Inside: l “Svitlychka” in Philadelphia celebrates 50th jubilee – page 4 l in China: a gift for diaspora studies – page 5 l Photo report on the Ukrainian Cultural Festival – centerfold

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXI No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 $1/$2 in Soyuzivka holds seventh annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The Soyuzivka Heritage Center held its seventh annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival on July 12-14, once again attracting guests from near and far to this beautiful venue in the Shawangunk mountains of New York state to see and hear top performers from Ukraine and North America. Headlining the show were singer/song- writer Vika Vasilevych of Ukraine and vir- tuoso violinist Vasyl Popadiuk, originally from Ukraine and now of Canada, with their respective bands. Also on the bill were the always popular Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Dance Workshop and the Dunai Dancers of Edmonton, Alberta, new- comers to the festival. Each group of dancers presented its unique version of the “Pryvit” (Welcome) number at the start of the program – the workshop dancers resplendent in their costumes modeled on garb worn by Kozak nobility and the Dunai members in a vari- ety of folk costumes representing diverse regions of Ukraine. The regional variety was wonderfully reflected also in the Canadian troupe’s choice of music and cho- reography. Other performers included the Ukrainian Lev Khmelkovsky Christine Syzonenko Chorus Dumka of New York, the Dzvin Male Violinist Vasyl Popadiuk and singer-songwriter Vika (Vasilevich) perform during the Ukrainian Cultural Festival at Soyuzivka. Chorus of Philadelphia, bandurist/kobzar Julian Kytasty, the Lisova Pisnia duo of Alla main stage, the festival was officially Dobriansky – kept things running smoothly Dumka, conducted by Vasyl Hrechynsky, Kutsevych and Ludmyla Hrabovsky, the duo opened the next afternoon with the singing throughout the weekend, which featured took to the stage on Sunday at noon. of Erko (Severyn Palydowych) and Ms. of three national anthems – those of the three concerts on the main festival stage In the evenings, there were dances on Hrabovsky, the Nebozir (HeavenStar) United States, Canada and Ukraine – by erected on the grounds of this heritage cen- the Veselka deck to the music of one of the Family Trio (comprising Andriana Gnap, Sviatoslava Kaczaraj, and an honor guard of ter owned by the Ukrainian National Ukrainian community’s favorite bands, her mother, Halyna Gnap, and her aunt, Ukrainian American Veterans carried in the Association. Hrim. Wolodymyra Gnap) and 11-year-old singing flags of the three countries. In addition, there were two separate con- Additional attractions during the three- phenom Xenia Kaczurak. A trio of masters of ceremonies – twin certs inside the Veselka auditorium: Dzvin, day festival were the movies screened on Although the festivities got under way sisters Anya Tomko and Alexandra under the direction of Nestor Kyzymyshyn, on Friday with an evening program on the Zawadiwsky (née Tershakovec) and Yarko performed on Saturday afternoon, while (Continued on page 9)

Kremlin’s hand is seen in Volyn commemoration scandals by Zenon Zawada sifying it as genocide, observers cite the fact massacre as having “characteristics of eth- arrange for the release of former Prime that several thousand Ukrainians – esti- nic cleansing” and “indications of genocide.” Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, as well as – Commemorations of the 70th mates range from 10,000 to 30,000 – were “What has changed from 2009, when the approve legislation and several critical anniversary of the Volyn massacre turned killed as the massacre developed into an Sejm passed a much less radical resolu- reforms required for the signing of the into a geopolitical battleground as the all-out war between Ukrainians and Poles. tion?” Mr. Sikorski asked from the Sejm’s Association Agreement. Kremlin and its Ukrainian allies tried to The Sejm also voted to reject an amend- tribune, as reported by the Ukrayinska Diplomats and experts have warned that manipulate the tragedy to undermine the ment – supported by the Sejm’s conserva- Pravda website. “Has the number of victims the opportunity for an Association Ukrainian government’s efforts to attain tive forces, the Kremlin and its allies in changed? Has international law changed? Agreement may not return if the Ukrainian the signing of the Association Agreement Ukraine – that would have deemed the 2013 will decide the geopolitical orienta- government misses its chance at the with the European Union. massacre of Poles a genocide. tion of Ukraine for generations.” Eastern Partnership summit in on At the very center was the Sejm, ’s On the morning of the vote, Polish Indeed, the next three months will November 28-29. Its signing would prevent lower house of Parliament and main legisla- Foreign Affairs Minister Radoslaw Sikorski determine Ukraine’s geopolitical future for Ukraine from joining the Eurasian Union. tive organ, which voted on July 12 to adopt a appealed to his countrymen to reject the at least the next decade, if not longer, as the Becoming increasingly concerned about resolution using the phrase “ethnic cleansing genocide amendment, stressing the need to government decides whether it will pursue losing Ukraine, the Kremlin has been with indications of genocide” to describe the avoid any measure that could undermine membership in the European Union or the engaged in a soft-power campaign to Volyn massacre in the summer of 1943, which the Polish state’s key foreign policy goal of Russian-led Eurasian Union that will be undermine Ukraine’s Euro-integration resulted in the death of between 30,000 and ensuring that the Ukrainian government launched in 2015. efforts, part of which involved the Volyn 100,000 Poles at the hands of Ukrainians. signs the Association Agreement this year. The EU leadership is still waiting for the massacre resolution. Besides the non-systemic nature of the He pointed out that the Sejm in 2009 administration of President Viktor Volyn massacre, which would rule out clas- had approved a resolution referring to the Yanukovych to decide whether it will (Continued on page 9) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 No. 29

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Future of Ukraine’s GTS is linked Pope asks for reconciliation Marynovych apologizes to Komorowski – After the recitation of the Angelus LVIV – The vice-rector of the Ukrainian with Ukraine-EU Association Agreement on Sunday, July 14, Pope Francis said that Catholic University, Myroslav Marynovych, he is united in prayer with the participants wrote a letter of apology to Poland’s Naftohaz Ukrainy, the state-owned gas by Vladimir Socor of the memorial mass in the cathedral in President Bronislaw Komorowski for the importer and transit operator, had been Eurasia Daily Monitor Lutsk, Ukraine, for the victims of the Volyn incident that occurred in Lutsk. He wrote: using Gazprom’s pre-paid transit fees in tragedy, marking the 70th anniversary of “Dear Mr. President: The incident, which Ukraine stands on the threshold of final- order to keep up with payments to the the massacre. He noted that such acts, occurred in Lutsk after the memorial service, izing the Association Agreement with the same Gazprom for gas supplied to Ukraine. which were “provoked by nationalist ideol- stirred up not only my conscience but the European Union, possibly signing it at the The pre-paid transit fees were, in practice, ogy in the tragic context of the Second conscience of all people who value civilized Vilnius summit in November. If signed, the reverting to Gazprom. By consenting to World War,” caused not only the deaths of relations between the Polish and Ukrainian agreement would open the way for such pre-payment, Gazprom slightly miti- tens of thousands of victims, but also peoples. You came to our land as a pilgrim, European comprehensive support to the gated the impact of price extortion on “inflicted a wound in the brotherhood who in prayer paid tribute to the victims of modernization of Ukraine’s gas transit sys- Ukraine while tacitly acknowledging by the between the Polish and Ukrainian peoples.” the fratricidal conflict. Pilgrims are to be tem (GTS), which carries at least 60 percent same token the reality of extortion. The sale He added, “I entrust the souls of the victims blessed and received kindly, not offended. of total Russian gas supplies to . For price of Russian gas to Ukraine has aver- to God’s mercy, and for their peoples I ask You delicately crafted the political focus of its part, Moscow presses to wrest control of aged $410 to $430 per thousand cubic for deep reconciliation and a peaceful your visit to fulfill your civic duty to your Ukraine’s GTS before the Ukraine-EU meters in 2012 and 2013, thus far future, in hope and sincere cooperation in people and at the same time not to hurt the Association Agreement is signed. (Interfax-Ukraine, Ukrinform, July 3, 9). jointly building a kingdom of God.” News of feelings of the Ukrainian people. For this, one Taking over that transit system is a long- Under the 2009 inter-governmental the pontiff’s comments were reported on must be thanked and honored, not stained. standing Kremlin objective, leveraging agreement, the price would have exceeded July 15 by Vatican Radio. (Religious They aimed at you, Mr. President, but hit us. Gazprom’s supply monopoly in Ukraine. $500 per thousand cubic meters (almost Information Service of Ukraine) …” He went on to say; “… the attack against That monopoly is now slowly eroding, but double the price charged by Gazprom in you, though carefully disguised, only shows Ukraine’s MFA condemns egging the extortionate pricing mechanism (intro- Germany in 2012-2013). Under the 2010 that your recognition of the European pros- pects of Ukraine is correct. Otherwise, the duced when Gazprom’s supply monopoly agreement, the Kremlin granted Ukraine a KYIV – Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign attackers would have just ignored you. was total) continues wielding strong lever- discount of $100 per thousand cubic Affairs (MFA) has condemned the incident Thank you for your prayers, Mr. President. age on Ukraine. In parallel, Moscow threat- in which Polish President Bronislaw meters, in return for long-term use of the The offense only strengthened the effect of ens to shift gas transit flows from Ukraine’s Komorowski was egged in Lutsk on July 14 base by ’s Black Sea Fleet. the prayers in God’s eyes. Thank you for your pipelines into bypass projects such as during events dedicated to the 70th anni- Combining exorbitant price levels with rel- visit, from which only good will come. Thank South Stream. versary of the Volyn tragedy. The director of atively insignificant price relief devices, you for the lesson in dignity, from both a poli- The Kremlin wants Ukraine to place the the Information Policy Department of the Gazprom retained Ukraine as the biggest tician and a person. And again — please for- transit system under Gazprom’s control in paying customer for Russian gas, albeit a Ukrainian Affairs Foreign Ministry, Yevhen give us.” Myroslav Marynovych identified return for Russian gas price cuts and transit captive customer, with Naftohaz constantly Perebyinis, told reporters in Kyiv on July 16: himself in his letter as the vice-rector of the flow guarantees. At this point, the Ukrainian on the verge of bankruptcy and exposed to “We condemn these actions and consider Ukrainian Catholic University and a former government is resisting a deal along such Russian takeover. them unacceptable in relation to the leaders prisoner of the Gulag. (Religious Information lines. Yielding under duress or blandish- Gazprom is now turning up the pressure of foreign countries, especially against the Service of Ukraine) ment would doom the signing of the president of a friendly Republic of Poland.” by cancelling pre-payments for Ukraine’s Polish Ukrainians demand punishment Ukraine-EU Association Agreement. For transit service, refusing storage service, Mr. Perebyinis said the Foreign Ministry Affairs hopes that Ukraine’s law enforce- now, Moscow puts duress at the forefront. pushing Ukraine to foot the bill for an extra KYIV – The Association of Ukrainians in ment agencies will conduct a proper inves- Gazprom has stopped the customary 5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of stored gas Poland (AUP) expressed regret over the practice of pre-paying Ukraine for the tran- tigation into the incident. He added that the incident that took place in Lutsk on July 14 ahead of the heating season, and warning Polish side has sent no official request sit of Russian gas to EU territory. Gazprom of a replay of the 2006 and 2009 crisis sce- and asked Ukrainian authorities to clarify disbursed the last pre-payment in the about the incident. As Ukrinform reported, its circumstances and punish the perpetra- narios when it blamed Ukraine for the dis- a young man from the crowd tapped amount of $1 billion at the end of June ruption of gas supplies to Europe. tor and those who stand behind him. The President Komorowski’s shoulder with his AUP noted: “In view of the 70th anniversa- (from a total of $3.5 billion since the begin- In the background, Moscow proposes hand in which he was holding a crushed ry of the Volyn crime and the visit on July ning of 2012). Gazprom rules out any deep price discounts on gas supplies to egg. The 21-year-old man, a resident of the 14 this year of President of Poland reconsideration of the matter until January Ukraine, as well as capital investments to 1, 2015, at the earliest (Interfax, July 9; region, has been detained and Bronislaw Komorowski to Lutsk, the gov- modernize Ukraine’s gas transport system. faces hooliganism charges and up to three Kommersant-Ukraina, July 10). erning board of the Association of All this is conditional on Gazprom being years in prison, police said. The Polish pres- Furthermore, Gazprom’s CEO Alexei Ukrainians in Poland sent a letter to allowed to operate Ukraine’s GTS through a ident refused to comment on the incident. Miller announced in dire tones that Gazprom Poland’s president in which it deplores the bilateral consortium. Ukraine wants a tri- “There is nothing to comment,” he told would “never again, under any circum- provocation and calls upon the Ukrainian lateral, Ukrainian-Russian-European, con- reporters while visiting the village of authorities to fully clarify the circumstanc- stances” use Ukraine’s gas storage system sortium for modernizing the gas transport Kysylyn in the Volyn region, according to in the process of delivering Russian gas to system, but no European participant can July 15 news reports. (Ukrinform) (Continued on page 12) Europe via Ukraine (Kommersant-Ukraina, July 1, 4; Nezavisimaya Gazeta, July 1, 10). (Continued on page 13) The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 U.S. Senate confirms nomination An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. of new ambassador to Ukraine Yearly subscription rate: $65; for UNA members — $55. 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EDMONTON, Alberta – Over the last The violation of women’s rights takes decade, the continued violation of women’s place in the context of daily violations of rights throughout the world has been gar- human rights in Ukraine, which suffers from nering greater international attention. The political persecution, an inefficient judiciary, specific ways in which different countries, censorship of the mass media, and a high including Ukraine, are dealing or failing to level of bureaucratic corruption. Added to deal with these long-standing injustices are this litany of problems are hundreds of increasingly being brought to light. cases of the prohibition of peaceful citizens’ This year the Canadian Institute of assembly, along with widespread social Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) invited Kateryna instability and ineffective social policies. Levchenko, president of the International Within this context, women’s rights in Women’s Rights Center La Strada-Ukraine, Ukraine are violated in a variety of ways. to deliver the 47th Shevchenko Lecture. Dr. Salaries for men doing work of the same Levchenko is widely recognized as a strong value as women remain 25 percent higher, advocate of women’s rights in Ukraine and is although women have increasingly become also known internationally for her work on the principal breadwinners for their fami- the crime of trafficking in human beings – lies. This is a major factor contributing to especially women and children. Her lecture, the ongoing feminization of poverty. titled “Indifference to the Violation of Employers’ freedom to stress the pre- Women’s Rights in Ukraine as a Social ferred sex of a potential employee in classi- CIUS Problem,” was co-sponsored by the Ukrainian fied ads, considered antiquated in the Dr. Kateryna Levchenko delivers the Professional and Business Club of Edmonton Western world, is common practice in 2013 Shevchenko Lecture at the An example of a sexist advertisement in and was held at the University of Alberta. Ukraine. Women with small children and University of Alberta. Ukraine. Dr. Levchenko began her talk by empha- women over the age of 45 remain subject Ukraine, even among NGOs. nation aroused by her imprisonment has sizing that an important aspect of modern- to discrimination when seeking employ- In the political sphere, Dr. Levchenko served to legitimize and promote the cause ization is the guarantee of effective civil, ment. While many countries introduced noted, women’s representation in the high- of women’s political participation. political and economic rights for women. quotas as temporary affirmative-action er tiers of power remains low. Currently, According to Dr. Levchenko, domestic Ukraine falls far short of this ideal, even measures decades ago, Ukraine did not fol- there are more than 40 new women MPs in violence in Ukraine continues to grow at an though it ranks as a modern industrial state. low suit until 2007. Yet those draft laws the Ukrainian Parliament, but in a global alarming rate. During the first nine months According to analysts at the authoritative were rejected in 2010, and to date no such context that is no cause for celebration, as of 2012, of the nearly 85,000 calls concern- World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukraine legal provisions have been implemented in Ukraine ranks 110th among 188 countries. ing domestic violence received by La This “achievement” has drawn outra- Strada, close to 90 percent were from geous comments from various high-profile women. Calls to the La Strada-Ukraine political figures. “If she is a woman, her National Toll-Free Hot Line have tripled place is in the kitchen,” declared Viktor from 2009 to the present. The provision of New report sheds light on trafficking Yanukovych in January 2010, when he was social services is not only chronically inad- a presidential candidate. In March 2011, equate but has become even more restrict- for organ removal in OSCE region Prime Minister Mykola Azarov noted in his ed because social support centers and tem- explanation of official staff policy: “Some porary shelters are available only to people think that our government is too large, oth- under the age of 35. The gravity of the situ- ers think there are no women in it, and we ation has been compounded in small towns have nobody to look at during Cabinet and villages with the downsizing and clos- meetings – only boring faces. With all ing of schools and medical institutions respect to women, I would like to mention where women have sought shelter. that carrying out reforms is none of wom- Dr. Levchenko concluded her impas- en’s business.” Recently Dmytro Tabachnyk, sioned lecture by acknowledging that sub- Ukraine’s minister of education and sci- stantial gains have been made in women’s ence, commented that girls enrolled in rights over the last few years. These master’s courses and Ph.D. programs are include the formation of an Expert Council, “not very beautiful.” In the Western world of which Dr. Levchenko is a member. such utterances would probably cost a poli- Established in 2009, it considers appeals tician his career. regarding discrimination and prepares rec- Such commentary is congruent with the ommendations for the Ministry of Social blatant sexism of advertisements distribut- Policy to counteract detected violations. To ed throughout Ukraine. Holiday packages date, it has succeeded in dealing with some OSCE are promoted as “Kitchen for a wife; vaca- discriminatory advertising, although a law- OSCE Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human tion for a lover,” and promotional photos of Beings Maria Grazia Giammarinaro. suit filed against Prime Minister Azarov for scantily clad women are used as sales fod- his sexist and disparaging comments was der for the construction industry and cell- OSCE do not receive the payment that was prom- thrown out of court. ised to them during their deceptive recruit- phone discounts. La Strada-Ukraine has initiated the doc- VIENNA – A research paper on trafficking ment.” Turning to the complex and politically umentation of gender discrimination in for the purpose of organ removal – one of The paper also calls attention to the link charged situation of Yulia Tymoshenko, the educational, cultural and media spheres. the least addressed forms of trafficking in between trafficking for organ removal and former prime minister of Ukraine (2005, These documents are used to file appeals human beings – was published on July 9 by organized crime, the role that corruption plays 2008-2010), Dr. Levchenko provided an under the aegis of the Ministry of Social the OSCE Special Representative and in facilitating organ removal, and the trans- incisive analysis in a feminist context. Policy. La Strada-Ukraine has also part- Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in plantation networks, which often include Currently imprisoned for alleged criminal nered with NGOs and specialists in the Human Beings Maria Grazia Giammarinaro. administrators and medical professionals. offenses, Ms. Tymoshenko is a victim of The paper is based on reports of cases in It also suggests a series of steps to prevent political persecution in Ukraine. The indig- (Continued on page 8) the region encompassed by the Organization this transnational crime, which is headed by for Security an Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) international brokers connected with trans- where formal criminal investigations have plant surgeons and local organ recruiters. The taken place, or which have been fully prose- paper recommends reviewing national legis- Quotable notes cuted. This makes the paper the first based on lative frameworks to ensure they are ade- a qualitative analysis of actual cases. The find- quate to punish all those who are part of the “The Kremlin sees the U.S. as its main enemy. Russia’s present massive rearma- ings confirm that many countries in the OSCE criminal networks; expanding international ment program is aimed primarily to counter U.S. military might. And anti-American- region are affected by this form of trafficking. cooperation to pursue criminals across bor- ism is a major propaganda pillar of the Putin regime. The public relations effort to “Persons trafficked for organ removal ders; working with the medical community to paint the U.S. as an enemy while branding Russian human rights and pro-democracy endure a particularly cruel ordeal both dur- prevent unethical behavior; and cooperating activists as U.S. agents is gathering momentum, and the Kremlin will not allow it to ing and after surgery,” Ms. Giammarinaro with civil society to better address the physi- be undermined. According to a recent poll, 38 percent of Russians consider the said. “Victims are unaware of the lifelong cal, psychological and legal needs of victims. United States an enemy – bypassing as Russia’s top foe Georgia and the Baltic states impact of organ removal; in fact they bear “It is my hope that this research paper will for the first time since the end of the Cold War. By contrast, only 5 percent consider long-term and debilitating medical conse- concretely assist us in developing targeted China an enemy, while one in five see it as a friend.” quences, including the inability to work, espe- and evidence-based prevention strategies, as cially because they completely lack post- well as strengthening the criminal justice – Pavel Felgenhauer, writing on June 20 in Eurasia Daily Monitor in his analysis operative care or follow-up medical and psy- response and enhancing our ability to protect titled “Obama’s nuclear cuts initiative meets frosty response in Moscow.” chosocial support. In addition, they very often victims,” Ms. Giammarinaro said. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 No. 29

Ukrainian nursery in Philadelphia celebrates golden anniversary

by Orysia Hewka PHILADELPHIA – “It was a wonderful, wonderful event,” all seemed to say with one voice as they left the banquet hall of the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center (UECC) in Philadelphia late Sunday afternoon, April 28. The banquet was the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Svitlychka Ukrainian Co-op Nursery and a reunion of “grads.” It was a fitting tribute to a half century of nurturing care in a Ukrainian nursery program that grew out of the commit- ment of a few dedicated parents in 1963 who saw the need for a nursery school and carried it through. It began as a part- time two-day program. Over 1,000 tots have come from these first steps into the active Philadelphia community. This “hromada” takes pride in the largest Ukrainian Heritage School, the largest Ukrainian private library in the United States, as well as over 70 organizations. The hope is that these tiny feet from the Svitlychka will fill some very large shoes in the future. Steven Fartuszok A sold-out audience of nearly 400 par- The audience applauds the children of the Svitlychka. ents, grandparents, teachers, Svitlychka founders and exactly 100 former gradu- on stage. This year there are 65 children, Motrja Boyko Watters, and the current vice to the youngest members of the com- ates, applauded a stageful of delightful age 1-5, in the all-day nursery school. president, Liliya Melnyczuk. munity. The exhibit window in the lobby of toddlers dressed in their finest embroider- As her children and grandchildren lis- Masters of ceremonies George Kowal the UECC also housed a special historical ies and singing their little hearts out. tened, Chrystina Turczeniuk, founder of and Ms. Melnyczuk introduced a magic exhibit. Each attendee received a com- The musical program for the weekday Svitlychka, addressed the audience about number of 20 former presidents present at memorative book with greetings and Svitlychka was prepared by Maria the beginnings of the nursery school in her the banquet and 20 former teachers who advertisements. And, to the delight of the Kaminsky and the Saturday students by own home. Dr. Natalia Pazuniak of the served during the Svitlychka’s half century community, ABC-TV’s local Channel 6 Anna Kowal. Many in the audience wiped Ukrainian Gold Cross, whose organization and presented each with a long-stemmed attended the event and gave coverage on away tears when young Svitlychka chil- gave the original sponsorship to the nurs- rose. the evening news. dren, each bearing a “rushnyk” (embroi- ery, spoke eloquently about the foresight of The celebrations were enhanced by a The golden anniversary committee was dered ritual cloth) and a mini-bread in the its founders. Greetings were delivered by slideshow and displays of hundreds of pic- ably co-chaired by Slava Halaway and Ms. traditional Ukrainian welcome appeared two former presidents, Orysia Hewka and tures depicting all of the 50 years of ser- Melnyczuk.

2013 Summer Camp Information

Chornomorska Sitch Sports School Session 1: July 21-27 • Session 2: July 28-August 3 44th annual sports camp run by the Ukrainian Athletic-Educational Association Chornomorska Sitch for children ages 6-17. This camp will focus on soccer, tennis, volleyball and swimming, and is perfect for any sports enthusi- ast. Registration can be completed on-line by clicking on the link found at Soyuzivka’s camp website - http://soyuzivka.com/Camps. Requests for additional information and your questions or concerns should be emailed to [email protected], or con- tact Roman Hirniak at (908) 625-3714.

Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Camp Session 1: July 21-August 3 • Session 2: August 4-17 Directed by Ania Bohachevsky-Lonkevych (daughter of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky), this camp is for aspiring dancers age 8 -16, offering expert instruction for beginning, intermediate and advanced students. Room, board, 24-hour supervision, expert lessons and plenty of fun are included. Each camp ends with a grand recital. Attendance will be limited to 60 students. For applications or more info please call Soyuzivka, 845-626-5641, or check our website at www.soyuzivka.com No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 5

Nicholas and Pat Melnik. The photo behind them is of Nicholas’s Certificate of Registration for the Melniks issued by the Detail of the front page of a 1918 issue of the periodical mother, Marianna, wearing her mother’s “sorochka.” Ukrainian Emigrants’ Committee in Shanghai in 1940. Ranok, published by the Khabarovsk Ukrainian Council. Ukrainians in China: A gift from California to the Ukrainian Diaspora Studies Initiative EDMONTON – The Ukrainian Diaspora Studies Initiative at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) recently announced the receipt of materials relating to the history of Ukrainian life in the Far East. The gift was generously provided by Nicholas Melnik of Fullerton, Calif., and his wife, Pat (née Cwikilewich), who is origi- nally from Edmonton. The donated materials include priceless photographs of individuals and Ukrainian community life in China; personal docu- ments; correspondence between members of Ukrainian organizations in North America and Europe and representatives of Ukrainian communities in Tientsin and Shanghai, China (from the 1930s to 1947); and individual issues of newspapers in China and the Russian Far East. These theinclude eastern such Siberian titles ascity Khvylia of Khabarovsk; Ukraїny, andUkraїnske Zasiv, Zhyttia Mandzhurskyi and Ranok, Vistnyk, published and in Taras Shevchenko concert in Harbin, China, circa 1920. Seated in the front row (third from the center to the right) is Nicholas China. Melnik’s mother. SamostiinaMr. Melnik’s Ukraїna, parents which were appeared born in Ukraine. His father, Omelian, was born in Because of the political upheavals of the There, she attained higher education that ents were active in helping to establish and the town of Lypovets in the Kyiv region in era, Nicholas’s grandmother retained her facilitated her employment as a comptrol- maintain Ukrainian organizations in China 1896. The Melnik family was drawn to the maiden name (Shvachynska), and his ler with the Chinese Eastern Railway and developed ties with Ukrainian organi- Far East by the promise of land and mother, Marianna, used the surname of her Company in Harbin. She married Omelian zations in other parts of the world. employment on the Chinese Eastern paternal aunt and uncle, Karlo. Marianna Melnik in l934. Later she earned a nursing Railway. Eventually, the family settled in Karlo Melnik was educated in Harbin. degree in Tientsin. Both of Nicholas’s par- (Continued on page 8) Harbin, Manchuria. There, after two years of military service, Omelian attended the Far East Technical Institute and graduated in Oriental studies. Following his gradua- tion and given his facility in various Chinese dialects, he was employed by the Chinese Maritime Customs Service. Omelian’s work later took him to various Chinese entry ports as a customs officer. It was in Harbin that Omelian Melnik met his future wife, Marianna Karlo. Marianna’s family came from the Kamianets-Podilskyi region. After their relocation from Ukraine to eastern Siberia by the Russian imperial government in the late 19th century, family members initially settled in the small villages of Sarovka and Nakhodka near Khabarovsk. Later, Marianna and her family moved to Harbin. Marianna’s father, Prokop Hordiievsky, a graduate of the Kamianets-Podilskyi semi- nary, was invited to head a Ukrainian Orthodox parish in Harbin. Marianna’s mother, Olena Shvachynska, was educated in the Kamianets-Podilskyi Women’s College and continued her teaching career in the Far East. The Hordiievskys were accompanied by Liubov Balaniuk, an orphan from Kamianets-Podilskyi, who was considered a member of the family. Father Prokop Hordiievsky passed away in Harbin and is buried there; Olena Shvachynska is buried in Tientsin. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 No. 29

The Ukrainian Weekly IN THE PRESS: Ukraine The Volyn massacre(s) and Europe, and Russia It was unbelievable. Nearly a third of the members of Parliament (MPs) of the “The Eurasian tug-of-war,” The “The gas king turned media mogul,” by nation suspected of genocide asked the MPs of the accusing nation to vote in favor of Economist, July 6: J.P., The Economist, June 28: genocide recognition. And then the accusing nation declined to do so! “…as Lithuania this week takes over the “‘I consider the sale of Forbes Ukraine Indeed, former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk said it best: “The statement rotating presidency of the EU [European the end of the project in its current form,’ of 148 national deputies calling for the Polish Sejm to recognize the events in Volyn Union] council of ministers, its government is wrote Vladimir Fedorin, the publication’s as genocide is an event unprecedented in world history, when politicians ask the leg- reminding the EU that the task of creating editor-in-chief on June 22. ‘I am convinced islative body of another state to accuse its own people of the worst of crimes.” ‘Europe whole and free’ is hardly complete. … the buyer is pursuing one of three goals (or At least now we can put aside any more doubt about whether there’s a fifth col- “For now Belarus seems a lost cause, all three): 1) to shut journalists up before umn, manipulated by the Kremlin, operating in Ukraine’s highest organs of power. In unmoved by EU blandishments or sanc- the presidential election; 2) to whitewash signing the letter, the 148 national deputies of the – mostly from the tions. Perhaps, hope some, it will be induced his reputation; 3) to use the publication for Party of Regions and the Communist Party – revealed that their true allegiance is not to change by developments in Ukraine to purposes that have nothing to do with the to the independent state of Ukraine, but to Moscow. the south. There Viktor Yanukovych, the media business.’ When news broke about Shockingly, among them was Anatolii Kinakh, one of the leaders of the Orange president, is trying to play off East against the sale of the owner of Forbes Ukraine, Revolution, who in February 2005 became the first vice prime minister under the West. If it could be drawn closer to the EU, United Media Holding (UMH), to Sergei quota of former President Viktor Yushchenko. Also signing was Serhii Kliuyev, the Ukraine would be a great prize, with its pop- Kurchenko, a secretive 27-year old multimil- brother of National Security and Defense Council Chair Andrii Kliuyev, and ulation of 46 million, as well as big energy lionaire believed to be a straw man, Mr. Oleksander Tabalov, who ran in the 2012 parliamentary elections with the and agricultural resources. … Fedorin did not mince words. Batkivshchyna party, which he abandoned once he gained his Rada mandate. “Senior European visitors to Kyiv say “It was Forbes Ukraine that first intro- With the 70th anniversary commemorations of the start of the Volyn massacre on that, for all Ukraine’s thuggish politics and duced the previously unknown Mr. July 11-12, 1943, the Kremlin saw the latest opportunity in its increasingly desper- corrupt economy, Mr. Yanukovych is leaning Kurchenko to the world. In an article titled ate attempts to undermine the Ukrainian government on the road to the signing of towards Europe, though he may not under- ‘The Gas King of All Ukraine,’ Forbes.ua the Association Agreement with the European Union, which is supposed to take stand quite how much it requires him to exposed how in a few months his company, place in Vilnius, Lithuania, in late November. change. Germany, in particular, has set a GazUkraine-2009, had become one of the To Ukraine’s utter disgrace, 148 of its own national deputies agreed to participate firm demand that he release his arch-rival country’s largest petroleum product and former prime minister, Yulia in a sad, pathetic plot to sow discord between the Polish and Ukrainian peoples and importers... It also revealed ties to firms Tymoshenko, jailed on charges of abuse of damage Ukraine’s image. The genocide recognition would have furthered the involved in gas smuggling and links office. … Kremlin’s attempts to portray Ukraine as a country full of xenophobes who are unre- between Mr. Kurchenko and the son of the “Lithuanians worry that the EU is being pentant of a vicious history (sound familiar, Moscow?) – part of the greater goal of prosecutor general, Viktor Pshonka. Both too tough: a vital European interest is now convincing European Union leaders that they’re better off leaving Ukraine within have denied the links. being made hostage to the flawed Ms Russia’s sphere of influence. “…UMH is a strategic prize ahead of presi- Tymoshenko. What if Mr. Yanukovych does To Ukraine’s great benefit, the Polish leaders proved themselves to be far more dential elections in 2015. It is also the last forward-thinking and level-headed than Ukraine’s betrayers. Polish Foreign Affairs not meet the demands made of him? Perhaps the Europeans should sign the media group not to be owned by an oligarch Minister Radoslaw Sikorski demonstrated admirable leadership when appearing until the deal, estimated at $400 mil- before the Polish Sejm to plead with his countrymen that they not support the geno- agreements anyway, but hold up ratification pending reforms. They have a point, but lion-$500 million, is finalized in early 2014. … cide amendment. “‘Mr. Kurchenko is Mr. Nobody,’ says Taras We should note that the terminology the Poles ultimately adopted in their parlia- there is a limit to how much the EU could or Berezovets, director of Berta Communications, mentary resolution – “ethnic cleansing with indications of genocide” – isn’t quite should soften. …” a political consultancy. He says the youthful right either. After all, there is no evidence that the Ukrainians were planning a mass oligarch is a front for ‘The Family,’ a group of extermination of Poles in the Volyn region. Moreover, the Volyn massacre shouldn’t “Letter from Ukraine: A Church of loyalists surrounding the son of the presi- be examined apart from the context of the war then escalating between Poles and martyrs confronts the cultural iron cur- dent, Oleksandr Yanukovych. …” Ukrainians, and such events as the Kholm massacre of Ukrainians in 1942-1943. In tain,” by George Weigel, National Review fact, tens of thousands were killed on both sides in the Volyn massacres. Online, July 9: “It was almost a decade ago when I last “Kiev [sic] must get off the fence,” Prof. Alexander Motyl of Rutgers University commented in a recent article: “How guest post by Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, should the killings be characterized? There is no doubt that they were ‘mass killings.’ visited Ukraine, and the surface changes member of the European Parliament, But were they also forms of ethnic cleansing, war crimes and, perhaps, even geno- over that period are immediately evident. … Financial Times, June 10: cide? Or were both sides simply conducting brutal ‘national liberation struggles’ or a “The externals of change are visible both “Ukraine must get off the fence when it ‘war’?... My own preference is for ‘ethnic violence,’ a category that immediately plac- in Kyiv, the national capital, and Lviv, the comes to its relations with Russia and the es the Polish-Ukrainian conflict in a comparative framework and enables us to make regional capital of and one European Union. sense of it in social-science terms.” of the doggedly persistent centers of “Hopes that an EU-Ukraine Association That leads to true reconciliation between the Polish and Ukrainian nations – seri- Ukrainian national identity during the Agreement, including a deep and compre- ous steps toward which had already been taken in the past. Perhaps that’s what sep- Soviet period. … hensive trade agreement, might be signed at arates European civilization from the “Russian World” that President Vladimir Putin “The Lviv Old Town also houses the the November Eastern Partnership summit is trying to build (and for which he so desperately needs Ukraine): the ability to Cathedral of St. George, center of the Greek- in Vilnius are fading. objectively review history, recognize suffering, assess casualties, express condolenc- Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv. In the cathe- es and attempt reconciliation. dral’s crypt are the tombs of two men “Meanwhile, Ukraine’s negotiations to And that’s another part of the reason we should fight for Ukraine to sign the whose names do not figure prominently in become an observer in the Customs Union Association Agreement in November as hard as the Kremlin is fighting to under- today’s debates over the corruptions of the of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus have just mine it. Yanukovych regime, but whose dramatic been concluded. … lives may suggest a path beyond the culture “Are these two-sided tactics by Ukraine of corruption and conformism that threat- aimed to get the best possible deal from ens to turn Ukraine into a simulacrum of Brussels? Or is there a genuine option of Belarus – another country in which the Ukraine choosing the East over the West July Turning the pages back... intellectual iron curtain has yet to be torn and forsaking its European perspective to down, with dire effects on both politics and the detriment of its own interests and those Five years ago, on July 23, 2008, the Foreign Ministers Council the economy. Andrey Sheptytsky, a man of of the EU? 23 of the European Union, at its meeting in Brussels, agreed that a broad culture, who was the head of the “Russia, which is notorious for exerting future enhanced agreement between Ukraine and the EU should Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church for 43 tur- pressure on Ukraine through its energy poli- 2008 be the Association Agreement. The statement was made by bulent years, from 1901 until 1944, is bur- cy, is linking the outcome of the Customs French Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner, who held the ied there. Next to him is the man Sheptytsky Union summit in Astana where Ukraine was EU presidency at the time. chose to succeed him and whom he secretly granted observer status, with the pursuit of Mr. Kouchner said the issue was discussed during a plenary session of the Council of consecrated a bishop: Josyf Slipyj, model for its own energy interests in Ukraine. It is Ministers. “The discussion laid a good foundation for further discussion within the the Ukrainian pope in Morris West’s novel pressing for the creation of a gas consor- Ukraine-EU summit to be held on September 9, [2008] in the French city of Evian,” the “The Shoes of the Fisherman,” and a leader tium in Ukraine, in which Gazprom would minister said. whose dreams of a Greek-Catholic Church hold a decisive stake, thus taking control He also noted that EU foreign affairs ministers confirmed Ukraine’s European identity. nourishing the public culture of a free over Ukrainian gas infrastructure and “There were some objections around the issue on Ukraine’s European belonging, but we Ukraine are beginning to be realized by the exclude any EU presence. … have finally compromised,” Mr. Kouchner stressed. efforts of one of his spiritual sons – who “Our Ukrainian partners would be wise The European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood happens to have been born in Syracuse, N.Y. not to overplay their game. European busi- Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner presented the vision on the coordination of positions “Whether those dreams come to fruition ness people, who understand the benefits of achieved for the future agreement with Ukraine, and noted that Ukraine and the EU had may be the key factor in determining wheth- market integration with Ukraine and who made much progress in the talks to prepare the new enhanced agreement, and that the er Ukraine, like the Baltic states and Poland, know the obstacles they face in Ukraine, summit in Evian, France, would be an opportunity to summarize this work. follows the historic path into Europe taken should encourage Kiev [sic] to make the “This is a good occasion for us to find common positions on the content of the by similar victims of Stalin’s imperialism, or right decision. They should remember the Association Agreement, to present all chances to implement Ukraine’s European aspira- whether it becomes Belarus 2.0: a vast land possible negative impact of any Ukrainian of shattered hopes and another extension of trade pact with the Customs Union of Russia (Continued on page 12) Vladimir Putin’s imperial revanchism. …” and its partners. …” No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 7

Moral amnesia All but forgotten! Recently I was surprised to hear from a president lied to the nation, and President Polish professor that her students generally Bill Clinton’s mendacity about a different see nothing wrong with plagiarizing from kind of affair in the 1990s. Interestingly, the the Internet. I was surprised because I had public outcry was not nearly so great in the assumed that in Poland, unlike the former latter case. Have public standards fallen USSR, Marxist ideology had not completely along with public conduct? destroyed the people’s ethics, rooted as they There are, after all, various possible atti- are in at least a vestigial Catholicism which tudes towards dishonesty. It is widely was revived during Solidarity and the pon- thought that cheating is more common in tificate of the Polish pope, John Paul II. Mediterranean than in Northern European In the Ukrainian academic world, as we societies. This may have something to do know, corruption is rife. Bribery is standard with the fact that Catholicism, accepting practice, as it is in the judicial system and human sinfulness as inevitable, offers the beyond, while cheating is just another sur- opportunity for repentance, confession and vival technique. After all, “everybody does absolution. According to another stereo- it.” If you think this is not a serious problem, type, the stern Protestants of the North imagine yourself being operated on by a place a much higher value on personal hon- surgeon who bought his medical diploma. esty. In the 1920s, America’s white Anglo- But perhaps Poland’s corruption is of an Saxon Protestants feared that the influx of older vintage; corruption was rife in the Southern European immigrants was weak- interwar republic too. ening the country’s moral fiber. Part of the Lesia Kuropas There are various forms of cheating. In Scandinavian countries’ economic success is The gravesite of the Rev. Petro Poniatyshyn at St. Nicholas Cemetery in Chicago. addition to plagiarism on term papers and attributed to their Protestant ethic of hones- take-home examinations, and bribery ty and hard work. These values followed He was undoubtedly the most produc- efforts of the Russian Orthodox Mission (which is really a separate offense), there is their emigrants to the United States. tive and consequential Ukrainian American spearheaded among Rusyns by Father copying from another student’s written How, then, can we explain the scandal at who ever lived. Today he lies in a lonely Alexis Toth. Writing in the 1936 UNA exam and sneaking notes into the examina- Harvard? In America’s post-Protestant grave, all but forgotten. Jubilee Book, Father Poniatyshyn wrote: tion room. The latter are obviously less worldview, it is simply unthinkable that so His name is the Rev. Petro Poniatyshyn. “Our Church in America not only served common where oral examinations are the many of the elect (e.g., Harvard students) Born in Semeniv, Terebovlia county, God and offered spiritual sustenance... our norm, as in much of Europe. Whereas pla- could cheat. One response is to blame the (Halychyna) in 1877, he emigrated to the Church in America became, one could say, a giarism can be considered a form of theft – exam-givers instead of the exam-takers: United States in 1902, shortly after ordination. school for Ukrainianization.” appropriation of another’s work product – perhaps the ground rules for take-home He joined the Rusyn-Ukrainian contingent of Ukrainian lay leaders also had high the other kinds of cheating are forms of examinations were not clear enough; per- priest-patriots who, weary of domination by regard for Father Poniatyshyn. When the lying, where the student pretends to know haps instructors’ expectations were not Roman Catholic bishops, were pushing for a Ukrainian National Alliance, a coalition of things that he or she does not. However, pla- properly articulated. Another strategy Greek-Catholic Ukrainian bishop. In 1907, fol- Ukrainian organizations, was established in giarism is also a form of lying, because one would be to reclassify the offense, so that lowing intense lobbying by Metropolitan 1916, it was Father Poniatyshyn who is presenting another’s work product as “plagiarism” becomes “cite-free quotation” Andrey Sheptytsky, Rome appointed Soter became the primary spokesman. One of the one’s own. Consequently, social attitudes or “unattributed borrowing,” and ultimately Ortynsky, a priest from Galicia, as America’s first alliance projects was the proclamation towards academic cheating are likely condi- an accepted practice. (If this seems unlikely, first Ukrainian Catholic bishop. of a national Ukrainian Day by President tioned by the given society’s attitudes consider the fate of that long-forgotten sin, Most of the pre-World War I immigrants Woodrow Wilson. Father Poniatyshyn and towards lying and theft. fornication, whose earthy Latinate name from Ukraine were illiterate peasants Congressman James Hamill (D-N.J.) met In the United States, of course, cheating is was sanitized to the naively optimistic “pre- whose ethno-national identity was either with Joseph Tumulty, the president’s secre- taken very seriously. Shortly before my high marital sex” and then abandoned altogether non-existent or weak. Some called them- tary in the White House. Learning that such school graduation, a classmate was caught since it – unlike marriage – has become the selves “Rusyn” (Ruthenian). The immigra- a proclamation required joint congressio- plagiarizing on a take-home exam. He was norm.) It would be just another episode in tion became divided between Rusyns from nal approval, the alliance went to work. expelled, and had to repeat the entire year our collective moral self-delusion. Hungarian dominated Carpatho-Ukraine Rep. Hamill suggested that since few at another school. But that was 1968. Since Ukrainian students – and of course we do (Uhro-Rusyns), and Ukrainian Rusyns from Americans were familiar with the term then, it is reported that high-school cheating not mean the honest scholars at the Galicia. Despite his best efforts, Bishop “Ukrainian,” it would be wise to use the has increased (http://www.stanford.edu/ National University of Kyiv Mohyla Ortynsky was unable to unite the Ruthenian term Ruthenian (Ukrainian) in the text of class/engr110/cheating.html). It has also Academy, the Ukrainian Catholic University, Greek-Catholic Church in the United States. the resolution. A joint resolution was affected some of the best colleges. Nearly those studying on scholarships and grants Uhro-Rusyn Catholic priests and leaders signed by President Wilson on March 2. half the 279 students registered in a spring abroad and many others – do not have this from Carpatho-Ukraine, whose ethno-cul- The proclamation designated April 21, 2012 course at Harvard University were problem. Thanks to Bolshevik thorough- tural loyalties were essentially Hungarian, 1917, “as a day upon which the people of investigated by its Administrative Board for ness, they are unburdened by the Christian resisted. Tensions between the Uhro-Rusyn the United States may make such contribu- “inappropriate collaboration” on a take- moral heritage. As a colleague of mine once clergy, supported by Catholic bishops in tions as they feel disposed for the aid of home final examination. Over half of these remarked, “They are so uninhibited!” Hungary, and the Galician Rusyn clergy, sup- stricken Ruthenians (Ukrainians) in the were required to withdraw temporarily But moral amnesia is not just an East ported by Metropolitan Sheptytsky, contin- belligerent countries.” Those associated from the college, and roughly half of the rest European problem. Last year, before he was ued until the untimely death of Bishop with the Ukrainian National Alliance col- were put on disciplinary probation. forced to close an exhibit of a painting made Ortynsky in 1916. lected a total of $53,189.12, a sum equiva- (Harvard Magazine, March-April 2013). In a with the ashes of Holocaust victims that the Weary of the bickering between Uhro- lent to approximately $954,000 in 2013 letter to the editor of the alumni magazine, artist had stolen from the Majdanek death Rusyns/Ruthenians and Galicians/ dollars. Some 40 percent of the money was one graduate blamed “the university’s own camp, a Swedish gallery owner said he saw Ukrainians, Rome designated two interim immediately sent to the Rada in Kyiv. The situational ethics demeanor,” asking wheth- “no moral problem or flaw” with exhibiting administrators for America’s Rusyn church, National Federation of Ukrainians of the er there is any admission criterion regard- the work (http://www.wiesenthal.com/ one for Ruthenians, the other for Ukrainians, United States, a left-leaning coalition in ing the “honesty, integrity or any other site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbP to be elected by their respective clergy. competition with the alliance, raised a total moral value component of an applicant’s JLnF&b=7929811&ct=12532467#. character.” As the leading institution of a Ukrainian Catholic priests elected the Rev. of $32,217.35 on April 21 or $576,000 in UdFzZ67D-M8). Poniatyshyn, who assumed his duties on 2013 dollars. Amazing! society where “traditional moral values are Which, then, is worst: the moral laxity of considered quaint and non-progressive,” he April 11, 1916. A soft-spoken, urbane and On November 18, 1918, the Ukrainian the chronic but remorseful Mediterranean revered leader, Father Poniatyshyn quickly National Alliance changed its name to the continued, Harvard cannot pretend to be sinner; the moral amnesia of post-Soviet surprised by this occurrence. (Harvard moved to improve relations with the Ukrainian National Committee with Father Ukrainians, post-socialist Poles and others; Ukrainian National Association, strained Poniatyshyn remaining as spokesman. Magazine, May-June 2013). or the moral self-deception of Americans, It is certainly tempting to connect wide- during the Ortynsky era. Soon after the war ended, the committee who scramble to explain away what their Father Poniatyshyn was also instrumen- approached President Wilson regarding spread cheating with a perceived drop in consciences tell them is wrong? I will leave American moral values punctuated by scan- tal in the creation of 24 new Ukrainian Ukrainian independence. Nothing. Later, that to the moral philosophers. Catholic parishes, an initiative that helped the committee worked with Julian dals at the very top of our society: the But we old fogeys are always carping Watergate affair of the 1970s, when the counter the Moscow-directed conversion Bachynsky, the representative of the newly about the decline of moral values. Maybe established Ukrainian National Republic, this is all just a phase in the transition to a hoping to convince President Wilson and Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at new moral order. In that case, for once, Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is [email protected]. Ukrainians are in the forefront. [email protected]. (Continued on page 13) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 No. 29

French version of “Ukrainians in Quebec” premieres at Spirit Lake SPIRIT LAKE, Quebec – The newly The documentary includes a significant released French-language version of the section regarding the unjust internment of documentary film “Ukrainians in Quebec Ukrainians at Spirit Lake, including footage 1891-1945” – called “Les Ukrainiens du of the cemetery at Spirit Lake where Québec” – by Montreal filmmaker Yurij internees were buried. Luhovy was officially premiered at Spirit Mr. Luhovy recalled how Marcel Lesyk Lake Internment Interpretative Center, 600 helped him first find Spirit Lake when not kilometers north of Montreal, on June 17. even Quebec City’s main cartographer was The by-invitation-only screening was offi- sure where the site was located due to vari- cially opened by James Slobodian, chairper- ous name changes. That day, it was pouring son of Spirit Lake Corporation, the board of rain and all access was through muddy ter- directors that oversees the workings of the rain, which made everyone’s determination center. After welcoming the guests, he intro- to proceed even more pronounced, espe- duced the keynote speaker, the deputy pre- cially since the project’s film equipment mier of Quebec, François Gendron. was rented by the day from Montreal. Minister Gendron offered congratula- The film’s premiere was a significant tions on the making of the French version. event, since it brought together various He emphasized the need to have the histo- provincial government, municipal and local At the premiere of the French version of the film “Ukrainians in Quebec” (from left) ry of early Ukrainian settlement remem- representatives from the surrounding are: James Slobodian; filmmaker Yurij Luhovy; Anastasia Kyva; Quebec Deputy bered and made available to Quebec’s regions. Along with the deputy premiere, Premier François Gendron; and researcher-historian Peter Melnycky. majority Francophone population as it is also present were the mayors of Amos, Lac an integral part of the entire history of Castagnier (formerly called Sheptytsky Quebec, the Shevchenko Foundation, documentary’s jacket cover with its multi- Quebec. Born and raised in the Abitibi Colony) and Trécesson; Natalia Holub, first Caisse Populaire Desjardins Ukrainienne faceted, subtle symbolism. region, Mr. Gendron paid tribute to the secretary, Ukrainian Embassy in ; de Montréal, Prosvita Verdun and Spirit Following the film presentation, discus- many Ukrainians who worked for decades and other dignitaries. Seven media outlets Lake Corporation for financial assistance sions continued at a reception. Mr. Luhovy in the surrounding mines and contributed attended, and extensive coverage was given that made the French version of the docu- later commented, “I was somewhat sur- greatly to the growth and development of in the local and provincial press, radio and mentary possible. prised how French Canadians emotionally the many towns in the area, which had television. This is the first French-language docu- related to the story of settlement, hard- sizeable Ukrainian populations. Also attending was Anastasia Kyva, rep- mentary released depicting Quebec’s early ships and contributions of the early Mr. Luhovy, producer-director of the resenting Montreal’s Caisse Populaire Ukrainian immigration history. It will final- Ukrainian settlers. I think this story of early documentary, gave an overview of how the Desjardins Ukrainienne de Montréal; ly be possible to include early Ukrainian Ukrainian development also becomes a original English-language version of the Zorianna Hrycenko-Luhova, president of history and the contribution made to the story of hardships endured by the parents film was made and shot in 16mm film in Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Montreal development of Montreal and Quebec in and grandparents of the early French the mid-1970s. The film is based on exten- branch/Quebec Provincial Council, co-pro- the teaching curriculum for the 7 million- Canadians and other immigrants. The sive research and incorporates historic ducer of the documentary; and Peter strong Francophone population across story of settlement of a specific immigra- documents, photos, archival film footage, as Melnycky from Edmonton, research-histori- Canada, including the 6 million in Quebec. tion becomes a universal story of immi- well as interviews with the remaining an with Historic Sites and Archives Service Mr. Luhovy also thanked his daughter, a grants’ determination and will to survive early founders of the Ukrainian organiza- in Alberta, who has written extensively on Vancouver Film school graduate, Adriana under difficult and unexpected conditions.” tions in Montreal and settlements of the early settlement of Ukrainians in Canada. Luhovy, who helped with the French- The French version of the documentary Abitibi-Témiscamingue area of Quebec. Mr. Luhovy thanked the government of language release and who designed the is available at www.yluhovy.com.

of centers for gender education. Eighteen never to be heard from again. Others man- Lecturer... educational institutions are now involved. Ukrainians in China... aged to relocate to South American coun- The process of women’s emancipation has tries that accepted stateless immigrants. (Continued from page 3) (Continued from page 5) also inspired well-known Ukrainian celeb- Scores of Ukrainians in China moved to Ministry of Social Policy to monitor special rities, from sports figures to movie stars. Nicholas Melnik was born in Shanghai in Argentina in the late 1940s. Among them agencies and institutions that assist victims During the European soccer champion- l935. A few years later, in 1939, the Melniks was Osyp Snizhny, who promoted the ban- of family violence. In addition, La Strada- ships in Kyiv in 2012, they participated in visited Canada and the United States with a dura in that country of the southern hemi- Ukraine has cooperated with the Ukrainian La Strada-Ukraine’s “Red Card” campaign view to immigrating to North America. sphere. Before heading to Buenos Aires, the maestro had done much the same in Women’s Fund to help victims of violence. to attraction attention to domestic violence They were unable to do so until 1948, Shanghai, teaching a new generation how Together they support other various non- and sexual exploitation. when they were sponsored by relatives in to play the instrument and applying him- governmental organizations. On the day after the Shevchenko Francisco. After proudly obtaining self to its manufacture. To this day, Nicholas La Strada-Ukraine has established a Lecture, which took place on March 21, American citizenship, the Melniks, in turn, Melnik still has and treasures the bandura museum of the history of women’s and CIUS held a forum at the University of sponsored many displaced Ukrainians, that Snizhny made for him as a child. gender movements, and its website has Alberta titled “Trafficking of Women in especially Liubov Balaniuk, who was relo- The CIUS noted: “We are extremely become an online center of information Ukraine: Governmental and Non- cated by the United Nations Relief and about public opinion concerning women’s governmental Responses.” The forum indebted to the Melniks for having kept Rehabilitation Administration to the these materials in good condition over the rights and gender equality. Thanks to the brought together scholars, community Philippines and was able to rejoin the fami- support of various NGOs, La Strada- groups and government officials from decades and for their efforts in finding ly in San Francisco in 1953. repositories that can continue to preserve Ukraine also offers educational, cultural Ukraine and Canada to find ways to solve The family was able to bring to North them for future generations.” and informational programs. the problem of human trafficking in America many valuable items, preserving The Ukrainian Diaspora Studies In 2011, a project was developed in Ukraine – a crime with global ramifications. these for decades before finding new Initiative at the Kule Ukrainian Canadian Kharkiv to establish and operate a network Dr. Levchenko also spoke at the forum. homes for them at repositories in the Studies Center, CIUS, was established in the United States and Canada. Their collection fall of 2006, when Drs. Peter and Doris Kule included Ukrainian artifacts (both religious gave a lead donation to create an endow- and others), books, documents, photos of ment for the study of the Ukrainian diaspo- daily life and organizations, newspapers, ra. It is headed by Dr. Serge Cipko, the postcards (art and geographical), stamps author of many studies on Ukrainian dias- and textiles. pora topics, including an article about These materials constitute important Ukrainians in Manchuria (available online sources for the study of the once vibrant at: https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/ Ukrainian community in China and its ties index.php/pi/article/view/1419/961). Dr. to the diaspora in other parts of the world. Cipko’s most recent book is “Ukrainians in According to an estimate, there were at one Argentina, 1897–1950: The Making of a time as many as 100,000 Ukrainians living Community,” (CIUS Press, 2011). For more in China. After the fall of Nationalist China, about the Ukrainian Diaspora Studies Ukrainian communities all but disap- Initiative, visit its homepage: http://www. peared. Many Ukrainians were lured by ualberta.ca/CIUS/ukrcan/Diaspora/UDSI- Soviet Consulates to resettle in the USSR, About_Diaspora_Initiative.htm.

The Ukrainian Weekly CIUS LIKE on Facebook! Ukrainian singer Ani Lorak speaks out against sexual exploitation via a billboard. No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 9 Ukraine’s top investigative journalist presents his new book in London LONDON – Sergii Leshchenko, deputy as Stop Censorship and Chesno (Fair), a editor of Ukraine’s most popular online public campaign that monitors candidates publication Ukrayinska Pravda, presented and national deputies of the Verkhovna his new book, “The American Saga of Pavlo Rada. In 2010 he was one of the initiators Lazarenko,” at the Ukrainian Institute in of a lobbying campaign for the Law on London on June 27. Access to Public Information. In 2013 he Mr. Leshchenko, a leading Ukrainian appealed to the European Court of Human investigative journalist and civil society Rights against Ukrainian authorities who activist, specializes in anti-corruption refused to disclose important public infor- investigations and political issues, and is mation. renowned for his articles published in In 2006 Mr. Leshchenko was awarded Ukrayinska Pravda. He has also published the Oleksander Kryvenko Prize for a series stories about Ukrainian politics on the of journalistic investigations, and in 2011 London-based site Open Democracy.net. He he was recognized by Poland’s Foundation has carried out journalistic investigations of Reporters as the best journalist in coun- into the current Ukrainian president’s life- tries of the Eastern Partnership. style and the financial interests of the “new In 2012 he was a fellow of the London- Ukrainian elite.” based John Smith Memorial Trust. In 2013 The new book, a documentary work in he was announced winner of the press the , is based on the prize established by The Fritt Ord investigation conducted against former Ihor Polataiko Foundation of Norway and The ZEIT Ukrainian Prime Minister Lazarenko by Investigative journalist Sergii Leshchenko signs copies of his new book in London. Foundation of Germany. U.S. law enforcement agencies. Mr. “Amerykanska Saha Pavlo Lazarenka” is Leshchenko spent several weeks in the replace Leonid Kuchma in 1999 and also about the lessons Ukrainian politicians available online at http://book-ye.com.ua/ court archives of California, studying the become the third president of Ukraine. But can learn from the Lazarenko case. shop/product_12851.html. case file. greed and corruption ruined his career, Mr. Leshchenko is a founder of several Mr. Lazarenko had every chance to according to Mr. Leshchenko, who spoke influential civic initiatives in Ukraine, such Source: Ukrainian Institute, London.

The Ukrainian president’s absence drew criticism from Soyuzivka holds... Kremlin’s hand... Polish and Ukrainian political observers, who recalled the diplomacy achieved a decade earlier between former (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 1) Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, when they met in Ukraine’s pro-Western forces were stunned when a Friday night, as well as Saturday and Sunday afternoons, Volyn to participated in ceremonies and condemn the kill- written appeal – signed by 148 national deputies – sur- among them a film dedicated to the late singer Kvitka Cisyk ings on both sides. faced on July 5 requesting that the Polish Sejm approve the and a film about the U.S.-Ukraine Honeybee Project. A Mr. Oleshchuk said he suspects that Mr. Yanukovych’s amendment applying the term “genocide” to the Volyn photo display in the Veselka auditorium chronicled the passivity has an underlying aim of getting the European first 100 years of the Ukrainian National Association’s his- massacre. Most of its signatories are Party of Regions and Union to reject Ukraine ahead of the Association tory (1894-1994). Communist Party members. Agreement’s signing, not the other way around. And, of course, there was the food court set up on “It’s an anti-civil, anti-national step that can be com- “That way, it’s not him deciding something, but some pared to a national betrayal,” said former Ukrainian Soyuzivka’s roller hockey rink, featuring insurmountable forces of events that are moving him,” he President Leonid Kravchuk, who was born in a village in and more, and the vendors’ area on the lower tennis courts said. “Then he can avoid thinking again, avoid deciding and the when it was still part of Poland (in 1934). go on his latest working visit. And the Kremlin will joyfully where festival-goers could purchase a variety of offerings, “These 148 deputies – most of whom ignore one of the from traditional Ukrainian folk crafts and art to jewelry, help him in this, conducting its operation of pushing the biggest tragedies in Ukraine’s past, the , which EU into hate in its relations with Ukraine.” music recordings, books, T-shirts, etc. Not to be forgotten was a crime of genocide against millions of Ukrainians – on those summer days was the from Ukraine – a festi- Support for the genocide amendment wasn’t the last trampled upon our history. Their irresponsible step fur- offensive allegedly orchestrated by the Kremlin. Following val favorite. ther radicalizes the situation in Poland, adding arguments the Sunday Mass honoring the victims, Mr. Komorowski The now traditional varenyky-eating contest was held to their anti-Ukrainians politicians,” Mr. Kravchuk stated. was interacting with Lutsk’s citizenry on July 14 when a Saturday afternoon, with 21-year-old Mark Kochan of Had the Sejm approved the genocide amendment, young man approached him and slammed an egg into his Montville, N.J., emerging as the winner. Ukraine’s Russian-oriented forces would have used it to right shoulder. The Ukrainian Cultural Festival was held under the further damage the opposition’s image among the At first, news reports circulated that the attacker was patronage of the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States Ukrainian public, said Petro Oleshchuk, a political science wearing a backpack logo of the Svoboda nationalist party. and the sponsorship of the Ukrainian National Association lecturer at Taras Shevchenko State University in Kyiv. Yet a video released on the Internet indicated he wasn’t (UNA), the oldest and largest Ukrainian fraternal organiza- “The most obvious goal is to discredit Ukrainian nation- wearing any such logo. tion; the UNA’s charitable arm, the Ukrainian National al-oriented forces and politicians,” he said. “The Party of The next day, a local Zaporizhia news site confirmed the Foundation; and Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Regions would have declared that its opponents were rec- 21-year-old assaulter was a local, so-called “anti-fascist” Union. ognized by Europe as being in solidarity with organizers of activist with the Slavic Guard organization, which con- genocide.” The annual festival’s goal is twofold: to promote and firmed the man as a member but denied organizing the Mr. Kravchuk also condemned nationalists in both share the rich Ukrainian heritage; and to support the multi- attack. [In Ukraine, “anti-fascist” organizations are exclu- Poland and Ukraine for stirring tensions and radicalizing faceted cultural and educational programs of the Soyuzivka sively pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian.] the issue. Meanwhile, efforts towards understanding, such The egg attack was executed in coordination with the Heritage Center. Indeed, the Ukrainian Cultural Festival is as his “Reconciliation Between Peoples” civic committee, Kremlin, which will continue to resort to bigger provoca- the major fund-raising event for Soyuzivka. A specially pre- didn’t draw a response from Poles and failed to launch a tions as the deadline for the Association Agreement draws pared video presentation that was shown during the main discussion on a civic level, he said. nearer, Mr. Oleshchuk said. stage show highlighted the work of the UNA-owned center. It was almost as if the roles of the Volyn massacre were Such provocations include brawls between right-wing Present among the multitudes at the festival were sever- merely being re-enacted 70 years later, with the Poles and and left-wing activists, acts of vandalism and arson against al of Ukraine’s diplomats, including Consul General Igor Ukrainians fighting each other as the Kremlin’s soldiers monuments, and attacks by pro-Russian politicians against Sybiga of Ukraine’s Consulate General in New York, and watched from a distance, spreading rumors, exacerbating European values, such as equal rights for homosexuals and Vice-Consuls Olha Ivanchenko and Kostyantyn Vorona. Mr. the tensions between the two sides and using the conflict recognition of same-sex marriages. Sybiga brought a message of best wishes from Ukraine’s to Moscow’s advantage. “All this work – which includes the efforts of the Ambassador to the U.S. Olexander Motsyk, as well as certif- “Who needs all this? Poland? Ukraine? Or Russia, which Ukrainian home front, as well as foreign agents – is aimed at icates of recognition that were presented to UNA President is trying to embroil these two states, denying Ukraine its a single goal of positioning the citizenry of European coun- Stefan Kaczaraj and Soyuzivka General Manager Nestor main European advocate?” commented Mr. Oleshchuk. “I tries against Ukraine, so that the governments of EU mem- Paslawsky. don’t believe that this could have been done independently ber states, which are sensitive to public opinion, are com- The UNA president and UNA Treasurer Roma Lisovich of the Kremlin since the very wording and the very idea pelled to freeze relations with Ukraine,” Mr. Oleshchuk said. addressed the festival audiences, welcoming all to this one- couldn’t have been born within the walls of the Ukrainian In the vote on the genocide amendment, 212 Sejm mem- Parliament. I doubt that the 148 signatories even under- bers voted in favor, 19 votes shy of a majority; 222 Sejm of-a-kind Ukrainian heritage center. stand these events. It’s obvious that only by relying on for- members voted against the amendment, while three Other UNA executive officers, including National eign orders could they have exposed their own country in abstained. Secretary Christine E. Kozak and Second Vice-President such a way.” “The recognition approved earlier [in 2009], and what Eugene Oscislawski, as well as UNA Auditing Committee Though it all, President Yanukovych didn’t stand in the we supported today, reflects the historical truth in the Chairman Slavko Tysiak were busy manning the UNA Kremlin’s way. assessment of historians,” Minister Sikorski said in a state- information kiosk and distributing the UNA’s newly Not only did he not prevent his Party of Regions depu- ment after the vote. “Therefore the escalation is political. In released Summer 2013 magazine, Partners for Life. Several ties from signing the appeal to the Sejm, but Mr. my view, the resolution that we approved honors the members of the UNA General Assembly also pitched in Yanukovych did not travel to Lutsk to attend commemora- memory of the victims with dignity and affection, and it’s where needed to promote the UNA and as festival volun- tions alongside his Polish counterpart, Bronislaw my conviction that it should satisfy those who survived teers, among them Advisor Gloria Horbaty. Komorowski. and the families of those who lost their lives.” 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 No. 29

Lev Khmelkovsky Lev Khmelkovsky The MCs (from left): Anya Tomko, Yarko The “Pryvit” by the Dunai Dancers of Edmonton. Dobriansky and Alexandra Zawadiwsky. Soyuzivka’s seventh annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival

Lev Khmelkovsky

Ukraine’s Consul General in New York Igor Sybiga (cen- Lev Khmelkovsky ter) with UNA President Stefan Kaczaraj (right) and Soyuzivka General Manager Nestor Paslawsky. A view of the crowd gathered for daytime concert.

Christine Syzonenko Christine Syzonenko The Ukrainian Chorus Dumka directed by Vasyl Hrechynsky (left). Bandurist Julian Kytasty.

Lev Khmelkovsky Christine Syzonenko Christine Syzonenko Erko (Severyn Palydowych) and Ludmyla 11-year-old Xenia Kaczurak. Hrabovsky. The Dzvin Male Chorus directed by Nestor Kyzymyshyn. No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 11

Lev Khmelkovsky Christine Syzonenko Lisova Pisnia, the duo of Alla Kutsevych The Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Dance Workshop’s young Festival headliner and Ludmyla Hrabovsky. women in the dance “For Roma, In Thanks.” Vika (Vasilevich).

Lev Khmelkovsky

Lev Khmelkovsky The Nebozir Family Trio.

Christine Syzonenko

At the information table of Selfreliance Ukrainian American Christine Syzonenko Federal Credit Union: Michael Szpyhulsky, Andrew Hrechak and Michael Koziupa. Special featured artist Vasyl Popadiuk and his Papa Duke Band.

Christine Syzonenko The young men of the Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Dance Workshop in “Pryvit.” “UNA and The Community – Partners for Life!” The Ukrainian National Association’s Summer 2013 magazine, Partners for Life, the brainchild of UNA National Secretary Christine E. Kozak, made its debut at the Ukrainian Cultural Festival at Soyuzivka, where it was dis- tributed to festival-goers. The 32-page magazine contains information about the Ukrainian National Association, notes from UNA executive officers, informative articles about the UNA’s insurance offerings, interviews with some of the UNA’s insurance professionals, a page featuring the UNA’s Home Office staff and a section on member benefits, including Soyuzivka and the newspapers Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly. The editor of the publication is Irene Jarosewich; the magazine’s graphic design is the work of Stefan Slutsky. Partners for Life will be available at Ukrainian festivals where Yuriy Symczyk the UNA will be represented. Readers who At the UNA information booth (from left): Stefan wish to obtain a copy may call the UNA Home Welhasch, Oksana Stanko and UNA National Office, 973-292-9800. Secretary Christine E. Kozak. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 No. 29

representatives of the right-wing conserva- that members of the Ukrainian Parliament differences in the attitude of Ukrainians of NEWSBRIEFS tive party Law and Justice voted against. On who signed an appeal to the Polish Sejm to different ages regarding the desired direc- July 12, the Polish Sejm approved the final recognize the Volyn tragedy as genocide of tion of integration. Thus, among young peo- (Continued from page 2) wording of the resolution in connection the Polish people be punished. The ple (age 18-29) orientation toward the EU es of the incident and punish the perpetra- with the 70th anniversary of the Volyn trag- Svoboda Party’s press office reported on dominates (54 percent), and support for tor and instigators,” The AUP wrote a letter edy without the word “genocide” and with- July 15 that National Deputy Farion joining the Customs Union is the least (19 to President Komorowski in which it posi- out establishing July 11 as Kresy martyr- appealed to the chief of the Security Service percent). At the same time, among people tively assessed the joint declaration of the dom remembrance day. Instead, the term of Ukraine (SBU) and chairman of the over 60, support for joining the Customs Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and the “ethnic cleansing with signs of genocide” Verkhovna Rada Committee on Rules of Union dominates (45 percent), with acces- Polish Roman Catholic Church issued on was used in the document. The resolution Parliamentary Procedure, Ethics and sion to the EU being supported by 30 per- June 28 this year, and its importance for the defining the Volyn tragedy as “ethnic cleans- Support to Work of the Verkhovna Rada of cent of the respondents. Furthermore, there development of the Ukrainian-Polish dia- ing with signs of genocide” was supported Ukraine. “The appeal of 148 people’s depu- are also significant regional differences. logue and reconciliation between by the deputies of the pro-government Civic ties to the Sejm of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine’s accession to the EU is mostly sup- Platform, the Democratic Left Alliance, and Ukrainians and Poles. At the same time, the recognize the Volyn tragedy as genocide of ported in the west (72 percent of the popu- some MPs from other parties. Ukraine and lation) and in the center of Ukraine (49 per- AUP negatively assessed the use of history the Polish people and to condemn the Poland have a different attitude toward the cent). In the east and south of the country, by politicians, manifested in a debate in the criminal actions of the Ukrainian national- tragic events in the Volyn region and supporters of entry into the Customs Union Sejm, the Polish Parliament, over a resolu- ists has caused a public outcry not only in Eastern Galicia in 1943-1944. Polish histori- traditionally dominate (50 percent and 39.5 tion on the Volyn tragedy. (Ukrinform) Ukraine but all over the world... For the ans blame the Organization of Ukraine first time in the world history, officials of percent, respectively). “The largest number Sejm resolution on Volyn tragedy Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian one country turned to another with a of people undecided on their choice live in Insurgent Army (UPA) for the killing of civil- the least pro-European region of the coun- KYIV – A total of 148 national deputies request to publicly humiliate their nation, ians, whereas most Ukrainian historians their heroes. This act is a blatant subver- try, in the east. Today, over 15 percent of from the Party of Regions of Ukraine, the believe that both sides are responsible for people there cannot give a clear answer Communist Party and several independent sion against Ukraine,” Mr. Farion empha- these crimes. Poland said that 100,000- sized. She demanded that the SBU check where Ukraine should move: to the EU or deputies on July 5 sent a letter addressed to 130,000 Poles and 5,000-10,000 Ukrainians the Customs Union,” Ms. Zolkina said. The Marshal of the Polish Sejm Ewa Kopacz the actions of national deputies for the high had been killed as a result of the Volyn trag- treason and bring the perpetrators to jus- study was conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv seeking recognition of the Volyn tragedy as edy. Ukraine, in turn, said that several tens Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the genocide directed against the Polish people. tice. The lawmaker also demanded that the of thousands of Poles and more than 10,000 Committee on Rules of Parliamentary Razumkov Center’s sociological service on The Polish Senate on June 20 passed a reso- Ukrainians had been killed. (Ukrinform) May 17 to 22 among 2,010 respondents in lution calling the Volyn tragedy an “ethnic Procedure check whether such actions by the 148 national deputies violated the par- all regions of Ukraine. The sampling error cleansing with the signs of genocide.” The Farion demands punishment for MPs liamentary oath. (Ukrinform) was 2.3 percent. (Ukrinform) resolution was voted by senators of the rul- KYIV – Member of Parliament Iryna ing liberal party Civic Platform, whereas Farion of the Svoboda faction demanded Ukraine discovers oil field Vradiyivka rape victim IDs suspects KYIV – The victim of a brutal beating KYIV – Ukraine’s state gas and oil com- and rape in the village of Vradiyivka in pany Naftohaz has reported discovering a Mykolaiv region of Ukraine, 29-year-old sizeable oil field on the country’s territory. Iryna Krashkova, has identified all three Nafothaz said on July 11 that the discovery suspects in the crime, the Vesti.ua online was one of the largest oil fields found in edition reported, citing the victim’s lawyer TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 Ukraine in some 15 years. Naftohaz or e-mail [email protected] Iryna Pospelova. Three men brutally beat believes the Budishchansko-Chutovskoye and raped Ms. Krashkova on June 26. The field in ’s Poltava region, woman said she was attacked by two SERVICES PROFESSIONALS contains some 12.8 million tons of oil. policemen and a taxi driver, who is a local Naftohaz has been working the site since huntsman. All three suspects were 2011, and the company’s public relations detained. (Ukrinform) department said it was the first oil field owned solely by the Ukrainian company. Azarov: Ukraine wants to join OECD Ukraine’s government is attempting to KYIV – Ukraine plans to join the wean the country off its dependence on Organization for Economic Co-operation Russian energy supplies. Kyiv has placed a and Development (OECD), Prime Minister priority on developing the country’s own Mykola Azarov announced at a meeting energy resources and diversifying sources with the president of the Council of States of for importing energy supplies. (RFE/RL, the Parliament of the Swiss Confederation, with reporting by ITAR-TASS) Filippo Lombardi, the Cabinet of Ministers’ 42 percent of Ukrainians for EU press office reported on July 3. “We count on ОКСАНА СТАНЬКО the support of Switzerland in this matter,” Ліцензований продавець KYIV – About 42 percent of Ukrainians Mr. Azarov said. The Organization for Страхування Життя support Ukraine’s accession to the Economic Cooperation and Development, OKSANA STANKO European Union. These are the results of a which is based in Paris, is an international Licensed Life Insurance Agent sociological survey on public attitudes entity of 34 of the most economically devel- Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. toward European integration that were oped countries in the world – including 32 Peachtree Rd. released during a roundtable at Ukrinform countries of the European Union, the United Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 on June 27. “Joining the EU should be the States, Australia, Korea, Japan and others. Tel.: 908-872-2192; email: [email protected] main focus of Ukraine’s integration, 42 per- The Convention on the Organization for cent of the population says; 31 percent Economic Cooperation and Development stands for accession to the Customs Union,” was signed on December 14, 1960, in Paris HELP WANTED Maria Zolkina, an expert with the and came into force on September 30, 1961. Democratic Initiatives Foundation, said. The treaty was concluded for the purpose of About 13.5 percent of the respondents coordinating economic policies in OECD Help wanted. believe that Ukraine should not join either countries and providing assistance to devel- Live-in caregiver for an 89 year the European Union, or the Customs Union. old woman. Experience with The survey showed that there are significant (Continued on page 13) references required. Tel. 973-610-3262 was held on February 25 in Brussels and Turning... was attended by European Council OPPORTUNITIES (Continued from page 6) President Herman Van Rompuy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, tions, but not to forecast future relations and President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine. between Ukraine and the EU,” Ms. Ferrero- In a joint statement following the 16th Earn extra income! Waldner said. EU-Ukraine Summit, the leaders noted that The Ukrainian Weekly is looking Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ukraine needs to fully implement the rec- for advertising sales agents. Volodymyr Ohryzko said this was a good ommendations of Western and European For additional information contact result and a confirmation of what German organizations for reforms of the judiciary, Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, Chancellor Angela Merkel had said while law enforcement, civil society, freedom of The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. on a visit to Ukraine. Noting the work that the press and freedom of assembly, energy remained to be finished, Mr. Ohryzko said cooperation, especially Ukraine’s gas tran- the agreement was not yet completely sit network, and agreements between clear, “as we have not completely outlined Ukraine and the International Monetary Run your advertisement here, economic parts of the agreement since Fund. in The Ukrainian Weekly’s talks on the enhanced free trade zone with the EU have just begun.” Source: “Ukraine to have Association CLASSIFIEDS section. The 2008 EU-Ukraine Summit in Evian Agreement with EU,” (Ukrinform), The was the 12th of its kind. This year’s summit Ukrainian Weekly, July 27, 2008. No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 13

shop is part of an international plan being itarian organization Airline Ambassadors focus attention on the 600,000 to 800,000 NEWSBRIEFS promoted by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), and included about 30 individuals from trafficking victims who are moved across who was in Kyiv introducing a measure to Ukraine’s Aviation Administration, the borders each year and who could be res- (Continued from page 12) increase partnerships between law enforce- Ministry of Social Policy, Interpol and gov- cued in transit if airline and other transpor- ment and the travel industry to better com- ernment legal experts. Participants learned tation personnel were appropriately trained oping countries. The OECD also actively bat human trafficking. “We are all responsi- about how to identify potential victims of and law enforcement ready to intervene,” he cooperates with the countries around the ble for ending this dehumanizing crime, but trafficking and the best way to alert law said. “I have no doubt that, as a result of this world that are not members of the organiza- the fact is airline, hotel and transportation enforcement to suspicious situations while training today, hundreds, maybe thousands, tion within the framework of special pro- professionals are in a unique position to respecting civil liberties and minimizing more lives will be saved.” Robert Rigby-Hall, grams, international events, etc. (Ukrinform) identify potential victims to get them the transportation disruptions. Rep. Smith on co-chair of the global Business Coalition Airport employees to fight trafficking help they need,” said Congressman Smith, June 10 introduced his resolution on Against Trafficking, said, “The resolution of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s special Trafficking Victim Watchfulness, which global anti-trafficking trailblazer Chris KYIV – Ukraine’s aviation sector on June representative on human trafficking issues. urges other countries to establish similar Smith, and others in government, champi- 12 became the first civil employees in He was in Kyiv to speak at the high-level training regimes in collaboration with the ons the rights of trafficking victims so they Europe to receive training to identify poten- conference on trafficking organized by the travel industry to prevent trafficking and are not treated as criminal, deportable or tial victims of human trafficking as part of a Ukrainian Chairmanship of the OSCE. facilitate law enforcement intervention to disposable – something businesses and plan to increase global cooperation in the Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure hosted get victims needed care. “I commend NGOs are crucial to help government do.” fight against modern day slavery. The work- the workshop, which was led by the human- Ukraine for the work it has done today to (www.eturbonews.com)

energy sector), Ukraine is disappointed to With deep sorrow we announce that Future... see European companies working with Gazprom on South Stream. Being a party to Eustachius (Continued from page 2) the European Energy Community, Ukraine (Stanley – Stakh) yet be identified. In recent months, is “dissatisfied with the European Moscow has also hinted that Ukraine could Commission’s ambiguous position” on JaroSz qualify for gas price discounts by joining South Stream, declared Mr. Boyko in the died on Wednesday, February 13, 2013, the Russian-led Customs Union. Ukrainian Parliament (UNIAN, July 5). at the age of 93 in Silverthorne CO after a brief Moscow insists that it will proceed with Such signals deserve serious consider- illness. Funeral services were held on Friday, construction of South Stream, bypassing ation in Brussels, particularly with South February 15, 2013 at Transfiguration of Our Lord Ukraine, regardless of Kyiv’s decisions on a Stream threatening the EU’s own Third Church in Denver, CO. bilateral gas transport consortium. Moscow Energy Package legislation. Perceived ambi- Stakh is survived by his son, Andrew Yarosh; nieces Lida Jarosh Pouchilo, may well be bluffing on South Stream alto- guity toward South Stream in Brussels Dr. Anna Bobiak Nagurney with husband Dr. Ladimer and daughter gether, or perhaps intending to build only might cause some Ukrainian interest groups Alexandra Nagurney; and nephew, Alexander Bobiak and daughters, Sofia one string instead of four. One string could and their political representatives to lose and Ariana Bobiak. His wife, Martha predeceased him in 2005. allow diverting 15 bcm annually away from confidence in a European solution to the Ukraine’s gas transit system, which already problems of Ukraine’s gas transit system. Born in Vynnyky in Halychyna, Stakh studied Engineering at the Lviv operates below capacity. Polytechnic Institute and received his Engineering Diploma from the Ukrainian government officials are The article above is reprinted from Technical University of Vienna, Austria in 1945, beginning a 61-year career understandably worried about South Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from dedicated to the design and building of bridges and roads, as well as a Stream. According to Vice Prime Minister its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, lifelong commitment to the advancement of the Structural Engineering Yuriy Boyko (who is responsible for the www.jamestown.org. profession. In 2001, Stakh was honored with the prestigious “Roebling Award” from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) NY Metropolitan Section for State Robert Lansing later informed Dr. his lifetime achievement in the field of Bridge Engineering. He was deeply All but forgotten! Bilyk that Ukraine should remain a part of grateful to his colleagues at Gandhi Engineering for their nomination to this prestigious award. (Continued from page 7) Russia. Bishop Constantine Bohachevsky His most notable accomplishment was the design of the Hale Boggs the State Department to recognize arrived in 1924 and Father Poniatyshyn Bridge (I-310), the first-major cable-stayed bridge in the US, spanning the Ukrainian independence. Nothing. was reassigned. Once again, relations Mississippi River at Luling, north of New Orleans, LA. The Boggs Bridge, When the Versailles peace talks con- between the Ukrainian Catholic Church with its record-breaking span and steel towers won the ASCE Outstanding vened, Father Poniatyshyn and the and the UNA declined. Civil Engineering Achievement Award for 1984. His aerodynamic design of Ukrainian National Committee sent two Father Poniatyshyn spent his retirement the welded, orthotropic deck of the bridge was awarded the Lincoln Arc representatives to Paris, Rep. Hamill, who years serving parishioners of Chicago’s St. Welding Foundation 1984 First Prize. spoke fluent French, and Dr. Cyril Bilyk, a Joseph the Betrothed Church. He died in Between 1983 and 1987, Stakh was responsible for the emergency Ukrainian activist from Chicago. Dr. Bilyk 1960 and is buried at St. Nicholas engineering, redesign and replacement of the fallen Mianus River Bridge on remained for a year working to reconcile Cemetery in Chicago. His relationship with I-95 in Greenwich, CT. This undertaking precipitated the formulation of the differences between delegates from the the UNA lives on in the person of his great nationwide infrastructure renovation program, which continues to this day. Directory and those from the Republic of niece Luba Poniatyshyn Keske, who is a Western Ukraine. He failed. Secretary of UNA advisor. Other notable designs and projects include the I-195 Braga Bridge in Fall River, MA, the Tennessee River Bridge in Pittsburg, TN, the 13th Street Bridge over the Ohio River in Ashland, Ohio and the replacement of the City Island У глибокому смутку повідомляємо, шо в суботу, Bridge over Eastchester Bay, Bronx, NY with a cable-stayed structure. 29 червня 2013 року відійшла у вічність найдорожча He also served on the 6-member international panel of experts selected дружина, мама, бабця і прабабця by Massachusetts Highway Department and the FHWA to review the proposed Charles River Bridge designs in conjunction with the Central св. п. Artery/Tunnel Project in Boston, Massachusetts. Оксана Миськів Stakh served as President of the Ukrainian Engineers Society, helped plan нар. 1 серпня 1927 року в Синевидську-Вижнім. the renovation of the Plast New York headquarters and was a Life Member of the Ukrainian Institute of America. He took great joy in his private pilot’s панахида відбулася у вівторок, 2 липня 2013 року в похоронному license, which he obtained in fulfillment of a childhood dream. A self taught заведенні Whalen & Ball Funeral Home, Yonkers, NY musician, he played the viola, and mandolin and enjoyed chamber похоронні відправи відбулися в середу, 3 липня 2013 року в Укра- їнській католицькій церкві св. михаїла, Yonkers, NY, а відтак на цвин- music concerts, the opera and the ballet. He loved learning languages тарі Mount Hope, Yonkers, NY. (late in life he read Dante’s trilogy in Italian), as well as the fellowship of his engineering colleagues, with whom he delighted sharing his love of great Залишені у смутку: food and wine. сини - петро з дружиною Ґенею - Володимир з дружиною Вірою Memorial gifts may be made to the доньки - Роксоляна з чоловіком мирославом American Society of Civil Engineers Foundation - Надя з чоловіком павлом 1801 Alexander Bell Drive Reston, Virginia 20191 внуки - Стефан (703) 295-6342; [email protected] - Григорій - Реня - Нікол - Антон - діяна DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS - марко правнук - Ліям Death announcements should be sent to the Advertising Department by Складаємо щиру подяку всім, що прислали чудові квіти. e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to 973-644-9510. Рівно ж дякуємо за щирі пожертви в пам’ять покійної Оксани. Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. Вічна Їй пам’ять! 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Крaйова Управа Спілки Української Молоді в Америці тa Управа Оселі СУМ щиро дякують жертводавцям за благодійні внески на Кампанію Капітального Розвитку Оселі СУМ в Елленвілі, Ню-Йорк протягом 2010 - 2012 років.

Федеральна Кредитова Кооператива Н.Н. $1,250 батьків св.п. Григорія і Теодори Турчинська, Дорота $250 СУМА - Йонкерс $125,000 Падко, Тамара $1,250 Цебрій та сестри Христі Турчинська, Марія $250 Федеральна Кредитова Кооператива Jefferies & Company, Inc - Matching Цебрій-Ризо $1,000 Фриз, Володимир й Оля $240 “Самопоміч” - Нью Йорк $110,000 Funds - Кобилецька, Оксана $1,250 Чопик, Іван $1,000 Н.Н, в пам’ять св. п. Рональда Осередок СУМ - Трентон $100,000 Костик, Людмила $1,200 Шевчик, Андрій і Марта $1,000 Кліща $200 Крайова Управа СУМ $50,000 Вариха, Андрій і Аймі, в імені Шпигульський, Михайло і Брандафі, Наталія $200 Осередок СУМ - Бостон $25,000 Маркa Гованськoгo $1,100 Тереса $1,000 Журавський, Стефан і Христина $200 Осередок СУМ - Йонкерс $25,000 Ґалонзка, Антін і Юля $1,100 Шпинда, Василь і Христина $1,000 Кулинич, Оксана, в імені “Самопоміч” (Н. Дж.) Федеральна Зборовський, Орест і Оля $1,100 Щур, Дам’ян $1,000 Ярослава і Марії Кіцюк $200 Кредитова Кооператива $25,000 Колодій, Стефан $1,100 Щур, Стефан $1,000 Курилик, Віктор і Марія $200 Google Inc. - Matching Funds - Лещук, Іван і Роксоляна, $100 в Indus Capital Partners, LLC - Олексин-Тефт, Надя $200 Бігун, Андрій $18,505 пам’ять св. п. Люби Бігун $1,100 Matching Funds - Блага, Уляна $1,000 Почтар, Мирослав $200 Фундація “Спадщина” Першого Microsoft Corp. - Matching Funds - Takeda Pharmaceuticals - Matching Русо, Джеймс й Оксана $200 Банку “Певність” - Чікаґо $15,000 Родина Зборовських $1,100 Funds - Родина Колінських $1,000 Сінґура, Зенон і Ліда, в пам’ять Подпірка, Кароль $11,000 Гаргай, Богдан і Марія, $50 в пам’ять The Wasichko Agency $1,000 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $200 Осередок СУМ - Пассейк $10,000 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $1,050 Данненберґ, Джим і Лариса $750 Тунстал, Іня $200 Осередок СУМ - Філядельфія $10,000 Гаргай, Леся $1,050 Осередок СУМ - Ґошен $565 Чебиняк, п-ство Володимир $200 Фундація Федеральної Креди Леськів, Андрій, $25 в пам’ять Союз Українців Католиків Солтис, Євген і Таня, в пам’ять тової Кооперативи “Самопоміч” - св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $1,025 “Провидіння” $500 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $170 Чікаґо $10,000 Федорійчук, Юрій і Йоланта $1,025 Український Народний Союз $500 Солтис, Стефан і Діджея, в пам’ять Лозинський, Аскольд і Роксоляна Микитин, Юрій і д-р Христя Боднар, Теодор й Оксана $500 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $170 $10,000 Долинюк, $50 в пам’ять св. п. Горбачевська, Наталка $500 Федеральна Кредитова Кооператива Баторфальви, Роман і Леся, Мирослава Солтиса $1,018 Дідух, Роман й Анна $500 “Самопоміч” Нової Англії $150 $5,000 у пам’ять св. п. членів Осередок СУМ - Детройт $1,000 Зелез, Мирон і Марія $500 Гованський Ігор i Беатa, в імені родини Павлів $7,500 Осередок СУМ - Джерзі Ситі $1,000 Іваник, Ричард й Ольга $500 Маркa Гованськoгo $150 Бігун, Андрій і Христя $7,200 Осередок СУМ - Ірвінґтон $1,000 Качор, Богдан та Іванна $500 Ґашлер, Йосиф і Дарія $150 Осередок СУМ - Виппaні, $100 в Дім СУМА - Йонкерс $1,000 Качор, Іван $500 Канарський, Том і Катя $150 пам’ять св. п. Люби Бігун $5,100 Дружинники Осередку СУМ - Котис, Іван і Лариса $500 Когут, Петро й Ольга, в пам’ять Воронкa, Нестор і Ліда, $5,000 в Пассейк $1,000 Коцур, Михайло й Дженет $500 св. п. Ніни Ґайдич $150 імені Юрія і пам’ять св. п. Евгенії Головнa Управa ОЖ ОЧСУ $1,000 Куземчaк, Іван і Бaрбaрa $500 Сілецька, Люба, $50 в пам’ять Микитин; $100 в пам’ять Андрах, Євген і Марія $1,000 Лавро, Олекса й Лукіян $500 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $150 св. п. Люби Бігун $5,100 Андрах, Роман і Роксана $1,000 Перебзак, Михайло і Рома $500 Клименко, Антоній $125 Українська Федеральна Кредитова Барна, Стефан $1,000 Роквел, Віліям і Наталка $500 Ковбаснюк, Роман $125 Кооператива Самопоміч - Блага, Уляна $1,000 Романів, Михайло й Марґарета $500 Ровланд, Яніна $125 Філядельфія $5,000 Букало, Наталка, в пам’ять св. п. Рудик, Стефанія, в пам’ять св. п. Чебиняк, Соня $125 Благий, Орест і Ґеня $5,000 Михайла і Клементини Букало $1,000 Михайла Рудика $500 Cabrini College Admissions, в Козіцький, Орест і Марія $5,000 Василик, Марія, в пам’ять св. п. Сабат, Петро й Лариса $500 пам’ять св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $110 Науменко, Ігор $5,000 Корнеля Василика $1,000 Скала, Михайло й Сузанна $500 Башуцький, Петро $105 Команда Злету Юнацтва СУМ Вітек, Михайло і Христина, в імені Скалскі, Еміл і Христя $500 Осередок СУМ - Клівленд, 2010р. $4,500 Романа і Данила Вітиків $1,000 Томашевський, Михайло й в пам’ять св. п. Люби Бігун $100 Осередок СУМ - Нью Йорк $3,500 Вітек, Роман $1,000 Оксана $500 17-ий Відділ Організації Укра Дружинники Осередку СУМ - Гованський, Марко і Марія, в Уздейчук, Володимир і Марія $500 їнсько-Американських Йонкерс $3,500 імені Маркa Гованськoгo $1,000 Федoркo, Джеймс i Мoтря $500 Ветеранів - Пассейк $100 Юравлева, Оля $3,400 Головка, Григорій і Розалія $1,000 Фіґоль, Павло й Оля $500 Батьки Табору Суменят 2011 $100 Відділ ОЖ ОЧСУ - Нью Йорк $3,000 Головка, Стефан і Наталка $1,000 Цинайко, Василь і Дарка $500 Відділ УККА - Бриджпорт $100 Лавро, Марія $3,000 Грицик, Орест і Ганя $1,000 Шанон, Раєн й Алисія $500 Об’єднання Українців в Америці Приймак, Марія $3,000 Гуменний, Роман і Анна, в імені Шкафаровський, Стефан і “Самопоміч” - Головна Управа $100 Ткаченко, Віталій та Ірка, Ярославa Гуменa $1,000 Стефанія $500 McSorley’s Old Ale House $100 $1,000 в пам’ять св. п. Павла Даниш, Наталя $1,000 Pearson/ Penguin Group - Matching NY Title Research Corporation $100 Приймака $3,000 Дашко, Мирон $1,000 Funds - Горбачевська, Наталка $500 Wagner Insurance & Financial Services, в пам’ять св. п. Козіцький, Роман і Леся $2,740 Дуда, Петро і Оксана $1,000 Pfizer Foundation - Matching Мирослава Солтиса $100 Зєльонка, Петро і Джоді $2,500 Дудар, Розалія $1,000 Funds - Дудa, Петро $500 Антонів, Тарас, в пам’ять Іваник, Христофор і Христя $2,500 Загвойський, Віталій і Команди відбиванкового cв.п. Люби Бігун $100 Кобилецький, Михайло і Оксана $2,500 Якименко,Тетяна $1,000 турніру під час Здвигу 2012 $485 Біланюк, Іван й Андрея, в імені Козіцький, Володимир і Анна $2,500 Зелез, Петро і Люба $1,000 Рій “Лиси” Осередку СУМ - Маркa Гованськoгo $100 Мигаль, Роман і Анна $2,500 Злочовський, Северин і Марія $1,000 Гартфорд $432 Васів, Василь й Анна $100 Повзанюк, Доріян і Татіянна $2,500 Капітула, Михайлo $1,000 Яворський, Іван й Анна, $40 в па Войнов, Володимир $100 Порада, Стефан $2,500 Капітула, Стефан і Тереса $1,000 м’ять св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $390 Галаган, Борис $100 Приймак, Богдан і Уляна $2,500 Кіцюк, Ярослав і Мішел $1,000 Рій “Орли” Осередку СУМ - Гнатейко, Мирон і Ольга $100 Стецко, Ігор, Юрій, Євгенія, в Ковальчик, Стефан і Леся $1,000 Гартфорд $386 Гованська, Лена, в імені Маркa пам’ять св. п. Василя Стецка $2,500 Коханська, Меланія $1,000 Кудрик, Надія $350 Гованськoгo $100 Татаренко, Петро і Лариса $2,500 Коцур, Василь $1,000 Бігуняк, Стефан і Варвара $300 Головка, Галина, в пам’ять св. п. Щур, Любомир і Александра $2,500 Кудрик, Олександер і Наталка $1,000 Гованський, Стефан і Марія, Люби Бігун $100 Merck & Co., Inc. - Matching Кузишин, Олесь і Ольга $1,000 в імені Маркa Гованськoгo $300 Кіцюк, Марія $100 Funds - Стецко, Ігор $2,500 Лашин, Михайло і Дарія $1,000 Дідух, Анна $300 Краснянська, Марія, в пам’ять Приймак, Мирон i Юля, $100 в Лесів, Ірина, в пам’ять св. п. Дідух, Володимир й Анна $300 св. п. Люби Бігун $100 пам’ять св. п. Люби Бігун $2,100 Івана П. Скали $1,000 Завойські, Александра $300 Куций, Теодор і Мавра $100 Осередок СУМ - Гартфорд, в па Лехіцький, Володимир і Соня, Янців, Василь (старший) $300 Левко, Михайло, в імені батька м’ять св. п. Тиміша Мельника $2,000 в пам’ять св. п. Теодора і Марії Рій” Вовки” Осередку СУМ - Петра Левка - воїна УПА $100 Бетлей, Зенон і Марія $2,000 Шереґ $1,000 Гартфорд $282 Луцишин, Альбіна, в пам’ять Горбачевський, Андрій і Дарка $2,000 Легка-Ровланд, Яніна $1,000 Осередок СУМ - Чікаґо $250 св. п. Федіра Луцишина $100 Ґайдич, Микола, в пам’ять Лещук, Григорій і Гелена $1,000 Н.Н. $250 Луців, Євген і Наталія, в пам’ять дружини св. п. Ніни Ґайдич $2,000 Максимів, Михайло і Ґеня, в імені Н.Н. $250 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $100 Кузьмович, Параня, в пам’ять Миколи і Марії Філевич $1,000 Н.Н., в пам’ять св. п. Надії Мартинець, Зюна, Софійка, св. п. Юрія Кузьмовича $2,000 Мірчук, Ігор $1,000 Кудрик $250 Утя, в пам’ять св. п. Володимира Лучка, Йосиф $2,000 Носаль, Михайло і Анна $1,000 Бибель, Андрея $250 Мартинця $100 Родина Вінтонів і Албизаті, в Оливер, Стефан і Антоніна $1,000 Бибель, Іван і Ліса $250 Мельник, Орест, в пам’ять пам’ять cв.п. Василя Вінтоніва $2,000 Оліярник, Юрій і Даруся $1,000 Бурчак, Андрій і Дзвінка $250 св. п. Люби Бігун $100 Родина Длябога $2,000 Палилик, Ярослав і Леся $1,000 Верещак, Ярослав і Христя $250 Мигаль, Тамара $100 Partner Reinsurance Co. of US Mat Періх, Мирон і Ярослава $1,000 Вукоса, Елвис і Євгенія $250 Микитин, Василь $100 ching Funds - Шевчик, Марта $2,000 д-р. Підкамінецький, Василь і Гудимa, Андрій та Івет, в пам’ять Місіон, Леся, в пам’ять св. п. Фундація Українського Сурмачевська, Ірина $1,000 св. п. Богдана Гудими $250 Василя Вінтоніва $100 Народного Дому - Пассейк $1,650 Покора, Богдан і Анна, в імені Журавська, Таня $250 Невмержицька, Наталія $100 Чебиняк, Адріян $1,600 Марії Лавро та в пам’ять св. п. Зозуля, Микола і Джеймі $250 Никончук, Ананій $100 Солтис, Мирон і Катя, $500 в Василя Лавра $1,000 Качор, Софія $250 Ниш, Люда $100 пам’ять св. п. Мирослава Родина Колінських, в пам’ять Кий, Лада і Салонідіс, Теодорос $250 Олійник, Степан, в пам’ять св. п. Солтиса $1,505 св. п. Павла, Юлії, і Богдана Куземчак, Мирон і Трейсі $250 Д-р. Романа Рахманного $100 Українськa Hаціональнa Колінських $1,000 Мигаль, Леся $250 Палилик, Стефан $100 Федеральна Кредитова Родина Фрич $1,000 Оліярчик, Іван $250 Райлі, Діяна, в імені Маркa Кооператива - Нью Йорк $1,500 Русинко, Орест і Ірена $1,000 Паска, Адріяна $250 Гованськoгo $100 Вариха, Семен і Дарка, $500 в па Смолінець, Ірина і Богдан $1,000 Следж, Олеся, в імені родини Риверс, Ярек, в імені Маркa м’ять св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $1,500 Халупа, Зенон, $250 в імені Тиньо $250 Гованськoгo $100 Google Inc. - Matching Funds - родини Халупа $1,000 Сосяк, Василь $250 Ройoвськa, Наталка $1,500 Цебрій-Раґо, Леся, в пам’ять Тимків, Стефан й Ірена $250 (Continued on page 15) No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 15

Spirit Lake center welcomes Nova Scotia exchange students LA FERME, Quebec – Sixty high school and taken separately on a guided tour of the exchange students – 30 from Nova Scotia’s museum’s display, which includes archival Kings County Academy in Kentville and 30 photos, press articles of that period, arti- from Rouyn Noranda’s La Source Secondary facts discovered from archeological finds on – accompanied by three teachers, visited the former internment site and other fasci- Camp Spirit Lake Internment Interpretive nating items related to the Spirit Lake Center (CSLIIC) earlier this year. internment story. While one group toured, The center was opened in June 2010 the other student group was taken on a and tells the story of Canada’s First sleigh ride pulled by husky dogs to experi- National Internment Operations, 1914- ence the outdoors and look at the environ- 1920. Spirit Lake, Quebec Internment site ment in which the internees once lived. was Canada’s second largest of the 24 James Slobodian, the chairperson of internment sites established from 1914- CSLIIC – Canada’s first interpretive center 1920. At Spirit Lake alone, 1,200 people – dedicated to the internment operations – mostly Ukrainians – were unjustly interned stated, “It was the first time these students on suspicion of being “enemy aliens.” learned about Spirit Lake and the intern- Upon arriving at the Spirit Lake Center, ment story, and this was reflected by their the students were divided into two groups many questions following the guided tour

Nova Scotia French immersion exchange students visit Spirit Lake Internment Center in Quebec. and discussion period.” Among the student have visited the center, with each visitor remarks were “Very interesting and educa- signing a guest book as a record of who tional, a historical site in memory of those viewed the museum and where they came who were sent here.” from, and registering their comments. This very special Nova Scotia French- Because this exchange was part of a language student exchange, which took French immersion program, their teachers place on February 21, was part of Nova requested everything be conducted in the Scotia’s government educational program, French language, including the screening of which aims to ensure that students learn all documentaries films on this subject. more about Canada’s history and share “Freedom Had a Price” is still awaiting with one another local and regional history. approval of a grant request from the It was partnered by The Canadian Society Internment Fund to make this documenta- of Educational Visits. ry available to French-language speakers. Spirit Lake is open to visitors all year, For further information about Spirit and hosts many student and teacher visits Lake readers may visit: www.campspirit- during the fall and winter months. Since lake.ca, email campspiritlake@cableamos. 2010 over 6,000 visitors, including over com or call the center at 819-727-2267 to Chairperson James Slobodian is interviewed by a journalist from CBC Radio Quebec City. 800 elementary and high school students, book a group visit.

Давид, Григорій $50 Eble, Deborah, в пам’ять св. п. Strain, Susan, в пам’ять св. п. Крaйова Управа... Друлик, Ірина $50 Василя Вінтоніва $50 Василя Вінтоніва $25 Думка, Анна $50 McLaughlin, Stacey, в імені Маркa Ткач, Орест і Марія, в пам’ять (Continued from page 14) Івахів, Роман, в пам’ять св.п. Гованськoгo $50 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $25 Ірини Мельник (Гартфорд) $50 Бачара, Богдан, в пам’ять св. п. PJDS Sunshine Fund, в пам’ять Родина Омельчук $100 Ільницька, Ксеня $50 Мирослава Солтиса $40 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $25 Родина Ткачов $100 Ільків, Михайло $50 Гривна, Марек, в імені Маркa Arnowitz, Alan & Janet, в пам’ять Салей, Жан і Маріяна, в пам’ять Кондрат, Петро і Марія, в пам’ять Гованськoгo $40 св.п. Василя Вінтоніва $25 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $100 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $50 Леськів, Михайло і Леся, в пам’ять Gollhardt, Catherine, в пам’ять Сергіїв, Аніса і Григорій, в імені Кононенко, Володимир і Марія, в св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $40 св.п. Василя Вінтоніва $25 Маркa Гованськoгo $100 пам’ять св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $50 M. Chanda Arms Condo Assocation, Last, Joan, в пам’ять св.п. Василя Ферейра, Йосиф і Анета $100 Корчинський, Андрій та Ірина, в в пам’ять св. п. Василя Вінтоніва $40 Вінтоніва $25 Філевич, Микола і Марія $100 пам’ять св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $50 Bishop, Mary, в імені Маркa Murray, Catherine, в пам’ять Чебиняк, Андрій і Галя $100 Кулинич, Ксеня $50 Гованськoгo $40 св.п. Василя Вінтоніва $25 Шашкевич, Матей $100 Кулинич, Тарас $50 Кузьма, Меланія, в пам’ять Ірини Peal, Robert & Cheryl, в пам’ять Шміґель, Мирослав і Надя, в Ленчук, Іван $50 Мельник (Гартфорд) $30 св.п. Василя Вінтоніва $25 пам’ять св. п. Зені Бундзяк $100 Леськів, Анна і Володимир $50 Майчук, Михайло і Катерина, в Богун, Оля, в пам’ять св. п. Шперналь, Ігор та Іван, в пам’ять Леськів, Марія, в пам’ять св. п. пам’ять св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $30 Мирослава Солтиса $20 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $100 Мирослава Солтиса $50 Петрусенко, Олена $30 Горбачевська, Юля $20 Ярко, Микола $100 Леськів, Софія, в пам’ять св. п. Пришляк, Юрій і Софія, в пам’ять Ґрамяк, Лев і Ксеня, в пам’ять Ярошaк, Ричард і Мирослава $100 Мирослава Солтиса $50 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $30 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $20 Crestaline, Jason, в імені Маркa Лесюк, Юрій і Галя, в пам’ять св. п. Цюрпіта, Василь $30 Домбровський, Олександер $20 Гованськoгo $100 Мирослава Солтиса $50 Wootton, Nancy, в пам’ять св. п. Іванчишин, Василь $20 Sawyer, Melanie, в імені Маркa Лозинська, Марія $50 Мирослава Солтиса $30 Казанівський, Богдан $20 Gragnani, Vincent, в імені Маркa Колодій, Оля, в пам’ять св. п. Гованськoгo $100 Мицьо, Любомира $50 Гованськoгo $25 Мирослава Солтиса $20 Wootton, Clyde, в пам’ять Нищот, Галя і Ігор, в пам’ять св. п. Болюх, Мирон $25 Кордецька, Марія, в пам’ять св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $100 Мирослава Солтиса $50 Ґрамяк, Роман і Маріана, в пам’ять св. св. п. Василя Вінтоніва $20 Balmer, Charles & Victoria, в пам’ять Павлюк, Борис і Ніля, в пам’ять п. Мирослава Солтиса $25 Кусень, Софія, в пам’ять св. п. св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $100 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $50 Дитняк, Галина, в пам’ять св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $20 Іваськів, Лев і Марія, $20 в Пищимуха, Лариса $50 Мирослава Солтиса $25 Лешак, Михайло, Ірина й Мишел, в пам’ять св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $95 Пришляк, Микола, в пам’ять св. п. Дубіль, Галина, в пам’ять св. п. пам’ять св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $20 Табір Суменят 2011 $80 Мирослава Солтиса $50 Мирослава Солтиса $25 Підгірська, Ксеня, в пам’ять Чебиняк, Оксана $80 Риндич, Володимир, в пам’ять Заяць, Стефанія $25 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $20 Рискальчук, Іван, в пам’ять св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $50 Іваськів, Славко і Оля, в пам’ять Ткач, Марко і Раїса, в пам’ять св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $75 Сенів, Йосиф $50 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $25 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $20 Aнунзіата, Юлія, в пам’ять Сінґура, Стан, в пам’ять св. п. Калита, Тарас і Любомира, в пам’ять Barron, Jennifer, в імені Маркa св.п. Василя Вінтоніва $50 Мирослава Солтиса $50 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $25 Гованськoгo $20 Андрух, Ігор $50 Снігурович -Макачин, Марія $50 Клачаний, Дорота $25 Бойчук, Анна $10 Бобиляк, Олена, в пам’ять брата Татаренко, Андрій і Колет $50 Крива, Віра $25 Ганкевич, Тарас, в пам’ять св. п. св.п. Стефана Бобиляка $50 Ференцевич, Тарас, в пам’ять Міджак, Іван і Галя, в пам’ять Мирослава Солтиса $10 Брездун-Берет, Анна, в пам’ять св. п. Юрія Ференцевича $50 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $25 Гайдало, Прокіп і Оля, в пам’ять св.п. Люби Бігун $50 Цап, Йосиф і Марлена, в пам’ять Мізак, Богдан, в пам’ять св. п. св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $10 Василик, Ольга, в пам’ять св. п. cв. п. Василя Вінтоніва $50 Мирослава Солтиса $25 Ґрет, Стефанія, в пам’ять св. п. Миколи Василика $50 Чернянський, Василь i Віра $50 Падко, Михайло $25 Мирослава Солтиса $10 Вох, Христя, в пам’ять св. п. Schraut, Marjorie, в пам’ять Питлована, Софія, в пам’ять Колодій, Володимир і Софія, в пам’ять Люби Бігун $50 св. п. Василя Вінтоніва $50 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $25 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $10 Галас, Лев, в пам’ять св. п. Philadelphia Fraternals, в пам’ять Рейний, Ірина, в пам’ять св. п. Леськів, Леся, в пам’ять св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $50 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $50 Мирослава Солтиса $25 Мирослава Солтиса $10 Галій, Іван $50 Carchedi, Daniel, в імені Маркa Стеблій, Лариса, в пам’ять св. п. Ткач, Адріан й Ерика, в пам’ять Гаргай, Христя $50 Гованськoгo $50 Мирослава Солтиса $25 св. п. Мирослава Солтиса $10 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 No. 29 No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 17 Tryzub hosts 202 soccer teams at 12th annual Memorial Day tournament

Brackets Champions Finalists u8 Gold Boys PDA Bergkamp (NJ) Philadelphia Gunners u9 Gold Boys First Touch ManU (NJ) PDA Xavi (NJ) u9 Silver Boys Council Rock Venom Montgomery Union u10 Gold Boys PDA Drogba (NJ) Ukrainian Nationals Zoria Black u10 Silver Boys Western Lehigh Raptors UGH Lightning u11 Gold Boys PDA Kaka (NJ) Ukrainian Nationals Rangers Black u11 Silver Boys Hulmeville Hornets Huntingdon Valley Stingers u12 Gold 8v8 Boys Rage ‘00 North Union 00 Sabers u12 Gold 11v11 Boys Ukrainian Nationals First Touch Arsenal (NJ) Chornomorets u13 Gold Boys Montgomery Arsenal Harleysville Gunners u13 Silver Boys Fredericksburg UGH Raptors Hotspur 99 (VA) u14 Gold Boys North Union 98 Greater Chester Valley Turf Dawgs Cannons Blue u14 Silver Boys Stamford FC (CT) Ukrainian Nationals Lightning - won semi by PK’s Jim Jubinski u15 Gold Boys PDA Pele (NJ) West Windsor-Plainsboro Barcelona (NJ) Ukrainian Nationals U-15 Atoms Eric Melio (in white jersey) in action. u16/17 Gold Boys North Union 95 Gunners Ukrainian Nationals Obolon U16 by Eugene A. Luciw properly certified referees and linesmen for all brackets of play. u8 Gold Girls North Union 04 Strikers PA Rush Nike HORSHAM, Pa. – 2013 was a milestone On Saturday night the Ukrainian u9 Gold Girls Horsham Dynamite Rage ‘03 year for the Ukrainian Nationals Memorial Nationals hosted a “Picnic under the Stars.” u9 Silver Girls FC Providence Lightning Haverford Fusion (tied) Day Weekend Tournament, not only The teams, parents and guests enjoyed a because it cracked the 200 team barrier, marvelous evening of fun to the accompa- Philadelphia Swarm U08 (tied) but also because the renowned Got Soccer niment of popular Philadelphia musician u10 Gold Girls Ukrainian Nationals Rage ‘02 Athletica Helios Black online magazine elevated it to the presti- and singer-songwriter, Dan Rendine and a gious ranks of gold in the boys’ category live dance band, Fat Uncle Jack. u10 Silver Girls YMS Charge Methacton Surge and silver in the girls’. Violent rain storms on Friday night and u11 Gold Girls Ukrainian Nationals North Union 01 Lady Cannons Blasters Black The Tryzub tournament’s assiduous high winds throughout the weekend tested scheduling coordinator, scorekeeper and the tournament committee’s contingency u11 Silver Girls Langhorne Neshaminy PA Rush Swoosh Freedom statistician, Terrence Simmons, confirmed planning, ingenuity, nerves and flexibility, that 122 boys’ and 80 girls’ teams had but the event continued and ended with u12 Gold 8v8 Girls North Union 00 Rockets Ukrainian Nationals Vorskla Red arrived from seven states throughout the surprisingly limited visible affect by the u12 Gold 11v11 Girls Ukrainian Nationals Carlisle Revolution Vorskla Black Atlantic Seaboard and Western weather. The committee met all obstacles u13 Gold Girls Ukrainian Nationals Towamencin FC Bolts Pennsylvania. He also reported that 339 and moved the play and a mass of players, Kyiv Dynamo Black games (41 more than last year) were spectators, referees, vehicular traffic, field u14 Gold Girls Harleysville Athletica 98 North Union 98 Lady Cannons played in 28 brackets (15 boys’, 13 girls’) at marshals, vendors and volunteers with five different venues: Tryzubivka, Keith exquisite precision. They stocked and re- u14 Silver Girls Buckingham Titans Warrington Flames Valley, Kohler, Carpenter and Windlestrae. stocked each location with appropriate u15/17 Gold Girls Ukrainian Nationals Ukrainian Nationals Hornets U15 All of the final games were played on personnel, concessions, supplies and con- Verkhovnyy Sunday at the Ukrainian American Sport veniences. Center. Said tournament director, Cheryl to many tournaments and “this one is one sponsors for their generosity and the As reflected in the faces and emotions of Mannato: “…hospitality ultimately guides of the best that I have ever seen. My con- neighboring soccer clubs and government players, coaches and parents as they gath- and inspires us … I think that explains that gratulations to the Ukrainians; what a mar- officials for their cooperation in allowing ered for trophy presentations immediately little extra something that the teams, parents velous facility… so very beautiful and so the use of their facilities and venues. after their finals, the competition was and spectators feel when they come to visit.” European.” Each champion and finalist player fierce. The various soccer clubs had Numerous guests marveled at the excel- Tryzub President Danylo Nysch, who received a custom-designed trophy or entered their strongest teams; leading lence of Tryzub’s facilities and the unparal- originally designed and directed the tour- medal with an engraved Tryzub and an American soccer academies such as PDA leled organization and appeal of all aspects nament thorough its fledgling years, explanation of its special significance to the (Player Development Academy) and First of the tournament. The coach of a PDA boys expressed his “pride and admiration for the Ukrainian community. Touch participated. Tryzub vouchsafed team, ranked as the best on the East Coast, tournament committee and the volun- Listed above are the results of the tour- fairness through its perennial insistence on explained that his team travels extensively teers.” He also thanked the tournament nament.

Tryzub holds 37th annual golf outing

by Eugene A. Luciw and dedication. He then proceeded, along with Mr. Anniuk, to announce the winners in a boisterous awards ceremony. HORSHAM, Pa. – On June 15, another gorgeous Saturday The sponsor for this year’s event was perennial support- greeted the 86 golfers from no less than five states gath- er Fletcher-Nasevich Funeral Home; the Ukrainian ered at Limekiln Golf Club to participate in the Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union of Philadelphia donated a American Sport Center Tryzub’s annual golf outing. The Calloway driver club to the prize table. rain had made the course quite challenging, as the grass in Each player received a generous and thoughtful door the rough had become quite gnarly and the ball had very prize, and a popular 50/50 raffle replenished the pool for little roll along the damp fairways. next year’s tournament with $510. Naturally, an equal “Our goal is to create and to preserve friendship and amount went to the winner of the draw. social and professional networking in our [Ukrainian] com- The tournament winners were: munity,” said tournament director Joe Homick. “Many of us have become lifelong friends through tournaments such as Todd Hannigan; second place: Alex Popovich; this: we play in leagues as teams, we travel to more distant • Men’s Low Gross (Club Championship): first place: golf venues together and genuinely enjoy each other’s com- pany.” second• Women’s place: WalterChampion Wilczak; Low Gross: Ulana Warren; After golf, everyone gathered at nearby Tryzubivka • Men’s Low Net – “A” Flight: first place: Bohdan Anniuk; (Ukrainian American Sport Center) in Horsham, Pa., for an second place: Greg Burkhart; awards banquet. Tryzub President Danylo Nysch wel- • Men’s Low Net – “B” Flight: first place: Tom Braham; comed everyone, thanked them for participating, and reminded them about any number of exciting sporting, cul- • Longest Drive: Greg Homick; tural and social events at Tryzub. Anniuk,• Closest Walter to the Wilczak, Pin: Roman Nestor Zastawsky; Olesnycky, Alex Popovich. Mr. Homick thanked his committee members – Roman Next• First year’s Place golf (Team tournament Best Ball) will (1 undertake place par 69): in June Bohdan at a Ihor Zajac Jarymovych, Andrij Zajac, Orest Lesiuk, Bohdan Anniuk, date to be announced. Check Tryzub’s website, www.try- Tournament Men’s Champion Todd Hannigan (left) George Luciw and Alex Woloschuk – for their hard work zub.org, for additional details and for upcoming events. with Bohdan Anniuk. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 No. 29 Kozak System and Taras Chubay to headline festival at the University of Alberta will feature the interactive exhibit “Ukrainian Dance from Village to Stage.” This 21-panel photo and text installation will examine dance from the Hutsul and other regions in Ukraine, accompanied by the university’s Huculak Chair of and Ethnography, Dr. Andriy Nahachewsky, who will share his expertise on Ukrainian folk- lore, weddings and dance, and will invite festival-goers to participate in his “Tanets” (Dance) house sessions during which he will teach traditional village dances. Adding to the authentic Hutsul atmo- sphere will be Brian Cherwick, one of the leading researchers and practitioners of the tsymbaly (hammered dulcimer). A master of the , the bandura and many other Ukrainian traditional instruments, Mr. Cherwick grew up in Manitoba, where he played in bands from the age of 14. During his studies at the Kyiv Conservatory in Ukraine, he learned to play the cimba- The Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company of Edmonton, Alberta. The Kozak System and Taras Chubay. lom, the concert version of the tsymbaly, from Vasyl Palaniuk, a Hutsul from the TORONTO – One of the most eagerly September 14, at midnight, in venues to be celebrate Ukrainian culture through music, Carpathian region who is recognized as anticipated musical fusions will ignite the announced. These performances are made dance and visual arts. one of Ukraine’s leading players. After stage of the Bloor West Village Toronto possible by a generous grant from In addition to performers, delicious returning to Canada and settling in Ukrainian Festival on Saturday, September Celebrate Ontario and through the spon- food, an outdoor beer garden, cultural dis- Edmonton, Mr. Cherwick was the leading 14, as Ukraine’s classic rockers Kozak sorship of Ukrainian Credit Union Limited. plays, a midway, a film festival, vendors and member of the renowned folk band the System team up with cult musician Taras The Celebrate Ontario grant will also street dances, visitors will be treated to the Kubasonics from 1996 until his move to St. Chubay for a performance of Ukrainian allow the festival to present some of North Canadian début of a photo exhibit by John’s, Newfoundland, in 2011. world music – modern technology and America’s most popular performing Ukrainian-Parisian photographer Youry Toronto’s Ukrainian Festival, now in its rhythms combined with Ukrainian melo- groups, including the Cheremosh Ukrainian Bilak, titled “The Hutsuls: In the Shadow of 17th year, it is a free, three-day family- dies and piercing lyricism, well-seasoned Dance Company from Edmonton, Alberta; the Carpathians.” This outdoor installation focused showcase of the most widely identi- with high energy. the Syzokryli Ukrainian Dance Ensemble will chronicle the vanishing centuries-old fiable aspects of Ukrainian culture, attract- Kozak System and Taras Chubay will from New York; the Todaschuk Sisters from culture of Ukraine’s highland people ing diverse audiences of nearly 600,000 headline the show on the Festival Stage at Winnipeg, Manitoba; and the St. Andrew through a series of 40 large-format color from across Canada, the United States and Bloor Street West and Jane Street in a per- Vodohray Dance Group from Bloomingdale, photos presented in a museum-like atmo- beyond. With rich history and culture on formance that kicks off at 9 p.m. on Ill. sphere with professional art lighting and display, festival Chair Jurij Klufas says there September 14. Kozak System will perform These performers will join hundreds of themed music. is “lots to discover about being Ukrainian.” in two additional festival events on Friday, professional and amateur performers and In another street pavilion, the Kule For more about the festival, readers may September 13, at 9 p.m. and on Saturday, artists from the Greater Toronto area who Center for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore visit www.ukrainianfestival.com.

Ukrainian Festival to celebrate centennial of church and community in Syracuse

by Patricia Burak waves of immigration from Ukraine, Eastern Europe and other parts of the world bring SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Ukrainian commu- new energy, vitality and strength to the par- nity in Syracuse, N.Y., is preparing to cele- ish. Grandchildren of the first wave of immi- brate the 100th anniversary of its beautiful grants have sustained the Ukrainian com- church on Tipperary Hill, St. John the munity for succeeding generations to cher- Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, on July ish and for new immigrants to join. 26 and 27. On July 26-27, a huge festival of The celebration of a pontifical divine lit- culture, food, faith traditions, music and urgy at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, will be a dance will rock the block at 207 Tompkins highlight of this festival celebration of the St., on the corner of Tompkins and South parish’s 100th anniversary. The liturgy will Wilbur Avenue. be concelebrated by Bishop Paul Patrick The Ukrainian Festival will bring togeth- Chomnycky, OSBM, of the Stamford er generations of families, spanning four Eparchy; the pastor of St. John the Baptist waves of immigration from Ukraine. In Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Rev. 1887, the first wave of immigrants secured Mykhaylo Dosyak; the associate pastor, the funding to purchase a building on the cor- Very Rev. Volodymyr Piso; the Rev. Deacon ner of Tompkins and Wilbur Streets, on the Edward Galvin; and a full Ukrainian choir. city’s west side. This building was convert- The festival will offer traditional ed into a church and used until 1913. The Ukrainian food both for on-site dining and construction of the current church began in take-home: pyrohy/varenyky (aka “piero- 1913, and by 1914 it had a congregation of gies”), holubtsi (stuffed cabbage rolls), bor- approximately 100 families. shch (beet soup) and delicious baked Through the past century, generations goods. There will be pysanky (Easter egg) have called St. John the Baptist Ukrainian writing demonstrations, and Ukrainian Catholic Church their family parish. A jewelry, books, artifacts and clothing will be school, convent, rectory and cemetery were sold. Musical entertainment from Syracuse added to meet the needs of the growing and Rochester will be offered, and the main parish. concert at 5 p.m. will feature the Odesa Despite professional and personal deci- Ukrainian Dance Group. A band from sions that have taken family members away Rochester, My Razom (Together) will offer from Central New York, religious holidays music for dancing on both Friday and and faith celebrations (weddings, baptisms, Saturday at 7-11p.m. funerals) have always brought people back The Ukrainian Festival offered by St. to the parish. The Easter food blessing sees John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church hundreds of families arriving to share the will run from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, cultural and faith practices that are so much July 26, and from noon to 11 p.m. on a part of the Ukrainian tradition. The new Saturday, July 27. No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013 19

July 23 Korovai master class, with Kendreht Matlashewski, July 29-August 9 Children’s Ukrainian folk singing and arts and crafts Ottawa Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Ukrainian Orthodox Jewett, NY course, with Anna Bachynsky and Melanie Serbay, Cathedral, [email protected] or 613-371-6205 Grazhda Music and Art Center of Greene County, www.grazhdamusicandart.org or [email protected] July 24 Ukrainian dance master class, with Kendreht Matlashewski, Ottawa Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Ukrainian Orthodox August 1-2 Ukrainian Youth Games, Ukrainian American Sports Cathedral, [email protected] or 613-371-6205 Kerhonkson/ Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada, hosted by Soyuzivka Ellenville, NY and the Ukrainian American Youth Association camp, July 24-28 Convention, Ukrainian Orthodox League, St. Vladimir 845-626-5641 or 845-647-7230 Parma, OH Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Embassy Suites Hotel, www.stvladimirs.org August 3 Golf tournament, Ukrainian American Youth Association Accord, NY camp in Ellenville, Rondout Golf Club, 860-729-5181 or July 26 10th anniversary parish dance and silent auction, featuring 845-647-7230 Ottawa music by Zirka, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, [email protected] August 3 Simcoe Ukrainian Churches Golf Tournament, Ss. Barrie, ON Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church, July 27 Genealogy workshop with Mike Buryk, “Uncover Your Horseshoe Resort Highland Course, Ellenville, NY Roots in the Lemko Region of Southeast Poland,” www.ukrainiangolfacrosscanada.ca Ukrainian American Youth Association camp, [email protected] August 3 Concert, “Vienna Evening,” with violinists Anna Rabinova Jewett, NY and Bela Horvath, violist Randolph Kelly, and cellists July 27 Concert, featuring the Peter Nelson Jazz Quartet, Marta Bagratuni and Natalia Khoma, Grazhda Music and Jewett, NY Grazhda Music and Art Center of Greene County, Art Center of Greene County, www.grazhdamusicandart.org www.grazhdamusicandart.org July 27-28 Lemko Vatra, Organization for the Defense of Lemko August 3-17 Kobzarska Sich bandura and choral camp, All Saints Camp, Ellenville, NY Western Ukraine, Ukrainian American Youth Association Emlenton, PA www.bandura.org or 734-658-6452 camp, www.cym.org/us-ellenville

July 28 Festival celebration of 1,025th anniversary of the baptism August 5-9 Ukrainian embroidery course, with Lubow Wolynetz, Cheektowaga, NY of Ukraine, Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Jewett, NY Grazhda Music and Art Center of Greene County, www.grazhdamusicandart.org or [email protected] 716-684-0738

July 28-August 3 21st annual Wings Soccer Camp, Ukrainian American August 9-11 Kozak tournament and Midnight Bigus reunion, Ukrainian Baraboo, WI Youth Association – Chicago Branch, Oselia Beskyd, Ellenville, NY American Youth Association camp, 845-647-7230 [email protected] Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events July 29-August 1 Pysanka and ceramics workshop with Sofika Zielyk, advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Jewett, NY Grazhda Music and Art Center of Greene County, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors www.grazhdamusicandart.org or [email protected] and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Sunday, July 28 Doors will open at noon. The festival stage Ukrainian foods and baked goods, picnic show concert will begin at 1:30 p.m. with fare and cool refreshments will be plentiful. CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y.: A Ukrainian Festival headliners: Iskra Ukrainian Dance Vendors are welcome. An arts and crafts 216 Foordmore Road celebrating the 1,025th anniversary of P.O. Box 529 Ensemble (Whippany, N.J.); Voloshky bazaar and a children’s fun area will be Christianity in Ukraine will be held on the Ukrainian Dance Company (Jenkintown, open all day. Admission: $15; $10 for stu- Kerhonkson, NY 12446 park-like grounds of the Holy Trinity Pa.) (www.voloshky.com); violinist Innesa dents; free for children under 15; free park- Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 200 Como Park Tymochko Dekajlo (Lviv) (www.innesa. ing. For further information call 267-664- 1-845-626-5641 Blvd., Cheektowaga, NY 14227. Festivities [email protected] com); the Vox Ethnika band (New York City) 3857, or log on to www.tryzub.org. The begin at noon with a celebratory liturgy fol- (www.voxethnika.com); and the Fourth sponsor is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt non- lowed by the official festival opening cere- Wave Ensemble. A zabava, or public social profit charitable organization: Proceeds mony at 1 p.m. There will be entertainment dance, to the music of the Vox Ethnika band benefit youth soccer and cultural and com- all day, featuring live music by Mosaica from will follow the concert at 4:30 p.m. Delicious munity programs. Toronto, performances by Ukrainian dance 2013 groups from St. Catharines, Ontario, and Buffalo, N.Y., as well as vocal ensembles from Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., and an PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES Summer expected appearance by world-renowned Preview of Events is a listing of community events open to the public. It is a service bandurist Victor Mishalow from Canada. provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian Traditional Ukrainian food and beverages, community. Items should be no more than 100 words long; longer submissions are Events beer and wine will be available. Admission subject to editing. is $1, plus ticket purchases for the food tent. July 19-21 For more information contact Father Yuriy Preview items must be received no later than one week before the desired date of Adoptive Families Weekend Kasyanov, 716-684-0738. publication. Items will be published only once, unless otherwise indicated. Please include payment for each time the item is to appear and indicate date(s) of issue(s) in July 20 Sunday, August 25 which the item is to be published. Zabava with Luna HORSHAM, Pa.: The Tryzub Ukrainian American Sport Center Tryzub will host the Information should be sent to: [email protected] or Preview of Events, The July 21-26 22nd annual Ukrainian Independence Folk Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, 973-644- Heritage Camp (session 2) Festival at Tryzubivka, County Line and 9510. NB: If e-mailing, please do not send items as attachments; simply type the text into the body of the e-mail message. July 21-27 Lower State Roads, Horsham, PA 19044. Sports Camp (session 1) July 21-August 3 Dance Camp (session 1) July 21-August 3 Ukrainian Teachers’ Seminar July 26 Zuki & Mike on the Tiki Deck July 27 Zabava (TBA) July 28-August 3 Sports Camp (session 2) August 2 Svitanok on the Tiki Deck August 3 Dance Camp recital (4 pm) Zabava with Svitanok August 4-17 Dance Camp (session 2) August 9-11 Family reunion August 9 EMCK on the Tiki Deck August 10 Miss Soyuzivka Zabava with Tempo August 10-18 Club Suzie-Q August 16 Lighthouse on the Tiki Deck August 18 Dance Camp recital (4 pm) Zabava with Fata Morgana August 18-28 Josephs School of Dance and Viva Dance Studio August 29-September 2 Labor Day weekend (TBA) Tennis and swimming championships September 7 Private event September 8-12 Gymnasium reunions: Bayreuth, Berchtesgaden, Karlsfeld, Landshut, Regensburg September 13-15 Carpathian Ski Club (KLK) weekend