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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXIV No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 $2.00 After 98 years, Surma store Rada rejects radio quotas in New York to close in June for Ukrainian-language music by Zenon Zawada ated too many loopholes to avoid playing Ukrainian-language music. – Despite an abundance of popular, With the original draft, “musicians and high-quality music in the Ukrainian lan- civic activists offered significant compro- guage, much of it doesn’t get primetime air- mises to the representatives of the radio play on Ukrainian radio stations. It’s most industry, agreeing to reduce the quotas to often played after midnight – a practice that 35 percent and to introduce them gradually has long been criticized and has become over two years,” said Leonid Ovcharenko, particularly relevant during a time of an activist with the (Rebuff) civic Russian war against statehood. organization. “But they demanded that the Civic activists and pop musicians have quotas be identical for all radio stations conducted a campaign since the winter to and be applied equally at all times. The bill get legislation approved that would boost was unanimously approved in committee prime-time Ukrainian-language radio quo- and passed on to Parliament.” tas to 35 percent from the current 5 per- Meanwhile, the alternative bill emerged cent average airtime, culminating in a vote in consultations with “mediynyky,” Ms. in the at its June 2 session. Gerashchenko wrote in a June 5 Yet the nation’s legislators rejected four post, using a vague reference to the radio attempts that day to approve either of two station owners and/or their representa- bills that would have introduced quotas for tives. Lawyers and executives of the radio the . Critics said the stations were also consulted, she said. Matthew Dubas vote confirmed that the nation’s ruling elite Currently, the only quota that exists on Markian Surmach (center) and Stephanie Czerepanyn (left), who has worked at – most of whom are exclusive Russian Ukrainian radio is that 50 percent of the Surma since 1978, speak with Noah Remnick of The New York Times. speakers, whether privately or publicly – content of radio stations has to be pro- are fighting Ukrainianization. duced by a Ukrainian national. In most by Matthew Dubas store shelves empty day by day. There is a “They practically became allies of Putin cases, the music is in the , sadness but also a need to fight the urge to and the ‘Russky Mir’ [the concept of the Mr. Ovcharenko said. And most of the NEW YORK – The end of an era, some re-order those items,” he mused. Russian World] today, and Parliament Ukrainian language music is set aside for have called it, but then again nothing stays In speaking in his office area, Mr. humiliated itself today,” National Deputy after midnight. the same forever. Whatever we tell our- Surmach has many items decorated by his Andriy Illyenko of the nationalist Svoboda The original bill called for a 35 percent selves, the closing of the Surma Book & aunt, Jaroslawa Surmach-Mills, including a party said of his colleagues after the vote. prime-time quota for all stations regardless Music Company “The Ukrainian Shop” on Petrykivka-decorated kitchen hood. Many “I can’t imagine how the Verkhovna of format, gradually being introduced at 25 Seventh Street is a tough one to process. examples of her artwork were either on Rada can call itself percent in the first Markian Surmach, the third-generation display or for sale. “Her presence is still felt Ukrainian after this, A bill to boost Ukrai- year, 30 percent in owner of the store and grandson of the in this place,” Mr. Surmach added. if it can’t even the second year and store’s founder, Myron Surmach Sr., spoke The public’s initial reaction to news of defend our state’s nian-language music 35 percent thereafter. with The Ukrainian Weekly on June 3, to the store’s closing was a resounding “No!” information sphere content on prime-time The alternative break the news directly to the readers. enabled stations to And Mr. Surmach added that everyone has on an elementary radio was supported by We began our conversation where the an opinion or idea, and speaking with indi- level,” he added. avoid the quotas if last one left off, in April 2015, when Mike vidual customers is difficult for both sides. The original bill 260 musicians, includ- their format was Buryk wrote in The Weekly: “I asked “We even had a phone call from a Ukrainian (No. 3822), which ing Ukrainian rock non-musical. It also Markian how long Surma would last. ‘As was supported by enabled reducing the store in Minnesota that wanted to confirm legend Oleh Skrypka. long as my personal interest in Ukraine the news, and they expressed shock.” Vice Prime Minister quota to 20-25 per- continues and evolves,’ he said, ‘Surma will Surma has supplied Easter supplies Viacheslav Kyrylenko cent if the music was be here.’” (beeswax, dyes and styluses/kistky), and submitted to Parliament on January 27 of a specialty format, such as rock, pop, Referring to that 2015 statement from embroidery, books and assorted items, – earned only 191 out of 226 needed votes. R&B, hip hop, lounge, classical or folk. The original bill set the quota for every just over a year ago, this writer asked: many from Ukraine – which began to be It was supported by a majority of the deputies of the Bloc (56 six hours of programming, while the alter- What has changed and why? Mr. Surmach stocked by Myron Surmach Jr., who took percent, or 80 votes), the People’s Front native bill allowed for 30 percent of said: “My cultural and heritage roots are as over from his father after his service in the (77 percent, or 62 votes) and the Self- Ukrainian-language content in a 24-hour strong as ever, but reality being as it is, the U.S. Navy in the second world war. increasing costs of running the store, as Reliance (85 percent, or 22 votes) factions, period to be played between 10 p.m. and 6 Surma’s suppliers from Ukraine were while it was rejected by the Opposition a.m. It set no requirements for the remain- well as limited personal time for family also saddened by the news of the store’s have been the main motivating factors in Bloc (getting zero votes), Radical Party (10 ing 70 percent between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. closing, and summarized it, “The closing of percent, or two votes) and Batkivshchyna That means that much of the Ukrainian- this decision.” Surma or any longtime store reminds peo- Mr. Surmach, who began full-time work factions (16 percent, or three votes). language music could have been played ple of their own mortality – an end of an The deputies voted in a similar pattern between 6 and 8 a.m., Mr. Ovcharenko said. at Surma 30 years ago, noted that he was era,” Mr. Surmach recalled. getting many offers for the building that in three subsequent attempts to approve an “The alternative bill has a lot of loop- Surma was founded in 1918 by Myron holes that would have been exploited,” he houses the store – but not many offers on alternative bill (No. 3822-1) that would Surmach Sr. after he arrived in the United have introduced smaller quotas. said. “Our proposal has no exceptions – 35 the store itself. Officially, the store will close States via Ellis Island in 1910 after leaving It was submitted on May 25 – or rushed percent for all stations, at all times.” its doors by the middle of June, after 98 his family in Zheldets in the region of through Parliament as the original bill The original bill was supported by 260 years in business. Many of the books are to Ukraine. Myron’s older brother had arrived approached a vote, as alleged by critics – by Ukrainian-language musicians, including be archived and Mr. Surmach admitted that a year earlier and invited Myron to come to 10 deputies that included Rada First Vice- Ukrainian rock legend Oleh Skrypka. he is not sure how to close the store and America. After working in New York for Chair Iryna Gerashchenko of the “We live in a country where the Ukrainian may offer a “soft” closing beyond the mid- nearly a year, Myron Surmach opened Poroshenko Bloc. language is forbidden,” Mr. Skrypka said dur- dle of June. It was vehemently opposed by the sup- “It has been difficult to watch as the (Continued on page 16) porters of the original bill, who said it cre- (Continued on page 13) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 No. 24

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Chafing at sanctions, Arrested man reportedly planned Paris attack getting the visas. In a petition to French Ambassador Isabelle Dumont, protesters KYIV – The Ukrainian Border Guard has said 100 applications had been rejected pokes and pries at EU unity confirmed a media report that a Frenchman and 1,000 people were still waiting for an with a cache of weapons and explosives to that is suffering. answer. In April, the European Commission by Charles Recknagel be used allegedly in a planned attack in For Russia, the sanctions, coupled with proposed short-stay visa-free travel in RFE/RL was arrested on the Ukrainian-Polish low oil prices, caused its gross domestic Europe to with biometric pass- border in late May. French broadcaster M6 Standing before a classical Greek frieze product to drop by 3.7 percent in 2015, ports. The proposal still needs to be adopt- reported on June 3 that the 25-year-old was at a press conference in Athens last month, with the World Bank forecasting a further ed by the European Parliament and the arrested by Ukrainian border guards with Russian President present- drop of 1.9 percent this year. The EU, like European Council. (RFE/RL, based on an arsenal of weapons and explosives ed his visit in terms suggesting a thinly dis- the United States, has cut off Russian state reporting by AFP and Interfax) including rocket launchers and Kalashnikov guised quid pro quo. enterprises from access to Western finan- assault rifles in his vehicle. A spokesman for He promised to expand Russian invest- cial markets, making it ever harder for MH17 probe at ‘very advanced stage’ the Ukrainian Border Guard, Oleh ment in Greece’s hard-hit economy and them to get the capital they need to grow. Slobodyan, on June 4 confirmed the arrest. AMSTERDAM – Dutch prosecutors say asked for Athens’ support in lifting But the EU is also hit by shrinking busi- The head of the Ukrainian Security Service an international joint probe into the down- European Union sanctions on Moscow. ness with Russia, its third-largest trade (SBU) says the French national was planning ing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over east- “Greece can affect [Russia’s] relationships partner. A study by the independent to stage 15 terrorist attacks during the 2016 ern Ukraine is “at a very advanced stage” with the European Union,” he said, before Austrian Institute of Economic Research in European Soccer Championship in France. and that the investigators will present their adding with a verbal wink, “even if we don’t Vienna in June 2015 estimated that SBU chief Vasyl Hrytsak told reporters on first results “after this summer.” That part expect the Labors of Hercules in the court- Europe’s economy stands to lose 100 bil- June 6 that the man intended to blow up “a of the investigation, which was initially due yard of the European bureaucracy.” lion euros ($111 billion U.S.) due to the Muslim mosque, a Jewish synagogue, tax- to be concluded before the second half of The Russian leader got the response he Russia sanctions, putting around 2 million collection organizations, police patrol units, the year, concerns “the weapon which was wanted. Standing beside him, Greek Prime jobs at risk. Russia has tried to add to the and numerous other locations.” Mr. Hrytsak used to shoot down” the plane and “the Minister Alexis Tsipras said, “Everyone rec- pain by slapping its own sanctions on the said the man “obtained five Kalashnikov exact launch site of the weapon.” The airlin- ognizes that there cannot exist a future for EU in the form of import bans, most of rifles, more than 5,000 bullets, two antitank er crashed in territory held by Russia- the European continent with the European them affecting agricultural products. grenade launchers, 125 kilograms of [explo- backed separatists on July 17, 2014, killing Union and Russia at loggerheads.” Whether this means EU resolve over the sive material,] 100 detonators, 20 balacla- all 298 people onboard. Two thirds of them The exchange was notable for its timing. sanctions can be cracked, however, is vas, and other things.” According to , were Dutch. The Dutch Safety Board con- It came just weeks ahead of an EU heads- another question. the man was being held by Ukrainian cluded last year that the plane, flying from of-state summit where the bloc’s leaders Several countries, including Greece, authorities pending a possible extradition Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot will consider whether to renew the trade , , Cyprus and Slovakia, have request from Paris. The French Interior down by a Russian-made surface-to-air and financing sanctions they slapped on been vocal in complaining about the eco- Ministry said the case is being handled by Buk missile. In a June 3 statement, the Moscow in 2014 over its actions in Ukraine, nomic pain they feel. But so far, none of the judicial officials. Security officials in Europe Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office said the where it seized and has allegedly grumbling has translated into signs of open are on high alert after gunmen killed 130 in lent military support to separatist fighters. revolt. joint investigation team is “still waiting for Paris in November last year and suicide There is slim hope for Moscow that the “It is quite unlikely to have just one or information from the Russian Federation bombers blew themselves up at Brussels EU leaders meeting in Brussels on June 28 two countries deciding to veto the prolon- about Buk installations.” It said the investi- airport and on the metro in March, killing and 29 will opt not to renew the sanctions, gation of the sanctions, because they would gators won’t publish their results in a 32. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by Reuters which expire in July. really isolate themselves inside the EU and report, but will eventually include them “in and www.20minutes.fr, Reuters, AP and Diplomats in Brussels tell RFE/RL pri- would face a lot of pressure from the other a criminal file, which is intended for the UNIAN) vately that EU leaders are so confident that EU member states,” says Paul Ivan of the hearing of the case in a court or a tribunal.” their countries will agree beforehand to do European Policy Center in Brussels. Poroshenko appeals for Euro 2016 visas The investigators are from the Netherlands, so that they’ve scheduled only a very brief Any revolt would put the mostly Eastern Australia, Malaysia, Belgium, and Ukraine. time for discussing the sanctions at the sum- European and Balkan states that were once KYIV – Ukrainian President Petro Their governments have pledged to bring mit itself. That is so attendees can devote closely tied to the Russian market up Poroshenko has appealed to his French those responsible for the crash to justice. most of the summit to discussing the fallout against the sanctions’ strongest backers: counterpart to “facilitate the issuance of (RFE/RL) from Britain’s June 23 Brexit poll instead. visas” for Ukrainian soccer fans planning to , France, Britain, , Poroshenko condemns leak of personal data But torpedoing the renewal of the sanc- and the Baltic states. That is a battle few of travel to France for the Euro 2016 soccer tions this month is not what Moscow is the states Russia is courting are in a posi- tournament. Mr. Poroshenko’s office says KYIV – President Petro Poroshenko con- asking Athens or anyone else to do. Instead, tion to wage. he made the appeal to Francois Hollande demned the leak of personal data about Moscow is reaching out to EU states to Greece, for example, is heavily depen- during a telephone call on June 6. The thousands of reporters that has triggered undermine the bloc’s unity in hopes of dent on Germany and France as the main monthlong European Championship finals international concerns about press free- encouraging them to use their power of creditors of its eurozone bailout. And start in Paris on June 10. A dozen people doms in the country. In a wide-ranging veto to ultimately end or dilute the sanc- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is gathered outside the French Embassy in tions regime, which requires unanimous already under fire in Brussels over his uni- Kyiv on June 6 in protest against delays in (Continued on page 12) renewal every six months. lateral actions at the height of Europe’s “It’s a way of over time slicing into the migrant crisis last year. 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NEWS ANALYSIS The unraveling of Moscow’s dream of “” by Sergei Loiko money for arms or equipment. But on At the same time, more and more “rep- main task in March was accelerated mili- RFE/RL March 3, the Russia-backed insurgents resentatives of Moscow” were appearing in tary training for newly formed Crimean managed to take over local branches of sev- the offices of the de facto Crimean govern- forces and selection of the best among The Kremlin’s project to create eral Ukrainian banks. “Money started com- ment. One day a man showed up at them for transfer to , as a belt of “Novorossiya” in southern and eastern ing in by the bagful every day,” Aleksandr Aleksandr’s office and said, “I’m Sasha, a PR eastern Ukraine is known. Aleksandr said Ukraine and the Ukrainian Black Sea penin- said. specialist from Moscow.” Mr. Girkin personally negotiated and over- sula of Crimea was conducted in secrecy Soon, he was able to offer “volunteers” “Later I found out that his last name was saw the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces and haste in the first months of 2014. up to 800 rubles (roughly $22.40 at the Borodai, after he became prime minister of from Crimea. Details of how that project rose and ulti- time) a day, and the number of recruits sky- the People’s Republic,” Aleksandr “Specialists from Moscow” brought in mately fell have been hard to come by. But rocketed. After Russian intelligence forces said in a reference to a separatist group communications equipment for the com- Aleksandr, a Moscow businessman who took over the regional Parliament on that came to control swaths of Ukraine’s manders fighting in Donbas. “By the begin- asked that his identity not be revealed, had February 28, Ukrainian police forces across Donetsk region. “What he was doing in ning of May, there were about 20 [special a front-row seat as an insider in Crimea Crimea seemingly melted away, and Crimea, I don’t know. But before the refer- four-digit] numbers for them,” Aleksandr and agreed to tell RFE/RL what became of Aleksandr’s self-defense forces scrambled endum I saw him here and there, but later said. the dream he still cherishes, despite the to replace them. he completely disappeared. So many Initially, arms and equipment came from disenchantment of his months in Crimea. He remembers the first week of March strange people arrived from Moscow and Russia via Crimea. But as Moscow grew “Russia lost its chance to create any as particularly tense, as pro-Russia the rest of Russia that there is no way to more confident, he said, it began sending ‘Novorossiya’ on July 17 [2014], when the Crimeans waited nervously for any sign remember them all.” the equipment directly across the open passenger airliner was shot down over ter- from Moscow. Disputed referendums border between Ukraine and Russia’s ritory held by the militants,” Aleksandr said “Until March 6, it was forbidden to speak Rostov Oblast. during a recent interview in Moscow, in ref- about unification with Russia or to hang The disputed Crimean-status referen- Very soon, however, the militant groups erence to the downing of Malaysia Airlines the Russian flag,” he says. “Everyone was dum was held under occupation on March in the Donbas “turned into bands occupied Flight 17 by a Russian-made, surface-to-air waiting for a final decision to be made in 16, despite being declared illegal by with violence and looting,” Aleksandr said. missile that killed 298 people and shocked Moscow.” Ukraine’s Constitutional Court. Aleksandr “People were taken hostage and released the world. “After that, the idea of Aleksandr believes Moscow was waiting conceded it was illegal but said he remains for ransom. Often they fought among them- Novorossiya was closed. So it was shut to see how Ukraine’s military would convinced that the results were an accurate selves for spheres of influence.” down and the war was soon frozen.” respond to the unfolding situation. Only snapshot of the mood at the time. “I knew the situation was hopeless when Aleksandr traveled to the Crimean capi- after it became apparent that Kyiv was not “It was one of those referendums where I found out that our fighters themselves tal, Symferopol, in February 2014 to work ready for a confrontation did the Kremlin you don’t have to falsify anything,” he said. had fired on a truck with our wounded that for the Russian Unity party of Sergei give the final go-ahead. “At the time, the overwhelming majority of were being evacuated from the Donetsk Aksyonov, who went on to become Crimea’s Russian flags – that had been shipped in the population voluntarily voted for unifi- airport on May 26,” he said. “My good de facto governor following Russia’s annex- by the ton – were unfurled, and a referen- cation [with Russia]. Now the mood isn’t friend was killed in that bloodbath. That’s ation of the Ukrainian region. After the dum on independence was scheduled. the same as it was in the beginning.” when I understood it was all over, that peo- annexation, Aleksandr worked within Mr. Aleksandr’s self-defense forces began arm- The enthusiasm was short-lived. ple had been deceived and sent to die for Aksyonov’s administration. ing themselves with weapons taken from “Already on March 20 the process of divid- nothing.” Ukrainian armories. Aleksandr says the ing up positions was under way, as a result “In the pro-Russian zone [in the ‘Little green men’ outpouring of public support was incredi- of which the majority of corrupt officials Donbas], weapons were handed out to His main duties involved organizing ble, with citizens bringing food, money, and from [ousted Ukrainian President Viktor criminals and drug addicts who robbed Crimea’s “local defense volunteers.” These supplies to the self-defense forces’ office in Yanukovych’s] either kept people, ‘commandeered’ businesses, hastily assembled and poorly equipped Symferopol. By March 29, six self-defense their posts or got new ones.” homes and cars,” he said. “The situation for groups were tasked with standing between units of 80-100 men each had been fully “The entire Party of Regions organically the Russian World project became more the Ukrainian military and the infamous equipped. After the Ukrainian base at merged into , while the peo- and more catastrophic. That romantic of “little green men” – Russian military forces Mazanka was occupied, all the units’ hunt- ple expected something completely differ- the Russian World, Girkin, could not cope operating in masks without insignias. ing rifles were replaced with automatic ent,” Aleksandr recalled. “They wanted new with the anarchy that was developing Initially, Aleksandr said, there was no weapons and side arms. authorities.” around him.” One of the most mysterious strangers In addition, the Russia-backed forces in from this period was a man who intro- the Donbas held a “referendum” on self- duced himself as “the Kremlin’s emissary, rule that was “so unconvincing” that even Igor.” It turned out to be , aka the Russian media barely mentioned it. says she’s willing Strelkov, who took over the command of The project literally ended in disaster, separatists united under the banner of Aleksandr said, when a Malaysian passen- to hold peace talks with DPR and LPR “Crimean self-defense forces” and was later ger jet was shot down over the Donbas, kill- self-proclaimed defense minister of the ing all 298 people aboard. The Kremlin at RFE/RL reportedly said. “We will talk to the ones Donetsk fighters opposing Kyiv’s control. that point gave up on the Novorossiya idea, they send.” Mr. Girkin was clearly in command in he added. Ukrainian airwoman Nadiya Savchenko The DPR/LPR envoy to the four-party Crimea at this time, Aleksandr said, and says she is willing to talk with leaders of the peace talks that began last year in the even Mr. Aksyonov deferred to him. His (Continued on page 19) Donetsk and “people’s republics” Belarusian capital, , earlier (DPR and LPR) in eastern Ukraine to try to said both Messrs. Zakharchenko and end the country’s two-year-old conflict. Plotnitsky would be willing to meet with Ms. Savchenko told Ukrainian media on her if Ukraine gave her formal envoy status. Quotable notes June 7 she believes direct peace talks with “It’s truly strange, but Ms. Savchenko has “separatist” leaders would be more effec- “…for more than 20 years following the collapse of the , across multi- so far been the only person to come up ple administrations led by both political parties, the United States sought to build a tive than the current, unproductive talks with the idea of starting a direct dialogue that have included Russia, Ukraine, France, constructive relationship with Russia, and to support that country’s greater integra- with Donbas representatives, while this is tion into regional and global institutions and the rules-based international order. ... and Germany. exactly what the Minsk agreements stipu- “The first step is extending the anti-Rus- “By 2014, however, we had no choice but to re-evaluate our assumptions follow- late,” he told Interfax. “Therefore, if Nadiya ing Russia’s invasion of sovereign Ukrainian territory – first in Crimea, then in east- sian sanctions, because Russia does not yet Savchenko is invested with all the neces- understand that it needs to step back. The ern Ukraine – which shattered any remaining illusions about this Kremlin’s willing- sary powers, we will be ready to maintain ness to abide by international law or live by the rules of the institutions that Russia second step is to establish direct communi- dialogue with her,” he said. cation with the DPR and LPR without the joined at the end of the Cold War. ... Ms. Savchenko was freed in a prisoner “To press Moscow to bring an end to the violence in Ukraine and fully implement Minsk agreements. To establish direct exchange with Russia last month after internal communication without the third its commitments under the Minsk agreements, we have worked with the EU, the G7 nearly two years in custody and was sworn and other like-minded nations to impose successive rounds of tough, economic sanc- and fourth sides,” Ms. Savchenko said on in as a lawmaker in Ukraine’s Parliament Radio Era. tions on Russia over the past two years. These sanctions, combined with low oil pric- last week. She was captured in eastern es and Russia’s continued structural weaknesses, have imposed significant costs. She said she is ready to personally meet Ukraine by Russian-backed militants in with leaders of the “people’s republics,” “While Moscow has not yet changed its approach to Ukraine, our readiness to June 2014 and transported to Russia, toughen sanctions even further has likely played a role in deterring further Russian Aleksandr Zakharchenko and Igor where she was convicted of providing coor- Plotnitsky. efforts to grab Ukrainian territory. We are now working intensively with Europe to dinates for a mortar attack that killed two ensure EU sanctions are rolled over at the end of this month, and to support France Mr. Zakharchenko was quoted as saying Russian journalists. on June 8 that the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Germany in their lead diplomatic role to push for full implementation of the People’s Republic is prepared to hold talks Based on reporting by AP, Interfax and Minsk agreements.” with Ms. Savchenko, but only as part of the TASS. – U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, testifying before the U.S. Senate Minsk peace process. “We do not choose Reprinted with the permission of Radio Foreign Relations Committee on June 7. negotiators from the Ukrainian side,” he Free Europe/Radio Liberty (www.rferl.org). 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 No. 24 Ukrainian Journalists of North America gather for third conference at Soyuzivka by Roma Hadzewycz KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The professional organization Ukrainian Journalists of North America (UJNA) held its third conference here at the Soyuzivka Heritage Center on May 20-22. The event brought together a group of journalists from the United States and Canada who represented various news media outlets – including Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly of Parsippany, N.J., Kontakt Ukrainian TV Network and Kontakt Ukrainian Media of Toronto, Ukrainian News of Edmonton, Alberta, The New Pathway of Toronto, Forum TV of Toronto, Nova Hazeta of Rego Park, N.Y., Chas i Podii of Chicago, as well as the Washington-based Voice of America, the Washington correspondent of the TV chan- nel Ukrayina and free-lance writers. Elected to head the UJNA for the next two years were: President Jurij R Klufas Daria Kish (Toronto); Vice-President, U.S.A., Leo Participants of the third conference of Ukrainian Journalists of North America. Iwaskiw (Philadelphia); Vice-President, Canada East, Walter Kish (Oshawa, His message to the UJNA conference was successfully being pushed out of the energy broadcaster Hromadske and Channel 1 of Ontario); Vice-President, Canada West, read during the Saturday evening banquet market; the new system of government ten- Ukrainian National TV. Marco Levytsky (Edmonton); Vice- by Mr. Klufas. ders is open and transparent. Thus, he said, Ms. Homonai added that oligarchs con- President, International Relations, Michael A presentation on the topic “Looking “it is unfair to say that nothing has trol the post-Maidan media and have made Bociurkiw (Sidney, British Columbia); Ahead to the 25th Anniversary of Ukraine’s changed,” cautioning his listeners to not fall their presence felt even more; they use Secretary/Treasurer Alexander Kharchenko Independence” by Ukraine’s Ambassador victim to cynicism. journalists as their weapons. She also (Toronto); and Immediate Past President to Canada Andriy Shevchenko, opened the At the same time, however, Mr. pointed out that 80 percent of Ukrainians Roma Hadzewycz (Morristown, N.J.). conference proceedings on Saturday morn- Shevchenko noted that the greatest chal- say television is their primary source of The 2012 conference’s keynote speaker ing. He began his remarks by observing lenges for Ukraine today are corruption news, and that source is often unsatisfacto- was to be Ukraine’s ambassador to the that many Ukrainians in Ukraine once had and the war in the country’s east, as well as ry. The good news, she said, is that there is United States, Valeriy Chaly, but he sent a faulty image of the Ukrainian diaspora Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine. In also a renaissance in the Ukrainian media word that he would be unable to attend but now understand that it comprises addition, “Russia is preparing – indeed, it is thanks to which the range of topics that can after all due to a visiting delegation from hard-working people who were brought up already conducting – a hybrid war against be freely discussed has been markedly Ukraine. The ambassador forwarded a to understand that they should help the West,” he said. Therefore it is most broadened and that investigative journal- Ukrainian-language message to the UJNA in Ukraine in any way possible. Yesterday’s important for us to fight ism is now becoming more prevalent. which he underscored that “journalism is a simple packages of goods (known as “ban- and to continue to inform your govern- Noting the role of women journalists on the key factor in the development of democra- deroli”) for one’s family in Ukraine have ments about the truth. The ambassador front, she cited war journalism as a new cy.” He cited the ongoing information war now evolved into serious support for said that now is the time for a “partnership” genre in today’s Ukraine. by the Kremlin against Ukraine, and under- Ukraine’s armed forces fighting in the coun- of sorts between journalists and the The session dubbed “Hromada Status scored that it is journalists “who are the try’s east. Ukrainian government, and he said diplo- and Future” featured Askold Lozynskyj, a main defenders of our freedom on the Himself a journalist by training, mats in the United States and Canada are lawyer, community activist and former information front, a firm foundation of the Ambassador Shevchenko pointed to the already working along those lines. president of the Ukrainian World Congress Ukrainian struggle in this hybrid war.” importance of the Ukrainian press, “which The first conference session discussed and the Ukrainian Congress Committee of “Ukraine is living through difficult times: connects us around the globe.” The diaspo- the “Status of Media in Ukraine,” with America, and Walter Kish, columnist for the the Revolution of Dignity, the Russian ra press, he continued, has played a great Myroslava Gongadze, chief of Voice of Toronto-based newspaper New Pathway attempt to illegally annex Crimea, the horri- role in pressuring their governments to America’s Ukrainian Service, and Hanna (Novy Shliakh). ble and perfidious war in the Donbas. During support Ukraine and in pressuring the Homonai, a Ukrainian TV journalist who Mr. Lozynskyj began by warning journal- these three years, Ukraine not only survived, Ukrainian government to move ahead on happens to be Ambassador Shevchenko’s ists not to accept at face value what U.S. but it demonstrated to the entire world its necessary reforms. wife, as presenters. government sources say. “U.S. politics is courage, wisdom, steadfastness, devotion to Ambassador Shevchenko noted several Ms. Gongadze cited weaknesses in opportunistic,” he commented, adding that democratic values and its chosen path of irreversible changes that had taken place in Ukraine’s news media, including a deficient there are people in the State Department development. The world has begun to view Ukraine, including a national consensus on level of professionalism, oligarchs’ owner- who are not favorably inclined toward Ukraine differently thanks also to your work. Euro-integration, support for potential ship of media resources and the lack of Ukraine. He noted that, while Canada rec- I expect that we, Ukrainian diplomats, membership in NATO, and calls for political knowledge of foreign languages, as a result ognized Ukraine’s independence the day together with you, journalists, will continue reform. He cited the new national police of of which many journalists rely on Russian- after the December 1, 1991, referendum, to stand shoulder to shoulder as we bring Ukraine as a big success story and a change language sources for world news and thus the U.S. did not do so until December 25. He the truth to the world until Ukraine’s final that positively affects all the people. Other share misinformation. The speaker also also said there is much Russophilism in victory over aggression, evil and falsehood,” positive developments: Ukraine is working singled out several media outlets that are Ambassador Chaly wrote. toward energy independence; oligarchs are doing a good job, including the public (Continued on page 18)

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The Ukrainian Weekly Keep sanctions in place Back in March, during a working visit to Washington, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko argued that sanctions “are the only line in the sand that the West drew after 2014. It is the only line between good and evil drawn in the context of this war. And if there is no line anymore – then what’s the difference between good and evil? Do we really want a world devoid of political boundaries? Do we want a world The soft-spoken fight the war where one can grab other nation’s land, kill thousands – and stay unpunished?” by Zenon Zawada that detail their history. This illegal action Unfortunately, nothing has changed in Russia’s behavior. Evidence of that is the government’s way of responding to abounds. In fact, Russia and its proxies have increased the level of aggression in When Mykhaylo, a cousin of my wife, the violations committed by those avoiding Ukraine, and there are clear indications that Russia is preparing for more war. told me a year ago that he was being dis- the draft. patched to the Donbas front, I couldn’t You see, hundreds of thousands of Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: believe it. young men are avoiding service by not reg- • On June 9, U.S. Ambassador Daniel B. Baer minced no words when he told the “Within a single week, combined Russian-separatist forces shot down the SMM’s Rather, I couldn’t imagine it. He’s as istering in the district of their current resi- [Special Monitoring Mission’s] two long-range UAVs [drones] near , and skinny as a pencil, as fragile as glass and dence. Instead, they keep their registration threatened to shoot down a mini-UAV sent by the SMM to search for wreckage of the can barely raise his voice above street in their hometown, which is usually some downed UAVs. Combined Russian-separatist forces also sabotaged OSCE cameras noise as he speaks. I’ve never seen anger or rural destination. outside of Donetsk, which are critical to monitoring volatile hot spots… This deliber- aggression from him and can’t imagine The draft notices are sent to their home- ate effort to blind the SMM is intended to conceal from the international community what that would look like. In short, this guy towns, but the men can legally claim they the build-up of combined Russian-separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, the advanced has no business being mixed up in a war. never saw or received them, thereby avoid- Russian weaponry these forces have in their arsenal, and the military personnel and I thought to myself, “How did they get ing responsibility for avoiding service. In materiel that regularly cross the border from Russia into Ukraine. This calculated him?” Heroic volunteers like Nadiya effort is part of a strategy of deception undertaken by the Russian Federation to Mykhaylo’s case, his mom simply used Savchenko are more often the exception, cover up its ongoing aggression against Ukraine.” them to fire her stove. not the rule. The vast majority of In most cases, these men are living and Ukrainians want nothing to do with the Russian terrorist forces were firing on Popasne, Avdiyivka, Novotroitske, Mariyinka working in Kyiv, which is virtually the only war, even those who once cared, as con- and• Ukraine’sother positions National in Security the Donbas. and Defense The spokesman Council reported of the that Presidential on June 8 city in Ukraine that offers any half-decent firmed by National Deputy Andriy Administration on ATO-related issues, Col. Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, said the next day jobs. By catching guys on their way to work Biletskiy, the commander of the Azov para- that active shelling was continuing as militants moved their forces, including mortar in the early morning, the Kyiv recruiters military regiment. and artillery batteries, closer to the line of contact. are sure to snatch up some village boys “It’s greatly unfortunate that the majori- presently living in their district but not reg- ty of people on whose backs Ukraine was border with Ukraine; last year, Russia had established two other bases further to the istered there. rescued in 2014 won’t go again if the war is south.• A June“When 8 Reuters completed, story the revealed base will that be Russia the latest is building component a new in armya build-up base nearof forc its- Mykhaylo’s mom brought his military es along a line running from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south,” escalated,” he said in a late April interview card in order to enable him to register at Reuters correspondent Anton Zverev wrote. with the gazeta.ua news site. “Many are his district recruitment center. Again, that’s offended and wonder to themselves, ‘What what he was supposed to have done once world that at the Kremlin continues to hold at least 31 Ukrainian political prisoners. did we do this for?’” he started living in Kyiv. Now that the • An infographic released on June 3 by the Ukraine Crisis Media Center reminded the The authorities got Mykhaylo recruiters had him registered on their ter- High Commissioner for Human Rights, 9,371 people have been killed and 21,532 Volodymyrovych by staking a bet on his ritory, they could call him in for service. others• According injured into easterna report Ukraine published since on theJune conflict 3 by the began Office in of mid-April the United 2014. Nations U.N. impoverished finances and/or legal knowl- Before his passport was returned, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic, who recently edge. Mykhas (or “Misha,” as my Russified Mykhaylo was warned he’d face three to returned from a weeklong visit to Ukraine, also pointed to the deteriorating human central Ukrainian relatives call him) was on eight years’ imprisonment if he tried to rights situation in the Crimea, where “Anti-extremism and anti-terrorism laws have his way to work in the early morning at a avoid service. The recruiters weren’t much been used to criminalize non-violent behavior and stifle dissenting opinion, while home improvement supermarket, where concerned about his low weight (154 the judicial and law enforcement systems have been instrumentalized to clamp he contentedly labored as delivery help. pounds) or the pains in his abdomen that down on opposition voices. Worst affected are Crimean Tatars…” The U.N. official A police officer approached him and arise after two miles of walking. underscored: “The increase in heavy weaponry near the contact line, and the hostili- asked to see his domestic passport, which And so, without knowing his rights and ties …in the Donetsk region since early March, are all indicators that the crisis is far is practically the national ID for Ukrainians. timely access to a lawyer, or the will to do from over and should not fall off the radar of the international community.” Mykhas complied, only to be instructed to something extreme (like act as if he was an From all of the foregoing, it is clear that now is not the time to ease up on sanc- sit in a nearby bus, where he was greeted alcoholic or worse), Mykhas was dis- tions against Russia. by other startled faces. patched on July 10 last year. His unit was And yet, the French Senate voted overwhelmingly this week to urge the govern- Soon enough though, they all knew given a month and a half to train, and they ment to gradually reduce sanctions on Russia. This, RFE/RL reported, is a sign of what was up without having to ask. Mind were in the district of the growing European opposition to sanctions, which are to be discussed at a June you, it’s illegal for a police officer to keep by September 4. 28-29 meeting of European Union leaders. your documents. But the way the army The year that he spent on the front was In the U.S., Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland told the Senate Foreign recruiters handle this nuance is that, while rough, to say the least. He didn’t much Relations Committee on June 7 that sanctions are “the largest piece of leverage that maybe a third of the guys rounded up complain about the basic training or his we have on Russia” and that is why the U.S. is advocating that the sanctions be know their rights and will stand up for work in a repair unit (at least the officers renewed. “While Moscow has not yet changed its approach to Ukraine, our readiness them, one way or another the other two- were sensible enough not to throw the to toughen sanctions even further has likely played a role in deterring further thirds will go along to get along. lanky fellow into infantry). Russian efforts to grab Ukrainian territory,” she stated. And so, once enough bodies were herd- The soldiers of his unit had to build Western leaders must stand firm, and united, in opposing Russia’s war against ed over an hour, they headed to a local their own kitchen, toilet, shower and bath- Ukraine. recruitment center. The guys from Donetsk tubs, even adding a sauna to boot! They cut and Luhansk were let off as refugees. After their own wood for their wood-burning all, how can the government ask them to stoves and bought their own refrigerator fight their own former neighbors? and washing machine. And some of the well-off guys – the one- They ate well on the war front, but June Turning the pages back... third, more or less – were met by lawyers largely thanks to the monthly visits of vol- to take them away. unteers. Most of the guys in his unit were Ten years ago, on June 14, 2006, Ukraine’s national team But Mykhas wasn’t well off or aware of from the rural regions of the Chernihiv debuted at the World Cup hosted by Germany. Millions of his rights, like most of those serving on the Oblast, whose neighbors and relatives 14 front. A village boy, he settled in Kyiv the Ukrainians stopped what they were doing and watched Ukraine delivered them pickled vegetables, chicken 2006 play on the world stage against Spain. most effective way, which is through mar- thighs and pork chops – among other deli- More than 100 fans were not deterred by the heavy down- riage. He’s gone through the standard cacies – from their own farms, at their own pour of rain and gathered in Kyiv’s Independence Square to grinder for the arriving countryfolk, work- expense. ing a string of poor-paying jobs, often get- watch the historic match on a large projection screen. They had an exceptional cook who ting stiffed at that. Ukraine, in Group H, lost its opener 0-4 against a difficult Spanish team (which won the served up borshch and fried cutlets “as Indeed, just getting paid consistently by group with nine points). However, Ukraine finished in second place in the group (with six good as any Kyiv restaurant,” he said. his store, regardless of how little it was points) after winning 4-0 against Saudi Arabia on June 19, and it won 1-0 against Tunisia To the government’s credit, it did pro- ($240 a month), and working in delivery – on June 23 and advanced to the playoff round. vide decent food on the front: buckwheat, instead of enduring frigid winds or punish- In the Round of 16, Ukraine won 3-0 on June 26 after a scoreless match forced penalty desserts such as sweet condensed milk, ing sun rays that come with construction – kicks, and the debutantes were headed to the quarterfinal against Italy. Italy won the quar- and even cuts of beef and pork, almost was enough to satisfy him. terfinal match 3-0 on June 30 in front of 50,000 fans in Hamburg. Italy won the World Cup daily, Mykhas said. But they wouldn’t have At the recruitment center, the guys were title after a 2-0 win against Germany in the semifinal and a 5-3 win after penalty kicks in eaten meat nearly as often if not for the told their passports would be held for the final against France following a 1-1 draw. volunteers. three days until they brought their “viys- (Continued on page 12) kovi kvytky,” which are the military cards (Continued on page 16) No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 7

COMMENTARY Soviet-Russian propaganda and disinformation by Askold S. Lozynskyj finding fertile ground and a breed of willing propagandists in the West. Using Marxist This month a bill was introduced in the doctrines against exploitation and revolu- Nationalists on trial U.S. House of Representatives titled tionary slogans, they worked avidly at stu- “Countering Foreign Propaganda and pefying America. Recognizing that the mes- Not all of us have the time or patience to and history are different. One cannot pro- Disinformation Act of 2016.” The two co- sage was not that easy to sell, the Soviets watch a couple of talking heads on vide the same degree of authentication for sponsors, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, (R-Ill.) and spent enormous sums recruiting new YouTube for close to an hour. It’s faster and a historical document as one can for a con- Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), made no secret of agents. Violence often accompanied the more efficient to scan a transcript and pick temporary writing. Yet archival documents the fact that the thrust of the bill involves revolution. out anything worth reading. But the recent are regularly admitted in court. Russian disinformation about Ukraine. To And then the Soviet Union fell and, in its Uke Tube debate between historian John- A key problem with the terms of the say that action on the part of the U.S. to place, a seemingly democratic Russia arose. Paul Himka and attorney Askold Lozynskyj debate is whether one can condemn an counter Soviet-Russian propaganda is long Only there was nothing democratic about on “OUN, UPA, Jews and Ukrainians,” dated organization for war crimes or crimes overdue is an understatement. Had Russia. Russia succeeded the USSR in theo- May 12 and published May 16, is excep- against humanity perpetrated by some of America acted accordingly almost a centu- ry, practice and the pursuit of terror, pro- tional (https://www.youtube.com/ its members. Granted that members of the ry earlier, much unpleasantness and more paganda and disinformation. Soviet history watch?v=eYdEnjconjk). OUN joined the militia or auxiliary police, importantly unfairness could have been became Russian history. Soviet practices For one thing, these heads talk well. A even on OUN orders – and that former avoided. became Russian. Propaganda and disinfor- veteran lecturer, Prof. Himka is articulate policemen who had served the Germans Like the terror encouraged by Lenin and mation continued, never skipping a beat. and clear. Mr. Lozynskyj, an experienced later joined the UPA – does that make the his successors, Soviet-Russian propaganda The Soviets, and over the last 25 years lawyer, knows how to hammer home an OUN or the UPA responsible for crimes and disinformation were and continue to their Russian successors, have been argument. They take turns presenting their committed outside Ukrainian command be hallmarks of the regimes. The Soviet- experts at this practice. Their factories cases, only rarely interrupting each other. structures? I think not. Russian record on the Ukrainian Famine- excelled at fabricating documents. Their Moderator William Such intervenes very Let us assume for the sake of argument Genocide of 1932-1933 is a glaring exam- historical archives were neither archival little, but helps summarize the debate. that the OUN or the UPA actually ordered ple. To date they have denied its existence. nor historical. They became a useful tool For another thing, the subject of the the commission of war crimes. Compare the They went so far as to purge their own for planting fabrications. Not surprisingly, debate is compelling: were the Organization crimes of the Royal Air Force and the U.S. 1937 census and manipulate the results of even objective and seemingly professional of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Army Air Forces during World War II, such the 1939 census. Another example is the researchers have found it difficult to accept Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) heroic as the fire-bombing of civilians in Hamburg, massacre of Polish officers in the Katyn for- the fact that any document in a so-called organizations of which all Ukrainians Dresden and Tokyo, or the atomic bombing est. For the longest time they accused the Soviet archive needs to be addressed skep- should be proud, or were they anti-Semitic of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There is no Nazis. Only a few years ago the Russians tically. Soviet-Russian archives do include Nazi collaborators guilty of war crimes or doubt that the respective commands symbolically finally acknowledged Stalin’s authentic documents, but the history of crimes against humanity and thus a cause ordered these actions. Yet neither Great culpability. the USSR and Russia does not allow for a for national shame? Britain nor the United States shrinks from The West and, in particular, the U.S. (the presumption of authenticity. Fabricated Among the factual questions debated is celebrating the heroism of its air force. West’s leader) simply turned a blind eye. documents were planted among authentic what exactly happened in eastern Galicia in Perhaps an example from irregular war- Sometimes it even collaborated. One glar- ones to lend authenticity to the fabricated the wake of the German attack on the USSR fare is more apposite. On April 9, 1948, ing example was the collaboration of the ones. Thus, even seemingly authentic docu- and Soviet-occupied territories on June 22, during the struggle for Israeli statehood, U.S. Department of Justice with the Office of ments from Soviet Russian archives must 1941. We all know about the OUN- the terrorist organization Irgun, led by the Soviet Procurator in the late 1970s and be tested forensically, through identifica- sponsored Nachtigall and Roland units that Menachem Begin, participated in the mur- 1980s in denaturalizing and deporting tion, etc. accompanied the German advance, about der of 245 men, women and children in the American citizens, sometimes to the USSR, Both agents and a new breed of “useful how the retreating NKVD massacred Arab village of Deir Yassin near Jerusalem. where they faced execution. The Soviets idiots” have been the implementers of Ukrainian and other prisoners in Lviv, and The Israeli government repudiated this produced the “eyewitness testimony” and Soviet-Russian disinformation. This has about the declaration of Ukrainian state- atrocity, and Begin himself had reportedly the “documentation.” The witnesses testi- been particularly true in the world of aca- hood, with Yaroslav Stetsko as prime minis- opposed a massacre. But the fact is that fied before a Soviet procurator and the demia. Some have been more clandestine ter, in that city on June 30. We also know less than 30 years later, Begin became original documents remained in the custo- in their identity and purpose, others mani- that the inevitable tension between the prime minister of Israel. By this standard, dy of a representative of the Soviet festly belonged to Soviet friendship societ- OUN and the Germans led to a falling out even if the OUN and the UPA involvement Embassy. American jurisprudence no lon- ies or expressed their Marxist bent. and the arrest of Stetsko and Bandera soon in war crimes should be proven, would ger included the right to confront one’s Ukrainian Americans and Ukrainian after. Nevertheless, some scholars have Ukraine be so wrong to posthumously accuser or to forensically test documenta- Canadians have had their fair share of both. alleged that, in the first days of July, OUN honor Bandera, Roman Shukhevych and tion. In fact, the Soviets initiated proceed- Many names are known. Their platform is members participated in a pogrom of the the organizations they led? ings by planting accusations in propaganda often provided by sometimes unwitting, Jewish population of Lviv and that later in Perhaps, as Prof. Himka advocates, we periodicals. but more often compensated, co-conspira- the war, especially in 1943-1944, the OUN should adhere to a higher standard. Similarly, Western academia played a tors. After all, the USSR spent and Russia and the UPA massacred Poles and Jews. Perhaps we should emulate the Germans, not insubstantial role in this campaign. continues to spend significantly on propa- Prof. Himka takes this position and has sup- who now honor the non-violent anti-Nazi College campuses replete with impression- ganda and disinformation. It is the essence ported it with articles citing voluminous Scholl sisters of the “White Rose” and the able and idealistic minds fell victim to of hybrid war. documentary evidence and eyewitness tes- martyred Austrian conscientious objector unscrupulous educators and agitators, One of the more popular targets of timony. Franz Jägerstätter. Germany has regained some simply naive – Lenin’s “useful idiots”– Soviet-Russian propaganda has been the One issue in the debate is the reliability world respect. It may well be better to stop but many in receipt of benefits from the of these types of evidence. Both debaters honoring military heroes altogether – Soviets. Soviet propaganda mushroomed, (Continued on page 17) are aware, of course, of the problems of eye- though in the midst of Russia’s ceaseless witness testimony, such as bias, poor mem- war against Ukraine, this would be self- ory, false memory and contemporary pres- defeating. Humanity may be better served sure. Documents present no fewer prob- by praising not the violent, but the peace- lems. In his presentation, Prof. Himka pro- ful. A higher standard would be a good idea Community remembers dead child, duces several documents from the summer – if only it weren’t a double one. of 1941 to prove that the OUN was anti- Who won the debate? It depends on victim of Canadian internment operation Semitic. Mr. Lozynskyj counters that they whether you see it as a criminal trial or a need to be authenticated, for many docu- scholarly disputation. If he were defending OTTAWA – A minute of silence was to intervene for the purposes of commemo- ments from the former Soviet archives are the OUN and the UPA in court, Mr. observed on May 22 by members of the rating and reconsecrating the internee cem- in fact fabrications. Prof. Himka replies that Lozynskyj would at least have raised a rea- Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties etery at La Ferme (Spirit Lake), Quebec, the sheer mass of both documentary and sonable doubt about guilt in the mind of the Association (UCCLA) for Nellie (Carolka) since November 2015. To date, the minister eyewitness evidence points to OUN anti- trier of fact, and thus won an acquittal. But Manko, a Montreal-born infant who was has not addressed the Ukrainian Canadian Semitism, collaboration and war crimes. in an academic forum, Prof. Himka’s theory interned with other members of the Manko community’s concerns about the deteriora- Another issue is the difference between could appear quite plausible. Whether family in the Spirit Lake internment camp tion of this unique historic site. the legal and the historical approach to evi- Ukrainians should regard these organiza- during Canada’s First National Internment Commenting, UCCLA Chairman Roman dence. In the adversarial common law sys- tions and their leaders as heroes or villains Operations, 1914-20. Zakaluzny said: “We remain hopeful that tem, the defense attorney seeks to admit is not, however, either a legal or a historical Nellie perished 101 years ago, at age 2½. the minister will take action soon to ensure favorable and exclude harmful evidence. question. It is a moral and political question, Her gravesite remains unknown. Both the that the remains of the 16 men and some Historians, by contrast, gather all available which Ukraine alone must decide. UCCLA and the Ukrainian Canadian Civil children known to be buried in the Spirit evidence, then submit it to careful scrutiny. Liberties Foundation (UCCLF) have lobbied Lake internment camp cemetery will finally As the debaters acknowledge, the rules of Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at Minister of Canadian Heritage Melanie Joly, find peace.” evidence and the standard of proof in law [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 No. 24 No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 9 Philadelphia premiere of “The Babushkas of Chernobyl” by Mary Kalyna Mary Mycio (“Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl”), who is featured in JENKINTOWN, Pa. – Thirty years after the film, also took part in the discussion. the world’s worst nuclear disaster, the new “The Babushkas of Chernobyl” follows documentary “The Babushkas of Chernobyl” three women – Hanna Zavorotnya, 80, tells an astonishing story of the elderly Valentyna Ivanivna, 72, and Maria Shovkuta, Ukrainian women who returned to live in 85 – among the last survivors of a commu- the radioactive Chornobyl zone. On May 22, nity of “self-settlers” who refused to leave director Holly Morris presented her film at their ancestral homes after the Chornobyl the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural nuclear disaster in 1986. Center in Jenkintown, Pa., hosted by the “Shoot me and dig the grave,” Hanna told Ukrainian Library with support from the a soldier who tried to evacuate her, “other- Ukrainian Community Foundation of wise I’m staying.” She had survived the Philadelphia. Ukrainian American author Holodomor and Nazi atrocities in Ukraine.

The Babushkas of Chernobyl/PowderkegStudios Some of the women profiled in “The Babushkas of Chernobyl.”

“Radiation doesn’t scare me, starvation to survive under such extraordinary and does,” she said. toxic conditions. Holly Morris and co-director/producer She later said in her TED Talk, which has Anne Bogart first went to Chornobyl in now been viewed by over a million people: 2010 to cover the 25th anniversary of the “Chornobyl’s soil, water and air are among accident for a travel program. Ms. Morris the most highly contaminated on Earth; it’s returned two months later for MORE maga- a nuclear police state, complete with bor- zine, to write her award-winning essay der guards. The point being, no human “The Babushkas of Chernobyl” (also pub- being should be living anywhere near the lished as “Ukraine: A Country of Women”). dead zone. But they are. Why would they She became fascinated with this communi- return to such deadly soil? I mean, were Mary Kalyna ty of approximately 100 returnees. She saw they unaware of the risks or crazy enough Holly Morris, director of “The Babushkas of Chernobyl” (left) with Mary Mycio, that there was a deeper story around these author of “Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl.” independent older women, and their ability (Continued on page 18) Vesnivka establishes e-Library of Ukrainian Choral Music by John Pidkowich promoting Ukrainian choral music,” said e-library manager and long-time Vesnivka TORONTO – In the spirit of sharing member Lesia Komorowsky. “Vesnivka has Ukrainian choral music with others, and an impressive repertoire of Ukrainian clas- with a strong commitment to enriching the sical, folk, contemporary and sacred music Ukrainian choral tradition, Vesnivka Choir in its archives that it wants to share with has established its e-Library of Ukrainian singers around the world – thus leaving a Choral Music. Last fall, the electronic library musical legacy for generations to come.” of Vesnivka’s sheet music first went online Vesnivka’s collection of choral music is in the public domain on its own webpage vast, numbering well-over 1,000 works (www.vesnivka.com/e-Library). written by Ukrainian and Canadian com- The official launch of the first phase and posers of Ukrainian heritage. For the pur- public presentation of the e-library was pose of choral arrangement, some works hosted by Vesnivka on March 20 at the may have been modified from the original Canadian Ukrainian Art Gallery in Toronto. music score. Vesnivka’s sheet music is pro- This initiative was created as legacy project prietary. The first phase of Vesnivka’s of Vesnivka’s 50th anniversary and as a gift e-library allows Internet users visiting its to all who share the love of singing and webpage unrestricted access to view some Ukrainian choral music. 70 works of music online. They may choose “The project represents a significant milestone for Vesnivka in its mandate of A screenshot of the webpage of Vesnivka’s e-Library of Ukrainian Choral Music. (Continued on page 14)

Nick Parzei At the reception (from left) are: Luba Czyrsky, Lesia Komorowsky, Halyna Kvitka Kondracki, Oksana Rewa, past president of the Toronto branch of the Ukrainian Walter Korobaylo, Lesia Chyczyj and Renata Roman. Canadian Congress. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 No. 24

Petro Bevza, “To Light ХІІ” (from the “Jordan series”, Petro Bevza, “Domus Aurea” (from the “Fountain” series, 2015, oil on canvas, each panel 75 x 60 centimeters). 2015, oil on canvas, 70 by 70 centimeters). Ukrainian Institute of America presents artistic explorations of Petro Bevza

by Andrew Horodysky the diurnal grasp of life’s celebration of the here and now and in the realm of the sub- NEW YORK – With a successful exhibi- lime. He does not attempt to specifically tion season coming to a close around the subscribe to a limited cultural affinity, but observances of the Easter holidays, Art at explores the concerns of all humanness. the Institute presented a unique viewing Curated by Walter Hoydysh, director of experience in topical artistic exploration by Art at the Institute, the exhibition opened one of Ukraine’s most prolific contempo- on March 18 and remained on view rary art practitioners, Petro Bevza. through April 13. This was Mr. Bevza’s first Titled “Jordan,” the exhibition of new solo exhibition at the Ukrainian Institute of paintings by the Kyiv-based artist explored America. A fully illustrated catalogue with ethereal metaphysical imagery straddling investigative essays by Volodymyr the spiritual and real worlds in which all Gorbatenko and Oleh Sydor-Gibelinda was humankind deliberates, lives and breathes. published on the occasion of “Jordan.” Securing a key element as his investigative Mr. Bevza’s career-long interest has cue, here, the River Jordan resounds as a been in decoding reality as a place of con- frequent symbol in art, music and litera- stant and inevitable change, and in realiz- ture. The artist’s latest project investigates ing abstract ideas through the exploration

Pavlo Terekhov Petro Bevza (left) with (from left) Inna Bevza, Olena Sidlovych (executive director of the Ukrainian Institute of America) and Walter Hoydysh (director, Art at the Institute). of sometimes everyday, at other times to be a direct meditation on what it is to mythical, objects and situations. Instead of aspire to being fully and truly human. depicting stable, conventional physical Panels from the “Domus Aurea” group- spaces, he often sets up specifically defined ings outline simplified vessels, fountains, formal situations that play with the view- vines, mythical beasts – all iconic to life’s er’s sense of surface and depth, instructing core persistent rejuvenation and narrative. one to see beyond the under-examined Water is a symbol of salvation, life-giving aspects of everyday and ethereal sur- energy and self-reproduction that appears roundings in startling news ways. His through and through in Mr. Bevza’s depiction of an immediate, often intimate “Fountains” series. Water also connotes spiritual moment, or figure’s or object’s cleansing in Ukrainian folk traditions; it is a presence, laced with an implied yet open- symbol of a certain longevity, renewed feel- ended narrative, leads to a transcendent ings and emotions, an irresistible force. idea in spite of the intended rendering of his imagery. Horses, peasants, angels and saints, mid-sized“To Light painting, ХІІ” (from depicts the “Jordan”a figure series,– con- fountains, vines and flora all emanate from strued2015, oil as onthe canvas, appearance 70 х 70of thecentimeters), Holy Ghost, a a field of the Hegelian “other,” and play to an angel, or even a gowned peasant – right the artist’s self-understanding of this arm extended and left hand on the heart, bridge from the material to the divine. The beyond the gaze of the viewer toward the current series is also populated by the con- celebration of the divine. A dense, unrecog- ceptual notion of “The Vine – Domus nizable, abstracted field on which the fig- Aurea,” to which the artworks are insepara- ure is poised disregards time and place. ble from the Ukrainian icon’s image of This is the world of Mr. Bevza. Although he “Christ the Vine,” that appears in life-giving is not considered fully an abstract artist, sprouts, leaving hope for an eternal revival. figural and other referential elements are With “Jordan,” the viewer is offered the gift consistently found in his art. Some of his of the artist’s profoundly crafted explora- most potent subjects surround human and tion and realization of one of the most animal presence. These references occur impressive ceremonies of the Byzantine even among the seemingly inexplicable rite: the solemn blessing of the water on traces that give his paintings their enigmat- the Feast of the Epiphany commemorating ic aura. Mr. Bevza’s figures are not repre- Christ’s baptism in the River Jordan. Water, sentational in the realist sense, nor are the central theme, is the everyday element, they usually depicted whole within a famil- the essence, if you will, through which faith iar grounding. is always present, manifested by inner spir- itual renewal. For the artist, this holds true (Continued on page 17) No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 11 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 No. 24

target those it considers enemies of the mately concerned about the effects of partner for Ukraine.” The new U.S. assis- NEWSBRIEFS Ukrainian state under the country’s Russian propaganda, but cracking down on tance is part of a $40-billion global rescue Constitution, said it felt it was necessary to media freedom is a misguided, inappropri- package agreed by Ukraine and the (Continued from page 2) publish the list “because these journalists ate response to whatever disagreement the International Monetary Fund in March news conference in Kyiv on June 3, the collaborate with fighters from terrorist Ukrainian government may have with 2015. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by AFP) president condemned the website organizations.” , an Russia’s media coverage about Ukraine,” Moody’s changes outlook for Ukraine for publishing the data about adviser to Ukrainian Internal Affairs HRW researcher Tanya Cooper said. (RFE/ more than 4,000 journalists that it said Minister , subsequently pub- RL, with reporting by RFE/RL’s Ukrainian OTTAWA – Moody’s Investors Service were illegally accredited by Russia-backed lished the list on his public page. The G-7 Service and AP) changed the outlook for Ukraine’s banking separatists in Ukraine’s eastern regions of ambassadors said that the characterization system to stable from negative. Moody’s Donetsk and Luhansk. But he added that of all listed journalists as “collaborators U.S. to guarantee more Ukrainian loans stated: “The change in outlook reflects our “unfortunately, I have the information that with terrorists” endangers the personal WASHINGTON – The United States has view that the economy will begin to some of these journalists have prepared security of those affected and Ukraine’s emerge from a deep recession in the com- negative comments or negative articles hard-won media freedom. Mr. Poroshenko announced it has signed a major new loan guarantee with Ukraine aimed at helping ing 12-18 months, which will help contain about Ukraine,” adding, “I kindly ask you: went out of his way to distinguish some further asset quality deterioration. please, do not do that.” His comments come Russian journalists whose contact informa- Kyiv stabilize its weakened economy. The $1 billion commitment is the third of its Improved funding conditions will support amid mounting criticism of the treatment tion was revealed by the website from oth- core lending, and the local currency’s ers who were targeted in the leak. “If you kind issued by Washington since the Euro- of news media in Ukraine. A day earlier, recent stabilization will help slow the are talking about Russian journalists, some Maidan revolution brought down Ukraine’s ambassadors to Ukraine from the Group of decline in banks’ solvency. ...Moody’s con- of them [have been] making criminal Russia-backed president in February 2014. Seven countries voiced concern about the siders that rising local currency deposits things,” he said in an apparent reference to The pledge is to provide Ukraine with more Myrotvorets leak, saying it violates “the and limited refinancing needs will improve Russia media outlets backing the Kremlin’s affordable access to international capital spirit and the letter of Ukrainian law” on banks’ funding over the next 12-18 months, messaging in the conflict. Kyiv’s efforts to markets and fill its gaping budget hole. personal data, as well as Kyiv’s “interna- supporting the stable outlook. Improving restrict journalists it considers instruments “The guarantee sends a strong signal of the tional commitments.” The G-7 ambassadors confidence in the hryvnia and falling infla- said, “We acknowledge the investigations of Russian propaganda have drawn fire United States’ continued support for tion expectations led to a 12 percent rise in launched by the on from rights watchdogs as well. New York- Ukraine as it pursues reforms that fulfill the local currency deposits between March this matter and hope the results will be based Human Rights Watch (HRW) this Ukrainian people’s aspirations for a pros- 2015 and March 2016, marking a turn- shared with the public,” adding that they week criticized Poroshenko’s May 27 perous and democratic future,” U.S. around from the past two years, when local are “particularly concerned that threats are decree banning 17 Russian journalists and Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said in a state- currency deposits declined sharply.” being made against individuals as a result” media executives from entering Ukraine ment on June 3. Ukrainian President Petro (Ukrainian Canadian Congress) of the leak. Myrotvorets, which claims to through the end of 2017. “Ukraine is legiti- Poroshenko said the U.S. move indicates that the United States is “a reliable strategic (Continued on page 13)

tion would be: What has Russia done in this Chafi ng... respect, have there been any initiatives to show Russia really wants to change its TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL WALTER HONCHARYK (973) 292-9800 x3040 (Continued from page 2) or e-mail [email protected] course?” Moscow takes steps to fulfill its obligations He says the dilemma for the EU is that it under the Minsk accords. It was unclear cannot afford to lift or ease the sanctions SERVICES PROFESSIONALS whether he was expressing the views of the regime if that appears to reward Russia for German government or his own impres- aggression. Doing so would reawaken sions as a leader of the junior coalition memories of 2008, when the EU consid- Social Democrats. ered – but stopped short of – imposing Bloomberg View columnist Leonid sanctions on Moscow over its war with Bershidsky wrote that Germany’s Social . Democrats have long favored a softening of At the time, Mr. Lavrov heaped scorn on Russia sanctions and that “both the then-French Foreign Affairs Minister Kremlin and influential European figures Bernard Kouchner for saying he would con- are looking for ways to start defusing the sider sanctions. “My friend Kouchner has standoff without losing face.” He predicted also said we will soon attack Moldova and a weakening of the sanctions’ restrictions Ukraine and the Crimea... but that is a sick in the coming months. imagination and probably that applies to But other analysts say that while debate sanctions as well,” Mr. Lavrov said in of the sanctions may increase, EU policy Dushanbe, , in August 2008. will not change unless Moscow takes steps Six years later, the West looked on with to begin implementing the Minsk II agree- dread as Russia annexed Crimea and ment. The accords call for pulling out all Russia-backed separatists launched a war foreign armed groups, withdrawing heavy against Kyiv in eastern Ukraine, moves that weaponry from the conflict zone, returning some observers regard as a frontal assault control of Ukraine’s border to Kyiv, and on the post-Cold War order. ensuring local elections in separatist-held PERSONAL parts of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk RFE/RL’s Brussels correspondent Rikard OPPORTUNITIES regions. Jozwiak contributed to this report. “If a country in the EU would come out Copyright 2016, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted Single Ukrainian lady, EARN EXTRA INCOME! with the statement that they will block the with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ 37, 5’4”, uent in English, consensus for prolonging the sanctions, Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Ukrainian & Polish, two The Ukrainian Weekly is looking they would have to have very strong argu- Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see children 11 & 8, diplomas for advertising sales agents. ments,” says Kalev Stoicescu of the http://www.rferl.org/content/russia- in languages and For additional information contact International Center for Defense and ukraine-sanctions-attacking-eu-uni- Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, European Studies, easy- Security in Tallinn. “The immediate ques- ty/27777016.html). going and kind-hearted The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. with a good sense of humour, eager to build a happy home with Run your advertisement here, In the 2012 Euro Cup, Ukraine was in an honest, hardworking, devoted in The Ukrainian Weekly’s Turning... Group D with England, France and Sweden. and intelligent man of Ukrainian or Ukraine and Sweden were eliminated after Polish heritage. [email protected] (Continued from page 6) CLASSIFIEDS section. third-place finishes in the group with three Ukraine’s debut at the World Cup was points each. also able to unite members of the REAL ESTATE This year, Ukraine is in Group C of the Verkhovna Rada in support of the team. “I 2016 UEFA European Championship host- am convinced that [our players] will do ed by France. Ukraine plays against House for Sale today a thousand times more for Ukraine Germany on June 12, against Northern than our president, prime minister and Ireland on June 16 and against Poland on 3 bedrooms, two full bath national deputies combined,” said former June 21. The top two teams of the group Fully renovated kitchen Prime Minister . stage advance to the Round of 16 knockout Fully  nished basement “Spain has a strong and highly technical phase. The tournament final is to be held Garage, two decks, heat pump/AC team, but at times we looked like the worst on July 10. 2 miles from Soyuzivka team in Europe,” said national team coach 3 miles from Lake Minnewaska Oleh Blokhin. Andriy Shevchenko, the Source: “Soccer mania grips the country An hour and a half from NYC in the Catskills team’s leading player, was more optimistic as Ukraine debuts at World Cup,” by Zenon but admitted that the two initial goals by Zawada, The Ukrainian Weekly, June 18, Please contact: Teresa at 215-776-3583 or [email protected] Spain had broken the team’s spirit. 2006. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 13

People’s Republic” (LPR) from reaching Yet Mr. Ovcharenko dismissed that as yet NEWSBRIEFS Novooleksandrivka, the closest settlement. Rada rejects... another crafty maneuver to play less “This restriction on their basic right to Ukrainian-language music, potentially (Continued from page 12) move freely within their own country – and (Continued from page 1) reducing such content to 10 percent. U.N.: Eastern Ukraine still ‘volatile’ even within their own locality – means they ing a February 1 press conference, citing sta- As for Mr. Skrypka’s suspicion of “struc- have trouble accessing food and medicine,” tistics that 8 percent of the content of tures” resisting Ukrainianization, the detec- GENEVA/KYIV – The situation in eastern he commented, adding that the same goes Ukrainian radio and television stations was in tor.media news site revealed in an April Ukraine after two years of conflict “remains for the hundreds of people at checkpoints. the Ukrainian language under Leonid Kuchma that Ukraine’s radio market is dominated volatile and continues to have a severe “Our monitors were also in government- (1994-2004), 4 percent was Ukrainian by two Ukrainian citizens: Victor Pinchuk, impact on human rights,” according to the controlled Mariyinka, just south-west of under Yushchenko and Yanukovych (2004- the media and industrial magnate who has latest report on Ukraine by the Office of the Donetsk. With more than 100 vehicles 2013) and now it’s down to 1.5 percent. yet to be heard speaking in Ukrainian, and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. lined up at the Ukrainian armed forces (He didn’t state the source of his figures.) Mykola Bagraev, a native of Russia who was Its release on June 3 follows a recent seven- checkpoint there, our monitors heard a “That’s horrifying! I am sure there are a member of the Party of Regions. day visit to the country by U.N. Assistant burst and seven single shots of small-arms structures that are consciously destroying Mr. Pinchuk has done a lot to highlight Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan fire coming from military positions 10-20 the Ukrainian language in Ukraine,” he con- Jewish suffering in Ukraine. Besides financing Simonovic, who warned the “crisis is far meters from the checkpoint,” he stated. Mr. tinued. “I don’t know what these structures a documentary about the Holocaust in from over.” He noted: “The increase in Hug said that gas pipeline repairs in are, but their activity led to our society Ukraine, in 2008 Mr. Pinchuk sponsored a heavy weaponry near the contact line, and Mariyinka have been completed, with gas eagerly swallowing [Russian pop songs] with photo exhibit in New York called, “The the hostilities around Avdiyivka and pressure testing to be finalized. Potentially cursing in the enemy language, but not [the Shooting of Jews in Ukraine: Holocaust by , in the Donetsk region since over 30,000 people on both sides of the Ukrainian song] ‘Sich Army’ at a time when Bullets.” He didn’t finance any Holodomor early March, are all indicators that the crisis contact line will benefit. “Worryingly, how- there’s a war in the east. This isn’t normal commemoration efforts on the 75th anniver- is far from over and should not fall off the ever, we have recently noted heavy fighting and that’s just a small example to show the sary but did agree to lend film-making equip- radar of the international community.” The in the area. On June 6, for instance, our reasons why the country is in decline now.” ment used for the Holocaust documentary. report focused on the plight of the 2.7 mil- monitors recorded 117 explosions there,” Ms. Gerashchenko said the activists’ bill Mr. Bagraev, who was once a national lion people living in armed group-con- he added. He noted also that near Mayorsk, would have ruined several radio stations deputy with the Party of Regions, has active- trolled areas, saying they are facing severe north of Horlivka, the SMM monitors had because it placed upon them Ukrainian- ly opposed Ukrainian-language quotas in curtailing of their freedoms of expression, Parliament. He has stakes in 18 radio sta- observed that the DPR had built another language requirements that are incompati- assembly and association, as well as tough tions, while Mr. Pinchuk has 19 such stakes, checkpoint just over a kilometer from ble with their formats. living conditions. It also updated casualty according to the detector.media news site. Ukrainian armed forces positions. (Ukraine She accused the Samopomich party – figures for the conflict, saying some 9,371 The end result of the legislative effort was Crisis Media Center) with its stronghold in Lviv – of backing the people have been killed and 21,532 others original bill with the intent of ruining sev- both bills being sent back to committee and injured since fighting began in April 2014. Protest in Crimea over beach access eral Lviv radio stations on behalf of rival the status quo being maintained, which was (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) businessmen so that they can acquire their the goal of the alternative bill from the start, KYIV – Police in Russia-controlled frequencies. as alleged by an appeal signed by the coun- Ceasefire violations continue to increase Crimea have forcibly broken up a protest by In response to her claim about formats, try’s leading Ukrainian-language advocates, locals upset over amusement rides being KYIV – On June 8, it was reported that activists said there are plenty of Ukrainian- including Vidsich Coordinator Kateryna last week the Special Monitoring Mission set up near the shores of the Black Sea that language works for any format. For exam- Chepura, the Kapranov brothers, Oles Doniy (SMM) of the Organization for Security ad they say obstruct access to the beach. ple, 145 compositions were included in the and Roman Matys. Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) had record- Among those hauled away at the June 4 “Pearls of Classical Music – Ukrainian “Obviously, bill No. 3822-1 was submit- ed a 10 percent increase in ceasefire viola- gathering in the city of Alushta, some 50 Collection” compact disc set – more than ted to block the approval of any bill and tions compared to the previous week. The kilometers from Crimea’s capital, enough to fulfill the 35 percent quota, one bury the idea of quotas,” said the appeal, previous week in itself had seen a 50 per- Symferopol, was local lawmaker Pavel activist pointed out on Facebook. which was published on Facebook on May cent increase over the week before that. Stepanchenko, who resisted police officers’ Another advantage to her bill, she said, is 26, or exactly one week before the vote. Three-quarters of all ceasefire violations demands to halt what they called an that it would have given Ukrainian-language It concluded, “In the event that bill No. 3822 last week were recorded in the Avdiyivka- “unsanctioned” public meeting. The officers songs emerging in the last 18 months twice will be nullified with amendments or won’t Yasynuvata-Donetsk airport area. The sides dragged away Mr. Stepanchenko and other their weight when calculating quotas, giving be approved at all, the political forces that also fail to withdraw weapons from the protesters who stepped in to defend him more incentives for radio stations to play reject this bill will demonstrate their enmi- security zone. That was according to amid chants of “shame” from the crowd of young, budding performers. ty towards Ukraine and Ukrainian values.” Alexander Hug, first deputy chief monitor protesters that numbered in the dozens. of the OSCE’s SMM in Ukraine. “On June 5, The crowed also reportedly yelled criticism in government-controlled Pervomaisk, for of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ruling Ділимося сумною вісткою, що в неділю, 5 червня instance, monitors saw craters caused by United Russia party and called the police 2016 року, відійшов у вічність наш дорогий 120-millimeter mortars, one just four officers “Banderovtsy,” which in Russia – Батько, Дідусь, Брат і Вуйко meters from a kindergarten building and including on state-run television – is used another in the adjoining playground. In the as a derogatory term to describe Ukrainian DNR-controlled Dokuchayevsk, our moni- nationalists. Mr. Stepanchenko managed to св. п. д-р Іван Гвозда tors saw a tree in a children’s playground – get away, while three other demonstrators нар. 20 лютого 1927 року 35 meters from a residential building – cut were reportedly detained and charged with в селі Височани Сяніцького повіту на Лемківщині. in two by a powerful impact”, elaborated minor offenses, including participating in Mr. Hug. He said people in the western an unsanctioned rally and resisting police. Д-р Іван Гвозда працював викладачем політичних наук й історії у ви- Luhansk region told the monitors that they (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, with report- щих школах Ню-Йорку - в Онеонта і Кортленд, а найдовше в Комюні- were prevented by the so-called “Luhansk ing by echo.msk.ru) ті Коледжі в Обурн, Н. Й. Упродовж багатьох років проф. д-р І. Гвозда був директором Моделю Організації Об’єднаних Націй у його школі та членом правління Всеамериканського Моделю ООН; членом різних американських професійних організацій тощо. За свою професійну Ділимося сумною вісткою, що працю одержував різні признання та нагороди. 4 червня 2016 pоку в Chicago, IL Проф. д-р Іван Гвозда впродовж свого життя був дуже активним про- нагло відійшов у вічність наш найдорожчий відним членом української спільноти, а особливо на терені української БРАТ, ВУЙКО і КУЗЕН сиракузької громади. Як пластун і член Куреня „Хрестоносців“, очолю- вав Станицю Пласту в Сиракузах. Крім того, був засновником відділу св. п. Спілки Української Молоді Америки (СУМА) в цьому місці та його пер- шим головою. Як активний член Українського Народного Союзу, був ТАРАС ФИЛИПОВИЧ головою Округи УНС на своєму терені. Упродовж багатьох років очо- лював Відділ Українського Конґресового Комітету та інші організації та нар. 13 березня 1947 року в Міттенвальді, Німеччина, громадські комітети. Вийшовши на заслужену пенсію, протягом бага- активний пластун у Станиці Чикаґо, тьох років виконував обов’язки дорадника (інспектора) Шкільної Ради член 16-го куреня УПС „Bатага Бурлаків”. УККА в Школі Українознавства ім. Лесі Українни в Сиракузах. У глибокому смутку залишилися: ПОХОРОННІ ВІДПРАВИ відбулися 8 червня 2016 року в УГК Катедрі св. о. Миколая, дружина Валентина Гвозда син Іван Гвозда з дружиною Сонею a відтак на парафіяльному цвинтарі в Chicago, IL. донька Ліда Гвозда Буняк з чоловіком д-ром Борисом У глибокому смутку залишені: Буняком внуки Василь, Микола, Захар і Адріяна Буняк сестра – РОКСОЛЯНА ГАРАСИМІВ з сином ЛЕВОМ з родиною сестра Анастазія Майкович кузени – АНДРІЙ ФИЛИПОВИЧ з родиною брат Дмитро Гвозда – д-р ДАРІЯ ФИЛИПОВИЧ МОНТЕРО з родиною племінниця Леся Рувсамен, – МАРТА СТАДНИК з чоловіком СЛАВКОМ племінники Василь Гвозда, Іван Гвозда і Василь Майкович. – д-р ЯРОСЛАВ ЗАЛІПСЬКИЙ з родиною Вічна Йому пам’ять! родина в Німеччині та Україні. Пожертви в пам’ять Покійного можна складати на: St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, Вічна Йому пам’ять! 207 Tompkins Street, Syracuse, NY 13204. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 No. 24

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Ursuline Academy. She completed her tion. Ms. Kozicky played piano, bandura A new physician undergraduate education at Boston and guitar and was a member of the UAYA University, graduating magna cum laude Prolisok vocal ensemble. In addition to per- with double majors in biology and art his- forming with the Yonkers UAYA branch in the Kozicky family tory. Ukrainian folk dance ensembles, she was by Maryka Kozicky Aside from being an exemplary student also a student of the Scarsdale Ballet Studio Ms. Kozicky excelled in multiple sports, from the age of 9. YONKERS, N.Y. – Orysia Maria Kozicky including soccer, swimming, tennis, field After graduating from Boston University graduated on May 23 from New York hockey and lacrosse. Ms. Kozicky worked as an emergency medi- Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y., where she As a young girl she became a member of cal technician (EMT) for Empress was inducted into the medical honor soci- the Ukrainian American Youth Association Ambulance Service, gaining valuable expe- ety, Alpha Omega Alpha, in her third year. (UAYA), where she completed all levels of rience in critical care. At graduation she was presented the achievement and attended summer camps Now an M.D., she is following in the foot- Samuel Spiegel, M.D., Memorial Award for in Ellenville, N.Y. She continues to volunteer steps of her father, Dr. Orest Kozicky, a gas- her outstanding scholastic record through- her time as a counselor at the Yonkers troenterologist in Yonkers, N.Y., and her out the four years of medical school and for branch of the UAYA and worked as a coun- brother Dr. Mark Kozicky, who is complet- demonstrating exceptional clinical skills. selor at the UAYA’s summer camps. Ms. ing a year as chief resident in internal med- She was born on January 14, 1988, to Kozicky won the overall champion award at icine at Jacobi Medical Center and will soon Orest and Maryka (née Dudar) Kozicky. She the UAYA Zlet in 2005 and completed the start a Nephrology fellowship at Columbia grew up in Yonkers, N.Y., where she is a School of Ukrainian Studies that same year. Presbyterian Medical Center parishioner of St. Michael Ukrainian Beyond her achievements in education Dr. Orysia Kozicky will be continuing her Catholic Church. She began her education and sports Ms. Kozicky revealed a true tal- medical career with a residency in Internal at St. Matthew’s School in Hastings on ent in art and muic. During an art exhibi- Medicine at Mount Sinai-Beth Israel Hudson, N.Y. Her high school education was tion at Ursuline Academy, the school pur- Medical Center. She is a member of completed in New Rochelle, N.Y., at the chased one of her art pieces for its collec- Orysia Kozicky, M.D. Ukrainian National Association Branch 8.

Vesnivka... (Continued from page 9) to download a copy of the sheet music either in the original Ukrainian or translit- erated form in the English alphabet for use by choirs and others interested in perform- ing Ukrainian choral music repertoire. Plans are under way to expand the e-library and eventually make most of the songs from Vesnivka’s archives available online. The e-library launch program included an attractive, clear and concise educational presentation on the e-library webpage pro- jected live onto a large screen so that the audience could view and follow step-by- step how to search the catalogue from a multiple choice of categories, successfully obtain results, view Vesnivka’s sheet music repertoire, hear recordings and download no-edit sheet copies. An elegant reception followed allowing ample opportunity for those who wanted to learn more. The afternoon’s classical music entertainment was provided by Halyna Dziuryn on violin and Olga Bileychuk on piano. This e-Library of Ukrainian Choral Music was made possible with funding received at the XXIV triennial Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) in November 2013 as the result of a successful business case “pitch” made by the Vesnivka team to the following “Ukrainian Dragons”: Borys Chabursky, Ian Ihnatowycz, John Iwaniura, Nadia Jacyk, Eugene Melnyk and James Temerty. Recognition and remarks on the signifi- cance of Vesnivka’s e-library project were expressed at the launch by UCC National First Vice-President Renata Roman (who spoke also on behalf of the Ukrainian Dragons), and by Oksana Rewa, past presi- dent of the UCC’s Toronto branch. Vesnivka acknowledged the contributions of the following people to the initial develop- ment of the e-library: Luba Czyrsky, Myroslava Diakun, Joanna Fuke, Lesia Komorowsky, Halyna Kvitka Kondracki, Talia Lysiak, Nykola Parzei, Christina Sokulsky, Nadia Saragosa and Andriy Kudla Wynnyckyj, with special thanks to Walter Korobaylo. For more information on Vesnivka, con- tacts and the e-library, readers may visit www.vesnivka.com. An earlier version of this article was published in the Toronto-based newspaper New Pathway. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 15

Soccer lost (7-6, 7-6) against Gabriela Dabrowski and Mj. Martinez Sanchez of Spain in the against Alexandra Panova of Russia 7-5, the Rio Grand Prix men’s epee event on 1-6,• Elina7-6 (6)Svitolina at the lost WTA in thetournament Round of 32in April• Ukraine’s 22 in Rio Bogdan de Janeiro. Nikishin Nikishin won gold won in opened the scoring against Greece on June first round. Bogota, Colombia, on April 11. 15-13 in the final against Benjamin Steffen 7 in• theIn thesecond UEFA minute Women’s of play Euro, by team Ukraine cap- of . Anatoly Herey tied with tain Daryna Apanashchenko with a penalty against Julia Goerges of Germany in a walk- • lost in the quarterfinal Round of 32 against Kristina Kucova of Kyoungdoo Park of for bronze kick. Olha Boychenko netted another goal over at the WTA tennis tournament in Slovakia• Kateryna (3-6, 6-3, Bondarenko 6-3) at the lostCharleston in the in the same men’s category after Herey’s in the 44th minute for Ukraine. Ukraine is Nuremburg, Germany, on May 14-21. WTA tournament on April 4 in Charleston, 15-8 loss to Steffen in the semifinal. in second place (13 points) in Group 3, with S.C. In doubles, Bondarenko was paired Nikishin defeated Park in the semifinal France in the lead with 21 points, Challenger Tour event in Seoul, South Korea,• Sergey on May Stakhovsky 9-15 after defeating won the Yen- ATP with Olga Savchuk and the duo lost in the 14-11. (10 points) and Albania (zero points). Round of 16 against and Greece is in fourth place with six points. Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei (4-6, 6-3, 7-6 [7]) of Russia (6-7, 6-3, 10-6). team finished in sixth place at the World Ukraine’s next match is against Romania on in the final. Stakhovsky was eliminated in Junior• Ukraine’s and Cadet junior World boys Championships saber in September 15. Ukraine’s women’s team is Round of 16 against of against of Russia (1-6, Bourges, France, on April 1-10. In the fifth- ranked in 23rd place by FIFA with 1,760 Australia, (6-2, 4-6, 2-6) during the Busan 4-6)• Elinaat the Svitolina WTA Miami lost Openin the onRound March of 22.16 place match, Ukraine lost 45-43 against points (14th place among UEFA member Open Challenger Tour event on May 2-8 in Busan, South Korea. lost in the Round of Hungary. states). 128 against Daria Kasatkina of Russia (6-2, Boxing of 64 against of Austria 1-6, 6-2). Bondarenko was paired with Olga in saber at the 2016 junior fencing champi- (3-6,• Alexandr 6-3, 4-6) Dolgopolov at the Internazionali lost in the Round BNL Savchuk in doubles, and lost in the quarter- onships• Dimitri on MarchKariuchenko 12 in (U-23)Hlavice, won Poland. gold final against Timea Babos of Hungary and d’Italia in Rome on May 9-15. Anatoly Herey finished in eighth place. KO) won by unanimous decision after eight of (6-2, rounds• Welterweight against Bahrom Denys PayozovLazarev (5-0-0,(23-6-0, 2 6-4). Olympics with fencers in epee (three men 15 KO) of on June 2 in Moscow. against Timea Bazsinszky of Switzerland, (6-2,• Lesia 6-4) onTsurenko May 9 atlost the in WTA the Round tournament of 32 and• Ukrainethree women)has qualified and for saber the Rio (three 2016 All three judges scored 80-72 in favor of round of men’s singles against Richard in Rome. lost in the Round of women). The names of the qualifying ath- Lazarev. Cruiserweight Ismayl Sillakh (23- Gasquet• Alexandr of France Dolgopolov (6-2, 2-6, lost 1-6) in at the the third PNB letes have not been named. 3-0, 18 KO) lost by third-round TKO against 64 against of Pur (6-1, 4-6, 6-1). Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Maxim Vlasov (35-2-0, 18 KO). Wells, Calif., on March 7-20. Kateryna Biathlon Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in the Bondarenko won in the third round of wom- Round• Lesia of 64Tsurenko at the Mutua lost (6-2, Madrid 6-1) Open against on en’s singles against Lesia Tsurenko, (3-6, 6-4, April 30 through May 7. Elina Svitolina lost the women’s junior 12.5-kilometer race at 7-6), and Bondarenko was eliminated in the the• AnastasiyaIBU Junior Merkushyna Open wonEuropean gold in Andriy Kviatkovsky (65 kg), Olena Zasayeva in the round of 32 against fourth round by , (6-2, 6-2). of Australia, (6-2, 7-6 [4]). In women’s dou- Championships in Pokljuka, Slovenia, on (125• Three kg) and Ukrainian Oksana Herhelfreestyle (58 wrestlers kg) tested – In women’s doubles, Olha Savchuk and March 16-20. She finished in fourth place in bles, Kateryna Bondarenko and Olga Bondarenko lost against of Italy positive for a banned substance, meldoni- the women’s sprint and fifth place in the Savchuk lost in the Round of 32 against and Oksana Kalashnikova of Russia in the um. The tests were conducted during an women’s pursuit. Anton Dudchenko won Olympic qualifier tournament. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of second round, (7-6, 5-7, 1-0). the Czech Republic (6-4, 7-6 [1]). In the silver in the men’s junior individual 15-kilo- Cycling meter race, won bronze in the men’s pur- medals at the 2016 European Wrestling men’s tournament that was held on May 2-8, Alexandr Dolgpolov lost in the Round suit and finished in fourth place in the Championships• Ukraine finished at Rigain fifth Arena place inwith , 14 men’s sprint, , on March 8-13. Ukraine’s Zhan of 32 against of Canada (4-6, Cup race in Viana-du-Kashtel on March 17. 7-6 [3], 2-6). In men’s doubles, Dologpolov Krompets• Natalia finished Krompets with wona time the of 1:25:02 Beleniuk (85 kg, Greco-Roman) won gold. women’s 7.5-kilometer sprint at the IBU and of Australia lost (3-6, seconds. The race included cyclists from 22 Five silver medals in all were won by Cup• BiathlonNadiia Bielkina 8 in Martell-Val won first Martello, place in Italy, the 6-3, 3-10) in the Round of 32 against Henri countries. Andriy Yatsenko (57 kg, freestyle) and on March 9-13. Ukraine’s mixed relay Kontinen of and of Yuliya Tkach (63 kg, women’s freestyle), (2x6-kilometer, 2x7.5-kilometer) team – Australia. third place (1,677 points) by the UCI rank- Oleksandr Chernetskyi (130 kg, Greco- Yuliya Zhuravok, Bielkina, Dmytro Rusinov ings• Yanafor March Belomoyna, 2016. A 23,national was rankedchampion in Roman), Tetiana Kit (55 kg, women’s free- and Vladimir Semakov – won third place. style), Oksana Herhel (60 kg, women’s free- the quarterfinal against Ricardas Berankis of Ukraine, Belomoyna is a member of the of Lithuania• Sergiy Stakhovsky (4-6, 5-7) of was the eliminated2016 Santaizi in CST Superior Brentjens Mountainbike style), Yulia Tkatch (63 kg, women’s free- Semerenko, Olena Pidhrushna, Sergey style); and eight bronze medals were won Challenger on April 25 through May 1 in Racing Team. At the Absa Cape Epic race in Cape Town, South Africa, on March 13-20, Semenov• Ukraine’s and Dmytro mixed Pidruchnyi) relay team finished (Valj by Ibragim Aldatov (86 kg, freestyle), Taipei, Taiwan. In men’s doubles, paired in fourth place at the IBU World Semen Radulov (65 kg, freestyle), Alen with Marco Chiudinelli, Stakhovksy lost in Belomoyna finished in second place in the general classification, with three first-place Championships Biathlon on March 2-13 in Zasieiev (125 kg, freestyle), Dmytro the quarterfinal (2-6, 4-6) against Frederik finishes in stages five, six and seven, second Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway. Semenov won Tsymbaliuk (59 kg, men’s Greco-Roman), Nielsen of Denmark and David O’Hare of place in stage four, fourth place in stage third place in the men’s 10-kilometer sprint, Yulia Blahinya (53 kg), Hanna Vasylenko Ireland. three and one, and third place in stage two. finished in eighth place in the men’s (58 kg), Alina Stadnik-Makhynia (69 kg) 12.5-kilometer pursuit and finished in ninth and Alla Cherkasova (75 kg). In team rank- against Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia- Fencing palce in the men’s 15-kilometer mass start. ing Ukraine’s women’s freestyle team won Herzegovina• (3-6, 7-5, lost 3-6) in theat the Round TEB of PNB 16 Pidhrushna finished in fifth place in the first place with 59 points, the men’s free- Paribas Istanbul Open on April 24 through Prix in women’s saber on May 28 after win- women’s 10-kilometer pursuit. Ukraine’s style team finished in third place (51 May 1. In men’s doubles, Marchenko and women’s 4x6-kilometer relay team – of Moldova were eliminated in ning• Olga 15-13 Kharlan against won Mariel the MoscowZagunis Grandof the points), and the men’s Greco-Roman team U.S.A. Along the way, Kharlan won 15-9 Semerenko, Pidhrushna, Yulia Dzhima and finished in fifth place (36 points). the Round of 16 by Dominic Inglot of Great Iryna Varynets – finished in fifth place. Britain and Robert Lindstedt of Sweden against Yuliya Gavrilova of Russia in the semifinal and won 15-12 against Jiyeon (6-7 [8], 3-6). for the Rio Olympics this summer, including Kim of South Korea in the quarterfinal. Pavlo• Five Oliynyk Ukrainian (97 kg),wrestlers Zhan haveBeleniuk qualified (85 of 16 against Marina Erakovic of New kg), Dimitriy Timchenko (98 kg), Oleksandr event Challenge SNCF Reseau in Paris on her older sister Anna (2,551 points) were Zealand• Lesia after Tsurenko retiring also in lost the in second the Round set Chernetskyi (120 kg) and Yulia Tkach (63 May• Ukraine22. Ukraine won earned first place 64 points in the to team top listed• Mariya among Muzychuk the top-10 (2,546 female points) chess play- and (after losing 4-6 in the first set) at the Rabat kg). the table by 12 points from its nearest com- ers by the International Chess Federation WTA tennis tournament on April 25 in (FIDE). Among the top-100 included Tennis petitor, France (52 points). In the final, Rabat, Morocco. Ukraine won 40-38 against France. Nataliya Zhukhova (24th place, 2,475), (45th, 2,439), Inna as Roland Garros, on May 16-June 5, Elina terfinal against of Japan (5-7, saber event at the Foshan World Cup on Haponenko (52nd, 2,415) and Tetyana Svitolina• At the won 2016 (6-4, French 6-4) inOpen, the thirdalso known round 0-6)• Alexandrat the Barcelona Dolgopolov Open lost BancSabadell in the quar- May• Olga13-15 Kharlan in Foshan, won goldChina. in theIn thewomen’s final, Vasylevych (95th, 2,367). Among the top against of , won (6-3, on April 18-24 in Barcelona. Kharlan won 15-11 against Kim Jiyeon of male chess players, seven Ukrainian play- 6-0) in the second round against Taylor South Korea. ers were listed: Pavlo Elyanov (16th, Townsend of the U.S.A., and won 6-1, 6-3 in Round of 16 against of 2,751), Vasyl Ivanchuk (39th, 2,710), the first round against Sorana Cirstea of Argentina• Illya Marchenko (5-7, 2-6) was at theeliminated BRD Nastase in the European Cup in women’s foil at the Ruslan Ponomaryov (40th, 2,706), Yuriy Romania. Svitolina lost against Serena Tiriac Trophy in , Romania, on Trofeul• Olga Pellegrini Leleiko wonin Bucharest, silver in theRomania, at the Kryvoruchko (55th, 2,682), Anton Korobov Williams of the U.S.A. in the fourth round April 18-24. on May 8. In team competition, Ukraine’s (95th, 2,656), Zahhar Yefimenko (96th, (6-1, 6-1). Illya Marchenko was eliminated women’s team (SVSM Kiev) – Kateryna 2,656) and Oleksandr Areshchenko (99th, in the first-round qualifier against Victor against Sorana Cristea of Romania (6-3, Shentsova, Olga Stankevych, Leleiko and 2,654). Estrella Burgos of the Dominican Republic, 6-4)• Lesiaat the Tsurenko WTA tournament lost in the in Round Istanbul of 32on Oleksandra Sentyuta – finished in sixth (5-7, 4-6, 3-6). Lesia Tsurenko lost against April 18. Kateryna Bondarenko lost in the place. world’s best chess player of 2015 by the of France in the first round, Round of 16 against Kristina Kucova of Women’s• Mariya Commission Muzychuk of wasthe International named the (7-5, 6-3). Alexandr Dolgpolov, ranked in Slovakia (6-3, 1-6, 7-5). In doubles, Roman Svichkar, Yuriy Taranenko, Chess Federation. Muzychuk won the 2015 30th place, withdrew from the tournament. Bondarenko was paired with Olga Savchuk, Volodymyr• Ukraine’s Stankevych, U23 men’s Yan Sych epee – won team sil- – Chess Hetman tournament in Ukraine but finished in 12th place in and the duo lost on the Round of 16 against ver at the European U23 Championships on this year lost against of at a the singles qualifiers. In women’s doubles, and of Japan (3-6, May 1-4 in Plovid, . In the final, one-on-one 18-day chess competition in Svitolina and Daria Gavrilova of Australia 6-2). Ukraine lost to Russia 15-17. Lviv. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 No. 24

Matthew Dubas Ukrainian embroidered shirts and sewing materials. Surma’s offerings of books, newspapers and honey. this reminder of the impact from the store’s After 98 years... imminent closure. The timing of the decision, as this writer (Continued from page 1) told Mr. Surmach, has the diaspora and Surma to sell books and gymnastics clothes Ukraine in a parallel state of transforma- to the local gymnastics club run by the tion. As the Ukrainian neighborhood in Czech community. The store’s location in New York, like so many others, is in a state New York has shifted a few times since its of transition, Ukraine is also undergoing a founding, but has remained on Seventh transformation and is taking its place on Street since the 1960s. the global scene. Markian Surmach told Mr. Buryk in The reality is that the East Village neigh- 2015: “My grandfather offered services to borhood – known affectionately as “Little the Ukrainian immigrant community to Ukraine” – has seen an increase in the clos- help them become Americans. He would ing of Ukrainian-owned shops, from the read letters to them in the store and offer Kiev Restaurant (founded in the 1970s and other services. Later on, he added a variety closed in 2000) to Kurowycky’s Meat of goods, including appliances, such as Market in 2007 (after 52 years in business). washing machines, radios and phono- Surma is simply the latest casualty in the graphs.” A dust-covered Victrola phono- changing landscape of New York’s neigh- graph still sits on a high shelf in one of the borhoods. shop’s corners. For readers who would like to place an Now he told The Weekly: “During the order with Surma before it officially closes, Mr. Surmach advises to call the store at 212- 477-0729 or visit in person at 11 E. Seventh St. (business hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday-Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, closed on Sunday and Monday).

Markian Surmach takes a pose in front of Surma, the store founded by his grandfather. store’s closing, this was the first time that I continue Surma in the future at another can recall that Surma had a sale, and it has location. been a last lesson, that has increased atten- For the people who count on Surma for tion to the store.” their books, like the local Ukrainian lan- Life after Surma for Mr. Surmach will guage schools, the loss will be more acutely In front of the counter and register, this focus on his family, and he plans to remain felt in the fall when school sessions resume artwork by Jaroslawa Surmach-Mills in New York City. With a freer schedule, he and a new source for those books is sought. The welcome mat outside of the Surma welcomes customers to Surma. did not rule out the possibility that he may Mr. Surmach said he was taken aback by shop.

said of the base’s commanders. the members of his unit. He kept in touch pointed out, it’s costing a handful of The soft-spoken... To get some meat, they snuck off the with them during his break, checking up on Ukrainian lives every day. base twice a week and bought hamburgers their health and their families. If anything, These are the lives of those like (Continued from page 6) and coffee at a local café. The officers gave this war has been a bonding experience for Mykhaylo – too simple and soft-spoken for They were among the fortunate ones, he them excess work and insulted the recruits, many, offering a new sense of identity and these times of widespread manipulation said. Other conscripts got stuck in units nothing like his unit commanders. purpose that didn’t exist before, though not and deception. He doesn’t even know where the food was hoarded by their com- It was during this time that he called me necessarily a vision. where he’ll be dispatched next manders, who forced them to sleep in tents in late April. “I don’t know how much more Mykhas holds no illusions. “The sooner (“Somewhere in Luhansk,” he said), let in the field, and where they had no access of this I can take,” he said in an exasperated it ends, the better, because nobody needs alone if his pension will be higher as a to showers, let alone baths. One of his col- voice, after having his long-awaited break it,” he said, before adding, “Except for Putin result of his service. leagues got his ribs broken for questioning postponed three times. and Poroshenko maybe.” It’s a notion that Currently awaiting his dispatch at the the commanders for hogging the soldiers’ Although he heard bombs and shooting the majority of Ukrainians hold. Honcharivske transition base, Mykhas food. off in the distance at various times, Mykhas Just what are the Ukrainians fighting for hopes to be back in Kyiv by the end of July. However, things got worse when Mykhas is fortunate enough to have avoided any in the Donbas? There are many answers But the president said he might extend the reached the base in Honcharivske in April direct combat. Even better, the government because there are many reasons, but the terms of those already serving rather than for his unit’s transition from the combat never missed his monthly payment of $285 bigger question is whether the goal of the calling a new draft wave to replace them. zone. The daily grub was pearl barley por- for his service to his country. fight is achievable. Again, Mykhas doesn’t know whether that ridge, millet porridge and pea soup, three It wasn’t until early May (10 months Unfortunately, only a few voices in the will affect him. times a day, day after day. after being dispatched) that he got his first West, like Prof. Alexander Motyl, are trying “No one is asking them to give more food “We couldn’t even look at it, let alone eat break, eight months after it was due, and 13 to get Western leaders to understand that than what’s proper. To not steal,” he said. it,” he said. “Even rice and buckwheat were days instead of the 25 he was owed. In spite their current strategy will only lead to the “Then everything would be fine, and the rare.” of the exasperated phone call, he looked to defeat of Ukraine’s aspirations to integrate soldiers would fulfill their service better. Frozen pollock brought by a truck one be in good shape and spirit when we met with what’s left of Western civilization. The soldiers are also psychologically down- afternoon was taken away by another truck for “shashlyky” at a Kyiv lakefront. Keeping the occupied Donbas neatly cast because they’re not allowed on break within the hour, never to be seen again (the His daughter is blossoming into a teen, tucked within Ukraine’s borders will serve for half a year. Let alone serving 10 months soldiers keep a close eye on such deliver- yet has lacked her father’s daily guidance. as an anchor of misery and warfare for without being with your family. You can ies). “They were lining their pockets,” he On the other hand, the war has bonded years, if not decades. And, as Dr. Motyl lose your mind like that.” No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 17

Ukrainian Institute... THE CULMINATION OF CONFLICT (Continued from page 10) THE UKRAINIAN-POLISH CIVIL WAR The pictorial space created by the artist AND THE EXPULSION OF UKRAINIANS is original in that the empty spaces are at AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR times more important than the filled ones, that is, absence is more significant than presence. The world Mr. Bevza offers, or “Stephen Rapawy provides the rst balanced academic study of the rather suggests, never provides a visible Polish-Ukrainian con ict in modern times without the subjective bi- resistance, or so little: its build is real. Mr. ases that have a icted earlier histories in the communist and post- Bevza tracks down, obstinately and with communist eras...Drawing on previously published work and the obvious talent, a hidden secret between us extensive use of archives, Rapawy succinctly elucidates a balanced the viewers and the subject, between the study of the Polish-Ukrainian con ict that is placed within historical, joys of seeing, the meanderings of vision- regional, wartime, and imperial totalitarian legacies.” ary imagination, and those of immediate – Taras Kuzio, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, and distant spiritual memory. He lives at University of Alberta appearances’ breaking point. Mr. Bevza’s world is both a secret and “This comprehensive study surveys Polish-Ukrainian relations dat- initiatory; he remains within the realm of ing back to the tenth century and follows centuries of ethnic strife, transmutation not in length of time or in population shifts, and the formation of national states after the First real space, but within the magical one of World War on multi-ethnic territories, illuminating the long-term his- the canvas and his divine subjects. He beck- torical processes that informed later events.” ons the viewer to a true awakening; he is – ibidem Press the master for seeing and feeling better. It is with the beautiful, if not, marvelous ray of light that he enlivens our vision of salva- Available for purchase at: www.rapawy.com tion and renewal. Born in the Kyiv region of Ukraine, Mr. Distributed by Columbia University Press Bevza graduated from the Kyiv State Art Academy. Since 1990, he has been a mem- ber of the National Union of Artists, and a member of the all-Ukrainian creative col- lective BZH-ART. Recent solo exhibitions of his artworks were held at N2N Gallery (Abu Dhabi), Nest Gallery (Geneva), Bezpala Brown Gallery (Toronto), Galleri Gamla Vaster (Malme, Sweden) and Bottega Gallery (Kyiv). Mr. Bevza lives and works in Kyiv and Vyshneve, Ukraine. Following its debut run at the Ukrainian Institute of America, “Jordan” was to travel to White World Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv (May 12-June 2), Odesa Art Museum, Odesa (September 7-October 25), The Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art Museum, Kyiv (February 10-March 10), and the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum, Lviv (March 18-April 17, 2017). About Art at the Institute Celebrating its 61st year, Art at the Institute is the visual arts programming division of the Ukrainian Institute of America. Since its establishment in 1955, Art at the Institute has organized projects and exhibitions with the aim of providing post-war and contemporary Ukrainian art- ists a platform for their creative output, presenting it to the broader public on New York’s Museum Mile. These heritage proj- ects have included numerous exhibitions of traditional and contemporary art, and topi- cal stagings that have become well- received landmark events.

Soviet-Russian... (Continued from page 7) independence movement of the Ukrainian people, particularly the liberation struggle of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and its Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). The Soviets maligned the OUN as “fascist” as early as 1930, then added “anti-Semitic,” “terrorist” and “fratricidal” to its diatribes. Similar attacks were leveled at the UPA. Later, much press was given to the Ukrainian diaspora as “Banderite” war criminals. Even the nationalistic Ukrainian diaspora youth was assailed by the Soviet press as “Hitlerjugend.” A proactive campaign of information confronting disinformation is a necessity. Hopefully, the truth will prevail. But, it has little chance unless it finds emissaries. Silence is as pernicious as the disinforma- tion itself. This act by the U.S. Congress is at least a first step. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 No. 24

news media to reach audiences there and said, is “to show the multicultural nature of publications declining. As regards book Ukrainian Journalists... the stricter permit system for foreign cor- Ukraine” and “to shape the image of publishing, most of the Ukrainian books respondents that was put in place by the Ukraine.” In concluding her remarks, Ms. printed are textbooks, and there are many (Continued from page 4) DNR and LPR authorities. Mr. Bociurkiw Feduschak offered her assistance to jour- more Russian-language books imported academic circles and the American media, pointed out that there are many journalists nalists in covering this major event. into Ukraine than the number of Ukrainian and the result is much disinformation. among the internally displaced persons On Saturday evening, the journalists and books published in the country. The Ukrainian press has a very impor- forced to leave the occupied territories in guests enjoyed dinner prepared by the The speaker went on to comment on the tant role to play in presenting the facts Ukraine’s east, and he noted that invest- Soyuzivka staff, while continuing their dis- state of the Ukrainian language itself, point- about Ukraine and in staking out a political ment will be needed to rehabilitate cussions of current issues that affect their ing out that it has become popular to use position that serves the interests of both destroyed media outlets in that part of the work. Among guests attending were Roma English terms in Ukrainian even when our community and Ukraine, he continued. country. Lisovich, treasurer of the Ukrainian there are appropriate Ukrainian words The Ukrainian diaspora press also serves Both speakers agreed that Ukraine is National Association and the Ukrainian (e.g., handmade, due date, background). In as a crucial link among our communities doing a poor job in projecting a positive National Foundation (an affiliated company addition, he cited statistics on the use of and as a tool to prepare the younger gener- image and said that Ukrainians have to that does charitable work for the UNA), the Ukrainian language in everyday life, in ations of Ukrainians. Mr. Lozynskyj work hard to get Ukraine on the news and Dr. Lubomyr Romankiw, former chief restaurants, etc. He concluded his remarks stressed that we cannot think only about media’s agenda. scout of Plast Ukrainian Scouting by underlining that the Ukrainian language Ukraine, but also about ourselves in the “Two-Way Street: Ukraine-Diaspora” Organization, an IBM Fellow and an induct- must be supported and defended. diaspora, “otherwise we help neither our- was the topic addressed by Daria Dieguts, a ee of the Inventors’ Hall of Fame. The final session of the conference was selves nor Ukraine.” correspondent for the Ukrayina TV channel A special prayer for the victory of truth devoted to the election of officers and dis- On the topic of Russian aggression, he who is based in Washington. She spoke was offered by the Rev. Dr. Ivan Kaszczak, cussion of plans for the UJNA. said the “Ukrainian-Russian war” will never about her work as a U.S.-based journalist pastor of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Recommendations included: having UJNA end – “it will be a hybrid war as long as for a Ukrainian media outlet and pointed to Church in Kerhonkson, N.Y., and the author membership cards; holding meetings via Russia is a neighbor of Ukraine and denies examples of media coverage from the U.S. of several books, including monographs Skype when the situation warrants; and that Ukraine is a separate independent that interest Ukrainian viewers. about Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and continuing the UJNA group page on country.” Appearing via Skype from Toronto, Andy Bishop Soter Ortynsky. A moment of Facebook (which is for members only) and Mr. Kish provided a well-researched sta- Holowaty, producer and host at Radio silence was observed for the late journalist encouraging others to sign on. Conference tistical look at today’s Ukrainian community Kontakt, covered “Internet Resources and Heorhiy Gongadze, who would have cele- participants agreed that the next confer- Social Media Bridges.” He agreed with the in Canada, which is the result of four waves brated his 47th birthday on May 21. ence of Ukrainian Journalists of North assessments of previous presenters that of immigration. According to the 2011 cen- Marco Levytsky, editor of the Edmonton- America will be planned for May 2018, pos- sus, there are 1,251,170 Ukrainians in not enough is being done to get Ukraine’s based Ukrainian News, spoke during the sibly in the Chicago area. Canada and they constitute 3.7 percent of message out. He noted that Ukraine Today dinner, offering his perspective on how the At the conclusion of the business ses- the Canadian population. However, only 5 to is trying to disseminate information about diaspora press engages in advocacy on sion, the outgoing president, Ms. 10 percent of those can be considered Ukraine in English, but it is not having the behalf of Ukrainians and Ukraine, focusing Hadzewycz, thanked Self Reliance New “active Ukrainians.” The speaker went on to success that RT (formerly known as Russia on such past issues as the denaturalization York Federal Credit Union for once again offer a breakdown of the various groups Today) is having. He also commented that and deportation proceedings in Canada being the principal sponsor of the journal- that make up the Ukrainian Canadian com- the English language used by many and current issues of support for Ukraine ists’ conference, noting its longstanding munity, among them nationwide organiza- Ukrainian sources is poor and that turns and sanctions against Russia. He outlined tions, credit unions, youth/scouting organi- away readers. He went on to comment on support of myriad Ukrainian community zations and foundations. the work of such news providers as the efforts of his newspaper, both in terms organizations and projects. Michael Bociurkiw, former spokesper- Press, the UNIAN and of reporting and editorial comments, to She also thanked four other credit son for the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukrinform news services, and others. urge a more pro-active role by the unions – Self Reliance (NJ) Federal Credit Ukraine of the Organization for Security A special guest at the conference was Canadian government. His comments were Union, Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal and Cooperation in Europe, and Stefko Natalia Feduschak, director of communica- echoed by Roma Hadzewycz, who pointed Credit Union, SUMA Federal Credit Union Bandera of CTV’s “W5” news magazine (the tions for Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, who to the work of The Ukrainian Weekly in and Selfreliance Ukrainian American latter participating via Skype) discussed spoke about the work of her organization that vein in the U.S. Federal Credit Union – for sponsoring indi- “Getting the Ukraine Story Out” from their in ensuring dialogue between Ukrainians Sunday’s program included a presenta- vidual conference sessions unique and distinct perspectives. and Jews, as well as plans for this year’s tion on the state of the Ukrainian language, Throughout the three days they were Mr. Bandera underscored that what is 75th anniversary commemoration in Kyiv both here in North America and in Ukraine, together for their conference, the journal- most important in telling Ukraine’s story is of the Babyn Yar massacre. UJE, which is by Stefan Genyk-Berezowsky of Toronto’s ists discussed a variety of topics that con- to speak the truth and to speak in a timely based in the Toronto area, is organizing a Forum TV. He reported that, after the cern them, their media outlets, the manner. He went on to cite a number of non-governmental international commem- Maidan, the Ukrainian language acquired Ukrainian community in North America prevalent perceptions and misperceptions oration that will take place in Kyiv on some prestige and people began to use it and Ukraine. In fact, some of the most of Ukraine and offered some suggestions September 23-29 to remember the tens of more often. However, on the official level, interesting and fruitful discussions on how to counter them. thousands of Jews, Ukrainians, Roma, the situation is entirely different, as there is occurred during the informal get-togethers Mr. Bociurkiw noted the lack of transpar- Soviet prisoners of war and others who no government support for the Ukrainian in the evenings, such as the Friday social ency regarding media ownership in were murdered in 1941 at a ravine on the language. gathering held before the conference’s offi- Ukraine, the fact that stories are sensation- outskirts of Kyiv. The events will include a Mr. Berezowsky said the sad fact is that cial opening, and at mealtimes. alized and the low professionalism of many public symposium, a memorial concert and Ukrainian TV and radio promote For information about the UJNA, readers journalists in Ukraine. Another negative fac- programs for youth. In addition, there will Russification. Only 28 percent of TV broad- may contact: Jurij Klufas, c/o Kontakt tor is that salaries in journalism in Ukraine be an international competition for a land- casts during prime time are in Ukrainian; Ukrainian TV Network, 145 Evans Ave., are low, which leads to job-hopping. scape design for Babyn Yar that aims to on radio, only 3.4 percent of the songs Suite 210, Toronto, ON, M8Z 5X8; or Roma He also spoke of the use of Russian transform it into a historic preservation played are in the Ukrainian language. Hadzewycz, c/o Svoboda and The Ukrainian media in the Donetsk and Luhansk “peo- site and a sacred place of memory. The situation in print journalism is not Weekly, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ ple’s republics,” the inability of Ukrainian The goal of these events, Ms. Feduschak rosy either, with the number of Ukrainian 07054, [email protected].

and drinking irradiated water, living a diffi- first screening took place in the living room tor spoke Ukrainian to the women. Philadelphia... cult rural life with few amenities and pen- of Hanna Zavorotnya, in part so that her dis- Sometimes they responded in Ukrainian, sions that arrive irregularly, sometimes not abled sister could see it. “There were a lot of sometimes in Russian.” She added that (Continued from page 9) for months. But it also shows many joyful tears,” Ms. Morris said. “And ‘thank you for Russian is the language of the zone. to ignore them, or both? The thing is, they and poignant moments, fishing in a stream, telling our stories to the world,’ ” A formal Ukrainian American author Ms. Mycio see their lives and the risks they run decid- visiting the graves of parents and children, premiere in Kyiv followed on May 10. said that she used the spelling “Chernobyl” edly differently.” celebrating holidays, singing and dancing A Philadelphia audience member com- in the title of her book because she consid- The film captures the spirit of these after toasting each other with homemade mented that the situation of these women ers that “it was a Soviet or Russian acci- women and, as one audience member said, vodka. is not known even in Ukraine, much less dent, and there is no reason to Ukrainianize the “power of the love of your own land.” A woman in the audience said, “I see the elsewhere. the name.” She said she uses the spelling Ms. Morris presents the women not as strength of these women, their extreme Both Ms. Morris and Ms. Mycio “Chornobyl” to refer to the town, which is ignorant victims, but as protagonists in resilience and determination. It could make addressed the question of using the word ancient, and added, “You could write a book their own lives who have made a calculated you cry.” “babushkas” and the Russian spelling about ‘Chornobyl’ but Google wouldn’t pick and determined decision about how they The subject of the Chornobyl returnees “Chernobyl” in the film’s title. Ms. Morris it up, so what good would that do?” Many will live. “Every person should live where has been presented before, notably by said they were very aware of the impor- audience members agreed that the lan- their soul desires,” one of them says. “If you Ukrainian American author Irene Zabytko. tance of the language issue from the begin- guage question should not distract from the leave, you die.” Her 2000 novel “The Sky Unwashed” tells ning. They chose the title because they message, and language continues to be And it turns out they may be right, as the story of a woman who defies the Soviet hoped this would be a global story, and debated, both here and in Ukraine. studies now suggest that people who were government’s evacuation of her village and most people would understand “babushka,” “The Babushkas of Chernobyl” has been evacuated are dying earlier than those who returns to her home, displaying the same including English speakers, while they shown at numerous film festivals and has stayed. “People die from anguish,” an expert fierce spirit as the women featured in “The would not know the Ukrainian equivalents won several awards. For upcoming screen- in the film says of those who were forced to Babushkas of Chernobyl.” Ms. Zabytko is (“babas” or “babusi”). She said this was also ings, check the website thebabushkasof- abandon their homes and social networks. also working on her own film. the way the women referred to themselves. chernobyl.com. To organize a screening in The film shows the women eating highly Holly Morris recently returned from The filmmakers’ “official stance” was your area, write to thebabushkasofcher- contaminated food grown in their gardens showing her documentary in Ukraine. The always speaking in Ukrainian. “Our transla- [email protected]. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 19

June 12-17 Savvy Seniors Conference, Soyuzivka Heritage Center, June 19 50th anniversary, Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Kerhonkson, NY Ukrainian National Association, [email protected] Kerhonkson, NY Church, 845-626-2864 or www.holytrinityny.org

June 15 Film screening, “I am Ukrainian,” Ukrainian National June 19 Father’s Day soccer and barbecue, Victoria Manalo Ottawa Federation, Embassy of Ukraine, [email protected] San Francisco Draves Park, St. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox Church, www.stmichaeluocsf.org or 415-861-4066 June 16 U.S.-Ukraine Working Group Summit IV, Center for U.S.- Washington Ukrainian Relations, Washington Club, June 19 Father’s Day Festival, Ukrainian American Sports Center www.usukrainianrelations.org Horsham, PA , www.tryzub.org or 267-644-3857

June 16 Book presentation by Lesia Daria, “Forty One,” Carpe June 20 Canada-Ukraine Business Forum, Canada-Ukraine Chamber Whippany, NJ Diem Club, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Toronto of Commerce, http://forum.cucc.ca/registration.html Jersey, [email protected] or 973-590-8026 June 24 Kaleidoscope of Ukrainian Dance, Cheremosh Ukrainian June 17 Pub Night fundraiser, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Edmonton Dance Company and the Syzokryli Ukrainian Dance Syracuse, NY Catholic Church, Syracuse Ukrainian National Home, Ensemble, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 315-478-9272 www.kaleidoscopeofdance.com/tickets

June 17-19 Ukrainian Heritage Festival, St. Michael Ukrainian June 25 Kaleidoscope of Ukrainian Dance, Cheremosh Ukrainian Yonkers, NY Catholic Church, www.yonkersukrainianfestival.org Saskatoon Dance Company and the Syzokryli Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, TCU Place, with after party featuring Zirka, June 17-19 U.S. Open Cup Championship soccer tournament, www.kaleidoscopeofdance.com/tickets Horsham, PA Ukrainian American Sports Center Tryzub, www.tryzub.org June 25-26 USCAK Tennis Tournament, Soyuzivka Heritage Center, June 18 Steven Howansky Memorial Soccer Tournament, Kerhonkson, NY www.soyuzivka.com Yonkers, NY Ukrainian American Youth Association, Yonkers Ukrainian Festival, Flemming Field, June 25-26 Lemko Vatra, Organization for the Defense of Lemko [email protected] or 917-678-4168 Ellenville, NY West Ukraine, Ukrainian American Youth Association camp, www.cym.org/us-ellenville June 18 Film festival screening, “The Tribe (Plemya)” by New York Myroslav Shlaboshpytskiy, The Ukrainian Museum, July 8-10 Ukrainian Cultural Festival, Soyuzivka Heritage Center, 212-228-0110 or www.ukrainianmuseum.org Kerhonkson, NY www.soyuzivka.com June 18 Table tennis tournament, Ukrainian American Youth Palatine, IL Association, [email protected] or http://cym.org/us-palatine Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions June 18 Mississauga Ukrainian Festival, Celebration Square, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Mississauga, ON www.ukrainianfestival.com/MississaugaFestival.htm and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. Holodomor being highlighted at scholarly conferences in Ukraine, Canada

HREC cal destruction of the carriers of those organizations of the Canadian Federation the Canadian press about the desperate holding ‘hostile’ views to the Soviet state.” for the Humanities and Social Sciences. attempts of peasants to escape Soviet TORONTO – Recently scholarly confer- Bohdan Klid, director of research for Prof. Andriewsky discussed the “hidden Ukraine, including a report in The Toronto ences held in Lviv and in Calgary, Alberta, HREC and assistant director of the transcript” on the Holodomor in the Star in February 1932 that 40 Ukrainians feature panels on the Holodomor organized Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Harvard Project on the Soviet social system had been shot by Soviet frontier guards- by the Holodomor Research and Education (CIUS) at the University of Alberta, will and what the Harvard Project reveals about men while attempting to swim across the Consortium (HREC). speak on “Collectivization and the the place of the Holodomor in early U.S. river into Romania to flee, the newspaper HREC has organized a panel that will Holodomor in Ukrainian Émigré Memoirs Cold War thinking. Her presentation was said, “an impending famine.” examine the role of demonization and the and Testimonies of the late 1940s-early titled “Missing the Past: The Holodomor Panel organizer Dr. Klid discussed writ- “othering” of Ukrainians in the context of 1950s,” focusing on memoirs held at the and the Foundation of Soviet Studies in the ings, some still unpublished, on collectiv- the Holodomor at the conference of the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Center West.” According to Prof. Andriewsky, “The ization and the Famine, including attempts Association for Slavic, East European and (Oseredok) archive in Winnipeg, Manitoba. interviews contain a wealth of information of Ukrainian refugees to analyze the trau- Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) on June 26 in “These are valuable first-hand accounts of about de-kulakization, collectivization and matic events, in his presentation “Early Lviv at the Ukrainian Catholic University. life under Soviet rule, including descrip- the Holodomor from a range of individuals Assessments of Collectivization and the ASEEES is an international organization tions of the turbulent and tragic Stalinist who experienced these events as adults in a Holodomor in Memoirs and other Writings with more than 3,000 members that sup- period, assessments of collectivization, and large variety of social and institutional set- of Ukrainian Refugees in the Late 1940s ports teaching, research and publication observations on the 1932–1933 famine in tings.” and Early 1950s.” Dr. Klid looked at the related to Central Asia, the Caucasus, Ukraine,” Dr. Klid said. Serge Cipko presented his paper “Flight questions that most occupied the refugees, Russia and Eastern Europe. The panel, In her paper “Lost Voices: The across the Dnister: Attempted Crossings how they arrived at their conclusions, and titled “Images of ‘the Enemy’ and the Holodomor in the First Years of the Cold from the USSR to Romania in 1932-1934,” the terms they used to describe the events National Interpretation of De-Kulakization War,” Olga Andriewsky, associate professor based on his research on the Holodomor as they witnessed. and the Holodomor in Ukraine in the Department of History at Trent covered in the Canadian press, Ukrainian- The panel was chaired by Zenon Kohut, (1920s-1950s),” will focus on three distinct University, will discuss the Harvard Project language periodicals published abroad and former director of CIUS. Andrij Makuch, collections of primary sources on the 1928- on the Soviet Social System, a research other sources. He discussed stories that associate director of research at HREC, 1933 period in Ukraine. project based on 705 interviews conducted appeared in the early months of 1932 in served as discussant. Liudmyla Hrynevych, director of the with refugees from the USSR during the Holodomor Research and Education Center early years of the Cold War, and what the in Kyiv, will examine “Mechanisms of Mass interviews tell us about the extent to which protected by someone in Russia’s Federal Killings: Constructing the ‘Image of the the notion of a “Ukrainian” famine was The unraveling... Security Service (FSB). Enemy’ in Soviet Political Caricature (late accepted in the USSR in the 1930s by “The Russian World that I dreamed of, 1920s-early 1930s).” Her presentation will Ukrainians as well as non-Ukrainians. (Continued from page 3) that the people of Crimea expected, that the focus on the meanings of codes imbedded Marta Baziuk, executive director of volunteers who died in Donbas believed in, in Soviet political caricatures that con- HREC, will chair the panel. Aleksandr himself continued working in Crimea, although corruption flourished crumbled into dust before my very eyes,” structed images of “the enemy” – the Earlier, the HREC organized the panel he recalled. “kulak,” the “Petliurite” and the priest. “Refugees and the Famine of 1932-1933 in from the beginning, when it became clear According to Dr. Hrynevych, who is a Ukraine: Accounts of Flight, Early that the region’s tourism-driven economy RFE/RL correspondent Robert Coalson senior research associate at the Institute of Testimonies, Memoirs and Other Writings had been hit hard. He said criminals and contributed to this report. the History of Ukraine at the National (1930s-1950s)” held May 31 at the confer- corrupt officials were making good money Copyright 2016, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted Academy of Sciences, “In their demoniza- ence of the Canadian Association of Slavists smuggling sanctioned goods from the with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ tion and dehumanization, Soviet propagan- (CAS), the major Canadian professional European Union across the Kerch Strait Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, da not only created a specific psychological organization in Slavic studies. The confer- into Russia as “aid for refugees.” Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see context but also prepared the way for mass ence, held at the University of Calgary, was He left Crimea after a run-in with one http://www.rferl.org/content/unraveling- repressions in Ukraine, including the physi- part of a larger gathering of 69 member such smuggling operation that he said was moscow-novorossia-dream/27772641.html). 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 No. 24

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Friday, June 3-Sunday, June 19 Federal Savings Bank Inc. The Ukrainian NEW YORK: Yara Arts Group’s new theater National Museum is located at 2249 W. piece, “Dark Night Bright Stars,” is set in Superior St., Chicago, IL 60612. Hours: 1858 when the Ukrainian poet Taras Thursday-Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shevchenko, set free after 10 years’ impris- Admission is $5 for adults. For additional onment, meets the great African American information: visit www.ukrainiannational- actor Ira Aldridge and draws his portrait. museum.org, call 312-421-8020 or e-mail The theater piece is by Virlana Tkacz, Jeremy [email protected]. Tardy and Yara Arts Group with Sean Eden, Sunday, June 19 Maria Pleskevich, Jeremy Tardy, Barak and Shona Tucker, and music by Julian Kytasty. HORSHAM, Pa.: The popular Father’s Day Performances are on Thursdays, Fridays and Ukrainian Fest will commence at 1 p.m., at Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. “Tryzubivka” (Ukrainian American Sports at La MaMa Experimental Theater, 74 E. Center, County Line and Lower State roads). Fourth St. Admission is $18; $13 for seniors A 2 p.m. stage show will feature the Voloshky and students. For tickets call 646-430-5374 School of Ukrainian Dance, Chervoni Maky or visit lamama.org/dark_night/. School of Ukrainian Dance, Karpaty Orchestra and singers, Sophia Pitula, Anya Friday, June 10-Sunday, August 28 Melnychuk and Dianna Savchyn. A zabava- CHICAGO: The Ukrainian National Museum dance to the tunes of the orchestra will fol- is proud to present “Embroidery: The Road low. There will be plentiful Ukrainian home- to Victory,” a new exhibit that celebrates the made foods and baked goods, picnic fare and efforts of Ukrainians throughout history by cool refreshments. Enjoy the U.S. Adult showcasing a bountiful and unmatched col- Soccer Association’s Region One U.S. Open lection of authentic men’s vyshyvanky. The Cup and U.S. Amateur Cup (U.S. national exhibit opening is on Friday, June 10, at 7 championship quarterfinals) throughout the p.m.; admission is $10. In addition to the afternoon. There is free admission and park- embroidery, the museum will feature a map ing to all venues. For information call 267- of Ukraine made up of embroidery from 664-3857 or e-mail [email protected]. each of its regions. The exhibit is sponsored Website: www.tryzub.org; Facebook: Tryzub by The Heritage Foundation of First Security UkrainianClub.

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