INSIDE: • Yushchenko fatigue in Washington? – page 3. • Holodomor teaching unit to be used in Toronto schools – page 6. • The Famine-Genocide: in curriculum, art, film – pages 10-11.

THE PublishedU byKRAINIAN the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal Wnon-profit associationEEKLY Vol. LXXVI No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 $1/$2 in Ukraine Global financial crisis Yushchenko dismisses Rada damages Ukraine’s economy by Zenon Zawada so long as it was allowed to work,” said Kyiv Press Bureau Anatolii Hrytsenko, a national deputy by Zenon Zawada that is beginning in Ukraine,” said Serhii from the Our Ukraine – People’s Self- Kyiv Press Bureau Prokhorov, the first vice-president of the KYIV – With Ukraine’s elected lead- Defense bloc. “We’ve gone to chaos.” Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and ers unable to compromise and find com- In the weeks leading up to the dismiss- KYIV – The global financial crisis has Entrepreneurs. mon ground in forming a new coalition al and in the days following, leaders of ravaged the Ukrainian economy, crashing its “Big problems have emerged within the government, President Viktor Yushchenko Ukraine’s biggest factions pointed fingers fragile stock market, erasing millions in construction industry. Accordingly, these dismissed the Verkhovna Rada on and blamed each other for the govern- October 9 and set new elections for wealth from the nation’s billionaires and very problems emerged as well in all manu- ment’s collapse. December 7. pummeling the hryvnia to its lowest levels facturing branches that serve construction,” The Presidential Secretariat and the ever. In a nationally broadcast statement on Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense par- he noted. the eve of his decree, Mr. Yushchenko laid Shares of Ukrainian companies plunged The crisis’ blistering effect on Ukraine liamentary faction, which abandoned the 72 percent this year, while the hryvnia has full blame for the government’s collapse on Democratic Forces Coalition on has fulfilled warnings from international “the human ambition of one person,” lost nearly 20 percent of its value since its authorities such as the Fitch Ratings agency, September 3, blamed Ms. Tymoshenko implying Prime Minister Yulia for conspiring with the Party of Regions peak of about 4.50 hrv per U.S. dollar this which reported in May that Ukraine was the Tymoshenko, and on the “thirst for power of Ukraine. summer. second most vulnerable country to inflation Ukraine’s business and investment com- and divergence of values and the priority of This week, Ms. Tymoshenko countered and a currency crisis. The agency surveyed munity expects conditions will only deterio- personal interests above national interests.” with her own conspiracy theory, suggest- 78 countries in late September. Fitch down- “The coalition agreement and under- rate, expecting harsh aftershocks of infla- ing that the Presidential Secretariat collud- graded its assessment of the Ukrainian econ- standings are ruined, economic reforms tion, stagnation in the real estate market and ed with the Party of Regions to ensure the omy from stable to negative. are not carried out, electoral calculations diminished industrial production. Democratic Forces Coalition’s collapse have grown into social populism, which “These are the first signs of a recession (Continued on page 22) and hold a new election. led to the highest inflation rate in Europe Ultimately, both the Presidential and declining social standards, wages, Secretariat, led by Zakarpattia business pensions and many other social pro- kingpin Viktor Baloha, and Ms. grams,” the president said. Tymoshenko were to blame, according to It was the second time in two years most observers of the political scene that Mr. Yushchenko dismissed here. Parliament, and these parliamentary elec- While Our Ukraine’s formal reason for tions will be the third in three years, leaving the coalition was the Yulia becoming an annual ritual that has made Tymoshenko Bloc’s refusal to condemn Ukrainian voters despondent, polls the Russian Federation’s war in Georgia, revealed. as well as its refusal to repeal laws cur- The majority of Ukrainians oppose tailing the president’s authority, the another round of elections, including 72 Presidential Secretariat began undermin- percent of Donetsk residents, 68 percent ing Prime Minister Tymoshenko’s gov- of Lviv residents and 64 percent of Kyiv ernment on its first day. residents, according to a survey of 2,379 “I rebuke the colleagues of my faction, people conducted on September 4-5 by a group of 39, who irresponsibly engaged UNIAN the Razumkov Center for Economic and in this conflict at the president’s order, Political Research. Donetsk residents line up at a PromInvestBank ATM machine on September 26 some on their own convictions,” said Mr. to withdraw their deposits after hearing local rumors the bank would go bank- “I was in the Vinnytsia region last Hrytsenko, a former member of the presi- rupt. PromInvestBank was the first financial institution in Ukraine to suffer week and in the Chernihiv region, and from the global financial crisis, shutting its doors to its customers. they would have accepted any coalition (Continued on page 12) Site for Ukrainian Genocide Memorial in D.C. is approved NEW YORK – The National Committee to lic land on which to memorialize the Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Holodomor. Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933 on October 6 Several public hearings before the National announced that a site for the U.S. national Capital Memorial Advisory Commission – memorial to the 10 million victims of the comprising the National Capitol Planning 1932-1933 Ukrainian Famine-Genocide has Commission, the Historical Preservation been approved. The memorial will be located in Society, the Commission on Fine Arts, the Washington at the intersection of North Capitol Architect of the Capitol, the D.C. Planning Street, Massachusetts Avenue and F Street, in Commission and others – examined in detail the the northwest quadrant of the District of suitability of 24 potential sites throughout the Columbia, five blocks north of the U.S. Capitol. city. These hearings necessitated the hiring by On October 13, 2006, President George W. the national committee of a private firm to pre- Bush signed into law the authorization for a pare various presentatons and a comprehensive Holodomor memorial in Washington. Ever environmental impact assessment of the sites at since then, the national committee, in conjunc- a cost of nearly $100,000. tion with the Embassy of Ukraine, has worked At a hearing of the National Capital Planning diligently to choose a suitable site in the heart of Commission (NCPC) on Thursday, October 2, a the nation’s capital for this solemn memorial. brisk discussion ensued regarding the location Over the past two years, the national com- of the Ukrainian Genocide Memorial. Though mittee and the Embassy of Ukraine have been two sites were considered, the Massachusetts in constant negotiation with the U.S. National Avenue site was judged to be an ideal location Park Service and numerous other federal and EDAW, Environmental Assessment Agency local agencies to select a prominent site on pub- (Continued on page 17) A photo of the site where the Holodomor monument will be located. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 No. 41 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

Is Yushchenko’s Ukraine Stock exchange suspends trade political forces’ leaders did not let them come to an agreement.” Mr. Yushchenko ready for a NATO MAP? KYIV – The PFTS Stock Exchange in said that he backs those voters who want a Ukraine suspended trade at 10:55 a.m. on renewal of the democratic coalition. by Pavel Korduban NATO’s MAP. “I do not know what else October 8, five minutes before the opening However, he said he is convinced that of the main trade session. The head of the Eurasia Daily Monitor my country should do to put an end to dis- “efforts of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc to cussions on this issue,” he said. He urged PFTS information and analytical depart- return to a democratic format of the coali- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko NATO to “expand the area of security fur- ment, Andrii Kolomiyets, said that PFTS tion is nothing but a stroke of policy to pre- paid two visits to the United States at the ther east” in the wake of the Russia- index would not be calculated that day and serve powers.” Mr. Yushchenko said call- end of September. Among the main goals Georgia conflict. would remain at the previous day’s level. ing another pre-term election is stressful of his visits was to confirm Ukraine’s hope The lack of popular support for NATO On October 7 the PFTS index fell by 8.15 for the country, but he said he would have to secure a Membership Action Plan membership has been one of the strongest percent to 319.67 points. Total trade vol- to follow this “radical, but constitutional (MAP) for NATO ahead of the NATO for- arguments in Europe against a MAP for ume fell by 55.1 percent to 60 million hrv. and fully democratic way” of settling the eign ministers’ meeting scheduled for Ukraine, especially in France and Germany. (Ukrinform) crisis situation if political forces fail to December. Mr. Yushchenko admitted that this was a Somali pirates reduce ransom come to an agreement on the establishment Mr. Yushchenko had failed to secure a problem, as there “have been discussions in of a coalition. (Ukrinform) MAP for Ukraine at the NATO summit in Ukrainian society,” but he promised that KYIV – The pirates who are still hold- Bucharest in April, and he will probably Ukraine would hold a referendum on ing the Ukrainian ship Faina reduced the Tymoshenko seeks to renew coalition fail again. Ukraine has hardly moved any NATO entry in due course, as the pro-Rus- ransom for the vessel, the pirates’ represen- closer toward this goal since April. KYIV – Prime Minister Yulia sian opposition demanded. The Ukrainian tative Jem Adem told the Associated Press. Tymoshenko stated on October 7 that she Speaking in an interview ahead of his president argued that “there are increasingly As of October 7 the pirates were demand- first visit, Mr. Yushchenko expressed his has repeatedly tried to initiate a meeting more supporters of the membership each ing $8 million (U.S.) instead of $20 mil- with President Viktor Yushchenko, but disappointment at not receiving a MAP month and increasingly fewer opponents” lion. The Faina is surrounded by six US thus far. “Everyone needs to understand “unfortunately, the president believes there (UNIAN, September 23). warships, and the Russian patrol vessel should be no such meetings.” Ms. that everything Ukraine needed to do to The most recent opinion polls have Neustrashymy is heading toward the ves- obtain a positive answer [on NATO], if we Tymoshenko said her faction has collected indicated that Mr. Yushchenko was not sel. Somali pirates seized the Faina off the 155 signatures for renewal of the coalition, speak openly and honestly, it has done,” altogether wrong about popular support. A coast of Kenya on September 25. The ves- he said. “We need to get a signal from the signed the coalition agreement and fulfilled poll by the Sotsiovymir pollster revealed sel was carrying battle tanks and ammuni- all presidential ultimatums without excep- alliance itself that we are respected, that that popular support for NATO member- tion shipped by UkrSpetsExport of Ukraine we are valued,” he added (The Washington tion. She stressed that the decision on the ship grew by some 10 percent over the under a foreign economic contract with the coalition’s revival now depends on the Times, September 18). past several months to 31 percent in early Kenyan government. The kidnapped crew Meeting with Jewish leaders in New president alone. “If the president recovers September (UNIAN, September 19). This consists of 17 Ukrainians, two Russians himself, the democratic coalition will be York, Mr. Yushchenko claimed that and one Latvian. Another Russian citizen, Ukraine had fulfilled all conditions for (Continued on page 26) formed in a half-hour,” Ms. Tymoshenko Capt. Vladimir Kolobkov, died after the said. The prime minister also said she is ship’s capture of a cerebral hemorrhage. totally against the holding of pre-term elec- (Ukrinform) tions and added that 90 percent of President ready to accept any coalition Ukrainian citizens do not want to go to the Soviet-era dissidents take sides polling stations once again. “Today the KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko, president should think about the country in Yushchenko-Tymoshenko battle addressing deputies of the sixth convoca- and restore the democratic coalition in a tion of the Verkhovna Rada on October 6, previous or broad format,” she said. by Zenon Zawada looking at us and that the blow against said he is ready to accept any coalition as (Ukrinform) Kyiv Press Bureau Georgia also caught us, which is what all the long as it is formed in line with the Western press is reporting. Only a somewhat Constitution. He noted that “beginning President again accuses PM KYIV – Even Ukraine’s most famous different operation was planned against from September 2 the country has wit- KYIV – At a meeting with the Our Soviet dissidents are taking sides and mud- Ukraine,” wrote Mr. Sverstiuk, referring to nessed a union of former ‘irreconcilable’ Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense (OU-PSD) dying themselves in the ongoing battle Ms. Tymoshenko’s alleged pact with the opponents – the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, faction on October 7, President Viktor between President Viktor Yushchenko and Russians and betrayal of national interests. the Party of Regions and the Communist Yushchenko once again accused the Yulia Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. “It can’t not disturb the citizens of Party – who “were consistently voting on Tymoshenko Bloc (YTB) “of national trea- Levko Lukianenko, who spent more than Ukraine that, instead of huddling around the distribution of powers in their [own] inter- son,” referring to the vote by Prime half his adult life in Soviet prisons for his president at a time of national danger, the ests.” Nevertheless, the consolidation of Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s faction with calls for Ukrainian independence, struck the Ukrainian political elite threw themselves the YTB and the PRU into a coalition had the Party of the Regions (PRU) in early first blow when he announced his resigna- upon each other as if on someone’s orders.” finally failed, he noted, adding, “Obviously, tion on September 17 as chair of the presi- Mr. Sverstiuk was arrested for anti-Soviet the personal power ambitions of the two (Continued on page 14) dent’s clemency commission. writings, particularly his 1970 work In a fiery letter to the president, he criti- “Cathedral in Scaffolding.” He spent 10 cized Mr. Yushchenko for allowing years in Soviet prisons until his release in Presidential Secretariat Chair Viktor Baloha 1983. 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The Holodomor But the Holodomor made no exceptions, in the Cherkasy Oblast Part 2 of a series. and the Soviets took all they had that winter – two horses and all the family’s bread. TALNE, Ukraine – To this day, Zinayida To survive, her mother baked cakes from 155,000 known casualties Korotchenko, 83, remembers seeing her the goosefoot herbs and elm leaves that they 48,000 known survivors still alive neighbor Frosia passed out by the shed near collected in their village. 845 population centers with monuments her village home. Early in the morning, fighting the pain in “She laid under our shed and died,” she her swollen legs, she sneaked out to find 268 known mass graves said, recalling the scene from the winter of whether “hley,” a glue-like sap, had seeped 1932 as if it were yesterday. “I was afraid to from the cherry trees in the neighboring gar- fearsome portrait of Joseph Stalin. “There go near that place for a long time.” den. “It was such a godsend to find such was a line of children carrying bowls for Ms. Korotchenko is among the 1.4 mil- hley!,” Ms. Korotchenko recalled. lion Ukrainians who survived one of the this soup, and hovering above was a post- Perhaps what saved them that winter was er that said, ‘Thanks to Comrade Stalin most hellish chapters of the 20th century – the frozen potatoes her mother found while Joseph Stalin’s purges of 1937, the Nazi for our happy childhood’” she said in dis- scouring the fields. “She baked cakes from invasion of 1941 and the Ukrainian famine gust. “Those were the 1930s… it was those frozen potatoes,” Ms. Korotchenko of 1946-1947. something …” recalled. “My dear, I haven’t eaten anything However it’s the haunting images she The Talne district of Cherkasy Oblast, better than those cakes ever since.” witnessed as a 7-year-old during the Zenon Zawada which includes the village of Lotashovo, Among those who perished that winter Holodomor of 1932-1933 that remained Cherkasy Oblast native Zinayida suffered 10,500 casualties in the Holodomor, was the married couple Frosia and Misha, vividly etched in her memory. Korotchenko, 83, survived the according to recently uncovered documents. another neighbor Ivan, and her grandfather “My dear people, it was terrible,” she Holodomor by eating cakes of goose- In Talne, the city where Ms. Korotchenko said, failing to stifle the emotions evoked by – “not from old age but from the Famine,” foot herbs and elm leaves that her now lives as a pensioner, residents began her memories. “I remember when my aunt she stressed. mother baked. acknowledging the Holodomor as soon as visited us and saw a baked beet. How she Once spring arrived, the Korotchenko they got the chance. grabbed this beet! What eyes she had … I family was eating a meal a day, consisting To pay the tax, Ms. Korotchenko remem- Local researchers and intellectuals held a still can’t forget this moment.” of a bowl of porridge made from millet and bers going with her mother to the market in local conference on the Holodomor’s 60th Persecution of Ukrainians began years milk, which her father managed to somehow order sell the sewing machine that she anniversary in 1993, and the city unveiled a before the Soviet government launched the obtain. They were still hungry and poor. bought as a girl. memorial to the victims of the Holodomor Holodomor, Ms. Korotchenko said. “We skied barefoot, using boards from “There were terrible taxes, for every tree, and Soviet repressions on August 24, 1996. She remembered watching as the the cellar,” she said. “Barefoot! And nothing for every [flower] bed in garden,” she said. Ms. Korotchenko has no doubt the Communists demolished the homes of happened to us!” “The milk, the meat, the eggs all had to be Holodomor was aimed to destroy the “kurkuls,” or middle-class landowners, in The years following the Holodomor given away, and it didn’t matter if you had a Ukrainian people. “Tell me why guards on 1930 in her native village of Lotashovo, cur- were full of terror and oppression, Ms. cow or hens. To give meat, it didn’t matter if the border of the Ukrainian SSR wouldn’t rently in the Cherkasy Oblast, back then a Korotchenko recalled. The Soviet authori- you had a pig. A tax on the whole garden. It allow people abroad?” she said. part of the Kyiv Oblast. ties imposed taxes on everything – salaries, was horrible what was going on.” It’s of some relief that Ukraine remem- Her family was spared because her father property and even the food that grew in Meanwhile, in school Ms. Korotchenko bers today. “They convinced us there was no was a worker at the collective farm who people’s gardens. ate a bowl of soup in the cafeteria under a Holodomor at all,” she said.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Yushchenko fatigue in Washington? by Roman Kupchinsky The photo on the White House website Eurasia Daily Monitor avoided any hints of closeness between the October 7 two presidents and showed them sitting in the Oval Office (www.whitehouse.gov, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko’s September 29). working visit to Washington in late In remarks made during the brief press September left many observers wondering conference afterwards, Mr. Bush, who has what, if anything, the visit had accom- been an active proponent of Ukrainian plished. The apparent purpose of the trip membership in NATO, acknowledged that was to seek greater security assurances for they had discussed NATO but avoided any Ukraine from the United States and gauge statement in support of Ukraine’s ambitions the level of support in Washington for to join the alliance. Ukraine’s bid for a NATO Membership Washington, according to sources in the Action Plan (MAP) in December. Few in administration, is experiencing fatigue with Washington, however, believe that Ukraine President Yushchenko, but not with Ukraine will be granted a MAP in December, even per se, they stress. The president of Ukraine with U.S. support; most believe that is widely perceived to be an inept leader, European opposition to Ukraine in NATO and Washington is hedging its bets on who will prevail. will become the next president of Ukraine. Mr. Yushchenko’s meeting with U.S. The perception of Mr. Yushchenko as an Yaro Bihun President George W. Bush on September 29 ineffective president was reinforced during President Viktor Yushchenko fields questions at the National Press Club during his revealed that Washington was slowly dis- his meeting with the U.S.-Ukraine Business visit to Washington on September 29. Seated next to him, listening to a translation tancing itself from the Ukrainian president. Council on September 29. Speaking for of his remarks, is NPC President Sylvia Smith. Prior to the meeting with Mr. Yushchenko, nearly one hour, which left little time for Mr. Bush met with the president of questions, Mr. Yushchenko dwelt for some about a much stronger, pro-business envi- Vladimir Putin. It is doubtful, however, that Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus, and praised time on the political crisis in Kyiv, blamed ronment in Ukraine.” Apparently Mr. the critical issue of the gas price for Ukraine him lavishly: “I’m honored to welcome my the Ukrainian Parliament for trying to desta- Yushchenko did not take these words to will be decided, given that the Central Asian friend, the President of Lithuania, here to bilize the country, and accused the Yulia heart and proceeded to paint Ukraine as suppliers have yet to announce the price the Oval [Office]. Welcome back, Mr. Tymoshenko Bloc, the Party of Regions and being less than stable. they will charge Gazprom for their gas. President. I’ve come to admire your cour- the Communists of being in a “partnership Will “Yushchenko fatigue” spread to the If it is true, as some analysts in Kyiv age, your straightforwardness, and the job with Moscow.” European Union? On October 6 the believe, that President Yushchenko set unre- you’ve done for your country.” The photo- He also described the Black Sea region Ukrainian president was scheduled to visit alistic goals for Prime Minister Tymoshenko graph on the White House website showed as an “area of instability,” a description that the United Kingdom, where he would meet in her negotiations with Moscow in order to the two presidents standing together with raised some consternation among the repre- with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown discredit her afterwards, the Europeans will Mr. Adamkus holding Mr. Bush’s elbow sentatives of American companies who and Foreign Secretary David Miliband and be more spooked than usual about the possi- (www.whitehouse.gov, September 29). attended the meeting. One participant noted take part in a working lunch with European bility of another gas disruption in winter. The meeting with Mr. Yushchenko was that this was not the way to encourage Bank for Reconstruction and Development Even the most remote possibility that depicted in far less intimate trappings with potential investors to do business in President Thomas Mirow (UNIAN news Ukrainian internal political differences will Mr. Bush limiting his remarks to praise for Ukraine. agency, September 29). From there he was affect European gas supplies could well Ukraine’s democratic turnaround. “I wel- In his welcoming remarks, the president to proceed to Italy for October 7 and 8. condemn Yushchenko to becoming a politi- come you here to the Oval Office. I admire of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council, How European leaders, who have been cal nonentity in the eyes of already skeptical your steadfast support for democratic values Morgan Williams, stressed that for business more reserved toward President Yushchenko Europeans. and principles. A lot of Americans have to continue moving forward in Ukraine, “a than Washington, will welcome him remains watched with amazement how your country stable political and governmental environ- to be seen. Much hinges on the forthcoming The article above is reprinted from became a democracy. We strongly support ment is needed. The government also needs trip of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from your democracy. We look forward to work- to view business as a partner and friend, and Moscow to discuss gas supplies for Ukraine its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, ing with you to strengthen that democracy.” pass the many reforms needed to bring in 2009 with Russian Prime Minister www.jamestown.org. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 No. 41 Anti-Ukrainian demonstrators Tymoshenko Bloc deputies carelessly vote for Russian language by Zenon Zawada (No one voted on behalf of Mr. Yavorivskyi because ambush Prosvita HQ in Odesa Kyiv Press Bureau he has long insisted that no one from his faction cast votes on his behalf in his absence.) by Zenon Zawada KYIV – Deputies from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc “I don’t know who gave the command and pressed Kyiv Press Bureau embarrassed themselves on September 19 when their the buttons,” he said. “The law won’t be passed in its parliamentary faction joined three others in voting for a second reading, as I have already submitted an amend- KYIV – Persecution of ethnic Ukrainians and bill that requires Russian language fluency among ment to the appropriate committee.” Ukrainian speakers resurfaced in Odesa on September 22 Ukrainian government workers. Mr. Movchan also pointed out that the Russian lan- when about 50 pro-Russian activists ambushed the Only the Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense bloc guage provision fell under the bill’s “general require- Prosvita headquarters downtown, shouting anti-Ukrainian voted against the measure, which also gained the sup- ments” for government officials, but among four manda- slogans and shooting pellets with red paint. port of the Party of Regions of Ukraine, the Volodymyr tory requirements is the stipulation that government offi- Representing the pro-Russian organizations Rodina Lytvyn Bloc and the Communist Party of Ukraine. cials use the Ukrainian language when performing their (Homeland) and Forpost (Outpost), the young hooligans “We insist on canceling laws, passed by the duties. shouted, “Fascists out of Odesa,” “Prosvita is UPA Tymoshenko Bloc together with the Party of Regions, Both Mr. Movchan and Mr. Yavorivskyi said the bill [Ukrainian Insurgent Army],” and “Prosvita is not educa- which fiercely assaults the official status of the doesn’t threaten the official status of the Ukrainian lan- tion!” (Prosvita ne osvita!) against the leading national Ukrainian language,” said Viacheslav Kyrylenko, leader guage and is being exploited as political fodder by Our organization promoting Ukrainian language and culture. of the Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense bloc. Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense. The demonstration, supervised by Odesa City Council The Russian language provision was part of a bill, Mr. Yavorivskyi also assured that the provision would member Igor Markov, known as a Russian chauvinist, “On State Service,” intended to raise the quality of be excluded from the bill’s second reading, “otherwise, occurred just a year after ethnic Ukrainians were beaten Ukraine’s civil service to global standards and raise the that would contradict all the principles of the in broad daylight at the oblast administration building professionalism of government workers. Tymoshenko Bloc.” protesting the planned unveiling of a statue to Empress Days after the vote, Deputy Volodymyr Yavorivskyi, Although Ms. Tymoshenko has always stated her sup- Catherine II, resulting in five hospitalizations. a member of the Tymoshenko Bloc and an outspoken port for a single state language, a handful of Tymoshenko “This happened as a result of the impunity of hooligan Ukrainian language advocate, told the Ukrayina Moloda Bloc members subvert the Ukrainian language by pub- escapades (committed) by extreme pro-Russian groups at daily newspaper the Tymoshenko Bloc deputies cast lishing or broadcasting exclusively in the Russian lan- the oblast center earlier,” said Oleksander Stepanchenko, their votes carelessly, overlooking the Russian language guage. head of the Odesa Oblast organization of Prosvita. provision. For example, the Chornomorska Television and Radio “I also don’t exclude that the attack was induced by “This happens in Parliament – didn’t read up, didn’t Co., which broadcasts exclusively in Russian, is owned the persistent position of Odesa’s Prosvita members, who look it through and voted,” he offered as the bloc’s by Andrii Senchenko, a Tymoshenko Bloc deputy in the recently became the single consistent defenders of excuse. “The law wasn’t principle, wasn’t politicized, Crimean Parliament. Ukrainian language and culture in the Russified, million- and therefore obviously no one turned their attention to population of Odesa,” he added. that one point. No one mentioned it even during its dis- There was no physical violence during the September cussion in the hall.” 22 episode, but it bore similarities to the attack of Mr. Yavorivskyi didn’t vote for the measure because OSCE conference focuses September 2, 2007. he was attending a funeral in Odesa, but among those Both incidents were organized by high-profile Russian Tymoshenko Bloc deputies recorded as voting for the radicals and involved a brief ambush, followed by a well- on human rights violations bill was Pavlo Movchan, the chair of Prosvita, which is organized flight in pre-planned buses. supposed to be Ukraine’s leading organization to pro- The September 2 attack was allegedly organized by mote the Ukrainian language and culture. in pre-trial detention centers Valerii Kaurov, founder of the United Fatherland In an October 1 interview with The Weekly, Mr. (Yedinoye Otiechiestvo), a Russian Orthodox organiza- Movchan offered the excuse that he didn’t cast his vote, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe tion that opposes Ukrainian Orthodoxy and Catholicism but as is common practice in the Verkhovna Rada, an in Ukraine. Mr. Kaurov denied organizing the attack SUDAK, Ukraine – Human rights violations in pre- unknown fellow faction member cast his vote in his trial detention centers in Eastern Europe and national (Continued on page 23) absence. preventive mechanisms against torture and ill treatment in such centers were the focus of a conference organized by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Sudak, Ukraine, that ended October 8. The meeting on the Crimean peninsula brought together members of non-governmental organizations that monitor adherence to human rights in pre-trial detention centers in East European countries that have ratified the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. During the three-day event, organized by the OSCE project coordinator in Ukraine, the British Independent Custody Visiting Association and the Kharkiv Institute for Social Research, the participants shared experiences and case studies on how civil society can help prevent torture. “Stand-alone anti-torture activities have a limited impact,” said Todd Becker, senior project manager of the Office of the OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine. “The OSCE project coordinator in Ukraine is attempting to address the problem of torture and ill-treatment by encouraging officials to incorporate anti-torture mea- sures in their everyday work. A first step is encouraging the introduction of prevention mechanisms.” The conference’s aim was to develop a monitoring system under which monitoring groups would make regular visits to the Internal Affairs Ministry’s detention facilities. The groups would comprise representatives of civil society, human rights activists and civil servants. Conference participants also discussed the legal framework and institutional and civil society initiatives for improving conduct during police arrests and peniten- tiary conditions. As well they discussed how to solve shared problems related to implementing the protocol. The conference is part of a project supported by the Office of the OSCE Project Coordinator that aims to develop national preventive mechanisms against torture and ill treatment in Ukraine’s detention centers.

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THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM UNA Seniors Week held at Soyuzivka Heritage Center by Oksana Trytjak When organizing an event such as this, it is helpful to have people on board who, KERHONKSON, N.Y. – It has been without too much prompting, begging, said that there is a spirit of revival at etc., will offer their help and services. Soyuzivka. True, there are more chil- We were fortunate to have such a dren’s camps that are filled to capacity, group of participants. We need a secre- concerts, dances, exhibits, social events tary – a job nobody relishes, but within a and, of course, the Ukrainian Cultural moments’ notice there was a volunteer, Festival. Soyuzivka is hopping. To this Olha Trytyak. We needed a treasurer – revival trend, the UNA Seniors have again, Ija Wasylenko offered to take this added their part. job. Someone has to run the meeting, and The annual UNA Seniors conference Gloria Horbaty offered and ran with it for was up and running Sunday, June 8, the whole week. This type of enthusiasm through Friday, June 13. There were 106 was evident throughout. participants, plus a wonderful array of One of the successful evening events speakers and entertainers. is the auction. We needed an auctioneer. Bohdan Polansky After the usual registration, the partici- Yurij Soltys was willing, able and so suc- From left: Irene Mandicz, Dozia Bystrianyk, Maria Antonyshyn, Dionizia pants met in the Main House lobby for cessful at bringing in funds to our coffers. Brochynsky and Gloria Horbaty. wine, cheese and entertainment. We were very fortunate to have a dona- It is always pleasant to have people tion of a beautiful Trypilian vase from around you who are willing to work to Iwan Skrypuch, which we raffled off; make an event successful, and during the with the help of Lesia Stasiuk who had UNA Seniors week, there were many no problems soliciting sales from one and such participants around. Rostyslav all. During one of the evenings Roman Wasylenko was willing and able to orga- Trochymczuk spontaneously sang a nize entertainment for Sunday evening; favorite song, “Dvi Zironki Moyi” writ- he participated with his mandolin and ten by Walter Trytyak, my father-in-law. enticed Daria Zielyk and Alex Redko to Everyone pitched in, worked, sang, join him. There was a very special eve- danced and participated in the programs ning of drama, on the Veselka stage, with offered, be it exercise, cards or dancing. Ms. Zielyk and Mr. Wasylenko present- The program is filled with interesting ing an excerpt of Lesia Ukrainka’s speakers and entertainers, who volunteer “Samson.” This dramatic performance their services, which in itself is a wonder- was enjoyed by all. ful donation to UNA Seniors Week and Some of the evenings events were its success. Leading our speakers was Oksana Tryjak spontaneous. Jaroslaw and Geraldine Nestor Paslawsky, Soyuzivka manager Dr. Roman Trochymczuk waves, as Orest Glut (center) and Ihor Krawciw look on. Nadberezny from California showed a who welcomed all to Soyuzivka and couple of videos, one being of the UNA spoke briefly about Soyuzivka’s future Yaroslav Stawnychy, a New Jersey formed a few of the oh so beautiful duets. Seniors Week at Soyuzivka from 2006. plans. dentist, had an interesting and informa- During the banquet our in-house They proved once again that it’s always Myrosia Hrab, our exercise guru, per- tive session on dental health, its effect on artiste, Mr. Wasylenko, entertained us fun to see everyone on the big screen. suaded most to do a little exercise and a a person’s general health and the value of with a short humoresque that left all pres- Prior to each year’s UNA Seniors con- lot of cha-cha-cha. vitamins and proper diet. ent smiling and happy. Also present were ference there is always the worry: “Will Andrij Sonevytsky, Soyuzivka Chef, a Marianna Zajac, the newly elected two UNA executives, Treasurer Roma there be enough attendees?” I guess word graduate of the Culinary Institute of president of the largest Ukrainian wom- Lisovich and President Stefan Kaczaraj, of mouth does do its work. Some of last America, had an on-the-spot presentation en’s organization in the U.S., the who greeted the UNA Seniors. year’s attendees brought their friends – a of how to prepare the house specialty Ukrainian National Women’s League of Most attendees danced to the music of very positive development. This year “peas in crust” hors d’oeuvres. Of course, America, greeted the seniors and spoke Bohdan Zaets-Kraj from Connecticut and, there were 106 participants from as far he also answered many questions on about the future of UNWLA. She was after they were tired of dancing, a group off as California and including guests cooking and offered many tips to the pleased to see how many attendees were did the usual sing-along. Fun was had by from Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, many home chefs present. UNWLA members. all. New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Julian Kytasty – a man of music, a Bohdar Woroch, a cardiologist and the During the business portion of the ses- Virginia. The participants ranged from kobzar, informed us about the kobzars in medical examiner of the Ukrainian sion, the following were re-elected to the spry age of 92 to the youngest a Ukrainian history and the significance of National Association, was very informa- their posts, Ija Wasylenko, treasurer; Olha 6-month-old “participant” who came with the bandura. In the evening, during the tive in his presentation on how the gener- Trytyak, secretary; Ihor Hayda, vice-pres- his parents and grandparent. The eldest “Kobzarsky Vechir” in his soft melodic al public should understand heart attacks. ident and Oksana Trytjak, president. danced with quite a few ladies, while the voice he entertained us with old and new Marta Sawycky and Mechyslav All are looking forward to working youngest “danced” in his mother’s arms. songs that elicited nostalgia while thun- Pavlyuk, ballroom dancers par excellence, together to promote next year’s UNA The weather added much to everyone’s der and lightning outside provided quite a had a lesson on ballroom dancing during Seniors Week. Please join us next year at enjoyment of the week at Soyuzivka. show. the day. During the banquet they per- Soyuzivka.

Oksana Tryjak Enjoying cocktails on the Veselka deck are: (from left) Mr. and Mrs. Rockysky, Oksana Tryjak Oleh Lopatynsky, Lida Crozier, Alexandra Stasiuk and Wolodymyr Kulyk. Participants exercise under the supervision of Myrosia Hrab.

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NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY More where this came from Toronto District School Board Last week’s issue of The Ukrainian Weekly contained a special section devot- OKs Holodomor teaching unit ed to our 75th anniversary. In addition to our editorial and a statement from our publisher, the Ukrainian National Association, we reprinted a selection of stories by Alex Chumak At its meeting on September 24, the from Weeklies past. Our approach was to highlight one story from each decade Toronto District School Board unani- Actually, you can take on City Hall of The Weekly’s history and thus show the variety of topics this newspaper has mously approved the proposal a teaching and win. covered. Now, mind you, these might not have been the most significant stories unit on the Holodomor be prepared for In this case, instead of City Hall, it of their respective decades, but they were illustrative of the times. Plus, we use in Toronto schools by 2009. was the Toronto District School Board believed they’d make a good read. Once approved, the proposal for a which on September 18, at the Program For the most significant articles published by The Weekly since its founding in Holodomor curriculum was turned over and School Services Committee, 1933 through 1999, we refer readers to our two-volume work “The Ukrainian to Systems Superintendent Christopher approved unanimously that a secondary Weekly 2000”: Volume I – 1933-1969 (published in 2000) and Volume II – Usih for implementation. Mr. Usih stated curriculum teaching guide and curricu- 1970-1999 (published in 2001). In preparing those two books – each one nearly that the board has an established process lum resource materials on the Holodomor 300 pages in length – to mark the beginning of a new century and a new millen- in developing new curricula. “Steps have be developed for use beginning in nium, we chose news stories, features, commentaries and editorials that we felt to be taken that [the ministry of September 2009, and that this guide be were indeed the most significant both in terms of history and in terms of fulfill- Education] expectation be met and that made available to every secondary school ing The Ukrainian Weekly’s mission. the Holodomor be presented in a histori- at that time. Not to be forgotten is another of our books, “Ukraine Lives!” That compendium, cal and factual manner. The material will To reach this formidable decision was published in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the proclamation of be vetted by historians and our own no easy task. Ukraine’s independence, tells the story of Ukraine’s re-emergence as an indepen- staff,” he explained. Mr. Usih also indi- The Holodomor Committee at the dent state in 1991. It covers developments in Ukraine from late 1987, when the cated that the Ukrainian community can Toronto branch of the Ukrainian Ukrainian Helsinki Group was reactivated, through celebrations of the Millennium submit resources that can be considered Canadian Congress (UCC) initiated the of Christianity in Kyivan Rus’, the public meetings of the Democratic Front to when the writing occurs. process to include the Holodomor in the Promote Perestroika, the establishment of the Memorial Society, Rukh and the Once the curriculum is completed and school board’s curriculum in January Zelenyi Svit (Green World) environmental association, demands for the legaliza- vetted, teachers will have an opportunity 2008, with the majority of its work being tion of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, the renewal of the Ukrainian to go through a training and information done in the summer/fall of this year. Autocephalous Orthodox Church, the Declaration on State Sovereignty of Ukraine, session on how to use the Holodomor The term “Holodomor” is based on and many more major developments in reawakening Ukraine. The book also cov- unit. two Ukrainian words: holod – hunger, ers the early years of independence. It includes special sections on the 10th anni- Roman Kardiuk, a teacher of almost starvation, famine; and moryty – to versary of independence, The Weekly’s editorials on each anniversary of Ukraine’s 40 years’ experience is the Toronto induce suffering, to kill. The Holodomor independence and the attributes of statehood, plus a timeline of historic develop- schools remarked that “finally, the true was an act of genocide against the ments in 1987-1991. It is, we believe, an example of our finest work, as well as a knowledge about the Holodomor will be Ukrainian people committed by the look at Ukraine’s new history as it was being made. made available to all our schools.” Soviet Communist regime in 1932-1933. If the aforementioned three books (which, incidentally, are still available by Valentina Kuryliw, a retired head of The consequences of the Holodomor are contacting us here at The Weekly) are not enough to stimulate your historic curi- history with the TDSB, and a curriculum staggering: it is estimated that between 7 osity, you can also go online to our website, www.ukrweekly.com and browse writer on Holodomor issues, was equally million and 10 million innocent people through our archives. The home page will immediately take you to issues of the enthusiastic. “I’m happy – this is the first perished. Over 3 million of its victims current year. However, the pull-down menu of years allows readers to peruse step to have information on the were children. copies of The Ukrainian Weekly – in PDF or DjVU format, i.e. pages that appear Holodomor accessible to the world histo- Not only does the Holodomor meet the exactly as they were published – for all the years since 1977. Want to take a look ry and civics courses.” Genocide Convention’s definition of even farther back in history? Click on the link at the top of the page that says Earlier, on September 10, the board genocide, but it was the only genocide “Archive.” There you will find more treasures – in text-only format – from spe- had agreed that the fourth Friday in executed in peace time. cial issues for various years, including our inaugural issue dated October 6, 1933, November be recognized as the When the Holodomor Committee ini- to selections from the 1960s, 1970s and on; as well as full texts of all issues pub- tially started the process to include this Holodomor Remembrance Day by all lished from 1996 though 2006. genocide in the board’s course of studies, Toronto schools. Board trustees resolved We’ve saved the best news of all for last. Our website is constantly being it was met with indifference and an osten- that the “fourth Friday of November be a expanded, with the addition of more and more past issues in PDF/DjVu formats. sible lack of initiative. Staff and Trustees day of recognition in all schools in honor Our goal is to have each and every issue of The Weekly ever published available seemed to be disinterested. of those who died during the Holodomor online. And that, Dear Readers, will truly be a good read! Quite a way to cele- However, the committee was neither and that this day be officially marked in brate the 75th anniversary year of The Ukrainian Weekly. discouraged nor willing to give up. It the system-wide calendar.” provided the trustees and staff with his- Trustee Mari Rutka (Willowdale), who torically accurate information and contin- presented the motion and whose husband ued to lobby the board in a methodical is Ukrainian, stated that “the Holodomor Oct. Turning the pages back... and professional manner. has been wrongly denied over the years, When asked why the change occurred, and that students need to be aware of this Gerry Connelly, the director of the sad epoch in Ukrainian history. It is important to give them an opportunity to 17 Last year, on October 17, 2007, Yulia Tymoshenko and Our Toronto District School Board, said in an interview that “initially there was little study this significant and sad tragedy.” Ukraine leader Viacheslav Kyrylenko presented a draft of a Trustee Bruce Davis (Etobicoke/ 2007 parliamentary coalition agreement they vowed their respective understanding about the Holodomor. We needed further information and, on the Lakeshore) emphasized that the blocs would support unanimously. Ukrainian community “educated us and In the agreement, both sides agreed to the candidacies of strength of our own research, coupled with the Ukrainian Community’s input, made us aware of the facts concerning Ms. Tymoshenko as prime minister and Mr. Kyrylenko as the Holodomor.” He added, “To use food Verkhovna Rada chair. we had to include the Holodomor in our curriculum.” as a weapon, and suffering through star- The agreement was a necessary symbol of unanimous unity due to their slim major- vation was insidious and unthinkable.” ity in Parliament of three votes, or 228 deputies out of 450. Andriy Melnyk, a driving force of the Holodomor Committee and a retired Dr. Davis purchased books about the The signing of the agreement was greeted by the Kyiv press corps with caution, as Holodomor at his own expense and pro- they recalled how a slim majority coalition had unraveled when Oleksander Moroz, school principal was delighted. “I am impressed with the coordinated efforts of vided them to schools in his ward. leader of the Socialist Party of Ukraine, bowed out of the coalition to join the Party of Although two milestones have been Regions (PRU) and the Communists. As soon as the draft was signed, the Ukrainian UCC Holodomor Committee (Toronto Branch) and the Ukrainian community. reached by the Toronto Board – to recog- media began speculating as to how the new coalition would collapse and the role of nizing the fourth Friday in November as the Party of Regions would be in that scenario. The board made a 180-degree turnaround since the trustees realized it was the right the Holodomor Recognition Day in the Voting for the Rada chair was conducted by secret ballot, and left the coalition vul- district’s schools, and giving the go-ahead nerable to manipulation by the PRU. Ukrayinska Pravda, a leading news website, thing to do.” for preparation of a teaching unit on the reported: “Regions deputies could reach agreements with wavering Tymoshenko depu- The recommendation of the Program Holodomor – the work of the Ukrainian ties so as not to vote for the young Our Ukraine leader [Mr. Kyrylenko] as speaker in and School Services Committee with community is not finished. exchange for material bonuses…then the coalition will be broken.” respect to the inclusion of the Holodomor The Holodomor Committee of the A Democratic Forces Coalition would give President Viktor Yushchenko the first par- in the curriculum then went to the full UCC Toronto Branch must ensure that liamentary majority during his term that supports his legislative policies and initiatives. board in late September. the teaching unit is both historically accu- It was hoped that this new coalition would pass 12 legislative reforms as a single rate and unbiased. It must continue to be package that included laws eliminating deputies’ immunity from prosecution and gov- Alex Chumak is a former Toronto a watch-dog while the board is preparing ernment-paid perks, and amending the law on the Cabinet of Ministers, which reduced School Board Trustee. this unit. the authority of the president. Ms. Tymoshenko and Mr. Yushchenko announced that they would pass a parliamentary opposition law to define and enhance its role in government and oversight capabilities. In the draft agreement, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (YTB) secured for itself key Visit our archive on the Internet at: posts in the Cabinet, including the portfolios of energy, finance and the economy, http://www.ukrweekly.com/ (Continued on page 7) No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 7

FOLLOW-UP ON THE NEWS Your funds are safe and insured Faces and Places by Myron B. Kuropas in Ukrainian American credit unions by Stephen Kerda to $250,000. Retirement account insurance protection American politics and us In these stressful economic times be is separate and apart from insurance cover- assured that Ukrainian American credit age on other credit union accounts. For Ukrainians have been involved with Roosevelt in 1932. unions did not and currently do not have example, if you have a regular share American politics since the 1890s. Ukrainian Americans remained loyal to the types of investments that are causing account, an IRA and a Keogh at the same In 1894, Svoboda observed that “people the Democratic Party during the Truman the financial turmoil on Wall Street. In credit union, the regular share account is have come to realize that life is better dur- years, largely because of Harry S. Truman’s addition, Ukrainian American credit unions insured up to $100,000, the IRA is sepa- ing Republican times.” By 1900, Svoboda active anti-Communism and his signing of have mortgages, which are fully amortiz- rately insured up to $250,000, and the had changed its mind. In a classic editorial the Displaced Persons Act in 1948. A slight ing, meaning they include principal and Keogh is separately insured up to $250,000. titled “Who Should Rusyns Vote For?” Ukrainian shift to the GOP began with the interest payments. Ukrainian American Basic insurance coverage for other share Svoboda’s editor believed there was little election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower credit unions never believed that buying accounts is still $100,000. difference between Republicans and only to return to the Democratic column homes and issuing interest-only mortgages However, just as before, there are many Democrats because both are controlled by during the years of John F. Kennedy. was a smart financial move either for the ways to qualify for more than basic cover- rich men and both make “many promises” President Richard Nixon made a concert- member or for the credit union. age at one institution. Generally, if a credit before the election. The Republican Party is ed effort to bring white ethnics into the During these uncertain times, you should union member has more than one account the party of very rich men, Svoboda Republican fold with the appointment of a look closely at what financial institutions in the same credit union, these accounts are explained, while the Democratic Party is the full-time outreach director, a former are offering as short-term CD rates. If the added together and insured in the aggre- party of fairly rich men who are not permit- Hungarian freedom fighter, into the rates at a bank are higher than the other gate. For example, if you have a regular ted to become richer. Republican National Committee. President local banks then that bank may be in need share account, a share certificate, and a The political credo that appealed most to Gerald R. Ford appointed a White House of money. This may not be a healthy sign. share draft account in your name alone, our early immigrants was socialism. The Special Assistant for Ethnic Affairs, a At a credit union, savings rates are nor- these accounts will be added together and American Socialist Party (SPA), editorial- Ukrainian, during his short tenure, and mally higher than commercial banks due to insured up to $100,000 separate from your ized Svoboda on October 31, 1900, “wants President Jimmy Carter followed suit with lower expenses and the credit union phi- retirement account. What’s more, joint everyone to be treated fairly, regardless of the appointment of a Ukrainian woman to a losophy of returning to the member-owners accounts you hold with other people are race, creed or gender; it wants to abolish the similar White House position. a higher percentage on their savings. Credit separately insured up to $100,000. For army; it wants people to stop fighting like During the 1960s and 1970s the unions normally review these rates and instance, let’s say you have three accounts animals and to settle their differences peace- Ukrainian presence in the American political adjust them as necessary in order to main- at one credit union – a $30,000 share draft fully – and what is more – it wants all natu- arena blossomed. Ukrainians established the tain the credit union’s financial stability. account in your name, a $60,000 savings ral resources such as land, forests, mines, as Ukrainian National Republican Federation Everyone is extremely concerned that account you own jointly with your spouse, well as factories, trains, telegraphs... to be consisting of 22 state organizations. Dr. Lev the funds are safe and secure. Savings on and a $100,000 account for a business you the property of all the people...” Ukrainians Dobriansky worked as the GOP ethnic liai- deposits with Ukrainian American credit own. Although the three accounts total established a number of local Ukrainian son during many presidential races as did unions are insured by the National Credit $190,000, all of the money is fully insured socialist clubs and in 1915, they established Taras Szmagala Sr. Ukrainians also served Union Administration (NCUA), an agency by NCUA because each type of account is the Ukrainian Federation of Socialist Parties on the staffs of Sens. Bob Dole, James of the U.S. government through the in a different ownership category that is of America (UFSPA) as a semi-autonomous Buckley and Robert Taft Jr. National Credit Union Share Insurance separately covered to $100,000. branch of the SPA. By 1917, the UFSPA, UNA members have always been part of Fund (NCUSIF). Even those Ukrainian Also, revocable trust accounts may qual- our first viable political party in America, the American political scene. The lobbying credit unions that are state-chartered have ify for separate insurance coverage of up to had 46 branches and some 1,000 members.. efforts of UNA President Dmytro Halychyn your funds insured by the NCUSIF. Some $100,000 per beneficiary if certain condi- The Bolshevik coup d’état in Russia pre- with Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) led to the Ukrainian American credit unions provide tions are met. For example, if you have a cipitated an SPA split between the so-called erection of the Shevchenko Monument in additional insurance coverage above the $300,000 payable-on-death account nam- “internationalists” and the old guard. “For Washington. The endeavors of UNA presi- NCUSIF limits through private insurance ing your spouse and two children as the the harassed left in America,” wrote radical dent Joseph Lesawyer, a life-long Democrat, carriers. beneficiaries, upon your death the entire journalist Sidney Lens, “Bolshevism was a were also significant in gaining Here are some examples on how you $300,000 would be insured by the NCUA cool rain after a long dry spell.” Capitalizing Congressional support for the monument. can maximize your savings at a Ukrainian ($100,000 per beneficiary). This insurance on their popularity, the Bolsheviks were Other outstanding political initiatives American credit union. coverage would be separate from the now the party for seven of the semi-autono- involving UNA officers included the U.S. NCUA-insured credit union retirement money you have in other types of accounts mous SPA ethnic federations. At the third Commission on the Ukraine Famine and a accounts such as Individual Retirement at the same institution. And remember, convention of the UFSPA in April 1919, a 1985 Congressional human rights reception Accounts (IRAs) and Keogh accounts are your retirement accounts are protected up majority pushed through a resolution recog- in the U.S. Capitol. American senators, for- insured up to $250,000. Under new rules, to $250,000 and insured separate from your nizing the Third Communist International, mer presidents and congressional leaders traditional and Roth IRAs at one credit other accounts. an act resulting in expulsion from the SPA. often attended UNA conventions, a practice union are now insured in the aggregate to No credit union member has lost a single Joining other expelled ethnic federations in that ended with the 2006 convention at $250,000. Additionally, NCUA insures cent of NCUA insured funds as a result of Chicago in September, the UFSPA officially Soyuzivka. Keogh accounts separately in the aggregate credit union failures. If you or your family changed its name to the Ukrainian As in the past, Svoboda and The have $100,000 or less in all your accounts Federation of Communist Parties of Ukrainian Weekly consistently encouraged Stephen Kerda is vice-chair of the at the same insured credit union, you America (UFCPA). Ukrainian Communists, Ukrainians to become involved in American Ukrainian National Credit Union needn’t worry about insurance coverage. financed by the Kremlin, were active in politics for the good of our community as Association. Your money is fully insured. America until well after the end of World well as for America. Today Ukrainian War II. Like other Communists in America, Republicans and Democrats work together they followed the Soviet party line dictated for the greater good without succumbing to from Moscow. the kind of trash-mouth politics that explod- In 1922, Anti-Bolshevik Ukrainian ed in the 1960s and 1970s. Civility is the Turning the pages back... Socialists formed a new organization, norm. (Continued from page 6) Oborona Ukrainy (Defense of Ukraine). Present and former UNA officers are still while Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense (OU-PSD) received the bulk of positions With the election of Myroslaw Sichynsky involved in American politics. Supporting in the cultural and armed forces sectors. to the presidency of the Ukrainian the McCain/Palin team this year is UNA Early signs of disagreements between the coalition blocs was apparent when Ms. Workingmen’s Association in 1933, National Secretary Christine Kozak. Also Tymoshenko announced a volunteer Ukrainian army as of January 1, 2008, but Ukrainian socialists found a home in on board the GOP ticket are former UNA Minister of Defense Anatolii Hrytsenko said that wouldn’t happen until 2010 at the Scranton, Pa. With the Ukrainian national officers Taras Szmagala Sr., earliest. National Association firmly in the nation- Anatole Doroshenko, Stefko Kuropas and In an attempt to stall the formation of a coalition, the Communist Party of Ukraine alist camp, political ideologies were not Michael Kuropas. appealed the new election results announced by the Central Election Commission, say- part of the fierce competition between Following numerous interviews, Jason ing the CEC violated the Constitution of Ukraine in failing to uphold citizens’ free- the two fraternals. Margolis reported on the Ukrainian doms and rights and violated election laws. The accusations were under review by the During the 1920s, most Ukrainian American vote in a PRI (BBC) broadcast on Higher Administrative Court, but were likely to be rejected, said Yurii Syrotiuk, a nationalists tended to gravitate to the October 2. He underscored fear of Russia as political analyst with the Kyiv-based Open Society Foundation. Republican Party, largely as a result of the main issue among Ukrainian Americans. Volodymyr Lytvyn announced that his bloc would not join the coalition or the oppo- Presidents Warren G. Harding, Calvin Are you involved? If not, why not? And sition, but remain neutral. Mr. Lytvyn was likely positioning himself for the 2010 pres- Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover refusing to don’t tell me you’re focusing on politics in idential election. recognize the Soviet Union. This changed Ukraine. The only thing you can do for “It’s the single mechanism in which he can position himself as a realistic candidate with the election of Franklin Delano Ukraine from this shore is to wring your for the presidency in order to attract the electorate fed up with the conflict between the Roosevelt in 1932. Although FDR recog- hands and weep. By becoming engaged east and the west,” Mr. Syrotiuk explained. “In the meantime, Lytvyn may take advan- nized the Soviet Union, the Great here, you just might make a difference. tage of both sides and play them against each other.” Depression, which many blamed on the There’s still time. Republicans, brought Ukrainians into the Source: “Orange Revolution allies draft Democratic Forces Coalition pact,” by Democratic fold along with many other eth- Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is Zenon Zawada, The Ukrainian Weekly, October 21, 2007. nic Americans. Even my father voted for [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 No. 41

MUSIC NOTES The future of the bandura and the Ukrainian diaspora by Adrian Bryttan songs throughout the year but find their general cultural awareness invigorated. Perched high on the bank of the rush- Significantly, “bandura fever” even cross- ing Allegheny River in western es national lines. Pennsylvania, the annual Bandura Camp This year, Charles Sakuma, a Japanese organized by the Ukrainian Bandurist engineer from Edmonton, Alberta, attend- Chorus (UBC) maintains a unique tradi- ed his second UBC camp. He related how tion. But even more noteworthy, it is the happy he was to find a group of people only place where leading professionals who have song at the core of their being, and innovators converge to plan and something he said has started to disap- implement the future development of the pear from his culture. A fervent bandura instrument regarded as the symbol of enthusiast, “Charlie” recently travelled Ukraine. for three weeks in Ukraine specifically to Each summer for the past 29 years, the find and purchase a better instrument. He UBC has invited scores of enthusiastic can be seen on YouTube in Kozak clothes young bandurists to the idyllic mountain- performing at the Vasyl Herasymenko side near Emlenton, Pa., and provided Anniversary Concert in Lviv. expert instrumental and vocal instruction, It is encouraging to see many players as well as sacred music workshops. These from former years now returning as assis- skills are sharpened with daily eurhyth- tants and instructors. Various camp stu- mic drills and participation in numerous dents brought along other instruments, smaller and large ensembles. All students like violins and sopilky, and found time learn to overcome the difficulties of sing- to practice amid their busy daily sched- ing while playing independently with ule. But it is not all hard work for the tal- Campers at work and at play. both hands. ented young participants. This summer By the end of two weeks, the results featured “discotheque” evenings, cos- and Oleh Sozansky from Lviv. Julian precisely what had for all intents ceased are astounding by any standard. Even tume parties, movie showings, campfires Kytasty was Artist in Residence and this to exist back in their homeland. The result beginner groups are able to put on a and a Ukrainian version of “Family writer, the current Musical Director of the is that presently there are less than a musical performance that would take a Feud.” UBC, was guest lecturer. Instructors and handful of players in all of Ukraine who comparable ensemble of young string or These workshops were the brainchild staff presented a faculty talent show for can even attempt to tackle one of the wind players months if not years to mas- of Hryhory Kytasty, one of the premiere the students. Orest Sushko from most virtuosic compositions for bandura, ter. performers and composers for the instru- California brought down a film crew to “The Slave Market of Kaffa” by Hnat Many students from distant locales ment and formerly a long-time conductor tape camp rehearsals for his historical Khotkevych. with limited Ukrainian language skills of the UBC in Detroit. documentary of the UBC. Although he composed more than 100 find the summer experience so inspiring This summer, the camp’s Music But it is behind the scenes where really years ago, Khotkevych remains the com- that they not only continue practicing the Director Oleh Mahlay and Administrator exciting things happen, as teachers gather poser who most understood the sonorities Anatoly Murha assembled a faculty of to discuss bandura construction, reper- and unique capabilities of the bandura. Dr. Adrian Bryttan, a violinist and some of the top players and bandura toire and public relations. Amazingly, The UBC performs many of his composi- conductor, is the musical director of the authorities from around the world, includ- aside from the outmoded “old-world” tions in ensemble arrangements by Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. ing Yurij Petlura from Hamilton, Ontario, style instruments, there are less than 10 Canadian Victor Mishalov, the leading craftsmen worldwide who still construct authority and editor of Khotkevych’s modern banduras. works. Many of these solo and ensemble Michigan resident Andrij Birko, an pieces are only now being looked at for instructor and UBC member, presented the first time in Ukraine. for testing the third prototype of his origi- For over a century there was virtually nal design. For many years, Mr. Birko has nothing substantial composed for the been developing his own unique con- Kharkiv bandura. One would think the struction ideas and has now created a harp-like sonorities and unparalleled much lighter instrument with a more res- potential for brilliant passage work which onant sound than traditional banduras. never covers the voice would attract con- It is no exaggeration to say that, if not temporary composers. Sadly, this is not for the diaspora, the Kharkiv style of two- the case. Major funding and enthusiastic handed playing and even the Kharkiv supporters are sorely needed to create bandura itself might have fallen by the international competitions for new works wayside like the viola da gamba and other and to sponsor commissions to estab- once popular instruments. When the orig- lished leading composers. inal Kapelia of Bandurists started to tour To date, the role of the diaspora was the concert halls of the world after the crucial for the preservation of this tradi- second world war and finally settled in tion. Its future survival may depend on us Detroit, they singlemindedly nurtured as well.

“Charlie” Sakuma at rehearsal and with several girls. No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 9

NEW RELEASES Multilingual ‘Harvest of Despair’ New issue of St. Sophia bulletin is now available on DVD focuses on Patriarch Josyf Slipyj by Oksana Zakydalsky ELKINS PARK, Pa. – The St. Sophia Religious Association of TORONTO – Although the film Ukrainian Catholics, U.S.A., has “Harvest of Despair” about the Ukrainian published its bulletin for the fall of Famine-Holodomor, produced by the 2008. Edited by Irene Ivankovych Ukrainian Canadian Research and and Nicholas Rudnytzky, this issue Documentation Center (UCRDC), came of the Bulletin contains, in addi- out more than 20 years ago, it is still con- tion to financial reports, reports on sidered the most authoritative documen- events, letters and other docu- tary on the Famine. ments, as well as a series of inter- Proof of this is the fact that the esting memoirs about Patriarch Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Josyf Slipyj. through its Consulate General in Toronto, Among the authors of these has funded the production of 1,200 cop- memoirs are well-known personag- ies of a trilingual DVD of the film for the es in the Ukrainian community such purpose of making it available to the del- as: Mykola Haliv, Roma Hayda, egations meeting for the 63rd General Anna Maksymovych, Osip Roshka Assembly of the United Nations that and Father Yevhen Nebesniak. began on September 16. These memoirs are preceded by Although English, French and Spanish selected recollections of Patriarch versions of the film, as well as a Josyf offered by his successor, The trilingual DVD is also available Ukrainian one, have existed for some Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, who is time, this will be the first time the three for purchase. For information, contact scheduled to develop his memoirs language versions will be on one disc. [email protected]. further within a lecture series on Patriarch Josyf organized by the St. Sophia Association for this Fall. Reproduced on the cover of the Bulletin overview of recent St. Sophia publications, OSCE media freedom representative is the cover of “Confessor between East in English and in Ukrainian, and a note on and West. A Portrait of Ukrainian Cardinal the Josyf Slipyj Memorial Museum presents 10th anniversary publication Josyf Slipyj,” a trenchant study of the life Complex erected 10 years ago in his native and works of the Ukrainian churchman by village, Zazdrist, Ukraine, by the St. Sophia VIENNA – The OSCE Representative mented. the late Jaroslav Pelikan, a leading Association, which was headed at that time on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, The publication also displays a number American historian. This study was pub- by Romana Nawrockyj. on September 15 today presented his of drawings by two world-renowned edito- lished by William B. Eerdmans, Grand The Bulletin of the St. Sophia Religious office’s latest publication,” Ten Years for rial cartoonists, Plantu and Chappatte, who Rapids, Mich., in 1990, largely due to the Association of Ukrainian Catholics may Media Freedom – An OSCE Anniversary.” work respectively for Le Monde and the efforts of St. Sophia. be obtained by writing to: 7911 Released by the Organization for International Herald Tribune. The issue also features a comprehensive Whitewood Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027. Security and Cooperation in Europe, the The publication gathers the main find- publication features a wide array of con- ings of a roundtable, “Present and future tributors who outline the challenges that challenges to media freedom and free journalists and free thinkers face every day expression in the OSCE region,” which across the whole OSCE region: threats, was held in Vienna on February 29. physical attacks and even murder, censor- “Ten Years for Media Freedom – An ship, criminal proceedings in response to OSCE Anniversary” is available in English “critical” comments or the denial of their and will also be translated into Russian by right to discuss questions of public interest. the end of 2008. Both the roundtable and “Instead of dwelling on the past, the the publication were made possible by con- authors have addressed present and future tributions from the governments of Finland, challenges to media freedom and free Germany and the Netherlands. expression. This forward-looking focus is The 176-page publication can be down- an appropriate one to commemorate our loaded at: www.osce.org/fom/ first decade of work,” Mr. Haraszti com- item_11_32993.html.

UNA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE announces that CHICAGO DISTRICT’S FALL ORGANIZING MEETING

will be held on Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 11:00 AM Ukrainian Cultural Center 2247 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 Obligated to attend the annual meeting as voting members are District Committee Officers, Convention Delegates and two delegates the following Branches: 17, 22, 114, 125, 131, 139, 220, 221, 259, 379, 399, 423, 452, 472 All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting

Meeting will be attended by: Roma Lisovich – UNA Treasurer Bohdan Kukuruza – UNA Advisor Dr. Myron Kuropas – Honorary Member of UNA General Assembly

District committee Stefko Kuropas , District Chairman Andrij Skyba, Secretary Bohdan Kukuruza, Treasurer 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 No. 41 COMMENTARY: Curriculum guide presents information on Holodomor by Larissa Kyj PHILADELPHIA – In November 2007, each of the 500 Pennsylvania School Districts received a teacher- student workbook on the Ukrainian Holodomor of 1932-1933, titled “Genocide – Never Again.” The project was initiated at the spring 2004 meeting of the executive board of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America as part of the upcoming 75th anniver- sary of the 1932-1933 Holodomor. The committee stressed the paramount importance of developing educational mate- rials for schools in America. Many of our children have read books on other geno- cides as part of their school curricula, yet the Ukrainian Holodomor, the man-made Famine, during which 7 mil- lion to 10 million Ukrainians died in Stalin’s drive for col- lectivization, is rarely if ever mentioned. implemented during a study of other geno- This writer was given the responsibili- cides or as an independent unit. ty to start the project. Since each state has Although emphasis is on the Ukrainian its own board of education, Pennsylvania Holodomor, other major 20th century became the pilot state. Vera Bej, the 1988 genocides that have been ignored and Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year who swept aside from the consciousness of the currently works as a distinguished educa- world community are used as compari- tor in the Pennsylvania educational sys- son. The project’s interdisciplinary tem, was asked to spearhead the project. approach, multiple student activities and Mrs. Bej had successfully implemented direct connection to Pennsylvania stan- the Renaissance Project at the Ukrainian dards under the No Child Left Behind Heritage School in Philadelphia. (NCLB) provisions lend themselves to The Renaissance Project featured a higher-order thinking skills emphasized series of self-contained texts or review by current education theories. manuals for students in Grades 8 to 11, The Philadelphia branch of the UCCA who are studying for their “matura,” or under the leadership of Ihor Kushnir was graduation requirements, in our Ukrainian responsible for the solicitation of the studies schools. funds needed for the printing of 600 cop- The Holodomor project committee ies of the materials and postage. The consisted of Mrs. Bej, historian Dr. Ihor major contributors were Philadelphia Mirchuk and Chrisitine Shwed. Selfreliance, the National Holodomor Mrs. Bej, as project leader, was respon- Committee, UCCA Philadelphia Branch sible for the pedagogical aspects of the and the Heritage Foundation. project, which included all the exercises, Thanks to the persistent efforts of Mrs. activities and standards. Dr. Mirchuk, of Bej, the project was sanctioned by the the Ukrainian Congress Committee of Department of Education of the America, wrote the concise history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and each Genocide-Famine and Frequently Asked packet included a letter from Jeffrey A. Questions (FAQs). Ms. Shwed, who is the Zeiders, the social studies educational advi- educational chair for the Ukrainian sor for the Pennsylvania Department of National Women’s League of America Education. In a written memo, Mr. Zeiders (UNWLA), was responsible for the for- noted: “The resources you hold investigate matting and design of the book. Using her the genocide in Ukraine, or Holodomor of computer skills she made the pages of the 1932. As in the case of other genocides in book eye-catching without intruding on the 20th century, many chose not to act or content. As well, she was responsible for even acknowledge the calamitous design choosing the cover, title and artwork and that was all too apparent. Use these creating an additional PowerPoint presen- resources to discover how such terrible mis- tation about all the other 20th century fortunes can be visited upon the innocent, genocides (this presentation is on a CD and how future generations can help to pre- that comes with each book). vent such occurrences.” Major parts of the resource book include We urge Ukrainian heritage educators basic definitions of Genocide as accepted to get involved in this important project. by the United Nations, a short history of The materials are ready and can be readi- the Ukrainian Holodomor, FAQs, journal ly adapted to each and every state’s entries both supporting and denying the requirements. If you are interested in existence of the Holodomor, first-hand working in your state to include the accounts, as well as separate lessons in Ukrainian Holodomor as part of the high geography, art, mathematics and poetry. school curriculum, please call the The user-friendly materials can easily be Ukrainian Congress Committee of America office in New York at 212-228-6840, or e-mail [email protected]. Larissa Kyj is executive vice-president Remember, it is time that the world of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of finally knows about this genocide that America. devastated the Ukrainian nation.

To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly: call 973-292-9800 x 3042. No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 11 “As We Slept” exhibit recalls Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 WINNIPEG, Manitoba – The portrayal around ethics, identity and the rehabilitation of reality as illusion and illusion marketed of historical memory.” as reality is the central theme of an exhibi- “Throughout history our Ukrainian tion of drawings by Olexander Wlasenko, nation has suffered much injustice and pain “As We Slept,” which opened at Oseredok in its efforts to preserve our ancestral home- Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre land. However, nothing surpasses the devas- on Sunday, October 5. tating impact of the Holodomor – that man- The exhibition consists of six large-scale made Famine engineered by the Stalinist drawings of images appropriated from regime in 1932.” This statement by Dr. Soviet propaganda sources that depict Oleh Gerus, president of Oseredok, provid- Socialist images of progress, prosperity and ed the context for his opening remarks at the contentment. They represent a state perpetu- exhibition. ated and marketed illusion of Soviet reality. Characterizing this horrific occurrence as Juxtaposing this illusion are seven intimate a “genocidal act,” he unequivocally scaled whitewashed wall drawings of acknowledged Stalin’s deliberate policy of Famine victims in Soviet Ukraine in extermination and referred to the recogni- 1932-1933. These represent a horrific reality tion of the Holodomor as genocide by many that was consistently denied by the Soviet nations, Russia being the great exception. regime and became expunged from human Dr. Gerus concluded by commenting on memory. It is reality marketed as illusion. the nature of Mr. Wlasenko’s art: “The Mr. Wlasenko’s exhibition “seeks to Wlasenko exhibit powerfully explores the Olexander Wlasenko next to one of his paintings. puncture this totalitarian master narrative.” essence of Stalinism – its inherent contra- Son of a Holodomor survivor, Mr. Wlasenko diction between reality – the Holodomor – Realist image, is subverted by the white- line position of the Stalinist state that persist- attempts to grapple with the monumental and fiction – the depiction of Soviet life as washed images of the decomposing body of ed in treating the Famine as illusion or fic- human tragedy that almost brought extinc- rich and fulfilling.” a man and two fully dressed corpses lying tion. The fact that these whitewashed images tion to his family. In his artist statement, he The imagery evoked by Mr. Wlasenko is contorted in a field. An untitled work will be obliterated after the exhibition – liter- declares: “As a whole, this project explores very powerful. The depiction of collective depicts two strong women pouring an abun- ally painted over – speaks to the obliteration the tension between artifice and actuality, farm workers, energetically harvesting a dance of grain. Mr. Wlasenko points out the of the Famine from human memory and his- participating in the contemporary discourse field of wheat, a quintessential Socialist disparity of this reality by drawing the view- torical reality. Mr. Wlasenko’s art does not er’s eye toward a depiction of two destitute seek to condemn but to inform and reconcile. women standing over a corpse. In a similar He places his faith “in the restorative power vein, he contrasts a healthy-looking group of of art, a force which creates forums of dis- school children with a whitewashed image cussion, puncturing the silence of sleep,” Dr. of an orphan. “These poignant images pres- Darewych notes. ent a human tragedy that unsettles our per- Mr. Wlasenko graduated from the ception of truth and calls attention to the University of Western Ontario with a seductive power of deception,” writes Masters of Fine Art. He has exhibited exten- Sophia Kachor, exhibition curator in the sively in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, foreword to the exhibition catalogue. Edmonton and Dawson City in the Yukon, In her essay on Mr. Wlasenko, Dr. Daria as well as internationally in Florence and Zelska Darewych describes these drawings Kyiv. as an installation piece, a complete entity of He is the recipient of awards for drawing post-modern contemporary art. “By careful and grants from The Canada Council and cropping of Soviet propaganda photographs the Ontario Arts Council. He has worked as and blowing them up, as well as reproduc- assistant curator at the Robert McLaughlin ing published images of the Holodomor- Gallery in Oshawa, Ontario and is currently Famine, Olexander Wlasenko deconstructs curator at Station Gallery in Whitby, both and questions accepted concepts of Ontario. reality and history,” she states. The exhibition will run through to The ephemeral nature of the drawings November 29. An exhibition catalogue may depicting Famine victims plays out on sever- be ordered by e-mail, [email protected], or by “Two Women” by Olexander Wlasenko. al levels. The whitewash reflects the hard- telephone, 204-942-0218. Luhovy prepares documentary on Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 MONTREAL – To mark the 75th anni- versary of the 1932-1933 Famine-Genocide in Soviet Ukraine, a new Canadian docu- mentary film is being made by award-win- ning Montreal filmmaker Yurij Luhovy, member of the Canadian Film and Television Academy. Tentatively titled “Genocide Revealed,” the documentary is based on newly released archive material revealing the genocidal intent of the man-made Famine; interviews with various historians and specialists in Holodomor research; and survivors in Ukraine. The documentary will capture the broad scope of Joseph Stalin’s policies aimed at destroying Ukrainians as a nation. This feature-documentary, scheduled to be released in November, is endorsed by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Federation, the Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Center and the Prosvita Cultural Association of Lachine, Quebec. Pre-production for the film began in February of this year. Coordinated from Montreal, advance locations for shooting were set up at various Famine-affected areas in eastern Ukraine. With the assis- tance of a Ukrainian crew, the Canadian production team shot the film this May and June, interviewing many survivors, including survivors near the Ukraine- Camera operator Adriana Luhova (right) with film director Yurij Luhovy (center), and historian Nina Lapchinska (back (Continued on page 20) right), film Famine-Genocide survivor Fedir Perederii in the Dnipropetrovsk region. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 No. 41 Sochynsky’s “Abstract Intrigue” on view at Noyes Museum of Art OCEANVILLE, N.J. – The Noyes took shape as in “The Scream,” an eerie, Museum of Art will present a major solo surrealistic reference to the Norwegian exhibition by artist Ilona Sochynsky titled Expressionist Edvard Munchs “Abstract Intrigue” from October 14 (1863-1944) painting of the same name through November 30, with an artist’s completed in 1893. opening reception on November 14 at 5-8 Her series titled “Fragments” compris- p.m. es interrelated paintings that magnify the “Abstract Intrigue,” which features subject matter into abstract and uncertain over 26 oil paintings on canvas in vary- forms. In reference to her creative pro- ing levels of abstraction, is the artist’s cess the artist said, “I am currently first solo show at the Noyes Museum. engaged in studying the singular aspect Ms. Sochynsky’s abstract paintings of what is left over after deconstruction. combine surrealism with intense colors in Can some sense be made of a fragment? striking shapes that move the viewer Can it permutate into something that has across the canvas. A strong compositional meaning for me? I hope the viewer will tension creates the sense of push and pull be sensitive to the personal imagery where images dance, collide, overshadow which emerges. The art explores the and float. The artist displays a clear love struggle of the unconscious bubbles of of composition, design and balance in her the psyche as it strives to the surface work, creating abstract illusions where seeking to liberate itself from the con- images offer brief glimpses of reality. straints of convention and social norms.” She reconstructs images by breaking In her “Capriccio” series Ms. down components and rebuilding them Sochynsky explores pushing the confines into one collage-like surface. of the paintings’ edges to explore three- Recognizable forms, human or otherwise, dimensional qualities as if the shapes motivate the viewer to see something were about to explode from their bound- familiar, but the true meaning of each aries. “Capriccio” in the musical sense “Solor’s Dream” (2008) by Ilona Sochynsky. image remains unknown. can be defined as an instrumental piece Ms. Sochynsky’s work reflects her in free-form style. Ms. Sochynsky decid- She owned a design firm specializing General funding for The Noyes Museum strong classical art training, technical edly moved away from the confines of a in corporate communications and has of Art is provided by the New Jersey mastery and design background. Her rectangular canvas, by adding a third taught as an adjunct professor at the State Council on the Arts/Department of work shares many common themes and dimension and altering the shape of the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey State, a state partner of the National concerns that emerged in the art field canvas. The contours of the fragments and Atlantic Cape Community College. Endowment for the Arts; the Mr. and Mrs. during the 1960s and 1970s, including within the composition dictate the outer Her work is held in many private col- Fred Winslow Noyes Foundation; the the Photorealism movement and the work borders. Ms. Sochynsky’s new direction lections, as well as the permanent collec- Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; the of American painter James Rosenquist is still evolving as her recent work tions of The Zimmerli Art Museum in Odessa F. and Henry D. Kahrs Charitable (1933). In her earlier work, Ms. explores altering levels of focus. New Jersey, The Ukrainian Museum in Trust. Sochynsky used photography and collage Exploring the mystery of obscuring reali- New York and The Noyes Museum of Art The museum is open Tuesday through as source materials from which to experi- ty and playing with spatial illusion she in New Jersey. She has recently been Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and ment. She painted photo-realistic images forges new boundaries yet to be defined. inducted into Who’s Who in American Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. It is closed on and densely packed compositions filled Ms. Sochynsky, who resides in Art. Information about the artist can be Mondays and major holidays. The Noyes with intense bursts of color next to dark Margate, N.J., is a prolific fine artist, found at www.ilonasochynsky.com Museum of Art is located one and a half ominous shapes. In the search to expand graphic designer and educator. A gradu- The Noyes Museum of Art was found- miles south of Historic Smithville Village, her earlier hyper-realistic work the artist ate of the Rhode Island School of Design ed in 1983 to collect, preserve and exhibit off Route 9, on Lily Lake Road in pushed toward more free design where and Yale University School of Art, she American fine art, crafts and folk art with Oceanville, N.J. Admission fees are $4 color, pattern and composition became has been exhibiting her works in a multi- an emphasis on New Jersey artists and for adults and $3 for seniors and students. dominant characters. plicity of media since the early 1980s in folk art forms, reflecting the area’s long For more information, call 609-652-8848 Realism moved increasingly toward New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, history, traditions, landscape and culture. or visit www.noyesmuseum.org. abstraction and the mysteriousness of Delaware, Washington, D.C., Maryland floating forms and overlapping planes and Rhode Island. selves with the Tymoshenko Bloc in the Yushchenko dismisses... last session – the Yushchenko Bloc will (Continued from page 1) consist of two parties, the Our Ukraine’s dent’s inner circle before he was dismissed People’s Union and the Ukrainian People’s as a defense minister. “I also rebuke the Party led by Yurii Kostenko. prime minister, who didn’t understand the Mr. Kostenko managed to convince consequences of the September 2 vote, not Our Ukraine to unite with his party after understanding what could happen further.” reportedly threatening the president that Ms. Tymoshenko withstood the his party would join with the nationalist Presidential Secretariat’s attacks until the Svoboda All-Ukrainian Union, which Russian-Georgian war, when the accusa- would have swiped significant votes away tions of treason and collusion with the from any pro-presidential force, Kremlin prompted her to join Parliament’s Ukrayinska Pravda reported. pro-Russian forces in stripping the presi- The last time Mr. Yushchenko lent his dent’s authority – legislation which she name to a bloc was the 2002 parliamenta- rescinded a few weeks later, acting in ry election, when the Our Ukraine – concert with Our Ukraine. Viktor Yushchenko Bloc won the most Political experts and pollsters predict votes but failed to secure a majority. the same five political forces currently in In the last two elections the Our Parliament will gain re-election with only Ukraine bloc has competed for Parliament slightly different results. without any formal ties to the Ukrainian The biggest difference is that the Our president, adjusting its moniker from Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense bloc has Ukraine in the 2006 election to the Our dissolved and will morph into a new proj- Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense bloc in ect after the financer of the People’s Self- last year’s election. Defense party, David Zhvania, became Mr. Yushchenko’s sworn enemy for align- The Ukrainian president’s decision ing himself with the Tymoshenko Bloc drew an immediate reprimand from for- during the last parliamentary session. mer Polish President Alexander Despite his vast unpopularity, President Kwasniewski, a key behind-the-scenes Yushchenko is reportedly preparing to player in Ukrainian politics. “I believe compete in the parliamentary elections by this is a grave mistake, and I deeply regret forming a political bloc bearing his name this happened,” he told Polish television. – the Viktor Yushchenko Bloc – that The December election could become would replace Our Ukraine, reported “a substantial downfall for President Ukrayina Moloda, a pro-presidential daily Yushchenko himself,” Mr. Kwasniewski newspaper. said, adding that it will result in “postpon- Instead of consisting of nine political ing serious discussions on European Union parties – most of which burned their bridg- and North Atlantic Treaty Organization es with Mr. Yushchenko by aligning them- admission by many months.” No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 13 GENERATION UKE Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas and Yarema Belej Coming back home for the first time: a visit to Ukraine by Yarema Belej gentleman’s mother, as he was in the city. Under a great tree, a hunched and very What makes me Ukrainian was not old lady slowly recounted stories about found in Ukraine’s major cities, under- my family. She remembered who they neath its great statues, at the foot of the were, and she was very curious about the many landmarks, museums and cavern- newer generations. ous subways, or between the pages of a I had heard stories, but here I had book, but at the side of a dusty road in a somebody telling me through her own small village two hours west of Lviv. memories that my grandmother’s family During my first trip to Ukraine, with was the foremost family in the area. They my girlfriend Lydia, I was amazed at all were fairly wealthy and shared that the things that surrounded me: the great wealth with those surrounding them. She architecture, the numerous beautiful spoke highly of their character, their help, churches, the many cultural facets and and their intelligence. the people that make up Ukraine. This was the first inkling of what was We tried to do a little bit of everything to come. As I was being summoned to the during our two weeks in Ukraine. We end of the short road, the old lady under visited Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and the tree hugged and kissed me as if I Yaremche in the Carpathian Mountains, were a grandson she hadn’t seen in years. bathed in the Black Sea in Yalta and cele- I made my way to the end of the short brated Ukrainian Independence Day in side street and turned the corner and was Kyiv. We saw the sights, we walked until faced with four ladies standing next to our feet were numb, we ate a bit of every- Lydia’s cousin. They were holding books thing, we tasted all kinds of vodkas and and pictures and wearing great big smiles. beer, and we even met with family. It was After some introductions we strolled to Yarema Belej learns some family history from his grandmother’s former classmate. a trip that had everything. the local school that was founded and It was during our fourth day in Lviv overseen by my great-grandfather in the made my great-grandfather such a central up in the same village. They fell in love that Lydia’s cousin Slavtsia was kind early 1920s. figure also made him a target. It was with and after their marriage escaped on their enough to give us a ride towards the vil- This school became the epicenter of tears that the oldest of the ladies recalled the own and soon were involved in the lage whence my grandparents hailed. the region, as it was the first school in the story of when the NKVD (the Soviet secret Ukrainian resistance. My grandmother Armed only with the name of the village area. It was arguably one of the greatest police) dragged four men from the church would not return for more than 50 years. and its neighboring town, Zhovkva, we things to happen to the village. We stood during an evening service at the church in Our whole trip was amazing. I saw all set off in the car. near the school with its current principal 1941, one of whom was Evhen Hradiuk. the sights one should see on a first trip to I had spoken at length with my mother for a while, talked about how it used to My great-grandfather was taken away Ukraine, yet the moment that left me about where my Baba and Dido came look, how the school has evolved and its and never returned to his beloved village. speechless and with a real sense of who I from; she recounted stories that she was humble future. He was tortured to reveal the names of am came during a day in the small village told by her parents, having never been to Soon we were moving towards the patriots and did not break, according to of Kunyn, Lviv region. Ukraine herself. My grandmother has “Silska Rada” (Village Council) hall, local sources. He was murdered at the I have always known that it is impor- visited the village once in the last 60 where I was put in the middle of a crowd center of the local town of Zhovkva. This tant that I continue to speak Ukrainian, years, spending a short time in 1996. of 12 ladies who were eager to discuss forced my great-grandmother to flee the work in Ukrainian organizations and sur- As we pulled into the village, I real- my family. Amongst these women were village, because she heard that those round myself with Ukrainians. However, ized I had nothing to go on, nobody to two very old women who reminded me responsible were coming back. now I realize it is what my great-grandfa- speak to, no known address. We parked greatly of my grandmother. One of them My grandmother and grandfather grew ther would have expected. the car near the church and went toward was my grandmother’s school mate, and it, figuring that a priest might know with the other worked as my great-grandpar- whom we should speak. After seeing that ent’s maid. it was closed, we went and knocked on There truly was nothing bad they could the door of a nearby home. say about my forebears: my great-grand- PHOTO OF THE MONTH With nervous voices we introduced mother was a teacher and the local nurse, ourselves to the lady who answered the and my great grandfather Evhen was a door and told her why we were there. At leader in every sense of the word. Their the mention of my Baba’s family name – work in the village was seen in every Hradiuk – she summoned her husband facet of life. They had their hands in and he met us with a big smile, immedi- everything – schooling, activities con- ately naming villagers who might know nected to the church, government and something about the family. We set off to social circles. For the next three hours the find the local historian, who also was a ladies told me stories, filled in gaps and member of the oblast government. asked questions about our family today. Unfortunately, we spoke only to the Unfortunately, the admirable traits that

NEW YORK – Amanda Perrin Chraplyvy (left) of Jersey City, N.J., meets with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko during his recent visit to New York City. During his tour of the New York Stock Exchange Ms. Perrin Chraplyvy, a specialist in devel- opment and corporate citizenship at NYSE Euronext, had some one one-on-one time to speak to the Ukrainian leader. Next to Ms. Perrin Chraplyvy is fellow Ukrainian American George Sierant, managing director, international listings, at the NYSE.

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comprising the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Consultations on Rada’s dissolution couple to Ukraine is a sign of respect for NEWSBRIEFS the Our Ukraine –People’s Self-Defense our history, President Viktor Yushchenko KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko (Continued from page 2) Bloc continued on October 8, but bore no said as he addressed the Ukraine-Sweden on October 8 held consultations on the fruit. The leader of the OU-PSD faction, Business Forum in Kyiv on October 1. September in support of bills reducing early termination of the Verkhovna Rada’s presidential powers. (These five proposed Viacheslav Kyrylenko, said that the out- King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of powers, according to the presidential press Sweden arrived on a four-day visit to laws were cancelled by the YTB and come of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s service. “In accordance with Part 3, Article OU-PSD votes on October 2.) The presi- visit to Moscow has prevented the talks Ukraine. The Swedish king had visited 90 of the Constitution of Ukraine, President Kyiv 30 years ago, during Soviet times. dent continued to claim that “a scenario from being quickly completed. He accused Viktor Yushchenko has started consulta- that was brought in from abroad” to turn the Ukrainian prime minister of “silence” in For Queen Silvia this is her third visit to tions on taking a decision on the early ter- Ukraine. Last year she and her younger around “the national course by 180 response to the accusations of illegal arms mination of powers of the Verkhovna Rada daughter, Princess Madeleine, participated degrees” continues to be a threat. trade leveled by the president and the prime of the sixth convocation with Verkhovna (Ukrinform) in a conference on combating trafficking in minister of Russia against Ukraine. At the Rada Chairman Arseniy Yatsenyuk, his human beings that was organized in same time, speaking for the OU-PSD deputies and the heads of deputy factions Talks on restoration of coalition continue Ukraine by the International Organization Political Council, Pavlo Zhebrivsky again in Parliament,” read the statement. for Migration. President Yushchenko and KYIV – Talks between the factions of expressed his desire to form a new demo- Representatives of the Party of Regions his wife, Kateryna Yushchenko, and King the former Democratic Forces Coalition, cratic coalition. (Ukrinform) and the Communist Party believe that these Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia partici- are “only formalities.” The Yulia pated in the opening ceremony of the inter- Tymoshenko Bloc also said it believed the national exhibition titled “Ukraine-Sweden: consultations would end with a presidential At the Crossroads of History” at the Kyiv decree on the Parliament’s dissolution. CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS History Museum. Mr. Yushchenko stressed (Ukrinform) that now the Ukrainian public will have an TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 Merkel slows bids for MAPs opportunity to familiarize itself with relics, sacred Kozak artifacts from the 17th-18th SERVICES PROFESSIONALS ST. PETERSBURG – Speaking on centuries, when Ukraine was trying to gain October 2 at a press conference here with its independence. Speaking about the deep Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, historic ties between Ukraine and Sweden, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the president noted the importance of the NATO will not give Georgia and Ukraine military-political alliance with Sweden, the Membership Action Plans (MAPs) at a for- 300th anniversary of which is being eign ministers’ meeting later this year. Her marked this year. King Carl XVI Gustaf of rejection of the MAPs for the two countries Sweden stressed the importance of study- is, in effect, a veto, as NATO operates by ing the common pages of the two countries’ consensus. Russia is opposed to NATO’s histories today, when contacts between expansion to former Soviet republics. Ukraine and Sweden have considerably According to the Wall Street Journal, intensified in all areas – from the trade- Georgian Integration Minister Temuri economic sphere to social and cultural Yakobashvili reacted to Ms. Merkel’s state- aspects. The Ukraine-Sweden exhibition ment by saying it would have been better includes 100 displays from 19 Ukrainian for the chancellor to make her decision in and six Swedish museums, among them a December, and base it on NATO’s reports banner bearing the emblem of Hetman Ivan on Georgia’s progress toward meeting the Mazepa; original letters by Hetmans alliance’s criteria for MAP. “This is becom- Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, Ivan Vyhovskyi, ing a highly politicized, rather than a tech- Mazepa and Pylyp Orlyk to Swedish kings; nical, performance-based decision,” he and the hetman’s mace of Orlyk. The said. (Wall Street Journal) Swedish king also traveled to the Kherson Tymoshenko’s visit to Moscow region, where he opened a new road to Zmiivka, a village in the Beryslav district, MOSCOW – Ukraine’s Prime Minister where ethnic Swedes live. The king and Yulia Tymoshenko is hoping for a long- Kherson Oblast State Administration Chair term gas agreement with Russia, she said Borys Silenkov cut a symbolic ribbon on October 2 prior to meeting with her across the recently built road. Swedish set- MERCHANDISE Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in tlers from Dago Island came to live in the Novo-Ogaryovo, Russia. According to the Kherson region over 220 years ago. Ms. Tymoshenko, the Ukrainian and Together with Ukrainians, they survived Russian parties have all the opportunities the horrors of a civil war, the Holodomor and grounds to agree on the gas supply and and Stalin’s reprisals, Mr. Silenko said at a gradual transition to market prices. the ceremony. (Ukrinform) “Europe, Russia and Ukraine need this,” OPPORTUNITY she stressed. Mr. Putin confirmed that the Holodomor exhibit in Sweden issue of energy supplies was to be consid- KYIV – The exhibition “The Holodomor ered at the meeting as its top priority. “It is of 1932-1933 in Ukraine” opened in the Great opportunity has come. necessary to fix this complicated topic [that central library of the Swedish city of I hereby introduce a Part Time Payment involves] intricate negotiations with part- Collection Representative to you and it Vasteras. The exhibition is being held as ners from Central Asia,” the Russian prime takes little out of your time, it pays any part of the information campaign titled minister said. Ms. Tymoshenko also said amount in a month plus benefi ts and “Crimes of the Stalin Regime against while visiting Russia that the country is takes only little of your time. Humanity.” The Swedish forum Live Ukraine’s strategic partner. At the same Please send e-mail to History is hosting the exhibition. 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A pilot in command made a decision be held according to a proportional prefer- to fly back to the airport; the landing was ential system in a multi-member national performed without problems. There were constituency divided into 27 election dis- eight crewmembers and 25 passengers tricts, under two election lists (national and onboard. The State Aircraft Enterprise territorial) of candidates for deputies from “Ukraine” is the plane’s owner and opera- political parties or blocs. Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Deputy Serhii Teriokhin said earlier Run your advertisement here, tor. The president then used a reserve plane to go to Lviv. (Ukrinform). that the election threshold should be in The Ukrainian Weekly’s increased from the current 3 percent to 10 CLASSIFIEDS section. Swedish royals visit Kyiv percent. (Ukrinform) KYIV – The visit of the Swedish royal (Continued on page 15) No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 15

Hryhorii Surkis, represented the interests of Polish archeologists has made it possible to Dnipropetrovsk National University ranked NEWSBRIEFS Ukraine in Bordeaux. Ukraine and Poland find unique artifacts of the Greek and first among the southern region’s higher (Continued from page 14) gained the right to host the finals of the Roman civilizations. (Ukrinform) educational establishments (Autonomous Mriya may be used in space projects Euro-2012 in April 2007. Reports that the Republic of Crimea, Zaporizhia, Mykolayiv two countries could be deprived of this 200th anniversary of German settlement and Odesa regions). And the best higher KYIV – Kyiv’s Antonov aircraft engi- right arose after visits by UEFA President KYIV – The Rozdilna district in the educational establishment in eastern Ukraine neering complex is studying prospects for Michel Platini to Ukraine and Poland in Odesa region on September 23 marked the (Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions) is renewal of the participation of Ukraine’s March and July. Following each of his vis- 200th anniversary of German settlement in the Yaroslav Mudryi National Legal AN-225 Mriya in outer space programs for its, Mr. Platini warned the organizers of the Ukraine’s southern steppes and of the Academy of Ukraine (Kharkiv). The list of launching rocket carriers into space, said tournament that they could be deprived of urban-type locality named Lymanske (for- top schools aims to single out those higher General Designer Dmytro Kiva on October the right to host the Euro-2012 finals if mer Zelz). Taking part in the celebrations educational establishments that provide the 1. The Antonov complex is now taking part they fail to conduct more intensive prepara- were Heorhii Mozer, president of the most valuable practical education, meet the in the projects of two aerospace systems, tions for the soccer championship. Association of Germans of Ukraine, a large requirements of the real sector of the econo- Svitiaz and Space Clipper. Svitiaz is a sys- Euro-2012 matches are to be held in Kyiv, group of scholars from Ukraine, the my and guarantee reliable job opportunities. tem in which the Mriya is a base carrier Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Lviv, while Commonwealth of Independent States and (Ukrinform) and the Zenith is the base rocket. Space Kharkiv and Odesa are additional host cit- the Baltic countries who are studying the Berezhany honors Pope John Paul II Clipper is a system with the smaller ies. (Ukrinform) history and social-cultural development of AN-124 as base carrier plane and base car- the German ethnos, as well as descendants KYIV – A bronze monument to Pope rier rocket is the Vega. The AN-225 Mriya Hryvnia is most beautiful currency of the Zelz colony residents. A seminar was John Paul II has been erected in the town of is a transport plane of extra-high capacity. KYIV – The Ukrainian hryvnia has been held for experts in history and local lore Berezhany, Ternopil region, it was reported It was designed and built in 1984-1988 to declared the most beautiful currency in the who arrived from various regions of on October 6. A bust of the pontiff was carry a broad range of cargoes (bulky, world. Swiss financiers came to that conclu- Ukraine and former Soviet republics. erected near the Blessed Virgin Mary heavy, long-length) weighting up to 250 sion during an annual meeting in mid-Sep- (Ukrinform) Roman Catholic Church, according to the tons; for intracontinental non-stop transpor- tember of the International Finance Bank press service of the Ternopil City Council. tation of 180-200 tons of cargo; interconti- (IFB). Experts considered more than 50 of Polish cards for Ukrainian citizens Following a liturgy, the monument was nental transportation of up to 150 tons of the most popular currencies in the world. blessed by the priests of two traditional cargo; transportation of heavy and big-vol- KYIV – The Polish Consulate General The contest’s criteria included not only the Christian confessions in the city. The monu- ume mono-cargoes of up to 200 tons on the in Kharkiv in late September began issuing aesthetic appearance of banknotes, their pay- ment was built in Poland, the motherland of hull. (Ukrinform) Polish cards to Ukrainian citizens. The ing capacity and banking provision, but also cards attest that the citizen has a Polish Pope John Paul II. It has an engraving writ- Lithuanians plan Holodomor film the historic significance of images depicted background, Consul General Grzegorz ten in the Ukrainian and Polish languages on them (personalities and architectural Opalinski explained. The Polish card gives that reads: “Thank you, Ukrainian land, for KYIV – Lithuania’s national film com- facilities). The five most beautiful currencies special privileges to holders, such as the an example of loyalty to the Gospel. John pany has begun filming in Ukraine a docu- include the Ukrainian hryvnia, the Australian opportunity to study at higher educational Paul II. Kyiv. June 24, 2001.” A monument mentary about the Holodomor. In Kyiv the dollar, the euro, the Bulgarian lev and the establishments in Poland free of charge, a to John Paul II was erected in Odesa in Lithuanian documentarians are to study U.S. dollar. (Ukrinform) simplified visa regime, and assistance in August. John Paul II died on April 2, 2005, archival materials with the help of the business activities. According to the after 26 years as pontiff. (Ukrinform) Security Service of Ukraine and talk to his- Ancient city uncovered in Crimea Consulate of Poland, over 400,000 people torians. Film director Rimas Bruzhas noted Kolomoisky heads Jewish Community KYIV – Polish scientists have made an of Polish origin live in Ukraine, mostly in that the film’s title is not yet defined, but it archeological discovery in Kerch, the country’s western regions. There are was decided that it will certainly contain KYIV – Well-known businessman and Autonomous Republic of Crimea, approximately 15,000 citizens of Polish the word Holodomor. (Ukrinform) billionaire from Dnipropetrovsk Ihor LIGABusinessInform reported, citing a origin in the Kharkiv region. (Ukrinform) Kolomoiysky has been elected to head the Ukraine, Poland remain Euro-2012 hosts press conference held on September 23 United Jewish Community of Ukraine dur- Tashkent exhibit of Ukrainian art after the completion of the first season of a ing the organization’s fifth congress, it was KYIV – The UEFA Executive Ukrainian-Polish archeological project in KYIV – An exhibition of Ukrainian and reported on October 6. Mr. Kolomoisky Committee at a meeting in Bordeaux, the Bosporus City of Tiritake. The press Uzbek painters titled “Memory of the replaced Vadym Rabinovych, who headed France, on September 26 decided to reserve conference took place at Poland’s National Heart” kicked off in the capital of the United Jewish Community for 10 years. the right for Ukraine and Poland to orga- Museum. Polish archeological mission Uzbekistan in late September. The exposi- Mr. Kolomoisky said that he would contin- nize and host the finals of the Euro-2012 head Alfred Twardecki presented to the tion presents about 80 works by painters ue developing the community, which, in European Football (Soccer) Championship. audience materials on the discovery by a and sculptors, and a collection of Ukrainian turn, is making a significant contribution to At the same time, UEFA ordered the two Ukrainian-Polish archeology team of an the development of Ukraine as a democrat- countries to speed up the pace of prepara- national clothing. The artists are ethnic ancient stone street of the Tiritake, located ic state. He also said that he would do his tions for the Euro-2012. The president of on the territory of present-day Kerch. It Ukrainians, Crimean Tatars as well as best to support regional Jewish organiza- the Football Federation of Ukraine and an was noted at the press conference that the Uzbek painters who studied in Ukraine’s tions, especially in fighting manifestations UEFA executive committee member, joint scientific work of Ukrainian and higher educational establishments, includ- ing those who create art on Ukrainian of anti-Semitism and xenophobia. themes. “Ethnic Ukrainians living in (Ukrinform) Uzbekistan feel like full-fledged members Ukraine starts fall draft Ukraine calls on Russian leaders of society. The country’s leaders aid the preservation and development of native KYIV – Ukrainian Defense Minister language, culture and unique Ukrainian Yurii Yekhanurov signed an order on the to stop rejecting historical truth creative activities,” said Ukraine’s transfer to the reserve of military staff and Ambassador to Uzbekistan Viacheslav on the country’s regular draft, the minis- Ukrinform of the U.N. Human Rights Council. Pokhvalskyi, speaking at the exhibit’s try’s press-service reported on October 7. But in view of the fact that the KYIV – Ukraine on September 26 opening. (Ukrinform) The order envisages the transfer to the Holodomor issue was being consid- reserve in October-November from called on Russian leaders and politi- Ukraine’s top universities announced ered at other world forums, on Ukraine’s armed forces of soldiers and sail- cians to stop rejecting the historical September 22 the Ukrainian delega- KYIV – The leading Ukrainian financial ors, sergeants and first sergeants drafted in truth about Holodomor of 1932-1933 tion, in the spirit of compromise, October-November 2007, as well as sailors in Ukraine, as well as attempting to decided not to insist on a vote for the and industrial group, System Capital and first sergeants of ships, vessels and justify and whitewash crimes of the council’s draft resolution. Management (SCM), and the charity foun- landing bays of combat support of the Stalin regime. It is hard to believe that the country dation Development of Ukraine presented a naval forces drafted in April-May 2007. In Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign that gave the world great humanists rating of Ukrainian institutions of higher October-November male Ukrainians born Affairs (MFA) reacted with indigna- like Tolstoy and Andrei Sakharov, educational institutions by region. According in 1983-1990 who have reached the age of tion to a statement of the Russian “allows itself to mock Ukraine’s to the SCM press service, the best higher Ministry of Foreign Affairs released to attempts to commemorate victims of educational establishment of western 18 and have no grounds for deferment will the media on September 24, in which this great tragedy in order to prevent Ukraine (which encompasses the Volyn, be drafted. In all, 25,550 people are sup- it commented in a contemptuous man- [such a tragedy] from happening again. Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rivne, posed to be drafted: 20,000 young men to ner on Ukraine’s aspirations to inform Instead of paying tribute to the com- Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, and Chernivtsi the armed forces, 5,000 to the Ministry of the international community about mon past of our peoples, the Russian regions) is the National University of Lviv Internal Affairs troops and 550 to the State Holodomor. leadership, on the contrary, is making Polytechnic. The top school of the central Special Transport Service. The Defense Russia’s position, the Ukrainian significant efforts to discredit the region (Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Ministry had previously reported that 54 MFA’s statement noted, looks even Holodomor’s tragedy,” the Ukrainian Kirovohrad, Poltava, Sumy, Cherkasy and percent of the manpower of the armed forc- more questionable when one considers MFA’s statement reads. Chernihiv regions) is the National Taras es was composed of contracted military that in November 2003 the Russian The Russian MFA placed on its offi- Shevchenko University of Kyiv. staff. (Ukrinform) Federation, along with 63 other mem- cial website a statement “On the bers of the United Nations, backed a Failure of Ukraine’s Plan on the joint statement about “the 70th anni- Holodomor in the U.N. Human Rights versary of the Ukrainian tragedy,” and Council,” saying that “On September Wherever you are, that in 2007 the UNESCO General 24 Ukraine’s delegation in the United Assembly approved a resolution com- Nations Human Rights Council, hav- The Ukrainian Weekly can be there with you memorating the victims of the ing received practically no support, Holodomor. was forced to officially withdraw its Check out THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY online at A similar suggestion was put for- earlier draft resolution ‘Memory of the ward by Ukraine at the ninth session 1932-1933 Holodomor in Ukraine.’” www.ukrweekly.com 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 No. 41 No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 17

Ukrainian Independence Day celebrations

dignity and diligent work, plus contribu- Newark, N.J. tions to productive life in Newark. He by Walter Bodnar criticized Russia’s invasion of Georgia and promised to issue a resolution con- NEWARK, N.J. – On Wednesday, demning this brutal act. September 17, at 6:30 p.m. members of After accepting the two resolutions of the Municipal Council of Newark, N.J., 2007 and 2008, Ms. Olshaniwsky gave a gathered in their Council Chambers to short speech in which she thanked the rep- conduct business and to celebrate and resentatives of Newark for their caring atti- proclaim the 17th anniversary of the tude and also thanked the City of Newark, independence of Ukraine. which serves Ukrainian immigrants as a The Council auditorium was filled to place of settlement and job opportunities. capacity. Representing the Ukrainian com- She underscored the danger that is munity were Bozhena Olshaniwsky, presi- lurking in Europe from the North – dent of Americans for Human Rights in Russia against Ukraine – and asked the Ukraine, and Walter Bodnar, national adju- United States to come to the aid of tant of the Ukrainian American Veterans. Ukraine if circumstances require it. She This event has become traditional in stated that Ukrainian Americans are con- Newark, since the Ukrainian community fident the United States will support is on friendly terms with the executive Ukraine’s aspirations to join the demo- and legislative branches of the Newark cratic West by being accepted into NATO city government. The program began and the European Union. with Councilman Ronald Rice Jr. (repre- During the speeches the auditorium senting the West Ward of Newark) read- was quiet and attentive, but after the end ing from the framed resolution and com- of the formal presentation there was menting on the participation of the much applause. Members of the Ukrainian community in the life of Municipal Council and other individuals In the chamber of Newark Municipal Council (from left) are: Council President Newark. congratulated the Ukrainian representa- Mildred Crump, Carlos Gonzales, Walter Bodnar, Oscar James III, Bozhena He complimented Ukrainians on their tives and wished them well. Olshaniwsky and Ronald C. Rice.

– from the genocide in Darfur to the brutal the continued support of the Ukrainian Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933 is now Site for memorial... threats faced by fledgling democratic states American community. Ukraine’s ambassa- appealing to the Ukrainian community for (Continued from page 1) like Georgia and Ukraine against their liberty dor to the United States, Dr. Oleh Shamshur, donations to help complete the project of for the memorial. and continued independence – underscore noted the tremendous efforts by the erecting a national memorial to the millions The site is located in a prominent spot not the importance of this memorial at this time Ukrainian American community. “We are of victims of the Ukrainian Genocide. far from Washington’s Union Station, and is and especially in Washington,” noted an pleased with the final result of the NCPC Proceeds from the sale of “Voices for within walking distance of the U.S. Capitol, October 8 press statement from the national hearing and look forward to our continued Victims” wristbands and “Walk against the Supreme Court and the National Mall. committee. “The Holodomor memorial will cooperation with the Ukrainian community Genocide” T-shirts all go toward the con- The location is highly visible both to tourists remind our government, the American peo- to achieve a memorial that honors the 10 struction of the Ukrainian Genocide and to everyday Washingtonians, and offers ple and the world that history can and will million victims of Ukraine’s Genocide of Memorial. In addition, tax-deductible dona- ample space for construction of a memorial repeat itself unless we remember the horrors 1932-1933,” he said. tions may be made online at the national of the past and pledge our energies to fight The National Committee to committee’s website, http://www.ukrai- in a dignified setting. th The news of the selection of the genocide and tyranny wherever we find it,” Commemorate the 75 Anniversary of the negenocide.org. Ukrainian Genocide Memorial site came a the press statement underscored. week after the U.S. House of Representatives The newly elected president of the unanimously passed House Resolution Ukrainian World Congress, Eugene Czolij, 1314, which recognizes the 75th anniversary extended congratulations to the national of the Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) and committee: “Sincere congratulations on condemns “the violations of human rights, behalf of the Ukrainian World Congress for including the freedom of self-determination this breaking news regarding the approval of and freedom of speech, of the Ukrainian the Holodomor memorial site in a key loca- people by the Soviet government.” tion in Washington, D.C. This will undoubt- The sponsor of that resolution, as well as edly help to further sensitize Americans the sponsor of the Ukrainian Genocide about the genocide against the Ukrainian Memorial, was Rep. Sander Levin people in 1932-1933.” The National Committee to (D-Mich.), co-chair of the Congressional th Ukrainian Caucus. Commemorate the 75 Anniversary of the Praising Rep. Levin’s tremendous efforts Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933 and the in support of Ukrainian American concerns, Embassy of Ukraine expressed gratitude for Michael Sawkiw Jr., president of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America and chairman of the National Committee to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933, stated: “To say that Rep. Levin is a friend of Ukraine is an understatement. Where would we be today without his vigilant support and sponsorship of so many important issues, in particular the new site appropriated for the Ukrainian Genocide Memorial? The entire Ukrainian American community is ecstatic thanks to his foresight and assistance.” While the government of Ukraine will fund the eventual construction of the Holodomor memorial, the National Committee to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933 bore the brunt of the costs for the environmental assessment and other prepa- ratory tasks. The national committee’s mem- ber-organizations and members of the Ukrainian community provided the initial funds. An additional $45,000 is needed to pay the firm that produced the final docu- ments required by the various government agencies in order to secure the Massachusetts Avenue site. “Much has been accomplished, but much more needs to be done. Recent current events 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 No. 41 No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 19 San Diego hosts its 33rd annual Ukrainian Festival by Vera Skop Knianicky SAN DEIGO – The 33rd annual Ukrainian Festival in San Diego was held during Labor Day weekend. The Festival started with a “meet and greet” at the pool of the Town and Country Resort, where the San Diego community wel- comed the 25-member Rozmai Ukrainian Dance Company from Winnipeg, Manitoba. On Saturday night, August 30, Rozmai presented a concert of Ukrainian dance at the Kroc Performing Arts Center. Rozmai, established in 1971, has enter- tained audiences from Manitoba to Ukraine to Peru; this was the group’s third visit to the San Diego Festival. The annual lawn program was pre- sented on Sunday afternoon on the out- door stage of the House of Pacific Relations in Balboa Park, where the House of Ukraine is one of 30 nationali- The Rozmai Ukrainian Dance Company of Winnipeg at San Diego’s 33rd annual Ukrainian Festival. ties comprising the organization. Each ethnic group has its own cottage, where historically draws a huge crowd, and the nity at various San Diego events. The duced and welcomed. its history and culture are displayed. audience loved Rozmai. outgoing queen, Olia Ohorodnyk, a senior This year’s guests were mostly from The “Ukrayinska Khatka” was packed That same evening, the musical ensem- at the University of California – San neighboring areas, with a large contingent all afternoon with visitors literally from ble Mriya from Chicago entertained Diego, was thanked for her service for the from Los Angeles and Phoenix, and par- all over the world asking questions about guests at the banquet/dance at the Town past three years and incoming Queen ticipants from Hawaii, Boston and Ukraine and sampling traditional and Country Resort. The House of Olga Slobodysanyuk, a senior at Toronto making a special visit to the San Ukrainian treats. The Ukrainian program Ukraine’s royalty represents the commu- University City High School, was intro- Diego Ukrainian Festival. Ukrainian Canadian Museum and Archives of Alberta inaugurates workshop series

EDMONTON, Alberta – The Ukrainian In Canada, the korovai has acquired a Canadian Museum and Archives of Alberta new meaning and a new magical power. It (UCAMA) held a workshop on “korovai”- is used to express Ukrainian identity and to decorating on Saturday, July 26. The work- unite Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians alike shop was run by Natalie Kononenko, pro- in the celebration of the marriage. fessor of folklore and Kule Chair of After Prof. Kononenko’s lecture, the Ukrainian Ethnography at the University of audience saw two short videos. One fea- Alberta and Elsie Kawulych, a master tured Ms. Kawulych baking the korovai baker. step by step. The other video, filmed by Prof. Kononenko began the session by Yanina Vihovska in Pidhaitsi, a village near giving a short lecture which placed the Lutsk, Ukraine, showed a group of women korovai, a traditional wedding bread, in the preparing a number of korovai breads for a context of other ritual Ukrainian ritual wedding that took place in May. breads. Breads and grain products are used After the videos, Ms. Kawulych decorat- to articulate the entire human life, she said. ed a korovai in front of the assembled group In the past, the midwife would welcome with pre-made decorations. She explained the newborn by wiping the infant’s body that paired doves, symbolic of the couple, with a soft bread crust. The midwife, in turn, need to face each other and that the doves would receive gifts of bread from the chil- on the sides of the korovai need to face dren she delivered on all holidays. upward, looking toward heaven. The koro- During the wedding, the korovai was the vai is typically also decorated with periwin- centerpiece of the celebration and often both kle, an evergreen that symbolizes the eterni- Participants of a “korovai” workshop in Edmonton, Alberta. the groom’s family and the bride’s would ty of the marriage, and Kawulych showed bake a korovai for the festivities. In many the group how to lace the periwinkle They also got to sample the results of Ms. the premises of UCAMA’s old museum. places, small breads called “shyshky” were between the doves. Kawulych’s culinary skills as she shared one Workshops planned for the future include also baked and used to invite the wedding The demonstrations were followed by a of the korovai breads that she had made with embroidery and other textile crafts, pysanka- guests. hands-on dove-making session. Ms. them. A number of people also toured the decorating, doll-and Christmas decoration- Breads appear at the end of life and a Kawulych provided the special dough used Museum premises, looking at traditional making and, of course, another korovai-dec- bread is given away, on behalf of the for korovai decorations and workshop par- costumes and textiles, religious artifacts, orating session. Storytelling sessions for both deceased, to all those who help with the ticipants practiced making doves, leaves, photographs, and the many other items on children and adults are under consideration. funeral. branches and other traditional korovai deco- display. A wonderful new building for UCAMA is Of all the ritual breads, the korovai is rative motifs under the guidance of Ms. The workshop proved extremely popular. in the planning stage, and activists look for- probably the most magical and, in Ukraine, Kawulych and Prof. Kononenko. Twenty-two people attended, and there was ward to this new facility as it will allow big- it is used to ensure the stability of the mar- Participants baked their decorations on the also a lengthy waiting list because only a ger workshops along with improved display riage and the well-being of the couple. premises so that they could take them home. limited number could be accommodated on and storage facilities for museum collections. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 No. 41 Basilian Sisters to celebrate 100 years in the United States FOX CHASE MANOR, Pa. – From November 2010 through November 2011 the Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great, Jesus, Lover of Humanity Province here will be celebrating their 100th anniversary as a major presence in the United States. Starting in the area of Seventh and Parrish Streets in Philadelphia in 1911, the Sisters provided support through education, care of orphans and the spiritual well-being of the large influx of Ukrainian Catholic immigrants to Philadelphia during the 20th century. Over the years, the sisters have stayed very com- mitted to education, operating St. Basil Academy and Manor College, both in Jenkintown, Pa., and staffing many parish schools across the United States. They have grown with the times, still focused on educa- tion; their ministry now embodies the Basilian Spirituality Center. Sister Laura Palka, OSBM, provincial superior, has entrusted the preparation of the yearlong celebra- Members of the Centennial committee of the Basilian Sisters: (seated, from left) Sisters Maria Rozmarynowycz, tion to a Centennial Committee composed of Basilian Rita Stremba, Dorothy Ann Busowski, Laura Palka, Ann Laszok, Carla Hernandez, (standing) Lydia Anna Sisters and chaired by Sister Dorothy Ann Busowski. Sawka, Paula Jacynyk and Barbara Terefenko.

Luhovy prepares... (Continued from page 11) Russia border. Without prior notice, the crew was wel- comed in the Donetsk region with the tradi- tional Ukrainian welcome of bread and salt. Villagers thanked the Canadians for docu- menting this atrocity in the name of the mil- lions who starved to death. The film crew included camerapersons Istan Rozumny and Adriana Luhova, driver Volodymyr Bandura, pre-production coordinator Nina Lapchynska and the producer-director, Mr. Luhovy. Working 10- to 14-hour days, including weekends, over 3,500 kilometers were trav- eled, covering a wide range of affected areas. The result is over 40 hours of excep- tional material, which is now in the post- production assembly stage. Start-up grants which enabled the shoot- ing of “Genocide Revealed” to proceed were made by Caisse Populaire Ukrainienne Desjardins and the Ukrainian National Federation in Montreal, the Markian Shaskevych Institute in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the Ukrainian Foundation of British Columbia and the Ukrainian Youth Association of Montreal. Recent support has been received from Prosvita Cultural Association of Lachine, the League of Ukrainian Women in Oshawa, Ontario, Dr. Walter Lebedin of Winnipeg, and the Shevchenko Foundation. Well-acquainted with the material dealing with the Holodomor, Mr. Luhovy stated: “A new documentary on the Famine-Genocide has been long over due. This film will serve as a much-needed educational resource for courses in genocide studies, for the teaching of the Famine-Genocide in Canadian and American schools and universities, as well as to further public awareness worldwide.” For his accomplishments, Ukraine in May of this year presented Mr. Luhovy the Presidential Order, third class. “Genocide Revealed” is being made pos- sible by organizational and individual sup- port. To help support the completion of this project, readers may make out checks to: La Maison de Montage Luhovy Inc., with the notation “Genocide Revealed” in the memo line, and mail them to: La Maison de Montage Luhovy Inc., 2330 Beaconsfield Ave., Montreal, Quebec, H4A 2G8. For further information call 514-481-5871 or e-mail [email protected].

Visit our archive on the Internet at: www.ukrweekly.com No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 21 September is month of new beginnings at Philadelphia’s UECC by Andrea Zharovsky ings have been held to open the channels of discussion and promote cooperation. JENKINTOWN, Pa. – The Ukrainian In keeping with this new spirit and tra- Educational and Cultural Center (UECC), dition of cooperation the UECC spon- a non-profit educational and cultural sored a “Meet and Greet” – a welcome organization in Jenkintown, Pa., opened back day for UECC members and guests its doors in early September ready to on Saturday, September 13. The goal of begin the 2008-2009 year. the event was to introduce or reintroduce The maintenance staff, headed by the Philadelphia organizations to the newly appointed UECC maintenance Ukrainian community in the Philadelphia superintendent, Wasyl Sichkar, spent the area. summer preparing for that first day when Organizations were encouraged to Ukrainian life begins again in the Greater enhance membership by distributing Philadelphia area. information regarding their activities to The small staff and the Building and potential members, enlighten the public Maintenance Committee, under the lead- about their organizations, their missions, ership of UECC board member George and upcoming meetings and events. Danyliw, accomplished a lot in a short Organizations that are housed in the time frame, including: a walkthrough UECC participated for free as a thank and evaluation of the current physical you by the UECC; those outside of the condition of the facility; a thorough UECC participated for a nominal fee. cleaning and general maintenance of all The organizations that took part common areas; the waxing of all floors; included the Ukrainian Heritage School, Andrea Zharovsky the installation of an overhang at the day- Svitlychka – Ukrainian Co-op Nursery Western Union presents a check for ESL classes at the UECC. care entrance in back; the paving of a School, Ukrainian American Youth new walkway to the daycare premises; Association, Plast Ukrainian Scouting Federation of America stated, “Such an a Financial Planning Workshop designed landscaping work; and erection of small Organization, Ukrainian Engineers’ event is very beneficial for the Ukrainian to cover key areas of financial planning, ramps to the main hall. Society of America, Providence community to be fully aware of all the including employee-sponsored benefits, In anticipation of the new school year Association of Ukrainian Catholics in various organizations and their missions demystifying the concepts and showing at the Ukrainian Heritage School, under America, Ukrainian National Women’s in the Philadelphia area. This was a great how they are connected. He presented Director Stephan Patrylak and Assistant League of America, United Ukrainian opportunity for interested people to learn this free workshop on Saturday morning, Director Olya Kostiv, one new classroom American Relief Committee, Ukrainian about various activities which UFA is September 20, at the UECC and empha- was created, two classrooms were Library of the UECC, Ukrainian Senior involved in, such as: the organization of a sized the value of a financial plan and enlarged and existing classrooms were Citizens Association, Voloshky Ukrainian two-week informational study for a dele- how dreams fuel or drive a financial plan. thoroughly cleaned, painted and pre- Dance Ensemble and its school, gation of Ukrainian Greenhouse owners The Ukrainian Educational and pared. Ukrainian Federation of America, in October, flood relief in Ukraine, a sum- Cultural Center, founded in 1980, is a The school continues to grow, with Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit mer camp for children with MS, as well non-profit organization whose objective current enrollment at 357 students. The Union and the Sisters of St. Basil the as its various other activities in public is to preserve and promote awareness of UECC is acutely aware of this situation Great. advocacy, social services and much Ukrainian heritage throughout the and the need for additional classrooms. It Joining the local Ukrainian organiza- more.” Philadelphia community. The UECC is will continue to try to accommodate the tions was UECC sponsor Western Union. Keeping in touch with today’s finan- located at 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, growing school and will look into various Not only did the company provide vari- cial situation and economy, Basil A. PA 19046; telephone, 215-663-1166; possibilities to create a suitable educa- ous give-aways, a raffle and information Kuzio, a UECC director and a financial e-mail, [email protected]; website, tional atmosphere for the children. on the services it provides, but it present- advisor for Ameriprise Financial, created www.ueccphila.org. Also as part of Phase I of the UECC ed a check for $6,330 to UECC President master plan, the lavatories in the main Borys Pawluk and Executive Director hallway will be renovated in the coming Orysia Hewka for a new ESL course to months. Preparations and planning for be taught at the center. Those interested these renovations have kept the Building in registering for this course had the and Maintenance Committee very busy opportunity to do so at the “Meet and this summer as well. Plans and renova- Greet.” (For additional information about tions for the arrival of the UECC’s newest this ESL course, including times and tenant, the Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal dates, readers may contact the UECC Credit Union, are well under way. office, 215-663-1166.) This summer was a busy one for the The response to this well-attended parents of the “Svitlychka” as well, who event was very encouraging to those who replaced the old floor and carpeting with helped put it together. Nina Prybolsky of a beautiful new laminate floor for the the School of the Voloshky Dance children in the Ukrainian pre-school pro- Ensemble stated, “The feedback that I gram. The preschool is thriving this year received was very positive. It was well- with over 30 children presently enrolled organized and overall I believe everyone in its Saturday and weekly program, now deemed this event a success. Thank you offered with extended hours. for taking the time to organize this event The UECC has made great efforts in and for providing us with a forum for the working with local Ukrainian organiza- great information exchange.” tions over the last year, and several meet- Lada Pastushak of the Ukrainian

At the information table of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, seated is Christine Izak, standing are Christine Shwed (left) and Patricia Sawchak. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 No. 41

propose the market rate be brought closer to absent, and simply has no one to sell a large tors. Mr. Matviyenko, a 70-year-old Global financial... the official one,” Mr. Poroshenko said. “And volume of shares. For that reason, proposals Zhytomyr native whose wealth is estimated (Continued from page 1) we believe that these indicators, in the con- exceeded demand by several times, which at $1.4 billion, owns the bank with his son Hryvnia plunges ditions of the current economic situation, led to the market’s deep decline.” Pavlo. will hold until the end of the year.” All the Ukrainian stable “blue chip” The National Bank of Ukraine said on No shock from the global economic crisis Ukrainian inflation, year-to-date, reached giants have hemorrhaged, including September 29 that it extended $200 million has affected Ukrainians more than the 16.1 percent in September, already exceed- Interpipe Corp., among the world’s largest in re-financing “to regulate the situation” at hryvnia’s plunge in value, which triggered ing the Tymoshenko government’s goal for producers of steel pipes and railway car PromInvestBank. immediate price hikes for highly demanded the year, and is projected to reach 22 percent wheels, which is controlled by Victor “We are interested in everything being imported products, such as foreign cars and by December, according to State Statistics Pinchuk. stable at such a large bank,” said Anatolii household appliances. Committee figures. The stock market halted trading of Shapovalov, the NBU’s first assistant chair. Even as the hryvnia began steadily Interpipe NyzhnoDniprovskyi Pipe-Rolling “There are no objective reasons for its bank- Stocks rocked declining in mid-September, Ukraine’s Factory shares on September 29 after ram- ruptcy, therefore we supported it and estab- bankers tried to maintain its stability in reas- In less than a year, most of the Ukrainian pant selling caused its price to fall 12.5 per- lished control. We will continue to keep our suring statements to the public. stock market’s value was diminished, a cent that day. hand on the pulse.” National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Council downward trend that began before the crisis Meanwhile, shares of another firm con- Already traumatized by losing their sav- Chair Petro Poroshenko projected only a but accelerated rapidly particularly after the trolled by Mr. Pinchuk, UkrSotsBank, lost ings in the Soviet banking collapse upon slight adjustment of the hryvnia-dollar Russian stock market crashed 19.1 percent more than 70 percent of their value this year. independence, some Ukrainians reacted with exchange rate in 2009 on September 15, on October 6 – the largest single-day decline panic. stating the trading band would merely widen Broken billionaires About 150 PromInvestBank depositors in to plus-minus 5 percent, instead of 4 percent since October 1997. Donetsk gathered at the bank’s oblast direc- off the 4.85 hrv per $1 rate. Accordingly, the Ukrainian stock market Ukraine’s wealthiest didn’t suffer only on torship and demanded to withdraw their Within days, the hryvnia’s decline accel- plummeted an additional 7 percent that day, the local stock market. erated, piercing the trading band and exceed- with much of its value already decimated by In June 2007, Kostyantyn Zhevago money and close their deposits the same day ing five hrv per $1 on September 18. then. became the first Ukrainian oligarch to sell of the NBU’s intervention. Government payments for natural gas and Its 72 percent decline is the biggest shares in a Ukrainian company on a major As some depositors began withdrawing oil, coupled with the global financial crisis, among stock markets in the Northern international stock exchange. their savings with their ATM cards, those triggered the slide, said Vladyslav Ivko, Hemisphere, said Volodymyr Lanovyi, pres- The initial public offering of 27 percent banks blocked electronic access to their cash director of the Interbank brokerage house. ident of the Center for Market Reforms. of Ferrexpo shares on the London Stock machines to PromInvestBank customers, By early October, the hryvnia plunged During the last three weeks, selling Exchange raised $460 million for the com- Ukrainian media reported. another 10 percent, with some banks and became so rampant that the stock exchange pany and boosted the value of Mr. Zhevago’s The next day, NBU advisor Valerii exchange kiosks selling 5.6 hrv per $1, had to shut down trading several times a day 73 percent controlling stake to $1.8 billion. Lytvytskyi said PromInvestBank was the matching and even surpassing the currency’s on several occasions to cool the fire sale. However, the global financial crisis victim of a corporate raider attack, and all-time lows in 2000 when the official Compared to other emerging market forced Mr. Zhevago, whose wealth is esti- announced that the NBU had extended a exchange rate was 5.45 hrv per $1. nations, the Ukrainian stock market espe- mated at $5.2 billion, to sell 21 percent of one-year, $1 billion loan to cover a “gap in In response, the NBU announced on cially suffered because it doesn’t allow short his Ferrexpo shares earlier this week in order circulating assets,” insisting the bank was October 7 it lowered the official exchange sales, which allow investors to profit from to cover a debt offered by JP Morgan Chase stable. rate to 4.95 hrv per $1, expanding the trad- anticipated falling share prices. Bank in April to help him buy a Bulgarian On October 7 the Procurator General and ing band to plus-minus 8 percent. Another disadvantage is the significant metallurgical plant. Security Service of Ukraine stated they Though the hryvnia has already exceeded influence of non-resident traders in the Ferrexpo shares have plummeted 66 per- would investigate allegations of a corporate the band’s ceiling by then, Mr. Poroshenko Ukrainian market, said Hryhorii Hrushko, cent in the last three months, causing JP raider attack on PromInvestBank, whose said he was confident the bank would be an investment banker with the Art Capital Morgan to demand some collateral on its apparent goal was to drive it into bankruptcy able to keep the national currency within investment group. $2.2 billion loan to Mr. Zhevago. and take over its assets. this range, particularly by tightening liquidi- Some experts estimate that foreigners Placed in an embarrassing position, the By that time, all of PromInvestBank’s ty, or the money supply. account for 60 percent of the open trade on billionaire was forced to sell his shares for outlets were closed. The next day, the NBU To combat inflation, which surfaced ear- the Ukrainian stock market. $177.5 million, or at a 30 percent discount declared a six-month moratorium on all of lier this year, the Ukrainian government “The expanding global financial crisis to the market value of his stock. PromInvestBank’s creditors. resorted to monetary policy instruments in forced foreign investors to exit emerging A billionaire who faces bigger trouble On October 9 PromInvestBank requested the summer, such as buying up dollars, to markets, including Ukraine,” he said. “But than Mr. Zhevago is Volodymyr another $1 billion in loans from the NBU, strengthen the hryvnia. the peculiarity of our market lies in that buy- Matviyenko, the founder of which announced that it extended loans to “The NBU council’s decision approved ing paper is a lot simpler than selling it after- PromInvestBank, Ukraine’s sixth largest 25 Ukrainian banks that requested credit to its leadership’s recommendations which wards. The local investor is practically lending institution with 25 million deposi- support their liquidity. No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 23 Center for Ukrainian Canadian Studies presents awards, scholarships, bursaries WINNIPEG, Manitoba – The Center Dr. Robert Klymasz for a major project for Ukrainian Canadian Studies at the in Ukrainian Canadian Studies. University of Manitoba presented its The scholarships and bursaries were 2007-2008 awards to 19 students and derived from the St. Andrew’s College researchers. Individual awards were pre- Foundation and the University of sented to undergraduate students in the Manitoba Trust and Endowment Funds six courses offered in the 2007-2008 aca- in support of the Center for Ukrainian demic year for highest and high marks. Canadian Studies. In addition, four major awards were The awards ceremony was part of the handed out for outstanding scholarship: St. Andrew’s College in Winnipeg • the Nicholas and Annie Dawyduk Convocation and Awards Ceremony, Scholarship – presented to Alexandra held on Sunday, September 21, at the Kozelko for highest marks in Ukrainian Great Hall of St. Andrew’s College. Canadian Studies; The Center for Ukrainian Canadian • the Anne Smigel Scholarship – pre- Studies, established in 1981, is a teach- sented to Katie Kutryk for high standing ing, research and resource center at the in Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Studies; University of Manitoba and is housed at • the Andrew and Nellie Pawlik St. Andrew’s College. The mission of Scholarship – presented to Karolya the center is to create, preserve and Vargscarr for high academic standing communicate knowledge relating to and the fulfillment of a research com- Ukrainian Canadians through teaching, puter project on Ukrainian Canadian; research and community outreach. For Alexandra Kozelko (left) was the recipient of the Nicholas and Annie Dawyduk and further information contact the center at Scholarship for highest marks in Ukrainian studies. Katie Kutryk (right) was the • the Steve and Anna Zhuravetsky 204-474-8906 or e-mail [email protected] recipient of the Anne Smigel Scholarship for high standing in Ukrainian Canadian Research Fellowship was awarded to itoba.ca. Heritage studies.

Anti-Ukrainian... (Continued from page 4) when questioned by The Weekly at a June 18 press conference in Kyiv. After 40 muscular thugs, allegedly under Mr. Kaurov’s direction, beat the pro- testing Ukrainians representing Prosvita and the Svoboda nationalist party, they boarded nearby buses and sped away, wit- nesses said. Meanwhile, Mr. Markov supervised the September 22 ambush in which youths jumped out of an arriving bus, protected by muscular bodyguards. As unidentified objects burned and emitted smoke from the sidewalk, the youths threw red packets at the Prosvita office window, damaging its sign and win- dowpane, said Roman Kukharenko, a Ukrainian activist in Odesa. When Odesa police arrived 30 minutes later, the ambushers boarded a nearby bus, which sped away. The September 22 ambush was distinct in that it was staged for television. A reporter from the local network owned by Mr. Markov accompanied the hooligans along with an elderly woman, who conveniently provided an interview afterwards complaining about the dubbing of foreign films into Ukrainian. Prosvita’s leader submitted a police report requesting an investigation into the incident. However, they are concerned the result will be the same after the September 2007 episode – no prosecutions. Odesa police did arrest and question Mr. Kaurov on July 22, about 10 and a half months after the September 2007 attack, and questioned him about his role in the incident. Prosvita’s concerns are well-founded since Mr. Markov is a well-connected, multi-millionaire businessman with con- tacts throughout the local police and mafia. Besides real estate developments and sani- tation companies, Mr. Markov owns the ATV local television network that broad- casts Russian propaganda and Ukrainophobic content. He organized Odesa’s Russkiy Klub, which unites the city’s elite Russophiles. “We heard many boisterous phrases about the “strength of the law,” “the dicta- torship of the law” and “bandits who will sit in jail for certain” from Orange leaders at the time,” Mr. Kukharenko said. “But so far these words have remained words and the law-abiding Ukrainian con- tinues to remain face-to-face with these same bandits, which are generously spon- sored by the special services of one of our neighboring nations,” he noted. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 No. 41 Ukrainian Graduates of Detroit and Windsor to honor Ukrainian of the Year DETROIT – The Ukrainian Graduates of Detroit and During the course of her career she provided assistance Windsor, an organization of college and university grad- to thousands of needy children, adults and families. uates, professionals and businesspeople in Metropolitan Perhaps her most satisfying achievement has been the Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, will honor Anna establishment of Angel House: Children’s Emergency Macielinski as Ukrainian of the Year at their 69th anni- Shelter and Assessment Center, located in mid-Michi- versary banquet on Sunday, October 12. gan, which she co-founded. An organization active in the Ukrainian communities Since 1998 Ms. Macielinski has served as vice-presi- of Detroit and Windsor since 1939, the Ukrainian dent of the Detroit Regional Council of the Ukrainian Graduates has honored a Ukrainian of the Year every National Women’s League of America (UNWLA). year since 1955 to give special recognition to individu- During her tenure she chaired several committees and als who have been particularly active in the Ukrainian organized a number of events and fund-raisers, includ- communities in the United States or Canada and made ing a Ukrainian Women’s Retreat in 1997, a “Molochko special contributions to them. and Bulochka” benefit for needy children in Ukraine in Previous recipients of the award include Vera 2001, and the ‘Ukrainian Women’s Recognition Event’ Andrushkiw, former U.S. Rep. David Bonior, Jaroslaw in 2003, specially honoring the late Mary V. Beck. Dutkevych, Yaroslaw Duzey, Dr. Paul Dzul, Wasyl In May she was the chair of the 28th national conven- Kolodchin, Dr. Myron Kuropas, Vera Petrusha and tion of the UNWLA, hosted by the Detroit Regional Marie Zarycky, as well as the late Mary Beck, Jaroslaw Council and held in Troy, Mich. At the convention Ms. Dobrowolskyj, Raymond Hnatyshyn, John Panchuk, Macielinski was elected to the national executive board John Sopinka, Anastasia Volker, Canadian Sen. Paul of the UNWLA as vice-president responsible for mem- Yuzyk, Stephen Wichar, Martha and Michael Wichorek bership. She has articulated the need to identify and and Emily Zaporozhetz. adapt to the changing interests and needs of the current Ms. Macielinski (née Bojduj), this year’s recipient of and potential, future members of the organization. the Ukrainian of the Year award, immigrated to the The recipient of this year’s Ukrainian of the Year United States in 1949 with her parents. She attended and award beautifully represents the accomplished, confi- graduated from the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian dent and talented Ukrainian woman of today, and serves Schools in Hamtramck, Mich. Her dual-major college as yet another fine example to the younger women of undergraduate degree was in psychology and sociology, the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian com- and she later went on to earn a Masters of Public munities of the present and the future, the Ukrainian Administration. Graduates commented. As a youth, Ms. Macielinski was a member of the Also to be honored at the anniversary banquet of the Ukrainian American Youth Association and the Chernyk Ukrainian Graduates will be Alberta Cieply, who will Anna Macielinski Ukrainian Sports Club. She also performed with the receive the Distinguished Service Award for her many Women’s Bandurist Chorus founded and directed by the years of devoted, enthusiastic and selfless service to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian college late Petro Potapenko, and acted as the group’s adminis- Ukrainian community of Metro Detroit. She and her students. Over the years, the Ukrainian Graduates has trative assistant. husband, Oleh, have been mainstays not only of the given financial aid to hundreds of deserving students Ms. Macielinski’s husband, Ostap, is a pharmacist. Ukrainian Graduates, but of the Ukrainian American attending colleges and universities in the U.S. and The couple are the proud parents of two sons, Damien, a Veterans, the Ukrainian American Museum and Archives Canada. computer engineer, and Andrew, an audiologist. and a number of other Ukrainian organizations in Metro The 69th anniversary banquet of the Ukrainian The honoree recently retired after working for the Detroit. Graduates of Detroit and Windsor will be held on State of Michigan for 34 years in the field of human ser- Lydia Nehaniv, chairman of the Scholarship Sunday, October 12, at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in vices delivery. She had worked in the capacities of field Committee, will announce this year’s recipients of the Warren, Mich., at 1 p.m. For information readers may social worker, supervisor and division program manager. Ukrainian Graduates Scholarship awards to local call 313-278-7682 or 586-758-6086. No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 25 OUT AND ABOUT

Current through November 29 Art exhibit, “As We Slept,” featuring October 24 Lecture by John-Paul Himka, “What Are Winnipeg drawings by Oleksander Wlasenko, Toronto the Origins of the 14th and 15th Century Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Ukrainian Icons Depicting the Last Educational Center, 204-942-0218 Judgement?” Shevchenko Scientific Society of Canada, 416-762-5991 October 14-November 30 “Abstract Intrigue” art exhibit, featuring Oceanville, NJ Ilona Sochynsky, The Noyes Museum of October 24 Vocal workshop and concert, featuring the Art, 609-652-8848 or www.noyesmuseum.org New York Svitanya East European Women’s Vocal Ensemble, Folk Music Society, 718-672-6399 October 15 Alexander Dallin lecture with Peter Stanford, CA Reddaway, “The Unstable Politics of the October 24 Book presentation with Timothy Snyder, Russian Diarchy: Some Preliminary New York “The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Thoughts,” Stanford University, Habsburg Archduke,” Columbia University, 650-723-3562 212-854-4697

October 15-16 Conference, “UA Roundtable IX: Ukraine’s October 24-30 Film screening, “The Soviet Story” by Washington Regional Commitments,” Center for U.S.- New York Edvins Snore, Village East Cinema, Ukrainian Relations, Library of Congress, 212-529-6799 212-473-0839 October 25 Opening of exhibit, “Futurism and After: October 16 Lecture by Timothy Snyder, “The Red New York David Burliuk, 1882-1967,” The Ukrainian Washington Prince: The Ukrainian Mission of a Museum, 212-228-0110 Habsburg Archduke,” Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, October 25 25th anniversary of Svitanok Ukrainian 202-691-4000 Hamilton, ON Women’s Choir, Ukrainian Youth Association – Hamilton Branch, Ukrainian Cultural October 17-26 Iconography exhibit, featuring Daria Center, 905-547-2581 Cleveland Kulchytsky, Ukrainian Museum-Archives, 216-781-4329 October 25 Evening gala, “Lviv Night,” Ukrainian Hillsborough, NJ National Women’s League of America – October 18 Symposium in conjunction with exhibitions, Branch 125, St. Michael Ukrainian New York The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 Catholic Church, 973-449-3398 or 732-560-5055 October 18 Niagara Wine Tour, Ukrainian Canadian Etobicoke, ON Professionals and Businesspersons Association, 416-231-5641 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events October 18 Film screening, “Folk!” by Roxy Toporowych, advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Alexandria, VA NRECA Conference Center, 703-241-1817 from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors th and as space allows; photos will be considered. Please note: items will be printed October 18 75 anniversary banquet, featuring music a maximum of two times each. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. Syracuse, NY by Vorony, Syracuse Ukrainian National Home, 315-478-9272

October 18 50th anniversary gala, Ukrainian Catholic Stamford, CT Eparchy of Stamford, St. Vladimir UNITED UKRAINIAN AMERICAN RELIEF COMMITTEE, Inc. Ukrainian Catholic Church, [email protected] (UUARC) IS AGAIN LISTED IN THE COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN, AS WELL AS STATE AND LOCAL CAMPAIGNS. October 18 John Stech Trio, Café Paradiso, Ottawa 613-565-0657 UUARC’s Federal Campaign # 1221 UUARC’s United Way of Southeastern PA Campaign # 1838 October 18 Book presentation by Askold Melnyczuk, New York “The House of Widows,” Shevchenko In this time of increased social responsibility and the presidential call for Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 volunteerism, employers, from small corporations to the federal govern- ment, are presenting guidelines to their employees for suggested charitable October 18 Ukraina Band with Sofia Bilozor and the donations and publicly praising their generosity. There are built-in avenues Ottawa Felines, Babylon, 613-594-0003 for charitable giving, including, but not limited to, the Combined Federal October 19 Ninth annual Ukrainian Festival, Barrie Campaign for federal workers, State Employees’ Charitable Campaigns, the Barrie, ON Central Colegiate, 705-436-4343 United Way and other local drives. Employers routinely process payroll deductions for charitable contributions and, at times, even match them. October 19 Centennial year celebrations, St. Vladimir Scranton, PA Ukrainian Catholic Church, banquet at United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, Inc. (UUARC), now in its St. Mary’s Center, 570-563-2275 63rd year of humanitarian aid to Ukrainians in need, receives and investi- gates more and more requests for assistance each year, and, due to the gen- October 19 Ukrainian Food Festival, St. Andrew erosity of the Ukrainian-American community, has been able to allocate Silver Spring, MD Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, and distribute approx. $5,000 per month to individuals in need, in addition 301-593-5316 to funding many other long-term programs, such as soup kitchens, wheelchair distributions, summer camps for orphans and children of October 20 Lecture by Frank Sysyn, “Fatherland and needy families, emergency relief aid in cases of accidents, aid to the elderly Cambridge, MA Nation in ‘Istoria Rusov’: The Interface of and to the infirmed, and aid to orphanages and internats. UUARC is affili- Early Modern and Modern Ukrainian Political Culture,” Harvard University, ated and listed with Human Care Charities of America (HCCA) or 617-495-4053 Independent Charities of America (ICA) in the Combined Federal Campaign (#1221) and the PA, NJ, and NY state employee campaigns, list- October 23 Film screening, “Folk!” by Roxy Toporowych, ed as independent in NJ, MI and United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, New York Columbia University, www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc and can be written-in in any United Way Campaign by just listing UUARC’s name and address (1206 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA October 23-25 Fourth annual Danyliw Research Seminar on 19111). All this information is also available on the UUARC web-site at Ottawa Contemporary Ukraine, University of www.uuarc.org. Ottawa, 613-562-5800 ext. 3692 or [email protected] If an employer calls for charitable giving, please don’t forget that UUARC helps Ukrainians who desperately need our charity, and that, by giving October 23-November 9 Art and music exhibit, “Colors and Keys,” through your employer, you give not only funding to help them, but recogni- Toronto featuring Maria Dolnycky on piano and art tion of UUARC as an international PVO (private voluntary organization). work by Sonia Cyhynka, Rina Gottesman, Leonore Johnston and Charlene Mandelbaum, Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation Art Gallery, 416-621-9287 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 No. 41

ties. The party of Prime Minister Yulia Is Yushchenko's... Tymoshenko has been less enthusiastic PREVIEW OF EVENTS (Continued from page 2) about NATO, as Ms. Tymoshenko appar- was a very high figure for Ukraine, where ently fears that a decisively pro-NATO (Continued from page 28) Davidson Ave., (Somerset/South Bound course would prompt Russia to charge Brook, N.J.). There will be performances popular support for NATO entry usually 212-854-4697. Ukraine more for gas. If the opposition by the Iskra Ukrainian Dancers and the hovered around 20 to 25 percent. Party of Regions, which has always been Sunday, October 26 Barvinok Dance Group from New Jersey, Figures obtained by a different, argu- as well as the Kalynonka Bandura Duo ably more pro-Russian pollster, Sofia, wary of NATO, emerges as the winner in PHILADELPHIA: The Philadelphia from Pennsylvania; children’s activities; a were less positive, but they confirmed the the current political turmoil prompted by Committee to Commemorate the 75th marketplace featuring amber and beaded trend. According to Sofia, which conduct- the demise of the Yushchenko-Tymoshenko Anniversary of the 1932-1933 Ukraine jewelry, Ukrainian embroidery, ceramics, coalition (see EDM, September 17), domes- Famine is inviting the general public to ed its poll on September 9-17, popular pysanky, glass art, scarves, Ukrainian crafts support for NATO membership grew to tic support for NATO will be even weaker. come and commemorate the 75th anniver- and souvenirs, CDs DVDs, videos, T-shirts sary of the Holodomor at a commemorative 23.7 percent from 21.4 percent in May President Yushchenko’s NATO aware- and athletic gear; a food court; a raffle; and ness campaign has been a flop. Several ten- concert at 3 p.m. in the prestigious Church museum tours. This is a great opportunity (Interfax, September 24). of the Holy Trinity, 1904 Walnut St. The The positive popular opinion trend may ders to select a PR firm to organize pro- to get your Christmas shopping done early. NATO events in two-thirds of Ukrainian venue is located across from Rittenhouse Admission is $5 for adults; free for chil- be temporary, prompted by Russia’s Square and next to the Rittenhouse Hotel. dren. For more information contact actions in Georgia. Ukraine has hardly towns have produced no result, as the gov- The solemn concert will feature violinist [email protected] or Luba made any progress in most other respects ernment allotted a very small sum for this, Solomiya Ivachiv, soprano Marta Zalizniak, Shevchenko, 908-725-5322. since the Bucharest summit of NATO the equivalent of $100,000, said the acting the Akkolada chamber choir and the Youth head of the Foreign Ministry’s NATO infor- Saturday, November 1 Internationally, Russia’s opposition Choir of the Baptist Church. Also taking remains one of the main obstacles to mation department, Vladyslava part in the program will be Ukrainian reli- PRESTO, Pa.: The Ukrainian Bondarenko. So far the Tymoshenko gov- gious and diplomatic dignitaries, among Ukraine’s MAP, and Mr. Yushchenko has Technological Society of Pittsburgh will done little to assuage Russia’s misappre- ernment has spent just one-third of the dis- them Archbishop-Metropolitan Stefan host its 39th annual dinner-dance and pre- Soroka, Ambassador Oleh Shamshur, and hension. His reaction to the events in mal $2 million earmarked in the state bud- sentation of the Ukrainian of the Year get for advertising NATO, a Ukrainian busi- New York Consul General Mykola Award at The Club at Nevillewood, 1000 Georgia, for example, was viewed in Kyrychenko. Preceding the concert, the Nevillewood Drive, beginning with a social Moscow as overly hostile (see Eurasia ness daily reported (Delo, September 30). Holodomor Committee is organizing a hour at 6:30 p.m. the Ukrainian of the Year Daily Monitor, August 15). Finally, the Ukrainian army may not be weeklong exhibit on the Famine-Genocide, Award will be presented to Dr. Daniel W. Most recently Vladimir Zhirinovsky, quite up to NATO standards. Mr. which will be on view at The Church of the Pitch, D.M.D., M.D., of Pittsburgh, inter- the Russian ultranationalist leader who Yushchenko recalled at a recent meeting of Holy Trinity beginning October 19. The nationally known maxillofacial surgeon in often acts as the Kremlin’s unofficial his National Security and Defense Council exhibit was prepared by First Lady recognition of his professional and humani- spokesman, warned that “if someone that Ukraine spends the least of all CIS Kateryna Yushchenko’s Ukraine 3000 tarian achievements. The Friend of Ukraine attempts to drag Ukraine into NATO and countries on its army’s needs, only 1 per- Charitable Fund. Admission to the concert Award will be presented to Marlies M. the people start to protest against this and cent of GDP. “Experts say that when the and exhibit is free of charge. Discounted Murphy of Bethesda, Md., for her work in critical level of funding is 1 percent, that is parking will be available next to the church. they are harassed ... then Russia will have the adoption of orphaned Ukrainian chil- when the armed forces start to get ruined,” Buses will depart from the Ukrainian dren. Members of the Ukrainian communi- the right to defend its citizens in Ukraine.” Cultural Center. For bus reservations con- ty are invited to join the UTS in honoring He added that “it would be ideal for both he said. According to Mr. Yushchenko, tact Orysia Hewka, 215-663-1166 or these individuals. Subscription is $70 per Georgia and Ukraine to remain neutral” only 21 of Ukraine’s 112 fighters and only 215-858-3006, or e-mail ulanamazurkev- person; dress is black tie. For additional (Ukraina TV, September 22). four of its 26 warships are fully operation- [email protected]. information or to receive an invitation call Domestically, Mr. Yushchenko’s pro- al (UT1, September 26). Nicholas C. Kotow, UTS secretary, NATO efforts have failed. His Our Ukraine SOMERSET, N.J.: A Ukrainian Fall 724-337-5704, or write to: Ukrainian party, which is backed by hardly more than The article above is reprinted from Festival will be held at 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Technological Society, P.O. Box 4277, 10 to 14 percent of Ukrainians, has been the Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 135 Pittsburgh, PA 15203. only consistent supporter of a MAP and from its publisher, the Jamestown NATO membership among the leading par- Foundation, www.jamestown.org. No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 27 UKELODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

Philadelphia Ukrainian Heritage School begins academic year

Andrea Zharovsky JENKINTOWN, Pa. – The Philadelphia Ukrainian Heritage School, which holds classes here at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, has now grown to an enrollment of 357 students. As a result of the increase in the student body, the UECC recently added and enlarged classrooms. Above, the students are gathered at a beginning-of-the-year assembly. Winnipeg student wins essay contest Mishanyna on theme of Ukraine’s Holodomor This month we challenge our readers to fnd the Ukrainian names of the 12 months of the year (written below in chronolog- CALGARY – The Ukrainian ical order), which we’ve hidden in the Mishanyna grid. Bonus: Canadian Civil Liberties find the English names of the two months whose names in Foundation announced that Antin Ukrainian don’t end in the Ukrainian letters “Â̸.” Stowell of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is the recipient of this year’s inaugu- SICHEN TRAVEN VERESEN ral High School Civil Liberties LIUTYI CHERVEN ZHOVTEN Award. BEREZEN LYPEN LYSTOPAD This award is given to a high KVITEN SERPEN HRUDEN school student who submitted the highest-quality research essay based on a Holodomor theme – an initiative undertaken in recognition of the 75th anniversary of Ukraine’s Famine-Genocide. Mr. Stowell’s essay was among numerous submissions that were judged by the award selection com- mittee, which included Prof. Ludmilla Voitkovska. It is deemed Antin Stowell to have been superior in research, organization and presentation. Valued at $1,000, this award is to All the students who submitted be given to a student whose an essay will be awarded a copy of Holodomor-based opinion editorial “Into Auschwitz For Ukraine” by appeared in a major Canadian Stefan Petelycky. newspaper on or prior to the The UCCLF noted that high October 1 deadline. school and post-secondary students For more information readers may can submit their works for the Civil contact the UCCLF at UCCLF@ Liberties Opinion-Editorial Award. hotmail.com.

The next edition of Ukelodeon will be published on November 9. Please send in your submissions by October 31 to [email protected]. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 No. 41

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Tuesday, October 14 - Ukrainian Research Institute will host a Soyuzivka’s Datebook Sunday, November 30 seminar given by Frank Sysyn, director, Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical OCEANVILLE, N.J.: The Noyes Research, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian October 10 - 13 – Private function November 1 - 2 – Private function Museum of Art is pleased to present a Studies, University of Alberta. His talk is major solo exhibition by artist Ilona titled “Fatherland and Nation in ‘Istoriia October 18 - 19 – Private function November 7 - 9 – Orlykiada Sochynsky titled “Abstract Intrigue” from Rusov’: The Interface of Early Modern and October 14 through November 30, with an Modern Ukrainian Political Culture.” The October 24 - 26 – Halloween November 27 – Thanksgiving artist’s opening reception on November 14 seminar will be held in Room S-050 of the at 5-8 p.m. “Abstract Intrigue,” which fea- weekend festivities dinner; rooms available in CGIS Building South at 4 p.m. The South tures over 26 oil paintings on canvas in Main House building only Building of the Center for Government and varying levels of abstraction, is the artist’s International Studies is located at 1730 first solo show at the Noyes Museum. Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138. Exhibit hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., The seminar will be followed by a book Tuesday through Saturday, and noon to 5 party for two publications of the Peter p.m., Sunday. For ticket information call Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical 609-652-8848 or visit www.noyesmuseum. Research: Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s “History org. of Ukraine-Rus’ ” (Volume 9, Book 2, Part Saturday, October 18 1, “The Cossack Age, 1654-1657,” Serhii Plokhy and Frank E. Sysyn, editors) and SYRACUSE, N.Y.: The Syracuse Paulina Lewin’s “Ukrainian Drama and Ukrainian National Home is celebrating 75 Theater in the 17th and 18th Centuries.” years of Ukrainian tradition with a Diamond For more information contact HURI at To book a room or event call: (845) 626-5641, ext. 140 Jubilee Champagne Reception and Zabava 617-495-4053 or log on to http://www.huri. 216 Foordmore Road P.O. Box 529 beginning at 7 p.m. The featured band will harvard.edu/calendar.html. Kerhonkson, NY 12446 be Vorony. The event includes a perfor- Thursday, October 23 E-mail: [email protected] mance by the Odesa Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, a formal cocktail hour, midnight Website: www.Soyuzivka.com NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Film Club of hors d’oeuvres and a complimentary cham- Columbia University invites all to pagne toast. Tickets are $25 for adults; free “Meet the Filmmaker in Person: Director for those age 12 and under. For additional Roxy Toporowych presents ‘Folk!’ ” information or directions call 315-478-9272 This feature documentary “opens the door or e-mail [email protected]. to the underground world of Ukrainian The Syracuse Ukrainian National Home is dancing in present-day New York City. Ms. located at 1317 W. Fayette St., Syracuse, Toporowych guides the audience through a NY 13214. fun-filled whirlwind of Ukrainian cul- ture, Ukrainian American life and her one NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific true obsession of folk-dancing.” Tradition Society invites all to a presentation of a and modernity meet in Ms. Toporowych’s new novel by Askold Melnyczuk, “The film. Seasoned with a generous doze of House of Widows.” Critic Jhumpa Lahiri humor and healthy self-irony it celebrates said about the book: “Brisk, lyrical writing what Ukrainians are best known for – and a winning narrator made ‘The House dance, fun and joie de vivre. The audience of Widows’ irresistible. A son’s quest to will have the opportunity to discuss the understand his father’s suicide, and so to film with its Ms. Toporowych, who will be excavate a family history extinguished by presenting her directorial debut in the fea- the exigencies of the new world, make it ture documentary genre on the Columbia exceptional.” The presentation will take campus. The event, which is free and open place at the society’s building, 63 Fourth to the public, begins at 7:30 p.m. at 703 Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 Hamilton Hall, Columbia University. The p.m. For additional information call film will be screened in its original 212-254-5130. English-language version. ARLINGTON, Va.: A Screening of the Friday, October 24 documentary film “Folk!” — chronicling NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies the unique, high-flying world of Ukrainian Program at Columbia University invites all folk dancing in North America and offer- to a presentation by Timothy D. Snyder, ing an often funny look at what it’s like to professor of history, Yale University, of his grow up in a Ukrainian American commu- new book “The Red Prince: The Secret nity – will be held at 7 p.m. (doors open at Lives of a Habsburg Archduke.” The book 6 p.m.) at the NRECA Conference Center, tells the fascinating story of Archduke 4301 Wilson Blvd. (enter on North Taylor Wilhelm von Habsburg (1895-1949), Street). Free parking is available; venue is whose colorful life, filled with intrigue and accessible by Metro (Ballston). Cost: $10; scandal, led him to assume the alias Vasyl $5 for children under age 12. A reception Vyshyvanyi, become a fervent supporter of with the film’s producers will follow. Light Ukrainian independence and eventually die desserts and refreshments will be available in a Soviet prison. The presentation will for purchase from Natalie’s Elegant take place in Room 1512, International Creations of Falls Church. The event is Affairs Building, 420 W. 118th St., at 7 WHAT? hosted by the Arlington Sister City p.m. This event is free and open to the pub- Association (Ivano-Frankivsk Committee). lic. For additional information call the YOU DON’T HAVE YOUR OWN Monday, October 20 Ukrainian Studies Program at SUBSCRIPTION? CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard (Continued on page 26) PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly, fill out the form below, Preview of Events is a listing of community events open to the public. It is a service provided clip it and mail it to: Subscription Department, The Ukrainian Weekly, at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 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