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INSIDE: • Op-ed column: Learning Ukrainian in Ukraine — page 6. • Olha and Cora: two writers, parallel lives — page 10. • Travels: Volcanology field camp in Kamchatka — page 13. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXXVI No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 $1/$2 in Ukraine

Shevchenko Society grant supports Tymoshenko government begins digital archives of two newspapers returning lost Soviet-era savings PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The state – or by looking through rolls of Shevchenko Scientific Society U.S.A. microfilm is a tedious task. In addition, has awarded a $15,000 grant to full texts of The Weekly’s issues from Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly 1996 through 2006 are also available for their project to digitize the full on the newspaper’s website www.ukr- complement of their issues released weekly.com (2007 issues will soon be since their founding through the pres- available online). ent. Digitization of both newspapers’ The news was announced in a letter issues will not only guarantee broader dated December 17, 2007, from the access to Svoboda’s and The Ukrainian Shevchenko Society signed by Dr. Weekly’s back issues, but will render Olexa Bilaniuk, chair of the society’s these archives searchable. Scholarship and Grants Committee, Furthermore, these digitized archives and Dr. Orest Popovych, Shevchenko can then be made available to universi- Society president; and the funds were ties, libraries, scholarly institutions and received at Svoboda and The Weekly other interested parties around the on January 9. globe. The grant came from the George This mammoth project – which is Kusiw Fund, which supports publish- expected to cost $70,000 – will be ing activity and grants. It will enable invaluable to researchers and scholars, Oleksander Prokopenko/Pool/UNIAN the two newspapers to begin work on as well as the Ukrainian community at Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko talks to depositors in front of an Oschadbank their digital archives project. large. However, the realization of the branch in Dnipropetrovsk on January 14. Currently, issues of Svoboda, pub- project requires a substantial financial lished in the Ukrainian language since commitment that is well beyond the by Illya M. Labunka zens to flock to the branches of the state- 1893, and The Ukrainian Weekly, pub- financial means of the two newspapers, Kyiv Press Bureau owned Oschadbank over the weekend of lished in English since 1933, are avail- which are published as non-profit ven- January 11-13. The crowds continued to able at the newspapers’ home office in tures. KYIV – Prime Minister Yulia gather earlier this week, with many waiting Parsippany, N.J., in the form of bound The editor-in-chief of Svoboda and Tymoshenko’s drive to return $4 billion in in long lines for more than four days to copies of the newspapers, as well as on The Ukrainian Weekly, Roma bank deposits lost during the 1991 break- receive their share of the payout. microfilm. Not all years are available, Hadzewycz, said she is extremely up of the Soviet Union and the accompa- On January 8 Oschadbank, the however. Research by perusing bound grateful for the Shevchenko Society’s nying hyperinflation caused hundreds of copies of the newspapers – some vol- thousands of Ukraine’s mostly elderly citi- (Continued on page 22) umes of which are in a quite fragile (Continued on page 15) Sen. Lugar travels to Ukraine, meets with President Yushchenko Russian statement KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko met on Tuesday, pendence and Ukraine’s membership in European and Euro- January 15, with a U.S. delegation headed by Sen. Richard G. Atlantic structures. criticizes Ukraine Lugar, co-chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Sen. Lugar expressed hope that U.S.-Ukraine relations Relations. would be strengthened now that the government of Yulia During their meeting the two sides discussed key questions Tymoshenko has assumed power after months of political on language policy of bilateral relations, strengthening Ukraine’s energy inde- deadlock in Ukraine. “Relations are excellent and my guess is by Illya M. Labunka that they will grow even stronger,” Sen. Lugar said, according Kyiv Press Bureau to the Associated Press. Speaking about political dialogue between the two coun- KYIV – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of tries, Mr. Yushchenko said that Ukraine expects that U.S. the Russian Federation on January 9 issued a President George W. Bush will visit Ukraine in April. He also statement critical of Ukraine’s decision to expressed Ukraine’s readiness to welcome U.S. Secretary of screen all films distributed on its territory in State Condoleezza Rice. the Ukrainian language. Referring to bilateral relations, the Ukrainian president The Constitutional Court of Ukraine had reassured the U.S. delegation that Ukraine is interested in the ruled on December 24, 2007, that all of the earliest possible adoption of a draft roadmap for Ukrainian- country’s movie theaters must show both for- American cooperation. eign and domestic films with subtitles, Discussing Ukraine’s European and Euro-Atlantic aspira- voiceovers or dubbing only in Ukrainian. tions, Mr. Yushchenko said: “We aspire to a new ambitious In a clearly provocative tone, the Russian agreement that would open perspectives of association and Foreign Affairs Ministry’s statement, released later on full-fledged membership for Ukraine in the EU,” by its Information and Press Department, adding that such an agreement should exceed the limits of the accused the Ukrainian government of “refus- European Union’s Neighborhood Policy. One of the main ing yet again to fulfill its international respon- aspects of such an agreement, according to the president, is sibilities.” The statement charged that the establishment of a free trade zone with the EU. Ukraine’s cinematic policies “do not adhere to On January 15 President Yushchenko formally requested the European Charter on Regional Languages NATO’s Membership Action Plan for Ukraine – a significant or Languages of Minorities, which, under the step toward eventual membership in the alliance. Sen. Lugar aegis of the government, foresees the develop- UNIAN/Mykola Lazarenko (R-Ind.) said he urged Ukraine to hold a broad public discus- ment of cinematic production in the languages President Viktor Yushchenko greets Sen. Richard Lugar, co- sion on joining NATO. of minorities.” chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, in Kyiv on January 15. 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Georgia between the rule of law Kyiv requests NATO Action Plan co-chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Foreign Relations, said on and ‘geopolitics of Rustaveli Avenue’ KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor January 15 in Kyiv that “the United Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yulia States is grateful to Ukraine for its impor- Tymoshenko and Verkhovna Rada by Vladimir Socor groups backing Mr. Gachechiladze, have tant support in Iraq.” Sen. Lugar said that Chairman Arseniy Yatsenyuk have sent a Eurasia Daily Monitor demanded at one and the same time a the United States intends to ask Ukraine recount and a runoff. They have not yet request to NATO Secretary-General Jaap for further support “both in Iraq and On January 13 Georgia’s Central settled on one or the other demand. de Hoop Scheffer for Ukraine to be given Afghanistan and other places requiring Electoral Commission (CEC) approved Opposition leaders accuse the authorities a NATO Membership Action Plan at the the interests of peace around the world.” and released the final official results of of having falsified the results. However, NATO summit in Bucharest in April. The The most powerful Republican on the the January 5 pre-term presidential elec- those leaders apparently have very little text of the request was posted on the pres- Foreign Relations Committee also tion. The process took longer than evidence to submit to courts. Instead they idential website (http://www.president. stressed the importance of preserving the expected, largely because of contentious resort to street actions, televised speeches gov.ua) on January 15. Ukrainian leaders Ukrainian gas transportation system, an counting of disputed votes from a number and pressures including physical ones on argue that the policy of integration into important route for energy supplies to of precincts, amounting to decimal points the CEC. They do so both by dint of the Euro-Atlantic bodies is determined by Europe. (RFE/RL Newsline) and thus not affecting the outcome. traditional model of Rustaveli politics Ukrainian legislation, and therefore Mikheil Saakashvili won narrowly with and because their legal case, this time, is should not be seen as directed against Rada approves visa pact with EU third countries. Mr. Yushchenko, Ms. 53.47 percent of the votes cast; runner-up a weak one. KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on Levan Gachechiladze garnered 25.69 per- Indeed the opposition’s representatives Tymoshenko and Mr. Yatsenyuk assured Mr. de Hoop Scheffer that the Ukrainian January 15 ratified an agreement with the cent; and five other candidates shared the on almost all the precinct and district European Union facilitating the visa remainder. The country-wide turnout electoral commissions had signed the public will be consulted about the coun- try’s possible membership in NATO. regime for Ukrainians entering countries was 56.9 percent. protocols certifying the results on those in the Schengen zone, RFE/RL’s The CEC reached this final tally after levels. Under Georgia’s electoral law, the They anticipated that the alliance will soon acknowledge the country’s progress Ukrainian Service reported. The agree- the results from 18 precincts (out of opposition holds six out of 13 seats on all ment establishes categories of Ukrainians 3,311) were repealed and/or corrected, the local electoral commissions as well as in its “intensified dialogue” with NATO and relevant reforms. (RFE/RL Newsline) who are eligible to obtain five-year or almost all in favor of opposition candi- on the CEC. Moreover, decisions are one-year multi-entry EU visas, and cate- dates. The CEC took those decisions in taken by a two-thirds majority. Thus, the Russia threatens review of relations gories of Ukrainians for whom visas will 11 cases and the courts in seven cases law – as amended by the governing par- be issued with no fee. Those eligible for (CEC Summary Protocol of the liamentary majority before the election – KYIV – Russian Ambassador to obtaining visas free of charge are parents Extraordinary Presidential Election, gives the opposition veto and blocking Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin said that or children of people who have the right January 13). powers on the local levels. Yet opposition Russia will be forced to review its rela- to stay in the EU; schoolchildren, stu- In the election’s immediate aftermath, representatives signed the protocols tions with Ukraine if the latter joins dents and journalists; people participating the risk is high that opposition groups locally, apparently in the self-induced NATO, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service and in humanitarian aid activities; drivers of may resort to what is known in Tbilisi as belief (which the opposition had pro- news agencies reported on January 14. international cargo and passenger trans- the “geopolitics of Rustaveli Avenue” claimed throughout the campaign) that “We just explained that if they join portation; and crew members on interna- (the capital’s central thoroughfare). This Mr. Saakashvili was bound to lose coun- NATO, we will have to review our rela- tional trains. For those who are not refers to the series of “regime changes” try-wide. tions,” Interfax quoted Mr. Chernomyrdin exempt from the fee, the agreement set since 1990 that were achieved by concen- In addition to opposition representa- as saying. “Ukraine is our largest neigh- the charge for a visa at 35 euros ($51 trating large, potentially turbulent crowds tives, thousands of local observers and bor and our ties are too close – in particu- U.S.). (RFE/RL Newsline) on that avenue near the Parliament and NGO representatives observed the ballot- lar regarding sensitive technologies and governing institutions and forcing the ing and vote counting. Irregularities did political affairs – to take its membership President to address Rada on first day ouster of the incumbent authorities. This occur, largely for organizational reasons, in NATO lightly,” he said. The Russian can, but does not need to, involve vio- in this unforeseen snap election and with envoy also suggested that Ukraine’s join- KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko lence. It does involve large numbers of the electoral law changed in the opposi- ing the Single Economic Space along will move up his address to the demonstrators, fiery speeches, psycholog- tion’s favor on short notice. But, in the with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan Verkhovna Rada concerning the internal ical pressure and support from sympa- consensus view of Western observers and would in fact assist its goal of further situation and the external politics of thetic media. even of opposition members of the local integration into the EU. Ukraine supports Ukraine to the first day of the After the election just held, the losing electoral commissions, the balloting and the formation of the Single Economic Parliament’s new session. The president candidates, as well as the alliance of nine vote counting were on the whole correct. Space, but rejects Russia’s proposal to set noted that the date for the session’s open- Thus, opposition leaders seem to have up a single-duty zone or any international ing, which usually occurs in early little evidence to submit to courts. institutions that would limit its sovereign- February, is yet to be determined by the Instead, they are mostly showing to the ty. (RFE/RL Newsline) Rada. Mr. Yushchenko said his address For the record public unsigned copies of electoral com- will focus on macroeconomic indicators. Although he was quoted in a story and missions’ protocols or other documents Lugar thanks Ukraine for support Among the indicators that are to be mini- headline written by Bohdan Shandor without legal value. They also refer to KYIV – Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) (Continued on page 14) (January 8) as saying that he has his anecdotal allegations of ballot miscount- sights set “on becoming the first ing, but are seldom able to submit proof, Ukrainian American in the United States and cannot show that the alleged episodes Congress,” in fact, if elected, Andy added up to an outcome-changing pat- FOUNDED 1933 Harris would not be the first Ukrainian tern. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY American to serve in Congress. Mr. Gachechiladze and other opposi- An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Members of Congress who have cited tion leaders are also harshly criticizing a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. their Ukrainian ancestry include: Rep. Western observers for having validated Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. David Bonior (D-Mich.), who served in the election. 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Mr. e-mail: [email protected] Dr. Szporluk was still professor of history Boden is known to be preparing a new Maria Oscislawski, advertising manager (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 at the University of Michigan when he report on the election, reflecting his mod- e-mail: [email protected] recommended Dr. Mace for the position, ified views. On the whole, such unprece- Mariyka Pendzola, subscriptions (973) 292-9800, ext. 3042 and Dr. Mace was brought to Harvard by e-mail: [email protected] HURI Director Omeljan Pritsak. (Continued on page 17) No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 3 NEWS ANALYSIS: New prime minister launches state audits and savings payouts by Pavel Korduban Tymoshenko said that the Ukrainian state Tymoshenko’s successors. The campaign’s beginning has not Eurasia Daily Monitor would guarantee Naftohaz’s debts, after The re-privatization campaign may been very successful, which may under- which Fitch upgraded Naftohaz’s senior also be re-launched. It scared many mine popular trust in Ms. Tymoshenko. Having barely formed her Cabinet of unsecured rating from “B+” to “BB–.” potential investors and was arguably one First, the state budget provides for only a Ministers, Prime Minister Yulia By checking Naftohaz, Ms. of the main reasons behind the dismissal fraction of the sum that is to be repaid. Tymoshenko got down to business. She Tymoshenko will not only improve the of Prime Minister Tymoshenko by The rest should come from privatization resumed several campaigns that she had company’s performance, but will show President Viktor Yushchenko in proceedings in 2008-2009, whose volume launched when she was prime minister in that Naftohaz’s interests, as well as September 2005. On January 10 the is hard to predict. Second, Ms. 2005 but were dismissed by her succes- national interests, were damaged by her Supreme Court threw out an appeal Tymoshenko equated the Ukrainian hryv- sors as too “populist.” In addition to predecessors’ reliance on one intermedi- against an earlier court ruling that invali- nia to the Soviet ruble, which was consid- starting to reshape the energy market, she ary in gas trade with Russia. Ms. dated the privatization of the Luhansk erably stronger, so depositors will receive also began to compensate Ukrainians for Tymoshenko insists that RosUkrEnergo, locomotive plant in 2007. Both Ms. much less than actually was lost. Third, savings lost amid the 1991 dissolution of a Swiss-registered joint venture between Tymoshenko and Mr. Yushchenko only 1,000 hrv ($200) will be compensat- the Soviet Union. Gazprom and Ukrainian businessman believe that the plant’s sale to a Russian ed in cash per depositor, irrespective of “I want us to start getting used to Dmytro Firtash, should cease to be the company was not transparent. the actual size of the deposit. Fourth, the politicians fulfilling obligations taken monopoly supplier of natural gas to On January 12 Ms. Tymoshenko said campaign has been poorly organized. The during elections,” Ms. Tymoshenko told that Nikopol Ferroalloys Plant (NFZ) Ukraine. However, her opponents warn elderly have to spend hours in lines, and ICTV. She promised a lot in the run-up to should be re-nationalized. NFZ was sold that changing the existing scheme may they are poorly informed about the proce- the September 2007 election that swept result in higher gas prices for Ukraine. in 2003 to Victor Pinchuk, the son-in-law dures. One old man died of a heart attack her back to the prime minister’s chair. If On January 8 Ms. Tymoshenko of then-President Leonid Kuchma. Ms. outside a bank in Zaporizhia, and one eld- she fails to deliver on her promises – ordered a comprehensive audit of the Tymoshenko pledged to return NFZ to erly lady had her leg broken in a stam- such as fighting corruption, removing coal industry. “I want miners, their fami- the state in 2005, but although courts intermediaries from the gas trade with lies and the whole society to learn about invalidated the deal in 2005-2006, court pede at a bank in Cherkasy. Russia, increasing wages and pensions, every instance of abuse in the coal sec- rulings have been ignored. Prime Minister Tymoshenko’s rivals and reimbursing Soviet-era savings – the tor,” she said. Ukraine’s coal mines have On January 9 Ms. Tymoshenko also seized the opportunity to expose the cam- presidential election campaign of 2009 been among the main sources of wealth launched an ambitious campaign to repay paign’s weaknesses. The PRU press serv- will be lost for her before it starts. for Ms. Tymoshenko’s arch-rivals from lost Soviet-era savings. None of the for- ice accused Ms. Tymoshenko of “seeking Meeting the new head of the Naftohaz the Party of the Regions (PRU), whose mer Soviet republics has managed to publicity at any cost.” “People are being Ukrainy national oil and gas company, stronghold is the Donbas, Ukraine’s main reimburse them. This is a serious test for fooled, receiving just 1,000 hrv for the Oleh Dubyna, on January 2, Prime mining region. the new prime minister’s ability to lost deposits,” the Party of Free Minister Tymoshenko pledged to save On January 9 Ms. Tymoshenko muster popular support. Ms. Democrats said in a statement. Naftohaz from bankruptcy. She appoint- announced that the “Contraband, Stop!” Tymoshenko’s presidential election ed her longtime right-hand man, First campaign would be re-launched. In 2005 chances will depend to a great extent on Sources: UNIAN, January 2, 11; ITAR- Vice Prime Minister Oleksander Ms. Tymoshenko had lowered import the success of this particular campaign, TASS, January 8, 11; ICTV, Ukrayinski Turchynov, to chair a commission to duties on goods like fruit and mobile as millions of unfortunate depositors are Novyny, January 9; AP, January 11; check Naftohaz’s activities in 2006-2007. phones, simultaneously purging the ranks involved. Interfax-Ukraine, January 11, 12. Naftohaz operated at a loss during the of the customs service. Among other period. It accumulated a multi-billion- things, the campaign targeted smuggling dollar debt and failed to come up with a across the border with Moldova’s break- Ukrainian model is latest addition timely financial report for 2006, so it is away Transdniester region. “Contraband, teetering on the brink of default. Ms. Stop!” was shelved under Ms. to list of illustrious Bond girls PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Her name is Ms. Kurylenko was seen recently Kurylenko, Olga Kurylenko, and she is alongside Timothy Olyphant in the Ukraine endorses Chornobyl closure plan the latest addition to the illustrious list November 2007 release of “Hitman.” of Bond girls. The 28-year-old native A talent scout discovered Ms. Ukrinform the plant’s stricken reactor, epicenter of the of Berdiansk, Ukraine, was named as Kurylenko when she was 13 while she 1986 nuclear accident, as well as between Camille, James Bond’s sidekick in the was vacationing in Moscow with her KYIV – A plan has been endorsed for the plant and the U.S. company Holtek the ultimate withdrawal from operation of yet untitled film by Columbia Pictures. mother. The scout told Olga’s mother International on the construction of a new that Olga was too young at the time, reactors at the Chornobyl nuclear power storage facility for spent nuclear fuel. This is the 22nd installment of the plant, and for making the plant an environ- James Bond series based on Ian but that maybe in a year or so… These efforts are financed from the Olga grew up in a cramped Soviet mentally friendly system. Ukraine’s Chornobyl Shelter Fund, which was cre- Fleming’s novels. Daniel Craig returns “communal flat” with four small rooms Emergencies Minister Volodymyr Shandra ated by the European Bank for as the British superspy. shared by six adults from her extended signed the appropriate order on January 16. Reconstruction and Development. The Being a Bond girl has given actress- family and several children. Located The document provides for the with- cost of the projects is estimated at $500 es enormous exposure and launched drawal of spent fuel from the reactors million (U.S.). many film careers. A former model, (Continued on page 20) and notes that this task must be imple- According to the EBRD, among all mented by 2010. donors to the fund, the greatest contribu- In September 2007 contracts were tion was made by the European Union signed in Kyiv between the Chornobyl (which provided $304.8 million), the Quotable notes plant and the French concern Novarka on United States ($206.6 million) and the construction of a new shelter facility for Ukraine ($67 million). “...I would like to emphasize that the president and government see eye to eye on foreign policy. This is a very important element of the new political situation in the country. The head of state and government have a similar vision of Ukraine’s international prospects. These are: rapprochement with Europe; NATO membership; stable friendly relations with our partners and neighbors, such as Nemyria: European integration must become the Russian Federation, the U.S.A., Poland and others; Ukraine’s evolution into a regional leader capable of playing an important role in securing uninterrupted strategic interest of Ukraine’s domestic policy power supplies; effective use of the country’s transit potential, etc. “Today I informed Viktor Yushchenko about specific practical steps we are Ukrinform three main aspects in the program. The going to make in 2008 so that the above priorities set by the head of state could first is the quality of state management, be realized with the utmost efficiency and benefit for Ukrainian people. The KYIV – European integration of particularly in the context of fighting cor- president approved the plan, so the ministry will use it as a roadmap for 2008. Ukraine must become a strategic interest ruption. Another key aspect, according to We have a clear idea of what should be done in the context of ensuring our of domestic policy, said Vice Prime Mr. Nemyria, is the quality of public dia- national security, in the energy transit sector, in endorsing the European identity Minister Hryhorii Nemyria during public logue, and the third is openness of of Ukraine, in Ukraine’s relations with Russia, the U.S.A. and Poland, in boost- hearings on January 15 on the Cabinet’s authority. ing the GUAM role, in promoting Ukraine’s image internationally, and in pro- action program called “Ukrainian “There must be a projection of tecting the interests of Ukrainians living abroad. Breakthrough: For People Rather than Ukraine onto Europe and the rest of the “Put differently, we have a clear action plan for each of these key areas. I want Politicians.” world, and a projection of Europe and the to streamline ministerial procedures and processes for each of them to include The vice prime minister emphasized world onto Ukraine. Meanwhile, the key the following stages: identification and definition of a priority; design of a that the issue of Euro-integration is aspect must be openness of authority. detailed action plan; implementation; monitoring and evaluation. This will help touched upon in all the three sections of This represents a step toward the goal set to improve our performance. Another critical prerequisite of success is for all the government’s program, and not only by the ‘Ukrainian Breakthrough’ pro- public agencies to harmonize their foreign policy efforts, and here the role of the in the fourth, which deals with “Ukraine gram,” Mr. Nemyria said. presidential decree on the coordinating functions of the Ministry of Foreign and the World.” Mr. Nemyria commented that the Affairs can hardly be overestimated. ...” “The intention to raise Euro-integra- problem of each of Ukraine’s new gov- tion questions in the program is not a ernments was that short-term programs – Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko, speaking in an purpose in itself, but an instrument of were developed, while long-term devel- interview with Tatiana Silina of Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, published in the newspaper’s modernizing this country,” he stressed. opment strategies were completely neg- January 12-18 issue. According to Mr. Nemyria, there are lected. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 No. 3 OBITUARY: Lev Futala, 85, decorated veteran of the UPA YONKERS, N.Y. – Lev Futala, a dec- studying veterinary medicine. His studies orated veteran of the Ukrainian Insurgent were interrupted by World War II. Army (UPA) and leading member of the In mid-1944 he joined the UPA. Soon Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists he became a member of the (OUN), as well as an officer and member Lemkivschyna unit, and afterwards was a of various Ukrainian community organi- member of the fighting force led by zations in the United States, died on “Hromenko.” December 21, 2007. He was 85. He was a participant of the 1947 great Mr. Futala, who earned the rank of raid of the UPA, which succeeded in lieutenant in the UPA and was known in making its way to the West. At first he UPA circles under his nom de guerre and his comrades in arms were interned “Lahidnyi,” was president of the Society in Degendorf, Germany, but then he was of UPA Soldiers, head of the World released and wound up with other UPA Brotherhood of UPA and president of the members at the displaced persons camp Litopys UPA (UPA Chronicles) publica- in Regensburg. tion, as well as an honorary member of He was awarded the bronze cross of the Brotherhood of the OUN-UPA in service from the National Military Ukraine. Headquarters of the UPA and the gold Within the Ukrainian American com- cross for military service, first class, by munity, Mr. Futala was known as a mem- the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation ber of the executive board and the Council. National Council of the Ukrainian Mr. Futala resumed his studies of vet- Congress Committee of America erinary medicine in Munich. Then, in Lev Futala (UCCA), a member of the Organization 1949, he immigrated to the United States, for the Defense of Four Freedoms for where he became active in OUN activi- tives in Ukraine, Canada and the United Ukrainian World Congress, Askold Ukraine and a founding member of the ties, as well as a variety of Ukrainian States. Lozynskyj, as well as representatives of SUM-A Federal Credit Union in Yonkers, community organizations. Funeral services were held on the OUN, the UCCA, the Ukrainian N.Y. He was also a leading member of Most recently, in June 2007, Mr. December 26, 2007, in Yonkers at St. American Youth Association, UPA veter- the Ukrainian Liberation Front in the Futala attended the commemorations of Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church; bur- ans, the Organization for the Defense of United States. the centennial of the birth of Roman ial was in the UPA section of Holy Spirit Lemko Western Ukraine, the worldwide Mr. Futala was born in the village of Shukhevych, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in credit union movement and others. Berehy, Sambir region of western UPA, that were held in Lviv. Hamptonburgh, N.Y. The family has requested that memori- Ukraine, on January 23, 1922. He com- Surviving are Mr. Futala’s wife, At the memorial repast that followed al donations be made to the Litopys UPA pleted his secondary education in Halyna; two sons, Myroslav and Bohdan, the funeral services, Mr. Futala was eulo- Fund and the Society of UPA Soldiers Drohobych and in 1942 entered the with their wives; granddaughter, Adriana; gized by a host of community leaders, (earmarked for the care of invalids and University of Lviv, where he began and brother, Ihor; as well as other rela- among them the president of the ailing veterans). Manor College greets the New Year Montreal slated to host by Nick Rudnytzky SUSK’s 50th congress JENKINTOWN, Pa. – On the eighth day of the new year, the St. Basil MONTREAL – The Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Academy’s “Madrigal” choir, under the Union (known by its Ukrainian acronym as SUSK) was leadership of Sister Germaine Senita, revived at the XXII National Ukrainian Canadian Congress OSBM, ventured across Fox Chase Road held in Winnipeg in October 2007. Elected as SUSK to accompany the blessings of the Rev. national president was Artem Luhovy, president of the Myron Grabowsky with their angelic McGill Ukrainian Students’Association in Montreal. Close voices. The 15 young ladies, entered the to 50 youth delegates from various youth organizations Basileiad Library Building on Manor attended, many of whom are members of university clubs College’s campus and were greeted by across Canada. Also present was architect Victor Deneka, the college’s president, Sister Cecilia one of the first organizers of SUSK in 1953. Jurasinski, OSBM, with the traditional SUSK is presently organizing its 50th national congress proclamation celebrating the birth of to be held from Friday, February 22, to Sunday, February Christ, “Khrystos Razhdayetsia!” 24, at McGill University in Montreal. After the exchange of felicitations, In November 2007 SUSK national organized a mock Father Grabowsky began the blessing of hunger strike at various universities across Canada marking the college, beginning with the main the 75th anniversary of the Famine-Genocide in Soviet desk of the reception area, then the presi- Ukraine. SUSK national also has revived Student, its dent’s office, followed by the various national trilingual publication, a forum reflecting the broad administrative offices located throughout interests of Ukrainian Canadian students. This year the the building. All the while, the Madrigal publication will be marking the 40th anniversary of its singers accompanied father’s blessings. founding; it was first published in Montreal in 1968. The procession then moved on to St. Membership in SUSK consists of Ukrainian clubs, asso- Josaphat Hall, where Father Grabowsky ciations and federations whose members are students of blessed the dorm rooms and common The Rev. Myron Grabowsky blesses the buildings at Manor College. Canadian universities or other post-secondary institutions. areas, as well as the Ukrainian Heritage SUSK national has an official representative, its president, Museum. With a brisk pace the entire Mr. Luhovy, on the board of directors of the Ukrainian group crossed the parking lot and pro- Canadian Congress. It is also a member of the Ukrainian ceeded to Mother of Perpetual Help Hall, World Congress. which houses classrooms, laboratories, SUSK’s history dates back to its founding in Winnipeg the cafeteria, the chapel and the office of in December 1953; Ukrainian student activity in Canada the dean of students, Sister Francis, dates back even further, to 1927. Among SUSK’s aims has OSBM. been to unite and coordinate Ukrainian student clubs at all “Thanks be to God for giving us the Canadian universities and to promote cooperation among opportunity to begin this new year with them. such a beautiful and inspiring ceremo- The SUSK national executive for 2007-2008 is: ny,” said Sister Cecilia, while expressing President Luhovy, McGill University; Executive Vice- her gratitude to Father Grabowsky and President (internal) Marco Jacuta, University of Alberta; all those who participated in the festivi- Director of Publications (Student) and Communications ties. Adriana Luhovy, Concordia University; Regional VP (West) Roman Soltykevych, University of Alberta; *** Regional VP (East) Olyana Grod, York University; Projects For more information about Manor Director Tamara Mischena, University of Guelph; Director College and its diverse programs readers of External Relations Oksana Hrycyna, York University; may call 215-884-2218, log on to Secretary Olesia Markevych, University of Alberta; www.manor.edu or write to Manor Treasurer Andrij Popiel, University of Manitoba; and College, 700 Fox Chase Road, Alumni Director and Past President Paul Horbal, Jenkintown, PA 19046. The Madrigals choir of St. Basil Academy sings in the library. University of Toronto. No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM Zenon Zawada leaves The Ukrainian Weekly PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Zenon Zawada, resulted in pre-term parliamentary elec- N.C.), an economics intern at Bloomberg The Ukrainian Weekly’s Kyiv Press tions and a new pro-Western coalition News (Washington) and an economics Bureau correspondent since February government in Ukraine. reporter at Futures World News 2005, has left the staff as of January 11. He While still a student at American (Washington). has been tapped as the new chief editor of University, Mr. Zawada spent a semester “Serving The Ukrainian Weekly and the Kyiv Post, an English-language weekly in 1997 studying at Taras Shevchenko the Ukrainian American community was newspaper published in the Ukrainian cap- University of Kyiv. During this time he a great honor, and I thank the Ukrainian ital. The Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s largest interned with The Ukrainian Weekly’s National Association’s management for English-language publication. Kyiv Press Bureau and wrote several the opportunity,” Mr. Zawada said. “My Mr. Zawada, an experienced journalist articles for the newspaper. He graduated three years reporting in Ukraine provided who hails from New York, officially from American University in May 1998 memories that will last a lifetime.” joined the editorial staff of The Weekly in with a B.A. in international studies, Among his most memorable experi- May 2005. He began working at the Kyiv minoring in communication. ences Mr. Zawada cited getting Press Bureau a little more than three In June 2001 Mr. Zawada traveled to slammed to the ground by icon-waving weeks after the inauguration of President Kyiv and Lviv to write about Pope John Russian Orthodox “babushkas,” hanging Viktor Yushchenko following the dramat- Paul II’s historic visit to Ukraine. His out in the Verkhovna Rada cafeteria with ic events of the Orange Revolution. articles were published in the National Ukrainian literary icon and National Since then he has covered a variety of Catholic Register, Catholic News Service Deputy Pavlo Movchan and venturing stories, ranging from developments in the and The Weekly. out onto the ski slopes of the Carpathian Gongadze case and Russia-Ukraine rela- Prior to his stint at The Weekly Mr. Mountains with Lviv’s Carpathian Ski tions under the Yushchenko administra- Zawada worked as a business reporter at Club. Zenon Zawada on the beat in Kyiv. tion, to the struggle of veterans of the The Ledger in Lakeland, Fla., and at the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) for Winston-Salem Journal in North recognition by the Ukrainian government Carolina. He was also assistant business and the political crisis of 2007, which editor at The Gaston Gazette (Gastonia, Dear Students, UNA Members: Now you can download UNA scholarship Young UNA’ers applications from our website www.unamember.com under “Membership Benefits.”

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THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Reporter’s notebook by Zenon Zawada Ninety years ago Kyiv Press Bureau This January 22 we mark the 90th anniversary of a historic act that proclaimed the Ukrainian National Republic as “an independent, free and sovereign state of the Ukrainian people, subject to no one.” It was on January 22, 1918, that the Ukrainian Central Rada issued an edict, known as the Fourth Universal, that was the realization of the age-old aspirations of the Ukrainian nation. Learning Ukrainian in Ukraine January 22 also marks the 89th anniversary of the Act of Union, which consolidat- In his public and political life in Ukraine Many Ukrainians insist they can be just ed all Ukrainian lands, east and west, and merged the Western Ukrainian National nowadays, Vitali Klitschko speaks mostly as patriotic and devoted to Ukraine by Republic with the Ukrainian National Republic headquartered in Kyiv. The Act of Ukrainian. speaking the Russian language. But is that Union, which was joyously proclaimed in Kyiv’s St. Sophia Square, marked the real- I can tell it ain’t easy for him. Listening really the case? ization of a dream held by generations of Ukraine’s intelligentsia. to it, I would say it’s about as pleasant as Both these fellows in Poltava had oppor- Today these dates may seem like obscure historical footnotes to the new generation listening to fingernails scrape a chalkboard. tunities to learn Ukrainian and speak the that has grown up since Ukraine’s most recent incarnation as an independent state in He pauses for several seconds at a time, language, and both chose not to do so. 1991. But the youngest generation’s elders in the diaspora recall the days when mispronounces words, restructures phrases On the other hand, Vitali Klitschko spent January 22 was the most important date on the Ukrainian calendar. in mid-sentence and often mixes in Russian most of his life living outside of Ukraine’s It was a day of celebrations and commemorations, when communities would hold words as a crutch for the Ukrainian ones he borders, and here he is struggling with the special programs, when elected officials would issue proclamations recognizing doesn’t know. language on national television. Surely, any- Ukraine’s independence proclamation of 1918 and paying tribute to the Ukrainian Frankly, if he weren’t Vitali Klitschko, thing a Ukrainian politician does before a people’s yearning and drive for freedom, when the blue-and-yellow flag of free he’d be a laughing stock. television camera is calculated, with Mr. Ukraine would fly at city halls around the world – though not in Ukraine. These were But he is Vitali Klitschko – not just a Klitschko being no exception. more than perfunctory annual events (although youngsters at that time might not have world-famous boxer, but an ethnic Regardless of whether he earns political realized it…). In fact, these celebrations of January 22 as Ukrainian Independence Ukrainian who like many of his country- points off his public linguistic travails or Day kept alive what we used to refer to as the “Ukrainian national idea.” men in Ukraine and throughout the world, not, Mr. Klitschko is sending a crucial mes- Today, January 22 is celebrated in Ukraine as the Day of Unity (Den Sobornosty) never learned the language of his ancestors, sage: if someone really wants to and tries since there is a new Independence Day, celebrating another historic act, the Act of for one reason or another. And, he may be a hard enough, that person could learn Declaration of the Independence of Ukraine adopted on August 24, 1991, by the candidate for mayor of Kyiv, that is, if pre- Ukrainian. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. However, the importance of January 22 as the original term elections for that post are held. In preferring to appear inarticulate speak- Ukrainian Independence Day has not faded. For, even though Ukraine’s independence Watching Mr. Klitschko stutter and stum- ing Ukrainian, Mr. Klitschko is demonstrat- in the early part of the 20th century was short-lived, the milestone events of January ble while discussing politics on national tel- ing a special devotion to Ukraine and its 22, 1918, and of January 22, 1919, laid the groundwork for what was yet to come – evision on January 3, I am reminded of an values far more impressive than would be including decades of arduous and costly struggle. incident in Poltava. demonstrated if he conducted interviews or Indeed, as Dr. Orest Subtelny notes in his history of Ukraine, the events of 1917 I joined a Ukrainian Congress gave speeches in his native Russian, which (when the Central Rada was established in Kyiv) to 1920 (when the Bolsheviks tri- Committee of America (UCCA) election would have been much easier. umphed in Ukraine) succeeded in spreading national consciousness to all segments of observer team visiting the city for the In doing so, Mr. Klitschko is an excep- Ukrainian society. He writes: “... the rise of Ukrainian governments taught peasants to September 30, 2007, vote. My partner that tional role model for Ukrainians, demon- identify themselves as ‘Ukrainians.’ ... [Thus] the upheaval of 1917-1920 was not only day was Jean-Pierre Pasternak, a French cit- strating that it’s okay to struggle with a lan- a socioeconomic but also a national revolution.” izen of proud Ukrainian blood and spirit. guage that is so new to many – even on The seeds of that national revolution were disseminated to all corners of the globe, Having not lived in Ukraine for an extended national television as long as you try. wherever Ukrainians settled. At the same time they were safeguarded and preserved period of time, Mr. Pasternak’s knowledge After all, here we are 16 years after inde- among the people of Ukraine, subjugated though they were by foreign powers. of Russian was practically nil, as is the case pendence, and the only people in Kyiv To be sure, it took more than seven decades for Ukraine to regain its independence, with millions of other Ukrainians in the speaking Ukrainian are intellectuals, artists, but the age-old struggle finally bore fruit. And, in 1991, when Ukraine’s independence diaspora. politicians, Catholics, villagers and diaspora was re-established, it was due in large measure to the sacrifices of many generations Most in the diaspora view Russian and types (quite an eclectic collection). who had shown the way and nurtured the dream of an independent Ukraine. It is those Ukrainian as two entirely separate lan- Business is still done exclusively in sacrifices that we recall on January 22 as we note the 90th anniversary of Ukraine’s guages that require separate learning. Russian, Kyiv real estate is still bought and Independence Day of 1918. But as most in the diaspora know, many sold in Russian, hailing a cab is done in Ukrainians in Ukraine don’t see things that Russian and picking up girls works better in way. They assume if you know Ukrainian, Russian (it’s open to debate, but that’s my then you must know Russian (undoubtedly experience). the result of 300-plus years of tyranny, Many Ukrainians say they are not as Jan Turning the pages back... oppression and chauvinism). comfortable with Ukrainian and can’t Our chauffeur, likely in his 30s, spoke to express themselves as well. But that com- us that day exclusively in Russian. When fort and fluency can be achieved only by 20 Four years ago the European Parliament voted 467 to 19 in Mr. Pasternak asked him whether he could taking the first initial steps, making mis- favor of a resolution calling for Ukraine to be given “a clear speak Ukrainian, the driver insisted “Yes!” takes, and stumbling and bumbling over 2004 European perspective” and the possibility of entering the and continued speaking in Russian. words. With enough practice, correction, European Union, as reported by The Ukrainian Weekly. When I explained to him we would bet- repetition and dedication, most any The European Commission stated that there would be no ter understand him if he spoke Ukrainian, Ukrainian can learn the state language. change in a timetable for Ukraine’s accession to the EU. EC spokeswoman Francoise Le he declined again, revealing that he truly As an accomplished athlete, Vitali Bail stated that changing the plan for Ukraine’s entrance into the EU was not on the didn’t know the language and was probably Klitschko knows quite well that today’s agenda at the current time, but added, “The plan may be renewed and discussed with the embarrassed. stumbles and falls will lead to tomorrow’s new [Yushchenko] government.” At the polling station we visited that mastery and perfection. He will be doing EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said, “I want to deepen trade and econom- evening we asked its director, a man likely Ukraine a great service if he keeps making ic relations with a reforming Ukraine.” Ukraine will have to eliminate its price-fixing in his early 60s, to speak Ukrainian with us. his vocabulary blunders and grammatical practices, reform its bankruptcy procedures and institute the refunding of the value- He declined because he said he didn’t want mistakes in public. Well, just for a few years added tax (VAT), the last of which has long been an issue with many foreign businesses to insult the Ukrainian language because his anyway. He’s gotta make some progress in Ukraine, Mr. Mandelson added. knowledge of it was so poor. eventually. In improving relations with its neighbors, Ukraine’s Parliament ratified an intergov- ernmental agreement on financial cooperation with Germany on January 20, 2004, that would allow Ukraine to benefit from up to 11 million euros for projects supporting On the campaign trail farming and private enterprise in rural areas, and the efficient use of energy in small- and medium-size enterprises. The agreement also provided 3 million euros in grants to “I looked into Mr. Putin’s eyes and I saw three things – a K and a G and a B.” implement these projects. President Viktor Yushchenko, on his first official trip abroad as head of state, – Candidate for the Republican presidential nomination Sen. John McCain, addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) during its sit- addressing the Republican Jewish Coalition on October 16, 2007. The quotation was ting in Strasbourg on January 24-25, 2004. “We have a three-year action plan. We cited by The Wall Street Journal, which noted that the line was recycled from a July should like it to end in 2007 with a concrete commitment,” Mr. Yushchenko told the 2007 speech to the Churchill Club in Santa Clara, Calif., and that similar words were press after his speech before the assembly. uttered in June 2007 by former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Mr. Powell said that “At the end of the plan we would start accession negotiations. It would give us a he reacted to President George W. Bush, who, after his first meeting with the Russian prospect, a vision for Ukraine,” Mr. Yushchenko said while addressing the European president in 2001, said: “I looked into Putin’s eyes and I saw his soul.” Mr. Powell’s Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on January 27, 2004. response: “Mr. President, I looked into President Putin’s eyes and I saw the KGB.” In response, the European Commission gave no firm commitments, proposing only more cooperation on trade, immigration, security and foreign relations. Benita Ferrero- Waldner, the EU’s external relations commissioner, rejected proposals that Ukraine be “This is the president [George W. Bush] that looked in the soul of Putin, and I offered an association accord seen as a precondition to eventual accession, but added could have told him he was a KGB agent. By definition he doesn’t have a soul.” that minor agreements would be put forward in the coming week. – Candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination Sen. Hillary Clinton, Source: “In about-face, European Parliament votes to give Ukraine ‘clear European speaking in New Hampshire on January 6, in answer to a voter’s question about for- perspective,’” by Vasyl Pawlowsky, The Ukrainian Weekly, January 23, 2005. eign policy. The remark was reported by Reuters. No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 7

IN THE PRESS Faces and Places Ukraine’s second chance by Myron B. Kuropas under Yushchenko-Tymoshenko “Ukraine’s Second Chance,” com- have used to escape prosecution. mentary by Adrian Karatnycky (presi- • Increase transparency by obliging Meeting Charlie Wilson dent of The Orange Circle) and Jan senior public officials and politicians to If you haven’t seen “Charlie Wilson’s but accused us of harboring Nazis. The Neutze (program official at the German publish annual statements of assets and War” starring Tom Hanks and Julia current OSI head, Eli Rosenbaum, a man Marshall Fund of the U.S.) in The Wall incomes. Roberts, you’re missing one of the best with distinct Ukrainophobic tendencies, Street Journal, December 21, 2007: Anticorruption campaigns must not films of 2007. become mechanisms of political retribu- has made similar noises. The movie is an amazing true story “…There are a number of key steps tion. Thus, prosecutions cannot only After assisting “Nazi” hunters in recalling how Democratic Rep. Charlie Ukraine’s reunited Yushchenko- focus on the activities of members of the Canada, Mr. Sher was appointed chief- Wilson (Tom Hanks) – assisted by Tymoshenko tandem should take in the opposition. They must target officials of-staff of the International Commission staunch anti-Communist and born-again first 100 days of the new government: from across the political spectrum, wher- on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims. He Christian constituent Joanne Herring lost this position and his D.C. law license • Strengthen weak and contradictory ever the evidence leads. (Julia Roberts) and rogue CIA agent Gust anticorruption legislation and update But Ukraine is unlikely to win the bat- in 2003 after he confessed to receiving Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman) – “unauthorized reimbursements” of travel government ethics codes that are current- tle alone. The U.S. and the EU need to manages to gain bi-partisan ly ambiguous or absent altogether. step up their assistance in helping expenses. The tawdry debacle was quick- Congressional support for clandestinely ly hushed up by the mainstream press. • Establish a new judicial chamber, Ukraine face this challenge by quickly providing arms, primarily Stinger mis- staffed by a new generation of judges deploying teams of anti-corruption advi- In addition to meeting Rep. Wilson at siles, to the Afghan mujahideen follow- the WACL conference, I met two untainted by sleaze. sors to Kiev [sic] to work with the new ing the Soviet invasion. • Create an independent national government. If they do, the hopes and Ukrainian women. One was Slava It’s an unlikely story. To make it all Stetsko, chair of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc investigative bureau to uncover and root aspirations of the Orange Revolution will happen required Israeli, Pakistani and out grand corruption. be realized and will contribute to the of Nations (ABN), a charter member of Saudi cooperation; Democrats and WACL, who gave a brilliant keynote • Eliminate or reduce the scope of par- emergence of a mature and prosperous Republicans quietly working together to liamentary immunity, which lawmakers democracy.” address to some 200 delegates in English. raise the money; keeping the world’s The other woman was the drop-dead gor- media in the dark; and making sure the geous Annelise Ilschenko, Rep. Wilson’s Soviets were unable to pin it all on the main squeeze at the time. As I recall, the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR United States because the U.S. was not former Miss U.S.A.-World spoke fluent openly involved. Brilliant. Ukrainian but gave no speeches. Adding to the implausibility of these Rep. Wilson’s efforts in Afghanistan threat from bordering states and, there- events is the person of Charlie Wilson were quietly supported by the Ronald All is not quiet himself, a seemingly disinterested, fore, does not need a strong army. The Reagan Administration. Some pundits whiskey-swilling party animal and wom- result of that shortsighted policy was a believe that the congressman’s success on the Eastern Front anizer. Convinced by Ms. Herring to visit quick loss of independence to Bolshevik was the model for other clandestine Pakistan to meet with Pakistani leaders – Dear Editor: hordes by 1919. Reagan efforts against the Soviets during and to view Afghan refugee camps in President Yushchenko’s recent “strate- the Cold War. Critics have argued that Fact – Ukraine is not surrounded by Pakistan – Rep. Wilson had an epiphany. gic” appointment of Raisa Bohatyriova – the weapons we left behind in safe and friendly states. Returning to the United States, he a former gynecologist (http://www. Afghanistan were later used by the Russia, with its constant imperial Bohatyriova.org.ua/biography/medicine/) became obsessed with actively defeating ambitions, has been eying the division of the Soviets. Taliban and Al Qaeda to fight against the as the secretary of the National Security U.S. “No way,” responded Mr. Wilson in Ukraine for some time. Romania has and Defense Council hardly needs a Interviewed recently by Reader’s claims to the Ukrainian-administered Digest, Mr. Wilson mentions that his Reader’s Digest. “There’s not a bullet commentary. As recently as 2000 Ms. that’s still on the shelf over there. They Serpents Island, the Black Sea boundary Bohatyriova was still busy defending her “opponents were CIA people who had and Danube navigation canal. Turkey is been doing things their way for 40 years fired up everything they got from us a physician’s qualifications as a highly hundred times over ... they don’t have having problems with its own Muslim skilled obstetrician. Ukrainian patriots and couldn’t imagine doing them any fundamentalists, Kurdish rebels and Al- other way... they would say things like anything but AK-47’s and rocket-pro- may be dead certain that her vast experi- pelled grenades.” Qaeda. Moldova and its unstable ence in handling whatever she handled ‘We don’t want to irritate the Soviet Transdniester breakaway province border Union.’ I would hear that and not be able Asked if Afghanistan could have before coming to the Verkhovna Rada is become more stable following the Soviet Ukraine. going to turn out as a great asset to the to breathe for a couple of minutes.” The Therefore, a strong, modern security don’t piss-off-the-USSR line was a fun- withdrawal, Mr. Wilson replied in the young nation’s defense and security. affirmative. “But once the Russians and defense system is very much needed However, for some strange reason, I have damental component of Henry by the Ukrainian state. Kissinger’s foreign policy during the marched out, we came home,” he said. a feeling that the notions of safety and “We should have stayed and built However, the current president seems reliable protection for the Ukrainian Nixon and Ford administrations. I often to be set on destroying what is left of the heard such sentiments when I served in schools, hospitals, roads and an electrical nation just might have somewhat differ- system. All the things America does so crumbling Ukrainian security powers. If ent connotations for Ms. Bohatyriova, the White House. I met Rep. Wilson in the summer of well, we could have done for a song.” history does have a tendency to repeat especially considering her past medical 1987 in Taipei, Taiwan, during the annual Mr. Wilson was asked by Mr. Hanks if itself, then Viktor Yushchenko is follow- credentials. ing the footsteps of the Central Rada of conference of the World Anti-Communist he thought that a similar effort could be 1917-1918 when it was decided that the Alex Kozhushchenko League (WACL). I was a delegate of the mounted today in view of MSNBC, the newly independent Ukraine was under no Greenville, Del. United States Council for World Drudge Report and media bias. Mr. Freedom, a WACL chapter headed by Wilson didn’t believe it could. Mr. Hanks retired Maj. Gen. John K. Singlaub, for- agreed. “I’m one of those Americans Jersey, of which I was at the time presi- mer commander of U.S. and U.N. forces who are trying to figure out if the con- Faulty memory dent. We came up with the idea of hav- in Korea. Two other U.S. delegates were stant blaring of the media, from the left ing a Famine oral history project per- the late Walter Chopiwskyj, a politically and the right, has taken us to the point and “bezlychnist” formed. We put up the funds for it. We active Ukrainian American from where there’s no legitimate discussion,” Phoenix, and Tony Mazeika, a said Mr. Hanks. “And, as a result, there’s Dear Editor: found and hired a graduate student named Leonid Heretz to conduct it, and Lithuanian American who presided over no chance of balance and respectful com- It’s odd when a historian, of all peo- we also hired James Mace to advise on the Coalition for Constitutional Justice promise.” ple, has a faulty historical memory. its implementation. and Security (CCJS). At the time, I was Good point. While what happened in Oddity turns into offensiveness when After the project was completed, co-chair of the Ukrainian American Afghanistan was the beginning of the such faulty memory also involves misap- Messrs. Mace and Heretz refused to give Justice Committee (UAJC). end for the Soviet Union, the sheer mag- propriation. us the results of the oral histories. Their I met Mr. Mazeika when both of us nitude and audacity of the Wilson project In her article about the recent Harvard rationale was that the participants in the visited the Justice Department’s Office of involved the kind of bipartisan spirit and Special Investigation to request its then- Ukrainian Institute Holodomor sympo- oral histories had requested confidentiali- Mideast cooperation that no longer head, Neal Sher, to hire some Ukrainian sium (December 30, 2007), Marika ty. We considered suing, but ultimately exists. Today it seems that Congressional Whaley reports on Prof. Leonid Heretz’s and Lithuanian attorneys to enhance the leaders, certain Mideast leaders and a decided that this would be more harmful department’s credibility. With a majority personal memories of the Famine Oral to our community than vindicating our muddled media are more interested in History Project in which he and the late Jewish staff, OSI was notorious for its winning temporary skirmishes than in rights was worth to us, so we walked intimate ties to Soviet “jurists” anxious James Mace were involved in the 1980s away quietly. Now we read that the proj- waging and winning a war. as “one of the greatest successes of the to provide doctored evidence regarding If the early primary results are any ect was “one of the greatest successes of Estonian, Latvian and Ukrainian so- pre-1991 Harvard Ukrainian Research the pre-1991 Harvard Ukrainian Research indication, it appears that most Americans Institute.” That’s interesting. The first called “war criminals.” The arrogant Mr. are weary of the contentious factionalism Institute.” That’s what we Ukrainians Sher dismissed us as out of hand and all Famine Oral History Project was actually call “bezlychnist” (shamelessness). and the politics of personal destruction a project of the Ukrainian American that has held sway for most of the decade. Professionals and Businesspersons Bohdan Vitvitsky Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is This is a good thing. Let’s hope it carries Association of New York and New Kyiv [email protected]. over to the general election. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 No. 3 The Boyko family’s gift to the village of Zapytiv by Chrystia Sonevytska tion of the library. The land for the library was donated by WASHINGTON – Some gifts are more the Zapytiv Village Council under the special than others. In October 2007 this leadership of Mayor Yurii Fedeyko. A writer was privileged to be present – local builder, Taras Nenchuk, was selected along with 200 other people – at the to lead the construction. Iryna Lasowska, blessing of a newly completed library in a woman of many talents from the U.S.- the picturesque village of Zapytiv, located Ukraine Foundation’s Lviv office, applied 18 miles northeast of Lviv in the her considerable organizational skills to Kamianka Buzka raion (county). keep the construction on track. This gift to the citizens of Zapytiv was The raion administration officially made possible by the late Mychailo opened the library in December 2007 on Boyko, who left this village in 1944, only the Feast of St. Nicholas, promising to to return for a brief visit after Ukraine provide an additional resource person and gained its independence. other personnel as needed. Mr. Boyko with his wife, Irena, left The library will also become a center Zapytiv during the World War II spring where people of all ages, but especially offensive, leaving behind his three sib- the community’s youth, can meet for lings and parents, Andrij and Anna, whom meetings and activities. he would never see again as they would A project of this scope presents many be later deported to the Far East, where challenges, but the fact that a new library they perished in the Soviet Gulag. now stands and that the village librarian The young Boyko family would eventu- of almost 20 years now has a modern The Boyko family: (from left): Lieda, Mychailo, Bohdan, Irena and Olena. ally reach the United States; they resided building with plumbing and heat (for 20 for many years in New Haven, Conn. years she did without both), gives the res- With his return to Ukraine, Mychailo idents of this community great pride and Boyko possessed an ever-growing desire those who saw the project through great to aid in the development of his native satisfaction. village. Remembering his own difficulties Hopes abound for the acquisition of as a poor peasant child, he wanted to essential resources for the second-floor repay the support and kindness that he interior, such as six computers for the encountered as a youth, while attending computer center, numerous periodicals the Theological Academy in Lviv, from and books on tape or disk, as well as the the rector at the time, Father Josyf Slipyj. librarian’s dream: a photocopier. Always thirsty for knowledge, always The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, a inquisitive, Mr. Boyko dreamt of a library 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, is in his native Zapytiv so that others would accepting tax-deductible contributions have access to the world of knowledge. earmarked for the Zapytiv library. By the end of 2003, Mr. Boyko and his Upon learning of the need for a copier, children Olena and Bohdan from the the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council and its Tidewater area of Virginia, and Lieda president, E. Morgan Williams, pledged a from Port Charlotte, Fla., were in consul- donation toward this procurement. tation with the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, In addition, Washington, D.C.-area res- with the desire to bequeath a lasting lega- ident Teresa Ben, whose father-in-law cy to Zapytiv. The foundation’s advan- was the director of the school in Zapytiv tage in this endeavor, beyond the fact that it is a charitable organization, is that it until his death at the hands of the Soviets possesses a network throughout Ukraine in the 1940s, has donated the personal and, most importantly, an office in Lviv, library of her late husband, Constantine Ben, to supplement the existing library which would help in the implementation U.S.-Ukraine Foundation President Nadia K. McConnell and Zapytiv Mayor of the project. collection in Zapytiv. The Zapytiv library, constructed in Yurii Fedeyko with 10th graders helping to plant shrubs and trees near Soon thereafter, the Zapytiv the library in Zapytiv several weeks before its completion. Community Development Fund was creat- memory of Andrij and Anna Boyko, will ed. Sadly, Mychailo Boyko passed away install a commemorative plate when Ukraine, may contact the U.S.-Ukraine DC 20006; telephone, 202-223-2228; fax, in 2005 and it would be up to his children Bohdan, Lieda and Olena with their fami- to ultimately make his dream a reality. lies visit Zapytiv in June, thus ensuring Foundation, Attn: John A. Kun, VP/COO, 202-223-1224; e-mail; usuf@usukraine. With donations from the Boyko estate, that the memory of their grandparents, 1701 K St. NW, Suite 903, Washington, org; website, www.usukraine.org. friends and family nearing $137,000 over their father, Mychailo, and his lifelong the course of four years, the foundation quest for scholarship will be passed on to dedicated the entire sum to the construc- a new generation of Ukrainians. Biofuels summit in Ukraine * * * Chrystia Sonevytska is special proj- Readers who would like to support the hailed as a success ects coordinator for the U.S.-Ukraine Zapytiv Community Development Fund Foundation. or provide any other assistance for by Jeff Mulhollem the European Union, legal issues and market development. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Participants learned about cropping first International Summit on Biofuels systems, traditional biofuel processing Research and Business Opportunities and new production methods involving in Ukraine, organized by Penn State cellulosic ethanol and alternative feed- and sponsored by the Woskob New stocks, such as perennial grasses and Century Fund, was deemed a success lotus. The summit also focused on by equipment and technologies, feedstock the dean of the university’s College challenges, price of Agricultural Sciences. competitiveness of biofuels, fuel “The summit is an early step in crop insurance practices and impacts Ukraine bringing its vast on the farming sector and the environ- agricultural resources to bear on ment. solving the country’s energy “Summit participants concluded that problems,” said Robert Steele, who use of traditional fuels along with bio- was a panelist in several of the ses- fuels would improve energy supplies sions. Extensive research programs in and reduce dependence on oil biofuels development are ongoing in resources,” Mr. Steele noted. “They the college he oversees at Penn State. also concluded that biofuel should not The event, which attracted 125 par- be viewed as an alternative to tradition- ticipants from 12 countries, was held in Kyiv on December 9-11, 2007. It al fuel in the Ukraine. Instead, it included two days of presentations and should be viewed as complementary, a field trip to a biofuel plant in Poltava. and producers of both types of fuels The summit agenda covered govern- should not be competitors.” ment policy issues, regional perspec- Further development of the Seen in front of the Zapytiv Library, as it neared completion, are U.S.-Ukraine Ukrainian biofuel market is possible Foundation representatives and officials from the Kamianka Buzka raion admin- tives and an istration. overview of the biofuel industry in (Continued on page 20) No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 9 After first semester at HURI, Serhii Plokhii outlines plans for the future by Peter Woloschuk have been working on as well, as those hope to begin the publication of a series and Religion in Early Modern Ukraine” that they are about to launch,” Prof. of translations of the source material of (Oxford University Press, 2001). His sec- CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After six Plokhii emphasized. “Over the past few Ukrainian political thought which was ond major work was “Unmaking months as the third holder of the years HURI and USF have been working originally commissioned by Prof. Pritsak Imperial Russia: Mykhailo Hrushevsky Mykhailo Hrushevsky Chair of closely with the various governmental by the CIUS Press.” and the Writing of Ukrainian History” Ukrainian History at Harvard University and university libraries of Ukraine and “Finally, I am anxious to continue my (University of Toronto Press, 2005), and as a member of the Harvard have been supplying them with millions own research,” Prof. Plokhii said. “I was which tracked Hrushevsky’s intellectual Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI), Dr. of dollars of scholarly publications and due to go on sabbatical at the University approach, and his recently published Serhii Plokhii has completed one aca- texts. We have been collaborating with of Alberta before I came to Harvard and third major book, “The Origins of the demic semester of teaching and scholarly the Ukrainian National Archives in the Harvard has very graciously let me go Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in work, and has put together an outline of declassification and publication of their forward with my plans for research and Russia, Ukraine and Belarus” his plans for work at the university. vast stores of primary source materials, writing. I will be looking at the Yalta (Cambridge University Press, 2006), is a The four main areas that he has identi- particularly from the Communist era, and Conference from the Ukrainian perspec- culmination of a decade’s work on how fied and will initially concentrate on we have been actively engaged in updat- include: teaching, work with graduate tive and what it meant for Ukrainian bor- elite political discourse and history-writ- students, work on special ing research on the Holodomor as well as ders and for the Ukrainian people.” ing create and shape cultural identities. HURI/Ukrainian Studies Fund (USF) in the commemoration of the 75th “This fall my booklet ‘Ukraine’s Quest Prof. Plokhii stated that he looks for- projects, and ongoing scholarly anniversary of 1932-1933.” for Europe: Borders, Cultures, Identities’ ward to working with colleagues in pursuits/projects. In November 2007 HURI sponsored a was published by the Heritage Press in Ukraine. “When Ukraine became inde- “As an academic, I place my chief pri- major seminar looking at the impact of Saskatoon,” Prof. Plokhii concluded, pendent and the old barriers fell, Ukrainian orities on teaching and research,” Prof. the original studies of the Holodomor “and in the spring the University of scholars needed help from the West to get Plokhii said. “Over the summer I began from the perspective of 25 years, and the Toronto Press will issue my collection of back to the business of real historical stud- my work by giving a lecture titled institute its preparing to sponsor a major essays ‘Ukraine and Russia: ies. They needed to be reintroduced to the ‘Imagining Europe: The Ukrainian international conference on the Representations of the Past,’ which dis- source material and they needed help in Experience’ for the students at the Holodomor for the anniversary in cusses the formation of Ukrainian histori- filling in the blank spots. Now a new gen- Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute November 2008. “Most importantly, we ography and its relation to its Russian eration of scholars has emerged that is (HUSI) which I intended to be current are planning to publish a major new work counterpart from the 18th century to truly professional and can partner equally and topical and which gave an overview on the Holodomor based on all of the post-Soviet times.” with scholars from the West. I look for- of the way that Western Europe is per- archival material that has become avail- Before coming to Harvard, Prof. ward to working with them and to under- ceived by Ukrainians and the various able since the collapse of the Soviet Plokhii, 50, was a professor of history at taking joint projects with them.” historical factors and processes that have Union,” Prof. Plokhii noted. the University of Alberta and acting Prof. Plokhii studied at the faculty of contributed to this point of view.” “When the original work on the famine director of the Canadian Institute of history at Dnipropetrovsk University, “During the fall semester I taught a was done by Robert Conquest,” he point- Ukrainian Studies (CIUS). For 10 years where he received his B.A. in history and course on early modern Eastern Europe ed out, “there was little documentary he was associate director of the Peter social sciences in 1980. He continued his and concentrated on Ukraine as playing material that existed in the West. Scholars Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical graduate studies there, but when it came the essential/central part,” Prof. Plokhii had to make due with anecdotal material Research at CIUS working on the time to present and defend his disserta- continued. “I also conducted an upper- from survivors and eyewitnesses who had Hrushevsky Translation Project, co-edit- tion a committee could not be assembled level seminar on the formation of managed to make their way to the West ing two of the four volumes of the in Dnipropetrovsk and so the history Russian and Ukrainian identities for 11 and who were telling their stories from a History of Ukraine-Rus’ published to department at Patrice Lumumba students. Nine of them turned in papers distance of a number of years.” date. He also taught at Harvard as a visit- University in Moscow formed a commit- on aspects of Ukrainian history.” “Now we have access to the secret gov- ing professor in the spring of 2003 and tee to review his dissertation. He “This summer, for the first time, I will ernment files and the local newspapers of the fall of 2005. In the spring of 2002 Dr. received his master’s degree in Moscow be offering a survey course of Ukrainian the various oblasts and raions of Ukraine Plokhii was the Petro Jacyk in 1982. He completed his studies at history and I will offer an extended ver- with thousands of accounts of confisca- Distinguished Fellow in Ukrainian Kyiv University, earning a doctorate in sion of this course next fall and I am tions, trials and capital sentences meted Studies at HURI. history in 1990. quite excited about them,” the professor out to those who resisted,” he added. Dr. Plokhii first earned his scholarly Prof. Plokhii met his wife, Olena, at continued “These courses will mark the “At the same time HURI is exploring reputation through his writings on the Dnipropetrovsk University. The couple first time that Harvard has offered a new ways to cooperate with other aca- early modern religious history of Ukraine have two children, Andrii and Olesia, broad, general look at the entire sweep of demic institutions, particularly the completed during Soviet times. After who are students, respectively, at the Ukrainian history and I think it is vital to Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies relocating to Canada, this study culminat- University of Alberta and the University the preparation, formation and under- (CIUS),” Prof. Plokhii added, “and we ed in a sweeping book, “The Cossacks of Massachusetts at Boston. standing of future generations of Ukrainian specialists to have this overview.” Ukrainian American among joint winners of Nobel Peace Prize Prof. Plokhij acknowledged that he has “a good foundation to build on.” He ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Institute Dr. Stakhiv said, “It is an honor and a explained: “Omeljan Pritsak concentrat- for Water Resources (IWR) of the U.S. thrill to be part of the IPCC membership ed on the origins of Rus’ and the early Army Corps of Engineers on December sharing in the award.” Since its founding history of the Kyivan state, as well as 21, 2007, congratulated one of its own, in 1988 in Geneva, Switzerland, the Ukraine’s relationship with the peoples Dr. Eugene Z. Stakhiv, for his role as a IPCC has published a series of scientific of the steppe and the Turkish Empire. member of the Intergovernmental Panel reports – the consensus of approximately Roman Szporluk focused on the 19th and on Climate Change (IPCC) – which made 2,000 scientists from 120 countries – that 20th centuries, Ukraine’s connection him a joint winner of the 2007 Nobel have “created an ever-broader informed with Eastern and Central Europe, with a Peace Prize. consensus about the connection between strong emphasis on intellectual history, The IPCC shared the Nobel Peace human activities and global warming,” and my primary focus has been on the Prize with its much more famous recipi- the Nobel citation noted. early modern period from the 16th ent, former U.S Vice-President Al Gore. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers through the 18th centuries, especially The prize was awarded “for their efforts website notes that Dr. Stakhiv received religious and cultural developments, and to build and disseminate greater knowl- his Ph.D. in water resources systems from the Kozak experience, as well as the his- edge about man-made climate change Johns Hopkins University. He has toriography of these developments.” and to lay the foundations for the meas- enjoyed a 38-year career with the U.S. “I also believe that it is imperative to ures that are needed to counteract such Army Corps of Engineers. He has prepare new cadres to work in the field change.” It was presented in Oslo, worked at IWR since 1976 on a number of Ukrainian history, and I spent this past Norway, on December 10, 2007. of national-scope domestic water semester working to a different extent Dr. Stakhiv is co-director at the IWR resources planning and policy studies, as with two graduate students from of the International Upper Great Lakes well as a wide variety of international Ukraine, Oksana Mykhed, who started Study Board on behalf of the water-related assignments. His interna- with me at the University of Alberta and International Joint Commission. He has tional work includes an extended over- Dr. Eugene Z. Stakhiv who followed me to Harvard and is been an active contributor to the IPCC, seas tour in Iraq as the inaugural senior ship of the International Joint working in the area of early modern co-chairing the first IPCC Water U.S. advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Commission’s Upper Great Lakes Study, Ukrainian history, and Sofiya Grachova, Resources Group, serving as lead author Water Resources. after successfully co-directing the com- who is concentrating on modern of the second and third IPCC reports, and In 2004 Dr. Stakhiv served as the act- pletion of the five-year Lake Ontario and Ukrainian history and whose principal participating as a reviewer of the fourth ing senior science advisor at the U.S. St. Lawrence River Study Board. advisor is Prof. Terry Martin,” Prof. IPCC report. Mission to UNESCO in Paris. In 2006 he In a statement issued to press back on was appointed by the United Nations Dr. Stakhiv is an active member of the Plokhii said. “They are the future, and, Ukrainian community, including Plast hopefully, they are just the first two of a October 12, 2007, when he learned he Director General to the Advisory Board and the IPCC had won the Nobel Peace of UNESCO’s International Center for Ukrainian Scouting Organization and its new, young group of professionals dedi- “Chornomortsi” fraternity, as well as the cated to ongoing scholarly studies on the Prize, Mr. Gore said he was deeply hon- Water Hazards and Risk Management ored, adding, “We face a true planetary (ICHARM), located in Tsukuba, Japan, Carpathian Ski Club. He is also a mem- history of Ukraine.” ber of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and “I am also very excited to be involved emergency. The climate crisis is not a and he was subsequently elected political issue, it is a moral and spiritual ICHARM board chairman. Sciences in the U.S. and the Ukrainian in the major projects that the institute Engineers’ Society of America. and the Ukrainian Studies Fund (USF) challenge to all of humanity.” He recently assumed the co-director- 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 No. 3 Olha and Cora: Two writers, parallel lives in two countries by Irene Zabytko Cora discovered Kobylianska while on a trip to Chernivsti with her late husband, SOUTH FALLSBURG, N.Y. – t’s typ- Rudy, a Holocaust survivor and ical for writers and other creative types to Chernivtsi native. Cora was at the home seek tranquil, quiet spaces, usually in of Rudy’s extended family when she natural, beautiful surroundings where noticed an interesting cottage across the they can focus solely on their work. road with a shiny placard. It was the Olha Artist colonies serve that purpose. These Kobylianska Literary Memorial sequestered, artist-only places also dou- Museum, the modest home where Olha ble as hide-outs where “creatives” can lived and wrote. think and dream without the distractions “Ever since I wandered into the muse- and oppressions of everyday demands. um in 1985 I have been fascinated by this I was looking for such a sanctuary in a writer and her life,” Cora said. “As Rudy writers’ magazine when an advertisement translated the information the guide was for a place called “My Retreat” caught giving us, I realized I had to find out my attention. Besides offering private more about this woman. I didn’t under- writing cottages in the Catskills – which stand why I had such a strong desire until was enticing enough – “My Retreat” I came back to the United States. My advertised itself as a place dedicated “to research revealed that I was born in New the spirit of the Ukrainian writer Olga York on the day that Olha died in Kobylanska.” Chernivtsi, March 21, 1942.” Well now, that was certainly intrigu- That pivotal moment of spiritual con- ing, I thought, considering the magazine nection is wonderfully recounted in Cora and Rudy Schwartz (center) with Volodymyr Voznyuk and an employee of was not at all a Ukrainian publication. I Cora’s recently published novel, “Gypsy the Olha Kobylianska Literary Memorial Museum in Chernivtsi. was eager to find out more and I Tears: Loving a Holocaust Survivor.” Bukovyna newspaper there,” Cora said. had defiantly gone to the Chernivtsi train accessed the website The story revolves around a first-person “We became friends and she helped Rudy station with baskets of food for people (www.myretreat.net) where a lovely narrator and Rudy, and their exuberant, detained by the Nazis risking arrest and photo of the Ukrainian feminist writer passionate and sometimes tempestuous surprise me by getting a copy of the film, deportation herself. In real life, Olha Kobylianska (“Olga Kobylanska” relationship as they travel to Ukraine and ‘The Land’ [based on Kobylianska’s Kobylianska was targeted by the Nazis on the site) and this dedication appeared: Eastern Europe. The chapters in which novel] for me to see. We watched the for her outspoken criticism of them, but “This retreat was founded in the spirit of the narrator discovers Olha’s ethereal film in the Kobylianska Theater on died before she was arrested. Olga Kobylanska, a famous Ukrainian presence vividly captures and mirrors the Kobylianska Street. Alexandra was so “But most of all,” Cora continued, “I writer. May Olga’s talent for the lyrical, spiritual and psychic connection the patient. She translated for me while the am in awe of her understanding of every- her gift of observation, sensitivity and author has for the legendary film was running. After that, she was thing that a woman could be, an under- artistic taste live on at My Retreat.” Kobylianska. happy and proud to help me translate standing that is yet to come to many Ukrainians certainly know about “The initial bond was with birth and ‘Nature’ and have it published in today. I also visited the village of Kobylianska (1863-1942), an extraordi- death dates,” Cora said, “but then I dis- Chernivtsi.” Dymka, which was Olha’s summer nary fiction writer, feminist, humanist covered other similarities in our lives that Cora is currently writing a sequel to home. It’s located about 20 kilometers and Ukrainian patriot from Bukovyna, turned the bond into a spiritual one, an “Gypsy Tears.” She is also still actively out of Chernivtsi. There, I saw her study, most notably Chernivtsi, where she lived undeniable one. For example, in Olha’s involved in many projects in Ukraine which was a small room with nothing most of her life. Her groundbreaking day, when a woman misbehaved, her including collecting funds for the elderly more than her desk, a wood-burning novels, “On Sunday She Gathered husband had the right to beat her and Holocaust survivors of Mohyliv, a village stove, her father’s old clock. I could see Herbs,” “A Human Being” and “The throw her out into the street. Olha took in Ukraine where Rudy’s family was her there, working away, writing, lonely, Land” feature strong, sentient, independ- those women into her house and nursed incarcerated by the Nazis. Another proj- looking out the window at her wonderful ent women protagonists who challenge them back to health. Well, way before I ect – and one that Cora calls her dream – fruit trees, never really knowing where class limitations, ethnic prejudices and learned about Olha, I opened a shelter for is to someday turn Kobylianska’s sum- her work would end up or if it would patriarchal strictures. battered women in Westchester. Stuff like mer home, located in the village of even continue after her. This is a woman I had read a few of her stories in trans- that made me realize how important it Dymka, into a writing retreat for women. after my own heart.” lation, but was especially fascinated by was that I had found Olha.” “I am in awe of her as a woman,” Cora said. “She remained unmarried all her her dedication to promoting feminism in Since her first visit to Ukraine, Cora * * * Ukraine at a time when women were not has corresponded with scholars and writ- life rather than compromise her interests encouraged to be intellectual and inde- ers around the world, gleaning informa- as a writer and independent woman. She For more information about “My pendent beings. tion and insights into Kobylianska’s life was unschooled and taught herself Retreat” and to read an excerpt from Not surprisingly, she was a great and work, and has returned to Chernivtsi Ukrainian [Olha’s first language was Olha Kobylianska’s “Nature,” visit friend of other famous Ukrainian writers several times. She also enrolled at the German], and published many books. www.myretreat.net. “Gypsy Tears: of the time, including the brilliant Lesia Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute for She had a deep appreciation for nature Loving a Holocaust Survivor” is avail- Ukrainka. But unlike them, she chose the a seminar devoted to Kobylianska’s work that sustained her in not just her writing able from the publisher, Hobblebush single life over conventional marriage and other Ukrainian women writers that but in her life. She turned to nature in her Books (www.hobblebush.com), ama- and motherhood. Unfortunately, Olha was facilitated by Prof. Tamara solitude. zon.com and also through the author’s and her books are hardly known outside Hundorova. Last year, Cora organized a “I admire her passion for her country website, www.coraschwartz.com. of Ukraine. major conference at the Municipal and her people – a passion so deep that it For more information about Olha So why Olha Kobylianska in the Library of Chernivtsi with the provoca- almost led her to serious condemnation Kobylianska’s life and works, readers are Catskills? tive theme: “What Would Olha or death by the Nazis,” Cora said. encouraged to “Google” her name and I contacted Cora Schwartz, the owner Kobylianska’s Message Be for Today’s In “Gypsy Tears” she fictionalizes explore the various websites featuring of My Retreat in South Fallsburg, N.Y., a Ukrainian Woman?” how an older and crippled Kobylianska this fascinating woman and writer. small town made significant by the loom- “My friends put an advertisement in ing Catskill Mountains and famous for the local paper before I arrived,” she the hordes of vacationing Hasidic Jews recalled. “When I arrived at the library at making a summer exodus from New 2:45 that day it was very quiet and I was York City. South Fallsburg is also near reminded by friends that probably no one Verkhovyna, the Ukrainian resort in Glen would show up. Needless to say, I Spey, N.Y. watched the clock and became more dis- Cora, a psychotherapist and creative appointed with every passing minute. writer in her own right, welcomed me to “But then suddenly it was 3 o’clock, the cluster of private cottages on her and the room started filling up with peo- property. “I dedicated the retreat to Olha ple! In just a few minutes there was because she believed that a woman need- standing room only. Students, professors, ed to be independent and aristocratic in newspaper journalists, photographers! It her thoughts and actions,” Cora said. was just glorious. Everyone had so much “She also admired the nature around her to say, and with such passion. Suffice to in Bukovyna and reflected its beauty in say, that after all these years Olha her writing. While South Fallsburg is not Kobylianska is still fresh and significant Bukovyna, it is natural and I hope it in the hearts and minds of so many of her would lend itself to writing.” people.” Besides introducing Western readers to Irene Zabytko is the author of a Kobylianska in “Gypsy Tears” and on her novel about Chornobyl, “The Sky website, Cora helped translate and pub- Unwashed,” and the short story collec- lish one of Kobylianska’s shorter works, tion “When Luba Leaves Home.” She is “Nature,” along with Ukrainian journalist producing a documentary about Alexandra Budna. Chornobyl survivors, “Life in the Dead “Alexandra and I met in Chernivtsi Zone” (see www.lifeinthedeadzone.com). when she interviewed me for the Statue of Olha Kobylianska at the entrance to the museum in Chernivtsi. No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 11 Ukrainian American playwright’s work at national theater in Ukraine by Marta Kolomayets and worked with a translator to have her Special to The Ukrainian Weekly play, then titled “Pagan Saints,” interpret- ed for Ukrainian audiences. She then KYIV – Absent from the Kyiv theater hand-picked both the director, Stanislav scene for six years, “Lev and Levytsia” Moyseyev, and cast the two actors – Mr. (“The Lion and the Lioness”), a play that Stupka and Ms. Lazova – to portray one tells the story of the Russian writer and of the most interesting couples of the philosopher Leo Tolstoy and his wife of 48 modern era. years, Sofia Andriyivna, has now become “Who else but the undisputed heavy- part of this season’s repertoire on the great- weight of Ukrainian theater could come to est stage in Ukraine, the Ivan Franko grips with one of the greatest writers in National Theater in the capital city. world literature,” she noted. And, it has the town talking about the Premiering at the Molodyi Teater on powerful performances of Bohdan Stupka December 1, 2001, the play with its origi- nal cast later traveled to Krakow, Poland, as well as the Ukrainian cities of Lviv, Ternopil, Vinnytsia and Chernivtsi, where it was received with standing ovations. Although there seems to be no good explanation why the play “went missing” after its debut in 2001, theater-goers should welcome its triumphant return to In the final scene of “Lev and Levytsia,” Sofia (Polina Lazova) reads the diaries life. Almost all the original components of her husband, Lev Tolstoy. remain the same; yet there is something different about the play – there is a new times,” he recalled. wrote lengthy articles with titles like maturity, which some spectators say Mr. Stupka said he also finds it chal- “Enema for a Genius” and “Tolstoy, the comes from Ms. Lazova, who portrays the lenging to play the genius that was Mirror of the Sexual Revolution.” Some multifarious Sonia (as Sofia Tolstoy was Tolstoy, and has approached the role psy- critics, she said, were enraged that a called). chologically, defining Tolstoy as a hus- Ukrainian American writer would dare to She is a woman who has gone through band who has lived with the same woman look behind the veneer of the great the giddiness of falling in love with a for 48 years. They fall in and out of love, Russian genius. Others were scandalized genius 16 years her senior, becoming his they fight, they make up, they can’t live by the fact that Tolstoy “speaks lover, his secretary, his proofreader, his with each other and they can’t live without Ukrainian.” editor, the mother of his 13 children, the each other. Even with the recent premiere at the bookkeeper, the household manager, the “Stereotypes are for feeble brains, and Franko Theater, critics are still divided; confidante – all the while maintaining her Leo Tolstoy defies any attempt to some even believe that visitors from St. own identity and pursuing her own inter- caramelize him in heavy syrup and exploit Petersburg and Moscow would enjoy this ests, which included photography and his ‘icon’ for propaganda purposes. I take on Tolstoy. music. avoided airbrushing this giant figure and The playwright remains unruffled by According to the play’s director, Mr. aimed to dramatize his complexity,” the the commentaries. “This continued con- Moyseyev, he was looking for a role for playwright, Mrs. Kowal, said. troversy with political overtones is a great Bohdan Stupka as Lev Tolstoy. Ms. Lazova, who recently celebrated her And it is precisely for this reason that tribute to the play and its production as jubilee and was named a “people’s artist her play is criticized by some and praised significant theater always arouses anxi- in the role of Tolstoy and Polina Lazova in of Ukraine,” which would highlight her by others. “When the play was first pro- eties and brings social collisions out into the role of his Sofia, making it almost unmistakable talent. And, resurrecting the duced,” she recalled, “influential critics the public arena,” Mrs. Kowal noted. impossible to obtain tickets for the sold- role of Sofia Andriyivna came to mind. out performances last fall. The production, “I am so happy that I received such a which begins with Tolstoy approaching creative gift, the renewal of this play on death, travels backwards in time, tracing my native stage, the Franko Theater,” Ms. the harmony and the conflict in a marriage Lazova told Teatralno-Konsertny Kyiv of two strong-willed individuals, commit- (Theater and Concert Life in Kyiv), a pub- ted to each other, yet emotionally exhaust- lication that highlights the cultural life of The UKRAINIAN ENGINEERS’ SOCIETY OF AMERICA ing. the capital city. (UESA) – New Jersey Chapter, invites the community to a The play, originally written in English, “Of course, the play was to become dif- by Ukrainian American playwright Irena ferent; a month changes a person, and here presentation on: Kowal, was inspired by her fascination quite a few years had passed, and we with Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” and his have all become different,” she added. observations recorded in his diaries. By Mr. Stupka, who serves as the creative chance, a few years later, Sofia Kowal dis- director of the Franko Theater, as well as covered the newly published diaries of the patriarch of the theater’s troupe, sees Mrs. Tolstoy. “Here was such an immense- the revival of the play as a “refining ly rich canvas for dramatic dialogue, with- process.” He told Teatralno-Kontsertny out parallel in the history of literary cou- Kyiv, the same publication, “We are ples,” she recalled in an interview. approaching this as work on a new play.” While living and writing in Ukraine for “Judging by the reviews from the first Is the Earth Unique in the Universe? almost a decade beginning in the early premiere (six years ago), the play was a 1990s, Mrs. Kowal painstakingly success, the spectators found it interesting, by Theodor Kostiuk, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center researched the Ukrainian theater milieu but we performed it only a half dozen

Sunday, January 20, 2008 - 3:00 p.m. that the United States will actively partic- Sen. Lugar... ipate in the 2008 Kyiv Energy Summit. Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey (Continued from page 1) Sen. Lugar, who has been deeply In an interview with the Associated involved in issues of nuclear safety and 60 North Jefferson Road, Whippany, NJ 07981 energy security, told the AP that he urged Press he said, “The United States certain- http://www.uaccnj.org ly supports that vital discussion in this Ukraine to develop its own energy sup- plies, including oil and gas, as well as country.” The senator also said that dis- 973-585-7175 cussion about Ukraine’s NATO member- alternative energy sources. “I am very ship won’t be easy. “Other countries may hopeful that there will be a timetable that want to enter into an international debate, will be moved up to think through what they may have comments also,” Senator resources there are available here,” he Light refreshments will be served. There will be a question and Lugar added. commented. answer period after the presentation. As regards energy cooperation with On the topic of humanitarian coopera- the United States, Mr. Yushchenko posi- tion, Mr. Yushchenko noted that Ukraine tively evaluated the agreement between hopes for America’s active support in the two countries on regular discussion financing projects related to the replace- For more information please contact Andrij Wowk at of energy issues within the framework of ment of the sarcophagus at the [email protected] or at (908) 392-1592. an interdepartmental coordinating group, Chornobyl nuclear power plant. For UESA information go to: www.uesa.org as well as regular consultations on energy security in the U.S-EU-Ukraine format. Sources: Press Office of Ukraine’s The president added that Ukraine expects President, Ukrinform, Associated Press. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 No. 3 No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 13 TRAVELS: Journey to the Far East – Volcanology field camp in Kamchatka by Ulyana Horodyskyj that it was not only narrow but that one wrong step could send us down the slope KAMCHATKA, Russia – In life, we and into the poisonous gases pouring out take many journeys: some to faraway of the crater floor. places, some to places closer to home. At times, it was difficult to breathe We meet new people, see new places and because the gases, interacting with the experience the world for all it has to water vapor in our lungs, created acid. offer. A good traveler is not so much con- Other times, it was difficult to hike when cerned with a journey’s beginning or end. the wind intensified and fine ash particles Rather, she enjoys travel for what it is: a assaulted our senses. journey to the unknown and, thus, an Equipment malfunctioned in the opportunity for learning and growth. In extreme environment (a temperature the midst of confusion of new languages probe melted in the high temperature of or cultures, she finds peace. During the the volcanic fumes) and sometimes, trials of the physical journey, she finds weather conditions worsened as we strength and tranquility, surpassing even ascended, making the hikes back more her own assumed mental and physical daunting. In those moments, you begin to limits. understand why it is so difficult to get From 6,500 feet (2,000 meters) atop good scientific data in remote and haz- Mutnovsky Volcano in the Kamchatka Peninsula, the world below looks small. ardous locations. You can almost reach up and touch the In addition to the volcanic hazards, clouds from here. The climb that was dif- there were other dangers one needed to ficult a few hours ago looks easy now. As be aware of at all times: bears (we saw the cold wind tosses my hair about my fresh tracks), changing weather and cre- The beautiful terrain of Kamchatka, defined by volcanoes, snow and wildflowers. face, I stop for a moment to contemplate vasses that were opening up due to the what I am seeing. Where blue skies can melting of overlying snow. Hiking across quickly turn to rain, where rocks can slip snowy terrain was not always the easiest, below one’s feet upon ascent, where ice especially if it was at an angle (one time can open up into deep crevasses, where we hiked, very slowly, up a snowy 50- an eruption can occur without warning, degree slope). Occasionally we resorted this defines the land of Kamchatka – to sliding down the snow and ice, espe- beautiful but deadly. cially near the end of long hikes when And here I am, standing atop one of its our knees and ankles could no longer volcanoes, looking down at the chaotic take the punishment of the uneven terrain terrain. I feel small, insignificant. As well any more. it should be. Nature’s fury knows no Wet boots and socks were inevitable. match. What better place to learn this Slips and falls on snowy terrain, while than on an active volcano? alarming at times, became common On most days, we – a team of students occurrences and, sometimes, quite funny and scientists from the United States, (especially when it took four people to Russia, England, Denmark and Iceland – help me across one snowy field). woke up to cold, cloudy and rainy weath- Exploring on my own was particularly er. One morning we were forced to stay exciting, especially my solo hike involv- in camp due to 45-mile-per-hour winds ing a crawl through a narrow tunnel that nearly lifted our tents off the ground. below the ice. It was, needless to say, a rude awakening. Through enduring such hazards, I On most hikes, we encountered steep, found myself becoming stronger –my uneven and unstable terrain. To get into spirit did not break in the face of hard- the active crater of Mutnovsky Volcano, ship. Nature challenged me. Nature hum- we needed to climb up using a tattered bled me. Yet in this remote and isolated Volcanic activity, as seen from our campsite on one peaceful morning near the rope. Once over the rim, we discovered place, I was often reminded of home: a few of the participants who now live in end of the trip. Ulyana Nadia Horodyskyj, 21, is a Russia traced their origins back to first-year graduate student at Brown Ukraine, the land of my family. In addi- life and more at peace, in tune with the could resist my current situation or I University in Providence, Rhode Island. tion, I had my fill of borsch and all the world. The hardships in the field were could simply laugh and adapt. In one She is interested in how extreme environ- pampushky I could eat. It was a big com- necessary for my personal learning and moment, I found out who I was. I chose ments on Earth can be used as an analog fort to know that there would always be a growth. When the comforts of civiliza- to laugh and adapt. for the current conditions on the planet warm, filling meal at the end of a long, tion were stripped away, when I was This attitude still carries me today, Mars. To do this, she is developing inter- hard day. lying on my back, listening to the wind reminding me to be “in the moment” and disciplinary skills in remote sensing, We live in a wild and wonderful howling outside the tent, feeling the pain to retain a flexible mind and indomitable field and laboratory analyses, in an world. It is a world that deserves our in my legs from the hikes, all the while spirit. In short, I have learned how to live. attempt to bridge the gap amongst these respect and appreciation. After this trip, I contemplating the mysteries of life, I In that respect, I am free, freer than I have three disciplines. find myself more capable in everyday realized something important: either I ever been in my first 21 years of life.

Ulyana Horodyskyj with the Ukrainian flag at Mutnovsky, a complex of four intergrown stratovolcanoes with one current active crater. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 No. 3

Ukrainian naval forces fully professional NEWSBRIEFS ... this year and call the last military draft in CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 2) 2010. President Viktor Yushchenko issued mized the head of state mentioned the a decree last year ordering the govern- TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI, (973) 292-9800 x 3040 budget deficit and inflation, which ment to make the armed forces fully pro- or e-mail: [email protected] reached some of the worst highs last year. fessional by the end of 2009. Later, he “The government, especially the Finance ordered the government and the General Staff to determine by the end of 2007 the SERVICES PROFESSIONALS Ministry and the National Bank, must get down to drafting a set of anti-inflation cost of the transition and to prepare a measures immediately,” Mr. Yushchenko detailed action plan by February 1. FIRST QUALITY Website Design & underlined. 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The presidential Fine Gifts for personal and business use, rep- Presidents visit border schools Authentic Ukrainian Handicrafts administration said that the goal of the resentation of small and mid-size drafts is to improve the functioning of the Art, Books, CDs, Ceramics Andrew R. CHORNY KYIV – Within the framework of their businesses, securities arbitration, authorities in the economic, law enforce- Embroidered Goods and Supplies Manager visit to the Zakarpattia Oblast, the presi- ment and judicial sectors. The adoption of Gold Jewelery, Icons, Magazines divorce, wills and probate. dents of Ukraine and Hungary, Viktor Newspapers, Pysankas and Supplies a new law on the Cabinet of Ministers Yushchenko and Laszlo Solyom, on All Services to Ukraine, Mail-orders was among President Yushchenko’s (By Appointment Only) January 13 visited general educational requirements during the formation of the schools in Vilok, Vynohradiv district. Tel.: (416) 762-8751 Fax: (416) 767-6839 parliamentary coalition. (RFE/RL 157 SECOND AVENUE These border schools are multinational e-mail: [email protected] www.westarka.com Newsline) NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10003 and instruction is given in the Ukrainian (212) 477-3002 and Hungarian languages. The two presi- PM supports president’s bills dent expressed pleasure with the curricu- lum and equipment at the schools. KYIV – Ukrainian Prime Minister (Ukrinform) Yulia Tymoshenko has said that her ruling coalition will support President Viktor Budapest to have Holodomor monument Yushchenko’s draft of the law on the Cabinet of Ministers, along with other KYIV – Presidents Viktor Yushchenko bills recently submitted to the Verkhovna of Ukraine and Laszlo Solyom of Rada, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service Hungary agreed on January 14 to set up reported on January 14. Ms. Tymoshenko monuments to victims of the Holodomor, said the presidential bill gives the govern- the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 in ment enough power to respond to ques- Ukraine, in Budapest and on the Veretskyi MERCHANDISE tions regarding land ownership, taxes and Pass, the Hungarians’ original settlement efforts against corruption at all levels. in the Zakarpattia region of Ukraine. On OPPORTUNITIES Earlier she had said that the presidential Ukrainian Book Store November 24, 2003, the Hungarian draft of the law on the Cabinet attempts to Largest selection of Ukrainian books, dance Parliament had adopted a resolution con- limit the government’s powers in favor of supplies, Easter egg supplies, music, icons, HELP WANTED demning the Holodomor as “genocide the president, and warned that if the gov- greeting cards, giftwear and much more. masterminded by Stalin’s Soviet rule”. NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR ernment’s powers are limited, she would 10215-97st The Holodomor’s toll was 7 million to 10 Ukrainian-American credit union has an immediate consider running for president. (RFE/RL Edmonton, AB T5J 2N9 million dead. Fourteen parliaments opening. Responsibilities include: Newsline) Toll free: 1-866-422-4255 around the world have adopted docu- - Installation and maintenance of LAN/WAN network ments condemning the Holodomor and 15 www.ukrainianbookstore.com hardware and software; Russia slams ruling on film dubbing more are scheduled to debate the issue. - Responsible for the daily performance and availabili- (Ukrinform) MOSCOW – The Foreign Ministry of ty of the organization’s network; Russia issued a statement on January 9 Direct negotiation on gas supplies criticizing a recent decision by the - Coordinates development, implementation and main- Ukrainian Constitutional Court requiring tenance of the organization’s web environment. KYIV – Ukrainian Prime Minister Monitors web traffic, maintains web server and all all foreign-language films shown in related equipment; Yulia Tymoshenko said on January 12 Ukraine either to be dubbed into that her government will reach direct Ukrainian or to have Ukrainian subtitles, - Responds to end-user support calls for trouble-shoot- agreements with Russia on natural-gas ing, problem solving, and training; mid.ru reported. Russia maintains that the supplies to Ukraine, UNIAN reported. court’s ruling violates “Clause 4 of - Performs daily, weekly and monthly system backup, “Corruption and shady dealings should be upgrades, and processing functions. Article 11 of the European Charter for eliminated from the system of gas sup- Regional or Minority Languages, which plies to Ukraine, along with Position based in New York City. Travel to branch prescribes that the authorities encourage locations required. Bachelor’s degree in Computer RosUkrEnergo and UkrGazEnergo,” she the dissemination of films in minority Science or related degree from four-year college or said. “The goal of all our actions will be languages.” The statement suggested that university with three to five years related experience the transition to direct agreements and/or training required. CCNA and MCSA certifica- the ruling is directed against Russian-lan- tions are desirable. Fluency in English is required. between Ukraine and Russia on natural- guage films, and that this is not the only Fluency in Ukrainian is desirable. gas supplies.” Swiss-based recent case of what Moscow regards as RosUkrEnergo has a monopoly on gas We offer a competitive compensation and benefits official discrimination by the Ukrainian package. If you qualify please send a resume (no supplies to Ukraine, and sells gas to authorities against the use of the Russian phone calls, please) with salary requirements to: Ukraine through the UkrGazEnergo com- language. (RFE/RL Newsline) pany. A 50 percent stake in Self Reliance (NY) Federal Credit Union Attention: Human Resources RosUkrEnergo is owned by Ukrainian Kyiv: Russia fuels language issue 108 Second Avenue billionaire Dmytro Firtash with a partner, New York, NY 10003 while Russian gas giant Gazprom con- KYIV – The Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry has said that Russia in recent AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER M/F/D/V trols the other 50 percent. (RFE/RL Newsline) months artificially inflamed the situation with languages in Ukraine, RFE/RL’s HOUSING Ukraine to have professional army Ukrainian Service reported on January 11. The ministry said in a statement that the KYIV – Defense Minister Yurii intent of such a campaign is to confuse Run your advertisement here, Yekhanurov said on January 12 that the international community regarding the in The Ukrainian Weekly’s Ukraine’s armed forces will be fully pro- actual condition of national minorities in CLASSIFIEDS section. LvivRentals.com fessional by the end of 2010, RFE/RL’s Ukraine and their rights. Recently, the Ukrainian Service reported. The transition Ukrainian Constitutional Court ruled that will cost nearly 50 billion hrv ($10 bil- lion). The ministry plans to make (Continued on page 20) No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 15

The Shevchenko Scientific Society is Shevchenko Society... the oldest Ukrainian academy of arts and (Continued from page 1) sciences; its activities have been the main- substantial grant. “It is obvious that the stay of Ukrainian cultural life for over a Shevchenko Society understands the sig- century. Founded in 1873 in Lviv, Ukraine, nificance of our project, and its ramifica- the society was liquidated by the Soviet tions for the present as well as the regime in 1939. It was re-established in future,” she commented. “The $15,000 1947 in Western Europe and in the United we have received from the society is an States, and in 1989 in Ukraine. The head- auspicious beginning for our project.” quarters of the society in the United States John Sawuk She added that Svoboda and The Weekly is located in New York City. For further will be seeking additional sponsors for information about the society, readers may Devoted Husband, Father and Godly Man their digital archives project. log on to www.shevchenko.org. John Sawuk, 91, passed away peacefully Tuesday, January 15, 2008, at Barbara E. Chung Hospice, Edison. Born in Ukraine, he came to the United States in 1949 settling in Virginia , then moving to Sussex before residing in South River for the past 53 years.

Mr. Sawuk was a warehouse worker for the former Algro Knitting Mills, Milltown for 18 years before retiring.

He was a member of St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its Brotherhood. He enjoyed gardening and was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather who will be sadly missed by his fami- ly, friends and all who knew him.

He was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Olga Sawuk in 2000 and a son-in-law, Edward Ferraro in 2002.

Surviving are a daughter, Luba Ferraro of Middlesex, a son, Michael Sawuk and wife, Olga of North Brunswick, five grandchildren, four great- grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services will begin 11:15 am, Friday at the Middlesex Funeral Home, 528 Bound Brook Rd., Middlesex followed by a 12 noon funeral liturgy at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church, South Bound Brook. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation hours will be Thursday from 7-9 pm at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent by visiting www.middlesexfuneralhome.com.

DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. Rate: $7.50 per column-inch. Telephone, (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040; e-mail, [email protected]. Please include the daytime phone number of a contact person. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 No. 3 No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 17 COMMENTARY: “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” on DVD by Yuri Shevchuk solidarity with a repressed nation by the transfer that restores ‘Shadows of Armenian master was nothing short of Forgotten Ancestors’ in all the extrava- NEW YORK – The landmark film suicidal. It inspired then as it does today gant color, vivid tragedy and lucid “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” people who would not submit to oppres- anthropological detail that stunned audi- (1964) by director Sarkis Paradzhanian, sion. ences when it first premiered.” better known under the Russian version Ironically, however, what the Soviets Perhaps, before taking pride in any- of his name as Sergey Paradzhanov, and failed to do in the USSR is now being thing, Kino should first stop misleading cinematographer Yuri Illienko, starring done by the U.S. distributors of the VHS the American consumer and remove all Ivan Mykolaichuk and Larysa version of the film. One hopes that Kino mention of Russia, Russians, Russian Kadochnikova, will become available for International which is to release the DVD regionalism, Russian history, etc. from purchase in a special DVD edition on of the film in February will demonstrate a the description of the film. Also the February 5. modicum of expertise as well as respect attribute “Soviet,” as in Jonathan Thus far this masterpiece of the for the film’s author and will allow the Rosenbaum’s (of the Chicago Reader) Ukrainian poetic cinema could be bought protagonists to remain who they are – the comment on the film quoted on the ama- in North America only on VHS of a very Carpathian Hutsuls fiercely proud of their zon.com website, “… one of the supreme poor quality and with blatantly Russified Ukrainian roots, language and culture. works of Soviet cinema …” should be English subtitles that presented the The first signals that emanating from qualified by the attribute “Ukrainian” – Hutsuls, Ukrainian highlanders of the Kino, however, point to the contrary. as in Soviet Ukrainian cinema – lest Carpathian Mountains, as Russians. The As if to demonstrate the tenacity of American consumers equate “Soviet” VHS edition distributed by Image imperial mentality or simple ignorance of with “Russian” as they would surely do. Entertainment is riddled with errors: the some of the U.S. “film experts,” the ama- The special edition so infelicitously cinematographer Yuri Illienko is Viktor zon.com site offers patently wrong infor- advertised will include: “Documentary: Cover of DVD release of “Shadows of Ilyenko; Ukraine and the Ukrainian mation about “A love story set against Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Forgotten Ancestors.” provenance of the film is not mentioned the historical pageantry and epic legends Paradjanov” (2003, 40 min.), anywhere in the description on the box – of medieval Russia” even though the part “Featurette: Songs of the [sic] Ukraine” as a monument of British regional phi- instead the viewer will read about “... the of Ukraine where the action takes place (1985, 8 min.), “Paradjanov Photo losophy. The amazon.com website goes remote Carpathian Mountains of was never inhabited by Russians and Album,” “Stills Gallery,” “Cast & Crew on to say “In this DVD edition, Kino is medieval Russia ...” became occupied by the Soviet Russian Filmographies,” and “Trailers in proud to present one of the landmarks of Ukrainian” with optional English, French Born and reared in Tbilisi, Georgia, in empire only at the end of World War II. 1960s world cinema in a new widescreen or Spanish subtitles. an Armenian family, Paradzhanov shot Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky’s novel “Tini “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” in Zabutykh Predkiv,” on which the film is Ukrainian and famously refused to have based, was written 33 years earlier, in the film dubbed into Russian, defying the 1911. Despite years of a brutal assimila- sands of supporters for a demonstration assimilationist policies of Russian tion campaign, the Soviets never man- Georgia... on January 13 on Rustaveli Avenue. The authorities. This valiant act of cultural aged to eradicate the Ukrainian language (Continued from page 2) action was peaceful, and the only police among the Hutsuls. The product descrip- dented criticism of Western observers by presence in sight was a lone patrol car. Yuri Shevchuk is lecturer of Ukrainian tion of this special Kino DVD edition of Thus, Georgia finds itself on the cusp the opposition seems designed to influ- language and culture in the department the film yet again includes nonsensical between rule of law and the geopolitics of of Slavic languages at Columbia pronouncements like “… its unsentimen- ence the observers’ final reports on the Rustaveli Avenue. University, as well as the founding direc- tal depiction of the harsh realities of election and foreign governments’ assess- tor of Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia Russian regional history …” By the same ment of the outcome. Souces: Civil Georgia, Rustavi-2 TV, University. logic “Kama Sutra” should be presented The opposition mobilized tens of thou- Interpress, January 11-13. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 No. 3 No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 19 CONCERT REVIEW: The music of Valentyn Silvestrov at UIA by Victor Markiw tle color and breadth. In fact, her atten- and technical command was formidable, tension of the drama. At the end of tion to phrasing and pauses in the music along with Ms. Lin’s sensitive and sym- “Drama,” the performers leave the stage NEW YORK – The December 8, awakened the nostalgic qualities of this biotic partnership. while a concealed Mr. Dufallo, using a 2007, concert at the Ukrainian Institute of evocative work. The lengthy work “Drama” (1971, thread, pulls a ceramic cup over the piano America marked a milestone in composer The second work on the program, revised 2002), which made up the second strings. Valentyn Silvestrov’s life: a 70th birthday “Epitaph” (1999), for cello and piano, was half of the program, contains three large A significant addendum to this per- celebration concert and CD release. The written in memory of Mr. Silvestrov’s movements: the first, a sonata for violin formance is that its music, written in concert was performed by Jenny Lin, wife and is, in effect, an elegy. Mr. and piano; the second, a sonata for cello avant-garde style, was banned from pub- piano; Cornelius Dufallo, violin; and Yves Dharamraj, cello, all of whom are Dharamraj performed with a serene and and piano; and the third, a trio for violin, lic performance by Soviet officials for a truly outstanding musicians. delicate tone that completely transfixed cello and piano. “Drama” incorporates number of years; nonetheless, composers Silvestrov’s lyric qualities and extraor- the audience. The meditative cello solos theatrical duets for piano-violin and like Mr. Silvestrov were undeterred in dinarily subdued dynamics seemed to were occasionally breached or adjoined by piano-cello, followed by a union of the their quest for artistic independence, dominate much of the music heard that piano tritones with a prolonged descend- three performers for the final movement. growth and spontaneity, regardless of evening. From the start, “Der Bote” (The ing tritone pattern ending the work. The performers act out an unfolding governmental restrictions. Messenger, 1996) was seductively inter- “Post Scriptum,” a sonata for violin drama while simultaneously playing their The December 8, 2007, performance preted by Ms. Lin, whose hypnotic touch and piano written in 1990, was first per- instruments. was a highlight in this season’s UIA con- and phrasing penetrated the air with sub- formed at the Frankfurt Festival in 1991 Avant-garde techniques, such as the cert series, not only because it introduced to commemorate the bicentenary of performers’ theatrical roles, come to the Mr. Silvestrov’s music to a wider audi- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s death. Mr. fore throughout this work. The strategic ence, but also because of the commend- Victor Markiw, who holds a doctorate Silvestrov describes this work as “a post- placement of ceramic tea cups and able efforts from three outstanding young in music, is a full time faculty member at script to Mozart, and more generally, to saucers inside the piano, inducing a pro- musicians dedicated to the dissemination the University of New Haven. classicism.” Mr. Dufallo’s interpretive longed resonance, adds to the growing of new music throughout the world. Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus Ukrainian carols and “vertep” seeks new conductor in 2008 in Washington at Christmastime DETROIT – After almost 12 years at have no doubt that the chorus will contin- by Andrea L. Zharovsky Ukrainian Americans recognize as a the helm, Oleh Mahlay will be stepping ue to blossom as it approaches its 100-year “Mykolaiko” program, with St. Nicholas down as artistic director and conductor of anniversary in 2018.” WASHINGTON – Keeping alive the and his angels bearing gifts for good chil- the internationally renowned Ukrainian UBC President Murha stated, “It should tradition of caroling and staging dren. The program intertwined segments Bandurist Chorus (UBC) at the end of the be noted that Maestro Mahlay looks for- Christmas plays known as “vertepy,” the of Christian and Ukrainian history with 2007-2008 concert season. ward to returning to the UBC one day Philadelphia performing group Power of Ukrainian Christmas traditions and car- Mr. Mahlay has directed the UBC since and that his stepping down is a personal Spirit Society and the Akkolada Chamber ols. Wearing gorgeous Ukrainian cos- 1996, and his tenure is highlighted by a decision, not organizational.” Choir presented Ukrainian St. Nicholas tumes, the children entertained audiences Western European concert tour, a historic A search committee has been formed. Day on Thursday, December 20, 2007, in in English and Ukrainian, introducing the series of concerts and events in Ukraine Murha explained, “It is our intent to have a Washington. They did so at the beautiful Ukrainian customs. (For more during the 10th celebrations of Ukraine’s new conductor in place and working with Christmas tree at the White House, at the information about the Power of Spirit independence, a commitment to youth the membership on or before September 1, Embassy of Ukraine for Ambassador Society, visit their website, and educational programs of the UBC, as 2008. The search committee will identify Oleh Shamshur and Embassy staff and www.powerofspirit.org.) well as the recent concert tour which candidates, interview them and make rec- family, and at the Temple Visitors’ Center commemorated the work of Hryhory Supporting the children’s vertep on ommendations to the membership of the Festival of Lights in Kensington, Md., stage, the Akkolada Chamber Choir per- Kytasty. UBC for final decision.” According to the where they presented two performances. Prior to being selected as the artistic formed nine traditional Ukrainian and by-laws of the UBC, the active member- Camera crews from two television sta- English Christmas carols, including director, Mr. Mahlay was the chorus’ assis- ship must vote for the conductor. tions from Ukraine followed the Power tant conductor and concertmaster, and an “Silent Night,” with a solo by Yulia Mr. Murha added, “The year 2008 is of Spirit Society and Akkolada through- Stupen, “What Child Is This” and active member of the concert ensemble very important to the Ukrainian commu- out the day. Their television report can be since 1987. Mr. Mahlay has been credited “Shchedryk – The Carol of the Bells.” nity as it commemorates the Holodomor. viewed online on the Voice of America for revitalizing the membership of the Akkolada was founded in Philadelphia We have been invited to join the com- website at www.voanews.com/ukrain- UBC with talented bandura players and on October 14, 2001, under the artistic memoration in addition to other projects ian/2007-12-24-voa8.cfm or www.holo- vocalists from all over North America. direction of Bohdan Henhalo. From slated for 2008 and 2009. Finding a new sus.us. Mr. Mahlay plans to take some time inception, the choir has distinguished off to spend with family and possibly conductor is priority No. 1 so that we can Roman and Dana Loun of itself with its innovative style and musi- explore other musical ventures. He said, continue our ambassadorial mission.” Philadelphia wrote, designed and pro- cal excellence; it is now considered one “It was not an easy decision to close this For more information and latest devel- duced the Christmas play that combines of the best a capella ensembles in the chapter in my artistic life and leave a opments concerning the Ukrainian elements of the traditional costumed group of devoted and charismatic indi- Bandurist Chorus visit www.bandura.org. “vertep” caroling group format with what (Continued on page 20) viduals. Most people do not appreciate the caliber of individuals who make up the chorus; individuals who deeply care about the kobzar tradition, understand the importance of the chorus’ work throughout the world and are open to exploring new musical concepts.” He continued, “After almost 20 years of intense commitment to this legendary group, it is time to step away in order to re- energize, focus on my family and pass the torch to my successor. As I told the mem- bership, at the end of my current tenure I will become the kapelia’s No. 1 fan!” During his time as conductor, Mr. Mahlay has worked with the president of the UBC, Anatoli Murha, for over eight years. Working together, they released five diverse recordings, and organized tours, concerts and special events through- out North America, Europe and Ukraine. Mr. Mahlay said, “Having strong administrative leadership has been one of the keys to the success of the UBC. It is rare to find such a good working relation- ship between art and commerce. Working together, Anatoli and I have been able to create a wonderful team consisting of the entire membership, which has led to a growth in our audience and an ability to spread the word about the bandura to Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians alike. I 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 No. 3

Yurii Prodan announced on January 9 that it. Britain’s The Times wrote on January “we in Poland still do not see the right NEWSBRIEFS ... the government has created a commission 10 that “the new message from Poland is balance between the costs and the bene- (Continued from page 14) to oversee the operations of Naftohaz that it is going to extract a high price for fits” of missile defense. The nationalist any foreign-made film should be dubbed Ukrayiny, Ukraine’s largest gas produc- agreeing to host the controversial U.S. Russian paper RBK Daily wrote on in Ukrainian or provided with Ukrainian tion and storage company, RFE/RL’s missile shield. ... But the bracing new talk January 16 that Mr. Klich and the Polish subtitles, even if it was made in Russia. Ukrainian Service reported. Ukrainian from Warsaw points to the bigger prob- government want security guarantees The Russian Foreign Ministry regarded President Viktor Yushchenko on January lem of Russia, quickly becoming the from Washington while seeking at the this step as a violation of the European 8 issued a decree instructing the govern- common factor in apparently separate same time to improve relations with Charter for Regional or Minority ment “to prevent or neutralize the threat problems for [Washington] abroad.” Moscow. The daily quoted Mr. Klich as Languages, which provides for the to national security” posed by instability (RFE/RL Newsline) saying before leaving for the United in the energy sector. Earlier this month, States that Poland hopes the money the screening of films in minority languages. Polish president warns of Russian aims Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Ministry Prime Minister Tymoshenko said that United States will pay for the proposed argued that the charter applies to lan- Naftohaz Ukrayiny was on the brink of WARSAW – President Lech base will contribute handsomely toward guages under the threat of disappearance, bankruptcy. Naftohaz Ukrayiny conducts Kaczynski said on Polish Radio on the cost of modernizing the Polish armed but not to minorities whose languages are 97 percent of gas and oil extraction opera- January 15 that Russia is trying to influ- forces. The paper cited Mr. Klich as say- granted all possibilities for broader devel- tions in Ukraine and has a monopoly on ence ongoing U.S.-Polish negotiations on ing that “terrorist organizations” are the opment. (RFE/RL Newsline) gas transit and storage. (RFE/RL the proposed missile-defense project, main threat to his country. He added that Newsline) which includes locating 10 interceptors in Warsaw “does not fear Russia... or a real Compensation for devalued savings Poland and a radar site in the Czech threat of a military nature from it in the Russia issues warning to Poland near future.” The daily noted that Russia KYIV – Ukrainian Prime Minister Republic, news agencies and The has repeatedly warned Poland and the Yulia Tymoshenko said on January 9 that MOSCOW – The Russian Foreign Moscow Times reported. He stressed that Czech Republic against participating in starting on January 11 Ukrainians will Ministry said in a statement on January 9 “Russia is once again trying to exert pres- missile defense. (RFE/RL Newsline) begin receiving compensation for citizens’ that Russia hoped to convince Poland in sure on Poland.” Mr. Kaczynski added private funds in the savings banks of the talks slated for January 10 in Warsaw not that the two countries should have good Yanukovych remembers Kushnariov former Soviet Union, which have depreci- to participate in the proposed U.S. mis- relations, but that Moscow must accept ated dramatically, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian sile-defense system, which would involve that its former satellites have “permanent- KYIV – Viktor Yanukovych will visit Service reported. The Ukrainian govern- placing 10 interceptors in Poland and a ly left its sphere of influence.” He said Kharkiv on the day of the one-year ment allocated 20 billion hrv ($3.9 billion radar site in the Czech Republic, news that Russia is seeking to enter strategic anniversary of the death of the former U.S.) for compensation payments in 2008, agencies reported. The ministry said that sectors of the Polish economy, including chairman of the Kharkiv Oblast State 6 billion hrv of which will be paid out in it hopes to “help our Polish partners rec- energy. Polish officials in the new gov- Administration, Yevhen Kushnariov. Mr. cash. The rest of the sum will be trans- ognize the strategic dangers with regard ernment of Prime Minister Donald Tusk Yanukovych is to take part in a ceremony ferred to individuals in the form of proper- to U.S. plans to build the third leg of a are currently conducting “tough negotia- to lay flowers at the grave of Mr. ty or as payments for housing and utility missile-defense system in Eastern tions” with Washington over missile Kushnariov, a leading member of the bills. Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk Europe.” Moscow expects a “favorable defense in order to secure the most lucra- Party of the Regions. Mr. Kushnariov, said the government has not yet adopted a reception” and “constructive dialogue” tive and militarily advantageous agree- 55, was fatally shot on January 16, 2007, procedure for the non-cash payments. from Warsaw, the statement added. Polish ment for Poland, The Washington Times during a hunting trip in the Kharkiv Compensation for depreciated deposits Prime Minister Donald Tusk told noted on January 16. Polish Defense region. Criminal proceedings have been was among the leading points of Ms. reporters in Warsaw on January 9 that he Minister Bogdan Klich said in instituted against Dmytro Zavalnyi, but Tymoshenko’s election campaign. She would visit Moscow on February 9. Washington on January 15 after talks with no court sitting has yet been held. recently said she would resign from the Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw his U.S. counterpart Robert Gates that (Ukrinform) post of prime minister unless the govern- Sikorski recently said Poland will not ment pays the compensation within two make a decision on missile defense until years. (RFE/RL Newsline) after the 2008 U.S. presidential election learned French in just six months and Commission to check Naftohaz operations lest it irk Russia by agreeing to the proj- ect now, only to find that a new U.S. Ukrainian model... was soon on the cover of magazines such KYIV – Fuel and Energy Minister administration is no longer interested in (Continued from page 3) as Elle and Vogue, later becoming the on the Azov Sea, Berdiansk is a resort face of Lejaby lingerie. city famed for its mineral water springs Ms. Kurylenko, who is married to and mud baths. Damian Gabrielle, a mobile phone acces- After receiving training in Moscow, sory entrepreneur, is scheduled to make 17-year-old Olga left for Paris, the fash- her debut as the next Bond girl in the- ion model capital of the world, where she aters in November.

sive church and its surrounding grounds Ukrainian carols... shone brightly with more than 450,000 (Continued from page 19) sparkling Christmas lights. There was a Ukrainian diaspora. Its repertoire ranges live Nativity scene with many interna- from liturgical to folk music, with a spe- tional crèche exhibits. cial focus on contemporary composers. The Power of Spirit Society provided Akkolada has performed at numerous two beautifully intricate exhibits dis- festivals, churches and community played in the lobby of the Temple events, and for the president of Ukraine, Visitors’ Center along with the many Viktor Yushchenko. In 2006 they repre- other Christmas displays. The first sented the United States at the Ukrainian exhibit, “Ukrainian Christmas Carolers,” World Forum held in Kyiv. designed and hand-made by Ms. Loun, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- showed a set of dolls dressed in Day Saints, located in the suburbs of Ukrainian carolers’ costumes. The sec- Washington, is also known as the ond exhibit, “Ukrainian Sviat Vechir,” Mormon Temple. It is open to all during also designed and hand-made by Ms. the Christmas season. This year it cele- Loun, showed life in a Ukrainian home brated its 30th annual Festival of Lights on the night before Christmas during the (November 30 to January 1). The impres- 1880s.

agronomy professor and biofuels expert; Biofuels summit... and Glen Cauffman, manager of farm (Continued from page 8) operations and facilities, who was named only if all players work together, summit a biofuel pioneer by a Pennsylvania envi- participants concluded. They agreed to ronmental group last year. form a group to start negotiations with Helen Woskob, George Woskob and representatives of the country’s fuel and Larissa Woskob also made presentations energy sectors to establish an energy business union that would unite biofuel at the opening of the conference. producers, producers of raw materials for In addition to the Woskob New biofuels and traditional fuel producers. Century Fund, other organizations sup- Among presenters at the summit were porting the biofuel summit in Ukraine Tom Richard, associate professor of agri- were the Citizens Network for Foreign cultural and biological engineering and Affairs, the Civilian Research and director of the Penn State Institutes of Development Foundation and the Energy and the Environment; Greg Roth, Ukrainian Agrarian Foundation. No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 21

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Soccer • Olexiy Mikhailichenko, former 20th annual Carlos Torre Memorial chess and 16 seconds. The Ukrainian junior Dynamo Kyiv midfielder and trainer of tournament at the Olimpo hotel in women’s team came in third place with • Oleh Blokhin, head coach of the the junior national team, was appointed Merida, Mexico, held on December 15- 57 points. Ukrainian National Team, resigned on as the new coach of the Ukrainian 23, 2007. The grand final was held at the December 6, 2007. Blokhin wanted to National Team on January 11 by Grigoriy archeological site at Chichen Itza, where Cycling extend his contract for four years, but Surkis, chairman of the Football Ivanchuk defeated Pental Harikrishna of Grigoriy Surkis, president of the Football Federation of Ukraine. Mikhailichenko India 3 to 1. The Ukrainian women’s cycle track Federation of Ukraine, proposed a 2+2 signed a two-year contract and brings team of Svitlana Haliuk, Lesia contract with the condition that team with him the experience of training under Skiing Kalitovska and Liubov Korshun won first Valery Lobanovsky while at Dynamo Bogdana Matsotska won first place in Ukraine reach the final of the World Cup place in the 3-kilometer race with a time Kyiv. He was appointed the head coach the women’s slalom event at International in 2010. Blokhin refused to sign the con- of 4:39.314 at the UCI Track Cycling of Dynamo Kyiv in 2002 after Ski Federation ski races held at the tract. Blokhin led the Ukrainian team Lobanovsky’s death. Bukovel Ski Resort in Ukraine on World Cup Classics in Beijing on since 2003 and under his guidance the December 12, 2007, with a first-run time December 7-9, 2007. Volodymyr Dyudua team reached the quarter-finals of the Boxing of 49.88 seconds and 52.62 seconds in won second place in the 4-kilometer indi- World Cup. In a performance that her second run. Matsotska won second vidual race with a time of 4:25.847. Blokhin called “shameful,” the Ukrainian • Two title fights of IBF and IBO heavy- place in the women’s giant slalom race team failed to qualify for the UEFA Euro weight champion Wladimir Klitschko held on December 20, 2007. Matsotska Gymnastics Cup-2008. with Ray Austin and Lamon Brewster tied the leader in her first run, but was After stepping down from his post as were among the top 10 highest rated just 0.13 seconds behind on her second Rhythmic gymnast Anna Bessonova head coach for the Ukrainian National sports broadcasts in Germany in 2007. run, to finish with 78.46 points. won the title of Athlete of the Year for Team, Blokhin signed a three-year con- The Klitschko-Austin bout was rated 2007 bestowed by the National Olympic tract to coach Russian club Moscow FC fourth and the Klitschko-Brewster bout Swimming Committee of Ukraine, as reported by on December 15, 2007. was rated sixth. Ukrinform on December 27, 2007. Her Oleh Lisohor won gold in the 50-meter coach, Iryna Deriuhina, was named coach • In an opinion poll conducted by • Welterweight Yuriy Nuzhnenko won the breaststroke, and Ihor Borysyk won the of the year for 2007. Bessonova was the Segodnia newspaper, Serhiy Nazarenko, interim WBA title against Frederic Klose gold in the 100-meter breaststroke, while first Ukrainian to win gold at the 2007 27, midfielder for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in France on December 10, 2007. Miguel Iryna Amshennikova won the bronze in was named Ukraine’s footballer of the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Cotto of Puerto Rico holds the current the 200-meter backstroke at the European Championships in Greece. year. On January 13 Dnipro re-signed WBA title. If Cotto fails to show up for Short-Course Swimming Championship Ruslan Rotan, the 26-year-old mid-field- his next WBA bout, the title goes to held in Debrecen, Hungary, on December Tennis er, who returned to the club after playing Nuzhnenko. 17, 2007. for Dynamo Kyiv since 2005. Others added to the Dnipro roster include Rolan • Bantamweight Wladimir Sidorenko (27- Running Alona Bondarenko defeated Alla Gusev, Osmar Ferreyra and Mario Holek. 0-2, 7 KO) retained his WBA title against Kudryavtseva of Russia (6-4, 7-6), while Nobuta Ikehara (27-2, 19 KO) on January For the seventh time, Serhiy Lebed Mariya Koryttseva defeated Maria Emilla • Ukraine will face Belarus on July 20 in 9 in a unanimous decision at the Osaka won the gold medal at the European Salernni of Argentina on January 15 in their first qualifying match leading up to Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan. Cross-Country Championship in Toro, the WTA Australian Open. On January 14 the World Cup 2010. Other teams that Spain, on December 9, 2007, with a time Tatiana Perebynis defeated Madison Ukraine will play against in the qualify- Chess of 31 minutes and 47 seconds. Dmytro Brengle of the United States (7-5, 6-2). ing group stage include Kazakhstan, Lashyn won the bronze in the Junior Croatia, England and Andorra. Grandmaster Vasyl Ivanchuk won the Men’s division with a time of 20 minutes – Compiled by Matthew Dubas 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 No. 3

“In addition, those citizens who for offering annual interest rates of 13.5 per- pensation is 31 times higher than the Tymoshenko... whatever reason were unable to submit cent in hryvni and 9.5 percent in dollars, to amount reimbursed by Viktor (Continued from page 1) their names into the national registry, will all reimbursed citizens who choose to open Yanukovych’s government in 2007. Ukrainian successor to the Soviet state sav- receive an invitation to appear at an a bank account and deposit their savings. In fact, when taking into account the ings bank, initiated a national registration Oschadbank branch to receive their share,” All funds earmarked for compensation hryvnia vis-à-vis the Soviet ruble, com- program for depositors who had lost their said Mr. Turchynov, hoping to dissuade in 2008 should be distributed by December pared to its neighboring countries Ukraine savings and announced a multi-extension people from standing in line for hours on 25 of this year. Any unclaimed funds will still boasts the highest coefficient of telephone hotline of 90 channels. In its first end. be reallocated to the state budget on the last exchange. Under Ms. Tymoshenko’s com- five days of registration, Oschadbank When Mr. Turchynov’s requests for day of 2008. pensation program, one Soviet ruble is announced it had recorded 1.2 million indi- order failed to materialize, on January 14 With inflation having reached a rate of equated to 1.05 hrv, which is still five times viduals into its registry of depositors. Oschadbank Chair Huley announced a new approximately 12.8 percent by the end of higher than the formula used in Russia. According to Oschadbank’s chairman, plan for the compensation and registration 2007, Prime Minister Tymoshenko and her Because of the confusion surrounding Anatolii Huley, at its peak, 20,000 individ- procedures. Payouts would be scheduled Cabinet came under fire from economists the compensation program, speculators uals called the hotline in one hour, which Monday through Wednesday, while and political rivals for playing a dangerous have sought to capitalize on the ignorance translates into 300 calls per second. Due to Thursday through Saturday would be set game with the economy. Responding dur- of the average depositor. According to the the overwhelming volume of calls, the hot- aside for registration, he said. ing a January 13 interview on the Inter TV Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), a num- line proved ineffective almost immediately. Finally, a seemingly never-ending channel, Ms. Tymoshenko said that ber of companies have devised schemes On January 10 the Cabinet of Ministers nationwide barrage of disgruntled citizens Ukraine’s economy will not suffer any based on fictitious lawsuits aimed at swin- transferred the first portion of this year’s prompted Ms. Tymoshenko to announce on inflationary repercussions as a result of the dling unsuspecting depositors who are compensatory deposits to Oschadbank in January 14, while on a working visit to compensation program. promised higher returns on their deposits. the amount of $198.2 million. That same Dnipropetrovsk, that residents could claim The prime minister assured viewers of After signing an agreement with the day, in one of Oschadbank’s Kyiv branch- and receive their lost deposits by mail. the program’s beneficial nature, underscor- bogus firm, the depositor is obliged to hand es, an administrator at the bank was accost- Although Ukrainians won’t receive more ing that all reimbursements are systemati- over photocopies of his bank book, pass- ed and hit on the head by a crowd of people than 1,000 hrv (about $200 U.S.) each in cally calculated by the ministries of the port and tax ID number. In addition, the waiting outside the bank, according to the compensation program’s first phase, Economy and Finance. “Literally in 10 depositor is required to pay an amount Oschadbank Pechersk Region head Mykola some political experts said the campaign days we were able to shut down a consider- equal to 1 percent of the actual sum origi- Vyshnevskyi. “The woman, who has one was a success for Ms. Tymoshenko, who able portion of the country’s shadow econ- nally deposited, as well as a service fee. kidney, came out to assure the people in may be the first politician to tangibly deliv- omy and, as a result, we significantly Afterwards, the client is promised a full line that everyone will be registered – and er on a campaign promise. increased budget allocations. By cracking return of the expected compensation plus they beat her head in,” said Mr. By initiating the compensation program, down on corruption, tax evasion and budg- whatever additional compensation is ear- Vyshnevskyi. Ms. Tymoshenko sought to gain power, etary machinations, we managed to find marked by court ruling. Thus far, the activi- Meanwhile, in the Khortytsia district of popularity and more political success, com- additional funds,” said Ms. Tymoshenko. ty of such firms has been reported in the Zaporizhia Oblast, a 68-year-old man died mented Ivan Lozowy, president of the On January 16, before a Cabinet meet- three western oblasts of Ivano-Frankivsk, while waiting in line since 3 a.m. Friday, Kyiv-based Institute of Statehood and ing, Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk Ternopil and Lviv. January 8. According to witnesses, the indi- Democracy. “Furthermore, Ms. declared that has ministry is working very The SBU has issued advisories to all vidual was third in line and would have Tymoshenko successfully gained populari- closely with the National Bank of Ukraine. depositors to settle their compensations received his share on January 11, when the ty through this program precisely because To dispel fears of inflation, he assured only with official Oschadbank branches payouts began. At approximately 7:40 a.m. she decided to spend capital in order to buy Ukrainians that no additional hryvni will be and personnel. that day he stepped out of line and col- political capital, perhaps even thinking as artificially issued in support of the compen- The Presidential Secretariat has lapsed. The official cause of death was list- far ahead as the 2009 presidential elec- sation program. The Cabinet of Ministers expressed overall satisfaction with the ed as heart failure, reported Interfax- tions,” Mr. Lozowy added. plans to control and maintain the level of Cabinet’s policy decision to initiate a com- Ukraine. Others, such as Vitalii Kulyk, director of inflation at approximately 10 percent, Mr. pensation program through Oschadbank. By the first day of the scheduled pay- the Center for Civil Society Research, Pynzenyk underscored. However, Presidential Secretariat Chair outs, it was clear the compensation pro- offered a much more critical view of Ms. The day before, Economy Minister Viktor Baloha cautioned the government gram was logistically flawed and poorly Tymoshenko’s compensation program. He Bohdan Danylyshyn predicted that the not to rest on its laurels and to make sure organized at the outset. Many bank branch- claimed that the people who were returning compensation program could increase the compensation process does not put neg- es did not post basic instructions or docu- the funds were the same elites who stole inflation by only up to 1.5 percent. ative pressure on the economy. “There’s no mentation requirements for the registration them back in 1991 in the first place. According to experts, if the government doubt people should receive at least in part procedure, causing depositors to voice their “Today the political elites are returning is able to maintain the inflation rate at 10- what is owed them by the state, but only in discontent about the lack of information. kopecks in order to remain in power. It’s 11 percent, then the compensation program such a way which doesn’t contradict the “I’ve been here over an hour, but nothing is like accepting 5 kopecks out of 100 hrv. can be considered an economic success. rules of a market economy,” he stated. clear,” said Kyiv resident Vasyl This is an example of populism,” said Mr. Criticized by her political opponents On January 10 Prime Minister Demchenko. “Nowhere is it stated how to Kulyk. also for equating the Ukrainian hryvnia to Tymoshenko stated that she would resign fill out the registration form correctly. Similarly, Lytvyn Bloc spokesman the Soviet ruble, Prime Minister her position if her government does not Whatever we saw on TV is all we know. Mykhailo Syrota labeled the compensation Tymoshenko defended her case by remind- succeed in compensating Ukraine’s citizens We have to stand in line in order to find out program as an example of the ruling forces ing everyone that the current sum of com- in two years’ time. if everything was filled out properly.” acting as politicians and not national lead- To become registered, each depositor ers by thinking about the upcoming presi- had to provide the account number issued dential elections instead of the country’s Ukrainian, “because the films produced in on or before January 1, 1992, declare the future. “First and foremost what needed to Russian statement... Russia, are obviously initially geared amount of savings on the account, and pro- be done was an infrastructural reform of (Continued from page 1) toward the Russian market,” noted Ms. the economy, as well as an investment in vide a passport, a photocopy of the passport According to National Deputy Yurii Chmil. education, which in itself would serve as and a tax I.D. Once registered, in addition Karmazin (Our Ukraine – People’s Self- Meanwhile, the following day, Ukraine’s even more than just a monetary return,” to all of the above prerequisites, the deposi- Defense bloc), such unnecessary diplomacy Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a tor was obliged to provide a registration said Mr. Syrota. only leads to more tension in Ukrainian- response to its Russian counterpart’s state- receipt in order to receive the actual pay- On January 16 the Ministry of Finance Russian relations. “In my opinion, the ment, accusing Russia of artificially ment. reported that 300,000 Oschadbank deposi- diplomatic branch in Russia has not helped attempting to increase tensions and destabi- Rejecting the notion of bad planning, at tors had been compensated thus far. Mr. [President Vladimir] Putin, but in fact has lize relations by playing the language game. a January 12 press conference Prime Huley predicted that the excitement and “Of course, such a campaign aims to dis- set him up. This is an internal matter of a Minister Tymoshenko stated that the long panic will diminish once the critical mass orient the international community with sovereign and independent country. How lines at Oschadbank were due to the popu- of the initial 5 million depositors are respect to the guaranteed status of national can the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of a for- lation’s deep mistrust of the political sys- served. minorities’ rights in our country, as well as eign country review and assess the decision tem. “I truly regret that such a good cause Initially, the government had announced to introduce the element of instability of the highest constitutional branch of an is being marred by lines at Oschadbank. its intention to return approximately $4 bil- between ethnic relations within Ukraine,” These lines are not the result of incompe- lion in 2008, of which $1.6 billion would independent state?” the statement noted. tent bank employees – they are working be allocated from the state budget. The Similarly, Hanna Chmil, spokeswoman Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Ministry also day and night, on weekends and under remaining $2.4 billion would be raised for the State Film Service of Ukraine, stated defended the Constitutional Court decision great pressure,” said Ms. Tymoshenko. through the government’s aggressive priva- that the Constitutional Court ruling is in no and declared that the development of “Because of the colossal mistrust in gov- tization plan. way discriminatory toward the Russian Ukrainian cinema and the nurturing of the ernment that has accumulated over the last However, according to a Cabinet of national minority. “By quoting the Ukrainian language are internal matters of 17 years, people don’t even want to wait Ministers decree dated January 9, the gov- European Charter on Regional Languages, the country. “The Russian Foreign for the mailman to deliver their pension. ernment actually plans to return $1.2 billion the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is Ministry’s concern regarding Ukraine’s lan- They would rather show up, stand in line through direct payments this year. An addi- playing an artificial game, because although guage situation is, to say the least, uncalled and receive their share as soon as possible,” tional $400 million will be compensated as the Parliament of Ukraine ratified this char- for,” the statement concluded. declared Ms. Tymoshenko. reciprocal payment for housing and com- ter, the charter takes upon itself the respon- Not a favorite of Russian diplomats, Furthermore, realizing the long lines of munal utility debts. sibility to uphold the rights of those lan- Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister depositors were not going to disappear any The government estimates that it will guages that are on the verge of extinction. Volodymyr Ohryzko met with Russian time soon, First Vice Prime Minister reimburse approximately 60 percent of all There is no way one can say this about the Ambassador Viktor Chernomyrdin on Oleksander Turchynov, in an attempt to depositors this year. Russian language,” said Ms. Chmil. January 10 and suggested that “the tone of dispel peoples’ fears, declared that there Each depositor has the choice of being Ms. Chmil also noted that this is, first the latest claims by the Russian Ministry was no registration deadline for compensated in hryvni or U.S. dollars and foremost, a financial issue. The distrib- regarding Ukraine’s history, its language Oschadbank depositors and assured the based on the official exchange rate of the utors who previously worked with interme- policy and its guarantee of the rights of public that the Tymoshenko government National Bank of Ukraine. As an incentive diaries in Russia will now have to deal with national minorities may damage Ukrainian- will fulfill its responsibilities. to encourage investment, Oschadbank is the necessity of dubbing everything into Russian relations.” No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 23 OUT AND ABOUT

January 22 “An Evening with Writer Andrew February 1 Pre-Kalyna Night, Lisovi Mavky sorority of New York Kurov,” Columbia University, New York the Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, 212-854-4697 The Ukrainian Museum, [email protected] January 26 Malanka, featuring music by Klooch, New York Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of February 1 Monthly social, The Washington Group, America, Ukrainian National Home, Washington Leopold’s Café, 240-381-0993 or www.uesa.org [email protected]

January 26 Malanka, featuring music by Harmony, February 2 Debutante Ball, Ukrainian American Youth Spring Valley, NY Ukrainian Heritage Society of Rockland Parsippany, NJ Association, Sheraton Parsippany Hotel, County, Ukrainian Hall, 845-425-4454 973-515-2000 or 201-529-4208 February 2 Malanka, featuring music by Na Zdorovya, January 26 Zolotyj Promin Malanka, featuring music by Dedham, MA Ukrainian American Cultural and Religious New Britain, CT Zolota Bulava and Hrim, St. George Hall, Center of New England, Moseley’s on the www.danceukraine.com Charles, 508-821-5423

January 26 Malanka, featuring music by Halychany, St. February 2 Lecture by Maria Rewakowicz, “New York Baltimore Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church, New York on the Map of Ukrainian Poetry,” 410-675-7557 or 410-687-3465 Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 January 26 Syzokryli and Vika Vasilevich perform, Chestnut Hill, MA followed by zabava with music by Fata February 2 Malanka, Cordova Community Center, Morgana, Boston College Ukrainian Society, Cordova, CA 916-482-4706 or Boston College, 973-687-6947 [email protected]

January 26 Malanka, featuring music by Na Zdorovya, Whippany, NJ Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, 973-540-9144 or 908-766-5179 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome January 26 “Ukrayinski Vechornytsi,” Ukrainian submissions from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion Hillsborough, NJ National Women’s League of America, St. of the editors and as space allows; photos will be considered. Please note: Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church hall, items will be printed a maximum of two times each. Please send e-mail to 973-449-3398 or 732-560-5055 [email protected]. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 No. 3

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Sunday, January 20 Saturday, January 26 WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Ukrainian WHIPPANY, N.J.: St. John the Baptist Engineers’ Society of America (UESA), Ukrainian Catholic Church and the New Jersey chapter, invites its members Ukrainian American Cultural Center of and the community to a presentation titled New Jersey Building Fund invite you to “Is the Earth Unique in the Universe?” by their benefit Malanka 2008 at 7 p.m.-1 astrophysicist Theodor Kostiuk of the a.m. Advance ticket purchase is required NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The for dinner: $75 per person. Cocktail hour presentation will begin at 3 p.m. at the is at 7-8 p.m., followed by dinner and a Ukrainian American Cultural Center of dance. Music will be by Na Zdorovya. New Jersey (UACCNJ), 60 N. Jefferson There will be a car raffle drawing for a Road, and will be followed by a question- 2008 Lexus ES-350 during the Malanka. and-answer session with the speaker. Light Admission is $25 per person for the zaba- refreshments will be served. Suggested va only. Adults and students (post-deb donation: $15 for non-UESA members, ages 16 and over only) are welcome. For $10 for UESA members. For more infor- tickets and info contact Maria Kucyna, mation contact Andrij Wowk, 973-540-9144, or Alexandra Zawadiwsky, [email protected] or 908-392-1592. 908-766-5179. For UACCNJ information and directions Friday, February 1 go to www.uaccnj.org or call 973-585- 7175. NEW YORK: The young adult Plast sorority “Lisovi Mavky” is hosting an Thursday, January 24 event at The Ukrainian Museum at 7:30- The Ukrainian Chorus Dumka NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Film Club 11:30 p.m., giving visitors a chance to of Columbia University will open the year experience the various exhibits on display of New York 2008 with an event showcasing “Shchors” after regular museum hours as well as an (1939), directed by Oleksander opportunity to mingle with fellow will hold an organizational meeting to establish Dovzhenko. Dovzhenko tries to do the Ukrainians. A $10 admission charge impossible in this gripping war epic: to includes beverages and hors d’oeuvres. a New Jersey branch of the chorus. glorify Mykola Shchors, a Bolshevik com- For those interested in becoming museum mander, who according to Soviet myth members, there also will be a membership was instrumental in defeating the cause of sign-up table. All ages are welcome. For Ukrainian independence in 1919, and to more information e-mail mavkamuseum- Sunday, February 10, 2008, at 1 p.m. celebrate Ukraine’s centuries-old quest for [email protected]. freedom by drawing a comparison at the Hall of St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Saturday, February 2 between the occupying Bolshevik armies Church in South Bound Brook, N.J. and the Zaporozhian Kozaks of yore. The DEDHAM, Mass.: A Malanka, or film is great testimony to the drama of a Ukrainian New Year’s Eve dance, spon- genius striving to create under the oppres- sored by the Ukrainian American Cultural sion of Soviet totalitarianism. The event is and Religious Center of New England Everyone who wants to sing with the chorus is at 7:30 p.m. at 516 Hamilton Hall, (www.ukrainiancenter.org) will be held in invited! Columbia University. Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, the Boston suburbs at Moseley’s on the director of the Ukrainian Film Club, will Charles, 50 Bridge St., Dedham, MA. For more information please call 201-792-9805. introduce the film and moderate the post- 02026, at 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Music will be by screening discussion. A recently restored Na Zdorovya of Yonkers, N.Y. Tickets are Kyiv Film Studio edition of “Shchors” $45 when purchased in advance or $50 at will be screened in Ukrainian- and the door; $20 for guests under age 16. For Russian-language versions with English information and tickets contact Stephen subtitles. The event is free and open to the Kostecki, 508-821-5423 or skostec- public. [email protected].

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