INSIDE:• Profile: Oleksii Ivchenko, chair of Naftohaz — page 3. • Donetsk teen among winners of ballet competition — page 9. • A conversation with historian Roman Serbyn — page 13.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIVTHE UKRAINIANNo. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9,W 2006 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine World Cup soccer action Parliamentary coalition collapses Moroz and Azarov are candidates for Rada chair unites people of Ukraine by Zenon Zawada The Our Ukraine bloc had refused to Kyiv Press Bureau give the Socialists the Parliament chair- manship, which it wanted Mr. KYIV – Just two weeks after signing a Poroshenko to occupy in order to coun- parliamentary coalition pact with the Our terbalance Ms. Tymoshenko’s influence Ukraine and Yulia Tymoshenko blocs, as prime minister. Socialist Party of Ukraine leader Eventually, Mr. Moroz publicly relin- Oleksander Moroz betrayed his Orange quished his claim to the post. Revolution partners and formed a de His July 6 turnaround caused a schism facto union with the Party of the Regions within the ranks of his own party as and the Communist Party. National Deputy Yosyp Vinskyi Recognizing that he lacked enough announced he was resigning as the first votes, Our Ukraine National Deputy secretary of the party’s political council. Petro Poroshenko withdrew his candida- Mr. Moroz’s betrayal ruins the demo- cy for the Verkhovna Rada chair during cratic coalition and reveals his intention the Parliament’s July 6 session. to unite with the Party of the Regions, The Socialists then nominated Mr. Mr. Vinskyi alleged. Moroz and the Party of the Regions nom- “My personal tragedy is that I can’t Zenon Zawada inated Mykola Azarov, a former first trust Mr. Moroz as the Socialist Party Young soccer fans watch Ukraine compete in the World Cup quarter-finals vice-minister who spent most of his life leader, a person I walked alongside for against Italy on Kyiv’s Independence Square on June 30. in the Russian Federation. As of The 15 years, who, I supported in everything, Weekly’s press deadline, the vote for the for whom I took on the dirtiest and most by Zenon Zawada tory taking place above. Rada chair had not yet taken place. thankless work,” Mr. Vinskyi told “I don’t want to lead a Parliament Kyiv Press Bureau “It’s all the same to me,” said Elena reporters. Taran, munching on a salad while chat- where sectors are battling each other,” He accused the Party of the Regions of KYIV – Oblivious tourists sipped ting with a girlfriend. “The whole world Mr. Moroz said. “But I know that, other buying off the Socialists. “Price is a big cocktails in the Khreschatyk’s outdoor may be watching, but we’re here drink- than me, no one will unite it.” issue, and I don’t have the facts or docu- cafés on June 30 as a cacophony of car ing beer.” Ever since the coalition negotiations ments to support my claim,” Mr. Vinskyi and soccer horns proclaimed the humid Our husbands are watching it some- began in April, Mr. Moroz had been told reporters. “But you will soon see night’s national gravity. where, they said laughing.“We’re not vying for the Rada chair, which he held who is riding in which cars and living in On Independence Square, teenage for four years between May 1994 and girls adorned young men’s faces with (Continued on page 5) April 1998. (Continued on page 5) blue and yellow war paint in preparation for the night’s fierce struggle. In a half hour, “nashi” were to face soccer powerhouse and three-time world Nine billionaires among Ukraine’s 30 richest men champions Italy. by Zenon Zawada newfound luster is one of the Orange Ukraine’s Parliament as a national deputy. “It’s too bad our boys aren’t playing Kyiv Press Bureau Revolution’s enemies, Rynat Akhmetov, Known as Ukraine’s steel king, Mr. Spain,” snickered Volodymyr Korbash, 39, whose wealth has multiplied to an 33, referring to the team that beat KYIV – Ukraine now boasts nine bil- Akhmetov also has enormous investments estimated $11.8 billion. in the auto-making, energy, communica- Ukraine 4-0 but didn’t make it to the lionaires, all having prospered from the He remains the biggest financier of the quarter-finals of the World Cup. nation’s vast natural resources and the Party of the Regions, which he represents in (Continued on page 4) By the game’s start, more than a thou- industrial might inherited from the sand youngsters had jammed Soviet Union, according to a newly Independence Square, draped in blue- released survey of Ukraine’s 30 wealthi- yellow flags, clenching Ukrainian beer est men. bottles and stretching their vocal cords to Among them, 17 conduct their busi- their limit. ness in the industrial east, while none are “U-kra-yi-na!” based in western Ukraine, as determined “Pa-bie-da bu-diet na-sha!” (Victory by the financial analysts at Dragon will be ours.) Capital investment bank and editors of KP How loud was it? Media, who published their report in the “I feel it’s more like a revolution than July 1 issue of Korrespondent magazine. a soccer game,” said Elizabeth Clark, an “If more than half of the wealthy in American visiting from Moscow. neighboring Russia scraped together their But all it took was six minutes for the fortune exporting natural resources, mainly patriotic zeal and alacrity invigorating natural gas and oil, then most well-off Independence Square to be abruptly Ukrainians made their millions producing extinguished with a nifty goal by a fel- steel and cast iron,” reported Korrespondent low named Gianluca Zambrotta, a magazine, Ukraine’s leading news weekly, defender no less. which is published by American Jed Subdued tension swept like a wave Sunden in the Russian language. over the soccer fans, who spent half-time The rich have gotten richer in Ukraine tensely pondering and pleading for a thanks to the Orange Revolution – an rejuvenated Ukrainian team, a prayer event that increased the attractiveness of that wouldn’t be answered their properties, assets and stocks among Below the raucous maidan, the food Western investors and capitalists, Zenon Zawada Zenon Zawada court of the Globus shopping mall had a Korrespondent reported. Ukraine’s wealthiest man, Rynat Chocolate king Petro Poroshenko is dozen or so patrons, oblivious to the his- One of the top beneficiaries of this Akhmetov, is worth $11.8 billion. worth $505 million. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 No. 28

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS A Croatian human-trafficking NEWSBRIEFS Coalition ready to talk with opposition the newly created ruling coalition of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine and victim speaks with RFE/RL KYIV – Leaders of the ruling coalition the Socialist Party to discuss the current – the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Our parliamentary impasse with the opposition by Ankica Barbir Mladinovic had to be ready by then,” she continued. Ukraine and the Socialist Party – are ready – the Party of the Regions led by former RFE/RL Organized Crime and Terrorism Watch “I told him to get his mother ready to sit at the negotiating table with the Party Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the instead, and then he hit me on the head of the Regions, Ukrainian media reported Communist Party. A planned round of such Trafficking in women for the purpose of with his fist. Since we were in the kitchen on June 30, quoting Roman Bezsmertnyi talks misfired in Kyiv on July 3 after Mr. sexual exploitation is becoming increasing- I turned around and struck him with a pot. of Our Ukraine. Lawmakers from the Yanukovych failed to show up and the rul- ly widespread in countries undergoing tran- Naturally, I was no match for him physi- Party of the Regions have been blocking ing coalition refused to discuss the parlia- sition. Many young women seeking better cally. He beat and raped me constantly the parliamentary session chamber in mentary crisis without him. Party of the jobs and better lives find themselves for three days, to the point where I was protest against what they see as an unlaw- Regions deputies have been blocking the against their will in secret brothels of lying in blood and urine while tied to a ful scheme to appoint the prime minister parliamentary session hall for the past Western countries. Such is the warning of bed. He then brought two of his friends and Verkhovna Rada chairman and the week. (RFE/RL Newsline) non-governmental women’s unions in who raped me, put out cigarette butts on opposition’s failure to offer the opposition Croatia, where 45 victims of trafficking me, and cut me with razors.” sufficient positions on legislative commit- President meets party leaders have been identified in the last four years. Martina was locked in a Rome apartment tees. Mr. Bezsmertnyi told journalists on Unofficial numbers are many times greater. KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko on for two months. Instead of working in a June 30 that the ruling coalition will not July 4 met with Yulia Tymoshenko (Yulia “It happened abroad,” says Martina, a restaurant, she was beaten and raped daily accept any ultimatums during such negoti- 29-year-old trafficking victim from Tymoshenko Bloc), Roman Bezsmertnyi until she was “broken” and had become a ations. Party of the Regions leader Viktor (Our Ukraine), Oleksander Moroz Zagreb. “I was sold for 3,500 euros sexual slave. Then, she says, the man who Yanukovych earlier announced that the [$4,400]. I was beaten, raped, forced (Socialist Party of Ukraine), Viktor bought her took her out to the street. blockade of the parliamentary chamber Yanukovych (Party of the Regions) and against my will. They would put out ciga- will be continued until the coalition parties Four passports Petro Symonenko (Communist Party of rette butts on me and cut me with razors.” give up their proposal to approve the It was like a horror movie, she says. Ukraine). Secretariat Chief of Staff Oleh “That man was from Bosnia,” she prime minister and Rada chair via a single, Martina was 19 years old at that time, Rybachuk and his first deputy, Ivan says. “We found in his apartment four open ballot. President Viktor Yushchenko Vasiunyk, also were present at the meeting. trained as a cook. She lived in the suburbs passports and another girl from Croatia on June 29 also called for talks to solve the of Zagreb and desired a better job and a Addressing the leaders, President who was also a mother of three. That was parliamentary impasse. If the Verkhovna Yushchenko demanded that they start a con- better life. She met a young man who told a complete horror. They beat me endless- Rada fails to approve a new Cabinet by her about his brother who had a restaurant structive dialogue and find healthy compro- ly. A girl of 16 from Albania almost bled July 25, President Yushchenko will have mises. “We must reach understanding in the in Italy, but who had a hard time finding to death in my arms because they had the right to disband the legislature elected good employees. framework of the five political forces. This pushed a car antenna into her vagina. A on March 26. (RFE/RL Newsline) is our obligation, not our whim,” he said. “I ‘It sounded rather convincing’ girl from Bosnia was found dead. That is am convinced we are about to resolve all when I completely broke down.” President rules out new elections “He told me that if I really wanted to the problems we face.” The president said She says she had been completely KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko the parties had clearly declared their politi- work I could come with him, but that if I did dulled, as if separated from her own not intend to pursue work there I could be said in a radio address to the nation on July cal positions, and that the only impediment body. Even when there was a chance of 1 that he is not going to dissolve the now is distrust and intolerance among the back in Croatia in three days,” Martina said. escape she remained a prostitute. Verkhovna Rada over its protracted inabil- negotiators. “We must not negotiate in such “It sounded rather convincing. Given that “There was no way for me to be freed ity to elect parliamentary leadership and an atmosphere. […] Nobody should negoti- my life had been miserable since I was born from what had happened to me,” Martina appoint a new Cabinet, Ukrainian media ate through demands and unilateral ques- – my father was an alcoholic and my mother says. “I endured this for six years. I went to reported. “There will be no repeat elec- tions. I want to create an atmosphere mak- ill – I went there without a second thought.” the street with prostitutes, not in order to tions. It is a too expensive a pleasure for ing us leave this table with a constructive “As soon as I arrived and as soon as work, but to see the people who come to the country and an inadequate price for the choice,” he said. Mr. Yushchenko said he he brought me to his apartment, every- them and who force them to do this. Then I ambitions of some politicians,” President believes the parliamentary crisis is his coun- thing started. He told me there was no would throw a bottle of gasoline on their car Yushchenko noted. He said Ukraine try’s major problem and that he is “eager to work and that I had crossed the border in or puncture their tires. I didn’t care what recently marked the 10th anniversary of see the Parliament functioning.” (Official order to work as a prostitute, that he had would happen. I did one or three customers paid a ton of money for me and that he the promulgation of its Constitution with- Website of President of Ukraine) will come for me in three days, and that I (Continued on page 14) out a Constitutional Court, a functioning Parliament and a new Cabinet of Gas price to remain unchanged Ministers. “The responsibility for this lies KYIV – Acting Prime Minister Yurii IOM battles human trafficking exclusively with deputies of the new Yekhanurov said at a Cabinet of Minister Verkhovna Rada and the leaders of parties meeting on June 30 that the price of gas and blocs whose short-sighted position has imported by Ukraine will remain during World Cup competition led to a blockade of the Parliament’s work,” Mr. Yushchenko added. He urged (Continued on page 15) by Eugen Tomiuc announcement [PSA] to warn the general RFE/RL Organized Crime and Terrorism Watch public that, unfortunately, the World Cup will probably be marked by an increase in To warn about the risk of human traf- FOUNDED 1933 the trafficking of women, most of whom ficking and forced prostitution during the will end up in situations of exploitation. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY World Cup in Germany, the International T U W We know from experience that it’s An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Organization for Migration (IOM) has unfortunately always the case that when a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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by Zenon Zawada reporters. “I was still working in Ivano- dent at the party’s Seventh Assembly He began working for an Ivano- Kyiv Press Bureau Frankivsk, and even in Kyiv many didn’t elections on April 13, 2003, a month Frankivsk company called Interhaz in know what a Mercedes was.” before Ms. Stetsko’s death on May 14. 1995 and became its first vice-president KYIV – Oleksii Ivchenko is not your He assailed his critics and sarcastically Mr. Ivchenko ran against Serhii Zhyshko two years later. typical Ukrainian nationalist. asked them whether they wanted him to In 1996 and 1997 he served as a non- His wardrobe consists of 50 shirts, 100 drive in a Zaporizhia-made Tavriya governmental advisor to Ukraine’s vice ties and 100 pairs of shoes, not to men- instead. prime minister and prime minister, tion a collection of suits estimated at “I believe that the director of such an according to his résumé. $10,000. enterprise as Naftohaz should be riding Mr. Ivchenko was elected to the He likes cars, too. in the most handsome and expensive Verkhovna Rada in April 2002. “I’ve changed my Mercedes for the car,” Mr. Ivchenko declared. CUN changed dramatically when Mr. latest model every two years, which I’ve As for using government funds to pur- Ivchenko took over its reins, said Dr. done for the last 15 years,” he famously chase the most handsome cars, Mr. Serhii Taran, chair of the Socio-Vymir told Ukrainian journalists in mid-April. Ivchenko explained that Naftohaz isn’t a Center for Sociological and Political “And I won’t betray my tradition.” government enterprise and isn’t finan- Research, which is financed by Since taking the helm of the Congress cially supported by the government. Ukrainian private enterprises. of Ukrainian Nationalists (CUN), Mr. “Naftohaz, like every economic entity, Once a primarily ideological group Ivchenko’s tenure has marked a sharp is called to earn revenues and pay taxes with little financing or access to power, departure from where his predecessor, to the government,” Mr. Ivchenko said. Mr. Ivchenko brought both to the party, Slava Stetsko, had left the organization “The Cabinet of Ministers requires divi- he said. upon her death in 2003. dend payments from Naftohaz, which it He enabled CUN to begin publishing The wife of Yaroslav Stetsko, a close pays, and taxes, which it also pays. This associate of Stefan Bandera, Mrs. Stetsko Natsiya I Derzhava, its prolific weekly Mercedes wasn’t bought with govern- newspaper. selflessly dedicated her life in the diaspo- ment money.” ra in Germany to Ukrainian independ- Mr. Ivchenko’s role in CUN is similar Despite Mr. Ivchenko’s denials, to Petro Poroshenko’s role in Our ence. Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers owns all When it finally happened, Ukrainians Ukraine People’s Union, said Dr. Taran, of Naftohaz’s shares, making it a govern- who earned a doctorate in political sci- rewarded her devotion with immediate ment-owned enterprise. Therefore, all of recognition and honor, enabling her to Zenon Zawada ence from Duke University in Durham, Naftohaz revenues, while obtained from N.C. launch CUN as a political party, which private sources, are the domain of the Oleksii Ivchenko, chair of the Congress she represented upon her election to of Ukrainian Nationalists. Wealthy businessmen finance most Ukrainian government and its people. Ukrainian political parties, he said. In Ukraine’s Parliament. Mr. Ivchenko revealed that he had sold Mr. Ivchenko’s leadership since then and won easily. Both were national return, they gain high-profile positions the Mercedes to his nephew’s dealership with access to government. has led many Ukrainian nationalists to for $230,000, costing Naftohaz more deputies of the Our Ukraine faction in dismiss or abandon the party once known Parliament, and CUN had already Following the Orange Revolution, Mr. than $22,000. Ivchenko emerged as one of the few peo- for its commitment to the cause, as sym- Following Mr. Ivchenko’s defense belonged to Mr. Yushchenko’s Our bolized by Mrs. Stetsko. Ukraine political bloc. ple from the Halychyna region to before the press, President Yushchenko become major players in Kyiv politics While revealing his lack of idealism, met with him and ordered him to sell the His leadership soon caused rifts with- when President Yushchenko selected him Mr. Ivchenko’s taste for luxury wasn’t Mercedes. in the party, even before his ascension to to chair Naftohaz in March 2005. necessarily cause for scandal until the “Sit in the car that was already there power and subsequent scandals. “Under Slava Stetsko, CUN was only muckraking Ukrayinska Pravda website and it won’t hurt your status in any way,” A rift emerged between him and the popular in one region, only had support revealed he used government influence Mr. Yushchenko said he told him. ideologically minded Mykola Huk, edi- from diaspora and had no relation to and money to whet his appetite. He then told journalists: “Mr. tor of the party newspaper Natsiya i power,” Dr. Taran said. “Under As chair of Naftohaz, the govern- Ivchenko’s comments were incorrect, his Derzhava, (Nation and State) who left ment’s largest enterprise that buys and positions were incorrect, and they needed Kyiv in January 2006 to run for mayor of Ivchenko’s relationship, the party sells natural gas in Ukraine, Mr. correction. Categorically, government Drohobych, the second-largest city in the changed radically, and they had their first Ivchenko ordered the purchase of a officials and structures are supposed to Lviv Oblast. access to power. They can create busi- Mercedes S-500, endowed with a 5.5- conduct themselves only properly and Mr. Huk won the election as a CUN nesses related to energy.” liter engine, AMG tuning, a refrigerator, adequately according to their needs.” candidate. Mr. Ivchenko revealed his capacity for television with DVD changer and mas- Ukrayinska Pravda revealed a deeper When approached by The Ukrainian campaign trickery when unveiling the “Ridnyi Dim” (Dear Home) program sage chairs. layer of corruption when it reported on Weekly to comment on Mr. Ivchenko during the cold months of the 2006 par- He ordered the car’s purchase for April 13 that Mr. Ivchenko ordered the and the current state of CUN, Mr. Huk liamentary elections. Appearing before $227,400 just a year and a half after his purchase of the luxurious Mercedes from declined the interview request, saying, “I reporters, Mr. Ivchenko promised free predecessor had bought his own new a dealership partly owned by his nephew, don’t even want to recall what happened credit to any Ukrainians who wished to Mercedes S-model. Including registration Dmytro Bublyk. there.” exchange old radiators or boilers for new and insurance fees, the car cost Naftohaz Mr. Bublyk also happens to chair the Born in the village of Khorobriv in the ones. $252,389. Naftohaz subsidiary, Haz-Teplo, through Lviv Oblast in January 1963, Mr. Nothing came of the program and, in The scandal resulted in yet another which Mr. Ivchenko made the Mercedes Ivchenko studied engineering at Lviv fact, Naftohaz neither allocated nor had embarrassment for President Viktor purchase. Polytechnic University, graduating in Yushchenko, who campaigned to end the funds necessary for such a program, Numerous Haz-Teplo vehicles, as well 1985. government abuse of power and privi- said Yaroslav Dykovytskyi, acting as the now-famous Ivchenko Mercedes, His career started at an Ivano- lege. finance director for Naftohaz. were insured by a Lviv insurance compa- Frankivsk iron-concrete plant, where he Ukrainian law forbids government car As Naftohaz director, Mr. Ivchenko’s ny, Pro100 Strakhuvannia, where Mr. became a director. In 1991 he launched purchases exceeding $100,000. ethical lapses weren’t his only weakness. Bublyk’s mother, Tetiana, is the chief the Hal-Agro company, according to his It especially spoiled CUN’s image accountant, Ukrayinska Pravda uncov- résumé. (Continued on page 5) among Ukrainian nationalists, many of ered. whom have switched their allegiance to Another nephew, Yurii Paniuk, serves the Ukrainian National Assembly- as Mr. Bublyk’s assistant at Haz-Teplo. Ukrainian National Self Defense (UNA- Thus, Mr. Ivchenko not only placed UNSO) or the Svoboda All-Ukrainian family members into influential posi- Quotable notes Union led by Oleh Tiahnybok. tions, but also enabled them to profit “We’ll block the Rada throughout all this time [30 days]. After that, by law “It’s become very fashionable to be a through side businesses they created that the Parliament would have to be dismissed. It is important to make sure that not leader of this or another political party in thrived off Naftohaz money. only the interests of a coalition representing one half of a country but the inter- Ukraine today,” said Mykola Suzhenko, Ensuring Naftohaz vehicles with a rel- ests of all the people are recognized. We’ll make sure that laws in Ukraine are head of UNA-UNSO in the Sumy Oblast. ative’s firm also violates Ukrainian law, executed properly. “Ivchenko represents this class or which requires companies to compete in “We will not allow re-opening the session because we no longer trust some caste of people. If we recall the OUN- bidding tenders to win insurance con- members of the temporary presidium. One of its members, a representative of UPA era, those brothers broke the last tracts. Our Ukraine, Mykola Katerynchuk, is constantly closing the Parliament meeting. pieces of bread among each other. I know And while Haz-Teplo was purchasing In the Rada, our rights are ignored. We wanted to have a deputies’ meeting; how- CUN guys from my oblast with whom luxurious Mercedes, it had fallen into ever the microphones were turned off. The Parliament was literally split into the there were times we lived on bread and debt with another energy company, ‘Orangists,’ the members of a coalition, the privileged and the rest, i.e., those water and shared everything as brothers. Kharkivhaz, by $1.6 million, Ukrayinska without any legal rights. And those without any rights basically make one-half of Ivchenko simply pays tribute to those in Pravda reported. the Rada and represent the interests of half of Ukraine. Also, we disagree with power,” Mr. Suzhenko added. Despite repeated attempts, CUN the Rada’s resolution that was proposed by the coalition. The resolution specifies The Ukrainian public was even more Secretariat Command Chair Stepan that a prime minister is elected before a speaker [chairman of the Verkhovna startled by Mr. Ivchenko’s indignant Bratsiun was unable to arrange an inter- Rada]. This is a violation of the order. Our Political Council is ready to protect reaction to the scandal at an April 21 view with Mr. Ivchenko for The the Constitution. ...” press conference. Rather than apologiz- Ukrainian Weekly. ing and proposing to sell the car, he was Fellow CUN compatriot and National – Viktor Yanukovych in an interview with Yanna Sokolovskaya in the Moscow- unrepentant and saw no wrong. Deputy Yevhen Hirnyk declined to com- based newspaper Izvestia, June 28 (translated by Lisa Koriouchkina for The “I’ve been riding in the latest models ment on the situation. Ukraine List, No. 394, July 3). starting in 1992,” Mr. Ivchenko told Mr. Ivchenko became CUN’s presi- 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 No. 28

Vast industrial holdings enabled Mr. Kolomoiskyi to sugar production, as well as to invest in Lutsk and Nine billionaires... join other Dnipropetrovsk businessmen in launching Cherkasy factories, Korrespondent reported. (Continued from page 1) Ukraine’s largest bank, Pryvat, enabling his wealth to Like Mr. Zhevago, Mr. Poroshenko had close ties to tions and finance industries, Korrespondent reported. grow to an estimated $2.8 billion. the Kyiv-based Medvedchuk-Surkis oligarch clan until His holding company, System Capital Management While piecing together his industrial and financial breaking away in 2001 to team up with Mr. Yushchenko (SCM), has become so large that it has recently under- empire, Mr. Kolomoiskyi has fiercely competed with and his Our Ukraine bloc. gone major restructuring in order to more effectively Mr. Pinchuk, as well as the Donetsk business clans. He launched the television network 5 Kanal (Channel maintain control of its assets. Though not known to sponsor any political parties, Mr. 5) based on a commitment of giving its reporters free- In the process, Mr. Akhmetov created Ukraine’s first Kolomoyskyi is known to have some level of relations dom to determine editorial policy. vertically integrated firm, the holding company Metinvest, with Yulia Tymoshenko, also a Dnipropetrovsk native. It became among the few media to report the 2004 pres- which mines raw materials and smelts them into metal and Mr. Kolomoiskyi is married with two children. idential elections and Orange Revolution without bias. steel products. It has become Mr. Akhmetov’s most prof- Dnipropetrovsk fuel trader and metallurgical industri- Mr. Poroshenko is among Mr. Yushchenko’s closest itable enterprise, Korrespondent reported. alist Henadii Boholiubov has amassed a $2.4 billion for- confidantes and played a central role in the president’s He has also created holding companies for his vast tune, ranking him fourth on Korrespondent’s top 30 list. decision in September 2005 to dismiss the Cabinet of energy business, Donbas Fuel-Energy Co., which con- Mr. Boholiubov is a Pryvat Group partner. Ministers. trols 15 percent of the energy market, as well as his Ukraine’s fifth wealthiest person, Kostiantyn Zhevago, Ms. Tymoshenko described her conflict with Mr. growing insurance and financial empire, SCM-Finance. 32, was born in a Siberian village near Magadan. Poroshenko as the last straw that prompted Mr. Mr. Akhmetov also owns the Donetsk Shakhtar soc- By the time he was 19 years old, he was already the Yushchenko to fire his government. cer club, which defeated archrival Dynamo Kyiv for financial director of Kyiv-based Finances and Credit bank, Previously serving as secretary of the National Ukraine’s championship this year. becoming its administration chair three years later in 1996. Security and Defense Council under President An ethnic Tatar, Mr. Akhmetov is married with two Mr. Zhevago rose quickly in business as a result of Yushchenko, Mr. Poroshenko is the parliamentary coali- sons. His relations with Crimea’s Tatars is strained, contacts he established among Kyiv’s wealthy oligarchs tion’s likely nominee for Verkhovna Rada chair. however, because they support the Our Ukraine bloc during the 1990s, Korrespondent reported. Born in the town of Bolhrad in the Odesa Oblast, his and oppose pro-Russian political parties. While studying at the Kyiv Institute of the National ethnicity unconfirmed, Mr. Poroshenko is married with The remaining three of Ukraine’s four wealthiest peo- Economy, Mr. Zhevago befriended Serhii Cherep, the four children. ple are Dnipropetrovsk businessmen who are active in son of Valerii Cherep, the director of UkrAgroStoy and Of Ukraine’s top 30 wealthiest, four are national the city’s Jewish community. Transportation Minister at the time. deputies from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, two are from Ukraine’s second wealthiest man is media king Viktor During this time, he also established contact with the Party of the Regions and two represent Our Ukraine Pinchuk, 45, who became the son-in-law of former Kyiv millionaires Viktor Medvedchuk and Hryhorii in the country’s Parliament. President Leonid Kuchma in 2002 when he married his Surkis, as well as the notorious fugitive Ihor Bakai. Mr. Yushchenko’s other multi-millionaire ally is 50- daughter, Elena Franchuk. His wealth is now estimated Mr. Zhevago acquired his wealth, currently estimated year-old Fedir Shpyh, whose wealth is ranked 25th, esti- at $3.7 billion. at $1.9 billion, through investments in Poltava mining, mated at $305 million. He began his investment activity even before the truck-manufacturing and pharmaceutical businesses, At the time of the Soviet Union’s collapse, Mr. Soviet Union’s collapse, when he founded Interpipe in Korrespondent reported. Shpyh was managing the finances of the Kyiv Oblast’s Dnipropetrovsk in 1990. Besides trading metal, he Despite his checkered past, which includes allega- Komsomol organization, Korrespondent reported. In imported Turkmen and Russian natural gas, tions of bribing judges, stealing businesses and driving 1991 its finances were transferred into Inko Bank, Korrespondent reported. officials to suicide, Ms. Tymoshenko allowed him to where Mr. Shpyh just happened to be the managers. Profit from those activities enabled him to purchase represent the Tymoshenko Bloc as a national deputy. In several years, Inko evolved into Ukraine’s second- the Nizhnedniprovskyi Tube-Rolling Plant, the Nikopol Though not among Ukraine’s wealthiest people, President largest bank, Bank Aval, which Mr. Shpyh and his part- Ferroalloy Plant and the Novomoskovskyi Tube-Rolling Viktor Yushchenko has a few allies who made the top 30. ners sold to Germany’s Raiffeisen Bank for about $1 Plant, among others. Ukrainian chocolate king Petro Poroshenko, 40, has billion last year. Mr. Pinchuk’s industrial empire enabled him to build a built a fortune worth $505 million, according to He recently launched Prestyzh Bank, which is target- media empire within Ukraine, which now includes three Korrespondent magazine, ranking him 15th on its list. ed at handling the financial assets of Ukraine’s elite. national television networks, ICTV, STB and Novyi Kanal. Unlike most others on the list, Mr. Poroshenko, 40, is A native of the village of Kobyzhcha in the Mr. Pinchuk is known as an avid art collector, creat- clear about how he made his first million. Chernihiv Oblast, Mr. Shpyh is married with one son. ing a three-floor museum of contemporary art in Kyiv’s As an international relations student at Shevchenko He teamed up with Our Ukraine only in recent years, Mandarin Plaza, Korrespondent reported. State University in Kyiv, Mr. Poroshenko and three having been a member of the One Ukraine parliamen- He is also financing a documentary on the Holocaust in other students offered consulting work for external eco- tary faction prior to the 2006 elections. Ukraine, based on survivor’s testimonies recorded in the nomic activity, for which he received 1.2 million rubles, He even built a modern soccer stadium for his vil- digital archives of the Shoah Foundation for Visual History Korrespondent reported. lage, outfitted with an automatic lawn-sprinkling sys- and Education established by Steven Spielberg in 1994. He served as assistant general director of the tem, running tracks, lockers and parking. Mr. Pinchuk has two daughters. Respublika Union of Small Businesses and There’s at least one Ukrainian patriot among Another Dnipropetrovsk businessman, Ihor Kolomoiskyi, Entrepreneurs between 1990 and 1991. Ukraine’s wealthiest. Ranked 24th, Oleksander 42, is Ukraine’s third wealthiest person, also prospering from In 1993 he founded the enterprise that would make Slobodian’s shares in the Obolon beverage behemoth city’s industrial inheritance from its Soviet past. him rich, Ukrprominvest, a holding company for his are estimated at $315 million. He acquired metallurgical, ferroalloy, ore mining and Roshen confectionery industry, as well as his automo- Mr. Slobodian, 50, began working in the beverage processing plants, also creating for himself a monopoly bile and auto parts manufacturing businesses. factory in 1980 as an engineer, climbing the ladder to on Ukraine’s manganese ore, Korrespondent reported. He managed to achieve virtually exclusive control of become general director in 1993. Not only a savvy businessman, Mr. Slobodian him- self invented the recipe for Zhyvchyk, the popular soda pop, Korrespondent reported. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: May A national deputy of the Ukrainian People’s Party in Amount Name City Petro Kulynych Yonkers, N.Y. the last parliamentary session, Mr. Slobodian provided $100.00 Bohdan Knianicky Ontario, Calif. Olga Luck Takoma Park, Md. significant funding for the Kostenko-Pliusch Ukrainian Andrew Maleckyj Toronto, Ontario Stefan Lysiak Auburn, N.Y. People’s Bloc, which finished in eighth place during the Martha and Ihor Reno, Nev. Deacon Yourij Flushing, N.Y. 2006 parliamentary campaign. Voyevidka Malachowsky Born in Ternopil, Mr. Slobodian is married with a Don Zalucky Wilton, Conn. Myron Pawlowsky Winnipeg, Man. $55.00 Bohdan Birakowsky College Point, N.Y. Paul Polyniak Catonsville, Md. daughter and two sons. Alexander Jakubowycz Brecksville, Ohio Halia and Paul Pushkar Coos Bay, Ore. Another noteworthy figure among Ukraine’s wealthi- $50.00 Lydia Baltarowich Warren, Mich. Paul Ratych Baltimore, Md. est is Henadii Vasyliev, 52, the pro-Russian politician S. Zmurkevych Chicago, Ill. Walter Rogowsky Fogelsville, Pa. who has attacked the Ukrainian American diaspora in $40.00 Walter Szczuplak Hazlet, N.J. John Seleman Slingerlands, N.Y. campaign literature for his Derzhava political party. Marie Zarycky Warren, Mich. Nadia Vaselkiv Timonium, Md. Mr. Vasyliev, a Donetsk native who worked for 10 $30.00 Walter Kizel Dearborn, Mich. $5.00 Mary Hnatyk Kenmore, N.Y. $25.00 John Bilanych Berwick, Pa. Merle and Bonnie Toledo, Ohio years as a district prosecutor, built his $345 million for- Mychajlo Fedor Flemington, N.J. Jurkiewicz tune acquiring metallurgical plants and coal mines, (in memory of Anna Fedor) Rudolph Luzney Regina, Sask. Korrespondent reported. Daria Kindrat-Pratt Fairport, N.Y. Stefan Maksymczuk Jersey City, N.J. Billionaire Dmytro Firtash, 40, is ranked eighth, Oksana Sydorak Hillsborough, Calif. George Malachowsky Rochester, N.Y. owning assets of $1.4 billion. Wolodymyr and Lafayette, Ind. Mary Pelechaty Toledo, Ohio Mr. Firtash is the biggest partner in RosUkrEnergo, Neonillia Lechman Ruslan Rasiak Dulles, Va. $20.00 Bohdan Hryshchyshyn Bethel Park, Pa. Stephanie Sywyj Parma, Ohio the shady intermediary firm that purchases natural gas Michael Komichak McKees Rocks, Pa. Marian Tymchyshyn Loudonville, N.Y. from the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan, and Joseph and Catherine Hamden, Conn. Sonia and John Vojnik Palenville, N.Y. resells it to Ukraine. Levitzky Sophia Zaczko North Haven, Conn. He is believed to have close ties with international mob- Paul Melinyshyn Elk Grove Village, Ill. Olga Zazula Middle Village, N.Y. ster Semion Mogilevich, a fugitive currently wanted by the Larisa Scates Houston, Tex. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations for racketeering, secu- $15.00 Ihor and Luba Dekajlo Flushing, N.Y. TOTAL: $1,235.00 Stefan Golub Minneapolis, Minn. rities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. Michael Kowalysko Gaithersburg, Md. Sincere thanks to all contributors A link between Mr. Firtash and First Lady of Ukraine John R. and Natalie Elverson, Pa. to The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund. Kateryna Yushchenko was alleged by Svoboda, the Lapic weekly newspaper published by the Tymoshenko Bloc. Ada Osinchuk Fort Wayne, Ind. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the Mr. Firtash allegedly provided the air transportation to Halyna Shepko New Paltz, N.Y. only fund dedicated exclusively to supporting Mrs. Yushchenko’s relatives so that they could fly to Kyiv $10.00 Jaroslaw Chypak Wayne, N.J. the work of this publication. Wolodymyr Hetmansky Roslindale, Mass. from the U.S. and witness the president’s inauguration. Michael Hrycyk Ambridge, Pa. No women are among Ukraine’s 30 wealthiest peo- ple, Korrespondent reported. No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 5

with Russia,” Ambassador Pascual noted. Mr. Ivchenko on July 3 to chair as a party leader,” Dr. Taran said. Oleksii Ivchenko... “It is unclear why revenues from gas Naftohaz’s oversight council. It’s hard to imagine, therefore, that (Continued from page 3) sales and transit have not covered While Mr. Ivchenko’s ascension to the Mrs. Stetsko would have devoted her 12 His résumé reveals experience work- Ukraine’s payment obligations.” CUN presidency may have given the years of political life in Ukraine toward ing for energy companies in Ivano- Security Service of Ukraine Chair Ihor party financing and access to positions of creating a party that inherited the hal- Frankivsk, serving as first vice-president Drizhchanyi submitted a report to power, it also may have decimated its lowed Ukrainian Insurgent Army legacy, of a company called Interhaz in 1997, as President Yushchenko on March 7 stating support among the electorate, Dr. Taran only to have it be reduced to a mere vehi- well as president of a company called that Naftohaz’s financial state was critical said. cle for an indulgent tycoon’s personal and unstable, accumulating $4 billion in Enerhosyntez. Most patriotic or nationalist-minded gain. outstanding debt. Naftohaz borrowed the However, his leadership at Naftohaz Ukrainians support Our Ukraine People’s “In our country, there’s a small per- money to obtain floating funds and pay has brought political crisis, as exempli- Union, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc or centage of wealthy, and many poor,” said for imported natural gas, the report said. fied by the January 4 natural gas deal he Mr. Tiahnybok’s Svoboda party, he said. one UNA-UNSO activist who declined to “As a result of its own floating funds signed alongside Prime Minister Yurii “It [CUN] is a technical party that give his name. “If a person truly wanted deficit, Naftohaz is unable to fulfill its Yekhanurov, to which Parliament reacted enables Ivchenko to be more influential to do something for the nation, then why obligations based on its own assets with- by calling for the president’s impeach- in his political life and position himself would he so act so flagrantly?” out foreign borrowing, which makes the ment. company dependent on creditors and Under the January 4 agreement, doesn’t offer the possibility of develop- Russia agreed to sell Ukraine its natural ing production and making in-time debt gas at $95 per 1,000 cubic meters, up World Cup... payments,” Mr. Drizhchanyi wrote. (Continued from page 1) from $50. Borrowing cost Naftohaz $62.1 mil- going out on the maidan!” Few Ukrainian observers or Western lion in interest payments in 2004 and At 59 minutes into the match, Luca analysts saw any advantage for Ukraine 2005. Toni’s goal hushed the maidan’s enthusi- in the deal. Additionally, Naftohaz owes asm, but the fans refused to give up Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine RosUkrEnergo $600 million and Ukrhaz- hope. Carlos Pascual stated in a June 2 com- Enerho $100 million. “Sche ne vmerla Ukrayina,” the young mentary that Ukraine’s gas deal with “As a consequence of Naftohaz bor- boys began singing. Russia “does not protect Ukraine’s inter- rowing credit beyond the foreseen finan- And just when they reached their third ests or reflect normal market practices.” cial plan’s limitations, conditions exist or fourth rendition of that valiant As a result of the new gas deal, the for its declared bankruptcy and seizure of anthem, Toni banged the final nail in Ukrainian government announced it was assets on behalf of lenders or other credi- Ukraine’s coffin, 10 minutes after his raising natural gas prices by 15 percent tors,” Mr. Drizhchanyi reported. first goal in the game. as of May 1 and 85 percent as of July 1. Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk Stark lucidity overwhelmed the maid- The announcement roiled Ukraine’s complained in February that Naftohaz an’s throngs. But there wasn’t any curs- trade unions, which protested the increas- failed to pay $120 million in value-added ing, beating, breaking, or looting. ing utility prices in rallies held nation- taxes to the government. A few left the maidan in disgust. wide. More than 20,000 workers protest- All this after Naftohaz concluded 2005 The stalwarts refused to give up hope ed in Kyiv’s Independence Square on with a $63.8 million profit. until the final minute elapsed. Then they June 27. Rather than forcing Mr. Ivchenko to embraced, broke out in song and basked While Mr. Ivchenko has minimal resign after his ethical and professional in Ukraine’s glorious achievement of Zenon Zawada influence on Ukraine’s natural gas deals incompetence, President Yushchenko reaching the quarter-finals in its World A Ukrainian soccer fan stares in disbelief with international partners, which are remained steadfastly loyal and allowed Cup debut. at a TV screen on Independence Square largely determined by President him to remain as Naftohaz chair. They chanted “Blo-khin” and “Mo- after Italy scored its third goal against Yushchenko and Prime Minister Though Mr. Ivchenko resigned his lod-tsi” and “U-kraine” amidst a melody Ukraine in the World Cup quarter-final. Yekhanurov, Dr. Taran said he does bear position in May to take a seat in the of feet crunching broken glass, drunken- responsibility for the company’s Verkhovna Rada as part of the Our sounding Dynamo Kyiv soccer hymns Roman Abramovich is paying him finances, which aren’t in good shape. Ukraine bloc, Mr. Yushchenko once and ear-piercing soccer horns. millions for his legs, one fan said of the “Ukraine has already fallen into seri- again displayed his notorious loyalty to “Nothing bad happened,” said Ihor Chelsea Football Club owner. ous arrears under the new agreement his political entourage and nominated Zakharenko, 34. “Ukraine became Shevchenko wasn’t going to risk hurting known throughout the world and the fans them for Ukraine. that it was ending its blockade. are shouting ’molodtsi!’ So we ought to Upon their return the night of July 1, Parliamentary coalition... After Mr. Moroz and Mr. Azarov tip our caps to our boys.” more than 3,000 fans ambushed the (Continued from page 1) declared their candidacies for the parlia- And, while some women hid out in Team Ukraine players at Boryspil the Globus mall, others did begin to Airport, congratulating, thanking and which apartments.” mentary chair, the tone of the debate appreciate the sport. embracing the boys. Last week, Tymoshenko Bloc National turned especially nasty, revealing that Ukraine’s newly elected Parliament “I was never into soccer until It was triple the number of fans who Deputy Mykola Tomenko accused the would be marked by as much friction and Monday,” said Nadia Kondratovets, 19, a greeted them when they returned from Party of the Regions of creating a $250 sharp divisions as ever. Ukrainian living in Vancouver, Wash. Albania after qualifying for the World million slush fund to bribe national Our Ukraine and Tymoshenko Bloc “Monday was my first time watching Cup in October 2005. deputies to leave the newly formed coali- national deputies took to the Rada’s ros- soccer. By the end of the game, we were “Regardless of the coalition they’re tion government. trum and attacked Mr. Moroz as a traitor really cheering.” trying to form in Parliament, we man- Most of the Socialist Party’s high-pro- of the democratic coalition and the Forward Andriy Shevchenko did get aged to unite the people,” defender file deputies rallied in defense of Mr. Orange Revolution. his fair share of detractors who felt he Vladyslav Vaschuk told a television Moroz, including acting State Property Our Ukraine National Deputy Liliya hadn’t played as hard as he could have. reporter. Fund Chair Valentyna Semeniuk and act- Hryhorovych recalled the words of the ing Minister of Agriculture Oleksander late Vyacheslav Chornovil, who told Baranivskyi. her that Mr. Moroz could never be They blamed President Viktor trusted. Yushchenko for forcing Mr. She also took a shot at the other nomi- Poroshenko’s candidacy down their nee, who was born in the city of Kaluga throats. in the Russian Federation. “Mr. Azarov, Given that Mr. Poroshenko is a multi- you don’t know the spirit of this nation, millionaire businessman, his nomination its wishes, its dreams,” Ms. Hryhorovych violates the Orange Revolution’s rallying said. cry of separating politics from big busi- Tymoshenko Bloc National Deputy ness, the Socialists argued. Viktor Taran attacked Mr. Azarov as stu- Mr. Moroz’s announcement directly pid for failing to learn to speak the violates the coalition agreement signed Ukrainian language after spending so on June 22, which forbids one political many years working in the Parliament group from opposing another group’s and the government in Ukraine. nomination for a post it is entitled to. Voting for the Rada chair was to take The coalition no longer has a legal sta- place via secret ballot and had yet to take tus as a result of Mr. Moroz’s violation, place as of The Weekly’s deadline. said Mykola Onischuk, an Our Ukraine Political insiders speculated that the national deputy. However, the Socialist Party of the Regions, the Communists Party hasn’t submitted any announce- and the Socialists would select Mr. ment that it was formally leaving the Moroz as Rada chair and either Mr. coalition. Azarov or Viktor Yanukovych as prime The Rada’s acting chair, Ivan Bokyi, minister. commenced the debate on the two nomi- Party of the Regions National Deputy nees for the chairmanship during the Taras Chornovil said the party was open afternoon session of the Rada, which was to a wide coalition including all the Zenon Zawada able to convene after the Party of the mainstream parties, as well as a coalition A young soccer fan dabs blue and yellow war paint across a teenager’s face on Regions had announced earlier in the day of leftist political forces. Kyiv’s Independence Square before Ukraine’s quarter-final match against Italy. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 No. 28

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This year’s World Cup has had all the drama of a Puccini opera for Ukrainian crisis in the Verkhovna Rada soccer fans. Team Ukraine’s potentially devastating loss (0-4) to Spain early in the group stage could have sent it home early. However, the team overcame an “Hope over experience,” The The merits of a grand coalition might obstacle that would have been a challenge to any squad, let alone debutantes, and Economist, June 29: have been numerous, but neither the scored a pair of wins over Saudi Arabia (4-0) and Tunisia (1-0), defying expecta- president nor any of the other parties tions and pulling itself out of the group stage. “ ‘No love, no romance, no illusions.’ ever gave such a coalition serious consid- From there, it was Ukraine’s exhausting win over Switzerland in a penalty It is like a second marriage, says Oleg eration. kick shootout (3-0) that propelled it to the quarter-finals against Italy, a three- [sic] Rybachuk, head of Ukraine’s presi- “At the end of this long and laborious time World Cup champion. By that point in the tournament, Ukrainian fans were dential administration, of the politicians process, we now seem slated for an elated by their team’s performance – being ranked 45th by FIFA (Federation of who led the ‘Orange’ revolution of 2004 Orange coalition on a very shaky founda- International Football Associations) and making it to the final eight underscored and are now re-forming the coalition that tion. The Orange coalition gives that achievement, regardless of Team Ukraine’s ultimate loss to Italy (0-3). collapsed acrimoniously last year, only Yushchenko a second, and final, chance The Ukrainian team’s reception back home was indicative of public opinion, this time with clear-eyed pragmatism. to prove himself between now and the with over 3,000 screaming fans greeting the players at Boryspil Airport on their “The Socialists, President Viktor end of 2007 – as the 2009 election cam- return to Kyiv on July 1. After all, in its debut performance, Ukraine showed the Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine and the bloc paign will unofficially begin in early world that it could hold its own while rubbing elbows with powerhouse teams led by Yulia Tymoshenko, the prime min- 2008. like Brazil, England and Argentina, who also exited in the quarter-finals though ister whom he sacked, have agreed to “Public disillusionment in they’ve played in the tournament since its inception in 1930. form a new government, on the basis of Yushchenko’s leadership skills and his Ukrainians everywhere were swept up by “World Cup fever.” Most notably, their small majority in Parliament. ... ability to effect change (or better still, a in Ukraine itself, a nation that is struggling with national identity issues, an ‘History has given us a second chance,’ break with the Kuchma era) has led to a east-west divide, not to mention political differences. Thus, we saw over 200 proclaims Ms. Tymoshenko, who is get- growing consensus that he is likely to be members of Parliament donning blue-and-yellow scarves and jerseys to sessions ting her old job back. She had insisted on a one-term president. A successful and of the Verkhovna Rada in unified support of their team. Language was not an that throughout three months of horse- durable Orange coalition until 2009 gives issue, nor was ethnicity or race. The universal language of soccer is understood trading since March. him a chance to right this ship. ...” by everyone, and Ukraine’s performance briefly achieved something that the “Was there any other way? Mr. Yushchenko’s lot had flirted with the “Party of Regions blocks Parliament,” Verkhovna Rada will be struggling with in the coming months and years – PRU, led by Viktor Yanukovich [sic], the Eurasia Daily Monitor, July 5: unity. disgraced loser of the presidential elec- The power of sports to unite a nation is nothing new. In some countries, like “Ukraine still has no new Cabinet in tion of 2004. The PRU, says Mr. Brazil, this is taken to the extreme, where the country is put on hold so that place, and the Parliament elected in Rybachuk, was ‘like a lion waiting for everyone can cheer on the national team. Meanwhile, in Ukraine, the Parliament March still has not started work either. one of [the Orange parties] to leave the has come to a halt – not due to any sporting event, but the selfishness of its lead- On July 4 President Viktor Yushchenko camp.’ Although it would have annoyed ership and the childish actions of the Party of the Regions and the Communists. described this situation as a ‘parliamen- the Americans, an alliance of the two Ukraine’s leaders would do well to follow the example of Team Ukraine. tary crisis.’ ... On June 27, the Party of Viktors might have made for decent eco- Despite overshadowing criticism and low expectations before its performance, Regions (PRU), which has the largest nomic policy, and helped to pacify the Team Ukraine emerged from the group stage, advanced beyond the group of 16 faction in Parliament, began to physical- eastern and southern bits of the country and made it to the quarter-finals. If Ukraine’s democratic government is to have ly block the Orange Revolution coalition that back Mr. Yanukovich. But it would any chance at effecting permanent reform, the ruling elite will have to forgo an from electing a speaker from the ranks of have outraged those Ukrainians who agenda that seems focused on lining their pockets and work as a team for a com- Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine party and to thought the revolution meant the end of mon goal: a united Ukraine and the well-being of all of its people. prevent the approval of Yulia Mr. Yanukovich and his ilk. ... Evidence of a united Ukraine during the World Cup comes from countless sto- Tymoshenko as prime minister. ... “Ideology is not the dividing line in ries of everyday situations in various venues, for example, a crowded train car in “The PRU has nothing to lose. There Ukrainian politics: personal ambition and are no legal mechanisms for unblocking Donetsk filled with Russian-speaking passengers listening to the radio broadcast greed are more important. If a coalition of the Ukraine-Switzerland game. After the winning goal by Oleg Gusev, the Parliament in Ukraine, and after a month of the Viktors looked unlikely, so, after of obstruction Yushchenko will be enti- entire car erupted with a roar so loud it shook the train’s windows. At that the vitriolic mud-slinging last year, when moment, they were all Ukrainian, regardless of the language they spoke. tled to call new elections, which the Mr. Yushchenko accused Ms. PRU, apparently being at the peak of its Perhaps timing is everything. With its aspirations of joining NATO, the WTO Tymoshenko of corruption, did an and the EU, Ukraine was poised to put on a good show and rekindle interest in popularity, would only welcome. There Orange revival ensue. Has she forgiven is still no full trust inside the Orange Ukraine. For a moment, Ukraine felt as if it truly belonged with the rest of the the president? ‘God forgives,’ Ms. European family of nations. Hopefully that dream will soon be realized. coalition, so any serious obstacle to gov- Tymoshenko replies piously. She com- ernment formation may kill the coalition. As Ukrainians are reminded of the unified spirit that was so evident during the plains too that business and politics in World Cup, it is our hope that someday soon – despite the most recent setbacks – The PRU was formally right, protesting Ukraine are still too intertwined. And she against a simultaneous vote on prime they will be able to cheer on their government leaders’ teamwork toward lasting promises that she will not stand against progress at home. minister and speaker [Verkhovna Rada Mr. Yushchenko for the presidency in chairman], as current parliamentary regu- 2009. He is evidently calculating that it lations prohibit this. The PRU does not is safer to have her inside the govern- conceal that it expects cracks to appear in July ment than in opposition. Do not be too the coalition if the speaker is voted on Turning the pages back... surprised if neither the coalition nor Ms. first – should the 242-strong coalition Tymoshenko’s pledge endures.” fail to collect the 226 votes needed to approve [Petro] Poroshenko for speaker, 10 “Revived Orange coalition needs to Poroshenko’s party, Our Ukraine, would reinvigorate Ukraine’s reforms,” by likely vote down Tymoshenko. 1977 An article published in The Weekly 29 years ago comment- Taras Kuzio, in the July issue of The “Cracks appeared almost immediately. ed on the lack of international support for human rights in Ukrainian Observer magazine, Kyiv: The Socialists suggested that Our Ukraine. At that time, the USSR was continuing its policy of “ ...The election results put President Ukraine replace Poroshenko with a dif- arbitrary arrest and detention, and the persecution of dissidents. ferent candidate for speaker, a suggestion According to the article by Arthur Belendiuk of Ukrainian Media Service, there were [Viktor] Yushchenko in a lose-lose situa- tion, while [Yulia] Tymoshenko was an immediately rejected by Our Ukraine. two main reasons for this lack of support. First, that the working press of the Western Korrespondent quoted Socialist world knew almost nothing about what was happening inside Ukraine. Second, that instant winner. Building a coalition with either Tymoshenko or [Viktor] Oleksander Baranivskyi, now minister of reporters and editors often felt that there was not enough popular interest in the agriculture, as saying that Ukraine’s Yanukovych would be difficult for Ukrainian movement to make it worthwhile to write articles about it. countryside will not survive another Yushchenko. The former would require The article continued by noting that politicians and other high-ranking officials round with Tymoshenko as prime minis- that Tymoshenko return as prime minis- read newspapers and watch television, and it is important that they and the American ter. ... ter, while the latter would necessitate a people do not get a one-sided view of what is happening in the USSR. According to “Afraid for the coalition, Yushchenko deal with the defeated presidential candi- the author, it is the responsibility of Ukrainians everywhere to coordinate efforts to backed down. On June 29, he urged talks date that could lead to Orange voters educate Americans on the concerns of Ukraine. with the PRU and agreed that the chair- flocking to Tymoshenko. Tymoshenko The author suggested that although the Ukrainian community may not have the manship of several key committees ... meanwhile, could choose between being numbers of other ethnic minorities, we can still be heard by contacting newspapers, should go to the PRU. On June 30, the television stations and other media outlets to affect change. For example, for every either prime minister or head of the head of Yushchenko’s secretariat, Oleg call or letter that a media outlet receives to do a story on Ukrainian dissidents, editors opposition. Rybachuk, made it clear that Yushchenko assume there are a thousand others with similar requests, but who do not make contact “The best solution to this conundrum had agreed to the PRU’s demand that with the media. might have been a grand coalition of the votes for speaker and prime minister The Ukrainian community must work diligently to bring its issues to light and to three Orange forces and the Party of the should be held separately. They also recognize that the ability to effect change is as near as their local newspaper or televi- Regions, or a non-left grand coalition decided to hold a roundtable meeting sion station, Mr. Belendiuk concluded. (i.e., without the Socialists). President between the leaders of the coalition and Yushchenko never took this strategic the PRU on July 3 to unblock Source: “Why Has Ukraine Been Left Out of the International Movement for step, as it was left for others to raise and Human Rights?” by Arthur Belendiuk, The Ukrainian Weekly, July 10, 1977. negotiate as coalition talks dragged out. (Continued on page 19) No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 7 NEWS AND VIEWS Faces and Places Ukraine’s political disaster averted by Myron B. Kuropas by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn President to instruct his party to cease further talks with a pro-Russia, anti- There are two items of good news NATO, oligarch-controlled party that from Ukraine. caused the formation of the Orange After a humiliating defeat against forces and Ukraine’s Orange Revolution A wedding like no other! Spain in its first game of the World Cup, in the first place with its fraud and disre- My godson, Taras G. Szmagala Jr., well as the reception ceremony, was Team Ukraine recouped by winning gard for democracy. married Helen S. Jarem in Cleveland, on explained, step by step, in a pamphlet against Saudi Arabia and again against Regardless of what happened, the June 24. I was there and it was a wed- made available to all guests upon enter- Tunisia, making it into the Group of 16. Orange forces came to their senses just in ding like no other. ing the church. One could tell it was writ- Way to go. time. Their turnaround may yet salvage the Taras, a practicing attorney, comes ten by two lawyers, one of whom was Even better, after a disastrous three principles of the Orange Revolution, from a distinguished UNA family. His given to occasional jocular commentary. months of political squabbling, the restore the faith of the people in the Orange grandfather on his mother’s side was Following a delicious, more than gen- Orange parties in Ukraine signed an forces and salvage the image of the presi- Gregory Herman, the Ukrainian National erous dinner, a Ukrainian dance band agreement on June 22 to form a coalition dent, unthinkable only last week. He was Association’s supreme secretary from from Toronto provided the entertain- government in Ukraine’s Verkhovna singlehandedly blamed for the mess. His 1950 to 1957. His grandmother on his ment. A special treat for Lesia and me Rada. This must cause great rejoicing popularity had plummeted to 20 percent. mother’s side was Anna Herman, who was to be seated at the same table with among Ukrainians who have seen a dete- In Ukraine there is already a sense of was UNA supreme vice-presidentess from Andrew Fedynsky, The Ukrainian rioration in Ukraine since last March. fence-mending. The biggest gain is that 1958 to 1966. His grandfather on his Weekly columnist, and his wife, as well And, similarly among all democrats, who the Orange coalition will be in power and father’s side was a UNA supreme advisor as the editor-in-chief of Svoboda, Irene see a political disaster averted. the party with the greatest votes is to get for many years. His father, Taras Sr., was Jarosewicz. Did we discuss the UNA? Ya The March 26 Rada elections brought the prime ministership. This is a great a UNA supreme advisor for many years, think? enough deputies for the three Orange victory for Ms. Tymoshenko, it is also a ending his career as a UNA auditor. His Spending so much time in a Slovenian parties to form a coalition government. victory for democracy as at long last the godfather … well, you know the rest. setting left me intrigued, so I did some The biggest win went to Yulia president and other intransigent members Helen, also a practicing attorney, is of research. I discovered, among other Tymoshenko’s party. This allowed her to of Our Ukraine confirmed the voters’ Slovenian heritage. Her father was once things, that the 44,000 Slovenians in claim the prime minister’s position. The choice. For this, the party is to receive a national officer in a Slovenian frater- northeast Ohio have many claims to other two were the president’s Our the post of chairman of the Rada, a very nal. Like the young Taras, she too is fame, including people like the late U.S. Ukraine party, and the Socialists. powerful position. It will be handled by proud of her ethnic heritage and fraternal Sen. Frank Lausche, the current U.S. Together the three can control the 450- Petro Poroshenko rather than Oleksander background. Sen. George Voinovich, the late, great seat Rada. The president’s job was to call Moroz, the leader of the Socialists, the The wedding ceremony was performed accordion player Frank Yankovic, as well Ms. Tymoshenko to the PM’s position. third Orange party. He had wanted and at St. Vitus Catholic Church, built in the as cultural contributions such as the That is the set-up under the new would be very good for this job. Last St. Clair neighborhood of Cleveland in Slovenian-style polka and six Slovenian Constitution of Ukraine. week, it became an insurmountable issue 1893. It remains the largest Slovenian singing societies. But the president was not responding. forcing the Our Ukraine walkout. Now church in the United States with a seating I also learned that one of the largest He did not want his former prime minis- resolved, Mr. Moroz looks set to become capacity of some 1,500 people in its sanc- Slovenian fraternal benefit societies is ter in the position again. Reasons abound- the vice prime minister. tuary. “While the neighborhood has been the Slovenska Narodna Podporna ed: she’s a woman; she’s a better leader; a Overall, the distribution in the Rada in decline and many Slovenian residents Jednota or SNPJ which, in contrast to harder worker; a more competent admin- looks somewhat like this. Thirteen, or so, have moved away,” wrote Plain Dealer some other fraternals, appears to have a istrator. The most damning was that after portfolios or equivalents will go to the reporter James F. McCarty recently, “St. vision for the future. “The Slovene she precipitated a reprivatization deal of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. These include Vitus continues as an anchor for Slovenian American market niche is not large the mega steel enterprise Kryvorizhstal the all-important oil and gas, and finance traditions with a membership of 1,100 enough to depend on for membership and brought $4.2 billion into Ukraine’s ministries. Her party will also nominate households and 215 children in school ...” growth,” writes Matjaz Klemencic in a coffers by its sale to India’s Mittal, the the ministers for agriculture, economy The betrothal ceremony followed 2004 article in Slovenia Magazine. “The oligarchs demanded her head from the and health. The president constitutionally Ukrainian tradition with singing by the children and grandchildren of immigrant president and he obliged by firing her. controls several key Cabinet jobs, includ- Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. Later, the members who did not retain their mem- The oligarchs were in charge of the ing foreign affairs and defense. Now, his Fanti na Vasi, a Slovenian choir, sang. bership may have left the organization country once again. The ineffective party will also get regional policy, justice The bride and groom were met at the because of the SNPJ’s lack of expertise church entrance by the celebrants, two coalition-building was, in fact, a stalling and internal affairs. in appealing to younger generations. This Slovenian priests and a Ukrainian dea- tactic on the part of Our Ukraine sanc- In addition to the Cabinet line-up, the group could be pursued by the society in con. Taras and Helen exchanged rings, tioned by the president. An impasse was coalition agreement indicates the direction the future with a more attractive benefit and became “engaged.” Their right hands to develop, as it has, leaving the presi- this government is planning to take. The package. SNPJ’s strategy for the future bound by an embroidered rushnyk, they dent “no choice” other than to seek rap- proposed agenda indicates a strong empha- includes developing a more skilled staff were then led into the church by the cele- prochement with the fraudulent Party of sis on agriculture and land reform, and on through continuing education for its life brants, the icon-bearing starosta and the Regions and to lock out Ms. state control of the Russian-manipulated insurance, office management and mar- starostyna, and the wedding party. Tymoshenko and her supporters. oil and gas. It takes aim at decreasing priv- keting staff. Any fraternals that do not do During the Latin mass, the first read- After the bad performance with Spain, ileges of the oligarchs by eliminating dou- this might find it difficult to survive in a sad joke was making the rounds in ing was rendered in Slovenian, the sec- ble standards before the law. Currently the today’s environment of increasingly Ukraine: What is the difference between ond in Ukrainian. Taras and Helen were immunity of national deputies protects stringent insurance regulations and Ukrainian politics and soccer? No differ- “crowned” in the Ukrainian/Byzantine them from prosecution unless agreed to by requirements.” ence. Both bring shame to their country. Catholic tradition and exchanged vows the Rada members. This gives credence to Lack of expertise in appealing to the All this speculation is history now. It in the Latin tradition. The entire ceremo- a common Ukrainian expression referring younger generation? More attractive is hard to know what transpired in the ny was, in the words of Deacon Michael to “the crooks in Parliament.” benefit package? Skilled marketing staff? endless discussions that all but fell apart Kulick, “a seamless integration of two There is no doubt that Ukraine has a very Sound familiar? last week when President Viktor Slavic cultures.” tough political row to hoe. Not the least of it Sorry, Taras and Helen. I just couldn’t Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine moved The reception was held at the was brought about by President resist passing along a bit of Slovenian toward coalition talks with its former Slovenian National Home just down the Yushchenko’s stalling at calling a govern- wisdom after a wedding like no other. arch-enemy the Party of Regions. It can ment right after the March 26 election when street. Not much from the outside, the hall only be assumed that the pressure from it was obvious who had won. However, it is inside was huge, modern and very com- the right sources was enough to sway the off the rails now. It is hard not to recall that fortable. Enormous orchid and flower Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is: the Orange forces came back from the brink bouquets sat on elevated pedestals at each [email protected]. Oksana Bashuk Hepburn, president of some 16 months to win big for democracy. table. Taras and U-CAN Ukraine Canada Relations Inc., This week they did it again, a feat worthy of Helen were a consulting firm. She is a three-time a celebration particularly when matched greeted at the Ukraine elections observer for the with Team Ukraine’s equally fine win door by their Organization for Security and against Switzerland, propelling Ukaine into parents and the Cooperation in Europe and is writing a the quarter-finals. starosty with book based on these experiences. In both games hope springs eternal. gifts of bread, salt, honey and wine. 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Congratulations to our beloved daughter AAddrriiaann MMaarrkk MMaallaannkkaa AAnnnnee HHrruusszzkkeewwyycczz MMiissiilloo son of Jaroslav and Marta (Kuczer) Hruszkewycz, graduated from for graduating with high honors from the Wesley J. Howe The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in School of Technology Management at Stevens Institute Materials Science and Engineering. of Technology with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Technology and a Minor in Economics. We’re proud of your accomplishments and wish you continued success. We are so very proud of you, Best of luck at the US Patent and Trademark Office in DC!

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Congratulations to Congratulations, MMaarrkkiiaann AA.. HHaaddzzeewwyycczz JJeennnniiffeerr summa cum laude graduate of Drew University B.A. with honors in history Phi Beta Kappa We are very proud of you and all of your accomplishments! Good luck in graduate school! You always have our full We are so proud of you, and we wish you continued success as you support, and we wish you the best in all you choose to do. pursue your master’s degree in history at Rutgers University. (And good luck with your teaching assistantship at Rutgers!) We love you! – from your grandmothers, Katria Hadzewycz and Neonila Sochan, parents, Andrew and Romana, Love, Baba and Grandpa and brother, Paul (Michael and Stefana Nebesny)

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Tato, Mama, We are very proud of your Lalia and Olesh Medical Scientist Designation Love, Katia, Yurko and Petro Steciuk Roman Stephan Roik graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce, receiving a B.S. in Commerce (Finance and Accounting) along with a double major in Economics and a minor in Congratulations to Spanish. He was the recipient of the Wall Street Journal Achievement Award for excel- WWiilllliiaamm CCaarrll lence in Finance and was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. While at ((BBiillllyy)) PPrruussiinnoowwsskkii Virginia, Roman served as Co-Manager and Chief Financial Officer of the McIntire upon the successful completion of the Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Investment Institute, a $500,000 student-run The degree was awarded on May 14, 2006. Billy, son of investment fund. Roman will be joining William and Pat (Burak) Prusinowski, is a member of UNA Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking Branch 39, and is a lifetime Ukrainian dancer and now in New York. instructor in the Odesa Ukrainian Dance Group of Syracuse. He has vacationed each July at Soyuzivka since he was two years old. No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 9

18-year-old from Donetsk among winners BOOK NOTES at U.S.A. International Ballet Competition JACKSON, Miss. – Denys Designated as the official U.S.A. com- Collection of thought-provoking poems Cherevychko, 18, of Donetsk, Ukraine, petition by a joint resolution of won the silver medal in the junior males Congress, the event is held every four by a Ukrainian Englishman in Brooklyn division at the U.S.A. International years and showcases the best dance tal- “everybody gets lost in brooklyn” by John Korduba, illustrations by Angela Green. Ballet Competition held here in June. ent the world has to offer. New York: iUniverse Inc., 2005. 203 pp. $17.95 (paperback). The U.S.A. IBC is held in the tradi- “It is such an achievement for dancers tions of sister competitions in Moscow, to progress to the final stages of the com- by Matthew Dubas Russia and Varna, Bulgaria, where the petition,” said USA IBC Executive first international ballet competition was Director Sue Lobrano. “This is when This collection of short poems by held in 1964. The first U.S.A. IBC was dancers come to realize that they’ve John Korduba, a transplanted Ukrainian held in Jackson, Miss. in 1979. endured the process and the rigor of Englishman, who now resides in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, offers the reader a thought-provoking sampling of the life he has seen while living in New York during the administration of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Everything from musical landmarks like CBGB’s, to the everyday occurrences, like a stop at a café are covered by Mr. Korduba with external simplicity and internal depth. Mr. Korduba’s ability to capture a moment in time draws the reader in for a retreat from the ordinary, while the variety of the themes and keen sense of humor keep the reader turning pages to the next peek at a day in the life of a New Yorker. An example of this can be found in “Bonus,” his brief description of a typical sunrise in New York, but with a twist. Out of this typical start to a day comes a rain- bow, the “bonus” for the day. Mr. Korduba humor in it, no matter how insignificant. addresses the reader and makes the story This book is recommended for anyone also a personal experience of the reader. who needs a smile to brighten their day, and Mr. Korduba’s humor is evident also is a perfect quick read for the ride on a bus, in the poem “Cleaning Day,” where he subway or taxi (in typical New York style). describes the chaos of his apartment as a Readers may order copies of his book Richard Finkelstein/2006 USA IBC king, whose crown can be found some- from booksellers such as: Denys Cherevychko of Ukraine, winner of the silver medal among junior males where in the mess. This tells the reader www.amazon.com or by contacting: in the U.S.A. International Ballet Competition. that the author’s life is just as chaotic as iUniverse, 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100, everyone else’s, but the key to dealing Lincoln, NE 68512; online, www.iuni- Mr. Cherevychko currently trains and being among the world’s best perform- with the messes of life, is to find the verse.com; telephone, 1-800-228-4677. dances with the Ballet Academy of ers. Even without winning a medal, Munich. He received a gold medal at the many competitors have gone on to have

Kyiv Ballet Competition in 2004 and impressive tenures with highly
participated in the Moscow International acclaimed ballet troupes, holding posi-
Ballet Competition in 2005. tions as soloists and principals.” Also advancing to the final round of Mr. Ischuk, 23, who competed in the
the competition, which took place on senior males’ category, trained at the Kyiv
June 27-29, were Viktor Ishchuk, a prin- National Academy of Dance. In 2005, he
cipal dancer with the Kyiv National received a gold medal at the Moscow
Opera and Ballet Theater, and Zherlin International Ballet Competition. Ndudi of St. Petersburg, Russia, who A 19-year-old senior competitor, Mr.
competed for Ukraine. Ndudi won second place at the Prix de In addition to the top prizes, special Lausanne in 2005 and a silver medal at awards and scholarships were presented the Moscow International Ballet to the finalists. Mr. Ndudi was presented Competition in 2005. the Jury Award of Encouragement for Others who compteted in the senior men. International Ballet Competition repre- The three representatives of Ukraine senting Ukraine were: Yevgen were among 33 dancers who performed Babachenko, 23, and Andrei Pisarev, 20. variations from both the classical reper- To celebrate the presentation of the toire and a contemporary work during U.S.A. IBC honors, the BellSouth the third round of the competition. Awards Gala was held Saturday, July 1. More than 300 applications to com- This event was followed by the Capezio pete in the U.S.A. International Ballet Encore Gala, a concert featuring the Competition were received from dancers medal winners on Sunday, July 2. around the world, and a selection com- “By competing in the U.S.A. IBC, mittee of three internationally celebrated many of these dancers will launch suc- dance experts invited 121 dancers to par- cessful careers on the path to fulfilling ticipate. During the first round of the their dreams,” said Bruce Marks, U.S.A. competition, the pool of 121 competitors IBC jury chairman. “Whether or not R'' 
 

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10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 No. 28 No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 11 Third International Congress of Ukrainian Historians held in Lutsk

by Svitlana Havryliuk LUTSK, Ukraine – The third International Congress of Ukrainian Historians was held on May 17-19 in the historic city of Lutsk in the Volyn region of Ukraine. The congress was hosted and organized by the Lesia Ukrainka Volyn State University. Co-sponsors were the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Historical Association (United States, Ukraine, Europe, Canada), the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Scholarship of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, the World Scholarly Council of the Ukrainian World Congress, and the Historical Section of The official opening of the third International Congress of Ukrainian Historians in Lutsk, Ukraine. the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the USA. Poland, Germany, the United States, future development of historical scholar- Additional topics during this session These international congresses, held Canada, France, Italy and other countries. ship. included the following: Prof. Volodomyr every three years in Ukraine, were initi- The third congress continued the tradi- In his opening remarks Prof. Wynar Kosyk (France) focused on the termino- ated by the Ukrainian Historical tion of holding international scholarly noted that the present congress was tak- logical issues within Ukrainian history; Association, which continues to be their historical conferences at major national ing place on the 140th anniversary of Prof. Stanislav Kulchychkyj (Ukraine) main sponsor and organizer. universities in Ukraine every three years Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s birth and the analyzed the process of state-building in The Organizing Committee was head- – a tradition that was established by the 40th anniversary of the establishment of present Ukraine and how a legacy of bru- ed by Prof. Ihor Kotsan, rector of the Ukrainian Historical Association in 2000 Hrushevsky studies as a separate field of tal totalitarianism has affected this Lesia Ukrainka Volyn State University; when the first International Congress of Ukrainian scholarship. He stressed the process; Prof. Oleksander Udod Prof. Lubomyr Wynar, president of the Ukrainian Historians was held at the importance of continued collaboration (Ukraine) identified the important issues Ukrainian Historical Association, head of National University of Chernivtsi with between Ukrainian historians, irrespec- relating to the “re-writing of history”; the World Scholarly Council and editor over 350 attendees. The second tive of their country of residence, as well Prof. Volodomyr Serhichuk (Ukraine) of the Ukrainian Historian; and International Congress was held in as between Ukrainian scholarly institu- discussed the role that contemporary his- Volodomyr Bondar, head of the Volyn Kamianets-Podilskyi with over 450 par- tions in the diaspora and those within torical scholarship must play in develop- Regional Administration. ticipants. Conference proceedings, con- Ukraine. ing a national consciousness among the Serving as vice-chairs of this commit- taining all papers presented during these During the plenary session the partici- people of the Ukrainian nation; Dr. Irena tee were Academician Valerij Smoliy, two conferences, have been published. pants examined important questions that Matjash (Ukraine) focused on the direc- director of the Institute of Ukrainian Scholars began arriving on May 16. need to be addressed in regard to the tion that fundamental historical archival History of the National Academy of That same evening they were treated to future development of Ukrainian histori- research and scholarship must take with- Sciences of Ukraine; Academician an escorted tour of historic Lutsk, as well cal scholarship. in the context of present-day realities; Iaroslav Isaievych, director of the Ivan as the Museum of the Volyn Icon. Prof. Wynar presented an overview of and Prof. Stefan Kozak (Poland) ana- Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian At the official opening of the third the activity of the Ukrainian Historical lyzed the legacy left by Hrushevsky as it Scholarship of the National Academy of International Congress of Ukrainian Association within the context of world relates to Ukrainian history. Sciences of Ukraine and member of the Historians the next day, the participants historiography and outlined the major Following the general plenary session, presidium of the Ukrainian Historical were greeted by Mr. Bondar of the Volyn issues to be addressed by present the congress broke up into 13 sections Association; and Prof. Svitlana Regional Administration, Mayor Bohdan Ukrainian historical research. Dr. covering all periods of Ukrainian history, Havryliuk, vice-rector of the Lesia Shyba, Rector Kotsan, Prof. Lubomyr Isaievych presented the history of the as well as fundamental historiographical Ukrainka Volyn State University and Wynar, Dr. Isaievych and Vice-Rector international congresses of Ukrainian his- head of the Lutsk branch of the and methodological problems. Among Havryliuk. torians and analyzed the impact they some of the areas covered were historical Ukrainian Historical Association. In their opening remarks the speakers have had in charting the course of The over 400 historians who partici- theory and methodology, issues relating stressed the importance and necessity of Ukrainian historical sciences. He noted to historical sources, special historical pated in this congress came from various continuing these international historical that up until 1991 there were two contra- Ukrainian regions, as well as from disciplines and various aspects of congresses because they provide scholars dictory approaches to the interpretation Hrushevsky studies. with the opportunity to discuss and focus of Ukrainian history: Soviet versus Some sections examined the various Prof. Svitlana Havryliuk is vice-rector on central topics in Ukrainian history Ukrainian national historiography. opposition movements in Ukraine during of the Lesia Ukrainka Volyn State within the context of world historiogra- However, today Ukrainian historians University. phy, thereby defining the direction of the present one united historical approach. (Continued on page 17) Volyn University recognizes Ukrainian American historian LUTSK, Ukraine – At a special ses- recognized as a premier scholarly publi- sion during the Third International cation by historians in Ukraine and one Congress of Ukrainian Historians held that plays a major role in the continued here on May 17-19, Dr. Lubomyr Wynar development of Ukrainian national histo- was granted the title of honorary profes- riography. sor of the Lesia Ukrainka Volyn State As the initiator of the triennial interna- University. tional congresses of Ukrainian historians, The granting of this honorary title to Prof. Wynar has opened the doors to Prof. Wynar was based on the unanimous many historians from Ukraine to interact recommendation made by the Academic professionally with their colleagues from Council of Volyn State University on other countries, thus elevating Ukrainian April 27. In conferring the title of history to an international forum. Honorary Professor, Rector Ihor Kotsan Rector Kotsan noted that the prestige noted that Dr. Wynar is recognized as a and visibility of Volyn State University, prominent historian who significantly as well as its College of History, was sig- impacted the development of organized nificantly raised by hosting the third scholarly life and historical sciences in International Congress of Ukrainian the diaspora and in Ukraine. Historians, which attracted hundreds of Prof. Wynar is president of the scholars from various regions of Ukraine Ukrainian Historical Association, which and from many other countries. under his direction has established 17 Prof. Wynar also holds honorary doc- active branches of the Ukrainian torates from the Chernivtsi National Historical Association at various University and the National University of Ukrainian universities . The journal, Ostroh Academy, and is a recipient of the Ukrainian Historian, which he founded Hrushevsky Medal from the Shevchenko and has tirelessly edited for 43 years, is Scientific Society in Lviv. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 No. 28

since he was preparing likenesses that would be reproduced in a very small size and where superfluous detail would be FFOOCCUUSS OONN PPHHIILLAATTEELLYY an interference. by Ingert Kuzych 10 Hryvni – Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky The portrait design for the stamp hon- Tracking down Mykola Ivasiuk’s sources oring this 17th century Ukrainian leader is closely modeled after a contemporary In a previous Focus on Philately fea- the famous Ukrainian artist Mykola engraving (Figure 2), reproduced in “A ture some years ago, I described the out- Ivasiuk1 (1865-circa 1930), which so Survey of Ukrainian History” by D. standing stamp set of 1920 designed by quintessentially captured the Ukrainian Doroshenko Winnipeg: (Trident Press national character. Today Ltd., 1975, p. 830). Ivasiuk drew his fig- that set of 14 stamps is ure wearing a robe and feathered head- popularly known as the dress and holding the mace of authority Vienna Issue, after the (bulava) in exactly the same pose as the city where it was printed original (Figure 3). He even filled in the (Figure 1). Some 15 years background with a cross-hatch pattern ago, I was fortunate to reminiscent of the engraving. acquire the original illus- Changes made by Ivasiuk include trations created by the simplifying the elaborate workmanship artist when designing on the bulava, the buttons, and the throat Figure 6 these beautiful stamps. clasp, and omitting the button loops on Perhaps it is my famil- the right side of the cloak. In addition, iarity with these render- the edging of the cloak was made to look ings that has helped in my like white fur and contrasts well with the subsequent search, but lower chemise. Finally, a number of over a period of years, I areas were shaded over with hatch lines. have come across various 15 hryvni – Hetman Ivan Mazepa source illustrations that were likely used by The rendering of the 15-hryvni Ivasiuk in designing these Mazepa stamp is based on an oil painting stamps. Included among by O. Kurylas (1870-1951) that depicts the resources used by the the Kozak leader in full regalia. In the artist were paintings, pho- painting (reproduced from “Ivan tos and engravings. Mazepa: Hetman of Ukraine,” a collec- This article will com- tion of articles and essays, New York: pare the source images Ukrainian Congress Committee of used by Ivasiuk with his America, 1960, p. 115) the hetman wears completed vignettes.2 a turban-like hat and an embroidered Readers will note that the garment under a fur-collar coat (Figure artist reproduced his mod- 4). els accurately, but gener- Ivasiuk probably felt that a stamp ally simplified them by design closely modeled after the original leaving out some details. would show the hetman as too small a Figure 1 This was to be expected figure. He therefore decided to recreate Figure 7 only the upper half of the painting and produce a bust view that would more closely resemble the forms of Khmelnytsky and Shevchenko on the 10- and 20-hryvni values, respectively (Figure 5). Other alterations made by Ivasiuk include a darkening of the neck area, changes in the embroidery designs and the addition of a lined background. The combination of stippling and lining on the face of Mazepa is much better than the simple hatching used on the 10- hryvni value. Unfortunately, this shading did not reduce to stamp size very well. 20 hryvni – Taras Shevchenko The 20-hryvni value showing Ukraine’s famous poet wearing a woolen hat is most likely modeled after an oil painting (Figure 6, shown on a postcard) by I. Kramskoy (1837-1887) presently in the Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow. As with Figure 2 Figure 3 the 15-hryvni design, Ivasiuk only repro- duced about half of the original painting in order to focus in on his subject’s facial Figure 8 features (Figure 7). The change in emphasis proved successful; this portrait identical to that on the stamp vignette is easily the most striking of the four in design (Figure 10). Both items show the the Vienna Issue. building from exactly the same angle; in Kramskoy may have based his paint- both the subject fills up most of the ing on a 1860 pen-and-ink self-portrait frame. The sun angle is also the same in by Shevchenko (seen on a 1972 postcard, both scenes, since the shadows fall in the Figure 8). There is a chance that Ivasiuk same direction. used this sketch directly, but a number of Changes made by the artist include details – ranging from the slight tilt of the poet’s head to the more mottled (Continued on page 20) appearance of the coat collar – would seem to indicate that the oil painting 1 Mykola Ivasiuk was one of Ukraine’s served as the immediate source of the foremost realist painters of the early 20th cen- stamp. tury. His most important works deal with his- torical themes and his most famous painting is 60 hryvni – Ukrainian Parliament Khmelnytsky’s Entry Into Kyiv (1912). building 2 Most stamps of the early 20th century were composed of two elements: 1) a vignette The inspiration for the 60-hryvni (picture) of the person or thing being com- stamp is a 1918 photo post card (Figure memorated and 2) a frame (often including Figure 4 Figure 5 9). The scene on the card is virtually lettering) that would surround the vignette. No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 13 A conversation with Prof. Roman Serbyn, historian by Fran Ponomarenko approaching the city. He wrote that he saw people run- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly ning away from the city. They told him that the authori- ties had decided to close the city gates so as not to allow Roman Serbyn was born in 1939 in Vyktoriv, Western people to desert Moscow. Later, when Napoleon was Ukraine. In 1948 he and his family settled in Montreal. fleeing, the “patriotic” peasants attacked the remnants of In 1960 he obtained a B.A. in political science from the Grande Armée, but it does not take much patriotism McGill University. He went to France, where he first to attack a half-frozen and completely demoralized army studied French and then history at the Sorbonne. In in flight. The myth of the Fatherland War had a political 1967 he obtained a licence en lettres in history from the purpose in the 19th century: to instill pride and loyalty Université de Montréal. In 1975 he completed his Ph.D. to the empire and promote Russian nationalism. in history at McGill University. He began teaching at the Université de Québec – Montréal (UQAM) in 1969; What other issues attracted you? he retired from this institution in 2002. Prof. Serbyn is the author of many scholarly publications. I became interested in the major transformations in I had the opportunity to speak with Prof. Serbyn on Ukraine during the liberalizing years of Alexander II’s June 2. The interview is published in two parts. reign. Did you know that, on the eve of the emancipa- tion of the serfs in 1861, the Kyiv gubernia had the PI ART highest percentage of serfs in the whole Russian As a historian you’re often associated with the Empire? Emancipation meant new opportunities for the work that you’ve done on the Famines of 1921-1923 peasants, including moving into the urban centers, and 1932-1933, probably because in 1983 you organ- where they joined the growing ranks of the working ized at UQAM the first international conference on population. This raised the issue of fighting illiteracy. Prof. Roman Serbyn the Famine-Genocide. You have since then been very In the early 1860s, idealistic students in the universities outspoken in your position that Genocide is the and gymnazia (high schools) began organizing Sunday appropriate term to describe these calamities. You schools for young workers and children of the working of Antonovych and his group. have, however, other areas of historical interest that class. As there were no Ukrainian textbooks, they had to be The controversy between the Russian-language Jewish you have researched and published about. written. Some were composed by university students, oth- weekly journal in Odesa and the bilingual (Ukrainian- ers by Ukrainian literati. Shevchenko wrote one such book. Russian) Ukrainian monthly journal published in St.- Yes, my first love was the medieval period. There I began collecting textbooks used in the Sunday Petersburg was started by Portugalov, mentioned above, was something romantic about this era. And that’s the school movement. These Sunday schools were quite dif- who objected to Osnova’s use of the term “zhyd,” which area my research began in. By the way, I never called ferent from our North American conception. Their pur- he considered offensive to him as a Jew. Osnova published the medieval Ukrainian state Kyivan Rus’ but just Rus’ pose was to teach the three Rs and not religion. Most of Portugalov’s accusation and entrusted the writer because that is the term that was used then, as well as in the teaching was done by university students and in Panteleimon Kulish to answer. In Osnova’s defense Kulish subsequent periods. We don’t, for instance, say Galician Ukrainian. The texts these students prepared for the explained that this was the only existing term in Ukrainian. Rus’ for the 13th-14th centuries. Rus’ is sufficient. children revealed a great deal about their authors and the Sion rejected Osnova’s position and wide public My doctoral thesis covered the period from 1140 to spirit in which they imparted knowledge. debate was inaugurated. Eventually over a dozen 1200. I investigated such concepts as the “common old What was the message behind the teaching material? For Russian periodicals participated in the discussion. From Rus’ nationality” and the “transfer of the center of Rus’” example, what words were used to illustrate particular let- a confrontation on a linguistic issue, the controversy from Kyiv to Suzdal/Moscow. And I showed by using old ters of the alphabet? The patriotic message behind these turned to the question of Jewish integration: Osnova chronicles, archeological and linguistic studies (mostly texts can be striking. For example, the letter “k” can be demanded that Jews living in Ukraine integrate into the Soviet publications) that there was no transfer of the cen- inserted in the word “koza” (goat) or “Kozak” and illustrat- Ukrainian milieu, Sion retorted that Jewish interests ter of the State from Kyiv to Suzdal, no massive move- ed appropriately with a drawing of a goat (a familiar animal were best served by integration into the Russian milieu. ment of population from the Dnipro basin to the Oka for the young pupil) or a Zaporozhian Kozak. The latter The proceedings of the McMaster conference have been region. Pogodin elaborated this myth of a population shift word reinforces the young person’s national consciousness. published and my article is in them. in the 19th century and some Russian historians took it When these textbooks are compared with similar textbooks In the academic world your work on Serhii over. In fact, an examination of the archeological docu- from the Soviet period, one gets a good idea of how pri- Podolynsky is familiar. Podolynsky is a remarkable mentation does not corroborate this theory whatsoever. mary education can influence future generations of citizens. thinker and personality. He finished medical school Where did you do your research? In the USSR? Did you do any other research on the period? in Paris, he had Ukrainian aristocratic family roots, and, in defiance of his father’s pro-Empire positions, No, I used 19th century and Soviet material, which I Yes, I did. At the same time as I was collecting text- he became a socialist and a nationalist. I believe that could access in North America and Europe. I never got books I became interested in other student activities and your work on his bibliography and his biography are around to publishing my thesis, but I did publish a cou- came across the so-called Kharkiv-Kyiv Secret Society the most complete available to date. ple of articles on the topic, one (“Some Theories on the which appeared in the late 1850s and was broken up by Question of Rus’ Unity [1140-1200] Re-examined”) was the police in early 1860s. The group was organized by Podolynsky is one of the bright lights of Ukrainian published in a volume edited by O.W. Gerus and A. some idealistic students as a study and discussion circle; intellectual history of the 19th century. Unfortunately, Baran, Millennium of Christianity in Ukraine: 988- they read and generated subversive material and became born in 1850, he became mentally ill at the age of 32 1988. (Winnipeg, 1989. p. 105-125). involved in student strikes at the University of Kharkiv. and died at 41. Currently, in the West he is linked with By the end of my work I realized that there just The police eventually discovered it and its members the ecological movement because of his discussions on weren’t enough documents, not enough written sources, were expelled from Kharkiv University. conservation and utilization of solar energy. Ukrainians on the Rus’ period, for me to continue in that field. And I was interested in their attitude to the Ukrainian have always treated him primarily as an economist. In since I was primarily interested in the national question question. Published excerpts from police reports show fact, by education, he was a medical doctor. my attention turned to the 19th century, a crucial period that some of them were quite nationally conscious and For the Soviets he was an enigmatic figure, because of for the understanding all of the 20th century. Also, the patriotic. After the disbanding of the Kharkiv group, his connections with Marx and the socialist movements in 19th century was less sensitive for the Soviets than the some of its members were allowed to transfer to the Europe and the Russian empire. We have Podolynsky’s let- 20th century. The Soviets published many interesting University of Kyiv and eventually became active in the ters to Marx; unfortunately we do not have Marx’s replies documents and some good studies on the period and I Sunday school movement; others joined Russian radical to Podolynsky. Podolynsky liked Marxist Socialist econom- also hoped that I might even be able to go on an academic movements. Besides ethnic Ukrainians, the group had ic theories but did not like Marx as a politician because exchange and work in the Soviet archives. I almost did. Russian and Jewish students. One of the latter, Veniamin Podolynsky was a democrat and he was most disappointed My application to work in Soviet archives was accepted Portugalov, later started the first public discussion on by Marx’s dictatorial behavior at the 1872 conference of the by the Soviets, but a couple of months before I was to Jewish-Ukrainian relations. International at the Hague, where Podolynsky went to meet leave for Moscow, the Soviet Army went into Afghanistan the leaders of European socialist movements. and Canada suspended our academic exchange program. This brings us to the Jewish topics you also worked It was as a socialist that Podolynsky became a on. You gave a paper about the Sion-Osnova contro- “nationalist” of sorts. Like Antonovych before him, who You were at this time, in the late 1970s, teaching versy at the 1983 McMaster conference on Ukrainian- left the Polish camp to join the Ukrainian people, Russian and East European history. What aspect of Jewish relations. What brought you to this area? among whom he was living, so did Podolynsky leave the 19th century interested you in your research – the Russian revolutionaries to join Drahomanov and the the national problem in Ukraine, yes, but what As I said, this 19th century period fascinated me. The Ukrainian hromada. As a young socialist, while study- aspect specifically? more I meditated on the national problem in Ukraine, the ing medicine in Paris and then Zurich, he helped the more I realized that this dilemma was among other aspects Russian socialist P. Lavrov publish the émigré journal Well, I became interested in how myths were created also intrinsically connected with three national groups – Vpered. He personally knew Bakunin and the less in Russia about historical events. Let’s take for instance, Russians, Poles and Jews. I had already written about how familiar, but more important Tkachev. the War of 1812, Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. The Russians had created their “Kyivan succession” and the Podolynsky’s position was that socialism in Ukraine expression “Patriotic War” first appeared in the Russian “Patriotic War” myths. I dealt with Polish-Ukrainian rela- would have to be built on Ukrainian roots and culture; this literature in the first half of the 19th century, and then it tions in my article on the students at Kyiv University is why he found the use of Russian traditions and Russian was taken over by Russian and, later, Soviet historians. around that period, and the return of Volodymyr slogans irrelevant in Ukraine. That is why he gradually The notion was applied not only to Russian history but Antonovych and a few other young intellectuals from their moved away from the Russian socialists and joined also to Ukrainian: the Franco-Russian conflict became a Polonized milieu to the Ukrainian national movement. Drahomanov, Pavlyk, Shulhyn – the Ukrainian radicals of “Fatherland War” for the Ukrainian people. Nonsense. Jewish-Ukrainian relations were even more challeng- that day. Podolynsky was an authentic democrat and in the The fact of the matter is that even for Russians it was far ing because they were for the most part taboo in the Russian dispute between Lavrov and Tkachev (a from very patriotic. Soviet Union. And the Sion-Osnova controversy fell Blanquist who believed in coming to power by putschist There is an interesting document written by a Russian into the same time framework as the Kharkiv-Kyiv merchant returning to Moscow just as the French were Society, the Sunday school movement, and the “return” (Continued on page 14) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 No. 28

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advantage of the repatriation program there are 150,000 registered in Italy, UGCC’s Patriarchal Administration, was NEWSBRIEFS announced by President Vladimir Putin 75,000 in Spain, and 8,000 in Ireland. introduced. Patriarch Lubomyr Husar (Continued from page 2) on June 26. That program guarantees However, he noted that there are many presided at the meeting. Bishop unchanged in the third quarter of 2006, benefits and support for persons who more and it is difficult to determine how Liakovych was appointed head of the Ukrainian and Russian media reported. agree to settle in border regions in the many since they live and work abroad administration of the main center of the “Our industry can operate in a calm fash- Far East. Returnees will also be permit- illegally. The bishop said that the church Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC and was ion. As for the fourth quarter, we will ted to settle in regions where the popula- looks with concern upon the phenomenon given the primary right to sign all bank work further,” Mr. Yekhanurov said, not- tion is declining rapidly, or where major of migrant workers. On the one hand, he and financial documents. The primate of ing that a deal to this effect had been investment programs are under way. In said, it is understandable why people, the UGCC presented the modern struc- reached in talks between UkrgazEnergo Primorsky Krai, the authorities are including mothers, travel abroad to work. ture of the Patriarchal Curia, which con- and RosUkrEnergo, firms acting as inter- already allocating land for repatriates to On the other, this can cause great harm to sists of three branches: the Synod of mediaries to supply Russian and Central settle, while in Irkutsk, Governor children, marriages, the Church and soci- Bishops of the UGCC (legislative Asian gas to Ukraine. In January, Aleksandr Tishanin said on June 29 that ety. Bishop Lonchyna told migrant work- branch), the Patriarchal Administration Gazprom and Naftohaz Ukrayiny signed the oblast is ready to house in 2007 up to ers that money is not everything; nothing (executive branch) and the Patriarchal a 2006 gas-supply contract whereby 1.5 million ethnic Russians from former can replace a mother’s presence. Faith Tribunal (judicial branch). The Ukraine undertook to pay $95 per 1,000 Soviet republics who wish to settle in the and human dignity are the most valuable Patriarchal Administration includes the cubic meters of a Russian-Central Asian Russian Federation, regnum.ru reported. things in life, he added. The bishop said following structural units: the personal gas mix. The price set in that contract (RFE/RL Newsline) that a great support for these mothers secretariat of the head of the UGCC, the abroad can be prayer, frequent contact exarch on monastic matters, the exarch was valid only for the first six months of Oppositionist fined for flying flag 2006. Meanwhile, gas prices for with husbands and children by telephone for military structures, the patriarchal Ukrainian individual consumers have VITEBSK, Miensk – A court in or letter, and mutual support. (Religious financial office, the secretariat of the gone up by some 85 percent as of July 1. Vitebsk on June 19 fined Krystsina Information Service of Ukraine) head of the UGCC and the department of external relations. The secretariat itself (RFE/RL Newsline) Shatsikava some $2,200 for hanging up a Arson suspected at 19th century church white-red-white flag on a television- consists of the chancellery, the informa- Russia says Ukraine sold missiles transmitter tower in Vitsebsk on June 18, LVIV – On June 17, at around 5:30 tion department, the bureau on relations with Ukraine’s government, the organiza- MOSCOW – Russian Defense RFE/RL’s Belarus Service and Belapan a.m., in the village of Staryi Yarychiv in reported. A white-red-white flag was the the Kamianka-Buzka District of the Lviv tion department, and the archive. Minister Sergei Ivanov said in Moscow (Religious Information Service of on June 30 that Ukraine’s Progress com- official symbol of independent Belarus region, a fire started at the Ukrainian Ukraine) pany supplied China and Iran with six before Alyaksandr Lukashenka became Greek-Catholic Church of the long-range cruise missiles each in 2000- president in 1994 and banned the flag the Presentation of the Mother of God. The Bishop of Ternopil passes away 2001, RIA Novosti reported. “This is the following year. “It was my rebellion wooden church was constructed in 1864. grossest violation of the control regime against what is taking place in the coun- The fire damaged a wall. There are indi- KYIV – Bishop Mykhail Sabryha of over missile technologies,” Mr. Ivanov try, against the information blockade,” cations that someone intentionally started Ternopil and Zboriv of the Ukrainian said. He added the deal was conducted Ms. Shatsikava said in the court. The the fire and an investigation has begun. Greek-Catholic Church died on June 29 via a Cyprus-based company, but policeman who hauled Ms. Shatsikava (Religious Information Service of after long period of heart disease. He was declined to reveal its name or what the down from the television tower said in Ukraine) born in 1940, entered the Redemptorist missiles cost. He said that each sale the court that she “put up resistance, was order and started studying in the under- Jewish cemetery vandals detained involved six Soviet Kh-55 Granat cruise excited, tried to bite,” and kicked him. ground seminary in 1963. He was Meanwhile, a witness of the incident told missiles, which are known to NATO as Z HYTOMYR, Ukraine – The police ordained a priest in 1974 and a bishop in RFE/RL on condition of anonymity that AS-15 Kent. He charged that this has in Zhytomyr have detained vandals who 1986. (Religious Information Service of Ms. Shatsikava was harshly beaten by been the only violation of the non-prolif- confessed that in May they destroyed Ukraine) servicemen who were involved in getting eration regime in the Commonwealth of several tombstones in the 12th sector of her down. (RFE/RL Newsline) World Forum of Ukrainians slated Independent States. “Russia has been the Jewish cemetery. Lt. Col. Vasyl working to coordinate efforts in the non- Arson averted at St. George’s Pakliachenko reported that their testimo- WASHINGTON – The fourth World proliferation sphere with its CIS partners ny and connection to other crimes are and within the [Collective Security Forum of Ukrainians will take place in LVIV – On June 14, at approximately being checked. The acts of vandalism Kyiv on August 18-20 as one of the main Treaty Organization],” Mr. Ivanov 9 a.m., an unidentified person tried to set were not committed by a gang of skin- added. (RFE/RL Newsline) events within celebrations of the 15th St. George Cathedral of the Ukrainian heads but by two teenagers. The boys, anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Putin seeks to lure Russians home Greek-Catholic Church afire. The police age 14 and 16, drank alcohol and decided The forum will be an important tool to were called and the person was arrested. to earn money on scrap metal, and so inform Ukrainians throughout the world MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin According to Father Volodymyr Onyskiv, they went to the cemetery and vandalized of the revamped Ukrainian state, and the signed a decree on June 26 for the “repa- manager of the Curia of the Lviv the graves. As well, there is an ongoing activity of the president and the govern- triation” of ethnic Russian “compatriots” Archeparchy of the UGCC, at approxi- investigation concerning the burned ment of Ukraine aimed at consolidation living abroad, the daily Gazeta reported mately 9 a.m., when there were still not tombstone of the Righteous Aron. of relations with compatriots living out- on June 27. Presidential aide Viktor many people in the cathedral, an uniden- According to Serhii Kurochkin, assistant side their native land. In the framework Ivanov has been named to chair an inter- tified person brought an incendiary mix- of Shlomo Vilgelm, chief rabbi of of the forum a number of events are departmental commission to oversee the ture in his bag. He spilled the liquid from Zhytomyr and northern and western planned, including roundtables on “Civil program, which could potentially affect the central to the right entrance outside Ukraine, on the day of the vandalism a Society,” “Public Organizations and up to 4 million people, primarily from the cathedral and also near the copy of group of youngsters who told the guard Units,” “The Man-Made Famine in CIS countries, the paper noted. Those the Shroud of Turin inside the church they were representatives of the Nazi Ukraine in 1932-1933,” and “Language, building. But the faithful who were inside coming to Russia will have to choose movement, were rioting at the cemetery. Education and the Study of Culture.” The the church at the time did not allow him one of 12 regions divided into three cate- The arson was committed in broad day- roundtable dedicated to the Famine is to burn it. They called the guards who, in gories. Category A means border regions, light and the criminals did not attempt to aimed at giving international exposure to turn, called the police. According to the Category B regions are those where hide. (Religious Information Service of the approaching 75th anniversary of the police, the suspect constantly uses offen- major investment projects are under way, Ukraine) Famine, which will be commemorated in sive language in reference to the church. and Category C are territories with a 2007-2008. About 40 researchers of the According to ukranews.com, the motive Patriarchal Administration head appointed dwindling population. Guaranteed jobs Famine from 14 countries throughout the of the crime was the desire of the Lviv and financial support are provided only world, including the United States, resident to attract the attention of society KYIV – At the ceremonial session of for those going to border regions. The 12 Canada, Sweden, France, Japan, Austria, and journalists. (Religious Information the Patriarchal Administration of the regions are largely in the Far East, in Italy, Georgia, Poland and Lithuania, will Service of Ukraine) Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church held in central Russia’s Black Earth region, and Kyiv on June 24, Auxiliary Bishop take part at the event. (Embassy of in Kaliningrad Oblast. The plan is aimed Dionisii Liakhovych, the new head of the Ukraine) at offsetting the decline in population, Bishop discusses migrant workers about which Mr. Putin has spoken out KYIV – Bishop Hlib Lonchyna, apos- repeatedly. Some nationalist critics have tolic visitator for Ukrainian Greek- charged that repatriation will not do Catholics in Italy, Spain and Ireland, dis- much to offset that decline, and that Mr. cussed the realities of migrant workers in Putin is undermining any possible those countries during a 90-minute web Russian claim to or role in former Soviet conference held on June 14 on the official republics by encouraging ethnic website of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Russians there to leave. Other critics say Church. Bishop Lonchyna said that there that the government should do more for are approximately 100 pastoral centers of illegal immigrants already living in the UGCC in Italy, with 20 priests. In Russia before bringing in additional peo- Spain there are approximately 25 centers ple. (RFE/RL Newsline) with 13 priests. In Ireland there is one 1 million expected to return to Russia priest serving the faithful. In addition to priestly pastoral work, the UGCC helps MOSCOW – Kremlin adviser Modest the faithful through local charity organi- Kolerov told Interfax on July 1 that more zations and also, when possible, helps than 1 million Russians, most of them solve problems with the local govern- “professionals” currently living in ment, said the bishop. Bishop Lonchyna unspecified countries that are undergoing said there are no exact figures on the “a socio-economic crisis,” plan to take number of Ukrainians abroad. Officially 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 No. 28

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the negative trend within technical uni- ticipants voted on a number of resolu- State University in recognition of his Third International... versities and institutes of reducing the tions and concluding statements. contributions to Ukrainian historical (Continued from page 11) required hours that students must com- Participants noted serious concerns with scholarship both in Ukraine and in the the second world war; Ukrainian ethnic plete in Ukrainian history. respect to the failure to fully implement diaspora, and his role as the initiator of lands beyond the present Ukrainian bor- Serious discussion also focused on the programs regarding the development and these international congresses. ders; the history of the Ukrainian diaspo- importance of vigorously defending and expansion of the Ukrainian language Prior to the conclusion of the congress ra; and Christian Churches and their role promoting the Ukrainian language as a within Ukraine, the dismal state of affairs the visitors were exposed to the arts and in the historical destiny of the Ukrainian necessary and integral part in the further regarding the preservation of the culture of the Volyn region at a concert people. development of scholarly and scientific Ukraine’s national archives, and the need sponsored by the Taras Shevchenko Other sections were devoted to exam- knowledge, the need to increase financial to accelerate the inclusion of an objective Theater of Music and Drama of Volyn. ining present international problems and support for scholarly research and activi- approach to Ukrainian historiography and Guided tours provided the conferees the realities and how these affect Ukraine; ty within Ukrainian universities, and the terminology within world history. opportunity to further explore this histor- Ukraine’s position in world affairs and importance of supporting the emerging During the congress Rector Kotsan ical city as well as to visit the monastery European geo-politics; and problems in generation of scholars. conferred upon Prof. Wynar the title of of Volodymyr Volynskyi and the Lesia retaining a national culture within the Toward the end of this session all par- honorary professor of history of Volyn Ukrainka Museum. reality of globalization. A special section analyzed various interpretations of Ukrainian history in the research and writings of foreign scholars, as well as examined the serious problem that continues to plague histori- ans of world history from Ukraine in gaining recognition from their non- Ukrainian colleagues. In addition to the topics covered dur- ing the opening and closing plenary ses- sions, 421 papers were presented within the 13 sections that ran concurrently dur- ing the duration of this congress. Part of the program included the pres- entation of newly published books by the Ukrainian Historical Association, includ- ing Volume II of “Proceedings from the Second International Congress of Ukrainian Historians”; the third volume of Lystuvaniya Mykhaila Hrushevshkoho (from the series of Epistolary Sources of Hrushevsky Studies); Bohdan Wynar’s “Economic Colonialism in Ukraine and Other Works”; and V. Piskun’s “Political Choices of Ukrainian Émigrés in the 1920’s (Historical Monograph Series). During the closing plenary session, important questions regarding the future development of Ukrainian historical studies, research and education were addressed. Participants were alarmed by 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 No. 28 No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 19

yearly to Europe for sexual exploitation IOM battles... from Central and Eastern Europe, the For comprehensive, practical information about (Continued from page 2) Commonwealth of Independent States Ukrainian business law, any investor should consult ment? and other parts of the world, and that, unfortunately, the World Cup is not going our 650-page legal reference guide, MTV, like others, has and is doing a lot to stop that phenomenon. of work in terms of prevention alongside In terms of the impact of telephone the International Organization for hotlines, we know from experience in Migration and others. MTV is a key player, other parts of the world that these PSAs, but, for instance, you’ve got the Council of these TV and radio spots do make a dif- “Doing Business in Ukraine” German Women’s Organizations – that’s an ference. People do call the telephone hot- umbrella group of about 50 women’s lines to report cases of women being groups in Germany that launched a few abused in exploitative networks. months ago, an awareness campaign that is funded by the German government to put Has the world soccer governing body, out the same prevention message. FIFA, offered you financial support? So, the PSA is just one item, if you Well, in terms of our initiative with want, of a much broader initiative to MTV and the Swedish Development raise awareness of the dangers of traf- Agency, not that I’m aware of. But I can ficking and to make sure that the people confirm that the German Football who will be going to Germany during the Federation, for instance, has been finan- World Cup know that women who will cially supporting other countertrafficking be providing sexual services might be information campaigns that are currently doing so against their will. ongoing in Germany. And I think that Do you enjoy the support of other maybe FIFA or the German Football groups and governments in this initia- Federation are entirely aware of this tive? issue, and, obviously, are very keen to make sure that the World Cup is not asso- Yes, absolutely, as in all parts of the ciated in any way with an increase in world, the IOM is working very closely not trafficking during the World Cup. just with civil society and clusters of To order your copy for $49.99 + shipping & handling, NGOs, but also with the government The announcement and the hotline just visit www.frishberg.com, number are accompanied by a video. authorities, with the German police. You’ve e-mail: [email protected], got to bear in mind that the telephone hot- The clip shows a naked woman streak- line numbers that feature on the public- ing across a football pitch amid male or contact: service announcement will be tackled, the spectators’ amused cheers, and then calls will be tackled by the German police. cuts to images of her being violently shoved in the tunnel underneath the Frishberg & Partners Ltd., Scott Brown And we know that the German police [are] 10 Gorky Street, Suite 8, 252005, Kyiv, Ukraine very much eager to clamp down on any stands. The short film ends with the cases of trafficking, of course offering pro- words “Are you cheering now?” and Tel: (380 44) 224 8314; Fax: (380 44) 225 6342 tection to victims of trafficking and prose- was deemed disturbing. Was it coordi- cuting those who organize and benefit from nated with FIFA? Alex Schay, Partner, Frishberg & Partners N.A. Office Eastport Plaza, 4000 SE 82 Ave, Suite 1000-61, Portland, OR 97206 trafficking in women. Well, this video clip is supposed to be Tel: 1 (503) 460-9502; Fax: 1 (503) 460-9503 The World Cup has been under way shocking. It is supposed to jolt people’s [email protected] now only for a couple of days and an consciousness, to make them realize that increase in the number of trafficked trafficking is a real issue. Now, to answer women might not be obvious yet. your question whether it was coordinated However, would you venture to come in any way with FIFA – not that I’m aware up with an estimate on the impact of of, but it was coordinated obviously with the tournament on human trafficking? the Swedish Development Agency, with MTV Europe Foundation and with others. This is still very early [indeed], as the And it is purposefully intended and World Cup started on June 9. That being designed to shock people so that they said, there are some groups that are say- realize that trafficking is a real issue that ing that up to 40,000 women might end cannot be ignored and that it is crucial for up in trafficking networks in Germany football supporters who will be gathering during the World Cup. We do not put out in large numbers in Germany – to make a figure – what we say, more generally, is them aware that this is an issue that can- that up to 200,000 women are trafficked not be ignored and needs to be tackled.

resentative Oleksander Turchynov said Ukraine’s parliamentary... that the coalition had agreed to the PRU’s (Continued from page 6) main demands, including voting for Parliament. speaker and prime minister separately, giving the chairmanship of several com- “The PRU took this as a sign of weak- mittees to the opposition, and using a ness, and on July 3, PRU leader Viktor secret ballot for deputy speakers. At the Yanukovych did not turn up for the meet- same time, he accused the PRU of plot- ing. He said he would do so only if ting ‘to destabilize Ukraine’ and made it Yushchenko also attended – a condition clear that the coalition has sticks as well that Yushchenko immediately accepted – as carrots up its sleeve. ... Yushchenko yet later on the same day the PRU came met with Yanukovych and Communist up with a new set of conditions. ... leader Petro Symonenko twice on July 4, “Yesterday, July 4, Tymoshenko’s rep- but no solution was apparently found. ...”

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200 Hryvni – Windmill on the Steppes Tracking down... The source for the 200-hryvni stamp (Continued from page 12) was found in Volume I of Ukraine: A the elimination of prosaic details in front Concise Encyclopedia (Toronto: of the building – a streetlight, a tele- University of Toronto Press, 1963). The graph pole and wires, a coal pile, and windmill (Figure 11) appears on page several pedestrians – as well as the 296 as Figure 208 under the encyclope- inscription and Romanov crest on the dia entry “Material Folk Culture” and is façade. The front lawn of the building described as being from the Poltava area. was extended to include the entire fore- The entry mentions that this mill is of an ground, while some details along the older type on a movable wheel (post mill sides were deleted or simplified. type) and the entire structure could be Overhead, clouds were put into the sky turned into the wind. Newer windmills in by the use of stippling. Ukraine used a “Dutch” system in which Careful observation and measurements only the roof moved. of both the original photo and Ivasiuk’s In examining the photo and comparing drawing indicate that the artist “rebuilt” it to the two windmill designs prepared by Figure 9 the Parliament Building to improve its the artist (Figure 12, an earlier design and dramatic impact. The front curve of Figure 13, a later, simplified view), we see Ivasiuk’s building is different and seems that all three pictures are apparently relat- to put the left endpoint at a lower level ed. Striking similarities include: the same than the corresponding point on the right. angle of view, a ladder with four rungs on Elimination of the clutter around the the left side, a porch supported by three building points out its kinship with the beams and having only one cross railing, Pantheon in Rome. The reduction of the three holes (vents?): two in the gable and wings to favor the rotunda (see dimen- one next to the door, the door set slightly sions) also echoes the shape of the left of center, the grains of wood planks Pantheon. all running the same direction, one plank The reverse of the postcard carries the missing along the bottom of the side and following Ukrainian inscription in the deep shadows in virtually identical loca- upper2.ä˪‚Ò¸ÍËÈ left corner Ô‰‡£Ó£¥˜ÌËÈ åÛÁÂÈ. tions. The major change made by the artist íËϘ‡ÒÓ‚ËÈ ÛÍðaªÌÒ¸ÍËÈ Ô‡ðÎflÏÂÌÚ. was to redraw the sails. He also straight- ened most of the vertical lines to make the (2. Kyiv Pedagogical Museum. mill look less dilapidated. Provisional Ukrainian Parliament.) Other sources yet to be identified The lower left corner Ç¥‰Â̸has a single-line Çˉ. è. ÑflÚUkrainianÎÓ‚‡. inscription: Of the nine stamps remaining in this set, five are almost certainly entirely original Figure 10 (Vienna. 1918. Released by P. renderings by Ivasiuk and, therefore, would Diatlova.) not have any outside sources of inspiration with a yoke of oxen) are probably also readers to “keep their eyes peeled” when The number 2 indicates the postcard to track down. These would be the 1-hryv- original drawings, but there is a chance that was part of a set, possibly a series depict- nia stamp (the Trident), the 2-hryvnia examining dated Ukrainian pictures. ing scenes from Kyiv or Ukraine. If so, (woman supporting the Ukrainian flag), 30- some photo or illustration served as the Perhaps the source materials for these another card from this set may have hryvnia (Hetman Pavlo Polubotok impris- inspiration of one or both. Ukrainian stamp designs may yet turn up. served as the model for some other oned), 50-hryvnia (Kozak playing the ban- That leaves two stamps with unidenti- Vienna Issue stamp (perhaps the 100- dura), and 80-hryvni (Kozaks rowing a fied sources: the 40-hryvni value of Dr. Ingert Kuzych may be contacted at hryvni value depicting St. Volodymyr’s chaika). The 3-hryvni (Ukrainian peasant Symon Petliura and the 100-hryvni of the P.O. Box 3, Springfield, VA 22150, or via statue). cottage) and 5-hryvni (a chumak, or trader St. Volodymyr Monument in Kyiv. I urge e-mail at [email protected].

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Five teenagers get together in Molodtsi band WINNIPEG – It’s not every day Katrusia. On his fifth birthday Mikhas that traditional Ukrainian music is received a violin from his grandfather performed by a teenage music and has not put it down since then. group, but the fresh Canadian band Mikhas is a three-time silver medal Molodtsi seems intent on making it winner at the Toronto Royal more commonplace. Conservatory because of his high Molodtsi was first known as the marks on his violin exams in Chabluk Family when it was organized Manitoba. Mikhas, too, enjoys in 1999. The band comprises five Ukrainian dancing, soccer and acting. teenagers, none older than 19. The Ivasyk, 14, completes the family three original members were Katrusia, ensemble by playing the accordion. At Mikhas and Ivasyk Chabluk. age 6 he gave his first accordion per- Katrusia, 19, plays the sopilka in formance at the Gardenton Ukrainian the band. Her first solo perform- Festival. Ivasyk often composes his ance was at the age of 2 at St. Ann own music on his uncle’s accordion. Ukrainian Catholic Church. At age He enjoys the guitar and piano, and he 9 Katrusia studied sopilka with often plays the piano and accordion Sasha Boychuk. Katrusia enjoys simultaneously. In addition to music, singing and Ukrainian dancing, and Ivasyk skateboards, rides his BMX, is a very talented pianist, as she dances and plays sports. passed her Grade 8 Royal The Chabluk trio’s mature and Conservatory Exam with Honors. unique sound led them to become Mikhas, 17, first showed his vocal popular entertainers and they trav- skills while performing with his sister, eled to festivals and performed at Hartford SUM members remember Chornobyl

A poster advertising the latest release of music by the Molodtsi. various concerts and competitions. gold medals at Dauphin’s National The three Chabluks were soon Ukrainian Festival competition. At joined by drummer Brett Koroluk the competition the band received and bass guitarist Brittany Lasko. the “Most Promising Group Award,” Brett, 15, first got his start on while Mikhas was recognized as drums at age 2 by pulling pots from “Most Promising Musician.” kitchen cupboards to use as percus- The talented youths have had sion instruments. At age 3, Brett over 25 performances in Manitoba, received his first real drum set; he Ontario, and Saskatchewan. Their started lessons at age five. He loves music brims with the joyous energy to drum along with Ukrainian music that one would certainly hear at because this is the music that he Ukrainian social gatherings like has grown up with; it is the music concerts, weddings and parties. that his parents play. In addition to Perhaps one of the reasons that the drums, Brett enjoys various sports. Molodtsi possess such strong talent HARTFORD, Conn – Members of the Ukrainian American Youth Brittany, 16, became interested in is because they all come from musi- Association paticipated as the “Ukrainian Youth Remember Chornobyl” the bass guitar after hearing the cal families who have collectively team at the annual March of Dimes Walk-a-thon on May 7 to commemo- Chabluk family and Brett play togeth- created more than 20 recordings. rate the 20th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. er at a Christmas gathering. At age 10 Their current CD is a compilation of she began to take bass guitar lessons the group’s favorite Ukrainian dance so that she could have the chance to melodies and folk songs. Those who OUR NAME: UKELODEON: it rhymes with nickelodeon. Yes, that’s join the band and perform with them. have attended Ukrainian social gath- a kids’ network (spelled with a capital “N”), but the original word referred to Brittany enjoys dancing and is a stu- erings and loved the music that was an early movie theater that charged a nickel for admission. According to The dent as the Romzai School of dance, played there will enjoy this talented American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the root of the word, as well as the Shelley Shearer band’s new CD. “odeon,” is from the Greek “oideion,” a small building used for public per- Contemporary School of Dance. It is available at Ukrainian gift formances of music and poetry. Our UKELODEON is envisioned as a public The band’s name changed to shops, Chapters book stores, space where our youth, from kindergartners to teens, can come to learn, to Molodtsi after Brittany and Brett McNally Robinson Booksellers, by share information, to relate their experiences, and to keep in touch with each joined. The quintet receieved very visitng www.see-ddiscoveries.com, other. Its contents will be shaped by the young readers of the next generation. high marks (98 and 99 percent) and or by calling 204-788-4321. No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 23 Ukraine part of high school’s “Display of Cultures”

by Larissa Zelisko the photo above Yana Batozynska (left) WHEELING, Ill. – On Friday, May and Khystyna Stelmakh stand by the 12, students of Ukrainian descent par- Ukrainian table of artifacts. To the ticipated in Wheeling High School’s right, Ukrainian students with school Mishanyna annual “Display of Cultures.” counselor Larissa Zelisko. Ms. Zelisko, In June-July Ukraine made its debut appearance at soccer’s World Cup Students at District 214 showcased being of Ukrainian descent, said she tournament in Germany. Below are the names of Ukraine’s World Cup team. various aspects of their culture was proud to see the enthusiasm (We’re sure you, too, cheered the team on as it moved up in the competition.) through art, history and current events demonstrated by the school’s To solve this month’s Mishanyna, find the names that are capitalized. to thousands of attending visitors. In Ukrainian student body. Goalkeepers: Andriy PYATOV, Oleksander SHOVKOVSKYI, Bohdan SHUST; Defenders: Andriy NESMACHNYI, Oleksander Iatsenko, Vladimir Seattle youths happy Yezerskyi, Andriy RUSOL, Dmytro Chigrynskyi, Vladyslav VASCHUK, Vyacheslav SVIDERSKYI; to belong to Plast branch Midfielders: Anatoliy TYMOSCHUK, Oleg Shelayev, Oleg GUSEV, Serhiy REBROV, Andriy GUSIN, Serhiy Nazarenko, Maksym KALINICHENKO, Ruslan ROTAN; F o r w a r d s : Andriy SHEVCHENKO, Andriy VORONIN, Artem MILEVSKIY, Andriy VOROBEY, Oleksiy Belik; Coach: Oleg Blokhin.

S H U S T P G U N T R T R I O K H R I A Y A U E U E Y I Y R A H O D R A M E S H B M Y N T L A T V A T R E M I R O K H P I R A K K N I N O R O V S C Y N S N O U O R D R D V E R A A I R U L H I V I I O L G E M T Plast scouts of Seattle perform hahilky after Easter services at Ukrainian C O L O C O A S R G A U D S O Greek-Catholic Parish of Virgin Mary of Zarvanycia. H B R U S O L O K G U S I E V by Julia Ellings protesting the 2004 elections. E E O P A L B D A Y E I V N O SEATTLE – Nearly two years ago, At Eastertime, our Plast group a new branch of Plast was formed in wrote pysanky and learned about N S H E V E C I H E I N S I D Seattle, Washington. Some people their symbols. On Easter Sunday, we were already Plast members from performed ancient spring dances, K O D K Y I K S V E L I M I S New Jersey, some recently arrived hahilky outside church after holy O I R T Y M O S C H U K U H C from Ukraine. Others, like my liturgy. These dances are thousands brother, Ruric and I grew up in the of years old; their patterns depict the S H E V C H E N K O E N K O O Pacific Northwest and have grand- movement of the sun. Many of them parents born in Ukraine. are also found on pysanky. During OUR NEXT ISSUE: UKELODEON is published on the second Lots of times we play games, go one of the hahilky, we sing about the Sunday of every month. To make it into our next issue, dated August 13, hiking and camping, and learn about beetle (an ancient symbol of the please send in your materials by August 4. Ukrainian history. We learned about sun) and mimic his movements. We especially encourage kids and teens to submit articles and see their the Orange Revolution and made The best part about belonging to names in print. And don’t forget to send a photo or two. orange scarves to send to Ukrainians Plast in the springtime is Sviato Please drop us a line: Vesny (Celebration of Spring). This UKELODEON, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Julia Ellings, 11, is a fifth grader spring, we will camp at Deception Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, (973) 644-9510. Call us at (973) 292-9800; or at Medina Elementary school. She Pass, along the rocky shore of the send e-mail to [email protected]. (We ask all contributors to please just became a “yunachka” in Plast. Pacific Ocean. include a daytime phone number.) 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 No. 28

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Saturday, July 22 “Party Ptashat” kids’ dance will be held at Soyuzivka’s Datebook 8-9:30 p.m., followed by the youth JEWETT, N.Y.: “Music at the Grazhda” “Vechirka” beginning at 10 p.m. Live Through August 28, 2006 August 4, 2006 presents Barvy, a small ensemble of music will be provided by Hrim from 8 Every Monday: Steak Night with Band Zahrava performs at the Tiki accomplished instrumentalists and vocal- p.m. to midnight. CD dance mixes are wel- music by Soyuzivka’s House Band Bar, 10 p.m. ists performing music based on folk come at midnight. Admission: kids and melodies and traditional ethnic genres. students, $5; adults age 23 and over, $10. Through August 30, 2006 August 4-6, 2006 The concert, sponsored by Music and Art A portion of the proceeds go toward the Every Wednesday: Hutsul Night with Kozak exhibit Center of Greene County, will be held at 8 Vovcha Tropa Plast campground’s music by Soyuzivka’s House Band p.m. The Grazhda is located on Ukraine improvement fund. Donations will be Road, off Route 23A; it is five miles west August 5, 2006 accepted. For information and suggestions, of the town of Hunter, N.Y., in the Catskill Through September 1, 2006 Dance Camp performance 2 p.m., contact Adrian Horodecky, adrian@telli- mountains. For directions log on to Odessa Seafood Night gys.com, or log on to www.xmel.org. Every Friday: Auction Fund-Raiser sponsored by www.grazhdamusicandart.org; for addi- with music by Soyuzivka’s Chornomorski Khvyli and tional information call 518-263-4619. House Band Soyuzivka’s Heritage Foundation CHICAGO: The works of one of Golf Tournament Friday, August 25 Ukraine’s most daring artists, Vasyl Bazhay, are on display in an exhibit called July 15, 2006 Zabava with band Zahrava, 10 p.m. Zabava with band Oberehy featuring WILDWOOD CREST, NJ : The “Color Fields of Vasyl Bazhay.” The exhibit is on view at the UA Group Art Luba and Mykola August 6-19, 2006 Khmelnychenky Plast fraternity is sponsor- ing an all-ages dance at the Wildwood Gallery, 2306 W. Chicago Ave. The exhib- Ukrainian Folk Dance Camp, it, which was officially opened on July 7, July 16-21, 2006 Crest Pier Recreation Center, across the Session #2 street from the Pan Am Hotel. Doors open continues through July 30. For informa- Children’s Ukrainian Heritage at 7 p.m. with dance music at 7-8 p.m.. The tion call the gallery, 773-235-7774. Day Camp, Session #1 August 12, 2006 Miss Soyuzivka Weekend and July 16-22, 2006 zabava with Tempo Discovery Camp, Session #2 PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES SCUBA Diving Course August 13, 2006 Preview of Events is a listing of Ukrainian community events open to Musical concert sponsored by the public. It is a service provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by July 22, 2006 UNWLA Regional Council of NY The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. Zabava with band Na Zdorovya Listings of no more than 100 words (written in Preview format) plus August 12-19, 2006 payment should be sent a week prior to desired date of publication to: July 23-28, 2006 Club Suzie-Q Week Preview of Events, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Children’s Ukrainian Heritage Day Camp, Session #2 Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, (973) 644-9510. August 18, 2006 Items may be e-mailed to [email protected]. “Pete and Vlod – unplugged” perform July 23-29, 2006 at the Tiki Bar, 10 p.m. Ukrainian Sitch Sports Camp, Session #1 August 19, 2006 July 23-August 5, 2006 Dance Camp performance followed Ukrainian Folk Dance Camp, by zabava with Fata Morgana Session #1 August 26, 2006 July 28-30, 2006 Zabava with band Vidlunnia Ducia Hanushevksy Exhibit featuring Ukrainian ceramics September 1-3, 2006 Labor Day Weekend July 29, 2006 September 1, Band Zahrava performs Zabava with band Lvivyany at Tiki Bar, 10 p.m. September 2, Afternoon performance July 30-August 5, 2006 by band Hrim; performance by Ukrainian Sitch Sports Camp, Yavir School of Ukrainian Dance, Session #2 8 p.m.; zabavas with bands Luna and Zahrava, 10 p.m. July 31-August 4, 2006 September 3, performance by Yavir Golf Day Camp and Beach School of Ukrainian Dance, 1 p.m.; Volleyball Day Camp zabava with band Zahrava, 10 p.m.

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