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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXI No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 $1/$2 in Ukraine Ukrainian American community “Rise Up, Ukraine!” rallies promotes its interests in Washington fail to attract broad support Ukrainian National Information Service by Zenon Zawada WASHINGTON – Within a framework of programs Special to The Ukrainian Weekly to promote closer relations between the Ukrainian community and their members of Congress, the KYIV – Opposition leaders spent Ukrainian National Information Service (UNIS), the March and April holding rallies through- Washington bureau of the Ukrainian Congress out Ukraine under the banner, “Rise Up, Committee of America (UCCA), organized Ukrainian Ukraine!” (Vstavai, Ukrayino!) The prob- Days in Washington on April 17-18. lem was that not many Ukrainians both- The intent of the annual Ukrainian Days is to pro- ered to rise up with them. mote the concerns of the Ukrainian American commu- Though the majority of Ukrainian nity, as well as to establish better contacts with their citizens oppose the current govern- senators and representatives in Congress. ment, they’re not willing to do much to Nearly two dozen community members participat- support the opposition, other than cast ed in the two-day advocacy event, which began with a a ballot on election day. Opposition pol- briefing session at the American Foreign Policy iticians have been openly venting their Council (AFPC), with the participation of Ilan Berman, frustration with the lack of support. AFPC vice-president; Baxter Hunt, director of the “We’re told the opposition is weak, Office of Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus Affairs at the it can’t bring people to the streets. But it’s not the opposition that’s weak – U.S. Department of State; Volodymyr Viatrovych, lec- it’s the people not coming out,” turer at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Batkivshchyna Party Chair Arseniy Academy; and Michael Sawkiw Jr., director of the Vladimir Andreev/UNIAN Yatsenyuk said in an interview pub- Ukrainian National Information Service. Opposition leaders (from left) Oleh Tiahnybok, Arseniy Yatsenyuk and lished by Korrespondent magazine in In his greeting to the participants of Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko have visited more than a dozen cities as part of the “Rise late January. “If the people are satis- Days, Mr. Sawkiw underscored that such events are Up, Ukraine!” rallies in March and April, but not many Ukrainians heeded fied, and the opposition is dissatisfied, essential for expanding the community’s influence on their call to rise up with them. that means the moment hasn’t arrived U.S. policy toward Ukraine. “Now our community has yet. But it will absolutely come.” Not only did the effort fail – falling “That’s a clear hint that he’s ‘our a chance to develop closer relations with new person- Those words caused a stir but did 36 votes short of a 226-vote majority – potential ally,’ so to speak,” said nel in the Obama administration, as well as with little to get Ukrainians excited. Instead, but key opposition deputies didn’t Volodymyr Fesenko, board chairman newly elected members of Congress. It is incumbent recent political failures have given the vote, including seven deputies of the of the Penta Center for Applied upon the United States to demonstrate support for the public even less reason to trust them. Batkivshchyna faction and seven dep- Political Research in Kyiv. “That Ukrainian nation and its pivotal choice of Euro- The most recent embarrassment uties of the Ukrainian Democratic undoubtedly will hurt the image and Atlantic integration. There are many important tasks occurred on April 19, when a parlia- Alliance for Reform (UDAR), including reputation of Vitali.” that still lie ahead,” he stated. mentary vote was held to oust Prime its leader, Vitali Klitschko, who didn’t The Svoboda nationalist deputies During the briefing session on Wednesday morn- Minister Mykola Azarov. The geologist even show up. voted in full quorum (36 votes) and ing, April 17, Mr. Berman spoke about the intricacies who spent more than half his life in First Vice Prime Minister Serhiy have carved a niche that’s distinct involved in Ukrainian politics and how Russia tries to Russia – and can hardly speak the Arbuzov noted afterwards that Mr. from their peers in the opposition. influence Ukraine’s domestic and foreign policy agen- Ukrainian language – is now the lon- Klitschko’s absence for the lack of con- [Editor’s note: For the sake of this arti- das. gest serving prime minister in inde- fidence vote on the Azarov govern- (Continued on page 4) pendent Ukraine’s history. ment speaks of his maturity. (Continued on page 3) Bandurist Chorus presents “Sounds of Spring” concert series by Matthew Dubas formed in a number of years or completely new to its 500- audience about the new songs for both Ukrainians and plus song repertoire, Anatoli Murha, president of the non-Ukrainians alike – providing historical reference or This is the first in a three-part series that chronicles the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, explained. “As cultural ambas- explaining the origins of the song.” sadors, the UBC’s work is never finished and is a constant “Sounds of Spring: Songs of Easter, Shevchenko and Nature” First stop in Windsor concert series performed by the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus work in progress in the promotion of the Ukrainian culture in Windsor, Ontario, Detroit and Cleveland, on April 19-21. through the bandura Nearly 200 people packed the church for the con- The Weekly’s Matthew Dubas, thanks to travel arrange- and songs. As a per- On the road with cert, which opened with the Easter Canon “Christ is ments handled by the UBC, traveled with the chorus from former, it’s a truly Risen!” (Khrystos Voskres!), arranged by Hryhoriy Windsor to Cleveland, and all points in between on this tour, moving experience to the Ukrainian Kytasty and sung a capella, causing the entire audi- gaining a complete understanding about what it takes to put see audience mem- ence to rise to its feet. on a tour like this – both on and off the stage. bers mouthing the lyr- Bandurist Chorus Other religious selections were featured in the ics along with the cho- first half, including “Cherubic Hymn” by Dmytro Bortniansky, “Praise the Lord From the Heavens” (Khvalite DETROIT – The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus (UBC) rus, and it never gets old in the over 20 years I’ve been Hospoda z Nebes), both sung a capella, “Easter Song” kicked off its “The Sounds of Spring: Songs of Easter, with the UBC. This kind of response from the ‘Sounds of (Velykodnia Pisnia) with music by artistic director and Shevchenko and Nature” concert series on April 19-21, Spring’ concert series tells us that we’re on the right track,” conductor Oleh Mahlay, as well as the 18th-century with its opening night at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Mr. Murha said. English-language song “Christ the Lord is Risen Today,” Cathedral in Windsor, Ontario, on Friday, April 19. “The audience was very receptive to this series,” said arranged by chorus member Ihor Stasiuk for the UBC. The songs that the UBC performed in this tour provide a Oleh Mahlay, artistic director and conductor of the UBC. fresh perspective, with some songs not having been per- “We provided a good frame of reference to educate the (Continued on page 8) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 No. 19

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Politicization of Islam in Crimea PACE seeks Yulia’s release and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule, while summing up the visit to KYIV – Representatives of the Brussels by Ukraine’s First Vice Prime threatens peninsula’s stability Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Minister Serhiy Arbuzov, said on April 30: Europe (PACE) have called on Ukraine’s ones support Crimean Tatars in rural areas. “We have seen a number of processes by Paul Goble authorities to take steps to release former But, just as the Orthodox leadership is launched in Ukraine to address the EU’s Eurasia Daily Monitor Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko follow- involved in pushing the political goals of its expectations and the Ukrainian govern- ing the judgment of the European Court of Islam is being politicized in an unusual followers, so too the various Muslim ment’s own commitments and we look for- Human Rights (ECHR) in her case, the and somewhat unexpected way in Crimea. groups seek to promote the values of their ward to see tangible progress in areas such PACE press service said on May 7. “We spe- Certain Crimean Tatar leaders have been community. That means that Islam has as selective justice, electoral code and judi- cifically expect the Ukrainian authorities using the existence of Islamic groups on the been politicized not only over big issues ciary reforms.” The European politician not to wait with this until the court in peninsula to advance their own communal like the future status of Crimea, but also said that the joint task for both sides is also Strasbourg rules on her appeal against her demands, even as some Ukrainian and over smaller ones like land ownership, to improve the business and investment cli- conviction by the Ukrainian court. That Russian leaders have been invoking the road signs and the role of institutions that mate in Ukraine and to be able to use to the would not be justifiable in the light of the existence of those groups as a reason for seek to bridge the gap between the three full extent the foreseen economic integra- court judgment,” reads a joint statement by turning such demands down, according to ethnic groups. tion of Ukraine into the EU. Mr. Arbuzov the co-rapporteurs for Ukraine of the PACE a detailed new study of Crimea by Andrey Mr. Baranov reports that this process was on a working visit to the governing Monitoring Committee, Mailis Reps Baranov, a political scientist at Kuban State has been intensified by the fact that there institutions of the European Union in (Estonia) and Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin University, in the current issue of the are deep splits within the Muslim commu- Brussels on April 29-30. (Ukrinform) (Sweden), as well as Pieter Omtzigt Moscow Institute of Sociology journal, nity between the traditional Crimean Tatar (Netherlands), rapporteur of the Kozak monument unveiled in Vienna “Vlast” (isras.ru/files/File/Vlast/2013/04/ Muslims who still dominate the scene and Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Baranov.pdf). the appearance of radicalized Islamic VIENNA – A monument to the Ukrainian Rights. The statement notes that the two As a result, Mr. Baranov says, the leaders groups. He suggests that the radicalization Kozaks who participated in the defense of co-rapporteurs for the Monitoring of Islamic religious groups, both those offi- of Islam in Crimea began in the mid-1990s the Austrian capital 330 years ago was Committee will visit Ukraine in the begin- cially registered and those who head with the arrival of separatists from unveiled on April 23 in a park located near ning of June and that Mr. Omtzigt will pres- unregistered and often more radical ones, Chechnya who formed the Imdat organiza- the Ukrainian Catholic church in Vienna. ent his report as adopted by the committee have become “influential actor[s] in the tion in 1995, which organized protests in Present at the unveiling were the Kyiv City in April at the PACE plenary session in political processes in contemporary Sudak and continues to function illegally. Administration’s head, Oleksander Popov Strasbourg in June. As reported, on April Crimea.” Their influence is far greater than Another radical Islamist party, Hizb ut- and Mayor Michael Haupl of Vienna, as well 30, the European Court of Human Rights would otherwise be the case were they Tahrir, made its appearance in Crimea at the as a delegation from Kyiv and Austrian citi- delivered a judgment in the case of Ms. strictly playing a role in ethno-political end of the 1990s. Some years later, Mustafa zens. The monument’s presentation was Tymoshenko recognizing the illegality of schemes of mobilization and demobiliza- Jemilev, the leader of the Crimean Tatars, part of the Days of Kyiv in Vienna, which her arrest on August 5, 2011. (Ukrinform). tion. said there were some 500 to 600 Wahhabis were celebrated on April 22-24. The monu- And, after having traced the rise of in Crimea, and the local mufti complained U.S. calls for Tymoshenko’s release ment was funded by a Ukrainian business- Islamic groups as political actors over the that the Russian authorities had given “a man who now lives and works in Austria; its last 20 years, the Kuban political scientist green light” to the Islamists even as they KYIV – The United States is continuing to erection was supported by the mayor of argues that the most effective way of pre- continued to block the traditionalists in urge Ukrainian authorities to release former Vienna. The monument was designed by venting the politicization of Islam from order to give the Crimean Tatars a bad Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia sculptors Volodymyr and Oleksiy Chepelyk threatening Crimea’s stability is a concert- name and justify ignoring their demands, a Tymoshenko. Acting Deputy Spokesperson of Ukraine. “This place has become the cor- ed effort to “integrate the Crimean Tatars rare description of what Mr. Baranov at the U.S. Department of State Patrick nerstone of our common past. We remem- into a secular state” by means of “the con- implies is a far broader phenomenon. Ventrell, speaking at a press briefing on ber and honor it, but at the same time we struction of mechanisms of a consolidated But the most important reason for the April 30 in connection with the judgment of are oriented toward the future. I am con- democracy.” politicization of Islam in Crimea, the politi- the European Court of Human Rights, said: vinced that Kyiv and Vienna have excellent According to the last Ukrainian census, cal scientist said, is the fact that people on “We reiterate our call that Mrs. Tymoshenko prospects of joint development and mutual- ethnic Russians formed about 60 percent both sides of the religious divide see reli- be released and the practice of selective ly beneficial cooperation,” noted Mayor of the population of the peninsula, ethnic gious conflicts as having their roots in prosecution in Ukraine end.” (Ukrinform) Haupl. Mr. Popov noted: “We are proud of Ukrainians about 23 percent and Crimean political and national disputes and in the EU expects judiciary reform our joint history and we maintain the tradi- Tatars about 10 percent. Twenty years ago, contrasting economic interests of those tion of friendship that has developed Crimea had relatively few religious organi- involved, according to the findings of one of KYIV – The European Union has praised between our nations.” Kyiv and Vienna have zations, but it now is one of the leading the rare polls taken on this issue in Crimea the progress made by Ukraine in the been sister cities since 1992. (Kyiv City areas in Ukraine in that regard, largely in recent years. sphere of EU integration reforms and Administration Press Service, Religious thanks to the explosive growth in the num- Moreover, respondents in that poll, expects tangible progress, first and fore- Information Service of Ukraine) ber of Islamic groups. Orthodox Christian again on both sides, were inclined to blame most, in the judiciary and electoral law. groups form 40 percent of the registered foreign political and social structures as European Commissioner for Enlargement (Continued on page 12) groups, Mr. Baranov says, while Islamic having greater responsibility for religious congregations and groups form only 28 and ethnic conflicts on the peninsula than percent. But if one includes the 600 unreg- local groups. That survey also found that istered Islamic bodies, the Muslims now the level of criticism of those in power in he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 equal or exceed the number of Orthodox Crimea did not correlate positively with T U W Christians. levels of religiosity on the peninsula. Like the ethnic communities they serve, An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Such attitudes would appear to open the a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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leader. Yet UDAR also fails to inspire Mr. Yatsenyuk has criticized Mr. integration with NATO, he has since back- “Rise Up, Ukraine!”... Ukrainian voters, Mr. Fesenko said, particu- Tiahnybok in the past. In turn, Svoboda tracked on that claim as UDAR has been larly after it failed to support the vote to dis- party members don’t hide their contempt trying to appeal to eastern and southern (Continued from page 1) miss Mr. Azarov. “That caused significant and for the liberal, democratic positions of Ukrainians, who are Russian-oriented. cle, “the opposition” largely refers to serious criticisms in his direction, which Batkivshchyna and UDAR. As part of that effort, both Batkivshchyna Batkivshchyna and UDAR.] Vitali himself should answer, otherwise “President Vitali Klitschko would try to and UDAR largely support the status quo on that can strengthen suspicions about not dismiss the government of Arseniy the Ukrainian language and the de-Soviet- Ideals lacking only Klitschko himself but UDAR,” he said. Yatsenyuk, while National Security and ization of society, without any new propos- Defense Council Secretary Anatoliy als in their respective programs. When more than a dozen opposition New tactics lacking Grytsenko would start anti-corruption deputies don’t vote in such crucial Charisma lacking moments, “that calls forth serious and criti- Another demoralizing episode for the investigations against Klitschko,” said cal rebuke and even suspicion that there opposition was the April 2 protest at the Dmytro Vydrin, the director of the The reality is that the current opposition are elements of a twofold game,” said Mr. Verkhovna Rada, after the majority failed to European Institute of Integration and leaders aren’t nearly as inspiring and elo- Fesenko, the “twofold game” being depu- set the Kyiv City Council elections for June, Development, in describing what the oppo- quent as Ms. Tymoshenko, whose charisma ties who are opposition in name but vote as required by law. sition government would look like. is unparalleled in Ukrainian politics. along with the ruling majority. The ruling Party of Regions knows it will “Tymoshenko would be freed, yet they’d It’s Ms. Tymoshenko’s charisma that “In my view, among those who didn’t lose them handily, which is why it has post- quickly find a reason to imprison her again. Viktor Yanukovych fears so much, having vote on this issue are deputies who can poned the municipal elections ahead of the Meanwhile, it’s unlikely there’d be [judicial] avoided any debate with her during the become potential ‘tushky’ and join the side presidential vote. It’s seeking to control the processes against the current government. presidential campaign and then arranging of the government. Opposition deputies capital city, through Kyiv State No more than an imitation, because quite a for her imprisonment once he became pres- themselves said of several deputies with Administration Chair Oleksander Popov, few opposition politicians have common ident – as alleged by Western governments business ties that some of them were should mass protests erupt over the elec- business with the Party of Regions. They’re – to remove her as his main challenger. promised [by the ruling majority] to have tion results, as they did in 2004. like the left and right hands. The right won’t The current opposition leader, Mr. their value-added tax returned,” he added. Yet only about 4,000 to 5,000 demon- tear off the left, and vice versa.” Klitshcko, stumbles over his words – no That’s quite an enticement to abandon strators came to the protest, many of them Opposition parties have also demonstrat- matter what language he speaks – and can’t the opposition, considering that the paid. Noticeably missing was Kyiv’s impor- ed that they’re committed to the same for- ad lib in front of an audience, a skill that Ukrainian government has gained an inter- tant middle class. Part of the reason for the mula for distributing power once in office. Ms. Tymoshenko has mastered. All his national reputation for failing to return val- low turnout is that most Ukrainians aren’t Politicians representing oligarchs, as well as speeches are prepared, his responses at ue-added taxes to businessmen. interested in the same old demonstrations the most loyal party functionaries, would press conferences carefully rehearsed. Such suspected backroom dealing – for abstract causes such as local elections gain the lucrative ministerial posts, regard- Missing the Azarov vote wasn’t Mr. between opposition and ruling deputies – that don’t produce any tangible results, less of their qualifications, observers said. Klitschko’s first major absence – he failed gives voters further reason to believe the observers said. When Mr. Yushchenko became president to attend the first several marches of “Rise opposition isn’t worth supporting, and “People simply don’t associate them- in 2005 for example, pop singer Oksana Up, Ukraine!” in Vinnytsia and Lviv in they’re no different than the ruling Party of selves with the problems that are being Bilozir become culture minister and Yurii March, drawing a slight rebuke from Mr. Regions, observers say. addressed,” Mr. Oleshchuk said. “For them, Lutsenko became internal affairs minister, Yatsenyuk. Such absences cast doubt on his “There are several reasons why people they’re an abstraction created by politi- though he never served as a police officer. commitment to the opposition. don’t trust the opposition,” said Petro cians, nothing more. People don’t under- David Zhvania became emergency situa- Meanwhile, Mr. Yatsenyuk can come off Oleshchuk, a political science lecturer at stand how all this can affect their lives.” tions minister despite never having served as arrogant and not genuine, observers Shevchenko National University in Kyiv. “It Another opposition protest is planned in in that ministry. Quite the contrary, he said, not nearly as compelling as the prior doesn’t offer new faces and new ideas; it’s Kyiv on May 18, Europe Day. Observers are earned his millions in the shady interna- head of the Batkivshchyna party, Ms. identified with the Orange era and, there- already expecting that to be another flop. tional trade of nuclear fuel rods. Tymoshenko. fore, quarreling and unfulfilled promises; it The opposition has no strategy, not for Meanwhile, former Finance Minister Ukrainian literary figure Mykhailo doesn’t show how its actions specifically gaining power, not for developing the coun- Viktor Pynzenyk, who abandoned the Slaboshpytskyi last month compared Mr. try once they come to power and not for can help the average citizen; it doesn’t Tymoshenko government at the height of Yatsenyuk to a dried fish: “Yes, he’s an intel- how to change the nation’s economic situa- demonstrate a readiness to go to the full Ukraine’s financial crisis in February 2009, ligent man. But no charisma, eccentricity or tion, said Denys Bohush, president of extent in defending its ideas and it has a is an UDAR national deputy, implying that creativity,” he said. Bohush Communications and vice-presi- distinct image of ‘losers.’ ” he’s jockeying to return as finance minister “Yatsenyuk, Tiahnybok and to some dent of the Ukrainian PR League. despite his failures. degree Klitschko are now learning to work Trust lacking “The plus of this [May 18] protest will be In the event of their election, “the oppo- with the streets, with the maidans and with only for the opposition to see how many sition would have to sacrifice itself: break people,” said Mr. Fesenko of the “Rise Up, The lack of trust in the opposition lead- people it can simply mobilize, without any down the wall and then leave, giving the Ukraine” campaign, which has drawn ade- ers is fueled by the “tushky,” who have been ideas: to bring them out only so that they reins away to professionals,” Lviv author quate support in certain cities. a staple in Ukrainian politics for as long as stand up and show that they’re against this Yuriy Vynnychuk told the Krayina weekly The April 7 rally in Kyiv drew at least Ukraine has been independent. government. It’s not worth expecting any- magazine. “I doubt they’d do that. Each of 10,000 supporters (five days after the lack- The literal meaning of “tushka” (singu- thing else,” he told the gazeta.ua website in them, inside, carries a little Yanukovych, luster turnout at Parliament), though that’s lar) is canned carcass. The term is used to an interview published on May 6. “No mat- which at any moment can grow to great not going to be enough to impress the describe the Verkhovna Rada, which serves ter how many show up, it’s not clear for proportions.” Yanukovych administration. as the can for the carcasses of politicians what. The protests aren’t geared towards who are dead to their original party and an election or a [possible] referendum.” Then there’s the great unknown of what “This is practically their first experience sold out to the Party of Regions. Yet the opposition needs to do more than policies the opposition would pursue once for them and they can’t opt out,” Mr. This month, for example, three deputies simply organize protests, observers said. in power. UDAR’s political platform is limit- Fesenko said. abandoned the Batkivshchyna parliamen- Throughout the last decade, its parties have ed to vague declarations, committing itself That they appear as if they’d want to opt tary faction to join the ruling majority. They failed to organize local organizations that to little more than “European standards.” out of interacting with citizens is why the were brought to Batkivshchyna, the biggest would mobilize citizens to address common, It mentions no concrete program of opposition is not drawing the support it opposition party, by Mr. Yatsenyuk, who everyday problems on the local level, such reforming the corrupt courts and establish- needs. After the March 16 “Rise Up, was predicted by experts to become a vic- as deteriorating roads and utilities. ing rule of law, or addressing the control of Ukraine!” rally in Lviv, for example, Mr. tim of tushky (plural) as early as before the Opposition parties failed to attract young Ukraine’s oligarchs over the economy, par- Yatsenyuk reportedly went to a local café October parliamentary elections. A fourth activists, who are more willing to engage in ticularly the mass media. (Mr. Yatsenyuk with his party allies and arranged for it to “tushka” who defected to the majority was civil disobedience and more capable of enjoys close ties to Ukrainian oligarchs be closed to the public. brought to the Batkivshchyna party under employing new Internet-based technologies such as Victor Pinchuk.) The report was offered by the newspa- the quota allocated for National Deputy to communicate and organize effectively. Although UDAR National Deputy per Segodnya, a daily tabloid aligned with Anatoliy Grytsenko. “They aren’t used to real politics, such as Rostyslav Pavlenko told The Ukrainian the Party of Regions, but similar reports They followed in the footsteps of work with citizens and contemporary Weekly that the party supports Ukraine’s surfaced in the opposition media as well. Oleksander and Andrii Tabalov, the father- mobilization technologies,” Mr. Oleshchuk and-son duo who led the Kirovohrad Oblast said of the opposition parties. “They wish organization of the Front for Change party to limit themselves to virtual projects.” that was founded by Mr. Yatsenyuk and Quotable notes Political program lacking which he later merged into Batkivschyna. “… the ECHR [European Court of Human Rights] has clearly demonstrated that Once they were elected, the Tabalovs Ukrainians have little faith in what Yulia Tymoshenko has been a victim of arbitrary and selective justice whose objec- ditched Mr. Yatsenyuk to join the majority. opposition leaders would do should they tive was to isolate her from political life. The only way Ukraine can restore Yulia In a famous scene from this parliamentary come to power, particularly after being Tymoshenko’s rights is by releasing her.” session, they were physically tossed from burned by the disgrace brought to “The EPP [European People’s Party] will not support the signing of an Association the Parliament hall during the opening ses- Ukrainian governance by the vicious, pub- Agreement with a country which does not respect the fundamental principles of sion by Svoboda nationalists. Yet they lic conflict between former President democracy and independent justice. The Association Agreement with Ukraine will be returned to subsequent sessions escorted Viktor Yushchenko and former Prime signed in Vilnius in November only if the Ukrainian authorities fulfill the conditions by Party of Regions deputies. Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. put forward by the European Union, including the end of selective justice and the “Batkivshchyna is the weak link in the The current opposition has yet to con- immediate release of Yulia Tymoshenko.” parliamentary opposition,” Mr. Fesenko vince the public of its unity, particularly said. “It now has the possibility of repeat- when Mr. Klitschko and the UDAR party – Statement by Wilfried Martens, the president of the European People’s Party, the ing the sad fate of Our Ukraine.” have distanced themselves from the largest and most influential European-level political party of the center-right, on April Indeed, Mr. Klitschko has surpassed Mr. Batkivshchyna and Svoboda parties ever 30 in reaction to the European Court of Human Rights ruling in the Tymoshenko case. Yatsenyuk as the most popular opposition since the October parliamentary elections. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 No. 19

marizes issues the CEEC currently advo- Ukrainian American... cates in Congress: an open-door policy for NATO enlargement; democracy, human (Continued from page 1) rights and rule of law in Central and East Complementing Mr. Berman’s remarks, Europe; energy security in the region; undue Russian influence upon countries in the representative from the State Central and East Europe; a visa waiver pro- Department spoke about the future of U.S.- gram for Central European countries; as Ukraine relations, including the fiscal crisis well as a new type of visa to the United currently affecting Ukraine; energy security States for cultural groups. and the transit of natural gas; as well as the The late morning and afternoon hours of internal political dynamics in Ukraine. April 18 were dedicated to meetings with Dr. Viatrovych discussed the current sit- various congressional offices or committees. uation in Ukraine’s civil society and the In all of their meetings on Capitol Hill, importance of integrating into Euro- Ukrainian Days participants presented Atlantic institutions. members of Congress with various policy That afternoon was dedicated to meetings UNIS papers on issues of importance to the with various congressional offices, among Ukrainian American community, as well as them those of: Rep. Chris Gibson (R-N.Y.), Ukrainian Days 2013 participants with “Friend of UNIS” honoree Orest Deychakiwsky (center, holding plaque). informational brochures about the Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), Sen. Rob Portman Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, (R-Ohio), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), former status of a prominent European Ukrainian Days joined forces with the the Ukrainian National Information Service Rep. Leonard Lance (R-N.J.), Sen. Robert state. Together, I am confident we will suc- Central and East European Coalition’s and the Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933. Menendez (D-N.J.), Sen. Frank Lautenberg cessfully resolve our issues.” (CEEC) advocacy event. The CEEC embod- Policy paper topics covered included: U.S. (D-N.J.), Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), Sen. UNIS Director Sawkiw, Jr. presented the ies 18 national ethnic organizations that foreign assistance to Ukraine (including Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Rep. Mike Doyle first ever “Friend of UNIS” award to Orest represent nearly 22 million Americans of that of the U.S. Agency for International (D-Pa.), Rep. David Joyce (R-Ohio) and Rep. Deychakiwsky, a longtime staff member of Central and East European descent. The Development); the Holodomor, or Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.). the U.S. Commission on Security and Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933; the Representatives Gibson, Pascrell and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Congressional Ukrainian Caucus; and Frelinghuysen joined their staffers to Commission) and friend of the civil liberties violations in Ukraine. acquaint themselves with the community Ukrainian American community. Mr. The 2013 Ukrainian Days Much of the focus during the discus- representatives’ concerns regarding U.S.- Deychakiwsky humbly thanked those in in Washington focused on sions with various congressional Ukraine relations. attendance, and reflected on the work offices was on Ukraine’s inclusion as In the evening, Ukrainian Days partici- and achievements of the Ukrainian defending civil liberties an associate member of the European pants were warmly welcomed at the community in its efforts to attain and in Ukraine and promoting Union and promoting congressional Ukrainian Embassy where they had an solidify Ukraine’s independence. support for this process. opportunity to meet several Ukrainian dip- On Thursday morning, April 18, Ukraine’s entry into Mr. Sawkiw explained that, while lomats to discuss U.S.-Ukraine relations and Ukrainian Days participants gathered not everyone is able to attend other issues of concern to the community. for a congressional breakfast with the the European Union. Ukrainian Days, members of the Yaroslav Borsiuk, deputy chief of mis- staff members of the Congressional Ukrainian American community are sion at the Ukrainian Embassy, welcomed Ukrainian Caucus. The group discussion was a founding member of the CEEC in urged to make every effort to meet with the Ukrainian American community repre- focused on the current internal situation in 1994. their elected officials in their respective sentatives and urged them to continue Ukraine. In his remarks, Mr. Sawkiw under- During the CEEC’s morning briefing ses- district offices. Copies of the policy papers their involvement in Ukraine’s political scored that such events are essential for sion, the coalition’s representatives presented at Ukrainian Days can be process. “We have a common goal before expanding the community’s voice regard- reviewed the CEEC Policy Brief, which was obtained at the Ukrainian National us: we all are striving to integrate Ukraine ing U.S. policy toward Ukraine. distributed to congressional offices during Information Service by calling 202-547- into Euro-Atlantic structures and return its Later that morning, participants of the advocacy event. The policy brief sum- 0018 or e-mailing [email protected]. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 5

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Zenon and Axel Kolcio, sons of Katja and Bohdan Kolcio of Higganum, Conn., are new members of UNA Branch 277. They were enrolled by their grandparents, Magda Stephen and Sofia Handzy, children of Damian and Renata Handzy of Westfield, N.J., and Nestor Kolcio and Irma and Wolodymyr Pylyshenko. are new members of UNA Branch 777. They were enrolled by their parents. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 No. 19

COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly Sevastopol was the first step… To Ukraine, with love; It was just over three years ago, on April 21, 2010, that Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine’s newly elected president, signed a deal with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that was seen as a deep betrayal of Ukraine’s national interests. The most or, Russia’s comedy show controversial part of the pact extended Russia’s lease on its naval base in Crimea in by Mykola Riabchuk not even a nation.” exchange for a lower price for Ukraine on natural gas purchases. Known as the Answering the second question, about Kharkiv Accords, the deal kept the Russian Black Sea Fleet stationed on Ukrainian On April 25, Russian President Vladimir Ukraine’s prospective membership in the territory until 2042 (with an option to renew for another five years) – extending the Putin set another record, answering citi- Customs Union, the Russian president lease that was to expire in 2017 – and cut Ukraine’s price for Russian gas by 30 per- zens’ questions in a televised Q & A session assured the audience that Ukraine itself cent through 2019. It was in direct contravention to Article 17 of the Constitution of for five hours. The show was staged well, so and its people should reach a position on Ukraine which states: “The location of foreign military bases on the territory of that no uncomfortable or unexpected ques- the issue, and that Russia would respect Ukraine shall not be permitted.” tions could offend the tsar’s ears. any decision. He reminded the audience Supporters of the deal said it would save Ukraine billions of dollars, while oppo- Many participants actually strove not so only that the Ukrainian and Russian econo- nents said Ukraine’s sovereignty had been sacrificed. “Sevastopol is the first step,” much to ask their president anything but mies are linked through extensive coopera- said opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. “Ukraine has begun the process of losing rather to express their gratitude for his tion, and its rejection would lead to irrepa- its independence.” Analysts said Moscow had achieved one of its most important wise and benevolent policies. A Paralympic rable losses for both countries. “Whereas strategic goals: keeping a military foothold in Crimea. swimmer thanked him on behalf of all Russia might be able to recover these loss- Amazingly, President Yanukovych argued that “The continued presence of the Paralympic athletes for taking care of their es somehow, for Ukraine it would be Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol will increase regional security.” Opponents disagreed, needs, a local teacher praised the president extremely difficult. I fear that this could pointing to the exact opposite: Russia had used ships from its Black Sea Fleet during for his tireless care of the nation’s morale, lead to de-industrialization of some indus- its short war with Georgia in August 2008; the fleet’s vessels patrolled the coast of and a vice-president of the association of tries… According to our estimates, [Ukraine Abkhazia and sank a Georgian missile boat. Indeed, Georgian President Mikheil Arctic researchers expressed his gratitude would lose] $9-10 billion a year” (http:// Saakashvili stated that the deal was further evidence of Moscow’s expansionist for support and, in part, for drafting a en.for-ua.com/news/2013/04/25/ agenda and warned the Obama administration not to give Russia a free hand in what decree by which the president declared 154810.html). it sees as its “sphere of influence.” May 21 the Day of Arctic Researchers. Remarkably, neither the source nor Former President Leonid Kravchuk commented that Kyiv had consented to Mr. Putin’s answers ranged from tradi- details of these encouraging estimates have remain a country with restricted sovereignty until 2042, adding, “There has never tional castigation of petty bureaucrats (one ever been disclosed. In the meantime, two been a single disputable question between Ukraine and Russia, be it the Black Sea of them was labeled a “pig” for his unre- other countries that have already joined Fleet or distribution of former Soviet property, in which the gas valve was not used sponsiveness) to no less traditional crude the Russia-led Customs Union do not as a lever of pressure on us.” jokes (a poor Arctic researcher who asked appear very enthusiastic about their newly Those words should be recalled today, as Russia seeks to gain control of Ukraine’s him to speed up the formalities hindering acquired experience in the organization. gas transit system (GTS), threatening to yet again undermine Ukraine’s independence. The estimates of Ukraine’s gains and According to a report from the Eurasia Daily Monitor, Russia has been pressuring the official introduction of their profession- Ukraine to accept Russian investments in the modernization of Ukraine’s GTS al holiday was advised to “start celebrating losses should it sign the Deep and (which carries Russian gas to Europe), giving Gazprom de facto control over the sys- it right now and we’ll sign the decree when Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement tem. That would mean Ukraine would not have the possibility to freely use its own we are ready).” (DCTFA) with the European Union are pipelines in the “reverse mode” to access gas from Europe, leaving it even more vul- In his usual way, Mr. Putin dismissed much more modest. The first years, special- nerable to Russian pressure. At the same time, Russia has been seeking other routes “Russia’s negative image abroad” as a “ste- ists argue, would bring rather mixed to bypass Ukraine’s pipelines. As Vladimir Socor explained in EDM: “Moscow can reotype imposed on the world public” by results, even though eventually the net bal- shift gas export volumes… away from Ukraine’s gas transit system to Europe, even- unspecified enemies, and lambasted the ance of benefits versus losses would grow tually nullifying that system’s value. Under such pressures, Ukraine is expected to arrogant West for its desire to impose very noticeably and sustainably. But still, it hand over its transit pipelines to Gazprom.” dubious values and standards upon Russia. largely depends on Ukraine’s ability to use Moscow is also suggesting to Kyiv that a bilateral consortium be created to man- Rather than discuss issues like human all the venues and instruments that DCFTA age the GTS. That goes against Ukraine’s proposal for a trilateral consortium that rights, civic freedoms and rule of law in the provides to reform its economy, legal sys- would involve the European Union. Meanwhile, a bill initiated by Prime Minister session, the emphasis was primarily and tem and society in general. Mykola Azarov and registered in the Verkhovna Rada would amend current legisla- exclusively on the issue of sexual minori- In a way, DCFTA is much more about the tion that bans the privatization of the country’s main pipelines – yet another danger- ties, presented by the president in his fishing rod than the fish, and this makes it ous prospect as it would open the door to Gazprom’s “investment.” Critics of the bill favorite caricatured way: “You know, they profoundly different from the Customs say it would pose a grave threat to Ukraine’s energy security. have their own standards… If a Dutch court Union incentives generously offered by Mr. “Control over Ukraine’s energy [resources] gives Russia the ability to more easily allowed the activity of an organization pop- Putin (http://www.ceps.eu/system/files/ pull Ukraine into its Eurasian integration project,” commented Mykhailo Honchar, a ularizing pedophilia, why should we adopt simplenews/2011/05/NWatch88.pdf). well-known energy expert from Kyiv. “Gaining control over the infrastructure, first of such standards? If they want to reproduce Not all Ukrainians understand the eco- all the energy-related infrastructure, …means that the political orientation of the themselves through immigration, let them nomic subtleties of both unions, and not country can be changed from Europe to Russia.” do so. We are not meddling with their everyone is ready to take a fishing rod Former Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak put it even more bluntly: “Russia without affairs” (http://www.itar-tass.com/en/ instead of the real (or virtual but real-look- Ukraine will never become an empire. But, having subordinated Ukraine, it automat- c549/719682.html). ing) fish. Two years ago 44 percent of ically becomes an empire. It is absolutely clear that if the Ukrainian gas transit sys- Ukraine was mentioned only twice in Ukrainian respondents preferred Ukraine’s tem is in foreign hands that entity could on any day bring in its troops under the the session, and in both cases Mr. Putin’s accession to the EU, 30 percent preferred guise of protecting the pipeline.” responses seemed very friendly. First, the the Customs Union, and the rest opted for For Russia, Sevastopol was the first step, and Ukraine’s GTS is the next. Paralympics swimmer complained about non-secession or had no clear opinion the lack of training facilities: “These swim- (http://news.dt.ua/POLITICS/bilshist_ ming pools exist in Europe and even the ukrayintsiv_viddae_evrosoyuzu_perevagu_ Ukrainians have them, and are we in any pered_mitnim_soyuzom-89632.html). way worse than them?” Today the first group that prefers the EU May Turning the pages back... “In some ways, Ukraine is better than has shrunk to 41 percent, while the group, us,” Mr. Putin admitted generously. “I love supporting the Customs Union has grown Five years ago, on May 12, 2008, Presidents Viktor Yushchenko Ukrainian culture, the Ukrainian people, to 36 percent (http://www.razumkov.org. of Ukraine and Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania met in Vilnius, they’re a part of our collective soul. What’s ua/upload/Ukraine-2013_eng.pdf). Ukraine’s presidential press service reported, to discuss bilateral 12 so surprising that they’ve overtaken us in The Russian “fish,” however, has a price – cooperation and intensification of trade relations, as well as as one can easily figure out by taking a look, 2008 Ukraine’s integration with NATO and the European Union. some areas?” At the time, Mr. Yushchenko noted the importance of enhancing One may guess in which other areas the for example, at the “float for gas” deal (the interregional economic ties and strengthening bilateral investment smart Ukrainians have overtaken the “older so-called Kharkiv Accords) gullibly signed cooperation, especially when Ukraine was in the planning stages of hosting the Euro-2012 brothers,” and how the privilege of being a in 2010, shortly after his election, by Viktor soccer championship. part of Russia’s collective soul corresponds Yanukovych. Even if the mythical figure of The Ukrainian president thanked Lithuania for its clear and open support of Ukraine’s Euro- with the idea of “Russkiy Mir” and with Mr. $10 billion per year is going to materialize, integration aspirations, and noted Lithuania’s stance during the NATO summit in Bucharest. Putin’s earlier statement that Ukraine “is it would most likely end up in the pockets Mr. Adamkus responded with a promise of continued support for a NATO Membership of the “family” members and friendly oli- Action Plan for Ukraine during the alliance’s upcoming meeting in December 2008. Mykola Riabchuk is an author and jour- garchs rather than in any viable program of The two presidents signed a joint declaration that day, which highlighted that the relations nalist from Ukraine, and a leading intellec- national modernization. between the two countries had entered a stage of strategic partnership, including areas of tual who is affiliated with the journal And this is the point. Any Russia-led energy safety and transparency, European market energy integration, and joint participation Krytyka. union means preservation of today’s ineffi- cient, corrupt and incurably backward in energy projects with consultations on alternative energy sources and green technologies. The article above is reprinted from the economy for years to come. And, to be sure, The declaration also noted the cooperation of the two countries in the further develop- blog “Current Politics in Ukraine” (http:// it entails also a continuing disrespect for ment of a transport corridor between the Baltic and Black Sea regions, with expansion pro- ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/) created human rights, civic liberties and rule of law posed toward the Caspian-Caucasian and Scandinavian-West European directions. by the Stasiuk Program for the Study of The Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 was also a point in the declaration with both coun- (http://www.pravda.com.ua/arti- Contemporary Ukraine, a program of the cles/2013/02/18/6983699/). tries agreeing to unite efforts to honor the memory of victims of totalitarian regimes. Both Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (Continued on page 13) at the University of Alberta. (Continued on page 13) No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 7

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Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Scholarship Fund, so that the tor- Book’s author donates turous memory of the Russian occupation will not be forgotten. to scholarship fund Please contact me at suttonall@com- Dear Editor: cast.net if you would like to purchase my book, or send a payment of $23.67 to Ukraine is a country I knew very little Maria Sutton, 85 South Lupine St., Golden, about until just a few years ago. I had often Confessions of a Europhile CO 80401. A donation of $10 will be made heard it referred to as “the Ukraine,” and to the Scholarship Fund for each pur- Ukraine’s regime keeps playing off East Sunday. Some even criticized Italian food: the term confused me, leading me to chase. Your donations are sincerely and West, like a two-timing cad playing a student from Georgia pined for fried believe it was a province of Russia because appreciated and will help preserve off one girlfriend against another – until chicken, referring disparagingly to saltim- whenever I heard it mentioned, it was usu- Ukraine’s identity. they wise up and jointly dump him. bocca as “toothpick surprise”; another ally within a context or connection to Meanwhile, Ukraine’s intelligentsia knows decried those tiny Italian coffees. And the Maria Sutton Russia. My limited understanding of where its heart lies. Since independence, Venetian canals stank. To them I say: let’s Golden, Colo. Ukraine’s place in the world abruptly and many Ukrainian intellectuals have trav- change places, so you can go back to the shockingly ended when I unraveled the elled to Western Europe, some settling in odor-free land of comfy bathrooms, mega- mystery of my family, as told in my mem- positions at universities or research insti- sized coffee and round-the-clock fast food. oir, “The Night Sky: A Journey from Dachau tutes. They constitute an important cul- Family memories no doubt contributed to Denver and Back,” which Christine Applause for decision tural lifeline for their country. Along with to my fascination with the Old World. In Syzonenko graciously reviewed in the their principled espousal of European val- Vienna, I could gaze at the same Ferris March 31 edition of The Ukrainian Weekly. of Human Rights Court ues, their personal encounters with the wheel that my grandfather admired in the When I unraveled the mysterious disap- Dear Editor: continent contribute to Ukraine’s re-inte- Prater during the first world war, or pearance of my family, I also uncovered gration with its natural cultural habitat. squeeze my way into the Café Hawelka, Ukraine’s tragic history. I visited my home- The Canadian Group for Democracy in It’s not hard to guess what attracts where my father used to read the papers land in 2009 and marveled at the exquisite Ukraine (CG4DU) applauds the unanimous them. For those who grew up in the USSR, after the second. I grew up with my par- architecture, the golden domes shining decision by the European Court of Human “Europe” is everything that Bolshevism ents’ stories of wartime Vienna, where more brilliantly than the morning sun, and Rights in condemning the violations of and Communism destroyed: human rights despite the cold and hunger and the Allied the rich, dark soil that can produce enough human rights of Ukraine’s former prime and democracy, tolerance and civility, air raids they enjoyed a student camara- food to feed the world. But I also noticed minister and key leader of the opposition “bourgeois” manners and morals, the derie that I never experienced in America. the Stalinist, austere buildings that blight- Yulia Tymoshenko in her detention and Classical and Judeo-Christian heritage. That, too, was part of the attraction – an ed the warmth of Ukraine, and the pollut- incarceration by Ukraine’s authorities. And by contrast with both the Soviet illusory attraction, because an American ed rivers and lakes. Russia had left its Specifically, the court decided that “Ms. Union and the United States, which tried could never really be a part of it. mark on Ukraine’s landscape, and it was Tymoshenko’s pre-trial detention had to melt various ethnic traditions into a For it is one thing to be a tourist or a not a good one. It is the legacy Russia gave been arbitrary; that the lawfulness of her single civic culture, Europe preserves student in Europe, getting the wanderlust to Ukraine’s people that especially dis- detention had not been properly reviewed; strong ethno-national identities, even in out of your blood, and quite another to turbed me. and, that she had no possibility to seek an age of Euro-integration. live and work there. Perhaps, I thought, a When I met my family that had been compensation for her unlawful deprivation To us Americans, Europe has the style few years of real life would cure my lost to me for nearly a half century, I of liberty.” and culture we think we lack. Yet, in many Europhilia – especially if I lived on a mea- learned of Stalin’s mass executions, exiles The CG4DU wishes to point out the ways, America is itself a cultural emana- ger stipend rather than an American-size to Siberia and the murder of my cousin, error in public statements by Ukraine’s tion of Europe. And we shouldn’t forget salary and an executive expense account whose head was mounted on a post in the authorities that interpret the court’s find- how enthusiastically Europeans took to center of the village as a warning to insur- ing as censuring Ms. Tymoshenko for “con- for theater, opera and ballet. It didn’t the poetry of Poe, or the genius of jazz. gents. Ukraine was no longer a country temptuous behavior” during proceedings. work. The malady has proved incurable. For that matter, so did Soviet Ukrainians. whose place in the world I could not iden- In fact the opposite is true. On this point Today, many will say, Europe is unrav- I imagine that Ukrainian visitors to tify. the court states that it “found that, given eling. Economies are foundering, social European cities are struck by the same Ukraine’s identity is once again being that the judge had referred to her alleged benefits are threatened, the indigenous markers of cultural memory that initially threatened. It begins subtly with allowing hindering of the proceedings and contemp- population is dying out. Immigrants from impressed me: plaques identifying the the Russian language to be used in court tuous behavior, her right to liberty had Africa and the Near East are filling the lodgings of Baudelaire, Verlaine, proceedings and official government been restricted for other reasons than void. They want to live in Europe, but do Apollinaire; the house on London’s Mount records; it could lead to more assertion of those permissible.” they want to become Europeans? “Why in Street, Mayfair, where Handel wrote the power and forcibly bending the Ukrainian The CG4DU strongly supports Canada’s God’s name,” asks the German jurist Udo “Messiah;” the apartment on Rome’s Via people to Russia’s will. Ukraine must be position as stated by Minister of Foreign di Fabio, “should a member of a vital Sistina where Hohol worked on “Dead vigilant in defending its identity through Affairs John Baird: “With this ruling, the world culture want to integrate into Souls.” I think it was George Steiner who education that remembers the past. European Court of Human Rights sends a Western culture, when Western culture is pointed out that no matter how lonely My ancestors died for Ukraine’s inde- clear message that court proceedings in not reproducing itself, no longer has any you are in Europe – and a foreigner in pendence from Russia. I do not want their Ukraine fell short of internationally recog- transcendent idea, and is approaching its Europe is likely to be lonely – you have suffering and deaths to be for nothing, and nized norms of fairness, transparency and historical end?” (quoted by Robert Carle, due process.” the ghosts of the past to keep you compa- “A Grand Illusion,” Touchstone, January- that is why I am donating $10 for every ny. purchase of “The Night Sky” to the Like Canada, the CG4DU remains con- February 2012, p. 46). While I hate to see cerned about the political bias and arbi- For those accustomed to the bland shrinking families and empty cathedrals, I trary prosecution in this and other cases comforts of America, a trip to the Old would not mind one bit if the sex-shops that undermine the rule of law and contin- World used to be an adventure. In my and night-clubs staffed by trafficked East GUIDELINES FOR LETTERS ue the back sliding in Ukraine’s democracy. Edinburgh garret, where I had to keep European women were all replaced by TO THE EDITOR It calls on President Viktor Yanukovych feeding the heater with sixpence that mosques. to ensure a return to the rule of law. It also chilly August of 1967, the milk was deliv- Meanwhile, Europe has become passé. The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes calls on Canada, with other like-minded ered in glass bottles by a horse-drawn The young of America and Ukraine flock letters to the editor and commentar- friends, to exert the greatest pressure pos- cart. You could barely balance your tea- to China and India, Ethiopia and Vietnam. ies on a variety of topics of concern to sible on Ukraine’s president to comply with cup in the swaying, clattering third-class There, no doubt, lies the future. And, as if the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian conditions set out by the European Union carriages of the “Flying Scotsman.” In a to add insult to injury, we diehard Canadian communities. Opinions for further integration via the Association boarding-house near London, it took a American Europhiles are accosted daily expressed by columnists, commenta- Agreement. The most critical is the release couple of coins and two hours to heat the by pathetic imitations, or desecrations, of tors and letter-writers are their own and of Ms. Tymoshenko. water for the bath, in competition with our beloved continent’s cultural artifacts. do not necessarily reflect the opinions several other boarders, some of whom of either The Weekly editorial staff or The CG4DU also urges NGOs mandated Ukrainians, at least, have no need for to uphold human rights, promote democra- managed to bathe only once a week (and imitations. To be sure, Lviv’s Tsukernia its publisher, the Ukrainian National you could tell). Later, in my own damp cy, justice, rights of women, etc., to support seems almost more Viennese than the Association. brick-walled flat, I would doze by the publicly the court’s decision. The Ukrainian Landtmann or Griensteidl – though the Letters should be typed (double- “electric fire” – there was no central heat- World Congress has already done so. Other hospitable waitresses are a far cry from spaced) and signed (anonymous letters ing – until awakened by the smoke from Ukrainian organizations in Ukraine and in the grumpy Herr Ober who chides you for are not published). Letters are accepted the tips of my slippers. Such features the diaspora may wish to state their posi- hogging the “Wiener Zeitung.” But if you also via e-mail at [email protected]. would hardly impress a visitor from the tion clearly as well. sit on the terrace at Svit Kavy, wrapped in The daytime phone number and com- far more “exotic” USSR. plete mailing address of the letter-writer a blanket against the cold as you admire Oksana Bashuk Hepburn Nor did these charming inconvenienc- must be given for verification purposes. the Baroque façade of the Boim Chapel, es impress my fellow Americans. One pre- (A daytime phone number is essential in Andy Holowaty you need not imagine that you are in ferred Germany to Italy chiefly because order for editors to contact letter-writers Myroslava Oleksiuk Europe. You are already there. the bathrooms were almost as clean and regarding clarifications or questions.) Oksana Shmigelsky comfortable as those back in Iowa. Please note: The length of letters can- Marta Onufriw not exceed 500 words. Letters may be Another complained that the stores Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at edited or abridged. Ottawa closed from Saturday afternoon through [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 No. 19

Matthew Dubas Oleh Mahlay, artistic director and conductor, summons Soloists (from left) bass Oleh Zmiyiwsky and first tenor the necessary response from the Ukrainian Bandurist Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus President Anatoli Murha Taras Zakordonski harmonize during “Velykodnia Chorus, during the second half of their performance in addresses the audience. Pisnia” (Easter Song). Windsor, Ontario.

the UBC and the donations from the mem- approximately 800 in a stadium-style cert to express how the music of the UBC Bandurist... bers’ time and community sponsors, which arrangement. The evening was made possi- had moved them, and to thank the UBC for have made the UBC’s mission and its 95th ble by donations from the Ukrainian Future continuing the kobzar tradition and elevat- (Continued from page 1) anniversary possible. The UBC is just one of Credit Union, Ukrainian Selfreliance ing it to such a high form of art. The program continued with songs of a handful of bandura groups in the world, Michigan Federal Credit Union and private Mr. Murha said that as the UBC marks its spring adapted from poetry by Ukraine’s Mr. Murha noted, that is continuing the tra- donations, (a total of $2,400). 95th anniversary, the chorus has begun to bard, Taras Shevchenko, including, as dition of the instrument that has become As audience members mouthed the think about its 100th anniversary. described in the program booklet, “Sontse known as “the voice and soul of Ukraine.” words to Shevchenko’s “Reve ta Sohne,” “And then comes the question – okay, Hriye” (The Warming Sun), “Oy Hop Taki- As the UBC concluded its program with they remained on their feet as flowers were what are we going to do? How to commem- Tak!” (Let’s Dance Handzia!) and Shevchenko’s rousing traditional “Reve ta presented to Mr. Mahlay. The UBC treated orate the anniversary? One proposed idea, “Berestechko” (Why Has the Green Field Stohne” (The Mighty Dnipro), followed by the audience to a double encore with has been for the creation of a UBC endow- Blackened?), with music by Mr. Mahlay the audience’s standing ovation and shouts “Rozpriahayte” and a medley of Ukrainian ment fund as a project for the chorus to based on a Kuban Kozak melody. The first of “bravo,” the UBC indulged the hungry lis- songs called “Tankova Viazanka” (Dance foster the development of the bandura in half concluded with “Dumy Moyi” (My teners with a double encore – featuring Medley), which features “Zhuravel,” “I Ukraine and across North America,” Mr. Shumyt i Hude” and “Vid Kyiva do Lubin.” Thoughts). “Rozpriahayte” (Unbridle Your Horses), Murha said. Also in attendance was the Ann Arbor Following a 15-minute intermission, for and “Mnohaya Lita!” (Many Years). Mr. Mahlay noted that this concert series Boychoir (www.aaboychoir.org). Alex a costume change and re-tuning of the ban- Following the concert, the president of was the first themed concert for the UBC in Sutton, assistant music director for the duras, the chorus returned to the stage. St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral recent memory and he was satisfied with choir, said: “The kids loved it – dancing and thanked the UBC for making its first stop of the efforts of the UBC, considering all of the The second half featured imagery of conducting in their seats, and they wanted the tour in Windsor. She also recalled how new material. nature during springtime as depicted in to learn more about the bandura. The boys leading members of the UBC assisted the “As the UBC celebrates its 95th anniver- Ukrainian song. The nearly 50-man chorus were blown away! We don’t live with that thundered “Hey Brattia Opryshky” (My parish choir to flourish, and wished the kind of sound!” sary, we are humbled by the generations Brethren Opryshky) describing the moun- UBC continued success as the UBC’s 100th Only a few of the 35-member boys’ choir that have answered the call to continue this tains that provided the hideout for Oleksa anniversary draws closer. Audience mem- attended, as many were exhausted from a legacy, from its origins in the struggle for Dovbush – Ukraine’s Robin Hood, followed bers then gathered in the church’s hall for concert they had performed the previous Ukrainian independence,” said Mr. Mahlay. by a stroll in the evening with “Vechir socializing with members of the UBC. night. Now in its 26th season, one of the “We hope that our work does not disap- Nadvori” (In the Evening), then out to the Prior to the concert, a major sponsor of choir’s dedicated mothers went to school point our forebears and that we can contin- forest as they sang “Moyi Yaseny” (The Ash the event – the Ukrainian Credit Union with Mr. Mahlay; the choir looks to collabo- ue to promote the bandura and the group.” Trees) and “Oy Divchyno Shumyt Hai” (The Limited in Windsor, and members of its rate on future projects with the UBC. Many He added, “I truly feel rejuvenated after a Singing Forest), led by assistant conductor board, Mykhailo Zinchuk, manager of the of the boys came to the stage after the UBC weekend like that!” Roman Beley. Continuing to other scenes of credit union’s wealth strategy group, and concert to meet the performers and try their Some of the selections performed dur- nature, the next five songs were arranged by Michael Kryworuchko, credit union branch hand at plucking a few bandura strings. ing the “Sounds of Spring” concert series Hryhory Kytasty. As described in the pro- manager – presented a check in the are available on CD or DVD. To purchase a gram booklet, a song about a pond, with “Oy amount of $1,000 to Mr. Murha. Other On to Cleveland copy, or to make a donation, readers can Hilya, Hilya” (Good Evening, My Love), under major sponsors, whose contributions On Sunday afternoon, the UBC made its visit the UBC website, www.bandura.org; the direction of assistant conductor Yurij totaled $3,100, mostly private donors, were final stop of the “Sounds of Spring” tour at write to: The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, Petlura, then to the orchard, with “Sadom recognized in the program booklet, and St. the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gartner c/o Wolodymyr Murha, 15256 Ellen Drive, Sadom Kumasenko” (Through the Orchard), Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Church Auditorium – a major performance space Livonia, MI 48154-2318; or call, 734-953- then to the rivers and seas with “Karpatski donated the use of its cathedral and cultur- in Cleveland with seating for nearly 700. 0305. Sichovyky” (The Carpathian Freedom al center for the concert. Sponsors of that evening’s nearly sold-out Fighters), with words by Ivan Bahranyi. NEXT WEEK: UBC “behind the scenes,” Back home in Detroit concert included Cleveland Selfreliance (Translations in the program booklet were Federal Credit Union, local businesses and featuring commentary by a Michigan State not literal, but stylized to appeal to non- The following evening, the chorus per- private practices, (official donations totaled University ethnomusicologist researching Ukrainian audience members.) formed another concert, this time in its $3,275). the bandura and the UBC, and the ban- During the concert, Mr. Murha recount- home city of Detroit at the Sterling Heights Audience members came up to the durists’ performance at the Ukrainian ed his own personal 20-year journey with Performing Arts Center, which seats microphone during both halves of the con- School in Warren, Mich.

The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus enchants and moves the audience at Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 9

Mobilizing outrage: Joining forces to combat gender violence in Ukraine

by Marta Kichorowska Kebalo presenting us with a round of policy rever- sals on women’s rights and highly public The World Federation of Ukrainian traumatic events. On March 1, 2012, the Women’s Organizations (WFUWO) was a then-speaker of Ukraine’s Parliament, joint organizer of a panel titled “When Will Volodymyr Lytvyn, publicly voiced his res- the Violence Against Women and Girls Stop? ervations about the rightness of a draft law Global Solutions.” The panel was held in con- (of May 2011) on gender quotas. He ques- junction with the 57th annual session of the tioned women’s participation in Ukraine’s Commission on the Status of Women at the government, citing women’s naturally sub- United Nations. Below is the slightly ordinate status based on the Biblical story abridged text of the presentation by Marta of Eve’s creation from Adam’s rib. Kichorowska Kebalo, Ph.D., WFUWO’s main A letter campaign ensued, calling for his representative to the U.N. Economic and resignation. The letter was posted on the Social Council. The panel was held at the website of the feminist Gender Museum U.N. Church Center on March 8. The presen- site (http://gender.at.ua/news/2012-03- tation is being published in two parts. 06-947). It was signed not only by women’s organizations in Ukraine but also by the PART 1 World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Ukraine was one of the first countries to Organizations and the Ukrainian National officially support United Nations General- Women’s League of America – the first time Secretary Ban Ki-moon when he Irene Jarosewich that organized diaspora women openly announced the UNiTE to End Violence Dr. Martha Kichorowska Kebalo speaks at the March 8 panel on the topic “When joined the feminist-minded NGO communi- Against Women campaign in 2008. Will the Violence Against Women and Girls Stop? Global Solutions.” ty of Ukraine in a common front. Immediately after that, Ukraine’s high- Ukraine’s government was right to do so: A Ukraine’s government directed women to Movement, founded and directed by est authorities of the Ukrainian Greek- 2009 national survey commissioned by the crisis centers, shelters and hotlines to Tetiana Isayeva (http://gender.at.ua ); a Catholic and Roman Catholic Churches lob- United Nations Development Program receive services mandated by law, but that Kharkiv-based NGO called Krona, which is bied the Ukrainian Parliament to repeal the (UNDP) and the European Union (EU) esti- these services were actually provided not an education center for women’s rights and availability of abortion, which had mated that 44 percent of all Ukrainian by the state but by NGOs, and only by vir- equality and participates in the European remained accessible in Ukraine during the women have suffered domestic violence, tue of foreign funding. In most of Ukraine, 50/50 campaign for women’s parity in rep- first two decades of post-Soviet indepen- defined as “a pattern of abusive and threat- these services were spotty and are, in actu- resentative government (http://www. dence. The statements blamed women for ening behaviors that may include physical , ality, only starting to appear now, more grassrootsfeminism.net/cms/node/1211); Ukraine’s decreasing population. Under emotional, economic and sexual violence, than a decade later. the Ukrainian Association of Researchers in current law, a woman may choose to abort as well as intimidation, isolation and coer- Another problem was that the language Women’s History founded in 2000 by Dr. before 12 weeks’ gestation. On March 12 cion…[in order] to establish and exert of the 2001 law itself was flawed, allowing Oksana Kis (http://www.womenhistory. there was a proposal in Parliament to crim- power and control over another.” The the police to look the other way in domes- org.ua); and Feministychna Ofenzyva inalize a woman’s or doctor’s interruption Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, tic violence cases. Finally in 2008, an (Feminist Offensive), a grassroots organiza- of pregnancy (except where the mother’s which reported the problem as serious in amendment removed language that tion that stands in opposition to all forms life was threatened). The ensuing protest 2000, reported little improvement over the allowed police to cite a woman’s “provoca- of patriarchy in Ukraine, including compul- raised arguments on several fronts, includ- decade by 2009. tive” or “victim” behavior as justifying a sory heterosexuality and compulsory child- ing the need to keep Church and state sepa- It might surprise you to find out that, physical attack on her. Besides requiring bearing (http://ofenzyva.wordpress.com). rate, and the inadvisability of imposing this according to Alexandra Hrycak (writing in retraining of abusers, the amendment also These younger feminists are addressing law on all of Ukraine’s citizens regardless of 2010), Ukraine is actually one of the very helped by expanding the legal concept of the patriarchal actions of their country’s religious affiliation (or non-affiliation) and, few post-Soviet states that has even begun family to include co-habiting but unmar- national leaders while calling on the trans- not least, the dire consequences that the to create a national system to deal with ried couples. national women’s community to back them imposition of such abortion bans has had domestic violence. Let’s look at the history: After 2004, gender violence got some up in support of women’s interests and on women’s health in other societies. The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic much-needed attention from Ukraine’s basic human rights. Letters were written and heated demon- signed the 1979 convention of the government. With Ella Lamakh as director Tamara Martsenyuk of the National Committee on the Elimination of of family and gender policies within the University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in strations rocked Ukraine on both sides of Discrimination against Women in 1980. Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports (2005- Ukraine recently wrote in 2012: “During this complicated issue. But it was not until Ukraine’s indepen- 2011) Ukraine regularly supported the 16 the last two years, feminism, as activism March 8, International Women’s Day, dence in 1991 that Ukraine’s commitment Days of Activism against Gender Violence and as intellectual discussion, has finally ironically, also brought Ukraine to a crisis to the elimination of discrimination and campaigns (initiated by the Center for appeared in Ukraine’s public space – and over an incident of what is being called “big violence against women was put to review. Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers not a moment too soon, as grassroots ini- wig crime,” a pattern of attacks on young In 1995, in preparation for the Fourth University) and enlisted prominent men to tiatives present a counterweight to the ris- women by young men of privilege, that United Nations World Women’s Conference support an anti-gender violence stance as ing attack on women’s rights.” (See http:// have become commonplace and are com- in Beijing, Ukraine held its first ever parlia- part of a domestic campaign called “Stop www.isa-sociology.org/global-dia- mitted with impunity, ostensibly because of mentary hearings on compliance with the Nasylstvu!” (End Violence!”). logue/2012/07/ukrainian-feminism-in- the perpetrators’ connections to state offi- U.N. Declaration on the Elimination of all It is clear, however, that the official action/). cials. For example, in July 2011, a video forms of Discrimination Against Women approach to gender violence approved and Indeed, after the election of President caught Roman Landik, the son of a and the terms of the 1993 Declaration on supported by the Ukrainian government Viktor Yanukovych, social unrest has Ukrainian parliamentarian, brutalizing the Elimination of Violence Against and acknowledged by Ukrainian society is mounted in Ukraine. People are incensed Maria Korshunova (a young woman, who Women. These hearings were Ukraine’s currently focused on the family as the unit over increased poverty and social inequali- being engaged to another man, ignored his first opportunity to collect, analyze and of concern, in keeping with a traditional ty (90 percent of Ukraine is now in poverty, advances) in a restaurant while diners and publish data on discrimination against definition of women as mothers and family and 60 percent of Ukraine’s wealth is said restaurant staff apathetically looked on. In women and the exercise raised the state’s caretakers. This focus is, however, insuffi- to be held by only 100 of its families). 2012 there were several such extreme awareness of just how widespread – and ciently wide if it is to also address the many Concern is ever-rising over the crippling of attacks on Ukrainian teenage girls. March 8 under-reported – is Ukraine’s problem of other facets of gender violence in normal business and the rampant corrup- of this year marked the one-year anniver- domestic violence. Ukrainian society, a point that the feminist tion. In the fall 2011 issue of the journal sary of two such cases: Aleksandra Popova In 1998, when the news about Ukraine’s agenda consistently pushes. Krytyka, Yevhen Zakharov wrote about the managed to survive her ordeal; Oksana trafficking problem broke, the first state repression of all political opposition. Makar did not. Backlash against new feminism Women’s Congress in Ukraine (held in Kyiv The arrest and sentencing of Yulia Oksana Makar was an 18-year-old in the on May 21-23, 1998) acknowledged the In the 1990s, there was a small feminist Tymoshenko underlined the fact that even southern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv. She direct connection between domestic vio- community in Ukraine, working mostly privilege and social status does not protect lived in relative poverty with her widowed lence and the vulnerability of Ukraine’s through Western-supported NGOs, which women in Ukraine. Experts describe an mother, had a sixth grade education and a young women to forced prostitution and succeeded in raising women’s critical increase in structural violence against record of detentions for prostitution – a trafficking, an analysis also supported by awareness and provided a preliminary women, meaning that the state is failing to victim of life several times over. Her final subsequent research by Jane Rudd (2003). assessment of women’s problems. Among legislate changes to practices that directly victimization came at the hands of three Ms. Hrycak points out that in 1998 Ukraine, these earlier feminist organizations are sev- harm women and limit their access to local young men, who met her in a bar, to its credit, became the first post-Soviet eral that remain influential, such as the essential resources. There is also an inten- lured her to an apartment where they country to criminalize trafficking in per- LaStrada-Ukraine (March 1998), Ukraine’s sifying trend of neo-traditionalism, boxing repeatedly violated her, strangled her and sons and in 2001 became the first to define League of Women’s Voters 50/50, the UNDP women into identities based on maternity casually left her for dead, dumping her in a domestic violence as a criminal offense. Gender Program in Ukraine and others. or certain brands of religiosity. These over- construction ditch and torching her body. A Ukraine’s law of 2001 “On Prevention of Since 2000, a wider network of new all patterns affect the security of women in passer-by rescued her, barely conscious but Violence in the Family” mandated a nation- indigenous Ukrainian feminist organiza- a range of domestic, intimate and public able to identify her attackers. When the wide network of crisis centers and made tions has joined the older ones. This femi- settings. news broke, thousands wanted to help by provision for protective restraining orders. nism has several nodal points: the Museum The year 2012, particularly the month of Ms. Hrycak explains that after 2001 of Women’s History and the Women’s March, however, surpassed all misgivings, (Continued on page 14) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 No. 19

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“Composition-1” (“Venetian Fantasy” series) by Andriy “Blu-Rose” (two-part tapestry) by Jaroslava Lialia Bokotey, 2011 (blown-glass technique; colored blown glass). Kuchma, 2010 (hand-woven; wool, cotton). “Out of Tradition: Contemporary Decorative and Applied Art” Exhibit opens at The Ukrainian Museum

e-mail, [email protected]; website, www.ukrai- Ukraine’s most celebrated artists. Sonia Delaunay’s coloris- nianmuseum.org tic vibrancy and clarity are indebted to it. Kasimir Malevich’s experiments with faceless heads can be traced Art works that to his interest in the similarly rendered heads of folk dolls. ‘belong to the present moment’ The wide repertory of Ukrainian decorative art is in large measure dependent on natural forms, design motifs by Jaroslaw Leshko of the pre-Christian era and the spiritual art of Byzantium. The state of the decorative arts as assessed through the When in the late 19th and 20th centuries the Neolithic prism of the artists in the current exhibition flows out of Trypillian culture and Scythian gold treasures were exca- two distinct, yet complementary currents of present and vated from the soil of Ukraine, they were viewed as a vali- past. The 20th century was witness to the revolutionary dation of a cultural continuum. Decorative artists quickly dissolution of artistic boundaries, facilitating an interactive assimilated the curving designs of Tripyllian pottery into relationship among all disciplines. This momentous shift their work. Alexander Archipenko, Ukraine’s greatest had an enormous impact on the very nature, indeed stat- sculptor, who was starting his career at the time of the ure, of the decorative arts. The availability of new methods Neolithic discoveries, owes the sinuosity of his line in part and materials further enhanced the possibilities for self- to Trypillian design. expression. The exhibition brims with works of decorative and The distinguishing feature of the present exhibition is applied art that belong to the present moment — fully the artists’ Ukrainian descent, whether they are from reflective of the current practices in the field. Yet to refer- “White Dress with ‘Princess Olga’ Decoration” (Ethno Ukraine itself or the United States. Their symbiotic link ence tradition in this context is both valid and necessary. Renaissance collection) by Katya Pshechenko, 2008 with the rich history of Ukrainian decorative arts is a major Some of the artists in the exhibition make the link overtly, (various techniques; cotton). leitmotif of the show. others evoke it more subtly. All are aware of its centrality for The decorative arts in Ukraine run deep in the nation’s their art. Ukrainian decorative art anchors and emboldens NEW YORK – Organized by The Ukrainian Museum, the consciousness and cut across societal and geographic these artists to explore and experiment; to unleash their exhibit “Out of Tradition: Contemporary Decorative and boundaries. Each region takes pride in its own distinctive imagination and take their creative impulse to new places. Applied Art” features the work of 35 contemporary deco- design, which only adds to the rich panoply of the whole. rative artists of Ukrainian background from Ukraine, the The unifying thread is the high quality of the work and its United States and Canada. The aim of the exhibit, which universal acceptance. Decorative art is avidly collected, opened on April 28, is to showcase works from the innova- proudly displayed and carefully passed down from genera- tive realm of contemporary art and design that are rooted tion to generation. It plays an integral part in religious, in the tradition and aesthetic of Ukrainian folk art. national and family holidays. Over the centuries of oppres- Ceramics, jewelry, textiles, high-fashion clothing and sion, it kept alive the identity and spirit of a nation. accessories, and decorative items crafted from wood, The story of Ukraine’s decorative art is a living and glass, and silver are among the more than 150 objects in evolving one. Among its ardent proponents are some of this major exhibition. “Out of Tradition” is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with an introduction by Jaroslaw Leshko, professor emeritus of art, Smith College, and an essay written by Tamila Pecheniuk and Halyna Kusko, art historians and docents in the Art Textiles Department at the Lviv National Academy of Art. Amplifying the main exhibition are selected objects drawn from the The Ukrainian Museum’s extensive collection of folk art. Traditional Ukrainian cos- tumes and other textiles, pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs), gerdany (bead-strung necklaces) and ceramics serve to complement the contemporary works of art that allude to the ancient art forms. Shown separately, a collection of traditional Hutsul ceramics and the unique black-smoked ceramics from the Havarechyna region in Ukraine, brought together from various sources, underscores the rich artistry of Ukrainian culture. The exhibit will be on view through September 29; museum hours are Wednesday-Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. The Ukrainian Museum is located at 222 E. Sixth St. (between Second Avenue and The Bowery), New York, NY “Cell Memory. BABA” by VALYA, 2009 (quilt, wet- “Grasshopper” by Ulyana Yaroshevych, 2012 (wheel- felted, hand-quilted with felt needle; merino wool fleece, 10003; telephone, 212-228-0110; fax, 212-228-1947; thrown; clay, engobe). silk netting). 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 No. 19

ernment should immediately comply with the first new Priority Foreign Country des- Ukraine marks International Workers’ Day NEWSBRIEFS the ruling of the ECHR, releasing Ms. ignation in 11 years due to its severely dete- Tymoshenko and restoring her rights. riorating climate for IPR [intellectual prop- KYIV – May Day is still celebrated (Continued from page 2) (Interfax-Ukraine) erty rights] protection and market access, around the world as a proletarian holiday and call upon that government to reverse of solidarity, and Ukrainians marked Defense team to seek Yulia’s release USTR notes Ukraine’s regression recent backsliding and swiftly resolve the International Workers’ Day on May 1. The problems identified today.” The Special 301 day commemorates the 1886 Haymarket KYIV – The defense counsel of former WASHINGTON – The U.S. Trade affair in Chicago, when police tried to dis- Report is an annual review of the global Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Serhiy Representative (USTR) has designated perse a public assembly during a general state of IPR protection, enforcement and Vlasenko, said on April 30 that he believes Ukraine a Priority Foreign Country (PFC) strike for the eight-hour workday. When an market access, which USTR conducts pursu- the ex-prime minister should be released under the Special 301 statute due to severe unidentified person threw a bomb at them, ant to Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974, based on the ruling of the European Court deterioration of enforcement in the areas of the police reacted by firing on the workers, as amended by the Omnibus Trade and of Human Rights. “Today, for the first time, government use of pirated software and killing four demonstrators. In 1889, the Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the a European institution has given a legal piracy over the Internet, as well as denial of first congress of the Second International, opinion on the case of Yulia Tymoshenko. fair and equitable market access through Uruguay Round Agreements Act. USTR meeting in Paris for the centennial of the Based on Article 18 of the European the authorization and operation of copy- reviewed 95 trading partners for this year’s French Revolution and the Exposition Convention on Human Rights, the ECHR right collecting societies. “This year’s Special 301 Report, and placed 41 countries Universelle, called for international demon- unanimously held that Tymoshenko was Special 301 Report demonstrates U.S. on the Priority Foreign Country, Priority strations on the anniversary of the Chicago arrested and held in custody unlawfully resolve to take strong action to support crit- Watch List, or Watch List. USTR has desig- protests in 1890. May Day was first cele- and that she is subject to politically moti- ical jobs and exports in IP-intensive indus- nated Ukraine as a Priority Foreign Country brated in 1890 in Austria-Hungary, vated prosecution,” the Batkivschyna tries,” Acting U.S. Trade Representative in this year’s report as a trading partner Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Party’s press service quoted Mr. Vlasenko Demetrios Marantis said on May 1. ”I regret whose onerous or egregious acts, policies, the United States, Norway, France, Sweden or practices have the greatest adverse as saying. He stated that the Ukrainian gov- that the government of Ukraine has earned and other countries. For a long time, May impact (actual or potential) on the relevant Day was a symbol of revolution and irrec- U.S. products. In addition, Ukraine is not oncilable class conflict. In the Soviet Union, entering into good faith negotiations or International Workers’ Day became a making significant progress in bilateral or major public holiday. The last official May multilateral negotiations. Trading partners Day demonstration in the USSR was held on the Priority Watch List present the most TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 on May 1, 1990. The holiday is now cele- significant concerns regarding insufficient brated in 142 countries. (Ukrinform) or e-mail [email protected] protection or enforcement for intellectual property rights, or otherwise limited mar- Ukrainians approve of study abroad ket access for persons relying on intellectual SERVICES PROFESSIONALS KYIV – Almost 49 percent of Ukrainians property protection. Ten countries are on with such a possibility would send their chil- the Priority Watch List, and 30 are on the dren to get higher education at foreign uni- Watch List. (Office of the U.S. Trade versities, the chief editor of the weekly Representative) Comments, Tetiana Mokrotovarova, said at a Kravchuk: draft Constitution in late May press conference reporting the results of a national online survey conducted in Ukraine. KYIV – The new draft Constitution of “If possible, 49 percent of Ukrainians would Ukraine will be ready by the end of May, send their children to pursue higher educa- Leonid Kravchuk, Ukraine’s former presi- tion abroad, 22 percent would choose a met- dent who is chairman of the Constitutional ropolitan university, and one in five Assembly, said in an interview with the Ukrainians would insist that his/her child Segodnya daily. “On Tuesday we consid- pursue higher education close to home,” Ms. ОКСАНА СТАНЬКО ered and approved the first version of the Mokrotovarova said, according to April 22 Ліцензований продавець prepared amendments to the Constitution, news reports. She said 45 percent of Страхування Життя decided to set up a working group so that Ukrainians sent documents to as many uni- OKSANA STANKO together we could summarize all the pro- versities as possible; and only one in five to Licensed Life Insurance Agent posals that the same thoughts do not flow the most famous universities. A total of 87 Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. from one section to another. After May 10, percent of respondents said that they try to 32 Peachtree Rd. when the May holidays end, we will consid- get state-subsidized education, but if that is Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 er them again and the organizing bureau, I not possible they are ready to pay. “And one Tel.: 908-872-2192; email: [email protected] think, will send out the new draft in 10 are not ready to pay for their child’s Constitution and present it on May 20-25,” education,” the expert added. The survey also found that 25 percent of those polled SERVICES he said. according to April 25 news reports. Mr. Kravchuk said that members of the are ready to pay for education a sum of $500 Constitutional Assembly are considering to $1,000 (U.S.) per year, and 24 percent reducing the number of national deputies would pay $1,000 to $2,000. At the same of Ukraine to 300 and introducing a bicam- time, 8 percent of Ukrainians said they do eral Parliament. “These are not just verbal not have the financial means to pay for a proposals, but they have not yet been quality education for their children, and 5 approved. Although, it seems to me, it is not percent said they would not pay as a matter so important how many houses there are of principle. Ms. Mokrotovarova also noted in Parliament. There are countries with a that 38 percent of Ukrainians believe a high- unicameral Parliament, others with two er education diploma gives a person confi- chambers. Everything depends, not on the dence in his/her abilities and capabilities; 27 number of chambers, but on the composi- percent believe that a diploma is a chance tion of the Parliament and its responsibili- for a successful career; 17 percent associate ty: people came to the Parliament either to it with high-paying job. “Only 15 percent of work for the people or to use the people,” Ukrainians call a higher education certificate he emphasized. a formality,” she underscored. (Ukrinform) Russians visit Kyiv most during May Youths prefer socializing online KYIV – Kyiv is a much-in-demand city for KYIV – The majority of young Ukrainians Russians to spend their May holidays. The during their time free from study and work Svidomo portal reported this news on May 7, readily communicate with friends; every referring to the Russian online hotel reserva- second respondent claims that he or she OPPORTUNITIES tion service Oktogo.ru. “According to data, could not live without social networks. 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15.4 percent increase knowledge through cooperation, simplification of the visa NEWSBRIEFS private lessons, self-study; 13.6 percent go to Turning... regime, and Ukraine’s European and Euro- the theater, concerts, exhibitions; 11.3 per- Atlantic aspirations. (Continued from page 12) (Continued from page 6) cent engage in a hobby; and 4.1 percent of During the meeting, Ukraine’s Fuel and could do without such communication. The the respondents go to church or participate presidents opened a Holodomor exhibit at Energy Minister Yurii Prodan signed an inter- survey also revealed that during their leisure in a religious community. The answer the Lithuanian capital’s Museum of governmental moratorium confirming the time 42.6 percent of youths said they play “other” was chosen by 1.9 percent of the Genocide Victims. two countries’ commitments on implement- computer games and spend time on the respondents; 0.5 percent claimed they have Mr. Adamkus highly appreciated the ing the Odesa-Brody-Plock oil transport cor- Internet; 36.7 percent walk in the fresh air; no time to spare; 0.8 percent of the respon- exposition, and said that the preservation of ridor, discussed cooperation on nuclear ener- 35.8 percent are engaged in household dents found it difficult to answer this ques- a nation’s historical memory is key to a civi- gy projects and noted future cooperation on chores; 32.6 percent listen to music and the tion. The sociological study was conducted lized society, and he stressed that as many electricity exports to Lithuania. radio; 30.9 percent do sports; 29.6 percent on March 1-20, 2013 among 2,000 respon- people as possible see the exhibit. go to bars and restaurants; 26.3 percent dents age 15-21 in cities with a population On the sidelines of the meeting, President Source: “Ukrainian, Lithuanian presidents watch television; 24.6 percent visit clubs, of over 100,000 people located in 24 regions Yushchenko spoke with Lithuanian Prime meet,” (Ukrinform), The Ukrainian Weekly, discos; 19.6 percent go to the movies; 18.6 of Ukraine and Crimea. The survey’s margin Minister Gediminas Kirkilas about trade May 2008. percent read newspapers, magazines, books; of error is +/-2.2 percent. (Ukrinform) Ділимося сумною вісткою, work of military bases, pipelines and stra- що 6 травня 2013 року To Ukraine... tegic chunks of national economies that у Лінколн-Парку, Ню-Джерзі, (Continued from page 6) clearly clashes with the EU’s own neighbor- відійшов у вічність hood policy.” So far, the enormous natural resources This might well explain Mr. Putin’s св. п. have not helped Russian kleptocrats to worry about leaving Ukraine outside the modernize the country (http://www.rf- Customs Union and facing deindustrializa- Василь Паниця agency.ru/acn/reiting_ru.htm), and there is tion and annual losses of $10 billion. As to нар. 12 лютого 1962 року. no reason to believe that the union of his peculiar “love” for Ukraine, one may Ukrainian kleptocrats with their Russian, recollect an old Soviet joke: “Gogi, do you Парастас відбудеться 9 травня 2013 року, о год. 7:00 вечора‚ в Belarusian and Kazakh brethren would like tomatoes?” – “To eat them, yes; but Соборі Святого Вознесіння, 635 Broad Street, Clifton, NJ; (973) 473-8665 benefit anyone other than themselves. The otherwise, no.” myth of Russia as a rising economic power A perfect example of this kind of “love” Похоронні відправи відбудуться 10 травня 2013 року‚ о год. 10:00 on par with China, India and Brazil (so was demonstrated recently by popular ранку‚ в Соборі Святого Вознесіння, а відтак - на East Ridgelawn called BRIC) was shattered by the global Russian TV presenter Ivan Urgant on the Cemetеry у Кліфтоні, Ню-Джерзі. crisis that proved the inefficiency of corrupt show “Smak” (Taste), which runs on the У глибокому смутку залишилися: institutions and a resource-based economy. state-owned Channel 1 and in which he As the experts of the European Council of interviews celebrities while cooking with дружина - Христина Пастернак Паниця Foreign Relations aptly noticed in the policy them. Recently, he provoked uproar in сини - Марко й Андрій paper “Dealing with a post-BRIC Russia,” Ukraine by a humorous comment made dur- сестра - Розмарія Доброскок з чоловіком Петром “few still have any illusions about Russia’s ing the preparation of a soup: “I chopped та їхні діти - Николас, Наталка й Іван resurgence and many now fear stagnation these greens like a red commissar did the брат - Михайло Паниця and ‘Brezhnevization.’ ” In other words, residents of a Ukrainian village.” His interloc- теща - Ольга Пастернак regardless of Mr. Putin’s assertive rhetoric, utor, the celebrated screenwriter Aleksandr шваґер - Юрій Пастернак з дружиною Лаурою Russia is now a “post-BRIC state” (http:// Adabashyan, wiped the knife clean and ближча та дальша родина в Америці й Канаді. www.ecfr.eu/page/-/ECFR44_RUSSIA_ responded with similar wit: “I am just shak- REPORT_AW.pdf). ing off the villagers’ remains” (http://www. Замість квітів на могилу, родина просить скласти пожертви на This decline, they argue, forces Moscow rferl.org/content/russia-ukraine-comedian- Собор Святого Вознесіння. to “pursue a more cautious foreign policy. massacre/24961740.html). In particular, diminished economic expec- Thank God, they did not refer to gas tations and the increased presence of other chambers. actors in the region have seen Moscow Forced to apologize, Mr. Urgant con- craft a new strategy for the post-Soviet fessed, probably quite sincerely, that he space. Though it has not given up its hege- “could not imagine that the unfortunate monic ambitions, expressed in Putin’s pro- joke in a humorous program… could spark posal for a Eurasian Union, Russia now such an acute reaction in Ukraine, a coun- aims for a lower-cost sphere of influence. It try I love very much.” is deploying limited resources selectively to It’s a pity he did not feature Mr. Putin in Wіth profound sorrow we wish to inform our friends that create a kind of ‘lily-pad empire’ – a net- his anecdote. our dearest mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother,

With great sorrow we announce that Victoria Georgescu Klos Irena M. Hnatiuk passed away on Friday, April 26, 2013, at the age of 82. our much loved mother ,grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother passed away April 19, 2013, in Funeral services were held on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at Holy her Spring Township, Pa. home at the age of 91. She was Rosary Church in Edmonds, Washington. predeceased by her husband, Bohdan T. Hnatiuk (1998), The burial followed at Holyrood Cemetery in Shoreline, her brothers: Roman (1998), Zenon (1999), Bohdan (2000) and her Washington. granddaughter Sharon (1967). Born in Ternopil, Ukraine, Irena was the beloved daughter of the late Thomas and Euphrosine (Celecka) Victoria is survived by her four children: Tomkiw. She was a member of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Christina Spencer and son-in-law Bradley Spencer, Ukrainian Catholic Church, Reading, Pa. Marta Korduba and son-in-law Richard Ellings, She is survived by two daughters, and a son with their families: Julian Klos and daughter-in-law Kseniya, - Wolodymyra Gesford with husband Alvin (Florida) and Petro Klos and daughter-in-law Daria; Daniel with wife Jerianne, Peter, Kristi, Lisa with husband Kevin - Irena R. Pierantozzi (Pennsylvania) nine grandchildren: Donald, Maria, Roman, Thomas, Michael, Julianne Alexander Spencer (Donna), Anamika Bennett (Ryan), - Oleh Hnatiuk (New Mexico) and Katherine Ellings, John Ellings (Margaret), Julia Ellings, Kathryn, Christopher, Brent, Nicole fourteen great-grandchildren - Alexis, Arianna, Ashley with husband Ruric Ellings, John, Austin, Ava, Dominic, Kacey, Kamryn, Kelsey, Nicholas, Victoria Klos, Peter Klos, Orest Klos; Peter-Alexander, Rebecca, Seth, and Tyson, three great-grandchildren: three great-great-grandchildren - Nicholas, Cristian and Jayel Jadyn, Tyler and Brayden Funeral arrangements were by Gallman-Sonoski Funeral Home, Inc., Reading, Pa. Services were private and burial was in St. Mary’s Ukrainian She will live in our hearts forever. Cemetery, Jenkintown, Pa. Those wishing to make a contributions in her memory may direct them to: We wish to extend our deepest gratitude to caregivers, family • Nativity BVM Ukrainian Catholic Church, 630 Laurel Street, and friends for their support. Reading, PA, 19602 Remembrances may be made to the Ukrainian Catholic • Ukranian Catholic Cathedral, Kyiv, Ukraine, c/o Nativity BVM Education Fund. Church, 630 Laurel Street, Reading, PA, 19602 Please visit washelli.com to sign online tribute and view “God’s finger touched her, and she slept,...” Tennyson.. biographical audio video presentation.

132C 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 No. 19 Klitschko TKO’s Pianeta in sixth by Ihor N. Stelmach eree Ernie Sharif ended the fight 2:52 into the round. SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. – Wladimir The 37-year-old Klitschko improved to “Dr. Steelhammer” Klitschko defended his 60-3 after his 52nd knockout. Pianeta fell WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles to 28-1-1, 15 KO. with ease on May 4 by outclassing “I’m very disappointed and sad,” said Francesco Pianeta at SAP Arena in Pianeta, a cancer survivor who lives in Mannheim, Germany, stopping the unde- Germany. “I can’t say anything. It wasn’t my feated Italian challenger in the sixth round. day. He’s the world champion. It wasn’t The WBO’s No.7 ranked fighter went enough. That was rubbish today.” down in the fourth and fifth rounds, took a The two boxers worked out together last powerful left hook to the body in the sixth year and Klitschko spoke kindly of his for- and then was finished off with 25 seconds mer sparring partner. left in the final round, with a right hand-left “Francesco tried. He has a fighting cross combination that ended the bout. heart,” Klitschko said in post-match com- In his 21st heavyweight title defense ments. “He’s a positive example in boxing. fight, Klitschko peppered Pianeta from I’m sure he learned a lot and that he has a start to finish, dominating in the opening great future ahead of him. Francesco wasn’t Wladimir Klitschko jabs at Francsco Pianeta, keeping the challenger at bay on May 4 round when he landed a heavy left-right easy to box. He punched with the hardest at SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany. combination against the younger south- punches I’ve ever felt. Luckily, they didn’t paw. The champion caught the challenger hit me.” sively hyped fight. Instead, only a true box- European junior champion, on May 17 in with two additional big rights, but the Dr. Steelhammer not only won his 18th ing fan could have been excited about a Moscow. Italian landed a left hook of his own, one of straight fight since losing to Lamon simple bout where a dangerous lion simply Povetkin, the WBA’s “regular” champion very few punches connecting with Brewster nearly 10 years ago, but he once toyed with his prey. It was never a question and Klitschko, the “super” champion, are Wladimir. again showcased a weak heavyweight divi- if Klitschko could overtake Pianeta, but obligated to fight in order to unite the two Klitschko got his jab going late in the sion. This is not a slight against Wladimir when. titles into one lone WBA champion. The first round. He landed a series of jabs in the or brother Vitali – the two regularly display Wladimir Klitschko is expected back in two former Olympic champions have fourth round, then a long straight right dominant, workmanlike performance and the ring a little over three months from already canceled a pair of scheduled bouts hand planted Pianeta on the canvas for the deserve their heavyweight crowns. now, ordered by the WBA to defend his due to injuries. Russian promoter Vladimir first time. A left hook put the Italian down The challenge posed by Pianeta serves WBA title against Russian Alexander Hryunov won the purse bid to stage the again in the fifth round. as a perfect example of today’s heavy- Povetkin (25-0, 17 KO) on August 31, if Klitschko-Povetkin match, coming in with a The right-left combination put Pianeta weight scene: an undefeated rising upstart Povetkin wins his scheduled voluntary title bid of $23.33 million. Klitschko is entitled down for the final count in the sixth round. taking on a storied champion 10 years defense against Andrezej Wawrzyk (25-0, to a payday of $17.25 million – 75 percent He briefly attempted to continue before ref- older than him should have been a mas- 13 KO), the 2006 superheavyweight of the total purse.

Sitch men’s team advances to semifinal state cup game referee no alternative but to award a penal- his second incredible save in the PK shoot- ty kick for the Boca team. With things look- out. In round five, Salim Kouidri stepped up ing bleak for Sitch, the Boca player for Sitch, knowing his shot could win it, and approached the ball and blasted his shot proceeded to strike a perfect PK to win the towards goal which McDonald miraculously match and send the Sitch team and fans deflected up and into the crossbar. The ball into pandemonium. then caromed right to another Boca for- When Sitch Coach Bo Kucyna was asked ward whose attempt to shoot was stopped who he felt the star of the game was, he by a frantic Sitch defense hustling back to responded: “This win was the result of a block any clear rebound shot on goal. total team effort. All 14 players who The last chance of the overtime went to showed up this morning gave 100 percent, Sitch forward Dima Tereschuk, who sent some continued to play even with serious his shot across the goal and wide, ending bruises and injuries, and I couldn’t be the game 1-1, and forcing the five-round, prouder in their effort today. Alex, our goal- penalty kick (PK) shootout to decide the ie, well what can you say… stopping one match. penalty kick in a game is hard enough, but In the first two rounds of PKs, Sitch went he stopped three today and that, in the end, down 1-2 with Sen missing his PK and was the difference.” The Chornomorska Sitch men’s team celebrates its quarterfinal match win against Kucyna scoring his. In the third round, The semifinals are scheduled for May 19 Jersey Shore Boca on April 21. Andrew Panas scored for Sitch to knot the at home against the Hackensack Strikers. score at two-a-piece at which point The site and time have yet to be determined McDonald came up with a huge save to PARSIPPANY, N.J. – In a thrilling penalty The game then went to a full 30-minute but for more information about the semi- even things up after three rounds. In the kick shoot-out, the Chornomorska Sitch overtime. In the extra time, with both final game and/or the team, please contact men’s soccer team beat arch-rival Jersey teams giving all their efforts to score, it was fourth round, O’Connell scored to put Sitch Shore Boca 4-2 at Veterans Park Field on the Boca team that struck first at the 10 up 3-2 and McDonald then came up with (Continued on page 16) April 21 to advance to the semifinal round minute mark of overtime as the Boca for- of the N.J. State Cup scheduled for May 19. ward picked up a loose ball and slotted his The first 90 minutes were played very shot underneath the Sitch keeper from With Oksana’s death on March 29, evenly, with both teams playing strong close range for a 1-0 lead. Mobilizing... 2012, observers in the diaspora may have well expected a tsunami of anger in defense and looking for opportunities to Shortly thereafter, a glimmer of hope (Continued from page 9) play to their strengths. The Jersey Shore came for Sitch when a Boca player got sent Ukraine over the incident. But, even as Boca team looked very strong on set pieces off (red carded) for intentionally elbowing sending money and organizing blood Oksana gained support, there were many (free kicks and corner kicks) creating sev- a Sitch player in the head near midfield. drives for her treatment. voices judging her. Journalist Irena eral good scoring opportunities throughout After a brief argument by the Boca players, When two of the three attackers were Chalupa wrote an article describing how the two halves but were thwarted by Sitch the game resumed with Sitch having a man released by the police – allegedly because many people were dismissing her as “just goalie Alex McDonald, who was catlike advantage and throwing as many players of their relation to local government offi- a loose girl” (reported March 30, 2012). with his acrobatic diving saves. The Sitch into the attack as possible in order to get cials – street demonstrations erupted The kind of massive taking to the streets, team, on the other hand, created their scor- the equalizer. across several of Ukraine’s cities (including the outpouring of sympathy and expres- ing opportunities by playing a counter- Their strategy paid off because in the in Oksana’s native Mykolayiv, but also in sion of outrage over the accumulated attack style utilizing their speedy forwards 23rd minute of overtime, Anatoli Sen Kharkiv, Lviv and Odesa) leading to the wrongs, such as was triggered by the case and overlapping midfielders. passed to Dan Lewycky, who scored the young men’s re-arrest and trial. Among of the young woman gang-raped in a mov- Mykola Kucyna, Taras O’Connell and tying goal, placing his shot into the left cor- those taking to the streets to protest the ing bus in New Delhi India and led to the Anatoli Sen had the best shots on goal that ner of the net. Then, as if there wasn’t fate of Oksana Makar was the group called Valentine’s Day One Billion Rising demon- were stopped by a very good and sure- enough drama in the game already, 30 sec- FEMEN (founded in 2008 to protest strations of 2013 – did not gel in Ukraine. handed Boca goalie and after the first 90 onds after the ensuing kickoff, a Boca player Ukraine’s sex tourist trade), the bare- Apparently, there was still too much minutes of exciting and tense play, the dribbled down the field and into the Sitch breasted warriors wearing the flowered ambivalence and confusion over the issue game remained scoreless. penalty box area and was fouled, giving the wreath of Ukrainian maidenhood. of violence against women. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 15

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE During visit to Boston, Metropolitan Antony ordains subdeacon

by Peter T. Woloschuk all of Somerset, N.J. They were joined by the Very Rev. Roman Tarnavsky and JAMAICA PLAIN, Mass. – Recently Hierodeacon Vasil Janick of St. Andrew’s. enthroned Metropolitan Antony (Scharba) At the beginning of the visitation to St. of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Andrew’s, which is currently undergoing U.S.A. paid his first canonical visit to St. major renovations, Metropolitan Antony Andrew the First-Called Apostle Ukrainian ordained St. Andrew’s parishioner Kenneth Orthodox Church in Jamaica Plain, Mass., Kulmatycki to the subdiaconate. on Sunday, March 31. During the visit he In his homily during the liturgy, the ordained and tonsured a new subdeacon, Metropolitan stressed the need for prayer, concelebrated the Sunday liturgy, preach- reflection, and repentance, particularly ing a homily appropriate for the Second during the Lenten season, and called on Sunday of Lent according to the Julian cal- parishioners to observe the traditional endar, and at the conclusion of the liturgy Ukrainian Lenten practices, including the took part in a panakhyda (memorial ser- fasts and periods of abstinence. vice) marking the first anniversary of the Afterwards, Metropolitan Antony joined pastor’s mother’s death in Ukraine. He some 60 parishioners in the parish hall for then participated in a parochial luncheon a Lenten luncheon featuring fish and other held in the church hall. dishes made without meat or dairy prod- The metropolitan was accompanied by ucts. the Rev. Anthony Perkins, pastor of St. The newly ordained subdeacon, Mr. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kulmatycki was born in Edmonton, Woonsocket, R.I.; and the Rev. Deacon Vasyl Alberta. He is the son of Lillian and Michael Jane Yavarow Psakas, newly ordained subdeacon Ioan Metropolitan Antony with the Very Rev. Roman Tarnavsky (left) and Subdeacon Mazur and seminarian Volodymyr Yavorskyy, (Continued on page 16) Kenneth Kulmatycki. Floridians mark Chornobyl anniversary Ukrainian Chorus Dumka holds election meeting NEW YORK – The Ukrainian Chorus has been very fortunate to have as its con- Dumka of New York held its biennial ductor, Maestro Vasyl Hrechynsky. meeting on March 10 and elected the fol- Through his musical leadership, Mr. lowing officers: President Paul Liteplo, Hrechynsky has brought the chorus, com- Vice-President Yura Shevchuk, Recording prising amateur singers, to a very high Secretary Iryna Hnativ, Corresponding quality of vocal accomplishments admired Secretary Marusia Darmohraj-Mulyk, by Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians alike Treasurer Alexandra Jablonsky, Librarians throughout the United States, Canada and Wolodymyr Kornaha and Anna Ulitsky Europe. and Members-at-Large George Balynsky, The chorus is always looking for new Walter Safian, Lesia Cebrij-Rago, Yuri members to join its organization. Readers Semeniuk, Nataliya Fayfer and Alexander who love to sing and are interested in Alekseyenko. Ukrainian choral music may feel free to The Dumka Chorus was formed in visit Dumka’s website at www.dumka.org 1949 and next year will be celebrating its or to contact the director at director@ 65th anniversary. Since 1991, the chorus dumka.org.

OSPREY, Fla. – Observances of Earth Day at Oscar Scherer State Park in Osprey, Fla., on April 21 included a special exhibit: “Chornobyl Nuclear Disaster.” It was orga- nized to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Chornobyl tragedy by the public Kyiv Trio performs in North Port relations co-chairs Nellia Lechman and Vira Bodnaruk, public relations co-chairs of Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA) Branch 56, with the help of Dr. Bohdan Bodnaruk of the Sierra Club. On exhibit were a fact sheet about the Chornobyl disaster, buttons and stickers prepared in the past by the Ukrainian Language Society, a commemorative envelope of the Ukrainian Philatelic Society, and books on Ukraine and Chornobyl. Throughout the day, visitors were informed in detail about the Chornobyl disaster by Mmes. Lechman and Bodnaruk, as well as Olya Hron, Areta Baranowskyj, Alexandra Popel, Christyna Sheldon, Oksana Lew, Lida Mychalowych, Roxolana Yarymovych and Ann-Marie Susla, president of UNWLA Branch 56. Other members of the Ukrainian community also lent their support. Earlier in the day there were memorial services for the victims of Chornobyl at Ukrainian churches in North Port, Fla. – Vira Bodnaruk

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Our online archives are made possible by our generous sponsors: Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union Victor Lisnyczyj Shevchenko Scientific Society U.S.A. NORTH PORT, Fla. – A magnificent concert of the Kyiv Trio took place on Sunday Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union afternoon, March 24, at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Religious and Cultural Center in North Port, Fla. The audience, which filled the hall to capacity, was spellbound by the breath- Anonymous donor taking performance of the celebrated Kyiv Trio — pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky, cellist SUMA (Yonkers) Federal Credit Union Natalia Khoma and violinist Nazar Pylatiuk. A special appearance by composer, pianist Heritage Foundation of 1st Security Federal Savings Bank and conductor Myroslav Skoryk, whose compositions were performed, added to the Bahriany Foundation very memorable event. Performed in concert were works by Schubert, Cassado, Villa- and others Lobos, Chopin, Haydn and Skoryk. Above, the audience gives a standing ovation to the Kyiv Trio and Maestro Skoryk. – Vira Bodnaruk 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 No. 19

Photo project documents life of HIV-positive family in Odesa NEW YORK – Joseph Sywenkyj, an Europe, Central Asia, as well as in Africa American of Ukrainian descent specializ- and the Middle East. ing in documentary photography and A graduate of the School of Visual Arts photojournalism, will exhibit his long- in New York, Mr. Sywenkyj has exhibited term documentary project “Verses: A his photographs in numerous galleries Family in Odesa, Ukraine” at the Camera and museums, including the George Club of New York on May 9-25. Eastman House in Rochester, N.Y.; Musée Mr. Sywenkyj began the project over a de l’Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland; Les decade ago. Sasha, Ira and their daughter Rencontres d’Arles in Arles, France; The Masha, who are HIV-positive, are the lead Richard B. Russell Senate Office Building characters in this ongoing project. The in Washington; and the United Nations project documents much of 11-year-old Visitors’ Lobby in New York. Masha’s life. It is not only a testament to His photographs have appeared in her personal strength, but also a way to various publications, among them The observe the program that gives her free New York Times, Conde Nast Portfolio, antiretroviral therapy, which keeps her Departures, GQ, Time, Newsweek and healthy and alive. This is not a story of The New Yorker. His work may be quick change or fast healing. The story viewed online at: www.josephsywenkyj. progresses slowly, yet captures moments com. of family life and dynamics that cover a The opening reception is on Thursday, variety of situations and emotions. May 9, at 6-8 p.m. The gallery is located In 2003 Mr. Sywenkyj moved to at 336 W. 37th St., Suite 206, New York, Ukraine on a Fulbright grant. He has NY 10018; gallery hours are Monday been based in Ukraine since that time through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. For and has worked extensively on assign- information log on to www.cameraclubny. ment throughout Central and Eastern org. Masha, age 6, was infected with HIV through mother-to-child transmission at birth. The photo above was taken by Joseph Sywenkyj in Odesa in 2007.

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Kulmatycki and the younger brother of Lea. He attended the University of Alberta and graduated as a board certified pharmacist, practiced pharmacy for a number of years in community and long-term care settings, and then returned to school to obtain a Ph.D. in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sci- ences. Subdeacon Kulmatycki came to the United States in 2000 to work for a large pharmaceutical company located in Kenilworth, N.J., where he was a parishio- ner and served at the altar of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Ukrainian Orthodox Church. In 2009 he came to Boston to work for a small biotechnology company and is currently employed at a pharmaceutical company in Cambridge, Mass., where he conducts global human clinical trials. St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church was founded in 1955 with the merger of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Boston and St. Nicholas Bukovinian Orthodox Church of Cambridge.

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Coach Kucyna at [email protected]. Sitch men’s team roster: Alex McDonald, Andrew Panas, Andrew Kudryk, Andrew Mandzy, Roman Tabachouk, Salim Kouidri, Mykola Kucyna, Marco Hordynsky, D. Loaiza, Taras O’Connell, Stepan Kolidiy, Dan Lewycky, Dima Tereschuk, Anatoli Sen, Bo Kucyna (coach), Nick Hordynsky (manager). In regular Garden State Soccer League Super Division standings, as of press time, Sitch is in fifth place after 12 matches played and has 20 points, with six wins, two ties and four losses, with 20 goals for and 15 against. During the spring season, Sitch won 3-0 against the Hackensack Strikers on May 3, Sitch won 3-0 against Jersey Juniors on April 30, Sitch lost 2-3 against Vistula Garfield on April 23, Sitch’s April 21 match against Icon was postponed due to lack of fields, Sitch lost 3-1 against Jersey Shore Boca on April 12, and Jersey Juniors forfeit- ed its March 22 match against Sitch, with Sitch walking away with a 1-0 win. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 17 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 No. 19

May 16 Lecture by Serhiy Yekelchyk, “Memory Wars on the Silver May 24-27 Memorial Day Weekend Zlet, Ukrainian American Youth Seattle, WA Screen: Ukraine and Russia Look Back at the Second Ellenville, NY Association camp, 845-647-7230 or World War,” University of Washington, 206-543-6848 www.cym.org/us-ellenville

May 17 Container gardening demonstration using recycled planters, May 31 “Golfing for our Kids” tournament, Ukrainian Youth Whippany, NJ Spartanky Plast Sorority, Ukrainian American Cultural Mississauga, ON Association of Canada, [email protected] or 647-229-0398 Center of New Jersey, [email protected] or 973-541-1331 June 1 Spring concert and student recital, “Sights and Sounds of Cleveland Spring,” featuring the Kashtan School of Ukrainian Dance May 17-19 Ukrainian Festival, St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church, and the Zorya Female Vocal Ensemble, Ukrainian Cultural New York Seventh Street between Second and Third avenues, Arts Association of Greater Cleveland, St. Ignatius High 212-253-2417 School, Breen Center for the Performing Arts, www.ucaasite.org May 18 Book presentation by Vladyslav and Lyudmyla Hrynevych, New York Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 June 1 Performance, “Ukraina,” celebration of Park Ukraina and Hayward, CA the Rev. Agapius Honcharenko, Ukrainian American May 19 Family workshop, “Ukrainian Folk Painting,” The Coordinating Council – Northern California Branch, Garin New York Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 or Regional Park, 650-281-6927 or [email protected] www.stmichaeluocsforg/pages/honcharenko.aspx May 19 Performance, “40th anniversary of the School of Voloshky June 8 Golf tournament, Ukrainian American Youth Association – Glenside, PA Ukrainian Dance Ensemble and Celebration,” featuring the Wisconsin Dells, WI Mykola Pavlushkov Branch, Trappers Turn Golf Course, Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble and gypsy jazz [email protected] guitarists Kruno Spisic and Vjeko Dimter, Keswick Theater, 215-572-7650 June 8 Golf tournament, St. Anthony Ukrainian Orthodox May 19 Benefit concert with Julian Kytasty to assist fire-damaged Enoch, AB Church, Indian Lakes Golf Course, 780-424-5362 or Woonsocket, RI St. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Blackstone River [email protected] Theater, 401-725-9272 June 15 Golf tournament, Ukrainian American Sports Center May 19 Conference celebrating the 125th anniversary of Volodymyr Ambler, PA Tryzub, Limekiln Golf Club, 215-343-5412 or New York Mijakovsky’s birth, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and www.tryzub.org Sciences, 212-222-1866 June 15 Plast Golf Classic tournament, fund-raiser for Baturyn May 24-26 Ukrainian Nationals Memorial Weekend Youth Soccer Lorraine, Quebec camp, Club de Golf Lorraine, [email protected] or Horsham, PA Tournament, Ukrainian American Sports Center Tryzub, 514-744-9648 215-343-5412 or www.tryzub.org Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events May 24-26 Great Lakes Cup soccer tournament, Ukrainian American advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Parma, OH Sports Club Lviv, James Day Park, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors [email protected] or 440-623-3232 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

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Syracuse Plast members learn CPR Thanks to the efforts of Dr. Maria Hrycelak, M.D., head of the UMANA Foundation, and Dr. Borys Buniak, president of the Syracuse chapter of UMANA, Syracuse Plast members, including counselors, teens and adults who regularly volunteer at Plast summer camps, were able to benefit from a very comprehensive four-hour First Aid and CPR training session from the American Red Cross. To the delight of Syracuse Plast members, the instructor was a pleasant and enthusiastic young man named Anthony Mastracco, During the First Aid and CPR training: (front row, from left) Lida Buniak, Instructor Anthony Mastracco during Natalia Yuravich, Tania Melnyk, Alexandra Salenko, Adriana Buniak, a demonstration with Jerry Salenko. Jerry Salenko, (second row) Xrystyna Yuravich, Ostap Yuravich, Anthony Mastracco, Adrian Temnycky, Ivanka Temnycky, Ira Yuravich, Iryna Gor- by Lida Hvozda Buniak bachevska and Roma Temnycky. SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The UMANA who shared with his students that he of the Syracuse community, that or- (Ukrainian Medical Association of was an Eagle Scout – a perfect fit! ganizers hope to do this again next North America Foundation) has a The class size was limited to year, especially including members history of sponsoring the CPR and maintain a 12:1 student-to-teacher of the UAYA. First Aide Training course for camp ratio, however, there has been such counselors from Plast Ukrainian a great deal of interest and enthusi- Lida Hvozda Buniak heads the Scouting Organization, the Ukrai- asm generated from other members Plast Group of Syracuse, N.Y. nian American Youth Association, the Ukrainian Democratic Youth Association (ODUM) and other such Mishanyna organizations throughout Ukrainian communities such as Chicago, De- Natalia Yuravich, Xrystyna Yuravich This month’s Mishanyna is dedicated to May flowers, annuals, peren- troit and Whippany, N.J. and Tanya Melnyk learn CPR. nials and flowering shrubs and trees. Find the names of some of these beauties hidden in the Mishanyna grid. AZALEA GERANIUM PETUNIA Hahilky and Easter egg hunt CLEMATIS HYDRANGEA PORTULACA DELPHINIUM MARIGOLD ROSE held at Hillside, N.J., parish FUCHSIA PEONY ZINNIA

HILLSIDE, NJ – On Sunday, April 7, the children of Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church learned and performed various hahilky – spring ritual dances – under the direction of Odarka Polanskyj Stockert and Christine Bohacz. The parochial vicar, the Rev. Vasyl Vladyka, joined the children in the singing and dancing of hahilky. The children were also treated to an Easter egg hunt (seen above) on the grounds of this Union County, N.J., parish. – Joe Shatynski 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 No. 19

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Sunday, May 19 Center, County Line and Lower State roads). A 2 p.m. stage show will feature the NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Academy of Arts Voloshky School of Ukrainian Dance, the and Sciences in the U.S. invites all to a memorial event marking the 125th anniver- Karpaty Orchestra and more to be sary of Volodymyr Mijakovsky’s birth. The announced. A zabava-dance to the tunes of speakers will be UVAN President Albert the band will follow. Tryzubivka will also Kipa, historian Dr. Oles Fedoruk, Oksana host the U.S. Amateur Soccer Association Mijakovska-Radysh and author Tamara National Cups (Open and Amateur, Men’s Skrypka, presenting her book “Volynski and Women’s) Region I Championship Obrazky: Kovelska Elita Druhoyi Polovyny Tournament from 10 a.m. through 7 p.m. XIX Stolittia,” in which the Mijakovsky family (on both Saturday, June 15, and Sunday, June is included among those of Drahomanov 16). Some of the best amateur soccer teams and Kosach. The event will take place in the in America will compete for the U.S. Open academy’s building at 206 W. 100th St., and Amateur Region I Cups. There will be (between Broadway and Amsterdam plentiful Ukrainian homemade foods and Avenue) at 3 p.m. For additional information baked goods, picnic fare and cool refresh- call 212-222-1866. ments. Admission on Sunday: $5 for adults; children 14 and under: free. Admission on Sunday, June 16 Saturday: Free. For more information call HORSHAM, Pa.: The popular Father’s Day 215-362-5331, e-mail [email protected], Ukrainian Fest will commence at 1 p.m., at log on to www.tryzub.org, or visit the Tryzubivka (Ukrainian American Sport Facebook page for Tryzub Ukrainian Club.

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

Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Heritage Ukrainian Dance Academy Day Camp Workshop Session 1: July 14-19 June 30- July 13 Session 2: July 21-26 Vigorous 2-week dance training A returning favorite, in the form of a day for more intermediate and advanced camp. Children age 4-7 will be exposed to dancers age 16 and up under the Ukrainian heritage through daily activities direction of the Roma Pryma Boha- such as dance, song, crafts and games. chev sky Ukrainian Dance Children will walk away with an expanded Foundation, culminating with perfor- knowledge of Ukrainian folk culture and mances on stage during the language, as well as new and lasting Ukrainian Cultural Festival weekend. friendships with other children of Ukrainian Additional information http://www. heritage. Price includes kid’s lunch and syzokryli.com/ T-shirt and, unless noted, is based on in- house occupancy of parent/guardian. Discovery Camp July 14-20 Chornomorska Sitch Sports School Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Calling all nature lovers age 8-15 Session 1: July 21-27 • Session 2: July 28-August 3 Ukrainian Dance Camp for this sleep-over program filled with 44th annual sports camp run by the Ukrainian Athletic-Educational Association Session 1: July 21-August 3 outdoor crafts, hiking, swimming, Chornomorska Sitch for children ages 6-17. This camp will focus on soccer, tennis, volleyball organized sports and games, bon- and swimming, and is perfect for any sports enthusiast. Registration can be completed on- Session 2: August 4-August 17 fires, songs and much more. Room, line by clicking on the link found at Soyuzivka’s camp website - http://soyuzivka.com/Camps. Directed by Ania Bohachevsky-Lonkevych board, 24-hour supervision and a Requests for additional information and your questions or concerns should be emailed to (daughter of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky), this lifetime of memories are included. [email protected], or contact Roman Hirniak at (908) 625-3714. camp is for aspiring dancers age 8 -16, offering expert instruction for beginning, intermediate and advanced students. Room, board, 24-hour For applications or more info please call Soyuzivka, 845-626-5641, supervision, expert lessons and plenty of fun are included. Each camp ends with a grand recital. or check our website at www.soyuzivka.com Attendance will be limited to 60 students.