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INSIDE: l Ukrainian Canadian women take lead role in Canadian politics – page 3 l Statements at the Holodomor Memorial dedication – page 9 l Photo report: Dedication of the Holodomor Memorial – centerfold THEPublished U by theKRAINIAN Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationEEKLY Vol. LXXXIII No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2015 $2.00 Over 5,000 witness dedication of Holodomor Memorial in Washington Yaro Bihun Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Patriarch Filaret of the Christine Syzonenko Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate and Metropolitan Antony of the The newly dedicated Holodomor Memorial in Washington. Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., lead the blessing of the Holodomor Memorial. by Roma Hadzewycz er Larysa Kurylas called “Field of Wheat.” The memorial was blessed by Patriarch WASHINGTON – Thousands of Ukrainians Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv from across the United States traveled to Patriarchate, Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Washington for the dedication and blessing of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and the long-awaited Holodomor Memorial on Metropolitan Antony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Saturday, November 7. Church of the U.S.A. The blessing was viewed by They came on charter buses, in private cars and the masses gathered at Columbus Circle near the via all modes of public transportation from capital’s historic Union Station, where a huge Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, screen transmitted images of the religious rite. Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Before and after the memorial’s blessing, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and beyond, including there were speeches at Columbus Circle, where Canada, to bear witness to a genocide long con- dignitaries were seated on a raised platform cealed from the world: the Holodomor that and a jumbotron was erected to allow all to see killed millions of Ukrainians in 1932-1933 on the proceedings at the podium, as well as at the the orders of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. site of the Holodomor Memorial, which could “Famine-Genocide in Ukraine. In memory of not accommodate the huge number of attend- the millions of innocent victims of a man-made ees. The huge screen also allowed organizers to famine in Ukraine engineered and implemented air video messages from a number of prominent by Stalin’s totalitarian regime.” That is the sim- individuals who could not attend, among them Tamara Olexy ple inscription on Washington’s newest memo- A view of the crowd watching the dedication ceremonies at Columbus Circle rial, a stunning work of art by architect/design- near Union Station. (Continued on page 14) Several days of events in D.C. devoted to Holodomor by Yaro Bihun the main hall of Union Station. Titled The exhibit also showed a collection of mental in getting Congress to pass legisla- “National Holodomor – Genocide by books and pamphlets about the tion allowing the building of the memorial WASHINGTON – The dedication of the Famine,” it enlightened visitors about how Holodomor – including Robert Conquest’s in Washington. Ukrainian Holodomor Memorial in Stalin brought about this horrendous “Harvest of Sorrow” – and a video of Following Saturday’s main memorial Washington on Saturday, November 7, crime against the Ukrainian people and Slavko Nowytski’s documentary film dedication ceremony, there was another was not a single-day event in front of the humanity. “Harvest of Despair.” reception, this time at the Embassy of U.S. capital’s Union Station and the nearby Organized by Andrij Chornodolskyj, and To help fund the exhibit, there was a Ukraine, attended by Ukraine’s First Lady memorial site. It was accompanied by sev- with the help of a number of volunteer benefit reception at the Union Station’s Maryna Poroshenko – the prime dignitary eral noteworthy related events: a large guides, visitors deepened their knowledge Columbus Hall on the evening before the at the dedication – and invited guests. informative exhibit about the Holodomor, about this barbaric crime by studying the memorial dedication. Several hundred On Sunday morning, Mrs. Poroshenko special liturgies in local Ukrainian church- informative texts and photographs on generous donors from around the United also attended the special Holodomor es, two receptions and a grand concert in some 50 large panels placed in the center States and Canada attending the event memorial liturgies in two local Ukrainian one of Washington’s leading concert halls. of the station’s entrance hall. The exhibit had a chance to listen to Philadelphia’s churches – St. Andrew Ukrainian The commemoration of this historic materials, as Mr. Chornodolskyj pointed Prometheus Ukrainian Male Chorus and Orthodox Cathedral and the Ukrainian tragedy began on November 1 with the out, came from earlier Holodomor exhibits personally meet with and listen to Rep. opening of a two-week-long exhibit inside in New York and Canada. Sander Levin of Michigan, who was instru- (Continued on page 3) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2015 No. 46 ANALYSIS Dzhemilev denies Russian allegations White House offers Ukraine $1 billion tioned as a witness in that case. More than 100 people were killed on and around WASHINGTON – The White House has Kyiv’s central Independence Square – of Crimean Tatars recruiting fighters for IS offered to provide a third $1 billion loan known as the Maidan – by sniper fire on guarantee to Ukraine that would be contin- ogies and we do not know who represents February 18-20, 2014. An ongoing by Idil P. Izmirli gent on the country’s continued progress what, we reiterated to them that Syria was Ukrainian investigation has not yet identi- Eurasia Daily Monitor toward eliminating corruption and reform- not their cause and that there was no need fied who was behind the attacks. Ms. ing taxes. Vice-President Joe Biden, in a In recent months, a debate arose about to become involved in this war,” said Mr. Lukash served as Ukraine’s justice minister telephone conversation with Ukrainian the formation of a Muslim Battalion in Dzhemilev. “In any case, only a handful of in 2013 and early 2014. She was dismissed President Petro Poroshenko on November Ukraine (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, Crimean Tatars – approximately 30, mostly on February 27, 2014, days after 5, said the United States was ready to help September 5). This was soon followed, in members of Hizb ut-Tahrir [HuT] – went to Yanukovych was toppled from power and Ukraine, but Kyiv must first enact economic the Russian media, by rumors about the Syria, but none of them joined ISIS [Islamic fled to Russia. In February 2015, Ukraine’s reforms. The U.S. financing and a $1.7 bil- Crimean Tatar leadership’s alleged links State of Iraq and Syria – another common, procurator general requested that the lion loan disbursement from the with the Islamic State (ISIS). On October 5, though former name for the Islamic State]. Internal Affairs Ministry and Security International Monetary Fund have been the head of the State Committee of the We know for sure that they are definitely Service of Ukraine arrest Ms. Lukash on held up by squabbling between the Crimean government for International not aligned with ISIS. In fact, they are fight- suspicion of involvement in masterminding Ukrainian Parliament and the Finance Relations and Deported Citizens, Zaur ing alongside forces that are opposed to the shootings of antigovernment protest- Ministry over proposed tax cuts. Ukrainian Smirnov, claimed that after the March 2014 ISIS,” Mr. Dzhemilev affirmed (QHA, ers. In May, the Procurator General’s Office Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warned Crimean referendum, radical Islamists fled October 23). It is worth noting that HuT filed charges in absentia against Ms. Lukash on November 4 that the near-deadlock the peninsula and relocated to the believes in establishing a global Caliphate for the alleged mismanagement of public over the level of planned tax cuts threat- Ukrainian mainland, where they immedi- first and then launching an army, whereas funds, forgery and abuse of office. Ms. ened to derail the government’s 2016 bud- ately started forming local cells to spread IS is a regional Islamic organization with Lukash said on November 6 that she was get and Western financing that is linked to their ideology (RIA Novosti, October 9). state-like structures and an already existing certain her friends would deposit her bail it. Lawmakers want steep cuts that the And just days after Mr. Smirnov’s com- army (Idil P. Izmirli, “Fragmented Islam and and that the court would ultimately acquit Finance Ministry says are not sustainable. ments, on October 9, Crimea’s Deputy Inter-Ethnic Conflict in Crimea,” George her of the corruption charges. She also said “We now have many allies in the West and Prime Minister Ruslan Balbek alleged that Mason University, January 13, 2013) she considered the court order for her these allies will stand with us so long as we the leadership of the Mejlis (the represen- When it comes to the Muslim Battalion, arrest to be unfounded. (RFE/RL Ukrainian show political will, responsibility and the tative body of the Crimean Tatars in Mr. Dzhemilev stated that the idea first Service, with reporting by the Associated unchanging nature of our goals and values Ukraine) had begun recruiting volunteers came out of conversations with young Press, Interfax and UNIAN) as we carry out reform,” he said. “We must to join the Islamic State. According to Mr. Crimean Tatars who want to serve in the all speak in one language.” (RFE/RL, with Korban transferred to house arrest Balbek, the goal was to have these IS mili- Ukrainian army but hesitate to do so reporting by Reuters) tants later return to Ukraine and then join because the army uses pork and pork prod- KYIV – A Ukrainian court has ordered the Ukrainian Muslim Battalion.

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