INSIDE:• Diaspora leaders hosted at Yushchenko’s country home — page 3. • 2006 Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute concludes — page 9. • A look back at the events of August 24, 1991 — centerfold.

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Vol. LXXIV No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 $1/$2 in HE KRAINIANFourth World ForumEEKLY of Ukrainians UkrainianT AmericanU astronaut to realize W reveals changing face of diaspora her dream as space shuttle Atlantis lifts off PARSIPPANY, N.J. – If all goes by Zenon Zawada “It’s frightful to even fathom the demo- according to schedule, on Sunday, August Press Bureau graphic crisis facing Ukraine. What cul- 27, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, com- ture can we talk about, or economic mander in the U.S. Navy, will become the KYIV – The changing face of the growth, when our middle class is essen- first Ukrainian American to fly in space. Ukrainian diaspora revealed itself at the tially being formed abroad?” On that day she and her fellow crew fourth World Forum of Ukrainians held Nova Khvylia’s leaders estimate that members from the STS-115 mission will in Kyiv between August 18 and 20. between 7 million and 8 million lift off in the space shuttle Atlantis. More than 3,500 participants flew to Ukrainians left in the Fourth Wave of Their mission is to resume construc- Kyiv from 40 different nations in what emigration, which began when Ukraine tion of the International Space Station, was, in all likelihood, the largest gather- declared independence in 1991. ing of the Ukrainian diaspora since inde- which is the goal of remaining shuttle As a result, emigration was the leading pendence nearly 15 years ago. flights through the year 2010, when the factor in Ukraine’s population plummet- The Fourth Wave diaspora used the spacecraft are retired. It will be the 116th ing by a net total of about 5.5 million forum as a launching pad for Nova space shuttle flight for NASA and the during 15 years of independence. Khvylia (New Wave), an international 27th flight for Atlantis. Ukrainians living in 27 countries will organization that will address their Atlantis is to lift off on the first day of comprise its membership, said Mr. unique needs, as well as advocate their the launch window that extends until Shokalo, who is also chief editor of interests both in Ukraine and abroad. September 13. The countdown for the Ukrayinskyi Svit, a cultural magazine. “We face issues of defending the launch officially begins on August 24 – Among Nova Khvylia’s ambitious rights of our workforce immigrants, par- which, coincidentally, is Ukrainian goals is to bring about the necessary ticularly those illegally abroad; social Independence Day. Then, on August 27 political and economic conditions in security and pension insurance issues; Ukraine to allow Ukrainians to return, at 4:30 p.m., the shuttle will lift off. problems with children left behind in The STS-115 crew is led by NASA settle and work in their homelands. Ukraine to be cared for by grandparents Nova Khvylia’s meetings took place Commander Brent W. Jett, Jr. and includes Astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn- or simply left on their own,” said under the slogan, “It’s Time to Live for Pilot Christopher J. Ferguson, and Mission Piper, STS-115 mission specialist. Oleksander Shokalo, co-chairman of Ukraine,” which was penned by Ivan Specialists Joseph R. Tanner, Daniel C. Nova Khvylia, which has based its head- Burbank and Stefanyshyn-Piper, as well as February 1, 2003, her mission – indeed, Franko, Mr. Shokalo said. quarters in Kyiv. “These anxieties that worried Franko Steven G. MacLean, a representative of all NASA missions – were put on hold. “But the main problem is returning the Canadian Space Agency. Since then, she has been an astronaut these people to Ukraine,” he continued. (Continued on page 3) The 11-day mission will focus on in waiting. installation of a 17.5-ton segment of the Back in 2002 Cmdr. Stefanyshyn-Piper station’s truss backbone, which includes had told The Ukrainian Weekly that her two large solar arrays that will provide dream was to do a space walk. It appears Fifteen years after independence: 25 percent of the total power-generation she will now realize that dream since she is capability of the International Space scheduled to do two spacewalks, or Extra- Station once it is completed. STS-115 is Vehicular Activities, as a truss section is Where are the key players now? the 19th U.S. flight to the station. secured to the International Space Station by Zenon Zawada Cmdr. Stefanyshyn-Piper, 43, a mem- reforms that were far more progressive and additional solar panels are deployed. Kyiv Press Bureau than in any other region in Ukraine, ber of the 1996 astronaut class, hails from In a pre-flight interview found on the St. Paul., Minn., where she was active in allowing for a free press, freedom of reli- National Aeronautics and Space KYIV – The events were dramatic. gion, freedom of assembly and expres- the Ukrainian community of the Twin Administration (NASA) website, Cmdr. Miners from to Chervonohrad Cities, including the Minneapolis branch sion of national identity. Stefanyshyn-Piper speaks of her ethnic rallied on behalf of activist Stepan Mr. Chornovil stood up to threats of a of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, background, noting that both of her par- Khmara, a political prisoner. crackdown on such reforms from the the local Ukrainian dance ensemble, the ents came from Europe: Communist Party Stanislav Communist government, warning retaliato- school of Ukrainian studies and St. “My mother came from Germany and Hurenko ordered his colleagues to vote ry strikes and the cutting off of electricity. Constantine Ukrainian Catholic Church. my father’s from Ukraine. They came to for Ukrainian independence at a special He led the formation of the Halytska Her father, the late Michael America and they believed in the session of Parliament, or else “nam bude Asambleya, a three-oblast union that Stefanyshyn, was born in Ukraine, while American dream. They believed that, OK, bida” (there will be trouble for us). cooperated on political, economic and her mother, Adelheid, was a German immi- they’re going to, you know, come here, Vyacheslav Chornovil asked permission cultural issues. grant. Thus, Cmdr. Stefanyshyn-Piper raise a family, and that the kids would from Supreme (Soviet) Council Chairman Throughout the independence move- speaks fluent Ukrainian and German. grow up and we would all go to college to carry the Ukrainian ment, Mr. Chornovil never joined any She holds bachelor’s and master’s and become successful and find our life in flag into the Parliament session hall. party and was moderate in his stance degrees in mechanical engineering from this new country. And I think, just having At the center of the historic events toward the Communists. the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that in the back of your mind and always leading up to Ukraine’s independence He finished second in the December and received her commission from the growing up that way, you’re always going were Communist stalwarts, dissidents 1991 presidential elections and declined Navy ROTC program at MIT in June to strive for something. My parents want- who had suffered under their grip and Leonid Kravchuk’s offer to join the gov- 1985. She completed training as a Navy ed all of us to have a good education; those who suddenly traded in their party ernment. diving officer and salvage officer, and school was very important. That’s why cards for blue-and-yellow pins. Under suspicious circumstances, Mr. later qualified as a surface warfare officer. they sent us all to Catholic schools think- It’s worth examining who the critical Chornovil was killed in a car accident on Cmdr. Stefanyshyn-Piper was named ing that we would get a better education players were on Saturday, August 24, March 25, 1999. The Toyota vehicle Mr. an astronaut candidate in April 1996 and there. And I think that it probably helped 1991, and where they are now. Chornovil was riding in collided with a reported to the Johnson Space Center going to a small, private school. It Vyacheslav Chornovil trailer truck making an illegal U-turn on that August. She completed NASA’s allowed me to focus on my studies. And a Kyiv Oblast highway. astronaut training program in April 1998. the fact that they always wanted us to go No man better symbolized the pro- Mr. Chornovil was planning to run for On February 7, 2002 – her 39th birth- to college just led me to think, OK, when independence movement in Ukraine than the Ukrainian presidency that year, fol- day – she learned that she was being I graduated from high school I was going Vyacheslav Chornovil, the imprisoned lowing a strong result in the 1998 parlia- assigned to STS-115, which was sched- to go to college, and that’s what I did. I dissident who chaired the Lviv Oblast mentary elections in which his Rukh uled for launch in the spring of 2003. Council at the time. When the Columbia accident happened on (Continued on page 21) Elected in March 1990, he introduced (Continued on page 10) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 No. 35

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Former president observes Independence Day to start with prayer … Ukrayiny paid nearly $50 million of its $372 million gas debt to RosUkrEnergo. ‘Ukraine without Kuchma’ KYIV – The leaders of Ukraine have Mr. Boiko also pledged to repay “in the invited the leaders of various Christian near future” Ukraine’s gas debt to RFE/RL authorities made was not doing anything denominations to a joint prayer service to Turkmenistan, but failed to mention the to reconcile the east and the west of the be held in St. Sophia Cathedral on RFE/RL’s Russian Service on August 4 sum involved. Mr. Boiko was to travel to country. The differences between the two August 24 to start the celebration of spoke with former Ukrainian President Moscow on August 22 for talks with Ukraines became unacceptably worse Independence Day. Participating will be about recent political Gazprom on gas supplies to Ukraine in after the 2004 election. And the new Ukrainian President , developments in his country. Ukraine’s 2007. In a press interview published on authorities should have immediately Prime Minister and new prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych, August 21, Mr. Boiko ruled out the possi- done everything possible to minimize Chairman Oleksander first served as prime minister under bility that Ukraine could cede control these conflicts. But they did practically Moroz. “We are expecting the participa- President Kuchma and was considered over its gas-transportation system to the opposite. The second mistake was tion of representatives of all the Christian Mr. Kuchma’s anointed successor before Russia in return for a preferential gas that they spoiled relations with Russia by Churches, even those who have certain the Orange Revolution brought Viktor price in 2007. “Why should we rent any- being too aggressive in their pro-Western Yushchenko to power. reservations regarding participation in thing as a concession? A key problem of policies – most of all, regarding NATO. I such events, at this particularly important Ukraine’s gas-transport system is lack of Do you think that with the signing was criticized a lot for my multi-vector and unifying event,” said Markian financing. There are no other problems – of the national unity declaration and policies, but I’m proud of my foreign Lubkivskyi, advisor to the president. it is working to full capacity, the staff are the formation of a new government policy and consider it an important (Religious Information Service of well-qualified. We are able to manage it that the epoch of political instability in achievement. A multi-vector policy Ukraine) ourselves,” he noted. (RFE/RL Newsline) Ukraine is over? Or is this a tempo- helped me maintain domestic tranquility … UOC-MP refuses to participate Explosions rock ill-fated arms depot rary respite and a new crisis of power at home. It helped me preserve Ukraine’s sovereignty. I think that for any country is inevitable? What do you think is the NOVOBOHDANIVKA, Ukraine – A in the modern world the correct policy is KYIV – Metropolitan Volodymyr main threat to stability? fire broke out at an artillery-ammunition a multi-vector policy. And the majority Sabodan, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox depot near the village of For me that is a difficult – and to an of countries have adopted such policies. Church – Moscow Patriarchate (UOC- Novobohdanivka in Zaporizhia Oblast on extent, dangerous – question, since I was The third mistake, I’d say, was the MP), will not take part in a prayer service August 19, triggering a series of explo- for more than 10 purging of personnel. Many observers at St. Sophia Cathedral on August 24, sions and injuring four people, Ukrainian years. In my current position as ex-presi- called this political maneuvering and I Ukrainian Independence Day. According and international media reported. Some dent, I have to be careful about political agree with that. They drove away tens of to Vasyl Anisimov, head of the UOC-MP 1,500 civilians were evacuated from assessments and forecasts. I think that thousands of experienced and intelligent press service, the metropolitan will not around the village and some 4,000 others some forecasts can become reality sim- managers. I’m sure you understand that participate because representatives of were sent temporarily to shelters. ply because they were made public. I in a market situation, such people are Churches that the UOC-MP does not rec- Explosions at the same depot in May don’t think I’ll name the main threat to worth their weight in gold. This is espe- ognize will participate. The news was 2004 continued for a week, killing five political stability in Ukraine for the sim- cially true in the east and the south of the posted on nr2.ru on August 15. “What and injuring four. A small fire and a ple reason that the new government is country, where some two-thirds of the kind of prayer can there be if [Patriarch] series of explosions in the depot occurred still being formed. country’s gross domestic product is pro- Filaret [head of the Ukrainian Orthodox also in July 2005, injuring one person. But we can talk about the main threat duced. Church – Kyiv Patriarchate], excommu- (RFE/RL Newsline) to Ukraine’s economy – and that is I think the main achievement is the nicated from the Church, will be there?” another increase in the price of natural noticeable vitalization of political and said Mr. Anisimov. “There will be some Villagers demand compensation for blast gas. It would hit Ukraine like a typhoon. social life. There is more freedom of representative [of the UOC-MP],” said Russia – through its ambassador, [Viktor] speech, I think, although it is true there is Mr. Anisimov, “but not the main leaders. NOVOBOHDANIVKA, Ukraine – Chernomyrdin – has announced that the no accountability. That’s what “freedom Perhaps Archbishop Mytrofan [Yurchuk], Some 500 inhabitants of the village of price of gas is going to be determined by of speech” costs under our head of police UOC-MP administrator.” (Religious Novobohdanivka in Zaporizhia Oblast market forces alone and will not depend [Internal Affairs Minister Yurii] Information Service of Ukraine) have addressed local authorities with an in any way on a parliamentary coalition Lutsenko. appeal to give them the status of war vet- in Ukraine or its composition. Ukraine aims to pay off gas debt erans, declare their village a zone of You said that Yushchenko’s main environmental disaster, and pay them Misfortunes, you know, do not come KYIV – Fuel and Energy Minister alone and economic problems can bring mistake was not being able to over- compensation for material and moral Yurii Boiko said in a television interview on political troubles. come the ideological split between the damages they suffered in recent years east and the west. What should have on August 21 that the state-run company because of blasts at a local artillery- Do you think that another increase been done to overcome it? Can we Naftohaz Ukrayiny will repay by mid- ammunition depot, the Ukrayinska in the price of Russian gas will lead to overcome it at all? October all it owes to the Swiss-based Pravda website reported on August 22. the collapse of Ukraine’s economy? Is intermediary RosUkrEnergo for gas sup- Because of fires at the depot, the ill-fated it possible to avoid that scenario? Will You know, in recent years this prob- plies to Ukraine this year, Interfax- the new government be able to change lem wasn’t evident at all. The country Ukraine reported. Last week, Naftohaz (Continued on page 14) anything regarding the gas situation? was stable and the economy was really developing. In general, I thought, and Of course there won’t be a collapse. still think, that the economy must be the FOUNDED 1933 But there could be some major problems, unifying force in the country. People particularly for the chemical sector, were beginning to live better and to look HE KRAINIAN EEKLY where somewhere around 70 percent of with confidence toward the future. And TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., expenses are for natural gas. 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ments, the Union of Orthodox Citizens Fourth World Forum... called on Prime Minister Viktor (Continued from page 1) Yanukovych to ban Mr. Lozynskyj from 100 years ago remain relevant, and these traveling to Ukraine by declaring him a problems, in essence, haven’t changed,” persona non-grata. he said. “Such interference by a foreigner into The fourth World Forum’s August 18 the affairs of the particular Church of a opening ceremony began with a prayer sovereign nation and igniting religious led by Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian strife on its territory should not be left Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate. unpunished,” the union said in a state- In his address, Patriarch Filaret ment. renewed the call for the creation of a sin- Mr. Lozynskyj’s criticisms, which gle, particular (pomisna) Ukrainian stirred the audience to numerous rounds Orthodox Church to unite and strengthen of applause, didn’t end with the UOC-MP. the Ukrainian people both in Ukraine The New York City lawyer, who and abroad – a view shared by most dias- earned his toughness by getting into pora Ukrainians who applauded his street fights as a kid, also attacked Prime words. Minister Yanukovych for continuing to

Taras Hrynchyshyn Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Borys Tarasyuk, outgoing Ukrainian World Coordinating Council Chair Mykhailo Horyn and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko attend the August 18 opening ceremony of the fourth World Forum of Ukrainians.

Revolution or the maidan, the president Further into his speech, Mr. characterized the current political season Yushchenko said that, more than any- in Ukraine as a process of consolidation thing, Ukraine needs political stability at – a term he frequently repeated – this time – a statement which drew more between east and west. heckling from the audience. Ukraine will continue to develop As he frequently does in his public along liberal-national principles, he said. appearances, Mr. Yushchenko revealed In defending his decision to make Mr. his irritation. Yanukovych prime minister, Mr. “Friends, let’s show some correctness Yushchenko said resisting the Party of – the president is speaking before you,” the Regions would have brought Ukraine Mr. Yushchenko said, with the forum to economic collapse. audience applauding in affirmation. If Ukraine becomes divided, “we The president also called on Ukrainians won’t be talking about language or to stop whimpering about their problems Church,” he said. “We’ll be talking about to other countries. “No one will help us pensions and wages.” except ourselves,” he said. He assured the audience that Ukraine Mr. Yushchenko received a standing is on an irreversible course toward inte- ovation after concluding his speech. Volodymyr Ilchenko gration into the North Atlantic Treaty Neither Prime Minister Yanukovych Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate Organization and the European Union. nor Verkhovna Rada Speaker Oleksander renewed calls for a single, particular Ukrainian Orthodox Church on August 18 During his address, Mr. Yushchenko Moroz decided to attend the World at the fourth World Forum of Ukrainians. began boasting of the Ukrainian econo- Forum of Ukrainians. my’s recent performance, which is when Instead, Mr. Yanukovych flew to Ukrainian President Viktor use the Russian language in some official he ran into friction with the audience. Moscow that same weekend for an unof- Yushchenko understands this need, government activities. He cited statistics that wages increased ficial visit with Russian Federation which is why one of the main points in He didn’t spare Mr. Yushchenko 33 percent year-to-date. President Vladimir Putin. the Universal of National Unity is the either, calling him out for avoiding the “What about prices?” a woman shout- The forum’s leaders did engage in creation of a single Ukrainian Orthodox August 21 ceremony marking the trans- ed at him. closed-door meetings with Foreign Church. fer of the Ukrainian Catholic Church’s “Prices? Good. We have a consumer Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk and “Unfortunately, there are forces who headquarters from Lviv to Kyiv. price inflation rate of 2.8 percent. If Dmytro Tabachnyk, the vice prime min- fear the creation of a single, particular “The president wasn’t there, so as to someone has a better rate, please raise ister for humanitarian affairs. Church more than NATO, and that’s why avoid conflicting with the Moscow your hand. In Russia, Belarus, Moldova? However, participants declined to we will plead with … everyone, in their Patriarchate, which actively and openly We have a normal, European inflation reveal what was discussed in those high- own place, to make their contribution for fought against this celebration,” he said. rate,” he said. profile meetings. the creation of a single, particular Referring to Red Army veterans as Ukrainian Orthodox Church,” the patri- cannon fodder for , Mr. arch said. Lozynskyj repeated the call for the While Patriarch Filaret didn’t directly Ukrainian government’s recognition of address the enormous influence the the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, whom he President Yushchenko hosts leaders Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow considers the true heroes of Ukraine. Patriarchate (UOC-MP) has on He criticized the Ukrainian leadership of diaspora groups at his country home Ukrainian politics and culture, Askold for failing to get the Ukrainian KYIV – Viktor Yushchenko met on istry was doing to reinforce bonds with Lozynskyj didn’t pull any punches. Parliament to recognize UPA veterans or August 17 with leaders of the Ukrainian Ukrainians abroad. He said that over 500 The president of the Ukrainian World to declare the Holodomor a genocide. diaspora, who had come to Kyiv to take projects had been carried out in 40 coun- Congress sparked a national controversy When called to address the forum, part in the fourth World Forum of tries of the world to help Ukrainian com- by accusing the UOC-MP of carrying out President Yushchenko received a warm Ukrainians. The meeting took place in munities. Moscow’s political aims, interfering in reception and a standing ovation from the Yushchenko family home in the vil- The meeting was attended by: Ukraine’s elections and politics. the audience when he approached the lage of Novi Bezradychi, it was reported Mykhailo Horyn, head of the Ukrainian In its history, Muscovite special secu- stage. on the Official Website of the President Coordinating Council; Vasyl Duma, head rity agents infiltrated the Church’s lead- He directly addressed points raised both of Ukraine. of the Council of the Association of ership and assisted in the liquidation of by Patriarch Filaret and Mr. Lozynskyj. The president said it was important to Russian Ukrainians and the Federal the Ukrainian Catholic Church and “If we are a democratic people, if we build closer ties with diaspora organiza- National Cultural Autonomy “Russia's Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox are Christians, we won’t force anyone to tions. He added that Ukraine’s Foreign Ukrainians”; Askold Lozynskyj, presi- Church, he noted. speak Ukrainian,” Mr. Yushchenko said Affairs Ministry was now using new dent of the Ukrainian World Congress; The UOC-MP continues to attack to applause. The government has to cre- approaches to cooperate with Ukrainians Michael Sawkiw, Jr., president of the Ukraine’s religious institutions, particu- ate incentives and motivations to do that, living abroad. He said a new concept of Ukrainian Congress Committee of larly the UOC-KP and the Ukrainian he added. cooperation with diaspora Ukrainians America; Mykola Sergiyenko, head of Catholic Church, Mr. Lozynskyj contin- Mr. Yushchenko said it pains him to had recently been approved. the Association of Kuban Ukrainians; ued. see the division among Ukraine’s Mr. Yushchenko then spelled out his Yaroslav Khortyani, president of the “I am not against the Russian Orthodox Orthodox Christians. vision of the current political situation and European Congress of Ukrainians; Ihor Church or the UOC-MP, which is He pointed out that at least half of the Universal of National Unity that helped Likhovyi, Ukraine's culture minister; Ukrainian in name only,” Mr. Lozynskyj Ukrainians support the idea of a single, end last month’s parliamentary crisis. Dmytro Pavlychko, poet; Pavlo said. “I am against the activities of particular Church, and only 10 percent Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Movchan, Prosvita president; and Moscow’s representatives in Ukraine.” are opposed. Borys Tarasyuk, who was at the Mykola Zhulynsky, head of the Taras In response to Mr. Lozynskyj’s com- Avoiding any mention of the Orange meeting, told those present what his min- Shevchenko Institute of Literature. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 No. 35

IN MEMORIAM: Nadia Oleksiivna Svitlychna, 1936-2006 by Christina Isajiw She spent almost a year in isolation at the KGB Volodymyrska prison and sentenced to four years of Nadia Svitlychna died on August 7, three months shy imprisonment under Article 62 – “anti-Soviet agitation of her 70th birthday. We lost a colleague, a spokesman and propaganda.” Young Yarema was initially placed in for a just society, an untiring transmitter of the values of a state-run orphanage and only after great efforts by Ms. honor and human dignity. We lost a dear friend. Svitlychna’s family, especially her sister-in-law, Much of Ms. Svitlychna’s life was synonymous with Leonida, were they able to rescue him and place him the dissident movement in Ukraine. As a young philolo- with his grandmother in Luhansk. gist in the early 1960s, she joined the club of creative Ms. Svitlychna served her term in Mordovia and, youth (Kliub Tvorchoyi Molodi) where she met and along with other women prisoners, took part in numer- became friends with many writers and artists, the intel- ous protests and hunger strikes. The regime was severe, lectual Ukrainian elite that was to become the dissident as she described it in various articles, but they found movement – the “Shestydesiatnyky.” like-minded camaraderie fortifying and that made it Later, her involvement in protesting the events of bearable to be away from their loved ones, especially 1967 brought about serious surveillance of her by the their small children. KGB, and in 1968 she was fired from her job at the At night, after hours of hard labor in the prison, Ms. Pedagogical Institute in Kyiv. It was Ms. Svitlychna and Svitlychna would compose poems and stories for little Yarema, which she lovingly put down on pieces of cloth she tore off her undergarments. These little booklets were gifts she would surreptitiously forward to little Yarema, whenever it was possible to have visitors who would undertake such delivery. After serving her sentence, what followed was “a phenomenon of the time,” as Vasyl Stus wrote in a work of his that describes the repressive policies aimed at David Lassman annihilating Ukrainian intellectual elites. Ms. Nadia Svitlychna during a TV interview in 1979. Svitlychna was denied a “propyska,” the paper that gave official USSR validity to each human being and, there- United States and eight years later she was stripped of fore, she was denied work, but was then repeatedly her USSR citizenship. Here, Ms. Svitlychna worked tire- warned that “parasitism” was also punishable by impris- lessly on behalf of her dissident colleagues in Ukraine. onment. She lived with her sister-in-law because with- She was our main source of information about the events out the “propyska” she was not allowed permission for in Ukraine and she was ever ready to testify and to make living quarters, and they both were regularly fined for the world aware of the repression taking place under the “violating the passport regime.” Soviet regime. She was the one we called for verification In the fall of 1976, in the face of the severe persecu- of facts or for more detailed explanation of new events. tion and long prison sentences meted out to Levko As an active member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Lukianenko, Gen. Petro Grigorenko, Vyacheslav Group, she compiled and edited much of the group’s Chornovil, Vasyl Stus, Stefania Shabatura and others, publications in the West. From 1983 to 1994 Ms. Ms. Svitlychna wrote a declaration to the Central Svitlychna worked in the Ukrainian branch of the Committee of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian RFE/RL. I often met her in New York, during or after SSR, stating that she renounces her citizenship. This also her hard day at work. Her head was throbbing, but she was a brave move, because such an act was punishable Ihor Dlaboha was happy to have done her transmission and was taking by seven years of imprisonment plus five years of exile. a heavy load of material home to prepare for the follow- Nadia Svitlychna is welcomed upon arrival in New Ms. Svitlychna explained that: “It is beneath my dig- ing day. Still, she found energy to decipher copious let- York by Ukrainian National Association President nity to be a citizen of the largest in the world, the most ters and reports, surreptitiously sent to her from the John O. Flis (left). Looking on is Petro Grigorenko. powerful and the most perfect concentration camp.” She gulag prison camps, and she found time to compile them continued to suffer repression; one of the memoranda into brochures and articles made ready for publication. Yevhen Sverstiuk who found the murdered body of her issued by the Ukrainian Helsinki Group was titled: We owe her gratitude for preparing such publications friend Alla Horska, and Ms. Svitlychna organized the “About the Fate of Nadia Svitlychna.” She continued as “Palimpsesty” by Vasyl Stus, Yaroslav Lesiv’s funeral and memorial for Ms. Horska. doing what she thought was needed to register the injus- “Myt’,” Mykola Rudenko’s “Za Gratamy,” Serhii The relentless KGB harassment continued, where tices suffered by her Ukrainian colleagues. Snehirov’s “Tvory” and many other works by Mykola almost daily Ms. Svitlychna was summoned for interro- Through all this, Ms. Svitlychna married Pavlo Horbal, Yurii Lytvyn and others. After the death of her gation and daily she would have to say good-bye to her Stokotelny and, in May 1978, as she stated: “Not having brother, Ivan Svitlychny, Nadia published a book of his 2-year-old son, Yarema. Then one day they told her to violated administrative surveillance (under which she letters from prison, his poetry in a book called “U Mene was placed and not allowed to go anywhere without write an order as to whom she entrusts with the – Tilky Slovo” (For Me – There’s Only the Word), and a permission), I gave birth to Kozak Ivan, on my own upbringing of her small child and she was arrested on book of his memoirs that was published in 1998. chair.” This terse statement described the enormity of May 18, 1972. Ms. Svitlychna amassed a very large archive, which the whole situation without pathos or bitterness. That she so very much wanted to put in order and prepare for was Nadiyka, as I knew her, smiling and seemingly more publications. In the last two years she had made Christina Isajiw is the former head of the Human transcending personal needs and tribulations. plans to return to Kyiv and continue this work. She also Rights Commission of the Ukrainian World Congress. On November 8, 1978 (her birthday), she came to the raised funds for a headstone for fellow Helsinki monitor Oksana Meshko and her mother and for the Shestydesiatnyky museum in Kyiv. On July 20 I received her last letter to me. She was very weak, Nadiyka wrote, but during the short lucid moments her thoughts went to her unfinished work. “It is then that I reminisce and dream of still writing a little about what I remember. I see so many, who have left us, taking with them all their memories and experience and in those (Continued on page 17)

Correction The prayer published at the conclusion of the August 20 story about Nadia Svitlychna’s funeral in Kyiv was erroneously described as one she had written. In fact, the prayer, titled “Molytva Vranishnoho Namirennia Otsia Klymentia” (Father Klymentii's Prayer of Morning Intention), was written by the brother of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. Father Klymentii Sheptytsky’s prayer was an to Ms. Svitlychna and it sus- tained her daily throughout her yearlong illness.

Addendum The photo of the funeral of Ivan Svitlychny pub- Ihor Dlaboha lished in The Weekly’s August 13 issue was shot by Nadia Svitlychna arrives in New York on 1978 with her sons Ivan (in her arms) and Yarema, and is welcomed Yaro Bihun, then in Kyiv on temporary assignment to by representatives of the Ukrainian American community. the U.S. Embassy as press attaché. No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 5

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COMMENTARY THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Nadia Svitlychna 1936-2006 Does Ukraine have a history? by Mark von Hagen (1866-1934), the father of modern Earlier this month we learned of the passing of Nadia Svitlychna, a staunch Ukrainian history, also became the father of defender of human and national rights in Ukraine, who paid for her beliefs with Fifteen years after Ukraine’s unexpect- the modern when he was imprisonment in the Soviet gulag. She was eulogized in Kyiv as a compassionate ed declaration of independence, the strug- elected head of the Ukrainian Central Rada woman who loved Ukraine and its people, and risked her life for them. gle continues over its place in the world. in 1917. During an early wave of Stalin-era Once the target of Communist Party authorities in Soviet-dominated Ukraine, she The Orange Revolution of 2004 didn’t repressions, he was arrested and exiled to was praised by independent Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko, who underscored settle it. Nor did this spring’s parliamen- Moscow; he died in a Soviet sanatorium that “her views, the way she lived her life and passed along values to the next genera- tary elections. Last week, following four under still mysterious circumstances. There tion, have left footsteps to follow for millions of contemporary Ukrainian patriots.” months of political paralysis, brought the was no place for such an advocate of Ms. Svitlychna became active in the Ukrainian rights movement in 1965, during surprise return, as prime minister, of pro- Ukraine’s independence – or even autono- the period defined by the work of the “Shestydesiatnyky,” the literary/artistic group of Russian politician Viktor Yanukovych, my – in Stalin’s dictatorial regime. the 1960s that rejected officially imposed “socialist realism” and fought against whose attempt to steal the 2004 presiden- Today one of Kyiv’s central boulevards Russification. She was arrested in April of 1972 and charged with the infamous crime tial elections sparked the Orange uprising. – and the site of the Ukrainian Parliament of “anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda.” After serving four years in Mordovian Although the Orange Revolution has and presidential administration – has been Labor Camp No. 3, she returned to Kyiv, where Soviet authorities continued to perse- been frequently interpreted as a demon- renamed after Hrushevsky as a symbol of cute her. In December 1976 she renounced her Soviet citizenship in protest. stration of Ukraine’s having finally repudi- the restoration of Ukraine’s short-lived Though not one of the original members of the Ukrainian Public Group to ated its Soviet legacy and cast its lot with a independence as a modern state in 1917- Promote the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords founded on November 9, democratic Europe, voters were in fact 1918; a monument to the historian-states- 1976, Ms. Svitlychna joined the group soon thereafter, in January 1977, as an unde- split, with a substantial minority in favor man stands in front of the Pedagogical clared member working behind the scenes to disseminate “samvydav” materials. of closer ties with Russia and uncertain Museum that housed the 1917 Rada gov- After emigrating to the United States in November 1978 she became a member, about moving away from a political econ- ernment and across the street from the along with Gen. Petro Grigorenko and Leonid Plyushch (and later others) of the omy dominated by powerful oligarchs. Ukrainian National Academy of Science. External Representation of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group and continued her work in These latter forces have influential allies Other political figures from the advocating human and national rights in Ukraine and protesting Soviet violations of in Russia who also advocate various forms Ukrainian past, from the Kyivan Princes the Helsinki Accords. That work – her calling – took her to far-flung places: from of reintegration of Ukraine and Russia, Volodymyr and Yaroslav, the Kozak New York, to Vienna, to Washington and other venues. One of her first major with Belarus as one available model. The Hetmans Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Ivan appearances was at a demonstration at the Soviet Mission to the United Nations that reintegrationists in these three east Slavic Mazepa, the poet bard of the Ukrainian was held at the conclusion of the third World Congress of Free Ukrainians. nations implicitly – and often explicitly – nation Taras Shevchenko, to the 20th-cen- And Ms. Svitlychna wrote and edited tirelessly, compiling the Ukrainian challenge the right of Ukraine to a sover- tury hetman of the Ukrainian state (1918) Helsinki Group’s materials for release in the West – most of them collected in eign, independent existence. They envision Pavlo Skoropadsky, have been similarly the Herald of Repression in Ukraine. As well, she readied for publication the lit- the recreation of a modern version of a restored to central places or reinterpreted erary works of dissident writers. Her articles about the rights movement Russia-dominated empire; not surprisingly, in the new story of Ukraine’s past. appeared in many periodicals, including The Ukrainian Weekly. Russian and Belarusian officials see last But what is it about Ukraine’s history We came to know Nadia Svitlychna from our work covering the Ukrainian human year’s Orange Revolution as a threat to that has made it distinctively “Ukrainian”? rights movement and its activists. Ms. Svitlychna was a valued source of informa- their plans and have been stepping up their For many Ukrainians in Ukraine and tion, and inspiration. She was a soft-spoken woman with a heart of gold, crystalline efforts to shut down or severely limit any abroad, the answer to that question often character and steely resolve, who never, it seemed, had time to rest. She was devoted potential opposition in society. comes down to a version of primordial to the cause she chose early in her life and never strayed from her chosen path. Among the “arguments” offered by the unchanging Ukrainian traits that sound We will remember her always. Vichnaya Pamiat. reintegrationists are historical ones, usu- like an almost biological explanation for ally summed up as a version of the survival of a nation that has withstood “Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusans world wars, occupations, terror, deporta- Aug. are members of one Slavic, Orthodox tions, famine, nuclear contamination and Turning the pages back... Christian nation” and are fated to have a other plagues during the 20th century. common state, as they have for centuries. A major stumbling block for this theory, This view of the past, which had its ori- however, is the history of Ukraine itself; 26 gins in imperial Russia, insisted that the how anything close to a “pure” genetic medieval state of Kyivan Rus’ (10th-13th pool was preserved on a territory that 2001 On the 10th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, The centuries) was the birthplace of Russian experienced occupation by and intermin- Weekly printed an article offering the perspectives of univer- civilization and that Moscow/Muscovy gling with (including intermarriage) a host sity students in Kyiv and what the celebration meant for them. was the rightful heir to Kyiv’s legitimacy. of invaders from outside: Mongols, Poles, They had watched the country struggle to overcome econom- During the 20th century, Communist ide- Russians, Crimean Turks, Germans, ic malaise and the development of a democratic civil society based on the rule of law ologues in Moscow and Kyiv recast this Austrians, Hungarians and Romanians to from the beginning of independence on August 24, 1991. argument as “the great friendship of peo- name a few. If we add to this violent histo- The questions asked of each participant were: “What are your impressions of 10 ples” with Russians as the “elder broth- ry the collective biography of tens of mil- years of independence in general? What specific incident or event over the last 10 ers” to all the other non-Russian peoples, lions of Jews who lived on the territory of years sticks in your mind?” above all, the Ukrainians and Belarusians. what is today Ukraine – also under Polish, Volodymyr Havrylov, a student at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Much as the reintegrationists lay claim to Austrian, and Russian rule – and also the responded that independence is a process and the progression has been positive, natural history to justify their political programs, so numbers over the centuries of resettlers in and logical. His lasting impression from independence was the large masses of people too do those in Ukraine (and Russia and Ukraine who fled serfdom or hoped to oth- who wanted independence and had the spiritual uplift to see the task to completion. He Belarus) who are working toward the goals erwise improve their economic opportuni- attributed this to their romantic expectations, and the disheartening everyday drudgery. of building democratic, sovereign nation- ties, it’s hard to conceive of what a gen- Olena Khazinova, from the National University of Culture and the Arts, felt that states and integrating them into the commu- uinely primordial Ukrainian would be. independence was better for Ukraine than belonging to the USSR, but she commented nity of modern Europe. This project has Moreover, reducing the question to one that Ukraine is too dependent on Russia and other countries. Her most vivid memory required that historians disentangle the his- of biological survival is, in my opinion, was the rebuilding of Kyiv, its reconstruction and the demolition of Soviet-era monu- tories of Ukraine and Russia in order to unconsciously dismissive – if not insult- ments that was going on at the time. claim a separate existence for the Ukrainian ing to – the hundreds of thousands, if not Petro Horshkov, a student at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, nation even under imperial rule and various millions of inhabitants of historical expressed his positive attitude toward independence, but he complained of the wasted forms of 20th century occupation that have Ukraine who have toiled to build institu- opportunities and the lack of restructuring in the Ukrainian government. He said, made Ukraine’s history among the most tions and movements to organize their “When the same people hold the same position, only having changed their stripes, tragic experiences in Europe. cultural, religious, social and political nothing can or will get better.” His most vivid impression was the reconstruction Nationalizing Ukraine’s past was well lives. Such an emphasis on genes takes going on in Kyiv and the presidential elections, but he was unsure which was of under way at the end of the 19th and dawn away the hard-won achievements of cen- greater importance, since the elections did not change anything. of the 20th centuries, but the Stalin revolu- turies of struggle by individuals and vari- Mykhailo Lukashuk, of the Kyiv National Avionics University, said that independence tion in the USSR drove that project under- ous forms of collectives to improve their has been good for Ukraine. The long road to independence was difficult he said, adding that ground and into the diaspora until a second lots and shape a better future. problems are normal. He commented on the economic growth that Ukraine was experienc- break-up of the Russian empire in 1991, It is those efforts of institutional and ing, saying that independence has been good since people have money in their pockets. when the reassertion of an independent intellectual creation and creativity, with all Anastasia Makeyeva, a student from Dnipropetrovsk studying at the National Ukrainian state and history was resumed their forced compromises with powerful University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, said that her lasting impressions since independ- with full force. outside forces in the region, that shaped and ence were President Bill Clinton’s trip to Ukraine, the visit by Pope John Paul II and continue to shape Ukraine’s distinctive the visit by rock musician Sting. Each represented a facet of society: culture, religion paths in the past and present. Time and and politics. Independence allowed for these progressive people to come to Ukraine Mark von Hagen, Ph.D., is the Boris place, as the dimensions that organize histo- and it reflected the much-liberalized mindset of society, she said. Before independence Bakhmeteff Professor of Russian and East rians’ work, are key to understanding those was achieved, she too had idealized visions, Ms. Makeyeva said. But being from the European Studies at Columbia University paths. For most of the early modern and eastern oblasts, where there tends to be more cynicism, she saw the changes going on and in 2002-2005 was president of the modern history of Ukraine, it has been in Kyiv and, regardless of the current problems, said it was a good start. International Association for Ukrainian located at the frontiers of powerful Eurasian Studies. A version of this article was empires and states; this “borderlands” char- Source: “Kyiv students provide perspective on Ukrainian independence,” by Iryna originally published in the Wall Street Lawrin and Liuda Liulko, The Ukrainian Weekly, August 26, 2001, Vol. LXIV, No. 34. Journal. (Continued on page 17) No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

army of proxies in Ukraine to undermine its PERSPECTIVES footing, Dr. Motyl has difficulty understand- Kuchma No. 3 ing that what he calls “a deadlock” is a per- BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY rises in Ukraine manent condition reflecting an irreconcil- Dear Editor: able split between two mindsets: the pro- Less than two years ago, during the pres- Ukrainian and the pro-Russian. idential debates, Viktor Yushchenko called Presently the strongest force, the Party of the Regions, a home-grown Trojan August at Soyuzivka his opponent “Kuchma No. 3,” meaning It was really hot with temperatures in and tens of thousands of Iraqis killed that Viktor Yanukovych’s presidency would horse with an increasingly aggressive Russian Azarov/neo-Tabachnyk, content the 90s at Soyuzivka during this first since then, America is stuck with no good be nothing but a continuation of the old week of August. A breeze off the options: a daily catastrophe if we stay; a Kuchma regime that lasted for two consec- has entered into a power-sharing agree- Catskills in the distance and a cool drink strategic disaster if we leave. At poolside utive presidential terms. Well, Kuchma No. ment with President Viktor Yushchenko from the Tiki Bar close by, brought this year, my wife’s cousin – a former 3 is back, and the person responsible for it and the remnants of his Our Ukraine relief. My wife and I caught up with rela- Marine – spoke of the courage and sacri- is Mr. Yushchenko himself. party. Ihor Lysyj (letter to the editor, tives who shared the week with us, while fice of another cousin in his mid-40s who The day of August 3 should be remem- June 18) correctly predicted this coali- our kids played tennis with their cousins, was called up from the Marine Corps bered as one of the darkest dates in tion as “Oligarchs United”. splashed in the swimming pool or the Reserve and is now in Iraq. Ukrainian history and should be equated The road to this development was waterfall half a mile up-stream. In the I read a couple of books, including with the dates May 31, 1223, when in a paved by Ukraine’s president from the evening they made crafts, played cards Milena Rudnycka’s 1958 Ukrainian-lan- bloody clash at the Kalka River Kyivan day he took office in 2005 by his per- and board games, watched TV and then guage “Western Ukraine under the Rus’ forces lost their first battle to the formance as a misogynous political sim- complained about having to go to bed so ,” describing Soviet policies advancing Mongol hordes; or perhaps June pleton, the epitome and personification early. The toddlers amongst us hid after the 1939 Hitler-Stalin Pact, which 28, 1709, when the Swedish-Ukrainian of Ukraine’s “bad luck.” He has the dis- behind their mothers, cautiously eying they enforced with appalling brutality. I alliance lost the battle of Poltava to Peter I tinction of having blown the best oppor- unfamiliar aunts and uncles before final- pointed out to my son, tapping away on a of Russia, with Ukraine falling into the tunity that Ukraine had in 800 years to ly rewarding us with a smile or a hug. laptop computer every morning for a abyss of Russian dominance afterwards; or get on its feet as an independent nation. With the exception of the extreme heat, paper on European history, that the mas- even February 3, 1919, when the Bolshevik Although the oligarchs have huge lever- sacres at the prison in Lviv took place just Red Army occupied Kyiv, thus effectively age, their politics have nothing in common which gripped us too, we were aware of, blocks from where his grandfather worked destroying a brief period of independence with the national interest. At the end of the but comfortably distant from, national for the newspaper Dilo. He and a relative of the Central Rada in 1917-1919. day, political expediency determines their and world events. News junkie that I am, handful of others had the foresight and The so called “universal” that President direction. They want to be on the winning I picked up The New York Times every good fortune to flee in the nick of time, Yushchenko signed with the former “jail side. The momentum points toward Russia, morning to read up on wars, politics, the bird” Mr. Yanukovych is nothing but a as Ukraine’s vital link with the West has dismal box scores of my beloved and that’s how we became Americans. piece of paper that provides an excuse for been undercut by Mr. Yushchenko’s follies. Cleveland Indians and, of course, the I also read Askold Krushelnycky’s “An wider use of the Russian language and A letter in the Financial Times (August 12) struggle in Kyiv to form a government. Orange Revolution: A Personal Journey retreats from a firm stand on joining NATO, called the new amalgamation “A Coalition I can’t tell you when I first visited through Ukrainian History,” where he and guarantees that absolutely nothing in all of National Betrayal.” Another factor work- Soyuzivka or how many times I’ve come weaves his own family’s agonizing story those nicely printed materials will ever be ing to Russia’s advantage – enough to make here. The first firm memory I have is into the complex tapestry of Ukraine’s past, fulfilled by any of the parties. Furthermore, a difference because of the importance of from August 1969 when my friend Andy culminating with Viktor Yushchenko’s joining a coalition not only with the Party the swing vote in an almost evenly divided Hruszkewycz and I stopped there on the election as president and Ukraine’s affirma- of the Regions, but also with the electorate – is the distrust in Ukraine of the way to New England and Canada. tion of democracy. Published earlier this Communist Party, is already a complete role of NATO, which is seen by most as Leaving, we followed radio directives on year, it’s already been overtaken by events. betrayal of many millions of Ukrainians America’s tool in the post-Soviet aftermath how to avoid traffic piling up at a place Understandably, several of the older folks who perished during the artificially created for advancing its ambitions. A stark exam- called Woodstock. We missed the festival were shaken by developments in Kyiv. Famine-Genocide orchestrated by Stalin ple is a growing role of NATO in but had a great time otherwise. How, they asked, could President and the Communist Party in the 1930s. Afghanistan, from which the story of a sim- In 1976 I was at Soyuzivka twice – for Yushchenko have accepted Viktor The union of Mr. Yushchenko’s party ilar, Soviet occupation left long memories the Fourth of July when Anya Dydyk and Yanukovych as prime minister? Why did- with those who believe in the ideals of in Ukraine and elsewhere. others put on an unforgettable variety n’t he block that? Lenin, Stalin and Brezhnev ought to be Adding to the skepticism is an aware- show with a spoof on Ukrainians at the Referring to Ms. Rudnycka’s book repulsive even to a half-wit, not to men- ness of President Vladimir Putin’s popu- American Revolution; and two months about the enormities the Soviets imposed tion how horrific it must be for any civi- larity in semi-autocratic Russia, in contrast later, for Labor Day Weekend with sever- on Ukraine, I noted that Mr. Yushchenko lized human being. to the dismal ratings of Prime Minister al fellow activists who had taken part a - thank God – does not have the political One can only hope that the American and Tony Blair and President George W. Bush few weeks earlier in the campaign at the tools his predecessors had: mass arrests, the Canadian Ukrainian diasporas will have in their quasi-democratic countries, where Montreal Olympics for Ukraine’s right to executions and censorship. Instead, enough decency and common sense to no foreign policy is made at the very top by participate in the games. forced by electoral and constitutional longer shower this “Ukrainian Judas” with an invisible cabal and war is waged in Since then, I’ve been to half a dozen realities, the two Viktors arrived at a flowers and dinners as we did in April 2005. total disregard of the people’s sentiment. weddings at Soyuzivka, some confer- political accommodation, with Yulia My only other personal hope is that the next Even more devastating to America’s ences and for the past 15-20 years, for a Tymoshenko remaining on the outside, president of Ukraine will be a petite woman image is the worldwide condemnation of week in August. In many ways, leading the opposition. And isn’t this of strikingly good looks and a wrap-over U.S. violations of the Geneva Soyuzivka hasn’t changed – the view what the Orange Revolution was all trademark Ukrainian braid, with a strong, Conventions belatedly taken up by the from the Veselka Terrace to the wooded about – respecting the will of the elec- decisive character and enough political will U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled against mountains remains sublime. The torate, compromising if necessary and to rid our motherland of criminal unions of the Bush administration – after waiting Trembita Lounge has a better TV, but waiting for the next election to settle Communists and Kuchma No. 3. three years for a politically propitious that’s it. You can still get varenyky and political differences? moment. There is much more on this kovbasa with sauerkraut at the snack bar, On the final evening of my 30th, 40th Alex Kozhushchenko score – all of it well-known in Ukraine. but the fare has been upgraded to accom- or 50th trip to Soyuzivka, and no longer Wilmington, Del. In the “big picture” (Dr. Motyl’s modate the sophisticated palate of the late-night reveler I once was, I went favorite buzz-word), the traffic jam alle- today’s kids: mozzarella sticks, onion to bed to the sound of guitars wailing in gory is devoid of any historical perspec- rings, pizza and Gatorade. Dinner is vast- the distance from the Tiki Bar and fell tive or an inkling that Ukraine’s weak- ly improved: we had duck, salmon, steak, asleep contemplating another era when Of deadlocks ness is due to the debilitating deficit of lobster tail, yummy soups and crisp sal- young people partied at Woodstock and nationally conscious “Ukrainian people,” ads. Our waitress was a charming young the Veselka Terrace, while their contem- and illusions who are needed as a meaningful majority woman from Kyiv, studying telecommu- poraries fought in Vietnam. Now, as Dear Editor: that could push aside the “deadlock” by nications. Rooms are air-conditioned; another generation rocks on, I pray for A note about Alexander Motyl’s asserting their own identity. one even has a hot tub. If you have a the soldiers and civilians embroiled in “Commentary: Is Ukraine in Crisis?” It would not be surprising if some in wireless connection, you can log onto the devastation in the Middle East, (August 6). With stoic nonchalance and a the diaspora are taken in by the fog of the Internet. Our room this year at Karpaty Afghanistan and elsewhere, and ask God definition of the word “crisis,” he averred present coalition’s banal pronouncements. had a lovely porch, where I sipped coffee to grant leaders the wisdom and the that there was no crisis, only a deadlock. In New Jersey there is already a minor and read the paper. Chemny, the gentle, courage to make the right decisions. Dr. Motyl’s comparison of the “dead- groundswell for “the pragmatic trait of patient Collie, alas, is no more. How ironic that, in the midst of a lock” in Ukraine with New York’s traffic Viktor Yanukovych and his government, The big news this year, besides the world unraveling, Ukraine should stand jams shows an inclination towards “reductio ... a chance to unite the country.” Such heat, was Fidel Castro’s health and the out as a bright spot with citizens and ad absurdum,” in the same vein as his earlier praise, to be sure, comes from continuing exchange of rockets and bombs between leaders who’ve learned from the past and sound-bite, the “Orangization of illusions about Mr. Yushchenko. Mr. Hezbollah and Israeli forces, with civil- are now working peacefully together – Yanukovych.” His argument goes: “Traffic Yanukovych benefits by extension only. ians on both sides caught in between. The no matter how reluctantly – for a better jams are a learning experience. They always Nevertheless, there will be craving for war in Iraq was relegated to the inside future. I pray, as another summer winds come to an end ... Ukraine’s politicians are photo-ops in New York with the prime pages of the newspaper. It seems like yes- down, that that may continue and some- actually learning democracy.” minister, and maybe a banquet. But don’t terday, though it’s been two years, since day provide a model for the rest of the Ukraine’s status and existence as an inde- mention that yet. my fellow Ukrainian Weekly columnist, world to follow. pendent state hangs in the balance, basically Myron Kuropas, and I sat comfortably at because that existence is deemed unaccept- Boris Danik poolside, debating the wisdom of that Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is able in Moscow, and the Kremlin is using an North Caldwell, N.J. war. Now, with 1,700 more Americans [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 No. 35 Columbia University introduces new Ukrainian studies courses by Diana Howansky “The main objective of this course is ing countries, titled “Through the Prism cept of place in Ukrainian border towns. to examine the second world war as a of Place: Perspectives on Experience of Profs. Amar and Blank will join a roster N EW YORK -– The Ukrainian Studies catastrophic as well as defining moment the (Once) Socialist World,” taught by of established Ukrainian courses at Program at Columbia University is in the history and politics of modern Diana Blank (Ph.D., University of Columbia being offered again this fall, adding new classes to its course schedule Eastern Europe. The course focuses not California) on Mondays and Wednesdays including three levels of Ukrainian lan- this 2006-2007 academic year, beginning only on the second world war itself but at 9:10-10:25 a.m. guage instruction: beginner (taught by Rory on September 5. Through the generosity on its legacies – the ongoing powerful This class begins with the Bolshevik Finnin, Ph.D. candidate at Columbia’s of donors within the Ukrainian American emotional and political immediacy of the project, which understood that the envi- Slavic Department, on Tuesdays and community, the Columbia program con- wartime. Thematically, the material ronment in which individuals live is Thursdays at 5:40-6:55 p.m.); intermediate tinues to grow and provide students with (taught by Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, lecturer of fresh perspectives and information on ranges from the everyday life of the non- where forces interact and potentially military populations to the history and cause social revolution. Prof. Blank says and culture at Ukraine. Columbia, on Mondays and Wednesdays at “What I find most exciting about the legacy of responses within the whirlwind in her course description: “The course of occupation, deportation, ethnic cleans- traces the historical evolutions of this 6:10-7:25 p.m.); and advanced (taught by new courses we are offering this year is Dr. Shevchuk on Mondays and that they come from the path-breaking ing and genocide,” Prof. Amar writes in socialist project, and explores the array of his course syllabus. actually existing common experiences Wednesdays at 4:10-5:25 p.m.). dissertations of young scholars – in histo- Furthermore, Ambassador Valeriy ry, anthropology and ethnomusicology,” Prof. Amar, who has lived and con- that were shaped by and gave shape to ducted research in Ukraine and Poland, these interventions, as well as the ways Kuchinsky, permanent representative of said Prof. Mark von Hagen, director of Ukraine to the United Nations, will again the Ukrainian Studies Program, who also completed his Ph.D. dissertation at socialist subjects often participated as Princeton on the topic of the modern his- agents in these processes of politics and teach the course “Ukraine and the United recently became chair of Columbia’s his- Nations Through the Eyes of a Ukrainian tory department. tory of the city of Lviv, in particular its planning. While the course is informed by path through World War II, foreign occu- perspectives from history, literary studies, Ambassador: Diplomacy and Politics” During the upcoming fall 2006 semes- on Tuesdays at 7-9 p.m, starting on pations and Sovietization from a multi- and architecture and urban planning, it ter, a history class focusing on the tumul- September 5. cultural and multi-ethnic ex-Habsburg offers a distinctly anthropological per- tuous World War II and post-war period The Columbia Ukrainian Studies borderland city to a post-Soviet spective – one that emphasizes the con- in Ukraine and the surrounding areas, Program has also lined up new courses for Ukrainian city. struction of meaning through the experi- titled “War and Society in Eastern the following spring 2007 semester, such as Europe: 1939 to the Present,” will be Also offered during the fall 2006 ence, practice and narration of place.” an ethnomusicology class on popular music taught by Prof. Tarik Amar (Ph.D., semester for graduate and advanced Prof. Blank, who was a post-doctoral in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, taught by Princeton University) for graduate and undergraduates will be a new anthropolo- fellow at Columbia’s Harriman Institute Dr. Adriana Helbig (Ph.D., Columbia advanced undergraduate students on gy course focusing on the relationship of during the 2005-2006 academic year, has University), and a class on Ukrainian film, Thursdays at 9-10:50 a.m. space and time in Ukraine and neighbor- lectured and written widely about the con- taught by Dr. Shevchuk, who also serves as director of the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University. Detailed information about next semester’s courses will be avail- able at a later date. Many of the Columbia Ukrainian Studies Program courses are open to stu- dents from other universities in the New York metropolitan area, as well as to out- side individuals interested in non-credit continuing studies. Undergraduate and graduate students from New York University, for example, can register direct- ly with their school for Ukrainian language classes at Columbia, while Ph.D. candi- dates from universities that are part of the Columbia University Consortium (e.g., New York University, City University of New York, New School) can register for non-language courses by obtaining appro- priate approval from both their home school and Columbia. * * * For further details about registering for courses, or signing up for the Ukrainian Studies Program email list to receive noti- fications of events, please contact Diana Howansky by phone at 212-854-4697 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Additional information can also be obtained on the Columbia Ukrainian Studies Program website at http://www.harrimaninstitute.org/pro- grams/ukrainian_studies_program.html.

UCCLA slates plaque unveiling

atKINGST QuebecON, Ontario – Thesites Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association and its supporters, in association with the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, will unveil two more trilingual plaques recalling the imprisonment of Ukrainians and other Europeans as “enemy aliens” during Canada’s first national internment operations of 1914-1920. The unveilings will take place on Saturday, September 30, at 11 a.m. at the Beauport Armory and at 1:30 p.m. at CFB Valcartier, both near Quebec City. The public is invited to attend both events. Additional details will be provid- ed in early September. No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 9 Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute marks 36th anniversary

by Peter Woloschuk CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – “There’s nothing like this in Ukraine,” said Olena Lesyk speaking of her eight weeks at Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute (HUSI), “and I wish there were.” Ms. Lesyk, a Lviv native who recently received her doctorate in business eco- nomics and management from the University of Helsinki, Finland, came to the Summer Institute to take classes in Ukrainian and the politics of independent Ukraine, and to further her research in the business economics of a number of east European countries including Ukraine. “I will be lecturing in international business strategies this fall in Helsinki,” Ms. Lesyk continued, “and much of what I learned went directly into my syllabi and lectures.” Ms. Lesyk was one of 36 students who attended the 2006 Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute. This session marked the 36th anniversary of the annual summer program offered by the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) as part of the Harvard Summer School and drew 27 graduate or post-doctoral scholars and nine undergraduates from nine countries, including 18 from the United States, 10 from Ukraine, two from Russia, and one each from Canada, Poland, Switzerland, Finland, Israel and Turkey. The group com- prised 23 females and 13 males. Several of Participants of the 2006 Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute. the students were older professionals who were taking courses either for personal were free to take any of the other courses ences in its modernization and identity Literature of the National Academy of interest and enjoyment or to hone skills. offered in the curriculum. development; and Andrew Wilson (School Sciences of Ukraine in 1988. Mr. Dibrova Twenty of the students received either Tuition at HUSI, as a matter of policy, of Slavonic and East European Studies, has served as head of the English depart- partial or full scholarships from special has been kept low in order to accommo- University College London) who taught ment at Kyiv Mohyla Academy (1992- HUSI scholarship funds endowed by gifts date as many students as possible and to “Independent Ukraine: Politics, National 1993), taught English and world literature and donations over the years, including afford them the opportunity of participat- Identity and Democratization,” and at Kyiv Linguistic University (1977- the Ukrainian Summer Institute Fund ing in the program. At only 57 percent of explored the challenges Ukraine has faced 1989), been an associate at the organized by the Ukrainian Research the full Harvard University Summer since 1991 and the prospects for its post- Shevchenko Institute of Literature (1989- Institute; the George A. Prokopyshyn and School tuition, HUSI allows its students Orange Revolution future. 1992), acted as head of the Narodna Irene E. Prokopyshyn Fund at the to use all of the facilities of the University Ms. Parkhomenko (Beginning Hazeta’s Washington bureau (1990-1991) Ukrainian Institute; The gift of the and to receive Harvard University credits Ukrainian) is the examinations manager and worked as a translator (1973-1977). Ukrainian National Home Corp. of for the courses that they take. at the British Council Ukraine. She He is a literary critic who writes on Blackstone, Mass., on behalf of Mr. and This summer HUSI offered six courses, received her (kandydat nauk) candidate of Ukrainian, French and American litera- Mrs. Peter Furman; the Waldimir including three eight-credit Ukrainian lan- sciences degree in English Stylistics from tures, and who has translated works by Semenyna Ukrainian Fund to support guage courses which were taught by the Shevchenko National University of Henry David Thoreau and Eugene qualified graduate students or senior HUSI’s language-instruction veterans Alla Kyiv in 1982. She taught English and Ionesco. His translation of Samuel undergraduates who are enrolled in the Parkhomenko (beginning Ukrainian), Yuri stylistics there from 1981 until 1998. She Beckett’s novel “Watt” won the Mykola Ukrainian Summer Institute and who seek Shevchuk (intermediate), and Volodymyr also taught at the National University of Lukash Award for translation. Most exposure to Ukrainian studies within the Dibrova (advanced). The three four-credit Kyiv Mohyla Academy (1992-1994). Ms. importantly, he is also a writer of short context of their own studies; and the Ukrainian studies courses were new and Parkhomenko has written a number of stories, novels and plays whose works Ostap and Marie Shenkiryk Fund to pro- were taught by Taras Koznarsky articles on English stylistics, literature have been translated into English, Polish, vide scholarship funding for qualified (University of Toronto) who lectured on and linguistics. She won a British Council Hungarian, German and Belarusian. His graduates of the St. Volodymyr “The Myth of Kyiv: A City through Fellowship in 1990 and a Fulbright in most recent books are “Vybhane” (Kyiv. Gymnasium in Rohatyn, as well as small- Centuries and Cultures,” which examined 1996 to conduct research in the United Krytyka, 2002) and “Project Dibrova” er donations from the Ukrainian commu- the forces that shaped Kyiv’s symbolic Kingdom and the United States. (Chetver No 14, Lviv, 2002). nity. Two students had been awarded topography over the last two centuries; Mr. Shevchuk, head of language Dr. Koznarsky is assistant professor of Foreign Language Area Studies Volodymyr Kravchenko (Kharkiv instruction, is a lecturer of Ukrainian lan- Ukrainian at the Department of Slavic lan- Fellowships for Summer Language National University) who taught “Modern guage and culture at the department of guages and literatures, at the University of Studies by the U.S. Department of State. Ukraine: Late 18th Through the 20th Slavic languages at Columbia University Toronto, and is well known in the field of All of the stipended students were Century” and looked at Ukrainian history in New York. He is also the founder and Ukrainian literature and cultural studies. required to take at least eight credits and from the point of view of regional differ- director of the Ukrainian Film Club at He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard in Columbia. He earned his candidate of sci- 2001, with a thesis on Ukrainian and ences degree in Germanic Philology from Russian literary relations in the 19th cen- Kyiv State University (1987), and his MA tury. He is the author of several scholarly in political science from the New School articles, including “Izmail Sreznevsky’s for Social Research, New York, (1996). He Zaporozhskaia Starina as a Memory has taught English at the department of Project” (Eighteenth-Century Studies, Fall foreign languages of the Ukrainian 2001), and reviews in Krytyka and Institute of Water Management, Rivne, Suchasnist. Mr. Kravchenko is a professor of his- Ukraine (1987-1992), and intermediate tory at Karazin National University of Ukrainian at the Harvard Ukrainian Kharkiv and the head of both its depart- Summer Institute since 1990. He published ment of Ukrainian studies and the Eastern a number of articles on English vocabulary Institute of Ukrainian Studies. He is a studies, theory of translation, language and specialist on the history of Kharkiv and identity formation in Ukraine, and dual cit- Slobidska Ukraina, and has authored or izenship. He is also a journalist and trans- edited over a hundred works on Ukrainian lator. His published translations include history and historiography, including sev- George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” (Vsesvit, eral works on the historian Dmytro No 1, Kyiv, 1991) and Orest Subtelny’s Bahalii and a major monograph on the “Ukraine: a History” (Kyiv, 1992). Ukrainian historiography (Kharkiv: Mr. Dibrova is a preceptor at Harvard Osnova, 1996). He is the founder and edi- University’s Slavic department and an tor-in-chief of the journal Skhid/Zakhid. editor and writer-in-residence at Harvard Mr. Wilson is senior lecturer at the Ukrainian Research Institute. He received School of Slavonic and East European Senkowsky Prize winners (from left): Sofia Grachova, Mariya Horiacha, Oksana his candidate of sciences degree in Irish Myshlovska and Jan Surer. literature at Shevchenko Institute of (Continued on page 19) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 No. 35

He stridently and ceaselessly pressed for him 62 percent of the vote. work with the Communist Party and crit- Fifteen years... Ukrainian independence, firmly criticizing Mr. Kravchuk remains active in icized the National Council for doing so. (Continued from page 1) the repeated deference to Moscow of Ukrainian politics and firmly supports Mr. Khmara, now 68, remains a politi- political party placed second, behind the Supreme Soviet Chair Kravchuk and U.S. pro-Russian policies, including giving cal activist. Communists. Rukh’s influence in President George Bush. the Russian language official status, In March 2005, he quit the Yulia Ukrainian politics sharply diminished Mr. Drach currently serves as council drawing Ukraine into the Moscow-cen- Tymoshenko Bloc, alleging that the polit- after Mr. Chornovil’s death. chair of the Ukrainian People’s Party led tered Single Economic Space and oppos- ical force is full of corrupt businessmen. by Yurii Kostenko, which failed to quali- ing Ukraine’s membership in the North He defected to the Ukrainian People’s Ivan Drach fy for Parliament in the March 2006 Atlantic Treaty Organization. Party, which failed to qualify for elections. He remains a central figure in His Ne Tak! (Not So) political bloc Parliament in the March 2006 elections. Ukraine’s cultural and political life. failed to qualify for the Verkhovna Rada. Levko Lukianenko Leonid Kravchuk Stanislav Hurenko Leonid Kravchuk was the last leader Leading the resistance to Ukrainian of the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet independence until he finally gave up Republic and independent Ukraine’s first was Communist Party Chairman elected president. Stanislav Hurenko. Sensing the tide of democracy sweep- As late as February 1991 he was calling ing Ukraine, Mr. Kravchuk, as chairman on the Communist Party of the Ukrainian of the Supreme Soviet played the role of SSR to take the offensive against demo- a reform-minded Communist leader. cratic forces and reassert its role in He firmly supported Ukraine’s Ukraine’s economic and political life. Declaration of State Sovereignty on July The fierce ideologue called for a bru- 16, 1990, and restrained from any violent tal political struggle, declaring Rukh an crackdowns during the independence anti-Communist force tantamount to the movement. Banderite movement in the 1940s. As Ukraine moved toward independ- When August 24 rolled around, how- ence, he gradually called for democratic ever, Mr. Hurenko saw no option but to reforms along the way, such as an inde- give the green light. pendent judicial system, decentralization “Comrades, today we will vote for of power and an independent military. Ukrainian independence,” he told party By the summer of 1991 he was members. “For if we do not vote for her Leading the pro-democracy opposi- already calling for Ukraine to be “a state independence, there will be trouble for us.” tion in the Ukraine SSR’s Supreme that would be a master in its own house.” The Communists’ support for inde- Soviet (Council) was Ivan Drach, the pendence is widely believed to have Crafting his policies with the aim of Perhaps it’s no coincidence that one of poet who chaired the Popular Movement been a means to avoid a popular revolt. retaining the Ukrainian leadership, Mr. Ukraine’s most respected and revered of Ukraine (Rukh), the coordinating The vote was 321 for, two votes Kravchuk is remembered for not con- patriots was born on August 24. Levko political structure for more than 20 oppo- against and six votes abstaining. demning the August 19 failed coup in Lukianenko was already fighting for sition parties. To this day, Mr. Hurenko is a dedicat- Moscow, but not supporting Boris Ukrainian independence as early as 1957. During Rukh’s second congress in ed Communist Party member, though he Yeltsin either. Soviet authorities arrested him in October 1990, he led the organization in is no longer a national deputy in the At 5:53 p.m. on August 24 he declared 1961 and sentenced him to death, a pun- calling for Ukraine’s outright independ- Verkhovna Rada. Ukraine a state independent of the Soviet ishment reduced to what eventually was ence from the USSR. Union after the Communist majority Dmytro Pavlychko 25 years in labor camps. Mr. Lukianenko Throughout the independence move- voted in support of the declaration. was elected to the Supreme Soviet in ment, Mr. Drach led protests carried out Just three months later, a cautious Though a Communist Party member March 1990 and became the National by workers, miners and victims of politi- Ukrainian electorate selected Mr. throughout his life, Supreme Soviet Council’s assistant chair. cal repressions. Kravchuk as their first president, giving Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Throughout the movement, he led Dmytro Pavlychko was a central leader protests, delivered stirring speeches and in Ukraine’s independence drive. was the primary writer of the nation’s In 1989 he launched the Association in independence declaration. Mr. Lukianenko Defense of the Ukrainian Language. Mr. founded the Ukrainian Republican Party, Pavlychko led protests throughout the inde- which was the first officially registered pendence movement, particularly those to political party in Ukraine. free Mr. Khmara, but maintained close ties His politics were more moderate than with Mr. Kravchuk simultaneously. Mr. Khmara’s, urging cooperation with the According to Irene Jarosewich’s Communists. Mr. Lukianenko established account published in The Weekly ties with Canadian government officials in (August 23, 1998), it was Mr. Pavlychko, June 1991 and became appointed acting on behalf of the National Council Ukraine’s first ambassador to Canada. who read the Declaration of Mr. Lukianenko is currently a national Independence out loud during the deputy in the Verkhovna Rada represent- Communist Party caucus on August 24, ing the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. 1991, at which Mr. Hurenko directed party members to vote for independence. Mykhailo Horyn Mr. Pavlychko is an active member of the Ukrainian People’s Party. On August 20 delegates at the fourth World Forum of Ukrainians elected him as chairman of the Ukrainian World Coordinating Council. Stepan Khmara Commonly known as the last Ukrainian dissident persecuted by the Soviets, Stepan Khmara became a pow- erful symbol of Communist oppression that served as a rallying point for pro- democracy forces. Mr. Khmara’s November 17, 1990, imprisonment on trumped-up charges inspired thousands of miners to protest at the Lukianivka Prison demanding his release. During his imprisonment, Mr. Khmara staged hunger strikes and demanded the dissolution of the . When released, he immediately traveled to Donetsk to address striking miners, caus- It was Soviet dissident Mykhailo ing Communist officials to re-arrest him Horyn who coordinated the 1990 human in April 1991. chain from Kyiv to Lviv. Then as Among those launching the Ukrainian Political Council chair for Rukh, he Republican Party, Mr. Khmara’s politics coordinated its political strategies, cam- were among the most radical in the opposition movement. He refused to (Continued on page 11) No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 11

Makhno kicks off this year as a with the Party of the Regions during the Party’s parliamentary majority in the Fifteen years... Ukrainian cultural festival in Zaporizhia March 2006 elections. Supreme Soviet. on August 24 and 25. Next year, it will Industrial and media magnate Viktor (Continued from page 10) WHERE WERE THEY THEN? paigns and public relations. be international, Mr. Doniy said. Pinchuk was an engineer at the State When traveling to the U.S. in Mr. Doniy is a member of the Many of Ukraine’s current leaders Pipe Industry’s Scientific-Research February 1991, he helped co-found the Socialist Party of Ukraine. were either in Kyiv or already building Project Institute in Dnipropetrovsk. Industrial and banking magnate Coordinating Committee to Aid Ukraine Serhii Holovatyi their careers when independence was and called for the consolidation of the declared on August 24, 1991. Kostiantyn Zhevago was a freshman stu- Ukrainian diaspora. Mr. Horyn estab- The following information was pro- dent at Kyiv State Economics University. lished relations with the Ukrainian com- vided by the subjects themselves to the Communist Party of Ukraine leader munity in the U.S., as well as high-pro- annual Who’s Who in Ukraine directo- Petro Symonenko was second secretary file officials, such as Sen. Bill Bradley ry published by Kyiv Informatsiya of the Donetsk Oblast Committee of the (D-N.J.) and U.S. Consul-General Jon Servis. Communist Party of Ukraine. Gunderson. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko Minister of Justice Roman Zvarych On August 20 Mr. Horyn completed was deputy chairman of AgroPromBank was an American citizen assisting nation- his tenure as Ukrainian World Ukrayina in Kyiv. alist leader Slava Stetsko in organizing the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists Coordinating Council chairman, which Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych political party. he led for seven years. was general director of the First Lady of Ukraine Kateryna DonbasTransRemont Union of Ihor Yukhnovsky Yushchenko w as an American citizen Enterprises in Donetsk. launching the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation After a lifetime spent in the Parliamentary Opposition Leader in Kyiv, a non-profit, non-governmental Communist Party, National Deputy Ihor Yulia Tymoshenko was the commercial organization that aimed to encourage Yukhnovsky served as the National director of the Ukrayinskyi Benzyn democratic development, free market Council chair throughout the independ- Korporatsiya (Ukrainian Gasoline Corp.) reform and human rights in Ukraine. ence movement and led the protests over enterprise in Dnipropetrovsk. Mr. Khmara’s imprisonment. Verkhovna Rada Speaker Oleksander All photographs in this series by When the August 19 coup failed in Moroz was leader of the Communist Zenon Zawada. Moscow, it was Mr. Yukhnovsky who presented Mr. Kravchuk with a list of demands. They included immediate dec- laration of independence, the release of Another young leader in Ukraine’s Mr. Khmara, firing of Communist offi- independence movement was Serhii Notice to publishers and authors cials supportive of the coup and de- Holovatyi, who served as Rukh’s Kyiv politicization of the workplace, media regional chair. It is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or and government structures such as the The people’s deputy was an outspoken reviews of newly published books, booklets and reprints, as well KGB and Ministry of Internal Affairs. opponent of the Communist Party who Mr. Yukhnovsky helped draft fiercely fought for its liquidation. as records and premiere issues of periodicals only after receipt by Ukraine’s independence declaration. Mr. Holovatyi served as Ukraine’s the editorial offices of a copy of the material in question. Moderate in his politics, he served as an minister of justice in Prime Minister News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be advisor to Mr. Kravchuk on political and Yurii Yekhanurov’s Cabinet. His term economic matters, despite his competing ended this month. published. presidential candidacy. Oleksander Yemets Send new releases and information (where publication may be Mr. Yukhnovsky remains active in Ukrainian academic life as a member of Among those at the front lines of Mr. purchased, cost, etc.) to: Editorial Staff, The Ukrainian Weekly, the National Academy of Sciences. Khmara’s defense was the Supreme 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Soviet’s Human Rights Committee Chair Oles Doniy Oleksander Yemets. He also played a critical role in gath- ering enough signatures to enable a quo- rum for the August 24 special session of Parliament that resulted in the independ- ence vote. Mr. Yemets died on January 28, 2001, in a car accident in which his vehicle slid off an icy road in the Zaporizhia Oblast. Volodymyr Yavorivsky Known and respected for his literary and oratory talent, poet and editor Volodymyr Yavorivsky roused the protesting crowds with riveting speeches. The week leading up to August 24, Mr. Yavorivsky led the working group that drafted resolutions for the emer- gency session. As chairman of the Supreme Soviet’s Chornobyl Commission, he revealed documents that proved the Moscow gov- ernment’s callous disregard for the Ukrainian people’s welfare. It emerged It was the student hunger strikes of that Soviet Premier October 1990 that served as a key cata- himself forbade Kyiv’s evacuation fol- lyst for the Ukrainian independence lowing the nuclear disaster. movement. Mr. Yavorivsky is currently a national Led by Oles Doniy, the hunger strikes deputy of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc involved 150 students and received the and hosts a national weekly program. support of thousands of Ukrainians, lead- Laryssa Skoryk ing to the October 17 resignation of Prime Minister Vitalii Masol. The leading female in the Ukrainian In January 1991 Communist authori- independence movement at the time was ties arrested Mr. Doniy and charged him Laryssa Skoryk, a Kyiv architect who with staging an occupation of Kyiv State was elected as a national deputy to the University. Asked by the Procurator’s Supreme Soviet. Office to sign a statement of remorse for Known as the sweetheart of the min- his wrongdoings, Mr. Doniy refused to ers, she led their demonstrations to read a prepared statement or sign any release Mr. Khmara and was constantly documents. beside the dissident in his struggle. Mr. Doniy is currently a political sci- Though among the most vocal in call- entist and chair of the Kyiv-based Center ing for a ban on the Communist Party, for Political Values Research, which is she soon sided with Mr. Kravchuk’s poli- supported by Ukrainian citizens. tics. Fifteen years later, Mr. Doniy is now Ms. Skoryk designed St. Basil the organizing festivals instead of protests. 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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO: Where were you on August 24, 1991? ent, but a lot of Communists remained. I didn’t think Russia would let go that easily. As time has proven, it’s not letting go so easily. Marta Kolomayets, Kyiv-based project director of U.S.-Ukraine Foundation I was watching CNN in my New York apartment. The next thing I did was inter- view Hennadii Udovenko, who was the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic’s representative to the U.N. I asked him whether he was still a member of the Communist Party. And he laughed, “There is no more Communist Party!” He immediately became a Ukrainian patriot. With the putsch, there was no way out of it. Independence had to happen. Ivan Lozowy, president of the Kyiv- based Institute of Statehood and Zenon Zawada Democracy: Askold Lozynskyj Mary Mycio Ivan Lozowy “I arrived in March 1991 for good. I was holding the flag outside the Rada Zenon Zawada of our Kyiv Press that it was going to happen, especially independent before the Yankees win that morning. A couple of hundred peo- Bureau caught up with fellow Ukrainian when the coup developed. We saw what another World Series.’ And it was true. ple carried it up at 8 in the morning to Americans and expatriates in Kyiv to ask: the Baltics did, so we clearly saw a possi- Independence was inevitable. A lot of the Rada after Maria Drach and Where were you on August 24, 1991? bility for Ukraine. people gathered at Dibrova on Second Mykhailina Borodai had pressed it. After Below are their answers. As for Ukraine 15 years later, obvious- Avenue that night and people cried. It they announced independence, the ly we were much more hopeful. We were was emotional weeping. deputies came out and brought it into the Askold Lozynskyj, president of the under the impression that Ukraine was not session hall. Ivan Zayets was among Mary Mycio, Kyiv-based author of Toronto-based World Congress of only a rich country, but that the national them, and so were [Vyacheslav] democrats would be in the leadership. “Wormwood Forest: A Natural Chornovil and [Mykola] Porovskyi. Ukrainians: History of Chernobyl”: Roksolona Lozynskyj, Mr. Lozynskyj’s Michael Sawkiw Jr., president of We were driving with my wife from wife: I was in the Verkhovna Rada, working the Ukrainian Congress Committee of our vacation home in New Jersey to New for the Rukh Fax Gazette, which was America: York City, and we heard it on the radio. We wept. But our assumption was that sent by fax to the Moscow press corps. It At that particular time, I was first vice- the Ukrainian Communists were trying to was very chaotic. A lot was going on I was in Hunter, N.Y., for a Ukrainian president of UCCA. save themselves. Their tail-saving around the podium. festival and they announced the news on In May of 1991, I probably wasn’t superceded their contempt for Ukrainian Kravchuk read the entire declaration loudspeakers. “We just got word from sure of Ukraine’s independence. In a few independence. I remember Askold had for the vote. He pushed it through Ukraine that independence was weeks before the 24th, I was assuming told a friend of ours, ‘Ukraine will be because the National Council wanted to declared,” was the message. Then it was let off steam about the status of the nothing short of waterworks. Tears fell Communist Party. The issue was declar- from young and old alike. It was right ing independence or making the party before the appearance of the Chaika illegal. Laryssa Skoryk wanted to declare dancers, who were already on stage, and FOR THE RECORD: UCC statement the party illegal. a joyful Hopak must have been their next By the afternoon, there were probably dance. on Ukrainian Independence Day 2006 thousands in front of the Rada. I was in Afterwards, we went down to our Below is the text of the Ukrainian responsibility for its state and its destiny. the Rada looking out the window and local city governments to tell them we Canadian Congress statement on the It can never again be led astray by saw the demonstrators with flags. Some have a new date for independence, which occasion of the 15th anniversary of internecine struggle. We must believe staff people were standing behind me. was formerly January 22. I was 23 years Ukraine’s independence. that common reason, a sense of responsi- “So now we have independence,” one old and external affairs officer for the bility and deep patriotism will prevail said. And the other responded, “Yes, but UCCA in the Albany area. Fifteen years ago bells of joy pealed in over all existing difficulties. It cannot be it’s so Communist.” And that was the It was a surprise because I didn’t Ukraine: our homeland became a free and otherwise. general sentiment – that we are independ- anticipate it so soon. independent state. Bells of joy pealed also We also want to believe that the bells, three months later, on December 1 during to which I alluded previously, will not the referendum. And finally bells of joy cease to ring and that the people will VOX POPULI: Community members share pealed on December 26, 2004, when the continue to listen to them in order to will of the people overcame the extraordi- improve the situation in Ukraine, under- nary tribulations of the Orange standing that these last events will not their thoughts on Ukraine’s independence Revolution. These bells of joy rang in the deter the return to full democratic power. hearts of millions of Ukrainians, living in All of us, Ukrainians in Canada, look On the occasion of the 15th anniversary it [Ukraine’s independence] reality or Ukraine and beyond its borders, who forward impatiently toward the blessed of Ukraine’s independence, The Ukrainian not? Unfortunately, the politicians are not fought for the independence of a moment of our nation’s return to a full, Weekly asked Ukrainian Americans and doing their job. Ukrainian state over many long years. stable democracy. And while we remain Ukrainian Canadians two questions: 2) No. The cost of living has gone up, They were a cry from our heroes, past and afar physically, spiritually we are always 1) What are your thoughts as Ukraine supposedly the government has collected present, who throughout the history of with Ukraine, for we are all children of celebrates the 15th anniversary of its money, but young people are leaving the Ukraine stood together and will continue one mother – Ukraine. Throughout many independence? country. to stand in defense of truth and freedom. years we have tried to give moral and 2) Has Ukraine lived up to your The sound of these bells reverberated financial support to Ukraine. We con- expectations? Helen Charysz, 59, Oshawa, Ontario: across the entire globe wherever stantly prayed: “O Great, One and Only The responses were collected by 1) I think they’ve been through a lot of Ukrainians are found and wherever beat God, save our Ukraine. Protect her with Matthew Dubas and Andrew Nynka. turmoil and they have a long way to go. Ukrainian hearts. This sound is a sign of the rays of freedom and light.” We con- Thank God they do have their independ- the victory of truth, which arose to forev- tinue to pray in communion with our Lydia Bilous, 63, Osprey, Fla.: ence. er stand on guard for a free democratic brothers and sisters in Ukraine. 1) I wish it would go more toward the 2) Yes and no. The Orange Revolution Ukrainian state. The people are listening While bringing these greetings to you Ukrainian side and join NATO and not — it was hard-fought and yet they seem closely to this sound. They are aware that on the occasion of the 15th anniversary go back toward the Moscow influence to have taken a step back again. only freedom will defend all that is dear of the independence of Ukraine, I want to because I think it’s headed that way. and important to the life of every human bring to mind the moving words of Vasyl 2)Yes and no. Considering my U.S. Matthew Dmyterko, 25, Naugatuck, being, give an opportunity to express Symonenko that should forever become citizenship, and my expectations of Conn.: one’s views freely, participate in truly our guiding light. Ukraine, I didn’t have huge expectations 1) I am happy that Ukraine is celebrat- democratic elections, and pray to God My people are! My people shall forever — maybe hopes. But my expectations are ing, but I’m not sure that voting [Viktor] according to one’s chosen confession. be! exactly where Ukraine is today, given Yanukovych into power will help Ukraine. Despite the latest troubles in Ukraine, No one shall invalidate my people! Ukraine’s Soviet-bred leadership. 2) Yes it has. Ukraine is becoming which cause and continue to cause us more politically mature, maintaining dem- concern, I am deeply convinced that our Orysia Sushko, president Ihor Zahorodny, 55, Chicago: ocratic practices and is gaining respect as nation is strong enough to rise to the high Ukrainian Canadian Congress 1) I think the concept was super, but is an independent country by the West. No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 13

THE 15th ANNIVERSARY OF UKRAINE’S INDEPENDENCE

Chrystyna Lapychak

As Ukraine celebrates the 15th anniversary of its independence proclama- tion on August 24, 1991, it is fitting to look back at the events related to that historic day. On this page are several photos from that period (seen clockwise, beginning with the photo directly above this text. 1) August 21, 1991: Oleksander Yemets addresses a rally in Kyiv that celebrated the end of the coup in Moscow and demanded accountability for the actions and inactions of the Ukrainian SSR’s leaders. With Mr. Yemets are: Volodymyr Yavorivsky, Dmytro Pavlychko and Les Taniuk. 2) August 24, 1991: Deputies of the oppo- sition National Council carry a huge blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag into the Ukrainian SSR Supreme Soviet (Council) session hall after the Act of Declaration of the Independence of Ukraine was approved by people’s deputies. 3) August-September 1991: Kyiv’s Lenin monument is surrounded by construction barriers. The signs read: “In accordance with a decision of the Municipal Executive Committee, preparations are under way for the disman- tling of the monument” and “Please pardon us for these temporary inconven- iences.” Dismantling of the monument, which stood in what today is known as Independence Square, began on September 9, 1991. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 No. 35

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feel safe. We need to follow the path of make the necessary efforts to prepare the he believes this year’s price for gas NEWSBRIEFS democracy toward a free, open, and pros- legal base for establishing a customs imported by Ukraine will not exceed the (Continued from page 14) perous country.” (RFE/RL Newsline) union. And, of course, the final goal is to current level of $95 per 1,000 cubic see all Eurasian Economic Community meters. He also suggested that there will remains more popular abroad than in Gorbachev: some ‘seek to hold onto power’ Russia, Mr. Gorbachev replied that member states join the customs union.” be no steep increase in the price of gas Europe liked it because it ended the con- MOSCOW – Marking the 15th Such a customs union has been under imported by Ukraine in 2007. “In the frontation of the Cold War. For the for- anniversary of the 1991 coup by hard-lin- discussion for some years but has been course of negotiations I didn’t get the mer Soviet republics, it ultimately led to ers against his reforms, former Soviet held up by the conflicting interests of the feeling that our partners wanted to super- their independence. But Russians, under President Mikhail Gorbachev told states concerned. Ukraine and Armenia charge the situation,” Mr. Yanukovych the leadership of his rival, President Interfax by telephone on August 18 that were present at the summit as observers. noted in Sochi. (RFE/RL Newsline) Boris Yeltsin, after 1991 experienced New Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor “a repeat of those events is impossible Constitutional Court sworn in “poverty..., corruption, mass theft..., and today. Society and the structures responsi- Yanukovych said that his country would seek full membership “if it were in shock.” Mr. Gorbachev said that it is ble for security have learned all the KYIV – On August 4 the following Ukraine’s interests.” On the margins of “therefore natural that people naturally appropriate lessons from what happened. judges of the Constitutional Court of the summit, Prime Minister Yanukovych looked back to the Soviet Union and the He added nonetheless that “the [subse- Ukraine were sworn in: Volodymyr and his Russian counterpart, Mikhail social guarantees that it offered. The quent] development of our country has Kampo, Dmytro Lylak, Viktor Shyshkin, Fradkov, reached an agreement on gas guarantees were modest, but at least they shown that not all conclusions have been judges appointed by the president of prices, the exact terms of which remain were guarantees. Now, even though drawn yet. Instead of holding an investi- Ukraine; Anatolii Holovin, Mykhailo unclear. Mr. Yanukovych told reporters things are improving under Putin, I gation into the shelling of the Parliament Kolos, Maria Markush, Viacheslav that “the [gas] price will be market- would still estimate that about 50 percent building, the persons involved in it were Ovcharenko, Petro Stetsiuk, judges based, of course, but the mechanism of of our people live in poverty.” (RFE/RL effectively amnestied.” This is an appar- appointed by the Verkhovna Rada of its formation will be transparent and cer- Newsline) ent reference to an incident during the Ukraine; Vasyl Bryntsev, Viacheslav tainly adequate to the level of economic parliamentary revolt of October 1993 Dzhun, Anatolii Didkivskyi, Ivan Russia not a ‘textbook democracy’ relations between Ukraine and Russia.” against Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Dombrovskyi, Yaroslava Machuzhak, (RFE/RL Newsline) MOSCOW – According to former who emerged from the 1991 coup attempt judges appointed by the Congress of greatly strengthened at the expense of Mr. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, any PM pledges unchanged gas price Judges of Ukraine. The judges of the “stability that was offered by the Cold Gorbachev. The two men are not now on Constitutional Court of Ukraine War was a false one,” rferl.org reported speaking terms. Mr. Gorbachev also said SYMFEROPOL – Prime Minister Volodymyr Ivaschenko, Valerii on August 18. He added that matters then that “a large number of people” who Viktor Yanukovych told journalists in Pshenychnyi, Susanna Stanik and Pavlo backed the 1991 coup now hold important “were tricky and dangerous. We in the Symferopol on August 16 that the price of Tkachuk continue to execute their duties. positions and “have received awards.” He Russian and U.S. governments knew bet- gas for the population won’t change until Beginning on August 7, in accordance stressed that “even today, a lot of people ter than anybody what the true situation the end of this year and will remain at with Article 22 of the Law of Ukraine seek to hold onto power by any means. was and what it could develop into, 414 hrv ($82) per 1,000 cubic meters, “On the Constitutional Court of But they don’t want to do it through hon- because we knew what point we were at Interfax-Ukraine reported. Mr. Ukraine,” the duties of the chairman of est and open elections, in which the vot- in the arms race. We knew that the kind Yanukovych was speaking after his return the Constitutional Court of Ukraine are of technology that we were operating ers make the decision. It is high time to understand that only democracy, freedom from Sochi, where he discussed gas sup- executed by the eldest judge of the was powerful enough to put the fate of plies for 2006-2007 with Russian Prime Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Judge civilization in question should there be of speech, a responsible social policy, and a transparent market economy can help Minister Mikhail Fradkov. Ukraine’s indi- Dombrovskyi. The chairman of the some sort of slip-up. We also knew that vidual consumers are supplied with gas Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the the arms race was leading to an unprece- improve people’s lives and make the state stronger.” (RFE/RL Newsline) extracted domestically. In 2005, Ukraine vice-chairmen of the court will be elected dented depletion of national resources.” extracted 20.5 billion cubic meters of gas, at the special plenary session of the Referring to today’s Russia, Mr. Sochi summit: mainly symbolism? which accounted for some 25 percent of Constitutional Court of Ukraine accord- Gorbachev noted that “there are frequent the country’s annual demand. Following ing to the established procedure. accusations that democracy is being sup- SOCHI, Russia – At the informal his talks with Mr. Fradkov, Mr. (Embassy of Ukraine in the United pressed and that freedom of the press is Sochi summit of the Eurasian Economic Yanukovych told journalists in Sochi that States) being stifled. The truth is, most Russians Community on August 16, President disagree with this viewpoint. ... When Vladimir Putin said that Uzbekistan had [Vladimir] Putin first came to power, I agreed to become a full member again of think his first priority was keeping the the CIS Collective Security Treaty country from falling apart, and this Organization (CSTO), Russian media William (Will) required certain measures that wouldn’t reported. The CSTO was formed in 1992 exactly be referred to as textbook democ- and currently comprises Armenia, Clement Chewchuk racy. ... [But] Russia has changed to such Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, an extent [over the past 20 years] that Russia, Tajikistan and now Uzbekistan. going back is now impossible.” Mr. In 1999, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and April 2, 1987 - July 11, 2006 Gorbachev said he believes nonetheless quit the CSTO. Mr. Putin added Our Beloved Vasylko, that “we need the people to participate in on August 16 that Russia, Belarus and We celebrate a glorious life that in 19 short years the changes that are being enacted in the Kazakhstan “have agreed on and signed a touched so many hearts with so much love, that with country. Democracy needs to be effec- document instructing the [Eurasian our Archbishop Yurij’s blessing, Vasylko lay in state in tive. The law needs to be efficient. Economic Community] secretariat and our Cathedral, where over two thousand came to the Panachyda to declare their grieving, loss and love. Thieves and corrupt officials should not those three countries’ [authorities] ... to Even more came the next day to the funeral. His young contemporaries came in all colors and creeds. Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Muslim and Buddhist, gathered strength and prayed together in the Cathedral. They may not have understood the words of The Board of Directors of the the prayers sung in Ukrainian, but they told us that they felt the depth of the fervent prayers and the Ukrainian Institute of America responses sung by your beloved Capella Bandura expresses its heartfelt sorrow Brothers and over 60 voices of the choir. All this in the Cathedral which he loved and where he served since his Baba Ruzia sewed him his special Stychar (altar boy robe) when he was five years and informs their members and old, and up to his last service on his 19th birthday, this last April 2. His fellow readers held an overnight vigil of prayers and psalms, just to be with him. general public that our Vasylko studied advanced mathematics at Kumon, where he stood in the top 10th percentile in North founding member and patron America. He was already ill when he wrote his last Chemistry exam, and although he just couldn’t finish, he got an 87 percent and apologized that if he could have finished, he may have easily hit the 90’s. He also mentored fellow students in his class, to do their very best. He was excited that he was accepted to four col- leges, and knew exactly what he wanted to excel in. He had already established the roadmap for his future. Will’s athletic abilities were natural and outstanding, particularly in skiing, snow boarding, bas- ketball, volleyball, soccer and track and field. He won several gold medals in skiing at his favorite Holimont Ski Club in Ellicottville, N.Y. URSULA C. BALABAN Will’s true strength was his inner magnet that drew everyone who had goodness and love in their hearts. Hundreds of beautiful girls declared how they loved him genuinely, and his male passed away on Monday, August 14, 2006, in Westchester friends learned that grown men do cry, and hugging was good as an expression of love. He was the role model for every life he touched. From his hospital bed he even made sure that his Dido’s birth- County, NY. The wake was held at Whalen & Bell funeral day would be celebrated in the company of Dido’s grandchildren at the annual Blue Jay outing, but we had to take a rain check for him. home in Yonkers, NY on Thursday, August 17, 2006. His sister Katya always loved to hug him, and immediately declared that, as his older sister, her The funeral liturgy and internment took place on job was to be Will’s official tormentor. He let her do it because he knew that with his consent she would not enjoy it. Will and Katya became bound to each other, closer than anyone could be, right Friday, August 18, 2006 at Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic to the end, and forever in their hearts. As a talented bandura musician and gifted with a deep bass voice, Will was a proud member of Cemetery in Hamptonburg, NY, the Canadian Bandurists Capella for the past five years, where he bonded deeply with his choir brothers. Every Thursday’s rehearsal was a special outing with his father and his bandura family. where her husband Ostap is buried. All this is the result of the upbringing of Will’s loving mother Gloria, and his father Walter, whose loss of their fourth generation Kozak is unimaginable. Your Dido Wasyl, Baba Ruzia, Baba Valia, Teta Katrusia, Dyiadko Igor, Chresna Irene, Chresny Jaro and your loving cousins, Sasha, Jamie, The Board wishes to convey its sincere sympathy Simon and Christina will never forget you. to the family. Sleep gently in the Lord, sweet Prince. Vichnaya Pamyiat (From the eulogy given by Dido William Sametz) 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 No. 35 No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 17

reality of the Soviet rule, lest we forget. Nadia Svitlychna... Dear Nadiyka, rest assured that there (Continued from page 4) is already keen interest, both here and in moments I feel such a keen need to leave at Ukraine, in the lives and work of all the least a few bits of remnants, the slivers of admirable individuals, the dissidents who ART EXHIBITION my life. Perhaps someone, sometime will sacrificed their personal peace and happi- become interested in these very odd per- ness for the ideals that would help to sons, who put honor and dignity above forge a different destiny for their country. their own lives.” Those of us who knew Nadia May Nadiyka’s life and work be a con- Svitlychna will always remember and be Vasyl Bazhaj, Sergei Belik, Petro Bevza, stant reminder of the inhumane cruelty and grateful for the legacy she leaves behind. Sergiy Hai, Mykola Zhuravel abuse of human dignity that was the daily “Vichna yiyi Pamiat!”

grapple with the dilemmas of intolerance Does Ukraine... and inequality; again, some concluded that CONTEMPORARY ART FROM UKRAINE (Continued from page 6) ethnic purity and violence were the solution acter has shaped such key social institutions (including the Ukrainian Dmytro Dontsov as the Kozaks, who built a state in the 17th and a Jewish counterpart from Odesa, century that was distinctive from both an Vladimir Zhabotinsky, one of the spiritual ascendant Muscovite autocracy to the north- fathers of modern Israel). But the main- east and the declining constitutional monar- stream of Ukraine’s intellectual life has chy of Poland-Lithuania to the west. more often embraced the diversity and tried September 7 - 23, 2006 The Greek-Catholic, or Uniate, Church to work out models for peaceful and pro- is an illustration of a hybrid institution ductive co-existence and even cooperation. shaped by its origins in the borderlands; Many foreign visitors who regularly Greek-Catholics, since the Union of Brest commute between Kyiv and Moscow in 1596, have practiced the Byzantine rite remark on how different the two capitals EXHIBIT HOURS (largely the same as the Orthodox have become since 1989-1991; those differ- 12 TO 6 pm DAILY Christians) but acknowledge the Roman ences are not any simple expressions of dif- Catholic pope as their spiritual leader. The ferent “national characters” for example, the (closed Mondays) religious communities of the Greek relatively pluralist religious situation in Catholic-Church confronted frequent per- Ukraine (when compared to the more hege- secution by both Roman Catholic (mostly monic power of the Orthodox Church in Polish) and Orthodox (mostly Russian) Russia) is not the desired outcome of any of Churches, but emerged in the 20th century the religious leadership. But nonetheless, as advocates for ecumenism and reconcili- differences there are, and differences there ation of Eastern and Western Christianity. have always been. Ukraine is not Russia, in The borderlands were also, importantly, the words of now disgraced former president 2 EAST 79TH STREET, multiconfessional and multinational; as of Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma; and Russian UKRAINIAN such, the history of Ukraine’s populations rule over Ukraine has, with very rare excep- NEW YORK, NY 10021 is shared with the history of Poland, Russia, tions, not been conducted with the best inter- INSTITUTE Israel and other states. Certainly, this diver- ests in mind of the peoples inhabiting it. For OF AMERICA (212) 288-8660 sity contributed to very bloody interethnic that matter, Ukraine is also not Poland, conflict, above all in the 20th century. But Georgia, Belarus or Latvia. Time and place this diversity also forced intellectuals to matter; Ukraine does have a history. Self Re liance (NJ ) Federa l Cre dit Union Self Re liance (NJ ) Federa l Cre dit Union

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dent, as the guarantor of the between these two political forces and it know Ukraine’s history don’t need to be Former president... Constitution, must take upon himself the is impermissible to live in a constant geniuses to know that the greatest mis- (Continued from page 2) political responsibility of settling this state of mistrust. The east is the east, fortune, the worst crisis, that we have closer together? That is, that it can to crisis. which gave most of its votes to the Party seen was a cruel and destructive strug- some extent bridge the gap between As a man and as a politician, Viktor of the Regions and to Yanukovych per- gle for power, an inability to compro- west and east? Yushchenko can support his party or sonally. And there is the west. mise. bloc. But as the head of state, he must So what now? We have to try to unite, Only I, my wife and God know what it At least we can say that this decision make a decision not in favor of one party to work, to move on. You understand that cost me to hold all our “bosses” in check is not going to make the banks of the or another, but in favor of the people and there has been a struggle for power. I and to keep them from pulling each Dnipro any farther apart. That alone is the state. That is why at that time I pro- don’t see what else we can do today, and other’s hair out. enough to make one rejoice. For that posed that Yushchenko initiate a broad I think that most politicians agree with alone, it is necessary to praise the people formula for a parliamentary coalition, a me. I know what kinds of ideas were At the beginning of our conversa- who sat at the table and reached an formula of national compromise. In that bandied about at the roundtable. And I tion, you said that you don’t want to agreement, although to the very last way, it would be possible to unite the thank God that we’ve gotten this far. make predictions or that you would be moment agreement was in doubt. blue-and-white [Yanukovych’s Party of cautious in your predictions. All the same, I want to ask you to predict how But will the two shores become closer the Regions] and the orange In 2004 you said, “You’ll find out Ukraine’s political landscape will look after the formation of a broad parliamen- [Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine bloc] in what Ukraine is like without in two or three years. tary coalition? Let’s live a bit and see. I Parliament and create a coalition of Kuchma.” What turn of events were you talking about then? hope so, and there are signs that this will national compromise. I don’t think there will be any substan- be the case. Since the end of 2004, the I said, and I will always repeat, that it That is a difficult question. Probably I tial changes. No new personalities will divisions have not become worse, but is impermissible to destroy a potential expressed myself a little more modestly. I appear in politics. There will be new par- they haven’t gotten any better either and union. Today everything must be done think that I said to a journalist that I ties, and the unification processes among a high level of tension has been main- to strengthen it, to strengthen it primari- would like to find out what Ukraine will parties will continue to develop. There tained. It is completely possible that ly through the statements and positions be like without Kuchma. I think that is will be new public organizations. But we those tensions will begin to be reduced. of the president. I see the head of state what I actually said. And God has given will live more or less like we live now. And it is very important that this problem as someone who is capable of initiating me that chance. Today, no one can say with confidence is not being hushed up. The problem of a broad pact of national reconciliation, As far as scenarios go, well, it proba- that he is optimistic about tomorrow. I achieving national unity is now on the one that would not only include parlia- bly couldn’t have been otherwise. I know feel that way myself. political agenda. And Yushchenko, in my mentary factions but also parties that are the history of Ukraine and I know the opinion, did absolutely the right thing not in Parliament, non-governmental Why is it that you – unlike character of its people – both the strong when he said that, with his decision to organizations and the citizens of Ukraine’s first president, Leonid and the weak sides. Ukrainians in general submit Yanukovych as prime minister, he Ukraine. Kravchuk – have completely left poli- know themselves very well. We praise hopes to bring east and west closer And so I am honestly and sincerely tics and have not run for the ourselves less than we curse ourselves. together. In this, he was absolutely cor- glad that this has happened. As a result it Verkhovna Rada? Do you intend to And what do we curse ourselves for rect. has become obvious who is for a united reconsider that decision? most? For the fact that there are three And I think that with this statement, he Ukraine and who is simply for power. sent a signal to both sides of the Dnipro bosses for every two Ukrainians. You I have always been absolutely honest that he understands the essence of the But this coalition has a limited for- know the old saying – in a struggle for with Ukrainians, with the people. I have main problems facing Ukraine today. mat. The activists of the Yulia power, people are ready to destroy one said many times that I am leaving poli- By the way, the idea of a broad parlia- Tymoshenko Bloc and the Pora Party another and everything around them. tics. Ten years as president is more than mentary coalition, the idea of a historical have labeled the compromise a betray- Three hundred fifty years ago we enough. I think that simply participating compromise, was my idea, although al of the Orange Revolution. went through a terrible period in which in the public life of the country is more other politicians also endorsed it. I pre- a struggle for power among domestic than enough for me. I do not need poli- sented this idea to the press when I was There are definitely problems and it is elites turned Ukraine into an absolute tics. I have been there enough, have at a conference called Europe-Ukraine in impossible to ignore them. But it is ruin. In fact, this period is called “The worked enough. I do not intend to return Crimea. At that time I said that the presi- impermissible not to find a compromise Ruin,” with a capital R. People who to politics. No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 19

(2005). These films were co-presented by itself have been able to attend, adding ate education and research in Ukraine, Harvard... the Ukrainian Film Club and the Ukrainian two additional components to the “mix.” and is instituting a reformed doctoral cur- (Continued from page 9) Studies Program of Columbia University. The program has benefited immensely riculum that will serve as a model for Studies, at University College London, On July 13, the Ukrainian-American from their presence. Most of the other academic departments and institu- and is a leading authority on Ukrainian playwright Irena Kowal presented a live Ukrainian students who come are out- tions in Ukraine. politics. In addition to many scholarly performance of selected scenes from her standing young and future academics and In its 36-year history HUSI has wel- articles, he is the author of three important works, including “Pagan Saints” (in professionals of Ukraine. These students comed more than 2,000 students to its monographs on Ukrainian politics, most Ukrainian, “Lev i Levytsia”) and “The meet and network with scholars and the summer courses. Some of its outstanding recently “Ukraine’s Orange Revolution” Marinated Aristocrat.” The bilingual per- other students who attend. There have alumni include Kateryna Yushchenko, (Yale University Press, 2005). formance was aptly titled “Drama on also been numbers of non-traditional stu- today the first lady of Ukraine; the Rev. HUSI students in 2006 were a diverse Two Fronts,” and the actors were HUSI dents, including businessmen, govern- Borys Gudziak, rector of the Ukrainian group. students and faculty. ment officials, journalists and others who Catholic University in Lviv; Timothy Michael Leavey an insurance execu- On July 21, Alexander Motyl (Rutgers have attended. Snyder, professor of history at Yale tive with post-graduate degrees from University) read excerpts from his recent So HUSI’s mission now has expanded University; Frederigo Argentieri, profes- Yale University and the University of novel “Whiskey Priest” (2005), which and, while still supporting Ukrainian stud- sor of history at John Cabot University in Massachusetts in Russian, Polish and examines the perceived historical reali- ies in the West, it is also breaking down Rome, who was instrumental in getting Czech who is married and has two grown ties among native-born Ukrainians and the barriers isolating Ukrainian studies in Robert Conquest’s “Harvest of Sorrow” daughters, took his first academic course diaspora Ukrainians, but is set in the Ukraine from the rest of the world. And published in Italian; and Kazuo Nakai, a in more than 25 years to deepen his form of a thriller. this has been to the benefit of the advance- prominent specialist in Ukrainian studies knowledge of Ukrainian. On August 4, HUSI welcomed the ment of true scholarship on both sides. at the University of Tokyo, Japan. Tetyana Pechonchyk, a graduate stu- acclaimed bandurist Julian Kytasty, who The fruits of HUSI’s efforts to foster a For the past two years HUSI has been dent in linguistics at the Taras performed traditional and composed ban- development of the trans-Atlantic world directed by Alex Dillon, who earned his Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, dura music. of Ukrainian studies are already visible. Ph.D. in Ukrainian history at Harvard said of the classes she attended, “They Finally, on August 11, HUSI contin- Many American and Ukrainian HUSI University in 2003. His dissertation, were very vivid and the discussions that ued a longstanding tradition by ending students have become friends, corre- advised by Prof. Roman Szporluk, was accompanied each class helped me to the 2006 Summer Institute with an spondents and academic collaborators. on “The Rural Cooperative Movement clarify many issues.” evening of delightful and irreverent stu- Ukrainian HUSI alumni often go on to and Problems of Modernization in Tsarist Huseyin Oylupinar, a lecturer and dent presentations and skits. greater academic achievement or reform and Post-Tsarist Southern Ukraine (New Ph.D. candidate in international relations The courses concluded on Friday, in Ukraine. For example, the director of Russia), 1871-1920.” He has taught at the Middle East Technical University August 18, with a formal ceremony and Lviv National University’s Center for European, Eastern European, Russian in Ankara, Turkey, came to HUSI to sup- presentation of certificates upon success- Master’s Program Development in and Ukrainian history at College of the plement his study of international rela- ful completion of the summer program. Sociology and Cultural Studies, Iryna Holy Cross (Worcester, Mass.) and at the tions between Turkey, Ukraine and Sophia Grachova of Kyiv, Mariya Starovoyt, is a HUSI alumna, and many Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Europe. He plans ultimately to promote Horiacha of Lviv, Oksana Myshlovska of of the center’s faculty are also HUSI where he served as an international visit- the level of Ukrainian and Slavic studies Chene Borgeries, Switzerland, and Jan alumni. This center supports some of the ing fellow under the auspices of the Open in his home country. Attending HUSI Surer of Waltham, Mass., were presented most sophisticated and up-to-date gradu- Society Institute. was for him “a great opportunity to be with the Theodosius and Irene Senkowsky part of Ukrainian studies on a global Prize with an accompanying purse to scale.” He added that “the Ukrainian acknowledge their achievements in To: Our Canadian Subscribers studies community in the U.S.A. has Ukrainian studies. The prize was endowed From: Subscription Department in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Senkowsky of been very warm to someone of non- RE: Delivery of The Ukrainian Weekly Ukrainian origins. I felt at home.” Philadelphia who valued the advancement of Ukrainian studies and encouraged HUSI 2006 gathered both established Do you have a postal service problem? academics and young scholars to partici- young scholars and wanted to see them pate in the summer’s guest-lecture series. continue their work in the field. 1. The first step is to bring your concern to your local post office. On July 10, Timothy Snyder (Yale HUSI was launched in 1970 by Prof. Omeljan Pritsak, the Harvard Ukrainian 2. If your concern is still not resolved, the second step is to University) spoke on “The Polish-Soviet contact the Customer Service Department at Canada Post at Secret War for Ukraine, 1926-1939,” in Research Institute’s co-founder, to main- which he captivatingly described a tain and strengthen a solid foundation of (800) 267-1177. Polish-sponsored underground attempt to Ukrainian studies in the West and to 3. If you still have a concern, you may request that the Ukrainianize western Ukraine in the open the course offerings of the institute Ombudsman at Canada Post review your case. interwar period. to college students who were not On July 24, Paul D’Anieri (University enrolled at Harvard University. For the The Ombudsman is the final appeal authority in the dispute of Kansas) presented “Ukraine’s Foreign first 20 years HUSI students were prima- resolution process at Canada Post and is committed to help improve Policy: An Agenda for Research,” in rily a mix of “heritage students” – chil- postal services for all Canadians. which he described the lacunae in the dren and grandchildren of the Ukrainian study of Ukrainian foreign policy and diaspora – and students who were study- The Office of the Ombudsman offers its services free of charge to all suggested paths for future study. ing the Ukrainian language, culture or Canadians. On July 25, Gene Fishel, special advi- history as part of their own academic P.O. Box 90026, Ottawa, Ont. K1V 1J8 pursuits. sor to the U.S. vice-president on national Telephone: (800) 204-4198, Fax: (800) 204-4193 Since the declaration of Ukrainian security affairs, led an animated round- www.ombudsman.poste-canada-post.com table discussion with HUSI students and independence and the fall of the Soviet faculty on “Developments in Ukraine: A Union in 1991, students from Ukraine View from Washington.” On July 31, Myron Stachiw, the direc- tor of the Fulbright Program in Ukraine and a specialist in anthropology, social history and historic preservation, shared his observations on “Cultural Rescue in the Chornobyl Zone: Preserving the Traditional Culture of Polisia in the Aftermath of Ecological and Societal Disaster.” Students and faculty were enthralled by the photographs and short films that accompanied his talk. On August 7, Dominique Arel (University of Ottawa) spoke on “The Issue That Keeps Coming Back: Language Politics in Post-Soviet Ukraine.” This summer’s cultural events included two film screenings presented by Dr. Shevchuk. On July 6, he presented “Ukrainian Animation Today,” a collection of recent works by award-winning Ukrainian animators, including Stepan Koval, Yevhen Syvokin and Oleksandr Shmyhun. On August 3, he presented “Ukrainian Documentary Films,” a pro- gram that included Serhii Masloboishchikov’s “People from Maidan: Nevseremos’!” (2005), Viktoriia Melnykova’s “With Best Wishes, Enver” (2006), and Oles Sanin’s “Seventh Day” 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 No. 35 No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 21

sense because we’re always looking at what’s Ukrainian American astronaut... the next thing out there – what else can we (Continued from page 1) learn, and how can we go there. Maybe we can think that if I didn’t have that, that drive to learn something that we can bring back here and help some of the problems we have on Earth.” always improve and to try to get something bet- One of about 100 American astronauts, Cmdr. ter, then I wouldn’t be sitting here today.” Stefanyshyn-Piper is married to Glenn A. Piper; In that same interview she offered her views they have one son. The family lives in the Houston on human exploration of space. “To me, explor- area, and Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper has tried to main- ing space is just a natural progression of where tain her Ukrainian community contacts via the humans are going. … To me, exploration makes Ukrainian American Cultural Club of Houston.

NASA /Cory Huston With the final launch rehearsal completed, the STS-115 crew gathers on the 215-foot level of the fixed service structure on Launch Pad 39B. From left are: Pilot Christopher J. Ferguson, Mission Specialists NASA Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Joseph R. Tanner, Commander Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Joseph R. Tanner, give a thumbs up during a Brent W. Jett Jr., and Mission Specialists Steven G. MacLean and training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-Up Facility at Johnson Space Center. Daniel C. Burbank. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 No. 35 No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 23 OUT AND ABOUT

Aug. 26- Sept. 30 Art exhibit “New Wings” by Valeriy Skrypka, JKK September 16 Tidewater Ukrainian Cultural Associaton banquet, Upper Montclair, NJ Fine Arts, Gallery of European Arts, 973-744-0111 Virginia Beach, VA marking Ukrainian independence day and the 10th anniversary of the association, Broad Bay Country September 1 Summer social, The Washington Group, National Club, [email protected] Washington, DC Art Sculpture Garden, 240-381-0993 Septmber 17 Genocide Remembrance Day: 73rd anniversary of September 1-3 House of Ukraine lawn program and dinner/dance, Chicago the Famine-Genocide, St. Volodymyr Ukrainian San Diego, CA Balboa Park and Handlery Hotel, 619-460-5733 Orthodox Cathedral and Ukrainian Cultural Center, 847-699-9484 September 2 Leontovych String Quartet performs works by Jewett, NY Mozart, Shostakovich and Schubert, Grazhda September 17 Ukrainian Self-Reliance Federal Credit Union picnic, Music and Arts Center of Greene County, Horsham, PA Ukrainian American Sports Center Tryzub, 518-263-4619 215-343-5412

September 3 50th annual USCAK swim meet, Soyuzivka, September 17-18 Ukrainian Festival, St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Kerhonkson, NY 908-851-0617 Silver Springs, MD Cathedral, 410-947-0913

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Friday-Sunday, September 1-3 evenings at the Cultural Center. For addi- Soyuzivka’s Datebook tional information contact Andreja Kulyk, SAN DIEGO: The 31st annual Ukrainian the school’s assistant director, at 215-917- Through August 28, 2006 Festival begins on Friday with a welcome 1263 or [email protected]. Every Monday: Steak Night with music by Soyuzivka’s House Band vatra (bonfire) at Mission Beach near Lifeguard Station 13. Saturday night’s con- S aturday, September 16 Through August 30, 2006 cert features the Volya Ukrainian Dance E very Wednesday: Hutsul Night with music by Soyuzivka’s House Band Ensemble from Edmonton. The program YONKERS, N.Y.: The Ukrainian pre- begins at 7 p.m. at the Kroc Performing Arts school, or Svitlychka, of Ukrainian National Theater. General admission is $25 at the Women’s League of America Branch 30 of Through September 1, 2006 Yonkers, N.Y., will begin its sessions. Every Friday: Odesa Seafood Night with music by Soyuzivka’s House Band door. Volya and Andriy Kytasty perform on Sunday at the House of Pacific Relations Geared for children age 3 and 4, the Lawn Stage in Balboa Park at 2-3 p.m. The Svitlychka meets on Saturdays at 10 a.m. to September 1-3, 2006 O ctober 7, 2006 festival concludes Sunday night with a zaba- noon at Sacred Heart Church on Shonnard Labor Day Weekend Wedding va (dance) at 6 p.m. at the Handlery Hotel Place. To register or for more information September 1, Zahrava band performs and Resort, Hotel Circle, with music by Lviv call Nadia Cwiach, 203-975-8388. Muzyky. For festival information call 619- at Tiki Bar, 10 p.m. October 8, 2006 Sunday, September 24 90th Birthday Party 460-5733, e-mail [email protected] or September 2, Afternoon performance log on to www.houseofukraine.com. CHICAGO: St. Joseph the Betrothed by Hrim band; performance by October 13-15, 2006 Saturday, September 9 Ukrainian Catholic Parish in Chicago will Yavir School of Ukrainian Dance, Plast Sorority “Ti Scho Hrebli Rvut” celebrate its 50th anniversary. The parish 8 p.m.; zabavas with Luna and Annual Meeting and NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific will observe the occasion with a divine Zahrava, 10 p.m. 80th Anniversary Society invites all to a scholarly confer- liturgy of thanksgiving concelebrated by UNA Secretarial Courses ence dedicated to the 150th anniversary of clergy at 10 a.m. Following the liturgy, at September 3, performance by Yavir the birth of Ivan Franko. Scheduled speak- 12:30 p.m. there will be a banquet at The School of Ukrainian Dance, 1 p.m.; Rosewood Restaurant in Rosemont. October 14, 2006 ers are: Dr. Larissa Zaleska Onyshkevych, zabava with band Zahrava, 10 p.m. Information regarding tickets is available Road Rally Dr. Bohdan Rubchak, Dr. Leonid Rudnytzky and Prof. Vasyl Makhno. The from the parish rectory, 773-625-4833. September 9, 2006 conference will take place at the society’s ADVANCE NOTICE Wedding October 15, 2006 building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth Christening luncheon and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For additional Sunday, November 5 September 11-14, 2006 information call 212-254-5130. R egensburg and Berchtesgaden October 21, 2006 NEW YORK: A benefit luncheon for the Saturday, September 9 Reunion Wedding Ukrainian Catholic University featuring Father Borys Gudziak, Ph.D., rector, will JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Ukrainian be held at the Ukrainian National Home, September 12-15, 2006 October 27-29, 2006 Heritage School at the Ukrainian 140 Second Ave. For more information Landshut Reunion Halloween Weekend with children’s Educational and Cultural Center will begin call the Ukrainian Catholic Education costume parade, haunted house, the school year with opening ceremonies Foundation, 773-235-8462. September 15-17, 2006 costume zabava and more at 9 a.m. Afterwards, classes will be held UNA General Assembly Meeting until dismissal at 11:30 a.m. Parents may Sunday, November 12 November 3-5, 2006 enroll their children from kindergarten September 16-18, 2006 Grace Church Couples Retreat through the 12th grade, including English- CHICAGO: A benefit luncheon for the Mittenwald Reunion speaking classes. Books may also be pur- Ukrainian Catholic University featuring November 4, 2006 chased on opening day. For more informa- Father Borys Gudziak, Ph.D., rector, will September 23, 2006 Wedding tion call 215-663-5322 or visit the website be held at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, at www.ukrheritageschool.com. 2247 W. Chicago Ave. For more informa- Wedding November 10-12, 2006 tion call the Ukrainian Catholic Education Monday, September 11, Foundation, 773-235-8462. September 29-30, 2006 Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization through Monday, September 25 Plast Sorority “Spartanky” Annual Orlykiada Sunday, December 3 Meeting JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The School of the November 22-26, 2006 Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble will WARREN, Mich.: A benefit luncheon for September 29-October 1, 2006 Family Reunion begin its school year on Monday, September the Ukrainian Catholic University featuring KLK Weekend, General Meeting 11. Registration of children age 4 and above Myroslav Marynovych, senior vice-rector will occur on Monday, September 11, of the Ukrainian Catholic University, will and Banquet November 24, 2006 Thanksgiving Feast through Monday, September 25, at 6 p.m. at be held at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural 26601 Ryan Road. For more information September 30-October 1, 2006 Center, 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, PA call the Ukrainian Catholic Education Grace Church Women’s Retreat 19046. 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