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INSIDE:• GUAM establishes Organization for Democracy — page 3. • Graduate student symposium held in Toronto — page 12. • Energy roundtable in Houston focuses on Ukraine — page 15.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIV HE KRAINIANNo. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine T U TymoshenkoW bloc and Socialists UNA’sPARSIPPANY, 36thN.J. – As this Convention issue of begins The Ukrainian Weekly goes to press on unite into parliamentary coalition Friday morning, May 26, the Ukrainian by Zenon Zawada Furthermore, the Tymoshenko-Moroz National Association’s 36th Regular Kyiv Press Bureau document consisted of no specific plan of Convention gets under way at action or program, Dr. Taran said. Soyuzivka. This will be the first time in KYIV – In the latest public relations The failure of the Orange forces to the fraternal organization’s 112-year gambit in forming Ukraine’s parliamen- unite spilled into the first session of the history that its convention will be held tary majority, Yulia Tymoshenko and fifth convocation of the Verkhovna Rada at its own estate, located in Kerhonkson, Oleksander Moroz announced on May 25 on May 25. N.Y., in the scenic Catskill region. that they have united their political forces Deputies from Our Ukraine, the The convention program includes to form a coalition. Tymoshenko Bloc and the Socialist Party reports by members of the General Ms. Tymoshenko and Mr. Moroz held voted to close the session early and post- Assembly, that is, executive officers, a document that they said paraphrases the pone the Rada’s next meeting until June 7. auditors and advisors; elections of a new agreement that will be signed by the Expect further cancellations and General Assembly; voting on amend- three Orange political forces in delays throughout the summer, said Oles ments to the UNA By-Laws; a discus- Parliament, including the Our Ukraine Donii, chair of the Kyiv-based Center for sion about the development of bloc. Political Values Research, which is sup- Soyuzivka and the recently established Without Our Ukraine however, the ported by Ukrainian citizens and is seek- Soyuzivka Heritage Foundation; and a Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the Socialist ing international financing. discussion about the future of the UNA’s Party of Ukraine don’t have enough votes An Orange coalition will eventually activity in Canada. Cover of the commemorative journal to form a majority. emerge, Mr. Donii said, and the coalition In addition, during their four-day of the 36th UNA Convention. “Without a doubt, that was a PR step will approve of a new Rada chairman. stay at Soyuzivka, delegates will have to show how they’re ready to work However, Mr. Donii said he doesn’t Sunday, May 28. an opportunity to attend a Hutsul- together while Our Ukraine is stalling the expect the coalition will approve Ms. themed dinner and program on Friday, The theme of the 36th UNA process,” said Serhii Taran, director of May 26; a “Tastes of the World” dinner Convention, which continues through the Institute of Mass Information in Kyiv. (Continued on page 9) on Saturday, May 27; and a concert Monday, May 29, Memorial Day, is and gala convention banquet on “UNA: Ukrainians United.” 100,000 buried at Bykivnia Ukrainian American’s documentary recalled at Day of Remembrance opens human rights film festival in Kyiv by Zenon Zawada mass grave on the outskirts of Kyiv. Kyiv Press Bureau “We must know the truth,” Mr. by Zenon Zawada Orange Chronicles” is unique because Yushchenko said May 21, standing BYKIVNIA, Ukraine – Western alongside his wife, Kateryna. “Why did Kyiv Press Bureau Mr. Kolodiy’s voice sets a first-person Ukrainians have long been aware of the narrative, offering the viewer his subjec- our nation lose more than 10 million peo- KYIV – More than 600 viewers gath- vicious brutality wrought by Soviet com- ple without a war?” tive, personal perspective of the events. munism, but only in recent years have ered in the Cinema Building on May 21 Aside from the historic events in Kyiv, From the early 1920s through Joseph Ukrainians from the central region of the Stalin’s murderous purges, the Soviet to watch “The Orange Chronicles,” a Mr. Kolodiy also recorded the violent documentary film about the Orange country begun to grasp their hidden past. government hauled the bodies of tortured antagonism toward the revolution In a step toward uncovering Ukraine’s Revolution produced by Damian and slaughtered political prisoners to the demonstrated by southern and eastern dark history, President Viktor Kolodiy, an American of Ukrainian pine forests outside the village of Ukrainians which he filmed while riding Yushchenko became the first Ukrainian descent. Bykivnia and buried them in a grave that with the Friendship Train. president to take part in the annual Day “The Orange Chronicles” opened the spanned 161,500 square feet. It was during this trip that supporters of Remembrance ceremony to honor the third annual Human Rights Documentary of Viktor Yanukovych pelted Mr. estimated 100,000 people buried in the (Continued on page 9) Film Days festival, organized by the Kolodiy’s car with eggs and rocks. Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union While the caravan traveled to Donetsk, and the Center for Contemporary steel jacks scattered on the road punc- Information Technology and Visual Arts. tured car tires preventing the “train” from Out of more than 70 films submitted, reaching the city. organizers selected Mr. Kolodiy’s film to Among the scenes that most compelled open the festival because it offered a the audience was Mr. Kolodiy’s tense dia- view of the revolution from an intimate logue with a Kherson man, who declared perspective, said Yaroslav Hordiyevych, his contempt for Americans because project coordinator for the Ukrainian “you’re always crawling everywhere and Helsinki Human Rights Union. going where you’re not needed.” “Even though it is a chronicle, it has a Those comments drew applause from personal touch and personal feelings,” the audience. Mr. Hordiyevych said. “It involves con- The audience turned silent when the templation, rather than showing what same fellow then expressed his desire to took place. He thinks about the events.” slit Mr. Kolodiy’s throat. “The Orange Chronicles” is a 110- Mr. Kolodiy managed to be at the right minute film in which Mr. Kolodiy, a New places at the right times, recording the York City native whose grandparents revolt’s historic moments, including emigrated from Ukraine, watches the Yulia Tymoshenko’s call to action on the Orange Revolution unfold before the lens revolution’s eve, Roman Tkach’s famous of his camera. speech in front of the Presidential President Viktor Yushchenko, flanked by First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko and Though numerous films have been acting Prime Minister Yurii Yekhanurov, walks toward the memorial at produced on the Orange Revolution, “The (Continued on page 8) Bykivnia, site of a mass grave of victims of Communist terror. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 No. 22

ANALYSIS Concerns raised about Russia NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS New Rada to gather on May 25 meters, Mr. Yatseniuk said such an increase could lead to a 6-7 percent drop in gross chairing the Council of Europe KYIV – Prime Minister Yurii domestic product and a leap in inflation of Yekhanurov said in an interview in the 25-30 percent. (RFE/RL Newsline) by Brian Whitmore committee, which comprises the foreign May 24 issue of the Kyiv-based daily RFE/RL Newsline ministers of all the member-states, or Ekonomicheskie Izvestia that an “official Yanukovych foresees coalition in June their permanent diplomatic representa- negotiation process” regarding the creation Activists expressed concern when tives in Strasbourg. of a new ruling coalition will begin only K YIV – The leader of the Party of the Russia inherited the chairmanship of the Just last week the Council of Europe’s after the inauguration of the newly elected Regions, Viktor Yanukovych, on May 22 Group of Eight (G-8) major industrial- European Commission Against Racism Verkhovna Rada. “For the time being, it’s predicted that a parliamentary coalition ized countries at the beginning of 2006. and Intolerance criticized Moscow for just a warming-up, preparatory work – with the Party of the Regions will be estab- Moscow’s accession on March 19 to the not doing enough to combat a virtual epi- there is an exchange of opinions [and] an lished in June. “Our stance is calm and head of the Council of Europe’s demic of hate crimes. And the previous ascertaining of positions of all sides,” Mr. confident, we believe that in June the coali- Committee of Ministers, the organiza- week the International Helsinki Yekhanurov added. The Ukrainian tion with the Party of the Regions will be tion’s decision-making body, is likely to Federation for Human Rights accused Parliament gathers for its inaugural session finally created,” Mr. Yanukovych said dur- spark even more controversy. Russia of running a network of secret on May 25. Under the amended ing a talk with U.S. Deputy Assistant As he outlined Moscow’s goals during prisons in Chechnya and asked the Constitution of Ukraine that took effect on Secretary of State for European and its six-month chairmanship, Russian Council of Europe to investigate. January 1, the president has the right to Eurasian Affairs David Kramer. Mr. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s Human rights activists say that rather dissolve Parliament if it fails to form a Yanukovych said the Party of the Regions remarks alternated between reassuring than seeking to expand the Council of majority within 30 days after its first sit- has developed a draft coalition agreement and defiant. Speaking on May 18 in Europe’s mandate, Russia should instead ting or to form a new Cabinet within 60 and is circulating it to other political forces. Strasbourg, Mr. Lavrov said Moscow focus on meeting its own obligations as a According to Mr. Yanukovych, concrete will seek to stretch the council’s mandate days after the dismissal or resignation of member of the organization. Diederik the previous one. (RFE/RL Newsline) negotiations on signing it will start after beyond protecting human rights and pro- Lohman, a senior researcher for Human deputies receive their mandates. The only moting democracy. Rights Watch, said Russia has actually Yushchenko meets with Herbst condition of the Party of the Regions is cre- “We believe we can contribute not regressed in key areas of democratic ating a stable coalition for five years. only to safeguarding and developing freedoms since joining the Council of KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko “Otherwise we won’t participate in it,” Mr. issues that are traditionally on the agenda Europe 10 years ago. on May 24 received outgoing U.S. Yanukovych said. (Ukrinform) of the Council of Europe, but also to “Russia is definitely a whole lot less Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst. Mr. extending cooperation in new areas, par- democratic than it was in 1996. Freedom Yushchenko thanked the American diplo- EBRD predicts low economic growth ticularly in the context of the search for mat for his significant contribution to con- of speech, freedom of the media have KYIV – The European Bank for more effective responses to the threats of struction of a strategic partnership between been restricted severely over the last 10 Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) terrorism, drug trafficking, organized Ukraine and the United States and for years. In addition to that, there of course has forecast that Ukraine’s economic crime and the proliferation of weapons of deepening trade, economic and investment still is the lingering armed conflict in growth in 2006 will be the lowest in mass destruction,” Mr. Lavrov said. cooperation. Also discussed at the meeting Chechnya, where people continue to dis- Central and Eastern Europe, UNIAN The Russian Foreign Ministry has also was an upcoming visit by U.S. President appear on a very regular basis at the reported on May 22. The EBRD predicts indicated it will use its chairmanship to hands of Russian forces or pro-Moscow George W. Bush to Ukraine. (Ukrinform) fight what it calls Western “double stan- economic growth of 1.2 percent in Ukraine Chechen forces,” Mr. Lohman said. in 2006, compared to 2.4 percent in 2005. dards” regarding Russia and other former “And the Russians have not taken any Kyiv appeals to West over gas prices Soviet republics. The increased cost of imported gas is effective steps to stop these abuses there KYIV – In an interview published in the named as one of the factors for the lower Such sentiments from Moscow have or to bring the perpetrators to justice.” served to increase Western concerns May 23 issue of the Financial Times, expectations. The EBRD has forecast about Russia’s tenure at the head of the (Continued on page 18) Ukrainian Economy Minister Arsenii lower economic growth throughout the Yatseniuk urged the United States and the entire region. United Nations experts pre- European Union to help secure Russian gas dicted in February that Ukrainian growth Why Russian nationalism supplies to Ukraine at the Group of Eight in 2006 would be 5 percent, UNIAN summit in St. Petersburg in July. “I hope the reported on May 22. (RFE/RL Newsline) G-8 will raise this issue. It’s very, very now threatens Russia’s future important to coordinate our concerns,” he Demonstrations mark Sakharov’s birthday said. Mr. Yatseniuk also noted that the MOSCOW – Approximately 500 by Paul Goble the Russian Federation, ever more ethnic January increase of the Russian gas price for demonstrators in downtown Moscow RFE/RL Newsline Russians – some polls suggest more than Ukraine from $50 to $95 per 1,000 cubic marked the late Nobel laureate Andrei 60 percent, Mr. Markedonov says – now meters will be felt by his country in slower Russian ethno-nationalism, which Sakharov’s 85th birthday on May 21 by support the slogan “Russia for the economic growth and increased inflation. protesting the deterioration of human rights arose in response to the nationalism of Russians.” That approach not only con- Referring to reports that Russia might seek a non-Russian groups, now represents a tributes to the exacerbation of tensions gas price increase to $230 per 1,000 cubic (Continued on page 16) threat not only to the rights and freedoms between ethnic Russians and other of all citizens of the Russian Federation groups like the Chechens, with whom the but also to the territorial integrity and Russians have been locked in conflict, FOUNDED 1933 even future of that country, according to but also dramatically increases the num- a Moscow commentator on ethnic issues. ber of groups that Russians now view as HE KRAINIAN EEKLY In an essay posted on politicom.ru T U W their “ethnic opponents,” thus setting the An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., on April 11, Sergei Markedonov, a senior stage for more clashes. a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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ANALYSIS: The GUAM summit GUAM creates Organization for Democracy and Economic Development by Liz Fuller KYIV – The presidents of Georgia, Ukraine, that share its goals and principles. Indeed, RFE/RL Newsline Azerbaijan and Moldova – Mikheil Saakashvili, President Voronin of Moldova indicated that Viktor Yushchenko, Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Romania and Bulgaria are likely candidates for On the sidelines of a Council of Europe summit in Strasbourg in Voronin, respectively – signed a declaration on the membership. The draft charter, which spells out October 1997, the presidents of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and establishment of the Organization for Democracy the organization’s goals, principles, priorities and Moldova proclaimed the formation of a new geopolitical alignment and Economic Development – GUAM. structure, is subject to ratification by the named GUAM. The stated aim of that alignment was to promote and President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine said Parliaments of the four member-states. defend the four members’ strategic interests – a euphemism for their the objectives of the new organization are to pro- The charter provides for the establishment of a shared desire to counter, with tacit U.S. support, Russia’s ongoing mote democratic values, safeguard sustained eco- four-tiered council whose different levels com- efforts to retain its dominance over the former Soviet republics. nomic development, strengthen international and prise heads of state, foreign affairs ministers, More than eight years later, at a GUAM summit in Kyiv on May regional security, and deepen European integra- national coordinators and permanent representa- 23, the four countries’ current leaders formally announced their tion. (For an analysis of the GUAM summit see tives. In addition, the charter envisages a Standing desire to secure recognition of GUAM as an international organiza- article on the left.) Secretariat, to be headquartered in Kyiv. tion under a new name: the Organization for Democracy and Mr. Yushchenko explained that GUAM had not In addition to the protocol on the establishment Economic Development – GUAM. been established to counterbalance the of the Organization for Democracy and Economic They further adopted a new charter, rules of procedure and finan- Commonwealth of Independent States and annoy Development, GUAM member-states declared cial regulations, and a statement reaffirming their shared commit- Russia. “The rule is that we should have friendly their intention of creating a free-trade zone. ment to democracy, the rule of law, human rights and freedoms, and relations with our neighbors,” he said. “That’s President Yushchenko said he was particularly ensuring regional stability and, crucially, their desire for increased absolutely natural, isn’t it?” pleased with the free-trade protocol. “We have cooperation with NATO and the European Union. President Aliyev of Azerbaijan said the summit been waiting to sign this agreement for quite long, That latter pronouncement is guaranteed to irritate Russia, which was “a new stage of GUAM, which will determine but today we finally can declare that this Azeri- from the outset reacted to GUAM with mistrust and hostility, per- the four countries’ further development and Georgian-Moldovan-Ukrainian zone exists, and ceiving it as a secret weapon with which the United States planned regional integration.” He added, “Our countries we have liberalized our trade relations,” he said, to emasculate the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). At a make up a natural corridor between Asia and adding that they would soon have to “harmonize CIS summit in March 1997, then Russian President Boris Yeltsin Europe, and so the development of the transport their customs and border relations.” had advocated openly undermining those pro-Western CIS states infrastructure will help us boost our economies.” As well, GUAM established its own Anti- that sought to break away from Russia’s sphere of influence. Georgian President Saakashvili also praised the Terrorism Center, whose goal is to enhance the Those misgivings on Russia’s part are the primary reason why free trade protocol, describing it as a “benefit for efficacy of intra-GUAM cooperation in combating defense and security cooperation has never figured prominently our countries, their citizens, manufacturers, terrorism, organized crime and drug trafficking. among GUAM’s priorities, at least not publicly – although concerns exporters and importers.” He added that the sum- In conjunction with the GUAM summit, an over the concessions to Russia contained in the 1997 amendments mit “has indicated a new reality in our countries international youth forum attended by leaders of to the 1990 Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe were one of and new interests of our countries.” youth organizations from Georgia, Ukraine, the reasons for GUAM’s creation. The protocol on the establishment of the Azerbaijan and Moldova was held in the Ukrainian The member-countries’ defense ministers have met periodically, Organization for Democracy and Economic capital on May 22. The youth leaders signed the but proposals for military cooperation, including forming a GUAM Development was signed at the conclusion of a charter of a new international youth organization peacekeeping battalion, never came to anything. Instead, the presi- two-day summit meeting of GUAM whose agenda whose aim is to unite younger generations around dents of the GUAM member-states in their public statements have included such topics as the diversification of ener- the presidents of their respective countries and to consistently stressed the anticipated benefits of economic coopera- gy supplies and containment of regional “frozen promote youth involvement in state development. tion, especially the construction of export pipelines for Caspian oil conflicts.” Within the framework of the summit, The establishment of the Organization for and gas that bypass Russian territory. separate meetings were held of the member-states’ Democracy and Economic Development-GUAM Speaking in May 2000 at a joint presentation by GUAM ambas- foreign, energy and internal affairs ministers, and was hailed by the United States in a joint GUAM- sadors to the U.S. Senate, Azerbaijan’s Hafiz Pashayev highlighted of the heads of the countries’ security services. U.S. statement. (For full text, see below.) three main priorities: political interaction among member-states in A draft charter for the Organization for their respective efforts to integrate more closely into Euro-Atlantic Democracy and Economic Development – GUAM – Ukrinform, RFE/RL, Official Website of the and European structures, and to establish closer cooperation with indicated that the new body is open to other states President of Ukraine NATO; economic cooperation, including the establishment of a Europe-South Caucasus-Asia transport corridor; and countering eth- nic and religious intolerance. Three of the four initial GUAM mem- bers, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova, were at the time of its inception, and still are, seeking solutions to deadlocked ethno-terri- FOR THE RECORD: Joint statement by GUAM and U.S. torial conflicts with former autonomies. Below is the text of the joint statement issued by to the government of the United States for provid- The decision in 1998 to route the so-called Main Export Pipeline GUAM and the United States. The statement was ing technical and advisory assistance to the organ- for Azerbaijan’s Caspian oil from Baku via Tbilisi to the Turkish released on May 23 by the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. ization. The Euro-Atlantic Advisory Team, estab- Mediterranean port of Ceyhan – a decision that Washington whole- lished after 2005 Chisinau summit of GUAM and heartedly supported – served to strengthen GUAM. On May 22-23, 2006, in Kyiv, Ukraine, the sponsored by the United States, has proved to be Uzbekistan formally joined the alignment in 1999 in a demonstra- GUAM member-states and the United States met at efficient and instrumental in assisting implementa- tion of its then pro-Western orientation, but “suspended” its member- the 11th Meeting of the Council of Ministers for tion of the GUAM-U.S. Framework Program. ship in June 2002 and in 2005 quit the organization altogether. Foreign Affairs of GUAM and the GUAM Summit The participants reaffirmed their willingness to Uzbekistan’s “suspension” of its GUAM membership in 2002 to continue their dialogue and cooperation. The U.S. develop consolidated efforts with a view to heralded a period of inactivity that led at least some commentators delegation was led by David J. Kramer, deputy assis- strengthening cooperation in fighting international to question whether GUAM had a future, and whether Moldova, tant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs. terrorism, preventing proliferation of weapons of too, might terminate its membership. The United States supported the creation of the mass destruction and related technologies, combat- But the advent to power in Georgia and Ukraine in late 2003 and late Organization for Democracy and Economic ing organized crime and confronting other global 2004, respectively, of new, unequivocally pro-Western leaders breathed Development – GUAM with a Secretariat in Kyiv challenges. The joint exploration of ways to con- new life into the grouping. It was Ukrainian President Viktor and pledged to provide appropriate assistance. front these common challenges to the GUAM Yushchenko who, at a GUAM summit in Chisinau in April 2005, first GUAM member-states reiterated their commit- member-states and the United States constitutes an proposed transforming GUAM into a new international regional organi- ment to cooperate on strengthening democracy, important aspect of GUAM-U.S. cooperation. zation with its own office, its own secretariat and its own plan of action. increasing security, and deepening political, eco- The United States commended GUAM for pro- The May 22-23 Kyiv summit saw that proposal become reality. nomic, scientific and cultural cooperation in the moting inter-parliamentary cooperation that is Speaking at a press conference after the summit, Mr. Yushchenko GUAM region. The United States congratulated considered to become an effective instrument of announced that he and his fellow presidents had also signed a protocol Ukraine on its assumption to the GUAM chair- parliamentary diplomacy at the regional and oncreating a free-trade zone and a customs union, rosbalt.ru reported. manship and reiterated its support for GUAM European levels. The GUAM states reiterated On May 22 the four GUAM foreign ministers signed a protocol projects and for the organization’s goal of regional their interest in further deepening cooperation on temporary trade rules intended to pave the way for the free-trade cooperation and development. with the European Union, other organizations and zone. Mr. Yushchenko first floated the idea of a GUAM free-trade The participants addressed the current state and states in fields of mutual interest, including diver- zone five years ago, when he was Ukraine’s prime minister. prospects of the GUAM-U.S. dialogue, and noted sification of energy supplies with particular focus Counter to the expectations of some Russian commentators, none with appreciation progress achieved in advancing on the Caspian region, providing security for ener- of the four presidents announced in Kyiv that his country will with- the GUAM-U.S. Framework Program, which is gy infrastructure, and realization of the projects of draw from the CIS. Georgia’s Mikheil Saakashvili has repeatedly the product of a four-year cooperative effort to the GUAM-U.S. Framework Program. hinted at that possibility in recent weeks, but prior to his departure generate concrete, multilateral projects to facilitate The United States reaffirmed its support for the for Kyiv he said that decision should be made by the population as a regional security and economic development. territorial integrity of GUAM states, within their whole, presumably in a referendum. In Ukraine and Moldova, too, Since September 2005, the GUAM countries have internationally recognized borders. senior politicians have alluded to the possibility of leaving the CIS, completed their country-based inter-agency offices GUAM member-states reaffirmed their willing- but Azerbaijan has ruled out doing so. for the Virtual Center and Interstate Information ness to proceed further with the dialogue within The contrast between the unequivocally pro-Western and pro- Management System and continued the develop- the format of the GUAM-European Union and NATO orientation of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova and ment of the regional task force structure intended GUAM-European Union-United States context. Azerbaijan’s more ambivalent position was underscored by for conducting law enforcement cooperation. The The participants agreed to continue mutually Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev’s statement in Kyiv on May 23 GUAM member-states have also created a beneficial cooperation and also to explore new that cooperation within the energy sector will be GUAM’s first pri- Secretariat of the Steering Committee on Trade areas of interaction. ority. Those diverging priorities may in the medium term give rise and Transportation Facilitation and intensified They agreed to conduct their next meeting in to tensions among GUAM’s four members, as may the economic their cooperation for this project. New York during the general debates of the U.N. coordination required to establish the free-trade zone. The GUAM ministers expressed their gratitude General Assembly session of 2006. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 No. 22 OBITUARY: Bishop Basil Filevich, 88, retired eparch of Saskatoon

EDMONTON – Bishop Basil Filevich (emeritus) of residence, established the first all-day parochial school conate program in the Eparchy of Saskatoon, was Saskatoon, passed away on April 20 at the age of 88, and renovated the church. actively involved with the Catholic Charismatic move- reported the Edmonton-based newspaper Ukrainian Other milestones in his career included being named ment, and served as chaplain to the St. Joseph’s Home News, citing a release from the Ukrainian Catholic monsignor in 1959 by Pope John XXIII, being named in 2002-2003, where he enjoyed his daily walks, a good Eparchy of Saskatoon. vicar-general of the Eparchy of Toronto in 1962, and his game of golf and travel holidays, and kept in contact One of nine children, he was born in Stryi, Ukraine, elevation to the rank of mitred archpriest by Cardinal with his many friends and family. to Omelian and Anna (Pelech) Filevich. He completed Joseph Slipyj in 1972. After his work at St. Josephat Bishop Basil was predeceased by his parents, his theological studies at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Cathedral, he was pastor in Thunder Bay, Ontario, in Omelian and Anna Filevich; brothers Michael and Nick; Edmonton and was ordained to the priesthood on April 1978-1983. and sisters, Mary Wicentowich, Cassie Boyko, Nellie 12, 1942, by Archbishop Basil Ladyka, OSBM, in On December 20, 1983, he was appointed as bishop Lekky, Annie Kropielnicki and Jennie Wenger, and Mundare, Alberta. of Saskatoon by Pope John Paul II. He was ordained to many nieces and nephews. He is survived also by He gained experience as pastor in Dauphin, the episcopacy at St. Michael Cathedral in Toronto on numerous great and great, great nieces and nephews in Manitoba, in 1942-1943, in 1943-1948 in Kitchener, February 27, 1984. He was installed as bishop of the Canada and the U.S., as well as extended family in Ontario, and in 1948-1951 in St. Catharines, Ontario. In Eparchy of Saskatoon at St. George Cathedral in Ukraine. 1951 he was named chancellor of the Eparchy of Saskatoon on March 4, 1984, where he served until Prayer services for Bishop Filevich were held on Toronto and served as rector of St. Josephat Cathedral in 1996. April 26, with a divine liturgy led by Metroplitan Toronto until 1978, during which time he built a new During his time as eparch, he introduced the dea- Lawrence Huculak on April 27 at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Saskatoon. Interment took place at Woodlawn Cemetery, Ukrainian Catholic Clergy Section, Saskatoon. Among the clergy attending were The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: April all the Ukrainian Catholic bishops of Canada, including Amount Name City Maryann Mysyshyn Springfield, Mass. Metroplitan Bzdel (emeritus) and five Roman Catholic $500.00 Yuriy and Irena North Potomac, Md. 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Omelan Philadelphia, Pa. Irene Adamchuk Milwaukee, Wis. Wolodymyr Petryshyn Cranford, N.J. Oksana Bereznycka Buffalo, N.Y. $25.00 Modest Artymiw Philadelphia, Pa. Ewhen Brenycz Whitehouse Station, N.J. Maria Bachynska Nutley, N.J. Myron Buczak Schenectady, N.Y. William Balko Ledgewood, N.J. Dorothy Budacki Mogadore, Ohio Ihor Bilynsky Philadelphia, Pa. Anastasia Craig Edina, Minn. Oleh Boraczok Madison, Wis. Ilko Cybriwskyj Louisville, Ky. W. Cetenko Venice, Fla. Swiatosaw Czartorysky Brooklyn, N.Y. Paul Dzul Grosse Pointe, Mich. John Dytiuk Wethersfield, Conn. Nicholas Hordynsky Springfield, N.J. George Forys Leetsdale, Pa. Dr. Stephan B. Kurylas Stanley Jarosz Kinnelon, N.J. Myron Gudz Hartford, Conn. James Kachmar Sacramento, Calif. Myron Jarosewych Downers Grove, Ill. WHEATON, Md. – Stephan Basil Kurylas, a retired Walter Korzeniowski Southampton, Pa. Merle and Bonnie Toledo, Ohio federal veterinarian and community activist, died of res- Adrian Kozak Silver Spring, Md. Jurkiewicz piratory failure on May 2 at his home in Wheaton, Md. George Lewycky Milltown, N.J. Stephen Kohut Rancho Mirage, Calif. Dr. Kurylas was born on February 6, 1921, in George Mutlos Hicksville, N.Y. Makar Kopanycia Trenton, N.J. Poliukhiv, Ukraine and attended schools in Dobrotvir George and Irene Nestor Nanty Glo, Pa. Lidia Kyj Wallingford, Pa. Myron Pastock Wilmington, Del. Mykola Leskiw Philadelphia, Pa. and Lviv. He graduated from the University of Roman Procyk Huntingdon Valley, Pa. Dmytro Melnyk Roslindale, Mass. Veterinary Medicine in Hannover, Germany, and went Daria Romankow Berkeley Heights, N.J. Patricia Myr Philadelphia, Pa. on to receive a doctorate of veterinary medicine in 1951 Peter Senyshyn Clifton, N.J. Katharine Onufryk Fairport, N.Y. from Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich. Bohdan Shebunchak Roseland, N.J. Irene Lychodij Fort Myers, Fla. Arriving in the United States with his family, Dr. Ulana Koropeckyj- Lusby, Md. William Lypowy Ringwood, N.J. Kurylas was hired as a veterinarian with the meat and Chorney Wasyl Maruszczak Clifton, N.J. Ludomyr Wynar Ravenna, Pa. George Nawrocky Queens Village, N.Y. poultry inspection service at the U.S. Department of $20.00 George Dydynsky Lehighton, Pa. Michael and Roma Long Island City, N.Y. Agriculture in Baltimore and later worked in Canton, Vera Levytska New York, N.Y. O’Hara Ohio, and Cleveland. Paul Nadzikewycz Chicago, Ill. Tatiana Oberyszyn Columbus, Ohio He joined the Washington bureau in 1967 and was Taras Nowosiwsky Devon, Pa. Juliana Panchuk Chicago, Ill. promoted to staff officer for laws and regulations in the Jean Ochrym Etobicoke, Ontario Ludmyla Pochtar Scotch Plains, N.J. Foreign Programs Division of the Food Safety and O. and L. Polon Penn Yan, N.Y. Eugenia Podolak Lehighton, Pa. Rostyslaw and Helen Edison, N.J. Natalia Ripeckyj Eau Clair, Wis. Inspection Service. Ratycz Roman Slysh Raleigh, N.C. He was a member of the National Association of Helena Reshetar Tuczon, Ariz. J. Stachiw Rockport, Tex. Federal Veterinarians and the Association of Ukrainian Ihor Sochan Woodcliff Lake, N.J. Alex Stecyna Jackson, N.J. Veterinarians. After his retirement in 1985, Dr. Kurylas Nicholas Stupak Milwaukee, Wis. Ihor Stefanyshyn Islamorada, Fla. began his own international consulting firm. Anatoly and Irene Chicago, Ill. Zenon Zubrycky Los Gatos, Calif. In 1996 he participated in the planning and opening Subota of an exhibit at the Embassy of Ukraine sponsored by Marion Woloshyn Whiting, N.J. TOTAL: $3,515 Hanna Zyruk Wilmington, Del. the National Agricultural Library, highlighting the con- $15.00 Andrew Dzebiniak Johnson City, N.Y. Sincere thanks to all contributors tributions of Ukrainians to American agriculture. Jaroslaw and Katria Little Falls, N.J. to The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund. Dr. Kurylas was an active member of Washington’s Czerwoniak Ukrainian community. As a parishioner of the Ukrainian Anna Iras Deltona, Fla. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family in Roman Kucil Rochester, N.Y. Olha Matula Rockville, Md. sole fund dedicated exclusively to supporting Washington, he served on its pastoral advisory council. Alice Moskal Spring Valley, N.Y. the work of this publication. He loved to sing in church and was a member of The (Continued on page 9) No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM Ukraine’s ambassador pays A message to delegates, secretaries a visit to UNA Home Office from the UNA Executive Committee Dear Convention Delegates materials is prohibited. Furthermore, the and Branch Secretaries: utilization of proprietary mailing lists is a serious breach of confidentiality. Over the past few weeks you have Mr. Prochorenko’s views do not reflect received a number of unauthorized let- the views of the UNA or its Executive ters written and sent by Walter Committee. Prochorenko, whose relationship with We deeply regret any confusion the Ukrainian National Association was and/or disorientation that these unautho- terminated on May 12, 2006. rized communications may have caused. The use of company resources, such as corporate postage, stationery, time and – Executive Committee of the personnel, to mail personal promotional Ukrainian National Association Publications survey respondent wins drawing for weekend at Soyuzivka

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Olga Shatynski of Hillside, N.J., who is seen on the left with her husband, John, was the winner of the UNA Publications Survey drawing Roma Hadzewycz for a free weekend for two at Soyuzivka, the Ukrainian PARSIPPANY, N.J. – As reported in last week’s issue, Ukraine’s ambassa- National Association’s dor to the United States, Dr. Oleh Shamshur, visited the Ukrainian National estate in the Catskill region Association’s headquarters on May 16. Above, the ambassador (right) is seen of New York state. The win- with UNA President Stefan Kaczaraj and UNA Treasurer Roma Lisovich. ner’s name was drawn by Ambassador Shamshur met with the UNA’s executive officers and the editors- in-chief of Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly, respectively, Irene Jarosewich UNA Treasurer Roma and Roma Hadzewycz. Also present at the meeting with UNA representatives Lisovich on April 11 at the were Dr. Volodymyr Samofalov, first secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine, and UNA headquarters. All who Natalia Bukvych, Washington-based correspondent for the Ukrinform news responded to the recent sur- agency. The ambassador was informed about the history and the activity of vey regarding the UNA’s the UNA and given a tour of its Home Office, during which he was introduced newspapers, Svoboda and to all staffers. After lunch with the UNA executives and editors-in-chief, Dr. The Ukrainian Weekly, were Shamshur met with Ukrainian news media from New Jersey, New York, eligible for the drawing. Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

The General Assembly of the Ukrainian National Association EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AUDITING COMMITTEE Myron Pylypiak HONORARY MEMBERS 11204 SE 234th Street President Zenon Holubec Kent, WA 98031 Anna Chopek Stefan Kaczaraj 5566 Pearl Road [email protected] 1001 Oppenheimer Drive, Apt. 101 Ukrainian National Association Parma, OH 44129-2541 Los Alamos, NM 87544 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 [email protected] Wasyl Liscynesky Parsippany, NJ 07054 4257 Dentzler Road Myron Kuropas [email protected] Yaroslav Zaviysky Parma, OH 44134 107 Ilehamwood Drive 11 Bradley Road [email protected] DeKalb, IL 60115 Clark, NJ 07006 First Vice-President [email protected] [email protected] Pawlo Prinko Martha Lysko 450 Jeanes St. Archbishop Stephen Bilak 1404 Roundhouse Lane, Apt. 311 Alexander Serafyn Philadelphia, PA 19116 1750 Jefferson St., Apt. 301 Alexandria, VA 22314 2565 Timberwyck Trail [email protected] Hollywood, FL 33020 [email protected] Troy, MI 48098 Andrij Skyba Taras Szmagala Sr. 4575 N. Nagle Ave. Director for Canada ADVISORS 10976 Tanger Trail Harwood Heights, IL 60706 Al Kachkowski Brecksville, OH 44141 [email protected] 126 Simon Fraser Crescent Eugene Oscislawski [email protected] 5 Stable Lane Saskatoon, SK S7H 3T1 Michael Kuropas Canada Flemington, NJ 08822 Anatole Doroshenko [email protected] 313 West St. [email protected] Sycamore, IL 60178 16955 Sycamore Court Northville, MI 48167 Joseph Hawryluk [email protected] National Secretary [email protected] 79 Southridge Drive Christine E. Kozak West Seneca, NY 14224-4442 Myron Groch Ukrainian National Association [email protected] 16 Kevin Drive 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Founthill, Ontario L0S 1E4 Parsippany, NJ 07054 Stefan Hawrysz Canada [email protected] 600 E. Cathedral Road #306 Gloria Horbaty Philadelphia, PA 19128 Treasurer 3 Pequot Rd. Wallingford, CT 06492 Roma Lisovich Vasyl Luchkiw [email protected] Ukrainian National Association 49 Windmill Lane 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 New City, NY 10956 Parsippany, NJ 07054 [email protected] [email protected]

THE UNA: 112 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 No. 22

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY The UNA matters The conclusion of Part I

This weekend, the Ukrainian National Association is holding its 36th Regular Convention at Soyuzivka, the association’s upstate New York estate. It is an important of the Orange Revolution gathering that should be of interest, and concern, to the entire Ukrainian community. Damian Kolodiy, a young film-maker were awake for 30 hours or more. It Why? Because the UNA matters. from New Jersey who recently completed seemed almost inhumane, and certainly The UNA is the oldest and largest Ukrainian fraternal society; it has an his documentary about the Orange could have led to errors in proper vote- unmatched record of service to its members, to our communities in the U.S. and Revolution, traveled to Ukraine at the counting procedures. I could only think Canada, and to the Ukrainian nation. It was the UNA that provided leadership time of the parliamentary elections. that there must be a more efficient way to and guidance to our community in its early years, when immigrants from Upon his return to the United States in conduct the voting process. Ukrainian lands found themselves in a new world with no one to care about their late April, he wrote the following obser- The votes came rolling into the well-being. The UNA was established to take up that challenge and, through vations about where Ukraine is today, 16 Central Election Commission in the more than 112 years of its existence, it has performed admirably. months after the Orange Revolution that ensuing days. The results were at once “Batko Soyuz” was what our community members began calling the UNA in brought Viktor Yushchenko to the presi- predictable and surprising. Predictably, recognition of its paternal role in caring for its members and all Ukrainians. The dency of Ukraine. the Party of the Regions finished first, UNA was a true “batko” (father) when it provided for decent burials for the poor with the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc a sur- Ukrainian coal miners who worked in horrible conditions in Pennsylvania; when by Damian Kolodiy prising second and Our Ukraine a distant it supported schools and education back in the homeland; when it established third. The Socialists came fourth. The reading rooms for our communities here in the U.S. I arrived in Kyiv on March 19 on my Communists just made it, while the Through the decades, the UNA evolved into an organization that was involved fourth visit to Ukraine in a little over a Natalia Vitrenko Bloc just didn’t. in literally every facet of our community life: education, culture, history, political year. In my first trip I had documented Pora/PRO, Volodymyr Lytvyn, Ne Tak, affairs, sports, the arts. It was a founding member of the Ukrainian Congress the massive Orange Revolution street Pliushch/Kostenko, and 30-something Committee of America, which united all our community organizations. It was a demonstrations, and now I had returned others also didn’t make the 3 percent leader of the campaign to erect a monument to Taras Shevchenko in Washington, with a Ukrainian-language documentary threshold. as well as the campaign for Ukrainian studies at Harvard University. of those events, with the goal of showing Pora’s 1.5 percent support was quite The UNA was known as the publisher of the beloved Ukrainian-language newspa- the film on television in Ukraine. disappointing, as it had been the most per Svoboda and, later, The Ukrainian Weekly, published in the English language. The Quickly after landing, I began to go progressively democratic party without UNA purchased an estate in the Catskill region of New York to provide its members a through my list of contacts, announcing any ties to business or oligarchs. I had place where they could relax and enjoy their Ukrainian heritage. The estate, named my arrival and intention of screening the been in the Pora offices before the elec- Soyuzivka, was transformed into a venue where our artists and performers all wanted film. Everyone was overwhelmed with tions when work, energy and expectation to appear; and a place where our youth continue to travel for various get-togethers. the upcoming parliamentary elections, were the norm. It was sad to go there All the while, the UNA continued to upgrade and change its insurance products and I soon realized that without having after the elections and see empty desks to meet the needs of successive generations of Ukrainian Americans and the backing of one of the major political and lost faces among many of the young Ukrainian Canadians. It used the profits from its insurance sales to support count- parties, I would not be able to screen my staff. less projects and diverse activities that benefited our community. One would be film on television before the elections, Disappointment was not limited to hard-pressed to name a community endeavor in which the UNA was not involved. when airtime translated into valuable those who campaigned. Many Orange The Ukrainian National Association has been serving our community since 1894. commercial time. I repeatedly heard: “If Revolution supporters felt just as defeat- As National Secretary Christine Kozak noted on the occasion of the UNA’s 112th you had come here a month before elec- ed and disillusioned, many not even car- anniversary back in February, “The UNA needs to be here for the next generation.” tions, the film would have been of great ing about the elections, disenchanted The UNA can continue to serve our community for many years to come. However, interest to show on TV during the build- about going out to vote. I was surprised to do so it must have the support of individual community members, like you, Dear up to the elections. Now everyone is at how many folks I met didn’t vote Readers, who enroll in the UNA by purchasing a UNA insurance or annuity certifi- busy covering the elections.” based on the fact that they had to travel cate. The UNA matters to our community. Thus, it should matter to you. I continued plugging away, making to their home city, which was not the city contacts and finding somewhere to dupli- where they currently lived. cate more DVDs. Unfortunately, so much In Kyiv, almost all my Orange of my time was devoted to the film cause Revolution comrades gave their votes to June that I couldn’t videotape much of the Ms. Tymoshenko. However it was not a Turning the pages back... political circus around me. Yet, it was vote of passion and expectation, but one unavoidable. of hollow belief and skeptical hope. In 2 Billboards from every party plastered the past year I had seen many former the city, from the Greens to Ne Tak. At Orange Revolutionaries change from 2002 In an editorial titled “The UNA: renewal and rebirth,” The central locations various political parties being ready to fight for Viktor Ukrainian Weekly of June 2, 2002, wrote about the 35th took turns pitching tents and conducting Yushchenko with their lives, to disen- Regular Convention that had just concluded. A total of 122 del- organized campaign concerts with chantment in the Orange politicians, to egates, 22 members and four honorary members of the General speeches. spitting on Yushchenko’s name. It was Assembly participated in the quadrennial convention, which was held, for only the sec- One afternoon, it was the Socialists on largely felt that the Orange Revolution ond time in the UNA’s 108-year history, in the beautiful and unique city of Chicago. the Khreschatyk, with Oleksander Moroz politicians had capitalized off the people It was a landmark convention since it was the first convention of the new century and the speaking amidst a sea of orange Our and then forgotten about them, caring new millennium. It was also a convention that radically changed the composition of the Ukraine tents. On Kontraktova Ploscha, only about their own interests. UNA General Assembly, as the organization’s newly elected Executive Committee included the Party of the Regions drew thousands I distinctly remember the night of two newcomers, three members who had moved up in the ranks, and one former advisor to its rally. That same evening on the President Yushchenko’s inauguration, who had returned as a vice-president. “It is a younger and more diverse Executive maidan (Independence Square), Yulia when all the people gathered on the Committee that holds much promise for the future,” The Weekly opined. “There are changes Tymoshenko had her own large gather- maidan for an evening concert. Not one also among the auditors and advisors – all of which one can consider a sign of renewal.” ing. The next day, just down the street, of the major politicians came out to greet The editorial went on to note: “To be sure, there was some sadness in the fact that Natalia Vitrenko voiced her opposition to or thank the public. I had hoped then that some General Assembly members are not on that body for 2002-2006 – most of them the government. it was not a sign of things to come. chose not to return for various reasons, and one was defeated in his campaign for high- I couldn’t help but think; this is Although Mr. Yushchenko is still some- er office.” It was pointed out that Ulana Diachuk retired after 52 years of service to the democracy in action. Everyone had a what well-liked as a person and believed organization – the last 12 of them as president. But the editorial also underscored that chance to freely voice their ideas. to be “good,” he is seen as a weak puppet “Thanks should go also to the other 14 non-returnees, who devoted many years of vol- I spent the elections observing in president who is influenced by business unteer – yes, volunteer – work for the UNA, as none of them were paid executives.” Dnipropetrovsk, an industrial business- interests and cannot shake his allegiance “It is a plus that the five members of the newly created Soyuzivka Redevelopment oriented city in eastern Ukraine. Our to them. It was these businessmen who Committee are dedicated veterans who dealt with the issue when they served as mem- local guides were members of the Party had largely financed the Orange bers of the General Assembly’s Standing Committee on Soyuzivka: Stefko Kuropas, of Reforms and Order (PRO). We went Revolution – not because they cared about Taras Szmagala, Anya Dydyk-Petrenko, Alex Chudolij and Al Kachkowski. The five to many polling stations, and repeatedly democratic ideals, but because their were named to the new body despite the fact that four of them chose not to seek elec- encountered the same problems: some money was threatened by the Donetsk tive office for the 2002-2006 term,” our editorial noted. disorganization, long lines and huge clan encroaching on their turf. The convention enacted a number of by-laws changes, the most significant of amounts of paperwork. The local elec- Many refer to the Orange Revolution which reduced the size of the UNA Auditing Committee from five members to three, tions coincided with the national parlia- as the “millionaires vs. the billionaires.” and the number of UNA advisors from 14 to 11. A proposed reduction in the number mentary elections in which 45 parties And now that business matters between of executive officers from six to four did not win the required number of votes (two- were running for Parliament. As a result, the clans have seemingly been settled, thirds of the registered delegates) to pass. it took an average, healthy, well-seeing there seems to be only one threat: Ms. The editorial went on to report that much discussion was devoted to the “Fourth voter about 10-15 minutes to vote. Tymoshenko. Wave” of immigrants from Ukraine and that two Fourth Wavers were elected as advi- This time, however, there was no As many know, Ms. Tymoshenko is a sors, making them the first General Assembly members from that group. sense of intimidation or massive fraud. If PR genius, saying all the right things “In many ways, then, the 35th Convention of the UNA brought renewal,” we wrote. there had been any sort of falsification in with more passion, dedication and seem- “May that renewal be a harbinger of the UNA’s rebirth in the new millennium.” these elections, it would have happened ing sincerity than any other politician. in the vote count, when the final numbers The fact that she’s given enough thought Source: “The UNA: renewal and rebirth” (editorial), The Ukrainian Weekly, June were still being tallied well into the next 2, 2002, Vol. LXX, No. 22. day. Many people on voting committees (Continued on page 8) No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 7 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places and place do matter” and that, indeed, Ukraine’s history, Ukraine has a history, though perhaps by Myron B. Kuropas not one that easily fits the traditional then and now nation-state paradigm. Dear Editor: When researching or studying I would like to make some comments Ukraine’s history, one needs to account in regard to an article in The Ukrainian for its historic, economic and geopoliti- cal complexity, and its “borderland lega- The way it was and could be again, if... Weekly on Sunday, April 30: “Von A sure sign of growing old is thinking these societies provided their communi- cy,” as Dr. von Hagen rightfully states. Hagen revisits the question ‘Does more about the past than the future. I’m ties with money to build churches, estab- Other Western European nations or Ukraine Have a History?’ ” by Roma doing some of that in this column as I lish reading rooms, sponsor sports teams island nations (like England) had rela- Hadzewycz. reflect about the Ukrainian National and publish newspapers – all in an effort This question was raised in the past, tively secure or safe borders, and did not Association and the organization that it to preserve the ethnic heritage and to and often negated by the occupiers of have to bear the brunt of invaders from once was. maintain their visibility. Sociologists Ukrainian territories, but Ukrainians all sides, as Ukraine did from its earliest Most of my memories of the UNA are inform us that our sense of community always believed in their history. Some history. very pleasant. I met Lesia at Soyuzivka, in America is declining. With the excep- Polish historians argued in the pre- The history of the 21st century will the UNA estate, when both of us were tion of the Polish National Alliance and World War II period that Hrushevsky’s record the glorious Orange Revolution as teaching Ukrainian Cultural Courses the Sons of Norway, most ethnic frater- history of Ukraine was fiction. Tsarist a politically important world event and there. I married Lesia at Soyuzivka. Our nals are barely breathing. We’re no Russia’s imperialistic dictum about the will affirm Ukraine’s place among the son Stefko met his Lesia at Soyuzivka, exception. Where once the UNA sold existence of Ukraine as a nation was: It free nations of the world. and married her there as well. I served as 4,000 policies a year, we now barely sell did not exist, does not exist and will national UNA vice-president, as did my 400. never exist. Communist historians wrote Myroslav Burbelo, M.D. father and Stefko. Our son Michael is A second reason we’re losing our their own Marxist version of Ukraine’s Westerly, R.I. currently an advisor on the General edge is the apathy of the Ukrainian gen- history as a part of Russia. Austria con- Assembly. The UNA has been good to eration born in the 1950s and 1960s, sidered Ukraine part of its empire, and our family. those who today are in their 40s and Germany saw it as its colonial We welcome your opinion I had the privilege of working with 50s. The children of parents who fled “Lebensraum.” The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters five UNA presidents – Dmytro the Soviets are not coming up to the In the 20th century, Ukraine as an to the editor and commentaries on a variety Halychyn, Joseph Lesawyer, John O. plate. They don’t even acknowledge the independent and sovereign nation, came of topics of concern to the Ukrainian Flis, Ulana Diachuk and Stefan Kaczaraj. existence of a “plate.” The attitude of into the political arena only in 1917- American and Ukrainian Canadian com- Each of these individuals had their own, some seems to be: “The Ukrainian com- 1921, and finally in 1991. Its historical munities. Opinions expressed by colum- unique administrative style. munity didn’t help me when I needed it, past was not factually and critically nists, commentators and letter-writers are There was a time when the UNA was so why should I help the community known to Western and U.S. historians, their own and do not necessarily reflect the the premier organization in our commu- now?” Others were simply turned off by opinions of either The Weekly editorial whose main source of information about nity. It was the UNA that helped establish the incessant “guilt tripping” and “obli- Ukraine’s past until recently was the staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian gation mongering” of their parents. National Association. the Ukrainian Congress Committee of writings of Russian historiographers. Saturday school, Plast and SUM may Letters should be typed and signed America in 1940. It was the UNA that Therefore, they denied the existence of (anonymous letters are not published). was in the forefront of the effort to erect have enhanced their cognitive Ukraine’s history. Letters are accepted also via e-mail at a statue of Taras Shevchenko in Ukrainianism, but failed in the affective Prof. Mark von Hagen stated back in [email protected]. The daytime phone Washington, an endeavor that culminated arena. They don’t view our community 1995: “if we ... look to the political geog- number and address of the letter-writer must in some 100,000 Ukrainians attending with affection, let alone love. They know raphy of history teaching, we find virtu- be given for verification purposes. Please the unveiling in 1964. It was the UNA Ukrainian history, but not Ukrainian ally no recognition that Ukraine has a note that a daytime phone number is essen- that published a daily newspaper in American history. They know little history.” In his lecture during the spring tial in order for editors to contact letter-writ- Ukrainian, a weekly newspaper in about the sacrifices of those who came 2006 he concluded by noting that “time ers regarding clarifications or questions. English, a children’s magazine, a two- before them, those who built the church- volume English-language encyclopedia es and institutions cherished by their of Ukraine and annual almanacs. parents. I was proud to be an officer of an Being Ukrainian for them wasn’t fun. organization that was involved with the It was an obligation. Once they went U.S.-Ukraine Foundation publishes campaign to establish a Ukrainian away to college, many stayed away. Studies Chair at Harvard; that established Those who remained in the community paper on renewable energy sources an office in Washington; that created a did so because it was fun – fun to dance, WASHINGTON/RIVNE, Ukraine — The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation is a Heritage Defense Committee to defend fun to sing and, in my case, fun to go to The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation is marking nonprofit, non-governmental organiza- the Ukrainian name against vilification; meetings and challenge the old guard. the 20th anniversary of the Chornobyl tion established in 1991 to facilitate dem- that organized UNA Days in Washington That was all part of being a Kuropas, a nuclear disaster with the publication of a ocratic development, encourage free mar- to lobby Congress on behalf of Ukrainian family trait as it were. Being a maverick, paper by the Ukrainian-American ket reform and enhance human rights in causes; that erected a 15-story building however, isn’t always fun. Sometimes Environmental Association (UAEA) on the Ukraine. The foundation creates and sus- in Jersey City; that was in the forefront you get beat up. That’s a risk this genera- potential of biomass/biofuels, wind, solar, tains channels of communication of the effort to establish the Ukraine tion is afraid to take. They expected a geothermal and hydropower to meet between the United States and Ukraine Famine Commission by the U.S. rose garden, found a briar patch and ran Ukraine’s future energy needs. for the purpose of building peace and Congress; that financed a film, “Helm of for the woods. Though Ukraine has been independent prosperity through shared democratic Destiny,” about our immigration and its As UNA delegates from all over the since 1991, a serious threat today to values. USUF is dedicated to strengthen- travails; that offered dividends and low- United States convene at Soyuzivka this Ukraine and its independence is energy ing the mutual objectives of both nations rate mortgages to its members; that man- Memoral Day weekend, they need to cut itself. while advancing Ukraine as a corner- aged a book store that contained the lat- to the chase quickly. Forget wasting end- As the UAEA article notes, “the sys- stone of regional stability and as a full est publications about Ukraine; that less hours debating reports of officers. tem of producing and consuming energy partner in the community of nations. (See established summer cultural courses at Forget the blame game. Forget passing in Ukraine poses a range of very serious http://www.usukraine.org for more infor- Soyuzivka for teenagers who lived in resolutions that will never be implement- national security, economic, environmen- mation.) geographic areas where no Ukrainian ed. Forget eliminating even more frater- tal and public health problems for the Potential is a new bilingual business e- schools operated; that contributed hun- nal benefits. Forget cosmetic changes. country and its citizens.” journal of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation dreds of thousands of dollars over the Eschew stop-gap measures offered by a The paper “Renewable Energy in that first began as a print publication in years to various Ukrainian causes; and fossilized leadership. Ukraine – Today and Tomorrow” offers a November 2003. It promotes Ukraine’s that provided hundreds of deserving For decades, UNA success was based compelling analysis of Ukraine’s energy business and economic development in Ukrainian students with money for col- on a simple but very basic formula: more situation and its potential for the future. the global market by focusing on busi- lege. fraternal benefits equals more members The eight-page paper appears in the ness, government and non-profit entities Today the UNA is a shadow of its for- equals more assets equals more fraternal U.S.-Ukraine Foundation’s Potential from the West that are engaged or seek- mer self. Many of the fraternal benefits benefits. Is that so complicated? There is magazine (Vol. 2, No. 3). It offers a ing entry in the Ukrainian market. that were once so attractive are gone. a symbiotic relationship between frater- technology-by-technology assessment of The Ukrainian-American Environmental Membership is down significantly and nal benefits and membership growth. renewable energy sources in Ukraine Association is a private, non-governmental the UNA has been forced to downsize. Fraternal benefits provide reasons to buy today and their near-term prospects, as organization founded in 2004 and chartered Those who still agonize over the decline insurance from the UNA and not from well as a listing of organizational in both the United States and Ukraine. It is have their own explanations. Here are Metropolitan Life. resources working on energy efficiency a network of nearly 600 Ukrainian and mine. Saving our future means returning to and renewable energy in Ukraine. American NGOs, academic researchers, One reason for the decline is the the basics. The UNA can be turned The English-language version of the businesses and government officials aimed changing cultural landscape in America. around with the proper care and groom- article can be found online at: at facilitating the exchange of information Fraternalism is a concept that was popu- ing of a responsible, young and focused http://www.usukraine.org/bizlinks/poten on a broad array of environmental issues, lar during the late 19th and early 20th leadership. Hopefully, the delegates will tial_energy.pdf; the Ukrainian-language including energy policy, climate change, air centuries. Most of America’s ethnic understand this and do the right thing. version of the article is at and water pollution, toxic wastes, soil con- groups, it seemed, were establishing fra- http://www.usukraine.org/bizlinks/Potent servation, sustainable agriculture, and ternal insurance companies during this Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is: ial_Energy_Ukr.pdf. wildlife and wilderness protection. period. In addition to death benefits, [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 No. 22

from us, and they care for and support Arctic Circle, after Murmansk. know they were being tortured and Ukrainian American’s... Ukraine, not merely to achieve their Following World War II, its labor starved. (Continued from page 1) ambitions.” camps were filled with Soviet political Among their requests were more bread, Secretariat and the Supreme Court deci- The Heritage Foundation of First prisoners, 80 percent of whom were less work and the right to write letters. sion declaring the elections invalid. Security Federal Savings Bank in western Ukrainians, though numerous One Georgian survivor described it as “I remember during the days of the rev- Chicago awarded Mr. Kolodiy $15,000 to Lithuanians, Georgians and Kazakhs a revolt of Ukrainians, Lithuanians, produce “The Orange Chronicles,” and olution, I thought that Ukrainians could were imprisoned there as well. Kazakhs and Georgians against Russian the Ukrainian National Association con- Mr. Tkachuk interviewed Norilsk sur- imperialism. build an exceptional country,” Mr. Kolodiy tributed $1,000. vivors who described horrifying condi- Though Soviet authorities suppressed said in his speech. “I still believe this can The young filmmaker plans a tour to tions in which their daily meal consisted the revolt, it sparked similar uprisings in happen, but it will take time. You can’t show the film throughout the U.S. and of 300 grams of bread (10.5 ounces), the Vorkuta and Karaganda Siberian give up and you have to keep working.” Canada, and is looking for a film distributor. which was reduced to 100 grams (3.5 labor camps. After seeing the film, many Ukrainians At a May 21 press conference in Kyiv, ounces) if they didn’t fulfill work quotas. “We need to return history to the told Mr. Kolodiy that they wanted to Mr. Kolodiy said he plans to continue his For entire weeks at a time, prisoners truth,” Mr. Tkachuk said. “We can’t do show it in their home cities. film career in the U.S., and perhaps work ate nothing but kasha, or gruel. without that because we’ve been so mas- Hanna Kukhta, 27, said the film on another project in Ukraine. Sometimes, they were murdered at sacred.” reminded her of how President Scenes from “The Orange Chronicles” random. Aside from Ukrainian subjects, the Yushchenko’s election gave people the can be viewed at http://www.orangechron- In 1953, the Norilsk prisoners led an film festival also included documentary possibility to lead their lives in new con- icles.com. uprising that lasted an entire month; it works from the Russian Federation that ditions created by the revolution. Another Ukrainian film debuting at the was launched by courageous Ukrainian can’t be shown in the host country As for her impressions of the festival was “Zahadka Norilskoho women who staged a hunger strike for because of censorship and fear of govern- Ukrainian diaspora, Ms. Kukhta said she Povstannia” (Enigma of the Norilsk five days. ment persecution. had once believed they traveled to Revolt), a documentary about the upris- Prisoners took their barracks under Such films addressed politically sensi- Ukraine to teach Ukrainians how they ing of Soviet political prisoners at the control and submitted demands to the tive subjects such as the Beslan massacre ought to live. Norilsk labor camp produced by Kyiv camp’s commandant and even the and its handling by the Russian govern- “In reality, it’s not quite like that,” Ms. filmmaker Mykhailo Tkachuk. Supreme Soviet. Letters were sent to ment, as well as Vladimir Putin’s rise to Kukhta said. “They also come to learn Norilsk is the second largest city in the other prison camps to let other prisoners power.

ness,” but that they could enter politics For these parliamentary elections, Ms. of 2004. Many in Ukraine have already The conclusion... and gain immunity by being elected to Tymoshenko had no TV commercials. forgotten that time, or look on it with (Continued from page 6) Parliament. And that is the situation we Instead, she chose to visit many towns doubt and dissatisfaction. to coming up with the right answers puts have today. and cities and speak in person. In the And it’s the people who are suffering her one step ahead of everyone else. And, Now, though bitterly skeptical, people end, she’s the politician who garnered the the most, particularly psychologically – in the aftermath of the Orange still have some sort of faith in Ms. most votes from the largest geographical something that few politicians there are Revolution, she hasn’t lost the faith of Tymoshenko. Her bloc received almost distribution, from both eastern and west- able to comprehend. The letdown among the people. twice as many votes as Yushchenko’s ern Ukraine. the general populace today can be felt in It is shocking that in a year’s time Mr. party. She now holds the mantle of the President Yushchenko must now recog- everyday interactions, there is a a slip Yushchenko went from the pinnacle of Orange Revolution. Her critics will say nize the choice of the people. If he forms a back to pre-revolution apathy. The great- the citizens’ faith to the depths of disap- she is a dictator and has only her own union with the Party of the Regions, his est loss is the faith and goodwill that pointment thanks to a number of horren- interests in mind. But I wonder: What political career is over. Already many are existed during the Orange Revolution, dous mistakes. It’s not that the people politician doesn’t? If her personal ambi- questioning their support of him in the which had the potential to build a new expected everything to change overnight, tions partly coincide with the goal of future. Yushchenko faithful believe that he country. Unfortunately, that rare power it’s that no steps were taken toward that “building a beautiful Ukraine,” then she saw something in Ms. Tymoshenko that has been squandered at the expense of expected change. just might be the best answer. broke his trust, that proved to him that he personal ambitions, and I don’t believe it The most crippling example was that Yes, she comes from the same system could no longer work with her. His critics can ever be re-gained on the scale that it no one was jailed for vote falsification, of crooks and clans that has been siphon- believe that his loyalty is to Petro existed. Thus, the largest victory of the which is what prompted the people to ing off Ukraine’s wealth. But that’s Poroshenko and Yevhen Chervonenko, Revolution is now its biggest loss. come out onto the streets in the first exactly why she is feared – because she his financial backers who despise Ms. On a macro level, democracy is mak- place. is familiar with their methods, and that Tymoshenko, and are against Our Ukraine ing progress in Ukraine and, in compari- There was a window of opportunity makes her a most dangerous threat. I reuniting the Orange coalition. son to what had been before the Orange when President Yushchenko had the believe she is the most likely leader to I wonder: How effective can this revolution, I believe steps have been power to really instill a sense of fear of follow up her words with actions. I saw it coalition be if it is taking so long to taken that are irreversible. Again, time the law; punishment and a strong hand when she walked to Parliament with Mr. form? If they can’t agree to agree in the and people, will tell. are something bandits and criminals not Yushchenko and when she broke through future, then I foresee more wasting of Whether it will be five, 10 or 20 years only understand, but respect. They real- the police cordon at the Presidential time as rather than working for the good from now, I know that the Orange ized soon enough that not only could Administration, putting herself on the of the country and the people, govern- Revolution was a crucial and pivotal they continue to go about their “busi- front lines. ment officials jostles each other for posi- point in Ukraine’s modern history. I hope tions of power. More time will be spent that it will be one event that is remem- TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 360 on politicians bickering than working for bered in honor as opposed to the solemn the goals of Ukraine. It seems that for remembrances of tragedies that make up Ukraine “demokratiya” translates into so much of Ukraine’s history. As of March 17, 2006, the secretary’s duties of Branch 360 “svarka” (argument). Neither Ms. * * * were assumed by Mrs. Judith Hawryluk. Tymoshenko nor Mr. Yushchenko is will- ing to relinquish personal positions for As for my documentary, I feel I have We ask all members of this branch to direct all correspondence the good of the country. captured the essence of the Orange regarding membership and insurance to the address listed below: The individual choice of voters has Revolution from the people’s perspec- been taken away as people can vote only tive, providing a glimpse into that Mrs. Judith Hawryluk for a party list, on which most of the moment in time when the common positions can be base for a nice price. Ukrainian became heroic and when all 79 Southridge Dr. Major reforms are necessary, and I don’t was possible. Even though I did not have West Seneca, NY 14224 think they will come from “playing a wide screening as I had hoped, I gave a (716) 674-5185 nice,” as President Yushchenko has done DVD of my film to Ms. Tymoshenko. So to date. He has very little wiggle room to I have fulfilled my vow to Ukraine to stay politically alive, It’s only a matter of return with a finished film. Hopefully it time of when Ms. Tymoshenko will steer can serve as a reminder of what was, and To subscribe: Send $55 ($45 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Weekly, the country. I believe she’s the only one still can be. that can re-ignite the hope and passion Subscription Department, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 Perhaps it can even help the politicians that captured the world in the fall-winter remember their own vows. No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 9 Crimean Tatars commemorate 62nd anniversary of deportation by Stalin KYIV- On May 18, Ukraine marked highlighted the difficulties the Crimean Ukraine, the Crimean Tatars have openly victims. The Crimean Tatars have found the 62nd anniversary of the massive Tatars face in maintaining their culture demonstrated their support for Ukraine’s support from outstanding Ukrainians, deportation of the Crimean Tatar people. and identity. independent statehood and have always such as the late Gen. Petro Grigorenko It was on May 18, 1944, that the “Ninety percent of our children do not supported Ukraine’s territorial integrity, and the late Vyacheslav Chornovil, NKVD (the predecessor of the KGB), have the opportunity to be educated in which is a manifestation of the Crimean because of their shared experience of the upon the order of Joseph Stalin, began a their native language,” he said, adding Tatar people’s inherent wisdom. totalitarian regime’s repressions. sweeping operation in Crimea to deport that only 10 schools have been built or President Viktor Yushchenko said that President Yushchenko said the Crimean Tatars, who were accused of reconstructed, where subjects are taught Ukrainian authorities will do what they that Ukraine’s record of societal calm, being Nazi collaborators. Within a mere in the Crimean Tatar language to 3,200 can to solve the Crimean Tatar returnees’ inter-ethnic accord and stability will three days, over 200,000 people were students, while the majority of schools in problems. He admitted, however, that guarantee both the Crimean Tatars’ and deported to Central Asia, the Urals and Crimea remain Russian-language institu- this process has been rather slow. the entire nation’s successful develop- Siberia, resulting in the death of nearly tions. At the commemoration the president ment. half of the deported people in the first Mr. Djemilev went on to say that “an stated that all Ukrainian citizens pay trib- year alone. Also among the deported were assimilation policy of Russification con- ute to the tens of thousands of innocent – Ukrinform, RFE/RL 11,000 Armenians, 12,000 Bulgarians and tinues here,” underscoring that “no con- 14,500 Greeks from Crimea. ditions have been created in this country By October 1, 1948, over 7,000 for- for Crimean Tatars to preserve their eth- Mr. Yushchenko is the first Ukrainian mer POWs were deported on similar nic identity.” 100,000 buried... president to take part in the annual ceremo- supicions. Later that year, on November On May 11, the Ukrainian government (Continued from page 1) ny organized by the Vasyl Stus Memorial 28 the Supreme Soviet of the USSR endorsed a program for the years 2006- Association of Kyiv, a 500-member organi- issued a decree which stipulated that 2010 of settling and socially accommo- Local residents in nearby villages zation that researches Soviet atrocities and those deported from Crimea would dating the Crimean Tatars and other knew of the gravesite, but decades of educates the public about them. remain in exile forever and that those returning ethnic groups. The returnees Soviet propaganda instilled in them the who attempted to leave their settlements have been allotted 47,500 land plots, notion that it was the Nazis who had “Some of the members have family would be ordered to serve 20 years in with approximately 22,000 Crimean buried their victims there. who suffered and are buried there,” said labor camps. Tatar returnees obtaining land property In fact, when arriving in Kyiv, the Tatiana Skrypnyk, a Memorial member. Over 280,000 Crimean Tatars have certificates. Nazis uncovered the already filled graves “But we are all people who honor returned to Ukraine since 1989, when Speaking at a meeting on the occasion when they investigated Soviet atrocities, Ukraine’s independence and defend our they were allowed to return from exile. of the 62nd anniversary of the Crimean according to historical sources. fatherland.” At a commemorative rally in Tatars’ deportation, Crimean Prime Speaking to 2,000 mourners, Mr. Leaders from the Ukrainian Orthodox Symferopol, Mustafa Djemilev, the head Minister Anatolii Bordiugov noted that, Yushchenko called upon his countrymen Church – Kyiv Patriarchate and the of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis (Council), irrespective of the political situation in to end their fears of discussing Ukrainian Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church led a history and to record it to reflect the truth. panakhyda, or requiem service, at the event. “Today, we’re not only talking about Memorial doesn’t invite clergy of the some things may never change in the Bykivnia, but also the graves in Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Tymoshenko bloc... Rada. Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, Sumy and Lviv,” Mr. Patriarchate leaders to the annual cere- (Continued from page 1) When the Orange forces proposed to Yushchenko said. mony, Ms. Skrypnyk said. Tymoshenko as prime minister because end the session, about 60 deputies of the The memorial at Bykivnia consists of Before becoming president, Mr. Our Ukraine deputies are against such a Party of the Regions and the Communist a black metal cross atop a pedestal that Yushchenko had taken part in leading the Party rushed the podium and blocked it plan. reads, “May Their Memory be Eternal” Day of Remembrance for Political in an attempt to prevent such a vote. The outcome will be an acting (Vichnaya Pamiat). Repressions of the Communist Terror. Party of the Regions National Deputy Cabinet, led by acting Prime Minister Yaroslav Sukhyi attacked the idea as Yurii Yekhanurov, Mr. Donii said. Such destructive for Ukraine. “You’ve been an acting government can operate for creating this coalition for enough time months, if not years, he said. already,” he said. “Even children know While the Orange forces bicker, the that you’re creating it. Why are you drag- Party of the Regions is building an image ging us into it?” as a political force that is serious and Then Mr. Sukhyi placed his extended ready to conduct business, Mr. Donii index finger on his head, an insulting said. gesture that indicates someone is stupid. Nina Kriukova opened the Verkhovna “Your gesture towards your temple is Rada’s first session with an impassioned inappropriate,” said Ivan Bokyi, a rendition of “Liubit Ukrayinu” (Love Socialist Party national deputy. Ukraine), the poem written by Despite the attempted blockade, 240 Volodymyr Sosiura. deputies out of the 445 present voted in Deputies also took part in singing the favor of canceling the session. Ukrainian religious hymn “Bozhe “The Parliament isn’t working because Velykyi, Yedynyi,” written by the coalition can’t decide on a prime Oleksander Konyskyi. minister,” Mr. Donii said. “As a result, As much as the new deputies were the Party of the Regions looks as though urged to pray and love Ukraine, the ses- it wants to work, while the Orange forces sion got nasty fairly quickly – a sign that don’t.”

From September 1999 to August Stephan Kurylas... 2002 Dr. Kurylas was the coordinator (Continued from page 4) for the William Petrach Project of the Washington Bandura Ensemble. He was U.S.-Ukraine Foundation in Old a member of The Washington Group and Dobrotvir, Ukraine. In this capacity, Dr. the Shevchenko Scientific Society and Kurylas opened the newly completed was past president of the local chapter of community center in Dobrotvir. The the Ukrainian Congress Committee of U.S.-Ukraine Foundation in 2000 chose America. Dr. Kurylas to distribute aid to the fami- On the 20th anniversary of the unveil- lies of miners who died in the The first lady and president of Ukraine stand before a monument to Bykivnia’s ing of the Shevchenko Monument in Krasnodon mining disaster. Dr. Kurylas victims, where flowers were placed on the Day of Remembrance for Political 1984 he was one of the organizers of a was also an advisor to Virginia James, Repressions of the Communist Terror, May 21. national march to protest the the trustee of the William Petrach Russification of Ukraine. He valued Charitable Trust, on the distribution of Ukrainian heritage schools, loved chil- funds in the District of Columbia area dren and often played the role of St. and in Ukraine. Attention, Students! Nicholas at school presentations. Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Throughout the year Ukrainian student clubs plan and hold activities. Olha Chrupowycz Kurylas; three chil- The Ukrainian Weekly urges students to let us and the Ukrainian com- dren, Peter Kurylas, Olenka Dobczanska munity know about upcoming events. and Larysa Kurylas; four sisters, two Clarification brothers and four grandchildren. The Weekly will be happy to help you publicize them. We will also be Funeral services were held at the “War to Westminster” by Stefan glad to print timely news stories about events that have already taken Terlezki is available from Casemate Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of Publishing, 2114 Darby Road, Second the Holy Family in Washington on May place. Photos also will be accepted. Floor, Havertown, PA 19083. The cost is 6, followed by interment in the MAKE YOURSELF HEARD. $51 with shipping. Log on to www.case- Ukrainian section of Cedar Hill matepublishing.com or call 610-853-9131. Cemetery in Suitland, Md. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 No. 22 Ukrainian Catholic University teaches religious about management

by Petro Didula and Matthew Matuszak specialists in the field of management: Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church func- seminar gave instrumental methods for Dr. Camarata of Caltex Petroleum and tioning in Ukraine, namely the Studites, the planning and analysis of activities ... LVIV – The Institute of Non-Profit Mr. Neubecker, a retired executive from Basilians, Redemptorists and Miles Jesu I’m now pondering on how to increase Management of the Ukrainian Catholic Caltex and currently a director of the orders. the number of students of our college,” University (UCU) offered a seminar on UCEF. The goal of the seminar was to teach he said. “The question that is acute today the fundamentals of management for reli- management concepts to the religious so is how to provide total or partial tuition gious of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic In April the Greater Dallas Association of the Knights of Columbus had honored that they can better fulfill their mission support for some of the students. With Church. Held at the UCU premises in and carry out their plans. “I’m convinced this in mind, we will develop other struc- Lviv on May 18-19, the seminar was Mr. Neubecker as “Person of the Year” in recognition of his “tremendous effort that management concepts are universal,” tures which would give us some income taught by Charles Neubecker and Dr. said Mr. Neubecker, “for those who have for these purposes and also to build halls Guy Camarata, two volunteers from the with the Ukrainian Catholic University and Education Foundation,” as Grand their own private business and for reli- for sports and other activities of the stu- Ukrainian Catholic Education dents of the college.” Knight Will Alt of the Knights of gious. The knowledge and practices that Foundation (UCEF) in the United States. we shared with the monks will make “This conference is very helpful for Columbus Council, Santa Maria No. The idea of conducting such a seminar their work more productive and thought- us, because it helps us to organize our 6065, put it. was proposed by Ihumen Venekyt out.” life for the Lord better,” said the Rev. (Aleksiychuk) of the Studite Lavra in Participating in the seminar were 15 “And, though we often gave examples Robert Nicoletti of Miles Jesu. “We’re Univ. The UCU’s Institute of Non-Profit priests and brothers representing most of from the worldly life that we know, I’m learning how best to use the resources Management found two well-qualified the men’s religious communities of the convinced that this knowledge will help and the time that we have. We’re learning the religious and their whole congrega- to serve God in a more responsible man- tions to reach their spiritual goals,” he ner.” noted. “I’m convinced that the brothers An early indicator of the success of will be able to adapt this knowledge and the seminar is the fact that some of its these practices appropriately for the mis- participants signed up for other educa- sions of their religious communities.” tional programs at the university after “After this conference,” continued Mr. this, their first experience of study at the Neubecker, “I hope that my listeners feel UCU. more comfortable with various concepts Nuns are a common sight on the UCU associated with business, like budgeting, campus, as they study at the university’s strategic planning, setting priorities, bachelor’s and licentiate degree in theol- mapping development and so on ... The ogy programs. They are joined by male religious will be able to use the practices religious at the Evening Theology School they have acquired here in the organiza- and extension classes of its Catechetical- tion of the daily life of their congrega- Pedagogical Institute. This is in addition tions like developing programs for the to the 200 young men studying at Holy poor, the homeless, those dependent on Spirit Seminary in Lviv, including alcohol or narcotics, and so on.” eparchial and religious order seminari- The Rev. Ivan Maikovych, superior of ans, who are taught by professors of the the Basilian Monastery of the True Cross UCU. and director of St. Josaphat College, both Further information about the UCU in in Buchach, said that a seminar of this English and Ukrainian is available on the kind was very productive. “I think that university’s website at www.ucu.edu.ua. Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation volunteers Charles Neubecker (left) this seminar will help me prepare so that Readers may also contact the Ukrainian and Dr. Guy Camarata (right) take a break with religious in Ukraine at a seminar a larger number of youth will be able to Catholic Education Foundation, 2247 W. on management principles. enter our college and study there,” he Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622; phone, said. 773-235-8462; e-mail, [email protected];
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4,000by Hieromonk participate Daniel Zelinsky inover St. 10 million Thomas lives, the victims Sunday of observances at Orthodox center Chornobyl, those who served in the SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – The armed forces of both Ukraine and the first Sunday following the glorious feast U.S.A. and perished in all wars, and of the Resurrection of our Lord, which is those who gave their lives for Christ in called St. Thomas Sunday and is known defense of His Church throughout histo- also as Memorial Sunday, brought some ry. 4,000 faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox The pilgrims to the spiritual center of Church of the U.S.A. to its spiritual cen- the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, spent ter and administrative headquarters for the rest of the day visiting the graves of the two-day Annual Remembrance their family members, friends, political Pilgrimage. leaders or spiritual fathers who repose in This year’s divine services and activi- the cemetery. ties on April 29-30 at St. Andrew Following a memorial service at the Memorial Center and Cemetery concen- Great Cross, the procession moved to the trated the attention of the participants of Holy Resurrection Mausoleum, where the pilgrimage on the sanctity of life, as the crypt of the first patriarch of Kyiv they remembered the thousands of vic- and all Ukraine, Mstyslav I, is located. tims who perished following the world’s The memorial service was offered for the worst nuclear disaster in Chornobyl on patriarch and spiritual father of millions April 26, 1986. Archbishop Vsevolod, of Ukrainian Orthodox faithful and the ruling hierarch of the Western Eparchy of 10 other hierarchs interred in St. Andrew the UOC of the U.S.A., dedicated a por- Cemetery. tion of his sermon to reflecting upon the Next, Archbishop Antony, joined by Hierarchs and clergy during services at the Ukrainian Orthodox Center in South tragedy. members of the United Ukrainian Bound Brook, N.J. Several days prior to the pilgrimage, Orthodox Sisterhoods of the U.S.A., pro- the Permanent Conference of the ceeded to another monument, placed by youth and adult ministries, the Church’s Center was the site of an ice cream social Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops beyond the the United Sisterhoods, dedicated to the public relations and development arms, event hosted by the Office of Youth and borders of Ukraine had issued an arch- women and children victims of the All Saints Camp, the United Ukrainian Young Adult Ministry for the young peo- pastoral letter, remembering “both the Famine-Genocide for another memorial Orthodox Sisterhoods and St. Andrew ple who came to visit St. Andrew Center. living and the deceased victims of human service. Society – offered exhibits about their This was an opportunity for youth to error and perhaps even vanity.” Archbishop Antony later served ministries also in the Cultural Center. meet with the hierarchs of the Church. Looking around the crowded St. memorial services at the gravesites of the The Ukrainian Orthodox Museum, in Archbishop Antony and Archbishop Andrew Memorial Church, Archbishop hierarchs and clergy of the UOC of the its temporary location, was open to the Vsevolod spent some time with children Antony of New York and Washington U.S.A., beginning with the burial site of public, providing visitors with the oppor- and distributed Resurrection icon prints called on the flock to seek peace and love the first metropolitan of the Ukrainian tunity to come close to their historical, with each other as the Church celebrates Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., spiritual and cultural roots. The ground- to the youth. the glorious feast of Resurrection of Metropolitan John (Theodorovych), who breaking of the new building, which will The official schedule for this year’s Christ. In addition, he expressed greet- served for 47 years as prime hierarch. house the main portion of the Historical Annual St. Thomas Sunday/Pilgrimage ings to the gathered pilgrims on behalf of The pilgrims had an opportunity to and Educational Center of the UOC of ended at 5 p.m., however, hundreds of Metropolitan Constantine, Metropolitan visit numerous sites of the Metropolia the U.S.A., is expected to be held in the people remained on the grounds of the of the UOC of the U.S.A. and the Center that remained open through out late summer or early autumn. Metropolia Center, sharing in fellowship Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Diaspora, the day: the historic Fisher Home, the In addition, the Ukrainian Cultural with each other. who due to his illness was not able to Mausoleum, the Consistory, St. Sophia attend this year’s spiritual pilgrimage. Seminary Library, St. Andrew Bookstore, Following the divine liturgy at St. the Ukrainian Cultural Center and the Andrew the First-called Memorial UOC of the U.S.A. Museum. Church – built and dedicated as a memo- The Ukrainian Cultural Center was the rial to the victims of 1932-1933 Famine site for dozens of vendors who return in Ukraine – Archbishop Antony and every year to offer a wide range of Archbishop Vsevolod, along with concel- Ukrainian cultural artifacts like pysanky, ebrating clergy and Ukrainian American original oil paintings, ceramics, jewelry, Veterans of the U.S. armed forces, led a ecclesiastical vestments and vessels, procession to the Main Cross of St. music CDs and videos. Andrew Cemetery, where a memorial Offices of ministries and central service was served for the victims of organizations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Stalin’s genocidal Famine that destroyed Church of the U.S.A. – among them the

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by Oksana Zakydalsky TORONTO – “New Perspectives on Contemporary Ukraine: Politics, History and Culture” was the title of the International Graduate Student Symposium held at the Center for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the University of Toronto on March 17-19. The sponsors of the symposium included: the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine, the Danyliw Foundation and the Connaught Committee of the University of Toronto. There were 15 presenters who read their papers at panels organized around five main themes: literature, identity, writing of histo- ry, Ukraine and the world, and the Orange Revolution. Each panel was chaired by a scholar and had an academic discussant who provided a critique of the papers. The students came from six American, five Canadian and three European universities; Oksana Zakydalsky one presenter came from Kyiv. Presenters at the International Graduate Student Symposium: (seated from left) Elena Kropacheva, Marc Berenson, The first panel on literature was chaired Roman Ivashkiv, Yulia Tkachuk, Olga Zazulya, (standing, from left) Per Rudling, Gennadi Poberezny, Svitlana Kobzar, by Taras Koznarsky (University of Kristin Cavoukian, Amy Moore, Anastasiya Salnykova, Dmytro Hubenko, Serhiy Bilenky and Peter Rodgers. Toronto) with Maxim Tarnawsky (University of Toronto) as discussant. Amy study.” She analyzed the works of writer Soviet socialist realism (social awakening in post-Soviet Ukraine. Moore (Berkeley) dealt with the concepts Yuri Andrukhovych using these concepts. and integration into the system) or national Yulia Tkachuk (University of Illinois) of post-colonialism and post-modernism Roman Ivashkiv (University of Illinois) awakening and opposition to the regime spoke about the representation of nation- and cautioned against their universalizing also looked at Ukrainian literature as an (dissident literature). To illustrate that building in literature and compared two features: “central to their ethos is the neces- object of post-modernist study. He said that Ukrainian literature has overcome its novels, Askold Melnyczuk’s “What is Told” sity... of recognizing the role of particular at the break-up of the USSR, Ukrainian lit- Soviet heritage, he cited Andrukhovych, and Vasyl Kozhelyanko’s “Terorium,” in the historical, cultural and political forces in erature was recovering from a “Soviet whose works have depicted the transition way that they depoliticized Ukrainian litera- the development of the given object of coma” which had had two aspects: official time of confusion over identities and values ture. Both novels showed that nation-build- ing projects are doomed to failure if there is no national identification. The panel titled “Rewriting the Past,” Prof. Motyl recalls “the passion of ‘72” chaired by Olga Andriewsky (Trent University) with Paul Magocsi (University by Oksana Zakydalsky ies was a parochial field – an interest not of Toronto) as discussant, dealt with the rewarded by anyone within scholarship nor TORONTO – The keynote speaker at the writing of history. Serhiy Bilenky in the academic, policy or journalist com- (University of Toronto) traced the changing Graduate Symposium was Prof. Alexander munities, while in the larger world, the Motyl of Rutgers University who provided a visions of the city of Kyiv in Polish, Russian country did not exist. Yet he pointed out and Ukrainian discourse. Because the three look at the situation of Ukrainian studies that “the passion of ‘72” produced a variety since what he called “the passion of ‘72” – peoples had different mental geographies, of very impressive people for Ukrainian their visions of Kyiv were mutually exclu- the summer of 1972 when Ukrainian stu- studies – individuals who took part in the dent activists (of whom he was one) in the sive and reflected both symbolic and politi- student activities, continued with their inter- cal struggles that accompanied the changing U.S., Canada and Europe got involved in est in Ukraine and were able to transform it activities taking place in Ukraine. social landscape of the city after the 1790s. into something in the nature of a vocation. Peter Rodgers’ (University of “This was a very interesting time He mentioned Adrian Karatnycky, Bohdan because the kinds of processes that were Birmingham) aim was to look at Nahaylo, Roman Kupchinsky, Oleh Ukraine’s “regionalism” but at a deeper set in motion in the 1960s in Canada, the Ilnytsky and George Liber from the U.S.A., U.S. and Europe were processes that had level than just the so-called east-west axis. and Bohdan Krawchenko, Marko Bojcun, He claimed that “eastern Ukraine” was an impact on us, students in the Ukrainian Myroslav Shkandriy, Roman Senkus, ghetto and the diaspora communities. This actually a “meta-region” with differences Halyna Hryn, Halya Kuczmij and Yuri across it and showed, through content was also a time when exciting things were Boshyk in Canada. taking place within the Soviet Union, analysis of regional textbooks used in sec- Prof. Motyl then summarized some of ondary schools of the Luhansk, Kharkiv specifically Ukraine. [Petro] Shelest had the changes in Ukrainian studies since inde- and Sumy oblasts, to what extent the text- just been removed, a dissident movement pendence in 1991: a scholarly conference Oksana Zakydalsky books complemented or contradicted the had emerged and publications produced by devoted solely to the study of Ukraine, as state’s “official” historical narrative. dissidents – the names of [Ivan] Dziuba, Prof. Alexander Motyl addresses grad- was this graduate student conference, would The panel on identity was chaired by [Valentyn] Moroz and Chornovil are obvi- uate students at the International not have been possible 15 years ago; there Alexander Motyl (Rutgers University) with ously familiar to you – that were interest- Graduate Student Symposium. are people doing Ukrainian studies now Dominique Arel (University of Ottawa) as ing and provocative were appearing. There with no Ukrainian background, as well as a discussant. Kristin Cavoukian (University of was a lot of passion, a lot of engagement reality that things aren’t easy – there are no large number of people from Ukraine pursu- British Columbia) presented a comparative going on at that time. There was a sense simple answers. It is impossible to reconcile ing Ukrainian studies in Western universi- study of the repatriation processes of that things mattered and that we could these tensions – it is impossible to reconcile ties; there has been an explosion of empiri- Crimean Tartars in Ukraine and Mekhatian somehow make a difference,” he said. the passion and engagement and the anxiety cal research in Ukrainian studies; Ukrainian Turks in Georgia. Both peoples were “But, once we got involved, we were and the uncertainty,” Prof. Motyl explained. studies now offer career opportunities. forcibly deported during World War II and immediately confronted with a deep and The question to scholars is how to com- And finally, Prof. Motyl said, the impact are now being allowed to return to the coun- profound variety of ethical dilemmas. Most of the Orange Revolution on Ukrainian bine these two contradictory impulses, he said. “On the one hand we feel impelled, tries where they had lived. While 250,000 of the dissidents were working for change studies is very profound – “1991 made Crimean Tatars have returned to Crimea, as we did in the 1970s, to choose sides. within the system – maybe one or two were Ukraine respectable, made it exist; after almost no Mekhatian Turks have returned to But at the same time we feel we should be supporting revolution, transformation or 2004 Ukraine not only exists but it exists in Georgia. She explained that this was due to objective. We want to be able to claim that destruction of the Soviet system – but by in a good sense. This will be important for the the different ways that Ukrainian and we have some sort of grasp of truth. We large they were actually interested in kind of reception scholarly work on Georgian nationalities are constructed and want to be on the inside, on the maidan. reforming communism, interested in Ukraine has. The Orange Revolution has citizenship defined. Georgian government But to write about it you have to step out- reforming the Soviet Union as it existed. rekindled, both in Ukraine and here, the policy actively discriminates in favor of the side the maidan. So we want to be inside That forced one to ask: What was one’s atti- kind of passion and engagement that we titular majority while Ukraine’s policy has and outside at the same time,” he said. tude supposed to be towards Soviet Ukraine experienced in the 1970s,” he said. defined national identity as a civic and eth- “The bottom line is that we are not in – the system, the society, the Communist “But the year after the Orange nically inclusive concept. regime? These were deeply political and Revolution has been one of terrible disap- the ivory tower, we are in the world. We as Olha Zazulya (Laval) discussed identity moral questions. They forced one to con- pointments. It didn’t quite work out for a academics have an obligation, if we really strategies in Ukraine. Initially, once front the reality, forced one to accept a cer- number of reasons, and there is an impor- want to pursue Ukrainian studies, to take Ukraine’s independence was proclaimed, tain kind of complexity, a certain kind of tant lesson in terms of Ukrainian studies. on this tension between commitment and the ethno-linguistic reference was domi- anxiety. My point is that it forced one to The Orange Revolution brought back the anxiety, and be willing to overcome the nant and it gave value to the Ukrainian lan- deal with a variety of ambiguities. So while, passion and engagement and with it, what I barrier between the ivory tower and the guage and culture, the rewriting of national on the one hand, there was exhilaration, pas- believe is the necessary complement – the world. It is incumbent on us to communi- history, dissociation from the Communist sion and engagement, there was also a great anxiety and the uncertainty. I think those cate what we have to say to others – busi- past and finding the “eternal Ukraine.” The deal of angst and uncertainty,” he explained. things have to go together. The last 12-13 nessmen, foreigners, journalists and aver- In the 1970s and 1980s, Ukrainian stud- months have forced all of us to confront the age people,” he concluded. (Continued on page 25) No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 13 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 No. 22 FOR THE RECORD: Vice-President Dick Cheney’s speech at the Vilnius Conference

Below are excerpts of Vice-President ... A beloved president of the United must be free to speak their minds – and Leaders must also persevere in fight- Dick Cheney’s May 4 speech at the 2006 States, Ronald Reagan, once wrote these here a simple test is proposed by the former ing the two greatest enemies of economic Vilnius Conference, a gathering of lead- words in a letter to a leader of the former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky: “Can a progress – bureaucratic roadblocks and ers from the Baltic and Black sea region, Soviet Union. “The peoples of the person walk into the middle of the town official corruption. If the private sector is that was held in the Lithuanian capital. world,” Reagan said, “despite differences square and express his or her views without to thrive and to generate jobs, then entre- preneurs must be free to start companies, ...This conference has drawn together to hire workers and do business without men and women from diverse nations and unreasonable interference or favoritism. cultures, and from many different call- The freedom movement is far from over, And the only way for an economy to con- ings here today. We have elected and and far from tired. And we still live in a sistently attract commerce and invest- appointed officials, community activists, ment is to root out corruption at every entrepreneurs, students, brave leaders of time of heroes. From Freedom Square in level, and to require openness, trans- color revolutions. We’re united by com- Tbilisi, to Independence Square in Kyiv, parency and accountability in the systems mon ideals, announced at the first gather- of business and government. ing of this conference last year: to free and beyond, patriots have stepped for- In all these ways, democracies – both this region from all remaining lines of old and new – can follow a course to division, from violations of human rights, ward to claim their just inheritance of political stability and economic prosperi- from frozen conflicts, and to open a new liberty and independence. ty. ... era of democracy. To this place we’ve Nor do I need to remind anyone here brought the hopes and the aspirations of just what the alternative is. You have the peoples we represent. And from this seen it, and you have lived it – central- place we will bold and confidently serve in racial and ethnic origin have very fear of arrest, imprisonment or physical ized control; intimidation of political the cause of freedom, security and peace. much in common. They want the dignity harm? If he can, then that person is living in opponents; unremitting corruption with It is fitting that we should gather in of having some control over their own a free society. If not, it’s a fear society.” an undercurrent of violence; economic the Baltic region – the very front lines of destiny. They want to work at the craft or In a free society, political parties must stagnation; and national decline. That is freedom in the modern world. For sever- trade of their own choosing and to be be able to function without harassment. a nightmare of history that no rational al generations, Lithuania, Estonia and fairly rewarded. They want to raise their Candidates must be able to seek resources person would ever want to repeat. Latvia were counted as provinces of an families in peace without harming any- and votes in a spirit of competition, not a We can also take heart from the expe- empire. In fact you were ancient nations, one or suffering harm themselves. climate of anxiety. There must be an rience of Eastern and Central Europe with your sovereignty lost by theft. The Government exists for their convenience active, independent news media to keep after the Cold War. In the 1990s many United States never recognized the legiti- and not the other way around.” citizens informed, and to make possible predicted that the move toward democra- macy of that occupation, and we kept There is another reason we can have the free exchange of ideas and debate. cy and free markets would end in failure. faith with you until the day your inde- confidence in the future of democracy. And election results must yield the volun- And it is true there were setbacks. Some pendence was restored. Individual rights, self-determination and tary and orderly transfer of power. parties promised reform and did not In these 15 years, the Baltics have respect for the dignity of each person are In a democracy, the state itself has only deliver – but that was not the end of shown how far nations can progress when consistent with our nature as human limited authority over the lives of its citi- reform. Some economies faced painful they embrace freedom, serve the interests beings. We are created in the image and zens, because the true strength of a nation dislocations – but that was not the end of of their people, and hold steadily to the likeness of God, and He has planted in is found in the institutions of civil society reform. In all cases, nations that moved path of reform. You have thrown off the our hearts a yearning to be free. And – the family, communities of worship, vol- forward with a reform agenda have been stagnation of imperial dictatorship and a because of that immutable truth, the idea command economy, and now your chil- of liberty will always stir men and dren look to a future of promise as citi- women to action. So to those who strug- America and all of Europe also want to zens of independent, prosperous democra- gle to secure their freedom, let us offer cies. You give both aid and inspiration to the same support we would ask for our- see Russia in the category of healthy, those who share this dream, from coun- selves, and the same words of encour- tries nearby, to the new democracies of agement once given by Pope John Paul II vibrant democracies. Yet in Russia today, the broader Middle East. Because you to an afflicted Europe: “Be not afraid.” opponents of reform are seeking to reverse have persevered, you are now part of the The freedom movement is far from family of democratic countries in the over, and far from tired. And we still live the gains of the last decade. European Union, and your security is pro- in a time of heroes. From Freedom Square tected by the greatest partnership for free- in Tbilisi, to Independence Square in Kyiv, and beyond, patriots have stepped forward dom in our world, the NATO Alliance. ... untary associations and free enterprise. successful. We must keep in mind that This progress would not have been to claim their just inheritance of liberty Each person is entitled to freedom of con- progress cannot fairly be assessed by a possible without leadership – from patri- and independence. They have taken on science – not merely the right to hold a single moment in time, whether good or ots with names like Sakharov, tremendous duties. And they have earned religious belief, but to practice that belief bad – but instead by whether there is Mindszenty, Walesa, Havel – who, in the respect of a watching world. and to share it with others. Citizens steady, hopeful advancement over time. decades of striving, challenged dictators, Nations have produced great revolu- tions and have great tasks ahead of them, deserve basic guarantees of equal treat- Reform is an uneven path, but it is not spoke the truth without apology and chaos; indeed, the surest way to invite refused to compromise their liberty. Their and one can hardly overstate the difficul- ment under the law, and minority groups ties facing this new generation of leaders. should be safe from oppression. Protecting constant political, social and economic courage and their faithfulness to principle upheaval is to reject the hard but neces- helped tip the balance of Europe toward The Republic of Georgia, in President civil society and upholding individual [Mikheil] Saakashvili’s words, “started freedom requires the rule of law – and that sary choices. And nations that take the freedom. And they provide a moral right path need to know that you do not example for our own time. Ladies and from hopelessness, despair, injustice, is at the very heart of government’s reason absence of electricity, absence of salaries for being. Government meets this obliga- walk alone. On his visit to Washington gentlemen, if you and I stand firmly for last year, President Yushchenko said, “It the principles we know to be true, we and pensions and absence of the public tion by ensuring an independent judiciary, order.” President Saakashvili continued, a professional legal establishment and is very important to feel that we have also can build a legacy of freedom and partners standing by, that we are not left progress, and make this young century a “We started from a point at which coun- honest, competent law enforcement. tries and nations usually cease to exist.” When power is accountable and the in solitude coping with these troubles.” time of rising hopes and lasting peace. The United States of America is commit- It is clear in today’s world that our President [Viktor] Yushchenko also has rule of law is secure, people have the pointed out the difficulties of organizing a confidence they need to start businesses, ted to being a good partner on this jour- values and our strategic interests are one ney. Our goal is to help others find their and the same. In President [George W.] representative government in a country invest capital and plan for the future. that had compromised the rule of law, lit- And here again, the state has a limited own voice, attain their own freedom and Bush’s words, “Democracy leads to jus- make their own way. ... tice within a nation – and the advance of tle official respect for human rights, a cor- but an essential role: to create the condi- rupt bureaucracy and an intimidated press tions for growth and wealth creation The spread of democracy is an unfold- democracy leads to greater security ing of history; it is a benefit to all, and a among nations.” Regimes that repress corps. Confronting challenges like these throughout the economy. will require time, consensus-building and In times of economic transition, there threat to none. The best neighbor a coun- and tyrannize their own people also try can have is a democracy – stable, threaten the peace and the stability of a steady, sustained effort to apply neces- can be a temptation to make policies that sary but tough reforms. Yet President bring short-term benefits – whether price peaceful, and open to relations of com- other lands. They feed rivalries and merce and cooperation instead of suspi- hatreds to obscure their own failings. Bush and I are convinced that men and controls, protectionism or state ownership. women who have the will to defy repres- But the experience of our world – demon- cion and fear. The nations of the West They seek to impose their will by force, have produced the most prosperous, tol- sive regimes also have the character to strated by nations on every continent – and they make our world more danger- erant system ever known. And because secure democratic gains. proves that closed and overregulated sys- ous. We support democracy and reform, that system embraces the hopes and There is no single model of democracy; tems only hinder progress and pull a because governments accountable to dreams of all humanity, it has changed our systems vary according to the unique nation down. Long-term growth depends their citizens are peaceful. Free peoples our world for the better. We can and traditions of our countries, the languages on the free market, because the engine of do not live in endless deprivation, tend- should build upon that successful record. we speak, and the events and the heroes of prosperity is the private sector. In a suc- ing old grievances, growing in their The system that has brought such great resentments and posing threats to others. our history. Yet healthy, self-governing, for- cessful democracy, therefore, government ward-looking societies have the same basic hope to the shores of the Baltic can bring Free peoples do not dwell on every dis- must protect property rights; promote the same hope to the far shores of the agreement and conflict of the past; strengths. Democracy starts with citizens competition; encourage fair and open trade casting their votes, but that is only the Black Sea, and beyond. What is true in rather, they see the possibilities of the with other nations; and levy taxes that Vilnius is also true in Tbilisi and Kyiv, future and turn their creative gifts to beginning. Elections must be fair, and regu- raise revenue without punishing work, building a better tomorrow. lar, and truly competitive. Men and women savings, investment and entrepreneurship. (Continued on page 22) No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 15

Ukraine-International Energy Roundtable convenes in Houston by Adrianna Melnyk aimed at increasing energy exploration, diversifying In his remarks, Ambassador Keith Smith, now senior energy sources and increasing energy efficiency. associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies NEW YORK – In an address at the Vilnius Conference, The morning session on May 2 opened with remarks in Washington, spoke of how a real or perceived lack of a gathering of leaders from the Baltic and Black Sea from Walter Zaryckyj, executive director of the Center for transparency in the Ukrainian energy sector can have wide- regions, U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney warned that the U.S.-Ukrainian Relations in New York and one of the spread implications for international attitudes toward Kremlin was backtracking on the democratic progress it organizers of the roundtable, whose introduction led into Ukraine. Regarding the January 2006 gas deal signed with had made in the past 15 years and using its vast energy the first panel of the day, “Energy Exploration and Russia, many unanswered questions remain. “The United reserves as “tools of intimidation and blackmail.” Energy Production in Ukraine.” The panel was moderated States government”, he said, “and that of the EU, want to “No legitimate interest is served when oil and gas by Bob Schaffer, projects director, Aspect Energy, a for- know why Ukraine did not take the 2004 agreement to arbi- become tools of intimidation and blackmail, either by mer U.S. congressman from Colorado and former co- tration. Why did the prime minister not know about the deal? supply manipulation or attempts to monopolize trans- chairman of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus. Why weren’t the protocols made public? And was the agree- portation,” Vice-President Cheney said on May 4, allud- Panelists included Borys Syniuk of Ukrgazvydobyvannya ment signed for four months or five years?” ing to Russia’s January 1 decision to cut off gas supplies and Julia Nanay of PFC Energy. According to Ambassador Smith, this lack of transparen- to Ukraine, and as a result, to the rest of Europe. Ms. Nanay, whose firm provides strategic advisory for cy has caused great concern in the United States. He said he The echoes of his statements reverberated throughout global energy companies, spoke of the large potential for the region and the United States, with some Russian believes that the investigation into RosUkrEnergo will con- Ukrainian oil exploration, saying that there are proven tinue, and that it is incumbent on and necessary for Ukraine media saying Vice-President Cheney’s criticisms marked undeveloped onshore and offshore resources, which “if the dawn of a new Cold War, and comparing his speech to to send high-level delegations to Brussels and to all the developed, will compensate for price hikes at least in the European Union’s capital cities to explain relations with that of Winston Churchill’s 1946 speech in Fulton, Mo., short-term.” However, she also warned of several key when he warned of an “Iron Curtain,” or the 1945 Yalta Russia and to present plans for new energy supply and trans- concerns for international oil companies (IOCs) interested port arrangement, and for improving transparency within the conference where Europe’s post-war map was drawn up. in the country, including data availability, transparency Both Russian government-controlled and independent energy and other sectors. “It is critical for Ukraine to travel and investment security, saying that “all three of these to Brussels to drum up support – the timing is good because media reacted with alarm. Mr. Cheney’s speech was deliv- have to be addressed to attract IOC investment and explo- ered in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius to the Community Europe sees a new threat from Russia,” he said. ration in Ukraine.” She presented seven “signposts,” or Many participants sought a better understanding of of Democratic Choice, the nine-country group of former indicators related to the aforementioned concerns, and Soviet republics and satellites set up by Georgia and Ukraine’s Energy 2030 plan, which was presented in suggested that their pulse be taken now, and that progress March by the Ukrainian government. Ukrainian govern- Ukraine, a fact whose significance was not lost on Russia. be measured and presented at the next roundtable. The Russian president’s reaction was more restrained, ment officials present at the conference made clear that The barriers to investment named by Ms. Nanay were the plan is currently a work-in-progress, and that “for it to but it was clear – from an announcement earlier in the themes touched upon by many of the presenters and dis- week that the Kremlin had signed a multi-million dollar be a national plan, it must be approved by Parliament.” cussants throughout the conference. In particular, con- “The plan is a draft,” said Secretary Rohovyi, “it needs deal with the U.S.-based Ketchum Communications – cern over the lack of transparency was raised both by that the Kremlin was all too aware of its image problem. Ukrainian and U.S. conference participants. (Continued on page 25) Ketchum, a top public relations firm, was hired to shore up Russia’s image prior to the July summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) in St. Petersburg. As Mr. Cheney made his speech in Vilnius, over 100 Ukraine’s envoy to U.N. speaks at Fairleigh Dickinson University U.S. and Ukrainian energy officials, policy-makers and businesspeople were departing from a three-day by Roma Hadzewycz Ukraine-International Energy Roundtable held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Houston on May 1-4. MADISON, N.J. – Ukraine’s ambassador to the The conference, whose theme was “Strengthening United Nations, Valeriy Kuchinsky, spoke on the topic Ukraine’s Energy Diversity,” brought together major U.S. “Ukraine in the World Today” at Fairleigh Dickinson and Ukrainian energy corporations and key policy-makers University on April 12. His presentation was part of the university’s U.N. Pathways Lecture Series. from both countries, including Matt Bryza, U.S. deputy The envoy was introduced by Ambassador Ahmad assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasia; Kamal, Pakistan’s former ambassador and founding pres- Volodymyr Ihnaschenko, vice minister of the economy of ident of the Ambassador’s Club at the United Nations. Ukraine; Al Frink, U.S. assistant secretary of commerce Due to Mr. Kuchinsky’s traffic-delayed arrival, for manufacturing and services; Kseniya Lyapina, mem- Ambassador Kamal took to the podium and delivered ber of Parliament, advisor to President Viktor Yushchenko an address about nuclear weapons, Iran’s nuclear ambi- and head of the Council of Entrepreneurs at the Cabinet of tions and nuclear non-proliferation – hot topics in the Ministries of Ukraine; Rachel Halpern, U.S. Department news that week. He pointed out that Ukraine, which of Commerce; Vasyl Rohovyi, deputy secretary for eco- once was the world’s third largest nuclear power, gave nomic security, National Security and Defense Council of up its arsenal after it became independent. Ukraine; Pavlo Kachur, minister of building, architecture Ambassador Kamal introduced Ukraine’s envoy as a and housing of Ukraine; and Oleksander Todiychuk, diplomat “who knows the United Nations diplomatic chairman of Ukrtransnafta. corps perfectly,” and as someone who “worked inside Energy corporations taking part in the roundtable the U.N. as a staffer and from the outside as permanent included Aspect Energy, Alternative Fuels Center of representative of Ukraine.” Ukraine, ATG Inc., Cardinal Resources, Chevron, Ambassador Kuchinsky began his talk by noting that, Markian Hadzewycz Conoco Phillips, Donbas Fuel Energy Co., Exxon “Over the last few years, we have witnessed significant Mobil, Halliburton, Nova Energia, Occidental Ambassador Valeriy Kuchinsky speaks at Fairleigh developments across the globe and even more dramatic Petroleum, Shell, Ukrgazvydobyvannya, Ukrtransnafta Dickinson University. changes in Ukraine propelled by the Orange Revolution.” and Vanco. Also represented were firms providing “Since the dramatic events of December 2004,” he con- financing, services and advice to energy companies, formance and robust market transformation were recognized tinued, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko “has repeat- including Chadbourne and Parke, the U.S. Export by the U.S. by upgrading Ukraine to the market economy edly stressed that the Ukrainian people, by standing up for Import Bank, the Ukrainian Export Import Bank and status. My country is one step closer to achieving WTO their civil rights and freedoms and against cynical falsifica- Russian-Ukrainian Legal Group. membership after Ukraine and the U.S. successfully com- tions in November 2004, proved to be Europeans and, as The largest international gathering so far this year pleted negotiations on market access on March 6. And, Europeans, deserve their place in the united Europe.” focused on enhancing Ukraine’s energy diversity, the recently the U.S. Congress has approved the decision to “Ukraine, by all accounts, has made great progress event was organized by The Orange Circle, the Center for abolish the Cold War relic of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment towards Euro-Atlantic and European integration,” U.S.-Ukrainian Relations and the newly formed Ukraine – a move that grants normal trade [relations] to Ukraine.” Ambassador Kuchinsky said. It has succeeded in taking International Business Council, with the cooperation of “Our relations with the U.S. have never been better,” down barriers separating it from the rest of Europe, Ukraine’s energy, industry and economy ministries, and the envoy emphasized. most notably by making progress on economic and with the support of Ukraine’s Presidential Secretariat. As regards Ukraine’s relations with Russia, Ambassador democratic reforms, and attaining market economy sta- The opening dinner on May 1, held in the ballroom of Kuchinsky cited the energy dispute that “made internation- tus. Furthermore, Ukraine is now looking ahead to the Hyatt Regency Hotel, featured welcoming remarks al and domestic headlines for a couple of months.” He said applying for European Union membership. from Dr. Oleh Shamshur, Ukraine’s ambassador to the that, “though the agreement hammered on January 4 might In terms of Ukraine’s relations with NATO, the United States Robert Bensh, chairman, Cardinal Resources; not be the better option for Ukraine, it still reflects to some ambassador pointed out that “launching and successful- and Mr. Rohovyi, deputy secretary for economic security of extent the balance of interests.” He did acknowledge, how- ly implementing the Intensified Dialogue on Ukraine. All three speakers underscored the importance of ever, that “the scheme of energy supply is far from trans- Membership is not a lesser achievement,” and stated parent by Western standards.” joint U.S.-Ukrainian cooperation in the energy sector and that “each of the alliance members recognizes the legiti- the strategic importance of such cooperation. He explained that, “with all economic and political fac- macy of Ukraine’s NATO aspirations.” tors taken into account, there was no other option or choice Underlying their remarks was the recognition that the “We believe that the goal of getting the invitation to events of early 2006 have posed new challenges for but to abolish previous barter schemes that fed corruption [join] NATO at the 2008 summit is within reach,” Mr. both in Ukraine and Russia and to set up new mechanisms Ukraine and have placed the energy issue at the fore- Kuchinsky underscored. In order to facilitate Ukraine’s front of policy-making on both the U.S. and Ukrainian which better suit market economy transformations.” movement toward NATO, the country will soon begin a Ambassador Kuchinsky also touched on Ukraine’s sides, and that price hikes for natural gas and short-term NATO awareness campaign aimed at educating the citi- interruptions present opportunities for mutual initiatives recent parliamentary elections, noting that it is undeni- zens of Ukraine about the significance of the alliance. able that they were “fair, free and democratic.” This, he Turning to the topic of U.S.-Ukraine relations, said, “was the final victory of democracy, the end of the Adrianna Melnyk is director of research and out- Ambassador Kuchinsky cited another series of recent reach of The Orange Circle. achievements: “Ukraine’s steadily improving economic per- (Continued on page 19) 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 No. 22

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(Ukrinform) MERCHANDISE Gas price to go up in July Nanny/Housekeeper wanted to care for our Shamshur meets with congressman KYIV – Gazprom deputy chief 18 month old and clean our house. Full-time live out. Possible live-in once or twice a week. Cooking WASHINGTON – Ukraine’s Aleksandr Medvedev said in an interview Ukrainian Book Store a must. Must speak English. Nonsmoker. Located Ambassador to the U.S. Oleh Shamshur in the April 17 issue of the Ukrainian week- Largest selection of Ukrainian books, dance in Nassau County, Long Island, NY. References thanked Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) ly Kontrakty that Gazprom will increase supplies, Easter egg supplies, music, icons, required. Call 516-679-8528. for his active support of Chornobyl relief the gas price for Ukraine as of July. Under greeting cards, giftwear, and much more. programs. 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Mr. Medvedev added Newspapers, Pysankas and Supplies that gas price concessions could be consid- All Services to Ukraine, Mail-orders The Ukrainian Weekly, KYIV – Foreign Affairs Minister Borys ered only if Ukraine was willing to create a Tarasyuk met with the outgoing U.S. Tel.: (416) 762-8751 Fax: (416) 767-6839 (973) 292-9800, ext 3040. consortium with Russia for joint control Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst on e-mail: [email protected] www.westarka.com May 18. According to Mr. Tarasyuk, during (Continued on page 17) No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 17

it extremely difficult for border guards to lowered, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Your ideas, connections, your resolve in NEWSBRIEFS stop and check them. (RFE/RL Newsline) May 10. In particular, the term of service making business with Ukraine are of crucial (Continued from page 16) for the ground forces was cut from 18 to importance at this stage of Ukrainian histo- Ukraine third in space launches over the Ukrainian gas-pipeline network. 12 months and for naval forces from 24 ry”, he said addressing the audience, which was composed mainly of Ukrainian (RFE/RL Newsline) KYIV – According to Yurii Alekseyev, to 18 months. Conscripts with university American professionals. Characterizing cur- director general of the National Space diplomas will now have to serve nine rent foreign policy priorities of Ukraine, he Yushchenko pardons 125 convicts Agency, in 2005 Ukraine carried out five months instead of 12. The decree also said they are a “long-anticipated return to the successful launches of domestically made raises the age limit for contract service- KYIV – On the eve of Easter celebra- Western civilization,” manifested in carrier rockets, which placed Ukraine in men from 30 to 40. (RFE/RL Newsline) tions in Ukraine, President Viktor European and Euro-Atlantic integration. third place among the world’s space-launch- Yushchenko signed a decree to pardon Higher minimum wage suggested With regard to the new agenda of U.S.- ing states. Mr. Alekseyev said four launches 125 convicts. Since January 1, he has Ukraine relations, the ambassador spoke of of Zenith boosters were carried out from the signed five decrees to pardon 393 con- KYIV – The Cabinet of Ministers of two major directions: rekindling political Sea Launch floating launch pad in the victs. A total of 7,058 pardon petitions has Ukraine has suggested to the Verkhovna dialogue and establishing a vibrant network Pacific, and one Dnepr conversion booster come to the Pardon Commission under Rada an increase in the minimum wage to of the bilateral cooperation on both the busi- was launched from the Baikonur Space the president, including 70 petitions 450 hrv per month (approximately $90 ness and non-governmental levels. Center in Kazakhstan. Russia topped the list by Verkhovna Rada deputies asking for U.S.) in 2007, Finance Minister Viktor (Embassy of Ukraine to the U.S.) pardons for 4,799 convicts. (Ukrinform) of the world’s space-capable nations, having Pynzenyk said on May 19 as he com- launched 25 boosters, and was followed by mented on the draft budget resolution for Ambassador speaks at Capitol Ukraine attractive to investors the United States with a dozen launches. 2007, which the government has recently Ukraine shares third place with France and passed. (Ukrinform) WASHINGTON – On May 18 KYIV – As reported by Radio Liberty on China, with five launches for each. The Ambassador Oleh Shamshur spoke at the May 2, according to a study by the transna- countries were followed by Japan (two Scholar receives Ukrainian state award Capitol as part of the Congressional tional firm A.T. Kearney, Ukraine is rated launches) and India (one launch). Mr. Economic Leadership Institute’s the world’s fourth most investment-attrac- Alekseyev disclosed that enterprises under ROME – During a ceremony at the “Ambassador Series” program. The meet- tive country in the eyes of international trad- the National Space Agency of Ukraine are Ukrainian Embassy in Rome, University ing, which was attended by members of ing chains, after India, Russia and Vietnam, expected to increase their production output of Naples “Federico II” Professor of Congress and their staffers, was dedicated to but ahead of China. In the study authors’ in 2006 by 10 percent to 15 percent, thanks History Andrea Graziosi was decorated the current political situation in Ukraine as opinion, Ukraine is among the world’s to a number of international agreements on with the Order of Yaroslav the Wise. The well as to U.S.-Ukraine relations. Ukraine’s “peak markets” for retailers. (Ukrinform) space cooperation. (Ukrinform) medal was presented to the professor by envoy shared his views on the accomplish- Ukraine’s Ambassador to Italy Heorhii ments and shortcomings of the post-Orange Ukrainians buy more cars Litigation continues over Serpents Island Cherniavskyi. Prof. Graziosi is known for Revolution period in Ukraine. He said that his studies of Soviet history. In 2005 he one of the most important outcomes of this KYIV – According to the Kyiv-based KYIV – Ukraine on May 16 passed on to visited the National University of Kyiv Auto-Consulting, in March over 30,000 period was the revival of a strategic partner- the Hague-based International Court of Mohyla Academy to present his book ship between Ukraine and the United States. automobiles were sold in Ukraine – 43 per- Justice a memorandum concerning the “The Land’s Death: Ukraine’s Great (Embassy of Ukraine to the U.S.) cent more than in March 2005. Sales might delimitation of the continental shelf near Famine of 1932-1933.” (Ukrinform) have been even greater had it not been for Serpents Island in the Black Sea, Interfax- Council on Ethnic Policies created shortages of vehicles. Nevertheless, March Ukraine reported. The memorandum is a Shamshur addresses TWG, UCCA witnessed record-high sales of autos in response to a similar document that KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko Ukraine, with AvtoVAZ cars in the lead (32 Romania provided the court in August 2005 WASHINGTON – Upon the invitation of on May 23 issued a decree creating a percent of total sales). Daewoo was in the . Since 1997, Ukraine and Romania have The Washington Group and the local chapter Council on Ethnic Policies as an advisory second place (12.9 percent), followed by been locked in a bitter dispute over how to of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of body to the president of Ukraine. The ZAZ (10 percent), Chevrolet (9.9 percent), demarcate their maritime border around the America, Ambassador Oleh Shamshur council’s goals are to preserve civil con- Skoda (5 percent). Chinese automobiles, tiny island. The continental shelf is report- spoke on May 18 at the Army and Navy cord in society, harmonize inter-ethnic which are new on the Ukrainian market, edly rich in oil and gas deposits. At the heart Club. He used the opportunity to thank relations, and promote the ethnic, cultural, accounted for 0.7 percent. Sales of cars in of the dispute lies Ukraine’s claim that it has Washington’s Ukrainian community for its linguistic and spiritual originality of Ukraine in 2005 increased by 25.6 percent the ownership rights to territorial waters valuable contribution to lifting the Jackson- Ukraine’s national minorities. National from 2004 and totaled 265,000 vehicles. around what it considers its island. On the Vanik Amendment as it pertains to Ukraine. Deputy Hennadii Udovenko has been Ukraine’s market of cars is viewed as other hand, Romania argues that Serpents “Ukraine needs you now more than ever. appointed to chair the council. (Ukrinform) among Europe’s most promising by foreign Island is just a rock deposit and Kyiv has no automakers. (Ukrinform) right to claim its ownership to the adjoining sea basin. (RFE/RL Newsline) KOBZARSKA SICH Chyhyryn coin is released Kinakh heads to Verkhovna Rada BANDURA AND VOCAL CAMP KYIV – The National Bank of Ukraine All Saints Camp – Emlenton, Pennsylvania on May 18 put into circulation the 10-hrv KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko commemorative coin “Chyhyryn.” Five relieved Anatolii Kinakh of his position AUGUST 2006 thousands copies of the silver coin weighing as secretary of the National Security and 31.1 grams were issued as part of the series Defense Council of Ukraine due to his Julian Kytasty – Musical Director of “Hetmans’ Capitals” commemorative election as national deputy. The relevant coins. The obverse side of the coin contains decree was signed by President AUGUST 6 – 20 a depiction of a Kozak against the back- Yushchenko on May 16. The Central BANDURA COURSE drops of cannonballs and gonfalons and a Election Commission registered Mr. small state emblem of Ukraine. The reverse Kinakh as deputy on May 15. He was Ages 12 and up includes portraits of five hetmans: Bohdan elected on the Our Ukraine roll. Mr. Fee $550 Khmelnytskyi, Yurko Khmelnytskyi, Ivan Kinakh was appointed NSDC secretary Includes tuition, meals and lodging Vyhovskyi, Pavlo Tiura and Petro on September 27, 2005. (Ukrinform) Doroshenko, with the Chyhyryn emblem at the top. The coin was designed by sculptor Belarus opposition leaders released AUGUST 6 – 13 Volodymyr Atamanchuk. (Ukrinform) MIENSK – Authorities on May 11 set BANDURA WORKSHOP Rybachuk named to Political Council free Belarusian Party of Communists leader Ages 9 – 11 Syarhey Kalyakin and Belarusian Popular KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko Front leader Vintsuk Vyachorka, RFE/RL’s Fee $315 Includes tuition, meals and lodging appointed Oleh Rybachuk, chief of staff of Belarus Service reported. Messrs. Kalyakin the Presidential Secretariat, as secretary of and Vyachorka were jailed last month for 14 the Political Council under the president of and 15 days, respectively, for their role in an AUGUST 12 – 20 Ukraine, having relieved Ivan Vasiunyk of opposition demonstration in Miensk on VOCAL WORKSHOP the post. The relevant decree was signed April 26 to mark the 20th anniversary of the on May 17. The Political Council is an Chornobyl disaster. “I am ready to continue Ages 12 and up advisory body aimed at establishing stable the struggle against the regime,” Belapan Fee $315 and constructive dialogue between the quoted Mr. Kalyakin as saying to journalists Includes tuition, meals and lodging president of Ukraine and political forces in after his release. On May 13 the same jail the Verkhovna Rada. (Ukrinform) released former united opposition presiden- tial candidate Alyaksandr Milinkevich, *FULL SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE FOR FIRST TIME PARTICI PANT * Moat to be dug on Ukraine-Russia border trade union activist Alyaksandr Bukhvostau **PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE** KYIV – The State Border Service of and youth leader Zmitser Dashkevich, all of TH Ukraine is planning to dig a 400-kilometer- whom were jailed for participating in the SIGN UP BY JUNE 15 TO RECEIVE EARLY ENROLLMENT DISCOUNT long ditch on the Luhansk Oblast stretch of Chornobyl Way rally, Belapan reported. 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No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 19 Pennsylvania groups deliver packages to orphanages in Ukraine by Andrea Porytko-Zharovsky ed by the organization Quilts for Kids itage throughout the Philadelphia commu- disadvantaged children. The UOCFP is Inc. Quilts for Kids transforms discontin- nity. The UECC is located at 700 Cedar located at 614 Treaty Road, Plymouth JENKINTOWN, Pa. – The Ukrainian ued designer fabrics into quilts that com- Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046 and can be Meeting, PA 19462 and can be reached at Educational and Cultural Center (UECC) fort children with cancer, AIDS and other reached at 215-663-1166 or 610-828-8957 or [email protected]. and the United Orphaned Children’s life-threatening illness, as well as battered [email protected]. Quilts for Kids Inc., a charitable Fund of Pennsylvania (UOCFP) have The UOCFP, founded in 2002, is a organization founded in 2000, has its teamed up to gather and distribute toys, and abused children. The UECC and the UOCFP thanked Anna Yaworsky of small non-profit, regional, grassroots and Pennsylvania headquarters at 11 quilts and rosary beads to orphanages in volunteer only charity that is not affiliat- Effingham Road, Yardley, PA 19067 and Odesa and Makiivka in Ukraine. Universal Travel in Philadelphia who ed with any religious or political group. can be reached at 215-295-5484 or The 16 packages were sent to two through Meest Corp. offered a special The UOCFP is an advocate for Ukrainian [email protected]. HIV/AIDS orphanages on Saturday, May humanitarian rate for the delivery of the 13. The toys were donated by the 16 packages to Ukraine. Philadelphia Ukrainian community and The Ukrainian Educational and Cultural dropped off at the UECC during various Center, founded in 1980, is a non-profit concerts and programs. organization whose objective is to preserve The quilts were hand made and donat- and promote awareness of Ukrainian her-

Ambassador Kuchinsky stated that “A Ukraine’s envoy... new stage of participation of Ukraine in (Continued from page 15) international organizations opened on Soviet legacy in Ukraine.” August 24, 1991, when Ukraine regained At the conclusion of his talk, Ukraine’s its independence. In 1991, for the first permanent representative to the U.N. time in 45 years of our membership at the spoke of his country’s participation in that U.N., the Ukrainian delegation participat- international body, calling it “one of the ed in the General Assembly guided purely pillars of Ukraine’s foreign policy.” by the national interests of our state.” He pointed to the fact that, “From the He went on to note that one of moment the U.N. came into existence Ukraine’s main goals at the United Nations [1945] until the Declaration of Ukraine’s was to secure a seat on the newly estab- independence [1991], the United Nations lished Human Rights Council. “I believe was, in fact, the only forum through that Ukraine should belong to this body, which the world community received since the rule of law, respect for human information on the history and culture of rights and fundamental freedoms which Ukrainian people, and could see Ukraine had always represented important values as a separate entity.” for our country, were further strengthened He went on to cite Ukraine’s role in in Ukraine’s practice as internal and for- many U.N. bodies, among them the eign policy after the Orange Revolution.” Economic and Social Council, the United [Editor’s note: Ukraine was subsequently Nations Development Program, the elected as one of the members of the Security Council and the United Nations Human Rights Council.] Educational, Scientific and Cultural The ambassador’s talk was followed Organization (UNESCO), as well as the fact by a question-and-answer session during that Ukraine’s representatives have served which Fairleigh Dickinson University in various top U.N. positions, including as students and members of the general president of the General Assembly. public broached a variety of topics. Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union The shortest way to your first million! • Deposits • Investments • IRA • Credit cards and many other financial products

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Cleveland’sby Zenon J. Miahky Ukrainian Americans supportPresent amongUkrainian the clergy were: the Catholic Rt. al, academic Universityand social education of the Rev. Mitrat Michael Rewtiuk, who served student body. He stressed the importance CLEVELAND – Sunday, as an advisor to the committee; the Rev. of promoting mutual love and understand- March 26, was a special day in Mitrat Michael Poloway; the Rev. Wasyl ing among students of various nationali- the life of the Ukrainian American Petriv, pastor of Pokrova Parish; the Very ties and creeds. He noted that these traits community of greater Cleveland. Rev. John Nakonachny, pastor of St. are very necessary and especially valuable On this day community members Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral; in post-Soviet times. He also underscored rejoiced at what has been accom- the Rev. Ihor Kasiyan, pastor of St. Andrew the significance of the fact that the UCU plished through the efforts of a Parish; the Rev. Mykola Dobrutsky; and has recently received proper accreditation group of dedicated people. the Rev. Deacon Michael Kulick. from the government of Ukraine. A committee had been formed The parish choir, under the direction While mentioning various challenges his in December of 2005 to raise of Ola Chepak, opened the program with staff of 338 workers have to face almost on funds for the Chicago-based prayers “Otche nash” and “Bohorodytse a daily basis, Father Gudziak assured his Ukrainian Catholic Education Divo.” After welcoming remarks by Mr. listeners that the donations from Ukrainian Foundation, which supports the Liscynesky, a quartet of young parish- communites in the United States and else- Ukrainian Catholic University in ioners performed two songs with visible where are being put to good use and are, Lviv. The committee, which enthusiasm. therefore, much appreciated by him person- functioned under the honorary In the course of the meal, a film was ally as well as by the faculty and students. chairmanship of Bishop Robert shown featuring various activities taking It was announced during the luncheon Moskal, eparch of Parma, Ohio, place at the UCU. Following brief remarks that over $100,000 was collected – an also had representatives from the of UCEF President Kurey, Sister Theodora amount indicative of the deep under- nearby cities of Akron and Kent. Shulak, a student at the UCU, spoke fer- standing of the cause as displayed by The actual fund-raising activi- vently about her experiences and the many both the members of the fund-raising ties started shortly after the new spiritual benefits students receive there. committee and donors. year. They were directed by Addressing the attentive audience, At the conclusion of this memorable Wasyl Liscynesky with the assis- Father Gudziak presented the highlights of event, a prayer of thanksgiving was tance of Wasyl Ilchyshyn who everyday life at the university, where great offered by the Rev. Nakonachny, and the coordinated all work involving emphasis is placed on the level of spiritu- audience sang “Bozhe Velykyi.” the solicitation of donations. A special account was established Father Borys Gudziak (left) and Bishop at the Selfreliance Federal Credit Robert Moskal. Union for this purpose. At the same time, plans were made to By the time the last Sunday in March Jersey City marks Chornobyl anniversary hold an event at which the rector of the rolled around, the community was ready UCU, the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak, to welcome Father Gudziak. After divine would be present. This task was entrust- liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Josaphat, ed to: Daria Yakubovych, Iryna Kulick Bishop Moskal, Father Gudziak and the and Ola Migelych, who enlisted the help local clergy came to the Pokrova of others as needed. The committee Ukrainian Catholic Parish to meet with received valuable input from the presi- the nearly 300 guests who had gathered dent of the UCEF, John Kurey. there to take part in the festivities.

Ukrainian Catholic patriarch meets with St. Sophia Religious Association PHILADELPHIA – On Sunday, cussed with the members of the society February 19, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar the current problems facing the Church attended a special meeting of the St. both in Ukraine and in the diaspora. Sophia Religious Association of Special attention was accorded to the Ukrainian Catholics. Church’s Rome Center, which is part of In a brief address, the patriarch of the the legacy of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, and Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy (center) with City Council members and Ukrainian Catholic Church especially the Slipyj Memorial Museum in the representatives of the local Ukrainian American community. welcomed three recently elected mem- Ukrainian village of Zadrist. bers of the society, Vera Nimchuk, Marko These discussions will be continued by Zenko Halkowycz was Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy, who pre- Jarymovych and Nicholas Rudnytzky; during the meeting of all St. Sophia sented Father Vasyl Putera of Ss. Peter and JERSEY CITY, N.J. – The Jersey City Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church with the offered thoughts on the current status of Associations, which was to be held in branch of the Ukrainian Congress the Ukrainian Catholic Church; and dis- Rome during the second half of March. official proclamation designating April 23 Committee of America (UCCA) organ- to 30 as “Chornobyl Remembrance Week.” ized a public commemoration of the 20th Next, Mr. Halkowycz recalled the anniversary of the Chornobyl accident to scene 20 years ago when Rep. Frank focus attention on the continuing prob- Guarini spoke at a requiem service at Ss. lems caused by the world’s worst nuclear Peter and Paul Church and joined disaster, as well as to remember the thou- Ukrainian Americans in prayer for the sands who died as a result. victims of Chornobyl. Mr. Halkowycz Zenko Halkowycz, president of the also shared his personal impressions local UCCA branch, and Stacy Syby, from a visit to the site of the nuclear dis- president of the Jersey City chapter of aster and the Chornobyl museum. the Ukrainian National Women’s League Father Putera, meanwhile, spoke about of America, planned the commemora- the Chornobyl accident from the perspec- tion. The UCCA supplied press kits and a tive of biblical passages. sample proclamation for City Hall and The final speaker was a surprise, as she made itself available to the local press. had not planned to address the gathering. The press kits were distributed to the Nina Kowbasniuk, a member of the local local news media and City Council mem- community who lost members of her fami- bers by Ms. Syby and her daughter, ly to Chornobyl-induced cancer, said some- Tamara. The two met with the Jersey thing that really made an impact on all. As City mayor’s chief of staff, Gene a little girl she had lived through the Flannelly, to plan the actual commemora- Genocide of 1932-1933, the Famine perpe- tion for April 20 at City Hall. trated by the Soviet regime, which disre- On the designated day, the commit- garded human life. Chornobyl, too, was a tee’s efforts in getting the word out to result of communism’s disregard for the local Ukrainians were rewarded, as many people, Ms. Kowbasniuk noted. Ukrainians arrived at the City Council City Council members present for the During a meeting of the St. Sophia Religious Association of Ukrainian Catholics chambers, where Mr. Flannelly had cere- entire commemorative program were: (from left) are: Irma Kostyk, Leonid Rudnytzky, Marko Jarymovych, Patriarch moniously placed a Ukrainian flag. Mary Spinello, Mike Sottalano and Mr. Lubomyr Husar, Nicholas Rudnytzky and Albert Kipa. The first to speak during the program Flannelly. No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 21

Denver’s Ukrainian community pays tribute to Taras Shevchenko by Tatianna Gajecky-Wynar A speech in English titled “Who is Taras Shevchenko and Why Do We DENVER – The Ukrainian communi- Honor Him?” was eloquently delivered ty in Denver honored Taras Shevchenko, by Misio Wynar, a young Denver-born the Great Bard, with a grand concert to educator who flew in from Kansas City, commemorate the 145th anniversary of Mo., where he currently teaches theolo- his death. It took place on Sunday, March gy, to participate in the concert. 12, in the parish hall of Transfiguration Then came a dramatization of Ukrainian Catholic Church. Shevchenko’s romantic ballad The rich program planned and organ- “Prychynna” (Bewitched), which opens ized by Tatianna Gajecky-Wynar, long- with the well-known lines “Reve ta time educator, artist, community activist stohne Dnipr shyrokyi” (The wide and past president of the parish council, Dnipro roars and moans), sung by the included choir and solo-singing inter- mixed choir. The rest of the lengthy spersed with poetry recitals, dramatiza- poem was read by Ms. Gajecky-Wynar to tions and interpretive dance, as well as original interpretive dancing choreo- two interesting speeches, one in English graphed and performed by University of and one in Ukrainian. It was an all-adult Denver students Roxolana Wynar and production, with several young adults Ksenia Kuskova. participating. Part of the poem “Taka Yiyi Dolia” After a few opening remarks by Ms. (Such Is Her Fate) was sung by Ms. Gajecky-Wynar the concert began with Gajecky-Wynar and Valia Oryshchyn, A dramatic re-enactment of the poem “Dumy Moyi,” featuring the local mixed Shevchenko’s “Zapovit” (Testament), while the dancers portrayed the death of chorus, bandurist Betty Zelem and Misio Wynar in the role of Shevchenko. sung by the mixed choir at the unfortunate girl, and then the emo- Transfiguration Church, directed by Ms. tions of the Kozak returning from war, Ekaterinburg, Russia, then continued Wooded Ravine) by Anatoliy Kotov. Gajecky-Wynar. who finds his beloved dead beneath an dancing in Denver’s David Taylor Then came an unusual singing/reading This mixed choir was a first in oak tree and then ends his own life there. Company and Colorado Ballet, after rendition of “Topolia” (The Poplar) by Denver, composed of an interesting mix- Miss Wynar of Denver has taken 12 coming to the U.S. at age 12. the ladies’ choir and Miss Wynar, who ture of a few non-Ukrainians and several years of ballet, tap and jazz in The Rev. Dr. Alexander Avramenko, sang the haunting solo parts of a young generations of Ukrainians: some who Lakewood’s Little Theater, and has also pastor of Transfiguration Ukrainian girl who lost her beloved in battle. came to the U.S. after World War II, studied and performed with the late Catholic Church, delivered a speech in The youngest member of the choir, those who were born on the way, their Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky in New York, Ukrainian, titled “Shevchenko and Roksolana Fajda, then read the somber children born in the U.S. and a whole the Voloshky Ensemble in Pennsylvania Religion,” using passages from the poet’s poem “Rosryta Mohyla” (The Plundered new group of recent newcomers – the and the Yunist Ensemble in Lviv. Miss works to prove that only someone with Grave). “Fourth Wave.” Most are Ukrainian Kuskova, started taking ballet at age 4 at deep faith could “polemicize” with God The concert concluded with Catholics, some are Orthodox. the Opera and Ballet Theatre in the way Shevchenko did. “Uchitesia, Braty Moyi” (Study, My This was followed by Mrs. Oryshchyn Brothers), performed by Mr. Wynar and singing “Sontse Zakhodyt” (The Sun Is Miss Wynar, a brother-sister duet of Setting); Halyna Kotova reading one of singing and reading, ending with Shevchenko’s touching prison poems, Shevchenko’s exhortation to all of us to Minneapolis program honors “Zore Moya Vechirnaya” (My Evening “embrace the youngest brother.” The Star); and the ladies’ choir performing mixed choir then led the audience in “Sadok Vyshnevyi” (the Cherry Orchard). singing the Ukrainian national anthem. beloved bard of Ukraine Then Lileya Palissa performed a very After this, Mr. Wynar and Miss Wynar moving recitation of “Lileya” (The Lily). surprised their mother, Ms. Gajecky- Another interesting dramatization was Wynar, with a beautiful bouquet of yel- the rendition of “Dumy Moyi” (My low flowers and a card from the choir Thoughts) by the mixed choir and Betty members, thanking her for all her work Zelem on the bandura, with Mr. Wynar, and dedication. The brother and sister who played the role of the poet Taras, spoke about how their mother raised them dressed in an embroidered shirt and 19th to be proud and informed Ukrainians, and century frockcoat, sitting at a candlelit how she devoted her life to the Ukrainian table writing. community and church in Denver, prepar- Mr. Wynar has sung and acted on the ing and directing programs such as this, Ukrainian stage in Denver since age 3, designing elaborate stage sets and cos- and has performed major roles in many tumes, heading the Parish Council, teach- musicals during his days at Regis Jesuit ing Ukrainian Saturday School and work- High School and Regis University, as ing in the Ukrainian National Women’s well as at St. Mary’s Academy. He con- League of America. tinues acting and directing plays at Mr. Wynar and Ms. Wynar then led the Rockhurst Jesuit High School in Kansas assemblage in singing “Mnohaya Lita” to City, where he is an Alumni Service their mother. Corps member of the faculty. Everyone was then treated to a sump- The program continued with a reading tious potluck dinner organized by Anna Daria Silvan presents a biography of Taras Shevchenko as other participants of of the poem “Za Bayrakom” (Beyond the Honchar and Barbara Dydyn. the commemorative program look on.

by Michael Kozak verses were performed by the students of the Saturday school. Participants were: MINNEAPOLIS – Each year during Lieza Pawluk, Mika Pedro, Aleksa the month of March Ukrainians honor Tataryn, Julianna Pawluk, Sophia Hutsal, their beloved poet Taras Shevchenko for Tauras Pawluk, Wolodymyr Smitiuk, his role as their guide and the inspiration Taras Tataryn and Dmytro Hutsal. These THE UKRAINIAN MUSEUM’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES of their national destiny. recitations were intermingled with is notifying its members that the In keeping with this tradition, on explanatory comments by Ms. Khan. Sunday, March 19, parishioners of St. Sentimental feelings were evoked by Constantine Church, where the Rev. the singing of the schoolchildren under ANNUAL MEETING Canon Michael Stelmach is pastor, the direction of Oresta Kuzniak. of solemnly paid tribute to this great son of Afterwards, a deeply moved audience the Ukrainian people. Through the efforts stood up and spontaneously sang THE UKRAINIAN MUSEUM of Dmytro Tataryn and his wife, Helen, Shevchenko’s “Testament” (Zapovit). will be held on this event was organized by the Ukrainian Upon conclusion of the program, the Sunday, June 18, 2006 Saturday School. Teachers Lesya Hutsal Rev. Stelmach extended his recognition to at 2:00 p.m. at and Natalia Shovdra contributed much of the organizers, the participants and the The Ukrainian Museum their time to make this event a success. audience, calling on all to preserve and 222 East 6th Street, New York, NY 10003 The program was skillfully conducted by promote the rich heritage of our ancestors. (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues) college student Marta Khan. She also deliv- The audience and participants enjoyed cof- Phone: (212) 228-0110; email: [email protected] ered a speech in Ukrainian about the life of fee, sandwiches and sweets, which were Shevchenko in Ukrainian history. A similar served by the schoolchildren’s parents www.ukrainianmuseum.org well-prepared presentation in English was Christine Pedro, Denise Tataryn, Sandra made by high school student Daria Silvan. Pawluk, Lesya Hutsal, and grandmothers Twelve recitations of Shevchenko’s Michaeline Raymond and Helen Tataryn. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 No. 22

recently put in jail by the regime in None of us believes that Russia is fated this threat. We are working to prevent Vice-President... Miensk. The regime should end this injus- to become an enemy. A Russia that attacks before they occur, by tracking (Continued from page 14) tice and free Mr. Milinkevich, along with increasingly shares the values of this com- down the terrorists wherever they dwell. and true in Miensk, and true in Moscow. the other democracy advocates held in cap- munity can be a strategic partner and a We are working to deny weapons of mass All of us are committed to democratic tivity. The world knows what is happening trusted friend as we work toward common destruction to outlaw states and their ter- progress in Belarus. That nation has suf- in Belarus. Peaceful demonstrators have goals. In that spirit, the leading industrial- rorist allies. We are working to prevent any fered in major wars and experienced terri- been beaten, dissidents have vanished, and ized nations will engage Russia at the nation from becoming a staging ground for ble losses, and now its people are denied a climate of fear prevails under a govern- Group of Eight summit in St. Petersburg future terrorist violence. And we are work- basic freedoms by the last dictatorship in ment that subverts free elections and bans this summer. We will make the case, clear- ing to deny the terrorists future recruits, by Europe. With us today are democracy your own country’s flag. There is no place ly and confidently, that Russia has nothing replacing hatred and resentment with advocates from Belarus. We welcome you in a Europe whole and free for a regime of to fear and everything to gain from having democracy and hope across the broader to this conference. I had also expected to this kind. The people of Belarus deserve strong, stable democracies on its borders Middle East. meet today with the opposition leader, better. You have the right to determine and that, by aligning with the West, Russia Our commitment to this cause is being Alyaksander Milinkevich – but he was your destiny. And your great nation has a joins all of us on a course to prosperity tested today in Afghanistan and in Iraq. future in the community of democracies. and greatness. The vision we affirm today The task is difficult, but the progress has America and all of Europe also want to is of a community of sovereign democra- been steady, and the nations of our coali- see Russia in the category of healthy, cies that transcend old grievances, that tion have performed superbly. All 26 mem- vibrant democracies. Yet in Russia today, honor the many links of culture and histo- bers of NATO have contributed assistance opponents of reform are seeking to reverse ry among us, that trade in freedom, respect to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. And the gains of the last decade. In many areas each other as great nations and strive some of the most steadfast allies in the of civil society – from religion and the together for a century of peace. ... cause are nations that have recently won ernment have been counterproductive, and verts a religious faith to serve a dark politi- Georgian security forces; to Polish and could begin to affect relations with other cal objective – to establish, by violence and Romanian army units – countries that have A reliable guide countries. No legitimate interest is served intimidation, a totalitarian empire that known tyranny themselves have a clear when oil and gas become tools of intimi- denies all political and religious freedom. understanding of what is at stake. And they dation or blackmail, either by supply To that end, the terrorists do not seek to have generously taken up the cause of for your travels manipulation or attempts to monopolize build large standing armies. Instead, they democracy in other lands. ... transportation. And no one can justify want to demoralize free nations with dra- We have learned, ladies and gentlemen, in Ukraine! actions that undermine the territorial matic acts of murder, and to gain weapons that the desire of human beings to be free WE OFFER integrity of a neighbor or interfere with of mass destruction so they can hold power is the most potent force on this Earth. OUR SERVICES democratic movements. by threat or blackmail. We need not have Tyrants may, for a time, deny the hopes of TO TRAVELAGENCIES. Russia has a choice to make. And there any illusions about their ambitions, because others, violate the rights of others, and is no question that a return to democratic the terrorists have stated them clearly. 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Tryzubby George sponsors Sawchak 19th annual Spring Tennis Tournament HORSHAM, Pa. – Tryzubivka, the estate of USO Tryzub, was buzzing with all kinds of activities during the beautiful weekend of May 6-7. Both young boys and girls soccer teams were playing on all of Tryzub’s fields. Arriving on buses were young- sters from Philadelphia Plast units who were celebrating Sviato Vesny. The clubhouse hall was filled with guests for various receptions; and, on the tennis courts, Ukrainian players were participating in Tryzub’s 19th annual Spring Tournament. Played in the men’s open group only, the tournament attracted both young and senior players from many parts of the East Coast. The tournament format was a single- elimination main draw with a complete feed-in for the main draw losers. In a very well played main draw final, Steve Sosiak of Colonia, N.J., defeated Jerry Tymkiw of Philadelphia by the score of 6-4, 7-5, thus winning his fifth tourna- ment at Tryzubivka. In the semifinals Sosiak won against George Hrabec of Denver, Mass., 6-0, 7-5, and Tymkiw got a win from George Sawchak of Rydal, Pa., when at the score of 6- 2, 0-1 Sawchak decided not to continue to play. In the feed-in tournament final, Hrabec defeated Ihor Buhaj of Bethlehem, Pa., in a close three setter 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, thus gaining third place in the tournament. There were a number of close and interesting match- es in this tournament, such as the first-round match Petrusia Sawchak between George Walchuk and Gene Serba, both from During the trophy presentations at the conclusion of the Spring Tennis Tournament at Tryzubivka (from left) are: New Jersey, which had to go to the third set tie-breaker Steve Sosiak, George Sawchak, Jerry Tymkiw, Ihor Buhaj, George Hrabec, Gene Serba, Ihor Chyzowych and with Walchuk finally prevailing 2-6, 6-0, 7-6. Greg Serba (kneeling). Walchuk’s match with Hrabec also went three sets. But this time Walchuk lost 1-6, 6-0, 2-0 and retired due to and son Gene and Greg Serba played against each other filled with Ukrainian players from all over the East cramping. with the son prevailing in a close score of 9-7 in the pro Coast,” said Chyzowych while commenting on the Tymkiw overcame Buhaj in the first round 2-6, 6-2, set. growth of sports, especially youth soccer, at Tryzubivka. 6-0; Andrew Walowsky of Cherry Hill, N.J., beat Gene Overall there were 22 individual matches played in The next Ukrainian tennis tournament will be Eastern Serba’s son Greg; Walter Dziwak, also from New this spring tournament at Tryzubivka. Championships of the Ukrainian Sports Federation of Jersey, defeated George Popel of Delaware, and Orest Presenting trophies to the winners and finalists were the U.S.A. and Canada (known by its Ukrainian-based Wasyluk of Maryland, won over Boris Tatunchak of George Sawchak, tournament director, and Ihor acronym as USCAK), which is scheduled for July 1-2, Pennsylvania. Chyzowych, president of USO Tryzub. at Soyuzivka, the Ukrainian National Association estate In the second round of the feed-in tournament, father “It is also good to see Tryzubivka’s tennis courts in Kerhonkson, N.Y. LIVE WITH PLUS

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consumes about two and a half times as fall in Warsaw to address Euro-Atlantic that “the U.S. government is not scared to Ukraine-International... much energy as does Poland, for example. cooperation in enhancing energy security broach these issues in July,” but that ulti- (Continued from page 15) Volodymyr Kasyanov, director of the and energy diversification through a busi- mately, although “U.S. and Ukrainian to be discussed and revised.” He went on Alternative Fuels Center in Kyiv, agreed, ness-government dialogue. He indicated diplomatic pressure on Russia is possible, to say that “the plan is not meant to be saying that his organization’s focus “is that there was strong support for the initia- internal Ukrainian reform is critical for filed away, it is just the beginning.” and will continue to be on alternative and tive among leaders of Poland, Ukraine and making the message more credible.” Many of those present spoke of the need renewable energy sources.” Mr. the U.S. While in Poland on May 12, The final plenary dialogue of the day, to include in the Energy 2030 plan measures Ihnaschenko, Ukraine’s vice minister of President Yushchenko won the support and “Energy Efficiency – Keys to Energy to combat lack of transparency and corrup- the economy, stated that he “fully expects endorsement of Polish President Lech Security and Profitability,” with remarks tion. Dr. Irina Paliashvili, president and sen- that the new coalition government will Kaczynski for such a major conference. from Maksym Timchenko of Donbas ior counsel of the Russian-Ukrainian Legal make financing and privatization a priori- Mr. Bryza spoke about the U.S. interest Fuel Energy Co., Walter Derzko of Group P.A., acknowledged the importance ty of its policy-making.” in Ukraine’s energy challenges, saying that Creative Consortium and Valeriy of the plan, but also stated that she has seen The first day of the conference ended “there needs to be a broad geopolitical Borovyk of Nova Energia. it, and that it “lacks information about with a Texas-style barbeque hosted by Gene strategy with regard to energy,” and that The conference closed with a luncheon attracting foreign investment and improving Van Dyke in the open-air party pavilion at “for the United States, Ukraine has to make chaired by George Chopivsky, chairman of transparency.” Ambassador Smith stated his River Oaks Houston estate. Van Dyke is it as a transparent democracy.” Mr. Bryza the newly formed Ukraine-International that for the plan to be actionable, “it needs founder and chairman of Vanco Energy, a also addressed the U.S. position toward the Business Council. Ms. Halpern closed with high level support in Brussels and the EU.” privately held Houston-based oil and gas European gas market: “The Department of remarks about the role of the Department Other panels throughout the day includ- company that specializes in deep-water oil State believes that the European gas market of Commerce, via the International Trade ed “Energy Pipeline and Distribution and gas exploration and development. is not functioning properly ... there is a big Administration, in facilitating and promot- Systems”; “Meeting Ukraine’s Energy Just days before, it was announced that problem in Europe of market distortions ing U.S.-Ukrainian business development, Challenges: Views from Ukraine’s New Vanco had emerged the winner from a resulting from arbitrage and rent-seeking. trade and investment though market Parliament”; “Energy Efficiency and short list of seven companies that ten- Gas is being bought from Central Asia at a research, partner matching, and two-way Conservation Policy”; and “Financing dered for the right to conclude a price of $65 per 1000 cubic meters and sold policy and trade missions. Ukraine’s Energy Diversification.” A Production-Sharing Agreement (PSA) to Europe at a price of $265.” The steering committee of the confer- series of business-to-business breakout with the government of Ukraine for the He noted that the United States is not ence comprised three organizations: The sessions focused on oil and gas, alterna- highly prospective Prykerchenska Block “trying to pick a fight with Gazprom” Orange Circle, whose founder and presi- tive fuel and energy financing. in the Black Sea, which has estimated and that the policy is one of “competi- dent is Mr. Karatnycky, the Center for U.S.- Ministers present from Ukraine respond- reserves of 30 billion cubic meters. The tion, not confrontation.” According to Ukrainian Relations (CUSUR) whose exec- ed to questions from U.S. energy firms and agreement was the first of its kind, grant- Mr. Bryza, there needs to be an aggres- utive director is Mr. Zaryckyj, and the investors, noting that progress is being ing rights for deep-water exploration. It is sive energy policy and strategy created Ukraine International Business Council made on several fronts. In his talk on energy also Ukraine’s first Production-Sharing by Ukraine to address the current chal- (UIBC), whose chairman is Mr. Chopivsky. efficiency and conservation policy, Minister Agreement for hydrocarbons. lenges. “The U.S. Department of State is Marta Kostyk of CUSUR was the Kachur spoke of discussions under way The final day of the conference fea- not anti-Russian, [we] are anti-monopoly logistics coordinator; Adrianna Melnyk, with the IFC and EBRD to improve effi- tured remarks from Mr. Bryza, deputy ... [but] although the U.S. can provide a director of research and outreach of The ciency of Ukraine’s end users of energy – assistant secretary of state for Europe and vision and political support, Ukraine has Orange Circle, served as outreach coordi- consumers, hospitals, schools and other Eurasia, during a session chaired by Adrian to create an environment into which nator; and Andriy Bihun of UIBC assist- “social network” institutions. Ukraine is Karatnycky, founder and president of the investors must be willing to operate.” ed in corporate outreach. Significant currently one of the least efficient con- New York-based Orange Circle. In his Mr. Bryza closed by responding to assistance was also provided by Mykola sumers of energy in Europe: for every dol- introductory remarks, Mr. Karatnycky questions about the upcoming G-8 sum- Hryckowian of CUSUR and Luda lar’s worth of industrial production, Ukraine described plans for a major conference this mit to be held in St. Petersburg, saying Lozowy of The Orange Circle.

of maintaining close relations with Russia. the Orange Revolution” and explained mer grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. International graduate... This dilemma for Ukrainian foreign policy that about “85 percent of the anti-Semitic Although the author described how (Continued from page 12) was fueled by the conflicting relations publications sold in Ukraine are published some individuals – among them Viktor regime of the time contributed to this con- between Russia and the West, which rein- by a pseudo-scientific organization called Yushchenko and Borys Tarasuyk – were solidation of national sentiment by adopt- forced Ukraine’s polarization between these MAUP (Mizhregionalna Akademiia listed as being on the board of directors of ing the national symbols of 1918 and giv- two orientations, both domestically and in its Upravlinnia Personalom). MAUP is a MAUP – he explained that, as the unsavory ing the Ukrainian language state status. foreign policy, and created a vicious circle. large, well-connected and increasingly nature of the institution became clear, they But this strategy was not completely suc- Natalia Shapovalova (International powerful organization, partly funded by resigned and published critical comments cessful on the level of individual identity, Center for Policy Studies, Ukraine) point- money from Libya and Palestine, Saudi about MAUP. As this happened before the and the strategy “shifted from a mass-media ed out that Russia’s influence in Ukraine Arabia and Iran. It is closely connected 2004 election, his paper actually presented popularized ethno-linguist conception was dealt a serious blow by the Orange with white supremacist groups in the no evidence of any tie between organized towards a civic conception of nation based Revolution and that Russia has ceased to United States and to David Duke, a for- anti-Semitism and the Orange Revolution. on patriotism,” Ms. Zazulya said, adding exert its power politically. Instead it has that the impact of the Orange Revolution turned to manipulating relations with marked the passage to a form of post-nation- Ukraine through a penetration strategy in al identity based on civic duty, solidarity and bilateral relations in business, culture the sharing of democratic common values. (Russian speakers), media (control of both Gennady Poberezny (Rutgers) claimed print and TV) and the Orthodox Church that regionalism has always been an impor- and its agencies with the goal of bringing tant factor in the national development of Ukraine back under Russian influence. Ukraine. It was exacerbated during the Marc Berenson (Princeton) outlined a Orange Revolution and exploited in the comparative study of tax compliance in March 2006 election. To accommodate its Ukraine, Poland and Russia and persistent regionalism and defuse sepa- explained that the lowest level of tax ratism, he argued that Ukraine needed compliance was in Ukraine, which was a decentralization rather than federalization. result of the lowest level of trust in the He admitted that the difficulty here was that government by Ukraine’s population. there existed a “natural regionalism” based The last panel focused on the Orange on formal frameworks created for socio- Revolution and was chaired by Prof. Motyl economic and political life and a “construct- with Prof. Dyczok as discussant. Dmytro ed regionalism” – such as the orange- Hubenko (California State) presented a blue/white divide – which generated false comparison of the coverage of the Orange myths that needed to be deconstructed. Revolution in The New York Times and the The panel on Ukraine and the world Russian paper Izvestia. He argued that both was chaired by Marta Dyczok (University newspapers presented (or “framed”) the of Western Ontario) with Prof. Motyl as Orange Revolution in terms of a conflict. discussant. Svitlana Kobzar (Cambridge, The New York Times presented the main U.K.) argued that the European Union’s problem as being the fraudulent election of power of attraction can be seen as one of November 22, 2004, while Izvestia tried to the most important indirect factors stimu- show that the central problem was the his- lating the democratization process in torical east-west divide in Ukraine. Ukraine. The EU factor was influential in Anastasiya Salnykova (Simon Fraser) political dialogue at the government level, argued that the existence of a strong the desire to “return to Europe” that held national movement in Ukraine was the fac- sway among the Ukrainian elite and the tor that allowed the creation of an imag- development of civil society. ined community and provided the social Elena Kropacheva’s (Hamburg, capital necessary for the victorious collec- Germany) paper examined the question of tive action of the Orange Revolution. Ukraine and the world, and concluded that Per Rudling (Alberta) claimed that his the aim of Euro-Atlantic integration of “paper focuses on the recent surge of Ukraine was incompatible with its aspiration organized anti-Semitism in the wake of 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 No. 22

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OUT AND ABOUT UNA SENIORS’ CONFERENCE at SOYUZIVKA June 2 Benefit concert in memory of Daria Telizyn, on Washington featuring young artists performing classical pieces, Embassy of Ukraine, 202-349-2961 or June 11-16, 2006 – Senior Citizens’ Week [email protected] Ladies and Gentlemen! 2006 is already well on its way. We wish you good health and invite you to visit SOYUZIVKA! June 2 The Washington Group Summer Social, National Washington Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, 240-381-0993 On behalf of the UNA Seniors Club, we would like to invite all seniors to participate in our annual UNA Seniors Club Week, which will be held from Sunday, June 11, to Friday, June 16, 2006. For your general information, please note that the Seniors Club was organized over 30 years ago. The purpose of the UNA June 2-4 Tryzub Ukrainian Festival, EPCOR Center for the Seniors is to support UNA endeavors, to preserve and cultivate the Ukrainian heritage, promote unity Calgary, AB Performing Arts, Martha Cohen Theater, within the community, develop social activities and maintain Ukrainian community life in America. We 403-720-4840 have finally reached a time in our lives when Ukraine is independent and living a democratic life. Ukraine will always have our thoughts and support. But there is a time when we must concentrate on maintaining our own Ukrainian community. There is much that can be done. We will try to make the week interesting June 3 Poetess Maria Shun presents her new book and fun. As you may have read in our publications, last year we had over 60 participants, seven interest- New York “Verlibrariy. Abetka,” Shevchenko Scientific Society, ing speakers and entertainment in the evenings. Fun was had by all. Again, we have an interesting pro- 212-254-5130 gram scheduled and hope that you will be able to join us for an interesting, inexpensive weekend. Follow the press for further information about Seniors Citizens’ Week. June 4 SUM “Youth Day” Picnic, Ukrainian American Sports Horsham, PA Center Tryzub, 215-969-4101 or 215-343-5412

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Soyuzivka’s Datebook Friday, June 2 Saturday, June 10 WASHINGTON : The Washington Group NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific May 26-29, 2006 July 9-15, 2006 Cultural Fund, under the patronage of the Society (NTSh) invites all to an evening dedi- UNA Convention Discovery Camp, Session #1 Embassy of Ukraine, invites the public to cated to the memory of Dr. Wolodymyr attend a benefit concert in memory of Stojko (1926-2006). Prof. Stojko was a full May 31, 2006 July 16-21, 2006 Daria Telizyn (1961-2005) featuring aspir- member of NTSh in the U.S. and the chair of SUNY New Paltz Migrant Children’s Ukrainian Heritage ing young musicians performing works by its Auditing Committee; vice-president of the Education Program Day Camp, Session #1 Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Skoryk and World Council of NTSh; professor emeritus others at 7 p.m. at the Embassy of of history at Manhattan College; chair of the June 2-4, 2006 July 16-22, 2006 Ukraine, 3350 M St. NW. RSVP to 202- Ukrainian Free University Foundation; and 349-2961 or [email protected]. editor of the periodicals Horyzonty and The Ukrainian Language Immersion Discovery Camp, Session #2 Suggested donation: $50. All proceeds Ukrainian Quarterly. The speakers at this Weekend offered at SUNY SCUBA Diving Course from the benefit concert will be used to memorial program will be Dr. Orest New Paltz assist qualified young musicians from Popovych, Dr. Larissa Onyshkevych, Dr. Ivan July 23-28, 2006 Ukraine with expenses associated with Holowinsky and Dr. Leonid Rudnytzky. The June 3, 2006 Children’s Ukrainian Heritage participation in international classical program will take place at the society’s build- Wedding Day Camp, Session #2 music competitions in the Greater ing, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th Washington area. streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information call 212-254-5130. June 5-9, 2006 July 23-29, 2006 Saturday, June 3 Eparchial Clergy Retreat Ukrainian Sitch Sports Camp Friday, June 23 Session #1 NEW YORK: The Shevchenko June 10, 2006 Scientific Society (NTSh) invites all to a GLENDALE, Calif.: Famed Irish tenor Wedding July 23-August 5, 2006 presentation by the poetess Maria Shun Anthony Kearns of The Irish Tenors trio, Ukrainian Folk Dance Camp, of her new Ukrainian-language book New York Metropolitan Opera bass Stefan June 11-16, 2006 Session #1 “Verlibrariy. Abetka” (Kyiv: Fakt, 2006). Szkafarowsky and film/TV actor George UNA Seniors’ Conference Ms. Shun, poetess, translator and member Dzundza, along with the Pasadena July 30-August 5, 2006 of the Writers Union of Ukraine, used to Community Orchestra, join with the work at the Institute of Ethnography of Ukrainian National Choir Kobzar of Los June 16-18, 2006 Ukrainian Sitch Sports Camp the National Academy of Sciences of Angeles in a concert of rousing patriotic 3rd Annual Adoption Weekend Session #2 Ukraine in Lviv. She is the author of American and Ukrainian songs. “A Musical three collections of poetry (in Ukrainian): Salute – God Bless America” is presented by June 17, 2006 July 31-August 4, 2006 “My, Kotri Ye” (1990), “Abetka- the Ukrainian Culture Center of Los Angeles Wedding Golf Day Camp and Beach Rozmaliovka” (1992) and “Pomizh” as a tribute to all who have served in the Volleyball Day Camp (1994), and of many publications in the U.S. armed forces, with proceeds going to June 18, 2006 press. 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