INSIDE: • President travels to Brussels – pages 3. • Notes on ’s presidential inauguration – page 4. • Adventures: An ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro – page 11.

ThePublished U by thekra Ukrainian Nationali Association n i a Inc., a n fraternal Wnon-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXVIII No.10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 $1/$2 in Ukraine European Parliament ousts Tymoshenko government by Zenon Zawada , the Our Ukraine bloc and slams Yushchenko Press Bureau the Lytvyn Bloc, which had been the most likely to form a new coalition. KYIV – Ukraine’s Parliament voted on Party of Regions deputies had confidently for honoring Bandera March 3 to dismiss the government of Prime predicted that they would form the coalition Minister , paving the way the week of Mr. Yanukovych’s inauguration. PARSIPPANY, N.J. – In a resolution “on for the Party of Regions of Ukraine to form the situation in Ukraine” adopted on They secured the support of Mr. Lytvyn, yet a new coalition government that will work they underestimated the tangled web that is February 25, the European Parliament stated in tandem with its leader, President Viktor that it “Deeply deplores the decision by the the Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense. Yanukovych. “How can you negotiate with that outgoing , Viktor The 243 votes to oust Ms. Tymoshenko’s Yushchenko, posthumously to award Stepan ‘bardak’ [mess]?” asked Dr. Kuzio, who Cabinet of Ministers drew upon the support spent several weeks in Ukraine meeting Bandera, a leader of the Organization of of 172 Party of Regions deputies, 27 Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) which col- with various deputies. “Nine parties became Communist votes, 19 votes from the 15, each of which has its own subgroups.” laborated with Nazi , the title of Volodymyr Lytvyn Bloc, 15 votes from Our ‘National Hero of Ukraine’; hopes, in this And each subgroup is demanding a piece Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense (OU-PSD) of the coalition pie. For example, Dr. Kuzio regard, that the new Ukrainian leadership and even seven votes from the Yulia will reconsider such decisions and will learned that Single Center Party Chairman Tymoshenko Bloc. Viktor Baloha is demanding the post of maintain its commitment to European val- While opponents of the Tymoshenko ues.” Zakarpattia Oblast Administration Chair and government were celebrating in the halls of the Emergency Situations Ministry. “He’s That statement was the entirety of para- the Verkhovna Rada afterwards, experts said Offi cial Website of Yulia Tymoshenko graph 20 of 22 paragraphs devoted to vari- only got the eight people – who does he their joy could be premature. Forming a new Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko think he is?” Dr. Kuzio asked rhetorically. ous matters pertaining to Ukraine, from the coalition government within the 30-day addresses the Verkhovna Rada on March recent presidential election and constitution- As a result, the Party of Regions decided deadline has already proven difficult. 3, the day the Parliament voted no confi- on March 4 to pursue a new route to form- al reform to cooperation with the European “I don’t think it will be easy to form this dence in her government. Union, visa-free travel and energy efficien- ing a coalition, avoiding Our Ukraine – coalition at all,” said Dr. Taras Kuzio, senior People’s Self-Defense altogether. cy. research fellow at the Chair of Ukrainian that only parliamentary factions not individ- The Ukrinform news service and RFE/ Its deputies cobbled together 229 votes, a Studies of the University of Toronto. “I think ual deputies can form coalition govern- small majority, to approve changes to the RL reported on March 3 that deputies of the it’s telling that so few Our Ukraine people ments, and their total members must form a , Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk oblast parliamentary by-laws that would allow cast their votes. I was expecting at least 30 majority of at least 226 votes. forming a coalition government with fac- councils had submitted appeals to the or 35.” Negotiations have persisted ever since European Parliament asking it to review The stipulates Mr. Yanukovych’s election between the (Continued on page 19) paragraph 20. And, on March 2, the International Conference in Support of Ukraine submitted a letter of protest to Jerzy Buzek, president of the European Parliament. After defeat, observers ask: What’s next for Tymoshenko? Deputies from the three oblast councils by Zenon Zawada expressed confidence that the European Kyiv Press Bureau Parliament’s decision lacked legal and his- torical grounds, and was based on the slan- KYIV – Acting Prime Minister Yulia der of so-called “cooperation” between the Tymoshenko caused little surprise when she OUN and Nazi Germany. These are the announced she’s taking a needed vacation, echoes of Communist propaganda that just hours after the Parliament sacked her defamed the Ukrainian national liberation government. movement during World War II, they said. She suffered the biggest defeat of her The deputies said the resolution on political career in the presidential election, Bandera was based on false information and which left her disoriented and tired. In the called on the European Parliament to review three weeks since the February 7 runoff, Ms. its position. Tymoshenko fought an exhausting court Deputies of the oblast councils referred to battle that was already lost but necessary to the documents of the Nuremberg process, in rally her supporters. which neither Bandera, nor the OUN led by “I am a person just like any other,” she him, nor the Ukrainian Insurgent Army led told the judges reviewing her appeal on by Gen. Roman Shukhevych were described February 19. “It’s hard for me to overcome as collaborators. emotions. When they declared the election They reminded the European Parliament results, I could have gone off to the side and Victor Glasko that European public figures had earlier said, ‘Let it be as it may.’ But I found the expressed regret that Bandera was killed by strength to fight for just elections. Believe Supporters of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko hold a sign, “Democracy will Soviet KGB agent Bohdan Stashynsky on me, it’s not easy when results are announced, triumph,” outside the Higher Administrative Court in Kyiv on February 19. October 15, 1959. congratulations resound and you have to go Bandera fought against both Nazi and against the stream.” research fellow at the University of Toronto Ms. Tymoshenko’s post-election strug- Soviet forces in World War II. While he is Her campaign’s failure to prepare for the who interacted extensively with the gles began once international monitors lauded as a hero in the western part of post-election struggle, which some observ- Tymoshenko campaign. endorsed the elections the day after the vote, Ukraine, he is considered a traitor by many ers said Ms. Tymoshenko could very well “They have a short-term mentality and I pitting her against political winds that blew in the eastern, largely pro-Russian part of have won with the right strategy, has left the didn’t see them strategize with different sce- fiercely in Viktor Yanukovych’s favor all the the country. public wondering what lies ahead in her narios. There was no Plan B. They presented way through the appellate courts and into The Ukrainian deputies’ appeal was political career and whether she’ll be able to their case on election fraud too late and the presidential chair. passed at an extraordinary session on March learn from the mistakes in this campaign. didn’t put their case forward in the West and Even her own advisors admit the “I don’t think they understand the con- with international organizations. It came (Continued on page 17) cept of strategizing,” said Dr. Taras Kuzio, a across as very poorly done,” he explained. (Continued on page 17) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 No. 10 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS Does Yanukovych inauguration mark European Parliament on Ukraine president of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, who arrived in Kyiv for the beginning of pseudo-Kuchma era? BRUSSELS – On February 25 the inauguration of Ukraine’s new president. European Parliament voted for a resolution Ms. Tymoshenko said she views the by Pavel Korduban 1932-1933 Famine from the presidential that contains a provision about Kyiv’s pos- European Parliament’s resolution on Eurasia Daily Monitor website, www.president.gov.ua sible application for European Union mem- Ukraine passed that day as a signal of sup- (Segodnya, February 27). Mr. Yushchenko bership. Clause B of the document says: Viktor Yanukovych was inaugurated as port to the country’s European aspirations. had cherished the memory of the Famine “Whereas Ukraine is a European state and, “This is a long-waited signal indicating Ukraine’s new president on February 25. as important to nation-building, but this pursuant to Article 49 of the Treaty on His first steps and statements have proved Kyiv may apply for membership in the vexed Moscow and many . European Union, [it] may apply for mem- European Union. This is an extremely reminiscent of President Leonid In a move aimed against Ms. bership of the EU like any European state Kuchma’s (1994-2004) first term. Mr. important signal for all Ukrainian people,” Tymoshenko, who refused to admit her that adheres to the principles of liberty, she noted. The prime minister also said she Yanukovych selected President Kuchma’s defeat in the February 7 presidential elec- democracy, respect for human rights and considers it symbolic that the resolution former secretary as the head of his admin- tion runoff and to resign, Mr. Yanukovych fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law.” was adopted that today: “Ukraine sees a istration and demonstrated that in foreign instructed the Procurator-General’s Office The document also says that the European foundation for consolidation of the entire policy he will revive the multi-vector and the Accounts Chamber to check gov- Parliament is planning to call on the EU nation just in Ukraine’s aspiration to approach of the Kuchma era, when ernment spending. This concerns both Council to mandate the European choose a European road.” Mr. Buzek said Ukraine played on differences between domestic funds and International Commission to work on a roadmap for that the arrival that day in Ukraine of rep- and the West. Mr. Yanukovych Monetary Fund loans which accounted visa-free travel for Ukrainians. The resentatives of European institutions and also confirmed his inclination toward for the bulk of foreign assistance received European Parliament also stressed the need organizations indicates an intention to populism in economic matters. by Ukraine in 2008-2009. Mr. “to implement constitutional reforms in President Yanukovych pledged in his Yanukovych also expressed his concern develop cooperation more closely and con- order to establish a viable and efficient sys- structively. He added that, both for Ukraine inauguration speech to reform the govern- over the situation with regard to taxation. tem of checks and balances to define a clear ment, in order that it should become “a and the EU, the policy conducted by Prime In particular, he instructed prosecutors to distribution of [powers] between the presi- team of professionals,” most likely mean- Minister Tymoshenko and her idea for ensure that “the tax administration should dent, the Cabinet of Ministers and the ing that a future successor to Prime cooperation with the EU is important and not levy taxes three months in advance,” Verkhovna Rada.” In this connection, the Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will chair a it works. (Ukrinform) as reportedly was the case under Prime European Parliament noted that it “expects technical Cabinet rather than one repre- Minister Tymoshenko (Ukrainska Pravda, Ukrainian politicians and authorities to rec- NATO cooperation will not be expanded senting the parties in a coalition. Mr. February 26). ognize the need for, and to work for, politi- Yanukovych said he would cut spending KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych, Mr. Yanukovych said in his inaugura- cal and economic stabilization, notably on government administration to increase while on a visit to Brussels, said Ukraine- tion speech that Ukraine would strive to through constitutional reform, consolidation pensions and wages. NATO cooperation programs would be an equal partner for Russia, the of the rule of law, the establishment of a Immediately after the inauguration, he remain at the level set by his predecessors. European Union and the United States as social market economy and renewed efforts decreed trimming the presidential staff by “a bridge between the East and the West” “As for the future – this is a matter of to combat corruption, and improve the busi- 20 percent. His team also said that he (Channel 5, February 25). It is becoming nearest negotiations,” Mr. Yanukovych ness and investment climate.” The European would cut the presidential salary by 50 clear that Mr. Yanukovych is not aiming said on March 1. He confirmed that “part- Parliament also “stresses the importance of percent and trim the staffs of regional to make Ukraine Moscow’s puppet as nership relations between Ukraine and reinforcing cooperation between Ukraine governors (chairs of Oblast administra- many in the West had feared. NATO would be kept.” (Ukrinform) and the EU in the field of energy and calls tion) by 20 percent in order to decrease Ukraine will not join the customs administrative spending. Similarly, he union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, for further agreements between the EU and Less interest in foreign policy instructed prosecutors to ensure that the Ukraine aimed at securing energy supplies Mr. Yanukovych’s economy aide Iryna KYIV – Foreign policy has significantly government adheres to Parliament’s deci- for both sides, including a reliable transit Akimova told Inter TV on February 26. declined as a public interest in Ukraine sion from late last year to increase wages system for oil and gas.” The European She said such a union is not on the agen- over the last year, according to a and pensions (Channel 5, Ukrayinska Parliament also “appeals to all neighboring da because it would complicate Ukraine’s Democratic Initiatives Foundation (DIF) Pravda, February 25). countries to fully respect the democratic relations with the World Trade opinion poll released on March 2. Thus, This populism is due to the fact that system of the Ukrainian state and to refrain Organization. Moscow apparently hoped according to the poll, in March 2008 a the elections, when popular decisions are from exerting any pressure or interfering Ukraine would join the customs union total of 78 percent of those surveyed important, are not over for Mr. under Mr. Yanukovych. President Dmitry with the aim of overturning the democratic Yanukovych. Parliament is expected to will and decisions taken by Ukraine in rela- intended to participate in a referendum on Medvedev instructed the Federal Customs Ukraine joining the European Union com- schedule local elections for later this year, Service to start preparing the union for tion to its political, social and economic and early parliamentary elections are pos- development.” (Interfax-Ukraine) pared to 61 percent who would do so Ukraine’s possible membership (ITAR- today. The poll also found that only 21 sible if Mr. Yanukovych fails to form a TASS, February 19). Tymoshenko comments on resolution percent of respondents back NATO mem- new coalition in Parliament to oust Ms. Mr. Yanukovych also reiterated his bership compared to 60 percent who Tymoshenko. election promise to push for a revision of KYIV – Prime Minister Yulia Mr. Yanukovych renamed the the 2009 gas accords with Russia so that Tymoshenko on February 25 met with the (Continued on page 14) Presidential Secretariat as the Presidential “the price of gas should be fair” (BBC Administration, as it was known under Ukrainian Service, March 2). However, Kuchma, and appointed Serhiy this may come at the price of accepting Lyovochkin, 37, as head of the adminis- Russia’s old plan for an international con- FOUNDED 1933 tration. Mr. Lyovochkin has been a key sortium to manage Ukraine’s gas pipe- Th e Uk r a i n i a n We e k l y aide to Mr. Yanukovych, and had been lines. 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Following is an excerpt other countries in the region come to from RFE/RL’s March 2 report (see terms with their Communist legacy? ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA http://www.rferl.org/content/Interview_ Landsbergis: It’s not about us, it’s Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3041 Former_Lithuanian_President_Says_ about justice. If there is no justice, peo- e-mail: [email protected] Communism_Was_Never_ ple don’t believe in justice in general. Maria Oscislawski, advertising manager (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 Defeated/1972668.html). They are dissatisfied with democracy, fax: (973) 644-9510 RFE/RL: In your opinion, why with state policies, because they see e-mail: [email protected] haven’t there been any high-profile the same personalities in power or Mariyka Pendzola, subscriptions (973) 292-9800, ext. 3042 trials of Communist leaders similar wielding great influence. e-mail: [email protected] No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 3 FOR THE RECORD: Yanukovych’s address to the Verkhovna Rada President Viktor Yanukovych’s address the confidence in myself, in the strength of spirituality mostly when they are in a to Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine as released of my team and the power of the state of permanent financial instability. In in English translation on February 25 by Ukrainian people, I would have never run economically developed countries the the press office of President Viktor for President’s office. likelihood of internal conflict due to the Yanukovych. I know what to do and how to do it. difference in cultural traditions of a First, we must restore the system of region is 10 times lower than in the eco- Dear Members of Parliament, Dear effective governance. We must quickly nomically backward states. compatriots! establish a competent executive power, Ukraine should choose the right long- I have just been sworn in the president that will immediately proceed to manage- term development strategy. Many of our of Ukraine. What I felt as my hand rested ment of the most affected sectors of the problems are caused by the fact that upon the Holy Peresopnytsia Gospel? economy and social sector. The primary instead of moving towards a post-indus- It were responsibility and humility. objective here is reforming the system of trial society of XXI century, we chose the Before the people of Ukraine, which in the governance and, first of all, the Cabinet, path of initial accumulation of capital, i.e. free expression of will has given majority its transformation into a team of profes- the so-called “wild capitalism.” of votes for my candidacy. Before the sionals, rather than “political waiters.” In Accordingly, we will be able to success- Almighty, by Whose will I now assume this regard, I urge the Parliament to sup- fully compete in today’s world only if the office of the President of Ukrainian port my efforts to create a transparent, turn to development of science intensive state in such a difficult time for it. effective and accountable system of gov- industries: modern technologies of pro- The election is over. The whole world ernance able to cooperate synchronously duction, accumulation and use of scientif- recognized that it had been democratic. with the President. ic achievements. The Ukrainian nation has said its word, I emphasize: this special role in the I understand that it is extremely diffi- and international community has reaf- reforming of public administration I see Offi cial Website of Ukraine’s President cult to catch up with industrially devel- firmed that Ukraine is a free state, where played by the Parliament. It is a place for President Viktor Yanukovych’s official oped countries. However, it is possible. rights and freedoms are the highest values discussion. It is a place for a strong oppo- portrait photo. To do this, Ukraine needs a strategy of and where the people’s choice cannot be sition, which should control the actions of Such cooperation will be crucial for the innovation progress, and our team has questioned by any manifestations of the government and the president. But such a strategy. It involves the develop- effective reform of government, justice, someone’s ill will. first of all it is the place for strong and ment and state support of a small number amending the Constitution. Today the state This last fact is particularly important stable parliamentary majority. of priority areas, where we can take our is controlled by the structure, “sewn” for given the young age of our democracy If we fail to overcome the existing polit- rightful place in the international distribu- the purposes of individual politicians. The and the illnesses of its development that ical disputes in the name of saving the tion of labor. This means not strengthen- same can be said about justice, and many are so hard to avoid in the process of state, if we fail to cleanse our hearts from ing the role of state in the economy, but other important areas of Ukrainian society. statehood establishment. the poison of hatred generated by vanity government’s participation in establish- We should change the status quo. The Nevertheless, we have passed this and selfishness, the state will be doomed ment of effective market mechanisms. I structure of all branches of power should important exam with dignity and now the to continue wandering in the twilight of am convinced that direct state influence serve achievement of a common goal – page of 2010 presidential election has political and socio-economic labyrinth. on the economy, its manual control is the rapid adoption of the necessary state laws been turned. With this turn the next peri- Mutual rejection due to failure of ones road to nowhere. and their rapid implementation. And we od of our history begins. and victory of the others is not only The prerequisites for renewal of inves- should equally care for protection of legiti- The country is in a very difficult situa- destructive from the point of view of state tors’ and international financial institu- mate interests of ordinary people, ordinary tion: there is no current year’s state bud- interests, but is deeply immoral. Because it tions’ confidence in Ukraine are ensuring get, the foreign borrowings are huge, is said in the Bible: “Make your peace citizens, middle class, intellectuals and political stability, fighting corruption, there is poverty, the economy is in ruins, with your adversary quickly, while you are businessmen. establishing clear and, most importantly, there is corruption; this list of troubles still on the road with him ...”. Life has Effective cooperation between the permanent rules of relations between the that make up the Ukrainian reality is far confirmed this simple and obvious truth: president, Parliament and government state and business. Providing the first two from complete. people do not like being shown bear fists. will clear the way to rapid economic conditions will be particularly difficult Yet, I do believe that not only we can They tend to trust more to those, who offer progress. In turn, the resolution of this process, but I have enough political will save the state from the socio-economic their hand as the sign of peace. So I appeal problem will not only eliminate perma- to put them into practice. collapse, but we can quickly put it on the to all members of the Parliament with a nent poverty, but will also unite the coun- path of accelerated development. But for call to cooperation for the sake of Ukraine. try. People tend to politicize certain issues (Continued on page 22) Brussels rolls out red carpet for Ukraine’s new leader by Ahto Lobjakas alliance’s headquarters in Brussels. Mr. RFE/RL Yanukovych said on the morning of March 1 that Ukraine’s “status will not change” BRUSSELS – Ukraine’s newly sworn- during his tenure as far as its ambitions to in president has been given the red-carpet join NATO are concerned. But he also treatment on a visit to the European confirmed that his country will not pull out Union’s capital. from existing cooperation projects with the Viktor Yanukovych was welcomed as alliance that include contributions to the “a friend” on the morning of March 1 in NATO Response Force. Brussels by Jose Manuel Barroso, presi- dent of the EU’s executive arm, the Balancing East, West European Commission. Mr. Yanukovych on March 1 said he is Expressing “delight” that Mr. seeking to enhance Ukraine’s partner- Yanukovych’s first foreign trip since his ships with both the EU and Russia. This inauguration on February 25 was to balancing exercise appears to perfectly Brussels, Mr. Barroso told him he was suit the current mood in the EU, too. The “among friends of Ukraine, committed to bloc’s new enlargement and neighbor- supporting [the] stability and prosperity of hood commissioner, Stefan Fule, has your country and engaging fully with made a point of saying good relations Ukraine and Ukrainian authorities.” with the EU must not preclude good rela- The EU breathed a sigh of relief last tions with Russia. month when the new leader of its largest Mr. Barroso on March 1 reiterated this Offi cial Website of Ukraine’s President eastern neighbor apart from Russia defied view, saying relations with one must not President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine in Brussels with Jose Manuel Barroso, expectations by choosing Brussels – not come at the expense of the other. Saying president of the European Commission. Moscow – as his first foreign destination. that developing relations with the EU Elected mostly on the back of his sup- weren’t “detrimental to [Ukraine’s] rela- Ukraine’s EU membership has little sup- “Regarding accession, or the possibility port in Russian-speaking eastern parts of tions with Russia or the opposite.” Mr. port today among EU member-states, of accession, we have always stated that Ukraine, Mr. Yanukovych positioned him- Barroso said, “we believe that it is impor- which prefer a more arm’s-length relation- instead of discussing the possible dates for self as an alternative to the spirit of the tant to deepen all this European market. ship. negotiations, it is much better to focus now Western-oriented rep- We also try to develop a constructive rela- This is precisely what Mr. Barroso and on the reforms that are needed to [bring] resented by his defeated rival, Yulia tion with Russia, and so I believe there is a other EU leaders are offering today. After Ukraine closer to Europe and de facto inte- Tymoshenko. huge potential in Ukraine.” meeting Mr. Yanukovych, Mr. Barroso grated in our economic system,” Mr. In Brussels on March 1, President Mr. Barroso repeatedly described spoke of “de facto” integration. This Barroso noted. Yanukovych did his best to allay the fears Ukraine as a “European” partner, thus tac- includes eventual free trade and visa-free Technical assistance of Ukraine’s Western backers, saying inte- itly confirming its eligibility for EU mem- travel, to be enshrined in a new Association gration with the EU remains a key priority bership in the long run. Ironically, Mr. Agreement within a year. But political Mr. Yanukovych, for his part, has good for Ukrainian for policy. Yanukovych’s quest for a balance between integration into the EU will continue to reasons to accept whatever the EU is He snubbed NATO, however, by not the EU and Russia has made it easier for elude the country for the foreseeable taking the opportunity today of visiting the Brussels to make encouraging noises. future. (Continued on page 22) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 No. 10 The yanukovych inauguration: a reporter’s observations by Zenon Zawada and Vladimir Putin had never gone to the Kyiv Press Bureau extent of holding a Russian Orthodox mole- ben before their inauguration ceremonies. KYIV – President-elect Viktor The Russian Orthodox Church’s patriarch Yanukovych could have used a few dress attended Mr. Putin’s inaugurations in 2000 rehearsals for his February 25 inauguration. and 2004 only as an invited guest alongside He didn’t sing the Ukrainian national Russia’s other religious leaders, reported anthem on the three occasions it was played Ihor Tomm, a reporter for the proUA.com – at the beginning and close of his swearing- website. in ceremony in the Verkhovna Rada, and at In 2008 President Medvedev participated the official transfer of the command of in a moleben led by the Russian patriarch Ukraine’s armed forces in the Presidential only after the state inauguration ceremony Administration courtyard. had concluded. Instead of singing, he barely mouthed the Belarusian President Alyaksandr words to a few random lines. Lukashenka also didn’t hold a moleben prior President Yanukovych began his day with to his inauguration. a gaffe when he tried entering the Verkhovna Mr. Yanukovych began his February 25 Victor Glasko Rada for the swearing-in, only to have the inauguration with a morning moleben in Viktor Yanukovych waves to his supporters before entering the Verkhovna Rada propped-open swinging doors nearly close Kyiv’s ancient Caves Monastery, which on him. to be sworn in as Ukraine’s fourth president at his February 25 inauguration. belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Observers speculated that a draft caused – Moscow Patriarchate. the doors to close just as Mr. Yanukovych The moleben was conducted by the the inaugurations and communicated with • The Presidential Secretariat became the was walking in. His critics deemed the mys- Russian Orthodox Church’s Patriarch Kirill, the leaders of the main Ukrainian confes- Presidential Adminstration. terious event a celestial omen. who blessed Mr. Yanukovych on his “ascent sions in St. Sophia Cathedral.” • The links of the presidential website “That was nature closing the doors before (http://www.president.gov) detailing to power as the president of Ukraine.” At *** him” said Volodymyr Filenko, a national projects were promptly were deputy with the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Mr. Medvedev’s moleben, Patriarch Alexei II had blessed the Russian president merely Here’s some of what Mr. Yanukovych did also pointing out that a portion of the monu- in his first few hours in office: (Continued on page 18) ment to the city’s founders – Kyi, Schek and “for the start of a good deed,” the proUA. Khoryv and their sister Lyebid – had myste- com article stated. riously crumbled on the inauguration’s eve. Patriarch Kirill arrived from Moscow “I am convinced these things are symbol- with an entourage that included Konstantin ic and not accidental,” he said. Zatulin, the Russian Duma deputy who par- Once the ceremony began, Mr. ticipated in anti-NATO protests in Crimea in Yanukovych took a surprise detour from 2006 and was subsequently barred from protocol when charged with the symbols of Ukraine. his office – the presidential bulava, the presi- Mr. Yanukovych was roundly criticized dential seal and the presidential medallion. for inviting a foreign religious leader to hold After placing the bulava and seal on their a religious ceremony before the inaugura- respective pillows held by the honor guard, tion, rather than following in the tradition set Mr. Yanukovych was presented the presi- by former Presidents Leonid Kuchma and dential certificate, which he was supposed to Viktor Yushchenko in meeting with place on a third pillow. Instead he slipped Ukrainian religious leaders afterwards. the certificate into his inside blazer pocket, The morning moleben breeched a 2002 flashing the guard a joking smile that indi- presidential decree creating the State Zenon Zawada cated he would keep the document close. Ceremonial Protocol of Ukraine, which Demonstrators hold a banner, “Get out, Moscow priest,” in protest against the His lighthearted gesture drew laughs and established that the country’s religious lead- visit of Moscow Patriarch Kirill for the inauguration of Viktor Yanukovych. applause from his supporters and foreign ers perform an inaugural benediction for the delegations. president-elect in St. Sophia Cathedral, a More laughs followed at the inaugural neutral UNESCO World Heritage site that reception, where President Yanukovych belongs to the state. Fugitive ex-lawmaker Lozynskyi reportedly asked his honored guests to raise “Ukraine is not a single-confession state,” a champagne glass for a toast. Only no one said Bishop Yevstratyi Zoria, spokesman of else had been served champagne yet. the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv is arrested in villager’s murder Patriarchate. *** by Zenon Zawada violent aggressor, the 55-year-old Valerii “There are several main confessions in Kyiv Press Bureau Oliinyk. Villagers told reporters that Mr. Mr. Yanukovych’s inauguration ceremo- Ukraine. Presidents Kuchma and Oliinyk was harmless and that Mr. ny was Russocentric even by Moscow stan- Yushchenko took that into account during KYIV – Former National Deputy Viktor Lozynskyi had a history of abusing and dards. their inaugural ceremonies. In 1999 and Lozynskyi, widely accused of participating threatening them. Russian Presidents Dmitry Medvedev 2005, these presidents held meetings after in the murder of a Ukrainian villager, was The incident outraged the Ukrainian pub- arrested on March 1 after a police investiga- lic and embarrassed the Yulia Tymoshenko tion led to the capture of his right-hand man Bloc, which tries to maintain an image as a just a few days earlier. political force that combats Ukraine’s oli- Ukrainian Days scheduled in D.C. “Lozynskyi was so besieged, and the cir- garchs and their abuses. WASHINGTON – The Ukrainian On Thursday morning, March 18, cle got so tight that he understood it made Mr. Lozynskyi’s colleagues expelled him National Information Service (UNIS) participants of Ukrainian Days will no sense to hide anymore,” a spokesman for from their parliamentary faction in July is organizing “Ukrainian Days” in participate in a breakfast meeting with the Procurator General’s Office, Yurii 2009 and stripped him of his immunity from Washington, on March 17-18. members of the Congressional Boichenko, told the UNIAN news agency prosecution, causing him to go into hiding The intent of Ukrainian Days is to Ukrainian Caucus (CUC), an officially on March 1. “Like a penned-up animal, he to avoid arrest. promote the concerns of the Ukrainian registered group within the U.S. House felt on his own hide that he was under the The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the American community, as well as to of Representatives that is interested in watch of the special forces and made the Security Service of Ukraine said Mr. establish better relations with commu- enhancing relations between Ukraine single correct decision – to surrender.” Lozynskyi’s capture was the result of a trap nity members’ elected representatives and the United States. Mr. Lozynskyi (whose surname was pre- they set for him, getting a Kyiv court to in Congress. Briefing papers on vari- An evening reception is also being viously rendered as Lozinskyi) surrendered issue a ruling on February 22 to confiscate ous topics will be supplied to all the planned for the Ukrainian Days partici- voluntarily after driving up from Crimea, the 65,000 acres of forest land he illegally participants of Ukrainian Days by pants to have a chance to become where he was in hiding. The next day, police gained. UNIS. acquainted with others in Washington charged him with “intentional, harsh bodily That led to the February 26 arrest of his On Wednesday morning, March 17, who follow U.S.-Ukraine relations. injury, inflicted in a way of exceptional right-hand man, Vasyl Perepelytsia. Mr. UNIS will organize presentations by Throughout the two-day event, par- abuse, or committed by a group of people, Lozynskyi is now under arrest and faces a American government officials and non- ticipants of Ukrainian Days will meet or ordered, or leading to the death of the prison term of up to 10 years. governmental organizations (NGOs). Of with their legislators in the House of injured.” Mr. Lozynskyi is sticking to his story that particular interest will be a discussion Representatives and Senate in order to The 46-year-old oligarch became a sym- Mr. Oliinyk is to blame for his own death about such topics as Ukraine after its relate issues that concern the Ukrainian bol of the lawlessness and inequity of the because he allegedly attacked Mr. Lozynskyi presidential election, the U.S.-Ukraine American community and establish Orange era after he acknowledged his role and his colleagues, the news media said. Strategic Partnership Charter and closer communications with their offic- in beating and shooting to death a villager He also claimed to investigators that he Commission, U.S. foreign assistance to es. who he alleged had trespassed onto the vast didn’t know an arrest warrant was issued for Ukraine in fiscal year 2011, energy For further information about partic- forest tract that he owns in the him on July 7, 2009, and that he was the security for Ukraine, NATO enlarge- ipating, readers may contact the Holovanivskyi district of the Kirovohrad subject of search since July 30, 2009. ment, raising awareness of the Ukrainian Ukrainian National Information Oblast. “To say now, ‘I don’t know about any Genocide of 1932-1933 and the overall Service at 202-547-0018 or unis@ucca. Yet, Mr. Lozynskyi claimed that he and search,’ is a facade,” Mr. Boichenko said. context of U.S.-Ukraine relations. org. two colleagues, armed with hunting rifles, “How much money was spent on his search! were merely defending themselves against a How many operatives were involved!” No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 5

The Ukr a ini a n Nationa l Asso c iation For u m 2010 Almanac of the Ukrainian National Association is released PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The 2010 Almanac of the aimed at destroying Ukraine and Ukrainians from Ukrainian National Association has been released the 15th century through 1990. and is on its way to subscribers of Svoboda, the The Almanac’s third section is devoted to politics. Ukrainian-language weekly newspaper published by Here readers will find articles about the Russian the UNA. intelligentsia, Ivan Franko’s view of the Russian The Ukrainian-language Almanac’s editor is Petro problem vis-à-vis the Ukrainian national movement Chasto, a member of the editorial staff of Svoboda. and the international context of Ukrainian issues. Cover design is by Erika and Stepan Slutsky. “Anniversaries: Significant and Poignant” is the This year’s Almanac is dedicated, first and fore- title of the fourth section, which include articles most, to the state of the . Thus, about the 120th anniversary of the birth of writer the first chapter of the book is titled “Language: The Mykola Zerov; the centennial of the birth of Yaroslav Soul of the Nation,” and the first article in that sec- Starukh, a leading member of the Organization of tion begins with a quotation from Ukraine’s greatest Ukrainian Nationalists; the 150th anniversary of the poet, Taras Shevchenko. birth of Uliana Kravchenko, pioneer of the Ukrainian Topics covered in the first section include: the women’s movement; the 40th anniversary of the beginnings of the Ukrainian language, social stratifi- death of artist and Soviet-era dissident Alla Horska; cation of the Ukrainian language, the myth of the and the 100th anniversary of the death of the first inevitability of bilingualism, issues of orthography Ukrainian aviator, Levko Matsiyevych. and the question of language as a commodity. Section 5 is titled “From the Pages of Future Section 2 of the 2010 Almanac, titled Books,” and it contains excerpts of two books-in- “Unforgettable Pages of History,” includes articles progress, one by Roman Voronka and the other by on the 300th anniversary of the constitution of Pylyp Oleksander Tolpyhin. Orlyk, the 110th anniversary of the founding of the The final section of the Almanac contains articles Ukrainian Revolutionary Party and the 80th anniver- about travels in Ukraine, including one about the sary of the show trial against the Union for the 17th century journey of the French cartographer Liberation of Ukraine. Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan. Also included in this section is a Ukrainian trans- Unfortunately, the 2010 Almanac’s religious cal- lation of an excerpt from the historic 1953 article by endar, which is traditionally published at the begin- Raphael Lemkin, father of the Genocide Convention, ning of the book, is defective: it is missing the month titled “Soviet Genocide in the Ukraine.” It is pub- of November, but contains the month of July twice. lished here under the title “The Ukrainian is not, and All subscribers of Svoboda automatically receive has never been, a Russian” – a quotation taken from a copy of this annual publication. Others who wish the original English-language article. (The transla- to purchase the 2010 Almanac of the Ukrainian tion is reprinted from www.radiosvoboda.com.) National Association, at $15 per copy, may call Section 2 ends with a chronology of processes 973-292-9800, ext. 3042.

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WINDOW ON EURASIA Th e Uk r a i n i a n We e k l y Moscow makes new demands Our language, our treasure February 21 has been marked as International Mother Language Day each year on Ukraine after Yanukovych win since 2000 after the UNESCO General Conference of November 1999 proclaimed a day to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. According to the by Paul Goble United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: about 6,000 languag- Moscow has es are spoken in the world today; many languages are no longer spoken and have disap- Moscow has demanded that the incom- peared; the past 300 years have seen a dramatic increase in the disappearance of lan- ing Ukrainian president, Viktor already delivered guages; and today some 3,000 languages are endangered to a greater or lesser degree. Yanukovych, among other things end UNESCO notes that International Mother Language Day “grows in importance Kyiv’s contacts with the CIA and allow its list of what each year with more and more countries organizing educational and cultural events,” the FSB to return to Crimea, part of a and that and UNESCO and U.N. agencies encourage people “to maintain their knowl- more general effort by Russia to exploit it expects from edge of their mother language while learning and using more than one language.” the election outcome in Ukraine and an Governments and NGOs often use the occasion of International Mother Language indication of what will be at stake there in Ukraine, now Day to announce policies to encourage language learning. the coming months. Thus, outgoing President Viktor Yushchenko this year greeted the Ukrainian nation In an article in the February 22 issue that Viktor on the occasion of International Mother Language Day, underscoring “each person’s Vlast, journalist Vladimir Solovyev, Yushchenko is no inviolable right to speak his native language” and emphasizing that language is “the drawing on both Russian and Ukrainian primary marker of a nation, the main treasury of its culture and spirituality, the source diplomatic sources, describes Moscow’s longer in office. and guarantee of its originality and uniqueness in the world.” pleasure at the election of Mr. For centuries – under Russian imperial rule and afterwards under Soviet subjugation Yanukovych and its expectations that he – the Ukrainian language was persecuted, banned, Russified; it was the object of lingui- will reverse many of the Orange policies like May 9.” cide and part of a broader policy aimed at eradicating a distinct Ukrainian nation. The of his predecessor, Viktor Yushchenko That is because, one Russian diplomat effects of those policies are felt even today. That is why, as President Yushchenko stat- (www.kommersant.ru/doc. told the paper, “the last five years became ed, it is important today to protect and preserve the Ukrainian language, to promote its aspx?DocsID=1323691). a test. We struggled in order not to allow usage in government, the media, education and other spheres, and to conduct a lan- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Ukraine to enter NATO and to preserve guage policy that, while guaranteeing all national minorities the right to use their own Putin, Mr. Solovyev notes, has not been our fleet there. [And] not without diffi- languages, affirms the primacy of the Ukrainian language in Ukraine as the official able to hide his delight that Mr. culty, we saved the canonical unity of the state language. Yushchenko will soon be out of office Orthodox Church,” by means of a com- As one of his last acts in office, Mr. Yushchenko on February 15 issued a presiden- and that the Orange Revolution that plex “special operation.” tial decree on the concept of state language policy and charged the Cabinet of brought him to office in 2005 will now be Last week, Mr. Solovyev continues, Ministers with drafting a program for the development and implementation of the overcome, bringing Ukraine back into “Putin outlined Moscow’s expectations Ukrainian language and languages of national minorities for the years 2011-2015. The Moscow’s orbit. from the new Ukrainian powers that be: decree stressed that “protecting the development of minority languages should in no Last week, when President Nursultan ‘We would like to hope that the difficult Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan visited way prevent the development of the state language in all spheres of social life on the period in the life of the fraternal to all of Moscow, Mr. Putin said that he well territory of Ukraine.” us Ukrainian people is behind and that it “remembers 2005 and those quasi-revolu- The decree also noted that “granting the status of state language to other languages will be possible to develop normal inter- tionary events that took place in Ukraine. would inevitably lead not only to hastening the elimination of the Ukrainian language government relations, to build plans in Then, the leaders of this ‘color revolu- from official communications but to further erosion of the sphere of its usage.” economics and strengthen social coopera- tion’ used the dissatisfaction of people Mr. Yushchenko is not alone in voicing such sentiments. tion.” and their expectations for change.” Now, On February 20, the “Ne Bud Baiduzhym” (Don’t Be Indifferent) movement a pro- Moscow has already delivered its list however, Ukrainians have recognized that tested continuing discrimination directed against the Ukrainian language, such as of what it expects from Ukraine, the Vlast they were “deceived.” recent decisions that have a deleterious effect on the education of Ukrainian-speaking journalist says. On February 13, Sergey An anonymous Russian Foreign Affairs children in Ukraine. Members of Ukraine’s intelligentsia – including such notables as Naryshkin, the head of the Russian Ministry source told the Vlast journalist Dmytro Pavlychko, Ivan Drach, Lev Lukianenko, Ivan Dzyuba, Ihor Yukhnovskyi, Presidential Administration, spent “about that Moscow was pleased “not so much Myroslav Popovych and Yuri Shcherbak – on February 19 issued an appeal to the six hours together with Yanukovych” dur- by the victory of Yanukovych as by the Ukrainian nation warning of revanchist attacks by agents of Russian influence, such as ing which the Kremlin official outlined defeat of Yushchenko” and by the ways in the Party of Regions of Ukraine. These attacks, they said, are aimed at “the fundamen- Moscow’s requirements for better rela- which this change represented a defeat of tal values of our nation,” among them the Ukrainian language. tions. the American policy of “promoting Many fear that the new administration of President Viktor Yanukovych, who in the According to a Ukrainian diplomatic ‘orange revolutions’ and democratic ide- past had supported granting Russian the status of a second state language in Ukraine, source, Mr. Solovyev continues, Moscow als.” will deal a severe setback to the Ukrainian language on its native territory. They fear has prepared “a whole list of concrete “For us,” a Kremlin source said, “the that the few “affirmative action” programs aimed at supporting and promoting the steps which the new powers that be in main thing is that Yushchenko will no Ukrainian language that for so long was subjected to discrimination will now be over- Kyiv could undertake as a sign of the longer be ruling in Ukraine.” But unlike turned and that the Ukrainian language will once again be treated as second-class and renewal of the former friendship between his Foreign Affairs Ministry counterpart, lacking in prestige. the fraternal peoples.” Moscow “would the Kremlin source indicated that One hopes that these fears turn out to be unfounded. One hopes that Mr. like,” the source continued, to see Moscow was prepared to work with Yulia Yanukovych, now as president of Ukraine, will step up to the job and will protect and Ukraine’s Security Service drop its rela- Tymoshenko but feels that “it will be eas- defend Ukraine and its precious heritage. tions with the American CIA. ier to resolve certain questions, such as In addition, Moscow would like to the presence of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet “renew the work of the Russian FSB in Crimea” with Mr. Yanukovych. office in the Black Sea Fleet, the officers For Moscow, Vlast continues, “the of which [Yushchenko] had required to March Turning the pages back... five-year administration of Yushchenko is quit Crimea at the end of last year.” And recalled in Moscow as a terrible dream,” it has indicated that Moscow “expects” and the paper says that “Russian diplo- Mr. Yanukovych to “end any military mats are joking that February 7 (the date 13 cooperation with Georgia,” a link that had Three years ago, on March 13, 2007, the united opposition of of the second round of elections in flourished under his predecessor. 2007 Our Ukraine and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc walked out of Ukraine) should be made a red letter day Parliament to prevent the creation of a 300-vote coalition that “All these questions in principle are in the competence of the president,” the would have the potential to override presidential vetoes. Paul Goble is a long-time specialist “They are searching for who among you can be bought off,” said President Viktor Ukrainian source said, and consequently on ethnic and religious questions in positive actions on them can become Yushchenko during a meeting of 200 national deputies at the Presidential Secretariat, as Eurasia who has served in various quoted by the Kommersant daily newspaper. “I plead with you not to look for opportunities “gestures of good will by the new powers capacities in the U.S. State Department, that be of Ukraine on the path to the full to take such steps. And I know, I believe, that there will never be 300 people in this the Central Intelligence Agency and the Parliament who are ready to alter Ukraine.” restoration of relations” between Kyiv International Broadcasting Bureau, as and Moscow. Prior to the walk-out, a list of 17 demands of the coalition government were submitted by well as at the Voice of America and the opposition. “It’s absolutely necessary for all political forces and government institutions Mr. Naryshkin’s visit is the first sign Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Russia wants to restore high-level ties. today to dedicate themselves to immediate measures, without which we may lose the inde- the Carnegie Endowment for pendence of the Ukrainian state in the nearest future,” the statement said. And some in Kyiv were expecting International Peace. He has also been President Dmitry Medvedev to come to The demands included ceasing all natural gas purchases from intermediary director of research and publications at RosUkrEnergo, which was half-owned by the Russian government, and a constitutional ref- Mr. Yanukovych’s inauguration on the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, February 25 to show that relations have erendum to decide if Ukraine should have a presidential or parliamentary-presidential form vice-dean for the social sciences and of government. The opposition’s demands also called for the dismissal of Minister of resumed in that way. And he noted that humanities at Audentes University in some will remember that Mr. Medvedev Internal Affairs Vasyl Tsushko and Procurator General Oleksander Medvedko. Tallinn and a senior research associate Coalition leaders were outraged that the president voiced support for the unified opposi- was responsible for Ukrainian affairs at at the EuroCollege of the University of the time of the Orange Revolution. tion’s demands, and that Viacheslav Kyrylenko, chairman of the Our Ukraine faction, threat- Tartu in . Mr. Goble writes a blog Meanwhile in another Moscow com- ened that the president would veto many of the laws passed by Parliament if the coalition called “Window on Eurasia” (http://win- ment on the shift in Ukraine, Avtandil dowoneurasia.blogspot.com/). This arti- (Continued on page 22) cle above is reprinted with permission. (Continued on page 22) No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 7

NEWS AND VIEWS On second thought Quo vadimus? by Alex Kuzma by Peter T. Woloschuk work as advisors to elected officials and community leaders, to help review and draft In light of the recent presidential elections legislation, and to work with Western gov- in Ukraine and the fact that the Ukrainian ernmental and private agencies and organi- Let’s not forget our own ‘Zapovit’ people have, for better or for worse, accept- zations setting up shop in Ukraine. Most ed Viktor Fedorovych Yanukoych and his organizations did the same, sending money, On March 9 Ukrainians around the potentially catastrophic loss of revenue coterie as their government leaders – know- materials and even archives; not to mention world commemorate the birthday of our for our community and an unintended ing that his stated agenda was to improve advice and good wishes. greatest national poet and visionary, Taras redistribution of wealth that most of us the economy at all costs even if that meant But while we were riveted on Ukraine, Shevchenko. would find abhorrent. surrendering vital national priorities to the somehow we failed to notice that our own His story is well known to every We have seen our parochial schools interests of the Russian Federation, to pur- communities and organizations in the United Ukrainian schoolchild. Born a serf, close in Newark and Cleveland. St. sue a course of closer relations with the States were rapidly withering and fading Shevchenko’s talent was recognized at Russian Federation, to introduce Russian as George’s in Manhattan and St. Nicholas away. With the exception of the Ukrainian an early age. He was emancipated and the second official national language and to in Chicago are struggling to stay finan- American credit union system and a few became a brilliant poet and painter. accept the sanitized version of Russian cially afloat. A sum of $5 million could Baptist and Evangelical churches that have Welcomed into St. Petersburg society, Ukrainian history and relations including the purchase enough medical technology to been specifically set up by and for post- he could have enjoyed a comfortable Holodomor – it is time for Ukrainian save thousands of children’s lives in the independence Ukrainian immigrants, all career. Yet he could never forget the Americans to reconsider who we are, where Chornobyl-affected region, or build Ukrainian American institutions and organi- back-breaking injustices that were we are going, what we are doing, and how endowments for progressive universities zations have suffered serious declines in heaped upon his people by the Russian we will deal with the new Ukraine. in Lviv, or Kyiv, or Ostroh. membership and financial stability, and imperial regime. He wrote passionately In the next few years, scores of Ukraine has moved forward and so must numbers of them have actually been forced exhorting his people to rise up and we. Ukrainian parishes will be celebrating to cease operations and disband. throw off their chains. Arrested and their 100th anniversaries. They survived Believing in the democratic process, we None of the traditional Ukrainian church- deported, Shevchenko served 25 years a Great Depression and multiple reces- must come to terms with advice offered in es in the United States have experienced at hard labor. His imprisonment broke sions because our grandparents had the the Latin maxim “Vox populi, vox dei” (the growth in the last few decades, and this is in his health, and he died soon after his foresight to invest in their communities. voice of the people is the voice of God) and spite of significant immigration from return from exile, but his collection of How will these parishes last another 100 realize that today’s Ukraine and Ukrainians Ukraine in the past 19 years. poetry – “Kobzar” – became the rallying years? Clearly, wills and bequests must are not the stuff of the nostalgic projections In the 1930s, for example, there were cry for generations of Ukrainians who be a bigger part of the answer. One prop- of our forebears who left Ukraine willingly three Ukrainian evening and Saturday answered his call to freedom, whether as or under duress. schools operating in Boston with more than erly drafted sentence in a will notarized armed insurgents, dissidents or prisoners before two witnesses can raise more Ukrainians are their own people, and now 1,000 students on the books. Today, there is of conscience. is the time for us to realize this once and for a single Ridna Shkola, and, unfortunately, it funds than dozens of bake sales and spa- Times have changed. None of us are ghetti dinners. all. We are not, and never will be Ukrainians. has an enrollment of approximately 30. asked to make the supreme sacrifice for We are Ukrainian Americans. Our world Given all this, it is time to ask: What are Our friends in the Irish Catholic and Ukraine’s future. Yet, too many of us in Jewish communities have made a science view, as well as our understanding of we doing? Why? For whose benefit? And, the diaspora forget the most powerful Ukraine, its history, geography and even does any of this really make any sense? out of planned giving as a means of instrument we have for strengthening our investing in their community and guaran- culture are colored by our own education, The function and role of any immigrant community: our own “Zapovit.” upbringing, environment and daily lives in community in the United States has been teeing the long-term sustainability of Shevchenko died destitute and without their community centers and places of the United States. problematic throughout the country’s histo- heirs. He had no material assets to leave For better or for worse, Ukrainians are ry, particularly in light of the Nativist move- worship. In the Ukrainian community our to his people. So his testament expressed priests, lawyers and accountants, our masters of their own destiny. And we need ment in the mid 19th century, the melting his only wish to be buried on the bluffs to be masters of ours. pot theory promulgated in the early 20th thrift institutions and our community above the rapids and to watch his leaders should make a concerted effort to Ukrainians have to stand on their own century and the subtle pressures to conform people rise up from slavery. reach out to seniors who have not yet feet and learn to live with the consequences that continued for decades. The embrace of As children, we all memorized thought of drafting their own wills (espe- of their decisions as we have. There is very diversity is a very recent phenomenon and it Shevchenko’s “Zapovit.” Yet as adults cially those without next of kin) who feel little that we Ukrainian Americans can do is still unclear how much of an impact it and senior citizens countless Ukrainian a deep devotion to their church or favor- for them. Ukrainians have been independent really has had. Americans forget the crucial importance ite charity. for 19 years. On all levels and at every turn, Added to all of this are the inevitable of writing their own wills as a means of With rare exceptions, we have woeful- they have made it abundantly clear that they problems of acculturation and assimilation. protecting their wealth and channeling ly neglected this opportunity to safeguard are in charge and they don’t want advice Since the beginning of mass immigration their financial assets to the institutions from us – dollars, maybe; advice, definitely from Hungary in the 1880s, they care about most: their church, their our community’s resources. This is not not. Ukrainian Americans have been confronted cultural institutions or the humanitarian just an issue for senior citizens. Unfortunately, they have done precious with these issues. Do we change our names? organizations serving Ukraine. The Ukrainians in their 40s and 50s would little in that time but complain and make Give up our culture? Our language? Who cumulative impact of this shortsighted- also be wise to draft wills to safeguard excuses. They point to their past; they point are we anyway? ness drains enormous sums of money their children or, if single, to channel to the Soviets; they point to the Russians; There are literally scores of articles on the away from our community. their assets to a charity close to their they point to the Poles. They point every- pages of Svoboda discussing what being an A few years ago the president of one hearts. Although we’re fortunate to live where but to themselves. American Rusyn/Ukrainian was all about. of our Ukrainian credit unions bemoaned in a country where our life expectancy is In the past 19 years the major focus of How much of their culture, traditions and the fact that in the previous year his insti- in the 70s, there are plenty of tragic individual Ukrainian Americans as well as language should be preserved? What new tution was forced to send $5 million to examples of celebrities dying in their most Ukrainian American institutions has societies and institutions should be devel- the State of New York because so many prime (Buddy Holly, Payne Stewart, been on the ancestral homeland and devel- oped and fostered? What was their obliga- of their depositors had died intestate – Stevie Ray Vaughan). As with life insur- opments there. Who didn’t watch the moves tion to their homeland? How American without heirs and without a will to allo- ance, we need to prepare for unfortunate leading up to independence, the human should they become? cate their property or the money in their events, even as we enjoy our life to the chain stretched across the country, the dem- And, in spite of the fact that these immi- bank accounts. In tough economic times, fullest. onstrations and the protests? Who didn’t grants were primarily under-educated and when many states are teetering on the Many Ukrainian Americans harbor the thrill with the referendum for independence, working class, they created thriving com- brink of bankruptcy, revenue authorities superstition that they will hasten their the adoption of national symbols? Who munities that valued their heritage while are more than happy to scoop up the easy death by confronting their mortality and didn’t agonize over the lack of progress, the entering the mainstream of American life. money they can collect from “neobachni” thinking how to allocate their assets. corruption, the continued use of Russian and The post-World War II immigration came citizens who fail to leave a valid will or Actually, the reverse is true. We can pro- the fraudulent election of 2004? Who didn’t with a different world view and mission. to bequeath their real estate to beneficia- vide ourselves peace of mind and lower rejoice in the Orange Revolution? Ukraine and everything Ukrainian was ries. stress knowing that we have provided for Ukrainian American organizations and under siege and was rapidly being destroyed As a liberal voter, I might not be our loved ones and our beloved charities. individual Ukrainian Americans worked by Russian Communist occupiers. These bothered by the thought of an extra $5 Many Americans live long, meaningful feverishly to help get post-Soviet Ukraine people felt a real need to preserve a lan- million going to support a public school lives, revising their wills repeatedly as on its feet and many of these efforts had an guage, culture and way of life that could not in the Bronx or to repair a bridge, or circumstances change. impact on developments there. Scores of exist elsewhere. restore a contaminated wetland along We can start building a culture of Ukrainian Americans flocked to Kyiv and And, although they succeeded to some the Hudson. planned giving by holding workshops in other urban centers to establish and assist extent, a high price was paid by the But let’s imagine how much good $5 every church with lawyers and estate Ukrainian American community as a whole. non-governmental organizations (NGOs), to million could do if wisely invested in planners explaining the advantages of The emphasis on defending and using the Ukrainian institutions. Let’s multiply that various financial options and the risk of Ukrainian language and culture became par- Peter Woloschuk lectures in media and by another dozen Ukrainian credit unions squandering our hard-earned assets with- amount. Efforts to mainstream and become communications at a number of Bosto- and all the funds our fellow Ukrainians out a proper will. vital players on the broader American scene area universities and has served as a have invested in American banks or in As we honor our “Kobzar” this March, were discouraged and even frowned upon, media consultant with the National the stock market. Consider all the real we should remember the vital importance and most second-and third-generation Conference of Catholic Bishops and the estate owned by elderly Ukrainians in of drafting our own “Zapovit” for the Ukrainian Americans reacted by voting with White House Travel Office. He has trav- Chicago and Cleveland with no designat- greater good of our Ukrainian communi- eled extensively in Ukraine. (Continued on page 19) ed beneficiaries. It is easy to envision a ty. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 No. 10 Detailed statistical information about U.S. Ukrainians at your fingertips by Oleh Wolowyna of the mouse, percentages by rows and/or born in Ukraine who migrated to the U.S. 2006, and the relative percent changes dur- columns, as well as sort data in different col- between 1991 and 2007) are separated into ing the 1990-2006 and 2000-2006 periods. NEW YORK – The Center for umns in ascending or descending order. three immigration periods: 1991-1995, The percent and sort functions allow users to Demographic and Socio-Economic Research Each table can also be downloaded into 1996-2001 and 2002-2007. Percent immi- answer in seconds questions such as a) of Ukrainians in the United States, estab- Excel on the user’s computer. grants born in Ukraine is shown for each Which are the five top MAs with the largest lished a few months ago at the Shevchenko Following is a brief description of each migrant group. Also, for each subpopulation, relative increases (or losses) during Scientific Society in New York, has set up a table, in order to help users take full advan- the following indicators are shown: number 1990-2006 or 2000-2006; b) In each of the website with detailed information about the tage of these data. The data in the tables are of Ukrainian-speakers, percent speaking three years, which MAs contain about half of center, its objectives and plans. from population censuses and the American Ukrainian and percent speaking Russian at all Ukrainians living in MAs and how has Located at http://inform-decisions.com/ Community Survey. home. this changed between 1990 and 2006. ukrstat, the website contains an integrated Table 1 presents the evolution of key indi- Tables 3 and 4 allow one to study in detail For the largest MAs, the website has data data base with data on Ukrainians in the U.S. cators between 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2006, the age-sex composition of all Ukrainians, as on the number of Ukrainians disaggregated for 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2006 (2006 is used for example the total number of Ukrainians, well as the age-sex composition of by smaller geographical areas. Table 7 pres- to show average values for the years 2005, number U.S.-born and of immigrants by Ukrainian- and Russian-speaking subpopula- ents more detailed information for 1990, 2006 and 2007). period of immigration. The second panel of tions. In table 3, numbers for these three sub- 2000 and 2006, for the following MAs: This database is available on the website Table 1 presents the percent distribution of populations are presented by sex and five- Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver- and can be downloaded by researchers who citizens and non-citizens in each of these year age groups. Table 4 presents the percent Boulder, Hartford-Bristol-Middleton-New want to study in detail demographic, social, four years. Given that a person could report of Ukrainian (or Russian) speakers for each Britain, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim- economic and housing characteristics of one or two ancestries, Ukrainians can be age-sex combination. These two tables pro- Santa Ana-Garden Grove-Orange County, Ukrainians in the U.S. A separate database divided into three groups: those who provid- vide answers to questions like: a) what age- New York-Northeastern New Jersey, and for the whole United States is also available, ed only Ukrainian as ancestry, those who sex combination has the largest number of San Francisco-Oakland-Vallejo. and can be used to make comparisons listed two ancestries with their first ancestry Ukrainian (and Russian) speakers?; b) which Table 8 shows the composition of between Ukrainians and the total U.S. popu- as Ukrainian, and those who provided two age-sex combination has the largest (or Ukrainians in 2006 in 106 MAs (with 1,000 lation, as well as with the country’s various ancestries with their second ancestry as smallest) percent of Ukrainian (or Russian) or more Ukrainians in 2006), in terms of ethnic groups. Ukrainian. The table shows the percent dis- speakers? total, U.S.-born and immigrants; also immi- A special section, called “Quick Results,” tribution of these three categories for each Table 5 shows the total number of grants are decomposed by period of arrival presents eight tables that allow one to quick- year. Ukrainians in each state for 1990, 2000 and in the U.S. The “% Rows” function calcu- ly and easily find a wealth of information Table 2 shows the size of each immigra- 2006*, as well as the relative changes lates the percent distribution of the different about different aspects of persons of tion wave, and the percentage it represents of (increases or losses) for the periods migration waves among the total number of Ukrainian ancestry in the U.S. In many of all immigrants. Fourth Wave immigrants 1990-2006 and 2000-2006. Using the sort immigrants in each MA. By sorting different the tables the user can calculate, with a click (defined as persons of Ukrainian ancestry function, users can easily find out which columns with these percentages, users can states have gained the most and which have easily answer questions such as: Among all lost the most Ukrainians during 1990-2006 their immigrants, which MAs have the larg- or 2000-2006. Using the percent function est percent of immigrants arriving before users can see the percent Ukrainians living in 1946 (or between 2002 and 2007)? By sort- each state and, using the sort function on ing first by the “Total” column and then these percentages, which states had propor- applying the “% Rows” function, users can tionally the most (or the least) numbers of see the composition of immigrants in cities Ukrainians in each of the three years. with the largest Ukrainian communities. Table 6 present the same type of informa- Table 9 presents additional indicators for tion as Table 5 for metropolitan areas (MAs) all MAs with 1,000 or more Ukrainians in with at least 100 Ukrainians in 2006. For 2006. The age structure of each MA can be each MA one can see the evolution in the number of Ukrainians for 1990, 2000 and (Continued on page 20) No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 9 “Night Songs from a Neighboring Village” at The Ukrainian Museum by Ihor Slabicky steppe near the river Samara. Mr. Alpert neatly segued into “Nukh Havdule,” a NEW YORK – The audience at The Jewish spiritual song that was a very Ukrainian Museum in New York City on appropriate follow-up to the sad events Friday, February 12, was treated to a con- described in the duma. cert of “Night Songs from a Neighboring Not wanting to keep the mood too Village,” featuring renowned bandurist somber, Mr. Kytasty followed with a Julian Kytasty and Michael Alpert, a pio- short folk dance tune on his sopilka, and neering figure in the renaissance of that evolved into a full-blown village Yiddish and klezmer music. dance tune with Mr. Alpert accompanying This concert came about from their him on accordion. musical collaboration that started in 1994. The story of Adam and Eve was pre- Together, they have explored the many sented in Yiddish (“Udem Horishen”) and musical parallels and commonalties that in Ukrainian (“Adam i Eva”). exist in Yiddish and Ukrainian musical Interestingly, both songs tell their story in traditions. They performed together in the same manner and words, but with dif- New York City in 1994, and later per- ferent melodies. (In the Yiddish version, formed in Berlin and in Eastern Europe. however, the snake gets all the blame.) The concert at The Ukrainian Museum Chornobyl, unless you were knowl- started with Mr. Alpert reading “Night edgeable in Hassidic lore, was more or Songs from a Neighboring Village,” a less an obscure town in Ukraine before poem by Herts Rivkin, with Julian April 26, 1986. Unfortunately, it gained Kytasty providing the musical accompa- world renown after that date. Mr. Alpert’s niment. What followed was a medley of ballad “Chernobyl” paid homage to that Yiddish and Ukrainian songs that one event. Accompanied by Julian Kytasty on would have heard wending one’s way sopilka, Michael Alpert played his accor- through a village: “Marmarosh” (a dion, at times playing it as a drone and Ihor Slabicky Carpathian Yiddish spiritual tune), allowing his voice to soulfully solo, Michael Alpert and Julian Kytasty in concert at The Ukrainian Museum. “Velychai” (the liturgical chant), Jewish expressing what was forever lost there – wedding blessings, “Sviatiy Bozhe” (from innocence. Zayets and Boris Nowosad. go away to the army. the lirnyk tradition), “Yo Riboyn Ulam (a The next part of this concert featured Mr. Alpert, on guitar, performed his They followed with an a cappella ver- Sabbath table song), “Vald, Vald,” “Hora, songs that allowed the musicians to play composition “A Shpay in Yam” (A Drop sions of “S’iz der Step” sung by Mr. Hora” and “Gules, Gules.” This medley some of their favorites. Mr. Kytasty start- in the Ocean) in Yiddish, accompanied by Alpert, and “Zeleneye Zhyto,” sung as a ended with “Bay Mayn Mames Shtibele” ed off with a medley of Ukrainian songs Mr. Kytasty on bandura. This song about duo. The concert ended with “Klaybt and “Pereyaslava na Buhaya Stala,” the and tunes from Manitoba: “Homebrew” unrequited love, presented as a conversa- Zikh Tsunoyf” (Gather Together), a com- first about suitor’s coming around one’s (about the medicinal benefits of home- tion between a nightingale and a swallow, position by Mr. Alpert about life and mother’s house and the latter about a brewed liquor), the “Ethelbert Wedding ended with both of them singing the togetherness, and “Mnohaya Lita.” woman and dancing. March” and the “Valley River Polka.” opening verses again, this time in The enthusiastic audience rewarded the Mr. Kytasty then sang the rarely per- The acoustic guitar accompaniment by Ukrainian. Since this writer is not fluent two performers with a standing ovation, formed duma of the “Samarski Braty” Mr. Alpert added to the festive feeling of in Yiddish, hearing the Ukrainian lan- to which Messrs. Kytasty and Alpert and the deaths of the brothers in the these works from the repertoire of Mike guage verses made him truly appreciate responded with a dance tune as the just how well written the song is. encore. These master musicians then took This year marks the 30th anniversary some time to pay respects to their teach- of Mr. Kytasty’s tenure as the musical Pianist Mykola Suk returns ers and their inspirations – “Asher Nosan director of the New York Bandura Lonu Toyras Emes” from the repertoire Ensemble. To acknowledge this event, of Leon Schwartz and “Polechka” from Ivan Lechicky and Nadia Tatchin of the to D.C. for all-Liszt program that of Petro Kytasty. These songs fea- New York Bandura Ensemble presented tured Mr. Kytasty on bandura and Mr. by Yaro Bihun Mr. Kytasty with a commemorative cake Alpert on violin, each accompanying on Special to The Ukrainian Weekly the other’s song. in the shape of a bandura. The sensuous chocolate cake was created by Olesia WASHINGTON – Pianist Mykola Suk The next pieces were a selection of songs about hardship and misfortune, Lew, who, coincidentally, had been a ban- returned to Washington on February 13, dura student of Julian Kytasty. A sponta- playing with the Post-Classical Ensemble familiar themes to all villagers. “Pro Bidu,” from the kobzar tradition, was per- neous “Mnohaya Lita” sung by the audi- in an all-Liszt “Angels and Devils” pro- ence accompanied the presentation. gram at Georgetown University’s Gaston formed by Mr. Kytasty on bandura. This This most interesting and intriguingly Hall. According to The Washington Post was followed by the Yiddish “Si’z delightful musical program was part of music critic Joe Banno, he sided with the Gekimen” interwoven with the Ukrainian the Ukrainian Wave, a Community angels. “U Susida,” with Mr. Alpert on violin, “If the angels ultimately won the eve- and the two of them trading verses in Cultural Initiative of the Center for ning, that was due in large part to pianist both languages on both songs. Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD). Mykola Suk, whose reading of the great “The Recruit Song,” from the 19th The series is supported by The Ukrainian B Minor Piano Sonata sidestepped granit- century, was sung by Mr. Kytasty, accom- Museum and by the New York Bandura ic force and rhetorical showboating in panying himself on bandura. Mr. Alpert Ensemble/Bandura Downtown with favor of an introspection that hinted at the added a wonderful vocal counterpoint grants from the New York State Council spiritual,” Mr. Banno wrote. that expressed the emotions felt by the on the Arts. The next program in this He also applauded the Ukrainian woman of this song whose beloved must series will be on March 12. American virtuoso’s concerto perfor- mance that evening: “Suk’s solo playing in the irredeemably kitschy concerto Credit ‘Totentanz’ was also remarkably nuanced,” he wrote, “its many iterations Mykola Suk, during a Washington per- of the ‘Dies Irae’ theme directed inward, formance in 2007. rather than outward toward the balcony.” The “Angels and Devils” concert was Mr. Suk began his music career in part of a two-day series of performances Ukraine. He gained international recogni- and discussions at Georgetown University tion after winning the gold medal at the devoted to the 19th century Hungarian 1971 International Liszt-Bartok composer Franz Liszt. Competition in Budapest. Since then he Mr. Suk’s virtuosity is not unknown to has performed as a soloist and chamber Washington’s music lovers. In recent musician on many of the major concert years he has performed at the National stages around the world, playing tradi- Gallery of Art as well as at The tional and contemporary music and intro- Washington Group Cultural Fund con- ducing the international audience to certs. His last appearance here was in Ukrainian composers. 2007 at the second TWGCF Daria Telizyn Currently Mr. Suk is also assistant pro- Memorial Benefit Concert – in honor of fessor of music and head of the piano the young departed pianist’s memory and department at the University of Nevada at to raise funds for helping young musi- Las Vegas and artistic director of the cians from Ukraine participate in interna- Music at the Institute series at the tional music competitions in the Ukrainian Institute of America in New Eileen Condon, Michael Alpert, Julian Kytasty, Ivan Lechicky and Nadia Tatchin Washington area. York. at The Ukrainian Museum. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 No. 10 Ukraine at XXI Winter Olympics: Participation trumps results by Ihor N. Stelmach “Olympic experience.” After countless hours of training, practice, races and exhibitions, a Listen to any Olympian gush about com- world-class athlete is honored to represent peting on the world’s biggest playing field his country at the . Then and the first thing mentioned is living the there is the travel, eventual competition and lots of interaction with fellow athletes from other countries, adoring fans, dignitaries and locals. This, for a majority of athletes, is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live the “Olympic experience.” A recap of Team Ukraine’s perfor- mance at the Olympics reveals zero medals and only a few noteworthy achievements. Most Ukrainians are undoubtedly disappointed in their coun- try’s showing. Thinking short-term, this may be an accurate analysis. Long-term, however, Ukraine’s participation at these UNIAN Olympics is significant, far overshadow- In Vancouver (from left) are: Ukraine’s Minister of Youth and Sports Yurii ing its medal-less performance. Pavlenko, National Olympic Committee of Ukraine President Sergey Bubka and Exposing Ukraine’s world-class athletes NOC-Ukraine Vice-President Valeriy Borzov. to the Olympic environment can only help grow the passion to compete against other future Olympians. A one-year program is The Ukrainian National Olympic nations in the future. Such a future will not sufficient – developmental programs Committee of Ukraine would do well to require greater government commitment to need to be seven to 10 years in duration. adopt a motto of the U.S. Olympic fund year-round training facilities and The time it takes for an athlete identified Committee saying: “It’s not every four UNIAN solid developmental programs where as podium potential to reach the podium Biathlete Andriy Deryzemlya young Ukrainian hopefuls can become typically is seven-10 years. (Continued on page 17) Team Ukraine’s results 14th Tetyana Zavaliy/ Women’s 4x5 K relay 11th Oksana Khvostenko Women’s 7.5 K sprint Kateryna Hryhorenko/ 18th Olena Pidhrushna Women’s 7.5 K sprint / 23rd Valentyna Semerenko Women’s 7.5 K sprint Valentyna Shevchenko 34th Women’s 7.5 K sprint 22nd Tetyana Zavaliy Women’s 30 K mass start 5th Andriy Deryzemlya Men’s 10 K sprint 27th Kateryna Hryhorenko Women’s 30 K mass start 22nd Serhiy Sednev Men’s 10 K sprint 44th Lada Nesterenko Women’s 30 K mass start 33rd Serhiy Semenov Men’s 10 K sprint DNF Valentyna Shevchenko Women’s 30 K mass start 77th Vyacheslav Derkach Men’s 10 K sprint 42nd Roman Leybuk Men’s 50 K mass start 21st Olena Pidhrushna Women’s 10 K pursuit 22nd Oksana Khvostenko Women’s 10 K pursuit ALPINE SKIING 23rd Valentyna Semerenko Women’s 10 K pursuit 34th Anastasiya Skryabina Women’s super-G 42nd Vita Semerenko Women’s 10 K pursuit 68th Rostyslav Feshchuk Men’s giant slalom 10th Serhiy Sednev Men’s 12.5 K pursuit 44TH Bogdana Matsotska Women’s giant slalom 26th Andriy Deryzemlya Men’s 12.5 K pursuit DSQ Anastasiya Skryabina Women’s giant slalom 39th Serhiy Semenov Men’s 12.5 K pursuit 37th Bogdana Matsotska Women’s slalom 8th Oksana Khvostenko Women’s 15 K individual DNF Anastasiya Skryabina Women’s slalom 13th Valentyna Semerenko Women’s 15 K individual 22nd Vita Semerenko Women’s 15 K individual 39th Rostyslav Feshchuk Men’s slalom 32nd Olena Pidhrushna Women’s 15 K individual NORDIC COMBINED 22nd Oleksandr Bilanenko Men’s 20 K individual 27th Andriy Deryzemlya Men’s 20 K individual 41st Volodymyr Trachuk Men’s individual normal hill/10 K cross-country 52nd Serhiy Semenov Men’s 20 K individual 42nd Volodymyr Trachuk Men’s individual long hill/10 K cross-country 68th Serhiy Sednev Men’s 20 K individual SKI JUMPING 21st Serhiy Sednev Men’s 15 K mass start 26th Andriy Deryzemlya Men’s 15 K mass start 45th Vitaliy Shumbarets Men’s normal hill individual 50th Volodymyr Boshchuk Men’s normal hill individual 12th Olena Pidhrushna Women’s 12.5 K mass start 19th Valentyna Semerenko Women’s 12.5 K mass start SNOWBOARD 29th Oksana Khvostenko Women’s 12.5 K mass start 16th Annamari Chundak Women’s parallel giant slalom 6th Olena Pidhrushna/ Women’s 4x6 K relay Oksana Khvostenko/ 22nd Yosyp Penyak Men’s parallel giant slalom Valentyna Semerenko/ Vita Semerenko FIGURE SKATING 8th Oleksandr Bilanenko/ Mens’ 4x7.5 K relay 8th Tetyana Volososhar/ Pairs Andriy Deryzemlya/ Vyacheslav Derkach/ 20th Kateryna Kostenko/ Pairs Serhiy Sednev Roman Talan 24th Anton Kovalevskiy Men’s CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING 16th Serhiy Verbillo/ Ice dancing 9th Valentyna Shevchenko Women’s 10 K Anna Zadorozhnyuk 37th Maryna Antsybor Women’s 10 K 46th Kateryna Hryhorenko Women’s 10 K LUGE 57th Lada Nesterenko Women’s 10 K 11th Nataliya Yakushenko Women’s singles 61st Roman Leybuk Men’s 15 K 19th Liliya Ludan Women’s singles 62nd Oleksandr Putsko Men’s 15 K 16th Andriy Kis/ Men’s doubles 14th Valentyna Shevchenko Women’s 15 K pursuit (7.5 + 7.5) Yuriy Hayduk 31st Tetyana Zavaliy Women’s 15 K pursuit (7.5 + 7.5) 19th Roman Zakharkiv/ Men’s doubles 46th Vita Yakymchuk Women’s 15 K pursuit (7.5 + 7.5) Taras Senkiv DNF Maryna Antsybor Women’s 15 K pursuit (7.5 + 7.5) 41st Roman Leybuk Men’s 30 K pursuit (15 + 15) 52nd Oleksandr Putsko Men’s 30 K pursuit (15 + 15) Top-10 finishers in bold DSQ = disqualified 15th Maryna Antsybor/ Women’s team sprint DNF = did not finish Kateryna Hryhorenko No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 11 GENERATION UKE

Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas and Yarema Belej ADVENTURES: An ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro by Ulyana Nadia Horodyskyj We arrived during the rainy season, so clouds kept the slopes of Kilimanjaro hid- It is no wonder that Mount Kilimanjaro, den from us. However, while driving on Africa’s highest point and the world’s high- safari, the day before we were due to set out est free-standing mountain at 19,340 feet, on our journey up the mountain, attracts many visitors. The plains of Africa, Kilimanjaro briefly revealed itself. My jaw home to wildlife such as lions, elephants dropped as my mind tried to comprehend and giraffes, and the stomping grounds of just how big the mountain was. Then, just the great Maasai warriors, are the last place as quickly, the mountain was swallowed up you would expect to find such a towering by the clouds. The secrets of Kilimanjaro, it mountain, all by its lonesome. Perhaps the seems, would not be easily revealed. most fascinating aspect of the mountain lies Aaron Epstein, my climbing partner and on its summit: it is, in fact, a volcanic cal- dera, still active, with glistening white gla- fellow Rice University alum, and I elected ciers capping it off. to follow the hardest trail on the mountain: These “snows of Kilimanjaro” have the Umbwe route. We had heard that this inspired explorers young and old through- was the steepest, least crowded and most out history. Thousands of people attempt to spectacular way up the mountain. In addi- climb Kilimanjaro every year for a chance tion, the IMAX team used part of this route to spend just a few minutes on its summit, for filming “Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of amidst the towering glaciers. Africa.” That film sparked my imagination Sadly, the “snows” are melting. Their as I watched the climbers make their per- lifespan may be a decade, at most. Therein sonal journeys up the mountain, each there lay my motivation to climb this great moun- for his or her own special reasons. For us, tain. As a budding mountaineer and gradu- taking this route would make the journey Ulyana Horodyskyj enduring the rain and cold in the rainforest and groundsel ate student in geology, climbing Kilimanjaro up Kilimanjaro harder and more rewarding region. meant so much more to me than the mere than the standard trails. We were ready for the challenge. with our personal gear and sleeping bags. would streak across the sky. Every night, physical challenge. Rather, it represented a Rain, mist and cold along the journey my wish was the same: to make a safe jour- fantastic journey across multiple climate The first few days on the mountain, the from 7,000 to 10,000 to 13,000 feet did not ney to the summit of Kilimanjaro and to see zones, from the rainforest to the desert to scenery was spectacular. Towering trees bode well for trying to stay healthy on the the famous snows. the snows, each unique in their own right covered in moss and lichen, beautiful bright mountain. We managed to endure it and To reach the summit we needed to tra- when it comes to fauna, foliage and rocks. red flowers sprinkled along the trail, spider- enjoy the good (short) spells of weather, verse the steep Barranco Wall, which It was unbearably hot: 90 degrees, high webs glistening in the sunlight, dynamic clouds and sunrays, as well as calls of mon- where more of the upper slopes of the required intense concentration in order not humidity. Big bugs and swarms of mosqui- mountain revealed themselves to us. In fact, keys during the night made this a true wil- to fall. Fortunately, the rock was drier up toes welcomed us to Africa. at 13,000 feet, we caught our first glimpses derness experience. here than on the steeper lower slopes in the of the summit, as the clouds cleared and the Yet, here on the lower slopes, in the rainforest. While the weather was better Ulyana Nadia Horodyskyj is in her mountain loomed above us, reaching up than it had been during the first few days of third year of graduate school at Brown rainforest region, the rain was relentless. into the blue skies. our journey, eventually the mist did creep University, where she is researching the Many a day we would be donning our Here, in the moorland zone of the moun- up the slopes and envelop us, bringing with effects of weathering of rocks in extreme ponchos (mine would soak through with- tain, the ground was covered by amazing it colder temperatures. environments. She also works part-time in the hour) and trying not to slip on the foliage called giant groundsels and lobelia. We enjoyed Thanksgiving at 13,700 feet on the Glacier Research Imaging Project steep trail over tree root branches and These plants are well-adapted to the harsh- in the alpine desert region of the mountain, (GRIP), led by world-renowned moun- bare rock. The mud stuck to our boots ness of altitude. Throughout one night, I shrouded in the mist. Eventually, at dusk, taineer and filmmaker David Breashears. like glue and our clothing was thoroughly checked on the lobelia, to watch as they When not working, Ms. Horodyskyj soaked by the end of a day’s hike. By the the clouds cleared again and the summit closed up for the night, so as not to freeze, looked closer than ever, but still a long way enjoys alpine climbing, photography and time the tents were set up at the camp- and then opened during the day to absorb filmmaking. sites, they, too, would be soaked, along off, with over 5,000 vertical feet of climb- sunlight and collect rain. I even collected a ing to go. small sample from the interior of the plant, In the alpine desert region, the harsh- which consisted of a sticky residue most ness of the land was very evident, as there likely made up of glucose. In fact, the pres- was no plant life, save for the occasional Photographer Mike Platosz opens ence of this sugar would explain why the lichen covering rock surfaces. I collected plants didn’t freeze at these altitudes. some samples from this desert for my first exhibit of nature scenes At such high altitude and because of research into the weathering processes of minimal light pollution from the cities rocks in extreme environments. Since this below, the night skies sparkled with stars. I PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Approximately was a short hiking day, I was able to remember waking up at 3 a.m. unzipping 100 people attended “Art in the Heart of the spend some time looking for interesting the tent, and being stunned at the sight. I samples, breaking open rocks and, in the City,” which included photographer Mike have never seen the Milky Way so vividly. Platosz’s exhibit of 10 examples of nature And, every now and then, shooting stars (Continued on page 20) scenes at the New Britain City Hall on February 24. Co-exhibiting with Mr. Platosz was Cheryl Cianci with her display entitled “Calligraphy of Branches,” which included examples of digital photography and colored pencil drawings of trees. The exhibit ends on April 9. Mr. Platosz, 22, is a member of the New Britain Commission on the Arts, which was charged with selecting exhibitors for this lat- est installation. “I kept quiet about my work during the planning stage of this exhibit,” Mr. Platosz said. “But the other members of the art commission were the ones who sug- gested that I showcase my work.” His passion for photography began when he was 10 years old while on a school field trip, using a simple point-and-shoot camera. As his skills grew, he upgraded to a film sin- Mike Platosz gle-lens-reflex (SLR) and then to a digital SLR. Mr. Platosz, who is majoring in pho- starting his own photography studio, doing tography, is expected to graduate this portraiture, weddings and other special upcoming June from Tunxis Community events. But he really enjoys capturing nature College located in Farmington, Conn. scenes. He is currently building his portfolio of examples and after graduation he plans on (Continued on page 20) Topping out, at 19,340 feet, on Mount Kilimanjaro. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 No. 10 No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 13 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 No. 10

Mr. Yanukovych said. The newly inaugu- NEWSBRIEFS rated president also said that talks on the CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 2) creation of a parliamentary coalition oppose this move. According to DIF should be stepped up on March 1, and he TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 Director Ilko Kucheriv, here, the balance called on Mr. Lytvyn to organize such talks. The Rada chairman, in turn, said that or e-mail [email protected] of opinions after March 2008 was unchanged. Mr. Kucheriv said that respon- “the coalition in fact does not exist.” He dents were asked whether they traveled to said that this could be proved by the fact SERVICES European Union member-states, the United that the coalition had approved only 130 States or Canada. Only 14.3 percent of out of over 2,000 bills in the Verkhovna those surveyed had visited these countries; Rada. (Ukrinform) 86 percent had not. As a result, Mr. Lytvyn declares collapse of coalition Kucheriv said, it is difficult for Ukrainians to judge the advantages of EU member- KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman ship. (Ukrinform) Volodymyr Lytvyn on March 2 announced the break-up of the coalition of parliamen- Russian envoy presents credentials tary factions of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor and the Volodymyr Lytvyn Bloc. He said Yanukovych on March 2 accepted the let- he had made the determination due to the ters of credence of Ambassador absence of signatures of 226 national dep- Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the uties, which would have confirm the coali- Russian Federation to Ukraine Mikhail tion’s existence. (Ukrinform) Zurabov. Mr. Yanukovych wished Mr. Zurabov success in his professional activi- Tymoshenko cites unlawful dissolution ty, and fruitful and interesting work in Ukraine, emphasizing that Ukraine attach- KYIV – Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia es particular importance to relations with Tymoshenko told a news briefing on Russia. “We will do the best for our joint March 2 that the parliamentary resolution efforts in this uneasy time [and] place rela- on dissolution of the coalition of the Yulia PROFESSIONALS tions between our countries on the level of Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine-People’s strategic partnership,” the president said. Self-Defense and the Volodymyr Lytvyn (Ukrinform) Bloc has no legal effect and that “the coali- tion was destroyed unlawfully.” Ms. Ukraine won’t join customs union Tymoshenko put the responsibility for this move on the Lytvyn Bloc and Our KYIV – Ukraine is not planning to join Ukraine. She noted that on March 3 the the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Verkhovna Rada would a consider a no Kazakhstan, First Vice-Chair of the confidence vote against her government Presidential Administration Iryna Akimova and “tomorrow we will know the names of said on March 1. “Since the Customs all national deputies shouldering responsi- Union will greatly complicate Ukraine’s bility for breakdown of the government membership in the WTO, this question and opening the way to the anti-Ukrainian cannot be raised today, tomorrow or the dictatorship of Yanukovych.” The Prime day after tomorrow,” she said on the Inter Minister underscored that her objective is TV Channel. At the same time, Ms. unification of Ukraine’s democratic forces. Akimova said that Ukraine would build its “The democratic team and my leadership customs policy so as to contribute as much of it will remain unchanged,” Ms. as possible to the accession of other mem- Tymoshenko added. (Ukrinform) bers of the Commonwealth of Independent States, non-member states of the World Rada topples Tymoshenko Cabinet Trade Organization, to the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. She KYIV – The Ukrainian Parliament on said that President Viktor Yanukovych had March 3 dismissed the government led by clearly demonstrated in his inaugural Yulia Tymoshenko with 243 votes after speech that any new steps in international considering a no-confidence motion. A cooperation with any countries could be motion of no confidence in the Cabinet built only if the agreements that have was initiated by the opposition Party of already been signed are not violated. Regions, whose leader Viktor Yanukovych (Ukrinform) was elected president of Ukraine on TRAVEL February 7. According to the Constitution Yushchenko outraged by firings of Ukraine, a new coalition must be formed in the Verkhovna Rada within 30 GEORGE B. KORDUBA KYIV – Outgoing Ukrainian President days. 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The president We’ve got a program titled ‘Ukraine for the stressed the need to urgently create an People,’ which [party leader] Viktor effective coalition and an effective govern- Yanukovych proposed in the [presidential] ment. “I want to discuss this with you as election and which was supported by the WANT IMPACT? Verkhovna Rada chairman and the leader overwhelming majority of our voters. Run your advertisement here, of an influential faction,” he told Mr. Therefore, we want national deputies in the in The Ukrainian Weekly’s Lytvyn. He also criticized the absence of a session hall to unite around this program,” CLASSIFIEDS section. law on the state budget for 2010. he said. (Ukrinform) “Therefore, [state] finances and the econo- my are managed in a disorganized way,” (Continued on page 15) No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 15

tion in the Verkhovna Rada must be taken NEWSBRIEFS in keeping with the Constitution. (Continued from page 14) (Ukrinform) Tymoshenko goes on leave Ulianchenko names conditions KYIV – After the dismissal of her gov- KYIV – The Our Ukraine Party is con- ernment on March 3, Yulia Tymoshenko sidering participating in the creation of a said she intends to go on leave and order new coalition and the formation of a new Acting First Vice Prime Minister government that will support its efforts to Oleksander Turchynov to serve as the care- taker prime minister. Ms. Tymoshenko implement a systemic, professional and announced this during a meeting with the fair program to tackle the economic cri- Cabinet ministers. Also on March 3, during sis, the head of the party’s political coun- a meeting of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc cil, Vira Ulianchenko, said in a statement faction, it was decided that the bloc would posted on the party’s website on March 3. go into the opposition without waiting until She said that Our Ukraine was ready to a new coalition is formed. (Ukrinform) join an effective coalition if the Cabinet of Ministers is led by Viktor Yushchenko. Coalition talks start in Rada Ms. Ulianchenko listed urgent measures that should be taken by the coalition and KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, the Verkhovna Rada leader- its government in 2010. Among them are ship and the heads of parliamentary fac- the development of democracy and the tions on March 3 reached agreement on strengthening of national unity, guaran- the start of talks on three variants of a new teeing the inviolability of the fundamen- parliamentary majority, Communist Party tals of the constitutional system, retaining faction leader Petro Symonenko told the unchanged the principles of the country’s press following a meeting at the presiden- domestic and foreign course set under tial administration. “The first is a majority Ukrainian law, as well as the adoption of coalition. The second is possibly a coali- a realistic budget, the resumption of coop- tion of the Party of Regions and Our eration with international financial orga- Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense. The third nizations and the preservation of social variant is dissolution of Parliament and guarantees, etc. “This list could be early parliamentary elections,” he said. extended and specified in a coalition “My position is a coalition of the majority. agreement. However, coalition partici- We are launching this process now. We pants and the whole country need guaran- must hold these talks very soon,” Mr. tees that this document won’t turn into a Symonenko said, stressing that all the blank piece of paper,” she said. decisions on the creation of a new coali- (Ukrinform)

With deepest sorrow we announce to family and friends that Marta Kushnir passed away on January 31, 2010. She was buried at St. Andrew’s Daria Pasiczniak Cemetary in South Bound Brook, NJ on February 5, 2010.

née Stebnowsky Her birthday was January 11, 1960. passed away on February 22, 2010. Funeral services were held on February 28, 2010, in St. James, NY, and She is survived by her mother, Vera Kushnir-Wynnyk with husband interment on March 1, 2010, at St. Andrew’s Cemetary in South Bound Ostap of Bronxville, NY, and her sister, Dr. Lesia Kushnir with husband Brook, NJ. Tad and son Yuri Sendzimir of Morris, CT. She is also survived by fam- ily members in Lviv, Ukraine. In deep sorrow and loss remain: granddaughter – Christine with husband John Anyone wishing to make a donation in her name, the family respect- great-grandchildren – Alexa, Drew and Camryn fully requests donations be made to the Orphans’ Aid Society. sister – Tatiana Obushkevich and her entire family as well as close and distant family in the USA, Canada and Ukraine

The Ukrainian Medical Association of North America New York Metro Branch announces that

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meeting with judicial officials. (The Party of Cherpitska, were absent from the hearing. The Tymoshenko campaign made the After defeat... Regions called for prosecuting Ms. Meanwhile the court’s chief justice, right tactical decision, Mr. Fesenko said, (Continued from page 1) Tymoshenko on February 19 for allegedly Oleksander Paseniuk, was widely believed since it preserved some doubt of Tymoshenko campaign was overconfident trying to pressure judges on the Higher to be loyal to the Party of Regions, particu- Yanukovych’s victory. going into the second round of the presiden- Administrative Court when calling them larly after Supreme Court Justice Vasyl “She could claim forever the election tial election, failing to prepare for the falsifi- into the Cabinet for meetings.) Onopenko, a Tymoshenko Bloc member, never underwent judicial review,” Mr. cations and the post-election struggle in case It wasn’t until she showed up at the tried to replace him in December 2009 with Lozowy said. “It’s slightly better in the eyes results fell just short. Higher Administrative Court for the appel- Mr. Sirosh. of the electorate. They decided it was better “The results were unexpected for her,” late hearing on February 19 that Ms. On the morning of the hearing, the court than going down in flames.” said Yaroslav Makytra, a political analyst Tymoshenko spoke to journalists. Yet, her ruled that it wouldn’t allow its hearing to be Political observers agreed that upon her with Polittech, a Kyiv-based political con- first formal question-and-answer session broadcast on live television, much to the dis- return from her vacation, Ms. Tymoshenko sulting and public relations firm employed was a press briefing in the Cabinet building appointment of Ms. Tymoshenko, who was needs to take stock of her political team and by the Tymoshenko campaign. on March 2 – very late in the public opinion counting on delivering her appeal not only to perform audits. “There were hopes for victory until the game. the judges, but to the Ukrainian nation. “It’s foolish for her not to learn from her very end and, when it didn’t happen, there Meanwhile, on the legal front, her lawyer Towards the end of the day, the court mistakes,” Dr. Kuzio said. was uncertainty about what to do next.” Andrii Portnov warned that their legal team ruled to deny Ms. Tymoshenko’s requests to She will also need to adjust her strategy Ms. Tymoshenko’s silence for the first didn’t make the necessary preparations for review the original election documents, in relation to the Yanukovych presidency. week following the vote “surprised many,” the appeal, not even simple details, accord- including ballots, from six election districts “She’s inclined to become radical now, Mr. Makytra said, since the public grew ing to news reports. where falsification was suspected. and I think that’s a mistake,” Dr. Kuzio said. accustomed to her frequent, fiery media For example, Hanna Usenko-Chorna, a The court also denied requests to review “If you become too radical, you turn off appearances challenging her political ene- Central Election Commission member loyal repeated names on voter registers, as well as central Ukraine. Yushchenko’s mistake was mies. to the Tymoshenko Bloc, failed to inform witness testimony of election district com- to move from a candidate that won western “I wouldn’t call it shock,” he said, though the campaign that complaints regarding dis- missioners and six oblast police chiefs. and central Ukraine to a Halychyna nation- other observers said there was a sense of trict election commission protocols required The next morning, Ms. Tymoshenko alist.” shock in the campaign. “Rather than speak- that their respective postal codes be indicat- declared she was recalling her complaint The Tymoshenko Bloc was largely para- ing, she wanted to analyze the situation and ed, Ukrayinska Pravda reported. because the court “practically denied the lyzed following the runoff result because it make a decision on her further political strat- “Tymoshenko didn’t prepare for that type [opportunity] to review and research the evi- operates on a top-to-bottom model in which egy.” of a scenario – a fight against a Yanukovych dence base upon which the complaint is decisions are determined by a single leader, observers said. As a result, the entire cam- Foreign election observers were startled victory,” Mr. Fesenko said. “Otherwise the grounded.” In doing so, Ms. Tymoshenko paign is put into a vulnerable position. by the silence as well, yet for another reaon. post-election actions would have been more sought to prevent Mr. Yanukovych’s victory “She always makes decisions on her own, They wondered why Ms. Tymoshenko systematic and effective.” from being affirmed by a Ukrainian court. Party of Regions lawyers asked the court and it’s necessary to change the nature of didn’t concede to Mr. Yanukovych after As a result, the political momentum of to deny Ms. Tymoshenko’s request for a her political activity,” Mr. Fesenko said. their stamp of approval. Observers said Mr. Yanukovych’s victory had swept recall of her complaint and to rule on the “You can’t form politics based on a striking Westerners are unfamiliar with the harsh ter- throughout the Ukrainian government, complaint regardless. The judges sided with personality. There’s one important conclu- rain of Ukrainian politics. including the Higher Administrative Court. the braided plaintiff in accepting the with- sion that needs to be drawn – PR doesn’t “It’s in the civilized West where it’s pos- Once that momentum is achieved, there’s drawal of her appeal. decide everything.” sible to congratulate an opponent politely little turning away from it, said Ivan with victory,” said Volodymyr Fesenko, a Lozowy, a Kyiv lawyer. political expert with the Penta Center for “The way Ukrainian judges think and Applied Political Research in Kyiv. “In our function is not in a very legal way,” he said. she placed ninth in the women’s 10-kilo- country of half-wild capitalism and under- “If it’s a strong wind, it goes with the flow. Ukraine at XXI... meter free, then followed with a 14th in developed democracy that emits a sign of This attitude comes from careerism – toeing (Continued from page 10) the 15-kilometer pursuit before regressing weakness and an impression of capitulation. the line, not standing out, not doing unpopu- years, it’s every day.” Future generations in the 30-kilometer mass start classic, Tymoshenko doesn’t capitulate before any- lar things.” of Ukrainian athletes have to receive which she did not finish. one, and most certainly she can’t allow her- By then, Ms. Tymoshenko’s court appeals whatever they need to be their absolute Figure skaters Tetyana Volosozhar and self such humiliation in her relations with were geared toward saving face in front of best at the Olympics. Stanislav Morozov earned 181.78 points Yanukovych.” her own electorate and proving that she Today, the bar for absolute best is not in their pairs’ short program/, Ms. Tymoshenko broke her silence on wasn’t morally defeated. very high. It needs to be raised. good for eighth overall (out of 20). A February 13, declaring to the Ukrainian peo- “Even if she didn’t gain a revote of the respectable performance, but more was ple in a video statement that she would limit second round of the presidential election, Biathlon: Ukraine’s best sport expected from the duo. Morozov retired her election battle to the courts. then at a minimum the seed of doubt will be As the flame was extinguished on the after the competition, so Volosozhar now By then, Ms. Tymoshenko had lost the planted on the cleanliness and legitimacy of Vancouver Games we looked back at the begins the search for a new partner. public relations battle to Mr. Yanukovych, Yanukovych’s victory,” Mr. Fesenko said. hopes expressed by NOCU chairman Luge results showed decent perfor- who gained recognition of his victory from “Possibly the bet was made on precisely the Sergey Bubka and the head of Ukraine’s mances by the elder women’s duo of U.S. President Barack Obama and European demonstrative effect of this court conflict.” delegation to the 2010 Games, Nina Nataliya Yakushenko, who is 37, and Council President Herman Van Rompuy. Throughout the first day of the appellate Umanets. Bubka freely admitted his coun- flag-bearer Liliya Ludan, 40. Men’s It was during the silent period that Ms. hearing, signs kept cropping up that Ms. try’s athletes look stronger at the Summer lugers Andriy Kis (27), Yuriy Hayduk Tymoshenko and her inner circle began Tymoshenko would be on the losing end. Games, but optimistically saw a chance at (24), Roman Zakharkiv (19) and Taras planning their strategy behind closed doors, Her legal team noticed that its two loyal a medal in biathlon. Ms. Umanets pegged Senkiv (20) show promise for the future. observers said, collecting evidence for the judges within the Higher Administrative skier Valentyna Shevchenko as a medal The future may look brighter for Team court appeal, forming legal arguments and Court, Mykola Sirosh and Liudmyla favorite, and pointed to aspirations in luge Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Games to be and freestyle skiing. held in , Russia. Twenty-three of the There is a reason that three of Ukraine’s Olympians in Vancouver were Soviet Chief Prosecutor [Roman] Rudenko Ukraine’s five Olympic Winter Games age 25 or younger. Having the Games European... at Nuremberg did not even mention Bandera medal wins have come in the sport of next door in Russia will minimize travel (Continued from page 1) or OUN despite, you can be sure, a definite biathlon. Arguably the most challenging costs and jet-lagged athletes. 3. Joining in the statement also was the agenda drafted in the Kremlin itself.” competition on the Winter Olympics Ski jumper hurt in training Ivano-Frankivsk City Council. “Bandera spent five years in Polish pris- menu, the combination cross country ski- Council Deputy Oleh ons, four years in Nazi prisons and camps ing and rifle target-shooting is a sport On Sunday, February 21, Ukrainian ski Krystyniak told RFE/RL that the European and was assassinated in 1959 by the Soviets. Team Ukraine has mastered. jumper Vitaliy Shumbarets was injured Parliament’s position was “an insult to One of his brothers was murdered directly Andriy Derezemlya’s fifth place in the after crashing during a training run at Ukrainians, because the OUN in March by the Gestapo and two brothers were men’s 10-kilometer sprint was the closest Whistler Olympic Park. The official press 1939 was the first to take up arms to oppose interned in the Nazi camp at Auschwitz, Ukraine got to a medal. service of the NOC of Ukraine reported Hitler’s plans for the division of Europe. He where they were killed by Polish capos. His Outstanding Ukrainian Olympian Shumbarets was taken to a hospital after refused to collaborate with the Nazis.” father, a Catholic priest, was shot by the Oksana Khvostenko notched an eight losing control midway through his large A protest came also from the New York- Soviets, and two of his sisters were exiled to place in the women’s 15-kilometer indi- hill practice jump, landing face first and based International Conference in Support Siberia, where they spent a half century and vidual, an 11th in the 7.5-kilometer sprint tumbling down the slope. The hospital of Ukraine (prior to Ukraine’s renewed inde- still another sister spent 10 years in Soviet and excelled on her leg of the 4x6-kilo- examination by Canadian and Ukrainian pendence known as the Ukrainian Liberation prisons and gulags,” the letter pointed out. meter relay, where the Ukrainian women physicians determined he suffered shoul- Front), which wrote to President Buzek of “The OUN which he led did not collaborate finished sixth out of 19 nations. der-joint and chest injuries. He was to be the European Parliament, arguing that “the with anyone except other captive nations Serhiy Sednev had an impressive 10th hospitalized for some four to five days. honoring of Stepan Bandera is not a topic developing an alliance whose mantra was: spot early in the men’s 12.5-kilometer Makowsky wins gold in relay for European Parliament debate” and noting ‘Freedom for nations, freedom for the indi- pursuit. Not to be showed up by the that “our understanding is that this anti- vidual!’ ” ladies, the Ukrainian men’s relay team Ukrainian Canadian speed skater Lucas Ukrainian verbiage was introduced last min- The letter, signed by Askold S. placed eight overall (out of 19). Makowsky won a gold medal as a mem- ute with no supporting documentation or Lozynskyj, chairman, concludes: “We hope Derezemlya and Sednev turned in the two ber of the Canadian men’s team. Skating evidence by the Polish delegation.” that in good faith, Mr. President, you revisit fastest legs. in the team pursuit with Mathieu Giroux The conference’s letter also noted: “…the this issue. Ample evidence from Nazi, An honorable mention must go to and finisher Denny Morrison, the 22-year- fact that no evidence of Bandera’s or the Soviet and OUN archives can be submitted Olena Pidhrushna for her credible finish- old Makowsky capped off a strong show- OUN’s collaboration with the Nazis could to refute this specious canard. We are certain es in the 7.5-kilometer sprint (18th), ing at his first Olympics. In the men’s be proffered is patently clear. There simply that you as the former prime minister of 12.5-kilometer mass start (12th) and her 1,500-meter event, the Ukrainian finished is no such evidence. In fact the Soviets and Poland can inform your colleagues person- fast leg in the relay. 19th out of 37 skaters. Competing in the now the Russians have tried for years to ally simply by telling the truth. We pray that Cross-country skier Valentyna 5,000-meter race, Makowsky fared a bit defame both, albeit unsuccessfully, but you do what is right.” Shevchenko started with promise when better, placing 13th out of 28. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 No. 10

Tymoshenko has consistently ignored the Yet Mr. Lovochkin declined to reveal the Ukrainians protesting the arrival of The Yanukovych... law and isn’t intending to fulfill it. The leg- source of the funding. The financing didn’t Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill (Continued from page 4) islation was supposed to be implemented come from the state budget, since the for the inauguration of President removed. when former President Viktor Yushchenko Cabinet of Ministers led by opponent Yulia Yanukovych alleged that the Kyiv police “We will work not on the Holodomor, but signed the legislation back in October 2009. Tymoshenko denied funding for the recep- had denied their right to free speech. to feed people now. That will be the top Besides instructing the Cabinet to raise tion. That morning, police blocked between 20 theme of the president’s work, and we’ll talk payments, the decree to overcome poverty It’s likely the money was found in what- to 30 protesters at the Arsenalna metro sta- about that. We’ve already said all that could created an economic reforms committee that ever was left from the Yanukovych cam- tion, preventing them from reaching the be said about hunger,” said Hanna Herman, would draw upon the studies and proposals paign’s war chest, which reached an esti- Caves Monastery with banners that read a recently appointed deputy chair of the of scholars and experts to deal with poverty. mated $40 million, observers said. “Get out, Moscow priest,” “Shamefully Presidential Administration. Mr. Yanukovych also created a National In its preparations, the Yanukovych cam- began, shamefully will finish” and “The • Mr. Yanukovych created an office for Anti-Corruption Committee on February 26. paign allegedly made some decorating president of Ukraine isn’t a Moscow vas- his wife, Liudmyla, in the Presidential “We took the first three steps on the road adjustments to European Square in central sal.” Administration building. to fundamentally rebuilding the entire state Kyiv. The attempt by Oleksander Hudyma, • The president allegedly cut his salary in mechanism which will serve the people,” The European Union (EU) flag was head of the St. Andrew the First-Called half, Ms. Herman said, and trimmed the Mr. Yanukovych said in a February 26 state- removed and replaced with flags of the Brotherhood, to slip past the police blockade paychecks of other administration employ- ment. “Every day in the high position that Russian Federation and the Party of Regions resulted in his arrest. “I was involved in ees. the people entrusted me with will be devoted of Ukraine, claimed Volodymyr Yavorivskyi, many heated street battles, but I was never During his election campaign, Mr. to the fight against poverty and changes in a national deputy of the Yulia Tymoshenko thrown behind bars,” said Mr. Hudyma, a Yanukovych vowed that his first action in the life of our country.” Bloc. former national deputy. “The flag was a symbol of a spiritual, office would be to execute legislation to He acknowledged that the Kyiv District *** informal belonging to the EU, to Europe,” raise wages and pensions. Yet in all his cam- Administrative Court on the eve of the inau- he said. “I stress that Yanukovych’s action paign talk of helping the poor, he neglected President Yanukovych cut more than guration had denied his organization a per- are the path to the dismantling of the to mention that it’s not in the president’s government spending on his salary. The mit to hold its protest, yet he and his col- Ukrainian state. We won’t allow this.” authority to raise wages and pensions. inaugural reception at the Ukrainian Home leagues came out anyway. The Russian flag was not visible on the On his second day in office, President cost about $250,000, estimated Presidential A police colonel approached Mr. Hudyma exterior of the Ukrainian Home, however, Yanukovych signed a decree on urgent anti- Administration Chair Serhii Lovochkin, once he emerged onto the square in front of which was thoroughly draped in blue-and- poverty measures that instead ordered the claiming it was the least expensive in the Arsenalna metro station and read him the yellow Ukrainian flags. The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers to execute the wage Ukraine’s history. Former President Viktor court ruling. “I didn’t have any posters or Home overlooks European Square. and pension increases. Yushchenko’s reception cost an estimated flags and said that I am present here merely Yet, acting Prime Minister Yulia $800,000. *** as a citizen of Ukraine, and I took several steps along the sidewalk,” he said, describ- ing what led to the arrest. Another protest organizer, Ihor Lisodid, said the police wouldn’t let the demonstrators go beyond the tight cordon it formed around them. “When the motor- cade in which Yanukovych was sitting approached the monastery, we began to climb onto the snowdrifts so that our placards would be visible to the cars,” he said. “But the police began to push us off in such a way that neither the placards, nor what was written on them, would be visible to the motorcade.” *** Among Ukraine’s oligarchs who attended the inaugural reception at the Ukrainian Home were billionaire industrial magnates Rinat Akhmetov, Victor Pinchuk and Igor Kolomoisky; RosUkrEnergo mega-million- aires Dmytro Firtash, Ivan Fursin and Yurii Boiko; the Kliuyev brothers and Sergey Bubka of the Donbas; and Hryhorii Surkis of Kyiv. Besides members of the Party of Regions, politicians attending included former President Leonid Kuchma, Verkhovna Rada Chair Volodymyr Lytvyn, Foreign Affairs Minister Petro Poroshenko, Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi, Kyiv City Council Deputy Vitali Klitschko, former Prime Minister Yurii Yekhanurov, former Presidential Secretariat Chair Viktor Baloha, Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense Faction Chair Mykola Martynenko and his close associate David Zhvania, who financed the People’s Self-Defense party. The Russian delegation was led by Presidential Administration Chair Sergei Naryshkin, former Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin, State Duma Chairman Boris Gryzlov and oligarch Vadim Novinskyi. Americans in attendance included Party of Regions campaign advisor Paul Manafort and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Tefft. The official U.S. delegation was led by National Security Advisor Gen. James L. Jones. Other foreign dignitaries attending were Belarusian President Lukashenka, Polish President Lech Kaczynski, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton. Among those noticeably absent were for- mer President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who several days later became acting prime minister after a vote of no confidence by the Verkhovna Rada. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 19

Those OU-PSD deputies categorically Verkhovna Rada... opposed to uniting with the Party of Regions (Continued from page 1) are the For Ukraine group led by Viacheslav tions and individual deputies. Kyrylenko and the People’s Self-Defense The measure was supported by the Party group led by Yurii Lutsenko. of Regions, the Communists and the Lytvyn The ouster of the Cabinet came a day Bloc, in addition to the independent depu- after Mr. Lytvyn declared before Parliament ties. that the Coalition for National Development, Parliament has four rogue deputies who Stability and Order formed by the either left their respective factions voluntari- Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine and the ly, such as Inna Bohoslovska of the Party of Lytvyn Bloc no longer existed. Regions, or were expelled for betrayal, such President Yanukovych can call new elec- as Taras Chornovil and Vasyl Kyseliov, for- tions if a new coalition doesn’t emerge with- merly of the Party of Regions, and Ihor in 30 days of the Cabinet’s dismissal. After Rybakov, formerly of the Tymoshenko Bloc. the vote, Ms. Tymoshenko confirmed previ- ous statements that she will lead her faction A coalition of the Party of Regions, the in opposition to the Yanukovych govern- Lytvyn Bloc, the Communists and the four ment. independent deputies would amount to 223 She had no other choice after her prime votes – three shy of the needed majority. ministership was torn to shreds by her politi- Yet the by-laws changes could allow for cal opponents during the March 3 parlia- deputies to voluntarily abandon their fac- mentary session. tions to join the coalition, which is what Mr. Yanukovych’s right-hand man, began happening when Mr. Yanukovych , believed to be the top can- was prime minister in 2007. That led to for- didate for prime minister, led a viciously mer President Viktor Yushchenko dismiss- critical 40-minute show trial intended to ing Parliament and calling new elections. entirely discredit Ms. Tymoshenko’s record “These changes offer the possibility to as prime minister before the Ukrainian pub- create a coalition, not delaying, not extend- lic. ing the deadline for deciding and not drag- He complemented his attack with a slide ging out the situation – meaning, deciding to show demonstrating disastrous economic create a coalition in the closest time,” said statistics, for which he laid full blame on the Vladyslav Lukianov, a Party of Regions Tymoshenko government. national deputy. “The years 2008 and 2009, the years of The by-laws amendment is intended to Ms. Tymoshenko’s prime ministership, will pressure Our Ukraine deputies into forming go down into Ukrainian history as years of the coalition just as the bid seeks to create exceptional failure in absolutely all spheres an alternative to coalition-building in case of our life,” Mr. Azarov said. “These slides the pressure doesn’t succeed, observers said. will show you what Ms. Tymoshenko prom- Although only 15 deputies from the Our ised when she went into the 2007 elections Ukraine bloc voted to dismiss the with the unique program, ‘Ukrainian Tymoshenko government, more have indi- Breakthrough,’” he said. “Instead of a break- cated an interest in uniting in a coalition through, we got a failure. A catastrophic with the Party of Regions and Lytvyn Bloc. failure.” Those voting to sack the Cabinet includ- For the first time in 10 years, the Cabinet ed former Rada Chair Ivan Pliusch, failed to pass a budget. Ukraine lost a fifth Tymoshenko Bloc defector Hryhorii of its gross domestic product (GDP) during Omelchenko, mega-millionaire and financer the two years of the Tymoshenko govern- of the Ukrainian People’s Party Oleksander ment – a drop comparable to a wartime Slobodian, mega-millionaire and financer of economy. GDP fell twice as much in the People’s Self-Defense party David Ukraine in 2009 as in Russia. A fourth of Zhvania and most of the members of Mr. Ukraine’s industrial production was lost. Baloha’s Single Center party. “As the former finance minister, it simply OU-PSD Parliamentary Faction Chair pains my heart to read such numbers!” Mr. Mykola Martynenko and his longtime busi- Azarov thundered from the Parliament’s ness partner Mr. Zhvania openly support the podium. “State internal debts increased by coalition with the Party of Regions and are five times. That’s in only two years!” trying to recruit more of their fellow depu- “If the situation is so bad in the country, ties to their cause. then why do you want to take power in the Millions of dollars are being offered for government?” Volodymyr Yavorivskyi, a votes, observers said, and many deputies are Tymoshenko Bloc national deputy, shouted raising the stakes to ensure they’re able to back at Mr. Azarov. gain what they view as their fair share of “Thank you, Volodymyr positions and appointments from the coali- Oleksandrovych,” Mr. Azarov replied. “I’m tion government. thinking about that myself.”

Shouldn’t we pay attention to the needs of Quo vadimus? our own people here? – particularly our (Continued from page 7) elderly and our young? Shouldn’t we be their feet. supportive of our own organizations, institu- Organized Ukrainian life survived but it tions and charities? was dominated by the post-war immigrants Ukraine’s oligarchs are some of the rich- and some of their descendants. The children, est people on the planet. Shouldn’t we make grandchildren, and great grandchildren of it clear to them that we can no longer sup- port our own institutions in the United States the original immigrants, as well as a good and carry those in Ukraine as well? percentage of the children and grandchildren Shouldn’t we make it clear to them that we of the post-war new comers were lost to the expect them to give back to their own peo- community. ple and to support their own institutions? The independence of Ukraine further And, isn’t it high time that we should be reinforced this tendency, and almost no asking them, as well as the post-indepen- thought was given to developing and main- dence immigrants, for help in developing taining a lifestyle with supporting institu- the Ukrainian image in the United States. tions and organizations for increasingly edu- They clearly have the means and should be cated and affluent Ukrainian Americans who put on the spot. are now part of mainstream American life. It is high time to rethink what we are Isn’t it time to accept the fact that our doing, and it is also high time to reestablish lives are here and our focus should be here our own communities on a strong footing as well? Shouldn’t we note what other for the next generation. If we don’t, there immigrant groups have done regarding their will be nothing left for that next generation homelands; particularly the Irish Americans and there might not even be a next genera- and the Jewish Americans? Shouldn’t we try tion. to become a force in American politics, in The best way that we can help Ukraine American culture, in American life? now is by helping ourselves. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 No. 10

each MA. It is easy to find out which MAs far we had come in a few days’ time. Detailed statistical... have the largest numbers and percents of An ascent... The last hour climbing to the highest (Continued from page 8) new immigrants, as well as which MAs have (Continued from page 11) point on the rim of the crater was a painful- evaluated with the indicators % <18 yrs. and the largest numbers of Ukrainian speakers process, making my bag heavier and ly slow one. I could see the official summit % 65 yrs. or more. Here we can find out among new immigrants. The last indicator heavier as I collected the rocks. sign in the distance and could not believe which MAs have a young age structure and quantifies the contribution of the Fourth Eventually, we made it to 14,900 feet how close yet how far it seemed. All I knew which haves significant numbers of older Wave to the number of Ukrainian speakers in the early afternoon, setting up camp on was that I had to put one foot in front of the persons. The second panel of the table shows in the MA. Sorting by this column, we can a very windy and dusty ridge. After rest- other to make it, and eventually I did. the number of Ukrainian speakers in each see in which MA the Fourth Wave made ing for a few hours in the tents and eat- Finally, realizing that there was nothing MA, as well as the percent they represent of large additions to the total number of ing, we began our summit push at 11:30 higher than me except the soaring blue sky, the total number of Ukrainians age 5 or older Ukrainian speakers in the MA. p.m. I donned four layers of clothing, I let out a sigh of relief and happiness. The (the question on language spoken at home This is just a sampling of what can be including a down jacket and face mask to glaciers capping the summit were glistening was asked of persons age 5 years or more). done with the tables found on the website. protect against the winds. Temperatures brightly in the sun, welcoming me to this The third panel of Table 9 presents data The analysis users can perform with the data were below freezing and the winds were magical place. It was as if, over six days, on the “Fourth Wave” immigrants. It lists the is limited only by a user’s imagination. New relentless, as we hiked from midnight to we had trekked from the rainforests of the total number of “Fourth Wave” immigrants tables will be added to this list, and databases sunrise at 5:30 a.m. equator to the glaciers of the Arctic. The residing in each MA in 2006, their percent will be expanded to include other data on Seeing the welcoming purple sky from journey was an incredible one, filled with respect the total number of Ukrainians in that Ukrainians in the U.S. 17,000 feet was a special experience that I good times and hard times. It was a true MA, and the total number of Ukrainian The Center for Demographic and Socio- will always remember. The warmth and bril- mountain experience. speakers among the new wave of immi- Economic Research will be able to fulfill its liance of the sun gave me much-needed I left Kilimanjaro humbled and awed by grants. The last column of the table shows objectives if we can maintain, expand and strength to continue upwards. Once at the beauty of its slopes and summit. It is my the percent of Fourth Wave Ukrainian speak- update this work with new and timely data. Stella’s Point, at over 18,000 feet, we were hope that we do everything we can to ers in relation to the total number of This requires resources, and a special fund much closer to the summit glaciers. It is here ensure our mountains across the world Ukrainian speakers in the MA. has been set up at the Shevchenko Scientific that we took a long break for food and water, remain pristine and accessible to those dar- Table 9 presents many opportunities for Society in New York to support the center. as well as rest. Seeing the African landscape ing souls ready to make their own journeys analysis. Users can find out which MAs have Donations may be sent to: Shevchenko stretched out below, I could not believe how of discovery. the largest numbers of Ukrainian speakers, Scientific Society, Center for Demographic both in absolute and relative terms. Users and Socio-Economic Research of Ukrainians can also see the absolute and relative impor- in the United States, 63 Fourth Ave., New President Yanukovych’s initial steps tance of the “Fourth Wave” immigrants in York, NY 10003-5200. Does Yanukovych... are reminiscent of Kuchma, but Mr. (Continued from page 2) Kuchma ended his second term as an Presidents Kuchma and Yushchenko did international pariah. That was due not CDs for sale and can be contacted by e-mail, before him, that European integration only to his own mistakes, but also argu- Photographer Mike... [email protected]. He has posted musi- would be Ukraine’s key priority. Mr. ably to George W. Bush’s short-sighted cal examples on YouTube at http://www. foreign policy. Mr. Yanukovych, who (Continued from page 11) Yanukovych optimistically predicted that youtube.com/user/ukeaccordiondude. understands how much depends on The photos, which include scenes from an association agreement and a visa-free Mr. Platosz is a parishioner at St. Mary America, wants to build his transatlantic Verkhovyna/MountainView Manor and regime with the EU would be attained Soyuzivka, are for sale. For more informa- Ukrainian Orthodox Church in New Britain. bridge. He said in his most recent inter- The church will be celebrating its centennial within one year (BBC Ukrainian Service, view that he wants to meet with Barack tion, readers can visit www.newbritain.gov/ in September and Mr. Platosz has been March 2). Obama to discuss “many questions” liv_BNC-ArtsCom/html. More examples of asked to take photos of church organizations Ahead of Mr. Yanukovych’s visit, the (BBC Ukrainian Service, March 2). his work can be viewed at http://community. for a commemorative book. Mr. Platosz is European Parliament sent a powerful webshots.com/user/mphotfinger. also a member of Ukrainian National message to Ukraine, by declaring that as The article above is reprinted from In addition to his photography talents, Association Branch 254 in New Britain and a European state that adheres to the prin- Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission Mr. Platosz is a performing accordionist hopes to exhibit his work at Soyuzivka this ciples of democracy and freedom it may from its publisher, the Jamestown with 15 years of playing experience. He has summer. apply for EU membership in the future. Foundation, www.jamestown.org. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 21 Tamburitzans, in 73rd season, coming to Pennsylvania, New Jersey by Maria O. Bachynsky Gouze, the group was first known as the Slavonic Tamburitza Orchestra, but later PITTSBURGH – The Tamburitzans expanded its repertoire to include multiple ensemble, named after the stringed folk East European cultures. instrument called the tambura or tamburitza, The Tamburitzan Administration is on tour in its 73rd season. The perfor- Building, located near Duquesne’s campus, mance is the longest-running stage-show in is home to hundreds of books, costumes and the country and is also a cultural and histori- instruments, as well as a significant music cal legacy at Duquesne University and in and film collection. The Tamburitzans orga- Pittsburgh. The mission of the Tamburitzans nization allows the traditions of the past to organization continues to be dedicated to live on through music, dance and cultural preserving and perpetuating the cultural her- resources. itages of Eastern Europe and its neighbors, The 2009-2010 season features musical through performance, while awarding schol- and dance performances in original beautiful arships to talented and deserving student authentic costumes of Croatia, Bulgaria, performers. Serbia, Bavaria, , Slovakia, Greece, The Tamburitzans began as a small Ukraine, Macedonia, Poland, Russia, orchestra that originated in Missouri, moved Hungary, and Moldava. to Texas, and eventually settled in Among the 33 performers are seven Pittsburgh. Officially founded by Dr. A. Ukrainians, who are also recipients of Duquesne University Tamburitzans Lester Pierce and directed by Matt L. Duquesne University Tamburitzan scholar- Performers of the Skakunets dance (from left): Yulia Goudimiak, J.T. Kordesich, ships. They are: Yulia Goudimiak, Natalka Natalka Karaman, John Harbist, Nicole Petroski and Michael Dern. Karaman, Maria Kavatsiuk, Julia Knihnicky, Mariana Peltz, Nicole Petroski and Natalia Tarasiuk. All trained and performed earlier with Ukrainian dance ensembles – Kashtan of Cleveland, Poltava of Pittsburgh, Syzokryli of New York, and Voloshky of Philadelphia and Iskra of Whippany, N.J. They are also students of various academic disciplines. The Ukrainian performance features a melodic bandura composition played by Mariana Peltz, a vocal rendition of the Ukrainian love song “Cheremshyna” and the dance “Skakunets” from the Bukovyna region. The Philadephia area performance will be on Saturday, March 27, at Bryn Athyn Academy, Mitchell Performing Arts Center, at 7 p.m. The New Jersey metropolitan area performance will be in Lodi, N.J., on Sunday, April 18, at Felician College’s John J. Breslin Theater, at 2 p.m. For other performances and further infor- The song “Cheremshyna” is performed by (from left) Abbi Novic, Allie Jandrlich, Bandurist Mariana Peltz mation, contact www.duq.edu/tamburitzans. John Harbist, Maria Kavatsiuk, Natalia Tarasiuk and Julia Knihnicky.

TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 339

Please be advised Branch 339 has merged with Branch 83 as of March 1, 2010. All inquiries and requests for changes should be sent to Mr. Michael Luciw.

Mr. Michael Luciw 1009 Melrose Ave. Melrose Park, PA 19027 (215) 635-5109

DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF UNA BRANCHES OF DETROIT, MI DISTRICT COMMITTEE of UNA BRANCHES OF CONNECTICUT announces that its announces that its ANNUAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING ANNUAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING will be held on will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 1:00 PM at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church Hall At the Ukrainian Cultural Center 54 Winter St. 26601 Ryan Rd. Warren, MI New Britain, CT 06051 Obligated to attend the annual meeting as voting members are District Obligated to attend the annual meeting as voting members are District Committee Officers, Convention Delegates and two delegates from the Committee Officers, Convention Delegates and two delegates from the follo- following Branches: wing Branches: 12, 59, 67, 253, 254, 277, 387, 414

20, 82, 94, 165, 174, 175, 292, 341 All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting Gloria Horbaty – UNA Advisor

DISTRICT COMMITTEE DISTRICT COMMITTEE Myron Kolinsky, District Chairman Dr. Alexander Serafyn, District Chairman Ihor Hayda, Vice-Chairman Roman Lazarchuk, Secretary Bohdan Doboszczak, Secretary Michael Shumylo, Treasurer Gloria Horbaty, Treasurer 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 No. 10

investment flows into the country. and I hope the highest legislative body Brussels... A key Ukrainian desire is visa-free travel Yanukovych's... would support me. (Continued from page 3) for its citizens in the EU. Mr. Yanukovych (Continued from page 3) Assuming the office of Ukrainian pres- offering. The dire social and economic said he wants a “road map” – setting out all As president, I have a clear idea of ident, I want to tell the people of Ukraine situation of the country is taking up most conditions and deadlines – by the end of the what kind of foreign policy corresponds that all my promises thereto will be kept. of his time in meetings with the bloc’s year. Mr. Yanukovych also asked the EU to the most with national interests of We will repay the arrears of wages and officials on March 1. The EU’s backing is send a “technical assistance mission” of Ukraine today. Being a bridge between pensions, what the current government crucial for Kyiv in securing loans from experts to look into ways of streamlining East and West, an integral part of Europe never managed to do. Given the dire situ- the International Monetary Fund (IMF). government expenditures. and former at the same ation in public finances, we will do this In addition to Mr. Barroso, the newly As a partner in the EU’s Neighborhood time, Ukraine will choose foreign policy by reducing the costs of bureaucratic sys- inaugurated president of Ukraine was to Policy, Ukraine also stands to benefit from that will allow our country to get the most tem. We will start with ourselves. One of meet in Brussels with all the top EU lead- billions in EU aid. Most of these funds, out of development of equal and mutually my first decrees as the president of ers: European Council President Herman beneficial relations with Russia, the Ukraine will be the one to reduce spend- Mr. Barroso made clear, are conditional on van Rompuy, EU foreign-policy high repre- Ukraine’s meeting the conditions set by European Union, the United States and ing on the Presidential Secretariat and sentative Catherine Ashton, as well as Jerzy other structures that ensure its work. the IMF and drawing up what EU officials Buzek, president of the European other countries that influence develop- Dear Members of Parliament! privately describe as a “realistic” budget Parliament. ment of the situation in the world. In my for 2010. opinion, the challenges faced by interna- Dear compatriots! I have always put deeds above words Another key topic in the March 1 talks Copyright 2010, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted tional community dictate the need to unite and in the new office will not abandon was the reform of Ukraine’s murky gas sec- with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ as closer as possible. Humanity, including tor, currently dominated by shadowy mid- Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Ukraine, needs the EU in a global mean- this rule. Work and results for the benefit dlemen. Eighty percent of the EU’s Russian Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org. ing. By the EU I mean Earth Unity as the of my motherland is the motto, with gas imports traverse Ukraine. Apart from (See http://www.rferl.org/content/New_ force capable to guarantee peaceful coex- which I take up my duties in the new reassuring the EU, Mr. Barroso said reforms Ukrainian_President_Yanukovych_ istence of various civilizations of the responsible office. in the gas sector, introducing EU standards, Making_First_Foreign_Trip_To_ world along with energy, environmental, I look forward to your support, as well would also significantly boost foreign EU/1970928.html.) food security. We are ready to participate as the support of international community in such processes as a European non- that wishes to see our country strong and aligned state. I intend to suggest this con- stable. cept to the Parliament to develop the And God help us in this righteous aspi- dances] with the opposition,” Mr. foundations of foreign policy of Ukraine, ration! Turning the pages... Yanukovych said. “The president is (Continued from page 6) responsible for the situation’s stability, did not accept the terms of the ultimatum. not simply informing on it.” Ms. Tymoshenko warned of the coalition “Russian ‘hawks’ consider the U.S. to be Leading up to the walkout and the Moscow makes... their chief enemy,” and “their logic is demands, Ms. Tymoshenko argued he government’s potential for total usurpation (Continued from page 6) simple: the worse things are for the case for pre-term parliamentary elections. of power. “They have begun diligent work Tsuladze in the February 22 issue of United States, the better it will be for Yuri Lutsenko, leader of the national civic on deputies – scaring their children, propos- ing bribes and trying to gather a gang of them” (www.ej.ru/?a=note&id=9900). movement People’s Self-Defense, also Yezhednevny Zhurnal writes that “even 300 votes on this basis – then they will for people who are not professionally Meanwhile, in another indication of mobilized the public with rallies and the reordering of the Eurasian geopoliti- change the Constitution and approve all interested in politics, it is obvious that the information campaigns in case the coali- cal space, the Russian State Statistics laws regardless of the president’s veto,” she U.S. had surrendered Ukraine to Putin’s tion government refused to step down if Committee has now shifted Georgia from said. “This is practically a system of gov- Russia in order to solve more immediate the Verkhovna Rada was dismissed. ernment overthrow.” the “near abroad” category to the “far Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych tasks – sanctions against Iran and help for abroad,” putting it outside of the area that criticized the president’s support of the Source: “Unified opposition walks out of NATO in the Afghan war. Moscow has made clear it considers to be growing movement. “The president is Parliament, lists demands,” by Zenon But Mr. Tsuladze says, it is clear that its immediate sphere of influence (www. supposed to be occupied with the nation’s Zawada, The Ukrainian Weekly, March 18, the Americans are not going to get what kommersant.ru/doc. development, not hold khorovody [circle 2007. they want either on those issues because aspx?DocsID=1326396). No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 23 OUT AND ABOUT

Through Art exhibit, “Hide and Seek,” by Lydia Bodnar- St. Vladimir Parish Center, 570-759-2824 or March 28 Balahutrak, Nau-haus Art Space, [email protected] Houston [email protected] or 713-261-1409 March 14 Concert, Kinderhook Creek and New Riders of the Whippany, NJ Purple Sage, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of Through Art exhibit, “Art in the Heart of the City,” New Jersey, 973-585-7175 or April 9 featuring photography by Mike Platosz, City Hall, www.splatterconcerts.com New Britain, CT www.newbritianct.gov March 14 Easter Bazaar and Pysanka Demonstration, St. March 10 Concert, Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra, Clifton, NJ Mary Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Rockville, MD Montgomery College, 240-567-5301 www.pysankacollectibles.com

March 11 Lecture by Olena Andrushenko, “The History of March 15 Seminar by Michelle Vlise, “Writing and Copying Stanford, CA Ukrainian Language Studies,” Stanford University, Cambridge, MA 17th Century Poland-Lithuania: The ‘Silva Rerum’ in 650-723-3562 Ruthenia,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053

March 12 Concert featuring pianist Inna Faliks, Embassy of March 17-18 “Ukrainian Days,” Ukrainian National Information Washington Ukraine, [email protected] or Washington Service, 202-547-0018 or [email protected] www.embassyseries.org

March 12 Varenyky Dinner, Ukrainian American Youth Whippany, NJ Association – Whippany Branch, Ukrainian Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events American Cultural Center of New Jersey, advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions 973-590-9456 from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. March 13 Ski Races, Carpathian Ski Club (KLK), Hunter Hunter, NY Mountain, [email protected]

March 13 Taras Shevchenko Concert, St. Michael Ukrainian San Francisco Orthodox Church, [email protected]

March 14 Concert featuring violinist Oleh Krysa, The Alexandria, VA Washington Group Cultural Fund, The Lyceum, 301-229-2615 or 703-838-4994

March 14 Concert of Slavic liturgical music, featuring Ottawa Laurence Ewashko and the Ewashko Singers, First Unitarian Congregation, 613-725-1066

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Th e Uk r a i n i a n We e k l y Friday, March 12 diately following the program. The concert will take place at The Lyceum, 201 S. WORCESTER, Mass.: Music Worcester presents the Odessa Philharmonic Washington St., at 3 p.m. Seating is unre- Orchestra, with Maestro Hobart Earle con- served; suggested donation: $20, free for ducting and featuring cellist William De students. For information call Rosa, at 8 p.m. at Mechanics Hall, 321 301-229-2615. Easter Greetings 2010 Main St. A free, pre-concert lecture is also Saturday, March 20 offered at Mechanics Hall at 7 p.m. The event is sponsored by Unum. Tickets are NEW BRITAIN, Conn.: A Ukrainian $43 and $46; $20 for students. (Excellent Easter Festival will be held at St. Mary’s group rates and student rush tickets are Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 54 Winter Continue your tradition. available.) Music Worcester also honors Street, (behind Newbrite Plaza), at 9 a.m.-2 AAA-member, WGBH, WICN and WOO p.m. Snow date: Saturday, March 27. card discounts. For more information or Featured will be our famous Ukrainian for tickets call 508-754-3231 or visit www. Easter breads, Ukrainian Easter eggs Send best wishes to your family and musicworcester.org. (pysanky), baked goods and ethnic foods, Saturday, March 13 including varenyky and holubtsi. Lunch friends, colleagues and clients on the and take out will be available. Admission NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific is free; there is parking behind the church. occasion of Easter with a greeting Society invites all to a lecture by Larysa For information call 860-229-3833 or Briukhovetska (Kyiv) on the subject “15 860-677-2138. in The Ukrainian Weekly. Years of the Journal Kino-Teatr in the Context of Ukrainian Cinema.” Prof. Sunday, March 28 Briukhovetska is the editor-in-chief of MONTREAL: The Shevchenko Scientific Kino-Teatr and a senior lecturer in the Society in Canada, Montreal Branch, and Department of Cultural Studies at the the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Montreal present a lecture by Prof. Holiday Issue Publication Date Advertising Deadline Academy. The lecture will take place at Radoslav Zuk titled “Key Characteristics the society’s building, 63 Fourth Avenue of Ukrainian Church Architecture of the (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information call Mazepa Period and their Sources.” Noted March 28 March 19 212-254-5130. architect Radoslav Zuk, emeritus professor at McGill University, is the recipient of 1/16 page – $35; 1/8 page – $50; Sunday, March 14 several academic, professional and civic 1/4 page – $100; 1/2 page – $200; full page – $400 ALEXANDRIA, Va.: The Washington awards and distinctions, including the Group Cultural Fund Sunday Music Series Royal Architectural Institute of Canada presents Oleh Krysa, who has just returned Governor General’s Medal for from an extensive tour of , in a recit- Architecture. The lecture will take place at All advertising correspondence, reservations and payments should be directed al of great violin miniatures: works by 4 p.m. at the Ukrainian Youth Center, 3270 to Mrs. Maria Oscislawski, advertising manager, tel. 973-292-9800, ext. 3040, Brahms, Wagner, Schubert, De Falla, Beaubien St. E. Admission is $10. For fur- fax 973-644-9510, or e-mail: [email protected] Debussy and Paganini. Attendees will be ther information call Zorianna, able to meet the artist at a reception imme- 514-481-5871 Kindly make checks payable to The Ukrainian Weekly. Please send payment to: The Ukrainian Weekly, Advertising Department PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES P.O. Box 280, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 Preview of Events is a listing of community events open to the public. It is a service provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community.

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