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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIV HE KRAINIANNo. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine T U RecognitionW of UPA remains Financial Markets Conference a controversial issue in Ukraine in Bostonby Peter T. Woloschuk is bullishThe Ukrainian on Ukrainesession was preceded by Zenon Zawada Party of Ukraine, said Serhii Taran, director Special to The Ukrainian Weekly by a similar session dealing with markets Kyiv Press Bureau of the Institute of Mass Information in Kyiv. in Russia and marked the first time in the The Socialist Party succeeded in the BOSTON – “The investment environ- city that the financial climates in both KYIV – It might be a post-Orange March elections largely because of Mr. ment in Ukraine is still not straightfor- countries were treated to equal evalua- Ukraine, but Ukraine’s newly elected Moroz’s charisma and the party’s left- ward,” said Roger Zulliger co-founder tions. It was notable that more favorable Verkhovna Rada isn’t likely to recognize wing ideology, he said. Supporting UPA and CEO of the Zurich-based financial treatment was afforded opportunities that the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) or recognition would compromise the ideol- Group Accuro and major investor of currently exist in Ukraine. its veterans anytime soon. ogy that enabled its success. institutional monies in Ukraine since The session lasted almost two hours and Although Orange political forces com- Meantime, the Party of the Regions 1996. “It is more like a winding country was moderated by Lyubov Rudyuk, a senior prise the new Parliament’s majority, the won the elections largely because it con- road with many twists, turns and surpris- manager with Ernst and Young in Boston Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU) has vinced eastern Ukrainian voters that it can es. However, it gets better as it goes, and and founder and president of the Ukrainian made it clear that it won’t support any provide for them materially, Dr. Taran said. it is leading to higher levels.” New England Chamber of Commerce. As a legislative effort to recognize the UPA as “At one point, the Communists were Mr. Zulliger’s remarks came as part of member of Ernst and Young’s banking and a fighting force or grant its veterans gov- most popular in eastern Ukraine, not for a seminar titled “Investing in Ukraine: asset management group, she manages mul- ernment benefits. the ideology of communism but for the Private Equity, IPOs, Public Equity” that tiple audit projects of private equity and SPU leader Oleksander Moroz reject- memory of material security they provid- drew more than 70 representatives of venture capital funds in New England. ed President Viktor Yushchenko’s call for ed,” he said. New England’s leading brokerage hous- Before coming to the Boston office, UPA recognition to be among the condi- In the course of four years, eastern es, international law offices and invest- Ms. Rudyuk spent six years at the Kyiv tions for forming the parliamentary coali- Ukrainians switched their support from ment firms, including Boston-based office, conducting due diligence on proj- tion government. the Communists to their archetypical Fidelity Investments, the nation’s largest ects in the natural resources, chemical, “We don’t need to include an issue enemies, a party representing big busi- portfolio management company. and manufacturing industries. She also that will divide society,” Mr. Moroz said nessmen and bourgeois values. The session was part of the fourth was a manager of Momentum Enterprises, on May 9, Victory Day, after placing “When the Regions came to power and annual Financial Markets Conference, which invested in oil and gas develop- flowers at Kyiv’s Tomb of the Unknown demonstrated the ability to provide materi- which was co-sponsored by the U.S.- ments in Ukraine. A graduate of the Kyiv Soldier in the Park of Eternal Glory. al resources, eastern Ukrainians switched Russia Chamber of Commerce of New State Economics University, Ms. Rudyuk Without the Socialists, votes from the their party allegiance,” Dr. Taran said. England and the Ukrainian New England is a member of the Women’s Association Our Ukraine and Yulia Tymoshenko As long as the Party of the Regions Chamber of Commerce, and held in the of Venture and Equity, a committee mem- blocs aren’t enough for the majority vote continues to provide for the material Wyndham Hotel in the heart of Boston’s necessary to pass legislation that would needs of eastern Ukrainians, who have financial district on Thursday, May 4. (Continued on page 14) grant UPA veterans equal status with Red traditionally been poorer, its leadership Army veterans, both on a historical and may be willing to compromise on ideo- financial basis. logical issues such as UPA recognition, Party of the Regions leader Viktor which are more important to western Yanukovych also voiced his opposition Ukrainian voters. All-Ukrainian music station to Mr. Yushchenko’s proposal, though he Ideological battles like the official sta- didn’t rule out the possibility of UPA tus of the Russian language or UPA Molode Radio marks milestone recognition altogether, calling the matter recognition are of secondary importance by Zenon Zawada outfit, Radio Lyuks, that’s guilty of a “very painful issue.” for eastern Ukrainians, he said. Kyiv Press Bureau playing mostly Russian and Western The Party of the Regions is more likely to pop music. support UPA recognition than the Socialist (Continued on page 23) KYIV – Upon arriving in Kyiv to Not only did Radio Lyuks give study, Stanislav Shumlianskyi noticed Molode Radio its Ukrainian pop music Ukrainian radio was anything but that. collection of 200 to 300 MP3 songs, “It was quite strange that Ukraine’s but it also allowed use of its radio fre- capital didn’t have a single radio sta- quency, 69.68 FM, for which it owns tion that played Ukrainian music the license. exclusively,” he said. Once the station got up and rolling, The one radio station that excluded finding more Ukrainian pop music Russian music from its playlist, Radio wasn’t hard at all. Artists and their Kyiv on 98.0 FM, was spinning agents began sending Molode Radio Western and American tunes. their MP3s in hopes of getting their With a grant from the U.S. Embassy songs heard in Ukraine’s capital – an in Kyiv, Mr. Shumlianskyi, along with unattainable goal for most Ukrainian his classmates, launched Molode Radio musicians. and began operating out of a dingy basement on the campus of the 1,200 songs, 70 hours National University of Kyiv Mohyla Molode Radio’s current library Academy. includes 1,200 Ukrainian pop songs Molode Radio celebrated its first capable of filling more than 70 hours, anniversary on April 28, marking a Mr. Shumlianskyi said. year of playing the music of such Since it’s not a commercial radio Ukrainian stars as Tartak and Okean station, Molode Radio doesn’t limit Elzy, but also giving exposure to those itself to playing the hottest songs, largely ignored by Ukraine’s commer- repeating them over and over. cial radio stations, such as Haydamaky, Its DJs can reach back as far as the Maria Burmaka, Neon and Plach 1980s, playing long-forgotten bands Cutty Sark Co. Yeremiyi. such as Braty Hadyukiny and even Also instrumental in launching the Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and First Lady of Ukraine Kateryna radio station was a Kyiv commercial (Continued on page 3) Yushchenko lead the Victory Day commemoration at the National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 No. 20

ANALYSIS Izvestia prints murky revelations NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Ukraine on U.N. Human Rights Council governing coalition should be built on four principles: a “maximally harmonized about RosUkrEnergo company KYIV – Ukraine has been elected to the nationwide concept of values”; an opera- United Nations Human Rights Council. tional legislature; a stable parliamentary by Roman Kupchinsky The article was signed by what The General Assembly elected 47 nations majority; and the presidential foreign- and RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Report appears to be a non-existent Russian out of 63 in the running for council mem- domestic-policy programs as the basis for journalist named “Vladimir Berezhnoi.” bership. Each candidate had to receive not the coalition’s actions. (RFE/RL Newsline) On April 26 the Russian newspaper According to a report in the April 27 edi- less than 96 votes. In addition to Ukraine, Izvestia, owned by Gazprom Media, pub- tion of The Moscow Times, the article the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, ...questions remain on its composition lished an article naming two hidden ben- was written by an Izvestia staff member Russia and Azerbaijan have been included KYIV – Yulia Tymoshenko told jour- eficiaries of RosUkrEnergo. under a pseudonym “after a Gazprom in the Eastern Europe Group of the council. nalists after her meeting with President The Swiss-registered company, which representative showed him the PwC According to Human Rights Watch, such Viktor Yushchenko on May 5 that her bloc, is half-owned by the Russian gas monop- [PricewaterhouseCoopers] audit” that nations as Cuba, China, Saudi Arabia, jointly with Our Ukraine and the Socialist oly Gazprom, has been at the center of a named the previously undisclosed bene- Pakistan and Russia should not have been Party, will present a draft coalition agree- storm of controversy in Ukraine over gas ficiaries of RosUkrEnergo. “Vladimir elected to the council, as these countries deliveries from Russia and violate human rights. The new U.N. body ment on May 10 or 11, Ukrainian and Berezhnoi” does not exist, The Moscow international news agencies reported. “I Turkmenistan. Times reported. replaced the Human Rights Commission, After Yulia Tymoshenko became which had been operating since 1946. The think this meeting brought us much closer The hidden beneficiaries were named than we have been for weeks to an under- Ukraine’s prime minister in January as Dmytro Firtash and Ivan Fursin, two United Nations Human Rights Council will 2005, the Security Service of Ukraine convene its maiden session on June 19. standing on creating a coalition and mak- Ukrainian nationals. Mr. Firtash, accord- ing it work,” Reuters quoted Ms. (SBU) launched an investigation into ing to Izvestia, holds 90 percent of the (Ukrinform) RosUkrEnergo that failed to uncover the Tymoshenko as saying. Meanwhile, Viktor shares of the Austrian-based Centragas, undisclosed beneficiaries of the remain- Film in the works about Chornovil Yanukovych revealed to journalists on which is part of RosUkrEnergo, while ing 50 percent stake in the company. May 5 that his party also was conducting Mr. Fursin holds 10 percent. The investigation was dropped, report- KYIV – The Dovzhenko Ukrainian talks with Our Ukraine on the creation of a According to figures provided by edly on the orders of President Viktor Film Studio is shooting a feature docu- governing coalition. Mr. Yanukovych’s Raiffeisen Bank, RosUkrEnergo earned a Yushchenko, after Ms. Tymoshenko was mentary film about the life of the late statement came as a surprise, since Our profit of $500 million in 2005, half of dismissed as prime minister in Vyacheslav Chornovil, officially awarded Ukraine activists had thus far denied the which went to the hidden beneficiaries of September 2005. Just months later, fol- the title of Hero of Ukraine, national existence of such talks. “We do not rule Centragas and the other half to Gazprom lowing a bitter dispute between Ukraine deputy and former leader of the National out the possibility to create a coalition with Bank. and Russia over gas supplies, Rukh of Ukraine. The film is to be broad- other parties, we are conducting talks at One of the points of contention in the RosUkrEnergo was named as the middle- cast on leading Ukrainian TV channels in different levels,” Mr. Yanukovych added RosUkrEnergo case is whether Gazprom man in a new deal for the supply of mid-June. Mr. Chornovil (1937-1999) was without elaborating. (RFE/RL Newsline) was aware of the beneficiaries of a com- Russian and Turkmen gas to Ukraine. a journalist, former Soviet political prison- pany it helped create. Gazprom spokes- er and a co-founder of the National Rukh Belarus, Ukraine mark V-Day The development led to claims by the men have consistently claimed that they of Ukraine. In 1994 he ran for president. Ukrainian government that the Kremlin did not know who the owners of Mr. Chornovil died in a car crash near MIENSK/KYIV – Belarus and had imposed RosUkrEnergo’s role on Centragas were. The Ukrainian side has Kyiv. The car crash has long been consid- Ukraine celebrated the 61st anniversary Ukraine. claimed that it would be inconceivable ered a political murder. (Ukrinform) of the victory over Germany during While clearing up the issue of for Gazprom to enter into a multi-billion- World War II with parades of veterans in RosUkrEnergo’s beneficiaries, Izvestia dollar deal without first knowing who President upbeat on building coalition... Miensk and Kyiv, respectively, according failed to shed light on many other out- they were dealing with. A former SBU to Belarusian and Ukrainian media standing questions regarding the compa- KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko investigator close to the case told reports. The respective parades were ny – and raised a few new ones. said after meetings with Ukrainian political attended by the Belarusian and Ukrainian RFE/RL: “They could have been leaders in Kyiv on May 5 that he believes it presidents, Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Chechen terrorists who were using the Roman Kupchinsky is the organized is possible to create a governing coalition Viktor Yushchenko. (RFE/RL Newsline) crime and terrorism analyst for RFE/RL. (Continued on page 21) in the country by May 24, UNIAN report- ed. Mr. Yushchenko was commenting on Symonenko comments on coalition his separate meetings with Prime Minister Yurii Yekhanurov from the Our Ukraine KYIV – The leader of the Communist Belarusian opposition seeks bloc; Yulia Tymoshenko, head of the Party of Ukraine, Petro Symonenko, eponymous political bloc; Socialist Party sounded confident that a parliamentary direction after rigged election head Oleksander Moroz; and Party of the coalition would be created between the Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych. Our Ukraine bloc and the Party of the President Yushchenko stressed that a future (Continued on page 12) by Jan Maksymiuk Official results had Mr. Milinkevich RFE/RL Newsline winning just 6 percent of the vote in the March 19 election, which monitors from There are essentially two ideas among the Organization for Security and FOUNDED 1933 the Belarusian opposition about how to Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said proceed after the presidential election in HE KRAINIAN EEKLY failed to meet democratic standards. TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., March, which led to the largest outburst However, the Political Council has deter- of anti-government protests in Belarus in a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. mined that Mr. Milinkevich actually Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. the past decade. 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(Continued on page 20) No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 3 UOC-MP threatens sanctions against President Yushchenko by Zenon Zawada from receiving communion in its churches because, in Kyiv Press Bureau its view, the Kyiv Patriarchate is non-canonical and, therefore, doesn’t have God’s blessing. KYIV – The Ukrainian Orthodox Church – “Those attending his Church aren’t aware that it’s a Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) has threatened sanc- schismatic sect,” Mr. Danilevskyi said. “The sacra- tions, even excommunication, against President Viktor ments and communion they receive don’t have God’s Yushchenko after he confessed and received holy com- blessing, and they, therefore, have no power or mean- munion in a Kyiv Patriarchate church. ing.” Mr. Yushchenko accepted the sacraments during an Mr. Yushchenko hasn’t excluded the UOC-MP from Easter liturgy at St. Volodymyr Cathedral which he high-profile events, however. attened early in the morning of April 23, with, his wife At the 1:23 a.m. ceremony commemorating the 20th Kateryna, brother Petro, son Taras and political col- anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, Mr. Yushchenko leagues. prayed alongside Metropolitan Volodymyr of the Leading the liturgy and dispensing communion was UOC-MP, who led the moleben services. Patriarch Filaret, who was excommunicated from the The president invited the leaders of all confessions UOC-MP in 1997 for leading the Ukrainian Orthodox to attend the Easter Sunday liturgy in St. Volodymyr Church – Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP). Cathedral, but Metropolitan Volodymyr declined to “According to the rules, those who come into con- attend or send a representative, said Ms. Mudrak of Mr. tact with those excommunicated from the Church Yushchenko’s press office. should receive punishment themselves,” said Vasyl While Mr. Yushchenko appears to divide his loyalty Anisimov, a UOC-MP spokesman. “A leader who between the Moscow and Kyiv Patriarchates, Mrs. accepts sacraments with schismatics isn’t only a partic- Yushchenko appears divided between the Kyiv ipant in the schism, but also a teacher of schisms.” Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Autocephalous The UOC-MP’s latest criticisms illuminate the sen- Orthodox Church. sitive political tightrope Mr. Yushchenko has been Her religious confession also is unknown, as her walking with regard to religion in Ukraine, a tense situ- spokeswoman Ms. Antonova would only say that the ation that most ordinary Ukrainians confront in their first lady belongs to the “Ukrainian Patriarchate.” personal lives. UOC-MP officials were confident the first lady is Born in 1954, Mr. Yushchenko was probably bap- not a member of their confession. tized in the Russian Orthodox Church, the only reli- AP When she lived in the United States, Mrs. gious body that was legal in the Soviet Union. Yushchenko was a member of the Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and First Lady Kateryna During his presidency, however, Mr. Yushchenko Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Ms. Antonova said. Yushchenko with Patriarch Filaret during Easter services at has made many gestures that indicate he is not loyal to By receiving communion in a “schismatic Church,” St. Volodymyr Cathedral. the UOC-MP, which doesn’t recognize any other the Ukrainian president is only encouraging division Orthodox Church in Ukraine. among Ukrainian Orthodox faithful, rather than foster- Frequently, he has appeared in public with Patriarch For his place of worship Mr. Yushchenko prefers St. Michael ing the unity that he claims to be seeking, Mr. Filaret, allowing him to lead liturgy at important gov- Cathedral, a Kyiv Patriarchate church, because he frequented it when Danilevskyi said. ernment ceremonies. he lived nearby as a private citizen, said Larissa Mudrak, a spokes- At least four “schismatic” Orthodox Churches are On Easter Sunday this year, Mr. Yushchenko didn’t woman for the Presidential Secretariat. operating in Ukraine, he said. visit the Kyivan Caves Monastery or any UOC-MP All these gestures have drawn sharp criticism from the UOC-MP. Besides the Orthodox Church led by Patriarch site. “He didn’t research canonical matters when he became president,” said Filaret (Denysenko), there is the Autocephalous The president has also called for the creation of a Oleksander Danilevskyi, a UOC-MP spokesman. Church led by Metropolitan Mefodii Kudriakov, the united pomisna (particular) Church in Ukraine that “He attached himself to Filaret, but that has been one of his biggest self-proclaimed “canonical” Autocephalous Church led would unite all Orthodox and Greek-Catholic presidential mistakes. He’s looking for spiritual support in a place that by Patriarch Moisei Kulyk and the Autocephalous Ukrainians, a goal fiercely opposed by the UOC-MP. can’t offer any.” Church led by Archbishop Ihor Isichenko that was reg- In baptizing their three children, Viktor and Despite his loyalty to the Kyiv Patriarchate, it remains unclear istered with the government in March, Mr. Danilevskyi Kateryna Yushchenko didn’t select UOC-MP churches. whether President Yushchenko has made the formal switch. said. Sofiya, born in 1999, and Khrystyna, born in 2000, Spokesmen from neither the UOC-MP nor the UOC-KP could con- President Yushchenko’s calls for a single pomisna were both baptized in the Ukrainian Autocephalous firm whether Mr. Yushchenko was a member of their respective (particular) Church, therefore, are hollow, he said. “The Orthodox Church (UAOC), according to Maryna Churches. president is trying to hold discussions to create a Antonova, spokeswoman for the first lady. Mr. Yushchenko is a member of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Ukrainian pomisna Church, and it simply doesn’t look Their third child, Taras, born in 2004, was baptized said Ms. Mudrak, declining to offer any more specifics. competent from his side,” Mr. Danilevskyi said. in the Kyiv Patriarchate, Ms. Antonova said. Mr. Yushchenko’s reception of communion on Easter Sunday does- Whether or not Mr. Yushchenko belongs to the Furthermore, the February 2005 funeral for Mr. n’t reveal anything because the UOC-KP allows any Orthodox UOC-MP, Mr. Anisimov said that for “schismatics” to Yushchenko’s mother, Varvara, was held at St. Christian to receive communion in its churches. return, they must seek penance and pray for permis- Volodymyr Cathedral, a Kyiv Patriarchate church. The UOC-MP, meanwhile, forbids those baptized in the UOC-KP sion.

“Starenkyi Tramvay” (The Old Tram Car). Therefore, punk rockers such as the Commercial prospects remain grim All-Ukrainian music... Singing Ukrainian words with thick in-your-face Borsch don’t receive much because of its low position on the FM dial. (Continued from page 1) accents, a group of African students airplay. Ukrainian diaspora fans who want to diaspora favorite Vika. called Chornobryvtsi released a catchy Politics and fashion are among the listen to pop music 24-7 will be glad to “We have 24 hours to fill, so we aren’t reggae rendition of the folk classic “Tyzh topics of five weekly programs. learn that, within days, Molode Radio oriented around playing big names,” Mr. Mene Pidmanula” (You Deceived Me), Ukrainian pop music historian will begin broadcasting over its website, Shumlianskyi said. “We are about playing which Molode Radio has been spinning Oleksander Yevtushenko will soon begin http://www.molode.com.ua. quality, contemporary music. So we in recent months. a show discussing the latest in the bur- inquire about who’s the artist afterwards.” Even the Toronto-based diaspora geoning industry. Molode Radio has revealed the group, Khudi a Motsni, have made the Molode Radio isn’t a household name remarkable diversity of Ukrainian pop Molode Radio playlist. in Kyiv. Mr. Shumlianskyi estimated music. Diversity has its limits though. between 6,000 and 7,000 listeners. On its playlist is the barbershop music Molode Radio aims to appeal to a broad Just like Ukrainian musicians, the of Lviv-based Pikardiyska Tertsiya, whose audience and avoid music that can turn radio station copes with severe con- songs include innocent melodies such as people off, Mr. Shumlianskyi said. straints. Its frequency on the FM dial is 69.68, unreachable for most radio tuners that are rarely capable of searching lower than 88.0. Though it survived a year, Molode Radio might not reach its second anniversary. The $18,000 in U.S. grant money ran dry last year, and so did a smaller Swiss government grant, Mr. Shumlianskyi said. Ironically, it’s grant money from for- eign governments that has kept Molode Radio alive. The Ukrainian government hasn’t given a cent, despite letters requesting help. “At the end of every month, I’m not always sure that we’ll make it to the next month,” Mr. Shumlianskyi said. “We’re Stanislav Shumlianskyi, founder of An advertisement for the Kyiv-based Molode Radio. in a struggle for survival.” Molode Radio. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 No. 20

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

UNA financial reports for the years 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002 UKRAINIAN NATIONALASSOCIATION, INC. BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2005, 2004, 2003 AND 2002

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, ASSETS 2005 2004 2003 2002

Bonds $48,952,005 50,494,293 43,829,594 45,915,094 Stocks-preferred 1,560,799 1,560,799 2,460,799 2,985,601 Stocks-common 2,612,011 2,532,952 2,885,358 2,458,302 Mortgage loans on real estate-first liens 6,885,904 7,117,826 7,176,294 8,272,176 Invested assets (Soyuzivka) 2,768,192 2,836,580 2,834,576 2,703,998 Certificate loans and liens 275,566 278,790 289,549 290,564 Cash 1,054,035 1,363,548 1,340,403 505,661 Short-term investments 2,900,985 752,734 5,686,523 2,576,741 Electronic data processing equipment 4,121 11,415 10,165 18,397 Life Insurance and accidental premiums accrued 47,736 66,162 82,639 92,391 Investment income due and accrued 686,881 767,371 752,163 892,235 Amounts receivable from UNURC 561 494 0 4,878 Printing plant 46,011 55,914 65,816 75,720

Totals $67,794,807 67,838,878 67,413,879 66,791,758

Assets not admitted: Stocks-common

Mortgage loans on real estate-first liens $104,551 104,551 104,551 104,551 Invested assets (Soyuzivka) 2,768,192 2,836,580 2,834,576 2,703,998 Certificate loans and liens 4 179 70 126 Life insurance and accidental premiums accrued 492 2,945 7,520 5,535 Investment income due and accrued 59,568 Printing plant 46,012 55,914 65,815 75,719

Total assets not admitted $2,919,251 3,000,169 3,012,532 2,949,497

Net assets admitted $64,875,556 64,838,709 64,401,347 63,842,261

LIABILITIES, SPECIAL RESERVES AND UNASSIGNED FUNDS

Aggregate reserve for life certificates and contracts $57,303,557 55,879,004 53,568,000 50,285,849 Aggregate reserve for accident and health certificates 18,553 18,277 19,595 19,917 Liability for deposit-type contracts 442,782 449,872 504,265 608,454 Contract claims: life 534,898 749,329 663,930 752,274 Premium considerations for life and accident and health received in advance 485,873 442,797 416,382 380,585 Interest maintenance reserve 35,522 123,040 154,224 183,211 Commissions to fieldworkers due or accrued - life and annuity 13,367 15,437 16,342 31,110 General expenses due or accrued 66,856 103,883 118,412 144,208 Taxes, licenses and fees due or accrued 131,364 78,759 109,219 203,785 Unearned investment income 596 597 390 2,867 Amounts withheld or retained by Society as agent or trustee 6,643 9,086 7,491 13,846 Net adjustment in assets and liabilities due to foreign exchange rates 563,768 905,616 1,385,471 3,384,007 Asset valuation reserve 525,893 479,229 501,442 486,906 Payable to subsidiaries and affiliates 1,012 Payable securities 500,208 500,000 Drafts outstanding 83,591 158,134 175,395 239,193 Orphans fund liability 62,766 108,189 127,143 168,754 Printing plant expenses due and unpaid 12,764 14,466 11,477 14,548 Unexpired subscriptions to official publication 231,080 267,491 262,031 276,044 Deficit net worth of subsidiary -914,276 -761,912 -505,086 -293,890 Rebirth fund liability 1,000 Heritage Defense fund liability 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 Reserve for convention expenses 127,680 101,984 71,984 43,409 Advance premiums not included above 376,749 432,316 493,256 558,809

Total liabilities $60,612,234 59,577,594 58,104,375 58,006,886

Unassigned funds $4,263,322 5,261,115 6,296,972 5,835,375

Totals $64,875,556 64,838,709 64,401,347 63,842,261

UKRAINIAN NATIONALASSOCIATION, INC. STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005, 2004, 2003 AND 2002

Year Ended December 31, INCOME 2005 2004 2003 2002 Premium and annuity considerations for life and accident and health policies:

Dues from members $1,376,846 1,507,318 1,641,823 1,358,985 Annuity premiums from members 2,032,668 2,191,561 2,934,637 1,704,110 Dues-Universal Life 124,539 131,040 134,158 141,182 Reinsurance premium paid -34,000 -26,042 -65,728 -27,056 No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 5

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UKRAINIAN NATIONALASSOCIATION, INC. STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005, 2004, 2003 AND 2002 (continuation)

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, 2005 2004 2003 2002

Net premium income $3,500,054 3,803,877 4,644,889 3,177,219 Investment income: Banks $2,806 2,837 7,240 4,241 Bonds 2,365,261 2,549,552 2,672,406 2,981,998 Certificate loans 14,634 15,228 14,628 14,634 Mortgage loans 278,074 292,070 339,323 401,409 Short term investments 62,608 31,804 63,347 15,316 Stocks 221,739 295,800 250,204 262,691 Urban Renewal Corporation-Mortgage 168,996 168,996 168,996 201,496 Total interest and dividend income $3,114,120 3,356,286 3,516,144 3,881,784 Amortization of interest maintenance reserve $21,193 25,279 15,409 35,213

Other Income: Donation to Fraternal Fund $7,666 3,297 -5,489 -7,174 Due to UNF 73 1,724 -228 -370 Miscellaneous Income 94

Total other income $7,834 5,021 -5,717 -7,544

TOTAL INCOME $6,643,200 7,190,463 8,170,725 7,086,673

Deductions for the benefits of members:

Annuity surrender, partial withdrawal, and death benefits $1,162,424 737,393 636,854 666,357 Cash surrender 364,385 377,563 426,137 430,125 Death benefits 914,069 1,454,276 1,032,034 929,466 Endowment matured 613,813 618,542 604,114 672,238 Interest and adj. on cert. or deposit-type contract funds 49,352 27,908 -18,663 125,836 Payment on supplementary contacts with life contingency 21,745 22,410 24,885 22,410 Scholarships 21,100 18,450 20,150 17,450 Total $3,146,889 3,256,542 2,725,511 2,863,882

Increase (decrease) in reserve for life and accident and health certificates $1,424,829 2,309,686 3,253,777 1,525,534

Deducting for organizing:

Advertising $39,405 24,678 32,310 22,855 Field conferences 14,603 9,792 12,416 30,835 Medical inspections and medical examiner's fee 12,121 13,681 11,622 14,286 Refund of branch secretaries expenses 181,837 191,075 186,184 164,880 Total $247,965 239,226 242,532 232,855

Deductions: payroll, insurance and taxes:

Canadian corporation taxes $21,418 124 2,953 10,889 Employee benefit plan 213,451 154,214 275,884 265,705 Insurance-general 14,506 54,810 18,562 62,043 Insurance-workmen’s compensation 1,094 5,900 2,765 906 Salaries of Executive officers 257,500 256,933 247,895 225,414 Salaries of office employees 515,588 546,135 538,416 599,556 Taxes-Federal, state and city on employee wages 85,315 71,313 69,454 80,071 Total $1,108,871 1,089,429 1,155,929 1,244,584

Deductions: General Expenses

Actuarial and statistical expenses $166,901 176,687 222,459 203,929 Annual session expenses 15,674 14,099 9,191 4,334 Auditing committee expenses 1,643 3,786 3,799 2,245 Bank charges 2,047 2,099 4,746 7,474 Bank charges for custodian account 6,136 9,936 16,772 17,488 Books and periodicals 8,629 5,768 6,957 6,652 Certificate loans adjustments 20 -553 69 -1,202 Depreciation of EDP equipment 10,902 11,185 12,574 23,936 Donations 10,208 15,191 7,383 5,190 Dues to fraternal congress 4,673 6,610 3,107 5,122 Fraternal activities 4,392 4,206 1,776 3,544 Furniture and equipment 73 General office maintenance 11,802 9,960 11,615 14,649 Increase in reserve for convention expenses 30,000 30,000 30,000 -20,000 Increase (decrease) in reserve for orphan's fund 1,241 1,445 1,722 3,443 Increase (decrease) in loading 126 -514 -338 -72 Insurance department fees 54,670 59,176 1,924 82,599 Investment expenses -100 -128 805 2,478 Legal expenses general 103,220 48,336 40,802 69,710 Operating expenses of Canadian office 6,414 12,320 7,465 9,870 Postage 38,359 37,093 47,980 36,316 Printing and stationery 28,287 48,252 27,288 30,954 Professional fees 84,969 79,466 84,685 66,017 Rent 251,172 251,172 251,081 250,949 Rental of equipment and services 88,716 68,658 54,572 43,965 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 No. 20

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

UKRAINIAN NATIONALASSOCIATION, INC. STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005, 2004, 2003 AND 2002 (continuation) December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, 2005 2004 2003 2002

Telephone and telegraph 14,619 21,641 20,848 25,643 Transfer account 2,454 -4,121 1,584 Traveling expenses-general 7,942 8,318 6,787 3,491 Youth sports activities 1,215 622 1,199 1,096 Total $956,332 920,784 877,264 901,404

Total deductions $6,884,886 7,815,667 8,255,013 6,768,259 (Net loss) before fraternal benefits $-241,687 -625,204 -84,288 318,414

Fraternal benefits 118,908 122,157 122,008 122,686

Net (Loss) from operations before net realized capital gains (losses) $-360,595 -747,361 -206,296 195,729

Net realized capital gains (losses) $10,182 -47,796 -83,183 -57,658 Loss on foreign exchange (transfer funds from Canada to US) -312,338 -267,099 -1,194,895

Total capital losses $-302,156 -314,895 -1,278,078 -57,658

Net profit (loss) from operations excluding losses from publications and Soyuzivka $-662,751 -1,062,257 -1,484,373 138,070

Soyuzlvka:

Income $1,775,529 1,683,242 1,626,413 1,289,064 Expenses (excluding depreciation) $2,286,549 2,208,001 1,924,188 1,921,544 Depreciation 96,460 94,897 90,117 88,038 Total expenses $2,383,009 2,302,899 2,014,305 2,009,582

(Net loss) from Soyuzivka operations $-607,480 -619,657 -387,892 -720,518

Svoboda and Ukrainian Weekly

Income $970,396 1,059,374 1,113,330 1,132,833 Expenses excluding depreciation $1,311,502 1,288,393 1,278,873 1,381,521 Depreciation-printing plant 9,903 9,903 9,904 9,903 Increase (decrease) in reserve for unexpired subscriptions -36,411 5,460 -14,012 -6,759 Total expenses $1,284,993 1,303,755 1,274,765 1,384,665

(Net loss) from Svoboda and Ukrainian Weekly operations $-314,598 -244,381 -161,435 -251,832

(Net loss) from operations $-1,584,828 -1,926,295 -2,033,700 -834,280

Change in net unrealized capital gains (losses):

Common stock $58,570 119,179 450,756 -437,818 Foreign exchange 341,848 479,855 1,998,536 -258,418 Certificate loans 175 -109 56 123 Real estate-Soyuzivka 68,388 -2,004 -130,578 79,189

Net gain (loss) $468,981 596,921 2,318,770 -616,924

Change in nonadmitted assets:

Printing plant-USA $12,353 14,476 7,917 14,759 Change in asset valuation reserve $-46,664 22,213 -14,536 -48,899 Prior period adjustment -28,052 Net Income (loss)-Building-UNURC $152,364 256,826 211,196 273,967

Net change in surplus for the year ended December 31 $-997,794 -1,035,859 461,594 -1,211,377 Unassigned surplus, beginning of year $5,261,117 6,296,974 5,835,378 7,046,752

Unassigned surplus, end of year $4,263,322 5,261,115 6,296,972 5,835,375

A MotherÕs Day Tribute ÒWe plan to celebrate MotherÕs Day this year like most families. Though greeting cards, flowers and brunch at a nice restaurant are lovely gestures, life quickly returns to normal. A lasting tribute to our Mama and Babusia is the planting of a The UNA received this heart-warming letter along with a $500 donation for a commemorative tree, tree at Soyuzivka to commemorate all she has done for both families which will be planted at Soyuzivka in honor of Martha Lysko, UNA First Vice-President. and our extended family, the UNA.Ó What a lasting way to honor your loved one! Have you considered this extraordinary gift for the Dorian, Handzya, Rob and Steven Ð BabusiaÕs ÒSkarbykÓ Soyuzivka Heritage Foundation? No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 7

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM UNA Convention Committee invites guests to convention concert, banquet

The 36th Regular Convention of the SYZOKRYLI UKRAINIAN DANCE Ahratyn throughout Ukraine and Europe. Excellency Dr. Oleh Shamshur. UNA will be held at Soyuzivka in ENSEMBLE: Mr. Pidvirny has performed throughout Special guests extending welcomes: Kerhonkson, N.Y., on May 26-29. The Syzokryli Ukrainian Dance the United States at various venues and • Ukrainian Catholic Eparch of The convention concert will be held on Ensemble was founded in 1989 by Roma often at private performances for distin- Stamford, His Excellency Bishop Paul Sunday, May 28, at 2 p.m. The concert Pryma Bohachevsky. The ensemble has guished guests such as Henry Kissinger, Patrick Chomnycky. program will feature the following artists. earned a reputation as one of the world’s New York Gov. George Pataki and others. • Ambassador Extraordinary and finest Ukrainian folk dance ensembles . Tickets for the concert can be pur- Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative UKRAINIAN CHORUS DUMKA Prima ballerina Roma Pryma chased at the door – $10 per person of Ukraine to the United Nations, His of New York: Bohachevsky’s visionary choreographies Excellency Valeriy P. Kuchinsky. * * * Dumka, founded in New York City in included serious subject matter such as • Ukraine’s Consul General in New 1949 as a male chorus, became a mixed the Chornobyl disaster, the murder of The convention banquet will be held York Mykola Kyrychenko. chorus in 1959. The founders sought to Vasyl Ivasiuk and the 9-11 terror attack. on Sunday, May 28, at 7:30 p.m. Entertainment by: Olya Fryz and preserve and cultivate the rich secular and Currently under the artistic direction of The banquet program will feature: Andrij Stasiw. religious musical heritage of Ukraine. Ms. Bohachevsky’s protégé, Andrij “The UNA Anthem” sung by Tickets for the banquet – $50 per person. Over the years Dumka has performed Cybyk, the group continues to celebrate Sviatoslava Kaczaraj. Tickets can be purchased at Soyuzivka concerts throughout the U.S., Canada and the spirit of Ukrainian dance through Keynote address by: Ambassador until May 25. Europe. But the chorus’s crowning glory classic and contemporary choreographies. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of For more information please call was in 1990 during its first tour of Ukraine to the United States His Soyuzivka at 845-626-5641. Ukraine, where triumphant concerts were OLEH CHMYR, baritone: held in Kyiv, Lviv and Poltava. Since Baritone Oleh Chmyr was a principal 1991 Dumka has performed under the artist with Ekaterinburg Opera in Russia, direction of Vasyl Hrechynsky, a choir- and the Lviv and Wroclaw opera compa- master of the Lviv Theater and instructor nies. He holds a Ph.D. in voice from the of conducting at the Lviv Conservatory. Moscow Conservatory and has performed extensively on concert tours throughout France, Norway, Denmark, Spain and Germany. He has performed in all the presti- gious opera houses of the United States and is a leading soloist of the New Jersey State Opera. Mr. Chmyr is also a professor of voice at Morris County College in New Jersey. He has won numerous international competitions. His latest award came in 2006 when the Ukrainian president recognized him as a “Distinguished Artist of Ukraine.” MARIAN PIDVIRNY, violinist: Marian Pidvirny is an outstanding vio- linist from Lviv, Ukraine. He completed his music studies at the Lviv Olya Fryz Marian Pidvirny Conservatory and performed as soloist Oleh Chmyr with the well-known ensemble of Ivan

Andrij Stasiw Sviatoslava Kaczaraj

Syzokryli Ukrainian Dance Ensemble

The Cheres folk ensemble Ukrainian Chorus Dumka

THE UNA: 112 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 No. 20 NEWS ANALYSIS: Gas, corruption THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY “What can you expect if you fearlessly expose the systematic, genocidal mur- and lack of political will in Ukraine der of 10 million people? by Taras Kuzio “You can expect to be branded as a liar in the most prestigious newspaper in the enterprise.” In order to state this, President Yushchenko must have been the United States. You can expect to be murdered yourself by bandits probably in The Ukrainian owners of the shady the pay of conspirators perpetrating equally colossal, monstrous crimes against aware who the real owners of RUE were, RosUkrEnergo (RUE) gas intermediary, even though he denied this a month later. humanity. And you can even be betrayed after your death and airbrushed out of established to supply Turkmen gas to existence by one of your closest professional colleagues and friends. ...” The Ukrainian authorities could have Ukraine and Europe, have been outed. demanded to know the identities of the Izvestia revealed the two Ukrainian – Martin Sieff of United Press International in his June 13, 2003, article titled Ukrainian shareholders at the early shareholders to be Dmytro Firtash and “Gareth Jones: Hero of Ukraine.” January gas talks, but either did not or Ivan Fursin who control 40 and 10 per- knew the names but claimed otherwise. It cent, respectively, of RosUkrEnergo. seems highly likely that former presiden- Gareth Jones, 1905-1935 Their shares are held through Centragas tial aide Oleksander Tretiakov knew the Holding and administered by the two Ukrainians involved in RUE. Austrian Raiffeisen bank. Gazprom’s 50 The introduction above succinctly describes the all-too-short life of Gareth Jones, Ukrainian negotiators could not fail not who will forever be remembered by Ukrainians as one of their champions, a true percent share is held through Arosgas. to notice Mr. Firtash’s and Ihor Voronin’s hero who spoke out on behalf of the millions who died in the Famine-Genocide. Centragas and Arosgas are both regis- involvement in the January gas deal Jones had documented the onset of the Famine, reporting hunger and starva- tered in Austria. when Mr. Voronin was instrumental in tion, when he traveled to Ukraine in 1931. By the fall of 1932, while in London, RUE was established in July 2004, drawing up the charter. he repeatedly heard rumors about a famine in the USSR that was being covered replacing Eural-Trans Gas (ETG), which Since the January gas deal Ukrainian up by the Soviet authorities. And so, in March 1933 the young journalist, not yet had operated in 2003-2004. ETG itself authorities have been either disinclined 28 years old, set out to learn the truth firsthand. He headed for the Kharkiv area had succeeded Itera, which had operated to find out who they are, lest the names via train from Moscow and then walked through the countryside with his note- during most of the 1990s. reveal continued tolerance of corruption book. He spoke with the villagers and took down their stories. “... we are dying On April 26 the Russian newspaper and non-transparency in Ukraine’s ener- of hunger ... they have taken all we had away from us ... they are killing us,” Izvestia cited an audit by KPMG on gy sector, or have known but have were the words of one of his interlocutors. RUE. KPMG has resigned from this con- refused to reveal them. Herbert Stepic, Once he returned to the West, Jones filed numerous stories about what he’d tract because it feared its reputation head of Raiffeisen International, a sub- seen. The story of the Famine-Genocide began to make international headlines. would be besmirched and has been sidiary of Raiffeisen Bank, said on April That, of course, did not sit well with the Soviets; something had to be done to replaced by PricewaterhouseCoopers as 24 that the Ukrainian and Russian gov- counter his reports. And here the Soviets had the assistance of several Western RUE’s auditors. ernments “have always known who the correspondents, chief among them Walter Duranty of The New York Times, who The timing of the Izvestia leak was no owners are of RUE.” Why, then, the sur- challenged Jones’ accounts in a story headlined “Russians Hungry, But Not coincidence and neither was the choice prise when Izvestia outed the two Starving.” He disparaged Jones for making a “somewhat hasty” judgment and of the newspaper. Izvestia is owned by Ukrainian businessmen behind RUE? stated unequivocally: “there is no famine.” Gazprom, the owner of half of the shares Jones wrote a letter to the editor to rebut Duranty’s article, underscoring that of RUE. The leak came days after the Old regime’s continued stake U.S. Justice Department revealed it was everywhere he went he heard “there was famine in the Soviet Union, menacing During the Kuchma era, ETG was run investigating links between RUE and the lives of millions of people.” He concluded his letter by stating “May I in con- by President Kuchma’s first adviser in organized crime. The Izvestia leak was clusion congratulate the Soviet Foreign Office on its skill in concealing the true the presidential administration, Serhii coordinated between Gazprom and Mr. situation in the USSR?” Levochkin. Mr. Levochkin and Mr. Firtash going public to the Financial Two years later, while traveling in Manchukuo on yet another of his fact-finding Fursin, one of two RUE Ukrainian share- Times and the Wall Street Journal. expeditions, Jones was murdered. He would have been 30 years old the next day. holders, were both in Volodymyr The leak was also meant to deflect For decades Gareth Jones’ legacy was forgotten. This newspaper rediscovered Lytvyn’s election bloc, which failed to attention from the July summit of the G-8 him in 1983, in Dr. Myron B. Kuropas’ scholarly paper “America’s ‘Red enter Parliament in the March elections. in St. Petersburg, which Russia wishes to Decade’ and the Great Famine cover-up” (see The Weekly, March 20, 1983). Mr. Lytvyn had been head of the presi- use, ironically, to focus on “energy securi- Now, more than 70 years after his murder, grateful Ukrainians led by the dential administration until becoming ty.” The Izvestia article was followed by Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation remembered the young Welshman Verkhovna Rada chairman in 2004. the release of a lengthy report by the by erecting a plaque in his honor in his native Wales. The trilingual (English- According to an Ukrayinska Pravda British-based Global Witness investigative Welsh-Ukrainian) plaque was unveiled on May 2. It reads: “In memory of Gareth investigation, a proportion of Mr. think-tank “It’s a Gas. Funny Business in Richard Vaughn Jones, born 1905, who graduated from the University of Wales, Fursin’s 10 percent share of the Turkmen-Ukraine Gas Trade” Abersytwyth, and the University of Cambridge. One of the first journalists to RosUkrEnergo accrues to former (http://www.globalwitness.org/reports/sho report on the Holodomor, the Great Famine of 1932-1933 in Soviet Ukraine.” President Kuchma. Widespread suspicion w.php/en.00088.html) points to Mr. Kuchma being given immu- So, who knew what? nity during roundtable negotiations in December 2004, possibly at the insis- May Both Gazprom and the Ukrainian tence of European Union negotiators. authorities had long claimed that they did Turning the pages back... During theYushchenko presidency Mr. not know the identities of the Ukrainian Kuchma has not been questioned for shareholders of 50 percent of RUE. 14 abuse of office, the murder of journalist Gazprom clearly was playing a game of Heorhii Gongadze or election fraud in deception as RUE had been established, It was 30 years ago on May 15 and 22, 1976, that the 2004. 1976 like its predecessor ETG, with the per- Ukrainian Weekly carried articles on New York’s first ever Mr. Kuchma’s immunity also came sonal support of Russian President Ukrainian Street Fair, which was held from May 14 -16. It with a large unofficial “pension” from Vladimir Putin and then Ukrainian was organized to mark the centennial of the first wave of RosUkrEnergo. It is bad enough that Mr. President Leonid Kuchma. RUE was Ukrainians who came to America and the bicentennial of America’s independence. Kuchma is able to freely comment on established in July 2004 and, therefore, Sponsoring the festival were the Ukrainian Bicentennial Committee of New York City Ukrainian events to the media; but it is then Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the local Ukrainian Congress Committee of America branch. even stranger that this unofficial pension also would have been aware of all of the The street fair was opened on Friday at 3 p.m. by the chairman of the Bicentennial from RUE has been allowed to be paid to inside details of RUE. Committee of New York City, John O. Flis. Masters of ceremonies for the event Mr. Kuchma during Mr. Yushchenko’s At a March 1 press conference, included Mary Dushnyck, Laryssa Kukrycka-Lysniak and Wolodymyr Starosolsky. presidency. Boris Yeltsin (or former U.S. President Viktor Yushchenko said he had The stage program was coordinated by Dr. Ihor Sonevytsky. presidents) do not comment on contem- still not received information about the Approximately 10,000-15,000 people attended, despite weather reports of rain, which porary politics to the Russian or U.S. owners of RUE, and then claimed sur- finally arrived as a drizzle on Sunday. Included among the masses were, Rep. Edward Koch, media, unlike Mr. Kuchma. prise at the two names leaked by Izvestia. Rep. Mario Biaggi, Ukrainian National Association Supreme President Joseph Lesawyer, According to investigative journalists This is curious, as on January 31 UCCA Branch President Dr.Wolodymyr Sawchak, and Miss Soyuzivka 1975, Ulita Olshani. at Ukrayinska Pravda and the Global Ukraine’s Anti-Monopoly Committee The crowds were entertained with dance performances by: Khorovody Dancers of Witness report, Mr. Firtash is the link announced that RUE had provided the Brooklyn, the Oprysko Dancers of Astoria, the Osenenko Dancers of Hempstead, the Roma between RUE and the former ETG. Mr. government with the information about Pryma-Bohachevsky School of Ballet, the Ukrainian Dancers of Fresh Meadows, and the Firtash’s main business offices (High its owners. But, the Anti-Monopoly Verkhovyntsi Dancers of the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM), and others. Rock Holdings) are in Moscow and Committee claimed it could not reveal Vocal ensembles included: the Zhayvoronky chorus of SUM , Moloda Ukraina Nicosia, meaning most of Ukraine’s 50 this information as it was “confidential.” youth chorus of Trenton, the choir of Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church of percent share of RosUkrEnergo is run by On February 1 President Yushchenko Astoria, the Promin vocal ensemble under the direction of Bohdana Wolansky, and the a businessman from Moscow, not from said that, based on information supplied St. George Academy Vocal Ensemble. Ukraine. to him by the Anti-Monopoly Committee Musical groups that entertained the crowds included: the New York School of These links to Russia go further. His and the Security Service of Ukraine, Bandura, and the bandura duo of Vera and Olena Schumylowych business partner, according to “there is no Ukrainian structure behind To cap off Saturday evening’s festivities, a spring dance at the Ukrainian National Ukrayinska Pravda, is another Ukrainian Home Ballroom on Second Avenue was sponsored by the Ukrainian National businessman, Mr. Voronin, who played a Women’s League of America Branch 104, with music provided by the Vodohray band. Dr. Taras Kuzio is visiting professor at key role in the January gas agreement. the Institute for European, Russian and Mr. Voronin, according to this same Source: “N.Y.C. Street Fair to Include Non-Stop Outdoor Stage Program” The Eurasian Studies, Elliott School of report, has ties to the Russian domestic Ukrainian Weekly, May 15, 1976, Vol. LXXXIII, No. 91. and “Thousands Visit New York’s International Affairs, George Washington First Ukrainian Street Fair” by Ihor Dlaboha, May 22, 1976, Vol. LXXXIII, No. 96. University. (Continued on page 29) No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 9 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places grates the millions of people around the world who are patiently waiting their by Myron B. Kuropas Unpleasant truths turn to join the American experience. and illegal aliens Your editorial also conveniently omits Dear Editor: many unpleasant truths about illegal Your editorial “Our Broken immigrants. Twenty-five percent of the Immigration System” (April 26) is very inmates in federal prisons are illegal disappointing in so many different immigrants. In our current politically Am I my brother’s keeper? correct environment, “assimilation” is a A highly successful Ukrainian Ukrainian, a weekly publication in ways. It is the same canard that we hear American professional sent me an e-mail English, a children’s magazine, a book from the liberal elite media and from dirty word. Every ethnic group now plays the victimization game. In the in response to my recent column about store, and leaders with vision. business publications like the Wall Street Ukrainian immigrants. At the end of the Second World War, Journal who crave an unlimited supply future, all of these problems will get worse. If you read what I write, you will the UNA and other Ukrainian organiza- of cheap labor. recall that I suggested that we have an tions established the United Ukrainian You claim that the House of Your editorial states that Congress should ignore the polls and do what’s obligation to help recent immigrants American Relief Committee (UUARC) Representatives passed a draconian bill because “they’re family, for God’s sake.” for the sole purpose of welcoming and that is a disgrace to this country. Well, I right for this country. I wonder if mil- My respondent rejected that concept, assisting Ukrainian displaced persons as never knew that a bill that says a sovereign lions of Russians were entering Ukraine arguing that his wife and children are they struggled to begin a new life in the nation has a right to protect its borders is illegally, waving Russian flags and family, not new immigrants. He also United States. UNA members and other draconian, especially during wartime. You demanding everyone assimilate to their believes that our community expects too Ukrainian Americans found jobs and are so upset that these illegal immigrants culture, that you would be writing that much of its professionals. His attitude is apartments for Ukraine’s newest immi- would be made felons. Well, it is a Ukraine should give them amnesty and that the Ukrainian community has never grants – people who had experienced the fact that a lot of these illegal immigrants welcome them. Your hypocrisy is awe- helped him in his career so what does it horrors of Soviet and German rule in are using phony social security numbers. inspiring. want from him now? He still feels an Ukraine. My father, for example, spon- In this country, that is a felony. Walter Hac obligation to his ethnic heritage, but he is sored over 100 families to America, The Senate bill which you so admire sick and tired of the guilt-tripping from many of whom he never met. He was not was signed into law 20 years ago. It Yonkers, N.Y. clergy and other community leaders who alone in this endeavor. The history of the promised enhanced border security, expect his help. UUARC, fittingly titled “Brat-Bratovi” employer sanctions and amnesty to 3 We welcome your opinion I respect my respondent’s opinion. It’s or “Brother’s Helping Hand,” was pub- million illegal immigrants. Well, guess The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters a good thing that he feels some kind of lished in 1971. It chronicles the efforts of what: we got the amnesty, but never the to the editor and commentaries on a variety obligation, tenuous as it may be, to main- hundreds of volunteers. enhanced border security or employer of topics of concern to the Ukrainian tain his ethnic ties. I can also sympathize Traditionally, most of the work of our sanctions. Today we have 12 million ille- American and Ukrainian Canadian com- with the kind of pressure he feels (Who community has been and continues to be gal aliens. If another amnesty is passed, munities. Opinions expressed by colum- doesn’t?) from various Ukrainian and accomplished by volunteers – people 20 years from now we will have 50 mil- nists, commentators and letter-writers are American charities and organizations. who feel a duty to assist fellow lion illegal immigrants. their own and do not necessarily reflect the Who needs more solicitation mail, for Ukrainians, people who are willing to My deceased father told me that he opinions of either The Weekly editorial example? Mail one donation to one offer their talent and treasure so as to had to wait six long years to get into this staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian organization and soon you will be on enrich our Ukrainian way of life. Every country. He told me that many times he National Association. dozens of mailing lists. At the same time, one of our communities has altruistic had given up on the idea that he would Letters should be typed and signed (anonymous letters are not published). my respondent’s ideas are somewhat dis- individuals who don’t whine, don’t quar- ever make it to the United States. In Letters are accepted also via e-mail at turbing. They’re also old, like in the Old rel, and don’t impede others in the com- 1965 my father, mother and three broth- [email protected]. The daytime phone Testament. munity who are similarly engaged. ers finally arrived in America. They set- number and address of the letter-writer must Voluntarism and altruism are as tled in Yonkers, N.Y. Your editorial tar- After Cain had murdered his brother be given for verification purposes. Please Abel, God asked him where his brother American as apple pie. In “Democracy in nishes the memory of my father and the note that a daytime phone number is essen- was. Cain answered, “I know not; am I America,” Alexis de Tocqueville’s monu- millions of immigrants like him who tial in order for editors to contact letter-writ- mental 19th century study of American played by the rules. Your editorial deni- ers regarding clarifications or questions. my brother’s keeper?” Cain’s words have come to symbolize our unwillingness to socio-political culture, one reads: “When accept responsibility for the welfare of an American needs the assistance of his our “brothers,” as it were. fellows, it is very rare for that to be Judaic and Christian tradition has it refused, and I have often seen it given OPINION: Ukrainian press plays that people do have this spontaneously and eagerly.” responsibility. Parables such as the Good Service organizations such as formative role in our community Samaritan and admonitions such as Kiwanis, the Knights of Columbus, the “Love thy neighbors as thyself” and Lions and Rotary, now found throughout by Andrew Brodyn pleasure of meeting Ukrainians from “Love your enemies” (I’m still working the world, were first established in the around the world who yearn for the pos- United States. The Ukrainian press has an influential on that one) are testimony to that. sibility of reading their native language From the very beginning, our entire The Peace Corps is another example role in shaping the minds of Ukrainians and keeping up with the current events of the kind of selflessness that appears to starting at an early age. From current existence as a distinct Ukrainian commu- affecting our nation. This fact alone nity in the United States has depended on be uniquely American. On May 6 our events to advertisements about Ukrainian made me realize the growing pride and local newspaper ran a story with the resorts to learning tools geared for chil- building social capital. It began with our hopes of preserving and maintaining all priests who moved into the anthracite headline: “Family raised, couple will re- dren, the press has the amazing power to of the things that our forefathers worked enter the Peace Corps.” It was about Ray reach everyone everywhere. All of these coal regions of eastern Pennsylvania in so hard to provide for us. the late 1880s and dragged our illiterate and Jan Ott, who served with the Peace factors combined create an integral tool Throughout history, literature and the Corps in Morocco in the early 1980s and for informing and shaping the youth of and apathetic coal-mining immigrants press have been one of the most efficient out of saloons to show them a different, always wanted to volunteer again. Now our Ukrainian society. tools for informing and unifying nations. that their two children are grown and on Speaking from my own personal expe- more dignified way of life. Priests taught As we move toward the future, I believe our first immigrants to read, to save, to their own, the Otts signed up for another rience, I have witnessed a growing trend that we will be able to ensure our place in tour, one that will send them to Western of Ukrainians willing to contribute to this invest their money, to organize labor history as a well-informed society capa- unions, and to demand more equitable Samoa for two years. cause in particular. I have been exposed ble of creating a unity far surpassing any- In an age of increasing personal disen- to literature, textbooks, newspaper arti- salaries and living conditions from their thing we’ve seen thus far. often avaricious employers. The first gagement and decreasing social capital in cles and other publications that have I hope that the Ukrainian press will the United States, it is more important than shaped my views and beliefs – and raised Catholic priest to join an American labor continue to produce the highest quality of union was a Ukrainian. ever for Ukrainians to bond. In “Bowling my Ukrainian pride to new levels. publications and the highest caliber of Alone: The Collapse and Revival of I am not alone in this line of thinking. The Ukrainian National Association writing as we move toward a consistently was founded in 1894 in response to the American Community,” Prof. Robert D. Spending a summer at the Harvard more demanding and taxing future. Putnam makes the argument that social Ukrainian Research Institute, I had the needs of Ukrainian coal miners in need We must make the utmost effort to of financial protection. The UNA began capital depends on a network of reciprocal maintain and expand the reach of the as a “burial society,” established to pro- social relations. “A society characterized Andrew Brodyn graduated from Drew press itself. The more individuals we are vide funeral expenses for miners killed by generalized reciprocity is more efficient University in 2004 with a B.A. in Russian able to reach with news and events, the in mining accidents. Branches, appropri- than a distrustful society ...,” he writes. studies and a minor in sociology. He is more we include every Ukrainian in ately called “brotherhoods,” were estab- “Trustworthiness, not simply trust, is the currently employed at Grafica, an adver- maintaining our Ukrainian society, the lished in various cities, and eventually key ingredient.” tising agency in Chester, N.J., as an more unity we will experience as a nation the UNA became the most vigorous and Dr. Putnam’s analysis explains a lot. agency coordinator, working mainly in the and, most of all, as a family of important organization in our communi- Ukrainians in Ukraine are distrustful and creative and public relations departments. Ukrainians worldwide. ty. At its height the UNA had almost their society remains inefficient. Are the 90,000 members, brotherhoods and sis- thoughts of my respondent a reflection of terhoods from New York to California, a a similar trend here? Have we lost our Need a back issue? 15-story headquarters building, a sum- moral compass? I pray not. If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, mer resort, an office in Washington, a send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: political presence in both American Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is: Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. political parties, a daily newspaper in [email protected]. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 No. 20

Pyrohy-makers of Bayonne complete another season of charitable work by Mary Ann Kulish B AYONNE, N.J. – The women of the Rosary Society of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in Bayonne, N.J., make pyrohy (a.k.a. varenyky) from October through March, skip- ping the month of January. Thus, this winter season has finished. The dough-rolling machine will have an opportunity to rest. The ladies learned the number of pyrohy they made and sold this winter totaling 16,320 or 1,360 dozen. A typical workday for the women begins and ends in a routine manner. It’s 9 a.m. The door leading to the church hall slowly opens and closes. The monthly group of women is coming to make pyrohy. The women enter the hall and take their regular seats at the long table and begin to chat with each other. Usually there are about 20 women in attendance. Their average age is in the mid-70s. Seated around the table are Rosarians and parishioners who share a Ukrainian heritage, as well as friends of the parish whose family traditions are Polish, Italian, German, Slavic or Irish. Everyone sits waiting for the round circles of dough and the plates filled with mounds of The dedicated crew of pyrohy-makers in Bayonne, N.J. whipped potatoes to be placed in front of them. Only then can they begin to work. the round circles of dough and then fold dinner. Time-honored toppings of fried contribution was sent to the Salvation As the day moves along, the Ukrainian women the dough in half. The two methods yield onions and sour cream are very popular. Army to assist victims of Hurricane often sing their favorite songs. Their voices sound wonderful mounds of pyrohy that are for Most people will eat pyrohy for lunch Katrina. Donations were also sent to the strong as the words to the old melodies fill the air the most part sold to customers in or dinner. One grandmother told us that Ukrainian Gift of Life in order to lend a for all to hear. As their busy fingers turn the dough Bayonne, though it is not unusual to hear her grandson loves eating them for break- hand to children in need of heart surgery, and potatoes into pyrohy, all of the women share that the pyrohy have been delivered to fast! Yet another customer enjoys eating to the USO to aid soldiers in Iraq who laughter as well as quiet moments. The kitchen Maine, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New them cold right out of the bag. One want to call home, to support repairs staff makes certain the potatoes and pyrohy are York and other parts of New Jersey. favorite patron, a monsignor from a near- needed around the Church, as well as to cooking and the dough-mixing machine is hum- Customers often share their pyrohy by church, recently asked if the pyrohy mail packages to Ukrainian orphanages. ming at just the right moments. recipes with the women. Some heat the could only be eaten on Fridays. A It’s 3:30 p.m. Customers come and go. At one end of the table, some ladies make pyrohy in a pan and serve them with Rosarian responded, “Monsignor, you The pyrohy ladies are tired and eager to pyrohy in the traditional manner, spooning a either melted butter or applesauce, while can eat them any day of the week, but for call it a day. Slowly the women make small amount of potatoes into the center of the others cover the pyrohy with tomato some unknown reason, they do taste best their way back up the stairs, and the hall dough and folding it in half. At the other end of sauce and mozzarella cheese and bake eaten on Fridays!” door opens and closes once again. Their the table, one or two of the women will roll pota- them. One patron recently served pyro- Proceeds from the pyrohy sales have good work for charity is completed for to balls and those nearby place the potato balls in hy – not cabbage – with her corned beef been used in many ways. This year a another month.

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by Halyna Kuzyszyn-Holubec “We really wanted to have Plast con- tinued in our kids’ lives,” said Ms. NORWALK, Conn. – It’s every Plast Hnateyko in a telephone interview. “vykhovnyk’s” (counselor’s) dream. Official group status was granted to the Imagine taking your group to witness bald Plast Seattle group in June 2005, but the eagles migrating or an outing on one of group has been having meetings since Mount Rainier’s trails. These exciting November 2004. activities along with the typical programs Ms. Hnateyko noted that her collabora- of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization tion with Fourth Wave parents of young have been most recently realized in Seattle, Plast members has been incredible. “The Wash., where transplanted East Coast Plast community here is so supportive of what members Anya and Timish Hnateyko have we’re doing in Plast that it’s really easy organized 15 children into a Plast group. Headquartered in the Hnateyko house- for me to continue doing it,” she said. As hold, the Seattle Plast group meets every with any typical Plast branch, Seattle has two weeks for typical “skhodyny” (meet- a “Lanka Batkiv” (Parents’ Club) com- ings) and additional activities similar to prising all the children’s parents. They those of other Plast groups and “stanytsi” take care of details involved in planning (city branches). Within Plast a group excursions or events, so that the becomes official when they are registered Hnateykos can focus on implementing the through and approved by the Plast Plast program – since the both of them National Command. Typically, Plast also play the role of counselors. groups have fewer members and are “I was drawn to Plast because of its The youngest Plast members and their counselors (all in uniforms) with Tanya located further away from cities with focus on the Ukrainian,” says recent Krynytzky (left) and Alex Krynytzky (right), the daughter and grandson of established Plast branches. Ukrainian immigrant Valya Drogomiretska. Plast’s first chief scout, Severyn Levytsky. Keeping Plast an important part of the Her 11-year-old daughter Sofia has been a lives of their children, Taisa and Marko, member of Plast for the last two years. “My diaspora who want the same for their “That is what I remember most fondly was an important goal for the Hnateykos, daughter loves that they do a lot of singing kids,” says Laada Bilaniuk, whose 9- about Plast,” she commented. “The camp- following their move from New Jersey in and go on many excursions,” she says. “It’s year-old daughter Laska shares her 2004. Ms. Hnateyko, a lifelong Plast also a great opportunity for Sofia to prac- ing, the hikes, the games in the forest.” enthusiasm in being with other Ukrainian member raised in Philadelphia, then tice the Ukrainian language and be with In addition to the fun aspect of the children and participating in the hiking, Chicago and New Jersey was often a other Ukrainian children.” organization, Dr. Bilaniuk said it benefits camping and earning of badges. counselor for younger members of Ms. Drogomiretska also pointed out kids by “developing a sense of belonging Also a Philadelphia Plast native, Dr. “novatstvo” and later for older teens. She the difficulty in instilling the Ukrainian and solidarity in an organization with plen- Bilaniuk, who’s an assistant professor in has also been an active member in her language in children born and raised in ty of rewards for achievement and rituals.” the department of anthropology at the Plast sorority, Lisovi Mavky, and in her America (her family has lived here for “They’re really proud to be ‘plastuny’ University of Washington, said she appreci- new role as organizer of the Plast Seattle over 11 years). She says her daughter’s here,” said Ms. Hnateyko. And for her ates that Plast combines a cultural and lin- involvement in Plast has improved group is encouraging more Fourth Wave guistic aspect with learning about nature. (Continued on page 18) children to join the organization. Sofia’s Ukrainian language and has given Mr. Hnateyko, a member of the her knowledge of things Ukrainian that Chornomortsi Plast fraternity, has also she would not have gotten on her own. been involved in counseling within the “Plast in Seattle brings together fami- organization. lies from different generations of the

In June 2005 the group baked cupcakes with their assigned number, 53.

On a hike up Mt. Rainier during Sviato Vesny 2005. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 No. 20

At the same time, Mr. Symonenko said he and Rada posts to the Regions. According to date, Vice-President Dick Cheney on NEWSBRIEFS... believes the Our Ukraine-Party of the to the CPU leader, such a coalition cannot May 4 accused Moscow of retreating (Continued from page 2) Regions coalition will “bring discordance” last long – a maximum of one year; and, if from democracy and using its energy sup- Regions. He aired his opinion at a press to the Verkhovna Rada’s work. In that it is joined by the Socialists – half a year, plies for blackmail, Reuters reported. for the coalition would be based on busi- “Russia has a choice to make,” Mr. conference on May 10 in Kyiv. Mr. case, he said, the Parliament’s work would ness interests. Mr. Symonenko was also Cheney told a summit of Baltic and Black Symonenko said he believes that the be challenged from the point of view of confident that the Verkhovna Rada would Sea leaders in Vilnius, Lithuania. Mr. solving national issues. According to Mr. recent statement by the Socialist Party of not be dissolved if the coalition failed to Cheney said opponents of reform in Ukraine about the likely participation of Symonenko, Our Ukraine and the Party of be formed, as “the capital is not interested Russia are “seeking to reverse the gains the Party of the Regions in the coalition the Regions could manage to negotiate the in dissolving the Parliament.” (Ukrinform) of the last decade” and that such actions proved that the Socialists do not oppose appointment of Yurii Yekhanurov as prime will harm Moscow’s relations with other the Regions’ participation in the coalition. minister, while giving other government Ukraine mulls leaving CIS countries. Mr. Cheney was equally harsh KYIV – Ukrainian presidential adviser about allegations that Moscow is using its Kostiantyn Tymoshenko told journalists energy supplies for political advantage. in Kyiv on May 5 that the Presidential “No legitimate interest is served when oil Secretariat is considering Ukraine’s with- and gas become tools of intimidation or drawal from the Commonwealth of blackmail, either by supply manipulation Independent States (CIS), UNIAN report- or attempts to monopolize transporta- ed. Mr. Tymoshenko added that the issue tion,” he said. But the vice-president also is “not very pressing on the agenda.” The struck a conciliatory note, saying: “None previous day, Ukrainian National Security of us believes that Russia is fated to and Defense Council Secretary Anatolii become an enemy.” (RFE/RL Newsline) Kinakh noted that the CIS “has virtually Russia decries speech by Cheney lost its economic sense,” according to Interfax-Ukraine. “Hundreds of docu- MOSCOW – A speech by U.S. Vice ments have been adopted within the CIS President Dick Cheney in which he criti- framework that are not being implement- cized Moscow has triggered a bitter back- ed. In particular, the procedure for form- lash in Russia, whose leaders have accused ing a free-trade zone has not yet been fin- Washington of starting a new Cold War, ished, and the agreement that was signed Reuters reported on May 5. In a speech in 10 years ago [on a free-trade zone] has Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 4, Mr. Cheney not yet been ratified by the Russian State accused Moscow of backsliding on democ- Duma,” Mr. Kinakh added. Georgian racy and of using its energy resources for President Mikheil Saakashvili recently blackmail. Within hours, the Kremlin asked the Georgian government to assess responded by calling the vice-president’s the possible repercussions if Georgia comments “completely incomprehensible.” leaves the CIS. (RFE/RL Newsline) The Kremlin’s deputy spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Mr. Cheney’s speech was “full Yushchenko comments on EU of a subjective evaluation of us and of the VILNIUS – President Viktor processes that are going on in Russia. The Yushchenko told the conference remarks ... are completely incomprehensi- “Common Vision for a Common ble for us.” The Kommersant daily on May Neighborhood” in Vilnius on May 4 that 5 compared Mr. Cheney’s comments to Ukraine finds it difficult to remain in a British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s “suspended state,” without guarantees famed 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech. In a that it can join the European Union in the long commentary, the official government- future, Interfax-Ukraine reported. Mr. run daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta wrote that Yushchenko stressed that Ukraine hopes Russia is “being asked to deny ourselves to obtain a “clear signal that the philoso- and take orders from those who know bet- phy of [EU-Ukraine] relations is based ter and will decide everything for us.” on the philosophy of open doors.” (RFE/RL Newsline) According to Mr. Yushchenko, Ukraine State Department criticizes Moscow would now welcome an association agreement with the EU as the next stage WASHINGTON – U.S. State on its path toward achieving full mem- Department spokesman Sean McCormack bership. (RFE/RL Newsline) assailed Russia on May 3 over arms sales to Iran and urged Moscow to take a tougher Ukrainian, Lithuanian presidents meet stance on Tehran’s nuclear program, VILNIUS – Presidents Viktor Reuters reported. “Certainly, we don’t think Yushchenko of Ukraine and Valdas it’s appropriate that they continue with Adamkus of Lithuania met in Vilnius on arms sales to such a regime, a regime that May 3 to discuss the agenda for the Vilnius has talked about wiping Israel off the face Conference “Common Vision of Common of the map,” Mr. McCormack said in Neighborhood” that began the next day. Washington. “In our view, that’s not a Mr. Yushchenko stressed during talks with regime to whom you should be selling his counterpart that Ukraine’s foreign poli- arms.” Washington wants Moscow to can- cy course will not be revised. He thanked cel the planned sale to Iran of Tor tactical Lithuania for supporting Ukraine’s surface-to-air missiles. (RFE/RL Newsline) European integration aspirations and Luzhkov: Russia should protect Belarus Ukraine’s plans for joining NATO. Touching on the internal political situation MOSCOW – Moscow Mayor Yuri in Ukraine after the parliamentary elec- Luzhkov suggested on May 5 that Russia tions, Mr. Yushchenko said he is optimistic protect Belarus from Western pressure, with regard to forming a new government Interfax reported. “The Cold War is over in June. Presidents Yushchenko and and we have relaxed. However, the West Adamkus analyzed bilateral relations and has not,” Mr. Luzhkov said at a meeting focused on regional initiatives, including with World War II veterans. “They said strengthening stability and cooperating in that Belarus is a problem country” simi- the humanitarian sphere. President lar to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and North Yushchenko said Ukraine intends to inau- Korea, Mr. Luzhkov said, referring to the gurate a monument to Taras Shevchenko United States and European Union oppo- in Vilnius and addressed the Lithuanian sition to Belarusian President Alyaksandr president with a request to promote this Lukashenka. “We Russians should pro- idea’s realization. The Ukrainian president tect Belarusians. We should say, ‘We will invited the Lithuanian president to come to not allow Belarus to be spoken of that Ukraine in 2006 on an official visit and to way,’ ” Mr. Luzhkov argued. (RFE/RL attend the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Newsline) Azerbaijan, Moldova) summit, which Kyiv will host in late May. (Ukrinform) Gongadze’s mother to see case files Cheney issues strong rebuke to Russia KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko on May 4 signed a directive to allow the VILNIUS – In one of the U.S. admin- istration’s strongest reprimands of Russia (Continued on page 13) No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 13

OBITUARY: Prof. Wolodymyr Stojko, 80, historian, member of OUN NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Prof. ous posts within the organization, including UCCA, the UFU and Plast. Wolodymyr Stojko, a historian who lived that of scholarly secretary and head of the Surviving are his wife, Myroslava (the and taught history as a member of the auditing committee. He was active in the couple married in 1956), his daughters Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in NTSh World Council, most recently hold- Roksolana Lozynskyj with her husband, his native Ukraine and as a professor of ing the office of vice-president. He was a Askold, and their children, Maksym and history at Manhattan College in New member also of the Ukrainian Academy of Kira; and Oksana Dziadiw, with her hus- York, died here at St. Peter’s University Arts and Sciences in the U.S.A. band, Danylo, and their children, Kalyna Hospital on May 4. He was 80. For many years Prof. Stojko was and Lili. Prof. Stojko was also former editor-in- involved in Ukrainian community affairs, Memorial services for Prof. Stojko chief of The Ukrainian Quarterly, a schol- most notably as a member of the execu- were offered on May 7-8 at the Boylan arly publication of the Ukrainian tive board of the Ukrainian Congress Funeral Home in New Brunswick. The Congress Committee of America, and Committee of America (UCCA). He funeral liturgy took place on May 9 at the president of the Ukrainian Free University served as editor-in-chief of The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Foundation. He was an active member of Ukrainian Quarterly for 10 years. Since Ukrainian Catholic Church in New many Ukrainian community organiza- 2002 he headed the Ukrainian Free Brunswick; interment followed at St. tions. University Foundation. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery The only son of Kateryna and Petro Prof. Stojko was a longtime activist of in South Bound Brook, N.J. Stojko, he was born on November 23, the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, Memorial donations may be designated 1925, in the village of Zhornyska outside most recently as an advisor and editor; as for the patriarchal cathedral in Kyiv (checks of Lviv. He attended elementary school well as of Plast, holding membership in the should be made out to the Ukrainian in his native village and completed it in Chervona Kalyna fraternity. Catholic Church), The Ukrainian Quarterly Lviv at the Borys Hrinchenko School. He was the recipient of numerous or the Ukrainian Free University Afterwards he began attending gym- awards presented by such organizations Foundation, and sent to: Askold Lozynskyj, nasium (secondary school) in Lviv, but as the Ukrainian World Congress, the 225 E. 11th St., New York, NY 10003. his studies were interrupted by World Prof. Wolodymyr Stojko War II. He joined the youth of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists Federation of Ukrainian Student (OUN) and was assigned the task of Organizations of America (known by its assisting the Ukrainian Insurgent Army Ukrainian-based acronym as SUSTA), OBITUARY: Stefan Terlezki, 78, (UPA). and was editor of its student page in the In 1944 Mr. Stojko was directed by Svoboda Ukrainian-language daily news- the OUN to travel abroad to Germany; paper as well as its magazine Horizonty. first Ukrainian-born British MP from there he escaped to Austria at the He was a leading activist of the TORONTO – The first Ukrainian-born time of post-war forced repatriation. Ukrainian Studies Fund at Harvard. member of the British Parliament, Stefan In 1945 in Salzburg he joined the Plast He taught at first at the State Terlezki, passed away on February 21, at Ukrainian Scouting Organization and University of New York, and for 30 years the age of 78, reported the Toronto-based enrolled at the Salzburg academy, from thereafter at Manhattan College, where newspaper New Pathway. which he graduated in 1948. He headed he also was director of Eastern European Born in the Ukrainian village of the Ukrainian student society and in studies. He was invited to teach courses Oleshiv and brought up in Antonivka, he 1948, on a directive from the OUN, at New York University, the Ukrainian was forcibly removed by the Nazis at the became one of the initiators of the Free University (UFU) in Munich and age of 14 to work as a slave laborer in Ukrainian Youth Association (SUM). Ivan Franko University in Lviv, the latter Austria. At the end of the war he escaped In 1949 Mr. Stojko emigrated to the on a Fulbright grant. capture by the Soviet Army, found his way United States and became active in the Prof. Stojko authored many works on to a British Army camp and subsequently OUN network and in Plast. Again on the history in both Ukrainian- and English- arrived in Britain penniless in 1948. OUN’s directive, he became one of nine language publications – books, journals He settled in Wales, where he worked founders of SUM in the United States. At and newspapers. He was a frequent as a miner and later in a bakery and in the same time he continued his studies at speaker at scholarly conferences in the hotels. He then bought his own hotels in the City College of New York, earning a United States and Europe, including Aberstwyth and Cardiff. bachelor’s degree, and later at New York Ukraine, after it regained its independ- Through sheer hard work and an University, where he earned both mas- ence in 1991. indomitable spirit he became a prominent ter’s and doctoral degrees in history. He was a member of the Shevchenko local businessman, local councilor and As a student he was active in the Scientific Society (NTSh) and held numer- chairman of the Cardiff Football Club. In 1983 he was elected as MP for Cardiff West in Margaret Thatcher’s government Stefan Terlezki in a 1973 photo repro- tary elections, Mr. Azarov said. and served his constituents with vigor and duced from his autobiography. NEWSBRIEFS... (Ukrinform) determination. He also served as an advi- (Continued from page 12) sor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher democracy and good-nature won him late journalist Heorhii Gongadze’s mother President sacks four oblast chairs on matters relating to Ukraine, as the per- sonal representative of Foreign Secretary respect and many friends both at home access to information about the case’s KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko Douglas Hurd, and on the Advisory Board and abroad. Amongst his many friends investigation, which is categorized as a has dismissed Vadym Chuprun, Eduard of International Politics at the University were highly ranked politicians, public dig- state secret. Thus, the president is follow- Zeinalov, Vasyl Tsushko and Iryna College of Wales in Aberystwyth. nitaries, church and community leaders.” ing the recommendations of the National Syniavska, the administration chairs of the The Association of Ukrainians in Great Mr. Terlezki was awarded various Security and Defense Council. On April Donetsk, Kirovohrad, Odesa and Zhytomyr Britain noted that, throughout his political awards, including Her Majesty the 20 President Yushchenko had approached oblasts, Ukrainian news agencies reported career and irrespective of his numerous Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal, in recog- NSDC Secretary Anatolii Kinakh and on May 3, quoting the presidential press responsibilities, Mr. Terlezki never ceased nition of his services to the public and to Security Service of Ukraine Chairperson service. Messrs. Zeinalov and Tsushko to promote the plight of Ukraine and other sport in Wales. In 1992, in recognition of Ihor Drizhchanyi to petition them to allow were discharged because of their wish to Captive Nations before the fall of the Iron his political and public services to the Georgian citizen Aleksandra (Lesia) switch to the Verkhovna Rada after win- Curtain and Ukraine’s declaration of inde- U.K., he received the honor of Gongadze to have access to that informa- ning parliamentary seats in the March 26 pendence in 1991. His message was sim- Commander of the British Empire (CBE) tion. The Kyiv City Court started hearing vote; Ms. Syniavska was dismissed at her ple: he demanded justice, freedom and from the queen. the Gongadze murder case on January 9. own request; no official reason has been democracy for all the subjugated nations In 2002 HTV (Wales) screened a one- On March 22 the court recessed the hear- given for Mr. Chuprun’s dismissal. of Europe. During the 1980s he presented hour documentary which followed Mr. ing, with a view toward allowing all inter- (RFE/RL Newsline) motions to the Parliamentary Assembly of Terlezki’s life’s journey from his native ested parties to become familiar with case- village in Ukraine to the U.K. Last year related classified materials. (Ukrinform) Kyiv gets a new mayor the Council of Europe in Strasburg on the right to self-determination of Ukraine and his autobiography “From War to Regions activist foresees new elections KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor Poland, and he delivered a major speech Westminster” was released and launched Yushchenko on April 20 appointed Leonid on the same subject before the at both the Welsh National Assembly and KYIV – Speaking in an interview with Chernovetskyi, the winner of the March 26 Parliamentary Assembly about the Baltic in the Houses of Parliament. the Vremia Novostei, Nikolai Azarov, mayoral election in Kyiv, as chairman of the states. He is survived by his wife, Mary, and chairman of the Political Council of the Kyiv City Administration, Ukrainian media He chaired or was a member of many their two daughters, Caryl and Helena. Party of the Regions, offered his opinion reported, quoting the presidential press diverse committees. Within the * * * that time is working in favor of his politi- service. At the same time Mr. Yushchenko Ukrainian community he was very proud cal force. The Orange coalition, Mr. dismissed former Kyiv Mayor Oleksander to be a member of the Association of Stefan Terlezki’s autobiography “From Azarov said, is doomed to failure; within Omelchenko. The presidential decisions put Ukrainians in Great Britain and he War to Westminster” is available by con- several months they will quarrel over a formal end to a dispute between Messrs. served with distinction on the associa- tacting: Vanwell Publishing Ltd., PO Box ministerial portfolios and will eventually Omelchenko and Chernovetskyi, in which tion’s board of directors from June 1993 2131, 1 Northrup Crescent, St. Catharines, seek the Regions Party’s support to the former accused the latter of bribing vot- until his death. ON M2R 7S2; e-mail, somehow stabilize the situation. ers during the election campaign and tried The association’s General Council [email protected]; telephone, (905) 937- However, the Party of the Regions will to challenge his election victory in court. wrote of Mr. Terlezki: “His knowledge, 3100 or 800-661-6136. This book is also likely insist on holding new parliamen- (RFE/RL Newsline) deeply held support for freedom and available online at www.amazon.com. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 No. 20

Ukraine. As a non-lawyer he has concentrat- by the ‘white noise’ surrounding various The second presenter, Mr. Tarabakin, Financial Markets... ed on firm management, public relations governmental re-privatization efforts.” also expressed optimism. He holds an eco- (Continued from page 1) and new client development, and, in this “Although the United States is current- nomics degree from the National ber of the Springboard Enterprises context, has been involved in every direct ly listed as Ukraine’s chief trading part- University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, and Venture Forum, and Ernst and Young’s foreign investment matter handled by his ner, and Russia has been relegated to fifth he completed a special program in eco- Capital Advisory Group. firm in the past five years. Because of this place, the reality is somewhat different,” nomics and finance at Chicago’s Roosevelt Speaking at the session were Alex Schay, he is regarded by many as an accurate Mr. Schay indicated. “Cyprus is currently partner of Frishberg and Partners commer- barometer of foreign investment in Ukraine. listed as Ukraine’s second trading partner and the British Virgin Islands as fourth. cial law firm of Kyiv, Dmytro Tarabakin, Looking at current problems and poten- This is patently absurd. It is clear that “...The economic director and head of sales and trading at tial, Mr. Schay said: “The post-Orange these figures reflect off-shore Russian climate [in Ukraine] interests and, when taken together, it is also clear that Russia still accounts for a has never been bet- lion’s share of Ukraine’s foreign trade.” ter.” “Adding to these concerns,” Mr. Schay continued, “is the fact that Ukraine is dependent on Russia for oil and it is clear – Roger Zulliger that, after doubling prices a short time ago, Russia is intent on raising them again CEO, Accuro Group, and may even force Ukraine to pay world Zurich, Switzerland market prices by the end of this summer. At the same time the hugely inefficient Ukrainian steel industry, which consumes vast quantities of energy and accounts for University. After graduation he joined a a quarter of the country’s GNP, is faced team of professionals who set up the PFTS with falling world prices and a lessening (First Securities Trading System, or Persha of demand and, as a result, may face some Fondova Tophovelna Systema) stock trad- hard times in the near future.” ing system that has become Ukraine’s pri- “In spite of this there has been a change mary securities exchange. in attitude toward Ukraine in the interna- He then served as a senior stock trader tional investing community, and this bodes in Kyiv and Warsaw with Wood and Co., Renee Stillings well for Ukraine,” Mr. Schay said. “A good the region’s leading brokerage firm, and At the fourth annual Financial Markets Conference (from left) are: Roger Zulliger, indicator of this is the fact that most inter- then in 2000, working with Ukrainian CEO, Accuro Group, Zurich, Switzerland; Lyubov Rudyuk, senior manager, Ernst national investment companies are dealing and Czech colleagues, set up Dragon and Young, Boston and president of the Ukrainian New England Chamber of with three to four new clients per week. Capital, which has become the country’s Commerce; Dmytro Tarabakin, director and head of sales and trading, Dragon Real estate prices continue to rise dramati- leader by trading volume on the Capital, Kyiv; and Alex Schay, partner, Frishberg and Partners, Kyiv. cally – and not only in Kyiv – and the Ukrainian stock market. In 2004 he country’s security market nearly doubled in received Biznes’ annual “Personality of Dragon Capital of Kyiv; and Roger Zulliger Revolution honeymoon is over and there 2005. Finally, costs are low in Ukraine and the Ukrainian Stock Market” award. of the Accuro Group of Zurich, Switzerland. is a slowdown in the economy and the many companies are moving their manu- “The Orange Revolution was a catalyst After the three men made their presenta- growth of the GNP. This has been caused facturing operations into Ukraine because that began to change the stereotypic per- tions, they opened up the session to a fairly by political concerns and the realization they are much lower than those almost ceptions of Ukraine that were held both extensive question and answer period. that the same group of thieves is still in anywhere else on the continent, including by foreign investors and foreign journal- Mr. Schay began the formal presentation power; by the introduction of a number of Poland and the Czech Republic.” ists. It also caused some political changes by saying that he had been in Kyiv since reforms without any advance warning or “There are still risks,” Mr. Schay con- but, most importantly, it changed the atti- 1993 and has actively assisted numerous preparation, by the removal of the ability cluded, “but the early bird gets the Western investors with their projects in to make tax-free, in-kind investments, and cheapest worm.” (Continued on page 23) No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 15

THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHORNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER Connecticut coalition commemorates disaster’s anniversary by Alexa Milanytch of the Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford, Bishop Paul Chomnycky H ARTFORD, Conn. – Ukrainian OSBM, and Orest T. Dubno, the former Americans and environmental activists from across Connecticut gathered on commissioner of revenue for the state of April 26 at the State Capitol in Hartford to Connecticut and former chairman of the commemorate the 20th anniversary of the board of the Children of Chornobyl Relief Chornobyl nuclear disaster. The candle- and Development Fund. light vigil was organized by the Council Mr. Dubno acknowledged the impor- of Ukrainian American Organizations of tant contributions of many Ukrainian Greater Hartford. Among the featured American donors from across Connecticut speakers was the newly ordained Eparch who have helped to finance hospital development projects in Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Rivne and Ivano-Frankivsk. He especially noted Olympic and World Champion Viktor Petrenko who helped to organize the “Viktory for Kids” charity gala at the International Skating Center in Simsbury that raised $200,000 for a neonatal Borys Krupa intensive care unit at the Ihor Rudko, president of the Council of Ukrainian American Organizations of Odesa Regional Children’s Greater Hartford, speaks at the April 26 candlelight vigil commemorating the Hospital. He also praised the 20th anniversary of Chornobyl at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford. In generosity of the Ukrainian the background are schoolchildren from St. Michael’s Ukrainian Studies School National Home of New in Hartford. Haven that contributed $70,000 for a neonatal unit the international community to remain who helped to organize the 20th anniver- in Ivano-Frankivsk. vigilant for other health effects that are sary vigil, including Lana Babij, Irene Mr. Dubno cited new expected to emerge in the years to come. Oleksiak, Ihor Stasiuk, Nadia health studies that have Since 1991 the Hartford, Danbury and Haftkowycz, Ihor Rudko, Natalie shown a sharp increase in New Haven chapters of CCRDF have Pollock, Inna Stachiw, Halyna birth defects and cancers been among the most active and Shulewsky, Halyna Dumanska, Anna among Ukrainian families strongest supporters of the fund’s human- Pokora and Marta Derhak. She also affected by radioactive fall- itarian mission. Most recently, the thanked the Ukrainian National Women’s out. He noted the thyroid Hartford Chapter hosted a children’s tal- League of America and the Women’s cancer epidemic caused by ent night and art auction that raised an Association for the Four Freedoms for Borys Krupa radioactive iodine, and additional $6,000 for new technology for Ukraine for their active participation. Markian Bojko, Areta Bojko and Christina Uzdejczuk warned that the latency the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Children’s The candlelight vigil received televi- light the ceremonial candles at the April 26 vigil period for many cancers can Hospital. sion news coverage on Channel 3 (CBS) honoring the victims and survivors of the Chornobyl be as long as 20 years. The current president of the Hartford and Channel 61 (Fox) and in the Hartford nuclear disaster. Several speakers called on Chapter, Julie Nesteruk, thanked all those Courant.

Denver-area Ukrainian Americans mark “Chornobyl Commemoration Day” by Ania Savage nating April 26 as “Chornobyl In the proclamation, Gov. Owens said of those killed by the disaster at Chornobyl Commemoration Day,” both in the city the nuclear accident at Chornobyl was and recognizes all efforts to ensure that DENVER – Some 100 Ukrainian and state. In addition, Mayor Jerry Di the worst disaster in the history of such a tragedy never occur again.” Americans marked the 20th anniversary Tullio of Wheat Ridge, a Denver suburb, nuclear power generation. “Americans, Marina Dubrova was the master of of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster with a also issued a similar proclamation. Ukrainian Americans and citizens in ceremonies for the event. The men’s commemorative event and candlelight The governor’s proclamation was read at every nation must concentrate their choir from the Ralston Hills Baptist vigil at the Chornobyl Commemorative the hourlong event by Cassandra Bugir, efforts to work for greater governmental Church in Arvada, under the direction of Bench in Denver’s Cheesman Park on who was dressed in the Ukrainian national responsibility and citizen vigilance,” the choirmaster Nikola Gidenko, sang sever- April 22. costume, as were members of the Ukrainian proclamation read. al religious hymns in Ukrainian at the The event took place on a sunny but National Women’s League of America, The governor’s proclamation continued, event. In addition, the women’s quartet windy Colorado spring day, and local tel- Chapter 38, the sponsor of the event. “The state of Colorado honors the memory Maky, whose members are Zdana evision videotaped the event and later broadcast it on the nightly news program. Feduschak, Tatianna Gajecky-Wynar, Former U.S. Rep. Bob Schaffer, who Nadia Myronenko and Betty Zelem, sang recently visited Ukraine to monitor the “Cherez Pole Ukrayiny Ishla Bozha parliamentary elections, was the featured Maty” and “Moya Ukrayina.” speaker. He said that the nuclear disaster Father Alexander Avramenko, pastor was not only a calamity for people but also of Transfiguration of Our Lord Ukrainian for the environment of Ukraine, neighbor- Catholic Church in Denver, led the ing states and for Europe itself. He said it prayer for the victims of Chornobyl as had been unconscionable for the Soviet those gathered for the event lit candles government to delay reporting the accident and offered a minute of silence. for three days and fail to warn the citizens That evening, WB2-TV included clips of Ukraine and neighboring Belarus about from the event on its evening news. the dangers of radiation. Odarka Figlus was interviewed on behalf That the event was being held on of the UNWLA and spoke about the Earth Day was significant because the adverse impact of Chornobyl on Ukraine Chornobyl accident underscores the that is continuing to this day. fragility of the world’s environment and In addition, Neal Ulevich, a former demonstrates that all measures need to Associated Press photographer, took a be taken to protect and preserve the group panoramic photo of those attending earth’s ecosystem, Mr. Schaeffer said. the event. The photo can be viewed at Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher, who www.watermargin.com and is to be includ- also attended, spoke about the friendship ed in a book the photographer is compiling. he has forged with the Ukrainian commu- The UNWLA erected the Chornobyl nity in Denver. Mr. Gallagher was instru- Denver City Auditor Dennis Gallagher (left) is seen with (from left) Ania Savage, bench on a knoll in Cheesman Park – mental in obtaining proclamations from press liaison for the Chornobyl commemoration in Denver; Marina Dubrova, which is to Denverites what Central Park both Colorado Gov. Bill Owens and master of ceremonies; Inya Saldyt, president of UNWLA Chapter 38 and speaker is to New Yorkers – one year after the Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper desig- at the commemoration; and former Rep. Bob Schaffer. Chornobyl disaster. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 No. 20

THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHORNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER Shevchenko Society lecture focuses on Chornobyl in literature NEW YORK – As part of its program member of the National Academy of The main focus of her lecture was the tion, Lysiuk’s dramatic poem does, and it commemorating the Chornobyl disaster Sciences of Ukraine (NANU) and head of genre of drama, which, in her opinion, also hints at periods of cyclical rebirth, as of 1986, the Shevchenko Scientific the Section on Literary Theory at the usually serves as a mirror of a society’s well as hope for the future. Society (NTSh) on April 29 presented Institute of Literature of NANU. The pro- concerns. There are two dramatic works What is very significant is the fact that two lectures: one by the society’s presi- gram was chaired by Prof. Vasyl Makhno. about the Chornobyl disaster. Barka’s none of the works on Chornobyl in any dent, Dr. Larissa Zaleska Onyshkevych, Dr. Onyshkevych, who has published dramatic poem “The Wormwood Star” of the genres ever calls for revenge on titled “The Chornobyl Disaster as many articles on the subject of (“Zirka Polyn”) written in New Jersey, the guilty parties who caused the disaster, Reflected in Ukrainian Literature,” with Chornobyl in poetry and prose, first pro- and Viktor Lysiuk’s “Wormwood” concluded Dr. Onyshkevych. special emphasis on Vasyl Barka’s “The vided a short commentary on some well- (“Polyn”), written in Kyiv. The first is in Dr. Hundorova is the author of a 2005 Wormwood Star”; the other, by Tamara known works in the two genres, stressing the style of an epic lament, or threnody, book “The Chornobyl Library: Ukrainian Hundorova of Kyiv, a corresponding their common elements. while the latter is subtitled “A Literary Post-modernism” (in Ukrainian). Rhapsody,” said the lecturer. Her focus was the post-Chornobyl situa- Similarly to writers in other genres, tion in Ukrainian literature, which was both of them have incorporated certain changed by that tragedy. In Dr. elements from the Apocalypse or Hundorova’s opinion, the Chornobyl dis- Candlelight vigil, photo exhibit Revelation of St. John the Divine, which aster created a boundary between Soviet mentions the wormwood star (worm- literature and the literature of the modern mark anniversary in Chicago wood in Ukrainian is “polyn,” which is a era. After that tragedy, any type of pathos by Katya Mischenko-Mycyk Association of North America (UMANA) synonym for the “chornobyl” plant). would seem inopportune, concluded the and is board certified in radiology. According to Dr. Onyshkevych, both dra- lecturer. CHICAGO – The Illinois Branch of Clergy representing the many matic poems employ apocalyptic demon- The NTSh library held an exhibit on the Ukrainian Congress Committee of Ukrainian churches of Chicagoland ic archetypes, discussions of the need for April 24-May 7 of selected publications America (UCCA) marked the 20th joined together to serve a short memorial penance, sacrifice, redemption and a dealing with the technical aspects of the anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear dis- service in honor of the victims of promise of salvation. While Barka’s work Chornobyl disaster, as well as works of aster with a somber candlelight vigil on Chornobyl. The memorial was lead by does not have any expressions of contri- Ukrainian literature reflecting that event. the evening of April 26 on the steps of the Rt. Rev. Mitred Ivan Krotec, pastor Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian of Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Church. Catholic Church in Chicago. After the memorial, the Illinois Branch Orest Baranyk, president of the Illinois of the UCCA invited the public to the Branch of the UCCA, greeted the over Ukrainian National Museum to view the Southwest Florida’s Ukrainians 200 Ukrainian Americans who gathered photo-documentary exhibit “Chornobyl: to participate in the candlelight vigil. 20 Years Later” by Ukrainian American gather for memorial service The vigil began with an address by artist Luba V. Markewycz. Ms. Chicago’s new consul general from Markewycz is the vice president of Ukraine, Vasyl Korzachenko. His address Chicago’s Ukrainian Institute of Modern was followed by a speech by Dr. George Art and a teacher at the LaSalle Kuritza about the lasting impact and cur- Language Academy in Chicago. rent challenges of the Chornobyl nuclear An online album of photos from the disaster. Dr. Kuritza is the president of the candlelight vigil can be viewed at Illinois branch of the Ukrainian Medical http://www.UCCAIllinois.org.

Lidia Bilous Following an outdoor memorial service (from left) are: Lubow Dobrovolsky- Ingram, the Rev. Severyn Kovalyshin, Levko Klos, Rue Berryman, the Rt. Rev. Archpriest Mychajlo Borysenko, Richard Lockhart, Alberta Belinfante, Barbara Gross, Jim Blucher, Myron Nawarynsky, Fred Tower and Daria Tomashosky.

by Lidia Bilous Belinfante, Jim Blucher and Levko Klos. Commission Chair Berryman read a NORTH PORT, Fla. – With banners proclamation issued at North Port City Chicagoland clergy gathered on the steps of Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian along Biscayne Drive and along busy Hall declaring April 23-30 as “Chornobyl Catholic Church for a memorial service for victims of Chornobyl. highway 41, under a hot setting sun on Tragedy Commemoration Week.” April 26, the Ukrainian community of The Rev. Borysenko reminded every- southwest Florida along with many city one that we must not forget the hundreds officials gathered here at Veteran’s of thousands of victims who have died, Memorial Park to commemorate the 20th and the millions who continue to suffer anniversary of the nuclear disaster at as a result of the massive amount of radi- Chornobyl. ation that was let loose upon the At an open air altar, the Rev. Severyn Ukrainian land. Kovalyshin of the Presentation of the As the Rev. Kovalyshin poignantly Most Holy Mother of God Ukrainian described, “Once beautiful and fertile Catholic Church and the Rt. Rev. steppes and picturesque villages, towns Archpriest Mychajlo Borysenko of St. and cities resonating with children’s Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church laughter and songs about the glory of the concelebrated a requiem service for all Kozaks became ... a ruined wasteland, those who so tragically perished as a where only wild wolves howl at the moon result of this catastrophic event. as if attempting to bring up memories of At the conclusion of the service, Daria the once famous city of Chornobyl ...” Tomashosky, president of the Ukrainian We should never forget that the handling American Club and chairperson of the of the disaster at Chornobyl by the Soviet commemoration ceremony, welcomed the regime was not only “a sin against the more than 150 people in attendance and Ukrainian people but a sin against humanity, introduced special guests from the city of against the values of human life, and against Participants in the candlelight vigil attend a special viewing of Luba North Port: Commissioners Rue Berryman, the earth in its ecological aspect,” he added. Markewycz’s photo-documentary exhibit “Chornobyl: 20 Years Later” at Barbara Gross, Richard Lockhart and Fred Chicago’s Ukrainian National Museum. Tower III, and candidates Alberto (Continued on page 18) No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 17

THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHORNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER Harvard marks anniversary with presentation of photographs by Peter Woloschuk encased in cement, abandoned schools and classrooms, throughout the region were the icons, which were taken Special to The Ukrainian Weekly baby carriages in the street, clothing everywhere, the both from private homes and abandoned churches. abandoned city of Prypiat, and the clay pits where con- At the end of the question-and-answer period, Mr. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – “Perhaps the one good thing taminated articles were buried. The dying and dead trees Kosin showed some of his other photographs taken all that came out of Chornobyl was that it hastened the col- stand in stark contrast to the lowering clouds and the over the country and discussed his attempts to capture lapse of the Soviet Union,” photographer Yuriy Kosin sense of brooding and despair that haunts these pictures. the human face of Ukraine with his camera. said as he tried to contextualize the effect of the One tree seems to form a badly deformed tryzub and Although Mr. Kosin is fluent in Ukrainian, for some Chornobyl nuclear accident and its aftermath on looms in front of the power station complex. Mr. inexplicable reason he gave his entire presentation in Ukraine, Belarus and all of Eastern Europe. “Even Kosin’s use of both black and white film and sepia tones Russian, which was then simultaneously translated into [Leonid] Brezhnev admitted as much in his memoirs.” intensifies the feeling of the tragedy. English by a translator provided by the university. As Mr. Kosin’s remarks came at a special presentation of After the major clean-up was completed Mr. Kosin Mr. Kosin warmed to his topic and the flood of memo- his photographs taken over the past 20 years in the area of was able to continue to have access to the area by ries and anecdotes flowed out, the translator was over- Chornobyl, Slavutych and the surrounding forbidden becoming a part of a friend’s film crew that was official- whelmed and simply became part of the wider audience. zone. The presentation was co-sponsored by the Harvard ly sanctioned to produce a documentary of the aftermath Mr. Kosin was born in Kompaniyivka in the Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) and Harvard’s Davis of the disaster and its impact on the region. As a result, Kirovohrad Oblast of Ukraine in 1948. He graduated Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies to commemorate Mr. Kosin’s photos cover the entire span of the last 20 from the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in 1974 and from the 20th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. years, and he was able to show the genetic changes that the Kyiv Institute of Journalism in 1988. In 1992 he The presentation was titled “Through the Lens of a have occurred in the area, including a photo of some began to organize the Independent Academy of Camera – Chornobyl Revisited” and consisted of three very beautiful flowers with leaves where their stamens Photographic Craftsmanship. parts: a presentation of photographs of the Chornobyl should have been. Over the years Mr. Kosin has participated in more region with commentary and PowerPoint, a question- He also chronicled the gradual attempts by nature to than 40 joint photographic exhibits in Ukraine, Russia, and-answer session, and a presentation of other photo- reclaim the area and the residents who have come home the United States, Germany, France, Slovakia and the graphs of Ukraine. in spite of government prohibitions, fences and patrols. United Arab Emirates. He has been involved in the pres- At the time of the disaster, Mr. Kosin was employed as There are now so many of them that the government has entation of a number of projects including “Ukraine” a nuclear engineer at Chornobyl and he was pressed into begun providing them with some basic services in spite and “A Revolution that Turned into a Celebration,” a service as a “liquidator” to help clean up the area immedi- of its desire to keep them away. There has even been a photo essay of the Orange Revolution. ately after the nuclear emissions. By his own admission, live birth recorded in the past six months. One picture Recently Mr. Kosin published a series of photo com- he was immediately struck by the incongruity of the showed an old woman standing by her home and how positions on Ukraine and Chornobyl titled “Through the Soviet propaganda banners and posters extolling commu- she had safeguarded it against marauding bandits, a few Eyes of Ukraine” to critical international acclaim. He nism and its “peaceful use of the atom” for the benefit of showed the older residents working their patches of land, also has mounted a photo exhibition at the Ukrainian the Soviet people and all mankind, and began to work one showed a worker in a particularly contaminated area Embassy in Washington, D.C., and he has offered testi- with the special brigades to take some of them down. wearing a gas mask while fishing in a small pond, and a mony on Chornobyl at a congressional hearing. Although officially forbidden to take photographs or particularly poignant still showed the x-ray of a pregnant As an additional commemoration of the anniversary, make notes of the reality of the zone, Mr. Kosin felt it woman carrying a female fetus which was clearly miss- HURI Shklar Fellow William Risch assisted Christine was necessary to do so and began to smuggle his camera ing its lower appendages. Slywotzky and Yaryna Turko Bodrock in planting a tree with him on a daily basis in his gas mask case. Mr. Kosin talked about the problems in the zone, par- dedicated to the memory of the victims of Chornobyl on The resulting photographs show the immediate dev- ticularly with organized bands of outlaws and looters, the grounds of the Ukrainian Catholic Parish of Christ astation of the area, the reactor from the air as it is being and pointed to the fact that the first things looted the King in Forest Hills, Mass.

Photo exhibition “Chornobyl: 20” opens in U.S. Congress by Serhiy Zhykharev come the worst cataclysms of their lives.” Ukrainian National Information Service After a moment of silence to honor the victims of the worst civilian nuclear dis- WASHINGTON – On the morning of aster, Mr. Sawkiw introduced Rep. April 26, 2006, a one-day photo exhibi- Kaptur, who reiterated the importance of tion titled “Chornobyl: 20” opened in the remembering the Chornobyl tragedy and foyer of the Rayburn House Office learning all its lessons, lest the catastro- Building of the U.S. Congress. The exhib- phe repeat itself. it was sponsored by the Congressional “Having a nuclear power plant in my Ukrainian Caucus, in cooperation with home district, which had two major inci- the Chornobyl Challenge ’06 coalition of dents in the last 20 years, the people of NGOs, and featured photographs that northern Ohio can relate to the victims of brought into focus the human dimension Chornobyl better than most. On behalf of the Chornobyl disaster. of my constituents, my nation and The photographs included in the expo- myself, I empathize with those whose sition highlighted the dignity and strength lives were damaged by this accident. I of those who fell victim to the radioactive want to reassure you that the United fallout and live their daily lives as an States as a nation will continue its sup- example of resolve, strength and hope. port of improving the safety of nuclear UCCA President Michael Sawkiw Jr. speaks at the opening of the exhibit. The opening ceremony was attended power plants in the former Soviet Union, Looking on (from left) are: Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Ambassador Oleh Shamshur of by a number of dignitaries, including as well as other kinds of support we have Ukraine and exhibit curator William Crandall. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), co-chair of provided in the past,” stated Rep. Kaptur. the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus; Dr. Following the congresswoman’s In her message, Undersecretary amounts to billions of dollars. He spoke Oleh Shamshur, ambassador of Ukraine remarks, Mr. Sawkiw read a statement on of the deserted fertile land and the to the United States; Ambassador Knut the occasion of this solemn anniversary by Dobriansky stated: “The 20th anniver- irreparable damage to the health of mil- Vollebaek of the Kingdom of Norway; President George W. Bush. “By closing sary of the disaster in Chornobyl is a lions of people, especially children. “We Caroline Vicini, minister and deputy Chornobyl more than five years ago, a free time of remembrance – the horrible acci- must stop thinking of Chornobyl as a chief of mission of the Embassy of Ukraine removed an environmental threat dent affected millions and caused great place of mourning,” he stated. “Instead, it Sweden; Regis Babinh, counselor for built by an oppressive government, created suffering throughout Eastern Europe. needs to become a place of hope, where nuclear affairs of the Embassy of France; the circumstances for a safer and more However, this anniversary is also a time the international community unites in and Larysa Belskaya, first secretary of prosperous region, and acted with courage to welcome past and future action. The resolving these incredibly complex prob- the Embassy of Belarus. in the march to democracy. I appreciate United States has, and continues to, sup- lems and learns how to protect itself from Michael Sawkiw Jr., president of the the people around the world who continue port bilateral and international programs similar disasters in the future. On behalf Ukrainian Congress Committee of America to show their compassion for those still aimed at mitigating the persistent health, of the Ukrainian people, I thank the (UCCA), acted as master of ceremonies for suffering in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, environmental, social and economic con- United States and the international com- the event on behalf of the Chornobyl sequences of the accident.” and I reaffirm America’s commitment to munity for their support and assistance, Challenge ’06 coalition. In his opening Ms. Dobriansky also expressed deep the ongoing effort to improve the safety and I hope that in the future we will con- remarks, Mr. Sawkiw noted: “While look- sympathy to the people of Ukraine, and security of Chornobyl by confining its tinue to work together to mitigate ing at these pictures, I hope you will Belarus and the Russian Federation, nuclear reactor,” the statement read. Chornobyl’s consequences faster and remind yourself that Chornobyl is not over, whose lives have been adversely affected Although unable to attend the opening more efficiently.” that many of the problems require constant by the accident, as well as admiration for in person, Undersecretary of State for Norwegian Ambassador Vollebaek their strength and resilience in dealing and close attention, and increased interna- Democracy and Global Affairs Paula pointed out that Norway was one of the tional assistance. But I also hope that you Dobriansky was represented by her chief with these difficult problems. countries that was directly affected by the will celebrate these brave people, who have of staff, Jeff Miotke, who read her greet- Ambassador Shamshur spoke of the mustered strength and endurance to over- ings to the participants of the ceremony. damages wrought by Chornobyl, which (Continued on page 18) 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 No. 20

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movement should have the Political Lukashenka in the next two years group – the BNF,” he said “They have Belarusian opposition... Council, composed of the leaders of through actions of civil disobedience. been, are, and will continue to be in poli- (Continued from page 2) political parties,” he said. But some are skeptical of the idea of tics and the BNF. What, are they essen- “The main thing we want today in the “The council should remain in order to making Mr. Milinkevich the primary tially going to run this movement? country and the democratic movement is define basic, strategic directions of the voice of the opposition, including AHP Therefore, I don’t want Alyaksandr movement’s activity. And there must be to create the situation in which this deputy head Yaraslau Ramanchuk, who Milinkevich’s electoral potential to be some executive body, which should be said that the “movement makes sense if it lost because of such initiatives.” movement could come to real power,” staffed not according to party quotas but is built on the currently existing coalition But Mr. Lyalkou argues that from now Mr. Lyalkou said. “We have, both in the according to exclusively professional and includes both [opposition candidate on Mr. Milinkevich should be promoted provinces and Miensk, teams of profes- qualities [of the staff]. This national com- Alyaksandr] Kazulin’s party [Social in Belarus as an icon of the anti- sionals who are ready even today to mittee should be formed by Mr. Democratic Party] and the youth that Lukashenka opposition. “The situation is become Alyaksandr Milinkevich’s closest Milinkevich personally,” he explained. does not belong to any party or youth such that for the first time in the past 12 aides in the leadership of the movement.” On April 26, during an opposition groups. I think this initiative is disastrous years we have had a real, generally Mr. Lyalkou and his colleagues do not rally in Miensk to commemorate the 20th for Milinkevich as a politician.” accepted – both within our country and want to abolish the Political Council of anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, Mr. Ramanchuk believes that the abroad – leader who is an alternative to Democratic Forces. But Mr. Lyalkou told Mr. Milinkevich announced the creation Political Council of Democratic Forces Lukashenka,” he said. “Therefore, the RFE/RL that they want Mr. Milinkevich of a Movement for Freedom. Mr. should continue to coordinate opposition starting conditions for a real change of the to be solely responsible for executive Milinkevich predicted that the opposi- actions in the future, with strategic politi- situation in the country are very good.” decisions in the new movement. “The tion, if united, could depose President cal decisions being made at national con- Judging by Ukraine’s example, Mr. ventions. Lyalkou may be right. The opposition to Mr. Ramanchuk told RFE/RL that the Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma’s people who want Mr. Milinkevich to be a regime began to score significant politi- national opposition leader represent only cal successes only after Viktor one political party and do not speak for Yushchenko united it under the banner of the majority of the demonstrators – most- the Our Ukraine bloc in 2002 and ly young people with no party affiliation became its clear leader. By the beginning – who came to October Square in March of 2005, Mr. Yushchenko was president. MIRON F. SUL to protest the election. “The people who promote the move- Yury Drakakhrust from RFE/RL’s ment led by Milinkevich belong to one Belarus Service contributed to this report.

On April 5, 2006, at the age of 71, Miron F. Sul died leaving behind his wife, Maria and son Andrei. The deceased was a famous Ukrainian scientist, merited geologist of Ukraine and one of the Chief Directors of the Lviv Geological Research Expedition Center. During It is with great sorrow we announce the death his lifetime Miron made significant contributions in historic geological of our beloved husband, father and brother excavations resulting in economic profit to Ukraine and mankind.

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Longtime editor-in-chief of The Ukrainian Quarterly, We announce that our beloved father and grandfather chairman of the Ukrainian Free University Foundation, Executive Board member of the Ukrainian Congress MICHAEL Committee of America (UCCA), member of the Ukrainian Youth Association “Plast,” member of the Shevchenko DROHOBYCKY Scientific Society, historian, university professor, student (born November 9, 1922, in Bilche Zolote, Ukraine) activist, and prominent figure in the civic life of the peacefully went to sleep in the Lord on Tuesday, May 2, 2006. Ukrainian American community. In hope, faith and love, daughter Marusia Sloniewsky with husband Andrew His arduous work and tireless efforts were invaluable to son Stephan Drohobycky with wife Valerie grandchildren Larissa, Julia, Stephen, Alexandra and Eva the Ukrainian American community. His legacy will have brother Roman Drohobycky with wife Afia a lasting effect in our community and his memory will brother-in-law Volodymyr Palczynski with wife Katherine and family always be dear in our hearts! sisters-in-law Anna Salapata with husband Michael and family Sophia Diak with husband Peter and family GOD REST HIS SOUL AND GRANT HIM Family in the United States, Canada, Ukraine and Poland. ETERNAL MEMORY! May his memory be eternal!

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begun to pay real taxes on their profits.” become much more energy-efficient; “Among the problems that still have to Financial Markets... “One of the most significant changes was exports are diversified with one-third going be dealt with,” Mr. Zulliger continued, (Continued from page 14) actually unintentionally caused by President to Europe, one-third going to the CIS, and “are liquidity, transparency in corporate tudes and expectations of the people them- [Leonid] Kuchma when he allowed one-third going to the rest of the world; governance, minority shareholder rights, selves.” Mr. Tarabakin said. “During the Ukrainian banks to be bought by outside wages are still very low and thus are pro- sector diversification and settlement pro- recent elections for the Verkhovna Rada it institutions,” he pointed out. “Although the viding an attractive climate for many inter- cedures for local shareholders.” became apparent for all that the country legislation was intended to help Russian national companies; the country is becom- “However, on the whole Ukraine had a truly free press for the first time.” banks and investors, few took advantage of ing democratic; it is becoming a free mar- offers good opportunities for investors, “The Orange Revolution was also a the opportunity while Austrian, Polish, ket; it will join the World Trade organiza- particularly for private equity,” he con- stimulus for a number of processes that German and Scandinavian banks invested tion; it is getting closer to the European cluded. “My company has been active in heavily. As a result, the Ukrainian banking were already under way. The diminution Union; and it is maintaining relatively close Ukraine for the past 10 years, and the system is evolving along the lines of the of off-shore business is one of the most and relatively good relations with Russia.” economic climate has never been better.” dramatic of these changes,” Mr. Central and Western European system and is Tarabakin explained. “Although some of becoming more distinct and distant from the the impetus came from a desire to legal- Russian system every day.” WFUMA Medical Convention ize what had been obtained illegally, little “From an investment standpoint, by little, the off-shore way of doing busi- Ukraine is a very exciting place to be August 17-September 1, 2006 ness is slowly fading away.” today,” Mr. Tarabakin concluded. “It is at “The pipe industry, which is one of the the beginning of a cycle of bull markets. largest in the country, is a good example of Almost all of the indicators are positive, Package includes: this,” he continued. “As recently as two and the Ukrainian stock market, though · August 17-20, arrive Kyiv Airport, transfer to Poltava by train to hotel gallery years ago more than 80 percent of transac- still small, has more than doubled its vol- for three nights, sightseeing in Poltava museums tions were conducted off-shore. In the past ume in just the last year.” · August 19, Sorochynsky Yarmarok year this changed and the industry regis- Mr. Zulliger, the final speaker, also gave · August 20-27, travel by train to Kyiv, to hotel Dnipro for seven nights, including tered a 175 percent growth in sales, which a positive summary of current conditions in breakfast each morning and sightseeing benefits both the country and the economy.” the country. “Corruption and bribery still · August 21-23, World Congress of Ukrainians exist, but they are beginning to play less “At the same time many businessmen · August 24, 15th Independence Day of Ukraine have begun to do business normally, and and less of a major role in doing business. · August 25, Kyiv Cave Monastery, lunch at Tsarske Selo, open-air museum at this is most clearly seen in their spread- As laws are passed and the process become sheets and balance sheets,” Mr. clearer, it is possible to do business without Pyrohovo, dinner at Kulishna, 1-hour cruise on Dnipro River Tarabakin said. “People are afraid of resorting to bribery, even if it goes slowly. · August 26, full-day bus tour to Chornobyl making illegal money, and they have Ukrainian companies are learning to · August 27, full-day bus tour to Chernihiv, including lunch and then travel by train to Poltava and transfer to hotel gallery · August 28-30, WFUMA Congress in Poltava It’s not necessary to separate them as ‘ours’ · August 31, train to Kyiv to hotel Dnipro Recognition of UPA... or ‘foreign.’ This is an issue for the nation, · Sept 1, transfer to Boryspil Airport for flights to U.S. (Continued from page 1) for city governments, and in no case should “I am reminded of the Donetsk coal there be such animosity within a nation.” * * * SPACE IS LIMITED * * * miner who told a television reporter, In his Victory Day address this year, ‘Kovbasa or kolbasa, as long as it’s on Mr. Yushchenko repeated his call for Red PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS BY MAY 26, 2006 the table,’ ” Dr. Taran said. 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A similar scandal in a Western democ- the gas deal, as would be the case with a perfectly able and willing to do – in order Gas, corruption... racy would have led to the firing of Mr. Tymoshenko government, would Russia to keep the dirty money flowing.” (Continued from page 8) Ivchenko; Mr. Yushchenko merely release further details of Mr. Firtash’s During Ms. Tymoshenko’s short-lived intelligence service FSB and was the go- demanded that the Mercedes be sold. Mr. relationship to the Yushchenko adminis- 2005 government her close aide between in the Kuchma era between Ivchenko is not only accused of incompe- tration? The Izvestia article was an Oleksander Turchynov headed the Russia and Ukraine in energy talks. tence and corruption, but could be charged attempt to besmirch President Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Mr. Voronin, one of the founders of with “abuse of authority and his official Yushchenko by claiming corruption was which had been poised to arrest Mr. RUE, was removed as deputy head of position.” This is due to Mr. Ivchenko’s on the Ukrainian side of RUE. Voronin and the former head of Naftohaz Ukrainy, Mr. Boiko, both of whom were Naftohaz Ukrainy by the Yulia gross mishandling of Naftohaz Ukrainy, Yushchenko’s credibility on the line Tymoshenko government. After the dis- according to the May 5 issue of Kievskii involved in setting up RUE with missal of that government, Mr. Voronin Telegraf, a newspaper owned by Many Ukrainian analysts, and increas- Presidents Putin and Kuchma in July was reinstated with the support of Mr. Yushchenko ally Andrei Derkach, who ingly Western governments, are dis- 2004. The arrests were halted by a tele- Tretiakov, a longtime friend. According was elected to the Rada on the Socialist mayed by the lack of political will on the phone call from Mr. Yushchenko’s first to the weekly Zerkalo Nedeli, Mr. Party list. part of President Yushchenko to clean up aide, Mr. Tretiakov. Voronin was named on February 3 as act- Mr. Yushchenko has chosen to defend the energy sector as part of his promise to Mr. Boiko, who heads the marginal ing head of the newly established those loyal to him, such as Mr. Ivchenko, combat corruption. Mr. Kupchinsky Republican Party, which was allied with UkrGazEnergo, a joint venture between rather than act as a Western leader would believes that, “Nobody in Ukraine today, Viktor Medvedchuk’s Social Democratic RUE and Naftohaz Ukrainy. by upholding morality and battling cor- with the possible exception of Yulia Party – United in the 2006 elections in Roman Kupchinsky, a regional analyst ruption. The case resembles that of for- Tymoshenko, is interested in rocking the the Ne Tak! (Not So) bloc. One major at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, said mer Justice Minister Roman Zvarych, energy boat because of the amount of aspect of their election campaign was to that Messrs. Firtash and Fusin are “only who was caught being very economical dirty money involved.” This is ultimately oppose Ukraine’s membership in NATO. the firewall between the big guys, the with the truth about his non-existent ironic because Ms. Tymoshenko has a Ne Tak failed to enter the Parliament. real beneficiaries.” Who, then, are they Columbia University degrees, and Petro less than good reputation in Washington President Yushchenko is committed to the “firewall” for? Poroshenko, a business supporter of Mr. as a “populist” and promoter of state cap- taking Ukraine into NATO and the EU, In the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Firtash Yushchenko who was accused of corrup- italism, rather than market reform. goals that require continued domestic admitted that a company he had once tion by the former head of his secretariat, President Yushchenko has been reluc- reforms and battling corruption. The controlled had as a shareholder Simon Oleksander Zinchenko. Instead of remov- tant to agree to Ms. Tymoshenko as most corrupt sector of the economy is Mogilevich’s wife, whose shares he took ing Messrs. Zvarych, Poroshenko and prime minister in an Orange parliamen- energy, an area that Mr. Yushchenko over after he found this out. Mr. Ivchenko from the public limelight, all tary coalition, despite the fact that her ironically, has been, unwilling to touch. Mogilevich is an organized crime fugi- three became part of the public face of bloc won 8 percent more votes than Our We can only reach the conclusion that tive from the FBI living in Moscow, Our Ukraine during the March elections. Ukraine. This is not due just to personal Mr. Yushchenko has not found the politi- where he has official protection. Is it surprising that Our Ukraine came in animosities between President and Mrs. cal will to reform the energy sector and Speaking in London, Mr. Firtash fur- third with only 14 percent – 10 percent Yushchenko and Ms. Tymoshenko. Mr. has left in place the same corrupt ther admitted that, “I have met less than it received under the Kuchma Yushchenko’s reluctance could be due schemes that existed under Mr. Kuchma. Mogilevich a few times. But I have never regime during the 2002 elections? also to his fear that Ms. Tymoshenko has The only Ukrainian politician willing the political will that he has failed to to tackle this problem is Ms. been in any partnership with him and Lack of political will have never done any business with him.” muster – namely, to root out corruption Tymoshenko, just as in the Yushchenko government in 2000 when she, as first Mr. Mogilevich’s lawyer, Ze’ev Gordon, President Yushchenko expressed sur- in the energy sector and abandon any gas vice prime minister, cleaned up energy and Raiffeisen’s Wolfgang Putschek, prise at the Izvestia article and asked to deal involving RUE. scams that brought in billions of dollars both denied any links between Messrs. see a copy of the KPMG audit. Yet, it is Mr. Kupchinsky explains this lack of into the Ukrainian budget. Perhaps it is Firtash and Mogilevich. unclear why Mr. Yushchenko expressed political will because, “Yushchenko has been scared of touching the energy sector, time for the West to re-evaluate its views Nevertheless, suspicions continue to surprise, as he has consistently defended fearing that if he moved to clean it up, the about Ms. Tymoshenko and for President linger as to who Messrs. Firtash and the inclusion of the non-transparent RUE Russians, who are running most of the Yushchenko to act as a statesman by Fursin are the “firewall” for. in the January Russian-Ukrainian gas agreement. corrupt schemes, will create a great deal accepting that sheĊ has the moral right to Loyalty preferable to competence? The BBC’s “Hardtalk” presenter said of mischief – which, as we know, they are head the government. Ċ Ċ Besides non-transparency and the con- to Mr. Yushchenko’s chief of staff, Oleh NEW tinuation of old schemes, there are addi- Rybachuk, on May 2 that “it beggared OAªI€ĊAAĊ €Ċ**V*ĊAA€ȬĊ tional problems in Ukraine’s energy sec- belief” how Ukraine could sign an agree- NEW tor. President Yushchenko has refused to ment with RUE if it did not, as Mr. MONEY OAªI€ĊAA€Ċ**V*ĊAA€ȬĊ fire the incompetent head of Naftohaz Rybachuk claimed, know the names of Ukrainy, Oleksii Ivchenko, after a recent the Ukrainian side (http://news.bbc.co.uk MONEY scandal surrounding the purchase of a /1/hi/programs/hardtalk/4965486.stm?) MARKE T $220,000 (U.S.) Mercedes company car In other countries such an agreement MARKE T would be seen as non-transparent and a ǵȨȄDZɚĊa Ű from a dealership owned by a family rel- threat to a country’s national security. ǵȨȄDZɚĊa Ű ative. At the time, Naftohaz Ukrainy was RATES! posting a huge loss of close to $700 mil- Why should one side be controlled by RATES! lion (U.S.). Naftohaz Ukrainy is a state- the Russian state (through Gazprom) on the one hand, while two Ukrainian medi- owned company and, therefore, the Mercedes was purchased with Ukrainian um-sized businessmen are permitted to taxpayers’ money. control the Ukrainian side, rather than the Mr. Ivchenko made the company car state-owned Naftohaz Ukrainy. The scandal worse by ridiculing it as an issue, Ukrainian side has claimed that Russia òOA+A+Ċ++Aª/+A?Ċ claiming he had changed his luxury car forced RUE upon it, while the Russian òOA+A+Ċ++Aª/+A?Ċ each year since 1992. 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New York Plast masquerade play reaches 55-year mark by Laryssa Czebiniak

NEW YORK, N.Y. – St. George’s auditorium in Manhattan’s East Village was filled on Sunday, March 5, with young Ukrainian scouts (“novatstvo”), their parents and other children dressed in cos- tumes, all awaiting the beginning of the annual masquerade play known as “Novatska Kostiumivka.” This year’s theme was a museum adventure, whose white-column- studded set featured a Venus de Milo statue on the right and a hieroglyphic wall on the left. In the center stood an enchanted, golden frame that glowed when famous paintings came to life. This was the crux of the story: in the dead of night, when the museum The participants of Plast New York’s “Novatska Kostiumivka,” or masquerade party. was closed to visitors, the painting compositions became animated. Pieter Bruegel’s “Children’s The play began with a theatrical and a lottery of unique prizes for its Each group of costume-clad scouts Games,” and Henri Matisse’s “Jazz music piece that quieted down when winners. Smiles and laughter con- had a role as one of these paintings. Icarus.” Egyptians also magically the narrator, Lida Artymyshyn, began veyed the success of yet another There were Vincent Van Gogh’s leapt off of an ancient wall to enter- to speak. Throughout the story, each kostiumivka. group of scouts, having prepared a The New York City branch of the “Sunflowers,” Claude Monet’s tain the audience with a dance, and dance pertaining to their role, took Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization “Water Lilies,” Piet Mondrian’s the youngest scouts were mice, who center stage when their turn came. has been putting on the Novatska “Broadway Boogie Woogie,” Paul crawled out of their hole to scurry The unique concept of the kostiumiv- Kostiumivka since 1952. Each year Cezanne’s “Apples and Oranges,” around the museum. ka is that, while the children practice this takes dedication from various their parts in advance, they learn of people and groups. For the past three the story only during the actual play years, the senior Plast sorority of Children in Hunter area on the day of the presentation. While Verkhovynky has organized the the scouts involved and their leaders kostiumivka, including being respon- enjoy “Pysanka Playdate” sit as part of the set, the parents and sible for the production of the entire JEWETT, N.Y. – During the eggs in a variety of colors, with the other children sit in the audience set, music and more. Olya Stasiuk Easter weekend according to the assistance of their parents, aunts and watch the play. created most of the truly remarkable Julian (old-style) calendar, Sofia and and uncles. All the children were When the play concluded, all of costumes and some set elements, and Titus Hewryk of Jewett, N.Y., hosted later seen at St. John’s Ukrainian the “novaky” and “novachky” the branch’s parent organization, marched merrily around the audito- “Lanka Batkiv Stanytsi,” organized over 15 children, age 4-14 at their Catholic Church in Hunter, N.Y., rium and then scattered to enjoy a the games and buffet. home for a “Pysanka Playdate.” The with their newly painted pysanky in variety of games run by the girl Readers can learn more about children painted over three dozen their Easter baskets. scouts, or “yunachky.” There was Plast and its programs by visiting also a delicious buffet available www.plastusa.org.

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Natalka Bilash Parsippany, NJ 07054; phone (973) 292-9800; e-mail, The children hard at work on creating their own pysanky. [email protected]. No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 31 Philadelphia SUM members continue Holy Week tradition by Andrew Leskiw Church, Christ the King Ukrainian PHILADELPHIA – On Saturday, Catholic Church, and the Ukrainian April 15, the Philadelphia Branch Catholic Cathedral of the of the Ukrainian American Youth Immaculate Conception, all of Association (SUM) continued its which are located in Philadelphia. longtime tradition of standing guard On Saturday, April 22, SUM also at Our Lord’s Tomb on Holy stood guard at St. Michael the Saturday. Since the inception of Archangel Ukrainian Catholic SUM Philadelphia in 1949, the Church in Jenkintown, Pa., which UPA Branch of SUM (named after celebrates Easter according to the the UPA, or Ukrainian Insurgent Julian calendar. The project, which Army), has had the honor and privi- was headed by Chief Counselor lege of doing what we call “Stijka Maria “Michi” Wyrsta, youth leader pry Bozhomu Hrobi.” Andrew Leskiw, and “yunak” This year, “yunaky” and Stephen Dubenko, was a success “yunachky” stood guard at St. since almost every member of the Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic branch participated. SUM members at Christ’s Tomb in one of the Philadelphia area’s churches.

Plast youths perform “hahilky” Mishanyna outside church in Whippany, N.J. Find the capitalized words in the Mishanyna grid. This month, we recall Ukrainian COMPOSER Volodymyr IVASIUK, who was born in April of 1949, in the city of Kitsman, Chernivtsi Oblast. From 1972, he studied music under Anatol Kos-Anatolsky at the Lviv CONSERVATORY, where Ivasiuk composed pieces for piano and cello. He is best known for his songs, which number about 50. His first song, “Vidlitaly ZHURAVLI” (The Cranes Were Leaving), was released in 1965. In some cases he composed only the MELODY, such as in “Lysh Raz Tsvite Lyubov,” “Balada Pro MALVY” and “Ya Tvoye KRYLO”; while in others such as “Dva Persteni,” “VODOHRAI,” “Pisnia Bude Pomizh Nas” and “CHERVONA RUTA,” he composed both the melody and the LYRICS. What set Ivasiuk apart from other songwriters of his day and con- tributed to his popularity was that he blended Bukovynian FOLK sounds with contemporary trends in music. His popularity contributed to him being a target of the Soviet authorities. His music stirred the people by promoting themes of religion, nationalism and freedom of thought. His body was discovered in woods outside of LVIV, approximately three weeks after he had been MURDERED at the age of 30 in May of 1979. Based on the evidence and the circumstances of his death, the KGB is believed to be the perpetrator of the slaying. Ivasiuk’s funeral was attended by over 10,000 people, despite attempts WHIPPANY, N.J. – Members of the Newark branch of Plast Ukrainian by Soviet officials to prevent the people from going. To this day, his Scouting Organization performed “hahilky,” or ritual spring dances, on gravesite is frequently visited by fellow MUSICIANS, locals and tourists Easter Sunday following liturgy here at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian who pay their respects to one of Ukraine’s greatest artists. Catholic Church. Seen above are the younger girls (‘novachky”) and Source: Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Volume II, Toronto: University of below, the older girls (“yunachky”). The older boys of Plast also partici- Toronto Press, 1988. pated in the program, providing a mischievous counterpoint to the girls’ graceful choreography. L I R T C T U K A I P C Z M K C O M P O S E R P L O N K A R L A K U N D L H N E O S G M Y Y N B Z S A F O L K F U B A L R O V C E T W C M X I I P L T I S U T R I O N U Z N V O V S C H E R V O N A R U T A N Y E S K A N A D F B D G H S T A O W O L Z T X E O E L L I O H L S M E L O D Y F R C N U S O Y I T H J R S I D E L B K I O R D L O M Y O V E D V A O D S K M U S I C I A N Q I W Y E I D S T U R Z H U R A V L I R D I W H I A R H O D O V E N D Y S 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006 No. 20

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Tuesday, May 16 Dumka will perform religious music, Soyuzivka’s Datebook including “Ave Maria” and Mozart’s NEW YORK: The “Music at the Institute” “Lacrymosa” at St. George Ukrainian May 20, 2006 July 9-15, 2006 chamber music series will host a concert pre- Catholic Church, 30 E. Seventh St. Wedding Discovery Camp, Session #1 sented by the Mannes College of Music as (between Second and Third avenues). The part of the 2006 yearlong festival “Bach and concert will be conducted by Vasyl May 21, 2006 July 16-21, 2006 the Baroque Legacy.” The program will con- Hrechynsky and will take place immedi- Communion Luncheon Banquet Children’s Ukrainian Heritage sist of works by J.S. Bach and C.P.E. Bach ately after the noon liturgy (approximately Graduation Party Day Camp, Session #1 and Ukrainian composers Myroslav Skoryk, 1:15 p.m.). For more information call 718- Mykola Lysenko, Leonid Hrabovsky, 896-7642. May 26-29, 2006 July 16-22, 2006 Valentyn Silvestrov, Vsevolod Zaderatsky, U NA Convention Discovery Camp, Session #2 Viktor Kosenko and Virko Baley. The con- JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The School of the cert will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of SCUBA Diving Course Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble is May 31, 2006 America, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. Donation: hosting its annual Spring Festival at St. $30; UIA members and seniors, $25; stu- SUNY New Paltz Migrant Michael Ukrainian Church, 1013 Fox July 23-28, 2006 dents, $20. For additional information and Chase Road. The festival begins at 1 p.m. Education Program Children’s Ukrainian Heritage reservations call 212-288-8660 or visit with a performance by the Voloshky Day Camp, Session #2 www.ukrainianinstitute.org. School at 2:30 p.m. Admission: adults, $5; June 2-4, 2006 children age 3-12, $3. All are invited for Ukrainian Language Immersion July 23-29, 2006 Thursday, May 18 an entertaining day on the beautiful Weekend offered at SUNY grounds of St. Michael’s. For addition Ukrainian Sitch Sports Camp WASHINGTON: The Washington Group New Paltz information contact Andreja Kulyk, 215- Session #1 and the Ukrainian Congress Committee of 917-1263. June 3, 2006 America (District of Columbia Branch) July 23-August 5, 2006 present Dr. Oleh Shamshur, ambassador of Wedding I RVINGTON, N.J.: Branch 86 of the Ukrainian Folk Dance Camp, Ukraine, speaking on U.S.-Ukraine rela- Ukrainian National Women’s League of Session #1 tions. The event begins with refreshments America is sponsoring a concert marking June 5-9, 2006 at 6 p.m. with the presentation at 7 p.m. Eparchial Clergy Retreat the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ivan July 30-August 5, 2006 Venue: Army and Navy Club on Farragut Franko. The program begins at 4 p.m. at Ukrainian Sitch Sports Camp Square (ballroom), 901 17th St. NW; 202- the Ukrainian Center, 140 Prospect St. June 10, 2006 628-8400. Admission is free; donations are Session #2 Admission is $15; refreshments will be Wedding welcome. Business attire is required. For served following the concert. For informa- more information contact Adrian Pidlusky, tion call 973-379-7340. June 11-16, 2006 July 31-August 4, 2006 TWG president, 240-381-0993, or Ihor UNA Seniors’ Conference Golf Day Camp and Beach Kotlarchuk, UCCA branch president, 703- Friday, June 23 Volleyball Day Camp 548-8534, or log on to June 16-18, 2006 www.TheWashingtonGroup.org or GLENDALE, Calif.: Famed Irish tenor 3rd Annual Adoption Weekend August 5, 2006 www.UCCA.org Anthony Kearns of The Irish Tenors trio, Dance Camp Session #1 Recital, New York Metropolitan Opera bass Saturday, May 20 June 17, 2006 Auction Fundraiser sponsored by Stefan Szkafarowsky and film/TV actor George Dzundza, along with the Wedding Chornomorski Khvyli and WARREN, Mich.: The School of Pasadena Community Orchestra, join Soyuzivka’s Heritage Foundation Ukrainian Studies of the “Ridna Shkola with the Ukrainian National Choir Golf Tournament Society” in Detroit celebrates the 150th June 18, 2006 Kobzar of Los Angeles in a concert of anniversary of the birth of Ivan Franko Father’s Day Luncheon and Program rousing patriotic American and Ukrainian August 6-19, 2006 with a program featuring a premiere per- songs. “A Musical Salute – God Bless formance of “Lys Mykyta.” Also included June 23-24, 2006 Ukrainian Folk Dance Camp, America” is presented by the Ukrainian in the program are “Didova Ripka,” Plast Kurin “Shostokryli” Rada Session #2 Culture Center of Los Angeles as a trib- “Hrytseva Shkilna Nauka,” selections of ute to all who have served in the U.S. songs to Franko’s poetry, dances and a June 24, 2006 August 12, 2006 armed forces, with proceeds going to sup- Miss Soyuzivka Contest followed commemorative lecture on Ukraine’s Wedding “Velykyi Kameniar” (as Franko is called). port children of those fallen in our mili- by zabava with Tempo The program begins at 6 p.m. at 29400 tary during “Operation Enduring June 25-July 2, 2006 Westbrook. For additional information Freedom.” The event will be at the Alex Tabir Ptashat Session #1 August 19, 2006 contact Dr. Roman Hryciw, 734-662-9414. Theater, 216 N. Brand Blvd., starting at Dance Camp Session #2 Recital, 7:30 p.m. Ticket reservations are avail- June 25-July 7, 2006 followed by zabava with Sunday, May 21 able from Kobzar by contacting Dareen Tennis Camp Fata Morgana Swartzlander, 909-860-2102, or online NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Chorus via www.alextheatre.org. June 26-30, 2006 Exploration Day Camp PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES Preview of Events is a listing of Ukrainian community events open to the public. It is a service provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. Listings of no more than 100 words (written in Preview format) plus To book a room or event call: (845) 626-5641, ext. 140 payment should be sent a week prior to desired date of publication to: 216 Foordmore Road P.O. 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