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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXI No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 $1/$2 in Ukraine As its business empire expands, Yanukovych clan targets top oligarchs

by Zenon Zawada Special to The Ukrainian Weekly KYIV – The ever-expanding business empire of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is now preying on top oligarchs, forcing them to sell their business assets to family interests and cease their political activity. Some have decided to cash in their chips, while others have reached backroom deals or are trying to. In January, former First Vice Prime Minister Valerii Khoroshkovskyi sold the Inter television network, Ukraine’s largest, before seeking exile in Europe. Kharkiv mega-millionaire Oleksander Yaroslavskyi said he was forced to sell his Metalist soccer club and won’t do busi- Andrey Skakodub/UNIAN Vladimir Andreev/UNIAN ness in the city again. Valerii Khoroshkovskyi, whose Vladimir Gontar/UNIAN Oleksander Yaroslavskyi, whose esti- Meanwhile, the slow death of Aerosvit airlines is widely wealth is estimated at $395 million, Igor Kolomoisky, whose estimated mated wealth is $940 million, said he believed to be an elaborate attempt by its billionaire is widely believed to have been wealth is $3.4 billion, is widely was forced to sell his Metalist soccer owner, Igor Kolomoisky, to evade being swallowed up by forced to sell his television networks believed to be fighting off an attempt club by Kharkiv City Council Chair the Yanukovych business clan, which is voraciously pursu- before leaving Ukraine. He served as by the Yanukovych business clan to Hennadii Kernes. The new owners ing valuable properties to enhance its influence and control Ukraine’s first vice prime minister take control of his airlines, including are alleged to have ties to the of the country. in 2010-2012. the defunct Aerosvit. Yanukovych business clan. “With this group coming to power, they’ve begun to Ukraine’s political and economic map.” would retaliate politically, which hasn’t happened yet. force out others and now we have open financial-corpo- Western observers, such as Dr. Anders Aslund of the “These elections will be either the final step in rate wars in very rough forms,” said Dr. Oleh Soskin, chair Peterson Institute for International Economics in Yanukovych’s consolidation of power or his opponents’ last of the Institute of Society Transformation in Kyiv. Washington and Dr. Alexander Motyl of Rutgers University chance to disrupt his family rule,” Dr. Aslund wrote in late “Yanukovych, his sons and his closest circle are devouring in Newark, were predicting the current scenario as early and taking over all the smaller players around them on as the autumn of 2012. They also predicted the oligarchs (Continued on page 5) Three ex-envoys to Ukraine discuss its successes, challenges just and economically viable and fair society has been a dif- ficult one, but that it may well achieve that goal in the not too distant future. Starting off the discussion Ambassador Miller, the sec- ond to serve in Kyiv (1993-1998) following Roman Popadiuk (1992-1993), set what turned out to be the gen- eral tone of the assessment of Ukraine’s accomplishments by noting that any discussion of the current state of Ukraine would have to be “sober and dismal.” He added, however, that anyone who really knows Ukraine would also be convinced that ultimately it will achieve its goal of becoming a democratic and prosperous country, “one of the great nations in Europe,” as he phrased it. As of today, however, Ukraine is neither, he said. It is an oligarchy, a “criminal plutocracy ruled by the few for the benefit of the few.” Ambassador Miller characterized the imprisonment of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former Internal Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko by the current gov- ernment of President Viktor Yanukovych “not only as an action of political vengeance, but as a clearly unjust and crude attempt to establish authoritarian control and to Yaro Bihun eliminate any effective political opposition.” Ambassador William Green Miller (right) presents his “sober and dismal” assessment of the current political and economic Since the early years of its independence Ukraine has developments in Ukraine. Participating along with him in the ambassadorial roundtable on the subject at the Woodrow lost ground, and all of the aspects of life of its citizens – Wilson Center are (from left): Ambassadors Steven Pifer and John Herbst, and moderator Dr. William Pomeranz. social, educational, political and economic – have deterio- rated, he said. Be they workers, teachers, doctors, police- by Yaro Bihun envision for it in the future. men or judges, he said, hardly any of them earn enough to Special to The Ukrainian Weekly William Green Miller, Steven Pifer and John Herbst were maintain a normal decent life. Only a tiny minority does – featured on January 30 in Washington at the Woodrow those who live in Ukraine’s “megamansions.” As a result, he WASHINGTON – Three U.S. ambassadors whose service Wilson Center Kennan Institute’s “Ambassador said, corruption flourishes, with bribes and service charges in Ukraine covered almost half of the two decades since it Roundtable: Reflections and Recommendation on U.S.- expected for almost every transaction in everyday life. gained independence recently discussed the problems and Ukrainian Relations.” And their assessment, in a nutshell, successes of Ukraine’s development thus far and what they was that Ukraine’s road to developing a truly democratic, (Continued on page 3) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 No. 6

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Vladimir Putin activates Ukraine seeks revision of gas contracts and abroad,” said Dr. Xylander. The decision KYIV – Ukraine is going to seek the revi- to honor Mr. Klitschko was made in April sion of unprofitable gas contracts, Prime 2012, however, the presentation ceremony anti-American PR campaign Minister Mykola Azarov said at a meeting was postponed due to his busy schedule Alexeyeva believes the anti-adoption bill with the U.S. Department of State’s Special encompassing politics and sports. This by Pavel Felgenhauer international prize is awarded for contribu- Eurasia Daily Monitor was specifically crafted to ban the MHG and Envoy and Coordinator for International her, since she is the only U.S. citizen head- Energy Affairs, Carlos Pascual, in Kyiv on tions to strengthening friendship and Moscow politics were dominated last ing a human rights group in Russia. Ms. February 4. “We insist on the revision of the mutual understanding between people and month by the angry reaction of Russian offi- Alexeyeva and other human rights activists 2009 contract on the supply of Russian gas, nations, for the activities aimed at bringing cials to the Magnitsky Act. Adopted by the plan to challenge the bill in court as uncon- which is extremely unprofitable to us,” said nations, cultures and views closer. It has United States Congress in mid-December, stitutional, though in Russia the courts are Mr. Azarov. The prime minister also said been awarded annually since 1993 by the this legislation bars U.S. entry to Russians absolutely servile and loyal to Kremlin that Ukraine proposes the Russian side to German city of Gorlitz, which the Polish accused of involvement in the death in cus- demands (Kommersant, January 9). take part in the modernization of the Zgorzelec joined in 2001. (Ukrinform) tody of anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Banning Americans from adopting national gas transport system (GTS). “The Svoboda: boycott history textbook Magnitsky and other alleged rights abuses, Russian children may have been a PR government continues to negotiate with our as well as freezes any assets they may have. clause to stir up anti-American emotions to Russian partners. We invite them to partici- KYIV – The Svoboda All-Ukrainian Union Initially the authorities promised to draw gain additional public support, while the pate in the modernization of our GTS,” he has called on Ukrainians to boycott a pro- up a similar list of undesirable Americans, main political thrust of the anti-adoption noted. Apart from this, Mr. Azarov told the posed new textbook on the history of but during the passage of the bill in the bill is to gain legal leverage to arbitrarily high-ranking American guest that Ukraine Ukraine and give up the study of the Russian Duma, additional clauses were added, ban- outlaw human rights groups that the is negotiating with Turkey about the passage language in school. “Svoboda calls on teach- ning Americans from adopting Russian chil- Kremlin dislikes. This calculation seems to of oil tankers with liquefied gas through the ers, students, schoolchildren and their par- dren and outlawing human rights organiza- have backfired badly: anti-Americanism is straits. He noted that the sides are consider- ents to protect by all possible means spiritu- tions that receive any private or public sup- a strong public trend in Russia, but the ing the construction of an LNG terminal on al independence, without which other inde- the Mediterranean coast. (Ukrinform) port from the United States or employ any anti-adoption bill that will make more mis- pendence seems phantasmal,” the party said in an appeal regarding ways to counter the U.S. citizens. The bill swiftly and with over- erable the life of thousands of abandoned Klitschko awarded democracy prize destruction of Ukrainian humanitarian edu- whelming support passed the Duma and Russian children has caused widespread KYIV – Ukrainian boxer and politician cation. The appeal, which was posted on upper Federation Council and was signed moral indignation, also within the ranks of the Russian government itself, with several Vitali Klitschko on February 3 was awarded Svoboda’s website, proposes “boycotting and into law by President Vladimir Putin, taking ministers publicly voicing their concern the international prize of the German and not accepting the likely edition of an imperial effect from January 1 (RIA Novosti, (RIA Novosti, December 25, 2012). Polish border cities of Gorlitz/Zgorzelec for textbook on the history of Ukraine through a December 28, 2012). More than 650,000 children are consid- building democracy, the Polish news agen- fundamental study only on current text- Mr. Putin initially tried to somewhat dis- ered orphans in Russia; according to offi- cy PAP reported. “Sports is also politics, books,” as well as “organizing groups to tance himself from the anti-adoption bill, cial figures, some 110,000 live in state insti- and it is very important because without it study the history of Ukrainian statehood and publicly insisting that it was “an emotional tutions. Lena Spelman, 20, a university stu- you cannot build a society, build peace. In a courses ‘Leaders of the Nation,’ ‘Ukrainian response” by Duma deputies to “American dent in the U.S. who was adopted seven city like Zgorzelec/Gorlitz [after World War Victories,’ ‘Ukrainian Military History,’ etc.” In provocations.” He claimed not to have initiat- years ago together with her younger broth- II, part of the city was annexed to Poland, addition, “bearing in mind the black year ed the bill and was not familiar with its text er from a state institution in Arzamas, in an and another part to Germany], its role is 1938 for Ukrainian education, when the but broadly “understood” and supported it interview with the semi-official news agen- especially clearly seen, how important it is Russian language became a compulsory sub- (www.kremlin.ru, December 20, 2012). cy Interfax explained that she visited to build bridges to unite people,” said Mr. ject, and in 1958, when it was possible to These explanations did not sound plausible, Russia to meet her mother and older broth- Klitschko. He also stressed that Ukrainians give up the learning of the Ukrainian lan- as the anti-adoption bill was rushed through er in Arzamas. Her Russian mother is an also want to see their country “stable, a guage,” Svoboda called on Ukrainians “to with obvious Kremlin support. Eventually, at alcoholic and her older brother an aggres- country of values, a country really categorically refuse to study in school the a meeting of the State Council, a presidential sive one, so Lena was forced to flee Russia European.” Dr. Willi Xylander, chairman of language of the occupier – Russian – as a advisory body, Mr. Putin fully backed the bill, back to the U.S. after several days. the Society for Awarding the International further reliable means of the assimilation attacking the U.S. and its treatment of adopt- According to Lena, only 5 percent of the Prize of the German and Polish Border of Ukrainians.” (Interfax-Ukraine) ed Russian children and invoking nationalis- children from the state institution in Cities of Gorlitz/Zgorzelec, said that Mr. Kozhara on EU and Customs Union tic rhetoric: “There are probably many plac- Arzamas that were once her companions Klitschko is a symbol of the democratic movement, not only in Ukraine, but also in es in the world where the living standards and were released to live on their own after KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Europe. “He is a man with a deep under- are better than ours. Will we send all chil- reaching 18, more or less succeeded in life. Minister Leonid Kozhara has confirmed standing of the basic ethical standards and dren there? Will we also move there?” (RIA The rest are either on drugs, alcoholics or Ukraine’s strategic course towards a clear political vision, who used his global Novosti, December 27, 2012). in prison, while some are already dead at European integration, as well as its interest popularity as an athlete to convey his According to opposition Internet TV age 20 (Interfax, December 16, 2012). thoughts to public opinion in his homeland channel Dozhd, the additional controversial The dismal state of the orphan welfare (Continued on page 12) clauses were added to the Russian bill system is well-known in Russia. The pro- opposing the U.S. Magnitsky Act by the dep- Kremlin Public Opinion Foundation poll uty chief of the presidential administration, has registered 56 percent support for the Vyacheslav Volodin, who is in charge in the ban on U.S. nationals adopting Russian chil- he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 Kremlin of internal politics and the sup- dren, but 21 percent strongly opposed the T U W pression of the anti-Putin opposition (www. prohibition (RIA Novosti, December 25, An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., newsru.com, December 22, 2012). The 2012). In December the Novaya Gazeta a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. clause in the bill allowing the authorities to newspaper collected over 130,000 signa- Yearly subscription rate: $65; for UNA members — $55. seize the assets of and outlaw non-govern- tures in an online petition against the anti- Periodicals postage paid at Caldwell, NJ 07006 and additional mailing offices. mental organizations that receive any sup- adoption bill. The petition was delivered to (ISSN — 0273-9348) port from the U.S. or employ any U.S. citi- the Duma and ignored. This week, Novaya Gazeta has gathered more than 100,000 The Weekly: UNA: zens threatens most if not all existing Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900 human rights advocate organizations, signatures under another petition, calling including the Moscow Helsinki Group for the Duma to be dissolved in favor of new elections (ITAR-TASS, January 10). 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Ms. Alexeyeva The Ukrainian Weekly, February 10, 2013, No. 6, Vol. LXXXI tests until warmer weather in the spring. returned to Russia in 1993 and now holds Copyright © 2013 The Ukrainian Weekly a Russian as well as a U.S. passport. Ms. The Moscow authorities have allowed the march to go ahead (Intarfax, January 10). Russia today seems to be a small speck Correction on the political horizon in Washington, ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA In the article “Remembering Serhiy which is overwhelmed with financial defi- Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3041 Naboka” by Bohdan Nahaylo (February 3), cit squabbles and President Barack e-mail: [email protected] the first name of Mykhailo Horyn was Obama’s Cabinet appointment confirma- Walter Honcharyk, advertising manager (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 incorrectly given as Mykola. (Elsewhere on tion controversies. But in Moscow, the fax: (973) 644-9510 e-mail: [email protected] that page, the name of Mykhailo Horyn was United States is at the forefront of policies, genuinely feared or involuntarily used as a cited properly.) The appropriate correction Mariyka Pendzola, subscriptions (973) 292-9800, ext. 3042 e-mail: [email protected] has been made in our online edition. (Continued on page 6) No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 3 Ukraine signs agreement to extract gas jointly with Shell

by Oleg Varfolomeyev nario in five years’ time; and if the optimis- least 42 bcm of gas until 2019 – grossly opposition to the government, dominates Eurasia Daily Monitor tic scenario materializes, output from the outdated. local politics in Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv, field may eventually reach 20 bcm. If so, Gazprom knows this and is going to especially after the elections last October in Shell will extract unconventional gas in Ukraine will produce more gas than it con- squeeze as much as possible from the cur- which Svoboda unexpectedly won seats in Ukraine according to an agreement signed sumes, said Minister Stavytsky. Work on rent contract. Immediately after the PSA the Ukrainian Parliament for the first time with Ukraine in late January. This will be the field will start in March, he added (Inter signing with Shell, it became known that ever. The party is against PSAs with both Ukraine’s first big project with a large mul- TV, UNIAN, January 24). Gazprom asked Naftohaz to pay an addi- Shell and Chevron, citing environmental tinational company in the oil and gas sec- Last year, Ukraine imported 33 bcm of tional $7 billion for gas deliveries last year. concerns (lb.ua, January 17). tor, and Chevron is likely to follow suit later gas from Russia, including 25 bcm bought Thus, Gazprom decided to punish Ukraine The opposition raises concerns not only this year. With the help of the multination- by the national oil and gas company for buying less gas than stipulated by the about the environment. The pro-opposition als and new domestic projects, Kyiv hopes Naftohaz Ukrainy (mpe.kmu.gov.ua, contract, which contains a take-or-pay media and national deputies have claimed to drastically cut its dependence on January 24). Ukraine produces about 20 clause. Naftohaz said on January 26 that it that SPK-Geoservis, an obscure company Russian gas by the time the current con- bcm of gas per annum, while consumption paid for the gas it imported last year and that will be Naftohaz’s junior partner in the tract with Gazprom, which does not suit declined by 8 percent to 55 bcm last year that Gazprom had been warned in advance project with Shell, may have links to people Ukraine, runs out in 2019. and is set to decline further as the govern- how much Naftohaz was going to import. close to the presidential family The process is far from smooth: apart ment is committed to replacing gas with Naftohaz did warn Gazprom, but no agree- (Ekonomichna Pravda, August 7, 2012; from natural resistance from Russia, the local coal where possible in heating and ment has been reached, so Gazprom has January 23). On the other hand, Deputy Ukrainian government has to overcome electricity generation, while private gas the right to sue Naftohaz in an internation- Prime Minister Yurii Boiko, who was ener- resistance from political opponents at consumers are introducing energy-saving al court according to the contract (Interfax- gy minister in 2010-2012, has had to fend home and to fend off difficult questions technologies. This means that Ukraine will Ukraine, January 26; Kommersant-Ukraine, off questions about reports claiming that about corruption. definitely have to import less than 35 bcm January 28). the government bought drilling rigs to On January 24 in Davos, Switzerland, of gas this year. Ukraine has yet to sign a PSA with extract gas from the Black Sea from a ficti- Shell CEO Peter Voser and Ukrainian Moreover, Ukraine started to buy gas Chevron, which last May won a tender to tious firm based in Latvia (Kyiv Post, Energy Minister Eduard Stavytsky signed a from Germany’s RWE last November, is develop shale gas deposits in the western December 26, 2012; Ekonomichna Pravda, production sharing agreement (PSA) for going to triple gas extraction from the regions of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk. Shell’s January 17; UT1 TV, January 25). Shell to extract shale gas from Yuzivske Black Sea to three bcm per annum by 2016, plans were approved smoothly on January Indeed, despite the promise of big pay- field in the eastern Ukrainian regions of and plans to launch a liquefied natural gas 16-17 by the oblast councils of Donetsk and outs and mutually beneficial outcomes, Donetsk and Kharkiv. The PSA was signed (LNG) terminal to process 10 bcm of gas Kharkiv, which are dominated by the ruling multinationals tread on slippery ground by for 50 years between Shell and the state from either Qatar or Azerbaijan or both per Party of Regions (UNIAN, January 17). investing in Ukraine, which international company Nadra Yuzivska. Each will have 50 annum. However, Chevron has apparently watchdogs persistently rank among the percent control. Investment in the project This, plus at least seven bcm of gas encountered opposition in Ukraine. Prime most corrupt states. may eventually exceed $10 billion, Mr. expected from the project with Shell, will Minister Mykola Azarov recently expressed Stavytsky said. make the contract with Gazprom – signed his regret that the oblast councils of Lviv The article above is reprinted from It should be possible to extract 7 billion by the government of then Prime Minister and Ivano-Frankivsk have not yet approved Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from to 8 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas from Yulia Tymoshenko in 2009, which stipu- Chevron’s plans (UNIAN, January 19). its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, Yuzivske according to the pessimistic sce- lates that Ukraine has to annually buy at The far-right party Svoboda which is in www.jamestown.org.

ernment has to get back on the path to pendence. But thanks to their ingenuity, the Ambassador Miller followed up with an Three ex-envoys... democracy. It must end corruption and pro- people somehow always learned “how to observation that one should not “underesti- mote a wide-based economy and the rule of get by,” and that was more important to mate the influence of the diaspora. (Continued from page 1) law – especially in the highly corrupted them than playing politics. Ukrainian Americans feel very strongly Ambassador Miller said he is optimistic, energy sector in which today it is exceeding- He noted that Ukraine was frequently about their ancestors, and they are a however, and convinced that Ukraine will ly dependent on Russia. divided in its past, but that this did not healthy political force in American politics,” get through this difficult period, when the On the positive side, he said that Ukraine cause it to fracture along those lines after he commented. next generation – free of Soviet and early can develop its own natural gas resources independence. And this, said Ambassador Ukraine’s ambassador in Washington, post-Soviet experiences – emerges. It will be with the help of Shell and Chevron – if it can Herbst, is a great achievement. Olexander Motsyk, who listened to the two- able to govern in a just and informed way keep corruption from ruining things, which The present Ukrainian government cares hour discussion sitting in the audience, and put this “dismal present” behind them. it has not been able to do over the past 20 more about maintaining its position of expressed his deep gratitude to the United Mr. Miller is now a senior policy scholar years. power than about developing its relation- States and to the ambassadors, who, in his at the Wilson Center. Ambassador Pifer said that in the area of ship with the West, Mr. Herbst said, and it is words, obviously “left a part of your heart” Ambassador Pifer, who replaced Mr. foreign policy Ukraine has a problem in that willing to take economic hits to do so. in Ukraine. Miller in Kyiv in 1998, and now is director the senior level of its government has been But the former ambassador said he has Ukraine is a very young state, but a “very of the Brookings Institution Arms Control isolated by the West, which is unhappy no doubt that there will be a “snap-back” in old nation,” with a very difficult history that Initiative and a senior fellow at the Center about the democratic regression in Ukraine. that other direction at some point in the included the Holodomor and other Stalin- on the United States and Europe, noted that Like Ambassador Miller, Ambassador next 10 to 15 years – or maybe even sooner. era repressions, he said. And the 21 years when the USSR fell apart Ukraine was Pifer said he also gets “sober and dismal” As for Ukraine’s relationship with Russia, since independence, he added, was a road thought to be in a good position to succeed. when he thinks about how U.S. and Mr. Herbst said, President Yanukovych did traveled “with ups and downs.” Not every- It was of a more manageable size than European leaders are frustrated in trying to extend the Black Sea Fleet arrangement thing went smoothly, but substantial prog- Russia, for example, had good agricultural work with Ukraine in any positive way, and with Moscow and is “playing footsie” with ress and important steps in economic and industrial potential, which included how the Yanukovych administration’s treat- the Customs Union. He referred to that as reforms and human rights had been aerospace and high tech, and a well-educat- ment of Ms. Tymoshenko affects the being “a little troublesome.” But Ukraine’s achieved, he said. And his government is ed population. Western nations’ assessment of Ukraine’s work on developing its own energy with optimistic about future, added Ambassador These high hopes, he said, did not come performance as a democracy. Shell and Chevron, he added, is a positive Motsyk. to fruition, however. Unlike its central “I think what we have to do is continue development. “We are on the way,” he stressed. “We European neighbors, Ukraine was slow in normal diplomatic dialogue with Ukraine There are “reasons to be cautious, rea- know what we want. We want to transform advancing its economy. Mr. Pifer noted that on the working level, but not at the senior sons to be sober, but no reasons to be pessi- Ukraine into a prosperous, democratic Ukraine’s per capita gross domestic product level,” he said. “And we need to make clear mistic,” Ambassador Herbst concluded. European state and to become a member of in 1992 was almost equal to that of Poland that the relationship between the West and During the question-and-answer period the European Union, and we would like to (88 percent). By this year, it has dropped to Ukraine is not going to change unless it that followed the ambassadors’ initial pre- be in the future a reliable partner – as we one-third (36 percent) of Poland’s per capi- changes course more in favor of democracy sentations, they were asked what policy have tried to be up to now – with the United ta GDP. in the country,” he added. course they would recommend to the States of America and the Western world. At And democracy has not arrived as was Pushing President Yanukovych on Obama administration’s new secretary of the same time we would like to have good expected, missing the “huge opportunity” in democracy issues will not necessarily push state, John Kerry. relations with our other strategic partner – 2005 after the Orange Revolution, which Ukraine into the Russian sphere, Mr. Pifer Ambassador Miller suggested that with Russia – on the basis of sovereign brought President Viktor Yushchenko and said, because that would not be in the inter- Washington should do everything possible equality, on mutual interests, and so on.” Yulia Tymoshenko to power. est of Mr. Yanukovych and his cohorts. to nurture the development of a democratic The moderator of the afternoon discus- The present Ukrainian government does John Herbst, the fifth U.S. ambassador in society in Ukraine and its future leadership. sion was William E. Pomeranz, acting direc- not have a strategic vision or a goal for Kyiv (2003-2006) and now the director of Ambassador Pifer said he would caution tor of the Woodrow Wilson Center. Ukraine’s future, and there has been a con- the Center for Complex Operations Institute Washington not to overestimate American Seven U.S. ambassadors have served in sistent inability or unwillingness to place for National Strategic Studies at the influence on the Ukrainian leadership’s Kyiv since the U.S. Embassy opened there in the welfare of Ukraine and its people above National Defense University in Washington, domestic policy. It would be better to figure 1992. They were: Roman Popadiuk (1992- personal and party interests, added Mr. continued the discussion by presenting a out what worked and didn’t work in past, 1993), William Green Miller (1993-1998), Pifer. historical overview of how Ukraine has and proceed from there. Steven Pifer (1998-2000), Carlos Pascual The third U.S. envoy to Ukraine said that developed over the centuries – being occu- And Ambassador Herbst stressed that it is (2000-2003), John Herbst (2003-2006), Ukraine is facing three challenges, which he pied, dominated and divided by neighbor- very important to maintain a peaceful, con- William Taylor (2006-2009) and the cur- is not sure that it can meet: Ukraine’s gov- ing empires, with very few periods of inde- structive relationship and at the highest level. rent ambassador John Tefft. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 No. 6 Ukrainian Canadian community carols for leader of Opposition OTTAWA – Celebrating the Ukrainian to ask for permission to sing. If the answer Christmas season (January 7 to 19 accord- is yes, they enter the house and sing carols ing to the Julian calendar), a group of carol- for each member of the family, even for the ers composed of members of Ottawa’s smallest child. The caroling always ends Ukrainian community performed a series with short well-wishing poems, appropri- of Ukrainian Christmas carols at ately selected for each home. Stornoway, the residence of the leader of On a clear night, the carolers arrived at the Opposition, on January 16. Stornoway and greeted Leader of the For Ukrainian Canadians, carolling is not Opposition Thomas Mulcair with tradition- a simple singing of Christmas songs – it is UCC more of a folk opera. The carolers first have (Continued on page 15) Ukrainian carolers perform for Thomas Mulcair, leader of the Opposition.

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assistance in deflecting state legal attempts changed the editorial policy even more and ping the scales in its competition with Mr. As its business... to recoup that gas. an editorial council was created that Firtash and other oligarchs for state prop- Others speculated that a good portion of included well-known civic activists.” erties that have yet to be privatized, such as (Continued from page 1) the payment was made by Russian agents, One of those council members, Viktoria Energoatom, the state enterprise that oper- October. “This time, however, the most pal- given that Mr. Firtash doesn’t have $2.5 bil- Siumar of the Institute of Mass ates all of the nation’s nuclear power sta- pable threat to his rule comes not from the lion of cash at his disposal. Moreover, the Information, said Inter had become more tions. crowds on the street but the elite business- price could have been inflated to prevent objective during the last five months, par- “Firtash controls strategic infrastructure men he has alienated.” the Yanukovych family from taking control ticularly in October during the parliamen- through his natural gas networks. Attempts Among those alienated is Mr. through the courts, which would have tary elections. to break such players on the current level Khoroshkovskyi, 44, whose wealth was required payment. “Five months of criticism on the national of the family’s influence inevitably will lead estimated at $395 million (before the Inter The Firtash clan’s significant stake in the channel is the main reason for the pressure to risks that it won’t be able to control,” sale), according to a 2012 survey published Azarov government has slowly diminished to sell,” she said. said Yurii Romanenko, a Kyiv political by Korrespondent, a Russian-language as the Yanukovych family has gradually Mr. Khoroshkovskyi made no statement observer and columnist. “Firtash is clearly weekly magazine and news site. forced other competitors to the periphery. as to whether he was forced to sell and why showing that the family is better off not A political insider since the Kuchma era, Frustrated by their diminishing role, Mr. he left for Europe, reportedly France or crossing the line in dealings with him, and Mr. Khoroshkovskyi joined the government Lyovochkin reportedly submitted a resig- Monaco. it hasn’t crossed it yet. A war with Firtash of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov in 2010 nation letter in early November 2012 Observers said the reasons might at this stage isn’t advantageous for the fam- as part of a business clan led by Dmytro before deciding to remain in the include pressure from the Yanukovych ily.” Firtash (estimated 2012 wealth: $3.2 bil- Yanukovych administration. Later that administration to exit politics and business, A good indication of Mr. Firtash’s rela- lion) and Presidential Administration Chair month, Mr. Khoroshkovskyi riled Mr. an independent decision to protect his tions with the Yanukovych administration Serhiy Lyovochkin. Azarov when he declared that Ukraine join- business assets, or even a plan to return to will be whether the news coverage on the Mr. Khoroshkovskyi had been allied with ing the Moscow-led Customs Union was politics from exile with the image of a Inter network is favorable or critical, media Mr. Firtash since 2008, when offering his illegal. reformer, as Sergey Tigipko did in the 2010 observers said. support as State Customs Service chair in At about that time, he was the first vice presidential election. “I assume that the ‘democracy holiday’ the oligarch’s battle with former Prime prime minister, jockeying to replace Mr. What is certain to observers is that Mr. in Inter’s daily and weekly news will be gradually curtailed and they’ll be covering Minister Yulia Tymoshenko over 11 billion Azarov as prime minister, only to be denied Khoroshkovskyi’s departure from the government based on ‘either good or cubic meters of natural gas that she had by President Yanukovych, who is grooming Ukrainian politics poses a potential threat nothing,’ ” said Otar Dovzhenko, a media confiscated from RosUkrEnergo. Serhiy Arbuzov of Donetsk, a close family to Mr. Firtash further down the road. expert based in Lviv. “But possibly, ignoring Mr. Firtash announced on February 1 associate, to be the next prime minister. The Yanukovych administration is the opposition will be less total since that he had bought the Inter Media Group By the time Mr. Azarov announced his already pursuing measures that undermine Firtash has his own interest in one of the Ltd. – which includes eight television chan- Cabinet in late December, not only was Mr. Mr. Firtash’s influence, including a price- opposition factions, UDAR.” nels including the influential Inter network Khoroshkovskyi excluded, but other setting law to force the country’s biggest [About a dozen national deputies in the – from Mr. Khoroshkovskyi at a price tag of Firtash associates were demoted, such as exporters to pay taxes on exports based on Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform $2.5 billion. Yurii Boiko, who was moved to vice prime market rates, not the currently artificially are reported to be aligned with Mr. That price is at least three and a half minister from the more influential post of depressed rates on goods transferred to Firtash’s business interests.] times higher than what the holding compa- energy and coal production minister. offshore companies. The price-estimating tax and similar ny would cost on the market, Oleksander “I’m sure that Khoroshkovskyi was The newly created Revenues and Duties state instruments of enhancing financial Rodnianskyi, a Ukrainian television execu- forced to sell the channel,” said Natalia Ministry has proposed transferring to itself control are also being applied to other tive, told the Forbes.ua news site. Ligachova, chief editor of the news site the responsibility for collecting Ukraine’s major oligarchs such as Igor Kolomoisky, The inflated sale price includes Mr. Telekritika.ua, a site that monitors social security funds paid by registered whose wealth is estimated at $3.4 billion. Firtash’s payment for Mr. Khoroshkovskyi’s Ukrainian media. “Why now? Because at employers, which would transfer control of No state or private authorities have con- political services, the TVi television net- the end of October Inter began to change an estimated $22 billion in funds away firmed that Aerosvit – controlled by Mr. work speculated. That included arrests of its editorial policy towards more balance from oligarchs such as Mr. Firtash, who Kolomoisky – has been in the Yanukovych those responsible for confiscating the 11 and pluralism. When Khoroshkovskyi opposes the proposal. billion cubic meters of gas, as well as his didn’t join the new government, he Moreover, the Yanukovych family is tip- (Continued on page 15) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 No. 6

NEWS AND VIEWS The Ukrainian Weekly Gongadze case still not over WFUWO, U.N. NGO Committee on the Family It was more than 12 years ago, on September 16, 2000, that Heorhii Gongadze, editor of the Internet publication Ukrayinska Pravda and an investigative journalist to co-host panel about gender-based violence who exposed the corruption of high-level officials in the Kuchma administration, by Irene Jarosewich Sigal is a co-editor of the soon-to-be went missing in Kyiv. His headless body was found two months later in a forest on released publication “Violence against Girls the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital. NEW YORK – The Commission on the and Women: International Perspectives.” On January 30 of this year, Gen. Oleksii Pukach was sentenced to life in prison for Status of Women (CSW), the policy-making Organized by the WFUWO, along with murdering Gongadze. Previously, in March of 2008, three police officers of the body of the United Nations dedicated to the the U.N. NGO Committee on the Family, this Internal Affairs Ministry were found guilty of carrying out the murder. Col. Mykola identification and resolution of issues relat- NGO parallel event is also co-sponsored by Protasov was sentenced to 13 years in prison, while Maj. Oleksander Popovych and ed specifically to women, convenes a ses- the American Psychological Association, Col. Valerii Kostenko each received sentences of 12 years. All were members of the sion annually to evaluate progress on gen- World Organization for Early Childhood ministry’s Department of External Surveillance and Criminal Intelligence, subordi- der equality, identify challenges to the well- Education, Make Mothers Matter nates of Gen. Pukach, who they said had personally strangled Gongadze. being of women internationally, set global International, International Federation for When asked whether he accepts the verdict, Mr. Pukach, newly stripped of his standards and formulate concrete policies Home Economics, Universal Peace rank, stated: “I will agree with it when Kuchma and Lytvyn will be with me together to promote resolutions to the problems Federation, New Future Foundation Inc., in this cage.” He told reporters, “Ask Kuchma and Lytvyn about motives and inten- faced by women worldwide. Harlem Women International and tions. They will tell you more.” Back in 2011 he had testified in court that the former This year, the 57th session of the CSW International Council of Psychologists. president, Leonid Kuchma, and his chief of staff at the time, Volodymyr Lytvyn (who will take place at U.N. Headquarters in New In 2010, the “Women in the World” sta- later became chair of the Verkhovna Rada), were involved in ordering the murder. York on March 4-5. The priority theme for tus report published by the United Nations Readers will recall that voices alleged to be Mr. Kuchma’s and Mr. Lytvyn’s were the 57th session is: “The elimination and presented extensive information about vio- heard on recordings secretly made in the president’s office by security officer prevention of all forms of violence and dis- lence against women and girls, concluding Mykola Melnychenko. crimination against women and girls.” that the acceptance of violence specifically Also on the recordings was a voice purported to be that of then Minister of In support of this year’s priority theme, against the female gender is a universal Internal Affairs Yurii Kravchenko. Kravchenko, according to the official account, the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s phenomenon that affects women both with- killed himself in 2005, just before he was about to be questioned in the case. Organizations (WFUWO) will co-host a in and outside their homes and manifests as However, most observers believe it was not a suicide but an assassination of some- physical, sexual, psychological and econom- one who knew the truth about the Gongadze murder’s masterminds. (Indeed, it was panel with the U.N. NGO Committee on the ic violence, depending on the country. reported that Kravchenko died of two gunshot wounds to the head.) Gen. Pukach Family titled: “When Will the Violence Between 15 and 59 percent of women had previously identified Kravchenko as the person who gave the order to kill against Women and Girls Stop? Global Gongadze – “the first online journalist worldwide to be murdered for his work,” Solutions,” on Friday, March 8, at 2:30-4 p.m. report having experiences defined as gen- according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. in the Boss Room, on the eighth floor of the der-specific violence against their person. The reaction to the latest chapter in the Gongadze case was swift. The OSCE rep- Church Center at 777 United Nations Plaza. (This report does not accurately reflect inci- resentative on freedom of the media underscored that “those who ordered this The panelists at this parallel event dents of specific war-related gender vio- crime remain at large,” and the United States expressed “hope that the Ukrainian include social anthropologist and the lence, such as “victory rape”-calculations authorities continue to pursue this case in order to bring to justice those responsible WFUWO’s main representative to the U.N., that would increase the percentages sub- for ordering Mr. Gongadze’s abduction and murder.” Martha Kichorowska Kebalo, Ph.D., speak- stantially). Commenting on the outcome of the trial, the journalist’s widow, Myroslava ing on the topic “Mobilizing Outrage: In many regions of the world, longstand- Gongadze, told RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service: “To be honest, to me it is a certain signal Women Reacting to Public and Private ing customs put considerable pressure on that the current government wants to finish the case of Gongadze, punishing the Violence in Ukraine and Elsewhere: women to accept abuse as normal. Although executors of the crime only.” She added, “Now we consider appealing the verdict, Comparative Strategies,” and Pakistani civil men are the most frequent perpetrators of only over the motives of the crime, because we believe that the crime was ordered rights activist and attorney Rehman Azhar, gender-specific violence against women and and we want to bring the people who were named by Pukach to justice.” on the topic “Strategies to Convince Men in girls, in certain societies older women are Unfortunately, that is not likely to happen. Back in May 2011, the Procurator Developing Countries to Stop Sexual taught and expected to abuse younger General filed criminal charges against Mr. Kuchma for abusing his authority in giving Violence.” women as well, such as in instances of illegal orders that led to Gongadze’s death. However, a Kyiv district court ruled in The event’s moderator is the American female genital mutilation and dowry abuse. December of that year that the charges could not be pursued based on illegally Psychological Association’s main represen- A major goal not only of the CSW, but of obtained evidence (i.e., the Melnychenko recordings), and that ruling was twice tative to the U.N. ECOSOC, Janet Sigal, Ph.D., the United Nations over all, is to rapidly upheld by appellate courts. Thus, the case was closed. As our colleague Zenon from the U.N. NGO Committee on the increase the level of awareness in all cul- Zawada reported from Kyiv, “The Gongadze murder has come to symbolize how Family. Along with Florence L. Denmark, Dr. tures about the unacceptability of such vio- well-connected Ukrainian politicians and businessmen are untouchable by laws and lence. can literally get away with murder.” All who are interested in the topic of pre- Reacting to the Pukach verdict, the International Federation of Journalists stated: Irene Jarosewich is the main representa- venting violence against women are invited “Unfortunately, the decision feels like partial justice, as others involved in his murder tive of the World Federation of Ukrainian and welcome to come to this parallel event. are still being shielded from responsibility.” The Committee to Protect Journalists Women’s Organizations to the United U.N. grounds passes, U.N. event guest passes commented that “justice will not be fully served until all of the perpetrators are held Nations Department of Public Information or RSVPs are not required in order to responsible.” The European Federation of Journalists was more straightforward, as (UNDPI). attend. EFJ President Arne König said: “We urge the authorities to reconsider their decision not to prosecute other individuals mentioned by Pukach. They should answer for their role in a public and transparent trial. It is the only way to do justice to Gongadze and allow his family to move on.” We couldn’t agree more. The Gongadze case will not be over until all its perpetra- OSCE media freedom representative welcomes tors are brought to account. Gongadze conviction, calls for further investigations

OSCE mer police general, Oleksii Pukach, of stran- gling and beheading Gongadze in September VIENNA – The Organization on Security 2000, and sentenced him to life in prison. Feb. Turning the pages back... and Cooperation in Europe representative “Finally, after 12 long years of suffering and uncertainty for Gongadze’s family, Six years ago, on February 14, 2006, Viktor Yanukovych on January 30 welcomed the conviction of friends and colleagues, justice has been 14 addressed hundreds of Party of Regions members and journalists onthe freedom murderer of the of media, Ukrainian Dunja journalist Mijatović, done. But those who ordered this crime at a press conference, where he suggested that Ukraine’s econom- Heorhii Gongadze, while urging the author- 2006 ic growth would return once the Party of Regions gained power. ities to continue to pursue the instigators “There is still a long way to go to break Mr. Yanukovych highlighted his economic accomplishments as of this crime. remainthe vicious at large,” circle said of impunity Ms. Mijatović. for those who prime minister of Ukraine, including a 2004 GDP increase of 12 Her call comes as the Pechersky District instigate violence against journalists, in percent and criticized his successor, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and President Court in Kyiv on January 29 convicted a for- Ukraine and beyond,” she added. Viktor Yushchenko for driving the economy to near ruin. “People are starving and freezing as a result of the abysmal economic policies of the gov- ernment,” Mr. Yanukovych said. Other policies that triggered Ukraine’s economic down- Kremlin does not seem to be in any mood at ward spiral were the massive increases in social spending and pensions that the govern- Vladimir Putin... present to compromise with the internal ment couldn’t afford, he added. (Continued from page 2) opposition or be accommodating with “When we come to power, we will stick to our principles of financial responsibility and Washington on any international or bilater- we will throw in the garbage pail of history the incompetent economic policies of the cur- boogeyman by the Kremlin. Massive public al issues. rent government,” he said. “I came here today to say that the closed circle of inflation will be indignation against the use of destitute broken if the Party of the Regions comes to power.” Russian orphans as political fodder is inter- The article above is reprinted from Other accomplishments, he noted, included reducing entrepreneurial profit taxes from Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from 30 percent to 25 percent, reducing personal income taxes from 40 percent to 13 percent, preted by the Kremlin as extra proof of a U.S.-led conspiracy to oust Mr. Putin and its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, (Continued on page 13) instigate regime change. As a result, the www.jamestown.org. No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The things we do ... ually or in anthologies, as a way to edu- by Orysia Paszczak Tracz cate others about the camps and the peo- Displaced persons ple who lived in them. Each camp holds thousands of riveting stories of survival, camps revisited resilience, creativity, and every other Dear Editor: dimension of humanity and dynamic of Back in November of 2012, The human interaction. They are stories that Ukrainian Weekly published my article need to be told. Visiting babusia entitled “Photo and Archival Exhibit of 30 Tamara Stadnychenko Cornelison The last time I saw her is not the way I previous visits, was a ne’er-do-well who Displaced Persons Camps in Germany Abington, Pa. want to remember her. Instead, I will try to stole from his mother and whose wife had and Austria (1945-1950): The remember a vibrant, smiling, outgoing, left him. The son in Kyiv was a business- Philadelphia Story.” Since that time, sev- bubbly little round “babusia” who whirled man. When babusia became ill a few years eral letters have been sent to The around all her visitors, singing and joking, ago, he and his wife brought her to Kyiv to Weekly’s editor, Roma Hadzewycz, in Student competition feeding everyone, and pouring drinks. At a hospital, took care of her and wanted her response to the story. One was published; the time, she was in her mid-to-late 70s, to stay with them. But she wanted to go several others were forwarded to me by about Holodomor probably, but her lovely round face and back, to her home and her Karpaty – the e-mail. Most have been cordial, primarily outlook were decades younger. Carpathian Mountains. Usually, when we expressing an interest in the DP camp Dear Editor: This past September, my friend and I had visited her before, there were neigh- phenomenon, but the main thrust of all The U.S. Holodomor Education visited her while we were in Kosiv, Ukraine. bors and friends around. these epistles has been to provide names Committee is organizing a Holodomor We knew she had been ill, but that had As my friend and I drove back to Lviv, of additional DP camps that were not Student Competition for students age been a while ago. We hoped she was still there was a heavy silence in the car. We included in the boxed list accompanying 12-19. The goal of the competition is to around. When we pulled up to her home, were thinking of her and every so often my article. raise awareness among our youth so that we noticed that it was very quiet, no more would reminisce about how delightful it I am writing today to explain (admit- they may become ambassadors in their pretty chickens in the garden and no frisky was to visit her. My friend, one of three tedly belatedly) that the list published American schools about this important dog running around. The main house was sons, could not get over how she had been was not an exhaustive list of all DP issue and ensure that it is taught. locked – a real lock on the main door. left alone. When his elderly mother camps, merely an abbreviated list of We thank all those who have already We tried the door on the second house, became disabled, the three sons hired a camps that had once been home to the responded with their desire to partici- the one with the summer kitchen and her companion to live with their Mama to take people who were directly involved in the loom. Still very quiet. There she was, lying care of her. They visited very often. He pate and encourage all those who have exhibit that was the focus of the article – on her side, covered up with a light com- could not get over how this had not hap- not yet done so contact Lidia Choma at l_ specifically, members of the organizing forter. She had shrunk – there was very lit- pened to babusia. True, we were only there [email protected] for more information committee; individuals who supported tle of her there, just a tiny elderly person, for a short while but, still, she was all but about the competition. the endeavor by graciously loaning per- half-asleep. On the stand next to the bed, abandoned from what we observed. The U.S. Holodomor Education sonal or family archives, photos and there was a glass of water, some handker- Social services in Ukraine are just get- Committee has developed a Holodomor memorabilia for display at the exhibit; chiefs, and little else. She was conscious, ting started (a decade or so ago they hardly and several other individuals who sup- PowerPoint presentation and an but not completely, hearing what we were knew what social work was), and care for ported the endeavor by donating prizes Addendum to the PowerPoint that is con- saying but not fully comprehending, her the elderly is barely on the horizon. In vil- that were raffled off during the exhibit. In cise, visually appealing and aligned with eyes glazed, not really seeing. There was lages, families take care of their own. And if hindsight, this should probably have the Common Core Learning Standards. not much to say. I kissed her forehead, left they don’t, what we saw in that silent little been explained in the article. This unit can be easily incorporated into some money on the stand, we closed the house is the result. I so hope that I am That said, I must refocus on the DP several areas of high school instruction door and left. No one came around to wrong, and that there is someone nearby camps and on the letter writers who such as: 20th century European history, check about the strangers or the car stop- taking care of babusia. But, I am afraid of cited camps I did not mention. The most genocide and human rights studies, or ping by, and there was no one on the vil- the answer. important issue here is that all of these media/journalism and propaganda, just lage street. letters serve to underscore the absence to name a few. Please email okul17@aol. She had two sons. The one in the village, Orysia Tracz may be contacted at orysia. of a truly comprehensive history of this com to receive an electronic copy of the according to what she told us during our [email protected]. period in the lives of the Ukrainian dias- Holodomor PowerPoint. pora. Clearly there is much more to be What can you do? learned about this tumultuous post-war 1. Encourage your children to choose period and especially about Ukrainians Holodomor as a topic when doing and their experiences in various dis- research papers. placed persons camps. 2. Promote the Holodomor Student Attention, It is hoped that the original article Competition in your community and (November 11, 2012), the letters school district. responding to it, and this response to the 3. Forward the Holodomor Debutante Ball letter-writers will encourage Ukrainians PowerPoint to as many people as possi- – and especially former DPs – in other ble, including teachers in American high diaspora communities to organize simi- schools asking them to include the Organizers! lar exhibits or publish DP stories, individ- Holodomor in their curriculum. (studied in 10th and 11th grades in global studies) 4. Contact your local schools and In keeping with our tradition, libraries to set up exhibits/films about GUIDELINES FOR LETTERS The Ukrainian Weekly TO THE EDITOR the Holodomor 5. Set up interviews with your local will publish a special section The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes press and Holodomor survivors and their letters to the editor and commentar- descendents. devoted to the Ukrainian ies on a variety of topics of concern to Locally we have contacted the the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Department of Social Studies in Yonkers, community’s debutantes. Canadian communities. Opinions N.Y. (the fourth largest school district in expressed by columnists, commenta- New York State). It will be including the tors and letter-writers are their own and Holodomor PowerPoint on its website as do not necessarily reflect the opinions a resource for teachers. We will also be The 2013 debutante ball of either The Weekly editorial staff or conducting a workshop for social studies section will be published its publisher, the Ukrainian National teachers titled “Learning From the Past: Association. 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Holodomor Education Committee. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 No. 6 First anthology of Ukrainian drama in English presented at Shevchenko Society by Ostap Kin The event itself, held on October 13, 2012, was dedicated to the 120th anniver- NEW YORK – An event dedicated to the sary of the birth of Mykola Kulish (1898- presentation of “An Anthology of Modern 1937), a leading Ukrainian playwright. Ukrainian Drama,” which was edited, com- Marko Robert Stech, director of CIUS, liter- piled and introduced by Dr. Larissa Zaleska ary scholar and writer, also participated in Onyshkevych, took place recently at the the program. Laryssa Lauret and Dr. Stech Shevchenko Scientific Society. This 522- read fragments from Kulish’s “Sonata page tome, published by the Canadian Pathetique” and Bohdan Boychuk’s Institute of Ukrainian Studies, provides a “Hunger-1933” in Ukrainian and English. brief review of modern Ukrainian drama, Dr. Stech also spoke about the history of biographical data about the playwrights, CIUS Press, noting that since 1976, it has and analytical essays about 10 plays in the published approximately 200 books. The book. majority of its publications are English- This English-language anthology is a language monographs dealing with Ukraine. parallel volume to Dr. Onyshkevych’s first Afterwards, Dr. Onyshkevych explained comprehensive anthology of modern what motivated her to compile this book, Ukrainian drama in Ukrainian, which was naming four factors: the specifics of drama published by CIUS in 1998. as an elite genre of literature; few available

Vasyl Lopukh At the presentation of “An Anthology of Modern Ukrainian Drama,” (from left) are: Vasyl Makhno, Laryssa Lauret, Larissa Zaleska Onyshkevych and Marko Stech. published collections of Ukrainian plays; and essays on Ukrainian drama and theater. still fewer English translations of Ukrainian The anthology comprises 10 plays writ- plays; and the lack of critical articles and ten by nine playwrights between 1909 and scholarly works about them. She said she 1992: “In the Wilderness” by Lesia particularly felt the lack of the two latter Ukrainka, “The People’s Malachi” and factors when she was teaching Ukrainian “Sonata Pathetique” by Mykola Kulish, “The drama at Rutgers University (in New Prophet” by Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Brunswick, N.J.). “Masters of Time” by Ivan Kocherha, “Planet Besides the new anthology, Dr. Speranta” by Oleksa Kolomiyets, “The Onyshkevych has previously published the Heroine Dies in the First Act” by Liudmyla following books: “Antolohiya Modernoyi Kovalenko, “A Play about a Great Man” by Ukrainskoyi Dramy” (An Anthology of Eaghor Kostetzky, “Hunger-1933” by Modern Ukrainian drama, 1998), “Blyzniata Bohdan Boychuk and “Birds from an Sche Zustrinutsia: Antolohiya Dramaturhiyi Invisible Island” by Valeriy Shevchuk. Ukrainskoyi Diaspory” (The Twins Shall “An Anthology of Modern Ukrainian Meet Again: An Anthology of Plays of the Drama” (Toronto: CIUS Press, 2012), may “An Anthology of Modern Ukrainian Drama” and several other books published by Ukrainian Diaspora, 1997), and “Tekst i be purchased for $39.95 at www.ciuspress. Dr. Larissa Zaleska Onyshkevych. Hra” [Text and Performance, 2009], studies com. No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 9

“The Ukrainian Diaspora Religion Survey”: reporting the results

by Andrew Sorokowski asked their states of residence. They could while only about 9 percent belonged to one tion of 166 responses received directly by reply by e-mail or letter post. of the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches. the individuals who conducted the survey, What are the Ukrainian diaspora’s pref- In all, 221 responses were received, Around 85 percent of those belonging to a and the 55 responses collected by Bo erences and practices with regard to reli- mostly by e-mail. This is not, of course, a church or religious group stated that their Shevchik of The Washington Group and gion? There is a certain amount of mythol- sufficiently large sample, nor a sufficiently affiliation was chiefly the result of their forwarded to them. For example, one could ogy about this, but nobody really knows. broad one, to be considered representative upbringing. check for correlations among age, educa- The U.S. Census does not record religious of Ukrainian Americans. It does, however, By international and even American tional level, language proficiency, church affiliation. Church surveys are limited to give some rough idea of what kind of sam- standards, church attendance in this group affiliation and frequency of attendance. their own faithful. ple one can collect, and suggests some pos- was remarkably high. Some 57 percent Interested parties may contact Andrew We do know, however, that Ukrainian sible trends. claimed to attend religious services weekly, Sorokowski at [email protected] church membership in North America is in Respondents came from 17 states and with another 12 percent attending monthly. for the two basic tabulations (each as an steep decline. In order to learn the causes the District of Columbia. (For some reason, Although the survey questions were Excel file, not containing the names or of this, as well as to better understand our however, 32 persons did not provide their multiple-choice, a few individuals added other personally identifiable data of diaspora, an objective survey of religious state of residence). Of the 221 individuals comments to their e-mailed responses. One respondents) and the questionnaire with affiliation and practice is called for. surveyed, 173, or about 78 percent, were complained that the questionnaire neglect- totals for each response (as a Word file). It was with this goal in mind that in the raised as Ukrainian Greek-Catholics; and ed non-Christians (even though the first The organizers thank all those who winter and spring of 2012, Roma Hayda and only 32, or some 14 percent as Ukrainian question provided an “other religious iden- responded to the questionnaire. Special Andrew Sorokowski undertook an informal Orthodox. Women outnumbered men 120 tity” and “no religious identity” choice, thanks are due to those who helped to dis- religious survey of the Ukrainian diaspora to 99 (two did not respond to the question while the third offered the choice of “some tribute it – particularly Andrew Bihun of in the United States. Although they serve, about gender). The majority – about 69 other religious group”). The Washington Group, George Gajecky, respectively, as chairwoman and vice-chair- percent – were married. With respect to Other respondents were more support- Irena Jarosewich, Marta Kolomayets, John man of the Ukrainian Patriarchal Society, a age, the group was skewed: only 19 per- ive. One remarked that “Our churches Kun of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Max Ukrainian Catholic lay organization, they cent were aged from 17 to 44, while 41 (UGCC and UOC-USA) are in [a] downward Pyziur, Mr. Shevchik of The Washington decided to conduct this survey as private percent were between 45 and 64. Another spiral where critical mass has been lost and Group and Vira Skop. individuals, in order to avoid even the 39 percent were 65 or older. it is a matter of time before parishes and Again, this was not a professional sur- appearance of any confessional bias. It was a well-educated group, with 95 institutions outside of the major area of vey. It was intended to demonstrate that a This was not a comprehensive, profes- percent possessing higher education. This Ukrainian immigration…close down.” community-based effort on a volunteer sionally conducted effort producing defini- included 35 individuals with doctoral This individual went on to pose a series basis can produce results, and that there is tive results, but an amateur attempt degrees. The overwhelming majority of of questions, including “How welcoming a great deal of useful and interesting data intended to awaken interest. Only private respondents knew the Ukrainian language, are our parishes? Is English persecuted? to be collected, analyzed and published. resources were used. A five-minute ques- with 131 persons or 59 percent claiming Are inter-married spouses welcomed? Are The organizers hope that in the near tionnaire consisting of 12 multiple-choice an “excellent or native” knowledge. At the non-Ukes welcomed? Is there a concerted future, professional sociologists will under- questions was prepared. It was sent out by same time, nearly half – some 44 percent – effort to retain youth, if any? Do our parish- take a thorough and methodologically e-mail to about 20 individuals and organi- were born in the U.S., though some 30 per- es serve as museums [of] how baba and sophisticated survey of religious affiliation, zations with a request that they distribute cent arrived here during the postwar wave dido worshipped, or do they serve as the attitudes and practices of the Ukrainian it through their mailing lists. It was of immigration between 1946 and 1952. Father’s House that welcomes all children, diaspora in the United States. Such a survey stressed that the survey was not being con- The “fourth wave” of those arriving since embraces them, teaches them, nourishes could yield answers to questions about, for ducted by any organization (though organi- 1988 was represented by only 27 persons, them, heals them, loves them? Do our example, the religious attitudes of young zations were invited to distribute it); that or 12 percent. priests reach out to youth, encourage voca- people, the current affiliations of those who responses could be anonymous; and that Thus, it must be stressed that these fig- tions? Do our priests look to uphold and have left our Churches, or the proportion of the results, while available to all interested ures are not representative of the Ukrainian rediscover our beautiful liturgical tradi- non-Ukrainian speakers in Ukrainian parties, must not be used for commercial American diaspora. They only describe the tion?” Churches. purposes. sample of the population that received, and The results reported above are based on The answers could provide guidance for The questionnaire was directed to U.S. responded to, the questionnaire. a simple tabulation of responses. One our Churches’ planning and policies, and citizens and permanent residents of Some 70 percent of the total said they could, however, conduct further analysis on would help us understand our own com- Ukrainian descent. Respondents were also belonged to the Ukrainian Catholic Church, the basis of the raw data, that is, the tabula- munity.

Comments on “The Ukrainian Diaspora Religion Survey”

by Oleh Wolowyna In order to collect data on their commu- 2005 yearly by the American Community provide more representative results. nity, they have created the North American Survey. This extremely rich data set has Taking as a basis all persons who Roma Hayda and Andrew Sorokowski Jewish Data Bank, currently housed at the been organized in an integrated database declared “Ukrainian” as their only ancestry, should be commended for having under- University of Connecticut, and significant by the Center for Demographic and Socio- the religious survey sample is representa- taken this survey; it addresses an impor- amounts of resources are invested in col- Economic Characteristics of Ukrainians in tive in terms of the proportion married tant topic. A key element of any successful lecting and analyzing data on Jews in the the U.S., a research center, at the people, but not in terms of age and immi- organization is fact-based decision-making. U.S. using surveys and other methods. Shevchenko Scientific Society in New York. gration wave; it captured a higher propor- A small community like Ukrainians in the Part of the stated Mission of the Data The database is being continuously updat- tion of older and a smaller proportion of U.S. (0.3 percent of the total population), Bank reads: ed and expanded, and analyzed in order to younger persons, and significantly more can improve its chances of having mean- “Provide empirical survey data sets understand the demographic and socio- Third Wave immigrants (after World War ingful influence in American society by about the North American Jewish commu- economic dynamics of Ukrainians in the II) than Fourth Wave immigrants. A quota gathering and analyzing information about nity, from national and local socio-demo- U.S. (see the Center’s website: http://www. sample with age structure and proportions the community and making decisions graphic studies as well as other types of inform-decisions.com/stat/). of immigration waves provided by the cen- based on facts, not impressions. contemporary and historical social science In spite of its great potential, this data sus data is likely to have a better chance of A prime example of this strategy is pro- research” and, in the words of Prof. Ira base has limitations and needs to be com- providing more representative results. vided by the Jewish community in the U.S. Sheskin from the University of Miami, “The plemented by surveys like the one under- As seen by the extremely high percent- Although by their own estimates they repre- surveys, which involve calling tens of thou- taken by Ms. Hayda and Dr. Sorokowski. It age of Ukrainian Catholics and small per- sent only 2 percent of the U.S. population, sands of households through random-digit is very difficult to select a representative centage of Ukrainian Orthodox in the sam- their influence in American society is vastly dialing, generate results that answer criti- sample of a small and dispersed popula- ple, this survey does not help to determine greater than this proportion would suggest. cal questions about Jewish communities, tion like Ukrainians in the U.S., but there is the number of members of these two One of the elements of this success is under- such as how they have changed over the a partial solution called quota sampling. church denominations. However, as point- standing the importance of having good past 10 years, whether they have grown or Depending on the issues one wants to ed out in the article, correlation analysis information about their community. In this diminished, their degree of religious obser- study, one can select key characteristics among age, education level, language profi- respect they are at a disadvantage compared vance and memberships, their median age that may affect these issues and select a ciency, church affiliation and frequency of to other ethnic groups, as the law does not and household size, social service needs, sample that reflects the proportions of attendance could provide interesting allow the U.S. government to collect infor- and attitudes toward anti-Semitism and these characteristics in the target popula- insights. mation about religion, and thus there are no Israel. Synagogues and Jewish community tion. Examples of key characteristics are: There may be a way of estimating the official statistics about the number of Jews centers and social service agencies, as well age, sex, nativity and immigration period, number of Ukrainian Catholics and and their characteristics in the U.S. as schools and government leaders, rely on years lived in the U.S. (for immigrants), lan- Ukrainian Orthodox in the United States. such results to make important planning, guage spoken at home, level of education, The Canadian census has been collecting Oleh Wolowyna, Ph.D., is a demographer programming and community develop- home ownership, type of occupation, labor data on religious affiliation since 1931; specializing in research on Ukrainians in the ment decisions.” force status, etc. The database constructed thus, there is good quality data on religious United States and Canada. He is the director Ukrainians, as well as many other ethnic at the research center allows us to estimate affiliation of Ukrainians in Canada from of the Center for Demographic and Socio- groups, are in the fortunate position that the percentage of Ukrainians that fall in 1931 to 2011. According to research done Economic Research on Ukrainians in the data on ancestry has been collected in the any combinations of these and other char- United States. 1980, 1990 and 2000 censuses, and since acteristics, and select samples that may (Continued on page 16) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 No. 6 No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 11

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE UCCA New York commemorates UOC-U.S.A. marks Day of Unity 95th anniversary of Kruty battle NEW YORK – On Sunday, January 27, the held at St. George Ukrainian Catholic UCCA New York City branch of the Church in the East Village in New York City Ukrainian Congress Committee of America following the noontime Sunday liturgy. The organized a memorial service (panakhyda) service commenced with a solemn candle- to commemorate the 95th anniversary of light procession of young UCCA and com- the heroic battle of Kruty. The battle, fought munity members led by a memorial at a small railroad station approximately wreath, provided by branch member Tekla 130 kilometers northeast of Kyiv, marked Hnatyshyn. the courageous yet futile attempt of 300 Ivanka Zajac, UCCA New York branch Ukrainian students to stop the Bolshevik president, commented, “The memorial ser- assault against Ukraine’s independence. vice respectfully honored the 300 brave The memorial service, with Father young students who died in defense of Bernard Panczuk, OSBM officiating, was their homeland and their freedom.”

UOC-U.S.A. A view of the prayer service with Metropolitan Antony and Bishop Daniel officiating.

Religious Information Service of Ukraine Ukrainians of various generations gath- ered in spiritual unity under the Ukrainian SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – On January flag to pray for the Ukrainian people in St. 22, representatives of the Ukrainian Andrew the First-Called Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. celebrated Orthodox Church. According to uocofusa. Ukraine’s Day of Unity and Freedom here at org, the service was attended by Ukraine’s the Church’s Metropolia Center. Consul Ihor Sybiha and Vice Consul Parishioners, employees, members of Kostiantyn Vorona of New York, as well as the Consistory and visitors gathered to representatives of Ukraine’s Permanent pray for peace and the well-being of Mission to the United Nations. Ukraine and its people during a “moleben” Afterwards, the hierarchs, clergy and (prayer service) conducted by diplomats laid a wreath before the memo- Metropolitan Antony and the head of the rial cross at St. Andrew Ukrainian Young activists during the memorial service dedicated to the heroes of the battle of Church’s Consistory, Bishop Daniel, in con- Orthodox Cemetery in honor of all those Kruty in 1918. celebration with local clergymen. who died for Ukraine’s freedom. Ukrainians of Florida remember “The Paths to Independence” NORTH PORT, Fla. – Ukrainian She went over the historic events that led to Organizations of Southwest Florida (known the unity of Ukrainian lands (Eastern Ukraine, as the “Hromadsky Komitet”) sponsored an Halychyna, Bukovyna and Zakarpattia) and evening to commemorate Ukraine’s Day of declaration of Ukraine’s independence in Unity and Freedom. The event took place on 1918 and 1919. Unfortunately this period January 20 at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian was short-lived and Ukraine again was Religious and Cultural Center (“Oseredok”) in divided among its neighbors – until 1939 North Port, Fla., with over 120 in attendance. when its eastern and western parts were After the posting of the American and united and became a part of the Soviet Ukrainian flags by Ukrainian American Union. This period in Ukraine’s history saw Veterans headed by Eugene Tomashosky the cruel destruction of Ukrainian people by and Ihor Hron, all in the audience sang the Holodomor, collectivization and exile to American and Ukrainian anthems. labor camps in Siberia. Ukraine’s intellectual Roma Guran, president of the Hromadsky and middle class were destroyed; the people Ukrainian American Veterans, headed by Eugene Tomashosky and Ihor Hron, post the flags. Komitet, opened the evening and intro- left behind were terrorized into submission. overwhelmingly approved in the referen- presentation titled “Immortalizing the duced Lidia Bilous, MC for the evening. Mrs. But the spirit of independence never left dum on December 1, 1991. Since 1992, the Heroes of Ukraine.” In his remarks he men- Bilous was the creator of the evening’s pro- the people of Ukraine and in January 1990, Independence Day of Ukraine has been cel- tioned the many sacrifices made by the gram which featured on its cover illustra- in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet ebrated on August 24. But January 22 is youth of Ukraine in fighting for indepen- tions of historic events that took place on Union, patriotic individuals formed a “ living also an official holiday, called the “Day of dence of Ukraine throughout the 20th cen- January 22 and November 1, 1918; January chain” between Lviv and Kyiv, symbolizing Unity and Freedom.” tury. Their memory should not be forgotten 22, 1919; and August 24, 1991. the spiritual unity of Ukrainian people from Prof. Bodnaruk’s remarks were followed and the Scouting Organization of Ukraine Prof. Vira Bodnaruk, president of the east and west, Prof. Bodnaruk continued. by the song “Ne Spy Moya Ridna Zemlia” Plast, in which Mr. Kryskiv is very active, is Ukrainian Language Society, delivered the On August 24, 1991, the Parliament of (Don’t sleep my native land) by the working toward that end. main address on “The Paths to Independence”. Ukraine voted for independence, which was Ukrainian group Mandry. The United Choir At the conclusion of the program a short of North Port, under the direction of Lubov video titled “Rozmova z Otamanom” (A Talk Ingram, sang “Hey u Luzi Chervona Kalyna,” with the Otaman) by Ivan Popovych of “Zhyvy, Ukraino” and “O Ukraino! O Liuba Ukraine was shown. It stressed the fact that Nenko.” Olya Hron recited the poem by S. what the Ukrainian people fought for dur- Orliuk: “Sviato Derzhavnosty.” ing the 1920s with Symon Petliura was not A special guest from Ukraine, lost, but gave rise to a new generation that Oleksander Kryskiv, had an interesting slide fought for and achieved its independence.

Guest speaker from Ukraine, Oleksander Vira Bodnaruk delivers the main address. Kryskiv. 25C 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 No. 6

Yushchenko and the party’s treasurer, NEWSBRIEFS Viktor Kostenko. “These two men bear full responsibility for what happened, in partic- (Continued from page 2) ular, for the fact that the members of district in developing relations with the Customs election commissions were replaced in the TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. interest of the Party of Regions. These facts or e-mail [email protected] Speaking on January 25 during a lunch in were established by documents,” he said. Davos, Switzerland, during the World On January 26, supporters of Mr. Yushchenko Economic Forum, he described the main and supporters of Mr. Bondarchuk tried to SERVICES PROFESSIONALS elements of a strategy for the development hold two parallel meetings of the party’s of Ukraine in the near future. According to Political Council at different locations. Mr. the statement from the MFA, he “confirmed Bondarchuk said that 26 members of the Ukraine’s strategic course towards Political Council from 18 regional branches European integration, noting that Ukraine had arrived and registered for the meeting also intends to develop mutually beneficial at the party’s office on Spaska Street. “We relations with the Customs Union, taking could not figure out how many members of into account national interests, including in the political council were at another address,” the 3+1 format.” (Ukrinform) he said, noting that members of the Political Council from Spaska Street were barred Rada chair on Customs Union from the meeting chaired by Mr. Yushchenko KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman at the Kyiv Hotel. The head of the party’s Volodymyr Rybak stressed that the issue of Political Council said that the recent actions Ukraine’s accession to the Customs Union is by Mr. Yushchenko were aimed at splitting not on the agenda right now. And the the party. (Interfax-Ukraine) Association Agreement with the European Opposition seeks officials’ dismissal Union, he is convinced, will be signed by Ukraine no later than in November this year. KYIV – The opposition factions on In an interview with the newspaper Ukraina January 25 registered in the Verkhovna Moloda, he said: “At present, Ukraine’s acces- Rada a draft resolution on the political sion to the Customs Union is not a burning responsibility of Ukrainian Internal Affairs issue. The president said, if it is profitable to Minister Vitalii Zakharchenko and Security Ukraine, we can take some specific ques- Service of Ukraine (SBU) Chief Oleksander tions and sign some bilateral or trilateral Yakymenko “for the involvement of law agreements with member states of the enforcement agencies in political persecu- Customs Union. But the president has never tion and the violation of human rights and said anything about joining it.” At the same freedoms.” The authors of the bill are the time, the Parliament chair expressed hope head of the Batkivschyna faction in that by the end of November Ukraine would Parliament, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, UDAR fac- sign the agreement on association and a free tion leader Vitali Klitschko, and Svoboda fac- trade area with the European Union. “I have tion leader Oleh Tiahnybok. In addition, recently had many meetings with MPs, the opposition members registered a draft reso- HELP WANTED leadership of the European Parliament, and lution on hearing reports by Procurator we are working together on this issue. We General Viktor Pshonka, Mr. Zakharchenko meet our commitments to the EU. The and Mr. Yakymenko on the situation at We are seeking a babysitter remaining challenge is to consider the law Ukrzaliznytsia’s Central Clinical Hospital No. for our 3 year old son in Bayside, NY. on public prosecution,” he said, according 5, where former Ukrainian Prime Minister Must speak Ukrainian fluently. Preferably to February 1 news reports. (Ukrinform) Yulia Tymoshenko is undergoing treatment, that occurred on January 18 due to the owns a car. Two days per week - Wednes- Ukrspetsexport officials detained day and Thursday. No. of days to increase removal of national deputies from the hos- in December. Tel. 646-763-0045. KYIV – Two senior employees of pital. The opposition proposed hearing the Ukraine’s state arms exporter, Ukrspets­ reports at a special session of Parliament on export, have been detained in Kazakhstan, January 29. Batkivschyna said that the fac- SEEKING NANNY suspected of giving a large bribe, ZN.UA tion had managed able to collect the more Full-time, mature, Ukrainian-speaking, reported on February 1, citing an unnamed cultured. Live in. Help care for infant than 150 signatures needed to hold the daughter, long term, and keep house. Able source. “The detention of the Ukrainians extraordinary meeting. Parliament Chair to integrate with young, busy professional took place six days ago at the international Volodymyr Rybak, however, refused to con- family and extended relatives. Quiet airport when they were about to fly home. vene such a meeting, claiming that some of residential neighborhood in center of A source said that before that the the signatures were not authentic and say- Washington, DC. Separate new room/bath, Ukrspetsexport representatives had met ing a special session would cost more than 3 excellent compensation for right person. with an official representing the Kazakh million hrv. The opposition refuted that 202-955-3990; [email protected] authorities and ‘conveyed thanks’ to him argument, noting on January 30 that it for helping in the implementation of con- would cost 500 hrv at most and stating that tracts,” ZN.UA reported. Both employees it would collect that amount to enable the SEEKING EMPLOYMENT were reported to be heads of departments. special session to be held. (Interfax-Ukraine) At the same time, according to Novosti- Ukraine’s “dramatic choice” I am seeking a live-in position Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of as a caregiver for a senior Defense confirmed the detention of one of KYIV – In 2013, Ukraine will hesitate to its employees, Director of Armaments Maj. the bitter end in its choice between the and/or a child. I am experienced Gen. Almaz Asenov, on suspicion of taking a and have references. European Union and the Customs Union, bribe of $ 200,000 (U.S.). Ukrspetsexport is said the chairman of the board of the Please call 1-718-757-7798 an authorized state mediator, engaged in Center for Applied Political Studies Penta, the export and import of military and spe- Volodymyr Fesenko, at a press conference cial-purpose services, as well as products at Ukrinform on “Analytical Result of FOR LEASE that contain information related to state December and the Passing Year.” Speaking secrets. (Ukrinform) on December 28, 2012, he said, “It will For Lease Florida Condominium Bondarchuk: Our Ukraine helped PRU have to make a serious, dramatic choice. I St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Condo Assoc., think, we will hesitate until the bitter end, KYIV – The Our Ukraine party helped and it is impossible to say now in what North Port, Fl. 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He was tion of the European Parliament regarding Run your advertisement here, for advertising sales agents. commenting on the suspicions of party col- the Ukrainian issue and in a statement of in The Ukrainian Weekly’s For additional information contact leagues that Our Ukraine leader Viktor the EU Foreign Affairs Council, a milder and Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, Yushchenko is cooperating with the pro- CLASSIFIEDS section. more flexible position of the European The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. government party. Mr. Bondarchuk said that the responsibility for this lies with Mr. (Continued on page 13) No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 13

Kozhara, Lavrov agree on cooperation National Deputy Oleh Medunytsia of the Volodymyr Zamana announced this in Batkivshchyna faction has been appointed NEWSBRIEFS KYIV – The foreign affairs ministers of Brussels, the press service of the Defense its head, Rada Chairman Volodymyr Rybak Ukraine and the Russian Federation, Leonid Ministry reported on January 17. “Ukraine (Continued from page 12) stated at the session in the Parliament, Kozhara and Sergei Lavrov, signed a cooper- is ready to send the Hetman Sahaidachny reported UNIAN. A few days earlier, a repre- Union was formulated as regards Ukraine, ation plan between the foreign ministries for frigate, with a helicopter and a team on sentative of the Party of Regions, Vadym which opens the possibility for Ukraine to 2013. The ceremony took place in Chernivtsi board, to participate in the EU’s Atalanta Kolesnichenko, who heads the movement of sign a new agreement with the EU next after a meeting of the Subcommittee on anti-piracy operation after the performance Russians of Ukraine, was appointed head of year,” he said. At the same time, he pointed International Cooperation of the Ukrainian- of tasks in Operation Ocean Shield at the an interfactional association In Support of a out that the EU does not pose ultimatums Russian Interstate Commission on January end of 2013,” Col.-Gen. Zamana said. He said Canonical Church. Also, National Deputy regarding the release of Yulia Tymoshenko 13. “A dialogue between the foreign minis- that the work on the preparation of the Hanna Herman received a blessing from the and Yurii Lutsenko; the issue is fulfillment tries of Ukraine and Russia is developing on crew and the ship for participation in the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – of decisions of the European Human Rights a scheduled basis. Clear evidence of this was operation was continuing and that a techni- Moscow Patriarchate to establish a parlia- Court and reform of electoral legislation the signing of the plan of cooperation mentary group For Spirituality and Freedom cal agreement was being worked out along between the foreign ministries of our coun- and legal proceedings. “If the Verkhovna of Conscience. (Religious Information with the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry. tries,” Mr. Kozhara said at a press briefing Rada makes substantial, tangible steps, if it Service of Ukraine) As part of the visit, the Ukrainian general votes at least for draft laws concerning a after the meeting. He said he and his Russian met with newly appointed chairman of the new election code and judicial reform, then counterpart discussed a number of burning Hetman Sahaidachny to fight pirates EU Military Committee, French Air Force it will be an important prerequisite for the issues of bilateral cooperation, with particu- KYIV – Ukraine has confirmed its readi- Gen. Patrick de Rousier, who said he was signing of the agreement between Ukraine lar emphasis on foreign policy and economic ness to send the Hetman Sahaidachny frig- satisfied with the results of the operative and the European Union,” Mr. Fesenko pre- issues. “Our cooperation in the international ate to participate in the European Union’s duty of the forces and means of the dicted. (Ukrinform) arena will be continued, I’m sure, [and] will Atalanta anti-piracy operation. The chief of Ukrainian armed forces in the EU’s Helbroc significantly intensify. This will also contrib- the General Staff and commander-in-chief military task force (Greece, Bulgaria, Fence dismantled near historic church ute to Ukraine’s chairmanship in the OSCE,” of the Ukrainian armed forces, Col.-Gen. Romania and Cyprus). (Ukrinform) KYIV – On January 26, defenders of his- added Mr. Kozhara. Mr. Lavrov welcomed toric Kyiv dismantled the temporary con- the meeting of the Subcommittee on struction fence on Tithe Lane near the site of International Cooperation of the Russian- Ділимося сумною вісткою, що 13 грудня 2012 року the historic Church of the Tithes Ukrainian Interstate Commission. “It is tak- (Desiatynna). The UNIAN news service, cit- ing place at a time when Russian-Ukrainian відійшов до вічности, проживши 84 роки, ing the Kyiv City organization Civil Position, relations are on the rise and are character- наш найдорожчий Чоловік, Тато і Дідо reported that the action against illegal con- ized by an intensive political dialogue at all struction occurring on the site of a historic levels, especially at the top level,” said св. пам’яті and cultural monument was attended by its Russia’s top diplomat. (Ukrinform) members and representatives of other polit- PACE delegation headed by Popesku Борис Цурковський ical parties and public organizations of Kyiv. Lawyer Marina Soloviova said, “Any work on KYIV – Party of Regions National Deputy Похоронні відправи відбулися 17 грудня 2012 року в катедрі the territory of the land plot or fencing of the Ivan Popesku was elected chairman of св. о. Миколая в Чікаґо. territory are illegal.” The security guards Ukraine’s official delegation to the Тіло Покійного спочиває на цвинтарі св. о. Миколая began to spray water and tear gas on some Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of participants who came close to the fence. Europe (PACE) , and Batkivshchyna National в Чикаґо, Ілиной. The people stormed the site and dismantled Deputy Serhiy Sobolev was elected as his Залишені у смутку: nearly all the sections of the fence. The deputy, it was reported on January 21. дружина - Валентина entrances to the site were again blocked by According to Mr. Popesku, a meeting of tents of the political parties Civil Position Ukraine’s official delegation was held донька - Оля Попович з чоловіком Нестором and UDAR. The site is patrolled by the police, between the meetings of the Political внук - Олесь security guards of the developer and active Bureau and political groups of the assembly. members of Civil Position who have stayed “During the meeting, we found a consensus Вічна Йому пам’ять! in tents near the site since January 18. decision that the head of the delegation will (Religious Information Service of Ukraine) represent the majority, and his deputy the opposition,” Mr. Popesku explained. Also, the Yanukovych on Ukraine and Europe delegation members present at the meeting KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych distributed by a consensus decision all of said on January 22, at a meeting marking the PACE committees on a parity basis. the Day of Unity and Freedom, that he “Each committee of the assembly includes a believes this year Ukraine will take an Ukrainian lawmaker from both the majority important step in its foreign policy. “We and the minority,” the delegation head said. have set ourselves the task of joining the However, Mr. Popesku declined to name the family of European nations. The European Ukrainian members of the PACE commit- choice – this is a choice of democratic val- tees, promising to do so after approval of the ues, economic freedom, social standards. At lists at the assembly meeting. “Each com- the same time the key to stability and pros- mittee includes representatives of the perity is good partnership relations with Ukrainian parliamentary majority and our neighbors, a prudent and consistent minority,” he emphasized. (Ukrinform) policy of cooperation with our strategic Deputies support unified Orthodox Church partners. I am convinced that this year we will be one step closer to this goal,” said Mr. KYIV – In the Supreme Council of On the first anniversary of the death of our Yanukovych. At the same time, the presi- Ukraine, an interfactional association called beloved husband, father and grandfather dent emphasized that Ukraine is going to For a Unified National Orthodox Church has “blaze its own path” and consistently been established in the Verkhovna Rada, defend its interests. (Ukrinform) according to January 11 news report. Stefan Antoniw (March 16, 1924 – February 13, 2012) bility, fiscal discipline and transparency, but Turning... offered few specifics on how to ensure such Memorial Liturgies will be offered: conditions. Among them were transparent (Continued from page 6) privatization, deregulating the economy, • February 13th, at 10 a.m. at Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church in Cleveland, OH and introducing substantial tax benefits for creating clearer and more precise rules on health care and education, which the stocks, defending intellectual property • February 17th, at 11 a.m. at St. Josaphat rights, creating new accounting and audit- Yushchenko government had cancelled. Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Parma, OH ing rules, introducing legal reforms to cre- Mr. Yanukovych also alleged that the • February 17th, at 9 a.m. at St. John the Baptist ate a truly independent court system, Yushchenko administration intentionally Ukrainian Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, PA ensuring democracy, human rights and fomented the natural gas crisis with Russia freedom of speech, and fighting against cor- On this day, we ask family and friends to remember Stefan with a in order to create a foreign enemy that ruption. Ukrainians could rally against. Other accu- Once the Party of the Regions gains silent prayer and a kind word. sations included the firing of tens of thou- power, Mr. Yanukovych said, the budget will sands of government employees who were immediately be balanced and spending will wife - Maria replaced with “relatives, friends and the be cut on bureaucrats, “presidential palaces, daughter - Motria Hodowanec and husband Oleh godfathers of those who came to power,” as residences and family ethnographic parks.” grandsons - Andrew and Alex Hodowanec well as the systematic persecution of busi- son - Myron and wife Marusia nessmen who supported Mr. Yanukovych in Source: “Yanukovych promises economic the past elections. growth when Party of the Regions gains His suggestions to improve the economy power,” by Zenon Zawada, The Ukrainian May God Grant Him Eternal Memory! were vague, and he gave broad ideas on sta- Weekly, February 19, 2006. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 No. 6 No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 15

two-way player,” he added. “I think every- He’s learning, and, the other thing is, one knows about the offensive ability I’ve he’s not turning the puck over nearly as Prospect pulse: Brandon Kozun had over my entire career. The biggest much as he used to,” Morris noted. “He was thing for me is to make sure I do get better high-risk, but now he’s learning to be a As the years go by, National Hockey “He’s getting better,” said Monarchs on both ends of the ice, and I think I am. I’m more complete player. He defends better, League players continue to get bigger, coach Mark Morris in the same January more of a complete player. I’m learning and he’s more aware in his own zone, and he’s stronger and faster, so the size, strength 2012 interview. “He’s got to learn to be getting better as a pro.” using his speed. We’re still working on and speed of the skaters has driven most of stronger on the puck and win more puck “If you look at my game now, it’s defi- things like making sure he hits the net the sport’s evolution into what we see on battles on the wall. If you’re going to be an nitely more rounded and more structured. I more, finishing his checks and so forth. the ice in today’s game. effective winger in pro hockey, you have to play more of a pro game, compared to He’s got pull-away speed and he’s creative.” However, with the rule changes follow- find ways to make plays when a guy is when I was in juniors. I think I was a little “He’s way more effective as a forecheck- ing the 2004 NHL lockout that have pinching down on you, and you’ve got to sloppy and was thinking about offense all er, he’s going into the traffic in front of the brought speed and skill back into the game find ways to protect the puck.” the time. Now, I’m a way better two-way net, and he’s paying the price to be around by eliminating obstruction, smaller quicker “When you’re his size, body position is player and I’m a lot better in the defensive the net, to get the tap-in goals and to use players are again thriving in the league, critical,” added the coach. “He’s pretty light, zone.” his quick hands and goal scoring touch to though only if they can hold their own with so he’s got to be quick, and be able to sur- The mental part of the game is often a get his points. He still lacks some strength, the big guys. round the puck, keeping it in areas where challenge for a young prospect, and Kozun but he’s a guy who’s improving every time Lack of size is something Los Angeles it’s not going to get exposed. You can’t be was no exception. There is no doubt he is out. I give him a lot of credit. It’s been a big Kings right wing prospect Brandon Kozun carefree, you can’t be careless with the progressing in his maturity and ability to jump for him.” has been hearing about since he started puck. You’ve got to make sure that it’s in an think the game. The size issue which Kozun has had to playing hockey. All it takes is one look at area that’s not going to hurt us.” “Consistency is a big thing, and for me deal with throughout his hockey career he this youngster of Ukrainian descent (father On the heels of a very successful junior it’s to focus on each shift,” said Kozun. prefers to ignore, except for one thing. Michael is a Ukrainian American, mother career with the WHL’s Calgary Hitmen, “Sometimes I get ahead of myself and focus “I hear about size a lot and it’s cliché, but Donna a Canadian), generously listed at where he hit the back of the opponent’s net on long-term goals. But I’m getting better it pushes you to work harder, and it’s some- 5-8, 165 pounds, to see that his lack of size regularly, scoring goals in bunches, Kozun at focusing on one shift at a time. When thing I use as motivation,” he said. “I’m get- definitely stands out. Right away, one must is adjusting to a different game in the AHL. that shift is over, you focus on the next one. ting there. I’m in the wings. I’m waiting for ask whether he could ever make it at the He’s off to a successful start in 2012-2013, I’ve gotten better at that. When I ran into a that opportunity to make it to the NHL NHL level. ranking second on his club in scoring with slump at the beginning of the year, I was level and when it comes, I’m going to be But don’t try telling him that. nine goals and 14 assists for 23 points in dealing with that, and I was a little low on ready for it.” “I don’t think size is an issue for me,” 31 games played through December 31, confidence.” said the 22-year-old native of Los Angeles 2012. The diminutive scoring machine, “It’s good that I experienced that early in AHL Ukrainian Utterings: There are in a January 2012 interview with Frozen who led all Canadian junior hockey in scor- my career, so the next time it happens, I three Zajacs in the New Jersey Devils sys- Royalty.net. “If you ask anyone (about) the ing during the 2009-2010 season (65 GP, know how to deal with it,” he added. “It’s tem with Travis a mainstay with the big way I play, I don’t think size comes into it 32 G, 75 A, 107 PTS), never paid too much about growing as a player, maturing as a club and younger brothers Darcy and Kelly that much. I don’t get pushed off the puck attention to the defensive side of the game. player, the whole mental aspect.” plying their trade with Albany… How about and I’m not afraid to go to those areas That has all changed. Manchester coach Morris has noticed an Oleksy (Steve in Hershey), an Oleksuk where you have to go to score goals.” “The biggest thing for me is my play Kozun’s added maturity and the growth in (Travis in Worcester) and an Oleksiuk “I’ve always played big my entire life,” without the puck and taking care of the his mental game. (Jamie in Texas)… Oh, and a pair of added Kozun, who was selected by the puck, as well,” Kozun added. “They know “He’s grown up as a person,” said Morris. Boychuks with Charlotte’s Zach and Kings in the sixth round (179th overall) of my offensive capabilities and I’ve got to be “He’s more willing to listen. Oftentimes, the Rochester’s Riley. They’re not related… the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. “Even though good in the offensive zone. But for me, it’s smaller players who score in the leagues Mark Pysyk is developing quickly on I’m a smaller guy, I think I play big. I’m not those battles along the boards in my own below the AHL, they’ve got to learn humili- Rochester’s blueline, while the aforemen- a guy who is limited by size and gets zone, getting those pucks out, playing in ty, they’ve got to learn patience. Sometimes tioned Oleksiak is coming along very nicely pushed around. I think I’m strong on my the defensive zone, being a complete player your egos get bruised when you’re playing for the Stars… On the flip side, still hanging skates and that’s good for me.” and playing with structure. That’s what I in a league where guys are bigger, stronger on and producing points are veterans Ryan Kozun, currently playing in his third sea- have to do to get to the next level. When I and intense. It gets frustrating for a guy Potulny (Hershey) and Darren Haydar son with the Kings’ top minor league affili- do get my opportunity, I’m going to be that things came easy to at lower levels.” (Chicago)… ate, the Manchester Monarchs, still has an expected to be that kind of player.” Morris left no doubt about Kozun mak- Ihor Stelmach may be reached at uphill battle ahead of him. “They’ve wanted me to become a better ing major strides in his development. [email protected]

imply the reported price isn’t accurate or link between Metalist’s new owners and lion in tax revenue. Artem Pshonka denied As its business... doesn’t reflect what it truly sold for. the Yanukovych family business. the claims. “The single reason that I was forced to He reported in a January 11 parliamen- To investigate the allegations, Mr. Syrotiuk (Continued from page 5) leave the club: incomprehensible claims by tary inquiry that Party of Regions National submitted his inquiry to Security Service of family’s crosshairs for takeover, but observ- the city government to me as the investor Deputy Artem Pshonka, the son of Ukraine (SBU) Chief Oleksander Yakymenko and, as a consequence, unprecedented psy- ers said the evidence is quite strong. Procurator General Viktor Pshonka, serves and Viktor Pshonka, of all people. chological pressure that was placed on our Compared to someone like Mr. Firtash, as the “kryshuvalnyk,” or cover, for the firm, “I created a 10-year Metalist fund of team and staff,” he said in a statement on who controls 15 to 20 percent of the entire which allegedly engages in illegal gasoline $400 million to invest in the team,” Mr. December 24, 2012. Ukrainian economy, Mr. Kolomoisky is an importing, among other alleged crimes that Yaroslavskyi said. “Now I’ll invest in busi- Hennadii Kernes, chair of the Kharkiv easier target for the family, controlling cost the state budget more than $375 mil- ness, but not in Kharkiv.” City Council, went public with his pressure between 5 and 10 percent “which is enough in late November, claiming Mr. Yaroslavskyi to widen its resource base,” said Mr. owned the soccer club, not the stadium, the Romanenko. renovation of which to European standards The choir performed for Mr. Mulcair as It remains to be seen whether Mr. was 70 percent covered by state funds for Ukrainian Canadian... well as members of his caucus including Kolomoisky loses control of his bankrupt Members of Parliament Alex Atamanenko, the Euro 2012 championship. (Continued from page 4) airlines, which also include Donbasaero “When the stadium stood in ruins, with Libby Davies, David Christopherson and and Dniproavia. He is currently transfer- ducks swimming and cows and goats walk- al greetings of “Khrystos Narodyvsia” – Megan Leslie. Mr. Mulcair was hosting a ring Aerosvit’s assets to Ukraine ing around, Kernes didn’t need it. But when “Christ is Born,” and sang “Dobriy Vechir meeting of provincial leaders of the New International Airlines (UIA), which he also the stadium became a blossoming garden, Tobi,” asking “Do you accept carolers?” Democratic Party, including Manitoba reportedly controls. Dr. Soskin speculated it became needed for the city government,” The carollers then performed “Boh Premier Greg Selinger and Nova Scotia that Mr.. Kolomoisky reached an ownership Mr. Yaroslavskyi said of Mr. Kernes’ claims. Narodyvsia,” which was followed by a tradi- Premier Darrell Dexter. sharing agreement with the Yanukovych “There are personal conflicts, and there are tional Ukrainian Christmas greeting, a “vin- The caroling was organized by the family, or is in the process of doing so. laws of a democratic society. The state shuvannya” recited in English by Michael National Office of the Ukrainian Canadian An oligarch who has acknowledged pub- guarantees protection of investors. But this Reshitnyk and in Ukrainian by Oleh Belkin. Congress, which extended a special thank licly that he was forced to sell assets is situation is robbery in broad daylight.” Mr. Mulcair invited the group into his you to the choir consisting of members Oleksander Yaroslavskyi, who was known Metalist was purchased by Haz Ukrayina residence, Stornoway, where the members from the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin as Kharkiv’s top magnate with an estimat- 2009, a wholesale trader of liquefied gas of the assembled choir also performed Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral: Angie and ed wealth of $940 million before his sale of owned by 27-year-old Serhii Kurchenko. As “Radist Nae Zyavylas” and “Boh Sia Michael Reshitnyk, Tamara Charalambij, the Metalist soccer club for $300 million, as is common in Ukrainian business, the offi- Razhdaye,” and concluded with the Zora Jackson, Oleh Belkin, Vera Hutzuliak, reported by Forbes.ua, citing anonymous cial owners are merely front men for the Ukrainian Carol of the Bells, “Shchedryk.” Nadia Zelem, Margret Kopala, Oxana sources. real owners, who are protected by several The night was concluded by offering Genina, Jenny Dutchak, Iryna Smishna Mr. Yaroslavskyi said he personally layers of covers. Christmas greetings. The leader of the (director) and Norman MacQueen (who invested $570 million in building the soc- National Deputy Yurii Syrotiuk of the opposition generously offered refresh- was also the photographer for the eve- cer club up from scratch, which would Svoboda party claimed to have found the ments to the carolers. ning). 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 No. 6 Conference on “‘Braking’ News: Censorship, Media and Ukraine” to be held at Columbia U. NEW YORK – The capital of Ukraine media today and the ways they are able to address by Andriy Kulykov titled orientation. It will analyze both the unchal- hosted the 64th World Newspaper respond to them are critical to Ukraine’s “Ukrainian Media: Old Pressures, New lenged reproduction and fierce contesta- Congress and World Editors Forum on progress towards democracy. The fragile Challenges,” which will be followed by a tion of identity, legitimacy and normality September 2-5, 2012. While Ukraine’s state of Ukrainian media today makes it a reception. and these processes’ contribution to social President Viktor Yanukovych greeted the fascinating subject of analysis in which The Friday, February 22, program will inequality and discrimination. international gathering of guests in Kyiv many of the foundations of functioning feature two panels and a roundtable made The roundtable will be a discussion with proclamations on the free state of media in a democracy can be scrutinized. up of an international gathering of schol- between representatives of the world’s media in Ukraine, security officers confis- The Ukrainian Studies Program, ars, as well as practitioners, of Ukrainian leading news sources on Ukraine about cated posters from protesting local journal- Harriman Institute at Columbia University media. reporting on Ukraine in the West and ists who were calling for an end to censor- is organizing a conference titled ‘Braking’ The first panel, titled “The Media, the Ukraine’s presence in Western media. ship in the country. News: Censorship, Media and Ukraine” to Market and Democracy: Ukraine in a Global The conference will conclude with a pre- Such scenes of contradiction are not be held in New York City on February Context,” will explore the relationship sentation by Dr. Yuri Shevchuk of a 2011 uncommon in Ukraine, a country treading 21-22. The conference will gather the between market forces and how Ukraine’s Serhii Bukovsky film titled “Ukraine: When an unsteady path towards democracy. world’s top analysts on Ukrainian media at media operate in a global environment. It the Countdown Began.” After a brief period of expanded freedoms Columbia for two days to examine the con- will look at issues such as ownership struc- Among those who will be participating in media following the Orange Revolution, temporary state and functioning of tures, global media convergence, trends in the conference are: Mark Andryczyk, the country is once again on the brink of a Ukrainian media. These experts will dis- towards infotainment, how this affects Niklas Bernsand, Brian Bonner, Maksym complete control of information by its cuss how media operate in Ukraine – what media content, journalistic standards and Butkevych, Tanya Domi, Marta Dyczok, political and economic elite. Strategies, they contain and how they are sustained. the process of democracy more broadly. Anastasiia Grynko, Myroslava Gongadze, some blunt, some sophisticated, are being The conference will consist of a keynote The second panel, “Media Discourse, Matthew Kaminski, Volodymyr Kulyk, developed and employed daily in an address, two panels, one roundtable dis- Ideology and Discrimination,” will examine Alexander Motyl, Natalya Ryabinska, Dr. attempt by the centers of power to dictate cussion and a film presentation. The pro- the ideological dimension of Ukrainian Olena Tregub and Andrew Yurkovsky. what subjects are reported on and how ceedings, which will be free and open to media discourse, paying particular atten- For more information readers may con- they are reported. the public, will commence on Thursday, tion to the representations of language, his- tact Dr. Mark Andryczyk at 212-854-4679 The challenges faced by Ukrainian February 21, at 7 p.m. with a keynote torical memory, ethnicity, race and sexual or [email protected].

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by this author some time ago, among per- sons who declared “Ukrainian” as their only ancestry, the percentage of Ukrainian Catholics decreased from 59.1 percent in 1931 to 27.5 percent in 1991, and the respective percentages for Orthodox Ukrainians are 25.1 percent and 23.8 per- cent. The percentage of Roman Catholics increased from 11.7 percent in 1931 to 24.6 percent in 1991, while the respective percentages for all Protestant denomina- tions are 4.2 percent and 24.2 percent. Thus, among Ukrainians in Canada we see a significant decrease among Ukrainian Catholics at the expense of Roman Catholics and to some degree Protestant denominations, while the percentage of Ukrainian Orthodox remained fairly stable. To the best of my knowledge, nobody has analyzed this data in detail. One strate- gy for estimating the number of Ukrainians by religious denomination in the U.S. is by using correlations based on Canadian data. The idea of conducting surveys among Ukrainians in the U.S. is not new. For exam- ple, in 2008 Vasyl Lopukh conducted a sur- vey among Fourth Wave immigrants in sev- eral cities, and in 2007 Halyna Lemekh wrote her Ph.D. dissertation in sociology, based on a landmark ethnographic study of 65 in-depth interviews and life stories of Ukrainians and Ukrainian leaders in the New York area. Her research was published as a book “Ukrainian Immigrants in New York: Collision of Two Worlds” (LFB Scholarship Publishing LLC, 2010). In order to be more effective internally, both within the community and at the local level in general, as well as externally in terms of influencing U.S. policy regarding Ukraine, we need to have a better under- standing of the Ukrainian community in this country: its strengths, weaknesses and potential for growth. Basic data provided by official statistics – in the U.S. census, the American Community Survey and immigra- tion statistics – is being organized and ana- lyzed by the research center, and this could be complemented by surveys on different topics not covered by the official data. We will be happy to collaborate with persons interested in planning and conducting sur- veys like the Religious Survey, and comple- ment the current integrated data base with a library of survey data accessible to researchers for more in-depth analysis. No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 17

Through February 24 Art exhibit, “Volodymyr Voronyuk,” Canadian-Ukrainian February 21-22 Conference, “’Braking’ News: Censorship, Media and Toronto Art Foundation gallery, 416-766-6802 or New York Ukraine,” Columbia University, 212-854-4679 or www.kumfgallery.com [email protected]

February 16 Social evening, “Valentine Soirée,” featuring violinist February 24 Film screening, “100 Years of the Idea of Plast” New York Valeriy Zhmud and guitarist Sergey Podebinsky, The Montreal by Yurij Luhovy, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral hall, 450-676-6885 or [email protected] February 16 Presentation by Volodymyr Mezentsev, “Baturyn 2012: New York New Archeological Findings from Mazepa’s Court,” February 25 Lecture by Leonid Heretz, “World War I in the Oral Shevchenko Scientific Society,212-254-5130 Cambridge, MA Tradition of the Galician Carpathians,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053 February 17 Winterfest, Bobriwka campground, Colebrook, CT 860-883-1391 March 1-2 Art exhibit, “Finding our Roots in the Coal Mines: Exhibit Jenkintown, PA of Lemko Artist Nicholas Bervinchak,” Ukrainian February 17 Presentation by Volodymyr Mezentsev, “Archaeological Educational and Cultural Center, 215-663-1166 or South Bound Brook, NJ Excavations at Baturyn”, Ukrainian Historical and www.ueccphila.org Educational Center of New Jersey, St. Andrew Memorial Church hall, 732-356-0090 March 2 Ski races, Carpathian Ski Club (KLK), Hunter Mountain, Hunter, NY [email protected] or [email protected] February 17 Lecture by Slavco Demchinsky, “100 Years of Ukrainian Ottawa Churches in Canada,” Assumption of the Blessed Virgin March 3 Pilgrimage, “Stations of the Cross,” Lady of Lourdes Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral hall, 613-728-0856 Litchfield, CT Shrine, 860-716-0812 or www.shrinect.org

February 17 Commemoration of the 94th anniversary of Ukrainian Unity March 3 67th annual Daffodil Tea, Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Montreal Day, Ukrainian Canadian Congress, St. Sophia Ukrainian Toronto Catholic Women’s League of Canada, Holy Eucharist Orthodox Church hall, 514-259-7162 or 514-481-5871 Parish Center, 416-465-5836

February 20 Presentation by Ivan Harasym, “Actual Problems of March 3 “Ukrainian Pysanka Workshop,” Ss. Cyril and Methodius Ottawa Modern Ukrainian Translation,” Shevchenko Scientific Olyphant, PA Ukrainian Catholic Church, 570-383-0319 or Society – Ottawa Branch, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian www.stcyrils.maslar-online.com Catholic Shrine, 613-733-7000 or 613-225-5768 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events February 21 Lecture by Natalia Baliuk, “The Function of NGOs and advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Cambridge, MA How NGOs Function in Ukraine,” Harvard University, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors 617-495-4053 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

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48C 45C 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 No. 6 UKELODEON For The Next Generation Hartford UAYA remembers battle of Kruty by Stephania Humen HARTFORD, Conn. – The Ukrainian American Youth Associa- tion (UAYA) of Hartford, Conn., on January 29 remembered the 95th anniversary of the battle of Kruty. We honored this battle through a solemn ceremony. All of our groups, with members ranging in age from 4 to 18, gathered outside for a short remembrance of all those who sacri- ficed their lives on that day. Candles were lit, poppies were given to each child, and all children were edu- cated about what happened on that exact day 95 years ago. We all sang the Ukrainian na- tional anthem, “Sche Ne Vmerla Ukraina,” and listened to the read- ing of a poem about the battle called Christina Jancew Iwanik “In Memory of the Thirty” written The Hartford branch of the Ukrainian American Youth Association gathers to remember the 1918 battle of Kruty. by Pavlo Tychyna in 1918. The main reason that Hartford UAYA took place when Bolshevik forces were dead. The Bolshevik forces showed the dedication and heart of remembers this historic event is that consisting of about 4,000 men were were not stopped, but their advance those living in Ukraine. The stu- our youth group (age 6-17) is named planning to storm Kyiv. A group of was slowed down. dents who participated in the battle after the battle of Kruty. 400 students came together to fight This was one of the most impor- of Kruty were willing to sacrifice Let me take you back to Janu- against the Bolshevik army. By the tant battles of all Ukrainian history. their lives for their country. ary 29, 1918. The battle of Kruty end of the battle, some 300 students Not only did it show sacrifice, but it

Plast members share Bethlehem Peace Light in D.C.

WASHINGTON – Members of the Washington branch of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, after receiving the Bethlehem Peace Light from fellow Plast scouts in Philadelphia, shared the light on their own territory, taking it, among other places, to the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family and the Embassy of Ukraine in time for their Christmas celebrations according to the Gregorian and Julian calendars, respectively. Seen above are scouts of Troop 45, named in honor of Volodymyr the Great, as they bring the Peace Light to the shrine on December 24. On the left, Solomiya Shpak, who wrote the “Song of the Bethlehem Peace Light,” presents the light to First Secretary Oresta Starak at Ukraine’s Embassy on January 5. – Solomiya Shpak and Yuri Deychakiwsky No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 19 N.Y. members of UAYA Hillside parish children visited by St. Nicholas continue tradition of “koliada”

St. Nicholas and his angel helpers ensure that each child is greeted and receives a special gift. HILLSIDE, N.J. – On Sunday, al vicar, and Tom Dochych, parish December 9, 2012, St. Nicholas choir director, led the attendees in Younger members of the New York chapter of the Ukrainian American visited the children and parishioners prayer and koliady. Youth Association carol and extend wishes of good luck for the year 2013 of Immaculate Conception Ukrainian On Wednesday, December 26, Catholic Church in Hillside, N.J. 2012, the children of the parish to the members of the Ukrainian community in New York. To the delight of St. Nicholas, visited parishioners in Union, Essex, by Victor Kurylyk January 7 and, bearing the symbolic the children presented a bilingual Morris and Middlesex counties to Star of Bethlehem, embarked on holiday entertainment program share the gift of koliady. Special ef- NEW YORK – “God Eternal,” that included a play, “The Spider’s forts were made to visit parishioners “In Bethlehem,” “A New Joy Has “koliaduvannia” (caroling). For many of the youngest chil- Gift: A Ukrainian Christmas Story,” who were in nursing homes. Many Arisen!” How many beautiful “ko- Christmas carols on the keyboard of the parishioners emphasized how dren, known as “sumeniata,” this liady” (Ukrainian Christmas carols) and clarinet, Christmas carol singing wonderful it was to have the children was their first experience with koli- Ukrainians have created to glorify and dance. sing beautiful Christmas carols in aduvannia, and at first they seemed Our Savior. According to Ukrainian The Rev. Vasyl Vladyka, parochi- Ukrainian and English. tradition, “koliadnyky” (Ukrainian a bit shy. But the shyness dissipated Christmas carolers) carry the news with the harmony of the koliady. of the birth of Christ to every home, The young “sumivtsi” quickly Mishanyna bringing light, warmth and happi- embraced the joy of this Ukrainian ness to all. They are the heralds of tradition, particularly when re- In honor of Groundhog Day, February 2, this month’s Mishanyna fea- new life and hope, and are always warded for their singing with sweets tures the names of some of the popular groundhogs in the United States welcome guests. and candy, as in the home of Maria and Canada who are enticed to emerge from their cozy burrows to pre- As in years before, the Taras Wasylyk. dict whether winter will continue or whether spring will arrive early. Chuprynka New York chapter of the Every koliada sung and “vin- Find the capitalized portions – a clue to their whereabouts – of their Ukrainian American Youth Associa- shuvannia” (Christmas and New nicknames hidden in the Mishanyna grid. Year greeting) are said to bring new tion (UAYA) celebrated the birth of energy to each individual involved, BALZAC Billy HOLTSVILLE Hal STATEN ISLAND Chuck Christ with the Ukrainian commu- carolers and hosts alike. BUCKEYE Chuck MANITOBA Merv SUSQUEHANNA nity. The “yunatstvo” (youth) and CHATTANOOGA POTOMAC Phil Sherman their parents attended liturgy on Translated by Chris Vitovych Chuck PUNXSUTAWNEY Western MARYLAND DOVER Doug Phil Murray FRENCH CREEK Queen WINNIPEG Willow UAYA groups donate to U.S. troops Freddie CHARLOTTE WOODSTOCK Willie

HARTFORD, Conn. – The Striltsi and Lysy groups of the Ukrainian Ameri- can Youth Association, Hartford branch, donated dry food, hygiene prod- ucts, home-made Christmas cards and other essentials to U.S. troops for the holidays. The program is called “Give 2 the Troops” and the donation was made on December 4, 2012. – Christina Jancew Iwanik 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 No. 6

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, February 16 Provincial Council, invites you to the 94th anniversary of “Sviato Sobornosty,” marking NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific the union of the Eastern and Western Society invites all to a lecture by Dr. Ukrainian National Republic and the Volodymyr Mezentsev on “Baturyn 2012: New Archeological Findings from Mazepa’s Western Ukrainian National Republic. The Court.” Dr. Mezentsev is visiting professor at commemorative program includes guest the University of Toronto and the scholarly speaker the Rev. Mitrat Dr. Ihor Kutash. It director of the Baturyn Project. The lecture will be held at 3 p.m. at St. Sophia Cathedral will take place at the society’s building, 63 Hall, 6250-12th Ave., Rosemount. Admission Fourth Ave.(between Ninth and 10th is $10. For further information contact streets), at 5 p.m. For additional information Bohdanna, 514-259-7162, or Zorianna, 514- call 212-254-5130. 481-5871. Everyone is welcome. Sunday, February 24 NEW YORK: The board of trustees of The Ukrainian Museum invites the community MONTREAL: Plast Ukrainian Scouting to join them for a Valentine Soirée cocktail Organization, Montreal branch, with the party beginning at 7 p.m. Enjoy a fun eve- Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Montreal ning with music by violinist Valeriy Zhmud branch, invites you to the Montreal pre- and guitarist Sergey Pobedinsky, plus deli- miere of the documentary film “100 Rokiv cious hors d’oeuvres prepared by chef Plastovoyi Ideyi,” produced by Yurij Luhovy Andrij Sonevytsky, as well as wine and in commemoration of the 100th anniversary champagne. An auction and other events are of Plast. This newly released Ukrainian- planned. Join us for a wonderful evening language film incorporates rare archival with friends while supporting a valuable photographs, outlines the essential ele- Ukrainian cultural institution. Evening attire ments of Plast scouting and the main events is requested. Price is $150 per person (cred- in its history (1911/1912-2011/2012). The it cards accepted, tax-deductible to the screening will be held at Assumption of the extent allowed by law). RSVP by February Blessed Virgin Mary Orthodox Cathedral 11 by calling 212 228-0110 or e-mailing hall, 6175-10th Ave., at 12:30 p.m. [email protected]. Admission is by donation, with all proceeds going to Plast Montreal. A coffee reception Sunday, February 17 will follow. For further information contact MONTREAL: The Ukrainian Canadian Taras Konanec (head of Montreal Plast), Congress, Montreal branch/Quebec 450-676-6885. Everyone is welcome.

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Tennis Camp Tabir Ptashat June 23-July 4 Session 1: June 23-29 2013 Summer Camp Kicks off the summer with 12 days of intensive tennis instruction and Session 2: June 30-July 6 competitive play, for boys and girls Ukrainian Plast tabir (camp) for Information age 10-18. Attendance will be limited children age 4-6 accompanied by their to 45 students. Room, board, parents. Registration forms will also 24-hour supervision, expert lessons be appearing in the Svoboda and The and loads of fun are included. Camp Ukrainian Weekly in March and April. is under the direction of George For further information, please contact Sawchak. Neonila Sochan at 973-984-7456.

Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Academy Workshop June 30- July 13 Vigorous 2-week dance training for more intermediate and advanced dancers age 16 and up under the direction of the Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Foundation, culminating with performances on stage during the Ukrainian Cultural Festival weekend. Additional information http://www.syzokryli.com/

Ukrainian Heritage Day Camp Session 1: July 14-19 • Session 2: July 21-26 A returning favorite, in the form of a day camp. Children age 4-7 will be exposed to Ukrainian heritage through daily activities such as dance, song, crafts and games. Children will walk away with an expanded knowledge of Ukrainian folk cul- ture and language, as well as new and lasting friendships with other children of Ukrainian heritage. Price includes kid’s lunch and T-shirt and, unless noted, is based on in-house occupancy of parent/guardian. Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Camp Discovery Camp Chornomorska Sitch Sports School Session 1: July 21-August 3 July 14-20 Session 1: July 21-27 • Session 2: July 28-August 3 Session 2: August 4-August 17 Calling all nature lovers age 8-15 for 44th annual sports camp run by the Ukrainian Athletic- Directed by Ania Bohachevsky-Lonkevych (daughter of this sleep-over program filled with outdoor Educational Association Chornomorska Sitch for children Roma Pryma Bohachevsky), this camp is for aspiring dancers crafts, hiking, swimming, organized sports age 6-17. This camp will focus on soccer, tennis, volleyball age 8 -16, offering expert instruction for beginning, intermediate and games, bonfires, songs and much and swimming, and is perfect for any sports enthusiast. and advanced students. Room, board, 24-hour supervision, more. Room, board, 24-hour supervision Please contact [email protected] for an appli- expert lessons and plenty of fun are included. Each camp ends and a lifetime of memories are included. cation and additional information. with a grand recital. Attendance will be limited to 60 students.