InsIde: l Patriots in Ukraine celebrate Pokrova Day – page 4 l Tymoshenko appeals to European nations, leaders – page 8 l Nina Arianda is back on Broadway – page 12

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXIX No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 $1/$2 in Ukraine Holodomor memorial approval process begins in DC “Field of Wheat” design is OK’d at first hearing WASHINGTON – The process for erecting the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial in Washington has reached a new phase of development with the approv- al on October 20 by the Commission of Fine Arts of the “Field of Wheat” design by Washington architect Larysa Kurylas. An international design competition sponsored by the Ministry of Culture in Ukraine in 2009 selected five top projects chosen by a panel of jurors. (See The Weekly, December 5, 2010.) The appropriation of funds by the gov- ernment of Ukraine in August of this year resulted in the hiring of Hartman-Cox Architects, a Washington architec- tural firm, to manage the process associated with the memorial’s erection in the nation’s capital. For the past several months, in close cooperation with the architectural firm, the Embassy of Ukraine and the U.S. Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Awareness A rendering by Hartman-Cox Architects of the proposed “Field of Wheat” design by Larysa Kurylas for the 1932-33, held informal meetings with various government Holodomor Memorial in Washington. agencies that reviewed the top five Holodomor Memorial designs for their content, a esthetics and placement in approval to the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and Holodomor-Genocide Awareness 1932-33, who both Washington. Ultimately, two projects were chosen to pres- National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC). spoke in favor of the establishment of a Ukrainian Famine- ent to the appropriate agencies that oversee and approve On October 20 the first of a series of approval hearings Genocide Memorial in the District of Columbia. schematic designs for memorials on federal land: “Field of before federal agencies was held at the Commission of Fine Mr. Zvarych commented on the tragic episode in Wheat,” designed by Ukrainian American architect Ms. Arts. National Park Service (NPS) Director Peter May Ukrainian history that remains virtually unknown to the Kurylas (the preferred project), and “Shooting Hands,” opened the presentation and introduced Vasyl Zvarych, world: “We [the government of Ukraine] attach particular designed by Ukrainian sculptor Igor Grechanyk (the alter- first secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine, and Michael nate project). Both projects were formally submitted for Sawkiw Jr., chairman of the U.S. Committee for Ukrainian (Continued on page 22)

Ukrainian Canadian Congress presents Chornobyl veterans try to storm Rada check to UNICEF for African famine relief

TORONTO – The Ukrainian Canadian starving Ukrainians who sought to flee community on October 28 presented a in search of food had no way of escaping check for $110,000 to UNICEF Canada death. Millions perished in a deliberate for African Famine relief. The money, campaign of starvation by the Soviets. It which was determined to be eligible for is a shame to see people dying when we the federal government’s dollar-match- have more than required. Let’s help peo- ing program, means that the Ukrainian ple in need, let’s save Somalia.” Canadian community was able to lever- “I would like to thank all the members age an additional $110,000 and thus of the Ukrainian Canadian community succeeded in raising $220,000 to direct- who made such generous contributions ly provide assistance to African famine to this important campaign and to the relief efforts. Somali Canadian community for their Participating in the check presenta- close cooperation,” stated Ukrainian tion was Holodomor survivor Stephan Canadian Congress National President Horlatsch. In his statement he called Paul Grod. “National Holodomor upon the world to save the Somali peo- Awareness Week runs from November ple. “In 1932-1933, in the breadbasket of 21 to 27, 2011, with commemorations Andrey Skakodub/UNIAN Europe, people were dying at the rate of across Canada and it is fitting the Protesters on November 1 attempt to take down the fence erected around the Verkhovna 1,000 per hour. Let us not repeat that Ukrainian Canadian community dug Rada building in order to gain entrance into the Parliament. They are protesting proposed tragedy in Somalia,” stated Mr. Horlatsch, deep within themselves to help the cuts in privileges and benefits to Chornobyl clear-up workers and Afghan war veterans. speaking of the Famine-Genocide Somali people because we know first- RFE/RL The demonstrators broke down a “Soviet authorities deliberately hand the horrible impact of famine.” metal fence that was put up around the KYIV – Some 1,000 Ukrainian veterans starved Ukrainian territories by sealing The UCC will be donating the funds Verkhovna Rada several weeks ago after of the clean-up from the 1986 Chornobyl the border of Soviet Ukraine and isolat- raised to UNICEF Canada. The donations the first attempt of the Chornobyl “liqui- nuclear disaster tried to storm the coun- ing the ethnically Ukrainian Kuban dators” and veterans of the Soviet region of the Soviet Union. As a result, (Continued on page 21) try’s Parliament on November 1 in outrage over planned benefit cuts. (Continued on page 9) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 No. 45

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Ukrainian delegation leaves for DC age EU membership prospects for Ukraine. Russia still hopes Ukraine This is my principled position and the posi- KYIV – Vice Prime Minister and Social tion of the majority of Ukrainian society. We Policy Minister Sergey Tigipko and Finance will join Customs Union must have commitments from both sides,” Minister Fedir Yaroshenko left for Mr. Yanukovych said. (Ukrinform) by Pavel Korduban conference for Russian journalists, he Washington to participate in negotiations blamed the global economic crisis, high Eurasia Daily Monitor with leaders of the International Monetary Tymoshenko appeals to EU Russian energy prices and the Customs Fund on further cooperation between KYIV – Ukraine’s former Prime Minister Ukraine has made considerable prog- Union for the severe currency crisis in Ukraine and the IMF, it was reported on Yulia Tymoshenko, who was sentenced to ress in the free trade talks with the Belarus. November 2. On October 25, an seven years in prison for abuse of authority European Union during the past several In particular, Mr. Lukashenka recalled International Monetary Fund Mission for signing a gas agreement with Russia in months. Kyiv and Brussels are planning to that the prohibitive duties imposed on arrived in Ukraine to continue discussions 2009, on November 2 asked the European sign an association and free trade agree- imported cars last summer benefited the in the context of the second revision of the Union not to punish Ukraine by depriving ment in December 2011, as the free trade Russian car industry, but prompted stand-by program agreement and consulta- the nation of a European future. “I would talks were completed in Brussels on Belarusians to rush to buy used cars tions for 2011. The mission was to work in not want the European future of my country October 19 (UNIAN, October 20). imported from the EU early in the year. As Kyiv through November 4. The cooperation to suffer for any reason, and least of all Earlier this year, Kyiv firmly rejected a result, he said, Belarus lost $3 billion. Mr. program of Ukraine and the IMF, approved because of my fate,” Ms. Tymoshenko told Moscow’s invitations to join a competing Lukashenka complained that conditions in July 2010, provides for the allocation of a Reuters on November 2. She urged project, the Russia-dominated Customs for Customs Union members have been credit to the amount of $16 billion to Europeans not to link her sentence with the Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan unequal (Charter 97, October 7). Ukraine. The term of the program operation signature and ratification of the key (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, April 22). Ukraine’s infrastructure minister, Borys is two and a half years. Among the require- Association Agreement with the EU. Ms. However, this did not discourage Russia, Kolesnykov, rejected Moscow’s warnings, ments put forward by the IMF to Ukraine is Tymoshenko asked the nations, parlia- whose leaders – probably inspired by the speaking on a talk show on Inter TV on the raising of tariffs for natural gas and heat. ments and leaders of the European Union recent tension in relations between October 7. He explained Mr. Putin’s invita- (Ukrinform) not to let the disappointment of the West Ukraine and the EU over the prosecution of tions to join the Customs Union by the affect the whole of Ukraine (the full text of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko – desire to increase Russia’s sphere of influ- Yanukovych on EuroParliament resolution her appeal appears on page 8 of this issue). this month reiterated their calls for ence and reiterated that Ukraine may not KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor “I am asking you to sign and ratify the Ukraine to choose the Customs Union over join because it is bound by obligations to Yanukovych has said he thinks that the agreement with Ukraine, even if the the EU. the World Trade Organization. While European Parliament’s resolution on cur- Ukrainian government deliberately fails to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Ukraine joined the WTO in 2008, none of rent developments in Ukraine, which was meet the terms of the latest European who is expected to return to the presiden- the three CU members has achieved that adopted on October 27, reflects the mood of Parliament resolution,” Ms. Tymoshenko cy next year, insisted at a recent invest- yet. the European Parliament. “The European said, calling her “political persecution” a ment forum in Moscow that Customs Mr. Kolesnykov flatly dismissed Parliament’s decision is a parliamentary punishment and expressing her intention to Union membership would benefit Ukraine Moscow’s grim predictions on Ukraine’s decision. The decision reflects the parlia- seek justice in the European Court on more than free trade with the EU. He reit- aerospace and ship-building industry. He ment’s mood,” he told journalists in Lviv on Human Rights. Ukraine hopes to sign agree- erated his earlier claim that Ukraine would said neither the EU nor Russia has been October 28. The president acknowledged ments, including a free trade pact, with the earn an additional $9 billion per annum if the main market for Ukrainian aircraft and that “problems mentioned by the European European Union at the EU-Ukraine summit predicted that the domestic ship-building it joined the union because its market Parliament do exist in Ukraine” and said, in December. The sentencing of Ms. would continue to develop in partnership would be open to Ukraine’s metals, pipes “We are working on them. Many of them are Tymoshenko by the Pechersky District with EU shipyards. and agricultural goods. the problems of previous years, and even of Court in Kyiv has caused a backlash in Mr. Kolesnykov’s optimism was based, Mr. Putin also claimed that if Ukraine Soviet times.” Mr. Yanukovych said that, in Europe, the United States and Russia. Ms. in particular, on the results of the reached a free trade agreement with the order to improve the situation in Ukraine, Tymoshenko is being held in Kyiv’s September round of the free-trade talks EU, the European market would remain the country was walking the path of reform, Lukianivka prison. (Ukrinform) closed to Ukrainian agricultural produce with the EU. Brussels agreed to increase however, this is not a quick process. “It is while its ship-building industry would stop two- to four-fold the quotas on agricultural impossible to achieve results quickly,” he Vitali Klitschko’s presidential plans developing and its aerospace industry imports from Ukraine, Agriculture Minister said. Mr. Yanukovych said that it was possi- KYIV – Famous Ukrainian boxer Vitali would “die out.” At the same time, Mr. Putin Mykola Prysiazhniuk announced. This had ble to ensure the effective implementation Klitschko, a WBC world heavyweight cham- admitted that Moscow’s efforts to lure Kyiv been one of the few remaining stumbling of reforms through positive dynamics in the pion, said he is planning to end his sports into the Customs Union have thus far been blocks in the talks. As a result, the import national economy. “GDP is growing, and career. “I’m now finishing my sports career. in vain (Interfax, October 6). to the EU of Ukraine’s main agricultural budget figures are increasing,” he noted. I will have one more fight, or two at most,” Customs Union Executive Secretary commodity, grain, should double. “Our task is to sign in December the Sergey Glazyev spoke more about the pre- Ukrainian meat, egg, sugar and biofuel pro- Association Agreement, which would envis- (Continued on page 14) sumed benefits of membership for Ukraine ducers also expect a breakthrough in trade in Greece on October 9. 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NEWS ANALYSIS: Post-communist, European, and ‘short of people’ by Charles Recknagel together have only 94 percent of the popu- low to keep the population stable. The Out-migration lation they had in 1990. Collectively, that average Ukrainian woman gives birth to 1.2 RFE/RL Countries which maintain a more tradi- represents a loss of some 12 million people. children and the average Russian woman tional culture of early marriage have higher Only Russia is beginning to show recent to 1.5 children. To keep a population stable, Media around the globe have splashed birth rates. In the five Central Asian states, signs of reversing this trend enough to a birth rate of 2.1 children per woman is headlines marking the birth of the world’s the average birth rate is 2.5 children per move from negative growth to zero growth. usually considered necessary. 7-billionth citizen. woman, twice the rate in Russia or Ukraine. Why is the birth rate so low in post-Sovi- It is a sobering birthday. That’s 1 billion High death rate But there are still other factors, too, et European countries? Many demogra- people more than the world had just 12 which have helped to weaken the growth One of the reasons for population phers say part of the explanation is socio- years ago. rate in many former Communist European decline is a high death rate, which in economic. But while the population of most areas countries. Russia, Belarus and Ukraine is among the “Speaking of fertility, there are a number of the world keeps inexorably growing, that One of the most important of these is world’s highest outside of Africa. of factors. It is mainly influenced with eco- is not the case in Ukraine. out-migration. As economies continue to “The death rate [in Russia], which was nomic factors, and sometimes psychological, Halyna Marchenko, the head of the stagnate in the former Communist coun- always terrible underneath communism including the fact that women in European obstetrics department of one of Kyiv’s tries which have not successfully moved to ever since the 1960s, it got worse, even countries are mainly well-educated. They maternity hospitals, spends her day deliv- free-market systems, both skilled and worse – temporarily – in the early 1990s,” don’t agree to be limited only with internal ering babies. But the country has not had unskilled workers leave home in search of says David Coleman, professor of demogra- family interests,” says Ella Libanova, director enough babies to offset its falling popula- jobs. phy at Oxford University in Britain. of the Institute for Demography and Social tion for decades. The effects of out-migration are particu- “It’s now recovered a bit to the same Studies at the National Academy of Sciences “There was a large decline after larly noticeable in countries like Georgia, sort of level it was under communism, but of Ukraine in Kyiv. Chornobyl, after 1986. For three to four Armenia and Moldova. These countries – further progress there is really very weak,” Under the Soviet system, of course, years after it, people were afraid to give unlike Russia, Ukraine and Belarus – have a he continues. “And this is manifested in a birth,” says Ms. Marchenko. “Now in Kyiv modest growth rate, but it is kept much gap of at least 12 years between expecta- the birth rate has grown, but that is not the lower than normal by the departure of peo- tion of life of males, which is in the mid- Ukraine has not normal situation in Ukraine. In Ukrainian ple across their borders. 60s, and that of women, which is in the 70s, villages, fertility has fallen significantly, “The transition period brought to the which is a much bigger gap than is normal had enough babies compared to the regional centers.” fore such demographic problems as the in developed countries, or anywhere else to offset its falling aging population, a growing emigration One thing in common for that matter.” rate and, of course, an abrupt birthrate According to the United Nations’ just- Ukraine is one of just a dozen countries population for decline,” says Garik Hayrapetyan, executive released State of the World Population in the world today that has a negative pop- representative of the U.N. Population Fund 2011, the life expectancy for Russian men decades. ulation growth. And by no accident, it in Armenia. is 63 years and for women 75 years. shares one key characteristic in common “In the case of Armenia, the birth rate Russia, Ukraine and Belarus average women were equally well-educated and with almost all the others: it is a former has nearly halved compared to what it was 14.3 deaths per thousand people each year. most worked full-time. But career paths Communist European state. in 1990,” he continues. “There are several All three countries share high alcohol were limited. More importantly, the dis- The dozen countries include five in the factors. The first is, naturally, changes in the abuse rates – especially for men – and poor mantling of the subsidized child-care sys- former Soviet Union: Russia, Ukraine, social and economic situation, a transition dietary habits which help make their death tem and of other features of the social safe- Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania. Three others to market relations in which not all people rate not only far higher than in Western ty net has meant that many women in the are former Soviet satellites: Bulgaria, managed to find their place or maintain Europe but also far higher than in the for- post-Soviet European states – like their Hungary and Romania. And two more are their living standards at a necessary level. mer Soviet Central Asian Republics. Western European counterparts – now from the former Yugoslavia: Serbia and Under such circumstances some of them The average death rate for the five delay their childbearing years until their Croatia. The final two are Germany and sought to go abroad to find a way for hav- Central Asian republics today, at 6.6 deaths late 20s and early 30s. Portugal – Western European states that ing proper living conditions there.” promote low birthrates. per thousand, is just half what it is in That is a marked difference from the The fact that so many of the states in this Russia. The lower figure is variously attrib- Soviet years, when the great majority of Empty houses, elderly people uted to a healthier diet, greater support for women got married and had children earlier. group share a communist past intrigues In Armenia, one person out of every individuals from extended families, and The postponement of children allows demographers because it suggests they thousand emigrates each year. In Georgia, less alcoholism. women to be more independent and helps were mismanaged into their negative pop- the number is twice that. In Moldova, families cope with difficult economic cir- ulation growth. All of them began losing Low birth rate experts say at least 20 percent of the coun- cumstances. But it also means that societ- population after they experienced the col- try’s active population – or about 300,000 lapse of communism two decades ago. If the death rate in Russia, Ukraine and ies which practice it have negative or low Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, for example, Belarus is high, the birth rate is low – too population growth rates. (Continued on page 22)

BLOG NOTES: Corruption at the top, disaffection below by David Marples Those who answered “I do not support” and outside Ukraine. Following the post- Mariupol that employees of the giant showed negative ratings for both Ms. ponement of a scheduled visit of Azovstal and the Illich Corp., both of which The most recent survey of the Razumkov Tymoshenko (56.7 percent) and Yanukovych to Brussels, the European are owned by tycoon Rinat Akhmetov, were Center, conducted among over 2,000 Yanukovych (54.6 percent), as well as for Parliament expressed regrets that the being forced to take out membership in the respondents in all regions of Ukraine Mr. Yushchenko (80.4 percent). Not a single European Commission and the Ukrainian Party of Regions of Ukraine (PRU). between September 29 and October 4, i.e. figure had a high rating in “fully support” president would not have the chance to re- Employees were given two forms, one for prior to the conviction of former Prime than in “do not support,” suggesting the dis- establish “a constructive dialogue” that membership in the PRU and the other Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on October 11, illusionment of the electorate with the cur- could have resulted in an Association about payment of membership dues, and indicates that the approval rate of President rent crop of leaders (Zerkalo Nedeli, Agreement between Ukraine and the EU. asked to return the forms to the heads of Viktor Yanukovych is falling. Only 10 per- October 18). The European Parliament “deplored” the their sections. cent of those surveyed “fully support” his Another poll also shows that more resi- sentencing of Ms. Tymoshenko to seven Membership dues were said to be 1 hrv policies, compared to 14.3 percent for Ms. dents of Ukraine prefer integration with the years in jail, noting that the law by which monthly for workers, 3 hrv for engineers, 5 Tymoshenko, 11.9 percent for Arseniy European Union than the Russian-led she was convicted dates back to Soviet hrv for senior foremen, and 10 hrv for the Yatsenyuk, and 10.2 percent for boxing Customs Union, particularly in the western times, and other laws do not conform to EU head of the shop floor. Azovstal employs champion Vitali Klitschko. Other politicians regions, where 76.9 percent support Euro- standards (Interfax-Ukraine, October 27). over 15,000 people, so the annual amount are to be found even further down the list, integration compared to only 6.2 percent The scheduled EU-Ukraine summit in collected would be around 250,000 hrv including Sergey Tigipko and Anatolii who favor joining the Single Economic December may deal with some of these annually, or double the budget of the Grytsenko with 5.8 percent each, Dmytro Space with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. issues. In general, the EU response to the Mariupol branch of the Party of Regions. Tabachnyk at 2.6 percent, and former presi- Over all, 43.7 percent of those polled sup- sentencing of Ms. Tymoshenko was rela- Those who are reluctant to join could also dent Viktor Yushchenko at 1.5 percent. port integration with the EU and 30.5 per- tively mild, perhaps because the Eastern be punished by deprivation of “bonuses” cent the Customs Union, both relatively Partnership group, which recently gathered that account for as much as 40 percent of David R. Marples is Distinguished high figures. Support for the former is high- in Warsaw, is preoccupied with the situa- regular salaries. The report also indicated University Professor and director of the est among young people between the ages tion in neighboring Belarus, which was that those who were unwilling to join the Stasiuk Program for the Study of of 18 and 29, and lowest among those over notably excluded from its decisions and PRU and pay such dues could lose their jobs Contemporary Ukraine. 60. Those who favor the Customs Union about which a separate statement was through reorganization of branches of the The article above is reprinted from the offer a reverse generational demography, issued by the Joint Declaration on company. blog “Current Politics in Ukraine” (http:// with backing highest among those over 50 September 29-30 (Council of the European There were similar stories from ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/) created by and lowest among those age 18-29 (news. Union, press release, September 30). Zaporizhia and Kharkiv, and in the latter the Stasiuk Program, a program of the zn.ua, 25 Oct). However, little seems to improve as far city similar pressure was placed on stu- Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at The behavior of the ruling administra- as Ukraine’s ruling group is concerned. In dents of Skovoroda University (Ukrayinska the University of Alberta. tion continues to elicit concern both inside late October, there appeared a report from Pravda, October 26). 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 No. 45

Volodymyr Musyak “God and Ukraine above all,” reads a banner at the head of the October 14 march in Rally participants, including many with banners of the Svoboda party, near Taras Kyiv honoring Ukraine’s heroes. Shevchenko University. Patriots in Ukraine celebrate Pokrova day

by Volodymyr Musyak Chair Stepan Bratsiun told the story of St. more than 10,000 patriots and supported silent livestock,” Mr. Illienko said. Nicholas Cathedral’s destruction, his depu- by Ukraine’s other right-wing and national- For 20 years of Ukraine’s independence, Special to The Ukrainian Weekly ty, Yevhen Lupakov, declared that the most ist forces for the first time in many years. its leaders cast doubt on UPA, and what KYIV – Three exceptionally important important task now is to “revive the Placards of classic slogans emerged, Bandera, Stetsko and Mikhnovsky holidays – the feast day of St. Mary the Ukrainian from the khokhol,” referring to including, “Without a national revolution preached said Oleh Tiahnybok, leader of Protectress (Pokrova), Ukrainian Insurgent the offensive term for Ukrainians. “Only there can’t be a social one” (Yaroslav the Svoboda party. These issues were “con- Army (UPA) Founding Day and Ukrainian after that can we choose a Ukrainian gov- Stesko), and “A single, undivided, indepen- stantly raised by liberals and rotting demo- Kozakdom Day, all fall on October 14. ernment and build a great Ukraine,” Mr. dent, free and democratic Ukraine from the crats, who didn’t believe in rule of the peo- This year, a festive program was held at Lupakov said. Carpathians to the Caucasus” (Mykola ple, only covering their vile attempts to Kyiv’s Mamai Village, which held an open Ihor Mazur-Topolia, of the Ukrainian Mikhnovsky). steal and destroy everything Ukrainian house. The commemoration began with National Assembly-Ukrainian Self-Defense, “For social and national liberation” was with democratic slogans,” he said. “For 20 church bells and divine liturgy to commem- Kyiv organization chair, described the histo- the event’s main slogan, and its main event years, we had rottenness and conciliation, orate the 1,101st anniversary of the vener- ry of the Mazepa monument, an exact copy was the emergence of a gallows with three and we’re now reaping the fruits of this.” ation of St. Mary the Protectress. of the statue that Banderites wanted to nooses for the current government, which When the speeches concluded, thou- Folk groups including kobzars and erect in Stockholm during Soviet Premier drew exceptional approval from the public. sands of patriots marched along lyricts, performed throughout the day. Nikita Khrushchev’s visit in the 1960s. “The heroes of UPA are dead only physi- Volodymyrska Street to St. Michael’s Modern-day Kozaks served “kulish” and The Swedish government had forbidden cally, but they are alive spiritually,” said Square, led by UPA veterans at the front of pumpkin porridge while attendees could the move, leaving the patriots to place flow- Iryna Farion, one of most popular the march. The marchers shouted, “Convict, try their hand at archery. Kozak horsemen ers before the monument of Swedish King Ukrainian orators who addressed the rally. get out,” referring to President Viktor and fencers demonstrated their skills. Charles XII, Mazepa’s ally against Russia. “Few were born from their strength and Yanukovych, and “Ukraine above all.” The festivities concluded with volleys of That act drew Khrushchev’s wrath, which will. That’s why we came here, to show the Marching past the headquarters of the cannon fire and mortar, followed by an eth- was directed towards the Swedish ambas- world that we’re entirely different than Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), they no-disco. sador. those who situationally grabbed power in shouted, “Khoroshkovskyi, free the prison- St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker Church After the symbolic opening, the patriots Ukraine and perceived our land as a busi- ers,” referring to its current chair who has at Askold’s Grave held a divine liturgy at 9 marched towards Bankova Street to pres- ness territory. These are estranged crea- ordered the arrest and imprisonment of a.m. that was attended by Ukrainian ent the Presidential Administration with a tures who settled our land as occupants!” dozens of civic activists and patriots. Catholic faithful and Ukrainian patriots. candle of contempt. Andrii Illienko, chair of the Kyiv Oblast A row of Berkut special forces separated After the liturgy, the nationalists formed a A prayer service of the Ukrainian Orthodox organization of Svoboda, said Organization the protesters from the SBU headquarters, line and shouted, “Glory to Ukraine! Glory Church – Kyiv Patriarchate, the Ukrainian of Ukrainian Naitonalists (OUN) leader while police lined both sides of the streets to the heroes!” Greek-Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Stepan Bandera, and UPA Commander-in- that connected Volodymyrska Street with They marched to Glory Square, where a Autocephalous Orthodox Church was held Chief Roman Shukhevych are the fierce the Khreschatyk, where Communists and stone commemorates the destroyed St. to honor the 1,000th anniversary of St. enemies of those currently in power, who their sympathizers gathered. Nicholas Cathedral, for a moleben celebrated Sophia Cathedral, which was built in 1011. are not the descendants of Bandera but the Upon reaching St. Michael’s Square, a by a Ukrainian Catholic priest. At the square It was begun by Prince Volodymyr the Great descendants of Joseph Stalin. group of protesters burned the flag of the in front of Hotel Salut, patriotic organizations and completed by Prince Yaroslav the Wise. “That’s why they aren’t building ruling Party of Regions of Ukraine. Others held a symbolic unveiling of an Ivan Mazepa At Kyiv’s Taras Shevchenko monument, Bandera’s Ukraine today, but a Maloros enjoyed the rock music performed by Tin statue, shouting “Mazepa is our hero!” members of the Svoboda nationalist party Soviet-style concentration camp in which Sontsia, Rutenia, Plach Yeremiyi and Komu After Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists led a commemoration that was attended by Ukrainians are relegated to the role of Vnyz.

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The Ukrainian Weekly IN THE PRESS: More questions about where Ukraine is headed Losing Ukraine “Ukraine or Borderland?” by Steven doesn’t get much of anything at all and As The Economist noted in a recent issue (September 24), “Russia sees Ukraine as Pifer, The New York Times, October 28: may want to consider beekeeping as a full- part of its sphere of influence. It wants it in a Customs Union with Kazakhstan and “In the Russian language, Ukraine has time profession. … Belarus. Russia is not in a position to rebuild its empire, but Vladimir Putin, its prime two meanings: one, the country of 46 mil- “… Summa summarum, whatever minister, sees his mission as gathering in lands lost in the Soviet Union’s disintegration.” lion people that lies on the north coast of Yanukovych is doing, it’s not working and That, quite succinctly, explains what Mr. Putin, soon-to-be-president-again of the Black Sea, and two, ‘on the border’ or when they wake up to what’s happening Russia, and his cronies have in mind for Ukraine. To be sure, that should not be news ‘borderland.’ For most of the past 20 years, the country will discover it is screwed with for anyone who follows Ukraine-Russia relations, but perhaps it is something that Kiev’s [sic] foreign policy aimed, and large- 20-25 years of independence and nothing will awaken Westerners so focused on a “reset” of relations with Russia that they ly managed, to fix on Europe’s geopolitical to show for it. …” cannot see the forest for the trees. map the first meaning rather than the sec- On October 3 Mr. Putin proposed the formation of a Eurasian Union of former o n d . U k ra i n i a n P re s i d e n t V i k to r “As Poland shines, Ukraine sinks. Yet Soviet states, arguing that the union could be a major player in world affairs, com- Yanukovich is now undoing that. … both their trajectories can be changed,” peting with the United States, the European Union and Asia. He claimed he was not [Under the Clinton administration] by Timothy Garton Ash, guardian.co.uk, looking to restore the Soviet Union, but… “Washington moved to expand its bilateral October 19: Need we remind readers that it was Mr. Putin who famously said the 1991 col- relationship with Ukraine, establishing in “…The disinvitation (or ‘postponement’) lapse of the USSR was “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century”? 1996 a strategic partnership and a bilater- [ o f U k r a i n i a n P r e s i d e n t V i k t o r And, even if he does not intend to restore the USSR per se, then he is looking to al commission chaired by Vice President Yanukovych’s meeting with European restore the concept of Great Russia, with Moscow calling the shots in what it consid- Al Gore and President Leonid Kuchma of Union leaders] raises the interesting ques- ers its sphere of influence. Ukraine. One year later, NATO and Ukraine tion where Yanukovych will be today. Thus far, President Viktor Yanukovych, widely seen as pro-Russian in his orienta- agreed to a distinctive partnership and set Earlier this week, asked about his planned tion, has resisted Russian pressure to join the Customs Union or give up control of up the NATO-Ukraine Council… Brussels trip, he reportedly said ‘I will fly Naftohaz Ukrainy and/or the country’s gas transit system in exchange for a low gas “The goal was straightforward: to deep- in that direction in any case on Thursday price for Ukraine. But, as Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski told Voice of America, the en ties between the West and Ukraine and … I am not going begging to anyone. If I Tymoshenko case has isolated Ukraine from the West, and this plays into the hands thereby reassure Kiev that it would not need to, I will fly farther.’ Farther? This del- of Mr. Putin and Russia. “The Tymoshenko case, which is the product of find itself an isolated borderland as the phic comment presumably refers to his Yanukovych’s decisions, is lowering its ability to respond to pressure,” he said. enlargement of NATO and the European planned onward trip to Cuba and Brazil. Indeed, the Tymoshenko verdict has resulted in Ukraine-European Union agree- Union transformed Europe’s geopolitical But perhaps, on his mental map, it also ments on association and free trade being put on hold. The EU on October 18 disin- landscape. … lands him in Moscow? The EU must not let vited Mr. Yanukovych, postponing his planned October 20 visit to Brussels. Mr. “…The democratic backsliding that has itself be blackmailed by the implicit threat Yanukovych’s response was that he would not give in to Western pressure, yet, a few occurred under [President Viktor] so often deployed in Kiev [sic]: ‘If you don’t days later, he asserted that Eurointegration remains as a key goal for Ukraine. Now Yanukovich [sic], recently epitomized by embrace us just as we are, we’ll fall into the European Parliament has passed a resolution wisely suggesting that the the trial of opposition leader Yulia bed with Russia.’ … European Commission meet with Mr. Yanukovych before the EU-Ukraine summit Tymoshenko, threatens Ukraine’s links “In Transparency International’s 2010 slated for December in order to “re-establish a constructive dialogue.” with the West. corruption perceptions index, Ukraine Ms. Tymoshenko, writing an appeal to Europe’s nations, parliaments and leaders “EU officials have canceled one planned ranks 134th, alongside Zimbabwe. …And, says: “President Yanukovych and his entourage are breaking every precondition nec- Yanukovich visit to Brussels. While negoti- just to remind you, the president who has essary for signing the [Association] Agreement. This is no coincidence, nor is it a ation of the association and free trade just tried to remove a political opponent misunderstanding. …They are consciously, purposefully, and cynically frustrating the agreements may continue, their comple- by locking her up is the same man whose process of Ukraine’s European integration, and reorienting the foreign policy course tion is in jeopardy. … attempt to steal the 2004 presidential into the opposite direction.” She adds: “I appeal to you with a request: while taking “Thus, on its current course, Yanukovich’s election sparked the Orange Revolution. (A the fateful decision on whether to sign and ratify the agreement, think first and fore- domestic repression will leave Ukraine pre- popular joke at the time was that most of the European aspirations of Ukraine’s people. Ignore the actions of Ukraine’s cisely where it did not want to be: in a gray Yanukovych was seeking a third term – the criminal authorities, who planned in advance to sabotage and shatter the possibility zone between Europe and Russia. first two having been prison terms for of this historic breakthrough to Europe.” Yanukovich may not intend this, but that criminal offenses in his youth.) But that’s The European Union may be on the verge of losing Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia does not matter. He is making Ukraine into also because the victors of the Orange waits with open arms. the borderland it had long sought to avoid.” Revolution, including Tymoshenko, were great disappointments in government – “The Serial Stupidity of Sentencing and no angels either. Tymoshenko,” by Alexander J. Motyl on “…In post-communist Eastern Europe, his blog “Ukraine’s Orange Blues,” Bill Clinton’s aphorism must be varied. It’s Nov. Turning the pages back... October 19: the politics, stupid. Politics and the rule of “The obtuseness of the Yanukovych law. The Tymoshenko case matters regime appears to know no bounds. … because in it politics and law meet in pre- 9 November 9 marks the 35th anniversary of the Ukrainian “How ca n Yanukov ych and the cisely the wrong way. That is why the EU Public Group to Promote the Implementation of the Helsinki Regionnaires not understand what’s good must not go soft on this one, as it tends to. 1981 Accords, created on November 9, 1976. The group’s aim was to for them, if not what’s good for Ukraine? And if President Yanukovych wants to fly pressure the Soviet authorities into living up to their end of the The irrationality of the Tymoshenko ruling even farther – to Kamchatka, say – we human rights bargain. has mystified everybody and provoked a should wish him bon voyage.” Thirty-five states had gathered in Helsinki, Finland, in August 1975 and signed the Final range of hypotheses. Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. The agreements granted the “…my own favorite explanation: that the “Who lost Ukraine?” by Gideon Soviets recognition of post-World War II boundaries, but the Soviets would have to guar- Regionnaires and their president really are Rachman, The Financial Times, October antee human rights and freedoms – guarantees that already existed in the Soviet ignorant hicks who haven’t a clue about 12: Constitution and countless international covenants. However, few could have foreseen the how the world outside the Donbas works. “You do not need to believe that Yulia impact the Helsinki Accords would have in the Soviet Union. Consider [President Viktor] Yanukovych’s Tymoshenko is an angel to find the news Ten Ukrainian intellectuals – Mykola Rudenko, Oles Berdnyk, Lev Lukianenko, Oksana statement, made a few days after the ver- of her seven-year prison sentence deeply Meshko, Gen. Petro Girgorenko, Ivan Kandyba, Myroslav Marynovych, Dr. Nina Strokata, dict: ‘If such a situation happened in any depressing. The imprisonment of the for- Oleksiy Tykhy and Mykola Matusevych – made up what was known as the Ukrainian other country in the world, even in the mer prime minister of Ukraine suggests Helsinki Group. most democratic country, no one would that the high hopes of the Orange By 1981, five years after the group’s creation, all 10 founding members were either in have said a word … We are currently being Revolution of 2004 have now dwindled labor camps or had been expelled from the country. examined with a microscope. Is that pleas- away – and Ukraine is relapsing into Other members of the group, like Yuriy Shukhevych, joined while already imprisoned ant for us? No, it’s not pleasant.’ crooked authoritarianism. The debate will and were serving long sentences or were in exile. Only one member, Stefania Shabatura, “Now, consider what’s so shockingly now begin on ‘Who lost Ukraine?’ remained “free,” but was under constant police surveillance. wrong with this short statement. First, “One obvious culprit is the European “For these brave men and women,” The Ukrainian Weekly in its issue of November 8, political show trials would elicit condem- Union. The EU reacted scandalously slowly 1981, noted, “the Helsinki Accords are more than just a juridical base on which to build nation if they took place in other countries. to the revolution in Ukraine. I am not argu- their demands for national and human rights. They offer the hope of a sovereign Ukraine Second, the reason they wouldn’t elicit ing that they should have let Ukraine into and peace among nations enhanced by free contacts between people and the free condemnation if they occurred in the most the union immediately. It’s a complicated exchange of information and ideas. For these rights, the Ukrainian Helsinki monitors in democratic country is, ahem, because they process – and these things take a long the Soviet Union continue to suffer the terrible ordeals of official retribution and depriva- would never occur in the most democratic time. But the fact is that the EU would not tion. country. And third, yes, all countries that even give the Ukraine ‘candidate status.’ “But as the group’s Memorandum No. 1 made clear, ‘The struggle for human rights will aspire to integrate with Europe are placed Nor would any EU leader in Brussels even not cease until these rights become the everyday standard in social life.’” under a microscope. That’s what Euro- give the Ukrainians rhetorical encourage- integration is all about. If Yanukovych real- ment, by suggesting that – whatever the Source: “The Ukrainian Helsinki Group: the struggle continues,” The Ukrainian Weekly, ly doesn’t get these three elementary November 8, 1981. points of modern politics, then he really (Continued on page 18) No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 7 NEWS AND VIEWS PERSPECTIVES

Celebrating the choice by Andrew Fedynsky of the Ukrainian people by Nadia K. McConnell the citizens of Ukraine have consistently demonstrated their commitment to their Ivan Drach, a co-founder and the former country’s peaceful, democratic develop- Up from slavery chairman of Rukh, the Popular Movement of ment. In marking this anniversary, we cele- It’s late October as I write this and former and later in the Soviet Union. And so, like Ukraine, will participate in the celebration of brate the achievements of the people of Godfather Pizza CEO Herman Cain is tied in blacks in the Jim Crow South, Ukrainians Ukraine’s 20th anniversary of independence Ukraine, Ukraine’s contribution to a nucle- the polls with Mitt Romney for the craved equality, but unlike the former, they in Washington on December 1. ar-free world, regional stability and the role had an out. Oppressed for speaking their Rukh was one of the main forces that paved Republican nomination for president. of individual initiative and private enter- Analyzing the ups and downs of the GOP own language and cultivating their culture, the way for Ukraine’s independence. As a prise in Ukraine’s development, as well as coalition of pro-democracy organizations, nominating process, pundits dubbed Mr. Cain Ukrainians could change who they were. Ukraine’s outstanding contributions to the “the flavor of the month,” following Donald Switch to Russian, accept a subordinate Rukh helped secure passage of Ukraine’s arts, science, sports and entertainment. Declaration of State Sovereignty on July 16, Trump, Michelle Bachman and Rick Perry. status and the ultimate demise of your lan- We Americans celebrate the Fourth of Playing off his African American heritage, Mr. guage and culture with government in con- 1990, followed by the Act of Declaration of July, for the historic significance of what Cain described his “flavor” as “black walnut.” trol of every aspect of your life, and every- Independence on August 24, 1991. Rukh happened in 1776, we honor the sacrifices No one knows how this will end up – thing would be fine. The vast majority also led the successful campaign for the rati- made since then to keep America free, and most experts consider Gov. Romney to be went along with that. fication of independence in a nationwide ref- we also use this day to recommit ourselves “inevitable” – but wouldn’t a Cain-Obama Black Americans, unable to change who erendum on December 1, 1991, through to continue defending the freedoms and race be one for the ages? A black they were, had no recourse but to work to which the citizens of Ukraine overwhelming- liberties we enjoy. change the society that treated them as infe- ly supported Ukraine’s August 24. So, how is it that we should approach this Republican running against an incumbent We must recall that this historic achieve- 20th anniversary of independent Ukraine? Irish American president, who is also (obvi- rior. And so did a handful of Ukrainian dissi- ment was not foretold. With the emergence Just think of Ukraine’s history and what we ously) the son of a black African immigrant? dents who refused to bow, regardless of the of Rukh in 1989 came the predictable Soviet commemorated before independence and I was in grade school in the 1950s when consequences. Like Dr. King, the Freedom propaganda to discredit Rukh and its move- or even just this year. The history of Ukraine 26-year-old Martin Luther King started Riders and others in America, there were ment toward an independent Ukraine. That has been one of oppression, tragedies and organizing to overturn racial policies martyrs: artist-activist Alla Horska, mur- is why, 21 years ago, during the period of sorrow. Over the many years there was which enforced second-class citizenship on dered by the KGB in 1970; songwriter glasnost, the head of the Secretariat of Rukh, Captive Nations Week – a week of recogni- black Americans – in a country ostensibly Volodymyr Ivasiuk, abducted and hanged in former Soviet prisoner of conscience tion but not celebration. This year alone we “dedicated to the proposition that all men 1979; poet Vasyl Stus, who died of abuse in Mykhailo Horyn came to visit the doubtful in observed the 25th anniversary of Chornobyl [sic] are created equal…” There was no the gulag in 1985; journalist-turned political official Washington with the message that and the 70th anniversary of Babyn Yar, and equality in 1776 when that was written leader, Vyacheslav Chornovil, in all likeli- the world would see an independent every year we have honored the memory of and, as it turned out America had to fight a hood murdered in a staged car accident in Ukraine “within the decade.” Eighteen the millions who perished through forced civil war in 1861 and then needed the civil 1999. There were others… months later, his prediction had come true. starvation during the Holodomor, or rights movement a hundred years later to Today Ukraine is on the world stage at Mr. Horyn’s statements had been met Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. align those words with reality. the United Nations, participates in global with skepticism in Washington – after all, I believe that this tragic history of Ukraine It was 50 years ago this year, when peacekeeping operations, the Olympics everyone knew the Soviet Union was rock obligates us, the living, to celebrate the truly groups of activists launched the Freedom and Miss Universe pageants and next year solid. In 1990 and 1991, many pundits in extraordinary achievement of Ukraine’s Riders Movement, boarding interstate buses plays host to the European soccer champi- and out of government claimed that the peo- independence gained by its people without in the North to travel to the South to chal- onship. Candidates for office, surrounded ple of Ukraine would not ratify indepen- bloodshed. This unique moment in history lenge segregation. Arriving at bus stations, by once-forbidden blue-and-yellow ban- dence and, if those in Western Ukraine did, remains in stark contrast to what we see in White riders used facilities set aside for “col- ners, stand behind the trident and deliver then Eastern Ukraine would not. There many parts of the world today. oreds”; blacks went to those reserved for speeches in Ukrainian. No doubt about it, would be blood in the streets. Ukraine’s history must almost serve as a Whites. Angry mobs met them with slurs, the dissidents, the “nationalists,” having Nevertheless, Mr. Horyn had faith that reminder that the people of Ukraine have beatings, even murder. A bus was burned; lost many battles, won the war. tyranny exposed would collapse. He never prevailed over the darkest of times. Even as hundreds were arrested; there were dogs And yet, for all that, 20 years into inde- wavered from his vision of a better future for Ukraine faced challenges through these past and water cannons. Now it’s history. pendence, Ukraine is a disappointment, an Ukraine. It is this vision of independent 20 years, there has been enormous progress Reflecting on it, I can’t help but compare international embarrassment and a matter statehood, the dream that one day the peo- worthy of celebration; Ukraine’s sovereign the process by which black Americans – of grave concern. Apparently modeling itself ple of Ukraine would be able to determine boundaries remain fixed, Ukraine has expe- nearly all descendents of slaves – achieved after Vladimir Putin’s Russia, the their own destiny and the work of decades rienced peace, it has a developing economy, equality with the Ukrainian national move- Yanukovych administration has undermined by millions of people that will be celebrated an active civil society, as well as a vibrant ment from the same period. Historical par- the rule of law and, in the process, alienated on Thursday, December 1, in Washington, democracy. The country has begun to allels, perforce, are inexact, but the com- America and is closing the door to Europe. exactly 20 years after the citizens of Ukraine reclaim its history, its centuries-old cultural parison is worth making. Writing in this space a bit more than a peacefully secured independence for their heritage and the significant achievements of The same year the Freedom Riders chal- year ago, I wished President Viktor country with a resounding vote. individuals whose roots are in Ukraine. lenged segregation, Levko Lukianenko in Yanukovych well, welcomed his orientation And, it is also important to recognize that We need to show the people of Ukraine Ukraine – born within months of Martin toward Europe and assumed he would since that remarkable Sunday 20 years ago, that we recognize and appreciate what they Luther King – organized a political party respect Ukraine’s hard-won democracy. have accomplished and continue to try to consisting of himself. Citing the Soviet Independence was a long, difficult strug- Nadia K. McConnell is president of the accomplish. Constitution, the party’s primary objective gle, but one that brought unmitigated good. U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, one of the orga- Twenty years of statehood from the ashes was Ukraine’s secession from the Soviet Under Moscow’s centuries-long rule, the nizers of the celebration of the 20th anni- of tyranny is a laudable success. Please join Union. For that, Mr. Lukianenko was arrest- people suffered multiple famines, world versary of Ukraine’s independence to be us as we honor, celebrate and support the ed and sentenced to death. Subsequently wars, nuclear and other environmental held in Washington at the Omni Shoreham independence of Ukraine, its people and softened to 15 years in the gulag, the sen- catastrophes, cultural genocide. Now that’s Hotel on December 1. their democratic choice! tence’s message was clear. Independence? also history. So what are we to make of the No way! Ukrainian language and culture? arrests and trials of President Yanukovych’s Forget about it – there’s no future there. political opponents and his slide toward gov- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Many Ukrainian Americans and others erning as Mr. Putin’s satrap? Based on the traveling to Ukraine back then had wrenching 1991 referendum on independence, the ity of joining the European Union, which experiences in that regard. My brother, Pete, Orange Revolution, recent polls and anecdot- We have a duty will protect Ukraine from occupation by relates how hurt and humiliated our father al accounts, we know the Ukrainian people Russia. was when an official barked, “Speak like a do not support such a course. Yet there it is. to the past We must campaign and spread the truth human being!” demanding they switch from Uncalculable idealism and sacrifice in to the world about our pain and the exter- Ukrainian to Russian. Like Alabama Sheriff America went toward opening the system Dear Editor: mination of innocent Ukrainians. The suf- Bull Connor, he was aggressively enforcing to where black people can seriously contest fering of Ukrainian people was concealed The Ukrainian Congress Committee of government policy – in this case, that for the presidency. The same effort went by the Soviet Union. It is high time that this America recently organized meetings with Ukrainians be absorbed into a common Soviet into an analogous change in Ukraine. be exposed. At the height of Holodomor, 17 senators and other officials in Washington to nation with a common Russian language. Whether the Republican Party picks a black people per minute, 1,000 per hour, 25,000 promote Ukraine, better relations, tourism Those openly opposing the policy lost their man, a white man or a white woman to face per day perished – over 10 million people and knowledge about the Holodomor – the jobs and, if they were too adamant, ended up off against an Irish-African incumbent, you perished in 15 months. We cannot forget Famine Genocide of 1932-1933. This subject in the gulag. What protected tourists like my don’t have the feeling that the system is the atrocities targeting the Ukrainian peo- is my mission. Unfortunately, I was the only father and brother was a foreign passport. rigged. With Ukraine, I have an entirely dif- ple and perpetrated by Moscow. one who represented the victims of the By the 1960s, Ukrainians were beaten ferent feeling. What a shame: two steps for- We have a duty to the past and to the Holodomor. I was extremely happy to meet down, more like the descendants of the ward, one step back. And so, the age-old dead, who deserve recognition. To build with senators and discuss the Holodomor. slaves poet Taras Shevchenko wrote about, struggle for Ukraine’s soul goes on. the future you must know the past. The senators are very interested in help- than the Kozaks in the country’s national ing Ukraine stay democratic. Ukraine is not Eugenia Dallas anthem. Emancipated in 1861, Ukrainians Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is ready to enter NATO, but there is a possibil- Los Angeles remained second-class citizens in Russia [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 No. 45

FOR THE RECORD Tymoshenko’s appeal to the nations, parliaments and leaders of the EU

The appeal below, dated November 2, was very difficult for us to stop this mushroom- and reorienting the foreign policy course into Ukraine’s past and of becoming citizens of forwarded to The Ukrainian Weekly by the ing authoritarianism on our own. Those the opposite direction. the free Europe. Do not frustrate their Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. domestic forces that would protect our That is why I appeal to you – the nations, dream; do not punish them for the crimes of country against this evil are very weak: parliaments and leaders of the European Ukraine’s regime. Dear European Family: civil society is young; democratic institu- family – with a request not to allow your It is for them that I ask you to sign and Today, I appeal to you from behind pris- tions are both young and weak; our courts, frustration with Yanukovych’s contemptu- ratify the agreement with Ukraine even if on bars, and I must rely on my family to our Parliament and our media have been ous treatment of Europe and the terms of Ukraine’s government deliberately fails to bring my message to you, for otherwise I fully colonized by the authorities. Now the agreement to prevent you from signing fulfill the conditions of the last resolution of would be silenced. they are in the process of destroying any and ratifying it. I ask you to disregard the the European Parliament, because for My cell allows but a few steps from wall to remaining hope of fair elections. deliberate sabotage of the process by the Ukraine, this agreement is not just the sign- wall. These are the physical boundaries of my To begin to recover our liberty, we Ukrainian government. I ask you not to vote ing of an official document, it marks the personal “freedom.” A small window through urgently need the assistance of the world’s against the agreement because you think rebirth of our long-awaited freedom, assures the crossed bars allows me to catch a glimpse democratic community. Such urgent assis- doing so may enhance my chances of regain- the preservation of our independence, once of blue autumn sky. You really understand tance would be signing of the Association ing my freedom. I would not see my coun- achieved through much suffering, and will the value of freedom when you only see it and Free Trade agreements between try’s European future damaged for any rea- bring about the Europeanization of life for through a barred window. It is here that you Ukraine and the European Union. For son, least of all for my comfort. millions of Ukraine’s citizens. All of this is perceive all the challenges and threats to Ukraine, signing of the document would be Our ruling criminal oligarchy and the now in your hands. your people’s freedom most acutely. a historic breakthrough to the European people of Ukraine are not the same. They I know that you are facing hard times in Seven years ago, in the autumn of 2004, dream, the final confirmation and protec- have different goals and moral values. The your countries. The EU is coming out of the after the bloodless and peaceful Orange tion of our independence; it would provide oligarchy thrives on lawlessness, absence global financial crisis; I know that the last Revolution, Ukraine felt a real taste of real hope for freedom and a decent life for 47 of control, unaccountability and a shadow wave of the EU enlargement and adapta- freedom. These were outstanding events and million Ukrainians, and the chance to abol- economy; all of which are incompatible tion of the Lisbon Treaty need your energy great, euphoric times. Countries of the free ish authoritarianism. with European values. Ukraine’s people and attention, but it is a great mission of world seemed to envy us. Ukraine became I would like to thank the European fami- have demonstrated, by their courage and the European family to carry real values to fashionable; tourists came to Kyiv to breathe ly for giving Ukraine unique opportunities, stoicism in the face of brutal misrule, that its brother European nations, to harmonize the fresh air of our newfound freedom. On during the process of drafting the agree- freedom, justice and solidarity are their life in our unstable and treacherous world, the Champs Elysees in Paris and on the Via ment, which we have never had during core values. and you are honorably carrying out these Condotti in Rome, people snapped up every- negotiations. This is a confirmation of the Ukrainian citizens want to feel them- tasks. We, the free citizens of Ukraine, look thing orange. Until now, I was sure that our sincerity and dedication of European selves full-fledged members of the at you with hope. revolution of 2004 was one of the most nations to the idea of Ukraine’s European European family; they want to shed the I know that one of the conditions for sign- remarkable events in our newly independent integration. post-Soviet past and pathologies once and ing the Association Agreement is my release country’s new history, and the most signifi- But it is obvious now that signing the for all. The totalitarian past must be con- from prison as a sign that the regime will stop cant contribution by Ukraine to the world’s agreement is at risk; failure of Ukraine’s signed to memory. its political repressions and reprisals against democratic experience. And though I write to European aspirations looms. This would be I appeal to you with a request: while tak- the opposition. President Yanukovych is delib- you from a cell where my government hopes a tragedy that would darken Ukraine’s ing the fateful decision on whether to sign erately failing to fulfill that condition. Today I that my imprisonment will sound the death future for decades to come. and ratify the agreement, think first and ask you to sign the Association and Free Trade knell for our democracy, I still believe in the Our European future has been put at foremost of the European aspirations of Area agreements no matter my fate. I cannot victory of liberty in my country. risk not by Europe, but deliberately, calcu- Ukraine’s people. Ignore the actions of allow my personal freedom to be the reason Today, in autumn 2011, freedom is being latingly, by Ukraine’s authorities. They Ukraine’s criminal authorities, who for the death of the European dream of silenced, jailed and forcibly exiled from my seem to prefer uprooting our sprouts of planned in advance to sabotage and shatter Ukraine’s people. I believe that you will not country. The regime has given me seven democracy and adherence to European val- the possibility of this historic breakthrough leave Ukraine in the lurch and will help its years in prison; others wait in prison with- ues to democratic disciplines that the free to Europe. people free themselves from the prison of an out trial and with no date for release. trade agreement would impose. Twenty As I appeal to you, hundreds of thousands unchecked authoritarianism, absence of free- We must call things by their proper years of hopes of fully joining the European of the best of Ukraine’s sons and daughters dom, lack of rights and of hope that names: an authoritarian regime has been family, of finally putting behind the bitter stand before my eyes, fighting through the Yanukovych is constructing around them. established in Ukraine. There is no more Soviet legacy are dying because of the ages for the independence of our nation. I …I finished writing this address to you in division of power into the legislative, judicial greed for power and wealth of a narrow close my eyes and I can conjure the millions my cell, in the evening. Somewhere outside and executive branches; all authority is con- clique around Ukraine’s ruler. of Ukrainians killed by the Famine in the ’30s these prison walls the sun is setting. But I centrated in the hands of one person. The President Yanukovych and his entourage of the 20th century only because they loved know for sure that it will rise again over my regime’s goal is to steadily, stealthily enrich are breaking every precondition necessary Ukraine. Millions of Ukrainians are standing dear Ukraine. And this will be the sun of its members at the expense of the state and for signing the Agreement. This is no coinci- before my eyes who came out in the snows of freedom, dignity and greatness for a free the people who are its rightful owners. But dence, nor is it a misunderstanding. It is not Kyiv seven years ago hoping for freedom. I people deserving of a future in a united and to achieve their mercenary goals, democra- because they don’t know how to do this or see millions of young people’s faces who are free Europe. Vote and ratify the agreement cy in Ukraine must be liquidated. that the European way. They are consciously, suffocating today under the pressure of the with Ukraine; it will be our common victory I want to state clearly, though it is hard purposefully and cynically frustrating the authoritarian regime. Our young people over authoritarianism. to accept, that today in Ukraine it will be process of Ukraine’s European integration, dream of breaking these grim cycles of Yulia Tymoshenko

RETROSPECTIVE 20 years ago: An American effort to support Ukraine’s independence

by Orest Deychakiwsky pendence, occurred 20 years ago this month, erendum, to establish full diplomatic rela- week lobbying campaign. during the exciting, and sometimes tense, tions with Ukraine. Shortly after I returned as a member of Twenty years ago the world witnessed the months between the August 24, 1991, decla- The resolution also recommended that the U.S. delegation to the Moscow Human historic restoration of Ukraine’s indepen- ration of independence by the Verkhovna the president shape U.S. foreign assistance, Rights Meeting of the Conference on Security dence, a monumental occurrence which has Rada and the December 1, 1991, referendum trade and other programs to support the gov- and Cooperation in Europe (held a month had a profound impact not only within that resolutely confirmed this declaration. ernment of Ukraine and encourage the fur- after the infamous August coup attempt and Ukraine, but on the European, and, indeed, In some respects, this resolution repre- ther development of democracy and a free most notable for agreeing to language that global geopolitical constellation. sented a culmination of longstanding efforts market economy. rejects the notion that criticism of a country’s The achievement of independence, first by the Ukrainian American community and From the perspective of today, this may human rights violations constitutes interfer- and foremost, is a testament to the struggle its many friends in the U.S. Congress to assist sound rather ho-hum, but at the time, this ence in internal affairs), Rep. Ritter, a Helsinki and sacrifice of the Ukrainian people who the Ukrainian people in their aspirations for resolution was considered to be quite radical commissioner and long-time friend of had so long and often so brutally been denied human rights, freedom and independence. in some quarters of official Washington. Ukraine, conveyed to me the need for a reso- their freedom, and, as such, it is theirs to On October 1, 1991, Helsinki Commission Given the cautious approach exhibited by the lution, which we quickly developed with rejoice and remember. Chairman Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz.), George H.W. Bush administration with input from several Ukrainian American orga- It is also worth recalling and celebrating together with fellow Helsinki Commissioner respect to the dissolution of the Soviet Union nizations. the efforts that took place in the United States Sen. Al D’Amato (R-N.Y.) and Helsinki and opposition from the State Department, On the Senate side, Commission Chairman at the time to assist in the realization of this Commissioner Rep. Don Ritter (R-Pa.) in the the resolution’s passage was by no means DeConcini, one of Ukraine’s strongest sup- noble and historic goal. One such endeavor, a House of Representatives, along with Rep. assured. porters in the Senate who had been involved congressional resolution on Ukraine’s inde- Dennis Hertel (D-Mich.) introduced identical This is where the Ukrainian American in numerous efforts on behalf of Ukrainian resolutions in their respective chambers urg- community and its friends rolled up their political prisoners, the repressed Ukrainian Orest Deychakiwsky is policy advisor at ing the president to recognize Ukraine’s inde- sleeves and exhibited a surprising intensity the U.S. Helsinki Commission (www.csce.gov). pendence, and following the December 1 ref- of effort and activity in an intense seven- (Continued on page 20) No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 9

Victoria Kawka Participants of the 26th national convention of the Ukrainian American Youth Association held in Minneapolis on October 15-16. Ukrainian American Youth Association holds 26th national convention

by Maria Krasniansky 26th national convention. Marijka Krasniansky and Ivanka thanks to the national executive. Baraniwsky, the evening’s masters of ceremonies, intro- The 26th national convention honored Genya MINNEAPOLIS – The Ukrainian American Youth duced guests and delegates seated at the head table: the Kuzmowycz-Blahy, who has been a part of the national Association (UAYA) held its 26th National Convention on Very Rev. Fr. Canon Michael Stelmach, Pastor of St. executive for 36 years, for her many years of leadership October 15-16 at the Ukrainian Event Center in Minneapolis. Constantine Ukrainian Catholic Church; the Very Rev. and work for the organization. Seventy delegates representing 19 branches throughout Evhen Kumka, pastor of St. Michael’s and St. George’s The convention elected a new national board for the the United States took part in the convention, which com- Ukrainian Orthodox Church; keynote speaker Maria 2011-2014 term, re-electing Mr. Bihun of the Goshen, N.Y., memorated the 65th Anniversary of the re-establishment Polischuk, head of UAYA’s National Educational Council; branch, for a second term. As Mr. Bihun thanked the mem- of the Ukrainian Youth Association (Spilka Ukrayinskoyi Bohdan Kuczwarskyj, co-chair of the convention’s bers for their vote of confidence, he enthusiastically Molod) in the diaspora and a number of other historical Organizing Committee and president of UAYA’s Ivan acknowledged the newly elected national executive, which anniversaries. Mazepa Branch in Minneapolis, with his wife, Lorna; UAYA he described as diverse in its geographical representation The convention was officially opened by UAYA National National President Andriy Bihun; Bohdan Harhaj, conven- and rich with many of UAYA’s most talented individuals. He President Andriy Bihun; it commemorated with a moment tion presiding officer; and Marijka Krasniansky, co-chair of called upon the entire membership to work together to of silence the memory of Stepan Bandera, legendary leader the convention’s Organizing Committee. meet the objectives and goals identified and voted on by of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), on the The evening program’s highlight was the keynote the 26th National Convention. The UAYA’s national execu- 52 anniversary of his assassination; and UAYA member address presented by Ms. Polischuk, who spoke about the tive may be contacted at [email protected]. Ivan Skala, on the 10th anniversary of his heroic death dur- various leadership roles UAYA members hold within the ing the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City. Ukrainian and diasporan communities. UAYA national executive officers individually presented An artistic program was presented by youth members their reports, highlighting accomplishments and challeng- of the Ivan Mazepa Branch. Pre-school children es faced during their three-year term, and fielding ques- (“Sumeniata”) sang the organization’s hymn, “Vhoru tions from convention delegates. Prapory,” and “We Are Happy Sumeniata,” directed by During the afternoon, the delegates worked in commit- Composer Volodymyr Ilemskij, who wrote the lyrics and tees, where they explored UAYA’s overall needs, and chal- composed the music to the song. The poem “Pryvit” was lenges and opportunities related to the statues, organiza- recited by the children, under the direction of Svitlana tion, budget, communications, instruction and member- Uniyat, the poem’s author. Finally, the audience was enter- ship. Goals, plans and resolutions were formulated and tained by the Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, presented to the convention. which performed an eight-minute “Hopak” under the Resolutions of the convention called for: establishment direction of Ken Matlashewski, Artistic Director, and Talia of specialized Ukrainian language camps at the organiza- Kushnir, dance instructor. tion’s summer campgrounds; creation of a new member- On Sunday morning a divine liturgy was celebrated at ship drive, particularly among recent immigrant communi- St. Constantine Ukrainian Catholic Church, after which ties from Ukraine; strengthening of ties with young adult delegates continued with their deliberations. The morn- members who travel to study in other cities, and strength- ing’s agenda also included a recognition ceremony honor- ening of communication in general within the organiza- ing members with 25 and 35 years of dedicated service, tion; and creation of a Financial Council to advise the recognizing individuals for their accomplishments in dis- national executive on matters related to budgets, fund-rais- tinct specialty areas within the organization, and award- ing and similar issues. Membership fees were set at $30 ing the national executive’s honorary Ceremonial Banner per year for all members nationwide, and the structure to the UAYA branch demonstrating multifaceted and and goals of the national Educational Fund were refined exemplary work over the past three years. The banner and amended. was awarded to the Philadelphia branch, with Yuriy Andriy Bihun, the newly re-elected president of the On Saturday evening a banquet was held to mark the Mykytyn, branch president, accepting the banner with Ukrainian American Youth Association.

Ukrainian law currently places people who fought for When Vice Prime Minister Sergey Tigipko came out to Chornobyl veterans try to... the Soviet Union in the 1979-1989 Afghan war and people meet with the demonstrators, he was greeted with shouts (Continued from page 1) injured in the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear power accident in a of “shame” and “liar.” Protesters said they wanted cancella- special tax and benefits category giving them reduced pric- tion of the draft bill cutting privileges, not negotiations Afghan war to break into the building. es on most government-provided services, including pub- with the authorities. About 100 riot policemen gathered near the Rada lic transport, and electricity and telephone bills. * * * entrances to prevent the veterans from coming into the In September, lawmakers gave initial approval to a bill Interfax-Ukraine reported on November 2 that chamber itself. cutting back on these privileges. The Verkhovna Rada, President Viktor Yanukovych said the protests against can- however, has not yet taken further action. cellation of social benefits are aimed at undermining finan- A Chornobyl veteran, who said his first name was Vasily, * * * cial stability in the country. told the Reuters news agency why he was attending the According to the UNIAN news service, the protests con- He also stated: “I learned from law-enforcement agen- protest. “I’ve already had two heart attacks...” he said. “...I tinued on November 2 as some 500 Chornobyl liquidators cies that arms are being bought [into Ukraine] and armed came because I have no money for medication, and they and others gathered near the Cabinet of Ministers building, attacks on government agencies are being prepared.” are taking away my last pennies. I have a wife and two kids. where a government meeting was taking place with “Tell me, have people lost their fear and conscience? What are we going to do now? We’re going to take the President Viktor Yanukovych in attendance. The building Who’s organizing this? Not those who live a most misera- Verkhovna Rada apart, brick by brick, and hang its depu- was guarded by Berkut special forces, who surrounded the ble life. Those who are in more difficult circumstances are ties, one by one.” protesters. silent, they are suffering and waiting,” the president added. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 No. 45 GENERATION UKE Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas Singer-songwriter releases debut album U. of Illinois PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukrainian-born singer-songwriter Sergiy students launch Matvyeychenko, or simply known as Sergiy, has released his debut recording, “The Mirror.” Consisting of 15 original tracks, with Sergiy on lead vocals and new website acoustic guitar, the musical genres vary from the sporty “Let’s Play PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Students at the Hockey” to ballads such as “Love I Miss You,” with classic rock, new University of Illinois have launched a new wave and other styles. website for the Ukrainian Students Having moved to the United States from Ukraine in 2001, Sergiy Association at the university – www.wix. has been involved in film and acting, in addition to his live perfor- com/uasauiuc/ukrainianstudentsassocia- mance schedule in western North Carolina, where he resides. He tion. appears in the current film, “Hunger Games,” which stars Jennifer This student-run organization, led by its Lawrence, Woody Harelson, Lenny Kravitz and Donald Sutherland, president, Olga Matsyuk, aims to promote a among others. strong Ukrainian cultural awareness among Prior to acting and music, Sergiy modeled professionally, starred its members and the greater university in numerous television commercials and television programs, but community, with events that showcase the it wasn’t until he began writing songs that he found his true inner Ukrainian culture’s rich traditions, history, entertainer. songs, dance and cuisine. Svitlana Koval is Sergiy is gearing up for a national tour, promoting his new album. the club’s treasurer and Prof. Volodymyr For more information, readers may visit www.reverbnation.com/ Chumachenko serves as the faculty advisor. sergiymusic. The album is for sale at www.cdbaby.com/cd/sergiy, Founded in the 1950s at the university, with a physical CD selling for $12.97 and a digital version for $9.99. the organization invites students who have The cover of Sergiy’s new album “The Mirror” an interest in learning about Ukrainian cul- ture and traditions to be included among its members. The club also arranged for the donation of pysanky examples to the university’s Spurlock Museum, located on the Urbana- Champaign campus. Those items are now part of the museum’s permanent collection and can be viewed at http://www.spurlock. uiuc.edu/collections/artifact/pysanka.html. The site also features courses taught on campus that feature Ukrainian culture, lan- guage and literature. On November 17 the club will be hosting a coffee hour at 7:30 p.m. at the YMCA build- ing. Featured on the menu will be borsch, varennyky, salad and dessert items. For more information, visit the club’s website, or e-mail Ms. Matsyuk at matsyuk1@illinois. edu.

BUG releases Soyuzivka calendar PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Brooklyn Ukrainian Group (BUG) has released its fourth annual edition of the Soyuzivka cal- endars. The calendar includes photos taken by Laryssa Czebeniak, Dianna Shmerykowsky, Roman Klun, Tania Blahitka, Christine Syzonenko, Roma Lisovich, Vladimir Lojko, Roma Hadzewycz, Andrea Wenglowskyj, Russ Chelak and Maya Lew. The calendars are published in a limited edition and are selling for $10 each plus shipping and can be ordered by mail or at Soyuzivka’s gift shop. All proceeds will be used to directly benefit the Soyuzivka Heritage Center through the Ukrainian National Foundation (www.ukrainianna- tionalfoundation.org), the charitable arm of the Ukrainian National Association. For more information, readers may con- tact Maya Lew, via e-mail at mayalew123@ yahoo.com.

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leave, and I told her that I have a lot of work I’m much better at winning these battles and feel scared that I might not finish. She when I’m prepared. When I enter the situa- told me Andrij would bring me the bag of tion knowing from the start what I need to “Escape from Horodok” food tomorrow in his taxi, and I said it do. Also, in English, I’m much, much better by Roman Skaskiw “Noooo,” everybody screamed again. wasn’t worth it. at the delicate art of polite rejection. In “Are you crazy?” Aunt Stefa said. “It’s She started pleading again. I wanted to Ukrainian, I only manage to piece together I took the “marshrutka” to the village of late. You’ll sleep at our place.” get to my laundry, so I acquiesced. He crude expressions – “the food is good, but Horodok again to spend time with Aunt “If you don’t drop me off, I’ll have much would drop it off in the evening. no thank you,” for example. Also, (my last Stefa’s family. I didn’t want them picking me farther to walk,” I told Lubomyr. After lecturing to a friend’s economics excuse) she called me when I was still in up at the bus station when I could walk, so “You can’t do it this way,” Aunt Maria class about traditions of economic liberty in bed. I folded. this time I went early, walked through town chimed in, her voice sounding reasonable. the U.S. versus in Ukraine, I hurried home “At least come over for coffee,” I said. and didn’t give them a call until I was by the “You can sleep at my place.” In the past, and made it just at 7 p.m.. At 9 p.m., Aunt “Good,” she said. I sensed her mind had train tracks. Aunt Maria and Aunt Stefa had both made Stefa called and told me Andrij couldn’t already made intricate calculations con- I was determined to go home that eve- me swear to spend the night at their place make it. cerning marshutky, buses, hours, glass jars, ning, for once to resist their insistence that I on the same night. They don’t argue Andrij is a very angry guy, and I had a money. It seemed to be a very elaborate spend the night. I simply wanted to do between themselves, but they argue with suspicion he’d consider that bag of food as challenge that she enjoyed. some work that night, as well as some laun- me, and make me answer why I didn’t come excessive a gesture as I did. He’s much As we agreed, she called me a third time dry for tomorrow. They first asked about to one or the other. It’s flattering but more insistent, though, and quick to shout. that afternoon to arrange details. my evening plans as I removed my jacket. exhausting. I can’t help but try to be polite, especially to “I’m going to come with Luba [my cous- “Tonight I’ll go home,” I said. “Nooooo way. As the bus station vanished behind us, people expressing such profound hospitali- in]. We can go to the museum where Andrij You can stay here.” Aunt Stefa quietly explained to everybody ty and concern. [a different Andrij, her son] is working [as a “I think tonight I’ll go home,” I repeated. how I would spend the evening at her place. That evening’s insistence was out of guard]. He’ll give us a tour.” “Don’t be silly,” they said. “We’ll have tea, you can play cards…” character for me, but I wanted to assert my “Wonderful,” I said. During lunch they asked me again, and “And you’ll help with my English home- independence to these relatives whom I’ve “You’re not too busy?” again when we were loading the car to drive work,” said my ever-enthusiastic niece. known for less than two years. Perhaps “No,” I lied. to visit with a different relative who had just “... we’ll fold out the divan like we always that’s why it had an effect on me, and why I “What time is good for you?” she asked. given birth to a son. do, and in the morning I’ll give you some want to write about it. “I’m busy, but my time is flexible. What Each time I told them I was going home, food and Andrij will drive you home.” Aunt Stefa called me the next morning time is good for you?” I said. and each time they acted like it was the I had made a point of sitting near the and told me to meet her at Lviv’s bus station “Any time. Just tell us when.” most outrageous thing in the world. I didn’t door when we loaded the car. So when the following day. “Six.” argue, but my resolve grew. Lubomyr stopped near Aunt Maria’s to let “I’ll bring the food and give it to you, then She paused. “I can’t make it for 6 p.m. I We ate, drank and Skyped with my moth- her out, I made a quick exit from the car, my take the marshrutka back.” thought we’d drop the kids off at school and er in New York before piling into Lubomyr’s niece’s little hands too slow and too feeble I couldn’t believe it. “Aunt Stefa,” I said. then go.” car, presumably to drive back to Aunt to restrain me. “Thank you, but it’s not worth it.” “What time is that?” Maria’s, who had joined us for dinner, then “Where in the world are you going?” said “Of course it is!” she said. “Any time. What suits you?” She asked to Aunt Stefa’s. I asked Lubomyr to drop me Aunt Stefa with genuine surprise, as if I “I’ll get it next time. I don’t want you to again. off at the bus station, and everybody – Aunt hadn’t spent the last half hour, as well as spend two hours on the marshrutka just to I guessed, then guessed again. When my Stefa, Aunt Maria, my two nieces, my cousin most of the day, telling them. bring me food. You’re food is good, but it’s guess, 1 p.m., was close enough, she sug- – reacted with horror and surprise, as if I Everybody got out and stood on the nar- not worth it.” gested 2 p.m., and told me she’d call when hadn’t been telling them I was going home row, snow-covered street, by Aunt Maria’s “When next time? I’ll bring it to the bus she left Horodok. “If that’s okay with you,” since the minute of my arrival. gate. They looked to be in utter shock, and I station and hand it to you.” she added. “I wanted to give you marmalade,” Aunt was quick to take advantage of the confu- Stefa said. “and pickles, mushroom pre- sion. I kissed each one of their stunned serves, varenyky.” faces, thanking them for the wonderful eve- “Next time,” I said. ning and telling them how much I enjoy “Andrij” [her son-in-law] “can drive you their company. I got through all of them home in the morning,” she said for the fifth before the shock wore off. or sixth time. Andrij was a taxi driver and “You can’t,” pleaded Aunt Stefa. Each of had driven me back to Lviv in the past. my nieces, Aunt Stefa’s granddaughters, “I want to do some work,” I said. grabbed one of my hands and pulled me. I “You have to come to our place, the was prepared for a physical struggle. I have marshrutky aren’t running any more,” Aunt a few years of experience in brazilian jiu Stefa said, her voice slightly defiant. For a jitsu and a blue belt. I felt confident I could moment, she thought she had won. out-grapple my relatives and get away with- “They run until 10. I have another hour.” out anyone being injured. (I had checked.) “When I was in the army, 40 paratroop- “Lubomyr, seriously, drop me off at the ers used to listen to me,” I said. bus station,” I said. Lubomyr, who stood by his car door and “Noooo,” everybody shouted. My nieces watched, laughed. said something about her English home- I was preparing to break the grips of my work, which I usually help her with when I nieces, but Aunt Stefa, finally revealing a visit. limit to her insistence, told them to stop I did my best to keep my voice pleasant, because it wasn’t polite. but firm. I love these people. “I’m not going “Why do you want to go?” Aunt Maria to argue, but I am going to go home tonight,” said. I said. My third cousin laughed a little, for For the ninth or tenth time I told them which I was happy. I felt like I was murder- that I have a lot of work to do, and work bet- ing the pet hamster they’re all so excited ter when I wake up in my own bed. I also about. need to do some laundry for tomorrow. “Drop me off here,” I said as we passed They talked about darkness, Aunt Stefa’s the bus station. marmalade, crime, and the possibility of Andrij driving me home in the morning, but I could tell I was finally wearing them down. Roman Skaskiw is a former Fulbright Their pleas lacked the vigor of the earlier Scholar (2010-2011) in Ukraine, who ones. served as an infantry officer with the 82nd I asked whether I was walking to the bus Airborne Division in Afghanistan and Iraq. station or getting a ride, and Lubomyr said, He completed two tours of duty in “let’s go.” Afghanistan and one in Iraq. I kissed them all once again. Now their He is a 2007 graduate of the Iowa faces looked like I really did murder their Writers’ Workshop and holds a degree from hamster. Lubomyr turned skillfully on the Stanford University’s School of Engineering. shoulderless, snowy road, and I waved His work has appeared in The Atlantic, The goodbye through the window. Only one of New York Times, Stanford Magazine, Front my nieces waved back. Porch Journal, In The Fray Magazine, and In the evening, Aunt Stefa called and elsewhere. More of his essays on Ukraine sounded surprised that I’d gotten home so can be found at www.romansaskiwi- quickly. She asked if I was angry. “Of course nukraine.com. not,” I said. She asked why I wanted to 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 No. 45

Actress Nina Arianda is back on Broadway by Helen Smindak NEW YORK – At 26, just two years after graduating from New York University’s graduate acting program, Nina Arianda is dazzling Broadway audiences for the second time this year. Ms. Arianda is currently reprising her breakthrough role of Vanda in “Venus in Fur,” the David Ives’ two-man play that opened Off Broadway in January 2010, when her sen- sational talents won raves from theater critics. She’s been performing in the Broadway production of “Venus in Fur” since the play began previews on October 13 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater on West 47th Street. The play opens on November 8 for a limited run, and tick- ets will be sold only through December 18. Ms. Arianda made her Broadway debut last spring in a revival of Garson Kanin’s award-winning comedy “Born Yesterday.” Joan Marcus Although press reviews for Broadway’s “Venus in Fur” Ukrainian American actress Nina Arianda. will not be posted until November 8, Time Out New York is known to have termed it “Deliciously witty and darkly sexy. For her role in “Born Yesterday,” Ms. Arianda earned a A brilliant balancing act of erotic tension and comic relief.” 2011 Tony nomination for best performance by a leading The New York Times has called it “90 minutes of good, actress in a play. As the dim-witted peroxide blonde Billie kinky fun.” Dawn in “Born Yesterday,” which ran for three months at The Broadway version of “Venus” has already gained a Broadway’s Cort Theater, she was teamed with veteran five-star rating from many play-goers, among them an movie and TV actor Jim Belushi and Tony Award-winning excited audience member who spoke for a group of actor Robert Sean Leonard, who appears in the Fox TV friends: “Fingers are crossed for Tonys for both Nina and drama “House.” [her co-star] Hugh Dancy.” Her performance in “Born Yesteday” also won the Outer Walter Bobbie, who directed “Venus” in 2010 and is also Critics Circle award and nominations for the Drama Desk directing the Broadway show, predicted last year that and Drama League awards. “Nina is going to be a great big star. She’s a young [Meryl] Paired with Wes Bentley in the Off Broadway produc- Streep.” tion of “Venus in Fur” and now on Broadway with Hugh For her performance in the original production of Dancy, who made his Broadway debut in the 2008 Tony- “Venus” with the Classic Stage Company in the East Village, winning revival of “Journey’s End,” Ms. Arianda gives an Ms. Arianda was honored with several awards – the Henry emotionally charged performance as Vanda, a kooky wan- Derwent Award, the Clive Barnes Award and the nabe actress who becomes (by turns) a vixen and a domi- Theatreworld Award. She also received three nominations natrix. – the Drama Circle, Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Nina Arianda, as Vanda, in a scene from “Venus in Fur.” awards. (Continued on page 17) No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 13

Ivan Malkovych discusses state of Ukrainian literature by Yaro Bihun comes out in at least 5,000 and up to 7,000 copies, and may get additional print runs Special to The Ukrainian Weekly just about every year from then on. As an WASHINGTON – Ukrainian poet and example, he noted that, “Sto Kazok” (One publisher Ivan Malkovych visited the U.S. Hundred Fairy Tales) has been reprinted capital in the last week of October to talk every year, and sometimes twice a year, about the state of Ukrainian literature since its release in 2005. More than 70,000 since Ukraine gained its independence 20 copies have been sold, which, is consid- years ago. He addressed the subject at two ered “a lot” in Ukraine. venues here – the Woodrow Wilson Mr. Malkovych admitted that initially he International Center for Scholars on was not familiar with who exactly was October 27 and on the previous day, dur- reading the books he published, but now, ing a reception in his honor at the he added, “We know our readers.” Embassy of Ukraine. A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA publishes Mr. Malkovych focused on the work of books in many languages, including the publishing house he founded the year Russian, and are sold worldwide, he said. after Ukraine’s independence, A-BA-BA- The Russian books, however, are unique in HA-LA-MA-HA, which has become a lead- that they contain a cautionary stipulation ing publisher of children’s books in that they cannot be sold in Ukraine – even Ukraine. And the outlook he presented though this would be economically benefi- was positive. cial to his publishing house, he added. Mr. Malkovych was born in 1961 in While the Russian language still domi- Yaro Bihun Nyzhnyi Bereziv in western Ukraine. He nates the mass media in Ukraine, he told Ukrainian poet and publisher Ivan Malkovych recites one of his children’s poems studied music and philology and, at age the audience at the Wilson Center, during a recent appearance at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Ukrainian is taking over the leading role in 19, was voted the best young poet in a in Washington. Seated next to him are moderator Dr. Mark Andryczyk of the what he said was the country’s real cul- clandestine vote by several hundred Harriman Institute at Columbia University (left), and interpreter Oles Berezhny. ture. There is a difference between true Ukrainian writers in then-Soviet Ukraine. culture and the “mass pop-culture,” which He has authored six collections of his poet- ing and editing J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Series” organized by the Kennan Institute is devoid of any understanding of such ry, the most recent being “Vse Poruch” (All Potter” novels for A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA- and the Harriman Institute at Columbia notions as sin or any sense of shame. is Near) in 2010. He now works and lives HA, which consistently beat the Russian University, which hosted his appearance in At A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA, focuses on in Kyiv. translations to awaiting Ukrainian youth- New York on October 24. quality of content, Mr. Malkovych said, “We Much of Mr. Malkovych’s poetry has ful readers. The translation of the last (sev- Dr. Mark Andryczyk of the Harriman focus on ‘long-sellers’ and not ‘bestsellers.’ been translated into English, German, enth) “Harry Potter” book in 2007 came Institute and Dr. Blair Ruble of the Kennan ” The publisher’s high-quality, superbly Italian, Russian, Polish, Benga li, out in Ukrainian faster than any other for- Institute moderated his discussion at the illustrated children’s books often take sev- Lithuanian, Norwegian, Georgian, Slovak eign-language translation in the world, Mr. Woodrow Wilson Center, which was co- eral years of preparation and effort before and Slovenian. He has also compiled and Morozov said. He noted that, all told, the sponsored by The Washington Group, an being published. And he likes it that way, edited several dozen other award-winning “Harry Potter” translations sold close to 1 organization of Ukrainian American pro- he added. children’s books. million copies. fessionals whose Cultural Fund assisted in Mr. Malkovych said that children’s Among those present at his presenta- Mr. Malkovych’s appearance at the organizing the Ukrainian Embassy recep- books comprise about 80 percent of his tion at the Wilson Center was Victor Woodrow Wilson Center was part of the tion, which was hosted by Ambassador publishing house’s annual output. Each Morozov, who 11 years ago began translat- “Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Olexander Motsyk. Christmas Greetings 2011/12 Continue your tradition...

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Ukraine” that was organized by the have been initiated in June. Then, we would for these bills. “This shows one thing: the NEWSBRIEFS Gorshenin Institute. According to Mr. not have the shock consequences that we opposition is interested in chaos until a cer- Umansky, production decreases in key eco- survived at the end of 2008, which Belarus tain time, to show that the government can- (Continued from page 2) nomic sectors such as mining and smelting recently survived and to which, unfortu- not pass the law and thus gain extra popu- Mr. Klitschko said on TVi television on testify to the fact that the second wave of nately, the present authorities are again larity. The opposition avoids consolidated October 27. At the same time, the 40-year- the crisis has hit Ukraine. “The crisis has leading us,” the expert summed up. actions with the authorities, because it can- old boxer called on his fans not to despair started in Ukraine: it started in the financial (Ukrinform) not agree within itself,” Mr. Oliynyk summed system as far back as September. The slow- up. Parliamentary elections in Ukraine must and noted that his brother, Wladimir, is five Entrepreneurs spend up to 10% on bribes years younger and that “he will continue down in industrial production has started be held in October 2012, and the parlia- delighting you with his fights for a long in Ukraine, following decisions by a number KYIV – The International Finance mentary majority in its bill proposed a return to the mixed, majority-proportional time.” The Klitschko brothers now hold the of European machine-building companies Corporation (IFC) has presented a study on to stop conveyers for an indefinite period of system of electing the 450 national deputies most prestigious championship belts. the investment climate in Ukraine, which time,” he noted. “If one looks at one of our in the Verkhovna Rada, while denying party Wladimir is an IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO found that up to 10 percent of entrepre- main economic indicators, metal prices, it is blocs the right to participate in the election heavyweight champion, while Vitali is a neurs’ income is spent on paying bribes, possible to see that metal prices have begun and raising the parliamentary threshold for WBC world heavyweight champion. Vitali according to a November 2 report in the falling all over the world. Markets for parties to 5 percent from the current 3 per- Klitschko has fought in 45 professional box- Delo newspaper. According to IFC represen- Ukrainian metal have also fallen,” he added. tative in Ukraine Olena Voloshyna, this cent. The opposition disagrees with these ing bouts, winning 40 of them by knockout According to the expert, nobody doubts that study differs from the “Doing Business” rat- election law proposals. (Ukrinform) and losing only two, both because of inju- in the medium-term perspective the ing that is published by the IFC and the ries. In 2005, he focused his attention on NBU OKs payments for gas in rubles Ukrainian economy will experience the World Bank. “Not all the reforms in the politics. In April 2010 he founded the UDAR impact of the crisis. “Another issue is how country are reflected in the ‘Doing Business’ KYIV – The National Bank of Ukraine Party (Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for deep this crisis will be. I do not think that rating. The rating also reflects legislative (NBU) has agreed to the possibility of mak- Reform), and in 2006 he ran for mayor of today there are grounds to predict that the changes, while this study focuses on assess- ing payments for Russian natural gas in Kyiv but he came in second, losing to cur- crisis will be as deep as in 2008-2009. ments by the business community of how rubles. The decision was made after a meet- rent Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky. In the Although, if one looks at reaction of the these changes make their work easier,” she ing between NBU Governor Serhiy Arbuzov, future, he plans to run for Ukraine’s presi- Ukrainian government, there is a deja vu explained. In the ‘Doing Business’ rating acting Russian Finance Minister Anton dency. (Ukrinform) feeling,” Mr. Umansky said. He added that he Ukraine is 152nd out of 183 countries, Siluanov, and senior managers from the Second wave of economic crisis is here believes the current Ukrainian authorities down three positions for the year. The IFC Central Bank of Russia and Gazprom, the will lack resources to keep relative econom- study is based on a survey of owners and NBU’s press service reported on November KYIV – The Ukrainian economy has ic stability until the elections of 2012. managers of 1,636 companies, as well as 2. The agreements reached by the two sides already started to enter the second wave of “National Bank [of Ukraine] resources, 415 private entrepreneurs. One positive give Ukraine some space for maneuvering the world economic crisis, ex-Vice Minister under current trends, will be enough to note: the time period for obtaining permits when paying for imports, in particular, for of Finance Ihor Umansky said on November keep the present hryvnia rate maximum to decreased from 54 to 48 days for compa- natural gas, and will also help it avoid fluc- 2 during a roundtable on “How the Second the end of the current year. Planned and nies, and from 44 to 36 days for entrepre- tuations on the currency market in the Wave of the World Crisis Threatens controlled hryvnia devaluations should neurs. “This progress in the licensing sys- event of financial settlements with Russian tem is the only absolute positive trend companies. At a meeting held in St. acknowledged by business,” said the man- Petersburg on October 19, Ukrainian Prime ager of the IFC-led Investment Climate in Minister Mykola Azarov and his Russian Ukraine project, Serhiy Osavaliuk. However, counterpart, Vladimir Putin, discussed the 47 percent of entrepreneurs did not expect possibility of switching payments for to obtain permits and began to work “on Russian gas from U.S. dollars to Russian TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292 -9800 x3040 sufferance.” The IFC also noted that, over rubles. In October, Ukraine’s state oil and or e -mail [email protected] the past two years, Ukraine has noted gas company Naftohaz paid about $867 mil- increased corruption and raider risks. A lion to Gazprom for natural gas supplied to SERVICES PROFESSIONALS percentage of entrepreneurs who use infor- Ukraine for the previous month. According mal methods of solving problems in public to government figures, Ukraine has paid agencies rose from 35 percent to 46 per- about 70 billion hrv for natural gas imports cent, while giving gifts to officials has risen in 2011. In the fourth quarter of 2011, the from 20 percent to 25 percent. The amount basic price of gas for Ukraine should be of business income spent on bribing offi- $564 per thousand cubic meters. On cials during those two years increased from October 26, Mr. Azarov said that Ukraine 6 percent to 10 percent. “This indicates that and Russia were close to reaching a com- a real improvement of the business in the promise on a gas contract. He noted that the country is not observed. The pressure of the issue was part of a “big package of docu- authorities on business has become even ments outlining the entire spectrum of rela- stronger,” Mr. Osavaliuk added. Meanwhile, tions” and that this decision may be benefi- the World Bank director for Ukraine, cial to both parties. The prime minister Belarus and Moldova, Martin Raiser, has refused to disclose other details, adding that admitted that in Ukraine there is a high the compromise is not linked to the issue of FOR SALE threat of raider seizures of businesses, Ukraine’s accession to the Customs Union of although this phenomenon was not includ- Russia, Be larus and Kazakhstan. ed in the report. “Coming to Ukraine, inves- (Ukrinform) Ukrainian Village, Somerset, N.J. tors have to communicate with embassies Center unit #32, 1 bedroom, EU supports administrative reform and other investors to learn the features of LR, DR & deck. work in Ukraine. Here business can be $50,000.00 or best offer KYIV – The European Union has allocat- quickly seized. It is quite dangerous, and ed assistance to Ukraine in the amount of Call 732-819-0324 everyone admits it,” Mr. Raiser said. 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PRU says opposition creates chaos increasing its institutional capacity and get- For additional information contact ting acquainted with the best European KYIV – Volodymyr Oliynyk, a national Maria Oscislawski, Advertising Manager, and international practices to strengthen deputy from the ruling Party of Regions of The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. the rule of law. The consortium of the Ukraine (PRU), accused the opposition on European Union member-countries that November 2 of deliberately disrupting the will implement the project includes France, development of a new electoral law. He said Lithuania and Sweden. (Ukrinform) that representatives of the opposition fac- tions at the Verkhovna Rada refused to par- Completion of gas talks before year’s end? ticipate in the development of a new elec- KYIV – Talks about the possibility of toral law in order to once again blame the reducing the price of Russian gas for authorities of incompetence. Mr. Oliynyk Ukraine will be completed by the end of said that the opposition, instead of consoli- 2011, the head of the Presidential dating, submitted 12 alternative drafts on Administration of Ukraine, Serhiy the subject with the sole purpose of block- Lyovochkin, said at a press briefing on ing the process. According to the politician, even the opposition members did not vote (Continued on page 15) No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 15

Fitch: Ukraine short of finances NEWSBRIEFS KYIV – Ukraine needs to raise gas prices (Continued from page 14) in order to ensure a budget deficit of 2.5 percent in 2012, Charles Seville, associate November 1. “The negotiations are continu- director in Fitch Ratings’ Sovereign group, ing. They are very complex. We hope for an said during the sixth annual Fitch confer- effective result in the near future,” he said. ence on October 28. Public finances are in a The chairman of the Russia’s Gazprom, consolidated form; the budget for 2012 is In deep sorrow we announce that Aleksey Miller, and Ukraine’s Minister of quite promising; the budget deficit is fore- Energy and Coal Industry Yurii Boiko had a cast at 3.5 percent in 2011; and it will be regular working meeting in Moscow on quite difficult to reach a deficit of 2.5 per- October 31. Gazprom said the dialogue is RICHARD VITANTAS LEGECKIS cent due to Naftohaz of Ukraine’s deficit of proceeding in a constructive way. Messrs. about 1 percent, he said, adding that it is scientist - oceanographer, Miller and Boiko expressed a unanimous necessary to raise gas prices to hit this tar- opinion that the parties will strictly abide get. He also noted that the Eurobond mar- born on January 28, 1941 in Panevazis, Lithuania, passed away on by the existing contracts for gas supply and ket is still closed for Ukraine. There is a October 21, 2011 after a long and difficult battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s transit before reaching new understand- shortage of finances in Ukraine, the expert ings. Gazprom and Naftohaz Ukrainy on Disease). Funeral services were held on October 29, 2011 in the Church of said, adding that the Ministry of Finance January 19, 2009, signed two contracts: on underfulfilled the indicators plan and thus Holy Trinity, Silver Spring, MD sales for the period from 2009 to 2019, and the Eurobond market is closed for Ukraine on the scope and terms of natural gas tran- now. He also believes that Ukraine should sit through Ukraine for the period from He is survived by: continue cooperation with the 2009 to 2019. The price of gas is set quar- International Monetary Fund. Mr. Seville his wife — MARTA HULEY-LEGECKIS terly. The price of imported natural gas for added that the Ukrainian government Ukraine in the first quarter of 2011 was daughters — ALINA RUSSELL with husband JOHN should make every effort to expedite sign- $264 per thousand cubic meters, $295.6 in — VANESSA JARYMOVYCH with husband ALEXANDER ing of the agreement on a free trade zone the second quarter and $354 in the third with the European Union. According to grandchildren — JACK and ELLA RUSSELL quarter. Ukraine is insisting on a revision of the gas contracts with Russia, as it consid- him, this will contribute to the growth of — JUSTIN and LEV JARYMOVYCH ers the price of gas to be too high and tran- the Ukrainian economy. (Ukrinform) sister — REGINA LEGECKIS-OSLAPAS with family sit fees to be too low. (Ukrinform) John Paul II monument in Zhytomyr cousin — STEPHEN OLIYNYK PRU unlikely to support decriminalization ZHYTOMYR – Hundreds of Zhytomyr and close and distant family in Lithuania, Ukraine and diaspora. KYIV – The ruling Party of Regions of residents, as well as the Polish Consul Ukraine (PRU) does not support the General in Vinnytsia, Krzysztof Swiderek, decriminalization of Article 365 of the and other distinguished guests came In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations Criminal Code, under which former Prime together in Castle Square in front of the St. in honor of Richard be made to: Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was convicted, Sophia Roman Catholic Cathedral. A monu- said the leader of the PRU faction ment showing the Pope John Paul II stand- — ALS Association, www.alsa.org/donate, Oleksander Yefremov. Speaking at a news ing on a high pedestal was erected to com- 7507 Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20856, and/or briefing on November 1, he said, “We do memorate the 10th anniversary of his apos- not support the decision. If there are other tolic visit to Ukraine, reported the newspa- — Montgomery Hospice, www.montgomeryhospice.org proposals that do not restrict liability of top per Den on October 28. The auxiliary pastor 1355 Pickard Drive, Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20850. officials for abuse of funds, I do not rule out of the cathedral, the Rev. Yaroslav Hizhytsky that we will then support them.” Mr. explained that the date of the unveiling, Yefremov also said that on November 4 October 22, was chosen due to the fact that national deputies will consider a second the Roman Catholic Church first honored reading of a presidential bill on the reform John Paul II as blessed on that day (the cur- of several articles of the Criminal Code rent Pope Benedict XVI officially beatified which is aimed at liberalizing criminal leg- his predecessor on May 1 of this year). islation solely for business. He said the PRU Thus, Zhytomyr participated in the world- Mykola Lushniak will support the decriminalization of wide celebration of his memory. On this day Article 365 of the Criminal Code only if the 33 years ago, having been elected pope, rationale presented by the opposition fully John Paul II made his ingressus (that is, he complies with the United Nations entered) St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Convention on Human Rights. “If it would Zhytomyr parishioners were supported in be a removal of responsibility, we will not their desire to erect a monument to Blessed support it,” he added. (Ukrinform) John Paul II by Archbishop Petro Malchuk of the Kyiv-Zhytomyr Diocese. Zhytomyr Ukraine wants to join CERN Catholics also received help from the City KYIV – Ukraine expects by the end of Council and city architects, who assisted Mykola Lushniak peacefully passed away on October 22, 2011 at the this year to sign an agreement to attain them in dealing with various issues, includ- age of 90. Born in Berezhany, Ukraine, he and wife Olha immigrated to associate membership in the European ing legal ones, related to the monument’s the US after living through the hardships of the Second World War. Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). erection. Before Zhytomyr, monuments to the late pontiff were unveiled in a number According to a November 1 briefing from Mykola is survived by the State Agency for Science, Innovation of Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, Lviv and and Informatization of Ukraine, on October Odesa. (Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine) — wife of 65 years, Olha, 20 the Ukrainian government approved an Aerosvit sells tickets to U.S. cities order to sign an agreement between CERN — brother Dmytro (Paula) in England, and the Cabinet of Ministers on granting KYIV – Aerosvit Ukrainian Airlines on — son Stephen (Margaret), Ukraine an associate membership and October 15 announced the start of flights authorized Volodymyr Semynozhenko, the between points in Ukraine and the United — daughter Irene Arlowe, chairman of the agency, to sign the docu- States in addition to the trans-Atlantic Kyiv- — son Boris (Patricia), ment. “Ukraine obtaining the status of an New York route offered by Aerosvit since associate member of CERN will create the March 2003. Tickets are available on the — grandchildren Christine Czernecki (Greg), legal framework for the maximum partici- company’s website to Washington, Los Martha Carman (Chase), Michael, Nicholas, pation of Ukrainian scientific institutions in Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Dallas, Salt Larissa and Stephanie programs led by CERN, will promote the Lake City, Miami, Orlando, Pittsburgh, comprehensive development of grid tech- Portland and other cities in the U.S., and the and many friends and relatives throughout the world. nologies in Ukraine and improve the train- list will be gradually expanded. Aerosvit ing of young scientists in the field of theo- ensures travel to points in North America The funeral services took place on October 28 at St. Nicholas retical and applied physics,” the official through New York in conjunction with Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Chicago with interment at St. Nicholas said. In March in Geneva, the Cabinet of Delta Airlines in the framework of agree- Ministers and CERN signed a declaration ments between the companies (Interline Cemetery. which gave the go-ahead for a joint work- agreement, Special prorate agreement). ing group on scientific and technical coop- Transportation across the Atlantic is made eration and signed a joint statement of via long-haul flights by the Ukrainian air- In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be sent to the St. Nicholas intent regarding a possible Ukrainian bid to line, and further travel from New York’s JFK School 75th Anniversary Fund, 2200 W Rice Street, Chicago, IL 60622. acquire the status of an associate member International Airport is through Delta of CERN. (Ukrinform) Airlines. (Ukrinform) 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 No. 45 No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 17

Soccer Ukraine lost 0-2 against Slovenia on Ivanchuk won the third place spot in a Rowing September 6 and tied 2-2 against Malta on playoff against Ponomariov. Shakhtar Donetsk trails in last place in October 7. Ukraine plays Finland on Ukraine’s rowing team finished in third Group G in the UEFA Champions League November 11 and Lithuania on November Georgy Timoshenko won third place at place in team classification, with two gold after• four games played with two losses 15. Next year, Ukraine plays against an international chess tournament in and two bronze medals at the European and two draws. On November 1 Zenit Sweden on May 31, against Lithuania on Livigno,• Italy, on September 12-18. Rowing Championships in Plovid, Bulgaria, defeated Shakhtar 1-0 at Petrovski Stadium June 4, against Finland on June 9, against Timoshenko scored 6.5 points out of a pos- on September 17. Ukraine’s women’s team in St. Petersburg, Russia. Earlier, Porto Slovenia on August 15, against Malta on sible nine and under additional indicators of Anastasia Kozhenkova and Yana defeated Shakhtar 2-1 on September 13 in September 6 and against Sweden on lost to Peter Michalik of Slovakia. A total of Demenieva in double sculls, and Svitlana Portugal and Shakhtar drew 1-1 against September 10. 52 chess players from 22 countries partici- Spiriukova, Natalia Khayua, Kateryna APOEL in Donetsk on September 28. pated in the tournament. Tarasenko and Tetiana Kolenikova in qua- Shakhtar also drew 2-2 against Zenit in druple sculls, all won gold medals. Oleksander Shovkovsky, goalkeeper Bodybuilding Donetsk, Ukraine, on October 19. Shakhtar for Ukraine’s national soccer team and the Ukraine’s men’s and women’s teams of will play against Porto again on November Dynamo• Kyiv Soccer club, announced on Santa Dimopoulos won the gold medal eight with coxswain won bronze medals in 23 in Donetsk and against APOEL on September 20 his intention to retire after in World Bodybuilding and Physique their respective races. December 6 in Cyprus. the Euro-2012 European Soccer Championship held in Thailand on October Swimming Championship. Shovkovsky was the first 2-8. The competition attracted competitors Three Ukrainian clubs play in the goalkeeper in FIFA World Cup history to from 34 countries and is hosted annually Igor Snitko won the bronze medal in the UEFA Europa League, including Dynamo not concede a goal during a penalty shoot- by the WBPC Federation, which includes 10-kilometer race at the European Open Kyiv,• Vorskla Poltava and Metalist Kharkiv. out. He has played for the national team more than 80 countries. At the competi- Water Swimming Championship in Eilat, Metalist Kharkiv leads Group G with since he was 19, having played his first tion, she also won the silver medal in wom- Israel, on September 7-11. Snitko finished seven points, having won two matches and game against Estonia in November 1994; en’s bodybuilding and the bronze medal in just 3.3 seconds behind Thomas Lurz of one draw. On September 15 Metalist the 3-0 victory was a first for the team at the fitness competition. The championship Germany and 2.5 seconds behind Vladimir defeated Austria Wien 2-1 in Vienna, tied the official level. is open to women of all ages, with the only Dyatchin of Russia. 1-1 against AZ Alkmaar of the Netherlands requirement of athletic build, beauty and on September 29 in Kharkiv and defeated The Union of European Football ability to carry oneself in public. Born in Archery Ukraine to a Syrian father and Ukrainian Sweden’s Malmo 4-1 on October 20 in Associations (UEFA) has begun awarding Tetyana Dorohova and Kateryna Malmo, Sweden. On November 3 Metalist 109 soccer players who have made 100 or mother, Dimopoulos, 22, is also a singer • and model. She is married to Andriy Yavorska won gold in the women’s division, was to play against Malmo in Kharkiv. more appearances for a UEFA member Dzedhula and has a son, Daniel. and Andriy Dorohov and Sergiy Chronyi Metalist will play against Austria Wien on club. Among the Ukrainians to be honored were named the best male archers at the November 30 in Kharkiv and against AZ are Oleh Blokhin, Andriy Shevchenko and Pentathlon 48th Golden Autumn International Archery Alkmaar on December 15 in Alkmaar, the Anatoliy Tymoshchuk. The awards have Ukraine’s female pentathlon team of Tournament held in Lviv on September Netherlands. been distributed during Euro-2012 qualify- Viktoria Tereshchuk, Hanna Buriak and 13-17. Oleg Drik and Oleksandr Oleksienko In Group E, Dynamo Kyiv is in second ing matches and international friendly Natalia Levchenko won bronze medals in won the compound bow category. More place with five points, having tied 1-1 matches involving Euro-2012 co-hosts the women’s relay at the UIPM Senior than 200 archers from Be larus, against England’s Stoke City in Kyiv on Ukraine and Poland. World Championships held in Moscow on Kazakhstan, Poland, Romania, Russia, September 15. Dynamo tied 1-1 against Spain and Ukraine competed. This year Maccabi Tel-Aviv on September 29 in Tel- Boxing September 8-14. With 5,576 points, Ukraine was third among 13 teams in the marks the 80th anniversary of the World Aviv, and defeated Turkey’s Besiktas in Kyiv The national boxing teams of Ukraine relay. Archery Federation, which was founded in 1-0. The score from the November 3 game and France squared off at an international Lviv in 1931. against Besiktas in Istabul, Turkey, was not bout• in Kharkiv on August 15-18. The Wrestling available at press time but will appear in Volleyball Ukrainian team defeated the French 5-3, Hanna Vasylenko (59 kg) defeated Sofia the next issue of Sportsline. Dynamo Kyiv’s and one fight ended in a draw. This was the Magdalena Mattsson of Sweden in the Sergiy Popov and Valeriy Samoday won other matches will be against Stoke City in first time the fights were held in Kharkiv, as women’s freestyle event and won the gold gold medals at the Swatch FIVB Junior England on December 1 and against Tel- they were typically held in Chernivtsi. medal at the Senior World Wrestling World Championship in Halifax, Nova Aviv on December 14 in Kyiv. Championship held in Istanbul, Turkey, on Scotia, on August 31 through September 4. In Group B, Vorskla trails with one point, Wladimir Klitschko, the WBA, WBO, September 12-18. Tetiana Lazareva (55 kg) In the final match the Ukrainians defeated after two losses and one draw. On IBO, IBF heavyweight champion, will fight won the bronze medal after she defeated Piotr Kantor and Bartosz Losiak of Poland. September 15 Vorskla lost to Danish club Jean-Marc• Mormeck of France on Maria Gurova of Russia. The tournament, Kobenhaven 0-1 in Copehagen, Denmark. December 10 at Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, which is a qualifier for the 2012 London Athletics On September 29 Germany’s Hannover 96 Germany. Olympic Games, attracted 900 competitors Olena Saladukha won the gold medal in defeated Vorskla 2-1 and on October 20 from 104 countries. Vorksla drew 0-0 against Belgium’s Vitali Klitschko, the WBC heavyweight the women’s triple jump (14.94 meters) Standard Liege at Maurice Dufrasne champion, opened a boxing gym in the Martial arts and Ukraine’s women’s relay team of Olesia Stadium in Liege, Belgium. Scores were town• of Hola Prystan, Kherson Oblast, in Ukraine’s junior judo squad won two Povkh, Natalia Pohrebniak, Maria Remen unavailable for Vorskla’s November 3 game Ukraine, on November 1 under the social gold and one bronze medal, taking third and Khrystia Stuy, won the bronze medal in against Standard Liege, but will appear in program “Sport in Ukraine will be togeth- place in team classification at the European the 4x100-meter relay at the IAAF World the next Sportsline. Vorksla plays er.” Judo Championship (Juniors) in Lommel, Campionship in Daegu, Korea, on August Kobenhaven again in Poltava on November 27 through September 4. Chess Belgium, on September 16-18. 30 and against Hannover 96 in Germany on Powerboating December 15. Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine Marathon resigned to Peter Svidler of Russia at the Oleksandr Matviychuk won the 31st The Ternopil Mayor’s Cup was held on Ukraine’s Under-21 team is in last FIDE• Word Cup held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Moscow International Peace Marathon on August 31 and attracted 60 participants place in Group 2 of the qualifying round Russia, on September 19. Vassily Ivanchuk September 18, running 42 kilometers, 195 from eight European countries. More than after• two matches played, with one draw of Ukraine lost to Alexander Grischuk of meters in 2:17:27 seconds. This year’s 30,000 spectators watched as Ukraine’s and one loss, with two goals for and four Russia in the playoff match. Svidler beat competition attracted 5,000 runners from Dmytro Lybid won second place in the against, for one point in the standings. Grischuk 2.5-1.5 in the final match. 41 countries. 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switches smoothly from one character to November 4, she is Ms. Iovenko, a Bohachevsky’s folk dance workshops. Actress Nina Arianda... another. Ukrainian woman in charge of packages Ms. Arianda trained at the American Playing a cat-and-mouse game with the sent in and out of a luxury apartment Musical and Dramatic Academy in New (Continued from page 12) director that blurs fantasy and reality, love building who’s also studying for the bar. York in the studio program for acting and Erotic and funny and sex, she eventually has Thomas in her She plays Paul Giamatti’s secretary in the at the New School for Liberal Arts in New power. film “Win Win” and is Michael Sheen’s wife York, Eugene Lang division. She received an Vanda auditions for playwright-director In addition to her acclaimed stage work, Carol in Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris.” MFA degree from NYU’s Tisch School of the Thomas (Dancy), determined to land the the Ukrainian American actress (born Nina Her other films are Vera Farmiga’s Arts in 2009. lead in his new play, based on the 19th cen- Arianda Matijcio) has accumulated film “Higher Ground,” released last August, and Tickets for “Venus in Fur,” priced from tury erotic novel “Venus in Furs.” As they and television credits. She has appeared in the 2010 film “Shadows & Lies.” $57 to $121, may be purchased from read the script of his play, Vanda assumes a several films and recently guest-starred as The daughter of Lesia and Peter Telecharge at 212-239-6200, online at new role, that of the aristocratic Wanda reporter Gretchen Battista in the acclaimed Matijcio, of Mount Tabor, N.J., the www.Telecharge.com., or by visiting the von Dunayev in the story, deftly changing CBS-TV series “The Good Wife.” Manhattan-born actress was active during Samuel J. Friedman box office at 146 W. costumes – from a sexy black bustier to a In Brett Ratner’s star-studded comedy her teens in Plast Ukrainian Scouting 47th St. The play is recommended for demure white ruffled gown – as she “Tower Heist,” which opened in theaters Organization and Roma Pryma adults. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 No. 45

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Outstanding young mathematician COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 2011 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize will be awarded to Roman Holowinsky, an assistant professor of the department of mathematics at Ohio State University in Columbus. This annual prize, which was estab- lished in 2005, is for outstanding contribu- tions by very young mathematicians to areas influenced by the genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. The age limit for the prize has been set at 32 because Ramanujan achieved so much in his brief life of 32 years. The $10,000 prize will be awarded at the International Conference on Number Theory, Ergodic Theory and Dynamics at SASTRA University in Kumbakonam, India (Ramanujan’s hometown) on December 22, Ramanujan’s birthday. Dr. Holowinsky has made very signifi- cant contributions to areas which are at the interface of analytic number theory and the theory of modular forms. Along with Prof. Kannan Soundararajan of OSU Stanford University (winner of the SASTRA Dr. Roman Holowinsky Ramanujan Prize in 2005), Dr. Holowinsky solved an important case of the famous thesis, titled “Shifted Convolution Sums Quantum Unique Ergodicity (QUE) and Quantum Unique Ergodicity,” he made Conjecture in 2008. This is a spectacular major advances towards the QUE achievement. Conjecture. In 1991, Zeev Rudnick and Peter Sarnak He held post-doctoral visiting positions formulated the QUE Conjecture which in at the Institute for Advanced Study, its general form concerns the correspon- Princeton (2006-2007) and (2009-2010), dence principle for quantizations of chaot- the Fields Institute, Toronto (2008) the ic systems. One aspect of the problem is to University of Toronto (2007-2009) before understand how waves are influenced by joining the permanent faculty at Ohio State the geometry of their enclosure. Drs. University. Rudnick and Sarnak conjectured that for At the young age of 32, Dr. Holowinsky sufficiently chaotic systems, if the surface is a major figure in the fields of analytic has negative curvature, then the high fre- number theory and the theory of modular quency quantum wave functions are uni- forms. His resolution of the QUE formly distributed within the domain. The Conjecture in the modular case with Dr. modular domain in number theory is one Soundararajan, and his own work on shift- of the most important examples, and for ed convolution sums is a spectacular this case, Drs. Holowinsky and Soundararajan achievement of lasting value. In recogni- solved the holomorphic QUE conjecture. tion of this, he was awarded the presti- The joint work of Drs. Holowinsky and gious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Soundararajan appeared in the Annals of Fellowship in 2011. Mathematics (2010), and the two papers Dr. Holowinsky was the unanimous of Dr. Holowinsky on “A Sieve Method for choice of the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize Shifted Convolution Sums” and “Sieving Committee to receive the award this year. for Mass Equidistribution” appeared in The international panel of experts who the Duke Mathematical Journal (2009) formed the 2011 Committee were: and Annals of Mathematics (2010), Chairman Krishnaswami Alladi (University respectively. of Florida), Frits Beukers (University of Dr. Holowinsky was born on July 26, Utrecht), Benedict Gross (Harvard 1979. He obtained a B.S. from Rutgers University), Christian Krattenthaler University in 2001. He continued at (University of Vienna), Ken Ono (Emory Rutgers to do his doctorate and received University), Robert Vaughan (The his Ph.D. in 2006 under the direction of Pennsylvania State University) and Akshay Prof. Henryk Iwaniec. Already in his Ph.D. Venkatesh (Stanford University).

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reformers and the democrats in Ukraine. More questions... “It would also have allowed the (Continued from page 6) European Commission to provide masses of technical assistance to the Ukrainian formal position – Ukraine could legiti- authorities, as they adapted their laws to mately aspire to join the Union one day. meet the Brussels ‘acquis.’ That would “So, at a crucial stage in the country’s have given a big boost to the rule of law in political development, the EU failed to Ukraine… hold out a hand. …a clear ‘European per- “The Tymoshenko case is a reminder spective’ (to use the Brussels jargon) that the EU missed a historic opportunity would have hugely strengthened the in Ukraine.” No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 19

Andriy Portyanko St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church choir, directed by Nazar Kalivoshko, The Ukrainian folk dancers of the Baltimore branch of the Ukrainian American performs at Baltimore’s September 25 celebration of Ukraine’s independence. Youth Association. Baltimore celebrates Ukrainian Independence Day

A duet by Vira McFeaters and Luba Preschoolers on stage during the program. Violist Pavlo Horbachevsky performs. Semouschak.

by Khrystyna Horbachevska Nazar Kalivoshko, the church choir per- formed significant pieces of Ukrainian BALTIMORE – The parish of St. Michael music. This musical group is the pride of Ukrainian Catholic Church, one of the most the community and serves as an example prominent centers of the Baltimore com- of the tradition of collective creative work. munity, hosted a celebration of the 20th Nusia Kerda led the group from the anniversary of Ukraine’s independence on Baltimore branch of the Ukrainian September 25. The celebration was orga- American Youth Association (UAYA). They nized by the Baltimore branch of the New reminded the audience of the Act of the Ukrainian Wave. Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, The Rev. Vasyl Sivinskyi, pastor of St which was accompanied by a poetic prayer. Michael’s, opened the celebration with a Dances performed by UAYA members prayer and the church choir, under the impressed the audience with their highly direction of Dr. Nazar Kalivoshko, per- technical skill and artistry. formed the hymn “Bozhe Velykyi, Yedynyi.” Audience members admired the perfor- A greeting from Ukraine’s Ambassador mance of singer Vira McFeaters as well as of Ukraine to the United States, Olexander the duet by Ms. McFeaters and Ms. Motsyk, was delivered by Embassy Semouschak. They enthusiastically Counselor Vasyl Zvarych. applauded the violist Pavlo Horbachevskyy A congratulatory letter from Baltimore for his truly professional performance. Mayor Stephanie Rowlings-Blake was read Choristers perform noteworthy Ukrainian music selections. Undoubtedly the most important part of by Mrs. Anna White, a representative from this concert was the performance by its the Mayor’s Office. world and their Ukrainian heritage. What is the highest ideals of Ukrainians. youngest participants – the pre-school chil- The speakers stressed that the holiday most important is that they become aware The mistress of ceremonies of the festi- dren, who read poems, sang songs and belongs to all those present; above all, the that Ukraine is moving into the future as an val was the talented and energetic Luba danced beautifully (Sofiyka Oshiyko, celebration belongs to those who devoted independent, Christian and European Semouschak, a singer and performer who Roksolana Stelmach, Adriana and years of their life to the struggle for country, said Khrystyna Horbachevska. inspired everyone to actively participate in Demyanko Kalivoshko, Sofiyka and Nadia Ukraine’s Independence. At the same time, Concerns about Ukraine’s future were also the concert. Kotyk, Demyanko Holovchak). the holiday belongs to the youngest gener- expressed. Andriy Chornodolsky called for Under the direction of the highly profes- The singing of the national anthem of ation, who are just getting to know the more persistent work in order to establish sional and extremely gifted conductor Dr. Ukraine ended the ceremony and the feast. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 No. 45

tions bill (something much more easily legis- 20 years ago... latively done in the Senate than the House), and on November 21, 1991, a little more (Continued from page 8) than one week before the referendum, the Catholic Church, and was an active member Senate and House quickly approved the leg- of the Commission on the Ukraine Famine, islation with his amendment intact. quickly agreed to take up the cause. Despite the obstacles, the passage of such ‘Beginner’s Ukrainian,’ an interactive textbook Once word rapidly spread about the a resolution in such a short period of time was a major victory and a testament to the “Beginner’s Ukrainian” with introduction of the resolutions, the stalwart commitment of the Ukrainian Interactive Online Workbook, by Yuri Ukrainian American community mounted a American community and other friends of Shevchuk. New York: Hippocrene Books, full-court press, encouraging Ukrainian Ukraine. 2011. Paperback, 431 pp., $35. Americans to send letters (mind you, this was before the age of e-mail) and petitions, Despite the cautious approach of the “Beginner’s Ukrainian” is the most care- and call their members of Congress to urge Bush administration – based largely, I fully paced and modern Ukrainian guide co-sponsorship. Judging by the results, the believe, on fears of potential instability and published to date. Ideal for beginners with response was overwhelming, with thou- other factors rather than any hostility per se little or no experience with Ukrainian this sands – perhaps tens of thousands – lending to Ukraine’s independence – President Bush volume helps students to master the lan- their active support. called a meeting with representatives of the guage’s complex grammar and speak, read One of my recollections from that time is Ukrainian American community which was and write with confidence, whether in a receiving several phone calls from Ukrainians held a few days after the passage of the reso- classroom setting or during self-study. who lived in districts in the American heart- lution to discuss what was happening and set out criteria for extending diplomatic rec- Along with the book, readers will have land where I did not even imagine any ognition following the referendum. As it access to an interactive companion web- Ukrainian Americans resided, informing me turned out, the United States did grant diplo- site, which provides audio dialogues and of their efforts to directly engage their mem- bers of Congress who were, in some instanc- matic recognition to Ukraine on the basis of self-correcting exercises that provide qual- the limited number of criteria he set out at ity experience with the language. es, their personal friends. Although numerous Ukrainian American that meeting. The book is divided into 15 useful les- organizations from across the country lent a Many of those involved with the resolu- sons, covering everyday situations such as hand, the Ukrainian National Association’s tion were present a few months later, in the introductions, family, food and travel. The spring of 1992, when Leonid Kravchuk Yuri Shevchuk, a native of Volodymyrets, Washington Office, the UCCA’s Ukrainian interactive website accompanies each made his first visit to the United States as Ukraine, received his Ph.D. in Germanic National Information Service and Ukraine chapter and provides audio dialogues and 2000 were in the forefront of these efforts, president of newly independent Ukraine. In philology from Kyiv State University in exercises recorded using native speakers. keeping tabs and persistently rallying the his greeting at a congressional reception, he 1987. He has taught Ukrainian at the Throughout the book, students will find troops to encourage additional co-sponsors. specifically thanked – on behalf of the citi- useful cultural and grammatical notes, as Harvard University Summer Institute since Especially noteworthy was the role of zens of Ukraine – the sponsors and cospon- well as appendices of critical information, 1990 and at Columbia University since Ukraine 2000’s governmental relations com- sors of the resolution, asserting: “We are including declension tables, noun endings, 2004. He also teaches courses in Soviet and mittee chairman, Robert McConnell, a former well aware that without strong congressio- common Ukrainian names, numbers, verb post-Soviet film and directs the Ukrainian assistant attorney general for congressional nal support for Ukraine, the road to indepen- conjugations and more. Film Club at Columbia. relations during the Reagan administration dence and recognition would be far more Also included in the book are To order a copy of “Beginner’s Ukrainian,” widely respected by members of Congress difficult.” Ukrainian-English and English-Ukrainian readers may call 212-685-4373 or e-mail from both parties, whose relentless dedica- Today, we live in a different reality. In dictionaries. [email protected]. tion was crucial in garnering support. 1991, the universe of those interested and A huge role was played by Ukrainian active on Ukraine was limited, for the most American newspapers, especially by The part, to the Ukrainian American community Ukrainian Weekly, which in every issue and its friends in Congress, including the A study of Ukrainians in North Dakota throughout those weeks informed the com- Helsinki Commission (currently chaired by munity in detail about the progress of the Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), himself a long-time “Ukrainians in North Dakota – In resolution, and published calls to action staunch supporter of the aspirations of the Their Voices.” by Agnes Palanuk, Plymouth, from a plethora of community organizations, Ukrainian people), whose mission remains to Minn.: Riverbrand Editions, 2011 Softcover, both large and small. In my 30 years work- promote democracy, human rights, security 154 pp., $28. ing in Washington on Ukraine and other in the now 56 countries of the Organization countries of the former Soviet empire, I have for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Ukrainians came to North Dakota in rarely seen such an outpouring of effort in With independence, of course, the uni- 1897 to claim free land offered by the such a concentrated period of time. verse of Americans deeply engaged with Homestead Act of 1862, inspired by letters All the work appeared to be paying off. In Ukraine and committed to its independent, extolling the potential bountiful harvests. a little over a month, 27 senators and 90 democratic well-being has expanded dramat- They settled into four distinct settlements House members – Democrats and ically. This includes not only every – Kief, Ukraina, Wilton and Pembina. Republicans – had joined as co-sponsors of Administration since independence, (includ- After reading transcripts of their inter- the resolution. Obtaining that many co-spon- ing the George W. Bush administration, views, and hearing homesteader Peter sors – over one-quarter of the Senate and despite its initial caution), the State Basaraba say, “We came from bad to more than one-fifth of the House – in a little Department and other government depart- worse,” Agnes Palanuk sought to learn over a month was no small feat. ments and agencies, but also numerous non- more about her ancestors’ transition from It sent a powerful signal, but it wasn’t governmental organizations, including foun- the land of chornozem (black earth) to the nearly enough. The administration’s cau- dations and business councils, think-tanks, as treeless prairies. tious attitude towards the dissolution of the well as Americans from all walks of life who The immigrants who came from Soviet Union undoubtedly kept the number have spent time working in Ukraine in one Ukrainian lands then under Austria- of co-sponsors from being even larger, and capacity or another, or simply those who for Hungary wanted a better life for them- kept the relevant committees with jurisdic- one reason or another have come to appreci- selves and their children. The immigrants tion in both the House and Senate from act- ate the land, people, culture or history. from Ukrainian territory occupied by Adding to the distinctiveness of the ing upon the resolutions in a timely manner, And, despite the frustrations with Russia sought religious freedom. Wilton book is the chapter on the settlements namely, before the December 1, 1991, refer- Ukraine’s current course and over its unreal- offered jobs in the coal mines, and written by Dr. Wasyl Halych, and high- endum. ized potential, I believe that Ukraine’s many Pembina was located in the rich soil of the lights of tours to Ukraine, written by For a while, despite the tremendous sup- friends in this country will continue to assist port, it looked as if the resolution would not Ukraine in its continuing quest for a more Red River valley. For over 100 years the Agnes Palanuk, which reconnected the gain passage. However, in the waning days of secure, democratic and prosperous future – settlements were independent of each children of the immigrants with the ances- the session, Sen. DeConcini offered the reso- in the same spirit that was exhibited 20 other, surviving dust storms, the tral country. The background history of lution as an amendment to an appropria- years ago in the Fall of 1991. Depression, demographic shifts and more. Austria-Hungary was researched by histo- In 2009 Kief celebrated its 100th anni- rian Jaroslaw Sztendera. The book’s versary and invited the Ukrainian Cultural author, Agnes Palanuk, presents the Institute to present a historical stage pro- Kyivan Rus’ history. The final chapter is a duction of their history. Two years later, colorful display of the arts of Ukrainian Due to the inclement weather, representatives from the four towns held culture. a conference at Dickinson State University As noted in the foreword by Rebecca the Connecticut UNA District Annual Meeting on July 22, broke bread and acknowledged Lindstrom, this book by Ms. Palanuk is a their oneness. “Ukrainians in North “compilation of stories, pictures, memo- has been rescheduled Dakota – In Their Voices” was debuted at ries and dreams realized.” It is also the for Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 12:30 p.m. this community gathering. result of a true labor of love. The stories of these people are present- Readers may order the book ($28, price at St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church hall ed when possible, as direct quotations of includes shipping and tax) by e-mailing the homesteaders, from cassettes discov- [email protected] or contacting Ms. 569 George St New Haven CT. ered by the North Dakota Heritage Center Palanuk at 840 Box Ave., Dickinson, ND, dating back to 1939. 58601. 498 No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 21

Ukrainian American Veterans award scholarships for 2011-2012 PHILADELPHIA – The Ukrainian American Veterans (UAV) announced their 2011 scholarship winners at their 64th annual national convention held in Philadelphia on September 30-October 2. The UAV Scholarship Committee selects and awards scholarship money to under- graduate college students with the intent of helping students pay for books or school supplies. Students are required to write an essay (400-500 words) about a current military topic. The topic this year was “What role or strategy should the United States take in its continued efforts in the war on terrorism?” This military topic is ongoing and will be the same next year because the strategy to fight terrorism changes every year. Other criteria considered for a scholarship are academic achievement and extracurricular activities. For the current academic year, three eli- Roman Krywulych Ryan Lewis Nicholas Amatangelo gible applications submitted and all Charles, Ill., who attends Loyola University Students should be full-time undergrad- Contributions to the UAV Scholarship received scholarship awards. (Illinois) and is majoring in secondary edu- uate college students in a degree program. Fund may be mailed to the UAV National Roman Peter Krywulych of Westfield, cation /history/law received $500 from Moreover, students attending accredited Scholarship Officer, Nicholas Skirka, 109 N.J. who attends Lehigh University numerous donations. trade schools or institutions that have a Windsor Terrace, Yonkers, N.Y., 10701. (Pennsylvania) and is majoring in engi- Students interested in applying for the degree program are eligible as well. Applications for the scholarship award neering received the UAV National Ladies UAV Scholarship Award should fill-out an Students can apply while in their senior should be sent to the same address. For Auxiliary award for $500. application, send their college transcript, year in high school and college attendance additional information, readers may e-mail Ryan Scott Lewis of Willington, Fla., who write an essay on this year’s military topic, will be verified before the awards are given [email protected] or call 914-965- attends Florida Atlantic University and is and send a passport picture. Applications in the fall semester. Applications are accept- 3707. majoring in engineering received, of the are available on the UAV website: www. ed all year round with the deadline date The UAV National Scholarship Committee Ukrainian American Club the Palm Beaches uavets.org. To be eligible for a UAV scholar- being August 31st of each year. Students members include John Tkachuk, Peter award for $500. ship, applicants must be descendants of or may reapply up to four times during their Olijarczyk, Peter Matthews and Russel Nicholas Steven Amatangelo of St. related to Ukrainian American Veterans. college career for a scholarship award. Olijarczyk.

New Haven’s Ridna Shkola begins 2011-2012 school year NEW HAVEN – New Haven’s School of Ukrainian Studies (Ridna Shkola) began its school year on Saturday, September 24, at 10 a.m. with a divine liturgy offered by the Rev. Iura Godenciuc. Attending were all the teachers, students and parents. Afterwards there was a teacher-parent meeting at the church hall. The school’s director, Myron Melnyk, spoke about all the upcoming events and answered all the parents’ questions. Teachers for the school year are: Nataliya Danchenko, N a ta li a Da n k e v yc h, Vo l o d y m y r Dumalsky, Halia Lodynsky, Myron Melnyk, Chrystyna Centore and Luba Dubno. Seen above are the students and teachers in a group photo taken at the beginning of the 2011-2012 aca- demic year. — by Halia Lodynsky Halia Lodynsky

Ukrainian Canadian... (Continued from page 1) received will have a real impact in saving lives of the famine’s victims on the ground in Somalia. The Ukrainian community campaign to collect funds for famine relief was chaired by Borys Wrzesnewskyj. “When a famine-starved child expires its last breath, there is no sound. There is silence. Over the past months, over 500 children’s voices went silent every day as they lay their skin and bone bodies on to Somalia”s arid soil and became one with the earth,” stated Mr. Wrzesnewskyj. “However, thanks to the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, its benefactor and many donors, over 1,000 voices will not fall silent. Instead villages will resonate with the most beautiful of sounds, children’s voices.” “UNICEF is now reaching 1.2 million people in Somalia with access to clean water, nutritional supplements and life- saving vaccinations,” said UNICEF Canada’s President and CEO David Morley. “This response will be required well into 2012, so the ongoing generosity of supporters like the Ukrainian Ukrainian Canadian Congress Canadian Congress is critical to saving children’s lives.” The Ukrainian Canadian community presents a check for $110,000 to UNICEF Canada for Somali Famine relief. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 No. 45

nomic reform, particularly in a democratic Corruption at the top... direction, death rates have gone down sub- stantially,” says Prof. Coleman of Oxford (Continued from page 3) Ukrainian Canadian Congress University. people – work abroad, although the real “The progress of expectation of life in sets Holodomor Awareness Week figure could be as high as 1 million. places like Hungary, Poland and Czech The depopulation is particularly visible Republic has resumed the upward trajecto- WINNIPEG – The Ukrainian The UCC continues its efforts to ry which they were enjoying before the in villages. Combined with the general Canadian Congress (UCC) is launching secure this genocide’s rightful place in second world war, and they are kind of aging of the population that accompanies a the fourth annual National Holodomor the new publicly funded Canadian rejoining Western Europe,” he notes. low birth rate, the result is once-thriving Awareness Week on November 21-27. Museum for Human Rights. In Canada, The transition to democracy spurred hamlets now filled with empty houses and The goal is to annually unite the the Holodomor is a genocide recog- popularly demanded reforms such as a elderly people. Ukrainian community and all nized by the Parliament of Canada. In strengthening of the health-care system Canadians in remembering the victims Ukraine, the authorities continue their “Not a single child has been born here and at the same time bolstered market and raising awareness of this geno- efforts to bury this historical truth. since 2001. That’s the end. This is a village economies. Both effects have helped to cide. Canadians of Ukrainian descent have a of pensioners and after we all die, nothing raise the birth rate, lower the death rate, International Holodomor Memorial moral obligation to ensure that the will remain except for a ghost town,” says and reduce out-migration. Day will be observed on Saturday, Holodomor is recognized and properly Iamze Saparashvili, a 70-year-old retired Twenty years of transition from commu- November 26. In Canada, this day has acknowledged, the UCC underscored. nurse living in the village of Grdzelchala in nism has proved too short a time for many been enshrined in both federal and The UCC called on the community eastern Georgia. European countries to regain their balance. provincial legislation as Holodomor to: High death rates, low birth rates, out- But the success of those which have done Memorial Day. migration and low to negative population so at least helps point the way forward. growth have become so familiar in many The Holodomor, by its geographical time pause for a moment of silence to focus and intensity, is one of the great- honor• On the November memory 26 of theat 7:32 victims; p.m. local former Communist European countries RFE/RL Ukrainian Service correspon- est genocides in human history. It is an that over the past 20 years it has become dents Mykola Zakaluzhnyi and Irena example of the deprivation of the windows; the new way of life. It would be easy to Shtogrin, Armenian Service correspondent human right to food and embodies the • light a candle of remembrance in imagine things could never be different. Karlen Aslanyan, and Georgian Service cor- But that would be an overly pessimistic respondents Eka Kevanishvili and Nino human rights violations suffered by in local churches; and • participate in memorial services picture. In European states which have Kharadze contributed to this report. the victims of communism around the made the transition successfully from com- Copyright 2011, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted world, noted the UCC. local communities. • participate in events organized by munism to democracy and to a free-market with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ system, population growth has resumed. Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, “Birth rates are still low in the countries Washington DC 20036 (see http://www. and stated: “the Commission of Fine Arts of Central Europe, but at least in those rferl.org/content/world_population_7_bil- Holodomor memorial... reviewed two alternative concept designs for the Memorial to the Victims of the where there has been political and eco- lion_postcommunism/24376184.html)/. (Continued from page 1) Ukrainian (Holodomor) of 1932-1933. The importance to this project, since it is sup- commission agreed that the project team’s posed to serve the purpose of not only preferred alternative, ‘Field of Wheat,’ is spreading the truth about this crime the superior design and approved this con- against the Ukrainian people, this crime cept with the following recommendations: against humanity, but also of bringing In order to make a more powerful design, Ukrainian and American nations closer to the commission members recommended one another.” carefully considering the treatment of the Mr. Sawkiw acknowledged a representa- wall to which the wheat field bas-relief will tive from Rep. Sander Levin’s (D-Mich.) be attached.” office, the main sponsor of the Ukrainian It is important to note that the CFA hear- Famine-Genocide Memorial bill, as well as ing was the first of several inquiries for the other members of the Ukrainian American Ukrainian Famine-Genocide Memorial in community present at the hearing. He then Washington. Other hearings with different focused his remarks on the need for a per- agencies will also review the two concept manent memorial in Washington that rec- designs and render their opinions. ognizes the Ukrainian Genocide of 1932- Additional hearings are scheduled through- 1933. out the next several months. Completion of “The U.S. Committee for Ukrainian the project is targeted for the 80th anniver- May we help you? Holodomor-Genocide Awareness 1932-33 sary of the Holodomor in 2013. Commenting on the news from the first To reach The ukrainian weekly call (973) 292-9800, believes that a future [Holodomor] memo- rial in Washington, D.C., will become a bea- hearing, Tamara Olexy, president of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below). con for those who view it, and marvel in its stated, “The community is pleased to know Editorial – 3049, 3088 • Production – 3063, 3069 meaning and significance. Those who visit that the process has begun. We are thank- the memorial will ultimately shine the light Administration – 3041 • Advertising – 3040 • Subscriptions – 3042 ful to our sponsors and friends in Congress of truth and pass along knowledge of this for their efforts in providing us the path for horrific event from generation to genera- this very important monument to be built tion… Only through our common efforts in Washington, D.C. Although there is and constant vigilance will the world finally much more work ahead of us, we are know the truth about the Ukrainian pleased that work has commenced.” Genocide of 1932-1933, the Holodomor,” The U.S. Committee for Ukrainian Mr. Sawkiw underscored. Holodomor-Genocide Awareness 1932-33 Mary Kay Lanzillotta, partner at acknowledged the efforts of the Hartman-Cox Architects, presented the Antonovych Foundation, whose president, conceptual designs of the two projects Ihor Voyevidka, announced a generous before the commissioners. After a brief donation of $100,000 to the U.S. Committee discussion regarding the merits of the proj- for Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide ects, a motion was made and a unanimous Awareness 1932-33 for its numerous proj- vote was cast for the “Field of Wheat” ects in preparation for the upcoming 80th design, with a few comments regarding anniversary of the Ukrainian Genocide and, future design perspectives. in particular, for the establishment of the “With direction from the Commission of Holodomor memorial. Fine Arts to move forward with the ‘Field of In an appeal from the Antonovych Wheat’ sculpture, we can move the design Foundation, Dr. Voyevidka called upon the process forward,” stated Ms. Lanzillotta. entire Ukrainian American community to Ms. Kurylas commented: “It was very donate its resources and funds for the suc- gratifying to have my ‘Field of Wheat’ cessful completion of the memorial in Holodomor memorial project unanimously Washington and the U.S. committee’s many approved by the Commission of Fine Arts, projects. which is composed of leading design pro- To donate to the U.S. Committee for fessionals in a variety of disciplines. It vali- U k ra i n i a n H o lo d o m o r - G e n o c i d e dates the esthetic, architectural and didac- Awareness 1932-33, readers may send tic intentions of my design.” contributions to: U.S. Committee for In a letter dated October 27, the U k ra i n i a n H o lo d o m o r - G e n o c i d e Commission of Fine Arts formalized its Awareness 1932-33, 203 Second Ave., New decision from the previous week’s hearing York, NY 10003. 499 No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 23

November 12 Film screening, “Genocide Revealed” by Yurij Luhovy, St. November 20 Hierarchical divine liturgy, celebrated by Patriarch Woonsocket, RI Michael Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 401-762-3939 or New York Sviatoslav Shevchuk, St. George Ukrainian Catholic www.yluhovy.com Church, www.stamforddio.org

November 13-15 Film screening, “The Whistleblower” by Larysa Kondracki, November 20 Christmas Bazaar, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ottawa Bytowne Cinema, www.thewhistleblower-movie.com Ottawa Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 613-728-0856 or www.ukrainianorthodox.info November 14 Lecture by Oksana Kis, “Agency vs. Victimhood in the Cambridge, MA Holodomor: Controversies of Women’s Experiences during November 20 Film screening, “Genocide Revealed” by Yurij Luhovy, the Great Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine,” Harvard Whippany, NJ Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, University, 617-495-4053 973-585-7175 or www.yluhovy.com November 24 Concert, Kyiv Chamber Choir, Dominion-Chalmers United November 15 Lecture by Oksana Kis, “Toys R Us: The Role of Sexist Ottawa Church, 877-266-2557 or www.ticketweb.ca Cambridge, MA Advertisement in Gender Socialization of Ukrainian Women Today,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053 November 25 Concert, Kyiv Chamber Choir, First United Church, Waterloo, ON www.ticketweb.ca or 877-266-2557 November 16 Famine Lecture by Norman Naimark, University of Toronto Toronto, [email protected] or November 25 “Morska Zabava,” Chornomortsi fraternity – Plast http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid Whippany, NJ Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Ukrainian American =10826 Cultural Center of New Jersey, 973-585-717

November 17 Film screening, “Genocide Revealed” by Yurij Luhovy, November 26 Concert, Kyiv Chamber Choir, Cathedral of St. Catherine, Ottawa Mayfair Theater, 613-596-8188 or www.mayfairtheatre.ca St. Catharines, www.ticketweb.ca or 877-266-2557 ON November 19 Holodomor commemoration, Ukrainian Congress New York Committee of America, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, November 26 “Pushchenya” dinner and dance, with music by Rve Hrebliu, [email protected] Saskatoon, SK Ukrainian Orthodox Auditorium, 204-652-3178

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Saturday, November 12 stories, and documenting rituals. Discover NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific the folk voice in you. Enjoy traditional Society invites all to a talk by Dr. Tamara harmony singing; learn the ancient songs. Hundorova (Taras Shevchenko Institute of You do not have to be able to read Literature of the National Academy of Ukrainian or music to participate. You Sciences of Ukraine) on the subject “The must pre-register. Do so now, since the Post-Colonial Novel in Ukraine: How to workshop will take place only if enough Assemble a Whole Out of Fragments.” Dr. people register. Call Yara for time and Hundorova is a corresponding member of place of workshop, 212-475-6474, or the National Academy of Sciences of e-mail [email protected] Ukraine. The program will take place at the SAVE THE DATE society’s building, 63 Fourth Avenue (between Ninth and 10th streets), at 5 p.m. NEW YORK: Please join the New York Plast For additional information call 212-254- branch in celebrating the 100th anniversary 5130. of the founding of Plast with a gala event on April 28, 2012, at the Bridgewaters located Friday November 18 at South Street Seaport in downtown NEW YORK: Yevhen Yefremov from the Manhattan. Dine, dance and participate in a Drevo Ensemble in Kyiv will conduct a silent auction while enjoying some of vocal workshop in Ukrainian folk singing Manhattan’s finest views – from the from the Chornobyl region. Dr. Yefremov Brooklyn Bridge to the tall ships of the New heads the Ethnographic Department at York Harbor and the Wall Street skyline. For the Kyiv Conservatory and has traveled further information contact Emilia Liteplo at throughout Ukraine collecting songs and 718-435-0190 or [email protected].

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