INSIDE:  Moscow hopes Poroshenko will be ousted – page 3  UNWLA and the spiritual rebirth of Ukraine – page 8  Exhibit: Ukraine’s independence struggle, 1917-1921 – page 17

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Family of U.S. teen killed in MH17’s downing sues Candidates Zelensky and Poroshenko Russian banks, U.S. money firms fl esh out plans for next presidential term RFE/RL by Mark Raczkiewycz For which candidate will you vote The family of the only American killed when Malaysian Airlines Flight KYIV – Runoff candidates Volodymyr in the second round of Ukraine’s presidential election? 17 (MH17) was shot down in 2014 Zelensky and incumbent Petro Poroshenko have filed suit against two Russian this week elaborated on the first steps they banks and U.S. money-transfer firms would take in the next presidential term. for allegedly providing services to Both presented similar approaches to Russia-backed separatists accused of fighting corruption that emphasized the shooting the plane down over Ukraine. need to reboot the law enforcement and 51.0 60.8 71.4 The complaint was filed on April 4 judicial system. in U.S. federal court by the family of They continued to jostle on holding one Quinn Lucas Schansman and targeted or more debates ahead of the April 21 sec- 20.8 24.4 28.6 Russia’s Sberbank and VTB Bank and ond-round vote. the Western Union Co., Western Union It remains unclear whether they will 17.8 14.8 Financial Services, MoneyGram hold a contest of words as Mr. Zelensky, 41, Interna tional and MoneyGram a politically unproven comedian, is the 10.3 Payment System. clear leader with 61 percent support The suit seeks unspecified damages among those who intend to vote, according to a nationwide survey by Rating from the companies for the death of The Ukrainian Weekly graphic based on a Rating Sociological Group nationwide poll of the 18-year-old Schansman. Sociological Group that was conducted on 3,000 respondents conducted on April 5-10, 2019 (sample error doesn’t exceed +\- 1.8%). MH17 was shot down over the con- April 5-10. Multi-millionaire confectionary flict zone in Ukraine’s Donetsk region mogul Mr. Poroshenko, 58, enjoys 24 per- on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people cent support among that segment of the establishment of the long-awaited anti-cor- independent graft-fighting bodies competi- on board. electorate. An additional 15 percent are ruption court, remove parliamentary tively through an international hiring pool. The Joint Investigative Team (JIT), undecided. immunity from prosecution, pay whistle- Following his April 6 meeting with more comprising authorities from the Mr. Zelensky has shied away from the blowers who uncover graft, create a sepa- than two dozen members of civil society, Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, public while engaging with potential voters rate unit to fight financial crimes and including corruption watchdogs, President Malaysia and Ukraine, determined that via virtual reality. In messages sent through remove these powers from the Security Poroshenko promised to appoint judges to a Buk missile that struck the passenger the Telegram application to followers, the Service of Ukraine (SBU) and other institu- jet came from Russia’s 53rd Anti- showman said he wants to finalize the tions. Mr. Zelensky said he wants to staff (Continued on page 10) Aircraft Missile Brigade and was fired from territory held by the Russia- backed separatists. Many of the JIT’s findings have been corroborated or supported by evi- Task Force on Elections and Civil Society in Ukraine notes: dence gathered by journalists and independent investigators such as the Voters lack information on presidential front-runner’s views British-based Bellingcat. by Adrian Karmazyn tion that broadly reflects the will of voters the event of a Zelensky victory – but no About two-thirds of the people and meets key international standards.” matter what, the West, I think, still needs to killed were Dutch citizens. The WASHINGTON – With less than two Speaking about the mood of electorate, he continue to support Ukraine, and especially Netherlands has been one of the main weeks left before Ukrainian voters make a said, we see “a frustration among Ukrainian Ukraine’s civil society.” driving forces behind seeking account- final decision on who will be their presi- voters about the state of the economy, Olga Aivazovska, who heads Elections ability for the attack. dent for the next five years, the about the state of reforms, about the ongo- and Parliamentary Programs of the Civil The lawsuit accuses the Russian Transatlantic Task Force on Elections and ing conflict in the east,” and “those issues Network OPORA, concurred with the posi- banks and U.S. money-transfer firms of Civil Society in Ukraine held an internation- are still front and center as we go into the tive assessments of the conduct of the first allowing large amounts of money, al teleconference devoted to the results of second round of the elections.” round, saying that “these elections were mainly from Russian-diaspora sympa- the first round of the election and concerns Mr. Deychakiwsky was part of the very competitive” and that “the number of thizers, to be sent to the separatists in regarding the upcoming second round in observer mission of the Organization for violations decreased” as compared to the the eastern part of Ukraine. which incumbent Petro Poroshenko and his Security and Cooperation in Europe previous election in 2014. She noted that The funds allowed the separatists to opponent, Volodymyr Zelensky, will com- (OSCE), which deployed nearly 1,000 five candidates had representatives in 99 acquire heavy weapons and to control pete. observers from 45 countries all over percent of the country’s election commis- many regions in eastern Ukraine, the In their opening remarks, Johnathan Ukraine. The election was assessed posi- sions with many of them lacking sufficient 63-page suit alleges. Katz (German Marshall Fund) and Orest tively by the OSCE, he said, and stressed training and experience. This sometimes “We realize that we will never get Deychakiwsky (U.S.-Ukraine Foundation), that: “Ukraine again showed its strong led to violations of electoral laws and pro- our son back. But we are committed to who served as first-round election observ- commitment to democracy. This irritated cedures, but they were more of a technical shedding light on – and holding ers in Vinnytsia and Mykolaiv, respectively, Moscow to no end.” He added that “the pos- nature and not systemic. The presence of accountable – all who participated in gave Ukraine high marks for the conduct of itive conduct of the elections increased the international partners helped minimize his murder,” the victim’s father, Thomas the March 31 vote. confidence of Ukraine’s international serious violations, she said. Schansman, said in a statement. Mr. Katz, who was part of a National friends and partners [with regard to] Inna Borzylo, chief executive officer of The suit is based on a 1992 U.S. anti- Democratic Institute mission, cited that Ukraine’s commitment to a brighter, demo- Centre UA, explained that her organization, terror law that allows U.S. victims of organization’s election assessment and cratic, Euro-Atlantic future. And this, I in partnership with the NGO Chesno, terrorism to sue those who provide noted that “the election was genuinely think, is ultimately what matters. And no focused on enlightening the public about (Continued on page 11) competitive” and that “despite ongoing matter who is elected president – and yes, Russian aggression Ukraine held an elec- it will probably be a bit more challenging in (Continued on page 8) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 No. 15

ANALYSIS

Moscow mulls revising Montreux Convention Canada’s largest airport says it’s K-Y-I-V debate at Kyiv’s Olympiyskiy Stadium should be held on April 19. During a tele- Toronto Pearson International Airport vised interview on April 7, Mr. Poroshenko in response to NATO presence in Black Sea has changed the transliteration of the proposed to hold the debate on April 14. Ukrainian capital according to the national (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) by Paul Goble another. Now, with the arrival of NATO standard: Kyiv. The correct transliteration Eurasia Daily Monitor ships, ever more Russian politicians and is now featured both on the arrival/depar- Russian state media mock Ukraine’s election experts are suggesting that it should be ture board as well as on the airport web- Russians are angry at the expanded revised before the West disposes of it alto- site. Toronto Pearson International Airport As Ukrainians voted for a new president, presence of North Atlantic Treaty gether. Their chief demand, sounded first in is the largest airport in Canada and the only Russians keeping track of the election on Organization (NATO) ships in the Black Sea Russian-occupied Crimea and repeated by one in country that has direct flights to state TV were bombarded with coverage of and especially in Ukrainian ports, viewing some in the Russian capital, is that the Ukraine. In 2018, the airport served nearly Ukraine’s failures as an independent state them as a challenge to Russian power and length of time that foreign warships can 50 million passengers and became the 30th and reports of alleged electoral fraud. “It’s influence there. Some in Moscow and espe- remain in the sea should be reduced lest largest in the world. Last October, the unclear how one can accept the results of cially in Russian-occupied Crimea are even the ships be in a position to be on more or Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine such an election,” presenter Dmitry concerned that the United States is prepar- less permanent station – an outcome that launched the #CorrectUA online campaign Kiselyov said as the results came in, echo- ing to denounce the 1936 Montreux would be totally unacceptable to Moscow appealing to foreign media and foreign air- ing a sentiment advanced on other state Convention, which governs the passage of (Tsargrad.tv, April 1). ports to correct the spelling of Ukraine’s channels. “The election campaign itself was military vessels through the Turkish Straits, Senior Russian military analyst Mikhail capital (#KyivNotKiev). Many European the dirtiest in Ukraine’s history, and the so that the Western naval presence in the Aleksandrov of the foreign ministry’s capitals and cities have already supported violations even before the vote were bra- Black Sea can be expanded still further Moscow Institute for International Relations this initiative. The difference in spelling of zen.” The flagship news channel Rossia-24 (Tsargrad.tv, April 1). (MGIMO) has argued that NATO’s projection Ukraine’s capital comes from the fact that said, “Foreign monitors are severely criti- That has triggered a debate in Moscow of military power into the Black Sea puts the earlier it was transliterated from Russian. cizing how the elections were organized.” over whether it should seek a revision of future of the Montreux Convention in doubt. Ukrainian is a state language in Ukraine, By 7 p.m. local time, Ukraine’s Internal the more-than-80-year-old treaty as a way And he suggested that Moscow should therefore the correct spelling in English Affairs Ministry had recorded 1,768 com- to counter NATO or whether, as many respond to the challenge of NATO ships should be Kyiv. (Ukrainian Canadian plaints regarding the electoral process, it believe, the Montreux Convention and present by calling for a revision of the con- Congress Daily Briefing) said in a Twitter post. “The vote was disor- Ankara’s support for it remain the best vention. That would, he claimed, be “a good derly,” Russia’s government newspaper defense for Russian regional interests idea” (Politexpert.net, March 31). Candidates’ supporters briefly clash Rossiiskaya Gazeta concluded, citing “signs of mass fraud and falsifications.” That stood (Topcor.ru, March 30; Politexpert.net, But despite the calls for change by legis- Supporters of the two candidates in March 31; 66news.ru, April 2). lators in Russian-occupied Crimea in stark contrast to comments made on Ukraine’s April 21 presidential election April 1 by the special coordinator of the After its defeat in World War I, Turkey (Moika78.ru, March 30), Mr. Aleksandrov scuffled in Kyiv, forcing police to intervene Organization for Security and Cooperation lost control of the straits. Passage of ships – maintained that Moscow should not take and detain at least two people. Backers of in Europe (OSCE). “The election day was both naval and civilian – became regulated any steps in that direction without gaining President Petro Poroshenko and challenger assessed positively overall and paves the by the International Straits Commission, the support of Turkey, a country whose gov- Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian and politi- way to the second round,” the coordinator, which was made up of representatives of ernment is unlikely to give it (Rueconomics. cal newcomer, clashed in front of Zelensky Finnish lawmaker Illka Kanerva, said at a the victorious Allied powers. The Turkish ru, March 31, April 1). headquarters in Kyiv, police said on April 9. Kyiv news conference. “Fundamental free- government, not surprisingly, felt this was On the one hand, Mr. Aleksandrov Authorities said the incident occurred doms were generally respected and candi- an unacceptable limitation on its sover- argued, the West could be counted on to when the two groups each tried to seize dates could campaign freely,” he said, while campaign posters from the other side. eignty and pressed, from the mid-1920s play up the threat any revision of Montreux acknowledging that “numerous and credi- Officials from Mr. Zelensky’s office said the onward, for an end to this situation. By the would have to Turkish sovereignty and use ble indications of misuse of state resources candidate was not in the headquarters at mid-1930s, Ankara’s calls received support that to keep Ankara in the Western column. and vote-buying undermined the credibili- the time. Mr. Zelensky secured 30.24 per- both in the West and in the Soviet Union And on the other hand, Turkey, too, has an ty of the process.” The OSCE contingent was cent in the first round of the election on given that the international situation had interest in keeping outside ships in the among some 2,300 official observers from March 31; Mr. Poroshenko finished second fundamentally changed. As a result, repre- Black Sea to a minimum and thus (at least 17 countries monitoring Ukraine’s presi- with 15.95 percent. (RFE/EL, based on sentatives of the major powers in Europe at present) serves as Moscow’s best ally in dential election, according to the Central reporting by AP and Interfax) and the Soviet Union (but not the United limiting a NATO presence there Election Commission (CEC). Aleksei States) met in Montreux, Switzerland, in (Politexpert.net, March 31). Rivals propose different dates for debate Makarkin, deputy head of Moscow’s Center 1936, and agreed to restore Turkish control Other Russian commentators agree. for Political Technologies, suggested that a over the straits. The resulting treaty reflect- Aleksandr Zbitnyev, for example, adds that President Petro Poroshenko and rival victory by comedian Volodymyr Zelensky ed and sought to balance Ankara’s desire to “any revision of the convention or its Volodymyr Zelensky have proposed differ- would be preferable to Moscow. Mr. maximize that control, Moscow’s desire to replacement by a more up-to-date treaty ent dates for a public debate ahead of their Zelensky would be a “weak president,” Mr. exclude Western warships from the Black would inevitably lead to a strengthening of presidential runoff on April 21. Political Makarkin told Vedomosti, noting that he had Sea and thus allow it to dominate the situa- the Turkish position” – Montreux, after all, newcomer Mr. Zelensky said in a video tion there, and the Western desire to be was adopted when Turkey was much statement on Facebook on April 8 that the (Continued on page 14) able to project power into the Black Sea weaker than it is today – and that would region. “harm all other countries, including Russia” The Montreux Convention Regarding the (66news.ru, April 2). He further argues that Regime of the Straits, as it is officially if Russian experts or politicians raise this he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 known, required Turkey to allow free pas- issue too often, it will not only drive Ankara T U W sage for commercial vessels except in time into the hands of NATO but also prompt the An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., of war or when it was threatened by an West to support Turkey’s construction of a a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. outside power, but it imposed significant canal bypassing the straits. Such a canal Yearly subscription rate: $90; for UNA members — $80. restrictions on foreign naval ships even would not be governed by the Montreux Periodicals postage paid at Caldwell, NJ 07006 and additional mailing offices. during peacetime. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Moscow hopes Poroshenko will finally be ousted

by Pavel Felgenhauer the Verkhovna Rada, proclaiming the coun- Switzerland. In June 2018, Mr. Kolomoisky In their mutual desire to oust President Eurasia Daily Monitor try’s intent to integrate with the European told journalists Mr. Zelensky could run and Poroshenko, Messrs. Kolomoisky, Zelensky Union and the North Atlantic Treaty win the presidency despite lacking previ- and Putin have become circumstantial allies President Petro Poroshenko may be the Organization (NATO). According to Russian ous political/administrative experience. Mr. for the time being, even though, in 2014- most Moscow-hated Ukrainian politician Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov, this Zelensky has denied he is a Kolomoisky 2015, Messrs. Kolomoisky and Putin were today. The Russian state-run propaganda constitutional amendment, “signed by puppet or that his campaign is bankrolled bitter personal enemies. The Kremlin could machine has been lambasting Mr. Poroshenko with so much pomp,” was a by the oligarch (Moskovsky Komsomolets, eventually decide to declare the Ukrainian Poroshenko for months ahead of the March “provocation aimed at destroying the April 2). elections fraudulent and illegitimate, if it 31 presidential election, and top officials Minsk accords on conflict resolution in Mr. Poroshenko claims to have “upset the does not like their end result. Russian publicly joined in. According to the secre- Donbas” (Militarynews.ru, February 21). Russian scenario of the election” by making experts believe Mr. Poroshenko, together tary of Russia’s Security Council, Nikolai The codification of Ukrainian intent to join it into the runoff (Interfax, March 31). But with his purported U.S. masters and their Patrushev, Ukraine is ruled by Americans NATO is seen in Moscow as the ultimate on March 31, Mr. Zelensky won over 30 per- North Atlantic Alliance minions, might pro- from Washington who support Mr. proof of Western (i.e., U.S.) long-term stra- cent of the popular vote – twice as much as voke a military confrontation with Russia Poroshenko because he is their pawn. “If tegic intentions to transform Ukraine into a Mr. Poroshenko – and currently looks similar to the one from November 25, 2018, Poroshenko stays in power through mas- forward operational base: a gun aimed at unstoppable, which is seen in Moscow as a when a convoy of three Ukrainian naval sive vote rigging,” Mr. Patrushev insisted the heart of Russia. positive development. According to ships attempted to cross from the Black Sea last month, “it will be impossible to restore Mr. Poroshenko was elected in May 2014 Kremlin-connected senator Igor Morozov, through the Kerch Strait into the Sea of relations with Russia, the crisis in Ukraine with over 50 percent of the popular vote. “Putin will not talk to Poroshenko, but is Azov. The Ukrainian convoy was forcibly will worsen and the country may disinte- But by 2018, he lost most of his support, ready to talk to Zelensky” (Ukraina.ru, April attacked by the Russian military; the ships grate” (Izvestia, March 25). which is typical for Ukraine. Since indepen- 1). Mr. Zelensky has called the NATO mem- and the men are still being held prisoner Ukraine is seen in Moscow and in the dence, in 1991, only one incumbent presi- bership constitutional amendment “elec- despite Western protests (Moskovsky Kremlin as a critical battleground in the dent ever succeeded in being reelected: tioneering politics” and promised to call a Komsomolets, April 3). global standoff between Russia and the Leonid Kuchma, in 1999. Still, by election referendum “for the people to decide” the On March 28, the Standing NATO United States. It all began in 2004 with the day on March 31, Mr. Poroshenko, 53, who matter, which could turn out to be a back- Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) entered the Orange Revolution, when massive protests ran a well-organized campaign, managed to door to reverse the NATO membership Black Sea to visit Georgia and Ukraine and in Kyiv against alleged systemic vote rig- make it into the runoff election, scheduled drive (Izvestia, March 21). hold naval exercises (Interfax, March 28). ging prevented the election of Moscow- for April 21, by obtaining almost 16 percent In Ukraine, the Parliament has more One day earlier, the Russian navy, air force friendly President Viktor Yanukovych. of the vote. He came in second place to power than the president. The next Rada and the Federal Security Service (FSB) Although eventually rising to the presiden- political satirist/comedian Volodymyr elections are scheduled for fall 2019, and Border Guards performed war games in the cy in the election of 2010, Mr. Yanukovych Zelensky, 41, who was born to a Jewish Mr. Zelensky, widely considered the favorite Black Sea to prepare to jointly attack, board was ousted in February 2014 by another family in the predominantly Russian- to win the presidency, has formed a Servant and capture “foreign naval vessels” that popular revolt – the Euro-Maidan speaking industrial city of Kryvyi Rih, in of the People party, apparently hoping to attempt to enter the Kerch Strait Revolution (also known as the Revolution central Ukraine. Since October 2015, Mr. win enough votes to form a stable ruling (Militarynews.ru, March 28). According to of Dignity). After the Orange Revolution, Zelensky has played the role of a high coalition. Russian experts interpret Mr. the chair of the Duma Defense Committee, President Vladimir Putin and the ruling school professor, Vasyl Holoborodko, who, Zelensky’s election success as a protest Col.-Gen. (ret.) Vladimir Shamanov, joint Russian elite dramatically changed by chance, is elected Ukrainian president as vote, similar to Donald Trump’s victory in Russian forces are ready to repulse NATO Moscow’s strategic direction from coopera- an anti-corruption (anti-oligarch) candi- 2016 or the electoral successes of ships using superior military force if they tion and partnership with the West to rival- date in the popular television show Eurosceptics in Italy and other EU coun- attempt to approach the strait (Interfax, ry and confrontation, combined with a “Servant of the People,” which runs on the tries in recent years. Mr. Zelensky is seen as April 3). Tension is building up in and massive military/nuclear build-up. The Ukrainian channel 1+1 and is distributed much better for Russia than Mr. around Ukraine, with election day less than ouster of Mr. Yanukovych in 2014 was fol- internationally by Netflix. Poroshenko. But it is not clear whether the three weeks away. lowed by the occupation and speedy annex- The 1+1 channel belongs to Ihor former, if he wins, will be capable or willing ation of Ukraine’s Crimea and the military Kolomoisky, a powerful Jewish Ukrainian to deliver the result Moscow wants: a non- The article above is reprinted from conflict in eastern Donbas. oligarch, who was initially an ally of Mr. aligned Ukraine that renounces NATO Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from In February, Mr. Poroshenko initiated a Poroshenko, but bitterly broke with him in membership and shifts away from the U.S. its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, constitutional amendment, approved by 2015 and is now in self-imposed exile in back into the Russian orbit. www.jamestown.org. European Court of Human Rights demands answers from Russia over downing of MH17

by Halya Coynash downing of MH17 and the death of their MH17 passengers and crew: “Do the also confirmed that no investigations are Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group relatives, either directly or through the acts alleged violations of the Convention and its ongoing in Russia into the cause of the of Russian separatists under their control. Protocols fall within the ‘jurisdiction’ of the downing, that Russia is opposed to a spe- The European Court of Human Rights Article 2 also obliges governments to Russian Federation within the meaning of cial international tribunal for the MH17 has requested answers from the Russian ensure proper, effective investigations into Article 1 of the Convention? In particular, case and that no Russian suspect will be government in connection with two claims all deaths caused by the state or where it did the Russian Federation exercise extradited in that connection.” brought against Russia over the downing of appears the state has failed to protect life. ‘authority and/or effective control’ over the The court also notes that Russia has Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over The applicants accuse Russia of failing to relevant eastern regions of Ukraine at the claimed to have “irrefutable data and evi- militant-controlled parts of Donbas on July conduct a proper investigation and to bring time of the downing of flight MH17, dence of Ukraine’s involvement in the 17, 2014. Three hundred eighty relatives of those responsible for the downing of MH17 through their armed forces or a subordi- MH17 disaster” and has criticized the the 298 people who lost their lives accuse to justice. The Russian Federation also nate local administration or in collabora- Netherlands authorities, claiming “that Russia of responsibility for the catastrophe, failed to cooperate with the investigations tion with local armed forces? In this they ignored valuable information and which is known to have been caused by a led by the Dutch Safety Board and the Joint respect, what was the extent of the military worked on a predetermined version of Russia Buk missile. The two collective Investigation Team (JIT) in the Netherlands. and logistic Russian presence in July 2014? events based on the view that Russia was claims refer to a number of articles of the The second group of applicants asserts In addition, were agents of the Russian responsible.” European Convention on Human Rights, also that the examples it provides of state involved, directly or indirectly, in the The JIT has indeed dismissed some of including the right to life. Russian failure to investigate, or active downing of flight MH17?” Russia’s claimed “evidence,” but has always Applications No. 25714/16 and obstruction of the international investiga- Russia’s official position has been to provided information as to why. 56328/18 were lodged by Ayley and tion, should also be considered violations deny any involvement in the downing of In its report issued on May 24, 2018, the Others against Russia, and Angline and of several other articles of the convention, MH17. It has, both officially and through JIT concluded that “the Buk missile which Others against Russia, on May 6, 2016, and including the prohibition of torture and ill- state-controlled media and social media, downed Malaysian airliner MH17 on 17 November 23, 2018, respectively. The sec- treatment (Article 3). proposed a large number of different ver- July 2014 came from the 53rd Anti-Aircraft ond application was lodged after the As is its practice, the ECHR has commu- sions as to who and what was to blame, Missile brigade which is a unit of the reports from the Joint Investigation Team, nicated a brief list of questions to both par- with most seeking to blame Ukraine and all Russian army from Kursk in the Russian which did not just conclude that a Buk mis- ties. There are one or two which really per- attempting to absolve Russia of any Federation.” sile had shot down the plane but actually tain only to whether the other articles of responsibility. It had already stated back in September named the Russian military unit that it had the convention can be deemed applicable, Its answers to the court’s questions are, 2016 that the Buk missile which shot down come from. and two which directly address the issue of in fact, likely to repeat the position cited in MH17 came from Russia, but it now clearly The second is, understandably, much Russian liability. the ECHR document. identified its source as directly linked with more detailed, but in no way conflicts with Russia is asked to give its position as to In point 40, for example, it is stated that the Russian Armed Forces. The report the first application. Both groups of appli- whether there has been a violation of “the government of the Russian Federation states that the combination of features it cants complain under Article 2 (the right to Article 2, i.e., whether the Russian state have repeatedly denied any responsibility life) that Russia is responsible for the was responsible for the deaths of 298 for the downing of flight MH17. They have (Continued on page 31) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 No. 15 No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM UNA CELEBRATES 125 YEARS: A snapshot from history, 1954

As noted in the Monthly Report of the UNA Supreme Secretary for August 1954, a new branch, No. 153, was organized in Philadelphia. Seen above is a photo taken when the branch was christened sometime thereafter; it was named in honor of longtime Svoboda Editor-in-Chief Luke Myshuha (1887- 1955). The branch’s founder was John Odezynsky (1924-1984), who was also elected as its first branch secretary and later served as the branch’s presi- dent for many years. Mr. Odezynsky (seated fifth from left) was one of the UNA’s top organizers, the founder of two other UNA branches (216 and 32) and a supreme advisor. Also seen in the photo are UNA Supreme President Dmytro Halychyn (seated fourth from left), Supreme Vice-President Michael Piznak (standing second from left), Supreme Secretary Jaroslaw Padoch (standing, sixth from left), Supreme Treasurer Roman Slobodian (seated first from left) and Svoboda Editor Anthony Dragan (standing first from left) as well as representatives of the Philadelphia District Committee and Branch 153. The banner atop the UNA emblem reads: “UNA – Ukrainian Fortress Beyond the Sea.”

A photo archive of UNA history has been launched on the UNA website. It is a work in progress that will be expanded and refined. To take a look, go to unainc.org/una/the- una-is-125-years-old/. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 No. 15

WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly Your input, our special issues Putin’s annexation of Crimea Just last week we published our annual section devoted to Ukrainian Debutante Balls. Featured on full-color pages were five debutante balls – from New Jersey, has cost Russia $23.5 billion Illinois, Pennsylvania and New York – thanks to stories and photos sent in by their by Paul Goble rubles ($160 U.S.) for every Russian man, organizers. (Incidentally, all these organizers had advertised their debutante balls in woman and child. To put that in perspec- our newspaper, so we knew they were taking place and made sure we had their The costs of Vladimir Putin’s Crimean tive: Crimea has cost what Moscow spends reports in our special section.) Anschluss are incalculable because they on education over two years or on health Our thanks go out to the writers and the photographers who shared their involve international isolation and the care for three years or on culture for 15 accounts and their lovely photos of these traditional events. Our congratulations and stunted development of the Russian econo- years. best wishes go to the debutantes, their families and their escorts. For the record, this my and Russian society, but efforts to mea- Or – and this is the most dramatic figure was our 19th annual edition focusing on the Ukrainian community’s deb balls. We sure the costs, direct and indirect, continue – the Crimea costs are equal to what the hope our readers enjoyed it, and we hope organizers will continue to work with us – a reflection of the fact that ever more Russian government spends on the on these special sections in years to come. (FYI, the debutante balls sections are Russians see Crimea as a burden rather Academy of Sciences for a total of 357 always published before Eastertime, so look for announcements of deadlines as soon than an achievement. years, Mr. Aleksashenko says. Despite these as deb season ends each year.) The latest such effort is by Russian econ- figures, however, polls show that a majority Right after we finished that special issue, we began planning for another perennially omist Sergey Aleksashenko who has pre- of Russians (70 percent) currently do not popular feature: our edition of “A Ukrainian Summer.” By now you’ve seen the adver- pared a book-length study on the subject, a think the annexation has had a negative tisement printed in our newspaper and posted online on our Facebook page that portion of which has been published in impact on their lives. announces the deadlines and release date for the 2019 special issue. As is our tradition advance by Forbes (forbes.ru/obshchestvo/ But the drumbeat of such assessments, at The Ukrainian Weekly, “A Ukrainian Summer” appears in the first issue of May. 373707-cena-krymskoy-zagoguliny-ekono- showing that Moscow is sending more “A Ukrainian Summer” encompasses a great variety of activities. Besides the sum- mist-aleksashenko-o-tom-vo-skolko- money to Crimea than it is spending on mertime staple of camps to please youngsters with a variety of interests, there are oboshlos-rossii). many more immediate social and economic workshops, educational offerings, cultural events and travel destinations. What’s He says that, very crudely, Crimea has needs of Russians may change that, espe- more, the activities and events announced in that special supplement are geared to already cost Russia 1.5 trillion rubles cially if economic conditions in Russia con- all age groups, beginning with preschoolers. We ask readers and organizers of these ($23.5 billion U.S.) or approximately 10,000 tinue to deteriorate. upcoming summer events to once again send us stories and photos that we can share with our readers to [email protected]. As always, we ask that you include the names of the persons who wrote the article and snapped the photos, as well as captions for each photo submitted. Do make sure the photos are high-quality, high- resolution shots, and please provide full names of all persons mentioned in your Putin’s actions in Crimea all about submission. Included in “A Ukrainian Summer” is a calendar of Ukrainian festivals spanning the period from May through September. Last year that calendar listed 47 festivals violating commitments with impunity held throughout North America, from New York and Montreal in the east, to San by Paul Goble (graniru.org/opinion/skobov/m.275551. Diego and Surrey, British Columbia, in the west, plus points in between, for example, html). Belfield, N.D., and Regina, Saskatchewan. As well, there was a Ukrainian sports calen- A state, if it is really a state “must keep Those who violate this principle without dar of everything from soccer and golf, to volleyball, tennis and swimming, plus the its word,” Aleksandr Skobov says; but reflecting on its broader consequences are Ukrainian Youth Games. The plan is to repeat these calendars for 2019, so make sure Vladimir Putin’s seizure of Crimea and his “at a minimum, apes with grenades,” Mr. to send in your information to [email protected]. continuing celebration of that act is about Skobov says. The deadline for all editorial materials is April 24; the issue date is May 5. (To see showing that he and Russia can violate any “State borders are not eternal, and all of last year’s fabulous issue dated May 6, 2018, for examples of what such supplements commitments they make and do so with them are in one degree or another unjust contain, go to our website, www.ukrweekly.com.) impunity – clear evidence that the Russian and can be disputed. They can be reviewed. In addition, we gratefully welcome paid advertisements to be published as part of Federation is “a state of rats.” And their legitimacy is defined by interna- “A Ukrainian Summer.” These should be sent to our Advertising Department, adukr@ The Russian commentator reiterates in tional recognition.” But the fundamental optonline.net; the deadline is April 26. his latest Grani commentary that “the meaning of Mr. Putin’s annexation of We conclude this editorial message by extending a huge thank-you to you, our annexation of Crimea by Russia has set in Crimea is to show Moscow’s ability to partners, for your anticipated cooperation in producing the 2019 edition of “A motion a mechanism which is pushing the “ignore the rules and opinions of the inter- Ukrainian Summer.” world toward a major war.” That is because national community” as well as its own “the categorical prohibition on annexa- commitments. tions” by the unilateral use of force is the keystone of the current international order (Continued on page 10) April Turning the pages back... Twenty-five years ago, on April 15, 1994, Presidents Leonid Moscow engaged in slow-motion deportation 15 Kravchuk and Boris Yeltsin signed an agreement to divide the Black Sea Fleet, with each country gaining 50 percent of the flo- 1994 tilla and Ukraine was to receive 25 percent of all other property of Crimean Tatars, says Tatar activist associated with the Sevastopol fleet. by Paul Goble effectively presenting them with a Hobson’s A legacy of the break-up of the Soviet Union, the Black Sea choice of assimilation or expulsion. Fleet was a longstanding dispute between the two countries. The Weekly’s correspondent, When Stalin deported the Crimean Tatars Few people are prepared to put the issue Roman Woronowycz, reported that several previous agreements seemed to have decided in 1944, he loaded all of them on trains in so starkly and so truly, but one who does so the destiny of the flotilla, but dissention among naval officers on both sides did not allow the course of a few days and sent them to is Rafis Kashapov, the former leader of the for implementation. Central Asia – an action that is almost uni- All-Tatar Social Center (VTOTs) and current The confrontation saw an uptick on April 9 in Odesa when the Ukrainian hydrographic versally recognized and denounced as an act émigré head of Free Idel Ural. In an inter- ship, the Cheleken, was commandeered by Russia to Sevastopol. of genocide. Today, Vladimir Putin is doing view with Kazkaz Omarov of the Yenicag Borys Tarasyuk, deputy foreign affairs minister, said that Ukraine would hand most of much the same thing, but in slow motion portal, he makes these parallels clear (yeni- its share of the ships over to Russia in payment for oil and gas debts. “Ukraine will keep and getting away with it. cag.ru/tatarskiy-politik-posle-anneksii- between 15 and 20 percent of the ships,” he said. In the five years since invading and kre/). Mr. Tarasyuk refuted some Russia press reports that suggested the fleet would be divid- annexing Crimea, the current Kremlin lead- “We remember the deportation of the ed according to the Massandra protocol – an agreement signed in 1993 that stipulated er has expelled some 40,000 Crimean Tatars Germans, Kalmyks, Chechens, Ingush, that Ukraine would renounce claims to all of the Black Sea Fleet and that Russia would and destroyed almost all of their cultural Karachays and Balkars, and that the rent the base at Sevastopol from Ukraine. Many believed that Mr. Kravchuk signed the institutions in their immemorial homeland, Crimean Tatar people shared the same agreement under duress; that Russia had threatened to turn off all oil and gas supplies if tragic fate as they. Such a horrific tragedy Ukraine did not acquiesce to Russia’s demands. Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on many peoples experienced [because] this “Ukraine is following an integrated approach to the problem of the Black Sea Fleet, tak- ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia was the continuing practice of the ing into account the provisions of the Dagomys, Yalta and Zavidovo agreements, as well as who has served in various capacities in the Communist regime,” the activist says. those of Massandra,” said Mr. Tarasyuk. U.S. State Department, the Central “Fifteen peoples and more than 40 The agreement was announced by Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 19. Intelligence Agency and the International nationalities were deported” in Soviet However, details of the agreement had not been worked out 100 percent, with those Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice times. “About 3.5 million people were driv- details scheduled to be announced on April 21 in Sevastopol. of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio en from their native places, in fact from Moscow suggested that Russia should obtain control of strategic warships, such as anti- Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for their historical motherlands. Many of them submarine vessels and cruisers, and that Ukraine would take the tactical portion of the International Peace. The article above is died during the deportation,” Mr. Kashapov fleet (mine-sweepers and coast guard boats), as reported by Interfax. reprinted with permission from his blog continues. Tragically, that old wound has called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- (Continued on page 10) woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). 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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

2. Criticism of NATO is justified. The U.S. In appreciation pays a disproportionate share of the NATO operational budget, while most member of Fedynsky’s “Vovky” nations do not pay their agreed share. NATO’s role is outdated because of Dear Editor: inability to confront terrorism and failure in I read Andrew Fedynsky’s nostalgic and its original mission of restraining Russian all-too-familiar piece, “With rue my heart is expansionism. On full display was the feeble laden for golden friends I had…” (March 31) response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea Too much ritual? not wistfully, but with affection and admira- and the invasion of eastern Ukraine – bla- For generations, we have been complain- This is not surprising. Humans need rit- tion. What The Ukrainian Weekly reader tant violations of the Budapest Memoran­ ing that people are leaving our churches, ual – not only as a symbol, or as an act con- doesn’t know is the profound influence Mr. dum meant to guarantee Ukraine’s territori- especially the young. Why are they leaving, sidered pleasing to God, but as a concrete Fedynsky and his fellow “Vovky” had on my al integrity in exchange for surrendering its and where are they going? A sociological expression of spiritual intent. Just as a contemporaries and me during our formative nuclear arsenal. study may soon provide some answers. The handshake manifests trust, or a slap on the years growing up in the greater Cleveland Equally feeble was President Barack back denotes friendship, so rites and ritu- area. As Plast counselors, Andrew, his brother Obama’s support for Ukraine. He refused to matter is tricky, because respondents may Peter and the late Dr. Hruszkewycz brought a provide Ukraine with lethal defensive weap- not always want to admit, even to them- als externalize the movements of the soul, thoroughly humanistic and stimulating ons despite repeated appeals from the selves, why they leave a church or religion. giving them visible form. Standardized, approach to scouting mentorship and charac- Ukraine government, Joint Chiefs of Staff and But for now, we can at least guess at some they enable people to worship collectively. ter development. Being very young and clue- even prominent Democratic senators. His of the excuses and outcomes. Moreover, they are believed to be a non- less, I just didn’t know it at the time. Yet reason was to avoid escalation of the war (as To those who have rejected “organized verbal form of communication with the miraculously, it continues to instruct. if Ukraine defending itself is an “escalation”). religion” altogether, the great American divine. Naturally, rituals vary a good deal Fast forward to high school… Mr. 3. To his credit, President Obama did Sunday brunch culture beckons. It’s much from religion to religion, culture to culture. Fedynsky reappeared to teach “kultura” impose sanctions against Russia in 2014. more fun to be swilling margaritas with But from the solemn veneration of the (culture) during my final few years of Unfortunately, they are ineffective since your friends than sitting with a bunch of Mother of God in the Byzantine Christian Ridna Shkola on Saturdays. Not fully adher- Russia still occupies Ukrainian territories. old people listening to a sermon about fast- rite to the frantic exuberance of a proces- ing to the curriculum de rigeur, he connect- 4. President Trump did lift a sanction on ing and repentance. For more thoughtful sion honoring Ganesha the Hindu elephant ed with and engaged us mischievous and the Russian aluminum company Rusal, a cal- souls who nevertheless feel something is god, there stretches a continuum of spiritu- “all-knowing” students through topical dis- culated decision based on the sanction’s missing in the Ukrainian churches, the al expression as varied as humanity itself. course on the nascent punk rock scene (he unintended consequence of increased price great American marketplace of religions Not all rituals, of course, deserve to sur- favored The Saints), the sober legacy left by of aluminum on the global market. This hurt offers a variety of alternatives. “Spiritual” vive. Today’s Western media are full of sto- the cultural and intellectual manifestations European economies while benefiting China, types may gravitate to New Age cults or ries of religiously based African and Asian and subsequent persecutions of the a political and economic adversary of the U.S. customs that discriminate against women, Ukrainian “Sixtiers,” as well as the then cur- varieties of Buddhism. Within the Christian 5. President Trump deserves full credit sphere, the Episcopalians offer social pres- perpetuating the injustices of male-domi- rent (mid- to late-1970s) political climate for providing military assistance to tige, the Evangelical Baptists an accessible nated societies. Though we need not cen- in Soviet Ukraine. The above introduced us Ukraine, a policy that produced the follow- theology, the Pentecostals an uninhibited sor our traditions, we should be selective. to the vital import of social consciousness ing results: in the form of letter writing to locally and emotional experience, the Latter-Day But why do some people find our nationally elected officials, sit-ins, demon- and 2020 – passed by Congress and signed Saints (Mormons) a morally and physically Ukrainian church rituals uninspiring? One strations and even hunger strikes in sup- by •Mr. U.S. Trump defense – collectivelybudgets for appropriate2018, 2019 healthy lifestyle, strong families and social problem, peculiar to Greco-Catholics, is the port of Ukrainian political prisoners. $750 million for military assistance and solidarity. One can even escape one’s admixture of Latin forms. This disrupts Mr. Fedynsky reinforced the relevance of weapons to Ukraine. Ukrainian church without crossing creedal aesthetic coherence and comes across as what I was already being exposed to by my borders: for Catholics, the Latin-rite Roman not quite genuine. Another problem is that parents at home with the significant publish- deployed in Ukraine in 2018 – an effective Church offers ethnically neutral fellowship, we have forgotten our rites. Since the ing efforts of Smoloskyp and Suchasnist, counterforce• Javelin to anti-tank Russian tanks, rockets as acknowl were- a committed cadre of youth, and a true Second Vatican Council encouraged among other like cultural organs. I continued edged by President Petro Poroshenko. intellectual elite; Orthodox who find the Eastern Catholics to rediscover and culti- to read their offerings in Ukrainian after high Ukrainian language or identity an impedi- vate their several traditions, including our school and college, and today still manage to Ukrainian forces in joint military exercises ment may find a home in the Orthodox Byzantine rite, we have tried to revive long- score and digest the rare out-of-print tome. in Eastern• Collaboration Europe and between naval operations U.S. and in Church in America. neglected customs and services. This has Although always present, at times on the the Black Sea. But to some, the chief problem with the meant educating both our clergy and our- periphery, much of my ethnocultural, social Ukrainian churches is their ritualism. To the selves. Children’s catechism alone cannot and spiritual awakening, if not re-awaken- companies for weapons production. provide the requisite level of understand- ing, came to me later in life. In fact, it shook modern mind, “rite” and “ritual” connote •U.S. Partnerships initiatives in with assisting U.S. and Ukraine Ukrainian in its ing. How many church attendees fathom me at the core of my being. Visceral quick- barbarism and savagery, mumbo-jumbo and fight against Russian aggression undoubt- sacrifices to stone idols. Surely the the significance of every word and gesture ening notwithstanding, select virtuous edly do not please Mr. Putin and should dis- motions can arguably be traced directly to Reformation did away with all that. If the of the liturgy? If we did, we would not pel any perceptions of adulation of Mr. backwards Catholics and retrograde experience our “long” services as bored Mr. Fedynsky’s – and his generation’s – gifts Putin by President Trump. Orthodox still worship statues and pictures, spectators at a charade whose meaning we of enrichment. I am grateful to have grown Ukraine will ultimately prevail against at least here in America they tone it down. In can only guess, but as participants in a sen- up in that milieu. Thank you “Vovky.” May Russian aggression because Ukrainian forc- sory drama. For these are “texts” rich with your “vohnyk” (campfire) continue to es have the courage and will to fight to fact, two of my most earnestly God-seeking layers of meaning, which we can barely enlighten and its sparks kiss the sky. defend their homeland, and because they friends rejected the Ukrainian churches in absorb as the words, the song, the choreog- Andrew Horodysky now have the weapons needed to wage this part because of their ritualism – one because Verona, N.J. fight – largely thanks to President Trump. she found it pompous, the other because she raphy of priest and deacons proceed, They are the heroes who will make found it incomprehensible. amidst the scent of candles and incense, to Ukraine great again! If ritualism is characteristic of a primi- their eucharistic culmination. tive religion, one would expect the older Another problem may be that we have Andriy Melnyk, M.D. ones to have left it behind. But if we look at confined ritual to sacred space. Historically, Trump deserves credit Chicago what is arguably the world’s oldest reli- the church has often struggled with “popu- for helping Ukraine gion, we see that this is anything but the lar religion” – sometimes encouraging it, but trying to control it when it threatened Dear Editor: GUIDELINES FOR LETTERS case. Hinduism, which has existed for some TO THE EDITOR 3,000 years, is rife with ritual. Like to revert to paganism. But too much control I write to voice disagreement with Christianity and other faiths, it has rituals kills. Stiff and somber, restricted to a single Alexander J. Stepanyk, whose letter in The The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters for blessing, greeting, purification, venera- time and place, religious expression can Ukrainian Weekly (March 3) contained to the editor and commentaries on a vari- tion, sacrifice, contemplation and com- die. To live, it must be free to erupt into our harsh criticisms and accusations directed at ety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian memoration. These are not limited to for- public arenas and especially into our President Donald Trump and Republican American and Ukrainian Canadian com- mal places of worship, but extend to public homes. There, it is not just a folkloric curi- politicians: perceived adulation of Vladimir munities. Opinions expressed by colum- space as well as to the home. Ritual is cen- osity to amuse children and Americans. It is Putin by Mr. Trump; disapproval of Mr. nists, commentators and letter-writers are tral to popular festivals like Holi, Durga precisely because our Christmas, Epiphany, Trump’s criticism of NATO; outrage by a lift- their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of either The Weekly edito- Easter and Pentecost rituals are brimming ed sanction on Russia; accusation of Puja and Vasant Panchami. Nor are all the rial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian with significance that we can celebrate Republican politicians of accepting cam- celebrants ignorant villagers. In India, one National Association. them in a spirit of confident gladness, not paign contributions from Russian oligarchs. of the world’s most technologically Letters must be signed (anonymous let- tiresome obligation. These are serious claims and accusations ters are not published). The daytime phone advanced countries, prosperous Sikh and which merit the following responses. number and complete mailing address of Jain merchants and manufacturers as well The problem, then, is not too much ritu- 1. Had Republican politicians accepted the letter-writer must be given for verifica- as high-tech Hindus maintain shrines in al. It is our own ignorance and neglect. If campaign contributions from Russian oli- tion purposes. their homes and perform traditional cere- we can overcome that, we might not even garchs, a scandal of such magnitude would Please note: The length of letters cannot monies. In the large Indian diaspora in the have to worry about anyone leaving our have inevitably been the subject of exten- exceed 500 words. Letters may be edit- United States, with an educational level churches. ed or abridged. Letters should be sent to higher than that of the average American, sive media coverage and intensive investi- [email protected] or to The Ukrainian gations. Such was not the case, so this accu- Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Diwali festivals in New York and Seattle are Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at sation can only be regarded as fiction. Parsippany, NJ 07054. major events. [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 No. 15

NEWS AND VIEWS UNWLA supports the spiritual rebirth of Ukraine

by Nadia Nynka According to its value statement, the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA) is guided by princi- ples of Christian ethics, religious tolerance, political non- partisanship and universal respect for human rights. It is in keeping with these very values that the UNWLA announces its newest program: UNWLA Supports the Spiritual Rebirth of Ukraine. As part of this program, the UNWLA will be providing financial support to two educational institutions: the Three Saints Theological Seminary of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Volyn Theological Academy. Since the war in eastern Ukraine began, the UNWLA has supported both the physically wounded through its War Victims’ Fund established in 2015 and the psychologically war-traumatized through the Prostir Nadii project. The lat- ter is part of the Mental Health Institute of the Ukrainian

Rebirth of Ukraine project is grounded in the premise and strongCatholic belief University that spirituality established plays in a 2016.decisive Тhe role Spiritual in heal- ing the whole person. Ukrainian National Women’s League of America President Marianna Zajac at the Three Saints Theological In August of last year, while visiting the Stamford Seminary of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in Kyiv. Eparchy, Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek- Catholic Church enthusiastically shared the good news that According to UNWLA President Marianna Zajac, “This is an 78 seminarians studying here. There is a higher level of today Ukraine is experiencing a spiritual rebirth, especially opportune time for the UNWLA to help both the Ukrainian commitment in the current group of seminarians. Some are in eastern Ukraine. The challenge is that there are not Greek-Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches through older and have clearly heard their calling. One is a physics enough priests to serve the people. the education of seminarians and their message of peace graduate of the National University of Kyiv Mohyla With the unification of Ukrainian Orthodox Churches and good will. We believe that enabling the two largest Academy; another is an economics graduate of the National into one Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), Churches in Ukraine to educate future priests and spiritual University of Ostroh Academy; still another, a husband and according to Father Volodymyr Vakin, rector of the Volyn leaders who will focus on the geographically war-torn father of two from Kharkiv, left his current career to pursue Academy, many parishioners of the Moscow Patriarchate areas of Ukraine will, in turn, be a steppingstone to religious studies. There are many other such examples. are moving to the newly united OCU. Here, too, there is a enabling the process of healing the nation.” The Three Saints Theological Seminary is the only shortage of priests. In September 2018, Ms. Zajac personally met with Father Catholic seminary in Ukraine focused on the mission of Through their missions both of these Churches are Petro Zhuk, rector of the Kyiv Three Saints Theological preparing priests who will serve in the north-central, east- working to reaffirm Christian, moral and family values, Seminary in Kyiv. She spoke with many seminarians and especially at this time of war and unrest in Ukraine. toured the classrooms and the church. Currently there are (Continued on page 11)

access of candidates to news media in Ukraine. He noted already joined his team, who try to persuade us not to push Task Force... that the issue of a debate between Messrs. Poroshenko and him to be on the TV [interviews and debates], to be in the Zelensky is now a dominant topic in the campaign and that media at the moment, because they say that he has [limited] (Continued from page 1) the RPR board encourages both candidates to take part in a experience. Let’s help him to win the election and then we the political platforms of the candidates and on analyzing debate on public TV as foreseen by Ukrainian legislation. will teach him somehow.” campaign expenditures. She characterized the programs Halyna Petrenko, director of Detector Media, said that in Prof. Haran said that, for voters with higher levels of and pronouncements of the candidates as “quite populis- this election in Ukraine there’s not really a major concern education, Mr. Zelensky’s avoidance of journalists and tic,” with the majority of them promising bigger salaries, about equal access to news media, but rather “we have a debates may be disqualifying, but for his supporters, who higher pensions and lower prices for utilities like gas, very interesting situation when we have one candidate who are seeking change, it doesn’t matter. But the analyst feels “without providing any details about how they would is hiding from the media – maybe it’s the first time in history. that civil society should continue to press Mr. Zelensky to implement these ideas.” I mean Volodymyr Zelensky, who is very active in entertain- be more open in these final days before the election. Ironically, although the voters look to the president to ment content [in a popular TV series], but this entertainment A teleconference participant from Brussels wanted to solve the country’s socio-economic problems, the constitu- content he uses – not in addition to information and news know why the incumbent won the first round among tional prerogatives of the presidency are primarily in the content – but instead of information and news content.” Ukrainian citizens voting abroad. The reason, suggested by sphere of foreign policy, defense and national security, she Ms. Petrenko went on to say that “Mr. Zelensky is trying Ms. Borzylo, is that “they do not watch Ukrainian media. said. According to the Constitution, it is mainly the prime to find a tricky way to appear publicly, but at the same time And they watch less investigations on the corruption of minister who is responsible for the government’s econom- to avoid classic debates with tough questions, with con- Poroshenko and his allies. And Poroshenko as the current ic policy. crete questions about military strategy, economic strategy president of Ukraine, of course, represents our country on Oleksiy Haran, a professor at the National University of and diplomatic strategy and so on.” He has not been partic- high-level platforms and he is quite professional in this, and Kyiv Mohyla Academy and research director at the ipating in news and information formats, just in entertain- that is how international media mostly cover his activity.” Democratic Initiatives Foundation (DIF), underscored the ment programming, she explained. At many think-tank forums in Washington, Mr. importance of the exit poll that DIF conducted in partner- Prof. Haran said that Ukraine needs “real TV debates, Poroshenko wins praise for halting Russia’s invasion, ship with other independent organizations as an instru- not a show” not only for voters who have not made up rebuilding Ukraine’s defense capacity and carrying out a ment of “democratic control.” When election results differ their minds but just as importantly to hear the candidates’ number of significant reforms, while also being criticized significantly from exit poll results it can be a sign of election ideas and positions on important issues and to be able to for not doing enough about corruption. Prof. Haran falsification, but in this case, the tally of the Central Election hold the winner accountable after the election in terms of expressed disappointment that most Ukrainian media have Committee and the exit poll were consistent. carrying out his commitments. not been fair and balanced in their coverage of the presi- Prof. Haran called Mr. Zelensky’s first-place finish in the Could Mr. Zelensky’s avoidance of serious news inter- dent’s shortcomings and accomplishments. first round with 30 percent of the vote a “protest phenome- views and debates hurt him electorally? This was the fifth in a series of international teleconfer- non” not unlike what we’ve seen in other countries in recent Mr. Haran indicated that Mr. Zelensky’s strategy of ences of the Transatlantic Task Force on Elections and Civil years. The ability of President Poroshenko to overtake Mr. avoiding specifics seems designed to be all things to all Society in Ukraine, organized by the Friends of Ukraine Zelensky in the second round depends on the mobilization of people, so that voters can project their own view on him Network (FOUN) Democracy and Civil Society Task Force those who voted for Yulia Tymoshenko, Anatoliy Hrytsenko, and think that he will do everything that they want and to in Washington, the German Marshall Fund, the U.S.-Ukraine Ihor Smeshko, Ruslan Koshulynskyi and Oleh Lyashko in the mask his and his team’s inexperience and lack of knowl- Foundation, the Reanimation Package of Reforms and the first round, who see themselves as ideologically closer to the edge about critical issues. Ukraine Crisis Media Center (the event venue in Kyiv). incumbent than to political newcomer Mr. Zelensky and who Ms. Petrenko shared the following insights about the Other participants include the Center for Democracy may question the latter’s lack of experience and lack of clari- curious lack of unanimity among reformers to demand and Rule of Law, the Center for Policy and Legal Reform, ty on Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration. more public engagement from Mr. Zelensky: “On the one the OPORA Civil Network, the Democratic Initiatives The voting public’s inability to obtain details directly hand, of course, media experts and journalists and a big Foundation, the DEJURE Foundation, the Center for from Mr. Zelensky about his specific policy prescriptions part of civil society at the moment are pushing Mr. Zelensky Economic Strategy, the Anti-Corruption Action Center, and positions on many important domestic, international to come to the debate, to come to television to be more open Centre UA and Transparency International Ukraine. and security issues was extensively discussed during the and to answer our questions, a lot of questions. But on the April 9 teleconference. other hand… we have some persons in our civil society, who Adrian Karmazyn is vice-chair of the Friends of Ukraine Kyiv moderator Vasyl Babych of the Reanimation are trusted in civil society, who now maybe have some hope Network Democracy and Civil Society Task Force, an initia- Package of Reforms (RPR) asked if there has been equal to join his team, the team of Mr. Zelensky, or maybe they tive of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation. No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 9

Scholar from Lviv speaks on studying women’s history in Ukraine

by Oksana Zakydalsky realized that history was not the discipline ruled by a matriarchy but was essentially to which she was ready to devote herself. patriarchal – one in which power, authority TORONTO – Oksana Kis, a feminist So she turned to the study of psychology and resources belonged to men. scholar from Ukraine, delivered a public with special focus on gender issues – some- When Dr. Kis publicly presented her talk, “Ukrainian Women in the Gulag: When thing new in 1990s Ukraine. views and arguments, the reaction of her Survival Meant Victory,” on January 31. The Later she returned to historical research esteemed colleagues was rather negative. event was sponsored by the Ukrainian as a junior research fellow at the Institute In the 1990s, not only in Ukrainian society Canadian Research and Documentation of Ethnology (Instytut Narodoznavstva), in general, but also among women’s organi- Center and co-sponsored by the Canadian National Academy of Sciences, but main- zations and even in the academic milieu, Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) at the tained her interest in gender issues, as is people would prefer to believe in the matri- University of Alberta and St. Vladimir evident from the subject of her first disser- archal nature of Ukrainian culture. Institute of Toronto. tation – the situation and roles of women in Ukrainian scholars kept referring to a Dr. Kis is a historian and anthropologist, traditional Ukrainian culture, specifically in matriarchal past and expressed the opinion a senior research associate at the Institute peasant families and village communities in that Ukrainian women always were of Ethnology, National Academy of Sciences the 19th century. respected and revered, and enjoyed various of Ukraine, based in Lviv. Since 2010 she At that time she believed, as most rights and opportunities that, for example, has served as the president of the Ukrainians did, that Ukrainian women Russian or Polish women did not have. Ukrainian Association for Research in always had serious standing in the commu- Natalia Solodkina Were Ukrainian historians aware of the Women’s History. She is the editor-in-chief nity and enjoyed a wide array of rights, and Dr. Oksana Kis true situation of women in their societies, of the academic website Ukraina Moderna. that a system of matriarchy was in force. Dr. Kis was asked. “I don’t think that they Her research interests focus on Ukrainian Dr. Kis applied the theories and methods cal prisoners in the Stalin-era gulag. She were,” she replied. In the early years of women’s history and she has authored two of feminist anthropology to explore tradi- covered these topics in her second book, Ukrainian independence no comprehensive books: “Women in Traditional Ukrainian tional Ukrainian society. Her focus was on published in 2017. She defended her sec- research on the history of Ukrainian women Culture in the late 19th-early 20th Century” the pre-industrial Ukrainian village, which ond thesis in 2018, and received the degree existed, while even the fundamental classi- (Lviv, 2008, second edition, 2012) and lived according to centuries-long beliefs, of doctor of historical studies, with the spe- cal works of Western feminist historians “Ukrainian Women in the Gulag: The Victory social norms and traditions, defining a cialty of ethnology. were unavailable and unknown in Ukraine of Survival” (Lviv, 2017). woman’s rights and duties, her roles and It became obvious to Dr. Kis that the in the 1980s and 1990s. The contemporary In October 2018 to January 2019 she spent positions in a family and in society. themes she was interested in were either trends in anthropological scholarship were four months in Toronto as a Petro Jacyk visit- But the more Dr. Kis delved into her sub- omitted by scholars or researched with a also unknown in Ukraine. Hence, the criti- ing scholar at the Center of East-European, ject, the more she listened to stories of certain male bias. At the end of the 19th and cism of Dr. Kis’ views, by other Ukrainians, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the elderly peasant women across Ukraine who beginning of the 20th centuries, when histo- was not based on academic criteria but University of Toronto and as a recipient of the spoke about their lives – the lives of their rians and ethnographers tackled the subject rather on political ones. She was blamed for Kolasky research award from CIUS. During sisters, mothers, grandmothers and neigh- of women – their lives, their rights and their “giving insufficient credit to the founding her fellowship she conducted research at bors – she gradually came to realize that status – they did so from a male perspective. fathers of Ukrainian history,” “not being the archives of the Ukrainian Canadian the lives of real women in Ukrainian society Not only were almost all the researchers patriotic enough,” “disrespecting Ukrainian Research and Documentation Center were neither easy nor simple. Life was hard men, but the society in which they lived was women” and “undermining the sacred ideas (UCRDC) and began a new research project and unfair, and the existence of a matriar- basically patriarchal. The people they inter- of the Ukrainian nation.” on the everyday lives of Ukrainian refugees chal order was a beautiful myth having viewed were largely men, not women; in Nevertheless, after she successfully in DP camps in post-World War II Europe. nothing to do with realities of ordinary exploring women, they received their infor- defended her dissertation, published her At the end of the 1990s, Dr. Kis was women’s experiences. She defended her mation predominantly from men. book and, after many other similar publica- studying in the Department of History at thesis in 2002 and earned the candidate of As Dr. Kis advanced in her own research, tions appeared, the acceptance of her work Ivan Franko National University in Lviv. She historical studies degree, with a specializa- she became aware of the fallacy of some became more positive. had entered the university in 1987, when tion in ethnology. basic conclusions made a century ago For a long time, the topics of women’s Ukraine was still part of the USSR. She com- Since then, Dr. Kis has become interested about Ukrainian women’s status in society. experiences during the Holodomor and in pleted her studies in 1992, by which time in women’s history of the 20th century. She Hence, her study undermined many well- the gulag were ignored in Ukrainian histo- history had radically changed and she started actively using oral history – the established – albeit fundamentally wrong – riography. Although the role of women in found herself to be a student in indepen- research method that proved its indispens- ideas about the situation of women in the the nationalist underground attracted the dent Ukraine. This meant that students of ability in historical research on most trau- traditional Ukrainian family and society. By attention of the younger generation of history had to study a strange new mixture: matic and least explored events of the using a feminist perspective, it was possible scholars and resulted in several publica- the history of the Communist Party, the his- recent past, such as the Holodomor, the to explore the traditional Ukrainian culture tions, historians were unable to discern and tory of the Soviet Union and the history of nationalist resistance in the 1940s and more critically and comprehensively. She Ukraine. That is why upon graduation she 1950s, and women’s experiences as politi- concluded that Ukrainian culture was not (Continued on page 15)

Topic of Holodomor is presented at Michigan’s Hope College

by Doris Duzyj physiological and psychological effects of starvation. HOLLAND, Mich. – The Michigan Council of Also part of the program was instructing Social Studies held its annual conference on the participants on how to access the new March 22-23 at Hope College in Holland, Grades 6-12 Holodomor lesson plans on Mich. The theme of this year’s conference was EduPaths.org, a professional development “Inciting Inquisitive Individuals.” Social stud- website administered by the Michigan ies teachers from across the state traveled to Department of Education. All participants Holland to attend the two days of conference received flash drives with all four Holodomor sessions. units to share with their students. Doris Duzyj, retired social studies consul- To promote civic engagement and advoca- tant and education chair for the Ukrainian cy against hunger and genocide, two United American Holodomor Committee of Michigan, Nations publications were reviewed: and Vera Andrushkiw, president of the Detroit “Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes” Regional Council of the Ukrainian National and “Plan of Action for Religious Leaders and Women’s League of America and vice-presi- Other Actors.” The framework is composed of dent of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, present- 14 risk factors with an accompanying set of ed at the conference. Their session, “The specific indicators. (Both publications were Genocide Canary: Recognizing When Food is also uploaded to the teachers’ flash drives for Becoming Weaponized,” was explained use in their classrooms.) through the lens of the Ukrainian Holodomor Dr. Olena Danylyuk, a member of the Genocide of 1932-1933. Holodomor committee, was acknowledged The historically documented uses of food for her invaluable assistance in preparing the as a weapon and Robert Stanton’s “Ten conference PowerPoint presentations and Stages of Genocide” were shared in detail. handout materials. Ms. Andrushkiw presented a thorough over- The Ukrainian American Holodomor view of Ukraine and described the manipu- Genocide Committee of Michigan continues to lated famine of the 1930s. Immediately fol- receive requests to present its materials. lowing the Holodomor portion of the ses- Members look forward to pursuing all ave- sion, Dr. Borys Buniak’s new documentary, Doris Duzyj (left) and Vera Andrushkiw during their presentation about the nues to disseminate information about the “When We Starve,” was shown to explain the Holodomor at the annual conference of the Michigan Council of Social Studies. Ukrainian Famine Genocide. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 No. 15

and Great Britain in peace talks with Russia. Candidates... Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has indicated that Russia is ready to re-new dialogue with Ukraine more (Continued from page 1) openly should the upstart politician win. But the Donbas the newly created anti-corruption court in the coming war won’t be discussed because “Moscow is not a partici- days. pant… in the conflict,” he told the Russian news agency He promised to correct the “two main mistakes” that he TASS on April 9. has made as president: staffing decisions and lack of com- Mr. Zelensky also promised to name who he’ll nominate munication – he has rarely given public news conferences to lead the defense and foreign affairs ministries, the SBU during his term and neglected dialogue with public advoca- and the Prosecutor General’s Office by April 19, two days cy groups during the last two years. before the runoff vote. “Strategic communication was completely destroyed. Debates still in question The decisions were taken behind the scenes, and even if they were absolutely correct, they did not create trust in Although both candidates have taken doping tests, they society,” he said. “I acknowledged this mistake.” haven’t agreed to terms on holding a debate that 74 per- Mr. Poroshenko also promised to not appoint business cent of the electorate wants, according to recent polls held associates to key positions. “And the second mistake is an in March. error in personnel policy… I want to emphasize the follow- The two have agreed on Kyiv’s refurbished 70,000-seat ing: no business partners, no close people will be appoint- Olympic Stadium as the venue. Mr. Poroshenko has so far ed by Petro Poroshenko while he is president, including proposed two dates, April 14 and April 19, while Mr. during the second term,” he said. Zelensky has only offered April 19. Mr. Zelensky has yet to allay fears that he is beholden to The stadium’s management has confirmed that it has Ihor Kolomoisky, a billionaire on whose television channel received booking requests for those days from each candi- the popular comedian has appeared in numerous shows, date. Meanwhile, the Central Election Commission and including a sitcom in which he plays a history teacher who state-run broadcaster UA:PBC have maintained that the accidentally becomes president. debate should be held in the TV studio. The oligarch, who currently resides in Israel according Biggest protest vote to the Financial Times, has publicly vowed to work against the incumbent’s re-election. Mr. Kolomoisky briefly served Demographically, Mr. Zelensky draws support from a as governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in the aftermath of wide spectrum of society that signals the public’s thirst for Volodymyr Zelensky presidential campaign the Euro-Maidan Revolution and helped avert the spread of a new leader that isn’t tied to the political establishment, Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky (right) with Russian-backed separatism further in-country from the according to an analysis by Maria Zolkina, political analyst Carl Bildt, former Swedish prime minister and foreign two easternmost regions of Luhansk and Donetsk. for the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives think tank that affairs minister, on April 6 after meeting with the Yalta He had a public spat with the president after his influ- jointly conducted the Western-funded exit poll on March European Strategy supervisory board in Kyiv. ence in certain industries – aviation, oil and gas, and bank- 31. ing – was reduced by policies that Mr. Poroshenko had pur- “Voting for Zelensky was anomalous given that he was Poroshenko and are geographically dispersed – the front- sued. able to unite under his ‘banners’ voters with different char- runner lost Luhansk, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Both presidential candidates also appeared on televi- acteristics, demands, motivation, and this vote – is not only Ternopil oblasts only by narrow margins in the first round. sion this week. ‘a protest,’ ” she wrote on April 7. “Yes, this is really the Ahead of the first vote, 60 percent of respondents had Mr. Zelensky again voiced support for further European largest-scale protest vote in Ukraine’s history, and the vot- already voiced a “stable wish for new politicians,” Ms. Union integration and said he backed NATO accession, but ers did not go for the ideological or politically meaningful Zolkina wrote. wants to hold it to a popular referendum. markers, and according to the criterion of non-alignment She noted also that the front-runner’s obvious lack of To bring peace to the Russian-stoked Donbas war that with the ‘old’ elites.” public administration and political experience doesn’t has killed more than 13,000 people, according to the Rating’s survey published on April 11 also shows that affect his electorate because they view it as “an advantage United Nations, the front-runner wants to include the U.S. voters of all ages support Mr. Zelensky more than Mr. when compared to his competitors and is not an issue or weak spot.” Should he become Ukraine’s sixth president, Mr. Zelensky will become the country’s first Jewish president. Ukraine would also be the world’s second country after Israel to have Jews as both president and prime minister, the latter of whom is Volodymyr Groysman. Poroshenko, Zelensky go to Paris Meanwhile, the two rivals will separately pay visits to French President Emmanuel Macron on April 12, the Reuters news agency reported, citing a presidential source in Paris. “France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine take part in the ‘Normandy’ format talks, established to implement a peace agreement for eastern Ukraine brokered in the Belarusian capital, Minsk,” the news agency reported on April 10. Mr. Poroshenko is also scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the weekend before head- ing on April 14 to the Olympic Stadium, where he said he will appear at 2:14 p.m. local time even if Mr. Zelensky doesn’t. The runoff results should be announced no later than Presidential Administration of Ukraine/Mykola Lazarenko May 1 and the inauguration should take place by June 3, Running for re-election, President Petro Poroshenko fields questions on the ICTV channel’s “Freedom of Speech” program on April 8 in Kyiv. according to the presidential election law.

Moscow simply acted as it wanted in viola- it as well. Unless this disease is overcome, Putin’s actions... tion of law and its own promises. Mr. Skobov argues, “Russian society is Turning... The Putin regime and its supporters doomed to degradation and wildness.” That (Continued from page 6) (Continued from page 6) “simply wanted to show the world” that is because underlying the “Crimea is ours” It was and remains a revolt by “the Moscow can do what it wants and that psychosis is “a condescending attitude Ukraine’s naval presence in Sevastopol Kremlin’s empire against the world com- there won’t be any serious consequences. toward lies and shameful behavior” was also to be discussed, with bases munity, against humanity,” as well as a sign These are the actions of gangsters and rats towards others first but also toward one- announced for Izmail, Ilichivsk (now Moscow cannot be counted on to keep its rather than a civilized state, Mr. Skobov self. known as Chornomorsk), Ochakiv, Kherson word about anything. After all, Russia com- says, and something that will lead to even Indeed, that is “one of the main civiliza- and Kerch. mitted itself to Ukraine’s territorial integri- worse excesses if it is not challenged and tional aspects of the much-ballyhooed Since 2014, following Russia’s annexa- ty in exchange for Kyiv giving up nuclear reversed. ‘Russian world,’ alongside a proclivity tion of Crimea and its seizure of Ukraine’s weapons – and then, having pocketed that, The infection of “Crimea is ours” is a seri- toward division, an inability to show soli- naval vessels based in Crimea, most of turned on Ukraine with a vengeance. ous illness dangerous both for those around darity, a bestial egoism, a lack of belief in Ukraine’s naval vessels based in Crimea There are, of course, extreme circum- and its carriers,” he continues. It helps feed a anything but loot and crude force, and con- have been forcibly taken by Russia (54 out stances when a government’s behavior drive toward empire unconstrained by tempt for human dignity and life itself.” of 67 ships in Ukraine’s navy), with basing toward its own people justify ignoring international law. The West must decide “A people that oppresses others cannot of Russian Black Sea Fleet vessels at international law about the inviolability of what therapy it will use to cure this disease be free. A people that permits itself to lie Krasnodar Krai, Rostov Oblast, and Crimea. borders and national sovereignty. But in Russia, but cure it the West must or it will and ignore all the rules cannot be free. And Source: “Ukraine, Russia agree to split Kyiv’s behavior in Crimea, Moscow’s claims face ever greater disasters. a people that allows itself to behave like Black Sea Fleet,” by Roman Woronowycz, notwithstanding, never rose to that. Instead And Russians have an interest in curing rats can’t either,” Mr. Skobov concludes. The Ukrainian Weekly, April 24, 1994. No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 11

Kuzma a future Lakers star freedom to creatively maneuver on the outside. When the Olynyk did very well in his choice of a new basketball rim looks big and the shot goes in, a player’s confidence home. The Los Angeles Lakers, a multi-time NBA champion, grows into having a belief in himself and a desire to con- Len looking for new home have been pretty abysmal in recent years, owners of the stantly improve. second-worst winning percentage for the past four sea- For the Lakers, developing their young talent is a monu- It is not very often an NBA player will freely admit during sons. After their horrendous 26-56 campaign, Los Angeles mental goal going forward and beyond. Kuzma has all the the season that he’s expecting to leave his team as a free agent captured the No. 2 overall pick in the 2017 draft, which the tools and willingness to work hard and become one of the – the exact situation for Ukrainian Alex Len. He found himself team used to select Lonzo Ball, a point guard who drew Lakers’ brightest young stars in recent history. The college looking forward to the coming offseason, expecting excite- comparisons to Jason Kidd. Ball was widely accepted as basketball world saw Kuzma develop yearly at Utah, and ment and an opportunity to finally control his own destiny. one of the top two point guard prospects in college basket- there’s plenty of evidence already that he can do the same Len spent five frustrating seasons with the Phoenix ball and was effectively given the keys to the franchise in Los Angeles. Suns, but never quite established himself as a main piece of when General Manager Magic Johnson traded starting After Philadelphia’s Ben Simmons, Utah’s Donovan a rebuilding team that drafted him fifth overall in 2013. He point guard D’Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets days Mitchell and Boston’s Jayson Tatum, Los Angeles rookie shot a career high 57 percent from the floor while averag- before the 2017 draft. Kyle Kuzma was widely acknowledged as the fourth best ing 8.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in 2017-2018, but he did it Ball proceeded to underwhelm in the 2017-2018 sea- first-year player in the 2017-2018 NBA season. His 16.1 while playing only 20.2 minutes per game. It was evident son, shooting dismally from the field, from the three-point points/game was topped only by Mitchell’s 20.5 points. the Suns did not have long-term plans for the former line and from the free throw line. He actually comprised (Kyle Kuzma’s paternal grandfather, Kenneth Gene Maryland standout, who hesitantly returned to Phoenix one of the worst shooting seasons by a rookie in the mod- Kuzma, was Ukrainian. His mother, Karri, is of Ukrainian, last summer on a modest $4.2 million deal after not receiv- ern NBA era, leading to coach Luke Walton’s decision to English and German descent). ing a better offer elsewhere. keep him on the bench more as the season wound down. Thus Len’s career arrived at a crossroads – he’s shown Ball’s pathetic play, especially on the offensive end, Olynyk heating it up in Miami some potential in spurts, but mostly failed to live up to opened the door for another rookie, Ukrainian Kyle Kuzma, When the Boston Celtics decided to let Kelly Olynyk go expectations. He’s out to prove he wasn’t a draft bust. His a first-year wing forward out of Utah. Although not begin- after four seasons, the Ukrainian hoopster had to find a value this summer will remain a question. He’s only 24 ning the season in the starting lineup, Kuzma earned his new home. The 13th selection in the 2013 NBA Draft by years old, but he’s already had five pro campaigns to prove way into fourth in minutes per game for all Lakers and fin- ished with a scoring average of 16.1 – tied for best on the the Dallas Mavericks, traded to Boston on draft night after himself, and he’s yet to average double digits in points or squad with Brandon Ingram and Julius Randle. The sur- a solid career at Gonzaga University, had specific require- eight rebounds per game. prise play of the 27th overall pick helped the Lakers to a ments for his new team. In fairness to him, some of that may have to do with record of 35-47, nine victories better than 2016-2017. Being from British Columbia, he preferred to play close opportunity. He’s started only 140 out of 335 games and Kuzma’s aggressive moves often drew fouls on his oppo- to home, but that would prove impossible since the league has never played more than 23.3 minutes per contest. nents, getting him free throws; he grabbed more than his no longer had franchises in Seattle or Vancouver. Len has the skills to be a game-changing shot blocker share of rebounds, turned the ball over minimally and pro- Coming off four strong seasons in Boston, Olynyk, 26, and an effective rim runner in a fast-paced offense. It also duced a higher portion of offensive possessions. Plus, with wanted to play for an organization that would push him to must be noted that his lack of a post-up game and finishing Kuzma on the floor, the Lakers scored six more points than maximize his skills. He was sold on the Miami Heat’s plenty ability have limited his usefulness. The Suns’ offensive when he sat on the bench if factoring points per 100 pos- of positives, including their success in developing young game plan barred him from shooting his mid-range jump sessions. players and their offer of a four-year, $50 million contract, shot. Three different head coaches in five years did not Moving forward, Kuzma will continue to have superior which he signed in July 2017. The thought process includ- help his situation. Roster changes were plentiful and the production for the Lakers. Part of this is purely physical: he ed looking out for his own best interest, going where he team lacked consistency. For Len it was almost like starting stands 6-foot-9 with a 7-0 wingspan. He has the prototypi- could make the best impact and where his game would over every year. cal body of a modern-day stretch-4 and can play all three grow the most. Stability and consistency were to be important factors in forward positions. He led the team in points and has prov- Playing with the Heat in 2017-2018, Olynyk appeared in Len’s selection process this summer. The process culminat- en to be a capable scorer inside and along the perimeter. 76 games, averaging 11.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.7 ed on July 21, 2018, with Len accepting a two-year, $8.5 A second reason is today’s NBA: there has never been assists per game. Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra spoke million guaranteed contract with the Atlanta Hawks, where more of a premium placed on efficient shooting. Kuzma can very positively about Olynyk’s contributions and his great fit. he should have an opportunity to compete for a starting shoot while driving to the left or right and can pull up for a “He brings versatility from that front court position and position. The Hawks could be getting a bargain for Len at a jumper at any time. He shoots at a remarkable rate and can he’s different from the guys that typically play there,” perfect time. The Ukrainian had the most efficient season finish anywhere in the half court. He’s solid in transition, Spoelstra said in a January 30, 2018 interview with The of his career in 2017-2018, with a career high field-goal scoring 1.1 points per possession. Spokesman Review. “He’s skilled, he plays a little bit more percentage (56.6), rebound rate (19.8), assist rate (9.1) The Lakers are not heading to the post-season any time like a perimeter player and that adds to the diversity of our and win shares (4.5) as per Basketball Reference. soon with their rebuild, but the team’s late-round selection offense. He’s a very competitive guy, too, so in those four- “I am looking forward to this offseason,” Len told Scott of Kuzma provides cause for optimism. He was the NBA’s quarter pressure moments, he tends to step up.” Bordow of AZCentral. “I think it’s going to be exciting. It’s rookie of the month for the combined months of October- Heady praise from Spoelstra, who led Miami to back-to- the first time I’m actually going to have a chance to go November when he showed he could score at different back NBA titles in 2012 and 2013. Olynyk accepts this where I want to go.” spots on the court. praise proudly. It turned out to be the Atlanta Hawks, 24-58 last season, Most impressive was Kuzma’s improved 3-point shoot- “Yeah, that’s huge,” he said in the interview with last in the Eastern Conference with a new coach and a ing from his college days. At the University of Utah he was Spokesman. “That’s great. Any way that I can help the team, rebuilding plan for the near future. Len factors into these not a polished 3-point shooter. Observers believe Kuzma’s whether it’s in those situations, early, in practice, whatever rebuilding plans as competition with Dewayne Dedmon improved shooting came from a deeper 3-point line, better it is, I’m all for it. It’s kind of whatever this team needs, we and Miles Plumlee for minutes at the center position. fitting his body, stroke and mechanics. Playing and eventu- all put forth. That’s what’s making us come together so ally starting at the small forward position gave him more well right now.” Ihor Stelmach may be reached at [email protected].

academy is actively partnering with the The Spiritual Rebirth of Ukraine Fund UNWLA... Ukrainian Catholic University on academic will help defray the costs associated with Family... projects. The UNWLA is excited to have seminarians’ studies. Financial support by (Continued from page 8) established and further develop a relation- the UNWLA will go toward student tuition (Continued from page 1) ern and southern territories of the country. ship with this academy and its leadership. as well as for classroom needs and equip- material support to those carrying out the As Father Zhuk explained, “It will be these As explained by Father Vakin, “The Volyn ment, such as projectors. All funds raised for attacks. young boys who will help rebuild Ukraine, Orthodox Theological Academy is working this endeavor will be equally divided “The men who launched the missile may the Ukrainian Church and Ukrainian cul- to establish clear moral and family values, between the two academies. “We are very never be hauled before a court to answer ture in the territories that are now tempo- thus transforming post-Communist influ- excited to announce this project during the for their crimes, but all of those who partic- rarily occupied.” He further explained that ence and public opinion.” At present, the holy season of Easter and we are confident ipated in arming them and supporting the seminarians who come from the academy is working tirelessly to strengthen that we will receive the financial support them must be,” said David Pressman, a for- Donetsk and Kharkiv regions are from fam- spiritual growth within Ukraine’s eastern and commitment from our membership and mer deputy U.S. ambassador to the United ilies who are unable to pay for their sons’ territories. Many of its seminarians come the Ukrainian community” added Ms. Zajac. Nations and one of the family’s lawyers. studies. He added that “the support from from the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, and Please help to support this endeavor. Moscow has repeatedly denied responsi- the UNWLA proves the hearts of Ukrainian a number of its students served in volun- Checks should be made out to “UNWLA” bility for the downing of the plane and has mothers wherever they may be, even teer battalions and in the Armed Forces of with the notation “Spiritual Rebirth of blamed Ukrainian forces for firing the beyond the oceans, feel the pain and see the Ukraine. Father Vakin added that one of the Ukraine” and sent to UNWLA, 203 Second deadly missile. needs of Ukraine’s sons.” graduates of the academy is now serving in Ave, New York, NY 10003. More informa- With reporting by AFP and Reuters. Ms. Zajac also spoke at length with Father a newly built church in Volnovakha, tion can be found on the UNWLA’s newly Copyright 2019, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted Vakin of the Volyn Orthodox Theological Donetsk Oblast, which has grown from sev- redesigned Facebook page as well as on its with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ Academy in order to better understand the eral people to several hundred. Father new website at www.unwla.org. Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, goals and functioning of the academy. Vakin was especially grateful for the Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see Statistics show that the highest number of UNWLA’s offer of support, since his acade- Nadia Nynka is third vice-president, pub- https://www.rferl.org/a/us-family-sues-rus- parishioners of the Moscow Patriarchate are my has not received much attention or lic relations, of the Ukrainian National sia-banks-money-firms-mh17-downing-in- joining the unified Church in Volyn. The financial support from the diaspora. Women’s League of America. ukraine/29862594.html). 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 No. 15

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not yet healed; and it is being made worse by new ones. “In Crimea, a new wave of widespread repression toward the Crimean Tatars is going on. Since the beginning of the annex- ation of Crimea, from 30,000 to 40,000 Tatars have left the peninsula; and, there- fore, one cannot speak about the rehabilita- tion of the repressed.” And the occupiers have closed schools, mosques, newspapers and governing institutions. Thus, the world is fully justified to speak about a new “deportation,” albeit one that has not been total or all at once. The situa- tion is “deteriorating and will deteriorate still further,” Mr. Kashapov continues, argu- ing that as a result of Mr. Putin’s actions, “the Crimean Tatars have once again fallen into ‘the prison house of peoples of Russia.’ ” Fortunately, the Crimean Tatars are con- tinuing to struggle against the occupation. Fortunately, too, far more of them who have been expelled from their homeland are in countries like Ukraine and Turkey where they can continue the fight and are doing so. Unfortunately, too many in the West are unwilling to see Mr. Putin’s crime for what it is – a recrudescence of Stalin’s. No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 13 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 No. 15

and unacceptable incident” involving the the director of ODIHR in Warsaw. It was tried separately. In November 2017, the NEWSBRIEFS OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions signed by British Labor Party MEP Linda Sevastopol City Court found him guilty of and Human Rights (ODHIR), which moni- McAvan, who chairs the European attempted sabotage and illegally possessing (Continued from page 2) tors elections. According to the letter, Parliament’s Development Committee, and weapons. He was sentenced to five years in little experience in politics and no team ODIHR’s press service urged the head of the German center-right MEP David McAllister, prison. Human rights activists say Russian- behind him. Incumbent President Petro European Parliament’s delegation to the who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee. installed authorities in Crimea have jailed Poroshenko, who has consistently played on March 31 election, Polish MEP Dariusz The “issue at stake is extremely serious. It numerous Ukrainian citizens on politically the threat from Russia to rally his support- Rosati, to tone down the delegation’s contri- infringes on the right of the European motivated charges since Russian military ers, was not a popular choice in Moscow. bution to a joint press release by removing Parliament, as an independent and sover- forces occupied the Ukrainian peninsula in “The nation is against Poroshenko – that’s wording about “the ongoing Russia-waged eign international organization, to express early 2014 and, less than a month later, ille- the essence of the second round,” Aleksei war against Ukraine” and replacing it with a its own views on a specific topic,” the letter gally annexed the territory through a dubi- Pushkov, chairman of the information com- reference to “the ongoing conflict in the said. It asked ODIHR to provide an explana- ous referendum. (RFE/RL, with reporting mittee at Russia’s Federation Council, tweet- east.” Mr. Rosati “made it clear that he tion ahead of the April 21 runoff vote by TASS and Interfax) between incumbent President Petro ed. (Matthew Luxmoore of RFE/RL) understood the constraints faced by the NATO increases aid to Ukraine OSCE... but stressed he would not depart Poroshenko and comedian Volodymyr OSCE accused of whitewashing report from his original text,” the letter said. “He Zelensky. Reached by telephone on April 5, On April 4, in a meeting in Washington, The European Parliament has accused therefore agreed that the European ODIHR spokesman Thomas Rymer told NATO foreign affairs ministers approved a the Organization for Cooperation and Parliament would not be quoted at all in the RFE/RL the organization would respond series of measures aimed at countering directly to the European Parliament, saying Security in Europe (OSCE) of whitewashing joint press release prepared by the ODIHR.” Russia in the Black Sea region and agreed to that “the proper way is to respond to their a press release about the Ukrainian presi- Despite reassurances from ODIHR, it said, provide Georgia and Ukraine with increased concerns directly to them.” He added, “As I dential election by watering down critical copies of a joint press statement with the maritime cooperation, patrols and port vis- understand we’ve received the letter, and in wording about Russia, according to a sternly “unacceptable” watered-down wording its. They also renewed demands for Russia any case with any partner organization of worded letter seen by RFE/RL. The letter, were made available throughout the joint to end its annexation of Crimea, release course we would send a reply and we press conference by the monitors in Kyiv on Ukrainian sailors and ships it seized in a dated April 4 and signed by two senior would... work with them.” He did not com- members of the European Parliament April 1 and were “distributed to the numer- confrontation last year in the Sea of Azov ment on the substance of the accusation. and respect the Intermediate-Range Nuclear (MEPs) on behalf of the European ous journalists present.” The letter was (Rikard Jozwiak of RFE/RL) Parliament, describes “an unprecedented addressed to Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, Forces Treaty. Kurt Volker, former U.S. Balukh placed in solitary confinement ambassador to NATO and current special representative for Ukraine negotiations, Ukrainian activist Volodymyr Balukh, speaking with Nick Schifrin on the “PBS who is serving a five-year prison term in News Hour,” discussed NATO’s major steps Russia on charges he and his supporters say to support Ukraine, including stepped-up are politically motivated, has been placed in presence of NATO ships, surveillance of the TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 solitary confinement. The Crimean Rights Russian navy, and training of Ukrainian or e-mail [email protected] Defense Group nongovernmental organiza- troops, $250 million of assistance in the U.S. tion quoted Mr. Balukh’s sister, Nadia, as defense budget, as well as radar systems, saying that officials at the Correctional refurbished Coast Guard cutters and tactical SERVICES PROFESSIONALS Colony No. 4 in the western Russian town of vehicles. 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A new case likely” that Mr. Putin could decide not to level has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living against Mr. Balukh was opened in March seek another term or some in his circle room, dining room and laundry room 2018, after the warden of the penal facility could “push him out” if his health deteriorat- o kitchen. Studio apartment over in Crimea where he was held sued him, ed. But Mr. Khodorkovsky added that others one car garage with separate entrance. claiming that Mr. Balukh attacked him. In in the president’s circle understood that Lower level has 2 bedrooms. Open July, a court found Mr. Balukh guilty of the living room and kitchen with full bath. their “safety could not be guaranteed” and second charge and ruled that he will serve a “therefore those people will talk Putin into a New roof. Beautiful Trac deck. House HELP WANTED total of five years in prison for both convic- is on elevated property overlooking new term, either by Belarus joining [Russia] tions. 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At the time of their independent opinion polls in Russia that arrests, Russia’s Federal Security Service suggested Mr. Putin’s popularity had (FSB) accused the three of being members reached near-record lows amid ongoing of a Ukrainian “saboteur group from the economic woes. He also said the Russian main intelligence directorate of the president was “interested in entrenching Ukrainian Defense Ministry.” Ukraine’s the state of a frozen conflict” in eastern Defense Ministry rejected the FSB’s allega- Ukraine, where Russia-backed separatists tions, calling them “another fabrication of have been fighting government forces since the Russian secret services aimed at justify- 2014. Mr. Khodorkovsky noted that, if the ing its own repressive measures against war ended, Mr. Putin would face “thou- local residents and discrediting Ukraine in the international arena.” Mr. Shtyblykov was (Continued on page 15) No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 15

history so that it becomes a full-fledged mid-1990s, a number of Ukrainian and not provide a very positive picture. Scholar... academic discipline in its own right,” she Russian translations of classical works in According to her, with the academy’s per- explained. Although it is not an easy task, feminist theory and women’s history have manent lack of funding, it is destined for (Continued from page 9) this process is moving forward, and this been published in Ukraine (e.g. Kate Millet, degradation. In the government budget, explore the gender dimensions of political gives Dr. Kis cause for optimism. Simone de Bouvoir, Dr. Bohachevsky- there is a separate line for the financial sup- imprisonment in the gulag. Nonetheless, women’s historical studies Chomiak). Many publications are now port of the National Academy of Sciences in But times are changing. Dr. Kis has herself are still fighting for space in Ukraine. accessible online, so students and scholars general and a separate line for costs to be seen this, although women’s history does “Women’s history should become more a can learn more. Foreign donor institutions spent on the Praesidium of the Academy, not yet belong to mainstream historiogra- part of the mainstream. We do our best to and foundations provide enormous sup- for which 100 percent financing is guaran- phy. At the beginning of the 1990s, there make it visible and accessible, so UARWH port for the development of gender studies teed. Thus, the elderly academics ensure were a few researchers who were interested members’ scholarly articles on women’s as they award research grants and create their own well-being, leaving the rank-and- in pursuing the study of women’s pasts. history are published on the Associations opportunities for research fellowships at file scholars to survive on their own. When Dr. Kis began her academic career, the web page and can be downloaded for free,” Western universities, and offer travel and Dr. Kis said that the situation is problem- number engaged in such research was very Dr. Kis noted. publications grants. atic in terms of the institutional structure small – singular instances of interest, five or She believes that it is heartening that stu- The Fulbright Program has been orga- as well. The Ukrainian Academy of Sciences six researchers scattered throughout dents and young researchers take advan- nizing academic exchanges for 25 years, is a very archaic and awkward institution Ukraine in various universities; rare exam- tage of this availability. To stock libraries sending Ukrainian scholars to American unamenable to reform in its current state. ples of researchers with no academic milieu with new books is costly (given their limited universities. The Canadian Institute of The younger scholars who are interested where they could discuss their projects or budgets), but electronic resources can help. Ukrainian Studies at the University of and willing to reorganize it do not have suf- receive support for their work. In fact, gender studies are now a very popu- Alberta awards grants to support research ficient power or resources; the top man- Today, however, there is widespread lar area of research among younger schol- projects in history, including women’s his- agement – elderly merited men – are too social interest and even a demand for this ars, but there is still some way to go for its tory. The Heinrich Boell Foundation finan- old to bother. kind of knowledge; for example, publica- proper institutionalization. cially supports academic conferences and Although there have been attempts to tions on women’s history are bought and Dr. Kis was asked whether there has publications. There are many such exam- reform the academic system in Ukraine, she they thrive. People need to know – and been any influence of the West on scholar- ples. This help has enormous impact on the continued, in its current circumstances, this want to know – what happened to ship in Ukraine. Foreign scholars who come progress of women’s history and gender structure cannot be effective. It is too hier- Ukrainian women in the past. to Ukraine often serve as promoters and studies as the state-subsidized universities archical, too rigid for innovation and too In 2017, the Ukrainian Association of resource persons. For example, Prof. and academic institutes in Ukraine are not patronizing. Young people are hardly inter- Researchers of Women’s History prepared Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak and Prof. willing to invest in these topics. ested in entering doctoral programs as they an edited volume, “Ukrainian Women in the Marian Rubchak brought the feminist agen- Asked about the future prospects of aca- cannot see any prospects for future careers Crucible of Modernization.” This scholarly- da to historical scholarship from the West. demic institutions in Ukraine, Dr. Kis did within the academy. popular compilation was released by KSD Since 2000 it has become easier to access Publishing House in Kharkiv in a fairly large major publications from the West; some issue of 5,000. It became a bestseller and younger scholars benefit from participa- Khodorkovsky also said that, although received a prize from the Lviv Forum of tion in international summer schools in NEWSBRIEFS “Ukraine’s political system is far from per- fect,” it was more “efficient than what exists Publishers as the best book in the field of gender studies at the Central European (Continued from page 14) history. Three independent juries of experts University in Budapest as well as in Foros in Russia after 20 years of Putin’s reign.” – in Kharkiv, Lviv and Kyiv – unanimously (Crimea), organized for many years by the sands of armed people who will seek ref- Once Russia’s wealthiest tycoon, Mr. decided to honor this book with an award. Kharkiv Center of Gender Studies. uge in Russia,” a prospect he said the presi- Khodorkovsky was arrested in 2003 and “To me,” Dr. Kis said, “when ordinary Western scholarship was unavailable in dent “cannot allow to happen.” Mr. served 10 years in prison after being con- people vote with their wallets, buying a Ukraine before the collapse of the Soviet Khodorkovsky said political newcomer victed of tax evasion and other financial book, while a jury of experts votes to select Union. “We obtained an intellectual Volodymyr Zelensky’s victory against crimes in two trials widely seen as political- such a book as deserving of a prize, it impulse when we learned about gender President Petro Poroshenko in the first ly motivated. He now lives in Europe after proves that the time for women’s history studies, women’s studies and feminist round of Ukraine’s presidential election leaving Russia when he was pardoned by has come. Our association aspires to pro- anthropology, when they were introduced illustrated a “global trend that brings good Mr. Putin and released from prison in 2013. mote the institutionalization of women’s in Ukraine,” Dr. Kis pointed out. Since the and bad populists to power.” Mr. (RFE/RL’s Russian Service)

It is with great sadness we announce In 1958, together with our father and his mother they founded the the passing of our mother, Riotto Funeral Home in the Jersey City Heights. She worked tirelessly helping around the funeral home and answering the phone for over Olga ‘‘Olly’’ Riotto 30 years. As our father spent time working at other funeral homes on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at age 90. to support our family, our mother oversaw the business, greeting mourners and inviting them up to our A lifelong resident of Jersey City, she was the beloved apartment above the funeral home for wife of our father, Randy Riotto, Sr., and mother of 3 dinner. children; Randy Riotto, Jr. and his wife Toni Dara Infante, Lorraine Riotto, and Richard Riotto. She is also survived by her loving Her greatest love in life was caring for grandchildren, Giancarlo and Sabrina Riotto and her dear sister, children. She was a wonderfully caring Gloria Switlyk, nieces, nephews, cousins, and her dear friend, and gentle stay-at-home Mom and Annaliese. grandmother that enjoyed cooking and attending all family events. Our Olga was born on the lower East Side of New York City and moved mother’s love was unending, and she to Jersey City in 1943 with her Ukrainian Catholic parents, the late always worried about our well-being James and Pauline Switlyk, and her siblings, Gloria and the late even up to her last days. Henry «Hank,» William, and Ray Switlyk. Together, they opened a family store in the Jersey City Heights on the corner of Central Ave. We have no words to accurately and Prospect St., making homemade food and desserts that the describe the sorrow we have losing neighborhood patrons enjoyed. our Mom. We are grateful to our family and dear friends that have been kind Olly met her future husband, Randy, in Dickinson High School to our Mom and kept her company, even through the di cult times on a hayride before graduating in 1947. She was a member of the over the past few years. We have been heartened by the prayers Boots & Saddles Club in High School and enjoyed horseback riding and messages of support we received as her health declined. Our at Montclair Riding Academy. Olly and Randy dated throughout sister Lorraine’s care and coordination with Olly’s many caregivers high school and stayed together during our father’s service in the and medical sta allowed our family to have more time with our Korean War. mother than we ever thought was possible. We take great comfort Before she married and raised three children, she was a full-time in knowing that our Mom has been reunited with her brothers who baby nurse for the New York Foundling Hospital, caring for orphaned always watched over her, her devoted parents, and our Lord Jesus babies until they were two years old or later adopted. She was also Christ. a live-in nurse doing private duty for some time in New York City. Visitation was on Saturday, April 6, 2019, and Sunday, April 7, Olly loved classic movies and at one time enjoyed keeping up on 2019, with a Parastas Service on Sunday at RIOTTO FUNERAL HOME all the gossip on celebrities. She never missed a Yankees game on & Cremation Company, 3205 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, NJ television and could often be heard saying “That’s my Mariano” in 07306 (www.riottofh.com). Funeral began on Monday, April 8, 2019, reference to her favorite player, Mariano Rivera. She had a beautiful at the funeral home followed by the Funeral Liturgy at Our Lady of voice and would always sing around the home. As a child in New Mt. Carmel Church, 99 Broadway Jersey City, NJ 07306. Entombment York City, she was asked to sing on a radio show but on the day of took place at Holy Cross Chapel Mausoleum, North Arlington. her performance was afraid to do it. She always wondered if she did show up what could have been. May her memory be eternal. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 No. 15 No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 17

AT THE UKRAINIAN MUSEUM

Greeting to the Directory of the Ukrainian National Republic from officials of the Ministry of Education and Art. Design by Heorhiy Narbut, Stamp impression from a Ukrainian National Academy of the Silver funeral wreath dedicated to the “Knights of the 1918. Collection of the Patriarch Mstyslav Museum Arts diploma. Collection of the National Art Museum of Ukrainian National Republic,” Kyiv, 1919. Collection of at the Ukrainian History and Education Center. Ukraine. Design by Heorhiy Narbut, 1919. the National Museum of the History of Ukraine. “Full Circle: Ukraine’s Struggle for Independence 100 Years Ago, 1917-1921”

The Ukrainian Museum museums, archives, libraries, institutions of learning, and private collectors from four NEW YORK – The Ukrainian Museum countries – Ukraine, Bulgaria, Switzerland, has opened “Full Circle: Ukraine’s Struggle and the United States. for Independence 100 Years Ago, 1917- Dr. Yurii Savchuk, senior researcher at 1921,” an exhibition that commemorates the Institute of History, National Academy the 100th anniversary of one of the most of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv, is the guest dramatic and fateful periods in Ukrainian curator of the exhibition. “Full Circle” will history – the struggle for independence be open to the public from April 7 through from 1917 to 1921 – and traces the cre- September 29. ation of the modern state of Ukraine on With its underlying premise that the ethnic Ukrainian territories. Ukrainian nation’s historical aspiration On display are informative text and toward a united, sovereign, modern, demo- photo panels, official seals and medals, vin- cratic European state has its roots in the tage flags and dozens of original documents Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921, the – artifacts bearing witness to the turbulent exhibition is structured around five princi- and important period that became the pal themes: underpinning for the nation’s long-awaited 1. “Revival of the Nation” encompasses sovereignty, finally attained in 1991. The the period from March 1917 to January parallels between the struggle for indepen- 1918 – a time of national awakening during dence 100 years ago and Russia’s aggres- which Ukrainians increasingly embraced the sion toward Ukraine today are all too vivid, idea of nationhood, with universals (declara- Installation of the State Emblem of Ukraine designed by Heorhiy Narbut, 1918. engendering the exhibition’s title “Full tions) reflecting the gradual transition from Collection of the National Art Museum of Ukraine. In the photo (from left) are: Circle.” autonomy to the proclamation of an inde- Liubov Androshchuk, Volodymyr Taran and Danylo Nikitin. Organizers of the exhibition include The pendent Ukrainian National Republic. Ukrainian Museum, the Museum of Kyiv 2. “Development of Statehood” traces the the peace treaty signed in Brest-Litovsk on ago. Ukraine’s declaration of independence, History, and the Sheremetiev Museum establishment of various elements of politi- February 9, 1918, between the Ukrainian in 1991, is seen as the final stage of that (Kyiv). Taking part in the exhibition are 26 cal life and activity during 1917-1921: the National Republic and the Central Powers 100-year process. creation of the Ukrainian National Republic, (Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany and The exhibition’s layout and design were the Ukrainian State (the Hetmanate) and Turkey); memorabilia of historical figures conceived by Volodymyr Taran, the design- the Directory; the founding of state institu- such as Symon Petliura and Volodymyr er of two previous exhibitions at The tions such as a legislative body, the creation Vynnychenko; a silver funeral wreath hon- Ukrainian Museum: “Ukraine-Sweden: At of a national currency and the establish- oring the Sich Riflemen (Sichovi Striltsi) the Crossroads of History, XVII-XVIII ment of a banking system; and the facilita- who lost their lives in the 1918 uprising Centuries” (2010) and “In Metal, On Paper: tion of education, culture and religion, against the Hetmanate; the pen used by Coins, Banknotes and Postage Stamps of including the establishment of the President Woodrow Wilson to sign the Independent Ukraine, 1991-2016” (2016). Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Ukrainian Day Proclamation in April 1917; In addition to The Ukrainian Museum, 3. “Struggle for Ukraine” represents the state papers documenting Ukraine’s bid to these Ukrainian American institutions are Ukrainian people’s four-year armed strug- join the League of Nations; the state seal of among the lenders to the exhibition: the gle for the right to self-determination. the Ukrainian Central Council and the Great Ukrainian National Museum (Chicago), the 4. “International Recognition of Ukraine” Seal of the Ukrainian National Republic; Ukrainian Museum-Archives (Cleveland), was an important factor in claiming legiti- and printing stones for the production of the Ukrainian Museum and Library of macy for the national aspirations of 1,000-karbovanets banknotes in 1918. Stamford (Stamford, Conn.), the Ukrainian Ukrainians. It was through the efforts of On January 22, 1919, the unification of Academy of Sciences in the U.S.A. (New Ukrainian diplomacy that important prog- the Ukrainian National Republic and the York), the Shevchenko Scientific Society ress in this area was achieved during the Western Ukrainian National Republic into (New York), the W. K. Lypynsky East period 1917-1921. one Ukrainian state was announced in European Research Institute (Philadelphia) 5. The “Ukrainian Diaspora’s Support” Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. “Full Circle: and the Patriarch Mstyslav Museum at the and response to the events in Ukraine dur- Ukraine’s Struggle for Independence 100 Ukrainian History and Education Center ing its struggle for statehood and ultimately Years Ago, 1917-1921” underscores the full (Somerset, N.J.). the proclamation of independence. circle of Ukraine’s path to independence, The Ukrainian Museum acknowledges Uncrating the 1917 Ukrainian Zaporizhian The majority of the items on display are showing that the country’s aspirations for with gratitude the support of the Embassy Regiment flag. Collection of the National being exhibited for the first time. Among self-determination, a free and democratic of Ukraine in the United States. Museum of the History of Ukraine. In the photo (from left) are: Serhii Synookyi other things, the exhibition showcases rare society and a sovereign nation have their and Yurii Savchuk. objects from key historical events such as roots in events that took place a century (Continued on page 31) 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 No. 15

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З НАГОДИ СВЯТА ВОСКРЕСІННЯ, КРАЙОВА ПЛАСТОВА СТАРШИНА В США вітає Всіх укрaїнців нa рідних землях і в діяспорі, Ієрархів українських церков і духовенство тa Український уряд, Проводи Головної Пластової Ради і Головної Булави, Крайову Пластову Старшину в усіх країнах, де існує Пласт, і всю пластову родину. Нехaй Божa лaскa зійде з небес, Смaчнa буде Пaскa Христос Воскрес! Христос Воскрес! Воістину Воскрес! КРАЙОВА ПЛАСТОВА СТАРШИНА США No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 21 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 No. 15

Best wishes Ukrainian National Association to my family and friends. Plastovyi Branch 450 May your life be blessed wishes its members, their families and supporters, with joy and prosperity. UNA General Assembly and employees in this jubіlee year Happy Easter! a joyful and a blessed Easter! Христос Воскрес! Mary J. Kramarenko Christ is Risen! Adia Fedash, Branch Chairperson Motria Milanytch, Secretary, 917-841-0962

З радісним Святом ХРИСТОВОГО ВОСКРЕСІННЯ Christ is Rіsen! Truly He is Risen! сердечно вітаю друзів, приятелів і всю Wishing a Happy Easter українську громаду to all our та бажаю family, friends and clients. жити в здоров’ї, радості та любові з надією на краще майбутнє України.

МИРОСЛАВА МИРОШНИЧЕНКО 215-941-8620; [email protected]

Greetings and Best Wishes for a Blessed Easter Христос Воскрес!

Yaroslaw and Karen Chelak Moye Handling Systems, Inc. 39 Rt 206 Box 785 Somerville, NJ 08876 908/526-5010 • f 908/707-1686 www.hoistdepot.com No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 23

Orphans’ Aid Society extends to our members, benefactors, supporters and the Ukrainian community best wishes for a Blessed Easter. Christ Is Risen! He Truly Has Risen! 136 Second Ave., Suite 504, New York, NY 10003 Board of Directors www.oasukraine.org • [email protected] 516-250-7805

Вітання та найкращі побажання ШКІЛЬНА РАДА при УККА благословенного Великодня засилає управа Вітає своїх Учнів, їхніх Батьків, Учителів та все українське громадянство з Асоціації Українських Правників Америки ВЕЛИКОДНІМИ СВЯТАМИ та бажає успіхів у науці Greetings and best wishes та приємних літніх вакацій. for a healthy and blessed Easter from the oˆ cers and governors ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕС! of the Ukrainian American УПРАВА ШКІЛЬНОЇ РАДИ Bar Association

Щирі Вітання з нагоди свят Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble and Academy wishes a Воскресіння Христового Blessed Easter родині, приятелям і пацієнтам to its students and their families, supporters and the Ukrainian community. засилають д-р Петро Ленчур ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕС! і д-р Рута Чолган-Ленчур з родиною Greetings from KLK to all our members, family and friends! ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕС! May your Easter be ” lled with love and peace that comes from His Resurrection

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НАУКОВЕ ТОВАРИСТВО ім. ШЕВЧЕНКА в АМЕРИЦІ We wish all Ukrainians вітає зі святом throughout the world ХРИСТОВОГО ВОСКРЕСІННЯ та бажає A Most Joyous Easter Season! своїм членам і всій українській громаді Північної Америки, України і світу духовного скріплення і Божих благ. Best wishes to our members and the o• cers of НТШ-А щиро вдячне громаді за досьогоднішню підтримку our branches, as well as to the leadership of the наших видавничих та інших наукових проєктів на Lemko Research Foundation (LRF) and the терені Америки й України. World Federation of Ukrainian Lemko Associations (SFULO)!

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

The National Board of The Organization СТАНИЧНА СТАРШИНА for the Defense of ПЛАСТОВОЇ СТАНИЦІ Lemkivshchyna (OOL) В НЬЮ-ЙОРКУ бажає УКРАЇНСЬКІЙ ГРОМАДІ, ПЛАСТОВІЙ ФУНДАЦІЇ, We would also like to invite everyone to the СВОЇМ ЖЕРТВОДАВЦЯМ ТА УСІМ ПЛАСТУНАМ XIX Lemko Vatra І ПРИЯТЕЛЯМ ПЛАСТУ to be held РАДІСНОГО СВЯТА June 29-30, 2019 ВОСКРЕСІННЯ at Oselia CYM in Ellenville, NY ХРИСТОВОГО www.lemko-ool.com www.plastnyc.org

З нагоди СВІТЛОГО ПРАЗНИКА ВОСКРЕСІННЯ ХРИСТОВОГО

щиро вітаємо

СВОЇХ ЧЛЕНІВ, УКРАЇНСЬКУ ГРОМАДУ, а зокрема НАЧАЛЬНОГО ПЛАСТУНА, ПЛАСТОВІ ПРОВОДИ, УПРАВУ ПЛАСТ-ПРИЯТУ, ВСІХ ФУНДАТОРІВ, ДОБРОДІЇВ та ЖЕРТВОДАВЦІВ ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕС! ВОІСТИНУ ВОСКРЕС!

ДИРЕКЦІЯ ПЛАСТОВОЇ ФУНДАЦІЇ В НЮ-ЙОРКУ No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 25

 e Ukrainian Catholic University During this glorious time of the Resurrection of our Lord and the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation wish you much happiness during this joyous time. Ž e Ukrainian Congress Committee of America May the miracle of this Easter season bless your would like to extend its warmest greetings Христосheart, Воскрес! your home and Christ those you love!is risen! for a Happy and Blessed Easter to Ž e Hierarchies of the Ukrainian Churches, the Leadership of the Ukrainian World Congress, the Executive Boards of our member organizations, the boards and members of our UCCA branches and Ukrainians throughout the world

Easter represents a time of sacri” ce, and a time of renewal.  e symbolism of Christ sacri” cing his own earthly life so that we may receive an eternal one, is reminiscent of the sacri” ces, that our brothers and sisters in Ukraine are making everyday, oœ en with their own lives, for the sake of freedom. During this Easter Season, may the Lord grant our brethren in Ukraine the strength to stand united against those who would compromise Ukraine’s freedom and territorial integrity, and to provide them with the fortitude to continue their struggle for the right to realize their aspirations to live in a democratic and European country. May the Risen Son of God keep all of us in His care and protect us from all evil. Небеса достойно нехайVisit веселяться, us at земля ж нехай радіє, нехай святкує увесьwww.ucef.org видимий світ і невидимий, Христос бо Christ Is Risen! Indeed He Is Risen! воскрес — радість вічна! — Пасхальна утреня, пісня 1

Український Католицький Університет і Українська Католицька Освітня Фундація бажають Вам світлих і радісних Великодніх свят. Нехай УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ІНСТИТУТ Воскреслий Господь благословляє Ваші серця, Ваш дім та Ваших близьких! АМЕРИКИ Завітайте до нас www.ucef.org або телефонуйте 1-773-235-8462 (USA), Веселих1-866-871-8007 (CANADA) вітає щирим

ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕС! Свят

ВСЕЧЕСНЕ ДУХОВЕНСТВО УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЦЕРКОВ, Воскресіння УПРАВИ ТА ЧЛЕНСТВО ВСІХ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЙ Христового І ВСІХ СВОЇХ ЧЛЕНІВ, ПРИЯТЕЛІВ ТА ЛАСКАВИХ ЖЕРТВОДАВЦІВ.

2 East 79th Sreet, New York, NY 10075 www.ukrainianinstitute.org бажають своїм членам, жертводавцям, землякам в Україні і поза Україною

УПРАВА ТА АДМІНІСТРАЦІЯ УКРАЇНСЬКОГО МУЗЕЮ

The Ukrainian Museum 222 East 6th Street, New York, NY 10003 Tel. 212-228-0110 • Fax: 212-228-1947 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ukrainianmuseum.org 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 No. 15

З нагоди Христового Воскресіння Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey Екзекутива та Рада Директорів Злученого Українського Американського 60 North Je erson Road, Whippany, NJ 07981 Допомогового Комітету wishes шле щирий привіт і святочні побажання Ієрархам і духовенству Українських Церков, нашим добродіям Happy Easter і жертводавцям, членам ЗУАДК-у і всім нашим братам і сестрам по цілому світі. to all its members, guests, patrons Нехай Всемогучий Господь обдарує всіх щедрими ласками. and the entire Ukrainian community. Христос Воскрес! Воістину Воскрес! Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! Екзекутива ЗУАДК-у

United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, Inc. 1206 Cottman Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19111 Tel. 215-728-1630 • Fax. 215-728-1631 e-mail: [email protected] • web site: www.uuarc.org

КРАЙОВА УПРАВА СПІЛКИ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ МОЛОДІ В АМЕРИЦІ 21 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfi eld, CT 06109 бажає Tel.: 800-405-4714 • 860-296-4714 • Fax: 860-296-3499 Ієрархам Українських Церков, Світовій Управі СУМ, New Britain, CT Branch всім Управам Осередків та Булавам Відділів Юнацтва СУМ, 270 Broad Street, New Britain, CT 06053 членам і прихильникам та Tel.: 860-801-6095, Fax: 860-801-6120 Українському Народові в Україні і в діаспорі Westfi eld, MA 01085 103 North Elm Street, Westfi eld, MA 01085 мирних і радісних Великодніх Свят. Tel.: 413-568-4948, Fax: 413-568-4747

ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕС! ВОІСТИНУ ВОСКРЕС! Вже дзвони весняні у серці лунають За Крайову Управу СУМ: До свят Великодніх приготовляють. Адріан Длябога, Голова Оля Тимуш, Секретар Бажаєм безгрішно і радісно жити, Людей поважати і Богу служити. А потім по святах про себе подбайте: ФЕДЕРАЛЬНА КРЕДИТОВА Ідіть в Кредитівку та гроші вкладайте. КООПЕРАТИВА „САМОПОМІЧ“ Пенсійний рахунок Вам всім допоможе у Клівленді, Огайо В достатку прожити – любий із Вас може. CSFCU з нагоди СВІТЛОГО ХРИСТОВОГО ВОСКРЕСІННЯ ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕС! в і т а є Запрошуємо Вас і Вашу родину, що мешкають Український народ у вільній Україні, Ієрархів і Духовенство Українських в околицях Ню-Інґланд, завітати до нашої Кредитівки. Церков, Проводи українських організацій в Україні та в діяспорі, Дозвольте нам полагодити Ваші фінансові справи. Українську світову Кооперативну Раду та Централю Українських Кооператив Америки, всіх своїх членів та все українське громадянство. ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕС! Дирекція, Комітети й Працівники No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 27

ФЕДЕРАЛЬНА КРЕДИТОВА КООПЕРАТИВА СУМА в ЙОНКЕРСІ, Н.Й. разом зі своїми філіями вітає всіх своїх шановних членів, приятелів та українську громаду в Йонкерсі, Н.Й., Спрінґ Валі, Н.Й., Стемфорді, Кoн., Ню-Гейвені, Кон., та околицях з радісним святом ХРИСТОВОГО ВОСКРЕСІННЯ! Бажаємо усім доброго здоров’я, миру і спокою, успіхів у житті та праці на добро українського народу.

ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕС! ВОІСТИНУ ВОСКРЕС!

Члени Дирекції, комісії та працівники Федеральної Кредитової Кооперативи СУМА

SUMA (YONKERS) FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 125 Corporate Blvd, Yonkers, NY 10701 1-800-644-SUMA • 914-220-4900 [email protected]

Christ is Risen! He Truly has Risen! Wishing a Blessed Easter to the leadership, employees and all the members of Ukrainian credit unions. May the risen Christ fill your heart with joy, bring you hope and bless you with peace.

ЦЕНТРАЛЯ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ КООПЕРАТИВ АМЕРИКИ (ЦУКА) UKRAINIAN NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION 2315 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60622 • Tel. 773 489-0050 • www.uncua.com

Connecticut-Massachusetts Michigan New York – Connecticut New York – California Pennsylvania – New Jersey Ukrainian Selfreliance New England Ukrainian Selfreliance Michigan SUMA (Yonkers) Massachusetts – Ohio – Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union Federal Credit Union Federal Credit Union Oregon – Washington Federal Credit Union 21 Silas Deane Highway 26791 Ryan Road 125 Corporate Blvd. Ukrainian Federal Credit Union 221 W Street Rd, Wethers­ eld, CT 06109 Warren, MI 48091 Yonkers, NY 10701 824 Ridge Road East Feasterville, PA 19053 T: 800.405.4714 T: 877. POLTAVA T: 888.644.SUMA Rochester, NY 14621 T: 888.POLTAVA Branch o• ces: T: 877.968.7828 Branch o• ces: Branch o• ces: Branch o• ces: Spring Valley, NY; Stamford, CT; Branch o• ces: Jenkintown, PA; West­ eld, MA; New Britain, CT Hamtramck, MI www.usnefcu.com New Haven, CT; Yonkers, NY Bu alo, NY; Amherst, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Trenton, NJ www.usmfcu.org www.sumafcu.org Syracuse, NY; Webster, NY; www.ukrfcu.com Illinois – New Jersey Boston, MA; Cleveland, OH; Selfreliance Federal Credit Union New Jersey New York – New Jersey Portland, OR; Sacramento, CA; Pennsylvania 2332 West Chicago Ave. Nova UA Federal Credit Union Ukrainian National Seattle, WA; Vancouver, WA Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union Chicago, IL 60622 851 Allwood Road www.ukrainianfcu.org of Western Pennsylvania 215 Second Avenue Federal Credit Unon T: 888.222.UKR1 Cli on, NJ 07012 Ohio New York, NY 10003 95 South Seventh Street Branch o• ces: T: 1-844-7NOVAFCU Cleveland Selfreliance T: 866.859.5848 Pittsburgh, PA 15203 Newark, NJ; Jersey City, NJ; Branch o ce: Federal Credit Union Branch o• ces: T: 412.481.1865 Whippany, NJ; Botany Village; Cli on, NJ 6108 State Road South Bound Brook, NJ www.samopomich.com Warren, MI; Hamtramck, MI; www.novafcu.com Brooklyn, NY; Perth Amboy, NJ Parma, OH 44134 West Bloom­ eld, MI www.ukrnatfcu.org T: 440.884.9111 Palatine, IL; Bloomingdale, IL; New York Branch o• ces: Chicago, IL Self Reliance (NY) North Canton, OH; Lorain, OH www.selfreliance.com Federal Credit Union www.clevelandselfreliance.com Maryland 108 Second Avenue Selfreliance Baltimore New York, NY 10003 Federal Credit Union T: 888.SELFREL Branch o• ces: 2345 Eastern Avenue Kerhonkson, NY; Uniondale, NY; Baltimore, MD 21224 Astoria, NY; Lindenhurst, NY T: 410.327.9841 www.selfrelianceny.org www.srbfcu.org 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 No. 15

Wishing The Ukrainian National Home a Happy Easter wishes all its patrons to all our family, friends and clients a very Happy Easter Roman Tabatchouk and family

ROMAN TABATCHOUK, ESQ. Licensed in NJ & NY 140 2nd Ave, 2200 Route 10, Suite 104 P: 973-854-0917 Parsippany, NJ 07054 F: 888-392-5704 New York, NY 10003 www.tabalaw.com e: [email protected] Tel.: (212) 529-6287

Щиросердечні Побажання Радісних свят Радісних Свят Воскресіння Христового Воскресіння Христового Рідним, Приятелям і Клієнтам щиро бажають

для української громади ОЛЕГ ЛАЗІРКО з дружиною ГАНУСЕЮ, син АНДРІЙ, засилає донька ХРИСТИНА РОМАНЮК з чоловіком АНДРІЄМ, НАТАЛКА ЛАЗІРКО ФАРРЕЛ з донею ІВАНКОЮ Ukrainian East Village Restaurant OLYMPIC COMMUNITY MARKET 140 Second Ave., New York, NY 10003 122 40th Street, Irvington, NJ 212-614-3283 Tel.: (973) 375-3181 • [email protected] No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 29

Ukrainian Catholic University awards 125 master’s degrees by Katerina Hlushchenko LVIV – The Ukrainian Catholic University recently gradu- ated 125 master’s degree students in six fields: history, the- ology, human rights, non-profit management, Christian ped- agogy and organization of leisure. The ceremonies on February 9 began with a divine litur- gy, after which all the newly-minted masters, their parents, teachers, program directors and vice-rectors gathered in the Dining Hall, where Father Ihor Boyko greeted the com- munity: “Tomorrow will be a new era: you will wake up not as students but as graduates. And what you will do to make the country and the world better will depend only on you.” He continued: “I hope that this day when you receive your UCU diploma will be the day when you realize that you, and not someone else, are the intellectual elite of our country. And may this realization accompany you all the time in adult life.” With these words, Father Boyko officially began the commencement ceremony. Polish civic activist and friend of UCU Krzysztof Stanowski was the honored guest of the winter commence- Lesyk Urban Some of the master’s graduates of the Ukrainian Catholic University pose for a group selfie. ment. According to UCU’s dean of the Faculty of Social his diploma paper only a year and a half after the defense: Sciences, Volodymyr Turchynovskyy, Mr. Stanowski not only “When we confirmed the theme, he ended up in prison. knows Ukraine’s potential and sees the Ukrainian context in This did not prevent me from defending it, but later I also the international arena, but, by his activities, which go far ended up behind bars.” He added, “But look how easy it is beyond the Polish border, he honors, loves and supports today to graduate from a university.” Ukrainians. A former dissident, a co-founder of Polish Mr. Stanowski addressed the general national Polish Solidarity, and twice assistant minister of education and for- experience, which helped the country go from protests to eign affairs of Poland, Mr. Stanowski was one of the organiz- unity: “I remember how, 30 years ago, Poles were world ers of the Polish Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine and co- champions in protests and underground publications. No founder of the Committee of Civil Solidarity with Ukraine. one was better than us in the world! But at some moment Since 2016, he has been a member of the Advisory Council we realized that our strikes and meetings against the gov- of UCU’s Institute of Leadership and Management. ernment would be useless if we didn’t know how to man- Mr. Stanowski gave a brief account of his past as a stu- age ourselves and take care of our neighbors. We realized dent at the Catholic University of Lublin, which as the time that if we united, there would no longer be people who do was the first and only non-government university between protests. Then two groups of people sat down at the table Tokyo and Berlin. That is, it was the only chance for a higher for discussions: those who had just left prison and those Valedictorian Oleksandr Kozhukhar, a graduate of the education if a student had a problem with the government. first class of UCU’s Master’s in Human Rights Program. He recalled that his academic director managed to read (Continued on page 30) 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 No. 15

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Lesyk Urban ВОСКРЕСІННЯ ХРИСТОВОГО! UCU Rector Father Bohdan Prach (right) with commencement speaker Krzysztof Stanowski, a Polish civic activist. know how to join with the like-minded and UCU awards... work together,” he added. ЮЛІЯН і МАРІЯ This year’s valedictorian was Oleksandr (Continued from page 29) Kozhukhar, a graduate of the first class of БАЧИНСЬКІ who had put them behind bars. They UCU’s Master’s in Human Rights Program. understood that they had fought with one “Unlike my 15 classmates, who are sitting in власники another for the last 10 years. But at that the hall, I still feel like a student. I am wor- time they decided, nevertheless, to think ried, and worry is the most characteristic about a common future, about what they emotion of a student. Still, in fact, in addition EAST VILLAGE MEAT MARKET, INC. could do together.” to worry, I also feel countless positive emo- 139 SECOND AVENUE (bet. 8 & 9 Streets) The honored guest also spoke of social tions, because our whole class successfully completed studies. We all made it to the end NEW YORK CITY innovations: “When I came to you, I was thinking about social innovators, because and received degrees. And this is a real Tel.: (212) 228-5590 this university forms a corresponding world- accomplishment at UCU,” he said, smiling. view. But there are always few true innova- “We are here [at UCU], first of all, to help tors, literally one in a million. And the partic- others. As lawyers, we go out to help when ular quality of these people is solving prob- norms and rules have been violated, such as lems without the help of policy, thanks only ‘do not steal’ or ‘do not kill,’ ” Mr. Kozhukhar to their efforts and work. I often hear that emphasized. He called on all the graduates social entrepreneurs are not interested in to never stop or throw up their hands, and teaching people. It is said that they only feed expressed hope that this first graduation of them with fish, instead of teaching them how the Master’s Program in Human Rights is to fish. But these people truly change the only the beginning for lawyers at UCU. whole fishing industry, and not only the Sophia Opatska, the vice-rector for aca- views of one fisherman. As a result of the demic affairs, was asked to comment where activities of a real social innovator, there will the UCU community finds the strength and be changes in the whole society, not only in courage to be in the avant-garde of ЩИРОСЕРДЕЧНІ ПОБАЖАННЯ the consciousness of a few people.” Ukrainian higher education and to launch Finally, Mr. Stanowski called upon the and carry out programs that have no ana- РАДІСНИХ СВЯТ masters graduates not to fear difficulties, logue at other Ukrainian universities. “With and he accompanied this advice with an the example of the masters graduating today, ХРИСТОВОГО ВОСКРЕСІННЯ interesting story from the past: “When I it is easy to understand why we are launch- was sitting in prison, the most authoritative ing new programs,” she explained. “Do we для української громади bandit once came up to me and said: ‘Mr. need to have the rule of law in Ukraine? It’s Stanowski, the first 10 years are always the very necessary. And data science? Everyone засилає hardest.’ And today I know this is true, talks about this, but not everyone under- because if you want to change something, stands why it’s necessary. We are certain you need to be ready for the fact that sud- that, for government structures, for business DNIPRO LLC den changes don’t happen.” and for the whole country in general, this is The rector of UCU, Father Bohdan Prach, extremely important because the develop- Тел.: 908 241-2190 888 336-4776 who studied at Lublin Catholic University in ment of computer sciences, in particular, the same years as Mr. Stanowski, responded could position Ukraine on the global map of by noting that it really will not be easy. “But the world. And, when one looks at our pro- it should not be easy. If something is easy gram in non-profit management, it is possi- for you, this often can mean that sooner or ble with one’s own eyes to see how civil soci- later your work will turn out to be of use to ety is changing and developing in Ukraine. no one. But the most difficult first 10 years And this rapid development clearly requires can possibly be totally reduced to two, if you quality management.”

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Through Exhibit, “Full Circle: Ukraine’s Struggle for Independence May 4 Cinco de Mayo celebration, featuring Plast Ukrainian September 29 100 Years Ago, 1917-1921,” The Ukrainian Museum, Kerhonkson, NY Scouting Organization Hockey Tournament, Soyuzivka New York www.ukrainianmuseum.org or 212-228-0110 Heritage Center, www.soyuzivka.com or 845-626-5641

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ry, in particular Ukrainian schools and “Full Circle...” Ukrainian youth groups. Individual visitors may enjoy the exhibition anytime during The UNA announces (Continued from page 17) gallery hours, but groups must make Scholarships and Awards “Full Circle” is made possible by Self advance reservations due to limited capaci- Reliance New York Federal Credit Union, ty. Contact the museum by calling 212-228- for students attending Zenia Mucha, Eugene and Daymel Shklar, 0110 or e-mailing info@ukrainianmuseum. Slavomyra Bilas, Lydia Hajduczok, and Prof. org to make arrangements. college in the 2019-2020 Jaroslaw and Alla Leshko, as well as the * * * academic year. support of numerous sponsors, who are The Ukrainian Museum is located at 222 listed in the exhibition opening invitation, E. Sixth St., (between Second Avenue and wall text, brochure and catalogue. The Bowery), New York, NY 10003; web- Students wishing to apply for a UNA scholarship or site, www.ukrainianmuseum.org. Hours are Tour the exhibition award must meet the following criteria: Wednesday through Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-5 Guided tours of “Full Circle” may be p.m. (check the website for holiday hours). arranged for groups of 10 or more. Tours Admission: $8 for adults; $6 for seniors, • Have been an active, premium-paying UNA member will be of special interest to students study- and students; free for children age 12 and for at least two years by June 1st of 2019 ing the history of Ukraine and world histo- younger. • Have had a single premium policy or an annuity, valued at a minimum of $5,000 during the last two years 2017, in part over alleged violation of the • Be enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited European Court... International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, college or university, studying towards their rst (Continued from page 3) Russia claimed that weapons had been bachelor’s degree studied to reach its conclusion are “so spe- “found in Donbas mines.” cial that that can be considered as a finger- The question of Russian control and  e application for a UNA scholarship or award must print.” jurisdiction will be paramount in the ECHR be postmarked no later than June 1, 2019. It is worth recalling that the JIT worked case, as it is in the case before the ICJ and in with all countries in one way or another the preliminary investigation still continu- involved in the MH17 disaster and endeav- ing at the International Criminal Court at For complete details and applications, please call the ored to cooperate with Russia. It is the lat- the Hague. The JIT has presented evidence UNA headquarters or visit the Our Bene ts page on ter which used its power of veto in the U.N. demonstrating that the Buk missile was the UNA website at: Security Council to block an international from a Russian military unit and that the investigation into the disaster. Buk missile launcher was swiftly taken www.UNAInc.org Russia has consistently pushed the line back into Russia after the disaster. Russia that any Russians found fighting in the has never tried to claim that rogues stole Donbas are “volunteers,” and has used a the missile launcher and is, on the contrary, UNA, Inc. combination of repressive measures, blocking any attempts to interrogate and threats and bribes to avoid information prosecute the people whom the JIT and 2200 Route 10 about soldiers fighting and/or killed in the others have named as suspects in this case. Parsippany, NJ 07054 Donbas. During the preliminary hearing Russia’s response to the European Court 800-253-9862 ext. 3035 into Ukraine’s suit against Russia at the U.N. of Human Rights in Strasbourg is, reported- International Court of Justice in March ly, awaited in the autumn. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 No. 15

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Tuesday, April 23 NEW YORK: Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University, for a lec- ture by Mariana Kaplinska (Lviv Polytechnic National University) titled “Historic Cities of Ukraine: Perspectives for Research and Conservation.” Dr. Kaplinska will speak about those historic cities of Ukraine, in particular within its historical region of Halychyna, that had been granted the Magdeburg Law. The Magdeburg Law privileges had an essen- tial influence on the urban development of the region and throughout Central and Eastern Europe. It brought about the emergence of a very specific city planning model, featuring a market square at its center, which lasted for centuries. In many cases, however, this model had to be inte- grated with older urban structures or reshaped to conform with new ideas of urban planning that many cities under- went as they developed with time. These transformations will be analyzed with a particular focus on crucial changes that transpired in the 20th century. Ms. Kaplinska is a visiting Fulbright scholar at the University of Pennsylvania’s Historic Preservation Program in 2018-2019. Her lecture will take place at noon in the Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room (Room 1219), International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118th St. For additional information call 212-854-4697. Saturday, May 4 MARSHFIELD HILLS, Mass.: Join two poets in an intimate gathering at the Red Barn to sift through past and present. Drawing on the sharing of selections from “Memory Project 41” (Underground Books, 2018) by New York City-based poet Olena Jennings, as well as selections from local poet Dzvinia Orlowsky’s latest book “Bad Harvest” (Carnegie University Press, 2018), attendees will be encour- aged to elicit their own memories of time and place to share and keep or crumple and ignite in a bonfire following the read- ing. Suggested donation at the door is $5 to $10. The event is at 7-10 p.m. at the Red Barn, 90 Prospect St., Marshfield Hills, MA 02050. For more information call 414- 232-7069.

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