Mr. Poroshenko said at his first walls – a signal from activists of the conse- whom the law particularly targets. they are needed by the end of October to major press conference held that day. quences of failing to pass it. Yurii Boiko, the former vice prime minis- obtain the next International Monetary “In its current state, the bureaucracy is “The law foresees including practically all ter and leader of the pro-Putin Opposition Fund tranche of $2.8 billion. an insurmountable obstacle for reforms. of the state machine and society in lustra- Bloc party, said he will work to submit the The president also declared fighting cor- It’s in that very sphere that it’s consolidat- tion,” said Yegor Sobolev, one of the activists law for review by the Constitutional Court ruption to be among his top priorities ed, active and inventive. Reforms are sup- that day who is running for Parliament on of Ukraine in hopes that it will be over- when unveiling on September 25 his posed to precede the radical renewal of the the Self-Reliance (Samopomich) party list. turned. “Reforms Strategy 2020” program, which is bureaucratic corps,” Mr. Poroshenko stated. “It’s very important for people not to aimed at bringing Ukraine in conformity The bill drawing the most attention was think that we wrote a wonderful law and (Continued on page 3) with European Union standards. submitted by the Presidential Administration. It establishes a National Anti-Corruption Bureau charged with investigating lawbreakers that violate Despite ceasefire, fight continues for Donetsk airport national security. It will target high-ranking state and military officials, national depu- ties, ministers, judges, prosecutors and by Charles Recknagel under rebel fire, the control tower has military expert at the International become a useless hulk and the runways Institute for Security Studies (IISS), a secu- directors of state enterprises. RFE/RL are strewn with shell holes. But the battle rity think-tank in London. Its employees will be exclusively October 8 continues because the separatists see the “But you can repair runways pretty appointed through open standardized test- Pro-Russian separatists and Kyiv’s airport as having huge symbolic and stra- quickly and get them up to useable condi- ing and will enjoy a minimum salary of forces are observing a cease-fire in many tegic value. tion in reasonable speed and this would about $1,400 a month – far higher than parts of eastern Ukraine. Yet, around “The separatists are very much inter- open up a corridor for defense material to most government posts in Kyiv. Its directors Donetsk airport, there is not even the pre- ested in the preservation of the so-called be flown in” for the rebels, he added. will be independent from state officials and tense of honoring the truce that is sup- independence of their republics,” says He notes that the separatists also want subject to dismissal only by court rulings. posed to pave the way for ending the con- Igor Sutyagin, a specialist on Russia’s mili- to control the airport to make sure Kyiv Anti-corruption crusader Tetiana flict. tary at the London-based Royal United cannot use it to ferry in supplies of its Chornovol opposed the legislation creating Night after night, separatists in neigh- Services Institute (RUSI). “And if you wish own to create a military base that would the bureau because it provides for investi- borhoods near the airport shell army to be an independent country, recognized threaten the separatists’ self-declared gations of those crimes costing the state positions inside the airport perimeter. or not, you need a large airport to have capital. $47,000 or higher, a rather low sum that The soldiers respond with fire of their connections with the outer world.” There is still another reason that the allows its personnel to avoid the biggest own, hitting the residential areas where At the same time, the airport has con- separatists are keen to get control of the political and economic players, who can be the militiamen set up rocket-launchers, tinuing military importance. airport and that is to open up the possibil- more threatening. howitzers and mortars, shoot, and rapidly “In terms of its direct military value, ity of getting fighter jets that would give “Who can believe that, if the opportunity shift position again. there is an issue as to the state of the run- them greater military parity with Kyiv. presents itself, the anti-corruption investi- As the airport, just 10 kilometers from way itself, since it has been under artillery gator will begin the investigation of corrup- the city center, progressively disintegrates fire for some time,” says Douglas Barrie, a (Continued on page 5) (Continued on page 3) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014 No. 41

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Russian military presence enforces Ukraine students to replace Russians gear for personnel, up-armored SUVs, patrol vehicles and thermal vision devices for the WASHINGTON – Russia’s withdrawal border guards. “As Ambassador Pyatt said, division of Ukraine’s Donbas region from a 21-year-old U.S. high school we’ve worked together with the State exchange program will open more than 100 that center conducts inspection visits in Border Service for more than 10 years, by Vladimir Socor extra slots for students from Ukraine. With the field. It assists Ukrainian and “DPR- working on nuclear nonproliferation, stop- Eurasia Daily Monitor ties severely strained by the Ukraine crisis, ping crime, stopping smuggling, training LPR” forces to observe the ceasefire, Russia told the United States last month that The armistice slowly taking hold in ensure the separation of forces, as well as your border guards and maritime units,” it would not participate in the 2015-2016 she noted. “But today this partnership is Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts establish the ceasefire lines and the buffer Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX), even more existential. It’s about Ukraine’s (collectively known as the Donbas region) zone. This mechanism consists of Russian which provides scholarships to students survival as a sovereign state, something that basically consigns parts of those territo- and Ukrainian military officers (led by a from 10 former Soviet republics. The U.S. is deeply in the interest of the United ries to Russia’s military and political con- lieutenant-general on either side) and State Department’s top official for European States.” In addition, the U.S. will be providing trol, both directly and through local prox- members of the OSCE’s Special Monitoring and Eurasian affairs, Victoria Nuland, said $1.4 million for the State Export Control and ies. Facing Russia one-on-one, on the bat- Mission (SMM – a civilian mission operat- she is saddened by Russia’s decision “to Border Security services, and $15 million tlefield as well as in the negotiation for- ing in Ukraine since May). deny their own citizens the opportunity to from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency mat, Ukraine was left with no other realis- Apparently, Russian officers “mediate” study in the United States” and hopes for scanners, communications equipment, tic choice. meetings alternately with “DPR-LPR” forc- Russia’s participation will be restored “in patrol vessels and vehicles that support the The September 5 and September 19-20 es in their territory and with the Ukrainian the not-too-distant future.” In a speech to border guards’ work on land, on sea, and in agreements, imprecise and loophole-rid- officers in the joint working group in students in Kyiv on October 7, she added. “In the air. (U.S. Embassy Kyiv) den though they are, can lay the basis for a Soledar, a Ukrainian-controlled town in the meantime, we will have more than 100 solid and durable ceasefire to Russia’s the Donetsk Oblast. OSCE representatives extra slots for Ukrainians.” Those slots will Green-card scam group nabbed advantage. This arrangement is enforce- attend the Soledar meetings. Very little is bring the number available to Ukrainians to able to the extent that Russia will deem known about this process publicly. Official more than 300. The rest of the nearly 240 KYIV – Ukrainian investigators in cooper- expedient to cooperate in enforcing it, mil- handouts are scarce, and media reports slots currently occupied by Russians will go ation with American authorities have itarily and politically (see Eurasia Daily sketchy (UNIAN, Ukrinform, sprotyv.info, to Georgia, Moldova and Armenia, according nabbed a group involved in the U.S. Green Monitor, September 10, 11, 23, 24). September 26-30; OSCE SMM report, to The New York Times. (RFE/RL, with Card Lottery scam. The Ukrainian Internal Affairs Ministry said on October 2 that the On the Ukrainian and, even more so, on September 28). reporting by The New York Times) group used personal data of Ukrainian citi- the Western side, the basic concept of this Firing incidents recur, but the overall Nuland visits Border Guard Service base zens in the U.S. congressionally mandated arrangement is to concede enough to level of hostilities – and, correspondingly, annual lottery program, Diversity Immigrant induce Russia to stop further offensive mil- of casualties – is markedly subsiding, not- KYIV – U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland on October 8 visited a Visa, without their knowledge. After receiv- itary actions – its own and its proxies’. The withstanding the recent days’ attacks on ing the lottery results, the group sold the hope is that Russia will stop at the armi- the Ukrainian-held airport just outside of Stated Border Guard Service based in Kyiv. She was accompanied by the U.S. ambassa- winners’ codes to the unknowing winners stice lines now being drawn within Donetsk (Kyiv Post, September 29; for up to $12,000 each. Those who were not Ukraine’s territory, and not overstep these Interfax, September 30; Kyiv Post, October dor to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt. Addressing the border guards, Ms. Nuland said: “…in able to pay had to give up their property for lines in the future. 1). The Ukrainian president and govern- this struggle to achieve your objectives, the the group. Accomplices later met the lottery In this sense, Western diplomacy is on ment emphasize the value of minimizing objectives of the Ukrainian people, that you winners in the United States, depriving them track to achieve the core objective it pur- Ukrainian casualties, particularly among have struggled so hard for this year, and that of their immigration documents and orga- sued (with varying nuances and in varying volunteer units. some have lost their lives for, it is the State nizing their employment to low-paid jobs. degrees) since the outset of Russia’s war A process of simplifying the ceasefire Border Guards who are on the front line of The group consisted of 10 people and their against Ukraine. That basic objective is to lines, straightening and shortening them, reestablishing Ukraine’s sovereignty and office was operating in Ternopil, in Ukraine’s “de-escalate” the local conflict and the cri- is under way since the signing of the armi- territorial integrity.” She added that, “as west. (RFE/RL, based on Ukrainian Internal sis that ensued between Russia and the stice agreement. This process mainly Vice-President [Joe] Biden said when he Affairs Ministry statement) West. “De-escalation” was conceived as a affects Ukrainian units holding out under was here for President [Petro] Poroshenko’s Kyiv: Yanukovych gets Russian citizenship goal in itself. It became a short-term expe- pressure in forward positions, e.g., the inaugural, you will not walk this walk alone. dient, not a means toward an outcome that Debaltseve salient (with its logistical The United States will be with you. And KYIV – A Ukrainian official says ex-Presi- would have reflected a long-term vision of node) and the Donetsk airport. In the con- today Ambassador Pyatt and I are proud to dent Viktor Yanukovych and other former Western interests in Ukraine and the flict theater’s southeastern corner, Russian fulfill America’s pledge to you to stand with top officials have obtained Russian citizen- wider region. and proxy forces stand on the approaches you as partners, friends, compatriots, today ship. The Ukrainian internal affairs minis- Similarly, having the armistice imple- to Mariupol (they arrived there directly to exchange protocols on an agreement that ter’s aide Anton Herashchenko wrote on mented in this form is a goal in itself for from Russia’s contiguous Rostov Oblast, will allow us to deepen our partnership Facebook on October 3 that President Kyiv (it had no other option) as well as for not from the far-off Donetsk). with the State Border Guards.” The top U.S. Vladimir Putin signed a “secret decree” Washington, Brussels or Berlin (they According to unconfirmed, partially official for European and Eurasian affairs granting Russian citizenship to Mr. eschewed other options). They do not credible rumors, some territorial tradeoffs said the U.S. would be providing an addi- view this armistice arrangement as a are being discussed in the context of tional $10 million in body armor, protective (Continued on page 12) means to achieve a more favorable out- straightening and shortening the ceasefire come eventually. Rather, they view it as lines. At least one meeting of all the parties another case of managing a “frozen” con- (Ukraine, Russia, “DPR,” “LPR,” OSCE) is flict, with acceptance of Russia’s faits known to have been held as part of the he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 accomplis for an indefinite duration. process of delineating the Ukrainian zone, T U W Moscow, however, is undoubtedly consid- the DPR-LPR zone, and the buffer zone in An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., ering its options for using its positions in Horlivka (OSCE SMM report, September a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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by Pavel Felgenhauer Lavrov said, Russia is ready to continue to Speaking to reporters last month, 23,000 high school students from Russia in Eurasia Daily Monitor develop a strategic partnership, if “artificial President Vladimir Putin declared: “The fate their late teens traveled to the U.S. to study barriers” imposed by the U.S. are removed of Ukraine is a secondary issue,” cynically and live with American families (RIA The spirit of a new cold war seems to be (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, September 27). used by the U.S. to reinvigorate the North Novosti, October 1). Russian officials say dominating Russia. The Kremlin, outraged Hope is growing in Moscow that an Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and to that one of the students allegedly found a by the punitive sanctions imposed by the approaching cold winter in Europe will “frighten its satellites into submission” over foster family in the U.S. and refused to West in response to Russia’s incursions into increase the EU’s dependence on Russian a supposed Russian threat. Visibly irritated, return, thus forcing the FLEX program to be Ukraine, is curtailing all available channels natural gas and that Brussels might move Mr. Putin actually strongly endorsed the terminated (Interfax, October 2). of communication with the outside world. away from Washington to seek closer links Western sanctions against top Russian offi- On October 1, after a special meeting of Members of the Russian upper house of with Moscow. The U.S. may also become cials: “The less our top bureaucrats and the Russian Security Council to discuss IT Parliament – the Federation Council (FC), increasingly entangled in the threats, Mr. Putin declared that Russia also known as the Russian Senate – will Middle East due to the fight against is under constantly increasing cyber sever all further relations with their coun- the Islamic State, and thus lose The unrelenting, anti-Western attacks that “correlate with the level terparts inside the United States Senate. interest in Ukraine (Izvestia, state propaganda onslaught of international tension” and a grow- According to the acting chairman of the FC September 30). ing threat of IT domination “by some International Relations Committee, After 14 years serving as the and the swift implementation nations [the U.S.].” Mr. Putin promised Vladimir Dzhabarov, based on a Foreign Federal Council’s International of new restrictions bewilders not to limit Russians’ lawful global Affairs Ministry recommendation, Russian Relations Committee chair, Mikhail Internet accesses or impose “total senators will no longer be flying to Margelov was formally replaced sev- the Russian population; polls control,” but announced that mea- Washington to meet with U.S. senators. The eral days ago. Mr. Margelov – a loyal show constantly changing sures would be taken to enforce “IT committee’s deputy chair, Andrei Klimov, Kremlin supporter – had been opinions among Russian sovereignty” (kremlin.ru, October 1). told journalists: “It is wrong to meet with instrumental in building a working Despite Mr. Putin’s promise, U.S. senators after President Barack Obama relationship with the U.S. Congress’s respondents. Russian authorities have issued warn- – a former senator – publicly called Russia a upper house. In Russia, senators are ings to Facebook, Gmail and Twitter threat.” Sergei Markov, a former Duma dep- appointed or removed according to the major company managers go abroad, the to comply with the latest legislation, enact- uty from the United Russia party and a Kremlin’s consent, and rumors in the better.” Duma deputies “must work in their ed on August 1, to register in Russia, move Kremlin-connected political scientist, Moscow press suggested that Margelov was constituencies instead of warming their bel- their servers with databases of Russian praised the FC for severing relations with fired for being too liberal and Pro-Western lies on foreign beaches” (kremlin.ru, users to Russian soil and to provide, upon the U.S. Senate: “We are already engaged in (Izvestia, September 30). As compensation, September 12). Last week, legislation was demand, user communication data stored a cold war with the U.S. that is now trans- Mr. Margelov accepted a nice-paying, introduced in the Duma that will forbid dep- for at least six months to Russian investiga- forming into ‘hybrid warfare.’ Obama and though zero political influence job as vice- uties from traveling abroad without a writ- tors. Failure to comply will result in a denial the party of war in Washington are super- president for PR and foreign relations at ten official mandate. Offenders may be of access to these services for Russian aggressive, and a constructive dialogue is Transneft – the state-owned oil pipeline removed from Parliament (Izvestia, users, possibly beginning in January 2015. impossible” (Izvestia, September 30). monopoly (gazeta.ru, October 1). September 30). Facebook, Gmail and Twitter are apparent- According to Foreign Affairs Minister During the Cold War, travel abroad was In the last few days, Russia also suddenly ly considering their options (Izvestia, Sergei Lavrov, Moscow will not initiate any strictly regulated, and now some of these terminated a program of high school stu- September 26). steps to improve relations with restrictions are coming back. Millions of dent exchanges with the United States, The unrelenting, anti-Western state pro- Washington: “They are sending us signals Russian state employees, including Cabinet known as Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX). paganda onslaught and the swift imple- that we must fulfill certain criteria for sanc- ministers and top Kremlin officials, are The program was enacted in 1992 to boost mentation of new restrictions bewilders tions to be gradually lifted, which is unac- being ordered not to go abroad without a post-Cold War understanding and was ceptable.” With the European Union, Mr. specific directive from a superior authority. financed by Washington. Since then, some (Continued on page 5)

reviews, a single-state register of those con- ed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Rada approves... victed of corruption and transparency President signs... Council of Europe. The law as it’s written also puts at risk requirements to apply to state officials. (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 1) The commission’s five members, also the privacy of those undergoing review. Mr. tion in the presidency or the procurator selected through open standardized test- “It’s hard for me to imagine in the U.S., Zakharov also didn’t like the bill being general?” she said in her blog opposing the ing, would review the income declarations for example, the Democrats winning an approved without national deputies even bill. “Moreover, they won’t need to go after of officials to determine whether their life- election and kicking out a million state reading it, as it was made public for the big business. The ‘fight against’ corruption styles correspond to their incomes or call employees that support the Republicans,” first time on September 26. will be enough against middle-sized busi- for an investigation. Mr. Boiko said in a statement on the party’s “The approved law, with its model, ness. This is the worst that can happen.” “This National Anti-Corruption Commission website. “Ukraine is sinking in corruption, divides people and supports growing Yet all five bills are expected to be doesn’t have law enforcement functions and excess bureaucracy and state abuses. But aggression and enmity within the country revised for a second vote on October 14. can’t file criminal charges,” said National fighting this isn’t necessary with complete and the loss of the state’s reputation Serhii Pashynskyi, a Batkivshchyna nation- Deputy Viktor Chumak of the Ukrainian purges, under which both the guilty and abroad,” he wrote in an October 6 blog. al deputy, told Parliament on October 7 that Democratic Alliance for Reform (UDAR), one of innocent can suffer, but by establishing an Ironically, many of President he has worked with Ms. Chornovol in draft- the authors of the anti-corruption legislation. effective system of investigating and fight- Poroshenko’s own political appointees and ing an alternate bill, the proposals of which “Yet the mechanisms of financial monitoring ing corruption, in which the guilt of each nominees would themselves be denied they hope will be merged with what was are very clearly stated, as are the mecha- person will be proven in court while ensur- their jobs, including Serhii Kuzmenko, the already approved. nisms of reviewing declarations and review- ing the accused’s right to an attorney and current head of the Kirovohrad State Oblast The approved bill allows the procurator ing the lifestyles of high-ranking officials.” appeal.” Administration. general to get involved in criminal investi- The session’s other anti-corruption leg- [Mr. Boiko is recognized as being among Appointed by the president on gations conducted by the bureau and even islation involves combatting money laun- the most corrupt officials in the September 17 (the day after the lustration confiscate and transfer cases to other law dering and financial terrorism, adapting Yanukovych administration. Prosecutors law’s approval in Parliament), Mr. enforcement bodies, Mr. Pashynskyi said. the recommendations of the international announced in late September that offshore Kuzmenko previously served as the deputy Moreover all international contacts must non-governmental organization Financial oil drilling rigs purchased at fraudulently head of the Kirovohrad State Oblast be made through the Procurator General’s Action Task Force on Money Laundering. inflated prices cost the state $15 million, Administration under the Yanukovych Office, according to the president’s version. Another measure enables citizens to though journalists estimated the damage at administration. The bill also doesn’t allow the bureau to uncover the true ownership structure of $150 million. Mr. Boiko, who was energy Kyiv political author and expert investigate fraud involving financial companies. minister at the time, is currently a witness Oleksandr Palii acknowledged the law was resources, which is the crime in two-thirds The new laws will enable citizens to gain in the investigation, though prosecutors hastily written and approved, likely aimed of corruption cases, Mr. Pashynskyi added. access to land registers and enhanced finan- said he could be upgraded to a suspect.] at the parliamentary election campaign. “It Meanwhile, the clause allowing courts to cial declarations, said National Deputy Yurii Such arguments against the lustration was written by people more interested in dismiss bureau investigators means that all Derevianko of the Volia party. It also enables law have even found support among lead- PR than legal realities,” he said. that’s needed is a simple administrative citizen monitoring of anti-corruption inves- ing civic activists such as Volodymyr Despite its many flaws, however, he said complaint filed in any district court. tigations and removal of state officials Chemerys, who agreed with Mr. Yarema he doesn’t think the Constitutional Court “I hope that with our common efforts we where a conflict of interest arises, he said. that the law is being applied too broadly. He would dare to nullify the law. “If they want will approve a law in the second reading “In accordance with the proposed laws, added that it lacks clear points on how it to end up in trash cans, they can overturn that won’t merely allow us to put a check- such investigations will occur openly and should be applied to individuals. the law,” he said, referring to the recent mark that we approved it, but that we will under civic oversight,” he said in a press Yevhen Zakharov, the board chairman of trend of dumping state officials as part of approve a law that gives us the ability to release. “Any citizen should have free access the Ukrainian Helsinki Group for Human Ukraine’s own Trash Can Challenge. create an independent, competent and to registers of all property and have the Rights, argued that the law fails to create an “There’s a demand in society for renewal. expert body in the fight against corruption,” opportunity to review the property of offi- independent, specially designated state It’s doubtful that the court will rule against Mr. Pashynskyi told Parliament. cials and politicians to determine what they organ to pursue lustration, as recommend- the will of the people.” The October 7 legislation creates anoth- gained legally. These registers are public er government body, a National throughout the world, but our top officials Commission on Preventing Corruption, and are ashamed for some reason to openly grants it instruments such as examinations, declare their assets.” Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014 No. 41 No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014 5 Ukrainian heritage center holds 58th annual Miss Soyuzivka pageant by Roman Hirniak was declared: sisters Nadiya and Nataliya Pavlishyn from Astoria, N.Y., the daughters KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Near the stroke of of Ihor and Vira Pavlishyn. Nadiya attends midnight on a warm August 9 evening, Stony Brook University, while Nataliya is a guests at the UNA’s Soyuzivka Heritage student at Hunter College. Both sisters Center took a short break from dancing to were born in Sambir, Ukraine, and immi- music of the celebrated Tempo Orchestra grated to the United States at early ages. and watched the continuation of a decades- They are very active in their respective long tradition: the crowning ceremony for schools and the greater Ukrainian communi- the new Miss Soyuzivka. ty, having performed as the Pavlishyn Sisters After briefly detailing the names and at many festivals and concerts in the United very high qualifications of all four beautiful States and Canada over the past 14 years. candidates, it was announced that Solomia The evening’s second runner-up was Pylypiw had been selected as Miss Natalia Kudryk of Livingston, N.J. A mem- Soyuzivka 2015. From Randolph, N.J., Ms. ber of the Ukrainian American Youth Pylypiw is a member of Ukrainian National Association and the Syzokryli Ukrainian Association Branch 269 and a graduate of Dance Ensemble, she enjoys dancing, sing- Rutgers University’s Business School. ing and digital photography/videography. Bohdanka Puzyk The daughter of Bohdan and Oksana Ms. Kudryk attends Penn State University At the Miss Soyuzivka pageant (from left) are: second runner-up Natalia Kudryk, Pylypiw, she is a member of Chornomorska and is a member of UNA Branch 42. first runners-up Nataliya Pavlishyn and Nadiya Pavlishyn, and Miss Soyuzivka Sitch, the Ukrainian American Youth The daughter of Dr. Alexander and Solomia Pylypiw. Association and Phi Chi Theta, a profession- Natalia Kudryk, Ms. Kudryk maintains her al business and economics fraternity. She is dynamic membership in both the New the Ukrainian Medical Association of North ditional waltz with UNA President Stefan active at the Ukrainian American Cultural Jersey Ukrainian community and many America – Illinois Branch, and Roman Kaczaraj, after which the celebration con- Center of New Jersey in Whippany. Solomia school organizations, while pursuing a Hirniak, a pedagogical advisor with the tinued on into the early morning, with enjoys playing volleyball, dancing, skiing, major in advertising and public relations. Educational Council of the Ukrainian dancing, laughter and the always eagerly swimming and reading. This year’s panel of judges was chaired Congress Committee of America. anticipated “Kolomyika” – all the ingredi- With two candidates having received by UNA Advisor Bohdanka Puzyk and Following her crowning ceremony, Ms. ents to ensure great memories of another identical scores, a tie for first runner-up included Dr. Theresa Kuritza, treasurer of Pylypiw took to the dance floor for the tra- wonderful Ukrainian summer tradition.

port for military purposes would be the danger that Despite ceasefi re... Ukraine’s forces could shoot down incoming and outgoing Kremlin... planes. (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 3) “The Ukrainians have within their inventory a number Whether or not they could get fighter planes depends of short, medium and indeed long-range surface-to-air the Russian population; polls show constantly changing entirely upon Moscow. But there are some signs that missile systems,” notes Mr. Barrie. The long-range systems opinions among Russian respondents. According to the Moscow has considered the idea as it keeps its options include early models of the S-300 and also the Buk, the independent pollster Levada Tsenter, some 64 percent open. same system which Western officials believe separatists believe the Ukrainian conflict is the result of Western med- These include seeing the separatists gain autonomy used to bring down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over east- dling, 74 percent dislike the U.S., and 94 percent form their within a united Ukraine, freezing the conflict and creating a ern Ukraine in July. opinions based on state-controlled TV propaganda (levada. de facto Russian protectorate in the Donbas similar to That means the rebels would have to control territory ru, August 6). At the same time, the number of people sup- Georgia’s Abkhazia and South Ossetia as well as Moldova’s beyond the airport to at least a distance of 5 kilometers to porting Russian military involvement in Ukraine has Transdniester regions, or engineering outright indepen- protect against shoulder-fired missiles. They would also dropped dramatically since last March, with only 5 percent dence for the region and potentially incorporating it into need to have sophisticated radar jamming stations near supporting an intervention to back pro-Russia separatists Russia. the airport to protect airplanes from radar-guided long in eastern Ukraine (RBC, August 29). Support for Ukrainian “The Kremlin is not fully embarked on the idea that range missiles fired from up to 90 kilometers away – which refugees fleeing to Russia has also declined, and almost these republics would just be autonomous within Ukraine,” could only be provided by Moscow. half of respondents now say they want these refugees sent says Mr. Sutyagin. “There is still some desire to have them Just how important control of airports can be in decid- back home (Interfax, September 29). According to the pro-Kremlin pollster VtsIOM, in the independent from Ukraine, in which case it would be very ing the outcome of post-Soviet separatist wars has been beginning of August over 90 percent of Russians claimed important to preserve their military independence and amply demonstrated before. they did not feel the effects of Western sanctions or see any defendability, and that is why there were some plans and In 1992, Russian General Alexander Lebed seized the commodity price hikes (Interfax, August 15). But less than even some preparations to arm the rebels with combat air- airport at Tiraspol in Moldova’s breakaway region of a month later, Levada now reports that over 60 percent of Transdniester and used it to reinforce pro-Moscow sepa- craft.” Russians are seeing major price hikes and fewer than 7 ratist forces there. The four-month conflict ended shortly A Ukrainian group called Information Resistance, which percent are ready to personally sacrifice their wealth to includes former military officers and monitors the situa- afterward with a ceasefire brokered by Moscow. keep Crimea within Russia or to influence the situation in tion in eastern Ukraine and adjacent areas of Russia, Transdniester retains de facto – albeit widely unrecognized Ukraine (snob.ru, September 2). Presently, Russia may be reported last month that it had spotted unmarked combat – independence under Russia’s protection to this day. dominated by cynicism and xenophobia; but primarily it is jets at air bases in Russia’s Rostov-on-Don region. a consumer society that seems unprepared to follow the Analysts say that repairing the damaged Donetsk tarmac Copyright 2014, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted with the permis- Kremlin down a path of blood, sweat, tears, sacrifice or sufficiently to take fighter planes would be easy because sion of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut self-denial. A member of the United Russia party’s combat jets need a runway of just 500 to 600 meters length. Ave. NW, Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see http:// supreme ruling council told Jamestown, on condition of The full Donetsk runway is about 4 kilometers long. www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-donetsk-airport-battle- anonymity, that the Kremlin is wrong to press forward The major obstacle to the rebels’ using the Donetsk air- cease-fire/26627323.html). with a Cold War-style national mobilization agenda because in a self-indulgent society, this may end in disaster. The article above is reprinted from Eurasia Daily Monitor To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly, call 973-292-9800, ext. 3040 with permission from its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, www.jamestown.org.

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OPINION The Ukrainian Weekly What ceasefire? To all Ukrainian jurists Ukraine is no longer in the daily headlines of our newspapers and other news said Mr. Yevdokimov. Mr. Medvedchuk’s sources as it was just a few weeks ago. Most of the world thinks a ceasefire is in effect by Askold S. Lozynskyj relationship with Vladimir Putin does not in the eastern regions of Ukraine, but that is far from true. The reality is more in line There is a line in William Shakespeare’s help his image. I hope that I’m wrong, but with a recent headline in The Washington Post that read: “In Ukraine, less a ceasefire “Henry VI, Part 2,” spoken by Dick the my information is that 16 years later Mr. than a de-escalation.” Frankly, we’re not sure how much of a de-escalation it is… Butcher, that has been exploited for centu- Yevdokimov is still the chair of the World In fact, according to Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), the ries to embellish lawyer jokes: “The first Congress of Ukrainian Jurists. situation in the country’s east remains tense and, despite the ceasefire announced on thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Ukrainian lawyers in the diaspora with September 5, terrorists continue to fire at positions held by the Ukraine’s armed forc- Shakespeare may have been critical of law- few exceptions do not participate all that es. More precisely, Russian and pro-Russian forces continue to pound Donetsk Airport yers for excessive fees and frivolous law- much in diaspora communities either, and (military spokesmen said the “separatists” were employing tanks, multiple-launch suits, but given the context and the charac- their image can certainly be improved. Nor rocket systems, artillery and mortars) and fighting continues around Debaltseve and ter of Dick the Butcher, the playwright is “pro bono” work a popular item among Shchastia. Meanwhile, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic is reported to be con- probably portrayed lawyers positively as Ukrainian lawyers in Ukraine, where it is trolled by groups comprising semi-criminal armed bands, Russians and locals. guardians of the rule of law. virtually unheard of, or the diaspora despite Citing Ukraine’s intelligence services, NSDC Spokesman Andriy Lysenko said during Whichever interpretation one sub- the fact that in some states “pro bono” has a briefing on October 9 that Ukrainian military equipment, bearing Ukrainian mark- scribes to, it is indisputable that the profes- become a requirement with which many ings, which had been seized in occupied Crimea was now being transferred to the sion and its representatives carry signifi- attorneys comply by helping the indigent. Donbas. There, he said, it could be used to stage provocations and make it seem as if cant weight, both good and bad, particular- Some state bars include in their rules of Ukrainian forces were firing at residential areas in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. ly in developing civil societies predicated conduct provisions strongly encouraging What’s more, other sources cited reports that mercenaries trained by the Russian GRU, on the rule of law, which is the underpin- lawyers to provide “pro bono” legal services or Main Intelligence Directorate, (that is, the foreign military intelligence agency of the ning of any democracy. to benefit poor persons. However “pro General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces) are being brought into eastern Ukraine. At the World Congress of Ukrainian bono” community service on behalf of the And there have been casualties. At least 331 deaths have been reported in eastern Jurists in Lviv in 1998, a plenary session Ukrainian community is scarce. Ukraine since the ceasefire deal, the United Nations said on October 8, adding that at was devoted to the role of the jurist in a The response to this should be evident, least 3,660 people have been killed over six months of fighting. The Associated Press rule-of-law society. One of the democracy- whether in Ukraine in building a democrat- cited the words of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein building jurists from Ukraine opined that ic state predicated on the rule on law or in that the security crisis needed to be tackled so residents of east Ukraine could reclaim the role of the lawyer is to ensure law and the Ukrainian communities in the diaspora, their rights to education, adequate health care, housing and employment. The United order in society, which probably reflected in strengthening that civil society by assist- Nations estimated that about 5 million people in the region are deprived of their basic best the Soviet philosophical bent. Jurists ing its NGOs. Members of the community rights. “While the ceasefire is a very welcome step toward ending the fighting in east- from the West pointed to a different role with legal training and expertise have a ern Ukraine, I call on all parties to genuinely respect and uphold it, and to halt the philosophically, that of protecting society major role to play. attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure,” Mr. Al Hussein told the news media. from governmental abuse. This was not What needs to be done? In Ukraine, Yet another demonstration that the ceasefire is not being adhered to: RFE/RL surprising, since both concepts reflected a jurists should become involved in the reported last week that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had rule-of-law basis. One saw the role as an development of NGOs as the fulcrum for an confirmed that one of its six employees, a Swiss national, had been killed by a shell enforcer of the law, the other as a protector indispensable civil society as a counter- that hit near its offices in Donetsk. from abuse of the law. weight to government abuse, including Cleary, the danger in Ukraine is far from over, and the world must remain focused However, much more telling and less drafting and enacting legislation that would on the reality on the ground. sublime were words uttered by the candi- facilitate public and private funding of the While visiting Brussels this week for a meeting with EU and NATO officials, date from the Ukrainian side to chair the NGO society by amending the tax code. In Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin cautioned the European Union not world organization, Valery Yevdokimov, the electoral process, more jurists should to accept the creation of a de facto state in Ukraine’s east, warning that this would who ultimately prevailed in the electoral serve as counsel to organizations such as destabilize Europe. An RFE/RL story noted that Mr. Klimkin also warned that “fake process. He stood on the sidelines as his voter committees. Perhaps most impor- elections” organized by the rebels in Donetsk and Luhansk would reinforce impres- and the other candidate’s positions were tantly, jurists in Ukraine need to clean up sions that eastern Ukraine is becoming a long-term frozen conflict like the debated. When one lawyer from Lviv not their own profession as lawyers and judges Transdniester in Moldova or Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia. supporting Mr. Yevdokimov delivered a by working scrupulously at eliminating the Thankfully, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, who visited Kyiv this particularly scathing critique, Mr. greatest current problem in Ukraine aside week, said in Berlin on October 9: “Today, there is a peace deal on paper in Ukraine. Yevdokimov shouted quite loudly, “You from war, corruption. …But as you know, the peace deal is still being violated in key sectors. If there is truly want to live?” In the democratic diaspora, lawyers to be peace in Ukraine all 12 points of the Minsk peace deal must be implemented Most people with legal training in should aid in the formation and recognition and we as a Trans-Atlantic community of support for Ukraine must help Ukraine Ukraine today are involved in the private of tax benefit status for new NGOs repre- insist on it. And there must be no sanctions relieved until all foreign forces and practice of law or business. Few are senting new immigrants with new ideas; equipment have left Ukraine, until Ukrainian sovereignty over its international bor- involved in government and fewer still in assist in the securing of assets belonging to der has been restored, and until all of the hostages have been released.” non-governmental organizations. Those the current Ukrainian NGOs, which may be involved with NGOs are often quite idealis- in danger of being deemed abandoned for tic, but generally compensated from foreign dormancy; make their services readily avail- government grants. “Pro bono” work is able to the community involved in assembly generally non-existent. and free speech demonstrations that some- Turning the pages back... The profession, while developing at a times involve police overreaching; assist in Oct. rapid pace in numbers, remains tarnished the drafting of briefs and memoranda on by images of past poster boys: Viktor subjects such as human rights, state sover- Fifty-two years ago, on October 13, 1962, New York Gov. Medvedchuk, who represented Vasyl Stus eignty and territorial inviolability. 13 Nelson D. Rockefeller delivered the keynote address at the during the Soviet era at the behest of the In the non-democratic diaspora, such as Commodore Hotel in New York City during the eighth triennial procurator’s office and sent the poet to his Russia, I don’t have the moral authority to 1962 convention of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. ultimate death; the poorly trained (through offer suggestions that may be life-threaten- In his address to more than 500 delegates and guests, Gov. a correspondence legal program) political ing. Rather, I would suggest that those Rockefeller stated: “This convention is a sobering reminder to all maverick Oleksandr Lavrynovych, who jurists in the democratic diaspora monitor the world that the Cold War at many times and places is not cold at all. It costs the lives of rose to minister of justice; and the afore- what happens to and try to come to the aid men like Lev Rebet and Stepan Bandera, the Soviet-murdered Ukrainian underground of their brethren in authoritarian and bel- leaders. Askold S. Lozynskyj is an attorney based ligerent environments. “It is a desperate competition for the liberties of living men and women – and of chil- in New York City. He is a former president of Naturally, all of the above has to be pro- dren. It is a deadly combat in which no day goes by without the risk of life – the idea of life the Ukrainian World Congress. vided “pro bono.” by human beings who have the God-granted will to oppose tyranny at whatever cost. 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In the Gerald Connolly (D-Va.). meantime, as the congressmen and sena- The bill in the U.S. Senate: tors are campaigning in their respective districts and states, it is imperative that you Act of 2014” provides military and security Reading the realists contact their district offices, request a assistance• S 2828, to the Ukraine, “Ukraine designates Freedom Support it as a Is Russia just a hooligan state? Or is it no Victoria Nuland’s successful “pick” of meeting, and advocate passage of three Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) and impos- more a hooligan state than any other, with Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister further congressional bills regarding military assis- es further sanctions on the Russian security interests no less legitimate than testifies to U.S. intrusion. His point is not tance to Ukraine and non-recognition of Federation. The bill was introduced by the those of, say, the United States? that Russia was morally justified in invading Crimea›s annexation by Russia. Time is of chairman and ranking member of the If we only pay attention to those who Ukraine, but simply that its reaction was the essence. Congress will only be in ses- Senate Foreign Relations Committee, share our views on such questions, we risk understandable. As for Ukrainians’ appeals sion for a few weeks in November and respectively, Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and losing perspective. Examining adverse opin- to their “sovereign right” to “choose their December. Ukraine needs assistance from Bob Corker (R-Tenn.). ions helps us develop a fuller picture of glob- destiny” – in the world of Realpolitik, they the United States immediately! Your atten- UNIS requests you contact your elected al reality and a better understanding of poli- are about as relevant as the Cubans’ “right” tion to these issues is highly appreciated! officials (senator or congressman) immedi- cy-making. One such opinion was recently to have Russian missiles. The two bills in the House of ately and request a meeting to seek their expressed by Katrina van den Heuvel, editor The realists, however, deny agency to all Representatives: support for HR 5190, HR 5241, and S 2828. and publisher of the Nation and well-born but the great powers. It does not seem to Please visit http://house.gov or http://sen- wife of Professor Stephen F. Cohen – practi- occur to them that the Poles or Hungarians Assistance Act of 2014” provides military ate.gov to find your elected officials and cally a personification of elite East Coast lib- or Ukrainians might have wanted to join assistance• HR 5190, to Ukraine the “Ukraine and designates Security send an electronic message requesting eralism – in an op-ed in The Washington NATO for their own protection. If it is rea- Ukraine as a Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA). their support for the bills. Post. (“Time to End the Bloody Ukraine sonable for Russia to fear a “hostile” It was introduced by Rep. Jim Gerlach Ukraine has been invaded. It needs the Conflict,” September 8). Another adverse Ukraine on its border, then surely it is also (R-Pa.) and is co-sponsored by Reps. Marcy Ukrainian American community’s immedi- view was expounded by the neo-realist reasonable for Ukraine to fear a historically Kaptur (D-Ohio) and Sander Levin ate assistance. Please distribute this infor- political scientist John J. Mearsheimer in aggressive Russia, with over three times its (D-Mich.), co-chairs of the Congressional mation to your contacts. Spread the word! Foreign Affairs. (“Why the Ukraine Crisis is population, on its border. By treating small- Ukrainian Caucus. Should you have any questions or com- the West’s Fault,” September-October, pp. er countries as mere pawns on the geopo- ments, please feel free to contact the 77-89) A third was outlined by Jack Matlock litical chessboard, the “realists” think and Recognition Act” prohibits the United Ukrainian National Information Service at Jr., former U.S. ambassador to the USSR. act like imperialists, gradually turning prej- States• HR from 5241, recognizing the “Crimea de Annexation jure or de Non-facto 202-547-0018 or [email protected]. (“Cool the Rhetoric, Focus on the Outcome,” udice into reality. posted in August on the website of the What will happen next? Prof. Carnegie Corporation of New York). Mearsheimer considers Russia a declining It’s easy to dismiss such people as COMMENTARY power with a weak military, incapable of Kremlin stooges or hirelings. They do securing and holding all of Ukraine. But he repeat some typical Kremlin fables: the doesn’t think that Ukraine can win a war mistreatment of Russian-speakers, or the against Russia either. As Ambassador February 22 “coup” in which “neo-fascists” Matlock points out, Russia will not permit Protecting freedom here and abroad seized high government positions. Ukraine total victory over the separatists. Lithuanian, Georgian and all descents ral- Ambassador Matlock repeatedly asserts by Tom Corbett Battles may be won by valor, but wars are lied in the shadow of that building in that one part of Ukraine is imposing its will won by logistics, and Russia’s logistical America has always been a beacon of Philadelphia, Independence Hall, to on another (one could say the same thing, advantage is considerable. Economic ana- freedom and democracy for those around denounce tyranny and exhibit the welcom- with far better reason, about the U.S. Civil lyst Mark Adomanis points to the $80 bil- the world, and with good cause. Our coun- ing melting pot our country has become War). And all three think Ukraine should lion gap between Ukrainian and Russian try was the first such successful experi- over the last two centuries for all freedom- stay out of NATO, remaining neutral, like ment in a government truly governed by loving people. They came here seeking an Austria or Finland during the Cold War. defense spending, which U.S. aid will do lit- and for the people, with Pennsylvania being American Dream, helping to build our Unlike many pro-Ukrainian commenta- tle to close. In Prof. Mearsheimer’s view, the keystone of brilliant individuals and country and Commonwealth along the way. tors, Ms. van den Heuvel, Prof. Mearsheimer the U.S. is neither likely to render effective ideas that put those principles into place. Their contributions to our culture and heri- and Ambassador Matlock situate the military aid to Ukraine, nor well advised to We set an example that would be imple- tage remain priceless still today, and we Ukraine conflict in the perspective of do so. Ukraine is not a “core strategic con- mented across the globe and bring peace to owe it to their descendants and all those Russian-American relations. They blame it cern” of the West – as evidenced by the lat- many nations. who support freedom around the world to chiefly on American-led NATO enlargement. ter’s failure to send troops (and, one might So it is troubling to see when those ideas stand with their families and fellow Eastern Prof. Mearsheimer faults the liberal Clinton add, by America’s meager response to are challenged by authoritarians abroad. Europeans. administration for breaking America’s 1990 President Petro Poroshenko’s September Following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the I welcomed President Poroshenko’s promise to the USSR that NATO would not 18 request for military aid). Moreover, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ukraine visit, though not the circumstances for expand beyond East Germany (though in U.S. is not likely to support the Ukrainian and many countries throughout Eastern which it was required. Russia’s attempts to the following article in Foreign Affairs, Mary army at the cost of Russian cooperation in a Europe were set free to also experiment in overthrow Kyiv are only the first step Elise Sarotte argues that there was no variety of global initiatives, chiefly in the democracy. But we now see those freedoms towards a global intimidation of democra- explicit U.S. promise, only a hint). Middle East. The likely result of such half- threatened by a rising Russian menace and cy, beginning with Ukraine and setting the Both Prof. Mearsheimer and Ms. van den hearted support would be more bloodshed, assertion of power over free individuals. stage for attempts to overthrow peace and Heuvel (who cites him) mention a 1998 tele- with no clear victory. Recently, Ukrainian President Petro stability in other Eastern European nations. phone interview by Thomas L. Friedman Sooner or later, then, America and Poroshenko returned to where this experi- Congress and the president should stand in with George Kennan. Commenting on U.S. Russia will work out their disagreements. ment began to meet with President Barack bipartisan support and solidarity for inter- Senate ratification of NATO expansion to Where will this leave Ukraine? In one sce- Obama and address Congress to plead for national peace, and I have urged Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, the nario, it goes the way of Moldova and support and peace. It was coincidentally, but Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation to renowned diplomat said, “We have signed Georgia, with a diminished territory and a perhaps more symbolically, the same week do no less, while urging their colleagues to up to protect a whole series of countries, zone of permanent Russian-fomented instability on its border to keep it in check. the United States Constitution was complet- join them. even though we have neither the resources In another, a truncated pro-Western ed and signed 227 years ago in the same I wish the Ukrainians, the entire region nor the intention to do so in any serious Ukraine keeps clamoring for NATO mem- building where our independence from tyr- and their president peace He has returned way” (http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/ bership, while “Novorossiya” is incorporat- anny was first declared to the world. home, I hope, knowing he has the full sup- 02/opinion/foreign-affairs-now-a-word- ed into Russia. In a third scenario, Ukraine That same week, Pennsylvanians and port of the United States and a Congress from-x.html). In this view, the NATO enlarge- gets back its lost territories, at the price of a Americans of Ukrainian, Russian, that will act further in the interest of global ments of 1999, 2004 and 2009 needlessly Western commitment never to bring it into harmony to protect and defend those who and heedlessly threatened Russia. Once NATO. Readers can judge which is prefera- Tom Corbett has been the governor of have followed in our footsteps and spread NATO membership was suggested for ble. If they can propose more desirable sce- Pennsylvania since 2011. He is running for the democratic experiment to all corners of Georgia and Ukraine, Russia reacted, in the narios that are at least as plausible, those re-election on November 4. the world. former in 2008 and in the latter in 2014. For Russia is no more willing to tolerate a hostile would be welcome. NATO-allied regime on its border than the Building peace requires realism as well U.S., during the Cold War, would have been as idealism. Yet, if we are going to be real- The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor and commentaries on a ists, we should also be moral realists. variety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian willing to tolerate Canada or Mexico joining Aggressive war is criminal. It should never communities. Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators and letter-writers the Warsaw Pact. are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of either The Weekly edi- Prof. Mearsheimer points out that the be rewarded. The Crimea and Donbas must torial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian National Association. U.S., acting through various non-governmen- be returned. Letters to the editor must include the complete mailing address and day- tal organizations, has spent $5 billion to cul- time phone number of the letter-writer. tivate a pro-Western Ukrainian intelligen- Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at tsia. In his view, Undersecretary of State [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014 No. 41 Roundtable on Ukrainian Kozak Hetmanate celebrates 70th birthday of Zenon Kohut EDMONTON, Alberta – A roundtable dis- Brekhunenko also referred to the notable cussion on the history of the Ukrainian support for studies in the history of south- Kozak Hetmanate was held earlier this year ern and eastern Ukraine offered by CIUS in Kyiv in honor of Prof. Zenon Kohut, under Prof. Kohut’s directorship, which director of the Canadian Institute of saw the creation of the Kowalsky Eastern Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) from 1994 to Ukrainian Institute in Kharkiv. 2012, to mark his 70th birthday. Dr. Taras Chukhlib focused on the jubilar- The event was co-organized by CIUS, the ian’s contribution to the study of Ukraine in Mykhailo Hrushevsky Historical Memorial world history. Dr. Chukhlib, known to aca- Museum, the Peter Jacyk Program for the demia for both his scholarship and his Study of Contemporary History and Society humor, presented Prof. Kohut with a tradi- and the Institute of Ukrainian tional Kozak coat of pressed wool on behalf Archaeography and Source Studies of Kozak groups active on the Euro-Maidan. (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). One of the foremost scholars and pub- The roundtable was held on June 26 at lishers of Hetman Ivan Mazepa’s corre- the Hrushevsky Memorial Museum at 9 spondence, Dr. Viacheslav Stanislavsky, not- Pankiv Street, where the historian and his ing the analysis of aggressive tsarist policy family resided from the 1920s to the 1940s. and its tradition in Professor Kohut’s The celebratory address was delivered by monograph, stressed the importance of his the museum’s director, Svitlana Pankova, historical writings for the consolidation of who spoke on behalf of the co-organizers. Prof. Zenon E. Kohut the Ukrainian nation, especially during the She reminded those present of the celebra- current difficult political transition. tion of Prof. Kohut’s 60th birthday, which inspired English-language historiography. Autonomy,” Dr. Pryshliak said, was a break- Dr. Yaroslav Hrytsak spoke on behalf of coincided with the 2004 conference on the Mr. Kohut, along with his Harvard col- through in studying the decline of the auton- the Peter Jacyk Program for the Study of “Pereyaslav Council of 1654” and was held leagues and their leader and teacher, Prof. omous Ukrainian Kozak polity, its origins Contemporary History and Society, a co- at the site of a Hrushevsky exhibition at the Omeljan Pritsak, had to counter the prevail- and consequences. Dr. Kohut analyzed the organizer of the roundtable. Dr. Hrytsak, Klov Palace (Kyiv Museum of History). ing trend in order to convince North lingering conflict between the Hetmanate, who edited the writings of Dr. Lysiak- The chair of the roundtable, Dr. Yaroslav American academics that Ukrainian history with its traditional rights and liberties, and Rudnytsky, described Prof. Kohut as one of Fedoruk, noted the milestones of Prof. was a subject in its own right. Their efforts Russian absolutism, which germinated dur- the scholar’s best students and one of the Kohut’s academic biography, emphasizing gave rise to a new trend in English- ing the rule of Peter I and peaked during the most prominent historians of Ukraine of the the productive cooperation between CIUS language historiography, and the speaker reign of Catherine II. Dr. Pryshliak then pro- late 18th and early 19th centuries. He noted and the Institute of Ukrainian particularly noted Prof. Kohut’s signal con- vided an exhaustive evaluation of the two that there was no clear transition period Archaeography (IUA) during his director- tribution to the development of CIUS dur- collections of articles. between those centuries, and that for ship. ing his directorship. In his presentation, Dr. Ihor Hyrych dis- Ukraine the 19th century began, in effect, Speaking on behalf of the IUA, its assis- Prof. Kohut’s academic achievements in cussed Ukrainian “autonomists” in the with the 1830s and the rise of a new ideolo- tant director, Oleksandr Mavrin, extended the study of 18th and 19th century Russian Empire during the first third of the gy associated with the writings of Taras congratulations to his Canadian colleague Ukrainian history were featured in an 19th century, who manifested not the Shevchenko. and recalled the timely support of Prof. address by Dr. Volodymyr Pryshliak, a lead- decline but the rebirth of Ukraine. He par- The director of the Omeljan Pritsak Kohut and CIUS in the fall of 2013, when ing scholar of the Kozak Hetmanate. Prof. ticularly noted the importance of conceptu- Memorial Office and Library at the Kyiv the IUA and the Ahatanhel Krymsky Kohut’s monograph “Russian Centralism and alism in Prof. Kohut’s works, likening his Mohyla National University, Dr. Tetiana Institute of Oriental Studies both faced clo- Ukrainian Autonomy: Imperial Absorption of approach to that of his teacher, Dr. Ivan Iaroshenko, shared information about Prof. sure by the Ukrainian authorities then in the Hetmanate, 1760s–1830s” (Cambridge, Lysiak-Rudnytsky, and of Dr. Oleksander Kohut’s documents in the library collection. office. The intervention of Ukrainian and Mass., 1988; Ukrainian translation: Kyiv, Ohloblyn in his articles. They include his letters to Dr. Pritsak, his international academia prevented the 1996) and two collections of his selected Dr. Viktor Brekhunenko concentrated on curriculum vitae, the typescript of his doc- planned closure. articles, “Roots of Identity: Studies on Early key developments in historiography of the toral dissertation, defended at the Dr. Frank Sysyn, the chief promoter and Modern and Modern Ukraine” (in Ukrainian; late 1980s, when the image of Ukraine was University of Pennsylvania in 1975, and an organizer of this roundtable, spoke on Kyiv, 2004) and “Making Ukraine: Studies on still being formed by specialists in Russian incomplete working copy of the disserta- behalf of CIUS. He recalled the difficulties Political Culture, Historical Narrative and studies and proponents of the so-called tion with Prof. Pritsak’s marginal com- facing Western students of early modern Identity” (Edmonton and Toronto, 2011) “Polish vision” of history. Prof. Kohut’s ments. Ukraine from the 1960s to the 1980s, when represent his most important contributions. monograph, published in 1988, was highly the field was dominated by Russian- “Russian Centralism and Ukrainian important in changing this situation. Dr. (Continued on page 9) Holodomor Workshop brings together early career scholars TORONTO – Five researchers recently Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta), in World War II on Ukrainian territory, who University in Regional Studies (Russia, gathered for two days of intense discussion cooperation with the Ukrainian Canadian contributed valuable suggestions regarding Eastern Europe and Central Asia) and plans at the Holodomor Workshop in Toronto. Research and Documentation Center at St. methodology and advice on specific archi- to pursue a Ph.D. in history. In her paper, she The event allowed scholars early in their Vladimir Institute in Toronto. val sources. HREC researcher Andrij utilized diaries and letters written during careers to present preliminary findings and Andrea Graziosi, University of Naples, Makuch also participated actively. the Holodomor to explore how peasants and to benefit from in-depth engagement with served as co-facilitator of the June 6-7 con- Each two-hour session was devoted to the local communists perceived and understood peers and established experts, explained ference. Prof. Graziosi was one of the first paper of one participant. Papers were circu- the experience. Ultimately, as Ms. St. Julian Olga Andriewsky, professor of history at historians to write about the genocidal lated in advance of the workshop, and partic- explained, the primary purpose of her work Trent University and one of the workshop nature of the Ukrainian famine. In addition, ipants submitted questions about their col- is to locate the Holodomor within Soviet his- facilitators. participants benefited from the expertise of leagues’ papers to further a sense of common toriography, considering the peasantry to be The workshop was organized by the Liudymyla Hrynevych, the leading enterprise and enhance the discussions. central to this analysis. Holodomor Research and Education Holodomor scholar in Ukraine, and her hus- The first paper, given by Olga Bertelsen, Diana Kudaibergenova, a Ph.D. candidate Consortium (HREC, Canadian Institute of band, Vladyslav Hrynevych, a specialist on was titled “The Politics of Silence during the in sociology at the University of Cambridge, Collectivization Campaign in Ukraine, 1928- presented her paper, “Articulating Cultural 1933.” She discussed silence as an element Trauma: The Holodomor, Social Suffering essential to authoritarian societies, which and Contemporary Nation-Building in conceal the truth about atrocities commit- Ukraine.” She assessed the concept of cul- ted by the state. Dr. Bertelsen, who holds the tural trauma, analyzing the Ukrainian 2014-2015 Petro Jacyk Postdoctoral Holodomor and the formation of collective Fellowship in Ukrainian Politics, Culture and identity in the aftermath of the tragedy and Society at the University of Toronto, after the fall of the empire that caused it. described the opportunity to discuss her Her paper prompted a discussion on the work with Prof. Graziosi as particularly nature of social memorialization in Ukraine valuable to her. “He guided me toward sev- before and after independence and the eral sources that would definitely enrich my effect of political projects of remembering project and suggested a methodological or forgetting the Holodomor (e.g., during approach that would add depth to the main the Yanukovych regime) on social response argument,” she said. to the issue. She outlined her examination Kimberly St. Julian, Harvard University, of the social “coding” and “weighting” of presented her paper, “Stalinism in the trauma, providing an argument for its Countryside: Collectivization and the authentic rather than constructed nature. Famine in Soviet Ukraine as Formative Alexander Gogun of the Free University Experiences.” Ms. St. Julian was recently Participants of the Holodomor Workshop. awarded a master’s degree from Harvard (Continued on page 13) No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014 9 CTO PROJECT: Steve’s story is told at British Columbia event Following are remarks by Anne Clarke at was subsequently transported to a lumber Nanaimo, British Columbia, at the August 22 camp at Kapuskasing. Steve’s name was unveiling of a commemorative plaque recall- recorded as Steve Sadozki, printed phoneti- ing Canada’s first national internment oper- cally, and he was incarcerated. He was ations. On that day, progressing from east to assigned POW number 629. west, at exactly 11 a.m. local time, 100 Despite the humility he suffered, the plaques were unveiled in various public ven- separation from loved ones, and the ues – from Amherst, Nova Scotia, to unprecedented, unmerited and undeserved Nanaimo, British Columbia (both sites of treatment of being an “enemy alien” and first world war-era internment camps) – to POW, Steve did find a silver lining in his sit- mark the 100th anniversary of the intern- uation. He admitted that, assigned duties in ment operations of 1914-1920 and the the camp kitchen, he was warmer than 100th anniversary of the War Measures Act, those who found themselves working out- which resulted in an operation that labeled doors all winter long. And the camp provid- more than 80,000 immigrants to Canada as ed him with better clothing and boots than “enemy aliens” and interned some 8,500 in he had at home. 24 camps throughout the country. This wave Steve and the other POWs held at of commemorative events formed what is Kapuskasing were eventually released. He known as the CTO Project. returned to Guelph, married and had five children, including a son who is named Many decades ago, a young Ukrainian Nick. This morning, Nick also attended the man named Steve decided to try and seek a unveiling of a commemorative CTO plaque, better life for himself. At the age of 17, and Anne Clarke, a retired officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, unveils the in Waterloo. against the wishes of his father, Steve made CTO plaque in Nanaimo, British Columbia, on August 22. The story that I’ve just told you has been the necessary arrangements to leave drafted from stories relayed to me. Ukraine. Because of the occupation of his boarded a vessel called the SS Conda. He at a foundry manufacturing stoves. One day, Although I knew him for 25 years, Steve country at that time, Steve was issued an arrived in Montreal five weeks later, on May in 1914, he began what he thought would never broached the subject of his intern- Austrian passport. He travelled from 17, 1913, and continued on to Ontario by be a routine day at work. A group of ment to me. He passed away in 1984, at age Lazarowka, to Trieste, Italy, evading offi- train, where he resided with other immi- Canadian government officials arrived at 89. Steve Sadozki was my grandfather. Nick cials who were attempting to conscript grant friends and family in several different the foundry and, acting under the authority is my father. young Ukrainian men into the army. On urban centers. of the War Measures Act, arrested him. He Thank you for allowing me to share April 10, 1913, still following his dream, he Steve settled in Guelph, and found work was told to gather all of his belongings, and Grandpa’s story with you. APPEAL: On the digital Kyiv Mohyla Academy celebrates preservation of Narodna Volya 400th anniversary of its founding A nation can be independent and yet Ukrainian published heritage is much not free. Only truth gives true freedom, more sporadic. and that truth can be learned. Now is the time to move forward and For several generations Ukrainians in prevent the labor of generations of America have produced and accumulated Ukrainians from disappearing into the past. books, periodicals and cultural artifacts In this regard, the Ukrainian Academy of containing unique historical, cultural and Arts and Sciences of the U.S.A. (UVAN) is educational information unavailable in collecting donations to support the next Ukraine. Without it, the memory of our stage of digitization of Narodna Volya (pub- nation is incomplete and its ability to learn lished in 1911-2009 by the Ukrainian from its successes and failures is broken. Fraternal Association, which was founded In the past, we went to libraries to as the Ukrainian Workingmen’s retrieve information. With the ubiquity Association). All issues of the newspaper of the Internet and digital media, tradi- after digitization will be accessible on tional libraries are now in a similar situ- UVAN’s website (www.uvan.org), freely ation as the railroads decades ago. This available for viewing and downloading. makes the future of many printed collec- Donors are able to make donations tax- tions uncertain and there is a serious free if checks are made payable to UVAN, risk that, left unattended, they will soon indicated as being “for Narodna Volya be lost forever. Project” and are sent to the Ukrainian If we are going to preserve our heri- Academy of Arts and Sciences, 206 W. tage and to provide access to it in this era 100th St., New York, NY 10025-5018. The of digital technology, it’s essential to academy will send a receipt upon receiving extend functions of the traditional librar- the donation. WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) and Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), who are seen above, and other members of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, the ies into the digital world by making them Dr. Albert Kipa, available online. president of UVAN in the U.S.A. Helsinki Commission and Freedom House were among those honored during the cel- This kind of initiative has been devel- ebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Ukraine’s Kyiv Mohyla Academy Dr. Taras Hunczak oping in the English reading world for – today known as the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy. An anniversary years and rapidly growing. Millions of Mykola Darmochwal event was held on September 16 in the large Caucus Room of the Cannon House books have already been digitized. Nicholas Duplak, Office Building on Capitol Hill. The event was hosted by the Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of Unfortunately, the online presence of former editor-in-chief of Narodna Volya America, the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus and the Embassy of Ukraine. – Yaro Bihun

himself, who spoke of his academic career which began with research on modern Ukrainian political elite adapted the legacy Roundtable... and his overriding interest in the problem Ukrainian political thought. The genesis of of Kyivan Rus’ in order to formulate the of identity. In his own words, biography that intellectual tradition is difficult to grasp concept of Kozak Ukraine as the “father- (Continued from page 8) played no small role in the development of without a detailed study of the liquidation of land” of the Ukrainian people. Another Oksana Yurkova spoke about Prof. such an interest. Prof. Kohut was brought the Kozak Hetmanate and its integration important factor was the continuing strug- Kohut’s contribution to Ukrainian studies up with a strong sense of Ukrainian identi- into the Russian Empire, which became the gle of the Kozaks for their rights and free- as a translator, particularly his English ty, but declaring it while growing up result- focus of his monograph. Yet, while that doms. The formation of the Ukrainian translation of Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s arti- ed in a host of problems. Back then, monograph offered answers to many exist- nation did not begin in the 19th century, as cle “Some Reflections on Ukrainian Philadelphians were far more aware of ing questions, another question still had to some modernist historians still maintain: in Historiography of the XVIII Century.” It Russia than of Ukraine. During his universi- be addressed: was the formation of Prof. Kohut’s opinion, its roots are to be appeared as an introduction to the ty years, Prof. Kohut said, he witnessed Ukrainian national identity prompted by the found in early modern Ukrainian history. Eyewitness Chronicle, published in the how hostile propaganda portrayed conflict between early modern “Little Prof. Kohut concluded his address by Harvard Ukrainian Studies series in 1972. Ukrainians as supporters of the Cold War, Russian” and modern “Ukrainian” identities, thanking all the organizers and participants Other congratulatory addresses to Prof. Nazi collaborators during World War II, or were there also other factors at work? of the roundtable, noting particularly that it Kohut were delivered by his colleagues Drs. and the like. This important question was largely was a great honor to speak at the Hrushevsky Ferhad Turanli and Dmytro Vyrsky. Such factors led him to study the birth resolved in Prof. Kohut’s two collections of Museum, where the historian lived and pro- The floor was then given to the honoree and development of the Ukrainian nation, articles. According to him, the early modern duced some of his most notable works. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014 No. 41

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Turning... (Continued from page 6) forged by the settlers who came to found a land free of political, economic or religious oppression. …In the eyes of enslaved peo- ples, America is the citadel of human free- dom. These people look to us for leader- ship in seeking their liberation and inde- pendence and restoring the enjoyment of their religious freedoms. If we fail to pro- vide this leadership, we not only doom these captive peoples but place our own freedom in jeopardy.” Gov. Rockefeller explained how Congress was pressing for the creation of special committees on Captive Nations, noting Rep. William E. Miller’s (R-N.Y.) commitment to preserve and broadcast truths about the Captive Nations. “These truths,” Rep. Miller was quoted as saying, “form our greatest weapon for winning the Cold War.” Gov. Rockefeller served on the proclama- tion committee with Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.) for the Shevchenko monument in Washington. The governor said the monu- ment to Shevchenko “would symbolize the bond of common purpose uniting the free Ukrainians with America’s people …a reminder of the ideals of personal freedom and national independence that Shevchenko shared with Abraham Lincoln.” Source: “Ukraine’s struggle for freedom,” The Ukrainian Weekly, October 27, 1962.

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Boxing boys, 66 kg); Mykhajlo Romanchuk (swim- for bronze with Natalie Powell of Great Basketball ming, 800-meter freestyle); Denys Britain. Ukraine’s Arena Lviv hosted a night of Voronovsky (taekwondo, +73 kg); Ukraine was eliminated from Group C boxing on October 4. Cruiserweight Vladyslav Gryko (artistic gymnastics, pom- On September 6-7 at the European of the Basketball World Cup that was held Alexander• Usik (5-0-0, 5 KO) defeated South mel horse); Alyona Belyakova (athletics, Cup in Bratislava, Slovakia, Vitaliy in Madrid• on September 4. Ukraine lost to African Daniel Bruwer (24-6-1, 21 KO) with discus throw); Joyce Koba (athletics, 200 Kovtunov• (90 kg) won gold, Vladyslav the United States 95-71, in a match that a seventh-round TKO out of 10 rounds meter); Lyudmyla Luzan (C-1 sprint); Dibrova (100 kg) won silver, Yuriy Pozhar was dominated by the U.S. team during the scheduled. Usik won the WBO Hanna Krasnoshlyk (diving, 3-meter (81 kg) won bronze. majority of the game. In the final, played on Intercontinental Title. Welterweight Andriy springboard); Oleksandr Malosilov (athlet- September 14, the United States defeated At the World Championships in Kotelnik (32-4-1, 13 KO) won by unanimous Serbia 129-92, and for third place, France Chelyabinsk, Russia, on August 25-31, decision after eight rounds against Bronze medalists: Anastasiya Malyavina won against Lithuania 95-93 on September Georgii Zantaria (66 kg) tied for bronze Alexander Benidze (13-15-2, 6 KO) of (swimming,ics, 8х100-meter 100-meter mixed relay). breaststroke); • with Kamal Khan-Magomedov of Russia. 13. Georgia. The judges scored 80-71, 80-71, Sophia Zenchenko (weightlifting, 63 kg); 80-71. Cruiserweight Serhiy Radchenko Track and field Lyudmyla Drozdova (judo, mixed team); Svitlana Iaromko (over 78 kg) won sil- (1-0-0, 0 KO) won his first professional fight Yulia Muits (taekwondo, +63 kg); Viktoriya ver at the International Judo Federation Ukraine’s Bohdan Bondarenko won against Ihor Pylypenko (4-18-2, 1 KO) by Sukhorukova (shooting, air rifle, mixed Brand Prix in Budapest, Hungary, on June gold in men’s high jump (2.37 meters) at unanimous decision. Judges scored 40-34, • team); Ruslan Valitov (athletics, discus 21-22. Georgii Zantaria (66 kg) tied for the IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakesh, 40-3, 40-34. Welterweight Viktor Plotnikov • throw); Vladyslav Gryko (artistic gymnas- bronze with Nijat Shikhalizada of Azerbaijan. Morocco, on September 13-14. Olha (31-2-0, 15 KO) won against Vladimer tics, rings); Darya Tkachova, Vladyslav Saladuha won bronze in the women’s triple Janezashvili (7-1-0, 2 KO) of Georgia with a Nizitskyi, Rinat Udod, Anzhelika Teterych Fencing jump (14.26 meters). The tournament chal- second-round TKO out of eight rounds (cycling, mixed team relay); Oleksandr Ukraine finished in sixth place with scheduled. Featherweight Oleg Malinovsky lenges competitors – from Africa (339 Masyk (Greco-Roman wrestling, 42 kg); three medals (one gold, two bronze) at the (13-0-0, 4 KO) won against Giorgi points), the Americas (390), Asia-Pacific Olema Kremzer (female wrestling, 52 kg); 2014 World Fencing Championship held at Gochishvili (3-4-2, 1 KO) of Georgia with a • (257.5) and Europe (447.5) – in 40 events. Pylyp Tkachenko (diving, mixed). the Kazan Tennis Academy in Kazan, KO in the third round of eight scheduled Russia, on July 15-23. Olha Kharlan won At the Rieti Meeting 2014 on rounds. Middleweight Petr Ivanov (1-0-0, 1 Lviv on June 30 withdrew its bid to gold in the individual saber event, Yana September 7 at Raul Guidobaldi Stadium, in KO) won his first professional fight against host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. The Shemyakina tied for bronze with Erika Richi, Italy, Olha Lyakhova won silver in the Andriy Danychkin (0-12-1, 0 KO) with a International Olympic Committee (IOC) • • Kirpu of Estonia in the women’s individual women’s 800-meter race (1:59.92 seconds); first-round KO out of four scheduled rounds. stated that Lviv’s withdrawal was “a result epee event, and Ukraine’s women’s team Olha Zemlyak won bronze in the women’s Super lightweight Oleksiy Kozlov (0-4-0, 0 of the present political and economic cir- (Olha Kharlan, Olena Kravatska, Olena 400-meter race (51.26 seconds); and in KO) lost to Eldos Sarkulov (2-0-0, 0 KO) of cumstances in Ukraine.” Lviv will bid for Voronina and Olha Zhovnir) won bronze in men’s high jump Bohdan Bondarenko and Kazakhstan with a unanimous decision after the 2026 Olympics instead. The decision to the women’s team saber event. The tourna- four rounds. Judges scored 40-37, 40-37, withdraw Lviv’s bid came after discussion Andriy Protsenko won gold and bronze, ment is hosted by the International Fencing respectively (2.36 meters, 2.25 meters). 40-36. Super featherweight Pavel Petrov between IOC President Thomas Bach, Federation. In the medal standing, Italy tied (0-1-0, 0 KO) lost to Bekman Soylybayev Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy with Russia for first place (with eight med- At the Diamond League Van Damme (2-0-0, 1 KO) of Kazakhstan with a second- Yatsenyuk and Ukraine’s National Olympic als), France was in third place (seven med- Memorial event in Brussels on September round TKO out of four scheduled rounds. Committee chair, Serhiy Bubka. Other host als), and Germany and the U.S.A. tied for 5, Bohdan Bondarenko won silver in the cities for the 2022 Olympics include • fourth place (one gold and one silver each). men’s high jump (2.40 meters), coming in Middleweight Sergiy Derevyanchenko Almaty, Beijing and Oslo. Other cities that Other teams in the medal standings were second to Mulaz Essa Barshim of Qatar (2-0-0, 1 KO) defeated Lekan Byfield (5-6- withdrew bids for the 2022 Games include 2, 0 KO) of the U.S.A. by unanimous deci- South Korea, China, Estonia, Hungary, • Stockholm and Krakow. Official selection of Romania, Switzerland and Tunisia. (Continued on page 19) sion after four rounds at Barker Hangar the host city for 2022 is scheduled to take arena in Santa Monica, Calif., on October 1. place on July 31, 2015, in Kuala Lampur. The judges scored 40-33, 40-33, 40-33. Mixed martial arts Cycling Light heavyweight Mykyta (Nikita) Art Exhibit & Live Auction Anna Solovey, 22, from Luhansk, Krylov, 22, of Donetsk, Ukraine, won his lat- Ukraine, won a surprise medal at a race in est• fight against Cody Donovan (8-5, 4 KO) Ponferrada,• Spain, on September 23. “This by TKO in the first round on July 19 at the is my first medal in the in the elite category O2 Arena in Dublin as part of the McGregor New Date: November 1 & 2, 2014 and I’m so happy,” she said. Because of the v Brandao fight. While fighting in Dublin, situation with Ukraine and the fighting in Saturday: 5:30-9:00 pm; Sunday: 1-3:30 pm Krylov (17-4, 7 KO) – who is the first native the east of the country, Solovey trains in Ukrainian to fight in the mixed martial arts Lviv where there are adequate facilities. organization Ultimate Fighting Lack of funding prevents Solovey and other Championship (UFC) – spoke with journal- HOLY TRINITY PARTICULAR UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH racers from competing in events, let alone ists on June 14 about the fighting in his 16631 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20905 training. Loyalty to her coach of 10 years, homeland, the lawlessness occurring in the Sergei Bazin, prevents her from joining a Kremlin-backed militant-held areas, and professional racing team, but she is hopeful his reaction to learning about the fate of for the future. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Krylov joined Olympics UFC in 2012 and fights for YK Promotion. 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NATO’s new secretary-general comments the airport in the main rebel-held city of August, saying her record as Italian foreign NEWSBRIEFS Donetsk. (RFE/RL) affairs minister and as a center-left politi- WARSAW – NATO’s new Secretary- cian showed she was too soft on Moscow (Continued from page 2) General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance is OSCE to provide drones for Ukraine over its role in the Ukraine crisis. Ms. very concerned about numerous breaches Mogherini said that while relations with Yanukovych, former Prime Minister Mykola of a month-old ceasefire between Ukraine KYIV – The Organization of Security and Azarov, ex-Procurator-General Viktor Cooperation in Europe said it should be Russia are strained at the moment, Russia and pro-Russian separatists. Mr. Stoltenberg, remains “a strategic country in the world” Pshonka and members of their families. speaking in Warsaw on his first foreign trip, able to secure two drones that will enable it Ukraine has launched criminal investiga- to improve efforts to monitor violations of and the EU needs to consider its ties with said it is important for Russia to use its influ- Russia “in the next five years.” She added, “It tions against the three former top officials, ence to make sure the separatists adhere to the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian accusing them of killing unarmed demon- President Petro Poroshenko told a delega- is going to be crucial that we are going to the ceasefire. Russian President Vladimir engage with Russia for our own security.” strators. The three fled Ukraine on the wake Putin’s Security Council on October 6 also tion of officials from OSCE member states of anti-government protests in late February. on October 7 that he eventually wanted to Ms. Mogherini also said that the EU needs to called the ceasefire in Ukraine very fragile, pay greater attention to its eastern neigh- Speaking to Ekho Moskvy radio on October particularly in the area of the Donetsk air- see 1,500 observers deployed in the east 3, Mr. Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov and that at least 29 drones be put at their bors. She added that the EU should offer port. Mr. Stoltenberg said NATO’s “task No. “full support to Ukraine in terms of security, refused to comment on Mr. Herashchenko’s 1” is reinforcing the security of its members disposal. Since unrest began, Ukraine has statement. Officials at Russia’s Federal appealed for a broad array of foreign sup- institutional reform, political process” and and “supporting an independent, democrat- economic and energy challenges. She Immigration Service also declined to com- ic and Western-oriented Ukraine.” And he port, including military aid. (RFE/RL) ment. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by underlined the importance of “a full imple- vowed to maintain “a continuous presence Missing Crimean Tatar found dead UNIAN, Ekho Moskvy and Interfax mentation” of a ceasefire deal between and activity in the eastern part of our alli- Ukraine and pro-Russia separatists conclud- ance,” potentially calling into question its PRAGUE – A Crimean Tatar man who No peace without border control ed in Minsk last month. The commissioner- 1997 promise to Russia that it would not went missing late last month on the designate also said she believed EU sanc- KYIV – Ukrainian President Petro permanently station significant combat forc- annexed peninsula has been found dead, tions against Russia have been effective Poroshenko said in a meeting with a top U.S. es in the east. (RFE/RL, with reporting by his sister said. Edem Asanov’s sister, Feride, from an economic point of view. She said, “I Reuters and Agence France-Presse) official on October 6 that there cannot be told RFE/RL on October 6 that Asanov’s think that the Russian economy is starting peace in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region body was in a morgue in the Crimean city Poland warns Russia on sanctions to suffer quite a lot. So if the question is, until government control is reestablished of Yevpatoria and that he would be buried have the choices we have made so far been over the border with Russia. During a meet- WARSAW – Poland’s foreign affairs min- on October 7 in the town of Saky. She pro- effective on the Russian economy? [the ing with visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of ister has warned Russia could face even vided no further details. Mr. Asanov, 25, is answer is] yes.” Ms. Mogherini also said she State Victoria Nuland, Mr. Poroshenko further sanctions unless Moscow’s policy in one of many Crimean Tatars who have believes the EU needs to support other east- stressed the need for Ukrainian border Ukraine changes. Grzegorz Schetyna was been reported missing in Crimea in recent ern neighbors such as Moldova and Georgia guards to be allowed to return to all areas speaking to Polish broadcast Polsat News months. Community members say pres- and work more closely with Armenia, along the Russian border. “Without restor- on October 7. Breaches of a ceasefire in sure on Tatars is part of what they call a Azerbaijan and Belarus. (RFE/RL, with ing Ukrainian control over the border, it is eastern Ukraine have renewed Western campaign of harassment and intimidation additional reporting by Agence France- impossible to achieve a peaceful settle- diplomatic pressure on Moscow. Western against the Turkic-speaking Muslim minor- Presse and Reuters) ment,” Mr. Poroshenko told Ms. Nuland. He states accuse Russia of giving military sup- ity group, most of whose members also warned that areas in eastern Ukraine port to the rebels, an allegation the Kremlin opposed Russia’s annexation of the Black Journalists’ unions meet with OSCE rep controlled by pro-Russian separatists faced has denied. “If Russia does not change its Sea peninsula from Ukraine in March. VIENNA – Representatives of Ukrainian a humanitarian disaster this winter if noth- policy, sanctions will be toughened and Crimean authorities have made no official and Russian journalists’ unions condemned ing can be done to change the current situa- they will make themselves felt even more comment about Mr. Asanov since he went the killing, beating and detention of journal- tion. Gas, electricity and food supplies must in Russia,” Mr. Schetyna said. “All the missing on September 29. He disappeared ists in the zone of armed conflict in eastern be resumed, Mr. Poroshenko said. The next European countries are speaking with one the day when hundreds of Crimean Tatars Ukraine in a meeting organized by day, addressing students at Taras voice, together with Australia, the United protested in the town of Bilohirsk against Representative on Freedom of the Media Shevchenko National University in Kyiv, in a States and Canada. The free world says ‘no’ the disappearances of two other Tatars, veiled reference to Russia, Ms. Nuland to this kind of policy,” he said. “The Polish 20-year-old Dzhevdet Islamov and 17-year- Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) demanded that foreign armed forces be viewpoint is shared by other countries.” old Islam Dzhepparov, who were reported- onDunja September Mijatović 26 in of Vienna. the Organization Hosting the third on pulled out of Ukraine. “The shooting has not Meanwhile, more breaches of the ceasefire, ly forced into a vehicle by unknown individ- in a series of meetings, with the aim to stopped, and the shooting must stop.” She which came into effect one month ago, have uals in military uniform and taken away on improve cooperation on journalists’ safety added, “All foreign forces and foreign equip- been reported. Defense officials in Ukraine September 27. On October 1, speaking at ment must be withdrawn.” (RFE/RL, with said on October 7 that pro-Russia separat- the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council the unions play a key role in resolving these reporting by UNIAN and Interfax) ist fighters are continuing efforts to capture of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, the veter- issuesand professionalism, and in de-escalating Ms. Mijatović the conflict. said “Thethat an leader of the Crimean Tatar community, result of the discussion and the statement Mustafa Dzhemilev, said that at least 18 issued send a strong message that dialogue, Tatars had disappeared after the peninsula professionalism and truth are our allies when was annexed by Russia in March. (RFE/RL) reporting about this terrible conflict,” Ms. Mogherini advocates balanced approach TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 responsibility not to engage in propaganda.” or e-mail [email protected] BRUSSELS – Federica Mogherini, the TheMijatović statement said. “Journalists was adopted have following a particular the European Union’s commissioner-designate meeting of the Ukrainian and Russian jour- for foreign policy, has said that the EU needs SERVICES PROFESSIONALS nalists’ unions. The first two meetings took to handle Russia with a mixture of firmness place on May 19 and June 27. At the first and tact. Ms. Mogherini, speaking during meeting the journalists adopted a memoran- her three-hour confirmation hearing at the dum on the situation in and around Ukraine European Parliament, said, “I would say that and at the second an action plan. we need a mix of assertiveness and diplo- Representatives of the National Union of macy. The balance would also depend on Journalists of Ukraine, the Independent the reaction of the [Russian] bear.” Some Media Trade Union of Ukraine and the Eastern European EU states had sharply criticized Ms. Mogherini’s nomination in (Continued on page 13)

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uled for October 14-15 will be boycotted. the website of the U.S. Department of State OSCE monitoring; and ensuring that all NEWSBRIEFS Mr. Dzhabarov said the decision was made on September 25.) “We welcome the Minsk hostages are released. Russia must also at the recommendation of the Russian agreements of 5 and 19 September as an ensure that all commitments of the Minsk (Continued from page 12) Foreign Affairs Ministry in response to important step towards a sustainable, agreement be met and the political process Russian Union of Journalists attended the Washington’s sanctions against Russia over mutually agreed ceasefire, a secure within Ukraine continues. We commend meeting, which was opened by Alison Bethel- its actions in Ukraine. Another Federation Russian-Ukrainian border and the return of the efforts Ukraine has made to implement McKenzie, executive director of the Council member, Igor Morozov, said the peace and stability to eastern Ukraine with its responsibilities under the Minsk agree- International Press Institute. Representatives Russian lawmakers may also refuse to form the establishment of a ‘special status’ zone, ment.” The G-7 statement also noted: “We of the International Federation of Journalists, a working group for cooperation with the which is to be empowered with a strong reiterate our condemnation of Russia’s ille- European Federation of Journalists and parliament of Cyprus, whose authorities local self-government under Ukrainian law. gal attempted annexation of Crimea. We Reporters without Borders also took part. are accused of being controlled by the We condemn the ongoing violations of the reiterate our condemnation of the downing (OSCE) United States. (RFE/RL, based on reporting ceasefire agreement,” they stated. “The of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft on 17 July by Izvestia, Interfax and ITAR-TASS) ceasefire agreement offers an important 2014 with the loss of 298 innocent lives Russian lawmakers boycott business group opportunity to find a durable political solu- and welcome the internationally respected G-7 issues statement on Ukraine MOSCOW – A Russian Parliament com- tion to the conflict, in full respect of recent publication of the preliminary mittee plans to boycott a meeting of the WASHINGTON – The foreign affairs min- Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integ- report on the tragedy. We call for immedi- Russian-American Business Council in the isters of the Group of Seven – Canada, rity. Russia must immediately meet its own ate, safe and unrestricted access to the United States next month. Russia’s Izvestia France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United commitments of the Minsk agreement, crash site to enable independent experts to daily newspaper cited Vladimir Dzhabarov, Kingdom and the United States – and the including by withdrawing all of its forces, swiftly conclude their investigations, also in acting chairman of the International Affairs high representative of the European Union weapons and equipment from Ukraine; order to hold accountable those responsi- Committee of the Parliament’s upper released a statement of “continued grave securing and respecting the international ble for the event.” (U.S. Department of chamber, the Federation Council, as saying concern on the situation in eastern border between the two countries with State) on September 30 that the meeting sched- Ukraine.” (The text was made available on В шосту безмежно болючу річницю відходу у вічність motivations for compliance, and their fates нашого найдорожчого і незабутнього Holodomor... after the Famine. Ms. Mattingly is in the Мужа, Батька, Брата і Діда early stages of writing a dissertation on cul- (Continued from page 8) tural memory of the Holodomor’s rank- св. п. in Berlin presented a paper on “The Bread and-file perpetrators. She draws on the tes- of Ukraine for Military Plants in Russia: timonies of both perpetrators and survi- Василя Тершаківця Political-Economic Causes of the vors, archival data and contemporary post- Holodomor.” Its main thesis was that memory in three villages in different будуть відправлені Stalin’s focus on developing military indus- regions of Ukraine, developing a microlevel Поминальні Служби Божі в: tries in Russia left the Ukrainian SSR, not- analysis intended to provide insight into withstanding its own industrial growth, as a what took place in the rest of the country. • Церкві св. Івана Хрестителя в Нюарку, Н. Дж. “supplier of other means needed for the Marta Baziuk, executive director of 18 жовтня 2014 pоку о год. 7:45 ранку import of machines and construction of HREC, noted that the gathering constituted Соборі Входу в Храм Пресвятої Богородиці Норт Порт, Фла. weapons and munitions plants.” a workshop in the truest sense. “Our five Соборі св. Юра Львів, Україна Daria Mattingly, a Ph.D. candidate in talented early career scholars shared infor- Церкві Різдва Христового Тернопіль, Україна Slavonic studies at the University of mation and challenged one another’s Cambridge, presented a paper on the ways views, and our experts provided them with Соборі св. Андрія Первозванного Підволочиськ, Україна in which the perpetrators of the Holodomor valuable guidance in terms of theoretical Храмі Успення Пресвятої Богородиці Кліцко, Україна are remembered and forgotten. She dis- and methodological approaches, including Вічна Йому пам’ять! cussed her attempts to assess relations concrete advice on what to read and where between perpetrators and victims, their to look.”

З глибоким сумом повідомляємо родину, друзів і знайомих, IN MEMORY OF OUR PARENTS що 2 жовтня 2014 року, проживши 102 роки, померла Мати, Бабуся, Сестра і Тітка, св. п. Наталія Коваль з дому Стефанюк. вдова по св. п. Богданові Ковалеві; членка Союзу Українок; Українського Музею в Ню-Йорку, НТШ в Ню-Йорку та українська патріотка. Панахида відбулася в понеділок, 6 жовтня, в Leo P. Gallagher and Sons Funeral Home, Greenwich, CT, а похорон - у вівторок, 7 жовтня, в Українській католицькій церкві Святого Андрія. Похована на Українському цвинтарі Святого Духа в Campbell Hall, NY. Вдячні за те, що з нею мали нагоду жити, але з глибоким сумом, що вона нас залишила:

сестра Ярослава Баросевич син Юра Коваль з дружиною Іриною 1924-2014 1924-2013 дочка Романа Пилип з чоловіком Володимиром внучки Александра Коваль, Наталі Давлинг з родиною, Тамара Коваль Irena and Simeon Steciuk внуки Юра Пилип з дружиною Танею і дочкою Калиною, і Микола Пилип з нареченою Наталею Антоняк родини Стефанюк, Масний, Маркусь, Стахів, Дзядів, 69th Wedding Anniversary ближча і дальша родина в Україні, Америці, Канаді No length of time can take away та Европі. The legacy of your love that lives today Вічна Їй пам’ять! No longer in our lives to share Пожертви можна складати на: But in our hearts you’re always there • Shevchenko Scientifi c Society, 63 4th Ave., New York, NY 10003 We thank you for all you’ve shared • PLAST NYC, 144 2nd Ave., New York, NY 10003 Your love, your faith, your heritage • Th e Ukrainian Museum, 222 E 6th St., New York, NY 10003 Eternal Rest

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COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Rochester observes Ukraine’s Independence Day Warren, who presented a proclamation on and the Malvy Ensemble (directed by the mayor’s behalf; and County Executive Zhanna Polyanska-Wirlo) performed sever- Maggie Brooks, who presented a proclama- al Ukrainian songs tion of Ukrainian Independence Day in all of The Rev. Roman Sydorovych of the Monroe County. Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Epiphany Also in attendance were Joseph D. Morelle, addressed the gathering, and Volodymyr assemblyman and majority leader in the New Pavlyuk, a member of the ROC Maidan York State Assembly; and New York State Committee, brought everyone up to date on Sens. Ted O’Brien and Joseph Robach. State events in Ukraine. Sen. Michael Nozzolio, who was unable to The assembly was brought to a close attend, sent a letter for the occasion. with a prayer for independence offered by Dr. Hoshowsky recited Shevchenko’s the Very Rev. Igor Krekhovetsky of St. Mary poem “Day by Day,” and Sofiya Kreminska Protectress Ukrainian Autocephalous read his “Plundered Grave.” Yulia Pavlyuk Orthodox Church. A Ukrainian celebration in Hong Kong

Political leaders, clergy and community leaders at Rochester’s celebration of Ukrainian Independence Day.

by Zorianna Dombchewsky duced the day’s program with the presenta- and Christine Hoshowsky tion of colors. Jerry Andrushko, 93, a veteran of the 1st Division of the Ukrainian Army ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Ukrainian carried the Ukrainian flag, while Ihor American community in Rochester, N.Y., Hoshowsky, U.S. Army veteran and member along with friends, dignitaries and the local of the John Onufryk Memorial Post 1590, press joined together to commemorate the carried the American flag. They were joined 23rd anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. by U.S. Army veteran Walter Denysenko. All Dr. Christine Hoshowsky welcomed the three stood at attention beside the Ukrainian guests and dignitaries on behalf of the Centennial Monument as Lydia Dzus and Rochester Ukrainian Group Inc. It was a day Zinnia Dzus DeBole sang the American and of celebration, recognition and reflection – a the Ukrainian Anthems. Ukrainian youth day of tribute to the heroes of the Maidan and organizations’ representatives laid red roses the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. beside the two wreaths made of blue and Highlighting the program was a keynote yellow carnations. A moment of silence was address by Congresswoman Louise observed to honor the departed. The invoca- Slaughter (D-N.Y.); a series of proclama- tion was given by Rt. Rev. Mitred Archpriest tions presented by local political leaders; Phillip Weiner, pastor of St. Josephat HONG KONG – About 30 people – singles, families and couples, many of whom the introduction of members of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. are from Ukraine – who are living and working in Hong Kong celebrated Ukraine’s Ukrainian Centennial Committee; recitation Tamara Denysenko, the president of the Independence Day, August 24, with a special get-together. Some of the group have of poems by Taras Shevchenko, bard of Ukrainian-American Community spent many years in Asia; while others are new arrivals. There were, of course, Ukraine; presentations by Ukrainian Foundation and former CEO of the Ukrainian spouses of various nationalities and friends of Ukraine as well. They celebrated Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic Church Federal Credit Union, introduced the politi- with a Hong Kong-style barbecue, but with Ukrainian “shashlyk” and other Ukrainian pastors; an Independence Day address by cal leaders in attendance, including Rep. favorites. Seen above on a roof deck overlooking Cental, the financial center in Dr. Olena Prokopovych, assistant professor Slaughter, ranking member of the House Hong Kong, are the lovely ladies of the group; the men tended to the barbecue and of political science at Nazareth College; a Rules Committee, as well as Irondequoit refreshments. The evening was begun with the singing of the Ukrainian national call for humanitarian aid for Ukrainian sol- Town Supervisor Adam Bello, who read and anthem led by a young man named Nazar who is now working as a musician/enter- diers; an account by survivor Hennady presented the proclamation designating tainer in Hong Kong. This diverse group of professionals from around the globe is Chernihiv of events on the Maidan; musical August 24 as Ukrainian Independence Day also organizing local fund-raising for supplies for the Ukrainian armed forces. (Check interludes and prayers for peace in Ukraine. in Irondequoit, N.Y.; executive assistant Andy out the Facebook page Ukrainians in Hong Kong.) Master of ceremonies Marta Fediuk intro- Rau, representing Rochester Mayor Lovely A. – Kiki Zinycz PTSD training participants from Ukraine mark holiday with local Ukrainian Americans

HARTFORD, Conn. – Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) training partici- pants from Ukraine of the Yale University School of Medicine/Open World Leadership Program/ United Ukrainian American Relief Committee (UUARC) attended the Ukrainian Independence Day commemoration on Sunday, August 24, with parishioners of St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church in Hartford, Conn. (as seen in the photo above). The group participated in a welcome recep- tion at the Ukrainian National Home of Hartford on Friday evening, a group tour of New York City and Ukrainian Independence Day picnic in Glastonbury, Conn., on Saturday and a breakfast reception on Sunday morning. Afterwards, the group attended PTSD training at the Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, on August 25-29 in New Haven, Conn. A farewell reception was held on Friday, August 29, at St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church in New Haven, Conn. – Myron Kolinsky No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014 15 Congratulations to the UNA scholarship winners for 2014-2015

$2,000 $1,000 by Maria Drich PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrainian National Association, through its Scholarship Committee, has awarded 51 stu- dents, who are members of the UNA, and are enrolled at institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada, scholarships for the 2014-2015 school year. The total for this school year was $12,775, of which $5,000 was designated for special scholarship awards. These spe- cial awards offer higher financial support from the UNA, and the Scholarship Committee determines the applica- tions based on the financial needs of the student, academic performance and field of study, as well as active participa- tion in the Ukrainian community. The Joseph and Dora Galandiuk Scholarship, in the amount of $2,000, was awarded to Andrew Drozd of UNA Branch 240. Andrew is an honor student at the Ohio State University (OSU) studying neuroscience. Andrew puts his studies into practice, as a volunteer at OSU Wexner Medical Center and participates in various study and research projects. In the Ukrainian community in Cleveland, Andrew has been a member of the Ukrainian Andrew Drozd (UNA Branch 240) Nazariy Gavrysh (UNA Branch 234) American Youth Association (UAYA) since 1997, worked as Ohio State University Rutgers University a counselor, and was among the first to work as a counsel- or in Ukraine as part of the Ukraine-America exchange $750 $500 $500 program that began in 2010. Andrew is also a member of the Ukrainian Club at OSU. The Drs. Mary and Dmytro Jarosewycz Scholarship, in the amount of $1,000, was awarded to Nazariy Gawrysh of UNA Branch 234. Nazar is an honor student in political sci- ence at Rutgers University. Nazar, who was born in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine completed studies at the Lesia Ukrainka School of Ukrainian Studies in Whippany, N.J. While at college, Nazar is active in vari- ous community organizations, spending many hours at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey and St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, both in Whippany. Nazar is also a member of the Ukrainian Club at Rutgers. The Vera Stangl Scholarship, in the amount of $750, was awarded to Maksym Cohen, a member of UNA Branch 234. Maksym is studying marine biology at the University of San Diego. He is an active member of the UAYA and for the past summers has worked at the UAYA camp in Ellenville, N.Y. Maksym actively participates in UAYA events, protests Maksym Cohen Larysa Droczak Katarina Sokol and demonstrations, as well as events supporting the (UNA Branch 234) (UNA Branch 283) (UNA Branch 414) Maidan in Ukraine. University of San Diego Rutgers University Hofstra University The Joseph Wolk Scholarship, in the amount of $750, was awarded to Larysa Droczak of UNA Branch 283, who at Ukrainian Saturday school and is an active dancer with The younger generation is called to support the UNA is an honor student studying English and communications the Roma Pryma Bohachevsky groups, as well as with the through its various financial products, including insur- at Rutgers University. Larysa studied at Ukrainian Zolotij Promin dance ensemble of Hartford, Conn. ance, and to subscribe to Svoboda and The Ukrainian Saturday schools, and is active at UAYA camps and dance The remaining 46 students received standard awards Weekly, which are published by UNA, and to visit the camps. She is also a member of the Ukrainian Club at based on year of study and academic performance. The Soyuzivka Heritage Center in Kerhonkson, N.Y. UNA mem- Rutgers, as well as of the Ukrainian volleyball team at the scholarships were distributed as such: nine first-year bers are encouraged to take advantage of all of these fra- university. (freshman) applicants received $125 each; eight sopho- ternal benefits, and contribute to the preservation of The Blackstone Scholarship, funded by the Ukrainian mores received $150 each; 14 juniors received $175 each; Ukrainian culture and heritage. National Home Corp. in Blackstone, Mass., in the amount and 15 seniors received $200 each. For more information about the UNA and its scholar- of $500, was awarded to Katarina Sokol of UNA Branch The UNA sincerely congratulates all of the recipients of ship program, readers may visit www.ukrainiannation- 414. Katarina is a biochemistry and forensics student at this year’s scholarship awards, and wishes them success in alassociation.org or call our Home Office at 800-253-9862. Hofstra University. She successfully completed her studies the future. (Translated by Matthew Dubas)

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Andriy Balaban Laryssa Boyko Raphael Guida Julianna Hanas Alexander Kobryn (UNA Branch 401) (UNA Branch 161) (UNA Branch 234) (UNA Branch 327) (UNA Branch 130) York University Catholic University Manhattan College Towson University Mercy College 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014 No. 41

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Grace Kobryn Katherine Kopystanski Roman Krywulych Michael Moroz Harper Erin Niedzwiecki Nadiya Pavlishyn (UNA Branch 130) (UNA Branch 360) (UNA Branch 266) (UNA Branch 247) (UNA Branch 372) (UNA Branch 130) SUNY New Paltz Ithaca College Lehigh University University of Oklahoma Rowan University Stony Brook University

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Daniel Reft Maria Spotts Mark Temnycky Andriy Vasiyschouk Matthew Allen Nicholas Demczar (UNA Branch 120) (UNA Branch 242) (UNA Branch 39) (UNA Branch 269) (UNA Branch 247) (UNA Branch 13) Ohio University Bloomsburg University Le Moyne College NJ Institute of Technology University of Texas at Austin University of New Haven

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Ian Eichorn Samantha Halligan Kristina Hayda (UNA Branch 206) (UNA Branch 39) (UNA Branch 59) Massasoit Community College SUNY Oswego Boston University

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Sara Henderson Alexandra Nagurney Lynn Nemeth (UNA Branch 112) (UNA Branch 777) (UNA Branch 83) UNC Charlotte Lafayette College Philadelphia University

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Andrei Tabatchouk Dianna Wasylyk Andrea Zelez Peter Chudolij Jessica Demczar Luke Macios (UNA Branch 269) (UNA Branch 88) (UNA Branch 277) (UNA Branch 42) (UNA Branch 13) (UNA Branch 161) Rutgers University SUNY Fredonia Bryant University Rutgers University Ithaca College Duquesne University

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Tatiana Matejko-Lima Taissa Michel Lesia Sisung Ivanka Temnycky Anastasia Vandermark Andrij Gavrysh (UNA Branch 234) (UNA Branch 42) (UNA Branch 13) (UNA Branch 39) (UNA Branch 137) (UNA Branch 234) Marymount Manhattan College Rowan University Sacred Heart University Hamilton College Kansas State University Rutgers University

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John Klaczany Christine Lenchur Katherine Lenchur Luke Poston Nadya Spotts Marta Telepko (UNA Branch 182) (UNA Branch 325) (UNA Branch 325) (UNA Branch 112) (UNA Branch 242) (UNA Branch 234) Rutgers University Lehigh University Wake Forest University University of Toledo Penn State University University of Connecticut

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Andrew Uzdejczyk Alexander Zelez (UNA Branch 8) (UNA Branch 277) Boston College Wagner College Mission Statement The Ukrainian National Association exists: • to promote the principles of frater- nalism; • to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian heritage and culture; and • to provide quality financial servic- es and products to its members. As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National Association reinvests its earnings for the benefit of its mem- bers and the Ukrainian community. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014 No. 41 UKELODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION Plast in Seattle celebrates its fi rst decade by Nataliya Zhurakovska and Olga Dudyshyn SEATTLE – During the summer of 2014, Plast scouts had the opportunity to establish their own camp on Whidbey Island in Deception Pass. During camp, which Plast members from throughout the U.S. could attend, the children hiked up Mount Baker, went kayaking and celebrated the 10th anniversary of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization in Seattle. At the start of the camp, a Native American paid a visit to our campers. His intriguing stories taught everybody and enlightened them about the importance of unity. He emphasized the fact that, despite our races, religions and differences, we are all brothers and sisters. Concluding the lecture, he handed out four different colored strings to every person, symbolizing the races on Earth. The strings Plast scouts at the start of their hike up Mount Baker in Washington state. were tied together to create a bracelet of unity. Later in the week, the scouts went hiking on a and knowledgeable, giving the campers the privi- songs, and participated in enjoyable games. stunning, yet challenging, trail up Mount Baker. On lege to see and learn about different algae as well This camp was fi lled with amazing, unforget- the way to the destination, everybody stopped for a as islands in the area. table and heart-warming memories. Everyone who lovely lunch surrounded by the scenery. All through To conclude this unforgettable camp, the camp- attended was welcomed and accepted from the start the hike, our photographers never missed an oppor- ers’ families joined them and the camp staff to cel- as part of a larger family. Without the camp coun- tunity to capture the beauty of Washington and the ebrate the 10-year anniversary of Plast in Seattle. selors, staff and the Hnateyko family, this experi- newly made friendships between our campers. A slideshow and various decorations reminded ence would not have been possible. The camp counselors took all the campers kaya- everyone of all the great years spent in Plast. After king. Everybody followed their guides respectfully dinner, everyone joined together around a bonfi re, Nataliya Zhurakovska, 17, and Olga throughout the experience. The guides were helpful singing traditional Ukrainian songs along with Plast Dudyshyn, 16, both live in Edmunds, Wash. Ukrainian School of Hartford begins school year An unforgettable three weeks at Plast camp by Oriana and Ruslana Makar HARTSDALE, N.Y. – This past July, as during most summers, we attended “tabir no- vachok,” which is the Plast camp for girl cub scouts, with our friends at the Vovcha Tropa campground in East Chatham, N.Y. Our “komendantka,” or head counselor, Olenka Olesnycky planned a camp program that focused on our Ukrainian heritage and ethnicity. The theme of the younger girls’ scout camp was “Kvity Ukrainy – Tse My!” (“We are fl owers of Ukraine). This is a line taken from a poem written by the famous poet and artist Taras Shevchenko. by Gregory Iwanik and she is a very nice lady who is responsible for Each individual girls’ group (riy) was a dif- all the students and their Ukrainian education. HARTFORD, Conn. – On Saturday, Septem- ferent part of a Ukrainian dance costume or The teachers in our school are also very nice and ber 6, the Ukrainian School of Hartford, Conn., part of the Ukrainian culture. Oriana’s riy was are dedicated to making sure we are learning all started its school year. All the students went to the “Chorni vyshyvky” (black embroidered about Ukraine, the language and culture. liturgy at St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church, blouses) and Ruslana’s was “Chervoni korali” Our school is a fantastic school and I am very which was led by the parish priest, the Rev. Paul (red necklace beads). Each group learned its proud to be a student here in Hartford. As a treat, Martyniuk. After the liturgy, the students gath- own ritualistic song that focused on that group’s we also get to buy our lunches at the school, and ered for a school picture and then went back to specifi c Ukrainian costume part or culture. In my favorite is pizza! the classrooms to start their classes. addition, we learned a beautiful camp song I hope even more children will sign up to our This year, the school has over 85 students en- and camp dance. We were adorned in “vinky,” school. I have made some wonderful friends here. rolled. Our classes are held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or headdresses of fl owers, that we each hand- every Saturday. Our principal is Svitlana Markiw, Gregory Iwanik, 8, is from Farmington, Conn. (Continued on page 19) No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014 19

Through Exhibit, “A Century of Embroidered Fashion,” Ukrainian October 18 Fall dance, “Hulyanka u Vyshyvankakh,” Ukrainian November 28 National Museum, 312-421-8020 Palatine, IL American Youth Association, Palatine UAYA Center, Chicago www.cym.org/us-palatine or [email protected]

October 12, 19, 26 Hoverla Film Festival, Ukrainian Community of Western October 18 Ukrainian Harvest Festival, St. Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Frick Fine Arts New Britain, CT Church, 860-229-3833 or 860-677-2138 Auditorium, http://ucowpa.org October 18 Film screening with Yuri Gruzinov, “Babylon 13,” Stamford, CT Ukrainian American Youth Association, Ukrainian October 16 Lecture by Taras Koznarsky, “Shevchenko and His Museum and Library of Stamford, [email protected] Stanford, CA Readers,” Stanford University, 650-725-2563 or [email protected] October 18 Lecture by Zenon Wasyliw, “Orthodox Church in Ukraine: New York Civil Society, Identity and Unification Efforts,” October 16 Concert, featuring violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv and the Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 Storrs, CT University of Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Von der Mehden Recital Hall, 860-486-2106 or October 19 75th anniversary awards banquet, honoring graduates of www.sfa.uconn.edu/vdm.html Warren, MI Ukrainian schools in Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit and “Ukrainian of the Year” Nadia Komarnyckyj McConnell, October 16 Film footage screening with Ruslan Hanushchak, The Ukrainian Cultural Center, 248-851-7093 New York Ukrainian Museum, www.urkrainianmuseum.org October 20 Symposium, “Twenty Years After Ukraine’s October 16-17 Symposium, “Negotiating Borders: Comparing the Cambridge, MA Denuclearization: Its Aftermath for Ukraine, Its Implications Edmonton, AB Experience of Canada, Europe and Ukraine,” Canadian for Nonproliferation and International Security,” Harvard Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, University, 617-495-4053 [email protected] or 780-492-2972 October 20-27 Art exhibit, “Maidan. Ukraine. Road to Freedom,” New York Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 or October 17 Film screening with Yuri Shevchuk, “Taras Shevchenko” www.ukrainianinstitute.org New York by Ihor Savchenko, The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 or www.ukrainianmuseum.org October 21 Presentation by Brigit Hansl, “Policy Uncertainty Clouds New York Medium-Term Prospects (For Russia),” Columbia October 17-18 Conference, “The Great War and Enemy Aliens, 1914- University, 212-854-4623 Banff, AB 1919,” University of Alberta, Cave and Basin National Historical Site, www.cius.ca or 780-492-1444 October 22 Concert, “Festival Chamber Music Series,” with violinist New York Solomiya Ivakhiv, cellist Ruth Sommers, guitarist Oren October 18 Sudbury Yarmarok Festival, Ukrainian National Fader and pianist Mikhail Halliak, Weill Recital Hall, Sudbury, ON Federation, www.sudburyyarmarok.webs.com or Carnegie Hall, www.carnegiehall.org 705-673-0890 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events October 18 Concert in honor of Taras Shevchenko’s 200th anniversary, advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions New York featuring the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, St. Volodymyr from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Cathedral, 917-559-8628 or [email protected] and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

An unforgettable... Sportsline hurdles and long jump. Bohdan Bondarenko won gold in the (Continued from page 11) (Continued from page 18) men’s high jump with a height of 2.35 crafted, dressed in flowered skirts, (2.43 meters), and ahead of Ivan Ukhov of meters• at the 22nd European Athletics Championship at Letzigrund Stadium in camp shirts, a beaded necklace, and Russia (2.34 meters). Andriy Protsenko fin- ished in sixth place (2.31 meters). Zurich on August 12-17. Andriy Protesenko dance slippers or boots. won second place in the men’s high jump During the three weeks (July Oksana Okuneva won gold in the with a height of 2.33 meters. Serhiy Smelyk 5-26), we hiked and swam, we women’s high jump with a height of 1.94 won third place in the men’s 200-meter played sports and sang many won- meters at the 50th Paliio Citta della Quercia race (20.30 seconds, a personal best) on • August 15. Olha Zemlyak won silver in the derful songs. We also completed in Rovereto, Italy, on September 2. Oleksandr Nychyporchuk won silver in the women’s 400-meter race with a time of “vmilosty,” or merit badges, that javelin event with a distance of 79.58 51.36 seconds. Anna Titiments won silver included our usual camp endeavors meters. Anna Mishchenko won bronze in in the women’s 400-meter hurdles with a such as the knowledge about flowers the women’s 1,500-meter race with a time time of 54.56 seconds (a personal best). and trees, first aid and swimming. of 4:06.63 seconds. Olha Saladuha won gold in the women’s tri- ple jump with a distance of 14.73 meters. In line with the camp’s theme, some Oleksiy Kasyanov won silver in the Lyudmyla Olyanovska won silver in the of our vmilosty also focused on our men’s decathlon at the Decastar World women’s 12-kilometer walk with a time of heritage such as cross-stitching and 1:28.07 seconds. Ukraine’s 4x400-meter Combined• Events Challenge in Talence, folk dance. France, on September 20-21. Kasyanov fin- women’s team of Nataliya Pyhyda, We also learned classic Ukrai- “Komendantka” Olenka Olesnycky ished with 8,062 points, while competing Hrystyna Stuy, Hanna Ryzhykova and Olha with “novachky” Ruslana (left) and Zemlyak won silver with a time of 3:24.34 nian songs such as “Chervona Ruta’ in the 100-meter race, long jump, high Oriana Makar. jump, 400-meter race, 110-meter hurdles, seconds. Oleksiy Kasyanov won silver in the by composer Volodymyr Ivasiuk, discus, shot put, javelin, pole vault and men’s 400-meter race with a time of 48.88 that captured our hearts and spirits. forefathers as we did this past sum- 1,500-meter race. Anastasiya Mokhnyuk seconds, and Kasyanov won silver in the men’s discus throw with a distance of 47.96 One evening, we celebrated the pre- mer at Plast camp at Vovcha Tropa. won silver in the women’s hepathlon with Christian feast of Kupalo; we made 6,220 points. The heptathlon included: meters. Alina Fyodorova won silver in the This Plast camp was unforget- women’s 100-meter hurdles with a time of wreaths and celebrated with an 100-meter race, shot put, 200-meter race, table. Thank you “Sestrychko” long jump, javelin and 800-meter race 14.01 seconds. enchanted night of song and dance. Olenko, and all the sestrychky (high jump was not included). This camp’s theme was timely as (counselors) for an amazing tabir! On August 30 Ruslan Dmytrenko won it not only united us and made us On August 22 at the Flame Games meet gold in the Voronovo Cup 10-kilometer race stronger as Ukrainians. During this Oriana Makar is 10 years old in Amsterdam, Oleksiy Kasyanov won silver walk• held in Moscow with a time of 38:50 seconds for a personal best. Lyudmyla camp we felt stronger as Ukrainian in •the men’s triathlon (2,454 points) that and Ruslana Makar is 8 years old. included pole vault, 110-meter hurdles and Olyanovksa won gold in the women’s 10-kilo- girls and realized that we are the They live in Hartsdale, N.Y., and shot put. Nataliya Pyhyda won first place in meter walk with a time of 42:30 seconds. future. Ukraine was, is and always are members of the New York City the women’s 400-meter race (52.36 sec- will be. We can be proud and sup- branch of Plast Ukrainian Scouting onds) and Olha Lyakhova won third place in On July 19 at the IAAF Meeting in port our fellow Ukrainians by con- Organization. The story above was the women’s 1,000-meter race (2:38.67 sec- Madrid, Nataliya Semenova won gold in the onds). Hanna Melnychenko won second women’s• discus (60.27 meters); Anna tinuing to maintain our language, written with the help of their moth- place in the women’s triathlon (2,397 Titiments won silver in the women’s 400- our culture and our love for our er, Chrystia Gorski-Makar. points) that included javelin, 100-meter meter hurdles (55.49 seconds). 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014 No. 41

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Thursday, October 16 students of Ukrainian backgrounds. Entertainment will be pro- bers and seniors; $5 for students. The Ukrainian Museum is vided by Echoes of Ukraine Dance Ensemble and The Sylvan located at 222 E. Sixth St.. For information see www.ukrainian- NEW YORK: At 6:30 p.m., videographer and war correspon- Koltyk Trio. For tickets, priced at $30, call 248-851-7093, museum.org. dent Ruslan Hanushchak will show his documentary footage from the front lines in eastern Ukraine, including Ilovaisk, Thursday, October 23 Saturday, October 25 where he was stationed with the volunteer Azov Battalion. Mr. NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman NEW YORK: Join us at 7:30 p.m. for a concert and screening of Hanushchak will also show the last interview of Serhiy Institute, Columbia University, invites you to attend a presenta- “Shevchenko’s Sources. 2014,” a multi-media program with Nihoyan, who was the first to perish on the Maidan and is now tion titled “Legislative Networks in the Ukrainian Parliament: counted among the heroes remembered as the Heavenly Bandura Downtown music director Julian Kytasty and guests. Will Any Key-Players Survive After the Elections? by Dr. Tetiana The program is based on music and images from the upcoming Brigade. Admission (includes reception and gallery access) is Kostiuchenko (National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy). $15; $10 for members, seniors; $5 for students. The Ukrainian film “Dzherela Shevchenka. 2014.” Set in the troubled late sum- The lecture will take place at noon in the Marshall D. Shulman mer of 2014, it chronicles a musician’s journey through land- Museum is located at 222 E. Sixth St.. For information see www. Seminar Room (Room 1219, International Affairs Building, 420 ukrainianmuseum.org. scapes and sites associated with Taras Shevchenko – the villages W. 118th St.). The event is free and open to the public. For addi- of his childhood, and the historical sites he sketched and painted Friday, October 17 tional information call 212-854-4697. during his travels around Ukraine. Admission (including recep- tion and gallery access) is $15; $10 for members and seniors; $5 NEW YORK: Join us at 7:30 p.m. for a screening of the film NEW YORK: Join us at 6 p.m. for “Shevchenko Poetry Slam!” – “Taras Shevchenko” (1951, Magicolor, Ukrainian), directed by for students. The Ukrainian Museum is located at 222 E. Sixth an informal evening for attendees to read, perform or recite St.. For information see www.ukrainianmuseum.org. Ihor Savchenko. “Serhii Bondarchuk, in the title role, remains their favorite Taras Shevchenko poems in Ukrainian, English or almost consistently believable. And K. Sorokin, as a corporal any other language (his work has been translated into some 60 Sunday, October 26 who befriends him during exile, is splendid. Principally because languages). You can also just drop in to hear the words of the NEW YORK: “The Art of Taras Shevchenko: Style, Genre, of their low-key emoting in the final scenes, the misery and great bard and father of the Ukrainian nation. Alexander Motyl Meaning,” a roundtable discussion at 3-5 p.m., will featured loneliness of an army outpost are conveyed perfectly,” wrote will emcee. Entrance to the event is free with museum admis- Zirka Filipczak, professor of art, Williams College; Jaroslaw The New York Times in 1952. Dr. Yuri Shevchuk (Columbia sion. The Ukrainian Museum is located at 222 E. Sixth St.. For Leshko, professor emeritus of art history, Smith College; University) will introduce the film. Admission (includes recep- information see www.ukrainianmuseum.org. tion and gallery access) is $15; $10 for members, seniors; $5 Nicholas Sawicki, assistant professor in art, architecture and for students. The Ukrainian Museum is located at 222 E. Sixth Friday, October 24 design, Lehigh University; and Renata Holod, professor and St.. For information see www.ukrainianmuseum.org. NEW YORK: At 1-6 p.m. the forum “Taras Shevchenko and the curator, University of Pennsylvania. Admission (including reception and gallery access) is $15; $10 for members and Saturday, October 18 Ukrainian Weltanschauung” will explore the poet’s influence on the Ukrainian language and literature, as well as the national seniors; $5 for students. The Ukrainian Museum is located at NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites all to a and social consciousness in Ukraine and abroad, and his mean- 222 E. Sixth St.. For information see www.ukrainianmuseum. lecture, “Orthodox Churches in Ukraine: Civil Society, Identity ing for contemporary Ukraine and its future. Presentations will org. and Unification Efforts,” by Dr. Zenon Wasyliw. Dr. Wasyliw is be given by Dr. Taras Hunczak, Dr. Michael Naydan, Dr. Anna Saturday, November 8 professor of history at Ithaca College. The lecture will take Procyk and Dr. Oleh Ilnytskyj among others. The event is coor- place at the society’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth dinated with The Ukrainian Museum by Dr. Volodymyr ALEXANDRIA, Va.: At 3 p.m., The Washington Group Cultural and 10th streets), at 5 p.m. For additional information call 212- Zaryckyj, director of the Educational Council of the Ukrainian Fund will present the husband-and-wife team of Anna and 254-5130. World Congress. Admission (including reception and gallery Dmitri Shelest in a program featuring works by Ukrainian com- posers Lysenko, Zhuk and Skoryk, and favorites by Smetana Sunday October 19 access) is $15 (+$10 for evening event); $10 for members and seniors (+$5 for evening event); $5 for students. The Ukrainian and Gershwin. Having established themselves as solo artists, WARREN, Mich.: Everyone is invited to attend the 75th anni- Museum is located at 222 E. Sixth St.. For information see www. the Shelest Piano Duo brings to the performance stage inven- versary awards banquet of the Ukrainian Graduates of Detroit ukrainianmuseum.org. tive programs of both solo repertoire and four-hand music. and Windsor, to be held at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 26601 First prize winners of the Bradshaw and Buono International Ryan Road in Warren, Mich., at 1p.m. Tickets are $30. We will NEW YORK: Come to a 7:30 p.m. performance and reading of Piano Competition, the Shelest Piano Duo made its Carnegie be honoring our Ukrainian of the Year: Nadia Komarnyckyj Taras Shevchenko’s finest poetic works by Ivan Bernatsky, Hall debut in 2011. There will be a reception to meet the artists McConnell, founder and president of the U.S.-Ukraine artistic director of Ukrainian Studio of Drama in New York. The immediately following the performance. The Lyceum is located Foundation. Distinguished Service Awards will be presented to: evening will be conducted in Ukrainian, with an opening pre- at 201 S. Washington St. For more information visit events@ Dr. Ulana Jurkiw-Suprun, Dr. Mark Juzych and Walter Kizel. In sentation given by a special guest from Ukraine. Admission twgculturalfund.org, e-mail [email protected] or call addition eight scholarships will be presented to outstanding (including reception and gallery access) is $15; $10 for mem- 301-229-2615.