Inside: l Guilty verdict for killer of abusive police chief – page 3 l Ukrainian Journalists of North America meet – page 4 l A preview: Soyuzivka’s Ukrainian Cultural Festival – page 5

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXX No. 27-28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 $1/$2 in Ukraine Ukraine at Euro 2012: Yushchenko announces plans for new political party Another near miss by Zenon Zawada Special to The Ukrainian Weekly and Sheva’s next move KYIV – Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko was known for repeatedly saying that he hates politics, cre- by Ihor N. Stelmach ating the impression that he was doing it for a higher cause in spite of its dirtier moments. SOUTH WINSOR, Conn. – Ukrainian soccer fans Yet even at his political nadir, Mr. Yushchenko still can’t got that sinking feeling all over again when the game seem to tear away from what he hates so much. At a June 26 officials ruled Marko Devic’s shot against England did not cross the goal line. The goal would have press conference, he announced that he is launching a new evened their final Euro 2012 Group D match at 1-1 political party to compete in the October 28 parliamentary and possibly inspired a comeback win for the co- elections, defying polls that indicate it has no chance to qualify. hosts, resulting in a quarterfinal match versus Italy. “One thing burns my soul – looking at the political mosa- After all, it had happened before, when Andriy ic, it may happen that a Ukrainian national democratic party Shevchenko’s double header brought Ukraine back won’t emerge in Ukrainian politics for the first time in 20 from the seemingly dead to grab a come-from- years. I am sad about that, and I am convinced that this situ- behind 2-1 win over Sweden in the tournament’s ation needs to be changed,” Mr. Yushchenko said, ignoring initial contest. Devic’s effort was disallowed, and the the popular Batkivshchyna party, a member of the center- hosts were deflated and offensively challenged the right European People’s Party. Vladimir Gontar/UNIAN rest of the way. The 1-0 defeat eliminated Ukraine He also ignored the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Speaking at a press conference on June 26, Viktor from the tournament and continued a rather Reform (UDAR) party led by boxing champion Vitali Yushchenko announces his plans for a new political party. depressing trend in the country’s short soccer histo- Klitshcko, which is expected to qualify for Parliament and has that only a Ukrainian platform could consolidate Ukrainian ry. also applied for membership in the European People’s Party. society, including the east and west, and start the process of Near misses have been a regular result since Mr. Yushchenko added, “My primary goal is to bring a bringing solidarity to the Ukrainian nation as it is.” 1992, when a newly independent Ukraine, playing patriotic party into Ukrainian politics. I think there are mil- in its national colors, lost 3-1 to Hungary in their lions of Ukrainians who are not indifferent, who understand (Continued on page 22) first international match as an independent country. The backbone of the old Soviet Union squad for years looked ahead to fielding its own squad. A dom- inant Dynamo Kyiv, winning 13 domestic titles in 17 Ukrainian National Credit Union Association years and regularly qualifying for Champions League group stages, could not deliver on the inter- national stage. holds 31st annual meeting in Washington Three different times Ukraine fell at the final hur- by Orysia Burdiak and undivided earnings totaling $383 million. It is these dle, missing out on major tournaments. The team assets that allow credit unions today to be one of the pillars lost to Croatia and Germany, respectively, in the WASHINGTON – The Ukrainian National Credit Union of Ukrainian community life in the United States. 1998 and 2002 World Cup playoffs, then failed to Association (UNCUA) held its 31st annual meeting on June Before the business sessions got under way, on Thursday reach the Euro 2000 after a loss to Slovenia. 7-9 in Washington. Forty participants representing 14 evening the delegates – representing credit unions in New In the 2006 World Cup Ukraine made it, but came Ukrainian American credit unions gathered at the Four York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, up short when Maxim Kalinichenko hit the post Points Sheraton to hear presentations on current issues fac- Connecticut and Maryland – attended a reception at the twice in a 2-0 quarterfinal loss to Italy. This was the ing credit unions and to elect a new board of directors. hotel, during which they had the opportunity to network team’s sole appearance at a major tournament before UNCUA Chair Bohdan Kurczak reported to the meeting and socialize. getting co-hosting designation for the Euro 2012. that, as of December 31, 2011, assets of the UNCUA’s 15 For a nation that has managed to produce such member-credit unions totaled $2.520 billion, with reserves (Continued on page 22) gifted players like Shevchenko, Serhiy Rebrov and Andriy Voronin, the return has been less than boun- tiful. Ukraine’s Euro 2012 dream ended abruptly in Donetsk, where the team has not won in seven tries. The erroneous decision by the referees gave the players and fans a perfect scapegoat – there was no need to put the blame on the coach or the players for their premature exit. Ukrainian football fans now must wait until September 11 for their next international game, their first World Cup Group H qualifier at Wembley Stadium – a soccer showdown against England that promises to be the ultimate revenge match. Shevchenko announces international retirement The 1-0 loss to England in Ukraine’s final Group D match was Andriy Shevchenko’s 111th cap. The 35-year-old striker announced he has retired from Courtesy of Esteban Kaczurak (Continued on page 9) Participants of the annual meeting of the Ukrainian National Credit Union Association held in Washington on June 7-9. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 No. 27-28

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Ukraine reveals ambitious plans Gongadze case headed to European court issues that at the international level will ensure accelerated progress in Ukrainian- KYIV – The widow of murdered Russian relations,” the prime minister said. to cut dependence on Russian gas Ukrainian journalist Heorhii Gongadze He added that, as a result of the negotia- plans to appeal to the European Court of ment reached with Germany’s RWE last tions, several bilateral documents are by Oleg Varfolomeyev Human Rights after a top Ukrainian court month. He said Ukraine considered import- expected to be signed. (Ukrinform) Eurasia Daily Monitor cleared former President Leonid Kuchma of ing gas from even as far as the United playing a role in the journalist’s murder Ukraine’s finance minister visits U.S. Ukraine’s Energy Ministry has come up States. Another option would be to resume more than a decade ago. Valentyna with amendments to the National Energy gas imports from Turkmenistan, but this Telychenko, a lawyer representing the jour- KYIV – Washington praises and is ready Strategy, according to which gas imports would require Russia’s agreement to use its nalist’s widow, said Myroslava Gongadze to support the reforms undertaken by will decline from 40 billion cubic meters pipelines, he added (Ukrayinska Pravda, would take the case to the Strasbourg-based Ukraine’s authorities in the economic and (bcm) last year to as little as 5 bcm in 2030. June 11). European human rights court. Ukraine’s financial sectors, according to Ukrainian Domestic gas consumption is expected to Meanwhile, national projects chief Higher Special Court on June 26 upheld a Finance Minister Yurii Kolobov, who is on a decline less steeply from 57 bcm in 2010 to Vladislav Kaskiv has confirmed the inten- lower court decision to drop charges against working visit to the United States. He told 49 bcm in 2030. The ministry hopes to tion to build an LNG terminal near Odesa. Mr. Kuchma. Heorhii Gongadze, an investiga- reporters on June 27, “We see that they are more than double gas extraction to 44 bcm He said Ukraine would hold 25 percent tive journalist, disappeared in September committed to supporting us. They see a in the meantime, but domestic extraction is plus one share in the project (UNIAN, June 2000. His headless body was found two positive movement in our reforms.” On the projected to go up steeply only after 2020 12). The government hopes that the termi- months later. Mr. Kuchma, who was presi- first day of his visit to the United States, Mr. (mpe.kmu.gov.ua, June 11). nal would process 10 bcm of gas per dent from 1994 to 2005, was charged with Kolobov met with U.S. Department of the Before then, Ukraine will have to rely on annum from 2016 on. However, there is no exceeding his authority in issuing orders to Treasury Undersecretary for International imports, but the government recently certainty about suppliers. Talks with his subordinates that ultimately led to Affairs Lael Brainard and participated in stepped up efforts to diversify them so that Azerbaijan have apparently stalled while Gongadze’s killing. Mr. Kuchma denies any working consultations with representatives less gas should be imported from Russia, Ukraine launched talks with Turkey on involvement in the murder. (Interfax, RFE/ of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). whose average gas price for Ukraine is LNG deliveries from Qatar. But Turkey is RL Ukrainian Service) Mr. Kolobov said that among the main topics expected to reach $440 per 1,000 cubic reluctant to allow tankers with LNG for discussed by the two sides were Ukraine’s meters of gas this year, up from $416 in the Ukraine to pass through its straits to the Ukraine ready for joint projects with Russia fiscal policy, the country’s ability to comply first quarter. Black Sea. Another opportunity for Ukraine with the figures of the budget deficit and KYIV – Ukraine is set for the implementa- debt refinancing, as well as reform of the Ukraine has lately been in talks to diver- is to receive Azerbaijani gas from Turkey tion of joint integration projects with the gas sector. When asked whether there was a sify gas imports with Azerbaijan, with the help of the Trans-Anatolian pipe- Russian Federation, Prime Minister Mykola political factor during the discussions, the Germany’s RWE, Poland, Qatar, Turkey and line, in which Ukraine wants to participate Azarov said at a government meeting on minister said: “Absolutely not. There were Turkmenistan. Prime Minister Mykola (Interfax-Ukraine, June 5). June 27. “The Ukrainian side is disposed to no questions with political overtones. And Azarov told representatives from the Last month, Ukraine chose Shell and the implementation of mutually beneficial we were discussing purely economic and European Bank for Reconstruction and Chevron to develop its shale gas fields (see joint integration projects with Russian part- financial topics,” he said. On June 27, the Development (EBRD) that Ukraine planned Eurasia Daily Monitor, May 22). It should ners in nuclear power industry, aircraft engi- Ukrainian finance minister was scheduled to buy Qatari gas from neighboring Poland. be possible to extract 6-11 bcm of shale gas neering, ship- and machine-building, the to meet with the vice-president of the He said Poland would start receiving more per annum by 2030, according to the rocket and space sector, and so forth,” the World Bank and visit the IMF. (Ukrinform) gas than it needs from Qatar at its new liq- Energy Strategy. However, shale gas extrac- head of government said. According to him, uefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in two tion will start no earlier than 2016-2020 this will be discussed at the ninth meeting of UESU trial to resume on July 10 year’s time, so Ukraine asked Qatar and and only if enough gas is found in the the Committee on Economic Cooperation of KYIV – Since former Prime Minister Yulia Poland to sell it the excess gas. Mr. Azarov deposits, which is still to be confirmed by the Ukrainian-Russian Interstate Commission, Tymoshenko again refused to attend a court asked the EBRD for a loan to upgrade a Shell and Chevron. Ukraine pins its hopes chaired by the prime ministers of both coun- hearing of the case involving United Energy pipeline that links Ukraine to Poland to also on its Black Sea deposits, which are yet tries. The heads of governments will also Systems of Ukraine (UESU), it was decided receive that gas (RIA Novosti, June 7). to be explored. The country has no money consider the question of deepening coopera- to conduct a forensic medical examination Kommersant-Ukraine reported on June or technologies for deep drilling, so oppor- tion in transport, as well as in interregional that will determine her condition and abili- and border areas. Mr. Azarov said that 8, citing a source from the national oil and tunities arise for more foreign investors. ty to participate in the trial. The next court Russia is one of the main trade partners of gas company Naftohaz Ukrainy, that Poland On May 29, Kyiv came up with condi- hearing on the case will be held on July 10. Ukraine, and the trade turnover between the preliminarily agreed to sell up to 3 bcm of tions for production-sharing agreements A judge of the Kyivsky District Court of two countries is increasing. In the first quar- Qatari gas to Ukraine. This gas will be 10 to on two deep, offshore gas blocks in the Kharkiv, Kostiantyn Sadovsky, announced ter of this year Ukrainian exports to Russia 15 percent cheaper than gas from Russia, Black Sea, Scythian and Foros. Investors this on June 25 while closing the day’s court increased by 8.2 percent due to the supply according to the source (kommersant.ua, will be chosen later this summer. The gov- session. “Since March 29, when the hearing June 8). ernment believes it will be possible to of machinery, metallurgical and other Mr. Azarov also told the EBRD that extract 5-7 bcm of gas from the two fields goods. “Our experts worked out a range of (Continued on page 16) Ukraine could start buying some gas from per annum. Italy’s Eni reportedly expressed Germany at lower prices than from Russia. interest in the Scythian field (Kommersant- Energy Minister Yurii Boiko specified in a Ukraine, May 30). Mr. Azarov met with recent interview that Ukraine might import he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 some 5 bcm of gas, according to an agree- (Continued on page 8) T U W An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Yearly subscription rate: $65; for UNA members — $55. 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Symonenko was drunk (this denied by prosecutors and KYIV – Vitaliy Zaporozhets, the 34-year- the court), allegedly badgering visitors to a old lawyer who murdered a police chief café and humiliating them, which drew an that allegedly terrorized a Kyiv Oblast vil- admonition from Mr. Zaporozhets (whom lage, was found guilty on June 27. He was the court alleged to be drunk). sentenced to 14 years’ incarceration and In reaction, the police chief beat Mr. ordered to pay damages to the family of Zaporozhets and broke his hand, before Maj. Mykola Symonenko, who broke his allegedly threatening to have him rotting hand the night of the killing. behind bars. Chants of “Hanba!” (Shame) and “Bandu Mr. Zaporozhets became enraged by the het!” (Out with the gang) from about 100 humiliation. He went home, retrieved his protesters outside filled the courtroom in hunting rifle and returned to the café to the city of Brovary as the verdict was read shoot Maj. Symonenko in the stomach, who by Judge Tamara Mikhiyenkova. The pro- bled to death for an hour and a half at the testers attempted to block the paddywagon bar, according to witnesses. from transporting Mr. Zaporozhets to pris- The incident ignited a catharsis for vil- on. lage residents, who began testifying to Dozens of helmeted police pushed them Olena Bilozerska beatings at the hands of Maj. Symonenko, back and ignited a brawl in which bottles who also allegedly engaged in extortion Vitaliy Zaporozhets in the courtroom in Brovary, Kyiv Oblast. and eggs were thrown; several protesters and sheltered lawless businessmen and were arrested. The first paddywagon was a scum because nothing can be done to The verdict, just short of the 15 years officials. decoy for a second vehicle carrying Mr. change him. Fourteen years for what? For requested by prosecutors, was intended to Subsequently, the district court held Zaporozhets. Protesters tried again to two years of abuse, four years of abuse intimidate the Ukrainian public, trial what reporters described as a standard block it, only to be thwarted by police wav- against a village? One hero emerged out of observers said. The murdered officer’s wife Soviet show trial, painting Maj. Symonenko ing their clubs. a million swine herders who said, ‘Enough was awarded $18,750 in punitive damages as a blameless victim, while depicting Mr. “At last our longed-for hero emerged, already. Not anymore.’ ” despite allegedly not having lived with him Zaporozhets, as the judge said in her ver- Zaporozhets, who did what we all dream The case of Mr. Zaporozhets, which has for months leading up to the September 4, dict, as suffering from “susceptible narcis- about but don’t have the strength to do,” received much media attention in Ukraine, 2011, incident. sism.” Mykola Kokhanivskyi, chair of the has come to exemplify the helplessness “They want to show us all that they gave Ukraine doesn’t have a trial by jury sys- Committee to Free Political Prisoners, said average Ukrainians feel under an authori- him 14 years. Now be silent you serfs, be tem. in a speech to supporters outside the court- tarian government that rejects the rule of silent you slaves, because you’ll sit in pris- The police chief’s wife, Iryna, testified house. law and allows the police to brutalize the on too,” Mr. Kokhanivskyi told the crowd, that he rarely came home drunk. Yet, “Today we have the example of how to innocent and indulge in crimes of their sentiments that were echoed by leading become a hero. It’s not hard really – kill the own. Ukrainian journalists. (Continued on page 10) Freedom House MUST READS In “Ukraine is Falling Behind Affairs website. See http://www.worldaf- West would ignore democracy problems downgrades Ukraine Moldova, Georgia and Armenia in fairsjournal.org/blog/alexander-j-motyl/ and embrace Ukraine, for fear that Kyiv European• Integration” (Eurasia Daily urban-politics-and-regionnaire-corrup- otherwise would fall into Moscow’s on press freedom Monitor, June 26), Dr. Taras Kuzio cites tion-ukraine. orbit.” The op-ed originally appeared in NEW YORK – Freedom House’s annual the European Union’s second Eastern the Russian-language Ukrainian weekly index on “Freedom of the Press” has Partnership Integration Index (EPII) “Ukraine, Geopolitics and Korrespondent. The English text of his reported that media freedom around the report, which notes that Ukraine is mov- Miscalculation” (June 1), Ambassador submission was published on the globe continues to decline; it found that ing “away from its one-time status as the Steven• In Pifer writes: “Two years into his Brookings Institution website. See only 14.5 percent of the world’s population ENP [European Neighborhood Policy] presidency, Viktor Yanukovych’s pro- http://www.brookings.edu/research/ live in environments where there is free- poster child.” Dr. Kuzio goes on to fessed foreign policy of balancing articles/2012/06/01-ukraine-russia- dom of the press. report: “According to the EPII, Moldova is Ukraine’s relations with the West and pifer. The “Freedom of the Press” index ana- the ‘most willing reformer,’ with Georgia Russia appears to lie in shambles. The lyzes countries annually on the extent of ranked poor on democracy but good in European Union has frozen signature of “Racism and Xenophobia in freedom a country has to print, broadcast other reforms. Ukraine’s democratic and the association agreement and free trade Ukraine during Euro 2012” (Eurasia and use the Internet. Countries are exam- business climate rankings are falling even arrangement. He had to cancel his Daily• In Monitor, June 11), Dr. Taras Kuzio ined based on three categories: legal, politi- in comparison with Armenia. Moldova, Central European summit in Yalta notes: “Western prejudice toward the cal and economic. The ratings are on a Georgia and Armenia are ranked better because most of the invitees declined to ‘East,’ expressed as concern over racism, scale from 0 (most free) to 100 (not free) than Ukraine in market economic attend, and NATO leaders in Chicago dis- has a long history and leads to Ukraine and are broken up into free, partly free, or reforms, fighting corruption and the inde- played little desire for bilateral meetings not being perceived as ‘European’ in not free. pendence of the judiciary. Ukraine is the with him. Meanwhile, Moscow shows no Germany and elsewhere in Western For 2012, 66 countries were rated free, only Eastern Partnership country where interest in granting Kyiv’s most fervent Europe. Although racism and anti-Semi- 72 countries were rated partly free, and 59 the business climate has declined.” See request – a lower price for natural gas – tism is, according to evidence collected by were not free. http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_ unless Ukraine surrenders control of its the East Europe Monitoring Center and While the improvements in the Arab cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D gas transport system or joins the as shown in the BBC Panorama program, world were the most significant results of =39541&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D Customs Union, the latter of which would more prevalent in Poland than Ukraine, it this index, attention was also brought to =587. kill the EU free trade arrangement.” The is the latter that has borne the brunt of the deterioration of media freedom in former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Western prejudice. Nobody doubts countries such as China and in some partly “Urban Politics and Regionnaire explains that, “Over the past two years, Poland’s European credentials, while free countries, including Ecuador, Corruption in Ukraine” (June 15), Prof. the president repeatedly stated that his Ukraine was described in May alongside Macedonia, Malawi, Uganda and Ukraine. Alexander• In J. Motyl notes that two recent priority foreign policy objective was to Belarus as a ‘dictatorship’ by German Freedom House has downgraded studies cast an interesting light on urban bring Ukraine closer to, and eventually Chancellor Angela Merkel.” The political Ukraine from 56 to 59 due to media con- trol. According to the report, “Many nation- life and Party of Regions policy in into, the European Union. But democratic scientist adds: “Stereotypical attitudes al media council members are loyal to gov- Ukraine: most of the cities they misrule regression and selective prosecution of toward Ukraine have sharpened since ernment official and media tycoon Valery are sorely neglected slums, while the only opposition leaders, such as Yulia 2011 after the sentencing of Yulia Khoroshkovsky, and media owners increas- two that matter to them politically – Tymoshenko, have stymied Kyiv’s efforts Tymoshenko and since April when pic- ingly face political pressure regarding con- Donetsk and Luhansk – are recipients of to improve its ties with Europe and pose tures were widely circulated of bruises tent.” government largesse. “As it turns out, an obstacle to Ukraine’s relations with on her body allegedly committed by pris- At a rating of 59, Ukraine remains at President Viktor Yanukovych’s Party of the United States. Mr. Yanukovych miscal- on guards. Selective use of justice and partly free; anything above 60 is consid- Regions would be better termed the culated. He assumed that he could pur- democratic regression in general deepen ered not free. Both Ukraine and the new Party of Two Cities,” he writes. “The sue political repression at home and perceptions in Brussels and Washington country of South Sudan had ratings of 59, Regionnaire-run cities that do relatively nonetheless enjoy good relations with that Ukraine is not a member of the ranking them 130th globally. Russia is well are all large; the provincial cities the West.” The president’s position may European family of nations.” See http:// ranked 172nd with a rating of 80. In com- they misrule are all in the dumps.” The be due to an inflated view of Ukraine’s www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache parison, the United States is rated free and article appears on Prof. Motyl’s blog geopolitical importance to Europe and =1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=39472& ranked 22nd; Canada is rated free and “Ukraine’s Orange Blues” on the World the U.S., leading to the belief “that the tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=587. ranked 25. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 No. 27-28

Ukrainian Journalists of North America gather at conference at Soyuzivka

by Roma Hadzewycz ly important in countries ravaged by war and Jurij Klufas and civic unrest. He cited the example of Olena Bilozerska, a top blogger in Ukraine, KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The professional and said that while traditional media are organization Ukrainian Journalists of North declining, blogging will continue to grow America (UJNA) held its second International worldwide. Ukrainian Media Congress on May 19-20 Mr. Levytsky, editor-in-chief of the here at the Soyuzivka Heritage Center. Edmonton-based Ukrainian News, The event brought together a group of broached the subject of the lack of ethics in journalists from the United States and modern journalism, commenting that he Canada who represented various news has seen a marked decline in ethics since media outlets – including Svoboda and The the 1970s. He also pointed to such deleteri- Ukrainian Weekly of Parsippany, N.J., ous developments as trivialization of the America of Philadelphia, Kontakt Ukrainian news, whereby gossip today is presented TV Network of Toronto, Ukrainian News of as more important than the news and the Edmonton, Alberta, The New Pathway of public is presented not what it needs to Toronto and Nasha Doroha of Saskatchewan know, but what it is perceived it wants to – and free-lance writers, as well as speak- know. ers on a range of topics that affect the Mr. Levytsky cited several salient exam- Ukrainian community and journalism. Roma Hadzewycz ples of the lack of ethics in journalism, such Elected to head the UJNA for the next Some of the participants of the conference of Ukrainian Journalists of North America as the wholesale slander of the Ukrainian two years were: Roma Hadzewycz during a discussion on ethics in media. community during denaturalization and (Morristown, N.J.), president; Ihor Dlaboha tions. Mr. Lozynskyj spoke about the chang- ments in China, Russia and even Ukraine, deportation proceedings in Canada, the (Fort Lee, N.J.), vice-president, United portrayal of those who questioned the pro- States; Marco Levytsky (Edmonton), vice- ing structure of the Ukrainian American where websites have been known to be community and the crucial role now played down for days at a time, news webpages cedures used as “anti-Semites,” the false president, western Canada; Walter Kish depiction of the late John Demjanjuk as a (Oshawa, Ontario), vice-president, eastern by Ukrainian credit unions. have been removed and there have been He emphasized the need for the com- cellphone and Internet blackouts. He Nazi, and numerous stories about “Nazi Canada; Oksana Bashuk Hepburn (Ottawa), war criminals” in cases where there were vice-president, NGO relations; and Jurij munity to take inventory of its assets dur- warned that, with the parliamentary elec- ing this critical time in its history when one tions approaching, such incidents could no filings of criminal charges, only civil Klufas, immediate past president. charges. The UJNA had been restructured at its generation is being replaced by another. As become more frequent in Ukraine. Mr. Kish, columnist for The New last conference, held in 2009 at Soyuzivka, existing organizations are being liquidated, Another current topic was addressed by Pathway, then gave an informative and based on the model of previous associa- Mr. Lozynskyj stated, it is important to Mr. Dlaboha, editor of the e-newsletter entertaining presentation of “Ukraine by tions of Ukrainian journalists in the United ensure that the assets of these organiza- “The Torn Curtain,” who spoke about blog- the Numbers,” a statistical look at Ukraine. States and Canada. tions are not lost to the greater community. ging, “the new journalism.” Blogging, he Perhaps most notable was the information The 2012 conference’s keynote speaker It is also important for national organiza- said, can be described as guerrilla journal- about the catastrophic demographic was Yuriy Lukanov of Kyiv, president of the tions to know what assets are owned by ism because it gives all a chance to speak Independent Media Association in Ukraine their branches and to see to it that these without the needs for funds, specialized decline in Ukraine: the country ranks and one of the country’s best-known jour- assets ultimately are owned by their knowledge, an editor or a publisher. This 197th in the world in terms of the birth nalists, who spoke on the topic “What’s national bodies. type of journalism, though it is becoming rate (9.6 per 1,000 population) and third in really happening in Ukraine? A journalist’s Appearing via Skype from Toronto, more accepted, is not fully respected, he terms of the death rate (15.8 per 1,000), as view.” Walter Derzko, executive director of the added. a result of which Ukraine now has a nega- First on the conference agenda on Strategic Foresight Institute, a recently Mr. Dlaboha gave a brief history of the tive population growth (-0.625 percent). Saturday morning, May 19, was a presenta- established think tank, and a columnist for development of blogging, beginning his The North American journalists’ col- tion by Askold Lozynskyj, a lawyer, com- The New Pathway, spoke about the capabil- narrative with a reference to the world’s league from Kyiv, Mr. Lukanov, provided munity activist and former president of the ities of hackers and the dangers posed by first citizen journalist, Philippides, the dis- sobering information about developments Ukrainian World Congress and the governments that want to control the flow patch runner who ran from Marathon to in Ukraine, where he said the regime wants Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, of information and intercept Internet data Athens bearing news of the Greek victory to control the message and where attacks as well as a commentator whose op-ed traffic. over Persia, and pointing out that today’s on journalists occur with some regularity. pieces appear in various Ukrainian publica- Mr. Derzko pointed to recent develop- citizen journalists – bloggers – are especial- (Continued on page 20)

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The festival runs from Friday to Sunday and features an evening show on Friday night and two shows on Saturday, one in the early afternoon followed by the main program scheduled for 7:30 pm. There will also be concerts in the Veselka Hall throughout the weekend. Ruslana will perform for a benefit con- cert joined by Peter Yarrow of the legend- ary Peter, Paul and Mary at Saturday night’s concert. This year the festival’s success is extremely critical, being that the festival is Soyuzivka’s main fund-raising event. The oil spill of 2011 has increased expenses by over $800,000 and Soyuzivka needs com- Ruslana munity support to offset these tremendous costs. In 2009 Ruslana headlined the third the Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Dance Ukrainian music, will be playing at the Ruslana, the award-winning singer, annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival at Workshop, whose home is at Soyuzivka, to “zabavy” (dances) on Friday and Saturday songwriter, producer, conductor and pia- Soyuzivka, where the audience was electri- showcase its students’ talent. Ever since nights. nist, is known for her performances filled fied by her energetic performance. the first festival in 2007, the dancers have The Korinya Folk Ensemble is a with traditional and modern songs. She is The 2012 annual Ukrainian Cultural thrilled Soyuzivka audiences with their art- Ukrainian American family band founded in known worldwide, most notably for her Festival will be a little different from previ- istry and athleticism. The dance workshop 2005. Hailing from the Shawangunk first place performance at the 2004 ous years: for the first time, the Ukrainian will be featured in shows throughout the Mountains in upstate New York, the band Eurovision Song Contest with the hit sensa- National Association (UNA) and the 2012 Festival weekend. sings and plays traditional Ukrainian instru- tion “Wild Dances.” Ukrainian National Foundation (UNF) will Ms. Lonchyna, a traditional singer, hails ments. Korinya consists of five members, all Some of Ruslana’s awards include the be partnering with Operation Respect, a from Tlumach in Ivano Frankivsk Oblast, part of the Shepko-Hamilton family. 2008 World Music Award in Las Vegas for non-profit organization working to ensure Ukraine. In 2008 Ms. Lonchyna received a Having done a great job at last year’s fes- top-selling Ukrainian artist worldwide, the a bully-free environment for children. decree signed by President Yushchenko tival, the MCs for this year’s festival, Larysa 2004 People’s Artist of Ukraine, the 2004 Operation Respect was founded in 1999 awarding her the title Honored Artist of Bajus of Toronto and Andrij Dobriansky of Person of the Year and others. In 2006, a by Peter Yarrow of the legendary folk Ukraine. New York, are returning in 2012. poll by German TV voted Ruslana’s song as group Peter, Paul and Mary. With a mission The Dobriansky brothers, a singing This year’s festival has been made possi- the Best Eurovision Song Contest song of to help children live peacefully and vio- quartet consisting of Andrij, Danylo, Yarko ble by the organization and planning of all time. lence-free, the campaign has expanded and Yurij, began singing at a very young Roma Lisovich, UNA treasurer; Oksana Ruslana has been active not only in the internationally. In 2010 Mr. Yarrow worked age. They can be heard regularly in the Trytjak, UNA national organizer and festi- music industry, but in politics as well. In in Kyiv with Ukrainian singer Maria Andrey Sheptytsky Choir at St. George val committee coordinator; and Nestor 2004 she was an active supporter of Viktor Burmaka to record songs for the campaign. Ukrainian Catholic Church in New York. Paslawsky, general manager of Soyuzivka, Yushchenko and the Orange Revolution, to At last year’s festival at Soyuzivka, they per- The brothers have performed at a number who is considered to be the master of logis- which her song “Dance with the Wolves” was formed a duet, earning a standing ovation of festivals and events throughout the tri- tics in coordinating all of the festival’s dedicated. From spring 2006 to summer from the audience. state area. aspects. 2007, she was a member of the Ukrainian At this year’s festival, Mr. Yarrow will The Dumka Chorus began in 1949 as a As in previous years, the UNA is expect- Parliament for the Our Ukraine party. perform as part of the program and will be male choir and 10 years later became a ing somewhere between 4,000 and 6,000 Ruslana has performed at numerous distributing materials and information mixed chorus. Dumka has traditionally per- visitors for the weekend. With so many charity concerts to benefit children’s hospi- about Operation Respect. As a Ukrainian formed at the festival and is always well- people attending, “the festival must be tals. In the spring of 2007 she performed American, he hopes to expand his anti-bul- received by the crowd. timed to the minute – even the one minute on a tour across Germany in 15 different lying campaign as much as possible. The Prometheus Male Chorus of it takes to walk off stage after a perfor- cities with artists from 14 different coun- Also performing at this year’s Ukrainian Philadelphia was started in 1962 and will mance,” explained Ms. Lisovich. tries to raise funds for urgent social issues. Cultural festival will be the Roma Pryma be celebrating its 60th anniversary this Through all of the planning, Ms. Trytjak She worked with the Organization for Bohachevsky Dance Workshop, Iryna year. The chorus is currently under the noted, “None of this can be done without Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Lonchyna, the Dobriansky brothers, direction of musical director Roman the help of the wonderful volunteers. They on the issue of human trafficking. Not long Dumka Chorus, Prometheus Male Chorus, Kuczarskyy. help from serving food to checking the after, the United Nations Children’s Fund Korinya Folk Band, Klopit band and more. Klopit is a seven-member rock/dance daily logistics of hosting thousands of peo- (UNICEF) appointed Ruslana to be the The Ukrainian festivals at Soyuzivka band formed in 2008 in Chicago. The band, ple. It is thanks to these dedicated people good will ambassador of Ukraine. began in order to provide the chance for known for its unique sound and love of that come every year that the festival enjoys its success.” Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union has been the main sponsor of Soyuzivka’s Ukrainian Cultural Festivals from the beginning and continues to help in making the festival possible. In addition to the above-mentioned per- formers, there will also be over 120 ven- dors, many of whom are new to the festival. There will also be arts and crafts, a food court, concerts in the Veselka Hall, a beer garden and more. The admission fee is $10 for Friday and $25 for Saturday, however, a three-day pass can be purchased for $30. There will be lim- ited VIP parking available at Soyuzivka for $20 on a first-come-first-serve basis. There will be free shuttle buses available from the Hudson Valley Resort only on Saturday; in order to ride the shuttle one must purchase an entrance pass for the festival. For more information about the 2012 Ukrainian Cultural Festival, log on to www. Christine Syzonenko soyuzivka.com, call 845-626-5641 or Peter Yarrow MC Larysa Bajus MC Andrij Dobriansky e-mail [email protected]. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 No. 27-28

COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly Your subscription to The Weekly Playing with ambiguities We’ll say it upfront: the United States Postal Service is not serving us well – not the respective parliamentary committees, The Ukrainian Weekly and certainly not our readers. Postal delivery is something for by Mykola Riabchuk expert community, NGOs, the OSCE High which we pay a significant sum, and yet we cannot seem to get regular and timely Ukraine is an not an easy country to Commissioner on National Minorities and delivery of our product from our print shop to your homes. Though postal delivery understand because of a great number of the Venice Commission. The law stipulates seems to be better overall, there are glitches and occasional delivery lapses. ambiguities, and the language issue is a very that any of 18 “regional and minority” lan- Unfortunately, we fear the situation may become worse with the proposed cutbacks good example. guages spoken by 10 (and more) percent of at the USPS and the planned closing of local post offices or the curtailment of their On the one hand, according to the 2001 the people in a certain administrative region hours. national census, 78 percent of the population can be used in that region as the “official” Lately we’ve seen how efficient the USPS can be – sometimes newspapers in this of Ukraine consists of Ukrainians, and most language alongside Ukrainian. area are received the very next day after they are mailed – as well as how inefficient of them (85 percent) claim Ukrainian as This sounds exceptionally benevolent, – there’s no reason for newspapers to be received five days or more after they’re their native language. On the other hand, since not a single European nation to date mailed. And the delivery is irregular: we can never predict whether an issue will be about 50 percent of Ukrainian citizens (the has granted such generous support as delivered promptly or tardily. (Our Subscription Department welcomes comments figure varies in different surveys) declare Ukraine to its 18(!) minority languages on its about both from our patrons.) Russian to be their “language of conve- territory (some nations, such as Greece or We have done and continue to do all in our power to get timely delivery of our nience” (or “language of daily communica- France, have not even bothered to ratify the newspaper, but the USPS is simply beyond our control. Please allow us to reiterate: tion”). Many Ukrainians who speak charter). Consequently, the law was lauded The Ukrainian Weekly goes to our printer Thursday evenings, and it gets mailed on Ukrainian at home are ashamed (or afraid, internationally as “fully corresponding to because of symbolic violence) to speak it in Friday mornings. We’ve yet to miss a deadline! Still, some readers insist that some- Ukraine’s European aspirations and public. As a result, in most Ukrainian cities, how we were to blame if an issue reached them belatedly (“you must have been late European obligations.” even those with a Ukrainophone majority, “Allowing or banning the use of Russian,” with the paper”). We ask readers to notify our Subscription Department (973-292- the Ukrainian language is virtually unheard. the Associated Press announced stridently, 9800, x 3042) if their postal delivery is subpar. (Canadian subscribers, however, are The very notion of linguistic minority/ “is one of the most divisive topics in post- advised to contact their local post office to register a complaint.) majority in Ukraine becomes therefore Soviet Ukraine.” Finally, the AP report stated, Some of our readers, we are afraid, may be choosing not to renew their subscrip- ambiguous and susceptible to manipula- the dark age of persecution of all things tions because of the poor delivery. That certainly helps no one; in fact, it hurts every- tions. Russian is drawing to the end. And readers one – you lose a valuable information source and we lose a loyal subscriber. But The Ukrainian Law on Languages (1989) can sigh with relief because the new law there is a wonderful solution for those who have Internet access: an online subscrip- and national Constitution (1996) contribute “would allow the use of the Russian language tion. For a mere $5 more per year, subscribers to our print edition can read newly to the ambiguity rather than try to solve it. in courts, hospitals and other institutions in released issues of the newspaper online; these are available on or before the date of Both documents recognize Ukrainian as the the Russian-speaking regions of the country.” issue, and certainly before the USPS delivers the latest issue to your home. Of course, sole “state language” whereas Russian is Leaving aside the AP revelations on “ban- you may choose to do away with the print subscription altogether, if you are so placed among other minority languages that ning the use of Russian” (not the greatest inclined. However, the online subscription alone will cost you as much as the print can be legally used and protected by law stupidity ever enunciated by Moscow-based edition based on the premise that, after all, this newspaper – no matter how it’s alongside the “state language.” No legal Western journalists), and without asking delivered to you – provides information that is worthwhile, news that you can’t find mechanisms to effectively enforce the use of politely the names of the mythical “hospitals, anywhere else and a link to our Ukrainian community wherever it may be. the “state language” courts and other The Ukrainian Weekly and its sister publication, Svoboda, have always been pub- have ever been elab- institutions” where orated, however. This Supporters of the new lished as a community service, not as a profit-making venture. It is thanks to our the use of the absence has resulted publisher, the Ukrainian National Association, that these newspapers continue to law on language are Russian is prohibited, in a de-facto laissez- one may ask a much serve our community, but it is thanks to our subscribers and other supporters who faire policy. The lan- fighting not for the simpler question. understand their worth that they continue to be published. Thus, each and every guage law has been right to use Russian, What is the expected subscriber is valuable. So, Dear Readers, whether you subscribe to the print or the applied, like many budget of the inter- online edition, or both, we thank you for your support. We trust your support will o t h e r l a w s i n which is actually used nationally praised endure, ensuring the future of The Ukrainian Weekly. Thanks for “listening”! Ukraine, arbitrarily, everywhere, but for law? How much selectively and in a would it cost for the highly opportunistic the right not to learn state to provide ser- manner. vice in all 18 lan- As a result, both and not to use Ukrai- guages – alongside July Turning the pages back... Russophones and nian under any cir- Ukrainian? Ukrainophones are I n t e r n a t i o n a l Five years ago on the 10th anniversary of the Ukraine-NATO dissatisfied with the cumstances. reporters might be 9 Charter that was signed on July 9, 1997, NATO Secretary General situation. Each side fully satisfied that Jaap de Hoop Scheffer met with journalists in Brussels to discuss feels that the state is not “theirs” to the Ukraine has met its “European obligations.” 2007 relations between Kyiv and the alliance. degree they would like it to be. The reason But the Ukrainian parliamentarians and, in The politically legal four-page document, much like the for such alienation is to be found, however, particular, Serhii Kivalov and Vadym Helsinki Accords signed in 1975, makes “the 16 subjects that not in the lawless, corrupt and uncivil char- Kolesnichenko who sponsored the bill, signed it responsible for its enforcement,” explained Anton Buteiko, Ukraine’s vice-minis- acter of the state, but rather in the should have been more apt and precise in ter for foreign affairs. language(s) it imposed on its citizens – too their law-making. What are, indeed, the esti- Most significant, President Leonid Kuchma noted, was the wording in the charter. “… much Ukrainian, from the point of view of mated costs of the law’s practical implemen- Noting NATO’s positive role in maintaining peace … and its openness for cooperation with Russophones, and (still) too much Russian, tation? the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe, an inseparable pat of which is from the point of Ukrainophones. There are two possible reasons why the Ukraine.” The latter, as the “titular nationality,” Ukrainian lawmakers have never discussed Mr. de Hoop Scheffer said that the political turmoil in Ukrainian politics was a good have some privileges de jure and would this mundane issue. First, they are not thing, and called it a sign that the country had grown into a healthy democracy. He also like to assert them de facto. The former, as going to implement the law or even pass it acknowledged that the partnership between the two had correspondingly grown. the imperial majority in the past, still enjoy after the final reading. This means that all During his discussion, on July 9, 2007, he said that it was not for him to enter a debate their dominant status de facto and would the buzz around the law is just a PR cam- on Ukraine’s membership in NATO, which is specifically Ukrainian. “But, the partnership like to prevent the possible change of the paign aimed at mobilization of the Russian- at the same time, has grown. Mention to me one other NATO partner like Ukraine who is post-colonial status quo de jure. speaking electorate on the eve of parlia- participating in all NATO’s operations and missions. I don’t know a second one,” Mr. de The best way to preserve the Soviet-style mentary elections. And second, more likely, status quo would be to amend the 10th Hoop Scheffer said. the politicians’ concern for the 18 languag- paragraph of the Constitution of Ukraine es masks their real concern about one sin- Urging further changes, Mr. de Hoop Scheffer said Ukraine’s armed forces and security and grant Russian the status of the “second gle language, which is particularly dear to structures should be modernized. “I think that the essential reforms should go on. I hope state language” alongside Ukrainian. Such the bill’s sponsors. And this language, they will go on security sector reform, defense reform, oversight of the armed forces, secu- an amendment requires, however, a quali- Russian, is so firmly established in Ukraine, rity sector in the wide sense that also concern the Internal Affairs Ministry troops.” fied majority of two-thirds of the national in most regions and almost all areas, that There is an information gap in Ukraine, he admitted. “I think that those people who are deputies in the Parliament, which is hardly no extra budget for its promotion is need- critical [of NATO] – and we have to work on them, and we want to assist and help in that achievable. Consequently, the authorities ed, especially, if it is introduced instead of regard, that’s why we have a Kyiv office – that they perhaps should know more and should used a tricky subterfuge under the pretext Ukrainian rather than alongside. be informed better about what NATO is, what NATO is doing,” he said. of implementation of the European Charter This seems to be actually the main goal of Russia’s concerns about NATO’s eastward expansion were dismissed by the secretary of Regional and Minority Languages ratified the language bill: not to protect Russian, general, who noted: “As a general rule, I have never seen NATO enlargement as a threat to by Ukraine nine years ago. which is the dominant language in most anybody. Every nation joins NATO out of its own free will. NATO has never pressed or The Party of Regions submitted a draft regions and areas, but to marginalize further pressured any nation into joining NATO. That is based on performance, as you know, the law “On the fundamentals of the National and ultimately eliminate Ukrainian. Or, as decision, which is taken by the free will of the people.” Language policy” last August in the Volodymyr Kulyk, a leading expert on lan- Verkhovna Rada which was approved on guage politics in Ukraine has aptly remarked, Source: “NATO chief reflects on anniversary of 1997 Ukraine-NATO Charter,” (RFE/RL), June 5 at the first reading, without any dis- The Ukrainian Weekly, July 15, 2007. cussion, despite very critical comments by (Continued on page 20) No. 27-28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 7

NEWS AND VIEWS Sustaining Chornobyl aid: UCCA to host election observer mission, A case study from the U.S. calls for volunteers to serve as monitors by Tamara Olexy smaller parties to be represented in the UCCA Verkhovna Rada. The law also restricts the participation of blocs or electoral alliances, NEW YORK – The Ukrainian Congress and continues the practice of maintaining Committee of America (UCCA), will once closed party lists, which prevents voters again play an active part in the parliamen- from knowing for whom they are casting tary elections in Ukraine slated for Sunday, their ballots. October 28, by hosting a delegation of The UCCA’s both long-and short-term international election observers. observers helps to ensure that the elections As one of the few non-governmental are conducted in a free and fair manner. organizations, and the only Ukrainian Coordinators of the election observer mis- American community organization, regis- sion will conduct extensive training semi- tered with Ukraine’s Central Election nars, provide practical information on how Commission (CEC), the UCCA has been best to serve as international monitors, actively involved in sending observer mis- coordinate in-country travel and lodging, sions to Ukraine since 1991. provide translators and guides if necessary, As the upcoming elections are critical to and furnish official CEC accreditation and Ukraine’s future democratic development, comprehensive informational packets. the UCCA has been carefully monitoring The UCCA will be coordinating its the pre-election process. There is growing observer mission with the Ukrainian World HTY apprehension about potential fraud and Congress delegation and other non-govern- Korosten City Hospital director and staff with FOCCUS board member Donna Ulteig abuse of administrative resources, possible mental organizations. look over equipment from the FOCCUS shipment. restrictions on free and open debate in Application forms for those interested in Ukraine’s mass media, the buying of elec- volunteering to serve as international elec- by Halyna Traversa Young opportunities and obstacles faced by orga- tion commission members, as well as voter tion observers with the UCCA mission, will nizations serving charitable goals in confusion and apathy, the UCCA noted. be available on the UCCA website in the MADISON, Wis. – While the Chornobyl Ukraine. It also illustrates how “civilians” An additional concern is the return to a coming weeks. For further information nuclear disaster is 26 years behind us, its working as volunteers can leverage U.S. mixed proportional-majoritarian election about the program, readers may contact effects on the surrounding communities will resources to provide essential support to law. The new election law raises the thresh- the UCCA National Office either by e-mail at not be eradicated or eliminated for many Ukrainian institutions at nominal cost. old for representation from 3 percent to 5 [email protected] or by phone at 212-228- generations. While some aid organizations That winter and spring, I researched percent thus hampering the ability of 6840. are moving to other projects, others contin- nonprofit organizations that collect used ue, aware of the costs and long-term damage. and surplus medical equipment for deliv- One such organization, founded by non- ery to underdeveloped countries. I also Ukrainians, is Friends of Chernobyl looked for funding to cover transport, LETTER TO THE EDITOR Centers, U.S. (FOCCUS). It supports five which ranges up to $9,000 per container. community centers in towns surrounding We selected the lowest-cost medical an hour by bus from there. Chornobyl with funding, training and edu- aggregator we could identify: Mission About visiting The center opened only two years ago. It cational programs. Outreach, an organization run by Catholic was constructed and is operated by The community centers were created on nuns based in Springfield, Ill. It collects the Carpathians Ukrainian Seventh Day Adventists. But the the recommendation of UNESCO, an agency used medical equipment and excess sup- only religious influence is a Bible in every of the United Nations, which foresaw that plies, mainly from a network of Catholic Dear Editor: room and a daily 7 p.m. meeting which any- one who wants to can attend. Generally, a local communities needed information and hospitals in the Midwest. Readers of The Weekly who visit or plan Bible verse is selected and discussed at support to deal with the stress and disrup- Further research unearthed a program to visit Ukraine may be interested in these meetings. tion caused by the nuclear accident. of the U.S. State Department administered spending some time at a really nice, What I liked best at the center was the Five such centers – in Slavutych, by Counterpart International. It covers the European quality retreat-health center in friendliness and kindness of the people Boyarka, Ivankiv, Borodianka and Korosten cost of transport, door to door, of contain- the Carpathian Mountains where it costs an who work there. They all take the teaching – were initially funded by UNESCO and are ers of medical supplies to qualifying medi- amazing $28 a night, three vegetarian of Jesus seriously and it has put a glow on now operating under the Ukrainian cal institutions abroad. Receiving approval meals included. their faces. Ministry of Emergency Services. Their mis- for this coverage requires detailed paper- I had the opportunity recently to spend a The manager is Taras Yavorsky, who sion includes health and hospital pro- work about shipment contents, its destined week at Sunny Carpaty located near runs the place with his father, Ivan, who is grams, engaging citizens in community beneficiary and plans for distribution. Mukachiv and was delighted with the place. an Adventist minister. The place can be work, and returning pride and dignity to Ordering from Mission Outreach Forget the Soviet-style facilities some read- reserved for small conventions, seminars these communities. The centers function required perusing a voluminous online cat- ers may have experienced. This place like the settlement houses found in many alogue of medical supplies. Several friends and trainings, and is open all year. opened two years ago and is clean, bright Detailed information is available on the American cities early in the 20th century. with expertise in various areas of medicine and modern with everything working. If In 1994, Norma Berkowitz, a professor helped with the selection process, chief website www.sankarpat.com It is in you want to spend $10 a day more you will Ukrainian. If you click on the photo gallery of social work at the University of among them Dr. Andrij Melnyk of Chicago. get a daily massage guided exercise, and Wisconsin in Madison, attended an inter- The selected supplies, valued at $200,000, on the left you’ll find many photos. The other health procedures. It is also a good e-mail is info@sankarpat. I e-mailed my national conference in Moscow and was filled a 40-foot container. It was shipped in place to lose a little weight since the meals the summer of 2009. The $5,000 service reservation in English but told them they impressed by the presentations made by have no rich desserts or fatty entrees. fee for Mission Outreach was covered by could reply in Ukrainian. There is no better the staff from these community centers. There are basketball and volleyball contributions of friends in Madison, as well place to rejuvenate and rest and the price is She saw the need for additional support courts and a small soccer field, a large out- as friends and organizations in the unbeatable. and organized a nonprofit, FOCCUS, based door pool and a small indoor pool, a chil- Ukrainian community. They included in Madison, with the mission of providing dren’s playground and satellite television in Bohdan Hodiak $1,000 from the Illinois chapter of the training, education and direct financial sup- a communal room. I most enjoyed walking Lafayette, Colo. Ukrainian Medical Association of North port for projects at the five centers. around the area, going to the top of a nearby America (UMANA). Following a chance meeting with Prof. mountain (a rather easy walk) and being The shipment hit a snag in Ukrainian Berkowitz, I was invited to serve on the able to see distant villages many miles away. We welcome your opinion Customs, which found that some of the board of the organization. I was impressed The center is very quiet and no alcohol items had passed the 12-month expiration The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters that this small group of Americans with no is allowed. I never saw anyone smoking. It to the editor and commentaries on a vari- date extending beyond the date of arrival, ethnic ties to Ukraine was working so hard can be reached by a four-hour train ride ety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian something we had not been aware of. To to support the centers. from Lviv, which costs $10 and gets you a American and Ukrainian Canadian com- distribute the balance of the items to the munities. Letters should be typed and signed In March 2008, with two other board berth so you can lie down. A car picks you hospital, 20 percent of the shipment had to (anonymous letters are not published). members, I visited the five community cen- up at the train station at no charge. be removed. Letters are accepted also via e-mail at staff@ ters and several nearby hospitals. We were Mukachiv is only 10 miles away and a bus Mission Outreach regretted its lapse in ukrweekly.com. The daytime phone num- struck by the age and condition of the med- stop to town is only half a mile from the ber and address of the letter-writer must be weeding out outdated expiration dates and ical facilities and the medical equipment. At center. Mukachevo has a historic castle (get given for verification purposes. Please note offered to fill another container without the next board meeting, we agreed to sup- a guide to tell you of its dramatic and that a daytime phone number is essential charging its standard fee. The offer was port a shipment of medical supplies to the bloody history), a monastery with a beauti- in order for editors to contact letter-writers Korosten hospital. irresistible, so we committed to a second regarding clarifications or questions. ful 200-year-old church and an attractive Please note: THE LENGTH OF LETTERS Our project provides a case study in the (Continued on page 24) main street with loads of shops. Uzhorod is CANNOT EXCEED 500 WORDS. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 No. 27-28 From Podillia to the pyramids: The strange life and uncommon death of Count Jan Potocki by Thomas M. Prymak north of the Carpathian Mountains. But history, archeology, ethnography and aeronautics Some years ago, I was browsing the Internet and came were not Potocki’s only interests. He was also a literary across an interesting article by Bohdan Yasinsky about man, as his pioneering travelogues clearly show. During his Ukrainian books at the Library of Congress in Washington. travels, including those to Spain, Morocco, Holland and Mr. Yasinsky briefly described the library’s Ukrainian col- Saxony, Potocki became interested in strange customs, sto- lection and how it had been acquired; he stated that the ries and superstitions, and his involvement in these pur- first Ukrainian books in the collection were a French- suits began to bear fruit during his later years, though they language three-part history of various Ukrainian provinces may also have contributed to his tragic end. by one Count Jan Potocki. In 1792, while staying at the great Potocki palace at These were titled: “History of the Province of Cherson” Lancut not far from Krakow, he wrote a “Recueil des (1804), “The Ancient History of the Province of Podillia” Parades,” a series of one-act plays containing elements of (1805) and “The Ancient History of the Province of the grotesque. But his most influential composition in this Volhynia” (1805). Mr. Yasinsky stated that these books had regard was his great novel titled “The Manuscript found in been presented to Thomas Jefferson by the author himself Saragossa.” and were donated to the library with the rest of Jefferson’s This French-language book, somewhat similar to the books shortly after the library was formed. “1001 Nights” of Perso-Arabian fame, and supposedly I had never before heard of this Jan Potocki and was found in Spain, consisted of a series of interconnected fan- intrigued by such a prolific and early author on Ukrainian tastic stories, some of them predecessors of the modern topics, so I began to watch out for his name in my general horror story, but containing certain philosophical ele- reading about Ukrainian history. I eventually discovered ments. Some modern scholars see the book as reflecting that he was a very strange man indeed and certainly did Voltaire’s “theory of truth,” the “hedonistic ethics” of not deserve to be forgotten by our historians and literary Hobbes, Locke and Helvetius, and the “materialistic nature scholars. philosophy” of Holbach. Count Jan Potocki (1761-1815) was born into an old At any rate, in 1966 the book was made into a very suc- aristocratic Polish family that had played an important part cessful film directed by Wojciech Has and is presently in Ukrainian history and held large estates in the country, enjoying a great revival, having been promoted by the rock especially in the province of Podillia in Right Bank Ukraine, musician Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, among others. where most of the landlords were Roman Catholic and Count Jan Potocki As to Potocki himself, some people believe that he may Polish, but where the villagers were Orthodox or Greek- have been a Freemason; certainly he developed an unusual Catholic and Ukrainian. After an early childhood on the then in Poland during the last years of its independence. appetite for the occult. family estate in Pikiv near Vinnytsia, where he had been He was even elected a member of the famous Four Year Potocki’s death seems to have been almost as strange as born, Potocki was sent to Switzerland and France for his Sejm, or Parliament, which passed the Constitution of May his life. In 1815 at his manor house at Uladivtsi in Podillia, education. All of his later writings were in French. 3 and tried to reform the country before its final partition Potocki took his own life. Having recently fallen into a He was probably sent away from home because of the and disappearance from the map of Europe. “melancholy” or deep psychological depression, so the disorders that were then occurring in Right Bank Ukraine. Not satisfied with mere politics, Potocki also followed story goes, he filed the silver knob of a samovar or sugar- These disorders were linked to the strongly Catholic the various scientific advances of his time and in 1790 was bowl handle into a bullet and, after having it blessed by his Confederation of Bar, which opposed the ostensibly pro- the first person to fly in a hot-air balloon over Warsaw. He estate priest, shot himself in the head. Russian King of Poland, Stanislaw August Poniatowski, and gained considerable fame because of this daring act. All kinds of strange rumors swirled about the count the Haidamak rebellion of Ukrainian Kozaks, which Indeed, there seemed to be no limit to the scope of his after his death. It was said that he had had unnatural rela- attacked the estates of the Polish landowners and nobility. interests. tionships with some of his closest female relatives and that After an education in Geneva and Lausanne, Potocki All this time, Potocki’s attraction to Slavic antiquity con- he had “cynical tastes similar to those of the Marquis de served briefly in the Austrian army, as his father held tinued to grow, and in succession he published several Sade.” None of these rumors have been confirmed, but he estates on both sides of the new border between Austria books on the ancient history of eastern Europe: on the remains a very controversial figure to the present day. and Poland, which in a greatly reduced state precariously Sarmatians (1789), on the Scythians and early Slavs Potocki’s place in history is still not entirely clear. His survived its First Partition among Prussia, Russia and (1796), and on the ancient history of the various peoples of friend, the German orientalist and sinologist Heinrich Austria. Russia (1802). In 1797, without official permission, he Julius Klaproth, thought his accomplishments so great that But military life was not much to Potocki’s liking, and so went off on a scientific expedition to the then little-known he wanted to name a chain of islands in the Yellow Sea he began a life of travel and adventure that took him, Caucasus, and in 1805-1806 even took part as a scientific after him, In fact, the islands did bear his name for a time; among other places, from Italy and Sicily to Tunisia and associate in a large Russian Embassy to China. The diplo- in China his name was removed from maps only in the Malta. From Malta, he took part in an expedition of the matic mission was turned back at the border of the time of Mao Tse Tung. Knights of St. John against the Barbary Pirates in North Chinese Empire, but eventually his account of the voyage The unusual count was most certainly an adventurer Africa and acquired a taste for the exotic. It was not long as far as Ulan Bator in Mongolia was published. and traveler of note and an important pioneer of travel before he was inducted as a novice into this knightly order. In Russia, Potocki again got involved in politics and pub- writing. But he was also a significant archeologist, ethnog- At this time he also seems to have visited Spain. lished materials criticizing Napoleon’s reorganization of rapher and historian. In some people’s eyes, however, it is The year 1783 found him in Hungary and Serbia, where Europe. The good count seems to have been a defender of as a storyteller and pioneer of the modern horror story he was piqued with curiosity about the ancient Slavs and the idea of “liberty,” though he interpreted this liberty in a that he should be best remembered. carried out his first studies of Slavic antiquity. In 1784 he sense quite different from how we see it today. When Tsar Horror stories and the occult are not much to my liking, travelled across central Ukraine and the Zaporozhian Alexander I came to an agreement with Napoleon at the but I certainly acknowledge that the strange scion of the Kozak country (then recently annexed by Russia) and Peace of Tilsit, Potocki retired from politics. By 1808 he Potocki family from Podillia, who wrote those histories of across the Black Sea to Istanbul, capital of the Ottoman or had retreated to his estates in Podillia, most of which by various Ukrainian provinces of the Russian Empire and Turkish Empire. From Turkey he went south to Egypt, then were firmly under Russian rule. dedicated a few copies to Thomas Jefferson, deserves a few where he visited Alexandria, saw the pyramids, and During his retirement in Ukraine, Potocki continued his lines in the history books; though exactly what those lines became interested in archeology, though this subject did historical and archeological studies, and was a strong sup- should say is still not quite clear to me. not yet exist as a scholarly discipline. The result of this par- porter of the famous Lyceum at Kremenets, the library of Thomas M. Prymak, Ph.D., is research associate, Chair of ticular tour was his first book (in French) titled “A Voyage which was eventually transferred to the new University of Ukrainian Studies, University of Toronto. He is the book to Turkey and Egypt” (Paris, 1788). Kyiv in the 1830s. In fact, Potocki is today regarded as one review editor of the Journal of Ukrainian Studies and the From Egypt, Potocki returned to his homeland via of the pioneers of Slavic archeology and was actually the author of three published monographs and numerous arti- Venice and married. But marriage could not hold him first person to formulate the theory of the “autochthonism” cles and reviews in the field. His most recent book, not yet down for long and he was in France during the Revolution, of the Slavs – that is, the idea that they were in fact the published, is titled “Gathering a Heritage: Ukrainian, where he seems to have flirted with the radical Jacobins, original inhabitants of the lands that they today occupy Slavonic and Ethnic Canada and the USA.”

President Viktor Yanukovych’s meeting with his Russian mum, Kommersant-Ukraine reported on May 22, citing a Ukraine reveals... counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on May 15 was also fruitless, source from Gazprom. Ukraine, for its part, will strive to although Mr. Yanukovych told Mr. Putin that if Russia cut its cut Russian gas imports to a minimum, said Kommersant’s (Continued from page 2) gas price, there would be no need for Ukraine to look for source from the Ukrainian government. Shell country representative Graham Tiley and invited alternative suppliers of gas. The point of no return in the Shell to participate (kmu.gov.ua, June 8). gas talks was passed, and Russia will continue developing The article above is reprinted from Eurasia Daily Monitor Ukraine remains the largest buyer of Russian gas and its new pipelines, Nord Stream and South Stream, while with permission from its publisher, the Jamestown demands price cuts, but its ambitious plans to cut depen- reducing the significance of Ukraine’s pipelines to a mini- Foundation, www.jamestown.org. dence on Russia have seemingly left Moscow unfazed. Talks between Gazprom chief Aleksei Miller and Mr. Boiko on May 21 were fruitless as the Ukrainian minister made no new proposals, according to Gazprom (RIA Novosti, To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly, call 973-292-9800, ext. 3042 May 21). No. 27-28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 9

Congratulations! Anna Margaret Chelak received a BA in English from Barnard College/Columbia University on May 14, 2012 in New York City

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membership at the ritzy exclusive Ukraine at Euro... Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., outside of Washington. He hopes to (Continued from page 1) Congratulations to prolong his career in the MLS with the likes international soccer following Ukraine’s of David Beckham and Thierry Henry, Dennis Alexis Deychakiwsky elimination from the Euro 2012. He does believing the sport of soccer and the U.S. intend to play in a specially arranged pro league will grow and successfully com- BS in Business Administration - friendly match as a final international exit. pete with baseball, football, basketball and Accounting - Cum Laude hockey. Shevchenko has been Ukraine’s captain Eller School of Management and top player for over a decade, scoring a “I’m very interested in playing there,” record 48 goals for the national team. His Shevchenko told Sports Illustrated. “I’ve University of Arizona, Tucson AZ first was scored in a friendly against Turkey seen the level of football every year is get- Dennis will begin employment in 1996, while his last two in Ukraine’s 2-1 ting better and better. Also, I really like with Raytheon comeback victory over Sweden in the first America. My wife is American, my children game of the recent Euro Cup. He won the are Ukrainian American. In a few years Денисик ! football can reach the same level as maybe coveted Ballon d’Or in 2004. He won the Бажаємо успіхів і щастя ! З Богом ! Champions League with AC Milan in 2003, baseball or basketball there. So many young scoring the winning penalty shot in the kids are interested in football, and the peo- Тато, Мама, Данилко, Дмитро, shoot-out. He has won trophies in his native ple in America are starting to get interested, бабця Сяня і бабця Надя. too.” Ukraine, Italy and England. Покійні діди Льоня і Микола міцно обнімають. Shevchenko’s current contract with Since his Dynamo Kyiv contract expires Dynamo Kyiv expires in July, and there are in July, there would be no transfer fee prior rumors of a possible move to Major League for any move. Shevchenko’s options include retirement, playing in Europe, staying in Soccer in the United States. Ukraine or going to the MLS in the U.S. Soon Shevchenko said Ukraine deserved a bet- to be 36 years old, he recently showed the Congratulations! ter fate than its elimination by England world he can still score spectacular goals in when Devic’s shot was hooked out of the a most competitive tournament. An goal by defender John Terry after it Chrystia M. Zobniw, PharmD 18-month contract with an MLS team in appeared to have crossed the goal line. search of scoring might work for both par- “We deserved more today,” Sheva told Graduated Albany College ties. BBC Sports in a June 19 interview. “We of Pharmacy (2011) Potential destinations may be New York played well, created chances and, of course, Doctor of Pharmacy (Red Bulls management plans to add a scored a goal.” third designated player soon), D.C. United Successful completion of PGY 1 Sheva considers MLS (an intriguing possibility as his wife’s Pharmacy Residency at Henry Ford extended family lives in Bethesda, Md.) and Hospital, Detroit, MI (2012) Shevchenko has indicated that he’s inter- Los Angeles (the Galaxy may be losing ested in a move to the U.S. to play in the Robbie Keane to England), where he could Ми Всі дуже горді з того, MLS, and the Ukrainian superstar hopes it be teammates with Beckham. No favorites, що ти осягнула! happens soon. Arguably the producer of but Shevchenko is quite familiar with the Euro 2012’s top moment, the Dynamo Kyiv D.C. area. D.C. United might have a designat- Цьом, striker happens to be married to an ed player slot opening up with Branko Тато Любомир, Зоряна і Юрій, American model, named his first son after Boskovic’s contract ending in July 2012. Aдріян і Катерина, Орися і Тарас basketball player Michael Jordan and has a Stay tuned… 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 No. 27-28 “The English Surgeon”: A look at medicine in Ukraine by Alexandra Hawryluk The operating rooms, that is, the ones trative reasons or because patients post- Here, at the girl’s graveside, he comes to not shut down for repairs, had crude, pone visits to a doctor until they can terms with his inner conflict and resolves MONTREAL – If you want to see cour- primitive equipment and the Soviet- scrape up the $50 to $200 to cover the cost that the best thing he can do is to be a good age, compassion and dedication at work in trained surgeons working there often car- of diagnostic tests and surgery. Yet, this doctor and to keep on helping people. today’s Ukraine, see Geoffrey Smith’s docu- ried out procedures that had more in com- clinic, which is operating outside the offi- It’s this all-encompassing, honest mentary film “The English Surgeon,” now mon with alternative medical treatments cial system, needs the money for its surviv- approach to difficult issues that makes this available on DVD. The McGill University than with contemporary medical practice. al. film so compelling. Mr. Smith does not shy Ukrainian Students’ Association on March Few people treated for severe spinal trau- But, in accepting the patients’ fees Dr. away from the anguish, the anxiety, the 27 screened the award-winning film on Dr. ma survived, those with chronic disabili- Kurilets is treading a dangerous line risks, the despair or the sight of cutting into Henry Marsh and his work in Kyiv. ties were ignored and patients with brain because the authorities could shut him a living brain. We see everything as it really Right from the start, when the screen tumors were diagnosed far too late to be down for operating outside state guide- is. lights up with images of the white-haired saved. So, it was the simple appeal of Dr. lines, that is, for collecting fees. That’s Ultimately, the film is as much a story Dr. Marsh, hammer in hand, driving nails Kurilets – “Can you help?” – that started Dr. despite the fact that doctors working in about the compassionate dedication of Dr. and crating defibrillators in the work shed Marsh on his quest of compassion. state hospitals also charge their patients. Marsh, as it is about the Ukrainian patients behind his house in England, the film capti- The third man in the film is Marian Then there is the issue of deciding when to and their stoical acceptance of suffering, vates the audience. This is definitely not Dolishny, a very poor young man from operate, and when to leave things alone. their quiet courage in face of pain and dis- how we imagine a senior consultant neu- Ivano-Frankivsk, who has a life threatening Undoubtedly, the worst question of all ability, their sense of humor in moments of rosurgeon at St. George’s Hospital in brain tumor that gives him frequent epi- is: How do you tell people that they are fac- tension and their loving care of the sick. London preparing for travel. Yet this has leptic seizures. The camera follows him ing death? The camera, like the accompa- The 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding become part of his routine before each trip from his humble house to an old timber nying stress, follows Dr. Marsh relentlessly Science and Technology Programming to Kyiv. church where he attends liturgy, at the end as he agonizes over the truly difficult cases: (BBC - Storyville), the 2011 Silver Baton At Boryspil Airport, Dr. Marsh is met by of which, equally impoverished parishio- telling a beautiful young woman that her DuPont Columbia Award, the Silverdocs Dr. Ihor Kurilets, the Ukrainian doctor who ners take up a collection to pay for his train brain tumor is killing her or telling a young Award for Best International Feature has been working closely with him for 18 trip to Kyiv. mother that her child’s tumor is too big to Documentary, the Screen East Award, as years now. As they drive across the silvery Although Ukrainian doctors have told be treated. well as audience awards for best documen- frozen Dnieper and make their way to the Marian that his tumor is inoperable, Dr. And it is this dying child that brings Dr. tary film at festivals in Zagreb, Kyiv and International Neurosurgery Center, an Marsh believes he can help him. Because Marsh bitter memories of failure. He Sheffield are most certainly well deserved. independent clinic temporarily housed in a Marian had to be awake throughout the remembers Tania, a little girl whom he The film screening at McGill University set of rented rooms at the former KGB hos- operation, the procedure is carried out tried to save by taking her to London, in Montreal also included a very brief pital, the two neurosurgeons talk about under local anesthetic. When Dr. Marsh where she died after surgery. He talks video commentary by the chair of the medical equipment. Mindful of the finan- opens his skull, Marian, despite his anxiety, about what it meant to him to try to save Transplant Organ Society in Ukraine, Dr. cial and political constraints of the clinic, answers the doctors’ questions calmly, the girl, how deeply upsetting her death Olexander Lytvynenko and a short dis- they share ideas on how cordless handy- moves his limbs as directed, describes was and what he’s learned from that expe- course by Dr. Andrey Cybulsky, professor man drills, and various bits and pieces clearly what he is feeling and even offers rience. In the most emotional sequence of of nephrology at McGill. Dr. Cubulsky told from the local hardware market could be humorous quips. The moment Dr. Kurilets the film, we see the English surgeon travel the young audience that, in an effort to adapted to the needs of brain surgery. tells Marian that Dr. Marsh has removed to the southwest of Ukraine, where he vis- boost interest in this discipline in Ukraine, The two friends walk down the poorly the whole tumor Marian sighs and its Tania’s mother, Katia. in 2002 a group of kidney specialists in lit hospital corridor towards the one well- exclaims, “Life!” And then, more emphati- With Dr. Kurilets acting as interpreter, Montreal started a program for Ukrainian equipped small operating room and Dr. cally, “Thank you.” he shares an emotional meal with the trainees at McGill University. Like Dr. Marsh recalls how appalled he was on his Throughout the film Dr. Marsh talks grieving family and then makes his solitary Marsh in the film, Dr. Cybulsky thought first visit, back in 1992, “to see a complete- about the risks and difficulties of brain sur- way to the lovely old cemetery to visit that the biggest obstacles to bringing ly bankrupt medical system.” gery in Ukraine, which are different from Tania’s grave. We see his tall, black-coated Ukrainian nephrology into the 21st centu- the risks faced by Western doctors and figure outlined against the gray skies and ry are lack of funding, isolation from the Alexandra Hawryluk is a writer and edi- patients. More often than not, in Ukraine the wheeling blackbirds as he contem- Western medical community, poor training tor working in Montreal. the diagnosis is delayed either for adminis- plates the little girl’s white headstone. and language barriers.

Interview on the making of “Genocide Revealed” Guilty verdict... (Continued from page 3) available on Youtube several local residents testified that Maj. Symonenko was known to walk the local streets drunk and insult and abuse MONTREAL – An insightful and in-depth interview local residents, who did their best to avoid him. about the making of the multi-award winning feature As another example of the show trial nature of the case, documentary “Genocide Revealed” (the Ukrainian ver- the Ukrainian Week reported that prosecution witnesses sion is titled “Okradena Zemlya”) was conducted in confused their testimonies at some point, to which Judge Hawaii by Leo Hura with Montreal filmmaker Yurij Mikhiyenkova commented comfortingly, “The court sees Luhovy. The two met in Hawaii at the time “Genocide everything and knows beforehand what you’d like to say.” Revealed” won the prize for best historical documenta- Mr. Zaporozhets reported being tortured by police ry at the Honolulu International Film Festival. numerous times throughout the trial, including to extract In answer to Mr. Hura’s many delving questions his confession. He also said he was denied his legal rights, about his overall film career Mr. Luhovy explained the such as adequate time to review the evidence against him. arduous process of making a documentary from pre- On the night of the crime, Mr. Zaporozhets fled the production to completion. His answers were further scene, after which police dragged about 20 young men illustrated by photos taken on-site while filming from their homes, some in their underwear and barefoot, “Genocide Revealed” and other documentaries, as well to the district police station where they were beaten in as excerpts from his films. order to reveal his whereabouts and testify against him, The interview provides a deeper understanding of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union for Human Rights reported. Mr. Luhovy’s range of work in the film industry for Police allegedly took several men to an open pit, held over 35 years on features, international co-produc- guns to their heads and threatened to kill them if they tions and documentaries. It is this filmmaking experi- didn’t reveal his whereabouts or testify. The men were held ence that he has always brought to his projects dealing for two days, in what was yet another violation of with Ukrainian historical themes. He tackled stories Ukrainian law. that he noticed as a young university graduate of cine- No charges were filed against these police officers of the ma and French literature were not being made and, Brovary District of the Kyiv Oblast. therefore, in real danger of being lost forever. A few days before the Zaporozhets verdict, a Luhansk In the interview Mr. Luhovy also discussed his MML Inc. police officer was sentenced to only 15 months in prison hopes for the future and current projects, including Yurij Luhovy, producer/director of “Genocide Revealed,” for murdering his wife, reported Olena Bilozerska, a popu- the making of the educational version of “Genocide in Hawaii. lar blogger who extensively covered the trial. Revealed” for schools and universities. He explained “One gets the impression that so-called law enforce- that the documentaries were made possible with com- November 2011. Titled “Insight into His Career: Reflections ment officers are a state within a state, a caste of untouch- munity support and how crucial this was for their real- on ‘Genocide Revealed’,” it first aired in Hawaii on February ables in every understanding of this word,” she wrote on ization. 19. The interview is available on Youtube by going to www. June 28. “They do what they want and almost always avoid Mr. Hura, producer of Olelo Community Television in yluhovy.com. For further information contact: yurij@yluhovy. punishment for this, aside from rare instances when they Honolulu, conducted the 57-minute interview in com. don’t divvy up with their bosses.” No. 27-28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 11 Pianist Roman Rudnytsky Nina Arianda wins to tour in Georgia first Tony Award YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Concert Pianist formed recitals to date on 40 P&O cruises. Roman Rudnytsky will fulfill a concert tour P&O Cruises is one of the very few ship in Georgia in the second half of July, orga- companies which has classical concerts as nized through the U.S. Embassy there. The a regular part of its entertainment program tour will take place between July 14 and 29. on board. It is the oldest of all ship compa- The tour will consist of recitals in the cit- nies, having been founded in 1837. This ies of Poti (a port city on the Black Sea), year marks its 175th anniversary and, on Ozurgeti (in Guria, west Georgia) and July 3, when the Oceana returns to Akhaltsikhe, (in the southwest part of the Southampton, Mr. Rudnytsky will be wit- country). The whole second half of each ness to a rare event: the first time ever all recital will consist of works by American seven P&O ships will be in Southampton composers, including Norman Dello Joio, Harbor at the same time. The passengers Aaron Copland, Phillip Lambro, George on P&O cruises are almost all British, since Gershwin and Louis Moreau Gottschalk, the United Kingdom has always been P&O’s since the Embassy is presenting these con- market. certs under the heading “American Days.” Mr. Rudnytsky performed recitals on In the first half of the recitals, there will three P&O cruises in 2011 and has two be works by Beethoven, Debussy and Liszt, more to do this year in November. One will plus Mr. Rudnytsky will also spotlight a again be on the Oceana, to similar ports as Ukrainian composer by performing one of this one now (plus two of the Canary the main piano works of his father, Antin Islands) and the other will be on the Rudnytsky – the Sonata, op. 10, written in Ventura, from Barbados to a number of 1931, based on melodies of the “Sichovi Caribbean islands. Striltsi” and winner of the first prize at an Since the beginning of 2012, Mr. international composers’ competition held Rudnytsky completed his fourth tour of the in Warsaw in 1937. Pacific islands of Micronesia and his 13th In addition, he will perform as soloist New Zealand tour, and played recitals in with the symphony orchestra of the city of Brunei, Colombia and northern Mexico. In Batumi (located on the Black Sea), playing addition, he was soloist in Honduras with the Gershwin “Rhapsody in Blue,” as well as the Orquesta Filarmonica de Honduras Joan Marcus and also playing a group of solo works by (the national orchestra) in two perfor- Nina Arianda in a scene from “Venus in Fur.” Her performance earned her a Tony American composers. mances of the Tchaikovsky Concerto No.1 Award for Best Actress in a Play. Mr. Rudnytsky, who has played concerts in B Flat minor and the Gershwin NEW YORK – The rising Ukrainian Rainbow,” Stockard Channing in “Other in over 95 countries in the world, has done “Rhapsody in Blue.” American actress Nina Arianda received her Desert Cities,” Linda Lavin in “The Lyons” many concerts and master classes in many He will tour Britain in the second part of first Tony – awarded for Best Actress in a Play and Cynthia Nixon in “Wit.” countries around the world since October. Concerts for 2013 are now in the – for her role as Vanda in the play “Venus in Ms. Arianda was previously nominated 1984 under the auspices of U.S. Embassies planning stages and will include his 18th Fur” at this year’s 66th annual Tony for best performance by a leading actress in and Consulates. Australian tour, return engagements in Awards which took place on Sunday, June a play for her Broadway debut in “Born Prior to his Georgian tour, he will play Micronesia, Brunei and New Zealand, 10, at the Beacon Theater in New York City. Yesterday” (2011). Other awards she has four recitals on a nine-day cruise from Embassy-organized performances and As Ms. Arianda exuberantly went on received include the 2010 Henry Derwent Southampton of the ship Oceana (P&O cruises. stage to receive her award from presenter Award for the most promising female per- Cruises). This cruise will go from June 24 to Mr. Rudnytsky is professor emeritus of Christopher Plummer, she admitted that former in the New York metropolitan area July 3 from Southampton to Vigo in north- the Dana School of Music of Youngstown the well-known actor live that he was her and the Clive Barnes award; she has many west Spain, Lisbon, Cadiz in Spain, State University in Ohio, having retired first crush. nominations for other awards. Casablanca and Gibraltar. He has per- from there in May of 2011. In her acceptance speech she thanked “Venus in Fur” ended its Broadway run director Walter Bobbie, co-star Hugh Dancy on June 17. and playwright David Ives. Ms. Arianda As a youngster, Ms. Arianda attended the stated that the role of Vanda was “one of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky dance work- the strongest female parts that I’ve ever shops and was a member of Plast Ukrainian Red Hot Chili Peppers read.” She also thanked her parents for Scouting Organization. Ms. Arianda attend- their support. ed New York University’s Tisch School of to perform in Kyiv stadium Also nominated for Best Actress in a Play the Arts, graduating with a Master of Fine were Tracie Bennett in “End of the Arts degree in 2009. by Igor Tverdomed Rivne who plans to attend the concert. Yet fans posting on the Internet said KYIV – The renovated Olympic they don’t expect that will affect the Stadium will soon host another grand enthusiasm and turnout at the Kyiv and unprecedented event for the debut. Katheryn Winnick wins Ukrainian capital following the Euro “It’s very unfortunate that the concert 2012 soccer final. One of the world’s will occur without him, but I think every- “Best Actress Award” most popular rock bands, the Red Hot thing will be on the highest level,” said PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukrainian Canadian downs of their young love. Chili Peppers, will perform on July 25. Vladimir Kulichenko, 23, a resident of Actress Katheryn Winnick received Best Ms. Winnick is considered a popular up- The visit is highly anticipated by Moscow whose band, Movement Actress Award for her work in “Children of and-coming actress who has had several Ukrainian fans, who watched the Chili Disorder, covers Peppers hits. “It’s for the Air” at the 12th annual International film and television roles. She is known for Peppers play in Poland, Russia and virtu- good reason that Josh has been familiar Beverly Hills Film Festival (BHFF) closing her roles in “Bones,” “Killers.” “Failure to ally all of Western Europe, only to bypass with the Peppers from the early 2000s gala awards ceremony held on April 29. Launch” and “Love & Other Drugs.” Ukraine. and recorded albums with Frusciante.” The Chili Peppers are touring the The Red Hot Chili Peppers are so pop- With over 300 distinguished guests, the Born and raised in Toronto, Ms. Winnick world this year to support their new ular in Ukraine that cover bands of gala was held at the Four Seasons Hotel trained significantly in Tae Kwon Do and album, “I’m With You.” They will arrive in young musicians have sprung up and had a line-up of 50 competitive films Karate, earning third-degree black belts in Kyiv as part of the annual Tuborg throughout the country to play their screened over five days. both. She competed internationally and GreenFest festival, which is also making songs in admiration and tribute. The Overall, “The Black Tulip” received the won silver medals at the Canadian National its debut in Kyiv after spanning Russia band’s Ukrainian fans are particularly Golden Palm Award for the best film in all Tae Kwon Do finals. At the age of 16, Ms. and Ukraine in past years. Tuborg is a fond of its philosophy of valuing each categories as well as other honors. Winnick opened her first martial arts Danish brewery. moment of life and taking all its most “Children of the Air” received many school, which has now expanded to suc- The Chili Peppers will look different beautiful offerings. compliments and nods. Other than Ms. cessful branches in Toronto and New York. than in their peak years between 1998 “Their music inspires me to write new Winnick’s award for Best Actress, the film Ms. Winnick graduated from York and 2010, when John Frusciante was still songs, and thanks to them we don’t also received the award for Best University with a degree in kinesiology. She lead guitarist and an integral band mem- stand in one place and always experi- Cinematography. The film was writer and attended St. Demetrius Catholic School and ber. He’s since been replaced by Josh ment,” Mr. Kulichenko said. director Damian Horan’s thesis film. is a graduate of Richview Collegiate Klinghoffer, whom many fans have yet to More than half the tickets for the con- The film is the story of “the rise and Institute. embrace fully. cert were sold or reserved within a demise of a young couple’s fairytale love Known as “Katrusya,” Ms. Winnick speaks “He was better than Josh in a lot of month of going on sale in December affair,” with a story line very similar to that fluent Ukrainian. She was a member of Plast ways – he was talented, attractive and fit 2011. Ticket prices range between of the original fairytale “The Little Ukrainian Scouting Organization and a grad- rabidly in the band’s make-up,” said Lilia $37.50 and $287.50 and are available at Mermaid.” Samantha (Ms. Winnick) and uate of Tsiopa Palijiw Ukrainian School, Konnova, 24, a Chili Peppers fan from melnitsa.org and parter.ua. Trey (Travis Van Winkle) are the main where she successfully completed the com- characters in the film about the ups and prehensive exams known as “matura.” 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 No. 27-28 GENERATION UKE

Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas Ukraine’s train stations and supermarkets: a study in contrasts by Roman Skaskiw lation to the system by stooping to speak through a little minutes counting money with another lady. When I finally portal to the impatient clerk. You have no idea what train had her attention, she told me that nothing was available KYIV – Lviv-born economist, Ludwig Von Mises made tickets are available or how much they cost until you get on the day I wanted to travel, or the day after that. I the case that capitalism forces people, even enemies, to there. A decision must be made the instant you get the couldn’t make an immediate decision about what to do, so cooperate and serve one another. This is so evident, we information, and there doesn’t seem to be any way to get an I left empty-handed. often fail to see it. overview of what’s available. Most Ukrainians would probably think: “Of course, that Consider buying something at a store. It is typical for You ask for Thursday night; they tell you very rapidly it how it works at the train station. That is how it always both customer and cashier to say “thank you.” This mutual what’s leaving on Thursday night, which types of cabins, worked, and that is how it will always be until the end of expression of gratitude reflects how both parties benefit. times of travel and cost. It’s an awfully large amount of time. There is no alternative.” The customer receives his product, and the cashier, on information to process quickly, especially for non-native One must be able to imagine progress before achieving behalf of the owner, receives the customer’s money. They speakers and especially if you’re a nice person sensitive to it. Imagine a supermarket. I shop at the Mega Market near are both happier and the world becomes a better place. the impatience of the people behind you. the Olympiiskyi Stadium metro station. In fact, I went there The mutual benefit occurs only for businesses relying It gets worse. just to cheer myself up after my failure at the train station. I on voluntary patronage. It doesn’t exist where people prof- On a recent visit to the train station a young man asked like choices. I like polite people. it from tax dollars – for example, at the train station. This to cut in front of me, just as I reached the front of the line. At Mega Market, I don’t have to ask which products are brings me to my personal experience of buying tickets in Perhaps he had bought a ticket online. “Thirty seconds,” he available. They are advertised with beautiful pictures, and Kyiv’s “vokzal.” said. I nodded. Good manners are only a weakness in a sometimes attractive people hand me leaflets as I wander I had been told you can buy tickets online in Ukraine, but bureaucratically managed enterprise. the aisles at my own leisurely pace. I get free samples. I can the website looks confusing. You must register. Also, after He was indeed finished in 30 seconds, but a lady sensed touch, hold and even smell things before I buy them. The you buy them online, you go to the train station and cut in her opportunity and asserted her place behind the young biggest miracle of all, however, may be the checkout. front of the many exhausted travelers waiting on long lines man. I told her she couldn’t cut in, and even posted my arm, There is no glass between me and clerk. I don’t have to just to receive the online-purchased train ticket. I can’t but she snuck around my other side as soon as he finished. stoop. They smile and demonstrate good manners. They imagine doing that. So, for my stay in Ukraine, I’ve resorted She jumped straight into a heated argument with the never take technical breaks. A girl leaves her station only to standing on lines at train stations to purchase tickets. clerk. The clerk refused something but she wouldn’t accept when her replacement arrives. Even if they did take breaks, For my non-Ukrainian readers, let me clarify how horri- it and kept arguing. Eventually, the clerk put a cardboard it wouldn’t matter because the lines are always short. Do ble this experience is. The station is perpetually crowded sign in the window that read “Technical break,” dropped the train station bureaucrats stumble through supermarkets in and smells like body odor. By my estimate, the average wait venetian blinds and left her booth, switching off the light. utter awe? Do they consider the managers there to be in Kyiv is 30 minutes. You have to demonstrate your capitu- This shouldn’t have caught me by surprise. super-human geniuses? Various times are printed on the glass of the booth. Economist Frederick Hayek distinguished between two Roman Skaskiw is a former Fulbright scholar and a six- Though they aren’t labeled, I’ve since learned these are the economies in every society. There is the voluntary economy, year U.S. Army veteran who lives in Ukraine. His writings technical breaks. Each booth has five or six technical where exchanges rely on voluntary patronage, and there is have appeared on The New York Times Homefires blog, in breaks during the day and they range from 10 to 60 min- the coercive economy – so called because it runs on taxes the Atlantic, Stanford Magazine and other publications. His utes in duration. This one was supposed to be 20 minutes that are collected coercively. For the sake of good manners, blog “Roman in Ukraine” focuses on his observations in long, and I decided to wait it out rather than move to a dif- peace and making the most of the little time each of has on Ukraine (http://romaninukraine.com). ferent line. The clerk returned on time, but then spent five this Earth, we should remember how we are treated by each. SUSK’s 54th national congress connects students in Canada ward. The delegates immersed themselves in full debate and devoted themselves to exploring, learning and sharing their knowledge. It became evident that there are many areas in which SUSK can improve its focus, and steps taken at this year’s Congress will help forge a new path for Ukrainian students in Canada.” A session with Yvan Baker, a management consultant and former president of the Ontario Provincial Council of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, tasked the students to determine issues that SUSK faces, prioritize them, identify the most realistic solutions and solve one of the identified issues in groups. “This exercise served to be invaluable,” said Pavel Waszczur, a delegate from McMaster University. “I found the experience rewarding as the process could be applied to any organization.” Danylo Korbabicz was elected SUSK president for the 2012-2013 term; he previously served as SUSK president Delegates of the 54th national congress of the Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Union (SUSK) with Eugene and Renata Roman in 2010-2011 and is a student at the University of Ottawa. (left), owners of the Rosewood Estates Winery, and Paul Grod (right), president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. Mr. Korbabicz stated: “I am humbled to lead SUSK once again in the this crucial time of its renaissance. Our com- HAMILTON, Ontario – More than 30 delegates from 12 Speakers on various topics included: Orysia Sushko, munity faces immediate challenges in Canada but is also Canadian post-secondary institutions and representatives human trafficking; Taras Zalusky, the Ukrainian Canadian concerned by the deteriorating situation in Ukraine. It is of Ukrainian organizations gathered on May 10-13 here at Congress and SUSK; Zenon Potichny, Alex Ochrym, important that more of our youth take an active leadership the Hamilton Convention Center for the 54th national con- Markian Silecky, Michael Zienchuk and Dr. George Foty, role in both arenas as conventional resolutions to various gress of the Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Union (known who outlined the Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce challenges are becoming less effective. That being said, I by its Ukrainian acronym as SUSK). The event was hosted Youth Initiative; Dr. Walter Zaryckyj, the Ukrainian diaspo- would like to commend those who have committed them- by the McMaster University Ukrainian Students’ ra’s role in the development of Ukraine; and Paul Grod, selves to SUSK this past executive term, as well as those Association. Eugene Roman and Renata Roman, who discussed the link incoming members. Without them, SUSK would languish A meet-and-greet networking night got things started, between business success and community involvement. and an important community voice would not be heard.” followed by a blue-and-yellow-themed pub crawl, and a Nearly 200 people attended the annual SUSK banquet Mr. Korbabicz then thanked the outgoing president, Ms. private tour of Rosewood Winery Estates in Beamsville, and dance at the historic Luina Station, where guests Kit, for her work with SUSK throughout the years and as Ontario, that included a tasting and sessions on personal enjoyed a performance by the Kalyna Dance Ensemble, a president. finance. keynote address by William J. Festeryga, Q.C., and music by Other members elected to the 2012-2013 SUSK National “Returning to my fifth SUSK Congress, it was a pleasure the Zirka band. Executive include: Chistine Czolij (University of Waterloo), to see so many new faces,” said Marta Cybulsky from Outgoing SUSK President Olena Kit noted: “The 54th executive vice-president; Danylo Kostruba (University of McGill University in Montreal. “SUSK has definitely been national SUSK congress served as an opportunity for stu- Western Ontario), vice-president, finances; Ann Zalucky doing a great job at mobilizing and connecting Ukrainian dents to network with other students across the country, (University of Calgary), vice-president, west; Anastasia youth across Canada. This year’s Congress stood out in as well as develop leadership skills necessary to execute Ostapchuk (University of Western Ontario), vice-president, particular, as the speakers were extremely enthusiastic and their role as future leaders in the hromada [community]. stimulated many discussions amongst the delegates.” Many new ideas, opinions and criticisms were brought for- (Continued on page 13) No. 27-28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 13 GENERATION UKE Iskra dancers bring Ukrainian cowboy style to Wild West Ukie Fest by Dmitri Lenczuk PHOENIX – Having traveled across the United States for its first headlining show outside of the New York- New Jersey area, the Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Whippany, N.J., performed at the third annual Wild West Ukie Fest on Saturday, April 26. With a “yee-haw,” the troupe’s 16 professional dancers, led by the nationally renowned dance instructor Andrij Cybyk, put on their red boots and cowboy boots to perform in the Wild, Wild West, and gave the people of Arizona a unique taste of Ukrainian culture. Iskra performed a total of 13 dances, including a “fashion show” highlighting the costumes from different regions of Ukraine, including Poltava, Bukovyna, Volyn and Zakarpattia, to name just a few. The show ran for two hours, featuring not only Ukrainian dancing, but also the young singer/dancer Anastasiya Kaspruk and the accordion virtuoso Alex Chudolij. Iskra was greeted and hosted by the wonderful Christine Syzonenko Ukrainians of Arizona, including Wild West Ukie Fest fes- The Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble with artistic director Andrij Cybyk. tival committee members Christina Boyko, Irene Szwez, Larissa Szwez, Lisa Krawec, Stefka Tkachuk, Vera large auditorium in Phoenix. Iskra also participated in a night, both of which included kolomyika dancing by Hoerner and Taisa Jacus. “Meet and Greet the Dancers” on Friday night and a zaba- members of the ensemble. The performance itself was professionally staged in a va featuring Vechirka from Rochester, N.Y., on Saturday Being a dancer in the ensemble, this writer can per- sonally attest to the fantastic and joyous time the group had in Arizona. There is nothing greater than receiving a standing ovation from a truly appreciative crowd, many of whom have never seen a single Ukrainian dance step in their life, let alone the fast-paced and beautifully cho- reographed dances of Iskra’s repertoire. After all of the hard work that Iskra has put into preparation, it was an honor to have been treated so hospitably by both the young and the not so young of Phoenix’s Ukrainian com- munity. Towards the end of Saturday night’s zabava, all the members of the Iskra family received cowboy bandanas, initiating them as cowboys and cowgirls in the Ukrainian community of the Wild West. Although Iskra is currently back at home preparing for several local shows, the wel- coming crowd of Phoenix has encouraged Iskra to con- tinue lighting the spark of Ukrainian heritage in audienc- es and dancers alike, far and wide, and for many years to The Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble performs its “Pryvit.” come. UMANA awards scholarships to students in health professions

by Maria Hrycelak and Dentistry of New Jersey. He finished dental school in Ukrainian American Youth Association and has organized Ukraine and was a practicing dentist for close to 16 years. several fund-raising projects. CHICAGO – Six aspiring students in the health profes- Mr. Kopynets volunteers at several dental offices with a sions were awarded scholarships by the Ukrainian Medical large number of Ukrainian patients. senior to an accelerated B.S./M.D. seven-year honors pro- Association of North America (UMANA) Foundation. The gram• Mikhaylo at the University Szczupak of Miamiwas accepted Miller School as a highof Medicine. school Foundation’s Dr. Walter and Olha Prokopiw Scholarship program at McGill University in Montreal. He is actively Despite this intense educational path, he is a member of Fund expanded its scope of action for the 2012-2013 aca- involved• Artem in theLuhovy family is film-makingin his third business.year of an This M.D./M.B.A. summer, the Department of Community Service at the university, demic year to include not only medical students who are through McGill University, he will travel to Donetsk to help which provides free health screenings for the indigent. He studying in the United States and Canada, but now also implement a risk preparedness and trauma team for the is also an avid tennis player. dental students. Euro Cup and other sporting events. Studies show that the current average cost of a medical school at the University of Alberta. Despite the demanding education is $155,000. As a result, more than 85 percent School of Medicine in Chicago. He has been involved in many schedule• Bohdarianna in medical Zorniak school, is Mr. in Zorniakher last hasyear been of medical able to of students graduate with a large debt at the end of their extracurricular• Yuriy Moklyak activities is a student such as at juggling Northwestern club and Feinberg theater. preserve her Ukrainian heritage and culture through education. After careful consideration, to help ease that He is involved in several projects in liver transplantation at dance and language. She is an active member of the Vohon financial burden, the UMANA Foundation board voted to Northwestern Hospital. Mr. Moklyak volunteers at a Dance Ensemble of Edmonton and recently published an increase each annual scholarship award to $3,000. Community Health clinic with a large Ukrainian population. essay, “Stone Hands” in Ars Medica. This year’s scholarship recipients are a talented and Donations to the UMANA Foundation help to expand qualified group of students. Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He is nearing the pool of scholarships for any qualified student. To sup- completion• Stephen of hisRos thesis continues work on his understanding M.D./Ph.D. studiesa model atof port the foundation readers may visit www.umana.org or International Dental Program at the University of Medicine tendon injury. He continues to be an active member of the call 773-278-6262. • Viktor Kopynets was accepted to the two-year

of Alberta), media director; Zenon Ciz (University of Canadian Congress, the Federation of Ukrainian Student SUSK’s 54th national... Toronto), alumni director; and Olena Kit (McMaster Organizations in America (SUSTA) and other organizations. (Continued from page 12) University), immediate past president. Formed in 1953, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, SUSK in a Resolutions passed at the congress called for the digiti- national student organization that advocates for it member central; William Pidzamecky (University of Ottawa), vice- zation of the SUSK publication Student and the creation of a Ukrainian student organizations at post-secondary institu- president, east; Ulanna Wityk (University of Waterloo), sec- searchable digital archive of the electronic issues. SUSK is tions across Canada. SUSK serves an a national forum retary; Adrian Warchola (University of Alberta), external seeking to collect funds for this project. Another ongoing where students can discuss and act upon concerns affect- relations; Kateryna Ivanchenko (University of Ottawa), collection is for a database of alumni, past congresses, ing them, and is the coordinating body for Ukrainian stu- internal relations; Sasha Vorotilenko (University of achievements and other SUSK defining moments. SUSK is dents’ organizations throughout Canada. For more infor- Alberta), project director; Cassian Soltykevych (University also looking at ways to coordinate with the Ukrainian mation, readers may visit www.susk.ca. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 No. 27-28 No. 27-28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 15 “Mina’s Story – A Doctor’s Memoir of the Holocaust” presented in Toronto by Oksana Zakydalsky careers when the Soviet occupation began. In 1941 the Germans occupied western Ukraine and the situation for TORONTO – “Mina’s Story – A Doctor’s Memoir of the Jews became very unpredictable. Rumors of “actions” Holocaust” was originally published in Canada in 1994 and against Jews forced them to hide in cellars, attics and even republished in 2005, after the death of author, Dr. Mina chimneys to keep out of the clutches of the Germans. When Deutsch. In 2011 a Ukrainian translation of the book by the Germans begin herding Jews into the Borshchiv ghetto, Andriy Pavlyshyn was released by the Dukh I Litera pub- the Deutsches faced a dilemma: whether to go into to the lishing house in Kyiv. ghetto or to hide. They chose to hide. The author was born Mina Kimmel in 1911 in the town of There was doubt about whom to trust. Although in one Ozeriany (now in Ternopil oblast) into a Jewish business- village the priest asked parishioners to denounce Jews man’s family. Finishing elementary school in Ozeriany and because they were Christ killers, another priest pointed high school in Lviv, Mina went on to study medicine in out in his sermons that there would be heavenly rewards Prague, barely managing to finish her studies before the for giving persecuted people shelter and sharing bread arrival of the Germans in 1938. In Prague she met Leon with them. Deutsch, a fellow medical student, who became her husband. The Deutsches approached a wealthy farmer, Mikhail They returned to western Ukraine, where their daugh- Kukurudza, for help. His son was being treated by Leon. ter Eva was born, and had just started their medical (Continued on page 24)

Eva Andermann, daughter of Mina Dr. Lisa Andermann, granddaughter Deutsch. of Mina Deutsch. Prof. Frank Sysyn Kyiv columnist releases his third book of poetry by Zenon Zawada “Regardless, he was dragged into the KGB, accused of Yushchenko in tragic terms: “The epoch is paying back Special to the Ukrainian Weekly nationalism, dismissed from work and criticized at meet- debts, from the harsh nature of conflict, from the harsh ings. He also endured harassment. He was simply silenced futility of storms, from the harsh memory of will.” KYIV – Scratch the surface of any newspaperman and and not published. For a poet, it’s a horrific punishment to Mr. Gunko’s poetry sticks to the standard classic forms you’ll find an aspiring poet, novelist or playwright. live your life and not see a single book published,” Mr. of consistently arranged, rhyming verses, drawing the Oleksandr Gunko, who writes a column for the daily nation- Gunko commented. praise of his colleagues from the National Writers Union of al newspaper Hazeta Po-Ukrayinsky, has published his third The title also refers to the fact that “talented people Ukraine. book of poetry, titled “Na Vulytsi Heniya” (On the Street of a always lived in difficulty in all epochs of totalitarian societ- “The classical style and classical form can handle today’s Genius). ies,” Mr. Gunko said, referring not only to Bakhuta, but also pain, today’s discourse,” said Petro Zasenko, who led the It’s a collection of more than 100 poems that capture Mr. to Shevchenko, Vasyl Stus and Alla Horska. National Writers Union’s admissions committee for 10 Gunko’s thoughts on contemporary culture and politics, as “Na Vulytsi Heniya” is divided into nine sections. In the years. well as historical events and figures. chapter titled “Figures” (Postati), Mr. Gunko pays tribute to “Gunko takes words and so freely uses them, so precise- Mr. Gunko dedicated his latest collection, published in those artists he admires most, including Ukrainian film leg- ly adapts word to word, rhyme to rhyme,” he told the audi- March, to Anatolii Bakhuta, a prolific Kherson poet and end Oleksander Dovzhenko, Jewish artist Marc Chagall and ence gathered on March 16. “In stanzas and verses, the Shestydesiatnyk (dissident of the 1960s) who lived on Russian literary legend Boris Pasternak. words breathe. They like each other. They don’t restrict Shevchenko Street in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast, hence These poems weave allusions to sophisticated subtleties each other. That’s the sign of your outstanding talent.” the book’s title. Under Soviet rule, Bakhuta couldn’t publish a of culture. Mr. Gunko, 59, hails from the neighboring district from single book despite having written thousands of poems. He writes: “Doctor Zhevago … fame or heroism? Or the Bakhuta’s Nova Kakhovka, testifying to the fact that before “He didn’t go through labor camps perhaps because he chilly eternity of thirst? Balance – here, balance – there, the Soviet genocides the Kherson Oblast was densely pop- lived in the outskirts, not the capital,” Mr. Gunko told a sometimes a victory, sometimes an advantage, Yet beyond ulated by ethnically conscious Ukrainians. group of his own admirers gathered in a quaint central Kyiv the chasm – where’s that courage?” He befriended Bakhuta during the last years of his life bookshop on March 16. The verse refers to the famous telephone call Pasternak when they worked together at the Nova Kakhovka news- said he received from Joseph Stalin, asking whether he was paper. Bakhuta became his mentor of poetry, teaching him present at a recital of a derogatory parody against the “how to approach words responsibly, how to polish them, Soviet dictator read by Osip Mandelstam. He also asked and to demonstrate works.” Pasternak whether he considered Mandelstam a literary To honor his mentor, Mr. Gunko wrote three concise master. verses: “We’re fixed in time and immured in space. Every Pasternak avoided answering the first question and said instant leaves tracks on the heart’s parchment. Every he “admired Mandelstam’s poetry but felt no affinity with thought shatters sleep. Every star is extinguished at the it.” Afterwards, Mandelstam was arrested and banished bottom of the brightest eyes.” from entering large cities. He was arrested again five years Mr. Gunko spent most of his life in the Kherson Oblast later and banished to Siberia, where he died. Pasternak before arriving in Kyiv six years ago, when he began writ- admitted being in regret over whether he could have said ing about politics, culture and social issues for the Kyiv- more to spare his colleague’s fate. based Hazeta Po-Ukrayinsky and weekly magazine “Gunko chose these geniuses to learn from them, and Krayina. afterwards compare them to his own searches, discoveries “This book shows that in standardized, classic verse, and pains,” wrote Dr. Mykola Sulyma, the assistant director there are still inexhaustible possibilities,” Dr. Sulyma said at of the Shevchenko Institute of Literature at the National the book presentation. “Now everyone is delighted with Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, in the book’s foreword. free style, which often uses absent lexicon. But such verse Mr. Gunko tackles politics in the section titled “Time of is classic, strict, sustained without a spare word, in which Mousetraps” and subsections titled “Mascarade”: First the words are tightly fit like bricks in the Egyptian pyra- mask – Leonid Kuchma; second mask – Viktor Yushchenko; mids, which have stood for so long as a result. Such poetry third mask – Viktor Yanukovych; fourth mask – Yulia has enormous prospects. A lot of us will learn to under- Tymoshenko. stand it, love it and then give it to acquaintances to propa- It’s not the standard cynical criticism one would expect, gate such poetry, which is deep, penetrating and suffered however. Mr. Gunko said he was more interested in explor- over.” Zenon Zawada ing the lost, twisted spirits of these political leaders with “On the Street of a Genius” can be purchased on the Oleksandr Gunko his rhyming poems. He described former President Internet at: www.greenpes.com and www.vsiknygy.com.ua. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 No. 27-28

voting for the members of their factions. opinion that the bill on state language policy Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, together NEWSBRIEFS “We have voted for each national deputy of would help develop all languages of the peo- with leaders of the Ukrainian Orthodox our factions to vote in person since today’s ples living in Ukraine. “I believe that there Church – Kyiv Patriarchate, Ukrainian (Continued from page 2) meeting,” he said. (Ukrinform) must be no isolation in connection with the Autocephalous Orthodox Church, the language issue, because any self-isolation is Roman Catholic Church and representa- of the UESU case started, Ms. Tymoshenko Opposition on Constitutional Assembly has not been present at any court session, a loss of economic growth, a loss of econo- tives of other Churches and Church com- despite the fact that this was the fourth ses- KYIV – Opposition political parties have my,” the vice prime minister said. He added munities participated in commemorations that the role of the government is to make sion today. All this time she referred to the decided not to join the Constitutional of the beginning of the war between the sure that all the people living in Ukraine and state of her health, although there is no Assembly, because they believe that they Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. They held speaking different languages could develop objective data in the medical records of her will not have any influence there, Yulia a memorial prayer service for all who died their culture and feel comfortable in their health. Therefore, it was decided to conduct Tymoshenko Bloc-Batkivshchyna National during World War II and those who during own country. However, Vadym a forensic medical examination, which Deputy Serhii Mishchenko announced in a that time gave their lives for Ukraine’s free- Kolesnichenko, deputy chairman of the should determine whether there are medi- TVi interview on June 21. “The regulations dom. According to June 25 news media Party of Regions faction, told the press on cal contraindications for Ms. Tymoshenko to stipulate that two-thirds of the assembly reports, Bishop Dziurakh said: “It is impor- June 21 that his group will “move to legalize attend court sessions,” Judge Sadovsky said. shall vote for the changes. Will the opposi- tant for us to see the whole context of those the existence of bilingualism in Ukraine, and dramatic events in our country and not to The court ordered the medical personnel of tion have any influence there if it has about at the Constitutional Assembly meetings we bypass with attention and care not only the Ukrzaliznytsia’s Central Clinical Hospital No. five representatives? No,” he stressed. At the will seek that the new Constitution include a soldiers of the Soviet army, but also all 5 and the leadership of Kachanivska Penal same time, Mr. Mishchenko said that the provision for two official languages – those, who in difficult circumstances, car- Colony No. 54 to provide objective data on chairman of the Constitutional Assembly, Russian and Ukrainian.” Mr. Kolesnichenko, ried on the national liberation struggle Ms. Tymoshenko’s health. (Ukrinform) Leonid Kravchuk, and government dele- noting that that the Constitutional Assembly gates on several occasions invited the oppo- against both occupation regimes – that of began its work on June 20, said, “The main Opposition says ‘piano voting’ is a crime sition to cooperate. “They invited us earlier, Hitler and Stalin. Likewise, we must also issue for discussion was that in the new and yesterday too I received a letter from remember the countless victims of civil- KYIV – Representatives of the parlia- Constitution the most important issue will Mr. Kravchuk, inviting our participation, but ians, the prisoners of the concentration mentary factions Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc- be ensuring the protection and enjoyment of I refused,” the national deputy said. camps, the victims of ethnic cleansing and Batkivshchyna and Our Ukraine-People’s human rights, including the right to speak in (Ukrinform) forced resettlements.” War, he continued, Self-Defense intend to introduce a bill that one’s native language,” the lawmaker empha- leaves deep wounds in the souls of people would provide for criminal liability of Tigipko, Kolesnichenko differ on languages sized. In this context, Mr. Kolesnichenko and nations which need God’s healing. national deputies who violate the constitu- expressed confidence that Ukraine will legal- “This is exactly why for us the initiative of tional provision on personal voting. The SEVASTOPOL – The Party of Regions will ize bilingualism. (National Radio Company the community and the representatives of decision was made at a meeting of the two not lobby for the introduction of two official of Ukraine, Ukrinform) separate political groupings to commemo- factions, Andriy Kozhemiakin, chairman of languages in Ukraine, Vice Prime Minister rate this day in silence and prayer, was so Filipchuk released from custody in courtroom the YTB-Batkivshchyna faction, said at a and Minister of Social Policy Sergey Tigipko valuable. It is impossible to change history. briefing on June 22. “The united opposition said in Sevastopol, according to June 23 KYIV – Kyiv’s Court of Appeal has com- But the past has to be handed over to the pledges to submit and support the bill pro- media reports. “We will not seek introduc- muted the sentence against former Hands of God, who in His mercy can heal viding for criminalization of every national tion of two national languages, because this Environment Minister Heorhii Filipchuk. the wounds and cure memory,” said Bishop deputy who will not follow Article 84 of the would lead to unnecessary talk. Let us first Instead of three years in prison, he received Dziurakh. (Religious Information Service of Constitution of Ukraine on the personal pass the law [on the fundamentals of state a two-year suspended sentence. The former Ukraine) vote,” he said. 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Вже 10 років тужимо за нашим незабутнім чоловіком, татом, дідусем, св. п. д-ром ELEANOR CROFT GARVIN Миколою Дейчаківським MALANIAK, що відійшов у вічність 11 липня 2002 року. A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA, Це була людина благородного духу та високих моральних ціннос- PEACEFULLY ENTERED INTO GOD’S ETERNAL KINGDOM ON JUNE 13, 2012, AT THE AGE OF 80. тей, лікар-хірург, політично-громадський діяч, в’язень гітлерівських тюрем, меценат, спортовець, автор споминів „На Визвольних Стеж- Eleanor was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on February 3, 1932 to John C. and Helen Garvin. She moved to New York in 1942 and graduated from Forest Hills High School in 1949. Eleanor’s formal edu- ках Европи“. В юності активно боровся за визволення батьківщини, а cation was completed at “The Traphagen School of Fashion” of The University of the State of New York коли був змушений жити поза рідною землею, його увага, думки, по- in 1951 where she studied costume design and illustration. чуття та зусилля були спрямовані на потреби та долю України. On July 14, 1957 in Los Angeles, she married Bohdan Zenowij Malaniak, a recent immigrant from Ukraine, with whom she would have celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary this July. Eleanor and Світла пам’ять про нього залишиться в наших серцях назавжди. Bohdan raised three children, to whom they were very devoted, and spent most of their lives in Glendale, California. During her years of nurturing a family, Eleanor volunteered much time to her chil- Поминальні св. Літургії будуть відправлені 11 липня 2012 року dren’s schools, scouting troops, and community. She entered the professional world as her children в grew, which culminated with her retirement in 1994 as Manager of the Division of Cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Українській католицькій церкві св. Андрія в Пармі, Огайо Eleanor enjoyed expressing herself through her art, for which she had a unique talent and blessed Українському католицькому соборі св. Родини у Вашінґтоні, Д.К. others with her creativity. Camping, traveling, and entertaining friends and family were her special delights. She always humbly served her family and worked behind the scenes to support them in their Дружина Надя зі синами Орестом, pursuits. No matter her position or place in life, she would take the time to listen to others. She was Юрієм і Миколою та їхніми сім’ями. kind, gentle, and compassionate. Eleanor leaves behind husband Bohdan Z. Malaniak, retired long-standing senior executive of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; daughters Lori Britten (husband Mark) and Dina Malaniak; son Joseph Malaniak; granddaughters Hilary Pratt (husband Andrew), Larissa McClure (husband John), Isabella Malaniak; grandsons Benjamin Britten and Cooper Malaniak; and great-granddaughter Katelyn McClure. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister Barrie Straw Harris. Her extended family includes the Green, Harris, and Fowler families as well as the Oransky, Petyk, Shust, and Baley families. The family had a private funeral at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California on June 21, 2012. MAY HER MEMORY BE ETERNAL! In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to one of the following: • Alfred Jay Firestein Chair in Diabetes Research • Helene A. and Philip E. Hixon Chair in Investigative Medicine • General Clinical Research Center: Malaniak Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research” Dr. Walter A. Petryshyn Mail donations to: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd., Suite 2416, Los Angeles, CA 90048 Online donations at: https://www.discoveringforlife.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=1065 1922 – 2012 Dr. Petryshyn, Board Certified Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist, passed away on May 15 at the age of 90. He was dedicated to his profession and made many contributions to the field of hearing loss treatment. Dr. Petryshyn was a recipient of many awards. He was awarded the Harris P. Mosher award by the Triological Society for furthering the highest standards of perfection in the study, teaching and practice of otolaryngology. He was a Clinical Professor at the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Dr. Petryshyn has been associated with the Deafness Research Foundation since 1958. He was their first Medical Director and served as their Medical Advisor. He also served as their Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. He was the only two-time recipient of the DRF’s Award of Achievement. Other recipients of this award have been Helen Keller, President Herbert Hoover, General Sarnoff and Dr. Georg von Bekesy, who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1961. Dr. Petryshyn had been the Director of Otolaryngology at the Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, New Jersey, before moving to Montclair. He was a practicing Otologist in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, until his retirement in 1986. He received the Golden Merit award from the Medical Society of New Jersey upon completion of Fifty years of Distinguished Service as a Practicing Physician. Lovingly remembered by: Wife of 66 years Helen (Pronczak) sons Walter with wife Lindsay Gregory Mark with wife Wendy daughter Collette with husband David Summers grandsons Wilson, Douglas and Emerson nieces Anne (Myron) Barankewicz Lesia (Jerry) Palumbo cousin Michael Petrysyn Вічна Йому пам’ять! May his memory be eternal. Donations in memory of Dr. Petryshyn may be made to: The Ukrainian Museum, 222 E 6th Street, New York, NY 10003-8201 195B 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 No. 27-28 Tryzub hosts 174 teams at 11th annual Memorial Day weekend soccer tournament

by Eugene A. Luciw HORSHAM, Pa. – A total of 174 teams from throughout the Atlantic Seaboard gathered here at the Ukrainian American Sport Center, for the Ukrainian Nationals’ 11th annual Memorial Day weekend youth soccer tournament. Play commenced Friday, May 26-27, under the lights at Tryzubivka and progressed throughout Saturday and Sunday at Tryzubivka (including its recently installed artificial turf field) and four additional venues. The competition was fierce. The various soccer clubs and leagues had undeniably entered their strongest teams. It is note- worthy that the Ukrainian Chornomorska Sitch, from Whippany, N.J., won the U-17 boys’ championship, despite facing very powerful opponents. This is the Sitch team’s second win in as many years. On Saturday night, the Ukrainian Nationals hosted a “Picnic Under the Stars.” The teams, parents and guests enjoyed a marvelous evening of fun to the accompa-

The Ukrainian Nationals Kyiv Dynamo Black team, winner in the under 12 age group.

Groups Champions Finalists

Boys U8 Fishtown North Union United 03 Blue Hotspurs Vipers Boys U9 Ukrainian Nationals Vereinung Erzgebirge Blue Zoria Black Green Gunners Boys U9 Rage ‘02 Western Lehigh White United Raptors Boys U10 Council Rock Ukrainian Nationals Blue United Strikers Rangers Black (won semi by pk’s) Boys U10 Ukrainian Nationals Upper Dublin White Rangers Red Gunners Boys U11 Ukrainian Nationals Seneca Blue 2000 Black United 2000 Boys U11 Buckingham s Pro Futbol 00 White United Crasher Gold Boys U12 Hockessin Lower Merion Blue Blizzard Boca Boys U12 Lower Southampton Upper Makefield-Newtown White Apaches Patriots Blue The winners in the under 13 age group, Ukrainian Nationals Kixx. Boys U13 North Union United 98 Southampton niment of popular Philadelphia musician to execute an event of this magnitude. Blue Cannons Blue Stingrays and singer-songwriter Dan Rendine and a Numerous guests marveled at the excel- Boys U13 FC Lehigh ‘98 Wyoming live dance band, Fat Uncle Jack. lence of Tryzub’s facilities and the unparal- White Valley ‘98 More than just periodic violent rain leled organization and appeal of all aspects Boys U14 North Union United 97 Ukrainian Nationals Atoms storms tested the tournament committee’s of the tournament. Blue Cannons (won by pk’s) contingency planning, ingenuity, nerves Said Ms. Mannato: “… it takes a group of Boys U14 Spirit United Arsenal ‘97 Rage ‘97 and flexibility, but the tournament contin- dedicated, intelligent and talented individ- White ued and ended with surprisingly limited uals to work together towards one goal… Boys U15 Stamford FC West Mont consequences. Under the leadership of and we do that well. To the newer mem- Blue United Union ‘96 tournament director Cheryl Mannato, the bers of our committee.....we are glad you Boys U15/16 Ukrainian Nationals AC United) tournament committee met all obstacles decided to join us and your help has only Blue Obolon (U15) Maroon (U15 and moved the play and a mass of players, made our tournament better. I am very Boys U17 Ukrainian Sitch USA Council Rock spectators, referees, vehicular traffic, field proud to be a part of this awesome group Blue Bucks Cobras (U16) United FC marshals, vendors and volunteers with of individuals.” exquisite precision. They stocked and re- Each champion and finalist player Girls U8 Horsham Hulmeville stocked each location with appropriate received a custom-designed trophy or Blue Dynamite Hotshots concessions, supplies and conveniences. medal with an engraved Tryzub and an Girls U9 North Union Deep Run Valley Crush It takes leadership, dedication, organiza- explanation of its special significance to the Blue United 02 Strikers tion, communication, flexibility, contingen- Ukrainian community. Girls U9 Ukrainian Nationals Rage ‘02 cy planning, cohesiveness and many Listed below are the results of the tour- White Helios Black months of sheer hard work to organize and nament. Girls U10 Ukrainian Nationals Wyoming Valley ‘01 Blue Blasters Black Girls U10 Upper Makefield-Newtown Greater Chester Valley White Patriots Red Lightning Girls U11 Souderton Stingers Ukrainian Nationals Blue Vorskla Black Girls U12 Ukrainian Nationals Wyoming Blue Kyiv Dynamo Black Valley ‘99 Girls U13 Ukrainian Nationals Council Rock Blue Kixx United Cosmos Girls U14 Ukrainian Nationals North Union United 97 Blue Hornets Lady Cannons Girls U15/16 Southampton Pennsylvania Rush Blue Storm (U15) Nike (U15) A view of the action in the U13 group. No. 27-28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 19

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Boston remembers Ukrainian heroes by Peter T. Woloschuk BOSTON – Under the auspices of Boston’s Ukrainian American Youth Association (UAYA) branch, a memorial program was held on June 10 to honor all those who had given their lives for the freedom of Ukraine. The annual “Sviato Heroyiv” commemoration began with the placing of a wreath by twins Adam and Sophia Szczudluk in front of the iconostas after the main liturgy at Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church and the celebra- tion of a panakhyda for all those who gave their lives for Ukraine by the Rev. Michael Moisin, administrator of St. Michael’s Romanian Catholic Mission of Boston. At the conclusion of the services, the program continued in the parish center, starting with a light luncheon and then a formal program consisting of a welcome by UAYA President Michael Nosal Jr., the communal singing of the Ukrainian national anthemn, an explanation of the histo- ries of some of the individuals being remembered, remarks by Vsevolod Petriv, president of the Boston branch of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, as well as a presentation of appropriate songs and poetry reading. Vsevolod Petriv The mistresses of ceremonies were Anna Nosal and Participants of the special program held by Boston’s Ukrainian American Youth Association to honor Ukraine’s heroes. Maria Fedynyshyn Saxe, and the slogan for the day was “We go into battle and we will achieve victory, because the which Ms. Anna Nosal talked about the 20th anniversary of secretly,” she said. truth is with us and God is with us.” the death of Ivan Svitlychny, poet, literary critic, and a leader In his brief remarks Mr. Petriv said that the annual com- The 170th anniversary of the birth and the 100th anniver- of the Ukrainian dissident movement in the late 1960s. memoration of the thousands of Ukrainians who gave their sary of the death of the composer Mykola Lysenko and the The presentations were backed by a PowerPoint pre- lives for the freedom of the Ukrainian nation and the indepen- role that he played in the development of a distinctive sentation prepared by Ms. Saxe Natalia and Tara Reid recit- dence of the Ukrainian state was one of the three most signifi- Ukrainian culture and society was outlined by Marika Zozula. ed two appropriate poems. cant holidays on the national Ukrainian calendar; the other Romana Mychajliw gave an overview of the 80th anni- Moved by the ceremonies, Olena Kovalchuk, a recent two being the Shevchenko commemoration in March and versary of the deaths of Organization of Ukrainian arrival in Boston, asked to be allowed to say a few words. the celebration of Ukrainian Independence Day in August. Nationalists (OUN) leaders Vasyl Bilas and Dmytro She thanked the local community for its commemoration “It is our duty to solemnly remember the sacrifices of our Danylyshyn after whom the Boston branch of UAYA is of the Ukrainian heroes so far from the homeland and heroes and pay tribute to their heroic actions which have named, and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Yarsolav pointed out that the diaspora had more information on borne fruit and resulted in the creation of a free and inde- Stetsko, political theorist and one of the major leaders of many of them than people currently living in Ukraine. pendent Ukrainian national state,” Mr. Petriv concluded. the OUN, was highlighted by Slavia Szczudluk. “Although I am related to one of the heroes that you men- Sviato Heroyiv has been celebrated in Boston annually Nicholas Zozula gave a presentation on the 70th anniver- tioned today, while I was in Ukraine, I only heard bits and since 1954, originally under the auspices of the UCCA sary of the formation of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), pieces of his story and they were always told hurriedly and Boston and more recently by the UAYA Boston.

Kingston’s Lviv pavilion St. Vladimir Cathedral youth draws crowds commemorate Holodomor PARMA, Ohio – An annual tradition, the monument as the choir sang “Vichnaya which began in 1993 with the erection of a Pamiat” (Memory Eternal) and “Bozhe monument dedicated to the victims of the Velykyi” (God is Great). Holodomor, continued this year with youth The monument, an over 10-foot-high and the faithful who gathered for a memori- Tryzub, with appropriate wording to remind al service served by three priests, a deacon people of the Holodomor, sits on the south and eight altar servers on May 20 at St. side of the cathedral facing State Road and is Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral. viewed by thousands of passing cars daily. The parish choir sang the responses. Flowers are often placed at the base of the Following the service, youth representing monument by family members after their the junior chapter of the Ukrainian Orthodox loved ones funerals from local parishes, not League, the Sunday School and students only from St. Vladimir Cathedral. from the Taras Shevchenko School of During the 1990s, when various political Ukrainian Studies read poems and and civic leaders visited Parma from Ukraine, described the events leading to the deaths of a visit to the monument was the custom. 7 million to 10 million Ukrainians during the Famous Ukrainian cultural groups such as the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. Tears were Dumka and Schedryk choirs of Kyiv and the visible in the eyes of parishioners present – Dudaryk Boys’ Choir of Lviv were taken first some because of personal experience and to the monument, before being hosted to a others who were moved upon hearing the luncheon at the parish cultural center. These young people describe the events that lead visits are considered very beneficial in that to the death of so many Ukrainians. they show visitors the importance of remem- At the conclusion, the youths placed blue bering the Holodomor years before Ukraine and yellow carnations in a vase in front of did likewise.

KINGSTON, Ontario – One of Canada’s longest-running Ukrainian folk festivals, now in its 43rd consecutive year, the “Lviv, Ukraine” pavilion again drew record audiences of Kingstonians and other guests over the weekend of June 8-10. The public delighting in the folk dancing of the Maky (seen above) and Dorist Ukrainian folk dance ensembles while enjoying traditional Ukrainian cuisine and exhibits, all sponsored by the Ukrainian Clergy and the parish choir, along with youth groups, lead the faithful in commemo- Canadian Club of Kingston. Next year’s festival will be on June 7-9. rating the Holodomor at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Parma, Ohio. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 No. 27-28 Synod of Bishops to meet in Winnipeg in September WINNIPEG, Manitoba – The Synod of Bishops of the of that year for their weeklong in camera meetings. Winnipeg and other parts of Manitoba, where the Ukrainian Catholic Church will gather in Winnipeg for a This happened again in September of 2011 when the Ukrainian Catholic population is estimated to be 10-day visit and meeting on September 8-18. Some 40 bishops traveled to Curitiba, Brazil. The location was 30,000. They also hope to have contact with other faith bishops – the local hierarchs for some 7 million chosen so that the Synod would take place immediately communities – especially the Ukrainian Orthodox Ukrainian Catholics in 30 jurisdictions in Eastern and after the fifth session of the Patriarchal Council. The Church whose metropolitan-archbishop also is in Western Europe, North and South America as well as council, which was dedicated to determining the future Winnipeg. Australia – will hold their annual meeting in Canada for of religious/monastic life, was held in Brazil as reli- Metropolitan Lawrence established a committee to the first time in its history. gious communities there are extraordinarily active in prepare for the Synod and the overall visit of the bish- Traditionally meetings of the hierarchy of the Church life. ops. Heading this committee is the Rev. Mark Gnutel, Ukrainian Catholic Church take place in Ukraine, with Metropolitan-Archbishop Lawrence Huculak of the dean of Winnipeg, and several other clergy from the exception of the years during the Soviet era, when Winnipeg requested that the Synod be held in his city the city. The committee is expanding as need dictates. the bishops met in Rome. However, in 2007 in 2012 to commemorate the centenary of the arrival The initial tasks include securing an appropriate venue Metropolitan Stephan Soroka, the Winnipeg-born of the first Ukrainian Catholic bishop in Winnipeg, for the major purpose – the weeklong Synod gathering. Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia, invited Blessed Nykyta Budka. Other events, such as services, banquets, faith celebra- the bishops to meet in the United States. They gathered The program for the visit of the Ukrainian bishops to tions, tours as well as encounters with youth, children at a shrine near Philadelphia at the end of September Manitoba includes visits to many of the parishes in and lay organizations, are also being developed.

ent a positive picture of the regime. working relationship with the Independent Media Ukrainian Journalists... Mr. Lukanov cited the Independent Media Association in Association in Ukraine. By maintaining a direct communi- (Continued from page 4) Ukraine, which he heads, emphasizing that it is not depen- cation link between the two organizations, North dent on government support but functions on the basis of American Ukrainian journalists and Ukraine’s independent He said that, although it is often stated that Leonid grants from foundations and NGOs. (It should be noted journalists will be in a better position when there is a need Kuchma introduced censorship, it was actually Prime that Mr. Lukanov’s trip to the United States for participa- to react quickly to various developments in Ukraine, the Minister Pavlo Lazarenko who made the first attempts at tion in the media congress at Soyuzivka was funded by the United States and Canada. establishing control over the media. During Mr. Kuchma’s Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union.) He added Mr. Lukanov suggested that his group could provide a that he would like this group of independent journalists to level of support to those journalists traveling to Ukraine presidency the system of “temnyky” (from the word “tema” work with Ukrainian Journalists of North America and for and proposed that UJNA members join the Ukrainian asso- – theme) came into use to tell the media what topics to the UJNA to support their fight against censorship in ciation to forge even stronger bonds. report on, or not. Ukraine, to help them establish contacts in the United Ms. Hepburn suggested that the North American In 2004, Mr. Lukanov continued, there was a journalists’ States and Canada, and to work on journalists’ exchange Ukrainian diaspora must put more effort toward studying revolution in Ukraine when journalists stated that they programs. and predicting political outcomes as opposed to focusing on simply cannot function like this; there were demonstra- Sunday’s program began with a presentation via Skype the development of cultural programs. It was suggested that tions with brooms symbolizing the sweeping away of cen- by Andrij Holowaty, an IT consultant, who presented a the creation of permanent think tanks dedicated to these sorship. With the Orange Revolution came the division of detailed outline of the many ways to take advantage of processes is the next step for the Ukrainian community. the news media into the Orange (pro-Yushchenko) and the Facebook and Twitter. He described how his various set- In support of this direction for the community, Mr. Blue (pro-Yanukovych). ups on Facebook pages keep him abreast of events and Klufas pointed to the major global media vacuum about President Viktor Yushchenko was criticized for not liv- media reports from around the world, including Ukraine, Ukrainian issues and noted that the space in this media ing up to the principles he espouses, but there was no sys- and how this information is in turn passed on to others on vacuum is constantly being filled by the “Russkiy mir” tematic pressure on the news media during his adminis- his list. Mr. Holowaty also described the direct, quick and agenda of the Kremlin. He underscored the need for a tration, Mr. Lukanov related. Under the regime of President short communication possibilities presented by Twitter. Ukrainian-English media news portal that would use the Viktor Yanukovych, however, freedom of expression is Myroslava Rozdolska, a journalist and president of the findings of Western think tanks to promote the Ukrainian being curtailed. No longer are temnyky being used, but all New Ukrainian Wave, spoke about the many ways the new- agenda worldwide. branches of government and institutions are under Mr. est wave of Ukrainian immigration can be helpful and a In conclusion, Mr. Klufas, the immediate past president Yanukovych’s control. Furthermore, oligarchs control the positive factor in furthering the development of democracy of the UJNA and chief organizer of the 2012 conference, media, but they need the support of the regime, so their and a civil society in Ukraine. As well, she pointed out how gave credit to Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union media do not criticize those in power. this new group can contribute to Ukrainian diaspora life. for sponsoring the International Ukrainian Media Television is the main source of information for the pop- The “What Must We Do Session” led by Ms. Hepburn Conference, which is “a mini-step in the broader concept of ulation of Ukraine and the level of reporting is very poor, started with a unanimous decision to dedicate the confer- looking and thinking ahead for our Ukrainian community Mr. Lukanov said. There are no negative reports about the ence to the defense of democracy, human rights and free- in North America.” regime, while the opposition is depicted negatively or not dom of the press in Ukraine. The next conference of Ukrainian Journalists of North at all. The goal, he said, is to obfuscate problems and pres- It was determined that the UJNA should develop a America is to be held in the springtime of 2014.

in Russian but paperwork mostly in Ukrainian, and would preferences, not vice-versa. Playing with ambiguities like to move legally toward a more comfortable Russian Such legal requirements for bilingual regions might be a monolingualism, under the fig leaf of the “regional language.” nightmare, however, for Russophones, at least for those (Continued from page 6) The bill really deserves harsh criticism, but the argu- who promote Soviet-style “bilingualism” in Ukraine. They they are fighting not for the right to use Russian, which is ments employed by its critics are, in most cases, weak and, would certainly prefer today’s ambiguity, which de facto actually used everywhere, but for the right not to learn and in the long run, self-defeating. They target typically the very allows them to use only Russian in their work without any not to use Ukrainian under any circumstances. idea of bilingualism as unsuitable for Ukraine, even though sanctions for ignoring or even deriding publicly the so- The bill, besides its numerous contradictions, ambiguities bilingualism exists in Ukraine de facto and should be prop- called “state language.” and mistakes, has two fundamental flaws in its very concept. erly formalized de jure. Such a formalization is a nightmare This impasse means that ambiguity will persist in Ukraine First, it speaks about the right to use Russian (and, hypocriti- for Ukrainophones because the Soviet (and post-Soviet – for the foreseeable future, and power politics will continue to cally, other languages, even though they barely meet the 10 Crimean, Transnistrian, Belarusian) experience tells them prevail everywhere, including the sphere of language. percent threshold anywhere, with a few minor exceptions) clearly what “bilingualism” is likely to mean in a country The bright idea of European bilingualism has been but it says nothing about the duty to learn and use Ukrainian. with no rule of law and strong predominance of the post- rejected by Ukrainophones because they do not believe it And second, it does not distinguish the rights of citizens to Soviet/Russophone bureaucracy and oligarchy. is viable in a lawless post-Soviet country, quite reasonably choose the language of their convenience and rights of civil The above notwithstanding, the idea is not necessarily bad suspecting that any bilingualism here would be Soviet, servants (or, rather, lack thereof) to do so. in principle. Loyal citizens who pay taxes have a right to get rather than European. And Russophones are not interested in European bilin- Both flaws are significant because they reflect the Soviet services from the state in their language of preference. Civil gualism because they still enjoy the Soviet-style bilingual- mentality of the bill’s promoters and the way they envisage servants have the responsibility to deliver these services in ism that suits their needs much better. All they need is the so-called “bilingualism” in Ukraine. It has nothing to do the language chosen by the client, not by themselves – a prac- merely to legitimize their right to ignore Ukrainian and to with the official bilingualism in some Western democracies tice conducted in the Soviet Union and still prevalent today. A preclude any possibility of changes. where the citizen has priority while the state (state officials) clearly outlined and properly regulated bilingualism would The Kivalov-Kolesnichenko bill is just one of many must provide services in the customer’s language of prefer- have benefited Ukrainophones in southeastern regions, attempts to ensure the dominance of one group over ence. The Soviet type of “bilingualism,” on the contrary, priori- where they have such rights on paper but not in reality. another. It resolves no problems, but rather multiplies tizes the state, i.e. the bureaucracy that chooses the preferable Such a bilingualism would require tough and strictly them. And this is unfortunately what the governance of the language (inevitably Russian) and imposes it upon citizens. enforceable rules on language usage, hiring and firing of per- Party of Regions is all about. If anyone should doubt how the system works, let them go sonnel, attestation and penalization, and so on. Of course, this to Belarus where two “state languages” theoretically co-exist, would entail a strong rule of law, which has never been strong Mykola Riabchuk is an author and journalist from or to Transnistria, or, even to Crimea where three “official in Ukraine and has been completely dismantled under Ukraine, and a leading intellectual who is affiliated with the languages” were established long ago, and try to start a dis- President Viktor Yanukovych. But it does not mean that the journal Krytyka. cussion in these places in Belarusian, Moldovan, Tatar, or idea of official bilingualism in some regions should be reject- The article above is reprinted from the blog “Current even in Ukrainian. ed wholesale. Rather, it should be placed in a proper context, Politics in Ukraine” (http://ukraineanalysis.wordpress. The language bill is designed not for Ukrainian citizens with due accent on the rule of law, the rights of all citizens com/) created by the Stasiuk Program for the Study of but for post-Soviet bureacrats, who are increasingly tired including Ukrainophones, and the responsibility of the ruling Contemporary Ukraine, a program of the Canadian Institute with a de facto bilingualism, i.e. daily communication mostly bureaucracy to be bilingual and support citizens’ language of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta. No. 27-28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 21 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 No. 27-28

egates with an update on the latest regula- Horsham, Pa. Twenty-two individuals rep- Rochester), Vsevolod Salenko (Ukrainian UNCUA holds... tory issues set forth by the National Credit resenting six credit unions attended the National, New York) and Eugene Szestak Union Administration; and Lydia Cole, conference, which was hosted by Ukrainian (Selfreliance, Pittsburgh). (Continued from page 1) director of industry analysis at Callahan & Selfreliance FCU in Philadelphia. Supervisory Committee: Mr. Jakymowych On Friday morning the attendees were Associates, spoke on credit union mortgage Two credit unions are celebrating 60 (Future, Warren), Oleh Karawan welcomed by the chair of UNCUA and lending. years of service to their Ukrainian (Selfreliance, Chicago) and Bohdan Sawycky heard a presentation on the Holodomor The association conducted its annual American communities in 2012: Ukrainian (Self Reliance New York). memorial to be installed in Washington in general meeting on Saturday, June 9, with Selfreliance FCU, of Philadelphia and Nominating Committee: Mr. Fedun (Self 2013. reports by management and committees, Ukrainian Selfreliance Michigan FCU. The Reliance New Jersey), Orest Liscynesky Michael Sawkiw Jr., chairman of the U.S. as well as the election of board members Ukrainian Home Dnipro FCU in Buffalo, (Cleveland Selfreliance), Mr. Stachiw Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor- for the 2012-2013 term. N.Y., is commemorating 50 years of service. (Selfreliance, New England) and Catherine Genocide Awareness 1932-1933, present- UNCUA Chairman Kurczak reported that The following individuals were elected Popovech (alternate, Self Reliance New York). ed background information on the project. member deposits at Ukrainian credit to the 2012-2013 UNCUA board of direc- By-Laws Committee: Ms. Kolodij An in-depth update was given by Mary Kay unions totaled $2.125 billion, with $1.483 tors and committees. (Selfreliance, Philadelphia), Mr. Liscynesky Lanzillotta, partner at the Hartman-Cox billion total loans issued in 2011. A total of UNCUA Officers: Mr. Kurczak, Chair (Self (Cleveland Selfreliance) and Lubomyr Architects firm. Ms. Lanzillotta reported 101,638 individuals are members of Reliance New York); Stephen Kerda, vice- Lypeckyj (Selfreliance, Warren). that 12 out of 24 four steps toward the Ukrainian American credit unions in the chair (Selfreliance Baltimore); George Loan Protection and Life Savings realization of the project have been com- U.S. (down by 1261 individuals from 2010). Stachiw, secretary (Selfreliance New Insurance Trustees: Ms. Burdiak, Mr. pleted. The goal is to dedicate the memori- Despite the recession, Ukrainian England). Czepak, Mr. Kerda, Ms. Kolodij, Mr. Kurczak, al in November 2013. American credit unions have contributed Executive Committee members: L. Ihor Laszok, John Olijarczyk, Mr. Salenko Minister-Counselor and Deputy Chief of nearly $1.5 million in support of communi- Mykola Hryhorczuk (Selfreliance and Mr. Stachiw. Mission Vadym Prystaiko of the Embassy of ty organizations, once again emphasizing Michigan), Marusia Kolodij (Selfreliance, Ms. Burdiak was elected president of the Ukraine to the U.S. spoke about current the tremendous impact credit union mem- Philadelphia), Walter Kozicky (SUMA association and the Ukrainian Cooperative events in Ukraine. His remarks were of bership has on the development of Yonkers, N.Y.); and Bohdan Watral Insurance Agency in Chicago. UNCUA staff great interest, and delegates had the Ukrainian American communities. (Selfreliance, Chicago). members are Christine Pylypowycz and opportunity to ask questions afterwards. The 2012 credit union calendar was Members of the board of directors: Nina Bebko. Presentations on topics specific to the dedicated to landscapes of Ukraine. Near Bohdan Czepak (Cleveland Selfreliance); Bogdan Zakharchishin, delegate from credit union industry followed. Kirk Drake, 25,000 calendars were distributed to credit Andrew Diakun (Dnipro, Buffalo, N.Y.), the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union in CEO of Ongoing Operations, LLC, spoke on union members, as reported by UNCUA Jaroslaw Fedun (Self Reliance New Jersey); Rochester, invited the delegates to schedule technology that would take credit unions President Orysia Burdiak. Roman Jakubowycz (Osnova, Parma, Ohio), their 2013 UNCUA annual meeting in into the future; David Legge, CPA, principal A conference for CEOs and managers Andrew Jakymowych (Future, Warren, Rochester on the occasion of the local cred- at CliftonLarsenAllen LLP, provided the del- was held October 4, 2011, at Tryzubivka in Mich.), Wasyl Kornylo (Ukrainian, it union’s 60th anniversary.

Mr. Yushchenko didn’t confirm the new fueling Mr. Yushchenko’s famous irritability demands by Procurator General of Ukraine Yushchenko... party’s name but it’s reported to be towards the press (which occasionally grew Viktor Pshonka that Mr. Yushchenko submit Pravytsia (right wing). into hostility during his presidency). (Continued from page 1) his blood for a repeat analysis to prove The former president said the declara- He was asked about the fancy state alleged dioxin poisoning that disfigured his Many of Mr. Yushchenko’s comments tion will be signed not only by political par- dacha in Koncha Zaspa where his family has face in 2004. during the press conference confirmed that ties but also by about 30 civic organizations, lived, at the government’s expense, since he He said he’s startled by such demands he remains out of touch with the realities including Prosvita, the Ukrainian left the presidency in 2010. Throughout his seven years after the incident, particularly of Ukrainian politics, observers said. His Association For a Common Church, the career, Mr. Yushchenko had prided himself after he’s submitted several blood samples visible annoyance and harshness in his Ukrainian World Coordinating Council and for not abusing state perks. to the Procurator General’s Office (which responses also revealed a man with a trou- the Association of Political Prisoners and “I will offer an answer to this question was under his control at the time). Mr. bled soul. the Repressed. right when I will be ready,” he said. His wife, Yushchenko said he’s ready to submit During his five-year term as president, It was statements like these that report- Kateryna, claimed in September that they another sample, but only for international Mr. Yushchenko, 58, is widely believed to ers at the press conference found ironic, were already moving out of the state dacha examination. Meanwhile, the procurator have ruined attempts to consolidate given that the Western world has declared to their private mansion in Novi Bezradychi. general insisted that the analysis be per- Ukrainian society and bring solidarity by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko In the same response, Mr. Yushchenko formed by Ukrainian experts, he said. recklessly raising controversial historical and former Internal Affairs Minister Yurii criticized reporters for inquiring about the “I’m not refusing to submit blood. I’m Lutsenko to be political prisoners. Yet Mr. luxurious Mezhyhiria residence that and cultural issues before addressing refusing from the blood submission occur- Yushchenko continued his veiled attacks President Yanukovych allegedly stole from immediate problems, such as rule of law, ring unilaterally, and afterwards in two or against them. state ownership. The response offered fur- friendlier taxes and functioning courts. three years they’ll say, ‘See, only 5 percent UNIAN reporter Masha Mishchenko led ther indication of his political alliance with Besides failing to Westernize Ukrainian dioxin is left in Yushchenko,’ ” he said. “That’s the conference with the question, “Today the president. institutions, Mr. Yushchenko lost much of how it is. I have 5 percent dioxin left.” three trials were held against former “That’s yesterday. Are we going to talk his support when he nominated his neme- Offering his view on the country’s cur- sis during the 2004 Orange Revolution, President [Leonid] Kuchma, former Prime about where Yanukovych’s dacha is? Let’s Minister Tymoshenko and former Minister talk about Mezhyhiria for two hours. I know rent political situation, Mr. Yushchenko Viktor Yanukovych, as prime minister in called Ukraine’s system of governing August 2006. In the 2010 presidential run- Lutsenko. Yet you’re sitting here giving a that this needs to be discussed. But I just press conference. How did you manage to want to say this after Mezhyhiria, don’t for- authoritarian, saying the system needed to off, he supported Mr. Yanukovych against be changed, not just the people in power. the pro-Western leader, Yulia Tymoshenko, avoid the fate of your former allies under get to determine the news for tomorrow’s this anti-Ukrainian regime?” day for Ukraine,” he commented. Yet most observers agree that Mr. against whom he spent most of his five Yushchenko did little to change Ukraine’s years fighting. She reported that the president respond- He then offered a veiled attack against ed with unexpected harshness “You’re ask- the Batkivshchyna party led by his enemy, corrupt institutions when he was president. Currently, Mr. Yushchenko has few politi- “The political processes that are taking cal allies, having been denied membership ing me, why am I alive?.” Ms. Tymoshenko: “So that it doesn’t happen “No, only why you’re not under investiga- that we choose those who can easily replace place in the country say that discomfort is in the Committee to Oppose Dictatorship being felt in various spheres of our exis- that unites the opposition forces. tion,” Ms. Mishchenko responded. the government yet can’t lift up the Mr. Yushchenko replied in his classic Ukrainian national idea. So that it doesn’t tence,” he said, adding that the nation is Among those attending the former presi- losing its Europeanness, freedom and dent’s press conference were Rukh veteran style, professing that patriotism and love for happen that we replace Yanukovych with democracy. A phobia is emerging to all Ivan Zayets; his press secretary, Iryna his country motivated all his actions, includ- Yanukovych-2, Yanukovych-3.” things Ukraine, he said. Vannykova, brother Petro Yushchenko and ing those that brought the current authori- Mr. Yushchenko was also asked about The Party of Regions is engaged in popu- Vira Ulianchenko, the last head of his tarian government into power. His response $10 million in debt owed by the Our lism and election technologies, he said. On Presidential Secretariat who spent several also revealed defensiveness. Ukraine People’s Union party. He said he years in the U.S. during the 1990s avoiding a “Because I am a patriot of Ukraine, had no relation to the party during his pres- the economic front, Ukraine is on the verge corruption scandal in which she was alleg- because I didn’t commit crimes against this idency (despite creating it), stating instead of default. In foreign policy, Ukraine is losing edly involved. nation. If I did something like this, then that it was high-ranking officials that he allies both in the east and the west, leading Some of Mr. Yushchenko’s most loyal stal- name these things that demean you as a cit- appointed who took on such responsibility. to a “Belarus-2” scenario. warts left his side in the last few months, izen. Prove that this is a political betrayal, Yet he said he agreed to pay the debt, which Mr. Yushchenko wouldn’t be returning to including former Security Service of for which I should answer for before the includes unpaid salaries and payments to politics if the decision were left up to him, Ukraine Chair Valentyn Nalyvaichenko and Ukrainian people,” he said. the State Pension Fund. said Ivan Lozowy, a veteran political observ- National Deputy Andrii Parubii. The questions got sharper from there, Another sensitive topic was the ongoing er in Kyiv and graduate of New York The declaration to create a new political University Law School. He said it’s his party will be presented at its congress on remaining entourage particularly Ms. July 7 in Kyiv, Mr. Yushchenko said. Ulianchenko that is desperate to milk more In mid-June, Ukrainian People’s Party Whether they’re 15 or 50, money from government posts. Chair and former Environment Minister give your children a gift subscription to “His entourage doesn’t have any access Yurii Kostenko said talks were in the final to positions of power,” Mr. Lozowy said. stages to merge the Our Ukraine People’s he krainian eekly “They’re flogging the dead horse named Union with his party, as well as the T U W . Yushchenko, who simply goes along with it. Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists led by He clearly has a messianic complex, and natural gas trader Oleksii Ivchenko and the To subscribe call 973-292-9800, x 3042 Ulianchenko said as much. 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first child when he was clean. He was trad- he never took hard drugs with any other ed to Anaheim and had a career scoring NHL player. He entered the NHL/NHL Fedoruk trying to enforce sobriety year in 2005-2006 with 23 points in 76 Players’ Association Substance Abuse and In a haze induced by a combination of ground, goals, roles and self-destructive games. Never did he refuse a fight: a bout Behavioral Health Program, which he cocaine and alcohol, Todd Fedoruk stum- behavior. Boogaard carried the same with Islander Eric Cairns in 2003 left him swears helped save him. He honestly bled along on the streets of Tampa one late demons Fedoruk described and partied with a broken face. Rangers’ enforcer believed the league cares about the physi- rainy night. His life and his career in hockey really hard. Fedoruk kept up and relapsed Colton Orr caught him with a hard right cal and mental health of its players. were both in jeopardy. Fedoruk had been in during the 2006-2007 season, then against his reconstructed left cheek in His wife stood by him through it all, this dark place before, believing he had plunged deeper into the abyss of addiction, 2007, and surgeons had to implant a per- despite many opportunities to leave. beaten his addiction the first time, relying hitting a new low in Minnesota while manent titanium plate in Fedoruk’s upper Fedoruk took a year off from hockey, putting on the steely resolve he needed to fight the Boogaard battled his own personal issues. cheekbone to stabilize the orbital structure. his health and family as top priorities in his biggest bullies in the league and earn his “I don’t think we were good for each The temptations to deviate from his life. The couple welcomed their third child NHL roster spot. But there was a disgraced other,” Fedoruk said. “We had a common straight and sober lifestyle would get stron- into the world and the break made Fedoruk Fedoruk with nowhere to hide on a rainy, ‘misery loves company’ type of relation- ger. He was a young, rich professional ath- realize how much he missed the sport and pre-dawn trip after the 2010 hockey sea- ship. I remember always talking to him lete having a good time in a sport where how much he wanted to play again. son. about being careful. But it was the pot call- beer and booze are as ingrained as pads In 545 NHL games with six teams over “I didn’t want to drive anywhere ing the kettle black, because I was messed and nets. “I always told myself, as long as nine seasons he had tallied 97 points and because I was loaded,” he said in a up, too.” you’re not doing coke,” he said, “it’s not 1,050 minutes in penalties. His agent let September 2011 interview with The Fedoruk kept in touch with Boogaard as going to be that bad.” But there would be the word out that Fedoruk was primed for Canadian Press. “I couldn’t stay in the he bounced from Phoenix to Tampa Bay. He coke. a comeback and in August 2011 he signed house because I was paranoid. All the heard Boogaard was in rehabilitation and Fedoruk admitted he personified three a tryout contract with the Vancouver insanity came back. I knew everything was reached out to his troubled friend, hoping different lifestyles. Canucks. The weeks ahead of Vancouver’s coming to an end. I didn’t care about hock- he could offer the advice he was longing to The first was a brawling hockey player mid-September training camp saw ey anymore. I didn’t care about my family. I hear for himself. who lived by a code of conduct, the second Fedoruk, now 32, regularly training at the was struck with this feeling of how the hell It was too late. Fedoruk only got to talk to as a devoted family man, the third as a Philadelphia Flyers’ practice facility in did I get back here after everything I’ve Boogaard’s brother. In May of 2011, relapsed drug addict who secretly roamed Vorhees, N.J. A year off for any reason, let been through?” Boogaard was found dead due to an acci- the streets searching for his next big score. alone drug abuse, can be a brutal challenge Drug addiction was not a disease he dental mix of alcohol and the painkiller oxy- There was no trigger, no defining moment to a 30+ athlete. Trying to make the roster could fight by himself. Not this second time. codone. His death gave Fedoruk the ulti- sending him back out of control. He simply off a Stanley Cup finals run meant getting He needed help. mate scare – it could just as easily have been acknowledged that he lost focus on how to in the best physical shape of his life. Sitting in an NHL locker room last him. He had been doing the same things. maintain his sobriety. He always wanted to He knew any doubts about his hockey September, sipping a cup of coffee, Fedoruk be the life of the party. skills were a far second to questions about Temptation becomes addiction believed he was one of the fortunate ones. Fedoruk steadfastly insisted the years of maintaining his sobriety. Fedoruk calls it a The summer of 2011 had the NHL reeling Fedoruk, with his blond hair, blue eyes hockey fights were not the only reason he “healthy fear” – he knows he could relapse, from three chilling deaths of infamous hock- and good-natured personality, could easily returned to drug abuse. The money and but vows to take all necessary precautions ey enforcers; Fedoruk could have been the pass for the prototype all-American kid. fame he enjoyed opened more doors to the to prevent one. He decided to share his per- fourth. Instead he was alive to tell his story. But he was raised in Redwater, Alberta, a party scenes. He realized he couldn’t bal- sonal story before training camp because small farming community where all the ance the fine line between a weekend binge he got tired of keeping secrets, and felt his Buddies with Boogaard kids played hockey on home-made rinks. and falling deep into addiction. sharing might help the next Fedoruk and prevent another Boogaard. Fedoruk first met Derek Boogaard when As he got a little older there were more 2011 tragedies they were teenage prospects in Regina. daring ways to pass the time other than “There is help out there. There is a way Four years older, Fedoruk saw a huge kid with a stick and puck. At 14 or 15, he In 2011 he had to cope with the off-sea- out,” Fedoruk said in his interview with The who couldn’t skate, wouldn’t fight, but had remembered hanging out with some older son deaths of Boogaard and enforcers Canadian Press. “It’s just getting to the a 200+ pound frame which would go on to boys and getting drunk for the first time. Wade Belak and Rick Rypien. Belak hanged point where you can say, all right, I give up. serve him well as one of the league’s top The shy Fedoruk became the center of himself, while Rypien was discovered in his I’m done. I don’t want to fight this fight any- brawlers. The two would meet up again on attention as his social anxieties evaporated Alberta home after a call was answered for more.” an NHL rink under more unruly circum- one sip of liquor at a time. He thought an a “sudden and non-suspicious” death. All He has a new close circle of sober friends stances. They brawled for the first time in alcoholic was some smelly guy under a three, like Fedoruk, prided themselves on these days and finds himself frequently 2005 – Fedoruk as an Anaheim Duck and bridge holding a brown bag, not an aspir- always answering the bell for the next fight. attending church. He has recommitted to a Boogaard as a Minnesota Wild. ing hockey player with a dream of playing “Could the pressure of fighting make you healthy lifestyle, which has restored his con- Late October 2006 was the rematch. in the NHL. want to pick up (drugs)? Yeah, I think that fidence in the daily maintenance required to Boogaard hit Fedoruk’s face with a couple “What booze did for me at that age, I fell can be a trigger,” Fedoruk said. “I think it is live the rest of his life without again giving in of jabs at the beginning of a seemingly in love with it instantly,” Fedoruk said. a trigger. For me, it was. You just want to to the temptation of drugs. innocent battle. The fight ended like a “What I felt that night stayed with me for- forget about having to fight the guy. You “I don’t want to relapse again,” he said. “I line up against a guy like Boogey, God rest know that much.” Klitschko heavyweight knockout, Boogaard ever. I had found a new friend. And it was his soul, but he’s 267 (pounds). He’s a big dropping Fedoruk with a punishing right alcohol.” man. You think about that a week before FEDORUK UPDATE: He failed to make hand. The Ukrainian held his face and He could have used a more spiritual you fight him.” the Vancouver Canucks as a tryout, lasting dropped to his knees before popping up friend. Fedoruk’s alcohol intake increased Following some serious soul searching until the final roster cuts. After no nibbles and skating to the locker room. and at 19 he spent a night in jail because of in April 2010 after that rainy night in from other NHL organizations, Fedoruk Fedoruk would require five plates on the a bar fight due to drinking. He graduated to Tampa meltdown, Fedoruk felt hopeless was offered and accepted an assistant right side of his face and would miss 18 harder partying and later nights. and turned to rehab for a second time. This coaching position with the Trenton Titans games while recovering from the beating. Nonetheless he was drafted into the NHL occasion saw him complete an intensive of the East Coast Hockey League, affiliated He returned in December 2006 and kept by the Philadelphia Flyers in the seventh 28-day outpatient program at Turning with the Philadelphia Flyers. Fedoruk had fighting, even removing his face shield. The round of the 1997 draft. Point of Tampa. He refers to April 26, 2010, played 18 games for Trenton in 1999-2000 thought process was that faces could Drinking did not prevent him from get- as his sobriety date – and not a day too as a Flyers prospect. always be repaired, but reputations as a ting drafted, but it did stop his promotion soon. soft player are difficult to overcome in the to the NHL ranks. At age 20 he was out of Fedoruk said he never failed a drug test, Ihor Stelmach can be reached at iman@ tough NHL. control, and the Flyers issued him an ulti- even with cocaine in his system. He swore sfgsports.com. Fedoruk was not about to fall off the matum: get help or get lost. sobriety wagon, even with titanium plates Fedoruk got clean, deciding to do what- in his face. He had been clean for almost six ever it took to save his potential NHL years, having been scared straight when career. He entered alcohol/chemical the Philadelphia Flyers, his first organiza- dependency treatment at Marworth in tion, ordered him into rehab. Waverly, Pa. He was released 17 days into a When Fedoruk found himself playing for 28-day program. A socially awkward per- Minnesota with an unlikely ally, the sober son, Fedoruk found answers at Marworth. ship would encounter some rough waters. His sobriety lasted almost six years – he The Wild claimed Fedoruk off waivers in gained promotion to the Flyers, playing 53 2007 and he ended up dressing right next games as a rookie. He lasted four seasons to Boogaard in his new locker room. The with Philadelphia, only to go on to win an two instantly started a friendship. AHL Calder Cup with their minor league Over the years Boogaard had apologized affiliate during the lockout. many times to his new friend for the beat- The best years of his life, personally and ing, and the two guys became late-night professionally, were when he was sober. buddies. They had much in common: back- Fedoruk met his wife and they had their 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 No. 27-28

approval for the supplies for five months. Sustaining... The expiration clock was ticking again. Finally, approval was received. But upon (Continued from page 7) arrival, Ukrainian Customs held the con- shipment – this time selecting the items tents in a sealed warehouse for another six more strategically. months. Nearly a year after we had made While in Ukraine on other business in our purchases and submitted our donation October 2010, Dr. Melnyk visited the offer letter to the hospital, the shipment Korosten City Hospital to assess its equip- was finally cleared for distribution. ment needs. His suggestions included prod- The two shipments represent a total of ucts not available from Mission Outreach. $295,000 in medical equipment and sup- plies for the Korosten hospital. The total Since the equipment costs and shipping expense for the project, covered by com- expenses were covered, we decided to raise munity donations, was under $15,000 – an funds to purchase the equipment. attractive leverage of almost 20 to 1. The Heritage Foundation of First This was not the only project managed Security Federal Savings in Chicago contrib- by this lean but hard-working organization. uted a grant of $1,000. The Omelan and Each year, FOCCUS also awards grants to Tatiana Antonovych Foundation made a the five community centers for programs $4,400 challenge grant, which we were able that specifically deal with health and psy- to match with community contributions. HTY cho-social problems found in the towns One item that could be acquired free, we Bill Young (on truck) loads refurbished wheelchairs at a maximum security prison. and which foster community development. discovered, was wheelchairs. Wheels for the They include treatment and counseling for World, a Christian nonprofit, ships wheel- about the Chornobyl disaster through Kyiv, and the Embassy of Ukraine in pregnant unwed teenagers, abused women national conferences, public presentations Washington. chairs around the world. It was willing to and alcoholics, programs that provide edu- donate a dozen for our shipment. But they and fund-raising events. Its work has been For more information, readers may visit cation and recreation for school-age chil- recognized by the Ministry of Emergency friendsofchernobylcenters.org. Donations had to be picked up in Youngstown, Ohio, dren, and activities for seniors. from a maximum security prison where Services in Ukraine, the United Nations may be sent to FOCCUS, P.O. Box 5342, FOCCUS also manages training programs Development Program, the U.S. Embassy in Madison, WI 53705. used wheelchairs were rebuilt by inmates. for center staff in the U.S. and Kyiv. It hosts My husband and I borrowed a pick-up center staff and community professionals truck, drove from Madison to Youngstown through U.S.-funded programs such as Open Jewish Studies said that in the last 15 years and loaded the wheelchairs onto the truck World, where participants learn about dem- bed, with no room to spare. We dropped “Mina’s Story...” the image of the Holocaust has undergone ocratic values, volunteerism and govern- a re-evaluation, particularly due to the dis- them off at a warehouse in Chicago. This (Continued from page 15) ment institutions. And FOCCUS helped covery of previously unknown documents represented a 1,000-mile round trip, but develop a summer respite program for chil- we had filled another container. The farmer was hesitant about hiding the in Eastern Europe and the publication of dren from Chornobyl-affected communities. memoirs like “Mina’s Story.” Another snag in Ukraine: the oblast FOCCUS also conducts public education Deutsches, but his son needed the medical Humanitarian Aid Commission held up attention that Leon provided. Kukurudza He pointed out the particular circum- persuaded Nikolai Krawczuk, a poor field stances that provided a lesson in survival: a watchman, to help hide the family, which Jewish family of means that had something now included Mina’s sister Rachel, her hus- to trade and the fact that Mina and Leon band and 10-year-old son Philip. Krawczuk had specialized skills that made them use- built a bunker for them under a chicken ful for a while to Germans, Poles and coop; the bunker was connected to a potato Ukrainians. “But,” he said, “this was not cellar. They all knew that if the Jews were enough, as family and colleagues did not discovered in the bunker by the Germans, survive. What it took to survive was a mea- they would all be shot – both Jews and sure of luck and the help of friends or those who hid them. strangers – and at least a bare minimum of Mina’s depiction of life in the bunker is human solidarity to do the right thing.’ ” particularly powerful. She describes in Mina’s daughter, Eva Andermann (who detail the dangers, privations and fear survived the war with her parents) and her under which the family lived for almost daughter, Dr. Lisa Andermann, who is a two years. In the spring of 1944, as the psychiatrist in Montreal, spoke about the Germans retreated before the advancing family. Soviets, the family left the bunker. Lisa’s Ukrainian-Canadian husband Through mined roads and fields, and Michael Prokaziuk explained how the amidst partisan gunfire, they made their way Ukrainian edition of Mina’s Story came to out of Poland to Austria. After spending 18 be published. Thanks to the assistance of months in a displaced persons camp in Iroida Wynnyckyj of the UCRDC, the book HTY Salzburg, Mina, Leon and Eva set off for was translated in Lviv by Andriy Pavlyshyn Halyna Traversa Young (center) with Mission Outreach staff after packing and lock- Canada in January 1948, to join Mina’s broth- and published through the help of ing the first shipping container. er Willy, who had emigrated there in 1930. Professor Leonid Finberg of the Centre for Mina writes: “There was a big reception Studies of the History and Culture of East for everyone who had come to meet us, but European Jews, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, who it was more than I could handle. I broke recognized the importance of sharing down, crying, bitterly repeating, ‘Why did Mina’s Story with a Ukrainian audience. we survive, why did we deserve to survive, Mina’s cousin, Philip Goldrig, who hid in when the rest of our relatives, our parents, the bunker with the Deutsch family, sisters, brother, died such horrible deaths?” described how the family succeeded in get- The rest of the book deals with the ting the Kukurudza and Krawchuk families Deutsches’ struggle to establish themselves posthumously recognized as Righteous into a new life in Canada. among Nations by Yad Vashem. The diplo- The presentation of the book “Mina’s mas and medals were presented to the two Story” took place on May 1 at St. Vladimir families in 2009 at the Halyckyi Synagogue Institute. It was sponsored by the institute in Kyiv in the presence of the children and and three institutions in Toronto concerned grandchildren of Krawczuk and Kukurudza with Ukrainian Jewish relations: the families. Ukrainian Canadian Research and Mina’s family went to Kyiv for the cere- Documentation Centre (UCRDC), the mony. Mr Goldrig shared with the audience Institute of Jewish Studies and the the story of the reunion, after 65 years, at Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. The event was the Righteous ceremony “After 65 years, the enhanced by the presence of the progeny of impact of this emotional happening was Dr. Mina Deutsch. something that we will remember for the In introducing the book, Prof. Frank rest of our lives... People that risked their Sysyn of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian lives and the lives of their children in order Studies (CIUS) placed the memoir in the to save another human being, these were historical context of the lands and peoples our families, and these are the families that involved. He outlined the complex relations we hope to remember as long as we live.” among the three communities – Ukrainians, Both the Ukrainian and English editions Poles and Jews – in Galicia and the situation of Mina’s Story can be purchased for $15 at the outbreak of World War II. through the UCRDC, tel: 416-966-1819, Prof. Jeffrey Kopstein of the Institute of email: [email protected] No. 27-28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 25 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 No. 27-28

July 13-15 Ukrainian Cultural Festival, Soyuzivka, July 22 Fund-raiser, Ukrainian American Veterans – Post 31, Kerhonkson, NY www.soyuzivka.com Boston Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church, [email protected] July 13-15 Western pub night and dance weekend, Ukrainian Ellenville, NY American Youth Association, Oselia resort, 845-647-7230 July 25-28 Ukrainian Festival, St. Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church, or www.cym.org/us/ellenville McKees Rocks, PA 412-331-2362 or www.ukrainianfestivalmckeesrocks.net

July 14 Fund-raiser concert, Grazhda Chamber Ensemble, Grazhda July 26-29 65th Convention, Ukrainian Orthodox League, Protection Jewett, NY Music and Art Center, www.grazhdamusicandart.org Bethlehem, PA of the Virgin Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Best Western Lehigh Valley Hotel and Conference Center, July 14-15 Ukrainian Festival, Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic www.lehighvalleyhotel.com or 610-866-5800 Castle Creek, NY Church, 607-797-6293 or [email protected] July 27-28 Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian Cultural Institute, July 15 Exhibit, “Sacred Relics of the Saints: Treasures of the Dickinson, ND 701-486-1486 or [email protected] Hillside, NJ Church,” Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church, 973-599-9381 or July 27-29 Darka & Slavko reunion weekend, with pub night, concert www.byzcath.org/immaculateconception Ellenville, NY and dance with Hrim, Ukrainian American Youth Association, Oselia resort, 845-647-7230 July 17 Golf tournament, St. Mary Men’s Club, Pine Grove Golf or www.cym.org/us/ellenville Sudbury, ON Course, 705-522-9056 or [email protected] July 27-29 Slow-pitch softball tournament, Ukrainian National July 18 Golf tournament, St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Church, Hawkestone, ON Federation, Camp Sokil, 905-804-9939 Oakville, ON Royal Woodbine Golf Club, www.royalwoodbine.com or www.golf.tserkva.ca or 905-624-1718 July 28 Literary evening with Yuriy Tarnawsky, Grazhda Music Jewett, NY and Art Center, www.grazhdamusicandart.org July 20-22 Seafood pub night and zabava, Ukrainian American Ellenville, NY Youth Association, Oselia resort, 845-647-7230 July 29 Golf tournament, Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian or www.cym.org/us/ellenville Barrie, ON Catholic Church and Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church, Horseshoe Resort – Highlands Course, July 21 Concert with opera singer Victoria Lukianetz and pianist www.horseshoeresort.com or 416-593-7000 Jewett, NY Volodymyr Vynnytsky, Grazhda Music and Art Center, www.grazhdamusicandart.org Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events July 21-22 85th annual St. John “Ukrainian Days” Festival Weekend, advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Johnson City, NY St. John Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 607-729-1729 or from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors www.stjohnuoc.com and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. No. 27-28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 27 UKELODEON F Nor The ext Generation

SUMMER READING: Kalyna Melnyk makes “Andrei and the Snow Walker” Teen All-Stars of 2012 list UTICA, N.Y. – The Mohawk Val- She works as a Plast counselor of ley’s Observer-Dispatch Newspaper younger children (novatstvo) both recently announced its Mohawk during the school year in Syracuse Valley Teen All-Stars for 2012, and and at summer camp. For the past one of them is 18-year-old Ukrai- several years, she has also been the nian Kalyna Melnyk. troop leader of the teenage Plast This year, 30 high school seniors scouts. were chosen from 100 nominations; Ms. Melnyk noted, “It’s never the teens each have something easy balancing both of my lives, but unique about them, allowing them to I’ve just learned how to deal with stand out from the rest of the crowd. it… My advice would be to stick Ms. Melnyk stood out by being with it. It’s not easy, but in the end so actively involved in her Ukrai- it’s so worth it. High school friends nian heritage. A 2012 High Honors and sports won’t be around forever, graduate of New Hartford Senior but Ukrainian culture and Plast will High School, she also graduated always be a part of my life, and I’m from the Lesia Ukrainka School of glad that I truly focused on that.” Ukrainian Studies in Syracuse. The All-Stars were honored at a Ms. Melnyk participates in many breakfast on May 31 at the Radis- activities, including Plast Ukrainian son Hotel-Utica Centre. Scouting Organization, the Mock In the fall, Ms. Melnyk will be Trial Team, National Honor Society, attending the University at Buffalo Key Club and World Languages and plans to work towards a major Club. She is an active member of in biology. She hopes to eventually St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Catholic find a career that she’s passionate Church and plays the guitar. about and enjoys. Mishanyna

This month’s Mishanyna challenge is to find the names of some of the sports that will be seen during the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games, which begin on Friday, July 27.

ARCHERY HOCKEY TAEKWONDO “Andrei and the Snow Walker,” blizzard. With the bowl in hand, he BEACH VOLLEYBALL SAILING TRAMPOLINE by Larry Warwaruk, Regina, Sas- realizes that the bowl itself doesn’t CYCLING SWIMMING TRIATHALON kathchewan: Coteau Books, 2003. have magical powers and that he GYMNASTICS TABLE TENNIS WRESTLING 208 pp. ISBN: 978-1-55050-213-1. needs to let it go in order to save his $8.95 (U.S.), $9.95 (Canadian), life. As soon as he does this, he is paperback. saved by someone strong and real- Larry Warwaruk, author of “The izes that it is the Snow Walker. Ukrainian Wedding,” has written a Born in Regina, Mr. Warwaruk juvenile novel about a 12-year old grew up in the southern part of Sas- boy, Andrei, who moves with his katchewan. He received education family to Canada from Ukraine. degrees from the University of Re- It is the spring of 1900 and, after gina and the University of Oregon, the big move, Andrei is working hard and was a teacher and principal in with his family on building a new Saskatchewan for many years. life in a new country. Andrei learns Mr. Warwaruk is the author of the that his grandfather, Dido Danylo, novels “The Ukrainian Wedding” has brought an ancient Scythian cup and “Rope of Time.” He is also the – a glowing bowl that is said to have general editor of “Sundog Highway: magical power – to Canada. Writing from Saskatchewan,” Coteau After spending a lot of time with Books’ anthology of Saskatchewan his two Métis friends, Gabriel and literature. He lives with his family in Chi Pete, Andrei learns the story of Outlook, Saskatchewan. Snow Walker, a man with magical This book is available online at powers and wisdom who can also www.coteaubooks.com. It is part of transform into a bear. the series “In the Same Boat,” which Around Christmastime, Andrei celebrates the diverse cultures of gets lost in the woods during a huge Canada. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 1-JULY 8, 2012 No. 27-28

216 Foordmore Road P.O. Box 529, PREVIEW OF EVENTS Kerhonkson, NY 12446 Sunday, July 15 973-599-9381, or Patricia, 908-322- 7350. 1-845-626-5641 HILLSIDE, N.J.: Immaculate Conception [email protected] Ukrainian Catholic Parish located at Friday, August 24 Liberty Avenue and Bloy Street in Hillside WILDWOOD CREST, N.J.: The (Union County), N.J., will present a talk Khmelnychenky Plast fraternity is spon- 2012 Summer Events and exposition about “Sacred Relics of soring an all-ages dance at the Wildwood the Saints: Treasures of the Church” at 1 Crest Pier Recreation Center with host July 1 – July 7 July 29 – August 4 p.m. Over 150 relics, some as old as 2,000 Roma Odulak. Doors open at 7 p.m. with – Tabir Ptashat Session 2 – Sports Camp session 2 years, will be displayed, including those dance music from at 7-8 p.m. The “Party of St. Josaphat, Blessed Josaphata Ptashat” kids’ dance will be held at 8-9:30 July 1 – July 14 August 3 Hordashevska, Blessed Tarsykia Matskiv – Dance Workshop – Pub Night with Svitanok p.m. hosted by Bratchyk Levko Wolansky. and St. Nicholas, a portion of the veil of The “Wildwood Idol” dance contest with July 6 August 4 the Blessed Mother and one of the largest guest judges Ania Bohachevsky – Pub Night Tiki Deck – – Dance Camp Recital (3pm) remaining pieces of the True Cross in the Zuki & Mike Lonkevych, and Nina and George Kobryn, – Zabava with Svitanok world. Attendees are encouraged to bring begins at 10 p.m. with cash prizes of July 7 August 5 – August 18 their articles of devotion (such as rosa- $100, $50 and $25 per individual/group. – Zabava with Luna – Dance Camp session 2 ries, holy cards, etc.) and pictures of ill The teen “Club Crest” “vechirka” with DJ July 12 – July 15 August 11 friends/family members that they will be Matej Liteplo will follow the dance con- – Miss Soyuzivka able to touch to the reliquaries as a test. Admission: kids and students, $5; Ukrainian – Zabava to be announced means of intercession. Please see the adults age 23 and over, $10. Proceeds go Cultural Festival August 17 Hillside parish website, www.byzcath. toward Plast camps. For information see July 15 – July 20 – Tiki Deck – Kagero org/ImmaculateConception, for direc- the events section at www.xmel.org or tions and further details, or call Maria, e-mail [email protected]. – Heritage Camp Session 1 August 18 July 15 – July 21 – Dance Camp Recital (3pm) – Discovery Camp – Zabava with Tempo July 20 – July 22 August 19 – August 25 PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES Adoption Weekend – Josephs School of Dance Preview of Events is a listing of community events open to the public. It is a service July 20: August 24 provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian – Tiki Deck – Zuki & Mike – Josephs School of Dance community. Items should be no more than 100 words long; longer submissions are July 21: Camp Recital (evening) subject to editing. Zabava with Fata Morgana August 31 – September 3 Preview items must be received no later than one week before the desired date of July 22 – July 27 Labor Day weekend – Heritage Camp Session 2 publication. No information will be taken over the phone. Items will be published only – to be announced once, unless otherwise indicated. Please include payment for each time the item is July 22 – July 28 September 10 – September 13 to appear and indicate date(s) of issue(s) in which the item is to be published. Also, – Sports Camp Session 1 – Gymnasium Reunions: senders are asked to include the phone number of a person who may be contacted by July 22 – August 4 Bayreuth, Bertesgarten, The Weekly during daytime hours, as well as their complete mailing address. – Dance Camp Session 1 Karlsfeld, Landshut, July 27 Regensburg Information should be sent to: [email protected] or Preview of Events, The – Tiki Deck – Zuki & Mike September 17 – September 19 Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, 973-644- July 28 – Gymnasium Reunions: 9510. NB: If e-mailing, please do not send items as attachments; simply type the – Zabava with Na Zdorovya Mittenwald & Salzburg text into the body of the e-mail message.