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Archbishop Yurij is enthroned Wikileaks spotlight Ukraine’s as UOC metropolitan for Canada power struggles and corruption PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Hundreds of faith- by Zenon Zawada current government has nothing to be con- ful and clergy attended the enthronement of Press Bureau cerned about from Wikileaks. “I don’t Archbishop Yurij as the sixth metropolitan think there will be enormous scandals,” he of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of KYIV – The natural gas industry’s told the Inter television network on Canada and as eparch of Winnipeg and the mafia links. Shady oligarchs in close December 3. “Ukrainian politics has so Central Eparchy on November 21 at Holy cahoots with presidents. The Party of many scandals that the people have devel- Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Regions covering up falsifications. Illegal oped immunity to them.” Winnipeg, Manitoba. arms shipments to Sudan. Some have walked away so far largely Attending the divine liturgy were: The ongoing drip of Wikileaks only untarnished, among them President Viktor Archbishop Soterios, metropolitan of the confirms what long had been suspected Yanukovych. Yet, others suffered damage Greek Orthodox Church in Canada and about Ukraine – it’s a nation where crime that will taint the remainder of their exarch of Ecumenical Patriarch and corruption extend into every nook and careers. Bartholomew I of Constantinople; cranny of government, be it the energy Tymoshenko’s no economist Archbishop Lawrence Huculak, metropoli- sphere, the Defense Ministry or the presi- tan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of dency itself. Much of the skepticism about former Canada; Archbishop Antony of the UOC of “The Wikileaks cables confirmed that a Prime Minister that the U.S.A.; Bishop Alexander of the ‘bandokratiya’ (rule of gangs) governs was voiced by her critics repeatedly sur- Antiochian Orthodox Church; Bishop Ukraine, which has no democratic govern- faced in the U.S. diplomatic cables Ilarion, western eparch of the UOC of ment,” said Dr. Oleh Soskin, director of exposed by Wikileaks, including her Canada; Bishop Andriy of the UOC of the Institute of Society Transformation in alleged lust for power, her populist politics Canada, bishop-elect of Saskatoon and the Kyiv. “But what’s most disturbing is the and close relations with Prime Minister Central Eparchy; and Bishop Daniel, west- U.S. government has covered this up and Vladimir Putin. ern eparch of the UOC of the U.S.A. is willing to cooperate with Ukraine’s The most embarrassing cable surfaced At the conclusion of the divine liturgy, ‘bandokratiya.’ ” on December 15; it was authored by U.S. Metropolitan Soterios read a proclamation The Ukrainian politicos and oligarchs diplomats in Kyiv and sent to the State of enthronement on behalf of Patriarch Department by former U.S. Ambassador exposed by Wikileaks spent the last weeks Bartholomew I and the Holy and Sacred William Taylor Jr. in December 2009. performing damage control on their imag- Synod of bishops. Metropolitan Yurij then Ms. Tymoshenko’s presidential cam- es, issuing public statements denying what received the articles of his new office to the paign was based on a “populist economic refrains of “Axios – He is Worthy!” UOCC.ca was reported or not directly addressing the policy,” they reported, which would A banquet followed the ceremony, during Metropolitan Yurij of the Ukrainian revealed information. which, Paul Grod, national president of the Orthodox Church of Canada. Prime Minister said the (Continued on page 12) Ukrainian Canadian Congress, delivered greetings, personally congratulating Metropolitan Yurij. He also delivered greet- ings on behalf of the Ukrainian World Historical map of is released in Ukraine Congress, and its president, Eugene Czolij. Mr. Grod thanked Archbishop Yurij for his by Illya M. Labunka farmers. leadership and support on a variety of Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Its main feature is a 38-inch by-26-inch important issues for the Ukrainian commu- map of Ukraine signifying those blacklisted nity in Canada, including urging the KYIV – Among the last projects of the villages targeted for annihilation (the so- Canadian government recognize the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory – called “chorni doshky”), as well as markers Holodomor as a genocide against the before its overhaul by Soviet apologist for the nation’s monuments and memorials, Ukrainian people. Valerii Soldatenko – was the printing of a which number several hundred. The most “We are very fortunate to have historical map, “Holodomor 1932-1933,” were established in the Cherkasy and Kyiv Archbishop Yurij with us as both a spiritual which shows graphically the genocide’s oblasts. and community leader. He has incredible devastation wrought upon the Ukrainian This genocidal policy was introduced in intellect, humility and a tremendous sense people. Ukraine by a decree of the Communist of humor. I look forward to working closely The double-sided cartographical issue Party of the (CPSU) on with His Eminence for many years to was published jointly by the Ukraine November 18, 1932, and was reinforced by come,” said Mr. Grod. Institute of National Memory (UINM) and a joint decree issued by the CPSU and the Celebrations continued during the ban- the state-subsidized publisher, Communist Part of the Ukrainian SSR on quet, where the guest hierarchs, civic digni- “Kartohrafiya.” The UINM, led by its for- December 6, 1932. taries and family members presented gifts mer chair Dr. Ihor Yukhnovskyi, provided “Getting blacklisted meant armed detach- and greetings. Metropolitan Constantine of the map’s photos and images, as well as sta- ments surrounding a population center, the UOC of the U.S.A. was unable to attend tistical information. which was practically isolated from the out- the festivities, but Archbishop Antony and “A map of this kind hasn’t been pub- side world and condemned to death,” Dr. Bishop Daniel of the UOC of the U.S.A lished,” said Iryna Rudenko, the chief editor Yukhnovskyi said at the June 30 presenta- passed along greetings. of Kartohrafiya. “The Holodomor, as a his- tion of the map. A native of Lachine, Quebec, Archbishop torical topic, hasn’t been represented at all in The publication also includes two small- Yurij was born on May 26, 1951, to Petro cartographical publications.” er, subject-related maps, the first of which and Anastasia Kalistchuk and graduated The map marks what’s likely to be the pinpoints the peasant uprisings of 1930. from St. Andrew’s College (the UOC of last government-sponsored project, for as Before the Holodomor, scores of Canada’s seminary) in Winnipeg in 1973. In long as remains presi- Ukrainian villages rebelled against the 1975 he studied music at McMaster dent, to raise public consciousness about the forced collectivization imposed by Soviet University, graduating in 1980 with a bache- Holodomor, a famine engineered by the dictator Joseph Stalin in villages such as Cover of the “Holodomor: 1932-1933” Soviet government to destroy Ukrainian map published earlier this year in (Continued on page 35) cultural identity and eradicate middle-class (Continued on page 9) Ukraine. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 No. 51 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

Russia plans to strengthen Ukraine attends Nobel Prize ceremony of opportunities to strengthen the strategic partnership between Ukraine and the KYIV – First Secretary of the Ukrainian United States, a correspondent of Interfax- its Black Sea Fleet Embassy in Norway Iryna Bilorus attended Ukraine reported. “Ukrainian diplomacy by Taras Kuzio membership in NATO is ruled out as long the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony in should take full advantage of the opportuni- Oslo on December 10, Ukrainian Foreign Eurasia Daily Monitor as Mr. Yanukovych and the Party of ties offered by the strategic partnership with Regions remain in power and guarantee the Affairs Ministry spokesman Oleksander the United States in overcoming the eco- The April 2010 extension of the Black de facto permanent basing of the BSF base. Dykusarov said. “Due to the fact that nomic crisis and cooperating with interna- Sea Fleet (BSF) treaty base in Sevastopol Mr. Yanukovych is the first of four Ukraine’s Ambassador to Norway tional financial institutions, in addressing until 2042 or 2047 has three ramifications Ukrainian presidents to oppose Ukraine Oleksander Tsvetkov is going to Kyiv on security issues, in the field of science and for Ukraine’s democracy and its relations joining NATO. The modernization of the December 10 to participate in a meeting of technology, and in the modernization of with , NATO and the European BSF would have security implications for ambassadors on December 14-16, he will energy complex,” the president said. At the Union. Russia now has an investment in NATO members Turkey, Romania and not be able to attend the Nobel Peace Prize same time, Mr. Yanukovych urged President Viktor Yanukovych staying in Bulgaria, and for Georgia. BSF vessels Award Ceremony. At the same time, Ukraine’s diplomats to pay special attention power at least for two terms until 2020 and were used in the August 2008 Russian inva- Tsvetkov has agreed with the Nobel to developing trade and economic relations possibly longer. The opposition has stated its sion of Georgia, which prompted protests Committee that the right to attend the cere- between the countries, and attracting U.S. intention of annulling the treaty extension if by the then President , mony in Oslo will be temporarily granted to investment to Ukraine. “Today, we know it receives a majority in Parliament in the who supported Georgia. Ukraine’s Charge D’Affaires and First exactly what our interests in the dialogue September 2012 elections. The drive towards a managed democra- Secretary of the Ukrainian Embassy in with America are. This is the development Moscow, therefore, has a direct interest in cy and the changing strategic balance in the Norway Iryna Bilorus,” he said. Mr. of democracy, the promotion of reforms, supporting democratic regression in Ukraine Black Sea will be accompanied by ending Dykusarov commented that “the presenta- the non-proliferation of weapons of mass and the coalescence of an authoritarian man- Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration. With tion of the Nobel Peace Prize, which should destruction, and investment. And the United aged democracy around Mr. Yanukovych NATO membership no longer sought by take place in Oslo, has no political nature States, in turn, just as clearly sees its inter- and the . Kyiv, Ukraine’s possibility of signing a and is just a formal procedure.” The est in Ukraine in these matters,” the Moreover, the treaty being extended has Deep Free Trade Agreement and obtaining Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry denied Ukrainian president said. (Interfax-Ukraine) psychologically changed Moscow’s attitudes EU membership will be placed on an indef- reports in the media that the Ukrainian towards the Sevastopol base into a long- inite backburner if democratic regression ambassador to Norway would not attend Ukraine’s judiciary most corrupt term, de facto strategic asset. “I am quite continues to undermine this objective. the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the KYIV – The Global Corruption sure that the Russian Black Sea Fleet will NATO and EU membership closed to request of Beijing. (Ukrinform) Barometer 2010 published by Transparency stay in Ukraine until doomsday,” asserted Ukraine means Russia will have achieved Case opened against Tymoshenko International shows that corruption is on the Kirill Frolov, an expert with the official its objective of ensuring Ukraine’s only rise worldwide, and Ukraine scores among Russian Institute of Commonwealth of integration option is the Commonwealth of KYIV – The Procurator General’s Office the worst in the former Soviet Union. Independent States (Christian Science Independent States. (PGO) has opened a criminal case against Furthermore, its judiciary system is the Monitor, October 25). EU diplomats are exasperated by Kyiv’s Ukraine’s former Prime Minister Yulia most corrupt in the world, according to the Moscow’s psychological shift, in turn, is belief that it can pursue domestic democratic Tymoshenko on suspicion of abuse of Berlin-based organization. In the report, spurring investment in modernizing the BSF regression and continue its European inte- power, Ukrinform learned from the PGO almost 92,000 respondents in 86 countries into a combat-ready fleet. Russia and gration. Mr. Yanukovych failed his first press service on December 15. The charges were asked to evaluate the state of corrup- Ukraine signed a protocol in Yalta whereby “democracy test” on October 31 when the against the ex-prime minister are brought tion in their home countries. In Ukraine, 93 Russia promised to provide information on Organization for Security and Cooperation under Part 3 Article 365 of the Criminal percent of respondents reported that corrup- numbers of BSF personnel, aircraft and ves- in Europe (OSCE), Council of Europe, EU Code. A pre-trial restraint – forbidding her tion had increased or remained the same. sels. The two countries’ defense ministries and U.S. criticized the elections as not meet- to leave the country – was imposed on Ms. Asked whether they personally gave a bribe would soon sign an agreement to replace ing democratic standards. Tymoshenko. According to her official outdated BSF equipment (Krymskaya The long-term BSF base will restrict “to receive attention” from officials, 34 per- website, Ms. Tymoshenko herself specified cent in Ukraine said they had done so. Pravda, October 21). Ukrainian options for joint military exer- that the criminal case opened for alleged While most of the respondents in Ukraine On October 25 Moscow announced that it cises. Inevitably, a greater number will embezzlement of assets allocated under the said they consider local politicians corrupt, would modernize the BSF over the next eventually be undertaken with Russia. In Kyoto Protocol. (Ukrinform) decade with the addition of 18 new war- October, Ukraine and Russia held the they especially singled out the judiciary ships, the first modernization of the BSF Peace Fairway naval exercise that Yanukovych on U.S. investments system, making it the most corrupt in the since the 1970s. These will include six frig- world, (sharing the top position with Peru). involved the landing of troops and a KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych ates, six submarines, two giant troop-landing search and rescue mission. “It is necessary () ships and new squadrons of naval aircraft. has labeled the level of economic coopera- to enlarge the number of participants, and Cabinet members cut from 36 to 17 The President of OSK (Russia’s United tion between Ukraine and the United States to involve aviation, submarine and surface as poor. At the annual meeting with Shipbuilding Corp.), Roman Trotsenko, fleets,” Defense Minister KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor admitted that currently the BSF has only one Ukraine’s diplomatic corps, the president said (UNIAN, October 20). urged the country’s diplomats to make use (Continued on page 32) combat-ready submarine but that the addi- Between 1994 and 2009 Ukraine was one tion of four to six submarines would change of the most active countries in NATO’s the BSF significantly. Partnership for Peace (PfP) program. But, “The Black Sea Fleet is very interesting the Party of Regions has always adopted a FOUNDED 1933 for us. We are planning to build four to six multi-vector approach towards PfP. 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Another protest citizen (Eurasia Daily Monitor, October by 60 workers picketed the BSF construction 18). Defense Minister Mykhailo Yezhel’s department office in Sevastopol demanding The Ukrainian Weekly, December 19, 2010, No. 51, Vol. LXXVIII daughter is married to an admiral in the Copyright © 2010 The Ukrainian Weekly unpaid wages (Sevastopolskaya Gazeta, Russian Pacific Fleet, one reason why October 14). Moscow lobbied for his appointment Valerii Saratov, the head of (Vecherniye Vesti, September 28). ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA Sevastopol’s State Administration, com- Russia and Ukraine plan to establish a plained that the city’s expectations had not joint venture between Russia’s OAK (United Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3041 been met by the April treaty extension. Aircraft Construction Co.) and Antonov e-mail: [email protected] New orders have not been given to local (Vecherniye Vesti, October 15, Komentarii, Maria Oscislawski, advertising manager (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 repair and construction companies, which October 22). A joint venture in shipbuilding fax: (973) 644-9510 are in a “dire condition.” The BSF also has for the moment stalled, Prime Minister e-mail: [email protected] owed the city a large amount in arrears for Mykola Azarov, said. “Vladimir Putin Mariyka Pendzola, subscriptions (973) 292-9800, ext. 3042 utilities (UNIAN, September 10). e-mail: [email protected] The third ramification is that Ukraine’s (Continued on page 38) No. 51 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 3 Yanukovych decrees major reorganization of government by Zenon Zawada and the rest are petty ministries that are cut Kyiv Press Bureau off from influence and big money.” GOVERNMENT BODIES ELIMINATED Mr. Yanukovych also showed his com- Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports led by Ravil Safiullin KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych mitment to pursuing a Russocentric, anti- Ministry of Coal Industry led by Yurii Yaschenko signed decrees on the night of December 9 Western humanitarian policy in rewarding State Committee on Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship led by Mykhailo reorganizing his government by eliminating the controversial Education and Science Brodskyi half of state organs and reducing ministries Minister by enhancing Ministry of Transport and Communications led by Kostiantyn Yefimenko by a fifth. The result is a concentration of his authority as leader of the newly created Ministry of the Economy led by more authority in a tight inner circle consist- Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Ministry of Industrial Policy led by Dmytro Kolesnikov ing of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and Sports. Ministry of Agrarian Policy led by Mykola Prysiazhniuk three colleagues. “Tabachnyk totally struck it rich,” said Ministry of Work and Social Policy led by Vasyl Nadraha Donbas oligarch Mr. Nebozhenko, director of the Ukrainian Ministry of Housing and Utilities led by Yurii Khivrych gained the leadership of the newly created Barometer sociological service. “He was Ministry of Regional Development and Construction led by Volodymyr Yatsuba Infrastructure Ministry, which includes trans- promoted higher than Vice Prime Ministers portation and tourism. Another Donbas oli- Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Anatolii Tolstoukhov [Sergey] Tigipko and [Viktor] Tikhonov. We Institute of National Memory led by Valeriy Soldatenko garch, Andrii Kliuyev, was tapped to lead the haven’t had such concentration in a while.” newly created Ministry of Economic State Committee on Nationalities and Religions led by Yurii Bohutskyi Among those losing their jobs was State Committee on Industrial and Workplace Safety and Mining Oversight Development and Trade. Mykhailo Brodskyi, who became one of the Higher Attestation Commission The reorganization showed that President government’s most unpopular figures for Yanukovych will continue to rely on two drafting the controversial tax code and GOVERNMENT BODIES CREATED business clans to govern – the Donetsk defending it. Ministry of Economic Development and Trade led by Andrii Kliuyev industrial clan led by Messrs. Kolesnikov His State Committee on Regulatory Ministry of Infrastructure led by Borys Kolesnikov and Kliuyev, and the RosUkrEnergo group Policy and Entrepreneurship was eliminated Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry led by Yurii Boiko led by Yurii Boiko, whose Fuel and Energy and consolidated into the newly created Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sports led by Dmytro Tabachnyk Ministry was expanded to the Energy and Economic Development Ministry led by Mr. Ministry of Economic Development led by Sergey Tigipko Coal Industry Ministry. Kliuyev, a move that even Mr. Brodskyi Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources led by Mykola Zlochevskyi “A real powerful cluster is being formed, himself supported. Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food Production led by Mykola Prysiazhniuk a brilliant group of five, the general secretary “Hooray! 50 percent of bureaucrats will Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities led by of which is the prime minister, who will be dismissed,” he wrote on his Live Journal Viktor Tikhonov ensure communication between the presi- blog. “I always said that the committee isn’t dent, the Cabinet of Ministers and its three needed, that it’s a contrived structure. The leading super ministers,” political scientist single problem is deregulation must be com- lead a newly created Social Policy Ministry. istrative reform.” Yet, as with much of what Viktor Nebozhenko told UNIAN in an inter- pleted.” Other state organs were folded into larger the Yanukovych administration has done so view published on December 11. Some speculated that Mr. Brodskyi’s administrations as well. The Institute of far, experts said almost unanimously that the “These five will determine the fate of the committee was targeted because of his National Memory was reduced to a scientif- changes couldn’t be considered reform Ukrainian economy and form the Ukrainian unpopularity. Yet that theory didn’t hold ic-research institute within the Cabinet of because little was changed in its essence. economic policy. The Cabinet gained a hier- water when it became apparent that Ministers. Among the only essential reforms was re- archical character, meaning three higher President Yanukovych appointed the other The Presidential Administration adver- ministries together with the prime minister, villain in the tax code fiasco, Mr. Tigipko, to tised its government restructuring as “admin- (Continued on page 35) UCU rector begins U.S. tour with visits to New York and New Jersey Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation for the expansion of the UCU campus in near Stryisky Park. The plan is to NEW YORK – Besides offering the create a unified campus that will allow opportunity for an excellent education, the students to live, study, and pray in an envi- essence of the Ukrainian Catholic ronment that is based on Christian values, University’s mission is to restore trust and while promoting the highest of academic human dignity, and to nurture faith in a standards. society where trust, dignity and faith had A Western-style campus, one dedicated been systematically destroyed during the to the nurturing and formation of students, course of 70 years. This is the message does not exist in Ukraine; in most instances, that the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak, rector of university buildings and residences are scat- the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, tered throughout a city or town, and students brought to the United States during his often feel no sense of community or mutual recent tour here in November. support as they meet new challenges. The Rev. Gudziak began his three-week On November 6, the Rev. Gudziak was tour of communities in the United States greeted by more than 80 guests at the home with a visit to New York and New Jersey of Zenon and Nadia Matkiwsky in Short on November 4-9, with the goal of Hills, N.J. The Matkiwskys, founders of the explaining the strategic vision for UCU, Children of Chornobyl Relief and which includes plans to build a new cam- Development Fund, and before that, the pus where the mission of a supportive and Mazepa Foundation, have a multi-decade healing Christian environment can be sus- history of commitment to Ukraine and to TechNet Solutions tained. the Ukrainian American community. The Rev. Borys Gudziak with his mother and aunt and members of the New York In addition, during this trip, several mile- In welcoming the Rev. Gudziak, Dr. Friends of UCU and staff members of UCEF, at the Ukrainian National Home. stones were celebrated, including the 15th Matkiwsky underscored that “building this anniversary of the rebirth of the vision first university is the most important thing we grated the L’Arche program for develop- The following day, November 7, in put forth by Metropolitan Andrey can do to secure Ukraine’s future.” mentally disabled children into the UCU New York City, the Rev. Gudziak celebrat- Sheptytsky – the establishment of a The event was coordinated with the community, the first such program in the ed the divine liturgy at noon at St. George Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, as support of local volunteers including Inya former Soviet Union. “These children are Ukrainian Catholic Church. Later that well as the Rev. Gudziak’s 50th birthday. Chehade, Swiatoslava Kaczaraj, Olenka not here for pity or condescension,” said afternoon he was the guest of honor at a “Besides providing our supporters with and Nadia Olesnycky, and Irene the rector. “Rather, we consider them to be luncheon at the Ukrainian National Home, information about developments at UCU,” Jarosewich from the executive committee part of our adjunct faculty, as they teach us which was organized by the New York noted Alex Kuzma, executive director of of the New York Friends of the Ukrainian how to live without pretense and without Friends of the Ukrainian Catholic the Ukrainian Catholic Education Catholic University. The evening’s spon- facades, and they teach us how to love and University. Foundation (UCEF), the organizers of sors were Luba and John Caruso, Micros be loved.” Committee Co-Chair Andrew Lencyk Father Gudziak’s visit, “These visits are Retail Systems and the families of The Rev. Gudziak thanked Oksana and explained, “This year our guests had a fund-raisers for the university. We are tre- Lubodar and Zenia Olesnycky and Nestor wonderful opportunity to hear not only mendously grateful to the communities and Ivanka Olesnycky. Mykola Yaremko, guests that evening, for their generous support of the L’Arche pro- Father Borys speak, and see for them- that provided, in donations and pledges, In his remarks that evening, the Rev. selves the charismatic spirit which has more than $130,000 in New Jersey and Gudziak noted some of the unique ele- gram at UCU. Towards the end of the evening, opera been so much a foundation of UCU’s suc- more than $750,000 at the New York ments of the university. The Ukrainian cess, but also to hear a world-renowned singer Oksana Krovytska, accompanied by event – a remarkable achievement.” Catholic University is the first and only Ukrainian American figure in business, pianist Larysa Krupa, performed three The first event in the New York metro Catholic university on the entire territory Mr. Adrian Slywotzky, as well as Father pieces for the guests, including “Un bel di area was an evening at The Ukrainian of the former Soviet Union; it is the first Borys’ mother, Mrs. Jaroslawa Gudziak. vedremo” from “Madama Butterfly,” and Museum on November 4, where the Rev. school in Ukraine to offer advanced Her dedication to her son, and the deep Gudziak spoke jointly with Boston-based degrees in theology to women. then finished with a resounding “Mnohaya commitment to his upbringing by both his architect Ivan Bereznicki, consultant to the A close friend of the late Rev. Henri Lita” in honor of Father Gudziak on his new construction project, about the plans Nouwen, the Rev. Dr. Gudziak has inte- 50th birthday. (Continued on page 37) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 No. 51 Kyiv Mohyla Foundation reacts to proposed educational reform in Ukraine CHICAGO – The draft law on “reforming” higher ly disagrees with the draft law’s proposed changes, and * * * education recently proposed by Ukraine’s Minister of condemns the Education Ministry’s attempt to reassert The National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy Education and Science has provoked a strong response authoritarian control of higher , and was founded in 1615 and after centuries of suppression, from the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy especially its interference with the National University it was re-established in 1992. Since that time, the uni- (NUKMA) and the Chicago-based Kyiv Mohyla of Kyiv Mohyla Academy. versity has been guided by the vision of educating a new Foundation of America. “The draft law will have a detrimental impact not generation of leaders based on academic freedom and At a press conference held in Kyiv on December 9 only on Kyiv Mohyla Academy, but on all of the coun- the highest international standards of academic excel- Dr. Serhiy Kvit, president of NUKMA, stated that, “the try’s universities. Without a strong, independent univer- lence, with emphasis on rule of law, ethical standards changes proposed by the draft law would effectively roll sity system Ukraine cannot hope to achieve a leadership and service to build a democratic civil society. In spite back the academy’s substantial achievements since its role among the nations of the world,” said Marta Farion, of monumental difficulties, the university became a pre- revival in 1992, returning higher education in Ukraine to president of Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America. mier educational institution and gained international rec- the discredited Soviet-era model of central government Ms. Farion also stated that, “the proposed dilution of ognition. (For more information see www.ukma.kiev. control.” (See The Ukrainian Weekly, December 12) university freedoms and independence is inconsistent ua/eng_site/index.php in English and http://www.ukma. In an open letter dated December 6 addressed to with the educational objectives of the National kiev.ua/ in Ukrainian.) Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, which this foun- The Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America is dedicated Mykola Azarov and Parliament Chairman Volodymyr dation has supported and advanced. University autono- to assisting and supporting the National University of Lytvyn, Dr. Serhiy Kvit warned that adoption of the my and academic freedom are at the central core of civil Kyiv Mohyla Academy. Guided by the strategic priori- draft law “will lead to a self-imposed isolation of the society.” ties of the University, the foundation promotes the uni- country in the sphere of education, as well as to the The Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America has urged versity in its mission through volunteer engagement and unacceptable degradation of the nation’s science, educa- Ukraine’s president, prime minister and chairman of the philanthropic support. For more information see www. tion and economy.” (The full text of the letter appears on to review and reconsider the proposed kmfoundation.com. this page.) changes in Ukrainian law, and it encourages the interest A related public statement by Kyiv Mohyla and support of university, faculty and students around Academy’s director of doctoral studies, Dr. Mychailo the world to register protests with members of the Wynnyckyj, characterized the proposed changes in Ukrainian government. Ukrainian law as “an attack on the National University Dr. Kvit’s open letter can be accessed at www.ukma. Open letter to Ukraine’s leaders of Kyiv Mohyla Academy,” asserting that the draft law kiev.ua/eng_site/news/addm/Open%20letter_ will “destroy the things that have made Kyiv Mohyla NaUKMA_eng.pdf. from the president of NUKMA Academy one of the best and the most Western in The statement of National University of Kyiv Mohyla Ukraine during the past 20 years.” Academy can be seen at www.ukma.kiev.ua/eng_site/ Following is the text of an open letter sent by Serhiy Kvit, The Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America also strong- news/news_detailed.php?id=218. president of the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, to Viktor Yanukovych, ; Volodymyr Lytvyn, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; and Mykola Azarov, prime minister of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: November The letter is dated December 6, and the translation below Amount Name City Myron Pawlowsky Winnipeg, MB was provided by the university. $200.00 Sviatoslav Bozhenko San Francisco, CA Alexandra Rakowsky Riverhead, NY $150.00 Andrej Bula Parkesburg, PA Myron Saldyt Carrales, NM Open letter from Serhiy Kvit, president of the National $100.00 Yuriy and Irena North Potomac, MD Walter Sosiak Colonia, NJ University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, about the policies of Deychakiwsky Ihor Tomkiw Toronto, ON Dmytro Tabachnyk, Ukraine’s Minister of education and George Hrycelak Elmwood Park, IL Gregory and Maria Forest Hills, NY science, for authoritarian and centralized governmental con- trol of higher education in Ukraine and the degradation of Maria Hrycelak Park Ridge, IL Woloszyn science and learning in the country more generally. Sofia Malachowsky Redondo Beach, CA Walter Zalisko Port Orange, FL John Nowadly Fairfax, VA Nicholas Zavisky Watervliet, NY Honorable Mr. President, Greg Rak Saskatoon, SK $10.00 Boris Antonovych Chicago, IL Honorable Mr. Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Oksana Zakydalsky Toronto, ON Alex Bachnivsky Elkhart, IN Ukraine, $75.00 William Gural Springfield, NJ Brotherhood of St. Aliquippa, PA Honorable Mr. Prime Minister of Ukraine: $55.00 Victor Omelczenko Los Angeles, CA Nicholas Christina Trojan- Wheaton, IL Sonia Dekoning McLean, VA On behalf of the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Masnyk Luisa Halunko Richmond, VA Academy I am addressing you with the purpose of inform- $50.00 John Melinyshyn Arlington Heights, IL Marta Harasowska Munich, Germany ing you about current developments in higher education in Wolodymyr Hetmansky North Port, FL $45.00 Amelia Lambert Coventry, RI Ukraine that, in our opinion, will lead to a self-imposed iso- Boris Lushniak Rockville, MD Andrew Horbachevsky Yonkers, NY lation of the country in the sphere of education, as well as to Mike Mackin San Diego, CA Wolodymyr Jarymowycz Washington, PA the unacceptable degradation of the nation’s science, educa- $40.00 Walter Nalywajko Palatine, IL Albert Kipa Allentown, PA tion and economy. $35.00 John Guty Ottawa, ON Irene Kobyleckyj Annandale, NJ The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine is $30.00 George Buk Las Vegas, NV Adrian Krawczeniuk Denver, CO presently engaged in hurried discussions of a draft law “On $25.00 Volodymyr Baranetsky Maplewood, NJ Chester Kuc Edmonton, AB Higher Education” for Ukraine that threaten to inhibit the Z. Bilos Elk Grove Village, IL Xenia Lynch Queens Village, NY normal development of institutions of higher education by John Bortnyk Forked River, NJ Gordon Malick Tarpon Springs, FL not providing them with sufficient autonomy to make it pos- Myron Buryk Woodside, NY Walter Metrovsky Warren, NJ sible for them to attain a level of international competitive- Nadia Haftkowycz Wethersfield, CT Larysa Polansky Cleveland, OH ness. This draft law includes a number of specific threats, Wolodymyra Kawka Drexel Hill, PA O. Rybak Berlin, MD the most important of which are the following: Roman Kernitsky Colts Neck, NJ $5.00 Nadia Bjelajac Belvidere, IL 1. Although there are references in the draft law to the Leda Kobziar Ithaca, NY Larissa Dolinsky Westfield, NJ subject of autonomy for the institutions of higher learning, it Stefan Krycki Clifton, NJ Petro and Olenka Ottawa, ON is uncertain what they mean exactly. We believe that respon- Roman Melnyk Toronto, ON Galadza sibility for a university’s growth and development should Roman and Kathy New Hartford, NY Valentina Gordon Port Charlotte, FL fall on the university itself, and that therefore such institu- Melnyk Alexandra Hrycak Portland, OR tions should be entrusted with broad academic, financial and Mykola Mirchuk Livingston, NJ Merle and Bonnie Toledo, OH organizational freedoms for the task. The concept of aca- Lubomyr Miz Oak Forest, IL Jurkiewicz demic freedom, in addition to basic scientific and education- Melane Sarachman Philadelphia, PA Myron Koblansky Charlotte, NC al components, also includes freedom for a university to Martha Tesluk-Derhak W. Hartford, CT Maria Kodelsky Kailua, HI define its own mission and objectives, and to develop a cul- Walter Tupyckyj Cheektowaga, NY Roman Kopychuk St. Augustine, FL ture of critical thinking, cooperative action, and empower- Michael Wawryshyn Toronto, ON Harry Kowalcheck West Newton, PA ment for students. Accordingly, institutions of higher educa- Dorothy Winant Jersey City, NJ Adrian Levytsky Elkins Park, PA tion should organize their activities and be able solve prob- $20.00 Peter Fedynsky Brooklyn, NY Paul Rosynsky Oakland, CA lems independently, while the state and society (that is, the Gregory Hywel Mansfield Twp, NJ Nazar Shcheglov Jackson Heights, NY public in general, employers of university graduates, non- Alexander Kalinowski Fredericksburg, VA Bohdan Smolynsky Shrewsbury, MA governmental organizations, etc.) should assess the abilities Olga Semeniuk Amherstburg, ON Bohdan Trojan Chicago, IL of a university’s graduates and the quality of research that is Michael Sofiak Chesterton, IN produced there in the marketplace. De facto refusal of the $16.00 Julie Shepelavy Niskayuna NY TOTAL: $2,571.00 idea that universities should be charged with responsibility $15.00 Boris Hlynsky Vienna, VA for the quality on the labor market of the diplomas they Igor Kowal Concord, MA Sincere thanks to all contributors to The Ukrainian grant, as is proposed by the draft law, conflicts with funda- Jerry Kuc Shokan, NY Weekly Press Fund. mental principles of both European and world higher educa- Jurij Kuzycz Glen Ellyn, IL tion practices. Mortria Kuzycz Brooklyn, NY The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the only fund 2. The potential for a market-based approach to the fund- Wasyl Mojsiak Weston, ON dedicated exclusively to supporting the work of this ing of universities is being obstructed in an attempt to main- Luba Onuferko Jenkintown, PA publication. tain an unacceptable status quo in which the universities (Continued on page 38) No. 51 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 5

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UNA Executive Committee holds first post-convention meeting by Christine E Kozak director for Canada; Christine E. Kozak, National Association. meeting of the General Assembly meet- National Secretary national secretary; and Roma Lisovich, The reporting period covered January ing at Soyuzivka on December 4-5. treasurer. 1 to September 30 of this year, during This being a convention year, a special PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The newly elect- Mr. Kaczaraj opened the meeting by which the UNA Convention occurred. meeting was called in order to introduce ed UNA Executive Committee held its welcoming the newly elected members of Therefore, the newly elected officers did the newly elected General Assembly first meeting on Thursday, December 2, the Executive Committee, wishing them not present any reports. However, short members and familiarize them with the at the UNA Home Office in Parsippany, all the best in the next four years and overviews were provided by the presi- various reports, discuss their responsibili- N.J. expressing his enthusiasm for working dent, national secretary and treasurer. ties, and discern where their talents and Present at the meeting were: Stefan with the members of the General Details and discussions were tabled to be experience can be most beneficial to the Kaczaraj, president; Michael Koziupa - Assembly. A moment of silence was continued at length during the special UNA and its membership. first vice-president; Eugene Oscislawski, observed for all departed officers, branch second vice-president; Myron Groch - secretaries and members of the Ukrainian UNA’s redesigned, revised website PARSIPPANY, N.J. – A major project site is arranged by sections, making it at the Ukrainian National Association this easy to jump to a topic of interest or view year was the total revision of the UNA the entire page. Users also have the capa- website. Besides incorporating the UNA’s bility to enter supplementary pages with new look – which includes the new logo additional details about specific topics. unveiled in May, as well as newly A major feature of the new UNA web- designed brochures – the primary purpose site is that most of the information is pro- of the renovation was to simplify naviga- vided in English and Ukrainian. Users tion of the website, allowing users easy have an option on each page to switch access to pertinent information. between the two languages. Finally, The information on the new UNA site besides the contact information for the is organized into four primary categories, Home Office, the site lists all branch sec- as visually depicted on the home page. retaries by state, for easy identification. By selecting one of the category-associat- The UNA website will not be static; it ed photos, users are able to easily enter will be constantly updated with relevant the main portion of the site, where they information. Therefore, we advise readers Roma Hadzewycz can learn more about the fraternal organi- to visit frequently to view the evolution of The UNA Executive Committee (from left): Second Vice-President Eugene zation, its products, benefits available to this site with the inclusion of new material Oscislawski, First Vice-President Michael Koziupa, Treasurer Roma Lisovich, UNA members and the latest news. and updates. The site is located at www. President Stefan Kaczaraj, National Secretary Christine E. Kozak and Director Information on the inner pages of the UkrainianNationalAssociation.org. for Canada Myron Groch.

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CHRISTMAS PASTORAL The Ukrainian Weekly Holodomor Memorial in D.C. Choose to share the Light of Jesus To Our Reverend Clergy, Reverend As our readers are sure to have noticed, in our December 5 issue we devoted the Religious, and to the Faithful, centerfold to proposed designs for a memorial to victims of the Holodomor, the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 that took the lives of millions in Ukraine, that is to be Christ is Born! erected in Washington. The key question is: Where do things go from here? Let us backtrack for a moment. A bill passed by the House of Representatives in Christmas begins with the joyful November 2005 and by the Senate in September 2006, and signed into law by proclamation of good news. An President George W. Bush on October 13, 2006, authorized the government of angel of heaven announces to the Ukraine “to establish a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia to honor shepherds that the Savior has been the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933.” Two years later, a site born. It is good news which cannot for the memorial was approved and on December 2 of that year was blessed by be contained. It is announced and Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox hierarchs and clergy, with Ukraine’s First celebrated in Heaven and on Earth Lady Kateryna Yushchenko in attendance. by glorious choirs and lowly shep- In October of 2009, the Ukrainian government earmarked 5 million hrv (that’s herds. We joyfully proclaim in our about $625,000 according to current exchange rates) for construction of the memorial, beautiful traditional way that “God and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced an international design competi- is among us!” It is constantly repeat- tion. In all, 52 designs were submitted by competition participants, and the jury – ed many times during the evening comprising 18 jurors from Ukraine, as well as four from North America – selected Compline Service. It is as if we can- five finalists. not say it enough! Curiously, though the decision on the finalists was made back in December of The angel announced to the shep- 2009, it was never officially announced. In fact, the first we heard of it was 11 months herds the birth of Jesus and led them later! The silence on the matter is deeply troubling. to the manger. The angel also That brings us back to where we started this editorial. directed the three kings or astrolo- As noted by Alla Rogers, who reviewed the finalists’ designs on the pages of this gers to search for the newborn newspaper, “With the passage of time and with no further news, questions naturally Jesus. Both the simple shepherds occur about the status of the memorial and the fate of the five designs that were found and the well-studied astrologers worthy as finalists. The long and difficult and sometimes divisive debate and ensuing heeded the proclamation of Jesus’ “Madonna” by Jerome Kozak as reproduced monument competition seems to have ended in a resounding silence.” birth in the world. They re-arranged on a UNA Christmas card.. For reasons unknown to us and others in our community, the finalists were never their lives to search for Jesus. They officially announced. Nor was it announced how the ultimate winner of the design made personal sacrifice to greet Jesus into light of Jesus Christ will bring you to a clos- competition will be chosen or when. At the very least, this is an indication of the lack the world. Their hearts were open to the er journey with Jesus in your earthly life and of transparency in this process. hand of God amidst them. in eternity. Allow yourself to be the bright The Ukrainian American community lately has begun to raise this matter, and The ruler at the time, Herod, was also light of Jesus’ love and care in the word Ukraine’s diplomats here are speaking about the memorial. At a meeting with repre- blessed to hear of the newborn King, Jesus. around you and with the people you were sentatives of the Ukrainian American community, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. His heart and mind were not open to God’s given to love and to nurture in Jesus’ name. Olexandr Motsyk said that building the Holodomor Memorial in the U.S. capital is a presence. He regarded Jesus’ authority as a You will come to share in the blessedness of priority and he revealed that Ukraine is on the verge of signing a contract with a threat to his own authority. Pride does that our Blessed Mother who will intercede for Washington architectural firm that will prepare the site and serve as intermediary with to any person. The self takes on greater your needs with Her Son, Jesus. You will the U.S. government. He added that the Ukrainian government before the end of this importance and significance than God then truly celebrate Christmas! year should release part of the funds necessary to get things moving. Himself. The person ends up losing the priv- God grant you a most blessed Christmas According to the president of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, ilege of coming to know God. The angel of celebration, filled with much joy shared Tamara Gallo Olexy, during recent meetings with ministers in Ukraine she learned the Lord directed the astrologers to take a with others. Know of our love for you and that the memorial is the only project for Ukrainians abroad that is being funded for different route home to avoid revealing to of our remembrance of you in our prayers. 2010 – in the amount of $65,000 – and the funds have to be sent by the end of the year Herod the place of the Child Jesus. May you be blessed with good health, hap- or else they are lost. Michael Sawkiw Jr., director of the Ukrainian National God continually intervenes through peo- piness and much contentment in all of your Information Service and former president of the UCCA, said the issue would be raised ple in His love and concern for the welfare endeavors in the coming year! in Kyiv by Ambassador Motsyk, who is expected back in the U.S. with some news Christ is Born! Let us glorify Him! next week. of all peoples. Yet, there are those who Time is critical. The design selection must be made posthaste if the Holodomor choose to allow pride and selfishness to +Stefan Soroka Memorial is to be erected as planned in time for the 80th anniversary of the Famine- overtake their hearts. They diminish the light Metropolitan-Archbishop of Philadelphia Genocide in 2013. We must continue to push for completion of this worthy project. of Jesus in the world. Reflect on how you Now, we won’t hide our preference for the design of Ukrainian American Larysa yourself reveal the light of Jesus Christ in +Richard Seminack Kurylas, whose project took into account the message of the memorial as well as the your life. Can you say of yourself that you Eparch of St. Nicholas in Chicago are a hopeful person? Do you reflect God’s site itself – including its limitations as a triangular piece of land between two city +Paul Chomnycky, OSBM love in your words and actions with others? streets. Anyone who read her design statement, published in our December 5 issue, is Eparch of Stamford sure to appreciate the symbolism and beauty of her “Field of Wheat” design, with its Or, do you allow selfishness and pride to accessibility to the general public, and her thoughtful landscaping of the site, which dominate your choices in life? Do you radi- +John Bura not only overcomes the drawbacks of its surroundings but also can accommodate ate God’s love or do you diminish it? Apostolic Administrator gatherings of those who wish to pay their respects to the victims of the Famine- Choosing to love God and to share the of St. Josaphat in Parma Genocide. Speaking two years ago at the blessing of the site, Rep. Sander Levin, who champi- oned the cause of the Holodomor Memorial in Washington, stated: “it is up to all of us UCC launches “Just Ask” combined, with the government and with the Ukrainian American community — all of us in the United States — to make sure that there is a monument that is fitting the tragedy of 75 years ago and is also fitting in terms of this location.” He underscored fund-raising campaign that “this sacred spot will become a symbol not only for the community here and for the Ukrainian people, and not only for all of America, but for all the world.” WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Building on Mr. Roman asked the delegates of the momentum gathered at last month’s trien- congress to each consider donating nial Congress of Ukrainian Canadians, the $1,000 personally or to secure a sponsor Ukrainian Canadian Congress in to join the President’s Club with a $1,000 December launched a new initiative donation. called the “Just Ask” campaign. “As Gene Zwozdesky, minister of Dec. Turning the pages back... At the triennial congress, UCC health and wellness, taught us, it is up to National President Paul Grod announced us to ‘Just Ask’ when we need support the ambitious agenda which the congress from the community,” stated Mr. has set for the Ukrainian Canadian com- Roman. “On behalf of the congress, we 19 Two years ago, on December 19, 2008, the “Charter on 2008 Strategic Partnership” was signed at the U.S. State Department munity for the next three years in areas are asking for every delegate to the con- between the United States and Ukraine by Secretary of State such as immigration, mobilizing youth, gress and every Ukrainian Canadian Condoleezza Rice and her counterpart, Volodymyr Ohryzko, language, education and Canada-Ukraine across our country to join the President’s Ukraine’s minister of foreign affairs. relations. In order to accomplish these Club.” The document affirmed the deepening of the security, economic, energy and other goals the UCC needs the financial Individuals will be recognized as aspects of U.S.-Ukraine’s bilateral relationship and the establishment of an American “dip- resources to do so. Friends of the Ukrainian Canadian lomatic presence” in Symferopol, Crimea. “Ukraine welcomes the United States’ intention Multi-year sponsors announced annual Congress with annual commitments to to establish an American diplomatic presence in Symferopol,” the charter document con- contributions in order to fund these donate as little as $100, or they can cluded. efforts. Eugene Roman, chief technology choose to join the President’s Club with Members of the press questioned the intentions of the U.S. initiative, pointing to the pos- officer with Open Text Corp., will be an annual donation of $1,000 per year, or sible reaction from Russia as being “yet another American incursion into Russia’s historic spearheading the UCC’s new fund-raising the President’s Circle for annual donations campaign dubbed “Just Ask.” above $5,000 per year. (Continued on page 35) No. 51 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 7 Ukraine’s ambassador to U.S. confers with community representatives by Yaro Bihun to Poland had worked on the opening of two Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Holodomor monuments – in Warsaw and Krakow – singled out and thanked Michael WASHINGTON – Six months after his Sawkiw, the director of the Ukrainian initial introductory meeting with representa- National Information Service (UNIS), the tives of the Ukrainian American community Washington office of the Ukrainian upon his arrival as Ukraine’s new ambassa- Congress Committee of America, in dor here, Olexandr Motsyk convened a fol- Washington, for his work on the low-up session focusing on their past Washington monument project. accomplishments, future plans and concerns He said his Embassy is also working on about Ukraine, its government and people. the restoration and maintenance of the site Opening the two-hour session on of the Taras Shevchenko monument in December 9 in his top-floor meeting room Washington, which has deteriorated over the at the Embassy, Ambassador Motsyk years, and that the U.S. National Park expressed his satisfaction that among the 28 Service has agreed to release funds to participants were people representing the accomplish this work. wide spectrum of the activities and concerns Among the other projects and plans for of the Ukrainian community in America: the near future, the ambassador noted obser- political, religious, scientific, educational, vances of the 20th anniversary of Ukraine’s humanitarian, medical, business and legal. independence and the 25th anniversary of Expanding relationships with Ukrainian the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, building Americans remains one of the important closer ties with Ukrainian communities Yaro Bihun goals of Ukraine’s foreign policy, he said, here, protecting the rights of Ukrainians liv- Ambassador Olexandr Motsyk noting that Ukrainians living abroad, even ing abroad where necessary, and expanding while citizens of other countries, remain sister-city and -state partnerships and part- bership, especially in professions needed to academy, which will be marking its 65th Ukrainians, and they help Ukraine in many nerships between leading universities, as assist Ukraine and Ukrainians living here. anniversary soon (the 60th in the U.S.), has ways, among them in working to build a well as people-to-people contacts. • Roman Lun, who heads the Power of important and valuable archives in the fields closer, cooperative bilateral relationship Above all, he said, Ukraine will work on the Spirit Society (Syla Dukhu), known for of , history and politics, between Ukraine and the United States. further enhancing its strategic partnership its Christmas concert programs – at the including that of the prominent writer and Improving the U.S.-Ukraine strategic with America, which, he noted, “has in the United Nations, the “Festival of Lights” in political activist Volodymyr Vynnychenko. partnership remains a top priority of past and continues to guarantee the territori- Washington, among others – recommended Depending on how things develop in Ukrainian foreign policy, Ambassador al integrity, independence and sovereignty the creation of a worldwide association of Ukraine, Mr. Kostiuk said, his archive Motsyk said. and inviolability of the borders of Ukraine.” Ukrainian citizens to look after their well- should be converted to a digital format for Among the areas in which Ukraine could The representatives of Ukrainian being. There are, he said, an estimated 5 accessibility and returned to Ukraine. use assistance, he said, are: improving its American organizations, in their reports, million to 7 million Ukrainian citizens liv- • Mr. Sawkiw of UNIS spoke about the energy efficiency, in which it ranks last in touched on many of the items addressed by ing abroad, and they require more attention, Holodomor monument project and noted Europe; and increasing economic invest- the ambassador as well their own specific he said. some of the other important Ukrainian anni- ment, in which the United States was first in work in the community and some of the • Kostiantyn Nestorov noted that the new versary events coming up in the near future 2004 and now, with a little over $1.2 billion, projects they envision for the future. organization he represents – Ukraina that will have to be marked, among them: ranks 10th. • Larysa Lozynskyj Kyj of the United Citizens International Association – in addi- independence (20th anniversary), He thanked the Ukrainian American Ukrainian American Relief Committee, a tion to publishing a bulletin and helping Constitution (15th), Chornobyl disaster community for its efforts in improving the humanitarian organization that maintains organize events, works on safeguarding (25th) and Taras Shevchenko’s birth (200th) bilateral relationship and said that the offices also in Kyiv and Lviv, singled out a Ukrainian immigrants’ rights, and obtaining and death (150th) Ukrainian government and Embassy will frightening incident experienced two weeks residences, loans and other assistance for • Ihor Gawdiak, the head of the continue to cooperate with them and main- earlier by their Kyiv representative who them. Ukrainian American Coordinating Council, tain a dialogue even when they have differ- received a letter from the Ministry of Justice • Andrea Zharovska, vice-president of the spoke about the importance of cooperation ing opinions and approaches to issues. That to appear in two days with all of the docu- Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center between Ukrainian-American organizations established 30 years ago in suburban is the norm in democratic societies, mentation of their work over the past three in their efforts on behalf of Ukraine with the Philadelphia, said it is available for use by Ambassador Motsyk. years. In the end, all turned out well, she U.S. government and Congress. He noted all Ukrainian organizations, including the “But we should share in one basic goal: said, but it was an unnecessarily frightening his group’s partnerships in this area with, Philadelphia area’s three Ukrainian schools. the all-embracing development of Ukraine’s ordeal. among others, the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation It’s currently in need of repair and expan- nationhood, the welfare of its people and the • Nadia Petryk, vice-president of the New and The Washington Group, as well as with strengthening of its position in the world,” Ukrainian Wave, an organization of recent sion, and, of course, funds. • Borys Hlynsky, who heads the former U.S. Ambassadors to Ukraine he said. Ukrainian immigrants with branches in nine William Green Miller and Steven Pifer. Among the priority plans in sight for the East Coast and Midwest U.S. cities, said her Washington branch of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, reported that his organi- Mr. Gawdiak also raised the question near future, he said, is building the organization is interested in establishing about why, when there should not be any Holodomor Memorial in Washington. bilateral U.S.-Ukraine agreements allowing zation has conducted more than 30 lectures and conferences on Ukrainian subjects in official Church in a democracy, the current Ukraine is on the verge of signing a contract the transfer of U.S. pensions, direct deposits, administration of President Viktor with a Washington architectural firm that unemployment payments and inheritances the past four years. In the near future the society plans to honor Ukrainians who Yanukovych appears to treat the Ukrainian will prepare the memorial site and will be its to Ukraine. Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate as intermediary with the U.S. government. The • Andrew Bihun, the president of The made contributions to U.S. and Soviet space programs, as well as to Ukraine’s space pro- if it were. Ukrainian government should release part Washington Group, an Association of Before closing the evening discussion, of the funds necessary for project before the Ukrainian American professionals, gram today. There are things in Ukraine that Ambassador Motsyk once again expressed end of this year, he added. described his group’s plans for the future, the hope that Ukrainian Americans will con- Ambassador Motsyk, who as ambassador which include a major increase in its mem- Ukrainians here do not appreciate, he added. “Among the things in Ukraine that disturb tinue to work in behalf of Ukraine. The us are instances where U.S.-Ukraine bilateral relationship is a two- and history are not presented as they should way street, he said. Ukraine did its part in be,” he said. “In the case of the Holodomor, the de-nuclearization process, and helps for example, which, while many countries America in fighting against international ter- recognize it as an act of genocide, the gov- rorism, narco-trafficking and other crimes. ernment of Ukraine maintains that it is not “Our cooperation is two-way and very genocide.” important for both countries – Ukraine and • Theodor Kostiuk, head of the America – and therefore it is characterized Washington branches of the Ukrainian as strategic,” he said. Academy of Arts and Sciences and the The evening concluded with a reception Ukrainian Engineers’ Society, noted that the celebrating Ukraine’s Armed Forces Day. May we help you? To reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800, and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below).

Yaro Bihun Larysa Kyj discusses the work of the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee Editorial – 3049, 3088 • Production – 3063, 3069 during Ambassador Olexander Motsyk’s meeting with leaders of Ukrainian Administration – 3041 • Advertising – 3040 American organizations at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington on December 9. Sitting next to and in front of her are Alla Rogers, Ulana Mazurkevich, the Rev. Subscriptions – 3042 Taras Lonchyna, Ihor Gawdiak and Roman Lun. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 No. 51 Former director of SBU Archives studies holdings at Harvard by Peter T. Woloschuk of contacts and communication of diaspora centers with the OUN leadership in Ukraine CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Late this fall the during the late 1940s and early 1950s; prob- former director of the Security Service of lems with personnel and recruitment; the Ukraine (SBU) Archives, Volodymyr realization in diaspora centers of the move- Viatrovych, took up a position among this ment’s transition from a homeland to a dias- year’s research fellows at the Harvard pora phenomenon (particularly in regards to Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI). In the OUN); and, finally, the organizational, February 2010 Mr. Viatrovych was dis- moral and political consequences of such a missed from his position by the newly transfer of responsibility. installed Yanukovych administration. In commenting on Mr. Viatrovych’s At Harvard, Mr. Viatrovych will study research stay, HURI Associate Director Dr. the Mykola Lebed Papers, a collection of Lubomyr Hajda said, “It was the vision of correspondence and papers that were gifted the founding fathers of HURI – Omeljan to Harvard University by this prominent Pritsak and Ihor Sevcenko – that the highest leader of the Ukrainian nationalist move- standards of scholarship in Ukrainian stud- ment. The collection contains publications ies at Harvard be assured by firm grounding produced by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in primary sources. This was a vision that (UPA) and its political arms: the Ukrainian has guided the work of their successors and Supreme Liberation Council (known in of all scholars associated with HURI since. Ukrainian as UHVR) and the Organization Among the visible manifestations of this of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). This commitment, for example, is the ongoing HURI includes hundreds of documents the 1942– Millennium publication project ‘Harvard Volodymyr Viatrovych at Harvard University. 1950 period, which Lebed either brought Library of Early Ukrainian Literature’ and with him to Western Europe in 1944, or the series ‘Ottoman Documents Pertaining Viktor Yushchenko and elevated to its head practice and politics of national memory. received from UPA couriers in later years. to Ukraine and the Black Sea Countries,’ by Viktor Yanukovych, has recently pro- He is a member of the supervisory board of Some of Lebed’s papers are also housed among others. The opening of archives in claimed that the task of the Security Service the Prison on Lontsky National Memorial in the Center for Research of the Ukrainian Ukraine and elsewhere in the former Soviet is not the publication of archival documents, Museum in Lviv and has served as a consul- Liberation Movement in Lviv. This center Union since 1991 created new opportunities but rather the maintenance of secrets in the tant to the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign holds the papers of many prominent nation- and new challenges, especially for research- national interests – even if this is in the Affairs. He has authored three books and alist leaders, such as Yaroslav Stetsko and ers in the modern, Soviet period.” national interest of a defunct anti-Ukrainian more than 40 scholarly articles. Vasyl Kuk. As founder and first director of “Of enormous importance was the new empire from the last century.” Since coming to Harvard, Mr. the center, a non-governmental public orga- access to the hitherto secret archives of the “It is therefore logical that HURI hosts Viatrovych has lectured at HURI on nization, Mr. Viatrovych has had an interest NKVD and KGB, now under the adminis- scholars such as Volodymyr Viatrovych and “Materials for Ukrainian and Soviet in the Harvard collection and now will work tration of the SBU,” Dr. Hajda continued. offers them assistance in their work on a History in the Archves of the Security on a comparison of the holdings at Harvard “Since 2004, many documents have been crucial period of Ukrainian history, as well Service of Ukraine” and spoken at com- and in Lviv. brought to light on the Famine of 1932- as access to Harvard’s unique resources,” munity commemorations of the As a historian and recent graduate, Mr. 1933, the repressions of the 1930s and, later, Dr. Hajda concluded. Holodomor in Chicago and Edmonton. He Viatrovych said he believes that scholarship World War II and the anti-Soviet resistance Mr. Viatrovych, a Lviv native, graduated has also given a talk in Toronto. He was on 20th century Ukrainian nationalist move- by the UPA and other crucial events. They from the Ivan Franko National University in part of the national committee in Ukraine ments has benefited from the opening of have irrevocably transformed the nature and Lviv with a degree in history. In 2004 he to organize public commemorations of the archives, especially in the former Soviet direction of scholarship on these issues.” received his candidate of science degree Holodomor throughout the country. Union. He maintains that an open archival “Much credit for this work belongs to from the Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of In commenting on his civic work, Mr. policy and the ongoing declassification of the team led by Volodymyr Viatrovych at Ukrainian Studies at the National Academy Viatrovych said, “A positive result of our source material offers the best chance to the SBU” Dr. Hajda emphasized. “Their of Sciences of Ukraine. He was the deputy activity was that the president gave a token advance knowledge on the subject. He also work in making these documents open to director of the Litopys UPA Publishing recognition to the Holodomor with his emphasizes the fact that Soviet archival public scrutiny is all the more important House in Lviv, a lecturer at the Ukrainian address to the nation and his placing of material is often difficult to decipher. A since, with the coming of the new Catholic University also in Lviv, and the flowers at the Memorial to the Victims of researcher must be well-versed in Soviet Yanukovych administration in February head of the Archive Department of the the Holodomor in Kyiv. This year’s action practices and Soviet bureaucratic culture to 2010, a reverse trend has set in. Under the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory in has shown that the citizenry of the country be able to understand any of the documents, headship of the communist Olha Hinzburh Kyiv. Most recently he assumed duties as will continue to honor these victims of the he explained. [Ginzburg], first appointed shortly after head of the scholarly board of the Center for Holodomor-Genocide.” In discussing his research at Harvard, Mr. President Yushchenko named Yanukovych Research on the Ukrainian Liberation “Society is willing to accomplish this Viatrovych said, “I believe that the study of prime minister in 2006, the state archival Movement in Lviv. with or without official sanction or support. the Lebed Papers will allow an in-depth system has reverted once again to hiding In addition to his work as an archivist, Something so deep and central to our expe- analysis of several key aspects of post- documents of the Soviet era and Valeriy Mr. Viatrovych has studied human rights rience as a nation will not simply be swept World War II history, including the question Khoroshkovsky, appointed to the SBU by issues in , and the theory, under the rug,” he asserted. Former director of SBU Archives speaks to Harvard’s Ukraine Study Group by Peter T. Woloschuk recording the activities of Ukrainians in organizations.” have always been refused. However, it is the West.” “Although more than 100,000 docu- clear that the Yanukovych government CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Post- “There is, for example, a very thor- ments have been posted and are avail- will handle these requests differently,” Doctoral Fellow Volodymyr Viatrovych, ough file on the activity of the Harvard able electronically, more than a million he stated. the former director of the Security Ukrainian Research Institute and its in the central archives – and who knows Mr. Viatrovych also pointed out that Service of Ukraine (SBU) Archives who efforts to seriously document and study how many in the oblast and regional copies of the documents that have been was recently dismissed by the the 1932-1933 man-made Famine- archives – have not yet even been posted electronically have also been Yanukovych administration, spoke on Holodomor in Ukraine,” Mr. Viatrovych touched,” Mr. Viatrovych added. given to a number of universities in Wednesday, December 8, at a meeting of said. “Special attention was also paid to “During World War II many documents Ukraine for their own archives and that Harvard’s Ukraine Study Group. His topic: the archives of the NKVD and the the leadership of the Ukrainian indepen- were destroyed in the face of the oncom- it is virtually impossible to recall and KGB that survive in Ukraine. dence movement of western Ukraine, and ing Germans, and documents were again reclassify any of them. He also said that Mr. Viatrovych elaborated on what the files on Roman Shukhevych alone run destroyed in the ‘60s and ‘70s. As the the laws of Ukraine make it very diffi- the archives contain, their significance to more than 20 volumes. There is also a Soviet Union began to unravel in the late cult to halt or reverse the process of for historians and politicians, a review of special file on the Ukrainian Greek- 1980s, many documents were also declassification and the new generation what has been made public, and what Catholic Church that details the steps the removed from the Ukrainian archives of professional archivists now in place their future bodes for them under special secret organs took to liquidate it and transferred to the Russian understands this. President Viktor Yanukovych and the between 1944 and 1946.” Federation. A number of archivists went In conclusion Mr. Viatrovych, who Party of the Regions. He continued: “There are separate with them.” had just returned from Holodomor com- “It is clear that the leadership of the files on the Rev. Havryil Kostelnyk, “Since Ukrainian independence, a memorations in Kyiv, mentioned that the USSR and Soviet Ukraine trusted no which seem to make clear that he was Russian archival commission has con- current director of Ukraine’s state one,” Mr. Viatrovych emphasized. not an NKVD agent but rather a tool and tacted Kyiv a number of times, pointing archives Olha Hinsburh (Ginzburg) had “There are files outlining investigations a plaything whose vanity was used by out that many of the secret documents stated during the ceremonies that she on even the seemingly most loyal mem- the secret agents with telling effect. impacted not only Ukraine but Russia had just read all of the appropriate docu- bers of the Communist Party, the local Finally, there are also voluminous files itself,” Mr. Viatrovych indicated. “The ments from the years in question and leadership, prominent members of soci- listing NKVD and KGB collaborators head of the commission demanded that that she could not find a single mention ety, including educators, scientists and both in Ukraine and among the diaspora, such documents should be sent to Russia of the Holodomor in any of them. even poets and writers. And the NKVD and much of the information that they and that nothing should be released until “When dealing with a person as and the KGB not only kept files on citi- submitted including reports that they the Russians had reviewed it and given unskilled and unprofessional as that, zens of Ukraine but were meticulous in submitted on colleagues, neighbors and their permission. To date, such requests what can you expect?” he concluded. No. 51 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 9 Victims of the Holodomor commemorated at the U.N. by Irene Jarosewich weapon. The reasoning, she said, is “Why The ones to suffer the most during the ural expression of feelings and emotions,” waste money on bullets when you can bring Famine were the innocent children, said noted Ms. Olexy, who also was the event’s UNITED NATIONS – The use of food a nation to its knees by depriving the people Mrs. Szkambara. Children comprised one- mistress of ceremonies, “and thus, today’s as a political weapon was the theme of the of food?” third of the Holodomor’s victims. In 1933 program will include a concert-requiem in December 3 event held at the United Noting the use of food as a weapon in more than 300,000 homeless children were memory of the victims.” Nations to commemorate the victims of the recent artificially provoked famines in recorded in the Kyiv region alone. Since The St. George Academy Chorus opened Holodomor, the 1932-1933 man-made Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and the Sudan that orphanages and children’s shelters were the event with a rendition of “The Lord’s Famine in Ukraine that killed millions of killed tens of millions of people within short overcrowded, most of these children lived Prayer.” Also performing were students of people through forced starvation. spans of time, Mrs. Szkambara underscored on the streets and subsequently died of star- Hyde Leadership Charter School from the In keeping with the theme “Food the effective and cruel potency of manipu- vation or disease. Bronx, as well as the Bells Esemble of the Security for All Generations, Lessons of the lating food supply and using forced starva- “There are many historical interpretations First Ukrainian Baptist Church of Past: Remembering Those Who Perished in tion to achieve political goals. of the events that happened in Ukraine in Philadelphia. Concluding the program with The Holodomor in Ukraine, 1932-1933, and Furthermore, she noted, Stalin used food 1932-1933,” said Mrs. Szkambara, adding the hymn “Lord Almighty and One” was Victims of Other Artificial Famines of the as a weapon against the people in Ukraine that, it should be noted that Raphael Philadelphia’s Accolada Chamber Choir. 20th and 21st Centuries,” speakers put the not only in 1932-1933, but in the years Lemkin, who developed the concept and In her concluding remarks, Ms. Olexy Holodomor in the context of other current 1921-1923 and 1946-1947 as well. coined the term ‘genocide,’ applies it to the said, “before we depart, I would like to and historical examples of the use of famine “The famine of 1921-1923, which destruction of the Ukrainian nation and not remind everyone here that it is our sacred for political control. claimed the lives of nearly 3 million just the destruction of Ukrainian landowners duty to preserve the memory of all the inno- “On November 22 this year, the United Ukrainians, was provoked not only by the and farmers.” cent victims who were doomed to starvation Nations General Assembly adopted a reso- poor harvest of 1921,” she said, “but also by “Lemkin’s perception of the Ukrainian during the Holodomor and in other artifi- lution on The Right to Food in which the the Bolsheviks’ destructive policy of food Famine as a genocide is a solid recommen- cially induced famines. This genocide United Nations admitted that food security allotment,” a policy that included denial of dation to the U.N. General Assembly and to against the Ukrainian people ranks among was being seriously challenged in many humanitarian aid to Ukraine and continuing the to finally recog- one of the worst cases of man’s inhumanity regions of the contemporary world,” noted nize the Ukrainian tragedy for what it was – towards man and is perhaps the most Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev, permanent to export grain from Ukraine as Ukrainians a case of genocide, the destruction of peo- extreme example of the use of food as a representative of Ukraine to the United were dying from starvation. weapon. It is our obligation to the victims, Nations, during his presentation. In 1946-1947, said Mrs. Szkambara, the ple, destruction of nation,” concluded Mrs. the survivors and to future generations to “U.N. statistics are dramatic,” he contin- famine began with a drought that devastated Szkambara. spread the truth so that such heinous crimes ued. “Millions of people are dying of starva- the southern oblasts of Ukraine. However, In her remarks, Tamara Gallo Olexy, the tion. In some places, food is being used as a in an attempt to discredit political oppo- president of the Ukrainian Congress like the Holodomor are never repeated.” tool for political purposes. Artificial famine nents, Stalin immediately attributed this Committee of America, also underscored After the commemorative event, Nadia is a major concern of ours. We know how famine to manifestations of Ukrainian the vulnerability of the weakest in a society Shmigel, WFUWO’s main representative at cruel by nature, and tragic by consequences, “bourgeois nationalism” and categorically to the manipulative use of food as a political the United Nations, noted the importance of it is from our own Holodomor. Ukraine lost forbade any assistance to Ukraine. At a time weapon. “The majority of the innocent vic- highlighting the Holodomor within the U.N. millions of her compatriots and understands when millions in Ukraine were starving, tims of the Holodomor were children and policy of assuring food security. Ukraine’s the value of the life of a single human being under Stalin’s directive the USSR exported women,” she said “and unfortunately today, Holodomor is one of the most heinous especially one who is starving. Ukrainian grain from Ukraine to Czechoslovakia, worldwide, women and children continue to crimes against humanity of the 20th century, food assistance is now going to Africa, Poland and France. constitute the majority of those who suffer said Mrs. Shmigel, who underscored the South-Eastern Asia, Latin America, and However, the WFUWO president contin- from starvation.” importance of the Holodomor as a case Caribbean region.” ued, it is the brutal annihilation of between 7 She also noted the role, historically, of study not only for policy leaders, but also During her presentation, Mary million and 10 million men, women and women in identifying injustice. “Women for human rights organizations of how dicta- Szkambara, president of the World children 77 years ago during the Holodomor also play an invaluable role in trying to tors and brutal regimes use their power to Federation of Ukrainian Women’s of 1932-1933 from which the Ukrainian bring attention to the existence of famine in control, terrorize and justify the use of food Organizations (WFUWO), stated that in the population, even to this day, has not fully Ukraine,” she noted, “and the first organiza- and threat of hunger as a weapon of political 20th and 21st centuries governments dis- recovered both physically and psychologi- tions that addressed the Holodomor by manipulation and national destruction. covered a new method of overpowering or cally. speaking the truth about this heinous crime Attended by more than 150 guests, defeating their enemy: using food as a “During 1932-1933, Ukraine was the and attempting to send relief were including Bishop Paul Chomnycky of the only country in Europe where the popula- Ukrainian women’s organizations, including Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford, Irene Jarosewich is a registered NGO tion declined by 15 percent from 33 million the Ukrainian National Women’s League of Conn., and William Pope, senior advisor to representative with the United Nation’s to 28 million. If natural population growth America. Furthermore, today’s women’s the U.S. representative to the United Department of Public Information from the of about 5 percent per year is included, then organizations within the United Nations are Nations, the event was co-sponsored by the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s one can readily deduce that in the space of a a strong force that continues to fight for Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Organizations. The World Federation of little more than one year Ukraine’s popula- human rights, the right to food and the right Nations, the World Federation of Ukrainian Ukrainian Women’s Organizations is an tion declined by some 20 percent or about 8 to life.” Women’s Organizations, the United Nations NGO in consultative status with the million souls,” she stated. At the height of The speakers presentations alternated Foundation – United States of America Economic and Social Council of the United the Famine in March 1933, approximately with musical presentations by several chil- Council of Organizations, and World Nations and with UNICEF. 25,000 people a day were dying. dren’s choirs. “Music has always been a nat- Information Transfer (WIT).

61 echelons of Belarusians were resettled to Historical map... the Odesa Oblast, 109 echelons of Russians (Continued from page 1) were resettled to the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, 80 echelons of Russians were resettled to Chudniv in the Zhytomyr Oblast and Mala the Oblast and 44 echelons of Rusava in the Vinnytsia Oblast. Russians were resettled to the Donetsk The map indicates that rebellions against Oblast. collectivization were most active in the “Southern Ukraine suffered most from Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Holodomor, where entire villages died and Chernihiv oblasts. replaced with new families,” Dr. “If we look at Zhytomyr Oblast, you will Yukhnovskyi explained. see that each village had between 15 and 30 On the map’s flip side, Ukrainian text farmsteads,” Dr. Yukhnovskyi said. “If these explains the reasons behind the Holodomor, idiots made cooperatives from these produc- the mechanisms employed by the genocidal tive farmsteads, the Soviet Union would Soviet government, its anti-Ukrainian nature have become such a wealthy agricultural and demographic losses, and offers a legal nation that it could trade Ukrainian grain analysis. and could have armed itself as Stalin had These texts are supplemented by 76 min- Zenon Zawada wanted to arm the Soviet Union. But it was iature color photos of contemporary monu- Rostyslav Sossa, the director of the Kartohrafiya publishing company in Kyiv, necessary to kill the Ukrainian villager.” ments erected throughout Ukraine; 23 black- holds a copy of the historical map, “Holodomor: 1932-1933.” The second smaller map provides out- and-white archival photos documenting the lines the demographic losses caused by the confiscation of grain and starving victims, then the idea first arose that we needed to About 3,000 copies of the map have been Holodomor, comparing the 1933 mortality including information on where the photos create something similar in Ukraine,” Mr. printed; they are available for $1.50 each at rate to the death rate in 1927 based on geog- were taken; and seven images of Soviet-era Sossa said at the June 30 presentation of the select bookstores in Kyiv, Kartohrafia’s two raphy. propaganda posters promoting agricultural map in Kyiv. Kyiv offices, and through its website, http:// It also indicates routes and final destina- prosperity during collectivization. The oblast state administrations under www.ukrmap.com.ua. tions of the massive resettlement of ethnic Kartohrafiya initiated the four-year proj- former President Viktor Yushchenko, were “The map is very important – an eternal Russians and Belarusians in 1933 to territo- ect after a team of its employees, Rostyslav very responsive in providing information reminder about what happened,” Dr. ries cleansed of ethnic Ukrainians – an act Sossa, traveled to Yerevan and visited the on monuments and memorials throughout Yukhnovskyi said. “The publication of this that was carried out in five waves, number- Armenian Genocide Memorial and Ukraine, as well as submitting photographs, map is a very important event which should ing 329 dispatched groups (echelons) and Museum-Institute. he said. The map should serve as a basis for remind us all that we’re an immortal nation, totaling 117,100 resettled people. “They were giving out free booklets with ultimately publishing a Holodomor atlas, he which survived horrible cataclysms and Specifically, 35 echelons of Russians and maps of the Armenian genocide, and it was added. genocides.” 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 No. 51

REMEMBERING THE HOLODOMOR Ukrainian community of Greater Cleveland shares Candle of Memory by Maria Flynn Holodomor t-shirts, marched outdoors and started the relay from Parma’s City PARMA, Ohio – The Ukrainian com- Hall to St. Vladimir Orthodox Cathedral munity in Cleveland held its Holodomor where a Holodomor memorial stands. commemoration event in Parma, the heart This was a two-mile stretch on a cold of the Ukrainian Village, on Sunday, Sunday afternoon. The runners were November 14. The Candle of Memory escorted by Parma Police since they ran traveled from Kyiv, where it was first lit on State Road leading to the cathedral. on June 19, at the Holodomor Memorial. The community gathered and waited at Mayor Dean DePiero of Parma greeted St. Vladimir’s Holodomor memorial. the Ukrainian community inside his Priests from all Ukrainian parishes, both Council Chambers at 2 p.m. that after- Catholic and Orthodox, gathered around noon. Ihor Diaczun, the president of the the memorial for a “panakhyda,” or United Ukrainian Organizations of Ohio, requiem service, for the victims of the brought the candle he received from Famine-Genocide. Kerhonkson, N.Y., and Mayor DePiero lit After the memorial service, the crowd the flame. The mayor’s words were kind proceeded to St. Vladimir’s grand hall, and supportive. He said he was proud of where the most current Holodomor docu- the Ukrainian people and that their hard mentary by Hollywood director Bobby work through the years have added to his Leigh, was shown. An exhibit compiled city’s prosperity. It is because of Mayor by the League of Ukrainian Canadians in DePiero that Parma designated the cooperation with the Kyiv Memorial Ukrainian Village section of the city in Society in Ukraine was on display for the the summer of 2009. public to view. The mayor then proceeded to light a Cleveland’s Channel 3 News was pres- torch held by a group of young runners ent to film the event and featured it on the representing Cleveland’s youth from both 11 p.m. news. The event was organized Mayor Dean DePiero of Parma, Ohio, lights a torch with the flame from the Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization by the United Ukrainians Organizations Holodomor Candle of Memory from Kyiv. and the Ukrainian America Youth of Ohio, with Marusia Kvit-Flynn as Association. The relay team, wearing chair.

Ihor Diaczun, president of United Ukrainian Organizations of Ohio, thanks the mayor of Parma for his support. The torch is held by Lida Apostoluk, as Maria Flynn, chair of the event, looks on.

Jersey City and Bayonne Ukrainians mark Holodomor Remembrance Day JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Members of the representing victims’ spirit and souls. Ukrainian community of Bayonne and A poetry reading was conducted by Jersey City, N.J. participated in the com- Bohdan Lachotski, Ivan Byk and Ihor memorative “Candle of Prayer” services on Kolenets. Reading poet Mykola November 28 to mark the 77th anniversary Vinnhranovsky’s thoughts, Olena Tylko of the Holodomor, the Ukrainian Famine- Halkowycz concluded the community’s Genocide of 1932-1933. “Candle of Prayer” services with the A liturgy and requiem service led by the words “There is hope. There is free- pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian dom… and there are people, who harbor Church, the Rev. Vasyl Putera, joined the the curse, greater than all wars.” hearts and souls of the community in prayer All the Ukrainian institutions of Jersey in commemorating the most tragic episode City united to support a related public in Ukraine’s history, the Famine-Genocide. awareness project. An information board After services, the junior members of the was strategically placed in front of Ukrainian American Youth Association, Ukrainian institutions in Jersey City – Ss. Jersey City branch, led the parishioners into Peter and Paul Ukrainian Church, the the church hall with the solemn light of the Ukrainian National Home and Self commemorative “Candle of Prayer.” Reliance Federal Credit Union – present- A moment of silence and prayer ensued ing information on why Ukrainians as Andrij Semeniw, Svitlana Hladush, around the world mark the annual Andrij Podobinsky and Zenia Hrubiak Holodomor Remembrance Day. placed the candle beside the sheaf of wheat Reference information and contact points tied with Ukraine’s national colors of blue were provided for the general public, Ukrainian community activists in front of Jersey City’s Ss. Peter and Paul and yellow, adorned with a black mourning referring them to the Ukrainian World Ukrainian Catholic Church, where a poster about the Holodomor has been set up ritual cloth embroidered with white threads Congress. to inform others about the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. No. 51 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 11

REMEMBERING THE HOLODOMOR Los Angeles community commemorates Ukraine’s Famine-Genocide LOS ANGELES – On Sunday, erected in Kyiv in memory of those who November 14, the Ukrainian community perished in the Holodomor. of Los Angeles gathered to commemorate Mr. Semotiuk went on to say that there the 77th anniversary of the Holodomor, was a clash in the comments made by the the genocide that took place in Ukraine in Canadian prime minister, who publicly 1932-1933. The event was organized and acknowledged that the Holodomor was a sponsored by the Ukrainian Culture Center genocide, while the Ukrainian president (UCC) of Los Angeles. Paul Bilecky, refused to do so, claiming instead that the president of the UCC served as the master Holodomor was not a genocide because of ceremonies; Luba Poniatyszyn Keske other non-Ukrainians in the USSR in 1933 coordinated the program. also died of starvation outside Ukraine. The solemn program began with the Mr. Semotiuk said that in view of the presentation of a traditional bouquet of fact that the current Ukrainian president sunflowers and stalks of wheat by Mr. refuses to acknowledge that the Bilecky and the lighting of the Holodomor Holodomor was a genocide even though memorial candle by Christina the highest legislative body in Ukraine, the Shymkovich, UCC’s Treasurer, in front of Verkhvona Rada, passed a law declaring it the Famine memorial plaque, sculpted by to be just that, there was a need to review Taras Kozbur. the facts and arguments involved. The inter-faith “panakhyda,” or requi- Mr. Semotiuk related the basic details em service for the up to 10 million inno- about the 1933 Holodomor: how the bor- cent victims of the Holodomor was con- ders to Ukraine were sealed and the country celebrated by the Ukrainian Catholic and was turned into one huge concentration Ukrainian Orthodox priests of Los camp; how the Soviet Army, led by the Angeles: the Revs. Wasyl Shtelen, Myron NKVD secret police, on instructions from Mykyta, Vasyl Sauciur and Yuriy Shakh. Stalin and the leaders of the Communist The Kobzar Ukrainian National Choir of Party of the Soviet Union entered villages A view of the Los Angeles community’s religious service in memory of the victims Los Angeles, under the direction of to requisition grain from peasants; how on of the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. Gregory P. Hallick, sang responses at the the Russian side of the border there was prayer service. food, but on the Ukrainian side people The service was noteworthy not only starved. and those who tried to escape were because the Ukrainian priests all joined arrested imprisoned, shot or turned back. together for this important event, but also Mr. Semotiuk then indicated that those because of the beautiful way in which the who question whether the Famine was a Kobzar Choir sang the responses during genocide, like President Yanukhovych, the service. The choir clearly has some tal- generally challenge the contention that the ented singers with exceptional voices and Holodomor was targeted against the is well led. Ukrainian nation and argue that since it The honored guests at the event were was unintentional it was not a genocide. the survivors of the Holodomor who were He then reviewed several sources for introduced during the ceremo- the claim that the Holodomor was indeed a nies: Halyna Bilous, Anna Buchai, targeted genocide in which millions per- Eugenia Dallas, Lesia Melnyk, Semen ished. Firstly, Mr. Semotiuk pointed to the Owechko, Agnesa Starostenko, Wasylyna survivors and invited those present who Shwejko, Kateryna Weston, Stanley doubted that it was a genocide to ask any Weston and Anna Wybaczynsky. The fol- one of the survivors about it. Secondly, he lowing survivors were unable to attend raised the fact that Raphael Lemkin, the due to illness, but were remembered by father of the 1948 United Nations those present: Valentyn Balaban, Iwan Convention for the Prevention and The Kobzar Ukrainian National Choir of Los Angeles performs under the direc- Orlyn and Vera Shpak. The program also Punishment of the Crime of Genocide tion of Gregory Hallick. included children from the Los Angeles acknowledged the Holodomor was a geno- “Ridna Shkola” (School of Ukrainian cide. The same is true for historian from the Holodomor. condemn genocides against other nations Studies). Stanislav Kulchytsky, the leading Firstly, he said, like the Jewish commu- and promote genocide awareness world- After the interfaith service Andriy Ukrainian authority on the subject, who nity that sees the state of Israel as their wide. Semotiuk, a U.S. and Canadian immigra- has written that when food was removed best guarantee that the Holocaust will Finally, because we know from those tion attorney, former United Nations corre- from the peasants at gunpoint and the bor- never happen again, Ukrainians must sup- who survived that what those who per- spondent, and past president of the ders to Ukraine were sealed that amounted port a free, independent and democratic ished feared most was that the world Canada-Ukraine Foundation, was intro- to a genocide. Ukraine as our best guarantee that the would never learn how they died and duced as the guest speaker. He spoke in Moreover, Mr. Semotiuk added, over a Holodomor will never happen to us again. why, we must remember the victims of the Ukrainian and English. dozen countries, including Canada and the Secondly, because the Soviet leadership Holodomor by holding events like this one Mr. Semotiuk started by telling those U.S. Congress which conducted hearings targeted Ukrainians in the Holodomor in Los Angeles each year in their memory. present about the recent visit to Ukraine on the subject organized by the late Dr. because they were Ukrainians, today we Following Mr. Semotiuk’s remarks, by Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen James Mace, all have recognized the must be the best Ukrainians we can possi- original poems in honor of the Holodomor Harper and how Ukraine’s President Holodomor as a genocide. bly be – politically astute and culturally victims recited by two survivors, Mr. Viktor Yanukhovych declined to join the Mr. Semotiuk then moved on to say aware Ukrainians. Owechko and Mrs. Dallas. The program prime minister in his visit to the memorial what he felt were the lessons to be drawn Thirdly, because in the end we are all concluded with the singing of the “Prayer descendants of Adam and Eve, we must For Ukraine” by Kobzar Choir.

Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox clergy officiate at the “panakhyda” service. Survivors of the Holodomor during the solemn commemoration. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 No. 51

Wikileaks spotlight... (Continued from page 1) “enhance the role of the state” in national- izing private enterprises as part of the for- mer prime minister’s two-faced approach to Ukraine’s oligarchs, U.S. diplomats criticized Ms. Tymoshenko for an “obvious lack of ele- mentary knowledge of economic funda- mentals,” the cable reported. She didn’t conduct significant reforms during her term, instead focusing on her battle with former President Viktor Yushchenko, which harmed the economy as a result. About 70 percent of her government’s expenses were done without holding ten- ders for the work, and almost 25 percent of the costs of government contracts were stolen, the cables alleged. Zenon Zawada Zenon Zawada U.S. diplomats were concerned about a Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko Ukrainian oligarch Zenon Zawada “Putinist chain of command” regardless of has an “obvious lack of elementary admitted to gaining permission from Rinat Akhmetov is the “godfather of the who won the 2010 presidential vote – Ms. knowledge of economic fundamentals” global mafia boss Semion Mogilevich Donetsk clan,” reported former U.S. Tymoshenko or Mr. Yanukovych. in the view of U.S. diplomats, Wikileaks to start his businesses, including natu- Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst, Another cable leaked on December 2 revealed. ral gas transit, Wikileaks reported. according to Wikileaks. reported sharp criticism of Ms. Tymoshenko offered by a close advisor, as on Ukraine as Mr. Firtash, the billionaire the fuel and energy minister. Mr. Firtash Inter Media Group, as the name of his reported by the German magazine Der oligarch who controls RosUkrEnergo, the also enjoys close ties to Serhiy wife, Olena, appeared on the available Spiegel to be her former finance minister, opaque intermediary that transported a sig- Lyovochkin, who described Mr. Firtash as documents.] . nificant amount of Europe’s natural gas a close and long-time friend. Mr. Firtash’s press office offered a The former prime minister “wasted the from Turkmenistan across Ukrainian terri- Mr. Firtash referred to “Tymoshenko’s December 2 statement denying the oli- opportunity for implementing economic tory. plans to offer up the country to Russia on a garch’s ties to organized crime. reform that came with the financial crisis,” RosUkrEnergo is widely believed to silver platter” in trying to cut a favorable “Mr. Mogilevich never was a share- the source said, adding that she isn’t at all have been a cash cow for all its partners, gas deal with the Kremlin. Yet Mr. Firtash holder and had no relations to interested in pursuing reforms. most of whom are secret except for Mr. himself had close dealings with the EuroTransGaz and RosUkrEnergo, or any The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Firtash. It was re-established as the main Kremlin as Gazprom, the Russian state other companies related to the business should not have extended Ukraine its gas intermediary in January 2006 with the monopoly, was a 50 percent partner in interests of Dmytro Firtash,” the statement $15.7 billion loan, which ended up harm- blessing of former President Viktor RosUkrEnergo. said. It acknowledged that Mr. Firtash ing Ukraine by preventing the government Yushchenko and his prime minister at the Indeed he offered an exceedingly nega- knew Mr. Mogilevich, “but has never had and the public from suffering from the cri- time, Yurii Yekhanurov. tive view of Ms. Tymoshenko and an any partnership or other commercial asso- sis, the source said, echoing the view of The U.S. government gained much inflated view of himself, the cables ciation with him.” many independent economists. information when Mr. Firtash visited the released by Wikileaks showed. A week later, Mr. Firtash gave an inter- Ms. Tymoshenko’s government was U.S. Embassy in Kyiv on December 8, “Firtash defined Tymoshenko as an view to the Kyiv-based Focus magazine in widely accused by Ukrainian politicians 2008, on his own initiative. “In the course accomplished oligarch who had made which he denied any business ties to Mr. and economists of stealing significant of the conversation it was clear he tried to deals with Moscow that would leave Mogilevich. amounts of the IMF money, though the use the meeting to portray a positive Ukraine vulnerable to Russian oligarchs in “If I was with Mogilevich, then why accusations were never proven. image of himself,” reported Mr. Taylor, the future — something neither he nor were all the [SBU] files on Mogilevich The former prime minister will “contin- the U.S. envoy at the time. Ukrainian billionaire and Party of Regions destroyed when Tymoshenko was prime ue to oppose reforms,” and “her argument Mr. Firtash acknowledged his interac- backer Rinat Akhmetov could stand by minister and [Oleksander] Turchynov was will be that she and her government were tions with Russian Jewish mafia boss and watch happen,” Mr. Taylor reported. head of the SBU?” he said, trying to able to make all international and domestic Semion Mogilevich, admitting that he Mr. Firtash took credit for helping to deflect public attention from his own ties. payments during the crisis without imple- needed “his approval to get into business “torpedo” the government coalition that In turn, Mr. Mogilevich’s lawyers menting painful reforms,” the source said, in the first place,” the report said, reveal- almost emerged in 2008 between the Party denied his involvement in Ukraine’s natu- as reported by U.S. Ambassador John Tefft ing the important role that Mr. Mogilevich of Regions and the Yulia Tymoshenko ral gas business and organized crime. in February. played in the Russian government. Bloc, revealing the heavy influence Yet, the publicity surrounding the He described the source’s claims as Mr. Firtash claimed he was forced into Ukraine’s oligarchs have on the country’s Wikileaks releases clearly irritated the bil- “particularly damning.” The former advi- dealing with organized crime members, politics. lionaire. sor “appeared to deliver his message not in including Mr. Mogilevich, or he would At the last moment, Mr. Firtash con- Mr. Firtash filed a lawsuit in London on anger, but in sorrow for the country and never have been able to build a business. vinced Mr. Yanukovych that an alliance December 16 against the Kyiv Post for frustration at his inability to convince If he needed a government permit, for with Ms. Tymoshenko would never last, “creating the impression of a corrupt per- Tymoshenko to take advantage of the example, he needed permission from the the cable reported. sonality” in its reporting of the Wikileaks opportunity presented by the economic appropriate “businessman” who worked “Firtash was visibly delighted as he cables. Lawsuits against media are typical- ly filed in Great Britain because of the crisis to reform,” Mr. Tefft reported. with the official who issued that particular recounted how he used his television sta- nation’s lax definition of libel. Ms. Tymoshenko makes decisions with- permit, Wikileaks revealed. tion Inter to air an interview in which out listening to the advice of others, the “Firtash acknowledged that he needed, Yanukovych refuted Tymoshenko’s claim Akhmetov the “godfather” source said, and understanding her logic is and received, permission from Mogilevich that a Tymoshenko Bloc-Party of Regions difficult, “except for those instances, when when he established various businesses, coalition was a done deal,” Ambassador Another of Ukraine’s most powerful her decisions were made based on ‘avanti- but he denied any close relationship to Taylor reported. oligarchs, Rinat Akhmetov, didn’t figure urist’ populism.” [Editor’s note: him,” Mr. Taylor reported. Mr. Firtash said The oligarch’s close ties to both the as prominently in Wikileaks. “Avantiurism” is Ukrainian term referring he was not implicated in any illegal deal- Party of Regions and former President Most notably, however, former U.S. to risky politics in pursuit of selfish aims ings of acquaintances who are linked to Yushchenko prove that their mutual battles Ambassador John Herbst referred to him that put others at risk or harm.] organized crime. against Ms. Tymoshenko – joining forces as “the godfather of the Donetsk clan” in a “She was also too sure of her decisions “He was adamant that he had not com- against her during the 2010 presidential February 2006 cable dispatched to Damon and believed that everyone else was mitted a single crime when building his vote – was driven by the fight to control Wilson, who served at the time as senior director for European affairs at the wrong,” the source said. “Tymoshenko business empire, and argued that outsiders Ukraine’s multi-billion-dollar natural gas National Security Council. simply wanted to consolidate power in her still failed to understand the period of law- trade, Dr. Soskin said. Mr. Akhmetov worked to derail Ms. own hands. In her eyes, populism enabled lessness that reigned in Ukraine after the It’s that very gas trade that made Mr. Tymoshenko’s attempt to form a Party of her to do this, not reforms.” collapse of the Soviet Union,” Mr. Taylor Firtash a billionaire. Regions-Tymoshenko Bloc coalition in The opposition leader will be a reported. He estimated his wealth at $5 billion in 2008, alleged Mr. Firtash during his “destructive force” in opposition to Mr. Mr. Firtash also said he was a close 2006, “but most experts believe that December 2008 meeting with former Yanukovych, the source said, echoing the friend and confidante to Mr. Yushchenko, Firtash had low-balled his true worth and Ambassador Taylor in Kyiv. view of the current government, which the president at the time, whom he had estimated it was in the tens of billions,” Mr. Firtash alleged that Mr. Akhmetov alleges that she and her political force are visited at his dacha three times during the reported Ambassador Taylor, who added shares his skepticism towards Ms. impossible to work with constructively. that Mr. Firtash offered no estimate of his prior week. Tymoshenko’s politics, and both were In turn, natural gas oligarch Dmytro It came as no surprise that Mr. Firtash wealth during the December 2008 conver- hoping for a Party of Regions-Our Firtash warned Ambassador Taylor that had only critical words to speak of the sation. Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense coalition to Ms. Tymoshenko, his fiercest political prime minister at the time, Ms. The ambassador reported that Mr. replace the Tymoshenko Bloc-Our enemy, would make deals with Moscow Tymoshenko. She spent much of her term Firtash owns 61 percent of the Inter Media Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense coalition, that would leave Ukraine vulnerable to trying to eliminate RosUkrEnergo from Group, which owns or co-owns seven tele- which lacked enough deputies at the time. Russian oligarchs in the future. the natural gas market, which she succeed- vision channels, including the Inter net- The Wikileaks cables confirmed that ed in doing until Mr. Yanukovych became work, Ukraine’s most popular. Firtash needed mafia approval Mr. Akhmetov hired the K Street political president and renewed its activity. [Editor’s note: Security Service of lobbying firm Davis, Manafort & No other individual figured as promi- One of the business partners in Ukraine Chair Valerii Khoroshkovskyi nently in the Wikileaks diplomatic cables RosUkrEnergo, Yurii Boiko, is currently was widely believed to be the owner of (Continued on page 33) No. 51 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 13 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 No. 51 No. 51 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 15

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Plast members at the 60th anniversary “campfire” in Cleveland.

by Daria Kowcz-Jakubowycz There were some tears, a lot of laughs and Andrew Fedynsky and a good many songs. The hall, deco- rated by Marta Mudri and Adrian CLEVELAND – Sixty Years of Plast Halarewych – another original member of have recently passed in Cleveland. As the stanytsia – reflected various high- we look around our family, friends, and lights of the past 60 years. community, we realize what a large Marko Jakubowycz called the gath- impact it has made, and what a large part ering to order and, as is traditional, the it continues to play in so many of our event began with prayer, led by Bishop lives. John Bura of the Parma Eparchy and Plast has been a part of many lives assisted by Plast Chaplain the Rev. Ihor since an early age. We remember it in Kasiyan and Deacon Ihor Mahlay. every season: of course summers were The campfire was symbolically lit by filled with Plast camps; falls were busy the oldest member of the Cleveland Plast with “Orlykiady” and “maskarady;” win- ters were highlighted by without Plast ski branch and one of its founders, Bohdan camps; and spring had “Sviato Vesny” Kowcz, and the youngest, Emelia and preparations again for the chief Plast Polatajko. Afterward, the names of event – “tabir” (camp). Cleveland Plast members who had What remains after the years of Plast departed to the “Eternal Campfire” activity? Perhaps it’s the confidence of a (Vichna Vatra) were read. The introduc- teenage or 20-something “plastun” who tion of out-of-town visitors, including Young members of the branch highlight important moments in the history of has been challenged by Plast, and learned Volodymyra Kawka from Philadelphia, Cleveland Plast. that he or she is much more capable than widow of Mykola Kawka, one of the imagined. Perhaps it’s the sense of lead- original founders of the stanytsia. A rep- ership that is constantly stressed and resentative of the Ukrainian American developed throughout the Plast program. Youth Association delivered a very gra- Perhaps it’s the sense of duty developed cious greeting and wished Plast all the from watching so many give of their time best in the coming years. and talents in Plast. Perhaps it’s the love The event then entered into the of being Ukrainian, Ukrainian camarade- entertainment portion, emceed by Andrea rie, Ukrainian friendships, Ukrainian Komichak and Mykhas Fedynsky. song with guitar accompaniment around Current members of the Plast branch, a campfire. ranging in age from 6 to 16, recited high- On May 8 the Cleveland branch (stan- lights of the stanytsia’s 60-year existence, ytsia) of Plast held an indoor “campfire” including the purchase of their own home in commemoration of its founding 60 in 1957, events at the Trusz Farm, and the years ago in October 1949. The “vatra” purchase in 1966 of a 140-acre camp- crafted by Evhen Palka – an original ground, “Pysany Kamin” (Painted Rock), member of the Stanytsia – simulated an located 50 miles southeast of Cleveland. actual fire. Some 200 members, parents Thousands of young Ukrainian and guests gathered at Sheptytsky Hall of Americans from around the country and the world have spent their summers over St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral Older scouts Levko Mironovich, Mykhailo Stecyk, Andrea Komichak, Mykhas the past 44 years at the beloved camp. in Parma to remember the founders and Fedynsky and Olesia Fedynska lead Plast members and guests in song. those who have departed and reflect on Following the historical overview, the history of the organization. several scouts offered testimonies of how Plast has influenced their lives for the tries, including the United States. better and reflected on what they would He encouraged young people to prop- have missed without the organization. erly honor those who founded the Finally, there were half a dozen skits, Cleveland branch of Plast by carrying on offered by both boys and girls, the their work. With that, those gathered youngest “novatstvo” and teenage sang the poignant Plast songs “Sirily u “yunatstvo,” interspersed with favorite sumerky” (Tents graying in the mid- selections from Plast songbooks. night…) and “Nich vzhe ide” (Night is Mykhas and Olesia Fedynsky and Levko on its way…) Myronovych led the campfire with vigor- The event, organized by Marta Kowcz, ous guitar accompaniment, assisted by Daria Kowcz-Jakubowycz, Daria Andrea Komichak and Mykhaylo Stecyk. Jakubowycz, Chrystia Fedynsky, Maria The event concluded with a short but Fedkiw and Marta Mudri left everyone eloquent statement by the head of the optimistic for the future of the stanytsia Cleveland stanytsia, Yuriy Jaskiw. He and grateful for the pioneers who laid the spoke of the important role Plast played foundation about such a vibrant organiza- in Ukraine in the 1920s, ‘30s and ‘40s in tion. preparing a generation for the struggle for Following the vatra, many went to the Ukrainian independence and human Ukrainian Museum-Archives in nearby rights. Due to horrific historical circum- “Yunachky” entertain guests with a humorous skit. stances, thousands moved to other coun- (Continued on page 38) 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 No. 51

President reappoints 10 to Cabinet Housing and Utilities of Ukraine by reorga- the International Fund for Humanitarian NEWSBRIEFS nizing the Regional Development and Cooperation of the CIS. (Ukrinform) KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych on (Continued from page 2) Construction Ministry and the Housing and December 10 reappointed 10 members of Utilities Ministry. Mr. Yanukovych also Rada OKs energy community accession Yanukovych has reduced the number of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine: Andriy signed decrees appointing Mykola KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kliuyev as Ukraine’s first vice prime minis- Zlochevskyi as Ukraine’s minister of envi- December 15 ratified a protocol on Ukraine from 36 to 17, the presidential ter for economic development and trade; ronment and natural resources, Dmytro Ukraine’s accession to the Treaty press service reported on December 10. Borys Kolesnikov as Ukraine’s vice prime Tabachnyk as Ukraine’s minister of educa- Establishing the Energy Community that The change is part of the first stage of minister and infrastructure minister; Sergey tion and science, youth and sports, will promote attraction of Western invest- administrative reform, which began on Tigipko as Ukraine’s vice prime minister Mykhailo Kulyniak as Ukraine’s minister of ments to modernization of Ukrainian gas December 9. The reform also foresees sig- and minister for social policy; Viktor culture, as Ukraine’s minister transportation system (GTS). Presenting the Tikhonov as Ukraine’s vice prime minister nificant changes in the structure of the of emergencies, Yurii Boiko as Ukraine’s document, First Vice-Chairman of the and minister for regional development, con- executive branch of government. Six types minister of energy and coal industry, and Verkhovna Rada Committee for Foreign struction, housing and utilities. By decree, of central executive bodies were deter- Mykola Prysiazhniuk as Ukraine’s minister Affairs Taras Chornovil explained that one the president also formed the Ukrainian mined, in particular, ministries, services, of agricultural policy and food. The minis- of the aims of the Energy Community is to Ministry for Economic Development and inspectorates, agencies, independent regu- tries of Justice, Health, Defense, Foreign promote investments in the energy sector of Trade by reorganizing the Ukrainian lators and bodies with special status. “A Affairs, Internal Affairs and Finance have the treaty’s member-countries. Ukraine Economy Ministry; the Ukrainian total of 112 central executive bodies were not been reorganized, and the heads of these joined the Energy Community back on Infrastructure Ministry, the State Road reduced to 63, including 16 ministries, 28 ministries remain the same. (Ukrinform) September 24. (Ukrinform) Transport Service of Ukraine, the State services, 12 agencies and seven inspector- Aviation Service of Ukraine, the State Opposition tries to remove Tabachnyk Concern about Ukrainians in Russia ates,” reads the statement. In addition, the Communications Service of Ukraine, and KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada of number of employees of the Cabinet of the State Service of Sea and River Transport KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ukraine on December 14 registered a draft Ministers employees (1,174 people) will of Ukraine by reorganizing the Transport Minister has held resolution with a petition to President be reduced by more than half. The post of and Communications Ministry; the Ministry talks with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Viktor Yanukovych to dismiss Dmitry chief of staff and deputy minister will be of Social Policy and the State Inspectorate Lavrov, in Moscow to express Ukraine’s Tabachnyk from the post of minister of introduced. At the same time, ministers for Labor by reorganizing the Labor and concern about a Russian court ruling dis- education and science, family, youth and will have two deputies with political sta- Social Policy Ministry; the Ministry of banding the federal national and cultural sports. The initiator of the resolution was a tus. (Ukrinform) Regional Development, Construction, autonomy of Ukrainians in Russia. national deputy from Our Ukraine and the According to news reports of December 10, leader of the party For Ukraine, Viacheslav the minister said that Kyiv expected the Kyrylenko. For Ukraine issued a statement Russian authorities to take all of the neces- CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS that demanded a halt to attacks on the sary measures to ensure the legitimate cul- National University of Kyiv Mohyla tural and educational rights of millions of Academy initiated by the Ukrainophobic Ukrainians in Russia. The foreign affairs TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 minister. “This minister, who destroys ministers paid particular attention to issues or e-mail [email protected] everything that is Ukrainian, introduced related to the stationing of the Russian compulsory pre-school education, started Black Sea Fleet on Ukrainian territory. In repressions against the particular, they confirmed the actual com- SERVICES PROFESSIONALS and destroyed independent testing has now pletion of work on a number of bilateral undertaken to destroy this university, agreements aimed at resolving the prob- known for his free thought,” said the state- lems of deployment of Russian troops on ment. (Ukrayinska Pravda) Ukrainian territory, which created grounds Civil servants to be cut by 30% for disputes in recent years because of their legal uncertainty. The ministers also dis- KYIV – The Cabinet on December 14 cussed other topical issues of Ukrainian- resolved to reduce the number of civil ser- Russian relations and issues of regional and vants working at central executive bodies global security, in particular, the and territorial authorities subordinate to Transdniester conflict and the situation in them by no less than 30 percent in compli- Moldova after the parliamentary elections. ance with the president’s decree of (Ukrinform) December 9 “On Optimization of the Central Executive Bodies System.” MFA to support education project (Ukrinform) KYIV – Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Kyiv to expand participation in CIS Affairs promises broad support for an edu- cational project titled “Ukrainians KYIV – Ukraine plans to expand its par- Worldwide,” Vice-Minister of Foreign ticipation in the Commonwealth of Affairs Ruslan Demchenko told parliamen- Independent States (CIS), Ukrainian tary hearings on December 8 in Kyiv. “The President Viktor Yanukovych said at a project ‘Ukrainians Worldwide’ promotes meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of knowledge on the national level as an State in Moscow, according to a December important component of the national-patri- 11 reported by an Ukrinform correspondent otic education of youth, it also contributes to FOR SALE in Russia. “We believe that the CIS is a establishing the historical truth, and preserv- forum that has proved its viability. 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Ukrainians “are choosing between bad Wikileaks spotlight... and very bad,” respectively, in the (Continued from page 12) February 7 run-off between Mr. Freedman for an “extreme makeover” of Yanukovych and Ms. Tymoshenko, he the Party of Regions following Mr. said, adding that he supported the Yanukovych’s 2004 election defeat. Yanukovych team because it’s “more pro- They were “working to change its fessional.” image from that of a haven for mobsters Ms. Tymoshenko “is traveling all over into that of a legitimate political party,” the country handing out money, apart- former U.S. Ambassador Herbst reported ments and titles to land, essentially buy- in March 2006. ing votes by distributing largesse as “The Regions quietly began to build prime minister,” Ambassador Tefft bridges both inside Ukraine and abroad, reported. “By contrast, he [Mr. Kuchma] hiring image-making consultants, suggest- maintained, Yanukovych had to take a ing that it could serve as a reliable coali- leave of absence as prime minister in tion partner with a pro-business, minimal- 2004 to avoid any appearance of using ist government approach, and stating that administrative resources in his presiden- its presence in government could help heal tial bid.” the divisive wounds of the 2004 election Yuriy Borysov That particular comment from the for- which divided Ukraine into ‘orange’ and Zenon Zawada Former President said mer president struck a chord with the ‘blue,’ ” the cables reported. Former President Viktor Yushchenko the 2010 presidential vote was a choice ambassador, who noted that “Kuchma Mr. Akhmetov is a key decision-maker offered poor management and incessant between bad (President Viktor displayed a bit of historical amnesia in in the Party of Regions, even on matters of quarrelling with former Prime Minister Yanukovych) and very bad (opposition suggesting that Yanukovych had avoided foreign policy, the ambassador’s cable Yulia Tymoshenko at the expense of leader Yulia Tymoshenko), Wikileaks using administrative resources in his indicated. Former Defense Minister national interests, Wikileaks confirmed. revealed. failed attempt to win the presidency in Anatoliy Grytsenko came to Mr. 2004.” they don’t especially like him.” Akhmetov to ask for support on a joint Yet, the assessments grew more criti- “Perhaps more indicative was Ukraine-NATO training exercise. After Mr. Yanukovych’s victory, the cal. A May 2009 report quoted a National Kuchma’s less-than-ringing endorsement The Donbas kingpin assured him the U.S. made it a priority to establish strong Security Council official who stated, of Yanukovych as the lesser of two Regions parliamentary faction would vote relations with him, Ambassador Tefft “The government lacked the political will evils,” Ambassador Tefft wrote. in favor, but only after March 2006 elec- indicated in a report for U.S. National to solve Ukraine’s economic problems.” Security Advisor James Jones, who “Nevertheless, Kuchma’s conviction that tions. In the meantime, U.S. Secretary of State arrived in Kyiv for the February inaugu- Yanukovych, as president, would have to “The anti-NATO public position of Hillary Clinton noted that Ukraine’s “politi- Regions is an election device, but not only ration. defend Ukrainian interests (if only busi- cal and economic instability was playing that,” Mr. Herbst reported. “As The administration of U.S. President ness interests) vis-à-vis Moscow tracks into Russian hands,” the same report said. It Ambassador told Hrytsenko [sic], Barack Obama “looks forward to work- with what most of our interlocutors have Yanukovych has said privately that he ing with you across the full range of also stated that Ms. Clinton was alarmed by been saying.” does not see Ukraine seriously seeking issues,” Ambassador Tefft’s brief sug- the Yushchenko-Tymoshenko feuding, Der Neither Mr. Yanukovych nor his advi- NATO membership. If Regions would be gested Jones tell the new Ukrainian lead- Spiegel reported. sors are pawns of Russia, Mr. Kuchma insisted, nor is Ms. Tymoshenko neces- willing to permit Hrytsenko to stay on as er. Kuchma’s amnesia defense minister in a coalition govern- Mr. Yanukovych’s decision to make sarily “pro-European.” Indeed, the ment, it would be a clear sign of Regions Mr. Gryshchenko his foreign affairs min- A meeting between Ambassador Tefft Russians have enough leverage over Ms. not wanting to dramatically alter a major ister indicated “a pragmatic approach that and Mr. Kuchma revealed that the former Tymoshenko to keep her in line, he said. aspect of Ukraine’s foreign policy course.” would seek to put relations with Russia Ukrainian president for 10 years had Meanwhile, the big business interests on a positive footing without burning political views similar to most of the who back Mr. Yanukovych will force him Yanukovych trusted, but not liked bridges to the West,” he wrote in a confi- Ukrainian population. to protect Ukraine’s interests. Ukraine’s current president was quite dential report obtained by Wikileaks and bitter after his loss in the 2004 presidential published by Der Spiegel on December 2. vote, which he referred to as a “putsch,” “Jones, who had fought against reported former U.S. Ambassador Herbst, Moscow’s allies in the Vietnam War, was In memory of citing a report by Lithuanian Embassy seeking to strike a diplomatic blow Political Counselor Darius Vitkauskas. against the Kremlin by making Roman Kopach Mr. Yanukovych reportedly “exploded Yanukovych into a U.S. partner,” the on the 10th Anniversary of his passing. into a finger-pointing tirade even before magazine reported. “Tefft, above all, initial pleasantries could be exchanged” wanted to see Ukraine’s security and eco- Roman Kopach was born on October 10th 1914 in Lviv, upon seeing Lithuanian Ambassador to nomic policies brought into line with Ukraine, and died 21st of December 2000 in Toronto, Canada. Western ideas.” Ukraine Kestutis Masalskis for the first Roman was a Plastun all his life. He joined Plast at the very beginning of its creation time since the in Yushchenko’s poor management in Western Ukraine. His vporyadnyk was prof. Ivan Chmola, one of the three founders December 2005. of Plast. Roman’s mother died unexpectedly when he was 11. As a student in Lviv, he Mr. Yanukovych said accusingly, “You Ambassador Tefft offered a poor lived in the Shukhevych household. He was a good friend of Roman Shukhevych, or participated in last December’s putsch. assessment of former President Taras Chuprynka, as was his pseudonym in the Ukrainian underground. Both boys You allowed yourself to be used as part of Yushchenko’s presidential term in the spent their youth in Plast in the same kyrin. During the latter 1920’s and early 30’s he [former President Leonid] Kuchma’s same classified dossier for Mr. Jones. took part first as a participant and then in leadership roles at Plast children’s camps in machinations. Your activities then will “He is widely blamed – not least by Sokil, Pidlute, and Ostodir. During this period he was nicknamed “Slon” or elephant have negative implications for Lithuanian- many who voted for him in 2004 – for his because of his height and his strength. He always had a smile on his face and a posi- Ukrainian relations going forward. But poor management, incessant quarrelling tive outlook on life. Children loved him for his abilities to tell stories, and for providing somehow, we’ll figure out a way to get with Tymoshenko at the expense of them with hope, vision, and leadership. through it.” national interests, needless antagonizing After Plast was abolished by the Polish authorities after the Second World War, The Lithuanian vignette indicates that of Russia and his penchant for seeking Roman Kopach continued his work in Plast, first in Germany and later in North Mr. Yanukovych continues to feel he was declarations of membership from NATO America. He lead camps for Plastuny in “Plastova Sich” near Toronto, “Dibrova” near and the EU,” the document stated. mistreated, including by Mr. Kuchma, dur- Detroit, “Vovcha Tropa” in New York, as well as in Montreal, and Saskatchewan. ing Ukraine’s 2004 presidential election A more positive assessment of Mr. Where there were Plastuny, he was there! In his 72nd year he lead a troop of crisis, Ambassador Herbst reported. Yushchenko was offered in a dossier pre- Plastuny on a bicycle trip through Manitoba, Canada, visiting the original Ukrainian vil- “We understand that he continues to pared for U.S. Vice-President Dick lages and settlements from the early part of the 1900’s. In 1980 he was asked to lead rage privately about how the election was Cheney for his September 2008 visit to Plastovi tabory in Germany and Great Brittain. For many years he took part in orga- stolen from him by Kuchma and Western Kyiv, a month after the eruption of the nizing and leading the Lisova Shkola in the US. In 1992 after the proclamation of figures whose ‘putsch’ denied him the South Ossetian War. Ukraine’s independence, he was asked to return to the city of his birth, Lviv, to con- presidency,” the cables reported. “President Yushchenko has a reputa- duct the first post Soviet-era course on Plast and to develop the youth leadership Five years later, Ukraine’ Ambassador tion as a visionary and is the one skills required for the future. to Russia Kostyantyn Gryshchenko report- Ukrainian leader who has had a solid edly told U.S. Ambassador Tefft: “Putin unwavering commitment to seeing In all the years he always managed to stay in touch with Ukrainian youth, whether it likes Tymoshenko, but doesn’t trust her. Ukraine in NATO and the European was by being a vykhovnyk of a hurtok, or by teaching Ukrainian history in Hryhoriy The Russians trust Yanukovych more, but Union,” the report stated. Skovoroda Ukrainian Saturday School, or by being the principal of Yuriy Lypa Ukrainian School in Toronto. In his later years he ran the Ukrainian Seniors Club in Toronto, for which he was recognized by the Ontario government. He was the past member of Krayova Plastova Starshyna (KPS) in Canada, a mem- D nnouncementseATH a ber of Holovna Plastova Bulava ( HPB) and a long time member of the Plastovyi Kyrin Lisovi Chorty. Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. With love, affection and in memory to our father, grandfather and great grandfather, Rate: $7.50 per column-inch. his son Jury, and his wife Halyna, grandchildren Renata Konrad, Larisa Strickland, Telephone, (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040; e-mail, [email protected]. Denis Kopach, and his great-grand children Mathew and Kalyna. Please include the daytime phone number of a contact person. Vichnaya Pamiat’! 34 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 No. 51 No. 51 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 35

Ukrainian Canadian professionals host interns from Ukraine by Oksana Shulakewych 12, at the Foundations Club in Ottawa. Dr. Markian Shulakewych chaired the OTTAWA – The Ukrainian Canadian event, dubbed “Model Ukraina,” with fel- Professional and Business Association, in low organizers Dr. Bohdan Tomiuk, association with the Embassy of Ukraine Jennifer Olchowy and Anna in Canada, hosted a fun-filled cocktail Dombrowska. evening of food and dance on November Dr. Ihor Ostash, Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada, greeted everyone with the words “Slava Ukrayini” (Glory to Ukraine), and the Svitanok Dancers from Ottawa welcomed the 23 parliamentary interns from Ukraine and members of the Canadian government present with the traditional greeting of bread and salt. The Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program (CUPP), headed by Ihor Bardyn, is celebrating its 20th anniversa- ry. Denys Drozdyuk, a Ukrainian Canadian winner of “So You Think You Can Dance Canada 2010” with Antonina Skobina, tantalized everyone with four At the “Model Ukraina” event in Ottawa (from left) are: Anna Dombrowska, Dr. dances that left everyone in awe of their Markian Shulakewych, Denys Drozdyuk and Antonina Skobina. movements and skill. Performing also were Solomia and Christopher Zuska and George and Yura Derkach. Yurij was elevated to the rank of archiman- With delicious finger foods, vodka Archbishop Yurij... drite by Metropolitan Wasyly at Holy toasts and wonderful music of the (Continued from page 1) Trinity Cathedral in Winnipeg. Later that Ukrainia band, the crowd of over 300 lor’s of music in history and theory (magna month, on October 22, 1989, Archimandrite rocked the night way until 2 a.m. (To cum laude), and in 1984 he earned a bache- Yurij was elevated to bishop, with the title experience more of this event, readers lor of education degree from the University bishop of Saskatoon and eparch of the Denys Drozdyuk and Antonina Skobina may go to YouTube-Model Ukraina of Toronto (magna cum laude). In 1985 he Central Eparchy, with enthronement on perform. 2010.) received a bachelor of theology degree from December 17, 1989. St. Andrew College and on July 16, 1988, He was later installed as bishop of Archbishop Yurij was ordained to the dea- Toronto and the Eastern Eparchy, and in conate and the following day he was 2001 was elevated to the rank of archbish- Embassy of Ukraine, during a meeting with ordained into the priesthood. op. Archbishop Yurij was selected by the Turning the pages... representatives of Ukrainian American orga- He served as assistant pastor at Holy Sobor (General Council) of the Ukrainian (Continued from page 6) nizations. Trinity Cathedral in Winnipeg and worked Orthodox Church of Canada to be the sphere of influence.” “This year we have made a strong surge as professor of church music at St. Church’s sixth metropolitan on July 18, If the Russian government “chooses to be in our bilateral relationship,” said Mr. Andrew’s College. Archbishop Yurij was 2009. The Synod of Bishops of the upset” by this, noted Sean McCormack of Ohryzko. There is “a new dynamism” in tonsured as a monastic on September 10, Patriarchate of Constantinople ratified the the U.S. State Department, “well there’s not that relationship. The year also saw the 1989, and on October 15, 1989, Hieromonk Sobor’s decision on August 30, 2010. much I can do about that.” This is a bilateral establishment of a solid foundation for a matter between the United States and pro-Western course in Ukraine’s foreign Ukraine, he added. policy and its goal of getting into the The proposed American Presence Post , he said. would consist of one or two diplomats That stood in marked contrast to working on such things as cultural exchang- Ukraine’s relations with the Russian es and events, and political reporting, Federation, which Mr. Ohryzko described among other duties. as not moving forward “practically speak- The principles of cooperation, as stated in ing, on any of the outstanding issues,” the first section of the charter, notes that including border demarcations in the Azov “support for each other’s sovereignty, inde- and Black seas, the removal of the Black pendence, territorial integrity and inviolabil- Sea Fleet from Crimea in 2017 and other ity of borders constitutes the foundation of issues that remain “major irritants in our our bilateral relations.” Both countries relations.” affirmed that the countries “share a vital interest in a strong, independent and demo- Source: “U.S. and Ukraine affirm rela- cratic Ukraine.” tions in Charter on Strategic Partnership,” A day prior to the signing of the charter, by Yaro Bihun, The Ukrainian Weekly, Mr. Ohryzko met with Secretary Rice at the December 28, 2008.

to 600 employees. Yanukovych... The Yanukovych administration executed (Continued from page 3) the government restructuring in time for a organizing the executive government along December 22 meeting of the International three functions: ministries are responsible for Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, Oleh forming state policy, or its strategic function; Ustenko, an economist and executive direc- state services fulfill the regulatory function; tor of the Bleyzer Foundation, told a and control organs or agencies manage state December 16 press conference in Kyiv. property, said Volodymyr Fesenko, director The IMF board of directors will certainly of the Gorshenin Institute in Kyiv. take notice of the Yanukovych administra- “This type of reform was done in Russia tion’s effort to cut costs when it considers in the first half of the 2000s, but the results extending a $1.55 billion loan to the weren’t as expected, or no good at all,” he Ukrainian government, he said. told UNIAN. “It’s not as much about In fact, most of the economic and budget- improving the quality of state administration, ary measures implemented by the Azarov but optimizing the functions of various government, including the controversial tax organs of the executive government. The main goal is to reduce budgetary expenses to code and proposed pension reforms, have support the state bureaucracy.” been oriented towards fulfilling IMF recom- President Yanukovych also ordered a mendations in order to qualify for the next reduction in the number of government stand-by loan, experts said. employees by no less than 30 percent and The Azarov government desperately Cabinet staff by no less then 50 percent, or needs the loan to make long overdue pay- 600 employees. The Presidential ments, particularly state debts, pension pay- Administration also intends to reduce its ments and value-added tax refunds, experts own staff by as much as 50 percent, or close said. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 No. 51 No. 51 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 37 New album of Christmas carols is released by Solomia Dutkewych

by Bohdana Urbanovych “A silent Ukrainian win- tery night: Stars seem to whisper to each other in the vast blue sky. Sleep seeks to throw a light cover over all. But with some anticipation, windows of homes remain lit. In the distance, silver bells can be heard jingling. It’s the ‘Vertep’ – Ukrainian carolers. They’re bringing us the good and joyful news: in Bethlehem the Virgin gave birth to the Son.” These poetic words intro- duce “Ukrainian Carols,” Dmytro Sokolic the new musical album by At the fund-raiser in Short Hills, N.J., (from left) are: Lubodar Olesnycky, Zenia Solomia Dutkewych, an Olesnycky, Nadia Matkiwsky, the Rev. Borys Gudziak, Dr. Zenon Matkiwsky, aspiring young soprano Olenka Olesnycky, and Nadia Olesnycky. soloist. This album contains 15 of the most loved Ukrainian Christmas for “Song of the Year 1998.” Ukrainian Federal Credit Union, Anna carols, which were recorded in Lviv. The Ms. Dutkewych performed for over 20 UCU rector... Szypula and others. running time of the album is 52 minutes. years at major music concerts, festivals “Ukrainian Carols” by Solomia (Continued from page 3) Near the end of the evening, New York and television productions, including Dutkewych attracts listeners’ attention official government and international parents, clearly helped Father Borys to committee co-chair Orest Kyzyk was handed a small piece of paper while at the via the crystal clear voice of the soloist, events, notably at the National Palace of fully follow his calling.” with her flawless pronunciation and with Ukraine, National Opera Theater, The luncheon began with a benediction podium. At first visibly surprised, then with a large smile, Mr. Kyzyk announced the wonderful music arrangement. National Philharmonic Theater, as well as from Bishop-Emeritus of Stamford Basil This “Ukrainian Carols” CD presented in concert halls, theaters and coliseums Losten, who has visited the university on an unexpected anonymous pledge of $350,000, bringing the afternoon’s total to by Ms. Dutkewych may serve as a inspi- throughout Ukraine. She has performed numerous occasions. Mr. Slywotzky, rational “guiding manual” for the more than $750,000. in the United States, Canada, Austria, renowned author and management expert Ukrainian community, for each family, Germany, Poland and Russia. Specialized “When I said that it would be nice for and a close colleague of the Rev. Gudziak, that tries to preserve the thousand-year radio and video productions with featur- the New York and New Jersey events to offered guests a lively and inspirational Ukrainian tradition of celebrating ing the singer singing have been aired on collect $500,000 in time for Father Borys’ presentation. Christmas and to pass on this tradition to major Ukrainian stations. 50th birthday,” noted Mr. Kyzyk, “I was Speaking of his recent visit to the the next generation of Ukrainian She has performed in the musical con- being hopeful. The fact that our communi- Ukrainian Catholic University and the Americans. cert series of The Washington Group Lviv Business School, Mr. Slywotzky told ty donated about $900,000 at these two Ms. Dutkewych completed her Master Cultural Fund at the Lyceum in Old Town the crowd of 180 guests that he was deep- events leaves me humbled and immensely of Music Arts Degree in Voice at the Alexandria, Va. In 2010 she represented ly impressed by the key factors that con- grateful.” Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music Ukrainian culture and song at United tribute to its success: first, the quality of At both the New York and New Jersey of Ukraine and a Master of Music Nations Foundation events and at the education provided; second, its powerful events, the Rev. Gudziak spoke briefly Education from the Drahomanov National Cathedral Festival in vision for transforming Ukrainian society; about the spring visit to his office by local National Pedagogical University of Washington. and third, spiritual depth and integrity as representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine. For the last two years in the United personified by the rector, the Rev. Dr. Ukraine (SBU). Father Gudziak did not She has been the laureate of many States Ms. Dutkewych has been perform- Gudziak, and the outstanding faculty that allow himself to be intimidated and music festivals, among them “Young ing at various embassies, international he has helped recruit. refused to sign a statement promising Halychyna,” “Singing Jazz,” “Spring festivals, concerts and other cultural At the end of his presentation, to cooperation with the SBU and limiting Rhapsody,” “Sim–Sim,” “Povstanski events. resounding applause, Mr. Slywotzky students’ freedom of speech and, to the Nochi.” She was a member of interna- To order the “Ukrainian Carols” CD announced a $150,000 contribution to the contrary and to the undoubted surprise of tional panel of judges representing readers may contact Bohdana7@verizon. university on behalf of his wife, Christine, the SBU, publicized the incident. His posi- Ukraine at the “Sloviansky Bazar” inter- net, or call 703-619-9009, or 703-347- and himself, beginning a list of generous tion received international attention and national music festival in Vitebsk, 4032. The price of the CD is $15; dis- donations that included the Klufas family acclaim, and Rev. Borys noted that he Belarus (1998). She was also recognized counts are available for churches. of Cumberland, R.I., Stefan and Yaroslava received somewhat of an official apology. Slywotzky, the New York Self-Reliance The head of the SBU came to visit him later during the summer, and the Rev. Gudziak remarked, “he was astounded to see the progress we Motyl’s “Twelve Months” had made with the campus, the calm atmosphere, and relationships on exhibit in Chelsea gallery of respect among the student and faculty. He was actually quite taken NEW YORK – Alexander Motyl will 1970s. Prof. Motyl’s artwork has been aback and this visit appeared to be exhibiting 12 paintings from his exhibited in solo and group shows in have made a profound impact on “Twelve Months” series at the New York, Philadelphia and Toronto – him.” Icosahedron Gallery in New York’s art most recently as part of the 2010 High At the close of the luncheon, the capital, Chelsea, on January 8-29. Line Open Studies event. guests sang “Mnohaya Lita” for the Each 16-by-12-inch acrylic painting He is also the author of four novels, Rev. Gudziak and together ended depicts a highly colorful, abstractly rendered “Whiskey Priest,” “Who Killed Andrei the event with an uplifting rendition square or rectangle floating on a textured Warhol,” “Flippancy” and the forthcom- of “Otche Nash” (Our Father). As gold background. “The paintings represent ing “The Jew Who Was Ukrainian.” special thanks for their support of the months of the year,” said Prof. Motyl, His poems have appeared in UCU, the guests at the events in “but you can also think of them as icons.” Counterexample Poetics, Istanbul New York and New Jersey received The Icosahedron Gallery is located on Literary Review, Orion Headless, 34th a gift bag with a small icon. New the ground floor of 606 W. 26th St., just Parallel and New York Quarterly. He has York committee member Iryna west of 11th Avenue. The opening recep- done performances of his fiction and Zaluzhna-Lencyk, a graduate of tion will be held on January 14, 2011, at poetry at the Cornelia Street Café and the UCU, contacted fellow UCU alum- 7 p.m. (For more information call 212- Bowery Poetry Club. nus Hryhoriy Prystay, who founded 966-3897 or go to http://www.icosahe- Prof. Motyl teaches at Rutgers a studio dedicated to the renewal of drongallery.org.) University-Newark and lives in New ancient Ukrainian icons, with the Prof. Motyl studied painting with Leon York. His website is: www. request to prepare miniature icons Goldin at Columbia University in the AlexanderMotyl.webs.com. as gifts for guests. Mr. Prystay pre- pared a reproduction of a 15th cen- TechNet Solutions tury icon of the Mother of God of Visit our archive online: Adrian Slywotzky speaks at the luncheon on Belz, the original of which is part of November 7 at the Ukrainian National Home the collection of the Lviv National www.ukrweekly.com in New York. Museum. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 No. 51

(4) continuation of the structural obsta- Ukraine is being put forward with insuffi- ous research institutes of the National Open letter... cles that have prevented the launching of cient attention to the nature and quality of Academy of Science of Ukraine. Moreover, (Continued from page 4) interdisciplinary academic programs in existing institutions. Indeed, there is a blan- unless the current very high teaching loads have at their disposal only those funds that Ukraine; ket quantitative regulator being applied, one of university faculty members are signifi- come from the state. Such a situation pre- (5) confirmation of complete dependence that is unknown in world practice – for cantly reduced, any hope for the develop- vents the normal development of universi- of individual universities on higher educa- example, that comprehensive universities ment of a meaningful research component ties and feeds corruption. Instead of diversi- tion standards that would be set unilaterally should have a minimum of 10,000 students in the country’s higher educational institu- fying the sources of income for higher edu- by the Ministry of Education and Science; and that academies should have 3,000. Such tions would be just a no more then empty cation institutions, the current situation will (6) the lack of opportunities for students a simplistic approach would exacerbate the words. The goal of the educational reforms continue the inefficiencies that are endemic to enroll in at least a bare minimum of elec- problems of higher education in Ukraine by should be the creation of high quality, com- to exclusive reliance on state funding for tive courses in their chosen programs of encoding arbitrary standards, as well as petitive universities that would have positive higher education and will do nothing to study; underscoring for all to see that Ukraine is influence on the development of the nation- reduce the impossibly heavy burden on the (7) the lack of a national strategy for life- not willing to institute positive reforms for al economy within a context of a mission state budget that education needs now pres- long learning in Ukraine; and genuine improvement of higher education. based on principles of social responsibility. In this way, our universities could partici- ent. (8) the absence of any program for the 6. There is no understanding in the draft pate as equals with foreign institutions in 3. A new “iron curtain” of sorts is being Ukrainian academic community to master law that reforms in higher education are global discourse on educational and erected by the draft law between Ukrainian the English language, the common language directly connected with any university research matters. higher educational institutions and those of for academic discourse around the world. reforms per se, including creation of possi- 7. The draft law is in conflict with the the European Higher Education Area This last item alone would make it com- bilities for universities to chart their own Program of Economic Reforms of the (EHEA) by virtue of how higher education pletely impossible for Ukrainian higher edu- development and enact innovative activities. President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine will fail to correspond with that cational institutions to be taken seriously Likewise, there is nothing to stimulate new himself for the years 2010-2014 in the rest of the continent: and be competitive in the world arena. initiatives on the part of universities, nor to “Prosperous society, competitive econom- 4. New higher education standards are increase their academic responsibilities, (1) the formal launching of a three-cycle ics, effective state,” because it completely being formed without regard for the legiti- including that for engagement in research, system of higher education in Ukraine ignores the issues of the Bologna process, mate interests of potential employers of uni- globally one of the most important activities (bachelor, master, Ph.D.) without creation of academic quality and our ability to be glob- any genuine, structured Ph.D. programs; versity graduates and without a strong at institutions of higher learning and a key ally competitive. (2) complete disregard for the ECTS understanding for the distribution of skills component for measuring their academic The many experiences that North (European Credit Transfer System) system; that will be needed in the national and local quality. Therefore, special attention is need- American, European and Asian universities (3) disregard as well for agreed-upon economies in the future. ed in Ukraine to integrate science and edu- have had with educational reforms point to a standards that define steps for academic 5. A much-needed plan to decrease the cation through a real “bridging” between different approach: there should be close-up mobility for professors and students alike; number of higher educational institutions in higher educational institutions and the vari- and professional-based cooperation and understanding between various branches of government, academic communities and society as a whole. Without such an approach successful reforms can never be implemented, nor can there ever be com- monly agreed-upon visions as to the goals of higher education. Taking into consider- ation what I have mentioned above, I respectfully suggest that we discard this ill- conceived draft law that Minister Tabachnyk has put forward.

Russia plans... (Continued from page 2) ordered that this issue should be studied,” Mr. Azarov revealed (Interfax-Ukraine, October 10). Ukraine hopes to economically gain from the build-up of the BSF through shipbuilding orders and maintenance con- tracts. Western policymakers did not criticize the April BSF treaty and have not recog- nized the close connection between the permanence of the base and the Yanukovych administration also remain- ing in power indefinitely at the cost of Ukrainian democracy.

The article above is reprinted from Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, www.jamestown.org.

Plast... (Continued from page 31) Cleveland to see the exhibit featuring hundreds of photographs from the history of the Cleveland Plast stanytsia. Judging by the flashes of cameras and raised cell phones, there will be many new photographs to begin to tell the story of the next years and decades of a very successful chapter in the history of Plast. May many more 6-year-olds be captivat- ed by their crisp, new odnostriy. May many more 12-year olds be exhilarated by their first rock-climbing, canoeing, or adventure-packed hiking experiences. May many more 16-year-olds be buoyed by their victories and successes at “orlykiady,” and counselor training camps. May many more adult counselors be heartened by sheer love of the out- doors and shear joy of self-sufficiency in their young charges. May many more Cleveland Plast members be forever cap- tivated by the magic of a Plast campfire. No. 51 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 39 OUT AND ABOUT

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December 31 New Year’s Eve gala, featuring music by Svitanok, January 15 Malanka, featuring music by Na Zdorovya, Stamford, CT St. Vladimir’s Organization of Young Adults, St. Hartford, CT Hartford Ukrainian National Home, 860-296-6955 Basil College, 203-329-8693 or [email protected] January 15 Malanka, Mississauga Branch of the Ukrainian Mississauga, ON Youth Association, Mississauga Convention Center, December 31 New Year’s Eve celebration, featuring music by www.cymmissmalanka.com Montreal Zirka, St. Mary Banquet Hall, 514-679-8578 January 15 Malanka, featuring music by Svitanok, Ukrainian December 31 New Year’s Eve party, featuring buffet, champagne Yonkers, NY Youth Center, 914-746-6781 Buena, NJ toast and live music, New Kuban Free Kozak Community, New Kuban Free Kozak Cultural Center, January 15 Malanka, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 856-697-2255 Ottawa Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 613-728-0856

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Sunday, December 26 ther details contact Myron Bilyj, 757-850- 1873 or [email protected]. N E W Y O R K : “Winter Sun: A Celebration of Traditions from the Saturday, January 22, 2011 Carpathians” is a new show featuring Yara CARTERET, N.J.: Arts Group, Julian Kytasty, Kat Yew and St. Demetrius special guests with winter songs from Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral and St. around the world. The event includes sam- Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church are co- ples of the traditional ritual dish kutia. The sponsoring a Malanka, which will be held event takes place at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 at the St. Demetrius Community Center, p.m. at La MaMa Experimental Theater, 681 Roosevelt Ave. Entertainment will be 74 E. Fourth St.; phone: 212-475-7710. provided by Fata Morgana. Tickets are Admission is $25; $10 for children. $60, which includes admission, choice of sirloin beef or chicken capon dinner, open Sunday, January 9, 2011 bar and a midnight champagne toast. The VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.: The Tidewater St. Demetrius Center is located just blocks Ukrainian Cultural Association (TUCA) of from Exit 12 of the New Jersey Turnpike. Hampton Roads will be having its annual There is a Holiday Inn right off the exit. celebration of Ukrainian Christmas at 3-7 Cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres begins p.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Byzantine Catholic Church hall at 216 S. and the music starts at 8 p.m. For table and Parliament Drive, Virginia Beach, VA ticket reservations contact Peter Prociuk, 23462. TUCA will be providing standard 609-655-4468 or [email protected]. party fare, including hot varenyky, but Tickets will not be sold at the attendees are requested to bring along door. Outside liquor is prohibited. their favorite dish – preferably Ukrainian. Deadline for tickets is January 16. Activities will include music, children’s For more information visit www.stdeme- entertainment and gift door prizes. For fur- triusuoc.org.

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