INSIDE: • Orange Revolution is erased from Ukraine’s textbooks – page 3. • Ukrainian Independence Day in North America – pages 4-5. • Where Ukrainians reside in the N.Y. Metro area – pages 12-13.

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal Wnon-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXVIII No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 $1/$2 in Ukraine Ruslana returns to Soyuzivka Protest at Verkhovna Rada shows for benefit event, major concert growing support for the opposition by Zenon Zawada Ukrainian literary icon and chair of the Kyiv Press Bureau Committee to Defend Ukraine. “We’re heading towards the explosion of when we KYIV – A protest at the Verkhovna Rada won’t take anymore and never reconcile on September 7 revealed that support for with a president that was blessed for evil by Ukraine’s opposition forces is growing, yet the Russian chauvinist [Orthodox Church they remain as divided as ever between the radical Svoboda nationalists and moderate Patriarch Kirill, Vladimir] Gundiayev.” Ukrainians who support leaders such as (Continued on page 15) Yulia Tymoshenko and Borys Tarasyuk. Meanwhile, the administra- tion of Viktor Yanukovych is growing increasingly radical in its treatment of the opposition protesters, further restricting their freedom of movement, while encouraging religious zealotry among its own support- ers, whose assemblies are conve- niently positioned between the opposition and government enti- ties. More than 8,000 opposition demonstrators gathered in Kyiv, thwarting the government’s Dmytro Sokolic nationwide efforts to prevent bus Ruslana and her troupe at Soyuzivka during Labor Day weekend. companies from transporting protesters. The opposition rheto- by Yarema Belej sharing laughs. ric grew sharper as leaders Special to The Ukrainian Weekly The “Ruslana for Soyuzivka” benefit, warned of impending conflict if held on Saturday evening in a large party the government didn’t heed its KERHONKSON, N.Y. – It may seem tent erected on the lawn of the Lviv concerns and halt its authoritari- impossible, but Labor Day weekend at lodge, was attended by nearly 250 guests, anism. the Soyuzivka Heritage Center keeps get- “There’s no revolution yet, Zenon Zawada ting better every year. This year organiz- who paid $125 per person for the chance to see Ruslana up close and personal. The but we’re heading towards the Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko addresses ers added a wrinkle of celebrity – in the maidan,” thundered Dmytro more than 8,000 opposition supporters gathered at person of Ukraine’s Ruslana – to the (Continued on page 8) Pavlychko, the 80-year-old the Parliament building in Kyiv on September 7. already immensely popular weekend of culture, dancing, youth and sports. The world famous pop star returned to the place she had fondly referred to as the 26th oblast of Ukraine during the 2009 Ukrainian World Congress holds annual meeting Ukrainian Cultural Festival that she head- TORONTO – The Ukrainian World and the Director of the International Institute Meeting participants honored the memo- lined. This year, however, the ebullient Congress (UWC) held its 2010 annual gen- of Education, Culture and Ties with the ries of UWC directors who passed away in and exhilarating Ruslana called eral meeting on August 22-23 in Przemysl Diaspora, Iryna Klyuchkovska. the last year, namely, Secretary General Soyuzivka Ukraine’s first oblast. Victor Pedenko, Financial Officer William At an intimate evening fund-raiser (Peremyshl in Ukrainian), Poland, a city The first day of the annual meeting began Sametz and Sports Committee Chair Stan with a select group of attendees on where Ukrainians have lived for centuries. It with a divine liturgy celebrated in the Haba with prayers led by the Revs. Saturday night and then a rocking show was the first such meeting held on European Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Popovych and Mokrauz. open to the public on Sunday night, soil outside of Ukraine. The meeting was held on the premises of More than 60 representatives of the “Narodnyi Dim” (literally, Peoples’ During his remarks, Mayor Choma told Ruslana captured the hearts of her audi- the gathering that the Narodnyi Dim will be ences. Ukrainian communities from around the Home) built by the Ukrainian community of world took part in the meeting. Participants Przemysl in 1904 and unfairly expropriated returned to Ukrainian community owner- Ruslana also gave everyone a glimpse ship in the coming weeks. inside her own heart. She spoke frankly also included the Mayor of Przemysl Mayor during Akcja Wisla operation following the Robert Choma; the consul chargé d’affaires second world war. A letter of greetings from Ukraine’s about her feelings regarding the current President Viktor Yanukovych was read by political situation in Ukraine – underscor- of Ukraine to Poland, Andriy Sybiha; for- In his opening remarks, UWC President mer UWC President Askold Lozynskyj; the Eugene Czolij said that the city of Przemysl the Consul Sybiha. Opening remarks were ing that the “maidan” lives (maidan is also delivered by AUP President Petro shorthand for the events of the Orange chair of the Ukrainian World Coordinating was specifically chosen as the location for Council (UVCC) Dmytro Pavlychko; the the 2010 meeting so that the UWC may bet- Tyma, UWCC Chair Pavlychko, MIOK Revolution that centered on Director Klyuchkovska and the president of honorary president of the Olena Teliha ter acquaint itself with the Ukrainian com- Independence Square, or “Maidan AUP’s Przemysl branch, Maria Tucka. Ukrainian Women’s Association, Olha munity in Poland while building a stronger Nezalezhnosty”). And she spoke of her President Czolij provided an overview of Kobets; the consul general of Ukraine in working relationship and to speed up the love for Soyuzivka and her respect for the UWC activities throughout the past year. He Lublin Oleh Horbenko; the Rev. Yevhen return of the Narodnyi Dim to the diaspora. reported on: the expansion of partnership During the course of the weekend Popovych of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Association of Ukrainians in Poland (AUP) activities between UWC and Ukraine, Ruslana obliged her many fans by posing Church; the Rev. Yuri Mokrauz of the along with commensurate compensation for photographs, signing autographs and Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church; and funding for the building’s repair. (Continued on page 9) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 No. 37 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

Ukrainian government presents Yanukovych: a year of unification the EU. In addition, Ukraine is interested in participating in major economic proj- liberal tax reform plan KYIV – In his annual address to the ects in Russia and China, Japan, Korea Verkhovna Rada, President Viktor and Brazil. “We have a wide range of by Pavel Korduban tax reform had not been published by Yanukovych stressed that next year, the interests. I think that by the end of the Eurasia Daily Monitor September 3, when Mr. Azarov promoted year of the 20th anniversary of Ukraine’s year we will see real results of this it during a press conference, but it was independence, should become a year of work,” Mr. Yelchenko emphasized. On September 3 the Ukrainian govern- promised to be radically different from the country’s consolidation. “Today the (Ukrinform) ment presented a tax reform which should previous blueprints. Mr. Azarov, Mr. world is changing before our eyes. make the country more attractive to for- Tigipko, another Azarov deputy, Borys Twenty years in Ukraine have been diffi- Russians to build nuclear plant eign investors and promote economic Kolesnykov, and Finance Minister Fedir cult, but we got through them in peace, KYIV – The Russian-based TVEL reform. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov Yaroshenko limited themselves to present- and pray to God we further live like this. stated that Ukrainian taxes would “proba- ing only the main points and figures at the Next year is the 20th anniversary of inde- Fuel Co. has been declared a winner in bly be the lowest in Europe” (UT1, press conference. pendence of our country. It is essential the auction to select a partner and tech- September 3). Messrs. Azarov and Yanukovych hope that this year be marked by the unity of nology for the construction of a nuclear Several of the country’s western neigh- that the Verkhovna Rada will pass the bill our country,” the president said, accord- fuel plant in Ukraine, according to bors have taxes lower than those proposed early next week at the latest in order that ing to news reports of September 7. He Svitlana Merkulova, an adviser to direc- by Mr. Azarov, but the reform, if approved the 2011 state budget bill (which the also once again called on Ukraine’s tor of the Westinghouse office in Kyiv. by Parliament, will be a huge step forward Cabinet has to submit to Parliament by national deputies to do everything “to “We have received a notice with thanks for a country ranked by the World Bank September 16) should be based on new avoid politicking and decisions that make for participation and that an interministe- this year as the third worst among the taxes. Given the solid majority controlled people enemies.” (Ukrinform) rial commission decided in favor of world’s 183 economies in the ease of pay- by the ruling coalition in Parliament, the TVEL,” she said on September 7. TVEL ing taxes. This will be the first significant bill should be passed smoothly. The com- Ukraine, Russia on international arena Fuel Co. (Russia) and Westinghouse economic reform conducted by the team Electric Co. LLC (U.S.) applied for the munists indicated that they would oppose KYIV – Ukraine and Russia are plan- of President Viktor Yanukovych and Mr. the bill and insist on Mr. Tigipko’s dis- competition to build a plant for the pro- Azarov. ning to intensify their efforts in the inter- duction of nuclear fuel in Ukraine for missal for making the document too liber- national arena, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Tax reform in Ukraine began in the al, but the communist caucus is too small VVER-1000 reactors. On May 5 1990s, but it was not liberal. Russia Volodymyr Yelchenko told report- Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to influence the final outcome. ers in Moscow, it was reported on Consequently, Ukraine developed a com- Mr. Azarov said that the blueprint pro- noted that Ukraine had agreed with plicated system with taxes too high for an September 7. He explained that this pri- Russia on joint construction of a plant to vides for lowering corporate profit tax marily concerns such intensification emerging economy and conducive to tax from the current 25 to 19 percent in 2011 produce nuclear fuel. According to its evasion schemes. The first attempt to lib- through international organizations, in energy strategy, Ukraine planned to build then gradually to 16 percent by 2014. Zero particular the United Nations and the eralize taxation was taken in 2004 by the profit tax will be offered to small business- by 2014 its own plant for the fabrication government of the then-Prime Minister Organization for Security and of fuel assemblies. Under the state target es, light industry and hotels. The value- Cooperation in Europe. As Russia and Viktor Yanukovych and his finance minis- added tax (VAT) will be lowered from the program “Nuclear Fuel of Ukraine” ter, Mr. Azarov. Corporate profit tax was Ukraine have a great mutual interest in approved in September 2009 by the current 20 percent to 17 percent by 2014. the problems of European security, the lowered from 30 to 25 percent, and a pro- Mr. Azarov promised that the new tax Cabinet of Ministers, the construction of initiative of Russian President Dmitry gressive personal income tax scale was code will oblige the government to auto- the nuclear fuel plant is scheduled to be Medvedev and President Yanukovych to replaced with a 15 percent flat tax. The matically refund VAT to exporters and that completed in 2013. The construction cost build up confidence and security in taxation system was not changed in 2005- the government would pay fines for failing is estimated at 1.679 billion hrv. Europe can be discussed together within 2009 as then-President Viktor Yushchenko to comply (UT1, September 3). (Ukrinform) the OSCE, Ambassador Yelchenko said. did not prioritize economic reform. The government’s failure to refund VAT The diplomat said that next week, during Tymoshenko faction changes name However, Mr. Yanukovych, after his on time was among the main problems a meeting of the Subcommittee on election as president last February, listed faced by foreign investors and key domes- KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman International Cooperation of the tax reform among his main priorities. The tic industries, such as metals and grain Volodymyr Lytvyn announced on Interstate Commission, there will be a process of drafting new tax legislation has farms. The government has to resolve this September 8 that the Yulia Tymoshenko number of ministerial consultations on not been smooth. Initially, such efforts problem by the end of the year in order to Bloc (YTB) faction has been renamed the cooperation with the European Union and lacked coordination, and several compet- meet the terms for the continuation of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc-Batkivschyna. NATO issues. “Ukraine is now consider- ing draft reforms appeared. In June, International Monetary Fund’s $15 billion The decision was made at the faction’s ing the possibility of joining the Shanghai Parliament gave preliminary approval to assistance program. meeting on September 6. The opposition- Cooperation Organization as a guest,” he the tax code bill, which was drafted by a The opposition has thus far offered little al faction YTB is the second largest fac- said. According to the ambassador, Kyiv team of experts under the supervision of criticism of the taxation reform plan. tion after the Party of Regions. In compli- the liberal Vice Prime Minister Sergey also suggests that Moscow include Several opposition deputies criticized ance with the new law, only parties can Tigipko. selected provisions such as the tax holidays Ukraine in the modernization projects Nonetheless, Mr. Yanukovych, the busi- for light industry which, they argued, would that Russia will implement together with (Continued on page 14) ness community and the opposition reject- be at the expense of other industries. ed the bill, arguing that it would not sim- Moreover, the leader of the parliamen- plify taxation or ease the tax burden on tary caucus of former Prime Minister Yulia business. 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NEWS ANALYSIS: Orange Revolution erased from Ukraine’s textbooks by Taras Kuzio The real Viktor Yanukovych (not the PR against Ukraine. historians as an epochal event similar to Jamestown Foundation Blog version of this year’s election that most These 20 “recommendations” of the Ukraine’s 1991 declaration of indepen- Western newspapers, such as the Financial Ministry of Education are the first that text- dence. An analysis and interview with textbook Times, accepted) has always had the same book writers such as Mr. Mysan have been On a final note, optimism by Atlantic author and historian Viktor Mysan pub- hostile view of the “Orange nightmare” (as forced to deal with throughout independent Council of the U.S. Senior Non-Resident lished in Ukrayinska Pravda reveals the ide- he once put it) as Russian leaders. It is, Ukraine’s 14 previous governments. The Fellow Adrian Karatnycky that Minister ological orientation of the Ukrainian author- therefore, no wonder that his minister of 2010 edition edits out parts of Ukrainian Tabachnyk is an aberration and on his way ities who came to power in February. education, Dmytro Tabachnyk, has quickly history that are seen as “anti-Russian” by out is unlikely to materialize, as this ignores During the preceding five years, Viktor taken the initiative to remove the Orange Moscow, as reflected in the condemnation the ideological dimension of the Party of Yanukovych had never accepted the legiti- Revolution from school textbooks in a of Ukraine’s humanities policies under Regions and wrongly assumes that “prag- macy of the Orange Revolution or his defeat move that smacks of George Orwell’s President Yushchenko in President Dmitri matic” oligarchs run the party and Mr. in 2004, ignoring a Supreme Court ruling famous novel “1984.” Medvedev’s August 2009 open letter to the Yanukovych. It was this view that led many and a parliamentary resolution. Worse still, Ukraine retains a Soviet-style centraliza- Ukrainian president. in the West (but not the Jamestown he adhered to the Russian view that the tion of educational policy, and textbooks The Orange Revolution followed the Foundation) to believe that there was no dif- mass protests were nothing more than published in Kyiv are distributed in both Serbian “bulldozer” and Georgian “Rose” ference between Mr. Yanukovych and Yulia “political technology.” This is post-Soviet Ukrainian and Russian throughout the coun- democratic revolutions in 2000 and 2003, Tymoshenko in this year’s Ukrainian elec- speak for a black-ops conspiracy that was try. The textbooks for Grade 5 that are being respectively. These, in turn, followed mass tions. supposedly undertaken by the U.S. through published in a 506,000 print run have a new protests that had similarly removed post- In reality, subsequent events have shown the rhetoric of democracy-promotion pur- front cover void of the background contain- Communist leaders who had retained power that Mr. Yanukovych represents a funda- sued by the Bush administration. ing the Orange Revolution protests that was after the collapse of communism in mental Russophile break in Ukraine’s post- It was always, therefore, a mistake to included in the 2005 edition. The 2010 edi- Romania (1996), Bulgaria (1997), Slovakia Soviet trajectory from its Ukrainophile three view Mr. Yanukovych in the 2010 elections, tion has only Kozak leaders on the front (1998) and Croatia (1999). former presidents, as predicted by despite five years of “grooming” by U.S. cover. In the 2010 edition the Orange Of these democratic breakthroughs, Jamestown Foundation authors. consultants Manafort and Davis, as a Revolution is ignored and replaced by very Ukraine’s Orange Revolution was the larg- Mr. Karatnycky wrote in the Kyiv Post in “reborn democrat.” In order for this to be brief information on the 2004 and 2010 est (one in five Ukrainians participated), the a debate with University Prof. Alexander true, Mr. Yanukovych would have had to presidential elections, the president Viktor most peaceful (in Serbia the Parliament was Motyl of Rutgers University that, “On the condemn the mass fraud committed in the Yushchenko and the election of Mr. set on fire, and in Georgia the Parliament matter of culture, I am in broad agreement 2004 elections, embrace the authenticity and Yanukovych. was stormed) and the longest (lasting 17 with Motyl. We both disagree fundamental- domestic origins of the Orange Revolution, Mr. Mysan places the removal of the days). The Orange Revolution will continue and accept his own defeat. Orange Revolution within the context of an to be seen by Western and some Ukrainian (Continued on page 18) This unwillingness to accept responsibili- overall new line in the 2010 edition that por- ty casts a shadow over another aspiring poli- trays the authorities as bowing to Russian tician – Vice Prime Minister Sergey Tigipko pressure. ‘The majority of the Education – who seeks to refashion himself as a Ministry’s recommendations (to the author) Freedom House cites deterioration “reborn new face democrat.” Mr. Tigipko are tied to the formation of another, less has also steadfastly refused to condemn the aggressive, face of Ukraine’s eastern neigh- 2004 fraud that took place when he was bor – Russia. Besides the Orange of press freedom in Ukraine head of the Yanukovych election campaign. Revolution, other episodes that have been Therefore, we cannot trust the genuineness cut out of the new edition include when Freedom House Revolution,” said Paula Schriefer, direc- of his democratic credentials until he acts Ukrainians fought against Russia for inde- tor of advocacy at Freedom House. WASHINGTON – The recent court “Freedom House applauds German like a democrat and condemns the 2004 pendence. Also, the 1933 Famine is no lon- ruling to cancel broadcast licenses for election fraud. ger designated as “artificial” and directed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s call to TVi and 5 Kanal (Channel 5), two of the Yanukovych to bolster democratic pro- few remaining independent televisions cesses and urges U.S. Undersecretary of stations in Ukraine, is reflective of a State Burns to express the same in bilat- growing crackdown on press freedom by eral discussions with the government dur- Reporters’ group issues report President Viktor Yanukovych, according ing his upcoming trip to the region,” he to Freedom House. added Undersecretary William Burns is A Ukrainian court ruled on August 30 scheduled to visit Ukraine and Russia about press freedom in Ukraine to revoke recently awarded broadcast early this month. Reporters Without Borders (NCRTB). licenses for private television stations, Freedom House noted that over the The ruling has dealt a blow to the inde- TVi and Channel 5, citing irregularities in past several months there has been a rise PARIS – Reporters Without Borders pendence of TV stations and the NCRTB. the application process. in attacks on journalists, accompanied by on September 1 published the report of Reporters Without Borders regards it as TVi, which had recently renewed all of a climate of impunity. Most notably, chief the fact-finding visit it made to Ukraine an act of censorship against the two TV its licenses, has lost its ability to broad- editor and reporter for Novyi Styl, Vasyl on July 19-21. Titled “Temptation to con- stations that are most critical of the cur- cast, and the broadcast coverage of Klymentyev has been missing since trol,” it looks at the marked increase in rent government. Channel 5, which continues to have some August 11 and is feared dead. An uniden- violations of press freedom since Viktor During a discussion of civil liberties in pre-existing licenses, has been signifi- tified witness in his case has also disap- Yanukovych’s election as president in Ukraine on August 30 with German cantly reduced. Executives from the TV peared. Press censorship has also February. Chancellor Angela Merkel, President stations, as well as those involved in increased, including the banning of During the visit, Reporters Without Yanukovych said it was it was a matter of awarding the licenses, could face crimi- reports critical of the government and the Borders Secretary-General Jean-François the “utmost interest” to him that the pro- nal charges, including possible jail time. restricting of editorial control. Julliard and the head of the organization’s cess of democratization in Ukraine “The deterioration of press freedom in Ukraine is ranked free in “Freedom in Europe and ex-USSR desk, Elsa Vidal, should continue successfully. Ukraine under President Yanukovych is the World 2010,” Freedom House’s sur- met national and local media representa- Reporters Without Borders hopes that especially worrisome as it portrays a vey of political rights and civil liberties, tives, members of press freedom NGOs, these pledges are real and that every retreat away from the significant gains and partly free in “Freedom of the Press and parliamentarians from both the ruling effort will be made to shed light on Mr. experienced since the Orange 2010.” party and the opposition. Klymentyev’s disappearance and avoid a Cases of physical attacks on journal- recurrence of the impunity and obstruc- ists, direct obstruction of their work and tion that has marked the investigation acts of censorship of various kinds were into the September 2000 abduction and Quotable notes reported to the organization. murder of journalist Heorhii Gongadze. “On August 30, our TV channel, TVi, was banned from analogue broadcast- The report’s conclusions have unfortu- The Gongadze case has still not been nately been borne out by investigative ing, even though the station remains on the air for now on cable TV. … concluded, although government officials “Back in January, TVi had honestly won the tender conducted by the National journalist Vasyl Klymentyev’s disappear- and politicians have repeatedly claimed ance on August 11 and last week’s court Council for TV and Radio to receive additional frequencies. …But Valery that this was their desire. Khoroshkovsky, head of the State Security Service (SBU, as it is known by its decision that the allocation of new broad- The increase in press freedom viola- Ukrainian acronym) and owner of the dominant U.A. Inter Media Group televi- cast frequencies to two privately owned tions detailed in the report of Reporters sion holding, did not like it. He must have thought that both our frequencies and independent TV stations, TVi and Without Borders needs a strong reaction those won by other companies should have been given to his holding. So, his Channel 5, was illegal. from the international community – espe- holding sued us. … The allocation of broadcast frequen- cially the European Union – so that “For some reason, the court decision that was made public said that we have cies is a crucial issue. A Kyiv administra- media freedom can be guaranteed in no right to broadcast not just on the frequencies we recently received, but on tive court ruled on August 30 in favor of Ukraine. those that had been received in previous tenders. the action brought against TVi and Reporters Without Borders is open to “The court found no guilt of ours in the process, but our licenses were taken Channel 5 by rival TV station owner dialogue with Ukrainian politicians and is away, despite European legal practice. This is censorship. Valeriy Khoroshkovsky – who also hap- due to return to Ukraine soon to meet “… What they need is to keep us silent. That’s because we call white white pens to be the head of the Security with President Yanukovych at his invita- rather than black, but are prepared to let those speak who think otherwise. Service of Ukraine (SBU), and a member tion. Following us, all the others can be closed down and controlled. …” of the Judiciary Supreme Council – and The entire report is available in ordered that prosecutions be brought English, French and Ukrainian on the – Mykola Kniazhytskyi, director of TVi, writing in a commentary headlined against members of the National Council Reporters Without Borders website, “Khoroshkovsky stinks up TV media sector,” Kyiv Post, September 3. on Radio and Television Broadcasting www.rsf.org. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 No. 37

THE 19th ANNIVERSARY OF UKRAINE’S INDEPENDENCE Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH – More than 250 per- sons, representing decades of Ukrainian immigrants and American-born Ukrainians, attended the 19th anniversa- ry celebration of modern-day Ukrainian independence on Sunday, August 29, held at 1-9 p.m., at the Alpine Hunting and Fishing Club in South Fayette Township, Pa. This was the second annual celebration by the Pittsburgh Ukrainian community. New this year was the daylong serving of Ukrainian foods rather than a catered din- ner. The celebration was planned and supported by representatives and volun- teer workers from 18 Ukrainian churches and organizations under the general chairmanship of Kristina K. Szmul. The guests on that sunny day were welcomed to the program beginning at 3 p.m. by Luba Hlutkowsky, who intro- duced the master and mistress of ceremo- nies, Bohdan Konecky (English) and Halyna Mykhailiv Ciarallo (Ukrainian). They introduced Msgr. George Appleyard, dean of the Central Deanery of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Msgr. George Appleyard Josaphat in Parma, Ohio, and pastor of The ensemble cast in Pittsburgh that entertained those celebrating the independence of Ukraine. nearby Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Carnegie, Pa., who offered the Students of all ages from the School of Ukrainian Studies of invocation prayer in Ukrainian. Pittsburgh, directed by Principal Lesia Korenovska, entertained Next, the combined children and youth by singing Ukrainian songs and reciting poetry. The senior danc- from the performing groups assembled to ers of the Poltava Ukrainian Dance Company of Pittsburgh, lead the singing of the American and directed by Ms. Hlutkowsky, performed a suite of dances with Ukrainian national anthems. intricate steps, including the popular “Arkan” from Ukraine’s Performing first was the Chervona Hutsul region. Kalyna Youth Group, directed by Maria Ms. Hlutkowsky then read a certificate in honor of the 60th Zayats, from the Pittsburgh Chapter of anniversary of the “Ukrainian Radio Program,” hosted and direct- the New Ukrainian Wave-4 with a selec- ed by Michael Komichak. He presents the program live each tion of songs and poetry recitations. A Sunday at 1 p.m. on WPIT Radio (730 on the AM dial) as a ser- large round of applause greeted their vice to the worldwide Ukrainian community, as the program is mastery of Ukrainian culture and lan- webcast on the Internet at www.wpitam.com. He thanked all guage. The Kyiv Ukrainian Dance those who have supported the “Ukrainian Radio Program” for six Ensemble, directed by Natalie Kapeluck- decades. All participated in singing “Mnohaya Lita” for Mr. Nixon, then performed a suite of Komichak. Ukrainian dances incorporating elements Finally, Mr. Konecky recognized the Ukrainian war veterans of ballet. in attendance. The Very Rev. Timothy Tomson, pastor of St. Mary Nataliya Navorenska DiDomenico Ukrainian Orthodox Church in McKees Rocks, Pa., offered the spoke on the Ukrainian Language benediction prayer in Ukrainian. Program at the University of Pittsburgh, Following the program, the Ostap Stakhiv Orchestra played pointing out that “language is the soul of for the “zabava” (dance) with spirited, and slow dancing on the a nation.” She urged college-attending outside patio. Many also enjoyed watching the scene and engag- students to register for the beginning or ing in friendly conversation at tables surrounding the patio. intermediate Ukrainian language courses. Meanwhile, the youth played volleyball, and the children had She especially noted the cross-registra- face painting done by Arlene Esterburg and took part in folk art tion program for full credit available at activities presented by the Ukrainian Community of Western 10 colleges and universities in the Pennsylvania, whose president is Svitlana Tomson. Pittsburgh area. She later spoke privately The day was very enjoyable with new friends made and com- with many students and parents through- munity pride enhanced, and expectations heightened for the Sofiya Bidochko and her little brother, Yuriy, celebrate out the day about the Ukrainian upcoming fall calendar of Pittsburgh Ukrainian community Ukrainian Independence Day at the Alpine Club near Language Program. events. Pittsburgh.

Hazleton, Pa. by Irene Ievins HAZLETON, Pa. – WYLN-TV in Hazleton, Pa., devoted a substantial part of its “Late Edition” news program on August 24 to the 19th anniversary of Ukraine’s indepen- dence. The station aired several segments of the Ukrainian Festival that took place at the Ukrainian Homestead in Lehighton, Pa., as well as an interview with Prof. Leonid Rudnytzky of La Salle University. In her introductory remarks, the co-host of “Late Edition,” Sonia Shepherd, offered a brief overview of Ukrainian history, as well as an incisive commentary on Ukrainian culture. In answering Ms. Shepherd’s questions, Prof. Rudnytzky alluded to the importance of Ukraine’s independence, not just for the Ukrainian people but for the world, by stressing that Ukraine, in contrast to Russia, has indeed embraced democracy. While voicing cautious optimism about Ukraine’s future, Prof. Rudnytzky also expressed his fears regarding the most recent political developments in the country, which, in his Irene Ievins opinion, threaten the freedom of the press and human rights. Sonia Shepherd of WYLN-TV with Prof. Leonid Rudnytzky. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 5

THE 19th ANNIVERSARY OF UKRAINE’S INDEPENDENCE Montreal MONTREAL – The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) Montreal branch held its annual banquet marking the 19th anniversary of Ukraine’s renewed independence, together with the 70th anni- versary of the founding of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress on Sunday, August 29. It was held at “Dim Molodi” (Youth Home) with over 180 delegates and guests present. The banquet was officially opened by UCC Montreal President Zorianna Hrycenko-Luhova. During her welcome remarks, she also extended “a special thank-you to Madame Deputy Louise Beaudoin for her pivitol role in the unani- mous recognition by the Quebec National Assembly of the Holodomor as Genocide.” The main guest speaker was national UCC President Pavlo Grod, who spoke of the many accomplishments of UCC national and the need to have a strong and united community for the work ahead. Special remarks were also made by Member of Parliament James Bezan, Special guests at the Montreal banquet (from left), UCC Executive Director Taras Zalucky, the Rev. Andrij Onuferko of Deputy Ms. Beaudoin and Ukrainian Ottawa, Ukrainian World Congress President Eugene Czolij, UCC National President Pavlo Grod, UCC Montreal World Congress President Eugene Czolij. President Zorianna Hrycenko-Luhova, Member of Parliament James Bezan, banquet committee chairperson Marika During her brief comments, Ms. Putko, and the Rev. Volodymyr Kushnir of Montreal. Beaudoin, deputy representing Rosemount, Quebec, gave an overview of her effort in the Selkirk-Interlake region of Manitoba, banquet with a special commendation Marika Putko, while the program commit- getting Bill 390 recognizing the 1932-1933 who was visiting the Montreal Ukrainian plaque presented by President Grod were tee was headed by Bohdanna Klecor- Famine in Soviet Ukraine as genocide, community for the first time, spoke about Marika Putko, as head of the UCC Hawryluk. The evening was videotaped by passed by the National Assembly of his work in having the federal government Montreal Holodomor Committee work- Danylo Bobyk, with the speeches to be Quebec. Many survivors lived in Quebec. of Canada recognize the Famine as geno- ing to help pass Bill 390; Prof. Roman placed on the UCC National website. She emphasized the importance played by cide. He also emphasized the need to be Serbyn, for his ongoing scholarly work Prior to the banquet, Mr. Grod held a the Montreal Quebec community in coming vigilant and further engaged with Ukraine and research on the Holodomor Famine- meeting with Montreal UCC executive to Quebec City on two occasions to show in light of Ukraine’s threatened democra- Genocide; and filmmaker Yurij Luhovy, members, giving them an opportunity to their concern and support in the passing of cy, insisting Western governments must for his work and dedication to promote ask questions and discuss the current pro- the bill and the significant impact not isolate Ukraine. awareness of the Holodomor through gram of UCC National. There he present- Ambassador Ihor Ostash had on the final Speaking next UWC President Czolij, film. ed the UCC’s new executive director, voting in June, by his presence during the who had just returned from the world The masters of ceremonies for the eve- Taras Zalucky from Ottawa, to the mem- vote. Bill 390 was passed by all four body’s historic annual meeting held in ning was Yurko Kulycky, UCC executive bers. Quebec political parties. Peremyshyl, a former Ukrainian city now member, who thanked the many original The banquet was made possible by the For her role in the historic passing of part of Poland. He mentioned that the builders of the Montreal Ukrainian commu- numerous volunteers who helped and the Bill 390, Ms. Beaudoin received two Ukrainian National Home, built by nity who were present at the banquet, rec- dedicated UCC banquet committee. The standing ovations. She was also the recipi- Ukrainians in Poland and confiscated dur- ognizing their hard work and dedication in evening ended with entertainment fol- ent of a special plaque-award from UCC ing Akcja Wisla, will finally be returned to establishing the Montreal community. lowed by personal interaction with the National, presented by Mr. Grod for this Ukrainians as promised to them by the The banquet committee was chaired by community’s special guests. achievement. mayor of Peremyshyl, within a few weeks. Ms. Bezan, member of Parliament from Also honored by National UCC at the

Registration for UCC’s congress now open online Wnnipegi , Manitoba – Online and awards. Most importantly, dele- registration is now open for the XXIII gates will elect the leadership of the triennial Congress of Ukrainian Ukrainian Canadian community for the Canadians, being held under the theme next three years and setting its direc- “Honoring the Past – Inspiring the tion for many more. Future.” “Alberta’s Ukrainian community is The congress will take place on thrilled to be hosting Congress XXIII November 5-7 for the first time in in Edmonton this fall. A group of high- Edmonton, Alberta, at the Westin ly dedicated volunteers has been work- Hotel. ing tirelessly to ensure that this con- This event will also mark the 70th gress will be one of the most impactful anniversary of the Ukrainian Canadian and memorable ones to date,” stated Congress and 120 years of settlement Daria Luciw, president of the UCC UCC President Pavlo Grod presents UCC National Merit Award to Quebec of Ukrainians in Canada. Alberta Provincial Council. Deputy Louise Beaudoin (center) with the president of UCC Quebec Provincial UCC National President Paul Grod This year’s congress will feature Council, Zorianna Hrycenko-Luhova. noted the importance of attending this many engaging speakers and thought- congress and encouraged member- provoking sessions. For the first time organizations to fill their delegate ros- in congress history, a youth stream spe- ters. “The triennial congress is a key cifically geared towards the interests event for the future of our community. and concerns of young community Wherever you are, Not only will we be celebrating the members will be included. 70th anniversary of the UCC, but we Readers may visit the congress web- will be developing the vision and man- site at http://congress.ucc.ca/ to regis- The Ukrainian Weekly can be there with you date for the future of our community,” ter and to learn further details about he underscored. congress sessions, special hotel rates, Hosted by the UCC National and sponsorship opportunities, exploring Check out The Ukrainian Weekly online at Alberta Provincial Council, the con- Edmonton and more. (Those who reg- gress will provide three full days of ister before September 30 can take www.ukrweekly.com networking, policy forums, exhibits advantage of early-bird pricing.) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 No. 37

WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly Not a single state school in Russia The diaspora and Ukraine The Ukrainian World Congress recently concluded its 2010 annual general meeting offers instruction in Ukrainian in Poland, bringing together over 60 representatives of Ukrainian communities in 17 countries. The world body, it should be noted, encompasses representations from 32 by Paul Goble newspapers, and the erection and mainte- countries with Ukrainian communities – some 20 million Ukrainians living outside nance of memorials to well-known At a time when Moscow is pressing to Ukrainians who have lived in Russia. the borders of Ukraine, as well as the European Congress of Ukrainians. have Ukraine make Russian a second state UWC President Eugene Czolij reported on the organization’s activities during the Schools play a key role in helping to language and to expand the use of Russian maintain Ukrainian identity abroad, the past year, including the issues raised with President Viktor Yanukovych in the UWC’s in Ukrainian higher education, Ukraine’s “Memorandum on Major Issues that Pertain to Ukraine and the Ukrainian Diaspora.” ambassador suggests. In various parts of newly appointed ambassador to Moscow Russia, there are currently nine private A major topic of discussion among delegates was “Major Issues Pertaining to Ukraine has complained that “there is not a single and UWC Relations with Ukraine.” Translation: How does the Ukrainian diaspora schools and one private college “where government school in Russia with instruc- Ukrainian is being studied.” But “the deal with Ukraine’s democratically elected pro-Russian – and anti-Ukrainian – presi- tion in Ukrainian.” dent and his administration? majority of children of Ukrainians who In an interview published on August 17, Back on June 21, readers may recall, the UWC had given a memorandum to Mr. want to know their native language, study Volodymyr Yelchenko says that one of his Yanukovych that touched on 10 major issues, among them: the basing of the Russian it in [privately organized] circles and goals as Kyiv’s representative in the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Ukraine’s accession to the European Union and NATO, the state lan- Sunday schools.” capital is to change that situation in order guage, violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the Holodomor. At This reflects a real problem in the that Russia’s millions of ethnic Ukrainians that time, Mr. Yanukovych reacted by calling on the Ukrainian diaspora to cooperate Russian Federation, the ambassador goes will be better able to maintain their ethnicity in helping to improve Ukraine’s image worldwide and promising to provide an offi- on to say. “At present, unfortunately, cial response to the memo’s points. Two months later, panelists during the aforemen- and links to Ukraine (www.izvestia.com. there is not a single government school tioned discussion at the annual meeting noted that the UWC had yet to receive a ua/?/articles/2010/08/17/211157-9). with programs of instruction in general response. At the present time, Ambassador educational subjects in the Ukrainian lan- In the meantime, President Yanukovych sent perfunctory greetings to the UWC’s Yelchenko continues, “Ukrainians living on guage.” annual meeting. “Dear Friends,” he wrote, “In the name of the Ukrainian nation and the territory of Russia are integrated into “I will be open,” Mr. Yelchenko says, from myself, I greet you... We are united by a common goal: the continued develop- the social-political life of this country.” “I consider it absolutely abnormal that in ment of the independent, democratic and law-abiding Ukrainian state. I will aspire to Moreover, “citizens of the Russian Moscow where live a large number of the closest cooperation with you, searching together for new ideas, projects and initia- Federation of Ukrainian origin form a sig- ethnic tives aimed at defending the interests of Ukrainians worldwide, the deepening of their nificant percent of those in the cultural- Ukrainians – more than a quarter of a ties with their historic homeland and the strengthening of Ukrainian positions in the artistic, political and administrative elite of million – there is not a single Ukrainian international arena. In unity, harmony and understanding we will be able to safeguard Russia.” middle school. The correction of this sit- the Ukrainian distinctiveness, language, culture, national traditions and social achieve- But at the same time, the Ukrainian uation,” he continues, is something he ments that our children and ancestors have nurtured for centuries...” Translation: I will envoy says, “many of them remember their considers “one of [his] first order tasks.” continue to speak in such platitudes, but I will ignore your substantive memorandum. roots and preserve Ukrainian culture and At the same time, the ambassador indi- The annual meeting resolved – apparently after much discussion that raised options traditions.” And to that end, they make use cates, he is helping to create a Ukrainian- like boycotting the president of Ukraine – that the UWC will continue to react to all of such institutions as the National Cultural language channel on Russian television” encroachments upon Ukraine’s territory, monitor all reports on violations of human Center of Ukraine in Moscow, the so that the Ukrainians of Russia will be and national rights, and cooperate with all non-governmental organizations and Ukrainian Culture Center in Surgut, and the kept informed about what is taking place national democratic forces to defend Ukraine’s independence and democratic achieve- Laboratory of Ukrainian Culture in Sochi.” in their native land. And he suggests that ments. Translation: We care about Ukraine and its people, even if the country’s current In Moscow alone, he continues, there is talks about organizing such a channel are leadership does not. a Library of Ukrainian Literature, which near completion. Now the UWC has written a letter to President Yanukovych, the text of which was currently has 50,000 volumes and which is Among Mr. Yelchenko’s other com- released to the press on August 30. The UWC notes that, instead of a reply from “constantly being renewed with the support ments in his wide-ranging interview, one Ukraine’s president, on August 27 it received a letter from Hanna Herman, deputy of Ukraine.” And for many Ukrainians in stands out. The Ukrainian ambassador head of the Presidential Administration, stating: “As a result of reviewing the the Russian Federation, Ukrainian websites said that it is his “deep conviction” that Memorandum, we inform you that, in view of the broad range of subjects related to play a major role in sharing information ever more Russians understand that foreign policy and internal matters of the life of the country in various spheres, espe- and helping to maintain Ukrainian culture. “Ukraine is a normal European state with cially as regards the allocation of budgetary funds for the realization of appropriate Many Ukrainian organizations are turn- serious potential,” one “with its own inter- projects, the document was sent to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for analysis, ing to the Embassy for support, Mr. ests which may not always and in every- [and] for consideration of questions raised during preparation of the Government Yelchenko notes, and the Ukrainian govern- thing correspond to Russian interests.” Program on Cooperation with Ukrainians Abroad for the Period to 2015. We will ment “tries in every possible way to sup- The question of education is clearly a inform you about the results of the work accomplished.” Translation: We will stall on port” initiatives like festivals of Ukrainian place where Moscow and Kyiv diverge. responding for as long as possible, or until you forget about this. culture, the distribution of journals and Since 1991, Moscow has pressed Kyiv UWC President Czolij has responded by quite rightly asking President Yanukovych hard to maintain all Russian-language when the UWC might expect to receive the promised reply to its June memorandum. Paul Goble is a long-time specialist institutions in Ukraine and complained And the UWC has decided to keep engaging Mr. Yanukovych. on ethnic and religious questions in loudly when any of them are closed or Here in the United States, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America has Eurasia who has served in various shifted to the national language of that decided that enough is enough – it’s time to hit the streets and stand up for what we capacities in the U.S. State Department, country, complaints that many Western believe. The UCCA has announced a protest in New York, at Ukraine’s Mission to the the Central Intelligence Agency and the governments have echoed. United Nations, for September 22 (at 5:30-7:30 p.m.), when President Yanukovych International Broadcasting Bureau, as But at the same time, Moscow has will be at the U.N. “We must defend Ukraine’s integrity and sovereignty!” says the well as at the Voice of America and failed to open Ukrainian-language UCCA leaflet about the demonstration. “Let us show our disdain for the president’s Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and schools for the ethnic Ukrainians living policies and tell him that, as proud Ukrainians, we firmly uphold and vehemently the Carnegie Endowment for in Russia, arguing that the Ukrainians defend a strong, self-sufficient, independent state where Ukrainians are free to express International Peace. Mr. Goble writes a there supposedly do not want them. As their opinions, are cognizant of their culture and history and are proud of their unique blog called “Window on Eurasia” Yelchenko’s interview shows, that is heritage.” (http://windowoneurasia.blogspot.com/). clearly not the case, even though Western Since President Yanukovych is on record as saying, back in June, that he wants to This article above is reprinted with per- governments have seldom pressed hear the opinions of Ukrainian diaspora representatives, here is our chance to let him mission. Moscow on that account. hear us loud and clear. IN THE PRESS: Political witch hunt Sept “Faking it,” editorial, Kyiv Post, on to hamstring the opposition. Turning the pages back... September 3 (http://www.kyivpost. Tymoshenko allies are in jail as prosecu- com/news/opinion/editorial/ tors investigate their alleged crimes, detail/80908/#ixzz0yUSxq2bg): while alleged wrongdoing by the 16 Ten years ago, on September 16, 2000, Heorhii Gongadze, 31, Yanukovych gang gets no attention. 2000 a prominent investigative journalist in Ukraine for the newspaper “A political witch hunt seems to be “This is all part of a sordid trend Ukrayinska Pravda, disappeared without a trace after leaving his under way with the Prosecutor’s Office aimed at shutting out Tymoshenko by, for Kyiv office. Gongadze was known for his provocative political leading the chase. example, cutting her and her supporters criticisms which overtly taunted the Kuchma administration for limiting press freedoms and “Any alleged criminal activity by poli- off the airwaves. … intimidating the media. ticians should be investigated. However, “Former President Viktor Yushchenko Gongadze left his office in Kyiv that fateful day to deliver a set of keys to his wife, the decision to investigate close allies of killed his political career by failing to Myroslava, who had locked herself out of their apartment and was waiting for him on the ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko – make good on his promise to ‘put bandits street with their 3-year-old twins. He never showed. Gongadze’s decapitated body was but not anyone close to President Viktor in jail”’ when he came to power in 2005 found two months later in a forest in the Taraschan region, 40 miles outside of Kyiv. Yanukovych – is an abuse of power after the Orange Revolution. “Gongadze is known for his tough opposition to the current regime of President Leonid intended to weaken political opponents. … “Perhaps Yanukovych’s slogan could “…the authorities are using the gener- be: ‘Put bandits in jail, but only if they (Continued on page 15) al prosecutor’s office as a political weap- are members of the opposition.’ ” No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 7 FOR THE RECORD PERSPECTIVES UCCA remembers Vasyl Stus by Andrew Fedynsky The following statement was released by camp and three years’ exile. He spent his the Ukrainian Congress Committee of imprisonment in Mordovia and his exile in America on September 3. the notorious and brutal Soviet concentra- tion camp of Kolyma. Twenty-five years ago, Ukraine lost one He returned to Kyiv in 1979 and soon Ukrainian camps of its greatest literary talents and a brave and joined the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, a During the two summer months that are reason and with Ukraine having just cele- determined patriot, Vasyl Stus. On human rights organization. Eight months traditionally the most leisurely, I found brated its 20th Independence Day, I’d like to September 4, 1985, after 23 years of inhu- later, he was arrested again and this time myself more often than not driving our reflect for a moment. mane Soviet imprisonment, Stus, renowned sentenced to 15 years (10 years’ imprison- daughter Olesia to and from camps. Four in In researching this article, I “googled” Ukrainian poet and publicist, and one of the ment and five years’ exile). The circum- all: Dance Camp in Berea, sponsored by the Ukrainian camps, expecting to find referenc- most active and determined members of the stances of his second incarceration in the Kashtan Dance Ensemble; Zolota Bulava es to youth organizations churches, etc., Ukrainian dissident movement, died in a strict-regime camp in the Perm Oblast were (Golden Mace) near Toronto for aspiring which I did. But the search engine didn’t Soviet prison camp. unbearable. He was allowed no visitations, Plast scout leaders; Pysanyi Kamin (Painted know that’s what I was specifically looking Born on January 6, 1938, in Vinnytsia was continually harassed by the authorities Rock, or PK) Plast camp an hour outside of for and also offered a hefty list preceded by Oblast, Stus spent his childhood in Donbas and, due to the harsh and inhumane condi- Cleveland; and Kobzarska Sich in words like “concentration,” “death,” “labor,” after his family moved there in 1940. He tions in the camp, his health deteriorated Emlenton, Pa., near Pittsburgh, sponsored “internment” and “displaced persons.” studied philology at the Donetsk drastically. by the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. That’s part of Ukrainian reality as well, I Pedagogical Institute, and his first poems Perhaps worst of all for Stus was his “Do you ever get homesick when you’re realized. were published in 1959. After graduation, inability to smuggle out a single line of his away at tabir (camp)?” I asked her. My own initial experience with a camp he worked as a teacher in the Kirovohrad writings. His letters and all of his writings was a DP camp in Austria where I was born. Oblast, served in the army and taught were confiscated by the authorities, and “No,” she replied, “but sometimes I get I was 10 in 1958 at my first summer camp at Ukrainian language and literature in because of his political convictions, his tabir-sick when I’m home.” Novyi Sokil (New Falcon) near Buffalo, Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast. works were banned by the Soviet regime. Good line and not surprising. N.Y.. Nikita Khrushchev was the Soviet dic- In 1963 Stus began graduate studies at He died a brutal and lonely death in solitary Olesia has been going to camp every the Institute of Literature in Kyiv, during confinement during a hunger strike and was summer since she was 3 years old, staying tator at the time. Getting a letter from family which time he took an active part in the rich buried at the camp cemetery in a grave in a tent with my wife at “Tabir Plashat” (a in Ukraine, I remember, was a momentous literary life of the time by writing poetry and marked only No. 9. camp for preschoolers) at PK. Now 15, she occasion. My parents would examine the critical articles, many of which appeared in On November 19, 1989, his remains can’t get enough of it: songs, campfires, envelope and based on how it was sealed, journals. In 1965 he was expelled from the were interred at Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv friends, games, adventure, fresh air, figured it had been read by censors. They institute for taking part in a protest meeting along with those of his fellow inmates Yurii Ukrainian legend and lore. carefully parsed the contents: if somebody that denounced the secret arrests and closed Lytvyn and Oleksa Tykhy, who had died in As for our 19-year-old son, Mykhas, he had been invited to visit “Ivan’s house,” that trials of members of the Ukrainian intelli- 1984. On November 26, 2005, he was post- was at two Plast camps: Lisova Shkola meant a KGB summons for questioning. If gentsia and was forced to work at various humously awarded the title Hero of (Wilderness School) in Hunter, N.Y., and at “Stefko” was upset, you knew the authori- menial and unsatisfying jobs. Ukraine. PK as a counselor and lifeguard. ties were tightening the screws on Ukrainian He continued to write poetry, literary crit- Vasyl Stus will always remain a symbol At Soyuzivka, I also got to see three other culture and freedom overall. icism and appeals protesting the restoration of the strength of the human spirit in its camps: 50 or so young people working It was a time when fear in Ukraine was of the personality cult, Russification and the struggle for freedom and righteousness. His intensely at the Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky ubiquitous, arbitrary arrest was always a denial of freedom of thought, and as a love for Ukraine is translated into his many Dance Camp; another 50 or so at the possibility and overt devotion to your result, in 1972 was arrested with other dissi- writings and poems which endured and con- Chornomorska Sitch Sports Camp and a national identity was a career-breaker or in dents writers – Ivan Svitlychny, Yevhen tinue to inspire Ukrainians throughout the bus-load of kids from the nearby Ukrainian extreme circumstances got you a ticket to Sverstiuk, Ihor and Iryna Kalynets – and world. American Youth Association camp in the gulag. Camping safely 5,000 miles sentenced to five years in a Soviet labor May God rest his soul. Ellenville, N.Y., who came for a swim meet. away, we sang songs about liberating Indeed, Ukrainian youth camps are scat- Ukraine without having any idea how to do tered throughout North America: Plast so. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR camps at either end of New York State; Twenty years ago this past January, more UAYA camps near Chicago and Cleveland; than a million Ukrainians formed a human a Catholic Camp outside of Detroit; and an chain from Lviv to Kyiv. A year and a half Ukrainian people fight on. Orthodox Camp in Emlenton, Pa. later, Ukraine declared independence. Our Richard Lubiak Consulting the Internet, I saw several camps Mykhas was not quite a year old; Olesia was Hedley, British Columbia in Canada, from Quebec to British not yet born. will overcome Columbia and provinces in between. Message: if you’re under 25, you don’t In my estimation – unscientific as it is – remember a time when Ukraine was not Dear Editor: the young people who attend these camps free, separate and sovereign, with its own In recent times it has been very dis- Fear influences are top-notch, or as Garrison Keillor puts it, national symbols, sports teams, currency couraging reading what is happening in every one is above average. Again, without and official language. This has become the Ukraine. How did this all came about? Ukrainian people having gathered any data besides what I new normal for young people. We know, given an opportunity and a observe, I would bet more than 90 percent It’s also encouraging that “googling” blank check, Yushchenko did the impos- Dear Editor: of those who have attended Ukrainian sum- Ukrainian camps provides a list of summer ssible, cancelled and blew a chance that mer youth camps over the past half century venues in Ukraine itself, not only Plast and “We have nothing to fear but fear was given to him. He squandered on are college graduates or will be. Today, SUM (Spilka Ukrayinskoyi Molodi), but itself.” During World War II, President opportunity by his stupid fighting with there’s a select number with an even more also church-affiliated camps of various Franklin D. Roosevelt made this pro- Yulia Tymoshenko. exclusive summer activity: Ukrainian stud- denominations, as well as Jewish and found observation, about how fear can Now we are back to what our fathers ies institutes at Harvard University, Muslim. create a strong negative psychological and ancestors fought against. The blame Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, the Kids go to summer camp because they’re effect. is with the two mentioned above, stupid National University of Kyiv Mohyla fun. It’s the same reason people attend festi- Presently, we are witnessing how the pride, stubbornness and power. Academy. I wish we’d had those when I was vals. But if you’re looking for deeper mean- phenomenon of fear begins to influence The only positive thought is that our a kid. ing, then consider the demonic camps that Ukrainians. It is spread by interpretations people have survived worse than Viktor What we did have was that other wonder- Google insists on reminding us of. They of journalists and political activists. The Yanukovych: the czars and commisars, ful Ukrainian summer institution, the festi- were there to destroy Ukrainians as a nation. roots of this fear can be traced to innuen- other nations that tried to destroy our val. Happily, there are still scores of those: in And as with other peoples who confronted dos, false interpretations, and/or just identity. Toronto, Baltimore, Chicago, San Diego, genocide, the summer camps, dance groups, rumors. Remember the flowers in the desert San Francisco, Sacramento, Seattle, festivals, churches and myriad other institu- In these difficult times it might help us that lie dormant for months and years and Rochester, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Lehighton, tions can be viewed as an existential state- to remember words of Patriarch Lubomyr then, when the rain comes, come to life Akron, Cleveland, North Dakota, ment, rising from a mysterious instinct, pro- Husar, who in one of his interviews said, Saskatchewan, Montreal, Winnipeg and so claiming the determination to be. and bloom. “presidents come and go, but God and on. Even tiny Maizeville, Pa., with a popula- But it’s not spontaneous by any means. So too our Ukrainian people – in 1917 nation are eternal.” and again in 1991. We will survive, we tion of 500, has an annual Ukrainian festival It’s the result of planning and work, requir- shall overcome. Ivan Z. Holowinsky drawing people from around the Anthracite ing the efforts of administrators, counselors, With this in mind, let’s not give up, but Somerset, N.J. Coal region. choir directors, clergy, maintenance work- Now, if you’re like me, you probably get ers, cooks, choreographers, coaches and a dozen or more e-mails a day bemoaning increasingly, a webmaster and video-pro- The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor and commentaries on a variety the perceived collapse of the Ukrainian ducer – nearly all volunteers or underpaid. of topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian communities. national idea: Russian influence is growing; And so, my message to all of you who Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators and letter-writers are their own and do the Ukrainian language will soon be helped to make our children’s summer so not necessarily reflect the opinions of either The Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the defunct; academic and religious institutions much fun: Diakuyu – Thank you! And see Ukrainian National Association. are under attack; repressive practices are you next summer! 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ing the weekend were the Svitanok (New Ruslana returns... York), Hrim (Yonkers, N.Y.) and Ephyra (Continued from page 1) (Chicago) bands, as well as the Grupo event was a fund-raiser for the Soyuzivka Yuri jazz ensemble from New Jersey. A Cultural Program Fund under the aegis of main act on the bill was the Syzokryli the Ukrainian National Foundation. The Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, whose mem- UNF is the charitable arm of the bers performed as special guests during the Sunday evening program. Ukrainian National Association. A surprise guest was California-based Scores of young and not so young guitarist Vlad (Volodymyr) Debriansky, a arrived on the inviting grounds of native of Ukraine who has lived in the Soyuzivka for the weekend’s festivities, U.S. since 1996. Vlad appeared with and especially for the major concert by Ruslana on both Saturday and Sunday Ruslana and her troupe of dancers. New night. York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, As usual, Soyuzivka’s Labor Day Illinois, Maryland, Ohio, Ontario and other weekend was the meeting place for old parts of North America were all very well and new friends to celebrate the end of represented; but guests also came from the summer and reconnect at the Tiki places more distant, including Sweden. Deck, on the dance floor or elsewhere on Also performing at various times dur- the picturesque grounds. Dmytro Sokolic Ruslana on drums with guitarist Vlad Debriansky during the benefit performance.

At points it seemed like absolutely why many refuse to miss a Labor Day at everyone was on the dance floor, in the Soyuzivka. Trembita Lounge and, of course, at the Next week: More on Ruslana in her concert. The quality of dancing during own words – in an exclusive interview on the “zabava” and the requisite the day of her major concert at Soyuzivka “Kolomyika” were remarkable. – plus many more photos of a special Soyuzivka was filled to capacity. Labor Day weekend at the Soyuzivka Every nook and cranny of the grounds Heritage Center seemed to be used as guests stopped and talk- ed with friends, or shut- tled from their rooms between various events, including the swimming and tennis competitions, and meals. A great sense of com- munity and goodwill was observed during the At the Saturday evening fund-raiser (from left) are: Ihor and Ksenia Rakowsky, whole weekend. There Anna and Michael Koziupa and Roma Lisovich. Mr. Koziupa and Ms. Lisovich were random acts of are first vice-president and treasurer, respectively, of the Ukrainian National kindness everywhere, Association. from the young helping the elderly, to a doctor tending to a big cut on the knee of a 9-year-old, from drinks being bought for complete strangers to fences being mended after some rough words. From the weekend’s events it was clear that Soyuzivka offers many benefits to the Ukrainian community’s youth and elders, as well as outsid- Yarema Belej ers and even celebrities. Ruslana signs autographs for her fans – this one on There is indeed a reason Oleksander Syzonenko’s arm.

Yarema Belej Young people at the “Ruslana for Soyuzivka” benefit.

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Ukrainian World... (Continued from page 1) including the signing of three memoranda on cooperation with Ukraine’s previous government and their implementation; the UWC’s participation in Ukrainian parlia- mentary hearings concerning Ukrainians abroad; improving ties with UWC member- organizations and Ukrainian communities around the globe; activities of UWC coun- cils and committees, particularly those con- cerned with the development of youth orga- nizations and the defense of human and civil rights of Ukrainians; coordination of global projects and the issues raised with President Yanukovych in the “Memorandum on Major Issues that Pertain to Ukraine and the Ukrainian Diaspora.” Progress reports were delivered during working sessions by the members of the executive committee and the chairs of UWC councils and committees; statutory issues were also addressed. (The reports delivered during the annual meeting are available in Ukrainian on UWC’s website, http://www. ukrainianworldcongress.org/RZZ2010/ Participants of the 2010 annual meeting of the Ukrainian World Congress. Zvity/Book2010.pdf.) Several areas of concern were highlight- the world and the opening of a UWC branch of street names in Przemysl previously active cooperation in the future. ed during the roundtable session titled office in Kyiv. named in honor of Taras Shevchenko, Additional Ukrainian-language informa- “Major Issues Pertaining to Ukraine and During the roundtable titled Shashkevych and Ulyana Kravchenko. tion on the 2010 annual general meeting can UWC Relations with Ukraine.” Panelists “Contemporary State of the Ukrainian The mayor reiterated his promise con- be found on UWC’s website at http://www. noted that the UWC has yet to receive a Community in Poland,” the president of the cerning the Narodnyi Dim. He also said that ukrainianworldcongress.org/RZZ2010/ response from President Yanukovych on the Association of Ukrainians in Poland provid- the municipal government intends to assist index_ua.html issues raised in the Memorandum. ed an overview of the activities of the orga- with the funding of repairs of the century- Paul Grod, president of the Ukrainian Participants resolved that UWC will contin- nization and Ukrainian community in old school in preparation for its anniversary Canadian Congress, one of the UWC’s ue reacting to all encroachments upon Poland and thanked UWC for its support in and that, in the future, new streets in member-organizations, commented: “The Ukraine’s territory, monitoring all reports on resolving a number of important issues for Przemysl would be named in honor of World Congress is a valuable organization violations of human and national rights, and Ukrainians in Poland, including the prepara- prominent Ukrainians. which we [UCC] are a key member.” “We, cooperating with all non-governmental tion of a submission to the European Court In his concluding remarks, Mr. Czolij together with the representatives of 32 other organizations and national democratic forc- in Strasbourg concerning Akcja Wisla and noted the success of the 2010 annual meet- countries which represent the interests of es to defend Ukraine’s independence and the campaign to return the Narodnyi Dim to ing and thanked the Association of over 20 million Ukrainians who live outside democratic achievements. the Association of Ukrainians in Poland. Ukrainians in Poland, especially the presi- Ukraine, had an opportunity to discuss and The roundtable session was followed by National and international UWC mem- dent of AUP’s Przemysl branch, Ms. Tucka, debate key policy issues and review chal- presentations of UWC’s new website and ber-organizations delivered oral and written for helping organize the event. He called lenges and opportunities within our respec- Ruslan Telipsky’s photo exhibit titled activity reports from 17 countries with orga- upon meeting participants to continue their tive communities throughout the world.” “Monumental Shevchenkiana.” nized Ukrainian communities including Also on August 22, a UWC delegation Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Canada, laid wreaths to the memorial markers honor- Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, ing the soldiers of the Ukrainian Galician Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Army and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, the located in the Pikulychi village military United Kingdom and the United States. cemetery. A communications plan was presented to Two roundtable sessions were held on the delegates by Bohdan Muzychka that August 23. aims to promote broadcast coverage of The first, titled “Coordination of UWC and diaspora communities’ activities Activities between UWC and Member- on Ukrainian television networks. Organizations,” addressed the need to UWC President Czolij, AUP President improve cooperation between UWC and Tyma and the president of AUP’s Przemysl member-organizations for international ini- branch, Ms. Tucka, met with Mayor Choma tiatives such as the “Candle of Prayer” of Przemysl on August 23. The UWC presi- Holodomor awareness campaign launched dent thanked Mr. Choma for his participa- in June of this year, the annual commemora- tion in the UWC annual meeting and his tion of International Human Rights Day guarantees for the return of the Narodnyi (December 10) and International Native Dim to the Ukrainian community. Language Day (February 21). He also raised the issues of the 100th Also discussed was the possibility of anniversary of the Markian Shashkevych UWC creating a registry of Ukrainian mon- Ukrainian School in the city scheduled to be uments located in various countries around commemorated in 2011 and the restoration

The Ukrainian World Congress delegation at the military cemetery in Pikulychi, at a memorial to soldiers of the Ukrainian Galician Army and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 No. 37 NEWS AND VIEWS: On the importance of being candid by Mykola Riabchuk who took over the institutions ‘president’, opportunism. connected to the post-crisis recovery of ‘prime minister’, ‘minister’ projecting Secondly, the coup d’etat was accepted the entire world economy and to a very Dmytro Potekhin, an activist of the their legitimacy; by Western governments with a benign low base for comparison. The latter is youth movement that played an important • “the bloggers wonder why the neglect that placed the Ukrainian opposi- related to the “honeymoon” period of the role during the Orange Revolution, has Security Service is removing posts from tion in an odd situation: they had to deny Yanukovych presidency and the still high recently circulated a number of questions their blogs, but still call it Security the legitimacy of the government whose expectations of his electorate (actually, that may look rhetorical at first glance Service of Ukraine, not Security Service validity, in fact, was recognized (or at but, like the childish questions of Viktor Yushchenko’s popularity at the of Usurpers; least not questioned) internationally. Voltaire’s Candide, they deserve serious time was even higher, but has since fallen • “the businesses are complaining that And thirdly, the misrule of the Orange consideration. dramatically). So far, there are no eco- the taxes are too high, while they are leaders has discredited not only them – as “Isn’t it strange,” he wrote, “that in a nomic reforms in sight to secure sustain- taken by a bunch of organized people today’s opposition, but democracy in country where 1) the government is not able growth. And austerity measures who in the early ‘90s were called racke- general. This boosted the attractiveness legitimate since it was formed by uncon- designed to support this growth do not teers; of the authoritarian alternative within one stitutional majority; 2) the Parliament is target officials or friendly oligarchs, so • “the opposition is going to take part part of the society, and frustrated, demor- not legitimate since the majority did not they would hardly sustain the president’s in the elections under the ‘law’ passed by alized and alienated the other part, hin- result from a revote nor was it dissolved popularity in the near future. a bunch of MPs still calling themselves dering its ability to resist. In such a situa- and re-elected; 3) the court system is not Dr. Motyl might be wrong for another deputies, none of whom are leaving this tion, a minority party with sufficient legitimate since it operates under the new reason. He expects that the 2012 parlia- fake Verhovna Rada […] resources and determination can easily ‘law’ passed by the ‘Parliament’; 4) the mentary and 2015 presidential elections “People, what are we talking about?!” capture the state – as happened in Italy or ‘president’ is not legitimate since he has will be free and fair – as they were during To put it simply, why has a de-facto Germany long ago, and more recently in done nothing either with the ‘Parliament’ the past five years. But that is not neces- parliamentary coup d’etat and eventual Russia. sarily. Given the pace and direction of or with the ‘government’ to re-establish usurpation of power by a minority clique constitutional rule: So, I would say that the legitimacy of political and legal “reforms” introduced been tacitly accepted by both the political the Ukrainian government is recognized by the new regime, we may have Russia- • “the key human rights activists are opposition and society at large? complaining that the ‘minister’ of internal by default – simply because there is no style “managed democracy” in Ukraine There are many answers that largely other government (since Yulia very soon. affairs is not gathering the public council explain, albeit not justify, the odd situa- to hear about human rights abuses, while Tymoshenko unexpectedly easily stepped Actually, the local elections this fall tion. saying nothing about the unconstitutional down in March, passing authority to the will provide a good litmus test for First, the dubious takeover of power nature of the whole situation; usurpers), nor is there any viable alterna- Ukraine’s democratic procedures and was approved by the Constitutional Court • “the key freedom movement is tive (since the opposition is still in disar- institutions. Thus far, the changes to the – even though the same court a year and a ‘against censorship’, while its activists – ray, and society is either frustrated with electoral law rubber-stamped by the half ago passed the opposite decision on journalists keep calling all these people everything or still trustful of the new Parliament to give the advantage to the a similar issue. Actually, the credibility of duce). ruling party a few months before the elec- the court was undermined long ago, in In this regard, David Marples is proba- tions do not evoke much optimism. They Mykola Riabchuk is an author and jour- 2003, when the constitutional pundits bly right when questioning Alexander introduced a number of retroactive nalist from Ukraine, and a leading intellec- recognized that Leonid Kuchma could Motyl’s prediction of the imminent col- tual who is affiliated with the journal requirements that should have been abol- run for presidency for the third time lapse of the Yanukovych presidency in ished by any impartial court if one hap- Krytyka. because his first term did not count – he Ukraine – probably by the year 2012 pened to exist in Ukraine. And they con- The article above is reprinted from the had served it arguably under the old (Edmonton Journal, August 9). It looks firmed once again the strong intention of blog “Current Politics in Ukraine” (http:// Constitution. The Orange leaders put really overoptimistic – but not because of the government to play with the rules ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/) created by much more efforts into subduing the “perceptible economic recovery and rather than play by the rules. the Stasiuk Program for the Study of court than making it really efficient and increasing popularity of the Yanukovych So, now might be a proper time to Contemporary Ukraine, a program of the independent. Society never voiced strong leadership,” as Dr. Marples suggests. come back to the candid questions raised Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at concerns about this – and now we all are Neither “recovery” nor “popularity” the University of Alberta. duly punished for our passivity and are actually viable. The former is mostly (Continued on page 18) No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 11 REMEMBRANCE: Sydir Nowakiwsky: On and off the chessboard by Boris Baczynskyj During those years I moved the chess pieces now and then – playing with EDITOR’S NOTE: The article above friends, such as Ihor (Dziukho) was written by Boris Baczynskyj, the Nowozeniuk, or during rainy days at noted Ukrainian chess player and World Ukrainian Plast camp in East Chatham, Chess Master, back in the fall of 2008. N.Y. But, I really did not know what I Mr. Baczynskyj died in January 2008 and was doing. I heard and read about the this article was found on his computer in exploits of our chess champion and the the fall of 2009, a few weeks after the Tryzub chess team. But, I never came death of the noted chess champion Sydir close to playing him; I do not even recall Nowakiwsky, who passed away on seeing him play. September 14, 2009. We publish the arti- Years passed, Hungarians revolted, cle here on the first anniversary of Mr. Eisenhower had his heart attacks, Dr. Nowakiwsky’s death. Mr. Nowakiwsky Harasym, the Nowakiwskys, the was a friend and mentor of Mr. Baczynskyjs and Tryzub all moved from Baczynskyj. Franklin Street north to Logan and * * * Nicetown. Chess started to exert a stron- ger pull on me – I played, discovered A boy, growing up in Philadelphia’s chess books, stayed after school in the Ukrainian ghetto on Franklin Street dur- school library to play chess with others in ing the “I like Ike” 1950s, became the chess club, and by the end of the year Boris Baczynskyj (left) playing against international chess master Oles Sulypa on acquainted with the pillars of its commu- became a member of my high school June 30, 1991, at the Lviv Chess Palace during a team match between the Ukrainian nity. One was the “staryi emigrant” real chess team. I also started to visit the Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada, playing under the U.S. flag, and the estate man, Darmopray, also a lawyer Tryzub headquarters on North Broad Lviv Chess Club, playing under the Ukrainian flag. Mr. Baczynskyj won the game. and a fixer for parents in a jam with the Street and play against veterans such as new country’s regulations. If the sickness Julian Koltun, Roman Sawczak and a bandit, but his chess style might seem played and traveled to play many others, was physical, Harasym was the doctor. Myroslav Subtelny. I do not recall Mr. more appropriate for a Republican banker approached the game in the manner of Between puffs on a fat cigar, in his gruff Nowakiwsky participating in such off- with a strong tendency to avoid violent Keres in the latter half (1950-1960s) of voice he issued unambiguous edicts, hand (skittles) games, probably because conflict, steering the contest toward a his long chess career: positional, obser- laced with choice (mild) profanities, on he was too busy with his other affairs and safe draw. vant of classical principles. Forced to matters of health. Sundays belonged to also maybe he saw no advantage in com- There is no such dichotomy between pick a world champion whose chess pref- the soccer player, also Harasym, the doc- peting with his inferiors. Mr. Nowakiwsky’s chess style and his erences Nowakiwsky most reflected, I tor’s relative, and an ageless, wily defen- It was 1960 or 1961 – an exciting time lifestyle. On the chessboard Mr. would probably cite the first official seman on the Tryzub soccer team. Then in America. Ike was in the waning days Nowakiwsky is tough, patient, gnarly, world champion, Wilhelm Steinitz (1886- there was Mr. Nowakiwsky. Slight in stat- of his presidency, or maybe Kennedy had persistent and avoids unwarranted risks. 1894), and Armenian Tigran Petrosian ure, he was the community’s polymath; just taken over, when I first played an He tries to play strategically correct (1963-1969). Both experienced privation his slight stature belied the fact he had official game against the chess champion. chess. A Ukrainian American master who and penury during periods of their lives; many roles: businessman, driver, gas sta- The occasion was the Tryzub Individual has sparred with Mr. Nowakiwsky count- maybe that influenced the evolution of tion owner, car repairer, community Championship; the venue was Mr. less number of times describes his style their realistic, materialistic chess styles. activist, and chess champion. Nowakiwsky’s house on Ruscomb and as “conservative, defensive.” His kind of Mr. Nowakiwsky has great respect for My first memory of Sydir Old York streets. I had black and was set style can also be described as materialis- the most tangible component in the eval- Nowakiwsky is from the waning Truman to play the Benoni Defense in response to tic: he has great respect for the balance of uation of chess position: material or the years, when I was 6 or 7. Along with my Mr. Nowakiwsky’s habitual 1.d4 (queen chess material and will grab a pawn even number of pieces on the board. He is less first “best friend,” the late Oleh Bak- pawn) opening. if that exposes him to attack. interested in more nebulous concepts Boychuk, I arrived one weekend at the That game was really the start of our Strategy in fact is the backbone of Mr. such as initiative and attacking chances. Nowakiwsky family home for – in this friendship that has lasted, on and off the Nowakiwsky’s chess. He can sit for hours An illustrative example is a game I century’s lingo – a play date. The house- chessboard, until, now when I am a few building up his position. In conversa- remember observing in the mid-1960s at hold had a garden and seemed an exciting years from retirement age and Mr. tions, he has often expressed contempt a Ukrainian American chess event. Mr. place filled with children, visitors, com- Nowakiwsky has just celebrated his patri- for sudden (“va banque” – he contemptu- Nowakiwsky was black against Dr. Orest ings and goings, happenings. archal 90th birthday. ously labels them) attacks, in which the Popovych, the perennial Ukrainian A numerical happenstance cemented, Mr. Nowakiwsky was about 45 then, I attacker burns his bridges behind him. American champion. The latter opened in my mind, the kinship between the do not recall him ever telling me how old Yes, Mr. Nowakiwsky will attack, but with his favorite 1.e4, and Mr. Baczynskyjs and the Nowakiwskys: we he was when he first started pushing only after proper preparations have been Nowakiwsky countered with his habitual lived above the Kociubinsky Funeral pawns and checkmating kings. Though made, after he has safeguarded his King 1.e6, the French Defense. For a few Home on 837 Franklin St.; the we spent hours and hours in conversa- position. All in due course... moves the game proceeded according to Nowakiwky house was at 837 Fifth St. tion, usually in his car while traveling to There is a paradox: in conversations book theory into a sub-variation known For one whose favorite subject was arith- or from a tournament, rarely was chess I’ve heard Mr. Nowakiwsky express as the Alekhine-Chattard Attack. In this metic, this coincidence was remarkable our topic. I do know that research on the admiration for the ingenious and brilliant setup white offers his opponent the possi- and rife with meaning. relationship between age and chess prow- combinations found in the games of the bility of winning a pawn, but black, A chessplayer probably would have ess suggests that usually a chessplayer great Russian World Champion according to opening books, is ill-advised perceived the relationship between the reaches the peak of skill at 35, then starts Alexander Alekhine (1927-1935 and to accept the gambit because then the two houses differently: they were a long to slowly decline. If that general pattern 1937-1946) and the Estonian Paul Keres black position is subject to a very danger- rook move apart. But, I did not yet know holds true in Mr. Nowakiwsky’s case, (born January 1916, he was virtually a ous frontal assault. I remember being how the rook moved, even though I was then our first encounter on the chessboard contemporary of Mr. Nowakiwsky). I aghast as Mr. Nowakiwsky nonchalantly inexplicably attracted to the diagrams of took place when he was well past his think this esteem is rooted more in histo- took the proffered pawn. “The old man strange pieces in the chess column of chess prime. Often a player’s style chang- ry than in style: Alekhine was the world does not know theory,” I thought, “he’ll every volume of My i Svit, a remarkable es along with age; swashbuckling young champion when Mr. Nowakiwsky was soon be busted.” The game continued and small-format monthly to which my par- attackers mature into risk-averse defen- taking his first steps in chess, and during Dr. Popovych attacked for many moves, ents subscribed. I loved reading every- sive players. Not having had the chance the late 1930s Keres was the bright while Mr. Nowakiwsky grimly countered thing, anything around the house, espe- to see any games from earlier periods of young star on the chess horizon, every concrete threat, holding on to his cially newspapers. A staple was the Mr. Nowakiwsky’s chessplaying career, I Alekhine’s heir apparent. Consequently, extra pawn throughout. After many more Ukrainian Catholic daily America. cannot say how his chess style evolved. it was natural for Mr. Nowakiwsky to be vicissitudes, white’s attack subsided, and Occasionally I would read reports there In 1960 Mr. Nowakiwsky at the chess- familiar with their games, which often the position became one in which black’s on the exploits of the Tryzub chess team, board was much like Mr. Nowakiwsky did feature unexpected and spectacular extra pawn started to tell. Sure-footedly whose leader, organizer and first board away from the chessboard – a trivial combinations. But, this did not necessari- Mr. Nowakiwsky drove it to victory. was Mr. Nowakiwsky. assertion, were it not a fact that often a ly mean that Mr. Nowakiwsky himself That was Mr. Nowakiwsky at his best: Soon it became “I like Ike” time in person’s chess style contrasts sharply played that way. going his own way no matter the verdict America. I liked to recite the line even if with that individual’s lifestyle. I know Or, maybe he did. Individual styles do of opening theoreticians, defending accu- I did not know why it was that I liked players, meek and mild-mannered poo- change and evolve over time. Was the rately and making material tell. Ike, and my father taught me how the dles during the weekdays of their lives, young chess-playing Nowakiwsky more Defense is a grim task for many. chess pieces moved. Mr. Nowakiwsky’s who at weekend chess tournaments sud- of an attacker and risk taker than the Successful defense requires constant vigi- daughter Myrosia and I became denly become tigers, who can hardly wait chessplayer I grew to know? Did the trag- lance. The defender must suppress his Ukrainian Saturday school classmates in to take a bite out of their opponent. The edies and privations of World War II, ego – not his but his opponent’s ideas a class reigned over by Omelian opposite is also true. One of which Mr. Nowakiwsky experienced like drive the game. The defender must read Hrymaliak’s bushy brows. My father Philadelphia’s leading players, a contem- all Ukrainians of his generation, contrib- the mind of his opponent, a task Mr. bought a blue Plymouth station wagon porary of mine, is a noisy and argumenta- ute to the development of his realistic, Nowakiwsky accomplished particularly and a periodic ritual was to glide the tive rogue; his day job is the rough and concrete chess style? Did war and emi- well. When he plays, he is all stillness large car into Mr. Nowakiwsky’s gas sta- tumble world of being one of the city’s gration affect the way Mr. Nowakiwsky and concentration. He seems slighter than tion on Columbia Avenue (now Cecil B. prime sports bookies. But, when he sits approached chess? Not having seen any he actually is. His expression is serious. Moore Avenue). That, I believe, was Mr. down to play chess, his moves are always of Mr. Nowakiwsky’s pre-1960 games I He is imperturbable, and it is impossible Nowakiwsky’s first substantial business conservative, strategically correct and cannot answer such questions. venture in Philadelphia. risk averse. In real life many view him as Really, the Nowakiwsky with whom I (Continued on page 18) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 No. 37

U.S. UKRAINIANS IN NUMBERS Ukrainians in the N.Y. Metropolitan Area: Dynamics and Fourth Wave settlement by Oleh Wolowyna and Vasyl Lopukh This article is based on research commissioned by the Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union. This is an example of applied research using data from the integrated data base devel- oped by the Center for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research of Ukrainians in the U.S. at the Shevchenko Scientific Society in New York. We would like to commend the management of the Credit Union for realizing the potential of this data for improving their marketing and strategic planning. PART II Detailed Analysis by Boroughs and Counties A.- New York State Part of the MA Table 3 shows that Fourth Wave immigrants are highly con- centrated in some parts of the New York portion of the MA, while the non-Fourth Wave persons are much more evenly dis- tributed. We see that 66 percent of all Fourth Wave immigrants in the New York portion of the MA live in Brooklyn, with the next highest value for Queens with 12 percent. The percentage of Fourth Wave immigrants in the other boroughs and counties varies between 2 and 6 percent. The largest concentration of non-Fourth Wave persons is also found in Brooklyn, but only 22 percent of them live there, while 20 percent of them live in the northern counties. Between 10 and 15 percent of non-Fourth Wave immigrants live in each of the other boroughs and counties. This uneven distribution can be summarized in the indicator “% Fourth Wave” immigrants of all Ukrainians residing in a bor- ough or county. Thus 56 percent of all Ukrainians residing in Brooklyn are Fourth Wave immigrants, and they constitute slightly more than one-forth of all Ukrainians living in Queens and in Staten Island. Their numbers make up about 17 percent of all Ukrainians in the Bronx and 11 percent in Manhattan; Fourth Wave immigrants constitute close to 15 percent of all Ukrainians in the Northern counties and 13.5 percent in Suffolk Co. The smallest proportion, close to 7 percent, is found in Nassau County. A more complex settlement dynamics of Ukrainians in the New York MA emerges if we consider smaller areas (SuperPUMAs), and this can be better represented with maps. Two indicators are mapped: 1) percent of Fourth Wave immi- grants (and of non-Fourth Wave persons) living in the area in 2006; 2) relative percent changes between 2000 and 2007 for all Ukrainians, Fourth Wave immigrants and non-Fourth Wave per- sons. The first indicator shows a more detailed current geograph- ical distribution of both subpopulations in the MA; the second indicator (actually three indicators), captures the recent migra- tion dynamics of all Ukrainians and the two subpopulations within the MA. The analysis is presented in six maps: for each of the two indicators we have two maps for the New York portion of the MA and one map for the New Jersey portion of the MA. For the New York portion one map shows the five boroughs of New York City and Nassau County, while the second map shows the Northern counties and Suffolk County. The maps show counties (or parts of counties) instead of SuperPUMAs, as this concept is more technical and less known. As can be seen in Map 1, the indicator “Percent Fourth Wave” immigrants of all Ukrainians living in the area, shows great vari- ability within some of the boroughs and counties presented in Table 3. For example, in Brooklyn the highest relative concen- trations of Fourth Wave immigrants can be found in the central and Southern parts of the borough (72 percent, 64 percent and 58 percent), while in the northeastern and western parts of Brooklyn this indicator is 14 percent and 25 percent, respectively. In Queens only the southeaster part has a very high concentration of Fourth Wave immigrants (59 percent); in the other parts of Queens this concentration is 25 percent or less. In Manhattan the percentage of Fourth Wave immigrants is high in Upper Manhattan (26 percent), while in both eastern and western central and lower Manhattan this percentage is about 10 percent. Also practically all Fourth Wave immigrants in the Bronx live in the eastern part of the borough. In Nassau County only the northern part has a relatively high concentration of Fourth Wave immigrants with 15 percent. Map 2 shows that in the Northern counties close to 25 percent of all Ukrainians are Fourth Wave immigrants in Rockland and the Southern part of Orange County, while in the other areas this indicator varies between 6 and 16 percent. In Suffolk County (Long Island) more than one-third of all Ukrainians in the south- western part are Fourth Wave immigrants, while in the rest of the county there are hardly any Fourth Wave immigrants. three subpopulations (green color); b) the relative Wave immigrants is positive, while it is negative for The three indicators of 2000-2007 relative percent change for: percent change is negative for all three subpopula- non-Fourth Wave immigrants and for all Ukrainians a) all Ukrainians; b) Fourth Wave immigrants; c) non-Fourth tions (red color) c) the relative change for Fourth (white color). Wave persons, are depicted in the next two maps. In order to Wave immigrants is negative, while for non-Fourth In other words, green areas experienced growth summarize the information, we classify the SuperPUMAs into Wave persons and for all Ukrainians is positive four categories: a) the relative percent change is positive for all (yellow color); d) the relative change for Fourth (Continued on page 13) No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 13

Ukrainians in the N.Y. ... (Continued from page 12) among both wave immigrants and non-Fourth Wave persons between 2000 and 2007. Red areas experienced losses for both subpopulations. Yellow areas saw losses among Fourth Wave immigrants and gains among non-Fourth Wave persons. White areas had gains for Fourth Wave immigrants and losses among non-Fourth Wave persons. Overall, the following areas experienced growth between 2000 and 2007: middle-western and southeastern parts of Queens and Staten Island, with growths in the 30 to 40 percent range, and western Manhattan and northern and southeastern Nassau County with growth in the 15 to 20 percent range (green areas). We also have two areas, northwestern Queens and northeastern Brooklyn that experienced significant overall growth thanks to large increas- es in the non-Fourth Wave population, in spite of losses in the number of Fourth Wave immigrants (yellow areas). With the exception of southeastern Nassau, the relative growth in all green areas was higher for Fourth Wave immi- grants than for non-Fourth Wave persons. In two areas, the cen- tral-lower West Side of Manhattan and northern Nassau, Fourth Wave immigrants experienced extraordinary growth during the 2000-2007 period, with 347 percent and 195 percent, respective- ly. In the other green areas the growth of Fourth Wave immi- grants was in the 55 to 65 percent range. For non-Fourth Wave persons the growth was more modest in these “green” areas. In two areas, the middle-western part of Queens and Staten Island, it was around 30 percent, while in the other “green” areas it varied between 3 and 18 percent. Ukrainians have been moving out in recent years from all of Bronx, Upper Manhattan and the central and southern parts of Brooklyn (red areas). The western part of the Bronx had the highest loss with -59 percent for all Ukrainians, and the average loss for all Ukrainians in the other “red” areas was around -25 percent. Among Fourth Wave immigrants the highest losses took place in Upper Manhattan (-43 percent), East Bronx (-37 per- cent) and central part of Brooklyn (-30 percent). The highest loss among non-Fourth Wave person was in West Bronx and central and southeastern Brooklyn. Mixed areas, with net losses for Fourth Wave immigrants and net gains for non-Fourth Wave persons, are mapped in yellow. They are southwestern Nassau and parts of Queens and Brooklyn bordering with Manhattan: northwestern Queens and northeastern and Western Brooklyn. Southwestern Nassau had the largest loss of Fourth Wave immigrants with -70 percent, with the other areas experiencing losses in the -25 to -50 percent range. In two of these areas, northeastern Brooklyn and north- western Queens, non-Fourth Wave persons experienced signifi- cant gains between 2000 and 2007, 111 percent and 64 percent, respectively. Two areas, central-lower eastern Manhattan and northeastern Queens, experienced some gains in the number of Fourth Wave immigrants and losses among non-Fourth Wave persons, which resulted in overall losses for all Ukrainians (white areas). The gains for Fourth Wave immigrants in these areas were in the 19 to 29 percent range, while the losses for non-Fourth Wave per- sons were in the -32 to -54 percent range. Map 4 shows the 2000-2007 dynamics for the northern counties and Suffolk County on Long Island. In the northern part overall growth for all Ukrainians (and the two subpopulations) took place in the closest areas to New York City: southern Westchester absolute numbers, from 32 in 2000 to 284 in 2006. sons were much more moderate, compared to County, Rockland County and southern Orange County. In Suffolk Large increases in the number of Fourth Wave changes for Fourth Wave immigrants. The largest Co., on the other hand, overall growth took place in the more dis- immigrants were also observed in two of the three increase took place in the Rockland County- tant area from New York City: eastern Suffolk County. parts of Suffolk County, eastern Suffolk (green southern Orange County area with 36 percent, fol- In Rockland County and southern Orange County the total color) with 99 percent, and southwestern Suffolk lowed by 18 percent in southeastern Suffolk County number of Ukrainians increased by more than 50 percent; Fourth (white color) with 335 percent. In absolute numbers and 12 percent in eastern Suffolk County. Losses in Wave immigrants grew by an extraordinary 177 percent (from these gains translate from 95 to 189 in eastern the -13 to -15 percent were experienced in Ulster, 356 in 2000 to 987 in 2006), while non-Fourth Wave persons Suffolk and from 232 to 1,010 in southwestern Dutchess and Putnam counties and northern parts of experienced a modest 36 percent increase. An even much larger Suffolk. The only area with significant losses for Orange and Westchester counties, as well as in relative growth of Fourth Wave immigrants took place in the Fourth Wave immigrants was northwestern Suffolk southwestern Suffolk County. area of northeastern Dutchess County, Putnam County and County, with -71 percent. NEXT WEEK: Detailed analysis of the New northern Westchester County (white area), 788 percent or, in Changes in the numbers of non-Fourth Wave per- Jersey portion of the New York Metropolitan Area. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 No. 37

Parliament building, which brought told Ukrinform on September 8. their financial component and their NEWSBRIEFS together nearly 10,000 people, Ms. “Turchynov was summoned [to the impact on the election situation in (Continued from page 2) Tymoshenko noted that the Party of SBU] as a witness in a criminal case Ukraine. However, Mr. Bystrytsky participate in the local elections. This Regions took power only thanks to a opened on June 8, 2010, due to the mis- stressed that “the International means that the political force of ex-Prime portion of the Ukrainian people (in the appropriation of Naftohaz Ukrainy prop- Renaissance Foundation, according to its Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will go to the second round of the presidential elec- erty in very large amounts,” she said. charter, is not entitled to support the ini- elections not as a bloc, but as the tions, Viktor Yanukovych received She said that Turchynov had answered tiatives of any political party.” He added, Batkivschyna Party, the brand of which 12,481,000 votes, while Ms. the investigator’s questions, but had not “If the SBU had sent its own forces, was rarely used in recent years. Tymoshenko received 11,593,000) and answered some questions. “Further accumulated thanks to voters-taxpayers, (Ukrinform) accused the government of wanting to actions in this case will be determined to really ensure fair elections and non-use take revenge at the local elections. by the investigator,” Ms. Ostapenko of administrative resources, foundations Tymoshenko urges voting in elections (Ukrinform) said. Mr. Turchynov said after the ques- like ours could with a greater benefit send tioning that the actions of the leadership KYIV – The leader of the opposition the freed financial resources to promote SBU questions Turchynov as witness of the State Customs Service, Naftohaz party All-Ukrainian Union an open, uncorrupt, democratic society.” and the former government led by Prime Batkivschyna, Yulia Tymoshenko, urged KYIV – A Security Service of The chief of the Presidential Minister Yulia Tymoshenko had been in voters to take part in elections of local Ukraine (SBU) investigator has ques- Administration Serhiy Lyovochkin said line with the Constitution, legislation authorities on October 31 to prevent the tioned former Ukrainian First Vice on September 8 that the SBU will not and national interests of Ukraine. “I ruling Party of Regions from completely Prime Minister Oleksander Turchynov continue checking the International monopolizing power. At a September 7 gave a clear explanation for this,” Mr. Renaissance Foundation. “I have been as a witness in the RosUkrEnergo case, Turchynov said. He also said that he saw rally of opposition forces outside the SBU spokeswoman Maryna Ostapenko informed that it was a formal one-time political pretext in the actions of the inspection, which is already finished. I do SBU. Mr. Turchynov served as first vice not expect any developments in this prime minister in the Tymoshenko gov- regard,” he said. (Ukrinform) ernment in 2007-2010. Now he is the CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS first vice-chairman of Ms. Gryshchenko addresses Chatham House Tymoshenko’s opposition party, KYIV – Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 Batkivschyna. As previously reported, on June 8 the Stockholm Arbitration Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko said or e-mail [email protected] Tribunal issued a ruling obliging domestic reforms in Ukraine will contrib- Naftohaz to return 11 billion cubic ute to developing relations with the meters of natural gas to RosUkrEnergo, European Union. During his speech at SERVICES PROFESSIONALS as well as 1.1 billion cubic meters of gas Chatham House, the Royal Institute of as compensation. The issue concerns International Affairs in London, on about 11 billion cubic meters of gas that September 6, the minister also stressed were owned by RosUkrEnergo and were that the division of Europe into EU mem- stored in Ukrainian storage facilities as ber and non-member states is weakening transit gas, but in April 2009 underwent it. “Europe, divided into EU and non-EU, customs clearance procedures in favor of will be basically weak and far from being Naftohaz. SBU Chief Valeriy consistent with the notion ‘united’. Khoroshkovsky said that the SBU would Therefore, I hope that together we will summon all those involved in this high- find a way to create a united Europe not profile case, “despite their past job posi- only in name. Ukraine is ready for that. tions in the government and other agen- And what about the EU?” Mr. cies, because the state suffered signifi- Gryshchenko asked rhetorically. He also cant damage.” Former First Vice- touched on the issue of relations between Chairman of Naftohaz Ukrainy Ihor Ukraine and Russia, countries of Asia Didenko and former State Customs and NATO. Previously, Ukrainian Service Chief Anatolii Makarenko President Viktor Yanukovych had said, remain in custody. (Ukrinform) “It is important that the new Association Agreement reflect the prospect of SBU audits Soros Foundation Ukrainian membership in the EU. This KYIV – The Security Service of position is vital to the Ukrainian nation, Ukraine performed an audit of the coop- which has such a goal and tries to do eration of the International Renaissance everything to take its rightful place in the Foundation with the Kyiv region’s non- common European big family.” governmental organizations. George (Ukrinform) MERCHANDISE Soros, an American businessman and phi- lanthropist, is the founder of the Britain to back Ukraine for EU International Renaissance Foundation. KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign Affairs SBU spokesperson Maryna Ostapenko Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko and told reporters on September 8 that the British Secretary of State for Foreign and SBU was not checking the activity of the Commonwealth Affairs William Hague International Renaissance Foundation, discussed prospects for the development but ensuring the observance of election of trade, economic and investment coop- law, specifically, preventing the possibili- eration between Ukraine and the United ty of funding for Ukrainian political par- Kingdom, in particular in the context of ties by foreign institutions. “There was support by London of Kyiv’s EU integra- no direct instruction to check this founda- tion course. According to information tion. One of the functions of the Security released by Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Service of Ukraine is to ensure transpar- Ministry on September 7, at the talks held ency of the election, so before the start of the election campaign the service is tak- during Mr. Gryshchenko’s visit to ing steps to comply with the election law, Britain, the leaders of the two countries’ including the prohibition and avoiding foreign ministries reached agreement on the possibility of funding for domestic the need to step up the political dialogue political parties by foreign institutions,” in the spirit of strategic partnership. Mr. she explained. “As Mr. [Yevhen] Hague said that London fully supports Run your advertisement here, Bystrytsky himself said in his statement, Ukraine’s EU integration course and the in The Ukrainian Weekly’s officers of the Security Service have per- reforms being conducted by the Ukrainian government, and stressed the CLASSIFIEDS section. formed no wrongful acts. He said that the Renaissance Foundation does not finance need to improve economic and cultural any political party, so there is no question ties between the two countries. The two for this foundation,” Ms. Ostapenko sides also discussed the possibility of stressed. Mr. Bystrytsky, the executive organizing a visit by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to London by the end FOR SALE director of the International Renaissance Foundation, said the SBU was interested of 2010. During the meeting, Messrs. in the cooperation of non-governmental Gryshchenko and Hague also discussed organizations of Ukraine and the the possibilities of cooperation in the For Sale Renaissance Foundation. He said SBU banking sector, the development of infra- A furnished condo for sale in the St. officers asked several civic organizations structure projects in Ukraine based on the Andrew Ukrainian community in in the Kyiv region that implement proj- experience of the United Kingdom, North Port, FL. 2 Br, 2 Ba, communi- ects funded by the Renaissance investment in Ukraine’s agricultural sec- ty swimming pool. Tel. 941-426-8708 Foundation to provide information about tor and cooperation in the energy sphere. the objectives and tasks of the projects, (Ukrinform) No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 15

Ms. Tymoshenko led off the rally by crit- Protest... icizing the policies of the Yanukovych (Continued from page 1) administration, including its decisions to Demonstrators from every corner of increase consumer natural gas prices, hike Ukraine – Luhansk, Odesa and Lviv – told utility bills by 30 percent, increase the pen- The Ukrainian Weekly they weren’t able to sion age, and boost the Kyiv subway fare reserve buses to travel for the protest. from 22 cents to 25 cents, as recently Carriers that reliably offered their services in announced. the past reported that they were threatened She accused mega-millionaire oligarch with losing their licenses if they helped the Dmytro Firtash of profiting off the consum- opposition. er price hikes on natural gas through his Most of the protesters bought bus and alleged control of most of Ukraine’s region- train tickets, or traveled on their own. al gas distributors. The price increases “All of Odesa came in cars,” said weren’t necessary, she insisted. Moreover Romania Stakh, a Batkivschyna party mem- she boasted that such price increases ber. She estimated that about 120 Odesites weren’t necessary when she was prime min- drove to the protest. “Our bus carriers were ister during the financial crisis of 2008 and told by police, just take them to Kyiv and 2009. we’ll take your licenses,” she said. Ms. Tymoshenko also attacked the gov- Upon arriving, demonstrators saw that ernment’s Russian chauvinist policies. Just Zenon Zawada authorities had entirely blocked Hrushevsky her mention of Dmytro Tabachnyk’s name Street in front of the Verkhovna Rada, drew furious jeers. [Editor’s note: Mr. Police defend metal barricades set up on Hrushevsky Street to prevent opposition ensuring the protests wouldn’t interfere with Tabachnyk is the education minister who protesters from approaching the Verkhovna Rada. national deputies as they arrived. Protesters holds hostile views of ethnically conscious Ukrainians.] shadow the demonstration’s aim of unity By then, Svoboda supporters were had been allowed onto the side of the street, among the opposition. enraged that their leader, Mr. Tiahnybok, opposite Parliament, for previous protests. “The main enemy of Ukraine is the anti- When it came time for Mr. Tarasyuk, a wasn’t given a chance to speak, and their As part of an annual rite, national depu- Ukrainian team of Yanukovych, which con- firm supporter of Ms. Tymoshenko, to speak shouts successfully overwhelmed Mr. ties emerged from black luxury jeeps and sumes, denigrates and ruins Ukraine,” Ms. dozens of Svoboda supporters, the majority Lutsenko’s attempt to address the crowd. sedans with sun-tanned faces for the first Tymoshenko said. “I call on you to launch the opposition movement today to remove of them men in their 20s and 30s, tried The equally enraged Mr. Lutsenko day of the Verkhovna Rada’s fall session. drowning his words with their loud, repeat- They were protected by police and metal Yanukovych.” shouted back at the Svoboda nationalists Another well-known female politician, ed chants of, “Tiah-ny-bok,” shouted into that Mr. Tiahnybok couldn’t be found, a barricades that sealed the Parliament build- megaphones. ing from protesters, and provided a safe Iryna Farion of the Svoboda All-Ukrainian claim the Svoboda party alleged afterwards They chanted “Tiah-ny-bok” during the haven for the more than 2,500 Party of Union, struck a more aggressive tone in her was false. Mr. Tiahnybok was present speeches delivered by Soviet-era dissident Regions supporters. Unlike previous pro- remarks, using loaded language in which throughout and the committee’s leaders Lev Lukianenko, who spent half his life in tests, the majority of the PRU demonstrators she referred to the “animals in government” knew it, the press service reported. the gulag, and former Internal Affairs were Russian Orthodox Church radicals, and sounded on themes such as “Ukraine There was ample evidence that the Minister Yurii Lutsenko, both members of who wore icons or crosses around their for Ukrainians.” Svoboda nationalists came prepared to do the Batkivschyna party. necks and prayed fervently. The Yanukovych administration consists battle with the Batkivschyna party – the best When Batkivschyna supporters attempt- Meanwhile the opposition protest was of “enemies of the Ukrainian state” with a proof being the placards they held criticiz- ed to grab the megaphones, out of frustra- forced to the square in front of the neighbor- “colonial, slave mentality,” who serve the ing Ms. Tymoshenko. tion that they couldn’t listen to the speakers, ing Mariyinskyi Palace. interests of money rather than the nation, Among them, “Who made [natural] gas Svoboda supporters shoved and even Flags of the Batkivschyna party led by she charged. Ms. Farion called upon her serfs out of Ukrainians?” referring to Ms. punched back, continuing to shout repeated- Ms. Tymoshenko, the People’s Rukh of supporters to “shoot them up with your vot- Tymoshenko’s 2008 gas deal with the ly, “Tiah-ny-bok.” Among the punched tar- Ukraine led by Mr. Tarasyuk and the ing ballots.” Russians, and “Who’s responsible for ‘tush- gets was a middle-aged woman who tried to Svoboda party led by Oleh Tiahnybok dom- “Ukraine doesn’t have a government – grab a megaphone. inated the landscape. it’s a criminal oligarchy and colonial admin- (Continued on page 20) Nowhere to be seen were the orange istration for Russia,” she thundered. “That’s flags of the Our Ukraine party, which led the source of their panicked fright before us the tumultuous events of 2004, and the blue- and their boorish behavior. They’re in and-yellow flags of the Ukrainian People’s power for the Ukrainian people to achieve Party headed by Yurii Kostenko and the For their final catharsis.” Ukraine party led by Viacheslav Kyrylenko. Mr. Pavlychko, who spoke after Ms. These three parties supported former Tymoshenko and before Ms. Farion, offered President Viktor Yushchenko in his conflict emotional words that escalated at several with Ms. Tymoshenko and continue to moments, as he criticized opposition leaders Borys oppose her. Now Our Ukraine is extinct, as such as Mr. Yatsenyuk for failing to support is Mr. Yushchenko’s political career. Mr. the Committee to Defend Ukraine. Patchowsky Kostenko has also vanished after several of “Our opposition forces need to be his deputies supported the coalition, much together,” Mr. Pavlychko shouted, referring to his embarrassment. to those not supporting the committee. Passed away on the 11th of August, 2010, Also withdrawing their support for the “What weapon do we have? We have the at the age of 79, Committee to Defend Ukraine were former maidan. Imagine that Ms. Tymoshenko calls after a six-month fight with prostate cancer. Defense Minister Anatoliy Grytsenko of the upon us to come out on the maidan. We will Civic Position party and the Front of come out, but they won’t. But if we don’t all Changes party led by former Verkhovna come out, then we lose.” Born in Peremyshl on the 28th of March, 1931, Borys lived most of his Rada Chair Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who said he Yet it was another more tangible conflict, youth in Lviv, Ukraine. When he was 9 years of age, the family had to didn’t want to associate himself with the between Batkivschyna and Svoboda sup- flee west for safety and this began a migration which ultimately brought Svoboda nationalists. porters at the rally itself, that began to over- them to the United States in 1950. With limited English skills, school was difficult. However, through perseverance and determination, Borys journalists’ signatures on a petition that graduated summa cum laude from CCNY University. Turning the pages... decried the lack of protection afforded to (Continued from page 6) members of the press and criticized the fail- Through all the family hardship he found love and happiness and his Kuchma and his exposés on corruption ure of law enforcement officials to solve among high-ranking authorities,” said four other murders of Ukrainian journalists passion for art stayed as strong as ever. He worked for many years as Hryhorii Omelchenko, a national deputy in in the previous four years, including the the art director of Stereo Review Magazine but his true passion is visi- the Parliament. “Journalists are being killed shooting of an Odesa editor in broad day- ble through his drawing, painting and woodcuts which he did through- and beaten, media outlets and being light and the hanging of a journalist who destroyed, journalists go missing under mys- was found in a warehouse in an industrial out his life until June of this year. terious circumstances, but law-enforcement section of Kyiv. The petition was presented bodies pretend that nothing is happening.” to President Leonid Kuchma prior to a press He is survived by his spouse, Joan Patchowsky, daughter, Katja, and On September 21, 2000, the Verkhovna conference before a conference of Ukraine’s son, Andrew. He was laid to rest in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Maspeth, Rada announced it would form an ad hoc regional media. committee to look into the matter. One day “Journalists in Ukraine are scared to ask NY, where his mother Neonilia, brother Roman and sister Dzwinka are prior to the announcement by the the tough questions, which Heorhii wasn’t,” buried. Parliament, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said Olena Prytula, editor-in-chief of announced it would be handling the disap- Ukrayinska Pravda. “Because he refused to pearance as a murder investigation. On that be like everyone else, he became a problem There will be a memorial service on the 2nd of October at 3pm in same day, the Commonwealth of for somebody.” The Church In The Gardens, Forest Hills, NY 11375, followed by a Independent States said it would cooperate reception and viewing of some of his work. in an international search for the journalist Source: “Kyiv journalist feared mur- and/or his abductors. dered,” by Roman Woronowycz, The Ms. Gongadze’s friends collected 82 Ukrainian Weekly, September 24, 2000. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 No. 37 No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 17 Ukrainian Canadian artist creates the mosaic pysanka WINNIPEG, Manitoba – The beauty and intricate tradition since his mother, Evelyn, and father, Ted, were design of the pysanka, or Ukrainian Easter egg, has long building their pysanka display for the last 30 years. The been recognized as a contribution to world culture and display is one of the largest private pysanka collections art. An emerging Winnipeg Ukrainian artist, David in North America and has been featured in National Wasylyshen, has now created incredible unique art piec- Geographic magazine and displayed across North es using hundreds of pieces of pysanky shells into three- America. dimensional, one-of-a-kind framed mosaic pictures. Mr. Wasylyshen and the mosaic pysanky have recent- The mosaic pysanka is the result of a very long and ly been selected for the 2010 Canadian Prairie Provinces unique creative process that preserves and expresses yet “Prairie Excellence Art and Craft Exhibition” and he has another form of the treasured pysanka art. been selected as one of the emerging artists from the The pysanka pieces in the mosaics have originated Prairie Provinces. The exhibition will feature selected from real eggs whether from chickens, ducks, geese, artists and their art and crafts and it will be on tour for quails or ostriches. These unique art pieces are not mass- three years at various galleries across Canada and the produced, and no two are ever alike. United States. The exhibition is tentatively scheduled to Some of the mosaics feature a cross or X design with be in Winnipeg in the spring of 2011. an embedded pysanka centerpiece. The X design sym- Mr. Wasylyshen’s hobbies once included some unique bolizes the cross that Apostle St. Andrew, patron saint of stained glass art works, again in a three-dimensional Ukraine, on which he was crucified and who was very fashion. This winter, he and George Shannon, a instrumental in bringing Christianity to Ukraine. renowned Winnipeg glass artist with On the Edge Glass The more contemporary versions of the mosaic Studio will team up for a new project: they will develop pysanka feature uniquely swirling, inter-winding and new contemporary art pieces incorporating the mosaic curved lines throughout the mosaic. pysanka with traditional and contemporary stained glass The whole idea and creation of mosaic pysanky came techniques, sandblasting and carved, fused glass. from Mr. Wasylyshen’s late father, Ted Wasylyshen. (Continued on page 18) Before he passed away in 1995, the elder Wasylyshen taught and passed on the basic technique to David. At that time, the whole process took hundreds of hours. However, over the last five years, through trial and error, David Wasylyshen has perfected the new art form pro- cess. Ted Wasylyshen completed only four of the works, one for each family member, with the fourth purchased and exhibited by the National Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec. The mosaic pysanka is a new contemporary way of preserving and displaying the ancient cultural traditional Ukrainian easter egg. Dave Wasylyshen was a featured artist at the 2010 Folklorama Ukraine - Kyiv pavilion. The response and acceptance of the new art form by the general public, both young and old, from members of the Ukrainian community and visitors (from as far as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Taiwan) was overwhelming. A visitor from Los Angeles commented: “Vibrant, beautiful, outstanding cultural and artistic display that has taken the Ukrainian Easter egg to anoth- er level of artistic beauty and preservation.” “David, you have taken my late mother’s and grand- mother’s pysanky and transformed, preserved them into an art piece that I will dearly treasure for the rest of my life; my kids and grand children did not want the pysanky but they all want the mosaics, absolutely beau- tiful,” said a guest from Winnipeg. Thanks to word of mouth, the mosaic pysanky have spread to private art collections in nearly every Canadian province, several U.S. cities, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. Mr. Wasylyshen creates the unique art pieces for the love of art. He grew up with the Ukrainian pysanka art

Examples of the mosaic pysanky created by Winnipeg artist David Wasylyshen. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 No. 37

With the expunging this month of the Nowakiwsky’s car, often with other Orange Revolution... Orange Revolution from the textbooks used Sydir Nowakiwsky... members of the Tryzub chess team (Mr. (Continued from page 3) in schools, Ukraine’s students will be left (Continued from page 11) Koltun, Mr. Sawczak, etc.) to matches of ly with the Ukrainophobic policies of wondering why they are no longer taught to learn anything about the unfolding the (now defunct) Philadelphia Education Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk and about an event that many of their parents, struggle from his expression or posture. Metropolitan Chess League. We would with the naming of a Stalin apologist as uncles and cousins participated in and, more There is only one exception – when the go to the Lawncrest Recreation Center on head of the Institute of National Memory. I importantly, what kind of country is being struggle is most tense, Mr. Nowakiwsky’s upper Rising Sun Avenue; to the VFW still believe that these odious appointments built where history is edited out for political face reddens. (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Chapter in the purposes. Bridesburg section of Philadelphia – we can and will be reversed. Nevertheless, I As a positional player, it is no surprise The Ministry of Truth is where the main called it “the Polish club” – I recall sever- think that Yanukovych is right in trying to that Mr. Nowakiwsky, when he had character of the book “1984” Winston white, usually opened with 1.d4. As al matches played to the blare of the juke- ensure a hospitable environment for Smith, works. The Ukrainian authorities’ boxes from the bar there and the steady Ukraine’s Russian-speakers. Such steps, in black, against 1.d4 he declined the approach to history would permit the substi- Queen’s Gambit, setting up the solid, but beat of the Polish boy scouts hitting their my view, are likely to deepen their support tution of Winston Smith for Dmytro poles against the floor upstairs. Or we for Ukraine’s statehood.” somewhat stodgy Orthodox Defense. Tabachnyk and the Ministry of Education Against 1.e4, he almost invariably played would play the team listed as “ESP” in In reality, Mr. Tabachnyk is an integral for the Ministry of Truth. the French Defense, as did all of his con- league standings, which played only ideological component of the Party of temporaries among the Tryzub chessplay- home games: it was the Eastern State Regions and the Yanukovych administra- The article above is reprinted from the ers. Penitentiary, where they were always gra- tion, and he is in his position for the long Jamestown Foundation Blog published by Then again, in the latter 1970s, I cious to visiting teams, treating us to cof- haul because Russia demanded influence the Jamestown Foundation, www.james- remember watching in an American tour- fee and pastries (one of their top players over government appointments in the town.org. This blog entry appeared on nament as Mr. Nowakiwsky answered killed two cops, a case once notorious in humanities and security forces. September 7. 1.e4 with 1...c5. My jaw dropped – my Philadelphia). friend, with a classical and symmetrical Then we traveled to the annual cham- opening repertoire, was playing the dou- pionships of the SUSTA (Federation of wages; therefore the higher rate will apply ble-edged, unbalanced Sicilian Defense! Ukrainian Student Organizations of Ukrainian government... to salaries of around $1,200. This is as But that was an exception, yet displayed America) and USCAK (Ukrainian Sports (Continued from page 2) much as a mid-career manager earns in the how he was open to new experiences. Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada). The venues for these championships was hit especially hard by the economic capital Kyiv. At the same time, the govern- Away from the chessboard, 90 percent rotated among various centers of crisis. These include a deposit tax for bank ment has apparently dropped its earlier of my interactions with Mr. Nowakiwsky plans to levy luxury taxes on the buyers of took place in his car. To be more exact, in Ukrainian chess activity, Philadelphia, deposits exceeding the equivalent of yachts and luxury cars. several cars – all his. It seemed that Mr. Toronto, Detroit, etc., or at Ukrainian $25,000, a property tax for the owners of Nowakiwsky had a fleet of cars – differ- resorts such as the one at Glen Spey, N.Y. relatively large apartments and country The article above is reprinted from ent models appeared, then for reasons The first such trip that I recall was houses, and an increase in the personal Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission inexplicable to me disappeared, to be circa 1961 to Irvington, N.J. What made income tax from 15 to 17 percent for sala- from its publisher, the Jamestown replaced by another similar one. They that tournament memorable was that we ries exceeding 10 minimum monthly Foundation, www.jamestown.org. were never flashy or new; they were had to play in coats. Somehow signals always large and comfortable. Maybe Mr. got mixed up, housekeeping of our host Nowakiwsky always had a car designated club Chornomorska Sitch were not aware chess players were coming for a weekend ing in Winnipeg. His family roots origi- for chess trips and one of its requirements was that it be “large enough for Boris.” tournament, and no provisions for heating Ukrainian Canadian... nated in the Canora, Saskatchewan, and That might be an ego-driven explanation, were made. Another time a tournament at Seech, Manitoba, areas. (Continued from page 17) but truthfully, large as I am, I never had the Ukrainian club in Toronto took place Perhaps the best is yet to come with this His 2011 exhibitions are tentatively to squeeze into one of Mr. Nowakiwsky’s downstairs, while a wedding reception fusion of the mosaic pysanka and with scheduled for Winnipeg, Saskatoon, New cars, as into the models of many others. was taking place upstairs. Eventually, stained glass. York and Chicago. For further informa- Mr. Nowakiwsky was always very pre- some of the well-fueled guests descended Mr. Wasylyshen is a third-generation tion readers may contact Mr. Wasylyshen cise in keeping appointments – you could from the festivities into the chess area Canadian of Ukrainian descent, now liv- at [email protected] set your watch by him. One of our trade- and offered full-voiced commentary on mark interchanges was “as punctual as the games, including suggesting certain the German army,” he would say, “before moves. Stalingrad,” one of us would add. No matter the chaos, distractions and This World War II analogy was not occasionally organizational shortcomings accidental. The war was a central topic of at chess tournaments, Mr. Nowakiwsky our conversations during longer trips on always maintained his good humor and American interstates. Mr. Nowakiwsky never complained. He was imperturbable would tell me war stories or I would ask and stoic. He never became involved in him questions about different aspects of trivialities. I have often witnessed fierce the war. arguments regarding the pairings in the Also, we often discussed politics. All Swiss system – both at Ukrainian kinds of politics: those of the Ukrainian American and American tournaments. community in Philadelphia, Ukrainian émi- Indeed situations did arise of who plays gré politics, the international situation and whom, sometimes not fully covered by the American politics. On Ukrainian-related rules. Others might complain, protest, issues Mr. Nowakiwsky took the lead – I even withdraw from the tournament gained many insights from our conversa- because of such issues, but Mr. tions. On the international situation we Nowakiwsky was completely indifferent more or less met on equal ground. And on to such controversies. He just sat down American politics I was in the lead. and played with whomever he was paired. I always thought that a remarkable Mr. Nowakiwsky was always a faithful attribute of Mr. Nowakiwsky was his knight of chess. He never discussed open-mindedness, especially when com- games in progress (unlike some other pared with other Ukrainians of his gener- Tryzub teammates – in one memorable ation. Of course, like others of his gener- incident one of the pillars of the ation, he had his core principles and ide- Ukrainian ghetto in Philadelphia ran als, such as love of Ukraine and hatred of behind me to the bathroom “Boryse, communism, but he was unfettered by the konem”). prejudices of the past. Mr. Nowakiwsky Eventually we went together to non- had a tolerant and undogmatic way of Ukrainian tournaments throughout presenting his views. He always made Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and allowances for another point of view. Virginia. In the eyes of our non-Ukraini- At first when I was 14-15 I rode in Mr. an friends we became a twosome.

chic friends and Moscow patrons. On the importance... I suggest that, wherever possible, their (Continued from page 10) titles and positions be placed within quo- by Mr. Potekhin and to remind the king tation marks or be preceded by the words “so called.” and his court that they are naked. They Mr. Potekhin is right – we do not have obtained some carte-blanche, however a legitimate government, a legitimate par- dubious, to introduce law and order and liament, a legitimate court. We have peo- much-needed reforms. But instead, they ple who call themselves “ministers,” bring even more lawlessness and disor- “deputies,” and “judges.” Let them do it. der, and introduce very peculiar But we should not accept their claims at “reforms” that satisfy mostly their oligar- face value. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 19 Yara Arts Group presents “Scythian Stones” in Ukraine KYIV – Yara Arts Group from La found today throughout the grasslands of MaMa Experimental Theater in New Ukraine and Central Asia. York is presenting “Scythian Stones,” an Ms. Tkacz noted: “We wanted to do an original, experimental World Music epic story about a woman, and examine Theater piece featuring renowned how quickly so many cultures are disap- Ukrainian singer Nina Matvienko, her pearing today. The piece imagines an daughter Tonia and artists from alternative ending, linking the past with a Kyrgyzstan and America in Kyiv during future in which poetry would carry the GogolFest at the Dovzhenko Studio familial into the cosmos.” Included is September 9 and at the National modern poetry by Oksana Zabuzhko and University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy on Yuko Pozaiak. September 12-16. Ms. Tkacz and Watoku Ueno are Interweaving performances in founding members of Yara Arts Group Ukrainian, Kyrgyz and English, the pro- and have created 21 original theater piec- duction, created by Virlana Tkacz fea- es with the company, all of which had tures Ukrainian and Kyrgyz traditional their American premieres at La MaMa. music, as well as modern music, design Founded in 1990, Yara Arts Group, a and movement. resident company of La MaMa, creates “Scythian Stones” premiered at the original pieces that explore timely issues world renowned La MaMa Experimental rooted in the East through the diverse Margaret Morton Theatre in New York, where it by American cultural perspectives of the group’s mem- Tonia Matvienko, Ainura Kachkinbek kyzy and Nina Matvienko in Yara Arts audiences and critics. The Huffington Post bers. Yara artists bring together poetry, Group’s “Scythian Stones.” featured a nine-minute video that includes song, historical materials and scientific an interview with the director and clips texts, primarily from the East, to form from the production. (See http://www.huff- what one critic described as “extended ingtonpost.com/michal-shapiro/kyrgyzstan- meditation on an idea.” ukraine-rites_b_617799.html). The company has created 10 pieces Besides singers Nina and Tania based on materials from Ukraine and Matvienko “Scythian Stones” features Eastern Europe, including: “A Light from Kenzhegul Satybaldieva and Ainura the East,” “Blind Sight,” “Yara’s Forest Kachkynbek kyzy. Song,” “Swan” and “Waterfall/ Nurbek Serkebaev of Kyrgyzstan will Reflections.” The last of these was perform on ancient Kyrgyz instruments developed with folk singer Nina while Julian Kytasty performs on the Matvienko, regarded as the “Voice of bandura. Ukraine.” Yara has also created six the- The Debutante Hour (Marusia ater pieces with Buryat artists from Sonevytsky and Susan Hwang), a New Siberia, three with artists from York girl group with musical roots in Kyrgyzstan and two based on Japanese American country, blues and the occa- material. sional Carpathian Mountain stomp are “Scythian Stones” at Gogolfest was featured in the second half. made possible by Mid Atlantic Arts “Scythian Stones” constructs parallel Foundation through U.S. Artists journeys for two young women, from vil- International in partnership with the Ainura Kachkinbek kyzy and Tonia Matvienko in Yara Arts Group’s “Scythian lage life and nomadic tradition into the National Endowment for the Arts and the Stones.” city. Their separate journeys become epic Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and at descents into the Great Below – the mod- the Pasika Theater Center of the National ern global desert where songs, skills and University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy languages vanish, leaving behind only with the support of the friends of Yara Ukrainian Heritage Club of Northern California mute markers like the Scythian stones Arts Group. presents Ukrainian Comic Opera “Zaporozhets za Dunayem” by S. Hulak-Artemovsky

Victor Marushchenko A scene from “Scythian Stones.”

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Mikhail Myshchuk, pas- Theresa,” has spent the summer months vis- tor of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic iting orphanages, clinics, hospitals, home- Church in Watervliet, N.Y., has been one of less shelters and homes from one end of the most enthusiastic supporters of this Ukraine to the other bringing with her gifts event and has been instrumental in getting of food, clothing and most important the gift others on board. “Bringing the people of of caring. our communities together in support of this “Everywhere I go, we are greeted most cause, and for such a wonderful evening of warmly. The orphans are always most Ukrainian culture, is indeed a fitting tribute happy to receive fresh fruit, cookies, toys, to Sister Bernarda’s personal dedication,” medicine,” Sister Bernarda said. “I even Father Myshchuk said. “All of us at St. ordered 1,000 balloons because one of their Nicholas and the other local churches are great joys is to receive sculpted puppies and proud to be a part of this effort.” to learn to make them. But what saddens Other area churches involved in the fund- me greatly is that in the eastern section of raising project are Ss. Peter and Paul Ukraine, the children have absolutely no Ukrainian Catholic Church in Cohoes and knowledge of religion, nor any of the most St. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church in common prayers or even the Ten Troy. Commandments.” Sister Bernarda embarked on her journey With financial help from the Knights of of mercy after surviving a near fatal car Sister Bernarda makes balloon sculptures for orphans in Ukraine. Columbus, she was able to provide 1,000 crash. “After my car accident, which I copies of the Bible History to begin provid- miraculously survived, I wanted to spend computer which much to his joy he taps ago, started orphanages and schools in this ing religious education for these children. the remainder of my life doing a little good with his toes, as his means of creating beau- country. Now, their mission has come full This fall, the parishioners of area in this world since I expected to live only a tiful Ukrainian graphic designs. circle as they reach back into the homeland Ukrainian churches will be raising money to few years, “ she said. That desire to do good Sister Bernarda’s files are filled with let- with projects such as these. help Sister Bernarda with her mission by is now in its 18th year as Sister Bernarda is ters of thanks for parcels of food, clothing, The upcoming fundraising concert is one sponsoring a wonderful concert of music yet again in Ukraine bringing an early shoes, medicine, blankets and all kinds of way for the rest of the community to partici- and dance. Violin virtuoso Vasyl Popadiuk Christmas to the less fortunate. personal-care items, books, rosaries, holy pate in and support this effort. will headline this event as guest performer In her travels Sister Bernarda has cards, even appliances. Readers may join the Ukrainian parishes with a special appearance of the area’s chil- encountered many children who have One orphanage had 100 children in its of upstate New York in celebrating and sup- dren’s dance ensemble Zorepad under the extreme medical needs and through her care, but no washing machine. A small porting the work of Sister Bernarda and the direction of Peter and Adrienne Fil. Lydia work with doctors in the U.S. and Ukraine, washing machine, as common as that appli- Sisters of St. Basil the Great by attending an Kulbida (WTEN Channel 10 news anchor) has been able to bring much-needed care ance is in nearly every home in America, evening of great music and dance on will MC the program at the Troy Music Hall and treatment. Something as simple as a made an enormous difference to the chil- October 23. Tickets – $25 and $30 for in Troy, N.Y., on October 23. hearing aid is out of the reach for many of dren and their caregivers and is among the adults, $15 for children age 17 and under – “We here in Troy, Cohoes and Watervliet the children and families she meets. many gifts that have touched the lives of are available by contacting Troy Savings are a small Ukrainian community with big Through her efforts and with funding sup- young and old throughout the country. Bank Music Hall at www.troymusichall. hearts, working together we can make Sister port, Sister Bernarda saw to it that a child The Sisters of St. Basil are extending com or 518-273-8945. Bernarda’s 2011 mission to Ukraine even was able to hear sound for the first time with their ministry by renovating an old building For more information about the concert more successful,” said Anna Pawliw the gift of a hearing aid. and opening an orphanage in Zaporizhia in or to contribute to the St. Nicholas Orphan Mariani, one of the organizers of the event. An orphanage that the petite nun visits eastern Ukraine, which will be the first of its Fund, readers may contact Ms. Mariani at “We invite everyone reading this article to regularly tends to invalids, who are among kind in the region to be run by a religious [email protected] or 518-235-5951; plan a trip to view the fall foliage, visit the the poorest of the poor. One young boy, order. The Sisters of St. Basil the Great, Anya Zaderej at 413-329-7943; or Nicholas state capital, and participate in this every born without arms, was given the use of a who came to the United States 100 years Fil at 518-785-7596.

each other, an equally polarizing scene About 2,000 faithful participated in sev- ods. That only gives the government a pre- Protest... unfolded less than a hundred meters away in eral processions (“khresni khody) through- text for repressions,” he said. (Continued from page 15) a park beside the Parliament building, where out the day, walking along Hrushevsky Inside the walls of Parliament, the scene ky’?” referring to rogue deputies who aban- several hundred faithful of the Russian Street – territory that was closed off to was just as senseless, as the Tymoshenko doned her force for the coalition govern- Orthodox Church attended a moleben opposition supporters. Bloc deputies staged a blockade. Yet, as ment. (“Tushka” is the Ukrainian word for a (prayer service) at a makeshift altar. Prayer services and processions, held in they stood surrounding the rostrum, coali- slaughtered animal.) One of the placards near at the altar the shadows of the Parliament building, tion deputies approved legislation without Svoboda is suspected, by observers and offered the message, “We Will Defend the were never witnessed during the Orange any hindrance. activists alike, of receiving financing from Orthodox Faith,” transposed over the era. Nor did Party of the Party of Regions in order to further famous Soviet World War II poster in Regions supporters protest divide the pro-Western forces and polarize which the Soviet Motherland, depicted as with such outrage and so the Ukrainian political scene. That its sup- a Slavic woman in a red cloak, called upon quickly after the Orange porters came prepared for the protest with men to enlist and take the military oath. forces assumed power. signs attacking Ms. Tymoshenko only In what has become routine in their The September 7 protest strengthened such views. defense of the Verkhovna Rada, the revealed an increasing radi- “These were provocations that only work Orthodox faithful, many of them wearing calization and polarization of in favor of the Party of Regions,” said Ms. icons and crosses around their necks or car- Ukrainian politics, observers Stakh, a Batkivschyna supporter. rying them in their hands, marched around said, particularly the increas- As the opposition forces bickered with the building singing religious hymns. ingly aggressive role of the Svoboda party, which leads in the polls before the October 31 elections in the Lviv, Ternopil and Ivano- Frankivsk oblasts. “The situation is radical- izing, and I don’t think it’s good,” commented Taras Stetskiv, a 46-year-old national deputy with the Our Ukraine-People’s Self- Defense Bloc, in an inter- v i e w p u b l i s h e d o n September 3 on the Gazeta. ua website. “The thought that you could punch someone’s teeth out and resolve an Zenon Zawada issue is brewing among Orthodox clergy loyal to the Moscow Patriarchate lead many young people. a moleben offered at the park near the Verkhovna Orthodox faithful of the Moscow Patriarchate hold a procession in front of the Difficult tasks can’t be Rada in response to the September 7 protest by opposi- Verkhovna Rada. solved with simply meth- tion forces. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 21 OUT AND ABOUT

Through October 1 Art exhibit, “A Celebration of Nature,” featuring September 19 Second annual pig roast, Ukrainian American Parma, OH works by Anizia Karmazyn, Ukrainian Museum- Dedham, MA Educational Center of Boston, 508-245-1890 or Archives, 216-781-4329 or www.umacleveland.org [email protected]

September 15 Film screening, “Folk!” by Roxy Toporowych, September 19 Ukrainian Heritage Day Festival, Holy Cross Los Angeles Filmmobile Summer Screening Series, Echo Park Astoria, NY Ukrainian Catholic Church, 718-932-4060 Lake, www.folkarteverywhere.com September 19 Concert featuring Harmonia, The Washington September 16 Lecture by Serhii Plokhii, “The Echoes of Yalta: Alexandria, VA Group, The Lyceum, 202-364-3888 Stanford, CA Ukraine and the Religious Division of Europe (1945- or 703-241-1817 1946),” Stanford University, 650-723-3562 September 22 Protest, “Yanukovych at the U.N.,” Ukrainian September 17-19 Ukrainian Festival, Bloor Street West, New York Congress Committee of America, 212-228-6840 Toronto 416-410-9965 September 22 Book presentation by Lydia Prokop, “Scratches on a New York Prison Wall: A Wartime Memoir” by Luba Komar, September 18 Family Day, Ukrainian American Cultural Center Columbia University, 212-854-4697 Horsham, PA Tryzub, 215-343-5412 September 24 Presentation “Wish You Were Here: Early Travel Edmonton, AB Postcards of Ukraine,” Royal Alberta Museum, September 18 Flea market, St. Vladimir Parish Center, 780-453-9100 Scranton, PA 570-963-1580 September 24 Music lecture, “Music From the Land,” September 18 Lecture by Dmytro Desiateryk, “Ukrainian Cinema Parma, OH Ukrainian Museum-Archives, 216-781-4329 New York in the 2000s: Renewal of Capability,” Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 September 24-26 Ukrainian Canadian Homecoming, University of Winnipeg, MB Manitoba, St. Andrew’s College, 204-474-8905 or September 18 Performance, “Ukrainian Culture Celebration – The [email protected] San Francisco Ukrainian Sundance: Seasons in Ukrainian Songs and Dances,” Koret Auditorium, September 25 10th annual Ukrainian Festival, St. John Ukrainian www.sfpl.org/events or 650-794-1005 Newark, NJ Catholic Church, 973-371-1356

September 18-19 Ukrainian Festival, St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox September 25-26 Fall tennis tournament, Ukrainian American Sports Silver Spring, MD Cathedral, 301-384-9192 Horsham, PA Center Tryzub, 215-343-5412

September 19 Ukrainian Heritage Festival, Ukrainian Event September 25-26 Ukrainian Heritage Festival, Ss. Peter and Paul Minneapolis Center, [email protected] Ambridge, PA Ukrainian Catholic Church, 724-601-1877 or or 612-840-9875 www.ukrainianheritagefestival.org

September 19 Golf tournament, League of Ukrainian Canadians, Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Items will be published Sherwood Park, AB Legends Golf and Country Club, 780-966-8554 or at the discretion of the editors and as space allows. Please send e-mail to 780-982-5197 [email protected]. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 No. 37 UKELODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

Plast campers earn physical fitness badges by Vera Chuma-Bitcon EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. – As the rain poured down on Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization’s Vovcha Tropa camp on Saturday morning, July 10, campers were getting ready to complete the requirements for the Plast physical fitness badge. At the same time, 20 members from the Spartanky sorority of Plast were driving up to East Chatham, N.Y., to conduct the testing for the “Vidznaka Fizychnoyi Vpravnosty” (VFV). The Spartanky have been organiz- ing this activity on an annual basis The sit-ups portion of the physical fitness test. Boys complete the 5-kilometer walk. for many years, and the rain wouldn’t stop them. By switching ducted in U.S. secondary schools. fitness test, push-ups and sit-ups, the The last event that needed to be ful- to Plan B – the rain plan – the Obtaining the physical fitness badge is rain finally ended. Fortunately this filled for the badge, another tough one, events took off. necessary for all Plast scouts to allowed everyone to move forward with was the 2-kilometer run. That had to The requirements to complete advance in rank. the next two events, the 5-kilometer be conducted on a separate day and VFV are similar to those of the As the boys and girls completed the fast walk, and the 100-meter freestyle was completed by the counselors the Presidential Fitness Award con- first two components of the physical swim, one of the tougher requirements. following week.

Girls during the 5-kilometer walk. A view of the swimming component of the physical fitness badge.

Detroit student manifests her love and respect for Ukraine by Vera Krywyj Ukraine in their grandchildren. The Marrogi family regularly But credit has to also be given to attends the local Ukrainian Catholic DETROIT – This is a heartwarm- Ariadna’s mother, who unfortunate- church, as well as a Maronite ing story about a very special young ly does not live with Ariadna and Catholic church. Mr. Marrogi felt lady who this year was one of two her two brothers, but did instill in the importance of such an obliga- students to have completed the her children the love and pride they tion and the need for his children to “matura” (comprehensive exams) in being part Ukrainian. know and love both familial back- and graduated from the local School And, credit must be given espe- grounds. of Ukrainian Studies. Her name is cially to their father, who is not of Perhaps Ariadna, now a graduate Ariadna Marrogi. Ukrainian heritage, but insisted of the “Ridna Shkola” in this area, What makes Ariadna so special that the children attend Ukrainian will one day have a chance to visit is her love and respect for Ukraine. school every Saturday. Ukraine, the homeland of her I often visit her ailing grandmother, He even hired a special tutor to grandparents, see for herself the

T. Caryk who proudly displays photographs come and speak Ukrainian with his beauty of Kyiv, the glory of Lviv Ariadna Marrogi wears a blouse of all of her six grandchildren. It is children and help them with their and the majesty of the Carpathian embroidered by her grandmother this grandmother and her late hus- Ukrainian studies, since Ukrainian mountains and fall in love with the Olha Zacharij. band who helped instill a love of was not spoken in their home. country of her ancestors. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 23

Graduating altar boy Mishanyna is honored by Parma parish It’s September, so this month’s Mishanyna is dedicated to – what else? – back-to-school time. Hidden in the grid are things and activities that mark the beginning of yet another school year and other doings associated with it. BANDURA lessons HOMEWORK SPORTS training BOOKS PLAST meetings STUDENTS COMPUTER school SUPPLIES TEACHERS FESTIVALS SUM activities TRACK meets FOLK DANCE practice UKRAINIAN SCHOOL

PARMA, Ohio – The annual presentation of a plaque of appreciation to high school graduates of the Altar Boys’ Society of St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Parma, Ohio, took place on Sunday, June 6. This year’s graduate is Alex Grossman. He is seen above (center) together with the clergy and altar boys who served on June 6.

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EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. – In keeping with Plast tradition, campers at the Vovcha Tropa campgrounds here sent signed greetings to various Ukrainian institutions, the Plast leadership and supporters of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. Seen here is one of those greetings from the camp “Cherez Mriyi Predkiv Syla v Nas Roste” (for girls age 11 and up). Other camps that sent greetings were: “Lytsarskyi Zamok” (boys age 7-11); “Stezhkamy Zaporozhskykh Kozakiv” (boys age 11 and up); and “Yak Vyrostem Velyki” (girls age 7-11); as well as “Odna Liubov” (co-ed camp for older teens). There were 328 campers and coun- selors at Vovcha Tropa during the month of July. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 No. 37

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Sunday, September 19 Building, 420 W. 118th St. The event is free and open to the public. For additional ASTORIA, N.Y.: The Ukrainian Heritage information call 212-854-4697. Day Festival sponsored by Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church will take place Saturday, September 25 here from noon to 6 p.m. The event fea- 216 Foordmore Road NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific 1-845-626-5641 tures Ukrainian food, entertainment and a P.O. Box 529 Society invites all to a lecture by Vasyl [email protected] lottery. The venue is located at 31st Kerhonkson, NY 12446 Avenue and 30th Street. Admission is free. Hrechynsky, musical director and conduc- For information call 718-932-4060. tor of the Dumka chorus of New York, on the subject “The Ukrainian Republican ALEXANDRIA, Va.: The Washington Capella of Alexander Koshetz: Road to the Group Sunday Music Series opens its West.” The lecture will take place at the Sept 13-16 – Bayreuth, Oct 8-10 – Wedding 2010-2011 season with an appearance by society’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. Berchtesgaden, Regensburg, Oct 15-17 – Wedding the spectacular folk ensemble Harmonia. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. Karlsfeld, Landshut Reunions Featuring top soloists from Ukraine and For additional information call 212-254- Oct 22-24 – Wedding 5130. Sept 17-19 – Spartanky Plast Rada; Slovakia, and with roots in Hungary and KLK get-together Oct 29-31 – Halloween Croatia, the multicultural ensemble Friday-Sunday, October 1-3 includes violin, accordion, vocals, folk Sept 20-22 – Mittenwald Reunion Nov 6-7 – USCAK Convention flutes (sopilka) and the 125-string cimba- KERHONKSON, N.Y.: The 63rd annual lom. Dizzying cimbalom solos combined national convention of the Ukrainian Sept 23-26 – Northeast Mycological Nov 12-14 – Plast Orlykiada with other instruments are a joy by any American Veterans Inc., will be held at the Federation Convention Nov 19-21 – Scrapbook Weekend standard, welcomed alike by folk, classical Soyuzivka Heritage Center, 216 Sept 30-Oct 3 – Ukrainian American and general audiences. The concert will be Foordmore Road, Kerhonkson, NY 12446. Nov 25 – Thanksgiving Registration of delegates will be on Friday Veterans Convention held at The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington Nov 27 – High school reunion St., at 3 p.m. Meet the artists at a reception and Saturday at 8-10 a.m. in the Main Sept 25 – To be announced immediately following the performance. House lobby. Hosted by the UAV national Suggested donation: $20; free for students; executive board and chaired by the UAV unreserved seating. For event information national commander, Brig. Gen. Leonid call 202-364-3888 or 703-241-1817. Kondratiuk, the convention will convene on Friday, October 1, at 10 a.m. and will Wednesday, September 22 continue through Saturday, October 2. NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies Saturday night’s banquet will be held at Program at Columbia University will host the Veselka patio and hall starting at 6 a presentation by Lydia Prokop of the p.m. with a cocktail hour. Guests are wel- book “Scratches on a Prison Wall: A come. For information contact Jerry Wartime Memoir” written by Luba Komar. Kindrachuk via e-mail at jkindrachuk@ The presentation will be held at noon in gmail.com or call Mathew Koziak at 610- Room 1219, International Affairs 867-4052.

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