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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXII HE No.KRAINIAN 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Ukraine’sT presidentialUIt’s official: YushchenkoW wins first round by Roman Woronowycz the western and central regions of the puzzled. campaign comes Kyiv Press Bureau country, while Mr. Yanukovych received “I am satisfied,” began the prime min- the overwhelming majority of votes in ister while addressing journalists at his KYIV – The Central Election eight eastern and southern oblasts, as headquarters in an appearance broadcast to the United States Commission officially announced on well as in the Crimean Autonomous on all the major television stations, and November 10 that National Deputy Republic. The result set the stage for a then added, “As for the first round, I by Yaro Bihun Viktor Yushchenko had won the first run-off between the lawmaker and the compare it to a soccer match, one in Special to The Ukrainian Weekly round of voting in Ukraine’s presidential prime minister, as Ukrainian election law which I was playing on foreign territory,” election by just more than a half percent- dictates when no candidate receives 50 explained Mr. Yanukovych. WASHINGTON – The Ukrainian age point. percent voter support. While in European soccer rules, a vis- presidential run-off election campaign It was a somewhat unexpected turn- Mr. Yushchenko, his face still showing iting team gets an extra credit in the came to the U.S. capital last week about from unofficial results issued by the damage done by a chemical or bio- standings when it achieves a tie on its when an advisor to Ukrainian Prime the CEC after the October 31 vote, which logical agent that poisoned him at the opponent’s turf during play for the Minister Viktor Yanukovych sought to had shown his main opponent, Prime beginning of September, said he thought European Cup, it remained unclear why convince the U.S. press and policy- Minister Viktor Yanukovych, heading the margin of victory in the first round makers that a Yanukovych victory the prime minister decided to allude to toward a win. The victory by Mr. was in fact far greater. Nonetheless, he the election process as having taken place would be a good thing for Ukraine Yushchenko came even though 135,000 maintained that he was satisfied that he and its relations with the West. on foreign territory. votes were nullified in a region of the had prevailed even after attempts by the Other members of the Yanukovych Over three days, November 8-10, Kirovohrad Oblast, which had voted state authorities to falsify the election Eduard Prutnik campaigned on Mr. campaign team simply cried foul, claim- heavily for Mr. Yushchenko. results. ing that voters in western Ukraine, where Yanukovych’s behalf with journalists “We, along with you, have achieved a “This was psychologically very impor- at the National Press Club, with busi- turnout was extremely high, had cast bal- victory, even with the brutal use of inap- tant for the democratic forces in Ukraine. lots illegally. ness and government representatives propriate tactics by the authorities,” The importance of even a 0.55 margin of at the Cosmos Club and the Nixon “They stole victory from us,” stated exclaimed Mr. Yushchenko at a press victory cannot be underestimated,” Mr. Stepan Havrysh, the prime minister’s Center, and at some individual meet- conference at his campaign headquarters Yushchenko commented. ings as well. The aim of the visit, he representative at the CEC. minutes after the official results were Prime Minister Yanukovych, while Campaign Manager Serhii Tyhypko, said in an interview with Voice of released. ceding victory to his opponent, expressed America on November 9, was to while acknowledging that he could The CEC results showed Mr. no dissatisfaction with the official results. accept the results, expressed dismay that, explain the economic and other suc- Yushchenko with 39.7 percent of the vote He said the tally set him up nicely for a cesses of the Yanukovych government as he put it, in the western oblasts “vot- and Mr. Yanukovych with 39.32 percent strong finish. However, a convoluted and ing proceeded according to the number of so that his victory in the run-off with support. Sixteen of Ukraine’s 25 oblasts unclear reference to a soccer match in Viktor Yushchenko on November 21 went with Mr. Yushchenko, mostly from part of his statement left some people (Continued on page 4) would not come as a surprise. The visit did not generate much attention in the media or elsewhere. U.S. and other Western news outlets did not report on the visit, except for Moroz, No. 3 in presidential race, endorses Yushchenko an “Embassy Row” piece in the by Roman Woronowycz Socialist Party political program: to Washington Times, the capital’s Kyiv Press Bureau recall Ukrainian troops from Iraq; main- “other” newspaper, which he visited tain a moratorium on the sale of land; separately. There were brief KYIV – Presidential candidate and, most importantly, to agree to com- Oleksander Moroz, who came in third in Ukrainian-language reports on VOA plete the political reform process begun the first round of the presidential elec- and Radio Liberty broadcasts, but in the Verkhovna Rada several years ago, tions in Ukraine, and the Socialist Party they were aimed at the Ukrainian which was halted in June after the he leads on November 6 endorsed Viktor and not the American audience. Ukrainian Parliament could not achieve a Yushchenko in the run-off vote against There was one press report, how- two-thirds majority to pass required con- Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych that is ever, that may well have more seri- stitutional amendments. Mr. Moroz has ous reverberations back home. scheduled for November 21. “I want an election to take place – so said he would like the political reform Luba Shara, a Washington-area bill to be passed by the Verkhovna Rada journalist who writes for Ukrainska far we haven’t seen one,” said Mr. Moroz to a throng of 50,000 supporters of Mr. before the election run-off. Pravda, the Internet newspaper in Mr. Yushchenko has previously Ukraine made famous four years ago Yushchenko during a rally in Kyiv’s Independence Square on November 6. endorsed two of the three proposals put by the murder of its editor, Heorhii forward by the Socialist Party. He had Gongadze, used her report on Mr. The demonstration was held to protest voter fraud and to support free and fair said that he could support the third plank, Prutnik’s appearance at the National the party’s version of political reform, elections. Roman Woronowycz Press Club to shed light on the large which would hand much presidential amounts of money spent over the Mr. Moroz became the first of four ex- power to the prime minister, but only A member of the Kozak Brotherhood past two years for the services of contenders for the presidential seat to after a new Parliament was seated after during the Yushchenko rally in Kyiv American public relations and lobby- throw his support to Mr. Yushchenko national elections in March 2006. on November 6. ing firms with the intent of establish- after it was determined that Mr. [On November 9, Serhii Tyhypko, ing and improving Mr. Yanukovych’s Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor and would call on the party’s members and image in Washington. Her research Yanukovych had qualified for a second campaign manager for Prime Minister supporters to vote accordingly. showed that five firms were paid in round of voting. Yanukovych, said that his candidate The following day, Mr. Moroz excess of $1 million since May 2003. Mr. Moroz had received 5.8 percent of could also support the implementation of received a rousing welcome when he As she explained in her report, the the popular vote in the first round, a political reform in the country after appeared with Mr. Yushchenko on the Foreign Agents Registration Act result he has not recognized in what he March 2006, but insisted, as many stage on Independence Square before a (FARA) of 1938 requires that all com- considers highly falsified returns. He said Socialists have as well, that it should be sea of humanity holding aloft orange panies and individuals engaged in lob- a fraudulent vote count had robbed him voted upon before November 21.] flags and banners. National Deputy Yulia bying and PR efforts for foreign gov- of some 10 percent of his support. After two days of negotiations with Mr. Tymoshenko, whose eponymous political ernments, organizations and individu- On November 3 he suggested that he Yushchenko’s campaign team, the Socialist bloc has long been united with Mr. might be ready to endorse Mr. Party’s political council announced on Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine bloc in an (Continued on page 4) Yushchenko should the presidential can- November 5 that it had received agreement didate agree to accept three planks of the from Mr. Yushchenko on the three issues (Continued on page 5) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 No. 46

ANALYSIS Why Yanukovych lost Round 1 NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Newscaster taken off the air of the re-election of U.S. President George W. Bush, Komsomolskaya and why he will lose in Round 2 KYIV – Mykola Kanishevskyi, first Pravda reported on November 6. Mr. vice-president of the National Television Vershbow said that he believes President by Taras Kuzio depicting Mr. Yushchenko as an American Company, has sacked a presenter of the Bush and President Vladimir Putin will Eurasia Daily Monitor stooge also attracted some left-wing voters. “Visti” evening newscast on the First hold a private meeting later this month at Having lost Round 1, there is little the National Television channel (UT1), the the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Five days after the election, the final Yanukovych camp can do to win the sec- Ukrainska Pravda website (www2.prav- (APEC) organization summit in Chile at results were still not declared in Ukraine’s ond round on November 21. They da.com.ua) reported on November 9. The which they will discuss terrorism, Iraq, presidential election. Nevertheless, as deployed a full range of electoral mal- presenter, Volodymyr Holosniak, refused Afghanistan and bilateral issues. opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko practices in the first round, but many of last week to read a statement from Prime Ambassador Vershbow said that bilateral declared: “Whatever the authorities might these attempts failed because of the mass Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s election relations will be characterized by “conti- say to us,” he won the first round. “And, mobilization of opposition supporters. It staff addressing a running dispute with nuity” in President Bush’s second term. in the second round we shall finalize this will be difficult to use the same tactics in rival candidate Viktor Yushchenko over “The United States and the Russian victory,” he added (Ukrainska Pravda, Round 2. The opposition will be better televised presidential debates, saying it Federation have great potential that has November 4). Final results from exit polls prepared to prevent fraud and interna- would be necessary to present Mr. not been utilized yet,” the envoy said. He showed Yushchenko in the lead over tional observers will be more vigilant. Yushchenko’s point of view on the issue added, however, that there are some Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych by 6.8 If additional votes cannot be obtained as well. The management of UT-1 report- areas of potential conflict, including percent in one poll, and by 0.9 percent in from voter fraud, what other tactics are edly refused to present both positions Ukraine, Georgia and Central Asia. “We another. possible? Bribing pensioners will be and Mr. Holosniak was taken off the air. will manage to avoid major confronta- Western governments and election- impossible as Ukraine’s budget, hryvnia Mr. Holosniak is among more than 300 tion,” Mr. Vershbow said, citing the monitoring organizations have criticized exchange rate and inflation rate are still Ukrainian television journalists who example of differences over policies in the four-month-long election campaign, reeling from the doubling of pensions last protested censorship on television shortly Iraq. (RFE/RL Newsline) with its massive abuse of state adminis- month. Playing the “Russian card,” which before the presidential ballot on October trative resources, biased media, voter Russian political advisors so hoped would 31. (RFE/RL Newsline) Kuchma congratulates Bush intimidation and vote tabulation fraud. bring Mr. Yanukovych a massive majori- All of these factors worked in Mr. ty, also failed. Those voters already pro- Duma eases travel restrictions KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma has Yanukovych’s favor, enabling him to Russia (i.e., Communist pensioners) have congratulated U.S. President George W. MOSCOW – The State Duma on increase his core support in his home already switched to Mr. Yanukovych. The Bush on his victory in the November 2 November 10 ratified a protocol to the region of Donetsk and among state offi- “Russian card” attracted few non- presidential election, Ukrainian news agreement between Ukraine and Russia cials from 20-25 percent to 40 percent. Communist voters for three reasons. agencies reported on November 4, quot- on visa-free travel between the two coun- Another source of support for Mr. First, today’s Ukraine is very different ing the presidential press service. In his tries, RosBalt and other Russian media Yanukovych came from Communist Party from 1994, when Leonid Kuchma suc- congratulatory message President reported. A total of 430 deputies voted pensioners bribed by a doubling of pen- cessfully used the “Russian card” against Kuchma said he hopes the United States for ratification, and none were opposed. sions in early October. They were also incumbent Leonid Kravchuk. Despite under President Bush’s leadership will Under the protocol, citizens of the two attracted by his new policies in favor of massive attempts to portray ‘Mr. remain a “world leader that guards peace, dual citizenship and Russian as a second Yushchenko in a Soviet-style campaign countries will not have to register with stability and democracy.” He added: “I state language. A vicious smear campaign as a pro-American “nationalist,” this the authorities if they plan to stay less believe that the second term of your pres- failed to produce the same results as in than 90 days in the other country. idency will become a new stage in devel- Taras Kuzio is visiting professor at the 1994 when Mr. Kuchma labelled Mr. Globalrus.ru and other Russian media oping the constructive Ukrainian- Elliot School of International Affairs, Kravchuk as a “nationalist.” noted that President Vladimir Putin had American cooperation, founded on the George Washington University. The article Second, Russia’s heavy-handed inter- urged the legislature to expedite ratifica- commonality of democratic values and above, which originally appeared in The vention – including President Vladimir tion as a way of supporting Ukrainian proximity of interests in the international Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Putin’s ill-timed appearance at a military Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych in arena.” (RFE/RL Newsline) Monitor, is reprinted here with permission Ukraine’s presidential-election cam- from the foundation (www.jamestown.org). (Continued on page 19) paign. On October 30, the day before Russian official to Kerry: sue Ukraine’s presidential election, President MOSCOW – Central Election Putin asked State Duma Speaker Boris Commission Chairman Aleksandr Gryzlov and Federation Council One Viktor for two Ukraines Veshnyakov, who recently returned from Chairman Sergei Mironov to launch con- observing the U.S. presidential election, sultations with their Ukrainian counter- by Jan Maksymiuk manager, told a rally of 5,000 pro- said on November 6 that he believes that parts on the question of introducing dual RFE/RL Newsline Yushchenko students in Kyiv on losing Democratic Party candidate John citizenship. Some analysts noted that if November 2 that the CEC had stopped Kerry has legal grounds to challenge the the protocol is finally adopted, a resident Ukraine’s Central Election announcing elections returns “since it has results of the election, ITAR-TASS report- of a Russian city such as Pskov or Commission (CEC) was still counting realized that no report will be in favor of ed. According to Mr. Veshnyakov, the fact Smolensk must register in order to spend ballots from the October 31 presidential the authorities.” that some votes, including absentee bal- vote and stopped publicizing preliminary more than three days in Moscow, while a The CEC is legally obliged to announce lots, were not counted gives Sen. Kerry a election results on November 2. But with citizen of Ukraine may stay in the the final results of the first round within 10 legal basis. At the same time, Mr. 97.67 percent of the ballots counted, the Russian capital for three months without days of polling day. CEC Chairman Serhii Veshnyakov noted that Russian politicians commission said Prime Minister Viktor notifying the authorities. (RFE/RL Kivalov blamed the delay in counting the should learn from their U.S. counterparts Yanukovych had won 39.88 percent of Newsline) votes on problems within some territorial how to “lose with dignity.” According to the vote against his main opposition rival commissions, including No. 100 in Ekho Moskvy, Mr. Veshnyakov also said Viktor Yushchenko’s 39.22 percent. This U.S. envoy to Russia notes “continuity” Kirovohrad and No. 200 in Zolotonosha that U.S. election specialists are interested statement suggests that, irrespective of (Cherkasy Oblast), where lawsuits alleging MOSCOW – U.S. Ambassador to in coming to Russia to learn how the elec- what the commission would find on the electoral irregularities have been filed. He Russia Alexander Vershbow gave a press tronic Gaz-Vybory system works. remaining 2.33 percent of ballots, there also suggested that the October 31 voting conference on November 5 in the wake (RFE/RL Newsline) would be a run-off between Messrs. might be declared invalid in some con- Yanukovych and Yushchenko on stituencies. “About 50 [of 225] electoral November 21. constituencies either did not submit their On the other hand, an election victory in FOUNDED 1933 protocols or the protocols they submitted the first round, even if by a small margin, is were not properly executed,” ITAR-TASS an important psychological factor that might HE KRAINIAN EEKLY quoted Mr. Kivalov as saying. “Courts are TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., boost (or undermine) the morale of run-off now considering violations in some of the a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. contenders. 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His campaigners pledged to com- The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com; e-mail: [email protected] plete a parallel vote count by November 7. Jan Maksymiuk is the Belarus and A parallel vote count is possible if all The Ukrainian Weekly, November 14, 2004, No. 46, Vol. LXXII Ukraine specialist on the staff of RFE/RL Copyright © 2004 The Ukrainian Weekly Newsline. (Continued on page 22) No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 3 ANALYSIS: Post-election blues felt in the Yanukovych camp ELECTION WATCH Pollster predicts Yushchenko victory opponents, who call themselves democrats, by Taras Kuzio political forces defeated in Round 1. The defamed me personally from the first day, Eurasia Daily Monitor Communist Party (CPU) has refused to KYIV – A poll conducted by the and even before the election campaign endorse either of the two remaining can- Razumkov Center on November 3-7 Rumors from sources close to the began, and now they are offering to sit with didates. Many of the 5 percent intending among 2,027 adult Ukrainians suggested me at the same table with them – what for?” Russian presidential administration have to vote against both candidates in the that 44 percent of respondents will vote for suggested that Ukrainian Prime Minister Mr. Yanukovych told journalists, employing Razumkov poll could be Communists. opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko in his characteristically idiosyncratic grammar. Viktor Yanukovych might be ready to A leaked internal document from the the November 21 presidential run-off, withdraw from the second round of the “For me to answer them in the same lan- Yanukovych camp outlines desperate while 37 percent declared their support for guage? I can do that, but tête-á-tête. I will presidential elections, set for November steps to be taken to attract left-wing vot- Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, 21 (top.rbc.ru, November 5). Such a never say that before the whole nation, as ers, including plans to celebrate the Interfax reported on November 9. The poll they do.” Yushchenko spokeswoman Iryna drastic step would ensure a second round “Great Socialist Revolution” on also indicated that 5 percent of respondents run-off between Viktor Yushchenko and Herashchenko said that Mr. Yanukovych’s November 7, commissioning an article will vote against both candidates, 2 percent refusal is a sign of disrespect for both voters Socialist Oleksander Moroz, who came for Silski Visti, a large-circulation news- will not vote, and 12 percent have not in third, believing that Mr. Moroz would and the presidential election law, which paper aligned with the Socialists, and made up their mind about the run-off. The envisions television debates ahead of a run- have a better chance of defeating Mr. drafting a letter to the November 4 poll’s margin of error was about 2 percent. Yushchenko. off. Ms. Herashchenko added that Mr. plenum of the Central Committee of the (RFE/RL Newsline) Yanukovych’s position on the debates indi- While the Yanukovych camp refuted Communist Party (Ukrainska Pravda, these rumors, their wide circulation 50,000 rally for Yushchenko cates that he is unsure of his capabilities not November 8). None of these three steps only as an orator but also as a politician. reflects the post-election blues that domi- has succeeded. nate the Yanukovych camp. They failed KYIV – An estimated 50,000 people (RFE/RL Newsline) Communist leader Petro Symonenko’s gathered for a rally dubbed “People Won’t to engineer a wide lead in Round 1 “against both” position is being chal- Yushchenko to take part in TV debates through shady methods. In reality Mr. Be Overpowered” on Independence Square lenged from both sides. Within his lower in Kyiv on November 6 to express support Yushchenko won unofficially by a wide ranks there are clamors for the CPU to KYIV – Presidential candidate Viktor margin, even official results show the for opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko told journalists in Kyiv on follow the Socialists (SPU) and come out Yushchenko’s presidential bid prior to his two dead even. in support of Mr. Yushchenko, while November 6 that he will take advantage These post-election blues have been run-off with Prime Minister Viktor of the presidential election law’s provi- Russia’s Communists are lobbying the Yanukovych, Ukrainian news agencies deepened by three factors. KPU to follow Ms. Vitrenko’s lead and sion calling for television debates of the reported. Addressing the crowd, Mr. two main presidential contenders before First, a Razumkov Center poll pointed back Mr. Yanukovych (razom.org.ua, Yushchenko criticized the Central Election a run-off despite the fact that his rival, to an overwhelming lead for Mr. November 9; ITAR-TASS, November 5). Commission (CEC) for being too slow in Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, Yushchenko among prospective voters in Mr. Yushchenko, meanwhile, has counting the October 31 voting results and refused to do so, Interfax reported. Under Round 2: 54 percent to only 46 percent signed agreements with three important charged that the presidential administration the law, if one of the run-off participants for Mr. Yanukovych. These figures political forces. While his Our Ukraine resemble the real results known to the has adjusted the election returns. According does not take part in the debates, the full and the SPU split over constitutional to a parallel vote count by the Yushchenko Yanukovych camp and reflected in exit airtime envisioned for them is awarded to reforms earlier this year, Mr. Moroz has campaign staff on the basis of data from polls, namely a first-round Yushchenko the other candidate. (RFE/RL Newsline) endorsed Mr. Yushchenko and promised 98.8 percent of polling stations, Mr. victory with 54 percent (Independent, that 90 percent of his supporters would Yushchenko won 40.46 percent of the vote, Yanukovych seeks apology November 2). back him in the run-off while Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych Second, future polls are likely to show (yushchenko.com.ua, Ukrainska Pravda, was backed by 38.51 percent of voters. The KYIV – Serhii Tyhypko, the manager of an even larger lead for Mr. Yushchenko November 6). CEC reported on November 2 that, with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s presi- in Round 2, because they will reflect the Other defectors to Mr. Yushchenko 97.67 percent of the ballots counted, Prime dential campaign, said on November 9 that broadening of his support base. Except come from a parliamentary faction osten- Minister Yanukovych won 39.88 percent of Mr. Yanukovych never refused to take part for Progressive Socialist leader Natalia sibly in the pro-presidential camp. the vote, while Mr. Yushchenko obtained in a televised debate with opposition rival Vitrenko (who polled 1.5 percent), Mr. Former Prime Minister Anatolii Kinakh, 39.22 percent. (RFE/RL Newsline) Viktor Yushchenko ahead of the November Yanukovych has failed to attract addi- 21 run-off, Interfax reported. Mr. Tyhypko tional political support from influential (Continued on page 29) Yanukovych nixes TV debate said Mr. Yanukovych will meet Mr. Yushchenko for debates if the latter apolo- KYIV – Prime Minister Viktor gizes for what Mr. Tyhypko called “per- FOR THE RECORD: Sen. John McCain Yanukovych said on November 4 that he sonal insults.” Mr. Tyhypko said Mr. will not have television debates with his Yanukovych has behaved “absolutely cor- rival, Viktor Yushchenko, before the rectly” in all of his public appearances and on the presidential election in Ukraine November 21 presidential run-off, Interfax addresses, whereas Mr. Yushchenko reported. Mr. Yanukovych accused the “insulted Mr. Yanukovych in practically all On November 2 U.S. Sen. John team of monitors during the election, Yushchenko campaign team of offending of his public speeches.” Last week Mr. McCain (R-Ariz) released a statement on reported that “a systematic and coordi- him and added that he will respond only the presidential election in Ukraine. The nated use of government resources on a with his “deeds” as prime minister. “If my (Continued on page 27) text of the statement, as forwarded to national scale created an atmosphere of Action Ukraine Report by the senator’s intimidation and fear designed to pres- office, follows. sure people into supporting the govern- ment-backed candidate.” IRI found prob- Quotable notes On October 31, the government offi- lems with voter lists, unfair practices in “... In considering what to do in confronting the gross violations of democracy cials running Ukraine’s presidential elec- the creation of election commissions and in Ukraine, we should look at Russia’s role in bringing that country to heel and tion undertook a historic task: to show credible reports of voter intimidation. in encouraging a Yanukovich [sic] victory. Moscow has taken advantage of Mr. their people and the world that Ukraine There is a remaining chance for Kuchma’s isolation to press Ukraine into becoming a member of the Common has joined forever the family of democra- democracy in Ukraine. On November Economic Space, which is, in Russian eyes, intended to become a common mar- cies. With sadness, Ukraine’s friends 21, two candidates – Prime Minister ket but with all the central institutions under Russian control. must now conclude that the government Viktor Yanukovych and opposition candi- “It has pressed Ukraine to abandon its goal of joining NATO, the EU or even, as has failed. date Viktor Yushchenko – will compete an independent actor, the World Trade Organization. Its security organs have coop- “Reports indicate that the presidential in the decisive run-off. Ukrainian offi- erated with their Ukrainian counterparts in harassing Mr. Kuchma’s opponents. As election was marred by wide-spread bal- cials have a final opportunity to choose in past elections, Russia has apparently poured in money in support of Mr. loting irregularities, state media bias, democracy, to do what is right for them- Kuchma’s interests. Mr. Putin’s PR specialists have worked for Mr. Yanukovich; government interference against opposi- selves and their country. While every- Russian TV has campaigned for him. At the end of the campaign, Mr. Putin used an tion candidates, disruption of campaign thing that has transpired thus far makes official visit to Ukraine to make a TV broadcast on Mr. Yanukovich’s behalf. events by government authorities and me very skeptical about the chances for a “Russia, in its efforts to recover its great power status, is trying to construct a con- other problems. Ukrainian government democratic run-off, that option remains federation with corrupt dictatorships: Belarus, Kazakhstan and (it hopes) Ukraine. It officials abridged the inalienable right of entirely available. is also seeking economic cooperation with the West to recover its dynamism. the Ukrainian people to choose their Ukrainian officials know that the world “Russia should be forced to choose between the one or the other goal. We leaders, and they chose raw power over is watching, waiting to see if this process should make it clear to Russia that, if the second round of voting in Ukraine is as democracy. will embrace the cornerstones of democ- fraudulent as the first, Russia’s candidacy to join the WTO will be put on hold.” The Organization for Security and racy – free press, freedom of assembly, Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which the right to vote, fair and transparent bal- – Derek Fraser, Canada’s ambassador to Ukraine in 1998-2001 and a senior observed the Ukrainian election, called loting, and the like. They should also research associate at the Center for Global Studies at the University of Victoria, the process “a step backward from the know that choosing to deny the Ukrainian writing in the November 3 issue of The Globe and Mail. 2002 elections,” and said that the cam- people these most basic political rights paign “did not permit fair conditions to will carry profound implications. “It’s disgusting that the Ukrainian government, knowing its candidate will all candidates to convey their message to Ultimately, it is up to the people of lose in any fair contest, needs to enlist the help of the Russian President.” the electorate.” Ukraine to choose their leaders and their In addition, the International country’s direction. It is incumbent upon – Yurko Pavlenko, an opposition deputy in the Verkhovna Rada, as quoted by Republican Institute (IRI), which government officials that they do not pre- Askold Krushelnycky in The Independent, October 29. deployed staff during the campaign and a vent the Ukrainian people from doing so. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 No. 46

voting results were announced, represen- World journalists back colleagues in Ukraine It’s official... tatives of the Yushchenko team ques- (Continued from page 1) tioned the nullification of 134,000 votes in a region of Kirovohrad that was strong- BRUSSELS – The International ported during the election period, such as passports and not the number of voters.” Federation of Journalists on November 1 mass demonstrations, disturbances or Mr. Tyhypko said his goal was to get a ly pro-Yushchenko. They also wanted to know why results in four voting districts backed the “courage and defiance” of repressive actions by the police or military. far greater number of supporters of Mr. more than 200 television journalists in As a result, TV news and news analy- Yanukovych to the polls on November 21 in the Sumy Oblast, where no official complaints were lodged, were voided. Ukraine who have publicly denounced sis noticeably improved. On October 26 in the southern and eastern oblasts, where “The vote was falsified but not in a intimidation and political censorship dur- the public channel UT-1 broadcast for the the prime minister’s support is almost qualitative manner. We still have many ing the presidential election. first time an interview with Viktor absolute. He felt sure that Mr. unanswered questions. And for that rea- The call for independence by Yushchenko, the leading opposition can- Yanukovych would win the run-off by 2 son we do not believe this was an accu- Ukrainian TV journalists announced at didate. Later it broadcast an interview to 3 percentage points, especially consid- rate result,” explained National Deputy an open-air press conference in Kyiv on with Mykola Tomenko, head of the par- ering the dynamic increase in his popular Yurii Kliuchkovskyi, Mr. Yushchenko’s October 25 has had a noticeable impact liamentary Committee on Free Speech. rating over the course of 2004. representative to the CEC, after the on coverage of Sunday’s presidential Since October 25 obvious lies and black The release of the official tally sup- results were announced. elections, which until now have been propaganda have been largely eliminated ported assertions made by Mr. Mr. Kliuchkovskyi and fellow National marred by widespread black propaganda with TV channels broadcasting a number Yushchenko’s team during the prolonged, Deputies Roman Zvarych, Mykola against the leading opposition candidate. of some sound and balanced reports. 10-day process that their man had won. Katerynchuk and Borys Bezpalyi made a Since protests began last week, jour- “Where there are changes, it is thanks The CEC had initially began to release concerted effort to convince the 15 CEC nalists have been subject to attacks and to the commitment and determination of incomplete results of the preliminary tally members that they had no right to void victimization by television managements journalists fighting for free speech,” said after the October 31 vote, which eventu- the results of the vote in Territorial who accused them of being manipulated Mr. White, “but it is intolerable that at ally showed that Prime Minister Viktor District No. 100 simply because some by the opposition. On Friday, seven jour- the same time pressure continues to be Yanukovych would squeak by in the first local commission members had aban- nalists at 1+1, the second largest channel, put on our colleagues to toe the line. We round of voting. When Mr. Yanukovych’s doned their posts after having complained walked out “after the failure of all our must ensure that independent and profes- lead, which initially had been around 10 of intimidation by state authorities. attempts to stop censorship” at the station. sional coverage now becomes the norm percent, closed to two-thirds of a point The lawmakers maintained that “Our colleagues stand tall despite life- in the run-up to the second-round of the with 97.7 percent of the vote recorded, because the three various documents with threatening pressures from management and elections due on November 21.” the CEC claimed technical problems and results submitted to the CEC all con- their political masters,” said Aidan White, An IFJ mission currently in Kyiv is halted the tabulation process. tained the same numbers, even if the sig- IFJ general secretary. “Journalists are show- closely following the election process and, The move outraged Mr. Yushchenko’s natures varied, the results should stand. ing great courage to defend their rights. We in particular, the events surrounding the campaign managers, who went to the CEC The CEC voted 13-1 with one abstention support them every step of the way.” independent TV station, Channel 5, where offices to get an explanation for the delays, to nullify the results, after a recommen- Forty-two journalists from five main staff went on a hunger strike a week only to be accused by representatives of the dation from one of its members. TV channels declared they would strictly before the election, following a court deci- Yanukovych team of trying to change the “This was a baseless attempt to observe professional ethics and refuse to sion to revoke the station’s license and official tally using computer hackers. The exclude from the overall vote a region in compile unsourced reports and ignore freeze its bank accounts. A court hearing Yushchenko team never received responses which 43 percent voted for Mr. alternative opinions. Within two days their today may resolve the dispute. to questions about a second computer, a Yushchenko,” noted Mr. Bezpalyi. number grew to 181 from 18 TV channels. The IFJ is supporting the protests “transit server,” that allegedly was operat- The lawmakers from the Yushchenko On Friday, a large meeting of journalists organized by the Independent Media ing in the Presidential Administration team said they would appeal the CEC from six central channels agreed to imme- Trade Union of Ukraine (IMTUU) and is Building, and that all voting results travel- vote, as well as a court ruling on the dis- diately picket any TV station trying to sack urging journalists across the globe to rush ing by computer from the territorial com- qualification of two election districts in journalists; and to take counter action messages of support for Ukrainian TV missions to the CEC were routed through the Cherkasy Oblast to the Supreme whenever major events were going unre- journalists to: [email protected]. the office of President Leonid Kuchma’s Court of Ukraine. chief of staff Viktor Medvedchuk. As The Weekly was going to press, it CEC Chairman Serhii Kivalov was informed that U.S. President George Also participating in the meetings of last remained aloof in the matter, reminding W. Bush had asked Sen. Richard Lugar (R- Ukraine’s presidential... week’s visit as well as in the Embassy-spon- the Yushchenko team that the only stipu- Ind.) to travel to Ukraine for the run-off in (Continued from page 1) sored IT conference in 1992 was Kempton lation in the law regarding the publica- the presidential elections as his personal als, must register with the Justice Jenkins, president of the Ukraine-U.S. tion of results was that the CEC had 10 representative. In making the announce- Department’s FARA Registration Unit. She Business Council, who also serves as coun- days to announce the official tally. ment he noted that the run-off vote would found that such contracts were signed with selor at Jefferson Waterman International. The members of the Yushchenko cam- be decisive for the future of the country Venable, LLP; Potomac Communications As Ms. Shara noted, the Prutnik- paign team remained certain that the first and that a democratic and secure Ukraine Strategies, Inc.; Creative Response Kiselev campaign on behalf of Mr. Yanukovych has a negative side as well. round vote was not as close as the CEC “goes in line with the national security Concepts; DB Communications, LLC; and On the eve of the Ukrainian presidential results show. Their own parallel vote interests of the United States.” Jefferson Waterman International. Ms. election in October, Mr. Kiselev was fea- count showed that Mr. Yushchenko had Also, on November 9 Poland Shara pegged the exact amount of expendi- tured in a story in the Washington Jewish taken just over 50 percent of the vote in announced that it would increase the tures thus far at $1,041,396.50. In all but Week. Mr. Yanukovych’s “U.S. strategy the first round, which would have given number of official election observers the last contract, she points out, Mr. counselor” was leading a delegation of him an outright victory had the CEC present in Ukraine for the run-off elec- Yanukovych’s image was the intended ben- showed a similar result. former congressmen to monitor the elec- tion. There were 10 Polish monitors on eficiary, and two other people instrumental During the CEC session, at which the hand for the October 31 vote. tion. He suggested that Mr. Yanukovych to the transaction: Mr. Prutnik and Alex would be a strong president, while his Kiselev, a Ukrainian immigrant business- opponent, Viktor Yushchenko had “a man now living in the Washington area spotty record in minority rights.” The October vote: candidates’ results who handled the payments to the firms. Mr. Kiselev also expressed his concern In the last deal, for $120,000, signed with that “Yanukovych is not getting a fair Candidate % for Votes for Jefferson Waterman International in August, hearing in the states, complaining that the principal is Mr. Prutnik himself and not Ukrainian diaspora groups that lobby in Viktor Yushchenko 39.87 percent 11,125,395 Mr. Yanukovych, and Mr. Kiselev, again, is this country and support Yushchenko Viktor Yanukovych 39.32 percent 10,969,579 the agent. The intent of the contract, as came following World War II and lived Oleksander Moroz 5.81 percent 1,621,154 described by O’Dwyer Publications on its in Ukrainian areas where many residents Petro Symonenko 4.97 percent 1,388,045 Internet site, is to assist “the principal in were Nazi collaborators.” No candidate 1.98 percent developing relations with American think- As Natalia A. Feduschak reported in Natalia Vitrenko 1.53 percent 426,897 tanks, journalists, academics and former the Washington Times on November 2, Anatolii Kinakh 0.93 percent 260,890 U.S. officials interested in Ukraine.” JWI while most international observers criti- Oleksander Yakovenko 0.78 percent 218,214 was involved in Mr. Prutnik’s visit. cized the conduct of the October 31 elec- Oleksander Omelchenko 0.48 percent 136,502 Mr. Prutnik was Mr. Yanukovych’s tion, the group of ex-congressmen, which Leonid Chernovetskyi 0.45 percent 128,037 deputy when he was chairman of the was organized by Mr. Kiselev, found the Dmytro Korchynskyi 0.17 percent 49,641 Donetsk Oblast, where he held other vote to be free and fair, as did observers Andrii Chornovil 0.12 percent 36,086 important political positions as well. He from Russia and the Commonwealth of Mykola Hrabar 0.07 percent 19,550 was also named to the boards of directors Independent States. Mykhailo Brodskyi 0.05 percent 16,400 of Ukrtelecom, Oshchadbank and the Ms. Shara concludes her report by rais- Yurii Zbitnev 0.05 percent 16,249 Export-Import Bank of Ukraine. Mr. ing a number of questions, among them: Serhii Komisarenko 0.04 percent 13,692 Prutnik is in his early 30s. • Since the PR and lobbying contracts Vasyl Volga 0.04 percent 12,874 Mr. Kiselev, who emigrated from Odesa are for the personal benefit of Mr. Bohdan Boiko 0.04 percent 12,717 to the United States in 1992 and is now in Yanukovych and not that of Ukraine or its Oleksander Rzhavskyi 0.03 percent 10,664 his mid-30s, has been visibly involved with government, where does Mr. Mykola Rohozhynskyi 0.03 percent 10,242 U.S.-Ukrainian commercial relations for a Yanukovych, who claims not to even own Vladyslav Kryvobokov 0.03 percent 9,280 number of years. Two years ago he was one a car, get the money to pay American PR Oleksander Bazyliuk 0.03 percent 8,917 of the organizers of the first U.S.-Ukrainian firms hundreds of thousands of dollars? Ihor Dushyn 0.03 percent 8,598 Informational Technology Conference • How are these funds channeled to Mr. Roman Kozak 0.02 percent 8,360 sponsored by the Embassy of Ukraine. Kiselev, who pays the American firms? Volodymyr Nechyporuk 0.02 percent 6,141 Then he headed Eurosoft International Inc. • And who financed the Kiselev-led Today he is a partner in North Atlantic trip to Ukraine by former U.S. congress- Source: Central Election Commission Securities, located in Scarborough, Maine. men to observe the October 31 election? No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 5 Yanukovych agrees to participate in TV debate after all by Roman Woronowycz while on the campaign trail. He had said tinued to work as the head of government directly responsible, that he should now Kyiv Press Bureau that he doubted he could hold a serious dis- while using his office to draw voters, put forward such a demand,” stated Mr. cussion on the issues with a person he whether by raising pensions or extending Kostenko. KYIV – After waffling for a week, accused of covering him in political grime. gifts to certain groups of citizens. In the While Ukrainian election law requires Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has “What is the point when my oppo- meantime, his campaign team had used national television debates before the agreed to debate National Deputy Viktor nents, who call themselves democrats, various public relations technologies to run-off between the two top vote-getters Yushchenko on national television. have from the first day, from the begin- show his opponents, most directly Mr. after an initial round of voting, Mr. “I have decided to put emotions aside ning of the pre-election campaign, cov- Yushchenko, in a bad light. Yanukovych’s campaign officials seemed and take part in the debates,” Mr. ered me with dirt? Now they propose that International and domestic observers uncertain how to proceed on the matter Yanukovych said soon after the official I sit at the same table with them,” noted found that the 2004 presidential campaign even before the first vote took place. The results of the first round were announced Mr. Yanukovych on November 5. in Ukraine, including the first round of prime minister declined to take part in on November 10. He cited the insistence Notably, Serhii Tyhypko, Mr. elections held on October 31, were fraught one-on-one debates involving the 24 ini- of his supporters as the decisive element Yanukovych’s campaign director, with dirty and illegal campaign tactics, tial candidates, in which opponents were in his decision. changed tack within a day, stating that illegal use of government administrative drawn by lots. At that time he had said By all appearances, it was one of Mr. while his candidate held certain opinions, resources and unequal access to the mass that with so many candidates such a Yanukovych’s more difficult choices. Far the campaign team had yet to make a media for all candidates. They noted poor forum would not allow for a proper dis- from Ukraine’s most eloquent politician decision on the matter. preparation of voter lists, extensive and cussion of the vital issues at hand. and hampered by limited knowledge of Mr. Yanukovych’s claims of mudsling- improper use of absentee ballots, and the Mr. Yushchenko and Oleksander Ukrainian as well, Mr. Yanukovych had ing seemed directed at Mr. Yushchenko’s intimidation of voters. Most of the charges Moroz, candidate from the Socialist at first declined to take part in a televised repeated pronouncements that state were directed at state authorities. Party, announced at that time that without debate with Mr. Yushchenko, his far more authorities in Ukraine were a group of National Deputy Yurii Kostenko, one the prime minister’s participation they loquacious main contender. Mr. bandits and specific reference to the of the directors of Mr. Yushchenko’s thus saw no reason to take part. Yushchenko now leads in the presidential prime minister’s criminal past, offenses far successful campaign, on November 9 Representatives of Mr. Yushchenko race after he won the first round of voting committed during his youth. called Prime Minister Yanukovych’s and Mr. Yanukovych are currently negoti- by just more than a half percentage point. Mr. Yanukovych had adapted an elec- demand for an apology ludicrous. ating the details of the format to be used Earlier Mr. Yanukovych had demanded tion campaign strategy of personal non- “It is the height of cynicism that after for the current debate, which is scheduled an apology for personal attacks allegedly confrontation, in which he stayed off the all that has occurred during this election for November 16 and will be broadcast made against him by Mr. Yushchenko campaign trail for the most part and con- campaign, for which the prime minister is on the government channel UT-1.

Moroz... (Continued from page 1) election coalition they have named Power to the People, was in tow, as was Oleksander Zinchenko, Mr. Yushchenko’s campaign manager and the second vice- chairman of the Verkhovna Rada. Mr. Moroz received additional delighted applause when he told the crowd that inas- much as the word “Tak!” (Yes) found on the orange logo that had become the trademark of the Yushchenko campaign was shaded red – the color of the Socialist Party flag – he felt at home with the Yushchenko team. “When I see the mass of orange out there and see the color of my Socialist Party in the word, ‘Tak!’ I am more cer- tain of the properness of the decision and the role we should have in the future of this effort,” explained Mr. Moroz. Mr. Moroz exhorted Yushchenko sup- porters to actively canvass for their pres- idential candidate in their apartment buildings, among their neighbors, friends A view of the masses, a sea of orange, gathered for the pro-Yushchenko rally in Kyiv’s city center. and relatives. Mr. Moroz was the first of four presi- was former Prime Minister Anatolii dential candidates who threw their sup- Kinakh, the leader of the Party of port to Mr. Yushchenko after failing to Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, who did receive sufficient votes to move to the so on November 8. The next day Leonid run-off. First to follow Mr. Moroz’s lead Chernovetskyi, a lawmaker and the chairman of the one of Ukraine’s largest banks, who also heads the Christian Democratic Party in Ukraine, declared for Mr. Yushchenko as well. Immediately after the final vote tally for the first round was announced, Kyiv Mayor Oleksander Omelchenko, another in the field of 22 candidates who did not make it past the first round, announced that, inasmuch as 63 percent of Kyiv res- idents had supported Mr. Yushchenko in the first round, he felt bound to endorse the presidential candidate for the run-off. The four former candidates had a com- bined vote tally of 7.67 percent. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, Roman Woronowycz meanwhile, received an endorsement On the rally stage during the singing of the Ukrainian national anthem (from from Progressive Socialist Party left) are: Oleksander Moroz, Viktor Yushchenko, Yulia Tymoshenko and Chairwoman Natalia Vitrenko, who Oleksander Zinchenko. received 1.53 percent of the electoral vote in her failed bid for the presidency. Ms. Vitrenko noted that Mr. Yanukovych’s campaign platform and October 31 balloting by the numbers her own were very similar. Number of ballots cast: 27,897 558 Petro Symonenko, chairman of the Registered voters: 37,411,453 Communist Party, who finished fourth in Voter turnout: 74.56 percent the preliminary vote behind Mr. Moroz Invalid ballots: 829,670 with 4.97 percent of the vote, continued Yushchenko supporters during the to maintain that he would support neither Source: Ukrinform, Central Election Commission November 6 rally. one of the two remaining candidates. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 No. 46

Roselle Park passes resolution San Francisco Magazine publishes on Famine-Genocide in Ukraine extensive story on the Lazarenko case PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Town Council “Be it resolved by the governing body of by Andrew Nynka lion through San Francisco financial insti- and mayor of a Northern New Jersey town the Borough of Roselle Park that: 1) tutions. It would be an international prose- of approximately 13,000 people passed a Ukrainian victims of the Russian PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Former cution the likes of which had never been resolution recognizing the 1932-1933 Communist-engineered Famine-Genocide Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo seen. The last time the government had put Famine Genocide in Ukraine. On October of 1932-1933 be solemnly remembered by Lazarenko was found guilty this summer a former head of state on trial, armed 21 the town of Roselle Park passed Roselle Park residents on its 71st anniver- on money laundering, wire fraud and forces had invaded Panama in Operation Resolution No. 148-04, “solemnly remem- sary. 2) The United Nations and all the gov- extortion charges in a case that, accord- Just Cause to capture General Manuel bering the Ukrainian victims of the Russian ernments of the world should recognize the ing to a San Francisco-based magazine, Noriega. This time, the government enlist- Communist-engineered Famine Genocide Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 set a new standard for the reach of prose- ed a Bay Area jury to call a former prime of 1932-1933 on its 71st anniversary.” as an act of ‘crimes against humanity.’ ” cutions in the United States. minister to account,” the authors of the arti- In a 6,500-word article dedicated to the The resolution stated: Arlene M. Triano, borough clerk of cle, Justin Kane and Jason Felch, wrote. topic, San Francisco Magazine document- “Whereas, Ukrainian Americans form Roselle Park, N.J., said the decision to pass “Even so, the prosecution’s case ed the work of a Federal Bureau of an integral part of the ethnographic map of the resolution was made by the mayor and shared elements of a foreign invasion. It Investigations agent and an assistant U.S. Roselle Park and contribute to its rich cul- Town Council, but the original idea came represented a zealous expansion of attorney who were responsible for gather- tural diversity, and ... Whereas Russian from a Roselle Park Ukrainian American. American jurisdiction across the world. ing evidence against and prosecuting Mr. Communists deliberately confiscated grain “We have a resident here, Alexander If Lazarenko was convicted, it would Lazarenko. The magazine went so far as to harvests and starved millions of Ukrainian Balaban, who is very involved with give U.S. attorneys the authority to judge call the case against the former Ukrainian men, women and children in a policy of Ukrainian issues and he brought it to the whether anyone anywhere had commit- prime minister “the nation’s most impor- forced collectivization that sought to attention of the mayor and the Town ted fraud or extortion under their own tant money-laundering case ever.” destroy Ukrainian aspirations for inde- Council,” Ms. Triano said. The borough nation’s legal code, and then to hold The article, titled “To Catch an pendence, and ... Whereas, the United clerk also said it was not the first time them accountable in U.S. courts, as long States Congress formed a Commission on that Roselle Park passed a resolution on Oligarch,” was printed in the October issue of the California-based monthly as their money had moved through ubiq- the Ukraine Famine on December 13, the Famine-Genocide, but she could not uitous dollar accounts,” the article said. 1985, to conduct a study with the goal of say how many times such a resolution magazine, which, according to its web- site, attracts more than 400,000 readers The two authors of the article expanding the world’s knowledge and was passed previously. described the lengths to which Mr. Earl understanding of the famine, and ... Town Council members Loren Harms and covers 12 San Francisco Bay area counties, from Sonoma in the north of and Ms. Boersch pursued the case, which Whereas, the commission’s formal report and Kevin Murphy signed the resolution, originally focused on Ukrainian com- concluded that the victims ‘starved to along with Mayor Joseph DeIorio. The the state to Monterey in the south. The magazine wrote that the two officials modities trader Peter Kiritchenko, who death in a man-made famine’ and that other members of the Town Council who turned against Mr. Lazarenko and testi- ‘Joseph Stalin and the Russian Communist passed the resolution were Ricky Badillo, responsible for the case, Martha Boersch, an assistant U.S. attorney with the San fied on behalf of the U.S. government. leadership committed genocide against Sam V. D’Errico, Richard Matarante and “Though the available evidence indicates Ukrainians in 1932-1933.’ Robert Zeglarski. Francisco Organized Crime Strike Force, and Bryan Earl, an FBI special agent, were that Lazarenko had not met with Earl or working on a classic money-laundering case Boersch to discuss cooperating, Kiritchenko – illegally gotten money was being moved believed he was about to be betrayed and through U.S. financial institutions in an did the only rational thing. He asked for a Kurowycky-Komarnyckyj loses maiden bid attempt to conceal the origins of the money. meeting with Earl and Boersch. Earl did not “But there was one huge twist: the want to give up on prosecuting Kiritchenko, money wasn’t the proceeds of crimes whom the FBI not only suspected of master- for seat in Arizona House of Representatives committed here,” the magazine wrote. minding the money laundering but was by Andrew Nynka of you know that I lost the election on investigating for deeper connections to the Tuesday. The vote reflected party regis- “The alleged frauds all had taken place in PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukrainian Ukraine. That didn’t matter, Boersch Russian mafiya. But Kiritchenko was what tration numbers and the Democrats had the case against the bigger fish needed: an American Oksana Kurowycky- the clear advantage.” argued. Read liberally, the criminal code Komarnyckyj lost her race to win a seat implied that anyone in the world who eyewitness who could put a human face on With nearly all of the ballots counted, the complex financial transactions for a in the Arizona House of Representatives. Democrats David Lujan and Kyrsten committed fraud or extorted money could Following the election, Ms. be charged with money laundering if they jury,” the magazine wrote. Sinema took 17,810 and 17,314 votes, Messrs. Kane and Felch described in Komarnyckyj sent an e-mail message to respectively. Ms. Komarnyckyj and fel- ever brought that money here. This was a supporters and friends announcing the daring approach – so daring, it had never detail how Mr. Earl was first tasked with a low Republican Tara Roesler took 11,126 routine foreign police request, “the kind, results of the vote and thanking her cam- and 11,336 votes, respectively. Ballots been tried in the U.S. courts.” paign supporters for their help. “I am “The grand jury indictment of Pavel Earl’s supervisor would later say, that most cast prior to election day on November 2 FBI agents would fulfill and forget.” overwhelmed by your outpouring of sup- were still trickling in but were not Lazarenko came down in May 2000, port and encouraging words. Thank you charging him in a sweeping conspiracy to Ukrainian authorities asked the FBI to so very much,” she said. “By now, most (Continued on page 27) launder what eventually became $114 mil- check out Mr. Kiritchenko, which Mr. Earl did. The rookie agent, who was later joined by Ms. Boersch, followed a money trail that led to Mr. Lazarenko and a ground- breaking case, the magazine reported. Much of the initial evidence that Mr. Earl found came as a result of his sifting through Mr. Kiritchenko’s garbage, looking for any clues that could help his investigation. “The ‘trash cover,’ as agents called it, became Earl’s nightly routine. Every week- day morning for 18 months he would bring the bag [of garbage] 13 floors up the eleva- tor of the Phillip Burton Federal Building on Golden Gate Avenue and dump its con- tents on his desk. Occasionally Earl felt silly taking off his suit jacket to sift through garbage like a Tenderloin hobo. His col- leagues ribbed the rookie for the mess he made. But it was fruitful. The trash yielded clues – envelopes from something called European Federal Credit Bank; a Post-it note with the word Dugsbery scrawled on Highlights from the UNA’s 110-year history it; envelopes bearing the return addresses A special yearlong feature focusing on the history of the Ukrainian National Association. of some of San Francisco’s most respected banks. All of it suggested to Earl that the Ukrainians could be right – there appeared In 1978 the Ukrainian National Association for the third time in its history took to be a multi-million-dollar pipeline its convention to Pittsburgh. The 29th Convention was held on May 22-27, 1978, between Ukraine and the Bay Area,” the and a souvenir journal (a.k.a. convention book) was released for the occasion. magazine wrote. In that journal, the UNA took a look at Pittsburgh and what it has to offer, and The money was apparently coming to the United States because Mr. Lazarenko (Continued on page 18) was urgently looking to leave his native Ukraine. “As [Ukrainian President Leonid] Kuchma’s ‘anti-corruption’ cam- paign came to fruition,” the magazine (Continued on page 18) No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 7

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM UNA Executive Committee approves UNA representatives participate new benefit for UNA annuity owners in Newark’s Ukrainian Festival by Oksana Trytjak sweets to ward off the cool breeze. For by Christine E. Kozak reservation system has been installed for UNA National Organizer lunch you could have a cold beer or a UNA National Secretary the busy months of July and August. cool glass of white wine. The Ukrainian National Urban NEWARK, N.J. – Saturday, There were tables, though not as many PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Executive Renewal Corp. had a net profit of September 25, was a wonderful sunny as usual, filled with Ukrainian CDs, Committee of the Ukrainian National $98,000 for the first six months of 2004; day, a perfect day for St. John the Baptist books, souvenirs and various folkloric Association Inc. met on Friday, the net profit for the first six months of Ukrainian Catholic Church to host its items. Among items for sale you could September 17, at the UNA Corporate 2003 was $69,000. There is a total of Ukrainian Festival. This is a festival that find wonderful embroidered rushnyky Headquarters in Parsippany, N.J. 5,052, square feet available for rent. has evolved into quite an event for this and traditional Ukrainian shirts. In attendance were Stefan Kaczaraj, For the second quarter of 2004, the community. The parking lot is trans- The UNA has supported this festival in president; Martha Lysko, first vice-presi- UNA sold 80 life insurance policies with formed into a long alley of artifacts, the past, and again this year the UNA dent; Eugene Iwanciw, second vice-presi- an annual premium of $27,000 and 40 food, drink, music and performers. wanted to join the community. Our UNA dent; Christine E. Kozak, national secre- annuities with a collected premium of At one end there was the traditional group arrived early enough to have a cup tary; and Roma Lisovich, treasurer. Al $540,000. UNA secretaries and organiz- food court, if you will, featuring hot of coffee. There were few people there at 9 Kachkowski, director for Canada was ers sold 142 life insurance policies for varenyky, kapusta, pilmeni, hot dogs and a.m., except for the organizers and of unable to attend. the first six months of the current year the like. You could find coffee and tea to course Pastor Leonid Malkov, who was The Executive Committee unanimous- for a total premium of $76,000 with a accompany the home-made cream puffs, checking every corner of the property to ly approved a new member benefit for face amount of $3.9 million. Annuities the wonderful pampushky (donuts) filled make sure that everything was well-pre- UNA annuity holders; along with the 10 brought in $870,000 in collected premi- with rose marmalade and so many other pared. Fathers Andriy Manko and Oleh percent free withdrawal offered by the um for the first six months of 2004 with a homemade delicacies. What a treat in the UNA, the UNA is now providing free total of 57 annuities sold. morning, to drink hot coffee with these (Continued on page 26) withdrawals of funds for terminal illness, The UNA’s top overall producers for nursing home confinement and medical the second quarter of 2004 were Steven expenses. Woch, a UNA employee and licensed For the six months ending June 30, the producer, with a total of 12 life and annu- surplus of the Ukrainian National ity applications sold and $84,778.49 col- Association decreased by $797,000. lected in premium; Christine Brodyn, a Without the fraternal benefits of UNA employee, secretary of Branch 27 $438,000, the decrease in surplus for the and licensed producer, with a total of first six months of 2004 was $359,000. seven life and annuity applications total- The fraternal benefits include the subsidy ing $54,168.50 in collected premium; paid to Soyuzivka in the amount of and Eli Matiash, secretary of Branch 120, $330,000; the subsidy paid to the UNA’s who sold five life insurance policies with publications, Svoboda and The Ukrainian an annual collected premium of $790. Weekly, in the amount of $53,000; and The top three UNA producers for the the premiums paid on behalf of 79-year- first half-year of 2004 are Mr. Woch with old members in the amount of $55,000. a total of 19 life insurance and annuities Premium income for life insurance for sold for a total of $173,356.56 in collect- the report period increased by $69,000 ed premium; Ms. Brodyn with 11 life when compared to the same period in insurance and annuity policies sold total- 2003. Annuity premiums in the first half ing $109,788.50 in collected premium; of 2004 decreased by $307,000 when and Nadia Salabay, a UNA employee, compared to the same period in 2003. who sold six life and annuity policies for Although Soyuzivka showed a loss of a total of $44,650.60 in collected premi- $330,000 for the report period, gross rev- um. enue increased by $104,000 from The UNA Executive Committee $436,000 for the six months ending June offered congratulations to these individu- Manning the UNA table are: (seated from left) Christine Brodyn, Oksana 30, 2003, to $540,000 for the six months als for a job well done and wished them Trytjak, (standing) Areta Trytjak and Steven Woch. ending June 30, 2004. A computerized continued success. “Ukrainian-American Citadel”: from the pages of UNA history

Following is part of a series of excerpts Poland. The Baltic countries were quick- Stalin, “that if I give him everything I pos- from “Ukrainian-American Citadel: The ly occupied by the Soviets. Finland was sibly can and ask nothing in return, First 100 Years of the Ukrainian National also attacked by the Soviets, but the noblesse oblige, he won’t try to annex any- Association,” by Dr. Myron B. Kuropas, Soviets were soon bogged down in a thing and will work with me for a world of published in 1996 by East European fiercely fought battle they had not antici- democracy and peace.” Stalin took full Monographs of Boulder, Colo. The pated. In concluding his pact with Stalin, advantage of Roosevelt’s naiveté. In the excerpts are reprinted with the permission Hitler was merely buying time to settle words of Amos Perlmutter: of the author. The book is available from things in Western Europe. His real aim “Stalin had already conceived of the the author for $25, plus $2.50 shipping, by was to provide lebensraum (living space) Soviet empire and used FDR’s parochial- writing to: Dr. Myron B. Kuropas, 107 for the German people. Jews were to be ism to advance Soviet imperial interests Ilehamwood Drive, DeKalb, IL 60115. killed. Slavs, viewed as untermenschen in Eastern Europe. Rather than neutraliz- (inferior beings) by the Nazis, were to ing Stalin, blocking his plans and curtail- become slaves of the Nazi super race. ... ing his aspirations, FDR put all his Chapter 8 Ignoring his own intelligence reports weight on Churchill and the British In Defense of Truth and Justice and information provided by the Ukrainian Empire, which was already in the process American community, President [Franklin of decline. Roosevelt preferred the part- Past ideological differences notwith- D.] Roosevelt adopted a double standard nership of the cunning, machinating and standing, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, regarding his allies. He demanded the dis- ruthless Stalin over the imperialist yet the world’s two most powerful dictators, mantling of the British and French empires devotedly democratic Churchill, a leader engineered a non-aggression pact on at the end of the war but said nothing about of the one of the world’s greatest democ- August 24, 1939. Poland was to be divid- Stalin’s expansionist plans in Eastern racies. ... FDR, the covert agent of ed between the two, while Lithuania, Europe. On the contrary, throughout his appeasement during the 1930s, became Latvia, Estonia and part of Romania were presidency Roosevelt continued to appease an ally of Joseph Stalin, the most ruthless to go to Stalin. Hitler invaded Poland on “Uncle Joe” as he was affectionately called political leader the modern world has September 1, 1939, and on September 17 in the United States during World War II, known next to Hitler.” Communist governments loyal to Stalin attacked Poland from the east. By and believed him to be fighting to preserve When the war ended, Stalin was grant- Moscow in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, October 5, Soviet forces had taken over democracy in the world alongside England ed the permanent occupation of Eastern all of the Ukrainian lands belonging to and the United States. “I think,” he said of Europe and the establishment of (Continued on page 26) THE UNA: 110 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 No. 46

IN THE PRESS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Yanukovych’s U.S. campaign Ukraine’s presidential election Excerpted below are several commen- cized at the low level of EU ambassadors The more we learn about the presidential election in Ukraine, the more reason taries and editorials pertaining to in Kiev [sic]. No doubt the fate of we have to worry about a just result; we hope for the best, but we fear the worst. Ukraine’s presidential election that were Ukrainians is not worth straining the pre- This week we saw the PR campaign promoting the candidacy of Viktor recently published by major newspapers cious friendships that Chancellor Yanukovych come to the U.S. (See Yaro Bihun’s story on the front page of this issue.) in the United States and beyond. Schröder, President Chirac or Prime To be sure, we knew that the PR campaign in this country had begun back in the sum- Ministers Blair and Berlusconi feel for mer, when we received a phone call from a Washington firm whose representative, “Ukraine’s Presidential Election: that well-known democrat Vladimir without first identifying himself, rather clumsily inquired how we intended to cover Second Time Lucky? The presidential Putin. Easier to bask in the splendor of the campaign. It was obvious that he knew little about The Weekly. The person ulti- election will be decided by a run-off. the signing ceremony of the European mately identified himself as being with DBC Public Relations Experts and offered to Probably,” in the November 6-12 issue constitution, with its lofty declarations on arrange an interview with the prime minister for us here in the U.S. We responded that of The Economist: democracy, than lift a finger for the sake we could do the interview in Kyiv, where we have a full-time press bureau. of an existing democracy that may be Soon thereafter we received a press kit titled “Viktor F. Yanukovych, Prime “... For all their efforts, which alleged- about to be extinguished. ...” Minister of Ukraine. Ukrainian Presidential Election 2004” complete with blue- ly included two assassination bids, Mr. and-yellow flags on the top right of each page and a blue-and-yellow CD of 44 Yushchenko’s foes could not stop him “Ukraine Makes a Crucial Choice,” photo selections (we guess you just can’t have too many head-and-shoulders advancing in a strong position to a sec- editorial in the November 4 issue of shots of this Viktor). We learned from the press kit materials that the prime min- ond round, due on November 21st. The Japan Times Online, Tokyo (as ister “is a tennis enthusiast and an avid athlete as well,” that he is “a proven “His opponent will be Victor cited by The Action Ukraine reformer” and that he is “a true centrist” in terms of foreign and domestic policy. Yanukovich, the prime minister and Monitoring Service): choice of Leonid Kuchma, the outgoing It touted Mr. Yanukovych’s experience in foreign affairs and his role in Ukraine’s “... The stakes in this election are high economic growth, noting that his principal opponent, Viktor Yushchenko, lacked president. Mr. Yushchenko, a former head of the central bank, was himself and include considerably more than who experience in the latter and results in the former. Furthermore, we read that Mr. controls the spoils in Ukraine. The coun- Yanukovych “pledges to look after Ukraine’s unprotected classes, who are vic- prime minister in 1999-2001, though he later turned against Mr. Kuchma. With try straddles the divide between Europe tims of nationalistic, anti-Semitic individuals in Ukraine.” and the East; it borders seven countries, In hindsight, that last sentence was an indication of what was yet to come. the results of 98 percent of polling sta- tions audited, Ukraine’s central election among them Russia, members of the Mr. Yushchenko’s enemies, you see, have been trying to depict him as soft on anti- North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Semitism and as the darling of chauvinistic and anti-Semitic groups in Ukraine. commission said that each Victor had won just under 40% of the vote. The three new members of the European Persons affiliated with the Yanukovych campaign have gone so far as to use the slogan Union. The Ukraine election matters “Nashism ne proidyot” (“Nashism” will not prevail – a reference to Nasha Ukraina commission then suspended its count, perhaps because it was reluctant to greatly because the two candidates have [Our Ukraine] and a play on the word Nazism). Apparently that strategy has worked to very different visions of their country’s some degree in Ukraine, as is evident from news reports carried by the Jewish acknowledge that Mr. Yushchenko might be ahead. orientation and future. Telegraphic Agency that point to Jewish support for Mr. Yanukovych amid a general- “.. A victory for Mr. Yanukovich in ized unease about the opposition. (See Myron Kuropas’s column of October 31.) “Mr. Yushchenko’s allies insist that he did far better than the official tally allows Ukraine would help provide a powerful Now that allegation has surfaced here in the U.S. thanks to an Alex Kiselev, iden- counter to the liberal, democratic model tified as Mr. Yanukovych’s U.S. strategy counselor, who has been working with – and even that he may have secured the 50 percent needed for outright victory. that Europe presents to the former Soviet Eduard Prutnik, chief of staff and policy adviser to the prime minister. Writing about states of Eastern and Central Europe. Mr. Kiselev, a Jewish emigrant from Ukraine, Washington Jewish Week quoted him According to the most reliable exit poll, he beat Mr. Yanukovich by six points. ...” There is security in numbers, and a bloc as saying of Mr. Yushchenko that he has “a spotty record in minority rights” and of three Soviet-style leaders in the heart noted “Kiselev is also concerned that Yanukovych is not getting a fair hearing in the “Yearning to breathe free,” by of Europe could provide an attraction for states, complaining that Ukrainian diaspora groups that lobby in this country and Radek Sikorski in the November 6 other budding autocrats.” support Yushchenko came following World War II and lived in Ukrainian areas issue of The Spectator: where many residents were Nazi collaborators.” Apparently the pro-Yanukovych “East or West? Ukraine will play argument is that it’s not just the anti-Semites in Ukraine who support Yushchenko. “ ... a Yanukovych victory, particularly host to this month’s other watershed We must protest most vehemently against this characterization of our diaspo- a stolen Yanukovych victory, will com- election,” in the November 3 issue of ra, Mr. Yushchenko’s supporters in Ukraine and of Mr. Yushchenko himself. In plete the drawing of a new line across The Wall Street Journal: fact, anyone who has followed Mr. Yushchenko’s campaign knows that he has Europe. No longer from Szczecin to “... Ukraine’s election, to put it kindly, spoken out against anti-Semitism and has pledged to uphold the rights of Trieste, this time from the Barents to the hasn’t been pretty or clean. Yet for all its Ukraine’s minorities when he is elected president. Black Sea, a line will congeal with free- faults, Sunday’s poll at least produced an But, in the meantime, the dirty campaign goes on. And, with one week left market democracy on the west of it, and outcome that leading contenders can live before the run-off election, we can only caution our readers – and Ukraine’s vot- with thugocracies to the east. Ukraine is with. The two Viktors – Yushchenko and ers – to beware. pivotal. If 47 million Ukrainians manage Yakunovych – ended up with nearly to defend their fragile democracy, auto- identical results, around 40 percent, short crats in Minsk and Moscow cannot be of the majority needed to claim victory in sure that their citizens too might not rebel Nov. the first round. Ukrainian voters were one day. Or to put it in geopolitical treated to a spirited and informative cam- Turning the pages back... terms, Russia plus Ukraine is the Russian paign that presented real choices – a priv- empire. Russia as a nation state can in ilege, alas, denied Russians and 14 due course develop into a normal, rich Belarusians, making this country a last and powerful country. But if Russia hope for democracy in the ex-USSR. The 1999 Exactly five years ago, at the time of Ukraine’s previous wastes its energies on regaining a territo- next, tougher, test will be the November presidential elections, this newspaper reported that Ukraine’s rial empire, it will have neither the toler- 21 run-off. ... voters would be going to the polls on November 14 to elect ance for democracy at home, nor develop “Ahead of November 21, the powerful one of two candidates who had qualified for the runoff: the into the kind of successful modern socie- tycoons and Kuchma cronies – ‘the party incumbent, Leonid Kuchma, and the Communist Party chal- ty that can match the growing power of of power’ – will be desperate to get Mr. lenger, Petro Symonenko. Our Kyiv Press Bureau chief, Roman Woronowycz, noted that China to its east. Yanukovych into office. As is Vladimir in the days after the first round of voting both hopefuls courted the 11 losing contenders in “Some people have become so blinded Putin, making Moscow’s preferences an effort to consolidate support for their own candidacies. by anti-Americanism that they assume clear. On the other side, an awakened, On November 5, a day after Ukraine’s Central Election Commission reported the official that whatever Uncle Sam backs must be a younger electorate is ready to defend, results of the first round of voting, six former nominees for the post of president announced bad thing. In this twisted logic, if the even fight, for its recently won freedoms. they would back Mr. Symonenko. In a signed statement, the six – Oleksander Tkachenko of U.S. Congress passes a ‘Belarus “To all appearances, the least risky, the Peasants Party, who withdrew his nomination just before the first round vote in favor of Democracy Act’ or helps the struggling Mr. Symonenko; Oleksander Moroz of the Socialist Party, who finished third; Volodymyr not to mention the most noble, path for Ukrainian independent media, that is Oliinyk, an independent candidate and member of the Kaniv Four, who had supported Mr. Kuchma would be to ensure that the interference, but when Russia pulls out Yevhen Marchuk; Yurii Karmazin of the Defenders of the Homeland Party; Oleksander run-off will be a model election. America the stops for Yanukovych, that’s just Bazyliuk of the Russophile Slavic Party; and Mykola Haber of the Patriotic Party – agreed and Europe have a pressing interest in good old Slavic solidarity. In fact we to direct their supporters to vote for Mr. Symonenko and work for his election. In return, seeing Ukraine, a strategically located Slavs no more wish to live in kleptocra- they received assurances that they would be offered top administrative posts and support for nation, stay in the democratic camp cies, or be ‘disappeared’ by our govern- some of their political programs. rather than in any particular candidate. ments, than people elsewhere. ... The other major candidate from the political left, Progressive Socialist Natalia Unlike Russia, Ukraine has proved it can “The real shame is that, by compari- Vitrenko, who finished fourth just behind Mr. Moroz on October 31, offered qualified handle democracy. In 1994, Mr. Kuchma son with the muted but so far honorable support for Mr. Symonenko after initially hedging. won, fair and square, sending his prede- U.S. stance, the EU has been uncharac- On the other side of the political fence, President Kuchma already had the support of 24 cessor to a happy retirement. Mr. teristically reticent. For an organization centrist parities, which joined to form the Our Choice – Leonid Kuchma political bloc in Kuchma could do the same. But vote rig- late August. Mr. Kuchma received another endorsement when Rukh Chairman Hennadii which likes to fire self-important broad- ging in past polls, and their tactics in this, Udovenko announced that his organization would support the incumbent as the only hope sides on issues of democracy and human shows that his allies won’t give up power for democracy against the threat of a red revanche. He was joined by Green Party candi- rights, the European Union takes surpris- easily. ...” date Vitalii Kononov, who also gave the nod to Mr. Kuchma. A few days later, Oleksander ingly little interest in the fate of 47 mil- “Ukraine’s Ballot Box Revolution lion Europeans in Ukraine. The conduct (Continued on page 30) of the election campaign has been criti- (Continued on page 23) No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 9 ELECTION OBSERVER’S REPORT: The presidential vote in Dnipropetrovsk Faces and Places by Myron B. Kuropas

The people have spoken! Forget all the post-election analyses unknown indivduals who come out of the about John Kerry’s loss. There is a sim- shadows every four years and write ple answer and it came from a simple offensive letters to The Ukrainian man. Asked why his opponent lost fol- Weekly. They send hate-filled e-mails. No lowing a tough campaign, Chicago’s first meaningful dialogue for them, only Mayor Daley answered: “He didn’t get vicious ad hominem attacks. They enough votes.” demand that The Ukrainian Weekly editor That was my father’s favorite silence those with whom they disagree. “Daleyism.” One woman who emerges on the pages of Although I am delighted that President The Weekly every four years isn’t even a George W. Bush was re-elected, I respect subscriber. the efforts of our Ukrainian Democrats. Am I pleased that George W. Bush They were passionate. They ran more ads was re-elected? Of course. Am I ecstatic than the Ukrainian Republicans; they had about all of the people around him? No. an excellent website; they wrote letters to Local election committee members count the ballots in Dnipropetrovsk. Dr. Condoleezza Rice, for example, still The Ukrainian Weekly. gives me pause. She appears to be a by Marta Kolomayets during the entire voting process, while Despite their best efforts, however, Russophile who sees no evil, hears no the factory deputy director paced the hall they lost. I know the feeling. I was a spe- evil when it comes to the autocratic DNIPROPETROVSK – On October and proudly told international observers cial assistant to President Gerald Ford in President Vladimir Putin. My concern is 31, my colleague Dr. Marta Dyczok and I that the people who worked in the polling the White House when Jimmy Carter was nothing new. I wrote about this during spent the day in Dnipropetrovsk as inter- station would get a day’s wages from the elected. Believe me, winning is better the campaign. Russia’s growing imperi- national election observers for the factory payroll. than losing. alism and “managed democracy” are not Ukrainian Canadian Committee and the In other districts, entire streets disap- I have high regard for all Ukrainian harbingers of a brighter future for the Ukrainian Congress Committee of peared from the roster of voter registra- Americans who are willing to put their world. Ukraine is in danger. And so is the America, respectively. tion lists as citizens protested the reputations on the line and openly sup- United States. Despite the fact that the overall situa- unthinkable. “My family has resided at port a political candidate. Their commit- President Bush has asked the millions tion in this industrial city situated along the same address since 1936 – and we ment is admirable. I am especially proud who voted against him to give him the banks of the Dnipro River in eastern took part in voting in Soviet times, dur- of our Ukrainian Bush/Cheney 04 team another chance. Will they do it? Some Ukraine was calm, we, like, the interna- ing these 13 years of Ukraine’s independ- members. They worked hard and fervent- might. Many won’t. Liberals will tional observer teams from the ence. I don’t understand,” said a middle- ly. Every single one of them is an active demand preferential treatment from the Organization for Security and aged woman determined to cast her vote member of the community year round. I president, all in the name of “reaching Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the on October 31. know them all. They work more, talk out.” That usually means “do it our way.” International Republican Institute (IRI), less. They get things done. They deserve Some local observers representing President Bush should borrow a phrase and the Parliamentary Assembly of the our applause and admiration. pro-government candidates played their from Teresa and tell these liberals to Council of Europe (PACE), saw irregu- I also know most of the Ukrainian own unique role – not as monitors for “shove it.” larities and violations of voters’ rights on Democrats who joined the Kerry cam- free and fair elections, but as advisers to America’s cultural divisions will con- election day. paign, especially those from the Midwest the district committee chairpersons. In tinue for another four years, maybe Dnipropetrovsk, home to President and East who have been visible in our District No. 23 of Territorial Election longer. The New York (“no famine in Leonid Kuchma, not surprisingly, voted community for years. They have a record Commission No. 26, where we were Ukraine”) Times, The Los Angeles overwhelmingly for Viktor Yanukovych, present for the vote count, it was obvious of accomplishment. They’re mature. the government’s candidate. He received They can disagree with Ukrainian Times, the coastal elites, Hollywood that the members of the district commit- Democrats, the ACLU, Barbara 50 percent of the vote, according to the tee were novices when it came to rules, Republicans without being disagreeable. Central Election Commission, compared They know that while American political Streisand, Michael Moore, Jesse Jackson, regulations and procedures on voting. George Soros and MoveOn.org, all char- to Viktor Yushchenko, the opposition can- (They even apologized for dragging the campaigns come and go, Ukrainian com- didate, who received under 20 percent. munity work is with us 24-7. There’s ter members of the secular left, are not vote counting out until 3 a.m., blaming going away anytime soon. Anti-Bush ral- To be sure, Dnipropetrovsk was no this on their own inexperience.) Their always a new project, a new initiative, an different from other regions of Ukraine, important issue that needs attention. I lies have already begun in San Francisco “adviser” became a confident young man and Seattle. Brace yourself. More are on where the heavy-handedness of the cur- who just happened to be the observer have worked with many of these individ- rent government’s administrative uals at other times and on other projects the way. Other sore losers say they’re from the Yanukovych campaign. It is moving to Canada. We should be so resources tried to control the outcome of unclear whether the committee members and I hope to do so again, God willing. this election, by wreaking panic and Our community benefits when out- lucky. knew that things were possibly being And what about us Ukrainians? Will spreading rumors of unrest and civil manipulated, but amid this chaos it standing community people work on both sides of the political aisle. The more we come together? Some won’t. Most strife, by denying access to information seemed like something highly question- Ukrainians we have in American politics will. How do I know? I’ve been there and the right to assemble freely. It was in able was happening, including the fact the better chance we have of being before. the Dnipropetrovsk region barely two that the head of the committee kept noticed. weeks ago that the venue for Mr. receiving phone calls both on the head- What I find reprehensible, however, Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is Yushchenko’s rally was repeatedly quarters phone and on her cellphone at 2 are those posturing, mean-spirited, [email protected]. changed, his plane was denied landing a.m. – and rushing in and out of the rights and the lights in the square were room, which should have been kept turned off before he overcame all these closed until all the ballots had been obstacles to address the waiting crowd of counted. more than 50,000. As the saying goes, you can fool some On Sunday, October 31, army cadets of the people all of the time, and all of were shipped in from other regions to the people some of the time, but you vote (perhaps more than once) in a mech- can’t fool all of the people all of the time. anism now being dubbed “carousel,” I observed an electorate that will not where subordinates travel from polling be intimidated by the machinations of a station to polling station, with transit vot- corrupt government. Voters spent three, ing permits (“vidkripni talony”), cast four, even five hours, trying to get their their ballots under the supervision of an vote into the ballot box – symbolically army officer. these were clear plexi-glass urns “to Numerous citizens whose names had ensure transparent elections.” been on voter registration lists two weeks If their name was not on the official ago came to vote on Sunday only to find voter registration lists, they had to write a out that their names had disappeared. declaration at their polling station and Voter intimidation was evident in closed travel to the Territorial Election environments such as hospitals and pris- Commission, or the city court, where ons, and in polling districts where most they had to stand in another line to pres- of the voters were blue-collar workers ent their complaint and then receive a from state-run factories. Here factory document that would entitle them to vote. supervisors and foremen were members Then they had to return to their polling of the district voting committees, and Weekly columnists Myron B. Kuropas (Republican) and Andrew Fedynsky their underlings were closely watched (Continued on page 25) (Democrat) at Soyuzivka in August of this year. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 No. 46

FOR THE RECORD: Resolutions of the UCCA’s 19th Congress Below are the resolutions of the 19th Congress of diers-patriots: the forces of the OUN-UPA, members of the commemorate the victims of the Ukrainian Genocide; Ukrainians in America. resistance movement; the dissidents who gave their lives in • presenting to the United States Congress resolutions the fight for the establishment of a free, independent and about commemorating and recognizing the Famine of The 19th Congress of Ukrainians in America took place sovereign Ukrainian nation. We also bow our heads before 1932-1933 as a genocide of the Ukrainian people under on September 24-26, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, in the those members of the UCCA who have passed away, who Stalin’s Communist regime; and, “City of Brotherly Love,” Philadelphia, Pa., one month dedicated their lives and worked diligently for their country. • added pressure on the United States government to after the 13th anniversary of the proclamation of We honor the 125th anniversary of Ukrainian immigra- provide financial assistance to the Ukrainian nation. Ukrainian Independence and five weeks to the date before tion to the United States. We honor this accomplishment Since its establishment the UCCA has always focused on the fourth presidential elections are to occur in Ukraine. and in particular the strong commitment to the preserva- Ukraine, finding joy in its accomplishments and triumphs, The congress took place in 2004, during which we tion of ethnic nationalities and the building of religious and showing concern for its troubles and challenges. commemorate the following anniversaries: life, schools, organizations and a national-cultural infra- Today we rejoice that Ukraine has been a free state for • the 125th anniversary of the birth of the Gen. structure. We honor the Ukrainian American community’s 13 years, that Ukraine has its own Constitution, which is Symon Petiura, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian dedication to maintaining our native language as an slowly becoming the model for a life based on democrat- National Republic Army; important element for the cultivation of our national iden- ic principles. However, there are also serious problems: • the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the tity. We want the attitudes of these first pioneers to influ- • We are concerned by the fact that not everyone Armed Forces of Ukraine – the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen; ence the actions of today’s immigrants and the immi- accepts all the stipulations of the highest law of the land • the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the grants who will continue to come into this country. – the Ukrainian Constitution. Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists; We call upon community members, in their cities and • We are troubled by the lack of support on the part • the 60th anniversary of the establishment of towns, to pay close attention to our youth, to work with of the Ukrainian president to encourage the use of the Ukraine’s Revolutionary Movement – Ukrainian them, to give them every chance to participate in becoming Ukrainian language in all levels of government. Supreme Liberation Front; part of organized Ukrainian life in which they will be able • In particular, we are troubled by the use of the • the 60th anniversary of the forced deportation of the to preserve our native language and Ukrainian identity. In Russian language during proceedings of the highest Ukrainian settlement of Zakerzonnia; particular, we should uphold our youth organizations and level of government – the Verkhovna Rada. • the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Stephen actively facilitate the growth of groups in the student sector. • We are concerned by the lack of access to the mass Bandera, leader of the Organization of Ukrainian We understand the fundamental role of the Ukrainian media – press, radio and television. Nationalists; Congress Committee of America (UCCA). In the course • We look at Ukraine’s ascession to the Single • the 60th anniversary of the death of Metropolitan of the more than 60 years since its establishment, the Economic Space as a negative step because it may pres- Andrey Sheptyskyi, leader of the Ukrainian Greek- UCCA has worked toward the building of a Ukrainian ent to Ukraine a loss of sovereignty. Catholic Church; and, community in America, under representative leadership • We believe that the current president of Ukraine is • the 20th anniversary of the death of Most Blessed that has stemmed from our political, cultural and eco- changing the overall political climate in Ukraine, in Patriarch Josyf Slipyj. nomic ties in the United States. We emphasize the which entrance to NATO and the EU will no longer be The delegates of the 19th Congress of Ukrainians necessity of our existence today and in the future. priorities of Ukraine’s political system. respectfully and warmly welcome all Ukrainian people, We assert that every community is only as strong as it • We deem that the actions of the current government from the homeland and around the world, all patriots, who financial base. The financial base of the UCCA is composed in Ukraine, as they try to implement changes to the were and are still loyal to the idea of a Ukrainian nation, of donations to the Ukrainian National Fund, individual Constitution before the presidential elections, are who in the past worked to create the Ukrainian state and donations for the continuing work of the Ukrainian National destructive because they place the government in the who work today to strengthen and model Ukraine after the Information Service (UNIS) in Washington and donations hands of already determined individuals or will place it democratic principles of the global community. that will begin to rebuild the Million Dollar Fund as an in the hands of those who will convert the Ukrainian We greet the hierarchy and clergy of the Ukrainian investment, the interest of which is put towards the realiza- government to a presidential-parliamentary or parlia- Churches in Ukraine and in the diaspora. tion of special projects that often develop and require appro- mentary-presidential format. We greet our statesmen from various organizations, priate action. That is why we call upon the Ukrainian com- With great emphasis, we call on the current govern- who tirelessly and diligently work for domestic changes munity to financially support UCCA and its endeavors. ment of Ukraine to secure the conduct of the presidential in Ukraine and also for the strengthening of Ukraine’s The 19th Congress of Ukrainians in America calls elections, so that they will be open and transparent, and position in the global community. upon all members of the Ukrainian American communi- so that the Ukrainian citizens will be able to cast their We greet the Presidium of the Ukrainian World ty, no matter when you immigrated to this country, to votes without fear of repercussions. We call on those Congress, Ukrainian independent political groups and take part in the various forms of organized Ukrainian members of the Ukrainian community who live outside parties, who occupy state positions; educational, mili- life so as to create a powerful and strong Ukrainian eth- the borders of their motherland to take an active role in tary and financial institutions, fraternal organizations nic group in the United States, because only strong the presidential elections and contribute their vote. and, in particular, the leaders and members of the youth organizations will be able to forcefully convey the grav- We call on the government of Ukraine, its current and and student organizations in Ukraine and the diaspora. ity of our influence on American political life, the future presidents, to work towards raising the country’s Also, we extend our greetings to the government and impact of which will increase our strength in realizing economic status, to create opportunities for all those who people of the United States of America. We bow our our goals here in the United States and in Ukraine. seek jobs, to improve the quality of life for the Ukrainian heads to those American soldiers who are risking their Currently, the significant and active issues that are people so that they will not have to go abroad to find jobs lives in the war against terror. before the Ukrainian community include: and money, because this will negatively impact the eco- In particular, we bow our heads to all the Ukrainian sol- • the building of a monument in Washington, D.C., to nomic, demographic and cultural potential of Ukraine. Finally, we emphasize that we live in unstable times, marked by terrorism, in which American, Ukrainian American and Ukrainian soldiers are working for peace The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: September in many parts of the world and are risking their lives. Amount Name City Peter Yewshenko Neshanic Station, N.J. 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No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 11 The 1932-1933 Famine-Genocide against the people of Ukraine Dr. Eugene Fedorenko and did not believe many Western corre- destruction because Stalin said the “peas- ship, Ukraine became an arena of geno- CONCLUSION spondents who witnessed the genocide in antry is the main army of the national cide.” Further, it states “that within three Ukraine. The press corps headed by Walter movement.” Maksym Sahaidak writes in years, 1930-1933, we can count at least The population of Ukraine, which was Duranty, the chief of the Moscow bureau his treatise “The Ethnocide of Ukrainians in 10 million dead Ukrainians” who were destroyed by hunger and terror was supple- for The New York Times, and Louis USSR” (Ukrainskyi Vistnyk, No. 7-8, 1974) killed deliberately – about one fourth of mented by migrants from Russia. It is Fisher, the Moscow correspondent of the that “this was the main reason for the deadly the Ukrainian nation. Despite the extent known that in the summer of 1933 the Nation, were infamous for assisting the Famine in Ukraine [in] 1932-1933.” Such of ethnocide in Ukraine, this tragedy is destroyed Ukrainian villages in the Kharkiv, Soviet propaganda machine in hiding the an “original” and “most just in the whole relatively unknown in the world. Despite Poltava, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk truth about the Famine in Ukraine. world” method of solving the national prob- horrible testimonies of witnesses and regions were inhabited by Russian settlers. At that time, when the U.S. was going lem was invented by “father Stalin.” Thus, those who survived the Great Famine, Pavel Postyshev himself, as special secre- through the Depression, many liberals and it was that via ethnocide in 1933 Moscow few in the world know that this genocide tary “inspector of resettlement at the left-wingers believed that the Communists came to implement the merger of nations was a horrible tragedy which equals or Council of Commissars of USSR” directed were building “a new social order, a class- and the destruction of the Ukrainian nation. surpasses the Nazi Holocaust of the Jews. these actions – to resettle Russians into less society,” and critics of the totalitarian All attempts by the Soviet government, The famous historian Dr. Conquest, Ukraine after the catastrophe of 1933. Communist rule were branded “fascists.” even with the help of allies beyond its bor- who first wrote about this tragedy for the Narrating the fate of the dying Respected scholars, politicians and even ders, to obliterate or hide the satanic plan Western readers, states in his “Harvest of Ukrainian village, where she worked, a heads of state believed the Soviet lies. It of ethnocide in 1933 did not succeed. After Sorrow” that the difference lies in that Russian activist talked about the settlers suffices to mention that French Premier World War II many witnesses of the geno- when the Germans lost the war, the from the Orlov Oblast who moved into Eduard Herriot, who witnessed several cide escaped to the West. On the 20th “Germans were caught and they had to the dead village. Here is what she said: masquerades organized by the anniversary of the Famine-Genocide in explain what they did. Stalin never told “I learned later that the wheat harvest Communists in Ukraine, stated that there Ukraine, publications of memoirs by direct anyone that he wanted to starve anyone. of 1933 of this village was harvested by was no terrible Famine in Ukraine. witnesses who lived through the Famine or He just took away food from people. All the army. However, the soldiers did not In 1933 France reviewed its “friendly their relatives appeared. Specifically, “The this was done under the cover of human- enter the dead village but camped outside. relations” with Moscow and President Black Deeds of the Kremlin” appeared in istic rhetoric,” said Dr. Conquest. They were told about an ‘epidemic Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the two volumes and Dmytro Solovej pub- Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk of the Ukrainian plague.’ They complained about the awful Soviet regime. lished a documented study of genocide of Canadian Civil Liberties Association says smell from there. Next year the settlers It was due to apathy and sometimes even 1933 titled “The Golgotha of Ukraine.” there are other reasons the world knows lit- from the Orlov Oblast came, because to approval by the West which saw the Later, other scholarly publications about tle about the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide. Ukrainian soil was the black soil while flourishing of “democracy” in the Soviet the genocide appeared, among them works He blames the Western journalists who the land in the Orlov area was unfertile. Union – that the Kremlin was able to fulfill by foreigners. The famous scholar, author of worked hard in Moscow, who knew what “Women and children stayed near the its brutal plan of genocide in Ukraine in “The Red Terror,” Robert Conquest wrote a was happening in Ukraine but did not station, while men were taken into the vil- 1933. The general carnage of the Ukrainian seminal work about the genocide in Ukraine write about it. One such journalist was lage. They were given pitchforks and com- village followed the destruction of the called “The Harvest of Sorrow” in 1986. It Walter Duranty, who served Stalin and hid manded to enter the houses and pull out the Ukrainian intelligentsia. Thousands of cul- was translated into Ukrainian and published the truth about the genocide. Duranty noti- bodies of the dead – the dead men and tural activists who took part in the flourish- in Ukraine in 1994. The scholarly works of fied a British diplomat that in his estima- women lay, some on the floor and some in ing of national and political formation in the young historian Dr. James Mace deserve tion nearly 10 million Ukrainian people bed. The smell was awful in the homes. 1917-1929 and in the continuation in the mention. Dr. Mace was staff director of the had died. However, in his articles in The The men from Orlov stuffed their noses and cultural and national revival of the official U.S. government committee that New York Times he continued to deny any covered then with kerchiefs while pulling Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church investigated genocide in Ukraine. The result Famine in Ukraine and referred to Stalin as the bodies that fell apart. Later, they buried were liquidated, its hierarchy, clergy and of the committee’s work was three volumes the “greatest statesman.” He received the these pieces beyond the village ... When thousands of faithful were tortured. The of testimonies of witnesses and contempo- highest journalism award – the Pulitzer they cleared the homes of the bodies, they population of Ukraine was destroyed by the raries of the genocide published in 1990. Prize. brought women to clean the floors, and Famine and Communist terror, and this was In Ukraine, the work of Sahaidak, On the basis of thousands of docu- wash the walls. They cleaned everything, complemented by Moscow’s colonization “Ethnocide of Ukrainians in the USSR” ments and testimonies, the reasons for but the smell of death remained. Again they of first the cities and then the villages to appeared in 1983. Also, in 1976, a memo- and consequences of this tragedy in whitewashed the walls and the floors but it speed up the process of Russification. randum of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group Ukraine were established. The genocide still stank. They could neither eat nor sleep The Ukrainian village, the vital strength was published in which it was stated that in those houses, so they returned to the of the nation, became the object of total “from the first years of Stalin’s dictator- (Continued on page 22) Orlov Oblast. But the land did not remain uninhabited for long – since it’s very fer- tile,” (Grossman, pp. 132-133). In 1933 Moscow also began to mas- Columbia professor says ignorance played role in Pulitzer committee’s decision sively colonize Ukrainian cities with a Russian population. Thus, the numbers by Andrew Nynka Prior to the Pulitzer Board’s ment said: “In its review of the 13 arti- announcement, The New York Times cles, the board determined that Mr. of Russians rose dramatically – the PARSIPPANY, N.J. – A Columbia increase was almost doubled (from 5.6 to commissioned Dr. von Hagen to write Duranty’s 1931 work, measured by University historian who was asked last an independent assessment of Duranty’s today’s standards for foreign reporting, 9.2 percent ) at the end of the 1930s. year by The New York Times to evalu- Meanwhile, in the free world, witnesses reporting on the Soviet Union. That falls seriously short. In that regard, the ate the reporting of Pulitzer Prize-win- assessment was sent to the Pulitzer board’s view is similar to that of The still remain of this ethnocide in Ukraine. ner Walter Duranty suggested that a They talked about this national catastrophe Board on July 29, 2003, by The New New York Times itself and of some decision not to revoke the journalist’s York Times and it included a cover let- scholars who have examined his 1931 as did foreigners, who saw the Famine, award, which had been under review by who were in Ukraine but were not blinded ter with comments from Mr. Sulzberger. reports. However, the board concluded the Pulitzer Prize Board last year, was In that cover letter, The Times’ pub- that there was not clear and convincing by Soviet propaganda. The Welshman not made based on the merits of Gareth Jones wrote in the paper London lisher advised the Pulitzer Board to con- evidence of deliberate deception, the Duranty’s reporting, described broadly sider that revoking Mr. Duranty’s award relevant standard in this case.” Express how he walked on foot in the des- as dubious at best. titute countryside of Ukraine and saw hun- “might evoke the Stalinist practice to Dr. von Hagen’s trip, on June 6-19, “I remain convinced that if the airbrush purged figures out of official 2004, took him to Russia and Ukraine dreds of dead in abandoned villages. American public were better educated And, in the British Fortnightly Review, records and histories.” on behalf of Primary Source Microfilm, about Ukrainian history, the Pulitzer a company that works to archive docu- Malcolm Muggeridge wrote: “During my In his report, Dr. von Hagen also said Committee might have decided differ- ments in both countries. The company, recent visit of Ukraine I saw this battle he was convinced “more certainly” that, ently,” said Dr. Mark von Hagen, a pro- for which Dr. von Hagen consults, that the Soviet government led against the had the American public been more fessor of 20th century Soviet history at hopes to ensure that copies of the frag- peasants. The battlefield was devastated aware of Ukrainian history, “The New Columbia University. ile archives make their way to North as in a real war, and the destruction con- York Times letter to the Pulitzer The professor’s comments on the Committee would not have used the America for use by Ukrainian scholars tinues. On one side – millions of peasants matter came in a report he wrote about a dubious historical analogy of Stalinist and the general public. Dr. von Hagen with bodies swollen with hunger. On the trip he took last year to Russia and air-brushing to argue its case against said the work of Primary Source other side – soldiers, militia, agents of Ukraine, and subsequently gave to The revoking the prize.” Microfilm would ensure that documents GPU that obey the commands of the dic- Ukrainian Weekly. During the 13-day Dr. Von Hagen said that while he was in Russia and Ukraine would be proper- tatorship of the proletariat. They attacked trip, Dr. von Hagen was interviewed by in Ukraine during a June 8, 2003, inter- ly preserved and, by bringing the mate- Ukraine as locusts and robbed it of all the popular television channel 1+1 view with 1+1 which producers told rials to North America, scholars and the food. They executed and removed thou- about his involvement in last year’s him that an estimated 20 million view- public could get a better understanding sands of peasants, sometimes whole vil- campaign to revoke the Pulitzer Prize ers were tuning in to watch, he spoke of 20th century Soviet history. lages. They turned the most fertile land in awarded to Duranty in 1932. about “the level of knowledge outside While in Ukraine last year, Dr. von the world into a melancholy desert.” In his comments, the professor also Ukraine about Ukrainian history and Hagen also began planning the next These were not the only news stories noted that the rationale given by the contemporary politics more generally.” congress of the International about this terrible famine in Ukraine, there publisher of The New York Times, In November 2003, after an interna- Association of Ukrainian Studies, were more. But the free world was com- Arthur Sulzberger Jr., to the Pulitzer tional postcard and letter-writing cam- which is tentatively scheduled to take pletely hypnotized by lies and propaganda Board for not revoking the award also paign asked the Pulitzer Prize Board to place in Donetsk in the second half of would not have been used had the revoke Mr. Duranty’s award, a state- June 2005. He was elected president of Dr. Eugene Fedorenko is chairman of American public been better educated ment by the board announced that it had that organization during its fifth con- the Educational Council of the Ukrainian in the history of the period. decided against revocation. The state- gress in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, in 2002. Congress Committee of America. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 No. 46

FOR THE RECORD: The Chornobyl disaster – a summary after 18 years by Dr. David Marples ers at the accident scene in the early hours of the morning of April 26; David Marples, Ph.D., is director of • second those evacuated from desig- the Stasiuk Program for the Study of nated zones’ of a 10-kilometer radius and Contemporary Ukraine at the Canadian after May 2, 30 kilometers around the Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University destroyed reactor – and particularly the of Alberta. This paper was prepared for a town for plant workers, Prypiat, located press presentation at HBO in New York two miles to the north – as well as those on September 7, which took place before subsequently evacuated after 1989, a the HBO premiere of “Chernobyl total of around 500,000 people, some of Heart,” the Oscar-winning documentary whom later returned to their homes with- by Maryann De Leo, on September 9. out permission; and As reported in The New York Times on • third, the clean-up crews, first of all September 8: “Ms. De Leo’s film commandeered labor from various parts “Chernobyl Heart,” which won the 2003 of the USSR, and later military reservists Academy Award for best documentary numbering up to 600,000 and working short, is not easy to talk about or watch. It both at the reactor site and in various takes the viewer into children’s hospitals parts of the 30-kilometer zone. in Belarus and Ukraine and into the 30- One should note at the outset some kilometer exclusion zone around the reac- characteristics of the Chornobyl accident tor. According to the United Nations, birth that are far too often ignored by Western defects in Belarus have increased 250 per- scientists. First, no action was taken at the cent since the accident, and the lives of the local level, as most of the party officials children in the film are tragic.” on the spot fled from the scene. The gov- The documentary was screened earlier ernment commission appointed to oversee David Marples being interviewed by a Russian TV station in New York at HBO this year at the United Nations during the clean-up campaign destroyed six on September 7. The event was organized by Riverkeeper prior to the screening commemorations of the 18th anniversary pages from the official report presented to of the films “Indian Point” and “Chernobyl Heart” by HBO on September 9. of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. (See the International Atomic Energy Agency Andrew Nynka’s report in our May 9 (IAEA) in Vienna, which concerned the to Chornobyl. ries that grew flax and potatoes, but cities issue.) amount of radioactivity released in The potential death toll from cancer such as Homiel (Belarus) and Kyiv were Belarus, as well as information about radi- also gave rise to debate and speculation. A also affected. Areas such as Smolensk and The Chornobyl disaster was the ation fallout in the Briansk Oblast report sponsored by the IAEA based on Briansk (Russia) received little attention, world’s worst ever accident at a civilian (Russia). Some, but not all, clean-up studies of 28 villages in the contaminated and the accident did not affect agricultur- nuclear plant. Located in the northern workers had Geiger counters, but they zone saw no significant health impact al life in any significant manner. part of central Ukraine, in the Kyiv were confiscated later by the KGB in from Chornobyl in 1989. However, by Politically, the accident saw the disaffec- Oblast, the Chornobyl plant was based on order that the readings on them were 1990 the incidence of thyroid cancer tion of large communities that resented the an inherently unsafe graphite-moderated never made public. All health information among children in Ukraine had begun to official secrecy about the effects of reactor – known by the Soviet acronym about the liquidators was officially classi- escalate from a rate of 4-5 per 1 million Chornobyl, as well as what they perceived RBMK – that became unstable if operat- fied by the USSR Academy of Medical children in 1981-1985 to 45 per million in as the concealment of the real picture by ed at low power. On April 25, 1986, the Sciences. All those other than the 237 offi- 1986-1997, and with 64 percent of the the IAEA and other observers who support- Soviet authorities had demanded an cial sufferers of radiation sickness referred patients under the age of 15 and living in ed nuclear power. A trial of the Chornobyl experiment to see how long safety equip- to in Soviet reports had their ailments the most contaminated regions. In Belarus management in the summer of 1987 was ment would continue to operate in the attributed to other factors; mostly they the incidence grew even more rapidly held mostly in camera. The director, chief event of a shutdown, dismantling seven were reported to be suffering from some- from almost zero cases per year in 1985 to engineer and several officials received safety devices to prevent the reactor from thing called “vegeto-vascular dystonia.” more than 300 by the early 1990s. terms of hard labor of two to 10 years (the shutting down automatically. A mistake Outside the 30-kilometer zone, the Today over 6,000 children have the director and chief engineer were not pres- by an operator in the early hours of April population was not even aware of the disease, almost all of them born or con- ent at the time of the accident). The 26 led to a sudden power surge and high-level radiation in the soil until the ceived after Chornobyl, but under the age Minister of Medium Machine Building (the chemical explosion that blew the roof off spring of 1989. Indeed, the Chornobyl of 15 (and mostly under 5) at the time, atomic weapons industry) of the USSR was the fourth reactor block. clean-up was for a time harnessed to a with girls suffering more than boys. fired. A new Ministry of Nuclear Power Very little information about government propaganda campaign that Several studies have linked the rise in was formed. Civilians took over the man- Chornobyl today is definitive. Most compared the situation to the victory thyroid tumors directly to Chornobyl, agement and running of RBMKs, and no accounts concur that about 50 million over the Germans in World War II, including a German study cited in the more were commissioned. Units 5 and 6 at curies of radiation were released into the except now radiation had become the journal Cancer (2000) and a Japanese Chornobyl were abandoned. atmosphere. Some scientists, however, new enemy. study cited in Lancet in 2001. In young More than in any other period of have maintained that the amount was Because of what was later termed a children the cancer shows a high capacity Soviet history, the population took mat- much higher, possibly as much as 200 Soviet-style cover-up, the official death to metastasize into the lymph nodes and ters into its own hands, mounting demon- curies. The reactor core, despite efforts to toll of Chornobyl in the first weeks after other parts of the body. strations that led to the closure or stop- smother it, remained open for 10 days the disaster is at best highly ambiguous. Clean-up crews who received an esti- page of construction of various current after the accident, releasing radio- The figure of 31 dead, including 28 mated dose of 100 mSv in the first and prospective nuclear power stations, nuclides into the atmosphere. deaths from radiation, never rose even as decade after the accident have undoubt- including reactor blocks in Rostov, The initial cloud moved in a northerly, dozens of other deaths occurred during edly suffered the most. Liquidators also Armenia, Lithuania, Crimea, Chyhyryn northwestern and northeastern direction, the ensuing months, including two heads suffered skin ailments, respiratory prob- and others. In 1990 the Ukrainian gov- contaminating about 80 percent of the of the Soviet government commission lems and loss of libido, and suicides ernment placed a moratorium on the territory of Belarus, and later turned and many clean-up workers. A computer among them were common. Anxiety and building of new nuclear reactors. south, affecting the northern and western file of health data on accident victims in stress permeated this group and the group The informal associations and political regions of Ukraine. The initial problems Belarus simply disappeared. of evacuees, as well as those still living parties formed after Chornobyl had a sig- occurred as a result of radioactive iodine, However, by the year 1990 the Green in contaminated zones – an estimated 3.5 nificant influence on the unfolding politi- but subsequent dangers arose from stron- World ecological association in Ukraine million people today. cal events, the rise of the national tium-90 and cesium-137, which settled in maintained that 5,000 clean-up workers The impact on the economy of the republics and the ultimate fall of the the soil of farming communities in the in Ukraine were already dead, and that republics affected was exacerbated by the Soviet Union and Mikhail Gorbachev in above-mentioned regions, in the Briansk same figure was cited more precisely by collapse of the Soviet Union. The costs December 1991. and Smolensk regions of Russia, as well the Ukrainian National Committee for of Chornobyl in Belarus were estimated In the year 2000 Ukraine belatedly as westward into Poland and the Baltic Radiation Protection in 1995, as 5,722 by one scientist as 32 entire annual budg- shut down the Chornobyl nuclear plant. states, and the mountain regions of conti- liquidator deaths and 100 deaths among ets for the economy, but that republic Yet problems remain, not least with the nental Europe and the United Kingdom. residents of Prypiat, who had taken no eventually dropped its quota of the total destroyed reactor unit, the concrete shell In the former Soviet territories, the protective measures in the first hours budget devoted to Chornobyl from 22 over which is collapsing and requires a area affected by high-level fallout was after the explosion. By 1996 the percent to less than 10 percent. The col- new roof, a declining population affected around 100,000 square kilometers. The Ukrainian Health Ministry put their death lapse of the Soviet Union had an enor- with an acute rise in general morbidity, greatest impact fell on several groups: toll at 125,000, though not all these mous impact on the lives of those in the high infant mortality rates and a decrepit • first, firefighters and first-aid work- deaths would have been related directly contaminated zones, as the new govern- health system. ments were initially impoverished and, in Chornobyl changed the way the peo- the case of Belarus, only too anxious to ple in these regions viewed the world, begin re-cultivation of the polluted soil. destroyed communities, and left families MAY WE HELP YOU? By 1991 monitoring of food supplies in a state of profound psychological anxi- To reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800, from contaminated regions had virtually ety and stress. Dr. Yuri Shcherbak, for- ceased. Indeed, under the Soviet authori- mer Ukrainian ambassador to the United and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below). ties, contaminated food was shipped States, once remarked that the people Editorial – 3049, 3063, 3069; Administration – 3041; throughout the USSR in order to spread now see life in two eras: before and after its impact more lightly and in order not to Chornobyl. Advertising – 3040; Subscriptions – 3042; Production – 3052 cause panic. Mostly, the high contaminat- Eighteen years later, Chornobyl’s ed regions encompassed farmland, territo- aftereffects are still felt. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 13 Film and book on Ukrainian Jews are presented at Shevchenko Society by Dr. Orest Popovych President Dr. Orest Popovych, who extend- and Sciences in the U.S., a professor at the Mr. Mitsel’s book is a product of thor- ed a special welcome to Mr. Margolin’s Ukrainian Technical Institute in New York, ough archival research, heavily docu- NEW YORK – Ukrainian-Jewish rela- grandson, Gary Graffman, president and and a contributor to the weekly Narodna mented and referenced. Its chapters deal tions are always a hot topic, which is why on director of the Curtis Institute of Music in Volya. The Ukrainian Free University of with such topics as the alleged common October 16 the lecture hall at the Philadelphia. Prof. Vasyl Makhno, who took Munich awarded him an honorary doctorate. anti-Semitism in Ukraine in 1943-1946, Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh) was over the rest of the proceedings, set the Mr. Margolin’s fascinating life story pro- the transfer of Jews from Ukraine to filled with an audience anxious to hear and appropriate tone for this event by reading the vides rich material for a film, which was uti- Romania, Poland and the Jewish view a two-part program that documented poem titled “To Agnon” by the contempo- lized by the Ukrainian producer Oleksander Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan in two very different types of Jewish experi- rary Ukrainian poet from Ternopil, Borys Muratov of Kyiv to create the semi-docu- Siberia. There are chapters on the perse- ence in Ukraine during different periods of Shchavursky. That poem is dedicated to mentary “Arnold Margolin – An Eminent cution of Jews through political trials the 20th century. Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888-1970), who was Ukrainian and Jew,” which had its American directed at so-called “cosmopolitans,” The 2003 film “Arnold Margolin – An born in the town of Buchach in Halychyna premiere at the Shevchenko Society. In her “Jewish bourgeois nationalists” and Eminent Ukrainian and Jew,” shown here by and eventually became a famous Israeli introduction, Ms. Ovdiy stated that the film “Zionists,” as well as economic trials for its co-producer, Iryna Ovdiy, depicts the suc- writer, winning the 1966 Nobel Prize in was commissioned by the U.S. Embassy in “thefts of socialist property.” Salient cess story of a Jewish activist who was also Literature. Ukraine, and its world premiere took place examples in this orgy of persecution were a Ukrainian patriot, occupying important Arnold Margolin (1877-1956), born in at the Cinema Building in Kyiv. the murder of the actor Solomon posts in the government of the Ukrainian Kyiv, was a lawyer, a Jewish political In the film, scenes from the hero’s early Michoels (1948), the arrest and prosecu- National Republic (UNR) in 1918-1922, activist and an ardent supporter of Ukraine’s life in Kyiv are played by actors and much tion of the members of the Jewish Anti- who later dedicated much of his life to independence. After Ukraine had declared attention is devoted to Mr. Margolin’s partic- Fascist League (1948-1952), as well as Ukrainian causes. In contrast, the 2004 book independence in 1918, Mr. Margolin served ipation in the legal defense of Mendel Beilis, the imprisonment of Jewish physicians in “Jews of Ukraine in the Years 1943-1953: the UNR government in various capacities – a Jew falsely accused by the Russian tsarist the notorious “Doctor’s Plot” of 1953. Outlines of Documented History,” which as a member of its General Court, as deputy authorities of the ritual murder of a Christian In his commentary, Dr. Hunczak was presented by its author, the historian and foreign minister, member of the UNR dele- boy. The notorious Beilis trial of 1913 ended shared his fond memories of Mr. archivist Michael Mitsel, is a tale of gation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference with the acquittal of Mr. Beilis by a jury of Margolin, particularly from the latter’s Ukrainian Jews as victims of discrimination and as chief of the UNR mission in London. Ukrainian peasants. Mr. Margolin’s UNR visits to Glen Spey, N.Y. With respect to and persecution. Both presentations were After emigrating to the U.S. in 1922, he con- years are documented with the aid of some Mr. Mitsel’s book, Dr. Hunczak had complemented by the expert commentary of tinued to support Ukrainian causes and film footage as well as still photographs, nothing but praise for the author’s Dr. Taras Hunczak, professor of history and became active within the Ukrainian while his life in the U.S. is illustrated by live accomplishment in researching and pre- political science at Rutgers University. American community. Mr. Margolin was a interviews with Ukrainians who knew and senting the archival material, but criti- The program was opened by NTSh Vice- member of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts admired him. Dr. Hunczak makes an appear- cized it for lacking the necessary histori- ance in that segment of the film. cal context. For example, the alleged Following the viewing of the film, Mr. Ukrainian common anti-Semitism of the Graffman shared with the audience his per- immediate post-war years, as well as The Ukrainian Historian names editor sonal memories of his grandfather as well as some of the criminal allegations against KENT, Ohio – As of January, Dr. In 2004 The Ukrainian Historian the entire Margolin family, which was one the Ukrainian Jews could be explained Bohdan Klid, member of the Ukrainian entered its 41st year of publication. Prof. of the wealthiest in the Russian Empire. objectively given the proper historical Historical Association, was named asso- Lubomyr R. Wynar serves as its chief edi- Next came the presentation of the book context in which they occurred. ciate editor for the historical periodical tor. The periodical publishes articles and by Mr. Mitsel, which documents the lives of Due to the exceptional length of the Ukrainskyi Istoryk (The Ukrainian archival material on all periods of Ukrainian Jews in Ukraine in 1943-1953. Born and formal part of the program, the discus- Historian). history and auxiliary historical sciences. educated in Ukraine, Mr. Mitsel now works sion period was cut short by Prof. Dr. Klid is a research scholar and For information readers may contact: at the Joint Archive in New York, the institu- Makhno, who closed by saying that con- assistant director of the Canadian Institute Ukrainian Historical Association, P.O. tion which financed his book. It was pub- ferences of this type are important for of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Box 312, Kent, OH 44240; telephone, lished in 2004 by the Judaica Institute in achieving better Ukrainian-Jewish and Alberta. He is the author of many studies (330) 297-1390; fax, (330) 297-1327; e- Kyiv, in Russian. The author’s presentation, Jewish-Ukrainian understanding, and for on Ukrainian historiography. mail, [email protected]. however, was in Ukrainian. getting rid of stereotypes on both sides. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 No. 46 Newly renovated Lemko Museum preserves memories of Lemkivschyna

by Diana Howansky “I always listened to my parents talking about the land they lived on. Kids in the STAMFORD, Conn. – Some fathers U.S. don’t understand unless you show build their daughter a dollhouse. Ivan them in reality,” said Mr. Zyla, who has Honchak built his a model Lemko church. been to the Ukrainian Lemko Museum Mr. Honchak, who was born in the approximately 10 times. “I love it. This is Lemko village of Bortne in 1923 and part of coming back here to the festival.” taken to work in Germany in 1942, Marta Rudyk of New Haven, Conn., a immigrated to the United States as a fifth-time visitor to the museum, said that young man, but managed to remember she enjoys looking at the items donated the minute details of the church in which by past generations, as well as seeing the he was christened. museum grow little by little each year. As a little girl, Mr. Honchak’s daugh- The Ukrainian Lemko Museum, origi- ter asked him questions about the Lemko nally located in Syracuse, N.Y,. and run region – How had he lived? What did he by Nicholas Duplak, was moved in 1981 eat there? – so Mr. Honchak decided to into two rooms donated by Bishop Basil recreate, from memory, a small-scale, Losten, said Steven Howansky, the detailed version of the Bortne church as museum’s curator since 1993. Managed something of a toy, he said. by the Organization for the Defense of “People ask me if I had a blueprint,” Lemkivshchyna (known by the acronym Mr. Honchak said. “No, God gave me OOL), the museum functions on the the plans for it. God gave me the idea basis of volunteerism and donations. how to do it. I’m not an engineer. It just Although there have not been many came to my head.” items added to the museum recently, the That model of the 162-year-old, existing artifacts have been displayed wooden church in Bortne is now housed more clearly, with new descriptions that in the Ukrainian Lemko Museum of Bill Magac visitors can read, Mr. Howansky said. Stamford, Conn., for others to see. The Steven Howansky (right), curator of Ukrainian Lemko Museum of Stamford, Conn., “We want to preserve our tradition, museum, which strives to preserve arti- and Ivan Honchak stand next to the model Lemko church made by Mr. Honchak. our culture, our things that remained facts of Lemko regional culture, was after our forefathers,” said Mr. recently renovated and can be viewed “Wow, you’re talented,” said Andrea 1960s for his watercolor paintings. Howansky, who was 5-years old when he any time by appointment. Boucher, 14, of Wyndham, Conn., to Mr. Other displays include Lemko folk was relocated with his family during Mr. Honchak was one of dozens of Honchak as she peered inside the model costumes, wooden carvings and photos Akcja Wisla in 1947. “We want our tra- people who came to the Ukrainian Lemko church. “It’s beautiful,” she added mar- from historical congresses of Lemko ditions to be kept because our history is Museum, located on the territory of St. veling also at his memory for detail. organizations. interesting and close to our hearts.” Basil’s Seminary, when it was open to the Visitors filed past the exhibited Lemko Looking around with his young * * * public for the Ukrainian Day Festival on pysanky, or Easter eggs, which are charac- daughter, Aleksander Zyla, 53, who was September 12. He was happy to show the teristic because of the short, quick strokes born in western Poland after his family For more information about the visitors his donated work, which also used to make them, and reproductions of was forcibly relocated from Ukrainian Lemko Museum, contact Steven included wooden replicas, complete with works by Lemko artist Nikifor Drovniak, Lemkivschyna in 1947, said he came to Howansky at (203) 762-5912. Visits to the moving mechanical parts, of farm equip- who, though illiterate and handicapped, the museum to remember Lemko history museum for both individuals and groups, ment used in Lemkivschyna. acquired international renown in the and traditions. particularly students, can be arranged.

Saskatchewan town unveils memorial recalling internment camp EATON, Saskatchewan – The Eaton Internment Memorial was unveiled at the Saskatchewan Railway Museum on Saturday, September 25. With attendance much greater than expected, the event was a huge suc- cess. Commissioned by the Prairie Center for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage, the memorial commemorates the Eaton Internment Camp. The Eaton Internment Camp was one of 26 camps created as a place of internment during World War I for civilian enemy aliens designated as prisoners of war, and was the only facility of its kind in the province of Saskatchewan. Dr. Bohdan Kordan, author of “A Bare and Impolitic Right – Internment and Ukrainian-Canadian Redress,” remarked “We unveil this memorial today as a legacy, so that future generations may be reminded of the importance of preserving rights and liberties.” Don Gorsalitz, director of development at St. Thomas More College, said he was “impressed by the high level of support and commitment from the Ukrainian community.” Artist Grant McConnell remarked, “The historical significance of the monument is incredible, and I am honoured to have taken part in it.” The monument can be viewed at the Saskatchewan The Internment Memorial in Eaton, Saskatchewan. Railway Museum on Highway 60 to Pike Lake. Ukrainian in Scotland works to preserve POW chapel

by Tony Leliw Originally the chapel was one of the then owned by a farmer named Sir John painted religious pictures by POWs, 40 huts at Camp 68, a prisoner of war Buchanan Jardine. He gave one of the armoured shells turned into candlesticks, LOCKERBIE, Scotland – A former camp housing 450 Ukrainians who came huts on the site, made from a shell of cor- a miniature model cathedral on the altar British soldier is appealing for funds to to Scotland from Rimini, Italy, in April rugated iron, to Ukrainian POWs to turn carved out with a penknife and two flags help preserve a chapel used by members 1947. Thousands of other Ukrainians into a chapel, which they did using what- made out of Italian tents from Rimini. of the Galicia Division. The Ukrainian One reads in Ukrainian: “In memory to Catholic chapel in Lockerbie, Scotland, is were dispersed to other camps all over ever limited resources they had to hand. Britain. The chapel can accommodate up to 50 those who fell in battle.” being looked after byZennon Pufkyj, a “When the POWs were released in retired lance corporal with the Kings “Unlike the German and Italian POWs people. who were in the camp before them, the At first the chapel was situated at the 1949 many went to England and the Own Scottish Borders. United States to find work,” Mr. Pufkyj Mr. Pufkyj, 53, who was christened and Ukrainians could not return home top of the camp, but then the POWs because they would have been either exe- moved it to the bottom end and, with a related. was married to his Scottish wife, Ina, in the “My father married a local girl and I cuted or sent to Siberia,” explained Mr. lot of hard work, skill and ingenuity, chapel, says it is in urgent need of repairs. was born just over the hill,” he added. Pufkyj, whose father, Mykola, played a transformed the plain shell interior of the “The roof needs replacing and we would “This camp was more or less my play- like to build a car park, disabled toilets and leading role at the camp. hut into what stands today. a picnic area for visitors,” he said. The POW camp was situated on land Inside this embryonic church are hand- (Continued on page 30) No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 15 Ukrainian American Veterans meet at their 57th Convention BOSTON, – The 57th Convention of Skirka on scholarships. the Ukrainian American Veterans was Commander Koziak reported on his held September 16-19 at the Holiday Inn, activities representing the UAV at vari- in Dedham, Mass. The convention was ous functions throughout the year and hosted by Boston UAV Post 31, headed reflected on the events and changes by Post Commander Stephen Kostecki, occurring during his four-year tenure as who was also the convention chair. The commander, particularly in the aftermath convention also served as venue for the of 9/11. He presented updates on current UAV Ladies Auxiliary’s 30th Convention. UAV projects and spoke of new initia- Delegates representing UAV posts tives being developed to honor all nationwide gathered to accept the nation- Ukrainian American veterans and recog- al executive board officers’ reports, dis- nize their contributions to this country. cuss old business, approve the agenda for He also stressed the importance of enlist- the next year, elect the new UAV nation- ing community support to help the UAV al executive board and renew friendships with its federal charter campaign. with fellow veterans. Commander Koziak thanked the national The newly elected members of the executive board and membership for

Installation of Officers Ceremony: (row on left) Anna Krawczuk, Walter Michajliw, Wasyl Liscynesky, Michael Demchuk, Stephen Kostecki and Dorothy Budacki; (row on right): Myroslaw Pryjma, Nicholas Skirka and Vasyl Luchkiv.

Veterans History Project at the Library of with UAV Post 30 Commander Bernard Congress, she appealed to delegates to W. Krawczuk as aide-de-camp, carried participate in collecting oral histories of out the installation of officers ceremony. their members and other veterans as well. A short program followed the installa- Reports of other National Executive tion, which was led by master of cere- Board members followed. Michael monies Col. Leonid Kondratiuk. After Demchuk reported on the Constitution introducing the guests at the head table, and By-Laws Committee, which he was Mr. Kondratiuk introduced outgoing called upon to chair for ailing Judge National Commander Mathew Koziak, Advocate Stephen Wichar. The major who thanked the convention committee amendment in the by-laws was a two- for an outstanding job. year term of office for all the officers on In her acceptance speech, newly sworn the National Executive Board with the in National Commander Krawczuk asked UAV conventions to be held annually. that the members of the armed services Historian Luchkiw appealed to the who have died in the war against terror- membership to preserve archival material, ism be honored with a moment of silence. and Webmaster Demetro reported on three Thanking the UAV membership for Anna Krawczuk with Capt. Foster E. Wright. issues of the UAV Tribune that were mailed entrusting her with the leadership of the to all the UAV members, the cost involved organization, she also recognized the vet- UAV national executive board who will be their hard work during the past four and the UAV website at www.uavets.org erans who had served in World War II, serving a two-year term are: National years and pledged his support to the that he manages, which had quite a few Korea and Vietnam. She pledged to keep Commander Anna Krawczuk, Vice- newly elected members of the national hits/visitors from around the world. the mandates of the convention and con- Commander Walter Michajliw, Finance executive board. Chaplain Budacki and Public tinue with the projects already under way. Officer Wasyl Liscynesky, Judge Advocate Vice-Commander Krawczuk reported Relations Officer Wowk reported on their President Drabyk of the Ladies Michael Demchuk, Quartermaster on membership, including 14 new mem- respective duties. After time allotted for Auxiliary presented citations to several Kostecki, Chaplain Dorothy Budacki, bers-at-large since the UAV convention discussion and questions, all reports were members. Welfare Officer Myroslaw Pryjma, in 2003. She also noted that she repre- accepted. Mr. Kondratiuk introduced a special Scholarship Officer Nicholas Skirka, sented the UAV at the dedication cere- Following the meetings of the various guest, Foster E. Wright, retired captain of Historian Vasyl Luchkiw, Public Relations monies of the World War II Memorial in committees, reports were presented that the U.S. Navy, who attended the banquet Officer Michael Wowk and Webmaster Washington, Mrs. Krawczuk presented included a resolution regarding support as a representative for Sen. John F. Kerry. Walter Demetro. As Immediate Past the UAV Registration Project Report, for American troops. A transition meeting Mr. Wright, a personal friend and col- National Commander, Mathew Koziak, Volume I, 1998-2003, dedicated to World was held immediately after the elections league of Sen. Kerry, read a letter of remains on the board. War II Ukrainian American veterans. of new the national executive board, at greetings from the senator to the veterans In honor of the 30th anniversary of the This booklet lists over 3,000 names from which Commander Koziak officially pre- and guests. A former swift boat skipper, Ladies Auxiliary, outgoing UAV the Registration Project, as well as from sented Mrs. Krawczuk with the UAV Mr. Wright who served two tours in National Commander Koziak presented archival sources. This is a continuing gavel. After the convention, officers Vietnam, stated that it was both an honor Ladies Auxiliary President Helen Drabyk project and Volume II will be dedicated approved the appointment of Walter and a pleasure to be representing Sen. with a certificate of recognition in appre- to Korean War veterans. Bodnar as UAV adjutant. Kerry and to be among so many fellow ciation of the organization’s hard work Mrs. Krawczuk asked the veterans to The convention concluded with a ban- veterans. He spoke briefly about his tour and support over the past 30 years. At the register themselves and their loved ones. quet on Saturday evening at which Past banquet, the UAV Ladies Auxiliary As the UAV is an official partner of the National Commander Eugene Sagasz, (Continued on page 30) donated $1,000 to the UAV to be used for the Welfare and Scholarship Funds. Certificates of merit were also announced for all the past presidents of the auxiliary. Immediate Past President Irene Pryjma was personally presented with her certificate. The newly elected officers of the Ladies Auxiliary are: President Helen S. Drabyk, Vice-President Oksana Koziak, Secretary Pryjma, Treasurer and Historian Jean Elnick, Judge Advocate Anne Berezowsky, Welfare Officer and Historian Alberta Cieply, Chaplain Olga Wengryn, Liaison Officer Myroslawa Bojsiuk, E-mail Communicator Victoria Maksimovich. National Commander Koziak opened the convention and introduced Eugene Vaillancourt, commissioner ot the Veterans’ Services Department of Boston, who brought greetings from Mayor Thomas Menino. The reports of the board began with the presentation of the financial reports by Mr. Liscynesky; Myroslaw Pryjma Seated on the dias (from left) are: Stephen Kostecki, Rev. Yaroslaw Nalysnyk, Anna Krawczuk, Bernard Krawczuk, Col. reporting on welfare issues and Nicholas Leonid Kondratiuk, Michael Sawkiw, Jr., Helen Drabyk, Mary Wasylyk and Capt. Foster E. Wright. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 No. 46 The Ukrainian Museum awarded prestigious grant by Marta Baczynsky gories such as the general public, young programs that target various groups, said Dr. Robert S. Martin, IMLS director. professionals, young audiences, families especially families – the core group for “The Museums for America grants will NEW YORK – The Ukrainian and school groups. audience development,” said the director. help museums advance their role as trusted Museum in New York City received a “On behalf of The Ukrainian Museum, She concluded that it is anticipated that resources that serve communities by creat- 2004 Museums for America grant in the I would like to express my gratitude to this important project will have long- ing and sustaining a nation of learners.” amount of $91,360 from the Institute of IMLS for this grant,” said Director Maria range benefits both for the museum and The purpose of The Ukrainian Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Shust. “It comes at a most appropriate the community, which it serves. Museum is to collect, preserve and dis- Over 800 museums and libraries submit- ted applications to this federal granting time, when our institution is about to The awarded project will be started in play objects of artistic or historic merit agency asking for support for various relocate to its new, modern, spacious the new museum building in 2005. The relating to Ukrainian life and culture. projects. The museum was one of 190 building and is ready to undertake the three-story modern facility on East Sixth Within the scope of its bilingual agenda, applicants whose request was favorably task of implementing an expanded and Street in New York City has been built the museum offers exhibitions, illustrated reviewed. enriched agenda.” She went on to say with the generous funding of the catalogues, educational programs and The museum’s grant-winning project, that creating a structure of educational Ukrainian American community, nation- hands-on folk crafts courses and work- is within the parameters of the IMLS programs that will serve as a pilot design wide. shops for adults, youth and children. grant program category Supporting and provide guidelines for future pro- As IMLS’ largest grant program, The museum was founded in 1976 and Lifelong Learning. The project has two gram planning is an integral part of the Museums for America provides more is run as an independent institution, gov- objectives: to develop comprehensive expansion objective. Ms. Shust explained than $16 million in grants to support the erned by a board of trustees elected from programming aimed at strengthening and that the grant the museum received is role of museums in American society. the community. It boasts a nationwide expanding the educational infrastructure specifically geared toward the develop- This grant program strengthens the abili- membership and its support comes from of the institution, and building public ment of educational programs that will ty of museums to serve the public more individuals and organizations, as well as access in the museum’s new facility. accompany the second in a series of inau- effectively by supporting high-priority city, state and federal granting agencies. Marketing the program, as well as the gural exhibitions, a folk art exhibit titled activities that advance the institutions’ For information about the museum new museum building are two major “The Tree, Sun and Goddess.” missions and strategic goals. readers may call (212) 228-0110; fax: components within the objective. The “We have chosen this exhibition for “With their rich collections, museums (212) 228-1947; e-mail info@ukrainian- museum will target larger audiences with the pilot educational project, because it enable visitors to physically connect with museum.org; or log on to: www.ukraini- programming appropriate to each in cate- lends itself particularly well for creating history, science and the creative process,” anmuseum.org. Works by Skrypka on exhibit at newly opened art gallery in Connecticut

by Ika Koznarska Casanova where his work continues to be exhibited, now lives in the United States and exhibits nationally and interna- GREENWICH, Conn. – Zorya Fine Art, a recently tionally. His work has been exhibited in Germany, established gallery that presents works of 20th-century France, the Netherlands, as well as Japan and Canada, and contemporary artists, with a focus on artists from and is on permanent display at the Pieter Breughel Art Ukraine, opened on October 22 with the inaugural exhi- Gallery in Amsterdam. bition “Valeriy Skrypka: Paintings and Watercolors,” Upon first coming to the United States with his wife, with Sam Hunter, the distinguished art scholar, as cura- Tamara, in 1993, Mr. Skrypka’s work was first exhibit- tor. The exhibit of 31 works will be on view through ed in New York in a solo exhibition featuring 25 paint- November 30. ings at the Chryzanta Hentisz-Kaminska Gallery on the As noted in the artist’s profile by Marsha Child Contemporary of Princeton, N.J., Mr. Skrypka was born Lower East Side as well as at the Mayana gallery, in Zaporizhia in 1964, “the son of a respected non-con- directed by Slava Gerulak, in an exhibit featuring the formist painter and Soviet dissident. He received a rig- work of Jacques Hnizdovsky and Mr. Skrypka in an orous classical training at the Ukrainian Academy in exhibit titled “Derevo Zhyttia” (Tree of Life). From Kiev [Kyiv], but broke with tradition as he developed 1997 to 2001 his art works have been displayed at the his own style synergizing realism, surrealism, Byzantine Galerie de Provence on Madison Avenue. Since 1994, art and Ukrainian folk traditions.” the U.S. dealer for Mr. Skrypka’s work has been Marsha With reference to the artist’s work it is noted that his Child Contemporary, originally based in Soho. “mystical oil paintings and watercolors are windows Prof. Sam Hunter, a specialist in 20th century art, is into a mysterious, Eden-like world in which time stands emeritus professor of art history at Princeton University, still. Executed with superb technique in a rich palatte of where he was also faculty curator of modern art. Prof. colors, his compositions celebrate the restorative, life- Hunter’s many publications include “Modern Art: affirming power of art.” Painting, Sculpture, Architecture” (third revised edi- Mr. Skrypka’s recently published book with the tion), with John Jacobus, and recent monographs on eponymous title, “Valeriy Skrypka,” which came out in Isamu Noguchi, Marino Marini, Hans Hofmann, Larry Kyiv in 2003 as a publication of Marsha Child Rivers, George Segal, Alex Katz and Tom Wesselmann. Contemporary, offers a comprehensive retrospective of Before his academic appointment at Princeton he was the artist’s work, complete with 64 color plates and a director of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, founding direc- preface by Prof. Hunter. tor of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, and Among the artist’s recent exhibits was the first show director of The Jewish Museum in New York (1965-1967). of the fall season at Marsha Child Contemporary, a “Girl with Puppet” (oil on Belgian linen), 2004. Prof. Hunter was awarded honorary doctoral degrees gallery of international fine art with special emphasis on by the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, Italy, and the work of established contemporary emerging artists Calif. A current exhibit of the artist’s work opened at the Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. from Eastern and Central Europe, (September 17- Thomas Masters Gallery in Chicago on November 7, Zorya Fine Art is located at 38 E. Putnam Ave. For October 19), as well as exhibits at the Turner Carroll where it will be on view through November 30. additional information contact Zorianna L. Altomaro at Gallery in Santa Fe and the Park Gallery in Carmel, The artist, who first gained recognition in Europe, (203) 273-6588 or by e-mail at [email protected],

Stupka stars in Russian film screened at Toronto film festival by Oksana Zakydalsky Meskhiyev and was featured in the owned by Mitya’s father, Ivan (Stupka), protector of her family. However, the Contemporary World Cinema program at where they hope to hide out. local police captain also wants to marry TORONTO – Although the Ukrainian the festival. Ivan has recently returned from the the girl, but her mother insists that she film industry is today described as dead The program notes quote the director gulag – it is made clear that he is needs Ivan’s permission to marry. or at the very least moribund, some as saying that the film “is indebted to Ukrainian. He is starosta (head man) of Meanwhile, the murder of the German Ukrainian actors are finding work in those Soviet films that tried to express the village, some of whose residents have patrol compels the police captain to other countries while Ukrainian venues the complexities of war but were sup- been recruited into the police of the occu- implement the usual punishment – 10 or allusions to Ukraine appear in films pressed by the Kremlin.” Indeed, this pying German forces. The three soldiers people from each nearby village are not listed as Ukrainian. film brings in several such complexities. find refuge in Ivan’s barn, but it becomes arrested and will be executed until the The Toronto International Film It is August 1941 and as the Germans clear very quickly that, for Ivan, the best three fleeing soldiers, whom the police Festival (TIFF) held on September 9-18 advance on the Eastern front, a trio of and safest solution would be to get rid of know are the killers, are turned in. Among featured the Russian film Svoi (Our Soviet (called Russian in the program) Tolya and Lifshits and hide only his son. the arrested are Ivan’s two daughters. Own) which stars Bohdan (or rather – soldiers escapes while on a forced march The two, Tolya and Lifshits, are well The film has a washed-out palette, Bogdan – as he is listed in the credits) to a detention camp. Tolya is a security aware of this possibility and take meas- which gives it a battle-scarred look. Stupka. The film won the Grand Prix and officer (commissar) but is posing as a ures to protect themselves – they attack a Although it paints a horrifying, graphic Mr. Stupka won the Best Actor Award at civilian soldier to escape certain execu- sole German patrol on a motorcycle and picture of the devastation of war, this is the Moscow Film Festival held in June tion; Lifshits is a Jew; and Mitya is a disarm him. just the backdrop to the complexities of for his role. The two-hour film, in sniper from the region. Upon their Mitya lusts after the daughter of Ivan’s Russian, was directed by Dmitry escape, the three head for the property widow neighbor who looks to Ivan as the (Continued on page 30) No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 17

Kyiv Mohyla Business School students complete intensive seminar by Michael Chaban of “mind and domain mapping.” the board of Kyiv Mohyla Foundation development in Ukraine. Jeffrey Strauss conducted decision William Miller, who reviewed Ukraine’s The day concluded with a visit to and CHICAGO – The first class of execu- simulation exercises, Tom Churchwell of current political and economic situation; picnic in the Ravinia Festival to hear a tive graduates of a multi-cultural and for- ARCH Development lectured on entre- Guy Pfeffermann, former chief economist performance of Mahler’s “Symphony of eign exchange program involving Kyiv preneurial development, Dr. Jack Bishop of International Finance Corporation, who a Thousand”; tickets were provided by Mohyla Business School (KMBS) and on small and medium enterprise manage- spoke about the risks and constraints fac- the festival through the good offices of Northwestern University’s Center for ment, Mark Dziersk of the Herbst Lazar ing companies in developing and transition Jim McClung, a festival board member Technology and Innovation Management Bell design firm (and chairman of the economies and focused on the training of and formerly senior vice-president (CTIM) successfully completed a two- Design Society of America) spoke on competent local management to meet such International for FMC Corp. week American practicum at a final sym- product development, and Simon Bell of needs; Robert Langlois, director of Global Members of the Ukrainian executive posium conducted on the Northwestern A.T. Kearney consultants focused on Relations at Motorola Corp., who spoke MBA delegation commented that University campuses in Evanston and globalization. about Motorola’s past and current experi- improvement of mutual understanding Chicago, between July 23 and August 8. The program included coverage of the ence in Ukraine; Jaroslawa Z. Johnson, was successfully achieved through the As part of an initial three-year collabora- critical intellectual property and security managing partner and director of the inter- one-day conference with an anticipated tion between KMBS and Northwestern topics, with addresses from Prof. Andrea national law firm Chadbourne & Parke result of a more productive future dia- University that had already delivered a Matwyshyn of Northwestern University LLP, in Kyiv, who spoke about the experi- logue between Ukraine and the U.S. series of important seminars to this leading Law School and Mark Hellman of the ences of corporations in conducting busi- The American participants in the con- Ukrainian business school in Kyiv, 45 Tripod Law Firm. ness in Ukraine; and Pavlo Sheremeta, ference mentioned that the quantity and Ukrainian executives who had completed dean of Kyiv Mohyla Business School, quality of questions presented by both their MBA programs with academic dis- Corporate experiences who discussed experiences in building a the Ukrainian and American audiences tinction, participated in this study exchange, A number of Midwest corporations world-class business school in Ukraine. the first of its kind in the Chicago area. proved one more time that Ukrainian covering such fields as mass media, A highlight of the conference was the business is of interest to American busi- The program was the result of the transport, communications, the food presentation by Kellogg School Dean continuing cooperation between the two ness and that American corporations industry, health care, insurance and busi- Dipak Jain, who addressed global man- should follow developments in Ukraine’s institutions and suggested promise for ness law were involved in the academic agement issues with both local and glob- jointly designed future programs; a fol- political and business climate closely. exchange. On-site visits took the execu- al research, traditional teaching and edu- In addition, the participants commented low-up program has already been sched- tive students to Harley Davidson, Kohler, cational programs. Dr. Jain shared his uled for 2005 and is likely to become a that the fact that the dean of Kellogg Materials Sciences, Miller Brewing and perspective on the management chal- School of Management, considered the No. continuing series. Motorola, as well as to the Argonne lenges of the next decades and the evolv- A facilitating partner in orchestrating 1 business school in the world, attended National Laboratory. ing Kellogg model. Several graduates of and warmly greeted the participants to the the exchange was the Kyiv Mohyla A representative from Kraft (Dr. the KMBS executive MBA program pre- Foundation of America, which arranged Susan Gaud) brought in not only valu- sented papers on specific corporate (Continued on page 25) for the program’s implementation with able insights on how that firm – one Northwestern’s U.S. National Science well-represented in Ukraine – conducts Foundation Center for Innovation and its market-driven innovation programs Technology Management, located in the but also impressive product packages for Kellogg School of Management. each student. With these various oppor- In addition to lectures by Kellogg and tunities, the Ukrainian participants were law school faculty and business experts, able to observe and discuss American this program for the newly minted exec- corporate traditions and innovations in utives in the business community of management. Ukraine involved visits to companies and intensive practical exposure and experi- Ukraine Day colloquium ence with several executives of major The two-week program included a col- corporations, as well as a one-day sym- loquium at the Kellogg School on July 30 posium designed to faciltate further titled “Strategies for Business interaction between the Ukrainians and Development in Ukraine.” The event was American business counterparts. sponsored by Motorola Corp. and co- Presentations to Ukrainian MBAs organized with the World Trade Center Chicago, Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of The joint program involved a series of America and the Chicago Sister Cities presentations by a number of Kellogg’s International Program – Kyiv Committee. distinguished academic authorities in the Among participants at the conference fields of management and marketing. were leaders representing government, These included those of Prof. Michael business and academic professionals. Radnor, director of the Center for The speakers included former U.S. Pavlo Sheremeta (left) of Kyiv Mohyla Business School with Dean Dipak Jain Technology and Innovation Management Ambassador to Ukraine and member of of the Kellogg School of Management. and a member of the board or directors of the Kyiv Mohyla Foundation who organ- ized the program with Kyiv Mohyla Business School; Prof. Robert Dewar, who spoke on marketing oriented organi- zations; Prof. Paul Hirsch, who lectured and conducted exercises on leadership; Prof. Philip Kotler, whose topic was mar- keting; and Prof. Edward Zajac, who lec- tured on Business Alliances. The Ukrainian executives were espe- cially enthusiastic in their discussions with renowned author Philip Kotler, the award-winning educator, an influential corporate adviser and global marketing guru. Prof. Kotler, the first recipient of the American Marketing Association’s Distinguished Marketing Educator Award, is the S.C. Johnson Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School and the author of the most widely used business school text- books “Marketing Management” and many others. Prof. Kotler’s latest book, “Ten Deadly Marketing Sins” (he signed a copy of his book for each participant) was the topic of his 90-minute lecture to the Kyiv Mohyla Business School group. Other academic and practitioner pre- senters included Dr. Thomas Kappel of Andrew Corp., who spoke about “roadmapping,” and David Grossman of the Dynamic Strategy Group (lately the global director of technology strategy for General Motors), who illustrated the use Kyiv Mohyla Business School students against the backdrop of the Chicago skyline. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 No. 46

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either of the two remaining candidates. If two leading candidates. Mr. Lytvyn’s able means, including violence, to guaran- Why Yanukovych... the Communists had backed Mr. relations with the Yanukovych camp tee that Mr. Yushchenko is not elected. This (Continued from page 2) Yanukovych they might have only dis- declined in September-October after he extremism has little support among the parade in Kyiv brought forward by a credited themselves ahead of the March prevented them from adjourning Kuchma camp except for Mr. Medvedchuk, week – backfired, especially in Kyiv 2006 parliamentary elections. Mr. Parliament until after the elections in a because he has no future in Ukraine if Mr. where Mr. Yushchenko won by a land- Yanukovych had already bribed most failed attempt to deprive the opposition Yushchenko is elected president. Communist voters in Round 1, and there slide. Interestingly, one day after the elec- of a public platform. Mr. Lytvyn was also An alternative path devised by were only 5 percent left who could still instrumental in supporting the creation of tions, Russian Security Council Secretary President Kuchma’s son-in-law, Viktor defect in Round 2. This is now not the a parliamentary committee to investigate Pinchuk, is for Mr. Kuchma to become Igor Ivanov said Russia would be willing case, despite desperate attempts to court election violations. an international statesman, which a vio- to work with either candidate. This was a the left by Mr. Yanukovych. Other former members of the pro- lent end to his decade in office would not clear signal that Russia is less than confi- The Communists were also perplexed presidential camp were personally insult- permit. Mr. Pinchuk has brought many dent of a Yanukovych victory. because the Socialists bested them for the ed by their coarse treatment by Viktor American VIPs to Ukraine to meet Mr. Third, the attempt to repeat Mr. first time. The Socialists have always Medvedchuk, head of the presidential Kuchma. One such visit by former Kuchma’s 1994 success by making this ruled out backing Mr. Yanukovych and do administration. Former Kuchma adviser President George H.W. Bush paid off year’s race also a contest between not recognize his claim to victory in the Oleksander Volkov, who was heavily when President Kuchma met President “nationalists” and “Russophiles” failed. A first round. The Socialists are in the midst involved in Mr. Kuchma’s 1999 re-elec- George W. Bush during the 2004 NATO decade later, the issues are different and of what are likely to be very fruitful nego- tion campaign, began courting Mr. summit in Istanbul. The former Foreign Mr. Yushchenko does not come across as tiations with the Yushchenko camp. Their Yushchenko. Another was Yevhen Affairs Ministry building close to the a “nationalist” to most Ukrainian voters. demands include Mr. Yushchenko’s prom- Marchuk, who was angered after he presidential administration has been ren- Two reasons why this year’s elections ise, if elected, to support constitutional learned from the media that he had been ovated to be Kuchma’s new international are different from 1994 are the results reforms, halt the sale of land and support removed as defense minister. His first foundation, where Mr. Pinchuk envisages from central Ukraine and the role of the social welfare policies. interview was then deliberately given to him following in former Soviet President left. In 1994 Mr. Kuchma won more of The second round will also be decided opposition Channel 5 which supports Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev’s footsteps as an central Ukraine than did Mr. Kravchuk. by defections from the pro-presidential Yushchenko. Mr. Kinakh was also international statesman. In this year’s elections, Mr. Yushchenko camp. Here there are more similarities to angered by the manner in which he was Taken together, these factors suggest swept central Ukraine and, according to the 1994 elections. One reason for Mr. removed as prime minister to give the that, short of Mr. Medvedchuk being exit polls, also won the Kherson Oblast Yanukovych’s poor performance in post to Mr. Yanukovych. allowed to use violence to prevent a in southern Ukrainian. Round 1 is the lack of full support given Outgoing President Kuchma will also Yushchenko victory in Round 2, the odds The left (Communist Petro to him by some regional officials and play an important role. He is unlikely to are heavily stacked against Mr. Symonenko, Socialist Oleksander Moroz, members of political parties who are his support the extreme position advocated by Yanukovych. The tide, therefore, is flow- and Progressive Socialist Natalia allies on paper. In reality, many have sat Mr. Medvedchuk, namely to use all avail- ing toward a Yushchenko victory. Vitrenko) received a combined vote of 13 on the fence, preferring to remain neu- percent. In the 1994 elections, Mr. tral. Many of them do not feel threatened Kuchma won all of the left vote in Round by a Yushchenko victory. 1. In this year’s elections only Ms. The creeping defection of ruling elites Vitrenko tried the nationalist argument from the Yanukovych camp could be (Ukrainska Pravda, November 3). Ms. seen in the collapse of the parliamentary Vitrenko’s 1.5 percent support for Mr. majority in September. On election day, Yanukovych will be offset by the 1 per- Mr. Yushchenko’s ally Yulia Tymoshenko cent won by Union of Industrialists and announced that agreement had already Entrepreneurs head Anatolii Kinakh, been reached by 233 deputies to create a which will now go to Mr. Yushchenko. new pro-Yushchenko majority. On November 4, 127 out of 130 dele- Parliament Chairman and head of the gates at a Communist Party Central Agrarian Party Volodymyr Lytvyn stated Committee plenum voted to not back that he would be happy with either of the 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 No. 46

UKRAINIAN AMERICAN SPORTS CLUB SCENE

Krylatiby Mark Howansky SportsK rylatiClub Sports Club of in 1965 Yonkers and has Howansky, begins Yonkers, N.Y.; Sergeiits fall season served various posts with the organization Kazakov, St. Petersburg, Russia; Volodya YONKERS, N.Y. – The Krylati Sports throughout the years, including president. Kruglyy, Ivano-Frankivsk; Ivan Club of Yonkers, N,Y., which operates It will be impossible to find someone to Kopytchak, Ivano-Frankivsk; Viktor under the auspices of the Ukrainian replace him and he will be sorely missed. Leshchak, Sambir, Ukraine; Bohdan American Youth Organization (SUM), Lonevsky, Drohobych; Mykhaylo Lutsiv, Men’s soccer has started its fall season. The club spon- Zhydachiv, Ukraine; Ivan Martyniuk Sr., sors a men’s soccer team, three youth The men’s soccer team fell just short Lviv; Ivan Martyniuk Jr., Lviv; Mekola soccer teams, and a recreational volley- of repeating as champions of the Eastern Nodjanosh, Uzhorod, Ukraine; Zenon ball program. District (outdoor) Soccer League. The Pavlyshak, Drohobych, Mykhaylo Through sport, Krylati is working to team’s record of nine wins, one tie, and Prokiv, Ivano-Frankivsk; Bogdan Protas, help fulfill SUM’s mission, which is “to two losses was good enough only for sec- Ivano-Frankivsk; Sergei Rayko, offer Ukrainian youth opportunities for ond place in the league. But to make up Drohobych; Taras Struminskyy, Ivano- social interpersonal contact and mutual for it, the men’s team won the Sports Frankivsk; Mykhaylo Vyshnyovsky, Lviv. support and to stimulate their spiritual, Underdome Winter Indoor League for the The men’s soccer team is coached by intellectual, social, cultural, educational first time after five years of participation. Zenon Pavlyshak and managed by Mark and physical development.” The Krylati The men’s team fared very well in the Howansky. The team’s assistant man- Sports Club also serves as a mechanism to various Ukrainian soccer tournaments agers are Steven Howansky and unite and strengthen the Ukrainian commu- and exhibition matches that they took Wolodymyr Uzdeychuk. The team’s nity in Yonkers and throughout America. part in during the year, posting the fol- largest sponsor is the SUMA Federal A Krylati stalwart, the late Ivan Hoszko. In the last few years, the Krylati men’s lowing results. Credit Union of Yonkers. soccer team has enjoyed continued suc- • 2003 Inaugural USCAK Cup cham- Youth soccer Palylyk, Andrey Schmotolocha, cess, elevating its status to one of the pre- pions (Labor Day, Ellenville, N.Y.); Roksolana Sikirinska, Mykola mier Ukrainian American soccer teams in • 2004 East Coast Cup runners-up The Krylati Youth Soccer Program Swyntuch, Danylo Sydor, Alexandra the country. As a result, the club contin- (July 3-4, Glen Spey, N.Y.); continues to run three youth teams: 6-8- Teniuch, Matthew Tomaszewsky. ues to attract new talent from the local • 2004 Great Lakes Cup repeat cham- year-olds, 9-10-year-olds, and 11-12- • 9-10-year-old team roster: Coach recent-immigrant pool. pions (Memorial Day, Detroit); year-olds. Last year, the youth soccer Steve Schur, Dmytro Bilanicz, Mykola Similarly, the Krylati youth soccer pro- • 2004 SUM Zdvyh Soccer director was Steve Schur. Duda, Christopher Kleber, Steven grams are considered among the strongest Tournament Champions (Labor Day, Last fall, Joe Gaschler took over as Kleber, Ostap Klimko, Daniel in Yonkers. The youngest players showed Ellenville, N.Y.); coach of the 6-8-year-old team. He did a Kuzemczak, Roman Kuzmiak, Oksana tremendous improvement during the last • 2004 Lemko Vatra Soccer Match great job in his rookie season and hopes Melnyczuk, Nina Schur, Paul Seneca and season and will hopefully fuel a success- champions (June 26, Ellenville, N.Y.); to improve on its fourth place finish (four Mathew Skalsky. ful youth program for years to come. The club also hosted the third Annual wins, five losses). This year, the team is a • 11-12-year-old team roster: Coach And, last but not least, the Yonkers Krylati 6v6 Mini-Soccer Tournament mix of first and second year players, who Peter Teniuch, Nicholas Balko, Mykola SUM volleyball program is enjoying a during the club-sponsored Tibbetts Park will undoubtedly benefit from his patient Honczarenko, Stephan Kowalyk, Michael resurgence, which was evidenced by the Ukrainian Festival on September 19. instruction for years to come. Kozicky, Marko Kramarchuk, Roman revival of the Lincoln Indoor Volleyball The Krylati men’s soccer team enters During the 2003 season, the 9-10-year- Kukil, Josh Lino, Edgar Martinez, Eric Tournament after a 15-year hiatus. This the 2004-2005 season with the following old team was coached by Peter Teniuch Martinez, Slavik Pidysotsky, Michael past year also saw a Yonkers team win roster: Volodya Bryk, Ternopil, Ukraine; and Darek Dzwonczyk, and posted Schur and Adrian Teniuch. the Zdvyh volleyball tournament for the Valerij Chykhun, Kherson, Ukraine; Oleh incredible results, winning their division Volleyball first time in many years. Demchenko, Drohobych, Ukraine; Dima in the Yonkers Soccer Federation League Unfortunately, the club also suffered a Dudnik, Drohobych, Ukraine; Yurij with an undefeated record. Peter Teniuch The volleyball program conducted huge loss this past year in the untimely Gagarin, Lviv; Iouri Greb, Lviv; Roman decided to follow some his star players weekly practice sessions throughout the death of Theadore Hoszko. Mr. Hoszko Grynkiv, Drohobych, Ukraine; Volodya and move up one age division. This year, year, in an effort to prepare the teams was one of the founding members of the Helyukh, Ternopil, Ukraine; Mark he will try to recreate his success with the who participated in various Ukrainian 11-12-year-old team. He also agreed to volleyball tournaments, including the take over the responsibility of youth soc- SUM Zlet (Memorial Day weekend), cer director from Mr. Schur. Zdvyh (Labor Day weekend) and SUM After guiding last year’s 11-12-year- Quads (late July). Traditionally, practices olds to a an impressive 7-1-1 (first place) are held on Monday nights in various record, Mr. Schur will move back down school gyms in Yonkers. The Krylati vol- to the vacated 9-10-year-old coaching leyball program was run by Slavko spot and start grooming a new group of Kiciuk this past year, with help from oth- players. He will have to tap into many ers, including Sammy Warycha, who years of experience playing, coaching orchestrated the revival of the Yonkers and managing as he tries to build his Lincoln Indoor Tournament on April 17. new, small core of players. Other Krylati Sports Club officers The team rosters for this year’s Krylati include Secretary Peter Teniuch and Youth Soccer Teams are as follows: Treasurer Myron Daszko. For more • 6-8-year-old team roster – Coach information about any aspect of the Joe Gaschler, Lesia Danyluk, Matthew Krylati Sports Club, please contact club Gaschler, Oksana Klimko, Michael President Mark Howansky at (201) 864- The men’s soccer team of the Krylati Sports Club. Kuzemczak, Alexandra Mamrosh, Stefan 5751 or [email protected].

Chornomorska Sitch holds its 35th consecutive sports camp for youths by Omelan Twardowsky tor at various American soccer camps. He gram for two or more weeks received their • in tennis – boys, Alex Dorozynsky, was assisted by Greg Serheev, a product of awards in ceremonies held on August 7 Ihor Manik, Nick Palumbo, Mike Palumbo, GLEN SPEY, N.Y. – The 35th consec- Chornomorska Sitch, who has worked as a and 14. The ceremonies took place in the Mark Perkowski, Orest Pyndus, Tad utive annual sports training camp for soccer instructor at several previous Sitch course of banquets in the large dining hall Znayenko, Alex Pytlar, Mike Pytlar, Katie Ukrainian youth was held by Sports Schools. Presently he is a playing in the presence of parents and guests. Charla, Grace Kobryn, Ivanka Misilo, Chornomorska Sitch utilizing the athletic assistant coach of the Sitch soccer team. Short entertainment programs performed Natalka Nowakiwsky, Melissa Perkowski, facilities of the Verkhovyna resort. As in previous years, this advanced sports Tennis training was provided by Larissa by the students during the banquets were Kristina Prybula, Nicole Prybula, Sonya training was received by students from Lukiw and Damian Kolodiy, swimming directed by Marika Bokalo. Shmerykowsky, Joanna Skora, Tara the nearby states of New Jersey, New training by Taissa Bokalo and volleyball, Sports School awards were received Wasylak and Tatiana Znayenko; and York and Connecticut, as well as those by Ivan Litosh. by the following students: • in swimming – Katie Charla, Grace from the more distant Arkansas and Ms. Bokalo, Nick Prociuk, Yaroslawa • in soccer – Alex Dorozynsky, Kobryn, Ivanka Misilo, Natalia Massachusetts. The training programs Wasylak and Mr. Litosh worked as coun- Jonathan Kapczak, Nick Palumbo, Mike Shmerykowsky, Melissa Perkowski, were conducted in three one-week ses- selors. Marika Bokalo served as secretary Palumbo, Orest Pyndus, Mark Valia Olynyk, Joanna Skora, Tara sions, comprising 25, 35 and 20 partici- and director of the federal program. Perkowski, Mark Voronynsky, Tad Wasylak, Tatiana Znayenko, Alex pants, respectively. Omelan Twardowsky was the school Znayenko, Alex Pytlar, Mike Pytlar, Dorozynsky, Mark Perkowski, Ihor Soccer training was run by Ihor director. Following intensive athletic train- Katie Charla, Ivanka Misilo, Natalka Manik, Alex Pytlar and Mike Pytlar. Kutynsky of Kentucky, a former outstand- ing during the day, there were entertain- Nowakiwsky, Valia Olynyk, Melissa The 2004 Sitch Sports School trophies ing soccer player himself. Later he ment programs in the evenings, including Perkowski, Kristina Prybula, Nicole for “best campers” were awarded to: became instructor and coach in high singing, dancing, bonfires and movies. Prybula, Joanna Skora, Tara Wasylak and Valia Olynyk, Alex Pytlar and Mark schools and colleges, as well as an instruc- Students who participated in the pro- Tatiana Znayenko; Perkowski. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 21 1994-2004: Ten years of International baseball competition for Ukraine by Basil P. Tarasko was awarded three trophies as the leading hitter for the games, most runs batted in BAYSIDE, N.Y. – Ten years ago, in the and MVP (most valuable player) for the summer of 1994, I was named the first tournament. head coach of the Ukraine National On July 31-August 6 the Senior Baseball Team. Back then Ukraine’s European Baseball Championships were National Junior team finished in third held in Rybnik – Zory, Poland. Ukraine place at the European Junior faced Belgium in the opening game. Championships held in Kyiv. Later that Roman Yatsuk took a no-hitter and a 2-0 summer I coached the Senior National lead into the sixth inning only to give up Team in Slovenia, where we captured the his first hit and eventually the lead as European Senior Baseball Championships. Ukraine fell 4-2. In 1994 Ukraine lost its Now 10 years later, a growing Little first game to Switzerland and then went League youth baseball program is in on to win the championship in Slovenia. place. This past June the fifth annual Would this happen again? Ukraine Little League Country Ukraine proceeded to win the next Championships were held at School No. three games within the group with a com- 104 in the Puscha Vodytsia raion of Kyiv. bined score of 43-2. Romania, Moldova Four teams of boys ages 11-12 competed and Belarus provided little opposition to for the title. the extremely strong Ukrainian pitching The Little League team from staff. Kirovohrad won its third consecutive Belgium, Romania and Ukraine each Championship by defeating the Kyiv finished with a 3-1 record in group play, entry 11-2 in the finals. U.S. Ambassador but Ukraine was named group winner as to Ukraine, John Herbst, awarded the it allowed the least runs. first-place medals to the winners. All the On August 5 Ukraine faced Slovakia participants received souvenirs donated in the semifinal game. Roman Yatsuk, by Little League International and its currently the star pitcher on the Brno CFO, James Stopper. Special thanks were Draci baseball team in the Czech expressed to Bohdan Kekish, president of Republic, took the mound and pitched the Self-Reliance (New York) Federal the game of his life. He struck out 18 bat- U.S. Ambassador John Herbst presents first place medals to the Kirovohrad team. Credit Union for its continued sponsor- ters and allowed a mere three hits and ship of this sports event for the children one unearned run, leading Ukraine to a of Ukraine. Thanks also went to nail biting 3-1 victory. McDonalds-Ukraine for providing a On August 6 came a rematch of the farewell dinner for each team. opening game as Ukraine hosted Also noteworthy was the first ever Belgium in the finals. Evgen Bliznyk of appearance of Little League teams from Kirovohrad hit his third home run of the two orphanages who played a series of tournament in the fifth game to give exhibition games. The teams from the Ukraine a 2-0 lead that Ukraine would Zhytomyr and Radomyshl orphanages never relinquish. That home run was the played their first games on a Little only hit Ukraine had in nine innings of League field. Some of the players actual- play. ly ran toward third base instead of first Sergiy Trofimenko of Symferopol, after hitting the ball, but after a little hurled a gutsy complete game shutout coaching all went well. The kids were allowing five hits. The game ended with thrilled to take part in the tournament. the tying runs on base and a screeching On July 20-25 Ukraine’s National line drive down the first base line being Junior Team traveled to Zagreb, Croatia, caught by Taran and turned into a game to compete at the European Junior ending double play – what a way for Baseball Championships, Group B. Ukraine to win its third European Senior Ukraine faced Austria, Hungary and Baseball Championship. Moldova in group play and won all three Bliznyk was named MVP for the tour- games with a combined score of 72-6. nament. This victory moved Ukraine into Next up was Croatia, host country, in Group A classification for next year’s the semifinal. Ukraine won easily 17-0. 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standards for democratic elections. estimated that “millions of opposition improper absentee voting on a major One Viktor... According to the mission, the presidential supporters” were denied the opportunity scale. One practical thing that Mr. (Continued from page 2) election was tainted by bias in the state to vote on October 31 because of such Yushchenko can do is ask his supporters election protocols – that is, from some media, interference by the state adminis- irregularities on voter registers. to check their names on voter registers 33,000 polling stations and 225 territorial tration in favor of Prime Minister Other dirty tactics on October 31 were before November 21 and come to the commissions – are made public. This is not a Yanukovych, the disruption or obstruction as frequent as the appearance of erro- polls on that day en masse. realistic option in Belarus, for example, of opposition campaign events by state neous voter lists, although their scale was As expected, Mr. Yanukovych was which under President Alyaksandr authorities, and inadequacies in the admittedly somewhat smaller. Some overwhelmingly supported in eastern Lukashenka seems to have creatively devel- Central Election Commission’s handling Ukrainian media reported that bands of Ukrainian regions, while Mr. oped Joseph Stalin’s election precept that of complaints. “This election process con- unidentified thugs were seen in Kyiv and Yushchenko received the most support in what really matters is not how people vote stitutes a step backward from the 2002 in other Ukrainian cities, intimidating western Ukraine. Mr. Yushchenko actual- but who counts the votes. In Mr. [parliamentary] elections,” said Bruce voters and commission members with ly defeated Mr. Yanukovych in Kyiv and Lukashenka’s Belarus, what actually matters George, president emeritus of the OSCE verbal abuse and telephone calls; organ- in 16 Ukrainian oblasts, including sever- is neither how people vote nor who counts Parliamentary Assembly and special coor- ized groups engaged in repeated voting al in central Ukraine, while Mr. the votes but who writes the final protocols. dinator for the short-term observers. through voter-absentee cards provided by Yanukovych received more votes than One hopes that Ukraine has not reached the There reportedly were numerous dirty local authorities; opposition representa- Mr. Yushchenko in eight eastern and Belarusian stage of electoral ingenuity, and election tricks during polling on October tives were fired from election commis- southern oblasts and Crimea. Since there is a chance that Mr. Yushchenko might 31, although their scale is unclear. sions on the eve of polling day; and bla- Ukraine’s eastern and southern regions succeed in checking whom his compatriots According to the Committee of Voters of tant ballot stuffing was observed at some are more populous than the rest of the backed on October 31. Ukraine (CVU), a non-governmental polling stations on October 31. country, Mr. Yanukovych retains a small The International Election Observation electoral watchdog, up to 10 percent of There is little reason to expect that edge over his rival, according to prelimi- Mission, which numbered some 600 voters who came to the polls – or nearly voting on November 21 will take place nary and incomplete election results. observers from the Organization for 3 million people – could not exercise under friendlier circumstances for Mr. It is anybody’s guess how the leftist Security and Cooperation Europe, the their right to vote due to various compli- Yushchenko. On the contrary, some pre- electorates of Oleksander Moroz and Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of cations, primarily because of misspelled dict that the ruling regime will intensify Petro Symonenko, two candidates who Europe, the European Parliament and the names or incorrect personal information its “administrative resources” further to appear to have placed third and fourth on NATO Parliamentary Assembly, said in a on voter lists. Moreover, many voter lists ensure Mr. Yanukovych’s victory in the October 31 and earned a combined 10 statement on November 1 that the included “dead souls” – people who are run-off. There is also no realistic possi- percent of the vote, will vote on October 31 presidential ballot did not either deceased or relocated long ago – or bility of pro-Yushchenko campaigners November 21, if at all. meet a “considerable number” of OSCE, omitted entire buildings’ and streets’ counteracting intimidation by organized The line on the map that usually divides Council of Europe and other European worth of living voters. Mr. Yushchenko groups of hooligans or preventing the “pro-Eurasian” and “pro-European” electorates in Ukraine during presidential campaigns appeared further to the east this time, but it is still a line of bitter political and civilizational division. While many Ukrainian voters were attracted by pension hikes or forced by “administrative resource” to vote for Mr. Yanukovych, there is also a large segment of voters in eastern Ukraine that would vote for Mr. Yanukovych (or against Mr. Yushchenko) without such incentives. They would not be pleased in the event of a Yushchenko victory. And given the fact that the central and local administration apparatus sup- ports Mr. Yanukovych, a Yushchenko win might trigger political turmoil. On the other hand, a Yanukovych victo- ry would signal the preservation of the sta- tus quo – that is, a pervasively corrupt and highly repressive political regime which, however, is able to ensure political stability and economic growth. In this sense, Ukraine under Mr. Yanukovych could be very much like Belarus under President Lukashenka: a state with stability but with- out freedom. As for Mr. Yushchenko, his main election message is that of change, however vague and ambiguous it sounds. The essential choice for Ukraine on November 21 seems to be not so much between East and West as between per- manence and transformation. And, one hopes, between oppression and freedom.

The 1932-1933... (Continued from page 11) was a planned action of the Soviet regime against the Ukrainian people. Dmytro Tabachnyk, the vice prime min- ister for humanitarian affairs, spoke on behalf of the Ukrainian government dur- ing meetings in the Ukrainian Parliament on the 70th anniversary of the genocide. He said, “In these tragic years Ukraine lacked 10 to 25 percent of its population, losing 25,000 people a day, 1,000 an hour and 17 every minute.” We expect that the Verkhovna Rada will not only recognize the Famine in Ukraine as genocide but will ask the United Nations to recognize the Famine of 1932-1933 as genocide against the Ukrainian people. Present and future generations should learn that the Famine was the genocide against the Ukrainian nation – this is a cruel truth that is beyond any doubt today. Ukrainians must create a scholarly research institute and a museum of geno- cide and erect a memorial to the victims of this genocide. Duty to our nation demands this. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 23

Dmitry Medvedev, chief of staff to offer Ukraine the incentives that Russia ferred candidate, Viktor Yanukovich Ukraine’s presidential... Russian President Vladimir Putin. At cannot, and support its ambitions to join [sic], Ukraine’s current prime minister, (Continued from page 8) first, officials said the club’s opening had NATO, the WTO and the EU. The EU, in Ukraine’s fragile democracy is likely to Must Not Be Stifled,” by Victor nothing to do with the election, but lately particular, could do more to help Ukraine suffer and its efforts to join the West will Yushchenko, in the November 3 issue it has been involved in little else. take the first steps towards that distant be set back. ... of the Financial Times, London (as “On Friday, the club held a roundtable goal, for instance by lending advisers to “Putin has allowed hundreds of mil- reprinted in Our Ukraine Update): with deputies from the lower house of help with the reforms that Ukraine would lions of dollars to be funneled through Russia’s Parliament who had come to need to implement EU rules and open the Russian state companies, most promi- observe the election. On Saturday, the door to more EU funding; it could even “Ukrainians voted solidly for change nently Gazprom, to fund the Yanukovich club planned to discuss exit polls, includ- start discussing what until now has been in the country’s weekend presidential campaign. He has sent his political tech- ing one it had commissioned for Sunday’s off the agenda, a timetable and pathway elections. Despite fears of government nologists to Kiev [sic] to assist Ukraine’s interference in the poll, voters showed elections. On election day itself, a team of to membership. Showing that Ukraine government. This week, he went himself determination to exercise their constitu- ‘experts’ is to be available for the press to can escape the Soviet legacy will be a tional rights to choose a president in a discuss the day’s events. ...” powerful argument against those who to Kiev to embrace Yanukovich on the peaceful and democratic way. believe that Russia and its neighbors are 60th anniversary of the liberation of Kiev “Ukraine’s Crucial Election,” edito- “We will challenge Sunday’s poll results, condemned to it.” from the Nazis. ... rial, in the October 31 issue of The which put me – the opposition’s presidential “Let us be clear about the meaning of Washington Post: “The Empire Sneaks Back,” op-ed candidate – neck and neck with Viktor that embrace. A Russia determined to be article by Nina Khrushcheva, in the Yanukovich, the incumbent prime minister an empire cannot be a democracy. To “... Many Eurasian countries have held October 30 issue of the International and presidential candidate. Already, howev- absorb Ukraine, Russia will inevitably problematic elections, but Ukraine’s has Herald Tribune: er, government officials are in shock that been distinguished by massive external have to become a remilitarized state. This their man did not achieve an outright victo- intervention from Russia. According to “...Ukraine’s presidential election on transformation won’t be noticeable. Just ry. For the second time in as many years, reliable sources, Mr. Putin has channeled Sunday could determine whether Russia as Putin’s creeping authoritarianism has voters reminded the incumbent regime of its hundreds of millions of dollars into the remains a national state or begins to res- gone largely uncriticized by a President tenuous claim on legitimacy. ... campaign of Mr. Yanukovych. Russian urrect its empire. 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In his statement regarding the first The presidential vote... round of elections, Doros Christodoulides, (Continued from page 9) head of the PACE delegation, said: station and stand in yet another line to “Ukraine now has three weeks to show register and get their ballot. More often that it is willing to organize democratic than not, the commission members elections in accordance with its commit- would be rude and impatient with these ments. The authorities should ensure that voters; it becomes understandable why both candidates have equal access to, and some citizens would not want to put unbiased coverage by, the media. Both the themselves through this ordeal. authorities and political forces should To be sure, there is still a segment of refrain from any undue interference in the the electorate that is detached and disin- electoral process and fully respect the pro- terested. For the most part, these people visions of the electoral law and interna- are a dying breed, namely Communists, tional standards.” who will never get beyond the 5 percent Over the past month, during his travels mark that Petro Symonenko received in throughout Ukraine, Mr. Yushchenko, this first round of the presidential elec- often called “the people’s candidate,” has tion. Some still live in fear and will not said to the multitudes that came to hear raise their heads out of the sand – but him: “I applaud every one of you who these numbers are falling significantly. has raised himself off his knees, even if Voters here have been manipulated by only by a centimeter – this is a heroic government forces – they know why the deed and this will be a step for Ukraine final election results not yet been to have a true democracy.” announced, five days after their votes were “Every day, I see more and more peo- cast. Ukrainians are basically honest and ple raising themselves off the ground; decent people and, despite the fact that they their battered knees coming off the floor are known for their endless patience, this – and this is an encouraging sign,” wrote time they realized that enough is enough. Vira Shpylova, a correspondent for Voice They can no longer be intimidated by of Ukraine, a parliamentary newspaper, threats, lies and “political technologies.” on the day after elections. They are fighting perhaps the most Indeed, these are encouraging and important battle of their lives – the right inspiring signs of a growing democratic, to make their own choice, the right to live civil society. The people of Ukraine can in a real democratic society, one that is and will make a difference. I believe in motivated by deeds and not empty words. the people of Ukraine. To: Our Canadian Subscribers From: Subscription Department and an international presence. RE: Delivery of The Ukrainian Weekly The study tour and conference were Kyiv Mohyla... Do you have a postal service problem? (Continued from page 17) financed by a combination of sources, 1. The first step is to bring your concern to your local post office. including the individual participants, 2. If your concern is still not resolved, the second step is to contact conference and was visibly supportive of the Customer Service Department at Canada Post at (800) 267-1177. the cooperation with KMBS, is testament Kyiv Mohyla Business School, 3. If you still have a concern, you may request that the Ombudsman at to the serious approach of Kyiv Mohyla Northwestern University, Motorola Canada Post review your case. Academy to education and its potential. Corp., various grants and the Kyiv The Ombudsman is the final appeal authority in the dispute resolution The Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of Mohyla Foundation of America. The process at Canada Post and is committed to help improve postal services for all Canadians. America has promoted the collaboration Chicago Kyiv Sister Cities Committee contributed with the facilitation of activi- The Office of the Ombudsman offers its services free of charge to all between Northwestern and Kyiv Mohyla in Canadians. its efforts to support the National University ties. The Chicago Group of Ukrainian P.O. Box 90026, Ottawa, Ont. K1V 1J8 of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, a leading institu- Professionals hosted a gathering for the Telephone: (800) 204-4198, Fax: (800) 204-4193 tion of higher learning in Ukraine, in attain- participants at the Ukrainian Institute of www.ombudsman.poste-canada-post.com ing a higher level of academic excellence Modern Art. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 No. 46

individual members of the council first had Muraszko, Gregory Herman, Maria Organizers decided that each local organi- “Ukrainian-American Citadel...” to be approved by the committee; it would Malevych, Dmytro Halychyn and Roman zation could elect one delegate for each (Continued from page 7) be the responsibility of the council to exe- Slobodian. 100 members while central organizations cute the resolutions of the committee. All A number of organizations eventually such as the UNA could elect as many del- Romania, Bulgaria, Poland and East resolutions of the committee acquired signed on including the Ukrainian egates as there were branches. No organi- Germany, and the expansion of the Soviet validity by the consent of the four fraternal National Women’s League of America zation, however, could send local as well Russian empire. According to Perlmutter, societies. All proclamations, announce- Roosevelt’s policies unintentionally “cre- (UNWLA), the UYLNA [Ukrainian as central delegates. ments, or resolutions had to be signed by ated a post-war power vacuum in Europe Youth League of North America] the The first congress of Ukrainian the committee, and the committee consti- that Stalin filled, until he was challenged Ukrainian Catholic Youth League Americans was held on May 24, 1940, in tuted the presidium of the congress. by the containment policy [George] (UCYL), MUN [Ukrainian National Washington, D.C. A total of 804 delegates Kennan and others convinced [Harry S.] A proclamation titled “To the Youth Federation], ODVU [Organization and 207 guests representing 146 separate Truman to adopt. That policy offered the Ukrainian Community in America” was for the Rebirth of Ukraine], UHO [United localities, from New York and Pennsylvania political and military grand strategy that issued soon after the meeting ended: Hetman Organization], the Ukrainian to Missouri and California, participated in had been absent during the war.” “The war in Europe demands that the Gold Cross, Chornomorska Sich, and the the congress. The UNA had the largest rep- Roosevelt’s courtship of Stalin made life Ukrainian immigration beyond the ocean Association of Ukrainian Professionals. resentation with 208 delegates. difficult for Ukrainians in America during raise its voice before the world in defense the war years. Accused of being Nazis by of the right of the Ukrainian people to have a national state of their own. We are modern garments. I noticed Father America’s Communists – who were postur- Malkov wearing a beautiful blue embroi- ing as defenders of “world democracy” – the only force that can freely assert that UNA representatives... (Continued from page 7) dered shirt, which he was proud to Ukrainians became the objects of a the Ukrainian people are living in captiv- announce was hand-made by his mother. defamation campaign that forced them to ity, and that they demand for themselves Kashuba were also on stand-by to help. Master of ceremonies Lada Hapij strengthen their resolve and faith in the the same right of self-determination that Even Bishop-Emeritus Michael Bidiak, who was happy to have the assis- future, and to vigorously defend their was given to other countries. Kuchmiak, who many years ago was the tance of her little 2-year-old daughter nationalistic principles against a scurrilous “In the course of their historical devel- pastor of St. John’s, walked proudly and unprincipled attack from the Left. ... opment, Ukrainians have lived by demo- around the lot talking to parishioners and Maya, introduced the performers: the On March 16 and 17, 1940, a meeting of cratic principles as evidenced in Kievan old friends. Christine Brodyn, UNA musical ensemble Lviviany, the singing fraternal executives was held in New York [Rus;], in the Kozak community and in employee and Secretary of Branch 27, and ensemble Ukrainski Barvy, the folklore City regarding the convocation of “a non- the Zaporozhian republic. Their demo- I prepared our promotional materials for ensemble Budmo, the New Jersey dance partisan, all-Ukrainian congress of cratic traditions were reborn in the resur- distribution to all attendees. To make sure ensembles Iskra from Whippany and Ukrainian Americans.” The following reso- rected Ukrainian state in the both the that our table was well-manned my daugh- Barvinok from Bound Brook and lutions were adopted by the participants: western and eastern territories of Ukraine ter, Areta Trytjak, agreed to help out. humorist “Stefko z Dolyny.” the executive bodies of the four fraternal after the first world war. At the present As people approached our table we Later in the evening, the little lights associations would constitute the time it is only Ukrainian national forces answered questions and handed out copies that were strewn over the trees created a Congressional Committee to which each which can create any lasting foundation of the current issues of Svoboda and The special atmosphere to accompany the other organization could send up to 10 del- for independence, unification and a dem- Ukrainian Weekly, information on the music of Lviviany. Many enjoyed the egates; the committee would formulate the ocratic form of government in Ukraine. UNA’s resort, Soyuzivka and a full line of music and danced to Ukrainian and mod- platform and the political principles of the “At this critical time in Europe, the right promotional materials on the UNA. Our ern tunes. congress; the committee would announce of the Ukrainian nation to the development hot giveaways were the UNA T-shirts, Commendations are due to the festival the platform in the press, while the political of its own state demands a positive solu- pens and balloons for the children. committee for all their hard work in principles would be communicated to the tion. Unfortunately, the free voices of our Unfortunately, not as many people organizing this event. We all know this is central, nationwide organizations, and people in their own country are silenced by arrived early as was hoped for. Mykhailo not an easy task. Next year, UNA repre- would invite the cooperation of all organi- force. Consequently, we, the Ukrainian Stashchyshyn, St. John’s choir director, sentatives, who not only manned a UNA zations; the committee, together with the immigration beyond the ocean, must speak prepared the sound system for the con- table this year but also worked in other representatives of the Ukrainian central up so much the louder on their behalf.” cert which began after 2 p.m. By then, capacities, will be back again to support organizations, two from each, would con- The proclamation then invited other most of the seats were filled. As you this festival. Hopefully more people will stitute the congressional council; the coun- national Ukrainian organizations in the looked around the crowd many wore come, enjoy the day and support St. cil would have the right to debate the pro- convening of the Congress of Ukrainians. Ukrainian embroidered shirts, some very John’s Church, a church that has sus- posals of the committee but proposals of Signing for the UNA were Nicholas traditional and others stylized to suit tained this community for a long time. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 27

personally and on the commission con- Volodymyr expressed concern about the coming of pro-Western, pro-American pro- ELECTION WATCH cerning the release of final results of the tense situation in the country ahead of the tégés to power in Ukraine will put off (Continued from page 3) voting. “[My daughter] is not involved in November 21 presidential run-off and prospects for reunification of our people for Yanukovych told journalists he would not any business activities,” Interfax quoted about an “artificial split of Ukraine ‘into a long time – it threatens the unity of the have a television debate with Mr. him as saying. (RFE/RL Newsline) East and West for denominational and reli- Ukrainian state, unity of the people of Yushchenko. (RFE/RL Newsline) gious reasons.’” Mr. Yushchenko’s press Ukraine,” he said in a published statement Communists say no to both Viktors service added that the metropolitan blessed on November 5. Ukraine’s Communists Court nullifies voting in two districts KYIV – The Central Committee of the Mr. Yushchenko at the end of their meet- “should show political wisdom – commit- Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) on ing. On November 9, the UOC-MP press ment to the vital, strategic interests of KYIV – An appellate court in Cherkasy service issued a statement saying that the working people,” he said. Mr. Zyuganov Oblast on November 8 annulled the offi- November 4 called on CPU adherents to vote against both Viktor Yanukovych and report by Mr. Yushchenko’s press service earlier called on Ukrainian Communists to cial protocols of the October 31 presiden- on the meeting was a “dirty political tactic” give their votes to Viktor Yanukovych. tial ballot in electoral districts Nos. 200 Viktor Yushchenko in the November 21 presidential run-off, Interfax reported. intended to draw the Church into a political However, a Communist Party plenum and 203, thus invalidating the vote in confrontation. “No joint appeals or assess- decided not to give votes to any of the can- those constituencies, Interfax reported. “Support in the run-off for the candidates who represent the continuation of the cur- ments or statements were made or could be didates. Meanwhile, Mr. Zyuganov said he The verdict followed complaints filed by made [during the meeting],” Metropolitan did not rule out that Ukrainian Communists two minor presidential candidates, rent anti-popular course and regime is Volodymyr’s press service said. “At the would reconsider their decision. He said on Oleksander Rzhavskyi (constituency No. inadmissible,” CPU leader Petro end of the meeting, the metropolitan Ekho Moskvy radio that he had informa- 200) and Oleksander Bazyliuk (con- Symonenko told journalists. Mr. blessed the visitors.” (RFE/RL Newsline) tion that the Communist Party’s representa- stituency No. 203). Preliminary figures Symonenko added, however, that the CPU tives had held consultations with Mr. suggest that opposition candidate Viktor “reserves the right to conduct further work Zyuganov supports Yanukovych Yanukovych in Kyiv. “They have agreed Yushchenko defeated Prime Minister regarding political consultations with Viktor Yanukovych in those constituencies those political forces that are ready to hold MOSCOW – Russian Communist Party on preparing a joint program of leading the by large margins. Mr. Yushchenko’s staff such consultations on issues that are leader Gennady Zyuganov has called on republic out of the economic crisis, and has announced that it will challenge the important for the working people.” He did Communists of Ukraine not to allow the Yanukovych has confirmed that he is ready oblast court’s verdict before the Supreme not elaborate. (RFE/RL Newsline) victory of a “representative of pro-Western to implement several provisions of the pro- forces” in the second round of presidential gram of Communists,” Mr. Zyuganov said. Court, a step that must take place within Socialists support Yushchenko the two days of the annulment of the elec- elections. “Today, one must realize that the (Action Ukraine Monitoring Service) tion results. Meanwhile, Central Election KYIV – The Socialist Party of Ukraine Commission Chairman Serhii Kivalov led by Oleksander Moroz has decided to told journalists on November 8 that the support Viktor Yushchenko in the presi- commission received some 100 com- dential run-off on November 21, Ukrainian plaints regarding violations of the election news agencies reported on November 6. law during the presidential election. Mr. Earlier that same day Messrs. Yushchenko Kivalov pledged that the commission will and Moroz signed a political accord envi- announce official results of the October 31 sioning joint steps by both sides in the vote prior to the deadline imposed by the event of a Yushchenko victory. In particu- election law – that is, no later than lar, Mr. Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine and the November 10. (RFE/RL Newsline) Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc agreed to work with the Socialist Party toward passing a Kirovohrad voting invalidated constitutional-reform bill (registered in KYIV – The Central Election Parliament under No. 4180) by January 1, Commission on November 10 invalidat- 2005, and put it in effect no later than ed presidential voting in district No. 100 January 1, 2006. Mr. Yushchenko also in Kirovohrad, saying the protocol on pledged to introduce, upon taking office, a voting results there was approved with- ban on the sale of agricultural land, cancel out the required two-thirds majority of “the acts of privatization of properties of territorial commission members, accord- strategic importance” and move for an ing to UNIAN. According to a copy of immediate pullout of the Ukrainian mili- the protocol obtained by UNIAN, Viktor tary contingent from Iraq, Interfax report- Yushchenko defeated Viktor Yanukovych ed. (RFE/RL Newsline) in constituency No. 100 by a margin of Kinakh signs accord with Yushchenko 25,000 votes. Mr. Yushchenko’s election staff said it will challenge the CEC’s KYIV – Anatolii Kinakh, leader of the decision before the Supreme Court. Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, (RFE/RL Newsline) signed an accord on November 8 throw- ing his support behind Yushchenko in the Kivalov said to be under pressure 21 November presidential runoff and KYIV – National Deputy Oleh urging transparent and democratic voting Rybachuk, from Viktor Yushchenko’s Our on that day, Interfax reported. According Ukraine parliamentary caucus, said in to preliminary election results published Kyiv on November 3 that Central Election by the Central Election Commission on Commission Chairman Serhii Kivalov has November 2, Mr. Kinakh placed fifth not yet announced the final vote count in among presidential candidates on the presidential election because the presi- October 31 with 0.94 percent of the vote. dential administration has threatened to (RFE/RL Newsline) instigate a criminal case against his Yushchenko meets with UOC-MP daughter if he fails to ensure a “necessary election result” for Prime Minister Viktor KYIV – Presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych, the Ukrainska Pravda web- Yushchenko and his campaign manager site (www2.pravda.com.ua) reported on Oleksander Zinchenko met with November 3. Mr. Rybachuk said the crim- Metropolitan Volodymyr, head of the inal case could be linked with the business Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow activity of the Antarktyka fishing compa- Patriarchate in Kyiv on November 8, ny, but failed to provide details. Mr. Ukrainian media reported. The candidate’s Kivalov denied that the presidential press service reported the same day that administration is putting pressure on him Mr. Yushchenko and Metropolitan

race you believe you can win and we Kurowycky-Komarnyckyj... thought we could have won this race,” 79 (Continued from page 6) she said. Á‡ ÙÛÌÚ¢ expected to change the final outcome. She also noted how much her family “At this moment, I am regrouping. I supported her effort and the effect they am not sure at this stage what my next had on her constituents. One woman told Ç Ì‡¯Ëı Íð‡ÏÌˈflı ÏÓÊ̇ Ôðˉ·‡ÚË ‡‚¥flÍ‚ËÚÍË ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌÛ step will be,” Ms. Komarnyckyj said, Ms. Komarnyckyj’s mother after voting, Ú‡ Á ìÍð‡ªÌË, ÁðÓ·ËÚË ‚¥ÁË ‰Ó ìÍð‡ªÌË. referring to her political future. But she “I voted for your daughter because it’s ÑÓ ‚Ë·ÓðÛ 99 ‚Á¥ðˆ¥‚ ıÛÒÚÓÍ! said it was an honor to run and said she obvious how proud you are of her,” Ms. íÂÎÂÙÓÌÌ¥ ͇ðÚÍË: 100 ı‚. ðÓÁÏÓ‚Ë ¥Á ìÍð‡ªÌÓ˛ Á‡ $10. Komarnyckyj said. would continue with a future in politics. NEWARK, NJ CLIFTON, NJ PHILADELPHIA “I just don’t know in what way.” “It really impacted me that people had The district lines in her race heavily such faith and trust in me,” said Ms. 688 Sanford Ave 565 Clifton Ave 1801 Cottman Ave favored the Democratic candidates, Ms. Komarncykyj, who also noted the positive íÂÎ.: (973) 373-8783 TÂl.: (973) 916-1543 Tel.: (215) 728-6040 Komarnyckyj said. “If it’s the same map tone of the campaign. “People were very (888) 336-4776 [in 2006] it’s a suicide race. You run a gracious – it was a nice race,” she said. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 No. 46 Whippany SUM Branch hosts its first Ukrainian Festival

by Lesia Cebrij-Rago ner, while the adults were busy chatting, showed off their wares. eating wonderful kovbasa and kapusta, A cultural table, displaying books and DOVER, N.J. – On a cold and overcast varennyky and sipping borsch, all pre- Ukrainian artifacts, was manned by Katia day, Germania Park in Dover, N.J., wel- pared by SUM Passaic and the SUM Kucyna. The table featured a bandura, comed 700 people as the Ukrainian resort (known as “oselia”). Huge pam- ceramics, paintings, weavings, embroi- American Youth Association (SUM), pushky as light as feathers, and home- dery, woodcarvings, inlay, pysanky, as Whippany branch, celebrated its first baked Ukrainian desserts were prepared well as books on the Scythians, Ukrainian festival on Saturday, October 9. by the hard-working ladies of St. John Ukrainian traditions and folk costumes. The atmosphere was infectious. Young the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Parish. At 4:30 p.m. everyone made their way children were happily painting pumpkins There were plenty of interesting things to to the outdoor pavilion to enjoy the glori- and playing games at the children’s cor- purchase from the 14 vendors who ous sounds of Oksana Telepko singing and playing the bandura. A beautifully crafted flower wreath created by Chris Odomirok adorned the stage area. The Iskra Dancers of Whippany performed the “Kozachok” and the “Zakarpatska Polka,” while the Zolotyi Promin Dance Ensemble of Hartford, Conn., performed the “Maramoresh” and “Buko.” Olya Chodoba-Fryz charmed the audience with her mellow voice, and Katerina Syzonenko performed the dance “Prybyraiu ta y Kokhayu.” At the end of the program everyone A younster enjoys the face-painting. was dazzled by three Hopak dances – as performed by the SUM dance group of A hard-working group of people – Passaic, the Barvinok Dance Ensemble Rosemary Andrian, MaryAnn Bilanych, of Astoria, N.Y., and the final rousing Donna Bilanych, Donna Kuzemchak, hopak by the Zolotyi Promyn troupe. Oksana Halibej, Julie Gbur, George The program was emceed by Jerry Gbur, Darka Mozuriak and Chris Kuzemchak. Bilanych – worked tirelessly to bring the But the festival was not yet over. Ukrainian spirit, culture and traditions Everyone, young and old alike, contin- together in a place that felt like the ued to dance under the stars to the beat Ukrainian Carpathian mountains. of the band Svitanok until 11 p.m. when As Chris Bilanych said, with tears in One of the cultural displays at Whippany SUM’s Ukrainian Festival. the festival was officially over. her eyes, “We did this for the children.” Ukrainian Festival Day proclaimed in Maryland’s Montgomery County

by Tamara Woroby Rev. Volodymyr Steliac; the Rev. Taras which peaked at 10, 516 on the day before Ukraine, the Washington Slavic Male Lonchyna of Holy Trinity Particular the event. This year the primary sponsors Chorus, tenor Roman Tsymbala, soprano SILVER SPRING, Md. – U.S. Ukrainian Catholic Church in Silver were Comcast and Western Union. Anna Bachynska, the Washington dance Congressman Albert Wynn and Spring, Md., the Rev. Nestor Iwasiw and Anyone who attended the festival ensemble Veseli Kozachata (comprising Montgomery County Executive Doug Deacon Teophil Staruch of Holy Family could not help but marvel at the precision 12 young Ukrainian dancers between the Duncan attended the opening ceremonies Ukrainian Catholic Church; the Rev. in organization and attention to detail that ages of 3 and 9) the Oberehy orchestra, of the Second Ukrainian Festival of the Greg Chumak of the Four Evangelists was evident wherever one turned. A new the Kozachata ensemble from the Washington metropolitan area, where Mr. Mission in Bel Air, Md.; Robert Hitchens layout (which included a newly-built Ukrainian Embassy, and singers Iryna Duncan officially proclaimed Saturday and Wasyl Kharuk of the Ukrainian stage for the performers) allowed the Kravets, Lidya and Gabriella Oros, and September 24, as Ukrainian Festival Day Catholic Seminary in Washington; and crowds to disperse comfortably over the Olya Chodoby-Fryz. in Montgomery County. Greetings from Dr. Serhij Korsunskij deputy chief of five-acre property. While the festival’s On Saturday evening a traditional Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Paul mission of the Embassy of Ukraine. success was the result of the hard work of zabava (dance) was held featuring Sarbanes were extended to the Ukrainian The festival was organized by the many individuals too numerous to men- Svitkovi Dni and the Oberehy Orchestra. community. Ukrainian Festival Committee, with the tion individually, the superhuman input Many festival-goers stayed into the early The Festival was held during the support of the Embassy of Ukraine and of people such as Valentin Zabijaka, head morning hours enjoying this dance. weekend of September 24-25 here, on the local Ukrainian church and community of the Parish Board of St. Andrew The weather was picture-perfect over grounds of St. Andrew Ukrainian organizations, among them Plast and The Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Yurij the two-day event, with blue skies and Orthodox Church. Over 5,000 people Washington Group. The co-chairs of the Petrenko, Olga Barnaj, Sonja Krawec and temperatures in the 70s. One could see attended the two-day event, which fea- festival were Andree Filipov and Olia Masnyk should be acknowledged. Ukrainian Americans enjoying them- tured Ukrainian food, refreshments, ven- Myroslava Semerey, the latter having The masters of ceremonies for the selves alongside people of many diverse dors and exhibitors of Ukrainian handi- been, along with Father Steliac, the initial two-day event were Anya Dydyk- backgrounds. All who came to the festi- crafts and artwork, as well as performers inspiring force behind last year’s very Petrenko and Deacon Staruch, who val were exposed to the best of Ukrainian from North America and Ukraine. successful first Ukrainian festival. together managed a continuously flowing culture. Whether it was the caliber of the Also in attendance at the official cere- The reputation of the festival, which is program of performances that captivated artists, the wide-ranging display of monies were Archbishop Antony of the quickly establishing itself as a local tradi- the crowds. Performers included the Ukrainian handicrafts and artwork, or the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America; tion, is growing as evidenced by the num- Yevshan Dance Ensemble of Rochester, mouth-watering food, it was clear that the the Pastor of St. Andrew Cathedral, the ber of visitors to the festival website, N.Y., the trio Bandura Angels from festival was enjoyed by many.

Olya Chodoba-Fryz sings the American national anthem at the festival opening. The Yevshan Dance Group from Rochester, N.Y., on the festival stage. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 29 Paris to Kyiv to perform at Montreal showcase MONTREAL – Since 1982, Canadian and the United States, as well as in singer Alexis Kochan has been rediscov- Europe. In Montreal the group will be ering and reinterpreting ancient performing music from earlier acclaimed Ukrainian music. Ms. Kochan and her recordings, as well as material from a ensemble Paris to Kyiv will return to much-anticipated new recording, sched- Montreal for a short yet very important uled for worldwide release in early 2005. performance at the CINARS Platform on Paris to Kyiv will perform at 10 p.m. November 18. on Thursday, November 18, at Le This International Exchange for the Nouveau Club Soda, 1225 St. Laurent, Performing Arts is one of the leading Montreal. showcase events in the world, with 1,000 The performance has received support professionals and 150 performances rep- from the Canada Council for the Arts, resenting 60 countries spread out over Manitoba Film and Sound, and the five days of workshops and conferences Manitoba Audio Recording Industry in Montreal. Association. Paris to Kyiv has played in numerous For further information readers can theatres and arts centers across Canada log on to www.paristokyiv.com.

open – but anonymous – letter to the Post-election... Verkhovna Rada documenting wide-scale (Continued from page 3) election fraud by the oblast chairman and now head of the Union of Industrialists the Internal Affairs Ministry (razom.org.ua, and Entrepreneurs (UIE) and the party of November 8; UNIAN, November 9). One the same name, which President Leonid of the most serious charges concerned the Kuchma led in 1993-1994, was also a delivery of additional ballots that were HAVE YOU HEARD? PURCHASE A PREPAID candidate in Round 1. Mr. Kinakh added to the Yanukovych vote in the 20-YEAR ENDOWMENT POLICY FROM always stated that he would never sup- Kharkiv Oblast. Internal Affairs Ministry port Mr. Yanukovych in Round 2, thus cadets were also sent to western Ukraine, THE UNA FOR $2,287.26* AND I WILL RECEIVE Mr. Kinakh signed an agreement where- armed with 10 absentee ballots each. A CHECK FOR $5,000** JUST IN TIME FOR by his party will now throw its support to These emerging cracks in Ukraine’s Mr. Yushchenko (yushchenko.com.ua, semi-authoritarian system have been MY COLLEGE EDUCATION. WHAT ARE YOU November 8). The Democratic Platform deepened by sustained pressure from the WAITING FOR? CALL THE UNA AT 1-800-253-9862 of the National Democratic Party (NDP) opposition. On November 6, 70,000 also signed an agreement with Mr. Ukrainians rallied in Kyiv in support of AND LET’S GET STARTED. Yushchenko. These moves reveal deep Mr. Yushchenko, who appeared with Mr. cracks within the pro-presidential camp. Moroz. The rally was re-broadcast around The agreement signed between the Ukraine, where it could be viewed in the * FOR AGES 0 THROUGH 3 1/2 YEARS OLD Democratic Platform and Mr. Yushchenko central squares of most oblast centers. At ** MINIMUM FACE AMOUNT OF $5,000 condemns the first round as “non-transpar- the rally, Mr. Yushchenko called for a ent, undemocratic, falsified and, as such, mass mobilization of his supporters and a elections that took place with severe and strike to begin in the last week of Round massive infringement of citizen’s rights to 2. The Pora (It’s Time!) youth group, freely vote” (Ukrainska Pravda, November modeled on Serbia’s Otpor, is organizing Tired of second-hand news? 9). Ironically, NDP leader Valerii a general strike by students throughout Pustovoitenko is the coordinator for the Ukraine to begin on November 15. Pora Read The Weekly to get the news first hand political parties supporting Mr. Yanukovych, has already organized a rally attended by as reported and prepared against whom this statement is directed. 4,000 students outside Parliament protest- by our experienced team of editors and correspondents. The third factor is the feeling of pow- ing election fraud. erlessness that has so pervaded Ukrainian citizens and will continue until the Kuchmagate crisis has gone. The new Razumkov poll shows that Yushchenko voters now believe their candidate may actually win. Other factors reflect this growing pop- ular confidence in the media and the security forces, both of whom were important in the 2000 Serbian and 2003 Georgian democratic revolutions. A revolt against media censorship has been spearheaded by 329 television journalists from state and private TV channels (telekritika.kiev.ua/comments/?id=18156). The head of the State Television Channel 1 news program “Visti” was removed this week because he refused to continue using “temnyky” (secret instructions issued by the presidential administration). Television journalists are planning a full-scale revolt two or three days before the second round. The timing is aimed to prevent station owners or controllers, who tend to be Yanukovych supporters, from removing them from work. Thus, more balanced coverage on television could be in the offing on election day. Another important institution for the second round is the police. Regional branches of the Yushchenko camp have been secretly visited for some months by police officers who pass on intelligence about the illegal involvement of police- men in the elections. These policemen categorically state their unwillingness to use firearms against peaceful demonstra- tors if they protest election fraud. Several Kharkiv policemen wrote an 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 No. 46

Richard E. Neal. The program concluded with a keynote address by Ukrainian American Veterans... In his letter to the veterans, congressman Meehan Michael Sawkiw Jr., president of the Ukrainian (Continued from page 15) informed the members that in recognition of the Congress Committee of America. Mr. Sawkiw spoke of in Vietnam and the bonds that tie all veterans together. Ukrainian American Veterans’ commitment to this coun- the importance of Ukrainians coming together in sup- try, he will be joining 29 of his colleagues in co-spon- port of their brothers and sisters, stating that in unity Letters of greetings and citations were also received soring H.R. 1615, the bill to grant the Ukrainian there is strength. He also spoke of the importance of from members of the Massachusetts Congressional American Veterans a federal charter. participating in the political process, emphasizing that it Delegation: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Reps. Michael E. Greetings were also received from Boston Mayor isn’t necessarily significant to belong to one political Capuano, William D. Delahunt, Barney Frank, Stephen Thomas Menino, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and party over another, but it is vital to participate. Lynch, Martin T. Meehan, James McGovern and President George W. Bush. The evening culminated with a dance.

Sunday of every second month. Stupka stars... Ukrainian in Scotland... The Chapel is located about three miles from the (Continued from page 16) (Continued from page 14) Garden of Remembrance for the Lockerbie Air Disaster, morality and family confronted by Ivan. Mr. Stupka is ground.” along the C92 (a) road to Dalton. superb – in his face one can actually see how his con- Next to the chapel is a trailer that acts as a tea room flicting choices way heavily upon his soul. for the 15 or more parishioners. It also doubles as a The TIFF also featured a new film by formerly Kyiv- mini-museum with newspaper cuttings and historical based director Kira Muratova – “Naistroyschik” (The details about the camp. Tuner). Although filmed at the Odesa Film Studio and The pictures illustrate the daily life of the POWs copyrighted by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, the from a sports day at harvest time in 1947 to the young film was listed in the Contemporary World Cinema men taking out local girls from Lochmaben and Annan under “country: Russia” (it was in Russian). for an evening out. As well, a short film titled “Ya Umer v Detstve...” (I In the visitor’s book, one former Ukrainian POW Died in Childhood) made at the Paradjanov Film Studio from Wethersfield, Conn., wrote: “After 50 years we in Armenia (in Russian) by the nephew of Armenian were able to come here and we were very happy to see Sergei Paradjanov, which showed several scenes from the camp where we spent part of our life here in the Paradjanov’s “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors,” was lovely hills and very nice and wonderful Scottish peo- listed under “country: Russia.” ple. Thank God we were able to come and see it all.” Lockerbie Library will hold an exhibition in the next few months showing what life was like at the camp and the chapel will be a prominent feature in many of the Turning the pages... archive pictures. (Continued from page 8) Future plans for the chapel, which is known simply Rzhavskyi of the Single Family Party, threw in his support. as the POW chapel, are many, but their realization will To get the support of the one-time prime minister and depend on money being found. former chief of the Security Service of Ukraine, who “We are also having a six-foot white concrete received 2.1 million votes in the first round, Mr. Remembrance cross built, which will be placed behind Kuchma had to offer him the powerful post of secretary the chapel before the end of the year,” Mr. Pufkyj con- of the National Security and Defense Council. tinued. He would like to invite the apostolic exarch for Ukrainians in Great Britain, Bishop Paul Chomnycky, Source: “Kuchma and Symonenko court former can- to come and bless it. didates to gain support,” by Roman Woronowycz, Kyiv What makes the chapel unique is that it’s the first of Press Bureau, The Ukrainian Weekly, November 14, its kind in Scotland and is still in use. Father Lubomyr Zennon and Ina Pufkyj outside the Ukrainian POW 1999, Vol. LXVII, No. 46. Pidluckyj of Edinburgh celebrates liturgy on the first chapel in Lockerbie, Scotland. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 31 UKEUKELLODEONODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

New Haven girl travels as student ambassador to England, France NEW HAVEN, Conn. – In July Coat.” They visited the Cabinet toric Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre 2003 Alexandra T. Lodynsky, then War Rooms, Buckingham Palace and Le Sacre-Coeur rounded out almost 11 years old, received a letter (where they viewed the ceremonial the group’s tour of Paris, which from an educational exploration pro- changing of the guards) and the ended on July 24 with a visit to gram founded in 1956 by President London Theater Museum, and took Disneyland in Paris. Dwight D. Eisenhower called the a ride on the London Eye, the This was a once-in-a-lifetime People to People Student largest Ferris wheel in the world. opportunity for Alexandra. She Ambassador Program. She was invit- They traveled also to the beauti- learned so much and met so many ed to travel and study in England ful university city of Oxford, where nice people. On September 11, and France in the summer of 2004. they visited the Science Museum, Alexandra’s mom hosted a reunion for Alexandra was so excited – it all and afterwards to the medieval cas- all the students and teachers that seemed like a dream come true. tle in Warwick, Stratford-upon- went on this trip at a family pool club. After submitting an application to Avon (birthplace of William Alexandra, daughter of Adrian participate in the program, Shakespeare), the city of Bath (a and Halia Lodynsky, of Bethany, Alexandra had to get three letters of famous spa town) and the Conn., turned 12 on November 2. reference from her teachers and be Cotswolds, a prominent range of She is in the sixth grade at the interviewed by the two delegation limestone hills spanning over 50 Bethany Community School. She leaders. On October 2, 2003, miles in rural England. takes piano lessons and has a red Alexandra Lodynsky Alexandra received a Federal The trip to England was capped belt in karate. She also goes to Express envelope which informed off with a visit on July 19 to Christ Ukrainian school and takes religion Andrei, 9 1/2, and Adrian, 2 1/2. lessons every Saturday in New her she’d been accepted into the Church College, a location that was * * * People to People Student used in the movie, “Harry Potter Haven, Conn., where the Ambassador class of 2004. Next and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” Lodynskys belong to St. Michael’s If you would like to know more came bimonthly meetings to pre- After taking the overnight ferry to Ukrainian Catholic Church. She about this program and see pictures of pare the students for their extraor- France, the student ambassadors loves to read and play basketball. the trip, you may log on to Alexandra’s dinary trip, dubbed “Tale of Two arrived in Le Havre and crossed the Alexandra has two brothers, website: http://www.peoplepupil.com. Cities 2004.” Normandy Bridge to spend some On July 12, 2004, 22 students time at the picturesque port of and two teachers traveled by bus to Honfleur, then they went to Le Mishanyna JFK International Airport in New Memorial de Caen Museum and to York, from where they flew to the famous beaches of Normandy, To solve this month’s Mishanyna, find the words on the list below in the London’s Heathrow Airport. Once site of the D-Day landing during Mishanyna grid. All the words below are names of evergreen trees. In three in London, the group was met by a World War II, and then to the instances the names of several varieties of a tree are given – you can find delegation manager. Their first American Cemetery overlooking those names in the grid also. stops included Windsor Castle and Omaha Beach. arborvitae baldcypress Eton (where one of England’s most The next days’ itinerary took the fir: balsam, Douglas, Fraser hemlock prestigious schools stands), as well group to Caen, the city of William larch pine: longleaf, Ponderosa, Scotch the Conqueror, the Chateau de as the John F. Kennedy Memorial in spruce: blue, Norway, white redcedar Runnymede. Versailles, where they walked the tamarack whitecedar In subsequent days the student Hall of Mirrors and the vast formal ambassadors met with a member of gardens, and Paris where they visit- the British Parliament, went to the ed the Cathedral of Notre-Dame S I D T R E E S H R U B S I D Tower of London and saw “Joseph and climbed to the Eiffel Tower to T R A M U T A M A R A C K I A and The Amazing Technicolor enjoy the view of the city. The his- P K F L S O Y A W R O N S L I O S B I T R S H A T O O K O N N O R A R T I H C R D I S N O D L F T L T I H W H I S K G K E A R R E S P R U C E A C L C R R A D A I A R M R U L O E O O C D R N S A M P E L G L A L S L E E S R E Y O D A U M F M A O C I T S C R U C B O E E O T A D O G D H C R A L D H R L S S E E L D O U G L U N A T S I P R A D E C E T I H W O O I 2004 student ambassadors. D O B R A R B O R V I T A E D 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2004 No. 46

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, November 20 Committee on European Integration, and Soyuzivka’s Datebook Ukraine’s foreign affairs minister in 1998- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific November 18-20, 2004 December 11, 2004 2000. Featured in the musical program will Society and the Ukrainian Film Club at be Lesia Hrabova, soprano and Solomiya UNA General Assembly Meeting Ulster Correctional Facility Columbia University invite the public to Ivakhiv, violin. The program will also Christmas Party the screening of the film “Mamay” by include special recognition of exceptionally November 20, 2004 film-maker/director Oles Sanin of generous donors and long-term UUARC New Paltz Semi-Formal Dinner December 23, 2004 Kyiv. Released in 2003, “Mamay,” is volunteers. Donation: $50 per person. For Banquet Jeremiah Flaherty Law Office loosely based on the 16th century additional information call (215) 728-1630. Christmas Party Ukrainian duma, “Flight of Three Brothers November 21, 2004 from the City of Azov”; it relates a love WARREN, Mich.: The Ukrainian Arts Ellenville Co-op Nursery School December 24, 2004 story between a Ukrainian Kozak and a Society will host a presentation of the opera Auction Traditional Christmas Eve Dinner Tatar woman that defies ethnic and reli- “Moisei” (Moses) by composer Myroslav gious taboos. Stylistically innovative, with Skoryk to be held in the Carpathia Hall at the an intense color palette, breath-taking cam- Ukrainian Culture Center, 26601 Ryan Road, November 25-28, 2004 December 31, 2004 era shots and a hypnotizing soundtrack, the at 4 p.m. The program includes a video view- Thanksgiving Weekend Packages New Year’s Eve Celebration and film – which was submitted for an Oscar – ing of highlights from the opera as staged by Available Zabava with Fata Morgana marks the directorial debut of the 32-year- the Lviv State Academy of Opera and Ballet old Mr. Sanin. “Mamay” will be shown in and a special appearance by baritone Oleh December 3, 2004 January 6, 2005 the original Ukrainian and Tatar languages, Chmyr, who will perform selected arias from UNWLA Branch 95 Christmas Party Traditional Christmas Eve Dinner with English subtitles. Commentary on the opera, accompanied on the piano by “Mamay” and Ukrainian film will be by Maestro Skoryk. Tickets: $20; $10 senior citi- December 4, 2004 Yuriy Shevchuk, professor of Ukrainian zens and students, $10. For more information Accord Fire Company Banquet language and culture, Ukrainian Studies contact Marusia Lisowsky, (248) 879-8169. Program, Columbia University. The screening will be held at the society’s SCRANTON, Pa.: Celebrate authentic building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth Ukrainian Christmas customs with St. and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For additional Nicholas when he makes his annual visit at information call (212) 254-5130. the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum in McDade Park at 2-4 p.m. The PARMA, Ohio: The Ukrainian Bandurist theme this year is the “Legend of the Chorus and the Ukrainian Museum- Christmas Spider.” Festivities will include Archives invite you to enjoy the afternoon Christmas songs and skits performed by with friends watching one of college foot- the Kazka Ukrainian Folk Ensemble. St. ball’s best rivalries on the big screen – the Nicholas will appear in his impressive University of Michigan Wolverines vs. the vestments to greet the children and present Ohio State University Buckeyes. Join us at each of them with a bag of traditional noon-5 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Christmas treats. Admission: $5, for all Catholic Church, Upper Back Hall, 7700 ages; reservations required by advance Hoertz Road. A $40 donation includes open ticket purchase, available from Ukrainian bar, hor d’oeuvres, etc. Proceeds from the Heritage Council members or the museum. event go to assist the programs of the Last day to purchase tickets is November Ukraniain Bandurist Chorus and the 19. The event is jointly sponsored by the Ukrainian Museum-Archives. For ticket museum and the Ukrainian Heritage reservations contact Nick Schidowka, (216) Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The Being Ukrainian means: 534-4777 or [email protected] museum is located in McDade Park, off Visit www.bandura.org for more details. Keyser Avenue (Exits 182 or 191B off I- J 81, and Exit 38 or 122 from I- Malanka in January. Monday, November 22 476/Pennsylvania Turnpike). The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum J Deb in February. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard is one of 26 historic sites and museums on Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) will the Pennsylvania Trail of History. For addi- J host a lecture by Ihor Chornovol, researcher tional information call the museum, (570) Sviato Vesny or Zlet in May. in history, Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of 963-4804, or visit www.phmc.state.pa.us. Ukrainian Studies, National Academy of J Wedding of your roommate in June. Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, and HURI ADVANCE NOTICE research fellow, on the topic “‘Wild West’ and J ‘Wild Fields’: Comparative Perspectives on Saturday, December 4 Tabir in July. the Frontier in Ukrainian History.” The lec- ture will be held in the HURI Seminar Room, CHICAGO: The Chicago Business and J Volleyball at Wildwood in August. 583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. For addi- Professional Group invites members and tional information contact the institute at friends to “An Evening in Granada” holiday (617) 495-4053 or [email protected]. party featuring music, socializing and a J Labor Day at Soyuzivka in September. delectable assortment of tapas. Entertainment Sunday, November 28 will feature the Los Flamencos group, with J guitarist, singer and dancers. The party will Morskyi Bal in November. PHILADELPHIA: The executive board of be held at 7 p.m. at La Tasca Restaurant, 25 J the United Ukrainian American Relief W. Davis St., Arlington Heights, lll. Koliada in December. Committee invites the community to attend Admission: members, $35; guests, $40. its 60th anniversary banquet to be held at Please mail payment and reservation requests Dugan’s Restaurant, 7900 Roosevelt Blvd., to: Chicago Business and Professional If you checked off more than one of the above, starting at 4 p.m. The keynote address will Group, P.O. Box 46333, Chicago, IL. be by Borys Tarasyuk, national deputy of Deadline for reservations: November 30. For then you know what you’re doing to your brain cells. Ukraine, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada additional information call (773) 883-9737. Now, how about doing something for your mind? PLEASE NOTE REQUIREMENTS: Subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly. Preview of Events is a listing of Ukrainian community events open to the public. It is a service provided at minimal cost ($20 per submission) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. Payment must be received prior to publication. 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