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INSIDE:• Papal visit recalled on its fifth anniversary — page 3. • Team Ukraine soccer fans from around the globe — page 7. • Scholars from 10 countries at diaspora conference — page 11.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIV HE KRAINIANNo. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine T U Party of theW Regions blockade Ukraine heads for quarter-finals halts work of Verkhovna Rada in debut at soccer’s World Cup by Zenon Zawada Ms. Tymoshenko is the coalition’s Kyiv Press Bureau nominee for prime minister, while Our Ukraine had nominated Petro Poroshenko, KYIV – Ukraine’s government slipped a wealthy businessman and close confi- back toward chaos as the Party of the dante of President Viktor Yushchenko. Regions issued a fierce ultimatum on Mykola Tomenko, who is the June 26, launching a blockade of the Tymoshenko Bloc’s likely candidate for Verkhovna Rada until the new coalition vice-chairman of the Parliament, accused government meets its demands. the Party of the Regions of opposing the The opposition demanded separate vot- package vote as part of its plan to bribe ing for prime minister and speaker, a secret enough national deputies to vote for Mr. ballot vote for the Parliament’s chairman- Yanukovych as Rada chair. ship, proportional distribution of committee The Party of the Regions has created a chairs according to election results and a $250 million slush fund to bribe deputies, ban on moonlighting by national deputies. Mr. Tomenko alleged, and wants the “Violating parliamentary and constitu- secret ballot vote to enable enough tional procedures, the so-called Orange deputies from the coalition government coalition is trying to seize power at any to vote for Mr. Yanukovych without pub- price, stepping over the nation’s laws and lic exposure. the will of the people,” Victor Among the goals of the blockade, Yanukovych said on June 29, threatening political experts speculated, was to pres- to maintain the blockade even if it led to sure the coalition government to its limit, the Parliament’s dismissal. with the possibility of breaking it before The Party of the Regions announced it even began to govern. the blockade after leaders of the Our If exacerbating division among the Ukraine bloc, the Yulia Tymoshenko coalition forces was among the Regions Bloc and the Socialist Party of Ukraine AP/Darko Vojinovic goals, early successes may have already signed an agreement on June 22 to form been apparent. Ukraine’s goalkeeper Oleksander Shovkovskyi (right) celebrates with teammates a parliamentary coalition. at the end of the penalty shootout against Switzerland on June 26. Already fragile to begin with, the The Party of the Regions immediately coalition government began to show declared its opposition to the govern- signs of cracking when Socialist Party by Matthew Dubas World Cup’s first penalty kick shoot-out, ment, declaring that any coalition exclud- with Ukraine scoring on three of its four Chairman Oleksander Moroz declared PARSIPPANY, N.J. – In its debut ing Ukraine’s most popular political June 29 that his party wouldn’t support shots and Switzerland succeeding on force was creating division in the nation World Cup performance, the Ukrainian none. The Swiss went home after playing Our Ukraine nominee Petro Poroshenko soccer team has exceeded expectations, and bound for failure. for the Rada chairmanship. four games in the tournament without In announcing its ultimatum, the Party making it to the quarter-finals by defeat- yielding a single goal. His announcement was a direct viola- ing Switzerland on June 26. of the Regions expressed vehement oppo- Ukraine’s road to the June 26 game tion of the coalition agreement, which The Group of 16 match held in sition to Our Ukraine’s proposal to select explicitly states that no party or bloc Cologne, Germany, ended in the 2006 (Continued on page 7) the nation’s prime minister and parliament would oppose another’s party or bloc’s chairman as part of a package vote, in nomination to a post that it has control of. which the national deputies would have to approve or reject both candidates together. (Continued on page 11) 20,000 protest consumer price hikes by Zenon Zawada they can barely afford to live now, let Kyiv Press Bureau alone after such increases. Arriving from all oblasts of Ukraine and KYIV – Olena Lytvynova, 45, doesn’t representing each shade of the political know how she’s going to make it. spectrum, the protesters banded together Her daughter’s college bill exceeds her under an umbrella organization, the $107 a month salary, and two more chil- Federation of Ukraine’s Trade Unions dren are hoping to enter college soon. (FUTU), and demanded a moratorium on Already in debt with her utility bill, price hikes, exacting higher wages instead. she can’t fathom an increase. “We turn to the president of Ukraine, “I can’t give my children a higher edu- as the Constitution’s guarantor, to cease cation, and then there’s heating, electrici- the anti-people, anti-social and anti-con- ty, food and clothing to pay,” said Ms. stitutional acts by the government and, as Lytvynova, a doctor in Oleksandria of the the Constitution’s guarantor, to defend Kirovohrad Oblast. “It’s impossible to go the people of Ukraine,” said Oleksander on living like this.” Yurkin, president of FUTU. Ms. Lytvynova was among more than The organization represents more than 20,000 Ukrainians who rallied at Kyiv’s 10 million Ukrainian workers, 44 trade Independence Square on June 27 to unions and 26 territorial coalitions of protest government measures that they trade union organizations, whose mem- say would make living unaffordable. bers range from miners and laborers to In recent weeks, the Ukrainian govern- teachers and doctors. AP/Efrem Lukatsky ment has announced steep consumer FUTU organized the All-Ukrainian price hikes for natural gas, utilities, Trade Union Protest on the eve of the Lawmakers from the Party of the Regions block the podium in the Verkhovna sewage and telephone communication, Rada on June 29. The banner on the presidium reads: “No to package vote for drawing outrage from citizens who say (Continued on page 10) speaker [Rada chairman] and prime minister.” 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 No. 27

ANALYSIS Ukraine’s new ‘Orange’ government NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Lawmakers differ on session agenda possibility of influencing the activity of Parliament and monitoring the work (or faces the same hurdles as the first KYIV – The newly formed parliamen- idleness) of the authorities,” the Party of tary coalition – Our Ukraine, the Yulia the Regions said in a statement on June 27. by Jan Maksymiuk made a considerable effort during the Tymoshenko Bloc and the Socialist Party The newly recreated Orange coalition in RFE/RL Newsline nearly three months of coalition talks to of Ukraine – wants to swear in judges of the Verkhovna Rada intends to hold a vote install an elaborate system of checks and the Constitutional Court on June 27, on the approval of the nominees for prime The three allies of the 2004 Orange balances to prevent her from gaining too UNIAN reported on June 26, quoting Ivan minister and parliament chairman – Yulia Revolution in Ukraine – the Yulia much power. Bokyi, a member of the Verkhovna Rada’s Tymoshenko and Petro Poroshenko, Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine and the A coalition deal signed on June 22 interim presidium. Mr. Bokyi added that respectively – on June 29. (RFE/RL Socialist Party – decided on June 22 to provides for the distribution of election the opposition Party of the Regions and Newsline) recreate their ruling coalition, which spoils between the Orange allies on a the Communist Party are “decidedly” existed for eight months in 2005. The broadly proportional basis. This means against this idea, demanding that the Trade unions protest utility price hikes renewed Orange coalition, however, that the Tymoshenko Bloc (129 seats) Parliament elect the chairman and consti- KYIV – Some 15,000 people gathered comes into being under new rules of the should get 53 percent of government tute parliamentary committees first. on Independence Square in Kyiv on June political game determined by a constitu- posts, Our Ukraine (81 seats) 33 percent, Mykola Katerynchuk of Our Ukraine told 27 to protest increases in payments for tional reform that took effect at the and the Socialist Party (33 seats) 14 per- journalists that the Communist Party is beginning of 2006. electricity and gas supplies, as well as for cent. planning to block the parliamentary ros- Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the housing and public transport, UNIAN But this arithmetic does not apply to trum and prevent President Viktor eponymous political bloc, was fond of reported. The rally was organized by some major state posts that the Yushchenko from entering the session hall asserting during the parliamentary elec- Ukraine’s Federation of Trade Unions. At Constitution defines as a presidential if the coalition pushes for the swear-in tion campaign earlier this year that vot- the end of May, the government decided to quota. In particular, the president has the ceremony. The Constitutional Court has ing for the Verkhovna Rada on March 26 nearly double consumer gas prices as of right to appoint the foreign affairs minis- been inactive for nearly a year, because would decide who would actually govern July 1. It was the second gas price hike this ter, the defense minister, the procurator- opposition lawmakers refused to invest its Ukraine over the next five years. In this year in Ukraine, following a Ukrainian- general, the head of the Security Service judges, fearing that President Viktor way she was highlighting the new, Russian deal in January that increased the of Ukraine, the head of the National Yushchenko may ask the court to cancel enhanced powers of the Parliament and gas price for Ukraine from $50 to $95 per Bank of Ukraine and all regional gover- the 2004 constitutional reform. Last the Cabinet of Ministers vis-à-vis the 1,000 cubic meters. Gazprom officials have nors. It should be expected that these month Mr. Yushchenko threatened not to presidency, which are a result of the con- indicated that this price may be revised appointments will be made by President grant the coalition’s request that he submit stitutional changes made during the peak upward as of July. (RFE/RL Newsline) Viktor Yushchenko mostly from the its preferred prime-ministerial candidate of the Orange Revolution in December to the Verkhovna Rada for approval if the 2004. ranks of the pro-presidential Our Schroeder assures Europe of gas supplies Ukraine. legislature fails to swear in the constitu- Would Ms. Tymoshenko repeat that tional judges. (RFE/RL Newsline) SCHWERIN, Germany – Former assertion now, after her party has Moreover, presidential prerogatives include appointing half the members of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, rejoined the ruling coalition and she per- Regions blocs Verkhovna Rada session the National Radio and Television who heads the stockholders’ oversight sonally is poised to become prime minis- body for the planned North European Gas Council, the National Bank Council and KYIV – The Party of the Regions on ter once again? Perhaps yes, but arguably Pipeline (NEGP) running from Vyborg to the Constitutional Court. The president June 28 blocked the parliamentary session with less confidence – this because her Greifswald, said in Schwerin on June 23 also has veto powers on legislation, hall for a second day, protesting what it coalition partners from Our Ukraine have that mutual dependency between Russia which can be overturned by no fewer sees as the ruling coalition’s violations of and Europe is increasing because of grow- than 300 votes in the 450-seat Verkhovna parliamentary procedures in appointing the Jan Maksymiuk is the Belarus and ing European imports of Russian gas, Rada. Thus, even after the 2004 shift parliamentary leadership, Ukrainian media Ukraine specialist on the staff of RFE/RL Deutsche Welle reported. He stressed that Newsline. (Continued on page 14) reported. In particular, the Party of the the NEGP is of “great strategic impor- Regions objects to the plan of the Yulia tance, not just for Germany but also for all Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine and the Western Europe.” Mr. Schroeder added Traffickers cast a greedy eye Socialist Party of Ukraine to appoint the that “there have never been problems prime minister and parliament chairman [with Russian gas deliveries to Germany], via a single, open ballot. “It is an absurdity and I am sure that there never will be.” He on the monthlong World Cup to unite the two different branches of expressed understanding for Russian alle- power in a single package,” Mykola gations that Ukraine is a destabilizing fac- by Eugen Tomiuc has been updated to offer guidance relat- Azarov of the Party of the Regions told tor in energy supplies because gas is ille- RFER/RL Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Report ed to work offers in Germany during the UNIAN. The Party of the Regions also gally siphoned off in transit through that World Cup. protests the coalition’s alleged intention to country. Mr. Schroeder was accompanied The World Cup in Germany has been “Our permanent hotline also offers head the overwhelming majority of parlia- by Matthias Warnig, who heads Dresdner tipped as arguably the largest global specific information in relation to this mentary committees. “These ‘democrats’ sports event, with a cumulative television event, when it comes to [work] offers in are going to deprive the opposition of any (Continued on page 15) audience of tens of billions throughout Germany,” Ms. Misail-Nichitin said. “We the world. At least 2 million fans are also are ready to give advice regarding any expected to travel to Germany during the kind of offer coming from Germany FOUNDED 1933 monthlong tournament. However, inter- around the World Cup period.” national officials and human rights World organizations and foreign gov- THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY groups warn that the World Cup is likely ernments have warned that up to 40,000 An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. to generate a dramatic growth in the women could be trafficked to Germany Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. demand for sex workers, prompting for the World Cup to serve as prostitutes criminals to smuggle thousands of for some of the estimated 2 million foot- Periodicals postage paid at Parsippany, NJ 07054 and additional mailing offices. women into Germany to force them into ball fans from across the world. (ISSN — 0273-9348) prostitution. 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Faithful mark fifth anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s visit by Zenon Zawada town, in which about 100 Ukrainian Jesus immediately ceased the storm and important to Ukrainians because he came Kyiv Press Bureau Catholics participated, the faithful sang then asked his apostles why they feared from an Eastern European background Ukrainian hymns and held church banners, and lacked faith. and witnessed firsthand the evils of com- KYIV – Odesa isn’t a hub of a portrait of Pope John Paul II, crosses, a “The world is a large dangerous sea munism, said Daria Kollias, who was Catholicism, but native Nadiya Divnina, monstrance and a symbolic crown. where you can drown without faith in visiting Ukraine from Philadelphia. 25, said she’s seen more worshippers at Papal Nuncio Ivan Jurkovic, who con- Jesus Christ,” Father Shyrokoradiuk said. She was pleasantly surprised to hear St. Peter’s Church in recent years. ducted the mass, and Bishop Bohdan The apostles’ reaction of resorting to fear Ukrainian Catholic songs sung during the Discussion and study of religion has Dziurakh of the Kyiv-Vyshhorod instead of turning to Jesus, is similar to procession, including “Khryste Vitai.” increased in Kyiv’s schools and higher Archeparchy led the half-hour proces- how Ukrainians ask God why their coun- “The procession was very dear and education institutions, said Yulia sion as the faithful descended toward try has suffered so greatly instead of familiar, even though it was mostly Venhrynovych, 21. European Square, along the Khreschatyk, turning to God with faith, he said. Roman Catholic and I am Greek- Young people avoid the Church more Catholic,” she commented. than they do sex, which has caused AIDS The procession demonstrated that to become the leading cause of death Pope John Paul II’s spirit of reconcilia- among Ukrainians between the ages of tion and understanding between different 15 and 30, Father Shyrokoradiuk said. faiths lives on, said Yevhen Antoniuk, 18. Meanwhile, Ukrainians remain fierce- On June 23 the Ukrainian Catholic ly divided along Christian confessions Church organized a meeting of the and denominations. The bishop urged Ukrainian Council of Churches and Ukrainians to pursue ecumenism as a Religious Organizations at the National means to reconcile religious conflicts. Philharmonic in Kyiv, where the book “Look at what John Paul II did to “Papa I Ukrayina” was released. bring Christians together,” he said, refer- Orthodox priests from Crimea wrote the ring to his meetings with Orthodox and book and agreed to donate proceeds from Protestant leaders in attempts to find its sale to an orphanage in Stryi in the Lviv mutual understanding. Oblast in a demonstration of eastern-west- Pope John Paul II was particularly ern Ukrainian peace and cooperation.

OSCE urges Kyiv to set up

Zenon Zawada centralized voter register WARSAW – The Office for Democratic that had already been evident during the A Catholic worshipper weeps before a portrait of Pope John Paul II at a Mass Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) December 26, 2004 repeat second round commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Pontiff's visit to Ukraine. of the Organization for Security and of the presidential election. Cooperation in Europe is urging Ukraine The report, released on June 23, Five years after Pope John Paul II’s up Independence Square and back to St. to establish a centralized voter register, includes post-election developments and visit to Ukraine, the nation’s Catholics Alexander’s. harmonize its election-related laws and 27 recommendations for further improv- say they are beginning to reap the fruits “Together, we wanted to demonstrate increase the professionalism of lower-level ing the electoral process in Ukraine. of a spiritual revival. our mutuality, our unity and our gratitude election commissions. The OSCE /ODIHR Election “Positive changes are known to always to God that such a visit took place,” said The final report on the conduct of the Observation Mission was headed by occur after a papal visit,” Ms. Divnina Father Ihor Yatsiv, spokesman for the March 2006 parliamentary elections in Ambassador Lubomir Kopaj. Over 900 said. “Many were called to the Church.” Ukrainian Catholic Church. Ukraine reaffirms the conclusions pub- observers monitored the parliamentary To commemorate the historic visit, more The mass at St. Alexander’s was lished in a preliminary statement on the elections on March 26 on behalf of the than 2,000 Roman and Ukrainian Greek- prayed entirely in Ukrainian, and most of day following the elections, which said OSCE/ODIHR, as well as almost 200 Catholics celebrated liturgies in separate the worshippers knew the Roman that they were conducted largely in line parliamentarians from the Parliamentary churches but joined together afterwards for Catholic hymns. with OSCE commitments for democratic Assemblies of the OSCE, Council of a commemorative procession in central Bishop Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk of elections. The final report noted that the Europe and NATO, and the European Kyiv that began and ended at St. Kyiv-Zhytomyr delivered his sermon on election further consolidated progress Parliament. Alexander’s Roman Catholic Cathedral. the passage from the book of Mark in Among the worshippers were more which Jesus Christ was in a boat with his than 200 faithful who had arrived from apostles when a windstorm caused their the Zhytomyr Oblast, which has one of boat to sway. Ukraine’s largest Roman Catholic popu- The apostles became frightened and Quotable notes lations. awakened a sleeping Jesus, asking him “... I will now take a long step back in time, to the Viking era. The great During the half-hour procession down- why He didn’t care for their welfare. Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl promoted the theory that the people of Scandinavia originally came from this part of Europe, from Azov. The historical ties between our two countries date back more than a thousand years. Old Norse literature records close contacts between the people of Kyivan Rus’ and the king- doms of Norway, Sweden and Denmark. FOR THE RECORD: U.S. position “So ‘globalization’ is not an entirely new phenomenon. People from different parts of the world met, exchanged views and found wives many centuries ago. Longboats on Ukraine’s accession to NATO carried people far across the seas and down great rivers, as the web does today. Following are excerpts of remarks by Membership Action Plan that Ukraine is “Norway’s hero king, Olav Tryggvason, spent his teenage years at the court of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State interested in. Ukraine’s government, of Volodymyr the Great, in Novgorod, and later moved to Kyiv, around the year David Kramer delivered on June 22 at course, should be in the driver’s seat, and 980. He was followed by Olav Haraldson, who was later canonized. St. Olav the U.S.-Ukraine Security Dialogue II at allies will look to the government, the spent the last year of his life here in Kyiv as a guest of his friend Yaroslav the the Cannon House Office Building in Ukrainian government, for positive Wise, leaving his young son Magnus behind with Yaroslav. Washington. The text was released by progress on reform and to reaffirm “Soon afterwards, Olav Tryggvason’s half-brother Harald Hardraade, later Voice of America. Ukraine’s interest in joining NATO. King of Norway, came to Kyiv. He married Yaroslav’s daughter Elizaveta, who Without a doubt, the United States sees became Queen of Norway. I have been asked to talk about the Ukraine’s future as an integrated member “This is Europe. There are ties among people, cultures and traditions. It is U.S. relationship as it relates to of all Euro-Atlantic institutions. exciting to be back among old relatives, so to speak, and to connect with our Ukraine’s NATO aspirations, and I’m And. assuming that the new govern- shared history. happy to do so. And let me start by not- ment that eventually emerges continues “One hundred years ago, the Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, an ardent ing that Ukraine’s aspirations to join to pursue NATO membership as a goal, champion of Norwegian independence, campaigned vigorously in European news- NATO predate the current government, the United States will offer support and papers for the right of Ukrainians to use their native language, which was, as you the current president – President [Viktor] encouragement for as long as it takes. We know, restricted under the rule of Polish nobles and Russian tsars. Yushchenko. In fact, it was President are in this for the long haul. But again, “In (October) 1906, he published an influential article in Le Courrier [Leonid] Kuchma and people in his gov- let me stress that Ukraine must drive this Européen defending the rights of oppressed Ukrainians in Halychyna. Ivan ernment who as far back as 2002 articu- process. The tone, the pace and the inten- Franko, the great Ukrainian writer and nationalist, translated many of Bjørnson’s lated Ukraine’s goal to integrate into sity of Ukraine’s relationship with NATO works into Ukrainian. Euro-Atlantic institutition, including, depend on the Ukrainian government and “A couple of decades later, the Norwegian explorer, scientist and humanist most notably, on this particular occasion, the Ukrainian people, and on Ukraine’s Fridtjof Nansen helped save many Ukrainians from starvation in the famine that NATO. The current government and the ability to meet NATO’s performance- followed the end of World War I and the Soviet Revolution. ...” new president – President Yushchenko based standards and criteria. have reaffirmed their commitment. ... And, assuming Ukraine steps up to the – Jonas Gahr Store, Norway’s minister of foreign affairs, speaking on May 31 We’re actively engaged at NATO to plate and increases the tone, pace and at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy (excerpted from the full text help Ukraine achieve its NATO goals, of his speech published on June 20 by Action Ukraine Report). including, I should note, support for [the] (Continued on page 21) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 No. 27 No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM Students from Kyiv lyceum pay a visit to the Ukrainian diaspora

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – A group of six Mr. Kaczaraj wrote, “it is imperative for students traveled in June from the Kyiv- the students to see with their own eyes based Ukrainian Humanitarian Lyceum how life is in other democratic countries.” of Taras Shevchenko to the United States The Ukrainian Embassy, Soyuzivka, the to conduct research on “The Role of Ukrainian-American Youth Association, Ukrainian Diaspora in establishing SUM, and the Ukrainian National Ukraine’s Independence and the U.S.- Association Corporate Headquarters, home Ukraine Relationship.” also to Svoboda and The Ukrainian On June 1-15 they traveled to schools Weekly, were among the stops included on of Ukrainian studies, churches in their itinerary. Before their departure from Washington, D.C., upstate New York, New York City, the group also visited some Newark, N.J., and New York City to historical landmarks, including Ellis Island. carry out their assigned project. They are When the students where asked about to report their findings in September to their impressions of Ukrainian American their school, as well as to government, citizens, Dmytro Yarovyy reflected upon political and community activists. their accommodating hosts and the pleas- Stefan Kaczaraj, president of the ant individuals whom they met. Anastasya Students from the Ukrainian Humanitarian Lyceum of Taras Shevchenko with their Ukrainian National Association, requested Shutska observed: “here they cultivate teacher Iryna Vernudina (second from left) and Ukranian National Association visas from the U.S. Consulate for the fol- Ukrainian culture, so that they don’t forget President Stefan Kaczaraj (third from right) during their visit to the UNA. lowing students: Yaroslav Atamanchuk, their native language and traditions.” Ivanna Bratsyun, Anastasiya Shytska, At the UNA June 12, the students got Dmytro Yarovyy, Ivan Syrov, Hanna a tour of the Home Office and were wel- Novosad and their ethics teacher and proj- comed by the UNA’s officers and ect manager, Iryna Vernudina. In the letter employees. The General Assembly of the Ukrainian National Association EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ADVISORS

IT’S IN THE MAIL: Membership card President Maya Lew Stefan Kaczaraj 245 E. 25th St. Apt. 8-G of the Soyuzivka Heritage Foundation Ukrainian National Association New York, NY 10010 by Roma Lisovich As an avid UNA and Soyuzivka sup- 2200 Route 10 [email protected] UNA Treasurer porter, the first individual who heeded Parsippany, NJ 07054 800-253-9852, ext. 3016 Gloria Horbaty the call and quickly sent out her member- As part of the “Join Us” Campaign, a [email protected] 3 Pequot Road membership appeal went out at the end ship dues the very same day the member- Wallingford, CT 06492 of March from the newly created ship request appeared in the newspapers First Vice-President [email protected] Soyuzivka Heritage Foundation Inc., was Neonila Sochan, the wife of the late Zenon Holubec calling on our community members to Wolodymyr Sochan, former UNA 5566 Pearl Rd. Nicholas Fil Parma, OH 44129 105 Latham Ridge Road join the foundation. supreme secretary. [email protected] Latham, NY 12110 The creation of the [email protected] foundation was Second Vice-President designed as a further Michael Koziupa Eugene Oscislawski step toward preserving 26 Summit Ave. 5 Stable Lane Soyuzivka. Building a Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927 Flemington, NJ 08822 strong membership [email protected] [email protected] base will help us fulfill our mission to preserve Director for Canada Myron Pylypiak Myron Groch 11204 SE 234th St. Soyuzivka as a gather- Kent, WA 98031 ing place that cele- 16 Kevin Drive Founthill, ON L0S 1E4 [email protected] brates and perpetuates CANADA Ukrainian culture, and Olya Czerkas shares it with others. National Secretary 565 Riviera Bay Drive NE We urge everyone to Christine E. Kozak St Petersburg, FL 33702 join us and make our Ukrainian National Association [email protected] mission, the preserva- 2200 Route 10 tion of this cultural Parsippany, NJ 07054 Al Kachkowski treasure, a reality. 800-253-9862, ext. 3018 126 Simon Fraser Crescent [email protected] Saskatoon, SK S7H 3T1 CANADA All new members [email protected] who enrolled by July Treasurer 1 are to receive a Roma Lisovich Paul Prinko Soyuzivka logo tote Ukrainian National Association 450 Jeanes St. bag as a token of our 2200 Route 10 Philadelphia, PA 19116 appreciation. Parsippany, NJ 07054 [email protected] Neonila Sochan (left), the first member of the Soyuzivka Your support will 800-253-9862, ext. 3017 Heritage Foundation, presents her membership fee to help the Soyuzivka [email protected] Bohdan Kukuruza UNA Treasurer Roma Lisovich (center) and UNA Heritage Foundation 5441 N Neva National Secretary Christine E. Kozak. AUDITORS Chicago, IL 60638 maintain itself as a [email protected] vital educational, social Gerald Tysiak and cultural institution 38 Providence Drive Eugene Serba for Ukrainian West Sand Lake, NY 12196 233 Belaire Drive Americans and [email protected] Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 Ukrainian Canadians. 856-802-9420 The Soyuzivka Dr. Wasyl Szeremeta [email protected] Heritage Foundation 1510 Hilltop Terrace membership cards Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 Serguei Djoula [email protected] 4740 Lacombe and tote bags have Montreal, QC H3W 1R3 been sent to the over CANADA 90 members who Vasyl Luchkiw 49 Windmill Lane have signed up to New City, NY 10956 (Continued on [email protected] The Soyuzivka Heritage Foundation membership card. page 14)

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Ukrainian Americans appeal to legislators on behalf of Karnaoukh family by Camilla Huk staffers took the time to discuss the sta- Pascrell continues to be supportive of family’s return. Ukrainian American organ- tus of the Karnaoukh family, including the family and is trying to do whatever izations such as the Ukrainian National PATERSON, N.J. – Armed with over the two sons who were unable to com- he can to assist in their return. His staff Association, Ukrainian credit unions and 600 copies of letters written on behalf of plete their college studies here. is exploring all avenues and past cases the Ukrainian Center in Passaic led and are the Karnaoukh family, Olga Khomko The tragedy of the Karnaoukhs is that of persons whose deportation was over- continuing letter-writing campaigns calling met on June 15 with Rep. Bill Pascrell they are neither felons, nor criminals, turned to see what options may be open. for the family’s return. (D-N.J.), Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) but decent, hard-working, and law-abid- Ms. Grindrod also pointed out that The group then proceeded to the offices and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.). ing people, who had jobs, paid their the congressman’s office is very famil- of Sen. Lautenberg in Newark, N.J., where She was accompanied by John Burtyk, taxes, bought a home and established an iar with the Karnaoukh case because all they met with Patrick Lynott, who assured president of the New Jersey Coordinating American lifestyle, but who, due to poor his offices, in Passaic and Paterson, them that Sen. Lautenberg is committed to Council of the Ukrainian Congress legal counseling, didn’t understand the N.J., and in Washington, continue to be helping the Karnaoukh family and that he is Committee of America, and this writer. dire consequences of their immigration flooded with letters, phone calls and exploring the options of, at the very least, The Karnaoukhs, Vassili and Maria, paperwork not being properly prepared. inquiries about the family. While most securing the return to the United States of and their sons, Sviatoslav and Igor, were Ms. Grindrod was one of the first of the mail seems to be from the the Karnaoukhs’ sons. He, too, expressed residents of Little Falls, N.J., until they people to meet with Mrs. Khomko after Ukrainian American community, the concern that the climate for legislation sup- were deported in February after being the family’s deportation. She did so at Karnaoukhs’ neighbors and friends have porting immigrants is not optimal and noted taken into custody by U.S. immigration the behest of Dr. Paula Francesca of the also been insistent on answers to how that, while legislation will pass, it may not officials on January 6 – Christmas Eve Peter Rodino Law School and has been this could have happened. answer the needs of illegal immigrants. according to the Julian calendar. working with the family to assist them She explained that upon his return to He also extended an offer to Mrs. On her visit to Congressman in preparing for the presentation of a New Jersey Rep. Pascrell would try to Khomko to help her in filing her naturaliza- Pascrell’s office in Paterson, N.J., Mrs. private bill. However, as Ms. Grindrod find time to meet with Mrs. Khomko tion papers, which could reduce the time of Khoma, who is Mrs. Karnaoukh’s moth- explained, the immigration issue in gen- and members of the Ukrainian her daughter’s eligibility to return to the er, was greeted by Ritzy A. Moralez, eral has led to a climate that has American community, which is heavily United States from 10 years to eight and director of casework, Jacqueline C. changed, and the probability of passing represented in his district. As well, she possibly less. Grindrod, district director, and Caley any legislation supportive of the family promised that all the letters will be Mrs. Khomko and her supporters then Gray, press secretary. or others in such a position has greatly answered. proceeded to the Newark office of Sen. As the congressman was attending lessened. Mrs. Khomko presented the staff Menendez, where they dropped off the last hearings in Washington, all three She assured her visitors that Rep. with over 600 signatures calling for the batch of letters and petitions. Returning home, Mrs. Khomko found even more letters in support of the Karnaoukh family.

UCC reps meet with minister

of immigrationUkrainian Canadian Congress TORONTO – Representatives of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) met on June 6 in Toronto with Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Monte Solberg to discuss issues of concerns to the Ukrainian Canadian community. The delegation consisted of Irene (Orysia) Sushko, UCC national president; John Pidkowich, UCC Ontario Provincial Council president; and Jurij Klufas, a Toronto Ukrainian community activist and broadcaster. At the onset of the discussion, Ms. Sushko applauded the minister’s recent announcement of new measures to assist victims of human trafficking, who are often the targets of organized crime and sexual exploitation. As well, the UCC president indicated that the community welcomed Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s recent announcement regarding the halving of the Right of Permanent Residence Fee, the earmarking of funds in the recent federal budget for a cen- ter to assess foreign professional accredita- tions, as well as increased funding for settle- ment and integration of immigrants. All of these issues are of great importance to the Ukrainian Canadian community and were included in the presentation made that day by the community delegation. Items covered by the UCC included its position on the current Canada War Crimes Program; the need for a new Citizenship Act; problems with issuing visas and pro- cessing immigration applications at the Kyiv Embassy; family reunification; the need for a live-in Care-Giver Program for Ukrainian Canadian families; need for support for community-based settlement and integration agencies; accreditation of foreign profes- sional credentials; and human trafficking. Minister Solbert listened to the positions of the UCC with great interest. He indicated that many of these issues are currently under- going review and agreed to meet with the UCC to follow up by the end of the summer. Ms. Sushko said she is pleased to have had the opportunity to bring the communi- ty’s message to the minister and looks for- ward to continuing this positive dialogue. No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 7

Switzerland. Shovkovskyi kept out the Ukraine heads... Swiss attempts on goal by Marco Team Ukraine fans found ‘round the globe (Continued from page 1) Streller, Ricardo Cabanas and Tranquillo began on a sour note, with Ukraine’sloss Barnetta. to Spain (4-0), but the Ukrainian team A chip shot by 21-year-old Artem managed to overcome the setback and Milevskiy put Ukraine ahead. Serhiy move on to the next round by defeating Rebrov put one in as well, and the third Saudi Arabia (4-0) and Tunisia (1-0). successful kick by Oleg Gusev solidified Tension filled the air as the Ukrainians the victory for Ukraine. and Swiss battled it out in a scoreless 90- According to the Interfax news minute match. The game went back and agency, in a post-match interview, forth with both teams keeping pressure Ukraine’s head coach, Oleg Blokhin, on their respective goals and maintaining said, “I don’t think that anyone believed possession in the midfield. Only one yel- in us. Most people had written us off, low card was issued during this match, thinking that debutantes can’t be compet- most likely due to the previous game itive against experienced teams. Today between Portugal and the Netherlands, we proved that we could play decent where 16 cards were given – four of football. We play for results. We have them red cards. fought so hard and come so far that it’s But it was the excellent goaltending by all like a dream come true for us.” Ukraine’s Oleksander Shovkovskyi, the President Viktor Yushchenko, congrat- player of the match, that kept the team ulated the team on the historic win say- alive into the 30-minute overtime. ing, “The successful performances of the After uneventful regulation and over- Ukrainian team are working to unite time play – and as if the tension wasn’t Ukraine and instill patriotism.” high enough – a penalty kick shoot-out At press time, Ukraine was to face BERLIN – Among the millions of fans around the globe who are cheering for determined who would move on to the Italy in the quarter-finals on Friday, June Team Ukraine in the World Cup soccer tournament are Londoners Marina and quarter-finals. 30, in Hamburg, Germany. The winner of Adam Neale and their 7-year-old son. Mr. Neale and his son, Ryan Nicolas Andriy Shevchenko shot first for that game will face the winner of the (who is known as Nicolya), are seen above during the Ukraine vs Tunisia game Ukraine, with goaltender Pascal Germany-Argentina match in the semi- played on June 23 in Berlin. Nicolya is wearing Ukrainian striker Andriy Zuberbuehler making an easy save for finals. Shevchenko’s No. 7 jersey – the same one the avid young soccer fan wears to practices of his local soccer club, the Kew Park Rangers, where he is known by his fellow footballers as “Shevchenko.” (That nickname takes on even more significance now that the real Shevchenko will be playing in London for Chelsea.) Mrs. Neale hails from Feodosiya in Crimea, Ukraine, where her par- ents continue to reside; her husband, who is British/Canadian, is a native of Vancouver. Mrs. Neale e-mailed this photo to The Weekly along with a greeting to all soccer fans (especially those who hail from Feodosia) and hopes for Ukraine’s victory in its quarter-final match against Italy on June 30.

Soccer fanatics gather at Ukrainian sports bar by Khristina Lew minute of play. USC’s main hall exploded in cheers, clapping and laughter as fans NEW YORK – Some sneaked out of celebrated the goal that clinched Ukraine’s their offices in the starched-Oxford-shirt- 1-0 victory over Tunisia. and-pleated-slacks uniform of Manhattan’s “It’s really cool to be in a place where business set. Others took the day off and Ukrainians from Ukraine and Ukrainians threw on blue-and-yellow shirts embla- from America are slapping each other on zoned with the number seven. the back when Shevchenko scores a Young, old, Ukrainian, American-born goal,” said Roman Chwyl, a Toronto – all came to watch Team Ukraine beat native of Ukrainian descent who now Tunisia in Berlin during the first round of lives in Manhattan. the 2006 World Cup. None left the “The Orange Revolution aside, this Ukrainian Sports Club on Second Avenue World Cup has put Ukraine on the world AP/Darko Vojinovic in Manhattan’s East Village on June 23 stage. You’ve got soccer fanatics in Korea, Team Ukraine celebrates at the end of the match between Switzerland and disappointed. and Mexico who haven’t heard much Ukraine on June 26. There was standing-room only in the about Ukraine suddenly understanding newly renovated, members-only USC, one that Ukraine is its own country, with its of the few venues showing the 10:55 a.m. own people. It’s exciting!” he said. Ukraine’s diverse fans in Germany Ukraine-Tunisia match in the East Village. The festivities continued until the end The mood was decidedly somber through- of the 90-minute match, with Ukraine set out the first half, with fans staring fixedly to face Switzerland on June 26. And then, include a Kozak from Baltimore at one of three strategically placed televi- almost as quickly as they had assembled sion sets, but took on a carnival atmos- at the Ukrainian Sports Club, they dis- BERLIN – An article featured in A group of fans from the Donbas phere when striker Andriy Shevchenko persed, back to their everyday lives in The Moscow Times on June 26 high- challenged the ethnic Ukrainians, call- scored a goal off a penalty kick in the 70th America. lighted two Team Ukraine fans from ing them fascists and asking why they two different parts of the world. didn’t speak Russian. Roman Hnatyshyn from Baltimore, “It’s traditional dress,” said dressed in a white shirt and baggy Wolodymyr Hnhew, a Ukrainian fan trousers, his face adorned with blue from Coventry, England, insisting that and yellow paint, a bowl haircut with a it was not a nationalist symbol. “I bushy mustache and a big smile said, haven’t come here for politics,” he “This is a traditional Kozak costume.” added. The Baltimore native admitted he Russian is the soccer lingua franca wasn’t a big soccer fan, but said he and in Ukraine and the repression of the other second-generation Ukrainian Ukrainian language in the Soviet times Americans had been waiting for the meant it failed to develop a soccer World Cup for a long time. Mr. vocabulary, said Savik Shuster, host of Hnatyshyn was among the hundreds of the Ukrainian World Cup chat show sons, daughters and grandchildren of “Trety Taim” or “The Third Half.” It Ukrainian émigrés who have made the was only recently that matches started trip from the United States, Britain and to have Ukrainian commentary – “but Australia to support their motherland at it sounds awkward,” he commented, the world’s premier sporting event. according to The Moscow Times.

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IN THE PRESS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY The UNA’s new General Assembly Ukraine’s ship of state, On July 1, the new General Assembly of the Ukrainian National Association Russia and the G-8 officially takes office (ergo, the new listing of its members that appears on page 5). A quick perusal of the list of the 20 executive officers, auditors and advisors elect- Ukraine: The Ship of State Has No certainly pass on any increase. ed at the recently concluded 36th Convention of the UNA reveals that the General Rudder,” editorial, The Independent, Ukraine, which has portrayed itself as Assembly members hail from various regions of the United States and Canada. United Kingdom, June 14: the victim of Russian blackmail, needs to To be sure, there is a plurality from two states: New Jersey, where the UNA is speak with one voice as Western nations, headquartered, has six members, and neighboring New York state has four. “ ... the ship of state’s current rudder- to whom the Orange leaders want to draw However, other parts of the United States are represented, from north to south lessness is not a condition in which closer, prepare for a dispute with President and east to west. Pennsylvania has two General Assembly members, while the Ukraine can thrive. The lack of political [Vladimir] Putin over energy stability. states of Ohio, Connecticut, Washington, Florida and Illinois have one each. direction is a far cry from the euphoric The Orange Revolution has one more On the Canadian side, there are representatives from three provinces: Ontario, reform-fever that gripped Ukraine fol- chance to reform itself and the country. If Quebec and Saskatchewan. It’s a nice representation of Canadians from both the lowing the Orange Revolution. For many the new coalition is to hold together, it must eastern half of the country and the prairie provinces. Ukrainians, buoyed by hope of change, work out a pragmatic relationship with Continuing our demographic analysis, we note that the new General Assembly recent months have meant lost opportu- Russia, tackle endemic corruption, agree on encompasses both new and returning members. The Executive Committee nity and crushing disappointment. a policy of economic reform and set aside includes three returning officers plus three new officers – one of whom was pre- “Nor does the inability to form a govern- corrosive personal enmities. The future, for viously an auditor, one who was an advisor, and one who is a newcomer to UNA ment send the most positive of messages to the moment, is Orange. But is it bright? office. The Auditing Committee is all new, composed of one neophyte and two the outside world. The Orange Revolution former advisors, while the advisors include six new faces plus five UNA veter- in the winter of 2004 placed Ukraine in the “Crumbling Before Putin,” column ans. It’s a good mix of new ideas and experience. international spotlight. Waves of goodwill by Jackson Diehl, The Washington Looking more closely at the profiles of the assembly members, we also find that flowed towards the thousands of democra- Post, June 19: among them are people of various generations. Three of them are in their 30s, one is cy supporters who stood in the snow to Vladimir Putin must wait another in his 40s and seven are in their 50s. Nine are age 60 or above – three of them on the protest against an unfair election. ... month before he can play the coveted Executive Committee, one on the Auditing Committee and five among the advisors. “The sad reality is that the Orange role of host to the world’s most powerful Reviewing the membership list still more closely, we find that the General Revolution failed to erase Ukraine’s politi- democratic leaders at the Group of Eight Assembly members encompass both émigrés and those born in North America. cal faultlines. And no politician, President summit in St. Petersburg. But already the Nine were born in Ukraine, seven in the United States, two in Germany, and one [Viktor] Yushchenko included, has pos- Russian president appears close to each in Poland and Canada. In addition, it should be pointed out that the émigrés sessed the statesmanship to span the divide. accomplishing his principal objective: hail from different waves of immigration, including the post-World War II group; The Ukrainian protesters of Independence preventing a serious response by the G-8 those who emigrated from Poland and Ukraine before 1990; and those who Square deserved better leadership than this. to his autocratic domestic policies and arrived in Canada and the United States after Ukraine re-established its inde- “It is high time for Mr. Yushchenko, Ms. imperialist bullying of neighbors. pendence in 1991. Indeed, the list includes four members of the latest wave of [Yulia] Tymoshenko and the members of the A couple of months ago Western offi- immigration – a good representation of this crucial part of our community. new Parliament to sit down in a constructive cials were confidently promising that Missing from the list published in this week’s issue are the names of the hon- atmosphere and plan together for Ukraine’s Putin would not be allowed to strut among orary members of the UNA General Assembly – those stalwarts who have served future. Too much time has been lost, and a the elected presidents and prime ministers on the fraternal organization’s assembly for a minimum of 20 years and who mountain of work awaits.” in St. Petersburg without being reminded choose to remain active in an advisory capacity. Prior to the 36th Convention that he is not their political peer. ... there were five honorary members, both Ukrainian-born and American-born; “How to Understand Ukrainian In the past few weeks, however, the however, that number could change as former UNA officeholders have retired. President Yushchenko,” analysis by Western will to stand up to Putin has crum- The honorary members are the institutional memory of the UNA – those old- Taras Kuzio in the Kyiv Post, June 15: bled. At a NATO ministerial meeting 10 timers who know well the history of the organization, its trials and tribulations, “Four out of five political forces in the days ago, France and several other its achievements, and the reasons behind historic decisions made and steps taken. Ukrainian parliament have described the European governments rejected U.S. talk of Their experience can go a long way to guide the UNA’s rookies. political situation in Ukraine as a deep an “enhanced dialogue” with Georgia or a Thus, the new UNA General Assembly is representative of the entire Ukrainian crisis. Only the pro-presidential Our membership action plan for Ukraine – even community. And that is as it should be, since UNA members on the branch level Ukraine bloc seems to believe there is no as Russian-backed demonstrations in the elected their delegates to the convention to represent them and their interests. Those crisis in Ukraine. Ukrainian Crimea forced NATO to with- delegates, in turn, elected officers, auditors and advisors who shared their visions of “At the root of this crisis is not the draw U.S. Marines who had deployed there the UNA and its future. The UNA, then, is a true example of democracy in action. dragging out of coalition talks or even for an exercise. The White House then The message from the above review should be clear to all: The Ukrainian National constitutional reform, but President Viktor announced the cancellation of [President Association, one of our community’s most important organizations, is open to all Yushchenko’s leadership style and politi- George W.] Bush’s visit to Ukraine, largely Ukrainians who care to join its ranks and become involved in its salutary work. cal culture. Many Ukrainians feel there is because of the inability of the pro-Western no ‘hospodar,’ or master, in the house. ... parties to agree on a new government. ... “ ... Yushchenko and the business wing European policymakers ... are arguing July of Our Ukraine have always been closer to straightforwardly that Putin’s noxious Turning the pages back... pro-Kuchma centrists than to the anti- policies should be tolerated – not just Kuchma opposition (the Yulia Tymoshenko because of Iran but also because of Bloc and the Socialist Party of Ukraine). Russia’s importance as an energy supplier. 2 Our Ukraine business leaders are pulled Brussels has been intimidated: At a meet- towards what they sought in 2001-2002, an ing at the Black Sea resort of Sochi in late 2000 It was six years ago that The Ukrainian Weekly carried an alliance with the Party of Regions. Our May, Putin flatly rejected European Union article on Lviv’s initiatives to limit the use of the Russian lan- Ukraine leader Yurii Yekhanurov is more at appeals that Russia loosen its stranglehold guage. On June 19-20, 2000, the Lviv Oblast Council and the home with the ‘national bourgeoisie’ in the on pipelines carrying gas and oil to Lviv City Council issued separate resolutions to limit the use Party of Regions than with the remainder of Europe and allow greater European of the Russian language in the region. They were the first of such resolutions in the Orange coalition [the Tymoshenko Bloc investment in Russian fields. Last week Ukraine that explicitly banned the use of Russian in public places and came at a time and the Socialist Party]. his government confirmed that Western when the national government had begun to pay more attention to the language issue. “... it should come as no surprise that companies will be allowed only minority The directive made mandatory the use of the Ukrainian language on all business [the Orange Revolution slogan] ‘bandits stakes in all but the smallest projects. documents, including blanks, forms and receipts. Specifically, it referred to Ukrainian to prison’ was not acted upon. The lack of Putin’s intransigence has produced a usage in public catering, trade, transport and public recreation. Additionally, the reso- action in this arena has instead enabled response that a U.S. official summed up lution reduced the cost of obtaining a license for businesses manufacturing and selling the Party of Regions to come first by a in one word: “appeasement.” ... Ukrainian-language video, audio and printed products to 1 percent of the standard fee. wide margin, pushed Our Ukraine to third A day prior, the Lviv City Council placed a moratorium on the broadcasting and play- place, disillusioned many Orange sup- ing of Russian-language songs on the streets and squares, and on public transportation. porters and damaged the concept of The resolutions came from political pressure by right-wing organizations such as equality for all before the law.” MAY WE HELP YOU? the Republican Party, the Social Nationalist Party and the Ukrainian National Assembly/Ukrainian National Self-Defense. Also pushing the legislation forward was “The Orange Order,” editorial, The To reach Times, London, June 22: the public outcry after the fatal beating of Ukrainian composer and singer Ihor Bilozir The Ukrainian Weekly a month earlier. Ukraine had a difficult time encouraging publication of Ukrainian-language printed “... This coalition deal is not yet fully call (973) 292-9800, matter and audio-video materials. The country’s economic problems left publishing houses tied down. But Ukraine knows that it and dial the and manufacturing outlets with a lack of financing. Politicians and businessmen were now faces new pressure from its neigh- appropriate extension. reluctant to move away from the Russian language with which they are more comfortable. bor over gas. Moscow has just warned Kiev [sic] At the time the article appeared, the Cabinet of Ministers in Ukraine was finalizing Editorial – 3049, 3088 a document that would give those who publish in the Ukrainian language tax privi- that gas prices may rise sharply again in leges over those who published in other languages. January. Turkmenistan has threatened a Advertising – 3040 cut-off in supplies to Gazprom if the Subscriptions – 3042 Source: “Lviv city and oblast resolutions limit use of Russian language” The giant Russian supplier does not agree to Production – 3063, 3069 Ukrainian Weekly, July 2, 2000, Vol. LXVII, No. 27. a 30 percent price rise, and Gazprom will No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 9

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

party did not receive a thorough drub- TheThe thingsthings wewe do...do... Orange progressives, bing in the March parliamentary elec- tion, he is showing an ethical deficiency, by Orysia Paszczak Tracz Blue reactionaries disrespect for the democratic process and Dear Editor: an absence of ordinary common sense. In a letter about the ongoing political crisis in Ukraine (Ukraine’s Future: Boris Danik “Taim-aut” needed, indeed North Caldwell, N.J. “Oligarchs United,” June 18), the writer Remember the stories of how some guages and English across the continents. gives this advice: “We should stop using DPs (displaced persons after World War Sure, languages change and evolve – but, the worn-out terms of “Orange” or II) would laugh and mock the “half-na- hopefully, with some sense and purpose “Blue,” pro-Russian or pro-Western, pro- Ukrainian experience piv” language of the earlier Ukrainian in there somewhere. democracy or pro-authoritarian. These immigrants to Canada and the United This could be more easily acceptable terms are history. What we see today in States? “Do shtoru” (to the store), where a Ukrainian word does not exist for Ukraine is simply a contest between two shared by reader “pomaliuy fens” (paint the fence), “faina the concept – as has happened in the com- forces: progressive versus reactionary.” Dear Editor: Myron B. Kuropas is almost always dreska” (nice dress), “pidy do selieru” puter and information technology fields. There are problems with such a sug- (go to the cellar) and any other phrases Would you believe “klikabelne” and gested characterization. The first one, pos- on target with his commentaries, but this time his column: “It’s DP, not PTSD, where the English word was declined or “link”? But why, in the name of Taras sibly capricious, is that the word “progres- conjugated with a Ukrainian ending. Shevchenko, do Ukrainians now have sive” does not sit well with many in the Remember?” really hit home with me. It reads like an identical story to what my They laughed, until they started to talk “lidery” and “mery”? (leaders and may- diaspora. The second problem is that the that way themselves, without realizing it. ors). These attend “mitynhy” (meetings) word “reactionary” unmistakably con- parents and I experienced. It’s as though he was writing about my parents. Well, those folks had nothing on what and “samity” (summits) to solve “konflik- notes not only the oligarchs but also, in has become of whatever is left of the ty” (conflicts) and get “resultaty” (results). my view, President Vladimir Putin’s and My father was a school principal in Volodymyr Volynsk, sent there from Ukrainian language in Ukraine today! After The list is endless – and both pathetic and President George W. Bush’s internal agen- the first World Cup game in which Ukraine funny, depending on how you look at it. das in their countries. The third and major Kyiv. My mother was a teacher in that school. Their journey from Ukraine to played, the Ukrayinska Pravda website The “persha ledi” of Ukraine wears problem is that the characterizations “pro- reported on how acting Prime Minister “feshonabelni dyzainy” by “dyzainery” Russian” and “Orange” refuse to disap- Germany mirrors his in-laws’ story. I was 6 years old, so I remember it well. Yurii Yekhanurov and other government of Kyiv and Lviv, and buys the best pear on my screen. officials watched the game in the “pab” “brendy” (brands). Most people seek out And then there is an interesting para- In the displaced persons camp in Hanau, Germany, my mother taught in (pub). Then there’s “taim-aut,” “pershyi “komfortabelni” furnishings for their dox in that the non-progressive Mr. Bush, taim,” “penalti” and – are you ready? – the homes. The advertising business is busy who last week had to cancel his planned the provisional school for Ukrainian chil- dren. My parents’ experiences in the game ended with a “kheppi endom” (that’s with “marketinh” and “promotsiyi.” visit to Kyiv because of the current politi- happy ending in the instrumental case). It is not enough that Russian has per- cal mess there, is not as bad for Ukraine United States also mirror the experiences of his in-laws. And I love that “z takymy fanamy meated Ukraine to the point that as he is for America – as I correctly Ukraina ne propade” (Ukraine will not “surzhyk” (the blended patois of observed in a letter almost two years ago. All of these traumatic experiences did not scar my parents or me for life, but lose with fans like this) – except that Ukrainian and Russian) is spoken, often President Bush’s support for Ukraine’s “fany” (the nominative case of the word with the speakers not even realizing what membership in NATO is a key element made us stronger. My parents lived by Verkhovyna in “fanamy”) is the Halychyna dialect word they are speaking. On top of that, you in the U.S. strategy for oil control in for flags, not fans (in the sports fan have this artificial imposition of Central Asia and is also the best guaran- Glen Spey, N.Y., in their retirement. Like Dr. Kuropas, I met my spouse at sense). So I imagine the stadium is filled Anglicized Ukrainian – or is that tee that an ever more confident Russia with flags/fany flying in the breeze. ... Ukrainianized English – by people who won’t try to push Ukraine around – Soyuzivka. Today we live a very comfort- On their websites, on-air and in print, think they are sophisticated, or just don’t which no one in the government in Kyiv able life in Oyster Bay Cove on Long Ukrainian media reflect just how much know any better. is brave enough to say openly, as a Kyiv Island. PTSD never kicked in for us as it English has permeated the Ukrainian lan- If they were still around, our American Post editorial put it on June 1. didn’t for the people of my parents’ or my guage. The same is happening around the and Canadian Ukrainian old-timers The cold war between Ukraine, trying to generation. Instead, my husband became a world, with Franglais, Italinglish, would be shaking their heads and having exist as a separate independent entity, and successful engineer and I attained an execu- Spanglish and other hybrids of local lan- a laugh. And asking for a “taim-aut.” Russia, which is trying to absorb it, over- tive position with an international company. lays the putative scenario in which the pro- We raised two wonderful daughters who gressive and reactionary forces are duking have blessed us with five grandchildren. All it out. The oligarchs who appear to be pow- are living “The American Dream.” erful will actually go into the dust bin of I know that mine is only one success Being Ukrainian means: history, in both Russia and Ukraine, much story of thousands of Ukrainians who emi- J quicker than communism did. But Russia’s grated to the United States in the late 1940s Malanka in January. permanent threat to Ukraine’s existence as a and early 1950s, never receiving psycho- J Deb in February. nation is here to stay, perhaps for another logical counseling or therapy; and of J 300 years – if Ukraine does not disappear course, no monetary help, such as welfare. Sviato Vesny or Zlet in May. from the map much sooner. Once again, Dr. Kuropas says it like it J Wedding of your roommate in June. A major, if not the most important, is in his column. Bravo! J vehicle of Russia’s menace is the presence Tabir in July. Larisa Shevchenko of a huge pro-Russian population in the J Volleyball at Wildwood in August. Oyster Bay Cove, N.Y. southeast of Ukraine. It is not so much the J ethnic Russians as it is the more numerous Labor Day at Soyuzivka in September. Russified Ukrainians who play the major J Morskyi Bal in November. divisive role, seeing anything Ukrainian – J in the distinct national sense – as toxic. Karnaoukh family Koliada in December. The two parts of Ukraine – the one that sided with the Orange Revolution and the thanks community If you checked off more than one of the above, other that was against it– are geographically Dear Editor: identifiable and fundamentally incompati- This is a letter from the Karnaoukh then you know what you’re doing to your brain cells. ble. 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It’s not clear if the Ukrainian govern- 20,000 protest... ment’s decision to increase gas prices is (Continued from page 1) related to its controversial supplier, 10th anniversary of Constitution Day, RosUkrEnergo, a company reportedly which is celebrated on June 28. held by the Russian monopoly Gazprom Leaders used the occasion to point out and two Ukrainian businessmen, Dmytro the government is violating the Firtash and Ivan Fursin. Constitution of Ukraine by failing to pro- The price increases will affect indus- vide its citizens with the minimal stan- tries more acutely than average dard of living, as guaranteed by the Ukrainians, and some have warned that Constitution. they may go bankrupt. This includes adequate wages, as well Yulia Tymoshenko has argued that as affordable prices for food, clothing many Ukrainian industries can afford to and housing. Ms. Lytvynova said she and pay higher prices for natural gas, which her husband can’t afford proper nutrition they currently purchase at low rates. for their children. Though many of the protesters voted “They don’t have the basic food need- for one of the mainstream political blocs ed for a balanced diet to be a healthy per- or parties, it was the Communists and son,” Ms. Lytvynova said. “All they eat radical Progressive Socialists who deliv- is potatoes and bread. All it does is gain ered speeches at the rally. them cellulite. I know this food won’t be Through its policies, the Ukrainian healthy for them, but I can’t offer any- government is committing genocide thing else.” against its people, said Volodymyr The Ukrainian Constitution also Marchenko, a leader of the Progressive explicitly states that the nation’s citizens Socialist Party of Ukraine, which sup- will have adequate social security, which ports economic, political and military is supposed to provide financial support union with the Russian Federation. in times of unemployment or illness. Mr. Marchenko said he has participated Pensions, according to the Constitution, alongside trade union representatives in are supposed to meet the minimal stan- negotiating with the government to raise dard of living. the minimum wage and has observed gov- Ukrainians pay for their utilities as ernment officials to be unresponsive and part of a single monthly utility bill indifferent to people’s needs. known as “communal services,” which In calculating the minimum wage, includes maintenance, heating, water, government economists neglect to take natural gas and electricity. into account the cost of medicine, educa- Most of those taking part in the protests tion and purchasing a residence, he said they spend at least half of their claimed. monthly wage paying for utilities alone. Ukraine is among the world’s cheapest Starting July 1, the average water bill exporters of electricity, which makes it will increase 14 percent, sewage costs criminal to increase prices for its own Zenon Zawada will rise 49 percent, heating will increase people and industries. “They sell it Poltava construction worker Oleksander Diadchenko, 46, holds a protest sign at a 114 percent and maintenance costs will abroad and raise prices for their own peo- June 27 rally on Kyiv’s Independence Square focused on increasing utility prices. rise 41 percent, according to Hryhorii ple,” Mr. Marchenko said. “There isn’t Semchuk, the vice minister of construc- any economic foundation. There isn’t any selves what the appropriate price of natural do. They fought on behalf of the people tion, architecture and residential-commu- economic necessity to increase natural gas should be because the government isn’t but are returning to the way things were.” nal management. gas or electricity prices for people. This transparent with its figures, Mr. Poltavets FUTU’s Kyiv rally came a week after In June the Ukrainian government had decision is only to provide unbelievable told the Lviv-based Expres newspaper in a wave of protests swept cities through- already increased the cost of train travel, wealth for their entourage.” an interview published on June 22. out Ukraine, in which more than 200,000 with some fares between certain destina- Some of Mr. Marchenko’s claims are The National Commission to Regulate union members took part. tions doubling. backed by Ivan Poltavets, an energy ana- Electric Energy has such convoluted for- At its Kyiv protest, FUTU submitted a The cost of natural gas, which lyst at the Institute for Economic mulas to determine prices that econo- letter to the Presidential Secretariat, Ukrainians use to fuel their ovens, will Research and Political Consultation. mists can’t make sense of them, he said. Cabinet of Ministers and Verkhovna soar by 85 percent as of July 1. Ukrainian economists aren’t sure them- “In my view, they’re subjective and Rada expressing dissatisfaction with the don’t reflect the true price of gas,” he government. said of Ukraine’s energy prices. “It is a Its first demand was for the govern- monopolized and politicized market, in ment to stop violating the constitutional which prices indicate one or another type rights of Ukrainian citizens and start pro- of agreement.” viding them with wages and prices that Although pro-Russian forces took to meet minimum standards for living. the stage, many of the protesters said FUTU also demanded an immediate they had supported the Orange moratorium on utility price hikes, and Revolution – though they were admitted- higher wages, pensions and social benefits. ly disappointed with its results. Prices are increasing without the Though once a believer, Ms. required means of anticipated security for Lytvynova said she wouldn’t support the people, the letter stated. “The vast major- revolution again, knowing what has ity of Ukrainian families and a quarter of come of it. Ukrainian workers don’t even meet the Oleksander Diadchenko, 46, a Poltava minimal standard of living,” the letter construction worker, said he and his wife noted “Such decisions lead to the denial are supporting three children on $268 a of the constitutional right for an adequate month. standard of living for tens of millions of “The Orange Revolution is quietly Ukrainian citizens.” going into the shadows, and they don’t As for Ms. Lytvynova, she has her own want to continue it in the spirit in which personal message to Ukraine’s leaders: it was started,” Mr. Diadchenko said. “Turn back to the people you’ve left “I’m not entirely disappointed, but I behind, try to count our expenses and don’t understand what they’re trying to explain to us how we’re supposed to live.” No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 11 10 countries represented at scholarly conference on Ukrainian diaspora

by Zenon Zawada every two years and the center in Nizhyn Cultural-Artistic Gains and Functioning Kyiv Press Bureau hosts its conference annually. of Academic Institutions.” Each diaspora center has its own Princess Scherbatowa is the daughter NIZHYN, Ukraine – After an initial niche, and the Center for Humanitarian of Prince Aleksei Scherbatow, who ruled boost from Ukrainian studies leaders in Cooperation is continuing to build upon several estates in the Sumy and Kharkiv Canada, the Center for Humanitarian its emphasis on the eastern diaspora in oblasts at the time of the Russian Empire Cooperation with the Ukrainian Diaspora the Russian Federation and former Soviet until the Communist Revolution forced in Nizhyn is host to an annual diaspora republics. his family to flee to the West, Mr. conference that is growing in popularity During the past year, the center began Ponomarevskyi said. every year. publishing a semiannual publication She submitted a paper, “Prince The June 21-24 conference at Hohol devoted to Ukrainian Saturday and Aleksei Pavlovych Scherbatow’s (1910- State Pedagogical University drew 106 Sunday school teachers, Nash 2003) Concept for a Rebirth of participants – 20 more than last year, said Ukrayinskyi Dim, in order to support Aristocracy in the Nation-Inheritors of the center’s director, Stanislav such efforts currently gaining momentum the Russian Empire,” which was read by Ponomarevskyi, with scholars represent- in the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan a local teacher, Tetiana Kahitina. ing 10 countries, including a nine-mem- and Kyrgyzstan. Among those attending the conference ber delegation from Canada. “In the Western world, all the neces- from Canada were Dr. John Lehr of the “Last year’s conference was rather sary textbooks are being published, as University of Winnipeg and Natalia successful and we had a good response,” well as magazines and newspapers,” Mr. Aponyuk of the University of Manitoba, he said. “So participants began to invite Ponomarevskyi said. “In the eastern who delivered the lecture, “Maintaining others, and word spread that way.” Diaspora, nothing exists. People are left Ukrainian Identity in Manitoba”; Luba Dr. Roman Yereniuk raised financing torn away from Ukraine. Our task is to Zuk of McGill University, who delivered Zenon Zawada for last year’s conference from various help them maintain their ties.” the lecture, “Ukrainian Presence in the Ukrainian studies departments in Canada, More than 20 Ukrainian Saturday and Stanislav Ponomarevskyi, director of the Musical World of North America; stu- including his own Center for Ukrainian Sunday school teachers, attended this Center for Humanitarian Cooperation dent Oleksander Kondrashov of the Canadian Studies at the University of year’s conference, a majority from the at Hohol State Pedagogical University University of Manitoba who delivered Manitoba. Russian Federation, Mr. Ponomarevskyi in Nizhyn. the lecture “Reasons for Ukrainian This year, the Canadian Embassy in said. Immigration to Winnipeg”; and teacher Ukraine and Princess Larissa Scherbatowa Activity is growing so strongly there records documenting the two years in Iryna Konstantiuk of the University of of New York City provided the necessary that Mr. Ponomarevskyi is planning to 1913 and 1914 that Mykhailo Hrushevsky Manitoba, who delivered the lecture, funds, Mr. Ponomarevskyi said. visit Ukrainian communities in the spent there, Mr. Ponomarevskyi said. “Why do Canadian Students Choose Ukraine’s Ministry of Education, which Tatarstan and Bashkortostan autonomous During the September trip, Mr. Ukrainian Courses in Ukraine.” provides funding for the center, wasn’t republics in September. Ponomarevskyi will join the Ukrainian National Deputy Hennadii Udovenko able to finance the conference, he said. Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, community in Kazan, the capital of of the Our Ukraine bloc spoke at the All three diaspora centers at Ukrainian boasts the only government institutions Tatarstan, to place a plaque honoring conference on the current political situa- universities hosted international academ- in the Russian Federation where students Hrushevsky. tion in Ukraine. ic conferences this year. are able to study the Ukrainian language Though not in attendance, Princess That same day, his bloc joined forces The diaspora center at Lviv and literature, he said. Scherbatowa provided financing and with the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the Polytechnic University holds its confer- The center also worked with suggested the conference’s name, Socialist Party of Ukraine in forming ence every two years, the center at the Ukrainians in Tatarstan to discover and “Ukrainian Diaspora: Historical Ukraine’s first parliamentary coalition National University of Ostroh Academy publish for the first time government Inquiries, Emigration Phenomena, government.

the grounds that it had won the most “Considering that they’ve gotten used session hall, creating eight-hour shifts. Party of the Regions... votes in the March elections. to eating in fancy restaurants, and now Yaroslav Sukhyi joked that he would (Continued from page 1) Mr. Yanukovych gave a live interview they’ll have to eat day and night at the need “female warmth” to keep him com- According to the agreement, Our on Ukrainian television on June 29, stat- Rada’s rostrum, I don’t think they’ll last pany on his shift, according to the Ukraine has the right to nominate the ing that the Party of the Regions wants to very long with this lifestyle,” Ms. Ukrayinska Pravda website. “Yulia Parliament’s chairman. chair the parliamentary procedures, Tymoshenko said. Volodymyrivna [Tymoshenko] promised Mr. Moroz cited Mr. Poroshenko’s budget and anti-corruption committees. Regions deputies even set up a night us babes,” Mr. Sukhyi said. “I’m afraid He also said thousands of Regions immense business holdings as the reason watch to ensure the party’s control of the to sleep alone. My legs will freeze.” supporters have written and called for opposing his candidacy, referring to the party offices expressing their desire one of the Orange Revolution’s princi- to demonstrate against the current gov- ples that government should be separate ernment in Kyiv. from business. The coalition government which has- “In society’s consciousness, Petro n’t been born yet already has internal Poroshenko’s candidacy is inseparably problems that induce violations of the tied to big business,” he said. Constitution and parliamentary proce- It was the conflict between Ms. dure, Mr. Yanukovych charged. “Why Tymoshenko and Mr. Poroshenko that create the kind of coalition that will be caused President Yushchenko to dismiss stillborn?” the government in September, Mr. Moroz In launching the blockade on June 27, pointed out. Regions national deputies used chairs to It remains unclear whether Our jam the Rada’s doors for extended peri- Ukraine will back the Mr. Poroshenko ods, blocked its rostrum and shut down candidacy for the Rada chairmanship, its audio system, as well as the electronic which political experts said is intended to voting mechanism. place a check on Ms. Tymoshenko’s Eventually, they even blocked the influence as the likely prime minister. press loge to prevent the coalition leaders Dissension surrounding Mr. from meeting there. Poroshenko’s candidacy is also potent The blockade began the same day that within the Our Ukraine bloc. The Party the Rada was supposed to vote to of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs approve judges to Ukraine’s announced it supports Anatolii Kinakh Constitutional Court. for Rada chair, while the Christian- Oleksander Turchynov, Ms. Democratic Union Party supports Tymoshenko’s closest confidante, char- Volodymyr Stretovych. acterized the Party of the Regions’ Mr. Moroz’s announcement clearly behavior as criminal. irked Our Ukraine’s leadership. Ms. Tymoshenko said the blockading “Our Ukraine wants to find out from deputies turned the session hall into a Oleksander Moroz whether it can evalu- “garbage dump, practically, with empty ate his announcement regarding the bottles, empty beer cans, scattered papers Verkhovna Rada’s chair as his leaving and cigarette butts all over the Rada.” the coalition,” said Tetiana Mokridi, Our “I want to turn to the Party of the Ukraine’s spokeswoman. Regions and tell them that this is the President Yushchenko on June 29 Verkhovna Rada, and you need to treat it called upon the parliamentary factions to with the appropriate level of culture, and sit at a table and negotiate. not turn into a pig sty,” Ms. Tymoshenko The Party of the Regions, meanwhile, said. demanded to chair more parliamentary She speculated that the blockade could committees than had been designated on last for weeks, but not longer. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 No. 27

BOOK NOTES

and cultural change. Although structurally similar to their New book explores the history Western European counterparts, the Eastern-rite confraternities developed of confraternities in Ukraine unique features. They introduced a spirit “Voluntary Brotherhood: Confraternities of Laymen in Early Modern Ukraine,” of competition between the two Ruthenian by Iaroslav Isaievych. Toronto-Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Churches – Orthodox and Uniate – and Press, 2006. 324 pp., $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 1-8948865-02-2; $29.95 (paperback), contributed to an increased pace of ISBN 1-8948865-03-0. Ruthenian social and cultural growth. In the larger cities, schools attached to the by Serhii Plokhii of early modern Ukraine to appear in Orthodox confraternities introduced acces- Soviet Ukraine, and it soon became high- sible higher education and disseminated The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian ly regarded as a classic work of European humanist ideas, as confraternity Studies Press has just released a new Ukrainian cultural history. presses promoted the development of book on a crucial aspect of Ukraine’s scholarship and literature. cultural and religious history. “Voluntary The English edition is a thoroughly revised and updated version of the origi- Prof. Isaievych is director of the Brotherhood: Confraternities of Laymen Institute of Ukrainian Studies (Lviv) of nal study. The author has not only delet- in Early Modern Ukraine” is the English the National Academy of Sciences of ed terminology and phraseology Soviet edition of a comprehensive study by one Ukraine. He is the author and editor of of Ukraine’s leading historians, Iaroslav censors imposed before his original work many publications on the history of Isaievych. could be published, but has considerably Ukraine, Poland and Belarus. One of his Prof. Isaievych’s examination of the broadened the scope of his analysis. particular fields of interest and scholarly development of brotherhoods, or confra- In the revised work he has applied a endeavor is the history of printing and ternities, in Ukraine, first published in comparative approach that includes book publishing in Ukraine. Kyiv in 1966, was one of the best studies extensive examination of confraternities “Voluntary Brotherhood” appears as part of the series of English translations of in Western Europe, and he has also taken major works on Ukrainian historiography into account scholarly literature pub- produced by the Peter Jacyk Center for Philatelic survey covers history lished in the past four decades. Ukrainian Historical Research at the The study of the confraternity move- Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. ment in early modern Ukraine is vital for The new book includes a foreword by the of Christianity in Rus’-Ukraine our understanding of the unique place Jacyk Center’s director, Dr. Frank E. Sysyn. “Christianity in Ukraine: A Philatelic Survey” by Andrij D. Solczanyk, edited by Ukrainian culture and society occupies With the appearance of this mono- George D. Fedyk. Springfield, Va.: Ukrainian Philatelic Resources, 2005, xiv + 168 between Eastern and Western graph, the Jacyk Center continues to ful- pp. ISBN No. 1-889581-17-8. Cost: $25 U.S. plus $3 postage in U.S., $6 postage in Christianity. Ukraine and Belarus were fill its mandate of publishing important Canada or overseas surface; $11 for overseas airmail. the only countries where Orthodox lay new and translated works in Ukrainian confraternities developed, and they were by Ingert Kuzych active during a crucial period of social (Continued on page 21) Andrij Solczanyk has devoted much of the past four decades to researching Ukrainian connections on stamps and other postal items (stationery and cancel- Collection marks 75th birthday lations); he is recognized as being the foremost expert in this field. During all of Dr. Eugene Fedorenko this time, however, the connection that “Viddanyi Budivnychyi Ukrayiny” (Devoted Builder of Ukraine), essays, memoirs, has inspired the greatest interest in him articles and reviews edited by Oleksii V. Kovalevskyi. Kharkiv, Ukraine: Maidan has been Christianity in Ukraine. Publishers, 2005, 290 pp. With the assistance of editor George D. Fedyk, Mr. Solczanyk has now pre- From the time of the Soviet occupa- contains works by writers from pared a book chronicling every stamp, tion until its independence (and beyond), Ukrainian academic circles and a fore- souvenir sheet, special cancellation, Ukraine was in the precarious position of word by Volodymyr Kalashnyk of envelope, and postal card issue from trying to maintain its identity and lan- Kharkiv University, who recalls his first around the world (through 2004) with a guage. Dr. Eugene Fedorenko, best meeting with the Fedorenko family from Ukrainian religious connection. There known as the head of the Ukrainian 1997 and his presence at a conference at are an amazing number of such items – Educational Council in the United States, the University of Illinois at Urbana. easily numbering over 1,000. was among the scholars and community In essays, memoirs, articles and reviews, All pertinent information is presented activists who worked to maintain the the collection touches on many issues facing for each item: in addition to descriptions appeared on any type of postal issue. Ukrainian language and the structures Ukrainians within and outside of Ukraine. of all major topics commemorated, cata- There are an astonishing number listed – that support Ukrainian culture. The Ukrainian-language book contains 33 logue numbers and dates of issue are also more that 125 – led off by Ukraine’s In honor of his 75th birthday, several pieces written by 16 contributing authors, spelled out. This beautiful volume is most famous house of worship, St. editors and writers collaborated to publish a including eight by Dr. Fedorenko. Several enhanced with well over 500 illustrations Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv. book celebrating some of Dr. Fedorenko’s selections hail the work and accomplish- throughout its 168 pages. The next aspect of worship covered in most acclaimed essays, and his life’s work. ments of Dr. Fedorenko, while others dis- The book itself is divided into three this part of the book are the various Published by Kharkiv-based Maidan cuss such diverse topics as the political parts. The first, titled “Journey Through church holidays, both stationary and Publishers in 2005, this 290-page book structures of the Kozaks and the works of the Ages,” provides a review of historical movable. During Soviet times, very few Ukraine’s foremost writers, such as Taras facts connected with Christianity in postal releases of any type depicted reli- Shevchenko and Lina Kostenko. Ukraine. Descriptions of various stamps, gious holidays. Since independence, Mykola Virnyi-Francuzenko has writ- stationery items and discontinuation can- however, Ukraine has sought to make up ten a biography of Dr. Fedorenko, who cels elucidate this introductory section. It for lost time and an incredible number of was born in 1929 in the village of begins with the postal issues depicting postal items have been created particular- Odrynka, Ukraine, lived in Liubotyn and St. Andrew; and lists various other ly, envelopes, postal cards and postmarks, later in Kharkiv. During World War II, saints, popes, and other ecclesiastic and but also a good number of stamps. the Germans deported the whole family literary figures that in some way had This final section concludes with to work in Bavaria, where they saw the dealings with Ukraine, and concludes shorter entries on the Holy Scriptures, end of the war. Dr. Fedorenko completed with the visit of John Paul II to Ukraine. crosses, religious songs, church bells and the gymnasium and received a scholar- The second section, “Christian Faith in even postal releases relating to benefac- ship to Louvain University in Belgium, Ukraine,” is the shortest of the three. It tors of churches and monasteries. whence he graduated in 1955 with a covers stamps dealing with God (the Mr. Solczanyk is to be congratulated on master of arts in political science. word “God” appears on a couple of this very impressive magnum opus. It is a Dr. Fedorenko arrived in New York in Ukraine-related stamps), Christ (many rare individual who can combine such a 1955 and began attending classes at stamps), the Virgin Mary (an amazingly vast amount of philatelic, historic and reli- Fordham University and from 1962 at long list, particularly of icons on stamps), gious knowledge to compile such a com- New York University, where he also and angels (shown on an impressive prehensive and remarkable catalogue – one began lecturing. Later he came to number of envelopes and postmarks). that is as fascinating as it is attractive. Rutgers University. In 1971 he received The third portion of the book, Interested readers should order copies a Ph.D. from the Ukrainian Free “Christian Worship in Ukraine,” is easily promptly since only a limited number of University in Munich. the longest. Included here, first of all, is volumes were produced. Order from: In 1971 Dr. Fedorenko began teaching every Ukrainian church or cathedral Ukrainian Philatelic Resources, P.O. Box from around the world that has ever 3, Springfield, VA 22150. (Continued on page 21) No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 13

CIUS Director Zenon Kohut honored by Kharkiv University by Volodymyr Kravchenko tion of a scholarly journal titled Skhid-Zakhid (East- West), now considered one of the best scholarly publica- KHARKIV – At a meeting of the Academic Council tions in Ukraine; the arrangement of an annual of the Vasyl Karazyn Kharkiv National University on Kowalsky student research paper competition; and the May 26, the director of the Canadian Institute of organization of annual international conferences, sym- Ukrainian Studies (CIUS), Dr. Zenon E. Kohut, was cer- posia and seminars that confirm Kharkiv’s reputation as emonially awarded an honorary doctorate. an important center of contemporary Ukrainian studies. The award was a tribute to Dr. Kohut’s extensive The award of an honorary doctorate to Dr. Kohut by scholarly work in the field of Ukrainian history, espe- Kharkiv University may be seen as an indication of the cially the study of Ukrainian-Russian relations in the success of the Kowalsky Program, its utility and benefit early modern period, as well as his signal achievements to the university and the region and its good prospects in the organization of Ukrainian studies and the devel- of development. That is how Dr. Kohut characterized opment of contemporary scholarship in that field in the the occasion in his thank you speech. West and in Ukraine, notably at Kharkiv University. The list of well-known historians and honorary mem- In 1999 Dr. Kohut initiated the establishment of the bers of Kharkiv University includes August Ludwig Kowalsky Program for the Study of Eastern Ukraine, Schlˆzer, Nikolai Karamzin, and Johann Christian whose purpose is to develop Ukrainian studies on an up- Engel, while Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ivan Franko and to-date methodological basis. Kharkiv University was Oleksandra Yefymenko were awarded honorary doctor- chosen as the program’s base of operations, and its coor- ates in their day. dination was entrusted to Prof. Volodymyr Kravchenko, Symbolically, in honoring Dr. Kohut with an hon- who holds the university’s Chair of Ukrainian Studies. orary doctorate, the Academic Council of Kharkiv As a result of these initial steps, the Kowalsky Eastern University simultaneously took the decision to establish Institute of Ukrainian Studies was founded at Kharkiv a new structural sub-unit, the Dmytro Bahalii Ukrainian University in 2000. Studies Research Center. Thus, on the eve of the Bahalii The institute proceeded to develop and carry out a sesquicentennial in 2007, a distinguished phase of number of long-term research and organizational proj- Ukrainian historical scholarship associated with the ects. These include the establishment of a branch in Dmytro Bahalii Institute of the History of Ukrainian Zaporizhia headed by Prof. Anatolii Boiko; the publica- Culture, which was active in the 1920s, will be revived. Dr. Zenon Kohut Shevchenko Society hosts launch of new book on Lesia Ukrainka by Lubomyr S. Onyshkevych Mykhailo Drahomanov, and other well- odyssey in search of these documents in remains lost and may never be found. known names. Ukraine and the former Soviet Union, as Nevertheless, what is collected in the NEW YORK – A new book about the Ms. Skrypka’s book presents numer- well as in Central and Western Europe, new massive volume in all probability life and family of the famous Ukrainian ous documents, letters and memoirs, as and North America. will be considered the definitive corpus writer Larissa Kosach-Kvitka, who is well as an extensive collection of photo- As a result of her search, numerous of available biographical material about known under the pen name Lesia graphs, many of which have never before materials were located, in particular a this remarkable family. Ukrainka, was presented on April 8 at been published. Thus, it represents a large number of photographs of the Ms. Skrypka’s presentation was fol- Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh) in treasure-trove of new material not just Kosach-Drahomanov family. However, lowed by a question-and-answer session, New York City. about Lesia Ukrainka, but also about the an unknown quantity of such material as well as by a general discussion The book was compiled and edited by whole extended family of the the literary researcher Tamara Skrypka Drahomanovs and the Kosaches, as well from Lutsk, Ukraine, who is now living as leading members of the Ukrainian Smoloskyp Publishers honor in the USA. Ms. Skrypka has been study- intelligentsia of the time. ing the life of Lesia Ukrainka for many The program at the Shevchenko years, and has published several scholar- Society which was chaired by Dr. Maria young writers of Ukraine ly articles as well as a book on the Rewakowicz, was opened by Dr. Larissa Kosach-Drahomanov families titled Onyshkevych, President of NTSh. Dr. KYIV – Smoloskyp Publishers held an The eight fourth-place winners were: “Aristocratic Nest of the Kosach Family” Oleksa Bilaniuk, the former president of awards ceremony to honor young laureates Anna Malihon, 22, of Konotop; Iryna (“Dvorianske Hnizdo Kosachiv”, Lviv UVAN and co-editor of the publication,, in areas of poetry, fiction and research on Novitska, 25, of Lviv; Olesia Vakulanko, 1999). introduced Ms. Skrypka. May 7 at the Culture and Arts Center of the 17, of Kharkiv; Artem Zakharchenko, 24, The new book, is both massive and Ms. Skrypka herself gave a talk about National University of Kyiv-Mohyla of Chernihiv; Halyna Pustovhar, 28, of luxurious, “Larysa Petrivna Kosach- the new book, stressing the aristocratic Academy in Kyiv. Entries were submitted Poltava; Anton Marchynskyi, 24, of Kvitka – Lesia Ukrainka: Biohrafichni lines of the illustrious family, which by contestants ranging in age from 18 to 30 Zaporizhzhia; and Oksana Svyryda, 20, Materialy, Spohady, Ikonohrafiia” (New traced its roots to the Ukrainian Kozak of Kamianets-Podilskyi. York-Kyiv Fakt, 2004) contains 450 officer class. During the long years of and were reviewed by Rostyslav Semkiv, pages, and includes 172 family photo- Soviet occupation, members of the fami- Natalka Bilotserkivets, Serhiy Yakovenko, The Smoloskyp awards, which were graphs of Larysa Kosach-Kvitka and her ly were persecuted and repressed, caus- Ihor Hyrych and Petro Vozniuk. accompanied by prize money and books, well-known family, which gave ing their extensive family archives to be The prizes for this ceremony were were presented by Mr. Semkiv and Osyp Ukrainian culture not just Lesia scattered all over the world and numer- partly funded by Vitaliy Vizir, a Zinkevych, president of Smoloskyp, who Ukrainka, but also her mother, the writer ous important documents to be destroyed Ukrainian living in the United States. emphasized that Smoloskyp aims at sup- Olena Pchilka, her uncle, the scholar or lost. Ms. Skrypka described her Winners of the top prizes have their porting talented youth and discovering texts published by Smoloskyp and, new writers. according to Mr. Semkiv, the publica- Mykhailyna Kotsiubynska, a promi- tion’s executive director, it offers young nent Ukrainian literary critic, spoke at the talented writers an opportunity to put out ceremony, saying that she attentively their first books. An anthology of select- observes modern literary processes and ed poems of this year’s winners and other urges the young writers to avoid imita- submitted texts of importance are to be tion in their works. released in the near future by Smoloskyp, Oles Obertas, president of the said Mr. Semkiv. Museum-Archives of Ukrainian Many Ukrainian writers including Samvydav, suggested that young scien- Anatoliy Dnistrovyi, Taras Prokhasko, tists write more about dissident and Serhiy Zhadan, Andriy Bodnar, Andriy human rights movements in Ukraine. He Kokotiukha and Svitlana Prykalo got also suggested they make use of the their start through Smoloskyp. Smoloskyp Museum-Archives, which This year there was no first prize have the richest collection of Ukrainian awarded; however, there were five sec- samvydav in Ukraine and abroad. ond prizes, which were awarded to: Concluding the ceremony, the youth the- Artem Antoniuk, 27, of Sumy; Teodos ater studio under the direction of Yulia Zelinsky, 20, of Zhytomyr; Oleh Hasylina recited poetry and excerpts from Shynkarenko, 26, of Zaporizhzhia; Petro the laureates’ writings. Afterwards, the audi- Yatsenko, 28, of Lviv; and Olena ence listened to popular music performed Karpenko, 25, of Kyiv. by Horda from Zaporizhzhia. The leader of The six third-prize winners were: Horda underscored the aim of the group’s Svitlana Bohdan, 21, of Kyiv; Serhiy activities in popularizing Ukrainian youth Osoka, 26, of Poltava; Katrina Khaddat, culture in the eastern regions of Ukraine. 28, of Donetsk; Nana Kulykova, 23, of The laureates and guests were then At the Shevchenko Scientific Society (from left) are: Olexa Bilaniuk, Larissa Kyiv; Oleksandr Stusenko, 25, of Bar; invited to a festive dinner that took place Onyshkevych, Tamara Skrypka and Maria Rewakowicz. and Ihor Perenesiyenko, 19, of Poltava. in the Smoloskyp building. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 No. 27 CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS ‘Sounds of Ukraine’ to be heard TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI, (973) 292-9800 x 3040 across Canada, from east to west or e-mail: [email protected] TORONTO – The world-renowned tations had a unique and positive impact Kyiv Chamber Choir and its conductor, in every Canadian city where they per- SERVICES PROFESSIONALS Mykola Hobdych, will return to Canada formed in 2004. to give 12 concerts in 11 cities this fall In January 2005 the CBC Radio between October 29 and November 12. 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nomic in nature. He noted that he has “not ning from Vyborg to Greifswald, expressed able to limit the G-8 agenda to issues NEWSBRIEFS heard any doubts from any one of our similar views about Ukraine in Moscow on where accord is possible and real assis- (Continued from page 2) partners ... over the economic justification June 19. (RFE/RL Newsline) tance can be given. ... The G-8 political of Russia’s actions. All the criticism of a agenda is so full that it should hardly be Bank’s operations in Russia, is chief exec- U.S., EU concerned about Russia utive of the NEGP and has been widely purely economic issue was exclusively burdened with the settlement of particular political in nature. ... We are ready to conflicts, which is the concern of special linked to the former East Germany’s Stasi VIENNA – President George W. Bush cooperate and compete, but based on hon- international agencies experienced in secret police. Mr. Warnig stressed that the and European Union leaders issued a joint est, common rules of play. The principle such areas. ... Sustainable progress within NEGP is observing strict environmental statement at their summit in Vienna on [from classical mythology] of ‘what is the framework of the existent settlement standards. He added that construction of June 21 in which they stressed the impor- permitted to Jupiter is not permitted to an mechanisms, in particular those of the the pipeline will begin in mid-2008 as tance of relations with Russia, while ox’ is unacceptable for modern Russia.” Georgia-Ossetia and Georgia-Abkhazia scheduled and that the first Russian gas expressing strong misgivings over some of (RFE/RL Newsline) conflicts, and the emphasis on confi- will arrive in Germany in October 2010. its policies, international media reported. (RFE/RL Newsline) dence-building measures, the social and Tymoshenko to review gas deal “We attach great importance to our rela- economic rehabilitation of conflict zones, tionship with Russia and are pursuing Does Russia meet G-8 standards? and the return of refugees and temporarily KYIV – Yulia Tymoshenko, who is deeper cooperation on a range of issues of displaced persons would meet our com- LONDON – London’s Foreign Policy expected to return to post of prime minis- common interest, including some important mon interests best.” (RFE/RL Newsline) Center, which is a think-tank under the ter in a freshly forged ruling coalition of foreign policy issues, nonproliferation, and patronage of Prime Minister Tony Blair, her bloc with Our Ukraine and the counterterrorism,” the statement noted. The Ukraine-Moldova customs rules to remain said in a new report that President Socialist Party, said on June 22 that the leaders added, however, that they are con- Vladimir Putin’s Russia does not meet issue of gas supplies to Ukraine must be cerned about the state of civil liberties in CHISINAU – During a visit to the either the political or the economic criteria thoroughly revised, Ukrainian and inter- Russia as well as about President Vladimir Moldovan capital on June 26, Ukrainian for membership in the Group of Eight (G- national media reported. “All the rela- Putin’s stand on several international Foreign Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk 8) industrialized countries, of which tions on gas supplies to Ukraine now issues, including Iran’s nuclear project, said Kyiv will not reverse new customs Russia is the current chair, Reuters report- require further deep revision and review. relations with Hamas and support for the rules on the Transdniestrian section of its ed on June 25. Hugh Barnes, who wrote And, of course, we must build new Belarusian leadership. (RFE/RL Newsline) border with Moldova, ITAR-TASS report- the study, argued that “Putin’s record is no agreements on a friendly basis with the ed the same day. “Helping Moldova longer in doubt. He has systematically dis- Russian Federation, Turkmenistan, Russia: post-Soviet conflicts off-limits restore its territorial integrity is a duty of mantled Russian democracy and that very Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan,” Ms. Ukraine. I doubt that the new government Tymoshenko told journalists in Kyiv, MOSCOW – Foreign Ministry of Yulia Tymoshenko will change the fact in some ways makes a mockery of the spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said in G-8.” Mr. Barnes noted that Russia’s econ- shortly after the parliamentary session approach regarding the customs regime in where she announced the restoration of Moscow on June 22 that Russia is not the Dniester region, as it was in principle omy is expected to move up from the 12th willing to discuss the so-called “frozen largest to the 10th, but it is still far from the 2004 Orange Revolution coalition. In approved when she was prime minister,” conflicts” in former Soviet republics at being in the top eight. “Moscow’s leader- early January, Russia’s Gazprom Mr. Tarasyuk said at a meeting with meetings of the Group of Eight (G-8) ship of the G-8 is in danger of reducing the increased the price of gas supplied to Moldovan Parliament Chairman Marian industrialized countries, Interfax reported. group’s credibility and relevance to zero,” Ukraine from $50 to $95 per 1,000 cubic Lupu. Moldova and Ukraine implemented “We are ready to discuss any topical he noted. (RFE/RL Newsline) meters. Revision of this deal was a major the new regulations in early March. The issue in Ms. Tymoshenko’s campaign for international issues with the partners. rules, designed to combat smuggling, are Putin: Russia can choose friends the March 26 parliamentary elections in There are no forbidden issues for us,” he supported by the European Union and Ukraine. Gazprom reacted to Ms. said, referring to the willingness of some require that all goods bound for Ukraine MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin Tymoshenko’s statement by saying that it Western leaders to discuss South Ossetia, that move through the Transdniestrian sec- said in Moscow on June 27 that Russia opens the way for “a new gas crisis,” Abkhazia, Transdniester and Russian- tion of the border clear Moldovan customs “does not question the right of [neighbor- according to Interfax. (RFE/RL Georgian relations at the upcoming G-8 and have a Moldovan stamp. Russia and ing] states to decide their fate. But this Newsline) foreign-ministerial meeting in Moscow or the pro-Moscow regime in Transdniester means we also have the right to choose at the St. Petersburg summit in July. He have called the move an “economic block- [our] friends,” Russian news agencies Gazprom slams Tymoshenko’s statement added, however, that “it would be reason- ade.” (RFE/RL Newsline) reported. Alluding to the recent Ukrainian gas crisis, he argued that “it’s difficult to MOSCOW – Gazprom spokesman understand why [Gazprom’s] natural and Sergei Kupriyanov said in Moscow on June transparent decision to put settlements for 22 that recent statements by Ukrainian gas with some of our neighbors onto a Prime Minister-designate Yulia market footing has caused such an out- Tymoshenko about reconsidering Ukraine’s EUGENIA KRUP burst of emotions.” Mr. Putin suggested gas agreements with Russia are “threats that that “some people look at us through a could lead to a new gas crisis,” RIA Novosti neé Shatkowska prism of past prejudices and see a growing reported. He added that “we believe that threat in Russia’s strength. Some are ready [her] words again prove that Ukraine is Selo: Pidhirtsi, Halychyna to accuse us of rekindling ‘neo-imperial regrettably the weak link in the chain of ambitions’ or...’energy blackmail.’” He Russia’s gas supplies to Europe.” He called June 27, 1924 June 18, 2006 conceded, however, that Gazprom’s move Ms. Tymoshenko’s remarks “a new alarm to raise gas prices “could and should have bell ringing for Europe.” Former German “Our Heart is Known by the Path We Walk” been explained in advance.” The Russian Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who heads president said that all of the criticism he the stockholders’ oversight body for the has heard has been political and not eco- planned North European Gas Pipeline run- She leaves: Her daughter, CHRYSTYNA On the 40th day of his departure to eternal rest Her son, OLEH WITH HIS WIFE, VERA Divine Liturgies and Services for the Deceased will be celebrated Her beloved grandchildren, LESYA, PETRO, KATYA, DANYLO in memory of our father, the late, beloved Her family and friends in the United States, Canada, Ukraine to Zynovij Sawyckyj be reunited with her husband, Theodore. 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gram’s purpose is to build mutual under- standing between the people of the Receives M.D. Professor awarded United States and other countries. The Fulbright Program, America’s Fulbright grant flagship international educational at U. of Ottawa SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio – Natalie OTTAWA – Dr. Martha Klosevych, exchange activity, is sponsored by the Trotch strouse, assistant professor of recipient of 1995 and 1996 Ukrainian U.S. Department of State, Bureau of business administration and accounting National Association scholarships and Educational and Cultural Affairs. Over at Notre Dame College, has been award- the 1997 Bohdan Zorych Memorial its 60 years of existence, thousands of Scholarship, on May 17 received her ed a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture in U.S. faculty and professionals have stud- accounting at Ternopil Academy of medical doctor degree from the ied, taught or done research abroad, and University of Ottawa. National Economy, also known as thousands of their counterparts from Ternopil State Economic University, in The convocation was held at the other countries have engaged in similar Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ukraine during the 2006-2007 academic activities in the U.S. They are among year, according to the U.S. Department where 135 students obtained their med- more than 266,600 American and foreign ical degrees. Stanley Klosevych, of State and the J. William Fulbright university students, K-12 teachers, and Foreign Scholarship Board. Martha’s father and member-emeritus of university faculty and professionals who the Faculty of Medicine of the Ms. Strouse will teach financial and have participated in Fulbright exchange managerial accounting to upper-level University of Ottawa, had the privilege programs. and honor of presenting the doctor’s university students. She is one of approx- Recipients of Fulbright Scholar imately 800 U.S. faculty and profession- diploma to her. awards are selected on the basis of aca- Dr. Martha Klosevych with her father, als who will travel abroad to some 150 Dr. Klosevych will be doing her resi- demic or professional achievement and dency in family medicine in Ottawa. Stanley Klosevych. countries for the 2006-2007 academic because they have demonstrated extraor- year through the Fulbright Scholar dinary leadership potential in their fields. Program. Established in 1946 under leg- Ms. Strouse resides in Bay Village The title of his dissertation, written islation introduced by the late Sen. J. with her husband, James, and daughter, Receives Ph.D., under the direction of Prof. Henryk William Fulbright of Arkansas, the pro- Larissa. Iwaniec, is “Shifted Convolution Sums post-doc position and Quantum Unique Ergodicity.” NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Roman Dr. Holowinsky received a post-doc- Holowinsky, son of Vera Bacwyn toral appointment at the Institute for Hospital recognizes Holowinsky and Yurij Holowinsky, Advanced Studies, Princeton, N.J. received Ph.D. in mathematics on May For a number of years Dr. Holowinsky clinical employee 17 at the Rutgers University commence- has been an active member of Ukrainian SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Julia Sydorowych, ment. Sport Association Chornomorska Sitch. an employee of the Department of Microbiology at the Bureau of Disease Control at University Hospital, has been Notes on People is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of mem- named this year’s Clinical Employee of the bers of the Ukrainian National Association. All submissions should be concise due to Year. space limitations and must include the person’s UNA branch number. Items will be On May 18, the president of published as soon as possible after their receipt, when space permits. University Hospital, Dr. Gregory Eastwood, presented Ms. Sydorowych with a plaque for her superior work. Dr. Eastwood described Ms. Sydorowych as a “consummate professional with an upbeat approach to getting the work done.” He further explained that Ms. Sydorowych is known for “setting a standard of excellence and accuracy – crucial qualities for the diagnosis and Julia Sydorowych receives the Clinical treatment of hundreds of patients each Employee of the Year award from Dr. year.” Gregory Eastwood, president of As part of her clinical work, Ms. University Hospital. Sydorowych teaches residents, medical students and nurses about infectious dis- resides with her husband, Matthew, and eases. The education she offers has their two children. become the core of the teaching program at the Bureau of Disease Control and, suffice it to say, she has made a tremen- dous impact on those who have learned from her. In turn, Ms. Sydorowych has thought- fully recognized “the phenomenal people at the Bureau of Disease Control and all the dedicated laboratory workers who are seldom recognized as part of this award.” One of her nominees said, “Julia is the epitome of an employee who bridges the gap between the clinical laboratory and direct patient care. Her leadership con- tributes mightily to the overall tone of superb quality.” Ms. Sydorowych is an active member of Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Branch 68 who served as president for six years, and currently holds the position of vice-president. She is also a member of the Ukrainian National Association Branch 39 and a parishioner of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Syracuse, N.Y. Ms. Sydorowych enjoys spending time with her family: husband, Myron, and children, Mark and Roxana, and especially her grandchildren, Zennon and Boden. She is a frequent flier to Portland, Ore., where her daughter 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 No. 27

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World Jaromir Jagr with a bunch of Czechs it, earning their first division title since Ukrainian pro hockey update and hard-working Hartford Wolfpack grad- 1995. After a subpar 35-goal season, cap- uates, with the result being a surprising tain Jarome Iginla elevated his game and bbyy IIhhoorr SStteellmmaacchh playoff appearance. Rookie goaltender wasn’t the reason his Flames were extin- Henrik Lundqvist is a keeper (no pun guished in the first round of the playoffs intended). Unfortunately, the Blueshirts by pesky Anaheim. were swept by their New Jersey neighbors (13) NEW JERSEY Twenty-three Ukrainians in ‘new NHL’ seemingly built for the new NHL. The in the first round, this following five Sabres went very deep into playoffs, los- straight losses to end the regular season. The Devils finished the regular season It is very obvious, with one year of “the ing to the Hurricanes in the seventh game new NHL” on the books, there still is no (8) DETROIT with 11 straight wins, including a dra- of the conference finals. Co-captains Chris matic comeback victory in Montreal on absolute model for building a champi- Drury and Daniel Briere led a bunch of Pre-season predictions forecast chal- the final night of the season, which gave onship team. Having said that, several no-names further than anyone ever expect- lenges for the Wings in adapting to the them the Atlantic Division title. Higher specific conclusions have been reached, ed. Young goalie Ryan Miller elbowed the new rules of the new NHL. They were seeded Carolina knocked the Devils out especially by the organizations who competition aside in the net. The team too long in the tooth and suspect in goal. in round No. 2. Brian Gionta (48 goals) enjoyed success by adapting their philoso- needs an infusion of talent on the blueline. phies to the league’s new style of play. Well, they ended 2005-2006 as the top and a healthy Patrik Elias led the offense, In are speed, discipline and intelli- (4) ANAHEIM seed in the West, despite key injuries to while the venerable Martin Brodeur gence. Out are toughness, brawn and promising defenders Jiri Fischer and proved he’s the top goalie in the world. physical intimidation. Today’s game has A mix of new ownership, new manage- Niklas Kronwall. Perhaps their weak- RICHARD MATVICHUK (62-1-10-11- shifted from the head to the feet. Skating ment and new coaching staff led to a very nesses caught up with them in their first- 40) was a defensive stalwart; late-season is now the name of the game. Before it Ducky season and a surprising trip to the round battle with Edmonton. pick-up BRAD LUKOWICH (75-2-19- was about thinking and what you could Western Conference finals. Captain Scott 21-40) averaged 22 minutes of ice time get away with by bending the rules. Neidermayer was invaluable on a team (9) DALLAS in The Playoffs. TRAVIS ZAJAC makes featuring 11 players making their playoff The two most common denominators Top star Mike Modano enjoyed a nice the team next season. for winning today are team speed and debuts. Two key Ukrainian contributors: comeback from his worst season ever in (14) MONTREAL reliable goaltending. Gone are the days rock-solid defenseman VITALY VISH- NEVSKI (82-1-7-8-91) and first-line 2003-2004. Brenden Morrow, Jere of neutralizing speed by cheating. The word in Quebec was that the winger/bodyguard TODD FEDORUK Lehtinen and Sergei Zubov added reli- Naturally, no matter how the players Canadiens couldn’t recover from the leader- (76-4-19-23-174). ZENON KONOPKA able production and performance. skate, or how the game is refereed, a ship loss of captain Saku Koivu in their East (23-4-3-7-48) was a capable injury Goaltender Marty Turco notched a team- strong last line of defense is mandatory. quarterfinal playoff series against Carolina. replacement call-up from Portland (AHL), record 41 wins for a playoff team that How far would the upstart Edmonton This after dispatching #l goaltender Jose where he was a major offensive cog. had a franchise record of 53 victories. Oilers have gone without trade deadline Theodore to Colorado and betting the farm goalie acquisition Dwayne Roloson? (5) OTTAWA (10) PHILADELPHIA on Cristobal Huet as the team’s new No. 1. We saw it the first week of the season, Huet backstopped his club into the playoffs Career years from Simon Gagne and back in October: small, quick skaters Picked by many as a Cup favorite, the with seven shutouts in only 36 games with a Mike Knuble were not enough to over- would have much more latitude than Senators were one of league’s top three 2.20 goals against average. ever to drive to the net. Before, defense- teams from week one. The offensive fire- come serious injuries to centermen Peter men were allowed to grab an opponent, power of Jason Spezza, Dany Heatley Forsberg and captain Keith Primeau. (15) NASHVILLE and Daniel Alfredsson with the rest of Way too many Philly Phantoms thrust jab him with their sticks or interfere with Free agent arrival Paul Kariya on the forwards was second to none. Zdeno into their parent Flyers’ line-up when his forward progress. Now these defend- offense with Marek Zidlicky on the blue- ers have to worry about their own posi- Chara, Wade Redden and Chris Phillips icing healthy manpower became an issue. line and Tomas Vokoun between the tioning and their own foot speed. were the top defense trio anywhere. The Flyers made the post-season as the pipes was a solid nucleus for the Since forwards are no longer being Perhaps if goalie Dominik Hasek had not East’s fifth seed, but were eliminated by Predators. Had the latter two most impor- maligned as they skate into the oppo- gotten hurt, the Sens would have bested the upstart Sabres early in the playoffs. tant Preds not suffered late-season nent’s zone, they are utilizing their speed Buffalo in the second round and made (11) COLORADO injuries, Nashville would have gone fur- and offensive skills. This translates into those prognosticators wisemen. ther than the first round of the playoffs. more end-to-end action and higher scor- The Avalanche made the playoffs as (6) SAN JOSE Tough guy DARCY HORDICHUK (74- ing games. We saw it the last weeks of sixth best team in the Western Conference, 7-613-163) served a vital role, while the season when quick-skating, skilled going as far as bouncing Dallas in first The trade for Joe Thornton spurred the JORDIN TOOTOO (34-4-6-10-55) teams like Carolina, Buffalo, Edmonton Sharks to go from four games under .500 round, before going up against the Ducks. reportedly made the big club for good and Anaheim battled for the Stanley Cup. and nine points out of a playoff spot to Captain Joe Sakic and snipers Milan upon his last promotion from the Below is a capsulized team-by-team becoming a dominant force down the Hejduk and Alex Tanguay led this strong Milwaukee Admirals (AHL). recap of the recently completed 2005- stretch in the West, fifth conference seed. offensive squad. The avalanche truly 2006 NHL season. Teams are listed by Jonathan Cheechoo became a fifty-goal missed the inspirational grittiness of (16) TAMPA BAY final ranking (best to worst) based on scorer once Thornton began centering his STEVE KONOWALCHUK (21-6-9-15- performance for the year. Particular line. Captain Patrick Marleau gives the 40) for the last four months of the season The defending Stanley Cup champions attention is devoted to the contributions Sharks two franchise players. and most of the playoffs. barely squeezed into the playoffs and of 23 players of Ukrainian descent who lasted only five games in their first-round saw action in the “new NHL.” (7) NEW YORK RANGERS (12) CALGARY match-up against Ottawa. The Bolts had a bevy of scorers in Vincent Lecavalier, (1) CAROLINA Much-maligned GM Glen Sather and The Flames pretty much controlled new coach Tom Renney surrounded All- their own destiny and made the most of (Continued on page 20) The second-best regular season record in Eastern Conference spurred the Canes’ storm into the Stanley Cup finals. Captain Rod Brind’ Amour leads by example in Ask for Roma Long the weight room or on the ice, on offense (Steckiw) 3 RomaDire ct: (941) 321-0655Long 1 C & L Real Estate 6 and on defense. Surrounded by the talent- 0

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disastrous season wound up costing GM Pro hockey... Mike O’Connell his job. Young Patrice (Continued from page 19) Bergeron is on the doorstep of stardom. Brad Richards and Martin St. Louis, four (24) NEW YORK ISLANDERS strong forward lines and ample defense. Lacking? Only a top-notch goaltender, The club cleaned out some dead wood and this deficiency cost the Lightning big at the trade deadline, but the big question time. Veteran DAVE ANREYCHUK (42- is what to do with five years/$34.5 mil- 6-12-18-16) was forced into retirement lion owed to Alexei Yashin. Mike midway through the season. RUSLAN Milbury is finally out as GM after years FEDOTENKO (80-26-1541-44) proved of ridiculous trades and drafts. The team 2003-2004 was no fluke. Daryl Sydor is also looking to hire a new coach. The (80-4-19-23-30) was a key component of Isles do have a good crop of young for- the efficient blueline. wards and goalie RICK DIPIETRO is only 24. ALEXEI ZHITNIK (59-5-24- (17) VANCOUVER 29-88) was good on the point, but took Arguably the top point producing No.1 way too many penalties. line in all the league prior to the lockout, (25) PHOENIX the Canucks imploded drastically this past season. The troika of Brendan Morrison FIrst-Year Coach WAYNE GRETZKY between Markus Naslund and Todd struggled through his inaugural cam- Bertuzzi was on the ice for more goals paign. It started with the adjustment of against than goals for. Their attitude and being a head coach, then to overcoming a play were often indifferent. Combined few key injuries, a gambling scandal too with blueline injuries to Ed Jovanoski, close to home (Assistant Coach Rick Sami Salo and Mattias Ohlund, the Tocchet and Wayne’s wife, Janet), a long Canucks finished out of the playoffs and losing streak and, finally, a purge of vet- are looking for a new bench boss. erans in an effort to go with even more youth. Year No. 2 will have to be easier (18) ATLANTA for the “Great One” as a coach of the Goaltending was the fatal flaw, as the top Coyotes. two goalies played in only 55 games due to (26) COLUMBUS groin injuries. The poor start was somewhat nullified by the late season (almost) playoff The Blue Jackets suffered through run. PETER BONDRA (60-21-1839-40) Rick Nash’s season defined and derailed proved he can still skate and score at age by injuries. These injuries spread to other 38. Ilya Kovalchuk and Marc Savard were key players Adam Foote, Rostislav two of the league’s top scorers. Klesla and Bryan Bedard. Lacking depth to offset the hurts, the Jackets started 9- (19) FLORIDA 25-1 and never recovered; top Ukrainian These Cats almost eeked into the play- scorer NIKOLAI ZHERDEV (73-27-27- offs after a strong final six weeks of the 54-50) wised up after a brief demotion to season. Veterans Joe Nieuwendyk and the minors. JOE MOTZKO (2-0-0-0-0) Gary Roberts provided the leadership in posted solid numbers in Syracuse (AHL). the room, while Olli Jokinen and Nathan (27) ST. LOUIS Horton provided the firepower. Franchise savior Roberto Luongo must be re-signed The downhill slide to a horrendous 2005- if the Panthers hope to improve in 2006- 2006 began last August when the team trad- 2007. ed standout Chris Pronger to Edmonton. The Blues were already up for sale and the (20) TORONTO decision to let Pronger go signaled that St. An eight-game losing streak in mid- Louis was in cost-cutting mode to make the January dropped the Leafs from sixth in the team easier to sell. KEITH KATCHUK (41- East to out of the playoffs for good. This 15-21-36-46) overcame two curious injuries very old team has more holes than Swiss to post strong numbers and warrant another cheese. Long-time coach Pat Quinn is now year on his contract. Youngsters LEE unemployed. Two Ukrainians shone bright- STEMPNIAK (57-14-13-27-22) and JEFF ly through Maple Leafs’ season of dark- WOYWITKA (26-0-2-2-25) are definite ness: ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY (81-21- Blues heading into next season. 17-38-68) broke the 20-goal plateau, while (28) CHICAGO Sophomore MATT STAJAN (80-15-12-27- 50) opened some eyes with his offensive The Hawks’ nest got empty as the prowess. He’s a potential second-line cen- team stopped playing meaningful games terman. around Christmas when a 10-game losing (21) LOS ANGELES streak effectively ended their season. This organization needs help everywhere Jeremy Roenick and his $4.9 miilion but defense, where several prospects salary was a waste. The goaltending tan- appear ready to make the jump to the dem of Mathieu Garon and Jason show. Should not have given up on LaBarbera was inadequate. Late-season Anton Babchuk so soon. injuries to scorers Alexander Frolov and (29) PITTSBURGH Pavol Demitra could not be overcome. Result: Coach Andy Murray and GM A rebuilding year saw EDDIE Dave Taylor are unemployed. OLCZYK fired, Mario Lemieux retired (22) MINNESOTA and Penguins fans everywhere get “Crosby inspired.” Yes, “Sid the Kid” Perhaps the most loyal hockey fans was the talk of the league, tallied 100 anywhere are beginning to raise their points in his rookie season, and, along expectation level. This hard-luck, inexpe- with goalie Marc-Andre Fleury plus rienced Wild squad sustained 29 defeats prospect Evgeni Malkin, is a building HAVE YOU HEARD? after leading or being tied after two peri- block of a strong Pittsburgh future. ods of play. The Wild have missed the PURCHASE A PREPAID 20-YEAR ENDOWMENT POLICY playoffs four out of five seasons. Young (30) WASHINGTON FROM THE UNA FOR $2,287.26* AND I WILL RECEIVE Marian Gaborik and free agent signee It was the Alexander Ovechkin show as $5,000** A CHECK FOR JUST IN TIME FOR Brian Rolston are super scorers. the rookie scored twice in the season MY COLLEGE EDUCATION. (23) BOSTON opener, setting the stage for the left winger WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? to climb toward stardom while his team- CALL THE UNA AT 1-800-253-9862 AND LET’S GET STARTED. Management failed badly with its mates and the hockey world watched in post-lockout personnel plan. This was awe. “Alex the Great” scored 52 times * FOR AGES 0 THROUGH 3 1/2 YEARS OLD compounded by decisions to trade away and totalled 106 points. Had special teams ** MINIMUM FACE AMOUNT OF $5,000 their two marketable stars (captain Joe performed better, a more respectable fin- Thornton and Sergei Samsonov). The ish than 27th overall was possible. No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 21

reform has changed in light of the revolu- U.S. position... tion in 2004, but the economic reform is N.J. students hold videoconference with peers in Ukraine (Continued from page 3) lagging and needs to be addressed. SOMERDALE, N.J.- On Wednesday, duced to Ukrainian culture in 1990 when the intensity, the United States will do like- To be perfectly honest, the positive atmosphere at NATO after the successful June 7, students here at Sterling High school was granted funding to participate in wise. Ukraine has to do the difficult work School, a group of high school students a three-week exchange program. When – implement the reforms that are required conduct of what were the freest and fairest elections in Ukraine this past in Kyiv and Rep. Rob Andrews (D-N.J) funds for the program were no longer avail- and necessary in order for consideration March for the Rada has dissipated in the in Washington, gathered to take part in a able in 1999, it was brought to a halt. This to be given for membership. There are no face of several factors: the continued videoconference. Prepared with ques- did not, however, end the students’ interac- shortcuts to NATO membership. Nor are infighting within the democratic circles tions, students began discussing matters tion with Ukrainian citizens, who continued there any guarantees. We can help, but in Ukraine, the delays and inability to pertaining to international relations, to be in contact via videoconference. we can’t and we should not try to do the form a government and, perhaps most domestic affairs and cultural similarities. Sterling High’s vice-principal, Reno heavy lifting and hard work for Ukraine. troubling, most recently, the difficulty in Some of the issues covered were Domenico, even traveled to Ukraine as an One major hurdle Ukraine will have to conducting marine operations and exer- national languages and the potential observer for the presidential elections in overcome to be considered for member- cises amid the troubles and anti-NATO advantages of Ukraine joining interna- November-December 2004 and again in ship is the low level of public support for protests in Crimea. tional organizations, specifically NATO. August 2005. He then wrote an article for joining NATO. This is an issue that does Hopefully, the welcome news out of American students said they found it sur- the Courier-Post about conflicts taking place not apply to the MAP – the Membership Kyiv that a coalition agreement has been prisingly easy to compare the two during and after the Orange Revolution, Action Plan. When I was in Ukraine reached will lead to the formation of a nations, which from a distance seem to sharing his experiences not only with stu- recently, as well as in March, the num- new government quickly that can rededi- have little in common. dents, but with readers of the paper. bers heard for support for NATO were cate Ukraine to its Euro-Atlantic integra- Kevin McAleer of Sterling High School The benefits of the videoconferences about 18 to 20 percent – very low num- tion course. When Ukraine is ready, the told the local newspaper, the Courier-Post, include awareness of news abroad and bers suggesting that there is a lot of work United States stands ready to help, and “There are so many parallels between familiarity with current events. to be done. And due to the political the United States will help with whatever what’s happening there and here.” Student Christopher Corcoran even uncertainty from the elections Ukraine government emerges from the coalition Ukraine’s political environment continues found a new interest in U.S. domestic has yet to launch a large-scale public agreement. to interest Sterling students, as it has helped policy because of his school’s interaction information campaign about NATO and We stand ready to work with Ukraine. them value the benefit of international com- with Ukrainians. “It inspires us to look at the benefits of NATO membership. And we urge this new government to munication. Sterling students became intro- our own country,” he commented. That’s work that still remains to be done. assemble a coherent, committed, demo- There has been an extensive and cratic and reformist team to regain the robust cooperative relationship that exists momentum on important domestic and script through the publication process. currently between NATO and Ukraine, foreign policy priorities, such as deepen- New book... The book was published with the finan- notwithstanding the political uncertainty ing ties with NATO. (Continued from page 12) cial support of the Teodor and that we have had over the past few Now Russia, obviously, has a keen history. Its principal project is producing Mahdalyna Butrej Fund at the Petro months. At the working level, Ukraine interest in Ukraine’s relationship with an annotated English translation of Jacyk Educational Foundation. A gener- and NATO have a very healthy relation- NATO, and we will continue to talk with Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s 10-volume (in ous grant toward publication was also ship. ... the Russians and stress to them that clos- 12 books) magnum opus, the “History of provided by the Skop Family in memory So there has been very significant and er ties between Ukraine and NATO need Ukraine-Rus’,” four volumes of which of Konstantyn Hordienko. very impressive progress made on a prac- not come at the expense of Russia. No have appeared to date. The book, which includes numerous tical level between NATO and Ukraine. country, it’s worth remembering, has a The Jacyk Center has also published illustrations, is available in a paperback And it augurs well for future and deeper veto over Ukraine’s NATO aspirations. several important studies in an English- edition for $29.95 and in hardcover for relations that Ukraine wants to have with The United States, working closely language and a Ukrainian-language mono- $49.95 (plus taxes and shipping; outside NATO. And we value this practical coop- with our allies, will make sure that the graph series, thus making important books Canada prices are in U.S. dollars). Orders eration, and we view Ukraine’s efforts to enlargement process is transparent and in Ukrainian historiography available to can be placed on-line by credit card via a strengthen its ties with NATO and seek that Russian concerns are heard, but readers in the West and in Ukraine. secure Internet connection, www.utoron- membership in the alliance as a benefit won’t become an obstacle for what “Voluntary Brotherhood” was translat- to.ca/cius; by e-mail [email protected]; by for NATO, for Ukraine, for the United Ukraine wants to accomplish. We firmly ed by Iaroslav Isaievych and Marta Daria telephone 780-492-2973; fax, 780-492- States and for all of Ukraine’s neighbors. believe that a prosperous, democratic and Olynyk, and the book was edited by 4967; or by writing to CIUS Press, 450 And, despite the continuing progress sovereign Ukraine, integrated into Euro- Myroslav Yurkevich. Marko R. Stech Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, at the practical level, the political level Atlantic institutions, is in everyone’s compiled the index and guided the manu- Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E8. remains a challenge, and it remains a interest, including in Russia’s interest. challenge as allies wait for Ukraine to Ukraine has to do the hard work to form a government and for that govern- tackle the reforms, and convince its pub- ment to state clearly its intentions with lic of the benefits of NATO membership, PACKAGES, CARS AND regard to NATO, and to continue on the and the U.S. and all of our allies in CONTAINERS TO reform track that has been launched over NATO are doing what we can to help, but UKRAINE AND EASTERN the past few years. Defense reform con- Ukraine’s future in NATO is truly in EUROPE tinues on a good pace, the political Ukraine’s own hands.

literary figures. Travel service: Air tickets and visas to Ukraine and other countries. Money transfer to Ukraine and other countries. The volume also contains articles on lit- Collection marks... Ukrainian and European CDs for sale. Ukrainian souvenirs and kercheifs for sale. (Continued from page 12) erary themes, Slavic studies, history and the Telephone cards: 80 min. for $5 Ukrainian language by Petro Kononenko, at the School of Ukrainian Studies and in NEWARK, NJ CLIFTON, NJ PHILADELPHIA 1972 became its principal. In 1973 he Anatolii Pohribnyi, Ivan Pasemko, George 688 Sanford Ave 565 Clifton Ave 1801 Cottman Ave joined the executive of the Educational Gajeckyj, Mykola Drobnokhod, Volodymyr Council, which is affiliated with the Yavorivskyi and others. íÂÎ.: (973) 373-8783 TÂl.: (973) 916-1543Tel.: (215) 728-6040 Several writers discuss the effect on Ukrainian Congress Committee of (888) 336-4776 their schools of the assistance coordinat- America, and became its head in 1983. ed by Dr. Fedorenko, which included Dr. Fedorenko compiled a four-vol- shipments of books, educational materi- ume publication called “Readings from als and computers. Ukrainian Literature and Literary For more information about “Viddanyi Criticism of the 20th Century” (with V. Budivnychyi Ukrayiny” readers may Yaremenko, 1994-1995). contact the New York-based Ukrainian UKRAINIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA Some of his many writings are includ- Educational Council at 212-477-1200 or ed in this collection, among them, his talk [email protected]. LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS at the 1963 Ukrainian student congress in New York titled “Ukrainian Students IF YOU ARE A PHYSICIAN, DENTIST, OR OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONAL Uphold the Ideals of the Ukrainian EITHER PRACTICING OR TRAINING, HERE’S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN National Republic”; “Eternally Burning Addendum YOUR COLLEAGUES IN NORTH AMERICA’S PREMIER ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. Bush,” a personal account of his return to In the June 11 story about the newly FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE WRITE TO: Ukraine after a 52-year absence; and established Coalition for a Secure and UKRAINIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA “Democratic Positions as Basic Factors in Democratic Ukraine, the U.S.-Ukraine 2247 W. CHICAGO AVENUE the Formation and Development of Foundation neglected to list the CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60622 National Education,” a speech given in Ukrainian National Women’s League of TELEPHONE: 773-278-6262 1995 at Lviv University. America as a member-organization. OR FAX YOUR REQUEST TO 773-278-6962 Dr. Fedorenko’s review “The Truth NAME: ______about Ukrainian Katyn” examines the book “Genocide in Ukraine” (Lviv, Insure ADDRESS: ______1995), which uncovers part of the mass and be sure. CITY: ______executions by the Russian KGB of STATE: ______ZIP: ______Ukrainians in Vinnytsia in 1937-1938. Other articles by Dr. Fedorenko are Join the UNA! DAYTIME PHONE: ______about Ukrainian educational activists and 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 No. 27 No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 23 OUT AND ABOUT

July 7 The Washington Group Summer Social, National Washington Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, 240-381-0993

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July 7-August 22 “The Collective Exhibition: Contemporary Art at New York its Best,” featuring Valentina Sanina, Agora Gallery, 212-226-4151

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July 8 SUM co-ed quads volleyball tournament, Oselia SUM, Ellenville, NY [email protected] or [email protected]

July 9 St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church Detroit centennial celebration, 248-661-0099

July 14-16 Verkhovyna Ukrainian Festival, Mountain View Resort, Glen Spey, NY 845-856-1323 or 845-856-1324

July 15 Fund-raising concert, featuring Yuri Kharenko, Jewett, NY Natalia Khoma, Volodymyr Vynnytsky, Grazhda Music and Art Center of Greene County, 518-989-6479

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