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INSIDE: • Democratic opposition forces harassed in Sumy — page 3. • Special section on the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 — pages 4-8. • Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus tours Europe — centerfold.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXI HE No.KRAINIAN 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Australian Senate condemns Famine-Genocide 30 U.N. member-states sign CANBERRA,T Australia – TheUin Australia to seek support for the W Australian Senate on October 30 passed a motion. joint declaration on Great Famine motion condemning Stalin’s action in “The resolution puts on the public bringing about an act of genocide by cre- record in Australia that Stalin was the NEW YORK – Speaking on the morn- nature of the Great Famine in Ukraine.” ating the Famine in Ukraine in 1932- perpetrator and his regime will always be ing of November 10 at an international He characterized the declaration as 1933, calling it one the most heinous acts judged as inhumane. The motion reiter- conference on the Famine-Genocide of “unique in that it is the first of its kind of genocide in history. ates the fact that the Famine was an act 1932-1933 held at Columbia University, within the United Nations to publicly con- demn the Soviet totalitarian regime for the Sen. Bill Heffernan, former chair of of genocide against the Ukrainian Ukraine’s ambassador to the United murder of millions of innocent victims.” the Australian Ukrainian Parliamentary nation,” said Stefan Romaniw, chairman Nations reported that a joint declaration [In Kyiv, according to The Ukrainian Group, worked with Federal Minister of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian signed by the U.N. delegations of 25 states Weekly’s Kyiv Press Bureau, a source at Rod Kemp to move the formal motion. Organizations. would be released later that day to mark the 70th anniversary of the Great Famine the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, when Similar motions are now being pro- “This motion will assist the government of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. By mid-week, asked whether the word “genocide” posed in other state and territory of Ukraine in seeking support for a resolu- the list of states signing the declaration had appears in the text of the joint declaration, Parliaments throughout Australia. tion to the United Nations in November grown to 30, plus the European Union. explained: “I think you understand that the The Australian Federation of 2003, putting these facts on the interna- Ukrainian Organizations has worked in The document describes the Famine as Russians would never have allowed for the cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine (Continued on page 3) “a national tragedy for the Ukrainian peo- word ‘genocide’ to be used. We agreed to ple” that “took 7 to 10 millions of innocent this version because we realized that we lives,” but stops short of calling it genocide. could end up with nothing. If the Russians According to Ambassador Valeriy had blocked the statement, we might not Kuchinsky of Ukraine’s Permanent Mission even have had this.’] to the United Nations, the declaration will be The joint declaration “On the 70th Famine Remembrance Week begins circulated as an official document of the anniversary of the Great Famine of 1932- United Nations and it is hoped the declara- 1933” was signed by the U.N. delegations tion will be read before the U.N. General of: Azerbaijan, Argentina, Bangladesh, withby conference Roma Hadzewycz at Columbiathe Soviet government University was the complicity Belarus, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, of many governments of ‘civilized’ people Assembly by Secretary General Kofi Annan. NEW YORK – An international confer- Canada, Egypt, Georgia, Guatemala, and the reporters of the foreign press in Ambassador Kuchinsky noted that the ence at Columbia University featuring declaration – which is signed by, among Jamaica, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moscow, most notoriously Walter Duranty Moldova, Mongolia, Nauru, Pakistan, speakers from the United States, Ukraine others, the Russian Federation, the United of The New York Times,” he said, adding Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of and the United Kingdom marked the begin- States and Canada – is “the result of hard that “sadly, professional historians rein- Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Russian ning of Famine Remembrance Week in work and strenuous efforts of Ukrainian forced this silence with their own denials Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian New York City on Monday, November 10. diplomats who have spent many months until recently.” Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, The conference on “The Man-Made in intense consultations and discussion Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Great Famine in Ukraine of 1932-1933 Among those in the audience at the within the United Nations, as well as with- opening were two ambassadors to the States and Uzbekistan. (Holodomor)” was opened by Prof. Mark in various capital cities. These efforts have The text of the joint declaration, as cir- von Hagen of Columbia, who underscored United Nations, Valeriy Kuchinsky of informed many political activists and, in that the Famine was “a particularly stark (Continued on page 21) turn, their respective nations of the true (Continued on page 20) demonstration of the brutality of the Soviet regime.” The Famine was denied for 55 years in Ukraine and elsewhere in the Soviet Union, Self Reliance N.Y. donates $500,000 to St. George Schools Prof. von Hagen noted. “Compounding this conspiracy of silence ruthlessly enforced by by Andrew Nynka community,” Mr. Shmigel said during a and the president of the Ukrainian reception that followed the assembly. World Congress, said the credit union’s NEW YORK – The Self Reliance Askold Lozynskyj, a member of the (N.Y .) Federal Credit Union on board of the directors of the foundation (Continued on page 14) November 6 announced a donation of $500,000 to the St. George Ukrainian Famine exhibit Catholic Schools Foundation, creating a significant financial base for the endow- ment fund that was created to support openedby Marta at Baczynsky U.N. the two Ukrainian Catholic schools here. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly The announcement was made in the UNITED NATIONS – The exhibition auditorium of St. George School, locat- “Holodomor: The Great Man-Made ed between Sixth and Seventh streets Famine in Ukraine 1932-1933” opened on on Taras Shevchenko Place, in front of Monday, November 10 at the United faculty and staff, as well as some 200 Nations, commemorating the 70th students who cheered wildly during Anniversary of the Famine-Genocide. The portions of the afternoon assembly. exhibit was organized by The Ukrainian “This is a great help – a very gener- Museum at the request of Ukraine’s ous gift which will help extend the Permanent Mission to the U.N. More than future of the two schools,” the Rev. 300 people attended the opening. Philip Sandrick, pastor of St. George The exhibition was opened by Shashi Church, said after the announcement. Tharoor, under-secretary-general for pub- Myroslaw Shmigel, chairman of the Andrew Nynka lic information, who said that the word board of directors at the credit union, “Holodomor” has now become a part of characterized the contribution as an Dr. Bohdan Kekish (left), president and CEO of Self Reliance New York, and the language of the United Nations. investment in the Ukrainian community. Myroslaw Shmigel (second from right), chairman of the board of directors, Valeriy Kuchinsky, permanent repre- “We’ve grown up here; we spend so much present the Rev. Philip Sandrick with a check in the amount of $500,000. sentative of Ukraine to the United Nations, of our time in this neighborhood. This Looking on are board members Stefan Kaczaraj (right) and Jaroslaw spoke about the tragedy of the Holodomor money is an investment in our Ukrainian Oberyszyn (partially hidden). (Continued on page 21) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 No. 46

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Hard lessons for Our Ukraine in Donetsk Our Ukraine holds forum in Sumy the Soviet Union, Interfax reported. by Jan Maksymiuk nationalists” from western Ukraine with (RFE/RL Newsline) KYIV – The Our Ukraine bloc led by distrust, to say the least. RFE/RL Newsline Viktor Yushchenko held a forum of dem- Kyiv to increase military hardware in Iraq Though he was born in Sumy Oblast ocratic forces on a city square in Sumy The Our Ukraine bloc led by Viktor in northeastern Ukraine and avoids any on November 9 after it was rejected per- KYIV – Polish Defense Minister Jerzy Yushchenko failed to hold a congress of radicalism on the sensitive language mission to gather in any building in the Szmajdzinski agreed with his Ukrainian democratic forces in Donetsk as planned issue, Mr. Yushchenko is nevertheless city, Interfax reported, quoting the Our counterpart Yevhen Marchuk in Kyiv on on October 31. After arriving in Donetsk perceived in the traditionally pro-Russian Ukraine press service. Unidentified November 7 that Ukraine should send that day, Mr. Yushchenko and his sup- eastern Ukraine as a “nationalist.” The youths reportedly set off firecrackers “several dozen additional” combat heli- porters were confronted by hostile congress in Donetsk was intended to during the rally, pelted its participants copters to the Polish-led stabilization crowds at the airport and in downtown change this image and allow Mr. with eggs and demolished buses trans- sector in Iraq to help protect convoys and Donetsk in what looked like a highly Yushchenko to gain a foothold in the porting Our Ukraine lawmakers to Sumy. patrols, and to lead reconnaissance oper- coordinated effort to prevent the Our region, which is controlled both econom- Mr. Yushchenko was not allowed to ations, Polish Radio reported. Mr. Ukraine gathering and to fan anti- ically and politically by a group of oli- address Sumy residents on a local televi- Szmajdzinski said neither Poland nor Yushchenko sentiment in the city. garchs known as the Donetsk clan. sion station, while electricity in the edito- Ukraine envisages sending more troops The entire city was adorned with bill- Neither President Leonid Kuchma nor rial office of a local newspaper was dis- to Iraq. There are currently some 1,700 boards showing Mr. Yushchenko in a Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, a connected during his meeting there with Ukrainian and 2,500 Polish troops there. Nazi uniform extending his hand in a member of the Donetsk clan, are interest- journalists. A week before, Our Ukraine (RFE/RL Newsline) Nazi salute and calling for the “purity of ed in allowing Mr. Yushchenko to was prevented from holding a democratic the nation.” Some 1,500 mainly young become president in 2004. Mr. Kuchma, Opposition cites political terror forum in Donetsk. (RFE/RL Newsline) and drunk people filled the planned who is forbidden by the Constitution of KYIV – Our Ukraine, the Yulia venue and effectively prevented Our Ukraine from running for a third consec- Yushchenko condemns attack on bookstore Ukraine from holding the congress. utive term, is now confronted with the Tymoshenko Bloc and the Socialist Party Neither the police nor officers of the difficult task of finding a successor who KYIV – Our Ukraine leader Viktor of Ukraine issued a statement on Security Service of Ukraine did anything could guarantee him a quiet retirement. Yushchenko on November 11 con- November 6 charging that “the current to stop them. Obviously, Mr. Yushchenko is not his demned an attack earlier the same day on authority headed by President [Leonid] Mr. Yushchenko accused the presiden- choice. the Otkrytoe Kafe and Russian-language Kuchma is acquiring traits of a gangster tial administration in Kyiv of organizing According to many observers, Mr. bookstore in Lviv, Interfax reported. Mr. dictatorship,” Interfax reported. The three this obstruction but, judging by many Yanukovych himself might be harboring Yushchenko said the attack was a provo- organizations charge that “the presidential press reports on what happened in presidential ambitions. Therefore, it is no cation, adding that it might have been administration, local state administra- Donetsk on October 31, the truth might wonder that both the presidential adminis- organized by “the same political force tions, [and] law enforcement bodies have be more complex. tration headed by Social Democratic that is waging an information war against been turned into a repression machine Mr. Yushchenko, 49, is Ukraine’s most Party-United leader Viktor Medvedchuk Our Ukraine and wants to turn western against political opponents.” The state- popular politician and a sure contender in and Mr. Yanukovych might be vitally Ukraine into a bugbear for eastern ment says foiling the planned Our the presidential election that is expected interested in preventing Mr. Yushchenko Ukraine.” According to Interfax, four Ukraine congress in Donetsk on October masked men armed with clubs broke into to be held on October 31, 2004. He has from reaching the electorate in Ukraine. A 31 revealed the real face of the “criminal the store, smashed computers and win- very strong support in western Ukraine confidential instruction by the presidential regime” in Ukraine and showed that dows, and destroyed books before flee- Donetsk is “outlaw territory” and a and quite good backing in the center of administration to the heads of oblast ing. They left the inscription “This is for “reservation” inhabited by “wretched the country, but only scant support in the administrations – which was published by Sumy” on the floor, in an apparent refer- people without any rights.” The statement eastern regions such as Dnipropetrovsk, some Ukrainian newspapers and present- ence to the attempt at preventing a forum demands that all officials involved in “the Donetsk and Luhanske. These are over- ed personally by Mr. Yushchenko on of democratic forces organized by Our organization of the repression of demo- whelmingly Russian-speaking regions, RFE/RL on October 31 – obliges oblast Ukraine in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, cratic forces” in Donetsk be dismissed. where people treat “Ukrainian-speaking chairmen to take countermeasures to “minimize the public and political reso- on November 9. (RFE/RL Newsline) (RFE/RL Newsline) nance” of democratic forums organized Communists want return of USSR Officials to report on Donetsk events Jan Maksymiuk is the Belarus, by Our Ukraine in their regions. The Ukraine and Poland specialist on the KYIV – Hundreds of Communist KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada will (Continued on page 17) staff of RFE/RL Newsline. Party supporters, pensioners and war vet- question Internal Affairs Minister Mykola erans took part in a rally in Kyiv on Bilokon and First Deputy Procurator November 7 to mark the 86th anniver- General Serhii Vynokurov about reports Yushchenko receives death threats sary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution that anti-Our Ukraine protesters were and called on the government to prevent “using fascist symbols” and “fomenting by Roman Kupchinsky arrived in Donetsk with his party, a large bread prices from rising, Reuters and ethnic antagonism” in Donets on October number of demonstrators from local pro- RFE/RL Organized Crime and Terrorism Watch Interfax reported. Communist Party 31, Interfax reported on November 7. A Russian organizations were at the airport leader Petro Symonenko told the crowd formal query was submitted by Our As the presidential elections in protesting his arrival. As members of Our that Ukraine’s possible entry to the Ukraine lawmaker Mykola Tomenko and Ukraine, scheduled for next year draw Ukraine tried to enter the conference hall, World Trade Organization would ruin the communicated at a parliamentary session closer, a number of incidents have they were blocked by hundreds of demon- country’s agro-industrial complex. Mr. on November 7 by Verkhovna Rada occurred that indicate that the use of dirty strators, while televised footage showed Symonenko also spoke against NATO Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn. The tactics has already begun. police standing by without interfering. Viktor Yushchenko, the leader of the Our entry for Ukraine. Meanwhile, some Constitutional Court ruled this week that The following day another Our 2,000 Communist Party members and Ukraine opposition bloc, announced in late deputies’ interpellations of the state Ukraine rally was to have been held in supporters in Symferopol called on the October that he had received a number of authority or local self-government do not the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Here, Ukrainian authorities to ratify an accord death threats and that some 40 members of require approval of the entire chamber. too, the oblast chairman, an appointee of on the creation of a Single Economic his bloc have been notified of investigations The same court decided, however, that the president, announced that the hall Space with Russia, Kazakstan and against them by the Procurator General’s was no longer available. The rally, Belarus as the first step toward restoring (Continued on page 19) Office. 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Postmaster, send address changes to: Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz Quotable notes The Ukrainian Weekly Editors: 2200 Route 10 Roman Woronowycz (Kyiv) “My father was a prisoner of Auschwitz for your sake, lackeys!” P.O. Box 280 Andrew Nynka Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ika Koznarska Casanova (part time) – Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko in Donetsk on October 31, on seeing billboards depicting him in a Nazi uniform with a hand extended in a The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com Nazi salute, as quoted by Grani on November 3 and cited by RFE/RL Poland, The Ukrainian Weekly, November 16, 2003, No. 46, Vol. LXXI Belarus and Ukraine Report. Copyright © 2003 The Ukrainian Weekly No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 3 Kuchma names Democratic opposition groups harassed in Sumy by Roman Woronowycz unfold from a distance – turned and ran framework of the law,” explained Mr. new envoy to U.S. Kyiv Press Bureau from the scene. Kuchma. Our Ukraine leaders also charged that The president did not, however, by Roman Woronowycz KYIV – Ukrainian opposition forces organized bands of students roamed the address why the public relations office of Kyiv Press Bureau claimed they were again subjected to streets around the area where the events the Ministry of Internal Affairs issued an harassment and intimidation tactics as KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma of the forum took place, distributing erroneous statement in which it said that law enforcement officials idly stood by, bogus leaflets inciting citizens to “bury drunk Our Ukraine politicians – lawmak- appointed Mykhailo Reznyk as ambassa- this time in the northeast city of Sumy, Yushchenko alive” and handing out 10- ers Mykola Katerynchuk, Yevhen dor to the United States on November where they held a forum of democratic hrv notes to people who agreed to Chervonenko Pavlo Kachur and Petro 10. forces on November 9. demonstrate against Mr. Yushchenko. Yushchenko (Viktor’s brother) – had bro- Mr. Reznyk, 53, will take up his post In their most serious charge, forum They said the political bloc was denied ken into the office of the local after serving as Ukraine’s ambassador to participants, which included members of access to the airwaves of the local television Communist Party in Sumy to destroy China and Mongolia since October 2001. the Our Ukraine and Yulia Tymoshenko station Vsesvit when the electricity at its anti-Yushchenko placards. Prior to that appointment, Mr. Reznyk Blocs and the Socialist Party, said that studio was unexpectedly shut off. An inter- Mr. Katerynchuk stated on November served as ambassador to South Korea. In individuals threw firecrackers into a view at the Sumy newspaper, Panorama, 1994-1997 he was the head of the eco- crowd of several thousand people who 12 that in reality local workers at the site nomic-trade mission of Ukraine in the were attending a rally, to which state also had to be canceled after electricity at its had invited the lawmakers into the U.S. militia workers were slow to react. offices mysteriously was cut off. offices of the Communist Party after they Mr. Reznyk was born in 1950 in the State militia said that 24 individuals The Our Ukraine bloc, which had by far arrived. The lawmakers had called the Russian town of Donhuzkyi, Orenburg were arrested as a result of civil disobedi- the largest representation at the forum, stated local militia themselves after finding the Oblast. He finished university studies at ence. that the actions in Sumy, similar to the signs, to officially document their discov- the Kyiv Trade and Economic Institute in The renewed charges came a little over harassment that occurred in Donetsk on ery. He also said that Mr. Yushchenko 1973. Afterwards he worked in various a week after widespread demonstrations October 31 and in Lviv earlier in the month, had not arrived until later. positions at the Ministry of Trade of the and harassment in Donetsk effectively was part of an organized campaign set up by Mr. Katerynchuk showed a video one Ukrainian SSR. After Ukraine’s inde- prevented Viktor Yushchenko’s Our the authorities in Kyiv to split Ukraine and of Our Ukraine’s supporters had shot at pendence, Mr. Reznyk became vice min- Ukraine coalition from holding a con- turn the presidential elections slated for next the scene, which showed individuals he ister of external economic relations gress in the city. Our Ukraine has year into an east-west debate. The goal, Our identified as Communist Party workers before his appointment to lead Ukraine’s claimed that local officials organized the Ukraine supporters have stated, is to develop moving around the office in a drunken trade mission in the U.S. in 1994 protests on orders from government lead- an impression that Mr. Yushchenko, current- state and hiding bottles of vodka. He said Mr. Reznyk is married and has a ers in Kyiv. ly Ukraine’s most popular politician, was not that militia officers who arrived on the daughter. He replaces Ambassador “We are troubled most by the use of welcome in the eastern oblasts, Ukraine’s scene refused to file a report until they Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, who became firecrackers, which we had not experienced most populous region. received direction from their superiors, Ukraine’s minister of foreign affairs in previously in any city,” explained Mykola President Leonid Kuchma addressed which is not the usual method of opera- September. Tomenko, a leading member of the Our the charges against government officials tion for law enforcement workers. Ukraine coalition, who was present in during a monthly briefing on November “I believe that the statements were not Sumy. “It is scary to think that next time 12 by emphasizing that the Donetsk and developed by the Ministry of Internal something more serious could explode.” Sumy events organized by Our Ukraine Affairs Public Relations Office. They were Australian Senate... In addition to firecrackers, organizers were in effect illegal campaign appear- far too unprofessionally written,” explained (Continued from page 1) and participants of the forum were pelted ances by Mr. Yushchenko because the Mr. Katerynchuk, who noted that such a campaign season does not begin for sev- press release would contain legal jargon, tional record,” Mr Romaniw added. with eggs as militia officers watched. Our eral more months. such as the correct term for illegal entry The Senate motion: Ukraine also noted that organized groups Mr. Kuchma, speaking as “an average and not the commonly used form. He “notes that 2003 is the 70th anniver- of vandals slashed the tires of dozens of citizen,” as he noted, also underscored added that the Ministry of Internal Affairs sary of the enforced Famine in the buses – they counted 81 tires in all – and that the eastern cities were largely work “has become far too political.” Ukraine caused by the deliberate actions pelted others with rocks. The buses were used to bring Our Ukraine supporters to Russified and these people had heard the Commenting on the events in Sumy, of Stalin’s Communist government of the Sumy for the forum. anti-Russian remarks made by Mr. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; In one case, according to Ukraina Yushchenko in Lviv (in response to the said on November 10 that should it turn “recalls that an estimated 7 million Moloda, National Deputy Taras Stetskiv Tuzla crisis) and had responded in kind out that what occurred there was similar Ukrainians starved to death as a result of held several teenagers who had broken when he visited Donetsk and Sumy. to what had happened in Donetsk a week Stalinist policies in 1932-1933 alone, the windows of a bus, while two state “I repeat, every political entity has the earlier, “then the world community will and that millions more lost their lives in militia officers – a lieutenant and a major, ability to hold events wherever they respond in an appropriate way,” reported the purge which ensured for the remain- who had passively watched the events would like as long as it is done within the Interfax-Ukraine. der of the decade; “notes that this constitutes one of the most heinous acts of genocide in history; “honors the memory of those who lost Constitutional Court says bill for parliamentary election of president is acceptable their lives; by Roman Woronowycz a member of the Our Ukraine faction in the Constitution, even though conven- “joins the Ukrainian people through- Kyiv Press Bureau the Verkhovna Rada, which is opposed to tional legislative procedure requires that out the world, and particularly Ukrainian the constitutional changes, said the national deputies first approve an initial Australians, in commemorating these KYIV – Ukraine’s Constitutional Court court’s finding, inexplicably did not reading by a simple majority. Since the tragic events; and ruled on November 12 that a political address the fact that nowhere in the bill is draft bill went to Ukraine’s highest court “resolves to seek to ensure that current reform bill supported by President the need to amend Article 71 of the cur- in early autumn, 60 more lawmakers and future generations are made aware of Leonid Kuchma, which transfers the right rent Constitution of Ukraine mentioned. have signed on in support of the initia- the monstrous evil that led to the to elect the country’s leader to the Article 71 declares that the president tive, bringing the total to 293 lawmakers Famine.” Parliament, is constitutionally acceptable. must be elected directly by the people. – just seven votes shy of the number Following lthe successful tree-plant- By supporting the legality of the pro- Mr. Kliuchkovskyi said that the article needed to amend the Constitution. ing ceremony on October at Point Cook posed changes to Ukraine’s basic law, the falls into a special group of “indivisible” If approved, the Verkhovna Rada – Coastal Reserve in the State of Victoria, court opened the way for possible major articles that require a more complex amend- which would continue to be elected by in memory of the many millions who changes in Ukraine’s system of government. ment process. popular vote – would decide on a new perished in the Famine, Mr. Kaye With 11 of the 18 judges in agreement “This oversight is difficult to reconcile president by a simple majority in an open Darveniza, parliamentary secretary to the and only five dissenting, the constitutional from a legal point of view,” stated Mr. vote. The president would then, ostensibly, premier of Victoria, raised the Famine Court stated that a president elected by the Kliuchkovskyi, adding that, though he be a member of the parliamentary majori- issue in the State Parliament, commemo- legislative branch does not deny the people would not want to imply that the judges ty, which would help to eliminate the rating the death of many millions and the right to choose their state leader.“A felt political pressure from the pro-presi- widespread and paralyzing dissension and offering support for the current com- change in the process of the formation of dential forces in making their ruling, it bickering that for years has plagued the memoration program. state organs is not a violation of the rights was a “politically expedient” decision. legislative process in the Verkhovna Rada. Australian Ukrainians are currently of citizens,” explained Judge Pavlo The draft bill, the result of an initiative The bill would also give a parliamen- involved in the international campaign to Yevhrafov. by President Kuchma in August 2002 to tary majority the right to form a govern- revoke Walter Duranty’s Pultizer Prize However, the court also ruled that if transform Ukraine from a strong presiden- ment and appoint a prime minister. with postcards being sent to the The New such a change is eventually accepted by a tial system to a parliamentary system with a However, the proposal also stipulates York Times publisher, Arthur Sulzberger constitutional majority of the Verkhovna weak president, is the latest of several ver- that, should the legislature fail to do this, Jr., calling on him to “do the right thing” Rada – 300 votes – it could become effec- sions that pro-presidential and opposition the sitting president could dismiss the and support the move to return Duranty’s tive only after a new Parliament is elected forces have battled over. An earlier bill was body and call for new elections prize. in 2006. killed by the successful efforts of a united Proponents maintain that this new sys- Preparations are well under way for The draft law the court addressed opposition force. The current bill was devel- tem would bring Ukraine’s political sys- the national rally to commemorate the would have presidential elections take oped during the summer recess in consulta- tem into line with European ones. 70th anniversary of the Great in Famine place again in 2006, which would effec- tion with opposition members from the Detractors explain that it is a simple ploy to be held in Australia’s capital, Canberra tively give the person elected president in Communist Party and the Socialist Party, by Mr. Kuchma and his supporters to on November 22-23. Federal, state and October 31, 2004, an abridged two-year who have thrown in their support for it. ensure that they retain the top leadership territory members of Parliament will join term. Currently the Ukrainian president is It was sent to the Constitutional Court post in the country. Currently the pro- Australia’s Ukrainian community at the elected for a five-year term. for review after 232 lawmakers signed a presidential forces control the majority in rally. National Deputy Yurii Kliuchkovskyi, petition backing the proposed changes to the Ukrainian Parliament. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 No. 46

THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAMINE-GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE Holocaust/Genocide Resource Center hosts teachers’ program on Ukrainian Famine by Vsevolod Onyshkevych Resource Center, Dr. Hunczak launched wheat; this led to the arrest and trial of and the government of Ukraine, Dr. into a detailed factual and emotional explo- more than 54,600 peasants, and over 2,000 Hunczak concluded. LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – A special ration of this tragic episode of history. executions. Participants of the teachers’ workshop program at the Julius and Dorothy While estimates of the death toll from Simultaneous with the crackdown, the received a curriculum guide prepared by Koppelman Holocaust/Genocide the Holodomor range between 6 million regime limited the amount of food avail- Dr. Myron B. Kuropas, an educator and Resource Center at Rider University able to peasants to an average of 4 historian, which was funded by the focused on the artificial famine, or and 14 million, most scholars have nar- rowed the estimates to a still-imprecise 7 pounds per month per person. A system Ukrainian National Association. Holodomor perpetrated by the Stalin of internal passports kept the peasants in Valeriy P. Kuchinsky, ambassador regime in Ukraine in 1932-1933. million to 10 million. It is impossible to arrive at an exact number, Dr. Hunczak their villages. This exacerbated the food extraordinary and plenipotentiary, the The keynote lecture was given by Dr. shortages and wholesale famine ensued. permanent representative of Ukraine to Taras Hunczak, professor of history and explained, since the Soviet regime was diligent in covering up the facts, while The effects were shocking, with millions the United Nations, was slated to attend political science at Rutgers University, of deaths, and numerous reports of canni- the session. Due to a last-minute Security on October 15. Western, Soviet-loving, apologists such as The New York Times reporter Walter balism and bands of parentless, feral Council session, however, he was repre- It was followed on October 16 by the “wild” children, Dr. Hunczak reported. sented by Markiyan Z. Kulyk, the deputy center’s annual fall program for high Duranty spread significant disinformation. In recent years, the files of the KGB and The Stalin regime was deliberate in its permanent representative. school teachers, with over 50 teachers of actions, justifying the deaths of millions Mr. Kulyk read a communiqué from Holocaust/genocide studies in attendance its predecessor have been accessible to Dr. Hunczak and others, hence more details of people under the guise of a crackdown the ambassador, and described the signif- at which Dr. Hunczak was the featured on “nationalism” and equating people icant efforts the Ukrainian government lecturer. are beginning to emerge, and awareness is on the increase. eating the food they themselves produced has been making to raise the awareness These events were organized by the as “sabotage,” said Dr. Hunczak. He of the Holodomor and to honor its vic- Resource Center, with assistance from The Holodomor can be traced to a policy of forced socialism and collective farming cited numerous statements by Stalin and tims. This includes a weeklong commem- the Shevchenko Scientific Society. his cohorts some as damning as oration in New York City on November codified in 1928, continued Dr. Hunczak. After brief introductions by Dr. “Nationalism is the village” and “It took 10-15 at the United Nations The premise of collectivization was for the Mordechai Rozanski, president of Rider a famine to crush the peasants.” Headquarters, a conference at Columbia farmers to deliver the entirety of their crops University, and Dr. Marvin Goldstein, co- Faced with the horrors of their actions University and with a requiem service at to the state; in order to accomplish this goal, director of the Holocaust/Genocide (and inactions), Ukrainian Communist St. Patrick’s Cathedral. the middle-class, land-owning farmers, or leaders Mykola Khvyliovyi and Mykola At the conclusion of the session, Dr. “kulaks,” needed to be destroyed. From Skrypnyk committed suicide. Hunczak and Mr. Kulyk answered ques- Dr. Harvey Kornberg, January to March 1930, 61,000 farms were On the other hand, Western tions from the floor, elaborating on the taken over forcibly, over 1 million farmers Communist sympathizers, including facts. president of the Asso- saw their property expropriated, and George Bernard Shaw and Walter New Jersey is one of many states man- ciation of New Jersey 850,000 farmers and family members were Duranty, claimed that “this couldn’t hap- dating “Holocaust and genocide” educa- deported to Siberia. pen in the promised land,” with the tion on the elementary and high school Holocaust Organiza- By 1932 peasant revolts against this col- “promised land” being the USSR. levels. To date, this curriculum included lectivization became characterized as Duranty issued article after article deny- numerous 19th and 20th century geno- tions, pledged to intro- “activism” and “nationalism,” and it ing the existence of a famine, while pri- cides, but not the Famine-Genocide, which duce a resolution man- became the express policy of Stalin and his vately acknowledging it. There is a major numerically was one of the largest. At the henchman Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich, effort under way to try to rescind end of the program, Dr. Harvey Kornberg, dating the Holodomor a.k.a. “the Wolf of the Kremlin,” to crush Duranty’s Pulitzer Prize for these lies. who is also president of the Association of as one of the genocides the revolts and peasants, Dr. Hunczak said. Contemporaneously, Welsh journalist New Jersey Holocaust Organizations By 1932 12,000 brigades were mobilized Gareth Jones did try to expose this geno- (ANJHO), pledged to introduce a resolu- to be covered in New to scour every village and find the sup- cide, but his exhortations fell on deaf tion mandating the Holodomor as one of posed “hidden reserves” of food the peas- ears. Today, 70 years later, the true hor- the genocides to be covered in the core Jersey’s core curricu- ants had not delivered to the Soviets. On rors of the Holodomor are beginning to curriculum. This pledge was met with a lum. August 7, 1932, an edict was issued mak- be exposed throughout the West, thanks rousing ovation by the 100-plus students ing it a crime to have more than five ears of to the efforts of Ukrainian organizations and citizens in attendance. Special commemorative edition of journal dedicated to Holodomor IDYLLWILD, Calif. – Publisher Charles of artistic images dealing with the lace by the Holodomor, influenced the frequent contributor to The Ukrainian Schlacks Jr. recently published a special Holodomor until the recently achieved formation of both national and personal Weekly. The variety, and yet universality, commemorative edition of Canadian- freedom of expression permitted the sub- identities. He also discusses how these of experiences suffered by those provid- American Slavic Studies (Vol. 37, No. 3, ject to be artistically addressed. subjects, as well as Ukrainian history in ing testimonies for this book express the Fall 2003) dedicated to the 70th anniver- • Dr. James E. Mace, professor of general, are presented in Ukrainian text- profound influence of the terrors these sary of the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine. political science at the National books. people witnessed and never forgot. The journal features the following arti- University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, • “The Holodomor of 1932-1933, as Copies of “Holodomor: The Ukrainian cles: contributed the article “Is the Ukrainian Presented in Drama and the Issue of Genocide, 1932-1933,” may be ordered • Foreword: “1933. Genocide. Ten Genocide a Myth?” Citing Stalin’s letter Blame” by Dr. Larissa M. L. Zaleska from the publisher for $5, plus $2 (U.S.) Million. Holodomor” by Peter Borisow, to Kaganovich of September 11, 1932, he Onyshkevych, president of the postage ($3 in Canada and $4 foreign). president of the Hollywood Trident points out the unquestionable fact that the Shevchenko Scientific Society of the To order, write to: Charles Schlacks, Jr., Foundation and the Genocide Awareness genocidal aspects of the Holodomor were U.S., explores the Holodomor-related Publisher, P.O. Box 1256, Idyllwild, CA Foundation, focuses on the fact that it is both known and condoned at the highest works of the playwrights Yuriy 92549-1256. necessary to correct the erroneous per- level of the Stalin regime. Yanovskyi, Serhiy Kokot-Ledianskyi and ception that Holodomor (literally death • “The Holodomor: 1932-1933” by Bohdan Boychuk. As with visual arts, the by forced starvation) was a weather-gen- guest editor Cheryl A. Madden, provides problem of Soviet control of all aspects erated event, as is the common public an overview of the Holodomor, and of life prohibited these writers, and oth- perception gained through the use of the makes use of a variety of international ers, from presenting the Holodomor in its term “famine.” and multi-ethnic sources to support its horrible truth and vastness. While in the • “Gareth Jones: A Voice Crying in the various points. Ms. Madden also con- thrall of the Soviet Union, these writers Wilderness” by Margaret Siriol Colley tributed the Introduction, “A Selective could mention the ravages of the and Nigel Linsan Colley is based on the Annotated Bibliography of Books in Holodomor only through the use of Welsh reporter Gareth Jones’ articles English Regarding the Holodomor and veiled allusions, or in publications writ- (including those that first broke the news Stalinism” and a review of the book of ten by the diaspora and/or published in of the Famine to the west), diaries and primary source famine-appeal letters, the West. Once the collapse of the Soviet letters, as well as official British govern- “We’ll Meet Again in Heaven: Union removed the threat of fast and sure ment documents, and letters from former German-Russians Write Their American reprisals against writers and artists, their Prime Minister David Lloyd George. Relatives, 1925-1937” by Ronald J. work and their family members, they • “Images and Evocations of the Vossler. were freed to relate the once-captive his- Famine-Genocide in Ukrainian Art” by • “Holodomor and the Ukrainian tory of their people. Dr. Daria Darewych is enhanced by 16 Indentity of Suffering: The 1932-1933 • In “Testimony – from ‘Holod 33’ ” exemplary illustrations. Dr. Darewych is Ukrainian Famine in Historical Culture” Orysia Paszczak Tracz translated primary the president of the Shevchenko Society by Johan Ohman, a Ph.D. candidate at source testimonies from the book edited of Canada and is a professor of art history Lund University in Sweden, addresses by Lidia Borysivna Kovalenko and at York University. Her article explains the ways in which Ukraine’s subjugation Volodymyr Antonovych, “Holod 33: A that, because of the political oppression by the USSR, especially as demonstrated National Memorial Book.” Ms. Tracz is a pervasive in the USSR, there was a dearth by the ravages inflicted upon the popu- Ukrainian ethnographer, translator and No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 5

THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAMINE-GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE A tale of two journalists: Walter Duranty and Gareth Jones by Dr. James Mace fit in with it. His reportage was always live- an irate censor and closed official doors. of us as an example of what we should be.” ly, eminently readable, and usually – but by Both Lyons and Duranty knew the rules It, of course, suited his material interests On June 24 the Pulitzer Prize Committee no means always – had some relationship to of this game so well that both had been was sent an open letter by Dr. Margaret thus to write everything the Soviet authori- the facts. rewarded before the Holodomor by being Siriol Colley and Nigel Linsan Colley of ties wanted him to – that the collectivization Still, he realized that in the American free Bramcote, Notts, United Kingdom, too long granted an interview with Stalin himself, the of agriculture was working well, with no press, newspapers are made to make money to be recounted here in full, but which can Holy Grail of the Moscow foreign press famine conditions anywhere; that the purges for their owners, and the reporter’s job is to be read on the Internet at corps. Umansky knew how to award and were justified, the confessions genuine, and write something people would want to read http://colley.co.uk/garethjones/soviet_arti- punish foreigners. Perhaps this is why he the judicial procedure impeccable. Because enough that they would go out and buy his cles/duranty_revocation.htm. (The letter would later move on into the diplomatic of these acquiescent attitudes – so ludicrous- employer’s newspaper. It is the classic rela- was published in The Weekly on July 20.) beau monde of Washington. ly false that they were a subject of derision tionship between labor and management in a The lady is the niece of one Gareth Jones, a Lyons, who came to Russia as an among the other correspondents and even market economy: the more effective a work- journalist who had had the courage to tell American Communist sycophant, then [Soviet censor] Podolsky had been known er is at helping his employer make more the truth about the despicable things he had becoming a disillusioned anti-Communist, to make jokes about them - Duranty never money, the better chance he stands of getting seen in Ukraine in the spring of 1933. For paid the price. His lady translator, it seems, had any trouble getting a visa, or a house, or higher pay, a better job or other attributes of his courage he paid with his professional brought to his attention an item in Molot, a interviews with whomever he wanted. worldly success. reputation and being long all but forgotten. newspaper from Rostov-on-Don, designed Such subservience to a regime that was For Duranty, this system seems to have The hatchet man in this tale was one to cow the local inhabitants but not for for- one of two truly evil systems of the 20th worked quite well. After the war, he was Walter Duranty, winner of the 1932 Pulitzer eign consumption, announcing the mass century, for which the term totalitarianism is sent to the new independent Baltic states and Prize for writing stories from the Soviet deportation of three Ukrainian Kozak stanit- most often applied, was marked by a veneer in 1921 was among the first foreign Union, reportage that he had already freely sas from the Kuban. Nine months after he of objective analysis and certainly not with- reporters allowed into the Soviet Union. confessed “always reflected the official broke the story, he was gone from the Soviet out insight – he was the first to have “put his This latter achievement was a major one, for Soviet point of view and not his own.” And Union for good. money on Stalin,” as he put it, and is even the Soviet Union was never shy about exer- here begins a tale of one journalist being Into this world walked a young English credited with having first coined the word cising control over who could come or crushed for his honesty and another reward- socialist, Malcolm Muggeridge, who had Stalinism to describe the evolving system – leave. A Western reporter in the Soviet ed for his mendacity. It is a tale that touches married the niece of Sidney and Beatrice and he was always fascinating to read, even Union always knew that if one wrote some- directly both on the ethics of journalism and thing offensive enough to the Soviet authori- Webb, then icons in the Soviet Union for more to talk to. the history of Ukraine. ties, he would be expelled and never their work to turn the Soviet experiment into He was the most famed foreign corre- Journalists often like to think of them- allowed to return. an icon for socialist intellectuals in the West. spondent of the time; a nice apartment in selves as fearless fighters for the public’s Thus, there was a strong professional Coming from such a background, young Moscow complete with a live-in lover, by right to know the truth, the whole truth and incentive not to be that person. Duranty nothing but the truth. To reward those who understood this better than anyone else, but actually did so an extremely successful just in case someone among the journalists Into the world of Moscow journalism, a world Hungarian-born American journalist named forgot this simple truth, there was a Soviet Joseph Pulitzer willed that his legacy be where everybody had to make his own decision press officer to remind him. During the First used in part to fund prizes in his name for on the moral dilemma Lyons framed as “to tell outstanding achievements in drama, letters, Five-Year Plan, the head of the Soviet Press music and journalism. The prizes, modest in Office was Konstantin Umansky (or or not to tell,” came one Gareth Jones, a bril- money but tremendous in terms of the honor Oumansky: he liked it better the French liant young man who had studied Russian and they convey on their recipients, have been way). awarded annually since 1917. Eugene Lyons, who had known graduated with honors from Cambridge and In reality, journalists, like everyone else, Umansky at a distance since he had been a became an adviser on foreign policy to former are rarely completely faithful to the ideals TASS correspondent in the United States they profess. And prizes, even prestigious and the latter chief of its Foreign Bureau, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George. ones like the Pulitzer, sometimes go to probably knew this little man with black At the age of 25, in 1930 he went to the Soviet curly hair and gold teeth as well as any of scoundrels. Dr. Colley demands the revoca- Union. In 1932 he wrote with foreboding about tion of the Pulitzer Prize from the scoundrel the foreign correspondents. He described the who led a campaign for Stalin’s Soviet system as more one of give-and-take with the food situation as people asked, “Will there the foreign correspondents sometimes back- Union from the most prestigious newspaper be soup?” in the United States, The New York Times, ing the censor down through a show of pro- to discredit her uncle for honestly trying to fessional solidarity (it would have been, after do what journalists are supposed to do: for all, too much of an embarrassment for the Malcolm and his wife even sold their furni- whom he did indeed beget a son, and an ori- telling people the truth. Soviets to expel all the foreign correspon- ture, convinced that they would remain in ental servant to do the cooking and cleaning; Walter Duranty, born in Liverpool dents), often in a spirit of give- and-take and the Soviet Union as he reported for the was the social center of the life of foreigners (England) in 1884, was always something of compromise. But the telegraph office would Manchester Guardian. in Moscow; and took frequent trips abroad, a scoundrel and openly relished in being simply not send cables without Umansky’s Yet, when he arrived, he quickly saw that as he put it, to retain his sense of what was able to get away with it. In S. J. Taylor’s permission. the Five-Year Plan was not quite all it was news. excellent biography, “Stalin’s Apologist: Moreover, convinced that the Soviet cracked up to be. Perhaps the first inkling of Simultaneously, there was a strange sort Walter Duranty: The New York Times’s experiment was so much superior to the all the panoply of characters he happened onto of honesty to his privately admitting that he Man in Moscow” (Oxford University Press, too evident evils of capitalism, a huge seg- was at a reception at the British Embassy in was indeed an apologist. In the 1980s during ment of the West’s intellectuals wanted des- 1990), he is seen lying even about his own Moscow in the fall of 1932 when he found the course of my own research on the perately to look with hope on the Soviet family origins, claiming in his autobiogra- himself sitting between old Soviet apologist Ukrainian Holodomor I came across a most experiment, which, for all its failures, phy to have been an only child orphaned at Anna Louise Strong and the great Duranty, interesting document in the U.S. National seemed to offer a beacon. And in a world 10, neither of which was true: his mother the most famous foreign correspondent of Archives, a memorandum from one A.W. where access to newsmakers is often the died in 1916 and his sister 14 years later, a his day and fresh from his Pulitzer Prize. Kliefoth of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin spinster; when his father died in 1933. only thing between having something to dated June 4, 1931. Duranty dropped in to print or not, access to power itself becomes a Miss Strong, he wrote in his memoirs, After finishing his university studies, he “Chronicles of Wasted Time” (1972), “was renew his passport. Mr. Kliefoth thought it drifted to Paris, where he dabbled in commodity. might be of possible interest to the State As Lyons himself put it in his memoir, an enormous woman with a very red face, a Satanism, opium and sex on both sides of lot of white hair, and an expression of stu- Department that this journalist, in whose the bed-sheets. By the time World War I “Assignment in Utopia” (1937): reporting so much credence was placed, had “The real medium of exchange in pidity so overwhelming that it amounted to broke out, he had a job as a reporter for The a strange kind of beauty.” told him that, ‘in agreement with The New New York Times and could thus avoid actu- Moscow, buying that which neither rubles York Times and the Soviet authorities,’ his nor dollars can touch, was power. And Of Duranty, Muggeridge wrote: al combat. Duranty seems to have known “Duranty, a little sharp-witted energetic official dispatches always reflect the official that the key to success in journalism can power meant Comrade Stalin, Comrade opinion of the Soviet government and not Umansky, the virtuoso of kombinatsia, the man, was a much more controversial per- often be in first determining what the readers son; I should say there was more talk about his own.’ ” want and then gauging how the facts might fellow who’s uncle’s best friend has a cousin Note that the American consular official on the collegium of the GPU. To be invited him in Moscow than anyone else, certainly among foreigners. His household, where I thought it particularly important for his Dr. James Mace is former staff direc- to exclusive social functions, to play bridge superiors that the phrase, in agreement with visited him once or twice, included a tor of the U.S. Commission on the with the big-bugs, to be patted on the back The New York Times and the Soviet author- Russian woman named Katya, by whom I Ukraine Famine, which was established editorially by Pravda, to have the social ities, was a direct quotation. This was pre- believe he had a son. I always enjoyed his in 1986 and issued its report to Congress ambitions of one’s wife flattered: such cisely the sort of journalistic integrity that company; there was something vigorous, in 1988. Its mandate was extended in inducements are more effective in bridling a was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. vivacious, preposterous, about his unscrupu- 1988, and two years later the commis- correspondent’s tongue than any threats ...” Into the world of Moscow journalism, a lousness which made his persistent lying sion published a three-volume compila- Whether in Moscow or Berlin, Tokyo or world where everybody had to make his tion of the Oral History Project on the Rome, all the temptations for a practicing somehow absorbing. I suppose no one – not own decision on the moral dilemma Lyons Famine-Genocide. Dr. Mace today reporter are in the direction of conformity. It even Louis Fischer – followed the Party framed as “to tell or not to tell,” came one teaches at the National University of is more comfortable and in the long run Line, every shift and change, as assiduously Gareth Jones (1905-1935), a brilliant young Kyiv Mohyla Academy and writes for the more profitable to soft-pedal a dispatch for as he did. In Oumansky’s eyes he was per- Kyiv newspaper Den (The Day). readers thousands of miles away than to face fect, and was constantly held up to the rest (Continued on page 8) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 No. 46

THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAMINE-GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE Pastoral letter regarding observances THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY of Day of Remembrance of Famine Re: airbrushing history My Dear Friends: At 2 p.m., on November 15, we will, once again, for the 12th consecutive year, Will the airbrushing of history related to the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 Man’s inhumanity to man has never gather for a memorial service in St. in Ukraine continue in this, its 70th anniversary year? been more apparent than in the instances Patrick’s Cathedral. I urge all Ukrainians We speak to developments on two fronts. of genocide that have besmirched the his- in the New York metropolitan area to First, of course, is the case of the infamous Walter Duranty of The New York tory of civilization. Whenever a crime make every effort to join in prayer for Times, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning dispatches in the 1930s from Stalin’s para- against humanity is perpetrated, right- those victims and show that we have not dise upheld the party line and denied that a Famine was raging in Ukraine. The thinking people are appalled, for it is so forgotten. New York Times, via its publisher and other spokespersons, has expressed con- beyond our comprehension and contrary A solemn march, beginning at 11 a.m., cern that revoking Duranty’s Pulitzer is akin to airbrushing him out of history, to human nature. from St. George Ukrainian Catholic much like the Soviets used to airbrush personae non gratae out of the picture, In 1932-1933, Lazar Kaganovich Church to St. Patrick’s Cathedral will both figuratively and literally. spearheaded Stalin’s artificially orches- give testimony to our outrage and pain. I But as Prof. Mark von Hagen (the full text of the letter he sent to the Times trated famine intended to drive independ- call upon all of you who are able to join appears on the facing page) and others have argued, what those who want ent farmers into collectivized Soviet agri- your priests, religious and schoolchildren Duranty’s Pulitzer rescinded seek is exactly the opposite: not the airbrushing of culture and to crush Ukraine’s growing in a public display of our solidarity, car- history, but an exposé of the full truth – that the Famine-Genocide did take place national identity. Propaganda, manipula- rying banners and placards on high to let and that Duranty was among those complicit in denying that fact. tion of the truth, secrecy and even denial the world know about this “Hidden There is also the case of the highly significant Senate Resolution 202, which shrouded the starvation of 7 million Holocaust.” unequivocally states that the Great Famine was genocide. We’ve written before Ukrainian peasants. They had no champi- To give further evidence of our com- about the Russian government’s opposition to the measure via the interventions on to give voice to their plight, and oth- passion, I direct each of our parishes to of its Embassy personnel in Washington. And we know that Russia was opposed ers – like The New York Times’ Pulitzer conduct a food drive during the first to any statement at the United Nations that would use the word “genocide” in Prize-winning reporter Walter Duranty three weeks of November, the food col- relation to the Famine. Now it appears there’s more to it. who should have brought the genocide to lected to be given to your local commu- We now know there is opposition to the characterization of the Famine as the world’s attention – either engaged nity food bank before Thanksgiving. genocide from the Bush administration, most notably from the National Security knowingly in a shameful cover-up or I will join you with a heavy heart on Council. Whether the reason for this opposition is President George Bush’s good turned a blind eye to its horrors. this Day of Remembrance, taking solace buddy Vladimir [Putin], we do not know. But we do know that the resolution – It is now 70 years since this human in our voices joined in prayer. which has strong bipartisan support and has more co-sponsors than most Senate depravity was visited on the innocents of With all good wishes I confer upon resolutions do – is stuck in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where our native land. The victims are, for the you my episcopal blessing, and remain. Chairman Richard Lugar is being pressured by the administration to not let the most part, unknown; but, if they were resolution stand as written. Though the resolution, which is a “sense of the known, they would be too numerous to Sincerely yours in Christ, Senate” resolution, does not express the policy of the Bush administration, the be counted – however, not too numerous Most Rev. Basil H. Losten, D.D. administration nonetheless wants it to be watered down, with references to the for tearful remembrance. Eparch of Stamford Famine as genocide removed. A touch of airbrushing? Meanwhile, S. Res. 202’s sponsor, Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, is standing firm, which makes him all the more courageous a figure as he is going against the wishes of the Republican leadership. What can you do? If your senators are not among the current 23 co-sponsors (Sens. Joseph Lieberman and Mark Dayton have joined the list since our last “Statement in support of remembering report), ask them to sign on. Contact the National Security Council to express your dismay over this position of the Bush administration. theFollowing victims is the full of text Ukraine’sof a joint the victims Great of the famine Famine” of 1932-1933: It’s time to call things by their true names, to stop the airbrushing, to tell the “Statement in support of remembers the “Their extermination was a matter of state whole truth about the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. victims of Ukraine’s Great Famine: issued policy, just as the ovens of Dachau were a by the Ukrainian World Congress and the matter of state policy. The Ukrainian World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s kulaks died ... for the convenience of the Organizations regarding the Famine- state, to help with the organization of the Nov. Genocide of 1932-1933. The statement was new order of things ... they died and yet Turning the pages back... submitted on November 10 to Secretary the grass has grown over the world’s General Kofi Annan for circulation among memory of their murder. Why ?...” 20 the missions of the member-states of the To date this tragic event lacks due con- United Nations. The UWC and the demnation or recognition as a genocide In 1999, The Ukrainian Weekly ran an editorial commenting WFUWO are non-governmental organiza- by many international institutions and 1999 on the memorial procession and service held in New York City tions accredited at the U.N.’s Economic governments. on November 20. Following are excerpts from that editorial. and Social Council in consultative status. In 1988 the U.S. Commission on the Stop the silence and end the lies. That was the principal Ukraine Famine concluded: “The message carried forth by those who participated in the Famine-Genocide memorial “When I awoke, before the dawn, Genocide Convention defines genocide as procession and service... Ukrainians of all ages, members of various organizations, amid their sleep I heard my sons ... weep one or more specified actions committed faithful of different Churches congregated to bear witness to the man-made Famine and ask for bread...” with intent to destroy a national, ethnic, that decimated the Ukrainian nation in 1932-1933 during Stalin’s reign of terror. They – from Dante’s description of Hell, racial or religious group wholly or partial- came to remember the greatest tragedy that has ever befallen Ukraine and to mourn its ninth and final circle. ly as such ... One or more of the actions innocent victims, to pledge that they will never forget and will tell the world about specified in the Genocide Convention This year marks the 70th anniversary one of this century’s darkest periods. That was evident from the placards they carried was taken against the Ukrainians in order of the forced famine of 1932-1933, engi- and from the observations they shared when questioned by a reporter. to destroy a substantial part of the neered by the Soviet regime in which 7 But mostly the marchers and mourners came out of the strong conviction that this Ukrainian people ... Overwhelming evi- million to 10 million Ukrainians per- can never happen again, that others must know the truth – for it is the truth that can dence indicates that Stalin was warned of prevent such atrocities. (“To ignore one genocide is to invite another,” said one ished. The sheer numbers alone would impending famine in Ukraine and pressed poster.) They pledged by their presence to continue to speak out about the Great qualify this entry as the world’s most for measures that could only ensure its Famine, for they know that silence was one of the principal reasons this murderous massive genocide. We honor the millions occurrence and exacerbate its effects. act of Stalin and his collaborators in crimes against humanity was so successful. of victims of this most heinous mass Such policies not only came into conflict Ambassador Anton Buteiko pointed out in his address that, even during the artificial crime ever committed by man against with his response to food supply difficul- Famine, the issue had been raised “at a forum of the League of Nations and was sup- man. Historians conclude that no nation ties elsewhere in the preceding year, but ported by representatives from Norway, Ireland, Spain and Germany. However, repre- lost more than the Ukrainian during the some of them were implemented with sentatives of other nations insisted that the famine was an internal affair of the Soviet 20th century. Together the famines, greater vigor in ethnically Ukrainian areas Union. Thus, indifference got the upper hand, and the crimes remained unpunished.” purges, persecutions, wars resulted in than elsewhere and were utilized in order ... The mourners converging on New York City also knew that another reason the over 20 million lives lost. to eliminate any manifestation of Great Famine was successful was the “Great Lie,” as Bishop Basil Losten called it, The quintessence of today’s commem- Ukrainian national self-assertion.” via which the Stalin regime and its supporters – including some notable Western jour- oration lies not only in reflection. In 1989 the Ukrainian World Congress nalists and intellectuals – denied that famine was raging in Ukraine. Seventy years ago when Ukrainians were convened a tribunal of eminent interna- Even today, after “Monuments were erected to commemorate the victims, secret archives being brutally murdered by the millions, tional jurists to conduct hearings on the made public, tens of books, memoirs and studies published,” as Ambassador Buteiko noted, many governments in the world were 1932-1933 Famine. The tribunal deter- “the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, directed by the bloody deeds of Lenin and Stalin, establishing diplomatic relations with the mined that the Famine was planned by is yet to bear the judgment of the nations of the world, the judgment of history. We have yet Soviet Union. Worse, even the press the totalitarian regime of the USSR, that to tell the truth about artificial famine, to preach its lessons to humankind.” conspired to conceal, among them the it targeted the Ukrainian nation, and that notorious New York Times chief corre- it claimed at least 7 million lives. Source: “Bearing witness to genocide” (Editorial), The Ukrainian Weekly, spondent Walter Duranty. November 28, 1999, Vol. LXVII, No. 48. In 1983 Time magazine wrote about (Continued on page 20) No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 7

THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAMINE-GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE BOOK NOTES: New compilation Faces and Places of“Famine-Genocide materials in Ukraine, about 1932- Famine-Genocide by Myron B. Kuropas 1933: Western Archives, Testimonies and New Research,” edited by Wsevolod W. Isajiw. Toronto: Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Center, 2003. ISBN 0-921537-56-5, 212 pp., $20 Denver does it again (softcover). Readers of The Ukrainian Weekly will “but I was pleasantly surprised. You could recall that on April 28, 2001, Ukrainian have charged $100 and it would have been Published on the 70th anniversary of Americans in Denver, commemorated the worth every penny.” the 1932-1933 Famine-Genocide in 15th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster The weekend concluded with a com- Ukraine, this book presents an analysis with events that lasted two days. A full- memorative divine liturgy at Holy Ghost of documents about the Famine found in page story appeared in the June 17, 2001, Roman Catholic Church, where three Western and Russian archives. issue of The Weekly. priests concelebrated and hundreds partici- It examines reports about the Famine Denver has a relatively small contingent pated. sent at the time by the German, Italian of Ukrainian Americans. They’re small in Special praise belongs to Dr. Ania and British consulates to their govern- numbers, but big in ideas. When Ukrainian Savage, who coordinated the UD event and ments. Up to now, little has been written Denverites commemorate Ukrainian was able to obtain graduate credit for the about these reports. The reports give a events, they don’t do it in some isolated, teachers who participated; Taras M. Bugir, shocking picture of the unbelievable “for Ukrainians only” locale, where who prepared a CD on the Famine for tragedy that the Famine was. They also Ukrainians speak exclusively to Ukrainians. teachers; Tatianna Gajecky-Wynar, who indicate that the Famine was brought The Chornobyl event took place in organized the exhibits; Marta Arnold and about intentionally by the Soviet govern- Ukraine spawned by the Soviet regime in Denver’s Chessman Park, where the Inya Saldyt, respectively, UNWLA presi- ment of the time. the 20th century: “The Origin of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of dent and treasurer; Olena Morozewycz who The book examines Famine witness Ukrainian Famine of 1921-1923 in the America (Soyuz Ukrainok) had planted an prepared a commemorative cross for the Light of Recent Research” by Roman testimonies collected both in the West ash tree and dedicated a Chornobyl com- occasion; Roxolana and Misio Wynar, Serbyn and “The 1946-1947 Famine in and in Ukraine since its independence. A memorative bench in 1986. young activists who convinced some of Ukraine: A Comment on the Archives of special section is devoted to Given their approach to Ukrainian com- their college colleagues to help out and to the Underground” by Peter J. Potichnyj. “Testimonies from Kyiv,” which include memorations, it should come as no surprise sign cards demanding the revocation of The book contains an introduction by articles prepared by Volodymyr Maniak that this year Denver’s Ukrainians did it Duranty’s Pulitzer Prize; Lileya Palissa, Dr. Wsewolod Isajiw; an extensive bibli- and Lidia Kovalenko. again. This year they put together a 70th who organized a candlelight remembrance ography on the 1932-1933 Famine- The pressure exerted by the Soviet anniversary commemoration of the Great on Saturday evening; and Nadya Genocide prepared by Olya Pavlyshyn is regime on the Western press to deny the Famine (Holodomor) that was held on the Mironenko, who coordinated the food drive. included at the end of the volume. Famine and the willingness of some campuses of Regis College and the Denver is not the first community to hold Among the articles in the book are: reporters to comply is also a focal point University of Denver. workshops for teachers this year. A similar “German Diplomatic Reports on the of the book. A unique article by Terry The Regis College event was held on event was held on October 16 at Rider Famine” by Orest Subtelny; “Italian Friday, November 7, in the Science College in Lawrenceville, N.J., where the Martin on the letters of Stalin, recently Archival Documents on the Ukrainian discovered in the Russian archives, link- Amphitheater. It featured history professor newly revised, UNA-produced teacher’s Famine” by Andrea Graziosi; “The Famine Dan Clayton; Cheryl Madden; Regis emeri- ing the Famine to Stalin’s hatred of the curriculum guide was used for the first time. in the British Government Archives” by tus professor Daniel Gallagher, a jovial Ukrainian independence movement of Teacher-training events were also held in Jaroslaw V. Koshiw; “The Famine Irishman and local political mover and the time, appear in the volume in the sec- Chicago, Detroit, Newark and Denver back Witnesses: Oral Histories in North shaker who recently became a member of tion called “Famine Initiators and in 1983. Twenty years later, it’s time to do it America” by Iroida Wynnytsky and the Holy Transfiguration Ukrainian Directors: Personal Papers.” again. Why not hold workshops every year, Wsevolod W. Isajiw; “A Blanket of Byzantine Ukrainian Catholic Church; and not just once every so often? In the section “The Other Famines,” this writer, who served as a public member the book examines two other famines in (Continued on page 14) Our community needs to get the Famine of the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine message out because no one else will. Famine. Soyuz Ukrainok (UNWLA) pre- There are many ways to do it, but one of pared and coordinated an exhibit of the best is through a university that is will- Ukrainian breads for the occasion. ing to offer graduate credit to teachers. It’s a FOR THE RECORD: Prof. von Hagen’s A highlight of the evening was a reading big project, but it can be done if a handful by local poet Rawdon Tomlinson, whose of dedicated individuals decide it should be original poem dedicated to the Famine letter to the editor of The New York Times done. The UNA will supply you with the brought many in the audience to tears. Famine curriculum guides. Let Denver be Below is the text of a letter to the edi- and to generally relegate these victims to The following day some 45 history and your guide. Get busy! tors of The New York Times sent on the status of non-persons, a fate that persist- social studies teachers from various high October 29 by Prof. Mark von Hagen of ed for many until the Gorbachev era. schools in the state attended a seminar at Columbia University. The letter was writ- Revoking Duranty’s Pulitzer Prize the University of Denver (UD). The theme ten in response to a news story (The New hardly seems in the same universe as this was “Food as a Political Weapon.” York Times, October 23) that quoted a practice. Duranty died a peaceful death at Presenters included Dr. Carol Helstotsky of letter to the Pulitzer Prize Board by home, not prosecuted for any crimes, nor the department of history, whose topic was Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. having suffered any jail sentence. politically engineered food shortages in Moreover, his articles will remain, I pre- Italy during the Mussolini years, Ms. Dear Editors: sume, available in the archives of The Madden, who offered a power-point pres- I write in response to the suggestion in New York Times and his books on the entation about the Great Famine featuring the letter that [Arthur] Sulzberger Jr. sent to shelves of any major library. He will not letters by 1932 inhabitants in Ukraine to the Pulitzer Prize Committee that revoking be relegated to the status of non-person. their relatives in the United States and Walter Duranty’s 1932 prize was somehow Canada, and this writer who reviewed his equivalent to Stalin-era airbrushing. Finally, whereas, the purpose of the air- brushing was to suppress the truth about recently updated Famine Resource and Although Mr. Sulzberger did not direct his Curriculum Guide for Teachers. what was happening under Stalin, my comments at me, since my report did not Originally published in 1983, the intention in speaking in favor of revoking include a recommendation about the prize Famine Guide was recently re-published by Duranty’s prize is quite the opposite, to (though the concluding sentences probably the Ukrainian National Association. gave away my sentiments), I feel that I am bring greater awareness to the standards of An exhibit coordinated by Soyuz now retroactively in the camp of virtual reporting and the potential long-term dam- Ukrainok featured Ukrainian breads, Stalinist airbrushers and compelled to reply. age that Duranty’s reporting did for our Ukrainian embroidery and books on the As historians of the tragic Stalin period understanding of the Soviet Union. Famine. Soyuz Ukrainok also provided a know well, nearly all those targeted for In the end, if I were a holder, current complimentary lunch for all participants. “airbrushing” were already murdered or or future, of the Pulitzer Prize, I would Evaluations by participating teachers, languishing in the Gulag (or, in fortunate think I would rather not be in the compa- some of whom will receive one hour of cases, forced into exile) after being accused ny of a journalist whose own NYT col- graduate credit from the University of on trumped up charges of espionage, trea- leagues acknowledge was one of the Denver, responded with an average score of Cover of curriculum guide featuring son, sabotage and other “crimes.” After worst reporters they ever published, than 3.6 and a scale of 1 to 4. original artwork by Roman their arrests or exiles, the NKVD ordered a to be in his company. One teacher commented that he had Zavadowych. further “documentary execution” of these learned more in one day than he often victims by directing libraries to expunge all Mark von Hagen learns in a semester. Another believed that mention of them in books and journals, to Professor of History the $15 participation fee was too low. “I Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: remove their books if they had written any, Columbia University didn’t expect much at that price,” he wrote, [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 No. 46

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A couple of weeks earlier the GPU had between Great Britain and the Soviet Union courage in this situation was not quite as A tale of two... arrested six British citizens and several over the accused British engineers, there great as the Welshmans who had the bad (Continued from page 5) Russians on charges of industrial espionage. appears from a British source a big scare luck to have been murdered in China in An announcement was made that a public story in the American press about famine in 1935, probably to prevent him from man who had studied Russian and gra trial was in preparation. This was news. the Soviet Union, With ‘thousands already telling the world that the new state of duated with honors from Cambridge, and Putting their own people in the dock was dead and millions menaced by death from Manchukuo was not nearly as nice a became an adviser on foreign policy to for- one thing, but accusing white men, starvation.’ ” place as its Japanese sponsors wanted the mer British Prime Minister David Lloyd Englishmen, of skullduggery was some- Of course, this put everything in its prop- world to believe. George. At the age of 25, in 1930 he went thing else. This promised to be the trial of er place, at least enough for the United There is perhaps something of a paral- to the Soviet Union to inform hs employer the century, and every journalist working for States to extend diplomatic recognition to lel to the story of Gareth Jones. There was what was happening there. His reports a newspaper in the English-speaking world the Soviet Union in November of that year. in 1981 another young man, then 29 and a were considered so straighforward that knew that this was precisely the type of So much so that when a dinner was given in newly minted Ph.D. from the University of they were then published in the London story that their editors were paying them to honor of Soviet Foreign Minister Maksim Michigan, hired by the Harvard Ukrainian Times as “An Observer’s Notes.” cover. To be locked out would have been Litvinov in New York’s posh Waldorf- Research Institute to study the Holodomor. The following year he returned and equivalent to professional suicide. The Astoria Hotel, when it came time to pay trib- After nearly a decade, when the published some of the materials under his dilemma of to tell or not to tell was never ute to Duranty, the cheers were so thunder- Commission on the Ukraine Famine was own name. Having gained a reputation for put more brutally. ous that American critic and bon-vivant wrapping up, he was informed that the fel- integrity in honestly trying to get to the Umansky read the situation perfectly, and Alexander Woolcott wrote, “Indeed, one lowship he had been offered for an academic bottom of things, in 1932 he wrote with Lyon’s summed up what happened in a way quite got the impression that America, in a year had been cut back to a semester. foreboding about the food situation as peo- that needs no retelling: spasm of discernment, was recognizing both Having nowhere else to turn, he settled for ple asked, “Will there be soup?” “On emerging from Russia, Jones made a Russia and Walter Duranty.” that. “We expected he’d refuse, but he By the early spring of 1933, the fact that statement which, startling though it sound- At the same time that Duranty was so accepted,” a colleague was told. Next year famine was raging in Ukraine and the ed, was little more than a summary of what actively denying the existence of the famine he was invited for a yearlong fellowship to Kuban, two-thirds of the population of the correspondents and foreign diplomats in public, he was quite open in admitting it the University of Illinois. Well-meaning which happened to be Ukrainian, was com- had told him. To protect us, and perhaps in private. On September 26, 1933, in a pri- Ukrainian Americans were ready to donate a mon knowledge in Moscow among foreign with some idea of heightening the authentic- vate conversation with William Strang of the million dollars to endow a chair for this diplomats, foreign correspondents and even ity of his reports, he emphasized his British Embassy in Moscow, he stated, “it is man. Those who taught Russian and East the man in the street. In response to Lyon’s Ukrainian foray rather than our conversation quite possible that as many as 10 million European history led him to understand, “revelations” from the regional official as the chief source of his information ... people may have died directly or indirectly however, that, while they would be quite Soviet press, a ban had been imposed on “Throwing down Jones was as unpleas- from lack of food in the Soviet Union during happy to take the money, whoever might get foreign journalists traveling to the areas in ant a chore as fell to any of us in the years of the past year.” The little Englishman indeed the chair, it would certainly not be he. question. juggling facts in order to please dictatorial seemed to have gotten away with it. It is unknown who exactly played the Upon checking with his colleagues in regimes – but throw him down we did, But his further career was a gradual sink- role of Umansky in this particular tale or ing into obscurity and penury, his Katia in whether vodka was served afterward, but Moscow berating him for taking no interest the carrot and stick are fairly obvious: in the education of their son and asking that access to scholarly resources in Moscow vs. Gareth Jones spent a couple of weeks, walked he send more money, that is, of course, the veto of any research projects. In a world about 40 miles, talked to people, slept in their when he could. He married on his deathbed where a number of scholars slanted their in late September 1957. A week later, on journal articles and monographs as adroitly huts, and was appalled at what he saw. “I October 3, he died from an internal hemor- as Duranty did his press coverage, I am walked alone through villages and 12 collective rhage complicated by pulmonary emphyse- tempted to someday venture my own coun- farms. Everywhere was the cry, ‘There is no ma at the age of 73. Nothing further of his terpart to “Winter in Moscow,” based on the son is known. published works that make the players all bread; we are dying...’ ” Jones had attempted to defend himself in too easy to discern. For I was that once a letter to The New York Times and young man. But, in contrast to Jones, I have Malcolm Muggeridge, once out of the found a place to live, married the woman I Moscow what they knew – on the under- unanimously and in almost identical formu- Soviet Union, declined to write a letter in love, teach, and have a forum from which I standing, of course, that their names would las of equivocation. Poor Gareth Jones must support of Jones, although Jones had pub- can from time to time be heard. never be mentioned – Jones decided it was have been the most surprised human being licly commended Muggeridge’s unsigned Despite Duranty’s prophesies, the worth it to defy the prohibition and buy a alive when the facts he so painstakingly gar- articles in the Manchester Guardian. Various Ukrainians did not forget what had hap- ticket at the train station to the places nered from our mouths were snowed under organizations, mostly on the right, took up pened to them in 1933, and 70 years later the affected as a private person, which was not by our denials. the cause of telling the world about the Great Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties forbidden. Once there, he employed his “The scene in which the American press Famine of 1932-1933, but within two or Association and the Ukrainian World simple but logical method of getting off the corps combined to repudiate Jones is fresh three years the issue faded into the back- Congress, with support from a number of train and walking for several hours until he in my mind. It was in the evening and ground and was largely forgotten. other leading Ukrainian diaspora organiza- was certain he was off the beaten track and Constantine Umansky, the soul of gracious- Gareth Jones was himself nonplussed. In tions, have organized a campaign to reopen start talking to the locals. ness consented to meet us in the hotel room a letter to a friend who intended to visit the the issue of Walter Duranty’s 1932 Pulitzer He spent a couple of weeks, walked of a correspondent. He knew that he had a Soviet Union, he wrote: Prize with a view to stripping him of it. about 40 miles, talked to people, slept in strategic advantage over us because of the “Alas! You will be very amused to hear As a professional courtesy, the editors [of their huts, and was appalled at what he saw. Metro-Vickers story. He could afford to be that the inoffensive little ‘Joneski’ has Den] have already sent an e-mail of this arti- Rushing back to Moscow and out of the gracious. Forced by competitive journalism achieved the dignity of being a marked man cle to all the members of the Pulitzer Prize Soviet Union, Jones stopped off first in to jockey for the inside track with officials, on the black list of the OGPU and is barred Board in the hope that it might help them in Berlin, where he gave a press conference it would have been professional suicide to from entering the Soviet Union. I hear that their deliberations on this issue. and fired off a score of articles about the make an issue of the famine at that time. there is a long list of crimes which I have The whole story of denying the crimes of tragedy he had seen first-hand. “I walked There was much bargaining in the spirit of committed under my name in the secret a regime that cost millions of lives is one of alone through villages and 12 collective gentlemanly give-and-take, under the efflu- police file in Moscow and funnily enough the saddest in the history of the American farms. Everywhere was the cry, ‘There is ence of Umansky’s gilded smile, before a espionage is said to be among them. As a free press, just as the Holodomor is certainly no bread; we are dying...’ ” (Manchester formula of denial was worked out. matter of fact Litvinoff [Soviet Foreign the saddest page in the history of a nation, Guardian, March 30, 1933). “We admitted enough to soothe our con- Minister Litvinov] sent a special cable from whose appearance on the world state was so Young Muggeridge, who would live to a sciences, but in round-about phrases that Moscow to the Soviet Embassy in London unexpected that there is, in fact, a quite suc- ripe old age and become one of the most damned Jones as a liar. The filthy business to tell them to make the strongest of com- cessful book in English, “The Ukrainians: revered journalists of the 20th century, had having been disposed of, someone ordered plaints to Mr. Lloyd George about me.” Unexpected Nation.” done much the same, sent his dispatches out vodka and zakuski, Umansky joined the cel- Jones and those who sided with him Still, it would be only appropriate if that through the British diplomatic pouch and ebration, and the party did not break up until were snowed under a blanket of denials. nation, which was for so long so safe to published much the same earlier but under the early morning hours. The head censor When one by one the American journal- ignore and then appeared so unexpectedly, the anonymous byline of “An Observer’s was in a mellower mood than I had ever ists left the Soviet Union, they wrote expressed itself on the fate of a man who Notes.” But his reports created barely a rip- seen before or since. He had done a big bit books about what they had seen. also was victimized so unexpectedly, sim- ple because his story was the unconfirmed for Bolshevik firmness that night.” Muggeridge wrote a thinly disguised ply for trying honestly to find out and then report of some unknown observer. Duranty took the point position in the novel, “Winter in Moscow” (1934), in tell the truth. Ukrainians abroad want jus- Yet, now stood the young Jones, age 27, campaign against Jones. On March 31, which the names were changed, but it tice done by stripping that young man’s the confidant of prime ministers and mil- 1933, The New York Times carried on page was clear who everybody was. Only chief victimizer of a Pulitzer Prize that lionaires, a young man who was able to get 13 an article that might well be studied in Jones, it seems, was really concealed in makes a mockery of the ideals of journal- interviews with Hitler and Mussolini. Here schools of journalism as an example of how the fact that the character of such integri- ism. They have been joined by a host of Umansky and his superiors in the Soviet to walk the tightrope between truth and lie ty, given the name of Wilfred Pye by the respected journalists in the West. hierarchy encountered a problem that could so masterfully that the two seem to author, was older, a smoker, a drinker, Is it not only right that the people most not be ignored. But Soviet officialdom exchange places under the acrobat’s feet. It none of which the real Jones was. affected by the events in which the struggle already had a trump up its sleeve, one cer- is called “Russians Hungry, But Not In his memoirs, Muggeridge seems to between truth and falsehood, idealism and tain to bring into line any recalcitrant mem- Starving” and begins by placing Jones’ reve- have forgotten altogether the man who cynicism, were so blatant that it reads bers of the Moscow press corps infected by lations in a context that seems to make actually broke the story of the Ukrainian almost like a melodrama, also make its col- an excess of integrity, at least for the dura- everything quite clear: Famine-Genocide under his own name. lective voice heard? By asserting justice in tion of their stay. “In the middle of the diplomatic duel Perhaps he felt a little guilty that his the past, we help attain it for ourselves. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 9 Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization is reborn in central New York state by Borys Buniak cent of the early organizational coopera- tion in the early 1960s when these same SYRACUSE, N.Y. – After nine years three cities worked together to raise their of dormancy, Plast has reorganized and children in the spirit of Ukrainian rekindled an active association in the city Scouting. of Syracuse, N.Y. An initiative to consol- Under the leadership of Dr. Borys idate a group of individual members scat- Buniak, Plast in Syracuse intends to grow tered throughout Central New York with assistance from its additional mem- resulted in an enthusiastic rebirth of the bers. A total of 14 children gathered at Syracuse Branch of Plast Ukrainian the picnic in order to begin the year of Scouting Organization. preparation for promotions, activities and After the difficult task of restructuring friendly sports competition. Counselors was completed earlier this year, Syracuse for the group’s young members are cur- has become an official group under the rently attending local universities and are auspices of Plast-U.S.A. prepared to conduct regular meetings and On September 21, a merger of individ- organize field trips with their assigned ual groups from Binghamton, Syracuse groups. Among them is Orest Mykyta, a Plast members during a picnic at Pratt’s Falls Park in Manlius, N.Y. and Utica celebrated their joint venture student at Syracuse University, who has with a successful opening day ceremony been a counselor in Syracuse since at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic March. Church in Syracuse, followed by a picnic Plast-Pryiat, a parental support organi- organized by Lida Buniak at Pratt’s Falls zation for Plast, will be under the direc- To The Weekly Contributors: We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, let- Park in Manlius, N.Y. tion of Martha Salenko of Binghamton. ters to the editor, etc. – we receive from our readers. In order to facilitate preparation of The protocol for the event was read by This post was previously held by Roma The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed below be followed. lawyer John I. Hvozda, and implemented Temnycky, who has now assumed the by Dr. George Temnycky. Blessings and role of treasurer. It is the commitment of ¨ News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of a given a prayer were led by Father Wasyl such talented parent and student volun- Kadylo. event. teers that ensures the bright future of ¨ All materials must be typed (or legibly hand-printed) and double-spaced. Children and adults alike enjoyed Plast in upstate New York. ¨ Photographs (originals only, no photocopies or computer printouts) submitted for food, nature walks to the scenic water The local community has always been publication must be accompanied by captions. Photos will be returned only when so falls, organized games, sports, Plast enthusiastic about its Ukrainian scouts requested and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. songs and pleasant conversation. Plans and has wholeheartedly welcomed the ¨ Full names (i.e., no initials) and their correct English spellings must be provided. for continued growth and activity within reappearance of an organized Plast group ¨ Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the name of the publi- our community were a topic of great dis- in Central New York – an important event cation and the date of the edition. cussion. With kind support from Father for this tri-city Ukrainian population. ¨ Information about upcoming events must be received one week before the date of Ivan Kaszczak, Plast will hold regular With Plast’s rebirth in Syracuse, there The Weekly edition in which the information is to be published. meetings in the undercross of the church is anticipation that this group will ¨ Persons who submit any materials must provide a daytime phone number where with periodic relocation to either enhance participation in organized social they may be reached if any additional information is required. Binghamton or Utica to reduce travel and community events between former, ¨ Unsolicited materials submitted for publication will be returned only when so request- burden on individuals living outside of current and future scouts to strengthen ed and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. Syracuse. Such camaraderie is reminis- our Ukrainian character and tradition. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 No. 46

Christmas cards mailed to Vitalii Klitschko declares: “I will be American-Ukrainian service people worldby Roman heavyweight Kernitski championLewis was scheduled again!” to fight Kirk Johnson in June, but the fight did not NEW YORK – Dr. Vitalii Klitschko come through because Johnson contract- will be back in the ring on December 6, for the first time since his highly disputed ed an injury, and so Vitalii stepped in. If defeat against World Boxing Council Klitschko beats Johnson – ranked No. 9 heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis. on the WBC’s heavyweight list – there The venue for the fight will be Madison will be no excuses left for Lewis not to Square Garden in New York City, where fight Vitalii in a rematch. Klitschko will try to become the official “In my eyes, Vitalii beat Lennox. So, WBC heavyweight contender again. For Vitalii is the man to beat right now. For this to happen he will have to beat him to be fighting me now – it’s a won- Canadian Kirk Johnson – not an easy derful thing. I didn’t see any weakness in The UNA will be mailing Christmas greetings to American-Ukrainian task. Vitalii in his fight with Lennox. But, service people presently serving their country in many parts of the The Klitschko vs. Johnson bout will nobody is indestructible. Come fight world. be a 12-round WBC No. 1 mandatory night, I will box, punch and finish eliminator; Lewis must fight the winner Klitschko just like I finished (Lou) of this fight in his next bout, or be The UNA wishes to solicit your help in getting names and addresses Savarese,” Johnson said during a recent stripped of the WBC title, his only press conference in New York City. of any Ukrainian you may know who is serving in the armed forces – remaining belt. HBO Sports will televise “It’s been a long-time dream for me to the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Reserves and Coast Guard. the heavyweight extravaganza, the first fight in Madison Square Garden. I prom- card in the main arena at the Garden ise that I will give just an exciting per- Help make this project successful. since Bernard Hopkins-Felix Trinidad in formance against Johnson as I did against September 2001. Lennox Lewis,” Klitschko said. “I want- We wish to contact all our service men and women. The Ukrainian boxer – whose record is ed very badly to fight Lewis. But he will With your help we will reach most of them! 32-2-0, 31 KOs – is the WBC’s No. 1 not fight. I cannot wait for Lewis to make contender and is regarded as one of the The UNA will mail Christmas and New Year’s greetings a decision about his career, so I am ready best fighters in the division, coming off to fight Kirk.” to our service people by December 13, 2003. his impressive performance against “I am fully prepared for the fight. But Lewis in June. “Dr. Ironfist” was leading I know that beating Johnson won’t be Please send the name, rank, and address by December 1, 2003 to: on all three judge’s scorecards when the bout was stopped due to several cuts easy. It is my wish to show to supporters Ukrainian National Association, Inc., Klitschko suffered during the bout, giv- around the globe the full spectrum of ing Lewis the decision. positive emotions that make boxing Christmas Cards to Ukrainian service people. worth seeing. Therefore, I am inviting Fraternal Activities Coordinator – O. Trytjak Originally, December 6 was reserved as the date for a rematch between Lewis them all to follow the fight,” Klitschko 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 and Klitschko. But Lewis backed off the said. Parsippany, NJ 07054 bout, declaring that he would not be *** fighting anymore this year. Klitschko, in For further information please call: 1-973 292-9800. contrast, stuck with the date, confirming The Klitschko Fan Club USA will be that he would definitely have his next organizing fan sectors to support Vitalii fight in early December. at MSG; call 732-921-8862 for details. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 11

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“UNESCO Champion” Championships in Barcelona, Spain. That gold medal. Russia’s Irina Tolmacheva Peter Svidler took third. seventh-place finish has been stripped finished the 74.4-kilometer race in sec- Track and field The United Nations Educational, from her and was awarded to Spain’s ond place, while Germany’s Sabine Scientific and Cultural Organization Angela San Juan, swimming’s governing Fischer took third place. Denys Yurchenko of Ukraine took first named Serhiy Bubka of Ukraine a body, FINA, said in a statement recently. Triathlon place in the men’s pole vault at the 2003 UNESCO Champion for Sport on Memorial Van Damme meet in Brussels, November 4 during a ceremony at the Rowing Volodymyr Polikarpenko of Ukraine Belgium, on September 5, clearing a organization’s headquarters in Paris. Ukraine took fifth place in the women’s took first place in the men’s elite division height of 19.03 feet. South Africa’s According to the UNESCO website, the at the International Triathlon Union’s Okkert Brits took second place with a award recognizes “Bubka’s role in the pro- quadruple scull event at the 2003 jump of 19.03 feet, and Romain Mesnil motion of peace and tolerance through International Rowing Federation World 2003 Cancun World Cup competition in of France took third with a jump of 18.70 sport and the Olympic spirit, his humani- Championships in Milan, Italy, finishing Cancun, Mexico, on November 2. feet. tarian activities in favor of young people, the race in 6 minutes and 55.40 seconds. Polikarpenko finished the race in 1 hour, Ukraine’s Zhanna Block finished the his action to enable disadvantaged children The performance earned the team a spot at 54 minutes and 39 seconds, while women’s 100-meter event in a disap- to benefit from physical education and his next year’s Summer Olympic Games in Austria’s Brad Kahlefeldt took second pointing fifth place, finishing the race in dedication to the organization’s ideas.” Athens, Greece. Austria took first place in place, finishing the race in 1:54:46. the race with a time of 6:46.52, while Denmark’s Rasmus Henning took third 11.12 seconds. Kelli White of the United Ice Hockey Belarus took second place with a time of place with a time of 1:54:58. States won the race with a time of 10.87, while her teammates Chryste Gaines and Jordin Tootoo, who became the first 6:48.87, and Germany took third place, Marathon finishing the race in 6:49.34. Torri Edwards came in second and third, player of Inuit descent to play in a respectively, posting times of 10.88 and National Hockey League game when his Ukraine took first place in the B pool Natalia Berkut of Ukraine took 13th final of the women’s double scull event, place in the women’s division at the New 10.98. Nashville Predators’ took on the Iryna Lishchynska of Ukraine took Anaheim Mighty Ducks on October 9, is finishing the race in 7:00.19. Although York City Marathon on November 2, fin- they did not qualify for the A pool final, ishing the 26.2-mile race in 2 hours, 35 11th place in the women’s 1,500-meters, also part Ukrainian. According to the finishing the race in 4 minutes and 5.26 Canadian Press, Tootoo’s father, Barney, the crew’s seventh place overall finish minutes and 23 seconds. Kenya’s was good enough to earn them a spot at Margaret Okayo took first place with a seconds. Turkey’s Sureyya Ayhan took is of Inuk heritage, while his mother, first place with a time of 3:55.33, while Rose, is Ukrainian. The Canadian news next year’s Summer Olympic Games. time of 2:22:31, and her teammate New Zealand won the event, finishing Catherine Ndereba took second place Russia’s Yelena Zadorozhnaya took sec- wire reported that the five-foot-nine, 20- ond place with a time of 4:00.12, and year-old hails from Rankin Inlet, first in the A pool with a time of 6:45.79. with a time of 2:23:04. Lornah Kiplagat Germany took second place with a time of the Netherlands took third place, fin- Yekaterina Rozenberg of Russia finished Nunavet, a town located just south of the in third with a time of 4:00.58. Arctic Circle with a population of some of 6:47.57, while Russia took third place ishing with a time of 2:23:43. with a time of 6:49.50. Tatiana Tereschuk Antipova took fifth 2,500. Chess place in the women’s 400-meter hurdles, Cycling finishing the race in 55.06 seconds. Swimming Ukraine’s Ruslan Ponomariov finished Russia’s Yuliya Pechonkina took first Ukraine’s Iryna Shpiliova took 15th in a disappointing 13th place at the Ukrainian swimmer Natalia place with a time of 53.49, Sandra Glover place in the women’s junior division at International Chess Federation’s (FIDE) Khudiakova was suspended from interna- of the United States took second place, tional competition for two years on the 2003 World Road Cycling 2003 Rapid Chess World Championship finishing in 53.87, and Romania’s Ionela October 13 for using an anabolic steroid Championships in Hamilton, Ontario, on in Cap d’Agde, France, on October 24- Tirlea took third place, finishing the race during the 2003 World Championships, October 10. She finished 32 seconds 30. Viswanathan Anand of India took the in 54.83 seconds. the Associated Press reported recently. behind Loes Markerink of the title, defeating Ponomariov in the quar- Viktoria Stiopina of Ukraine took sec- She finished in seventh place in the 50- Netherlands, whose time of 2 hours, 5 terfinals. Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik meter butterfly at the World minutes and 39 seconds earned her the took second place, while his teammate (Continued on page 23) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 No. 46 The kobzari journey across Europe: Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus’s 85th anniversary tour by Anatoli W. Murha and itineraries were all set for a June 25 departure. Being that the chorus is spread The all-male Ukrainian Bandurist all throughout North America, we flew Chorus has a long and proud history of from Detroit, New York and Toronto. representing Ukrainian bandura and Upon arrival in Manchester on June choral music on the international stage 26 the excitement intensified and we since its founding in 1918. Fortified by a were ready to get on with the tour. We whole new generation of young musi- had 66 people on the tour plus a profes- cians, the chorus has captivated audi- sional tour guide (Constanze) provided ences in major concert halls in the United by Classical Movements. The 66 includ- States, Canada, Europe, Australia and ed 51 performers, plus wives of members Ukraine for more than 50 years. Today and guests who paid to join the tour, the majority of chorus members are sec- along with a video, audio and road crew. ond- and third-generation Americans and The individuals were assigned to one Canadians, with a growing number of of two buses. The Kytasty and Bozhyk recent immigrants from Ukraine. buses had their own historical signifi- The musicians all volunteer their tal- cance. Volodymyr Bozhyk and Hryhory ents and time for the mission of the Kytasty conducted the UBC during its ensemble. Though the chorus has been 1958 tour of Europe, and via the buses based in the Metro Detroit area since they were once again with us in Europe. 1949, it represents talented artists from Upon arrival at the hotel, we had the all across North America, including: opportunity to relax before our welcome Alberta, British Columbia, Maryland, The UBC’s first concert in Europe since 1958. The concert was presented in the dinner hosted by the touring company. Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Brown Shipley Concert Hall at the Royal Northern College of Music. Ontario and Pennsylvania. Members June 27 – our first concet travel to Detroit for weekend rehearsals. for musical groups. We chose to work to tour. For eight days in November of We departed the hotel in shirts and ties On a typical Saturday, the chorus will with Classical Movements Inc, an inter- 2002 we visited Manchester and London, on Thursday morning for an afternoon rehearse for over eight hours. Rehearsal nationally recognized touring company England; Paris, Strasbourg and Saint rehearsal at the Ukrainian Hall. Here the starts back up again on Sunday and fin- whose clients include some of America’s Avold, France; Munich, Germany; and managers and workers of the hall warm- ishes in the afternoon. most beloved institutions: John. F. Vienna, Austria. Making our way back to ly welcomed us as we fine-tuned for the The year 2003 commemorates the Kennedy Center for the Arts, the the United States, we both were very evening’s performance – our first concert 85th anniversary of the UBC. For this National Symphony Orchestra and the impressed with the venues Classical in Europe since 1938. As the afternoon celebration, the chorus presented con- Boston Symphony Orchestra. Movements had chosen, and even more progressed, the excitement grew among certs in Windsor and Toronto, Ontario; impressed with the contacts they had to the group, even with the rain pounding Detroit and Cleveland, before departing The mission of the tour ensure those venues as performance away outside. for its historic tour of Europe. For approximately two years, I worked stops. Our venue was the Royal Northern The idea of a European tour arose in with Classical Movements on behalf of For the next eight months our rehears- College of Music (RNCM), which has the year 2000. Discussions and ideas the chorus to develop an itinerary that al schedule was more intensive. Our roots dating back to the 19th century, and among members began earlier, but it was best suited our goals for the tour. We had work as the executive board and Artistic was described to me as the Juilliard of not until the new millennium arrived that four objectives in mind: Council expanded as various logistics England. Our concert was to be held in the executive board and the Artistic • introduce the bandura and Ukrainian had to be handled, such as finalizing the the hexagon-shaped Brown Shipley Council of the UBC took the challenge song to the general European audience; concert ensemble, preparing logistics of Concert Hall. of touring Europe to a new level of com- • visit the Ukrainian populace where concert program, renting sound equip- Once we arrived, the process of set-up mitment. As the president of UBC, the the chorus last visited in 1958; ment, and finalizing plans for a video, began. The road crew and choir members principal responsibility of coordinating • meet other cultural institutions and audio and stage crew. While the adminis- positioned speakers, microphones, the tour was my new project. develop artistic relationships; and trative responsibilities were challenging, cables, wires and monitors, while the Various ideas and plans were present- • commemorate our 85th anniversary the leadership of the group had the pleas- other members of the road crew helped ed, and in the end, a decision was made with a historic achievement. ure of working with a highly motivated set up the sales table, the video crew set to work with a professional touring com- To gain a better understanding of the team. The mission was truly understood up their cameras, and the instrumental- pany that specializes in organizing tours tour route and logistics surrounding by the membership. ists tuned their banduras. The 8 p.m. cur- them, Classical Movements requested Destination: Manchester tain time was approaching. In our new Anatoli Murha, the president of the that I, along with Oleh Mahlay, the costumes, which were exquisitely pre- Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, coordinat- UBC’s artistic director and conductor, Chorus members knew that June 25 ed the European tour for the chorus. visit the locales the chorus was planning was an important date. The plane tickets (Continued on page 13)

MUSIC REVIEW: Zuk Piano Duo plays with heart by Thomas Davidson was tone-painting of the highest order. presentation was very effective. encore – the second movement from a Since the program began with Bach, it This program was not without its Sonatina by Ihor Bilohrud, involving a MONTREAL – After numerous days seemed most fitting to end the first half stormy moments either. Take their per- wistfully romantic folk-song melody. The of rain, the clouds lifted and the sun with George Fiala’s Sonata for Two formance of Liszt’s “Mazeppa.” playing of this beautiful piece exempli- shone here on Tuesday, October 28. That Pianos. This very skillfully crafted work However, the excitement managed here fied the way the Zuk Duo seemed to evening the Zuk Piano Duo also gave an is rich in counterpoint and also contains a was not at the expense of a grandiose invite the audience to join them for a per- eagerly anticipated and heart-warming great deal of variety. Here, the pianistic symphonic scheme. Liszt would have sonal and heartfelt evening of music. concert at McGill University’s Pollack prowess of the performers really came to been proud. This was an impressive tech- This is what communication and artistry Hall to a large and enthusiastic audience. life. Their deep understanding of the nical display at the service of the music. is all about and was perhaps the most The program began with excerpts from music was realized through absolute con- The Zuks were called back for an striking feature of the performance. the monumental and somewhat sombre “Musical Offering” by J.S. Bach. Almost in trol of rhythm and texture. Contrasting homage to the atmospheric and meteorolog- musical ideas were clearly presented and ical conditions of the recent past, the thick- each one came alive with its own individ- ness of contrapuntal texture and the contin- ual character. A wide dynamic range and uous falling chromatic lines of the thematic the duo’s trademark control of sound material in the music gave the listeners were also noteworthy. The performance cause for reflection. The Zuks suitably cap- left this listener wanting to hear the piece tured the architectural design of the music. again in order to retain the wealth of this The sun then came out in the “Hymn “musical offering.” to a Great City” by Arvo Pårt. The sim- Luba and Ireneus Zuk are well-known plicity of he work’s harmonic structure for their premiere performances of contem- and its spacious design gave the Zuk Duo porary music, and this occasion was no an opportunity to show off their exquisite exception. The second half began with a control of tonal color and balance. This wonderful performance of “Ancient Dances of Verkhovyna” by Yevhen Stankovych. In Thomas Davidson is professor of piano this engaging work, a complex and driving at the School of Music at Queen’s rhythmic figure was used throughout. Here, University in Kingston, Ontario, faculty Luba Zuk showed off an admirable control lecturer in musicianship at McGill of rhythmic articulation while her brother, University and executive member of the Ireneus, provided orchestrations over-top Canadian Music Festival Adjudicators’ with sounds that ranged from swirling Association. cloud-like wisps to bell-like sonorities. The The Zuk Piano Duo in concert at the Pollack Concert Hall of McGill University. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 13

formance, over 1,000 people were sitting mass on the parvis in front of the cathe- and watching the concert, while hundreds dral. more were watching from the side as the That evening, the chorus performed a chorus performed in the majestic and his- full concert to hundreds at the historic toric cathedral. The chorus was led by American Cathedral in Paris before a Oleh Mahlay, as well as the UBC’s assis- very enthusiastic audience of Ukrainians, tant conductor, Ihor Kusznir. Americans and Parisians, along with The reaction was overwhelming. We many Ukrainians from outside of Paris met many Ukrainians, Parisians, who organized bus trips to get to the con- Americans, Canadians, Chinese and oth- cert. ers who were enthralled with the song The American Cathedral’s origins date and the instrument. Many tried coming back to the 1830s. The church’s current close to the altar to have a better look at location was consecrated on the bandura. This was truly a historic Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1886, event for the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. coinciding with the dedication of the The construction of the Nôtre Dame Statue of Liberty in New York. began in 1163 and was completed in July 3 – Strasbourg 1345. During its history, Nôtre Dame has hosted various official ceremonies: Henri On July 3, we departed Paris for the VI of England was crowned here in 500-kilometer (300-mile) bus drive to Strasbour 1430; on December 2, 1804, after the g, France, which is close to German border in the Alsace region. Our anointing by Pius VII, Napoleon seized concert was held the same evening of our the crown from the pontiff and crowned arrival. Our venue, the Église du Temple first himself, then Josephine; the requiem Neuf, was a church in the middle of town mass for Gen. Charles de Gaulle was center, close to Strasbourg’s famous held here November 12, 1970; and on cathedral. The intimate audience wel- May 31, 1980, after the Magnificat of this day, Pope John Paul II celebrated (Continued on page 15)

The UBC presents a special performance at the Cathedral of Nôtre Dame. Chorus members pose for a photograph in front of Nôtre Dame after the concert.

600 people in attendance, the concert was The kobzari journey... very well received by the mixed audience Before the concert in St. Avold, UBC President Anatoli W. Murha (center) and (Continued from page 12) of English and Ukrainians. UBC conductor Oleh Mahlay (second from left) accept a gift from the city of St. Avold from Sir Benno Niedzielski (far left) and representatives of the mayor of pared by artisans in Ukraine, we were June 30-July 2 – Paris St. Avold. ready for our first concert. The excitement of the audience fueled On June 30 we departed on another our intensity on stage. We received a rainy morning for Paris. This travel day standing ovation at the end of the first half would take us through the Chunnel. The of the concert after performing the epic buses drove up into a rail car and 30 min- piece “Bayda,” with soloists Andrij Soroka utes later we were in Calais, France. as the Sultan and John Zinchuk as Bayda. Heading towards Paris, we stopped at We performed three encores after the sec- Vimy Ridge to pay our respects to the ond half of the concert to standing ova- Canadian soldiers who fought in World tions. It was a great way to kick off a tour. War I. Vimy Ridge is a strategic escarp- ment that overlooks the Douai Plain in June 28-29 – London France. The Germans controlled the ridge, We departed London on Saturday, June while 150,000 French and British troops 28, and had an opportunity to stop in died trying to take it back. The Canadians Oxford for lunch. We arrived in London in came in with their battle plan and overtook the early evening and had the opportunity the ridge, losing 3,600 soldiers if four days. to walk around and tour the city. We were The limestone memorial at Vimy Ridge with its twin stone pillars list the fortunate that our hotel was very close to The chorus posed for this picture after singing a divine liturgy at the Ukrainian city center, and were able to be within names of 11,285 soldiers who died in Catholic church in Munich. Afterwards the chorus sang a memorial service for two walking distance of Westminster Abbey, France. The Canadian members of the of its members, Omelan Helbig and Makar Sushko,who had passed away in the Scotland Yard, Big Ben and the UBC sang their national anthem, “O United States and Canada, respectively, while the chorus was on tour in Europe. Millennium Wheel, along with other Canada,” and the entire chorus paid their tourist attractions. respects to the fallen soldiers with On Sunday, June 29, we started our “Vichnaya Pamiat.” day sharing our music by singing the We finally arrived in Paris, where our divine liturgy at the Ukrainian Catholic hotel was situated in the Montmarte Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile. District that was very close to the The cCathedral was filled beyond capaci- Basilique du Sacre Coeur. ty. Standing outside afterwards, parish- July 1, 2003, will reign as one of the ioners were blocking traffic on the street group’s most unique experiences in its to have an opportunity to speak with cho- long history, forever staying in the hearts, rus members. Following the service, the minds, voices and banduras of the cathedral invited the chorus for a lunch- Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. Classical eon before we departed back to the hotel. Movements was able to schedule a spe- That evening, the chorus would pre- cial performance for the chorus in the sented its music at the historic St. John’s, world-famous Cathedral of Nôtre Dame. Smith Square. Its location in the heart of A short recital of sacred works was per- Westminster makes it one of London’s formed a capella and with banduras. major concert venues. The actual con- With thousands of tourists visiting struction took place in 1728, but was every hour, the chorus had the opportuni- damaged during World War II and later ty to share its music with people from all UBC members pose for a picture in front of a Regensburg post before its concert. was being restored. With approximately over the world. By the end of the per- Regensburg was home to the chorus in 1948-1949. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 No. 46 Self Reliance... 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The following day the chorus traveled German, French ad English songs was plishment by members of the chorus. The The kobzari journey... to Regensburg for a homecoming. After welcomed by the audiences. last two weeks saw eight full perform- being established in Kyiv in 1918, the ances, two liturgies, and a once-in-a-life- (Continued from page 13) Final thoughts comed our music extremely warmly. next 30 years were not easy for its mem- time performance at the Cathedral of Strasbourg is home to the Council of bers. Eventually, the chorus made its way As the president of the chorus, it was Nôtre Dame. Our mission was complet- Europe, an intergovernmental organiza- to the displaced persons camps of this writer’s responsibility to coordinate ed. We presented Ukrainian music and tion that works to better the cultural, Germany, and landed in Regensburg in the tour. Without the assistance of many the bandura to audiences that were famil- humanitarian, and political aspects of 1948. Regensburg was home to the cho- individuals and organizations, this would iar with the chorus, and to audiences who Europe. The Council of Europe is a dis- rus for 1948 and a portion of 1949 – thus, not have been possible. The chorus had never heard Ukrainian music or the tinct organization not to be confused with being its last European address. would like to thank all financial support- bandura. Thousands heard us, and the the European Union. Fast forward to 2003: the Ukrainian ers, and many individuals and organiza- word has spread to North America. The following day, we were part of yet Bandurist chorus was to be hosted by the tions who contributed in the organiza- For more information about the cho- another historic event. Donumenta Club of Regensburg. The tional efforts of this historic tour. rus, its releases and concerts, we invite Donumenta Club is a leading cultural As the people left the final concert in readers to log on to our newly re- July 4 – Saint Avold organization in Regensburg that was devel- Vienna, one could feel a sense of accom- designed website, www.bandura.org. After a morning tour of Strasbourg, we oped to promote cultural relationships with departed for Saint Avold, France, site of other countries. The year 2003 was devoted the Lorraine American Cemetery and to Ukraine. Here, we as Ukrainian Ç 40-ËÈ ‰Â̸ ÒÍÓ·ÓÚÌÓ„Ó ÔÂÂıÓ‰Û Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ Memorial that is the burial ground for Americans and Ukrainian Canadians were 10,489 American soldiers from World once again playing our most important role War II. Saint Avold was a strategic com- as ambassadors of Ukrainian music and éêÖëíà Ä. ÉêàñßÇ äéÇó munications center for the Third Reich culture. The response was overwhelmingly positive. The Donumenta Club graciously during the war. ·Û‰ÛÚ¸ ‚¥‰ÒÎÛÊÂÌ¥ ÔÓÏË̇θ̥ Since World War II, Saint Avold and hosted the chorus at a reception and bid the United States have shared strong cul- farewell to the chorus as they departed for ëãìÜÅà ÅéÜß their final destination – Vienna. tural, social and political ties. This is ‚ ˆÂÍ‚¥ Ò‚. Ä̉¥fl, è‡χ, 鄇ÈÓ mostly due to the efforts of Sir Benno July 8-10 – Vienna 牥Îfl, 16.Xß. 2003, „Ó‰. 9:30 ‡ÌÍÛ; Niedzielski, our host in Saint Avold. Sir Benno fought for her majesty’s military Our last destination leads us to the ‚ ͇Ú‰¥ Ò‚. âÓÒ‡Ù‡Ú‡ ‚ è‡Ï¥, 鄇ÈÓ during the second world war and was home of Johann Strauss and the Imperial èÓ̉¥ÎÓÍ, 17 Xß. 2003 ., „Ó‰. 8:15 ‡ÌÍÛ; eventually knighted for his efforts in Palace. On the way to Vienna, we were ‚ ÒÓ·Ó¥ Ò‚. û‡ Û ã¸‚Ó‚¥; bringing down the Germans – both by able to quickly stop in Salzburg to visit ‚ ÒÓ·Ó¥ Ò‚. û‡ (‚ äËÔÚ¥) Û ã¸‚Ó‚¥; shooting down German planes and by Mozart’s birthplace. Our final concert ‚ ˆÂÍ‚¥ Ò‚. âÓÒ‡Ù‡Ú‡ Û ã¸‚Ó‚¥; taking out a submarine installation. took place on July 9 at 8 p.m. at the ‚ ˆÂÍ‚¥ Ò‚. âÓÒ‡Ù‡Ú‡ Û íÂÌÓÔÓÎ¥; Over the years Sir Benno and his fel- Dominikanerkirche. ‚ ˆÂÍ‚¥ Ò‚. åËÍÓ·fl ‚ ëÚ‡ÓÏÛ ë‡Ï·Ó¥; low cultural enthusiasts in Saint Avold Built in the mid 1600s, the ‚ ͇Ú‰¥ Ò‚. ß‚‡Ì‡ ïÂÒÚËÚÂÎfl ‚ èÂÂÏ˯Υ; felt it was necessary to keep strong ties Dominikanerkirche is a well-preserved and ‚ ˆÂÍ‚¥ Ò‚. åËÍÓ·fl ‚ óË͇£Ó, ßÎ.; with America. When Sir Benno first sacred site that is very rarely used for public ‚ ˆÂÍ‚¥ Ò‚. û‡ ‚ ç˛-âÓÍÛ, ç.â.; heard of the UBC’s tour, he asked performances. At the decision of the council ‚ ˆÂÍ‚¥ Ò‚. åËı‡ªÎ‡ ‚ âÓÌÍÂÒ¥, ç.â.; Classical Movements to schedule a con- of monks at the Dominikanerkirche, the ‚ ˆÂÍ‚¥ Ò‚‚. èÂÚ‡ ¥ 臂· ‚ ÄÌÒÓÌ¥ª, äoÌÌ.; cert in Saint Avold to perform on July 4. A chorus was granted permission to perform ‚ ˆÂÍ‚¥ Ò‚. ÇÓÎÓ‰ËÏË‡ ‚ ë‡ÌÚ‡ ä·‡, ä‡Î¥Ù.; week’s worth of cultural activities was in this magnificent venue. ‚ ˆÂÍ‚¥ Ò‚. âÓÒ‡Ù‡Ú‡ Û î¥Îfl‰Âθ٥ª, è‡.; planned leading up to our arrival and even- Before the concert, the chorus had the ‚ ˆÂÍ‚¥ Å·„Ó‚¥˘ÂÌÌfl ‚ åÂÎÓ‚Ò è‡Í – î¥Îfl‰Âθ٥fl, è‡.; tual concert. opportunity to visit St. Barbara’s Ukrainian ‚ ˆÂÍ‚¥ Ò‚‚. èÂÚ‡ ¥ 臂· ‚ å‡Ì‰Â¥, Äθ·ÂÚ‡, ä‡Ì‡‰‡. Our July 4 started with a commemora- Catholic Church and learn about the ᄇ‰‡ÈÏÓ éËÒ˛ ‚ ̇¯Ëı ÏÓÎËÚ‚‡ı. tion visit at the cemetery, where we were Ukrainian community in Vienna. êéÑàçÄ greeted by Sir Benno, and American mil- Classical Movements hosted us at a itary personnel from the cemetery – the farewell dinner after the concert. largest burial ground of American sol- Afterwards, chorus members made it back to their hotel where they spent the evening diers in Europe, surpassing that of On behalf of the Kyiv Mohyla Foundation, below is a list of corrections Normandy. Here, flanked by local televi- reminiscing the various experiences. At 5 and additions to the List of Donors published in Svoboda on October 3, sion, the UBC had an opportunity to sing a.m. on July 10, the Kytasty bus left Hotel 2003 and in The Ukrainian Weekly on September 28, 2003. “Amazing Grace,” “God Bless America” Kummer for the airport and the first wave We appologize for any previous errors. and “Vichnaya Pamiat” out of respect for of chorus members started to make their The additions and corrections from Canada were received after the pre- the fallen soldiers and to commemorate way back to North America. vious publications. We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to America’s independence. In memoriam all donors for their support and their positive comments. The Founda- After visiting the cemetery, the UBC tion will continue to publish names of donors and news about activities was invited to the City Hall and present- Before departing for Europe, the chorus FOUNDATION and programs. Your support of the National University of Kyiv Mohyla ed with a gift on behalf of the mayor of learned that one of its active members, OF AMERICA Academy is a valuable contribution to the rebuilding of Ukraine. Saint Avold. Omelan Helbig, was diagnosed with stom- Our audience of over 900 French at the ach cancer and would not be able to travel USA Culture Center was one of the most enthu- with us on tour. We prayed for our beloved Mrs. Irena Artiushenko $ 50 siastic audiences ever of the tour. For “Milko” and visited him before our depar- Mr. & Mrs. Alexander & Maria Krychyk $ 1,000 many in the chorus this was one of the ture. On July 5, Omelan fell asleep to the Prof. Wolodymyr Petryshyn $ 10,000 greatest moments we shared as cultural Lord as we were in Munich. On July 4, cho- Mrs. Larissa Sawka $ 2,000 ambassadors of our music and bandura, as rus member Orest Sushko lost his father, The Heritage Foundation of First Security Bank $ 10,000 the overwhelming majority of the audi- Makar, after a long illness. Makar was an Ukrainian Engineers’ Society, Philadelphia Branch $ 1,000 ence was not of Ukrainian descent. active member in the chorus in the early Dr. Sviatoslav Kybaluk - Morgan Stanley shares - assignment of beneficiary 1950s and spent many years actively pro- July 5-7 – Munich, Regensburg moting Ukrainian music throughout Canada. Canada Our departure for Germany was excit- We honored their memory in Munich Mr. Andrey Cybulsky $ 100 ing. Our Ukrainian brethren in Munich had by singing “Vichnaya Pamiat” after the P. Houde & A. Kydon Houde $ 250 Mr. Mykola Latyshko $ 140 been waiting 45 years to hear our banduras divine liturgy. We thank them for their Dr. & Mrs. Stefan & Nina Luhowy $ 40 once again. Upon arrival in Munich, the years of service to music, and to the cho- rus. Their memories will last forever in Ms. B. Kinasevych $ 50 chorus was greeted by local Ukrainian rep- Mr. & Mrs. Stefan & Sofia Korytko $ 600 the hearts and minds of the Ukrainian resentatives, and especially by bandura Mr. & Mrs. W. & J. Korytowsky $ 150 enthusiast Andrij Nesmachnyj. Bandurist Chorus. Mr. & Mrs. Pavlo & Kateryna Kralka $ 300 On Sunday, July 6, the chorus depart- Concert ensemble and repertoire Mr. & Mrs. Gregoire & Maria Oschypko $ 75 ed for the Ukrainian Catholic church to Mr. & Mrs. Wasyl & Anna Pylypiuk $ 1,625 sing the divine liturgy. Here, the chorus This tour brought together veterans of Mrs. Zoya Ronish $ 600 sang to a beyond capacity. At the end of the UBC along with a new young genera- Ms. Motria U. Skocen $ 100 the service, each chorus member was tion of talented bandura players. The Mrs. Stefania Skocen $ 100 presented with a gift, a rose, as a token of repertoire included a mix of UBC stan- Mr. & Mrs. Zenon & Khristina Tatarsky $ 200 appreciation by the church and communi- dards such as “Yaseny” and “Tiutiunnyk,” Dr. Wasyl Veryha $ 100 ty for the chorus’ participation in the along with well-known instrumental Dr. Taras Zakydalsky $ 100 liturgy. selection “Homin Stepiv.” The choral and Mr. Rostyslaw Zerebecky $ 200 Later that day, the chorus presented a bandura sound, along with a wide array of Markian Shashkevych Centre $ 500 full concert at the Goethe Institut. This soloists – which included Mychail emotionally charged concert would be a Newmerzyckyj, Teodozij Pryshlak, Andrij KYIV MOHYLA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA constant memory for both performers and Soroka, John Zinchuk, Lubomyr Yakimiv, P.O. Box 46009, Chicago, IL 60645-0009, USA audience members. People were literally Taras Zakordosnki, Ihor Kusznir, Zenon Tel. (773) 685-1828, Fax (773) 794-1654 spilling onto the stage to see the chorus as Chaikovsky, Walater Sklierenko, Ihor Kyiv Mohyla Foundation is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. there was no more room left to sit, or Krislaty and Oleh Moroz – reflected the Your donation is fully tax deductible as permitted by law. stand. diversity of chorus. Its ability to perform 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 No. 46

ATTENTION! COMMUNITY CHRONICLE NEW LOCATION, NEW SERVICES SUMA (YONKERS) FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Ukrainian veteran honored by New Jersey by Zenko Halkowycz were served, and the assembled veterans Expanded Office Hours and guests were seen in heated discus- PASSAIC, N.J. – Ukrainian American Now Open Mondays and Morning Hours sions about the Korean “police action.” Veterans Post 17 commander Walter Commander Kupecky, always a true Kupecky was recently honored by the Ukrainian, reminded Rep. Frelinghuysen Drive through window (Corp. Blvd) 125 Corporate Blvd 301 Palisade Ave. state of New Jersey and the 26th New to support the bill granting a federal char- Monday: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. ------Jersey Legislative District for meritori- ter to the UAV, which is sitting in commit- Tuesday: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. ous service during the Korean conflict. tee lacking the necessary co-sponsors. Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. The citation reads: “Your meritorious Mr. Kupecky has been re-elected as Post Thursday: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. service, outstanding leadership and self- 17 commander for 2003-2004 and has a Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. ------less acts during your military career have full calendar for the post and its members. Saturday: ------9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. exemplified true patriotism and concern The post is holding its gala Christmas party for others.” The presentation took place on December 21 at the Mountainside Inn ‚ 24 Hour, 7 days ATM (Surcharge Free) at the American Legion Post 279 in in Clifton, N.J. The post holds its monthly ‚ Drive Thru Teller Window Lincoln Park, N.J., on May 17. meetings the second Friday of the month at The ceremony commenced with the 7:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian National Home ‚ Safe Deposit Boxes posting of colors by the American Legion in Passaic; all Ukrainian American veter- New Loans: color guard. Lincoln Park Mayor David G. ans are welcome. ‚ Vacant Land Loans D’Andrea led all assembled in the “Pledge of Allegiance” and the national anthem ‚ Construction Loans was rendered by Larissa D’Andrea. The Main Office: Yonkers Branch: Rev. Tom Beringer delivered a moving 125 Corporate Boulevard 301 Palisade Avenue invocation; Mayor Baker delivered the Yonkers, NY 10701-6841 Yonkers, NY 10703 welcoming remarks and reminded all Phone: (914) 220-4900 Phone: (914) 965-8560 assembled of the supreme sacrifice made Fax: (914) 220-4090 Fax: (914) 965-1936 by our nation’s young men. U.S. Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen 1-888-644-SUMA presented the medal in the presence of E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Kupecky’s family and state and county legislatures. In his remarks prior Stamford Branch: Spring Valley Branch: Ukrainian Research Center SS Peter & Paul Ukr. Catholic Church to the presentation, Rep. Frelinghuysen 39 Clovelly Road, Stamford, CT 06902 41 Collins Ave., Spring Valley, NY 10977 reminded the honored guest and all Phone/Fax: (203) 969-0498 Phone/Fax: (845) 425-2749 attendees of the sacrifices faced by Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: Tuesday, Friday: American men and women in uniform 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. through out the world in defense of democracy. SUMA (Yonkers) FCU offers you the best rates on savings and loans, Mr. Kupecky received the Korean War with convenient hours and friendly service. commemorative medal and service rib- bon, which he will add to his numerous Board of Directors citations and medals. Walter Kupecky (right) of UAV Post After the presentation refreshments 17 with Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 17

order to harm Mr. Yanukovych’s chances Hard lessons... of being chosen by President Kuchma as (Continued from page 2) a successor. events in Donetsk on October 31, accord- Mr. Yushchenko’s lesson from ing to many observers, developed in Donetsk is bitter. Some even speculated accordance with this instruction. that he might be able to strike a deal with According to many Ukrainian publica- the Donetsk oligarchs ahead of the presi- tions, including the Ukrainska Pravda web- dential election. For example, they could site and the Grani weekly, the plan of support the our Ukraine leader’s presi- “countermeasures” against Mr. Yushchenko dential bid, while he, after being elected in Donetsk was coordinated by Donetsk president, would appoint a prime minis- Oblast Council Chairman Borys ter proposed by them. Now it is clear that Kolesnykov, Donetsk Oblast Chairman Mr. Yushchenko and the Donetsk oli- Anatolii Blizniuk and Donetsk Oblast Vice- garchs are at war, and he cannot count on Chairman Vasyl Dzharta. tapping their financial resources or using The entire “anti-Yushchenko opera- their political clout in eastern Ukraine. tion” was also allegedly supported by Our Ukraine’s alliance with a political Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest oli- force that is not seen in eastern Ukraine garch, whom many call the “real boss” as a “nationalist” and/or “anti-Russian” of Donetsk and the backbone of the now seems to be a must if Mr. Donetsk clan. Yushchenko wants to be a serious presi- The anti-Yushchenko groups in dential rival to the candidate fielded by Donetsk consisted mainly of students the “party of power” and the oligarchs. from colleges and vocational-training Since Our Ukraine’s election alliance schools, and outdoor-market vendors. with the Communist Party of Petro Some of the students were reportedly paid Symonenko seems to be one of the least- 20-40 hrv ($3.75-$7.50) for participating probable political developments in in the anti-Yushchenko action. Most of Ukraine, one should now expect a warm- them were treated to free beer and, to a ing of relations between Mr. Yushchenko lesser extent, free vodka. Vendors were and Oleksander Moroz, leader of the reportedly released from paying market Socialist Party of Ukraine. fees for three days. Additionally, they were threatened with losing their market stalls if they failed to appear at the rally. Every group of 10 to 15 anti- Yushchenko demonstrators had a “leader” – usually a young man with a shaved head — who told them what anti- Yushchenko slogans to shout and when. Grani called these young men “Akhmetovjugend,” but did not provide more details about their organizational affiliation. “All who are today involved in poli- tics and want to feel spicy sensations, while not anticipating the reaction of the Ukrainian people to this, should most likely secure themselves with pampers instead of engaging themselves in poli- tics,” Prime Minister Mr. Yanukovych commented on the Donetsk events, adding that Our Ukraine forgot to “meas- ure the temperature” in the city before it went to hold a congress there. Ukrainian commentators perceive this comment as Mr. Yanukovych’s unam- biguous approval for how the Donetsk authorities welcomed Mr. Yushchenko in the city. Moreover, according to some reports later corroborated by Mr. Yushchenko, the firm that placed bill- boards with the Our Ukraine leader in a Nazi uniform belongs to Mr. Yanukovych’s son. At first glance, it might appear that Mr. Yanukovych emerged as the winner of this clash with Mr. Yushchenko in Donetsk, which has been seen by many as an unofficial inau- guration of the 2004 presidential election campaign in Ukraine. However, some aspects of the anti- Yushchenko hullabaloo in Donetsk might be extremely uncomfortable with Mr. Yanukovych as a potential rival of Mr. Yushchenko in the presidential election. For example, many anti-Yushchenko demonstrators waved Russian flags and shouted insulting remarks about the Ukrainian language. These two things alone, even apart from the heavy-handed orchestration of “popular protest” in Donetsk against Mr. Yushchenko, hardly present Mr. Yanukovych in a positive light, as a potential leader to be accepted by most Ukrainians. After all, a national leader should not be associated with any denigration of the indigenous language or culture of the country he runs or seeks to run. Thus, it seems that someone, either in the Donetsk clan or in the presidential administration, intentionally “over- stretched” the anti-Yushchenko protest in Donetsk “in the eastern direction” in 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 No. 46

UKRAINIAN BANDURIST CHORUS The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus (UBC) would like to extend its sincere gratitude to all donors for their continued support. The UBC continues to preserve its role as ambassadors of Ukrainian music and bandura across the globe due to generous supporters. Below is a list of donations from the United States, Canada and United Kingdom from June 1, 2002 – October 31, 2003 for the Chorus’ 85th Anniversary Concert Season and historic Western European Tour. Friends of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus – P.O. Box 12129, Detroit, MI 48212 www.bandura.org KOBZAR CIRCLE SPONSORSHIP Tito R. & Serafina S. Halich-Marzotto Mykola Maksymiuk Walter Dytyniak Lubomyr Mykyta Meest Corporation Teofil Marchak David Dziadik Peter & Genia Myskiw $7,000 Michael & Olga Migielicz Helen C. Massa Joseph & Mary Elnick Vasyl Mytz Heritage Foundation of 1st Security Bank Orest Nebesh Nadija Masyk Myron & Daria Fedoriw Bohdan W. Nakonechny Selfreliance Ukrainian American Natalia Nosenko John Matusiak Alxander Fedorkiw Bohdan Nehaniv Federal Credit Union Benjamin & Lida Pakula Teofia Melnyczuk Nadia Ferrand Michael Niniowsky Dr. Rewa & Family Theodore & Alexandria Melnyk William Fesio Y. D. Oleksiw $6,000 Vladimir & Nadia Shkilnyk Zenon & Natalie Miahky Walter Ficyk John Olenchuk Jurij & Zenia Jurkiw Lubomyra Siletsky Mike & Olga Miller Alexandra Florchuk Jaroslaw Olijnyk Ukrainian Selfreliance Michigan Nadija Strychar Oleh Mitringa Bohdan & Myra Futey M. Olijnyk Federal Credit Union Walter & Maria Mokienko Maurice Galysz Anna Omelczuk $150 Nick Mykolenko Valentina & Roman Gluch Ada Osinchuk $5,000 Dr. Walter & Zenovia Brovins Zoreslava Mysko Peter Goletz Ihor Pacholuk Katerina Ozarkiw Canadian Bandura Foundation Gerald R Nesteruk Oksana Gnoy Nadia Palczynski –in memory of Hryhory Ozarkiw Dr. Wolodymyr & Anna Czubatyj Wasyl & Oksana Ohar Zwenyslava Goy Mary Pancak Selfreliance New York Federal Credit Union Semen & Maria Krislatyj Walter & Anna Oleksienko Lidia Jurkiw-Gulawsky John Panko James & Louise Temerty Masters Insurance Limited Oksana Omecinsky Walter & Lisa Ann Guzylak Bill Pastuszek, Jr. Ihor Trypniak Roman & Anastasia Pryjma Serge Omelczenko James Haberek Cecilia Debaylo & Kristina Pavlak Ukrainian Future Credit Union Nadia Romanczuk Gregory Onufriw Bohdan & Lydia Hajduczok Harry & Anna Perepiczka Dr. & Mrs. George Rusyn John & Joanne Orlyk Mykola Haliv Ivan Petrovetz $3,000 Marie Zarycky Stepan & Zenovia Panczyszyn Andrew J. Haliw Julia Piankasewicz Adrian Hawryliw Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church Andrij & Irina Petrina Erast Pohorylo $125 John Pidhiry Harry Hawuczyk Zenon, Viktoria, & Theodozia Krislaty Daria Pokinsky Omelyan & Roxolana Pyk Mary D. Plaskonos Zwenyslava Hayda Alan & Marta Polack John & Christina Pluta Stephen & Sonia Hazen Oksana & Lavro Polon Paul & Orysia Pokorni Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Hluchowecky Stephan Poperecznyj $100 Anne Polewchak Bohdan Hodiak Ann Popiel BANDURA CLUB SPONSORSHIP Georg Abakumov Ivan & Roxolana Poluchowicz Michael & Oksana Holian Ulana Prokopiak M. Oksana Bachynsky Nestor & Olha Popowych Roman Hrabec Irynej Prokopovych $1,500 Melania Banach Natalka Prytula Peter Hrycak Halyna Prodaniuk Ivan & Nina Derkach Pavlo Bandriwsky Ihor Puchacz Stefan Humeniuk Alexander Pryshlak Rev. Father Bohdan Matwijczuk Orest Baranyk Dr. Jeremy Rakowsky Tekla Hynczuk Paul Prysiazny Wolodymyra Basladynsky Daria Remeniuk Mary Ivankow Nicholas Rogowsky $1,250 Myron & Kateryna Bebko Paul & Patricia Romanovich Catherine Iwanczuk Edward Rokisky Jerry Fedoryczuk Dr. Paul & Diane Bihun Leo Samokieszyn Danuta Iwaniec George & Alexandra Rakowsky John Kytasty Walter & Raisa Bratkiv Selfreliance Ass’n of Amr. Ukrs. – Philadelphia Myron & Daria Jarosewich Aleksander Rub John Brkich Alexander J. Serafyn, Ph. D. Pat Jaworsky Michael Rudyk $1,000 Brotherhood UNA – Parma, Ohio Love P. Servey Anna, Iwanow & Elisabeth Iwaniw -Jones Walter S. Rutecky Cleveland Selfreliance Federal Credit Union Wiaczeslaw A Cetenko Christian & Osypa Shalay Jaroslaw Kaczaj Wolodymyr Ryndycz Zenovia & Thomas Karpinetz Wasil & Olena Chmilak Ihor A. & Daria A. Shust Andrij Kapastial Ewhen Salamacha Volodymyr & Vera Murha Demitro Choma Nestor & Nina Shust Natalie Kapeluck Bohdan Samokyszyn Dr. Paul Slavchenko Roman L. Cybyk, M.D. Snih Heating & Cooling LTD. Yaroslava Kazaniwsky Daria Samotulka Petro & Lydia Kytasty Stefania Czorny Stephen & Ludmyla D. Slobidsky Catherine Kitt Michael & Orysia Savchuk St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral D & D Insurance Agency Inc. Chrystia Sonevytsky C. & R. Klukowskyj Tatiana Schuter (Windsor, Ontario) Myron & Oksana Dobrowolsky Natalia Sygida Marta Klymowych Mary Scorun John Dodson Joseph P. Szafranski Oksana Kolinko Michael Scvocurka $500 George Dyba Joseph & Stefania Terkala Lydia Kolodchin S. Sekreta William & Rose Kurinij Mary Federko Ivan Tyschenko Walter & Doreen Kolubinsky Vira Sendzik Leonid Lischyna Andrew & Christine Fedynsky Ukrainian American Club of Las Vegas Theophil Konecky Nadya Sepell Sally Maruszczak Oresta Fedyniak Ukrainian Canadian Professional & Business Mykola & Oksana Koropeckyj Bohdan Serdiuk Daryna Melnyk Laryssa Figol Club of Hamilton W. & A. Koval Alexander & Donna Shrubowich Dr. Jaroslaw & Larissa Muzyczka Helen Floresku Ukrainian Selfreliance of Western PA Z. Kramarchuk Christine Sitko Sts. Volodymyr & Olha Wira Gernaga Federal Credit Union Martha Kraus Maria Slobodian Ukrainian Catholic Church Anne Gray Orest M. Wasyliw, M.D. – in memory of Ewhen Tytla Iwanna Skarupa Taras Szmagala, Jr. Borys Halahan Dr. Stephen Wolanyk Rev. & Mrs. Stephen Krysalka Jerry Slywka Dr. Vasyl & Lida Truhly Jaroslaw Hankewych & Associates Inc. Serhij & Neonila Wynarsky Nestor Kuchta Dr. Roman Smyk, M.D. Ukrainian Credit Union, Toronto Myron & Olha Hnateyko Anna Yancich Ivanka Kuczer Pauline K. Sokolski Ukrainian National Association Ihor & Olya Hron P. & L. Zajciw & Family K. Kuczer Martin A. Solonynka – Philadelphia Branch Orest & Hania Hrycyk Ann Zinich Mary Kuduk Olga Solovey Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union Stefan Hrycyk Myroslaw & Zenowia Kulynych Onoflia Sorochak Mykola & Linda Hryhorczuk Upto $100 Olga Kulynych Roman Spilnyk $400 Irena Iwanczyszyn M. Alessi Keith W. Kurko Roman Stachiw Rochester Ukrainian Federal Credit Union Bob & Lydia Iwaskewycz Maria Andrusjak Miriam Kurlak Dr. Eugene Steckiw, M.D. Andrew & Lydia Jakymowych M. Babak Tamara Kuropas Roman Stefaniuk $350 Boris & Vera Jaremtshenko Maria Babij Jaroslav Kuzil Irena Stercho William & Olga Derkach Edward Kaminskyj Petro Bajko Steven J Kuzniak C.S. Stiko Iryna Kashubynska Peter Bard Walter Kuzyk Alexander R. 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No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 19 NEWSBRIEFS Kyiv, Moscow discuss sea border KYIV – Russian Deputy Foreign (Continued from page 2) The next issue of The Ukrainian Weekly’s Minister Viktor Kaliuzhnyi met with his voting is required to interpellate the Ukrainian counterpart, Oleksander Ukrainian president. (RFE/RL Newsline) Motsyk, in Kyiv on November 5 to dis- Kyiv holds off on ratification of SES cuss the contentious issue of the border delimitation in the Kerch Strait and the Wedding KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Azov Sea, Interfax reported. They agreed Wedding Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko told that government-level talks on the issue journalists in Kyiv on November 6 that will be held every month. Mr. Motsyk Ukraine will consider the ratification of an told journalists that the Ukrainian side AnnouncementsAnnouncements agreement on the formation of a Single presented the Russian one with a pack- will appear on December 14, 2003. Economic Space (SES) with Russia, age of documents confirming that the For a wedding announcement to be included in that issue, Kazakstan and Belarus only after resolv- Tuzla Island in the Kerch Strait belongs all information must be received in our offices by December 5, 2003. ing the dispute over the construction of a to Ukraine. “We have some documents dam in the Kerch Strait by Russia, Interfax Along with wedding announcements, we will include greetings from friends, saying that this [island] belonged to family members, bridesmaids and ushers – from all those reported. Mr. Gryshchenko asserted that Russia or Krasnodar [Krai],” Mr. who wish to share in the excitement of a new marriage. Ukraine is interested in determining the Kalyuzhnyi responded, promising to pass Also welcome are anniversary and engagement status of the Azov Sea and the Kerch Strait them to Kyiv so that during the next announcements and greetings as soon as possible on the basis of interna- meeting, scheduled for December 5, tional law. Asked if Russians have to pay “both sides will have something to speak Rates for announcements and greetings: large fees for passing through the Kerch about.” (RFE/RL Newsline) One-column wedding announcement: $100 Strait, Mr. Gryshchenko said the Two-column wedding announcement: $200 Ukrainian state does not apply any duties, Opposition disrupts Rada session Wedding greeting: $75 as all fees go to the Kerch port authority. KYIV – Lawmakers from Our For further information or to request a brochure, He said the fees are not large, adding that Ukraine, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the issue is not serious enough to be raised please call (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 (Maria). the Socialist Party blocked the parlia- Visit www.ukrweekly.com to view a wedding announcement sample page. in talks with Moscow. (RFE/RL Newsline) mentary rostrum and brought a Rada members comment on dispute Verkhovna Rada session to a halt for the second consecutive day on November 6, KYIV – “Tuzla symbolizes a funda- Interfax reported. The opposition protest mental crisis in our relations [with followed an unsuccessful attempt to sup- Russia]. We have never discussed so port a motion to hear government offi- actively the possibility of an armed con- cials report on the foiled Our Ukraine flict even when we were dividing the congress in Donetsk on October 31. The Black Sea Fleet,” Reuters quoted Our motion was supported by 219 votes, Ukraine leader Viktor Yushchenko, a like- seven short of the number required for ly presidential candidate next year, as say- approval. (RFE/RL Newsline) ing. Our Ukraine lawmaker Yurii Yekhanurov said during debate in President urges political reform Parliament that Ukraine needs to restore KYIV – Speaking at a forum of busi- its nuclear arsenal. “Naturally, we cannot ness representatives from Ukraine and afford an arms race, but our country is not Serbia and Montenegro in Kyiv on too poor to create anew a small nuclear November 5, President Leonid Kuchma arsenal that would be able to serve as a warned of negative consequences for factor of deterrence for some ‘excessively Ukraine if it fails to adopt constitutional friendly’ neighbors,” Interfax quoted him reform, Ukrainian Television reported. as saying. (RFE/RL Newsline) “There are no checks between the execu- Deputy says dispute will be resolved tive and legislative branches of power,” Mr. Kuchma said. “There is no mutual MOSCOW – Duma Deputy Dmitrii responsibility. Tell me, please – I don’t Rogozin, chairman of the Foreign Affairs want to offend anyone among the Committee, said the conflict over the deputies – but isn’t there anybody there Russian dam being built near Tuzla Island whose head is hurting because is “the result of Ukraine’s ambitions to Parliament is not working today.” Mr. join NATO,” RTR and NTV reported on Kuchma added that if political reform is October 22. Ukraine claims that the Tuzla not implemented now, the next president islet is its territory and that it is threatened will never make it happen. (RFE/RL by the dam. “In fact, there is no Tuzla islet Newsline) at all,” Mr. Rogozin said. “It is merely the above-water part of a seabed sand spit that reaches far out into the Kerch Strait.” He added that if Russia and Ukraine are unable to agree on the status of the Azov Sea, it could acquire the status of interna- tional waters and other countries, includ- ing NATO countries, could gain the unre- stricted use of it. “I am sure that President [Vladimir ]Putin has levers to deal with this problem,” Mr. Rogozin said. “I am sure he can just call Leonid Kuchma and say a few words. President [Leonid] Kuchma understands Russian better than Ukrainian,” he added. (RFE/RL Newsline) Kyiv seeks to work on satellite system ASHGABAT – Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Konstyantyn Gryshchenko, on an official visit to Ashgabat, told his Turkmen counterpart, Rashid Meredov, on November 5 that Ukraine would like to work with Turkmenistan on developing a satellite- communications and radio-broadcasting system, Interfax-Ukraine reported. Mr. Meredov replied that Ashgabat is inter- ested in involving Ukrainian firms in large-scale projects in Turkmenistan. Ukraine is already involved in various natural-gas projects in Turkmenistan as partial payment for annual gas supplies to Turkmenistan. (RFE/RL Newsline) 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 No. 46

Nations General Assembly, Ukraine’s Statement in support... president urged: “Seventy years ago the (Continued from page 6) totalitarian Soviet regime engineered an On December 2, 1998, at the plenary artificial famine in Ukraine, which meeting of the 53rd session of the U.N. claimed the lives of 7 million to 10 mil- General Assembly on agenda item 46(b) lion of our compatriots. Unfortunately, “Fiftieth Anniversary of the Convention back in 1933 the world did not respond on the Prevention and Punishment of the to our tragedy. The international commu- Crime of Genocide” Ukraine’s perma- nity believed the cynical propaganda of nent representative to the U.N. stated: the Soviet Union, which was selling “Last month Ukraine commemorated bread abroad while in Ukraine the one of the most tragic chapters in its his- hunger was killing 17 people a-minute. tory, the 65th anniversary of the man- From this podium, I would like to call made famine of 1932-1933, when the upon all of you to pay tribute to the Ukrainian people became the object of a memory of those who perished.” conscious and deliberate genocide under- This year the Parliament of Ukraine taken by the Soviet regime ...” adopted a statement on the 70th anniver- On April 14, 2000, at a meeting of the sary of the Famine honoring the victims U.N. Security Council on the situation and identifying that heinous act as geno- concerning Rwanda, Ukraine’s perma- cide. The legislatures of Argentina, nent representative to the U.N. stated: Australia, Canada and the United States My mother, father, brother and sister “For Ukraine, genocide is not just a term. passed similar resolutions. Others are We experienced difficult times in our pending. and the rest of the family have life own history; this century alone witnessed Based on the foregoing, we call upon insurance. What about me? an unspeakable tragedy, when more than the governments of the world community 7 million people were exterminated with- of nations and U.N. non-governmental Rates are low. See the chart on the in two years by a well-planned famine. organizations to recognize the 1932-1933 These events took place in a country Famine in Ukraine as genocide against next page for more information. once called the breadbasket of Europe.” the Ukrainian people and to remember On September 24, 2003, at the general the 7 million to 10 million innocents who debate of the 58th session of the United perished. November 10, 2003 Ukrainian World Congress World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations

30 U.N. member-states... (Continued from page 1) culated by E. Morgan Williams via his ArtUkraine.com Information Service, fol- lows. * * * On the 70th Anniversary of the Great Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine (Holodomor) [murder by hunger]: In the former Soviet Union millions of men, women and children fell victims to the cruel actions and policies of the total- itarian regime. The Great Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine (Holodomor), which took 7 to 10 millions of innocent lives, became a national tragedy for the Ukrainian peo- ple. In this regard we note activities in observance of the 70th anniversary. Honoring the 70th anniversary of the Ukrainian tragedy, we also commemorate the memory of millions of Russians, Kazaks and representatives of other nationalities who died of starvation in the Volga river region, North Caucasus, Kazakstan and in other parts of the former Soviet Union, as a result of civil war and forced collectivization, leaving deep scars in the consciousness of future generations. Expressing sympathy to the victims of the Great Famine, we call upon all mem- ber-states, the United Nations and its spe- cial agencies, international and regional organizations, as well as non-governmental organizations, foundations and associations to pay tribute to the memory of those who perished during that tragic period of history. Recognizing the importance of raising public awareness on the tragic events in the history of mankind for the prevention in the future, we deplore the acts and policies, which brought about mass starvation and the deaths of millions of people. We do not want to settle scores with the past, it could not be changed, but we are convinced that exposing violations of human rights, pre- serving historical records and restoring the dignity of victims through acknowledgment of their suffering, will guide future societies and help to avoid similar catastrophes in the future. We need as many people as possible to learn about this tragedy and consider that this knowledge will strengthen the effective- ness of the rule of law and enhance respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 21

Demonstrations slated in NYC The UNA has a single payment plan NEW YORK – In view of the fact that Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Pulitzer Prize Board will meet in New York Philadelphia, Hartford, Albany and that will insure your child’s life at City, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of Washington. Similar demonstrations are America, in cooperation with the Ukrainian planned in major cities throughout the $5,000 for one low payment. Find World Congress, is organizing demonstra- world where The New York Times foreign your child’s age below and that’s all tions before The New York Times building bureaus are located. in New York City, as well as bureaus On Friday, November 21, a second you have to pay. Call today for your throughout the U.S. to protest the Pulitzer demonstration is planned before application. awarded in 1932 to Walter Duranty. Columbia University’s School of Demonstrations are scheduled for Journalism as the Pulitzer Prize Board 1-800-253-9862. Tuesday, November 18, at noon and pro- and its special subcommittee on Duranty posed in cities where Ukrainian communi- meet to presumably decide the fate of ties reside, including: Chicago, Los Duranty’s Pulitzer Prize. AGE PREMIUM 0 $ 300.00 Famine exhibit... U.N. under-secretary-general for peacekeep- 1 $ 300.00 ing operations; and several members of the 2 $ 310.00 (Continued from page 1) Security Council and wider membership. 3 $ 310.00 and said that a joint statement on the 70th Also in attendance were representatives anniversary of the Holodomor, drawn up of the Ukrainian government: Serhiy 4 $ 320.00 by the delegation of Ukraine and co-spon- Pohoreltzev, consul general of Ukraine in 5 $ 330.00 New York, Hennadii Udovenko, chairman sored by many member-states, will be dis- 6 $ 340.00 tributed as an official document of the of the Ukrainian Parliament’s Committee United Nations General Assembly. on Human Rights, as well as members of 7 $ 355.00 He went on to say: “We are convinced the General Consulate in New York and 8 $ 365.00 the Permanent Mission to the U.N. that exposing violations of human rights, The exhibition will be on view at the 9 $ 380.00 preserving historical records and restoring U.N. Visitors’ Lobby through November 10 $ 395.00 the dignity of victims by recognizing their 19. suffering, will help the international com- munity avoid similar catastrophes in the future.” Askold Lozynskyj, president of the Ukrainian World Congress, paraphrased a very moving excerpt from Vasyl Barka’s BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS PRESENTS “The Yellow Prince” a groundbeaking lit- erary work about the Famine. BOOKS OF UKRAINIAN ART Since the U.N. hosted the exhibition, numerous dignitaries from that world organ- UKRAINIAN ICONS 13th – 18th c. ization attended the opening of the exhibi- from Private Collections. Oleh Sydor tion. Among them were: Prof. Gido de Album and art history. 346 pp. Color. Hardbound. Available in either English or Marco, president of Malta and former presi- Ukrainian. 2003 $60.00 dent of the U.N. General Assembly; Julian Hunte, president of the 58th session of the PAINTED WOOD. Naªve Art of the United Nations; Jean-Marie Guehenno, Ukrainian Village. Lidia Orel Album and art history 232 pp. Color. Hardbound. Available in either English or Ukrainian. 2003 $45.00 Famine Remembrance... (Continued from page 1) UKRAINIAN ANTIQUITIES in Private Collections. Folk Art of the Hutsul and Ukraine and Yerzhan Kh. Kazykhanov of Pokuttia Regions. Kazakstan; Ukraine’s Consul General in Catalogue and art history. 360 pp. Color. New York Serhiy Pohoreltzev; and Hardbound. Available in either English or National Deputy Hennadii Udovenko, chair Ukrainian. 2002 $75.00 of the Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on EMBROIDERY OF THE COSSACK ELITE. Human Rights, who is a former ambassa- Vira Zaichenko. dor of Ukraine to the United Nations as Catalogue and art history well as a former minister of foreign affairs. 200 pp. Color. Softbound. Available in English or Ukrainian or French. 2001 $35.00 Messrs. Kuchinsky and Udovenko spoke during the conference’s first panel on the UKRAINIAN FOLK ICONS topic “National and International Response from the Land of Shevchenko. to the Man-Made Famine: The Politics of Lidia Lykhach and Mykola Kornienko 232 pp. Color. Hardbound. In English Acknowledgment.” Mr. Kazykhanov deliv- and Ukrainian. Album and history art. ered a statement of support and condolence 2000 $45.00 on behalf of Kazakstan. Other speakers on the first panel were SILVER TABLEWARE 17th–early 20th centuries. Hanna Orendar Dr. James Mace, former staff director of the Catalogue and art history. 200 pp. Color. U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine, Softbound. Available in English or Ukrainian and Dr. Margaret Siriol Colley, niece of 2004. Gareth Jones, a Welsh journalist who exposed the Famine-Genocide but who for 70 years “has been conveniently airbrushed out of history.” Subsequent panels were devoted to the topics of “Archival Evidence Since the End of the Soviet Union” and “The Ukrainian Famine-Genocide in Memory and the Arts.” The daylong conference, which took place at Columbia’s School of International MUZYKA TRANSFORMATION MIGRATIONS from POBUTOVI TANTSI RODOVID, and Public Affairs, was held under the aegis BOIKIVSHCHYNY OF CIVIL SOCIETY. 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onds. Kenya’s Paul Korir took first place SPORTSLINE with a time of 3:40.09, while his team- (Continued from page 11) mate Alex Kipchirchir took second place ond place in the women’s high jump, clear- with a time of 3:40.21. ing 6.50 feet, while her teammate, Vita Iryna Sekachova of Ukraine took sev- Palamar, took fourth place, each clearing enth place in the women’s hammer throw 6.50 feet. Hestrie Cloete of the Republic of on September 7 with a throw of 218.05 South Africa took first place, clearing 6.66 feet. Cuba’s Yipsi Moreno took first place in the event with a throw of 240.88 feet, and Russia’s Yelena Yelesina took feet, Russia’s Olga Kuzenkova took sec- third place, jumping 6.50 feet. Ukraine’s ond place with a throw of 233.47 feet, Inga Babakova and Iryna Mykhalchenko and Mihaela Melinte of Romania took tied for 10th place, clearing 6.23 feet. third with 227.26 feet. Ukraine’s Olena Hovorova took fifth In the women’s high jump event, place in the women’s triple jump with her Ukraine’s Palamar took second place, clear- mark of 47.31 feet. Russia’s Tatyana ing a height of 6.59 feet. Hestria Cloete of Lebedeva took first place in the event, jump- the Republic of South Africa took first place ing 49.67 feet, and Cuba’s Yamila Aldama with a jump of 6.59 feet, and Kajsa took second place with a mark of 49.21 feet. Bergqvist took third place with a jump of Vita Pavlysh of Ukraine took first place 6.53 feet. Ukraine’s Babakova took fifth in the women’s shot put at the place in the event, clearing 6.43 feet. International Association of Athletics Ukraine’s Lishchynska took 10th place Federations World Athletics Final held in in the women’s 1,500-meters, finishing the Monaco on September 13-14. Russia’s race in 4 minutes and 3.89 seconds, while Svetlana Krivelyova took second place Turkey’s Ayhan took first place with a time with a throw of 64.50 feet, and Nadezhda of 3:57.72. Kenya’s Jackline Maranga took Ostapchuk of Belarus took third place with second place with a time of 4:01.48, and a throw of 64.01 feet. Pavlysh earned her Hayley Tullet of Great Britain took third gold medal with a throw of 65.16 feet. place with a time of 4:01.60. Ukraine’s Andrii Skvaruk took fifth Ukraine’s Hovorova took sixth place place in the men’s hammer throw on in the women’s triple jump with a mark September 7, hitting a mark of 265.22 of 47.44 feet, while Russia’s Tatyana feet. Hungary’s Adrian Annus took first Lebedeva took first place in the event place with a throw of 269.40 feet, Libor with a jump of 49.64 feet. Aldama of Charfreitag took second place with a Cuba took second place with a jump of throw of 266.47 feet, and Ivan Tikhon of 49.18 feet, and Frangoise Mbango Etone Belarus took third with 265.22 feet. of Cameroon took third place with a In the men’s long jump, Ukraine’s jump of 48.66 feet. Volodymyr Ziuskov took sixth place with Ukraine’s Antipova took fourth place a jump of 26.05 feet. Dwight Phillips of in the women’s 400-meter hurdles with a the United States took first place in the time of 54.63 seconds, while Sandra event with a jump of 27.26 feet, and Glover of the United States took first Taher Al-Sabee Hussein of the Kingdom place with a time of 53.65 seconds. of Saudi Arabia took second place with a Andrea Blackett of Barbados took second jump of 27.23 feet. Ignisious Gaisah of place with a time of 54.28, and Ionela Ghana came in third with 27.10. Tirlea of Romania took third place in the Yurii Bilonoh of Ukraine took second race, finishing in 54.44 seconds. place in the men’s shot put with a throw of In the women’s discus, Ukraine’s Olena 67.36 feet, and Christian Cantwell of the Antonova took fourth place with a throw of United States took first place with a throw of 206.82 feet, and the Czech Republic’s Vera 68.70 feet. Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus Pospisilova took first place with a throw of took third place with a throw of 67.29 feet. 214.63 feet. American Aretha Hill took sec- Andrii Sokolovskyi of Ukraine took ond place with a throw of 213.58 feet, and sixth place in the men’s high jump, clear- Ekterini Voggoli of Greece took third place ing 7.45 feet, while Yaroslav Rybakov of with a throw of 208.50 feet. Russia took first place in the event, clear- Ukraine’s Block took seventh place in ing 7.55 feet. Stefan Holm of Sweden the women’s 100-meters, finishing the took second place with a jump of 7.55 race in 11.27 seconds. Chryste Gaines of feet, and Jamie Nieto of the United States the United States took first place in the took third place, clearing 7.55 feet. race with a time of 10.86, France’s Ukraine’s Ivan Heshko took third Christine Arron took second with a time place in the men’s 1,500-meters, finish- of 11.04, and American Torri Edwards ing the race in 3 minutes and 40.72 sec- took third with 11.06.

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Sunday, November 16 (between 12th and 13th streets), at 11 a.m.-5 p.m. On sale: Christmas tree deco- EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Soyuzivka’s Datebook rations (handmade/imported from November 15-16 December 24-28 Ukrainian Studies and the Ukrainian Ukraine), Christmas cards (text in UACC Christmas packages available – Canadian Congress, Edmonton Branch, Ukrainian and/or English); paintings by Traditional Ukrainian present Dr. Yuri Shapoval, Institute of Ukrainian artists, decorative ceramics, Political and Ethnonational Studies, November 21-23 Christmas Eve Dinner embroidered textiles, jewelry, toys, knick- National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, UNA General Assembly with overnight stay knacks. Home-baked goods and superb Kyiv, who will speak on “The Ukrainian coffee will be available. The event is a SSR’s Political Leadership and the November 27-30 December 31 great opportunity to purchase unique and Thanksgiving packages available – New Year’s Eve formal sit down Kremlin: Co-authors of the 1932-1933 Famine” (in Ukrainian); and Dr. Oleksiy beautiful gifts for family and friends for Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner dinner and zabava with Tempo the holidays. Do your Christmas shopping with overnight stay Haran, political science department and Center for National Security Studies, early this year. For more information con- January 30-February 1, 2004 National University of Kyiv Mohyla tact the museum: telephone, (212) 228- December 6 Church of Annunciation Family Academy, who will speak on “Debates 0110; fax, (212) 228-1947; e-mail, UNA Christmas Party Weekend Over the 1932-1933 Famine and the [email protected].; website, Current Political Struggle in Ukraine” (in www.ukrainianmuseum.org. English). The presentations will be held at Monday, November 24 the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex, 9615 153rd Ave., at 2 p.m. For more informa- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard tion call (780) 492-6857. Ukrainian Research Institute will host a lecture given by Andrea Graziosi, profes- SAN FRANCISCO: The 70th anniver- sor of history, University of Naples – sary of the Great Famine in Ukraine will Federico II, and visiting professor of histo- be commemorated at the Ukrainian ry, Harvard University, on the topic Catholic Church of San Francisco, com- “Ukraine’s Place in Soviet History.” The mencing with a liturgical service at 11 lecture will be held in the HURI Seminar a.m. There will be a lunch at the church Room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave. For more hall at 1 p.m. The commemorative pro- information contact the Harvard Ukrainian gram begins at 1:30 p.m., with Yuriy Research Institute, (617) 495-4053, or Oliynyk as featured speaker and a cultural [email protected]. program presented by members of the Sunday, November 30 Ukrainian Heritage Club of Northern California. A concert of classical music by JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The executive Ukrainian composers, with the participa- board and the Philadelphia Regional tion of Oksana Herasymenko, visiting Council of the Ukrainian National musician from Ukraine, as well as the Women’s League of America will host a TheThe UkrainianUkrainian WWeeklyeekly 20002000 Ukrainian String Sextet from Sacramento, presentation of the 2003 Lesia and Petro begins at 2 p.m. Tickets: $10; lunch: $5. Kovaliv Literary Fund Award. The award For additional information call (916) 482- recipients are Vira Selianska Wowk, 4706. Ph.D., from Brazil and Martha Tarnawsky, M.S., of Philadelphia. The reception will A SPECIAL OFFER: NEW YORK: The Mayana Gallery take place at 3 p.m. at the Ukrainian invites the public to “Famine in the Land Educational and Cultural Center, 700 BOTH VOLUMES OF of Milk and Honey,” an exhibit featuring Cedar Road, Jenkintown, Pa. Donation: 20th century Ukrainian folk art, as well as $10 per person. For table reservations and THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY 2000 historical documents and photographs further information call (215) 742-3227 or about the Famine in Ukraine (on view (215) 322-5721. through November 23). The exhibit opens ADVANCE NOTICE FOR ONLY $25! at 2 p.m.; gallery hours: Friday, 6-8 p.m.; To mark the end of this millennium and the Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Mayana Sunday, December 7 Gallery is located at 136 Second Ave., beginning of a new one, the editors of The fourth floor. For more information call HILLSIDE, N.J.: You, your family and Ukrainian Weekly prepared “The Ukrainian Weekly (212) 260-4490 or (212) 777-8144. friends are invited to visit with St. Nicholas 2000,” a two-volume collection of the best and Website: www.brama.com/mayana; e- at 1 p.m. in the church hall of Immaculate mail: [email protected]. Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church most significant stories that have appeared in the newspaper since located at the intersection of Liberty Avenue its founding through 1999. Saturday, November 22 and Bloy Street. The parish children will HAMPTON ROADS, Va.: Ukrainian present an informal bilingual entertainment Volume I covers events from 1933 through the 1960s; Volume II – Americans in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, program. Odarka Polanskyj-Stockert will Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, also perform several holiday melodies on the 1970s through the 1990s. “The Ukrainian Weekly 2000” is a great the harp. Complimentary refreshments will resource for researchers, and a keepsake for readers. A great gift Newport News, York County, Williamsburg, Suffolk and Smithfield, be served. If you would like to attend, idea! Virginia, represented by the Tidewater please contact either Mike Szpyhulsky, Ukrainian Cultural Association (TUCA), (908) 289-0127, or Joe Shatynski, (973) To order copies of this two-volume chronicle of the 20th century, will hold a 70th anniversary memorial 599-9381, by December 1. Additional infor- please call (973) 292-9800, ext. 3042. program and solemn requiem and mation may be found on the parish website panakhyda services for the 7 million vic- www.byzantines.net/immaculateconception. tims of the genocidal Famine of 1932- 1933. The program will start at 2 p.m., at ADVANCE NOTICE the Catholic Church of the Holy Family, Saturday, February 21 1279 N. Great Neck Road, Virginia Beach, Va. The Rev. Taras Lonchyna of the Holy PHILADELPHIA: The Philadelphia Trinity Particular Byzantine Catholic Branch of the Ukrainian Engineers’ Church in Silver Spring, Md., will cele- Society of America will hold its annual brate the liturgy. All Hampton Roads banquet and ball with presentation of Ukrainians, supporters and friends are debutantes in the Grand Ballroom of the urged to attend to commemorate this hor- Park Hyatt Hotel, Broad and Walnut 25-È äÛ¥Ì¸ ìëè rific tragedy of the Ukrainian people. For streets. Music will be by Tempo. Tickets: ¥ 10-ËÈ äÛ¥Ì¸ ìèë additional information call Andy $100 for banquet and ball; $40 for ball Grynewytsch, (757) 874-3155. only; students, $25. To register the pres- Á‡ÔÓ¯Û˛Ú¸ ̇ entation of a debutante, please contact NEW YORK: A grand bazaar holiday Maria Cyhan, 315 Wedgewood Drive, óÓÌÓÏÓÒ¸ÍÛóÓÌÓÏÓÒ¸ÍÛ á‡·á‡·‡‚Û‡‚Û sale to benefit The Ukrainian Museum will Pottstown, PA 19465; telephone, (610) ‚ Ô’flÚÌˈ˛ 28-„Ó ÎËÒÚÓÔ‡‰‡ 2003 p. be held at the museum, 203 Second Ave. 469-6471. ê‡Ï‡‰‡ ÉÓÚÂθ, ßÒÚ É‡ÌÓ‚Â, ç˛ ÑÊÂÁ¥ èÓ˜‡ÚÓÍ „Ó‰. 9 ‚˜. 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