INSIDE: • The great Ukrainian escape of 1939 — pages 8-9. • Singer-songwriter Taras Chubai in New York — page 14. • Filmmaker Damian Kolodiy in the underworld — page 15. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXXVI No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 $1/$2 in Ukraine ‘Vyshyvanka’ Parade celebrates Ukrainian heritage Yushchenko promotes by Illya M. Labunka Kyiv Press Bureau legislation protecting KYIV – Residents and guests of Kyiv were treated to a feast for the eyes on children and families May 3 as the city witnessed its first-ever “Vyshyvanka” (traditional embroidered by Illya M. Labunka shirt) Parade. Organized by Oleh Kyiv Press Bureau Skrypka, one of Ukraine’s leading rock musicians and front man for the leg- KYIV – As Mother’s Day continues to endary Ukrainian rock band Vopli gain more popularity in Ukraine every Vidopliasova (VV), the parade acted as a year, President Viktor Yushchenko forerunner to the upcoming fifth annual recently expressed his concern over the “Krayina Mriy” (Land of Dreams) festi- fact that the number of Ukraine’s chil- val, an international ethnic festival dren has shrunk by 300,000 in the last founded by Mr. Skrypka and scheduled five years. To counter such a trend, to take place in Kyiv on June 21-22. President Yushchenko is calling for legis- The parade, featuring participants lation to safeguard the rights of children wearing colorful and bright embroidered as well as to benefit large families. shirts and blouses representing all regions On May 5 Mr. Yushchenko signed a of Ukraine, began at Kyiv’s famous artis- decree aimed at stimulating awareness of tic street, Andriyivsky Uzviz, and pro- Children’s Welfare Day, scheduled to ceeded down toward Sahaidachnyi Street take place on June 1 under the aegis of and Contract Square, situated in the the national program “A healthy child – a Podil section of the city. healthy nation.” Once the parade reached the statue of The national program “A healthy the famous Ukrainian philosopher child – a healthy nation” was initiated on Hryhorii Skovoroda, located across from December 11, 2007, by the president in the National University of the Kyiv hopes of bringing to the fore the socio- Mohyla Academy, traditional Ukrainian economic, medical, educational and cul- music, song and dance enchanted specta- tural needs of Ukraine’s children. In an tors and passers-by alike. attempt to popularize an overall healthy Free and open to the public, the way of life for the country’s youth, Mr. parade had only one prerequisite: you Yushchenko has repeatedly encouraged had to be dressed in traditional Ukrainian Ukrainian businesses and government embroidered apparel. Organizers of the authorities to participate in the program’s event hope the parade becomes an annu- various philanthropic possibilities. al tradition as a wonderful venue to One of the major points in the presi- demonstrate not only the skilled crafts- dential decree calls for legislative manship behind Ukrainian embroidery, amendments to existing laws on the sta- but also its uniqueness, beauty and deep tus of orphans and those children whose Kateryna Kornijenko/айвей (www.h.ua) symbolism. In addition, the parade parents are unable to provide appropriate Music icon Oleh Skrypka among children attired in traditional Ukrainian cos- (Continued on page 4) tumes during the “Vyshyvanka” Parade in Kyiv. (Continued on page 10)

One of UNA’s top organizers, Holodomor Remembrance Flame enters U.S. by Tamara Olexy The program began with opening Stefan W. Hawrysz, dies at 88 UCCA remarks from Petro Dromomyretsky, president of the Ukrainian Club of PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Stefan W. SEATTLE – On Sunday, May 4, the Washington, who officially welcomed Hawrysz, former supreme organizer of Ukrainian community in Seattle officially everyone and spoke of the true nature of the Ukrainian National Association and a welcomed the International Holodomor the genocidal Famine in Ukraine 75 tireless advocate of the fraternal organi- Remembrance Flame from Canada to the years ago. zation who personally enrolled more United States. The program included poignant and than 2,500 members, died on Sunday, In a moving ceremony attended by moving remarks by Rep. McDermott, May 4, in the Philadelphia area. He was Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), ambas- who is of Irish descent and spoke of the 88. sadors of Ukraine to the United States, similarities between the Irish Potato As longtime secretary of Branch 83 Canada and the Holy See, the presidents Famine and the Ukrainian Genocide of (serving in that post since 1952), chair- of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and 1932-1933. “These examples of deliber- man of the UNA’s Philadelphia District the Ukrainian Congress Committee of ate decisions by politicians must be Committee and member of the UNA America, and the chairman of the brought to the attention of the world. We General Assembly, Mr. Hawrysz dedicat- National Committee to Commemorate must be vigilant as a nation,” he said. ed 54 years of service to the UNA. the 75th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Ukraine’s ambassador to the United In 1974, when the UNA convention Genocide of 1932-1933 joined nearly States, Dr. Oleh Shamsur, spoke of the created the Executive Committee post of 300 local Ukrainian Americans – many “lessons of the Holodomor that are yet to supreme organizer, Mr. Hawrysz was of whom were young students and Plast be fully learned,” while his counterpart, elected to the position, serving during the youths – gathered at the University of Ukraine’s Ambassador to Canada, Dr. Washington to witness the transfer of the (Continued on page 4) Stefan W. Hawrysz torch. (Continued on page 11) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 No. 19 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS

Tymoshenko for parliamentary republic Public sees high tension in government said later that same day that the incident by Pavel Korduban tives of all the major parties, but the will not change Kyiv’s attitude toward the KYIV – A survey conducted by the fleet, Interfax-Ukraine reported. “The Eurasia Daily Monitor PRU withdrew from it in early 2008 and pollster FOM-Ukraine has found that 66.8 Ms. Tymoshenko’s representatives have incident involving the missile cannot pro- Ukrainian President Viktor percent of respondents say the relations vide a pretext for considering the Black been little more than passive observers. between President Viktor Yushchenko and Yushchenko has suffered a crashing Instead, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Sea Fleet’s early withdrawal,” Ukrainian defeat over his plan to change the Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko are Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman (YTB) agreed with the PRU to set up a “conflicting” or “strained,” while 16.4 Constitution. Not only has it become commission in the Verkhovna Rada to Vasyl Kyrylych told journalists. He added clear that Prime Minister Yulia percent say they are “calm” or “friendly,” that Ukraine has strictly complied with a draft constitutional amendments sepa- Interfax-Ukraine reported on May 6. The Tymoshenko will not support his plan to bilateral agreement “which says in clear rately from the presidential team. Mr. poll of 2,000 Ukrainians found that Mr. boost presidential powers, but she has terms that the Black Sea Fleet will remain Yushchenko sensed betrayal. Ms. Yushchenko’s performance is seen nega- sided with his eternal opponent, the Party based [in Crimea] until 2017.” Tymoshenko justified his fears, address- tively by 51.4 percent of respondents, of the Regions (PRU), in order to change Meanwhile, the Russian Navy’s com- ing the Parliamentary Assembly of the while Ms. Tymoshenko’s performance is the Constitution in the opposite direc- mand commented on May 6 that the Council of Europe, a pan-European viewed negatively by 49.9 percent. tion. object found in Crimea was not really a human rights watchdog, on April 16. She According to FOM-Ukraine, if presiden- weapon, but rather a dummy torpedo, Ms. Tymoshenko has declared her said that she was in favor of transform- tial elections had been held in April, Ms. which does not pose any threat to people support for a parliamentary republic in ing Ukraine into a parliamentary repub- Tymoshenko would have won 23.7 per- or the environment. There has been no which the president would perform lic, the dominant form of government in cent of the vote, former Prime Minister explanation of how the Russian torpedo mainly representational functions. At the the European Union. Viktor Yanukovych 21.2 percent, and Mr. landed on the Crimean beach. (RFE/RL same time, the Constitutional Court (CC) “We must ... make Ukraine a tradi- Yushchenko 8 percent. (RFE/RL Newsline) has forbidden Mr. Yushchenko to amend Newsline) the Constitution through a referendum. Melnychenko may go on hunger strike Ever since his election as president in Yulia Tymoshenko Ukraine protests torpedo tests December 2004, Mr. Yushchenko has KYIV – Mykola Melnychenko, ex- KYIV – The Foreign Affairs Ministry been unhappy with the constitutional major of the State Guard Department, supports a of Ukraine on May 5 handed a note of reform of 2004-2006, which strength- said on April 24 that he would go on protest to an official at the Russian ened Parliament and the Cabinet of parliamentary hunger strike near the Presidential Ministers at the expense of the president. Embassy in Kyiv over the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s unauthorized tests of an air- Secretariat if an investigation into the The reform has been viewed in his camp republic in which borne antisubmarine torpedo in Ukraine, criminal case surrounding the Gongadze as a time bomb planted by the corrupt Interfax-Ukraine reported. The torpedo murder is not speeded-up. Mr. old elite, who were defeated in 2004, in the president was found near the village of Pryvitne, Melnychenko continues to insist on the order to prevent Mr. Yushchenko from Alushta Raion, in Crimea on April 27. “It need to carry out a phonoscopic examina- enacting reforms. Mr. Yushchenko want- would perform has emerged that on April 15, 2008, a tion of audio records from former ed to restore the strong presidential mainly represen- Russian Black Sea Fleet research vessel President Leonid Kuchma’s study. “Only authority that his predecessor Leonid lost the torpedo during tests at the P-34 after… carrying out the phonoscopic Kuchma had wielded. Ms. Tymoshenko tational functions. testing site. ...It is remarkable that the examination of the tapes… will it be pos- backed him on this, while the PRU, since tests were held without the permission of sible to hand them over to the Procurator its leader Viktor Yanukovych was defeat- the Ukrainian authorities,” the Foreign General’s Office without risk of falsifica- ed by Mr. Yushchenko in 2004, has been tional parliamentary republic in line with Affairs Ministry said in its note of protest. tion,” Mr. Melnychenko argued. He also in favor of further weakening the presi- European experience,” she said. “A par- “The 1997 agreement concerning the sta- stated that “a top-priority task for the dential authority. liamentary republic – I don’t need to tus and conditions regulating the presence Procurator General’s Office of Ukraine is Mr. Yushchenko’s plan has been to explain this to you – has significant of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in to come to an agreement with PACE change the Constitution by bypassing advantages over any strong and monopo- Ukraine, and in particular Article 8(2), [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council Parliament through a popular referen- lized system of government.” Ms. stipulates that any combat and operational of Europe] on a group of experts.” dum, as he has never commanded the Tymoshenko detailed her design of a par- training cannot be held without the con- Deputy Procurator General Mykola two-thirds parliamentary majority that is liamentary republic for Ukraine, speak- sent of the relevant Ukrainian authori- Holomsha has stated that investigation needed to amend the Constitution. At the ing in a TV interview on April 20. The ties.” (RFE/RL Newsline) into the murder of Heorhii Gongadze is end of 2007 Mr. Yushchenko set up the prime minister said that the president hampered by the absence of the original Kyiv: torpedo won’t harm relations recording of Mr. Melnychenko and a National Constitutional Council to draft should still be elected in a nationwide amendments to the Constitution that delay in carrying out their phonoscopic poll, but his role in politics should be KYIV – The Foreign Affairs Ministry would reverse the constitutional reform. examination. “We approached the of Ukraine, which sent a formal note of The council initially included representa- (Continued on page 18) Council of Europe three times, requesting protest on May 6 over an airborne anti- their assistance in carrying out the exami- submarine torpedo of the Russian Black Sea Fleet found in Crimea last month, (Continued on page 16) With transition, power in Russia moves further into the shadows THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933 by Robert Coalson needed to be rewritten because it has been An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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Jan number of measures,” Mr. Barrot said. “The as an integral part of Europe’s troubled his- RFE/RL Newsline Marinus Wiersma, a Dutch Socialist and a commission has noted this call for a greater tory. leading figure in the EU’s Socialist group, European involvement, but it must be Estonia’s Tunne Kelam, a conservative Can communism be compared to attacked what he described as “party-politi- stressed that each member-state itself must deputy, spoke for most when he argued for Nazism? Does communism’s record cal interpretations of history.” find its own way of addressing this issue. a “moral and political assessment” of the deserve as unequivocal a condemnation as “All too often, differing interpretations The European Union cannot substitute itself legacy of Communist regimes equivalent to that of Nazism? And should communism’s can lead to different visions, different ways for these national processes. The European the judgment passed on that of Nazism. “I modern-day adherents and apologists be of understanding things, and sometimes Union does not have much competence to am a bit disappointed with the commis- rejected as firmly by Europe’s political xenophobia [and nationalism],” he said. act in this area.” sion’s statement, because [its] main theme is mainstream as those of Nazism? “This is extraordinarily dangerous in a The EU’s role, Mr. Barrot said, should be that the assessment of Communist totalitari- The debate over the historical record of Europe which is characterized by diversity, restricted to “facilitating dialogue and the anism will be an internal affair of every rel- communism simmers on in the European that includes ethnic diversity. There are no exchange of views.” In his two statements, evant country,” he said. Union. Forced onto the bloc’s agenda by its simple answers to difficult historical ques- Mr. Barrot never once invoked either “I’m afraid that’s going to deepen [a feel- new ex-Communist member-states, the tions. Let’s not overlook this, because quite Nazism or communism by name. ing of] double standards, because clearly, issue was most recently broached in a often, people have a populist interpretation During the debate, at the European fascism and Nazism are not considered to debate at the European Parliament in of history.” Parliament, deputies from Poland, be an ‘internal’ matter [for] any of the EU Strasbourg, France, on April 21. Mr. Wiersma attacked attempts at draw- Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Estonia and member-states. Every emergence of neo- Reflecting deep-seated divisions among ing “facile or glib comparisons” between elsewhere in Eastern Europe angrily Nazism, or racism, is viewed as a direct member-states and political camps, the totalitarian regimes – without once, howev- recounted atrocities from their countries’ threat to the common values of Europe.” European Parliament ultimately failed to er, identifying either by name. He said such Communist pasts. They argued that the Communism, Mr. Kelam noted, is by impli- agree on a common declaration. Some debates have no place on the EU’s agenda. mass executions of political opponents and cation not seen as a threat to Europe. Its vic- argued that charging communism – at least, The leader of the smaller European deportations of civilians that took place tims therefore, remain “second- or third- in its Stalinist incarnation – with crimes United Left, French politician Francis under the Soviet yoke must be recognized class victims,” he said. against humanity would provide long-over- Wurtz, was more outspoken. He rejected due historical justice. Others, however, saw the idea of a “Nuremberg of ideologies” and it as an attempt to rewrite history for pop- said putting Soviet-era crimes on par with ulist gain. those of Nazism “relativizes” the Holocaust These questions go to the heart of the and other Nazi atrocities. Even if lawmak- Senate supports Ukraine, Georgia in NATO divisions that linger in Europe between the ers could find a common stance on the EU’s old and new member-states. issue, the best the body could do formally is WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate on The resolution states, in part, that the Most of the “old” countries tend to see pass a moral judgment on communism. The April 28 unanimously passed Senate Senate: no need for a new historical reckoning. The real powers on such matters lie with the Resolution 523, “expressing the strong “(1) supports the declaration of the Soviet Union is seen as an ally in defeating member-states. support of the Senate for the declaration Bucharest Summit, which stated that Nazi Germany, and Communist parties still In contrast, the new member-states have of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Ukraine and Georgia will become mem- exist. received a generally sympathetic hearing at the Bucharest Summit that Ukraine bers of NATO; The new member-states, however, tend among the EU’s political right. and Georgia will become members of the “(2) reiterates its support for the com- to view the issue as a critical part of reunit- In April 2007 EU justice ministers alliance.” mitment to further enlargement of NATO ing the continent. Throughout the Soviet passed a law making it a criminal offense to The resolution was introduced on to include democratic governments that bloc, Communist oppression cost the lives publicly condone, deny or trivialize “geno- April 21 by Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) are able and willing to meet the responsi- of millions of people, deprived the rest of cide, crimes against humanity and war with the co-sponsorship of Sens. Richard bilities of membership; and freedom, and placed their countries behind crimes” – provided such crimes were recog- Lugar (R-Ind.) and Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), “(3) urges the foreign ministers of the Iron Curtain for half a century. This line nized as such by the Nuremberg Tribunal of as well as all three current candidates for NATO member-states at their meeting in of argument also has more than a whiff of 1945 or the statute of the International their respective parties’ nominations for December 2008 to consider favorably the antagonism toward Russia, whose outgoing Criminal Court of 2002. Neither makes any U.S. president, Sens. Hillary Clinton (D- applications of the governments of president, Vladimir Putin, has called the reference to Communist crimes. The EU’s N.Y.), Barack Obama (D-Ill.), John Ukraine and Georgia for Membership collapse of the Soviet Union “the greatest executive, the European Commission (EC), McCain (R-Ariz.). Action Plans.” political catastrophe of the 20th century.” has been instructed to study whether the For those seeking to condemn commu- need exists to augment the list of crimes. nism for crimes against humanity, it’s been On April 21 EC Vice-President Jacques an uphill battle. The strongest resistance Barrot told the Parliament additional meas- ures are for individual member-states to Gorbachev slams U.S. in interview Ahto Lobjakas is an RFE/RL corre- decide. “During the hearing, a group of par- RFE/RL Newsline “taking the arms race to the next level.” spondent based in Brussels. ticipants suggested in a document a great He also condemned NATO’s promise LONDON – In an interview with The of eventual membership for Georgia and Daily Telegraph published on May 7, for- Ukraine. “The Americans promised that mer Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev IN THE PRESS NATO wouldn’t move beyond the charged that the United States is deliber- boundaries of Germany after the Cold ately quashing hopes for permanent War but now half of Central and Eastern peace with Russia. “We had 10 years after the Cold War Europe are members, so what happened Putin’s creeping dictatorship to their promises?” he asked. “It shows “The Gymnast and the Czar,” col- he did it, gradually and step by step. And to build a new world order and yet we squandered them,” the British daily quot- they cannot be trusted.” umn by Fred Hiatt, editorial page edi- for most of the journey, the Bush admin- ed Mr. Gorbachev as saying. “The United According to The Daily Telegraph, tor of The Washington Post, April 28: istration and other Western governments States cannot tolerate anyone acting inde- Mr. Gorbachev “often sounded like the refused to acknowledge it publicly, or pendently. Every U.S. president has to aging hard-liners he struggled against in “… it’s worth recalling the methodi- perhaps even to themselves. They fatu- the Kremlin during the 1980s” in the cal and patient way he [Russian have a war.” ously compared 21st century Russia with Mr. Gorbachev said the “problem” is interview, railing against a “military- President Vladimir Putin] crept toward Stalin’s Soviet Union, as if the positive industrial complex” that he insisted is the dictatorship, because recent events raise “not with Russia.” “Russia does not have differences should be comforting. And enemies and [Vladimir] Putin is not “real government” of the United States. fears that he is now creeping in the same when the negative trends became too going to start a war against the United The paper reported that the former way toward stifling the independence obvious to ignore, they – particularly the States or any other country for that mat- Soviet leader, “quoting a Russian docu- that Russia’s neighboring states have Western Europeans – still hesitated to ter,” he said. “Yet we see the United mentary on state television, suggested enjoyed since the Soviet Union fractured offend the bear. States approving a military budget and that British Prime Minister Margaret in 1991. “So it should not be surprising that the defense secretary pledging to Thatcher had supplied weapons to “Putin did not announce, eight years leaders of small and even medium-size strengthen conventional forces because Chechen terrorists.” ago, his intention to create an autocracy democracies on Russia’s borders feel of the possibility of a war with China or He also rejected charges that President in which all television channels would be nervous as they see Putin challenging Russia. I sometimes have a feeling that Putin overturned democracy in Russia. “I under Kremlin control; in which elec- the United States is going to wage war do not think that glasnost is dead in tions would be decided, by him, ahead of their sovereignty and threatening their against the entire world.” Russia,” Mr. Gorbachev said. “There is a time; in which every major industrialist futures. Estonia has endured cyber- Mr. Gorbachev denounced U.S. plans phenomenon in the West to criticize Mr. and provincial governor would dance to attacks; Georgia’s exports to Russia have to build a missile-defense shield in Putin’s domestic record. But in Russia he his tune and roving bands of nationalist been blocked; Ukraine has been told that Poland and the Czech Republic to count- has mass support. His popularity ratings youths would threaten, intimidate or beat it will be targeted by nuclear missiles er a potential nuclear strike by Iran, call- are 70 to 80 percent. Is this not democra- up anyone who objected. should it think of joining NATO and ing it “a very dangerous step” that is cy?” “He did not announce that by the time watched as its president was mysterious- he gave up the presidency he would have ly poisoned and nearly killed. created a replacement for the Communist “ ‘It’s clear that, for Russia, any for- Party of olden days – United Russia – merly Communist country is a threat, if it and that he would graciously accept its opts for democracy, rule of law and THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY chairmanship, though without deigning human rights,’ Estonia’s president, to join the party. … Toomas Ilves, told me during a recent Visit our archive on the Internet at: http://www.ukrweekly.com/ “Putin did not preview any of this, but visit to Washington. …” 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 No. 19

Mr. Hawrysz with a special commemora- One of UNA’s... tive citation on the occasion of its 60th (Continued from page 1) anniversary in 2005. In 2007 he was once 1974-1978 term and again in 1982-1986. again recognized by the UUARC by In between those two terms he was the being elected an honorary member. UNA’s senior field organizer, and prior to Mr. Hawrysz was born on February that was a UNA field organizer. 15, 1920, in the village of Medvezhi, in Mr. Hawrysz established 16 UNA the Drohobych region of western Ukraine. He was an active member of the branches and for many years was an Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, instructor at the UNA’s special courses for which he was at first blacklisted by for organizers and branch secretaries. He Soviet authorities and later imprisoned was a delegate to 12 conventions. by the NKVD. Sentenced to death by fir- On the UNA General Assembly, once ing squad, he narrowly escaped. He left called the Supreme Assembly, Mr. Ukraine in 1944, crossing the border as Hawrysz held the posts of auditor and war raged while serving as a liaison for advisor. He was elected to four terms as the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). an auditor, serving in 1986-1990, 1990- He immigrated to the United States in 1994, 1994-1998 and 1998-2002 and serv- 1950 and immediately became involved ing as the Auditing Committee’s chairman in Ukrainian community life in his adopt- Roman Iwasiwka and vice-chairman. He served as an advi- ed homeland. He became a member of sor in 1966-1970 and 1970-1974. The UNA Auditing Committee in 1995: (from left) Anatole Doroshenko, William the UNA in 1952. Pastuszek, Stefan Hawrysz, Stefania Hewryk and Iwan Wynnyk. On the local level, Mr. Hawrysz was He held leadership posts in the both a branch secretary and a district Ukrainian Congress Committee of chairman. He was recognized in 2002 for America, the Central Committee of 50 years of service as a branch secretary Former Residents of the Drohobych Area and in 2005 as the longest serving UNA and the Self Reliance board. Among his district chairman. other community activities were mem- He most recently served on the UNA bership and a leadership role in the General Assembly as an advisor during Prometheus men’s chorus of the 2002-2006 term. In 2006 he accepted Philadelphia. the position of honorary member of the Surviving are Mr. Hawrysz’s wife, General Assembly, a prestigious post Ilse; son, Hans, with his wife, Darka; offered only to those who have served 20 daughter, Kristine; grandchildren, Alexa years or more on that UNA body. Hawrysz and Diana Miller; and niece, At the UNA’s most recent convention Vira Prinko with her children Paul and in 2006, Mr. Hawrysz received a Special Natalia. Service Award for his successful organiz- A parastas (memorial) service was ing work. Also at that convention, as the offered at the Fletcher-Nasevich Funeral senior member of the General Assembly Home on May 6; the funeral liturgy was present, Mr. Hawrysz administered the held the next day at Annunciation of the oath of office to the newly elected UNA Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic executive officers, auditors and advisors. Church in Melrose Park. Interment was at For many years Mr. Hawrysz also St. Mary’s Cemetery in Elkins Park, Pa. managed the home office of the United Among the UNA’ers paying their last Ukrainian American Relief Committee, respects to a leading UNA activist and which is based in Philadelphia but whose Ukrainian patriot were President Stefan charitable works span the globe. He later Kaczaraj, National Secretary Christine became the UUARC’s executive director, Kozak and Advisor Eugene Serba. Roma Hadzewycz and on his initiative UUARC affiliate Memorial donations may be made to: Stefan Hawrysz receives a Special Service Award from UNA National Secretary groups were founded in Kyiv, Lviv and United Ukrainian American Relief Christine Kozak at the 2006 UNA Convention. Mykolayiv, Ukraine. Committee, 1206 Cottman Ave., The charitable organization honored Philadelphia, PA 19111. need to force people to show up at the ‘Vyshyvanka’... latest cultural event – unlike during the In memoriam (Continued from page 1) Soviet days when children were forced to would offer an opportunity to compare march on the Khreschatyk and through- and exchange thoughts on the territorially out the country during the annual May Day parades. STEFAN W. HAWRYSZ eclectic nature of Ukrainian embroidery, “This suggests that people actually as each corner of the country offers its want to and are ready to mark the week- own distinct style. February 16, 1920-May 4, 2008 long events celebrating the glory of Much has been written about the Ukrainian embroidery. Such holidays are essence of Ukrainian embroidery as a The Executive Committee of the good for the heart and soul,” added the protective talisman, an anointed and Ukrainian National Association regrets singer. to announce to the members of the sacred symbol of Ukrainianness encom- Mr. Skrypka admitted that he did not General Assembly, to members of passing ethnic and national pride. anticipate such an overwhelming turnout, Branch 83 and to the UNA membership Mr. Skrypka, fresh from his successful as approximately 1,000 people took part at large that Stefan W. Hawrysz, hon- theatrical re-interpretation of the in an event that depended more on word- orary member of the UNA General “Natalka Poltavka” operetta, which was of-mouth promotion than anything else in Assembly, former supreme advisor, for- recently showcased for the first time in terms of advertising. mer supreme organizer, former chair- the United States to high acclaim at the During the parade Mr. Skrypka was man of the UNA Auditing Committee, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of joined by his parents. “I’m proud we are former chairman of the Philadelphia New Jersey (UACCNJ), has become one not forgetting our traditions. Tradition is District, former secretary of Branch 83 of Ukraine’s unofficial cultural ambassa- not only about singing, it’s also about and member of the UNA since 1952, dors not only through his music and the- what kind of attire we wear,” said the passed away on Sunday, May 4. atrical productions, but also as a result of rock star’s father, Yuri Skrypka. The Executive Committee and the his attention to and promotion of According to the elder Mr. Skrypka, entire UNA membership wish to Ukrainian embroidery. although his wife is Russian, it was she express their deepest sympathy to his According to Mr. Skrypka, Ukrainian who reared her son in a nationalist wife, Ilse, children, Hans and Kristine, embroidery not only improves one’s Ukrainian spirit. “For some reason and their families, and the entire mood, its natural fibers are of benefit to nationalism in Ukraine is misunderstood, Hawrysz family. Services were held on one’s health. For Mr. Skrypka, reading and it is interpreted as something aggres- Wednesday, May 7, at the Annun-cia- and talking about the beauty or symbol- sive. In reality, nationalism simply tion of the Blessed Virgin Mary ism of Ukrainian embroidery is OK, but means love for one’s country, for one’s Stefan W. Hawrysz Ukrainian Catholic Church in Melrose it’s better to actually see and experience traditions,” added Yurii Skrypka. Park, Pa. Mr. Hawrysz was laid to rest its magic first-hand. In addition to local residents, the at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Elkins Park, dedication, unwavering support and 54 “During the holidays people always embroidery parade attracted children Pa. years of service to the Ukrainian try to dress glamorously, but embroidery from Lviv, and students from Chernihiv Mr. Hawrysz will be remembered as National Association will not be for- can be considered ‘traditional Ukrainian Oblast and the city of Kharkiv. one of the major forces in organizing gotten. glamor,’” exclaimed Mr. Skrypka. The “I want the ‘Vyshyvanka’ Parade to new members of the Ukrainian organizer of the upcoming “Krayina become a tourist attraction which would National Association and in building Vichna yomu pamiat! – May his Mriy” festival and the “Vyshyvanka” entice visitors from all over Ukraine and this fraternal organization. His loyalty, memory be eternal! Parade said he was glad there was no abroad as well,” said Oleh Skrypka. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM More winners recognized for work on behalf of UNA by Christine E. Kozak UNA National Secretary PARSIPPANY, N.Y. – The sale of life insurance is the life blood of the UNA, a 114-year-old fraternal organization. Since 1894 the Ukrainian National Association has been providing financial assistance to families when they most need it and, especially in today’s econo- my, life insurance is a necessary tool that should be included in your portfolio. At this point in time, the UNA does not have any “captive agents”; thus, we rely on branch secretaries to sustain this organization with the sale of life insur- ance. Kudos to our branch secretaries for a job well done – theirs is a difficult task. Let’s face it, most people do not want to discuss life insurance because it forces them to deal with their mortality. And none of us like to think about that. This Eugene Oscislawski Alice Olenchuk Lubov Streletsky is where the job of a UNA branch secre- tary begins: helping people see the importance of insuring their most valu- gence and persistence and wish him well able asset – themselves! for 2008, as another contest is currently As an incentive, the UNA holds two under way. life insurance contests per year based on The first contest of 2007, with a goal a points system. Points are awarded for of 40 points, was the UNA’s Birthday various categories of sales, for example, Sales Blitz. We would like to acknowl- new member, existing members, type of edge the top three winners of this con- policy. Bonus points are also awarded if test: premium amount goals are reached with- • First place – Mr. Oscislawski, 55 in a month as specified. These contests points; differ from the traditional annual organ- • Second place – Alice Olenchuk, sec- izing contest, which is based on annual retary of Branch 112, 51 points; and premium amount only. • Third place – Lubov Streletsky, The year 2007 was outstanding in not UNA advisor, secretary of Branch 10, 50 only the amount of annuities sold – the points. largest in the UNA’s history – but also in The winners of the 2007 Life the achievements of our hard-working Insurance Awareness Sales Blitz are: secretaries. • First place – Mr. Oscislawski, 59 Topping off the list of extraordinary points; achievers is Eugene Oscislawski, who • Second place – Stefanie Hawryluk, distinguished himself in winning both secretary of Branch 88, 26 points; and • Third place – Joe Chabon, chairman the UNA’s 113th Birthday Sales Blitz Stefanie Hawryluk Joseph Chabon and the UNA’s fourth National Life of the Shamokin District, secretary of Branch 242, 22 points. Insurance Awareness Sales Blitz. Mr. *** please call the Home Office at 800-253- Oscislawski serves as a UNA advisor The UNA is proud of all you have and secretary of Branch 234. We thank achieved, and we look forward to an If you or someone you know would be 9862. We will be very happy to speak Mr. Oscislawski for his dedication, dili- even more successful 2008. interested in becoming a UNA organizer, with you. Young UNA’ers

Twins Nicholas Bruce and Siara Melanie Van Schaick, children of Julia Maya Rokycky, daughter of Malayna M. Lannyk, daughter of Melanie Stephanie and Bruce Charles Svetlana and Andrew Rokycky of Carly M. Matiash, daughter of Nick William and Nicole Lannyk of Van Schaick of Syracuse, N.Y., is a Wethersfield, Conn., is a new member and Jody Matiash of Oshkosh, Wis., is Weyauwega, Wis., is a new member of new member of UNA Branch 39. She of UNA Branch 277. She was enrolled a new member of UNA Branch 120. UNA Branch 220. She was enrolled by was enrolled by her grandparents the by her grandparents, Waltraut and She was enrolled by her great-grand- her grandmother Theresa Lannyk. Rev. Dr. Myron and Joyce A. Kotch. Lubomyr Rokycky. parents Eli and Ann Matiash.

THE UNA: 114 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 No. 19

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY The Holodomor Remembrance Flame The case for 7 million to 10 million As readers learned from our May 4 issue, the International Torch Relay, bearing by Askold S. Lozynskyj Robert Conquest’s book ‘Harvest of the Holodomor Remembrance Flame, began its worldwide trek in Australia. Its goal: Sorrow,’ the Final Congressional Report of On November 7, 2003, 25 member- the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine to raise awareness around the globe of the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 that killed 1 millions in Ukraine. The Holodomor – which literally means death by forced starva- countries (subsequently, 14 more mem- Famine and the findings of an tion – still is not universally recognized as genocide. And that is something that must ber-countries signed directly or sent letters International Commission of eminent be resolved during this 75th anniversary year of the Ukrainian Genocide. of support) issued a statement to the 58th international jurists convened by the The Holodomor Torch Relay, an initiative of the Ukrainian World Congress and Session of the United Nations General Ukrainian World Congress which rendered the government of Ukraine, will visit 33 countries and via its travels will tell the story Assembly, which was transmitted to the its final report in 1990. The number 7 mil- of what we used to call the Great Famine, a tragedy not just for Ukraine but also for Secretary General of the United Nations lion-10 million ascribes 7 million to the all of humanity. “The lessons of the Holodomor… are yet to be fully learned,” by the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to territory of the former Ukrainian SSR and Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Oleh Shamshur reminds us all. the U.N. 3 million to other areas of the USSR, The flame began its journey across North America on April 18, arriving at Toronto The statement read in part: including Kuban, the North Caucasus in City Hall, where it was accompanied by an exhibit titled “Genocide by Famine.” The “In the former Soviet Union millions of Russia and Kazakhstan. The regions out- flame then traveled to a series of other cities, garnering a fair amount of attention men, women and children fell victims to side the Ukrainian SSR where the famine from the local public and the news media. Thus, the relay is accomplishing its goal of the cruel actions and policies of the totali- was most severe in many instances were raising awareness of the Holodomor outside the Ukrainian community. tarian regime. The Great Famine of 1932- populated heavily by Ukrainians. The Currently the Holodomor Remembrance Flame is in the United States, having 1933 in Ukraine (Holodomor), which took International Commission report includes made its first appearance in this country on the West Coast, in Seattle, on May 4. from 7 million to 10 million innocent lives statistics from two censuses taken in the There the flame was met by Ukraine’s ambassadors to the U.S. and Canada, and became a national tragedy for the USSR along ethnic lines pre and post the Ukrainian community leaders and local youths, including many uniformed members Ukrainian people. In this regard we note famine of 1932-1933 which support the of the recently established branch of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. activities in observance of the 70th aforesaid number. For the public at large, the stopover in Seattle was informative, and it drew the anniversary of this Famine, in particular “Should you require any further clarifi- participation of Sen. Jim McDermott as well as the attention of Washington Gov. organized by the government of Ukraine.” cation, substantiated by documentation, we Chris Gregoire, who prepared a special message for the occasion. For the youths in On November 10, 2003, the Ukrainian would be willing to supply same upon attendance it was an opportunity to be a part of something larger, something that World Congress (hereinafter UWC) issued request. We appreciate your interest.” unites all Ukrainians, no matter where they reside. Especially significant, we believe, a “Statement in Support of Remembering On February 5 the UWC received a is that the torch was passed to all the participants at the Seattle event, thus making the Victims of the Great Famine 1932- notification from the U.N. Non- their participation in this solemn memorial something more tangible and a memory 1933 in Ukraine.” The statement, distrib- Governmental Organizations that will remain with them forever. uted in the United Nations, read in part: Section/DESA: As the International Torch Relay continues its journey through the United States, “This year marks the 70th anniversary “This is to inform you that the back to Canada and then on to other corners of the globe before concluding its long of the enforced Famine of 1932-1933, Committee on Non-Governmental journey in Ukraine, there will be many opportunities for the Holodomor engineered by the Soviet regime in which Organizations at its 2008 Regular Session Remembrance Flame to leave a lasting impression and educate countless people. We 7 million-10 million Ukrainians perished.” from January 21-30 decided to defer the urge our community members to welcome the Remembrance Flame, to inform their On January 29 of this year the United consideration of the quadrennial report of local news media and neighbors about its journey, and to remember, on this 75th Nations’ Committee on Non- your organization, ‘Ukrainian World anniversary of the Holodomor, the millions of innocents killed. Governmental Organizations, holding its Congress,’ on its activities for the period Let us do all we can so that the goal of the Holodomor Remembrance Flame, that 2008 regular session on January 21-30, 2003-2006. Ukraine will remember and the world will acknowledge the Famine-Genocide, is considered the UWC’s 2003-2006 quad- “The committee will continue its review realized, and that never, ever again will such a crime against humanity be committed. rennial report and submitted the following of the report during its 2008 resumed ses- questions for further clarification: sion scheduled for May 29- June 6 and an “1) What is the position of your organi- invitation from our office will follow.” zation on the joint statement about the The number of victims has been the ‘Holodomor’ made during the 58th subject of much debate and some estima- May Session of the United Nations General tion. There are at least two significant dec- Turning the pages back... Assembly? larations against interest. Winston “2) What are the sources of the numbers Churchill in his memoirs published in of the deaths from the ‘Great Famine’ in 1959 refers to a conversation with Marshal 15 your statement?” Twenty-five years ago, on May 15, 1983, approximately Joseph Stalin in August 1942 about the On January 30 the UWC responded: 13,000 people participated in a memorial service for the mil- stresses of the war as compared with car- 1983 “Thank you for your consideration of lions of victims of the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933, that rying through the policy of the collective our quadrennial report and, particularly, was held during the annual pilgrimage on St. Thomas Sunday farms. In the course of the conversation, your interest in the Great Famine- at the Ukrainian Orthodox Center of St. Andrew the First- according to Churchill, Stalin talks about ‘Holodomor.’ Called Apostle Memorial Church in South Bound Brook, N.J. (The church structure the collectivization effort and holds up two “The position of the UWC on the joint itself is a memorial monument to the victims of the Holodomor.) hands with the words “Ten million, it was statement about the ‘Holodomor’ made 2 The services began with a divine liturgy celebrated by Archbishop-Metropolitan fearful.” during the 58th Session of the United Mstyslav of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) with assistance by Archbishop William Strang, a diplomat at the Mark of the UOC and Bishop Iziaslav of the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Nations General Assembly is that it is an British Embassy, Moscow, wrote about a Church. Following the liturgy, an outdoor requiem service was officiated by clergy important acknowledgment by almost 40 conversation with the notorious Soviet and hierarchs of the Ukrainian Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant faiths, including countries in the world community of the apologist and Great Famine denier, Walter Metropolitan Mstyslav, Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk of the Ukrainian Catholic existence of this great tragedy. Duranty, The New York Times reporter at Church, Archbishop Mark, Bishop Iziaslav and Pastor Wladimir Borowsky, executive Furthermore, we feel that it was an impor- that time in the USSR, in September 1933 secretary of the Ukrainian Evangelical Alliance of North America. tant initial step in recognizing this event as after Mr. Duranty returned from Ukraine In his sermon, Metropolitan Mstyslav said: “This year’s Pascha in the life of the genocide within the meaning of the and the North Caucasus: “Mr. Duranty Ukrainian nation and the faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is marked with Genocide Convention of 1948. The UWC thinks it quite possible that as many as 10 the inexpressible painful remembrance of that which occurred only 50 years ago. In assisted Ukraine’s Permanent Mission to million people may have died directly or the U.N. with the statement by offering indirectly from lack of food in the Soviet 1932 and 1933, Moscow, crimson with the human blood which it shed through the 3 ages and totally brutal in its treatment of the nations which it enslaved, guided only by suggestions. The final text, naturally, was Union during the past year.” designers of plunder, resolved to erase from the face of the earth the Ukrainian nation authored by the Mission. Dr. W. Horsley Gantt, chief of the as a separate, independent nation-state. Guided by this goal, Moscow confiscated by “The 7 million to 10 million assessment medical division of the American Relief force from the Ukrainian farmer his ancestral land, a land made holy by his bitter stated in our statement of November 10, Administration, Leningrad Unit (1922- sweat, a land which through the ages was the strongest fortress of the Ukrainian 2003, comes from various sources such as: 1923), a collaborator in Pavlov’s nation and, at the end of the year 1932, robbed from him everything which the gener- Laboratories (1925-1929) and a member ous Ukrainian earth had borne him during that very abundant year of harvest.” Askold S. Lozynskyj is president of the In his final remarks, he concluded: “Let us unite in fervent prayer and let us rever- Ukrainian World Congress. (Continued on page 18) ently bow our heads in respect before the known and unknown graves of the children of the Ukrainian nation whose lives ended in the torments of death by starvation and in the struggle for freedom and for the land of Ukraine.” 1 The following 25 countries are named in the Australia, Israel, Serbia and Montenegro sent sepa- Metropolitan Sulyk said: “In our Ukraine no candles burn before tabernacles, heading of the Statement: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, rate letters of support. because there are none. The roads of our Zion are overgrown. But, within our hearts Belarus, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, 2 Churchill, Winston S. and the Editors of Life, burns the inextinguishable flame of love for our national Jerusalem. We are left with Egypt, Georgia, Guatemala, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, “The Second World War” (Vol 1), Time Inc., New the most powerful weapon – prayer. It sustains our nation and is a companion in pris- Mongolia, Nauru, Pakistan, Qatar, the Republic of York, 1959, pp. 271-272. ons and in exile that no one can take away.” Moldova, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, 3 Strang, William, British Embassy, Moscow, to In his concluding remarks, he said: “Let us direct our efforts at bringing brotherly the Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Sir John Simon, September 26, 1933, “Tour by love into our midst so that it may unite us in Christ and His Church, so that the testa- Timor-Leste, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates Mr. W. Duranty in North Caucasus and the and the United States of America. Additional sig- Ukraine” in “The Foreign Office and the ment of our fathers – so clearly expressed in the acts of January 22 of 1918 and 1919 nators include: Argentina, Iran, Kuwait, Famine, British Documents on Ukraine and the – are realized. Let us ponder well these important matters which determine whether Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Peru, South Africa, South Great Famine of 1932-1933,” Marco Carynnyk, Korea, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Delegations Lubomyr Y. Luciuk and Bohdan S. Kordan; The (Continued on page 21) from Italy (on behalf of the European Union), Limestone Press, 1988, p. 313. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Furthermore, the writer of this letter A reader’s criticism assumes he has a more profound under- standing of global military and economic by Andrew Sorokowski of two letters policies than the leaders and citizens of every East European country – including Dear Editor: tiny Muslim Albania and Macedonia – Your April 27 edition of letters to the who have been scrambling for entry ... Steppe suburban editor contains two letters that are both presumably to be used as the Bush offensive and insipid. administration’s neo-colonialist “tools” It was one of those apartment complex- steads or lice-ridden free-love communes. The first letter urges The Ukrainian in the Third World. es built around the 1970s along a boule- Their parents’ quest for normalcy and Weekly to ban one of the Ukrainian com- It matters not to the writer that the vard leading out of town, with vast areas security seemed, to them, empty and munity’s most distinguished and presidents of Ukraine and Georgia con- of weed-grown grass and splintered con- materialistic. informed political and social commenta- sider entry into NATO to be vital to crete between deteriorating buildings. My For some thinkers, the fault lay in the tors simply because the writer disagrees Ukraine’s and Georgia’s security. He second cousin lived there with his wife, excessive individualism of American life. with Dr. Myron Kuropas’ occasional and sweeps aside as irrelevant NATO’s (i.e., in-laws and child. There was a combina- Thus arose the communitarian movement, a challenge to classical liberalism seeking well-founded characterization of one or Europe’s and North America’s) collec- tion living room, dining room and bed- to revive traditions of cooperation rather another group. Those who have traveled tive obligation to defend its members room, with sofas that doubled as beds; a than competition. It was grounded in the in Europe and seen the blight caused by against aggression and the greatly second, smaller room; a cramped kitchen; and a bathroom. We sat down on the Aristotelian notion that man is, after all, a gypsies and their propensity for thievery increased probability that NATO mem- sofabeds, hedged in by a table. As we social animal and cannot find fulfillment in places like London, Rome and – yes – bership would lead to entry into the dined and drank, visitors drifted in and in isolation from the community. Ukraine fully understand the accuracy of European Union. out. At one point the in-laws went out for At the same time, ghastly discoveries his statement and his characterization. The fact is that NATO membership a walk, apparently because there was of birth defects linked to toxic waste The Ukrainian Weekly is to be com- means nothing more or less than a per- nowhere left to sit. Perhaps, I mused, they sparked the environmental movement. mended for publishing Dr. Kuropas’ inci- manent realignment of Ukraine from sive and typically “politically incorrect” took turns inhabiting this cramped space, The energy crisis of the 1970s, nuclear Russia and a guarantee of its security. with someone always out for a stroll. accidents like Chornobyl, and the degra- commentaries. The writer of this letter That’s precisely why Vladimir Putin impresses me as the sort of individual Some 15 years later, and but a few dation of natural landscapes convinced pulled out all stops in trying to prevent it, miles away, a young entrepreneur and his many that we had to change the way we who would object strenuously and cry and why Communists demonstrated “racism” if Dr. Kuropas were to agree bride were showing me their new home, lived in relation to nature. against President George W. Bush in still under construction. A magnificent These trends combined in the 1980s in with Bill Clinton that most American Kyiv. blacks support Obama because of the stone fireplace anchored the living room. the architectural movement known as the Although I have not been a great sup- Picture windows looked onto a barbecue New Urbanism. Rejecting the suburban color of his skin. porter of President Bush in the past, his Your second letter is even more inane terrace. Above was a ceiling of Tiffany- sprawl of the 1950s, New Urbanists determined support for Ukraine’s entry style stained glass, to one side a conserva- sought to create mixed-use, walkable, than the first. To quote the writer: has earned my greatest respect and grati- “Bluntly, NATO is now less of a shield tory for tropical plants. Through a glass environmentally sustainable settlements tude. Between the Ukrainian government dome in the floor one could see a Jacuzzi. characterized by social, economic, ethnic, against Russia than an intended tool of and the Bush administration on one side, the Bush administration’s neo-colonial- It adjoined the billiard room – that quin- racial and age diversity. These would be and Mr. Putin and Ukraine’s Communist tessential symbol of post-Soviet affluence. true communities, fostering human con- ism in the Third World.” The writer Party on the other, I think I will opt for apparently does not know that “neo-colo- This was a house we poor Americans nectivity. Residents would be able to walk Bush’s “surreal perception of the world to work, to school, to church, to the store, nialism” has an exclusively economic could only dream of. But it was, in fact, an outside Texas.” meeting their neighbors on the way and meaning. NATO has very little “econom- American house, designed by Frank Lloyd interacting with them in public spaces and ic” force and would, indeed, be a very George Woloshyn Wright. Or rather, the blueprints were his common facilities. Public transportation “blunt” tool to use. Linden, Va. – pulled off the Internet and handed to skilled local craftsmen to execute in would largely replace the wasteful auto- meticulous detail. Never mind that this mobile. As architect Philip Bess has but only about one gypsy – the one who prairie house lacked any design relation- argued, the New Urbanism is ultimately We can disagree, stole my wallet. No gypsy represents all ship to its hilly urban environment – based on a natural law philosophy radical- Roma. And no Ukrainian represents all though that was the hallmark of Wright’s ly at odds with prevailing contemporary but let’s be civil Ukrainians. To believe otherwise is to genius. Its relationship to the neighbor- thought and the socio-economic and cul- indulge in the kind of projected bigotry hood would best be expressed by a securi- tural life that it has shaped. Dear Editor: that condemns an entire ethnic group for ty system. Meanwhile, a form of community liv- In a recent letter (April 17) Roman the actions of one individual. This, then, has been Ukraine’s progress ing called co-housing arose in Europe. Cybriwsky suggested that a recent col- And what about my perceived status – from dank, smoky village hut to Begun in Denmark in the 1980s, it was umn of mine reflected poorly on the as a college professor? Was my Ph.D. a cramped urban apartment to a dream based on self-management through partic- Ukrainian community. Why? Because I gift from the University of Chicago? My house of one’s own. For kilometers ipation in non-hierarchical decision-mak- insulted the Roma when I wrote that my parents came from Ukraine during the around the major cities, urbanites spend ing, with common facilities and an archi- wallet was stolen by a gypsy. Mr. Great Depression and I grew up in the their weekends building one-family hous- tectural layout that encouraged neighborly Cybriwsky is pleased that my wallet was 1930s in a family that struggled. Hardly es with their own hands, brick by brick. interaction. Co-housing projects, found in stolen because “personal setbacks often a privileged background. Outside Kyiv, politicians and businessmen several European countries as well as the provide for reflection,” and he suggests Mr. Cybriwsky believes I’m too visi- construct mansions with high walls, sen- United States, seek environmental sustain- that from my “exalted” position as a col- ble in our community. Really? I’ve been sors, video cameras, Rottweilers and secu- ability and cost control through economies lege professor I should ponder the plight active in the Ukrainian American com- rity guards to protect themselves from of scale. One community in Washington, of the poor Roma. munity for over 50 years. I didn’t sud- each other. D.C., for example, enjoys virtually free Mr. Cybriwsky then resorts to an ad- denly pop-up and say “Iook at me.” I’ve The diaspora trod a different path. energy from geothermal wells. hominem attack calling me “The been elected to numerous national lead- Some came from those dank, smoky vil- Will this return to community reach the Weekly’s bad boy columnist” and a ership positions. I have worked in the lage huts directly to prairie farms or min- suburbanized Ukrainian diaspora? The “dinosaur-eccentric.” He also believes White House and the U.S. Senate, and ing towns. Others crowded the tenements senior settlement at North Port, Fla., that I enjoy “disproportionate visibility” for a federal anti-poverty agency as of New York, Chicago or Philadelphia. points to a need for community among the elderly retired. Facing a declining econo- within the Ukrainian community. regional director for six states. There is But from the 1950s the suburbs beckoned, my and unaffordable housing, young peo- Have the Roma suffered as a people? hardly a significant Ukrainian cause in offering ex-GIs, newly employed workers ple, too, may choose to pool their Absolutely. An estimated 500,000 died in which I did not participate. I organized a and countless immigrants the chance to resources. And community is essential to Hitler’s death camps. “Romanticized and Ukrainian-Jewish dialogue group in buy a house with a front lawn and a back sustaining our culture. yet abhorred, Europeans treated Roma as Chicago. I developed America’s first yard and to raise a family in a clean, spa- Will the return to community reach ‘other’ throughout history,” writes teachers’ curriculum guide for the cious environment far from the oppressive Jacqueline Ruyak in One, a publication ghettos of the cities. Single-use zoning Ukraine? Once they’ve lost the traditions Holodomor. I have defended our good of parish, village and urban neighborhood, of the Catholic Near East Welfare name against those who would defame created separate residential, commercial Association. Are the Roma poor, disad- and industrial areas linked by paved roads will Ukrainians long for them? Or will us. they unthinkingly reject anything even vantaged people who have had few Mr. Cybriwsky has every right to dis- and freeways for a generation of new opportunities to better themselves? Some automobile-owners. Your neighbors were remotely redolent of the Russian village agree with my ideas. I accept that. What commune? One of the greatest harms of believe they are. But that is changing. In is unacceptable is his personal attack and like you, and your children grew up obliv- 2005 the European Union, certain ious of other races or economic groups. It Soviet collectivism has been to distort, hateful rhetoric. Mr. Cybriwsky doesn’t and thus discredit, the ideals of communi- European countries, the Open Society have to like me. But he needs to respect seemed healthy. And so our immigrants Institute and the World Bank inaugurated left behind their urban ethnic communities ty and cooperation. Most likely, the fever me and himself. of radical individualism will have to run the “Decade of Roma Inclusion,” a con- We need to be civil with each other, to and scattered to the suburbs. scientious effort to improve the life of But soon, America’s baby-boomers its course. In this respect, as in others, maintain some kind of decorum. Let’s Ukrainians seem to be 50 years behind, Roma. not indulge in name-calling. Let’s were chafing at the sterility, the conformi- Should I have been more sensitive to ty, the sheer boredom of it all. They grew and blithely mindless of where they’re respect each other. Let’s disagree without headed. the plight of all Roma when I wrote that being disagreeable. their hair long, listened to deafening rock, a gypsy stole my wallet? No. Suffering took drugs or sought meaning in Eastern does not justify criminal behavior. Myron B. Kuropas religions. Some, finding their environment Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at Besides, I wasn’t writing about all Roma, DeKalb, Ill. too “plastic,” started back-to-nature home- [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 No. 19 The great Ukrainian escape: Lviv honors three patriots by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn and Taissa Bushnell Three prominent leaders of the Ukrainian community in Canada and the United States during the post-war era were honored in Lviv on April 13. As political prisoners of the Polish provi- sional government in Ukraine, Petro Bashuk, Yaroslav Haywas and Petro Kaniuka, escaped from the infamous Brygidky prison in Lviv on June 19, 1939. The three men, members of the under- ground Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), had been incarcerat- ed for nearly a year for pro-Ukrainian activities during the tumultuous era of Polish domination. Operating between two world wars, that government attempted to Polonize Ukraine by out- lawing Ukrainian organizations and schools, and by suppressing other forms of national identity. In protest, the late 1930s saw heated opposition and general uprisings. Numerous members of the OUN were arrested. Several attempts were made by Ukrainian nationalists to escape the noto- rious Brygidky Prison in Lviv, but none was successful. Finally, on June 16, 1939, after months of concerted plan- ning, Messrs. Bashuk, Haywas and Kaniuka engineered an escape. The break-out was a sensational act of defiance of Polish authority – an act of political will that fortified the revolution- Darko Bushnell ary movement to secure an independent Memorial organizer Oleksander Kryskiv speaks at the unveiling of the tribute to political prisoners Petro Bashuk, Yaroslav Ukraine. That spring, the prison adminis- Haywas and Petro Kaniuka outside Brygidky Prison, from which the trio escaped in 1939. trations had stepped up its determination to break the prisoners who were fighting by Mr. Haywas, in which the escape is and assume the command of the Polissia establishments still operate today and the regime with hunger strikes and con- described. Lozove Kozatstvo (September 1939), and constitute the economic and organiza- certed acts of disobedience. When the The memorial was commissioned by (1939-1941) for the OUN Belz region tional base not only for LUC but for the trio escaped, news of their feat traveled the Center for Research and Preservation (1939-1941). He attended the Second Ukrainian Youth Association SUM, in quickly throughout western Ukraine, of the Memory of the Ukrainian Nation, Major Congress of the OUN in Krakow which Bashuk was instrumental in boosting morale of hundreds of other founded by Plast, and Memorial, a (April 1-3). enlarging the membership base from political prisoners in Brygidky and rein- Ukrainian organization founded in honor He was an active participant of the hundreds to thousands. Countless partici- vigorating support for the Ukrainian of Vasyl Stus. The execution of the design declaration of Ukraine’s independence on pants remember his leadership-training independence movement on the eve of and its erection on site was handled by the June 30, 1941, and was incarcerated in programs and his stories about exploits World War II. joint Ukrainian American company Auschwitz (January 1943-December of the Ukrainian underground, including “Freedom has No Price” (Volya Tsiny Renaissance-DR under its director gener- 1944). the escape from the Brygidky jail. ne Maye) is the memorial bas relief in al, a member of Plast, Oleksander Bashuk’s Canadian connection began From about 1978 to 1990 he worked bronze dedicated to the three. Conceived Kryskiv. It was financed by the families in 1949 after he immigrated to Winnipeg as the administrator of Postup/Progress, by the sculptor M. Posikira and architect of Messrs. Haywas and Bashuk. with his family. He devoted himself to the Ukrainian Catholic weekly of the V. Kaminshchyk, it was be installed in The unveiling ceremony took place on the political and economic life of the Metropolitan See in Winnipeg under its one of the ground floor windows in Sunday, April 13, in front of the Ukrainian diaspora. editor, the Rev. Semen Izyk, also an ex- Brygidky, still a functioning prison. The Brygidky Prison on 20 Horodotska St. His role as organizer for the League of political prisoner. With others, notably memorial sculpture features three fal- and followed by a memorial service at Ukrainians in Canada (LUC) – formerly Dr. Michael Marunchak, they re-estab- cons, the symbol of Plast Ukrainian St. George Cathedral. the League for Ukraine’s Liberation – in lished the World League of Political Scouting Organization, tearing apart the 1953-1973 led to the establishment of Prisoners, which Bashuk had co-founded bars of a prison cell to escape and con- Biographies some 40 branches throughout Canada in Munich after World War II. The league tinue the fight for freedom. The title comprised those incarcerated during the comes from the book of the same name Petro Bashuk (nom de guerre Chok, from such far-flung places as The Pas, Zborovskyi), son of Ivan Bashuk and Manitoba, and Kirkland Lake, Ontario, to Polish, Nazi and Soviet occupations of Anna Klymchak, was born on November major centers of Ukrainian settlement in Ukraine, uniting committed people 26, 1911, in Pivschyna, now part of Regina, Edmonton, Hamilton and around the world to support Ukraine’s Sebechiv, Sokal region. He studied at the Montreal, making it one of the largest efforts for independence while educating Redemptorist Fathers’ gymnasium in and most influential Ukrainian organiza- the Western world about the atrocities of Lviv and completed Ukrainian language tions in Canada. Soviet communism. Bashuk served sev- studies in Peremyshl. He was a member The LUC built community meeting eral terms as its secretary general. One of of the then-illegal Plast Ukrainian facilities and libraries, and organized the league’s longstanding challenges was Scouting Oganization, studied journal- anti-Communist demonstrations, includ- to place a memorial plaque in Auschwitz ism in Warsaw (1933-1934), worked in ing those in front of the Soviet Embassy and other Nazi death camps attesting to the Desheva Knyzhka publishing house in Ottawa. It operated news organs and the fact that Ukrainian political prisoners in Lviv (1935-1936) and the Ridna political educational programs. It organ- had been incarcerated and died there. Shkola school administration in Sokal ized youth groups and social activities Bashuk was a longtime representative of the LUC to the Ukrainian Canadian (1936-1937). for the new Canadians. Congress, serving as secretary general Joining the OUN in the 1930s, he The LUC’s focus was the support of and receiving the Taras Shevchenko became the Sokal regional policy chief Ukraine’s independence from the USSR Medal for meritorious service. Perhaps (1936) and member of its ruling council through fund-raising, public education his greatest contribution during his tenure (1937), one of the commanders of the and youth development. Bashuk played a was to head the committee to erect the fighting group Vovky led by Vasyl Sydor key role in all three. A brilliant speaker, Taras Shevchenko monument on the (Shelest) and Volodymyr Makar he moved audiences to tears and gener- grounds of the Manitoba legislature in (Siromanets). Bashuk was incarcerated ous contributions to the cause. 1956. He ensured that money left over in Bereza Kartuzka (August 1934-March His approach to building up the LUC from that initiative was converted to the 1935) and other prisons of the Polish infrastructure throughout Canada was Shevchenko Foundation, a granting body occupational regime (August 5, 1937- primarily twofold: increasing member- supporting Ukrainian arts and culture ini- June 16, 1939) when he executed the ship and the organization’s assets by tiatives in Canada. It is now a $7 million successful escape from the Brygidky building cultural centers, children’s sum- operation. prison. He was directed by V. Tymchij mer camps and credit unions. The prop- Bashuk married a fellow member of Oksana Bashuk Hepburn, daughter of (Lopatynskyi) of the national OUN to erty growth in LUC in those years attests Petro Bashuk, speaks at the memorial. organize partisans in the summer of 1939 to this vision and hard work. Many of the (Continued on page 9) No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 9 The great escape... (Continued from page 8) the OUN and political prisoner of the Nazi occupation, author and educator Natalia Leontovych Bashuk. They had four daughters, Irena, Bohdana, Lada and Oksana. Two of the daughters, Lada Bashuk and Oksana Bashuk Hepburn, together with two of his eight grandchil- dren, Libid Zyla and Dr. Roman Zyla, traveled from Canada and the United States for the Lviv commemoration. Always with an eye on politics, Bashuk admired Canada’s ability to gov- ern itself successfully, despite such com- plexities as different cultures and great distances, because of its overarching respect for its citizens and for balance. He often said that he hoped Canada would serve as a model of good govern- ment and governance for Ukraine. He passed away in Winnipeg on May 29, 1995, without ever having returned to the country of his birth and great devotion. *** The boyhood and youth of Yaroslav Haywas were typical for a Ukrainian in Halychyna. On the one side he had a tough demeanor and nationalist dignity, on the other he faced constant struggle with the Polish occupying regime in Ukrainian Halychyna. At a young age he became a member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) youth group.1 As a result of the Polish program of Darko Bushnell “pacification” in the beginning of the 1930s, many hundreds of members of the Petro Franko, head of the Lviv Oblast Society of Political Prisoners and Victims of Repression, describes his imprisonment OUN were arrested. Haywas was arrest- in Brygidky to an audience that included several dozen Plast scouts and the families of Petro Bashuk and Yaroslav Haywas. ed for the first time in September 1932 and sentenced to a two-year prison term. nated Haywas the leader of the OUN in The Germans were forced to seriously Haywas immigrated to the United His second conviction, in July 1934, the General Province, and events pro- consider the Ukrainian resistance move- States in 1950 during the post-war wave again for a two-year term, was for partic- ceeded more quickly than expected in ment and under the pressure of circum- of the Ukrainian political emigration. His ipation in the preparation of an attack on September 1941 in Kyiv. Oleh Olzhych stances released many nationalist leaders activities within the Ukrainian communi- the Soviet consul in Lviv, an act of was present; soon to arrive were Ivan from concentration camps. The head of ty were as noticeable as ever, so much so protest against the genocidal Ukrainian Rohach and Olena Teliha. The Ukrainian the Leadership of Ukrainian Nationalists, that his candidacy for head of the Famine of 1932-1933. National Council was formed, and the Melnyk, entrusted Haywas with the task Leadership of Ukrainian Nationalists was In the beginning of 1935, after the Ukrainian Word (Ukrayinske Slovo) of rebuilding the organizational network seriously considered after the death of arrests of OUN members for the assassi- newspaper began publication. One could and renewing contacts with those OUN Melnyk. Oleh Shtul, however, became nation of Polish Minister Bronislaw see Haywas everywhere; his organiza- members who had survived. head, and Haywas became his deputy and Pieracki and their Warsaw trial, the orga- tional pseudonym at the time, “the quick At the end of World War II Haywas head of the commission for communica- nizational network of the OUN and its one” (Bystryi), was apt. After the OUN was in the American zone of occupation tion with OUN members in Ukrainian leadership on western Ukrainian lands went underground, and Olzhych, the in Germany. He spent the next period of lands. were renewed, and Haywas became the organization’s leader for the central and his life in a displaced persons camp in In the U.S. Haywas became actively leader of the reconnaissance division of eastern lands, left Kyiv, Haywas was Berchtesgaden. The Ukrainian political involved in the work of the Organization the regional executive. His main assign- assigned in his place. emigration worked towards consolidating for the Rebirth of Ukraine (ODVU). As a ment was to collect information about The May 1942 Pochayiv conference itself: the Ukrainian National Council representative of ODVU, he became a the Polish counterintelligence and police became a significant event for the OUN was renewed, and the OUN joined it. member of the leadership of the and their attempts to infiltrate the OUN. during this time. Haywas, as the leader of The Third Meeting of Ukrainian Ukrainian Congress Committee of The events of World War II became the Central Command, presented a Nationalists, having analyzed the interna- America (UCCA) and then its executive the next great challenge for the OUN and speech about the political situation. He tional scene and the internal situation in director. personally for Haywas. A pre-war shin- stated: “We need to reach the masses, to Ukraine, formulated a plan for the future. Haywas became a prolific writer of essays and articles analyzing the ing star on the horizon appeared in the motivate and activate them to ever new Haywas was voted in as a member of the kinds of activities – cultural, economic, Ukrainian problem. He published two form of Carpathian Ukraine, an inde- Leadership of Ukrainian Nationalists. pendent state on an island of Ukrainian educational and, gradually, political, books of memoirs and political analyses, land in the Carpathian Mountains. because only they will form a wide and was the editor of the Ukrainian During this period Haywas was assigned national front.” newspaper Novyi Shliakh in Toronto for the task of preparing crossover points on In August 1942, by order of the several years. He was a member of the the border with Carpathian Ukraine for Ukrainian nationalist leadership, Haywas editorial staff of Svoboda in the early the safe passage of people, especially conducted a meeting of the representa- 1980s and wrote political analyses and messengers, and if the need arose, arms tives of various Ukrainian organizations, commentaries for the newspaper after he and supplies. a meeting which history has called the retired. In 1940, under threat of arrest, Gathering of Ukrainian Independents, Haywas returned to Ukraine after Haywas crossed the Polish-German bor- during which a joint action plan for con- independence was re-established in 1991 der, or as it was known “the green bor- tinued struggle was formed. and continued to work and publish essays der.” In Berlin he met with the head of In 1943 Haywas and others formed the until his death in 2004. the Ukrainian nationalist leadership, All-Ukrainian National Council, which Haywas family members who attended Andrii Melnyk, who emphasized the fact united the Ukrainian National Council in the unveiling ceremonies in Lviv were: that “an opportunity, which we have Kyiv, the Ukrainian National Council in daughter Kvitoslava Bushnell, son been dreaming about for so long, which Lviv and representatives of the Askold Haywas with his wife, Nadia, and we have worked so hard for, and for Carpathian Ukrainian government. grandchildren Taissa Bushnell and which the OUN founder Yevhen The Gestapo organized a series of Darko Bushnell. arrests which resulted in the imprison- Konovalets died for, has presented itself * * * to us: to enter Naddniprianska [central] ment of Melnyk and other leaders in the Ukraine. Let us then go forward.” Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Petro Kaniuka, was born in In the autumn of 1940 Melnyk desig- Olzhych became the leader of the OUN. Dobriachyn, Sokal region of the Lviv Haywas evaded arrest, but the Gestapo Oblast. He was arrested on September 1 The biography of Yaroslav Haywas is pro- arrested his wife, Theodosia, instead and 30, 1938 by the Polish police in connec- vided by his granddaughter Taissa Bushnell from an unofficially translated and abridged promised to release her if he gave him- tion with the death of Jusef Dushka, and version of an article titled “The ending of an self up. Haywas declined. He became a escaped from Brygidky on June 16, 1939. era: Yaroslav Haywas – Bystryj and Kremin” member of the Leadership of Ukrainian He was killed in 1939 and buried in published by the Ukrainian Word (Ukrayinske Nationalists with Olzhych (before the lat- Askold Haywas, son of Yaroslav Haywas, the village of Dobriachyn. No other Slovo) in its issue dated June 23-29, 2004. ter’s arrest). addresses the gathering. information about Kaniuka is available. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 No. 19 Plast leader Severyn Levytsky reinterred at Lychakiv Cemetery by Olenka Hanushevska Galadza by Bishop Hlib Lonchyna, now a resi- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly dent of Lviv, and a Plast member origi- nally from the Detroit area. LVIV – Daily showers gave way on In his sermon to the Plast scouts pack- April 13 to an exceptionally sunny ing St. George Cathedral to capacity, Sunday morning for the homecoming of Bishop Lonchyna invoked the Plast Plast’s chief scout Nachalny plastun youth to always discern the right course Severyn Levytsky, who died in 1962 in of action in modern Ukrainian society Buffalo, N.Y. and to not be afraid of pursuing it. Throughout the morning, members of Following the moleben, the blessing of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization in the Plast flags began with a ceremonial the 11- to 18-year-old division (“yunatst- marching in of flag-bearers, accompa- vo”) could be seen gathering at bus, nied by hundreds of young voices “marshrutka” (minivan) and trolleycar singing a composition titled “Prapore stops throughout Lviv. At 1 p.m. hun- Nash” (Our Flag). Following the cere- dreds of members of the Lviv Plast mony, the Plast members exited St. branch converged at St. George George’s Cathedral in formation, and Cathedral for a moleben service and the marched in file toward Lychakiv blessing of group (kurin) flags, officiated Cemetery, a few kilometers away. At the main gates of the famous cemetery, burial ground of noted Hryhoriy Prystaj/Ukrainian Catholic University Press Office Ukrainian cultural, polit- Bishop Hlib Lonchyna, members of Plast and clergy before the reburial site of ical and spiritual leaders, Severyn Levytsky at Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv. each Plast unit (hurtok) filed in separately past Tempe, Ariz. the “panakhyda” (requiem) service, sung Bishop Lonchyna and The Plast youths then processed to line by a group of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic the clergy, assembled the walkway of the entire length of seminarians of Lviv. Among the speakers Plast dignitaries, the two Lychakiv Cemetery, allowing the funeral were Mr. Kuzmowycz, Mayor Sadovyi small caskets bearing the procession with Bishop Lonchyna, the and Father Gudziak. remains of Levytsky, clergy, the two caskets and family mem- In his speech the the Plast youths, Father and his wife, Vira née bers, to pass by. Among the clergy were Gudziak mused: “Who could have imag- Sterniuk, and members Father Borys Gudziak, rector of the ined over 40 years ago at Plast camp in of the Levytsky and Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Novyi Sokil, when we prayed at the grave Sterniuk families. and Father Petro Galadza of the of ‘Siryi Lev,’ that he would one day be Levytsky was known Sheptytsky Institute in Ottawa. Prominent lying here, at Lychakiv Cemetery, in Lviv, in Plast circles under the community leaders, such as Andrii in a free Ukraine? Since Plast was banned pseudonym “Siryi Lev”; Sadovyi, Mayor of Lviv, and Plast lead- in 1930, he could not wear his uniform in his wife was sister of the ers, such as George Kuzmowycz, repre- public. His Plast colleagues gave their lives late Metropolitan senting the National Plast Command in in the UPA [Ukrainian Insurgent Army], or Volodymyr Sterniuk, a the U.S., were present. were exiled for the sake of freedom. His leader in the Ukrainian The assembled crowd followed the return is not only an expression of histori- Greek-Catholic Church procession past the Plast youths, to the cal justice, but yet another sign that God’s during the underground far end of the cemetery. “The procession Providence can be greater than our own period. was a moving one,” remarked Father fearful expectations. In the same ranks that During the Plast Petro Galadza, one of the priest-cele- you are now standing in, once stood Stefan members’ entrance pro- brants. “We moved slowly, winding past Bandera, Bishop Hlib Lonchyna (a mem- cession the background the graves of famous Ukrainians such as ber of the ‘Lisovi Chorty’ Plast fraternity), music being piped in Ivan Franko, Solomiya Krushelnytska, and our Patriarch Lubomyr Husar (a mem- over the sound system Volodymyr Ivasiuk; the plastuny lined ber of the ‘Chervona Kalyna’ fraternity). was the song “My the entire path of the cemetery as we That’s why you are witnesses of a new Diakuyem Tobi – processed in reverent silence with the hope in Ukraine.” Alleluia,” a composition clergy and caskets. It was very moving.” Father Gudziak concluded by encour- Members of Plast hold the coffin bearing the remains of by another diaspora At the far end of Lychakiv Cemetery, aging the Plast scouts to “take leadership Severyn Levytsky; the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak is seen in Plast member, Father the Plast scouts resumed their group for- roles in bringing their country and the background. Andrij Chirovsky, of mations. Bishop Lonchyna presided over Church to the next level.”

Roman Zhukovskyi, head of the Yushchenko promotes... Department of Socio-Economic (Continued from page 1) Development within the Presidential Secretariat. Although poverty in Ukraine parental care. In December 2007 overall has decreased by 0.1 percent over President Yushchenko had declared 2008 the last year, the level of poverty in fami- the Year of National Adoption in Ukraine lies with three or more children has by introducing legislation aimed at increased by 2.4 percent over the same reducing red tape and encouraging the period, and by 15 percent in families of adoption of orphans and neglected chil- four or more children, according to gov- dren. Among other recommended ernment statistics. amendments, the decree calls for the “Large families are the least socio- establishment of a “social passport” (reg- economically secure and therefore the istration on a national electronic data- poorest. This is due to the fact that base) for every child who is orphaned, income in families with many children not under a parent’s care or living in dif- and the level of children’s education in ficult circumstances, as well as a national such families are lower than the national registry of adoptive parents. average,” added Mr. Zhukovskyi. In addition, on May 5 Mr. The draft law on social benefits to Yushchenko delivered draft legislation to large families also provides for an Parliament aimed at regulating social increase in the amount of tax benefits benefits for families with many children. already enjoyed by one of the parents, The draft law stipulates that large fami- lies will be required to cover only 50 thus reducing the size of the parent’s tax- percent of their utility and phone servic- able income. Morever, philanthropic es. In addition, if passed, the draft legis- assistance received by such families Mykhailo Markiv/UNIAN lation would grant children of large fam- would not be taxed under the proposed Roman Zhukovskyi, head of the Department of Socio-Economic Development with- ilies the right to free public transporta- legislation. in the Presidential Secretariat, announces the signing of a decree and legislation tion, free education and prioritized med- Finally, government subsidies allocat- aimed at benefiting the social welfare of underprivileged children and families with ical services. ed to mothers with five or more children many children, initiated by President Viktor Yushchenko. “We hope this draft law will solve under the age of 18, and for “Mother- many of the problems regarding the wel- Heroines” of Ukraine (those who gave cent of the subsistence minimum. Under additional three days and would range fare of children in large families,” said birth to five or more children), would be the new legislation a mother’s official anywhere from 10 to 17 days, as opposed increased from 25 percent to 30-40 per- vacation period would be increased by an to the current seven to 14 days. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 11

Canadians – we must have a world with- Holodomor... out genocide.” San Francisco Public Library marks (Continued from page 1) Mr. Sawkiw thanked Ukrainian Ihor Ostash, noted that the “Holodomor Canadians for their “endeavors across is not just a tragedy of Ukraine, but of all your great land” and pledged that “we in anniversary of Ukrainian Genocide the United States will also hold high this mankind.” by Nestor Wolansky lined the history of the Famine-Genocide, flame, this symbol of the eternal memory A greeting was read from Washington connecting various events in the Soviet of 7 [million] to 10 million victims of the State’s governor, Chris Gregoire, who SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Union since 1917, such as the initial politi- Ukrainian Holodomor and say to the emphasized the importance of Public Library, in association with the cal failures of the Bolshevik regime, the world in one common voice: “Ukraine Ukrainian American Coordinating Council Washingtonians having more knowledge strong opposition to its radical ideals and remembers, the world acknowledges.” of Northern California and the Consulate about the Holodomor. collectivization, and the genuine flowering In between the remarks, a poem was General of Ukraine in San Francisco, on The program also featured remarks by of Ukrainian culture and language in places recited and a video clip about the April 19 presented a very informative pro- Paul Grod and Michael Sawkiw Jr., pres- Holodomor was shown. After the formal gram commemorating the 75th anniversary such as Kharkiv and Kyiv, considered at the idents, respectively of the Ukrainian portion of the program, a Canadian of the 1932-1933 Famine-Genocide in time the centers of Ukrainian renaissance. Canadian Congress (UCC) and the Holodomor survivor, Stepan Horlatch, Ukraine. Prof. Serbyn described Stalin’s utter dis- Ukrainian Congress Committee of passed the torch to Ukraine’s ambassador Stephanie Rococha, serving as the mas- may when large Ukrainian minorities living America (UCCA). to Canada and the Ukrainian Canadian ter of ceremonies, introduced the in Russia’s border areas began to clamor for “As this International Holodomor community representative, who then Consulate’s representative, Consul secession from Russia and reunification Remembrance Torch has delivered its transferred it to the their American coun- Volodymyr Horbarenko (speaking in place with Ukraine. The elimination of intellectu- flame of truth from province to province, terparts. The torch was then passed to all of the absent Consul General Mykola als and political leaders, teachers, clergy city to city, town to town and school to the participants at the event before Tochytskyi), who greeted the audience in and professionals, and the destruction of school throughout Canada,” Mr. Grod Ukrainian students carried it away into Ukrainian and reminded everyone that the kulaks, the prosperous and entrepreneurial said, “it has left a valuable message with the city of Seattle. terrible tragedy of the Soviet era was noth- class of peasants, preceded the actual ing less than an attempt by Joseph Stalin to Famine of 1932-1933. eliminate the Ukrainian people by starva- Prof. Serbyn made it clear that, even tion. though the destruction was focused on the Mikhail Pashkov, the librarian at the peasantry, the government-engineered International Center welcomed everyone on Famine was directed against all social class- behalf of the San Francisco Public Library. es – and against the Ukrainian people as an His generous cooperation with the program ethnic group. He lucidly explained that it is organizer and prominent Bay Area activist precisely because of the long-held miscon- Nadia M. Derkach, and numerous sugges- ception that only the Ukrainian peasants tions contributed to the event’s success. Ms. were involved that the term “genocide” Derkach, a long-time San Francisco resi- could not be applied to the 1932-1933 dent, patiently devoted many hours of her tragedy, according to the United Nations time negotiating for space availability, a definition. He said he feels that the tide is process that initially did not get much now turning in favor of official world response from the library administrators. recognition of the 1932-1933 Famine as The program’s main event was the genocide. screening of the “Harvest of Despair: The Following the intermission, Ola Unknown Holocaust,” a film by Slavko Herasymenko, the well-known Merited Nowytski which documents the Ukrainian Artist of Ukraine, performed the “Duma on Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933, that the Year 1933,” on the bandura. caused the deaths of more than 7 million Testimony and remembrances about the people. Famine-Genocide were presented by The 55-minute film uses rare footage Odarka Tscherepenko, speaking on behalf obtained from archives and interviews with of her husband, Edward; the Rev. Alexis survivors and scholars. It establishes Limonczenko, pastor of St. Michael beyond any doubt that the Famine- Passing the torch as it arrives in the United States are: (from left) Paul Grod, presi- Ukrainian Orthodox Church in San Genocide was deliberately planned and exe- dent of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress; Ihor Ostash, Ukraine’s ambassador to Francisco; and the Fulbright Scholars from cuted by the Soviet government as part of Canada; Ukrainian Genocide survivor Stepan Horlatch; Oleh Shamshur, Ukraine’s Ukraine at San Francisco State University, ambassador to the United States; Michael Sawkiw Jr., president of the Ukrainian Stalin’s effort to destroy the Ukrainian peas- antry, which resisted the forced collectiviza- Svytoslav and Olena Ageyevl. Congress Committee of America and chairman of the National Committee to The materials relating to the report of the Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Genocide 1932-1933. tion of their lands. “Harvest of Despair” (1985) has received U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine many international awards (including an were officially presented to the San Academy Award nomination) and was fea- Francisco Public Library by Dr. Oleh tured on William F. Buckley’s “Firing Line” Weres. Holodomor Remembrance Flame program on the PBS television network. The The poem “Requiem for Those Who film provides a rare insight into this little- Perished from Starvation in 1922, 1932- known but incredibly tragic historical event 1933 and 1946” was presented by George presented at Toronto’s City Hall of the 20th century, still largely unacknowl- Yuri Wyhinny, drama and literature senior at edged, not only by the current Russian gov- Stanford University, and the author of TORONTO – The International ing on his journey escorting the remem- ernment, but by the world community. “Secret Forest,” a play to be produced at Holodomor Remembrance Flame arrived brance flame to 15 Canadian cities. Roman Serbyn, professor emertius of the Stanford University at the end of May. on Canadian soil on Friday, April 18. Representing the federal government Quebec and co-author with Bohdan The Trembita Choir, under the direction The flame was presented during a cere- was Jason Kenney, minister of state for Krawchenko of “The Ukrainian Famine of of Ms. Tscherepenko and Vera Vizir, per- mony at Toronto’s City Hall, which also multiculturalism and Canadian identity. 1932-1933” (Edmonton Alberta: Canadian formed the “Lord’s Prayer” and “Almighty included the opening of the exhibit Also in attendance was Sen. Raynell Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 1986), out- Lord, Bless and Protect Our Ukraine.” “Holodomor: Genocide by Famine” pro- Andreychuk, honorary chair of the duced by the League of Ukrainian UCC’s National Holodomor Canadians. Presenting the flame was Valentyn Commemoration Committee. Adomaytis, Ukraine’s ambassador to Canadian events organized by the Australia, and Stefan Romaniw, chair of Ukrainian Canadian Congress titled the International Coordinating “Keep the Flame Alive” will remember Committee of the Ukrainian World the victims of the Holodomor while Congress and president of the Australian ensuring that their story is transferred Federation of Ukrainian Organizations. from generation to generation. In addi- As the flame made its debut on the tion, a campaign will be launched to urge North American continent, it was accept- the Canadian government to recognize ed by Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada, the Holodomor as an act of genocide and Dr. Ihor Ostash, and the national presi- support Ukraine’s motion for such recog- dent of the Ukrainian Canadian nition by the United Nations. (For more Congress, Paul Grod, along with information on Canadian events visit Ukraine’s ambassador to the United www.ucc.ca.) States, Dr. Oleh Shamshur, and the presi- dent of the Ukrainian Congress The International Holodomor Committee of America, Michael Sawkiw Remembrance Flame, which will visit 33 Jr. countries, is the initiative of the The flame was then accepted by International Coordinating Committee in Holodomor survivor Stefan Horlatsch, cooperation with the Presidential Oksana Oleshko who symbolically lit a candle presented Secretariat of Ukraine and Ukraine’s The Trembita Choir performs during a special program commemorating the by the community’s youth before depart- Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Holodomor at the San Francisco Public Library. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 No. 19 No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 13 Double-header at Embassy of Ukraine focuses on Ukrainians of Philadelphia WASHINGTON – The Embassy of Ukraine on March 12 hosted a unique double-header, the book presentation of “Ukrainians in Greater Philadelphia” and the exhibit of the Philadelphia-based Ukrainian Human Rights Committee. The evening was opened by Olexander Aleksandrovych, minister- counselor of the Embassy, who wel- comed the author, Alexander Lushnycky, and the assembled. Mr. Aleksandrovych then introduced Ulana Baluch Mazurkevich, who thanked the Ukrainian Embassy for hosting the evening and the diplomatic and Ukrainian community for attending the event. Ms. Mazurkevich proceeded to explain that the Ukrainian community was very fortunate that the educator- researcher Dr. Lushnycky took upon himself the very exhausting task of put- Alexander Lushnycky’s book ting together “Ukrainians of Greater “Ukrainians of Greater Philadelphia.” Philadelphia,” a unique pictorial book Olena Kulyk/Embassy of Ukraine about the beginning of Ukrainian com- At the book presentation (from left) are: author Alexander Lushnycky, Ulana munity life in America. Many of the first Philadelphia” was a success and was Baluch Mazurkevich, Ambassador Oleh Shamshur and Chrystia Senyk. immigrants to the United States settled in now going into its third printing, and that Philadelphia. Arcadia Publishing had organized and Dr. Lushnycky, explained that the promoted “Meet the Author” events at book documents the growth and evolu- various book stores, such as Barnes and tion of the Ukrainian community as it Noble, and also sales of the book on the was enriched by successive waves of Internet. In fact, Dr. Lushnycky said, immigrants. The first immigrants arrived most sales sold on the Internet did not in Philadelphia at the end of the 1900s. come from areas known for large Like all immigrants, the author Ukrainian communities. The No. 1 seller explained, they were not spared consid- was the state of Tennessee. erable hardship in their pursuit of the Ambassador Oleh Shamshur wel- American dream. With time, more comed the participants of the event and Ukrainians appeared, with the largest thanked the Ukrainian community for the group arriving after World War I. significant contribution that they made to One of the most touching photographs the development of their second home- in the book is a photo of the children of land. He underscored that it would be a St. Basil’s Orphanage in a theatrical per- wonderful achievement if books such as formance in which they are appealing for this would be published in every city the freedom of Ukraine. Forty-five years where there is a large Ukrainian pres- later, almost to the day, there is a photo- ence. graph on the same page of President The author presented the ambassador Viktor Yushchenko receiving the with “Ukrainians in Greater Philadelphia Liberty Medal. Philadealphia” and thanked the ambassa- In an interesting question and answer dor for his hospitality in hosting the session, the author described the task that event. A view of the exhibit of the Ukrainian Human Rights Committee. the book’s publisher, Arcadia Publishing, After the book presentation, the set before him. He explained that the assembled were able to view the work of Ukrainian community did not have to the Ukrainian Human Rights Committee play at the Verkhovna Rada and the Committee showed that the road to inde- pay for the publication. All the costs (UHRC). The exhibit, titled “The Road Ukrainian World Congress. pendence took many paths, some of associated with publication were covered to Freedom Philadelphia-Kyiv,” was pre- Through the exhibit, which depicted which proved to be unexpectedly rocky. by Arcadia. The author further explained pared for the 10th anniversary of only a small portion of the UHRC’s It also showed the persistence, commit- that the book “Ukrainians in Greater Ukraine’s independence and was on dis- work, the Ukrainian Human Rights ment and dedication of the Ukrainian

Youth Leadership Program in D.C. scheduled for July 26 -August 1 WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Ukraine of U.S.-Ukraine affairs, students will Foundation is seeking a select group of learn about the role and impact of these young men and women who consider individuals, their organizations and their themselves “leaders for tomorrow” and constituencies. Participants will also who are interested in U.S.-Ukraine rela- learn leadership skills at seminars con- tions. ducted by educators and motivational The Youth Leadership Program 2008 speakers. will give U.S. students a “Washington In addition, participants will have the experience” during which they will gain chance to see many of the capital’s beau- an appreciation of the components of the tiful landmarks and sights. public policy process, have discussions With the exception of an application with “players,” develop important leader- fee of $150 (refundable if an applicant is ship skills and understand how to take a not accepted to the program), the Youth more active role. Leadership Program is free to participat- Students will develop an increased ing students. Program costs (program awareness of Ukraine in the global per- activities and transport) and lodging are spective and will learn the importance of free. Some group meals will also be free the Ukrainian American community in of cost. Participants are responsible for U.S.-Ukraine relations. By meeting pro- covering their travel to and from fessionals in government and non-profit Washington, meals, personal spending 2004 Youth Leadership Program participants in the chambers of Judge Bohdan sectors, students will better understand money and non-program activities. Futey of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. the various Washington career choices Ten to 16 students will be selected for available to them. this program. While the program is Applications, which can be down- Program, 1701 K St. NW, Suite 903, The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation will intended for U.S. students in college or loaded from the U.S.-Ukraine Washington, DC 20006. Applications can organize a full schedule of meetings with graduate school, consideration will be Foundation website, www.usukraine.org, also be e-mailed to: government and non-governmental offi- given also to students from Ukraine. should be mailed to: The U.S.-Ukraine [email protected]. cials in Washington. Within the context Ideal ages are 19-25. Foundation, Att’n: Youth Leadership The deadline for applications is June 6. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 No. 19 Legendary singer-songwriter Taras Chubai performs in New York by Ksenia Yachmetz (Jeremiah’s Cry), with whom he has record- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly ed several albums including three that fea- ture remakes of traditional songs. NEW YORK – The Ukrainian singer- Throughout his career, Mr. Chubai has songwriter Taras Chubai performed on worked for the greater good of artistic April 8 at the Union Theological Seminary expression in Ukraine. When asked about in New York City. The concert was the first his favorite part of performing, Mr. Chubai in a series titled “Svitlo i Spovid: Light and commented, “One of the most important Confession,” which is part of a larger and things is the exchange between me and my ongoing Contemporary Ukrainian audience. It gives us a chance to get to Literature Series sponsored by the Harriman know each other.” The audience is very Institute at Columbia University and the important to Mr. Chubai, whose skillfully Kennan Institute. crafted songs and charismatic stage pres- Mr. Chubai’s second concert was held on ence are a pleasure to both hear and watch. April 10 at the Kennan Institute in “I play for all,” said Mr. Chubai. By fol- Washington. He also performed, independ- lowing a personal ideology that he calls ent of the series, on April 13 in Philadelphia. “being true to oneself,” Mr. Chubai makes At this concert, Mr. Chubai was accom- music that he hopes can reach all people. panied by Yaryna Yakubiak of the band “Unfortunately, contemporary Ukrainian Mertvyi Piven (Dead Rooster), who sang music is inundated with insincerity,” he back-up vocals and played percussion. In said, citing bubblegum pop superstars under almost two hours they performed 16 of Mr. the influence of mainstream Western and Chubai’s songs – the poetry of Hrytsko particularly Russian culture as a source. “I Taras Chubai Chubai, Petro Midianka, Oleh Lysheha, think my role is to show the public some- Ivan Malkovych, Viktor Neborak, Yurii thing genuine,” he noted when asked about Andrukhovych and Kostiantyn Moskalets the current state of Ukrainian culture. tied to a nostalgia for the late 1980s and Chubai’s songs were a symbol of a new set to music. A program of all the lyrics and His concert in New York City was cer- early 1990s in Ukraine... I think they con- Ukraine. “Music and poetry of such a high their English translations was available and tainly a step in the right direction for Mr. tinue to be popular among both the young quality upholds our Ukrainian identity, distributed to all. Chubai in setting a better image for contem- and old because their words still speak to us appealing to many people both then and According to the biography printed in the porary Ukrainian music. In attendance were today,” he noted. now,” she said. program, Mr. Chubai, 37, is “one of the best about 120 people, according to the event’s For Khrystyna Misyuk, an undergraduate Others, like Megan Tetrick, had only known and respected musicians in popular organizer, Mark Andryczyk. All came from student at Hunter College, many of the learned of Mr. Chubai recently. Ms. Tetrick, Ukrainian music today.” Son of the leg- different backgrounds, and some were more songs played were ones she has known a graduate student at Columbia University, endary Ukrainian poet Hrytsko Chubai, he familiar with Mr. Chubai than others. since childhood. “I sat there listening to Mr. heard his music for the first time in a class began making music at age 16 and quickly Nevertheless, his music brought out many Chubai and felt like I was at home in on contemporary Ukrainian literature. “Mr. became a major figure of the Lviv under- personal anecdotes, proving his close con- Ukraine,” she said. Chubai’s music is on a level of culture that ground cultural scene. He is a founding nection to his audience. Rory Finnin, who is completing his doc- is definitely not mass culture,” she com- member of the rock band Plach Yeremiyi The evening helped Prof. Volodymyr toral dissertation in Ukrainian studies at mented. “If it were, it would lose a lot of its Morenets, vice-president of the National Columbia University, has known of Mr. appeal.” She said she was very happy to University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, recall Chubai since serving in Ukraine as a Peace have discovered Mr. Chubai and very grate- Ksenia Yachmetz is a third-year stu- some of Mr. Chubai’s earliest concerts. He Corps volunteer. “I immediately loved the ful for his performance in New York. dent majoring in Slavic studies and art observed that “Mr. Chubai was and still is song ‘Vona’ the first time I heard it,” he According to Mr. Andryczyk, who history at New York University. She grew the only musician of his kind in Ukraine,” said. To hear it live “is simply amazing,” he teaches Ukrainian literature at Columbia up in the Ukrainian diaspora in New unique in his talent for the combination of added. University as a post-doctoral fellow of the York City and currently is an intern at classic texts with contemporary musical Olena Martynyuk, a post-doctoral stu- Shevchenko Scientific Society, the event The Ukrainian Museum in New York. compositions. dent from Ukraine studying in New York was a success. “Taras was great,” said Prof. This summer, she will be in Ukraine Prof. Frank Sysyn also was impressed by with the Fulbright Program, also recalled Andryczyk. “He played his heart out, and I researching contemporary Ukrainian art Mr. Chubai’s flawless interweaving of liter- fond memories upon hearing Mr. Chubai’s think he really passed along that energy to for her senior thesis. ature and music. “Mr. Chubai’s songs are music. During her early student years, Mr. the crowd.” No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 15 GENERATION UKE

Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas and Yarema Belej Damian Kolodiy explores Ukraine’s bunkers and bases by Matthew Dubas gral in translations, serving as a cultural guide, and transporting, loading and PARSIPPANY, N.J. –- Damian Kolodiy, unloading, and assembling the crew’s an independent documentary filmmaker, in video equipment. A college friend of Mr. the course of promoting his feature-length Kolodiy’s initiated the “Cities of the film on the Orange Revolution in Ukraine Underworld” program that explores vari- “The Orange Chronicles” has been award- ous historical underground places all over ed the World Cinema Audience Award at the world. the Phoenix Film Festival, Best The first stop was in Kyiv, where the International Documentary at the Garden crew explored the Caves of the Kyiv- State Film Festival and Best Feature Pecherska Lavra, which is recognized by Documentary at the Boston Film Festival. UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, and a Mr. Kolodiy who produced the film small bunker network from the second with Peter Zielyk, a New York-based pro- world war, located just a half-hour’s drive fessional video editor, and with financial from the city center. assistance from, among others, the The crew’s second major city was Ukrainian Natonal Association, is current- Sevastopol, on the Crimean peninsula, ly working on finding distribution and where the crew explored another bunker, entering his film in the upcoming Staten but this one much larger with a complex Island Film Festival and the Brooklyn network of tunnels that interconnected a International Film Festival. Typically, Mr. series of bunkers and pill boxes. This Kolodiy utilizes his contacts in the film bunker network, constructed of steel-rein- industry and the Ukrainian community for forced concrete, was built to repel advanc- entry into film festivals, but on occasion he ing Nazi forces during the second world receives invitations by the festival organiz- war and was used during the Cold War. ers to submit his documentary. While on location, the crew experienced Damian Kolodiy (right) and Don Wildman ironing out filming logistics in Sevastopol. Recently, Mr. Kolodiy served as a loca- harassment from local officials who tion production assistant for the “Secret claimed that the crew did not have permis- was built to withstand a nuclear attack. nuclear attack. Soviet Bases” segment of the program sion to film the site, but with some negoti- This was the first showing of this base on To view the episode online, readers “Cities of the Underworld” featured on ations from the unofficial local guides, the American television. can visit History’s website for program- May 5 on History (formerly known as The filming continued. The crew also filmed Additionally, the crew explored another ming schedules (http://www.history.com/ History Channel). During the two weeks of the nearby Balaklava nuclear submarine secret bunker in Crimea that was to be video.do?name=Cities_of_the_Underwor filming in Ukraine, Mr. Kolodiy was inte- base, which was operational until 1993 and used by the Soviet elite in the event of a ld) .

McGill club aids children in Ukraine Ephyra’s third album benefits with Help Us Help the Children family of the Rev. Pavlo Hayda by Adriana Luhovy by Matthew Dubas MONTREAL – For the third consecu- PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrainian tive year, the McGill Ukrainian Students’ American rock band Ephyra from Association (MUSA) has marked the Chicago has announced the release of anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disas- “Ephyra Unplugged: Live in Chicago,” ter of April 26, 1986, by organizing fund- the band’s third album, which is available raising in support of Help Us Help the in mp3 format and will be available on Children. With coffee graciously donated CD later in May. by Tim Horton’s and by Java U Coffee, The album was recorded live on proceeds from coffee sales were donated by November 3, 2007, at St. Joseph Hall MUSA to help projects directed to helping and includes original Ephyra songs and children in Ukraine. traditional Ukrainian melodies. The coffee sales by MUSA students Originally, Ephyra was to do an acoustic were held in the main library at McGill concert co-organized by the band and the University in downtown Montreal. An Rev. Pavlo Hayda, but an accident on information panel display was organized by September 4, 2007, cut short the life of MUSA regarding the Chornobyl nuclear Father Hayda. include “Symphonia” (2004) and “Ty disaster which drew the student body and In honor of his memory, Ephyra, with Son” (2006). general public to inquire about and discuss the help of the Hayda family, organized In addition to the sale of CDs and the lingering effects of Chornobyl on the MUSA president Artem Luhovy the benefit concert “Ephyra Unplugged: mp3’s, T-shirts are also available that will population today. fund-raising at McGill University. In Memory of Father Pavlo Hayda.” benefit the Hayda Family Relief Fund. Help Us Help the Children has its Proceeds from the sale of this album are Currently, the band is collecting mate- Canadian head office in Toronto. Among in helping orphan children. It is rewarding earmarked for the Hayda Family Relief rials for a new music video tied to the the projects it spearheads is an annual sum- work for our club. Many of those that we Fund, which was established after the album “Ty Son,” they are planning to mer camp for over 500 orphans from spoke with were very informed about the death of the Rev. Hayda to support the perform in Ukraine and are in the process orphanages throughout Ukraine held in the Chornobyl disaster and encouraged are educational costs of his four children. of completing an English-language demo Carpathian Mountains and in Odesa. efforts.” Ephyra, formed in 2002, includes, with Slang Music Group. Several McGill University students from MUSA has a membership of 250 stu- Marko Krutiak – lead vocals/guitar, Pyot For more information, visit the web- the Ukrainian club are volunteering this dents and organizes various events through- Krutiak – back-up vocals/bass, Paul site www.ephyraband.com. To purchase summer to work with orphan children this out the school year. This April Mr. Luhovy Swytnyk – percussion, and Roman individual mp3 files, visit July. MUSA students will be joining other was short-listed for the Students’ Society of Tykhovskyy – keyboards. Other albums www.myspace.com/ephyraunplugged. students from various universities across McGill University (SSMU) Young Alumni Canada, all selected by Help Us Help the Award, “which recognizes a student in their Children’s head Canadian office in Toronto, final graduating year who has exhibited a to work in Ukraine. consistent desire to promote student life Attention, Students! MUSA President Artem Luhovy com- during their time at McGill, such that the Throughout the year Ukrainian student clubs plan and hold mented, “our club is very pleased we have impact of their involvement has contributed activities. The Ukrainian Weekly urges students to let us and such wonderful annual sponsors as Java U to make a positive imprint on the fabric of Coffee and Tim Horton’s to help us organ- the McGill community.” MUSA recently the Ukrainian community know about upcoming events. ize these fund-raising projects on McGill helped organize the 50th congress of the The Weekly will be happy to help you publicize them. We will University’s campus. By setting up a table Ukrainian Canadian University Students’ also be glad to print timely news stories about events that have in the library, MUSA is able to reach out to Union (SUSK) at McGill University. The already taken place. Photos also will be accepted. the university community and involve them club’s advisor is Prof. Yarema Kelebay. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 No. 19 NEWSBRIEFS CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 2) nation, but this issue is still being consid- TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI, (973) 292-9800 x 3040 ered,” Mr. Holomsha explained. or e-mail: [email protected] (Ukrinform) McCartney to perform in Kyiv SERVICES PROFESSIONALS Looking for a mature woman to take KYIV – Sir Paul McCartney, a former care of husband and wife in New member of The Beatles, will give a con- York. Live-in, $150 per day. cert on Independence Square in Kyiv on LAW OFFICES OF Knowledge of English and references June 14, Ukrainian businessman Viktor required. Call Jean 845-567-6359 Pinchuk announced on April 24. Mr. ZENON B. MASNYJ, ESQ. Pinchuk noted that he had held talks on the musician’s visit to Ukraine since In the East Village since 1983 TOURS 2004. 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the demand by saying that the United NEWSBRIEFS States is still continuing economic sanc- It is with deep sorrow that we share with relatives and friends that on March (Continued from page 16) tions against Belarus’s state petrochemi- 26, 2008, by the will of the Lord, passed into eternity our beloved wife, sister, aunt and great aunt gratae and must leave the country within cal conglomerate Belnaftakhim, and pre- 72 hours, Belapan reported. “We will do venting a “mutually acceptable settlement everything possible so that the U.S. diplo- of the situation.” (RFE/RL Newsline) Myroslawa M. Galan mats leave the country within the required U.S. mulls closing Belarus Embassy Born on December 20, 1927, in Vyzhnytsia, Bukovyna, Ukraine time limit,” Mr. Moore said. He added that the continued imprisonment of three WASHINGTON – The United States has Visitation, parastas and funeral services were held on March 28, 2008, in Rohatyn, Ivano- known political prisoners in Belarus is a warned Belarus that it is considering forcing Frankivsk, Ukraine. more important issue than the number of Miensk to withdraw all its diplomats from U.S. diplomats present in the country. Mr. the United States in retaliation for Belarus’s Left in profound sorrow: Moore identified the political prisoners as expulsion of 10 U.S. diplomatic personnel, youth activist Andrey Kim, who was Reuters reported on May 1, quoting a U.S. Husband Orest Sister Irene Myhal recently sentenced to 18 months in official who requested anonymity. “We Nieces Roma Losko with husband Ivan prison; businessman Syarhey made it quite clear both here and in Miensk Larysa Holowatyj Parsyukevich, sentenced to two and a half that one of the options being considered Natalie Myhal-Koperwas with husband John years; and former presidential candidate was simply to pull our remaining staff out Nephew Andryj Myhal Alyaksandr Kazulin, who is serving a and then require them to do the same,” the Great Nieces Tania Czerkas with husband Mirek five-and-a half-year term. U.S. State official said. U.S. State Department Natalie Mikell with husband Tim spokesman Tom Casey said the same day Ina Koperwas Department spokesman Sean McCormack Great Nephews Julien Myhal on April 30 described Miensk’s demand that Washington is still considering how to Ivasyk Koperwas to reduce Embassy staff to five as “unjus- respond to Miensk’s demand. “We have Dylan Myhal tified and unwarranted.” Washington has told them that we are considering the full Great Grand Nephew Adam Czerkas already cut its Embassy staff from 32 to range of options in terms of our respective 15 people at the Belarusian government’s diplomatic presences,” Mr. Casey said. “At As well as other family members and relatives in the United States, Canada and Ukraine demands, but the Belarusian Foreign this point we have not made a decision to In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in her memory to: Ministry on April 23 required Mr. Moore formally ask them, or informally ask them, The Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago to provide a list of five diplomats who to reduce staff further,” he added. (RFE/RL 2249 W. Superior, Chicago, IL 60612 will stay in Belarus. The ministry justified Newsline)

It is with great sadness and regret that we share with our family, relatives, friends and col- leagues the news of the death on April 27, 2008, of our husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather Dr. Demetrius Pawlyszyn

Born in Stanemir. Ukraine, in 1919; Pre-WWII Student of the Lviv Medical Institute and stu- dent and graduate of the Innsbruck (Austria) Medical School; member of the Ukrainian “Dyvizia” and longtime family physician in Cleveland, Ohio.

He leaves a bereaved family:

Wife Helga Daughters Sonia Thorne with children Tania, Terry and great-granddaughter Lily Nadia and Tom Banas with children Alyssa, Mark, Amy and Jenna Christine Son Andrij and Lida with children Lesia and Melany Family members in Ukraine and Austria

Panakhyda was held on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at the Kolodiy-Lazuta Funeral Home in Parma, Ohio. Funeral services were held on May 1, 2008, at the Pokrova Ukrainian Catholic Church in Parma, Ohio, followed by the interment at the Pokrova cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to: The Hospice of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation 6801 Brecksville Rd., Independence, OH 44131 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 No. 19

early parliamentary election after the lion outside Ukraine, thus at least 7.5 mil- Tymoshenko... Constitution has been amended, which The case... lion.9 The Summary of the International (Continued from page 2) should be possible by the end of 2008. (Continued from page 6) Commission of Inquiry into the 1932-1933 This probably means that Ms. Famine in Ukraine refers to two censuses diminished. “It will be like in Germany. of the school of medicine at the John Tymoshenko no longer believes in the in the USSR, one in 1926 and the other in There is the chancellor, and there is Hopkins University returned to the USSR viability of the Our Ukraine – People’s 10 It is important to add that there had order,” she said. in 1933 to continue his work with 1939. Self-Defense bloc (OU-PSD), the ruling Ms. Tymoshenko expressed the hope Pavlov. In 1936 he published “A Medical been a thorough and complete census con- coalition. OU-PSD Chairman Viacheslav that within the next several weeks Review of Soviet Russia: Results of the ducted in 1937 that evidenced such an Kyrylenko denounced Ms. Tymoshenko’s Parliament would give preliminary First Five Year Plan” in the British egregious loss of life attendant to the intention to build a parliamentary repub- approval to constitutional amendments Medical Journal. In a March 6, 1964, let- Famine that Stalin had the results sup- lic or, as he put it, “deprive the president providing for transition to a parliamen- ter to Dana G. Dalrymple of the U.S. pressed and the officials responsible of his authority and pass it to parliamen- 11 tary republic. She stressed that Ukraine Agriculture Department, noting that the promptly arrested and executed. In any tary caucuses and a certain chancellor needed those amendments “more than Soviet government forbade news corre- event, the 1926 census about which there is who will be appointed by those caucus- any other reform.” Unlike Mr. spondents to travel from Moscow or no dispute reveals that in 1926 the total es.” Yushchenko, Ms. Tymoshenko is confi- Leningrad to the outlying areas of the population of the USSR was 147 million Mr. Kyrylenko went as far as to claim dent that her amendments will be backed country, he wrote: with 31 million Ukrainians and 116 million that Ms. Tymoshenko’s constitutional in Parliament, as the YTB and the PRU “However, I, as a scientist, was allowed non-Ukrainians. The 1939 census, which design “poses a real threat to the territori- together control more than two-thirds of in areas outside of the cities, and I could was sanctioned officially as accurate, al integrity and independence of talk with doctors who gave me first-hand shows the total population of the USSR at the seats there. Ukraine,” and he warned the YTB In contrast, President Yushchenko’s reports of both the Famine and the epi- 170.5 million with 28 million Ukrainians against negotiating with the PRU behind demics. These later were a complicating and 142.5 million non-Ukrainians. This reform design has been buried by the OU-PSD’s back. Not everybody in OU- Constitutional Court. Several months ago picture of the Famine. Your highest esti- indicates that the Ukrainian population PSD shares this opinion, however. mate of the Famine deaths is put at 10 mil- actually declined by some 3 million during Mr. Yushchenko requested the CC to Oles Doniy, a member of People’s lion, while I got the maximal figure of 15 that period while the population of non- come up with a ruling on whether the Self-Defense (PSD), which is Our million, received privately from Soviet Ukrainians grew by 26.5 million or at 23 Constitution could be changed through a Ukraine’s junior partner in the coalition, authorities in Russia. Since starvation was percent, which if applied to Ukrainians referendum, and on April 18 the said that the majority of PSD members complicated by the epidemics, it is not would have meant that in 1939 there Constitutional Court issued a decisive support the plans of the YTB and the possible to separate which of these two should have been 38 million Ukrainians. “no.” Chief Judge Andry Stryzhak PRU to set up a commission in causes was primary in casualties.”4 Thus, it would appear that the Ukrainian explained that the president should first Parliament in order to amend the Noted British historian Robert Conquest population declined by 10 million. submit draft constitutional amendments Constitution. Thus, President in his book “The Harvest of Sorrow”5 esti- Arguably, Stalin’s purges, begun in late to Parliament, which will decide whether Yushchenko is losing supporters in his mates the total number of victims from the 1937, resulted in the deaths of a dispropor- to forward them to the Constitutional own party. Court to determine their legality. If the 1932-1933 Famine at 7 million with 6 mil- tionate amount of Ukrainians particularly lion Ukrainians. Additionally he estimates in labor camps. Thus, the 1937 census court delivers a positive verdict, Sources: Channel 5, April 16; UNIAN, 4 million deaths within the USSR in 1930- (conducted in January 1937) statistics are Parliament should adopt a respective bill April 18; Zerkalo Nedeli, April 19; ICTV, 1937 as a result of de-kulakization.” very important. The demise of the USSR by 300 votes, corresponding to two- April 20; RBK-Ukraine, April 21. thirds of its members. Only after that Ukrainians were considered the main and the opening of archives have shed could the bill be approved by a referen- The article above is reprinted from opponents to de-kulakization. Some 80 light on the results of the suppressed 1937 dum, Judge Stryzhak said. Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission percent of that 4 million were Ukrainians, census. According to that census, the num- The YTB hailed the court ruling. Ms. from its publisher, the Jamestown which would mean that in 1930-1937 ber of Ukrainians within the USSR in Tymoshenko did not rule out holding an Foundation, www.jamestown.org. more than 9 million Ukrainians lost their 1937 was 26.4 million, almost 5 million lives from famine and de-kulakization. The less that in 1926.12 That, in and of itself, is distinction between death from famine and staggering. When combined with what was To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly: call 973-292-9800 x 3042. death from de-kulakization, in our view, is the normal growth rate of non-Ukrainians difficult to define. in the USSR from 1926 to 1937 at 17 per- In its report to the Congress of the cent, Ukrainians should have numbered United States adopted and submitted in 36.5 million in 1937. The conclusion is 1988, the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine that between 1926 and 1937 the Ukrainian Famine sets the number of Ukrainian vic- population within the entire USSR tims as widely ranged but with a high end declined by 10.1 million. However, in of over 8 million.6 James Mace, the execu- assessing the number of actual victims, an tive director of the commission, had writ- allowance should be made for children ten earlier of a 7.5 million number: never born to those victims. “Actually, the figure might well be higher. Certitude as to the number of victims in The figure of 10 million total victims of any crime against humanity or genocide is the Famine seems to have circulated with impossible due primarily to a perpetrator’s the Soviet elite.”7 “The extraordinary fre- attempts to cover up, dislocations, etc. quency with which the 10 million figure This is particularly true in the case of the appears obliges us to take seriously the former USSR, where purges of records possibility that it did in fact originate in and record-keepers were the norm. The Soviet official circles, even if we cannot passing of 75 years make this endeavor claim to know with certainty.”8 more problematic. Nevertheless, an esti- The International Commission of mate of 7 million to 10 million appears to Inquiry into the 1932-1933 Famine in present an accurate picture of the number Ukraine in its 1990 report concluded that of deaths suffered by the Ukrainian nation the number of victims in Ukraine was at from the Great Famine (Holodomor) of least 4.5 million with approximately 3 mil- 1932-1933.

4 Madden, Cheryl, “The Holodomor,” Prof. John P. Humphrey, Canada, formerly Canadian American Slavic Studies, Fall 2003, director of the United Nations Division of p. 26. Human Rights; Prof. George Levasseur, 5 Conquest, Robert, “The Harvest of Sorrow,” France, formerly member of the Commission Oxford University Press, 1986, p.299-307. for the Revision of the French Penal Code; 6 “Investigation of the Ukrainian Famine 1932- Prof, Ricardo Levene, Argentina, formerly 33, Report to Congress, Commission on the president of the Court of Appeals; Prof. Covey Ukraine Famine, adopted by the Commission T. Oliver, U.S.A., former assistant secretary of 19 April 1988,” submitted to Congress April state and ambassador; Prof. Jacob W.F. 22, 1988, United States Government Printing Sundberg, Sweden, appointed president of the Office Washington, 1988, p.i. Commission of Inquiry; and Prof. Joe 7 Mace, James E., “The Man-Made Famine of Verhoeven, Belgium, appointed vice-president. 1933 in Soviet Ukraine,” Serbyn, Roman, and 10 “International Commission of Inquiry into Krawchenko, Bohdan, eds., “Famine in the 1932-33 Famine in Ukraine, The Final Ukraine: 1932-33,” University of Toronto Report,” Introductory Chapter, World Press, 1986, p. 11. Congress of Free Ukrainians, 1990, p. 2. 8 Mace, James E., “The Famine of 1933: A 11 Merridale, Catherine, “The 1937 Census Survey of the Sources,” in Id. p. 52. and the Limits of Stalinist Rule,” The 9 The International Commission of Inquiry into Historical Journal, Vol. 39, No. 1, March the 1932-1933 Famine in Ukraine was a tribu- 1996, Cambridge University Press, p. 225. nal set up by the UWC (then the World 12 Shapoval, Yuri; “Significance of newly dis- Congress of Free Ukrainians) of jurists and covered archival documents for understanding legal scholars from all over the world. The the causes and consequences of the famine- commission was constituted on February 14, genocide of 1932-1933 in Ukraine,” in 1988, with the following seven prominent “Famine in Ukraine 1932-1933: Genocide by international jurists as member-commissioners: Other Means,” Taras Hunczak and Roman Prof. Colonel G.I.A.D. Draper, formerly Serbyn, eds., Shevchenko Scientific Society, British prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials; New York, 2007, p. 80. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 19 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 No. 19 No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 21

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Soccer • Yuriy Nuzhnenko, the WBA welter- Cycling Championships held on April 7-13, but was weight champion retained his title against eliminated by Maria Sharapova of Russia in • Ukraine defeated Serbia 2-0 in an inter- Irving Garcia of Puerto Rico. The bout, Ukraine’s women’s cycle track team won the quarterfinals (9-6, 3-6, 2-6). Sharapova national friendly match at Olympic Stadium which ended in a draw, took place at Kyiv’s a silver medal in the team pursuit event at won the tournament and Bondarenko in Germany on March 26, with both goals Sports Palace on April 20 and was stopped the 2008 Union Cycliste Internationale improved her rank to 10th place. In doubles, coming during the second half. Ukraine’s after the 10th round due to cuts received by World Championships in Manchester, Tatiana Perebiynis of Ukraine and Galena first goal was scored by Andriy Shevchenko England, on March 26-30. The Ukrainian the champion during the bout. Two judges Voskoboeva of Russia were eliminated in in the 54th minute, while Serhiy Nazarenko team consisted of Yelizaveta Bochkarova, scored the match even at 95-95, while a the quarterfinals by Nathalie Dechy of scored off a cross from a corner kick in the Lesya Kalitovska and Lyubov Shulika. This third judge scored 96-95 for Nuzhnenko. France and Meghann Shaughnessy of the 57th minute. was an international qualifying match for • For the FIFA World Cup, which is to be Fencing the summer Olympic Games to be held this United States (5-7, 5-7). held in South Africa in 2010, the qualifying Ukrainian Olha Kharlan on April 11 year in Beijing, China. Weightlifting groups have already been announced. defeated Chen Chiadong of China by a Wrestling Ukraine, in Group 6, is scheduled to play score of 15:13 to win the junior world Olha Korobka won the gold medal in the against Belarus on September 6 and against championship title in saber at the Acireale Maryana Kviatkovskaya defeated over-75 kg division at the 2008 European Kazakhstan on September 10. Other teams international fencing tournament in Italy. Natalia Kuksina of Russia to win the gold Weightlifting Championships in Lignano in Group 6 include England, Croatia and Ukraine won two medals and earned third medal in the 67 kg division at the European Sabbiadoro, Italy, on April 11-20 with 127 Andorra. place. Wrestling Championship held in Tampere, kg in the clean and jerk, and 150 kg in the • Hryhoriy Surkis, president of the Finland, on April 1-6. Armen Vardanyan snatch. Yulia Dovhal won silver in the same Football Federation of Ukraine and a mem- Gymnastics won the gold medal in the men’s Greco- division with 118 kg in the snatch and 140 ber of the UEFA executive committee, was The International Gymnastics Federation Roman 66 kg division, Oleksandra Kohut kg in the clean and jerk, and Nataliya named by World Soccer magazine as the (IGF) passed a decision to suspend the won the bronze medal in the women’s 48 Trotsenko won gold in the 53 kg division 91st most influential figure in world soccer. duties of coach Iryna Deriuhina, who serves kg division, Tetyana Lazareva tied for the with 88 kg in the snatch and 109 kg in the bronze medal in the women’s 55 kg divi- Boxing on the Ukrainian National Team’s technical clean and jerk. Ukraine won a total of 13 committee. The suspension includes her sion, and Nataliya Synyshyn tied for the medals in the individual events and finished • Volodymyr Sydorenko, the WBA duties on the committee and within the IGF bronze medal in the women’s 59 kg divi- in third place over all. super-lightweight world champion is sched- until January of 2009, and the potential to sion. In freestyle, Vasyl Fedoryshyn won uled to defend his title against Anselmo be barred from all IGF events until 2016. the gold medal in the men’s 60 kg division, Shooting Moreno of Panama on May 31 in Such sanctions are used when evidence and Georgy Tivilov won the silver medal in Yuriy Sukhorukov won second place at the 96 kg division. Oberhausen, Germany. clearly indicates the manipulation of judges the International Sport Shooting Federation • Ukrainian WBO light-middleweight or abusive financial practices. This is Hockey World Cup held on April 10-21 in Beijing, champion Sergiy Dzinziruk retained his Deriuhina’s second disqualification; her China. The Ukrainian marksman scored undefeated record of 35-0 with a victory Ukraine’s men’s hockey team won sec- first case sidelined her from the sport for 1,268 points, just 0.8 points behind the win- over Lukas Konecny on April 27 in two years. ond place in Division 1, Group B, during ner, Josselin Henry of France. Dresden, Germany. The judges scored the the International Ice Hockey Federation Swimming Ukrainian southpaw 118-110, 115-113 and tournament in Sapporo, Japan, on April 4. Extreme sports 114-114 for a majority decision. Ihor Borysyk won the gold medal in the Ukraine, with a record of 4-1, scored 11 • Wladimir Klitschko is scheduled to men’s 100-meter breaststroke event with a points, with 18 goals for and eight goals The annual Extreme Sports Youth fight challenger Aleksander Povetkin for the time of 57.74 seconds, establishing a new against. One of its wins was in overtime. Festival X-Hutsuliya was held in Ivano- International Boxing Federation title on record at the World Short Course Currently Ukraine is internationally ranked Frankivsk Oblast on May 3-4. The festival, November 26. Klitschko currently holds the Swimming Championships held in in 15th place with 2,740 points. organized by Adrenaline Style sports club, IBF, WBO and IBO titles in the super- combined street, mountain and water sports Manchester, England, on April 11. Oleh Tennis heavyweight division. The Ukrainian cham- Lysohor won third place in the same event, on courses in the Vovchynetski Mountains. pion is also scheduled to fight challenger and Kateryna Zubkova won the silver Alona Bondarenko defeated Nuria Global Training System sponsored an Tony Tompson for the WBO title on July 12 medal in the women’s 100-meter back- Llagostera Vives of Spain (6-2, 6-0) at the award for 5,000 hrv (approximately $1,000 in Germany. stroke. Ameila Island Bausch and Lomb U.S.) to the best athlete.

staff. In addition, the prime minister’s office Furthermore, Mr. Putin clearly seems to With transition... The changes being will have a protocol director, a move that be bringing his natural preference for opaci- (Continued from page 2) seems to indicate Mr. Putin will play a ty with him into the government. Already after a Medvedev term or as a result of an implemented in prominent role in international affairs. journalists have been barred from moving early presidential election. “Prime Minister Putin, naturally, will freely about the White House and from Preparing to move into the prime minis- Russia so far are concentrate in his own hands all power, speaking informally with ministers and ter’s chair, Mr. Putin has continued this clearly intended to except a few ‘status items,’ while Comrade other officials. Moving government respon- approach – preparing major power-struc- Medvedev at first will have about as much sibilities down from the cabinet level to the ture shifts at the level of the law on the gov- give the prime authority as Princess Anna in ‘Roman ministerial level also will do much to fur- Holiday’ had,” political analyst Aleksei ernment and presidential decree. Last ther conceal decision-making. This environ- Mukhin summarized in an interview with month, Duma Deputy Vladimir Pligin, minister a major ment will make it more difficult than ever RFE/RL’s Russian Service. chairman of the Constitutional Law and for Mr. Putin to pursue his stated goal of State Structure Committee, told journalists political role. Inevitably, a key result of this system will be a qualitative increase in the opacity combating corruption; the practice of selec- that he is preparing major legislative tive prosecutions and secretive redistribu- changes that will affect at least 150 current of Russia’s ruling system. If, as all signs tions of property that has emerged under laws. Under the revisions, some 500 of the currently indicate, the Kremlin becomes a Medvedev on television firing Prime President Putin will, in all likelihood, thrive Cabinet’s currently enumerated 2,894 hollow power center, that fact will, of Minister Putin. responsibilities will be delegated down- course, have to be concealed. Hopes that the under Prime Minister Putin. At the same time, media reports suggest ward. Giving an idea of the scope of the purportedly liberal Medvedev will bring Russia’s “managed democracy” is enter- changes under way, Mr. Pligin said his Mr. Putin will have a vastly expanded num- sunshine into the Kremlin are likely to be ing a new phase of even stricter manage- committee is discussing a further 200 bills ber of deputies – as many as 11, according dashed. ment and even less democracy. aimed at “improving the quality of Russian to Gazeta. Currently, Prime Minister Viktor governance.” He emphasized, however, that Zubkov gets by with just two first deputy no changes to the Constitution are envi- prime ministers and three deputies, although in the past he has had even fewer. for “historical inaccuracies concerning sioned. Turning the pages... the peoples of Eastern Europe and the The changes being implemented so far Previous government restructurings under Mr. Putin have been justified with argu- (Continued from page 6) nationalities of the USSR.” are clearly intended to give the prime min- Zenon Onufryk, a member of the ister a major political role. Throughout the ments that fewer deputies and fewer min- we become the masters of our Ukrainian Ethnic Advisory Council, said that the post-Soviet period, the key function of the istries would lead to greater efficiency. nation’s God-given homeland.” creation of the governor’s study commis- prime minister has been to provide political These arguments are now being turned on George Pappas, chairman of the New cover for the president, serving as a techni- their head. (It remains unclear whether the Jersey Governor’s Ethnic Advisory sion is a “precedent-setting move,” since cal implementer until a crisis (political, eco- current number of ministers, 15, will be Council, read Gov. Thomas Kean’s it is the first such commission, not only nomic, social) erupted and the president adjusted.) proclamation designating May 15 as the in New Jersey, but the entire United needed a scapegoat. Therefore, the law Tellingly, Mr. Putin’s first clear move in Official Commemoration Day of the States, and the Ukrainian community gave responsibility for vast areas of gover- restructuring the prime minister’s office Great Famine in Ukraine. would be extremely grateful to the gover- nance directly to the Cabinet. Now those was a decree issued last month that created T. Robert Zochowski, director of New nor’s office. responsibilities are being pushed downward three new posts responsible for the prime Jersey’s Office of Ethnic Affairs, said to the ministerial level. The next time there minister’s public image. Mr. Putin will be that Gov. Kean announced that he would Source: “13,000 attend Great Famine is a crisis, you will see Mr. Putin on televi- the first Russian prime minister with a per- form a “governor’s study commission” to memorial service,” by Roma Hadzewycz, sion firing a minister, rather than President sonal press secretary and a speechwriting look into the public school curriculum The Ukrainian Weekly, May 22, 1983. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 No. 19 No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 23 HURI introduces Shklar Fellows for spring semester of 2008 Oselia CYM in Ellenville by Peter T. Woloschuk Sloboda Ukraine in the 18th century. • Yuriy Zazulyak is a junior research CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard fellow at the Institute of Ukrainian Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) has Studies at the National Academy of granted Eugene and Daymel Shklar Sciences of Ukraine in Lviv, who presents a summer of fun Fellowships to five post-doctoral stu- received his “kandydat nauk” degree in dents for the 2008 spring semester. One 2004. He is spending three months at for families and children of all ages recipient is from the United States, two Harvard (February-May) researching the are from Ukraine, one is from Germany, topic “Violence, Courts and Noble and one is from Italy. Two of them are Community in Late Medieval Galicia.” undertaking research in the field of histo- He is investigating interpersonal violence July 15 - 28 ry, two are working in the field of legal and nobles’ disputes in late medieval history, and one in the field of literature. Day camps include Mama/Tato and Me (for newborns through 23 Halychyna, based on the premise of the The five new Shklar Fellows are as key role that violence and litigation months), Husenyata (2-4 year olds) and Sumenyata (4-6 year olds) follows. played in shaping the ethos and identity • Simone Attilio Bellezza is a fellow at Overnight camps - Vidpochynkovyi - separate programs for 6-11 year of members of the noble estate. The main the School of Advanced Historical aim of Mr. Zazulyak’s project is to olds and 12-14 year olds Studies of the University of San Marino approach violence and disputes of the who earned his Ph.D. in European social nobility as complex social phenomena, history in 2007. He is spending four interpreting them as a point of intersec- months at Harvard (February-May) Activities: Exercise classes and poolside massages by Dr. Darka tion of different aspects of social reality. studying the topic “The Shestydesiatnyky Genza, yoga classes, card-making and scrapbooking classes, baking and the Language Question from The Eugene and Daymel Shklar Khrushchev’s Reform of Education to Fellowships were established at HURI in classes, sing-along vatras, children's basketball tournament, 2001. They are intended to bring scholars Petro Shelest’s Removal (1955-1973),” pool bingo and much much more! focusing on the battle for the use of the from the international academic commu- Ukrainian language as a means of diffu- nity to the Ukrainian Research Institute for focused research on projects concern- sion of culture and scientific knowledge. Enjoy Oselia's new playground and outdoor refreshment stand - • Dmitrii Belkin earned his Ph.D. from ing Ukrainian history, literature, philolo- the University of Tübingen in 2000 and gy, culture and other fields in the human- вава ава is an academic researcher at Humboldt ities and social sciences. During their res- University in Berlin and the Max Planck idence, Shklar Fellows are also expected Institute for Legal History in Frankfurt. to participate in the scholarly life of the During his four months at Harvard university, and to offer a formal presenta- (January-April), Dr. Belkin is researching tion based on original research at the Saturday July 21 the topic “From Law to Legality: Jewish institute’s weekly seminar series. Legal Culture in Ukraine, 1905-1932.” Shklar Fellows all hold either doctor- "Family Fun Day" ates or “kandydat nauk” degrees. His main focus is Jewish politicians, featuring Olya Chodoba-Fryz, Tanya the Clown, and DJ Slawko, at the jurists and “ordinary people” in their Founded in June 1973, HURI serves interrelations with Jewish society and the as a focal point for graduate and under- children's ZABAVA and a varenyky-eating contest for 6-12 year olds. graduate students, fellows and associates Russian and Ukrainian governments. He The FUN begins at 2pm. is also examining the continuity of pursuing research in Ukrainian language, Jewish legal culture in Ukraine before literature and history, as well as in For the adults... a wonderful wine tasting event, featuring wine from a and after the Revolution of 1917. Finally, anthropology, archaeology, art history, he is analyzing the complex relationships economics, political science, sociology, local winery. informing public policy, religion and theology and other disciplines. It also legal practices. organizes symposia and conferences on a • Oksana Blashkiv is an academic variety of related topics. Friday July 27 researcher at Ivan Franko State HURI’s mission includes the advance- Live Music by "Zuki" and company. Pedagogical University of Drohobych ment of knowledge about Ukraine in the who received her master’s degree in United States through research and teach- comparative literature from the National ing. This mission was shaped by HURI’s University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in co-founders, Omeljan Pritsak, the first Mark Your Calendars!!!! Mykhailo S. Hrushevskyi Professor of 2002. She is at Harvard for four months July 29 - August 11 (February-May) to explore the personal Ukrainian History and a scholar of broad relationship between Roman Jakobson scope and erudition, and Ihor Sevcenko, CYM Sports Camp (1896-1982) and Dmytro Cyzevskyi Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine (1894-1977). Mr. Blashkiv is using the Literature and History. Jakobson archive at the Massachusetts With Ukraine’s independence, HURI’s Friday, August 3 Institute of Technology (MIT), as well as mission has broadened to include con- the archives of American contemporaries temporary political, social and economic USCAK Youth Olympiad and colleagues of both scholars, to trace issues. HURI also seeks to foster the the development of their relationship. study of the diverse religious and ethnic • Andriy Danylenko is a lecturer in the groups that make their home in Ukraine, August 12 - August 25 department of modern languages and cul- to act as a bridge between Ukrainian tures at Pace University. He earned his studies and the study of Russia, Poland, CYM Mystetskyi (Arts) Camp and a NEW tabir- Kobzarskyi Camp Ph.D. in 1990 from Moscow Friendship Turkey, Belarus and Moldova, and to of Peoples University. During his four- develop close and supportive relations month stay at Harvard (February-May), with Ukraine’s emerging cultural and Saturday, August 18 Dr. Danylenko is working on the topic academic institutions. “The Formation of New Standard HURI forms a vital component of Annual Quads Volleyball Tournament Ukrainian in 1798: Bridging Tradition Harvard University’s vibrant internation- and Innovation.” He hopes to present a al studies community and is an integral comprehensive survey of consecutive part of Harvard’s National Resource also Center for Russian, East European and stages in the formation of new standard Saturday August 25 Ukrainian from late Middle Ukrainian to Central Asian Studies. It also works the early modern period, examining the closely with the Center for European the celebration of Ukrainian Independence Day with a concert place of Ruthenians and their languages Studies, the Davis Center for Russian (Church Slavonic and “prosta mova”) in Studies, the Harvard Institute for featuring the CYM Mystetskyi (Arts) and Kobzarskyi Camps the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth International Development, the Center and enjoy a night time “Dyskoteka.” and comparing the sociolinguistic situa- for Jewish Studies, and a wide range of tion in Halychyna, Zakarpattia and other institutes, centers, departments, Bukovyna to that in the Hetmanate and schools and faculties. and lastly ZDVYH September 1, 2, 3 Need a back issue? CYM's annual ZDVYH and Festival. Come and enjoy the fresh air, old If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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COMMUNITY CHRONICLE New York UCCA branch North Port marks Shevchenko anniversary NORTH PORT, Fla. – The announces new projects Committee of the United Ukrainian Organizations of NEW YORK – The United with the torch as the central focal North Port, Fla., and vicinity, Ukrainian American Organiz- point. A delegation composed of headed by President Daria ations of New York, a local 15 individuals will meet the torch Tomashosky, set up a special branch of the Ukrainian Congress at Liberty Island and officially subcommittee to organize a Committee of America, has escort it by staff boat to Clinton Taras Shevchenko anniversary embarked on two new projects to Castle, Battery Park (southern tip commemoration. raise awareness about Ukraine’s of Manhattan) where, at 3 p.m. The subcommittee, chaired Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 the Greater New York community by Klara Szpiczka, did a and will be conducting them in will welcome the torch to superb job organizing the conjunction with the New York Manhattan. affair at St. Andrew’s City leg of the International Torch The walk will then proceed up Ukrainian Religious and Relay. Broadway to City Hall Park and Cultural Center in North Port, At the initiative of the culminate in a formal ceremony, which was attended by over Ukrainian government, the with the reading of a proclama- 225 people. International Torch Relay, has tion from the mayor of New York The event opened with the been designed to raise awareness City at 4 p.m. United Choir under the direc- about the Holodomor. Accom- Additionally, thanks to a gener- tion of Lubov Ingram singing panied by ambassadors of ous donation from Self Reliance Shevchenko’s “Zapovit.” The Ukraine and representatives of (New York) Federal Credit Union, choir also sang “Dumy Moyi” Ukrainian Consulates, the relay the UCCA’s New York Branch and “Reve ta Stohne.” Two began in Australia and will travel has designed and produced “Walk other popular Shevchenko At North Port’s Shevchenko commemoration (from left) are: through 33 countries before Against Genocide” T-shirts and is works set to music were per- Halyna Lisnyczyj, Victor Lisnyczyj and Daria Tomashosky. returning to Ukraine in November offering them for sale to the com- formed by the quartet Mria to mark the official state com- munity to raise awareness about under the artistic direction of memoration of the Famine’s 75th the Holodomor as well as to help Iraida Cherniak of Toronto. Members of the of “Poklin Shevchenkovi,” a video montage of anniversary. raise funds for the building of the quartet are Sofia Fylypowych, Maria Kowalsky, Shevchenko’s life and selected works produced The International Torch will monument dedicated to the vic- Nadia Lobor and Olha Pasternak. by Victor Lisnyczyj, a retired professor of travel in the United States from tims of Ukraine’s Genocide of Ms. Tomashosky formally opened the pro- Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, May 4 to May 31, visiting the 1932-1933 in Washington. gram and introduced the mistress of ceremonies, N.Y., who now resides in North Port. On the largest Ukrainian communities The T-shirts come in S, M, L Ruslana Borysenko. video he was assisted by his wife, Halyna, and throughout the country. It will be and XL and are $20 each (plus $2 Marta Klisinska and Irena Zyznomyrska brother-in-law Peter Tymchenko of Syracuse, in New York City on May 27. for shipping). Checks or money recited poems by Shevchenko to the accompani- who both recited passages of Shevchenko’s In conjunction with this inter- orders may be sent to: UCCA ment of Roma Steckiw Long on the bandura. poems. The Lisnyczyjs received a well-deserved national effort, the UCCA’s New NYC, 203 Second Ave., New Ms. Long also recited Shevchenko’s “On a standing ovation. York Branch is organizing a York, NY 10003. For more infor- Sunday, very early in the morning” and played Anyone interested in having Mr. Lisnyczyj “Walk Against Genocide,” from mation readers may log on to “Dumy Moyi” on the bandura. screen the video montage in their community Battery Park to City Hall Park, www.ukrainiangenocide.org. The highlight of the evening was the premiere may contact Ms. Tomashosky at 941-423-3948. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 25 OUT AND ABOUT

May 12 through June 30 Art exhibit, “Far, Far Away: Postcards 416-766-6802 Winnipeg, MB from Pre-Revolutionary Ukraine,” Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Center, May 26 Holodomor commemoration, Ukrainian 204-942-0218 Ottawa Canadian Congress Holodomor Committee and the Embassy of Ukraine, Parliament May 16-18 Ukrainian Festival, St. George Ukrainian Hill, 613-733-7000 New York Catholic Church, 212-674-1615 May 26 Concert, “An Evening with Pavlo Hunka and May 16 Lecture by Mark Andryczyk, “New Images Toronto Friends: Discovering the Art Songs of Toronto of the Intellectual in Post-Soviet Ukrainian Mykola Lysenko,” Four Seasons Center for Literature,” University of Toronto, the Performing Arts, 416-769-5757 416-978-6934 May 27 Lecture by Izyaslav Darkhovskiy, “Under May 17-18 100th anniversary, Holy Ghost Ukrainian Washington Three Empires – The Thorns and Roses of a Chester, PA Catholic Church, Holiday Inn Select, Life,” Ronald Reagan Building and 610-358-4446 or 610-996-7168 International Trade Center, 202-691-4000

May 18 Concert featuring Natalya Shkoda, The May 27 “Walk Against Genocide,” Ukrainian Alexandria, VA Lyceum, 301-229-2615 or 703-838-4994 New York Congress Committee of America, 212-228-6840 May 19 Lecture by Pavlo Kutuev, “Getting Powers Washington Right Versus Getting Institutions Right: May 30 Presentation by Orysia Tracz, “Songs Your The Tale of Constitutional Struggles in Vancouver, BC Mother Should Not Have Taught You: Ukraine,” Ronald Reagan Building and Erotic Symbolism in Ukrainian Folk Songs,” International Trade Center, 202-691-4000 Ukrainian Hall, 604-873-1738 or 604-942-4317 May 22 Film screening, “Land of Dilemmas” by Olya Washington Onyshko and Sarah Farhat, U.S.-Ukraine May 31 Literary evening with Ukrainian authors, Foundation, 202-223-2228 New York Cornelia Street Café, 212-989-9319

May 22 Golf Tournament, Ukrainian Canadian May 31 European Festival, Scandinavian Community Burlington, ON Professionals and Businesspersons Burnaby, BC Center, 866-749-9208 or Association, Indian Wells Golf Club, www.eurofestbc.ca 416-236-0057 or 416-236-2093 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to May 23 Lecture by Marko Stech, “Where is the events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome Toronto Boundary Line Between Soviet Ukrainian submissions from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion Literature and the Literature of of the editors and as space allows; photos will be considered. Please note: Independent Ukraine?” Shevchenko items will be printed a maximum of two times each. Please send e-mail to Scientific Society of Canada, The [email protected]. Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation Gallery,

UNA SENIORS’ CONFERENCE Sunday, June 8-13, 2008 SOYUZIVKA Save this date for the Seniors’ Week Make your reservations for the UNA Seniors’ Conference which will be held at SOYUZIVKA cultural centre, beginning Sunday, June 8th, starting with wine and cheese through Friday, June 13th, 2008 including brunch. Registration: Sunday & Monday morning. All inclusive 5 nights, all meals, banquet, taxes and gratuities included, entertainment and special speakers. We encourage participants to wear Ukrainian embroidery during the banquet and to bring artifacts to be auctioned off during our evening auction for the benefit of the Seniors’ Club.

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Call SOYUZIVKA Tel: 845-626-5641 – Register early. Limited space available. Contact local senior clubs and organize a bus from your area. For further information please call Oksana Trytjak Tel: 973 292-9800 X 3071 Senior Citizens’ Week is: FUN, AFFORDABLE AND INTERESTING - WE WELCOME GUESTS! COME ONE, COME ALL! 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 No. 19 UKEUKELLODEONODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION Plast scouts become hard-working gardeners for a day by Vera Chuma-Bitcon TOWACO, N.J. – On a warm spring day in April, the “yunastvo” (boys and girls ages 11-17), of the Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organ- ization branch in Newark, N.J., got some first-hand experience of what it takes to start a vegetable garden. The Plast sorority Spartanky, led by Petrusia Paslawsky, organized an afternoon of gardening that includ- ed some hard work, like hoeing, digging and planting – an activity that will earn these youngsters the “ohorodnytstvo,” or gardening, merit badge. Inviting everyone to her 10-acre farm-like property, Ms. Paslawsky explained the process it takes to start a garden: preparing the soil, planting the vegetables in neat rows and caring for them after- wards. “Yunachky” plant vegetable seeds into small containers which will be transplanted into the new garden. At least 25 youths participated in this activity, enthusiastically chos- afternoon was over, a 10-by-30-foot then planted with various vegeta- Ms. Paslawsky showed them the dif- ing their tools for the job and get- garden was dug, the soil amended bles. ferences between the rasberry, ting their hands dirty. Before the with peat moss and compost, and The youths were so hard at work, blackberry and strawberry bushes, they didn’t even stop to eat their and cherry trees. The many vari- pizza lunch. “Gotta keep digging,” eties of chickens on the property they explained. Another group was were noisily running around enter- busy planting vegetable and flower taining everyone, while the bees seeds in small pots for future trans- kept on the site milled around their fer into the garden. Snow peas, sug- hives, collecting pollen from the arsnap peas, bush beans and nearby flowering trees, ready to radishes were all used to seed the produce honey for the summer. garden. At the end of the day, the youths Ms. Paslawsky invited everyone had a better appreciation of the back soon to see how the garden work involved in creating and was growing and how their hard maintaining a successful garden, a work was paying off. chance to work together as a team, In addition the Plast scouts were and another badge to add to their given a tour of the property, where Plast uniforms.

Petrusia Paslawsky explains the requirements to earn the Plast merit badge in gardening.

“Yunaky” work hard to establish a 300-sqaure-foot vegetable garden. “Yunatstvo” took turns at the hard work of shoveling and hoeing the soil. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 27 Hillsiders learn “hahilky” HILLSIDE, N.J. – On Sunday, March 30, the parish- ioners of Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church shared the beautiful tradition of “hahilky” (ritual spring songs and dances) that celebrated Easter. Under the direction of Odarka Polansky-Stockert, Christine Khedr, Orysia Soroka and Nadia Garber Levytsky, the children learned and exquisitely performed numer- ous hahilky for the audience. The audience joined in singing the hahilky songs as the chil- dren danced. This year, the hahilka “Zhuchok” (Little Beetle) seemed to be everyone’s favorite. This song and dance Children perform the hahilka “Zhuchok.” describes a beetle that comes alive in the spring and cele- the other dancers have created. brates his festive attire by walking The Hillside parish’s pastor, on a fir tree branch. During the Father Joseph Szupa, and the dance, the children form two rows parishioners truly appreciated the and create a bridge. The smallest of children’s contribution to the Easter the children walk over the branch celebrations. The children also and then return via the tunnel that enjoyed an Easter egg hunt. Mishanyna

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Soyuzivka’s Datebook PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, May 17 “Bloodlines: A Journey into Eastern Europe”; Vasyl Makhno, Ukrainian-language poet and May 11 – Mother’s Day brunch July 10 - 13 – Soyuzivka Cultural NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Festival Weekend playwright, author of “38 Poems about New Society invites all to a literary evening cele- York and Other Things” and “Cornelia Street May 24 – Memorial Day weekend brating the 80th anniversary of Bohdan Official Soyuzivka Reopening July 13 -18 – Heritage Camp Café”; Askold Melnyczuk, The New York Boychuk, poet, prose writer, translator and Times “Notable Book” author of “What Is Kino-Q Film Festival session 1 literary critic. Mr. Boychuk belongs to the Told,” “Ambassador of the Dead” and “The Friday – Matthew Dubas New York Group of writers. The featured House of Widows”; Alexander J. Motyl, Saturday – Zabava with Hrim July 13 - 19 – Discovery / Cultural speaker will be Dr. Bohdan Rubchak. The author of “Whiskey Priest,” “Who Killed Sunday – music by Walter Camp program will take place at the society’s build- Andrei Warhol” and the work in progress Mosuriak and friend ing, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th “The Jew Who Was Ukrainian”; and Dzvinia July 20 - 25 – Heritage Camp streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information Orlowsky, Pushcart Prize-winning poet and May 31 – New Ukrainian Wave session 2 call 212-254-5130. author of “A Handful of Bees,” “Except for Convention Saturday, May 31 One Obscene Brushstroke” and “Convertible July 20 - 26 – Sitch Sports Camp Night, Flurry of Stones.” First set: 6-7:45 NEW YORK: June 2 - 5 – Stamford Diocese session 1 The third annual Ukrainian p.m.; second set: 8-9:45 p.m. Cover: $10. Night at The Cornelia Street Café will fea- Address: 29 Cornelia St. For information log clergy retreat days ture: Myrna Kostash, Canadian award-win- on to www.corneliastreetcafe.com. No reser- July 20 - August 2 – Roma Pryma ning author of “All of Baba’s Children” and vations accepted. June 7 – Wedding Bohachevsky Dance Camp session 1; recital Saturday, August 2 June 8 - 13 – Seniors’ Week PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES July 27 – August 2 – Sitch Sports Preview of Events is a listing of Ukrainian community events open to the pub- June 14 – Wedding Camp session 2 lic. It is a service provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. June 15 – Father’s Day luncheon July 27 - 31 – Adoptive Ukrainian Listings of no more than 100 words (written in Preview format) plus payment and cultural program Children and Parents Heritage should be sent a week prior to desired date of publication to: Preview of Events, The Camp session co-sponsored by Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, (973) June 21 – Wedding Ukrainian Embassy 644-9510; e-mail [email protected].

June 22 - 29 – Tabir Ptashat session 1 August 3 – 16 – Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Dance Camp session 2 June 23 - 27 – Exploration Day Camp session 1 August 9 – Miss Soyuzivka Weekend June 22 - July 3 – Tennis Camp August 9 – Club Suzy-Q Week – June 28 - 29 – USCAK tennis 25th Anniversary tournament August 16 – Roma Pryma June 29 - July 12 – Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Dance Camp session Bohachevsky Dance Workshop 2 recital

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June 30 - July 4 – Exploration Day August 25 – September 1 – Labor Camp session 2 Day Week

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