Inside: l Holodomor Education Conference 2017 – page 5 l Canadian internment fund’s legacy project – page 7 l U.S. announces new sanctions against Russia – page 9

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXV No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 $2.00 Experts urge U.S. Congress Poroshenko meets with Trump, and Trump to arm Ukraine other senior U.S. officials in D.C. by Melinda Haring Commissioner for Human Rights. The task force urged the U.S. government WASHINGTON – A bipartisan task force to provide Ukraine with the following: made up of former U.S. defense officials, 1. Additional counter-battery radar units ambassadors, and security experts with fire-control systems, including longer- renewed calls for the United States to give range systems capable of detecting and tar- lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine. On geting Russian long-range artillery and June 21, the National Security Task Force of multiple-launch rocket systems as well as the Friends of Ukraine Network urged the mortars. United States to provide a range of weap- 2. Additional tactical secure communica- ons, intelligence and training. tions. “[T]he purpose of providing defensive 3. Advanced anti-tank launchers and weapons is to help Ukraine deter the missiles to counter the hundreds of tanks Russians from carrying out further attacks, Moscow has deployed to the occupied terri- and to increase the pressure on Russia to tories. negotiate seriously on implementing the 4. Advanced unmanned aerial vehicles Minsk agreements,” said Alexander with electronic warfare countermeasures Vershbow, a member of the task force and to offset the huge Russian advantage in bor- the former deputy secretary general of der and coastal surveillance. NATO. “The aim is not to encourage 5. Bradley fighting vehicles, Humvees, Presidential Administration of Ukraine Ukraine to seek a military victory, which mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles At the June 20 meeting at the White House between the presidents of the United Kyiv knows isn’t possible,” he said at the and joint light tactical vehicles to provide a States and Ukraine (from left) are: Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States launch event in Washington. mobile covering force on the flanks to offset Valeriy Chaly, Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin and President Petro The appeal comes the day after Ukrainian Poroshenko; U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice-President Mike Pence, National the large Russian tank force in the occupied Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. President Petro Poroshenko met with U.S. territories. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. 6. Real-time intelligence sharing. by Yaro Bihun Talking to reporters outside the White Calling the situation “urgent,” Mr. Additional training for the Ukrainian armed House following his separate meetings Vershbow said Russian and proxy forces are forces, with the goal of building toward WASHINGTON – During his two days of there on June 20 with President Trump and violating the Minsk ceasefire agreement on combined arms training. meetings in the U.S. capital – with President Vice-President Mike Pence, President a daily basis “with almost complete impuni- 7. Cooperation with Ukraine in reform- Donald Trump and other senior officials in Poroshenko said, “I see the U.S.A. as our ty,” raining down artillery and rocket attacks ing its defense industry. his administration – Ukrainian President partner, and we are very interested in get- and inflicting significant civilian casualties. 8. The task force also urged the United Petro Poroshenko expressed his satisfac- ting the U.S.A. involved.” At least 9,940 people have been killed and States to designate Ukraine as a major non- tion with the support Ukraine was receiv- He noted that the U.S.A. is a “guarantor 23,455 injured from April 2014 to March 12, ing from the United States, especially with 2017, according to the Office of U.N.’s High (Continued on page 18) respect to Russia’s aggression. (Continued on page 9) EU calls for trans-Atlantic coordination on any new Russia sanctions

RFE/RL ing that Russian President Vladimir Putin Steffen Seibert described the U.S. move as Gazprom, while the other half is being shoul- “ordered an influence campaign” to benefit “peculiar.” dered by a European group that includes The European Union has urged interna- the candidacy of Donald Trump. Mr. Seibert said it was “strange” that Royal Dutch Shell, an Anglo-Dutch enter- tional partners to coordinate any new sanc- Germany and Austria strongly objected sanctions intended to punish Russia for prise, French provider Engie, OMV of Austria, tions against Russia, a day after the U.S. to a key provision in the Senate’s legisla- meddling in the U.S. elections could also lead and Germany’s Uniper and Wintershall. Senate proposed additional measures tion, saying it could hurt European busi- to penalties against European companies. The United States in the past has cau- against Moscow that drew a sharp rebuke nesses involved in a project to bring He added that Chancellor Angela Merkel tioned its European allies against building from Germany and other allies. Russian natural-gas supplies to Europe. shared the concerns raised by the German the Nord Stream 2 project, saying it would A spokeswoman for the European The provision enables the United States and Austrian foreign ministers who increase European dependence on Russian Commission told the Reuters news agency to impose sanctions on European firms charged in a joint statement that the U.S. energy supplies, but it hasn’t previously on June 16 that it was “important for possi- involved in financing Russian energy- measure brings a “completely new, very attempted to interfere with plans to move ble new measures to be coordinated export pipelines to Europe, including the negative dimension into European- the project forward. between international partners to ensure Nord Stream 2 pipeline that is being built American relations.” Natural gas ambitions? their impact internationally and to maintain under the Baltic Sea to provide Russian gas “Europe’s energy supply is a matter for unity among partners on the sanctions.” to Germany. Europe, and not for the United States of The Austrian and German officials said The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly The pipeline project was conceived by America,” the ministers, Sigmar Gabriel and one motive behind the Senate bill may be an on June 15 for new sanctions on key sec- Russia and Germany as a way to avoid Christian Kern, said on June 15. attempt to help U.S. natural-gas suppliers at tors of Russia’s economy and cementing sending gas to Europe through an existing With several major European companies the expense of their Russian rivals. The into law existing sanctions on Russia over pipeline that runs through Ukraine, which involved in building the new Nord Stream United States recently started shipping liq- its aggression in Ukraine and alleged med- has proved to be unreliable at times pipeline, they said that “we can’t accept the uefied natural gas to Poland and has ambi- dling into the 2016 U.S. presidential cam- because of a long-running spat between threat of illegal and extraterritorial sanc- tions to cultivate other European customers. paign. Kyiv and Moscow over the cost of gas and tions against European companies” posed Meanwhile, the Kremlin said it had an Russia denies acting to influence the U.S. other contract terms. by the Senate bill. “extremely negative attitude” toward the election, but the U.S. intelligence communi- Addressing reporters in Berlin on June Half of the cost of the new Nord Stream ty in January issued an assessment affirm- 16, German government spokesman pipeline is being paid for by Russian gas giant (Continued on page 14) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 No. 26

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Baltic region holds multiple NATO exercises EU ministers extend Crimea sanctions camps, and avoidable famines. In the past, Mr. Putin has praised Stalin as an “effective LUXEMBOURG – European Union for- manager,” and Stalin’s reputation in Russia in anticipation of Russia’s Zapad 2017 drills eign ministers have prolonged the bloc’s has been growing steadily since Mr. Putin investment ban against Crimea for another one of the largest maritime exercises held came to power in 2000. A poll in April by by Olevs Nikers year. The sanctions were adopted in 2014 under the guidance of the United States. the independent Levada research center Eurasia Daily Monitor in response to Russia’s illegal annexation of These latter Baltic Sea drills are specifically found that 25 percent of Russians consider the Ukrainian peninsula, and have since Twice in the past several weeks, Russian designed to strengthen interoperability Stalin’s repressions “historically justified,” been extended on a yearly basis. The mea- intrusions put the Baltics on high alert. On between NATO and its regional partners while another 13 percent said they knew sures, which were prolonged on June 19, June 1, several Russian soldiers, traveling and for its participants to practice com- “nothing” about Stalin’s crimes. Forty-seven include an EU-wide ban on imports from from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad bined tactical maneuvers in various training percent of respondents agreed “it is better Crimea unless they have Ukrainian certifi- without transit permits, were stopped in scenarios. This year (June 1-16), BALTOPS to speak less about the repressions and not cates, a prohibition of the purchase by EU Lithuania (Apollo.lv, June 2). A week later, will bring together 4,000 troops, 50 ships to dig up the past.” (RFE/RL) two Goryn-class tugboats – the MB-119 and submarines, and more than 50 aircraft companies of property and companies on and MB-35 – of the Russian navy were from 14 allied and partner countries – the the Black Sea peninsula, and a ban on Provision affirms U.S. commitment to NATO spotted inside Latvia’s exclusive economic U.S., Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, cruise ships flying the flag of an EU mem- zone (EEZ), nine nautical miles from its ter- Latvia, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, the ber state or controlled by a member state WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Rob Portman ritorial waters (La.lv, June 6). Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Germany, as to call at ports there. Goods and technology (R-Ohio) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) on Yet, both of these incidents pale in com- well as Finland and Sweden. On June 6, U.S. for the transport, telecommunications, and June 15 led passage of a bipartisan provi- parison to the expected scope of the Marines arriving on the USS Arlington prac- energy sectors also cannot be exported to sion that reaffirms the U.S. commitment to upcoming Zapad (West) 2017 Russian mili- ticed landing on the Latvian shore, at the Crimean companies or for use in Crimea the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, par- tary exercise, which will pose an important town of Ventspils (Sargs.lv, June 5). under the ban. The EU’s economic sanc- ticularly NATO’s Article 5, which outlines potential challenge to stability and security Meanwhile, on June 3-15, the alliance tions that hit Russian banking and energy the obligation of collective defense. “For in the wider Baltic region this September. held the Saber Strike exercise on the terri- sector are likely to be discussed briefly decades, NATO has been fundamental to According to Belarusian Defense tory of Latvia. More than 2,000 soldiers when EU leaders meet in Brussels on June America’s national security,” said Sen. Minister Andrej Ravkov, the joint Russian- from Latvia, Lithuania, Italy, Norway, the 22. EU diplomats told RFE/RL that they Portman. ”From preserving peace and sta- Belarusian Zapad exercise, which is con- U.K., Poland, Slovakia and the U.S. took part. believed those measures will be rolled-over bility and deterring Russian aggression in ducted every four years, will be held across The exercise is intended to enhance coop- for another six months at the end of the Europe to fighting alongside U.S. forces in eration between NATO member states, his country’s territory on September 14-20. month. On June 19 in Moscow, Kremlin Afghanistan, NATO remains highly relevant Officially, 13,000 soldiers will take part in boost their preparedness and combat capa- spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated that and critical to addressing some of our most these military drills (Tvnet.lv, June 9). Yet, bilities, as well as improve allies’ abilities to Russia considers EU’s sanctions illegiti- pressing national security challenges. A Lithuanian intelligence agencies suggest respond quickly and to rapidly move their mate. “Moreover, we believe that they harm that the actual number of participants in forces throughout the region. According to strong NATO means a stronger America, the training will far exceed the official fig- commander Nil Loidolt, who oversaw not only us but the countries that initiated and this important measure sends a mes- ures. Moreover, despite its purported Saber Strike 2017, special emphasis this them,” he said. (RFE/RL) sage to friend and foe alike about the depth of America’s commitment to our NATO defensive character, Lithuanian special ser- year is on practicing integrated land, sea Putin cites ‘excessive demonization’ of Stalin vices argue, the Zapad 2017 scenario can and air operations. At the same time, the allies.” Sen. Brown stated: “Ohio’s Ukrainian be expected to involve armed conflict with exercise will help strengthen cooperation MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir community knows the importance of hav- the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with NATO’s multinational battle groups, Putin has said that the “excessive demoni- ing a strong relationship with our allies. We (NATO). Part of the training will be held which have already been deployed to each zation” of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin “is one must join our NATO partners and be firm in along the Lithuanian border, where large of the Baltic countries and Poland as part of means of attacking the Soviet Union and our shared commitment to defending each numbers of Russian soldiers and military the alliance’s greater deterrence strategy, Russia.” Mr. Putin made the comments in other, as we have for decades. There must equipment will be amassed. adopted at the 2016 Warsaw Summit the last of four installments of a series of be no doubt about America’s commitment Most importantly, the Lithuanian intelli- (Sargs.lv, June 2). interviews that he gave to U.S. filmmaker to NATO. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-R-SC) gence agencies warn that, under the guise In the second half of the month (June Oliver Stone, which was aired on June 15. joined Sens. Portman and Brown in offering of Zapad 2017, Moscow might attempt to 12-23), Lithuania and Poland began the tac- Mr. Putin said Russia’s critics use Stalin’s the amendment. The provision was carry out possible provocations against its - legacy “to show that today’s Russia carries attached to legislation that cleared the western neighbors. As reported by the cise, to practice defending the so-called on itself some kind of birthmarks of Senate that morning to strengthen U.S. sanc- Lithuanian State Security Department and tical-levelSuwalki Gap. Geležinis As the Vilkas only existing (Iron Wolf) land exercon- Stalinism.” The Russian president did not tions on Iran. (Office of Sen. Rob Portman) nection between Poland and Lithuania, the the Ministry of Defense, the Department’s elaborate on what he considered to be annual threat assessment, released this narrow (roughly 100-kilometer-long) “excessive” criticism of Stalin, who ruled Mayor told to solve garbage problem past April, notes that Russia has boosted its Suwalki Gap could serve as an important the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until military presence in the western parts of transit corridor for allied forces to deliver LVIV – Ukrainian lawmakers have the country and in Kaliningrad region: military aid to the Baltic states in a crisis sit- his death in 1953 and who was responsible stepped up pressure on Lviv’s mayor to Russia is now able to organize and launch uation. “This operation will take place for for the deaths of 15 million to 30 million an open attack on the Baltic countries with- the first time. One of our goals is to develop Soviet citizens through executions, labor (Continued on page 12) in 24 to 48 hours (Delfi.lv, June 9). the skills needed for the allies [to ensure Estonia, like the other two Baltic states, they can gain overland] access [to] the will closely monitor this large-scale military Baltics,” said the Land Forces commander of exercise. “Of course, since Zapad is taking the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Brig. Gen. he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 place so close to Estonia, we must monitor it T U W especially closely. We will do it and our allies soldiers from 10 NATO countries are partic- An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., will do it as well,” said Defense Minister Juri Valdemārs Rupšis. Over all, more than 5,300 a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Having lost ‘soft’ power in post-Soviet space, Moscow increasingly using ‘hard’ power

by Paul Goble still better off than some in the region, as the nized exercises in countries of the Moscow- after the exercise to put new pressure on Mr. Eurasia Daily Monitor massive influx of guest workers from Central dominated Collective Security Treaty Lukashenka and his regime (see EDM, Asia and the Caucasus shows (see EDM, Organization (CSTO). January 20). The aggressiveness Moscow has shown February 18, 2014; September 15, 2015; But perhaps most indicative of Moscow’s That conclusion is suggested by another in its relations with countries in the former May 22, 2017), it is much weaker than it was growing reliance on force as its only remain- military exercise now taking place in Soviet space reflects Russia’s loss of influ- over a decade ago and cannot compete with ing tool of influence has been its actions in Belarus that may be a bellwether of what ence via “soft” power channels. At the same the economies of China or Western coun- Belarus. Russia has long pressed Alyaksandr will happen this summer. Specifically, the time, the Kremlin’s demonstrated bellicosity tries. Lukashenka’s government for the rights to “Slavic Brotherhood” counter-terrorism simply exacerbates that loss. Consequently, Moscow might have compensated for this set up a base there, but the Belarusian leader operation includes soldiers and – what is if President Vladimir Putin is going to weakening regional posture by developing has resisted. Mr. Lukashenka recognizes that especially important – political figures from rebuild Russia’s sway over the region, as he contacts with the rising generations of lead- the creation of such a base would severely Russia, Serbia and Belarus. Notably, it hopes, he will increasingly have to rely on ers in these neighboring post-Soviet coun- limit his ability to navigate between Moscow appears designed to coerce Minsk more “hard” power, including military and eco- tries. For instance, it could have done more and the West – something he is now com- than to test anti-terrorism cooperation nomic pressure. That – more than any of his to encourage them to study in Russia, or by pelled to do because Moscow no longer has (Camarade.biz, June 5; Rossiyskaya Gazeta, personal preferences – explains Mr. Putin’s other means. But it has failed to do that. And the ability to provide the economic assis- June 9; Newsland.com, U-f.ru, June 8; actions up to now, and it sets the stage for now, a quarter of a century after the Soviet tance his country requires. Moreover, Naviny.by, June 6). the further decomposition of the former Union fell apart, Moscow has lost the ability Belarusians are increasingly viewing them- All too often, analysts in the West have Soviet space and for more violence as this to affect outcomes in most if not all of the selves as separate and apart from Russians, focused on each specific Russian action in process continues. And this trend will neces- post-Soviet states, according to Russian ana- all of Moscow’s propaganda notwithstanding isolation or seen them as manifestations of sarily involve outside powers, ranging from lyst Vladislav Inozemtsev. Instead, he writes, (RT, June 4; see EDM, June 8). some Putinist grand design. But the collapse China to the Middle Eastern states to the the Russian government has to use force or Many analysts in Moscow, Minsk and the of Russian soft power provides an explana- West. the threat of force to get its way. That may West have been focusing on the possibility tion for all such activities as well as for Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, work in the short term, but it is counterpro- that Russia may use the Zapad 2017 military Putin’s neo-imperialism: Russia simply does Moscow has been losing what it expected to ductive over the long haul (Gazeta.ru, June exercise in Belarus to force Mr. Lukashenka not have any other way to try to hold this be its primary means of holding onto the 6). to change course or even to depose him and region. And consequently, it can be expected extended geographic space previously In short, Moscow has lost two of the three seek the incorporation of Belarus into the to use force more, not less often in the under its control: the number of ethnic elements in the trinity of resources that Russian Federation, much as Moscow did future. Russians in neighboring post-Soviet coun- define a hegemonic power: It no longer pro- with its annexation of Crimea. The more tries has declined sharply, as has the num- vides an attractive model for others to emu- hyperbolic predictions are almost certainly The article above is reprinted from ber of Russian speakers. Moreover, ever late, and it does not have the economic wrong (see EDM, March 8), but there is no Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from more former Eastern Bloc or post-Soviet strength to leave them with no choice but to question that Russia will seek to use its mas- its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, countries have or are reorienting them- become part of its orbit. What it retains, at sive military presence during and perhaps www.jamestown.org. selves away from Moscow by seeking mem- least for now, is the third element of that bership in the North Atlantic Treaty triad: disproportionate military strength. Organization (NATO) or the European Consequently, it is not surprising that across Union; many are even dispensing with the the former Soviet space Moscow is building Cyrillic alphabet, which Moscow earlier up its military presence in the hopes of Belarusian killed on Kyiv’s Maidan imposed, or are at least talking openly about resisting the impact of the centrifugal forces doing so (Dsnews.ua, June 10; see Eurasia its lack of other resources have unleashed. honored as Hero of Ukraine Daily Monitor, April 25). Over the last six months, Moscow has Meanwhile, Russian aggression – first in beefed up its bases in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan the so-called “frozen conflicts” like and Tajikistan, giving it the kind of military Transnistria, then in Georgia and now in muscle that the governments of those three Ukraine – has backfired, alienating ever countries cannot ignore (Centrasia.ru, June more non-Russian countries from Russia and 9). It has staged military exercises near the helping to solidify their independent exis- borders of other countries, from the Baltic tence. And although the economy of Russia is states to Kazakhstan. And it has even orga-

Quotable notes

“The United States notes with regret that the June 1 renewed ceasefire com- mitment, timed to coincide with International Children’s Day, did not last even a full day. The SMM [Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe] reported 162 explosions and ceasefire violations throughout the evening of June 1 and into the morning of June 2. “Three years after Russia initiated this conflict, civilians continue to suffer. On the first day of June, a man and two women waiting at a bus stop in central Avdiyivka were gravely injured by an explosion; all three remain hospitalized. On June 5, the SMM reported that shrapnel from an artillery shell killed a moth- er and wounded her 9-year old son; the boy remains hospitalized. [...] Artillery attacks on critical infrastructure carried out by Russian-led separatists ensure Presidential Administration of Ukraine civilians remain on the cusp of a humanitarian crisis. ... Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko presents the Hero of Ukraine medal to the “As if it was not enough to kill and maim in war-torn eastern Ukraine, Russian parents of Mikhail Zhyzneuski in Kyiv on June 13. abuses also take the form of politically motivated prosecutions, even against President Viktor Yanukovych scrapped librarians. A Russian court sentenced Natalia Sharina to a four-year suspended RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service and RFE/RL’s Belarus Service plans for a landmark pact with the sentence under fabricated charges including ‘inciting national hatred’ and European Union and vowed to strengthen embezzlement for not purging books by renowned Ukrainian authors. Several KYIV – A Belarusian man who was one trade ties with Russia instead. well-respected human rights groups believe Ms. Sharina – head librarian of the of the first protesters killed during the Zhyzneuski and another protester state-run Library of Ukrainian Literature in Moscow – was targeted as part of an Euro-Maidan protests in Kyiv in 2014 has Serhiy Nihoyan, a Ukrainian of Armenian effort to close a facility housing books donated by the Ukrainian diaspora. ... been posthumously awarded a Hero of origin, were shot dead in central Kyiv on “The United States continues to fully support Ukraine’s sovereignty, indepen- Ukraine medal. January 22, 2014. dence and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders. We President Petro Poroshenko handed the A third protester, Roman Senyk, was will never recognize Russia’s purported annexation of Crimea. We join our medal to Mikhail Zhyzneuski’s parents in severely wounded that day and died three European and other partners in affirming that our sanctions against Russia will Kyiv on June 13, making him the first for- days later. remain in place until Russia fully implements its Minsk commitments, and our eigner awarded the high honor. As the number of protesters shot by snip- separate, Crimea-related sanctions will remain in place until Russia returns full Mr. Poroshenko thanked the parents for ers or killed in clashes with police grew, the control of the peninsula to Ukraine.” raising a man he hailed as “a hero who was victims became known as the Heavenly a great Belarusian and a great Ukrainian in Hundred, or the Heavenly Brigade. – U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Kate Byrnes, speaking on June 8 at a meeting of the his heart.” Nina Zhyzneuskaya told RFE/RL that the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, as “He gave his life for our and your liberty,” Ukrainian state award was important to cited by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in its Daily Briefing. the president said at the ceremony. her and her husband, and gave them a The protests erupted late in 2013, after sense of “closure.” 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 No. 26 No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 5

Norbert Iwan Norbert Iwan A group discussion during the Holodomor Education Conference. Dr. Norman Naimark speaks at the commemorative dinner. Holodomor Education Conference 2017 gives educators tools to teach about Ukraine’s genocide

Sophia Isajiw Sophia Isajiw Dr. Joyce Apsel, keynote speaker. During the panel presentation on “Human Rights and the Holodomor.”

by Sophia Isajiw their curricula. It was rewarding to observe made more personal for students. I gained valuable information and insight that many of the participants came from Dr. Richard Hechter, acting department from the many presenters. It has also been WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Educators from diverse ethnic backgrounds with a strong head of curriculum, teaching and learning, amazing to become part of the community across Canada, the United States and interest in human rights and genocide. Faculty of Education, University of of people who are Holodomor and human Ukraine assembled in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Valentina Kuryliw delivered the opening Manitoba, moderated a very lively and rights activists and educators in North to attend the second Holodomor Education remarks. John F. Young, the president and diverse panel discussion on “The Teaching America.” Conference: “Education–Awareness–Action” CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human of Human Rights and the Holodomor.” It Lana Babij, a librarian and Holodomor (HEC-2017) on May 5-7, at the Canadian Rights, welcomed the gathering to the included presentations by Dr. John R. Wiens, website manager and coordinator of the Museum for Human Rights (CMHR). dean emeritus and professor of educational Holodomor Educators Network in the The conference was organized by the museum. James Bezan, member of administration, Faculty of Education, U.S.A., rounded out the panel by expertly Holodomor Research and Education Parliament for the riding of Selkirk- University of Manitoba; Lise Pinkos, manag- addressing “The Challenges of Terminology Consortium (HREC) of the Canadian Interlake-Eastman in Manitoba, who intro- er of education programs, Canadian and Resources” on the Holodomor – a very Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) at the duced in 2008 the bill recognizing the Museum for Human Rights; and Antonio timely topic to educators. University of Alberta, and held in coopera- Holodomor as genocide, spoke movingly on tion with the Canadian Museum for Human the reasons for this recognition. José Tavares, diversity education and inter- The methodology sessions rounded out Rights. The organizing committee included Greetings were offered by Blair Yakimoski, national languages consultant for the the conference by providing practical Valentina Kuryliw, director of education member of the Legislative Assembly for Instruction, Curriculum and Assessment hands-on suggestions for implementing (HREC) and committee chair, Sophia Isajiw Transcona representing Manitoba Minister Branch of Manitoba Education and Training. human rights and the Holodomor in school and Oksana Levytska of Toronto, and Val of Education and Training Ian Wishart; and Mr. Tavares gave an insightful and grounded curricula. Natalia Onyschuk shared her Noseworthy, Irka Balan, Dr. Orest Cap and Dr. David Mandzuk, dean of the Faculty of talk on “Holodomor and Genocide expertise at the primary level, showing Dr. Denis Hlynka of Winnipeg. Education at the University of Manitoba. Education with Children of Refugee and how song, dance, art and stories can be The HEC-2017 conference brought Ontario Minister of Education Mitzie Hunter War-Affected Backgrounds.” used to teach a difficult and sensitive topic. together 120 education professionals, who sent written greetings, which were read by The panel also included Linda Connor, Ms. Pinkos and Ian Martens showcased the teach from kindergarten to the university Ms. Kuryliw. The conference was supported social studies consultant for Manitoba museum’s new lesson on the Holodomor level. Educators of senior grades made up by the faculties of education of both the Education and Training, and Michael for the middle years, while Jeff Kozak of approximately half of the participants, while University of Manitoba and the University of Anthony, who gave a very grounded presen- Winnipeg presented his best practices in the primary and middle years were well Winnipeg. tation on “Teaching the Holodomor: Making teaching the Holodomor for Grades 5-8. represented. Participants shared a desire to The keynote speaker, Dr. Joyce Apsel, clin- Best Practices Better.” Mr. Anthony is assis- Tamara Kowalczyk shared her expertise learn about new approaches and innovative ical professor in the Liberal Studies Program tant curriculum leader for Canadian and and experience in teaching the Holodomor strategies from 25 conference presenters, at New York University and president of the world studies at Weston Collegiate Institute within a genocide course at the high school who spoke on how to teach human rights, Institute for the Study of Genocide, spoke in the Toronto District School Board. level, and Nadia Prokopchuk and David social justice and the Holodomor in their eloquently about “Genocide, Human Rights In post-conference remarks he said, “As Katzman shared handouts and information classrooms. and the Holodomor: Teaching Human someone who did not grow up with stories on an innovative new online human rights They were especially grateful for the Rights and Wrongs in the Classroom.” She of the Holodomor, but who is teaching the resource, titled “Voices into Action,” whose handouts and suggestions for implementing stressed that the Holodomor and human Holodomor to students, this conference the teaching of this often forgotten topic in rights need to be relatable and, therefore, was a most important learning experience. 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WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly The Poroshenko-Trump meeting Even direct costs of Putin’s aggression It was another good week for Ukraine in Washington. President Petro Poroshenko met with President Donald Trump and other key offi- are unsustainable, says analyst cials in the U.S. administration to press his case that Ukraine is a success story and by Paul Goble The Crimean Anschluss is also adding to that it is fighting for its freedom and democracy. “There never was such a powerful the burdens the Russian state budget must visit,” Mr. Poroshenko was quoted as saying before his meetings. “And precisely in The indirect costs of Vladimir Putin’s bear, Mr. Pashkov continues. Moscow is cur- order to have the opportunity to talk about our cooperation in the security, political invasion of Ukraine and annexation of rently spending approximately $1.4 billion and economic spheres.” Afterwards, he said, “There was a full, detailed meeting with Crimea, as well as his military muscle-flex- every year on that occupied Ukrainian pen- U.S. President Donald Trump. We received strong support from the U.S. side, support ing elsewhere – which resulted in the isola- insula – an amount that accounts for 73 per- in terms of sovereignty, territorial integrity and the independence of our state.” tion of Russia internationally and greater cent of all government expenditures there. It is significant that the meeting took place before Mr. Trump is expected to meet repression and human suffering domesti- As far as Russian military operations in with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in cally – are perhaps incalculable. Syria are concerned, Moscow has spent Germany on July 7-8. RFE/RL commented that Mr. Poroshenko “may have pulled off But the direct costs for the military can close to $1 billion, according to some esti- a small coup” with regard to the timing. be measured, and they are growing, quite mates. Exactly how much, however, is At first, it seemed the White House was trying to downplay the meeting, saying possibly beyond the level of sustainability. unknown, because the Russian government the president would be meeting with his national security adviser “with a drop-in by That is just one reason behind the Kremlin has declared these figures “a military Vice-President Mike Pence and President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine.” And the subsequent readout of the meeting issued by the White House was, well, not much leader’s declaration during his Direct Line secret.” And the costs are mounting to speak of. Here it is in full: “President Donald J. Trump met today with President program on June 15 that he plans to cut because this military action is continuing. Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine to discuss support for the peaceful resolution to the defense spending over the next few years If one sums up all the costs to the conflict in eastern Ukraine and President Poroshenko’s reform agenda and anti-cor- (novayagazeta.ru/news/2017/06/15/ Russian budget of the wars in Syria and ruption efforts.” The official readout of the Poroshenko-Pence meeting was more 132523-putin-zayavil-o-planah-snizit- Ukraine and the support of occupied informative: “The Vice-President met today with Ukrainian President Petro rashody-na-oboronu). Crimea and the unrecognized republics, Poroshenko to reaffirm the United States’ support for a peaceful resolution of the Such cuts appear likely to hit personnel they total approximately 3 to 4 percent of conflict in eastern Ukraine and for President Petro Poroshenko’s implementation of and military retirees, in the first instance, the Russian state budget this year. And that the reforms necessary to transform Ukraine into a peaceful, prosperous and secure places where a great deal of money can be figure is only “the tip of the iceberg” of European country. The Vice-President highlighted continuing U.S. support for the saved – in Russia today, personnel increas- Russian spending on promoting itself Normandy Format negotiations to implement the Minsk agreements and stressed ingly is expensive relative to equipment – abroad, Mr. Pashkov says. the importance of continued reforms to fight corruption, improve the business cli- but there are limits to that, given that such That doesn’t include the money Moscow mate and keep Ukraine’s International Monetary Fund program on track.” cuts undermine the loyalty of those in uni- spends on propaganda, cyber war, secret More interesting was what was said during the photo-op in the Oval Office. form (kommersant.ru/doc/3325573). operations and support of agents of influence President Trump: “It’s a great honor to be with President Poroshenko of the [sic] In the June 15 issue of Segodnya, Mikhail throughout the world. The Ukrainian analyst Ukraine – a place that we’ve all been very much involved in. And you’ve been seeing it Pashkov of the Kyiv-based Razumkov Center says that Kyiv estimates Moscow now spends and everybody has been reading about it. And we’ve had some very, very good discus- argues that Russia is following in the path of $2 million a year on the Ukrainian branch sions. It’s going to continue throughout the day. And I think a lot of progress has been the USSR in its military spending, a course of the Institute of CIS Countries alone. made. And it’s a great honor to have you, Mr. President. Thank you. Thank you very that he suggests contributed to the demise Sanctions add to the burden, having cost much.” He then asked if Mr. Poroshenko would like to say something. And he did: of the Soviet Union and is placing ever more Russia some $30 billion in lost GDP growth, “That’s a great honor and a great pleasure to be together with you, Mr. President – one unbearable burdens on Russia (segodnya. a figure to which one must add $9 billion of the most reliable supporters and partners – strategic partners for Ukraine. We’re ua/opinion/pashkovcolumn/cena- lost because of the Kremlin’s countersanc- really fighting to bring freedom and democracy with your very strong support in secu- rossiyskogo-velichiya- 1029867.html). tions program, the analyst continues. rity and defense – support of our defense, support of my 45 million nation, of the coun- Supporting the unrecognized republics All of this is leading to the militarization try who is the biggest in the European continent. And I’m absolutely confident that its wars have created is costing Moscow of Russia: Moscow has the third largest mili- Ukraine is a story of success. I’m proud to have you, Mr. President, and United States as enormous sums, something over $200 mil- tary budget in the world, but Russia’s GDP is a co-sponsor to this story of success. And we very much admire of your leadership, of lion (U.S.) annually for South Ossetia alone. not even in the top 10 of the world’s econo- your very effective steps, because today includes two historic days – five months of Over its entire existence, that republic has mies. Russia now maintains more than 4 your presidency and – when we launched the first peace plan – peace plan of Ukraine. cost Moscow about $1 billion and million siloviki (1.9 million in the army, 1 And I’m absolutely confident that our effective coordination will bring the peace to our Transdniestria about $6 billion. million in the police, and another 1 million nation, to our land, and can support our territorial integrity and sovereignty.” At present, the Ukrainian government in other forces). Significantly, on the very day of the White House meetings, the U.S. Department of estimates that Moscow is spending “In other words,” Mr. Pashkov says, “the the Treasury issued an announcement of “reinforced existing sanctions on Russia.” “approximately $6 billion annually on its number of militarized structures in the for- Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin said: “This administration is committed to a war in the Donbas, about equally divided eign policy of Russia is comparable with the diplomatic process that guarantees Ukrainian sovereignty, and there should be no between supporting the unrecognized number of people in uniform in the former sanctions relief until Russia meets its obligations under the Minsk agreements.” republics there and backing its military USSR, even though the population in the And there was more good news. After his meetings, President Poroshenko operations.” But Russia can’t stop because, Russian Federation is only half as large.” The praised the greater involvement of the U.S. in resolving the Donbas conflict, reported if it does, those and the other unrecognized Soviet leadership couldn’t carry this burden. that several key members of the U.S. administration will soon visit Ukraine and said republics will soon cease to exist. Ultimately, neither will Russia, he concludes. agreements will be signed on defense cooperation, including defense procurement and military-technical cooperation. To be sure, there are those who said the way the Poroshenko visit was handled by the administration was a bit of stagecraft at a time when the Trump campaign is under fire for dealings with Russia and when investigations are continuing into pos- Russia’s aggression against Ukraine sible collusion of Trump associates with Russia in its effort to influence the 2016 presidential election. (President Trump on June 22 once again dismissed U.S. intelli- gence reports that Russia had meddled in the election.) Some commentators sug- began in 1991, according to expert gested that the actions of the administration on the day of the Poroshenko visit were by Paul Goble Maidan,” the director of military programs intended to send a message to Congress that the administration is doing something at the Razumkov Center in Kyiv says, “but vis-à-vis Russia and that the new sanctions and limits on the president’s ability to Moscow began its efforts to undermine to the possibility that Ukraine would go lessen or lift them suggested in a bill passed by the Senate are not needed. Ukraine, not in 2013 in reaction to the along a European path of development.” We would strongly disagree with the latter sentiment, however. We urge the Maidan, as many encouraged by Russia Moscow has used various methods to try to House of Representatives to act quickly in passing the Countering Iran’s believe, but already in 1991, Kyiv military prevent that (glavred.info/mir/deystviya- Destabilizing Activities Act that includes strengthened sanctions on Russia for its expert Nikolay Sungurovsky says. And rossii-protiv-ukrainy-nachalis-s-1991-go- aggression in Ukraine and mandates a congressional review if sanctions are to be those efforts began because Moscow feared goda-voennyy-ekspert-439107.html). rolled back or abandoned. Now is not the time for the U.S. to lower its guard. that “a successful Ukraine would threaten Indeed, Mr. Sungurovsky says, “attempts the territorial integrity of Russia.” at destabilizing and weakening Ukraine from “Russia reacted aggressively not to the the inside have not ceased over the course of its entire period of independence” – a con- clusion for which there is “official confirma- June Turning the pages back... Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on tion.” As Leonid Kravchuk, the first president ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia of Ukraine, said, “Russian policy always was who has served in various capacities in the Twenty-five years ago, on June 27, 1992, 11,815 people gath- and always will be anti-Ukrainian.” U.S. State Department, the Central ered at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway, N.J., to watch the first Moreover, the Kyiv military analyst con- Intelligence Agency and the International 27 international game between the national teams of Ukraine and tinues, Moscow has used a variety of tactics 1992 the United States of America. The 0-0 draw was deemed a tri- Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice across the former Soviet space, ranging umph for Ukraine. of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio from propaganda directed at the post-Sovi- “It was a tremendous, tremendous success for the Ukrainian Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for et countries and to that directed at the team,” said Ukrainian coach Victor Prokopenko. “This is the first time this team, which is International Peace. The article above is West up to and including the so-called “fro- made up of professional players from Ukraine, played together as a team.” reprinted with permission from his blog zen conflicts” in Moldova, Georgia, called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- Azerbaijan and Ukraine (glavred.info/chat/ (Continued on page 18) woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). nikolay-sungurovskiy-435683.html). No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 7

FOR THE RECORD COMMENTARY As White House welcomes Ukraine’s president, Internment fund’s legacy project Ukrainian Americans demand more action The following statement was released by passed a new sanctions regime last week the Ukrainian Congress Committee of by an overwhelming vote of 97-2. These America. new sanctions target Russia’s mining, metal, shipping and railway sectors, parts Earlier today, President Donald Trump of its energy sector, and individuals who welcomed Ukraine’s President Petro have conducted business with its intelli- Poroshenko to the Oval Office for a frank gence or defense sectors. Included in the discussion about recent developments in list of potential penalties are provisions Ukraine, as well as continuing the United which would enable the United States to States’ support of Ukraine in defense of its impose sanctions on European firms sovereignty and democratic values. Today’s involved in financing Russia’s oil and gas meeting came on the heels of Speaker Paul pipelines to Europe, including the Nord Ryan and Chairman of Ukraine’s Stream 2 pipeline that is being built under Parliament Andriy Parubiy meeting last the Baltic Sea to provide Russian gas to week and signing a memorandum of Germany. Furthermore, this legislation understanding reaffirming the U.S. would cement into law existing sanctions Congress- Verkhovna Rada Parliamentary on Russia enacted following its invasion of Exchange (CRPE). Also today, the United Ukraine and its meddling in the 2016 U.S. States Treasury sanctioned 38 additional presidential campaign. Lastly, this legisla- individuals and entities related to Russia’s tion has been appended to a universally Katharine Wowk continued occupation of Crimea. supported sanctions bill against the nation Lubomyr Luciuk on June 12 at the internment exhibit at the Canadian Museum of History. While all of these developments serve to of Iran in order that it might be quickly projects. As I stood there, I recalled a text I demonstrate to the world that the long- enacted. [Editor’s note: That legislation was by Lubomyr Luciuk found years ago while sleuthing through standing strategic alliance between passed by the Senate by a vote of 98-2.] It’s a small case in a big hall. I have no microfilm copies of The Daily British Whig. Ukraine and the United States continues on, The Ukrainian Congress Committee of idea how many people will pause beside it, On September 7, 1917, an unknown editor, we can ill afford to sit back while Russia America (UCCA), the largest grassroots rep- but millions of visitors will eventually tour challenging the Wartime Elections Act that continues to go on the offensive. Since the resentation of Americans of Ukrainian through the Canadian History Hall. The first stripped voting rights from tens of thou- beginning of 2017, there have been nearly descent, calls upon supporters of Ukraine in guests entering this newly renovated space sands of “enemy aliens” while enfranchis- 2,000 recorded attacks by Russian forces this country to contact their elected repre- within the Canadian Museum of History ing women, wrote presciently: “It is quite across the “ceasefire” line in Ukraine, with sentatives today to urge them to take up the will arrive on July 1, Canada Day, which this probable that if this proposal becomes law dozens of civilians killed this year alone. Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act year is the 150th birthday of our country. the alleged ‘foreigners’ and hitherto ‘natu- Russian forces have also resumed firing in the House of Representatives. This critical Odds are that more than a few will stop ralized’ Canadians will bear their reproach heavy artillery onto Ukrainian positions, as legislation was received by the House the where I did. That’s good. meekly, but they will have sown in their well as deployed portable rocket launchers. morning after its overwhelming passage in Canada’s history has generally been hearts the seeds of a bitterness that can In response to Russia’s aggressive mili- the Senate [Editor’s note: it was passed by a righteous, even if what awaits a passer-by never be extirpated. The man whose honor tary action in Ukraine and malicious cyber vote of 98-2], but it has been relegated to a in this particular case may seem to suggest has been mistrusted, and who has been sin- activity against the United States and our otherwise. Its contents recall how thou- gled out for a national humiliation, will allies, the U.S. Senate deliberated and (Continued on page 15) sands of Ukrainians and other Europeans remember it and sooner or later, it will were branded as “enemy aliens” during have to be atoned for.” Canada’s first national internment opera- One hundred years later I think we have LETTER TO THE EDITOR tions of 1914-1920. Needlessly imprisoned, arrived at that time for atonement. with what little wealth they had confiscat- We got here in good company. I cannot Beacon Street in Boston. ed, they were forced to do heavy labor for list everyone who helped us tell the intern- Holodomor curriculum Proponents will be given three minutes the profit of their jailers, disenfranchised ees’ stories but will select two. There is my to present their views; they are encouraged and subjected to other state-sanctioned friend, Inky Mark, a Chinese Canadian par- to present new information to the Joint indignities - not because of any wrong they liamentarian from Dauphin, Manitoba. He to be subject of hearing had done but only because of who they understood what we were doing, and why, Dear Editor: Legislative Committee, rather than reiter- ate what other speakers have said. were, where they had come from. because his own family once suffered the insult of the racist Head Tax. Mr. Mark’s pri- A hearing on the Massachusetts The Boston Committee for the These internment operations were all vate member’s bill, C-331: The Ukrainian Genocide Education Bill, sponsored and Remembrance of the Holodomor urges all but forgotten until 1978, when, fatefully, I Canadian Restitution Act, obliged the feder- drafted by the Greater Boston Committee members of the Ukrainian community to spoke with Nick Sakaliuk, a Ukrainian al government to redress an historical for the Remembrance of the Holodomor, offer their support at this important time. immigrant from Bukovyna who had been a will be conducted on June 27. The bill aims prisoner in Kingston’s Fort Henry, then at injustice, despite the rearguard artifices of to require the study of genocide in the pub- Paul Thomas Rabchenuk camps in Petawawa and Kapuskasing. In many a bigoted bureaucrat. Salem, Mass. Years later, the very fund his work creat- lic schools of Massachusetts, and the study the late 1980s I met another victim, Mary Manko Haskett, a Montreal-born Ukrainian ed would help support the archaeological of the Holodomor is specifically mentioned The letter-writer is chairman of the who, along with the rest of her family, was dig of Sarah Beaulieu, a Ph.D. candidate at in the proposed legislation. Greater Boston Committee to Commemorate transported into the wilderness of Simon Fraser University. Ms. Beaulieu The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. in the Ukrainian Famine Genocide of 1932- Quebec’s Abitibi region. Her sister Nellie would unearth two artifacts from the Hearing Room A-2 in the State Capitol on 1933, The Holodomor. died at the Spirit Lake internment camp, Morrissey internment site in British her final resting place still uncertain. Columbia, exposing them again to the light GUIDELINES FOR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Survivors like Mary and Nick wanted their of day for you to see. One is a homemade stories remembered. Naively, I expected that shovel used by internees unsuccessfully The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor and commentaries would be simply achieved. But it took over attempting to tunnel their way out of cap- on a variety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian two decades for the Ukrainian Canadian Civil tivity – evidence enough of how deter- Canadian communities. Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators and Liberties Association, spearheading the cam- mined and desperate these men were to letter-writers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of either paign for recognition and symbolic redress, escape. The other is an even more telling The Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian National Association. to secure an official acknowledgement - relic, a small cross made of barbed wire. We Letters must be signed (anonymous letters are not published). The daytime even though we never asked for an apology will never know who fashioned it, but cer- phone number and complete mailing address of the letter-writer must be given or compensation, resolutely following tainly he was a man of faith. for verification purposes. Mary’s prescript that our efforts should be Finding this Christian symbol of hope Please note: The length of letters cannot exceed 500 words. Letters may be “about memory, not money.” and atonement in this marvelous hall of edited or abridged. Letters should be sent to [email protected] or to The Finally, in 2008, the Canadian First things past, I was reminded of how Canada Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. World War Internment Recognition Fund is a better place for being a country where (www.internmentcanada.ca) was created even the tragic stories of Mary and Nick are with a mandate to support commemorative told – people just like you and me. So as I ABOUT OUR NEXT ISSUE and educational projects reminding walked away, I was smiling at the thought Canadians of why we must all remain vigi- that there’s just no place like home. Happy The Ukrainian Weekly’s next edition will be a double issue dated July 2/July lant in defense of human rights and civil birthday, Canada. 9 that will be mailed to subscribers on June 30 (before the Fourth of July holi- liberties, particularly in periods of domes- day). The Weekly will resume its regular publication schedule with the issue tic or international crisis. Lubomyr Luciuk is a professor of political dated July 16. The internment exhibit in the Canadian geography at The Royal Military College of History Hall is one of that fund’s legacy Canada. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 No. 26 No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 9

Poroshenko meets... (Continued from page 1) nation” in the Budapest agreement, and added that his White House meetings “underscored Ukraine’s importance to the United States and its decisiveness in assist- ing our nation.” Mr. Poroshenko also reportedly said that Ukraine received strong U.S. support for its “sovereignty, territorial integrity and inde- pendence of our state, as well as support in the continuation of reforms in Ukraine.” Later, responding to a question about whether President Trump would like to see Russia get out of eastern Ukraine, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that “obviously, part of the reason that there are Presidential Administration of Ukraine sanctions is because until they are out of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko eastern Ukraine, we’re going to continue to and Vice-President Mike Pence during Presidential Administration of Ukraine have sanctions on Russia.” their meeting at the White House. Ukraine’s president with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis. The Ukrainian president arrived in Washington on June 19 and began his visit Poroshenko thanked the Ukrainian diaspo- House discussions, he had meetings with Before departing Washington on June that evening at the Ukrainian Holodomor ra “for all they have done to help Ukraine U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, 21, President Poroshenko also had meet- Memorial by paying his respects to the mil- get to where it is today.” Defense Secretary James Mattis, Energy ings scheduled with House of lions of Ukrainians who died as a result of “Ukraine has accomplished more Secretary Rick Perry, as well as the presi- Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and Stalin’s 1932-1933 Famine-Genocide. reforms since the Maidan revolution [in dent of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim, and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. He was joined at the memorial by more 2014] than in the previous 23 years of its the managing director of the International The last time President Poroshenko than 100 Ukrainian Americans from the independence,” he pointed out. He stressed: Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde. came to Washington was in March of last Washington area, including local Ukrainian “Never will we return to the Soviet Union.” On the same day that Presidents year, when he attended the three-day Catholic and Orthodox bishops, clergy and The following day, accompanied by Poroshenko and Trump met at the White Nuclear Security Summit. Then, he also met members of their church choirs., Also pres- Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin – House, the U.S. Department of the Treasury with world leaders participating in the ent was Larysa Kurylas, who designed the who had meeting with President Trump at announced it was imposing sanctions on summit, as well as with U.S. Vice-President memorial, which was opened in 2015. the White House five weeks earlier – and over three dozen additional individuals and Joe Biden. His last White House meeting In his brief remarks to those who came other ministers of the Ukrainian govern- organizations that are complicit in Russia’s with President Barack Obama was in 2014, to join with him to honor those killed in ment, Mr. Poroshenko’s had a tight sched- ongoing involvement in the conflict in when he also addressed a joint session of that man-made famine, President ule of meetings. In addition to his White Ukraine. the U.S. Congress.

Yaro Bihun President Petro Poroshenko joins in the singing of the Ukrainian national anthem with the Yaro Bihun large crowd of Ukrainian Americans who came to join him at the Holodomor Memorial in President Petro Poroshenko kneels down to honor the millions who died during Washington. Standing to his right are: the memorial’s designer, Larysa Kurylas, UCCA Stalin’s Famine-Genocide as he kneels before the Holodomor Memorial at the begin- President Andriy Futey and Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin; and to his ning of his visit to Washington. left: Ukrainian National Information Service Director Michael Sawkiw Jr. U.S. Treasury Department announces new sanctions against Russia

U.S. Department of the Treasury “These designations will maintain pressure on Russia 50 percent or more by the previously-designated AK to work toward a diplomatic solution,” said Treasury Transneft OAO (Transneft), subject to Directive 2 under WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. “This administration is E.O. 13662, which prohibits U.S. persons from dealing in Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on committed to a diplomatic process that guarantees new debt of greater than 90 days maturity of the sanc- June 20 reinforced existing sanctions on Russia by desig- Ukrainian sovereignty, and there should be no sanctions tioned entities. nating or identifying a range of individuals and entities relief until Russia meets its obligations under the Minsk The Treasury Department also noted: “Today’s action involved in the ongoing conflict under four executive agreements.” targets 21 Ukrainian separatists, entities and their sup- orders (E.O.s) related to Russia and Ukraine. The OFAC designated 38 individuals and entities porters pursuant to E.O. 13660 for being responsible for “Today’s action is designed to counter attempts to cir- under Ukraine-related authorities, including one entity or complicit in, or having engaged in, actions or policies cumvent U.S. sanctions and will maintain alignment of that has engaged in the evasion of existing sanctions, that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty or U.S. measures with those of our international partners. It two Russian government officials and two individuals territorial integrity of Ukraine; for acting for or on behalf will also provide additional information to assist the pri- acting for or on behalf of a government official, two enti- of, being owned or controlled by, or providing material or vate sector with sanctions compliance. These steps are ties that are owned or controlled by an individual previ- other support to previously designated groups; or for consistent with the U.S. commitment to seek a diplomat- ously designated, and 11 individuals and entities that asserting governmental authority over a part or region of ic resolution to the crisis in Ukraine and to facilitate operate in the Crimea region of Ukraine. Ukraine without the authorization of the government of Crimea’s return to Ukraine. U.S. sanctions on Russia As a result of the action, any property or interest in Ukraine. This action is part of an ongoing effort to hold related to the situation in eastern Ukraine will remain in property of the designated persons in the possession or those responsible for violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty place until Russia fully honors its obligations under the control of U.S. persons or within the United States must and territorial integrity accountable for their actions.” Minsk Agreements. U.S. sanctions related to Crimea will be blocked. Additionally, transactions by U.S. persons not be lifted until Russia ends its occupation of the pen- involving these persons are generally prohibited. To read the entire release, go to https://www.treasury. insula,” the department noted in its news release. OFAC also identified 20 subsidiaries that are owned gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/sm0114.aspx. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 No. 26 No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 11 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 No. 26

Opposition activists flee to Ukraine around Roskomnadzor’s allegations was marchers at this weekend’s pride event in NEWSBRIEFS cleared up. Mr. Navalny and at least 1,500 Kyiv but also address structural causes of PRAGUE – Two activists from Russian (Continued from page 2) demonstrators were detained on June 12 in discrimination in the country, including opposition leader Aleksei Navalny’s Anti- Moscow and other cities across Russia for addressing impunity for hate crimes, hate resolve the western city’s garbage problem. Corruption Foundation (FBK) have fled to participating in a wave of unauthorized speech, and incitement to violence.” Kyiv The Petro Poroshenko Bloc asked Andriy Ukraine after state media regulator anticorruption protests. Mr. Navalny was held its first major pride march last year Sadovyi on June 20 to immediately address Roskomnadzor launched investigations jailed for 30 days, which an appeals court after a pro-Western government that came the issue or step down. Problems linked to against them. Vladislav Zdolnikov, an FBK reduced to 25 days on June 16. (RFE/RL, to power in 2014 sanctioned such events. the city’s overloaded dump site have been IT consultant, and activist Aleksandr with reporting by BBC) Last year’s March of Equality, held on July developing for more than a year. Four peo- Brusentsev crossed into Ukraine on June 12, attracted some 1,000 participants and ple died there in May 2016 after being 15. The activists told the BBC that Yanukovych trial resumes in Kyiv was guarded by some 5,500 police and trapped under a huge wave of falling gar- Roskomnadzor suspected them of illegally KYIV – A court in Kyiv has resumed 1,200 soldiers from the National Guard. bage triggered by a fire that lasted for sev- blocking access to some websites by using hearings in the in-absentia treason trial of (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) eral days. The tragedy was followed by pro- a vulnerability of the government’s system former President Viktor Yanukovych. Mr. Naftogaz posts first profit in five years tests against Mr. Sadovyi in Lviv. Also on for blocking banned websites. Ukraine’s Yanukovych’s lawyer Vitaliy Serdyuk again June 20, the acting director of the Lviv Border Guard Service said on June 15 that asked Judge Vladyslav Devyatko to formally OTTAWA – Naftogaz Ukrainy, Ukraine’s regional department for internal and infor- two members of Mr. Navalny’s foundation request that Russian authorities set up a state-owned oil and gas holding company, mation policies, Olha Berezyuk, started a had asked for political asylum. However, video-link for his client, who is in Russia. published its 2016 annual report on June 9. hunger strike demanding that Mr. Sadovyi the activists told the BBC they had not Judge Devyatko rejected the lawyer’s The consolidated financial statements were immediately start removing garbage from asked for asylum and were not planning to request, saying that the court had ruled audited by Deloitte. Naftogaz was profit- the dump site. (RFE/RL, based on reporting do so. They said they planned to stay in earlier that Mr. Yanukovych can take part able for the first time in five years and by UNIAN and Ukrinform) Ukraine temporarily until the situation via any video-link available on the Internet required no support from the state budget – meaning that a formal request is not for the first time in a decade. Naftogaz paid needed. Mr. Yanukovych abandoned office 74 billion hrv (approximately $2.8 billion in late February 2014 and fled to Russia in U.S.) into the state budget. 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However, they have not provided evi- Close to Ukrainian Church and ski slopes. come here for human rights, we have come dence to prove that to the public, and police here for equality, and it really is great,” she say they are looking into all possibilities. said. The ambassadors of Britain and Moscow has denied any involvement in the Please contact Roma Rainey Canada, respectively, Judith Gough and attacks. (RFE/RL) Roman Waschuk, attended the march in a Will ex-tax chief stand trial in Britain? at 508-292-2090 or 518-589-1024. sign of support for Ukraine’s LGBTI com- munity. Mr. Waschuk told reporters that KYIV – British authorities are examining Canada stands for equal rights. In a state- whether Ukraine’s former tax chief, a ment issued ahead of the march, rights Ukrainian citizen who may also hold a Run your advertisement here, watchdog Amnesty International said that British passport, committed crimes for in The Ukrainian Weekly’s CLASSIFIEDS section. 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what he says is a baseless, politically moti- with Mr. Kushitashvili and they were optimistic that the shows will continue on NEWSBRIEFS vated separatism charge at a trial in deported back to Russia. The European other platforms. Numerous professional championships in Ukraine’s second-largest organizations and democracy promotion (Continued from page 12) Russian-controlled Crimea, spoke before a hearing on June 14. “Up to now, only the city are also a qualifying tournament for groups were quick to criticize the GPB’s which he could be prosecuted in the United prosecutors have been given the floor to the world championships, which will take announcement. The Georgian Charter of Kingdom after a court in Ukraine ignored talk – and every one of their statements or place in Hamburg, Germany, starting on Journalistic Ethics urged on June 14 that evidence they provided, according to the motions in the trial has had political conno- August 25. Russian boxing federation the programs be retained, crediting “Red British Embassy in Kyiv. Roman Nasirov, the tations,” said Mr. Semena, an RFE/RL con- Secretary-General Umar Kremlev told the Zone” and “InterVIEW” with offering former chief of Ukraine’s Fiscal Service and tributor. “That is why our goal now, as we press that Muslim Gadzhimagomedov will “diverse content and high journalistic stan- an ally of President Petro Poroshenko, was move to a new stage of the trial, is to turn substitute for Mr. Kushitashvili at the dards to the audiences.” On June 15, five arrested in Ukraine on corruption charges the process into a legal discussion – so that European championships. (RFE/RL, based media and democracy advocacy groups in March, a move that was heralded as a the opinions were expressed solely based on reporting by AFP, TASS, and Interfax) issued a joint statement describing the two landmark win for anticorruption officials in on law, not political ideas.” The defense had programs as being “distinguished by their the country’s fight against entrenched graft. been expected to begin making its case at Georgian broadcaster ends RFE/RL programs sharp criticism of power verticals and polit- But in the ensuing trial, prosecutors have the June 14 hearing, but the judge quickly WASHINGTON – Radio Free Europe/ ical processes,” and said they “promote the struggled to have all evidence, including adjourned the trial until June 21 after a Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has been informed government’s accountability.” (RFE/RL) that provided by Britain, heard by the Kyiv Russian-Ukrainian translator did not show that the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) Alexievich blasts Russian news agency court. That prompted the British Embassy up. Mr. Semena faces up to five years in pris- will terminate broadcasts of two of its high- to take the extraordinary step of announc- on if convicted by Russia, which has jailed ly acclaimed television programs as part of MINSK – Nobel Literature Prize laureate ing on June 16 that it will consider other several people from Crimea who opposed a planned restructuring process that critics Svetlana Alexievich says Russia’s Regnum possible prosecutorial options against the or have criticized Moscow’s 2014 seizure of claim is aimed at silencing independent news agency has published an interview tax chief. “We are deeply concerned about the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine. The voices. In letters dated June 5, GPB cited a with her without her authorization. The the recent decision in Kyiv’s Solomiansky charge against Mr. Semena, 66, stems from new season and “plans to introduce new interview published on June 19 contains court, where evidence provided by the U.K. an article he wrote for RFE/RL’s Krym.Realii programs” as grounds for terminating questions by a journalist who confronts in relation to the case against Roman (Crimea Realities) website in 2015. The broadcasts of two programs produced by Alexievich’s critical views regarding Nasirov was ruled inadmissible and disre- Kremlin-installed authorities in Crimea have RFE/RL’s Georgian Service, known locally Russia’s 2014 illegal annexation of Crimea garded,” the British Embassy in Kyiv said in charged that the article called for the viola- as Radio Tavisupleba, effective July 17. “Red from Ukraine and Moscow’s backing of sep- a statement published on its social-media tion of Russia’s territorial integrity. Mr. Zone,” on the air for almost a decade, has aratists in eastern Ukraine. Ms. Alexievich accounts. “The U.K. authorities will now Semena maintains his innocence. He told sought to confront the country’s Soviet leg- told RFE/RL on June 20 that she did give review the facts and consider if criminal RFE/RL on June 14 that the defense’s main acy by profiling the life and achievements the interview to the Delovoi Peterburg offenses have been committed by a British strategy is based on Chapter 29 of the citizen which may be tried in the U.K.” The of cultural figures from the era who are (Business St. Petersburg) daily and asked Russian Constitution, which guarantees largely unknown in contemporary Georgia. for it not to be published after she realized embassy went on to say that the Nasirov freedom of expression, and on the fact that “InterVIEW” is a hard-hitting talk show that the interviewer “behaved not like a case underscored Ukraine’s “urgent need for the legal status of Crimea has been under dedicated to promoting public accountabil- journalist, but like a propagandist.” She progress towards a reformed, independent discussion at an international level. ity and vigorous political debate. RFE/RL explained: “As soon as the reporter asked and transparent judicial system and the (Crimean Desk, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) swift introduction of specialized anticorrup- President Thomas Kent said on June 16 me the first three or four questions, I told tion courts with strictly vetted judges capa- Imprisoned Crimean Tatar sees dying mother that the decision was “disappointing, as him that I refused to answer them and for- ble of properly trying high-profile corrup- both programs have made an important bid to make the interview public. After his KYIV – Authorities in the annexed contribution to public discourse and politi- question: ‘Why do you support Ukrainian tion cases.” Ukrainian prosecutors accuse Ukrainian region of Crimea have allowed a Mr. Nasirov, who was removed from his post cal development in Georgia.” He said the bandits?’ everything became clear.” (RFE/ leader of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis to see his company is exploring other options, and is RL’s Belarus Service) on March 3, of defrauding the Ukrainian dying mother. Akhtem Chiygoz’s lawyer, state of 2 billion hrv (about $77 million U.S.) Nikolai Polozov, wrote on Twitter on June to the benefit of fugitive Ukrainian lawmak- 20 that his client was brought to the city of er Oleksandr Onyshchenko. Mr. Nasirov has Bakhchysarai to see his mother. On June 15, It is with profound sadness that we announce called the case against him “politically moti- the Russian-installed High Court of Crimea the passing of our dear friend, co-worker and vated” and said he will fight to prove his had rejected Mr. Chiygoz’s request to see his longtime familiar face of Soyuzivka, innocence. His arrest marked the first deten- mother, who is reportedly dying of cancer. tion of such a high-ranking current or for- The decision sparked an outcry from mer Ukrainian official since the country’s Crimean Tatar activists and human rights So a (Sonia) Semanyszyn pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, defenders. Mr. Chiygoz, who has been held April 17, 1957 - June 16, 2017 was overthrown in 2014, and a pro-West- by the Russian authorities since January ern government came to power. (RFE/RL) 2015, is charged with organizing an illegal Sunday, June 25 NATO holds maneuvers in Poland demonstration in the Crimean capital of Visitation hours: 4-7 PM Symferopol in February 2014. Lawyers say Memorial service – Panakhyda: 6 PM VILNIUS – NATO has held its first war the accusations are absurd because the games focused on defending a land corri- demonstration came before Moscow’s ille- H.B. Humiston Funeral Home dor along the Polish-Lithuanian border gal annexation of the Ukrainian region in 30 42nd St, Kerhonkson, NY 12446, sandwiched between Russia’s Kaliningrad March 2014 and that no Ukrainian laws Tel: 845-626-3331 exclave and Kremlin’s close ally, Belarus. were violated. Mr. Chiygoz, 52, and two Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite other Crimean Tatars charged in connec- Monday, June 26 said on June 19 that the drills sent a “strong tion with the demonstration – Ali Asanov Funeral Service: 10 AM message of NATO readiness and commit- and Mustafa Degermendzhy – are recog- Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church ment to ensure security of the region.” nized as political prisoners by Russia’s 211 Foordmore Road, Kerhonkson, NY 12446 More than 1,500 troops from the United Memorial human rights group. The States, Poland, Britain, Lithuania and Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Interment will follow at Pine Bush Cemetery Croatia took part in the exercises on June Europe (PACE), the Organization for 17-18. Fears that Russia could attempt an Route 209 N, Kerhonkson, NY 12446 Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Soyuzivka invites all to a Repast (Tryzna) attack on the Suwalki Gap land corridor and other international organizations have following the interment surged after Moscow’s 2014 illegal annexa- called for their release. (RFE/RL) tion of Crimea from Ukraine, a move that Soyuzivka Heritage Center sent East-West relations to their lowest Ukraine bars top Russian boxer 216 Foordmore Road, Kerhonkson, NY 12446 point since the Cold War. The drills were KYIV – Ukraine has banned top Russian 845-626-5641 held days after Russia, Belarus, and Serbia boxer Georgy Kushitashvili from entering held joint military exercises near the the country for the European Boxing The Ukrainian National Foundation is creating a fund Belarusian border with Poland. On June 19, Championships because he had visited in Sonia’s memory for the bene t of Soyuzivka Heritage Center. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Crimea, Ukrainian and Russian officials said Tax-deductible donations can be mailed to: Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis, and on June 14. Mr. Kushitashvili was one of UNF-Soyuzivka, PO Box 529, Kerhonkson, NY 12446. Canada’s Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan nine members of a 39-member Russian A memorial  ower garden, with pergola, benches and her beloved launched the Canadian-led NATO battalion boxing delegation who were barred from in Latvia. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by sun owers, will be created at Soyuzivka, a place that Sonia cherished entering Ukraine because of unauthorized and loved. A garden provides a picturesque spot for rest and re ection. AFP, Reuters, and zerohedge.com) visits to Crimea, which Russia illegally It reminds us that life continues, if only in a di erent form. Semena hopes to steer trial away from ‘politics’ annexed in 2014, Ukrainian border author- ities told AFP. He was on his way to the SYMFEROPOL – Crimean journalist European championships that are due to The Ukrainian National Association, Mykola Semena has told RFE/RL that he start in Kharkiv on June 16. He was the The Ukrainian National Foundation welcomes the chance to make a straightfor- favorite to win in the 81-kilogram category with Soyuzivka Heritage Center ward, law-based case for his innocence at a (light heavy weight). Russia’s boxing feder- extend our deepest sympathies to Sonia’s trial he said has so far been dominated by ation spokeswoman Vlada Romanova said extended family and friends. politically charged statements by Russian Ukrainian officers halted her at a check- prosecutors. Mr. Semena, who is fighting point at the Kharkiv railway station along 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 No. 26 Ukrainian poets in translation: Anna Malihon and Taras Malkovych by Maria Prasko Jennings Underground Books in New York City has become a new champion of Ukrainian literature. Recently two young poets from Ukraine had their poems translated into English and published as chapbooks. Anna Malihon’s book “Burnt Skin” was published in July 2016 for the New York Poetry Festival and Taras Malkovych’s “Name Over” was published in January of this year. Ms. Malihon was born in Konotop, Ukraine, and current- ly lives in Kyiv. She is a member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine and has been the winner of various international literary competitions and festivals. Her pub- lished works in Ukrainian include the poetry books: “The Doorbell,” “Blood Transfusion,” “To Abandoned Ships” and “Initial Rain.” She is also the author of a novel, “Teach Her How To Do It,” and a children’s book, “Carolina’s Magical Album.” “Burnt Skin” contains both the original poems in Ukrainian and their translations into English. Ms. Malihon’s poetry is sensually and emotionally charged. Her poems combine beauty and ugliness to create memorable images: “I wanted to ask for a long time: What is it like there/ on Anna Malihon Taras Malkovych the other side of war? / It seems that it’s warm considering snow/ turns to milk.” or “Who knows what the sky reflect- Her poems are also filled with a bestiary: perch, blue tion of the anthology, which includes translations from ed – spilled wine/ or bloody fields.” birds, butterflies, canaries and seagulls. They all come alive English of 35 young American poets who reflect the diver- within Ms. Malihon’s vivid language. sity of the current poetry scene in the United States. Mr. Malkovych currently lives and works in Kyiv. He is a Mr. Malkovych was also one of the principal translators graduate of the Taras Shevchenko National University in of the anthology, which also included translations by Andriy Kyiv, where he defended his thesis on the specifics of Lyubka, Pavlo Matyusha and Lyuba Yakimchuk. Ukrainian and international film translation. His poetry has Underground Books currently works with A-BA-BA-HA- been translated into English, German, Bulgarian, Polish and LA-MA-HA to promote the Ukrainian publisher’s children’s Russian. He is the author and compiler of the anthology literature in the U.S. James Browning Kepple, a poet whose “The Sleepwalkers: Dreams of Ukrainian Writers” (2010) work appears in the anthology, is responsible for the distri- and the poetry collection “The One Who Loves Long bution of the English-language translations such as the Words” (2013). beautiful “Lisa and her Dreams,” about a girl whose life “Name Over” contains Mr. Malkovych’s poems in English intersects with famous artists during sleep. translation. His poetry is replete with unusual perspectives Olena Jennings, the translator of “Burnt Skin” and “Name and images. His poems create a labyrinth of words. His Over” is a poet herself. Her poetry book “Songs From An world transforms in simple ways, creating a fanciful envi- Apartment” was published by Underground Books in 2017. ronment: “The surrounding mountains are dragon bellies,” Her poems are included in “Anthology of Young Poetry of “I’ve even seen poppy seeds dance their way onto a pat- the U.S.A.” Ms. Jennings completed her M.A. in Slavic lan- terned bedspread” and “my shadow on the floor constantly guages with an emphasis on Ukrainian at the University of changed shape.” Alberta and her M.A. in creative ariting at Colombia Recently, the poets and translator met in Ukraine to cel- University. ebrate the release of “Anthology of Young Poetry of the Further information may be found at: U.S.A.” by A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA Publishers of Kyiv http://www.undergroundbooks.org Recently released books of works by Ukrainian poets in (2016). Mr. Malkovych was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia http://ababahalamaha.com.ua/en/Main_Page English translation. University. The outcome of his research was the publica- https://www.olenajennings.com/

U.S. presidential election and making against Tehran if it rejected other parts of than 10,000 people in eastern Ukraine. EU calls... Tehran pay a price for its “continued sup- the legislation. port of terrorism.” The vote came a day after U.S. Secretary With reporting by AP, DPA, Reuters and (Continued from page 1) The bill will now be sent to the House of of State Rex Tillerson made a plea for Interfax. proposed new U.S. sanctions and considers Representatives for approval before being patience from lawmakers in relation to Copyright 2017, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted the discontent expressed by Germany and sent to President Donald Trump for his sig- Russia, saying the administration feared with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ Austria “understandable.” nature. being “handcuffed” by the new measure. Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Legislation passed by the Senate on June By tying Iran and Russia together, The United States and European Union Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see 15, which included tougher new sanctions Congress has made it more difficult for Mr. have imposed a series of sanctions on https://www.rferl.org/a/germany-austria- against both Russia and Iran, aimed at pun- Trump to oppose the action as the presi- Russia over its armed takeover of Ukraine’s object-provision-us-senate-russian-sanc- ishing Russian President Vladimir Putin for dent, who has been highly critical of Iran, Crimean peninsula in 2014 and its backing tions-bill-nord-stream-2-natural-gas-pipe- his country’s alleged meddling in the 2016 would have to reject the tougher sanctions for separatists in a war that has killed more line/28557924.html). No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 15

ing the rush from midfield. schools of FC Karpaty Lviv and FC Dynamo Future Ukrainian soccer stars: prospects on the pitch The hope is his scoring success trans- Kyiv. Yaremchuk’s first trainers were lates from the junior to the senior team and Mykola Dudarenko at Karpaty and Oleksiy Viktor Kovalenko, Shakhtar Donetsk good match to make Shakhtar fans forget he eventually can produce the offensive Drotsenko at Dynamo. He made his debut the transfer drama that surrounded the game Shakhtar received from the Brazilian for FC Dynamo 2 Kyiv, entering as a second- Heading into Ukraine’s opening match at departure of Teixeira. The latter’s depar- Teixeira. Tactically speaking, if Kovalenko is half substitute against FC Desna Chernihiv Euro 2016 against Germany, it was déjà vu ture accelerated Kovalenko’s development, given a central role in midfield, it may on July 14, 2013, in the Ukrainian First for two young, up-and-coming soccer stars. who is primed to become the next talent to prove challenging to become a consistent League. For the Germans it was Schalke 04’s Leroy be developed in the Ukrainian Premier goal scorer. There is also his young age to The striker is presently on loan to FC Sane; for Ukraine, 20-year-old Viktor League. consider – it may take some time and matu- Oleksandria, where he has scored five goals Kovalenko via Shakhtar Donetsk. Indeed, Born in the southern city of Kherson, rity before Kovalenko develops a scoring in the current 2016-2017 season. the two had met earlier in the season. Kovalenko became an important element of touch. Their initial encounter took place in the Oleksandr Zinchenko, PSV Eindhoven Shakhtar’s Europa League run, which came return-leg match between Schalke and Serhiy Sydorchuk, Dynamo Kyiv Oleksandr Zinchenko, 20, was born in Shakhtar in the round of 32 of the UEFA to an end when eventual title winners FC Born in Zaporizhia, 25-year-old Serhiy Radomyshl, Zhytomyr Oblast, and is a prod- Europa League. Many assumed Schalke Sevilla eliminated the Ukrainian club in the Sydorchuk is a product of FC Metalurh uct of Youth Sportive School Karpatiya of would advance to the next round, but after semifinal. Shakhtar failed to win the Zaporizhia’s youth system. He made his his native Radomyshl, FC Monolit Illichivsk a 0-0 draw in Lviv, Shakhtar had the advan- Ukrainian Premier League title last season, debut for FC Metalurh Zaporizhia as a sec- and FC Shakhtar Donetsk. He opted to sign tage, as a draw with goals allowed Shakhtar but at least won the Ukrainian Cup. ond-half substitute against FC Metalurh up in the Russian Football Premier League to progress into the next round, as away In that Ukrainian Cup final it was evident goals are worth more on aggregate tallies. that Kovalenko was quickly becoming a key Donetsk on August 23, 2009, in the with the promise of playing at the sport’s Still, most experts had Schalke, with a contributor to Shakhtar’s midfield play. The Ukrainian Premier League. highest level, debuting for FC Ufa on March roster of Germans around Sane, advancing youngster wearing No. 74 was always pres- On December 21, 2012, Sydorchuk 20, 2015, in a match against FC Krasnodar. with too much talent to fail to get the neces- ent to receive and distribute the ball to signed a five-year contract with Dynamo On July 2, 2016, Zinchenko was signed by sary result at home. In Germany, however, it wingers Taison and Marlos, and striker Kyiv. On August 11, 2013, he scored his first Manchester City. On August 26, 2016, he was Shakhtar Donetsk winning in convinc- Oleksandr Gladky. goal for the club in a league match versus was loaned to Dutch Eredivisie team PSV ing fashion with a 3-0 result. His vision and intelligent play first FC Chornomorets Odesa. He made his UEFA Eindhoven. Shakhtar had gone through some seri- became apparent at the youth level. During Champions League debut in the second He made his debut with Eindhoven on ous changes in personnel and, therefore, the 2014-2015 season he guided match of the group stage against Israeli October 1, 2016, as a substitute in a 1-1 draw changes in strategies. The club’s approach Shakhtar’s U-19 squad to the UEFA Youth club Maccabi Tel Aviv, a 2-0 Dynamo win. against SC Heerenveen. He made his first moved from technical football toward a League final, which the club lost 2-3 against Sydorchuk made his full international international appearance in a UEFA Euro more cautious, defensive approach. London’s Chelsea club. Despite being limit- debut for Ukraine on October 9, 2014, 2016 qualifier against Spain on October 12, Despite the changes, there were still ed, due to injury, to two substitute appear- replacing captain Ruslan Rotan in the 64th 2015. Zinchenko tallied his first international moments of beauty in Shakhtar’s game, ances at the UEFA Youth League final tour- minute of a European qualifier against goal in a friendly versus Romania in Turin, along with signs that the club’s new philos- nament in Nyon, he scored two goals and Belarus. During added time, he scored the a 4-3 win for Ukraine on May 29, 2016. ophy of focusing on bright young players assisted on the third in the 3-1 semifinal second goal of a 2-0 victory, a close-range He became Ukraine’s youngest player to could be working. Young attacking mid- win against Anderlecht of Belgium, then finish set up by Andriy Yarmolenko. Three score an international goal at the age of 19, fielder Kovalenko seamlessly fit into Alex netted another goal in the final. days later, in the next qualifier at Arena besting Andriy Shevchenko’s record. Teixeira’s old position and was Shakhtar’s A few months later he captured the Lviv, he scored the only goal to defeat Zinchenko was on Ukraine’s roster for Euro best player on the pitch. Adidas Golden Boot as top scorer at the Macedonia 1-0. 2016, appearing as a substitute for Viktor Kovalenko in both of Ukraine’s first two Kovalenko was involved in the first two U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. His first Roman Yaremchuk, FC Oleksandria goals and then scored the third himself. He touch and superb distribution were espe- matches. was voted man of the match, receiving a cially noticeable at that tournament, as was Born in Lviv, 21-year-old Roman Ihor Stelmach may be reached at personal score of 8.6. All it took was one his ability to add pace to the attack by join- Yaremchuk is a product of the sports [email protected].

The HREC Holodomor Education Conference was made Holodomor... possible by the Temerty Foundation and was co-sponsored by The Shevchenko Foundation, Carpathia Credit Union (Continued from page 5) Ltd., Manitoba Education and Training, the Faculty of fifth chapter features lessons on the Holodomor. Education at the University of Manitoba, the Faculty of On Sunday, the conference ended with two presenta- Education at the University of Winnipeg, the Center for tions. The first, by Ms. Kuryliw, emphasized the latest Ukrainian Canadian Studies at the University of Manitoba, resources and activities on the Holodomor, including web- the Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation sites, DVDs and print materials available for educators and Center of Toronto, the National Holodomor Education students. The 20-page excerpt she also shared from her Committee of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, the soon-to-be published 300-page educator’s manual, Holodomor Awareness and Education Committee of the “Holodomor in Ukraine, the Genocidal Famine 1932-1933: Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Manitoba Branch, the Learning Materials for Teachers and Students” was espe- Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in Canada, St. cially helpful because it is chock-full of teaching materials Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Millennium Villa for students, lessons and projects. Inc., Canad Inns and the League of Ukrainian Canadians. The second presentation was led by Dr. Cap and Dr. Dr. Joyce Apsel surmised, “I very much enjoyed being at the conference, learning from all the teachers and hearing Hlynka of the Faculty of Education at the University of Norman Naimark’s important comments. It was such a Manitoba and dealt with the problems of finding accurate special, rewarding, educational experience for all.” digital information on the Internet and social media, and the use and abuse of such information when studying the Sophia Isajiw is assistant to the director of education at Holodomor, social justice and human rights issues. the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium. A commemorative dinner was held at the Fort Garry Norbert Iwan Hotel for 140 participants and dinner guests, who were Valentina Kuryliw speaks about teaching resources. treated to a dinner and program at which 10 local Manitoba Holodomor survivors presided. Survivor Sonia Kushliak Reactions to the conference include that of Swan Valley As White House... gave a stirring address before a moment of silence was Regional Secondary School’s Meredith McGuinnes, who (Continued from page 7) observed. described it as “fabulous and inspiring; very important to Metropolitan Lawrence Huculak of the Ukrainian me as the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor to be able House subcommittee where it is in danger of being watered Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg, and the Very Rev. to share the Holodomor and the importance of discussing down, or worse yet, left unpassed before the August recess. Alexander Harkavyi, pastor of St. Mary the Protectress genocides in my Grade 9-12 social studies classes in Our community, like other ethnic communities through- Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, sang the prayer before the Northern Manitoba.” out this great nation whose people and homelands have meal and at the closing. Larry Mikulcik, a curriculum coach for Horizon School come under attack by Vladimir Putin’s Russia, believe The evening’s special guest speaker was the renowned Division in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, summarized the instead that the United States should maintain and academic Dr. Norman Naimark, Robert and Florence importance of the conference to his work this way: “First strengthen sanctions to ratchet up the pressure on Russia McDonnell Professor of East European Studies at Stanford and foremost, I have to say how much I enjoyed the confer- and those companies that support Russia’s illegal actions in University, who spoke on “The Holodomor in the History of ence this past weekend, and also how much the teachers in Ukraine. Emboldened by our unity, our elected leaders Genocide.” In his message, he stated that the bad news is our school division will benefit by the information and should furthermore honor the commitments made to our that genocide has taken place since the beginning of time; resource connections I am able to bring back to them. I also strategic allies, and provide Ukraine with defensive weap- the good news is that we are getting better and faster at look forward to incorporating a great deal of the ons, equipment and training as already authorized by responding to genocides, and that there is still hope for Holodomor Genocide information into our annual sympo- Congress in order to counter Russia’s offenses and re- mankind. sium for students.” establish Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 No. 26

BOOK REVIEW World War II-era memoir is much more than that “Borders, Bombs, and… Two Right as a sideline to the main theme, for exam- where the train took us, we only wished that Shoes; World War II through the Eyes of a ple: the liquidation of the Ukrainian Greek- it would go WEST as far as possible from the Ukrainian Child Refugee Survivor,” by Catholic Church; the underground resis- approaching Russian Communists and the Larissa Zaleska Onyshkevych. Charleston, tance – the Ukrainian Insurgent Army terror that they would bring again” (p. 66). S.C.: Create Space, 2016. 222 pp. ISBN: (UPA); the scouting organization Plast and Eventually there is the arrival at Strasshof 0692746544. Price $10. why it was forbidden; the atrocious mur- – and the disgusting “disinfection” of all the ders of all political prisoners by the NKVD refugees, the “Untermenschen,” and then by Nadia Deychakiwsky just before the Soviets retreated; the shel- their assignment to different labors. Does the subtitle of this recent memoir tering of Jews by many Ukrainian families, Finally, there is the end of the war in 1945 tell it all? Not quite. This is not a simple especially Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and the establishment of displaced persons memoir; it is not only about personal expe- and the clergy; the hunting down of young camps for all the different nationalities of the rience. There is myriad incidental informa- Ukrainians and forcible relocation to refugees – about 12 million of them – by the tion, plus solid historical background inter- Germany as a labor force, the so-called United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation twined with family history, and numerous “Ostarbeiter”; the very moving account of Administration (UNRRA) and the encounters of the child-heroine during first the infamous forced repatriation of many International Refugee Organization (IRO). the Russian Communist and then the Nazi Ukrainians from the displaced persons The next portion of the book provides a German occupations of western Ukraine. camps to the Soviet Union (and why brief, but oh so accurate, description of a Even though, technically, it covers the Americans agreed to it); and many other teenager’s life and schooling in a DP camp – span of World War II (1939-1945), there are such notable developments. up to the time of emigration from Europe to a “before” and an “after” skillfully woven The memoir progresses chronologically: one of the overseas countries that accepted into the fabric of the tale. The book untan- first the Russian occupation, next the Nazis the refugees. And how does one tell a sad, actually gles, especially for young readers, the com- and then a very vivid description of the Every single action or activity described tragic, story with humor? It takes a very plicated historical “back and forth” events of details of the dangerous exodus from home is documented. There is an amazing abun- unusual talent and skill – which Dr. those years. (mainly in the freight wagons of trains). dance of photographs, documents, letters, Onyshkevych happens to possess. The reader keeps discovering many facts “The main concern was that no matter maps, etc. The work is a special treat for those of us octogenarians who can personally relive most of this journey with familiar places and similar encounters. The most moving chapter for me was “Unexpected Encounters and Kind Deeds.” An interesting, philosophical dimension is brought with a tale about a little-known ninth century statue of Svitovyd (one who sees the world) that was found in 1848 in the river Zbruch. This ancient idol has resid- ed since 1851 at a museum in Krakow. The symbolism of this four-faced statue implies the universality of the human condition. It transcends time and reminds us of today’s sad situation in the Middle East, as well as that in our own Ukraine. Part II of the book provides “Facts Behind and Beyond My Journey” in the form of notes to each chapter of the memoir. Addenda include: Ukraine’s historical time- line, a very comprehensive glossary, acknowledgements and an index of names. In author’s words, “Wars do not destroy people’s humanity, which can bloom even in the most harrowing and atrocious circum- stances” I highly recommended this enlightening book to both young and old. No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 17

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Ukrainian American Club awards scholarships in Florida by Victor Lisnyczyj High School, first place in science technolo- gy and math, Award of Excellence in the NORTH PORT, Fla. – The Ukrainian Music Performance Association, nomina- American Club of Southwest Florida, head- tion for Youth Leadership Forum in ed by President Daria Tomashosky of North Medicine, president of the Robotics Club. Port, Fla., held its 11th Scholarship Awards His community service and extracurricular Luncheon at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian activities took him beyond the classroom. Religious and Cultural Center (known as The awards and achievements that he has Oseredok) in North Port. earned and received reflected his skills, After a brief business meeting and a involvements and commitments. Mr. Dosen delicious lunch, Ms. Tomashosky called is planning to earn a bachelor’s degree in upon Victor Lisnyczyj of North Port, chair- business at the University of Central man of the Scholarship Committee, to chair Florida. He was presented an award certifi- the affair. cate and $1,000. Mr. Lisnyczyj introduced all 10 past An additional award of $250 was pre- recipients of scholarships by displaying sented to Marco Gusman, last year’s schol- their photographs via a PowerPoint pre- arship recipient, who attends Florida State sentation and reading the letters received University. from some of them. The letters were read The Ukrainian American Club was orga- Orest Bilous by Scholarship Committee members Lidia nized over 20 years ago, to encourage Bilous, Dr. Katherine Steciuk and Gene During the presentation of the Ukrainian American Club of Southwest Florida Scholarship Award, (from left) are: Gene Tomashosky, Daria Tomashosky (club presi- interest in Ukraine and its people among Tomashosky. dent), scholarship recipient Mihajlo Devos, Dr. Katherine Steciuk, Lidia Bilous and the larger American public. The club’s Each scholarship applicant must write a Victor Lisnyczyj (Scholarship Committee chair). objectives are to provide an opportunity to 500-word essay on a Ukrainian theme. learn about Ukrainian culture and to pro- This year’s theme was: “Discus the illegal ty in the Budapest Memorandum.” Memorandum. His essay was very well mote public interest in Ukrainian customs, Russian Federation invasion and subse- This year’s scholarship recipient, Mihajlo written and thoughtfully presented. history, arts and language. Scholarship quent annexation of the Ukrainian territo- Dosen, a North Port High School senior, was His academic awards include the Committee members agreed that this ry of Crimea in 2014 with disregard to the introduced and asked to read his winning National Honor Society, top 10th percen- year’s scholarship recipient exceeded the protections afforded Ukrainian sovereign- essay, which dealt with the Budapest tile in academic achievement at North Port Ukrainian American Club’s expectation. First Holy Communion celebrated in New Haven

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – On Sunday, June 4 (Pentecost Sunday), students from the catechism class of the New Haven School of Ukrainian Studies made their First Holy Communion with Father Stepan Yanovsky and Father Albert Forlano during the 10:30 a.m. divine liturgy. They made their First Holy Confession on Saturday, June 3, with Father Albert Forlano. Their catechism teacher is Halia Lodynsky. Seen in the photo are: (front row, from left) Zarek Stacy, Aart VanWilgen, Diana Melnyk, Bohdan Gildea and Anna Gali; (back row) altar boy Aedan Lodynsky, Ms. Lodynsky and Father Forlano. – Halia Jurczak-Lodynsky

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Manor College academics either. This is about helping Ukraine to westernize so that we can help JENKINTOWN, Pa. – On Wednesday, May them to resist the negative influences that 31, 2017, Jonathan Peri, president of Manor they fight against.” College, and Dr. Stephen Grieco, vice-presi- For Manor College, America’s only insti- dent of academic affairs met via Skype with tution of higher education that was found- Igor Tsependa, rector, and Andriy ed by Ukrainians, this partnership is about Zagorodnyuk, vice-rector, of Vasyl Stefanyk opening the door for unlimited opportuni- Precarpathian National University in Ivano- ties of global partnership with other insti- Frankivsk, Ukraine, to sign a first-of-its- tutions from Ukraine and around the kind partnership agreement connecting the world. This partnership also means that two institutions. both institutions are to stay connected and This agreement means that the institu- in open communication with one another tions intend to: engage in joint research about upcoming events, programs and projects and scientific conferences; campaigns – with the hope that administra- exchange scientific data, curricula and sci- tion, faculty and staff from both institutions entific literature; prepare scientific publica- can be of some assistance to one another in tions containing the results of joint terms of promotion and idea sharing. Manor College research; participate in joint international On October 26, Manor College will host a Manor College’s President Jonathan Peri and Vice-President of Academic Affairs Ukrainian dialogue titled “Ukraine: programs and projects; exchange scientific, Stephen Greico virtually sign an agreement with Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian pedagogical staff and students; engage in National University in Ukraine. America’s Relationship and Moral scientific internship; and jointly seek sup- Obligation” with Congressmen Brian port for the purposes of the objectives of the United States. Our agreements will not tries. It’s not just a win for both of us, but a Fitzpatrick and Brendan Boyle. On the this agreement. only bridge the gap for students and faculty win for all institutions who inform that same date, the college will hold a ribbon- “Our agreement with Precarpathian is a in our respective countries as it concerns they wish to join us. This is what the acade- cutting ceremony to unveil the newly reno- first among several anticipated. Manor our own institutions, but beyond that we my is and should be about,” said Manor vated Ukrainian Heritage Studies Museum, College intends to be the American hub for have agreed to be prolific, and to introduce College President Peri. which will include the Maria Mazur the Ukrainian university collaboration in each other to future partners in both coun- He added that “This is not just about Pysanky collection.

List of supporting organizations The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation pro- vided the following list of organizations that support the security assistance recommendations of the Friends of Ukraine Network: Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Ukrainian American Bar Association, Center for U.S.-Ukrainian Relations, Maidan Minnesota, Nova Ukraine, Ukrainian American Youth Association, Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine, USUF Shevchenko Scientific Society, At the presentation of the National Security Task Force of the Friends of Ukraine Network (from left) are: Alexander Vershbow, Ukrainian American Freedom Philip Breedlove, John Herbst, Phillip Karber and Nadia K. McConnell. Foundation, Ukrainian Association of Washington State, Ukrainian administration recognizes that at times the Brzezinski, former deputy assistant secre- Federation of America, United Help Experts urge... use of hard power is necessary to secure tary of defense for Europe and NATO policy; American interests,” said John E. Herbst, Michael Carpenter, former deputy assistant Ukraine, Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Continued from page 1) Kyiv Patriarchate in the U.S. and another task force member and a former secretary of defense; Gen. Wesley Clark (U.S. Canada, Ukrainian National Federal NATO ally, which would make it easier to U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Army, ret.), former supreme allied com- Credit Union, Volya Institute for give the country greater military support. Providing Ukraine with the defensive mander Europe; Donald Jensen, Johns Contemporary Law and Society, Previous attempts to press the United weapons and capabilities recommended by Hopkins School of Advanced International Ukrainian National Association, States to arm Ukraine in 2015 didn’t get far. the task force would enable Ukrainian forc- Studies; and Herman Pirchner, American Jamestown Foundation, Australian The Obama administration resisted, es to better protect themselves and reduce Foreign Policy Council. Federation of Ukrainian Organizations. although it did provide $20 million for casualties, Mr. Vershbow said. The Friends of Ukraine Network is an long-range counter-battery radars. Other task force members include Gen. initiative of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation. * * * Philip Breedlove, former supreme allied The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Mr. Vershbow argued that Trump might succeed where previous efforts to resolve commander Europe; Phillip Karber, Melinda Haring is the editor of the encourages readers to contact their the conflict failed if he embraces strong Potomac Foundation; Stephen Blank, UkraineAlert blog at the Atlantic Council. She lawmakers and urge them to support diplomacy and gives defensive weapons to American Foreign Policy Council; Glen tweets @melindaharing. This story was origi- the defense and security assistance Ukraine. Howard, Jamestown Foundation; Robert A. nally published on the Atlantic Council website for Ukraine outlined in the Friends of “The odds for this tough, but pragmatic McConnell, McConnell & Associates; Nadia on June 22; it is reprinted here with the Ukraine Network National Security policy are greater now because the Trump K. McConnell, U.S.-Ukraine Foundation; Ian author’s and the Atlantic Council’s permission. Task Force list of recommendations.

“This was more than a game,” Mr. the 1994 World Cup that was hosted by the the team had to overcome, namely, Russian Turning... Prokopenko said, “We’ve been waiting for U.S. Ukraine was unable to apply for entry interference. this game for 90 years.” into the qualification rounds of the tourna- The U.S. Soccer Federation submitted an (Continued from page 6) The half-time break featured a perfor- ment, as Ukraine was not yet recognized as invitation to the team through the U.S. The team’s main coach, Valeriy mance by the Chaika Ukrainian dance a member of FIFA. Ukraine was accepted a Embassy in Moscow, but it was not suitable Lobanovsky, was completing coaching com- ensemble of Yonkers, N.Y. Also in atten- full member of FIFA at the world soccer for the type of visa required by U.S. immi- mitments in Egypt, and resumed coaching dance at the event were Ambassador Oleh governing body’s congress in Zurich in July gration authorities. Instrumental in assist- duties in August 1992. Bilorus, Ukraine’s ambassador to the 1992 (the week after the match). ing the team were Ihor and Eugene Mr. Prokopenko said that team was United States, and representatives of vari- A post-match reception was held at the Chyzowych, who worked with the embas- fatigued and jet lagged due to visa delays in ous Ukrainian organizations. Mr. Bilorus Ramada Inn Hotel in East Hanover, N.J., sies in Moscow, Kyiv and Washington to Moscow, which further delayed their arrival kicked out the ceremonial first ball of the where organizers congratulated the team resolve the matter, just hours before the in New Jersey until late Friday evening. match and delivered greetings on behalf of and presented them with a monetary gift. team was scheduled to depart from During the match on Saturday, Ukraine had President Leonid Kravchuk. The key to the city of Clifton, N.J. was pre- Moscow. two important scoring opportunities – one Since the country declared indepen- sented by Stefan Tatarenko on behalf of early and one late in the match. dence on August 24, 1991, players repre- Councilman Peter Eagler. During the recep- Source: “U.S. vs. Ukraine : 0-0 tie hailed as The U.S. team on the other hand, had senting Ukraine had competed under the tion, it was revealed how the match almost victory,” by Kristina Lucenko, The Ukrainian practiced at Rutgers Stadium all week long. Commonwealth of Independent States in didn’t happen due to the many difficulties Weekly, July 5, 1992. No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 19

June 28 Lecture by Lubomyr Luciuk, “Heroes of Their Day: Canada’s July 8-9 Sacred Heart Ukrainian Festival, Sacred Heart Ukrainian Toronto Ukrainians in War,” part of the Trunk Tales: Leaving Castle Creek, NY Catholic Church, www.sacredheartucc.org home … finding home Lecture Series, Ukrainian Museum of Canada – Ontario Branch, St. Vladimir Institute, July 12 Golf tournament, St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Church, 416-923-3318 ext. 105 Milton, ON Piper’s Heath Golf Club, [email protected] or www.tserkva.ca/golf.html June 28 Fund-raiser and informative evening with Denis Polishchuk, Ottawa Ukrainian National Federation (Ottawa-Gatineau), Maple July 12 Felting for Beginners workshop, with instruction by Hope Foundation, Alt Hotel, 613-596-8188 or New York Marta Zahaykevich, The Ukrainian Museum, http://app.eventnut.com/e/12347264/registration 212-228-0110 or www.ukrainianmuseum.org July 13-16 Ukrainian Cultural Festival, Soyuzivka Heritage Center, June 29 Presentation by filmmaker Matej Silecky, “Baba Babee Kerhonkson, NY www.soyuzivka.com or 845-626-5641 Whippany, NJ Skazala,” and Kitsune Tale Productions, Carpe Diem Club, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, July 14-23 Ukrainian Choral Conductors’ Seminar, St. John Institute, [email protected] or 973-590-8026 Edmonton [email protected] or 780-469-4890

June 30 through Nadiya Ye! Festival, Ukrainian American Youth July 15 Gardenton Ukrainian Festival, Gardenton Ukrainian July 2 Association, www.cym.org/us-ellenville or Gardenton, MB Museum Grounds, 204-425-8197 or Ellenville, NY www.facbeook.com/oseliacym.ellenville [email protected]

July 1-2 USCAK-East tennis tournament, Soyuzivka Heritage July 17 Intermediate Felting workshop, with instruction by Marta Kerhonkson, NY Center, www.uscak.org or www.soyuzivka.com New York Zahaykevich, The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 or www.ukrainianmuseum.org July 2 Ukrainian Heroes Commemorative Event, with hierarchical July 21-22 Ukrainian Festival, Dickinson State University, Ellenville, NY divine liturgy and memorial service, followed by keynote Dickinson, ND Ukrainian Cultural Institute, 701-483-1486 or address by Viktor Roh, Organization for the Defense of http://northdakotaukrainianfestival.com Four Freedoms for Ukraine, Committee of the Ukrainian National Organizations in the U.S.A., Ukrainian American July 21-23 Adoptive Family Weekend, Soyuzivka Heritage Center, Youth Association camp, www.radiodomivka.com or Kerhonkson, NY www.soyuzivka.com www.odffu.org July 21-23 Capital Ukrainian Festival, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian July 7-9 Pysanka Festival, Vegreville Exhibition Grounds, Ottawa Catholic Shrine, 613-790-3856 or Vegreville, AB www.pysankafestival.com or 780-632-2777 www.capitalukrainianfestival.com

July 8 Fund-raiser concert, featuring soprano Vira Slywotzky, Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events Jewett, NY cellist Natalia Khoma and pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky, advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Grazhda Music and Art Center, 518-989-6479 or from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors www.grazhdamusicandart.org and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 No. 26